Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Main, D. M. 1850 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   D. M. Main, of Cheney, Kan., was born November 20, 1850, in Calhoun county,
Mich. His parents were Joseph A. and Emma C. Main, the former a native of
Connecticut and the latter of New York. On the paternal side Mr. Main traces his
ancestry to Scotland. The father of Mr. Main removed from Adrian to Calhoun
county, Michigan, and died there at the age of ninety-two. D. M. Main was one of
a family of eight children. His early education was obtained in the public
schools of Michigan and in the high school at Battle Creek. In his early career
he worked as a laborer and after accumulating $1,000 he concluded to try his
fortune in the West. In 1879 he came to Kansas and located at Mulvane, where he
engaged in the hardware business, and with David Badger formed a partnership
under the firm name of Badger & Main, which lasted for three years. In 1883 Mr.
Main removed to Cheney and engaged in the hardware business, which he conducted
for twenty years. The business afterwards became Main & Northcutt, later being
changed to Main & Crossley. Mr. Main retired from the business eventually and
took up farming in a general way, living on his farm, a short distance from
Cheney. He now owns 290 acres of valuable real estate, which he rents and
derives a handsome revenue from. Mr. Main was married on August 22, 1882, to
Miss Eva McCart, of Mulvane, a daughter of Robert McCart. Mrs. Main traces her
ancestry on the maternal side to one of the descendants of the Mayflower. Mrs.
Main is a lady of culture and refinement, having been educated in the State
University of Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she graduated in the class of 1875.
For several years previous to her marriage she was a successful teacher. In
politics Mr. Main is independent. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.

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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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