Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Follett, Henry C. 1845 - living in 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com July 23, 2005, 3:01 pm Author: B. F. Bowen HENRY C. FOLLETT. Coming to Walnut township, Marshall county, from his home in Williams county, Ohio, where he was born on March 18, 1845, Henry C. Follett, the son of Robert and Julia (Turner) Follett, has met with success as a farmer and stockman and has for many years been recognized as one of the substantial and influential men of this county. Robert and Julia Follett were natives of the state of Massachusetts and were among the early settlers in Williams county. Robert Follett had first gone to Michigan, where he lived for a time, before coming to Ohio. The journey from Michigan was a hard one and fraught with much danger. Roads had to be cut through the brush and the timber, before the little party could proceed. A home was established in Ohio and there the family lived until March, 1864, when they came to Doniphan county. There the father died on July 4, 1867, at the age of eighty-five years and his wife died in 1877 at the age of eighty-five years. The father of Julia (Turner) Follett was a native of New Jersey and her mother was born in Ohio. They were well-to-do farmers and prominent in the social life of the community in which they lived, and where they were held in high regard. The father died in Ohio in 1865. To Robert and Julia Follett were born the following children: William, Helen, Phoebe, Janette, Jerome, Henry C. and three who died in infancy. William is a retired farmer and now living in Williams county, Ohio; Helen, who married a Mr. Pointer, died at her home in Holton, Kansas, on March 1, 1915. She was the mother of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Phoebe Sing, who died some years ago, was the mother of two boys; Janette is the widow of Mr. Cronin and resides at Severance, Kansas; Jerome gave his services to his country in the Civil War and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Henry C. Follett received his education in the local schools of Williams county, Ohio, and there grew to manhood on the home farm, where he assisted his father with the farm work. He remained at home until 1863, at which time he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on February 9, of that year. He saw much active service and was at the battles of Missionary Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Big Shanty, Jonesboro and Atlanta. At the latter place he was taken from the battlefield and placed in the hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, where he lay for two months with typhoid fever, after which he was transferred to the hospital at Camp Dennison, where he remained for another month. He then rejoined his company at Atlanta, and went with them on the "march to the sea." He also joined in the grand review at Washington and was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 12, 1865. He was but seventeen years of age at the time he entered the service, and his education had been much neglected. After his discharge, he came to Kansas, where his parents were located in Doniphan county. He remained in that county until 1869, when he came to Marshall county and homesteaded eighty acres of land in section 22, Walnut township, which is now a part of his fine farm of four hundred acres, all of which is in this section. On his homestead he built one of the first frame houses between Waterville and Marysville. He at once set to work to place his farm under cultivation and improve it. One of the first things that he did was to plant an orchard, which failed him; but three times he has planted an orchard, with a determination to win. His farm is today one of the best developed and nicely improved in the township, and here he engaged in general farming and stock raising, until 1908, when he retired from the more active duties of life and moved to Waterville. He was always an exact farmer and a believer in the best cultivation possible. He kept a splendid lot of high-grade stock, including cattle, Clydesdale and Norman horses and hogs. By hard work and excellent management he met with much success and soon became recognized as one of the foremost farmers and stockmen in the county. His home in Waterville is a modern two-story house and one of the best in the little city. He is a. stockholder in the lumber company at Waterville and in the elevator company at Schroyer, Kansas, and has ever been active in those enterprises that would tend to the growth and prosperity of his community. On January 16, 1868, Henry C. Follett was married to Aure E. Rose, the daughter of Lewis and Julia (Carr) Rose, natives of the state of Ohio. Mrs. Follett was born in Bryant, Williams county, Ohio, on July 5, 1850, and died at her home in Waterville, Kansas, on June 23, 1913. To this union two children were born, Elmer and Florence. Elmer is a farmer and stockman of Walnut township, where he is respected as a man and as a citizen. Florence M. was first married to Victor Madison, a native of Washington county, Kentucky, and to this union three children were born. Mr. Madison was killed some years ago by having an automobile turn over on him. Mrs. Madison later married Ed Green, a farmer of Burroak, Kansas. Politically, Mr. Follett is a stanch Republican and has ever taken a keen interest in the affairs of his township. He is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security and of the Grand Army of the Republic. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions by Emma E. Forter Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/marshall/bios/follett73bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb