Obituary, Thomas L. Hogue.

Thomas Lewis Hogue, son of Bushrod and Rachael Hogue, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1842. He died at 1:30 a. m. May 8, 1918, at the age of 75 years, six months and 21 days. He was of Quaker parentage.

 On May 2, 1895 he married Nannie L. Anderson, county superintendent of Johnson county, and a member of the State Board of Education

. At the age of 17 he joined the 124th regiment of Company B, Ohio Volunteers. He was a Civil war veteran and served three terms as commander of the Franklin Post of the G. A. R. At the time of his death he was adjutant and chairman of the committee for Decoration Day services, but was unable meet with the committee on account of illness. He was also serving as vice president of the Johnson County Old Settlers Association.

He came to Kansas in 1868 and was bookkeeper for the firm of Bullene & Co., now Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co., of Kansas City. La er he was one of the teachers of Spaulding''s Commercial college. A few years later he moved to Mission township. During the early ‘80s he served in the legislature as representative from Johnson county. He again served two terms in the legislature  from 1898-1900. He was one of the members of the committee that was sent by the Kansas legislature to investigate the Minnesota State twine plant which investigation resulted in the establishment of our present twine plant at Leavenworth.

In 1887 Mr. Hogue came to Olathe and helped to establish the firm of Burch and Hogue, real estate and loan business. After this firm dissolved he entered the Indian service and was for a number of years superintendent of the San Carloss, Arizona Indian School. In the fall of 1894 he returned to Olathe and the following spring formed a partnership with D. C. Zercher. The firm of Zercher and Hogue, in the real estate and loan business became for years one of the biggest insurance agencies in Kansas. The failure of his health made it necessary for him to retire, but later he was appointed postmaster by Thee. Roosevelt, in which capacity he served eight years, when he from active business. Mr. Hogue was very active in public affairs. Three times he served as chairman of the Republican Central committee. Although an active worker for his party, Mr. Hogue was proud of the friendship of leading men of the opposing party. He was progressive in his ideas and always believed in scratching his ticket if men upon his ticket were not what they should be. A number of times he has been a delegate to the annual Grand Army conventions and three years ago he was one of the State delegates to the National G. A. R. convention held in Washington, D. C. -Mr. Hogue for several years was vice president of the State Postmasters organization. "

While living in Mission township, Mr. Hogue was a very active member of the Methodist church and was superintendant of Sabbath school for years. After coming to Olathe he joined the Presbyterian church. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, A.O.U.W. and Masonic lodges.

He leaves a wife, two sons, Hobart and Thomas and two daughters, Elizabeth and Helen.

As a friend wrote to the family of him, “His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him, that nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man’.”

Olathe Mirror
May 16, 1908
Page 8, Col 3
2^nd Addition, Block 3, Lot 81, W1