Son of Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr. and Nancy Jane Debord.
Married Lula Vansyckle June 26, 1894 in Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas. She died Sep. 12, 1947 in Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho.
From "The History of Kansas", Page 1126
Stephen has been identified with the mining and industrial interests of Southeastern Kansas for nearly thirty years. When he left school he was a poor boy and went to work in the mines for wages. In a short time he had advanced to that degree of skill and business ability where he was operating for himself. For a number of years he was ore buyer for the following smelting concerns: Cherokee Lanyon Smelting Company, American Sheet Steel Company, and the Girard Smelting Company. Perhaps one of his chief contributions to the mining history of Galena has been through the Portia Mining Company, whose scene of operation is right in the Town of Galena. Recently this property was sold to Kentucky people. Stephen put down fifteen drill holes on this land and in six months sold the property and made $50,000 clear. For many years Stephen has done his own mining. He discovered and developed what was known as the Crowe and Ping property on the south side land at Galena, his associate being the late J.R. Crowe, a well known coal operator of Kansas City. Besides these properties he organized and operated the Mizpah Mining Company and the Ping Investment Company, which were famous mines. Altogether he has built and operated fifteen mining properties in this lead and zinc country. Stephen is of Colonial American ancestry. His forefather was an Englishman who went to Scotland, married a Scotch woman and later emigrated to America and settled in Kentucky. Stephen was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, December 25, 1872. His father, Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr., was born in the same County in 1841, was reared and married there, and spent most of his active career as a farmer. In 1878 he moved from Pulaski County to Barry County, Missouri, and in 1888 came to Galena, Kansas , where he was identified with mining operations. In 1901 he went back to Barry County, Missouri & in 1910 again took up his residence at Galena and soon afterwards retired from active business. Benjamin died in Galena in 1915. He was a democrat in politics. His first wife, who was born in Kentucky, died in Barry County, Missouri soon after coming out here from Kentucky. Their other children are: Mary, wife of Ed Hauser, a mine operator who lives in Spring Grove - a portion of Galena; Green Ping, a stationary engineer, lives at Galena; Nannie, wife of G.W. Grant, a merchant, lives at Galena. Stephen spent his youth in Barry County, Missouri, and Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas. In these localities he received his education from the public schools. While he has been very prosperous in business he has also identified himself with everything that concerns the welfare of his home city of Galena and has done much to build it up, and is an active worker in the Community Club. He was a director in the Galena State Bank until the bank was sold. Besides his fine residence at 607 Washington Avenue he owns $20,000 worth of fine business property in the city and a fine piece of mineral land close to the city. In matters of politics Ping is a democrat. He has spent four years in the city council of Galena, is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, is affiliated with Galena Lodge - No 194, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-Baxter Chapter-No 78, Royal Arch Masons, Galena Commandery-No 46, Knights Templar, Fort Scott Consistory-No 6 of the Scottish Rite, and was formerly a member of Abdallah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Leavenworth, having demitted to Mirzah Temple at Pittsburg, Kansas. He is also a life member of Galena Lodge No 677, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1895 Stephen married Miss Lula Vansyckle of Galena. They became parents of three children: Mizpah is a graduate with the Degree Bachelor of Arts from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and lives at home with her parents; the two younger children Lucile and Portia, both died in childhood, Portia at the age of four and Lucile at the age of four years and six months.
Married Lula Vansyckle June 26, 1894 in Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas. She died Sep. 12, 1947 in Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho.
From "The History of Kansas", Page 1126
Stephen has been identified with the mining and industrial interests of Southeastern Kansas for nearly thirty years. When he left school he was a poor boy and went to work in the mines for wages. In a short time he had advanced to that degree of skill and business ability where he was operating for himself. For a number of years he was ore buyer for the following smelting concerns: Cherokee Lanyon Smelting Company, American Sheet Steel Company, and the Girard Smelting Company. Perhaps one of his chief contributions to the mining history of Galena has been through the Portia Mining Company, whose scene of operation is right in the Town of Galena. Recently this property was sold to Kentucky people. Stephen put down fifteen drill holes on this land and in six months sold the property and made $50,000 clear. For many years Stephen has done his own mining. He discovered and developed what was known as the Crowe and Ping property on the south side land at Galena, his associate being the late J.R. Crowe, a well known coal operator of Kansas City. Besides these properties he organized and operated the Mizpah Mining Company and the Ping Investment Company, which were famous mines. Altogether he has built and operated fifteen mining properties in this lead and zinc country. Stephen is of Colonial American ancestry. His forefather was an Englishman who went to Scotland, married a Scotch woman and later emigrated to America and settled in Kentucky. Stephen was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, December 25, 1872. His father, Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr., was born in the same County in 1841, was reared and married there, and spent most of his active career as a farmer. In 1878 he moved from Pulaski County to Barry County, Missouri, and in 1888 came to Galena, Kansas , where he was identified with mining operations. In 1901 he went back to Barry County, Missouri & in 1910 again took up his residence at Galena and soon afterwards retired from active business. Benjamin died in Galena in 1915. He was a democrat in politics. His first wife, who was born in Kentucky, died in Barry County, Missouri soon after coming out here from Kentucky. Their other children are: Mary, wife of Ed Hauser, a mine operator who lives in Spring Grove - a portion of Galena; Green Ping, a stationary engineer, lives at Galena; Nannie, wife of G.W. Grant, a merchant, lives at Galena. Stephen spent his youth in Barry County, Missouri, and Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas. In these localities he received his education from the public schools. While he has been very prosperous in business he has also identified himself with everything that concerns the welfare of his home city of Galena and has done much to build it up, and is an active worker in the Community Club. He was a director in the Galena State Bank until the bank was sold. Besides his fine residence at 607 Washington Avenue he owns $20,000 worth of fine business property in the city and a fine piece of mineral land close to the city. In matters of politics Ping is a democrat. He has spent four years in the city council of Galena, is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, is affiliated with Galena Lodge - No 194, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-Baxter Chapter-No 78, Royal Arch Masons, Galena Commandery-No 46, Knights Templar, Fort Scott Consistory-No 6 of the Scottish Rite, and was formerly a member of Abdallah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Leavenworth, having demitted to Mirzah Temple at Pittsburg, Kansas. He is also a life member of Galena Lodge No 677, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1895 Stephen married Miss Lula Vansyckle of Galena. They became parents of three children: Mizpah is a graduate with the Degree Bachelor of Arts from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and lives at home with her parents; the two younger children Lucile and Portia, both died in childhood, Portia at the age of four and Lucile at the age of four years and six months.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr. and Nancy Jane Debord.
Married Lula Vansyckle June 26, 1894 in Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas. She died Sep. 12, 1947 in Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho.
From "The History of Kansas", Page 1126
Stephen has been identified with the mining and industrial interests of Southeastern Kansas for nearly thirty years. When he left school he was a poor boy and went to work in the mines for wages. In a short time he had advanced to that degree of skill and business ability where he was operating for himself. For a number of years he was ore buyer for the following smelting concerns: Cherokee Lanyon Smelting Company, American Sheet Steel Company, and the Girard Smelting Company. Perhaps one of his chief contributions to the mining history of Galena has been through the Portia Mining Company, whose scene of operation is right in the Town of Galena. Recently this property was sold to Kentucky people. Stephen put down fifteen drill holes on this land and in six months sold the property and made $50,000 clear. For many years Stephen has done his own mining. He discovered and developed what was known as the Crowe and Ping property on the south side land at Galena, his associate being the late J.R. Crowe, a well known coal operator of Kansas City. Besides these properties he organized and operated the Mizpah Mining Company and the Ping Investment Company, which were famous mines. Altogether he has built and operated fifteen mining properties in this lead and zinc country. Stephen is of Colonial American ancestry. His forefather was an Englishman who went to Scotland, married a Scotch woman and later emigrated to America and settled in Kentucky. Stephen was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, December 25, 1872. His father, Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr., was born in the same County in 1841, was reared and married there, and spent most of his active career as a farmer. In 1878 he moved from Pulaski County to Barry County, Missouri, and in 1888 came to Galena, Kansas , where he was identified with mining operations. In 1901 he went back to Barry County, Missouri & in 1910 again took up his residence at Galena and soon afterwards retired from active business. Benjamin died in Galena in 1915. He was a democrat in politics. His first wife, who was born in Kentucky, died in Barry County, Missouri soon after coming out here from Kentucky. Their other children are: Mary, wife of Ed Hauser, a mine operator who lives in Spring Grove - a portion of Galena; Green Ping, a stationary engineer, lives at Galena; Nannie, wife of G.W. Grant, a merchant, lives at Galena. Stephen spent his youth in Barry County, Missouri, and Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas. In these localities he received his education from the public schools. While he has been very prosperous in business he has also identified himself with everything that concerns the welfare of his home city of Galena and has done much to build it up, and is an active worker in the Community Club. He was a director in the Galena State Bank until the bank was sold. Besides his fine residence at 607 Washington Avenue he owns $20,000 worth of fine business property in the city and a fine piece of mineral land close to the city. In matters of politics Ping is a democrat. He has spent four years in the city council of Galena, is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, is affiliated with Galena Lodge - No 194, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-Baxter Chapter-No 78, Royal Arch Masons, Galena Commandery-No 46, Knights Templar, Fort Scott Consistory-No 6 of the Scottish Rite, and was formerly a member of Abdallah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Leavenworth, having demitted to Mirzah Temple at Pittsburg, Kansas. He is also a life member of Galena Lodge No 677, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1895 Stephen married Miss Lula Vansyckle of Galena. They became parents of three children: Mizpah is a graduate with the Degree Bachelor of Arts from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and lives at home with her parents; the two younger children Lucile and Portia, both died in childhood, Portia at the age of four and Lucile at the age of four years and six months.
Married Lula Vansyckle June 26, 1894 in Galena, Cherokee Co., Kansas. She died Sep. 12, 1947 in Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho.
From "The History of Kansas", Page 1126
Stephen has been identified with the mining and industrial interests of Southeastern Kansas for nearly thirty years. When he left school he was a poor boy and went to work in the mines for wages. In a short time he had advanced to that degree of skill and business ability where he was operating for himself. For a number of years he was ore buyer for the following smelting concerns: Cherokee Lanyon Smelting Company, American Sheet Steel Company, and the Girard Smelting Company. Perhaps one of his chief contributions to the mining history of Galena has been through the Portia Mining Company, whose scene of operation is right in the Town of Galena. Recently this property was sold to Kentucky people. Stephen put down fifteen drill holes on this land and in six months sold the property and made $50,000 clear. For many years Stephen has done his own mining. He discovered and developed what was known as the Crowe and Ping property on the south side land at Galena, his associate being the late J.R. Crowe, a well known coal operator of Kansas City. Besides these properties he organized and operated the Mizpah Mining Company and the Ping Investment Company, which were famous mines. Altogether he has built and operated fifteen mining properties in this lead and zinc country. Stephen is of Colonial American ancestry. His forefather was an Englishman who went to Scotland, married a Scotch woman and later emigrated to America and settled in Kentucky. Stephen was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, December 25, 1872. His father, Benjamin Franklin Ping, Sr., was born in the same County in 1841, was reared and married there, and spent most of his active career as a farmer. In 1878 he moved from Pulaski County to Barry County, Missouri, and in 1888 came to Galena, Kansas , where he was identified with mining operations. In 1901 he went back to Barry County, Missouri & in 1910 again took up his residence at Galena and soon afterwards retired from active business. Benjamin died in Galena in 1915. He was a democrat in politics. His first wife, who was born in Kentucky, died in Barry County, Missouri soon after coming out here from Kentucky. Their other children are: Mary, wife of Ed Hauser, a mine operator who lives in Spring Grove - a portion of Galena; Green Ping, a stationary engineer, lives at Galena; Nannie, wife of G.W. Grant, a merchant, lives at Galena. Stephen spent his youth in Barry County, Missouri, and Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas. In these localities he received his education from the public schools. While he has been very prosperous in business he has also identified himself with everything that concerns the welfare of his home city of Galena and has done much to build it up, and is an active worker in the Community Club. He was a director in the Galena State Bank until the bank was sold. Besides his fine residence at 607 Washington Avenue he owns $20,000 worth of fine business property in the city and a fine piece of mineral land close to the city. In matters of politics Ping is a democrat. He has spent four years in the city council of Galena, is one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, is affiliated with Galena Lodge - No 194, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons-Baxter Chapter-No 78, Royal Arch Masons, Galena Commandery-No 46, Knights Templar, Fort Scott Consistory-No 6 of the Scottish Rite, and was formerly a member of Abdallah Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Leavenworth, having demitted to Mirzah Temple at Pittsburg, Kansas. He is also a life member of Galena Lodge No 677, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1895 Stephen married Miss Lula Vansyckle of Galena. They became parents of three children: Mizpah is a graduate with the Degree Bachelor of Arts from Christian College, Columbia, Missouri, and lives at home with her parents; the two younger children Lucile and Portia, both died in childhood, Portia at the age of four and Lucile at the age of four years and six months.
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