A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
William Henry Vernon, Jr., was born in Pawnee County January 4, 1880. He has spent practically all his life in this section and acquired his early education and most of his professional training there. He is a graduate of the Larned High School and in 1906 graduated from the law department of Washburn College at Topeka. For six years he worked as law clerk for Judge Mason, during and after his term in law school, and he was admitted to the bar in Pawnee County before Judge James F. Andrews. The law came to him partly by inheritance, partly by early environment and influence, and also as a result of a consideration of his inclinations and natural aptitudes. After his admission he began active practice and the first criminal case with which he was connected was as prosecutor in the office of county attorney.
He was elected County Attorney in 1908 as successor to G.W. Finney. He is still in that office and in 1916 was re-elected for the fifth consecutive time and without opposition. The Office of County Attorney has had a rather remarkable record during his incumbency in the fact that it has never lost a civil suit. In the meantime the county has undertaken and carried out a large amount of public improvement work, including bridge construction and road maintenance, and the legal matters connected with this work and with the preliminaries for the building of a new court house have all been in Mr. Vernon's capable hands.
Mr. Vernon grew up in a Republican atmosphere and cast his first Presidential vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. He has served three terms as Vice President of the Kansas Day Club and Vice President of the Seventh District Club twice. As a Delegate he has attended Congressional and State Conventions and was a Delegate to the State Convention which nominated Governor Hoch the first time. He also helped name Victor Murdoch for Congress once and has done some campaigning outside of his home county. Mr. Vernon is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and with the Scottish Rite Consistory at Topeka and regularly attends the Masonic Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Vernon is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was married at Topeka, Kansas, September 7, 1905, to Miss Ethel Small. Her father, John Samuel Small, came from Ohio to Kansas and was a farmer in Ford County, this state. Mrs. Vernon is a graduate of Christ Hospital at Topeka and was a trained nurse before her marriage. She is the mother of two children: Virginia and William H., Third.
William Henry Vernon, Jr., was born in Pawnee County January 4, 1880. He has spent practically all his life in this section and acquired his early education and most of his professional training there. He is a graduate of the Larned High School and in 1906 graduated from the law department of Washburn College at Topeka. For six years he worked as law clerk for Judge Mason, during and after his term in law school, and he was admitted to the bar in Pawnee County before Judge James F. Andrews. The law came to him partly by inheritance, partly by early environment and influence, and also as a result of a consideration of his inclinations and natural aptitudes. After his admission he began active practice and the first criminal case with which he was connected was as prosecutor in the office of county attorney.
He was elected County Attorney in 1908 as successor to G.W. Finney. He is still in that office and in 1916 was re-elected for the fifth consecutive time and without opposition. The Office of County Attorney has had a rather remarkable record during his incumbency in the fact that it has never lost a civil suit. In the meantime the county has undertaken and carried out a large amount of public improvement work, including bridge construction and road maintenance, and the legal matters connected with this work and with the preliminaries for the building of a new court house have all been in Mr. Vernon's capable hands.
Mr. Vernon grew up in a Republican atmosphere and cast his first Presidential vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. He has served three terms as Vice President of the Kansas Day Club and Vice President of the Seventh District Club twice. As a Delegate he has attended Congressional and State Conventions and was a Delegate to the State Convention which nominated Governor Hoch the first time. He also helped name Victor Murdoch for Congress once and has done some campaigning outside of his home county. Mr. Vernon is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and with the Scottish Rite Consistory at Topeka and regularly attends the Masonic Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Vernon is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was married at Topeka, Kansas, September 7, 1905, to Miss Ethel Small. Her father, John Samuel Small, came from Ohio to Kansas and was a farmer in Ford County, this state. Mrs. Vernon is a graduate of Christ Hospital at Topeka and was a trained nurse before her marriage. She is the mother of two children: Virginia and William H., Third.
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
William Henry Vernon, Jr., was born in Pawnee County January 4, 1880. He has spent practically all his life in this section and acquired his early education and most of his professional training there. He is a graduate of the Larned High School and in 1906 graduated from the law department of Washburn College at Topeka. For six years he worked as law clerk for Judge Mason, during and after his term in law school, and he was admitted to the bar in Pawnee County before Judge James F. Andrews. The law came to him partly by inheritance, partly by early environment and influence, and also as a result of a consideration of his inclinations and natural aptitudes. After his admission he began active practice and the first criminal case with which he was connected was as prosecutor in the office of county attorney.
He was elected County Attorney in 1908 as successor to G.W. Finney. He is still in that office and in 1916 was re-elected for the fifth consecutive time and without opposition. The Office of County Attorney has had a rather remarkable record during his incumbency in the fact that it has never lost a civil suit. In the meantime the county has undertaken and carried out a large amount of public improvement work, including bridge construction and road maintenance, and the legal matters connected with this work and with the preliminaries for the building of a new court house have all been in Mr. Vernon's capable hands.
Mr. Vernon grew up in a Republican atmosphere and cast his first Presidential vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. He has served three terms as Vice President of the Kansas Day Club and Vice President of the Seventh District Club twice. As a Delegate he has attended Congressional and State Conventions and was a Delegate to the State Convention which nominated Governor Hoch the first time. He also helped name Victor Murdoch for Congress once and has done some campaigning outside of his home county. Mr. Vernon is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and with the Scottish Rite Consistory at Topeka and regularly attends the Masonic Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Vernon is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was married at Topeka, Kansas, September 7, 1905, to Miss Ethel Small. Her father, John Samuel Small, came from Ohio to Kansas and was a farmer in Ford County, this state. Mrs. Vernon is a graduate of Christ Hospital at Topeka and was a trained nurse before her marriage. She is the mother of two children: Virginia and William H., Third.
William Henry Vernon, Jr., was born in Pawnee County January 4, 1880. He has spent practically all his life in this section and acquired his early education and most of his professional training there. He is a graduate of the Larned High School and in 1906 graduated from the law department of Washburn College at Topeka. For six years he worked as law clerk for Judge Mason, during and after his term in law school, and he was admitted to the bar in Pawnee County before Judge James F. Andrews. The law came to him partly by inheritance, partly by early environment and influence, and also as a result of a consideration of his inclinations and natural aptitudes. After his admission he began active practice and the first criminal case with which he was connected was as prosecutor in the office of county attorney.
He was elected County Attorney in 1908 as successor to G.W. Finney. He is still in that office and in 1916 was re-elected for the fifth consecutive time and without opposition. The Office of County Attorney has had a rather remarkable record during his incumbency in the fact that it has never lost a civil suit. In the meantime the county has undertaken and carried out a large amount of public improvement work, including bridge construction and road maintenance, and the legal matters connected with this work and with the preliminaries for the building of a new court house have all been in Mr. Vernon's capable hands.
Mr. Vernon grew up in a Republican atmosphere and cast his first Presidential vote for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. He has served three terms as Vice President of the Kansas Day Club and Vice President of the Seventh District Club twice. As a Delegate he has attended Congressional and State Conventions and was a Delegate to the State Convention which nominated Governor Hoch the first time. He also helped name Victor Murdoch for Congress once and has done some campaigning outside of his home county. Mr. Vernon is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and with the Scottish Rite Consistory at Topeka and regularly attends the Masonic Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Vernon is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was married at Topeka, Kansas, September 7, 1905, to Miss Ethel Small. Her father, John Samuel Small, came from Ohio to Kansas and was a farmer in Ford County, this state. Mrs. Vernon is a graduate of Christ Hospital at Topeka and was a trained nurse before her marriage. She is the mother of two children: Virginia and William H., Third.
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