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Publi shed Quarterly By:
1>ougtas Count3 Genealogical Societ'~
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P.o. BOX
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LAWRENCE,KANSAS 66044
�"THE PIONEER"
Published Quarterly By:
'The Douglas County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 3664
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
,FaItI 1979
Vol. III, No. 2
Contents
Page
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Officers - Committees. •
President's Note
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Douglas County Biqgraphies •
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Haskell Indian Junior College Cemetery
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Douglas County Petitions for Naturalization.
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1863 - 1864 Kansas Weekly Tribune Articles •
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School
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Informatio~
"City Founders Vied on Plains: •
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"In Search of Roots" .
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"Some People Talk About Inflation" '
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Queries.
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A bureaucrat is a government employee who will fly 3,000 miles to
deliver a speeeh on the necessity of saving fuel.
"Home Town News" - Wichita, Kansas, Eagle-Beacon.
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�Officers:
President: Mary Jamison
Vice Presid<fnt:
Secretary: Jane Wiggins
Treasurer: Cora Fe11enstein
Genealogist: Emma Berg
Librarian:
Editor:
Library Committee: Pauline E1niff, Irma Kidwell, Georgiana Br'une
Membership and Special Publicity: Maxine Hougland, Irma Kidwell,
Dorothy Clarke
Typing: Jane Wiggins
Indexing: Kathryn Bunton
History and ,Records: Nettie Wismer, Dorothy Wiggins
Pioneer: Judy Sweets, Emma Berg, Jane Wiggins, Mary Jamison
The Dpug1as,County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization
with regular, scheduled meetings the second Tuesday night of each month,
7:30 p.m. alternated between, the Lawrence Public Library and the Presbyterian Manor.
Afternoon m~etings are held if possible and occasional area tours.
An annual public workshop is held to help in research.
Membership fees are $5.00 single, $7.50 for 2 family members.
fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30 the following year.
The
The D.C.G.S. has these items for sale:
Limited number of 'back copies of the quarterly "THE PIONEER".
$1.50 ($2.00,by mail)
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"THE ORIGINAL PREMPTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY (KANSAS)".
and tax extra)
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Tax is added only where applicable.
Watch for deta,i1s about the June 7 annual workshop with Mrs. Helen King,
Topeka, Kansas as speaker. Location, Douglas County 4H-Fairgrounds,
2120 Harper, Lawrence, Kansas.
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�Hello,
At last we are.able to bring you a publication. It is not an easy
task to acquire any amount of unpublished material unless, you, our
readers help us. Our thank you to our usual faithful contributors.
It is also not easy to assemble our board members. Asking people
to make a special trip any distance these days just isn't feasible. We
try to "let our fingers do the walking" but that can get expensive also
in the area of long distance calls.
Again thank you,
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Mary Jamison
President
Last Blast: The easiest way to make a mountain out of a mole hill is to
add a little dirt. (With permission from the Home Town News in the
Wichita, Ks. Eagle Beacon by Frank Good.)
Watch for details about the June 7 annual workshop with Mrs. Helen King,
Topeka, Kansas as speaker. Location, Douglas County 4H-Fairgrounds, 2120
Harper, Lawrence, Kansas.
I am not bound to win, but am bound to be true,
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right;
Stand with him while he is right, 'and part with him when he goes wrong.
--Abraham Lincoln
Voltaire is known for having said "If God had not existed, it would have
been necessary to invent him." However, if Voltaire had not existed, it
would not have been necessary to invent him! -~ Jonathan Ketchum
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�REV. CHARLES HAZELTINE LOVEJOY.
Baldwin City.
Charles H. Lovejoy, a Kansas pioneer minister of the gospel, was born
in Hebron, Grafton county, New Hampshire, October 20, 1811. He was of '
English descent by both father and mother. His grandfather, Jacob Lovejoy,
was a drummer-boy in the Revolutionary war, one of the first settlers of
Hebron, and was afterward a farmer, occupying a high position in society
and in the Baptist church. His father, Phinehas Lovejoy, born at Hebron,
New Hampshire, was converted to the religion of Jesus when a mere boy, and
afterward became eminent as a Baptist preacher, dying of old age, passing
quietly, without apparent illness to a better world, at the age of ninetyfour years,having the morning of his death arisen as usual, and the
family being out of the sitting room a few minutes, returned and found
him on his knees by his bedside, dead.
The Lovejoy family were remarkable for longevity. The mother of the
subj ect of ·this article, whose maiden name was Annis Blood, was born in
Farley, Vermont, and was a woman of active charities, and eminent for
her piety and usefulness in the Baptist church.
Charles H. Lovejoy received but about six months' schooling, and
though a well-read, intelligent man, especially on theological subjects,
is truly a self-made man, having acquired nearly all his education under
great difficulties. He was converted to religion at nine years of age,
and while he worked on his father's farm till twenty-one years old, devoted
much time to the study of religious questions, and at the age of eighteen
years began to preach in the neighborhood. Soon after he became twentyone years old, he went to a circuit, under Rev. Ellizar Wells as presiding
elder, traveling on a circuit six hundred miles in circumference, embracing portions of Vermont, New Hampshire and Canada, (much of his circuit
embraced within what was known as the disputed NorthEastern Boundary).
On this circuit, he traveled six months, receiving .one dollar and a pair
of socks for his services. He studied theological books and the Bible at
the plow \vhile his team rested.
Leaving this circuit he joined the Maine conference in 1832, and
continued to travel and preach in Maine for six years, and from thence
was transferred to the Troy conference in New York and Vermont. His
appointments were in Vermont where he preached for eight years, when he
became connected with the New Hampshire conference, traveling in that
work for seven years, when he left for Kansas in ~furch, 1855, and was the
second traveling Methodist preacher in Kansas. He was one of a company
of eight persons who located Manhattan, and he built the first house on
the town site - a log cabin. Five of these eight persons were graduates
of college.
He was the first stationed Methodist preacher at Lawrence, and
organized the first Methodist church at Manhattan, preaching the second
sermon ever delivered in that place. He has continued in the ministry
for over forty-five years, and is still actively engaged in the traveling
ministry.
He located on a farm near Baldwin City, in 1857, planted-one of the
first orchards in Kansas, and has been engaged in superintending fruit
growing since his first settlement, being one of the most successful fruit-
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�growers in Kansas; sustaining himself mainly in his religious work by his
own hands and good management as a horticulturist.
He was the first chaplain of the Legislature under the Topeka constitution, and in 1857-9, was chaplain of the House in the Territorial Legislature, and the first chaplain of the Kansas House after admission into the
Union as a State. He was an active free-state man, using all his power
and influence to establish freedom in Kansas. He was a chaplain in the
11th Kansas Volunteers, serving two and a half years, and being mustered out
at the close of the war.
He was married in Lebanon, New Hampshire, September 7, 1833, to Miss
Julia L. Hardy, daughter of Daniel Hardy, a leading merchant, farmer and
business man of that place; noted for his integrity, uprightness and'
Christianity. Mrs. Lovejoy is a woman of superior education and of rare
literary ability, contributing many articles, both of prose and poetry, to
the public press of Kansas, taking deep interest_in church affairs, ,and
illustrating a long life of usefulness in eminent work for the salvation
of mankind, patiently bearing the burdens with her husband in his long
career as a minister, greatly aiding him in his work. They have had six
children, only two of whom survive: Rev. Charles Julius, a minister of
great ability in the Methodist church, as well as a business man ot eiminent
success, and Irving Roscoe, the first white child born on the town site of
Manhattan, a graduate of Baker University, and now engaged in the profession
of teaching. Two daughters accompanied Mr. Lovejoy when he immigrated to
Kansas, in March, 1855, named Juliette Louisa, aged fifteen years, and
Edith Urania, aged nearly six years. Edith died with measles, and exposure,
May 5, 1855, the day after their arrival in Lawrence, and her grave was
the third made by the pioneers on Mount Oread. She was a beautiful,
golden-haired child, the pet of the family. She died in a little cabin,
just erected by Joseph Savage, whose kind, Christian family showed every
attention possible to the bereaved household.
Juliette was married to Dr. S. Whitehorn, of Manhattan, who moved from
Michigan to Kansas, in the fall of 1854, and, after a brief period of five
years of wedded life, she died of typhoid fever, exchanging earth for the
better land.
Charles Julius, has a son named Charles Henry. Arthur, the only child
of Juliette, was born at Manhattan, in 1858, and is seeking his fortune at
the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. He has visited in his travels, Colorado,
New Mexico, Wyoming, and various portions of the West. His mother was a
woman of rare beauty and loveliness of character. Mr. Lovejoy has, perhaps,
done more work than any other minister in Kansas, traveling, preaching,
organizing churches, and in his general devotion to the work of Christianity.
He has been especially eminent as a temperance worker, making great sacrifices
in every good work, in the cause of freedom as well as religion.
CAPTAIN JAMES COOPER STEELE.
Clinton.
James C. Steele was born at Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, November 14,
1801. His father, Robert Steele, was of Irish descent, resided in Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to Ohio in 1800, where he carried on black-
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�smithing and carpentering, and made the nails and built the first state
house of Ohio at Chillicothe. His mother, whose maiden name was Johnston,
was a daughter of a distinguished Chillicothe physician. Both parents
were Presbyterians, and were leading influential pioneers, of whom the
subject of this sketch has many relics. Many relics of the old state
house built by the pioneer are preserved by people of Ohio from all parts
of the State.
James C. Steele was brought up on a farm in Ross county, to which his
father removed from Chillicothe when he was about ten years old, but
afterward received a good academic education at Nesbitt Academy, probably
the first institution of that character in the State. When a boy he learned
the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for about ten years. At the
age of twenty-three he married and entered upon life as a farmer, opening
up a farm in the heavy timber of that section, and by energy and industry
made one of the best farms in all that country. In 1848 he removed to
South Salem, in that county, and entered upon merchandising, but still
carried on the farming, and remained at farming and in the mercantile
business until 1854.
The very day the news came of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill
he declared he was going to Kansas to help make a free State. A colony
was organized, but many of its members became discouraged and determined
to locate in Iowa, and, on account of his complications with them in
business, he was almost compelled to settle with them in Warren county,
remaining there until 1857, when he started for Kansas. On March 4th of
that year he crossed the Kansas state line, and immediately located at
Clinton, Douglas county, took a claim and improved it, and still resides
within a fourth of a mile of his pioneer cabin. He has been among the
most successful of Douglas county farmers, and now, at almost the age of
four score years, is among the most industrious agriculturists of the
county.
At an early age he was captain of an Ohio military company, and
afterward commissioned by the governor to be lieutenant-colonel. During
the war, five of his sons being in the army, he stood guard in defense of
the country in the most dangerous times, and was among the most patriotic
of citizens.
He was one of the original organizers of the Free Soil party of Ohio,
and was three times their candidate for the Legislature and twice for
Congress when the anti-slavery party was in a hopeless minority. He
assisted in organizing the Cincinnati & Marietta Railroad, was a stockholder and one of the contractors, and aided in its construction. He
spent much labor and money for the cause of education, and was one of the
founders and builders of the Salem Academy at South Salem, Ohio.
He was a Whig until 1833, when he joined what he believes to be the
first anti-slavery society in the West, and was thenceforth a liberty
party man until the organization of the Republican party in 1854, since
which time he has been an influential, active Republican.
His ancestors were Presbyterians and he has been a member of that
church since his youth, and has been a ruling elder for more than forty
years.
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�He was married October 5, 1826, to Miss Elizabeth F. McLean, daughter
of Alexander McLean, a Scotchman, brother of the celebrated divine, Dr.
D. V. McLean, of Princeton, New Jersey. She was a lady of education, a
prominent, influential member of the Presbyterian church, a most estimable
wife and mother, who died in Kansas, February 3, 1868. They had six sons
and two daughters. One of the sons, Marcus, died .in infancy. Robert is
a prominent farmer and extensive dealer in stock, is married to Hiss Belle
C. Cumings, and has six children--three sons and three daughters. He was
a captain in the Price raid, and participated in the battles of Westport
and the Big and Little Blue. Lewis S. is a lawyer, residing in Lawrence,
who has been twice married, and has one daughter by his first marriage, and
three sons by the second. His first wife was Miss Harriet Stathem, who
died in September, 1858. His second wife was Miss Louisa A., daughter of
the Rev. A. Blakeley, a distinguished Presbyterian minister, and is a lady
of great literary ability, contributing many valuable articles to the
public press. James M. was born January 13, 1839. He moved to Warren
county, Iowa, October 1, 1855, and to Douglas county, Kansas, in June, 1857.
He was appointed deputy clerk of the district court of Douglas county in
April, 1861. He was appointed captain of Co. E, 12th Kansas Volunteers,
in September, 1862, and lieutenant-colonel 11th United States Colored
Troops, January, 1865, and recruited and organized five companies, which
were consolidated with the l13th Regiment United States Colored Troops
at Little Rock, Arkansas, in April, 1865. He was mustered out of service
in March, 1866, and returned to Kansas in March, 1867. He was appointed
adjutant of the 19th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry in March, 1868, and served
with Generals Sheridan and Custer in the Indian campaign until mustered
out in April, 1869. He located at Emporia, Kansas, in real estate business
in company with ex-Governor S. J. Crawford, October, 1869. He entered
Emporia National Bank as bookkeeper, January, 1872, and became assistant
cashier in 1875. October, 1875, he married Hattie McBean, of Cadiz,
Ohio. Captain A. J. Steele died February 11, 1874. Amzi J. entered the
army as a private in the 9th Kansas, and was promoted to be captain. He
married Miss Ellen A. Pierson, and died February 16, 1874, having one
child that has since died. Ira T., a farmer and stock dealer in Douglas
county, who participated in the battles of Westport, Little Blue and Big
Blue. Mary V. married R. A. Dean, farmer, residing in Douglas county.
Eveline M. married Charles F. Woodward, who has since died.
The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume.
S. Lewis & Co., Publishers, 1879.
Submitted by Lance Reppert, Lawrence, Kansas.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you
can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people
spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
Watch for details about the June 7 annual workshop with Mrs. Helen King,
Topeka, Kansas as speaker. Location, Douglas County 4H-Fairgrounds,
2120 Harper, Lawrence, Kansas.
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�THE HASKELL CEHETERY
The Haskell Cemetery is located at the east edge of the campus and was
used only during the first twenty-five years of the school. There were years
within that period when no burials were made and there have been no burials
in the cemetery since 1913. The markers show the name of the individual, his
tribal group, the date of birth and the date of death.
The Key Club, composed of Haskell boys and sponsored by the Lawrence
Kiwanis Club, volunteered to care for the cemetery and we are indebted to
them for the following record:
Name
White Wolf, Harry
Barber, Eugene
Thomas, Seth
Tuttle;, Thomas
Panther, Charles
King, Lippie
Williams, Andrew
Eyre, Willie
Kimbell, Stephen
Hand, Nellie
Walker, Susie
Walker, Ollie
Buell, James
Yellow Eyes, Fred
Cadue, Sophie
McCarty, Agnes
Scheshewalla, Herbert
Buffalo, Fred
Holmes, Moses
Bigfire, Maggie
Mohajah, May
Siler, 'Peter
McGuire, Bird
Howell, Eberhald
White, Clarence
Cage, Lena
Reynolds, Charley
Guy, John
Gibson, Willie
Little Elk, Harry
Sunmer, Fred
Cheauteau, Metofo
Meachem, Guy
Eaves, Edna
Murie, Jesse D.
Big Snake, Andrew
Vallier, Samuel
Tribe
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Osage
Osage
Osage
Peoria
Pawnee
Pawnee
Ponca
Arapahoe
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Kickapoo
Modoc
Osage
Ponca
Ponca
Cheyenne
Kaw
Mohave
Osage
Pawnee
Pawnee
Pawnee
Arapahoe
Caddo
Caddo
Cheyenne
Kaw
Osage
Pawnee
Pawnee
Pawnee
Ponca
Quapaw
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Campbell, Martha
Riley, Mary
Sears, Willie
Big Tree, Chester
Beaver, James
Banks, Joseph
Hayes, Webb
Clark, George
Blackburn, Joseph
DeAr son , Peter
Dickson, Annie
Mathews, Ora
LaClair, Henry
Wo1fchief, Jerry
Hanenno, Harry
Big Joe, Christopher
Ricketts, Agnes
Moharty, Jonah
Ingalls, Fred
Swamp, Adam
Pishabay, George
Pendleton, Corrie
Mohajah, Ada
Patterson, Josiah
LaForce, Jack
Evans, George J.
Peouah, Nettie
Peouonca, Ambrose
Momdoka, John
Choate, Josephine
Swamp, Nelson
Hall, Lee
Edge, Charles
Adams, Charles
Pahnahine, Mary
Perry, Ar1eich
Smith, Andrew
Long, Job
Peabody, Johnson
Vito1ia, Nelson
Burnett, Willie
Rossuau, Joseph
Bronson, Luella
Congwio, Lomo
Taylor, John
Hanson, Willie
Quein, Charles
Carter, Gorman
Rough Feather, Charles
Long Marsh, Barrett
Little Eyes, John
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Arapahoe
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Kaw
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Osage
Shawnee
Kickapoo
Ottawa
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Assiniboin
Oneida
Wichita
Caddo
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Chippewa
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East Cherokee
Omaha
Papago
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Hopi
Ute
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Caddo
Sioux
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Webster, Sophia
Levali, Patrick
Miles, Sadie
No readable name
Little Wolf, Thomas
Hanson, David
Preieto, Antonio
Lew, Galeb
Fiddler, Cecelia Mae
Tribe
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Death
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Chippewa
Miami
Navajo
Sioux
Digger
Mission
Ukie
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1943
Copied with permission of Haskell Junior College President, Wallace Galluzzi.
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Petitions for Naturalization
Douglas Co. Kansas, taken from
Naturalization Petition and Record Book
Vol. I: Oct. 25, 1906 to Feb. 5, 1924
p. 2
Full
name:
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Gustaf Anderson
of Residence: Tonganoxie, Kansas
Occupation: Farmer
Born: 19 June 1842
PLaCe: Nowe (?), Sweden
Emigrate~ to u.S. from Sweden on or about 1 May 1865, arrived at Port
of N.Y.
- in the U.S. on the vessel Baltimore
Declaration of intention: 29 Oct. 1868
Residence in Kansas since: 1 June 1867
Wife's name: Carrie, born in Sweden and now resides in Tonganoxie, Kansas
Number of children: Two
~lace
p. 3
Full name: John Alfred Anderson
ReSidence: Eudora Township, Douglas Co.
Occupation: Farmer
Born: 13 Dec. 1858
Place: Asqersme (?), Sweden
Emigrated to U.S. from Sweden, Nov. 1881 arrived N.Y. on vessel, (Inman Line)
Declared intention: 31 Dec. 1888 at Kansas City in the Criminal Court of
Jackson Co., Mo .
. Wife's name: Mary Christena Anderson, b. Sweden, now resides, Douglas Co., Ks.
Children: Five
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�Naturalization petitions continued:
p. 4
Name: Olaf Anderson
ReSidence: RFD 1, Lawrence, Kansas
Occupation: Farmer
Date of birth: 2 May 1850, Billing, Sweden
E"lIDri"grated from Sweden about 14 Oct. 1880 arrived N.Y. on vessel, "Helvitea"
Declaration of Intention: 10 Mar. 1881, Kansas City Circuit Court, Jackson
Co., Kansas
Wife's name: Betty, born,Sweden, now resides, Lawrence, Kansas.
Children: Three
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Name: John Conrad Anderson
Residence: 832 Tennessee, Lawrence, Ks.
Occupation: Traveling grocery salesman
Birthdate: 12 Nov. 1874
Place: Nyham, Sweden
Emnigrated from Nyham, Sweden, 1 Aug. 1883, arrived at port of Castle Garden,
N.Y. on the vessel "Gieser"
Wife's name: Inez Mildren Anderson - 832 Tenn. She was born in Lawrence, Ks.
Children: Two
Resided in Kansas since: 28 Aug. 1883
p. 8
Name: August Henry Boehle
Residence: Lawrence, Ks.
Occupation: Farming
Birthdate,!' 28 March 1864, Potsdam, Germany
Emigrated: from Germany, 25 Mar. 1881, arrived N.Y. on vessel "Howstaufen"
Resided in Kansas since: 15 April 1881
Declaration of Intention: 10 Aug. 1886 Lawrence, District Court
Wife's name: Augusta, born Wisconsin, resides Lawrence, Kansas.
Children: Fi ve
Name: August Benson
Residence: R.F.D. # 3, Lecompton, Douglas Co.
Occupation: Farmer
Birthdate: 30 Nov. 1851
Place: Inidinge, Sweden
Emigrated from: Helsenberg, Sweden, 1 Sept. 1881, arrived N.Y. on White Star
Line (name unknown).
Declaration of Intention: 30 April 1883, Albia, Iowa District Court, Monroe Co.
Resided in Kansas since: 9 Nov. 1902
Wife's name: Lena Benson, b. Gramrnanstorp, Sweden, resides Douglas Co., Ks.
Children: Five
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�KANSAS WEEKLY TRIBUNE - March 5, 1863
Lawrence, Kansas
City Election
The City Election, on last Monday, went off very quietly, and considering that there was but little excitement, a very large vote was polled. The
following is the vote as copied by us from the official return:
Mayor:
Geo. W. Collamore
338
Councilmen:
J ..F. Griswold .
Samuel Fry . .
Geo. E. Holt.
Josiah Miller .
Louis Wise . .
Wm. M. Hazeltine.
Hiram Town. • .
Scat te ring. . .
• 236
194
317
•• 292
89
62
100
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Justice of the Peace:
N. C. Blood. . .
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"To fill vacancy .
H.J. Canniff. . . . . . . .
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"Tofill vacancy . .
Scattering. • . • .
· 121
• • 118
80
10
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City Marshall:
Wm. L.G. Soule.
. ...
E.H. Matey . . .
Theodore Parker
Scattering. . . .'
• 163
· 123
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School Superintendent:
Rev. Richard Cordley • . . •
337
School Trustees:
B.W. Woodward, to fill vacancy.
G. Grovenor .
J.W. Woodward . .
B. Grovenor . • .
• 330
· 332
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City Treasurer:
A.N. Blacklidge . . • •
Wm. M. Hazeltine. • . .
259
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City Surveyor:
Holland Wheeler . .
331
City Assessor:
H.O. Sholes . • • .
Holland Wheeler . . • •
. 283
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Whole No. of Votes Cast. . .
341
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�KANSAS WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Kansas, June 11, 1863
"At a meeting of the stockholders of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and
Ft. Gibson R.R. Co. held on Monday, the 8th inst. at the office of the
Company in Lawrence, the following gentlemen were elected to constitute
the official board for the following year:
• S.O. Thacher
. • . D.C. Wetherwax
D.M. Valentine
\Vm. Spriggs
N.A. Johnson
J.W. Scott
Orlin Thurston
W.W.R. Lawrence
J.L. McDowell
A.C. Wilder
E.D. Ladd
R.J. Canniff
R.E. Lowman
John Speer
Sec'y & Treas'r • . . • . . . R.J. Canniff
President .
Directors .
KANSAS WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Kansas, August 27, l86?, John Speer, Editor
The Massacre at Lawrence
Accounts of the Lawrence ¥~ssacre have gone wide-spread over the country,
and we doubt whether we can add much interest to the terrible details of
inhumanity and fiendish brutality which marked the bloody tracks of the
demons who made this terrible onslaught upon a defenceless people.
A band known as "Quantrill's Men" entered the town about sunrise.
Extended details have been published, but we give
OUR OWN VIEW OF THE MASSACRE.
We reside on the elevated prairie east of the town just a half mile from
the Main street (Massachusetts) and in a South-east direction three fourths
of a mile from the Eldridge House--thus affording a full view from our
residence.
We were awaked by the voice of Mrs. Speer, exclaiming "what does all
that mean!" and jumped from our bed instantly, when a colored man cried
through our window "the secesh have come!" Looking into town we could see
but a small portion of stragglers, the main body being hidden by the buildings in the densest portion of Massachusetts street. Soon firing commenced
in all directions. We could not distinguish any efforts for defence; but
supposing some men must have been alarmed, we thought they had retreated to
the cover of the river bank. We seized a double-barrel shot gun, but we
found we had neither ram-rod nor powder. Still we thought we could wind
through the brush to where we supposed our friends were, and get ammunition.
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�The rush of the rebels to the bank East of town near Judge Thacher's
residence soon dispelled that hope; and were compelled to return with an
empty gun, and make our best efforts for our family. The necessity of
securing every person capable of defence compelled the rebels to pass by all
the dwellings on the outskirts of the town. Hence we had time for deliberation.
Mr. Barricklow, Deputy U.S. Collector, slept in our house. Cool and
intrepid, he took our horse into the brush; and he aided us in every way
possible, and we never separated until our dear murdered boy was found and
removed to our residence.
Several colored women had ran afrighted to our house. Those we
immediately ordered into the thick, almost impenetrable brush near-by
on the hill-side. A colored man we called to our aid, and never did a
man work more disinterestedly or bravely. We shall always feel grateful,
"Henry," we said, "you are in more danger than any of us, for they will
show you no mercy." "I know," said he, composedly, "but I will do whatever you tell me." Mrs. Speer said she must have her dead brother's
likeness (deceased several years ago) and those of her poor sons in town
'who might be murdered. There being no possible chance to aid any person
outside our family, we went to work, with Mr. Barricklow's assistance, to
remove our four little children, and such valuables as we could grasp,
with the intention of abandoning the house entirely. We had seen so
much of brutality, had heard the firing and seen unarmed men falling, that
we expected no mercy for even helpless children. Our fearless wife, however,
said she would stay, but only on the condition that we should leave. Little
Mary, twelve years old decided to stay with her mother, and, the pickets
being then within shooting distance, we went into the undergrowth near by.
There we watched proceedings. Previously Allen's warehouse, the Republican
office and Willis' Livery Stable were in. flames.
Within ten rods of our dwelling, we climed into a small tree, and
witnessed the horrible proceedings. Horses were galloping in every direction, guns were discharged, wounded men and boys were screaming, buildings
crackling and demons yelling with every discharge of the deadly missiles.
We occupied this position until the ruffians rode to our dwelling,
when we consulted with Mr. Barricklow, as to whether they might not patroll,
the brush and bring us into the prairie near whose margin we were concealed.
We then passed through a cornfield to the river bank. Herein amongst the
thicket of grape vines, and all manner of undergrowth, we found men, women
and children, some of the former wounded. Here we first heard that our
son was wounded. We met a German suffering with a gun shot wound in the
breast, women dragging little children, some having two or three. Men had
escaped who had been shot at, with infants in their arms, this was the
first great shock of distress which reached us, and altho' we had seen
enough, our distance rendered us incapable of fully realizing anything of
details. Numbers of names were given by persons who saw the dead fall, as
they fled from the merciless massacre.
When the cry reached us that the demons had left, however, we knew
nothing of our own family. Hurrying forward, our little girl met us
screaming, "Pa, Robby is dead!" A poor, sick German woman was at our,
door with two babes, crying "my poor man is murdered!" Mrs. Speer had
left to look for the dead. We ran to the scene of massacre, and found our
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�oldest son shot through the body, where he had st'ruggled till a ruffian
finished his sufferings by putting a ball through his head.---The floor
of the building (a carpenter shop on the corner of Henry and Winthrop
streets) was covered with mutilated dead. We met his mother in search
of our second son. Among the crisped bodies burned, she had found a
body which she was examining" 'which a man told her was a negro, so
disfigured was.,it by the fire; she pulled his boot, and sidd "No, this
is a white boy!" Feeling his head, she said, "This is not Bobby's hair,
his is fine and I would know it. That boy of seventeen is still unfound!
God, grant that our only hope, that he has gone after the rebels, may be
realized. To know that he had died avenging the murder of his brother
would be a mercy in comparison to his defencless slaughter.
These details may seem merely personal relations of our own affliction,
but we cannot help uttering them.--Would to God that they were exceptions,
but they are mere illustrations of the general carnage--the indiscribable
distress--the agonizeing sorrows which afflict the":hearts of nearly every
family. Women are weeping over the ruins of their once happy homes! We met
them in clusters for days, exclaiming "Oh! my poor husband! There they
shot him!" "Oh! my dear brother! there is his blood!" "Here my son was
burned!"
OUR THREE SONS
JOHN, (nineteen) ROBERT, (seventeen~) WILLIAM, (fifteen) were in town.
They usually slept in the Tribune office: but this night, they had separated.
John only remaining in the office.--Thursday was our publication day, and,
Robert had been making up the mail in the evening, and David Purinton, a
neighbors son, his playmate and schoolmate, an apprentice in the Republican
office, had helped him. They both went to the Republican office to sleep,
and are both missing. We have rumors that they hurriedly went in pursuit
of the enemy, but nothing reliable.--W~ fear they are among the unfound
dead. John slept in the office; and a'printer from Emporia, formerly in
our office, Mr. Murdock, slept with him.--They were both up when the alarm
was raised. Seeing them fireing on everybody as they advanced, Mr. Murdock
tried to persuade him to go into a well near by but he refused, and expressed
his determination to come to our dwelling. He had said that if ever the
bushwhackers came, our house would be among the first attacked, as it was
prominent, and near any point from which they would be likely to come.--Knowing his nature, we believe he sacrificed his life in the hope of saving those
he loved. William went with his little friend, (Wm. Prentice;) and slept
in Mr. A.T. Winchell's store. Of the three he alone is saved.
WILLIAM'S ACCOUNT
When he first heard the firing and realized the inhuman butcher, he
and his little friend crawled under the building, but when they saw the
carnage from their hiding place and heard the crackling flames, they
consulted. They said, "We may better be shot than burned to death," and
the two lads stepped out. They got separated. A ruffian said to William,
"You d----d little Yankee, hold this horse." He took the reins. "How old
are you?" He told his age. "We'll soon fix you," was the brutal reply.
"What is your name?" He failed to hear the question, which gave him time
to think, and he asked, "What did you say?" The inquiry was repeated.
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�"Billy Smith, said he. The demon looked over his list of the doomed.
"Will you kill me?" said the innocent lad. "That depends on how you act.
Pack this horse," said he, handing him a big bundle of his plunder.--He
obeyed. He then found that a young man holding the horses was undisturbed,
and when this fiend took his horse, Willie went from horse to horse, as
they dropped their reins to steal goods, and was unmolested. Soon a rebel
told him and another boy if they would burn every store in town, they
would spare their lives. The boys started, but William got separated and
worked himself into Mr. Bullene's Dry Good's Store, where he delivered
goods. They took him for a clerk, and said "Youd-----d little clerk,
be spry!" ordering him to get such articles as they chose. One ordered an
over-shirt. He found a shirt, but he said "that is not an over-shirt," and
hit him with the heels of a heavy pair of boots. He then told them he was
not a clerk, but would do the best he could. He soon managed to walk to
the west side of town and aided Mr. Charles Duncon's family to remove
their furniture for their house to be burned, and afterwards succeeded in
getting to his own home. Where they had herded our horses to catch them,
he found a minnie musket; and when Scaggs, one of the vilest of the murderers, was -taken prisoner, and being brought to Lawrence, attempted to
escape, he ran towards this boy, who shot him in the shoulder, and a
Delaware Indian named Moon, instantly followed the shot, driving an arrow
to his heart. He says he felt but little fear till they began to drink.
Then they swore they would kill everybody. In Winchell's Liquor Store,
they discovered a placard, "No liquor by the glass." They burst in the
head of ofa barrel, and made great sport of the "glass" business, swearing they took it by the barrel.
THE EVACUATION
Having completed the work of death and devastation to their satisfaction,
they loaded their arms, and departed southwardly. On their passage they
killed Mr. Du:linsky, burned the house of Samuel Reynolds, and several others.
Their tracks could be seen from Lawrence by burning dwellings. Gen. Lane
organized a few men and made immediate pursuit. It was not until this little
band came in sight and began to trouble them in the rear, that the work of
devastation and murder ceased.
LIST OF
~HE
SLAIN
We cannot pretend to give anything like an accurate list. Yesterday,
we heard it stated at one hundred and thirty-eight. We copy the Conservative's partial list:
CITIZENS
John Fromley
J.C. Trask, of the State Journal
Gen. G. W. Collamore and Son
James Eldridge
James Prine
Joseph Eldridge
Joseph Lowe
Dr. Griswold, Druggist
Wm. Williamson, Deputy Marshal
S. M. Thorp, State Senator
Judge Louis Carpenter
John Speer, Jr. of Kansas Tribune
Nathan Stone, City Hotel
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�--~--Brant
-----West
Thomas Murphey
-----Twitch, book binder at Journal office
E. P. Fitch, Bookseller
Charles Palmer, of the Tribune
Lemul Fillmore
James O'Neill
John Dagle
D. C. Allison, firm of Duncan & Allison
J.Z. Evans
Levi Gates
George Burt
Samuel Jones
George Coates
John B. Gill
Ralph E. Dix
Stephen Dix
Capt. George W. Bell, County Clerk
J. C. Cornell
A. Kridmiller
Geo. Albrecht
S. Dulinsky
Robert Martin
Otis Langley
John W. Lawrie
William Lawrie
James Roach
Michael Meekey.
Louis Wise
Joseph Brechtelbaruer
August Ellis
Dennis Murphy
John K. Zimmerman
Carl Enzler
George Range
Samuel. Range
Jacob Pollok
Fred Klaus
Fred Kimball
Dwight Coleman
-----Early
Daniel McClellan
Rev. S. S. Snyder
Samuel Reynolds
George Gerrard
A. W. Griswold
Pat Keefe
RECRUITS OF THE FOURTEENTH
Charles Allen
James Wilson
Charles Riggs
A. J. Woods
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Charles Anderson
W. B. Griswold
A. T. Cooper
Asbury Markle
David Markle
Lewis Markle
Aron Hilderman
Adison Waugh
WOUNDED
H. W. Baker
Dennis Beryman
G. Smith
H. Hays
C. Livingston
The entire draft enrollment and
papers of the Provost Marshal
were destroyed.
�KANSAS WEEKLY TRIBUNE, John Speer, Editor.
Lawrence, Kansas
October 17, 1863
Losses in-.:the Eighth Kansas
Capt. John Conover, of the Eighth Kansas, writes a private letter to
Edward Fenlon, Esq., Sutler at Fort Leavenworth, in which he gives the
following list of losses of the Eighth Kansas in the battle of Chickamauga:
KILLED
Corporal J. W. Wilson, Company A
Private Jacob Rose.....
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Sol. R. Meader.........
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M. C. Dempsey..........
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J. C. Connor...........
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Capt. Jno. L. Graham .•. Company D
First Seargeant Robert M. Hale, Company D
"
Thomas M. Randall...............
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Private Perry ..•....... Company G
Fred Keiser.~ ...••..•.. Company I
Jno. A. Robinson.......
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A. J. Williams.........
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Patrick Powers •....•••.
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Corporal Wash Dugan, Company C.
Oliver Barrett.......
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Daniel Murphy.........
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Jos. M. Williamson...
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Corporal John Sharp, missing, Company C
Michael Dougherty..."
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Sergeant R. M. Kendall, Company E
Corporal M. S. Weudall..
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Wood Hindman............
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Thos. Stamp ..•.........•
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Capt. E. P. Trigs, Company H
Corporal Chas. Morgan, "
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Corporal A. D. Craig, "
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J. H. Guilland....... "
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Geo. W. Veazey....... "
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Capt. James E. Love, Company K
Jonathan Teasley....
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Ed. Ford ...•. ~ ••..•.
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Wm .. Durkin •••....•..
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Philip McDonald .....
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Fred. Nederbroker •.•
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John McMullen.......
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Corporal Jos. Kirk, Co. F. badly wounded
Joseph Kirk,
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KANSAS TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Kansas, July 28, 1864
"We have often spoken of Baker University, and have often visited the
schools, and we are convinced, from our own observation, and the testimony
of many learned gentlemen, who have visited the institution, that it is one
of the best--if not the best--schools in the state. We give below the names
of the Faculty:
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�L. L. Hartman, A.M. President
Miss Martha Baldwin, A. B., Professor of Greek and Latin. Miss Baldwin
is a regular graduate of Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio and comes to Baker
University highly recommended by the best educators of the State of Ohio.
Rev. J. H. Carruth, A. M., Professor of Natural Science, was educated in
one of the best colleges in New England, and is a man of undoubted accomplishments in Natural Science.
Miss Mary M. Russell, A. B., Professor of Ornamental Br~nches and French,
is a regular graduate of Baldwin University, and comes very highly recommended
from Ohio.
Miss Affie Gregg, Teacher in the Primary Department, has been a resident
of Kansas for a number of years, and is well known to be one of the best primary teachers that we have got in the State.
Miss Frances Blakely, of Lawrence, Professor of Music, comes from our
own State and can give as good references as can be called for.
Rev. J. P. Miller, M.D. Professor of German, is highly qualified for
the position and speaks English fluently.
Our children can receive a classical education without being under the
necessity of going outside of our own State."
KANSAS WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Lawrence, Kansas, November 17, 1864
VOTES CAST IN .DOUGLAS COUNTY
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County Ticket
Probate Judge ....................... J. M. Hendrix .....•. 1116
E. D. Ladd .......•.. 438
For Clerk of the District Court: .... S. A. Stonebraker ... 954
I. E. McCoy •..•..... 613
For County Superintendent of Public Instruction: ........ Warner Craig .••.. 921
W. G. Starrett •.. 616
R. R. McCartney.. 21
For County Attorney: .......•..•.•.•. D. T. Mitche11 •...•. 1046
Alfred Curtis .•.••.. 528
For State Senators: ...•..•.•••...•.. John Speer ......•... 1008
Oliver Barber .•..... 933
Chas. T. Warren •.... 572
R. W. Luddington •.•. 585
For Representatives: 35th Dist ••...• Francis B. Swift ..•. 253
Richard A. Hays ..... 222
36th Dist .•.•.• J. R. Kennedy.~ ..... 127
J. M. Shepherd ...... 103
37th Dist •..... Warner Craig .•...•.. 184
L. L. Hartman ....... 40
38th Dist .....• E. S. Scudder .•.•.•. 140
E. H. Van Hueson .... 96
39th Dist •....• Wm. Morris .......•.• 117
Robt. young ....•..•. 83
40th Dist .••••. vlm. Draper.......... 149
J. C. Steele........ 38
Compiled and contributed by Pauline B. E1niff, Lawrence, Kansas
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�VICTORY SCHOOL, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
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1923-1924
May Hare, Superintendent
Effie Mae Bolin, Teacher
Charley Seaver, Director
J. W. King, Clerk
Albert Rinehart, Treasurer
Pupils
Atha, Agnes
Atha, Glen
Atha, Margaret
Bowman, Chester
Bowman, Marie
Bowman, Thelma
Bea1, Edward
Bea1, Homer
B1ake,Waneda
Cobb, Flora
Embry, Dora Lee
Ferguson, Delmar
Kretchman, Howard
Kretchman, Lavon
King, Everett
King, Philip
Moore, Billie
Moore, Clyde
Moore, Howard
Moore, Juanita
Morton, .David
Morton, Latischa
Morton, Lorena
Norris, Jack
Norris, Mildred
Norris, Ross
Norris, Velma
Norfleet, Daisie
Rinehart, Clifford
Rinehart, Dallas
Riley, Clarence
Riley, Irene
Riley, N. H.
Ruby, Bertha
Seaver, Asher
Seaver, Fannie
Seaver, Franklin
Seaver, Hazel
Seaver, Waneta
SimrnollS.~, Ve rnon
Simons, Beulah
Smith, Clifford
Smith, Kenneth
Souvain, Donnie
Uttinger, Claud
Uttinger, Clifford
Uttinger, Mary
Williams, 01a
Williams, Ruby
Contributed by Maxine Moore Hougland, Lawrence, Kansas
Our February speaker, John F. Sweets, assistant professor of history,
University of Kansas, is rescheduled to speak on "Research in France"
in the April 8 meeting, 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lawrence
Public Library.
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�AN ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF CASS COUNTY, (ILLINOIS) SCHOOLS
by A. E. Hinners, Supt. (1902)
(This book is in possession of Enuna Berg, RFD 2, Lawrence, Ks.
66044)
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57
Carrie Eaton
Bert Short
.T. May Spears
Lillian Rhu
Ada Glen
E. R. Holmes, Principal
Lloyd Hamilton, Assistant Principal
Anna Britton
Maida McCormick
Mrs. Mantle, Supervisor of Music
This is a very neat and nicely arranged school building. The puPils of
this school are especially proficient in vocal music. Quite a number, of
this school's pupils hold county conunon school diplomas.
Board of Education:
HICKORY SCHOOL
DIST~ICT
Meyer
J. R.
S. S.
J. A.
Hexter, President
Lohman
Beggs
Glen
Robert Anderson~ Secretary
S.· L. Hamilton '
V. C. Elmore
NO.8
Enuna Suffern," Teacher
Preston Horrom, Presiuent, Virginia
Angus Taylor, Clerk, Virginia
J. C. Schaad, Member, Virginia
Hickory School was built in 1880 and is a good substantial brick building.
The school enrolls about thirty pupils and has a nice library of about 100
volumes.
CHANDLERVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.5
Teachers:
J. C. Walters, Principal
Enuna Overman
Nellie McDonald
Board Members:
Charles Harbison, Assistant Principal
Louise Hostman
Edith Hinkle
Jas. Abbott, President
B. E. Bowman
P. A. Markert
Dr. H. Boone
John Cherry, Secretary
G. T. Humphrey
W. A. McNeil
The Chandlerville School was built in 1867 and at that time was one of
the most modern buildings in the county. It enrolls about 250 pupils and
has a good High School course.
A guest would be most welcome in our regular meetings.
you might invite?
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Do you know a friend
�LAWRENCE DAILY JOURNAL-WORLD, Thursday, October 10, 1929, Lawrence, ~ansas
CITY FOUNDERS.VIED ON PLAINS
"Lost Towns" in Douglas County Testified to Pioneer Energy
Towns established in Douglas county in the early days with the l'ist of
their settlers and incorporators. Some of these towns are "lost" towps and
others have been absorbed or have changed names.
Benicia, incorporated by G. W. Johnson, A. McDonald, M. D. Winte!, in
1855, now is a "lost town."
Brooklyn. This, too, is a lost town. Andreas' history and Volume XII
of the Kansas Historical collections do not give the names of the founders
or incorporators. It was founded in 1855 and was two and one-half miles
south and one and a half miles east of Pleasant Grove.
New Haven was built one and one-half miles south of Pleasant Grove.
The names of persons founding it or incorporating it are not given.
Louisiana was another paper town, later called·Salem. It was incorporated by Daniel Jones, John M. Banks, F. M. Coleman, Joseph Frager,
Thomas Emery, Zachariah Johnson, Richard Young, B. F. Bounds, William
Cummins, Joshua Cummins, Jonah Wagner, J. F. Bennet, Thomas Hopkins, Jacob
Buckley, H; W. Younger and Andrew J. Isaacs. It was located two miles
northwest of Baldwin. Louisiana was founded in 1855.
Marshall was incorporated in 1855 by Thomas H. Doyle, George B.
Brown, Jerome Kunkle, R. M. Nace, Charles A. Faris, William McDonald, 'G. H.
Brown, C. N. Michie. It was on the California road, two miles south of
Lecompton.
On the claim of Paris Ellison, two miles southeast of Lecompton, 'was
laid out the town of Douglas in 1855. It was incorporated in 1855 by J.
W. Reid, G. M. Clark, C. R. Kearney, E. M. McCarty, P. Ellison, N. W. McGee.
Pacific City was laid out in 1855.
T. W. and R. F. Barber settled near the site of Bloomington in 1855.
It was a postoffice in 1855 and incorporated in 1857. H. Burson, N. Ramsey,
William Jesse, James M. Dunn, P. P. Fowler were the incorporators. Volume
XII of the Kansas Historical Collections states that the name was changed
to Clinton in 1858. Andreas states that John A. Beam, N. Alquine and M.
Albin settled on the site in 1855 further west than Bloomington, where now
is the village of Clinton and that Albin started a store there. Andreas
states that Beam, Alquine and Albin started there in 1854.
Franklin was founded in 1855 as a postoffice. It was a pro-slavery
town and near it several hundred Missourians camped during the Wakarusa
war. After the border troubles it faded away and some of the buildings
were removed to Lawrence. It was incorporated by John M. Wallace, Jeremiah
Church and others.
Willow Springs was established as Davis in 1855, changed to Willow
Springs, then to Akron and then back to Willow Springs.
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�Washington, near Big Springs on the California road, was incorporated in
1855 by F. P. NcGee, George M. Redman and M. W. McGee.
Prairie City had the distinction of being incorporated twice, otice in
1857 by S. Hieronymus, P. L. Doane, A. Brisvalder, J. Gilchrist, and R. Lester
and later in 1859. It was surveyed by Searle and Whitman.
Between 1860 and 1865 North Lawrence was settled. Among the fir'st
settlers were G. J. Tallman, John Moorehead-Tibbets, M. Berry, Theodore McCage,
W. H. Whitney, T. S. Murray, T. Laptad. The first building was erected by
Delaware Indians prior to settlement. The postoffice was established in 1855
under the name of Jefferson. G. J. Tallman was appointed postmaster. S. N,.
Simpson laid it off as a townsite in 1866. Under act of the state legislature
in 1867 it became a city of the second class. An attempt to annex it to the
city of Lawrence failed'in 1869 but in 1870 an act of the legislature' consolidated it with the city of Lawrence.
A. W. Glenn, A. G. Glenn, G. W. Zinn, David Martin, M. S. Winter and
William Shirley settled upon the site of Lecompton in 1854. Moses McCall,
Major Lyman Evans came in 1855. The township was organized at the Pottawatomie agency. In 1865 the Territorial Legislature commenced the erection of
a capitol building at Lecompton. The first house, of logs, was built, in
1854. Lecompton was the site of an army camp and prison. It was prominent
in the history of the county.
In 1854 William Harper and John Chamberlain settled at the forks of the
California road, known as Big Springs. Other early settlers were Ephraim
Banning, Messrs. Custerds, Roberts, Wells, Eppuson, Lawson and Cardwell. A
postoffice was established in 1855, John Chamberlain being appointed postmaster. One of the first temperance meetings in the Territory was held at
Big Springs in 1856. The fi·rst free-state convention held in the Territory
was held at Big Springs on September 5, 1855.
The Neuer Arisiedlungs Verein, a society of prominent Germans, was
organized in Chicago in 1856, with the object of making a settlement at some
place in the Middle West. In March, 1857, H. Heimann, F. Barteldes and G.
Schleifer were appointed a location committee to go west and select a 'location.
The present townsite of Eudora was chosen. On April 11 the first band left
Chicago and arrived at the location of the town on April 18, 1857. Paschel
Fish, a Shawnee Indian, erected the first house there long before the ,settlement. The town was named "Eudora" after the daughter of Fish, chief of the
Shawnees.
The first settlement of Baldwin, first known as Palmyra, occurred in
1854, when Robert Pierson, Richard Pierson, L. F. Green and Jacob Cantrell
settled there. In June, 1855, the Palmyra town company was surveyed and
laid out. J. Cantrell erected the first house, a log one, in 1854. The
Palmyra postoffice was established in 1856, N. Blood being appointed as postmaster. Baker University, opened in 1858, is located there.
Black Jack, started in 1857, received its name from the creek called
Black Jack. The creek was named by the Mexicans. William Riley, Daniel
Fearer, E. D. Pettingill, S. A. Stone, secretary, and H. N. Brockaway, '
treasurer, formed the town company that settled the twonsite. The town is
located near the site of the Battle of Black Jack.
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�Early settlers in Vin1and were W. E. Barnes, George Cutler , F. B,. Varnum,
Charles W. Dow, Jacob Branson, William White, Franklin N. Coleman, Josiah
Hargous, Harrison W. Bulkley. A saw mill was erected in 1858.
Clinton, between Rock Creek and the Wakarusa, w~s settled in 1854 by
John A. Beam, N. A1quine and M. Albin. Later a Mr. Spradling, Lyman Sawyers,
H. L. Boughton and G. W. Umberger moved to this vicinity. A postoffice was
established at Bloomington, about a mile east of Clinton, in July 1855, but
was later discontinued and moved to Clinton in 1858. Clinton was a prominent
contestant for the county seat in 1858.
Belvoir was located on the Santa Fe trail in 1855-56. The first, settlers
were H. Heine, James M. Dun, M. Clayton, R. A. Dean, H. McKenzie, A., S.Ba1dwin,
A. E. Northrop, J. Hu1ze, D. Dack and a Mr. Smith. No postoffice was established
until 1868, due to the proximity of Twin Mound. In 1873 the postoffice was
moved two and one-half miles to the Carbondale branch of the Union Pacific road.
The Marion town company, composed of eleven persons, laid off a townsite
of 320 acres sixteen miles southwest of Lawrence in 1857-58. It was named
"Marion" in honor of Gen. Francis Marion of Revolutionary fame. Improvements
made in the townsite were few, a town well dug, a blacksmith shop erected and
a store founded. Prioi to 1860 a postoffice was dug. The existence 9f Marion
as a town dates to 1865 when the Union Pacific railroad was built, stopping
overland traffic on the Santa Fe trail. As a remembrance of "old times" the
"greasers" filled up the public well with stones and burned the surveyor's
stakes and damaged the place as a townsite generally. September 13, 1881,
the name of the postoffice was changed to Globe.
Lapeer, named after a town in Michigan, was settled in 1855, George
Shobert, Peter Dodder, James Baker and Samuel Hayes being the early settlers.
Eli Baker, born November 2, 1856, was the first child born at Lapeer. The
first school was taught in 1862. A postoffice was established in 1856 and
named Marion. A store was opened in 1856 by Henry Briniman, by the side of
the old Santa Fe trail in Marion.
Submitted by Jane Wiggins, Lawrence, Kansas
'Copied with full permission of The Lawrence Daily Journal World.
From the New Orleans Times Picayune, August 23, 1865
"Information wanted of Alicias Brophy, native of Dublin, who arrived in
America 20 years ago and last heard of in 1860 in Bay St. Louis, Hancock Co. '
Mississippi. She was a professor in a piano faculty. Anyone knowing her '
whereabouts contact her uncle."
Rev. Geo. Brophy
Harlem, N.Y. City
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in ,our own
sunshine. -- Ralp'h Waldo Emerson
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"Mildred London's family tree"
IN SEARCH OF ROOTS
by Opal Green
Family Journal Editor
The American Bicentennial of 1976 ignited the spark.
And that spark was fanned into flame last year by a man named Haley and a
book called "Roots."
Thousands of Americans, inspired by the historical significance of the
Bicentennial and the story of a slave known as Kunta Kinte, began to question
their ancestry and the part played by their own families in the country's history.
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�If Alex Haley could learn that much about his ancestry with only a few
words of African dialect passed from one generation to another, they could
do the same.
"There is a hunger - marrow deep - to know our heritage, to know who
we are, and where we have come from."
This is a quote familiar to genealogists and given by Charles Hall,
executive director of Global Research Systems of Everton Publishers at Salt
Lake City, Utah, when he and his wife, Frankie, conducted a genealogical
workshop here June 19.
The Halls' appearance here was sponsored by the Montgomery County . \:.. ' ,", ~
Genealogical Society and was attended by more than 60 beginning and eXperienced
genealogists from Coffeyville and surrounding towns.
Basing their presentation on experience, both as genealogists and professional research experts, the Halls advised the group about various:methods
of keeping records, the resources available for obtaining information; and
the importance of checking and recording data carefully.
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Hall said the beginning genealogist should start researching at home,
collecting all family documents from all possible sources and writing.that
information on record sheets that will fit into a notebook for convenience.
Mrs. Hall suggested a file folder for each family being researched.
Resources suggested by the Halls included vital statistics, church,
school, military, census, court and probate records. It was also pointed
out that cemetery sextons, tombstones, obituaries and family Bibles a~e good
sources of information.
Records which are apt to have been recorded at or near the time of an
event are birth, marriage and death' statistics, Hall said. He said church
records, including christening, marriage and burial, may often provide conflicting dates due to delay in making entries.
Hall said genealogists are becoming aware of the importance of keeping
family diaries and records for future generations, which include not only
histories and genealogies, but local history accounts of the county, state
and community, census enumerations for the-area and personal recollections of
family members.
Beginning genealogists were told it is impossible to learn about researching and compiling records by reading books and attending workshops.
"The only way to learn is to begin," he said.
The Halls said the Mormon Church has the most extensive collection of
genealogical records in the world, including more than 40 million names from
many countries and periods of time. The information is recorded on microfiche and stored by computer. Entries are filed by geographical areas 'and
information is accessible to anyone who wishes to visit the library at Salt
Lake City, the Halls said.
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For those unable to travel to Salt Lake City, branch libraries are being
established all across the country. At the present time, branch libraries
are located at Tulsa, Wichita, and Topeka, local genealogists reported.
Hall said the Mormon Church is diligent about record keeping and
preservation of these records because they believe people born before the
faith was established in 1830 cannot enter heaven unless they are baptized
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�posthumously by proxy. Therefore, it is necessary to establish family lineage
in order for them to be accepted as members of the church.
It is for this reason the church has used every source possible to
collect records and has constructed an indestructible vault for microfilm
storage inside a granite mountain near Salt Lake-City.
Local individuals or families who might wish to begin their own research
projects will find members of the Montgomery County Genealogical Society to
be .an invaluable source of material.
Kathreen Norfleet of 712 W. Ninth St., a charter member of the group, and
a genealogy buff since 1949, can inspire even the most disinterested person
with stories she has uncovered about her family during those years.
She said the local Genealogical Society was organized here 12 years ago
and has shown definite growth since the Bicentennial and televising of "Roots."
Miss Norfleet describes the local organization as a community service
group. "We are all involved in our own research, but we organized to assist
each other and anyone else who seeks help with research," she said.
The society publishes a quarterly magazine, The Descender, which'records
a variety of unpublished materials. This magazine is exchanged with 50
other clubs and all of the publications are kept on file in the genealogical
section of the Coffeyville Public Library.
At the present time, information from the 1900 Coffeyville City Directory
is being published in The Descender. Members are also copying Montgomery
County marriage records at Independence and publishing them in the magazine.
The latest of those records published were from 1885 statistics.
Miss Norfleet, who is editor of the publication, said information from
old family Bibles, county history and facts about early day prominent·
citizens are also printed.
Queries from around the country are also printed in the magazine to
assist researchers from other parts of the country.
"Most of us have located members of our own families from some of. the
queries printed in other magazines," she said.
The group also established the genealogical section in the local library
and add to it regularly. They have purchased several books as memorials to
deceased members and are currently planning to purchase a set of books on
Cherokee Iridian history in memory of Tillie Karns Newman, a charter member
of the organization.
Miss Norfleet first became interested in genealogy when she was a:history
teacher at Field Kindley High School.
She learned through research that members of her family literally ' fought
against each other during the Civil War and were forbidden to return to their
homes because of their affiliation with the "enemy."
"It made me a good history teacher, because I couldn't take sides," she
said with a laugh.
Members of her family were among those who settled the Shenandoah ,Valley
in Virginia and she is planning a trip this summer to attend a reunion of
that branch of the family in one of the old homes there dating back to the
1700's.
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�Mildred London of Route 1, another longtime member of,the Genealogical
Society, has also traced her family back to the 13th century. Among ;the
unusual mementos she has to remind her of her background are brass rubbings
she made from the tombs of her ancestors in England.
Miss Norfleet said genealogy as a hobby provides a number of avenues
for enjoyment. In addition to visits such as the one she is planning, she
said old deeds, family documents and old family pictures are an endless
source of 'interest when you know the stories behind them.
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"You learn about good people and you learn about the onery ones., Some
people hide the unsavory facts but I prefer to include the bad with the
good. I had one ancestor who came West because he had stood trial for
murder. I also had ancestors who were captured by the Indians and held as
slaves. I consider it a part of the history I taught most of my life and
I am happy to know about the part my family played in it," Miss Norfleet
said.
Copied with full permission from The Family Journal, Coffeyville, Kansas,
Wednesday, June 27, 1979. Submitted by Irma Kidwell, Lawrence, Kansas.
SO}ffi PEOPLE TALK ABOUT INFLATION;
OTHERS AID INFLATION BY TALKING
From Sunday July 29, 1980 Wichita (Ks.) Eagle-Beacon. Copied with full
permission of the United Press International, N.Y., N.Y. James F. Wieck,
Kansas City, Kansas Bureau.
Washinton (UPI) -- What would you suppose is the single most inflated
product or service in this period of rampant economic hyperbole?
Gasoline? Housing?
Bribery? Hazelnuts?
Basketball players?
Hospitalization?
Alimony?
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No, according to the International Platform Association, whose anpual
convention begins Monday, the most sharply rising item is the after-dinner
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sp~ech.
"The cost of the spoken word has skyrocketed," said Dan Hoore, director
of the organization composed of professional orators, part-time lecturers,
talent agents and heads of program committees.
Among the convention speakers will be Lowell Thomas, Isaac Asimov'and
Alexander Haig.
When he is out on the lecture circuit, which is about 200 times a,year,
Asiniov, a science-fiction writer by trade, collects up to $10,000 per
appearance.
Thomas, 87, the association president, now fills only four speaking
dates a year. Yet he brings home $40,000 annually.
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�Haig, who didn't accept lecture fees while in military uniform, has
several $15,000 offers for his maiden post-retirement address, Moore said.
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And they are by no means at top scale.
Bob Hope knocks down $30,000 when he makes a speech; Henry Kissinger
settles for $25,000. Moore could not say for certain who commands the highest
figure of all, but he does know where the potential lies.
"If Richard Nixon were asked by a political fund-raising dinner organizer
to speak, he could get $40,000 the first time around the circuit," Moore
theorized.
Political fund-raisers apparently are the main pump in the elocutionary
inflation spiral.
"They have to have well-knwon personalities as speakers i f they ~re
going to get $1,000 a plate for their dinners," Moore said. "At those
prices, whatever they pay a speaker isn't of great concern. But i f the top
speakers get those prices, the d.emands of the other circuit riders are
bound to go up."
One reason for the high cost of oratory may be that lecture fees 'are
not covered' by the government's wage-price guidelines. Nevertheless, :the
Council of Wage and Price Stability may indirectly have a moderating influence.
Although in great demand for public appearances around the count~y,
council Chairman Alfred Kahn works even cheaper than senators. He ge~s paid
nothing for his talks.
Hoore could not provide precise percentages on inflation's impact on
the lecture circuit. But as head of an organization that traces it roots
back to Daniel Webster's 19th Century Lyceum lectures, he professed hi,mself
stunned by today's prices.
His archives show the first recorded lecture fee went to Ralph Watdo
Emerson, who was promised $5 and oats for his horse. However, the Middlebrook,
Mass., audience he addressed balked at supplying the oats.
Submitted by Mary Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas.
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QUERIES
Queries are free to members. They should state at least two facts to
gain the best results. There are many of our ancestors who have the same
first and last names and this might hasten our answers.
Queries are for the present time free to non-members.
cern Kansas related ancestors of fifty years or more.
They must con-
Nrs. John F. Sweets, 2905 Moccasin Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Would like to exchange information concerning the LILES family. George
Washington Stuart LILES married ~felissa L. BRASSELL on Dec. 16, 1872 in
Scott Co., Miss. Where were they born? What were their parents names?
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�Sandra Rake, 5410 Henry St., Muskegon, Michigan 49441
Need information on the ~\KE family who lived at one time in Kansas. Where
did they live in Kansas? Some of the relatives may have been buried in
Mound cemetery in Douglas County.
Mrs. Catherine Ramsey, 1108 22nd St. West, Bradenton, Florida 33505
Would like to locate descendants of Christian SOXMAN who moved from Penn.
to Lawrence, Kansas in the 1860's with his wife, Elizabeth, and four
children. The children were named, Jacob, b. 1838, Susan,b. 1840,
Henry, b. 1843, and Joseph, b. 1845. Any information about this. family
appreciated.
Paul Stark, 141 2nd St., Cedar Springs, Michigan 49319
Can anyone give me information concerning my ancestor, Samuel CRANE who
'was supposedly killed by "bushwackers" during the time of the Civil War?
He lived in (Northern) Franklin County, Kansas.
Marie Vannoy, 1401 So. J., Arkansas City, Kansas 67005
Searching for ancestors of Mary Adeline MANSFIELD, b. 28 Jan. 1854, Albany
(Gentry Co.,) Missouri. Parents: Robert G. MANSFIELD, b. Indiana.
Lucinda ROBERTS, b. Kentucky. Siblings: Allen MANSFIELD of Garnett, Ks.,
William S. MANSFIELD, Concordia, Ks., and Glen MANSFIELD of Baldwin, Ks.
Will exchange information concerning the above.
Marie Vannoy, 1401 So. J., Arkansas City, Kansas 67005
Does anyone know the whereabouts of an old family bible belonging to
Robert G. MANSFIELD and said to have been in the possession of William S.
MANSFIELD in 19l8?
Mrs. Alice H. Francis, Box 963 Las Vegas Star, Kingman, Arizona 86401
Need information concerning Reuben P. MOORE, b. Kentucky. \Vhen? Where?
He settled near Lawrence on what is now the County Farm in 1855. Wife's
name? Date of birth? She was born in Kentucky. Moved to Owen Co., Indiana.
in 1830's then to Illinois 1845 then to Douglas Co., Kansas. Children:
George W. MOORE, b. 25 Aug. 1837 (Owen Co., Indiana) and Robert Franklin
MOORE, b. 30 Sept. 1841 Indiana.
Mrs. Maxine Moore Hougland, 1920 Harper Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Need any kind of information for the families of Luther and Harriet
'DILLON's seven children all born in Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas. They
are: Audrey b. 1854, Willie b. 1860, Nettie b. 1862, Annie b. 1865,
Maybelle b. 1868, Dora b. 23 Sept. l870-d. 1959, Dick b. l873-d. 1904.
Eugene DILLON son of Dick was a former resident of Topeka, Kansas and was
raised in the home of an "Aunt Mary". Who?
Mr. Roderick A. Carr, 7608 Gresham Street, Springfield, Virginia 22151
Am looking for information on William Alexander CARR and Mary Gaddis CARR,
Leavenworth County, Kansas. Also CARR information in Douglas and Johnson
counties in Kansas.
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Watch for details about the June 7 annual workshop with Mrs. Helen King,
Topeka, Kansas as speaker. Location, Douglas County 4H-Fairgrounds, 2120
Harper, Lawrence, Kansas.
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�Mrs. Ruth B. Fleming, 926 Spruce Street, Elmira, N.Y. 14904
Would like information on the ALTMAN family who lived in Venango or
Clarion Co., Penn. in the late 1800's and early 1900's. George W. ALTMAN
was b. 1830, d. 1915. He married Sarah FRY (FRYE), b. 1840, d. 1912.
His father was George or John ALTMAN and his mother was Sallie WEETER.
Any help appreciated.
Mrs. Alice H. Francis, Box 963 Las Vegas Star, Kingman, Arizona 86401
Seek information concerning George W. MOORE, b. 25 Aug. 1837, Owen Co., Ind.
Married Mary B. MOORE when? in Douglas Co., Ks. Five children: Sherman E.,
Sarah M., Hattie, Annie, and Ida.
Also seek information concerning Robert Franklin MOORE, b. 30 Sept. 1841,
Owen Co., Ind. Married Mary Jane BLACK 10 Oct. 1863 Fort Scott, Kansas.
Lived on what is now County farm in Douglas County, Kansas before and after
Civil War. Moved to Butler Co., Kansas in 1870. Children: Alice B. HOORE~
b. 9 Nov. 1865. Died Where? When?; Charles O. MOORE, b. 17 Oct. 1867;
James W. MOORE, b. 23 Jan. 1870.
Mrs. Adell Carr Smith, 2928 Cornell Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Need information about Arethusa Burnside BROWNING, probably born in Kentucky
in 1830's. Was in Buchanan Co., Missouri in 1850 census and in Smith County,
Kansas in 1880 census.
Grace Somaduroff, 703 Bentley Drive West, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
v!ould like information concerning Eliza FIDDLER, born Jan. 1856, Iowa and
Bluff BARRY, v. 1846, Ohio. They were married in 1874 and had sons,
Major F. BARRY, born, April 1883 in Kansas and Guy BARRY, b. Oct. 1885
(in Mo.?). Eliza FIDDLER'S parents were John and Po11ie FIDDLER. Any
information appreciated.
Mrs. Marie Vannoy, 1401 So. J.,Arkansas City, Kansas 67007
Need information concerning Frank Henry GRIFFITH, b. Aug. 28, 1874 in
Baldwin, Kansas, died Jan. 2, 1917 and his wife Clara Margaret LEWIS, b.
June 4, 1883 in Albany, Missouri, died Dec. 19,1958. Where in Kansas
were they married? Date of marriage?
Mrs. Herbert Schwinn, RR # 1, Box 68, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
Need information concerning Jane BOSWELL TODD who was born in Wayne Co.,
Indiana about 1835. .She married William TODD there on Nov. 16, 1848.
They moved to Mahuska Co., Iowa and in 1870 moved to Lawrence, Kansas where
they lived about 2 years before moving to Tonganoxie, Kansas. Their children
were Mary A., Harvy M., Charles, Catherine, James, John, and Sallie. William
TODD is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. Where is Jane buried? Any help
appreciated.
Pat Shepard, 307 3rd St., Glenwood, Iowa 51534
Would like information on the family of Charles and Anna (GREEN) MATNEY.
Children: Samuel, b. April 19, 1861, Hattie, Cella, Maria. Samuel was
born in Lawrence, Kansas. He and/or family came to Nebraska in 1875. Where
are Charles and Anna ~ATNEY buried? Need Samuel's birth certificate.
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