Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Loudenslager, Henry H. 1841 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Henry H. Loudenslager, farmer, of Maize, Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a native
of the Keystone state, having been born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, on
November 7, 1841. His parents were Samuel S. and Hetty (Rowe) Loudenslager, the
ancestry on the paternal side being traced to Switzerland and on the maternal to
Germany. Mr. Loudenslager, with a family of three children, came from
Pennsylvania in 1871 and located on Section 18, Park township, Sedgwick county,
where he homesteaded 160 acres of land. He still lives on the original
homestead, but has added to it other land in Section 19, so that he now owns 230
acres of as valuable land as is found in Sedgwick county. Since he has been a
resident of the township Mr. Loudenslager has held several minor offices. For a
long time he has been a member of the school board, has always favored good
schools and has done all in his power to promote them. He was the founder and
builder of the Maize Academy, and was second to none to furnishing the capital
to build it. Mr. Loudenslager was married January 7, 1864, in Juniata county,
Pennsylvania, to Miss Susan B. Smith, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Smith.
Of this union seven children have been born, all of whom are living. They are:
Emma B., Adda M., Cora E., Hetty C., Cline S., Louis H. and Murray O. Mr.
Loudenslager is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Fraternal Aid Society
and the A. H. T. A. He is a member of the Lutheran Evangelical Church, and in
politics a strong Republican and active in the party. He became a member of the
Pennsylvania militia in 1862 and took part in the Civil War, his regiment being
commanded by Colonel Lee. The regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac
and was at Antietam. After that battle it did patrol duty for one year, when Mr.
Loudenslager was discharged. He then re-enlisted for three months, was at the
battle of Gettysburg, and after that the regiment did patrol and guard duty up
to the time of its discharge at Reading, Pa., in 1863. Mr. H. H. Loudenslager
also founded and located the town of Maize in the year of 1886.

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)


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