Harry E. Don Carlos of Lawrence, Kan., was born at Chandlerville, Cass county, Illinois, July 25, 1863, a son of Rev. Americus and Reba (Goodner) Don Carlos. The father was a Virginian and of Spanish descent, his father, Carte Don Carlos, having been a native of Spain. Rev. Americus Don Carlos spent his life in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. On the maternal side Harry E. Don Carlos is of German ancestry. His mother, Reba Goodner, was a native of Tennessee and a daughter of Rev. Jacob Goodner, a Methodist minister, whose father was also a minister of that denomination. Harry Don Carlos spent his boyhood in Illinois; was educated in the public schools and the University of Valparaiso, Ind.; later attended law school at Chicago, Ill., was admitted to the bar of that state in 1885, and shortly after engaged in the practice of law at Vinita, Okla. He served as United States commissioner at that place from 1897 to 1901. In 1901 he became president of the Fraternal Aid Association, which office he has since held, with headquarters at Lawrence.

Mr. Don Carlos was married in 1896 to Miss Alice Louisa Cooke, a native of Louisville, Ky. He is a Republican and takes an active interest in politics. In 1910-1911 he represented Douglas county in the legislature. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Elks.