Sedgwick-Wilson County KS Archives Biographies.....Longenecker, Nathaniel W. 1850 - ************************************************ 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@yahoo.com April 5, 2007, 2:12 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Nathaniel W. Longenecker, veterinary surgeon, of Wichita, Kan., was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1850. His parents were Emerald and Martha (Hershey) Longenecker, natives of Pennsylvania, and on the maternal side the ancestry of the family can be traced back for 250 years, some of the ancestors holding claims to land which were signed by William Penn. The Longeneckers were of Swiss origin, and the ancestors on that side are traced back for several centuries. Emerald Longenecker, father of Nathaniel W., moved to Kansas in 1873. Nathaniel W. Longenecker is also numbered among the pioneers of the state, to which he moved in 1868, locating first in Wilson county, when the county seat contained but two houses. In 1873 Mr. Longenecker made a trip to Texas, and in November of the same he returned to Kansas, then back to Pennsylvania, where he remained till 1887, when he returned, locating in Wichita, where he has since resided, taking up the profession of a veterinarian and running large stables and a feed barn in connection. His present building at No. 500 West Douglas avenue was remodeled and enlarged to a brick structure in 1904. Mr. Longenecker has followed his chosen profession since 1869. Additional Comments: Extracted from 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) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/longenec361gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb