Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 316 - 319

SIMEON ZARING. Among the young and enterprising farmers of Valley Center Township, there is probably none more energetic or thorough-going than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He came to Sedgwick County in the spring of 1880, from Indiana, and settling near where he now resides on section 26, has given his attention to general farming and stock-raising, with excellent pecuniary results. He has made most of the improvements on his place since coming here, and has as fine a location as any in the township, and as soon as the further projected improvements are completed, the property will not be surpassed by any in the county.

     Mr. Zaring is a native of Clinton County, Ind., and was born July 17, 1856. Of his parents, Eli and Catherine (Fry) Zaring, a history will be found elsewhere in the pages of this ALBUM. Our subject was reared in his native State and drew his education from that then fountain-head of knowledge, the district schools. Having been early initiated into the labors attendant upon farm life, he soon acquired a proficiency in that art, and to-day is ranked among the best agriculturists of the community. On attaining his majority he commenced farming in Clinton County on his own account, and has followed that vocation ever since. Knowing that success almost invariably waits upon the industrious man, the secret of Mr. Zaring's success is no matter of astonishment to an observant on-looker. He remained at home until 1880, and then branched out for himself.

     Appreciating the fact that man should not dwell alone, on the 23d of February, 1887, Mr. Zaring took to himself a helpmeet in the person of Miss Helen Blin, also a native of Indiana, both of whose parents are residents of this county and whose history will appear elsewhere in this volume.

     Politically, our subject is a stanch adherent of the doctrines formulated by the Republican party, finding in that organization what to him seem the principles most calculated to perpetuate our form of popular government. He is one of the prominent and representative men of Valley Center Township and Sedgwick County, and is looked up to and esteemed by the entire community. The view of the Zaring homestead found on another page not only aids in the embellishment of this ALBUM, but presents a striking illustration of the admirable manner in which the proprietor has employed his time.

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