Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 773 - 774

MRS. ANNA B. NUMAN, a highly esteemed lady of Wichita, and a wealthy woman in her own right, came from Canton, Ohio, to this city with her husband in 1884, and purchased property on Topeka avenue. Later she added to her real estate by the purchase of her present residence at No. 1439 North Lawrence avenue, where she has a pleasant home with tasteful modern surroundings. From her investment of $3,200 in forty acres of ground, she reaped later the handsome sum of $10,000. Besides her several handsome residences in Wichita she also has property in Canton, Ohio, valued at $10,000.

            Mrs. Numan was born in Stark County, Ohio, April 23, 1852. Her father, William Williams, a native of Pennsylvania, was born April 25, 1800, and passed away at his residence in Canton, Ohio, on the 25th of March, 1883, at the advanced age of nearly eighty-three years. He left Pennsylvania when a youth of eighteen years, and settled in Stark County, Ohio, where he was variously employed for a time, and then, in partnership with his brother George, engaged in farming and brick-making in the vicinity of Canton. William attended principally to agriculture, and George was the brickmaker. This partnership was only dissolved by the death of George, in 1857, the brothers having operated amicably together for a period of over thirty years. During this long time never an unpleasant or angry word passed between them.

            The mother of Mrs. Numan was born in Montgomery County, Pa., in 1817, and she is still living in Canton, Ohio; the decease of her husband occurred as above stated. The parental household included five children, namely: George E., who died when about seventeen years of age; Lucinda E., Hiram P., Benjamin W. and Anna B. The latter spent her childhood years and completed her studies in the common schools. When twenty years of age she was married, Dec. 12, 1872, to Walter H. Numan, and the young people began life together in Wapello, Louisa Co., Iowa, on a farm. To the little household there came in due time two children: William H., born Jan. 6, 1875, and Kittie Clyde, Aug. 23, 1878. Mrs. Numan subsequently came to Wichita, as indicated above.

            William Williams, the father of Mrs. Numan, was an honest, hard-working man, and possessed those qualities of character which greatly endeared him to his family, and gained him the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. For the last twenty-five years of his life he was afflicted with deafness, which to a great extent prevented social converse, but he patiently endured this dispensation of Providence, and being very fond of reading was thus enabled to pass away many hours which otherwise would have been extremely wearisome. During the days of the old Whig party he was a stanch supporter of its principles, but subsequently cast his lot with the Democracy. Kind and indulgent in his family, his name is held by his children in tender remembrance. The parents were married on the 6th of September, 1838, and the mother is still living in Canton, Ohio, in ease and comfort upon the rich competency left her by her husband. Mr. Williams was remarkably fortunate in his labors and investments, and left at his death property valued at $100,000. A portrait of Mrs. Numan is shown in this connection.

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