Hickory Township

The Kansas Historical Society has preserved a 1905 Standard Atlas of Butler County Kansas. Page 97 is a map of Hickory Township, just south of present day Highway 400 and Beaumont, Kansas. A plat of Beaumont is attached to Union Township below.

With a click and you can see the property claims of several Van Husses and two Brewers. Hannah and Will Davis, Abby and Alex Fletcher are the descendants of the clans of Van Huss, Brewer, and Phillips, thanks to Bob and Mary Van Huss.

To the north of Hickory Township is Glencoe Township with Beaumont, Kansas. The William Phillips property can be seen just to the southwest of Beaumont.

To the south of Hickory Township is Union Township and Latham, Kansas. Little Walnut Township and Leon, Kansas are to the west.

J. P. VanHuss

The following is from the Carter County, Tennessee History.

J. P. Van Huss, farmer, was born in March, 1833, in Carter County, on his present farm. He was educated in the common schools, and when twenty years old began life, and now owns 157 acres of fine land.

In 1860 Rebecca, a daughter of Daniel and Barbara (Roadcap) Nead, of Hagerstown, Md., and Rockbridge County, Va., respectively, became his wife, About 1837 they came to Washington County, where the father died.

The children born to our subject and wife are as follows: Minnie F., James M., Daniel F., Barbara E., Flora J., William L. and John D. He and his wife are Baptists, the latter of the German Church.

He is a Republican and Prohibitionist. He was a justice in 1860 and has been since 1882. From January, 1888 to 1887, he was a trustee in 1866, and served four terms. He was deputy sheriff three years, and is a Master Mason. He was twice elected moderator of the Watauga Assocaiton of Baptists, and was also clerk of the same body from its organization in 1868 for six consecutive years.

He is the ninth of eleven children (five of whom yet survive) of Mathias and Lovina (Duggar) Van Buss, natives of Carter (now Johnson) County and the present Carter County respectively. The former was a soldier in 1812, a Whig, a farmer, and a blacksmith. He was a son of Valentine Van Huss, of North Carolina, and of Carter County, the latter born about 1778. He was of Dutch desent, while the mother was of Scotch-English origin. The mother was a daughter of was a daughter of William Duggar, a native of North Carolina, and a pioneer of Dugger's Ferry. He was a soldier of the Revolution and married three times. The Duggar family are long lived.