J. C. Humphrey

J. C. Humphrey was the founder of the Belleville Telescope, a newspaper in Republic County, Kansas. It was the first paper in the county, established September 20, 1870, when there were only two houses in the town of Belleville.[1]

Humphrey was born in Canada in 1845 and moved first to Ohio, then back to Canada, and finally arriving in Kansas to homestead in 1870.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cutler, William (1883). "Republic County, Part 2". History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ Cutler, William (1883). "Republic County, Part 4". History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Illinois: A. T. Andreas. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
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