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Ralph G. Hemenway, publisher of the Minneapolis Messenger, was born in Ellinwood, Kansas, May 3, 1885. He is the son of Millard Crary and Gussie (Channon) Hemenway, the former a native of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, born December 5, 1843. At the time of his death at Hope, in August, 1920, he was the publisher of the Hope Dispatch. The Hemenway family, which is of American stock, dates to the 1600s, when it first became known in Massachusetts.Gussie Channon was born in England in 1845, and died at Ellinwood, Kansas, in 1887. She met her husband when both were school teachers in Dickinson County in the 1870s.Ralph G. Hemenway attended Hope public schools until 1898, and the following year was a student at Kansas Wesleyan Business College. From 1902 until 1908 he attended the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, and from that time until 1910 was a student at the University of Kansas. He was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the latter year.Mr. Hemenway is a charter member of Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and while in school was a member of Delta Sigma Rho. He led the debate team of Kansas against the University of Colorado in 1909, and while a student at the University of Kansas was a member of the quill Club.After attending business college in 1899-1900, Mr. Hemenway returned to Hope where he assisted his father in the publication of the Dispatch until the fall of 1902. Entering the State Normal School at Emporia, he worked for three years on the Emporia Republican and the Emporia Times. For a period of two and one-half years, until he entered Kansas University, he was stenographer and assistant secretary to the president of the State Normal School. His first term at the University of Kansas he was secretary to the state geologist, Erasmus Haworth, and the remaining two years made his way by writing for newspapers (sports and news from the University of Kansas). About a year after completing his college education, he purchased the Haven Journal, first having published the Eudora News on a lease for several months. He sold the Journal in the fall of 1922, and in March, 1923, purchased the Minneapolis Messanger.On January 7, 1911, Mr. Hemenway was married to Lillah Evelyn Hogue at Houston, Texas. She was born at Springhill, Kansas, December 8, 1886, the daughter of Samuel R. Hogue of Springhill. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a pioneer in Johnson County. He engaged as a farmer in early life, and later as a merchant, dying at Springhill in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Hemenway have one son, Ralph William, born January 25, 1926.Mr. Hemenway is a Republican. He is a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, Friendship lodge No. 208 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (1913-). For a number of years he was a tennis enthusiast, but now finds his recreation in golf.
Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 508
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Ralph G. Hemenway, publisher of the Minneapolis Messenger, was born in Ellinwood, Kansas, May 3, 1885. He is the son of Millard Crary and Gussie (Channon) Hemenway, the former a native of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, born December 5, 1843. At the time of his death at Hope, in August, 1920, he was the publisher of the Hope Dispatch. The Hemenway family, which is of American stock, dates to the 1600s, when it first became known in Massachusetts.Gussie Channon was born in England in 1845, and died at Ellinwood, Kansas, in 1887. She met her husband when both were school teachers in Dickinson County in the 1870s.Ralph G. Hemenway attended Hope public schools until 1898, and the following year was a student at Kansas Wesleyan Business College. From 1902 until 1908 he attended the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, and from that time until 1910 was a student at the University of Kansas. He was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the latter year.Mr. Hemenway is a charter member of Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and while in school was a member of Delta Sigma Rho. He led the debate team of Kansas against the University of Colorado in 1909, and while a student at the University of Kansas was a member of the quill Club.After attending business college in 1899-1900, Mr. Hemenway returned to Hope where he assisted his father in the publication of the Dispatch until the fall of 1902. Entering the State Normal School at Emporia, he worked for three years on the Emporia Republican and the Emporia Times. For a period of two and one-half years, until he entered Kansas University, he was stenographer and assistant secretary to the president of the State Normal School. His first term at the University of Kansas he was secretary to the state geologist, Erasmus Haworth, and the remaining two years made his way by writing for newspapers (sports and news from the University of Kansas). About a year after completing his college education, he purchased the Haven Journal, first having published the Eudora News on a lease for several months. He sold the Journal in the fall of 1922, and in March, 1923, purchased the Minneapolis Messanger.On January 7, 1911, Mr. Hemenway was married to Lillah Evelyn Hogue at Houston, Texas. She was born at Springhill, Kansas, December 8, 1886, the daughter of Samuel R. Hogue of Springhill. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a pioneer in Johnson County. He engaged as a farmer in early life, and later as a merchant, dying at Springhill in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Hemenway have one son, Ralph William, born January 25, 1926.Mr. Hemenway is a Republican. He is a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, Friendship lodge No. 208 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (1913-). For a number of years he was a tennis enthusiast, but now finds his recreation in golf.
Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 508
MASONIC
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Ralph G. Hemenway, publisher of the Minneapolis Messenger, was born in Ellinwood, Kansas, May 3, 1885. He is the son of Millard Crary and Gussie (Channon) Hemenway, the former a native of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, born December 5, 1843. At the time of his death at Hope, in August, 1920, he was the publisher of the Hope Dispatch. The Hemenway family, which is of American stock, dates to the 1600s, when it first became known in Massachusetts.Gussie Channon was born in England in 1845, and died at Ellinwood, Kansas, in 1887. She met her husband when both were school teachers in Dickinson County in the 1870s.Ralph G. Hemenway attended Hope public schools until 1898, and the following year was a student at Kansas Wesleyan Business College. From 1902 until 1908 he attended the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, and from that time until 1910 was a student at the University of Kansas. He was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the latter year.Mr. Hemenway is a charter member of Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and while in school was a member of Delta Sigma Rho. He led the debate team of Kansas against the University of Colorado in 1909, and while a student at the University of Kansas was a member of the quill Club.After attending business college in 1899-1900, Mr. Hemenway returned to Hope where he assisted his father in the publication of the Dispatch until the fall of 1902. Entering the State Normal School at Emporia, he worked for three years on the Emporia Republican and the Emporia Times. For a period of two and one-half years, until he entered Kansas University, he was stenographer and assistant secretary to the president of the State Normal School. His first term at the University of Kansas he was secretary to the state geologist, Erasmus Haworth, and the remaining two years made his way by writing for newspapers (sports and news from the University of Kansas). About a year after completing his college education, he purchased the Haven Journal, first having published the Eudora News on a lease for several months. He sold the Journal in the fall of 1922, and in March, 1923, purchased the Minneapolis Messanger.On January 7, 1911, Mr. Hemenway was married to Lillah Evelyn Hogue at Houston, Texas. She was born at Springhill, Kansas, December 8, 1886, the daughter of Samuel R. Hogue of Springhill. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a pioneer in Johnson County. He engaged as a farmer in early life, and later as a merchant, dying at Springhill in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Hemenway have one son, Ralph William, born January 25, 1926.Mr. Hemenway is a Republican. He is a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, Friendship lodge No. 208 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (1913-). For a number of years he was a tennis enthusiast, but now finds his recreation in golf.
Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 508
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Ralph G. Hemenway, publisher of the Minneapolis Messenger, was born in Ellinwood, Kansas, May 3, 1885. He is the son of Millard Crary and Gussie (Channon) Hemenway, the former a native of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, born December 5, 1843. At the time of his death at Hope, in August, 1920, he was the publisher of the Hope Dispatch. The Hemenway family, which is of American stock, dates to the 1600s, when it first became known in Massachusetts.Gussie Channon was born in England in 1845, and died at Ellinwood, Kansas, in 1887. She met her husband when both were school teachers in Dickinson County in the 1870s.Ralph G. Hemenway attended Hope public schools until 1898, and the following year was a student at Kansas Wesleyan Business College. From 1902 until 1908 he attended the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, and from that time until 1910 was a student at the University of Kansas. He was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the latter year.Mr. Hemenway is a charter member of Beta chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and while in school was a member of Delta Sigma Rho. He led the debate team of Kansas against the University of Colorado in 1909, and while a student at the University of Kansas was a member of the quill Club.After attending business college in 1899-1900, Mr. Hemenway returned to Hope where he assisted his father in the publication of the Dispatch until the fall of 1902. Entering the State Normal School at Emporia, he worked for three years on the Emporia Republican and the Emporia Times. For a period of two and one-half years, until he entered Kansas University, he was stenographer and assistant secretary to the president of the State Normal School. His first term at the University of Kansas he was secretary to the state geologist, Erasmus Haworth, and the remaining two years made his way by writing for newspapers (sports and news from the University of Kansas). About a year after completing his college education, he purchased the Haven Journal, first having published the Eudora News on a lease for several months. He sold the Journal in the fall of 1922, and in March, 1923, purchased the Minneapolis Messanger.On January 7, 1911, Mr. Hemenway was married to Lillah Evelyn Hogue at Houston, Texas. She was born at Springhill, Kansas, December 8, 1886, the daughter of Samuel R. Hogue of Springhill. He was a veteran of the Civil War and a pioneer in Johnson County. He engaged as a farmer in early life, and later as a merchant, dying at Springhill in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Hemenway have one son, Ralph William, born January 25, 1926.Mr. Hemenway is a Republican. He is a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, Friendship lodge No. 208 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (1913-). For a number of years he was a tennis enthusiast, but now finds his recreation in golf.
Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 508
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