Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Caraway, Leslie James 1888 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

LESLIE JAMES CARAWAY

LESLIE JAMES CARAWAY was born June 8, 1888, in Barton County, Kansas, is one of
those native products who has taken up the work of farming and will continue the
development of the county's resources which was so ably begun by their fathers
in the early days. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Caraway who came to
this county in 1885. Mr. Caraway died in 1900 and since that time Leslie James
Caraway has carried on the management of the home place which comprises the
southeast quarter of section 19, Great Bend township. Mr. Caraway's mother died
June 2, 1907. She was survived by Leslie James, who is now 24 years of age;
Beatrice, 20, Kent, 16 and George 22 years of age. The elder Caraway was one of
the b&st known men in the county and for a number of years after his arrival he
taught school but finally took up the occupation of farming which he followed
until his death which was a great shock to his many friends in all parts of the
county. The residence on the home place consists of eight rooms in addition to
the closets, pantries, etc. The barn is. 42 by 44 feet in dimensions in the main
building, and like the other out-buildings and residence, is well built and
substantial. The home place is nicely situated and is surrounded by a small
orchard and shade trees. In addition to the land on the home place Mr. Caraway
farms, another quarter which he rents. This land is located south of the home
place. The Caraway family is one of the best known in that section of the county
and it is one that has had a great deal to do with the development of the
county's resources and in making it one of the best in the State of Kansas.


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