Andrew J. Hoisington removed with his parents from Quincy, Ill., to Madison county, that State, in 1859, where the father followed farming until his death. Andrew J. Hoisington was a college graduate and taught school for a short time in early life, when he bought an interest in a newspaper at Winterset, Iowa, and learned printing. He was one of the owners and editors of the Winterset "Madisonian" until 1873, when he sold his interest in that newspaper and came to Kansas, locating at Great Bend. Here he founded the Great Bend "Register," which was the first newspaper published in Barton county. He took a prominent part in the public affairs of Kansas and occupied a prominent place in State and local politics until his death. He was postmaster of Great Bend several years and was also register of the United States land office at Garden City for a number of years. The present town of Hoisington, Kan., was named in his honor. 254