Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Hampson, James A. 1856 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   James A. Hampson, a prosperous farmer of Grant township, Sedgwick county,
Kansas, was born February 29, 1856, in Tazewell county, Illinois, and is one of
a family of ten children born to Henry J. and Nancy (Haines) Hampson. Our
subject's paternal grandparents were James and Christiana (Peppers) Hampson,
natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively. The grandfather was a farmer
in Ohio till 1837, when he settled in Tazewell county, Illinois, and there
carried on farming, being prominently identified with the pioneer history of the
state. He died there March 8, 1874, at the age of sixty-five years. His widow
survived till February 28, 1887, and died at the age of seventy-five years. They
had a family of eleven children, of whom Henry J., our subject's father, was the
second. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, April 8, 1829, and grew up on the
family homestead in Tazewell county, Illinois. On October 14, 1850, he married
Nancy Haines, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 13, 1833, the
youngest of a family of three children born to John and Nancy (Larramore)
Haines, who were both natives of Virginia. Henry J. and his wife settled on a
farm in Tazewell county, Illinois, and lived there till 1876, when they removed
with their family to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and settled on a tract of 240
acres of unimproved railroad land in Grant township. Here they established their
family home and reared their children. He was a man of influence in the
community and a thrifty, sucessful farmer, having his farm well stocked with
Norman and Percheron horses, Durham cattle and Poland-China swine, improved with
fine buildings and thoroughly equipped with every needed convenience and
appliance. He was a Democrat in political opinion and filled various local
township offices. His death occurred March 31, 1909. His wife died March 14,
1907. She was a devoted Christian woman and a member of the Baptist denomination.

   James A. lived at home till he was thirty years old, acquiring his education
in the district schools in Illinois and Sedgwick county, after the family
removed thither. At his father's death, in 1909, he was appointed administrator
of the estate, and carries on general farming and  stock raising. Mr. Hampson is
a Democrat in political sentiment and is somewhat active in the local council
and affairs of his party. He has filled various local offices, having served
twelve years as clerk of the school board and serving now his fourth year as
township trustee.

   On May 25, 1886, Mr. Hampson married Miss Anna Ryder, daughter of Jonathan
and Lucy (Rice) Ryder, of Harvey county, Kansas. The mother was a descendant in
direct line of Revolutionary ancestors. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hampson are affiliated
in religious faith with the United Presbyterian church at Sunnydale.


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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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