And my dear mother, a loyal resident of Atchison since July, 1859, intimately identified with its history and growth for fifty-seven years, has visualized to me as no other could, the story of the early days. Remarkable as a mother, loved and adored by all her children, she is no less remarkable as a woman, stalwart, rugged and buoyant. She lived her young life with the pioneers of Atchison, and now in the fullness of her years she looks over the past, so full of pleasures, tribulations and sorrows, with gladness and resignation, and faces the future with a determined spirit and a brave heart. To the ministers of the various churches of Atchison and to Professor Erasmus Haworth and Charles H. Taylor, the county farm agent, and to many other good people of Atchison, I entertain sentiments of the deepest appreciation, and if any of them ever undertakes the work of writing a history, I shall gladly render them any service in my power. SHEFFIELD INGALLS. Atchison, Kan., March 6, 1916. ILLUSTRATIONS. Abell, P. T. 295 Adams, John P. 488 Adams, Mary A. 584 Adams, William 584 Adams, S. W. 520 Atchison County Court House 57 Atchison County High School, Effingham 274 Ballinger and Wife, S. E. 648 Ballinger, Julia H. 600 Ballinger, Thomas E. 600 Barber, Moses 672 Barber, Mary 672 Beard and Family, Frank 704 Blodgett, Thomas L. 624 Boyington, Home of Frank W. and Julia 584 Burbank, E. G. 520 Burrows, C. H. 544 Bush, William H. 464 Buttron, Henry and Family 472 Carnegie Library, Atchison 289 Challis, William L. 307 Cheseborough, Ellsworth 193 Christian Church, Atchison 249 Cirtwill, Jennie 712 Cochrane, Dr. W. W. 307 Commercial Street, Atchison 66 Conlon, Charles J. 488