H. W. FRENCH, general merchant, was born in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. He was for a short time employed as a clerk in mercantile pursuits at Columbus, Ohio. He enlisted December 15, 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and served three months. He went to Davenport, Iowa; was employed as a clerk and in the spring of 1870 came to Garnett. For three years he followed mercantile pursuits as a clerk and in 1873 established his present business. He began in a small way, but has now a large and lucrative trade, carrying a well assorted stock to supply the demands of his business I found this biography while researching a family line who moved to Anderson County, KS. This is the complete biography, but the book contains much historical data that may be of interest. The book in which these biographies can be found is: William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL. This is a HUGE book and spans two volumes that are 600+ page each. The information in the book is arranged alphabetically by county. The book has been transcribed and can be found at this website: http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/