59 25 1555 https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/98205a925f0c920364bf168f5cb87c1f.pdf ac01ec18b779123cde9ee452f4191039 PDF Text Text "~ .' , .- �·/ Volume 25; nos. 1·2 . --'------------- I l . . ;: '--:- ·i I" : i'~ January-April 2002 11 '181111 --~l : -r~-~ -~ --;;JI!I& - , - --:.:7~ -.~ --:..--::;~ . y"""''-/"-_ .--=------. .• _.' .::.,' ....;.., .sJ.~"" ~..,...."" ••~- .' ~ ~.,C '~.- - ',- -. , --- ------- - t.: (.-. ·r· .' . --------------~ Published Quarterly By: CDouB[as Count! Genea[osica[ Societ! P.O. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KS 66046-0664 .J - . .'- . .•' , �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Administrative Committee and Jobs Assumed Jackie Kennedy Patti Garrett Beverley Chapman Carol Albertson Shelley Hickman Clark Chuck and Erma Worley Don and Wilma Vaughn dwvwiv@earthlink.net Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Treasurer Programs Publications Membership Abstracts Librarians Webpage Genealogist Pioneer Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu J. Bunker Clark bclark@ku.edu Editor Layout The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal-World. Membership fees are $15 single, $2 for each additional member of the same household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above (see fonn, at end). The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at the meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vennont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30am-9pm; Saturday, 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday, 2-6pm. Anyone may use the library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. webpage http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/douglas/dckgs. him 2 �THE PIONEER· published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 25, nos. 1-2 January-April 2002 contents page bits & pieces 4 Autobiographical Reflections David Bunker 6 Notes on David Bunker J. Bunker Clark 10 Letter from David Bunker to Susan Jane Spencer, 1853 11 Series Description to the Douglas County, Kansas, Court Records (1978) Craig S. Crosswhite 14 Douglas County Court Records Now at Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas 19 Selected Records of Douglas County Judy Sweets . 24 3 �FROM THE INTERNET Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life. My daughter was my mother, for she was my father's wife. To complicate the matters worse, although it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad. And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad. For ifhe was my uncle, then that also made him brother To the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my stepmother. Father's wife then had a son, who kept them on the run. And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son. My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, she is my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild. And every time I think of it, it simply drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw. As the husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa. [One respondent indicated that the above is from a Guy Lombardo record, with Kenny Gardner doing the vocal.] * '" * A modem mother was explaining to her little girl about pictures in the family photo album. The mother said "This is the geneticist with your surrogate mother and here's your sperm donor and your father's clone. This is me holding you when you were just a frozen embryo." "Who is that?" asked the daughter. "Oh," answered the mother, "the lady with the very troubled look on her face is your aunt. She's the family genealogist!" -Don Vaughn *** 4 �1880 Census on CD-ROM Recently the Society bought for my use as Genealogist the 1880 census on CD-ROM for the whole country. Since it belongs to the Society, I want to offer, through The Pioneer, to do lookups that members request for anywhere in the country at no charge. The request should include as much information as available such as location by state or region of the country, and names, ages (approximate is OK) and birth places (state or country). My address is 2820 Missouri St., Lawrence 66046, phone 785/842-4388, and e-mail jordpc@brownchair.net. -Paul Jordan 1930 Census As of this past April Fool's Day, the 1930 census has been available to the public, 72 years after its collection, according to the law. The nearest place for us is the National Archives-Central Plains Region branch, 2312 E. Bannister Rd., Kansas City. This is open 7:30-4 Monday-Friday, with extended hours to 9 on Weqnesday. It's also open the third Saturday of the month, 9-4. Does anyone wish to write up their experience visiting this archive, and the procedure of looking up someone on the census 72 years ago? From the editor pro tem Mary Burchill, who regularly has been putting this publication to bed, recently moved nearby to a new address (1329 Kasold, Gl, Lawrence KS 66049-3426-but has the same phone and eaddress). She asked me to complete this issue, due to the move and since she and Brower left in early April for an extended stay in New Mexico. In attempt to insure that my editorship remain temporary, I took the opportunity to include a lot of space to the Bunker family. There are several documents concerning the Douglas County archives-but from different sources and separated by as much as 25 years. I do not understand any of this, but simply provide them all without comment. -J. Bunker Clark 5 �Autobiographical Reflections David Bunker (b. Cardington, Ohio, 1830; d. Lawrence, Kansas, 1905) I am rapidly attaining the period of my life that is commonly known as the scriptural limit of man's age. See Psalms. It has therefore occurred to me that a few reflections concerning the past years of my life, committed to paper, might possibly, to some extent, interest some of my descendants. Not that my life has been an eventful one, but, on the contrary, compared with many a man's life, it has been quite uneventful, and very monotonous as far as any thing of a public nature is concerned. I know little of my ancestors farther back than my grandfather, whose name was Isaac Bunker. He was born and. raised in New England, I think on the island of Nantucket in Mass. From this fact I form a pretty strong conjecture that it might nave been some of his near kin that gave his name to the illustrious "Bunker's Hill" of Revolutionary fame. But I never heard. the fact mentioned or hinted at by the family, perhaps because they were Quakers and the instincts of their peculiar sect precluded any idea of honor being attached to such a circumstance. However that may be, I have derived no little satisfaction from believing that such is a fact. Another reason for believing that this is true, in 1855 to 80, I was acquainted with a family of Bunkers in Illinois who came from the state of Maine, and. who claimed to have a clear genealogical record from the advent of "two brothers" from the old country (England). They landed in Boston in a very early day, and remaining in that vicinity, and the other wandering up into north east "back woods" of what eventually became the state of Maine. They were from that stock while I was evidently from the Mass. branch. Thus as I before intimated my knowledge of my ancestry beyond my grandfather is wholly conjectural. On my mother's side I am equally at a loss. She [Matilda Wood Bunker, 1808-70] was the daughter of Israel Wood [correction: Israel, 1797-1874, was her brother; her father was Jonathan Wood, 1760-1838]. I have heard her say that in her girlhood she lived within sight of the Catskill mountains in N. Y. I think her mother was a White as she had cousins who were natives of Soda [Saratoga] Springs, N.Y. My father [Slocum Hussey Bunker, 1805-73] was the oldest of 12 children, and my mother the youngest of 12. As to my various uncles, aunts & cousins I may have something to say later on. I was born in the town, or village, of Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio, March 7th, 1830. It was some time after that before I began to realize that I existed. Indeed nothing impressed itself on my memory till 3 or 4 years afterward. The fust incident I recollect is that coming into the room where my mother was at work, my baby sister [Alice; see below] was sitting alone in the middle of the floor, and it seems it was her first attempt and being a success I thought it was a wonderful thing. After that follows recollection of mumps, measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, croup and all the other ills childhood is heir to. There is also a clear vision of my mind of a steam saw-mill, a venture of my father's, the frights the children would have every time the steam was blown off, having heard stories of explosions and considering every unusual sound as ominous and after a while, being encouraged by the kind hearted workmen, I became used to it and had many a ride on the carriage that carried the log to the saw and back again to be reset for another board. 6 �I didn't know it then, but in after years I learned that the steam saw mill venture was a failure, and casting around. for something to recoup his lost fortune he struck out for the then territory of Michigan. Everybody seemed to be aIDicted more or less with the "Michigan fever." Father's attack was hard enough to take him there. I remember the family going to grandfather Bunker's [Isaac Bunker, 1780-1841] to live for a time, and how my uncles, half grown boys and young men then would carry me on their shoulders and sing to me little ditties of their own composing, about Michigan, the wolves & the Indians. This was in early spring just in sugar making time and I still retain visions of the old maple sugar camp and the "sugaring off' at the house. How long we staid at grandfathers I cannot now tell. It couldn't have been long, but during the time a little incident occurred that created quite a little excitement in the household & neighborhood for a few hours. My elder sister Jane [1827-93; later, Mrs. William Chauncey Hicks] and our Aunt Hannah (about Jane's age) [1829-67; later, Mrs. Miller] started from the sugar camp one afternoon to go home, & in attempting to find a shorter route than the old beaten road lost their way, and when the men came home at dark, and the girls not being with them, and reporting the time they left camp, and after search at the nearest neighbors failing to bring any tidings of them, there could be no other conclusion than that they were "lost in the woods." The neighborhood was aroused and the woods were scoured with men bearing lanterns and torches, and a little after midnight-they were found, and, amid the firing of guns shouting and other demonstrations of rejoicing, they were brought home safe & sound. I was in bed and asleep before it was known that they were lost, consequently knew nothing of it till the next day, and having heard the story told and dwelt upon so many times it came to seem to me as real as if! had been one of the actors in the scenes. During the months that elapsed after my father had determined to migrate there was a great deal of visiting back and forth. Sometimes we children were taken along and sometimes we were left at home. Horse back riding was more common those days than latterly. It was nothing thought of for a woman to mount a horse & ride across country 5 or 6 miles & back to make a visit to some friend or relative. I distinctly recall one such an occasion when my mother took me behind her on a trusty old sorrel mare that we called old "Fox," and after closing the visit and a mile or two on the return trip a sudden spring shower overtook us and mother put the mare to her best speed to get to where we could find shelter, and how many expressions of wonderment from those to whom mother related the incident that such a little chap as I could stick on to ride so fast, until I came to think I was quite a hero, yet I thought nothing of it at the time. At what juncture we moved to Mt. Gilead I have no knowledge but I remember living, there for a time. I remember attending school there in an octagon school house. I remember very well it was red, but whether it was brick or wood painted red I have no recollection. Red was a popular color for school houses those days as well as later when "the little red school house" became a fruitful theme for stump orators. We lived in a building that was intended for a store. Whether just completed, or had been used and abandoned, I cannot tell. The owners whose name occurs to me was Roy, lived in another part of the building. There was an antislavery lecturer in town at the time and I can remember about the excitement: the rotten egging & the like. If stale eggs couldn't be obtained the hoodlums would take egg shells and fill them with tar and use them as missiles to throw at the lecturer. I remember one day my attention being called to the strong odor of tar on a cloak of Mrs. Roy's that she had worn the evening before to the lecture when one of those missiles had missed its mark and had hit her. It seems strange at this day to think of men being mobbed for advocating the cause of humanity, and, too, in a community where there were no slaves and no prospect of their existence there, and also 7 �where a large proportion of the inhabitants were from principle and religious training and instincts opposed to the institution of slavery, but it has been so in all ages, when the devil is hurt in a tender spot he incites men to deeds of violence and God overrules this "wrath of man" to His own praise and glory. Another incident during our sojourn in Mt. Gilead that made an indelible impression on my mind, and as much as any thing led me in after years to take a determined stand against the evils of intemperance. It was probably during the time of spring rains for the roads were impassible for wagons, and any intercourse or marketing had to be done on horse back. The soil was a yellow sticky clay. I was standing late one afternoon by the window, looking out upon the street. A single saddled horse came slowly by in company with 3 or 4 men all bespattered with mud. The one in the saddle seemed to have great difficulty in sitting upright, the others were endeavoring to sustain him, but in spite of their efforts he would fall off in the mud. I watched them for a long time for their progress was very slow. I thought something dreadful must be the matter with the man, and my sympathy was at its height as well as my curiosity. On inquiry I learned that the man was drunk from drinking too much whiskey. In reply to my childish questions I \Vas told of the effects of all alcoholic drinks, and the insidiousness of the drink habit, and the misery it entailed &c. From that time the vision of this drunken man wallowing in the mud, and his friends patiently trying to ge(him home always came to my mind at sight of an intoxicated man or even the mention of whiskey, and why men should drink stuff that would put them in such a condition was a puzzle to my young brain: and even now in myoid age it seems inconceivable, among other theory, than the work of Satan like that of slavery. But the time had come for as to take our leave of friends & old associations. (I have a rough manuscript of our two weeks journey & settlement in Hastings, Barry Co., Mich., so will not here rewrite it but pass over a period of about seven & one-half years.) In the fall of 1843 my father obtained what he considered remunerative employment in Battle Creek & removed there. The period of our residence there ran uneventful except the school facilities which I enjoyed but did not improve very profitably. In the late autumn of 1845 the M.C.R.R. [Michigan Central Rail Road?] was completed to B.c. and it was then that I saw for the first time a locomotive and cars, & in an excursion to Marshall one evening took my first ride on a rail road. It was then immense, but compared to rail road riding that I have done since, it was very slow. April 1st, 46, we moved to Bellevue, a small village some 13 miles to the north east of B.C. where my father took an old tumble-down grist mill to run. It was in the midst of a fme farming community, and had the mill been worth any thing he might have made money. As it was it took all he made, or more, to keep the old thing in shape to do any thing at all. It was while living here that I began to attain the age that I called myself a ''young man," and go out in to company some, but financial straits precluded my becoming much of a society man. I attended school at Olivet (the then embryo Olivet College [founded 1844]) for a couple of years, & there "finished' my education which was poor at the best. The year that I attained my "majority" was full of events that had to do with shaping my after life. Up to this time my father had designed that I should follow the milling business for my life work. He had abandoned the mill at Bellevue the year before and was casting about for something else to do, and, in the mean time, had secured a position for me in a new'mill that was in the course of construction, to help fit up and start, and then work in it as a miller. It was there that I got my final distaste for the trade, & it took such a hold upon me that my father ceased on insist upon my following it. 8 �The cause of my distaste was something this way. 1st, my work clothes were always so full of mill-dust that I couldn't go on the street or into a store without being in danger of leaving my card on some body's clothes, which annoyed me extremely, being of a very sensitive nature. 2nd, after the mill was in operation, it was necessary to do a great deal of carpenter work inside in the way of bins &c. and a gang of men, mostly young men, were brought in to do the work~ they would work their ten hours, pull off their overalls and with a little brushing were decent to go any where, except perhaps, to a swell society event: whereas, if I wanted to go to a friend's house for an evening's chat I would have to change my clothes, and even then be on a nettle all the time for fear that some streaks of dust were overlooked. 3rd, a flouring mill to run successfully must run night and day, and a miller to expected to work 112 the night and 112 the day. The most profitable season of the year for a mill is in the winter, or it was at that time, and the winter is the season when most entertainment that a young man would like to attend, occur. Working nights a man would not feel like attending an evening entertainment and thereby loosing his sleep. He might do it for a while but it would soon wear him out. These, with a natural dislike for the trade of a miller and an inclination for some mechanical pursuit were the considerations which prompted me to abandon the idea of being a miller. I was now 21 years of age and went home, not knowing what turn to take next, but the first opening was in a saw mill. I worked in partnership with a man by the name of Mason till middle of summer, when the whole property, both grist mill and saw mill, changed hands and the new owner put a new gang of men into the saw mill to saw out lumber & timber for a new grist milL After jobbing about town for a time at any thing I could get to do, and occasionally attending to some official duties (for I was elected constable that spring) I finally secured work on the framing ofthe new grist mill, and worked on it till its completion in the winter, and by that time I began to think I was quite a finished mechanic. It was during this summer that a light fell across my path that has lightened my life ever since. One day while at my work a little figure tripped lightly across the common a few rods away from me, & the thought came to me as a flash, "that is to be my wife." She was a stranger in town, just visiting friends during school vacation. I had not spoken to her yet, or even seen her face, yet I knew from rumor who she was. But how should I go to work to Win her? I hadn't the least idea. Naturally timid in the presence ofIadies, young ladies especially, it seemed to me a hopeless task. Providence favored me. My sisters made her acquaintance and she became a frequent caller & visitor at our house. My affection for her grew space until I could stand it not long & I had to let her into my secret. The result was our marriage three years later. But I must not anticipate. The mill having been completed, my father saw that I was bound to be a mechanic and still clinging to his old hobby of keeping me at home, he moved to Olivet but 6 miles from Bellevue with the intention of starting a wagon shop. Arriving there, no seasoned timber could be found, out of which to construct wagons, so we jobbed around for a year waiting for timber to season. During the summer my father took an idea that it would be a good thing for me to go to Chicago & see what I could do there. So about the middle of August I packed up & went to Chicago. I stayed there for about 2 months when hearing from home that my father had had a very severe attack of inflammation or congestion of the bowels & work assuming a rather of a winter aspect I returned home disgusted with a city life & city work. I managed to keep busy in a way during the winter & the next spring father moved to Marshall & went into a house where we boarded railroad trainmen. I found work on the R.R. & in June of that year was sent to Mich. City [Indiana] to work but changes occurring in the management there that appeared to me unsatisfactory, I returned to 9 �Marshall & reentered the old shop there. The next summer I was married & toward the latter part left the RR service with the intention of coming west but a favorable offer having been made me to go to Olivet to help on the grist mill there, I concluded to go there before coming west, but instead of only two or three weeks it was two or three months before we got through with the work. It was the last day of Oct. before we started out for Ill[inoi]s. We stopped over night in Chicago & the next day we went on to Bloomington where my sister Rachel & her husband Charley Dean were. I staid there only 2 or 3 days & left my wife & came north to La Salle & Mendota. I had intended when leaving Marshall to go to Amboy where they were erecting buildings for shops but at Mendota I found that there were eight miles ofRR iron yet to be laid & concluded to remain at Mendota: and, the strangest thing about it all is, I have never yet been to Amboy although I have passed through it several times on the cars, I never stopped there, & never worked on a RR again. But I had what I called a pretty good offer of work in Mendota & staid there. Our first child was born on the 17th of March a fact of which I was justly proud. It was a boy. The next child was also a boy born 2 years later on the 11th of September. He only lived to be only 2 yrs & 4 months old when he succumbed to dyptheria when it was first making its appearance throughout the country. Our first girl was only about 4 weeks old when he died. The next great event in my career was when I enlisted in the army in 1862. The 20th of Sept. '63 I was wounded quite early in the day at the battle of Chickamauga, retired to a hospl. in Louisville, Ky, & was out of the trials, starvations & hardships of the winter in Chat[t]anooga, returning to my regt. in the spring & May 14 was again wounded on the tenth anniversary of my marriage. This wound nearly laid me out but I recovered from it in about a year so that I have put in many a hard day's work since. The war ended & in June 63 I was mustered out of service. And now back to myoId place in the shop till the next spring when I started a shop on my own account, but it was unfortunate. Every thing bad gone up to war-time prices & now they were falling back to normal so that by the time I had a wagon ready for market the price of wagons had so declined I had to sell it for less than it cost, consequently I could stand such a strain but a very limited time. Notes on David Bunker by J. Bunker Clark David married Susan Jane Spencer, 14 May 1854, in Marshall, Michigan. According to information in the Beulah RickettslKathryn Bunton scrapbooks in the Osma Room, Lawrence Public Library, vol. 1, p. 113, "Susan Jane Spencer, daughter of William and Jane Crosby Spencer. Jane Crosby was the daughter of Lord and Lady Crosby, of Sheffield, England, who on her marriage to William Spencer, a commoner, was disowned. They came to America and settled at Monroe, Michigan, where all their children were born." According to Alice Bunker Ross (pp. 236-42), her mother Susan must have gone to boarding school, then became governess for the family of the Governor of Michigan. At school she met Rachel Bunker, who invited her to visit during the Christmas holidays when she met Rachel's brother David, who she afterwards married. David's mother Matilda Wood Bunker was of a very well-to-do and aristocratic family. Gen. Leonard Wood [for whom Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri is named] and Col. Sam Wood [well known in Kansas in the 19th century] were cousins. When Susan was 23, and being the governess, she thep. didn't see David for a year or two when he was in college, but then received a letter from him proposing marriage. 10 �The "Autobiographical Reflections" was obviously written after David Bunker's return from the Civil War. Later, in 1891, he was invited to be Instructor in Wagon-Making at Haskell Institute. He made a "tally-ho" in 1895, the story of which was reputed to have appeared in newspapers nationally. She died 4 April 1900, he died 1 October 1905-both in Lawrence. David Bunker's father Slocum Hussey Bunker founded the town of Hastings, in southwestern Michigan, commemorated by a stone marker established by the Daughters of the American Revolution on 12 June 1912. David's sister Dr. Alice Bunker Stockham, according to the Hastings Banner the next day, said in part "Slocum H. Bunker, my father with his brother Thomas S[mith] Bunker, were the ftrst white settlers in Hastings, Mich. In 1836 they build [sic] the ftrst cabin-a living room and two bedrooms, they built a saw mill, established a trading post, a postoffice, a tavern and opened the ftrst school." Alice B. Stockham, one of the ftrst woman M.D.s in the country, became quite well known for her books on women's health and related subjects, notably Karezza and Tokology, which she published herself Indeed, my grandmother Edith Belle Dean (later, Mrs. Thomas Carlyle Clark) lived with her aunt Alice in Chicago for a time in the 1890s, and helped with the publishing activities. David and Susan's son Charles Dean Bunker followed his parents to Lawrence, and about 1895 accepted a position with the KU Natural History Museum, eventually gaining the title of curator. "C. D." was important in establishing KU as a place known for the training ofmammalogists and ornithologists. He was involved in establishing an improved system of cataloging birds and mammals. After his death in 1948 his ashes were scattered from the top of the museum. KU Professor E. Raymond Hall published an II-page booklet on him in 1951. Children of David and Susan Jane Spencer Bunker: Louis Arthur Bunker (1855-1921), who eventually settled in Hutchinson, Kansas. In 1902 he donated the land on which the Carnegie Public Library was built (the building still stands, although no longer a library), and made a bequest of $10,000 for books, the income of which continues to be used. William Spencer Bunker (1857-60) Caroline Elizabeth Bunker (1859-1927), who married Jacob Keilman. Their granddaughter Kathryn Jeanette Bunton (b. 1912), native of Lawrence and a retired nurse, now lives in Brandon Woods. Slocum Henry Bunker (1862-85) Julia Olive Bunker (1866-1952), who married Fred W. Webber. Their granddaughter Jennifer Webber is a resident of Marietta, Georgia. Alice Bunker (1868-1952), who married Frank M. Ross. Charles Dean Bunker (1870-1948), who married Clara Parnell. Their grandson Charles Harry ("Chuck") Warner is president of USBank in Lawrence. ADDENDUM The following is a letter from David Bunker to Susan Jane Spencer, written before they were married. It was published in the Bunkf!r Banner, November 2001, as submitted by Jennifer Webber, granddaughter of Julia Bunker and Fred Webber. She obtained the text of the letter from Patricia Meyer, of Woodbridge, California (whose mother's father, Robert O. Brown, was 11 �brother to Ella, who married David's son Louis A. Bunker-but one needs a chart to understand all this). (As the P.O. has not got any stamps on hand I will enclose a three-cent piece.) Olivet, February 14, 1853 Respected Friend Susan - It has been a long, long time since I heard a word from you in any form. Indeed I knew not that you were yet in the "land ofthe living~" but last week I casually heard that you were still living in Ann Arbor, I thought that I would write to you, to see if peradventure I could find out the cause of this silence. The cause I apprehend is this - when I last wrote to you I was contemplating taking my leave of Olivet for a season, and if I recollect right, I intimated that I should make Homer my first stopping place. But after the letter was mailed, and two days before starting, I changed my mind and went to Chicago. Now I think that if you answered my letter at all, that you directed it to Homer (is that the case?) when I expected that you would direct it to this place, and my friends here would forward it to wherever I should happen to be. And so little did I suspect that to be the case, that I did not even mistrust anything of the kind, until it would have been too late to have got it from there, as it would have been sent to the "dead letter office." As I remarked, I went to Chicago~ I stayed two months and sawall the elephants, and returned home well satisfied to stay in Olivet, a while longer at least. Although I was there through the cholera season, yet I enjoyed remarkable good health all the time, as I have since my return. I do not know of you having any correspondence from this place at this time, therefore I will try and give you a kind of general idea of what has been, and is now going on in this place. The health of the inhabitants was remarkably good until within two or three months. Since then there has been several cases of the typhoid fever. Quite a number of the students have been attacked with it, and at one time it threatened the dissolution of the school for the time being; but the ravages of the disease abated finally, and all goes on as smooth as ever. Professor Bartlett has had an attack of the fever, which came very near carrying him off; but he has recovered, and resumed his labors. George Bartlett fell a victirri to the disease, which was a heavy stroke for the family. Also one of the students, perhaps you may have seen him, as he has been here before, by the name of David H. Clark, from Union City. He was a very promising youth, and had fair to occupy a prominent position in society in time. Also Miss Teresa A. Stone died of the same disease. Father has been unable to do any thing since the first of Oct. - He was taken in the first place with the typhoid fever, from which he was unable to work for about three months, and when he got so that he could begin to work a little, he was taken with an erysipelas swelling under his arm, which gathered and broke several times, and has confined him to the house for eight weeks now, although he begins to travel out around some, yet it will be some time before he will be able to do work again. The school commenced under favorable auspices last fall, and has continued to prosper so far. More, I believe, than the usual number of teachers went out from here last fall , and all , as 12 �far as I can learn, succeed well, and gain for themselves a good reputation, thereby enhancing the reputation of the school. The societies connected with the institution keep up their meetings with their usual interest. But as a general thing this winter, the ladies have carried off the palm. And well could they afford to, for they have had twice the amount of talent in their society that the gentlemen have. The gentlemen have only about half the amount of good writers and speakers, that they had last winter, and the ladies have about the same that they had then. If had had time I would give you a little description of some of the public meetings, but I have not, and so will leave it for your imagination to describe. We have a new hotel in operation this winter, in which there have been held some balls, and a prospect of some more. Some of the students deigned to attend, which raised the Profs' dander, and they have threatened expulsion to every one who attends the next dance, which has created the most excitement that we have had yet in that respect. The ''Niles boys" [presumably from Niles, Mich.] are the principle ones concerned in the matter. Sister Alice [Alice Bunker, 1833-1912, later M.D. and Mrs. Gabriel Henry Stockham, M.D.-see above] is in Ohio, teaching. She will return home by the opening of navigation. Rachel [1836-89, later Mrs. Charles Dean, my great-great grandparents -jbc] is teaching school about four miles north of here, and gets along finely. She gets $2.00 per week. Julia [1838-53] is attending the Institution. Ofthe other two little girls, Sylvia [1844-58] attends district school where there is one in operation. Mary's [1842-77, later Mrs. George E. Wills] health is not sufficiently good to allow of attending school. Our district school closed very suddenly a week or two since. L. O. Smith was teaching, and he got it into his head to go to California, and wished to start immediately, therefore he closed his school unceremoniously. Miss Jane Prior (do you know her? she is an old student and has taught the district school here once) is talked of pretty strongly for the one who is to teach the remainder of the term, and go on with the summer school. At this point I rested a while, and in the mean time I learned that Miss Prior commences her school tomorrow. Do you recall eating Buckwheat cakes at our house? How I wish that you were here to enjoy the treat with me now. But stop! I forgot-we have just eaten the last of our flour, and I do not know where there is any more to be had. But I intend to have some maple molasses by and by, when sugar making time comes, and that will be part of our treat. Do you have any sleighing our your way? We have not had any here that could be called sleighing, although the people have dragged around on what little snow there was, just for the name of it. Now Susan if it is your wish to continue our correspondence, I would like to have you manifest it by answering this as soon as you can make it convenient~ and tell me all about how you have enjoyed yourself, what you have busied yourself about for the last six months, and what you are doing now, etc. Respectfully Yours From your ever well wishing friend, David Bunker 13 �Series Description to the Douglas County, Kansas, Court Records Craig S. Crosswhite Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas 15 December 1978 This project was performed in conjunction with history course 801, Archival Management, under Dr. Don McCoy, at the University of Kansas in the 1978 fall term. Half the time spent on this project involved carting large volumes into different rooms, as major analysis and rearrangement was necessary to identify volumes by type and series location before any description and inventory could be attempted. With this basic inventory and volume organization done, the many volumes that must be missing may be located, identified, and recovered. This the hope of the author. INTRODUCTION Court records are often the most accurate diaries of country growth and change. To understand and interpret their content, however, the researcher must be familiar with the county of their inception. With the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by President Franklin Pierce on 30 May 1854, settlers immediately began pouring into the territory where they formed pockets of resistance either for or against slavery. One such group opposing slavery was rushed to the present site of Lawrence by the Emigrant Aid Company of Massachusetts. On 30 July 1854, barely two months after the bill's passage, this first group landed by steamboat on the shores of the Kansas River, naming their new town after the chief financial backer of the company, Amos A. Lawrence. By the time of the assembly of the first territorial legislature near Fort Riley in July of 1855, enough settlers had arrived in this area to allow for county chartering. Named in honor of Senator Stephen A. Douglas of lllinois, the county was among the first dozen to be created. Lecompton, the westernmost township of Douglas County, was designated the county seat because of the relocation of the legislature there and because of its pros lavery sympathies. Eventually the territorial capital was moved again. This time, with the increase of population in and about Lawrence, the county seat was moved there by legislative enactment in January of 1858. One of the first actions of every territory in the Union was to provide, through statutes a framework by which county property, government, and court records should be created and maintained. These records were usually large bound volumes labeled as mortgages, deeds, wills, commissioner books, tax rolls, court journals, judicial dockets, appearance dockets, and so forth. This series description treats the latter records created primarily by the district court ofOouglas County sitting in Lawrence. Within the first law, The Statutes of the Territory ofKansas, J855, chapter 93, article 3, sec. 3, provides that every elected judge holding office in the district court shall keep a docket listing all civil and criminal cases that he tries, along with all orders and executions that he makes. In chapter 90, sec. 25-30, an appointed court clerk is to enter all court judgements in a docket book to be filed with the district court and used as a public record. These early district court records were probably first kept at Lecompton, and then at Lawrence. On 21 August 1863 Captain William Clark Quantrill and his partisan forces struck Lawrence as part of the continued border warfare of the Civil War. In this raid, the entire business district was set afire. Among the losses in life and property were the majority of county 14 �court records. A few earlier records did survive, but only those dealing with property. A more complete account of the early county and court history, including a listing of county and court officials, is contained in A. T. Andreas's History o/the State o/Kansas (Chicago, 1883; reprint, Atchison: Atchison County Historical Society, 1976), pages 310-12. Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861, but it was not until after the Civil War that its laws were fully codified to include a more detailed description of how county and district court records were to be maintained. In Douglas County, early property and government record books tend to be consistent in form of entry and style of writing. The court and judicial dockets, however, change and evolve in form and style from 1865 to the middle 1880. The variety in docket style reflects as much the individual skill and demands of the justice of the peace as it does the continued growth of the county and the demand in time for more detailed records. In the Compiled Laws o/Kansas, 1868, chapter 80, article 34, sec. 703-707, the court clerk is required to keep up-to-date several record books--criminal and civil appearance dockets, criminal and civil trial dockets, court journals, judgment books, execution dockets, and any other records that his particular court should feel necessary. The earliest Douglas County records show a certain amount of confusion, especially in the criminal trial and appearance dockets. In chapter 81, article 15, sec. 188-193 of the same statutes, the two elected justices of the peace were required to keep a docket book, within which each case tried was to have a full transcript recorded personally. Upon completion of his term, the judge turned his book over to his successor, who continued the case recordings on the following pages. Since two justices held court in tandem, these books often overlap as to thc chronology of the cases tried. As the researcher might suspect, the judicial dockets have the greatest variety of style, legibility, and detailed information, as suited the particular judge's whim or fancy. Upon completion of any bound volume, the court clerk or the judge filed the book with the district court where it was kept as a public record and reference tool. The duties of the court clerk have survived the two major revisions of the statutes in 1923 and 1970. In the Kansas Statutes Annotated, §60-2601 (1976), the clerk is no longer required to maintain the number of volumes that he was previously, but provisions are outlined as to the use of computer storage and retrieval. The keeping of the judicial docket survived the 1923 code revision, but was repealed by the legislature in 1969 as no longer necessary, in view of the extensive case recordings performed today. The Douglas County District Court Records were kept in bound volume series in the old courthouse in the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street. In 1975 massive gutting and renovation was begun to allow for modernization of offices, air control units, and safety standards. The county commissioners took advantage of the situation to employ Kansas Statute Annotated, §19254, whereby any county records over twenty years old, that have been offered to and rejected by the state historical society, may be destroyed upon the approval of the district court. Fortunately the county commissioners, led by Arthur Heck and Peter Whitenight, negotiated to have these records microfilmed and then turned. over to the Kansas Collection of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas. In October of 1975, the transfer was made by Board of Commissioners Resolution No. 75-6-1, after approval was granted from the state historical society in Topeka. Within the agreement are provisions to allow continued county ownership and use, open research access, safe and secure maintenance, notification to the board if the records be moved, and attachment of this resolution and its provisions to any future transfer of records. It is hoped (and anticipated) that in the near future this author and the Kansas Collection curator will search through the remaining court records in the remodeled courthouse with the desire to fill in the gaps evident in this collection's volume series. At that time, the remaining 15 �property and government records of the county, already in complete series in the Kansas Collection, will be added to make a finished inventory of the older county court, property, and government records. l. COURT JOURNALS, 1863-1901,22 volumes (letters A-V). Average size 32 x 45 x 8 cm. These volumes contain the proceedings of the Douglas County district court for each day that it met. Included are all civil and criminal trials, grandjury proceedings, orders from the judge in vacation or in chambers, jury selection proceedings, petitions from lawyers and parties, and all other in-court events and matters. Abundant information is available about county court procedure, types and number of different legal cases, city and county growth, and a listing of many county residents. There are no gaps in the series, and later additions of subsequent volumes are expected. Maintained by the court clerk, the, text is very legible. An alphabetical index is included in the front of every volume, listing most names of persons within. Each volume covers about two years of court sessions. 2. JUDGEMENT DOCKETS, 1870-78, 1 volume (no. 2). Size: 33 x 46 x 6 cm. This is a general index in which the name of each person against whom a judgment is rendered, appears in alphabetically ordered sections. Listed under each entry are the parties to the case, the date, the number of pages filed with the clerk, the amount of money settled upon in the case, and the page and volume reference to the particular court journal that holds the text of the case. Entries were made by the court clerk, so the text is uniform and legible. This volume allowed quick reference by any researcher as to a certain person's involvement at trial in court over a seven-year span. These dockets provide a handy research tool in searching for county residents and their legal activities. Volumes 1,3, and 4 are probably in the county courthouse, and will be pursued. 3. CRIMINAL TRIAL DOCKET, 1864-78, I volume (no. 1). Size: 30 x 45 x 6 cm. This volume was used by the court clerk to place upcoming criminal cases upon a case calendar. Noted under each entry are the parties, the attorneys, the docket number, the charge, judicial orders, and final dispensation. An enclosed alphabetical index covers those cases entered between 1874 and 1878. This volume appears to have been of limited use to the ~istrict court, and it is suspected that later volumes were not created. Instead, volume 2 of the Criminal Appearance Dockets lines up exactly in progressing docket number and trial dates with this volume. It is possible that the trial docket entry was dropped in favor of the appearance docket entry system. This volume has limited use to the researcher without an early index. The court journals and judicial dockets contain more information. 4. CRIMINAL APPEARANCE DOCKET, 1878-1907, 1945-49, 1950-51,6 volumes (nos. 2,3, 1,2, C, E). Average size: 32 x 46 x 8 cm. These volumes list all legal actions in the order that they were filed in the court clerk's office. Entry information includes the date of summons and its return, petition and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a listing of the costs accrued during the action. The entry served as a registry of all prior trial activities of either party or the court in setting up the case for trial. The first two volumes appear to be successors of volume 1 of the Criminal Appearance Docket. Because of the length of time between the first two and latter four volumes, it is assumed that missing volumes exist at the courthouse. Each volume includes an alphabetical index by parties to the actions in the front. These volumes contain information of interest to the researcher about pretrial court procedure and filing costs and fees. 16 �5. CIVIL TRIAL DOCKETS, 1864-68, 1874-94,9 volumes (nos. 1,2,6-11, 14). Average size: 31 x46 x 7 cm. These volumes were used by the court clerk to place upcoming civil cases upon a case calendar. Noted under each entry are the parties, the attorneys, the docket number, the type of dispute, judicial orders, date of case, and final dispensation. There are no indexes to any of these volumes. Volumes 3-6 are missing and it is uncertain that the court continued to keep such volumes after 1894. The last volume (H) has no entries or text. Although labeled "Final Record" , it is unclear what its use was to have been. These volumes have limited use to the researcher without any indexes. The court journals and the judicial dockets contain more information. 6. CIVIL APPEARANCE DOCKETS, 1863-1901, 16 volumes (letters A-O). Average size: 32 x 47 x 7.5 cm. These volumes list all legal actions in the order that they were filed in the court clerk's office. Entry information includes the date of summons and its return, petition and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a listing of the costs accrued during the action. The entry served as a registry of all prior trial activities of either party or the court in setting up the case for trial. Each volume includes an alphabetical index by parties in the front. The series for the above years is complete, with one additional loose index for the years 1901-03 as a part of the series. In addition, a one-volume inverse index is available listing defendant parties for the years 1863-83 (volumes A-I). Later volumes and general indexes are probably in the courthouse. With the aid of the volume indexes, this series is a valuable aid to the researcher studying county business foreclosures, attachments, and other commercial legal problems. 7. JAIL BOOKS, 1867-85, 1904-11,2 volumes (nos. 1 and 4). Average size: 28 x 41 x 5 cm. These volumes list all male prisoners incarcerated in the county jail by order of the court. Kept by either the sheriff or the jailor, the entry information includes the prisoner's name, when committed, his place of origin, his offense, term length, by whose order, when discharged, the number of days served, and his physical description. Alphabetical indexes are included in the front. Volumes 2 and 3 are missing, and later volumes are probably at the courthouse. These volumes are good sources for researchers interested in the number and kinds of persons incarcerated, and for what offenses. 8. SHERIFF'S ACCOUNT BOOK, 1864-65, 1 volume. Size: 27 x 39 x 3 cm. This volume was kept for the period after Quantrill's raid until the end of the Civil War. Listed are all court cases by parties where the sheriff was owed a fee for his services, usually to summons or writ. Also are listings of fees owed to the sheriff for the boarding of prisoners and the duties requiring his travel in and out of the county. There is no index. This volume is of limited use in the study of early county law enforcement. 9. CRIMlNAL JUDICIAL DOCKETS, 1874-78, 1881-1945, 22 volumes (random numerical order). Average size: 30 x 41 x 4.5-7.5 cm. By law, each district judge kept a docket case book of all court cases that he personally tried. Each page entry includes information as to case title, date of writ, date of case, party arrest record, property attached, facts stated, affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn, judicial orders and executions, final judgment, monies paid at court, and any continuances. Because justices stood for re-election 17 �every two years, several of the above volumes changed hands several times. Each judge kept his personal case docket, which he would turn over to his replacement upon retirement. This new judge, in turn, would continue entry of cases until the volume was complete, when it was filed with the district court. Since two justices served at the same time, the volumes from the 1890s onward overlap in chronology, as each judge took his turn trying cases on different days. There are gaps in the volume series between 1878 and 1881, and between 1927 and 1932. Alphabetical indexes are included in the front of each volume. A wealth of information about types of cases, frequency of crimes, judicial orders and procedures, and kinds and severity of punishment meted out are of interest to the researcher. Also included are many names of county residents. 10. CIVIL JUDICIAL DOCKETS, 1873-1927, 1932-61,37 volumes (random numerical order). Average size: 30 x 41 x 7 cm. There are many more civil than criminal cases, accounting for the size of this particular series. By law, each district judge kept a docket case book of all court cases that he personally tried. Each page entry includes information as to case title, date of writ, date of case,. property attached, facts stated, affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn, judicial orders and executions, final judgment, monies paid at court, and any continuances. Because justices stood for re-election every two years, several of the above volumes changed hands several times. Each judge kept his personal case docket, which he would turn over to his replacement upon retirement. This new judge, in turn, would continue entry of cases until the volume was complete, when it was filed with the district court. Since two justices served at the same time, the volumes from the 1890s onward overlap in chronology, as each judge took his tum trying cases on different days. Alphabetical indexes are included in the front of most volumes. Volumes 15 and 18 have bound alphabetical indexes standing besides them. Judge R. C. Manley's volume (1922-25) is mistakenly enclosed within a cover entitled "Criminal Docket, Volume 9." Judge Brook's volume (1907-12) has no index. Several volumes for the years 1927-32 are missing. It is suspected that random volumes are missing from 1920 on. These records are of particular interest to the researcher studying business and county growth, frequency of such cases as divorce and alimony, assault and defamation, and other civil actions. These volumes contain the names of many county residents. 18 �Douglas County Court Records Now at Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas volume no. range record name, dates C-2 C-3 Register of Deeds Fee Book, 1924-40 Reception Record and Fee Book, 1941-45 Claim Register, 1903-06 Claim Register, 1946-54 Claim Register, 1960-66 Record of Claims, 1908-26 Claim and Warrant Register, 1927-29 Warrant Register, 1935 Pay Roll Warrant Register, 1943-53 Unpaid Warrant Register, 1931-48 Treasurer's Warrant Register, 1915-17 Treasurer's Record, 1922-26 Treasurer's Journal, 1957-61 Journal, 1934-46 Civil Docket, 1931-38 Criminal Docket, 1943-48 Bond Record, 1865-1916 Register of City Orders, 1897-1918 Invoices, 1910-15 Ordinances, 1866-1932 Index to Petitions, 1866-1948 Personal Tax Warrant Record, 1925-35 MortgageslFields Destroyed, 1885-95 Record of Cost and Attachment Bonds, 1901-05 Record of Bonds, 1900-23 Record of Appeal and Replevin Bonds, 1900-16 Stock Lien Record, 1888-1940 Welfare Fund and Warrant Register, 1945-47 Sheriff's Fee Book, 1898-1900 Sheriff's Fee Book, 1905-37 Sales Tax Records, Lots, 1859-65 Sales Tax Records, Lots, 1868-1915 Sales Tax Records, Lots & Lands, 1859-67 Sales Tax Records, Lots & Lands, 1916-25 Sales Tax Records, Lands, 1859-65 Sales Tax Records, Lands, 1868-1915 Tax Roll, 1863-1948 Tax Roll, 1949-67 Commissions' Record of Allowances, 1872-1915 Delinquent Real Estate Sales Record, 1926-37 Distribution Record, 1875-79 19 B R-S 24 E-F A A 19-23 �Distribution Record, 1904-28 Fee Books, 1898-1909 Fee Books, 1920-26 Check and Deposit Registration, 1911-38 Redemption Book, 1879-91 C-l Mortgage Records General Index, Mortgages, 1860-95 Mortgage Record Mortgage Record General Index, Deeds, Lawrence, 1855-59 General Index, Deeds, Douglas County, 1857-60 General Index, Deeds, 1860-1900 Deeds Records Numerical Index, 1917-69 Transfer Records, Lands, 1872-1921 Transfer Records, Lands, 1921-70 Transfer Records, Lots, 1871-1918 Transfer Records, Lots, 1918-66 Transfer Records, Lots Index, 1858-1895 Commissioners'Records, 1855-1939 Commissioners' Records Index, 1855-94 Taxes: Additional, 1924-49 Assessments: Eudora, Palmyra, Willow Springs, 1865 Clinton, Kanwaka, Lecompton, Marion, 1865 Wakarusa, Sarcoxie, 1865 Assessment Rolls: Eudora, Baldwin, Lecompton, 1930-45 Baldwin, Vinland, 1916-21 Baldwin, Vinland, 1926-29 Clinton, 1863-1945 Eudora, 1864-1925 Eudora, 1930:-45 Grant, 1867-1945 Kanwaka, 1864-1945 Lawrence, 1863-1945 North Lawrence, 1869-70 Lecompton, 1864..,69 Lecompton, 1872-1945 Marion, 1864-1945 Palmyra, 1863-1945 Wakarusa, 1863-82 Wakarusa, 1886-1945 Willow Springs, 1863-1945 Civil Appearance Dockets, 1863-1901 A-O Civil Appearance Dockets: Inverse Index, 1863-84 Civil Trial Dockets, 1864-68 20 D-Z, 1-37 2-8 1 (A-L) 2 (M-Z) . 1-16 A-Z, 1-64 2-7 2-8 A-M (not J) A-F A-I �Civil Trial Dockets, 1874-94 Final Record, blank Civil Dockets (with indexes), 1873-76 C-2 6-11 1-3 Civil/Justice Dockets, 1876-1961 1874-78 Sheriff Docket, 1864-65 Rec~>Tds, C-3 Redemption Book, 1910-34 Tax Levies, 1867-1934 Judgement Tax Roll, 1893-98 General Abstract of Tax Roll, 1903-21 General Abstract of Tax Roll, 1923-40 Abstract of Assessment Roll, 1913-43 Omitted Personal Property Tax Roll, 1903-04 Railroad Tax Roll, 1874-79 Railroad Tax Roll, 1882-1910 Recapitulation of Abstract of Tax Rolls, 1927-40 Journal, Clerks Offices, 1880-1910 General Ledger, 1911-27 Recapitulation of County Orders, 1867-74 Bank Accounts, 1886-1909 Daily Cash Book, 1886-96 Treasurer's Record of Payment for Floating Orders, 187Commissioners' Report on Fees, 1921-24 Ledger, Paid Out, 1914-19 Ledger, County Assistance to the Needy, 1912-14 Ledger, PostagelMeter Readings, 1944 Ledger, PostagelMeter Readings, 1946 Ledger, PostagelMeter Readings, 1955-58 Peddler's License, 1903-42 Ledger, License Books, 1944-45 Ledger, License Books, 1949-59 Licenses Sold, 1958-64 Ledger, Fees Paid for Licenses, 1946-51 Ledger, Amounts Paid by Treasurer, 1868-78 Ledger, County Fund Balances, 1884-1911 Estrays, 1863-66 Estrays,1875-1916 Real Estate Index, 1891 Record of Physicians Authority to Practice, 1901-19 Record of Blank Liquor Affidavits, 1887-1909 Census, 1870 Register of School District Bonds, 1872-1922 Record of School Land Sales, 1866-1907 Register of Party Affiliation, prior to 1938: Douglas County, Fourth Ward, First Precinct Kanwaka; Kanwaka, Stull 21 �Lecompton~ Big Springs, Lecompton Marion Palmyra~ Black Jack, North Baldwin, Vinland Wakarusa Improvement Orders, 1899-1913 Property Inventory, 1936 Register of Licenses, 1875-1914 C-2 Jail Register, 1867-85 Jail Register, 1904-11 Justice Docket, Lawrence, 1884-87 Criminal Appearance Docket, 1863-1907 Criminal Appearance Docket, 1945-51 Criminal Docket, Lawrence, 1910-13 Criminal Docket, Lawrence, 1924-27 Criminal Docket, Lawrence, 1932-35 Criminal Docket, Lawrence, 1937-45 Criminal Docket, 1864-78 Criminal Docket, 1881-84 Criminal Docket, 1887-1927 Criminal Docket Index, 1874-78 Journal, 1863-1901 Journal Index Delinquent Real Estate Tax Sales Record, 1926-41 Delinquent Real Estate Tax Sales Record, 1942-56 Judgement Docket, 1871-78 Embalmer License Register, 1910 Road Tax Roll: Eudora, 1879-80 Eudora~ 1882 Eudora, 1891-94 Eudora, 1899-1900 Eudora, 1902-03 Clinton, 1891-1901 Grant, 1890-91 Grant, 1893-96 Kanwaka, 1891-92 Kanwaka,1897-98 Kanwaka, 1902-03 Lecompton, 1879 Lecompton, 1891-92 Lecompton, 1897-98 Marion, 1891-92 Marion, 1895-1900 Marion, 1902-03 Palmyra, 1891-94 Palmyra, 1898-1903 Wakarusa, 1879 22 B A-V B,E 19-25 �Wakarusa, 1882 Wakarusa, 1891-92 Wakarusa, 1899-1900 Wakarusa, 1902-03 Willow Springs, 1891-92 Willow Springs, 1897-1903 Minutes for Boards of Equalization and Commissioners, 1870-75 Ledgers: Cash, 1882 C-3 Sales Tax Record, 1858-61 (Records of Communicable Disease), 1918-42 Warsaw Water Co., 1916-17 Water Department, 1918-26 Taxes Received, 1928-64 Newspaper Clippings, 1952-77 23 �Selected Records of Douglas County (from Judy Sweets, 842-7271 or 841-4109) WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM, 1047 Massachusetts (office open Tuesday-Friday, 10-4) • Walnut Grove School, District II-taxpayers, teachers' contracts, etc., 1871-83 • Hotel register of the Place House, Lawrence, John T. Place, proprietor, 1880, giving guests' names • Fischer and Sons letterbook, 1907-08, with copies of letters of patrons ordering shoes • Belleview Sunday School, secretary's book, 1870-77 • Roll of member of meetings of the Hester Literary Society, 1894 • Numerous other books and files SPENCER RESEARCH LIBRARY, University of Kansas (open M-F 8-5; Sat 12-4) • Eldridge House, hotel register showing guests' names, 1869, call no. RH MS G1 • Dr. Samuel B. Anderson, patient account books, 5 vols., 1868-1904, giving patient's name, charge for service, &c., call no. RH MS G44 • Dr. Hiram Clark, patient account books, 1854-55, typed copy, call no. RH MS P53 • Julius Fischer, ledger book of icehouse, 1882-85 and 1890-91, lists patrons in alphabetical order, call no. RH MS E 127 • Index to Civil Court case files, several volumes, 1864-1900, with names of plaintiffs and defendants in civil suits • "Stray Book"-Douglas County court records, listing names of owners of cattle which were "strays" • Many other books and manuscripts with Douglas County material LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 707 Vermont Early Lawrence newspapers on microfilm (ask at the reference desk for help). Items of interest: • Obituaries • Marriages • News of townships, with information about social activities, &c., of those in Big Springs, Eudora, Baldwin, &c. • Lawrence "Necrology Scrapbook" (in glass case-ask at reference desk) LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, 11 E. 11 th St. Index to estates, 1872-190D--lists names of deceased, docket number, and date filed. DOUGLAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1100 Massachusetts, register of deeds office School records, 1898-1925. Gives names and birthdates (or age) of students for each rural school. (Be sure to check back issues of The Pioneer to see which ones have already been published. ) 24 �SO THAT WE MAY BETTER SERVE YOUI What programs have you enjoyed the most? Speakers: Subjects: What programs would you like to have in the future? Speaker: Subject: Area: Other: Would you be interested in group trips? State and/or county: Library: Archives: Court houses: Other: Would you be willing to' help on committees? Copying "old" records (from books) Copying records from microfilm Typing Advertising Refreshments Help on Research Committee Help on Ways and Means Committee Membership Committee Workshop Committee Study Group Calling Committee Publications Mailing Committee There will be other committees as needed. Suggestions & comments: If so, where? Signed: Dues for the Douglas County Genealogical Society are due on January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2002 dues can be paid now. 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 25, Nos. 1 and 2: January and April 2002 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL25_1AND2_JAN-APR2002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/a7ba24956f2a065b8057e0cf54768b1a.pdf 6f7529ab2cae42ed20d4a42d7e242727 PDF Text Text , .' �Fro;v( { CZ V' - c( s f6 c Ie: -~,------- �Til Volume 25, nos. 3-4 September-December 2002 PIOIIII "----T , ~-----....- ...• , Published QUarterly By: 'Douglas Countg Genealogical Societ9 P.o. BOX 3664 LAWREN eE j KAN SAS 66046-0664 �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Administrative Committee and Jobs Assumed Beverley Chapman labechap@msn.. com Beverley Chapman Beverley Chapman Shelley Hickman Clark Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Don and Wilma Vaughn dwvwiv@earthlink.net Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Treasurer Publications Membership Abstracts Librarian Webpage Genealogist Pioneer Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu J. Bunker Clark bclark@ku.edu Editor Layout The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal-World. Membership fees are $15 single, $2 for each additional member of the same household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above (see form, at end). The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at the meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30am-9pm; Saturday, 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday, 2-6pm. Anyone may use the library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. webpage http://skyways.lib.ks.uslgenweb/douglasldckgs.htm �***NOTE: Corrected contents) Volume 25, nos. 3-4 September-December 2002 (Corrected contents) page Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas: The Short List By Paul Jordan 28 In memoriam Ramona Faye 29 Sedlak~Kathryn Jeanette Bunton~Pauline Plisch~A.J. Lawson A. J.'s recipe for Grandma's Cinnamon Rolls 31 Notices 32 Cleaning Mother's House 32 Fairview School District no. 21, Douglas County, Kansas, 1868-70 34 Genealogy quips from the Internet 36 More serious tips from the Internet 36 Hilarious requests of librarians 37 Genealogy corner, by Paul Jordan 37 Website, Kansas Collection, University of Kansas 39 School graduations, 1897, 1927, 1930 42 2002 Membership for Douglas County Genealogical Society 49 Index For Volume 25, nos. 1-2, 3-4 50 27 �THE PIONEER published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 25, nos. 3-4 September-December 2002 contents Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas: The Short List page 4 by Paul Jordan In memoriam 6 Ramona Faye Sedlak - Kathryn Jeanette Bunton - Pauline Plipsch - A. 1. Lawson A. J.'s recipe for Grandma's Cinnamon Rolls 7 Notices 8 Cleaning Mother's House 8 Fairview School District no. 21, Douglas County, Kansas, 1868-70 10 Genealogy quips from the internet 12 More serious tips from the internet 12 Hilarious requests of librarians 13 Genealogy corner, by Paul Jordan 13 Website, Kansas Collection, University of Kansas 15 School graduations, 1897, 1927,1930 18 �.. Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas: The Short List by Paul Jordan Records of family history value in Douglas County are housed in several different places, and some are found in places you wouldn't expect. The following list, by topic, is far from comprehensive but covers a large part of the information available. Abbreviations are explained at the end. Newspapers: LPL has microfilms of Lawrence newspapers for 1855-2002 and indexes for 1864-81 and 189294. BPL has microfilms of Baldwin City newspapers for 1884-1996. EPL has Eudora newspapers for 1935-current. CH has Lecompton newspapers for 1891-1934 and a few earlier and later. Birth: Very little birth information is available here in Douglas County. WCM has a notebook of birth records for Baldwin City, August 1911 through December 1916. Marriage: LPL has Douglas County marriage records on microfilm for 1863- June 1992, with indexes. Obituaries, death notices, tombstone inscriptions: WCM has 32 file boxes of obituaries in alphabetical order from Lawrence newspapers of 197999. LPL has card file indexes to obituaries in Lawrence newspapers of 1972-2000. LPL and WCM have indexes in book form for Lawrence newspapers of 1864-81 and 1892-94. LPL and WCM have books of mortuary records of 1890-1927, some alphabetical and some indexed. LPL and WCM have two volumes, "Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, Kansas," indexed, published in 1987 and 1989. Probate, Estates: KUSL has Probate Court records of 1855-1974, and indexes. Census, City Directories, and Tax Rolls: LPL has Federal and State census for Douglas County, every 5 years 1860-1925 except 1890, on microfilm. KUAL has Federal and State census for all of Kansas, every 5 years 1860-1930 except 1890, on microfilm. Has index (Soundex) on microfilm for Kansas 1900. WCM has census index for Kansas Territory 1860 in book form. LPL and WCM have 1875 census for Douglas County transcribed and indexed in book form. DCRD has census of school-age popUlation with parent names, yearly 1898-1957, by School District, 12 spools of microfilm marked SCHOOL RECORDS. �LPL and WCM have Lawrence City Directories for 1860-1929 and 1961-2001, a few of which include county as well as city listings. KUSL has Tax Rolls of Douglas County, yearly 1863-1967, with indexes by Township and City. (Personal Property lists cover nearly every household.) Deeds to Real Property: DCRD has registered copies of deeds and a few other legal instruments, with indexes. Explanation of abbreviations and locations of information (phone for hours) BPL: Baldwin City Public Library, 800 7th St., 594-3411. Closed Sunday. eH: Constitution Hall in Lecompton, 319 Elmore St., 887-6520. Closed Sunday through Tuesday. DeRD: Douglas County Register of Deeds, 3rd floor of County building, 11th and Massachusetts St., 832-5282. Closed Saturday, Sunday. EPL: Eudora Public Library, 114 E. 9th St., 542-2496. Closed Sunday. KUAL: University of Kansas, Anschutz Library, 864-4930. KUSL: University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library, 864-4334, closed Sunday. Note-Automobile parking is a problem at KU, Monday-Friday, when classes are in session; lookfor parking garages north ofAllen Field House and north of the Kansas Union. LPL: Lawrence Public Library (Osma Room on lower floor), 7th and Vermont St., 843-1178. WCM: Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St., 841-4109. Research room closed Saturday, Sunday, Monday. (See also the separate reprint of the Spencer Research Library webpage towards the end of this issue.) IN MEMORIAM Ramona Faye Sedlak Oskaloosa - Memorial services for Ramona Faye Sedlak, 72, Lake Side Village Community, rural Ozawkie, were at Barnett Funeral Home, Oskaloosa. Mrs. Sedlak was born 1 October 1929, in Sedalia, Missouri, the daughter of Raymond Dominick and Juanita Faye (Shoemaker) Stoffel. She was a 1944 graduate of Smith-Cotton High School, Sedalia. She had lived in rural Ozawkie since 1985, moving from Lawrence, where she had lived since 1953. She was a clerk and butcher at Turner Grocery Store, Lawrence, for 15 years before she retired in 1972. She was a top breeder and showperson of Chihuahua dogs in Kansas since 1965. She also was a participant in the Westminster Dog Show in New York City and a member of the Chihuahua Club of Oklahoma. Mrs. Sedlak was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 225, Ozawkie, and the Douglas County Genealogical Society. She was a founding member of Lawrence Archery Club and was a Kansas State archery champion in the 1960s. She married Donal Kelly Sedlak on 10 November ]947, in Sedalia. He survives at the home. Other survivors include two sons, Michael Kelly Sedlak and Donal Patrick Sedlak, both of Lawrence, a daughter, Kathy Jo Hinderliter, Wellsville, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Two daughters, Vicki Ann Sedlak and Teri Sedlak Koder, and a grandson died earlier. . I 2.q . �The family suggests memorial contributions to Jefferson County Friends of Hospice, sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa 66066. [Inforination from the Lawrence Journal-World, 9 January 2002.] Kathryn Jeanette Bunton Kathryn, daughter of Hugh Bunton and Beulah Alice Keilman Bunton (later, Mrs. Earl C. Ricketts), was born in Lawrence on 8 January 1912. She attended public schools in Lawrence and Ottawa, and graduated from Lawrence High School in 1931. She attended the University of Kansas for a year and a half, and Lawrence Business College for one semester. She attended the S1. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1938, became a Registered Nurse, then nursed a short while at the Lawrence Memorial and Watkins Hospitals. Later, after five years of private duty in Fort Worth, Texas, she joined the Red Cross Nursing Corps in November 1941, and was inducted into the Army Nurse Corps on 4 January 1942 at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where she completed her basic training, as 2nd L1. ANC Res., at Brooke General Hospital on 29 January 1944. She was sent later to William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, an orthopedic and plastic center, for the duration ofthe war. After the war, beginning in 1947, she worked in Lawrence as an office nurse for Drs. Ray A and Margaret Clark, then as a private duty nurse, and by 1959, until her retirement on 1 April 1974, she was at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, in charge of nurses on the surgical floor from 11 pm to 7 am. She became a member of Trinity Lutheran Church on 16 November 1969. She was a member of the American Legion. Influenced by her mother, she was an avid genealogist and a longtime member of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, to which she gave her collection of books and files in 1999-2000, now in the Osma Room of the Lawrence Public Library. Being a 2nd great granddaughter of Slocum Hussey Bunker (1805-73), and a great granddaughter of Lawrence resident and instructor at Haskell Institute, David Bunker (1830-1905), she was also a member of the Bunker Family Association of America. Her nearest relatives in the area are Lucy Jane Keilman Beisecker, of Topeka (first cousin), her son Thomas Beisecker, associate professor of communication studies at KU (first cousin, one generation removed), Chuck Warner, president of US Bank in Lawrence (second cousin), and J. Bunker Clark, KU professor emeritus of music history (third cousin). Her closest relatives are nieces Virginia Lee Bunton Ashcraft of Hurst, Tex., Vivian Bunton McCleskey of Atlanta, Ga., Irene Bunton Jenkins Sweely ofF1. Worth, Tex., and Jeanette Bunton Brittan Dixon of San Antonio, Tex. She died 31 December 2002, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community, Lawrence. She was buried next to her mother at Memoriai Park Cemetery, Lawrence, 9 January 2003; the graveside service was led by the Rev. Gary Teske, Trinity Lutheran Church. -Bunker Clark Pauline Plipscb , Pauline died on 22 July 2002. We have no other information at this time. Pauline was a former member of the Douglas County Genealogical Society. She typed many pages for Complete Tombstone Census o/Douglas County, vols. 1-2, and Our Family Recipe Tree cookbook. Alfred James "A. J." Lawson Mass of Christian Burial for Alfred James "A J." Lawson, 84, Lawrence, was at S1. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, and burial at Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa. Mr. Lawson died Monday, 8 July 2002, at his home. He was born 10 May 1918, in Saratoga, Okla., the son of John C. and Claracy L. (Walters) Lawson. He graduated from Kiowa High School in 1936. He was president of his graduating : 30 �class. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia in 1940. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II in Africa. He received the European-African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, five oversea bars in Africa and Meritorious Service Unit Badge. He was formerly in partnership with his father and brothers in the Lawson Motor company in Kiowa. In 1968 he moved with his wife to Lawrence, where he was the manager of Midland Junction Farmers Co-op for several years, and then manager of the Farmers Co-op Elevator until retirement. Mr. Lawson was a member of Sons of the American Revolution, a former member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, former mayor of Kiowa, and had volunteered in the genealogy department at Lawrence Public Library and as a meal server for Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen (LINK). He married Mary Junot Shipman on 23 May 1948, in Enid, Okla. She died 1 May 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Konecny, Plano, Tex., two brothers, Vane and Forest "Frosty," both of Kiowa, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the church or to Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn., sent in care of the mortuary, Warren-McElwain. [Information from the Lawrence JournalWorld, 10 July 2002.] A. J. and Mary were long time members of the Douglas County Genealogical Society. A. J. worked in our library and was treasurer for several years. A. J. baked bread many times for our bake sales and potluck dinners. Mary was our historian for several years. His recipe for Grandma's Cinnamon Rolls follows. -Mary Burchill A. J.'s recipe for Grandma's Cinnamon Rolls Oven 375 degrees 24 Rolls 5Yz cups to 6 cups all purpose flour 2 packages Red Star Active Dry Yeast or Quick-Rise Yeast Yz cup sugar 1Yz teaspoons salt 1 cup milk 1 cup water Y4 cup butter or margarine 2 eggs 113 cup butter or margarine, melted FILLING Y4 cup sugar Yz cup chopped nuts 1Yz teaspoons cinnamon GLAZE INGREDIENTS 2 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted Yz teaspoon maple flavor 3 to 4 tablespoons hot coffee �In large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, Yz cup sugar and salt; mix well. In saucepan, heat milk, water and butter until very warm (120-130 degrees; butter does not need to melt). Add to flour mixture. Add eggs. Blend at low speed until moistened: beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on floured surfaced until smooth and elastic, 5-8 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to greased top. Cover, let rise in warm place untill1ght and doubled, about 1 hour (30 minutes for quick-rise yeast). PREPARE FILLING: Combine sugar, nuts, and cinnamon; set aside. Punch down dough. Divide into 2 parts. On lightly floured surface, roll or pat each half to a 12x9-inch rectangle. Brush each part with half of melted butter; sprinkle half of filling over dough. Starting with shorter side, roll up tightly. Pinch edge to seal. Cut into 12 slices. Place in greased 13x9 inch cake pans. Cover; let rise in warm place until almost doubled, about 30 minutes (15 minutes for quick-rise yeast). Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown. Drizzle glaze over hot rolls; cool. PREPARE GLAZE: Combine glaze ingredients; blend until smooth. Notices We have dust covers for "The Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, Kansas Volumes 1 & 2." Ifanyone is interested in new dust covers please contact the society. They will be destroyed at a later date. I have the BRECHEISEN, SPEICHER, DEAY MUENZENMA YER, and WEIL family books, and information up to certain points. I'm not a searcher as such, but when I hear or see items of interest to me, I keep. You can contact me at 290 E. 1250 Rd., Baldwin City, KS 66006. -Norma Jardon (She also said that Katherine Kelley at the Baldwin Public Library has compiled information to help others in their research. -Ed.) Cleaning Mother's House Courtesy of Michael John Neill. This is a warning to all of us. The author ofthe article, which appeared on ancestry. com (see credits below), graciously consented to allow me to use this on the KYRESEARCH list and in Traces, vol. 1, no. 1, and I am very grateful! Michael John Neill has done us all a great favor. -Mary Burchill It has been nearly a year since fictional genealogist Barbara passed away. Her daughter Charlene reflects upon that year in a letter to her friend Karen. Charlene truly has been busy. Barbara is probably rolJing over in her grave. "Karen: As usual, my cards are late. It has been a busy year. We spent much of the year settling up Mother's estate. The house sold well, but cleaning it took longer than we expected. You are probably the· only person who did not know Mother was a genealogy buff. She told practically every human she encountered. I 'm convinced that genealogy "nut" was the most 32 �accurate phrase. The stuff was all over the house. The inheritance would have been enough to pay for my new Mercedes had she not insisted on spending money on that blasted hobby. I don't know why she couldn't be more like Tom's mother. Nadine spends her day doing needlepoint and watching reruns of 50s television shows. Tom just does not realize how lucky he is, but men never do. My mother had to run off to cemeteries and courthouses. She even went to a conference in Davenport, Iowa, last year! Can you imagine? Davenport, Iowa! After she got back, she was so excited about all that she had learned and all the fun she had. She was planning on going to another one in California this year. Wel1 the grim reaper took care of that. Because of my promotion to head of knick knack sales at Garbageforless.com, I. had not been home for several years. I was appal1ed to learn that Mother had converted myoid bedroom into her family history "headquarters." My shelves of Teen Beat and other magazines documenting my adolescence had been replaced with old family photographs, copies of old documents, and something called family group sheets. She even got rid of the pants I wore to my first junior high dance. I cried at the thought. I could not bear to go in the room and be reminded that my childhood had been stripped from me and replaced with an obsession with the past. I told the children that if they would clean the room and prepare the items for the garage (should I say "garbage"?) sale they could have the proceeds. I learned what true entrepreneurs they are. Kenny stripped Mother's hard drive in under ten minutes. I kept hearing him say "GedCom is GedGone . .. GedCom is GedGone .... " I have no idea what it meant, but the computer fetched a good price. Before he unplugged the computer, he erased Mom's floppy disks and downloaded public domain games. He sold these at a nominal price. Susan took the old photographs to a flea market and was able to sel1 many of them. Some speciallabe1s had to be taken off and we had to take them out of protective envelopes. Mother had written the names on the back of many of them. At least none of those pictures of depressing old dead people had our last name written on them. I don't want to be associated with such sour people. Mother had some type of old plat book-whatever that is. Kenny tore out the pages individual1y and sold them separately on EBay. It was so clever. His dad said he got much more than ifhe had left the book in one piece. Susan didn't tear the bibles apart, though. I thought that showed tremendously good sense. She's learning that not everything can be marketed in the same way. The 1790 bible brought her a good penny, but she couldn't get the one from 1900 to bring more than fifty cents. She donated it to a local church, and here is where I am so proud of her. We can write ifoffas a charitable deduction. Someone had written what they had paid for the bible on the back cover. Susan converted that to 2001 dollars and will use that for our tax deduction amount. I've already' enrolled Susan in tax lawyer summer camp this coming August. There was some old large certificate of written on heavy paper. The silly thing wasn't even in English, so why would Mother keep it? Kenny used the other side to keep track of the things he had sold. Waste not, want not. When we were finished we put the paper in the recycling bin. The kids put an old wedding dress from the 1870s in the washer to get the stains out. It was terribly filthy. The worthless thing didn't even survive the extra long cycle and the half-gallon of bleach. It's doubtful we can even use it for cleaning rags. The dress was in some kind of old trunk. I'm not certain what it was for, but it had a name stenciled on the front in huge letters along with the name of a town. Susan gave it a good coating of red paint and sold it as a toy box. ·33 , �The filing cabinets were emptied of their contents, as were the three shelves of binders. Kenny got the bright idea to shred the paper and sell it in bags as New Year's confetti. The file folders were too heavy to shred. The baby did not react well to any of this. She cried and fussed almost the entire time. Kenny thought she wanted tea, which made no sense to me at all. As she cried, it sounded like she was saying "family tee." She can't even talk yet and I think Kenny was hearing things. The baby does look exactly like my mother though, it's the oddest thing. The fussing didn't stop until she spit up an entire bottle of strained prunes on my junior high jeans, which we did find in the basement. They were it was the one real loss. Now my past has really been taken from me-magazines and all. Charlene" Whether you have a child like Charlene or not, have you thought about what might happen to your genealogy collection upon your demise? Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America CGIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics, and contributes to several genealogical publications,· including Ancestry and Genealogical Computing. You can e-mail him at mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his web site at www.rootdig.coml. but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. All use and access to ancestry. com subject to license. Fairview School District no. 21, Douglas County, Kansas, 1868-70 Fairview was located in the south-east comer of the of the north-east quarter of section 30 T.13 S., R.20 E. about 2Y:! miles south ofthe present 31st street on the extension of Haskell Street. Further information can be found in the book Rural Schools and Schoolhouses ofDouglas County, Kansas by Goldie Piper Daniels. This book is available at the Watkins Museum, 11th and Massachusetts, Lawrence. It has a separate index. Parent- Guardian: Scholar(s) : Term beginning November 2, 1868? Teacher: May Miller. Ayres, Orner Dickson, Chas. Kennedy, Wm. B. Kennedy, Thomas Meairs, Wm. Marshall, F. Cade, Josphine Walker, Jeanette Jessie E.; Elroy E. Nettie A Eugene M. ; Flora M.; Oscar C. El1a A; May L. Thomas H.; Belle Martin L.; Marcus C.; Ida M.; James H. L.; Abraham L. EmmaJ. Hepsa; Sarah; Fannee William Term beginning May 3, 1869. Teacher: Georgia F. Dill. Ayer, Orner Kennedy,Wm. B. Kennedy, Thomas Meairs, Wm. Elroy 0.; Estella J.; Anna E. Flora M.; Oscar c.; Ella A; Lily M. ThomasH. James H. L.; Abraham L. :34 �Marshall, F. Brown, George W. Clark, Miles Wallace,B. Winfield, Robert Kennedy, Wm. B. Kennedy, Thomas Nolan, Martha Courless, Joseph Emma J. Lafayette Charles H. Mary?; Harriet L.; Laura A Mary Ann; James F. Louisa Worthy Belle Mary Nolan Sarah Term beginning December 21, 1869. Teacher: Georgia F. Dill. Ayer, Orner Kennedy, Wm. B. Meairs, Wm. Walburn, John Leming, Abram C. Read, F. R. Marshall, W. Clark, Miles Marshall, W. Doolittle, R. Walker, Jeanette Dickson, Chas. A Rosseau, F. Wallace, P. Rousseau, F. Mueller, Paul Rice, Thomas Morris, Wesley Winfield, Robert Elroy 0.; Jessie E.; Anna E. Flora M.; Oscar C.; Ella A; Lillie M. James H. L.; Abraham L.; Ida May; Martin L.; Marcus C. Sarah A; Nancy A; Margaret C.; William H.; Marson M.E. Lizie Cook Lillie Charles M. Henry Evins Randall William; John; Jimmie Nettie A Laura E. Mary K.; Hattie C. Joseph L.; John H.; Louis B. Charlie; Henry; Gustavous; Frank Columbus; Marida; Frank; Mary F. Edward; Lewis; Joseph JamesF. Term beginning May 2, 1870. Teacher: Rohama Stanley. Kennedy, Wm. Ayer, Orner Morris, Wesley Meairs, Wm. Dolittle, R. Cornelius, ? Wallace, P. Hines, ? Wi field, R. Crim, ? Dickson, G. ? Cade, ? Powel, ? Eally, ? Flora M.; Oscar C.; Ella A; May L. Anna E.; Estella J; O.Elroy; Arthur J Martin L.; Joseph; Edward; William James; Lincoln Randall P.? Laura Mary; Laura; Harriet C. Strawder James Jane Nettie Katie S. Ellen Laura �Walker, ? Mueller, P. McClintock, ? Johnson, ? Jane Charles; Frank Allison; Carlton; Hershel Huldah -copied by Donald W. Vaughn; courtesy of Watkins Museum Genealogy quips from the internet (submitted by Beverley Chapman) My family coat of arms ties at the back ... is that normal? My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. My ancestors must be in the witness protection program. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE! I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap... not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. I'm searching for myself, have you seen me? If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more. It's 2001 ... Do you know where your GGGrandparents are? A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. A family tree can wither if nobody tends its roots. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. After 30 days unclaimed ancestors can be adopted. Am I the only person up my tree ... sure seems like it. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts, and a few bad apples. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease but I love it. Genealogists are time unravelers. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide ... I seek. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. I'm More serious tips from the internet When my dad died, I was upset that the newspaper in the next town did not carry his obituary. Then I realized that, in fact, there was a long front-page article about my dad and his various accomplishments and elective positions. If you are checking newspapers yourself, don't just look at the obituary page, particularly if the person you seek was at all wekk nown in the local area. The death may be classified under "news." -Kate Randall Reeves, Mountain Center, Calif When selecting page protectors or photo protector sheets, remember the three Pollys: polyester, polyethylene, and polypropanol. These are archival-safe materials. If the pack or your vendor can't verity the content of the materials, don't buy the product. �-Mary Clement Douglass, CGRS (former museum curator), Salina, Kansas When I used my scanner to get a picture from 'a book or thick item, it is hard to have the top put down, so when I have the book in the scanner and the edges sticking out, I throuw a large dark sweater or cloth over the whole thing so no light can get in. The writing and pictures turn out well. -Buirl Thomsen Think "outside the box" when searching for information about an ancestor. Searching the normal channels (websites, family papers, relatives, etc.) for information on my greatgrandfather James Robert Tumey produced some written and pictorial documentation but not much. Then, on a whim, I tried a web search for "Tumey Family Recipes" (even though I wasn't interested in cooking) and hit pay-dirt. The site was using a picture of my great-grandfather's homestead (ca. 1910) as a logo. Other information on the site was a childhood picture of a greataunt (ca. 1913) and a written reminiscence by a great-great aunt detailing her early recollections of her father. So, if normal research doesn't produce results, look for information buried within unlikely sources-you can never know what will show up. -Jerry Platz When visiting cemeteries and locating the lot number and grave, I ask the cemetery office for a copy of a map of the cemetery. I then find the location and highlight the route I took to get there, with an x at the target spot. I file this copy with the picture of the headstone of who is buried there. This way, in the future, it will be easy for relatives to locate the graves, and save time wandering around the graveyard. -Mark [no last name] Hilarious requests of librarians (sent by Don Vaughn) Do you have anything on the Looney family, because I am a Looney too. I am sorry we have not got complete families. The trouble is here is extracting the children from the minister. I am forwarding my marriage certificate and three children, one of which is a mistake, as you can see. The wife of Amos Smith could not be found. Someone suggested to me that she might have been stillborn. What do you think? Do you keep a record of branded cattle? I'm trying to find my grandfather. Please send me my genealogy back to Noah, and when will the Flood records be online? Do you have my grandmother in a microwave? [She meant to say microfilm.] Genealogy corner, by Paul Jordan [stolen from the Douglas County Historical Society Newsletter 29, no. 2, March/April 2003] Nearly all of our requests for family history information comes from the U.S., but we continue to get a few from other countries. The latest was an e-mail from Soren Barteldes, who wrote "Me and my family are living in Wetter, Germany and there just 4 families, which carry the name in Germany." This is pretty much the reverse of the usual procedure where we in the U.S. want to get information from the old countries. When searching the West Junior High School website http://history . lawrence . com the name Barteldes was found in seven of the articles, including the fo~di~g oTE~do~~-a;d-a"··­ picture of a Barteldes seed catalog from ] 887. 37 �A book of tombstone inscriptions in the museum enabled me to find nine obituaries, including that of Freiderich Barteldes in 1886, who had come to Douglas County in 1856. The obituary of Friedo Barteldes (1976) included the fact that his nephew, Ben, is a former mayor of Lawrence! Bart Barteldes of Perry is making contact with Soren to share information of other relatives in other states. Isn't the internet great? 38, �The University of Kansas Libraries Kenneth Spencer Research Library THE KANSAS COLLECTION ~~~'::s "II II f' A~;~nns HCounty Records I Kansas Life I Wilcox " . Additional Collections " Kansas Collection Douglas County, Kansas Records The Kansas Collection is the depository for records of Douglas County, Kansas. j ~_ adA/: .tit) 1~. Douglas County District Court Records Douglas County Probate Records Douglas County Civil and Criminal Court Records Douglas County Marriage Records Douglas County Treasurer's Office Records Douglas County Appraiser's Office Records Douglas County District Court Records The majority of county court records for the years 1855-1863 were destroyed when Lawrence was burned down by William C. Quantrill's men in 1863. An account of the earliest county government and court history, including a listing of county and court officials, is contained in A. T. Andreas' History of the State of Kansas, Chicago, 1883 (reprinted in 1976 by the Atchison County Historical Society), pages 310-312. This is available on reference at the Kansas Collection. Court records which are held by the Kansas Collection include: Douglas County Probate Records Probate court records for Douglas County were kept separately from other district court records until 1977. The probate court had jurisdiction over estates, wills, adoptions, insanity hearings, delinquent and dependent children hearings, marriages and town incorporations. Probate files include all original documents filed in a case. In estate cases these can include copies of the inventory of the estate and the will of the deceased and details about the disposition of the estate. No adoption records are open to the public. Records of insanity hearings and care and treatment cases are included in the probate records in the Kansas Collection unless they were deemed confidential. The Kansas Collection has the index to probate records from 1857-1965 and the accompanying case files if they are no longer active. In order to locate a case file in the indexes you need to know the name of the person and if possible the date the case was filed. The index for probate cases after 1965 is only available at the Douglas County Clerk's office. ,.\ In addition, the Kansas Collection has the journals of the probate court for Sept. 24, 1855-June 28,1974. These are a chronological record of the day-to-day proceedings of the probate court. Douglas County Civil and Criminal Court Records 3'1 �District Court Journals 1863-1974, are a record of all the proceedings in the district court each day that it met. It includes civil and ~iminal trials, grand jury proceedings, orders from the judge in vacation or in chambers, jury selection proceedings, petitions from lawyers and parties and all other in-court events and matters. District Court Criminal Trial Docket, 1864-1878 was used by the court clerk to place upcoming criminal cases upon the case calendar. Entries include: the names of parties, the names of attorneys, the docket number, the charge, judicial orders and final dispensation. It is indexed alphabetically from 1874-1878. It appears that this docket may not have been kept after 1878. District Court Criminal Appearance Dockets, 1863-1970, list all legal actions in the order they were filed in the court clerk's office. Information provided includes the date of summons and its return, petition and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders and a list of costs accrued during the action. The volumes include an alphabetical index by parties to the actions. District Court Criminal Judicial Dockets, 1874-1878, 1881-1927, 1932-1945, were kept by each judge as a record of cases they personally tried. Entries include case title, date of writ, date of case, party arrest record, property attached, facts stated, affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn, judicial orders and executions, final jUdgment, monies paid at court and any continuances. Dockets were passed on to the next judge, and from the 1890s onward, when two justices served concurrently, the volumes overlap in chronology. There is an alphabetical index in the front of each volume. District Court Civil Trial Dockets, 1864-1868, 1874-1894, were used by the court clerk to place upcoming civil cases upon the case calendar. Entries include the names of parties, names of attorneys, the docket number, the type of dispute, judicial orders, the date of case and the final dispensation. These records are not indexed and it is not certain that they were kept after 1894. The last volume, labeled "Final Record" is blank. District Court Civil Appearance Dockets, 1863-1972, list all civil actions in the order they were filed in the court clerk's office. Entries include the date of summons and its return, petition and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a listing of costs accrued during the action. Each volume is indexed in the front by parties involved, except 1901-1903, which has a separate index. A separate index to defendants was kept for 1863-1883. Business legal problems are one type of case covered by these indexes. District Court Civil Judicial Dockets. 1873-1928, 1931-1961, were kept by each judge recording all cases he personally tried. Entries include the case title, date of writ, date of case, property attached, facts stated, affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn. judicial orders and executions. final judgment. monies paid at court and any continuances. Dockets were passed on to the next judge, and from the 1890s onward. when two justices served concurrently, the volumes overlap in chronology. There is an alphabetical index in the front of most volumes, though volumes 15 and 18 have separate indexes. The 1907-1912 volume has no index. The 1922-1925 volume (Judge R. C. Manley) is mistakenly labeled "Criminal docket, volume 9". Cases covered by these volumes include business legal problems, divorce and alimony, and assault and defamation. Douglas County Marriage Records The Kansas Collection has the indexes to marriage certificates from 1863-1920. The indexes for the years after 1920 are housed at the Lawrence Public Library. Marriages are indexed alphabetically by the husband's name and cross-indexed by the wife's name. The. Kansas Collection only has the marriage certificates for 1863-1913. Marriage certificates for 1913- are available from the: Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics Landon State Office Building. 1st Floor. Topeka. KS 66612-1290; phone: 785-296-1400; FAX: 785-296-8075. An index of !l'arriages in Dc:>uglas ~ounty for the years 1854-1884 was published in 1989 by the Douglas County. Kansas, Genealogical SOCiety, P.O. Box 3664, Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664, and is available on reference at the Kansas Collection. Douglas County Treasurer's Office The Kansas Collection has the tax rolls for land in Douglas County and Lawrence. Kansas. for the years 18531967. The Lawrence volumes are arranged by subdivision, legal description, and address (later years) and the Douglas County volumes are arranged by the legal description of the property. The volumes show the name of 1-0 �.. . the owner and the person who paid the taxes year by year, the amount of taxes paid, and the assessed value of the land parcel. These can be very useful for someone attempting to determine what year a house was built because of the corresponding increase in the assessed value. Occasionally additional information about the property is also noted on the entry. Douglas County Appraiser's Office The Kansas Collection stores the property appraisal records for Douglas County for 1964-1988. These records are only accessible by the appraisal file number, which must be obtained from the Douglas County Clerk's office. For more specific information about our Douglas County records, please contact: Sheryl Williams, Curator swilliam@ku.edu , 785-864-4334. Fax 785-864-5803. 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":'j .r-\~.~~~~~.t. ~. / CLASS OF '95; . / DieT•. ,,' ."'~ - ~. - . ' ... . \ _" 62 Etba Marinlng. 4/; Elmer Miller.. 1lI\' Ii!dna·Martln,· 75 Oliver McGee. . .: ::12 Alma.Nelson.. ___ . 2\) Jennie Piper.· ..:-. . 4· Clara Postma.. '. 22. Margaret Pugh.'" 00 Marcus Rlcbmond; . 11 Fred Wbedon.· '. . 55 Oran WilliamS: 25' Russell Wblte. « . Edward Warren:'· 6· Jlonald Alfred:. 63 George Gilmore.' , 1 Olinda Brune. r' '-' '''': ~1·1 . '. NO. OF' ,-. ..'. :. .:j..... · . "(',l. ·-"-i~l~ . · " .. • • •~".;;. ~. • ~I ':1 CLASS OF -....... " 1: '94. I'" NO. OF," :~·.Df8T;., .... . . ~._..~·~t~::.~·_ -.~~...-~----~,2~,,-"::'~~.~~..~,,~·::;;:~~,_.~.;-__~ .. _....>-~._.~~.:.';w.. ' .' . ~ " 4-3 Jj: ! ' .• .' ... 21 Maggie Marshall;' 77 Kate McNeese. " " John Metsker. 2\} .Tennle Piper. 2\} Carrie Piper. 4 Esthl'r Postma. 51 Mabel Reynolds. 81 Harry Russell.. 39 Jessie Rogers. . 75 Henry Schaake. 5,'; Roy Sbanafelt. 4 Zora Stutsman, '00 Sadie Sturdy, 71 Florence Stanley. 55 Edward.Swett. '. 72 'Nettle Stone. 15 Rose Saylor. • 32 Anna Sullivan. I>! Harry Tbralls. 2\} Katty Tuttle. 10. Cora Turner.. 8 Ella T·ucker. 22 Artbur Ulrlcb. 22 Robert Ulrlcb. 62 Empllne Westcott. 85· ·Jobn Wrigbt. . .jjj Amy Walton . 81 Jobn Wiley •. . ...,~., ':,{ I .::/ . j .~ 1 i .~ :4: �Graduates with the Highest Averages Margaret Colma~ ...................................... 95 3/4 Ralph Snyder.....••....................................... 95 1/12 Lauretta Gerstenberger •........................•..95 The Thirty-eighth Annual Graduating Exercises of the Douglas County Common Schools Graduates with an average of 90 or above Velma Fisher Ralph Snyder Ralph Bohnsack James Whate Marie Griffith Herbert Marshall Ida May Richards Bessie Rebecca Johnson Milton Elliott Howard Rose Ella Carvill Sullivan Alfred Lyon Dorothy May Belles Josephine Seetin George Norwood Robert Cory Dorothea Schwartz Dorothy Beurman Clifford Eisele . Kathryn Swanson Harry Richard Miller Ulice M. Hoover Clifford Cox Eva Mertz Marion Everley Dana Elwood Hobson Mabel Frances Kingery Pearl Marie Belles Patricia Gibbens Nadine Dolore Russell N evieve Whaley Mary M. Schalbar Special Mention Jay Hiatt has a perfect record of attendance, having been neither absent nor tardy since he started to school. LIBERTY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL LAWRENCE, KANSAS Saturday afternoon, June the fourth nineteen hundred twenty-seven Two o'clock �Common School Graduates of Douglas County Program MUSIC-Selected ................................................. The Eriksen Orchestra MUSIC-Selected ............................. ~ ..................Tlu Eriksen Orchestra INVOCATION ........................................................Rev. Edwin F. Price Student Work Director, First M. E. Church VOCAL SOLO EVER A SONG SOMEWHERF. .........•••.•.....•.•...•••.•.••••..•••.•.•.•.•.•....•. Ash!OI.d PHILOSOPHY ..........•••.•••••••••...•.••..•.••••..•••••••..••••............................. Emmell Miss Loraine Carder Accompanist, Miss Helen Pendleton ADDRESS.···................................Dr. H. K. Ebright, Baker University PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS ........ O. I. Lalle, County Supt. AMERICA..........................................................................B)' the Audiellce (Class Picture will be taken at the close of the program) 1927 mST. DIST. mST. NO. NO. NO. 48. Harry Ardel Miller t. Amos Levi Martin 28. Lily Ziegler Pearl Mable Martin Ralph Snyder 49. Almira Laughlin Norman Andrew Norris Arleta Grimes Alherta Reusch Martha Ruth Wilson Ralph Bohnsack 50. An"na llichelmeyer John Grist Nevieve Whaley Fredericka Schlegel 2. Clifford Walter Scott Tom Akin Genevieve Brown 4. lIa Brubaker Robert Cory 5 \. Wesley W. Flory Lauretta Gerstenberger Mildred Weyhright Herhert H. Marshall Marion Everley 1\1 ildred Fern Deay Pearl Knake 5. Howard E. Caviness 52. Wilma I. English Leslie Johnson Veral H. Neis Millired I. Steele Clifford Eisele 6. Frank O. Banks Nadine Dolores Russell53. N orman Kasson Lindell K. Chappell Wendell Kasson Kathryn James Edward Chamney Oliver Brown 56. Mariam Madl Annabel Lee lIIae Johnson 7. Drexell Tucker Eva Mertz Erma Winter. John William Deay John William Musick ~g: Georgia Williams \Vallace Kennedy Earl Reynolds 30. Dorothy Elizabeth 6\. Alice Powell Edmonds Esther Wilber 10. Dana Elwood lIobson Howard Harley COOl'ef 62. Robert Simon Thoma. Marsden King . Eldon Marcus King 31. Archie Georgia Catherine Pirotte Frank Brune Arlene Posten I \. George Clayton ·Elsie Posten 63. H arrr Richard Miller Kemberling H..ze Dorothy Stowe Clifford Clarence 32. Ella Carvill Sullivan Ruby Matilde Leonhard Kemberling Earl Cecil Simmons Carl Eugene Hegeman 33. 67. Jay Hiatt Clarence Matney 69. Ona Belle Collins 12. Clifford Cox 34. Mae PipJlert Freddie Kidd 70. Clarence Transmier Glenn Ulrich Ida May Richards 13. Mary M. Schalbar Karl Niebrugge »orothy Beurman Georgia Schirmer 35. Robert Kampschroeder 7\' Cecile Irene lIIitchell Annabel Schirmer Eva Mae Steele Donald Cannole 14. Marie Grillith Laura Marie Kropf 72. Raymond C. Deister Dorothy Archadle Elmer Kampschroeller Lucille Johnson Thelma Gertrude Pearl Afmeda Spencer 15. Margaret Colman Slusser Gladfs Ruth Duncan Ruth Genevive Colman Jualtlta Irene \Vebber Josephine Seetin 36. Harold Dunn ~verett Shaw Patricia Gibbens 74. Velma Fisher Milton Elliott lIazel Gibson Wilma Gibbens Kathryn Swanson George Norwood 77. Ruth Johanning Howard Rose 16. Harold Wilson White 79. Frieda Louise Schaake James White Evelyn Marie Suttles Lulu James 20. Gertrude lIIarie Roth. Wilma Hartman we1l37. James Dryan Shiel.)s Walter Heck Ilh.rguerite Nunemaker Charles Wilson Shields 2\' Clara Hunsinger 82. Helen Dews 39. Ruth Randal 22. Ruth Olive Crady Ina Slusser Clifford Walker 23. Dorothea Schwartz 83. Arthur Holcom Lila Elaine Featherston 40 . Dorothy May lIelles Virgil Goff Pearl Marie Belles Irena Mohler 114. n"ssie Rehecca Johnson Kenneth IIradley La 4 \. Ulice M. Hoo',er Almeda Lucille 1I:umph. Barr rey Alfred Lyon 43. Leon A. Peterson 85. Owen Edgecomb Mabel Frances Kingery46. Ezra A. Fishburn 87. Nina M. Sutor 47. Minnie F. Dietz 24. Lcatha Rose Glenn Donald lIIi11er Raymond W. 3andrr" HF. Rohert L. Zillner 25. Irene G. Nemic Pearl J. Ikenberry �• • • • Douglas County Eighth ,prade Graduates, 1930 ... District No. 1 "Evelyn Bunce District No. 3 "Margaret Craig District No. 4 "'Frances Boerkircher Irene Griffith Distrid No. 5 "'Rosmary Harris °Everett Votaw District No. 7 "Maurice Vaughn "Herbert Williams Dlstrid No. 8 "Dale Johnson District No. 9 "Glenn A. Kalb District No. 11 "Helen Dreher' • James Garrett "Frieda Johnson District No. 12 "'Marian Hughes "Clara Cox Distrid No. 14 "Phil Blough District No. 15 Charles Traynor, Jr. District No. 18 "Sylvia Shuler . District No. 20 "Robert Gorrill "EIi7.nbeth Wiggins Ruby Trowbridge District No. 21 ·Carl Hunsinger District No. Z3 "Ruth Mildred Hepner "'George Brown Elfie Rouse District No. 24 "Hazel Glenn District No. 25 ·Laverne Kampschroeder "Alice Woodward "Fred Scott DIstrict No. 26 "Pauline Ikenberry "Paul Anderson Lee Brown District No. 28 *Elfrieda Papenhausen "Elizabeth Erwin "Helen Mathia "Margaret Everley "Robert Eisele District No. 29 "Clarence Hubbard "Ruth McClintock "Allen Harvey • Joyce Harvey District No. 30 Genevieve Raber District No. 31 James R. W,!shlngton District No. 32 "Georgetta Sullivan "Delia Montfoort District No. 33 'Mary Sanfor4 'Juanita Chiles "'Rose Parrish "'Grace Parristt 'Ernest BrOw" District No. 34 'Martha Niebrugge 'Helen Sutton District No. 35 • Patrick Anderson Myrtle Rake District No. 36 'Donald Baughman • James Clarke' "'Inez Graves ·Iva Graves , 'Lucille Hildepbrand 'Ralph Hildenl>rand 'Edith Kues~ 'Hedgeman Ml'Clanahan • Arthur Moore ·Helen Shaffe.. 'Edith Alice Slavens 'Hazel Wingfield "Jessie Norwood . "'Louis Wegenor District No. 37 "'Neoma Neis 'Mary Lou Sbields District No. 38 • Leonard Deal' "Paul Flory District No. 39 "Viola Hird "Margaret Stllrdy Distrld No. 40 ' "Lloyd Talley District No. U "Earl Tyner District No. 42 ·Vernon Scott District No. 44 "Virginia Rose Starr "Amaretta Gai>riel District No. 47 "Anna Lindell. "'Marguerite Anderson District No. 48 'Freda Wulfkllhle District No. 49 "Fred Will, Jr. ~Hazel Hoskinson 'Edlth Gimblet "Maurice Reusch "Ruth Parsons "Mabel Eckmap Kenneth Mesenheimer Dlstrld No. 50 Alberta Hadl Ruth Duncan Dorothea Bartz John Bichelmeyer Thurman McNish Claude Landon District No. 51 Carl W. Johanning Alva J. Flory District No. 54 "'Nadine Gaon Distrid No. 56 Le Roy Olmstead Distrid No. 57 Leo Hagerman District No. 58 Lucille Chaney Otto Selzer District No. 61 ·Claude Penfold District No. 62 "Neva Stowe "Christine Worley District No. 83 'Doyle Rced District No. 64 "Richard Mastin Elizabeth Plambeck District No. 65 "AI vena Brecheisen District No. 71 "Doris Davis "Roberta Copp "Laura Alieda. Perk his District No. 73 . 'Edna I. Anderson' "Kathleen Bahnmaler 'Eugene Harold Murphy District No. 74 "Lucille Crawford "Violet Crawford Opal Berniece Elm District No. 77 "Marie Flory il=Faye Montgomery District No. 82 Alta Slusser District No. 85 'Goldle Barnhart District No. 88 "Ruth Nels District No. 87 "Alma Llna Petty 'Dorothy Simpaon "Edwin Davison Parochial School Gerald Grosdldler Catherine Rothberger (") Indicates the pupils have signified their intention of entering high school next fall. ,. 1 j of the I DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMON SCHOOLS ~ Saturday Afternoon, May 31: 1930 • Two o'clock I. . ii LIBERTY MEMORIAL HIGH S,CHOOL AUDITORIUM LAWRENCE, KANSAS ii H i~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~, �HONOR ROLL PROGRAM g Music-Selected -~--~~. ~-~-~_~ ___ ' ____ ._____ ~ ______ ~_~ __ .____ ._~ ___ .___ ~_~~~ ______ ~ Graduates With the Highest Averages Mrs. Wm. A. Roe >lu,;,--8.,,,,,.. .'._.'_._......__... _......._........_........_ ............ _....... 1. 2. Jessie Norwood 3. Amaretta GabriEll Edith Alice Slavens Invocation _______ ~ ____ .~ __ .___ ._______ .~ _____ ~ ____ ~ _________ ~_~ ____ ~ __ ~ __ .. ~ ~~. Dr. Harry A. Gordon Graduates With An Average of 90 or Above Music-Selected ~ ___ .__ ~ __ ~ _______ ~__ ~ ___________________ ~ _____ ._____ ~ __________ ~Miss Blanche Sams Address-At the Foot of the Rainbow ____ Superintendi;!nt W. W. Curfman Presentation of Diplomas ______ ~ __ ~ ____ ~_~._~~O. J. Lane, County Superintendent "America" ___________ ._________________________________________ ~ ___ ~ ______________________ By the Audience 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Helen Shaffer Ernest Brown Ruth Parsons Fred Scott Edith Kuester Virginia Rose Starr Elfrieda Papenhausen Edna I. Anderson Sylvia Shuler James Clarke 11. Elizabeth Plambeck 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Hedgeman McClanahan Lucille Hildenhrand Mary Sanford Hazel Wingfield Viola Hird Earl Tyner Elizabeth Wiggins Opal Berniece Elm In the State Wide Every Pupil Scholarship contest for eighth g.rade students in 8-month schools in Spelling, Language, Reading, Arithmetic, Civics, and History, the following students made the ten ~ighest grades in the county: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Amaretta Gabriel Fred Scott Helen Dreher Christine Worley Frances Boerkircher 6. Bertha Candriea 7. Alice Woodward 8. Virginia Rose Starr 9. Dale Johnson 10. Charles W. Traynor, Jr. Of these ten, three ranked a~ follows among the 96 students who made up the highest five per cent in the State 13. Amaretta Gabriel 16. Fred Scott 25. Helen Dreher �SO THAT WE MAY BETTER SERVE YOUI What programs have you enjoyed the most? Speakers: Subjects: What programs would you like to have in the future? Speaker: Subject: Area: Other: Would you be interested in group trips? State and/or county: Library: Archives: Court houses: Other: Would you be willing to help on committees? Copying "old" records (from books) Copying records from microfilm Typing Advertising Refreshments Help on Research Committee Help on Ways and Means Committee Membership Committee Workshop Committee Study Group Calling Committee Publications Mailing Committee There will be other committees as needed. Suggestions & comments: If so, where? Signed: Dues for the Douglas CountY Genealogical Society are due on January] and are good through December 31 of that year. 2003 dues can be paid now. If your label does not have "03" your dues are due! �Douglas County, KS Genealogical Society Membership list for 2002 ANDERSON, Charles 7815 Manor Circle Unit 102 BALL, Artis M 7709 Marble Canyon Court BEASLEY, Norma & Willis 1525 So. Garfield Street BROWN, Justyn 2024 New Hampshire Street BRUNK, Doris M 508 Oswell Street BURCHILL, Mary D 1329 Kasold Drive G-l CARTTAR, Peter & Rosalea 723 Louisiana Street 2400 Winterbrook Court CHAPMAN, Beverley Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Acquisitions-Serial, 35 North West Temple 1618 Cypress Point Qrive CLARK, J. Bunker 1191 E. 596 Rd CLOUGH, Vivian 3435 S.E. Cora Drive DURKEIMER, Shirlie 15550 Burnt Store Rd No.46 FLESHMAN, Barbara A 1624 Hwy40 GARRETT, Bill E & Patti L 417 Second Street GRANGER, Gary 1631 Pennsylvania St. HOLDERMAN, Mae 1573 Beverly Road HOOVER, Mark 289 E 1250 Rd JARDON, Marvin & Norma 2820 Missouri Street JORDAN, Paul 10650 SW Lucas Drive LARSEN, Janet M 2617 Louisiana Street MOORE, Sharon, Mary & Albert 14104 Piedras Rd NE PRALL,Rhoda 1416 So. 40th Street RADER, Juanita 722 Randall Road ROONEY, Dorothy A 2875 E 101 st Rd SANDERS, Elizabeth W 648 Schwarz Road SHOGRlN, Quentin T & Sharon J 1828 E 100Rd SPENCER, lona B. 2020 Emerald Drive TALLEY, Fay S. 1946 Barker Avenue VAUGHN, Don & Wilma 535 N 500 Rd WARREN, Catherine E 813 Highland Drive WIECHERT, Allen L. 816 State Street WISCONSIN Historical Society Westland, MI 48185-4516 Fort Worth, TX 76137-4150 Denver, CO 80210 Lawrence, KS 66046-2948 Bakersfield, CA 93307 Lawrence, KS 66049 Lawrence, KS 66044-2339 Lawrence, KS 66047-2452 Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 Lawrence, KS 66047-1721 Lawrence, KS 66047-9523 Portland, OR 97202-3330 Punta Gorda, FL 33955-9336 Lawrence, KS 66044 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Lawrence, KS 66044-3751 Idaho Falls, ID 83402-2649 Baldwin City, KS 66006-7163 Lawrence, KS 66046 Tualatin, OR 97062-8413 Lawrence, KS 66046-4663 Albuquerque, NM 87123-2323 Kansas City, KS 66106-1924 Lawrence, KS 66049-3239 Warrensburg, MO 64093 Lawrence, KS 66049 Lecompton, KS 66050-4009 Lawrence, KS 66046-2650 Lawrence, KS 66046-3138 Overbrook, KS 66524-8818 Lawrence, KS 66044-2431 Madison, WI 53706-1482 �SURNAME INDEX FOR VOLUME 25: Pages 1 through 26 are in issue no. 1-2, pages 27 through 49 are in issue no. 3-4. Akin Alfred Allen Altenbernd Anderson Andreas Archadle Ashcraft Atwood· Ayer Ayres Badskey Bahnmaier Baker Baldwin Ball Banker Banks Barker Barnhart Barteldes Bartlett Bartz Baughman Beasley Beisecker Bell Belles Beurman Bichelmeyer Bishop Blakeman Blough Boerkircher Bohnsack Boles Bond Boyd Brecheisen Brook Brown Brubaker Brune Brunk Buck Bunce 45 43 42 42 24,46,47,49 15, 39 45 30 43 35 34 42 46 43 43 49 43 45 43 46 37, 38 12,42 46 46 49 30 43 44,45 44,45 45,46 43 43 46 46,47 44,45 43 43 42,43 32,46 18 11, 35, 43, 45, 46,47,49 45 43,45 49 43 46 6,7,10,11, 12, 13, 30 10,11,30 5,31,32,49 42 42,43 42 42 43 Bunker Bunton Burchill Burgan Burnett Burton Butel Butler Cade Cade? Campbell Candriea Cannole Carder Carson Carttar Caviness Chamney Chaney Chapman Chappell Chiles Clark Clarke Clarke Clough Coletrane Collins Colman Cook Cooper Copp Cornelius? Cory Courless Cowder Cowles Cox Cradit Crady Craig Crawford Creel Crim? 34 35 42 47 45 45 43 49 45 45 46 36,49 45 46 5, 10, 11, 12, 24, 30, 35, 42, 43,49 46 47 49 43 45 44,45 35 45 46 35 44,45 35 43 42 44,45,46 42 45 46 46 42 35 50 Crosby Crosswhite Curfman Cutter 10 14 47 42 Daniels Darnold Davis Davison Day Dean Deay Deister DeNeen Derby 34 42 46 46 42,43 10,11,13 45,46 45 42 43 Dershem Dews Dickson Dietz Dill Dixon Dolittle Donald Doolittle Douglas Douglass Dreher Duncan Dunn Durkeimer 42 45 34, 35 45 34, 35 30 35 43 35 14 37 46,47 45,46 45 49 EaJly? Ebright Eckman Edgecomb Edmonds Eisele Elliott Elm English Erwin Everley Evins 35 45 46 45 45 44,45,46 44,45 46,47 45 46 44,45,46 35 �Featherston Fishburn Fisher Fitz Fleenor Fleshman Flory Ford French 45 45 42,44,45 42 43 49 45,46 42 42 Gabriel Gabriel 'Gann Garrett Georgia Gerstenberger Gibbens Gibson Gill Gilmore Gimblet Glenn Glenn Goff Gordon Gorrill Granger Graves Green? Gregory Griffith Grimes Grist Grosdidier 46 47 46 46,49 45 44,45 44,45 45 42,43 43 46 45 46 45 47 46 49 46 43 42 42,44,45,46 45 45 46 Hadl Hagerman Hall Hammond Harding Harris Hart Hartman Hartup Harvey Heck Hegeman Heise Hepner Hiatt Hicks Hildenbrand 46 46 11 42 42 46 43 45 43 46 15,45 45 42 46 42,44,45 7 46,47 Hinderliter Hines? Hird Hoad Hobson Hodges Holcom Holderman Hoover Harrel Hoskinson Howard Hubbard Hughes Humphrey Hunsinger Husted 29 35 46,47 43 44,45 42 45 49 44,45,49 43 43,46 43 46 46 45 45,46 42 Ikenberry Iliff 45,46 43 James Jardon Jay Jenkins Johanning Johnson 45 32,49 42 42 45,46 44,45,46,47 Johnson? Jones Jordan 36 42 5,28,37,49 Kalb Kampschroeder Kasson Keilman Kelley Kemberling Kennedy 46 45, 46 45 11 32 45 34, 35, 42, 43, 45 45 45 44,45 45 29 43 31 45 46,47 Kidd King Kingery Knake Kader Koehring Konecny Kropf Kuester 5) LaBarr Landon Lane Laptad Larsen Lathrop Laughlin Lawrence Lawson Lee Leming Leonhard Leslie Lewis Lindell Longaker Lawn Lyon Lyons 45 46 42,45,47 42 49 42 42,45 14 30, 31 45 35 42,45 42,43 43 46 43 42 44,45 43 Madl Manley Manning Marckle Marshall 45 18,40 43 42 34, 35, 43, 44, 45 42 43,45 9 43 46 46 45 Martin Martin Mason Masterson Mastin Mathia Matney McClanahan McCleskey McClintock McClintock? McCoy McGee McNeese McNish Meairs Mertz Mesenheimer Metsker Meyer Migliaro Miller Mitchell Mohler Montfoort Montgomery 46,47 30 46 36 14 43 43 46 34,35 44,45 46 42,43 11 43 7, 34, 43, 44, 45 45 45 46 46 �Moore Morris Mueller Muenzenmayer Murphy Musick 42,46,49 35 35, 36 32 46 45 Neill Neis Nelson Nemic Niebrugge Nolan· .Norris Norwood Nunemaker 32, 34 45,46 43 45 45,46 35 45 44,45,46,47 45 Olmstead Owen 46 42 Painter Papenhausen Pardee Parnell Parrish Parsons Pendleton Penfold Perkins Peterson Petty Pine Piper Pippert Pirotte 42 46,47 42 11 46 46,47 45 46 46 45 46 42 42,43 45 45 24 46,47 37 30 45 42,43 35 45 49 42 45 13 43 Place Plambeck Platz Plipsch Posten Postma Powel? Powell Prall Pray Price Prior Pugh Quantrill 14, 17,39 Raber Rader Rake Randel Read Reed Reeves Reusch Reynolds Rice Richards Richmond Ricketts Roe Rogers Rooney Rose Ross Rosseau Rothberger Rothwell Rouse Rousseau Roy Rumsey Russell 42,46 49 46 45 35 42,46 36 45, 46 42,43,45 35 44,45 43 10,30 42,47 43 49 44,45 10, 11 35 46 45 46 35 7 42 43,44,45 Sams Sanders Sanford Sanford Saylor Schaake Schalbar Schalbar Schirmer Schlegel Schwartz 47 45,49 46 47 43 43,45 44 45 45 45 44,45 45,46,47 29 44, 45 46 46, 47 43 45 42 45 46 31 29 49 46,47 45 Scott Sedlak Seetin Selzer Shaffer Shanafelt Shaw Shepp_ Shields Shields Shipman Shoemaker Shogrin Shuler Simmons 52 Simon Simpson Slavens Slusser Slusser Small? Smith Snyder Speicher Spencer Standing Stanley Starr Steele Stockham Stoffel Stone Stowe Sturday Sturdy Stuts_ Stutsman Sullivan Sutor Suttles Sutton Swanson Sweely Sweets Swett 45 46 46,47 45 46 42 13 44, 45 32 10,11,45,49 42 35,43 46,47 45 11,13 29 12,43 45,46 42 43,46 42 43 43,44,45,46 45 45 46 44,45 30 24 43 Tuttle Tyner Tyner 46,49 30 42 37 43 42 45 46,47 46 43,45 43 42,43 46 47 Ulrich 42,43,45 Vaughn 4, 36, 37, 46, 49 46 Talley Teske Thomas Thomsen Thralls Thurb_ Transmier Traynor Trowbridge Tucker Turner Votaw �Wulfkuhle 35 42 34,35,45 36 35 30 43 11,30 43 49 46 11,45 42 46 32 43 45 44,45 44 42,43 6 43,45 15 49 35 46,47 45 43 46 41,42,43,45, 46 42 13 45 35 35 46,47 45 42 6, 10 46 47 46,47 35 42,43 46 Ziegler Zillner 45 45 Walburn Walgamott Walker Walker? Wallace Walters Walton Warner Warren Warren Washington Webber Weeks Wegener Weil Westcott Weybright Whaley Whate Whedon White White Whitenight Wiechert Wifield Wiggins Wilber Wiley Will Williams Willis? Wills Wilson Winfield Winfield Wingfield Winters Wise Wood Woodward Woodward Worley Worthy Wright 53 �DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND SHIPPING CHARGES AND UPDATED KANSAS SALES TAX EFFECTIVE JULY I, 2002) Books & Publications Col. 1 ORIGINAL PRE-EMPTIONS in DOUGLAS, CO., KS. (75 pp) $10.71 ORIGINAL OWNERS in CITY of LAWRENCE, KS (89 pp) $12.54 $ 7.94 LAWRENCE CITY DIRECTORY & BUSINESS MIRROR 1860-61 (30 pp) LAWRENCE CITY DIRECTORY 1875-6 (92 pp) $ 8.94 C.W. SMITH, LAWRENCE, KS.- UNDERTAKER&EMBALMERI890-1907 (80pp) $12.16 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS. MARRIAGES 1854-1884 (306 pp) $37.19 1875 DOUGLAS CO., KS. CENSUS WITH CONSOLIDATED INDEX (452 pp) $37.34 $ 5.26 1875 DOUGLAS CO., KS. CENSUS CONSOLIDATED INDEX ONLY(22 pp ) INDEX to RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOLHOUSES of DOUGLAS CO., KS. (33 pp) $ 5.26 FIVE GENERATION ANCESTOR CHARTS ofDCGS MEMBERS 1984 (99 pp) $ 9.01 FIVE GENERATION ANCESTOR CHARTS ofDCGS MEMBERS 1992 (148 pp) $13.73 COMPLETE TOMBSTONE CENSUS of DOUGLAS CO., KS. VOL.l (321 pp) $37.19 COMPLETE TOMBSTONE CENSUS QfDOUGLAS CO., KS. VOL.2 (486 pp) $47.92 DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS. FAMILY HISTORIES 1991-92 (674 pp) REDUCED $26.46 INDEX of DEATHS & BIRTHS in DAlLY NEWSPAPERS of LAWRENCE, KS.1864-72 (25 pp)$ 6.87 GEN. INFORMATION in NEWSPAPERS of LAWRENCE, 00. CO. ,KS. INDEX 1873-1881 (115 pp) $22.31 Col.2 $10.15 $11.95 $ 7.50 $ 8.50 $11.50 $35.00 $35.00 $ 5.00 $ 5.00 $ 8.50 $13.00 $35.00 $45.00 $25.00 $ 6.50 $21.00 THE PIONEER-DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY BACK ISSUES INDEX VOL. I, II, III, IV INDEX VOL. V INDEX VOL. VI INDEX VOL. VII $ $ $ $ $ 4.72 6.67 3.45 3.45 5.59 $ $ $ $ $ 4.50 6.30 3.30 3.30 5.30 KANSAS RESIDENTS USE COL.I, LmRARIES & OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS USE COL. 2 CIRCLE PRICE YOU WISH TO ORDER PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE AND SHIPPING CHARGES AND UPDATED KANSAS SALES TAX EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002. PLEASE MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE to DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYor D.C.G.S, NAME,____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS___________________________,E-Mail'--_________________________ CITY____________________-=-________,STATE__:--_ _ _.ZIP CODE Send order form with remittance to: '------DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. O. 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Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 : L FORWARDING AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ------- ----- --- - -___ f . \ -.-l J -- ----- ---~--- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 25, Nos. 3 and 4: September and December 2002 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL25_3AND4_SEPT-DEC2002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/f869a822b913c0bee0933468173af247.pdf ad56f802937e71e987a10c21355fc993 PDF Text Text Til '181111 - ----T . , o' ~------ Published Quarferly By: 'Douglas Count~ Genealogical Societ!J P.o. BOX 3664 LAWREN eE j KAN SAS 66046-0664 �DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O .. Box 3664 Lawrence,NS 66046-0664 Adminisrative Committee and Jobs Assumed Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu Beverley Chapman labechap@msn.com Beverley Chapman Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Don and Wilma Vaughn dwvwiv@earthlink.net Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net President Treasurer Publications Librarian Webpage Genealogist PIONEER Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu Editor The Douglas County Ggnealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single, $2 for each additional member of the same household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above (see form in issue). The fiscal and membership year is from J~uary 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at the meetings .. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30-9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday, 2-6 pm. Anyone may use the library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. Web page http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �The Pioneer Published by the . Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 26, no. 1-4 January-December 2003 Library Work Day Sexquientennial Cookbook Pioneer Back Issues Bunker Clark Abstracts Membership form Society Programs for the rest of the year New books added to the library Original land purchases, Delaware trust lands Genealogy on the Internet Welcome to the Osma Room Pleasant Grove School pitures We've been reading the newspapers Interview with George Washington Presgrove Death ofBenajah H. Miles Eudora tidbits . A story of Quantrill An historical society demise Kansas Library Card 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 14 16 18 19 20 23 28 �Descendant of Baby Doe Tabor Douglas County Land Owners, 1857 Pioneer Cemetery in Baldwin I Obituaries . J. Bunker Clark Vivian G. Clough Max D. Kennedy Albert A. Moore Elizabeth Sanders· Index to Volume 26 31 34 50 59 60 61 58 57 62 �LIBRARY WORK DAY On Saturday, February 28 at lOam any interested members of the Society will gather in the Osma Room of the Lawrence Public Library to get our part of the room back in order. We will shelve quarterlies, clear out the store . room and make sure our books are in order. Please, come help. You can also pick up back issues of the Pioneer that you need, FREE. See an article later in the Pioneer for the details . SESQUICENTENNIAL COOKBOOK The Society is considering putting together a cook book for the Sesquicentennial of Lawrence. We may include some old recipes but it will be mostly recipes from members. Come to the February 17 meeting where we will vote on doing the project and learn the particulars. Be thinking of· and collecting recipes, either from your family long ago or of today. PIONEER BACK ISSUES The Society has copies of nearly all issues of the Pioneer that have been published. They are now being stored in the Osma Room storage closet. We . need the space and you need the Pioneer for your own research. To . accomplish that we will be in the Osma Room one hour before the program in February, March and May. We will also be there on February 28 for a work day and to give out the Pioneers. Bring your list of what you need. There will be no charge for these issues. c· / �BUNKER CLARK. The last·several issues .ofthe Pioneer have been edited by Bunker Clark. He did a great job but Bunker died in December. So this issue is a bit hit and miss and definitely does not have the amount of class that he put into each issue. We will miss Bunker i,n lots of ways. Thanks, Bunker. ABSTRACTS a . The saga of the abstracts continues. The library needs the space and to that end we sought someplac.e to put the abstracts. Watkins Museum will take them and is excited to get them. Bruce Flannery will box them up and take· charge of getting them to Watkins., The next issue of the Pioneer will show how Richard Wellman from Baldwin used a spreadsheet to more or less .index each abstract. Watkins will no doubt be asking for volunteers to get these abstracts in order and indexed. Dues for the Douglas County Genealogical Society are due on January 1 and are good through December31 of that year 2003 dues can be p;;aid now. , [ r:/ If MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Name (l Maiden name Apt # Street Home phone " City State_·_Zip e-mail Rene~al_~New_Surnames you are searching,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Amount enclosed () Mail to:DCGS POBox 3664 Lawrence,KS 66046 o o ($15,00 per year, $2.00 for each additional member of household) . Make checks payable to: DCGS �SOCIETY PROGRAMS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR Tue~day, February 17, 2004 at 7pm Lawrence Public library GERMAN RESEARCH Joe Breitenstein of the Topeka Genealogy Society . .will. give a presentation on. ways to successfully trace German ancestors. If . you plan on coming let Linda know at lindagentrylang@hotmail.com . .. ~ Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 7pm Lawrence Public Library. THE SLAVE GENERATION Angela McComas, professional genealogist and staff member at the Mid-Continent Public Library, will give a presentation on researching the slave generation. Property records, slave schedules and probate records will be discussed in this advanced class .. Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 9am, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka , TOUR OF THE KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Staff at the . Kansas State Historical Society will provide a tour and overview of the library and archives at the Kansas State Historical Society. Participants will meed at the Kansas State Historical Society at 10 minutes before 9am. The tour will begin at 9am', Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 7pm, Lawrence Public Library. DNA: A NEW TOOL FOR GENEALOGISTS. Professional genealogist .. Rebecca Christensen will discuss. DNA testing and its uses in genealogical research. Her discussion will include information about DNA surname projects and the types of DNA tests that are available to genealogists. �NEW BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY Marriage Records. Jefferson Co., Kansas residents who obtained their marriage licenses in Douglas Co., Kansas. 1864-June 1987 The Marriage Records are sorted alphabetically by Jefferson County resident . and include age, residence, date, spouse, age of spouse, residence of spouse ane source of information. It has 44 pages and is looseleaf . Original Land Owners-Delaware Trust Lands of Jefferson County Kansas .. Purchased at auctions at: Fort Leavenworth (Nov. 1856) Ranges 19 and 20. Ozawkie (July 18570 Ranges 16, 17, 18. The Original Land Owners-Delaware Trust Lands begins with a discussion of where these records are, how they are listed, etc .. The introduction is a good overview of territorial land records and is included in this Pioneer following these reviews. The body of the book is divided into two sections. The first is an alphabetical listing by name which includes Quarter, Section, Township, Range, Acres, Date of Purchase and Price per acre. The second section is sorted by land description and includes the same information. It is 55 pages long. Both of these titles were compiled by Howard Wellman and will be shelved in the Osma Room. �ORIGINAL LAND PURCHASES, DELAWARE TRUST LANDS • • Portions extracted from Andrea's History of Kansas are shown in BOLD PRINT. On May 30, 1854, Kansas was admitted as a Territory, and the rush of settlement commenced at once. Treaties had been made with the Delaware Indians, to whom the lands which now. comprise Jefferson County then belonged; but the lands were not yet opened to .settlement nor surveys made. No attention, however, was paid to this fact, and during the year a large number of persons selected claims within the limits of the present county, though but comparatively few made an actual settlement until the following year. The lands comprising the Delaware purchase included the greater part of the county, but excepted a large tract held by the Delaware Indians, as a diminished reserve. We 'now speak of these as the "Delaware Trust Lands" and the "Delaware Reserve Lands". The "Delaware Trust Lands" were to be sold at two public auctions. The first was to be held at Fort Leavenworth, starting in November 1856 and the second at Ozawkie starting in July1857. The "Delaware Reserve Lands" were later transferred to the Federal Govenunentby treaty with the Delaware Indians that was approved in July 1860. The "Reserve Lands" were transferred to the Union Pacific Railroad. The railroad later sold most of those lands directly to individuals in the latter 1860's. Here, we are only going to address the land . sales of 1856 & 5 7 . ' Previous to the land sales, the settlers had no right whatever to the land which they occupied, except a "squatter's right," which was simply a right by possession, and with an understanding that each settler would be allowed to bid on the land he claimed, at its appraised value, on the day of sale. The squatter's right proved a fruitful source of many serious troubles. There was much contention as to the ownership of claims, and a question as to what constituted a settlement. At first a habitation was required, but soon a mere foundation was regarded as sufficient to hold a claim. This was subject to many abuses, for it was not long until many tracts of land were literally covered with "foundations", .which in a majority of cases were formed of four twigs lain in form of a square. A search for the records ·for any of these early claims andlor records of the land sales of 1856 & '57 was made at the Jefferson Co. courthouse Register of Deeds office. However, most of the recorded deeds started with an owner who was not the Federal Government, with a few exceptions where a much later filed "Land Patent" was recorded. Microfilm copies of KANSAS TRACT BOOKS were found at Kansas State Historical Soc. library in Topeka. That series of books record the original transfer of lands from the Federal Government and includes all of Jefferson county that was sold in the land sales. It is film No; MS-325. There is also a series of microfilm of Plat maps, one map for each survey township (36 sections of land) of Jefferson Co.. Film No. MS 364. The first land auction at Fort Leavenworth, Nov. 1856, sold the northeastern portion(Ranges 19&20). The remaining western portion was sold at Ozawkie in July 1857. , The microfilm of the land sales is f~ir1y legible, though everything is handwritten in script. There is always some difficulty in reading script to be sure of exact spelling of names, so there may be some errors in interpretation of the handwriting. The most difficult aspect was in detennining the middle initial of the person., so be sure and consider the possible errors. There also appeared to be some notes included on some parcel records, that I think may have been something about a squatter's claim, though all of those notes were very small and maybe done in pencil as they did not copy onto the microfilm. The Plat maps do show some squatter claims and some names are legible, though many are not. Since the land had not been surveyed, most of those claims are shown as little boxes of various sizes and had no connection to subsequent quarter section l i n e s . ' . . As you look at the prices paid and the price variation, one can almost feel the excitement as each family waited to bid on the quarter section they most desired . • 5 �GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET Last Fall Martha Harris presented a program for the Society on Researching Genealogy on the Internet. Is was so good that the LibraI)' asked her to do it again under their sponsorship. The following pages were handouts. Researching Gen~alogy on the Internet JanuarY 21,2004 Martha Harris <mharris@ku.edu> Caveats and clues: 1 The Web changes constantly. Check sources often. They may add what you're looking for. 2 Web pages can disappear. Print them with URL and date for your records. 3 Post queries. Queries are archived Many people search archives instead of reading lists, so they might find you years later. Write your query with this in mind 4 Anyone can post anything to the Web. Not everyone is' the careful researcher YOU are. Check sources. If no sources are listed, beware. Contact the author. 5 Primary sources over secondary sources. But primary sources can also be wrong. 6 To search/or specific text on a web page, use "control" and "F" (or the "Find" feature under "Edit 'j to bring up a search window. Remember to try many spelling variations. 7 It's spelled "genealogy". 8 Do free research for people. They'll pass the favor on. Ifyou're lucky, they live in the right place to find information for you. General Research 1. http://www.cyndislist.comCyndi·sList. You can find links to anything related to genealogy here. Updated constantly. 2. http://www.rootsweb.com RootsWeb. The mother-lode of surname research, local research, and lots more. RootsWeb is free and is owned by Ancestry which is subscription. You'll see links to Ancestry on every page. 3. http://www.familysearch.org Family Search. The on-line database of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Not all the data they have in their libraries, but they're working on it. 4. RootsWebReview. Weekly e-zine about new developments and new submissions. Always interesting. To subscribe, send a plain-text email with "subscribe" in the message to: <rootsweb-review-subscribe@rootsweb.com>. 5. Missing Links and Somebody's Links. E-zines about recent research. Interesting articles. Subscribe via http://www.petuniapress.com. 6. http://boards.ancestry.comlLinks to surname, location and topic boards. Surname Research 1. http://www.genforum.comGenForum.Click on the alphabet to get a huge listing of surnames under that letter. This is a board that anyone can post to. Very searchable. 2. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com WorldConnect Project. RootsWeb's database of. submitted surnames inCluding who submitted the info and contacts. (Running the big search in RootsWeb will pull WorldConnect listings. Ancestry also uses World Connect. ) 3. http://grampa.gendex.comlgendexGendex.It'sweird.It'sbig.It's sometimes useful. �4. http://www.genealogy.comlindexa.htmlGenealogy.com & Family Tree Maker. You can search their free data, even if you don't pay their fees. 5. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.comlcgi-binlssdi.cgiRootsWeb's Social Security Death records. 6. http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uklpublic/genealogy/royal Directory of Royal Genealogical Data. If you have royalty in your family. . . 7. http://www.interment.net/Cemetery Transcription Library. A growing collection of tombstone transcriptions. Remember that Control F trick to search pages quickly for your name? 8. http://www.sumameweb.orgSurnameWeb.This site seems to connect to other sites, some of them pay sites. Proceed with caution! 9. http://www.hamrick.comlnames Surname distribution. Actually intended to sell a product, but interesting to see their version of surname distribution in the U. S. 10. http://www.huguenot.netnation.comlgeneral/ The National Huguenot Society. If your ancestor was of a particular ethnic or social background, there may.be someone studying that group. . 11. http://matteson.us/Matteson Genealogy. http://www.maxson2000.net/Maxson Family. There may be a family organization for your surname! 12. http://freepages.genealogy. rootsweb. coml-frosty/tjharris. html Thomas J. Harris Family Pictures, etc. Personal pages can be a resource for others and help you make contact with researchers. 13. http://www.1inkline.comlpersonal/xymoxlfraud/fraud1.htm Fraudulent Lineages. Beware of these published lines. 14. Remember you can also use your favorite search engine to pull up sites .. Put quotation marks around words you want to find occurring together. Try adding "genealogy" to your s e a r c h . · . Location Research 1. http://www.usgenweb.org U.S. GenWeb. Links to state and county pages. Most county pages include detailed info on county history and resources, including how to contact researchers in the local genealogy and historical societies. Remember to check the archives 2.http://www.genforum.comGenForum.Click on the regional location and follow your nose. Keep in mind that each state page has a link to counties in that state. All very searchable. 3. http://members.tripod.coml-rec6rds searcher/index.html 300 Million Searchable ) Records. Perhaps not really that many, but a large number of sources for TN,NC, SC & VA. . 4. http://www.statelib.1ib.in.us/www/isl/whoweare/genealogy.html Indiana State Library. Remember to check local and state libraries. 5. http://oddtms.geog.uu.n1Iindex.html Odden's Bookmarks. Links to lots of cartography sites. . 6. http://www.distantcousin.com/DirectoriesIKSIT opeka/1912/index. html A commercial site that has inexplicably scanned the 1912 Topeka City Directory. You just never know! . 7. http://usgenmap.rootsweb.comlusgenmap.htm US Genealogy Map Project. Lots of maps. 7 �8. http://www.livgenmi.com!1895.htm Maps 9. RootsWeb also supports mailing lists for researchers of counties or geographical areas. You can subscribe via the RootsWeb page. (For example, the Douglas County, KS list subscription is <KSDOUGLA-L-request@rootsweb.com>. I '. . '. Census l. http://www.familysearch.orgFamilySearch.Click the Search tab, then Census, and . choose the 1880 US census. 2. http://envoy.1ibofinich.1ib.mi.us/1870 censusl 1870 Michigan census. Really! Searchable by name. Original page image can be printed;· (I found this by a listing in RootsWeb Review.) 3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com!-mackley!census page.htm Missouri Census Images. This was posted to a county web page. It pays to check out all the links on pages. Military· 1. http://members.ao1.com!TeacherNetlRevolutionarywar.htm1#Terms Revolutionary War links. 2. http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com!ww2/index.htm World War II. Reenacting research. Civil War Research l. http://www.nara.gov NARA. Instructions to order military records. 2. http://users.rootsweb.com!-tn4cav 4th IN Cavalry. Civil War enthusiasts have created web pages for particular units and they're worth searching for. Usually includes names and history. . 3. http://www.cpcug.orgluser/jlacombe/mark.html#civil%20war A personal web page with tons of links. CW links at the bottom. 4.http://www.cwc.lsu.edulcwc/civlink.htm The US Civil War Center. Huge! 5. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss· Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Huge! 6. http://carlisle-www.army.millusamhi/PhotoDB.html MHI Photograph Database. Search for photos. It won't show you the photo, but you can order a free photocopy. 7. http://suvcw.orglid.htm Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Successor to the GAR. Many links. 8. http://www.cwc.1su.edul The US Civil War Center. One of THE research sites. Not much genealogy, but lots of history. 9. http://scriptorium.1ib.duke.edulwomenlcwdocs.html Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet. More history than genealogy. Land Research l. <http://www.glorecoids.blm.gov/>U.S.LandRecordsfortheeasternU.S.This site gets hacked sometimes. If it won't come up, wait a few days and try again. 2. Don't know how to read land records? Go to Cyndi's site and look under Land Records to learn how to read how land is legally described (Range, Township, Section). It's not hard to learn. �Quaker Research· ·1. http://www.rootsweb.coml-quakers/ The Quaker Corner. A great place to start learning about QuakerslFriends. 2. http://www.quaker.org/ The Religious Society of Friends. When you really want to understand your Quaker ancestors. Lots of very helpful links. Maintained by Friends. 3. http://home.sprynet.coml-jrichmonlqkrcoll.htmThe Quaker Collection. Includes info on some of larger families. . 4. http://freepages.genealogy. rootsweb. coml-jrichmonlquakerlqkrmtgs. htm Quaker Meetings by state. ·5. http://library.friends.edu/Collections/Quaker/ Friends University Quaker Collection. Some great photos of people and meetings. Kansas Yearly Meeting archives are at Friends U and the archivist, Art Binford, is very helpful. (Contact me for his email.) 6. http://www.earlham.edul-Iibr/quaker/ Earlham Library. "Resources" will link you to a good selection of Friends historical info. Especially try the American Friend . Obituary Index. You can order the obits here or contact the archivist at Friends University (Wichita) for copies. Trails l. http://www.lewisandclark.net Discovery Expedition. A bunch of guys with boats. They're reenacting the L&C trip. Links to lots ofL&C info, and just plain interesting .. Other 1. http://genealogytoday.comlsoftware/index.htmlSoftwarecomparisons.Ifyou're . thinking of buying genealogy software. 2. http://www.mcpl.1ib.mo.us Mid-Continent Public Library. Just over in . Independence, MO and a great collection. Search their catalogue before you go. 3. http://theoldentimes.com Olden Times. Old newspapers for genealogy and history buffs. Submitted newspaper material. 4. http://moa.umdl.umich.edu Making ofAmerica. Scans and text of American . historical documents. 5. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.comlpub/roots-l/geriealog/genealog.perpcal A perpetual calendar. 6. http://searchforancestors.comlutilitylbirthday.html Birthday calculator. 7. http://www.hackerscreek.comlformula.htm A formula to determine date of birth. 8. http://eh.netlhmit/ppowerusd/ Economic History Resources. To find out how much that dollar meant to Grandpa back in 1875. 9. http://www.ourtimelines.comlindex.shtmlOurTimeLines.com. Make a free timeline! Now make one for everybody you can think of1 10. http://warp.byu.edu/circlechartGenerateafreewheelchart.using your own gedcom. 11. http://waltonfeed.comlold/index.html The Old Timer's Page. Articles describing life. in the past. �WELCOME TO THE OSMA ROOM RESOURCES INCLUDE: I Three Book Collections Kansas Collection - LPL's collection of books dealing specifically with Lawrence and Douglas County history (titles are included in Library's online catalog) DCGS Collection - The Douglas County Genealogical Society's collection of geriealogical resources DAR Collection - Daughters of the American Revolution collection of resources • • • Kansas Vertical File • Newspaper clippings and articles relevant to the history of Kansas, Lawrence, and . Douglas County Search by using Index located on top of Kansas file cabinets • Microfilm • • • .• • Census records for Douglas County Census records for Kansas Census records for "Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory" Lawrence newspapers dating from 1854-current . Marriage records, 1854-1992 with Index Finding Aids - Index Shelf • • • • .Indexes to the DCGS and DAR collections . Indexes to resources at area history and genealogical museums Research outlines and tips Bibliographies and handouts . ~nd libraries GETTING STARTED: • • • • Index to Resources: Osma Room, Lawrence Public Library 00· Index Shelf lists the '-. resources in this collecti~n and includes Frequently Asked Questions. Researching the History of a House in Douglas County on the Index table provides suggestions for locating information on a building in the area. Family History Information in Douglas County: The Short List, 2002 pamphlet on Index table provides information on conducting family history using local resources. Summary of Local Records list in Information file box on Index Shelf lists places to conduct a variety of records searches. 10/28/03 10 �ELECTRONIC RESOURCES I Heritage Quest • Subscription database provided through the Kansas State Library • An excellent genealogical resource available at no cost to library users at all LPL' public Internet stations • Also accessible at remote locations by using your Kansas State Library Card, which you may obtain at no cost at one of the LPL Reference desks. Public Websites: . There are numerous free resources available to individuals who wish to search for genealogical information on the Internet. • Lawrence Public Library's web site offers a wide array of local historical information: www.ci.lawrence.ks.usllocaC history/bidex.shtml • Other excellent sources include: http://skyways.lih.ks.us/kansas/nekls/pattilgenealog. html http://skyways.lih.ks.us/genweh/ http://www.cyndislist.com! http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.usgenweb.org/ http://www. ellisisland.org/ http://www.rootsweb.com! • The National Archives features many useful genealogical resources on its web site: http://www.archives.gov/index.html • National Archives facilities location and information: http://www. archives.gov/facilities/index. html • Excellent search engine useful for locating a wide variety of Internet resources: www.google.com . 10/28/03 �PLr,.L\SANT GROVE SCHOOL . 1921 r--. ... - .......--.-. I E..STELLA CAt-fi>BELL, CLYDA HIATr, FE"!{N EBER!-lART, HULDA DAILY, MADGE ~CALL AUDREY LANDIS ,FRA~CES HILLJAMS, GPJ\CE HIATT, ETIlEL .TUCKEL, BLANCHE CAMPBELL, HAROLD Bl1!'.:CKEW!IIY;r.:; MILDRED BRSCKEJ\"'RIlJGE: ROBERT rUCKF.:L, CARL H~GE!\'lAN, LEO~A rUCKEL, LE()~A DAILY, ORVILLE FLORY, SANDY WILLIAYS, JASPER DAILY, ELVA DANIELS. ~EL~~ DANIELS, D~I8Y DYER. TH!':LMA BR.BCKENI~InGE. A!lLEY F1J)RY, L~~t'~~ ll~GBl'fAN, JAY HBIT, EDNA PATTERSON, L1ICILE CAMPBELL, DORIS RIATr, EVA PAITWSON, LEONAnD DEAY, LEE DYER KSNNETH 1-lEG~·1AN, CA~.L DAN I BLc), ERNEST ruCKEL, ROBRRT DYffi, EOOAn PATTERSON, HR~!lv FLORY. ,. I~ �PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL PlCURES .... .. . ':~ I i L922 BACK ROH HULDA. DAILS'l, ETIlEL TUCKEL, MARY NORRTS(Teacher) ORVILLE FLORY, MILDRED BRBCK~ ENRtDGE, HAROLD BRECKENRIDGE"TASPER DAILEY, BlANCHE CANPBELL, GlMCE HIATT gAUL FLORY, LEONAED DEA'!, .lAY HIATT, ERNEST TUCK8L EWARD':PATTERSON KENNETH. Hl~GEHAN, ARLEY FLORY THIRD ROW \vALTER MOORE, ELVA DANIt<;V:;, TT:l~L}1A DANI'SLS ,EsTELlA", CAMPBELL CLYOA HIATT, EDNA PATTEP$ON, FERN EBERHART, LEONA Tl1CKEL FRONT ROW :"EyA ~TERSON, DORIS HIA TT, LllCILV: CAMPBELL, EDGAR PATTERSON ROB TUCKEL, HENRY FLORY, CARL DANIELS, TIIELMA BRECKENRIDGE "' 13 �WE'VE BEEN READING THE NEWSPAPERS.en Lawrence Daily Journal & Evening Tribune, February 3, 1894, Saturday "Society Notes & Personals" Dr.H.S. GARDNER left Tuesday for Jacksonville, Illinois Miss Elsie CLINGER came down from Topeka Tuesday evening. There are two weddings that will occur next Tuesday. Miss Ruth PLUMB was called home from her University work this week by the illness of her brother. An engagement party was given in West LawrenCe last Sunday. The wedding will take place in June. Superintendent and Mrs. C.F.MESERVE returned Wednesday from a pleasant stay of about two weeks in the state of California. . Mrs. Gen. H. S. HALL and daughter Miss Mabel are in New York, having been called there by the death of a relative. They will likely stay some time. . The wedding of Mr. Ed. SCHALL to Miss May RUSHMER is announced to take place next Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the home of the bride in the west part of the city. . The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity entertained the girls of the other two University fraternities last Saturday evening at the home of Miss Mary STONE. There is a very large enrollment of the ladies of Lawrence in the University extension course of lectures on electricity that was begun this week by Prof. L.1. BLAKE. The course will undoubtedly be a very popular one and already has a larger enrollment than any course that has yet been given in Lawrence. There was considerable of a society feature about the presentation of "The Old Oaken Bucket" that was given last evening and the night before by home talent. The parts taken were nearly all by those who are active in the little Lawrence social world and to their efforts is largely due the success of the production. The event of next week is the reception of the Kappa Kappa Gammas that will occur on Saturday afternoon and evening. All the members of the University faculty have been invited and the members of other girl fraternities as well as the usual list of young men. There will be every effort made to eclipse all precious attempts at entertaining in a swell way. There has been rather a lack of anything going on this week but the young folks have made up for it by enjoying themselves on the ice. Every evening there have been great crowds and though the ice has been far from good skating the boys and girls have seemed to spend the time in a way that was very pleasant to them. There will be considerable more of it from present prospects. The wedding of Mr. Louis POEHLER to Miss Eva MILES on Thursday afternoon was the only event of this kind that occured this week. It was a home affair and only the intimate friends and relatives of the young folks were present. The wedding took place at the suburban home of the bride's father, Col. John D. MILES, just south of the city. [Now the 1500 block of Barker, west side.] After the uniting words has been spoken by Rev. Dr. CORDLEY and the company partaken of a luncheon, the bridal couple left for a trip to New York and other eastern places and after their return they 'will be at home to friends in this city. Thursday was the fIftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Charles DUNCAN. The occasion was remembered by a pleasant family gathering at the home on Tennessee street and the having of an old-fashioned family dinner. Later in the day Mrs. and Mrs. Duncan were remembered by the presentation of a splendid leather upholstered �ann rocking chair. This was accompanied by the following. Mrs. and Mrs. C.S. DUNCAN: A few of your many friends and neighbors offer their hearty congratUlations on this fiftieth anniversary of your marriage, and also a slight testimonial of their respect and affectionate regard: (signed) C.A. PEASE, Wm. BROMELSICK, JohnHUME, J.H. SHIMMONS, James BROOKS, Richard WAGSTAFF, O.E. LEARNARD, Ed. PIERSON, John KILWORTH, M. SUMMERFIELD, . Adam OLIVER A.G. HONNOLD, John BARBER, B.W. WOODWARD, G. GROVENOR, W.R. WILLIAMS, FD. BROOKS, Paul R. BROOKS, Mary McMILLAN, J.C. WALTON, Nels STEVENS, Charles ROBINSON, J.G. SANDS, R.B.McKIM �Int~ew with George Washington Presgrove, page 22A, The Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday Aug. 15, 1954 ' Secret of 103 Years - Tended to my own Business - by Jane Carey Plummer I, ' , J;be Star of the recen! LCC?mpton centennial show was Ge~rge WashingtoD resgrove who, weanng his hundred and three years serenely, rode at the head ~f the long par~de that passed under the elms and maples of the drowsy little ' nver Town which was Kansas' first territorial capital. N~arly a hundred years of his earth-loving life have been spent on Kansas s~tl .. Bo~ on August 26th, his I03rd birthday anniversary, like the days of his life, WIll be passed in quietness and strength. Mr. Presgrove hears , perfect~y, and has good eyesight, and fondness for people, and fondness for gardenmg and music. There's an ?<lison phonograph of early design in his living room; the playing of blue cy lm~er records, particularly hymns, and old Irish airs, is constant pleasure to ~m: He enjoys music by radio, too, and listens to the news of the wo~ld mterest. From Grant to Eisenhower, he has voted the Republ~can tIcket straight and he is contented with the way the countty is now bemg run. Wl!h ~~'s a large picture of Abraham Lincoln and cabinet on a wall of the hvmg r<>?m,. a recollection, told vividly but with unforgotten grief by the centenanan IS of a long gone afternoon which he says HI remember like yesterday. " "I remember how it was that my Uncle Main had been down by Rising Sun - there was a blacksmith shop and hotel and stores and a saloon in the little town at the mouth of the Delaware then - and I was going out to meet him. I met him a-horseback and when he came up to where I was I knew by the look on his face that something was wrong. He looked at me and all he said was Lincoln's been "assassinated", and rve never forgot how we felt - how everybody felt." He recalls the time, back to Massac County, Illinois, near the Ohio River, where he was born, the wild pigeons flew into the farmyard, so thick they darkened the sky and so heavy in the branches the broke limbs and branches; he remembers the old mill where he first saw grain being ground; remembers the long drive to the Kansas territory where the family came by wagon, pulled by a team of oxen, Red and Ned; feels afresh the sorrow of the family when his young uncle, Tommy Woods, was shot by the rebels; chuckles over the days when they ran out of flour and lived for a long time without bread but didn't care because they had good roasting ears to eat. (Mr. Presgrove grew up to be the first farmer to plant wheat iIi the rich river valley near the present town of Perry.) >Froril south of Ft. Scott, where his family first settled on reaching the territory, the Presgroves, who were Union sympathizers, moved on northward, coming thru Lawrence just ahead of the Quantrill raiders, and settling in Jefferson County. He has remembered pride in the first pair of boy suspenders and boots he bought from Louie Lutt's store, at Rising Sun. Thinks yet about the horse that drowned ttying to cross the river from Lecompton to the opposite shore. "It was one Sunday, and I went down to watch. The government took horses across that way. There were a lot of them, and they made it all right but that one poor horse. Just lost its head and swam round and round, couldn't get direction. Just kept going round and round until it sank." /{P �Then there was fiddling. The pleasure of going to a neighbor's to a dance, and hearing the fiddle. The pleasure of walking. "I walked to Oskaloosa and back in a day from our fann near Perry. II And he still likes walking. "I'm always up all day, nowdays." (But not walking out in the winter weather. Mr. Presgrove doesn't like the cold weather and avoids it. He doesn't catch cold either. Hasn't had a sniffle or a spell of flu for seven years, he says.) "You know oxen ore very intelligent animals," Mr. Presgrove maintains. "Real smart. That team of oxen that brought us to Kansas broke the sod and I farmed with them as a boy. All I'd have to say was hear Ned lower you head. come with me and old Ned would bow his head so you could put the yoke on." One time the family was in Leavenworth for supplies in the ox drawn wagon and they were on their way home when a hard storm came up. They make it to the covered bridge near Springdale, and there, under shelter, the storm ranting through the night, family and team stayed in the covered bridge until daybreak. A great adventure they all thought afterwards. . In 1907, George Presgrove and Laura Thompson, a girl from a neighboring farm in the Oak Grove community, were married. Old friends recall Mr. Presgrove's devotion to her. Remember too, the big loaves of bread and her ample homemaking ways. The Presgrove fann was famed for its fine fruit; the first Elberta peaches seen by some in those times were the unusually large ones grown by Mr. Presgrove. Of children there are one girl and two boys dead and three boys living, Harry and Jim ofHoustoil, Texas, both railroad men, and Jesse, now a slim young hearted old boy of a mere 75 years whose sweet tenor voice reminds people of John McCormick. Jesse and his father share the comfortable white frame house on the edge of Lecompton; Jesse cooks and keeps the place neat and charming, and he sings now as he did in the days offrrst youth when he was popular in Williamstown literary and singing school circles, and would hannonize his fine tenor in "Goo Goo Eyes" and "On the Banks of the Wabash." Altho Mr. George Presgrove's parents died in their middle years his sisters lived in their 80s. His friends believe he Can hope for at least a hundred and ten years and who could say how many more? "He eats like a heavy man in the winter," says Jesse,"Lighter in the summer. Likes everything. Bowls of cornflakes and buttered toast and milk, sometimes thee or four cups of coffee in the morning. Likes fresh vegetables especially. And tomatoes. Never turns down tomatoes. Worked in the garden and enjoyed eating the good things the raised thru his lOOth year. Wasn't age that stopped him this year. Grasshoppers and drought. Helped can 17 quarts of beans from our own garden in the summer he was 100." That was the year the town celebrated for him. The United Brethren Church and other in . the community gave a party and there were 100 candles on the birthday cake. "He likes sweet things. Candy specially mints. " . To what does Mr. Presgrove himself believe his long grant of years and good health can be credited? He thought it over and seemed to have nothing to offer about that. "Never was one to philosophize much" Jesse Presgrove mediated. 17 �Mr. Jess got up and turned on the Edison. "Rock of Ages," and "Abide with Me," "When you and I were Young," "Maggie," "I'll Take you Home Again Kathleen,"and "My Wild Irish Rose," with the younger Presgrove's true tenor were heard above the mellow music from the phonograph. studi~ the beautiful George hummed, kept time lightly with his left foot, old blue china dinner plates in the glass cupboard. Thoughtfully he turned to the inquirer in room and revealed the secret of his longevity: "I've always tended my own business" said George Washington Presgrove. {The interviewer did make a couple mistakes, George and Laura were married 1875 and the Presgrove family first settled in Jasper Mo. before moving to Ft. Scott. Also I still have the Edison, and it works.} Liz A license was granted to John Brugen,ofEudora,and-CathenneVogel, of the county permitting them to jump the fence of single blessedness and graze in the green pastures of doubleness. Don and Wilma The Daily Journal, Wednesday, July 24, 1878. "Death of Benajah H. Miles" Benajah H. Miles died at his mother's residence in this city, at seven oclock Tuesday evening, aged nearly forty-one years. At the hour of his death he was surrounded by many friends and relatives, among whom were his wife and three children, his mother, and all his brothers and sisters except two. Born in Ohio, Mr. Miles lived laterly in Indiana, -whence he came to Kansas eight years ago. For two years he was agent for the Kickapoos, holding that position until the consolidation of that tribe with the Pottawatomies. For three years, up to the present time he has been chief clerk at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, for his brother John D. Miles. Four weeks ago he fell ill with low typhoid fever, contracted by overwork consequent upon the transfer of the northern Cheyennes to the Territory._ The funeral will be held on Thursday next, at 9 a.m., from the residence of Mrs. Miles, comer of New Jersey and Hancock streets. Friends of the family are invited to be present. Benajah H. Miles has lived a most exemplary life both as a citizen and a public officer. His integrity of motive, coupled with power of doing, made him known and respected by a large circle of acquaintances, and it will be from this circle that those who are called to mourn will receive a most heartfelt sympathy. If �EUDORA TIDBITS Lawrence Daily Journal, February 2, 1884 "Eudora Items" Eudora, Kan., Feb. 1st, 1884 The Republicans of Eudora city and township held a caucus in the City Hall yesterday for the purpose of nominating township officers. The meeting was called to order by M.D. Greenlee when his Honor, John Hammer, was elected as . chairman, and Greenlee secretary. The following named gentlemen were nominated by acclimatipn; F or trustee, Chas. Lethal. For clerk, Peter Gangrene. F or treasurer, T.J. Huddleston. For justices of the peace JoOO Wilder and Capt. T.I Jennings. For constables, Geo. Stadler and Chas. Albright. The meeting was harmonious as well as enthusiastic throughout. Party lines were not drawn as Mr. Jennings, at present our JP. is a Greenbacker but a efficient [sic] officer. The question seemed to be who could best serve the people and give the old officers a rest. The ticket is a good one and ought to be elected. The grandest event of the season at this place came off on the 31 st, by the lady members of the Eudora dancing club giving a leap year party. The invitation committee was Misses Maggie A. Darling, Sadie M. Brogan and ELM. Schaeffer. Committee of arrangements: Mrs. SOV. Carr, Misses Vine Cop, Mary Burnets, Ida Zimmerman, Ella Brander, Annie Lethal, Clara Beck. Floor managers: Misses May Schaeffer and Sadie Brogan. Door keepers: Misses Minnie Lethal [sic], Alice Burnets. About fifty couples were in attendance and all seemed to enjoy themselves hugely, especially the gents who were favored with a fair pardner [sic] to foot the bills. A splendid supper was served by the ladies at 12 o'clock after which dancing to the excellent music furnished by A. Christianson and his string band was kept up until a late hour. To say the least the affair was a grand success and does credit to the ladies who were untiring in their efforts to make everybody happy. Miss Mull, of Cedar creek, and Miss Curtis, of Olathe, were among the guests at the leap year party from distance. Mr. Charles Pilla, our efficient postmaster, having the welfare of the public at heart, has added sixty-four call boxes, and thirty-three walnut flushed lock boxes, gotten up by Joseph Herz, cabinet maker of this place. They are supplied with Yale locks and are a credit to the originators. When the present improvements are completed we think Eudora can boast of as complete and nicely arranged fourth class post office as there is in this part of the. state. Among the many improvements and commendable enterprises now taking place in our little city we would not do justice to the energy and get up and. get of our citizens if we failed to note the coming and going of Dr. August Loman, who has recently located among us. He seems to be busy as a bee and from reports of those whom he has treated he is working up a splendid practice, and we believe without trying to flatter the doctor, that he thoroughly understands his profession. (signed) PINTO. i'f �A STORY OF QUANTRILL This was in the Alumni Magazine from Emporia State University Abigail Morse recalls living through Quantrill's raid 6fLawrence This is the first in a series of columns by Dr. Sam ,Dicks, university historian, concerning the history of what is now Emporia State University and the people who helped the university get to where it is today. The name of his column, ~'Wave the Old Gold," is taken from the title of a song that served as an alma mater (school song) in the early years of the institution. EMPORIA, Kansas - Abigail Prentice Barber graduated from Wheaton Seminary in Massachusetts in July of 1857, and married the Rev. Grosvenor C. Morse in Massachusetts in September. The newlyweds reached Emporia on October 19, only a few months after By Or. Sam Dick. the town Was founded. . Rev. Morse, a recent graduate of Dartmouth College and Andover Seminary, immediately held religious services, and in 1858 formally organized the Congregational Church in Emporia.' He also helped raise money for the first school which opened in October of 1858 with Mary Jane Watson as the first teacher. He campaigned hard for the establishment of the Kansas State Normal School, now Emporia State University, and journeyed to Illinois in December of 1864 where he hired Lyman B. Kellogg as its first president. He spoke at some of the earliest teachers institutes in Manhattan and elsewhere, and served a term as Lyon County Superintendent of Schools. He was accidently killed while digging a well on their claim southeast of Emporia in 1870. Abigail, left with three children under the age of 10, werit to work to support her family. She taught in the Emporia Public Schools and, for six years, was principal ofthe high school. She also taught history, literature, and rhetoric at the Normal School and served as preceptress (dean of women), where she gave guidance and counsel to many students. Abigail Morse Hall at ESU was dedicated in her honor as a women's residence hall in 1923. She died December 6, 1925, one day short of her 92 nd birthday. Each year on her birthday for many years after her death women students attended memorial services at the Congregational Church. Her widowed sister, Mary Carpenter, was remembered by William Altan White asthe helpful librarian at the Emporia PublicL.ibrary (located upstairs over a store in the 1880s) who first exposed him to Emerson and other American writers~ Mary later married John C. Rankin, a farmer and legislator from Quenemo; she died in 1917. Abigail Morse had been a frequent speaker at community and church gatherings and was often asked on Kansas Day to give her account of Quantrill's guerilla raid on Lawrence in August of 1863, while she was there visiting her sister, Mary. Most blacks fled the Missouri bushwackers, knowing they faced certain death from these defenders of slavery and the Confederacy, but some white mal~s, not expecting a massacre, remained. Only women and children were spared. Following is Abigail Morse's account, which was published in the Emporia Gazette two days after her death, on December 8, 1925: My sister, Mary E. Barber, a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary, came from Massachusetts to spend a summer with us. She taught the next year in the Baldwin public schools, and the year . ,J..D �following that in the Lawrence high school. She was married at our home by Mr. Morse, October 10,1862, to Judge Louis Carpenter, a young lawyer of Lawrence. The next summer - August, 1863 - I went to visit her in her new home, just finished, a 2-story brick at 943 New Hampshire street. We spent a pleasant two weeks . I together. At noon on the 20 th of August, Mr. Carpenter came home and said, incidentally, "There is a story on the street that Quantrill is coming to Lawrence to destroy it, as he has so long threatened to do. But," he added, "we have had so many reports of that kind no one believes them." Then he said, "It would be impossible for him to get here with his band without our being reliably notified." . Afterward it was found that messages had been sent, but failed to reach the city. One, in excitement, was sent to Kansas City instead of Lawrence. Another messenger, a boy, when he learned the destination of Quantrill's band, mounted his fastest horse and started for Lawrence. The horse fell, leaving the boy crippled and helpless. No news reached to the city of the terrible doom impending. We were aroused at about 5 o'clock Friday morning, Aug. 21 st . The clattering of the hoofs of 400 horses, the shouting and yelling of the riders, the shooting of revolvers, all united, made the most hideous noise we ever had heard. We rushed to the windows and had a full view of this terrible invasion. They saw us and shot at us, as they rushed past our house. They went on to the center of the town, and there they stopped in front of the Eldridge house. They seemed to expect some show of defense. For years, Lawrence never had been so unprotected. The few soldiers there were colored troops, and they fled for their lives .. Our first spoken words were, "Quantrill is here!" We stayed in the house, planning what we could do. Those in the other part of town had a chance to get away, but here every avenue was guarded, and all those who tried to escape were shot down ruthlessly. We watched the Eldridge house burn, and saw fires all over the town. Diagonally across the street, a fine home was burning,and in the next house to ours, a man had been murdered, but his home was saved. Quantrill's band was composed of two kinds of men. His gang was angry, determined to kill every free state man and to wipe Lawrence from the map. Others were farmers whom Quantrill had compelled to join his forces. They were easily convinced they had not found the "right man." They were fed and treated hospitably, and went away satisfied. There was no anger in their hearts. Mr. Carpenter, it was said, by his pleasant manner and tact, had saved his life and the destruction of his home. At about 9 o'clock, we watched the gathering of the clan for its departure, and we began to breathe free again, and to hope we were safe. The men were loaded with loot, and seemed anxious to leave. Just then there came a terrible pounding at our front door, and Mrs. Carpenter opened the door. Mr. Carpenter, coming down the stairs answered the question, 'Where are you from?" He said, "New York," and the man replied, "You New York fellows are the ones we are after." He pushed Mrs. Carpenter aside and rushed up the stairs after Mr. Carpenter, shooting, and swearing atthe top of his voice. They entered different rooms, giving Mr. Carpenter a chance to come down and go to the cellar. There was no protection in the cellar, as the house was new and there were no partitions. Another man had come to help, and each one stationed at a window �controlled every part ofthe cellar. Still they kept on shooting. Mr. Carpenter, bleeding and full of their bullets, left the cellar by the outside steps, and fell in the backyard. Mrs. Carpenter fell over him, covering him, her arms about his head. The two assassins appeared and raising her arms, gave the fatal shot, then left to join the departing forces. Mrs. Carpenter said, "They have fired the house," so I put out the fire. It was one of the most terrible tragedies in all the dreadful work of that day - that dreadful day. I climbed a high fence that I never could have climbed except under great excitement, calling at the top of my voice for help, but there was no response until the band had all left. Left what? One hundred fifty men killed,150 buildings burried, and a million and a half of property destroyed. Left - no pen can tell! When I sh0U!d !ia"V~ finished my visit Mr. Morse was to come for me some Friday and preach for Doctor Cordley the following Sunday. He came that dreadful Friday, aboutthree hours after Quantrill had left. On his way he heard of Mr. Carpenter's death. A rude box was made by our friends, and Mr. CarPenter's body was laid in the yard. . Friday night came, the most terrible night I ever spent. Fires were burning all over the town. The smoke was suffocating, and the barking and howling of dogs helped to make the night frightful. There was no sleep that night. In "Pioneer Days" Doctor Cordley wrote, "So we laid our dead away and turned our attention to the living." The Sunday following we held a service in the old stone Congregational church. There was a large congregation, mostly women and children. Some of the men were in shirt-sleeves, not having saved even a coat, women in sunbonnets, some with hoods or shawls or handkerchiefs over their heads. Many of the women were newly-made widows, there with their fatherless children. There was a brief devotional service, but no sermon. I do not recall [what was said] except the scripture lesson read by Mr. Morse. It was the 79th Psalm. Everyone was startled when he read it. It seemed to have been written for the occasion. Mr. Morse seemed as much inspired in choosing it as the author in writing it. "Oh God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven; the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts ofthe earth. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them." The congregation went away in silence. ................." .. __ CONTACT: Dr. Sam Dicks, 62.0-341-6431 July 24, 2001 __. . _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Media Relations Home Page Copyright@ 2000 - Emporia State University. Page updated: July 24. 2001. If you have questions or comments about the material on this page. please contact Leslie Eikleberry at eiklebel@emporia.edu. �AN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DEMISE . -----Original Message----From: Sandi Gorin [mailto:sgorin@glasgow-ky.com] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:43 AM To: KYRESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: TIP #466 - A TOAST TO THE LATE GREAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY TIP #466 - A TOAST TO THE LATE GREAT HISTORICAL SOCIETY What? Now that I've gotten your attention, let me pass on my condolences to the memory of many of the historical societies across the United States. "Wait a minute, "you say, "there are still historical societies!" All yes, but how many of them are in the following nearly condition? 1 - Low attendance. Where many used to fill the seats at the monthly . historical or genealogical society meeting, now just the faithful few manage to make it to hear the speaker for the evening? 2 - Lackluster meetings. Remember the stimulating and thought provoking meetings of the past? . Excellent speakers that had you taking minutes, asking questions and learning techniques? Or no speakers, non-genealogical, non-historical, non-promoted get-togethers? 3 - Arthritis syndrome. What is the average age of our memberships? Over SO? Over 60? Over 70? Where are the historical and genealogical experts of the future in our county? 4 Abundance of monies: dread of spending. How many years have many of our societies been meeting? Over 20 years, maybe 40 or more? Been collecting dues and having fund raisers all these years? What has been done with the money? Is it sitting in a bank account, bored to tears? Why isn't it being used to do something to preserve the past for the future? �5 - Family feuds. We all like to say that our genealogical friends are like family don't we? "Cousins" even. Why then are so many historical societies always in an uproar? Squabbling over little things. Not wanting to change anything because it worked in the past just . ! fine. 6Not connected? Not wired? Afraid to venture out into the cyberworld? Still typing your quarterlies on stencils? 7Ingrown officers? Same people doing the saine thing with the same attitudes year after year? No new officers with progressive ideas? Can't find a president if you paid them? If you saw your historical society in any of the above questions, we might be bidding you adieu in the near future. If your society is vibrant, growing and active, you can skip this tip all together. As I meet and correspond with societies all across the United States, I hear more and more of the above complaints. Many good, solid, old societies are literally imploding. Why? There are several reasons that I have discovered and they are hidden in the questions above. Once upon the time in the dark past, the county or area historical society was one of the most vibrant and well attending meetings in town. Yes, there were some that thought us weird for wanting to go to meetings about dead people, cemeteries and old buildings. But on the whole, the historical society was a trusted organization whose meetings were well covered by the press and brought out many of the finest people. Meetings were varied and active. But we failed to do a few things. We ignored the younger people. We became so in love with ourselves that it started to be "our society", and while guests were always welcome, they were not sought after. Then the school systems on large began to take less interest in history. Where history, ancient and American, was required every year in "grade school" (my generation's term), and at least a year or so in high school; now it isn't always offered, or is an elective. Our younger generation is losing contact with its past. Next came the ever-moving society. Where in older times, if we were born in a town, we grew up in that town, we went to school in that town, we married in that town, we raised our children in that town. We had contact with our parents, grandparents, often great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins by the dozens.· Story telling was an evening tradition and we heard tales of our family and how it was in the "good old days." We had roots and �they went deep. We knew most everyone in town and likely all about their lives too. We saw the patriotic parades, the honor paid to veterans, heard the church bells ringing and visited over the back fence. Today? We move and move and move. Oh, it's not all bad, my daughters and I have lived in 5 states and IJhouses in the last 29 years. We've made friends, left friends, learned cultures. But at one" time we were in one state, my parents in another, cousins and aunts arid uncles in another and we hadn't seen some of our family for 20 years! Now many are gone and it's too late to ask them about their memories. We just end up feeling connected to nothing, afraid really to put down those roots because it's hard digging them up again. And fmally, came the internet. Instead of reading microfilm and going prematurely into bifocals; driving all over.to visit courthouses and try to find a relative in some little town, we log on the internet and let us take us to far away places. Bad? No! But can you speak out loud to your computer? Can you make the connection with your family as closely as sitting across from the couch with a glass of lemonade? Progress is wonderful. But the average historical society has not kept pace. Many are dying and they have no idea they are terminal. How long has it been since you've been to your local historical society meeting? (I understand that some people are homebound and can't attend, or there is no one close; you are excused). How many times have you volunteered for a project - even suggested one? Even lfyou are not from the area where you live now and have no ties, join in with a society and give them some fresh blood and fresh ideas. Programs are difficult to put together. Sometimes in a smaller community there are not the good speakers that are willing to come out on a rainy or snowy night. Have you thought of maybe paying them to come? Remember all that money in the bank rotting away - we can't take it with us. Investigate some professional genealogical or historical speakers who do charge a fee and dip into the funds a tad. If there's no one that qualifies professionally - what about the older generation? You know the older we get, the more we like to remember (before we can't remember anymore), and we have some wonderful tales of earlier days. Have you thought of asking Granny Jones or Cousin Lum to come and just taik to the society? Tape them, video them, invite the kids! How do you get more members? It is harder now. We have the internet, cable tv, fast moving cars and planes, kids in every organization and sport imaginable and there's little time for anything else in our life. But if you build the field, they will come! Plan something special for your society that can involve the community, young I.l11d old. Picnics, homecomings, old-time pictures, old time crafts show with some of the older or more talented people in the community demonstrating how it used to be done. Don't fight the internet, use it! No queries anymore in your quarterly? �Most of us are zipping out emails by the hundreds to get (hopefully) instant response. We are a "give it to me and give it to me now" people anymore. We can't wait for snail mail, or waiting until the quarterly comes out with your query. Have you considered articles in your quarterly on "how to do internet genealogy"? Or even a beginning computer dours"e at a library I " or someplace with other computer access. Bring some of the younger generation in to help the older generation learn. I correspond via email with several individuals in their 90's! You're not too old to learn. " And lastly, back to money. There's security in a big bank account but it's not helping anything or anyone. Could your society help restore a historic building? Do a historical survey of old structures? Set up a walking or driving tour of the area? Donate to a society or organization that IS doing something and needing funds of a historical nature - maybe even a humanitarian nature? Build a house with Habitat for Humanity? Put on a genealogical symposium, a genealogical book fair? Put together a video production of the area for local television? Write columns for the local" paper? Volunteer at the next meeting even if you are a novice but want to learn? We must start growing and taking our vitamins or we're" out of here" as the youngers say. We will be delegated to the old newspapers our children and grandchildren will be reading in years to come. We serve a useful purpose, or we used to? Do we still? For those reading this tip who are members or officers of a growing and vibrant society, my hat's offto you. Keep it that way! (c) Copyright 6 November 2003, All Rights Reserved. Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edul-moore/Gorin.html " SCKY surname registry sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/-kyclinto/reg.html http://www.rootsweb.com/-kyclinto/forms/SCKYreg.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ == KYRESEARCH Mailing List == I\AAAMI\A/VVI.I\Al\AI\A/VVI.I\AI\A/VVI.I\AI\AI\AI\AAI\AI\AI\AMAI\Al\AI\AI\AAI\AI\AI\AI\AAI\AI\A/VVI. 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Contact: Eric Hansen Executive Director Kansas Library Network Board 300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 343-N Topeka, KS 66612-1593 800-432-3919 (Toll-free) 785-2.96-3875 (Voicemail) 785-296:'6650 (fax) eric@kslib.info �DESCENDANT OF BABY DOE TABOR (The Face on the Barroom Floor) .. . This was found in some papers ofF~y Moys, a longtime resident of Lawrence.. This is an article from the Lawrence Journal World by Larry Stroup. There was not a date available but it would be before 1983. I KU play is special for local woman by Larry Stroup. Not very often can you sit before an opera and watch a relative's life unfold before your eyes. But Miss Fay Moys of 620 Kentucky will dojust that Tuesday night; March 8. Miss Moys is the. great niece of Horace AW. Tabor, upon whose life "The Ballad of Baby Doe" is based. She is the first known relative ever to view the opera. It will be presented March 8,10 and 11 at8pm in University Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building at Kansas university. Horace Austin Warner Tabor, known at the peak of his fame as H.AW., was a stonecutter in his native Vermont before he came to Kansas more than 100 years ago. Born Nov. 26, 1830, in Holland, Vt., he joined a free soil group, and arrived in Kansas in 1856, with his prim and practical New England wife.Augusta. Tabor settled in Riley County, and while there served as a member of the Topeka Legislature, which was dispersed by order of President Franklin Pierce. The Tabors moved to Denver in 1859 and in the following year to California Gulch (now Leadville). While H.AW. hunted for gold and dreamed of wealth, Augusta remained realistic. The lavish life Tabor sought did not appeal to her. After 20 years of poverty, Horace made his fortune in Leadville by purchasing an interest in the Little Pittsburgh silver mine. With a bonanza strike in the Little Pittsburgh, everything he had and touched turned to wealth. At the end of 1879 he sold his interest in the mine for $1 million and bought the Matchless Mine for about $10.000 and purchased half interest in the First National Bank in Denver. Hewas netting $100,000 a month at the time. About this time, Baby Doe, moved to Leadville. Born in Oshkosh, Wis., she was ambitious as well as beautiful and had married the mayor's son, Harvey Doe. He failed to make their Central City, Colo., mine pay offand spent more and more time in beer halls. Eventually ,Baby Doe left him. She·was just 20 and at the height of her beauty when she moved to Leadville. Having heard about fiftyish Tabor and his millions she immediately engineered a "chance" meeting. They did meet, and Tabors wife, who would not accept his wealth, drew more and more apart from Tabor. Finally, H.AW. arranged a divorce and was granted a secret one in Durango. Baby Doe and H.A W. were married secretly in St. Louis in 1882. They returned to Leadville where the local society turned against him in protest of this treatment of Augusta. .31 �Tabor gained more and more wealth. But financial troubles began for him during the panic of 1893 and the struggle over free gold and silver coinage. His fortune collapsed completely in 1896, after his attempt at backing William Jennings Bryan for the presidency on a "Free Silver" platform. An almost joyful Denver expected Ba~y Doe to leave him immediately. But she remained loyal, not only through his lifetime but until her own death on March 7, 1935, when she was found frozen to death on the floor of her cabin at the Matchless Mine. Tabor had died penniless in 1899. Perhaps generations here do not recall the Tabor name, but H.AW.'s kinfolk played a part in the early settlement of Lawrence. H.AW.'s sister, Emily Jane Moys(and Miss· Moys grandmother) resided in Lawrence for 63 years. Mrs. Moys and her husband, William Moys, a soldier of the Civil War, settled in Lawrence. He died Nov. 5, 1869, as a result of wounds received during the war, leaving Mrs. Moys to care for their four children. Mrs. Moys died at her home in Lawrence on May 15, 1920. She had been among the first to come to Kansas, and like others of that early day, came with the avowed intention tp make Kansas a free state. They arrived in Lawrence on April 7, 1857, just three years after the city was founded oil a steamboat from Kansas City. Miss Moys dug into the family history to produce a record of a letter her grandmother had written . concerning Lawrence. Mrs. Moys wrote: "I arrived in Lawrence April 7, 1857.1 have no need to tell you of what Lawrence was at that time. 1 came with my two brothers, John and H.AW.and theirwives~ .. " .. .It was one of those days that wind blew as it did many times in Kansas, a perfect gale all day. My brother said "This is the beauty of Kansas, we always have a breeze." 1 was one of the party that came on the steamboat 'Lightfoot' from Quindaro (near present day Kansas City, Kans.) To Lawrence. These Kansas breezes kept us three days on this trip - a breeze took our boat near the shore, a tree tore down the smoke stack, and our rations were low but now happy we were when we caught the first glimpse of Lawrence. The citizens here, 1 guess were nearly all on the banks of the Kaw ready to give us a royal welcome. They had a little cannon which they fired as a salute, . and those of us who could sing went on deck and sang, 'The Kansas Emigrant Song'. "The first night 1 stayed in Kansas 1 stayed at the home of Mrs. Haskell (mother of Senator D.C. . Haskell). "The next day 1 went to my brother's home, a cabin covered with bark near the lake (Lakeview). Miss Moys recalled hearing that when Quantrill was reported heading for Lawrence, her �grandmother and family were living in the 400 block on Mississippi. "Grandmother put the two children in baby buggy and hurried to the hillswest of tow," Miss Moys said. The hills are those in the country club terrace area. "Tabor was very kind to his sister. After her husband died, he returned to Lawrence and bought her a home at 331 Ind. St. and the lots around it," Miss Moys recounted. "My great uncle kept in touch with his sister. Baby Doe did too. Grandmother went to Colorado to visit them once," she related. H.A.W's father, Cornelius Dunham Tabor, lived out his remaining years in Lawrence. He died July 13, 1888. in Denver while visiting his son. But was returned to Lawrence and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery~ . Miss Moys, a lifelong resident of Lawrence, is excited about seeing the opera. She has had arrangements made for opening night. Miss Moys was in charge of the reserve desk at Watson Library on the KU campus for 20 years. She resigned in 1947. Among her many interests is painting in oils. A number of her paintIngs .decorate the living room of her home. Guest director from New York especially for the production is Bill Butler, a native Kansas, born in Eureka, Butler received his A.B. degree in English at UCLA, graduating cum laude. The Broadway director is well known in New York for his work in both opera and theater. He has worked with the Phoenix Theater, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera and NBC-TV Opera on tour. It was his work in Santa Fe with Kansas University's orchestra conductor Robert Baustian that led to the invitation to direct an opera production at KU The production has been designed by Herbert Camburn of the KU staff Leading roles in the cast of nearly fifty students are: Ron Highley, Kansas City Mo., senior as H.A.W. Tabot; Sharon Tebbenkamp, Salisbury, Mo., sophomore as Augusta Tabor; Mary Lou Powell, Topeka senior as Baby Doe;; and Janet Wagner, Belleville, Ill., sophomore as Mrs McCourt (Baby'S mother). 33 �DOUGLAS COUNTY LAND OWNERS, 1857 This infonnation was on a floppy disk from pasttimes. We don't know who transcribed it but it looked useful. NAME ADAMS, C.A. ADAMS, G. ADAMS, M. AIKEN, R. ALGIER, N. ALLEN, A. ALLEN, J. ALLEN, R. ALLEN, R. ALWARD, A.A. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, L.G. ANDERSON, L.G. ANDERSON, O.W. ANDERSON, S. ANDERSON,T. ANTRIM, A.H. APPLEMAN, H. APPLEWHITE, C. ARCHIBALD, E. ARCHIBALD, J.C. ARLEY (CURLEY), G.W. ARMSTRONG, _ __ ASHBY, B. ASHBY, J.H. ATHERTON, H.. AULES(DULES), M. BABCOCK, C.J. BACKERS (BACKERSON), T. . BACKERS, _ __ BACKERSON (BACKERS), T. BAILEY, J.C. BAILY, FA BAILY, J:B. BAKER,I.L. BAKER, P. BAKERS, --.,.-_ _ BALDWIN, H.L. BALDWIN, H.S. BALL, F. BALNY, W. BANDLOW, F. BANM, W. BANNING, J. BANNING, L. BANNING, W.F. BARBER, _ __ BARBER, M. BARBER, Oliver . BARBER, T. BARICKLAW, O. BARICKLAW, W. BARKER, B.. LEGAL DESCRIPTION NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13,Township 19 · NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13,Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 21 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec~ 23, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 15, Township 20 · SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12,Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 15, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 14, Township 20 . NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12,Township 17' NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 14, Township20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 14, Township 20. · NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 12, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME BARLEY, J.A. BARNER, RA. BARNES, W.E. BARNET, L. . BARRICKLAW, H. BARTLET,J.C. BASSET, RT. BASSINGERS, _--,-_ BEAM, J.A. BEAM, L.J, BEAN, O. BECKER, W. BELL, A. BELL,O.W. BELLEMY, B. BENNET, E.W. BEREAO(?), F. BERRY, G~W. BERRYFIELD, W. BERRYFIELD, W. BIOLY, D. BIRLY, W. BLACKS, M. BLACKWOOD, RJ. BLANTON, H.B. BOADMIAN, G.C. BOHNIER, G. BOSS,O.W. BOWEN, D.E. BOYD, J.A. BOYLES, RL. BRACKETT, G.L. BRANDON, _ __ BRANDON, _ __ . BRANSON, J. . BREESE, T. BRODBER, J. BRODNELY, S. BROOKS, A. BROOKS, Dr. BROOKS, G.D. BROOKS, M. BROOKS, W.C. BROOKS, W.W. BROWERS, J.P. BROWN, D .. BROWN, Z.C.(Z.G.) BROWN, Z.G.(Z.C.) BROWNER, J. BRYANT, D. BRYANT, J.V. BUFFUM, D.C. BURGESS, H.A. BURLINGAME, M.J. 2 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 18 SW ~/4 Sec. of Sec. to, Range 14, Township 20 SW ~/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec.. 33, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 15, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 11, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 15, Township 35 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 19 E 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 18 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME BURLY, W. BURNET,L. BURNET, T. BURR, N... BURRIS, J. BUSH, W.H. BUTCHER, H. BUTEL, C. CAFFLEMCY(?), RB. CALDWELL, WA CALHOUN, C. . CAMEL, J.B. CAMEL, J.B. CAMEL, J.S. CAMERON, H. CANTRELL, J. CARMEL(CORMEL), J. CARPENTER, J.E. CARSON, A.J. CARTER(?), HA CARTER,E. CARTER, J. CARTER, RS. CARTLEW, R CARVET(?}, W. CASBIER, C. CASBIER, D.J. CASBIER, S.B. CATHER, M. CATHER, M. CHAMBERLAIN, J.(?) CHAMBERLlN(?)< F.C. CHAMOND(HAMOND), FA CHAPMAN, T. CHAPON, G.W. CHILDS, C.H. CHILDS, L. CHURCHILL, G. CLARK,BEN CLARK, E. . CLARK,T.H. CLAUS, JOHN CLAYTON, M. CLELEND, W. CLOUGH, M.R COFFEY, JA COLBY(?), BARBARA W. COLEMAN, A. COLLINS, T.J. COMBEST, H. COMBEST, H. COMPTON, J. CONLEY, A.W. CONLEY, P.W. 3 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 11, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 14, Township 19' NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 19. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 11, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14,Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 11, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 15, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 18 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 18 , NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 12, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 15, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 18 SE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 14, Township 19 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 17 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 11, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 20 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 14, Township 20 , SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 12, Township 19 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 17 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME CONLEY, W. CONNELLY, T. CORDWELL, W.A. COREL, W. . CORMEL(CARMEL), J. COTTER(CUTTER)(CUTLER), W.C. COTTER, A CRAGGS, L.W. CRANE, C.S. CRANE, J.H. CRANE, J.L. CRANE,L. CRANE, S. CRANE, S. CRANE, S. CRARRY CROCKET, E. . CROCKET, L. CROCKETT, P. . CROW(?), M. CUMMINS, J. CUMMINS, W. CUNNINGHAM, J. CURBY, W.T. CURFEW, J.A. CURLEY(ARLEY), G.W. CURTIS, A CURTIS, E. CUSTARD; AJ. CUTLER(CUTTER)(COTTER), W.C. CUTTER(CUTLER)(COTTER), W.C. CUTTLER, Geo. DAVIDSON, J. DAVIDSON, J. DAVIDSON, N. DAVIS, B. . DAVIS, E. DAVIS, Isaak DAVIS, M.F. DAVIS, S.H. DAVIS,T. DAVIS, T.D. DAY,J. DEAN, J. DEAN, R.A DEFENDER, E. DEITZLER, G.W. DELAND, E.A. DELL, AW. DENNIS, L.B. DERBY, J. DEXTER, S. DICKSON, C. DIEHL, A 4 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 20 I . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 15, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 11, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 37, Range 11, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec, 1, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 19, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 19, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 11, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 21 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec~ of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 14, Township 20 SE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 12, Township 18 31 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME DISBROW(DISHROW), E. DISHROW(DISBROW), E. DOBBINS, _ __ DOCK, R DOLITTLE, B. E. DOOLITTLE, SA DOYLE, M. DRAPER, W. DREXLER, F. DRUMMER(?), RW. DUFFLEGE, D. DULES(AULES), M. DUNBAR, H. DUNCAN, G.W.(O.W.) DUNCAN, O.W.(G.W.) DUNDSON, M. DUNMARS, J. DUNN, J.M. DUNN, Ray EARHART, D. EASTERBROOK, L.L. EDWARDS, John EDWARDS; T. EGGARD, H. EGLEHALL, J. ELDRIDGES, _ __ ELIAS, G. ELLINGTON, P. ELLIOT, J. ELLISON, T.D. EMERY, _ __ EMORY, C.C. ENOS, H.L. EPLEY, J. ESKRIDGE, c.v. EVANS, J.C. EVANS, J.L. EVENS, SA EVENS, W. EVERHART, J. EVERHART,L. EVERS, J.B.D. FAGERS, _ __ FALLEY, E.P. FARMONT, R FARR, C.H. FARRAN, J. FAXON, A.A. FELAND, T.J. FELLOWS, M.F. FERRIS, F.(W.?) J. FILER, S. . FISH, J. Peter FISHER, A.H. LEGAL DESCRIPTION NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11; Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec.H, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec .. 5, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 20 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 15, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 3, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 18. NW1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 19 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 14, Township 20 SW1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 14, Township 20 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 20 5 .33 �• DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME FLANDERS, A FLORA, M. FOGLE, C.B. FURGERSON,L. GAMINS, RA GARDNER~ J. GARRY, J.B. GARVIN(GARVON), T.B. GARVON(GARVIN), T.B. GATES, A. GATES, AS. GELAN, P. GIBSON, S. GILBERT, C. GILBINS, J. GILL, G. GINGERICK, J.S. GIST,J. GLEASON, J.H. GLEASON, S. GLENN, A GLENN, W. GOODIN, J.R GRAHAM, J. GRAHAM, J. GRAHAM, J.M. GRAHAM, W. GRAY, Isaac GREEN, L.E. GREEN, W.F. GRIFFITH, D. GRIFFITH, E. GRIFFITH, J.R GROAT, M. GROTON, G.W. GROVER, J. . HACKMAN, JA HAGIN, J .. HAGN, W. HAGNSON, E.D. HALBERT, D.C. HALL, G. HAMILSERA(?), C. HAMOND(CHAMOND), FA HAMPTON, W.B. HANCOCK, HA HANCOCK, J. HANSON, B.A. HARMAN, W.H. HARRINGTON, C. HARRIS, W.B. HARRISON, J.H. HARRISON, J.W. HARVEY, C. 6 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1(4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 19 NE 114 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 12, Township 18 N 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 11, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 21 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 15, Township 21 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 19 W 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 15, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 15, Township 20 NW 114 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME HASKEL, F. HASKEL, L. HAWKINS,(?), _ __ HAYES, J. HAYS,A.G. HAYWOOD,D.H. . HAZLETINE, D.P. HAZLETINE, W. HAZLETINE, W.R. HEARNEY, M. HENDERSON, C.C. HENRY, G. HERD, T.R. HERRINGTON, J.D. HETCHER, J.S. HICKS, J.W. HICKS, M. HILDERBRAND, J. HILL; E. HILL, F. HILL, J.B. HILL, P.W. HOCKER, N. HOFFER, HF. HOFFMAN, C~B. HOING, H. HOLEWAY, C. HOLEWAY, C. HOLLOWELL, H,(?) HOLLOWELL, S. HOLLOWELL, W.H. HOOVER, L.W. HOPKINS, T. . HOPPER, J.L. HORWITZ,G. HOVEY, W.L. HOWE, C.J. HOWELL, L. HUBBARD, A.H. HUDDLESTON, E. HUDSON, B. HUGER, D. HUGHES, R. HUGHES, W. HUGHS, J .. HURD, C. HUTCHINSON, J. HUTT, J,B. HYATT, J. IRWIN, R. JACKSON,·G. JACKSON, J.M. JACOBS, Moses . JAMES, E.L. 7 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 11, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 19 NE ·1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12; Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 11, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 14, Township 19 NE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 11, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 12, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec." of Sec. 1, Range 11, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 18 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 18 . NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec: 7, Range 14,Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec.. 14, Range 15, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 18 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 18 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME LEGAL DESCRIPTION JAMES, E.L. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 12, Township 17 JENKINS, G. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 JESICK, W. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 18 JEWETT, E.T. NW /1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 18 JIMSON, J. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec~ 34, Range 12, Township 20 JOHNSON, J. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 18 JOHNSON, O.(?) SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 14, Township 20 JOHNSON, W. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 14, Township 20 JOHNSON, W. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 17 JOHNSTON, E.B. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 20 JONES, D. . JONES,D.B. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 17 JONES, J.. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 19 JONES, J.L. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 17 JONES, M. NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 20 JONES, M.J. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township .18 JONES, O.T. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 14, Township 20 JONES,P. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 19 JONES, S.(?) SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 11, Township 18 JONES, W. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 20 JONES, W. JONES, W.L. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 15, Township 21 JORDON, T. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 15, Township 20 JUSTIS, W. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 18 KEANBOY(?),O.P. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 19 KELLER, A NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 18 KELLER, I. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 12, Township 19 KELLY, S. . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 20 KELSO, M.L. NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 KENICK, J.H. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 19 KENNEDY, J.R. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13,Township 19 KENNEDY, L.J. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 19 KENNEDY, M. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 19 KENNEDY, W.B. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 20 KEURNY(KEURRY), Levi NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 13, Township 18 KEURRY(KEURNY), Levi NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 13, Township 18 KILCAUGHAM, W. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 19 KIMBEL, C.H. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 18 KING, AW. NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 14, Township 20 KING, AW. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 14, Township 20 KING, T. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 15, Township 19 KITCHINGMAN, W. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 12, Township 18 KLANS, W. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 11, Township 18 KNIGHT, L.H. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 14, Township 20 KONGWERTH(KONGWORTH?), J.T. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 17 KONGWORTH(KONGWERTH?), J.T. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 17 KOSTER, W.B. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 15, Township 18 KOZY, D. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 18 LACKETT, G. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 15, Township 18 LACY, H.B. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 12, Township 19 LAHAY, A.E. SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 19 LAHAY, F.E. NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 19 LAHAY, J.D. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 19 LAHAY, S. SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 19 8 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME LANE, J. LANHAM, W. LAPHAN, G.S. LAUM, Adastus LAUTY(LOOTY), S.M. LAWRENCE, B.M. LAWRENCE, O.K. LAWRENCE, J.K. LAWRENCE, T. LEAGE, C. LEAR NARD, H. LECURS, D.W. LEWIS, G. . LEWIS, H. LIVERMORE, W. LOCK, F.L. LONGFELLOW, C. LOOTY(LAUTY), S.M. LOUTY(LAUTY), S.M. LOVELACE, G.W. LOVELACE, J. LOWE, D. LUMDAN, E.A. LYKINS, Dr. LYKINS, Dr. LYKINS, Dr. LYNCH, A.H. LYNCH, L.B. LYON, T.M. LYON, T.W. . LYON, W. MACA, J.N. MACESSAN,_ (Chief Clerk) MACK(MOCK), D. MACK(MOCK), D. MAKEE(?), T. MALLERY,AH. MARCUM S. MARKLEY, D. MARKS, _ __ MARROW, R MARSHALL, Z. MARSHLAND, F.H. MARSHTON(?), RH. MARTIN, O. MARTON, J. MARY, E.G. MASHIER, J. MASTIN(MOSTIN), John MATHEWS, D. P. MATHEWS, J.W. MATHEWS, S.W. MATNEY, H. MATNEY, RR. 9 LEGAL DESCRIPTION NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 20 SE .1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township .19 S 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 13, Township 19 SE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 13,Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Tc;>wnship 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 15, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29. Range 12, Township 19 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 15, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 15, Township 19. NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME MAUPES(MAUPUS), W. MAUPUS(MAUPES), W. MAXWELL, M. MAYFIELD, C. MAYFIELD, C. MAYFIELD, R. MAYFIELD, W.L. McCELLANS, S. McCLUNG, A McCOWEN, T. McCULLON, W. McDONA, _ __ McFADDER, J. McFARLAND, B. McFARLAND, J. . McFARLAND, T. . McGALE, M.C. McGEE, AN. McGEE, J. McGEE, J.J. McGEE, J.T. McGEE, James McGEE, Jos. McGEE', Susanna· McGEE, T.S. McGEE, T.S. McJOHNSON, J. McKATHY(McKATTY), E. McKATTY(McKATHY), E. . McLAUREY, S. McLEAN, L.A McLOTS, AJ. McLUATED, _ __ McNEAL, E. McOWEN, W.B. McPHERSON, J.B.F. ·MEARIS, W. MERCHANT, J. MESSENGER, A MIC, J. MILLER, B.W. MILLER, G. MILLER, J:J. MITCHELL, J.T. MIX,S. MOBERLY; A.W. MOCK(MACK), D. MOCK(MACK), D. MONROE, L.G. MOORE, A. MOORE, B. MOORE, I. MOORE, J.T. MOORE, Marc. 10 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 21 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 17 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24,Range 13, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Ra~ge 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 21 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 11, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 20 . NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 11, Township 19 SW·1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 15, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 14, Tonwship 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 19 43 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME MOORE, RP. MOREHEAD, J .. MORGAN, J. MORGAN, N.W. MOSS, H. MOSS, H. MOSS, John MOSTIN(MASTIN), John MULLETT, B.S. MUSSEY, JA MUZZY, H. NATE, _ __ NEAL, A.. NEAL, J. NETTLESON, W. . NEWCOMB, C.R NEWHALL, M. NEWMAN, A. NEWMAN, H. NEWMON, C. NICHOLS, C.J.H. NICKELS, E.H. NIGHT, F.E. NOLAN, D. NOLAND, A.J. OAKLEY, J.H. OARSON, R T. O'CONNERS, G.(?) OGDEN, J. OGDEN, S. OLIVER, T. O'NEIL, A. OWEN, H. OWEN, Wm. OWENS, R OWENS, W.T. PALMER, D.W. PARK, Mr. PARKS, J.M. PARSELL, C.H. PARSONS(PORSONS), S.W. PARTRIDGE, J. PATHER, L.A. PATTERSON, W.M. PAUL, O .. PEAK, Mrs. PEAKE,A. PEARSON, T.M. PEASE, CA(GA) PEASE, G.A.(C.A.) , PETERGILL, H. PETTIBONE, J. PICK, Ti~us Wardon PIERCE, E.A. 11 LEGAL DESCRIPTION NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Tonwship 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 19 E 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 14, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township' 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 15, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 20 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 19 NW1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14; Range 15, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 15, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 71, Range 12, Township 18· NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 17 S 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 14, Township 21 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13; Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 37, Range 11, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 19 SE.1/4 Sec. of Sec 31, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 11, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 12, Township 11 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 11, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 13, Township 20 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME PIERSON, _ __ PIEVIE, G.W. PILLER, W.S. PINNEY, J.C. PORSONS(PARSONS), S.W. POTTER, O. POTTERSILL, H. POTTINGILL, O. POWERS, RY. PRATT, C.S. PRESTON, L.B. PRESTON,R RAND,A. RANDOLPH, W. RANSON,Mr. RAWLEY, L. REARMES(REARMUS), W. REARMUS(REARMES), W. REED, J. REESE, D. RENICK, J.H. REYNOLDS, S. REYNOLDS, T. REYNOLDS,T. RICH, J.H. RICH, S. RICHARDSON, J.C. RIDDLE, G.W. ROBERT, J. ROBINSON, Dr. Chas. ROBINSON, T. ROBINSON, T. ROBINSON, W.B. . RODERICK, A. . RODMAN, J. ROE,J. ROE,W. ROHRBACKER, J. ROSS, PA RUSSELL, N.H. RUTHERFORD, RW. RYAN, W. SABERDA, P. SACKER(SASKER), G. SAMPLE(SANPOINT), T. SANDERS, H.F. SANPOINT(SAMPLE), T. SANS(SONS), A. SARY, F. . SASKER(SACKER), G. SATFERS, JA SAUNDERS, J.P. SAVAGE, F. SAVAGE, J. 12 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9; Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec: of Sec. 31, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 1, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 11, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 18 N E 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec .. 7, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 11, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 18 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 12, Township 17 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec.·of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 15, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 7 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME SAVAGE,R. ·SCAUTON(SCOUTON), R. SCOFIELD, C.C. SCOMMEL,O. SCOMMEL, O. SCOTT, A. SCOUTON(SCAUTON), R. SEATON, T. SEBELlUS, H. SEYBERT, _ __ SHANNON, Gen.(Gov.) SHANNON, Gov,(Gen.) SHARE, J. SHARE, S.T. SHARP, S. . SHEPHERD, J.M. SHEPMAN, N. SHERLEY, J. SHERLEY, W. SHERMAN(SHIPMAN), T. SHIPMAN(SHERMAN), T. SHULTZ, W. SIMPSON, H.M. SIMS,A. SIMSEN, D.O. SIPES, Wm. SIPES, Wm. SMITH, C.W. SMITH, E.W. SMITH, John SMITH, N. SMITH, S. SMITH, S.C. SMITH, T.D. SNOOKE, W. SOALE, W. SOCKER(SACKER), G. SOLOMAN, M. SONS(SANS), A. SOWERS, W. SPALDING SPALDING, N. SPICELY(SpIGEL Y), W.F. SPICER, John SPICER, Judge SPIGELY(SPICELY), W.F. SPURLOCK, _ __ SPURLOCK, F. STANFFER, J.W. STEELE, L.S. STEENS, C. STEENS, C. STERRS(STORRS), N.S. STEVENS, G. 13 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 18 N 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 14, Township 21 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 13, Township 21 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 15, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 20 N E 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 11, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 11, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 28 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 12, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township 20 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 15, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 6, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 15, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 19 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 19 . N E 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 11 , Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 11, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 14, Township 17 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 20 S 1/2 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 14, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME STEVENS, H. STEWART, L. STILL, A.T. STILL, J.M. STILL, J.W .. STILL, T.E. STIPES(?), W. STOKES,E. STORRS(STERRS), N.S. STOVER, S. STOWE, B. STOWE, W. STUART, J.E. STUCK, J. Cooper STULL,lsaac SUFFIELD, R.G: SURIGART, _ __ SUTTEE, J.D. SUTTER(SUTTON), J. SUTTER, P. SUTTER, P. SUTTON(SUTTER), J. SWAIN, J.H. SWAN, E. SWISHER, F.M. SWOPE(?), Wm. SYKES, T.B. TACKET, H. TANSON, G.M. TAPHAM, F. TAPSEAT(TUPSEAT), M. TAYLOR, J.H. TAYLOR, M.W. TEFT, C. . TETER, P.L. THALKELE(THALKELL), M. . THALKELL(THALKELE), M. THOMAS, C.H. THOMAS, D. THOMAS, Mr. THOMAS, T.H. TIPTON, W. TITUS, Col. TOBER,J.F. TODD, A.D. TODHUNTER, T.R. TOILES, FA TOMSON, C. TOMSON, E.S. TOMSON, H.W. TOMSON, S. TONNELL, W. TOUNE(TOYNE), F.B. TOUTER(TOUTOR), G.W. 14 LEGAL DESCRIPTION SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 28, Range 12, Township 19 NW ~/4 Sec. of Sec 3, Range 14, Township 20 SW f/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 20 SE H4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 15, Township 20 NE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 20 Civil Engineer, Lecompton, KS Surveyor General's Office NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 31, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 19 . NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 14, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec, 12, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 2, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1,Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 11, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 1, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 17 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 12, Township 18 . NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 12, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 20, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 19 'f7 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME TOUTOR(TOUTER), G.W. TOYNE(TOUNE), F.B. TUCKER, AB. TUCKER, M.T. TUFSON(TUTSON), AF. TUPSEAT(TAPSEAT), M.J. TURNER, H.G. . TUTON, J.M. TUTSON(TUFSON), AF. TWISS, C.P. TYLER, J. UPTON, J.S. VAN BLARKOM, D. VAN ZANDT, C.C. VAN ZANT, G.C. VANCE, J. VANCIL, D. VANCIL, I.C. VANDERBILT, J. VAUGHN, F.P. WADE, AB. WAKEFIELD, J.A. WAKEFIELD, J.S .. WAKEFIELD, Judge WAKEFIELD, N.. WAKEFIELD, W.H.T. WALKER, Capt. WALLACE, J.M. WALLER, L. WALTER, J. WALTON, T.R WARD,C.W. WARD, J.M. WARDEN, L.J. WARREN, J. WASHBURN(?), A WATERMAN, RH. WELDES, _ __ WELL, W.S. WELLS, AW. WELLS, Geo. WELLS, T. WESTOVER, J. WETHERBEE(WETHERBER), A WETHERBER(WETHERBEE), A. WHETSON, J. WHIPPLE, E.D. WHITE, A WHITE, F.R WHITE, J.R. WHITE, S.J. WHITEHOUSE, A WHITING, P.C. WHITMAN, E.B. 15 LEGAL DESCRIPTION NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 33, Range 15, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 15, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 7, Range 15, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 11, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 14, Township 20 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 15, Township 21 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 12, Township 19 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 14, Township 21 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 12, Township 19 . SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 30, Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3,Range 12, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 13, Township 20 . NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec; of Sec. 15, Range 12, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 19 . NE1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 12, Township 17 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 29, Range 13, Township20 . SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 36, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 15, Range 14, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 13, Range 15, Township 18 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 5, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 14 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 11, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 19 �DOUGLAS COUNTY ORIGINAL LAND OWNERS NAME· WHITNEY, P.B. WHITNEY, T.L. WILBER, H. WILL,J. . WILLIAMS, C.M. WILLIAMS, E.C. WILLIAMS, H. WILLIAMS, J.W. WILLIAMS, N.W. WILLIS, N. WILLIS, S.J. WILSON, J. WINSLOW, E. WINTER, J.R WINTER, M.S. WINTERS, W. WISWELL, G.C. WITCOMHOUSE(?), A WOOD, H. . WOOD, J.W. WOODARD, D.T. WOODARD, Don WOODARD, L. WOODARD, RW. WOODARD, T.B. WORNKER, W. WRIGHT, AC. WRIGHT, C. WRIGHT, F. WRIGHT, W. WULVERTON, T.R YATES, A YATES, W. YOGER, J. ZINN, G.W. 16 LEGAL DESCRIPTION NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 12, Township 19 NW 11/4 Sec. of SEc. 32, Range 13, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 19, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 14, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 13, Township 19· SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 12, Range 13, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 3, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 25, Range 13, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 8, Range 15, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 17, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 27, Range 14, Township 20 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 23, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 15, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 14, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 16, Range 14, Township 20 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 26, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 12, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 18 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 34, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 35, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of SEc. 4, Range 13, Township 19 SW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 32, Range 12, Township 19 SE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 22, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 18 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 10, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 24, Range 13, Township 18 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 18, Range 13, Township 19 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 21, Range 12, Township 19 NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec.6, Range 12, Township 17 NE 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 4, Range 12, Township 18 �PIONEER CEMETERY IN BALDWIN Submitted by Richard Wellman . PIONEER CEMETERY - BALDWIN CITY,KS Documentation & Research The Pioneer Cemetery contains the remains of many of the earliest settlers to the Baldwin area. There has been no intennents since 1920, so many of the families of the deceased are no longer in the immediate area to maintain oversight of the graves. As you qm see from the following table, most of the burials were during the earliest history of the area.· BURIALS BY DECADE 5 1850's 65 1860's 29 1870's 16 1880's· 1890's 1900's 1910's 1920's 9 8 3 1 Some research has been done at several times in the past to document the burials in Pioneer Cemetery, but some of that infonnation is no longer readily available .. The copy of the original plot map of the cemetery is at the Baldwin Public Library. The deterioration of many of the tombstones through erosion and vandalism is taking its toll. It has become obvious that photographing all the tombstones is a way of retaining the infonnation contained thereon, even if the tombstone were to disappear. This work has been completed and a copy each of these photographs is now available at the Baldwin City Library. In 1969, the administration of the cemetery was assumed by the Oakwood Cemetery Board. Because there was no documentation as to exact locations of the burials, the "lost tombstones" were gathered and placed into a row at the front of the cemetery. This was a nice gesture, but it would have been nice if a more detailed cemetery lay-out would have permitted restoration of the tombstones at the site of the original burial. By mapping all the tombstones and determinitig the lot locations for all remaining tombstones, it is hoped that any future need to identify burial locations will permit re-installation of the stone very near the original location. During the more intensive effort to photograph and locate the tombstones, we have found 6 tombstones that were reported as lost and two additional interments that did not show up on any previous list ofburiaL'i at Pioneer Cemetery. Unfortunately, we also found that 2 stones previously on lists, could no longer be found .. The. detailed listing that has been created gives a better 0PPOI1Unity to identify any disappearances, and with the photograph, to show the public what is missing and what it looked like. Gathering infonnation about these pioneers of Baldwin ar·ea, permits us to better understand our heritage and share it with future generations. Infonnation about many of these pioneers has been assembled with the photographs, such that researchers may fmd more than just a name. Civil War service has been identified with 9 of the I;>urials .. �BACKGROUND FACTS: 1. ·PIONEER CEMETERY CONSISTS OF 20 ACRES (660' X 1320') Capable of holding about 6~600burials,... I . r"A~fI;lSi&(" . # 1- II laSt. 2. OWNERSHIP--Kansas Education Assn. ofM. E. Church "~r-- o,At --Baker University 5IA.CCESSoA ~. CEil. A sS",. I'p~III.D /~6' • • . Qlt(lTe Ll91if'\ --Bald:WIn CIty Cemetery Co., (1989) . C"'R~ '51,11 ~rl,vc, JtllI t./ 3. "SOME"INFORMATION ON LOT OWNERSHIP EXISTS· 4. FIRST BURIAL WAS MILTON BALDWIN - 30 Aug. 1858 SOfJ OF ~()HfJ 'fl4E:: 30 . 5. DG. CO~ GEN. SOC. "TOMBSTONE CENSUS" BOOK --Burials determined in 1940 --update burials as of 1982 --19 tombstones disappeared from 1940 to 1982 6. CEMETERY USE DISCONTINUED DUE TO HIGH WATER TABLE 7. "BROKEN" AND "DOWN" TOMBSTONES RELOCATED TO A ROW IN FRONT OF CEMETERY - IqbCY Qt 19 S,! 8. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT CASKETS WERE EXPOSED WHEN THE ROADWAY DITCHES ALONG 1055 WERE WIDENED. 9. GRAVES MAY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO OAKWOOD 10. NEWSPAPERS Prairie City Freedman's Champion, 1857 . Baldwin Criterion, 1883 - 1885 Baldwin Ledger, 1885 Lawrence Daily Tribune, 1863 - 1881 Lawrence Kansas State Journal, 1865 - 1869 tReES: ~IfTE".' \N, D. ml1l?nAl w ~ (!, fAA~K Hlt-II\ f)~ 1'31>, I 17.r1 aBo . D. 189'1 SIIfR... (lAKWnJD r �WHERE &/OR HOW TO START? I 1. MADE A COPY OF THE CEMETERY PLOT MAP 2. MEASURED & MADE TRANSPARENT LAY-OUT TEMPLATE OF TOMBSTONE LOCATIONS (Using gatepost and centerline of driveway) 3. OVERLAID TOMBSTONE LOCATION ON PLOT MAP 4. COMPARED LOT OWNERSHIP FAMILY WITH TOMBSTONE SURNAMES (picked 3 families in 3 different blocks with known tombstone & lot ownership--Milton Baldwin, Peter Merkel, & Henry Barricklow) 5. CHECKED OTHER MATCHES & ASSURANCE NO TOMBSTONES IN DESIGNATED ROADS 6. DEVELOPED SPREAD-SHEET. WITH COMPLETE LOT OWNERSIllP & TOMBSTONE INFO. �RESULTS 1. FOUND 6 OF THE TO~STONES THAT WERE REPORTED AS LOST IN 1982 John Jameson (4-49) Mary Frances Fry (7-12) Manie J. C. Hall «So-6) Lilla Nash (N-3) . Ann Pearson (So-16) & prob. 2-02 William Pearson (Prob. 2-02) illegible but son owned lot . 2. TWO TO~STONES NOT ON THE PUBLISHED LIST Mrs. L. A. Haun (So-9) [& prob. 4-14, owned by Rev. M. M. Haun] W. E.DODD, (N-9)[Lookonback of stones] 3. TWO TO~STONES NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS MISSING Mary G. Gilliland (prob. 3-14) George McClellan Wood (prev. reported as broken & prob. located 2-19) 4. EARLIEST DATE- George Still, 1855 5. LAST BURIAL - Isaac J. Wilkins, 1920. e,.;II~RIIiI. It } ,'"I 53 �. RESULTS (Continued) = 126 6. NUMBER OF BURIALS WITH TOMBSTONES (up to 9 on a stone) NUMBER OF IDENTIFIED BURIALS WITH NO TOMBSTONES = 17 Total = 143 7. NUMBER OF BURIALS (& MEMORIALS) BY DECADE 1850'S = 5 1890'S = 9 Unknown = 7 1860'S = 65 1900'S = 8 1870'S = 29 1910'S = 3 1880'S = 16 1920'S = 1 Adult female- 44 8. Adult Male = 41 Unknown=4 child <20 = 54 9. ARE THERE OTHERS?? Probably, Godfrey T?oth~~re, for instance. (d. after 1875 census, age 60) . 10. NO LOTS FOUND NEAR ROAD 1055--?? 11. LATER FAMILY BURIALS AT OAKWOOD, RELOCATIONS?? . .. " ., " 1~)8 /tP.Tf C.L.E ~f: I'IJKf.1( S D£ItP TR~srE"~ s ~. r,oNE6R :: I J V5. . '1 @ oftf.Wf!6P t·' IAAJ/(NDIIJ~ s4 �MILITARY SERVICE VETERANS? 1. Dobbins, S. B. 14th Wisc. Cay. No dates So-3 2. Duvall, Wm. H. Co. B, 17 Kans. Inf. No dates M-l1 3. Jones, Wilson L. Co. H. Post Kans. Inf. d. 19 Dec. 1866 N-8 & 4-27 4. Mierley, Michael Co. K, 16 Kans. Cay. d. 21 July 1905 3-32 5. Prather, Geo. Co.G. 16 Kans. Cay. d. 22 Aug. 1864 4-18 ~. Q.M. Sgt. 1 Ks. d. 10 Dec. 1863 5-11 Co. H. 2 Kans Cay. No dates Sprague, Shelby 7. Stevens, John N-13 8. Toothaker, George Co.D 2 MO S. M. Cay. d. prob. 19 Mar. 1913 2-11 9. Wilkins, Isaac J. Sgt. Co. B, 12 Kans. Inf. d. 1920 3-17 �I" PERSONS OF INTEREST 1. 'MILTON BALDWIN, First President of Baker, d. of Typhoid or Congestion of the bowels. Tombstone erected years later bydau. . , 2. HENRY & MARY BARRICKLOW Came to Palmyra in 1855, one of 13 founders of Meth. Church & Trustee of Baker. Nine children,. oldest William bur. Pioneer. t.lFf)tA",()£~J f)F e1A~£'t'J 3. Dr. ANDREW T. STILL FAMILY-- , Settled in Palmyra in 1856, son of Dr. Abraham Still. Practiced medicine & founded Osteopathic movement. Donated 1/4 section of land to Baker~ Was a surgeon in Civil War in Union Anny. Founder of Palmyra. Abraham Still (the father) was responsible for recommending name of college to honor Bishop , Baker. Memorial to pt wife & 7 children (3 in 1864 of spinal meningitis). 4. DANIEL FRY(E)--Came to Palmyra in 1857, m. I)Mary Frances Toothacre, m.2)MaryAnnBarricklow B~~. c:J~K",tH)/.) lei. O~""'L. (I'IL'9.) 5. Rev. THOMAS MUDGE - Pastor at Baker, died in his office at the college in 1862. ' *6. Rev. ALFRED "WlLEY" JONES-':::'" started saw mill in Baldwin in 1857. Had 10 children, 7 boys of which 5 served in Union anny & 3 died from , battlefield wounds. (Contact with living descendant.) ~~-rU (j~()o~5 WeB -s)r~ 7. GEORGE TOOTHAKER--came to Baldwin in 1857 and attended Baker' , Univ. as one of its first students. *8. ISAAC WILKINS - came to Baldwin in 1858. He served 3 years 6 mo. in Civil War. He married Catherine Barricklow (dau. ofFarrington'& Pasty Barricklow) and had 6 children, 4 died in childhood--Washburn Wilkins, d. 24 Feb. 1861, age 1 Willis Wilkins, d. 9 Mar. 1870, age 3 Lenorah Wilkins, d. 9 Mar. 1870, age 6 Clara A. Wilkins, d. 27 Mar. 1870, age 8 ~.~IIR'I S,(P,4I1C~ ~&Dw'~ Cl4lllllATH t,.1t1'ss/~If..Y , {tS1..S·/g,v f() cR-f:c-/( IAJDI4if1J -- rt~c.tf61( 'I:: ~H~~"lt(e~ (I&'D-. 10"~ ,S? �·- - . - --; .. .LQ.5'" I. VI. I. lAWRlNC£ Archived stories Elizabeth Sanders Thursday, December 4, 2003 Warrensburg, Mo. - Services for Elizabeth Sanders, 87, Warrensburg, will be at 2 p.m. today at Williams Funeral Chapel in Warrensburg. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg. Mrs. Sanders died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at her home . . She was born Sept. 30, 1916, in Lawrence, Kan., the daughter of James Blaine and Hattie Rose Wiggins. She graduated from Lawrence High School in 1934 and received a degree in home economics education in 1938 from Kansas University and a master's degree from Colorado State University; Mrs. Sanders taught from 1938 to 1948 in Kansas at Matfield Green, Hanover, Oberlin and Harper. She also taught at Kansas State Teacher's College and Central Missouri State University. She had been a 4-H leader, member ofEI Dorado Saddle Club, West-Central Genealogical Society, Good Neighbors Extension Club, Soil Conservation Society and First Baptist Church. She married Charles Harold Sanders on Oct. 30, 1948, in Lawrence. He died May 18, 1997. Survivors include three daughters, Linda McMaster, Peculiar~ Ann Brookhart, Durham, N.C., and Marilyn Jessup, Warrensburg~ a sister, Bernice Knox, Valley Falls, Kan.~ and two grandchildren. Visitation was Wednesday at the funeral chapel. The family suggests memorials to Community Rose Garden or West Central Genealogical Society, sent in care of the funeral chapel, 1400 S. Highway 13, Warrensburg 64093. Copyright © 2003 Visit us at http://www.1jworld.com �lAWR£NC£ Archived stories Albert A. Moore Monday, November 11, 2002 Graveside services'for Albert A. Moore, 85, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Moore died Sunday, Nov. 10,2002, at Select Hospital; Topeka. He was born Feb. 27, 1917, in Richland, the son of Ira H. and Ellen E. (Simmons) Hillsworth. He retired from Kansas University as foreman of the maintenance department after 21 years. He married Mary E. McNish on Feb. 28, 1946, in Lawrence. She survives of the home. Other survivors include a daughter, Sharon K. Moore, Lawrence; a brother, Ira Moore, Baldwin; and two sisters, Margaret Hout, Lawrence, and Elizabeth Ohse, Carbondale. Friends may call from noon to 9 p:m. today at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Assn., sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.rumsey-yost-com. . Copyright © 2003 Visit us at http://wWw.1jworld.com �lAWRENCE [ IF Archived stories J. Bunker Clark Sunday, December 28,2003 Memorial selVices for 1. Bunker Clark, 72, Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Inumment will be in August on Bois Blanc Island, Mich. Mr. Clark died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. He was born Oct. 19, 1931, in Detroit, the son of the Rev. George and Cleora (Quist) Clark. He attended Cass Technical School in Detroit and Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music and a doctorate in musicology from the University of Michigan. He was a Fulbright scholar at Cambridge University in England, and he selVed in the U.S: Anny Counter Intelligence Corps in Korea. Mr. Clark was interim organist at Christ Church Cranbrook and taught music history at Stephens College and Kansas University. He was a harpsichordist and board member of the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra and specialized in American church music of the English Baroque. He was a founding member of the Sonneck Society and active in American Musicological Society, Music Library Assn. and other music organizations. SUlVivors include his wife, Marilyn, of their home; and a brother, Thomas D. Clark, KeflVille, Texas; and his kitty, Kocenka. The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. The family suggest memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church music fund, Lawrence Chamber Orchestra or Hospice Care in Douglas County, sent in care of the mortuary. Copyright © 2003 Visit us at http://www.1jworld.com �LAWRE.NCE JOOI*1.1' < Obituaries VivianG. Clough Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Clinton - Graveside services for Vivian G. Clough, Sl, Clinton, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Clinton Cemetery. Mrs. Clough died Monday, April2S, 2003; at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. She was born March 16, 1922, in Clinton, the daughter of Thomas Henry and Goldie Vivian (Jones) Hout. She graduated from Clinton Grade School in 1936 and Liberty Memorial High School in 1940. Mrs. Clough was a riveter on B-29s for Boeing in Wichita during World War II. She then worked for Safeway in Lawrence from 1947 to 1953 and was a bus driver for Lawrence schools for 21 years. She and her husband farmed, milked cows and raised Black Angus cattle and Suffolk sheep. She gathered information from tombstones in Douglas County, which was used in a published book, and was the sexton at Clinton Cemetery for many years. She was a lifetime member of Adah Chapter No.7 Order of Eastern Star in Lawrence and Baldwin, member of two quilting clubs, Lawrence Genealogical Society, Topeka Genealogical Society, Lecompton Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, Clinton . . Historical Society and Union Cemetery Assn. in Kansas City, Kan. . She married LaVere Surber on Oct. 2S, 1942. They later divorced. She married Donald Clough on June 21, 1952, in Lawrence. He died Nov. 1, 1976. Survivors include a sister, Julia Nadine Christie, Clinton, and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to Clinton Presbyterian Church or the charity of the donor's choice, sent in care of the funeral home. Copyright ,(0 2003 Visit LIS at http://www.ljworld.com ~.D �Obituaries Kennedy Services Monday, May 12,2003 A memorial service for Max D. Kennedy, 78, Lawrence, will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alvamar Country Club. Cremation is planned. Mr. Kennedy died Saturday from'complications after an accident at Alvamar Country Club's golf course. He was born Oct. 10, 1924, in Newman, the son of John R. and Hattie M. (Roper) Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1942 and he attended Trinidad Junior College in Trinidad, Colo. He was a World War II veteran and served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a lieutenant, flight instructor and fighter pilot. He attended Kansas University; where he earned a varsity letter on the football team. Mr. Kenriedy was an amateur golfer for several years and won the Lawrence Country Club championship several times. He turned professional in 1968 and became assistant professional at .Alvamar Hills Golf Course. In 1970 he became the head pro at Alvamar and held that position until he retired in 1981. During that time he established an award-winning junior golf program and was a golf instructor. Mr. Kennedy was a member of the Professional Golfers Assn., the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Eagles. He married Jacqueline Tuttle on Jan. 16,1949. She survives of the home. Other survivors include a brother, Bernard, Lawrence; two sisters, Gaylene Roikhar, Lake Dabinawa, and Betty Ann Schuler, Lake Jackson, Texas; two sons, Kris, Wichita and Rick, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and four grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Bob Billings Cardiac Observation Unit or to the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn., sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Online condolences can be sent to www.rumsey-yost.com. (ql �Index Vol 26. Dg Cty'Land Owners are not included in this list. Albright Baldwin· Barber Barricklow Beck Billings · Blaine Blake Brander Breck Breckenridge Breitenstein Brogan Bromelsick Brookhart Brooks Brugen Bryan Burnets · Butler · Campbell Carpenter Carr Carruth Chapman Christianson Christie Chritensen Clark Clinger Clough Cop Cordley Curtis Dailey Daily Daniels' Darliing Deay Dicks Dobbins 19 51,56 15,20 51,56 19 61 57 14 19 13 12,13 3 19 15 57 15 18 32 19 33 12,13 20,21,22 19 56 53 19 60 3 2,59 . 14 60 19 14,22 19 13 12,13 12 19 12,13 20 55 Dodd Doe Duncan Duvall Dyer Eberhart. Enridge Flory Fry Gangrene Gardner Gilliland Gorin Greenlee Grovenor Hall .Hammer Hansen Harris Haskell Haun Hegeman Herz Hiatt Highley Honnold Hout Huddleston Hume Jameson Jennings Jessup Jones Kennedy Kilworth Knox Landis Lang Learnard Lethal Lincoln Loman Markham Martin McCall 53 31,33 14,15 55 12 12,13 13 12,13 53,56 19 14 53 23 19 15 14,53 19 30 6 32 53 12 19 12,13 33 15 60 19 15 53 19 57 55,56 61 15 57 12 3 15 19 16 19 51 51 12 McComas McCormick McCourt MCKim . McMaster McMillan McNish Merkel Meserve Mierley Miles Moore Morse Moys Mudge Mull .Nash Norris Oliver Patterson Pearson Pease Petterson Pier~e Pierson Pilla Plumb Poehler Powell Prather Presgrove Price· Quantrill Rankin Robinson Rofkhar Roper Rushmer Sanders Sands Schaeffer Schall Schuler Shimmons Simmons 3 17 33 15 57 15 58 51 14 55 14,18 . 13,58 20,21,22 31,32,33 56 19 53 13 15 12 53 15 13 31 15 19 . 14 14 . 33 55 .16,17 56 16,20,21 20 15 61 61 14 57 15 19 14 61 15 58 �Sprague Stadler Stevens Still Stone Stroup Summerfield Surber Tabor 'Tebbenkamp Thompson Toothacre Tuckel Tuttle Vaughn Vogel Wagner Wagstaff Walton Watson Wellman White Wiggins Wilder Wilkins Williams Wilson Wood Woods Woodward Zimme~an 55 19 15,55 53,56 14 31 15 60 31,32 33 17 54,55,56 12,13 61 53 .18 33 15 15 20 2,50 20 57 19 53,55,56 12,15 55 53 16 15 19 �~:p OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LEGEND .~~: : •...... IS • .... _. ____ ........ ~~.~_:~I.~.~:~:.~ .. �The Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc. P.O. 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PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 27, no. 1 & 3 January, April 2004 This whole issue is the Douglas County Naturalization Records as indexed by Paul Jordan. Included at the end is permission to reprint this index. Also included is a Preliminary Inventory of Douglas County Naturalization Records. You will not find an index at the end of this volume as the entire volume is in alphabetical order. Dues for the Society are due for 2005. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the Society at the address above. �i : ...~, ~; v • ~ "''?; ~ Douglas County Naturalization Records 200 1-03-04 PRELIMINARY INVENTORY 1. Declaration of Intention [1867-1903] (V~. A) -0 ~ ~ ?:' '/i ~~/.% J (~ ." :; "'~ .• t \,/ ••~ o 10,>, 1(p~ (10 _ ..o~ v: ~~ ~~~ 1P ~ q, J-.. -?, . ~ 'r'O' 0-4'~ f/ ..6 -;¢> Q 0 ~~f. 2. Declaration ofIntention '{9l. B #1-219 [1907-1929] 9'~ ~~ '~~ v~ % 3. Declaration of Intention #220-307 [1929-1954] I/":~ ~ ~;PCb 4. Petitions #1 [1930-1941] 0 ~ 5. Petitions [1942-1950] ?L. 7~ ~ ~ 6. Petitions for Citizenship [1950-1954] O'~9'~.... ~ ~~ 7. Petitions granted and denied orders [1929-1953] '3> o~ ~ ~ 0% 8. Naturalizations [1904-1906] 0 1l 9. Naturalizations [1903-1906] ~O'& ~ 10. Naturalizations Petition and Record Vol. #1 1-150 [1906-1924] 11. *Naturalizations Petition and Record Vol. #2 [1924-1929] * don't know what most of the index entries in this volume are referring to. Martha Sage thinks that they may be references to federal records. 1P c-; % • Box 1: Folders: . • Oaths of Allegiance [1941-1944] • Correspondence [1950-1955] • Naturalization papers [1886; 1903-1922] Box 2: Folders: • Naturalization papers [1873; 1906-1922] • (Empty) Naturalization jackets • Notices of Final Hearings for Naturalization [1921-1922] • Quarterly Abstract of Collections of Naturalization Fees [1913-1922] • Correspondence and Monthly reports from the Dept. of Commerce and Labor [1906; 1908; 1915-1921] Box 3: Folders: • Naturalization papers [1886-1921; 1943] Box 4: • Certificates of Naturalization [1907-1929] **SOME OF THESE RECORDS WERE LOST IN A FIRE 40 - 50 YEARS AGO. 9t- 9t.. » �• • Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 PRELIMINARY INVENTORY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aclmane, Charles Adams, James Adarnsson, Charles J .. Ahorn, Daniel Ainsworth, Harry Hume Ainsworth, Harry Hume Ainsworth, Harry Hume [1905] Akerson, Pal Albert, Wilhelm Albert, Wilhelm Alexander, Albert J. Allan, Gavin Allen, Thomas W. Alt, Nikolaus Altenbernd, Konrad Altenbernd, Wrn. Amberg, Carl C!. Ambold, Charles A. Arnbold, Edward Arnbold, Gustave Ambold, Robert A. Andersfon, Olof Anderson, A. Anderson, A. Anderson, Alex Hamilton Anderson, Alexander Anderson, Alfred Anderson, Anders G. Anderson, Anton Anderson, August Anderson, Benn H. Anderson, C.O. Anderson, Charles Anderson, Charles Anderson, Charles August Anderson, E.P. Anderson, Edwin Anderson, Frank Anderson, Gustaf Vol. 9: 54 Vol. 1: 218 Vol. 1:75 Vol. 1: 40 Vol. 1: 328 Vol. 9: 9 Box 1:23 Vol. 1: 96 Vol. 1: 203 Vol. 1: 209 Vol. 1: 258 Vol. 1: 84 Vol. 1: 63 Vol. 1: 283 Vol. 1: 29 Vol. 1: 27 Vol. 1: 45 Vol. 1: 108 Vol. 1: 107 Vol. 1: 144 Vol. 1: 198 Vol. 1: 34 Vol. 1: 23 Vol. 1: 25 Vol. 1: 140 Vol. 1: 43 Vol. 1: 312 Vol. 1: 68 Vol. 1: 290 Vol. 1: 70 Vol. 1: 70 Vol. 1: 93 Vol. 1: 22 Vol. 1: 176 Vol. 1: 39 Vol. 1: 25 Vol. 1: 267 Vol. 1: 11 Vol. 1: 16 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • ,. : . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 71 Vol. 1: 214 Vol. 1: 292 Vol. 10: 2 Box 3:14 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.4 Vol. 1: 73 Vol. 1: 26 Vol. 1: 224 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.l Vol. 10: 3 Box 3:10 Vol. 10: 46 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.29 Vol. 1:75 Vol. 1: 169 Vol. 1: 30 Vol. 9: 64 Vol. 1: 77 Vol. 10: 4 Box 3:9 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.2 Vol. 1: 58 Vol. 1: 5 Vol. 1: 236 Vol. 1: 148 Vol. 1: 106 Vol. 1 :199 Vol. 1: 87 Vol. 1: 7 Vol. 3: 269 Vol. 1: 309 Vol. 1: 68 Vol. 1: 272 Vol. 1: 294 Box 3:18 Vol. 1: 274 Vol. 9: 66 Box 1:21 Vol. 1: 53 Vol. 11: 27 Vol. 1: 84 Vol. 1: 53 Vol..t: 136 Anderson, Gustaf Anderson, Gustaf Anderson, Gustaf Anderson, Gustaf Anderson, Gustaf [1906] Anderson, Gustaf [1907] Anderson, Joel Anderson, John Anderson, John Anderson, John [1907] Anderson, John A. Anderson, John A. [1906] Anderson, John Conrad Anderson, John Courad [1919] Anderson, Lars Anderson, N. Anderson, Nels Anderson, Ole Anderson, Olof Anderson, Olof Anderson, Olof [1906] Anderson, Olof [1907] Anderson, Per Anderson, Peter Anderson, Pierre E. Anderson, Samuel Andersson, A. Andersson, Eric Andersson, Johan Andinwood, Henry Andre, Odette App, Andraas Appelgrin, Nils Gustaf Archer, William A. Arkle, Fred Arkle, Fred [1895] Arnold, T. Arnold, Theodore Asher, Henry H. [1909] Assman, Joseph Athanasopoulos, Vassilios Athos, Frederick Atkins, Enoch Atkins, George 2 �'~';'Jl i ,,::;;.:::..J~ Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 .... i , • .• - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Atkins, John Audre, Odette Antoinette Aufranc, Eugene Baccher, Peter Badly, Thos Baecker, Nicholas Baenninger, Ernst Heinz Baeza, Jose Epigmenio Dimas Miguel Bagelmann, Albert Bagelmann, Albert [1873] Bagen, Peter Bahas, Theodore Spiros Bahlan, Willhelm Bahos, Theodore Spiridon Ball, Fredric Herbert Ballard, Carrie C. Ballentyne, J.D. Ballmajer, Bernhard Bammert, Geo. A. Barben, Emil Barben, Fritz Barben, John Barben, Samuel Barker, Owen Barnes, Frances Barondjian, Virginia Baroudjian, Virginia Barrett, Fred Barschall, Henrich Herman Barschall, Henry Herman (Henrich Herman) Barteax, Arthus B. Barteldes, Friede Barteldes, G.W. Barteldes, Helene Marie Louise Johanne [191'4] Barteldes, Maria Louisa J.H. Barteldes, Maria Louisa Johanna Helene Barteldes, Marie Louise Johanne Helene Bartz, Fred R. Bartz, Fred R. Bartz; H. Basile, Kaltenbach Batelson, Nils Bateman, Joseph Batens, Bartel 3 Vol. 1: 137 Vol. 6: 298 Vol. 1: 102 Vol. 1: 112 Vol. 1: 156 Vol. 1: 302 Vol. 3:275 Vol. 5: 276 Vol. 1: 129 Box 2:17 Vol. 1: 27 Vol. 2: 156 Vol. 1: 79 Vol. 10: 149 Vol. 1: 137 Vol. 8: 6 Vol. 1: 239 Vol. 1: 154 Vol. 1: 177 Vol. 1: 284 Vol. 1: 282 Vol. 1: 319 Vol. 1: 319 Vol. 1: 145 Vol. 1: 81 Vol. 6: 279-293 Vol. 7: 54 Vol. 1: 297 Vol. 5: 242 Vol. 7: 26 Vol. 1: 177 Vol. 1: 162 Vol. 1: 141 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.23 Vol. 2: 16 Vol. 10: 31 Box 2:6 Vol. 1: 303 Vol. 9: 62 Vol. 1: 293 Vol. 1: 44 Vol. 1: 34 Vol. 1: 145 Vol. 1: 173 " - ,j ,; , ! �.....~~ Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ;:.:.. "e :< .. : ~.~~., :... .. .. • • • • • • • • • • • • ~:'. .. ~) ;f' ',' ~-:,. ~;,' '.~': .~: ~ .- . . -' ", ", ", "'. .:.' " ," • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bazner, Charles F. Beal, Thomas Bear, Abraham Bear, Abraham Bear, Abraham [1920] Bear, Joseph Beck, C.S. Beck, William Beck, William Becker, Christ Becker, Marie Becker, Marie Beil, Peter Beisel, Christian Belon, Albert Below, Fritz Below, Fritz Bemel, George Benander, August Benander, Chrest Benander, Christ Benander, John Benander, John Benander, Sven Bengman, Frangott L. Bengtsen, Pev Bengtsson, Ola Benjaminson, Lawrence Bennett, William Benson, August Benson, August [1908] Benson, Nels B. Benson, Peter Bentson, Engbret Beohammer, Anselm [1911] Berg, Mathew Bergman, Gustaf Bergmann, Martin Beroudjian, Virginia Bertschinger, William Betoret, Consuela Betoret, Eduardo Paris Betz, W. Frederick Beuson, John 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 150 Vol. 1: 147 Vol. 2: 50 Vol. 10: 52 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.31 Vol. 1: 101 Vol. 1: 204 Vol. 1: 20 Vol. 1: 200 Vol. 1: 232 Vol. 7: 29 Vol. 5: 235 Vol. 1: 147 Vol. 1: 319 Vol. 1: 178 Vol. 1: 207 Vol. 9: 42 Vol. 1: 303 Vol. 1: 89 Vol. 1: 313 Vol. 9: 61 Vol. 1: 300 Vol. 9: 25 Vol. 1: 59 Vol. 1: 136 Vol. 1: 45 Vol. 1: 43 Vol. 1: 123 Vol. 1: 212 Vol. 10: 16 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.ll Vol. 2: 133 Vol. 1: 44 Vol. 3: 259 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.17 Vol. 9: 2 Vol. 1: 9 Vol. 1:203 Vol. 6: 279 Vol. 1: 17 Vol. 3: 279 Vol. 3: 278 Vol. 1: 162 Vol. 1: 183 ---, 4 ':1 .! " " �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • /. " ~. • • • • • • • • • • ,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bick, Fred Bick, Karl F. Bieker, Henry Bigger, Henry J. Bigger, William Carson Bihlmaier, Jacob Biltz, Remy Binns, Erika Ann Maria Binns, Erika Anna Maria Bishop, Arthur Bissing, Justus Bjorkland, C.E. Bjorkland, Oscar Blachl, Joseph Blackbom, John Blair, Hugh Blake, Caver Blanchard, Phil Blochl, Johann Block, Carl Blocker, John Boehle, August Bock, Joseph Bockhaws, F. Boehle, August Boehle, August Henry Boehle, August Henry Boehle, August Henry Boehle, August Henry [1886; 1906] Boehle, August Henry [1921] Boener, Ben Boener, John Bernard Boerkicher, Carl Boerkircher, Carl [1905] Bofinger, Otto Bofinger, Otto Bogdanski, F. Boggerding, William Bolen, Daniel Bolin, Peter Bolin, Peter Bonnet, Henry Borg, John Boss, Eben Hugh 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 313 Vol. 1: 314 Vol. 1: 143 Vol. 1: 155 Vol. 1: 155 Vol. 1: 56 Vol. 1: 222 Vol. 7: 48 . Vol. 5: 278 VoL 1: 99 Vol. 1: 144 Vol. 1: 66 Vol. 1: 199 Vol. 1: 202 Vol. 1: 41 Vol. 1: 225 Vol. 1: 116 Vol. 1: 318 Vol. 1: 201 Vol. 1: 185 Vol. 1: 34 Vol. 10: 8 Vol. 1: 277 Vol. 1: 278 Vol. 1: 251 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.8 Vol. 2: 77 Vol. 10: 95 Box 3:8 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.1O Vol. 2: 208 Vol. 1: 327 Vol. 9: 7 Box 1:22 Vol. 1: 316 Vol. 9: 21 Vol. 1: 227 Vol. 1: 284 Vol. 1: 80 Vol. 1: 128 Vol. 9: 13 Vol. 1: 312 Vol. 1: 292 VoL7: 14 5 :J �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .'. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Boss, Eben Hugh Boss, Eben Hugh Boss, Eben Hugh Boswell, Frank E. Botella, Rafael Botello, Rafael (Delfinto Maciel Larios) Bottcher, Frederick Bowers, John E. Bowman, Albert B. Bowman, D.E. Bowman, Henry Bowman, Henry Bowman, Henry [1917] Brailsford, William D. Brandenburg, Ernest Klose Brandenburger, Petter Brang, John Brass, John Bravo, Aurora Motomal Bravo, Justo Baladjay Brennen, John Bretherton, Charles E. Breunings, Karl Bringtsson, Nils J. Brining, William Briukman, Charles Brockman, Friedrich Brohammer, Anselm Brohammer, Anslem [1910] Broker, Hermann Brook, Robert Thomas Brooks, William George Brown, Charles W. Brown, Frances Brown, Gottfried Brown, H.C. Brown, James Brown, James Brown, Jane Brown, John Brown, Joseph Brown, R.A. Brown, William Brown, William 6 2001-03-04 Vol. 5: ? Vol. 4: 208 Vol. 3: 236 Vol. 1: 135 Vol. 5: 257 Vol. 7: 31 Vol. 1: 315 Vol. 1: 36 Vol. 1: 89 Vol. 1: 133 Box 1:19 Vol. 10: 43 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.28 Vol. 1: 116 Vol. 2: 28 Vol. 1: 205 Vol. 1: 100 Vol. 1: 224 Vol. 3: 298 Vol. 3: 292 Vol. 1: 53 Vol. 1: 128 Vol. 1: 313 Vol. 1:67 Vol. 1: 277 Vol. 1: 109 Vol. 1: 217 Vol. 10: 23 Box 1:29 Vol. 1: 197 Vol. 1: 305 Vol. 2: 52 Vol. 1: 73 Vol. 9: 39 Vol. 1: 152 Vol. 1: 2 Vol. 9: 34 Vol. 9: 45 Vol. 1: 130 Vol. 1: 131 Vol. 1: 146 Vol. 1: 100 Vol. 1: 130 Vol. 9: 35 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ' .• :: . ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Browne, Francis Browne, James BruchmilIer, August Brutschin, Eugene Buckle, Fannie Alice Buckle, Fanny Alice Buckle, Robert Thomas Buckle, Robert Thomas Buckle, Thomas Buckle, Thomas Buffehr, G. John Burgle, John Anthony Burgle, Muriel Maria Frances Burgoon, Margarete Elfriede Burgoon, Margarete Elfriede Burzle, John Anthony Burzle, John Anthony (Anton) Burzle, Muriel Maria Frances Burzle, Muriel Maria Francisca Buse, Fred A. Busse, L.G. Bustafson, Carl Johon Butland, Harry W. Byrn, Lillian May Cameron, James M. Canten, William Cappio, Charles Cappis, Wilhelm Carlman, C.F. Carlsfon, Johan Carlson, AG. Carlson, AG. Carlson, Andrew Carlson, C. Carlson, C. Carlson, Carl A Carlson, John Carlson, John Emil Carlson, John Emil Carlson, John Emil [1921] Carlson, Nils Carlson, Rudolph Carlspon, Per Carlsson, Swen P. Vol. 1: 299 Vol. 1: 300 Vol. 1: 17 Vol. 2: 181 Vol. 3: 297 Vot 6: 295 Vol. 7: 30 Vol. 5: 253 Vol. 6: 296 Vol. 3: 296 Vol. 1: 114 Vol. 6: 286 Vol. 6: 287 Vol. 7: 48 Vol. 5: 277 Vol. 7: 51 Vol. 3: 274 Vol. 7: 51 Vol. 3: 273 Vol. 1: 103 Vol. 1: 158 Vol. 1: 230 Vol. 1: 291 Vol. 6: 297 Vol. 1: 102 Vol. 1: 82 Vol. 9: 4 Vol. 1: 299 Vol. 1: 2 Vol. 1: 49 Vol. 1: 250 Vol. 1: 268 Vol. 9: 37 Vol. 1: 94 Vol. 1: 274 Vol. 1: 252 Vol. 1: 327 Vol. 2: 135 Vol. 10: 56 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.35 Vol. 1: 70 Vol. 1: 298 Vol. 1: 45 Vol. 1: 8 7 ~. " 2001-03-04 i Ii . ..:~ , " :! .. ~ �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ',. :",,, ." 'r .' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2001-03-04 . Vol. 1: 92 Vol. 1: 92 Vol. 1: 87 Vol. 1: 56 Vol. 1: 38 Vol. 1: 324 Vol. 9: 12 Box 1:9 Vol. 7: 43 Vol. 5: 269 Vol. 6: 284 Vol. 1: 113 Vol. 7: 48 Vol. 5: 279 Vol. 7: 42 Vol. 5: 266 Vol. 3: 271A Vol. 7: 9 Vol. 4: 195 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.39 Vol. 1: 24 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.45 Vol. 1: 48 Vol. 1: 49 Vol. 10: 122 Vol. 2: 51 Vol. 1: 138 Vol. 1: 282 Vol. 1: 286 Vol. 1: 253 Vol. 1: 140 Vol. 1: 227 Vol. 1: 275 Vol. 1: 55 Vol. 10: 70 Vol. 2: 91 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.47 Vol. 5: 224 Vol. 4: 224 Vol. 7: 17 Vol. 1: 221 Vol. 2: 25 Vol. 2:14 Vol. 1: 104 Carroll, John M. Carter, Geroge Cartwright, William Castrove, Francis A Cederberg, Nils Chalkley, Thomas Henry Chalkley, Thomas Henry Chalkley, Thomas Henry [1905] Chandler, Madeleine Racoux Chandler, Madeleine Racoux Charles, Gloria J. Lucy Charrou, Henry Chernick, Anne Chernick, Anne Chernick, Jack Chernick, Jack Chernick, Jack Chiapusso, Jan Joseph Chiapusso, Jan Joseph Chrest, Andrew [1923] Christenson, Andrew Christiansen, Peter Wilhelm [1923] Christofersfon, Alof Christofersson, Emanuel Christopolous, Andreas Christopulos, Andrew Chrysler, E. Chusman, AA Chusman, E.G. Claas, Anton Clark, William Clarke, Frank C. Clarke, George Clarke, George Thomas Cohan, Morris Cohen, Morris Cohen, Morris [1921] Cohen, Sara Janet Cohen, Sara Janet Cohen, Sara Joseph Cole, T. Charles Collett, John Hall Collett, Joseph William Collett, Thomas James 8 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ;:, . ".C. . • .'. -'". '- ~. "'. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Connor, Michael Contrakon, Peter Perikle Contrakon, Peter Perikly [1921] Cook, John Francis CorkiIl, William Cote, Louis Herve Cote, Louis Herve Cote, Louis Herve Cotter, Paterich Coughlin, William Cousins, Wilbert Coutrakon, Peter Perikly Coutrakon, Steve J. Coutrokon, Peter Perikly [1922] Coyne, B. Craig, Barbara Mary St. George Cruse, Daniel da . Crutchfield, A. Crutchfield, William CurrIe, Gotthelf Curtis, Jeremiah Cutler, Mary Czaja, Franc Czaja, Joseph Czupor, Ferenc Czupor, Maria Da Cruz, Daniel Dahlene, Dan Dahlene, Daniel Erick Dahlene, Daniel Erick Dahlene, Daniel Erick Dahline, E. DahlIof, Nils E. Daline, D. Dalstrom, Eric Davenport, William Davis, David Davis, David Davis, Robert Davis, Thomas Dawes, Mary E. [1895] Dawson, Francis Murray De Francesco, Beatrice De Hek, Peter 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 1 Vol. 10: 101 Box 1:17 Vol. 1: 93 Vol. 1: 129 Vol. 7: 4 Vol. 4: 186 Vol. 2: 217 Vol. 1: 260 Vol. 1:211 Vol. 1: 317 Vol. 2: 117 Vol. 2: 36 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.22 Vol. 1: 273 Vol. 3: 270 Vol. 10: 44 Vol. 1: 130 Vol. 9: 33 Vol. 1: 298 Vol. 1: 141 Vol. 1: 259 Vol. 1: 208 Vol. 1: 206 Vol. 3: 300 Vol. 3: 299 Vol. 10: 44 Vol. 9: 52 Vol. 7: 30 Vol. 5: 254 Vol. 3: 262 Vol. 1: 280 Vol. 1: 36 Vol. 1: 211 Vol. 1: 59 Vol. 1: 248 Vol. 1: 294 Vol. 9: 48 Vol. 1: 171 Vol. 1: 61 Box 3:17 Vol. 2: 211 Vol. 6: 280 Vol. 1: 134 ., 9 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ;'. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ·• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 226 Vol. 1: 238 Vol. 1: 224 Vol. 2: 149 Vol. 10: 128 Box 1: 14 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.44 Vol. 1: 283 Vol. 1: 13 Vol. 10: 1 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.3 Box 1: 13 Vol. 1: 58 Vol. 3: 302 Vol. 1: 223 Vol. 1: 257 Vol. 1: 318 Vol. 1: 265 Vol. 1: 311 Vol. 1: 243 Vol. 10: 19 Box 1:27 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.I4 Vol. 1: 295 Vol. 1: 173 Vol. 1: 199 Vol. 7: 39 Vol. 5: 258 Vol. 1: 221 Vol. 1: 23 Box 2:18 Vol. 11: 15 Box 1:18 Vol. 1: 321 Vol. 1: 256 Vol. 1: 141 Vol. 1: 143 Vol. 5: 272 Vol. 10: 64 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pgAO Box 1:5 Vol. 10: 63 Vol. 2: 40 Vol. 2: 39 Deckwa, William Deenick, Steven Deenstag, Denno Deibel, Maria Deibel, Marie Deibel, Marie [1911] Deibel, Marie [1923] Deikmann, August Delahunty, Patrick Delahunty, Rhody Delahunty, Rhody [1907] Delahunty, Rodney [1906] Delehanty, Rhody Delforge, Helen Jeanne Marie Dempster, James Dengler, W. DeWitt, C.A. Dickwa, Theodor Dietz, Auguste Disque, Heinrich Disque, Heinrich Disque, Henrich [1909] Disque, Henrich [1909] Disque, Michael Dneves, Herman Doerflinger, Frank Doering, John Frederick Doering, John Frederick Dolisi, Nicklaus Dollinger, Charles Douvas, Nicholas [1922] Douvas, Nickolaos Drath, Bernard Christ [1917; 1920] Dravis, Henry Dreher, Peter Dreiling, Anton Dreiling, Nicholas Dresden, Max Ducommon, Marco Julius Ducommon, Mark Julius [1921] DuCommon, Mark Julius[1913] Ducommon, Paul Ducommun, Mark Julius Ducommun, Paul 10 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ducommun, Paul [1921] Dudley, Christopher Dulanty, John Dunkley, Francis Dunkley, Francis Henry Dunkley, Henry Dunkley, John Thomas Dunkley , John Thomas Dunkley, John Thomas [1928] Dunphrey, John Dunsen, Carl Dunsen, L. Durraut, Francis Dutz, August Eberhart, Christian Eberhartt, Christian Eberle, Abram Eberwein, Fred G. Eberwein, Frederick G. Eberwein, Frederick Gotthilf Eberwein, Hulda A. Eberwein, Hulda Alma Eberwein, Hulda Alma Eckenroed, Andree Marguerite Ecker, Louis [1906] Eckert, Gattlieb Eder, Burga Eder, Louis Eder, Louis Eder, Louis [1921] Edholm, Carl Eggington, Mary Angela Eggington, Thelma Mary Eisele, Jacob Eisele, Melchior Ekdull, J .M. Ekelund, P. Ekland, August Ekman, Oloff Ekstrom, C.M. EI Driny, Mohamed Hamed El Driny, Mohamed Hamed Elder, William Elen, Henry 2001-03-04 Box 2:15 Vol. 1: 90 Vol. 1:11 Vol. 1: 247 Vol. 2: 182 Vol. 1: 246 Vol. 2: 172 Vol. 11: 26 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.23 Vol. 1: 53 Vol. 1: 303 Vol. 1: 270 Vol. 1: 113 Vol. 9: 29 Vol. 1: 222 Vol. 2: 204 Vol. 1:1 Vol. 3: 258 Vol. 5: 249 Vol. 7: 29 Vol. 3: 256 Vol. 7: 29 Vol. 5: 250 Vol. 5: 271 Box 1:31 Vol. 1: 256 Vol. 1: 310 Vol. 2: 2 Vol. 10: 10 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.2 Vol. 1: 87 Vol. 6: 299 Vol. 6: 300 Vol. 1: 194 Vol. 1: 187 Vol. 1: 26 Vol. 1:219 Vol. 1: 133 Vol. 1: 161 Vol. 1: 97 Vol. 2: 178 Vol. 2: 178 Vol. 1: 240 Vol. 1: 181 11 I -i I ; ; �.~ . '>~'l Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records , 2001-03-04 1 1 1 i • • , .. .. :" -,"" ,j • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Elias, Helen (Helen Gregory Eliasheviah) Eliashevich, Helen Gregory (Elias, Helen) Ellison, Joseph Ellison, Ole Eltzholtz, Carl Emmett, Albert S. Emmett, Henry E. Enclacott, John Endacott, Frank C. Endacott, William A. Endacott, William A. Endicott, Frank Endres, George Endres, George F. Engelbert, Gudert [1943] 'Engman, J. Engstrom, Frank Engstrom, John Eno, Frank J. Eno, Frank John Eno, Frank John [1918] Eno, John Eno, John Eno, Minnie Belle Eno, Minnie Belle [1924] Enostrom, Nicolaus Ericksen, Conrad Johannes Erickson, Axel Erickson, c.F. Erickson, E. Erickson, Erick Erickson, Henry Erickson, Julius Ericson, Eric Ericsson, Knut Erikson, Erick Erikson, Peder Erlanson, Swan Ernst, Joseph Ersson, Eric Ester, Lawrence Estrada, Emma Estrada, Emma Euksson, A. 12 'f, \. c' '; Vol. 7: 10 Vol. 4: 200 Vol. 1: 102 Vol. 1: 243 Vol. 1: 320 Vol. 1: 329 Vol. 1: 325 Vol. 1: 256 Vol. 1: 218 Vol. 1: 302 Vol. 9: 44 Vol. 9: 32 Vol. 1: 52 Vol. 1: 51 Box 3:20 Vol. 1: 25 Vol. 1: 104 Vol. 1: 17 Vol. 2: 103 Vol. 10: 111 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.35 Vol. 2: 102 Vol. 1: 182 Vol. 11: 1 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.2 Vol. 1: 71 Vol. 1: 223 Vol. 1: 35 Vol. 1: 125 Vol. 1: 279 Vol. 2: 147 Vol. 1: 219 Vol. 1: 138 Vol. 1: 75 Vol. 1: 13 Vol. 1: 321 Vol. 1: 212 Vol. 1: 38 Vol. 2: 37 Vol. 1: 75 Vol. 1: 52 Vol. 7: 42 Vol. 5: 265 Vol. 1: 5 I �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ," ~,' .," ''-:.'. ..,:... ., ..... -... . • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Evans, David Evans, George Morton Eyres, Philip Henry Huish FagreII, Gustaf Falkenburg, K. Fangural, Charles Farner, Gottlieb Feldmer, John Ficho, Nicholas George [1919] Fillmore, H.S. Finch, George Fischer, Anna Fischer, Anna Fischer, Anna [1923] Fischer, Carl Fischer, Frederick Fischer, Joseph Fitor, Musl Flores, Flora Fogarty, Thomas Fordhaw, Charles Forsberg, Lars August Forster, Aug Foster, Henry Carl Foster, Henry Carl [1911] Fotopu!os, Athanasios Vlasios Foundation, P. Fox, John Foyle, Geroge Fralick, Arnold Fralick, Arnold Fralick, Arnold Franc, Albin Francz, Zygmont Francz, Zygmont (Zygmont Franczkeski) Frank, Joseph Franke, Adolph Frankland, Benjamin Frauenfelder, Gottleib Frawley, Thomas Frederickson, John Fredrickson, Christian Freedman, Thomas Samuel Freft, William [1923] 13 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 290 Vol. 2: 42 Vol. 2: 218 Vol. 1: 14 Vol. 1: 55 Vol. 1: 47 Vol. 1: 244 Vol. 1: 198 Box 3:11 Vol. 1: 266 Vol. 1: 281 Vol. 2: 157 Vol. 10: 131 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.47 Vol. 1: 154 Vol. 1: 90 Vol. 1: 185 Vol. 1: 4 Vol. 3: 276 Vol. 1: 110. Vol. 1: 134 Vol. 1: 88 Vol. 1: 232 Vol. 2: 30 Box 2:12 Vol. 4: 192 Vol. 1: 54 Vol. 1:214 Vol. 1: 106 Vol. 7: 11 Vol. 4: 201 Vol. 3: 233 Vol. 3: 263 Vol. 5: 260 Vol. 7: 36 Vol. 1: 201 Vol. 1: 239 Vol. 1: 86 Vol. 1: 256 Vol. 1: 144 Vol. 1: 220 Vol. 1: 19 Vol. 3: 254 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.34 �:Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • . Frei, Henry :. Freienmuth, William • Frick, John I • Friedman, Aaron Friedman, Aaron [1914] • Friedman, Aaron [1916] Fritzel, H. • Frolin, Paer August • Fuegner, Miloslav Anthony • Fulton, Thomas (Alhanasios Ulasios Fotopulos) • Funk, George • Gabriel, Gattlieb Herman [1911] • Gabriel, Gottleib Herman • Gabriel, Peter • Gabriellson, John • Gaffel, Anton Gainey, Jeremiah ~ • Gaisbare, Leabold Galitzky, Sam Wolfa • Galitzky, Sam Wolfa [1921] Gand, Joseph 4! Gandion, Jules • Gantz, Eugene • Gantz, Jacob • Gantz, John Galtfred • Gantz, Mathias • Garcia, Angel Garcia, Miguel • Garcia, Miguel • Gardner, Minnie • Garvens, Otto K.W.T. • Gauck, August Geiler, Bruno E. Geist, William George, Casper • Gephart, Fred Valentine . ! Gephart, Fred Valentine • Gerhard, Anton • Gerhard, Fred • , Gerhard, Henry • ' Gerlach, Henry • ! German, George Von • 'I Gerstenberger, Ernest w. [1921] • ,Gerstenberger, Ernst W. , ,. '. , ' ::. :,~;; . ~ .-', , , • • ., .'.' · . 14 2001-03-04 Box 3:16 Vol. 1: 174 Vol. 1: 228 Vol. 10: 34 & 39 Box 3:21 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.27 Vol. 1: 277 Vol. 1: 37 Vol. 3: 277 Vol. 7: 6 Vol. 1: 129 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.19 Vol. 10: 25 Vol. 1: 213 Vol. 1: 22 Vol. 1: 229 Vol. 1: 32 Vol. 1: 234 Vol. 10: 67 Box 2:11 Vol. 1: 228 Vol. 1: 27 Vol. 1:237 Vol. 1: 244 Vol. 1: 331 Vol. 1: 236 Vol. 3: 251 Vol 7.: 46 Vol. 5: 276 Vol. 1: 259 Vol. 3: 225 Vol. 1: 207 Vol. 2: 99 Vol. 1: 141 Vol. 1: 210 Vol. 7: 28 Vol. 5: 247 Vol. 1: 326 Vol. 1: 330 Vol. 1: 300 Vol. 1:289 Vol. 1: 71 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.6 Vol. 2: 108 - .. : 1 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ",. .' - :.,:.'' :'- . . :{e '<.:': • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Gerstenberger, Frederick W. [1921] Gerstenberger, Fredrich W. Gersteuberger, Ernest W. Gersteuberger, Fredrick W. Giertz, A. Giff, John Gordon Gilbert, Carl Gustaf Gilbert, George Gilder, Frank Gilder, Hadley Gilder, Hedley Gillberg, Aug. Gillberg, Erland S. Gillespie, Francis Gillespie, Patrick Gilley, George Gisel, Gotthold Glotzbach, Carolina Gola Glotzback, Carolina Godenschwager, Fred Godley, Richard Golitzky, Sam Wolfa [1921] Gowier, M.P. Gowman, John Grandmann, William Green, Edward Greenwood, Joseph Arthur Greenwood, Joseph Arthur Greig, Alex Greig, Jas Greiner, John Griesa, August Heinrich Carl Groff, Samuel Groom, William Gross, Joseph Gruber, Johannes Gudert, Rudolf Gudert, Walter Englebert Gudert, Walter Englebert Gudmundson, E. Guest, Tom Edward Gufler, Martin Gugin, Irene Priscilla Gullstrom, F. 2001-03-04 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.5 Vol. 2: 95 Vol. 10: 79 Vol. 10: 78 Vol. 1: 235 Vol. 2: 56 Vol. 1: 194 Vol. 9: 56 Vol. 1: 308 Vol. 9: 60 Vol. 1: 316 Vol. 1: 301 Vol. 1: 29 Vol. 1:274 Vol. 1: 254 Vol. 1: 46 Vol. 1: 241 Vol. 7: 42 Vol. 5: 264 Vol. 1: 230 Vol. 1: 85 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.43 Vol. 1: 109 Vol. 1: (see H.) Vol. 1: 8 Vol. 1: 264 . Vol. 7: 10 Vol. 3: 230 Vol. 1: 220 Vol. 1: 218 Vol. 1: 119 Vol. 2: 41 Vol. 1: 87 Vol. 1: 120 Vol. 1: 153 Vol. 1: 238 Vol. 3: 241 Vol. 7: 11 Vol. 3: 234 Vol. 1: 280 Vol. 1: 175 Vol. 1: 171 Vol. 3: 266 Vol. 1: 21 15 �" 'Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ~ .• ,. '•. , • • • • • • • • • • • • • ::. .. • • •, • • • •., I • .'• '. . , .,• ' .. .1 .,• .' • • •. .' • • • • • , ; : 'I Gumtert, Emil Ernest [1922] Guntert, Emil Ernest Guntert, Emil Ernest Guntert, Robert Guntert, Robert Guntert, Robert Guntert, Robert Guntert, Robert [1913] Guntert, Robert [1914] Guntert, Robert Jr. Gunthen, August Gustafson, Alfred Gustafson, Gustaf A. Gustafson, John William Gustafsson, F.J. Gutert, Robert Gutierrez, Sautiago Gutzmuthl, Geroge Haas, Frederick Haas, Frederick [1923] Haas, Fredrick Haas, Wilhelmina Haas, Wilhelmina Haas, Wilhelmina [1921] Hackbarth, August Hacker, Charles Hackfaith, August Hade, Stephen [1906] Hadl, Abis Hadl, Alois [1906] Hadl, Alois [1907] Hadl, George Hadl, Joseph Hadl, Joseph [1906] Hadl, Joseph [1907] . Hadl, Stephen Hadl, Stephen Hadl, Stephen Hagemann, Henry Hagen, John William Hagen, John William Haglum, J.A. Haglund, J.B. Haglund, Mary I 16 2001-03-04 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.27 Vol. 2: 26 Vol. 10: 108 Vol. 5: 215 Vol. 2: 17 Vol. 2: 202 Vol. 10: 32 Box 2:10 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.24 Vol. 2: 118 Vol. 1: 310 Vol. 1: 270 Vol. 1: 327 Vol. 1: 270 Vol. 1: 168 Vol. 7: 15 Vol. 2: 54 Vol. 1: 154 Vol. 2: 119 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.33 Vol. 10: 123 Vol. 2: 127 Vol. 10: 80 Box 2:5 Vol. 1: 231 Vol. 1: 180 Vol. 9: 59 Box 3:6 Vol. 10: 11 Box 3:22 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.6 Vol. 1: 66 Vol. 10: 12 Box 3: 13 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.7 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.9 Vol. 2: 114 Vol. 10: 9 Vol. 2: 35 Vol. 7: 30 Vol. 5: 251 Vol. 1: 127 Vol. 1: 57 Vol. 1:331 , �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • \:',' •••• ~~" . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hahn, Christian Hahn, Gotthelf Hahn, Gottlieb Haines, G.W. Halbeck, Susie Ellen Halberg, Carl Hall, E.F. Hall, Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall, Samuel Hallin, Efraim Halsing, Andrew Halsted, Sophie Halt, Emily Hamberger, Gotthold Hammer, Christian Gotthelf Hammer, Christian Gotthelf Hammer, Christian Gotthelf [1921] Hammer, John G. Hammer, Rudolph F .. Hammer, Rudolph Fredrich [1921] Hammer, Rudolph Friedrich Hammer, Rudolph Friedrich Hammesberg, John P. Hangartner, Rudolph Hansen, Hans Jepsin Hansen, Henry John Hansen, Ole Hansen, Peter Ludwig Hansinger, Christian Henry [1922] Hansjon, Eric Harris, D.R. Harris, James T. Harris, William Harris, William A. Hartmann, August Hartnett, Charlotte Hartnett, Charlotte Harvey, Mary Margaret Harvey, Mary Margaret Harwood, Ambros Hase, Carl F. Hase, Herman Haslaw, John 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 200 Vol. 1: 192 Vol. 1: 191 Vol. 1: 55 Vol. 5: 220A Vol. 1: 76 Vol. 1: 311 Vol. 7: 18 Vol. 5: 220 Vol. 4: 220 Vol. 1: 39 Vol. 1: 18 Vol. 1: 259 Vol. 2: 138 Vol. 9: 10 Vol. 2: 48 Vol. 10: 49 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.39 Vol. 1: 172 Vol. 1: 172 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.38 Vol. 2: 49 Vol. 10: 48 Vol. 1: 31 Vol. 1: 112 Vol. 1: 245 Vol. 1: 254 Vol. 1: 96 Vol. 3: 248 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.42 Vol. 1: 35 Vol. 1: 131 Vol. 1: 140 Vol. 1: 158 Vol. 1: 92 Vol. 1: 210 Vol. 7: 46 Vol. 5: 270 Vol. 7: 35 & 40 Vol. 5: 243 Vol. 1: 84 Vol. 1: 305 Vol. 1: 20 Vol. 1: 108 17 �)ndex to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .• Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.14 Vol. 1: 261 Box 1:30 Vol. 1: 161 Vol. 1: 110 Vol. 1: 125 Vol. 1: 140 Vol. 9: 55 Vol. 1: 314 Vol. 9: 50 Vol. 1: 285 ' Vol. 9: 49 Vol. 1: 322 Vol. 1: 88 Vol. 1: 136 Vol. 1: 313 Vol. 2: 196 Vol. 2: 195 Vol. 1: 287 Vol. 1: 239 Vol. 10: 120 Vol. 1: 121 Vol. 1: 280 Vol. 1: 5 Vol. 2: 87 Vol. 1: 92 Vol. 1: 145 Vol. 1: 54 Vol. 1: 156 Vol. 1: 143 Vol. 3: 280 Vol. 1: 231 Vol. 10: 18 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.15 Vol. 9: 15 Vol. 1: 305 Vol. 10: 35 Box 2:14 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.25 Vol. 2: 73 Vol. 7: 27 Vol. 5: 248 Vol. 6: 301 Vol. 7: 15 Hass, Wilhelmina [1921] Hatsch, Vincenz Hawberger, Gotthold [1905] • Hay, William • Hayman, W. F. • Heath, George •, Heathman, Solon • Heck,E.G. • Heck, Fred • Heck, Fred • Heck, George Heck, George • Hedel, Joseph • Hedin, John • Hedin, Nelson • Hees, Karle , Heide, Herman Alfred • Heide, Mary • Heinsen, Bearre • Heinze, Herrman • Helevig, Albert Adam • Hellstrom, Max Helman, E. Helman, Olof , • Helwig, Albert A. • Hemphill, James Henne, Gustan .: Henny, Albert Henon, Victor • Herman, Peter • Herstein, Israel Nathan • Hess, Carl .! Hess, Carl Henry , • Hess, Carl Henry [1909] Hess, Charles • : Hess, Jacob • I Hess, William Frederick • ! Hess, William Frederick [1914] • : Hess, William Frederick [1915] • , Heuff, William • ! Hewlett, Muriel Barron • , Hewlett, Muriel Barron • i Heyn, Robert Ernest • ' Hidalgo, Jose, Jr. , '. • • ·:e ,', :'.:. .. .. ~: .. " .... .~.. ,.' :' ... .:'" :."', ., .' .: .' .' -: ,', " : • \;.' , .... 2001-03-04 18 ."" II II I , 1 ) I �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hidalgo, Jose, Jr. Hidalgo, Jose, Jr. Hideman, Carl Hider, J.L. Hidman, Lars Hilfert, Otto Hill, Augustus Hilz, Gerfasins Hilz, Mathias Hjort, Andreas M. Hjout, John M. Hock, August Hock, August Hock, August Hock, August Hodl, Alois Hodl, Stephen Hoegglin, William Hofe, Charles Hoffman, Rodolphe Oscar Hofmen, Michael Hohner, A. Holbeck, Carl (Johannes Karl) Holbeck, Carl Peter (Johannes Karl) Holbeck, Susan Ellen Hollingberg, Geroge Hollingberg, Henry G. Hollingberg, John J. Hollingberg, William Holm, Carl Holm, Per Holm, Peter Holmuller, Xavier Holske, Lucie Holske, Lucie Homeyer, Fred Homeyer, Fred William Honey, Concepcion Armas de Honey, Jaime Alberto Bouquet Hopfinger, Karl Horner, Henry Houghton, Thomas House, Jacob Howson, John Vol. 5: 216 Vol. 4: 216 Vol. 1: 330 Vol. 1: 293 Vol. 1: 9 Vol. 1: 64 Vol. 2: 206 Vol. 1: 195 Vol. 1: 193 Vol. 1: 13 Vol. 1: 35 Vol. 7: 12 Vol. 4: 198 Vol. 3: 232 Vol. 1: 246 Vol. 1: 118 Vol. 1:118 Vol. 1: 297 Vol. 1: 132 Vol. 2: 46 Vol. 1: 135 Vol. 1: 184 Vol. 5: 238 Vol. 7: 24 Vol. 4: 220A Vol. 1: 131 Vol. 1: 182 Vol. 1: 187 Vol. 1: 132. Vol. 1: 67 Vol. 1: 67 Vol. 1: 222 Vol. 1: 190 Vol. 7: 14 Vol. 4: 212 Vol. 5: 230 Vol. 7: 21 Vol. 3: 268 Vol. 3: 267 Vol. 1: 202 Vol. 1: 99 Vol. 1: 122 Vol. 9: 24 Vol. 1: 99 19 2001-03-04 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • Hubner, Reinholt Huerta, Rafael Huff, William • Huff, William [1913] • Huff, William [1921] • Huirziker, Robert Hult, Anders • Hult, August • Hult, Carl B. Humbert, Emile • Hunsinger, C.H. Hunsinger, George W. Hunsinger, Philip • Huntzinger, Adam HUITsinger, C.H. ~ • Hurwitz, Fannie •I Hurwitz, Fannie • Hurwitz, Fannie • Hurwitz, Marguerita • Hutson, Henry Ingwerson, Claus ~ • Isermann, Stephan • Ivanoff, Albert Mancloff • Ivanoff, Albert Manoloff Ivanoff, Albert M~moloff Jack, Andrew • Jaedicke, F.W. • J afson, Bantal • Jahn, Julius Jahn, Julius .: J ahnel, Henry .1 James, Herma • i James, Herma Janes, James .: Jangwinth, Louis 1 Jansen, Carl Janson, Carl Frederick Janson, J. Janson, Sven •I • : Jansson, Anders • : Jantzer, T.J. • : Jaroslawsky, Moses • : Jaslow, Max B. [1924] • ' Jefsen, Kristian ''.. Vol. 1:211 Vol. 3:'246 Vol. 10: 28 & 58 Box 2:4 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.37 Vol. 1: 114 Vol. 1: 37 Vol. 1: 134 Vol. 1: 38 Vol. 1: 159 Vol. 2: 96 Vol. 2: 113 Vol. 1: 139 Vol. 1: 276 Vol. 10: 77 Vol. 7: 18 Vol. 5: 218 Vol. 4: 218 Vol. 2: 216 Vol. 1: 122 Vol. 1: 249 Vol. 1: 196 Vol. 4: 217 Vol. 7: 16 Vol. 5: 217 Vol. 1: 42 Vol. 1: 215 Vol. 1: 78 Vol. 1: 161 Vol. 1: 161 Vol. 1: 325 Vol. 7: 47 Vol. 5: 273 Vol. 1: 255 Vol. 1: 56 Vol. 1: 61 Vol. 1: 83 Vol. 1: 24 Vol. 1: 72 Vol. 1: 91 Vol. 1: 279 Vol. 10: 147 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.1O Vol. 1: 104 I• '. ,. •'. I 'e \;::: . .: ' .... ! ., ., I .' .' .' I .' .~ I::::~. '- ' .~ . ).,-:' . .' 2001-03-04 20 �"",;~ Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 ,'1 , 1 " 1 i • -;"', ..:" . .'::: ' ',",' ;. ":"\:.: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jehle, John Jennerich, Otto, Jensen, Finn Bjorn Jensen, Finn Bjorn Jensen, 'Marius Jensen, Marius Jensen, Niels Jenson, Jan C. Jenson, Lorits Jenson, Neils Jespersen, Julius [1905] Jesperson, Julius Jesperson, Julius Jewler, (Chrissi) Christina Jewler, Chrissi Jewler,Christina (Chrissi) Jewler, Thomas Mike Jewler, Thomas Mike (Thomas Mike Kujiumzis) Jilsfon, Jons Johanning, Elsabe Margaretha Johanning, Elsabe Margaretha Johanning, Isabe Margaret Johanson, F.G. Johanson, J.W. Johanson, John Johanson,John Johanson, Petter Johle, John John, Henry John, Thomas Johns,John Johnsfon, Lars Johan Johnson, Andreas Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Anton Reinhold Johnson, Carl Arvid Johnson, Charles Johnson, Charles Johnson, Emil C. Johnson, F. Morell Johnson, Gustaf Johnson, Gustaf Johnson, Gustaf Johnson, Henry . 21 Vol. 1: 283 Vol. I: 216 Vol. 7: 12 Vol. 4: 205 Vol. 7: 20 & 21 Vol. 4: 227 Vol. I: 65 Vol. 9: 63 Vol. 1: 94 Vol. 1: 60 Box 1:16 Vol. 1: 258 Vol. 9: 8 Vol. 7: 19 Vol. 5: 225 Vol. 4: 225 Vol. 4: 182 Vol. 7: 7 Vol. 1: 49 Vol. 7: 3 Vol. 4: 181 Vol. 2: 184 Vol. 1: 169 Vol. 1: 127 Vol. 1: 52 Vol. I: 149 Vol. 1: 148 Vol. 10: 26 Vol. 1: 98 Vol. 1: 98 Vol. I: 132 Vol. 1: 35 VoL 1: 28 Vol. 1: 126 Vol. 1: 297 Vol. 1: 297 Vol. 1:' 124 Vol. 1: 179 Vol. 1: 323 " Vol. 1: 156 Vol. 1: 42 Vol. 1: 83 Vol. 1: 234 Vol. 1: 292 ,i : ,, i �...••'1 ;'1 ., j Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • < ... "~ •• ' '.': ., . . :. Johnson, J. :. Johnson, John • Johnson,John Johnson, Lars ,• • Johnson, Martin • Johnson, O. • Johnson, Peter • Johnson, S.W. • Johnson, Swan • Johnson, Walter • Johnsson,Johanes • Johnsson, John 41 Johnsson, P.O. • Johnsson, Thobias • Johnstone, Ross David • Johnstone, Ross David ~ Jones, Frank •, Jones, George • Jones, Griffith • J ones, Hugh J. • Jones, J.M. • Jones, Jesse • Jones, Samuel • Jones, William .' Jonsfon, Johan .' Jonson,S. • Jonsson, Johan Petter .' Jonsson, Nils • Jordan, Herbert Edwin • Jordan, Herbert Edwin .' Jordan, Herbert Edwin • Jordan, Herbert Edwin [1922] .: Jorgensen, Andrew • Jueck, Earnest • Juliason, Carlly • ' Kaemmerer, Herman • Kahler, Gustav • I' Kahn, Julius • : Kahn, Julius • Kahn, Julius • I Kahn, Julius Kahn, Julius [1886; 1907] • i Kahn, Julius [1925] • : Kahn, Juiuis [1907] Vol. 1: 68 Vol. 1:2 Vol. 1:285 Vol. 1: 126 Vol. 1: 1 Vol. 1: 74 Vol. 1: 38 Vol. 1:73 Vol. 1:212 Vol. 1: 271 Vol. 1: 62 Vol. 1: 44 Vol. 1:25 Vol. 1: 51 Vol. 7: 36 Vol. 5: 261 Vol. 1: 291 Vol. I: 241 Vol. 1: 81 Vol. 1: 101 Vol. 1: 198 Vol. 1: 199 Vol. 1: 110 Vol. 1: 247 Vol. 1: 39 Vol. 1: 111 Vol. 1: 89 Vol. 1: 16 Box 1:26 Vol. 2: 131 Vol. 10: 91 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.26 Vol. 1: 321 Vol. 1: 231 Vol. 1: 69 Vol. 1: 206 Vol. 1: 323 Vol. 2: 159 Vol. 1: 255 Vol. 11: 10 Vol. 10: 5 & 15 Box 1:4 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.9 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.5 I. • 2001-03-04 I: ! 22 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • '" • -." :,.\. ' 2001-03-04 • Kaiser, Charles A. Vol. 10: 71 • Kaiser, Charles D. Vol. 2: 71 • Kaiser, Charlie David Vol. 11: 16 Vol. 1: 214 • Kaiser, Gottlob • KaIisch, Gerhard Karl (Karl Ludwig & Gerhard KaIisch) Vol. 7: 29 Vol. 5: 245 • KaIisch, Karl Ludwig Gerhard Vol. 1: 262 • Kalkbrenner, W. Vol. 2: 82 • Kainpschroder, August H. Vol. 10: 89 • Kampschroder, August H. Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.16 • Kampschroder, August H. [1922] Vol. 2: 81 • Kampschroder, Charles F. Vol. 10: 88 • Kampschroder, Charles F. Vol. 2: 116 • Kampschroder, Ernest F. Vol. 10: 81 • Kampschroder, Ernest F. Vol. 1: 307 • Kampschroder, Fred Vol. 2: 115 • Kampschroder, Frederick H. Vol. 10: 87 • Kampschroder, Fredrick H. Vol. 1: 296 • Kampschroder, Henry Vol. 1: 307 • Kampschroder, Henry Vol. 2: 85 • Kampschroder, William H. Vol. 10: 86 • . Kampschroder, William H. Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.17 • Kampschroder, William H. [1922] Vol. 7: 15 • Kampschroeder, Ernest F. Vol. 5: 214 • Kampschroeder, Ernest F. Vol. 4: 214 • Kampschroeder, Ernest F. Vol. 3: 239 • Kampschroeder, Ernest F. Vol. 1: 30 • Kane, Thomas Vol. 2: 110 • Kannenberg, Carl Vol. 2: 215 • Kannenberg, Johannes Vol. 3: 243 • Kannenberg, Martha Vol. 1: 286 • Kanninbierg, August Vol. 1: 46 • Karfoe, Pehr J ohan Vol. 1: 146 • Karlin, Fredrick Vol. 1: 146 • Kamer, F. Vol. 2: 136 • Kasberger, Mikel Vol. 10: 76 • Kasberger, Mikel Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.18 • Kasberger, Mikel [1922] Vol. 1: 180 • Kasold, Paul Vol. 1: 190 • Kasper, Florian Vol. 1: 210 • Kasper, George Vol. 2: 212 • Kast, Matthaeus Vol. 1: 253 • Kather, August Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg. 13 • Kawpschroder, Charles F. [1921] Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.12 • Kawpschroder, Frederick H. [1921] 23 j J 1 1 l i' ; �:Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • Vol. 8: 2 Vol. 1: 91 Vol. 1: 244 Vol. 1: 23 Vol. 1: 15 Vol. 9: 17 Vol. 10: 132 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.2 Vol. 2: 154 Vol. 1: 331 Vol. 1: 117 Vol. 1: 117 Vol. 1: 117 Vol. 1: 160 Vol. 1: 187 Vol. 1: 171 Vol. 1: 114 Vol. 1: 295 Vol. 1: 294 Vol. 1: 295 Vol. 1: 327 Vol. 1: 55 Vol. 1: 85 Vol. 3: 293 Vol. 3: 289 Vol. 2: 101 Vol. 1: 240 Vol. 10: 103 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.25 Vol. 1: 253 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.28 Vol. 10: 102 Vol. 2: 97 Vol. 2: 105 Vol. 1: 162 Vol. 1: 28 Vol. 3: 290 Vol. 3: 286 Vol. 1: 181 Vol. 1: 43 Vol. 1: 203 Vol. 1: 282 Vol. 2: 45 Vol. 10: 50 Kay, George Frederick Keating, Cornelius • Kecser, Henry • Kee, Andrew • Keeff, James • Keiser, Henry •• Keiser, Henry William Keiser, Henry William [1923] • Keiser, William Henry • Keith, Charles Kellerman, Frank • Kellerman, Powell • Kellerman, Souis • Kelsall, Samuel • Kelsall, Samuel !t Kersting, Henry • Kerston, Fredrick William • Ketels, Carl Ketels, Hugo Ketels, Julius B.K. ! • Kill, Peter • Killip, James • Kinzler, Jacob • Kiosow, Elena Ii Kiosow, Iwan • Klaas, Bernard • Klaas, Bernard • Klaas, Bernard Klaas, Bernard [1923] I • Klaas, Heinrich •: Klaas, Heinrich [1922] •I Klaas, Henrich Klaas, Henry Klaas, Hnry Anton • , Klaas, Johann Klann, Fredrick • Klein, Elja Klein, Kurt I Klenian, John Klindt, John • Klinger, Mathias • Klusmeyer, Henry • ' Klyne, Sylvester Samuel • : Klyne, Sylvester Samuel '. ,. ,. I . • I ;". v', . ,~'.:, ," ," /'" n," •• ., .,., • ':',::' .;~" :}',.-;;, ~. ~ ; ~:' .'.: ., .' ' 24 ;: '.', " "::,' ' , .~:": 2001-03-04 1 ,j J I 1 . �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 "'1.~7.~. "'1 'I • ",' " ",.: ." . • . ,.'-.: .;.:,":- / ~:, ~. . ~~~:< ,'" ~~~t·-\:·· . r".,:..... :.~:> :--: ;;>:~ ~. " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Klyne, Sylvester Samuel [1914] Klyne, Sylvester Samuel [1920] Knack, F. Knaesche, Hermann Julius Knake, Henry Knapp, Nathan Kniger, Conrad Kniger, Emil Knoeppl, David Knop, Albert Knudsen, Knud Knudson, C.H. Knudson, Knud H. Knutsen, Anders Knutsen, Lars A. Koch, John Koch, John Koch, Max Koehler, Paul Koehler, Paul Koehler, Paul [1921] Koelbing, Frederick Louis Koelbing, Frederick Louis [1909] Koelbing, Frederick Louis [1909] Koelbring, Fredrick Louis Koernen, John August Koerner, Earnest Koerner, Henry Kohlik, Jiri Kohlik, K veta Kons, Peter Konysky, Eugene Petrovich Korb, John Kramer, Frederick Krause, Bruno (Joseph Bruno Laqua) Krause, Bruns (Joseph Bruno Laqua) Krebs, Karl Krehbrel, David Kropf, F. Michael Kropf, Ferdinand Michael Kropf, Ferdinand Michael Kropf, Ferdinand Michael [1925] Kropf, Louise Krusehke, Friedrich Box 1: 15 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.33 Vol. 1:276 Vol. 2: 18 Vol. 2: 190 Vol. 1: 282 Vol. 1: 82 Vol. 1: 72 Vol. 1: 117 Vol. 1: 306 Vol. 1: 226 Vol. 1: 322 Vol. 1: 151 Vol. 1: 138 Vol. 1: 59 Vol. 7: 28 Vol. 5: 239 Vol. 1: 291 Vol. 10: 68 Vol. 2: 93 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.46 Vol. 10: 17 Box 2:16 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg. 13 Vol. 8: 3 Vol. 1: 215 Vol. 1: 307 Vol. 1: 307 Vol. 3: 305 Vol. 3: 304 Vol. 1: 33 Vol. 3: 272 Vol. 2: 134 Vol. 1: 120 Vol. 7: 22 & 30 . Vol. 5: 234 Vol. 1: 150 Vol. 8: 9 Vol. 1: 193 Vol. 2: 69 Vol. 11: 12 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.lO Vol. 2: 198 Vol. 1: 51 25 I 1 -J ) �:Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 i • Vol. 1: 147 Vol. 1: 74 Vol. 1: 267 Vol. 3: 245 Vol. 2: 72 Vol. 4: 182 Vol. 1: 172 Vol. 1: 65 Vol. 1: 303 Vol. 1: 151 Vol. 1: 147 Vol. 1: 47 Vol. 1: 300 Vol. 1: 245 Vol. 1: 175 Vol. 1: 78 Vol. 1: 78 Vol. 1: 64 Vol. 1: 246 Vol. 3: 253 Vol. 2: 43 Vol. 2: 210 Vol. 5: 234 Vol. 3: 247 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.32 Vol. 10: 53 Vol. 1: 36 Vol. 1: 260 Vol. 1: 29 Vol. 1: 9 Vol. 1: 174 Vol. 1: 30 Vol. 1: 124 Vol. 3: 223 Vol. 1:47 Vol. 1: 266 Vol. 11: 174 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.22 Vol. 1: 324 Vol. 1: 287 Vol. 1: 125 Vol. 1: 133 Vol. 1:33 Vol. 1: 12 • • • ,. • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • Kubitschik, Joseph Kudguest, Olof. Kuhlmann, Peter Kuhn, Valentine Kuhn, Valentine Kuyiumzis, Thomas Mike Ladewig, Gustav Ladrapple, Louis Laepple, Frederick Laidlow, Robert Lang, Jacob Langerquist, J.A. Langhanke, Otto Langner, Friedrich Lanio, Aloys Lanson, Andrew Lanson, Andro Lanz, Henry Lapple, Christian '! Laqua, Fred Wm. • Laqua, Fritz • Laqua, Fritz • Laqua, Joseph Bruns (Bruns Krause) • Laqua, Jospeh Bruno • Larsen, Hans Andersen [1920] • Larsen, Hans Henderson .' Larsfon, Lars Erick • Larson, Anna • Larson, Carl • Larson, John •. Larson, Julius • , Larson, Marten ., Larsson, Andrew • i Larsson, Evert Alfred • I Larsson, Olof • Laslett, Ferdinand • I Lassen, Hans • Lassen, Hans [1927] • , Lauge, Paul A. • , Laurenz, August • , Lawrence, James • , Leadermann, Edward • : Leahy, Michael • Lealey, Bryan I :- .. ' -.. ' . : .... ;" t," ' ' 26 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .,~ . ",: ~"-~f:~/ '·'":;;'1'- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ledeen, Eric Ledgerd, Fredrick Lee, Jean Marion Fraser Lee, Jean Marion Fraser Legback, Andrew J. Lehmann, Henrich Lehner, Frank Leigh, James Leigh, William Leinhos, Fr. Leitnaker, Ivy Jean Leitz, George Lejeune, John Leon, Joseph Lerson, P. Lesch, Adam Leser, Andreas Leslie, Robert Lexander, Anders Emil Lexander, Eric Lianas, John Lianos, John Mr. Liband, Hans Juergen Lillejablad, Peter Lilli, Lill Lind, Peter Lindberg, Johan Lindberg, Sven Lindell, C.G. Lindemann, V.1. Linder, T. Lindguest, J.P. Lindguist, J.A. Lindvall, Ernst Arvid Malte Lindwall, Ernst Arvid Monte Lischner, August Ljungborg, Per Locke, Andrew Lockett, Louise Elise Loeffler, George Lokinger, Joseph Long, W. J. Loss, Paul Lotz, Adolph Jr. Vol. 1: 293 Vol. 1: 58 Vol. 5: 222 Vol. 4: 222 Vol. 1: 62 Vol. 1: 98 Vol. 1: 233 Vol. 1: 160 Vol. 1: 152 Vol. 1: 233 Vol. 6: 288 Vol. 1: 273 Vol. 3: 303 Vol. 1: 175 Vol. 1: 111 Vol. 1: 155 Vol. 1: 157 Vol. 1: 21 Vol. 1: 62 . Vol. 1: 60 Vol. 4: 189 Vol. 3: 224 Vol. 3: 281 Vol. 1: 64 Vol. 5: 275 Vol. 1: 94 Vol. 1: 13 Vol. 1: 96 Vol. 1: 288 Vol. 1: 267 Vol. 1: 280 Vol. 1: 80 Vol. 1: 18 Vol. 4: 210 Vol. 5: 210 Vol. 1: 197 Vol. 1: 80 Vol. 1: 330 Vol. 5: 262 Vol. 1: 184 Vol. 1: 190 Vol. 1: 15 Vol. 1: 150 . Vol. 1: 242 27 2001-03-04 �.v"."..:~ . '-, ";'::~:) ';. ; , :Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • Vol. 1: 242 Vol. 2: 124 Vol. 10: 141 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.3 Vol. 2: 125 Vol. 10: 142 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.4 Vol. 10: 143 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.5 Vol. 2: 180 Vol. 10: 145 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.7 Vol. 10: 54 Box 2:13 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.41 Vol. 1: 319 Vol. 1: 188 Vol. 1: 210 Vol. 9: 41 Vol. 1: 61 Vol. 1: 77 Vol. 1: 10 Vol. 8: 1 Box 1:25 Vol. 2: 128 Vol. 10: 61 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.36 Vol. 1: 284 Vol. 1: 284 Vol. 1: 322 Vol. 1: 232 Vol. 9: 43 Vol. 1: 129 Vol. 1: 188 Vol. 1: 112 Vol. 1: 14 Vol. 7: 24 Vol. 5: 241 Vol. 11: 21 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.19 Vol. 1: 121 Vol. 1: 94 Vol. 1:323 Vol. 1: 317 Lotz, Adolph Sf. Lotz, Carl F. Lotz, Carl F. • Lotz, Carl Frederick [1924] Lotz, Julius Lotz, Julius Lotz, Julius [1924] Lotz, Louise Mary • Lotz, Louise Mary [1924] Lotz, Rose E. Lotz, Rose Elizabeth • Lotz, Rose Elizabeth [1924] Lough, Samuel Alexander • Lough, Samuel Alexander [1921] Lough, Sumuel Alexander • Lovett, Frank • Luckan, Fred ~ Luckan, Paul • Luckon, Paul • Luid, Andrew • Lundberg, J. • Lundin, Andrew • Lury, Horace • Lury, Horace K. [1904] Lury, Horace Knight , • Lury, Horace Knight • Lury, Horace Knight [1921] Lutz, Andrew Lutz, Barney • Lutz, E.E. ." Luzias, Peter Luzins, Peter , • Lyndon, J.J. • I Maas, Paul Macdonald, John Machler, Bernhard Mack, Wilbert Norman .' Mack, Wilbert Norman Maclean, Cora Bruner Maclean, Cora Burner [1926] • ' Madden, Patrick • I Madjore, Peter • : Madl, Fred • ' Madl, Fritz ,. ''.. '. '. .• • • ,e .,-' • ., .' .' " . , '.' : .• ~'..' ~ ". . ·.,., .'.' ' :.' 28 " 2001-03-04 j �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • Madl, Fritz • Madl, Joseph • Madsen, John • Mahieu, Lucile Bailey • Mahieu, Lucile Bailey •. Mahieu, Robert Georges Mahieu, Robert Georges Mahieu, Robert Gworges • • Mai, Paul Julius • Maier, Franz Haver • Malan, Beatrice • Malan, Beatrice • Malan, Beatrice • Malan, Ivo Roberto • Malan, Ivo Roberto • Maldenhauer, Albert R. • Maldenhauer, William • Maldenhauer, William F. • Malloy, Richard • Malmberg, A. • Malnberg, John August Mamigonian, Oscar Vartan • Mamigonian, Oscar Vartan [1926] • Mamigorian, Oscar V. [1919-1921] • Manco, Alex • Manigonian, Oscar V. • Manpon, Eric • Mansfield, J ehn William [1924] • Mansfield, John ' ...• • Mansfield,"1ohn William • Manson, Andreas • Marasah, Conrad • Marceau, Robert Louis • Marceau, Robert Louis • Markley, Israel • Marks, Alex • Marrott, William • Marsocuir, Louis Marie Francois [1906] • Marsouin, Louis Marie Francois • Marsouin, Marie Louise • Marsouin, Marie Louise • Marsouin, Marie Loyise • Martenson, Johannes • Martinson, Joannes Vol. 9: 67 Vol. 1: 317· Vol. 1: 176 Vol. 7: 11 Vol. 4: 204 Vol. 4: 203 Vol. 2: 192 Vol. 3: 231 Vol. 1: 162 Vol. 1: 211 Vol. 6: 281 Vol. 6: 281 Vol. 7: 48 Vol. 6: 282 Vol. 7: 49 Vol. 2: 130 Vol. 2: 129 Vol. 5: 256 Vol. 1: 106 Vol. 1: 279 Vol. 2: 83 Vol. 11: 19 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg. 17 Box 3:1 Vol. 9: 23 Vol. 10: 104 Vol. 1: 52 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.9 Vol. 1: 137 Vol. 2: 152 Vol. 1: 47 Vol. 1: 209 Vol. 7: 46 Vol. 5: 274 Vol. 1: 134 Vol. 1: 328 Vol. 9: 36 Box 1:12 Vol. 2: 31 Vol. 4: 188 Vol. 3: 222 Vol. 7: 5 Vol. 1: 97 Vol. 9: 58 • :. " ~. ':-'. 2001-03-04 I • 29 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • I. Masters, Charles A. • Matassarm, Leon •• MatI, John • Matson, Christen. • Matson, Peter • Mattern, Karl • Mattern, Karl • Mattern, Karl • Mattern, Mary Lee Lieberman • Mattern, Mary Lee Lieberman • Mattson, John • Mattsson, Sarah • Mausfield, John William • Mayer, Anton Leonard • Mayer, Christian • Mayer, Fred • Mayer, George • Mayer, George [1921] ~ Mayer, George [1923] • Mayer, Haver • Mayer, Joseph Ii Maze, Jacques • Maze, Jacques • McAnsh, D.A. • McCallom, David .' McCarty, Daniel • McCarty, Daniel (correspondence) [1926; 1927] ., McClellan, M. .' McCormick, James E. .: McDonald, John • McFarline, John • McInerney Thomas John (Father) • McInerney, Thomas John McLaren, George • Mcleaully, Thomas .! McLellan, Donald • McWilliams, Frances Ella .' Meier, Fr. • M~ier, Herman Meier, Joseph • ! Meiers, C.H. • : Meirr, Lena • : Meith, Max • : Meith, Oscar I '. (: ,.", ,. ,,', . ;. - ..: ~ " ~. • • )/.:;.:..... . "~"{" : "".'."_.: I I 30 ," 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 65 Vol. 2: 13 Vol. 1: 115 Vol. 1: 37 Vol. 1: 6 Vol. 7: 4 Vol. 4: 183 Vol. 3: 220 Vol. 7: 6 Vol. 4: 191 Vol. 1: 26 Vol. 1: 8 Vol. 10: 148 Vol. 1:95 Vol. 1: 193 Vol. 1: 193 Vol. 10: 118 Box 1:3 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.38 Vol. 1: 207 Vol. 1: 206 Vol. 7: 48 Vol. 5: 280 Vol. 1: 269 Vol. 1: 293 Vol. 10: 109 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.I5 Vol. 1: 74 Vol. 1: 186 Vol. 1: 105 Vol. 1: 153 Vol. 5: 240 Vol. 7: 25 Vol. 1: 41 Vol. 1:184 Vol. 1: 12 Vol. 3: 235 Vol. 1: 235 Vol. 1: 4 Vol. 1: 113 Vol. 1: 287 Vol. 1: 306 Vol. 1: 283 Vol. 10: 7 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • t ..c..' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Meith, Oscar [1906] Melville, Ellen J. Mena, George Menger, Christian Mertens, August Mertz, Adolph Mettner, Frances Mettner, Francis F. Meyer, Fred W. Meyer, Frederick Meyer, Gus A. Meyer, Peter Hans Theodor Meza, Gervacio C. Meza, Gervacio C. Meza, Gervacio C. Mieth, Oscar Max Mieth, Robert Millar, William Albert Millar, William Albert Millar, William Alfred Miller, Christ Miller, J.K. Miller, Simon Miller, Wilhelm Milsson, Peter Minney, James Miyer, Ludwich MoaJohn M. Moden, A.W. Modine, Anna Louise Moldenhauer, Albert Moldenhauer, Albert R. Moldenhauer, William Moldenhauer, William Fred Moldenhauer, Wm. F. Moldenlauer, Albert Robert [1921] Mole, Lewis Mole, Lewis Mole, Lewis Mole, Lewis Moleen, Louis Moline, C.V. Moline, Magnus Manson Molliere, Auguste 2001-03-04 Box 1: 11 Vol. 1: 259 Vol. 1: 296 Vol. 1: 122 Vol. 1: 208 Vol. 1: 154 Vol. 9: 65 Vol. 1: 200 Vol. 1: 311 Vol. 1: 4 Vol. 8: 4 Vol. 3: 301 Vol. 7: 32 & 37 & 38 Vol. 5: 255 Vol. 3: 242 Vol. 2: 1 & 8 Vol. 1: 179 Vol. 6: 283 Vol. 3: 271 Vol. 7: 51 Vol. 1: 103 Vol. 1: 268 Vol. 1: 328 Vol. 1: 225 Vol. 1: 10 Vol. 1:247 Vol. 1: 266 Vol. 1: 229 Vol. 1: 60 Vol. 10: 140 Vol. 8: 8 Vol. 10: 92 Vol. 8: 7 Vol. 7: 31 Vol. 3: 261 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.9 Vol. 7: 1 Vol. 2: 55 Vol. 2: 193 Vol. 11: 29 Vol. 1: 212 Vol. 1: 228 Vol. 1: 301 Vol. 1: 90 i'" 31 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • I. Monroe, Alex • Montfoort, Jacob • Montonnier, C. • Moore, John • Moore, John • Moore, Lilian Boggs • Moore, Lilian Boggs • Moosbauer, George • Moosbauer, Jospeh Mopberg, Aaadofl Salomon • Morasch, Henry • Morasch, John • Morgan, Peter ~ Moseley, George • Moseley, William it Mpahos, Constantenos D. • Mueller, Eugene H. • Mugler, George • Mugler, Peter • Muller, Jacob Charles • Mumford, Jake • Munro, Donald • Munro, Peter • Murphy, Edward C. • Murphy, John • Murpphy, Patrick • Murray Michael • Murray, Murdo • Murrell, Rupert Ivan .' Muzyka, Bohan • Muzyka, Nadia Jurtschuk .' Naismith, James .' Naismith, James .' Naismith, James • I Naismith, James [1925] .' Naismith, Maude Evelyn .' Naismith, Maude Evelyn [1925] .' Neimeyer, Felix Alexander George • Neimeyer, Felix Alexander [1923] • ' Neimeyer, Felix Alexander George • , Neimeyer, Felix Alexander George • : Neis, Fred • ' Neis, Frederick • : Neis, Frederick [1921] Vol. 9: 22 Vol. 2: 90 Vol. 1: 148 Vol. 1: 1 Vol. 1: 189 Vol. 7: 24 Vol. 5: 237 Vol. 1: 192 Vol. 1: 192 Vol. 1: 49 Vol. 1: 215 Vol. 1: 178 Vol. 1: 20 Vol. 1: 450 Vol. 1: 250 Vol. 2: 174 Vol. 2: 179 Vol. 1: 124 Vol. I: 139 Vol. 1: 312 Vol. I: 292 Vol. 1: 105 Vol. 1: 106 Vol. 1: 290 Vol. 1: 12 Vol. 1: 111 Vol. 1: 226 Vol. 1: 172 Vol. 6: 289 Vol. 3: 288 Vol. 3: 287 Vol. 2: 143 Vol. 1: 329 Vol. 11: 8 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.8 Vol. 11: 9 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.7 Vol. 2: 157 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.46 Vol. 2: 27 Vol. 10: 136 Vol. 1: 390 Vol. 2: 70 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.ll I. ", I ;,~ :'. i}:~ ';-.: .. ~ '. ( '.", ;1 . ". ~'. . 2001-03-04 "'"'",- 32 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • \,:,,r:, ," :t~·:':: . " ~*,\\: . ~, ~i • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Neis, Fredrick Neis, Peter Neis, Peter Neis, Peter Neis, Peter Sr. [1922] Neistifter, Jacob Nellson, D. Nelsen, Johannes Nelson, Bur Nelson, Christian Norman Nelson, Christian Norman Nelson, Christian Norman [1908] Nelson, Fred H. Nelson, John Nelson, Nels Nelson, Nooman Christian Nelson, Swan Nelsson, D.C. Nesbitt, William A. Neuer, George Neuer, William Neufeld, Anna Klassen Neufeld, Anna Klassen Neufeld, Anna Klassen Newyort, c.A. Nicfaff, Burnard Nieder, Heinrich Nilpon, Jacob Nilsfon, Gustaf Nilsfon, Nils Nilson, Alsander Nilson, Charles Nilsson, Lars Nilsson, Peter Nilsson, S. Nilsson, Sayans Nininger, Roy William Nordall, J.M. Nordeen, Andrew Nordeen, Andrew Nordeen, Dli Norsjtram, Dis Norstrom, Andrew Norstrom, Per . 200 1-03-04 Vol. 10: 97 Vol. 2: 84 Vol. 1: 310 Vol. 10: 96 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.20 Vol. 1: 28 Vol. 1: 22 Vol. 1: 43 Vol. 1: 168 Box 1:20 Vol. 10: 14 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg. 12 Vol. 1: 243 Vol. 1: 123 Vol. 1: 151 Vol. 1: 237 Vol. 1: 254 Vol. 1: 241 Vol. 1: 250 Vol. 1: 170 Vol. 1: 170 Vol. 7: 12 Vol. 4: 206 Vol. 3: 238 Vol. 1: 95 Vol. 1: 109 Vol. 1: 226 Vol. 1: 31 Vol. 1: 36 Vol. 1: 50 Vol. 1: 42 Vol. 1: 97 Vol. 1: 60 Vol. 1: 76 Vol. 1: 128 Vol. 1: 93 Vol. 2: 219 Vol. 1: 112 Vol. 1: 63 Vol. 1: 66 Vol. 1: 57 Vol. 1: 79 Vol. 1: 62 Vol. 1: 68 33 �:~ -~ ~.:'> . "'l" \., . Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .• Nuffer, Adam Nygren, A.P. • O'Berg, A.J. O'Brien, Rupert G. • O'Brien, Rupert G. O'Brien, Rupert G. [1905] ~ • O'Day, Patrick J. O'Day, Patrick J. O'Dea, Dennis • O'Dea, Dennis • Oe1ckers, Johaan Hinrich • Oe1ckers, Johann • Oe1ckers, John Henry (Johann Hinrich) •, Olin, P.B. • Olisco, Joseph • Ollisco, Joseph • Ollisco, Joseph • Ollisco, Samuel Agatino • Olsfon, Andrew • Olson, Alton •I Olson, Andrew • Olson, August • Olson, Augusta Fredricka • Olson, Charles A. • Olson, Charles Augustine [1919] • Olson, Charles Peter • Olson, John O. Olson, Lawrence Gattfrid , Olson, Lawrence Gottfrid (Lorentz Olsson) • • Olson, Lawrence Gottfrid (Olsson, Lorentz) • Olson, Nels .: Olson, Nils • Olson,Olof Olson, P; Olson, Paul • Olspon, August • Olspon, Nils , Olsson, Alfred • ~ Olsson, J. August • •, Olsson, Johannes • ~ Olsson, John Aaron • : Olsson, Lars • ~ Olsson, Olof Emil • ~ Oman, Nels , • • • .... ",. .. .'. .' ... .... .'· · .. ,', .' .:/ ,.' ' ,'\:" ..'. ... '.' , ... , ' " • 34 ":." .... ' '. '. 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 309 Vol. 1: 57 Vol. 1: 241 Vol. 1: 40 Vol. 9: 5 Box 1:32 Vol. 7: 10 Vol. 4: 199 Vol. 1: 15 Vol. 9: 19 Vol. 4: 185 Vol. 3: 221 Vol. 7: 4 Vol. 1: 108 Vol. 11: 6 Vol. 2: 12 Vol. 2: 60 Vol. 2: 11 Vol. 1: 32 Vol. 1: 213 Vol. 1: 59 Vol. 1: 149 Vol. 2: 175 . Vol. 10: 47 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.30 Vol. 1: 90 Vol. 1: 267 Vol. 5: 213 Vol. 7: 14 Vol. 4: 213 Vol. 1: 326 Vol. 9: 38 Vol. 1: 10 Vol. 1: 279 Vol. 1: 180 Vol. 1: 34 Vol. 1: 39 Vol. 1: 96 Vol. 1: 209 Vol. 1: 77 Vol. 1: 218 Vol. 1: 65 Vol. 1: 219 Vol. 1: 51 " �.'1fl -. ~ ~l Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .•....:. , ' ," ....:. ~::~" . -~ .. • Osma, Jose M. • Osma, Jose Maria [1925] • Osterlund, Andreas W. • Ostline, John • Oswa, Jose Maria • Oswald, Richard • Oswald, Richard • Oswald, Richard [1905] • Ousdahl, Olivir • Outzeu, Christian • Ovtcharoff, Atanas V. • Ovtcharoff, Enaco V. • Owens, Abel • Owens, Edward • Pacheco, Manuel J • Pacheco, Manuel • Pacheco, Sara Magallanes • Pacheco, Sara Magallanes • Pade, Rose Anne • Pady, Stuart McGregor • Pady, Stuart McGregor (Stewart McGregor Pady) • Palm, Gustaf • Palm, John • Palm, Richard • Palmer, Peter Fourie • Palmlend, N.P. • Panle, Joseph Papagrannopoulos) • Papayianopulos, Christ • Pappas, William G. • Pappas, William George (Vasilios George • Pamey, Eli J. • Parry, John • Parry, William • Parsons, B. • Parsons, Edgar William • Parsons, Edgar William • Patterson, John • Patterson, John [1911] • Patterson, Joseph • Pauli, Joseph • Pauli, Joseph [1908] • Paulos, Bill [1928] • Pavlakos, Louis . ," f,~:,< :. 35 2001-03-04 1 , Vol. 2: 169 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.15 Vol. 1: 194 Vol. 1: 91 Vol. 11: 18 Vol. 1: 264 Vol. 9: 11 Box 1:8 Vol. 1: 126 Vol. 1: 119 Vol. 2: 4 Vol. 2: 5 Vol. 1: 83 Vol. 1: 81 Vol. 7: 29 Vol. 5: 252 7: 41-43 Vol. , Vol. 5: 263 Vol. 5: 232 Vol. 5: 231 Vol. 7: 21 Vol. 1: 243 Vol. 1: 241 Vol. 1: 245 Vol. 3: 252 Vol. 1: 2 Vol. 9: 71 Vol. 7: 8 Vol. 11: 25 Vol. 4: 193 Vol. I: 213 Vol. 1: 123 Vol. I: 309 Vol. 1: 260 Vol. 7: 19 Vol. 4: 229 Vol. 2: 33 Box 1:7 Vol. 1: 99 Vol. 1:315 Box 3:23 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.24 Vol. 2: 207 . , �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • . Vol. 1: 144 Vol. 1: 66 Vol. 1: 56 Vol. 1: 61 Vol. 1: 22 Vol. 1: 202 Vol. 11: 28 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.25 Vol. 1: 121 Vol. 1: 50 Vol. 1: 40 Vol. 1: 126 Vol. 1: 73 Vol. 1: 72 Vol. 1: 50 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.3 Vol. 1: 95 Vol. 1: 30 Vol. 1: 3 Vol. 1: 70 Vol. 1: 69 Vol. 1: 217 Vol. 1: 234 Vol. 1: 46 Vol. 1: 105 Vol. 1: 179 Vol. 1: 14 Vol. 1: 31 Vol. 1: 260 Vol. 1: 220 Vol. 1: 299 Vol. 1: 97 Vol. 1: 179 Vol. 1: 69 Vol. 1: 29 Vol. 1: 176 Vol. 1: 113 Vol. 1: 67 Vol. 1: 111 Vol. 1: 6 Vol. 1: 109 Vol. 1: 10 Vol. 1: 11 Vol. 1: 28 Pearson, Hendrick Pearson, Peer • Peer, Robert • Peerson, Olof • Pehrsson, O. • Penz, Joseph • Perez, Elisa • Perez, Elisa [1929] • Periger, George • Persfon, Nils Persfon, Per Olof , • Person, Elias Person, Olof •, Person, Peter • Persson, John • Peter, John [1924] Petersen, C.K • Petersen, Horns • Petersohn, Peter Edward August • Peterson Matthias Peterson, Andrew Peterson, Andrew • Peterson, Charles Peterson, Daniel • Peterson, G.A.B. • Peterson, Johan A. • Peterson, Lars • Peterson, Marius Peterson, Mary , Peterson, N. Christ • Peterson, P. ' Peterson, T . • Peterspm, Gustav .0I Petersson, Carl • Petit, John B. . ; Petrie, Alex L. ' Petterson, A.J . • ; Petterson, Eric • Petterson, Erick M. • , Petterson, P. • ! Petterson, P.J. • ' Pettersson, Andrew Peter • Pettersson, Justaf • , Pettersson, Justaf , '. • • .. \. .... : '., ,,' >-" • .,• .: ., .,. "." . ' , ,r " • 2001-03-04 " . 36 . ' ! , , ",:'", �." I Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • 'f,.' ". , . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pettersson, Sven Pfleger, Carl Pfleger, Karl Pfleger, Karl Pfleger, Karl [1922] Philibert, Theoph~le Joseph Phillips, John Pierson, Charles Pierson, John Pippereit, H. Pistor, Heinrich Pis tor, Herman Piukert, Ernst William Plahn, Erik Planz, Jacob Planz, Jacob Pliefke, H. Plub, Joseph Plume, Tatjana Pohl, Herman Pohl, Herman Pohl, Herman [1921] Pohl, W. Polson, John Polson, Nels Polston, Peter Pooch, Friedrick Pooch, Henrich Pooch, Henrich Pooch, Henrich Pooch, Henrich Pooch, Herman Pooch, Herman [1923] Poorh, Herman Poppas, Vasilias G. Porteous, George Alexander Porteous, George Alexander Porteous, George Alexander [1915] Porter, Alfred S. Porter, James Porter, James Portuguez, Jose Joaquin Preisser, Paul Prim, Peter 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 11 Vol. 2: 112 Vol. 1:331 Vol. 10: 98 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.21 Vol. 1: 160 Vol. 1: 150 Vol. 1: 125 Vol. 1: 7 Vol. 1: 234 Vol. 1: 227 Vol. 1: 215 Vol. 1: 135 Vol. 1: 127 Vol. 1: 173 Vol. 9: 46 Vol. 1: 233 Vol. 1: 268 Vol. 3: 291 Vol. 2: 109 Vol. 10: 72 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.50 Vol. 1: 262 Vol. 1: 298 Vol. 1: 149 Vol. 1: 136 Vol. 1: 287 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.37 Vol. 2: 137 Vol. 1: 287 Vol. 10: 113 Vol. 10: 127 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pgAO Vol. 1: 301 Vol. 3: 228 Vol. 2: 21 Vol. 10: 36 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.26 Vol. 1: 286 Vol. 1: 214 Vol. 1: 286 Vol. 3: 285 Vol. 1: 231 Vol. 1: 242 I 37 .i I 1; �'I Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .• Prinn, John Peter Pritchett, ? • Pritchett, Reuben Protoch, Richard Ernest , Protoch, Richard Ernst [1921] • Protsch, Alex E. • Provatakis, Pauagiotis Athanasion Puikert, John T. 1· Punton, Alfred Louis , • Purson, John Putze, Emil • Rab, Joseph • Raffelock, Mariano • Raffelock, Molle (Mariano) Raffelock, Molle (Mariano) • Raffelock, Sam • Raffelock, Sam • Raffelock, Sam • Raffelock, Sam (Tcherepanicz, Israel) Rafflelock, Sam (Tcherepasnicz, Israel) ~ Raible, Erhard • Raible, Erhard Raible, Erhard [1923] • • Raible, Erharet • Ramus, Charles E. • Rankin, Elisabeth Helen • Rankin, Elisabeth Helen • Rappard, Charels • Raps, Edward M. Rassman, Fred Recen, A. • Recen, H. Reed, John William .1 Reed, John William 1 • Reed, John William • Rees, Thomas Reh, Peter Reichel, Anton Reichel, Ferdinand • Reichel, Maximilian • I Reichel, Otto • ' Reichelt, Will • : Reichert, Ernst . , Reid, Lola Jean : ''.. '. ,. ,. I .~ .. '~~: e ,:, , /':: : ~ : ::'<.' (;: .>. .;"', • .' ., .' .'·.' ' ,J':. , ,I". ' 38 2001-03-04 Vol. 2: 61 Vol. 1: 115 Vol. 1: 101 Vol. 10: 82 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.44 Vol. 1: 227 Vol. 2: 214 Vol. 1: 135 Vol. 1: 228 Vol. 1: 151 Vol. 1: 196 Vol. 1: 133 Vol. 5: 226 Vol. 7: 19 Vol. 4: 226 Vol. 7: 14 Vol. 5: 209 Vol. 3: 237 Vol. 7: 14 Vol. 4: 209 Vol. 2: 104 Vol. 10: 137 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.l Vol. 1: 235 Vol. 1: 8 Vol. 7: 43 Vol. 5: 267 Vol. 1: 145 Vol. 8: 5 Vol. 1: 217 Vol. 1: 21 Vol. 1: 23 Vol. 7: 19 Vol. 4: 228 Vol. 3: 250 Vol. 1: 63 Vol. 1: 216 Vol. 1: 190 Vol. 1: 258 Vol. 1: 257 Vol. 1: 257 Vol. 1: 311 Vol. 1: 186 Vol. 5: 219 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Reid, Lola Jean Reid, Lola Jean (Isreal Teherepanicz) Reinhold, John Reinsch, Wilhelm Rejsek, Stanislay Renich, George Renner, Frank Renner, Reinhardt Rept, Henry Reusch, Katharine Richards, H.J. Richards, R.P. Richardson, D. Richardson, E.J. Richardson, G. Richardson, Simpson Richardson, W.e. Richardson, W.C. Richtermeier, Anna Richtermeier, Anna [1924] Richtermeier, August Richtermeier, August Richtermeier, August [1924] Richtermeyer, August Riseland, Herman Robe, Martin Robert, Desira Robert, Odele Robertson, Alex Robertson, James Robinson, St. George Robs, Charles Rochberger, John Rockland, C.A. Rockland, Oscar Rocklund, Oscar Thorvald Rocklund, Oscar Thorwald [1923] Rocklundk, Oscar Thorvald RodIer, George RodIer, Joseph RodIer, Leonard Roeber, Berhard Roedelheimer, Adolph Roedler, William 2001-03-04 Vol. 4: 219 Vol. 7: 18 Vol. 1: 139 Vol. 1: 216 Vol. 3: 294 Vol. 1: 264 Vol. 1: 182 Vol. 1: 120 Vol. 1: 178 Vol. 1: 63 Vol. 1: 115 Vol. 1: 115 Vol. 1:275 Vol. 1: 281 Vol. 1: 281 Vol. 2: 6 Vol. 1: 281 Vol. 9: 18 . Vol. 10: 144 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.6 Vol. 2: 123 Vol. 10: 146 Box 4: Vol. 46978; pg.8 Vol. 1: 208 Vol. 1: 252 Vol. 10: 110 Vol. 1: 158 Vol. 1: 159 Vol. 1: 302 Vol. 1: 240 Vol. 1: 232 Vol. 9: 27 Vol. 2: 78 Vol. 1: 86 Vol. 1: 230 Vol. 2: 132 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.42 Vol. 10: 57 Vol. 1: 195 Vol. 1: 195 Vol. 1: 195 Vol. 1: 237 Vol. 1: 101 Vol. 1: 27 39 1, ; .' �,Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • Vol. 1: 81 Vol. 2: 80 Vol. 1: 301 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.30 Vol. 1: 31 Vol. 2: 106 Vol. 11: 3 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.5 Vol. 10: 121 Vol. 1: 137 Vol. 1: 268 Vol. 1: 296 Vol. 1: 236 Vol. 1: 185 Vol. 1: 84 Vol. 1: 155 Vol. 1: 40 Vol. 1: 86 Vol. 1: 224 Vol. 1: 157 Vol. 1: 16 Vol. 1: 220 Vol. 1: 180 Vol. 1: 103 Vol. 1: 278 Vol. 1: 42 Vol. 1: 142 Vol. 1: 54 Vol. 9: 72 Vol. 1: 83 Vol. 1: 290 Vol. 1:238 Vol. 1: 6 Vol. 1: 183 Vol. 1: 176 Vol. 3: 282 Vol. 1: 316 Vol. 1: 143 Vol. 10: 6 Vol. 1: 288 Vol. 1: 142 Vol. 2: 66 Vol. 10: 134 Vol. 2: 183 Rogers, Samuel • Rohe, Martin • Rohe, Martin ,• Rohe, Martin Sr. [1922] Romaine, Ralph • Roser, Philip • Roser, Philip i • Roser, Philip [1924] Roser, Phillip • Rosmussen, Nicholas • Ross, August Ross, John • Ross, William • Rothberger, R. • Rotman, Gustus • Rowe, William Roycroft, Joseph M. • Ruby, Daniel • Ruhberger, John • Ruhl, Adam Rule, Joseph ~ • Russell, W.E. Russell, William , Ryan, Lawrence ~ • Saile, Gobhard .: Samuelsson, Emanuel Sander, John •~ Sanderson, Thomas .! Sanderson, Thos Saniter, Gustav Adolph Saniter, Herman A. Santen, Van Jurrian ' Saraustrom, J . I Sauiter, Leonhard Schaarup, Ferdinand ! .: Schaechter, Moselio Schafer, Henrich .: Schafer, Peter • Schaffer, Joe • Schager, Henry • : Schaifer, J. • : Schalbar, August John • : Schalbar, August John • : Schalbar, Emil ,. ,. • .. I "e .,.' .'. ,', .... .. '.~', ,." ~ ' " ,-.; '" .. .' " .:~ .,. /':'" ."" .'..'.' ., .";", " ; .' .' ;.... ... ,- .• .,. ", ; ~. '. " , . .' 40 " 2001-03-04 , ,! �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .~'. '. \. ", ,~'. ~.. • ", • • • • • • • • • ·;r.:. r" .". "J •.•• ' . • • • • • Schalbar, John August [1923] Schalbar, Julius Schalbar, Julius Schalbar, Julius [1923] Schalbar, Katie [1924] Schalbar, Nickolas Schaller, Nicholas Schattenberg, George Schaub, Ferdinand Schaub, Ferdinand[ 1905] Schaufele, Pauline Wilhelmine Schaufele, William Ernst Scheer, Adam Schehrer, Stephen Schehrer, Wendelin E. [1912] Schehrer, Wendelin Edward Schehrer, Wendelin Edward Schehrer, Wendelin Edward Scheid, George Scheierman, Adam Schelbar, Emil Schelbar, Emil Schelbar, Emil [1926] Scherling, Freda Evelyn Schermer, Frank Scherule, William [1921] Scheurle, William Schick, Adam Schierman, Adam Schiermann, Adam [1903] Schindler, Richard Schlegel, J. Ulrich Schlegel, Jeremiah Schlegel, Jeremiah Schlegel, Jeremiah Schlegel, Jeremiah [1921] Schlegel, John Ulrich Schlegel, John Ulrich Schlegel, John Ulrich [1921] Schmidt, B. Schmidt, Carl B. . Schmidt, Carl William Schmidt, Charles Schmidt, Charles 2001-03-04 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.49 Vol. 2: 67 Vol. 10: 135 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.48 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.l Vol. 2: 120 Vol. 1: 205 Vol. 1: 225 . Vol. 9: 6 Box 1:6 Vol. 2: 201 Vol. 2: 191 Vol. 1: 157 Vol. 1: 26 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.20 Box 2:2 Vol. 2: 7 Vol. 10: 27 Vol. 1: 255 Vol. 9: 1 Vol. 2: 29 Vol. 11: 22 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.18 Vol. 3: 283 Vol. 1:274 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.34 Vol. 10: 55 Vol. 2: 177 Vol. 1: 156 Box 1:24 Vol. 1: 118 Vol. 1: 177 Vol. 2: 59 Vol. 1: 17 Vol. 10: 41 & 37 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.7 Vol. 2: 58 Vol. 10: 42 & 38 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.8 Vol. 1: 269 Vol. 1: 7 Vol. 1: 82 Vol. 1: 209 Vol. 1: 288 41 ":--1 j 1 i " "i ! �: Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • "" (',.,.... : Schmidt, Cornils • Schmidt, John • Schmidt, Lawrence '. Schmidtmeyer, Fred H. • Schmirger, Gustav • Schmit, John • Schmit, Laurence Henry • Schneider, Ernest G. • Schocken, Wilhelm • Scholl, James '. Scholmeyer, Philipp Ernst • Scholmeyer, Phillip Ernst • Schopper, Joe • Schopper, Joe • Schopper, Joseph [1921] • Schopper, Michael • Schreiner, John Nick • Schreiner, John Nick • Schreiner, John Nick [1922] ~ Schuarz, John C. • Schul meyer, Ernest Philipp [1919] • Schulmeyer, Ernst Philipp ~ Schulmeyer, Louise Katherine • Schul meyer, Loyise Katherine • Schulmeyer, Philipp Ernest • Schulmeyer, Philipp Ernst .0 Schulmeyer, Philipp Ernst (Ernst Scholmeyer) .0 Schulmeyer, William • Schulmeyer, William • Schultz, Carl .' Schultz, Jacob • ' Schulz, August • Schunle, Jacob •• Schuricht, Chas • Schuster, John Schuster, Joseph Schutz, Louis Schutz, Michael Schutz, Michael Schutz, Michael • : Schutz, Michael [1925] • : Schutz, Peter • Schwarzenholz, Henry • ,Schwarzenholz, William o • • 0 • 0 • I • I • I 42 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 188 Vol. 1:314 Vol. 1: 285 Vol. 1: 204 Vol. 1: 208 Vol. 2: 64 Vol. 2: 65 Vol. 3: 226 Vol. 3: 284 Vol. 1: 19 Vol. 4: 211 Vol. 5: 212 Vol. 2: 75-3 Vol. 10: 74 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.3 Vol. 1: 116 Vol. 2: 62 Vol. 10: 114 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.31 Vol. 1: 14 Box 2:22 Vol. 2: 32 Vol. 4: 197 Vol. 7: 10 Vol. 10: 105 Vol. 3: 240 Vol. 7: 14 Vol. 2: 162 Vol. 10: 150 Vol. 1: 138 Vol. 1: 285 Vol. 1: 239 Vol. 1: 181 Vol. 1: 245 Vol. 2: 170 Vol. 1: 201 Vol. 2: 98 Vol. 2: 168 Vol. 1: 326 Vol. 11: 7 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.6 Vol. 1: 323 Vol. 1: 321 Vol. 1: 254 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ;:. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !. • • • • • Schwaz, Gustav Schwitzer, John Seahy, Jerry Seale, Frederick Sebartian, Eugene Seele, Aug. See Ie, Frederick Seidel, Ernest Robert Seifert, Moritz Selig, August L. Selingman, Adolph Serenson, Nils Setterberg, Carl Setterberg, Carl Henry Setterberg, Carl Henry [1907] Setterberg, Carl Henry [1907] Setterberg, Carl Henry [1909] Seus, John Sgvinburg, J. Shalbar, Katie Shapper, Joe [1906] Sharp, Isabella Sharp, Isabella Sharp, Isabella [1926] Sherer, Jacob Sherer, Jacob T. Shiach, John Shield, Ina Eva Honnold [1922] Shields, Ina Honnald [1924] Shields, Ina Hormold Shields, John Shields, John Shields, John [1920] Shirman, Phil~ip Shoter, Carl M. Shrubshall, James Shur, George Sicklinger, Johan Siedentopf, Paul Werner Siedentopf, Robert Siedentopf, Robert [1911] Siegli, Anton Sigelen, Mathilda Siglen, Elias 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 219 Vol. 1: 3 Vol. 1: 123 Vol. 9: 57 Vol. 1: 248 Vol. 1: 271 Vol. 1: 294 Vol. 2: 148 Vol. 1: 296 Box 3:19 Vol. 1: 7 Vol. 1: 12 Vol. 1: 235 Vol. 10: 13 & 21 Box 3:7 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.1O Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.16 Vol. 1: 194 Vol. 1: 88 Vol. 11: 2 Box 2:3 Vol. 2: 189 Vol. 11: 23 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.20 Vol. 1:122 Vol. 1: 122 Vol. 1: 120 Box 2:20 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.4 Vol. 11: 5 Vol. 2: 150 Vol. 10: 124 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.36 Vol. 1: 320 Vol. 1: 37 Vol. 1: 124 Vol. 1: 130 Vol. 1: 202 Vol. 2: 26 Vol. 10: 24 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.18 Vol. 1: 184 Vol. 1: 332 Vol: 1: 244 43 ....... ". .. ?o . ('~ .,. ' o· oj . I ,j I o' 1 .j 1 .,, �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • . ..... :," Vol. 1: 18 Vol. 1: 127 Vol. 1: 263 Vol. 1: 205 Vol. 1: 265 Vol. 1: 318 Vol. 1: 197 Vol. 1: 248 Vol. 2: 194 Vol. 1: 160 Vol. 2: 68 Vol. 11: 4 Vol. 1: 159 Box 3:12 Vol. 2: 63 Vol. 1: 114 Vol. 9: 28 Vol. 1: 33 Vol. 1: 317 Vol. 2: 139 Vol. 1: 107 Vol. 1: 48 Vol. 1: 48 . Box 2:1 Vol. 2: 88 Vol. 1: 149 Vol. 1: 58 Vol. 1: 173 Vol. 5: 220B' Vol. 1: 206 Vol. 1: 266 Vol. 1: 306 Vol. 1: 326 Vol. 1: 71 Vol. 1: 116 Vol. 2: 141 Vol. 1: 223 Vol. 1. 320 Vol. 10: 130 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.50 VoU : 72 Vol. 3: 260 Box 1:28 Vol. 1: 5 Sigolsson, Otto Siksander, J.P. Sillner, Joseph Simcock, William Gore Simmen, John Simmer, Vitrus Simmerock, John Simms, William Simon, Elisabeth Schalbar Simon, Frederick Simon, John Peter Simon, John Peter ~ Simon, Mathias • Simon, Mathias [1894; 1899] • Simon, Mathius • Simon, Nicholas • Simon, Nick • Simon, Nik • Simon, Peter • Simon, William •. Sjogven, A. E . .' Skog, Anders • . Skog, Nils August .! Slagnt, William Ernest Andrew [1921] ., Slaught, William Ernest Andrew •. Smart, James Jr. • Smidth, John .! Smith, Agnatz • Smith, Alice Madeline • I Smith, Charlie .' Smith, Chas F.e. • I Smith, Eliza P. •• Smith, Hubert George • Smith, Johan • . Smith, John • i Smith, Louis • : Smith, Sigurd F. • ' Smith, William Frederick • : Soderlund, Gustave Fredric • Soderlund, Gustave Fredric [1923] • : Soedenberg, Jan P. • ! Solon, Swain • I Somer, Kayston • ',Somer, Kay ten • • • • • • • • • • • • I ". ~\ ~: ", .. 2001-03-04 44 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • ,."".. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Sommer, Kajetan Sommer, Max Sommer, Rudolph Sommerfield, A. Sonderegger, Heding Sormani, Carl P.A.M. Soyhiendahl, Neils Spears, Eugenia (Eugenia Speropulos) Speicher, Lorenz Speicher, Lorenz Speicher, Lorenz [1921] Speicher, Shermann . Spencer, Frances Gertrude Spencer, Franzes Gertrude [1925] Speropulos, Andrew Georgeos Speropulos, Eugenia Spiropoulos, Andrew Georgeos Springer, Otto Stadler, Herman Stadler, John Stahel, Jacob Jr. Stahel, Jacob Sr. Stalberg, Andrew Stanley, Dangerfield Stanley, Dangerfield [1895] . Stapley, Maynard Stavropoulos, Nikolaos K. Steel, Matthew Steele, Mathew Steinbring, Emil O. Steinbring, Emil O. Steinbring, Emil Otto [1921] Steinbring, F.W. Steinbring, Paul H. Steinbring, Paul H. Steinbring, Paul H. [1922] Steinbring, W. Steinbring, William Stephens, Arnold Christian Stern, Chas Sternisa, Carl Stevens, Percy Nevil Stevens, Percy Nevil Stevens, Percy Nevil 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 5 Vol. 1: 3 Vol. 1: 189 Vol. 1: 251 Vol. 1: 263 Vol. 1: 237 Vol. 1:76 Vol. 7: 4 . Vol. 2: 111 Vol. 10: 14- 15' Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.4 Vol. 2: 185 Vol. 11: 11 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.13 Vol. 4: 187 Vol. 4: 184 Vol. 7: 4 Vol. 3: 249 Vol. 1: 119 Vol. 1: 121 Vol. 1: 299 Vol. 1: 298 Vol. 1:76 Vol. 1: 315 Box 3:15 Vol. 1:78 Vol. 3: 308 Vol. 1: 304 Vol. 9: 68 Vol. 2: 86 Vol. 10: 94 . Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.45 Vol. 9: 51 Vol. 2: 94 Vol. 10: 90 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.19 Vol. 1: 222 Vol. 2: 89 Vol. 2: 199 Vol. 1: 246 Vol. 2: 173 Vol. 7: 17 Vol. 5: 223 Vol. 4: 223 45 �.Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • Stewart, James Stiefel, Solonion • Stifter, Catherine • Stifter, Catherine ,• Stifter, Catherine • Stirmel, Auson Stiveley, Daniel ,• • Stoeber, Max Stoklas, Jospeph ~ Stoklas, Lyle R. ~ • Stote, Angelina T. Strachan, C.E. Straffon, C.W. Straffon, Charles Warren ~ • Straffon, Charles Warren • Straffon, Charles Warren [1913] • Straub, Christ Straub, Christian • Straub, Christian • Straub, Christian • Straub, Christian Strobeck, Magnus , • Stroh, Hermann Otto David • Strohdeich, August e, Strok, David [1909] .: Strub, Joseph Stubeck, Emil Stubeck, Emil • Stubeck, Emil • Stubeck, Emil [1922] Sturm, Michael Sudermann, George • Sullivan, Cornelius Sullivan, John Summer, Michael Sumner, Victor • Sundquist, Carl Oscar • Suter, Barnhard • , Sutherland, Douglas Archibald • , Sutter, Samuel • . Svansfon, Anders Petter • : Svanson, Svan • I ,Sved, A. Anders Son • ,Svenson, Andrew Vol. 1: 128 Vol. 1: 148 Vol. 7: 33 Vol. 5: 259 Vol. 3: 257 Vol. 1: 316 Vol. 1: 85 Vol. 1: 276 Vol. 2: 197 Vol. 2: 200 Vol. 1: 258 Vol. 1: 276 Vol. 1: 213 . Box 2:21 Vol. 10: 29 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.21 Vol. 2: 44 Vol. 7: 6 Vol. 4: 190 Vol. 3: 227 Vol. 10: 112 Vol. 1: 79 Vol. 2: 34 Vol. 1: 188 Box 1:10 Vol. 1: 185 Vol. 2: 146 Vol. 1: 271 Vol. 10: 115 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.32 Vol. 1: 142 Vol. 2: 188 Vol. 1: 82 Vol. 1: 187 Vol. 9: 69 Vol. 9: 70 Vol. 2: 186 Vol. 1: 291 Vol. 3: 264 Vol. 1: 312 Vol. 1: 46 Vol. 1:74 Vol. 1: 50 Vol. 1: 88 •• i. • • • , • ~ .' • ., .' ',: " .···i ~'::.>. : :'; ',,' 2001-03-04 .,., .,.,.' 46 �Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Svenson, Peter Swahn, AJ. Swanson, Daniel A Swanson, Henry Swanson, Martin Swanson, Martin Swanson, O. Swedin, Peter August Sweeney, Michael Talbot, John C. Talbott, Henry Talgmann, Carmel (Sister Marcellina) Tanabauer, Leopold Tarkoff, Isaac Taylor, Peter Stewart Tcherepasnicz, Israel (Raffelock, Sam) Teachan, Patrick Teberg, C. Telgmann, Carmel (sister Marcellina) Templeton, William Thelin, John Thomas James D. Thomas, A Thompson, C. Thompson, John E. Thompson, John F. Thompson, Robert Thorne, Nick Thudium, Aug. Thudium, Carl Thudium, CharI Thudium, William Ernest Thudium, William Ernest Thudium, William Ernest [1914] Thuesen, N. J. Timm, Friedrich Timmerman, J.L. Timur, Ferdinand Toefz, William Toft, Nels. P. Tomson, Daniel Toneden, Simon Torneden, August Torneden, Henry Vol. 1: 108 Vol. 1: 24 Vol. 1: 69 Vol. 9: 31 Vol. 1: 295 Vol. 9: 40 Vol. 1: 277 Vol. 1: 44 Vol. 1: 132 Vol. 9: 14 Vol. 1: 63 Vol. 4: 180 Vol. 1: 189 Vol. 1: 275 Vol. 1: 9.1 Vol. 4: 209 Vol. 1: 85 Vol. 1: 93 Vol. 7: 2 Vol. 1: 252 Vol. 1: 98 Vol. 1: 20 Vol. 1: 15 Vol. 1: 24 Vol. 1: 252 Vol. 1: 221 Vol. 1: 21 Vol. 9: 47 Vol. 1: 273 Vol. 9: 3 Vol. 1: 278 Vol. 2: 47 Vol. 10: 33 Box 2:8 Vol. 1: 95 Vol. 1: 223 Vol. 1: 261 Vol. 1: 89 Vol. 2: 145 Vol. 3: 244 Vol. 1: 48 Vol. 1: 159 Vol. 9: 20 Vol. 2: 158 47 2001-03-04 �~,,' ,:1 Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • Vol. 1: 152 Vol. 1: 77 Vol. 1: 183 Vol. 1: 263 Vol. 3: 265 Vol. 2: 100 Vol. 10: 93 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.23 Vol. 1: 164 Vol. 1: 139 Vol. 2: 155 Vol. 10: 116 Vol. 1: 57 Vol. 1: 175 Vol. 1: 158 Vol. 1: 249 Vol. 1: 161 Vol. 1: 170 Vol. 2: 92 Vol. 1: 322 Vol. 10: 119 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.43 Vol. 2: 107 Vol. 2: 144 Vol. 1: 238 Vol. 10: 66 Vol. 2: 121 Box 2:9 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.48 Vol. 6: 302 Vol. 1: 33 Vol. 1: 107 Vol. 6: 290 Vol. 1: 310 Vol. 11:14 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.11 Vol. II: 13 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.12 Vol. 1: 273 Vol. 2: 213 Vol. I: 174 Vol. 2: 24 Vol. 1: 119 Vol. 10: 107 Towneden, FredriCk Tranberg, Daniel Treftz, William Trey, Philip • Tschopik, Klaus Tuckel, William • Tuckel, William H. • Tuckel, William Herman [1922] • Tucker, Chas H. ~ Tucker, Cromwell • Tucker, Louis H. • Tufz, William • Tunal, Calli • Turke, Frank " Tyler, Paul • Uhrlaub, Jeannot • Uirichson, P. • Uisco, Joseph • Unger, John • Unger, John • Unger, John, • Unger, John [1923] ., Vagler, G.P. • Vagler, Valentine • Valter, John J. Van Horbeek, Alphous .' Van Horebeek, Alphous • Van Horebeek, Alphous [1915] • Van Horebeek, Alphous [1921] Van Leiden, Antoni Johannes • Vatcher, George .' Vaux, John J. .; Vega, Luis Munoz .' Vehmann, Valentine • Verney, Eva Florence • , Verney, Eva Florence [1925] Verney, William Comings by • Verney, William Conningsby [1925] • ! Vincent, C.H. • ' Virr, Cyril Frank VitI, Nicholas • : Vlahos, PeteEfSlathion • I Vogel, Joseph • 'Vogler, George Peter • • • I. I. .1 • • • '.' .,"'" L. I I, t , 2001-03-04 , 48 �; ;'!-:'-:'1.~.' .~"." . .\\"~.. . . "','" ~ Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • .:':: . .-:.' , .' 2001-03-04 ,'"r,: .' " i • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Vogler, George Peter [1922] Vogler, V. Vogler, V. Voigt, August Voigtlander, Margot Lydia Voigtlander, Margot Lydia Volk, Christ Von Gronicka, Brunhilde Von Gronicka, Brunhilde Von Gronicka, Brunhilde VonBergen, C. Voutsser, H. Wacker, Henry Wacker, Henry Wacker, Henry [1914] Wacknitz, Otto Wagner, Charles William Wagner, Emil Wagner, John Wais, Wilhelm Herman [1921] Walb, S.O. Walker, Ana Walker, Ana Walker, Thos Wallner, Johann Alexander Walmer, Theodore Walrafen, J. Wanstrath, George Wassling, Andrew Watt, Isaac Watteville, Bde. Watteville, Charles Watts, Margarete Marianne Watts, Margarete Marianne Wayahn, William Ways, Christian Webber, Henry M. Weber, Anton Weber, Franz Weber, George Weber, John Wedermann, Louise Weere, H. Weese, A.F. Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.29 Vol. 1: 262 Vol. 1: 273 Vol. 1: 218 Vol. 7: 22 & 23 Vol. 5: 233 Vol. 1: 221 Vol. 7: 13 Vol. 5: 207 Vol. 4: 207 Vol. 1: 262 Vol. 1: 5 Box 2:7 Vol. 10: 30 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.22 Vol. 1: 230 Vol. 1: 103 Vol. 1: 314 Vol. 1: 157 Box 3:5 Vol. 1: 210 Vol. 6: 285 Vol. 7: 51 Vol. 1: 248 Vol. 1: 189 Vol. 1: 215 Vol. 1: 269 Vol. 1: 270 Vol. 1: 6 Vol. 1: 110 Vol. 1: 289 Vol. 1: 289 Vol. 7: 43 Vol. 5: 268 Vol. 1: 174 Vol. 1: 197 Vol. 1: 16 . Vol. 1: 192 Vol. 1: 146 Vol. 1: 249 Vol. 1: 182 Vol. 10: 100 Vol. 1: 203 Vol. 1: 324 49 .,1 1 I j �"1 .1 lndex to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • I. Weese, K . • Weichseldorfer, Ferdinand ,. Weight, Francis Alfred • Weischseldorfer, Reinmond • Weitzenkorn, Philip • Wennstrom, Johnn • Werkenthin, Adolph Martin • Werkenthin, Adolph Martin [1925] • Werkenthin, Annabel Root • Werkeuthin, Adolph Martin • Werkeuthin, Annabel Root .. Werner, Carl Moritz Emil • Werner, Edward Frederick • Werner, Ellen • Werner, Ellen • Werner, Ellen • Werner, Emil • Werner, Henry • Werner, Henry • Werner, Henry • Wernson, Ole • Wesh, Emily J. • Wesh, John .; Westin, Lars .; Westlerberg, Erick • Westling, Andrew ., Weston, Joshua • Weston, Joshua [1917] • Wey, John • Whiscomb, William • White, Frederick • Whitehead, S.S. .' Whitney, C.W. ., Whittaker, Lawrence T. • ; Wibel, Eugene • : Wiederman, Louise O. [1921] • : Wiedermann, William • ' Wiermann, Jacob • Wilhamson, Charles Severine • : Wilhelm, John • ; Wilke, Edward • I Will, Fritz • I Willde, Lars F. • :'Willer, Max 2001-03-04 Vol. 1: 324 Vol. 1: 153 Vol. 1: 131 Vol. 1: 153 Vol. 1: 177 Vol. 1: 45 Vol. 11: 17 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.l4 Vol. 11: 20 Vol. 2: 171 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.16 Vol. 1: 100 Vol. 1: 100 Vol. 7: 17 Vol. 5: 221 Vol. 4: 221 Vol. 1: 3 Vol. 7: 8 Vol. 4: 194 Vol. 3: 229 Vol. 1: 200 Vol. 1: 32 Vol. 1:32 Vol. 1: 9 Vol. 1: 19 Vol. 1: 245 : Vol. 2: 57 Box 3:4 Vol. 9: 52 Vol. 1: 105 Vol. 1: 118 Vol. 1: 251 Vol. 1: 263 Vol. 1: 41 Vol. 2: 187 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.l Vol. 2: 76 Vol. 1: 302 Vol. 5: 246 Vol. 1: 217 Vol. 1: 86 Vol. 1: 163 Vol. 1: 18 Vol. 7: 24 I I I 50 �'·':-1 Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records 2001-03-04 .J ! . '; • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Willer, Max Willer, Max .. Williams, Christ Williams, Christ G. [1927] Williamson, Charles Severine Williamson, Hannah Williamson, Isaac Williamson, Issac E. Willmann, Gustav Willson, Siren Christian Wilson, C. John Wilson, Geroge Stanley Wilson, James Wind, Jacob Wind, Josef Wind, Karl Wittmann, Wenzel Frank Wittmann, Wenzel Frank W oerz, William H. Wolbert, John Wolf, Gustav Wolf, Gustav [1910] Wolf, Ph. Wolff, Conrad Wollhaf, Jacob Wollhof, William Woltersoloof, E.H. Wood, Stanley James Woodward, John Yodler, G. Young, John . Young, John Yung, Michael Yung, Michael Yung, Michael [1918] Zeigler, Matt Zeigler, Matt Zeisenes, Harry Zellner, Joseph Ziegler, Adelheid Anna [1923] Ziesquis, Henry Zillner, Joseoh Zillner, Joseph [1921] Zillner, Jospeh [1921] Vol. 5: 236 Vol. 5: 236 Vol. 11: 25 Box 4: Vol. 47283; pg.21 Vol. 7: 28 Vol. 3: 255 Vol. 1: 288 Vol. 2: 160 Vol. 1: 240 Vol. 1: 229 Vol. 1: 229 Vol. 2: 20 Vol. 1: 107 Vol. 1: 196 Vol. 1: 196 Vol. 1: 233 Vol. 7: 28 Vol. 5: 244 Vol. 1: 267 Vol. 1: 265 Vol. 10: 22 Box 3:2 Vol. 1: 142 Vol. 1: 216 Vol. 1: 225 Vol. 1: 191 Vol. 1: 198 Vol. 1: 152 Vol. 1: 102 Vol. 1: 4 Vol. 2: 53 Vol. 10: 99 Vol. 2: 122 Vol. 10: 106 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.24 Vol. 2: 140 Vol. 10: 40 Vol. 9: 26 Vol. 10: 69 Box 4: Vol. 41307; pg.41 Vol. 1: 80 Vol. 2: 79 Box 2:19 Box 4: Vol. 3815; pg.49 51 �,Index to Douglas County Naturalization and Immigration Records • ,.. I. , ' • Zimmerman, Michael Zondler, Karl Zugler, Adelhide Anna Zvonicek, Milan Vol. 2: 23 Vol. 1: 207 Vol. 10: 117 Vol. 3: 295 '. 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Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 , President & Pioneer Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu Vice-President & Programs Linda Lang Iindalang@sunflower.com Treasurer S..ari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan Assistant : Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Web Master Don Vaughn donwiI468@earthlink.net Librarian Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Membership Sharon Moore Publications Beverley Chapman labechap@msn.com The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal WQrld. Membership fees are $15 single, $17 for household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are ahrays welcome at meetings. Th¢ Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in tbe Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Lirary, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:309pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Li~rary, but items my not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WE BPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 - 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 27, Nos. 1 and 2: January and April 2004 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL27_1AND2_JAN-APR2004 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/864fedeb0f118061271e683af92748fa.pdf 6725b1982780bf3207bbdb2cebda555d PDF Text Text .-. . " I.~, 1:~l_ ~, : ; 1- , , . , ' .' �.... THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 July & October 2004 Volume 27, no. 3 & 4 Minutes 53 News nuggets 55 Ks. St. Gazatteer 1894 56 Sound Geneal. Research 57 Family Chronicle 58 Contents of microfilm files 59 Contents Book Reviews 65 Historical Resources 67 Kathle~n Forsythe 71 Census C-D Roms 71 Obituaries 72 Ellis Island 73 Ancestry.com articles 74 2004 membership list 82 Membership form 82 Index 83 Dy.es for the Society are\due for 2005. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the Society at th~ address above. ----------------------------- Tuesday, April19tb~ 2005 7 pm at the Lawrence Public Library i Long-time genealogist Jean Snedeger will lead a roundtable discussion about publishing your family history. Jean has published histories of several of her family lines and will provide advice on the nuts and bolts of the entire process. These programs are open to the public and free of charge. Join our mailing list for last-minute updates/ changes to our events and information about other area genealogical events. E-mail: familyhistory@Sunfiower.com. Web site: htt.p:l!skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/douglas/dckgs.htm.Address: DCGS, PO Box 3664, Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664. To support genealogy research in Douglas County, please join us! Membership in the Douglas County Genealogical Society is $15 per household. This schedule last updated on February 1, 2005. �Douglas County Genealogical Society Meeting at the Lawrence Public Library on 1217/2004 1. Members present agreed to turn over the DCGS collection to the Lawrence Public Library on the condition that the DCGS has the right to take back anything the library doesn't want 2. Mary Burchill noted that she agreed to contact the DAR about their collection on behalf of the library. 3. The following members agreed to be on a committee to talk with library representatives about the library's plans for the DCGS collection and the library's plans for the Osma Room. They will hold offuntil decisions have been made about the DCGS's policies for accepting family files. Shari Mohr Richard Wellman Linda Lang 4. The following members agreed to be on a committee to discuss setting up files for accepting and storing family files. These files will serve as a resource for individuals who are doing family research in Douglas County. The committee will talk with Watkins Musem representatives about out plans for family files. Martha Harris Paul Jordan Shari Mohr 5. The following members have agreed to serve on the board for 2005: President and Pioneer-Mary Burchill Vice president and programming-Linda Lang Treasurer- Shari Mohr Genealogist- Paul Jordan, Richard Wellman as assistant. Web Master-Don Vaughn Librarian (or some variation)-Martha Harris Membership (keep track ofmembers)-Sharon Moore Publications- Beverley Chapman 5. Members discussed programming for 2005-2006. The DCGS will continue to have �monthly programs. No decision was reached yet about whether to plan a major workshop with a national speaker. 6. Members discussed the status of Douglas County, Kansas Family Histories 1991-1992, Volume 1 It was decided that after keeping enough copies to fulfill requests that come by mail or through the Web site, the DCGS would work to distribute these volumes to interested parties at no charge except for mailing costs. a. Several members are storing these books for the DCGS. Because Paul Jordan is moving and needed to dispose of five boxes immediately, the following members volunteered to take boxes right away: Richard Wellman: five boxes to distribute to interested Jefferson County Genealogical Society and Jefferson County Historical Society members Martha Harris: one box to distribute to interested Eudora Area Historical Society members Shari Mohr: one box to help out b. Erma Worley agreed to address cards to genealogical societies to help in finding homes for the volumes. If no one has a better list for her to use, she will use a genealogical handbook for society addresses. Actions Taken After the Meeting Mary Burchill has contacted Bruce Flanders at the library to let him know that both the DCGS and the DAR are ready to talk to the library about what is involved in giving their books to the Library. Thanks to Shari Mohr for doing considerable research in preparation for the meeting. Richard Wellman has arranged for the Baldwin City Library to get a complete set of back copies of The Pioneer. The Eudora Historical Society and the Eudora Public Library will also receive a complete set each. Richard is working on a subject index for back copies of the Pioneer. This is a subject index, not a names index. Shari Mohr may be compiling this. �At the regular meeting of the Society on 12 March 2005 the proposal of giving our books to the Lawrence Public Library was discussed. The following motion was moved, seconded and voted on. It was passed. Richard Wellman put forth the motion as follows: I move that the Douglas County Genealogical Society empower the negotiating team (or oversight team?) to be given the authority to give the Society's books to the Lawrence Public Library if the negotiating team is satisfied that the negotiations have resulted in a satisfactory agreement. We will proceed from there and report in die ~ext Pioneer. ------ -- ---- Connections Lawrence Public Library Events, Information, and Services August 2004 ~ ----~--- -- ;---------:.:~--~ --~--~ Newsy Nuggets from the Nineteenth Century By Louise Hanson, Adult Services Coordinator \ I. ,j With all the informational wonders available on the Internet's worldwide web, we are tempted to assume that no other sources of information are needed. Not true, of course. Where on the Internet would you find news of George Martin, who took off for Missouri "where he ... put in his time 'foolin' with [aJ buzz saw"'? It must have been a slow news day in Perry when a reporter felt compelled to tell readers of the plight of Frank Schell, "a poor lone widdy." (My guess is that forlorn Frank is a widower.) These items are from the June 11 . 1885 issue of The Lecompton Monitor. ' c All these tidbits of information and much more are now available in our new microfilm collection of 19th and early 20 th century Douglas County newspapers. The collection -:. _~_ of.historical regional _ n_ewspapers, comprising i 1 -------- - ,- -- 38 microfilm reels, is a joint gift of the Friends of Lawrence Public Library, the Douglas County Genealogical Society, and the Lawrence Journal-World. You can access this collection in the microfilm section of the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the library. A microfilm reader/printer is available for your use and of course, our Reference staff is always on duty to help you. Included in this collection are the Baldwin Criterion (1883), the Lecompton Union (1856) and the Grasshopper and New Era out of Grasshopper Falls (now Valley Falls) (1874). Of particular interest to many local history buffs are the Lane University newspapers College Echoes (1888) and College Q,racle (1892). Students, genealogists and!! local historians will find much of value in this l:Jtterly fascinating collection. The Library is grateful to the donors of this collection and extends a hearty invitation to all to explore this new additign to our holdings. .~ �KANSAS STATE GAZA TTEER BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1894 & Volume VlII, by R. L. Polk & Co. (providing info. about southern Douglas Co. towns) BALDWIN--- An incorporated town in Douglas county, 16 miles south of Lawrence, the county seat, 53 from Kansas City, Mo., and 44 southeast of Topeka. It is a station on the S.K. Ry, is a seat of Baker University and has 4 churches, public schools, a bank and several stores and a weekly newspaper. Po;ulation, 1,200. Exp. W. F. & Co. Tel., W. U. M. E. Cowgill,. postmaster. Bailery, R. W., shoemaker Baker Beacon, Baker Univ. paper Baker University, W. A. Quale, D. D. Ph.D., pres. Baker, University Index, Literary Societies ofBaker Univ. publrs. Baldwin Ledger, W. C. Markham, Editor Baldwin State Bank (capital $16,000) Jam'es Murray, pres., J. E. Hair, cash. Bare,.Mrs. J. C, fruit grower Blainy & Bodewell, tinware Bodewell, H. E., confectioner Bristow, Wm., justice of peace Carter & Harpster (Henry C. Carter, F. O. Harpster), nursery & fruit grower Cary, Wm. E., druggist Crooks & Thompson (E.L. Crooks, Wm. Thompson), real estate Crosby, Mrs. K. E., hardware Cutler, Mrs. C., hardware Eaton, E. K., live stock breeder Flora & Deming, grocers Huff, Mrs., grocer Humbert, Henry, confectioner Hyde, W. A., jeweler Ives, C. P. & Co., lumber Junkins, W. W., grain and live stock Kerns, W. D., fruit grower Kochane, T. J., painter Lake, Stephen, grocer Leach, Mrs. James, milliner Leake, A., hamessmaker Lehew, P. A., clothing Loc~ood, C. E., baker McClure, G. J. & Co., books McDonald, W. I., shoemaker Markham, W. C, Editor Baldwin Ledger Martin, Fred, livery Martin, W. D., physician Messinger, F., dry goods Misemer & Sturdy, grocers & mears Motter, Rev. J. A., Methodist Newton & Miller, express & coal Osborn, Dr. F., drugs Owen, H. C., physician Preshaw, J. F. & Co. (J. Frank Preshaw), books & stationery Shinkle A., prop Summit House Starr, J. M., barber Stephens, C. E., physician Stewart, Mrs. Helen, dressmaker Stewart, J. T. & Co., blacksmifhs Sturdivan, L. A., grocer Summit House, A. Shinkle, proprs. Van Kuren, L. S., agt, A.T.&S. Fe RR, Wells Fargo Exp. and W. U. Tel. Walker, James V., grocer Walker, J. E., carpenter Webster, Arthur, stock breeder Webster, W. H., dentist Wheeler, F. H., fruit grower Wilkins, I., flour mill GLOBE--- Douglas county, 20 miles southwest of Lawrence, the judicial seat and banking poing, and 10 1/2 miles from Overbrook fhe nearest shipping point. Wm. Featherston, posfrnaster Featherston, Wm. Jr., live stock Metzger, W. R., carpenter Powell, W. G., live stock Preston, J. W., live stock Ulrich, M. H., justice of peace VINLAND- - -On the S. K. div. A.T. & S. Fe R.R., in Douglas county, 10 miles south of Lawrence, the county seat and banking point. Population,75. Tel, W. U., Exp., W., F. & Co. James G. Stiff, postmaster. Baker, T. C., General Store Barnes, W. E., nursery Davis, Rev. T. D., Presbyterian Funk, S. K., blacksmith Gantz, Jacob, cider and vinegar Iliff, Joseph, tinner Iliff & Co., General Store Leggett, Henry, harnessmaker Perrine, G. J., physician Thomas, Rev. E. L., Methodist Tryon, James, painter Williams, Louis, railroad & expo agt. WORDEN--- A village in Douglas county, 19 miles southwest of Lawrence, the county seat and nearest banking and shipping point. Tri-weekly stage, with mail, from Lawrence. Population, 27. John F. Schott, pOSfrnaster. Fisher, C. M., lawyer German, Joseph, barber German, W. L., livery Hein, Fred, shoemaker Kirchner, Henry, stone mason Oliver, H. N., stock breeder Roberts, Charles, creamery Schott, John F., general store Schuitz, Peter, blacksmith Ulrich, M. 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The charge on your credit card will be billed to "History/Family Chronicle". �Contents: DRAWER #1 Federal Census Douglas County, Kansas 1860 (8 th ) - two reels 1870 (9 th ) - two reels 1880 (10 th ) -two reels 1900 1910 1920 1930 Federal Census Gentry County, Missouri 1860 (8 th ) Federal Census Webster, Worth, Wright Counties, Missouri 1870 (9 th ) 1880 (loth) Kansas State Census 1865 1875 1885 1895 1905 1915 1925 - three reels three reels three reels four reels three reels Index to the Reprint Edition of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, 1861-1865, and Report ofAdjutant General of State of Kansas, 1861-1865 �Douglas County Atlas 1873 1902 1909 1921 (all on same reel) Final Rolls of Five Civilized Tribes Choctaw and Chickasaw - Reel 1 Cherokee - Reel 2 Creek and Seminole - Reel 3 Douglas County Marriage Records Indexes and Records Books Indexes - Two Reels; Records Books - 13 Reels Indexes ID 2D Book 1 1863-1867 Book 7 1949-1969 to Book 6 1935-1948 to Book 9 1984-6130/92 Records Books 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D lOD lID 12D 13D 14D 15D Book 1 Book 4 Book 7 Book 10 Book 14 Book 17 Book 20 Book 23 Book 26 Book 29 Book 32 Book 35 Book 38 1863-1867 1872-1879 1889-1894 1904-1909 1922-1925 1930-1934 1940-1943 1947-1950 1958-1963 1969-1971 1977-1979 1983-1985 1989-1991 to Book 3 to Book 6 to Book 9 to Book 13 to Book 16 to Book 19 to Book 22 to Book 25 to Book 28 to Book 31 to Book 34 to Book 37 to Book 39 1869-1872 1883-1889 1900-1904 1919-1922 1928-1930 1937-1940 1945-1947 1953-1958 1966-1969 1974-1977 1982-1983 1987-1989 1991-1992 Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, ](ansas) ~o �. L 663 L664 L 665 L667 L668 L 673 L674 9 Jan 1872 - 30 Jun 1872 1 Aug 1872 - 16 Feb 1873 18 Feb 1873 - 19 Aug 1873 1 Jan 1874-24Ju11874 25 JuI1874 - 6 Dec 1874 1 Feb 1878 - 29 Jun 1878 1 JuI1878 - 9 Jan 1879 The Western Home Journal (Lawrence, Kansas) L 766 L 767 L 768 L 769 L 770 L 771 . L 772 L 773 11 Mar 1869-20Ju11871 27 Ju11871-15 Oct 1874 22 Oct 1874 - 8 Mar 1877 15 Mar 1877 - 23 Jan 1879 30 Jan 1879 - 24 Jun 1880 1 Jul 1880 - 1 Dec 1881 8 Dec 1881-7 Jun 1883 14 Jun 1883 - 25 Mar 1885 Doug/as County Republican (Lawrence, Kansas) L 2820 L 2821 . L 2822 L 2823 L 2824 L 2825 L 2826 4 Mar 1926 - 9 Aug 1928 16 Aug 1928 - 1 Jan 1931 8 Jan 1931-23Feb 1933 2 Mar 1933 - 6 lun 1935 13 Jun 1935 - 2 Dec 1937 9 Dec 1937 - 4 Apr 1940 11 Apr 1940 - 2 Jan 1941 Name Change Outlook (Lawrence, Kansas) 9 Jan 1941-4 lun 1942 11 JUll 1942 - 30 Dec 1943 L 2827 Name Change Lawrence Outlook (Lawrence, Kansas) L 2828 L2829 L 2830 L 2831 L 2832 L 2833 L2834 L2835 L 2836 L 2837 L2838 6 Jan 1944 - 12 Oct 1944 19 Oct 1944 - 6 Feb 1947 13 Feb 1947 - 14 Apr 1949 21 Apr 1949-15 Mar 1951 22 Mar 1951-23 Apr 1953 30 Apr 1953 - 19 Aug 1954 26 Aug 1954 - 24 Nov 1955 1 Dec 1955 -21 Feb 1957 28 Feb 1957 - 6 Feb 1958 13 Feb 1958-2 Dec 1958 4 Dec 1958 - 17 Mar 1960 24 Mar 1960 - 18 May 1961 1.,1 �L 2839 L 2840 L 2841 L 2842 25 May 1961 - 31 May 1962 7 Jun 1962 - 6 Jun 1963 13 Jun 1963 - 6 Aug 1964 13 Aug 1964 - 8 Oct 1964 Name Change Lawrence Outlook and the Jeffersoll COllll(V Mirror-Times L 2843 L2844 15 Oct 1964 - 9 Jun 1966 16 Jun 1966 - 14 Dec 1967 21 Dec 1967 - 8 Feb 1968 Name Change Lawrence Outlook (Lawrence, L 2845 Kal1sa.~) 15 Feb 1968 - 21 Apr 1969 24 Apr 1969 - 7 Aug 1969 Name Change Lawrence Outlook and the Jefferson County Mirror-Times 10 Aug 1969 - 14 Aug 1969 Name Change Lawrence Outlook (Lawrence, Kansa~) 18 Aug 1969 - 22 Sep 1969 Name Change Lawrence Outlook and the Jefferson County Mirror-Times 25 Sep 1969 - 29 Apr 1970 �Contents: DRAWER#tl. Douglas County, Kansas ___ 19th and Early 2(/h Century Newspapers Baldwin - Eudora - Lecompton Helen Osma Room - Microfilm Collection Source: Kansas Historical Society Reel # Lab # Begin Date End Date 1883 11129 1885 4/23 1 15732 1885 1885 1887 1890 1893 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1919 5/1 10/31 5/6 8/1 12/8 3/5 6/22 817 917 9/3 10/4 11145 113 1885 1887 1890 1893 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1921 10/24 4/29 7/25 12/1 2/26 6/15 7/31 8/31 8/27 9/27 10/29 12/27 12/30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15732 15733 15734 15735 15736 15737 15738 15739 15740 15741 15742 15743 15744 College Echoes (Lane University, Lecompton) 1888 8/0 1891 3/0 26 17038 College Oracle (Lane University, Lecompton) 1892 6/0 1901 8/1 26 17038 Community Spirit ((Lecompton) 1922 8/3 1923 2/22 37 17036 1887 1891 1894 1897 1900 9/8 111 2/1 4/1 5/31 1890 12/25 1894 1125 1897 3/25 1900 5/24 1903 8/13 14 15 16 17 18 22139 22140 22141 22142 22143 Title Baldwin Criterion B 1 Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger B B B B B B B B B B B B B Eudora News Eudora News Eudora News Eudora News Eudora News E E E E E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 883 884 885 886 887 11 1 �~ . Eudora News E 888 1903 8120 1905 9/28 19 22144 Eudora News Weekly Eudora News Weekly Eudora News Weekly Eudora News Weekly Eudora News Weekly E E E E E 1905 1906 1910 1916 1920 10/6 8/17 12/15 1/7 8/26 1906 1910 1915 1920 1923 8/10 12/8 12/30 8/19 6/21 19 20 21 22 23 22144 22145 22146 22147 22148 Grasshopper and 1874 New Era (Grasshopper Falls, now Valley Falls) 9/19 1875 2127 25 5531 Kansas National Democrat (Lecompton) Kansas New Era (Lecompton) Kansas New Era 888 889 890 891 892 L1455 1857 7/30 1861 3/14 24 A1362 V25 1866 8/28 1867 5/7 25 5531 1873 9/25 1874 9/10 25 5531 1867 4/5 1867 9/4 25 5531 1890 12/19 26 17038 1886 6/10 26 Kansas Weekly New Era (Medina) Lecompton Ledger L1680 1889 12/13 Lecompton Monitor L1680 1885 Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun Lecompton Sun L1668 L1669 L1670 L1671 L1672 L1673 L1674 L1675 L1676 L1677 L1678 L1679 1891 4/23 1897 6/4 1898 7/1 1901 10/4 1904 11125 1908 1124 1911 2/17 1914 1129 1917 114 1920 2119 1923 5/10 1928 7/26 1897 1898 1901 1904 1908 1911 1914 1916 1920 1922 1928 1934 5/28 6/24 9/27 11118 1117 2/10 1122 12/28 2/12 7/27 7/19 9/20 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 17026 17027 17028 17029 17030 17031 17032 17033 17034 17035 17036 17037 Lecompton Union L1455 1856 1857 6/19 24 A1362 6/4 4/28 2 �REVIEWS OF BOOKS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE OSMA ROOM Hatcher, Patricia Law Producing a quality family history. Salt Lake City, Ancestry Inc., 1996 $19.95 278 p., bibliography, index. This book covers all aspects of putting together a family history in book form. The- author is assuming the reader is doing a book so therefore she starts with what to write, resources to look at, designing the book, illustrations, different technologies to use, self-publishing, editing and preparing an index for best use. It is chock full of very good information. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. Smolenyak, Megan Smolenyak Honoring our ancestors. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, Inc., 2002. $12.95 218 p. The subtitle is "Inspiring stories of the quest for our roots". The author has collected stories of peoples families. They are inspiring and fun to read. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. Balhuizen, Anne Ross. Searching on location: Planning a research trip. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, Inc., 1992 $9.95 102 p., bibliography, index. Books of this sort always point out something you might not have thought of when you are getting ready to do research on-site. Reading this and going through their chapter by chapter checklist of things to do can make your trip work out very well. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. Neagles, James C. U.S. military records: A guide to federal and state sources-Colonial America to the present. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, Inc., 1994. 441 p., bibliographies, index. Every war from pre-1775 through Vietnam is covered. Types of records (pensions, landgrants, burials, etc.) are covered plus several chapters on resources including archives, history and research centers inside and outside Washington, D.C. State resources for every state plus published sources that cover more than one state are also discussed. This is one of these large books which is very useful. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. There is also one in the general collection. �Pfeiffer, Laura Szucs. nd Hidden sources: Family history in unlikely places. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, Inc., 2003. 2 rev. ed. $16.95. 194 p., bibliography, appendices. This is an alphabetical listing of abbreviations and acronyms. These are listings that pertain to genealogical and historical sources and generally are from the US and Canada. This is a useful and fascinating book. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. Hone, E. Wade Land and property research in the United States. Salt Lake City, Ancestry, Inc., 1997. $49.95 517 p., bibliography, appttndices, index. The book is divided into sections; pre-US possessions, state-land states, federal-land states, individual lands, and special interest (which includes Native American Land records). Appendix A is Tract Book and Township Plat Map Guide to Federal Land States. Appendix B is Land Office Boundary Maps for All Federal Land States. This is a comprehensive, in depth and most useful volume. It will be shelved in the Osma Room. Your editor sorts and prices the Genealogy Books for the twice a year book sale at the Lawrence Public Library. Occasionally there are books that seem appropriate for the Osma Room collection. All have been donated to the book sale. The following three titles came from there. All three are published by Debra Graden of Grey Ink, Inc. in Leavenworth, Kansas. Protestant orphan's asylum, August 3, 1866-August 3, 1871. Leavenworth. Kansas. Registration of voters, 1867, Leavenworth County, Kansas. All name index of biographies and businesses from the history of Leavenworth County, KansaS by Je~se A. Hall and Leroy T. Hand. 1921 This kind of book is so very useful and a real contribution to the genealogical community. They will be shelved in the Osma Room. �Historical sources at the La nee Public Lib ry Lawrence, KS IDDIU&I,&I (785) 843-3833 i:1"~\J::>::>"IUl\J through loc:atE:t1 in the library's Internet . Library card. the library'S can be checked card. The Lawrence a variety of ....,......~t lower level; computers on the Materials in the Kansas Collection out. There is no eleD OSIDa L a dedicated room and space lu\"(n~,u a library collection that as a resource for users . materials and resources wOlrktnbJeS tables and chairs for p for the Douglas County "'"lla.UU~l of the Daughters of the access and use any of our lL.J,"'U"'~ Hanson, Coordinator of Lawrence Daily Baldwin City .LJ~~.a.~. Lecompton Eudora a"'\""'i:lI;:) and use these in the library; a .... '~.v.u ..... there is, however, a print . Its vision is of the local County marriage Room also local Betty is always U~""""'j"" about the 833, ext.113. card is not necessary Patrons may print of .25/page on the machine. ch can be searched and This is a recently ..._._.~ .... _"~ collection of books, Library's online It comprises a wide range fmaterials, such as The t 7 �Tombstone Census, city directories, Lawrence High School yearbooks, titles on Lawrence, Douglas County and Kansas history and biographies. These are for reference only and do not check out, but are always available for use during the library's operating hours. Vertical/Clippings File The library maintains an extensive collection of clippings from newspapers, as well as photos and other ephemera, on topics of area interest. These cover a wide time period, and topics range from biographical (like area artists Stan Herd, William Burroughs, and Langston Hughes-related items) to community events over time. An index to this collection is kept on top of the vertical files themselves. Magazines and Journals The Osma Room holds several periodicals, including back issues, with content often highlighting Kansas history or of interest to those researching area individuals, such as Kansas History, 1978Kansas Heritage, Spring 1993Kanhistique: Kansas History and Antiques, 1975- Electronic Databases with historical coverage These are accessible through the library's website: www.lawrence.lib.ks.us. Individuals will need to have a library card number to access these databases remotely. Heritage Quest Genealogy Database This database provides a broad range of sources useful in discovering personal histories: • Pro Quest's Genealogy & Local History - more than 25,000 complete books, with material from every state and Canada • U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930 - complete census information, with the ability to search by name, place of birth, age, ethnicity and other variables • PERSI (Periodical Source Index) - a subject index of more than 6,500 periodicals written since 1800, with the ability to search more than 1.6 million articles by surname, location, title and keyword • Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files (coming soon) detailed records of more than 80,000 people who served in the revolution with genealogical and historical information • Freedman's Bank Records (coming soon) - records from the primary bank used by freed slaves from 1865 to 1874, with information about more than 70,000 depositors and almost 480,000 dependants and heirs • Additional information from a number of data sources is coming soon - ship passenger lists, military history, city directories, vital records, and international genealogical records Historical New York Times This database offers full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue cover to cover - in downloadable .pdf files. This newspaper database represents the first initiative �to not only reach back into the past to digitize historical newspaper information but also to provide that information as both full-page-images and as article images. That means researchers can use the database to find not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. The date range searching tool allows searches on, before, or between two dates. Digitizing The New York Times involved scanning, digitizing, zoning, and editing over 3,400,000 pages from microfilm into digital files. The database covers The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 all the way to 2001 - a span of issues currently not covered by any other electronic resource. Other newspapers The library's electronic databases feature access to many other newspapers available online. For example, InfoTrac Custom Newspapers database enables online access to more than 150 newspapers. The scope of time coverage varies, however, and not all have archives available. Additional Resources The library has many resources to help facilitate patron access to and usage of library resources, and also provides reservable meeting spaces for Lawrence community groups and organizations .. ADA Computer For patrons with disabilities or visual impairment, this computer, located on the first level by the Reference Desk near the online catalog computers, can be useful for accessing the electronic databases mentioned above. It features an oversize screen and large-text option, large-print keyboard, and has audio capabilities. A ZoomText program also enables color and magnifying adjustments to target individual needs. It is also wheelchair-accessible. Enlarger Located on the lower level by the elevator, the enlarger enables hands-free viewing of print items, an oversize CCTV screen, and extensive magnification and color adjustments for varying visual needs. It is also wheelchair-accessible. Meeting rooms The Library's auditorium (capacity 98, with tables and chairs; 210 without) and gallery (capacity 35) can be reserved and used by any Lawrence organization, without charge, any time during regular operating hours. Reservations are required to ensure availability. For more information, or to reserve a room, call Maria Butler, Community Relations Coordinator, at (785) 843-3833, ext. 123. Basic Library information Operating hours (except major holidays) Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. �Obtaining a library card Library cards are available to any Lawrence resident, though a picture ID and proof of current address is required. There is no charge, although cards are only issued at the Library. Residents of many neighboring counties are also eligible for an LPL library card; please contact (785) 8433833 for more information. Iplsr 111704 70 �This is picture that the editor has. It can be claimed by either e-mailing me at burchill@ku.edu or calling at 843-9199. It is of Kathleen Forsythe, 1231 Louisiana, Lawret:J.ce and is dated 2. .20-26. Paul Jordan has. the following census indices on CD-Rom at his home. He will look up information for you if you give him a call at 842-4388. These have been· purchased by the Society for Paul to use in answering queries. 1910 Kansas 1920 K~msas 1930 Kansas East 1870 Kansas 1880 All of US Census and nationwide index. Thanks to Paul for doing this. '/ �OBITUARIES OF MEMBERS. o<fa~o{OODEATHS KING SERVICES Memorial services for rials to Douglas County VisitEdwina Rose (Spielman) King, ing Nurses Assn., Jefferson 82, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. . County Genealogical Society or Endacott Society's Expres': Saturday at First United Methodist Church. sion of Appreciation Fund Mrs. King died Dec. 9, 2003, through the KU Alumni Assoat Lawrence Memorial Hospi- ciation, sent in care of Wartal. ' ren-McElwain Mortuary. The family suggestsmemo~ .~~~ I' DEATHS RICHARD L. Services for Richard L Kidwell, 87, Lawrence, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Hom~. Masonic graveside services .' will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Jamestown Cemetery. Mr. Kidwell died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at Lawrence Memorial. Hospital. Kidwell : He was born July 6, 1916, in Gove County, the son of Christopher Carson and Martha Frances (Rash) Kidwell. He graduated from Jamestown . High School. ' . Mr. Kidwell was a sheet metal mechanic at Boeing in Wichita and taught sheet . metal mechanics to prospective employees of the Army Air Corps, with which he served during World War II. KIDWELL' Mter the war he worked for Singer Sewing Machin~ in . Wiehita, Coffeyville, Chanute, Empori"" Fort Scott, Pittsburg, Joplin. and Lawrence. He also had sold insurance in Chanute, and he sold furniture in Lawrence until his retirement. . He married Irma Leola Gray on Feb. 2, 1937, in Concordia. She died Nov. 12, 1994. . A grandchild also died earlier. Survivors include a son, Richard D., Broken Arrow, Okla.; three daughters, Joleen Sevart, Wichita, Susan Jordan, . Lawrence, and Victoria Martin, Salina; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the Jayhawk Audubon Society or Disabled American Veterans, sent in care of Rum. sey-Yost Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com. �American Family Immigration History Center Records for Port of New York 1892-1924 Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your SEARCH Session ,.,. Total Session time is approximately 35 minutes. SEARCH time is about 26 minutes. You can keep track of your time by the countdown clock on your screen. The remainder of the session is for directions and purchasing of Manifests and Ship Pictures. . . Use "ADD to your Ellis Island File" at the bottom of the screen. to save each document found (passenger Records, Manifests and Ship Pictures). Most Manifests after 1907 are 2 pages. An information sheet explaining two page manifests is pOsted at each station. Each of the two pages must be ADDED to your file individually. If you wish to order both pages, you must ADD each page individually during your search session and select each page individually to print during the CHECKOUT process. Each page counts as a Manifest. NOTE: In magnification mode, you cannot add a page to your Ellis Island file or tum from one page to another (that is, you clicked on the button to enlarge). ' ' When your SEARCH time is over, you will see the checkout screen. This is the time to request your free Passenger Record and to orderManifes~ or Ship Pictures. You can request only one free Passenger Record. If you would like to print additional passenger records, you may do another search session, if a station is available, or continue searching at our web site at www.ellisisland.org. Be sure to fully complete the check, out process to order your free Passenger Record or any Manifests or .Ship Pictures. Simply adding an item to your file will not process an order. You must press "Place This Order" at the end of the checkout process to receive copies. Need help? Look for a Foundation Service Representative in a navy shirt who will help you as quickly as capacity allows. ' .If you run out oftinle, you can continue.· your SEARCH at our web site at· www .ellisisland.org~ You will be able to access your file using the swipe card you receive today. Click on the. "SIGN IN" link at the top right hand comer of the screen. Under "YES, I AM NEW TO TillS SITE". Next select the "VISITED AFIHC ON ELLIS ISLAND" option. You will be prompted for your last name and the number on your swipe card. This will allow you to create your own user name.: and password to be used whenever you log on to the site afterwards. You can also order through the web 73 �1~'J·TheNO. AIfII~lcomt& 1- Souroe for FamilyHismryOnJlne 4-.TheFa~ilY History Compass - W Juliana Smith - 2/7/2005 - Researching in Unfamiliar Territory It all-started-with a call from a family-friend who- had a question- about Family Tree Maker. Fromtherethe conversation turned to an ancestress she had been trying to locate. The family hailed from Georgia and had moved through several other southern states. I volunteered-to-dosorne preliminary poking around to. see what I could find. (Yes, my obsession has reached the point where I'll hunt for just about anyone's . ancestors!) Starting a new research project is an exciting challenge and learning experience. It's like trying out a new recipe in someone else's kitchen. You're not sure where everything is kept, what tools are available or how it will turn out, but it's fun to try it. Today, I thoug ht we'd take a look at some of the things we-should consider when embarking on a research project in unfamiliar territory. . Get to Know- Their Surroundings This- would-be-my first-research expedition- in-Georgia, and I knew- relatively little about- Georgia- history. Elizabeth Butcher was said to have been born in the "Cherokee Purchase," 21 March 1829. So what-was the Cherokee Purchase? My first stepwas to-Googleit so-that I would have a rough ide~ofwherel.was looking. My first search for Cherokee Purchase gave me a slew of hits, mainly for Jeep Cherokees and property for sale-in Cherokee County. I got-more specific and searched. for: "Cherokee Purchase" Georgia -jeep The quotes told the search engine that Cherokee Purchase-was an- exact- phrase that I wanted; Georgia narrowed it down further and "-jeep" eliminated any hits with the word "jeep" in it. I found several sites that told me that the-Cherokee Purchase covered-land from the-Chattahoochee River westto:Alabama, and north to Tennessee and North Carolina. I found a historical map of Georgia in the Perry Castefieda Library's online map collection at www.lib.utexas.edu/mapslhistoricallgeorgia- 1895.jpg. Although it was for a later period than what I was searching, it showed the Chattahoochee River and the counties as they were in 1895. Using Red-Book (published-by-Ancestry); 1- could find out the-dates the counties were formed and the parent counties for those that were formed later. Red Book would also be useful later in determining what records were available and-when-civil-registration began in-each county. It would also give me information as to any research peculiarities for Georgia. Has It Been Done? Now- that 1- was a little more familiar with the geographical-area in which-I-would be looking, my next step was to see if anyone had done work on this family. I found a tree that included an Elizabeth Butler in' Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree (www.ancestry.comltrees). Although it listed her birth date as 21 March 1828, the fact that it was exactly one year off to the day, and that her birthplace was listed as Georgia, was enough to make me think she might be-the right person. Thefather's-name was listed as-Henry P. Butcher and there were two spouses listed-Martha Wilkins, whose death date was listed as 22 May 1826, and, Elizabeth Wilkins, whose first child was the Elizabeth I wasJooking at as-a possible match. There were six ~hildren listed with the first wife and fourteen by the second. Wow! That's quite a family. There was also an entry that said "Five- Children Butcher." I also noted that one of the children was listed under both mothers. OneWorldTree pulls the records from the Ancestry World Tree and stitches possible matches together. The information found there-is a compilation of what isJound in the various databases submitted by users and is only as good as the underlying research. While there were these two obvious �problems with the entry, there were also a whole lot of clues that I could follow-up on-eighteen of them in the form of siblings. Timeline Next, I went to my favorite tool for organizingcand-drew up a-timeline-based- on the treel had found; (Click here for more on creating timelines) , Since there were birth dates and places for the family, I started-with those-and began plugging them into a word processing document. Arranging the births as listed chronologically, I could see roughly where I would need to look to locate them in the census. The migration path they took matched what my fnend had told me, so I was even more encouraged that I had perhaps found the right family. Gathering and Organizing At this point I went on a searching spree at Ancestry.com. 1- found-census records for the father, Henry P. Butcher from 1830-1860 and entries in a number of other databases as well. The pile on my desk began mountin'g, and I decided it was time to step back and organize what I had located. I opened a new family file in Family Tree Maker and began entering the information I had at that point, noting the sources as well. Since I had already noted-discrepancies in some areas, I didn't-wantto have to keep going through the stack looking for where I had found a particular date. I chose Family Tree Maker because it comes with the ability to search all of the Ancestry.com-databases for all of the people I had entered into that family file. This was a timesaver when it came to searching for the siblings, and when I found records that matched the family, I was able to merge them into the file through the web merge tool. This made citing the sources a breeze. - More Creative Searches Recognizing that I'd also want to-do some more creative searches, particularly for years in which I wasn't able to locate the family, I also went directly to the databases in some cases. I went to the main search page at Ancestry.com (www.ancestry;comlsearchl)andselectedGeorgiaonthemap.This allowed me to see a list of the databases that were available for that state. I spied two databases of early Georgia marriages and tried-a-search for Butcher. I wasn't able to find Henry and either of his wives using the exact search and the Soundex option. To be thorough, I also checked under the bride's maiden name, and sure enough I found an entry for Elizabeth Wilkins and Henry Bucher. While it was a slight variation, it was enough to change the Soundex code from B326 to B260. Another search that I needed to be creative with was-a census search for Henry. The-online-tree-listed Henry's place of death as Ouachita Co., Arkansas in 1864. There is no Ouachita County in Arkansas; but there is Ouachita County. I searched the 1860 census for the surname- Butcher in Ouachita County in Arkansas and found Henry listed as H.P. Butcher. Another son was listed on the next page with only initials for his given and middle name as well; as were-other people-in that area; So if you are unable-to locate an individual with a given name, try an initial. Since most ofthe census indexes at Ancestry.com are everyname indexes, you- coul~ also try the name of another member of the household. Next Steps The next steps will be up_to my friend. Once-I get her the-information, she may wish to contact the person who submitted the tree online and exchange information. That person may have sources that we have not been able to access. She can also check the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC), as-well as libraries and archives that hold the original copies of the records. A quick check of the FHLG has already told me that the marriage records fo.r the c~unty where I found Henry an9 EIi,zabeth in-the index are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The film can also be ordered through a Family History Center near her for a nominal fee. Research should also be done on siblings (and there are plenty of them!). Records available for Elizabeth's brothers and sisters may lead to more clues. �--- ........., ' /" J The cool part about this search was that all of it was done from home over the course of a few nights with resources that are available online: Now-my friend hasfollow-ups-that-will keep her busy for-quite·awhile. It has also whetted my appetite and made me anxious to dive into my own family history again. And now that my column for thisweek is done, that is exactly-what I plan· on doing! Juliana Smith is the editor of the Ancestry E'JailyNews and-author of The-AQcestryFamily Historian's Address Book. She has written for Ancestry Magazine and Genealogical Computing. Juliana can be reached by e-mailatADNeditor@ancestry.com. butshe-regrets·that-she-is unable to· assist-with personal research. Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com: -.~- ---.-.--_--:-==--=-=--=---=--=---".- --~~~-.--- Ancestry.com-Lessons I Leamedatthe Family-History Library -- -~- - _. -- ~ Page 1 of3 A'"~!coms' IItAADIJ'TheNO. 1 Soorcefor FiJmilyHistDryOnJine . Ancestry Daily News Michael John Neill - 2/2/2005 _.. Lessons I Learned at the Family History·Library Professional· responsibilities afforded· me the-opportunity. to research sporadically at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, for three days this January. This week we will look at some suggestions for readers who are lucky enough to make a trek to a distant research fapility. Catalog Dates May Be Awry The online card catalog for. the Family History Library was a wonderful and a great tool in helping me plan for my trip. However, sometimes the catalog can be slightly incorrect. I encountered this on two occasions with two entirely separate sets. of records. The catalog entry' for some Catholic baptismal records indicated the time span covered was up to 1885. While looking at the records, the baptismal entries did only go through 1885. However, when I continued to view the materials, there was an index to entries that covered an additional fifteen years not noted in the card catalog. While the actual records for this later. time frame were not on the. microfilm, the index did.tell me that there were entries afterwards and in what years those entries were recorded. If I had stopped when the actual christening records ended, I would have missed additional information. A set of emigration papers from Ostfriesland, Germany, was also very high on my to-do list. With one-half of my ancestors. coming from. that area· between 1850 and 1883, I had high hopes for the records. The catalog entry indicated the information from the records started as early as the 1850s. There were references in-the emigration records to births as early as the 1840s. The emigration. records themselves-however actually dated from the mid-1880s, too late for my ancestors. Fortunately, my search list contained the names of aunts and uncles who had emigrated later, and I was able to find an entry for relative TjarkJanssen who emigrated in 1893. The record contained four pages of information on Tjark and his family. Be Organized Not only was my research time limited, it was spread out over three· days in two hours increments. Consequently, lengthy projects were not practical (at least not for me). As a result I compiled a list of lookups in records from five countries over a two-hundred-year·time·period; I would need to·be·organized. The lookups I needed were fairly specific. To make the best use of my time, I put each lookup in a file folder that included the following pieces of information: �- Call numbers for the source being used Reasons why I was using the record' Details that were needed to search the record Pedigree and family-group charts where appropriate As I prepared over a two-week time period, I kept thinking of new things to look for. As I added folders with new lookups, I wrote in pencil on the outside of each folder what information I needed to complete the lookup (names of parents, a date, a village, etc.) so that I had all the information I needed in the folder when I finally arrived at the library. As I prepared, I put the-folders in two stacks: one with folders that were "complete" and one with folders where I needed to get some facts or additional printouts from my database before I left. Before-I wentto the library, I visited thelibrary's-website to determine exactly what materialswereon what floor. I did not want to be running from one floor to another and did not want to drag all my lookup folders with me each time I went to the library. My lookups included-family histories, British records, German records, Swiss records, and United States records. I sorted the folders by the floor where the records would be located. There was no need to make unnecessary trips up and-down stairs! Use the Internet Wisely The Family History Library has numerous computer stations with Internet access as well as locations throughout the library where a laptop computer can be connected to the Internet. I used the Internet minimally at the library. There are miliionsofrecords-aUhe-library-1 can-use the Internet at home. However, it was very convenient to have the library card catalog accessible in so many locations and to be able to perform quick lookups in some online-sources if a discovery-warranted. There-were-times where a "hot" or unexpected find required me to perform some quick searches online to make better use of mylibrary time. - Read Directions The library has a relatively new machine that makes-digital copies from microfilm, and-I was anxious to try it out. Unfortunately in my haste, I did not read all the directions and failed to complete the "burn" of my CD. I thought I had saved my images on-theCDI purchased at the Family History Library, but I did not. However, since I kept precise track of what records were searched (and for whom I was searching), reproducing the searches was-relatively easy. Adequate preparation-makes library research easier and- facilitates the tracking of what work has been done. Is It in Storage? Not everything the Family-History Library has in its collection is located on site. The library has some materials in storage that must be retrieved. The online card catalog will indicate what materials are not housed atthe main library. Patrons can e-mail the libraryinadvanceoftheir visit and-have the materials ready when they arrive. These items in storage cannot be requested immediately just because I flew 1 ;000 miles and missed three connecting flightstoarrive-in-Salt lake-(oops ...thafs another story). If there had been any items I needed from storage, I should have made the request before I left on my trip. Decide How You Work Having led research trips and having prepared for numerous library- trips myself, I have- read more-about trip preparation than a person probably should. However, I tend to stick to research practices that work well for me-the way I am, and the way my mind works. This does-not mean thatlignore sound methodology or good genealogical practice. What it does mean is that I do not radically change the way I organize or plan my research. I constantly tweak how-I organize and plan, but do-not make- major changes.-My ancestors confuse me enough without using-a new process to confuse me even more. Since I do little of my initial analysis on a computer, I opted to not take-my laptop in the-library. For me, it was one more thing to drag around, and I was constantly afraid I was going to leave it somewhere and forget it. Sincelha~e to take handwritten notes, I make-copies whenever possible; I-decided since-my time was so short that If a record would not copy well (but was legible) that I would make a note to order the same .film frommy local branch library. Then I could transcribe-it when I could takecmytime and wouldnotfeelrushed. 77 �- - - --, Write Your Name on Your Hard Copy Card . , Copies and printouts can be made at the library at ~- nominal cost. Some-m~chmes take actual ~oney, but all will use a copy card which can be charged up with money at several stations thro~ghout the library. The card is more convenient than carrying change or running to get change~ The suggestion to put yo~r name on your card is one that should be heeded. I did not. Somew~ere in the library was a copy card with nearly ten dollars of unused copy money on it-without my- name on It. A Great Experience . . . The Family History Library in Salt Lake is an ~xcellentplace to resear~hi If the opport~mtypre~e~ts Its,elf.. As for me, I'll be returning in September of this year when the Federatlon.of Genealogl~al Socletle~ hosts It annual conference at the Salt Palace Cqnvention Center-. And I'll-be runmng around domg ~o~eqYlck lookups in two-hour increments. You can be assured I'll write my name on my copy card this time! - , ------_._,-_._-------- J. A4fI~!com(/J 11tAAJ", The. No; 1 Source for FamIly H{stmy Online Ancestry-DaHyNew5 Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak - 1/28/2005 Networking_ via MyFamily;com Sites It's no secretthat oneofthe most effective ways-to move your research forward is networking~finding,and interacting with the many others who hold pieces of your family history puzzle or at least have easier access to them; The Internet has made it easier than-ever to-find those-scattered third-and-fifth-cousins you want to swap details and photos with. But sometimes the sheer volume of distant cousins can overwhelm an avid genealogist, especially if you- find-yours elf-in-the-middleman-position , trying to keep every,one informed of the latest discoveries. Been There; Done That In the early 1990s, I found myself in exactly-this-situation. Thankstoa-CD-phone directory-{state of the art at the time!), I finally stumbled across some other Smolenyaks. Better yet, one ofthem was as enthusiastic about pursuing our- roots as-I was. When-we-compared notes, we-realized-that there were -stillimore of us out there, so we both made a lot of phone calls and wrote a lot of letters. In short order, we were blissfully in'undated-with new contacts and genealogical data. ' , We felt an obligation to keep all who had contributed in the loop with our progress, but this soon became a time-consuming task, We launched-a, newsletter- for-those with-Smolenyak-connections. Since ;we all hail from a village where everyone is related, our little newsletter was passed around, and our community developed-into-avillage-based society. This was-good news, but-also-ca~ed our coststo-soa~. After C! few years, we realized that we needed to look for another way to communicate. That's when we discovered' an online-solution. . MyFamily.com With-the growing popularity of the Internet, we thought it might-be-a-good-idea- to steer:-members-of our community to an online home where our costs would be more manageable. Recognizing that it would-take folkssome-time-to-make-the transition,we-decided-tocontinue-the-newsletter as we did-so, and, in all, we overlapped for three years. But in December 1998, we boldly staked our claim to a piece of cyberspace for our-village, and "The-Osturna Family-""omepa~~ was-Iaunched-on-My~amily.com. Why MyFamily? While I'm an ace detective when it comes to finding information on the Internet, I'm not as handy-at-putting it-out-there. I wanted-to-concentrate more on-content-and-Iess on lay-Out, so-I-Iooked for pre-fab solut~ons. I ~Iso wanted to at least partially extricate myself from the middleman role, if only because I was-becommg-a bIt-of-a- bottleneck-due to-all-my-travel.-My~amily-provided what I needed-a-private site (password-protected, so only fellow Osturnites can get in) where we could all easily share our genealogical gems, photos, and- news-of everyday-lives. . . >. - - !¥- - �Ancestry. com - Lessons I Learned at the F amily- History Library Page 3 of3 ADN Editor's Note: The FGS 2005 Conference program is expected to be available online later this month at www.fgs.org. Michael John Neill is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in-Springfield; Illinois, and is also-on-thefaculty of Carl Sandburg-College in-Galesburg; Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genea/ogicalSociety Quarter/y. He conducts seminars and-lectures on a-wide variety of genealogical, and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including Ancestry Magazine and Genea/ogicalComputing. You can e-mail him at minrootdig@myfamily.comorvisit his website at www.rootdig.com. but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement I About Us I Partner with Us I Contact Us Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. This article may be-reproduced-in-whole-or in part for- non-commercialpurposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are included. http://www.ancestry.comlleamllibrary/article.aspx?article=9612&print=1 2/2712005 �Six Years Later . . .lest .. I t k t k' Has it worked? Having-recently passed-our-sixth-anmversary- mione, - 00 soc. _ 300 members with a core 50 or so being the regulars ~a.nd given our current ~ome page ~hoto of xt lets recently born into our community, we-can-anbClpate-more-members m the future.) . ~e521images (photos and documents) uploaded and organized into albums so members can go straight to . . . " items-of-interest to them _ A calendar that shares our birthdays, annlversanes, and:otherspeC!at-events _ A "News" section with almost 1,300 postings, also organized by tOpiC. . _ A Family-Tree section-where one-of-our tech--genius members-penodlcally posts an-updated-m~ster database for the entire village - - - ' - P,-oIFlleCabinet" that includ_es dig"itized video and songs, as well as articles we've published, family histories, DNA analysis, and lists-of-immigrants-from-Osturna When I decided to write this article, I naturally posted to our site for input, and this comment from Denise Kovalchik-Mollo-is-typical: "I am-very-happy-withthe-Osturna-website; My-Bad, Emil, was the-second-youngest-of-11-children~ I-r~ally did not know my grandfather too well as he passed away when I was only 4. My dad knew little about Osturna- and-his relatives. The Osturna-website-and-the family-tree-all helpedcpuHogether a-story-abolij my grandfather and his life. It brought back memories of stories my grandfather had told my dad and my uncles and-really- helped-me"to-know what-kind-of person-my-grandfather-was; He-wanted a-better life-for himself and his family. He came over with very little money and built a new life. He was very proud of Ostuma and proud-of his-fa~ily." One Is Not Enough l-suppose-the-facHhat-one-of our members-Lisa-Alzo-(my husband's thirdcousin)-recently-wrote "Ma~ing the Most of MyFamily.com" for the November/December 2004 issue of Ancestry magazine is another \ indicator-ot-how useful-our Ostumaclan has found-our Internet"home!-Lisa-now administers three-family sites, plus five additional ones for online classes she conducts (which apparently rely heavily on the chat, file cabinet, and-news features). I a\soadministerthree-sites, and-belong-to-six others-including-spme professional ones (such as the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors) and some geographically-oriented-ones (such as Rusyn-Villages-l;}nder- Dukla). The sites are easy to establish and require no web design skills. And the cost is modest, but you can try it tree for thirty days to-be-sure it works for your purposes-. If-you've-got-anextended family-group-orbelong to a genealogical organization of some sort, you just might want to take a peek. In five minutes, you can be up and running! [Incidentally, many of you are aware of the Ancestry;comlMyFamily;com-affiliation and know-that Ancestry Daily News is a part of this corporate family, but I'd like to make it clear that writing on this topic was my own idea-and-with six-years and nine-sites, Ihope-it'sobvious-thatl'mgenuinely a satiSfied-customer!] A Musical P.S. I greatly enjoyed Beau- Sharbrough's-recent article, "Genealogy-Music~ and would like to-take this opportun!ty to me~tion t~at a song on Ste~e Lanza's "Ancestral Songs" (www.ancestralsongs.com). featuredm an earlier article, recently recelved-anaward(second-place)forAmericanaSongoftheYear. Over 140,000 songs and 10,000 CDs were considered, so !hars quite an honor! "77 �Ancestry.com - Networking via MyFamily.com Sites Page 3 of3 - Oklahoma Genealogical Society Spring Seminar (April 30, 2005, Oklahoma-City, OK) - Orange County Genealogical Society (May-14, 2005, Goshen, NY) - New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (June 18, 2005, New York, NY) - Iowa Genealogical Society Annual Fall Conference (October 6-8, 2005, Clive, IA) - Monmouth County Genealogical Society (November 13, 2005, NJ) Details and-links to upcoming events: www.honoringourancestors.com/schedule.html Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement I About Us I Partner with Us I Contact Us Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. This article may be reproduced in whole or in partfor-non-commercialpurposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are included. http://www.ancestry.com/learnllibrary/articie:aspx?articie=9597&print=1 2/27/2005- �Ance.flr:}com~ . Th~No. 1 Soun:e fof Family HlslOry·Online Ancestry Daily News Maureen A. Taylor - 2/16/2005 Who Took This Picture? How many times have you looked at your unidentified-family pictures and wanted to know-when they were taken or who's depicted? Like many genealogists, I use the databases on Ancestry.com to search for family· information, but 1- have-a-secret. I collect unidentified photographs to use as examples in my writings and often need to know when a photographer was in business. A variety of the-Ancestry.comdatabases help-me,determine-that information. You too can use these databases to establish a tentative date range for your family photographs based on the material you collect on the- person who· took the- pictu reo Standard photo identification techniques include identifying the photographic method, examining costume· clues, using genealogical- material, and- investigating-a- photographer's imprints. An imprint is the printed or embossed information on the photographer that appears on an image. This includes partial or full names, street addresses and town· of operation, services,' and even patent clues. You can find imprints on the front or the back of a card photograph (a paper print mounted on cardboard). If an imprint mentions where a photographer had his-studio, I'll skip to the advanced search page of the Ancestry website to select databases for a specific state or a particular type of resource. Here are a few that I find helpful. Directories and Membership Lists One of the best ways to establish a time frame for a photographer is to search city directories for a span of years. Thankfully, a wide-range of these volumes has been digitized by Ancestry.com. Select the state, then the resource--"Directories and Membership Lists," as well as the specific one you want to consult. The search page then allows you to type in the surname or full name of a photographer along with a keyword like the specific term they- used to describe themselves such as daguerreotypist or the name of the street on which they were located. Business sections of the directories as well as the name listings are· scanned for matches. It's important to check several year's worth of directories because you are trying to verify exactly how long a photographer operated their studio at a. particular street address. For instance, you· may h~ve several pictures taken by a photographer, but each imprint has him on a different street. Finding that photographer at the exact address as the one on your picture provides you with a date range frame for the image. Directories are also useful for filling in missing information. If you have only a·surname for the photographer, a directory search provides their first name--information you can use in the' future. ' To effectively search for a photographer you need· the following : • A surname or company name • A locality Use directories to: �• Verify a photographer's dates of operation • Discover their full name • Find a business listing for their studio Census Records Since directory coverage isn't complete-for rural-areas and- not every directory- is accessible online, a series of census records for a photographer can act as a substitute source with some caveats. For instance, a census won't tell you the address of their studio because-you!1I find them listed within a household rather than at a business address; however, a census record will confirm their town of their residence. Hopefully this will- match the data on your photograph. There is another caution. In the early days of photography, many shop owners offered portraits to attract customers and extra rev~nue. When the census enumerator asked for their occupation, instead of "photographer" these individuals usually stated their full-time job. Family and Local Histories Since June 2004 researchers have been able to- search digitized versions of published genealogies and local histories using the Family and Local Histories Collection on Ancestry.com. If you subscribe, try searching for a photographer's name instead of Uncle Earl. You might be surprised at what you locate. Sure, you won't need the genealogy of the photographer's family (unless they are a relative), but you might discover a biographical sketch of that photographer that details when he had a studio. It's even possible that your ancestor's visit was more th~m a business transaction. A photographer might have emigrated- from the same area as your relative or belonged to the same social groups. Newspapers Not having any luck finding your photographer usingthe-above-resources? Try the- Historical Newspaper Collection for stories, advertisements, or an obituary. Photo identification is about adding up the facts. No one-piece-of information- dates a photograph. It's the accumulation of the details that provide a time frame for an image. Knowing when the photographer who took your grandfather's picture-was in business is just the first step. You'll still have to examine the clothing worn in the picture for a possible date and consult your genealogy to see if your identification is correct; You!JI probably need to research- clothing styles and ask relatives for family data to solve your photo mystery. ' Let's face- it. Not everything you-'ll need- is online, but it's a-good-start. Treating photographers like a relative might lead to your next big family history discovery. You may find that the picture you've always thought was your great-grandmother might be-older than you think--all because you took the time to learn more about the photographer who took it. Send your preservation questions to Maureen at mtaylor@taylorandstrong.com. She is the author of Preserving Your Family Photographs (Betterway 2001) and Scrapbooking Your Family History (Betterway 2003). ' Terms & Conditions-I Privacy-Statement I AboutUsl Partner with Us-I Contact Us Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. 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VAUGHN, Don & Wilma 1946 Barker Avenue Lawrence, KS 66046-3138 ~, ./ / . , , " ', /\ I \' • I ;.) ~i "-' , ... - ,, \ .\ 0' -, " (A' /'1't ' ~/ \. �Surname Index, Vol 27, no.3&4 Bailery,56 Baker, 56 Bare, 56 Barnes, 56 Blainy,56 Bodewell, 56 Bristow, 56 Brown, 82 Burchill, 54 Burchill,53 Butcher, 74 Butcher, 75 Butler, 74 Carter, 56 Cary, 56 Chapman, 82 Chapman, 53 Crooks, 56 Crosby,56 Curkeimer, 82 Cutler, 56 Davis, 56 Deming,56 Eaton, 56 Featherston, 56 Fisher, 56 Flanders, 54 Flora, 56 Forsythe, 71 Funk, 56 Gantz, 56 German,56 Graden, 66 Granger, 82 Gray, 72 Hair, 56 HalI,66 Hand, 66 Hanson, 55 Harpster, 56 Harris, 53 Harris, 54 Hatcher, 65 Hein,56 Holderman, 82 Hone, 66 Hoover, 82 Huff, 56 Hyde, 56 Iliff,56 Ives,56 Jardon, 82 Jordan, 71 Jordan, 53 Jordan,72 Jordan, 82 Jordan,54 Junkins, 56 Kerns, 56 Kidwell,72 King, 72 Kirchner, 56 Kochane,56 Lake, 56 Lang, 53 Lanza, 79 Leach, 56 Leake,56 Leggett, 56 Lehew, 56 Lockwood, 56 Markham, 56 Markham, 56 Martin, 55 Martin, 56 Martin, 72 McClure, 56 McDonald, 56 Melick, 82 Messinger, 56 Metzger, 56 Miller, 56 Misemer,56 Mohr, 54 Mohr, 82 Mohr, 53 Moore, 53 Motter, 56 Murray, 56 Neagles,65 Neill, 76 Newton, 56 Oliver, 56 Osborn, 56 Osturna,78 Owen, 56 Perrine, 56 Pfeiffer, 66 Polk, 56 Powell, 56 Preshaw,56 Preston, 56 QuaIe,56 Rader, 82 Rash, 72 Roberts, 56 Rooney, 82 Schell, 55 Schott, 56 Schultz, 56 Sevart, 72 Sharbrough, 79 Shinkle, 56 Shinkle, 56 Smith, 74 Smolenyak, 78 Smolenyak, 65 Spencer, 82 Spielman, 72 Starr, 56 Stephens, 56 Stewart, 56 Stiff, 56 Sturdivan, 56 Sturdy, 56 Taylor, 80 Thomas, 56 Thompson, 56 Tryon, 56 Ulrich, 56 Ulrich, 56 VanKuren, 56 Vaughn, 53 Vaughn, 82 Walker, 56 Webster, 56 Wellman, 53 Wellman, 55 Wellman, 54 Wheeler, 56 Wilkins, 74 Wilkins, 56 Williams, 56 Worley, 54 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 27, Nos. 3 and 4: July and October 2004 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) 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Published Quarterly By: 'Douglas CountH Genealogical Societ!j P.o. BOX 3664 LAWREN eE j l<AN SAS 66046-0664 .0_ I �· Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Linda Lang Iindalang@sunflower.com Vice-President & Programs Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Treasurer Paul Jordan Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Assistant Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Librarian Sharon Moore Membership Beverley Chapman labechap@msn.com Publications The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization•. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single, $17 for household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont,Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the .Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 January 2005 Volume 28, no.l The en~ire issue'is The Subject Index to Douglas County Genealogical Society's quarterly The Pioneer . It covers 1977 - 2003 and will· be for sale from the Society for $5.50 which includes postage. " . Dues for the Society are due for 2005. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the SocietY at the address above. . �SUBJECT INDEX TO DOUGLAS CO. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY'S ."THE PIONEER" 1977 - 2003 Compiled by: Richard Wellman ~ Price $4.00 (includes tax allowance) . + $1.50 for mailing 2004 �SUBJECT INDEX FOR "THE PIONEER" 1977 -2003 SUBJECT CATEGORIES 1. bible 2. biography 3. birth 4. business 5. cemetery 6. census 7. church 8. court 9. death 1o. directory 11. family history 12. genealogy 13. history 14. index 15. land 16. map 17, marriage 18. military ~- -------+9:-natura'lizatiun 20. photo 21. school PAGE 1 2 2 2 J 4 5 5 7 8 10 10 13 14 - 14 15 16 ·---]-6-- 17 17 �SUBJECT INDEX, Dg. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" .----SubjectI Title/des~tion Vol. 1Issue IPage I Vol. r-==------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- bible BAILEY Frank 8. Hattie --13 4 161 XI" bible BRYSON famil~ bible 7 1 - 2 V" COREL bible bible 16 3 75 XVI ----_._---_. 1 - ' - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --~=- ----_":- f - - - - r:---:,-:---bible _ COX, famil~ bible 14 XIV f---~ r:---DART bible -----------------------------------------bible 1 XX 20 bible FOX family bible 7 1 3 V" bible HAMMER family bible 6 3 107 VI bible HOUGLAND family bible 6 4 168 VI bible JONES Edward bible 12 4 164 XX" bible MARCH, Henry's bible 7 VII 4f161 --bible MILLER bible 12 2 66 XX" bible MILLER bible 18 1&2 12 XV'" bible RALSTON bible 7 2 57 VII bible RALSTON family bible 12 3 108 XX" bible ~AS~famil~ bibl~ _______________________________ ~==~_=~=~~ -----§. f.----4 166 VI 1-"'-------------bible REDFIELD bible 18 6 ----f--_1~_~ XV'" 1-------------- RHODES family bibie-----------------------------------:-----------bible 7 105 3 VII bible ROBERTS Isaac's bible 14 1 7 XIV bible SALSMAN family bible 106 VI 6 3 bible SAMPLE Calvin & Ellen (AlbriQht) 15 4 160 XV bible YARNOLD bible 12 4 166 XXII biography BROOKS Mary (BouQhton) 10 4 190 X biography CLARKE Sidney, chair of Reoublican State comm. 67 II 2 3&4 biography COLLIER Alice Annie 12 2 75 XXII -bioQraphy DAVIS Adela (Hunt) 138 X 10 3 biography DAVIS Winslow Port. & Bio. LV. DG. & FR. Co. 7 3 145 VII !>iogr~ ____ DENTON William 12 4 XXII i-=-=------~---------------------------------------------- -----~ 1-------7- c..-.1-IEl :-:--:'---~JCK, James H., MD, Andrea's Hist. of KS _~ ______________ 41 VIII !>lq~_ ---~ f-----1 - - - bioQraphy - _ DOOl-ITTLE, Reub~Port. & Bio. LV., DG.& FR. _Co. 46 VIII __ 1 8 bioQraphy GARDNER, William Port. & Bio. LV. DG., & FR. Co. 7 3 145 V" biography 7 2 GILMORE John from Andrea's Hist. of Kansas 90 VII 12 2 bioQraphy 94 XX" GREENE, Albert R. (1842 - 1893) 10 3 145 XX biography HECOX, Ida Josephine & Linus 12 4 179 XXII bioQraphy HIATT Henry 4 181 X 10 HOUGLAND Sherman James Daniel & Dora Louise (Dillon} biography 3 149 VII 7 biography JENKINS Francis M. Port. & Bio. LV., DG. & FR. Co. 14 2 63 XIV bioQraphy JESSE James Wilson Andrea's Hist. of KS 3 144 X 10 biography LEAMER Mrs. Anna M. 2 85 X -L£ERER, Allen-& Vienna (Veatch),-1907-- ----- - - - - - - - - -- 10 -bioQraphy54 LEIBEY James biography__ XX" 1--1l I--~ f--LEIBEY: Nancy(Graham) - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 XX" 2 12 bioQraphy 13 2 62 X"I MARKS Alex & Mark's Jewelry business biography 2 3&4 MARTIN Wm. D. of Baldwin - biography 72 " 16 3 64 XVI MERWIN Arthur Todd 1840 - ? biography 13 2 63 XIII biography METCALF Martha (Boyd). 1912 140 X 10 3 MILNER Frances & twin sister Florence BiQOs, 75th birthday biography 2 3&4 ,NACE Wm. McDowell of Lecomoton biography 71 " 1 29 III 3 O'NEIL Moses A. of Black Jack biography 2 94 VIII 8 PILLA Charles Port. & Bio. LV., DG. & FR. Co. bioQraphy 75 XXII 2 12 RANKIN Don John biography 4 160 XI 11 RAY Luke Andrea's History of Kansas paae 359 biography 2 96 VIII 8 RAY Marcelmus B. Port. & Bio. LV. DG. & FR. Co. biography 3 1 30 "I RICHARDS Os~r Grinman of Eudora biography 4 12 169 XXII ROBERTS General John Newton biography 63 II 2 3&4 ROBINSON Charles, 1st governor of KS biography - - ---r-- 1&~ -----'---=- �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject - - I Title/description -- Vol. Issue IPage - - I Vol. ----- 123 X 10 3 ROBINSON Sara T. D. (Lawrence), wife of 1st Gov. 62 XVI 16 3 ROSE Alexander 1828-1914 113 XVII 17 3 SALATHIEL, Thomas, S., b. 1866 in Lawrence _bjQgraQh~ 2 94 VII 7 SANDERS Meshack, from LV., DG., & FR. Co. Hist. biography 16 1 5 XVI biography SMITH Benjamin F. 184 VIII 8 4 SMITH C. W. Andrea's Hist. of KS biography 69 II 2 3&4 biography VanHOESEN Isaac Newton Capt. 3 144 VIII 8 WATTS John Crimp, Port. & Bio. LV. DG. & FR. Co: biography 132 X 10 3 biography WOODWARD Lucy (Wilder 16 4 137 XVI Adoptions from Probate Journal 1917-1921 birth 4 159 IX 9 Dg. Co. births in newspapers 1861-1863 birth 148 VII 7 3 LecomQton news~aQers listing, birth, death & marr., 1885-1886 birth 43 VIII 8 1 Lecom~ton newspapers vital statistics 1888-1890 birth 13 1 17 XIII birth LecomQton, births, deaths & marriages, 1900 5 4 V birth ~9ldier list with birth date for R.~nsion bene!it of bl:!.!t~L __ ~ __ _._--"- _._---::- i-'-~ r.:----_._-4 2 37 IV Business directo!y. Lawrence in 1859 business 8 1 23 VIII business Dg. Co. register of ~h~sicians & midwives, 1887 13 64 XIII 2 Evans-Metcalf & Co., implement dealer business 10 Lawrence business expansion of 1883 4 177 X business business Lawrence business listings (some) 1857 6 2 58 VI Lawrence businesses 1913 5 2 48 V business Lawrence telephone exchange 1883 w/ subscribers 11 business 2 93 XI business. Marks Alex & Mark's Jewel~ business 13 2 62 XIII business Reedy Meat Market "cash book" & customer names 11 131 XI 3 business Undertakers in Lawrence prior to 1900 6 2 54 VI cemetery , Baldwin City Pioneer cemetery 26 1-4 50 XXVI ~~Idwin Pioneer cemetery ________ ._______ _.cemetery 5 r-- 4 132 V -cemetery Brumbaugh cemetery , 3 1 7 III cemetery Cemetery maintenance 3 4 125 cemetery Cemetery records at Lawrence City Hall 19 1 6 XIX cemetery Centrop_olis cemetery, Fr. Co. 15 3 103 XV cemetery Clearfield cemetery history '4 17 162 XVII cemetery Clinton cemetery, (by Lot No.) part 1 4 1 24 IV cemetery Clinton cemetery, (by Lot No.), Qart 2 4 2 44 IV cemetery Clinton cemetery, (by Lot No.), part 3 4 4 111 IV cemetery Deay cemetery, burials (partial list) . 1 2 42 I cemetery Deay cemetery, burials (partial list} 1 1 81 - cemetery-- . Dow cemetery 3 4 130 III cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1869-1876 chronological 4 1 21 IV cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1877-1880 chronological 4 2 54 IV cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1881-1883 Chronological 4 4 109, IV cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1884-1887, chronological 5 1 30 V cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1888-1900, chronological 6 1 7 VI cemetery Eudora cemetery, 1901-1921 chronological (final) 6 3 121 VI cemetery Fall Leaf cern. Leavenworth Co. 15 3 102 XV cemetery GAR list of soldier dead listed by cemetery 19 2 6 XIX cemetery Grover cemetery & cemetery regulations 3 4 127 III cemetery Haskell cemetery 3 2 48 III cemetery Hesper cemetery, some burials 7 4 199 VII cemetery Indian burials discovered 1881 20 3&4 87 XX cemetery Jones cemetery, (also known as Vancil) 6 2 60 VI cemetery Kaub cemeterY, Franklin Co. 15 3 102 XV cemetery Kennedy cemetery 3 3 '.77 III cemetery Marshall cemetery 2 1&2 6 II cemetery Mound cemetery burials 1 3 100 I biography biography '" '. 2 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subiect --- I -- Title/description - - -- VOl.llssue 'Page , Vol. - - - cemetery Oak Hill cemetery, lot owners 1983 by lot # 20 3&4 74 XX cemetery Pioneer cemetery of Lawrence burials & history 7 1 30 VII cemetery Prairie Center cemetery, Johnson Co. 3 - 104 XV -_._-----_.- t-. 15 cemetery Richland cemetery, history & burials 1 2 66 I 1-. ----------------cemetery Soldiers buried.in Lawrence cemeteries 5 3 100 V cemetery St. John's United Church of Christ (at Worden) cemetery 3 1 9 III cemetery Stony Point cemetery burials 2 3&4 78 II cemetery Stony Point church & cemetery history 2 3&4 75 II cemetery Stull cemetery, (Alphabetic with lot numbers) 5 1 20 V cemetery Stull cemete!y, b~ lot numbers 1 5 24 V cemetery Stull cemetery, by lot numbers 5 2 67 V· cemetery Swedish cemetery, (also known as Johnson) 6 1 6 VI cemetery Twin Mound cemetery 12 4 176 XXII cemetery Ulrich cemetery 2 3&4 83 II ~_emet~ry_~__ Undertake!.L~~W.- §..mith, J 890-1907 l~!Q_El ___________________ I----§. -----'1 28 r:---VI Undertaker~ C~ W. Smith, jJ!!!0-1907 (E to_QL ______ -'-______ ~~metery 3 135 VI "--_ 6 -r---cemetery Undertaker C. W_ Smith .1890-1907(G to H) 6 4 158 VI cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (H to J) 7 1 4 VII cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (J to L) 7 2 80 VII cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (L to M) 7 3 139 VII cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (M to M) 7 4 194 VII cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith, 1890-1907 (M to R) 1 8 13 VIII cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith, 1890-1907 (R to S} 8 2 88 VIII cemetery 3 127 VIII Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (S to T} 8 cemetery Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (U to Z) 8 4 177 VIII cemetery . Williams cemetery 3 3 76 III ~sus_______ 1855 census, Ka~ Half Breed lands, D!st. No. _L _________ 6 1 VI 27 -----=. ----::- ----:~ r:'-·--· census 1855 ceF)sus, list of voters, 1st district of KS 5 --~ _.....1®.. V· ---.. 1860 Lawrence City census, alpha (A to C) 3 cenSU$ 17 1~ XVII ------census 1860 Lawrence City census aloha (C to H) 17 4 179 XVII 1860 Lawrence City census alpha (H to L) 18 1&2 29 XVIII census 1860 Lawrence City census alpha (L to 5) 18 3 71 XVIII census 1860 Lawrence City census alpha (5 to Z) 18 4 120 XVIII census 17 XX 20 1&2 1875 census index Dg. Co. census 4 81 IV 3 1875 Dg. Co. census Grant twP. census 187 VI 6 4 1875 Do. Co. census Kanwaka twP. not alpha. census 6 3 143 VI 1875 Dg. Co. census Lawrence alphabetized census 6 2 80 VI 1875 Dg. Co. census Lecomption twP. census 21 1&2 5 XXI 1885 Dg. Co. census guide to microfilms census 21 1&2 6 XXI 1885 Dg. Co. census, guide to Lawrence streets census 14 XX 20 1&2 1890 census the history of the destruction census 190 VII 7 4 Census (voter list) of Lawrence 1859 (A to M) census 1 8 30 VIII Census (voter list) of Lawrence 1859 (M to Z) census 22 3&4 52 XXII Census description for each year census 4 2 IV 60 Delinquent tax list 1863 census 3&4 20 48 XX Kansas Census record availability described census 10 2 55 X Lawrence votino wards defined· 1880 census IX 4 165 9 Licenses issued by I.R.S. 1867, Dist. # 1 census 9 118 IX 3 List of claimants for loses of property, 1855-56 census XIV 118 14 3 List of Voters 1867 Lecompton twP. census 189 IX 9 4 Residents of Kanwaka twP. on successive census 1860-1885 census 21 3&4 8 XXI Soundex coding explained census IX 4 185 9 Tax Payer list 1900 Clinton two. census IX 186 9 4 Tax Payer list 1900, Eudora twP. & Eudora town census 140 IX 3 9 Tax Payer list 1900 Grant twp. census m 3 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc.I'PIONEER" Subject Vol. Title/description -- -- - IIssue IPagel , --- - Vol. --- -- 3 142 IX 9 Tax Payer list 1900, Kanwaka twp. census 2 9 97 IX Tax P~yer list 1900 Lecomoton two. census 9 3 147 IX Tax Payer list, 1900, Marion tw~. census 2 9 99 IX Tax Payer list 1900, Palmyra twp. & Baldwin census '9 2 . 101 IX Tax Payer list, 1900, Wakarusa twp. census t2 57 VIII 8 census U.S.- German alien reaistrations of 1918 9 3 138 IX Voter list 1867 Eudora Twp. census 2 9 98 IX census Voter list 1867 Marion twP. 1 1 16 I census Wichita Co. KS. census 1880 10 148 X church Baldwin Methodist Episcopal ch. sewing social 1867-1868 3 18 church 3 Baldwin, First Methodist Church, historY 61 XVIII church 8 2 15 VIII Ba~tist Church, {9th Street}, historY church Bethel M. E. church (1 Mile S. of Globe) S.S. class of 1914 11 3 147 XI church Brethren Church of Fairview 1887 8 3 141 VIII ~tholic Church at Baldwin, hi~ ___ . ___ . _ _ . ___ church 18 3 ----_._-.--~ r'--"=' f-.-~ ~VIIL Central United Methodist Church of Lawrence, histo!y 5 4 137 V __ church church ChL!rch of the Brethren Fairview, membershi~ list 1884-1905 10 2 91 X church Church of the Brethren Washinaton Creek history 9 1 40 IX church Clinton Presbyterian Church membership 1866-1877 8 2 92 VIII church Clinton Presbyterian Church, membership 1878-1910 8 3 136 VIII church Enolish Lutheran Church members 1898 14 3 125 XIV church Eudora area churches history 9 2 88 IX church Eudora Methodist Episcopal ch list of ministers 1869-1975 10 2 87 X church Evangelical Church of Lawrence, historY 5 3 91 V church Fairview Meth. Episcopal church "Service" roll 1944 14 1 4 XIV church First Assembly of God at Baldwin history 18 1&2 26 XV'" church First Baptist Church histo!y & members 1855-1865 4 IX __ 1 9 church First Christian Church, 1904 members (A to H) 13 3 101 XIII church First Christian Church 1904 memberslH to Z) 13 4 181 XIII church First Christian Church history 3 13 101 XIII church First Christian Church history 100th anniversary 8 1 11 VIII church First Methodist Church conf., Lawrence 1883-1884 4 4 97 IV church First Methodist Church Lawrence list of Baptisms 1898-1902 4 4 102 IV church First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence, membership 1888 18 4 95 XVIII church Friends monthly meetinaabstracts 1869-1935 11 4 183 XI church Friends Monthlv meeting, info. 1886-1893 7 2 58 VII church Friends Kansas yearly meeting 1872 7 1 9 VII church-- . - - Friends Lawrence month Iv meeting 1884 7 1 11 VII church Friends, Lawrence monthly meetino 1869 5 2 51 V church Friends Lawrence, Monthly meeting membershi~, 18~_ 5 1 8 V church Friends Lawrence records of Marriage 1871-1897 6 3 132 VI church Friends meeting house dismantled 7 1 8 VII church . Lecompton Presbvterian Church history 9 4 191 IX church Methodist Annual Conference 1866 at Baldwin 5 4 140 V church Methodist Episcopal appointments 1863 2 1&2 3 II church Pilgrim Congregational Ch. N. Lawrence members 1866-1895 8 4 192 VIII church Pilgrim Conoreoational Church N. Law. young soc. 1887-1889 10 3 142 X church Plymouth Congregational Ch. hist. & members, 1854-1860 9 1 23 IX church Plymouth Congreaational Church pastors & SS 1854-1917 4 1 33 IV church Plymouth Congregationational Church list of original members 10 4 189 X church Quaker Monthly Meetino info. 1869-1935 (A to C) 11 4 183 XXI church Quaker Monthly Meeting info. 1869-1935, (C to J) 12 1 33 XII church Quaker Monthly Meeting info. 1.869-1935 (J to N) 12 2 76 XII church Quaker Monthly Meeting info. 1869-1935 (N to S) 12 3 123 XII church Quaker Monthly Meetino info. '1869-1935, (S to W) 12 4 209 XII -- 4 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" I Title/descriQtion Vol. J Issue IPage I Vol. -- --------------------.-------------------------------- ------------------------- Subject f---. church Reno United Methodist church 19 1 8 XIX church Stony Point church & cemetery history 2 3&4 75 II church .!:!!1ited Brethren church in N. Lawrence .__._._._.____.____ 1 - - -9- ._-2 -~~ -:"-'----IX ~:.-.-----. church United Brethren Church of Lawrence, historY . 5 3 V -~ - - clJurch United Meth. Ch. Women's foreign Mis. Soc. memo 1873-1880 78 IV 4 3 church United Methodist Church members, 1893-1898 4 1 2 IV church Universalist church members 1872 10 4 189 X church Worden United Methodist history 7 3 154 VII church Worden Methodist history 8 3 145 VIII court Court House records of Dg. Co. & what the~ contain 25 1&2 14 XXV court Criminal Docket Dg. Co. 1863-1878 (A to I) 7 3 133 VII court Criminal Docket Dg. Co. 1863-1878 (J to R) 7 4 174 VII court Criminal Docket Dg. Co. 1863-1878 (R to Z) 8 1 9 VIII court Dg. Co. records and where to find them 25 3&4 28 XXV court Co. records at Spencer Researc~ Li~~_____ ~=~_=-~_ 25 _1~~ XXV -"--------_. ,-court ...-----. Divorce, PERRY, Nellie D. vs. Charles S.,.1884 ____.__... ______. 16 3 XVI .-.-.--.court Divorces by Territorial Legislature, 1861 9 1 26 IX court Divorces of territorial Kansas 4 8 159 VIII court Divorces Dg. Co. 1864-1868 7 3 120 VII court Divorces, Dg. Co~, 1868-1870 7 4 181 VII court Divorces Dg. Co. 1870-1872 1 8 24 VIII court Divorces Dg. Co. 1873-1879 8 2 69 VIII court Divorces Dg. Co. 1879-1884 8 4 185 VIII court Divorces Dg. Co., 1864-1867 18 3 49 XVIII court Divorces Dg. Co. 1867-1868 18 4 113 XVIII court List of claimants for loses of QroQerty, 1855-56 9 3 118 IX court 17 Probate co~rt docket "A~J?art 1, chro!lolcm!~'__ ....______.____. ----2 1-------90 -_._-XVII -=-=.;::._._--_. Probate court docket "A", part 2, about 1858-1860 17 3 XVII ~. ~--114 -court 17 4 164 XVII .,._---"-_ ... Probate court docket "A", l2art 3, ii1bout 1860-1863 court Probate records 1857 - 18821A to Z) 2 3&4 92 II court . 1 SIMPSON Napoleon an empl. of Joseph Gardiner, shot 1860 9 27 IX court WAKEFIELD John A. will & obit. 7 3 147 VII 2 81 IX Wills Dg. Co. 1857-1873 (A to M) 9 court court Wills Dg. Co., 1857-1873 (N to W) 9 3 108 IX 13 4 177 XIII court Wills Dg. Co. 1872-1890 8 2 83 VIII Wills Dg. Co. 1873-1890 court 8 3 119 VIII court Wills Dg. Co. 1890-1901 1 15 2 XV death Baldwin City death records 1911 - 1916 .- death 1 -. 3 7 III Brumbaugh cemete!y-' .. _.. 14 3 133 XIV Clearfield, obituaries of residents death -4 165 VIII 8 Death notices 1854-1861 death 10 1 3X Death notices in newspapers 1861-1863, alpha. (A to L) death 2 56 X 10 Death notices in newspapers 1861-1863 alpha. (M to Z) death 162 XIII 13 4 Death notices Lawrence residents 1909 wI age> 70 death 13 4 163 XIII Death notices Masons 1860 - 1935 death 133 XIII 13 .3 Death notices, Odd Fellows (IOOF) 1873 - 1970 death 2 13 81 XIII Death notices Rebekahs of IOOF 1891-1953 death 18 3 64 XVIII Deaths regorted in Western Home Journal of Oct. 1872 death 14 2 71 XIV Deaths AOUW & Knights of Pythias (1877-1918) . death 42 I 1 2 Deav cemetery, burials (partial list) death 1 1 81 Deay cemetery, burials (partial list) death 4 13 188 XIII Fairfield M. E. Church deaths death 19 2 6 XIX GAR list of soldier dead listed by cemetery death 3 153 IX 9 JENKINS Gaius murder death 148 VII 7 3 Lecompton newspapers listing, birth, death & marr. 1885-1886 death ;: cPll .-.~ 5 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject - -- Title/description -- - - Vol. -- - - Issue Page -- -----,. -- Vol. 1 43 VIII 8 Lecompton newspapers vital statistics 1888-1890 17 XIII 13 1 Lecompton births, deaths & marriages, 1900 ~. VIII 4 170 8 Mortality schedule of Dg. Co., 1860 ~~h ---.--..100 I 1 3 Mound cemetery burials death -4 177 VII 7 Murder in Dg. Co. of Mr. Ruth 1871 death 2 86 X 10 Obit- CREEL Ira 1907 death 4 171 X 10 Obit.-- ADAMS, Ella Jane 1874 death 11 110 XXI 3 Obit.- ALEXANDER Susan M. death 1 5 XIV 14 Obit.-- BANNING Hettie Jane (Roberts), 1928 death 14 1 5 XIV Obit.-- BANNING John, 1923 death 10 139 XX 3 Obit.-- BISHOFF Cora L. 1887 death 10 4 202 X Obit.-- BROWN, Jane (Shields), 1927 death .-25 3&4 30 XXV Obit.-- BUNTON Kathryn Jeanette 2002 death 102 XX Obit.- CALAWAY, Dorcas ___ f - - -10 ~eath -- ~ 14 69 XIV _. -.:....:.. ~~it.CARRUTH, William He~ert (undate91 _______ . ___ death _._-.=.,=-._--= ~.--~:---.-2 87 XI 1.1 Obit.- CHRISTIAN, CharlesE., 1888 _. death Obit.- CLARK, J. !3unker, 2003 ____________ .. __ 26 1-4 59 XXVI ~ 1 5 7V Obit.- CLARK, Oliver death 26 1-4 60 XXVI Obit.- CLOUGH Vivian J. 2003 death 10 3 105 X Obit.-- CORDLEY Mary Minta (Cox), 1914 death 10 3 102 XX Obit.-- CRUMPTON Frances E. death Obit.-- ENGLE Solomon 1927 17 1 49 XVII . death 10 Obit.FRENCH Lizzie (Haskell), 1877 4 154 X death 22 3&4 Obit.- GORTON Catherine 2000 30 XXII death ----10 Obit.- HARRELL John 1 39 XX death ..9bit.HARRE!:.6. John, 1936 ______ . _____ 10 death 1 36 X -- - - --Obit.-HART, Calvi!1J905 ____________ . _____ 19 death 5 XIX 1-. __ 1 Obit.- HAUSMAN, Sarah, 1959 death 4 -. 161 XVII death Obit.- HENSON Joyce Beatrice 2000 22 3&4 30 XXII death Obit.- HUGHEY Lora Pearl (Schmbert), 1992 . 15 4 162 XV death Obit.- ICE Marqaret 1887 10 3 137 XX death Obit.-- KENNEDY Max D. 2003 26 1-4 61 XXVI death Obit.- KIDWELL Irma 1994 18 1&2 2 XVIII deathObit.-- LAPTAD, Aqnes (Petrie), 1931 10 3 142 X death Obit.-- LAWSON Alfred'James 2002 25 3&4 30 XXV death Obit.- LIGGETT M. M., 1911 1 1 41 death Obit.-- LUTZ Mrs. Eugene 13 4 187 XIII 11 1 38 XI ~.---. Obit.- MATHEWS, Evangeline (Eldridge) (undated) death Obit.- McGEE, Olivia (Gillispie), 1917 16 3 78 XVI death Obit.-- McGEE Rebecca Ann 1926 16 3 79 XVI death 1-4 . 58 XXVI Obit.- MOORE, Albert A. 2002 26 death Obit.- MUENZENMAYER S. W. 1937 (former mayor Baldwin 17 2 69 XVII death Obit.- New England Soc. members 5 1 37 V death Obit.-- SANDERS Elizabeth 2003 26 1-4 57 XXVI death Obit.- SAUNDERS John Charles 1936 15 3 101 XV death Obit.- SEDLAK, Ramona Faye 2002 25 3&4 29 XXV death Obit.- SHERRY Daniel Boone 1928 14 1 6 XIV death Obit.- SMITH Zona Ellen 1996 19 3&4 0.5 XIX death Obit.- SPERRY Lillv Mav, 1886 17 1 38 XVII death Obit.-- STROUP Isaac William 6 4 184 VI death Obit.- WAKEFIELD, John A., 1873, includes will 7 3 147 VII death Obit.- WATKINS Rose (Kostenbader), 1925 17 1 48 XVII death Obit. WElL Anna M. 1925 21 '3&4 10 XXI death Obit. WElL, Anna Mary, 1925 16 1 3 XVI death Obit. WElL Nicholas 1915 16 1 4 XVI death __ -17 6 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject -- I - Title/description -- ------ - - -- Vol. IIssue IPaQel - - - --- Vol. -- death Obit.- WHITMAN Herman Delos, 1925 11 37 XI .1 death Obit.-- WIGGINS, Doroth~ R.I 2001 24 3&4 25 XXIV death Obit.- WINTER, Julia Ma'YiAverillhJ 95.§___________________ --~ _2 111 XV- - death Obit.- WOOD Lucie A. (Carruth) 14 2 67 XIV death Obit.- WOODWARD David T. 1906 1a 1&2 3 XVIII death Obit.- YARNOLD Dr. Thomas 12 4 168 XXII death Obituary list of deaths in DQ. Co. 1855-1859 5 4 122 V death Quantrill's raid deaths & survivors 1 2 74 I death Richland cemetery, history & burials 1 2 66 I death SIMPSON Napoleon an em~1. of Jose~h Gardiner, shot 1860 9 1 27 IX -death Soldier list with birth date for pension benefit of burial 5 4 142 V death St. John's United Church of Christ (at Worden) cemetery 1 3 9 III death Stony Point cemetery burials 2 3&4 78 II death Ulrich cemetery 83 II ------ -- 2 3&4 death 6 1 ----~ 28 VI -----------_.< Un<tertaker, C. W. Smith, 189Q::1907 ~_~ ________________ ----=death Undertaker, C. W. Smith, 1890-1907 (E t<?.Q2__ .__________ 1 - - .63 135 fVI ----death Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (G to H) 6 4 158 VI death Undertaker C. W. Smith, 1890-1907 (H to J) 7 1 4 VII. death Undertaker, C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (J to.L) 7 2 80 VII death Uridertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (L to M) 7 3 139 VII death 4 Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (M to M) 7 194 VII death Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (M to R) 1 8 13 VIII death Undertaker C. W. Smith, 1890-1907 (R to S} 8 2 88 VIII death Undertaker C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (S to T) 3 127 VIII 8 death Undertaker, C. W. Smith 1890-1907 (U to ZJ_ 4 8 177 VIII death Undertakers in Lawrence prior to 1900 2· 54 VI 6 death Undertakers of Lawrence list 19 1 ----7 XIX -'-'=------------.-----------.--- .-- --...:-=- f-----_'- ---------- f-:=-':: Wills , Dg. Co., 1857-1873 (A to M) ____________ death 9 2 81 IX . Wills Og. CO. I 1857-1873 (N to W~~ ___ · _.___ death 9 3 108 IX death Wills Og. Co. 1872-1890 13 4 177 XIII 8 2 83 VIII death Wills Og. Co. 1873-1890 3 119 VIII death Wills Og. Co. 1890-1901 8 Automobile dir_ Og. Co. 1920 (lists name & auto brand) (A to I11 1 31 XI directory 11 2 81 XI Automobile dir. Dg. Co., 1920 (lists name & auto brand)(H toF directory 11 3 111 XI Automobile dir. OQ. Co. 1920 (lists name & auto branQl (R to 2 directory 1&2 16 XXII 22 directory Og. Co. rural schools 1935-36 directory 19 10 XIX 3&4 directory EmiQrant Aid Society, Lawrence settlers list 11 3 135 XI Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (A to B) KS Farmer + M & B directory 4 -Farm directory, Dg. Co., 1920 (C to C) 11 XI 192 directory 12 1 26 XII Og. Co., 1920 (0 to E} Farm directory, directory -12 2 67 XII Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (F to G) directory 113 XII 12 3 OQ. Co. 1920 (G to H) Farm directolYJ directory 12 4 203 XII Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920(1 to L) directory 1 36 XIII 13 Farm directory] DQ. Co. 1920 (L to M) directory 2 75 XIII 13 Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (M to 0) directory XIII 13 3 125 Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (0 to S) directory 4 189 XIII 13 Farm directory, OQ. Co. 1920 (S to S) directory 31 XIV 1 Farm directory, Dg. Co., 1920 (S to W) directory ------ __ 14 2 77 XIV 14 Farm directory, OQ. Co. 1920 (Wto Z) directory 2 78 XVII 17 Farm directory, Dg. Co. 1920 (A to E) Mail & Breeze directory 129 XVII 17 3 Farm directory, Og. CO. 1920 (E to M) Mail & Breeze· directory . 1 I XVII 4 172 17 Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920,(M to Z) Mail & Breeze directory XXII 3&4 54 22 Lawrence City directory, 1855 directory IV 4 103 4 Lawrence City directory, 1860-61 . directory 9 XVII 17 1 Lawrence City directory, 1893-94 directory -----.~-- 7 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Vol. Title/description Subject - --- - - -- - Issue Paoe - T Vol. -- - - - 18 1&2 7 XVIII Lawrence City directory. 1895-6 (part 1) Lawrence Ci!y directo!y, 1895-6 ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . 18 3 57 XVIII 102 XVIII 18 4 Lawrence Ci!y directo!y, 1895-6 (~art 3) 20 1&2 5XX Lawrence street directory 1893-4 2 6 76 VI Lecompton Ci!y directorY, 1866 ,1 1 "Old Settlers registration" 1879 (A to B) 20 I "Old Settlers registration" 1879(B to B) 1 2 52 I 3 84 I "Old Settlers reoistration" 1879 (B to I) 1 4 "Old Settlers registration" 1879 (J to Z) 1 109 I "Old Settlers" listing 1929 15 2 87 XV "Old Settlers" over aae 75 reaistered at picnic, 1913 3 114 IX 9 "Old Settlers" who made history in 1856 19 3&4 9 XIX Ahnentafel BANTA John Virail Jr. 107 VII 7 3 __ /-._-3 1 21 III ~J!y...bist!.-_ Ahnentafel, BENNETI, Edith -r-' Ahnentafel, HAMPSHI8E, MarL_. ___._____ .____.___ _._--'--'14 --~ -_1Q1 fXIV ~.ilyhist "---family hist. Ahnentafel, HOWARD, Lewis .__ f-- 3 1 22 III family hist. Ahnentafel KENS IT Ine;2: (Staatz) 17 3 119 XVII ----·7 VIII familv hist. Ahnentafel METSKER Gary Martin 1 8 family hist Ahnentafel pedigree chart CROZIER, Robert Lee 18 1&2 27 XVIII family hist. Ahnentafel pedigree chart JORDAN Paul Robert 21 3&4 7 XXI family hist. Ahnentafel pedigree chart ROXBERG Carolyn Elizabeth 21 3&4 6 XXI family hist. Ahnentafel pedigree chart SACKRIDER, Janice 22 1&2 15 XXII family hist. Ahnentafel pedigree chart WARDWELL Jennie 24 3&4 26 XXIV familY hist. Ahnentafel, REUTIER, Janet 7 2 64 VII -family hist. Ahnentafel ROSS JoannaiHarmon) 7 2 63 VII family hist. - Ahnentafel, SHOGRIN DonnEJ.Mar£l]l_ _ _ _ _ _ _..~ 11 --~ 190 XI ---= family hist. Ahnentafel SNEDEGER, Jean __ 7 i---,:- I--~ f--. 106 VII familv hist. Ahnentafel, VanLOENEN, Gail (Garrett) 7 1 18 VII family hist. Ahnentafel VAUGHN Donalej 8 2 54 VIII family hist. Ahnentafel WIGGINS Jane 4 2 58 IV family hist. Ahnentafel WILLIAMS Patricia Jolene (Saum) 10 1 30 X family hist. ALRICH family 12 3 106 XXII family hist. BAKER John & Jane settled hOg. Co. in 1854 6' 2 79 VI family hist. BAN OLE Bernhart will of 1891 8 2 98 VIII familv hist. BASEMAN Henry family 15 4 162 XV .family hist. BATDORF John Walborn family & diary. 1864 13 1 3 XIII family hist. BRASS William death 8 4 194 VIII familY hist. ._ BROOKS Paul·R. & Marv (Bo~hton), 25th anniv. 10 4 191 X family hist. BUNKER, family histo!y, David Bunker 1830-1905 25 1&2 6 XXV family hist. CARD, William J., claim for losses, 1855-6 13 3 110 XIII familv hist. CARR Agnes Lovelace memoirs 3 1 4 III family hist. CHAPMAN Jared family info. 8 4 199 VIII family hist. COLEMAN E. A. claim for losses in 1856 9 120 XIX 3 family hist. COLMAN familv 8 1 42 VIII family hist. COREL familylivina 16 4 135 XVI family hist. DOBBINS family info. 17 1 31 XVII family hist. DODDER & SIMMONS family history (Marion twP.) 9 4 192 IX familv hist. DOY Dr. John rescue from jail 1859 8 4 153 VIII family hist. EGGERT Henry W. a letter to his children, 1918 . 10 1 48 X family hist. ELDRIDGE Shalor Winchell Col. 3 4 116 III familv hist. FISH, family hist. & connection to Eudora 14 2 70 XIV family hist. FITCH, familv letters 13 1 8 XIII familv hist. FLETCHER James heirs in 1860 8 1 47 VIII familv hist. GARDNER Joseph & his cabin, Clinton Twp. 7 2 89 VII family hist. GATCH, Godfrey, oenealoov, 1936 typescript (part 1) 17 1 '39 XVII directory directo!y directory directory directory family hist. familv hist. family hist. family hist. family hist. family hist. family hist. family hist. 8 �SUBJECT INDEX, D9. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subiect - I - - Title/description -- - -- - - Vol. Iissuel Page I Vol. -- -- ----- -- family hlst. GATCH Godfreygenealoay, 1936 typescript (part 2) 17 2 8 3 XVII family hist. GATCH Godfrey, genealoaY, 1936typescriDt (Dart 3) 17 3 106 XVII familYhist. GATCH, Godfrey, genealogy, 1936 typescript (part 4 & end) ___ 17 4 - 153 XVII family,hist. GERSTENBERGER & REBER families of Eudora 11 2 90 XI family hist. GOOOPASTUREHamiiton 8. family 2 50 I 1 familyhist. HAMPSHIRE & DEERING families 14 3 99 XIV family hist. HART family of Do: Co. 13 2 65 . XIII family hist. HART Georae W. claim for losses 1855-6 13 2 66 XIII family hist. HOLMES Julia (Archibald) 10 3 114 X family hist. HOSKINSON 7 4 206 VII family hist. HOYT David Starr Major death/murder in 1857 9 2 86 IX family hist. Index of Portrait & Bio. Record LV. DG. & FR. Co. Hist. 1899 20 3&4 92 XX family;hist. Index of surnames from Pedigree charts, DCGS members 14 2 58 XIV family hist. Index to "Personal" authorizations of KS. leaislature 1859-1817 20 3&4 50 XX family hist Indian, FISH family 2 70 XIV JENKINS Gaius murder -------------------------- f--~.1 ----~ 1-family hist. 9 153 , IX I----;! ------------- - - - -family hist. JESSE William claim for losses 1855-6 14 2 65 XIV familyhist. JESSEE family of Bloomington 14 2 63 XIV family hist. JUSTICE William family history 18 4 112 XVIII familyhisf KENNEDY AlbertR& ancestors 14 2 84 XIV KIDWELL family info. 4 167 VI familyhist. 6 family hist. LEIGH Clarence Virail & Julia Ellen (Daniels) 17 4 171 XVII family hist. LOVEJOY Charles hazeltine Rev. of Baldwin 2 3 44 III 24 3&4 familyhist. LOWER, Solomon, {1823- ?) & his desc. 20 XXIV 12 2 family hist. . MARKLEY George W. & his diary 82 XXII 1 17 family hist. MATNEY family record 2 XVII -McGEE John J & Olivia (CoreIL ___ . __________ . __ 3 ~llY hist. _ f---.M. f----=- r-1.0_~ XIV 4 163 xvii ~~ family hist.· _ McGLOTHLIN! HenrY H., faml!Y... _______ .___. 17 1 _ METSKi:R family info. 4~ XIX.' . familY.hist. S 9 2 family hist. MORRIS Richard M. D. diary. 1867 58 IX 1 7 2 VII MURRAY familv family hist. 2 3&4 86 II NEAL family history family hist. 22 3&4 32 XXII NORTON Silas B. (1823-1899) & desc. family group sheets familv·hist. 1 3 29 III O'NEIL Moses A. of Black Jack family hist. 1 8 4 VIII PAINTER family family hist. 3 18 53 XVIII PARMAN & SHANNON, families family hist. 4 197 VIII 8 PEARSON Carl's death at Vinland family hist. 2 83 XIV 14 PETERSON, Joseph to Lawrence in 1868 familyhist. 4 194 VIII 8 -family'hist. -- PIFER-(or Pipher) John Henry's death PRESSGROVE, George W., 1954 at age 102 family hist. -- -~ I--~t-. 16 XXVI 2 61 XIV 14 Querv index N. 1 to V. 14) wI DCGS member sources family. hist. 3 104 XXII 12 REBER family of Eudora family hist. 3 134 XI 11 REEDY C. D. familv family hist. 1 30 III 3 RICHARDS Oscar Grinman of Eudora familv hist. 1&2 22 5 XXII RICKETTS Beulah Alice (Keilman) & ancestors family hist. 4 VIII 195 8 RODERIQUE, Andrew's death famtlyhist. 105 XVIII 4 18 SALATHIEL & COREL family histories family hist. 3 104 III 3 SCHMIDT Johann Christian his life family hist. 13 XVIII 18 1&2 SCHRIEVER family history (part 1) family hist. 18 3 65 XVIII SCHRIEVER family history. (part 2) family hist. XVIII 4 18 88 SCHRIEVER family history (part 3) family hist. 101 VIII 2 8 SCHWARTZ family history family hist. XIII 1 19 13 SIMON families of Dg. Co. family hist. 111 XIII 13 3 SMITH family-that lived near Twin Mound family hist. VIII 1 44 8 SMITH Irvin & Celinda 1874 family hist. 9 �SUBJECT INDEX, Dg. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Vol. IIssue IPage I Vol. Title/description Subject --------------------------------------------------, ---------------family hist. SPERRY family info. 16 3 76 XVI hist. SPURGEON, G. R., of Baldwin ___.____.___._.______~ __~ ___f 95 VII .__ _ family hist. STEELE James Cooper Capt. of Clinton _ 3 2 45 III __ family hi$t. STEELE James 50th anniv. in 1877 22 3&4 57 XXII STILL family of Baldwin & Eudoraareas 20 1&2 39 XX family hist. family hist. STULL Isaac Golden wedding anniv. 1894 6 3 142 VI family hist. TILLOTSON & BURBIDGE family history 1 3 96 I family hist. ULRICH Jacob estate 7 4 208 VII family hist. VANCIL, Daniel, estate sale bill __ 7 3144 VII family hist. WARD George W.,claim for losses. 1855-6 12 4 186 XXII family hist. WATTLES Augustus (1807-1867) & his ancestors 13 3 107 XIII family hist. WATTLES Augustus claim of 1859 7 4 198 VII family hist. WATTLES Augustus corrections to previous info. 13 4 188 XIII J,!mily hist"--_ WEBBER...L...~amie R.. w/ ~utogral?D boOL__ . _____________ t--___£ ___~!_.-140 ~_ .. __ ~mily hist. WHITE, George W., recollections ~~Q-1f!~_._______.______ r _ 4 2 51 IV ._ family hist. WHITEFORD, Silas Silver 18 1&2 11 XVIII family hist. WIGGINS James Blaine recollections 7 2 96 VII family hist. WILLEY family of Dg. co. 8 4 154 VIII family hist. WILLEY J. W. 10 2 94 X family hist. WINDEMUTH family history 20 1&2 11 XX family hist. WOOD John N. O. P. claim for losses 1855-6 13 1 9 XIII family hist. YOUNG C. B. farm in Grant Twp. (part 1) 12 2 57 XXII family hist. YOUNG C. B.farm in Grant Twp. (part 2L 12 3 129 XXII Igenealogy Ahnentafel: What is it & how to prepare it 7 1 17 VII Igenealogy Bermuda a hiding place for ancestors 7 3 129 VII gene~. __ ~te.§ of "Qld Style" cele~~~ before_l?li.£ __ .____ ._____ .___ ___.1~ r-.-"LI--'~~ r2S!!L-19_ene~ __ J::ederal records in Natl. Archives________________ 20 3&4 67 XX IgEmealogy . Genealogy researclJ on the intern~list of sites.. 26 1-4 6 XXVI Igenealogy Internet 10 best sites 20 3&4 66 XX genealogy Kansas Library card & its uses 26 1-4 28 XXVI Igenealogy Research of family for medical history 22 1&2 10 XXII I genealogy Tracing your familv tree 3 3 81 III history "Old Settlers registration" 1879 (A to B) 1 1 20 I history "Old Settlers registration", 1879 (B to B) 1 2 52 I history "Old Settlers registration" 1879 (B to I) 1 3 84 I history "Old Settlers registration" 1879 (J to Z) 1 4 109 I history -- ~'Old-Settlers~listing--1·929---- -.. -.-----.-- ----. 15 2 87 XV history "Old Settlers" over age 75 registered at picnic, 1913 9 3 114 IX history "Old Settlers" who made histo!Y.l!D!356 19 ~ 9 XIX history Act of organizing KS in 1857 5 4· 126 V history Andrea's History of Kansas Dg. Co. abstracted. 7 1 40 VII history ARTHUR Chester visits Lecompton 1857 7 4 202 VII history Baby show Dg. Co. 1871 18 3·45 XVIII history Baldwin City history as of 1970 18 4 109 XVIII history Barber neighborhood Quilting Bee 1931 10 3 143 X history Big Sprinas history by Otto Durow 1929 22 1&2 13 XXII history Bloomington Bridge 8 4 190 VIII history Blue Mound flour mill 1857 10 2 94 X 10 3 135 XX history Charter members DAR of Lawrence history. Clearfield city history 1858 - 1976 14 3 129 XIV history Clinton history in 1857 8 1 38 VIII history Clinton KS town meetings 1857-8 12 2 61 XXII history Court House records of Dg. Co. & what they contain 25 1&2 14 XXV history Defense of Lawrence 1855 women bring powder 12 1 24 XXII ~'!lily 10 �SUBJECT INDEX, Dg. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject I [Issue IPagel Vol. ----- --- -- - --- history DQ. Co. Health report, 1887 bv Dr. Simmons' 8 1 22 VIII history DQ. Co. Historical Societies in 1982 6 2 55 VI history Dg. Co. history 1 1 1 I history Dg. Co. history, 1827-1890 3 3 96 history Dg. Co. in 1864, from Kansas Annual Register' 15 2 59 XV history Dg. Co. records & where they are stored 5 1 6V history DQ. Co. records and where to find them 25 3&4 28 XXV history Dg. Co. records at Spencer Research Lib. 25 1&2 19 XXV history_ Dg. Co. records at Spencer Research Lib. list25 3&4 39 XXV history Dg. Co. records on tile Spencer Research Lib. detailed list 16 2 36 XVI history DQ. Co. reQister of phYsicians & midwives 1887, 1 8 23 VIII-history Dg. Co. towns & communities 15 2 64 XV history Dg. Co. towns in 1890-91 18 1&2 18 XVIII history DQ. Co. towns that have disa~~eared b~ 1929 3 2 III 62 ._---history -,Diary of crossing the plains in 1866, (part 1) 1 _. __ II XVII /--_ 20 ,-,--"' 2 history 17 70 XVII -- Dia~ of crossing the plains in 1866, (part ~ history Diary of crossing the plains in 1866, (Qart 3 & ~ 17 3 121 XVII history Early homes in Lawrence 6 2 59 VI history EmiQrant Aid Soc. persons movina to Lawrence 1855 4 5 114 V history EmiQrant Aid Society. Lawrence settlers list - - - ,-----19 3&4 10 XIX history Eudora area early history 20 1&2 39 XX history Eudora city licenses 1859-1865 1 8 40 VIII . history Eudora history, 1881 10 1 40 X history Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, annual meeting 1913 10 4 169 X history Franklin town history 8 4 198 VIII Franklin KS Literary Society 10 history 3 151 XX history GAR. members of Washington Post 1881-1907, w/ photQ__ 1--- 9 2 74 IX 7 2 history GARDNER, Joseph & his cabin, Clinton Twp. 89 VII 2 history German settlements in DQ. Co. 8 56 VIII history Germans of Lawrence meetina 1872 11 1 40 XI 1 history 9 45 IX GranQe at Barker school No. 27 members 10 1 41 X Grant twp. early settlers written 1945 (part 1) history 2 10 88 X Grant twP. early settlers written 1945 (part 2) history 11 1 Grant twp. earlv settlers written 1945 (part 3) 41 XI history, 2 8 95 VIII history Grant twP. from Jefferson Co. 1867 7 2 86 VII 1.0.0.R. LodQe of Lawrence, Members 1916 history 20 3&4 87 XX Indian burials discovered 1881 history 3 138 VIII 8 Indian Delaware who became U.S. Citizens, 1866 history 18 1&2 16 XVIII Indian, election among the Shawnee, 1855 history 8 3 135 VIII Indian, Sauk & Fox chief history 3 137 VIII 8 history Indian Shawnee 2 3&4 57 II Indian tracing Navajo roots history 3 108 VIII 8 Indians Haskell Institute history history 106 VIII 8 3 Indians of Dg. Co. history history 7 3 132 VII Jails in DQ. Co. history 3 105 VIII _J! Moman Boone's settlement 1827 Jefferson Co. Daniel history I--32 V 1 5 1850's Kansas "claims" filed for losses in history 13 VI 1 6 of 1876 list of stock holders Kansas Exposition history VII 2 7 93 Kansas River steamboats history XI 2 75 11 Kaw Valley Baseball Club roster 1867 history 12 4 187 XXII LaHAY Toussaint claim for losses 1855-6 history IV 3 77 4 Lawrence & Kansas City history. at 1893 history 3 107 I 1 Lawrence city dir~ctories in Lawrence library histQJY 1 XIX 19 1 Lawrence City events of 1900 chronoloQv (Jan.-Mar.) history 2 2 XIX 19 Lawrence City events of 1900 chronology(Apr.-June) history - ---- -- Title/description - -- ------------------ - - - - Vol. '" 11 �SUBJECT INDEX, Dg. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Title/description Subject - - - Vol. Iissue Pace I Vol. -------- -------------- --- 1- XIX history Lawrence City events of 1900 chronoloQY (July to Dec.) 19 3&4 13 2 history 87 XIII Lawrence ci~ histo!y, settlement & im~ortant dates histolY____ , Lawrence City original settler~__________ ~ ___ .__ .;. ____ 18 .--~ 1-- ~§. E{IJ.L history Lawrence dwellings built in 1883 10 4 178 X ---history Lawrence earthQuake of 1867 62 IX 9 4 history 20 3&4 Lawrence historical markers 74 XX history Lawrence history 1 31 1 history Lawrence mayors 1857 - 1882 listed 22 3&4 56 XXII history Lawrence street directory 1893-4 20 1&2 5XX history Lawrence streets as of 1855 6 4 203 VI history Lawrence survey map of 1854 descriptive 18 1&2 4 XVIII history Lawrence telephone exchanoe 1883 w/ subscribers 11 2 93 XI history Lawrence Temperance Assn. list of members 1874 10 3 103 X history Lawrence voting wards, defined, 1880 10 2 55 X .. Lawrence Zodiac Reading Club, mem~~~~J§?8-1~42_____ history 10 ---=3 _.109 L._ histolY.... ______ ~ren_~~_ren~!Dir:!9..9f street~JjliL__ .______.. _. ____.____________ 73 153 .Y!!__ history Lawrence renaminc of streets 1913 10 2 55 X history Lecompton Constitution votino, 1857 6 2 78 VI history Lecom~ton tw~., histo!y in 1856 140 VIII 8 3 history Lecompton beainnina in 1855 5 1 18 V history Lecompton early history with slaves 6 4 185 VI history Lecompton fire of store 1916 10 2 90 X history Livina in early Kansas 19 3&4 18 XIX history Lone Star histo!y 4 1 11 IV history Marais Des CYanes massacre 1 1 30 I history Marais Des Cygnes river namino 1 2 62 I histolY _____ Midwife in 1870's 6 4 _1.I1 ~:----.---.------.---------.------.. ------...--- '-_._- 1---Moving to Kansas in 1856, I2Y Joh!L~alton ___________ 20 3&4 ~JQ!:L95 XX history _ Narrative of Life in Kansas, 1654 _ 4 4 93 IV history New England Soc. member's obits. 5 1 37 V history Nichols Clarinda early resident near Baldwin 10 4 176 X history North Lawrence history 7 3 146 VII history North Lawrence Historv Booklet reprint 16 3 95 XVI history Oregon Trail certificates 17 3 120 XVII history 6 1 14 VI -- J.letition in Lawrence of 1855 {alJ2habetized} history Petition in Lawrence of 1855 (as Printed) 5 3 99 V history Physicians of Dg. Co. (reference to b. & d. records of 1887) 8 1 21 VIII __ history - -- _. J~ioneer.women of-Kansas---1 1 51 history Post Office letters uncalled for at Lawrence 1857 6 3 118 VI history Post Office letters uncalled for at Lawrence, 1864 4 2 62 IV history Post Office letters uncalled for at Lawrence 1872 "ladies" 18 3 46 XVIII history Post Office letters uncalled for at Lawrence 1872 "mens" 18 4 86 XVIII history Post Office letters uncalled for at Lawrence 1872 combined 11 1 39 XI history Post Office letters uncalled for at Prairie CitY. 1858 7 3 157 VII history Post Office listing unclaimed letters, orocedure of 1851 6 3 117 VI history Post Offices & postmaster aoots., Dg. Co. 1855-1867 16 4 133 XVI history Post Offices in Kansas Territorv, '1856 6 2 79 VI history Post Offices in Kansas 1864 15 2 61 XV history Post Offices listed in Dg. Co. 1881, 1891 & 1926 4 4 96 IV history Prairie City history 7 3 150 VII history Pre-Emption Act 6 1 1 VI history Quantrill's' raid 12 1 1 XII history Quantrill's raid & death of Larkin Skaacs 3 4 118 III history Quantrill's raid & death of Raloh Dix 8 4 158 VIII history - Quantrill's raid & killing of Skaaos 4 2 51 IV ..YL--- - 12 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject -history history history history history history history history history history history history history history - I Title/description - - - Vol. IIssue IPage I - -- -- - Vol. --- - Quantrill's raid as reported in KS. Weekly Tribune 3 2 53 III Quantrill's raid as reQorted in Tenn. newsQaQers 6 2 61 VI Quantrill's raid survivor 26 1-4 20 XXVI Quantrill's raid survivor Mrs. Mahary fiving in 1928 10 4 152 X Quantrill's raid survivors stilllivino in 1913 4 3 67 IV Quantrill's raid $ claims for losses 5 1 34 V Quantrill's raid buildings surviving in 1913 10 4 174 X Quantrill's raid deaths & survivors 1 2 74 Quantrill's raid, woman shot Sarah Lanton 17 4 177 XVII Records of Comm. for the poor, 1909-11 wi recipients alpha 21 3&4 31 XXI Records of Comm. for the poor 1909-11 wi recipients chron. 18 1&2 20 XVIII Rescue of Dr. John Ooy from jail, 1859 , 8 4 153 VIII Robinson, Charles Qovernor's home (4 miles N. of Lawrence) 3 125 X 10 Spencer Research lib., detailed list of 09. ~o. records on file 16 -~ 1-' 36 XVI ~encer Research lib., Kansas Collection _____ . ___ . _ _ __ -1 3 1-98-1III- - - I-._-=~.!Q!L_-history . Spencer Resear~h libra~, 09. Co. records 19 XXV__ 25 1&2 history 25 3&4 Spencer Research libra~, 09. Co. records., list 39 XXV history Sunflower Cook Book contributors 10 4 173 X history Undertakers in Lawrence prior to 1900 6 2 54 VI history Vinland Post Office history 9 1 43 IX history_ Weaver history of town, NE of Eudora 11 4 178 XI Willow Springs Twp., election of 1875 history 15 4 163 XV histoty Women of Lawrence & their hardships 10 3 98 X 20 1&2 index 1875 census ind~..Qg, Co. _ XX rx,V -14 2 Index of queries (V. 1 to V. 14) wi OCGS member sources index 14 2 58 XIV rlilc;lexof surnames from Pedigree charts, OCGS members . index ,·50 XX 20 Index to "Personal" authorizations of KS. legisl§lture, 1859-1877 index II . 10 2 1&2 Index to Vol. 01 No. 1 thru 4 index 1 35A IV Index to Vol. 04 No. 1 (IV) 4 index 1 1 IX Index to Vol. 08 (VIII) index 9 1 1 X 10 Index to Vol. 09, (IX) index 1 46 XI 11 Index to Vol. 11 No. 1 (XI) index 2 101 XI 11 Index to Vol. 11 No.2 (XI) index 3 153 XI 11 Index to Vol. 11 NO.3 (XI) index 11 . 4 202 XI Index to Vol. 11 No.4 (XI) index 2 97 XXII 12 Index to Vol. 12 No.2 (XII) index 140 XXII 12 3 Index to Vol. 12 NO.3 (XII) index 4 217 XXII 12 Index to Vol. 12 No.4 (XII) index· 91 XIII 2 13 Vol. 13, No.2, (XIIIL '. __ . ____________ ~ Index to index 141 XIII 3 13 Index to Vol. 13 No.3, (XIII) ~4 199 XIII 13 Index to Vol. 13 NO.4 (XIII) index 1 39 XIV 14 Vol. 14, No. 1 ,-(XlV) Index to index 2 87 XIV 14 Index to Vol. 14 No.2 (XIV) index 137 XIV 14 3 Index to Vol. 14 NO.3 (XIV) index 4 191 XIV 14 Index to Vol. 14 No.4 (XIV) index . 45 1 XV 15 Index to Vol. 15 No.1; (XV) index XV 2 95 15 Vol. 15 No.2 --(Xv) Index to index 149 XV 3 15 Index to Vol. 15 NO.3 (XV) index 4 194 XV 15 Index to Vol. 15, No.4 (Xv) index 31 XVI 1 16 Index to Vol. 16, No.1 {XVI} index XVI 60 2 16 Index to Vol. 16 No.2 (XVI) index 110 XVI 3 16 Index to Vol. 16 NO.3 (XVI) index 141 XVI 4 16 Index to Vol. 16, No.4 (XVI) (surnames on'lv) index 1 51 XVII 17 Vol. 17 No.1 (XVII) Index to index 2 96 XVII 17 to Vol. 17 No.2 (XVI/) Index index ,- ~f '3&4' 13 . �" I·"'.j SUBJECT INOEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject I Title/descri~tion Vol. Iissue Page I Vol. --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------_. Index to Vol. 17, NO.3 (XVII) index Index to Vol. 17 No. 4 (XVII) (partial excludes 1860 census) index index . Index to Vol. 18, No~jXVIII)~rtial, excludes 1860 census) Index to Vol. 18 NO.3 (XVIII) (partial, excludes 1860 censusJ index Index to Vol. 18 No.4 (XVIII) <,,-artial excludes several lists) index Index to Vol. 19 No.1 (XIX) (partial) index Index to Vol. 19 No.2 (XIX) (partial excludes militarylist) index Index to Vol. 19 NO.3 & 4 (XIX~ index Index to Vol. 20 NO.3 & 4 (XX) surnames only & excludes lists index Index to Vol. 21, No ....!.!.b(XXI) surname only index Index to Vol. 21 NO.3 & 4 (XXl)surname only index Index to Vol. 22, No.1 & 2 (XXII}, surname only index Index to Vol. 22 No.1 & 2 + 3 & 4 (all combined) surname only index Index to Vol. 24 No. 1 thru 4 (XXIV) index index IndexJo Vol.-.?5, No.1 & ~~ 3 &,!, (sum_ame QIJ.!~ ___,_ ---------index lnde~ to VQL26, No. 1-4 ~!name only~cludes land 0.w1J~ -._--,-------.Portrait & Biographical Record LV. OG. & FR. Co. Hist., 1899 index Subject index-to Vol. 01thtu 07 (I thru VII) index Subject index to Vol. 01 thru Vol 12 NO.3. index land Abstract for Baldwin City, block 77 Abstract for Lot 1 Block 181 Eudora land Abstract for Lot 607 Block 2 Schaake subdiv. Lawrence land land Abstract for Lots 176 & 178 Rhode Island St. Lawrence land Abstract f~r NE 1/4 of S-12, T-13 R-19 ----'-----land Abstract for NE 1/4 of S-16 T-13 R-21 Abstract N. 1/2 S-12 T-13 R-19 land land ~.Co. land .9wnel.s, 1857~h~.Yo'/I~9§l1 des~'!p!:.. .._. _____.___ ~------.1 land tw~.~~ wiland owners. . .__.._ .Eudora -----land . Farm directo_~, Og. Co., 1920 (A to B} land Farm directory, Og, Co. 1920 (C to C) land Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (0 to E) land Farm directory, Og. Co., 1920(F to G) land Farm directolY, Og. Co. 1920 (G to H) land Farm directory, Og. Co., 1920 (I to L} land Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (L to M) land Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (M to 0) land Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (0 to S) - ·r;'arm-directory,-OQ. Co. 1920 (S to S) - land land Farm directory, Og. Co. 1920 (S to W) land £.~rm directory, Og. Co., 1920 (W.!Q..?L_________ c.._ -----land Grant twp, 1873 with land owners land Marion twp. 1873 with land owners land Original Land purchases Delaware Trust Lands land Pre-Emption Act map 1887 Og. Co. twps. & Lawrence voting wards map Og. Co. in 1875 map Og.' Co. ma~ with locations of villages ma~ Og. Co. map, from Og. Co. Atlas, 1921 map Og. Co. showing "old towns" map O~. Co. 1854-1863 map Election districts during Kansas territorial period map Eudora twp, northern including village of Weaver, 1902 map Eudora Twp. map, Og. Co. Atlas 190~ wiland owners map Grant Twp, OJ). Co. Atlas, 1902 map Grant twp. Og. Co. Atlas 1921 ~~--,----. 142 XVII 17 3 ,17 4 187 XVII 18 .1&2 .-- 36 XVIII 18 3 80 XVIII 1(3 4 129 XVIII 19 1 16 XIX. 19 2 15 XIX 1'9 3&4 21 XIX 20 3&4 98 XX 21 3&4 34 XXI -21 3&4 39 XXI 22 1&2 25 XXII 22 3&4 61 XXII 24 3&4 40 XXIV 25 1-.3&4 _.50 XXV . 1-4 26 --~ 62 20 3&4 ' 92 XX 8 2 104 VIII 12 3 143 XXII 15 2 89 XV 16 1 8 XVI 16 3 67 XVI 16 2 55 XVI 15 4 181 XV 24 1&2 8 XXIV 15 . 140 XV 3 26 ----::.'1-4 '--_ .34 XXVI 8 r' 48 VIII 2 3 135 XI -11 4 192 XI 12 1 26 XII 12 2 67 XII 12 3 113 XII 12 4 203 XII 13 1 36 XIII 13 2 75 XIII 13 3 125 XIII 13 4 189 XIII 14 1 31 XIV 14 2 77 XIV 4' 188 IX 9 7 4 205 VII 26 1-4 5 XXVI 6 1 1 VI 21 1&2 8 XXI 18 1&2 19 XVIII 21 1&2 37 XXI 9 1 54 IX 13 3 159.2 XIII 7 4 156 VII 8 4 171 VIII 11 4 177 XI 8 2 48 VIII 12 2 56 XII 9 1 0.5 IX --11 14 MYL �SUBJECT INDEX, Dg. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject --map map map map map map map I Title/description ----------------------------- Vol. - IIssue IPage· I -- Vol. - -- Indian lands in Kansas 1854 8 3 15 1 VIII lawrence 1854-5 sketch & map 8 1 0.5 VIII lawrence survey map of 1854, descriptive 18 1&2 4 XVIII lawrence about 1854 8 1 1 VIII Marion twp., 1873 with land owners 7 4 205 vn Marion Twp. Do. Co. 1873 (partial) 12 4 177 XII North lawrence history 7 3 146 VII North lawrence Jefferson Co. 1865 m~ 16 3 109 XVI map Prairie City 7 3 152 VII map Prairie City map. Atlas of Do. Co. 1873 7 3 103 VII map Wellsville area listing schools cem. & earlv families 13 1 1 XIII marriage Divorce, PERRY, Nellie D. vs. Charles S., 1884 3 74 XVI ._--- :-..16 marriage· Divorces by Territorialleaislature 1861 1 26 IX 9 marriage Divorces of territorial Kansas 8 4 159 VIII -- ---=- f--. marriage .Divorces, 09. CO' I 1864-1868 3 c-. 120 VII ._--_._------- .-~ ._marriage Divorces, Og. Co., 1868-1870 7 4 181 VII marria~e Divqrces, 09. Co., 1870-1872 8 1 24 VIII -marriage -Divorces Og. Co. 1873-1879 8 2 69 VIII marriage Divorces Og. Co. 1879-1884 8 4 185 VIII marriage Divorces Do. Co. 1864-1867 18 3 49 XVIII marriage Divorces, Og. Co. 1867-1868 18 4 113 XVIII marriage Friends lawrence records of Marriage 1871-1897 6 3 132 VI marriage Hill Fred J. & Carina F. (Harris) 20 3&4 90 XX 7 3 148 VII Lecompton new§f>~per~ listing, birth, death & marr. 1885-1886 r!!@!!iage marriage Lecompton newspapers vital statistics 1888-1890 1 8 43 VIII Lecompton births deaths & marriages 1900 13 1 marriage 17 XIII 14 119 XIV 3 marria~ Marriage licenses, Shawnee Co. of Og. residents 1887-1913 21 1&2 26 XXI'marriage Marriages conducted bv Rev. Richard Cordlev 1856 - 1889 4 Marriages reported in newspapers 1861-1863 9 marriage 160 IX marriage Marriages reported in Western Home Journal of Oct 1872 18 3 63 XVIII 14 1 15 XIV Marriages Congregational Church of Lawrence 1859-1863 marriage 6 1 15 VI marriage Marriages Og. Co., 1854-1860 8 4 155 VIII Marriages Og. Co. 1854-1861 repl. for fire marriage 3 1 Marriages Do. Co. 1863-1865 23 III marriage 3 III 3 88 Og. Co., 1866-1867 Marriages marriage V 5 2 60 Marriages Og. Co. 1867-1868 marriage -5 4 127 V Marriages Og. Co. 1869 marriage 3 108 VI 6 Marriages Og. Co. 1870 marriage 7 1 19 VII . marriage--- -- -Marriages- Dg:-Co;---1871- 7 2 68 VII Marriages Og. Co. 1872 marriage 7 3 108 VII Marriages Do. Co. 1873. marriage 7 4 164 VII Marriages Og. Co. 1874 marriage 76 VIII 8 2 Marriages Og. Co. 1875 marriage 110 VIII 8 3 Marriages Do. Co. 1876 marriage 9 1 7 IX Marriages Og. Co., 1877 marriage 64 IX 2 9 Marriages, Og. Co. 1878 marriage 121 IX 9 3 Marriages Og. Co. 1879 marriage 4 .172 IX 9 Marriages Og. Co. 1880 marriage 1 10 15 X Marriages Og. Co. 1881 marriaoe 4 156 X 10 Marriages Og. Co. 1882 marriage 1 1 XI 11 Marriages, Og. Co. 1883 marriaoe 11 2 60 XI Marriages Do. Co., 1884 (alphabetized) marriage 11 3 116 XI Marriages Og. Co. 1885 (alphabetized) marriage 11 4 161 XI marriage -- Marriages -OQ:Co., 1886 (alphabetized) . 10 XII 1 12 Marriages Og. Co., 1887 (alphabetized) marriage -~ 15 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER'; - Vol. Title/description Subject -- - - -- IIssue IPage I - --- - Vol. - 4 189 XII 12 Marriages OQ. Co. 1888 (alphabetized) marriage 1 23 XIII 13 Marriages Og. Co. 1889 (alphabetized) marriage 3 105 XIV Marriages, Og. Co., 1890 (alphabetized) ------------ r - -14 _lTIarriage - t---=- 1-XV __ 1 24 15 MarriaQes Og. Co., 1891 (al~habetized} marriage 13 Marriages, Og. Co. 1892 (alphabetized) 3 112 XIII marriage 1 17 XIV 14 MarriaQes Og. Co., 1893 (alphabetized) marriage 112 XV 15 3 Marriages Og. Co. 1894 (alphabetized) marriage 21 1&2 9 XXI Marriages Og. Co. 1895 (alphabetized) marriage 13 XXI. 21 3&4 Marriages Og. Co. 1896 (alphabetized) marriage 160 XIII 4 13 PATTERSON, William A. & Edna O.(McFariand} marriage .2 58 III 3 Battle of Chickamanga loses of 8th Kansas military 2' 1&2 2 II Battle of Prairie Grove (Civil War}, list of killed & wounded military 10 2 62 X Death notices in newspaper 1861-1863 military militajy 15 2 70 XV Og. Co. Volunteers 1861-1865 (A to C) military 128 XV 15 3 military _. -Bg. Co. Volunteers, 1861-186~C to EL ____. ___.___._____ .. __ ----4 164 XV militar.Y. _____ Co. Volunteers, 1861-1865, (E to J} ___________ ---~ 15 military Og. Co. Volunteers, 1861-1865, (J to M} __ 16 1 r-' 12 XVI 16 military OQ. Co. Volunteers 1861-1865 (Nto S) 3 80 XVI military Og. Co. Volunteers 1861-1865 (S to Zt 16 4 116 XVI military Og. Co. WW II, deaths 17 1 17 XVII Og. Co. WW II, personnel (A to J) 19 1 12 XIX militalY. Og. Co. WW II personnel (K to Z) 19 2 10 XIX militarY . 1 XIX military OQ. Co. Volunteers of 1898 listed 19 2 Enrollment of late soldiers Act of 1883, (A to B} 10 1 32 X ~~ military Enrollment of late soldiers Act of 1883 (C to D) 10 2 78 X military Enrollment of late soldiers Act of 1883 (E to H) 10 3 115 X m ilita.!Y.-.____ Enrollment of late soldiers, Act of 1883, (H to M} X. 10 f - - -4- r-J.~=! r:-::,--.-----_._--- r----'Enrollment of late soldiers, Act of1883, (M to U} 11 1 21 XI ~~ military _ Enrollment of late soldiers, Act of 1883 (V to Z) 2 11 77 XI military Fairview Meth. Episcopal church "Service" roll 1944 14 1 4 XIV military GAR list of soldier dead listed by cemetery 19 2 6 XIX military HOYT David Starr Major death/murder in 1857 9 2 86 IX military Lecompton draft registrations 1917 13 1 18 XIII military Marais Des Cygnes massacre 1 1 30 I military Soldier list with birth date for pension benefit of burial 5 4 142 V military Soldiers buried in Lawrence cemeteries 5 3 100 V military Sons of Veterans Ladies Aid Soc. 1895-1899 10 3 129 X military Troop train 1916 with list of members 6 4 169 VI military Wakarusa War 11 1 16 XI .naturalization Naturalization, Dg. Co., 1907-1921 7 2 59 VII --1-naturalization Naturalizations 1855-1858 Book "A" 8 4· 171 VIII naturalization Naturalizations Dec/. of intention 1868-1903 6 4 172 VI naturalization Naturalizations Declaration of Intent Vol. "B" (A to H) 8 1 34 VIII naturalization' Naturalizations Declaration of Intent Vol. "B" (H to M) 8 3 123 VIII naturalization Naturalizations Declaration of Intent Vol. "B" (M to S) 9 1 18 IX naturalization Naturalizations Declaration of Intent Vol. "B" (S to Zl 9 2 77 IX naturalization Naturalizations DQ. Co. 1903-1907 14 1 11 XIV naturalization Naturalizations, petitions (A to BY 1906-1924 3 2 50 III naturaiization Naturalizations petitions (B to B) 3 3 86 III naturalization Naturalizations petitions (C to D) 3 4 120 III naturalization Naturalizations petitions,(E to G) 4 1 30 IV naturalization Naturalizations petitions (G to H) 4 2 55 IV naturalization Naturalizations petitions (H to J) 4 4 122 IV naturalization Naturalizations, petitions (K to K) 5 3 87 V naturalization Naturalizations petitions (K to Z) 6 2 63 VI -P..s: 16 �SUBJECT INDEX, D9. Co. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" Subject - -- - photo !photo photo photo school school school school school school school school school school ~t1001_ school schOOl school school school school school school school school school school ~chool school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school school 17 I - Title/description - - -- -- -- -- Lawrence schools Vermont Pinkney & Woodlawn (photos) Lecompton business area photo undated NORTON Silas B. & Maria (VanHorn) Post Office employees & Lawrence 1900 Baker U. Alumni living in Dg. Co. 1897 Baker Univ. faculty of 1864 Weekly Tribune Baldwin school 1892 Baldwin school student list 1892 Barber school, No. 82, student list, 1898 Big Springs school No. 72· 1898 Big Springs school No. 72 report & student list, 1898 Big Springs school .No. 72· report & student list, 1899 Big Springs school No. 72 report & student list 1901 Big Springs school No. 72 report & student list 1902 Big Springs school No. 72, r~port & student list, 19_~_. ___ Bismark school, No. 79 ---BlaGk Jack school, No.9, 1881 Bloomington College in Indiana graduates that settled in KS.Blue Mound school No. 29 1884-85 1885-86 1890-91 Blue Mound school No. 29 with list of taxpa:iers Brubaker school No. 46 1881 Clinton school No. 25 Columbia school No. 67 1894 Willow Springs twp. Columbia school, No. 67, 1895 . ---_._Columbia school No. 67 1896 Columbia school No. 67 1897 Columbia school No. 67 1926, Willow S~.J!!.~~tud~nts Deer Creek school, No. 48 Deer Creek school No. 48 1898 Dg. Co. grade school graduates 1892 93 94, 95 Dg. Co. grade school graduates, 1927 Dg. Co. grade school graduates, 1930 Dg. Co. rural schools 1935-36 directory Dg. Co. school teachers 1899 Enterprise school No. 18 Eudora school, report, 1888 Fairview school No. 21,1868 - 1870 including student lists Fairview school No.21 1875-6 students in photo Fairview school No. 21 1898, students in photo Fairview school No.21 1913 Franklin school No.16 Grant school No. 15 teachers & board members 1899-1918 Greenwood school No. 24 Greenwood school No. 24 Lecomp. twp. list of students 1898 Greenwood Valley school No. 24 students 1898 Greenwood Valley school, No. 24 students 1899 Greenwood Valley school No. 24, students 1900 Greenwood Vallev school No. 24 students 1902 Greenwood Valley school No. 24, students 1910 Harmonv school No. 57 1898 report High Prairie school No. 43 students 1898 K.U. alumni class of 1874 reunion in 1882 K.U. Alumni living in Dg. Co. 1922 Kansas Univ. Law school Sr.class of 1896 Kanwaka school No. 15 Vol. IIssue IPa~e I Vol. -- 11 2 74 XI 14 1 0.5 XIV 22 3&4 41 XXII 13 3 139 XIII 14 4 159 XIV 3 2 58 III 9 3 150 IX 9 4 194 IX 10 2 89 XX 14 4 183 XIV 17 1 33 XVII· 17 1 34 XVII 17 1 35 XVII 17 1 36 XVII 17 1-----'1 _. 37 XVII .--..:..::3 3 79 III 9 3 152 IX 22 3&4 58 XXII 14 4 180 XIV 12 3 102 XII 9 3 149 IX 2 1&2 7 II 9 1 48 IX 9 IX r--M 1-:::-·-9 154 IX 9 4 198 IX 1 X 1~ f-- ·2 49 92 VII 14 4 182 XIV 25 3&4 42 XXV 25 3&4 44 XXV 25 3&4 46 XXV 22 1&2 16 XXII 8 118 VIII 3 3 3 78 III 11 4 176 XI 25 3&4 34 XXV 11 1 30 XI 11 1 29 XI -14 4 1.84 XIV 2 1&2 8 II 10 2 89 X 97 VIII 8 2 1 44 X 10 17 2 64 XVII 17 2 65 XVII 17 2 66 XVII 17 2 67 XVII 17 2 68 XVII 1 1 18 I 10 2 96 X 24 1&2 2 XXIV 4 14 149 XIV 18 V 1 5 18 III 1 3 ---1 �SUBJECT INDEX, 09. C~. KS. Gen. Soc. "PIONEER" ITitle/descri~tion ---------------------------------------------------Subject Vol. Issue Paae I -- Vol. ------------------- 10 1 43 X Kanwaka twp. school teachers 1899-1902 school 12 2 74 XXII KU class of 1881 & its 50th reunion school 4 160 XIV __ ~!:L9!.?duates, 1897, includes bio. &..QbQtos_: __________ I-~-~ school c---' ----7 3 153 VII Lakeview school No.1, 1898 . school 146 XI Lapeer.school No. 41, students of 1910 & 1911 11 3 school 14 4 163 XIV Lawrence H. S. classes 1871 - 1874 school 19 V 5 1 Lawrence H. S. graduates of 1908 school 14 165 XIV 4 Lawrence H. S. graduates 1875 -1885 school \ 14 4 167 XIV Lawrence H. S. graduates 1903 school . 14 4 171 XIV Lawrence H. S. graduates, 1904 school -.:. Lawrence H. S. graduates 1907 49 V school 5 2 . 67 XIII 13 Lawrence H. S. graduates 1911 2 school Lawrence sch. students not absent or tardy, 1884-5 (grades 1-~ school 11 76 XI 2 school Lawrence sch. teachers & board members 1868 10 4 153 X._-school 11 ----::: 2 1 - -74 XI f-=------.---- Lawr~ce schools, VerlTl9nt, Plnk..~_~_.~oodl?lwn {Q~.Qto~L_ - - f-'-"----10 ea!!~ schoo~~Q.fJ 88~ ___.___ .________..___._. __ 65 Lawrence, school _--.-l -------school Lawrence Graduates of 8th grad~, 1912 1 12 X 10 school Lecompton H. S. alumni 1924 14 4 175 XIV school Model school No. 83 Wakarusa twp. 196 IX 9 4 school Mound school No. 35 9 1 36 IX school Palmvra twP. school teachers 1899-1902 1 47 X 10 school Palmyra twp. school teachers 1902-1905 10 2 93 X school Pawnee school No. 23 students of 1935 2 3&4 74 II school Pleasant Grove school, No. 38 4 2 53 IV school Pleasant Grove school photo of students 1921 1922 26 1-4 12 XXVI Quincy H. S. of Lawrence reunion of 1882 (part 2) $hool 10 4 182 X school ~i~Y.J::!.S. at Lawrence, 25th reunion of 1882 ~JJ _____ 10 2 68 X --------t--.-:-=- ~--= f-----:':~. 1-=---~chool Rock Creek school, No. 13, Marion tw~., incl. students, 1938 __ 10 1 45 X school . Rock Creek school,. No. 1~, students of 1910 11 :3 145 XI school Rural schools graduates 1904 20 3&4 88 XX school Rural schools graduates 1913 9 4 158 IX school School district numbering sequence 17 1 45 XVII school SprinQ Creek school No. 2 students 1898 7 2 ·95 VII school Starr (or Young) school No. 19 3 4 132 III ---'-school Twin Mound No. 32 Marion Twp. history 12 4 173 XII school Union school No 50 3 3 80 11/ scl100l Union school No. 34 student list 1926-7 10 1 50 XX _.school Victory. school Fort Scott 1923-4 list of students 3 2 60 III school Vinland school No. 49 report 1881 8 1 45 VIII ~~00_1___ .YiD.land school, No. 49, re~ort, 1881 3 147 XI .----1-' school Vinland school No. 49 students 1897 5 2 51 V school Walnut Grove school No. 11 7 4 207 VII school Walnut Grove school No. 11 1908 photo 11 3 148 XI school Washington Creek School No. 22 9 3 135 IX school Weaver school No. 86 census 1915 & 1924 11 4 181 XI school Weaver school, No. 86 list of teachers 1898-1938 11 4 180 XI school West Fairview school No. 59 5 3 96 V school Wevbriaht school NO.4 5 4 149 V school Willow SprinQs school No. 51 students 1898 10 2 96 X school Willow Springs school No. 51 students 1902 5 2 50 V school Willow SprinQs school No. 51 students 1907 5 3 95 V school Willow Sprinas school No. 51 stUdents 1909 . 5 4 150 V . school . - -.- Winter school NO.-lO9 3 144 IX L.--- --il- 18 �~AP OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, ; KANSAS LEGEND -~ .• ~'-f'I­ . : ",:-;, . -I- ........... ___ ...... _ ,..OC ...... ", l " -~-~;.~~~ _"~-I �~1111111111111'1l11"'111111 The Pioneer (:''''-'0,. Douglas County Genealogical Society, In~. '=r.~I:;j~~~~~ It"'·..... , - .. : '(' <-0 'I" P.O. Box 366 4 e.'I1~~S~~;,,~:; .<o~~':J~~) j,!, -<S'- '0(.. .. ,1v" . : : .. Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 (~ ;;3i~~~:':~ ~ ''r',,::::, I "'/l'1,~.' -~ -. .' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 - 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 28, No. 1: January 2005 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL28_1_JAN2005 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/62068f0ef9b28f0c931e2a300c5e0c82.pdf 35919bd16256d3715857c2883c833a8a PDF Text Text \ ~ ~ ~ I. ~ l;\ i , t: ~ a......: ~Q " ~ ~, -::::::'1 !!It ~~ ~ .. .'. ,j . ..:, , . .. '.'" :.~ �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 President & Pioneer Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu Vice-President & Programs Linda Lang lindalang@sunflower.com Treasurer Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Assistant Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Librarian Sharon Moore SharonKayMoore@aol.com Membership Beverley Chapman bjbchap70@msn.com Publications The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the OsmaRoom. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society~ Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 October, 2005 Volume 28, no. 4 Contents Society program schedule List of Charter Members Dues form Information on new Lawrence Public Library public meetings Matney pictures Pleasant Grove school picture, 1921 & 1922 Quantrill's Raid victims buried in common grave Obits/Death notices in BaldwinNewspapers 1883-1887 Illustriana Counting ancestors Fishburn bible record Early recolletions of Kansas and Lawrence Lawrence Obituary from Orange County Register Marguerite Harris Bishop obituary Kansas Post Offices Night before Christmas Riley County Genealogical Society publication Resources in Helen Osma History Room Historical newspapers in Lawrence Public Library Frequently asked questions in Helen Osma Room Watkins Museum Family History Resources Quantrill's Raid resources in Helen Osma Room Proquest Historical Newspapers Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Codical for will Kansas Pioneer Certificates Index 56 56 57 57a 58 59,60 61 65. 66 68 69 70 73 74 75 80 81 82 84 86 88 90 91 92 93 94 . 99 Dues for the Society are due for 2006. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the Society at the address above. . �Programs for the rest of the year are somewhat set. November 19, Saturday. lOam at the Lawrence Public Library Norman Leary, a lifelong resident of Douglas County, whose family settled in Douglas County in the 1800's, will be talking about his family, their history and relating it to the history of Douglas County south of the Wakarusa River. December 13, Tuesday evening. 7pm, Lawrence Public Libr~ry. We will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Douglas County Genealogical Society. If we all bring a dessert to share we will go home happy. Bring a family story to share, one about Christmas or,one about an interesting ancestor. We will be inviting any of the charter members who are still in Lawrence and any other long-time members. The list of charter members follows: David W. Aiken Ruth Guy Gladys Allen Virginia Harris Georgiana Brune Maxine Hougland Kathryn Bunton Joe Jamison Dorothy Clarke Mary Jamison Ola Faucher Irma Kidwell Ted Faucher Mrs. Robert Marquette Mrs. Charles Fellenstein Delores Meyer Joan Freeman Charlotte Muckey Peggy Groner Cleo Ralston Genevieve Guy N. Lance Reppert Darlene Slapar Fay Talley Claude Smith Marion Turner Zona Smith Nettie Wismer' Floyd Stayton �January- Tour of the Watkins Museum of History February- To be announced March- Bertha Cameron of the Shawnee Tribe April-Trip to the Topeka Genealogical Society Library . The Underground Railroad tour of Douglas County on October 8 was attended by 21 people. It was very good and Tolly Wildcat, Judy Sweets, and Wayne Wildcat were a full of information. It left us all wishing for more. Perhaps the Society can sponsor more of these tours and certainly this one again. Thanks, Linda, for getting this together. MB -~-------- ------- Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2006 dues can be paid now. Name_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.Maiden Name Street,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Apt. #_ _Home Phone,_ _ _ _ _ _ __ City_ _ _ _ _---..:...._ _ _State_Zip_ _ _ _ _e-mail_ _ _ _ _ __ Renewal_ New_Surnames you are searching,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Amount enclosed._ _ _ _{$15.00 per year) . Mail to: DCGS PO Box 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Make checks payable to DCGS �Talks are just beginning about a new library in Lawrence. I encourage What do YOU want to see in YOUR public library? any of you that are interested, and of course I think you all should be, to attend any of these meetings, express your opinions about a Family History Room and encourage the consultants to include us in the plans with adequate space. The Lawrence Public Library is looking at the possibility of expand- . ing its building and services in the coming years. What services do YOU and your family think are important to have at the Lawrence Public Library? What programs do YOU want to see improved or expanded? Tell us what you think! Plan to attend one of the public visioning sessions listed below. All meetings are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. • Monday, October 10 7-9 p.m. Lawrence Visitor's Center (the train depot in north Lawrence) • Saturday, November 12 10 a.m.-12 noon Lawrence Visitor's Center • Tuesday, December 6 7-9 p.m. Library Auditorium • Wednesday, January 4, 2006 7-9 p.m. Library Auditorium Can't make a meeting? Visit our website to share your thoughts and suggestions. Learn about plans to expand the Lawrence Public Library. Go to www.lawrencepubliclibrary.org/time and click "Online Survey" to complete the short, 10-minute survey. �Children of David Reece Matney and Mary Elizabeth (Bowman) Matney. From left to right: Daisy Ruth, Harvey Paul, Thomas McCoy, Genevieve Abigail, Hyacinth Alta Matney. . Small picture: Caroline Matney Evans. If anyone would like these pictures call me at 843-9199. MB �PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL 1922 ,~ .0..- Back Row Hulda Dailey, Ethen Tuckel, Mary Noms(Teacher), Orville Flory, Mildred Breck-Endride, Harold Breckenridge, Jasper Dailey, Blanche Campbell, Grace Hiatt. Third Row Paul Flory, Leonard Deay, Jay Hiatt, Ernest Tuckel, Edward Patterson, Kenneth Hegeman, Arley Flory. Second Row Walter Moore, Elva Daniels, Thelma Daniels, Estella Campbell, Clyda Hiatt, Edna Patterson, Fern Eberhart, Leona Tuckel. . Front Row Eva Petterson, Doris Hiatt, Lucille Campbell, Edgar Patterson, Robert Tuckel, Henry Flory, Carl Daniels, Thelma Breckenridge. If anyone would like this picture call me at 843-9 I 99. MB ... �PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL 1921 4' I I .... ~ Back Row .. , ........ -_ ...-- -------.-:.--..... - _.. ---...--- .._-... .. --..... -_. Estella Campbell, Clyda Hiatt, Fern Eberhart, Hulda Daily, Madge McCall, Audrey Landis, Frances Williams, Grace Hiatt, Ethel Tuckel, Blanche Campbell, Harold Breckenridge, Mildred Breckenridge. Third Row Robert Tuckel, Carl Hegeman, Leona Tuckel, Leona Daily, Orville Flory, Sandy Williams, Jasper Daily, Elva Daniels, Thelma Daniels, Daisy Dyer, Thelma Breckenridge. Second Row Arley Flory, Lester Hegeman, Jay Hiatt, Edna Patterson, Lucile Campbell, Doris Hiatt, Eva Patterson, Leonard Deay, Lee Dyer. Front Row Kenneth Hegeman, Carl Daniels, Ernest Tuckel, Robert Dyer, Edgar Patterson, Henry Flory. If anyone would like this picture call me at 843-9199. MB to �This is the envelope that the material about the people buried in the common grave was in when I I found it. The translation, as best as I can ~{ �, r- AN S AS ',,"'\.~ , ,,:C,j>;}}:,,'_::: (,-,,181- . .:.... :. • , , ", .&J\~ ,,~ ,1:.\;:,,,:"i,~, ~J,.jJ~J-i,~'~, " ",:, ·,f:'0"A .1 . ~., ',','" ,'~:L4, "":""'~< "i S<i ': £u.' ',~,. £""'K~,.,,:." • ! O L, .' . ' ,', ." : ,', '. " , : ',' ... " ... ; ..... "' rJ( ~'''.''" '~--i~L' (wo/[f~ f1)Llh-~.~~ ofF ,', ~ .. " •.•····.·t5,~··"··.• ~t~i4C/ . .~.~ ��·..'·.:r:!"".u :·.·'.Jltl·~~~···r . .......... . ~ -............ ;.. ,.~:,. '::>.,::.::':f(...............,...... ,,-..,....::.....:.,....:.::".'::::.:.:.....181 ",; ',',' : ',.( . ,,;" .. �ObituarieslDeath notices in Baldwin newspapers, from 29 Nov. 1883 to 29 Apr. 1887, KSHS Microfilm rolls B1 & B2 NEWSPAPER DATE/ISSUE -9 Oct. 1886 Ashby, Orien, F. Baldwin Led~ Baldwin Criterion Baile~, Bertha Louise 14 Al!~. 1884 5 June 1886 Baldridge, Eva May Baldwin Ledger 22 May 1886 Barricklow, Ross ~_aldwin Ledger -Bridwell, William W. Baldwin Ledger 4 Sep. 1886 Baldwin Criterion 6 Dec. 1883 Crosby, Olive L. Davidson, Annie M. Baldwin Criterion 5 Mar. 1885 Baldwin Criterion: 30-Oct. ~dsonL John QIlfforQ ---r - -1884 --DeLand, Eva Baldwin Criterion ~iLM~!~~~L !--:._----------'-----------'-_. Baldwin Ledger 7 Aug. 1886 Driskill, Salmon Fenton, Mary Baldwin Ledger 12 Feb. 1887 Fitz, George W. Ba!dwin Ledger 10 Oct. 1885 .20 Feb. 1886-Gill, Mary, Mrs. Baldwin Ledger Gilliland, S. C. Baldwin Criterion 5 Feb. - - 1885 -----Baldwin Ledger ______ Griffith, Laura Belle 25 Dec. 1886 f-------------------'14 Aug_:J~§§ __ li~9J~yL_Ma'1l.9iEiL _________ ~~!dwllJJ.-edger Henderson, Hester Baldwin Criterion 7 Feb. 1884_~ Hill?, mother of Maria Hill __ B~ldwin Ledger 8 May 1885 Hoss, Hattie J.(Mitchell) Baldwin Ledger 5 June 1886 17 July 1886 _ ~-Q~~~h1-lhom~-~--------_--- ~_aldwin Ledger Baldwin Ledger ____ 17 J~!y~86_'=l99_ett, William f-Lockwood ,infant Baldwin Ledger 17July1886 - ---Lynch, Mrs. Baldwin Ledger 8 May 1885 16 Oct. 1886Marshall, Abraham Mechlin Baldwin Ledger f-fy1arshall, Cecil L. ~aldwin Ledger 20 Nov. 1886 McClintock, Maggie Baldwin Ledger 12 Mar. 1887 Miller, ? (male) Baldwin Ledger 17 July 1886 Moore, W. H. Baldwin Ledger 16 Oct. 1886 !-rt!_OS~~L!:L M.:.!. ME~_~______ . ___ ~EJdwin Ledger 5 Dec. 1885 -Odell, Alex Baldwin Criterion 24 Ja-n. 1884 ~~ell, Hannah Taylor Baldwin Ledger 25 Sep. 1886 Patterson, Ariel Baldwin Ledger 13 Nov. 1886 ~rter, ~ena _ _ Baldwin Ledger 4 Dec. 1886 Preston, John Baldwin Ledger 25 Dec. 1886 Reed, infant dau. Baldwin Criterion 10 Apr. 1884 §t~~~~!!J~~.l~_hl:L ____ ~ ________ rl3-~!Q~Lt!l~qg~__ . ____ . _- Jl Ae r ~~§~~_ Smith, ?, Mrs. Baldwin Ledger 12 June 1886 Spence, Samuel Alfred Baldwin Ledger 20 Nov. 1886 Spence, William David SaldwinLe.Qger _?O Noy: 1886 .... Taylor, Alice Baldwin Criterion 13 Dec. 1883 J_ryg-'J,_~y_Q!Ql~ __~: ______________ J3alg~_~L_~Qger__________ ~t§.j~~Q!.:.J.~§..?--Watt, Michael C. S. Baldwin Ledger 1 May 1886 Watt, Willie f-'-------------- ____ __I?_~ldwin Ledg~! ______~ J_ M~'y 188~_ f-Webster, qyde-.t._.________ Baldwin Ledger . . 27Nov.1886 Welch, Zachariah Baldwin Ledger 15 May 1886 ~~lte, Vilenda _______ ~ __ ~~aldwin Le9ger 5 June 1886 NAME I----------_. ______ ~----- 1-- >- ~-------------------.- �• ~'~ •• , ' < '.. .'. ',' .," • • ,.,"""~" -, ILLUSTRIANA ," K A N SA S jl 7S' II BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF KANSAS MEN AND WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN .KANSAS ILLUsTRIANA SOCIETY F.cI i/c'cI /1.1' SARA MULLIN BALDWIN tlllil ROBERT MORTON BALDWIN ILLUSTRIANA INCORPORATED 1933 �lLLUSTRIANA 1354 KANSAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,..-. --~.------- DONIPHAN COUNTY Bendena Albert Frederick Albers Elwood WillIam Henry Heckroth Burton Van Allen Wasser Highland BenjamIn DanIel Allen John Lynn Howe Robert Russell IrwIn John LewIs Noble Huron Oliver Morton Anderson Severance EdwIn Joseph Heeney VIrgil Pomeroy Rush Trov Meck Brazelton Charles Edward Butts Charles Curtis Calnan Frank Harold DUlenback Samuel Finch Harry Lyman Macomber Mabel Mayland Merrick Walter EdwIn Myers Edward Albert Sinclair Otto Weinberg Wathena Taylor Monroe Bauer Frank Earl Carter Fredric Dubach, Jr. Lambert Anthony Libel Jacob MUler Ezra Elsworth Shields White Cloud WInnett a Dunkel Beven Emil Louis Marker GenevIeve Wiles MRuck James White Cloud DOUGLAS COUNTY _.:?1laidwin Citv • ftI!'tIsta McMUlen Baker WilHam Monroe Balch Emma Childs Conkrlgh~' Martha Ewing Cowgill ,Edward Jethro Crago,," . Homer Kingsley Ebright -rhomas Alexander Evans Wallace Bruce FlemIng: Harold WRiter Guest BenjamIn Abbott Hammond Thomas L. Harris Clarence Eugene Holcombe WilHam Hurr Charlotte Conkright KInney Emil SmIth Liston George McClellan LIston Osmon Grant Markham Myrnlce MarcIa Chrysler Morgan HarrIet Osborne William John Russell . William John WIlHams Eudora John Delbert Adams CrUey Everett Cory Homer Herbert Oestenberger Loren Clare Rapier Lawrence ...".. Forrest ClaIre Allen AlarIc Gandy Alrlch' DInsmore Alter Laurel Everette Anderson Charles Hamilton Ashton Theodore Henry Aszman Thomas Edgar Atkinson Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey Robert Dodge BaldwIn Ernest Edward Bayles Emma Deland .Dlnsmore Barker FrederIck WillIam Barteldes William Jacob Baumgartner J. R. Bechtel John Henry Bell Albert Bloch Samuel Barton Braden Joseph Oranger Brandt Maud Anna Brown Edward Bumgardner WillIam LIvesey BurdIck Hamilton PerkIns Cady Harry Leslie Chambers Samuel Percy OHmore Clarke Allen Crafton Frank Burnett DaIns Charles Henry Daugherty Robert McNaIr DavIs Jose Marla' de Osma WilHam A. Dill WUllam Bell Downing Cornelia MItchell Downs Carl J. Drake John Thomas Dunkley Charles Oraham Dunlap Seba EldrIdge Maude HerrIott Elliott WilHam Charles Ellis John Cleveland EmIck Elmer FrankHn Engel Alonzo Byron EwIng Leon Nelson FHnt Oeorge Otis Foster Susan FrIend Alfred OllTord MarshRII AlexIs Oorrlll Homer Woodson Harglss L. D. HavenhUl Earl DownIng Hay Victor Emanuel Helleberg IrvIng HUl Frank H. Hodder Edmund Howard Hollands Frank MortImer Holliday EdwIn Lee Holton Henry Fuller Holtzclaw Lloyd Emerson Hoover EdwIn M. Hopkins Cecil Thomas Hough Herbert Barker Hungerford Samuel J. Hunter -, Agnes Husband John Ise Dugald Caleb Jackson, Jr. Jens Peter Jensen Harvey Absolum Jetmore William Hamilton Johnson WilHam Savage Johnson Oertle Kincaid. Johnston Jacob Oscar Jones Joseph Mitchell Kellogg Frederick Edward Kester Rosemary Ketcham WUUam Charles Koenig Oeorge Lewis Kreeck Kenneth Knight Landes Henry Higgins Lane Oscar Jasper Lane Homer Barker Latimer Paul Bowen Lawson Corydon E. Lindley Ernest HIram LIndley Margaret Lynn Albert B. MartIn Frank William McDonald WUder Stevens Metcalf Alexander Baldwin Mitchell Raymond Cecil Moore James NaIsmIth John RInehardt NannInga Bert Allen Nash CnrlFerdlnand Nelson John Herbert Nelson FrancIs Paul O'BrIen Raphael Dorman O'Leary ArvIn Solomon Olin Arthur Leslie Owen Oeorge Raymond Roy Pflaum Lyle Stephenson Powell Carl Adolph Preyer Charles August Puis Frederic Newton Raymond John Harlock RobInson Margaret Addrenla Schumann Raymond Alfred Schwegler WillIam Henry Sears . Oeorge Carl Shaad Florence Brown Sherban Noble Pierce Sherwood Wilford CollIns SImons Charles Sanford Skilton Charles A. Smart Walter RobInson SmIth RIchard Barnett Stevens William Chase Stevens Clarence ChurchUl. Stewart Frank Tenney Stockton Ole Olufson Stoland Ell!s Bagley StoulTer Frank Strong Mervin Tubman Sudler Donald Malcolm Swarthout OUn Templin Walter O. ThIele Henry Carroll Tracy Elbert Lee Treece John Wesley Twente' Arthur Tappan Walker Elizabeth Miller WatkIns Carrie M. Watson Arthur Dunham Weaver Raymond Holder Wheeler Clinton Mason Young I Lecompton Lee Andrew Stone ~ Vlnland "!'m!Tnas Perry Stevens EDWARDS COUNTY Belpre Mary WillIams Ward Kln.'ell Mabelle Wood Beeler WillIam NewtoQ Beezley Wilber Estlng BroadIe Rufus Eugene Edwards Cora Ollbert LewIs James Milton LewIs ROSS L~\Vls Miller Lillie RUey . Nell LewIs Woods Lewb William Harold Allegre ELK COUNTY Elk Falll Adln Waldron FInley Robert Charles Hutcheson Orenola James Everel Dancy Belle ReId Yates Howard Allison T. Ayres Douglas Marlon Barkley Lyman Ray Dudgeon Charles WillIam Fleak Cecil Lee Oreen Hubert HornIng AustIn J. KImzey Willis Ray Mason DavId L. Mullendore Ralph PerkIns Thomas E. Thompson Longton WillIam E. Barter Harry Elsworth BrIghton James Terrell Burford Rayborn Lee Conway Bishop Mead EdwRrds John Montgomery EdwRrds Charles O. Hayward Alonzo Martin May Bermetta Maude Miller Moline Clyde E. ShalTer Lowell E. SmIth Ulysses Grant Sutton Chester Arthur Templer Oeorge Henry Turner ELLIS COUNTY Elli, LouIs ChrIstiansen Frank I. Merrill Arnold Muhlhelm Lannle Frost PerIgo Bena Mary Olson Ross Lyman Colson Ross Laurence Reber Vanlman Edward Charles Waldo Hall' LouIs Cornelius AIcher Cecil Calvert Oustav Joseph Klug Carl Wesley Kraus Charles Hanford Landrum Floyd Brown Lee Lillie Lee Lee Ernest James Malone Charles Wesley Miller Earl Fayette MorrIs Kathryn Ellen' McCarthy Jane HardIe PhilIp Olga Philip Oeorge Fryer Sternberg Earl Eugene StrImple Herman Joseph Tholen Victoria . Edwin James Dorzweller ELLSWORTH COUNTY Ellsworth Samuel Earl Bartlett WInslow Frank Seka vec Holl/rood Otto Fred HennIng Paul Berthold HolTmann Wilson Warren Baker Coral Courtney Carter Jonathan Basil Carter Oeorge Eslinger Ralph Turnbull' Stinson �-_. _.-_.-- HOW MANY OF YOUR .. ANCESTORS WERE INVOLVED TN YOUR BEING HERE TODAY? TOTAL GENERATION FIRST 2 2 SECOND 4 6 THIRD 8' 14 FOURTH, 16 30 FIFTH 32 62 SIXTH 64 1=?-6 '.-'" SEVENTH 128 254 EIGHTH 256 510 NINTH 512 1022 TENTH 1024· 2046 ·2048 2094 TWELFTH 4096 8190 THIRTEENTH 8192 16382 FOURTEENTH 16384 32768 FIFTEENTH 32768 65534 SIXTEENTH 65536 131070 SEVENTEENTH 131072 262142 EIGHTEENTH 262144 524286 NINTEENTH 524288 1048574 TWENTIETH 1048576 2097150 ELEVENTH THIS 'DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAD 2097150 DIFFERENT.ANCESTORS! YOU WOULD HAVE HAD SOME OF THE S~MEANCESTORS IN MANY OF THE BRANCHES OF YOUR FAMILY TREE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF YOUR ANCESTORS STAYED' IN THE SAME AREA FOR MANY CENTURIES. • .. 'c' �A member ot the Lawrence Friends of the Public Library found this in a donated book and thought the DCGS would like to preserve and add this to their collection. If anyone would like this please call 843-9199. MB I. <rather' s,~~milH Famil~f'Record .' . . .~ »?~~~~&.~) . . rather's'Brothers P~THER's NAME :,. , . . . • 'Father's Sisters \.fr).oQc~ NAMB . ~~ 'NAMB NAMB NAMB .1{is 'Father 1{is mother . . • Bkoud ' . ' u - . ... .... . . '. ~ ,..,~"'lhid;LLOa.sides ..... in his ways. Thy wife shall be asa fruit/ulvine by the of thine house: thy children like olille piants ~o~nd abOut> thy table. Behold. that thus shall the man be blessed th~· feareth the Lord. PSALMS 1$8: 1. 9. 4. �..............------------------------------------------~~.=-- This article was submitted by Iona Spencer. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF KANSAS AND LAWRENCE by E. G. Day. (The following was copied from the Kansas Daily Journal-World, Lawrence, Ks. Aug. 8, 1939. I was born in Richland County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1854. In 1858 my father David Bonnell Day, in search of cheap land, moved his family to southeast Missouri was a hot-bed of pro-slavery sentiment. Three years later in 1861 just at the outbreak of the Civil War, that section of the country was not a very healthy location for Union men. They were called by the natives "black abolitionists." So we decided to move to Kansas. We traveled from Jefferson City, Mo., to Leavenworth, Kan., on a Missouri river steamboat. During this trip we were hung up on a sandbar thirty-six house. From Leavenworth we went to Oskaloosa. Kansas Territory was just at this time admitted into the Union as a state. At this time the air was full of alarms and rumors. Each county seat was organizing and drilling companies of militia. My father belonged to the Oskaloosa Company. Finally a report came that the rebels were planning a raid through Missouri into Kansas. The militia was ordered to march down to the border to repel the invasion. They were encamped near a farm belonging to an old Indian by the name of "Mudeater." On this farm was a large apple orchard which was loaded with apples. Mr. Mud-eater, being a friendly old fellow, told the boys to help themselves to apples and cider, which they did, not bring afflicted with bashfulness. Needless to say they had a jolly outing; and in thirty days were ordered home again not having had a taste of war. Kansas Soldiering did not always turn out so pleasantly. Kansas furnished more soldiers according to population than any other state in the Union and many of them saw plenty of strenuous service. In the fa" of 1862 we moved to Lecompton, the abandoned pro-slavery capital of Kansas territory. $50,000. had been spent on a capital building. The walls of this building were standing just as they were at the collapse of the pro-slavery bubble two years before. The basement walls were completed and the walls of the first story were up to about half-way, The first story floor joist were in and the doors and window frames were set. This woodwork was all carried away later by the neighbors; It belonged now to any and everybody since Kansas was a state and Topeka was the capital. After locating in Lecompton, my father, who was a blacksmith by trade, formed a partnership with Thomas Hartup who was a wagon maker. They carried on a general manufacturing and repair business. At this time nearly every tool used on the farm was made by hand so they were a very bury firm. They even.made complete wagons, but they did not make much money. Times were hard and money was very scarce. I remember old Mr. Hildenbrand from the Stull neighborhood came to the shop one day to get some repairing done. He was complaining about the low price of country produce. He said; "Butter is so cheap I grease my mowi~g machine with butter." Notwithstanding the low price of stuff the farmer raised, the price of what they had to buy was very high. Flour was $12. per barrel. Sugar was 25 cents per pound, coffee was out of sight, so the poor people did without, using instead parched grain, principally rye, together with some bitter stuff they called coffee extract. Prints (cloth) such as you now buy for ten to fifteen cents per yard was 40 cents per yard. Wages were low, for common labor one dollar to $1.25 per day, for mechanics $1.50 to $2.50 for ten hours. Early on the morning of August 21, 1863, the people in Lecompton saw a heavy black cloud hanging off southeast toward Lawrence. We were watching and wondering what was the cause. About 8 o'clock Mr. Migliario (Mark), and Italian who lived a couple of miles west of Lecompton, came thru town riding on the gallop, waving his arms and shouting; "Lawrence is burnt", Lawrence is burnt." Then we understood the cause of the cloud. It was smoke from the burning city. Mr. Migliario was a stone mason and had been working in Lawrence riding from his home and back each day. On this morning he went as usual and when he came in sight of Lawrence he saw the city burning he turned back and brought the news to Lecompton, My father and several other men secured horses and started at once for Lawrence where they arrived about eleven o'clock, just after Quantrill and his raiders had left. They said it was a terrible sight: the smoking ruins and the dead bodies lying on the sidwalks. This was the climax of a" the years ofturmoil and strife which the people of Lawrence had endured during the border war; and of course was a terribk, shock. But after a short time they tightened their belts, so to speak, and went to work and built larger .and better than before. Among the different businesses that survived the raid I will mention first Wilder and Palm Wagon and Plowmakers and general blacksmithing. I mention this firm first as I felt more interest in them because immediately after the raid my father went to work for them and worked for them a year. The next spring we moved to �, . There were a number of churches but I was more Lawrence. Some time before the raid a young mechanic by interested in the Methodist church as my parents the name of Andrew Palmquist had come to belongs there. This was the old church in the 700 Lawrence from Sweden. After being here a while block on Vermont street. It was sometimes call the~ he dropped the "quist' from his name and was "Morgue", because after Quantrill's raid a number of known thereafter as Andrew Palm. He was John the bodies of the victims were brought here for Wilder's partner. One day Palm showed Mr. Wilder identification. The pastor's name was Paddock. a drawing of a Swedish windmill. Mr. Wilder was at The Sunday School superintendent's name was once taken with the drawing and plans and they Hard. The old church building is still standing. I was decided to build one. Mr. Palm sent to Sweden a kid nine years old but I well remember the and secured twelve young mechanics who came to procession that marched from the old church to the Lawrence and built the windmill. It was built to location of the new brick church on the corner of supply power for a plough factory and also grinding Tenth and Massachusetts street, where the grain for the farmers. The liquor business in Masonic temple now stands. The occasion was the Lawrence was well reprensented. R. W. laying of the cornerstone. The Masons had charge Luddington operated a wholesale liquor store and of the ceremony. In the procession marched there were a half dozen saloons and last but not Squire Ladd. He was a short heavy-set an and least was Falruf's brewery and the "brewer's big sported a bay window that looked like it might have horses," supplying the saloons with beer. He also been acquired at the aforementioned beer garden; maintained out at the brewery a beer garden. anyway, it was quite a protuberance. In addition to Buch's German band furnished music and the that he had a tape around his neck attached to a Germans and others would spend each Sunday board that extended out in front for some distance there refreshing themselves with beer. The old and on this board he carried a Bible. Of course I brewery is still standing just north of the old hospital could only see the funny part of it for he occupied building which was recently torn down. The quite a space in the procession. building was Walru's residence. The livery stables Lawrence at this time did not own a public school did a flourishing business. There were about six of building. Rooms were rented at different places for them. The young bloods of the town would hire a school purposes. I went for a short time to a room high-stepping horse hitched to a rubber tired over Griffith's and Duncan's hardware store, now buggy and would take their best girl out riding each Ober's clothing store and also to a liquor pleasant evening. warehouse that stood where the Wren building William Hazeltine operated a bakery. He did a now stands. My teacher at this place was a Miss general baking business and made a specialty of Sweet. A man used to visit her at recess times and ¢,"Lincoln pie." The pie was conncoted ~ most judging from the frequency of his visits she must of everything, including raisins and currants and I have been very sweet to him. Then I went to don't know what else. It was baked in a large pan school in the old Unitarian church basement. This about two feet square. The pie was cut into square church stood on Ohio street just north of Tenth and pieces about four inches each and was sold for five the town clock was on it. Our playground extended cents a square--not nickels, mind you, for nickels from Ninth to Tenth and from Ohio street as far west did not exist and there was no hard money in as we cared to go. On west from our playground as circulation. The money was all paper and was called far as the stadium there was a hazel and plum "Shin-plasters." There were five, ten, twenty-five thicket. There was nothing on the hill. About and fifty-cent pieces. where Moll's bakery now stands, there was a On the southeast corner of Ninth and Vermont colored school. Just west of that was a big ravine street there was a carriage factory owned and about 25 feet wide and 15 to 10 feet deep. The operated by Swedes. The owner's name was boys from our school would go down there during Olson. Charles Achning, who died a couple of the noon hour and fight the colored boys across years ago, told me the following funny yearn about the raving. They fired rocks, sticks, clods, or these Swedes: They were having a little "Jug anything they could get hold of and always not to party" one night. One of them asked his neighbor kill tho as far a I know there was nobody hurt. I well to pass the "Yug." Olson burst out laughing. They remember the morning of April 14, 1865. Just asked him what he was laughing at and he said, "So before school was 'taken up: the news came that ,..",. and so." calling his , _ name, "can't say 'yug.' he President Lincoln was killed. Needless to say , calls it a yug'. everyone was shocked as was the whole nation. ;'1 �The whole country at this time was rejoicing over the close of the war. This tragedy was a terrible shock to the South as well as the North. For the South realized that in his death they had lost their best friend. West Lawrence from Seventh to Ninth street and from Mississippi street west was a comfield. Central Park was a hole in the ground. And South Park was a fruit tree nursery. It was leased to a man named Phillips. His lease specified that at its expiration he should leave shade trees distributed over the park. The business of the town was confined principally to the seven and eight hundred blocks. I can remember when there was nothing on the east side of Massachusetts Street from the Patee theater location on south to ninth except a livery stable and a blacksmith shop. Just across Tenth street where Carter's garage is now located was Governor's lumber yard. At this time natural gas had not arrived and electricity was not in use. Some time later a gas factory was erected for the purpose of manufacturing gas from coal. The factory was located on Eighth Street between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The city was then lighted with gas. "Jack the Lamp Lighter' would start out in the evening with his little ladder, set it up against a lamp-post, jump up and strike a match and turn a valve and the light was on, and on he would go to the next post. There was no paving on the streets. It was dust in the dry time and mud in the wet. The sidewalks where there were any were board walks. The yards were fenced in. A number of the people kept cows and these cows were allowed to roam where they pleased, so it was necessary to fence the yards. We had a cow and my little sister Ella and I used to go out near the old windmill and drive our cow home each evening. There was no bottled milk. The milkman would drive around in a I~tle onehorse wagon and deliver@!?'to his customers. He'would stop at the gate and ring his little bell and the customer would come out and he would measure the milk into the pitcher and drive on to the next stop. This was not quite up to the sanitary ideas of today. �Dear Genealogists: t Knowing what a valuable tool obituaries can be for genealogists. ,I have been clipping obituaries from the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. As I clip them. I sort them by counties and send them to ltle genealogical society that has a connection with the person in the obituaries. I am enclosing the ones I have collected for your county and I hope these will be of som~ use to your members. I am more than happy to continue sending them to you. if you would like to receive more. Very truly yours, ~-vz-f2- g~8 d~ " 'I'· A L1r:E STORY ~:, . Mrs. Seanor Evans Borkenhagen . 623 - 13th Street Huntington Beach CA 92648-4039 . Member: Orange County CA GenealOgical Society McHenry County IL Genealogical Society Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans Capital District NY GenealQgical Soci~ The Orange County.Register ... '. oC5( • ':2 t1,)-'0It-- ~ . ...: ,: - j Ca.l itl::Wflia. Laguna. market ,~ownermade ,'. lI~r 9wn 'path ' , Laura' By ROBIN HINCH: THE ORANGE COUNTX REGISTER In Southern Califorlu~ 'cui, ture, the thought of not driv- , iog' is' horrifying,' panicky, i:lownright ,claustrophobic. , How would you eVfirget where you, wanted to be - or; worse, . get away from,' where you . didn't want to be? For Hazel Fogliani, these, . concerns didn't exist. . ',She never drove. ,'she nev~r wanted to drive. And slie' never missed an appointment.' Her solution? .Hazel took ., ' . the bus~ ~'_""_ _ . ; .' .'i'Hazel" fogliano ~'/ Born: OcL20: 1908. lawrence, , ,'Kan. :' . .' . Died: Oct. 6.2004. Laguna Beach. :SurviYors: Daughters, Antoinette .,Piizorno, .Letty Di Marco; son. The-' odore Jr.; 10 'grandchildren; 11 . g~eat-gr1mdchildren ' . , i . ;"Celebration of her life: Nov.l,af ',the Raulli home·in Newport Beach,:' Arrangements by Cabot & Sons fu~ -neral liome. Pasadena. ' J ""." Though·.Hazel " .' HazefEllis' wiis the young.:'" est of four children ,born in j , " Fogliani. never ,,' , Lawrence, Kari. She grew up , ,·drove, she always I in Wichita and .moved to Los , .', managed. to get ' i Angeles with her parents: ; .. where. she needed . , when she was 18. , . . , , ,She met Theodore Fogli~ni . ''t.o·gowith a smile.· .at an office where she worked. ' . I' , They married in 1934: After . liVing in' Montebello for 18' years, they moved to Laguna . ~each in 1956 and bought the lIttle ,Farmer's 'Market on North· Coast Highway near ' . Heisler Park. '. . ' . It was a small mom~~~d-po~ m~rket, open ·seven days a week from, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m;·,. ~' that catered to everyone, from .vacationers . needing'. 'beach . ; balls and sunscreen to regu- I , 'lars who'd run out ofTide. Ev- .1 erysquare inch of the store I .. was covered with various ! goods, Coolers, inflatable mat, tresses, batteries, flashlights, and pots and pans. . I I There were- also plerity, "of snacks for sun-drenched l:5ea'ch-goers who came,· up midday for ·drinks and' something to eat. . . Hazel and Theodore;, who d.ied in 1971,. worked side by . SIde. 'And their children .. I , . . .... :worked 'at the store, too. ,~ I i Hazel was one of those peo-I : ' pIe who was ,1ikeabhi on sight. ' " Hers was the house where , kids gathered to piay :-larg'ely r ,E.~,f~~,~t~~,pl!lY,:c:.~L:.vith them. There were sOinariy-Kids":'ii)'" her yard" ma.ri.y . neighbors thought. she· ran a nursery, school. , .!I~~l WOiIl~piay unti1',thei'r . beiitJme, and then tackle. her , day's housework.: . 73 �"Grandma's coming on the bus!" her, grandchildren would, , announce' happily,..' knowing that "once Hazel ,showed up, the fun would begin. ' And she, was' always on, Th~Y.liv~d on MYrtle Str.eetj time. up the street Jrom' the market, J When one grandson gradu- " then bought one of the' Elena ated from Cal. State Long" Apartments, on Coast High'Beach,. family ,.members 'of-' way._ ... _>... ~. , fered to drive her from her F:or . 15 years., they ,were home in LagUna' Beach~ . , .' known' in LagUna, for friendly "No," she said, "I'll meet you.- .service and fair ,prices.· ·Even there." . , " ' ; the genial, if eccimtriC; Laguna , No one' expected to see. her, Beach greeter, Eiler.' Larsen, but on graduation day, out she was ,one of thei~ regular cus" ' .. , popped from.a crowd <;Jfthou- tome,ts. sands, grinning',and proud of . ',All the stores were famlly yet ',another college-grad oWnedthen,arid it was a dose grandchild. community. ,: . "1 don't need to go on vaca~, For every one ,of her: 95 years, Hazel remained .'strong ,tion," Hazel would say. ."1 live and .independent. She', died . in the vacation spot- Laguna Oct: 6 of complications of Par- Beach!" '. kinson's disease. And.;one of r , her great sources of pride was that each, of her 10. grand- 1I ". children had graduated from '1 college., .•....,,,,' ,", .r.,~, ~.~; She was upbea:t: -cheerful and encouragirig.- "Don't worry; be happy," s~e'd. say, .'long b~fore the phrase became ' popUlar..', ' ," I , Nothing, it. seemed, UnsetI tied her - neither kid messes I nor the responsibility of t$I ' .. [ ing care of older parents; She . neVer got angry and never ex- ,: , pre'ssed frustration or r~sent- I' ment. '. . She loved to sew and cro~ I chet and do cr~fts, ·arid every- : one in the family was the bene- I fidary at Christmas of her' latest handiwork. ' For "the , grandchildren's,- " birthdays, which she never forgot, there was always adoliar roi-each "year celebrated; ,; , 'And,she made sure,.no rilat~ t!:ir how many bus transfers it, took, that she· ,saw ea~h of thet:r1 gr~du~te from c.olle~e.. CONTACT T'HE'WR·I1.:ER: .- (714) 796-6082, or . rhlnch@iocreglsfer.com , Obituary of member of the Society. " ~ Ot:ATHS MARGUERITE HARRIS BISHOP ( , Private inurnment services for Marguerite Harris Bishop, 87, Lawrence, will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence: . Mrs. Bishop died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Eudora Nursing Center. She was born April 17, 1918, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Fred Johnathan i and Nellie Weidlein Harris. She graduated from Ceri, tral High School in Kansas City, Mo., in 1935, Kansas City Junior College in 1937 and Kansas University in 1939. She worked for 37 years as a registered medical technologist and X-ray technician at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Hillcrest Medical Center and, other doctors' offices in . Lawrence. . Mrs. Bishop was a leader in Girl Scouts for 35 years. She '. also was involved with Cub , Scouts, <i-H, Ozark Wilderness i Waterways Club, Northeast . ,- -----~---- Kansas Bee- . keepers Club, Douglas County Genealogy Club, Jayhawk Audubon Society and Douglas County Bishop R\,lral Life. She was on the board of directors of the . . ,Kansas Recreation Workshop. She married Edward Kenneth Bishop on Aug. 2, 1941, in Kansas City, Kan. He died earlier. Survivors include two sons, James D. Bishop, Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Ronald E. Bishop, Lawrence; a daughter, Jananne Bishop Hall, Veneta, Ore.; and two grandchildren. , The family suggests memorials to Hidden Valley Girl Scout Camp, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Online condolences maybe sent at www.rumsey-yost.COIn. �I .I I !fansas Postal History Society FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY .LAWREi\CE, l\AriSAS 62- 215 �TABULATION OF POSTAL ACTIVITY IN KANSAS, 1828 - 1961 This chart breaks down the establishments, re-estab1ishments, and discontinuances into annual totals. Years in which there was no activity are not recorded. 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WASflINGTON SHIRLEY , CLAY MARSHALL NEMAHA ~ BROWN JACKSON II '~~~~ RILEY OTIAWA SALINE I DAVIS ~ ATCHISON~ WABAUNSEE WORTH WYA _ '" SHAWNEE~ DO DOUGLAS JOHNSON OSAGE FRANKLIN LYKINS COFFEY ANDERSON LIN~ DICKINSO~ MORRIS BRECKINRIDGE MARION CHASE 010E BlITLER PEKETON GREENWOOD I-- WOODSON ALLEN BOURBON IRVING GODFROY HUNTER MAP I I I, WILSON DORN CHEROKEE 1 860 77 �REPUBLIC WASHINGTON NEMAHA MARSHALL ~~ ="7 BROWN ~____,-J---r----L--~~~-1ATCHI~~ f SHIRLEY OTTAWATOMIE CLAY OTIAWA JACK~N JEFFER- l£AVEN~ ~N WORTH ~~ ~ RILEY ~--~~ ~--~ ,~ DAVIS SHAWN;;r----'-f"'"" ..I.,._ _...1---,WABAUNSEE 1------'1 DOUGLAS JOHN~N DICKIN9lN~ SALINE MORRIS OSAGE FRANKLIN MIAMI LYON MARIDN CHASE COFFEY ANDERSON GREEN-' WOOD , PEKETON WOOD~N ALLEN LINN BOURBON BUTLER WIL~N SEWARD MAP I V, CHEROKEE 1 B & 1 - ' ,& 4 I I I REPUBLIC I : WASHINGTON --------, SHIRLEY ~,~ ~I RILEY OTTAWA '"'''' t-----h~,....., .... ~ICKINSON SALINE r~ ____________~L-______1-____~ JACK~N ,_ _ _ DAVIS MORRIS "'''~ rATCHISON~ POTTAWATOMIE CLAY I~---------------------------------------------------- NEOSHO ' ~ JEFFER- ~N WABAUNSEE SHAWNEE - ~R~ ~ ~ """r-DOUGLAS JOHN~N OSAGE FRANKLIN MIAMI COFFEY ANDERSl'l LINN WOODSON ALLEN LYON CHASE GREENWOOD BOURBON MARION BUTLER I I I , I SEWARd , I I I MAP V, 18&5-'&6 WILSON NEOSHO CHEROKEE �-.:.. -~. NORTON PHILLIPS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON CLOUD GRAHAM ROOKS MITCHELL OSBORNE CLAY .... .. PAWNEE DAVIS . MORRIS PRATT CLARK COMANCHE BARBOUR MARION CHASE V.I, REPUBLIC WASHINGTON MITCHELL OSBORNE DICKINSO ELLSIIORTH RUSH 1I0WARD IIOODSON ALLEN BOURBON WILSON NEOSHO r.lJNTGOMERY LASETTE CHEROKEE BROWN NEMAHA MARSHAlL .. .. LEAVFN~ JEFFERSON IIORTH SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE - --,..., OOUGLAS ~E JOHNSON ~ MORRIS OSAGE BARTON McPHERSON MARION FRANKLIN CHASE COFFEY I--PAWNEE DO~ MIAMI LYON RICE HODGEMAN CRAWFORD JATCHlSON~ ........,--,.. DAVIS RUSSELL SALINE NESS LINN ~ LINCOLN ELLIS ANDERSO'l ~ " " "'''''" CLAY OTTAWA TREGO COFFEY 180.7 JEWELL SMITH COWLEY SUMNER RILEY COVE MIAMI BUTI.ER CLOUD WAlLACE FRANKLIN GREENIIOOO SEDGWICK HARPER MAP ROOKS OSAGE STAFFORD FORD GRAHAM DOUGLAS JOHNSON mCKINS~ McPHERSON RENO PHILLIPS WABAUNSEE BARTON KIOWA NORTON ~ ~ LYON RICE HAGEMAN JACKSON RUSSELL SALINE RUSH ATCHISON' ~ " ~~~ SHAWN~--=~ ELLSIIORTH NESS ~ BROWN 10- ...... LINCOLN ELLIS NEMAHA JEFFERSON OTTAWA TREGO MARSHAlL STAFFORD LINN ANDERSON -' GREENIIOOD BU1LER RENO IIOODSON ALLEN WILSON NEOSHO BOURBON SEDGWICK FORD KIOWA P~ATT HOWARD CLARK COMANCHE BARBOUR MAP HARPER V I I, SUMNER COWLEY CRAWFORD , MONTGOMERY LABETTE CHEROKEE 1 6 0 8 71 �--------TO ALL GENEALOGISTS A LITTLE EARLY o It was the night before Christmas when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree charts and with letters which said .... "Too bad about the data for which you wrote Sank in a storm on an ill fated boat." Stacks of old copies of wills and the such Were proof that my work had become much too much. Our children were nestlf;!d all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And 1 at my table was ready to drop >From work on my album with photos to crop. Christmas was here, and of such was my lot That presents and goodies and toys 1 forgot. Had I not been so busy with grandparents' wills, I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills. While others had bought gifts that would bring Christmas cheer; I'd spent time researching those birthdates and years. While 1 was thus musing about my sad plight, , A strange noise on the lawn gave me a great fright. Away to the window I flew in a flash, Tore open the drapes and 1 yanked up the sash. When what to my wondering eyes should appear? But an overstuffed sleigh and eight small reindeer. L --~~==================~~ o Up to the housetop the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys, and old Santa Claus too. And then in a twinkle, 1 heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of thirty -two hoofs. The TV antenna was no match for their horns, Look at our roof with hoof-prints adorned. As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the cold chimney fell Santa - KER-RASH! "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spottmg my face, ·good old Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit you'd haye to agree. --7--- ----- �_T ______ _ He spok; not a word, but went straight to his work . And ftlled all the stockings, (l felt like a jerk). Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and JOY; When I'd been too busy for even one toy. He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) o "Tonight I've met many like you", Santa grinned. As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. I gazed with amazement - the cover it read "Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead." "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug," He said as he gave me a great Santa Hug. "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do some research in the North Pole Library! A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folks who can't find a thing. Now off you go to your bed for a rest, I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." As I climbed up the ~airs full of gladness and glee, I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his team which then rose like the down of a thistle And I heard him exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family History is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" A New Publication from Riley County Ladies & Gentlemen: Riley County Genealogical Society (RCGS)ofManhattan; Riley County, Kansas, is pleased to announce the publication of Pioneers of Riley. County Kansas 1853-1860. The book contains 130-biographies of pioneers who settled in the area between 1853 and 1860, a list of 1850s pioneers listed in their previous publication Pioneers of theBluestem Prairie (published in 1976), and an appendix full of additional information and insights into life and politics of the· then-newly settled area. Also, included are five censuses or voter registry lists of the period that show declared political alignments of the votersO FreeSoilers or Pro-Slavery with some Doubtful and ? Researched by 37 RCGS members it has a bibliography containing 545 Sources. The book has 162 pages, a soft-bounq,cover, full-names Index, photos, colored maps, and histories. The price-is $28.75 including shipping and handling. Kansas entities pleas include the applicable sales tax exempt certificate with your order. Out of state entities are exempt from the sales tax .. The. book is available now: February 1,2005. Contact: RCGS, Attn: Publications Distributions via their e-mail - rcgs03@cox.net for purchase information or at 2005 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS 66502-3415. Also, visit their website: www.rileycgs.com ~/ �WELCOME TO THE HELEN OSMA mSTORY ROOM ~--- -' RESOURCES INCLUDE: Three Book Collections • • • Kansas Collection - LPL's collection of books dealing specifically with Lawrence and Douglas County history (titles are included in Library's online catalog) . DCGS Collection-TheDougias County Genealogical Society's collection of genealogical'resources DAR CoUection- Daughters of the American Revolution collection of resources Kansas Vertical File· • • Newspaper clippings and articles relevant to the history of Kansas, Lawrence, and Douglas County Search by using Index located on top of Kansas file cabinets Micromm • • • • • Census records for Douglas County Census records for Kansas Census records for "Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory" Lawrence and area newspapers dating from 1854-current Marriage records; 1854-1992 with Index ,~ Finding Aids -, Index Shelf • • • '. Indexes to Helen Osma Room Resources and to DCGSand DAR collections Indexes to resources at area history and genealogical museums and libraries ' Research outlines and tips Jlibliographles and handouts ,~ " ii, GETTING STARTED:,', • • • • Index to Resources: Helen Osma Room, LaWrence Public Library on Index Shelf lists the resources in this collection and includes Frequently Asked Questions. Researching the History ofa House in Douglas 'County on the Index Shelf provides suggestions for locating information on a building in the area. Family HiStory Information in Douglas County: The Short List, 2002 pamphlet on Index Shelf provides information on conducting family history using local resources. Summary ofLocal Records list in Information file box on Index Shelf lists places to conduct a variety of records searches. Over �. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Heritage Quest • Subscription database provided through the -Kansas State Library • An excellent genealogical resource available at no cost to library users • Accessible at library Internet computers or from remote locations with your Lawrence Public Library card, available at the Checkout Desk. Public Websites: There are numerous free resources available to individuals who wish to search for genealogical information on the Internet. • Lawrence Public Library's web site offers a wide array of local historical information: www.ci.lawrence.ks.usllocaLhistory/index.shtml • Other excellent sources include: http://skyways.lib.ks.uslkansaslnekls/pattilgenealog.html "http://skyways.lib.ks.uslgenweb/ http://www.cyndislist.com! http://www·familysearch.org/ http://www.usgenweb.org/ http://www.ellisisland.org/ http://www.rootsweb.com! • The National Archives features many useful genealogical resources on its web site: http://www.archives.gov/index.html " • National Archivesfacilities location and information: http://www.archives.gov!facilitieslindex.html • Excellent search engine useful for locating a wide variety of Internet resources: www.google.com • - it Over J'3 �WELCOME TO THE HELEN OSMA HISTORY ROOM RESOURCES INCLUDE: Three Book Collections • • • Kansas Collection - LPL's collection of books dealing specifically with Lawrence and Douglas County history (titles are included in Library's online catalog) . DCGS Collection - The Douglas County Genealogical Society's collection of . genealogical resources DAR Collection - Daughters of the American Revolution collection of resources Kansas Vertical File • • Newspaper clippings and articles relevant to the history of Kansas, Lawrence, and Douglas County Search by using Index located on top of Kansas fIle cabinets Microfilm • • • • • Census records for Douglas County Census records for Kansas Census records for "Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory" Lawrence and area newspapers dating from 1854-current Marriage records; 1854-1992 with Index Finding Aids - Index Shelf • • • • "" Indexes to Helen Osma Room Resources and to DCGS and DAR collections Indexes to resources at area history and genealogical museums and libraries Research outlines and tips . . Bibliographies and handouts r it. GETTING STARTED:,,' • • • • Index to Resources: Helen Osma Room, Lawrence Public Library on Index Shelf lists the resources in this collection and includes Frequently Asked Questions. Researching the History of a House in Douglas County on the Index Shelf provides suggestions for locating information on a building in the area. Family History Information in Douglas County: The Short List, 2002 pamphlet on Index Shelf provides information on conducting family history using local resources. Summary of Local Records list in Information fIle box on Index Shelf lists places to conduct a variety of records searches. Over �Historical Newspapers Lawrence and Douglas County Lawrence Public Library Lawrence, Kansas 66044 . Indexed chronologically by starting date: • Herald of Freedom Oct 24, 1854 - Dec 17,1859 • Kansas Tribune - weekly and daily Jan 10, 1855 - Oct 24,1855 Nov 29, 1863 - May 4, 1869 • Lecompton Union April 28, 1856 - June 19, 1857 • Lawrence Republican Weekly May 28, 1857 - Nov 13, 1862 • Kansas New Era [Lecompton] August 28, 1866 - March 7, 1867 • Republican Daily Journai Mar 4, 1869 - June 18, 1879 • The Western Home Journal Mar 11, 1869 - March 25, 1885 • Daily Kansas Tribune Jan 9, 1872 - June 30, 1872 Aug 1,1872 - Aug 19, 1873 Jan 1, 1874 - Dec 6, 1874 Feb 1, 1878 - Jan 9, 1879 • Lawrence Daily Journal July 23, 1880 - October 23, 1899 • Baldwin Criterion Nov 29 1883 - April 23, 1885 • Baldwin Ledger May 1, 1885 - Dec 30, 1921 • Lecompton Monitor June 4, 1885 - June 10, 1886 :'.\ �.. • Eudora-News (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer # 12) Sept 8, 1887 - Sept 28 1905 • Lecompton Sun (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer # 12) April 23, 1891- July 27,1922 July 26, 1928 • Sept 20, 1934 • Lawrence Daily World lMicrofilm Cabinet Drawer #2} Mar 3,1892 - Feb 18, 1911 • Lawrence Daily Journal World (Microfilm Cabinet Drawers #3 • #8) Oct 24,1899 - Oct 31,1993 • Eudora Weekly News (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer # 12) August 17,1906 - June 21,1923 • Community Spirit [Lecompton] (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer # 12) August 3, 1922 - Feb 22, 1923 • Douglas County Republican (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #1) March 4, 1926 - Jan 2, 1941 • Outlook or Lawrence Outlook (Microfilm Cabinet Drawer #1) Jan 6, 1941 - Sept 22, 1969 • Lawrence Journal World (Microfilm Cabinet Drawers # 8· # 10) Nov 1,1993· Current ��HELEN OSMA ROOM Frequently Asked Questions How would I begin to search for information on an address in Lawrence? • See: Researching the History of a House in Douglas County --Index Shelf • See: City Directories in Kansas Collection Note: Cross-referencing began in 1890 and 1894 directories; not done regularly until 1902 Numbering system changed about 1900: - Example: under the modem numbering system what was 114 Massachusetts is now 940 Massachusetts. - Around 1906, cross streets were numbered instead of named. th Example: Pinckney became 6 Street. • See: Lawrence's Downtown Historic Building Survey • See also: Kansas Collection at Kansas University's Spencer Research Library: taxpayer rolls for Douglas County -[phone: 864-4334] How would I search for photographs of a building in Lawrence? See these resources located in Osma Room Kansas Collection: • 19th Century Houses in Lawrence, Kansas • Douglas County Historic Building Survey • Historic Mt. Oread: A Catalog ofKU's Landmarks • In Plain View: A Photo/Documentary of Old East Lawrence Douglas County, KS • Lawrence Today and Yesterday • North Lawrence: A Picture Study, 1975 • Pictorial History ofLawrence • Souvenir History ofLawrence 1898 See also: Library'S circulating collection" What information is available in the Helen Osma Room for genealogical searching? • U. S. record.s: Federal Census for 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 • Kansas records: State Census for 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 (Douglas County only); Census of the Kansas Territory, 1855 • Douglas County and Lawrence records: State census records • Marriage records • Tombstone Census, vo1s 1 and 2 • Guide and Index to Obituaries [Index Shelf] • Native American genealogy records: Final Rolls ofFive Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (to 1906). [microfilm] • City and County Directories �... • . Yearbooks: Lawrence High School; Free State High School: University of Kansas; Haskell Indian Nations University • Passenger and Immigration Lists Index and Supplements • Newspapers for Lawrence and Douglas County from 1854 [microfilm] • Family histories, records and manuscripts [some in Kansas Collection; most in DCGS and DAR collections] • See: Helen Osma Room Index of Genealogical Resources for extensive information on holdings in the Osma Room [I,!ldex Shelf] • See: Douglas County Genealogical Society Library Iy!'dex for information on DCGS holdings in the Osma Room [Index Shelf] • See: NSDAR Book Collection for information on DAR holdings in Osma Room [Index Shelf] • Heritage Quest genealogical database available online with Kansas Library Card • New York Times historical archives available online with Lawrence Public Library card What resources are available that would include military records? Enrollment lists of Kansas regiments in the Civil War • Report of the Adjutant General of the State' ofKansas 1861-1865• Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas 1864 • Report of the Adjutant General of the State ofKansas 1897-98 • Report of the Adjutant General of the State ofKansas 1861-1865 • Kansas Annual Register for the Year 1864 The Men and Women in World War IIfrom Douglas County What marriage records are available in the Osma Room? • Microfilm-records from 1863 -1990, with Index • Actual record books from 1917-1990 • Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1854-1884 -- DCGS shelves 217.5 Are there any burial records available here? • Tombstone Census, vols 1 and 2 • Guide and Index to Obituaries [Index Shelf] • Lodge death records - DCGS collection ~. • DCGS obituary record books: see: Douglas County Genealogical Society Library Index [Index Shelf] • Douglas County obituary file (1994 - 2000) ·[Index Shelf] • Lawrence Journal World online - archived from 1989 to current - free to Library users at lower level Internet computers ��Watkins Community Museum of History Family History Resources Research Files The research files have a limited number of families represented. Usually the more prominent families in Douglas County have files created for them. The museum archives is, however, actively collecting contemporary family histories to include in the research files. City Directories Listed below are the years represented in our collection: 1855; 1860-61; 1866; 1871; 1873; 1875-76; 1879; 1883; 1866; 1888; 1890-91; 1893-96; 1898; 1900-03; 1907-09; 1911-13; 1915; 1917; 1919; 1923; 1925-28; 1927 "colored directory"; 1929-31; 1934; 1961; 1963-64; 1966; . 1969-70; 1972-1993; 1996~2001; 2003-2004. County Directories 1929; 1955-57; t963; 1965: ·1969; 1972-74; 1980; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1992 Short Biographies The museum has notebooks that contain brief biographies of individuals that have lived in the Douglas County area. These biographies contain other informational resources. Family History The archives has family history publications that have been given to the museum. Family sir names include: Adkins; Baldwin; Bell; Brecheisen; Curtis; Colman; Day; Fagan; Granger; Hauck (Houk); Hodl;Klemp; Kramer; Moore; . Newmans; Palmerlee; Petty; Pearson; Petty; Reetz; Robinson; Roller; Rose; Rufert; Schaakes; Shirar; Shuster; Stonebrakers; Talley; VolI; Stevens; Vitt; Winters. Doug/as County Kansas Family Histories I '·'·'N ..1 Volumes of History of Kansas by Andreas These volumes contain information about the early settlers of Kansas Periodicals Oh, Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society Publication v.1-26 University of Kansas Yearbooks Lawrence High School Yearbooks Central Junior High School Yearbooks South Junior High School Yearbooks West Junior High School Yearbooks �Photographs Watkins archives has over 7,000 photographs in the collections. These photographs include individuals, buildings, houses, schools, and events of Douglas County. We are still actively collecting all types of photographsincluding pets. Land Abstracts It is estimated that we have close to 1500 land abstracts. Site Files The site files house holds records for structures and dwellings in Douglas County. This is one way to help understand the movement of individuals within the County. �Quantrill's Raid Resources held in Helen Osma Room Books • • • • • • • • • • • • Cordley, Richard. A History of Lawrence, Kansas: from the first settlement to the close of the rebellion. 1895 KC 978.1 CORDLEY Crafton, Allen. Free Sta,te Fortress: The First Ten Years of the History of Lawrence, Kansas. 1954 KC 978.165 CRAFTON Domer, Dennis and Watkins, Barbara. Embattled Lawrence: conflict & community. 2001 KC 978.165 EMBATTLE Goodrich, Thomas. Bloody dawn: the story of the Lawre'!ce massacre. 1991 KC 978.165 GOO Karpisek, Marian. William Clark Quantrill. 1980 KC 973.7092 KARPISEK Leslie, Edward. The devil knows how to ride: the true story of William Clarke Quantrill and his Confederate-'.,raiders. 1996 KC 973.748 QUANTRIL McCorkle, John. Three years with Quantrell; a true story, told by his scout John McCorkle. 1966. [reprint of 1914 ed.] KC 973.782 MACCORKL Peacock, Thomas. The Rhyme of the Border War: a historical poem of the Kansas-Missouri guerilla war. c1880 Pollard, William. Dark Friday: the story of Quantrill's Lawrence raid. 1990 KC 978.165 POLLARD Ridenour, Peter. Quantrell's raid, Aug. 21, 1863: [an eyewitness account]. 196? [from the autobiography of Peter Ridenour] KC 978.165 RIDENOUR Schultz, Duane. Quantrill's war: the life and times of William Clarke Quantrill, 1837-1865. 1996 KC 973.748 QUA Trow, Harrison. Charles W. Quantrell; a true history of his guerrilla warfare on the Missouri and Kansas border. 1923 KC 973.742 TROW H Kansas Vertical File See Drawer #9: Lawrence. History. Quantrill Raid I Lawrence History: Quantrill Raid II See Drawer #9: Lawrence: Movies. "Ride with the Devil" *Additional resourc~s' available in library's circulating collection* () �PRO QUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS: The New York Times (1851-2001) • • • • • Offers full page and article images with searchable full text Provides access to digital reproductions of every page from every available issue cover to cover - in downloadable .pdf files. Enables searchers to find news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. Allows searches on, before, or between two dates by using the date range searching tool Includes The New York Times frort:1 its first issue in 1851 up till 2001 a span of issues currently not covered by any other electronic resource. Lawrence Public Library card holders have unlimited 24 hours a day, 7 days a week access to this database. As outlined in our Privacy Policy, the library does not track your use of these services. Access this database: • At the library's public internet computers located in the lower level of the building • From home or another remote location, by visiting the Library website at http://lawrencepubliclibrary.org Click on Research Resources on the left sidebar. Scroll down to click onto The Historical New York Times. q{ �Lawrence Family History Center Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 3655 W 10t~ Lawrence, Kansas SOME FEATURES AVAILABLE AT NO OR VERY LOW COST TO VISITORS: • Computers with broadband Internet connections • Microfiche and microfilm records for Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Germany, Continental Europe, Southwest Europe, and Mexico. • Microfiche for the First Settlers of New Eng/and • Microfilm census information for Pennsylvania, Ohio"and New York • . The 1880 Census and Index of all the states available on CD-ROM • Access to microfilm lending from th.e Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah • Various genealogical reference book~ • Several Douglas County and Jefferson County record and cemetery books • Tip sheets to help users get started with genealogical searching • Volunteers to assist patrons, translate documents or help read or explain records from other countries • Lessons in conducting research offered from 6:30-8:30 a.m. every Tuesday .HOURS: Monday 9:30 am. - 5:30 pm 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tuesday Wednesday 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday 9:30 am - 5:00 pm 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Saturday 9:30 am -1:00 pm (Closed holidays) CONTACT: Jan Grady, Director jan@pop.sunflower.com �do with all what to Good Advice on your__'~'=s~t~U~__ ff~'_'_.----------------~~--~------------~ Whv st:e your life's work and interest gO to the dump. The t:ditor of the publication listed below was asked what one might do if there is no family interested in research we might leave behind. Seen in "The Certified Copy: Vol. 30, No.3, Fall 2001, pg; 76, !JUblished by Cleveland Gen. Society. Cleveland OH: A Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament To my spouse. children. or !Illardian. Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or all of mv Geneulo~ical records. books. files. notebooks or computer progrums for u period of two years. During this time period~ please attempt to identify one or more persons .. Who would be,¥illing to take: custody of the said materials and the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family histories. In the event you do not find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical organizations that I have been a member of and detennine if they will accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. [List of organizations and addresses at bottom. J Please remember that my genealogical endeavors consumed a great deal of time, travel, and money. Therefore please do not ignore my requests. Signature Witness Witness Date Date Date Shirley . ---.----~--~--------~---,----------------.-,--- �KANSAS PIONEER CERTIFICATES The Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies issues three certificates for pioneersett1ers: • Territorial for direct descendants of persons who lived in Kansas prior to 29 January 1861 • Pioneer • for descendantS of persons who lived iil Kansas between 29 January 1861- 31 December 1880 . Early settlen , . for persons whose ancestorS lived in Kansas from 1 January 1881- 31 December 1900 Certificate source documents are deposited in the Kansas State Historical Society Libraiy To see a surname index of published volumes goto: http://skyways.lib.ks.uslgenweh!kcgslindex.html . For applications, send a # 10 SASE in a larger envelope to Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies~ PO Box 3858, Topeka, KS 66604-6858 . �KANSAS COUNCIL OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES Cj) CERTIFICATE APPLICATION Kansas PIONEER: 1. Full Name of Pioneer_ _ _ _ _--,--_ _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pioneer settled in Kansas in the year of_ _ , in towns~p, in Pioneer came to KS from .County, in the state of_-:----:-_ _ __ Next previous residence was County, in the state of__- - - - - - I am applying for a: LJ Territorial Certificate [J Prior 101861 County,KS. Pioneer Certificate [] Early Settler Certificate 29 Jan 1861-31 Dec 1880 I Ian 1881-31 Dec 1900 Town County State Date of Pioneer's birth Place , Date of Pioneer's death_ _ _ _ _ Place.,--_______________________________ Place_________________......,.-.:..~_,.:,.--'--_--Date of Pioneer's burial Marriage date_________.Place______-------------,-------------Number of times married._--- ------------------------------ PIONEER'S PARENTS: Town County State 2. Father's full name Date of Father's birth Date of Father's death ---:----,---------~----.,-----~----------- Place Place---------------.,----.--.,-------,.----..,.Place buried . 3. Mother's full maiden name '---"---------------- Date of Mother's birth_ _ _ _ _,Place Date of Mother's death Place--------------,.------..:.------Place buried PIONEER'S SPOUSE: (0/ No.1 abo'-v-e-=-)~-"~---:----,.---..,.----,--4. Name in full (maiden name if female) Date of birth Date of death -P=l:-a-ce-------,-------.,..----.,-----------Place ------------P-I-a-ce~buried~----:------------:---:---:-------~------~- At time of marriage lived in P-~:--RE-N-T.-'S-:- PIONEER SPOUSE'S Twp County ------ State ---' s. Spouse's father's full name ---;::P:;""la-ce--o::-f~birth:-::-------------:---------------- Date of birth Date of marriage Date of death Place of marriage Place ---------=B:-"un-:·-ed:----------------- -------------- 6• Spouse's mother's full maiden name ----------~ Date of birth Place-o-::f7b:-irth-:-------------------------------- Date of death Place Buried -------------~. ---------------- NAME of APPLICANT --,---~(~~~y~oo7,=wan~li~lto=-~~~~'-r-on-m:-e-'·~:-'~rti=fica~'~re~f-·-------------:------- ADDRESS:(StreeO_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _n;:=:"\_ _ _ _ _ _ _-:=:-:-_ _ _ _ __ (City)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(State)_ _ _ _ _ _ _(,Zip)_,_ _ _ __ ~:-;::-::;-;:I-;~~:-;~:~:;;;:~~~:-;~;::;~~~::-:;~~-;:~;::;,:~;:.:~:-p~~:;;::-:-Kansas·-------as---:~:=-b---::-----I~-----~. "........ Y u,e app lean!. Signed_ _ _ _ _---;;:;::~==__;;;:_-:-:---------Certificate C.hairm;m �CERTIFICATES: 1. TERRITORIAL CERTIFICATE. Ancestor lived in Kansas prior to 29 Jan 1861. 2. PIONEER CERTIFICATE. Ancestor lived in Kansas between' 29 Jan 1861 and 31 Dec 1880. 3. EARLY SETTLER CERTIFICATE. Ancestor lived in Kansas between 1 Jan 1881 and 31 Dec 1900. The applicant must be a direct descendant of his or her pioneer ancestor and must prove descent with an official record of some type (Le.: census records, obituaries, county histories, birth record, death record, marriage record, school or church record, newspaper clippings.). The applicant does not have to live or have lived in Kansas . . INSTRUCTIONS: .Complete the form to the best of your ability. Leave blanks where you do not know the information or fIll in what you think is correct followed with a question mark (?). Please follow these steps: l. Complete CERTIFICATE APPUCATION. This form will be published in Forgotten Settlers. 2. Compete the LINE OF DESCENT CHART. 3. Complete the PEDIGREE CHART. This form will be published at the .same time as the certificate application. 4. Make copies of your sources of proof. DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL MATERIAL. Be sure you list source of proof such as year of census, page number, volume and county; title of books, author and page number; name and date of newspaper, page and column. You MUST furnish PROOF OF EACH GENERATION back to your pioneer. 5. You may submit additional infonriation if you wish. (Le.: children, war records, places ancestor lived, etc.). 6. Make check or money order payable to KANSAS COUNCIL OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES. The fee is $7.00 for out-of-state residents and $7.50 (includes KS state sales tax) for Kansas residents for each certificate issued. 7. Send completed application, proofs with sources, and chec)( or money order to: Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies PO Box 3858 Topeka, KS 66604-6858 RELEASE TO PUBliSH: I understand that this application and pedigree chart will be published in a FORGOTTEN SETTLERS OF KANSAS volume. I also understand that the material I submit can be used by me should I decide to put it in print at a later date. I will be notified by the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies when my application and pedigree chart will be printed. I give permission to the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies to use my material for their publication as they see fit, allowing the material to be edited as necessary. Date' Signature of Applicant' �LINE OF DESCENT CHART 1. Applicant's full name first date --- rillddle last (maiden) county town state married to (spouse) 2. I am the child of Born Married Died 3. Who was the child of Born Married Died 4. Who was the child of Born Married Died 5. Who was the child of Born Married Died married to place place place married to place place place married to place place place married to place place place INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING PEDIGREE CHART (NEXT PAGE OF FORM) 1. Begin with yourself. List your full name on line #1. Use your maiden name if you are a female. ALWAYS USE MAIDEN NAME WHEN LISTING ALL FEMALES .. 2. Abbreviation defInitions: b. - date of birth; p.b. - place of birth (county and state); m. - date of marriage; d. - date of death; p.d. - place, of death. 3. #2 on the chart is your father. #3 is your mother. Use her maiden name. Fill in their birth, marriage and death dates. 4. #4 and #5 are the parents of yoUr father. #6 and #7 are the parents of your mother. Fill in their birth, marriage and .death dates. 5. Finish the chart follo\\1fug the instructions in parenthesis until you have all 31 lines complete or have fIlled in all the information you know. 6. Remember the following: a. Always use maiden names. b. If you do not know the exact dates, fIll in what you think it might be and place a question mark (?) behind it. ' c. Be sure to include the county and state of the birth place, marriage place and death place, whenever it is kn<:>\\'Il. d. Be sure to retUrn the pedigree-chart and signed permission slip with the certifIcate application and include your check or money order. q7 �PEDIGREE CHART SUBMITT ED BY: 16( (Fattier of No.8) b. m. 8 (Father of No.4) CHART#: b. p.b. (Father of No.2) . d. p.d. b. p.b. I d. 18 . (Father of No.9) b. " m. m. 9 d. (Mother of No.4) I p.d. 19 b. p.b. d p.d. 2 (Father of No.1) d. (Mother of No.9) b. d. 20 m. b. 10 d. p.d 5 (Mother of No.8) b. d. m. 4 ,..- b. p.b. 17 m. (Father of No.5) I b. p.b. d. p.d. 21 b. p.b. d. (Mother of No. 10) b. d. m. (Mother of No.2) (Father of No. 10) . .. d. p.d. 22 (Father of No. 1.1) b. 11 m. (Mother of No.5) b. p.b. d. p.d. 1 b. p.b. 23 d. (Mother of No. 11) b. d. 24 (Father of No. 12) b. m. m. 12 d. p.d. .. (Father of No.6) b. p.b. '. 25 (Mother of No. 12) b. d. m. 6 b. p.b. d. p.d. (i=ather of No.3) m. b. p.b. d. p.d. (Mother of No.1) m. d. 27 (Mother "f No. 13) b. d. ". 28 '. (Fa~her of No;' 14) b. 14 m. (Father of No.7) b. 29 p.b. (Mother of No.3) d. (Mother of No. 14) b. d. m. 7 b. p.b. d. p.d. (Father of No:' 13) b. (Mother of No.6) 3 b. p.b. d. p.d. 26 13 d. p.d. d. d. p.d. 30 ' b. 15 .. (Father of No'. 15) m. (Mother of No.7) b. ft" d. ~ ' .. 31 ". I • • _&L. _ _ _ • •• - �Index to Pioneer Vol. 28, #4 October, 2005 Achning,71 Adams, 67 Adkins, 88 Aiken, 56 Albers, 67 Aicher, 67 Allegre, 67 Allen, 56,63,67 Alrich,67 Alter, 67 Anderson, 67 Angel, 62 Ashby, 65 Ashton, 67 Aszman,67 Atkinson, 67 August, 62 Ayres, 67 Bailey, 65, 67 Baker, 67 Balch, 67 Baldridge, 65 . Baldwin, 66,67,88 Barker, 67 Barkley, 67 Barrisklow,65 Barteldes, 67 Barter, 67 Bartlett, 67 Bauer, 67 Baumgartner, 67 Bayles, 67 Bechtel, 67 Beck, 69 Beeler, 67 Beezley, 67 Bell, 67,88 Bentley, 69 Beven, 67 Bishop, 74 Bloch, 67 Borkenhagen, 73 Braden, 67 Brandt, 67 Brazelton, 67 Brecheisen, 88 Breck, 59 Breckenridge, 59,60 Brighton, 67 Brinkman, 62,63 Broadie, 67 Brown, 67 Brune, 56 Buch,71 Bumgardner, 67 Bunton, 56 Burdick, 67 Burford, 67 Burman, 62 Butts, 67 Cady, 67 Cainan,67 Calvert, 67 Campbell, 59, 60 Carter, 7,67,72 Chambers, 67 Christiansen, 67 Clarke, 56, 67 Cloud, 62,67 Coates, 62 Colman, 62, 88 Conkright, 67 Conway, 67 Cordley,90 Cornell, 62 Cory, 67 Cowgill, 67 Crafion,67, 90 Crosby, 65 Crum,62 Curtis, 88 Dailey, 59 Daily, 60 Dains, 67 Dancy, 67 �Daniels, 59,60 Daugherty, 67 Davidson, 65 Davis, 67 Day, 70 Deay, 59,60 Deland,65 Delp,69 Dill, 67 Dillenback, 67 Dix, 63 Domer, 90 Dorzweiler, 67 Downing, 67 Downs, 67 Drake, 67 Driskill, 65 Dubach, 67 Dudgeon, 67 Duncan, 71 Dunkley, 67 Dunlap, 67 Dyer, 60, 62 Eberhart, 60 Ebright, 67 Edwards, 67 Eldridge, 67 Elliottt, 67 Ellis, 62, 67 Emick, 67 Endride,59 Engel, 67 Eslinger, 67 Evans, 58, 67 Ewing, 67 Fagan, 88 Falruf,71 Faucher, 56 Fellenstein, 56 Fenton, 65 Finch, 67 Finley, 67 Fishburn, 69 Fitz,65 Fleak,67 Fleming, 67 Flint, 67 Flora, 69 Flory, 59,60 Fogliani,73 Foster, 67 Frank,62 Freeman, 56 Friend,67 Gentry,62 Gesterberger,67 Gifford,67 Gill, 62, 65 Gilliland, 65 Goodrich, 90 Gorrill,67 Grady, 92 Gragoe,67 Granger, 88 Green, 67 Gregg, 62 Griffith, 65, 69 Gromir,6l Groner, 56 Guest, 67 Guy, 56 Hall,74 Hammond, 67 Hard, 71 Hargiss, 67 Harris, 56, 67 Hauck, 88 Havenhill, 67 Hay, 67 Hayward,67 Hazeltine, 71 Heckroth, 67 Hedley, 65 Heeney, 67 Hegeman, 59, 60 Helleberg, 67 Henderson, 65 Henning, 67 Henry, 62 Hiatt, 59, 60 It)O �Hildenrand, 70 Hill, 65, 67 Hiner, 69 Hodder, 67 Hodl,88 Hoffman, 67 Holcombe, 67 Hollands, 67 Holliday, 67 Holmes, 62 Holton, 67 Holtzclaw, 67 Hoover, 67 Hopkins, 67 Homing, 67 Hoss,65 Hough, 67 Hougland, 56 Houk, 88 Howe, 67 Huff, 67 Hungerford, 67 Hunter, 67 Husband, 67 Hutcheson, 67 Irwin, 67 Ise, 67 Jackson, 67 Jamison, 56 Jensen, 67 Jetmore, 67 Johnson, 62,67 Johnston, 67 Jones, 67 Joseph, 65 Karpisek, 90 Kellogg, 67 Kester, 67 Ketcham, 67 Kidwell, 56 Kimzey, 67 Kinney, 67 Klemp, 88 Klug,67 Koenig, 67 Kramer, 88 Kraus, 67 Kreeck,67 Ladd, 71 Lambert, 63 Landes, 67 Landrum, 67 Lane, 67 Latimer, 67 Lauris,62 Lawson, 67 Lee,67 Leonard, 63 Leslie,90 Lewis, 67 Libel, 67 Liggett, 65 Lincoln, 71 Lindley, 67 Liston, 67 Lockwood, 65 Loomis, 62 Luddington, 71 Lusk,63 Lynch, 65 Lynn,67 Macomber, 67 Malone, 67 Marker, 67 Markham, 67 Markle, 62 Marquette, 56 Marshall, 65 Marteau,69 Martin, 67 Mason, 67 Matney, 58 . Mauch, 67 May,67 McCarthy, 67 McClintock, 65 McCorkle, 90 McDonald, 67 Merrick, 67 Merrill, 67 10/ �Metcalf, 67 Meyer, 56 Migliaro, 70 Miller, 65,67 Mitchell, 67 Moll, 71 Moore, 59, 65,67,88 Morgan, 67 Morris, 67 Moses, 65 Muckey, 56 Mudeater, 70 Mullendore, 67 Murphy, 63 Myers, 67 Naismith, 67 Nanninga, 67 Nash, 67 Nelson, 67 Newmans,88 Noble, 67 Norris, 59 O'Brien, 67 O'Leary, 67 Odell, 65 Olin, 67 Olson, 71 Osborne, 67 Osma,67 Owen, 67 Paddock, 71 Palm, 71 Palmer, 62 Palmerlee, 88 Palmquist, 71 Patee,72 Patterson, 59,60,65 Peacock, 90 Pearson, 88 Perigo, 67 Perkins, 67 Petterson, 60 Petty, 88 Petty, 88 Pflaum, 67 Philip, 67 Phillips, 71 Pollard, 90 Popr,62 Porter, 65 Powell, 67 Preston, 65 Preyer, 67 Puis, 67 Pyles, 69 Quantrill, 71 Ralston, 56 Rapier, 67 Raymond, 67 Reed, 65 Reetz, 88 Reineker, 69 Reppert, 56 Ridenour, 90 Riley, 67 Robinson, 67,88 Roller, 88 Rose, 88 Ross, 67 Rufert,88 Rumsey, 74 Rush, 67 Russell, 67 Santa Claus, 80 Schaakes, 88 Schultz, 90 Schumann, 67 Schwegler, 67 Sears, 67 Sekavec,67 Shaad,67 Shaffer, 67 Sherbon,67 Sherwood, 67 Shields, 67 Shirar,88 Shuster, 88 Simons, 67 Simpson, 61 Sinclair, 67 /oc!J- �Skilton, 67 Slapar,56 Sleeper, 65 Smart, 56,65,67 Spence, 65 Stanistrut, 62 Stayton, 56 Sternberg, 67 Stevens, 67,88 Stinson, 67 Stockton, 67 Stoland,67 Stone, 67 Stonebrakers,88 Stouffer, 67 Strimple, 67 Strong, 67 Sudler, 67 Suthron,63 Sutton, 67 Swarthout, 67 Sweet, 71 Sweets, 57 Talley, 56,88 Taylor, 65 Templer, 67 Templin, 67 Thiele, 67 Tholen, 67 Tho~pson, 67 Tracy, 67 Treece, 67 Trow, 90 Tryon, 65 Tuckel, 59, 60 Turner,56, 67 Twente,67 Vaniman,67 Vitt,88 Voll,88 Waldo, 67 Walker, 67 Walru,71 Ward, 67 Wasser, 67 Watkins, 67,90 Watson, 67 Watt, 65 Weaver, 67 Webster, 65 Weidlein, 74 Weinberg, 67 Welch, 65 Wheeler, 67 White, 65 Wildcat, 57 Wilder, 70, 71 Williams, 60, 67 Winters, 88 Wismer, 56 Woods, 67 Yates, 67 Yost, 74 Young, 67 103 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 - 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 28, No. 4: October 2005 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL28_4_OCT2005 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/f12e860d4fdd936975d41a3bcbab920a.pdf b2e89ad164b559c569fc7572c647a2f0 PDF Text Text '.: r. I," i, : ,,,~ L'/ ~.' .... V: ' ~ ... - _. - ~ I I '.' . "., .' '-.: .... j- .; .... ...... ,ct>. ""! • • . - .' .... ' .. ", ~" �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 President ~ Pioneer Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu Vice-President & Programs Linda Lang Iindalang@sunflower.com Treasurer Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan Assistant Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Web Master Don Vaughn donwiI468@earthlink.net Martha Harri~ mharris@ku.edu Librari~n Sharon Moore Membership Beverley Chapman labechap@msn.com Publications The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. MeetiQ.gs are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World Membership fees are $15 single, $17 for household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and, membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors, are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Lirary, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:309pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items my not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEIJPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the _ Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Jnc. : PO Box3664Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 _' April &July, 2005,- Volume 28, no. 3 & 4Conten~ Sources of family history information in Douglas County, .Kansas 2005 Resource coUection of the DAR housed in the Osma Room of LPL Article on Douglas County from the Biennial Report of the State Board of Agriculture for the years '1877-8 Article from Ancestry Daily News. We should thank them too! Free Genealogy Workshop ~es Page 19 Pagel3 Page 46 PageS~ Page 55 for the Society are,dueJor 2005. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the Society at ~e address above. ~----------------------- MEMBERSIDP FORM Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2005 <;lues can be paid now. Name----------------------~------------~Maiden Name---------Street__________________--'-______---.:Apt #____Home Phone____--'-_______ City__________________State___Zip_____e-mail______---'--_______ Renewal_New_Surnames you are searching '-----------------~---~ Amount enclosed_________($15.00 per year, $2.00 for each additional member of household Mail to: DCGS POBox 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-----·. \ Make checks payable to DCGS ,'I, ' �Sources of Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas, 2005: Detailed List by Topic Prepared by Paul Jordan with help from many others This is a list of sources pertaining to Douglas County, that are located in Douglas County in 2005. This list does not include information available on the Internet or at Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka except where noted, or from the Family History Library through the local Family History Centers. It also does not include church records held in the churches; or information in the Clinton Lake Museum in Clinton; or Constitution Hall or Territorial CapitallLane Museum in Lecompton; or Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence. CONTENTS Page Biographies, family histories, photos .. Birth, adoption .................. . Census ......................... . Churches ....................... . Death dates, obituaries, interment, mortuary, probate, wills ..... . Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marriage, divorce ................ . Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Naturalization ................... . Newspaper indexes ............... . Newspapers, Baldwin City ......... . Newspapers, Eudora ..... ; ........ . Newspapers, Lawrence ............ . Newspapers, Lecompton ........... . Real property .................... . School data ..................... . Tax rolls ........................ . Abbreviations, locations, and telephone numbers (phone for hours of operation) BCPL, Baldwin City Public Library, 800 7th St. phone 785-594-3411 DCGS, Douglas County Genealogical Society library within LPL (may soon be merged with LPL's Kansas Collection) EPL, Eudora Public Library, 14 east 9 th St., phone 542-2496 KU An, Kansas University Anschutz Library, phone 864-4028 KU Sp, Kansas University Spencer Library, phone 864-4334 LPL, Lawrence Public Library (Osma Room-downstairs), 707 Vermont St., phone 843-3833 RD, Douglas County Register of Deeds, 1100 Massachusetts St., phone 832-5282 WCM, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St., phone . 841-41 09 (research by appointment only) �Time period Description Index Notes Location Biographies, Family Histories, Histories including family information, Photos (Many family books are available in LPL and WCM, not itemized here) Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Family Histories" pub. by Douglas County Genealogical Society Every name, at back of book WCM, LPL (KC 929.2 DOU) At back of book LPL (KC 978.1 PORTRAIT) Two loose-leaf notebooks with Douglas County pages from the book listed above Names are in alphabetical order WCM Book, "History of Kansas" with chapter on Douglas County, pub. by Andreas PUb. Co. Published in 1883 In volume 2, identifies county of residence. Separate "Index to the Sumamesof Douglas County" by Loraine Howard, 1984. WCM, LPL (KC 978.1 ANDREAS) Book, "lIIustriana Kansas" pub. by IIlustriana Inc. Published in 1933 Included Book, "A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion" by Richard Cordley 1854-1865? no index Published in 1994 Book, "Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas," pub. by Chapman PUb. Co. Published in 1899 Book, "Eudora Community Heritage of our USA Bicentennial" LPL (KC920.781 ILLUSTRI) LPL (978.1 COR and KC 987.1 CORDLEY and DCGS no. 204.2) no index WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 212.5) 28 file drawers labeled "SubjE!Ct File." Some contain biographical information. In alphabetical order WCM 12 file drawers labeled "Kansas Vertical File." Some contain biographical information. Alphabetical order by subject LPL no index LPL (DCGS no. 217.56) 1976 Book, "Soil of Our Souls: Histories of the Clinton Lake Area Community" by Martha Parker and Betty Laird Published in 1980 ' ........ , .... . "':.', " ..... ..... : ...,'.. :" . .. ' . ... ' ".' . .~ Title on spine and cover is "Genealogy and Biography" (,.',:', �Index Location In alphabetical order WCM Time period Description Two loose-leaf notebooks, "Biographies of 20th Century Women of Douglas County, Kansas" Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographies of Women." Sheets inside labeled "Biographical Information Sheet" Two loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Dictionary (1879), containing pages for people of Douglas County from ''The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume" S.Lewis & Co., Publishers Original published in 1879 Nine loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Sheets" "Family Group Sheets" Alphabetic, by married name if . married WCM In alphabetical order WCM In alphabetical order WCM WCM LPL (DCGS nos. 209.22, 209.23) "Pedigree Charts" Included Family records of Vitt, Bohnsack, Deay, Klein, Gottstein, Mock, Pinger-Kummer, Brecheisen no index BCPL Indexes available WCM, KU Sp Photographs Notes , Birth, adoption (see also Death, etc.: death information often also includes birth information) Notices in newspapers 1864-1872 See Newspaper Indexes LPL Notices in newspapers 1873-1881 See Newspaper Indexes LPL Aug 1911-Dec 1916 listed alphabetically WCM Notebook pages, "Birth Record Baldwin City Douglas Co. Dist. No 23B August 1911 to December 1916" by Vivian Clough Some Probate records contain information about adoption KU Sp .- . ..... " ' -. .. '. ',.. ' ... : ~ ..-.,~ .": .... - -. ,",: "':". ." .... ..... �Time period Description Index Location, Notes Census 1855 Census microfilm no KUAn , Book, ''The census of the Territory of Kansas, February 1855, with index and map of Kansas election districts in 1854" 1855 included LPL(KC 929.3781 HEISS W) Census microfilm 1856 no KUAn Census microfilm 1857, 1858, 1859 no KUAn Census microfilm 1860 Census index 1860 Census, Lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 transcribed 1860 in alphabetical order WCM Census microfilm 1865 Every-name index, available only at Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, dozens of spools of microfilm LPL, KU An Census microfilm 1870 Census transcribed 1875 included Census microfilm 1875 no LPL, KU An WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 204.61) LPL, KU An Census microfilm 1880 Searchable transcript on Internet, FamilySearch.org LPL, KU An Census microfilm Census microfilm Census transcribed, Lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 on 5x8 cards giving Name, Age, Sex, Race, Birthplace, Occupation 1885 1895 no no LPL, KU An LPL, KU An 1895 in alphabetical order WCM Census microfilm 1900 Soundex index at KU An LPL, KU An Census microfilm 1905 The only index is for Lawrence, at Kansas State Historical SOCiety, Topeka, on microfilm LPL, KUAn Census microfilm 1910 Census microfilm 1915 Census microfilm 1920 - .......... ,.'" ": ' see next line for index book, "Kansas 1860 Territorial Census Index" no index in Douglas County no no index in Douglas County LPL, KU An WCM LPL, KUAn LPL, KU An LPL, KU An 3 years on one spool �Description Census microfilm Census microfilm Time period Index Location 1925 1930 no no LPL, KU An LPL, KU An Notes ,. ;\" Churches Church history, Eudora area: Catholic, Hesper Friends (Quaker), Methodist, St. Paul's United Church of Christ EPL In unlabeled file cabinet along with other topics Several church histories are in LPL and WCM, not itemized here. Church records held by the churches are not listed here. , Death Dates, Obituaries, Interment, Mortuary, Probate, Wills Cemetery maps, Baldwin City area "Funk Mortuary Books" (7) "Shubert Mortuary Books" (2) "C. W. Smith, Lawrence, Kansas, Undertaker and Embalmer" 25 Aug 1913 -15 Nov 1927 inCluded 1904-1924 included 1890-1907 BCPL WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.55213.591) WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.60213.61) book entries are alphabetical Clippings of newspaper obituaries -' 32 file boxes Obituary index - one file drawer 1972-93 from Lawrence Journal-World, not complete' Filed alphabetically within years LPL Obituary index - one file box labeled "Obituary File" 1994-2000 from Filed alphabetically Lawrence Journal-World within years LPL Obituary clippings - two file drawers Books, "Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County Kansas" volumes 1 and 2 Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; Complete Tombstone Census, Vol. 1, starting on p. 254 WCM 1989 to current Computer search Ijworld.com 1969?-84 Filed alphabetically LPL 1854-1986 WCM, LPL Index in each volume (KC 929,3781 COMPLETE) Nov. 1854 - Dec. 1860 WCM, LPL Listed alphabetically (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) ........... : WCM Fairly complete from Lawrence Journal-World 1979-99, some earlier Filed alphabetically and later and some from other newspapers Journal-World archives on-line .:-...... . no Computer; headlines free, $1.00 for whole article , �Time period Description Index Location Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; . Complete Tombstone Census, Vol. 2, starting on p. 420 Jan. 1861 - Dec. 1863 All obituaries that were printed in the Lecompton Sun 1885-1934 ? lana Spencer, telephone 785 887-6637 Obituaries of Baldwin people and Baldwin-related people 1939-1997 or later ? BCPL 1886-2002 (incomplete) Alphabetical order BCPL recent A.!E..habetical order BCPL 1863-1938 ? LPL 1879-1908 Listed alphabetically LPL, WCM 1894-1953 Listed alphabetically LPL, WCM 1897-1969 ? LPL?WCM? 1938-1994 Book is an index to obituaries in Baldwin City newspapers Obituaries on file cards (Baldwin City area) Funeral leaflets Death dates of Masonic Lodge members Death dates of AOUW and KP Lodge members Death dates of Rebekah Lodge members Death dates of IOOF Lodge members "Scrapbook NO.3" Book, "Interment Record No.1" (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) Book, "Interment Record No.2" (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) Untitled interment book for City of lawrence cemeteries - .- BCPL WCMhas original, WCM has index for 1866? - 7 June 1900 Lawrence City 1866?-1875 Clerk has microfilm WCMhas original, 19 Jun 1900 - .10 Nov No index? Lawrence City 1923 Clerk has microfilm WCMhas Alphabetical index by original, 1924-1970 first letter only (of Lawrence City surname) Clerk has microfilm Interment dates for Oak Hill and Maple Grove cemeteries all Computer search List of current cemetery sextons, Douglas County and nearby current Cemeteries listed in alphabetical order " ...........: .. . "- ,. WCM, LPL Listed alphabetically (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) . The three above have the following column headings and others: Name, Place of birth (usually blank), Late reSidence, Age, Sex, Color, Date of death, Cause of death ...... Notes Oak Hill Cemetery office WarrenMcElwain mortu~ Index is somewhat by decades, then alphabetical within the time periods �Time period Description Notices in newspapers 1864-1872 Notices in newspapers 1873-1881 Index Location Notes See "Newspaper WCM, LPL Indexes See "Newspaper Indexes WCM, LPL Notebook pages, "Vol. I & II Death Records Baldwin, KS Og. Co. 1917-1928 Vivian S. Clough" 1917-1927,1929-1936, Listed alphabetically WCM in 3-ring binder and "Vol. 1111929-1936" and Vol. 1936-1946, 1~1958 IV 1936-1946" and "Vol. V Mar. 1946-1958" Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, EPL No 1891-1979 Vol. 1 Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, EPL No 1959-1989 Vol. 2 Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 4 (Vol. 3 is missing) Probate files from Douglas County District Court 1884-1996 No 1863- ???? Spencer Library has index books showing File Numbers (Case numbers). Get File Number, then use library's notebook containing list showing location and Box Number of file Some cover ownership from about 1855 to 1980s Abstracts of Title EPL KU Sp WCM has a copy of Index to Estates covering Cases (Files) no. 1 to about 4115 but no dates shown WCM Some abstracts have death information, extracts from wills and probate Directories . '~'''~' .. Names listed alphabetically LPL, WCM Lawrence city directory 1860-1861 Lawrence citY directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence citY directory Lawrence citY directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence citY directory Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents 1863 1866 1868-1869 1871 1872 1873-1874 1875-1876 1879 1883 1886 1888 " " " " " 1890-1891 " " 1893-1894 " " . ;" ..., .., ..... . '" ..' " " LPL LPL, WCM " " " " LPL, WCM KU Sp LPL, WCM " " " " " " - �Description Time period Index 1896 1898 " Location " " " 1900-1901 " " 1905 1907 1908 1909 " " " " " " LPL WCM 1911 " LPL, WCM 1911-1912 Names listed alphabetically WCM Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents Lawrence city directory " " " " Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory (Lawrence, Baldwin, Clinton, Eudora, and Lecompton pages) Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents Lawrence city directory Lawrence city,directory 1913-1914 1915 " LPL, WCM " " 1916 " " 1917 1919 " " " " Book, "Farmers and Breeders of Franklin and Douglas Counties" 1920 " " 1923 1925-1926 1927-1928 " " " " " 1927 " WCM 1929 " WCM 1929-1930 " LPL, WCM 1930 " WCM 1930 " WCM 1931 (November) " WCM 1932 (May) 1933 (January) 1933 (November) 1934 (May and November) 1936 (November) 1939 (May) 1940 (May) 1941 (May) 1942 (May, November) 1943 (May, November) 1944 (May) 1945 (May) 1945 (January) " " " WCM LPL WCM " WCM " LPL WCM WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Directory of Colored People, including outside Lawrence Douglas County Farm Directory Lawrence city directory Telephone directory including outside Lawrence Directory of Colored People, including outside Lawrence Telephone directory including outside Lawrence " " " " " " " " " " " " " " , . " .. .:'~: "';' .. :- " " " " " " " " Notes " I, �Description Time period Index Location 1946 (January) " LPL, WCM 1947 (June, November) 1948 (May, November) 1949 (May, November) 1950 (May, November) 1951 (November) 1952 (November) 1953 (November) 1954 (November) " " " LPL, LPL, LPL, LPL, LPL, LPL, LPL, LPL, Telephone directory including outside Lawrence " " " " " " " " Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton Douglas County Farm Directory 1955-1957 Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton . " " " " 1957 (November) . . . 1958-97 (some missing) .. 1955 (August) WCM WCM WCM WCM WCM WCM WCM WCM LPL, WCM WCM LPL, WCM I - LPL Polk's Lawrence City Directory including Douglas County 1961,1963,1964,1966, 1969, 1970, 1972 through 1985 " LPL, WCM Douglas County Farm Directory 1963 " WCM Douglas County Farm Directory 1965 " WCM Douglas County Farm and Ranch Directory Douglas County Directory 1969 " WCM 1972 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1973 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1974 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1980 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1984 " WCM Polk's Lawrence City Directory 1986 through 1993, 1996,1997,2001 " LPL, WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1990 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1992 " WCM 1994, 1995, 1998-2000 " LPL Polk's Lawrence City Directory Notes '.'~ .'..., 1854-1884 included LPL (DCGS no. 217.5) Notebook similar to above book 1885-1897 no WCM ' .. ",. :'" ," ,'.,'" ; I - Marriage, Divorce Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1854-1884" pub!, By Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989 .'~ 1854-1863 data from newspapers, 1863-1884 from County records .. �Time period Description Original Douglas County marriage record books numbers 12-39 Shawnee County marriages of Douglas County residents - part of a box of file cards Index Index books 5-9, May 1917 - June 1992 Dec. 20, 1920 - June 30, 1992 Arranged alphabetically by Oct 1887 - Apr 1913 groom's sumame Location Notes LPL WCM Extracts of divorce information from five sources 1857-1860 indexed in booklet, "Douglas County Divorce Petitions" WCM Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. Divorce petitions abstracted in The Pioneer, includes identification of some relatives of Iplaintiff or defendant. 1864-1884 booklet, "Douglas County Divorce Petitions" WCM Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. Every-name index included WCM Includes much information of people other than plaintiff and defendant Alphabetical within sections WCM Subject index in The Pioneer, Volume 28, no. 1, January 2005 KU Sp, LPL, WCM Notebook, "Kansas Territory Divorces 1857-1861 and Douglas County Divorce Petitions 18641884" 1857-1861 and 18641884 Miscellaneous Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographical Indexes for Douglas County including Biographical Sketches, Divorce, Pensioners, Kansas Claims, Quantrill Index, etc." Contents of The Pioneer, Douglas County Genealogical Society's quarterly Articles published in 1977-2003 Subject index also lists prior, sumame indexes to The Pioneer Naturalization Naturalization records and collateral information from District 1867-1955 with gaps Court Naturalization certificate stubs Volume 3815 Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Naturalizations 1855-1928" Index in KU Sp; same index published in The Pioneer Vol. 27, no. 1&2, Jan-Apr 2004, 10, 1 ff. Stubs in custody of Court Clerk, Judicial Building, Lawrence phone 8325356 1907-1921 1855-58, 1868-1903, 1903-1928 KUSp Alphabetical order WCM May be stored offsite �Notes Location Index Time period Description Newspaper indexes Book, "Index of deaths and births in daily newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 18641872" 29 Nov 1863 - 4 Mar 1873 WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 200.56) Book, "Genealogical information in newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: index for 1873-1881" March 1873 - December 1877 and July 1878 August 1881 (newspapers not available for January June 1878) WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 200.57) Book, "Lawrence Daily World Indexes" March 1892 - August 1894 LPL (DCGS no. 216.2) Includes abstracts of articles Book, "An index to the Lawrence Daily Joumal in five volumes" by Robert A. Hodge March 1892 - August .1894 WCM ,Same book as above. Title says Joumal but actually is World. Newspapers, Baldwin City (Microfilm) Baldwin Criterion and Baldwin Ledger (weekly) Baldwin Criterion (weekly) Baldwin Ledger (weekly) 1884 - 1996 with gaps No BCPL Nov. 1883 - Apr. 1885 May 1885 - Dec. 1921 No No LPL LPL Eudora News (weekly, on paper) January 1935 to current No EPL Eudora News (weekly, microfilm) Sept. 1887 - June 1923 No LPL Newspapers, Eudora Newspapers, Lawrence, microfilm, listed in chronological order as much as possible Herald of Freedom October 24, 1854December 17, 1859 Kansas Tribune (weekly and daily) - January 10 - October 24, 1855 and November 29, 1863 - May 4, 1869 No LPL , Lawrence Republican (weekly) May 28, 1857 November 13, 1862 See "Newspaper indexes" LPL No LPL ...... .... ;.. �Time period Description March 4,1869 - March 3, 1874 March 11, 1869 - March Western Home Journal (weekly) 25, 1885 January 9 - June 30, Daily Kansas Tribune 1872 August 1, 1872 - August Daily Kansas Tribune 19, 1873 January 1 - December 6, Daily Kansas Tribune 1874 March 4, 1875 Republican Daily Journal December 1877 February 1, 1878 Daily Kansas Tribune January 9, 1879 July 1878 - June 18, Republican Daily Journal 1879 June 19, 1879Lawrence Daily Journal February 7, 1911 March 1892 - February Lawrence Daily World 1911 Republican Daily Journal Lawrence Daily Journal-World February 20, 1911 near current date Douglas County Republican !(weekly) The Outlook, Lawrence Outlook !(weekly) March 4, 1926 - January 2,1941 January 6, 1941 September 22, 1969 Index Location See "Newspaper indexes" LPL No LPL See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" LPL LPL LPL LPL LPL LPL LPL All 1989 to current is onnewspapers, line, search by LPl. On-line, computer liworld.com No LPL No LPL Lecompton Union and Kansas National Democrat (weekly) April 1856 - March 1861 LPL Kansas New Era (weekly) Aug. 1867 - Sept. 1874 LPL Lecompton Monitor (weekly) Lecompton Ledger (weekly) Lecompton Sun (weekly) June 1885 - June 1886 Dec. 1889 - Dec. 1890 April 1891 - Sept. 1934 LPL LPL LPL Real Property -see also Tax rolls, Death (Probate) "Land Owners of WCM (LPL Record on 4 July Osma Room 1857 with Legal has poor copy Description of Parcel of map) Owned" "Index to 1873 Douglas County Plat WCM, KUSp Map" Douglas County map showing land owners 1857 Douglas County owners plat map in several parts (Townships, Lawrence) 1873 "Plat Book and Complete Survey of Douglas County, Kansas" 1909 no KU Sp (RH Atlas G32) Book, "List of Original owners in the City of Lawrence" 1854-63 included LPL (DCGS no. 217.7), WCM? ..... :. ' .~, ..... ~ LPL Newspapers, Lecompton ",- Notes "'. . �Time period Description Book, "List of Preemptions in Douglas County, Kansas" 1855-63? 1855?-1960 Deed Books on microfilm 1961-89 Deed Books Deeds in computer file 1990-current Cemetery maps, Baldwin City area Maps of Baldwin City business 1893, 1899, 1905, 1912 section Baldwin City area historic houses and other buildings: Original owner names and other information · . ; .•.• 1 Abstracts of Title for many properties in Douglas County except the Baldwin City area Some have information from 1855 to 1980s Abstracts of Title for properties in Some have information the Baldwin City area from 1855 to 1980s Index Location included LPL (DCGS no.217.4), WCM? Grantor and Grantee indexes Book and card file Grantor and Grantee indexes Notes RD RD RD no BCPL no BCPL yes BCPL Filed by legal description of location;no name index WCM Name index available BCPL RD WCM Many Abstracts. include copies or extracts from records including wills, probate, marriage, divorce, other legal matters School Data "Complete Census of School Population ... Between the Ages of 5 and 21 Years Residing in District". Name, age or birth date, name of parent or guardian. 1898-1957 No index. Arranged by District (about 87 of them in the County). Some District lists are in alphabetical order One drawer of file cards labeled "Lawrence Teachers 1868-1885, High School Students 18721885" from "Annual Report of Board of Education" 1868-1885 "Indexed by Vivian Clough, 1989" 1868-1885 Alphabetical order 12 microfilm boxes marked SCHOOL RECORDS - Four drawers of file cards labeled "Lawrence High School Graduates 1886-1942" Book, "Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas" 1886-1942 1850s-1960s. Most detail is for 1898 to the 1950s Pamphlet, "Index to Rural Schools and Schoolhouses ... " ....• , Alphabetical order See below WCM LPL (370.978 . Includes names of DANIELS and some of the KC 370.978 teachers and DANIELS) students LPL (DCGS 212.6) .. -'." . ..•. j . �Time_~riod Description Index Location Notes KU Sp Some books contain more than title indicates. Starting with 1867, Personal Property lists follow the real estate section in most of the books and include nearly every household Tax Rolls 1863-1919 in open room; 1920-1967 in stacks Books of Tax Rolls: Douglas County townships and cities ........ :..: Some volumes have names in alphabetical order within each govemmental unit (Township, City or Town). Some volumes have name index for each govemmental unit. Personal Property lists are alphabetical by name within govemmental unit. .' -... -:.~..,:. :' ........ . ", ' "(' .... .. -' ...... '.' ",' ... . ~ .: "" �DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Resource collection housed in the Osma Room in the Lawrence Public Library DAR PATRIOT INDEX- section code - PI PI 1 PI 2,3 PI 4,5,6 PI 7 PI 8 DAR Patriotic Index 1982 145 pages In memory of Della C. Shaw and Myra W. Hinshaw. (Information may be obsolete- see 1990 Centennial Edition) 1966 edition presented to Chapter by Edythe Salveson, Chapter Regent] 965-67 and the 1979 edition in memory of Lulu H. Wherry and Helen C. North. These 2 editions were destroyed per NSDAR suggestion in 1997. DAR Patriotic Index. Vol. III, 1986, 830p. Index to Spouses of Soldiers and Patriots. Presented by Betty Washington Chapter in memory of members, Nettie May Wismer, Barbara E. Clason & Mildred Hardman Raney in 1991. DAR Patriot Index. Centennial Edition; 1990; 3 V; 3336 P total. In honor of all members of Betty Washington Chapter 1993-4. Purchased Oct. 1993- pre publishing price of $60.00- for 3 V. Additions and Corrections (3-ring notebook) New Ancestor Records (3-ring notebook) LINEAGE ASSOCIATIONS- section code - LA LA 1 LA la LA2 LA 3,4,5 LA 6, 7 American Historical Association, 15 th report, 1899. 866p His!erical Colonial, Europe Proceedings of the annual meeting. New York, London National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors. , 1915-75. Compiled by Mary Louise Marshall Hutton. Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1987. 317p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR, by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Founders and Patriots of America, Register. 1926; 578p Published by authority· of the General Court of the Order. Given in 1973 by Lawrence Free Public Library. Hereditary Register of the USA. 3 V, 1972- 474p, 74-870p, 75-926p. Washington, DC, United States Hereditary Register, Inc. Volume for 1972 given to Betty Washington Chapter, by National DAR Society in October 1972. .Mayflower Index,. Descendants and spouses of descendants; Volume 1- A-R; Volume 2- R-Z. Society of Mayflower Descendants. Compiled and . e.dited for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants ~y William .Ale[{ander McAuslan General Society of Mayflower Descel'\~ants, 1932 .. 2 volumes continuously paged. Given to Betty Wash\Qgtdrt Chapter by Lawrence Free Library, 1973. . I . �LA 8 LA 9 LA 10 - 14 LA 15 - 28 Daughters of American Colonists. NSDAC Bicentennial ancestor index. Ancestor index for lineage Books. 1976; 448p. Covers VI thru 19 and supplement 1 & 2; 1929-1975 Compiled and edited by Hazel Kraft Eilers. Fort Worth, TX, Don Cowan Company, 448p Property of John Pound Chapter, DAC, of Lawrence, KS. Shelved with DAR collection. Sons of American Revolution, National Register. 1902; 1035p. Compiled and published by Louis H. Cornish., edited by A. Howard Clark. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library,1973. Virkus, Frederick Adams. American Genealogy, The abridged compendiwn of American genealogy; First families of America. 7 V. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Public Library, 1973. In 1991 and 2003, have V 2,3,4,6,7 only. New England Historical & Genealogical Register. V 82-95; 1928-41. Also 3 loose editions 1960-1960-1961 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973. Loose editions unaccounted for in 2003. CITIZENSHIP/CONSTITUTION- section code - CC C1 C2 C3 Declaration ofIndependence Signers. "Fathers of America's Freedom"; Cooke; 1969;93p Constitution, The Story of. Sol Bloom; 1937; 192p. United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. Gift ofN. Faye Woodward to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR. DAR Manual on Citizenship. Stapled; 1989; 90p 1993 Chapter purchased. UNITED STATES- section code - S US 1 S2 US3 US4 US5 Bibliography of County Histories in 50 States 1961 Peterson; 1973; 186p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, 7 Mar 1974 in memory of E. Faye Orelup, Eugenia Polson, Anna Pearson Arthur, and Grace Allan Lawrence. Alabama. Dept; of Archives and History. "Revolutionary Soldiers in 'Alabama. 1967; 131 p A list of names compiled from authentic sources of soldiers of the American Revolution who resided in the state of Alabama. Compiled by Thomas M. Owen. 1967 Originally published in 1911. Reprinted with the permission of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and Hi~ry. ' Arkansas. Benton Co., History of; 1836-1936 J. Dickson Black; 1975; 496p Gift to Betty Washington Chapter DAR from Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Arkansas- Crawford Co. History in Headstones. Swinburn, Susan Stevenson ..:. ,tind Doris Stevenson West. Van Buren, Arkansas 1970. 476 p.A . c,omplete listing of all marked graves in known cemeteries. Gift to Betty Washington Chapter DAR from Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 California. By John Walden Caughey. 2nd edition 66{)p New York, Prentice Hall, 1953 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. TaU~y �US 5a US6 US7 US8 US9 US 10 US 11 US 12 US 13 See US 31 US 14 US 15 US 16 US 17 Connecticut MinorityMilitary Service 1775-1785 NSDAR 1988 17p Carolina- North Abstract of wills from about 1760 to about 1800. Olds, Fred A Supplementing Grimes' Abstract of North Carolina wills, 1663-1760. 1954; 330p Carolina- North. A History of Moore County, North Carolina, 1747-1847. Southern Pines, NC Moore Co Historical Assoc. 1956. 270p~ Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by thirteen members. Carolina- North Marriage notices, obituaries, and items of genealogical interest in the Cape Fear Recorder, the Peoples Press, and the Wilmington Advertiser. From August 26, 1829, to December 24, 1833. Hall, Lewis Philip. 1958. 27p soft bound Carolina- North & South Marriage records from the earliest Colonial days To the Civil War. Compiled and edited by William Montgomery Clemens. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. 295 p. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna H~ell Lyons, 1977 Carolina- South South Carolinians in the Revolution by Sara Sullivan Ervin Service records and miscellaneous dat; also abstracts of wills, Laurens County 1775-1855. Reprinted with index and an added chapter OIi'the Sullivan family. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1976. 217p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Esther B. Muzzy Weible (Mrs. M.H.) 1977. Carolina- South The History of South Carolina Mary C. Simons Oliphant 432p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley Colorado DAR member and ancestor index. Published by the Colorado State Society of the NSDAR. Littleton, CO Littleton Independent 1981 476p. Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderi.dge (Mrs. HA), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs. Edward A), Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs. AN.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.c.) Illinois Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in'Illinois. Harriet J. Walker; 1967; 186p. Originally published in Los Angeles, 1917 Illinois List of Illinois Regiment who served under George Rogers Clark in the Northwest Campaign. Iowa Ames City Directory 1974 RL. Polko Co. KC Mo. 6410p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. TaUey Kansas Tales of Early Published by Allen County Historical Society 1966 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. Talley Kansas Belpre, KS, The Story of a Small Town. David M. Kearney Lewis, Kansas. The Lewis Press. 384p Given to B~tty Washington Chapter NSDAR by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Kansas 1860 census Kansas Mortality Schedule- 18'7.0, Carpenter and Franklin; 1974; Mimeographed; 234p; with nam~ index Placed in 3-ring notebook. Donated to Betty Washington CMPter by compiler , Thelma Carpenter- associate member. ' ' , .. 3i- �'. US 18,19,20,21 Kansas Mortality census schedules; 1880; Carpenter and Franklin; Mimeographed; 4 V; Vi Allen-Clark; V2 Clay-Harvey; V3 JacksonMontgomery; V4 Osborne-Wyandotte. Vol4-1880 Shawnee Co. missing Added "Deaths recorded Shawnee Co. Court House" 18941910 Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler Thelma Carpenter - associate member US 22 Kansas Index to 1880 Mortailty Schedule. 3 ring notebook 1973 mimeographed; 143p Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler Thelma Carpenter- associate member US 23 Kansas Lawrence City Directory 1989 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. Talley US 23a Kansas Douglas County Marriages 1894-1897 US 24 Kansas Nineteenth Century Houses in Lawrence 1968 US 25 Kansas Stagecoach West to Kansas by Mary Ensel 108p US 26 Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1949-1950 139P. Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley US 27 Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1955-1956 134p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley US 28 Kentucky Court Records. 1889- Early wills and marriages copied from court house.records by DAR regents, historians, and the State historian. Old Bible records and tombstone inscriptions. Records from Barren, bath, Bourbon, Clark, Davies, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby Counties Baltimore, Southern Book Company 1958 2 V. Only V2 in library 1991 and 2003. By Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter by the N. Faye Woodward Fund. US 29 Kentucky- Old Kentucky entries and deeds; Complete index to all of the earliest land entries, military warrants, deeds, and wills of the Commonwealth ofKY. 1969. Willard Rouse Jillson. Property of John Pound Chapter, DAC. Shelved with DAR books for easier use. US 30 Kentucky Kentucky marriages, 1797-1865. Reprinted from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Clift; 1966; 258p US 31 Kentucky Revolutionary soldiers in Kentucky; Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, 1850-1921; Contains a roll of the officers of Virginia Line who received land bounties; a roll of the Revolutionary pensioners in KY; a list of the Illinois Regiment who served under George Rogers Clark in the Northwest Campaign. Also, a roster of the Virginia Navy. 1968 206p Given by the Chapter in memory of: Ada Lindell, Georgia Martin, Katherine Fullerton, and Bertha Haynes. US 32 Maine- Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Fisher; 1982; 917p Check contents and introduction for other NE States. Donated by SAR to DAR Chapter State Conference 1992 US 33 Maryland census First US census 1790. 189p Presented to Betty ., " Washington Chapter by 13 members. US 34 Maryland Marriages and deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Compiled by Robert aames. 1973 Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 �US 35, 36 US37 US38 US 39 US 40 US41 US 42 See US 40 US 43 US 44 US 45 US 46 Maryland Maryland Records; Colonial, Revolutionary, county, and church; Brombaugh, Gaius Marcus 1862 1915-28 V 1- 1915, V 2 1928 Presented from the N. Faye Woodward Fund. Maryland Revolutionary records; data obtained from 3,050 pension claims and bounty land applications including the 1,000 marriages of Maryland soldiers and a list of 1,200 proved services of soldiers and patriots of other states. 1967 155p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR Library in memory of Ada Lindell by Barbara E. Clason, 4-15-1972 Maryland Cecil County, marriage licenses 1777-1840. Copied by the Captain Jeremiah Baker Chapter, DAR. 1974 105p Reprint of the 1928 edition. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Massachusetts- The Pioneers of. 1841-1918 Charles Henry Pope A descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. 1969 549p Reprint of 1900 edition. Purchased 1975 by Mrs. J. Stewart Turner in memory ofN. Faye Woodward. Massachusetts- An index to pioneers from Mass. To the West. Especially the state of Michigan. Compiled by Charles A. Flagg. 1980 86p Originally published 1915. Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR, 1982~ in memory of Gladys Nelson Bremer (Mrs. Fred A.), Anabel Keeler Hart (Mrs. H.L.), Miss Opal Jayne Kennedy, Lillian Wilson Perkins (Mrs. Carl D.), and Miss Susan Todd. New-England A genealogical register of the first settlers. Containing an alphabetical list of the governors, representatives, etc. John Farmer 1789-1838. Reprinted with additions and corrections by Samuel G. Drake. 1976 351p Purchased 1976 by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Marion Woodward Turner (Mrs. J. Stewart) Michigan- First Presbyterian Church of Midland. Minnie W. Ball. 1967-1947 71 p. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by family of Barbara E.. Clason. 1991 Michigan Missouri- A history of 120 years about the Hickman Mills Community Christian Church, its people, and the community. 1965 Compiled by and edited by Mrs. Harry Scott, etl. 152p Gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, from Mrs. Homer Terry, August, 1972 Missouri Origins- The Landscape of Home by A.E. Schroeder Univ.ofMOColumbia. 63p Donated in 2003 by member, Faye S. Talley. Missouri- Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1929-1930 Charles Becker, Secretary of State Jefferson City, MO Donated 2003 by member Fay S. Talley. Nebraska- State History of the DAR from 1894-1929. 358p. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR for t he chapter collection by Lawrence Free Public Library, Fall 1971, when they stopped collecting .. 'g~nealogy. Given to Barbara E. Clason, Chaptt(r Librarian by Helen Osma, Assistant Director ofLFPL. �US 47 US 48, 49 US 50 US 51 US 52, 53 US 54 US 55 US 56 US 57 US 58 US59 US 60 US61 US 62 US 63 US 64 New York- 1st Census, 1790. Heads of families 1966 308p Originally published in 1908 by US Govt. Gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR in memory of Caroline Stevenson by Mrs. L.E. Blair and Mrs. J.S. Turner. New York Collections of the New York Historical Society 1868 Library has 1914 337p and 1915 707p Miscellaneous muster and 'payrolls covering the American Revolution, arranged by military units. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by l3 members. New York Gateway to America (research in New York State Library Albany NY Melinda Yates 1982 46p Purchased in 1984 by Betty Washington Chapter of DAR in memory of Meredith Belt Verhage and Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) Ohio Valley Genealogies relating chiefly to famiHes in Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson counties. And Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. 1863-1950 Charles Augustus Hanna 1968 128p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter. in August, 19,68 Ohio Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio. Volumes I and II 1896 Many Entries for other states. Kansas Governor Wilson Shannon, pg 313,. Vol. 1. Donated by Pauline A. MeIlies (Mrs. E.V.) NSDAR 1991 Ohio 4th census 1820. Federal records for Trumbull County. As copied by Doris Wolcott Strong. 1946. Withdrawn by LFPL and given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 17 Oct 1959. Ohio Atlas of Lorain County D. Lake 1874 Reprint 1974 71p. Purchased By Barbara E. Clason in memory ofN. Faye Woodward and Anna Olinger, 1975 for DAR collection. Oversize Pennsylvania Berks Co. Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church. Kistler, John L. 62p Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by Pauline A. Mellies, Sept 1991 softbound Pennsylvania- 1790 Census, U.S. With index; 426p Pennsylvania- William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration. William Isaac Hull18681935 445p Presented to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Grace Foster Terry and Caroline Foster Stevenson in memory of KS pioneer grandmother Caroline UpdegrotTParker whose Dutch Quaker ancestors migrated to P A Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1790. Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790. 292p 1968 This book is the property of John Pound Chapter, DAC Shelved with DAR books for easier use. Pennsylvania Oaths of Allegiance Egle 787p Pennsylvania German Marriages Donna R. Irish 217p Pennsylvania Early Lutheran Baptisms & Marriages in Southeastern PA. The Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730 to 1779 107p Pennsylvania Lancaster County; Index to will books 1729-1850. 1987 136p ,:., Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter, in memory of: Mary E. 'Pa~on Steen, and Ruth Clark Jones. Pennsylvania History of the graveyard connected with Cross Creek Presby. church By James Sirppso~ 1770-1894, with record of interments from 1894 to present 1942 114p (1991,2003- pgs 113,114 only) �Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide; Heisey; 1994; Stapled 73p. Donated by Pauline Mellies. Pennsylvania Some counties of See US 51 Tennessee records. Compiled by Jeanette Tillotson Acklen 1871- 2 V vlUS 66, 67 517p, Tombstone inscriptions & historical manuscripts v2-521p Bible records & marriage bonds. 1967 Reprint of Nashville edition of 1933. vI is a gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Caroline Stevenson Isabel Gilmore and Grace Terry and Mrs. Pearl McClendon Franks. v2 was purchased by chapter. 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Inc. 1979 v14591, v2594-1296, v31298-2069, v42091-2768 US 82,83, 84, 85 Virginia Oenealogies offamiles from Tyler's quarterly historical and Genealogical magazine Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes . . ; ~981 vI 894p, v2 939p, v3 892p, v4 896p. Purchased in 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory ofMjss Ruth Dunmire; 1985 Lulu McCanless; 1987 In memory ofN~Ui~ Sarnes, Maybelle Cannan; 1988 Mildred Watson, Blanche Mel(?) US 65 , '.3 'I �US 86 US 87 US 88 US 89 US 90 See US 31 Virginia Land Office Compiled by Daphne S. Gendry Archives Division Virginia State Library Richmond, VA Virginia Wills before 1799. William Montgomery Clemens 1860-1931 A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills. Copied from the court house records of Amberst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, and Rockbridge Counties 1958 106p softbound Virginia & West VA Gazetteer. Gannett; 1975; 164p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 , Virginia They Went Thataway Hamlin; Charles Hughes Hamlin 1907 142p 1974 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 1975 in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A.), N. Faye Woodward, Mamie Tilford Gowans (Mrs. R.E.), Blanche Deichert, and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) Virginia, West The soldiery ofWV in the French and Indian War; Lord Dunmore's War; the Revolution; the later Indian Wars; The Whiskey Insurrection; etc. Virgil Anson Lewis 1848-1912 227p 1967 Material on American Revolution: p 39-142. Purchased by Betty Washington chapter, DAR, in August 1968 Virginia Navy Roster AMERICAN REVOLUTION- section code - AR ARI AR2 AR3 AR4,5 AR6 AR7 Black Courage 1775-1783 Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution. Robert Ewell Greene Published by the NSDAR 1984 Given in memory of Miss Lulu Lorena McCanles and Miss Isobel Gilmore. 141 p softbound Locating your Revolutionary War Ancestor, a guide to Military Records. James C. and Lila L. Neagles 236p softbound Presented by Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR in memory of members: Darlene Woolsey Shultz and Mary L. Noble Winchell, 1991 Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Backstruck 1996 Presented by: Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR In memory of members; Marjorie Willford Ryther 30ctl996 and Jane Dunham Beal 15Apr1998 Located graves of soldiers, patriots of the American Revolution. Stapled; vI 1974-1977,44p; v2, 1977-1982, 48p Previously reported annually to the Smithsonian Inst. But that report now discontinued. Purchased 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) Revolutionary pensioners of 1818 US War Department 1959 358p Senate Document 170. No index. By State and 1st letters of , " surname with amt pd and rank See pension list of 1820. Indexed Pensi9n ~ist of 1820; Indexed edition- 1991; 748p Memorial- 3/1993 Marsella Amt 12/8/91; Elizabeth Neis 5/28/92 .J .. �FC 12 Ship passenger lists, national and New England 1600-1825 Edited and indexed by Carl Boyer, Published 1977 270p Purchased 1981 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Lulu Henry Wherry (Mrs. Neal M.) and Helen Carr North (Mrs. A.H.) LINEAGE BOOKS- DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION section code - L L 1-166 L 1-2,3-4 Lineage Books National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Volume 1-166 1890/91- Covers National DAR members numbers 1-166,000 Index of the Lineage Books of the NSDAR; 1916-1.940; Vol 1- 450p; Vol 2428p Memorials- Vol 1 Waneta Willits, Dora Wilson; Vol 2 Lynette Breithaupt, Marguerite (Ruth) Skelton, Betty Wolfe, Zona Smith MILITARY-section code - M M 1,2 M3 M4 M5 U.S. Army. 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FAMll..Y GENEALOGIES-section code -FG FG 1 FG2 FG3 Bishop, Family History By Stanley Richmond Scott 1882148p 1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Breithaupt, Descendants of George Frederick. Compiled by Ezra Bowman Breithaupt. 98p 1968 Additions and corrections page in back. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, for genealogical collection by Lawrence Public Library 14 Sept 1974 Coo~e~ook Family history Vera Cook Barkley 165p 1982 Given to Bet;ty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1983 in memory of Della Shaw and Myra Hinshaw. 'II �AR8 AR9 AR 10 Sixth Census, 1840. US Census Office. Pensioners for Rev. military services with their names, ages, and places of residence. 195p 1954 Copy 1 presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by 13 Chapter members. Copy 2 purchased later by chapter librarian, Blanche Phillips. Copy 2 offered to State DAR Lib at Dodge City, but they already had it. ('91 & '03 1 copy) Sixth Census Index 1840 Prepared by Gen. Soc. Of the LDS Church. 1965 Pensioners for Rev. or military services 382 p Reprint of 1954 edition. Presented by 13 DAR Chapter members. Rejected or suspended applications for Rev. war pensions. Reprint 1992; Softbound; 462p 1994-ln memory of Mildred Frakes, Pearl Franks, Grace Terry, Edythe Ransdell. FOREIGN COUNTRIES- section code -FC FC 1 FC la FC2 FC2a FC2b FC2c FC3 FC4 FC5 FC 6, 7 FC 8, 9 FC 10,11 , " English Records, Immigrants to America. Smith; 1976; 117p, Donated by Pauline A Mellies English Records, American Colonists in. Sherwood; 1969; 215p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A Beery, 1982 England, Emigrants from; 1773-76 1976 206p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 British Ancestry. Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald Kenneth Savery 1906293p 1974 Reprint of 1966 edition which had title: In Search of Ancestry. Purchased 1975 by Betty Washington chapter, DAR in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A), N. Faye Woodward, Mamie Tilford Gowans (Mrs. R.E.), Blanche Deichert, and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) German Research, Genealogical Handbook. 1978; 205p Germanic Genealogy, Address Book. 1980; Stapled; 64p Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Frank Adam 8th ED 1975 624p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Scottish Family History Margaret Stuart 1979 386p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Original Scots colonists of early America 1612-1738 David Dobson 1989 370p indexes. Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of LaVerne Sanders Brownlee (Mrs. W.O.) And Loraine Martin Howard (Mrs. Paul E.) & Nellie McBratney Mitchell. Scotch Irish, The. Hanna; Vi-623p; v2-602p (N. Britain, N. Ireland, N. America Donated by Pauline A. Mellies The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants from Great Britain to America. Plan John Camdm First published London 1874 580p Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in 1979 in memory of . " Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) And Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs Buford) New World Immigrants Volume 1 568p, Volume IT 602p Edited by Michael Tepper �FG4 FG5 FG6 FG7 FG8 FG9 FG 10 FG 11 FG 12 FG 13 FG 14 FG 15 FG 16 FG 17 FG 18 FG 19 FG20 Cortelyou genealogy; John Van Zandt Cortelyou 1874- 607p 1942 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Gall & Nothstine families 1730-1964 144p Martha Agnes Nothstine Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Barbara E. Clason Family 1991 Gatch, Godfrey descendants 505p 1972 First edition, limited to 300 copies ..... This is #299. Flyleafhas dedication inscribed by the author. Hardings in America209p Wilber Judd Harding 1868- Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Ida G. Lyons, and contains emendations and corrections by her. Henckel Family Records. In Europe & America 1635-1717 2 booklets May, 1926. Jackson. Three hundred years American. 1877 By Alice F. and Bettina Jackson 368p 1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Keyser, Miller - Descendants of Miller & Cockey Donated by Pauline A. Mellies (Mrs. E.V.) Jun 1991. Note- Kenmore- home of Betty Washington Lewis-see page 13. Menger- directory of the descendants of Johann Friedrich Menger. Howard 42p 1971 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, and Weiler. by Mrs. Lewis E. Howard, June, 1975 Penick family. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. VA; 1982 330p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 Texan Nellie B----Tales of a. 122p Angela Morgan Burton 1970. Given to Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Previtt, Keele, Rhoads, White, Smith, Bebout, Wray etc., Shawnee Co. KS. Gravestoes; Jane Peebles Sexton Chapter DAC Robison!Abels, Marie Robison Abels, Gerrard; Heraldic Art of a Few of Our Families. 59p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by Marie Robinson Abels SmithlFlake Family Tree Book; Relatives of General William Alexander Smith and W. Thomas Smith, Julia Flake Bums and Osmer D. Flake 304p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Smock family in US 1842-1926 John Conover Smock. 47p 1922 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library 1973 Stafford, Laban His ancestors and descendants EmestNean Stafford 1892286p 1962 Gift to BettyWashington Chapter, DAR, from the Lawrence Free Public Library, June 1969 Van Benthuysen, Bleecker, Conde, DeForest, Lansing, Myer, Turk, Truex, VanBurean, Van Epps, VanPatten, Van Slyck, all of Dutch and Huguenot origin in New York. 1884Alvin Seaward VanBenthuysen and Edith M. McIntosh Hall. 592p 19~~. Presented to B~tty Washington . 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Do.dge City, KS; 40 No.tebo.o.k pages, 1990 RESEARCH AIDS-section code RA RA 1,2 RA 3 RA 4 RA 5 RA 6 RA 7, 7a RA 8 RA 9,10,11 American and English genealo.gies in the Library o.fCongress 805p,1910; Given to Betty Washingto.n Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 1919v 1332p American Armory, Coats of Arms in US Bo.lto.n 223p 1927 Given to. Betty Washingto.n Chapter, DAR, by Mrs. B.A Beery, 1982 Everyone has ro.o.ts. Camp, Antho.ny J. 189p 1978 Given 197~ by Betty Washingto.n Chapter DAR in memo.ry o.fMargaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Bufo.rd). Do.n't Cry Timber! Prudence Groff Michael c1970, 1978 printing 75p Given 1979 by Betty Washingto.n Chapter, DAR, in memo.ry of Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P. and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Bufo.rd). . Ho.w To. 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DAR, America's Fan Club 360p 1974 Peggy Anderson Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter Dar in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A.), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs.Edward A.), Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs. A.N.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.) Reports Report of National Society. 1900-1901 506p; 1902-03 475p of CAR and appendix of Revolutionary soldiers lists. A Century of Service- The story of the DAR; Hunter; 248p, 1991 Softbound. Honor Roll 1993-4 Betty Washington Chapter purchase. In Washington. NSDAR Diamond Anniversary, 1890-1965. 118p Presented to Betty Washington chapter, DAR, by Myra S. Keeler in memory of her mother. KANSAS DAR mSTORY & INFORMATION- section code-KSDAR KSDAR 1 KSDAR2 KSDAR2a KSDAR3 Kansas DAR History 1894-1938: 1938; 133p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Kansas Directory of DAR Current edition (Centennial edition) 1990 KSDAR Directory 2000 Looking Back, Trails to the Second Century. The Centennial History 18961996 267p 1997 MAGAZINES (Boxed, Bound)-section code- Mag American Genealogy Magazine 1929 2 boxes NGS Quarterly. 1921-1941; various state vital records. 1 box NSDAR Magazines 35 bound volumes 1895-1932, 1958 NSDAR boxed various years ADDITIONAL INFORMATION These books were moved to the Watkins MuseumlLibrary some time in the past.: History of Kansas DAC Society 1972 DAC Lineage Books V 1,3,4,5,8,9, DAC Yearbooks. 13 volumes 5,( i11 1 ~O{)3 {'omH1}te~ f hy/ L's§e/I u,·ld€. ra.r/ey' t:zv/,"rte. Afcll/~s rfereflit 11 YlVII"..e Ae'{rJ~m fzy la//~r Tod j UJtJOdWClVd . DQ~ leI'J€ SIa.ra..('-(lh'JI~VI1h'" - _~cS c· " �FmST BIENNIAL REI'OHT. No place in the broad Union has had so conspicuous a history in the progress of slavery emancipation and the cvents of the war as Lawrence. the eOllnty scat of Douglas county. In enrly dill'S it was by generulconscnt called the" City of Free· dom," and was really. tluring the slll"cry agitation of 1854-5-6, the only place in the territory where it was safe to speak against the institution of sla,·ery. Its thrill. ing blstory of suffering. prcccdlDg and during the war. has give;' it the significant appellation of the" Historic City." The town was originally settled by a colony from New England. under the auspices of the New England Emigraut Aid Society, with a few from other States who fell in by tbe way. This party len Massachusetts July 17, 1854, and arrived and camped on· the site of the present State University, coming witb ox teams pur· chased in Missouri, about noon on Tuesday, August 1,1854. In two weeks aner, n second party, numbering some sixty or seventy, under the supervision of Dr. Charles Robinson and S. C. Pomeroy, arrived. These were aoon followed by a third and fourth party, which matcrinllyangmented the numbers of the colony. The infant cIty wns known by the names of Wakllrusa and New Boston-the ]l[issourians call. ing it Yankee town• ,o •= ". : 1 101 ;,,· .. I. ..·::f DOUGLAS COUNTY. MAp OF DOUGLAS (''OUNTY. KANSAS. 1878. IIi ---~ r" ~. • ( l;i C, IP Il~~7 LA II [OjNjJ >IJI;<: II!' 1'" IY [eLj IIi a. --L (VII """001 no,,"eo. 1!:l4 ~ f V" !~ P' t.\ ~ 1\1 B.XffiI ra. l.~ 1 1,\· r j:."11 tI.'llS. ~ 'II '..r:bn 1<, """U r- 1.1, I.~ fe) ~. . . . ~ ...(i""'-..J II If"( ~ ~~. :1 fA N f.( ~ r~ SI PIii. »t., If!If' :IX ... Xl li:-liJ ...... ...'IolI' .. C&..Ea.r·.. c..- VIEW OF L.'\WRE:qCE. o...,-pbr of Itaa.u.) (I'rom tt.pcr., ~ The colony aoon located, principally in the Yalley on the river bank near the nonh end of Massachusetts strceL Chnrlcs II. Branscomb and J nmes Blood hlld previously eXI*lIw the cOUDtry, ao<l hlld rt'Commended this location. TIllS s.ettlement "Was made agninst the threats of Pro.S·la""Ij· men in all directions thnt these anti.slavery men should be driven {rom the count~y. The first rallying of forces from Lawrence was on tIle night ot September SO, 1854, for the protection of Rev. Thomas J. Ferril, a Frec.stnte Methodist preacher from ~lissouri, but his assaIlants, who had sur· rounded hIS house; threatcned violeuce and the destruction of propcrty, retrented on the appearance of a body of armt...1 Frec.stllte Dlen wllhout injury to eitbcr party. On the 1st of October the tent of a Frcc·Slate man was toru down-the Instrument se· lected belDg a woman. The Pro· Slavery men mIlled to prevent its re.crecllon, about twcnty armed Free.State men rallying and re.erccting tile tent without violence on eIther side; but 11 rellewal of the "!tack was threatened the next dill', when a cui\.· sldcruble baml of Pro·Sin\"cry mcn a!,pcnred, but, &.>cing thclr opponents ready, retrenled wtth renewed threats of ,"engeance. The town was nllme,1 Lawrencc OctOUcI' I, 1854, in ·honor of Amus A Lawrenc~, 8 �102 STATJo: BOAnn OF AGIUClTLTURJ-:. of Doston, who IIflerwards donated '10,000 for educational purposes, which WIIS slll>sequenLlyappr.Jprinted to the University of Kansas, whiCh is locnted at Lawrence. Early in Octob~r, 1854; Andrew II. Reeder, the first governor of Knnsas, arrived, had a reception, a festival, and n speech of welcome by Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, and made a conciliatory speech, evading the slavery question. nod recommending the cultivation of harmony and order. The first winter WIIS ono of great hardship, the people mostly living in sod houses and shanties made of clap-boards. At the first election-an election for delegates to Congress only-November 8,1854, there Was great excitement, and a man by the name of Davis attacked a pro-sla,.cry man, named Kibhee with a bowie-knife, with execrations and oaths, threatening to .. cut his abolition heart out," when Kibbee shot Davis. This was the first homicide in Kansas, and occurred about two miles south of Lawrence. Kibbee was arrested, held in prison at Fort Leavenworth for a short time, bailed out, but ne"-er tried. Fms'\' BII.:NNTA r. REPORT. 103 . . '. . 1 .' of which the r"lIowing IS a {flf.'imilt, reduced hy "ho.t(~. ·pnnl.ct! In I,lrge J~) It) pe.. 'nl1luce of the arllcle, 115 illustrnling thesed 81l1"t llf'l'nl\"inf1" show1Dg the exnct npllc lJ ti~I;L'S. :r"the The spots In the plate, which nrc t.:lken imperfectly. were cau $parks from the burnIDg of the editor's dwelling bouse. y or OUR ENSLAVEMENT' , TSB DAV On the 10th of January, 1855, a school was established, Edward FitCh, teacher, supported by voluntary contributions, and free to all. This WIIS the first free school In Kansas, and Was the commencement of free schOOls. The winter of 1854-.~ Was passed with no dangerous Violence, but on the 80th of lIIarch, 1855, about 700 armed men from Missouri voted at the election for members of the Legislature; but, o"ing to the overwhelming numbers of the pro.slavery men, none of them were chailenged, and the enemy, who camped on the town Site, departed for Missouri the next mom. ing. Silas Bond was shot at and driven from the polls because he was regarded as an obnoxious Free.State man. The first Fourth of July celebration in Lawrence was largely attended, and was defiantly Anti.Slavery, Gov. Charles Robinson delivering the address and John Speer presenting the toasts. In the summer, Col. James H. Lane and others made a futile effort to organize the National Democratic party, but the meeting resulted in a can of the Free-State citizens for a convention at Lawrence early in August, and that meeting provided for the historic Big Springs Convention, held September II, 1855. In June, 1855, a meeting was held in Lawrence, John Speer presiding, at which resolutions were adopted to resist any laws which might be passed by the Legislature, and declaring that that body WIIS elected by armed Usurpers from Missouri. This Was really the commencement of the war in Kansas. Charles W. Dow, a peaceable, unoffending :F'ree.State man, was murdered near BaMwin City, November 21, 1855, by Franklin N. Coleman, nnd \he rescue oC Jacob Branson by a band of FreeStste men from Sheriff Jones, with a posse of about an equal number, followed. This brought on wbat has become historic as the Wakarusa war. Twelve hundred Pro-Slavery men, prinCipally from lIIissouri, besieged Lawrence. and about six hun_ dred Free-State nlen, under the command of Gov. Charles Robinson as Commander_ in-Chief, and James H. Lane as Brigadier-General, defended the place. Five forts of earthwork or rifle pits, were erected, and a vigorous defense prepared for. Finally a kind of treaty of peace was patched up, and the Pro.Slavery men returned to :&Iissouri. During the scige Thomas W. Barber, a peaceable F~tate man, was murdered. A State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor under the Topeka Constitution, was held in Lnwrence·on the22d of December, 1855; Ilt which Charles Robinson received the nomination. The first Territorial Legislature passed a law inflicting the penalty of death for enticing away or in nny manner aiding a fugitive slave, and imprisonment oC not less than two years for writing, printing or publishing" noy denial of tho., right of persons to hold sla,·es in this Territory," and fixing tbe 15th day of September, 11!55, Cor the taking effect of the Jaw. 011 that day there was published III the KalWl. Tribune, edited by John Speer, nn article occupying a full page of thnt paper, and TI e 5l,rln " of 1856 opcn~d wlIh •• ..cat I'roUllSC, . und·eve·r'·thing seemed rnir fot the J I " " '.. young settlcment Many ncw emigrants wcre dnlly arriving to sweIIb the B number of d settlers. S. N. Wood. who had been engaged in the rescue of Jaco ~nson, ~.n bad heen Enst since that aflilir. ret urnetlto Lawrence. hold nnd defiant, brlDf~lng "It~ .him II. number of l!'ree-Statceruigrunts of the Slime "'mper. Ue WIl8 soon a er Ilrres �104 STATE ._------ BOARO O~' AGRICUJ.TURF.. ed loy S ,T. .Tones. aCling as sherif!', accompanied by a posse; but Wood refused toacknowledge Ihe a uthoriIy, und wllS resclIl~1 by some of his friends. Soon after Jones appeared ill Ihe town wilh n cOlllpany of United 8tales drogoons, and arrested a. dozen prominent I!'rl'e-Stute men. Thnt night, ,!hile sitting in his tent, Jones "'asshot. and dangerousl y wounded. The act was denounced by Ii publ ic meetmg of Free-State. men. but a perfect reign of terror followed, and La~nee WIIS again threatened wilh destruction. On the 21st of Mny, Jones, partly recovered from his wound, entered the town with a body of UnIted Slates troops, and a large number of Pro-Slaverymilitia. principally from MIssouri. and destroyed the Ji'ree-StatIJ and Herald of Freedom prmting offices, the Free-Stute hotel, Gov. Robinson's dwelling on ]I[ollnt Oread,. and pIllaged. and robbCd stores and private nouses. About the same time, Messrs. Hoyt, Stewart and Jones, Free.Stnte men, 'were murdered, and Cbarles Robinson,. John Brown. Jr., G. W. Smith, H. H. Williams, G. W. Deitzler, G. W. Brown, and. Gaius Jenkins, were imprisoned in tents ncar Lecompton, gnarded by United States. St,ldlers, having been arrested on a chnrge of treason. About the last of September 2,700 Pro-Slavery men appeared in SIght of Lawrence, and the town was tempora... rily defended by Free-Stute men, under the command of :Maj. J. B. Abbott •. until Gov. Geary, who had just arm-ed ia the territory, interposed for their protection with United States troops. A Pro-Slavery fort at Hickory Point, thirty' lUiles north of Lawrence, was enptured by a body oC Free-Stute men, two of the. enemy killed, and the night Coli owing one hundred and one of the Free-Stute men. were arrested on charges of murder and treason, by United States troops, and con .. fined in prison at Lecompton. Gov. Geary, for his attempts to protect Lawrence and the Free.Stute men, had his, life threatened, and wasactunlly compelled 10 arm these prisoners for his own defense,. und finally left the territory. The Free·St:tle men from this time grew in strength,. anti in 1857 a Convention was held at 'Lawrenee which determined to participate in.' the election under the .. bogns laws." Frouds were perpetrated at Oxford, on the, Stute hne, by which it was hoped to cheat the district, of which Lawrence was a part, . out of the election of three members of the TerritorIal Council, and seven members. of the House. A party ";"ent from Lawrence to hang the judges of election at that place, and a. rene"'alof scenes of violence became imminent. The returns of the Oxford elec. tion.were rejected hy the returning bo:trd, composed of Gov. 1Valker and Secretary' Stanton, and an extra session of the Legislature called to devise measures for the tak .. ing of a fSlr vote On the Lecompton Conslitution. This constitution was formed at. u.'COmpton, and was ingeniously fram~<l for the purpose of establishing slavery in the proposed State of Kansas, without submitting that question to a vote oC the peo .. pIe, and was a cause of the renewal of the slavery excitement.. Lecompton was tben t~e heudquarters of the Pro-Slavery men, and with every obtainable vehicle, about. eIght hundred armed men, with Gen. JIlmes H. Lane at their head, escorted the trio umphant Frec-State Legislature from Lawrence to Lecompton. Thenceforward the Free-Stute men were in power in the Territory, and the Territorial Legislatures oC' 1858, '59 and '50 adjourned from Lecompton and held their sessions in Lawrence. . The First and Second Kansas Regiments, and other troops for the war, were organ. lZed at Lawrence. The city grew ~pidly during the firstyenrs of that war. August, 21, 1863. tbe lUost terrible massacre of the war occurred at Lawrence. At ~he dawn of day, WID. C. QUllntrill, a notorious bushwhacker and guerrilla, dashed Into the town, meeting many of the unarmed citizens in their night clothes. ThB town was pillaged and burned, 160 citizens were murdered, leaving 80 widows and 250 orphans, and property amounting 10 about 12,000,000 dcstroy~-d. Two solid 105 FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT. 1,locks of buildings on Massachusetts stfl"Ct, nnd nearly every good dwelling in the -city, were burned. This was a terrible blow to the city'S prosperity, but the nc"l 'year was a prosperous one, and the city wus rebuilt wit~1 unexampled acl~vlty. PopulatIOn, in 1860,8,667; in 1870, 20,592; increase III ten years, 11,955; pop11lB·tion in 1875,18,505; decrease in five years, 2,087; popullltion in 1878,18,931; incl~8."" in eighteen years, 10,2114. Hursl population, 9,0;S; cIty or town population, 9.853; per cent. oC rural to City or town population, 47.90. . POPULATION or 181S, by TOWDsblpl aDd CIties. TOWNIIHtPII AIID CITIU. TOWN81f11"8 CfTIBS. POP. \ 1 <l1=ID-,-oo----- ---:::882=-1 .Kanwab.-::.:::::::::::: ~m~·sjiri,;r'.:::::::: 870 ..urn I por-l RDdora""""""""'jl.1821 Lawreoce City .________ 7.4ft! TOWNflorrs .AND emu. Orant ••.•.••••.•••••... Lecompton ....... _ ... _ Pop, bl9 935 \:m I.~~~::::::::::::::: .. ~~.. ~~.~~~.:':::::::::::: --.~~ Ji'actJ of the Country.-Bottom land, 20 per cent.; upland,80 per cent.; forest (Gov. -emmentsurvey) 6 per cent.; prairie, 94 per cent. Average width oC bottoms, One mile; general surface of the country undulating. . Timber.-The width of timber belta ranges from a few rods to one ml1e. Varie-ties: walnut, ash, hackberry, oak, elm, cottonwood, etc. Principal Streanu.-The Kansas river and the Wakarusa. The Cormer runs a 'liUle south of east, forming all but a small portion of the northern boundary; the latter flows through the central portion. a little north of east. Also numerous small :streams. The county is well supplied "'ith springs, good weJl water obtuined at a -depth of 25 feet. . Coal.-Coal is suppoSP.d to underlie the whole county. Thickness from 12 to 20 inches, and at a depth of from 10 fcct below the surface downward; quality poor, -and not much developed as yet. BUilding Stone, etc.-Plenty of building stone of fine quality in various localities. Fire and pottery clay reported on ]I[ount Oread, near Lawrence. . Railroad Connectiom.-Tbe Kansas Pacific Railway crosses the northern comer of ·the county; principal stulion, Lawrence. The Leavenworth, Lawrence & G~v~ton Railway runs nearly through the centre of the county Crom north to south; prmclpal stutions, Lawrence, Baldwin City, Prairie City. The Bt. Louis, Lawrence & Denver (Pleasant Hill) Railroad follows the Knnsas ri\"er to De Soto, Johnson county, thence southeast to Olathe lind Pleasaut Hill, ]1[0. The Lawrence & Southwestern Railroad connecta Lawrence with the Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad at Carbondale, m. Osage county.. The Kansas Midland Railroad runs on the south bank oC the Kansas river from 'l'opcka to Kansas City; principal stutions, Lawrence, Lecompton and E;'dora. Agricultural Stati.tiu.-Acres in the county, 800,160; taxable acres, 291,087; un· der culli\'ation, la7.003.75; CUlth'lIll-d to taxable acres, 47.07 per cent.; increase of . ~ultivated acres during the year, 320. Val"" of.Garden Produce, Poultry and Egg. Sold during the Year.-Garden produce, $13,356; poultry and eggs, $11,336. Old Crn-n on H,uul.-OId corn On hand March 1st, 1878, 452,169 bushels, or an ayer· age of 119 bushels to each family. . Dairy Produch.-Cheese manufactured in 1875, 9,465 Ibs.; in 1878, 5,587 Ibs.; :decreaSe, 8,878 Ibs. Butter manufactured in 1875,304,542 Ibs.; in 1878,385,702 Ibs.; increase, 81,160 Ibs. �107, 106 STATE BOARD OF ·AGJUCULTUHE. STATEMENT .howlnl' tbe ACI'Ca2<l 01 FIeld Crop. named rrom 18'N to I81S. loclu.lye. 1874. Winter Wh .. t ••• _........... Rye .•••••• _...... ............ Sprtng WheaL ........... :... 4.&:16.00 1118 00 1159.00 IIr.5. 18l6. Is;s. 18i7•. 18.618.001,47000· 29\!.00 48.1195.00- 4,6M. '1M. MS. :;:"'1:,;:::.:'::;::::::::::::::':: 43.ag!l:::: 49.~: Io,m:::: lri.b pot at............. ; .... 1,438 00 Sweet Potatoe......... _..... 159 00 1,'IlI8. 106. IlY.OO 1,419.00· 611 SO· 229 00' 16:1.00' 8:18. ·.. ·420:·· ·•.. ooi:60· 834. m.oo· t~k"'Ii';;i:.::::::::::::::::: ~..":~:mBWii:::::::::::::::: CotlDn.... ................... Flax......... ... ............ 89.011- 9.~: 8.562.00- u.:.::: I:J:4.25 .25 7.00 ¥~~:::: ::::::: :::::::::: I,:::: ·8i:: t'ii7:,~ .~1J·,j,;g,;rl.;,;:::::::: "'mOO "iii1''' 7., 19.011- 111. 203.2:1- 8,522. 8,219 00' 2,383 00 8,6U.00· 714 '1'\3.159 2O,m. 11.~.00· 810. 1!tl.0II- . 64 196.00I.OM. 873.00· 1l.I.18l 25.516 00- . ~:;!.~~b\i:!d':.'!:.~:::::::::::: ~::1:::: l~: ~~~IM)',~~~:.;;:::::::::::: 11.~:::: 17.:.; Clo\"er Pastore .. _.. __________ 29f 00 29-1. B1n<--Gra.. Putnre ......... 642.00 114t ?rairle Paotare....... _••••.. 16,2113.00 14,918. Total ••• _................. 99.912.25I-I-()7-.liIJ)-.; - - - I lnereue tn six yean, 87+ per cenL Average iDcn>aae per """IUD, 6.1&+ per cent. RANK or Dougl... Countrln tb. Cropo named below.... to Aerer.ge, and In CulUvated Acreage; ror tbe ""' ... mentioned In the rOregolDg table. 80 «: ..... Wheat ........ ............... Coro .... _...... _............. Total A ...._ In .11 Crop. ... ~8l2. flm. ~~m876. ~I~. i 21' 7 8 19 4 1 84 18· 7 62 6 2 44 7 6 81' 12 I 8· 35 18· IT * STATEMENT .howlng the Acres. Prodact and Vala. or Prlncfpal Crop. ror 18'18.. together with tbeIocroue aud Deerea.se as compared wltb urn. _.:.-_-I~·I*~=· ;?; '5i ____c_8O_.... WInter Wb ••t .••••••• ba 18.5IU .7.<88.00 la. 351.1142.00 147.912.00 In.' 232..215."12 • t8.313.12in_ Rye ................... bn. 1,4711. 'I6li.00 d.. 85.424.00 16.119.00 de. lo,6ll7.1lO 7,4It.81d•• Spring Wbeat. ....... bn. 192. 243.00 In. 2,1120.00 2.832.00 In. 1.606.00 1.000.44la_ • COrD .••••••••••.•••.•• ba. 48,895i':~ I~.OO de. 1,'114~.00 932.126.00 de. 842,966.00 292.303.1l.1dc_ ~~~:::.::.:::::::::: •• ~:.. 8.562. 89. 47.00 de. 1.781 00 200.00 de. 623.00 193.00de_ 2,128.00 lu. 26i1.4t1.00 8.062.00 In. 43.121.14 8,944.1410. Buckwh •• t. .......... hn. IItOi 10.00 d.. 2.88).00 882.00 In. 1.901.00 . 665.60lu •. :r:.::,t~::~~;,:::::::~:: 1,4~:~ 8orgbum ••••••.••••• gall Cootor Be.n ••.•• , •••• ha. 229.Oi 162.0: ~:~ ~:: ~=:::: ~f::::: ~:: ~:=.~ ~=~~;.. 18:).00 d.. lil<I.OO d.. 26,lm.00 2,480.00 21,275.00 de. 2,l!8O.oo d.. I&lfI7JlO 8,087JlO lo.&a"7JlOde•. 1,6"I2.SOd... ~~~::.:' ::::::.:'::.:1::: ....6oj.e( ·"isi:60·;it: ····8,421·:00 ·"4.2ili".oo·iit: ·· ..8:01.00 ·".:liii.ciii;': BClDP···· _........... Ib.. 1!O9.00 de. laooo 00 192.280.00 d.. 6,900.00 11.211 In. 14.060.00 8.~.00 In. 1.406.00 to:i:2 92211ln 16200000 T.l.8(lOOO 10 6.09'7SO 8,219:!.l lI03.00 de: 9:631'00 : 28m de: ~8.28l:00 8,6t4r~ 1.259 00 In. 6,l\MJ.20 2.266.20 In. 89.356.20 "185. 71 SO 10. 1.49"2.'~ 135.35 In. 8.9iH.'10 21.602 1,400 00 10. 84,663.00 ·2,24800 In .. lllO.!r.1lJlO·. .125.!x. TObaCco •••••.•••••••• Ib•. '. ··19.~ Broom Corn .......... lb.. Millet .nd Hnngarlan IDn. TImothy MeadOw •••• IDU mover M •• daw ...... tou PraIrie M.ado ........ lDn. 11,536.1Kld•.. g"JlOiD. 2,71i7SOi 142:SOd:~ 13.rf.I7.20ln. 8IS.101n.. 7.850.SOIn.. . i[~~~~~~~~§§ ~~:~ ;.i5i ~~~ ~~~~~.~~~~~;~ ~;~~~~~~~~~~~~ :~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~;~ . TotaL, •.•...•........ 187.003."r. SIlO 00 In .....•••....•............•. 5924.526.31 S:UO.880.lUde. Farm Animal&.-Numbcr of borses, In 1877,7,012; in 1878, 6,045: dccrensc, 67. Mules and asses, In 1877,537: in 1878,657; increase, 120. )liIch cows, in 1877,7,163: in 1878,7,143: decrease, 2Q. Other cattle, in 1877;·10,995; in 1878, 12,750, Increase, 1,755. Sheep, In 1877, 2,5\0: In 1878,2,477: decrease, 88. SWine, in 1877,.17,583: in 1878, 26,222: increase, 8,63.9. Sheep Killed (,g Dog••-Number of sheep killed by dogs, 49; value of slieep killed by dogs, $147. . . Wool.-Clip of· 1877, 5,920 Ibs. . YallUl of Animoi. SlauglltemL-Value of animals slaughtered and ·sold for Slaugh. ter during the year, $229,452.08.. . HorticultuTe.-,Number of acres nu,.series, 284. Number of trees in bearing: · apple, 121,972: pear, 4,088: peacb,82,412; plum; 1,6M; chcny, 23,944. Number of trees not.in.bearing: apple, 95,424; pear, 4,214: peach, 16,370: plum, 979: cberry, .... . Herd l"mD..:...The herd law Is not In force. One correspondentaays:" Jfwe do not ~ruL secure it, it will take all our timber to rebuild fences in the next five yeal'8." An. other correspondent writes: "It would add ten dollars to the value of every acre of bottom land, and five dollars to every acre of upland In the county." A third report states that It is viewed uDfavorably ·by some few in t.he county. Fenca.-Stone, 85,210 rods: cost, $127,815. Rail, 178,259 rods; cost, $231,746.70. Board, 70,663 rods; cost, $98,923.20. Wire, 83,079 rods; cost, $23,155.30. Hedge, 355,805 rods; cost, $177,697.50. Total rods at fence, 722,606; total cost, $659,342.70. Apiacultunl.-Number of stands of bees, 864; poUDds of boney, 9,250: wax, 114. YallUl of .Agricultural Implement.t. -Amount invested in agricultural implements, 157,498. . Manufactu1"eI.-Baldwin City: sieam grist mill, capital, $1,500. Eudora town· ship: steam grist mill, capital, $10,000. City of Lawrence: steam fio.uring mill, . capital, $11,000; water power fiouring mill, capital, a25,OOO; water and steam fiour ing mill, capital, $12,000; wind power, wagon and plow mannfactory, capital, $50,000; fonndry, capital, $25,000; cabinet works, capital, tG,OOO; pottery, capital, ,t,ooo; soda water manufactory, capital, $2,000; paint works, capital, $3,000; steam soap factory, capital, $10,000; shirt mannfatory, capital, $800; vinegar works, capital, · $5,000: gas works, capital, $25,000. Valuation and IndebtedMIt.-Assessed valuation of personal property, $1,118,402; railroad property, $459,1182.76; total assessed valuation of all property, $4,987,879.76; . true valuation of all property, .$8,312,299.60. Total indebtedness of county, town· · ship, city, and school distriCts, $1,148,695.27; per cent. of indebtedness to asseSsed valn.ation, 23+. Nnmpap<,·Hu/orV.-The lint number orthe H,ra.ld qf Frttdom .... dated W.karu .... K.n .... October 21. 18M, but wu prfnted In PeuuylvanJa,; The second number was pabU.hed at Lawrence, .JaDu.ry 6. 18511. )lay It. 18511. the om"" w.. d.. troyed by the BonIer ltulIIan.. and tbe publication was .u.pended. II ..... re-eatabllobed In the roliowIDg November, aDd conUnned until 1859, when.1I lInally . Jobn S~r prlDted ODO number 01 tb. Kan.a. Pionur In OhIo, dated October 15,.I~. h.vIng n.lted Kanaaa the month p",vlon.ly, and prepared hI. edItorial. In thaI territory. RelW1llng to Iran.... with bl. ·materlal, be ronnd that a pro-.lavery p.per called tbe Pion", had been .. tabti.hed at Klckapoo. Dear Leavenworth. He therefore ch8Jlgcd t\le name of hie paper to tbe Kan,(U Tribune., · and published tho 1Init number at Lawrence. .January 6, 18&1. 8. N. Wood became a partner, .nd the paper wsa publ1ahed untU November. J.8.'5,). when It 'WIl8 remoTed. to Topeka. In July, or that rear, It wilapubllahed-u dally roroneweek. At Topeka, Speer a.oocIated with blm W. W. Ro.. as .; .... ""rtner.-· They continued the: publl.. tlon until February, 18!i7. ·when Speer oold out to Roea· . Brotben. . . The KanIa. Plw.1JtaU .... atailed at Lawrence, by Jo.lah Miller and R. O. ElIlotl, In JaDlW"T, .xPlred. a �HlS ~. and contloued. UlIllay'21, 18!S6, wben the oftice WIl8 dcelroTCd by" border nlftlan". ': It was re,,<ed by It. G. Elliott, and publlAbed at Delaware, Ka...a.. ror a .borllimo. ... Tbo Locomplon w..·eatabll.bed In tbe .prlDg or 18M, bl'.10D" .. FarI •. Th. IIrm waa. ctUlU,;ed. a tew monlhe after the eatabllehmODt or tbe paper, to Jonee & BennctL ""en tbo paper .u.pendell.ID U!61. the material or tb. olllce or.. nnnoved to Moryavlllo. Dnrllll: lbe IAat yeer or Ita exIstence It waa edited byW. P. HODlgnmcry;Dow ecIltoror tho Halll CUV S ...IIAe/. Tbe IIrat nomber or tb. La",,"",," Rq>ublktJn waa I..aed Hal'28. 18S7; Norman Allen, proprlelor.·· T. D. Tbacber. editor. ID tb. eammer or 18:58, T. D. Tbacber. S. O. Tbacber and S. M. Thacber bought Allen oaL In l859. S. O. Tbecbcr aold ble Inlorcat to bl. p.rtne... December 27. I8SO, lb. e8labUabment wa. 80Id to Jom Speer. who took lD as portner tor three months VeJTe8 Ntcholu .' Smilh.· now or Chappaqua, N. Y., who merned !41•• lela, daagbter or Horace Greeley. Rey. H. lL )loore .uccceded Smllb ror three mODtha. and Speer conllDaed tb. p.per a100. aD1I1 Scptem, . ber" 1862, wben be eoldlt bacIt toT. D. Tbacber. Durlngth.lAat ....Ion or the Territorial LoKI.·. Iatnre In U!61. tbe llqnlbli<XJA woe publl.bed .. a dally by Speer'" SmIth. )lr. Tbacber con· tlnued to pubUab tha p4per. In conDccllon wllb S. M. Tbecbcr. until the QUDDtrllI tDII888CI'O, . A _ t II. 1862, ,..ben tb. omce, boolu, IIGCOUDta, Ubrary aDd CTerytblDg ...... totally coDlamed. Fe1msary I. 1868, tb. llq>lIblI<:an waa .......tabll.bed by Hr. Thacber. and COIlUnued unlll Harcb " l869, wben It waa CODaoIldated wltb the SI4U JowrAal and lbe Ot/aUItJ HDf1U Jou1"fWJ'.lll the 1l,pH/)/IaJA Dtul" JOIU"IItJI and the WealtrA HDr1W JourAtJl. weekly. . . Th. Fr_', CAlzmploAw.. etarted at PraIrie Cltr. by s. S. proatr. Juno 2:1, l8S'l. being printed under a tent erected by the ladlea ror tbet p11rpoae. Eleven nUm bera were I..oed, wblcb the p4bhcallon wee oaapended. Three mODtbe Jater. Hr. Prouty. In compaDy with O.IYer P. Willett, .... T1.-.d tb. CAlzmplDn. After three monlh.. WllleU withdrew. aDd lb. pabllcallon wee contln\led by Prouly DUIII September, 18:58, wben be dlaconuuned the p11bhcallon, rorty numbon hAvlDg bocn IUned In anCOD mODIha. Tbe mateiial upon wblch th. CAtzmpion w .. printed ..... pnrcbaeed or o. W.llrown, or the HlNJld qf Fr..dtJm, by lb. PralrI. City Towu CompaDY. Tho preea ..... th. OD.: broapt to th. Temtory In l834. by Rev• .1. Heeker, a DepU.t mluloDlU'J' to the Ottawa IndiaD•• U""". after Tb. Nallonal D ....D<nJt wee.tarted at Lecompton, February 23, 1858, by S. W. Drlgga. It "De p11b ll.bed 1111 Oclober. I86O, ...ben th. material ..... removed 10 Alcbleon. . . The ftnt number o( the Ctnlg,.."tJt.onal llecord or.. pubU.bed III .1anDlU'J'. l8:i9, at Lawrence, R. ; 8. Y. Lum and H. M. Slmpaon, a commIttee or lbe CoD_ilona! AaaoctDtlon, bavlng:. dwje or lbe pebllcollOn. Bev. R. Cordley \lad edttorlAl charge.... llIed by Rey. L. Bodwelland.~ Hey. R. D. Por"er•. It ...... pubU.bed qaanerty nnW .1anDlU'J'. 1882, after wbleb h appa1ed montbll'•. It ..... deetroyed In lb. Qll&Jltrlll nlll. aa wae tbe bouae or til. ed1tor. Hr. Tb"De%t nam· ber. September aad October combined, wee printed. by T. D. Thacber. at the oIIIce or lb. Journal qf C _ Kan... City. and contained a rall accoant of tb. raId, rrom lb. pen or Hr. Cordley. From tbl. Um. the CIlJe or th. pabllcallon cbIefty deYOlved on Hr. l'arker. It belDg prtnted at·Kan ... Cltr. DUIII December. 1864, when It' ..... anopended onlll Jan.. 18&5; It waa lben reT!vecI, under Ib.ecIl· torlaJ care or BeY. .1. D. L1gelt and ReT. P. HeVIcar. and wee printed at Lea.,.,Dvortb on. yeer. It ..... lben trausrerred to Topeka, wltb Heun. HcVIcar aDd Cord Icy. e<!1lora. On tb. complellon 01 lbo elplb volume, :lday.1867. Ita publlcallon or.. abandoned. Tbo numbcra ror Oclober and No... mber. ·1864, conlDln a rail a"""l1nt or lb. Price ID.,..lon. Wblto pubUsbed at LawreDce It wae printed at dlJrercDt tlmea by T. D. Tbacher &; Co•• Speer &; SmIth. and Speer" Hoore. Cordl.,.. Cordl.,.. TboKa"aa, SIoU Journal .acceeded lb. HtrtJld qf Freedom. It waa .. tabU.bed by Joalab Co Truk and Hovey E. Lowman. In Feb<UlU'J'. Ul61. OD the material or lbe HtrtJl4 qf Fru40m. Mr. Trull: wee killed In Ibe QllfDb\ll m ..aacre, Aagnat 11.1863. In the .prlng or l864, LowmllD sold oat to S. C.Smltband W. S. KankID. In HDr. 1865, Jam ... ChrlsllaD and M. W.Re1notdaparcbaeed Smltb·.lnt....1, aDd Ibe peper"":' publl.bed In tb. iwn. or Cbrlslla';' Reynolda &; Co. ID lb. .......atcrof l866, Mr. Reynolda bought th. Intcre.t of Mr. Cbrl.llan. and In 1868, GeOrge A. Rey,.oldao bought the Intorcat or Mr. BaD kin. Harch 1868, lb. peper or.. conaoJldated wllb Ibe Lawn,," llepwbli<XJA Dnd lb. OltaUKI HDr1W JDVTnal. ander the· IIrm nome or Kallocb, Tbaeber ~ ReyDolda. Tbe ])aU, SIal, JOUnlal ......tarted by Chrl.llan &; Reynolds, July 6, 1865. • • Tbe Rtpublkcn DaU" J _ l aDd DaU" KallO,.. Tribu"e. Tbl'; paper waa atarted Horcb a. l888. II ..... a conaolldaUon or the DaU, LaUlruau lltpublkQn puhll.bed by T. D. Tbacher. tho ])aU, SIoU Journal publlibed byH. W. Reynold.. and lb. W ..lena 110".. Journal, a ...eekly paper. publl.bed at OltaWD by L S.·XDllocb, Tbo ftrm wae known .. Kallocb, Tbaeher" Reynolda. In IBn, Mr. Thacher bongbt Ib.lntcreet or bl. partne... and becam~ lbe eole proprietor. In 1874, lIr. F. E. Stlmpeon becam. a pDrtner In lb. conccrn. lit December. 1874, Mea.... Tbiu:ber .. StlmPlOD bought lbe name, good "111. oubacrlpllon nel. and (rancbl ... of IIi. Kan,,.. TribUM, DUd conaoIldated It ,,1lb lbe JOIlT1UlI. tbo Dam. or lbe paper becoming Ibo llepublktJ1I ])aU, Journal aDd tbe DaUIl Kallla, Tnbu.~. . . . . . In l8I8, Hr. sUmpeon rellrccl, Dnd Mr. Tb&cber .g..D became Ihe eol. proprietor. a. 109 FIRST ·BIENNIAL REPORT. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. In 1878.. tho LowreDCC Joumil Compauy ,,'U organized. and CODfUtutCI tbe preseDt publl.bcr uf lbo paper. .. The lYI,ltrn JI011UJ Journal t. tho Dame ot the weekly odittOD of tbe al)()v8• Tho paper I. Republican In pollUco. T. D. Tbaebor ba. bocn couuected· wllb It rrom Ibe heglJi. Ding, and Itlll retall1.8 Ita managcmentllDd contro). . . Tb. Ka,..cu Weitl/l TrIbtu> ...... ....,.tabll.bcd at LaW1'e1lce, by Jobn Speer. JanulU'J' 1.1863. It waa conllnued till Augn.t 21, rollowlng. wben lbo olllce. and mDlerlA1 ...ore doatroycd by QUOD' trlD. Jobn H. Spear and Robert Speer. eon. or .1obn Speer. and Chari.. Palmer. a Journeyman printer, were murdered at thouma time. No¥ember,l883. the TrlbUR6 wu re-eatabU.bed Q8 a. daU7 and weekly by .1obn Speer....bo conllnned Ita publiCAtion till Fcb<UlU'J' I. l8l1. wbeD It wae aoId to J. S. Emery, John ButcblDgi aDd J. H. ShlmmoDI, Bmery acllog as edItor tor a .bon time. wben b. eold bl. Intoreet to Hutcblnga ~ Sblmmon ..... bo conducted the p4per aDIH Aagu.ot 30, 18'/3. At tbl. data I. 8. Kallocb purcbaeed tb. Intercet or SblmmoD':' and edlled tho pDper nuUI Aprll6, I8r4, wben b. eold OIlt to Hutcblugo. lbo IDIIer belDg .ole proprl.tor and editor /'rom Il1&t 11m. ·DUtII July 7. of thet yeer. He (Hutcblnga) tben eold tho oftlco to Eo H. Snow. LOIll. )Jell~ aud John BalD. These parUes., under l.he drm DAmO of SnoW', MeUul A BalD. continned tbe pnbli: cation ot tbe paper. with MelloaAl editor. nntU November 15, 1874. wb.en the paper.pln rell into tne bauda or Hutcblngs, and the publication waa .a.peDded December 6, rollowlng. it,... revived Octoberl1O, l8'l5, by Jobn Speer• .1. It. Covel and George H. B1Cbllrda•. wllh .1olln Speer De ednor. R1cban1a rellred .1anl1&ry IN.. 1876. Speer·;' Co...1 coDlIDucd the pnbllcatlon till )[arch 16, 18'l1. ....ben Speer wltbdre:w. and C.,.,.I ......Ince cerrIed on the paper a1oDe. It I. pDbll.bed D. an """nlng dally. and Ie Independant in poll lice, auPporllnlllbe Grctenbacll: .Ieltet In the lat. COD....... · Tb. Ho".. CIrd4 ......tarted at Bald,ylu Cltr.ln I8iK. by P. A. Emery and .1o.eplt Hoonl. lb. laUer • mUle.' It continued about twel,.e weeks.' . Tbe Young .dmtri<a; ... email amatenr pDper...... pobllabed ror D .bort tim. In ~ Dt Baldwin Clly. by Cbarlca W. 000cIID, a young eon or Joel It. Goodin. . In lS6t, tbe BaldrDiA CU, ObMnir ..aa .taned by Worren Hlicbell. who aoon eolel OIlt 10 Mount .. Bolhngwo~ The paper .upended·ln· about a year. Some months later. In 1865. It was f'C,-h"ed by I. Jobnaon .. Sona. and .ubaequently Walloce .1obDeoli" Co. becom. proprleton. The paper ..... lIIiaJly au.pended, about olx monlb. all.. ".-reT!vaI. aDd lbo material waa removed 10 Fort ScoIL Th. Xan.,.. NnD Era "",,·otaned at LecomplOll, Seplember 16, 1865, S. Weaver. ed1tor and proprlelor. :lday!li, IB67. the paper ..... removed to Medina, .1deraon couDly. and tbence to G ...... bopper Fall •• no" Valley Fall .. wbora It I••1111 conlInued. Tb. NoUl Ero waa and I. a RepnbllCOD paper. The NorIA La~ COurNr ......tarted July !IS, 1866, by.1. S. Bougbton. In Sep_ber rOllowlng the name waa changed to Ibe Ka", Yal/q COlin.,.. l"ebrnuy 9. 1867. George N. IIongblon becam. _laled In tbe pUblication, and coDlIuued nutll .1uD.8th, followlDl(. when ho wltltC1re.... H. C. Whltne,. took .an Interest In, and became editor or, tbo paper Septcmt)Cr 14.1861, and lbe name \"&1 cbanged to tbo C/arlon. In November rollowlng, Mr. Whitney wllbdrew. and Hr. Boughton lipid tbe p4per to Jobn Speer. or lb. Laurrttaa Trlbun .. Hr. IIongbtoD'O peper w.. prlDted • part of th.llme at tbe Journal olllce and part o( Ibe tlmo ot the TrIbune oIIIco. Aner tho .nopenolon or tbe poper• .Jadge H. H. Howardotartedand ror aome tim. pabU.bed the NorIA LaUlnna JourRa/ . Tho Standard. Democratic, ..... establl.bcd a. a ......kly. Seplember 18, 1870, oy a corporallon compaaed or S. K. HO ..D. O. W; Sibert. D. T. Mltchel~ Ely Moore. W. S. Rankin. HeDry Lei •• George A. RCJ'Dold •• aDd WlIaon ShaDnon, Jr. It ...... coDtlnued by them 1111 October. 1871. wileD D. T. lolltcbcll took eola control, aDd pabllabed 11 .. a dallyevenlDg paper 1111 October.lS'M. when E. O. Roe. Dnd F. J. D. Skllr pnrcbaeed IL Tboy publl.bed It till Aagaat. 1876, ",boo Etl Moore wna sabotl· lated ror Skllr, and the PDper waa coDtlnued by Ros. ~ Moore tul October 12, 1876, ",b.D Ros. bec.m. sole proprlctor. and ha,.mg admitted hie BOn.. Pitt Roes. as a partner, October, 1817•. the,.. bave CODtlnued tbo pahllcatlon nntll lbe preaeul time. . The SpirU qf a !"arm and family paper;wee started 01 L:1wrence, F.bruary 18N. by I. S . Kallocb aDd J. T. S'even•• under lb. ftrm D.me or I. S. Kal'ocb & Co. In Feb<UlU'J'. 18'13, :;'eTen. pnrcbaaed Katlocb·. Inle","l. and conllnued lb. papc~ lilt Hay. 18'13, "'beD E. O. RoN beCAme a partDer, ant tbe arm wu Ro.. 4; Stevena. In JUDe~ 1874, tbe pllrtDerablp was diaaolved. aDd )lr. SCcTen. baa sInce been tho editor aodaole proprietor. . rtt. E"rUng Paver waa .tarted .1DDDIU'J' 8, l8'l5, by E. G. Ro... Dnd pubtl.bed ror tbree wcokl!. wben . t&. .Dl!peDde~ after tho Knatorial electloD. . .• The StaU St"Untl, dcyoted·t,o the temperance catllC, waB.to.ncd 10 Leo.vcnwortb hy Dand C. BcdC~ wbo remo.,ed Itto Lawrence JuI19.1m, and continued (0 publish It to JllnlUlry 1. 18'l6. wben It au. ponded. . The Voz.Populi. a wt.ock),. paper, wne .toned ot La\1'I'Cncc. to 1872, b,. Hcnry Bronson ADd J. O• We1brtatl~ II was pub1l.bcd a (cwmonthFonl1. and merged tbe SlaH.dard. I!."a,..,... a. '0. Scho<:z,."-N.umber of organized districts, 84; school·population, 7,6111; average �110 STATE. BOARD. OJ!' AGRICULTURE.' salary of teachers,· per month, malcs, $8D.77; females, $30 28. School houses huilt .dunng 1878, 8, frame, 2; stone,l. Total number of school hoU/!es, 96; log, I; frame, bnck, 17; stone, 84. Value of all school property, $188;004. No shade trees reported. Churdlea.-Baptist: organizations, 5; membership, 540; church edifices, 2; value. of church property, $25,000. Congregational: organizations, 4; membership, 510; church edIfices,' 8; value of church property, $50,000. Episcopal: organizations,.l; membership, 119; chnrch edifices, 1; value of churCh property, $30,000. Lutheran : organizations, 2; membership, 90; church edifices, 1; value of church property, $4,000. l{ethodistEpiscopal: organizations, 17: membership, 1,188; church ed:'ficcs, 6; value of church property, $22,200. Presbyterian: organizatiOns, 7; membership, :(00; church edifices, 5; value of church property, $20,200. Roman Catholic: organiiations, 5; memberal1ip, 2,000; church edIfices, 8; value of church property, '10,000. UnIted Presbyterian: organizauons, 1; membership, 69: churc.h edifices, 1; value of church property, $8,000. Ul11versahst; organizations, 1; membership, 47; church edifices, 1; value of chnrch property, $15,000. . «; �Ancestry.com - We Should Thank Them Too! Page lof2 ANJ~!comtJ!J IltAidlt'J'Thtl No. 1 Source for Family HIstory Online . . Ancestry Daily News • Paula Stuart Warren, CGRS - 4/28/2005 We Should Thank Them Too! I do have to admit to having grumbled a time or two about a librarian or a clerk in the courthouse. I may have gritted my teeth about an archivist or other staff person somewhere I have researched. Most times I don't have such reactions after a research visit. I recently had one of those proverbial "light bulbs" switch on in my brain. In genealogy, "we" have sometimes given some of these folks a bad rap. Of course,l advocate sending a thank you note when you have had a pleasant research experience. But there are other facets of their work that also deserve our thanks. Advance Preparation Sometimes our disappointment with the person behind the desk or counter is actually our owr:' doing. We can solve that ourselves. Did you just show up at a library or archive without being prepared? Did you check to see if there was a website with information on that repository? Did you not call ahead to check the hours of the probate office? Did you check to see whether there is an online catalog of that place's holdings so that you even know if the records you seek are actually at.that place? Sharing Knowledge For many years I was in charge of the exchange publications for my state genealogical society. Many genealogical societies exchange their monthly or quarterly publications with other societies. This affords members of a society access to many publications. Of course, I delighted in being able to skim through a large stack of publications every couple of weeks. I noted that in many localities the meetings, classes, and seminars had sessions presented by area librarians, staff from courthouses, and archives staff members. They were sharing their knowledge with area genealogists. Some are done on their regular job time and the institution is paying for their time or giving them compensatory "time off" from work. Major Commitments In the United States alone in the last ten years there has been an impressive list of personnel from major repositories who have given extended service and time to our genealogical organizations. Immediately what comes to mind are volunteer positions such as officers and board members of state and national level genealogical societies or chairpersons and program chairs of major state, regional, and national genealogical conferences. Yet others have served on committees that also require a time commitment. The repositories know that this service serves as a positive public face for their institution. Among the many such places whose staff have given their time to serve the genealogy field are the Allen County Public Library (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Arizona State Library, Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Denver (Colo.) Puqlic Library, Family History Library, Minnesota Historical Society, U.S. National Archives, Newberry Library (Chicago, III.), New England Historic Genealogical Society, Wisconsin Hi~torical Society, and many other local and state research repositories. Joining and Donating Have you joined an organization, donated materials, or visited a repository after interaction with one of their employees via a genealogical society? When visiting or joining it would be helpful if you remarl(ed that you did so because you have become acquainted with that specific staff person and heard them talk about the wonderful research resources at the place where they ~ork. Writing Articles Many of these staff members also write articles for local and national genealogical publications. The vast majority of these are not for pay and some are written, with permission, on that repository's time. The writer �Ancestry.com - We Should Thank Them Too! Page 2 of2 shares genealogical knowledge and may write extensively about the research repository for which they work. These articles are another positive public face for that repository and also are a help to the editor. It's Not Just Time Many major repositories have given to genealogical organizations in monetary ways. Some do provide funds for their employee to travel to a distant conference or society board meeting. Some allow the staff person to use the repository copier or computer to handle some of the volunteer duties. Others actually add the volunteer service to the person's job description and realize it does take away time from that person's "regular" job duties but they realize the benefit of the service. The repository may do some special advertising for an event their staff member is associated with or may lend their mailing list for publicity purposes. Why do they do this? It goes a long way to bridging the gap between genealogists and the staff at the institution, it helps in preparing the genealogist to visit the repository, and it gives the repository a favorable public face among thousands of researchers. That Positive Publicity Every time one of these wonderful persons serves in one or more of the positions mentioned above, the institution or society for which they work gets extensive publicity. Their biographies (or presentation introductions when they lecture) usually mention the name ofthe repository. Every time they serve as volunteers, we genealogists benefit from their time and expertise. I have enjoyed serving on boards and committees with such persons and having the opportunity to ask a question or two about research in their state or at the place where they work. Thank these facilities for sharing their staff people with our genealogical-organizations. Thank the individuals, too. Join those organizations that have memberships and purchase their publications. I can immediately name two memberships I have mainly due to being impressed by an organizational representative I met via a genealogical board or committee. Donate to genealogical publications that you compile to their libraries. Keep them in mind when considering monetary donations. Their time and expertise is vital to family historians. Paula Stuart-Warren, CGRS, is a professional genealogist, consultant, writer, and lecturer. She has lectured all across the U.S. and coordinates the Intermediate Course, American Records and Research at the annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is co-author of Your Guide to the Family History Ubrary and an author for genealogical periodicals including Ancestry Magazine. She is a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, and spends many weeks each year at the Family History Library and the U.S. National Archives. Her roots include ancestors from seven different countries and researching them has given her broad experience and an occasional headache or two. Comments will reach her at PSWResearch@comcast.net. Paula is unable to answer individual genealogical research inquiries due to the volume of requests received. . Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement I About Us I Partner with Us IContact Us Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. This article may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are included. �.. - , .. -- i i , i 1--~~~~~~~---- " - \ : ; GENEALOGY WORKSHOP.· Saturday, August 27, lOamto,3pm . .Lawrence Public Library Auditorium. . Carol Cochran, National Vice Chair of the Genealogy Chapter . . Development Committee for the Daughters of the American . Revolution (DAR) will conduct a Genealogy Workshop on. Saturday, August 27, from lOam to 3pm in the Lawrence Public . Library Auditorium. This workshop will be appropriate for all : levels of researchers from beginners to the more experienc~d, and _ .will deal with topics of general interest.'. Participants, are encouraged to, bring their lunches so individual help.: can be enjoyed. Drinks, and snacks will be provided. There isno. charge to attend, but registration is requested. To register, call. Maria Butler at 843-3833, ext 123; or mbutler@lawrence.lib.ks.us., Mary Burchill, Regent of the Betty Washington Chapter ofthe _ DAR, will also take reservations atjfan@ku.edu or ca11843.;.9199: .This program is co-sponsored by the Betty Washington Chapter of " DAR and the Lawrence Public Library. -, �I' THE PIONEER , Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc.' PO Box 36.64 ' ._ ~,LaWrence,~Kansas,66044-0664 _---~- . April &July, 2005, Volume 28, no. 3,& 4 'Contents " Sources' of family history information in Douglas County, ·Kansas 2005 Resource coUection of the DAR housed in the OsmaRoom- ofLPL Article on Douglas County from the Biennial Report of the State Board of-Agriculture for the years 1877-8 Artide from Ancestry Daily News. We should thank them too! Free Genealogy Workshop , Page 19 Page 33 Page 46 Page SA. Page 55 Ques f()p4~ S~ety .ar~9uefor 2005. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at,neetings or ·~,~t~t6-theSo9it#. at. the address above. ' , ,', . " ," . . , MEMBERSHIP FORM Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are ,good through December 31 of that year. 2005 dues can be paid now. Nrume______________~______--------------~MaidenNrume---------- Street,__________________________---.:'Apt #_ _Home Phone____________ City______________________ State___' _Zip_ _ _e-mail-_____----,._____ Renewal_New_Sumames you are searching ,-------------------------------- Amount enclosed Mail to: DCGS POBox 3664 Lawrence, KS '66046 ($15.00 per year, $2.00 for each additional member:ofhousehold Make checks payable to DCGS �Sources of Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas, 2005: Detailed List by Topic Prepared by Paul Jordan with help from many othen This is a list of sources pertaining to Douglas County, that are located in Douglas County in 2005. This list does not include information available on the Internet or at Kansas State Historical Society in Topeka except where noted, or from the Family History Library . through the local Family History Centers. It also does not include church records held in the churches; or information in the Clinton Lake Museum in Clinton; or Constitution Hall or Territorial CapitallLane Musetpn in Lecompton; or Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence. CONTENTS Page Biographies, family histories, photos .. Birth, adoption .... ~ ............. . Census ................ '.' ........ . Churches ....................... . Death dates, obituaries, interment, mortuary, probate, wills ..... . Directories ..................... . Marriage, divorce ................ . Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . Naturalization ................... . Newspaper indexes ...... '......... . Newspapers, Baldwin CitY ......... . Newspapers, Eudora .............. . Newspapers, Lawrence ............ . Newspapers, Lecompton ........... . Real property .................... . School data ..................... . Tax rolls ........................ . Abbreviations, locations, and telephone numbers (phone for hours of operation) .. BCPL, Baldwin City Public Library, 800 7th St.phone 785-594-3411 DCGS, Douglas County Genealogical Society library within LPL (may soon be merged with LPL' s Kansas Collection) EPL, Eudora Public Library, 14 east 9 th St., phone 542-2496 KU An, Kansas University Anschutz Library, phone 864-4028 KU Sp, Kansas University Spencer Library, phone 864-4334 . LPL, Lawrence Public Library (Osma Room-downstairs), 707 Vermont St., phone 843-3833 RD, Douglas County Register of Deeds, 1100 Massachusetts St., phone 832-5282 WCM, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Massachuse~ St., phone. 841-41 09 (research by appointment only) 10 �Time period Description Index Notes Location Biographies, Family Histories, Histories including family information, Photos (Many family books are available in LPL and WCM, not itemized here) Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Family Histories" pub. by Douglas County Genealogical Society Published in 1994 Book, "Portrait and Biographical I Record of Leavenworth, Douglas, and Franklin Counties, Kansas," pub. by Chapman PUb. Co. Published in 1899 Every name, at back of book WCM, LPL (KC 929.2 DOU) At back of book LPL (KC 978.1 PORTRAIT) Title on spine and. cover is "Genealogy and Biography" , . Two loose-leaf notebooks with Douglas County pages from the book listed above Names are in alphabetical order I Book, "History of Kansas" with chapter on Douglas County, pub. by Andreas PUb. Co. I Published in 1883 Book, ""'ustriana Kansas"pub. by IIlustriana Inc. Published in 1933 Book, "A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion" by Richard Cordley 1854-1865? Book, "Eudora Community Heritage of our USA. Bicentennial" -. WCM I WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 212.5) 28 file drawers labeled "Subject File." Some contain biographiCal information. In alphabetical order WCM 12 file drawers labeled "Kansas., Vertical File." Some contain biographical information. Alphabetical order by subjed LPL no index LPL{DCGS no. 217.56) . Book, "Soil of Our Souls: Histories of the Clinton lake Area -Community" by Martha Parker and Betty Laird Published in 1980 I. In volume 2, identifies county of residence, Separate WCM, LPL 1 "Index to the (KC 978.1 Sumamesof ANDREAS) Douglas County" by Loraine Howard, I 1984. LPL Included (KC920.781 ILLUSTRI) LPL (978.1 COR and KC 987.1 no index CORDlEY and DCGS no. 204.2) no index 1976 - �Description Time period Two loose-leaf notebooks, "Biographies of 20th Century Women of Douglas County, Kansas" Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographies of Women." Sheets inside labeled "Biographical Information Sheet" Two loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Dictionary (1879), containing pages for Original published in people of Douglas County from 1879 "The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume" I S.Lewis & Co., Publishers Index Location In alphabetical order WCM Alphabetic, by . married name if married WCM , In alphabetical order WCM In alphabetical order WCM I . Nine loose-leaf notebooks labeled "Biographical Sheets" "Family Group Sheets" ·WCM LPL (DCGS nos. 209.22, 209.23) I "Pedigree Charts" I Included I I Family records of Vitt, Bohnsack, Deay, Klein, Gottstein, Mock, Pinger-Kummer, Brecheisen Photographs no index BCPL Indexes available 'WCM, KU Sp Birth, adoption (see also Death, etc.: death information often also includes birth information) .. " ,-.: Notices in newspapers 1864-1872 See Newspaper Indexes LPL Notices in newspapers 1873-1881 See Newspaper Indexes LPL Aug 1911-Dec 1916 listed alphabetically WCM Notebook pages, "Birth Record Baldwin City Douglas Co. Dist. No 23B August 1911 to December 1916" by Vivian Clough . Some Probate records contain information about adoption KU Sp Notes �Description Time period Index Location Notes Census Census microfilm 1855 no KUAn Book, "The census of the Territory of Kansas, February 1855, with index and map of Kansas election districts in 1854" 1855 induded LPL(KC 929.3781 HEISS W) Census microfilm 1856 no KUAn Census microfilm 1857, 1858, 1859 no KUAn Census microfilm 1860 Census index 1860 Census, Lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 transcribed 1860 in alphabetical order WCM Census microfilm 1865 Every-name in~ex, available only at Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, dozens of ~ools of microfilm LPL, KU An Census microfilm 1870 Census transcribed 1875 included Census microfilm 1875 no Census microfilm 1880 Census microfilm Census microfilm Census transcribed, lawrence Wards 1, 2, 3 on 5x8 cards giving Name, Age, Sex, Race, Birthplace, Occupation 1885 1895 no no LPl, KUAn lPl, KUAn 1895 in alphabetical order WCM 1900 Soundex index at KU An lPL, KU An Census microfilm 1905 The only index is for . LSMffence,atKansas State Historical .Society, Topeka, on microfilm lPl, KUAn Census microfilm 1910 Census microfilm 1915 Census microfilm 1920 Census microfilm \ see next line for index book, "Kansas 1860 Territorial Census Index" \ 3 years on one spool. LPL, KU An W~M I '. I LPL, KUAn WCM, LPL (DCGS no.. 204.61) lPl, KUAn I Searchable transcript on Internet, lPl, KU An FamilySearch.org no index in Douglas Coullty no no index in Douglas County lPl, KUAn lPl, KUAn lPl, KU An �Description Census microfilm Census microfilm Time period Index Location 1925 1930 no no LPL, KUAn LPL, KUAn Notes Churches Church history, Eudora area: Catholic, Hesper Friends (Quaker), Methodist, St. Paul's United Church of Christ In unlabeled file cabinet along with other topiCS EPL ., Several church histories'are in LPL and WCM, not itemized here. Church records .held by the churches are not listed .here. Death Dates, Obituaries, Interment, Mortuary, Probate, Wills Cemetery maps, Baldwin City area no 25 Aug 1913 -15 Nov 1927 included "Shubert Mortuary Books" (2) 1904-1924 included "C. W. Smith, Lawrence, Kansas, Undertaker and Embalmer" 1890-1907 book entries are alphabetical "Funk Mortuary Books" (7) I BCPL' WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.55213.591) WCM, LPL (DCGS no. 213.60-' 213.61) WCM I Clippings of newspaper obituaries - 32 file boxes Obituary index - one file drawer 1972.93 from Lawrence Journal-World,not complete Filed alphabetically within years LPL Obituary index - one file box labeled "Obituary File" Filed alphabetically 1994-2000 from within years Lawrence Journal-World LPL .", .. WCM Journal-World archives on-line 1989 to current Computer search Ijworld.com Obituary clippings - two file drawers Books, "Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County Kansas" volumes 1· and 2 1969?-84 Filed alphabetically LPL Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; Complete Tombstone Census,' Vol. 1, starting on p. 254 I, ! I Fairly complete from Lawrence Journal-World 1979-99, some earlier Filed alphabetically and later and some from other newspapers 1854-1986 I WCM, LPL Index in each volume (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) WCM, LPL (KC 929.3781 Listed alphabetically Nov. 1854 - Dec. 1860 COMPLETE) Computer; headlines free, $1.00 for whole _ article. �Description Time period Index Location Notes Abstracts of obituaries and death notices from newspapers; Complete Tombstone Census, Vol. 2, starting on p. 420 Jan. 1861 - Dec. 1863 All obituaries that were printed in the Lecompton Sun 1885-1934 ? lona Spencer, telephone 785 887.:6637 Obituaries of Baldwin people and Baldwin-related people 1939-1997 or later ? BCPL 1886-2002 (incomplete) Alphabetical order BCPL recent Alphabetical order BCPL 1863-1938 ? LPL 1879-1908 Listed alphabetically LPL, WCM 1894-1953 Listed alphabetically ,LPL, WCM 1897-1969 ? Obituaries on file cards (Baldwin Ci~area) Funeral leaflets Death dates of Masonic Lodge members Death dates of AOUW and KP Lodge members Death dates of Rebekah Lodge me'mbers Death dates of IOOF Lodge members WCM, LPL Listed alphabetically (KC 929.3781 COMPLETE) "Scrapbook No.3" 1938-1994 I II LPL?WCM?I " Book is an index to obituaries in Baldwin City newspapers , BCPL WCMhas original, Book, "Interment Record No.1" WCM has index for 1866? - 7 June 1900 LaWrence City (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) I 1866?-1875 Clerk has microfilm WCMhas original, Book, "Interment Record No.2" 19 Jun 1900 -10Nov 'No index? Lawrence City (for City of Lawrence cemeteries) 1923 Clerk has microfilm WCMhas Alphabetical index by original,' Untitled interr,nent book for City of 1924-1970 {of first letter only Lawrence City Lawrence cemeteries sumame) Clerk has microfilm Index is somewhat by decades, then alphabetical within the time periods I, I The three above have the following column headings and others: Name, Place of birth (usually blank), Late' residence, Age, Sex, Color, Date of death, Cause of death I \ Interment dates for Oak Hill and Maple Grove cemeteries all Computer search List of current cemetery sextons, Douglas County and nearby curre'nt Cemeteries listed in alphabetical order Oak Hill Cemetery office WarrenMcElwain mortuf!IY �Description Time period Notices in newspapers 1864-1872 Notices in newspapers 1873-1881 Index Location Notes See "Newspaper WCM, LPL Indexes . See "Newspaper Indexes WCM, LPL Notebook pages, "Vol. I & II Death Records Baldwin, KS Dg. Co. 1917-1928 Vivian S. Clough" 1917-1927, 1929-1936, WCM in 3-ring and ''Vol. 1111929-1936" and Vol. 193~1946, 1~1958 Listed alphabetically binder .IV 1936-1946" and ''Vol. V Mar. . 1~1958" Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 1 Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 2 Scrapbook of Eudora obituaries, Vol. 4 (Vol. 3 is missing) Probate files from Douglas County District Court 1891-1979 No EPL 1959-1989 No EPL 1884-1996 No EPL 1863- Spencer Library has index books showing File Numbers (Case numbers). Get File Number, then use· library's notebook containing list showing location and Box Number of file ???? WCM Some abstracts have death information, extracts from wills and probate I I Abstracts of Title KU Sp WCM has a copy of Index to Estates covering Cases (Files) no. 1 to about 4115 but no dates shown Some cover ownership from about 1855 to 1980s , I Directories Names listed alphabetically Lawrence city directory 1860-1861 Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory . Lawrence city directory Lawrence city directory Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents Lawrence directory with directory of rural residents 1863 1866 1868-1869 1871 1872 1873-1874 1875-1876 1879 1883 1886 1888 " " " " " " " " " " 1890-1891 " " 1893-1894 " " " " " " " " .- LPL, WCM -- LPL LPL, WCM " LPL, WCM KUSp LPL, WCM �1896 1898 Index " " Location " " 1900-1901 " " " " " " " " " " 1905 1907 1908 1909 lPl WCM " 1911 " lPl, WCM 1911-1912 Names listed alphabetically WCM Time period Description lawrence city directory lawrence city directory lawrence directory with directory of rural residents lawrence city directory " Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory (Lawrence, Baldwin, Clinton, Eudora, and lecompton pages) lawrence city directory lawrence city directory lawrence directory with directory of rural residents lawrence city directory lawrence city directory Book, "Farmers and Breeders of Franklin and Douglas Counties" lawrence city directory lawrence city directory lawrence city directory Directory of Colored People, includinQ outside lawrence Douglas County Farm Directory lawrence city directory Telephone directory including outside Lawrence Directory of Colored People, including outside Lawrence Telephone directory including outside Lawrence .. .. " .. .. \ " .. . .. . . .." Notes , 1913-1914 1915 " " 1916 " 1917 1919 ." .. .. .. 1920 1923 1925-1926 1927-1928 " lPl, WCM " " .. " .. . ." .. WCM 1929 " WCM 1929-1930 lPl, WCM 1930 .. .. 1930 . WCM 1931 (November) " WCM 1932 (May) 1933 (January) 1933 (November) 1934 (May and November) 1936 (November) 1939 (May) 1940 (May) 1941 (May) 1942(May, November) 1943 (May, November) , 1944 (May) 1945.(May) 1945.(January) " " " WCM LPl WCM " WCM " lPl WCM WCM lPL, WCM lPL, WCM lPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPl, WCM 1927 " . " " " " " " WCM , �Description Time period Index Location Telephone directory including outside Lawrence 1946 (January) " LPL, WCM 1947 (June, November 1948 (May, November 1949(May, November 1950 (May, November) 1951 (November) 1952 (November) 1953 (November) . 1954 (November) " " " " LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM. LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM LPL, WCM Telephone directory .Lawrence, Lecompton 1955 (August) " LPL, WCM Douglas County Farm Directory 1955-1957 " WCM 1957 (November) " LPL, WCM 1958-97 (some missing) " LPL Polk's Lawrence City Directory including Douglas County 1961,1963,1964,1966, 1969, 1970, 1972 through 1985 " . Douglas County Farm Directory 1963 " WCM Douglas County Farm Directory 1965 " WCM " " " " " " " " Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton Telephone directory Lawrence, Lecompton " " " " I Notes LPL, WCM Douglas County Farm and Ranch Directory Douglas County Directory 1969 " WCM 1972 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1973 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1974 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1980 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1984 " WCM Polk's Lawrence City Directory . 1986 through 1993, 1996,1997,2001 " LPLiWCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1990 " WCM Douglas County Rural Directory 1992 " WCM Polk's Lawrence City Directorv 1994, 1995, 1998-2000 " LPL I Marriage, Divorce Book, "Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1854-1884" pub!, By Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989 1854-1884 included LPL (DCGS no. 217.5) Notebook similar to above book 1885-1897 no .WCM 1854-1863 data froin newspapers, 1863-1884 from County records i �Index Time period Description Original Douglas County marriage record books numbers 12-39 Shawnee County marriages of Douglas County residents - part of a box of file cards Index books 5-9, May 1917 - June 1992 Dec. 20, 1920 - June 30, 1992 Arranged alphabetically by Oct 1887 -Apr 1913 groom's sumame Location Notes LPL WCM Extracts of divorce information from five sources 1857-1860 . indexed in booklet, "Douglas County . Divorce Petitions" WCM Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. Divorce petitions abstracted in The Pioneer, includes identification of some relatives of plaintiff or defendant. 1864-1884 booklet, "Douglas County Divorce Petitions" WCM Plaintiff, Defendant, Date filed, Case number. Every-oame index included WCM Includes IT'!uch information of people other than plaintiff and defendant Alphabetical within sections WCM Subject index in The Pioneer, Volume 28, no. 1, January 2005 KU Sp, LPL, WCM Notebook, "Kansas Territory Divorces 1857-1861 and Douglas County Divorce Petitions 18641884" 1857-1861 and 18641884 I Miscellaneous Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Biographical Indexes for Douglas County including Biographical Sketches, Divorce, . Pensioners, Kansas Claims, Quantrill Index, etc." Contents of The Pioneer, . Douglas County Genealogical Society's quarterly Articles published in 1977-2003 Naturalization Naturalization records and collateral information from District 1867-1955 with gaps Court Naturalization certificate stubs Volume 3815 Loose-leaf notebook labeled "Naturalizations 1855-1928" I Index in KU Sp; same index published in The Pioneer Vol. 27, no. 1&2, Jan-Apr 2004, . p, 1 ff. KUSp Stubs in custody of Court Clerk, Judicial Building, Lawrence phone 8325356 1907-1921 1855-58,1868-1903, 1903-1928 Subject index also lists prior, sumame indexes to The Pioneer Alphabetical order WCM May be stored offsite , �Description I Time period Newspap~r Book, "Index of deaths and births in daily newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 18641872" Book, "Genealogical, information in newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: index for 1873-1881" Book, "Lawrence Daily World Indexes" , Book, "An index to the Lawrence Daily Joumal in five volumes" by Robert A. Hodge Index Location 29 Nov 1863 - 4 Mar 1873 WCM, LPL (DCGS no. ' 200.56) March 1873 - December 1877 and July 1878 August 1881 (newspapers not available for January,~ June 1878t WCM, LPL (DCGS no., 200.57) March 1892 - August 1894 LPL(DCGS no. 216.2) Includes abstracts of articles WCM Same book as above. Title says Joumal but actually is World. March 1892 - August 1894 Newspapers,' Baldwin City (Microfilm) Baldwin Criterion and Baldwin Ledg,er (weeklyt Baldwin Criterion (weekly) Baldwin Ledger (weekly) I No BCPL No No LPL LPL Eudora News (weekly, on paper) January 1935 to current No EPL Eudora News (weekly, microfilm) Sept 1887 - June 1923 No LPL 1884 - 1996 with gaps ' I Nov. 1883-Apr. 1885 May 1885 - Dec. 1921 'Newspapers, Eudora Newspapers, Lawrence, microfilm, listed in chronological order as much as possible , Herald of Freedom October 24, 1854 December 17, 1859 No LPL Kansas Tribune (weekly and daily) January 10 - October 24, 1855 and November 29,1863 - May 4, 1869 See "Newspaper indexes" LPL No LPL Lawrence Republican (weekly) Notes indexes May 28, 1857 ,November 13,1862 �Time period Description March 4, 1869 ~ March 3, 1874 March 11, 1869 - March Western Home Journal (weekly) 25, 1885 January 9 - June 3D, Daily Kansas Tribune 1872 August 1, 1872 - August Daily Kansas Tribune 19, 1873 January 1 - December 6, Daily Kansas Tribune 1874 March 4,1875Republican Daily Journal December 1877 February 1, 1878 Daily Kansas Tribune January 9, 1879 July 1878 - June 18, Republican Daily Journal 1879 June 19, 1879 Lawrence Daily Journal February7,1911 March 1892 - February Lawrence Daily World 1911 Republican Daily Journal Lawrence Daily Journal-World February 20, 1911 near current date ' Douglas County Republican !(weekly) , The Outlook, Lawrence Outlook !(weekly) March 4, 1926 - January 2,1941 January 6, 1941 September 22, 1969 Index See "Newspaper' indexes" No See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes~' See "Newspaper indexes" , See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" See "Newspaper indexes" Location LPL LPL LPL LPL LPL LPl LPL LPL LPL LPL All 1989 to current is onnewspapers, line, search by LPL. On-line, computer Ijworld,com No LPL No LPL Newspapers, Lecompton Lecompton Union and Kansas National Democrat (weekly) Kansas New Era (weekly) April 1856 - March 1861 LPL " Aug. 1867 -, Sept. 1874 LPL June 1885 - June 1886 Dec. 1889 - Dec. 1890 April 1891 - Sept. 1934 LPL LPL LPL Lecompton Monitor (weekly) Lecompton Ledger (weekly) Lecompton Sun (weekly) Real Property - see also Tax rolls, Death (Probate) 1857 "Land Owners of WCM(LPL, Record on 4 July OsmaRoom 1857 with Legal has poor copy Description of Parcel of map) Douglas County owners plat map in several parts (Townships, Lawrence) 1873 "Index to 1873 Douglas County Plat WCM,KUSp Map" "Plat Book and Complete Survey of Douglas County, Kansas" 1909 no KU Sp(RH Atlas G32) Book, "Lislof Original owners in the City of Lawrence" 1854=63 included LPL (DCGS no. 217.7), WCM? Douglas County map showing land owners Owned" Notes �Description Time period Bopk, "List of Preemptions in Douglas County, Kansas" 1855~? Deed Books on microfilm 1855?-1960 . Deed Books 1961-89 Deeds in compLiter file 1990-current Some have information from 1855 to 1980s Abstracts of Title for properties in Some have information from 1855 to 1980s the Baldwin City area Location included LPL(DCGS no.217.4), . WCM? Grantor and Grantee indexes Book and card file Grantor and Grantee indexes Cemetery maps, B~ldwin City area Maps of Baldwin City business 1893, 1899, 1905, 1912 section Baldwin City area historic houses and other buildings: original owner names and other information Abstracts of Title for many properties in Douglas County except the Baldwin City area Index RD RD RD BCPL no no Notes \ yes BCPL BCPL Filed by legal description of location;no name index WCM Name index available BCPL RD WCM Many Abstracts include copies or extracts from· records including wills, probate, marriage, divorce, other legal matters School Data "Complete Census of School Population ... Between the Ages of 5 and 21 Years Residing in District". Name, age or birth date, name of parent or guardian. ·1898-1957 No index. Arranged by District (about 87 of them in the County). Some District lists are in alphabetical order One drawer of file cards labeled "Lawrence Teachers 1868-1885, High School Students 18721885" from "Annual Report of Board of Education" 1868-1885 "Indexed by Vivian Clough, 1989" 1868-1885 Alphabetical order Four drawers of file cards labeled "Lawrene;e High School Graduates 1886-1942" 1886-1942 12 microfilm boxes marked SCHOOL RECORDS , Alphabetical order WCM I Book, "Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas" Pamphlet, "Index to Rural Schools and Schoolhouses ... " 1850s-1960s. Most detail is for 1898 to the 1950s See below LPL (370.978 Includes names of some of the DANIELS and teachers and KC 370.978 students DANIELS) LPL(DCGS· 212.6) �Time period Description Index Location Notes KUSp Some books contain more than title indicates. Starting with 1867, Personal Property lists follow the real estate section in most of the books and include nearty every household Tax Rolls 1863-1919 in open. room; 1920-1967 in . stacks Books of Tax Rolls: Douglas County townships and cities . I .. "-. ..' Some volumes have names in alphabetical order within each governmental unit (Township, City or Town). Some volumes have name index for each governmental unit. Personal Property lists are alphabetical by name within governmental unit. �DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Resource collection housed in the Osma Room in the Lawrence Public Library DAR PATRIOT INDEX- section code - PI PI 1 PI 2,3 PI '4,5,6 PI 7 PI 8 DAR Patriotic Index 1982 145 pages In memory of pella C. Shaw and , Myra W. Hinshaw: (Information may be obsolete- see 1990 Centennial Edition) 1966 edition presented to Chapter by Edythe Salveson, Chapter Regent] 965-67 and the 1979 edition in memory of Lulu H. Wherry and Helen C. North. These 2 editions were destroyed per NSDAR sugge~tion in 1997. DAR Patriotic Index. Vol. Ill, 1986, 830p. Index to Spouses of Soldiers and Patriots. Presented by Betty Washington Chapter in memory of members, Nettie May Wismer, Barbara E. Clason & Mildred Hardman Raney in 1991. DAR Patriot Index. ' Centennial Edition; 1990; 3 V; 3336 P total. In honor of all members of Betty Washington Chapter 1993-4. Purchased Oct. 1993- pre publishing price of $60.00- for 3 V. Additions and Corrections (3-ring notebook) New Ancestor Records (3-ring notebook) LINEAGE ASSOCIATION8- section code - LA LA 1 LA la LA2 LA 3,4,5 LA 6, 7 , American Historical Association, 15 lh report, 1899. 866p Historical Colonial, Europe Proceedings of the annual meeting. New York, London National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors. , 1915-75. Compiled by Mary Louise Marshall Hutton. Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1987. 317p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR, by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Founders and Patriots of America, Register. 1926; 578p Published by authority of the General Court of the Order. Given in 1973 by Lawrence Free ' , Public Library. Hereditary Register of the USA. 3 V, 1972- 474p, 74-870p, 75-926p. Washington, DC, United States Hereditary Register, Inc. Volume for 1972 given to Betty Washington Chapter, by National DAR Society in October 1972. Mayflower Index,. Descendants and spouses of descendants; Volume 1- A-R; VohJme 2- R-Z. Society of Mayflower Descendants. Compiled and, " edited for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants \ly William . Alexander McAuslan General Society of Mayflower DescenQants, 1932.. 2 volumes continuously paged. Given to Betty Wash\Ugtort Chapter by Lawrence Free Library, 1973. ' I . �I' LA 8 LA 9 LA 10 - 14 LA 15 - 28 Daughters of American Colonists. NSDAC Bicentennial ancestor index. Ancestor index for lineage Books. 1976; 448p. Covers V1 thru 19 and supplement 1 & 2; 1929-1975 Compiled and edited by Hazel Kraft Eilers. Fort Worth, TX, Don Cowan Company, 448p Property of John Pound Chapter, DAC, of Lawrence, KS. Shelved with DAR collection. Sons of American Revolution, National Register.1902; 1035p, Compiled and published by Louis H. Cornish, edited by A Howard Clark. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library,1973. Virkus, Frederick Adams. American Genealogy, The abridged compendium of American genealogy; First families of America. 7 V. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Public Library, 1973. In 1991 and 2003, have V 2,3,4,6,7 only. New England Historical & Genealogical Register. V 82-95; 1928-41. Also 3 loose editions 1960-1960-1961 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973. Loose editions unaccounted for in 2003 .. CITIZENSHIP/CONSTITUTION- section code - CC CI C2 C3 . Declaration ofIndependence Signers. "Fathers of America's Freedom"; Cooke; 1969;93p Constitution, The Story of. Sol Bloom; 1937; 192p. United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. GiftofN. Faye Woodward 'to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR. . ' DAR Manual on Citizenship. Stapled; 1989; 90p 1993 Chapter purchased. UNITED STATES- section code - S US 1 S2 US3 US4 US'S Bibliography of County Histories in 50 States 1961 Peterson; 1973; 186p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, 7 Mar 1974 in memory of E. Faye Orelup, Eugenia Polson, Anna Pearson Arthur, and Grace Allan Lawrence. Alabama. Dept; of Archives and History. "Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama. 1967; 131 p A list of names compiled from authentic sources of soldiers of the American Revolution who resided in the state of Alabama. Compiled by Thomas M. Owen. 1967 Originally published in 1911. Reprinted with the permission of the Alabama Dept of Archives and History. . Arkansas. Benton Co., History of; 1836-1936 J.·Dickson Black; 1975; 496p . Gift to Betty Washington Chapter DAR from Edna HarreJl Lyons, 1977 Arkansas- Crawford Co. Historyin Headstones. Swinburn, Susan Stevenson .- . and Doris Stevenson West. Van Buren, Arkansas 1970. ·476 p. A .' ~omplete listing of all marked graves in known cemeteries. Gift to Betty .Washington Chapter DAR from Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 . California. By John Walden Caughey. 2nd edition 666p New York, Prentice Hall, 1953 Donated 2003 by member F~y·S. Tal~y �US Sa US6 US7 US8 US9 US 10 US 11 US 12 US 13 See US 31 US 14 US 15 . US 16 US 17 Connecticut Minority Military Service 1775-1785 NSDAR 1988 17p Carolina- North Abstract of wills from about 1760 to about 1800. aIds, Fred A Supplementing Grimes' Abstract of North Carolina wills, . 1663-1760. 1954; 330p Carolina- North. A History of Moore County, North Carolina, 1747-1847. . Southern Pines, NC Moore Co Historical Assoc. 1956. 270p. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by thirteen members. Carolina- North Marriage notices, obituaries, and items of genealogical interest in the Cape Fear Recorder, the Peoples Press, and the Wilmington Advertiser. From August 26, 1829, to December 24, 1833. Hall, Lewis Philip. .1958. 27p soft bound Carolina- North & South Marriage records from the earliest Colonial days To the Civil War. Compiled and edited by William Montgomery Clemens. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. 295 p. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna H~ell Lyons, 1977 . Carolina- South South Carolinians in the Revolution by Sara Sullivan Ervin Service records and miscellaneous dat; also abstracts of wills, Laurens County 1775-1855. Reprinted with index and an added chapter on the . Sullivan family. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1976. 217p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Esther B. Muzzy Weible (Mrs. M.H.) 1977. Carolina- South The History of South Carolina Mary C. Simons Oliphant 432p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley Colorado DAR member and ancestor index~ Published by the Colorado State Society of the NSDAR. Littleton, CO Littleton Independent 1981 476p. Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs. Edward A), Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs. AN.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.). ' Illinois Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in'Illinois. Harriet J. Walker; 1967; 186p. Originally published in Los Angeles, 1917 Illinois List of Illinois Regiment who served under George Rogers Clarkin· the Northwest Campaign. Iowa Ames City Directory 1974 R.L. Polko Co. KC MO. 6410p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley Kansas Tales of Early Published by Allen County Historical Society 1966 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. Talley Kansas Belpre, KS, The Story of a Small Town. David M. Kearney Lewis, Kansas. The Lewis Press. 384p Given to B~tty Washington Chapter NSDAR by the family ofBarbaraE. Clason. 1991 Kansas 1860 census Kansas Mortality Schedule- 1870 Carpenter and Franklin; 1974; Mimeographed; 234p; with nam~ index Placed·in 3-ririg notebook. Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler . Thelma Carpenter- associate member. ' . , 3s- �US 18,19,20,21 Kansas Mortality census schedules; 1880; Carpenter and Franklin; . Mimeographed; 4 V; VI Allen-Clark; V2 Clay-H~ey; V3 JacksonMontgomery; V4 Osborne-Wyandotte. Vol 4- 1880 Shawnee Co. missing Added "Deaths recorded Shawnee Co. Court House" 18941910 Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler Thelma Carpenter - associate member . Kansas Index to 1880 Mortailty Schedule. 3 ring notebook 1973 US 22 mimeographed; 143p Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler Thelma Carpenter- associate member . Kansas Lawrence City Directory 1989 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. US 23 Talley US23a Kansas Douglas. County .Marriages 1894-1897 Kansas Nineteenth Century Houses in Lawrence 1968 US 24 Kansas Stagecoach West to Kansas by Mary Ensel 108p US25 Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1949-1950 .139p_ Donated 2003 US 26 by mem1:>er, Fay S. Talley US 27 Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1955-1956 134p Donated 2003 by member, Fay S. Talley US 28 Kentucky Court Records. 1889- Early wills and marriages copied from court house.records by DAR regents, historians, and the State historian. Old Bible'records and tombstone inscriptions. Records from Barren, bath, Bourbon, Clark, Davies, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby Counties Baltimore, Southern Book Company 1958 2 V. Only V2 in library 1991 and 2003. By Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter by the N. Faye Woodward Fund. US 29 Kentucky- Old Kentucky entries and deeds; Complete index to all of the earliest land entries, military warrants, .deeds, and wills of the Commonwealth ofKY. 1969. Willard Rouse Jillson. Property of John Pound Chapter, DAC. Shelved with DAR books for easier use. US 30 Kentucky Kentucky marriages, 1797-1865. Reprinted from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society.. -Clift; 1966; 258p US 31 Kentucky Revolutionary soldiers in Kentucky; Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, 1.850-1921; Contains a roll of the officers of Virginia Line who received land bounties; a roll of the Revolutionary pensioners in KY; a list of the lllinois -Regiment who served under George Rogers Clark in the Northwes~ Campaign. Also, a roster of the Virginia Navy. 1968 . 206p Given ,by the Chapter in memory of: Ada Lindell, Georgia Martin, Katherine Fullerton, and Bertha Haynes. US 32 Maine- Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Fisher; 1982; 917p Check contents and introduction for other NE States. Donated by SAR to DAR Chapter State Conference 1992 US 33 Maryland census First US census 1790. 189p Prese~ted to Betty . . Washington Chapter by 13 members. US 34 Maryland Marriages and deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. . Compiled by Robert aames. 1973 Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna. Harrell Lyons, 1977 . . ,.. �US 35, 36 . US37 'US38 US39 ... US40 US41 US 42 See US 40 US 43 US 44 US 45 US 46 Maryland Maryland Records; Colonial, Revoh,.ltionary, county, and church; Brombaugh, Gaius Marcus 1862 1915-28 V 1- 1915, V 2 1928 Presented from the N. Faye Woodward Fund. Maryland Revolutionary records; data obtained from 3,050 pension claims and bounty land applications including the 1,000 marriages of Maryland soldiers and a list of 1,200 proved services of soldiers and patriots of other states. 1967 155p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR Library in memory of Ada Lindell by Barbara E. Clason, 4-15-1972 Maryland Cecil County, marriage licenses 1777-1840. Copied by the Captain Jeremiah Baker Chapter, DAR. 1974 105P .. Reprint of the 1928 edition. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Massachusetts- The Pioneers of. 1841-1918 Charles Henry Pope A . descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. 1969 549p Reprint of 1900 edition. Purchased 1975 by Mrs. J. Stewart Turner in memory ofN. Faye Woodward. Massachusetts- An index to pioneers from Mass. To the West. Especially the state of Michigan. Compiled by Charles A. Flagg. 1980 86p Originally published 1915. Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR, 1982~ in memory of Gladys Nelson Bremer (Mrs. Fred A.), Anabel Keeler Hart (Mrs. H.L.), Miss Opal Jayne Kennedy, Lillian Wilson Perkins (Mrs. Carl D.), and Miss Susan Todd. New-England. A genealogical register of the first settlers. Containing an alphabetical list of the governors, representatives, etc. John Farmer . 1789-1838. Reprinted with additions and corrections by Samuel G. Drake. 1976 351p Purchased 1976 by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Marion Woodward Turner (Mrs. J. Stewart) Michigan- First Presbyterian Church of Midland. Minnie W. Ball 1967-1947 71 p. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by family of Barbara E .. Clason. 1991 Michigan Missouri- A history of 120 years about the Hickman Mills Community Christian Church, its people, and the community. 1965 Compiled by and edited by Mrs. Harry Scott, etl. 152p Gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, from Mrs. Homer Terry, August, 1972 Missouri Origins- The Landscape of Home by A.E. Schroeder Univ. ofMO- . Columbia. 63p Donated in 2003 by lIlember, Faye S. Talley. Missouri- Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1929-1930 Charles Becker, Secretary of State Jefferson City, MO Donated 2003 by member Fay S. Talley. Nebraska- State History· of the DAR from 1894-1929. 358p. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR for t he chapter collection by Lawrence Free Public Library, Fall 1971, when they stopped collecting ···geIiealogy. Given to Barbara E. Clason, Chaptc:(r Librarian. by Helen Osma, Assistant Director of LFPL. . <37 �US 47 US 48, 49 US 50 US51 US 52, 53 US 54 US 55 US 56 US 57 US 58 US 59 , US 60 US61 US 62 US 63 US 64 New York- pI Census, 1790. Heads of families 1966 308p Originally published in 1908 by US Govt. Gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR in memory of Caroline Stevenson by Mrs. L.E. Blair and Mrs. J.S. Turner. , New York Collections of the New York Historical SQciety 1868 Library has 1914 337p and 1915 707p Miscellaneous muster and payrolls covering the American Revolution, arranged by military units. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by 13 members. New York Gateway to America (research in New York State Library Albany NY Melinda Yates 1982 46p Purchased in 1984 by Betty . Washington Chapter of DAR in memory of Meredith Belt Verhage and Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) Ohio Valley Genealogies relating chiefly t~ families in Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson counties. And Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. 1863-1950 Charles Augustus Hanna 1968 128p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, in August, 1968 Ohio Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio. Volumes I and n 1896 Many Entries for other states. Kansas Governor Wilson Shannon, pg 313,· Vol. 1. Donated by Pauline A. Mellies (Mrs. E. V.) NSDAR 1991 Ohio 4th census 1820. Federal records for Trumbull County. As copied by Doris Wolcott Strong. 1946. Withdrawn by LFPL and given to Betty . Washington Chapter, DAR 17 Oct 1959. Ohio Atlas of Lorain County D. Lake 1874 Reprint 1974 71p. Purchased By Barbara E. Clason in memory ofN. Faye Woodward and Anna Olinger, 1975 for DAR collection. Oversize Pennsylvania Berks Co. Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and . Reformed Church. Kistler, John L. 62p Donated to Betty , Washington Chapter by Pauline A. Mellies, Sept 1991 softbound Pennsylvania- 1790 Census, U.S. With index; 426p Pennsylvania- William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration. William Isaac Hull18681935 445p Presented to Betty Washington Chapter DAR --by Grace Foster Terry and Caroline Foster Stevenson in memory of KS pioneer grandmother Caroline UpdegrotIParker whose Dutch Quaker ancestors migrated to PA Pennsylvania Marriages prior to ·1790. Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790. 292p 1968 This book is the property of John Pound Chapter, DAC Shelved with DAR books for easier use. Pennsylvania Oaths of Allegiance Egle 787p Pennsylvania German Marriages Donna R. Irish 217p Pennsylvania Early Lutheran Baptisms & Marriages in Southeastern P A. The Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730 to 1779 107p Pennsylvania Lancaster County; Index to will books 1729-1850. 1987 136p ., Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter, in memory of Mary E. Patton Steen, and Ruth Clark Jones. Pennsylvania History (lfthe graveyard connected with Cross Creek Presby. church By James SiIppso.n, 1770-1894, with record of interments from 1894 to presel1t ,1942 114p· (1"991,2003- pgs 113,114 only) �US 65 Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide; Heisey; 1994; Stapled 73p. Donated _ by Pauline Mel1ies. See US 51 Pennsylvania Some counties of US 66, 67 Tennessee records.' Compiled by Jeanette Tillotson Acklen 1871- 2 V vI517p, Tombstone inscriptions & historical manuscripts v2-521p Bible records & marriage bonds. 1967 Reprint of Nashville edition of 1933. vI is a gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Caroline Stevenson Isabel Gilmore and Grace Terry and Mrs. Pearl _ McClendon Franks. v2 was purchased by chapter. US68- Tennessee Marriage records of Washington County 1787-1840. Compiled byNonna Rutledge Grammar 1975. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Texas The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors 88p US 69 SanAntonio 1976 Vennont 1790 census US; Heads of families at the first census. 1907 95p US 70 Given to Betty Washingt~n Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library 1973 US 71 Virginia: Princess Anne County loose papers. Virginia antiquary, vI -221p John Creecy 1908 1700-1789 Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library US -72 Virginia '1790 census Heads of families at the first census of the US Records of the State enumerations 1782 to 1785. 1952 189p Presented to Betty Washington by 13 members US 73 Virginia Early Immigrants, 1623-1666 George Cabell Greer 1973 376p Reprint of Richmond, VA 1912 edition. Given to Betty 'Washington Chapter, DAR 1974 by Lawrence Public Library US 74 Virginia New Kent and James City Cos., Blisland Parish Vestry Book 17211786 Chamberlayne; 1935; 277p Oonated by Pauline A. Mellies US 75 Virginia Some Virginia Families Hugh Milton McIlhany 1874- Being genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, Mcllhany, Milton, Rogers, Tate Snickers, Taylor, McConnick, and other families. 1962 274 p US 76 Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers Currer-Briggs; 1969 3 volumes in one. 837p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies, 1991 US 77 Virginia; Loudoun Co., marriages 1757-1853 Wertz; 1985; 231p Gift from Pauline A. Mellies 1991 US 77a Virginia Botetourt Co. VA; Early marriages, wills and some Rev., War Records; Anne Lowry Worrell, 1976 69p Donate to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR, by Pauline A. Mellies, Sept. 1991 Softbound US 78,79,80,81 Virginia The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers Edited by Clayton Torrena Baltimore genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1979 v14_ 591, v2594-1296, v31298-2069, v42091-2768 _ US 82,83, 84, 85 Virginia Genealogies offamiles from Tyler's quarterly historical and Genealogical magazine Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes. - 1981 vI 894p, v2 939p, v3 892p, v4 896p. Purchased in 1983 by _ Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory ofMjss Ruth Dunmire; 1985 Lulu McCanless; 1987 In memory ofN~Ui~ Barnes, Maybelle Carman; 1988 Mildred Watson, Blanche Mel(?) . �US 86 US 87 US 88 . US 89 US 90 See US 31 Virginia Land Office Compiled by Daphne S. Gendry Archives Division Virginia State Library Richmond, VA Virginia Wills before 1799. Wi11iamMontgomeryClemens 1860-1931 A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills. Copied from the court house records of Amberst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, and Rockbridge Counties 1958 106psoftbound . Virginia & West VA Gazetteer. Gannett; 1975; 164p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 Virginia They Went Thataway Hamlin; Charles Hughes Hamlin 1907 142p 1974 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 1975 in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A.), N. Faye Woodward, Mamie Tilford Gowans (Mrs. R.E.), Blanche Deichert, and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) Virginia, West The soldiery ofWV in the French apd Indian War; Lord Dunmore's War; the Revolution; the later Indian Wars; The Whiskey Insurrection; etc. Virgil Anson Lewis 1848-1912 227p 1967 Material on American Revolution: p 39-142. Purchased by Betty Washington chapter, DAR, in August 1968 Virginia Navy Roster AMERICAN REVOLUTION- section code - AR , .. ARI AR2 AR3 AR4,5 AR6 AR7 Black Courage ·1775-1783 Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution. Robert Ewell Greene Published by the NSDAR 1984 Given in memory of Miss Lulu Lorena McCanles and . Miss Isobel Gilmore. 141 p softbound Locating your Revolutionary War Ancestor, a .guide to Military Records. James C. and Lila L. Neagles 236p softbound Presented by Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR in memory of members: Darlene Woolsey Shultz and Mary L. Noble Winchell, 1991· Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Backstruck 1996 Presented by: Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR· In memory of members; Marjorie Willford Ryther 30ctl996 and Jane Dunham Beaf 15Apr1998 Located graves of soldiers, patriots of the American Revolution. . Stapled; vI 1974-1977,44p; v2, 1977-1982, 48p Previously reported . annually to the Smithsonian lnst. But that report now discontinued. Purchased 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memo!), of Della . Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) Revolutionary pensioners of 1818 US War Department 1959 358p Senate Document 170. No index. By State and 1st letters of . surname with amt pd and rank See pension list of 1820. Indexed Pension List of 1820; Indexededition- 1991; 748p Memorial- 3/1993 Marsella Amt 12/8/91; Elizabeth Neis 5/28/92 �) . FC 12 Ship passenger lists, national and New England 1600-1825 Edited and indexed by Carl Boyer, Published 1977 i70p Purchased 1981 by Betty . Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Lulu Henry WbeITy (Mrs. Neal M.) . and BeJen Carr North (Mrs. A.B.) LINEAGE BOOKS- DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION section code - L L 1-166 L 1-2,3-4 Lineage Books National Society of the Daughters of the American-Revolution. Volume 1-166 1890/91- Covers National DAR members numbers 1-166,000 Index of the Lineage Books of the NSDAR; 1916-1.940; Vol 1- 450p; Vol 2428p Memorials- Vol 1 Waneta Willits, Dora Wilson; Vol 2 Lynette. Breithaupt, Marguerite (Ruth) Skelton, Betty Wolfe, Zona Smith MILITARY-section code - M M 1,2 M3 M4 M5 u.S. Anny. Historical Register and Dictionary of the US Annyfrom its organization, Sept. 29- to Mar 21903, 1789-1903. 1903· VI- 1903, 1069p; V2- 1903, 626p Francis Bernard Heitman 1838-1926 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Official register of the US 1911 US Civil Service Commission. 1911 Persons in civil, military, and naval service and list of vessels. VI 878p V2 missing 1991 & 2003 Encyclopedia of Continental army units Fred Anderson Berg 160p 1948Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Ruth Spray Griffin and Lena Kennedy Huddleston, Aug. 1972. Some of the earliest oaths of allegiance to the USA. 93p 1944· Nellie Protsman Waldenmaier. Contains an alphabetical list of the signers of oaths of allegiance. . FAMILY GENEALOGIES-section code -FG FG 1 FG 2 FG 3 Bishop, Family History By Stanley Richmond Scott 1882148p 1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Breithaupt, Descendants of George Frederick. Compiled by Ezra Bowman Breithaupt. 98p 1968 Additions and corrections page in back. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, for genealogical collection by Lawrence Public Library 14 Sept 1974 Cooke-Cook Family history Vera Cook Barkley 165p 1982 Given to .' Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1983 in memory of Della Shaw and Myra Hinshaw. ,. �AR8 AR9 AR 10 Sixth Census, 1840. US Census Office. Pensioners for Rev. military services with their names, ages, and places of residence. 195p' 1954 Copy 1 presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by 13 Chapter members.. Copy 2 purchased l~ter by chapter librarian, Blanche Phillips. Copy 2 . offered to State DAR Lib at Dodge City, but they already had it. ('91 & '03 1 copy) . Sixth Census Index 1840 Prepared by Gen. Soc. Of the LDS Church. 1965 Pensioners for Rev. or military' services 382 p. Reprint of 1954·edition. Presented by 13 DAR Chapter members. Rejected or suspended applications for Rev. war pensions. Reprint 1992; Softbound; 462p 1994-In memory of Mildred Frakes, Pearl Franks, Grace . Terry, Edythe Ransdell. FOREIGN COUNTRIES- section code -FC FC.l FC la FC2 FC2a FC2b FC2c FC3 FC4 FC 5 FC 6, 7 FC 8, 9 FC 10,11 English Records, Immigrants to America. Smith; 1976; 117p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies English Records, American Colonists in. Sheiwood; 1969; 215p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1982 England, Emigrants from; 1773-76 1976 206p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 British Ancestry. Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald Kenneth Savery 1906293p 1974 Reprint of 1966 edition which had title: In Search of Ancestry. Purchased 1975 by Betty Washington chapter, DAR in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A.), N. Faye Woodward., Mamie Tilford Gowans (Mrs. R.E.), Blanche Deichert. and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) German Research, Genealogical Handbook. 1978; 205p. Germanic Genealogy, Address Book. 1980; Stapled; 64p Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Frank Adam 8th ED 1975 624p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 .. Scottish Family History Margaret Stuart 1979 386p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Original Scots colonists of early America 1612-1738 David Dobson 1989 .370p indexes. Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of LaVeme Sanders Brownlee (Mrs. W.O.) And Loraine Martin Howard (Mrs. Paul E.) & Nellie McBratney Mitchell. Scotfh Irish, The. Hanna; Vi-623p; v2-602p (N. Britain. N. Ireland., N. America Donated by Pauline A. Mellies . The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants from Great Britain to America. Plan John Camdrn . First published London 1874· 580p Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in 1979 in memory of .' Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) And Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs BUford) New World Immigrants Volume 1568p, Volume IT 6Q2p Edited by Michael Tepper �FG4 FG5 FG6 ·FG7 FG8 FG9 FG 10 FG 11 FG 12 FG 13 FG 14 FG 15 FG 16 FG 17 FG 18 FG 19 'FG20 Cortelyou genealogy; '. John Van Zandt Cortelyou 1874-. 607p 1942 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public· Library, 1973 Gall & Nothstirie families 1730-1964 144p Martha Agnes Nothstine Presented to Betty Washington Chapter~ DAR, by Barbara E. Clason Family 1991 Gatch, Godfrey descendants .' 505p 1972. First edition, limited to 300 copies..... This is #299. Flyleafhas dedication inscribed by the author. Hardings in America209p Wilber Judd Harding 1868- Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Ida G; Lyons, and contains emendations anel corrections by her. Henckel Family Records. In Europe & America 1635-1717 2 booklets May~ 1926. Jackson. Three hundred years American. 1877 By Alice F. and Bettina Jackson 368p 1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Keyser, ¥iller - Descendants of Miller & Cockey Donated by Pauline · A. Mellies (Mrs. E.V.) Jun 1991. Note- Kenrnore- home of Betty Washington Lewi~see page 13. Menger- directory of the descendants of Johann Friedrich Menger. Howard · and Weller. 42p 1971 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, . by Mrs. Lewis E. Howard, June, 1975 Penick family. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. VA; 1982 330p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 Texan Nellie B----Tales ofa. 122p Angela Morgan Burton 1970. Given to Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Previtt, Keele, Rhoads, White, Smith, Bebout, Wray etc., Shawnee Co. KS. Gravestoes; Jane Peebles Sexton Chapter DAC Robison/Abels, Marie Robison Abels, Gerrard; Heraldic Art ofa Few of Our · Families. 59p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by Marie . . Robinson Abels SmithlFlake Family Tree Book; Relatives of General William Alexander. Smith and W. Thomas Smith, Julia Flake Burns and Osmer D. Flake 304p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free' Public Library, 1973 Smock family in US 1842-1926 John Conover Smock. 47p 1922 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library 1973 Stafford. Laban His ancestors and descendants EmestNean Stafford 1892286p 1962 Gift to BettyWashington Chapter, DAR, from the Lawrence Free Public Library, June 1969 Van Benthuysen,' Bleecker, Conde, DeForest, Lansing, Myer, Turk, Truex, . YanBurean, Van Epps, VanPatten, Van Slyck, aU of Dutch and Huguenot Alvin Seaward VanBenthuysen and Edith origin in New York. 1884M. McIntosh Hall. 592p 19~~. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Marie Robil}~on Abels. Wheeler anct Warren Families 12lp 1892 Henry Warren Wheeler Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSP.~ by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 �NSDAR /KSDAR CATALOGS-section code- DLCIKLC DLC 1 Index -- Seimes Microfilm Center. 79p 1978 Purchased 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) DLC 2 Index-Seimes Microfilm Center Supplement 1 53p 1980 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter DAR 1983 in memory of Della. Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) , DLC 3,4,5,6 Library Catalogue VI - Family histories and·ge~eaI6gies 398p 1983. Purchased 1984 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Meredith Belt Verhage, Della Courtney Shaw, Ruth Dunmire, and Myra Wallace Hinshaw... VI supplement 36p 1984, v2 1005p 1986 V2 1005p 1886, V3 1010p 1992 KLC 1 Kansas DAR Library Catalog.. Dodge City, KS; 40 Notebook pages, 1990 RESEARCH AIDS-section code RA RA 1,2 RA3 RA4 RA5 RA6 RA 7, 7a RA8 RA 9,10,11 American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress 80Sp 1910; Given to ~etty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public, Library, 1973 1919v 1332p . American Armory, Coats of Arms in US Bolton 223p 1927 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1982 . Everyone has roots. Camp, Anthony J. 189p 1978 Given 1979 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Buford). Don't Cry Timber! Prudence Groff Michael c 1970, 1978 printing 7Sp Given 1979 by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of . Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P. and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Buford). . How To Climb Your Family Tree 144p c 1977 Harriet Stryker-Rodda Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A.), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs. Edward A.)~ Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs A.N.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.) Genealogical research methods and sources.. 4S6p 1960; 579p 1980 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1982 Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy 535p 1973 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, 1974 in memory of Mrs. Eugenia . Pelsen, Mrs. E. Faye Orelup, Anna Pearson Arthur (Mrs C.S.), and Grace Allan Lawrence (Mrs. George) . Handbook of American.genealogy vl-3 (no V 4) 1932-1943 F.A. Virkus . Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973. �. ! NSDAR-section code NSDAR NSDAR 1 NSDAR2,3 NSDAR4 NSDAR5 The Daughters. DAR, America's Fan Club 360p 1974. Peggy Anderson Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter Dar in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A.), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs.Edward A.), Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs. A.N.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.) Reports Report of National Society. 1900-1901 506p; 1902-03 475p of CAR and appendix of Revolutionary soldiers lists. A Century of Service- The story of the DAR; Hunter; 248p, 1991 Softbound. Honor Roll 1993-4 Betty Washington Chapter purchase. In Washington. NSDAR Diamond Anniversary, 1890-1965. l18p Presented to Betty Washington chapter, DAR, by Myra S. Keeler in memory of her mother. KANSAS DAR mSTORY & INFORMATION:- section code-KSDAR KSDAR 1 KSDAR2 KSDAR2a KSDAR3 . Kansas DAR History 1894-1938: 1938; 133p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 . Kansas Directory of DAR Current edition (Centennial edition) 1990 KSDAR Directory 2000 Looking Back, Trails to the Second Century. ,The Centennial History 18961996 267p 1997 MAGAZINES (Boxed, Bound)-section code- Mag American Genealogy Magazine 1929 2 boxes NGS Quarterly. ,1921-1941; various state vital records. 1 box NSDAR Magazines 35 bound volumes J 895-1932, 1958 NSDAR boxed various years ADDITIONAL INFORMATION These books were moved to the Watkins MuseumlLibrary some time in the past.: History of Kansas DAC Society 1972 DAC Lineage Books V 1,3,4,5,8,9, DAC Yearbooks. 13 volumes SF (', n1 ~()() 3 Co 111W1.tte.<-- fhyll/J ~ell fL·/de. ra.r/ey ~v',~e. Aicll,~.s . rfere.,jtf1I'1V1I~ Ao"l"/~yYI f.z y lal/tt ! Tod y U;"odwtL'rd . DQ yo I e tl e S /.a.f a..(' - ( ' h'i I ~.»1h III - �~ w. .q r n5J ~j=:!~ • :I .... .,~ a ." g~ > >- . >!2: ". to 0 :>q ~ OIl I>IJ! OIl n .. c: I .:. : ;, .. ~ en ji II '" E ~ ~' • 8 ..~ & .... trl tl 10,) 0 ~ <! ai~!dl ~ -B.M!! r d :a:I ;J a PJ a ' • ~ § 8;t ~ ;j > J Ii ~ E B ~ n " 11 e 0 :I c • .. ill 0 ,p~na .... ~ ~ D'ri~!l lnp , J I/O;: ~ .", a t::I Z 0.. I-t Z CI> ~ '"i .. '0 .: tzj 0 •• ~ - P> ~ tzj 10,) (1J -- ~ ~ a- JI> :tl ~ ~ 0 = C'-' ~ l> ~ I:"' ~ I--:i ,..... . C':> 0 ~ .' ~ ~ I--:i 0 '"i ~ ..0~ gI tlj ...... to 0 '"i c:::J .", ~ af FiltST BIENNIAl. R~:I'OHT. ~ '~ :I" "lx!' - o •• • -~ c::-+- I:'"' to-; ... :f' 101 No place in the broad Union has hnd so conspicllous 11 bistory in tile progress, of slavery emancipation and tbe evenls of the wnr as L,l\\·rence. the county scat of Douglas county. In early doys It "'as by genernl consent coiled the" City of Free. dom," and was really. during the sllwcry agltntion of 1854...5...6. the only plnee in tho territory wbere it was safe to spenk against tbe Institution of !lla,'ery. Its thrill. ing history of suffering. precedlDg and during the ,var. haa given It the significant appellation of the" Historic City." . The town was originally settled by a colony from New England. under tbe auspices oC the New England Emigrnut Aid Society. with a few from oUler States --who fell in by the way. This party len :Massachusetts July 17, 1854. and' arrived and camped on the site oC the present State University, coming with ox teams pur· chased in Missouri, about nOOn on Tuesday, August 1,1854- In two weeka aner, a second party. numbering some sixty or seventy, under the supervision oC Dr. Charles Robinson and S. C. Pomeroy, arrived. Tbese were soon followed by a third and fourtb party, which materially augmented tbe numbers of the colony. Tbe infnnt cuy was known by the names of Wakarusa and New Boston-the :Missourians caU. ing It Yankee town. eD '. DOUGLAS COUNTY. . llAp OP DOUGLAS <:OuNTY. KANSAS I8l8. Iti -~~Ia. I-R"r"", I!flll ( ~ 11 • 11lJ_" 'A '" ~ii ~'! l;~ • II '1:~w';}' -'~ 'P , ~ r ... !'~ M-:tt- II ~.s. Ie , I ~~ /. ,.';'" YI ~71 II ha ar1 ~1~1 .1 ~V[I. ...,DOO' r.:. ~1 IP "" I.\'l B.J[ m~ n ....... i,Y \I >6 ~ .. IA ~, . XIX VIEW OF L.'I. WRE:qCE • 1Ft- ......... !pocW o....... r .. a..-) ~~.-(I ~ "'\I~~" ~ .~ "'~ ~ '1118;)'1. _~ ,R.,I!-I R.~ -, ...._,."'............. • The colony soon located. principally In the '\"all~y on the river bank near the north cn,d .. fMassachusetts strecL Chllrlcs II. BrnnscombandJnmes Blood had previously expiored the country, and had recommended this location. TIllS B!tt\cment "I\'as made agninst thc threats of ProS'lnv('ry men in all directions tbnt these anti.slavery men should be driven from the count~y. ,The first rallying or forces from Lawrence was on tllC night ot September 80. 1854. for the protection of Rev. Thomas J. Ferril, a Free-State !lethodlst preachcr fmlll Missouri. but his assallants, who bad snr· rounded hIS house. threatened violence and the destruction of properly. retrented 'on the IIppearance of a body of armed Frec-Slate Dlcn without injury to either party. On the '1st of October the tent of a Free·Slnte man was torn dO\\-n-the Instrument se· lected being n woman.. The Pro·Slavcry men mIlled to prevent its re-erectlon. . about twenty armed Free.State men mllying and re.erccting Ule tent without violence on clther side; but a renewal of the !,ttnck WRS threatencd the next dny, whcn a cunsldcfllblc blUl<l of Prn.Sin'·ery IlWIl- nl'Pcllred. bUI. seeing thclr oppouents ready, retrcn".... with renewed thrcnts of vcngeancc. The town was nllmetl Lnwreuce October 1,1854; iu ,honor or Amus A Lnwrenct'; 8 �102 STATF. BOAltD OF AORICtTJ.TURl:. of Doston, wloo nfll'!"Warns donated '10,000 for educational purposes, which WAS 8uh· sequently appr"priated to the University of Kansas, which is located at Lnwrencc. Early 10 Octob~r, 18M, Andrew n. Reeder, the tlrst governor of Kansas, arrived, had a reception, a festival, and a speech of welcome by lIon. S. C. Pomeroy, and made a conciliatory speech, evading tbe slavery question, and recommcnding the cultivation of hannony and ortler. The first winter was ono of grellt barnship, the people mostly living In sod houses and shanties made of clap-boards. At the first election-no election for delegatcs to Congress only-November 8,1854, there was great excitement, and 0 man by tbe name of Davis' attacked a pro-sla"cry man, named Kibbee with a bowie-knife, with execrations and oaths, threatening to "cut his abolition hean out," w,hen Kibbee shot Davis. This was the first homicide in KBDBIIB, and occurred about two miles south of La"'renee, Kibbee was arrested, held In prison at Fon LeB\"enworth for a short time, bailed out, but never tried. On tho 10th of January. 18M, a scbool "'as established. Edward Fitch, teacber, supponed by voluntary contributions, and free to all. This was the first free school In Kansas, and was the commencement of free 'schools. The winter of 1S.5f-.~ was passed 'with no dangerous violence, but on the 80th of :March, 18M, about 700 armed men from Missouri voted at the election for members of the Legislature; but, o"ing to the overwhelming numbers of the p~lavl'ry men, none of them were chaileuged, and the enemy, who camped on the town slle, departed for Missouri the next mom· ,fng. Silas Bond was shot at and driven from the polls because he was regarded as an obnoxious Free..8tate man. ' The first Fourth of July celebration In Lawrence was largely attended, and was defiantly Antl.Slavery. Gov. Charles Robinson deliveriug the address and John Speer presenting the toasts. In the summer, Col. James H. Lane and others made a futile effon to organize the National Democratic party, but the meeting ~ulted in a call of the Free·State citizens for a convention at Lawrence early In August, and that meeting provided for the historic Big Springs Convention, held September Ii. 1855. iii June, 18M. a meeting was beld In Lawrence, John Speer presiding, at which resolutions were adopted to resist any laws which might be passed, by the Legisl.. ture. and declaring that that body was elected by armed usurpers from ![issourl. Thla was really the commencement of the war In Kansas. Charles W. Dow, a peaceable, unoffendlng :Frec-State man, was murdered near Bal<1wln City, November 21. 18M. b1 Franklin N. Coleman, and \he rescue of Jacob Branson by a band of FreeState men from Sherifi' Joncs, with a posse or about an equal number, followed. This brought on what has becomo historic as the Wakarusa war. Twelve hundred Pro.Slavery men, principally from Missouri, besieged Lawrence, and about six hun. dred Free.Staie nlen, under tho command of Gov. Charles Robinson as Commander. In.Chlef, and James H. Lane as Brigadier.General. defended the place. Five forts of earthwork or rifle pits, were erected, and a vigorous defense prepared for. Finally a kind of treaty of peace was patched up, and the Pro-Slavery men returned to ![issourl. ,Durlog the scige Thomas W. Barber, a peaceable Free.State man, was murdered. A State cOnvention to nominate a candidate for Governor under the Topeka Constitution, was held In Lawrence on the 22d of December, l~!i; at which Charles Robinson received the nomination. The first Territorial Legislature paSsed a law Infiicting tho penalty of death for enticing away or In any manner aiding a fugitive slave, and imprisonment or not II'8S than two years for writing, printing or publishing" any denial of tho- right of )IeI" sons to hold sla,'cs In this Territory," and fixing the 15th day of September, 1!!S5, for tho taking effect of the law. On lhat day there was pUblished In the Earll/nI Tn~, edited by John Speer, an article occupying a full pnge of lhat paper, and Fms"!' Bn:NNIAf. RI·:I'OHT. 103 'l'rinlt~l in Inrge jllh tyPe, of whIch lhe f.lllowing IS nfll,.• jmil~, re.h",.,.l hy "h010. "'ngnl\'ing, showing the exnct n)lpearnllce of the article, liS illustrlliing lhe sJlirit ,or the times. The spols In the plnte, willeb arc lnken impl'rfeclly, were caused by ,t\Jl"rks from the burnlDg of the editor's dwelling \louse. TBB DAV or OUR ENSLAVEMENT t, The sprong of 1856 openc,l wlIh grellt prollllSC, unu everything seemed fair fot the young settlement. Mnoy new emigrants were daily arriving to swell the number of seUlers. S. N. Wood, who bad been engaged in lho rescue of Jacob Branson, and bad been Enstsince that annir, returned In Lawrepce.llOhl Rnd detlant, bringing with .him u number of }'ree-State eWigrunts of the SOlme t.emper. lie was BOOn after urrcst.. �FmST BIENNIAl, REPORT. 104 105 STATE BOARO 010' AORICUI,TURF.. ------- elt loy S ,T .•Tones. acting as she~ifr, nccoDlpanied by a possc; bllt Wood refused toacknnwledge the authority, unci WIIS resCued by some of his friends. Soon afU:r Jonea appeared in the town with n cOlllpnny of United 8tates dragoons, and Ilrr~'Sted a. dozen prominent Jo'rce.stato men. That night, ~hlle sitting in his lent, Jones was shot-' and dangerously wounded. The act wns denounced by Ii public meetlDg of Free-State· men. but a perfect reign of terror followed, and La~nce wns Ilgain threatened with destruction. On the 21st of Mny, Jones, pllrtly recovered frOID bis wound, entered the town witb a body of United Sllltes troops, and a large number of Pro.Slavery militia, prineiplllly froID Mlssonri. and (lestroyetltbe Free-8t.n.u and Herald of F'ru. dom prInting offices, the Free.State botel, Gov. Roblosnn's dwellingonj,lollnt Oread. ~nd pillaged and robbed stores and private 1I0nses. About the same time, Messrs. Hoit, Stewart and Jones, Free-State men, were mnrderal, and Charles Robinson,. Jobn Brown. Jr., G. W. Smith, H. H. Williams, G. W. Deitzler, G. W. Brown, and. Gains Jenkins, "'ere imprisoned in tents ncar Lecompton, guarded by United Staten. sullhers,. having been arrested on a ehnrgc of treason. About the last of September' 2,700 P~lavery men appeared in sIght oC Lawrence, and the town was telDpora.· rl1y. defended by Free..State men, under .the command of Maj. J. D. Abbott •. until Gov. Geary, who had just arm'ed in the territory, Interposed for their protection witb United States troops. A Pi'oSlaver'y fort at Hickory Point, thirty' tulles north of La\vrence, was citptured by a body of :Free-State men, two oC the' enemy killed, and the night following one hundred and one of the Free-State men were arrested on ebarges of murder and treason, by United States troops, and con· lined in prison at LecoDlpton. Gov. Geary, for bis attempts to protect Lawrence and the Free.State men, 'had his, liCe tbreatened, and wasactulllly compelled to arm these prisoners for his own defense,. nnd IInally left the territory. The Free·St:lle men from this time grew in strength, and in 1857 a. Conventionwas helll at Lawrence which determined to participate in.' tbe election under the to bogns laws." Fmuda were perpetmted at Oxford, on the, State hne, by "'hlch it was hoped to eheat.the district, of which Lawrence was a part, out oC tbe election oC three .members of the TerritorIal Council, and seven members. of the 1I0use. A pafty went from Lawrence to hang the Judges oC election at that place, and a. renewal of scenes of violence becilme imminent. The returns of tbe Oxford elee. tion ,,'ere rejected by the returning board, composed of Gov. Walker and Secretary Stant.)n, and an extra session oC the Legislature called to devise measurea for tbe tak-· ing oC a flllr vote on the Lecompton Constitution. This constitution was formed at. u-compton, and was ingeniously fmmed for the purpose of establishing slavery in the proposed State of Kansas, without submitting that question to a vote of the peo· Ille, and was a cause of the renewal of the slavery excitement. Lecompton was tben t~e headquarters of tbe Pro-Slavery men, and. with every obtainable vehicle, about. eight hundred armL'<\ men, with Gen. J"IUes H. Lane at their head, escorted the triumphant Frec-State Legislature from Lawrence to Lecompton. Thenceforward the Free-State Iilen were In power in the Territory, and the Territorial Legislatures of 1858, '59 and '60 adjourned from Lecompton and held their scssions in Lawrence. Tbe First and Sec~nd Kansas Regiments, and other troops for t1ie war, were organized at Lawrence. The city grew ~pidly during the drilt years oC that war. August. 21, 1863. the most terrible mnSsllCre of the war occurred at Lawrence. At ~be dawn of day, '~m. 6. QUllotrlll, a notorious bushwhacker and guerrilla, dashed luto the town, meetlDg many of the unnrmed citizens In their nig4t cloLlIC8. TbG town ,,'as pillaged and burned, 180 citizens were murdered, le,wing 80 ~'idows and .230 orphaus, and property alllounting_to about $2,000,000 destroYL'Il. Two solid blocks of buildings on IIlnssllChusells stn'ct, nnd nearly every good dwelling in the -city, were burned. This WIlS Il terrible blow to the dty's prosperity. but the nellt year was a prosperous one, and the city Wlls rebuilt wit~l unexampled act~vlty. Popullll\on, in 1860,8,687; in 1870,20,592; increase l~ len yellrs, 11,955; .popula. tion in 1815,18,505; decrease in five years, 2,087; population 10 1878, It1,931 ; IDClell."Il in elghtccn years, 10,294. Huml population,9,078; city or town population, 9.853; per cenL of rural to .city or town population, 47.00. POPULATION or 18'18, I>y TO.... lbtp. aDd Ctllel. . . _T_O.._"_l_; ...._._ ._ ..._D_-1_P_O_:_·I·:~==J ::~ I.-=~~~~.:: ~IDloD._ ... _....·....... X.n".ka .......... -............... ~t~::-8j;ri,;iO·_:::::::: IIlO Lowruceclly _... _.... \ 1.4111 \ 200 LccomploD ......... _.. W k '": . 1m 1.083 l:m I.~~~::::.-:::::::::: .. ~: ....... ~..~~.:.:::::::::::: ........ FaclJ of 'hiJ Country.-Bottom land, 20 per cent.; upland,80 per cent.; forest (Gov. -ernmentsurvey) 6 per cent.; prairie, 94 per cent. Average width of bottoms, one mile; general surface of the country undulating. TimMr.-The width of timber belts ranges from a. few rods to ODe mile. Varie. lIes: walnut, ash, backberry, oak, elm, cottonwood, etc. Prindpal Btreama.-The Kansas river anll tbe Wllkarnsa. The former runs a litile south of east, formlDg all but a small portion of the northern boundary; the latter 1I0ws through the central portion. a little north of east. Also nUlDerous sman $treams. The county Is well supphell with springs, good wen. water obtained at a .depth oC 25 feet. • . . Coal.-Coal is supposP.d to underlie the whole county. 'Thiekness from 12 to 20 inches, and at a depth of from 10 fcct below the surface downward; quality poor, 1UId DOt much developed as yet. Building B~n.e, de.-Pienty oC building stone of fine qualitY in various localities. Fire and poUety clay reported on !(ount Oread, near Lawrence. Railroad Oonnutitml.-The Kansas Pacidc Railway crosses the northern corner of .the county; princlpsl station, Lawrence. Tlte Leavenworth, Lawrencc & G~v~ton Railway runs nearly through the centre of the county from no~h to south; prlDclpal stations, Lawrence, Baldwin City, PMlirie City. The Bt. LoUIS, Lawrence & Denver (Pleasant Hill) Railroad follows the Knnsas river to De Soto, Johnson county, thence southeast to Oillthe lind Pleas,,"t Hill, !(o. The La"7Cbce & Southwestern Railroad connects Lawrence with the Alehlson, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad at . Carbondale, 111. Osage county. The K:insl\9 Midland Railroad runs on the south bank of the Kansas river Crom 'J'0l'eka to Kansas City; principal stations, Lawrence, .Lecompton and Eudora. " ,A.gricultural B/ati"ia.-Acres in the COllnty, 300,160; taxable acres, 291,087; nn· der cufth'ation, 1<17,003.7(;; cultivnlL'Ilto taxable acres, 47.07 per cent.; Increase of . cultivated acres during the-year, 320. . . ValtUJ of. Garden Produce, P(fU./lrg and Egg, Sold during lhiJ Year. -Garden 'produce, $13,356; poUltry and eggs, $11,336. Old Com on HIIM-Old corn on hand March 1st, 1878, 452,169 bushels; or an ayer· age of 119 bushels to each family. Dairy Product •. :....Cheese mllDufacturL-d in 181!l, 9,463 lbs.; in 1878. 11,581 100.; <lecreruie, 8,878 Ibs. Butter manufactured in 1875,304,542 lbs.; in 1818,385,702100.; increa.se, 81,160 Ibs. �107 STATE BOARD OF AOJUCULTURE. 106 STATEMENT .bowlDl!'lbo A;"""" 01 Field Crop. D.m:ed rrom IIIN'o I8'18.IDelu.I ••• 18'14. 18'12. Cao..... Win.er Wh..l............... 4.1156.00 4,~: lIyc .................... ,..... 158 00 S48 SpriDjI Wb..l ..............:. 1S8.~ G,030: ~~~:: 8.864. 2,811. 10.730. 110. .:. : : : : : : : : : : :n:~ ~: I..............,.... 1.458 4'2.~ I,:: toe............... J; ~ ~:;: ~. 1,668. 1M. 1190. ~~::\~:i~[~m~[· ~; ~.' 451. lIO. 1,089. 145. 01. 454. 4,8:)9. 1.100. 121. 11.889. Broom Com ••• , .••••••••••••••••••••••• "iii1''' Millet and Hanlllrl.D........ 1te 00 I 613 Thoolby M..dOW •••••••••••• 1.644.00 l:as,· Clover ~eadow.............. I.5IlI.~ 11884 Prairie )I ..dow .............. 17·'I8'l·00 '295' Tlmolby P ... o....... •••••••• 199. 281 Clo.er P .. ta"'............... I9f 00 54t. lIIa.-o .... Paslore • •••••••• 642.00 lUll p ..lrle Fulure...... •••• •••• 18.2118. 00 1-'..;'"__ . -1-::-:7.""::1 To••I ......•.............. um.. 117,1!'III. '18. 9.819. But.kwb.. lrllb po.atoe. '" •••••••• •••• Swee. Po•• . 18'18. IIr.5. 114 lIo 1102. 11,';83 'Ir.!!- 18.518.002,241. '1.4.600· 49. l!!I'l.OO 81,115•. 4B.1IM.00· 186.11 89.0118.lIIt!.OO· 6.484. 129. IlY.OO 1.83fI. 1.419.00' 101. &lliO· 414. 2!9 OIl814. IttI.OO' ····49i:· . ··.. iiii:so· 334. W.OO· 19.011- 111. 8,!!I.!t. 203.2:1- 1.;3 8,21100' 2,885 8.~.OO· 'I'O.liO 21.IIOt.OO· . !I!It.OII196.011- 114 20,0). 840. 54 I.W. .1,(180 m.oo· 25.518 OIl- 9ii.9i2.2i 107.1100. Io...... e 10 Ill< r"". 8'1+ per ceoL Avenp lucreaoe per IUlDIUII, 6.18+ per ceoL below. RANIt or Dcnijllao Coao'r 10 .be Cropo oamed ao 10 Acrer.ge, and In CalUnled Actellge; .be reo" mentioned 10 Ibe roregolojllable. . .,...... ... . Wheal ••••••••.••••• :........ =·Am~n·liiiilrC;.;ij.. ::: j~ 'i '19 4 8 ... w..,... ror . ~~I~.· 84 8 ' 02· 1 0 1 2 I I · JI 12. 8 1 44 7 II 35 18. . n· 8TATElIENT Ihowinglbe AC. .I. Prodact and Volae or Prlnclp.1 Crop. (or l8'I8, toge.her 1I"\lh .b.. In........ and Decroue I I compared wltb 1m. . b.c:IlUIlI ACR&S III 08 18'18. Drcau.. l1ccai:.uB PBoDt'lCT I'1f 18'18. nDlIlm. WI I Wheal bo 18.51::£ 1i88.00 10. a:n.~2.00 n er .••• •••• ·135 00 d 0 85.424 00 Rye ••••••.••••••••••••hD. I.~. 248·00 1 • 2,!I!O 00 Sprlnjl Wbeat •••••••• ba. I ·00 d:· I 114,825·00 Com .................. ba. 48,996..,.. . • I '/110·00 0 Barler •• ••• ••••••••••• bn. 8.J:::~ 47.00 • •4H.00 Oat................... bo. 119· 2.1~:::: d:: 1.lBl.\JO Bu.kwb",,' ••••••••••• bn. 1.419!~i 83.00 10. '10.9&0.00 lrI.b Po.II""•.•••.••• ba. 86· 84 liO de 11,1185.00 Sweel Palatoe ••••• J •• ba. 2!9' 185:00 de: 211,8S5.00 ~::ra:'Be.;,;.::::::::~~. 162: 1:101.00 de. 2.480.00 Colton ••••••••••••••• Ib•.•.••• ····8,·421·.00 Flu.................. ba. ~ 181.150 la. IIMOO 00 B2e,p •••••••••••••••• Jb.. :;~ llO9.00 do. 14.080.00 ccoC······ ········l~:· 162800 00 T IIOS.OO de ~=~b),::3~~~::::~:: I.~:~ '~ ~ 1.49!.4S ::g 1 ·l:;·· ............ OR VAU7B DECRE£8B rRoll 1m. 141.m.00 In. 1 18.1l9.00 de. I.33t.OO ID. 932.1:l6.00 de. 2110.00 de. 8.082.00 In. 8'l2.00 10. 82.8.'10.00 de. 8,1311.00 de. tl.ll7lI.OO de. 1,280.00 de. or PSODUCT III 18'18. J!CCBEASB: OR DECREA •• • ~)1I1m. 1132.115.'12 11I8.Sl&.7tio. 10,82'I.lIO 1.4Ii.81de. 1.806.00 1.000.44ID .. ' 849M.00 292.803.24 do. 823.00 185.00 do. 411.121.74 8.944.1410. 1.904.00 . 88.'1.6010 •. 28.$00 l1~OOd.. I 4.488 1:1 9.0IIS.85 de. 1lI:11l1'.15O lo.88!.liOde. 8,087.&0 1.~.liOd... ···4~i".OCi"iD: ····&4ii.oo ··Tojj.ooi~: 1!12:280.00 de. 8.!\25.00 10. 8.900.00 1.400.00 1I.S9S.flOde•. 851..10 in. .::. M·: I:: '13.800.00 In. 6.09'I.liO 2,16'7.liOlo; ~'iWe':'.03W,;;jri8;i.;,;·teni 8,219:iii =;:.;:::: I~::: t~: =~ '8,~:::1:~ I:: 135.85 In. 81~.JOln. 8.9M.'/O r.~~~~~~rr.~::::=: 11.r:.~ I.~ ~ 1:: :::~~:.~ :::~~~:~:;;:. ~:~~~: :::~~.~~~: ·~-;::r;:I:~~~~~:= ~.: ToIol., •••••.•...•..•• 18'I.cm-:7i I.:::: 1:: :::::.::::::; :::::::::::::: .::::::::::: :::::::: ::::: 8\l) 00 In •••.• ~ •••••••.•.•.•.••••.•• 5924.528.81 S.m.880.81de. Farm Animau.-Numbcr of hortlCl!. In 1877,7,012; in 1878, O,94S; dccrcnsc, 67. Mulcs and asses,lD 1877,637; in 1878,657; lDCrcasc, 120. )liIch cows, in 1877,7,163; In 1878.7.143; decrease, 2Q. OLhcr cRttle, in 1877;10,9M; in 1878, 12,750, llIcrcnsc, 1,7M. Sheep, In 1877, 2,510; lD 1878, 2,477; decrease, 83. SWine, in 1877,.17,583; in 1878,26,222; IDcrease,8,63.9. . 8h«p Kill«!. bg Dog••-Numbcr of sheep killed by dogs, 49; value of slicep killed by dogs, ,147. ' . . W ool.-Clip or 1877,11,920 Ibs. Valw of AnilllDif 8laugTttwtd.-Value of animals slaughtered and sold for slaugh. ter during the year, $229,452.08. ~Horlic:ult~r"--Number or acres nn)'BCrles, 284. Number of trees In bearing: . apple, 121,972: pear, 4,088; peacb,82,412; plum; 1,6M; chcny, 23,944. Numbcr or trees not. in bearing: apple, 95,424; pear, 4,214; peach, 10.s'lO; plum, 979; cbeny, 7,019. . Hn LmD.-The herd law Is not In force. One correspondent says: .. Irwe do not secure it, it wlll.take all our timber to rebuild fences In the next five years." An. other correspondent writes: U It would add ten dollars to the value of every acre or bottom land, and five dollars to every acre of upland In the county.'" A tbird report states that It Is viewed unfavorably by some few In tbe county. F_.-Btone, 811,210 rods; cost, '127,815. Rail, 178,259 rods; cost, ,231,740.70. Board. 70,668 rods; cost, t98,928.20. Wire, 83,079 rods; coat, ,23,155.80. Hedge, 3511,89.5 rods; cost, '177,697.110. Total rods or fence, 722,606; total cost, '659,842.70; Apiac:ulture.-Number of stands of bees, 864; pounde oCboney, 9,2.'iO; Wale, 1 U. Valw of ~c:ultural ImplemmU.-Amount invested in agricultural implcments, $117,498. . Manufaeturu.-Baldwin CIty: steam grist mill. capItal, $1,Il00. Endora town. ship: steam grist mill, capital, '10.000. City of Lawrence: steam fiouring mill, caplisl, ,11,000; water power flouring mill, capital, S2:\,000; water and steam flour Ing mill, capital, '12.000; wind power, wagon and' plow manUfactory, capital, $50,000; foundry, capital ••25,000; cabinet works, capItal, eo,ooo; pottery, capital, ti,ooo; soda water manufactory, capItal. $2.000; paint works, capItal. $8,000; steam soap factory, capital, ,10,000; shIrt manufatory, capital, t8OO; vinegar works, capItal, t5,OOO; gas works, capital. '25,000. . Valuation and In4«Itednu•.-Assessed valnation of personal property, ,1.118,402; railroad property, ,459.582.76;total888eSSed valuation of all property, $4,987,879.76; Lrue valuation of all property, .$8.312.299.60. Total indebtedness of county. tOwn. . ship. city, and scbool districts, ,1,148,695.27; per cent. of indebtedne88 to as. sessed valqatlon. 23+. Nt_po, gu/orr.-Thellnl namber orlbe Htrald 'II F,udom ... doled Waltaru ... K.a .... Oclober 21.1854, but weo prlnled 10 PenDfylvanlL The • ..ond number . . . pnbli.hed.t LaWl'Cllce, lanu.ry d.l8Sa. liar II. 11M. Ibe omce weo d.. lroyed brlbe Border Bulllano, .nd Ibe publication .... la.pendecl. 1& weo ...... bll.hed In Ihe rollowlnll November. and conUaDed ontll 18S9. when It an.llyesplred. . lohn S~r prlnled ODe aamber 01 lbe Ku.IU Pionu' In Oblo. d.led Oc'ober IS. I~. h.vlng YI.lted' Kanaao lbe month p...vloa.ly, aod pn:pared bll odltorlal. In th.t terrilory. Relamlnjl to Kan'" wllb bl. 'mlterlal, be round lbal a p ......lavery p.per called .b. PI"".., b.d beeo ••••bll.hed at ~Ickapoo, n.. r Lea""oworth.. Holbererore ehanlt"d '~e name or bl. p.per 10 lbe A·an.IU Tribune, .od publl.hed lbo lint n1lJDber at Lawrence, lanuary G. 11M. S. N. Wood became a partner. and lbe pape" w .. published anLU NOTember. 1&:1, ",bea It ·w.....mooed 10 Topeka. In lulr. or lbat JUI'. II was ·publl.bect.i dollr ror one week. AI Topoka, Speer .';ooeIaled wI.b blm W. W. Roo . . . . '. partDer'" Ther contloued lbo: pabllcatloD nnW February, 18&1. ·when Speer 80Id out 10 JIaea Bro.be",. '. a The A·a.,IU Frel814U waa .taited at Lawrence. br JosIah lIlIIer and R. O. Elllolt. In Janaary. �l!'lS FmST BIENNIAL REPORT. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. ~ ••Dd contloaed till Hay 21. 18511, whea the 0111.. ,.... dCltroyod by" border n.ftIaa •• ': II w .. reVIved by R. O. Elliott, and publlahed .1 Del.w..... Ka..u, Cor a .borl timo. . '. The lMoml""" V....,II . . . ootabllohod ID tbo oprtag oC 18M, byJoo.... Part •• The arm wu. CIlaa!:od. a Cow moath. after lb. . .tahll.hmcat oC tbo paper. to Jooe • .t BenaetL Wbea lbo p.per In'pODded,ID 18111. the material of lhe olllce wu removed to Harya",ne. Durto~ the Iaot year oC Ita czlolcuce" wu edited by W. P. Hoatgomery; DOW editor oC t.ho ][0,. CU,81R1IIW/. The lIrat Dumber oC tb.IA",,..,,,,, Blpubllco,. wu I..ued Hay" ISS'; Norman Allen, proprtetor, T. D. Thacber. odltor. ID the lummor oC lase. T. D. Thachcr, S. O. Tlulcber .Dd S.)I. Tbacber hou!:bt Allea oot. Ja lSS9, S. O. Tbachor IOld bla latereal to hlo parta.... December 17, 1880, tbe OOlaDII.bmeDt WII oold to loha Speer, wbo took ID .. penaer Cor Ihree month. Ve..... Nlcholu .' Smltb;aow oCChappaqna,N. Y .. who m.u'ned HI •• Jda,daullb.or or Borace U...ley. Rn. B. JL )100.. oucceeded SmIth Cor three moath., aud 8peer eoallaued tb. paper a100e uaUI 8cptemC . ber 4, 18IIt, wheD he aold It bact to T. D. Thach.r. DurtDK thel.. t ....loa oC the Terrttorlal LeRio. Jature In 18111. the Bqiwbllea" WD8 publl.bed .. a dally by Sp.. r .. Smltlt. Hr. Thacher coa· . tlDUed to pahll.h t.h. poper. In coaaectloa with S. )I. Thacher. uatll t.h. Quantrill _ ADlI\IOt II. 18Il8, whea the olllce, boua. a_tao library aud ....erytb.aK were lotally conaumed. Febru.,. I, 181l8, tho Blpdllea,. wao ....tabll.hed by Kr. Thacher, and contlDUed UDIII Harch 4, 18aI, whea II wu couaoildated with the 8/oU JOllr.al aud the OUO.... Homo JOllrJllJl III the B.p.lJllcoa Dallr Jo",.ol aud the Weol4rla 801M J"" ....ol, weetly. . Th. CAo ..., . . w. . .tarted alPralrl. CIty, by 8. S. Prouty, Jua. I$, JB:ior, betDg prtated nadera t e a t _ bylhetadl.. for Ih.t purpaM. EI.YOU ..umbe.. were luued, aCtor which the pahllcatlOD wao IDapoDded. Three mODtha later, Hr. Prouty, ID company wllh O.I.er P. Willett, . . "'''''' tb. CAomp.o.. After three monlb.. WUleU wllhdrew, aad th. puhllcatlou wao coatla~ed by Prouty DUdl September, 18S8, wben he d._aUDned the publication, tort,. aumhera ha"'al been I..aed ID aneeD moatbe. Th. mater\a1l1paD whIch the Cbmplo" w.. prtnted wu pun:haoed oC G. W.IIrVwtt, oC the On-old qf Jl'rudom, by th. Pralrte Clly Town Company. The preu wao tho oa.: brouKht 10 th. Tem....,.1a 1I\8f, by Rev. J. Heeker, a Bepllot mlnloDlU]' to the Ottaw. Judlaa•• Th. HolloRiJl D",,_ wu otarted at LecomptoD, Febl"llllJ'y 113, lase. by 8. W. Drtggs. It wu pul> till October.18t!O, whaa the material w.. removed to Alcbloon. . . Th. 8nl Dumber oC the COftl1rovatUJRol BtcOrd wu publl.hed ID January, 18lIII, at Lawrence, R. ; CoI:dI.,., 8. Y. Lun. aod B. H. SlmplOD, a commlll.. of th. CoofP'eKiallooal Auoet.tlon, bavlDK.·. cJtariie oC th. pabll..l.o... R.,.. R. CordIer Dad ecbtorta1 ehafKO, ...Ilted by Ro•• L. Bodwell and Ro,.. R. D. Parker. Jl .... publlobed quarterty DUtil January. l81li, after whleb Ie appaled monthly•. It ..... dcotroyed I" the Qll&DtrDJ md, ...... the hoa .. or tile editor, Hr. The ae'" aum' ber, September aud October comblDed, wao prlDted by T. D. Thach.r,.t the 0lil01 of UI. Joarnol qf C - . Kaaau City. and .......IDed a tDlllCCOI1al or Ih. raId, from Ih. poD oC lIr. CordI.,.. Prom Ihl. time t.he .... oC t.h. pabltcaUon chleIl,. d.valved on Hr. ~ker, II betDg prtDted at Kauau Clly, DUIII »-mber, 19IK, ..beD It' wao IUlpoDded nDtll Juae, 18l1li; It wu thea revived, naderlbe adJ. torlal .... oC B.,.. J. D. Llge\t aDd Rev. P. HcVlcar, aud .... prlDted .11Aa.,.aworth ODe year. Jt ...... thea tran.Ceirod toTopeta, wllh H ....... HcVlcar aDd Cordley, ~Ion. On Ihe completloa 01 t.h. "!:bIb valume, Xay, 1881. Ita pDbllcatloD .....bandoned. Th. Dllmhera Cor Ocloher .ad Nowmber, '19IK, ..,atalD a roll a_ual 01' the Price ta_loa. Whll. publl.hed at Lawreacelt waa prtuted al dltrertnl tim.. by T. D. Thacher" Co•• Speer .. SmIth, aud Speer a Heore. Th.Xa.",. 8/oU JOllrnol olleceeded Ih. Hn-old qf Frftd""., It .... eatahllabed by JOII.b C. Trut aDd Ho""y E. Lowman, In February, 1881. oa the material oC the OfNld qf rrMlom. Hr. TlUt woo tilled In the QDfDbUI m .......... Augu.t 21,18113. Iu Ihe IpilDK oC 18114, Lowm.a .old out 10 S. C. Smith and W. S. Ranlda. ID Hoy, 18l1li; Jam.. ChrI.tI.a and ~. W. Reyuol4o purehued Smlrb'olalereO!, aad Ibe paper .... pDbll.bed ID Ihe name oC Chrtad.", lI.yaolda a Co. Jo th. ....atcror 1888, Hr. Reyuolda hoDKht tb. lutareat or Hr. OhrletlaD, aud Illl8ll8, GeOrge A. Royaol .... hoqht the loterest oC Hr. HaDkID. )larch 18118, the paper WAI coaaoJldated wllh Ihe LntlnYft'" B.p"lJIteo• • Dd the O/Iauio 801M Journol, DUder the· arm uamo of Kallocb, 'J'becber '" ReyDOIcta. The Dollr 81ol. Joun.ol wao itarted by Cbrl.llaD" Rofuolda, JDlyll, 188S. • TIle R.""blteo" DoU, J0rn'n41 aad Doll, Konaaa Trlba"... Tbl. p.per wu otaned Harch a, l8IIB. 11_ a c:ODlOlldaUOD of t.h. DoUr IA",,..,.,,, B."ablteoll puW.hed by T. D. Thacher, tho DoU,81414 Journo/publtihed IJy H. W. Reyaold., anel the W ..,...... 110".. Jourwol, a weekly paper· publllbed.t Oltawa hy L S. ·Xalloch. The Ina wao bOWD . . X.lloeh, Thacber a Reyuolel•• Iu 1m, Hr. Thacher hought the Intcreal oC bl, porlae"" aud becamq thelO'e proprtetor. JD l874,lIr. F. E. Stlmp..D becam. a partoer ID th. CODOCr'u. Jit'December, 1874, Xc.."; TbOcber .. SlImplOD bouKht the name, IIocid will, ollb8Cl1pUOD lIel. and rroDchl ... oC til. Kon.oa TrlblUU, ""d conaolldated It wllb the JOurJUJ/. Iho a.m. oC the paper becomlitg Ibo B,pllb/ItGa Dollr JO'!rnol aDd the DnUr Ka ..o. Tn611... . ID una, Hr. StlmplODreun.t, .Dd )lr•.Thacher .IiarD became the ..10 proprtetor. l'r_·. ".bed CordI.,.. a. ]00 ID Ilmi. tbo LawreDce JounW Company "u .orgaulzed, ODd eon.Ututce tbe pro.eDt publl.bcr ur th. paper. Th. Iral.rA ][0".. Jo"rnoll.lb. Dame oC tb. weekly odltioD oC tbo a"".,•• The p.per I. Republican ID pollUca. T. D. Thacber hOI bocn coDnected· with It from tbe bell"i· Dlug, .Dd .tlll retaJualta mall&&"meDtODd coDtrel. Th. KORlaa Wu.tlV 'I'rIbtuI. wu ...... tabll.hed .t LaWl'01lce, by JObD 8peer, JaDUIll]' 1,1863. It wu contlDuod till Augo.t II, CollowlDg, wben th. olllee.•Dd material wore doatroyod by QD&D' trlD. JohD ll. Speer and Rohert Speer, .ODI oC John Speer••Dd CharI.. Palmer. a JourtlCrman prtDtar, were murd.red .Ub.aamo time. Novemher.18Il8, the TrlbUR. wu ....,.t.bll.bod ••• dally and weekly hy John Speer, wbo coDtlDned Ita pDbllcatlon till FcbrulU]' 1, 18'11, whcD It w .. aOId to J. S. Emery, JohD ButeblDII" and J. H. ShlmmoD., Emory .etlng .. editor for •• bort tlmo, ..heD h. oold hI. IDte... t to BatchlDgs '" Shlmmon., wbo conducted th. peper uDtll Aagu.t ao. 1873. AI thl. date I. 8. Kalloc:h purehued the IDterod oC Shlmmoni. and edlled tho p.per uutll April II, 1874, wben h.·..ld out to Butchla,", tb. I.ttar belDK .01. proprt.tor and edItor from Ib.t tlmeuudl July 7. of that year. Be (ButchIDII") tbeD oold t.h. olllce to E. B. SDOW, Loal. )\ell~ and ,Joha BalD.' Th... puU.., Dader tbe arm Dam. oC SDOW. Hellao '" BalD, <ontlnDed tDO pahll: eotloD oC the poper, with Hellnauodltor, uatU N • .,.m~r Ill. 1874, wbeD th. p.por.pln Cell into tn. banda oC Hutcblnga, aDd the publleatlon wu .u.peuded Deeember II, Collowlng. It was revived OctoherllO, l875, by Joha Speer. J. E. Covel and George H. Rlcbarda,.wltb JObn Speer .. editor. R1cbarda retired Janu.ry M.. 11m. Speer' Covel coatlaued lb. puhllcatloa ttll )[arch 111, 1m. wben Speer wltbdre,.. aad Co.,.1 bU .Iace eairted on the p.per a10DO. It II puhU.hed •••n OYCDIDg dally, and 1.lndopoDdeDt la politico, .upportlDII tho G~Dhact .. ct.t la thel.to can_ •• · Th.80m0 Cirel6 wao .tarted .1 Bald",lu CIty, la 185c, Dy P. A. Emery and Joaepb Kounl, Ihel.uer a mUle.' It CODUUUed aholillwel .. weeta.· . Th. YO""11 .dmni<rz; a: amaIl amateur p.per, wu pahlllhed Cor a .hort time ID ~ .t BaldwlD Clly, hy CharI.. W. GoodIn, a yoaDlllOa oC Joel K. Goodla. .. . . Ja 1S8C, the Bold",,,, CUr 0bKirir wu .tarted Dy WarreD Hltchell, ..ho 004D ..Id oat to HoaDt .. Holllagworth. Th. p.por .Ulpeaeled·la about a you. Som. monthl laler, ID 18115, It ..... ro"lved "y I. lobnaoa .. Sona, aud oubaequeDtly W.llace JobnlO';" Co. became proprtetora. The paper wu JlDaJI,; oU.poDded, about olz mODlb ••ner III re"'vaI, .ud tho material wu removed to Fort ScotL The KOR.aa NIVI Era wuotarted .1 Lacomptoa, Septomber III, 18811, S. W .._ . edllor .Dd p .... prtotor. Hay iii, 1887. t.he paper wu remond toHedlna, Jder.oa couilly, and theace to G....hopper Fallo. DOW Vall.y Fall., whero It I. lUll cootlDDccI. The H.", Era was anello a Ropablleau paper. The HortA IA _ _ CO_ wu otarted July" $!II, by J. S. Boullht4D. ID Sop_ber CoUowIaK t.he _ . wao chaapd to Ih. Ko", YoIIq Cowrilr. Jl'ebruuy 9, 1887. GeorP N. BoaJtbtoD became .._I.ted la Ihe publication, and continued UDtll Jua. 8th, follO\YID~ wb.n 110 wlUlarew. B. O. WbftDey took ,an lDteieet In, aDd became editor or, tbo paper Scplcml)Cr 14. 1811, aDd tbe DaDlO WU cIwlpd to tbo Ciarlo... la November rollowlolo Hr. Whltaer wltbdrow, aud Hr. JIouJ;htoa opl4.be paper to John Speer, oC Ih. IAUIMIU Trlbrln.. )lr. BoaJtbtoD'O paper .... priDted a p.rt or th. time at Ibe JOllmiJl olllce and part oC Ibe time at the Trlbu... oIIIeo. Arter tho OUlpeDlloD oC the p.per. Judge B. B. Bowardltarted •• d Cor lOme lime publlilled the Nort/& lAw,.".." JOUTJIOI• Th. Slondord. DemacnUc, wu ..ta~lI.bed •• a .....kI7. Seplember 18, 18'10, by a corporatloa compooed oC S. E. Ba8OD. G. W; Sibert. D. T. Mltcbell, Bly Hooro, W. S. RaaklD, BeDry LeI., Goo. . A. Reynoldo, aud W",on ShaDaOD, Jr. Jt "u coatiDued "y them till Oclober. 1871, wheD D. T. ltltebell toot oole contro\, aDd publlahed 11 u a dally..,."IDIL paper till October. IIm1. wbeD E. G. Bo.I aad F. J. D. Skill' pun:hued II, They puhU,hed It tltI Auguo!, 18711, whea Ell Hoore ......Ub.tI· luled Cor Skill", aDd lb. paper .... coDIIDUed by Ro.. " Moore 1111 October It, Ilmi. wh.D Roo. became aole proprlctor, and ba..-IDa admitted hi. eon. PUt Jlou. AI • parlcer, October, mn, they baTe COD· tlDUed 1110 publlcatloD undl the preaeut time. . The 8plrU qf Kon.aa. a rona aad Camlly paper, ..... tarted.t lAwreoce, Febroary a, 18'12, hy J. S. Xallocb aad J. T. St_o, uader tb. Ina n.me oC J. S.. K.lloeh "Co. JD FehrulU]', 11m, IStcmlao purchued Kal1ocb'. Interest, aDd coutiDuod the paper till May, 181'3- ",beD .E. G. lloH beeamc a partner, ant tbe arm wu Rota & StC!'YC!Da. In lue.1874, tbe partnersblp wu dJuolftd, aud )lr. SI...no hal IIDee beea ui. editor aDdao,e proprtetor. .' Th. E"''''''11 Parwi' wao ltarted .laoDIU]' 18'13, hy E. O. Ron, aud publllbed Cor three wee"". when It ~nlpeDded. after tbo eOD.toriat electioD. . .• The 8li1u Sentinel, dCTOtod to the tcmpcnloce Qnae. waaltaned 10 Lca'Yeowortb by David C. Bcoc~ a. a. wboremo..ed lito LaWJ'e1lCOl1l119.IBn. and COOtJDuca to pubUab IL to .JaoulLl)" 1, 1878. wbcu 1\ au. poDcled. . . . . . . . dJ 0 'tbe VD,z. Populi. a weekl1 paper, W,.. .tarted at Lawrence. ID 1m, by Heury BrooloD 4D ., W.ybr1Kh': II weo publl.bed. C.w montb, ouly, aud merJted la IDe SIOftdord. Bthooz...-N.umber Or organized districts, 84; school population, 7.6111; average �110 STATE, BOARD, OF AGRICULTURE. IID.lary of teachers; per monlh, males, $39.77; females, $30 28. School houses built .dunng 1878, 8, frame, 2; stone, 1. Total numberofschoolllOuees, 00; log, I; fraDle, , 44; bnck, 17; stone, M. Value of all school property, 1183;004. No shade trees re~rtoo . churMa.-Baptist: organizations,li; membership, MO; church oolftces, 2; valne, of church property, $23,000. Congregational: organizations, 4; membership, 1110; church 00lftces; 8; valne of church property, $50,000. Episcopal: organizations, 1; membership, 119; church ooiftces, 1; value of churCh property, tsO,OOO.Lutheran: ' orgauizatiooa, 2; membership, 90; church ooiftces, 1; value of church property, ",000. llethodistEpiscopal: organizations, 17: membel'llhip,1,l88; church oodlceS," 8 ;valne of church property, '22,200. PresbyterilUl: organizauooa, 7; membelehlp, 400; church ooiflces, II; value of church property, ,20,200. Roman Calholic: " ofganizatiooa, II; membership, 2,000; church 00lftces, 8; value of church property, 110,000. UDlted Preabyterlan: organizaf1ons, 1; membership, 69: churc;h e<liflces, 1; value of cb'urch property, $8,000. UDlversahst: organizatiooa, 1; members41p, 47; church edlftces, 1; value of church property, ,111,000. �Ancestry:com - we ;:snoUlO inanK inem 100! . Jo AIfIJ~!com. IItIfAJWI The No. 1 Sourc;e for FamIly HISI.DIY Online . . . Ancestry Daily Ne~s V .l.A511;;.l V.l ~ . Paula Stuart Warren, CGRS - 4/2.8/2005 We Should Thank Them Too! I do have to admit to ha,ving grumbled a time or two about a librarian or a clerk in the courthouse. I may have gritted my teeth about an archivist or other staff person somewhere I have researched. Most times I don't have such reactions after a research visit. I recently had one of those proverbial "light bulbs" switch on in my brairf. I n genealogy, "we" have sometimes given some of these folks a bad rap. Of course, I advocate sending a thank you note when you have had a pleasant research experience. But there are other facets of their work that also deserve our thanks. . Advance Preparation Sometimes our disappointment with the person behind the desk or counter is actually our own doing. We can solve that ourselves. Did you just show up at a library or archive without being prepared? Did you check to see if there was a website with information on that repository? Did you not ·call ahead to c.heck the hours of the probate office? Did you check to see whether there is an online catalog of that place's holdings so that you even know if the records you seek are actually at that place? Sharing Knowledge For many years I was in charge of the exchange publications for my state genealogical society. Many genealogical societies exchange their monthly or quarterly publications with other societies. This affords members of a society access to rpany pubHcations. Of course, I delighted in being able to skim through a large stack of publications every couple of weeks. I noted that in many localities the meetings, classes, and seminars had sessions presented by area librarians, staff from courthouses, and archives staff members. They were sharing their knowledge with area genealogists. Some are done on their regular job time and the institution is paying for their time or giving them compensatory "time off' from work. Major Commitments In the United States alone in the last ten years there has been an impressive list of personnel from major repositories who have given extended service and time to our genealogical organizations. Immediately what comes to mind are volunteer positions such as officers and board members of state and national level genealogical societies or chairpersons and program chairS of major state, regional, a!1d national genealogical conferen~es. Yet others have served on committees that also require a time commitment. The repositories know that this service serves as a positive public face for their institution. Among the many such places whose staff have given their time to serve the genealogy field are the Allen County Public Ubrary (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Arizona State Ubrary, Daughters of the American Revolution Ubrary, Denver (Colo.) Pu~lic Ubrary, Family History Ubrary, Minnesota Historical Society, U.S. National Archives, . Newberry Ubrary (Chicago, III.), New England Historic Genealogical Society, Wisconsin Hi~orical'Society, .and many other local and state research repositories.' . Joining and Donating Have you joined an organization, donated materials, or visited a repository after interaction with one of their employees via a genealogical society? When visiting or joining it would be helpful if you remarked that you did so because you have become acquainted with that specific staff person and heard them talk about the wonderful research resources at the place where they "York. . Writing Articles Many of these -staff members also write articles for local and national genealogical publications. The vast majority ofthese·are not for pay and some are written, with permission, on that repository's time. The writer �Ancestry.com - We Should Thank Them Too! shares genealogical knowledge and may write extensively about the research repository for which they work. These articles are another positive public face for that repository and also are a help to the editor. It's Not Just Time __ Many major repositories have given to genealogical organizations in monetary ways. Some do provide funds for their employee to travel to a distant conference or society board meeting. Some allow the staff person to use the repository copier or computer to handle some of the volunteer duties. Others actually add the volunteer service to the person's job description and realize it does take away time from that person's "regular" job duties but they realize the benefit of the service. The repository may do some special advertising for an event their staff member is associated with or may lend their mailing list for publicity purposes. Why do they do this? It goes a long way to bridging the gap between genealogists and the staff at the institution, it helps in preparing the genealogist to visit the repository, and it gives the repository a'favorable public face among thousands of researchers. That Positive Publicity Every time one ofthese wonderful ,persons serves in one or more ofthe pOSitions mentioned above, the institution or SOCiety for which they work gets extensive publicity. Their biographies (or presentation introductions when they lecture) usually mention the name of the repository. Every time they serve as volunteers, we genealogists benefit from their time and expertise. I have enjoyed serving on boards and committees with such persons and having the opportunity to ask a question or two about research in their . . state or at the place where they work. Thank these facilities for sharing their staff people with our genealogical organizations. Thank the individuals, too. Join those organizations that have memberships and purchase their publications. I can immediately name two memberships I have mainly due to being impressed by an organizational representative I met via a genealogical board or committee. Donate to genealogical publications that you compile to their libraries. Keep them in mind when considering monetary donations. Their time and , expertise is vital to family historians. Paula Stuart-Warren, CGRS, is a professional genealogist, consultant, writer, and lecturer. She has lectured all across the U.S. and coordinates the Intermediate Course, American Records and Research at the annual Salt Lake I nstitute of Genealogy. She is co-author of Your Guide to the Family History Ubrary and an author for genealogical periodicals including Ancestry Magazine. She is a resident of St. Paul, / Minnesota, and spends many weeks each year at the Family History Library and the U.S. National . Archives. Her roots include ancestors from seven different countries and researching them has given her broad experience and an occasional headache or two. Comments will reach her at PSWResearch@comcast.net. Paula is unable to answer individual genealogical research inquiries due to the volume of requests received. . Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement I About Us I Partner with Us I Contact Us . Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. This article may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are inoluded. �. . . -~..&.&ters of the· .. -.. . . . . Revolution GENEALOGY WORKSHOP . SaturdaY,Atiglist 27; lOam to3ptn .. Lawrence Public Library Auditorium . . I Carol Cochran, National Vice Chair of the Genealogy Chapter . Development Committee for the Daughters of the American . Revolution (DAR) will conduct a Gen~alQgy Workshop on . Saturday, August 27, from lOam to 3pm in the Lawrence·Public. Library ·Auditorium. This workshop will be appropriate for· all :. . levels of researchers from beginners to the more experienced, and· .will deal with topics of general interest. . Participants are encouraged to· bring their lunches so individual help . . can be enjoyed. Drinks· and snacks will be provided. There is no . charge to attend, but registration is requested. To register, call:. Maria Butler at 843-3833, ext 123; or mbutler@lawrence.lib.ks.us ... Mary Burchill, Regent of the Betty·Washington Chapter of the . DAR, ~ll also take reservations atjfan@ku.eduor ca1l843-9199.· . This program is co-sponsored by the Betty Washington Chapter of .. DAR and the Lawrence Public Library... �US 18,19,20,21 Kansas Mortality census schedules; 1880; Carpenter and Franklin; . Mimeographed; 4 V; VI Allen-Clark; V2 Clay-Harvey; V3 lacksonMontgomery; V40sbome-Wyandotte. Vol4-1880 Shawnee Co. missing Added "Deaths recorded Shawnee Co. Court HouSe" 18941910 Donated to Betty Washington Chapter byrompi1er Thelma Carpenter - associate member Kansas' Index to 1880 Mortailty Schedule. 3 ring notebook 1973 US 22 mimeographed; 143p Donated to Betty Washington Chapter by compiler Thelma Carpenter- associate member Kansas Lawrence City Directory 1989 Donated 2003 by member Fay S. US23 . Talley Kansas Douglas County Marriages 1894-1897 US23a Kansas Nineteenth Century Houses in Lawrence 1968 US 24 Kansas Stagecoach West to Kansas by Mary Ensel 108p US25 Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1949-1950 139p~ Donated 2003 US 26 by member, Fay S. Talley Kansas University of Kansas Directory 1955-1956 134P. Donated 2003 US 27 'by member, Fay S. Talley Kentucky Court Records. 1889- Early wills and marriages copied from court US 28 house.records by DAR regentS, historians, and the ~tate historian. Old Bible records and tombstone inscriptions. Records from Barren, bath, Bourbon, Clark, Davies, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, . Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby Counties Baltimore, Southern Book Company 1958 2 V. Only V2 in library 1991 and 2003. 'By Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter by the N. Faye Woodward Fund. US 29 Kentucky- Old Kentucky entries and deeds; Complete index to all of the earliest land entries, military warrantS, deeds, and wills of the CommonwealthofKY. 1969. Willard Rouse Jillson. Property of John Pound Chapter, DAC. Shelved with DAR books for easier use. US 30 Kentucky' Kentucky marriages, 1797-1865. R~printed from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Clift; 1966; 258p US 31 , Kentucky Revolutionary soldiers in Kentucky; Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, 1850-1921; Contains a roll of the officers of Virginia Line who received land bounties; a roll of the Revolutionary pensioners in KY;' a list of the Illinois Regiment who-served under George 'Rogers Clark in the Northwest Campaign. Also, a roster of the Virginia Navy. 1968 206p Given by the Chapter in memory of: Ada Lindell, Georgia Martin, Katherine Fullerton, and Bertha Haynes. US 32 Maine- Soldiers. Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Fisher; 1982; 917p Check contents and introduction for other NE States. Donated' by SAR to DAR Chapter 'State Conference 1992 US 33 Maryland census first US-census 1790. 189p Presented to Betty . Washington Chapter by 13 members. US 34 Maryland Marriages and'deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Compiled by Robert f3ames. 1973 Given to Betty Washington Chapter DARby Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 �US 35, 36 US37 US38 US 39 . US 40 US41 US 42 See US 40 US 43 US 44 US 45 US 46 Maryland Maryland Records; Coloni~l, Revolutionary, county, and church; , Brombaugh, Gaius Marcus 1862 1915-28 V 1- 1915, V 2 1928 P~esented from the N.Faye Woodward Fund. Maryland Revolutionary records; data obtained from 3,050 pension claims and bounty land applications including the 1,000 marriages of Maryland soldiers and a list of 1,200 proved services of soldiers and patriots of other states. 1967 155p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR Library in memory of Ada Lindell by Barbara E. Clason, 4-15-1972 Maryland Cecil County, marriage licenses 1777.;1840. Copied by the Captain Jeremiah Baker Chapter, DAR. 1974 105p' Reprint of the 1928 edition. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna '. Harrell Lyons, 1977 Massachusetts- The Pioneers of. 1841-1918 Charles Henry Pope A descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents.· 1969 549p Reprint of 1900 edition.. Purchased 1975 by Mrs. J. Stewart Turner inmemory ofN. Faye Woodward. . Massachusetts- An index to pioneers from Mass. To the West. Especially the state of Michigan. Compiled by Charles A. Flagg. 1980 86p Originally published 1915. Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR, 1982~ in memory of Gladys Nelson Breme'r (Mrs. Fred A.), Anabel' Keeler Hart (Mrs. H.L.), Miss Opal Jayne Kennedy, Lillian Wilson Perkins (Mrs. Carl D.), and Miss Susan Todd New-England A genealogical register of the first settlers.' Containing an alphabetical list of the governors, representatives, etc. John Farmer 1789-1838. Reprinted with additions and corrections by Samuel G. Drake. 1976 351p Purchased 1976 by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Marion Woodward Turner (Mrs. J. Stewart) Michigan- First Presbyterian Church of Midland. Minnie W. Ball 1967-1947 71 p. .Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSPAR by family of Barbara E.. Clason. 1991 Michigan Missouri- A history of 120 years about the Hickman Mills Commwlity Christian Church, its people, and the community. 1965 Compiled by and edited by Mrs. Harry Scott, et!.. 152p Gift to Betty Washington . Chapter,.DAR, from Mrs. Homer Terry, August, 1972 Missouri Origins- The Landscape of Home by A.E. Schroeder Univ.ofMO. Columbia. 63p Donated in 2003 by member, Faye S. Talley. Missouri- Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1929-1930 Charles Becker, Secretary of State Jefferson City, MO Donated 2003 by . member Fay S. Talley. Nebraska- State History of the DAR from 1894-1929. 358p. Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR for t he chapter collection by . Lawrence Free Public Library, Fall 1971, when they stopped collecting . :ge~ealogy. Given to Barbara E. Clason, Chapt~r Librarian. by Helen Osma, Assistant Director of LFPL. .. 37 �US 47 US 48, 49 US 50 US51 US 52,53 US 54 US 55 US 56 US 57 US 58 US '59 US 60 US{)I US 62 US 63 US 64 New York- 1st Census, 1790. Heads of families 1966 308p Originally published in 1908 by US Govt. Gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR in memory of Caroline Stevenson by Mrs. L.E. Blair and Mrs. J.S. Turner. New York Collections of the New York Historical Society 1868 .Library has 1914 337p imd 1915 7{J7p - Miscellaneous muster and payrolls covering the American Revolution, arranged by military units. . Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by 13 members. New York Gateway to America (research in New York State Library Albany NY Melinda Yates 1982 46p Purchased in 1984 by Betty. Washington Chapter of DAR in memory of Meredith.Belt Verhage and Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) Ohio Valley Genealogies relating chiefly to families in Harrison, Belmont, and Jefferson counties. And Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. 1863-1950 Charles Augustus Hanna 1968 l28p Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter. in August, 1968 Ohio Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio. Volumes I and n 1896 Many Entries for other s.tates. Kansas 'Governor Wilson Shannon, pg 313,· Vol. 1. Donated by Pauline A. Mellies (Mrs. E.V.)NSDARJ991 .. Ohio 4th census 1820. Federal records for Trumbull County. As copied by Doris Wolcott Strong. 1946. Withdrawn by LEPL and given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 17 Oct 1959. Ohio' Atlas of Lorain County D. Lake 1874 Reprint 1974 71p. Purchased By Barbara E. Clason in memory ofN. Faye Woodward and Anna Olinger, 1975 for DAR collection. Oversize . Pennsylvania Berks Co. Baptismal records of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church. Kistler, John L. 62p Donated to Betty , . Washington Chapter by Pauline A. Mellies, 'Sept 1991 softbound Pen~sylvania- 1790 Census, U.S. With index; 426p . Pennsylvania- William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration. William Isaac Hull18681935 44'5p Presented to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Grace Foster Terry and Caroline Foster Stevenson in memory of KS pioneer grandmother Caroline UpdegroffParker whose Dutch Quaker ancestors migrated to PA Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1790. Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to . 1790. 292p 1968 This book is the property of John Pound Chapter, DAC Shelved with DAR books foreasier use. Pennsylvania Oaths of Allegiance Egle 787p Pennsylvania German Marriages Donna R. Irish . 217p Pennsylvania Early Lutheran Baptisms & Marriages in Southeastern P A. The Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever from 1730 to 1779 107p Pennsylvania Lancaster County; Index to will books 1729-1850. 1987 136p . Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter, in memory of: MaryE. Pat1;on Steen, and Ruth Clark Jones. Pennsylvania History of the ·graveyard connected with Cross 'Creek .Presby. church By James 'SiIppso~ 1770-1894, with record of interments from 1894 to Pre~ent. IQ.42 114p (1991,2003- pgs 113,H4 only) �US 65 Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide; Heisey; 1994; Stapled 73p. Donated by Pauline Mellies. See US 51 Pennsylvania .Some counties of US 66, 67 Tennessee records. Compiled by Jeanette Tillotson Aclden 1871- 2 V vl- . v2-521p . . 517p, Tombstone in~criptions & historical manuscripts Bible records & marriage bonds. 1967 Reprint of Nashville edition of 1933. vI is a gift to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Caroline Stevenson Isabel Gilmore and Grace Terry and Mrs. Pearl McClendon Franks. v2 was purchased by chapter. Tennessee Marriage records of Washington County 1787-1840. Compiled by US 68 Nonna Rutledge Grammar 1975. Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Texas The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors 88p US 69 SanAntonio 1976 . Vennont 1790 census US; Heads of families at the first census. 1907 95p US 70 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library 1973 US 71 Virginia: Princess Anne County loose papers. Virginia antiquary, vI'· 221p John Creecy 1908 '1700-1789 Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library US 72 Virginia '1790 census Heads of families at the first census of the US Records of the State enumerations 1782 to 1785. 1952 189p Presented to Betty Washington by 13 members US 73 Virginia Early Iminigrants, 1623-1666 George Cabell Greer 1973 376p Reprint of Richmond, VA 1912 edition: Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 1974 by Lawrence Public Library US 74 Virginia New Kent and James City Cos., Blisland Parish Vestry Book 17211786 Chamberlayne; 1935; 277p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies US 75 Virginia Some Virginia Families Hugh Milton McIlhany, 1874- Being genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, Mcllhany, Milton, Rogers, Tate Snickers, Taylor, McConnick, and other families. 1962 274 p, US 76 Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers Currer-Briggs; 1969 3 volumes in one. 837p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies, 1991 US 77 Virginia; Loudoun Co:, marriages 1757-1853 Wertz; 1985, 231p Gift from Pauline A. Mellies 1991 US 77a Virginia Botetourt Co. VA; Early marriages, wills and some Rev. War Records; Anne Lowry Worrell, 1976 69p Donate to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR, by Pauline A. Mellies, Sept. 1991 Softbound ' US 78,79,80,81 Virginia The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers '.Edited by Clayton Torrena Baltimore genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1979 v14591, v2594-1296, v31298-2069, v42091-2768 US 82,83, 84,85 Virginia Genealogies offamiles from Tyler's quarterly historical and , Genealogical magazine Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes. , 1981 vI 894p, v2 939p, v3 892p, v4 896p. Purchased in 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory ofMjss Ruth Dunmire; 1985 Lulu McCanless; 1987 In memory ofN~m~ )3ames, Maybelle Carman; 1988 Mildred Watson, Blanche Mel(?) , ' �US 86 US 87 US 88 US 89 US 90 See US 31 Vifginia Land Office Compiled by Daphne S. Gendry Archives Division Virginia State Library Richmond, VA Virginia .Wills before 1799. Williani Montgomery Clemens 1860-1931 A complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills: Copied from the court house records of Amberst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William~ and ' Rockbridge Counties 1958 106p softbound Virginia & West VA Gazetteer. Gannett; 1975; 164p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 . Virginia They Went Thataway Hamlin;. Charles Hughes Hamlin, 1907 142p 1974 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR 1975 in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A.), N. Faye Woodward, Mamie Tilford Gowans (Mrs. R.E.), Blanche Deichert, and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) Virginia, West The soldiery ofWV in the French and Indian War; Lord nwlmore's War; the Revolution; the later Indian Wars; The Whiskey 227p 1967 Insurrection; etc. Virgil Anson Lewis 1848-1912 Material on American Revolution: p 39-142. Purchased by Betty Washington chapter, DAR, in August 1968 Virginia Navy Roster AMERICAN REVOLUTION- section code": AR AR 1 AR2 AR3 AR4,5 AR6 AR7 Black Courage 1775-1783 Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution. Robert Ewell Greene Published by the NSDAR 1984 Given in memory of Miss Lulu Lorena McCanles and Miss Isobel Gilmore. 141 p softbound Locating your Revolutionary War Ancestor, a guide to Military Records. James C. and Lila L. Neagles 236p softbound .Presented by Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR in memory of members: Darlene Woolsey Shultz and Mary L. Noble Winchell, ·1991 Revolutionary War B<?UDty Land Grants Backstruck. 1996 Presented' by: Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR In memory of members; Marjorie Willford Ryther 30ct1996 and Jane Dunham Beal ISAprl998 Located graves of soldiers, patriots of the American Revolution. Stapled; vI 1974-1977..44p; v2, 1977-1982, 48p Previously reported annually to the Smithsonian Inst. But that report now discontinued. Purchased 1983 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) Revolutionary pensioners of ISIS US War Department 1959 358p Senate Docwnent 170. No index. By State and 1st letters of .. .' 'surname with amt pd and rank See pension list of 1820. Indexed Pension List of lS20; Indexededition- 1991; 74Sp Memorial-3/1993 Marsella Amt 12/8/91; Elizabeth Neis 5/28/92 �FC 12 Ship passenger lists, national and New England 1600-1825 Edited and indexed by Carl Boyer, P~blished 1977 270p Purchased 1981 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Lulu Henry Wherry (Mrs. Neal M.) and Helen Carr North (Mrs. A.H.) LINEAGE BOOKS- DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION section code - L L 1-166 L 1-2,3-4 Lineage Books National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Volume ]-166 ]890/9]- Covers National DAR members numbers ]-166,000 Index of the Lineage Books of the NSDAR; 1916-1.940; Vol 1- 450p; Vol 2428p Memorials- Vol 1 Waneta Willits, Dora Wilson; . Vol 2 Lynette Breithaupt, Marguerite (Ruth) Skelton, Betty Wolfe, Zona Smith. MILITARY-section code - M M 1,2 M3 M4 ~. M5 u.S. Army. Historical Register and Dictionary of the US Army from its organization, Sept. 29- to Mar 2 1903, p89-1903. 1903 V]- ]903, 1069p; V2- 1903, 626p Francis Bernard Heitman 1838-1926 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Official· register of the US 1911, US Civil Service Commission. 19] 1 Persons . in civil, military, and naval service and list of vessels. VI 878p V2 . missing 1991 & 2003 Encyclopedia of Continental army units Fred Anderson Berg 160p 1948Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Ruth Spray Griffin and Lena Kennedy Huddleston, Aug. 1972. Some of the earliest oaths of allegiance to the USA. 93p 1944 Nellie Protsman Walderunaier. Contains an alphabetical list of the signers of oaths of allegiance. . FAMILY GENEALOGIES-section code -FG FG 1 FG 2 FG 3 Bishop, FamilyHistory By Stanley Richmond Scott 1882148p1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Breithaupt, Descendants of George Frederick. Compiled by Ezra Bowman Breithaupt. 98p 1968 Additions and corrections page in back. Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, for genealogical collection by Lawrence Public Library 14 Sept 1974 Cooke-:-Cook Family history Vera Cook Barkley 165p 1982 Given to . Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1983 in memory of Della 'Shaw and Myra Hinshaw. . . ,. �AR8 AR9 ARlO Sixth Census, 1840. ,US Census Office. Pensioners for Rev. military services, with their names, ages, and places of residence. 195p 1954 Copy 1 presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by 13 Chapter members. Copy 2 purchased later by chapter librarian, Blanche Phillips. Copy 2 offered to State DAR Lib at Dodge City; but they already had it. ('91 & '03 I copy) Sixth Census Index 1840 Prepared by Gen. Soc. Ofthe LDS Church. 1965 Pensioners for Rev. or military services 382 p Reprint of 1954 edition Presented by 13 DAR Chapter members. Rejected or suspended applications for Rev. war pensions. ,Reprint 1992; Softbound; 462p 1994-In memory of Mildred Frakes, Pearl Franks, Grace Terry, Edythe Ransdell. FOREIGN COUNTRIEs.. section code -FC FC 1 FC la FC2 FC2a FC2b FC2c FC3 'FC4 FC5 FC 6, 7 FC 8, 9 FC 10,11 English Records, Immigrantsto America. Smith; 1976; 117p' Donated by Pauline A Mellies English Records, American Colonists in. Sherwood; 1969; 2I5p Given to Betty Washington Chapter DAR by Mrs. B.A. Beery, 1982 ' , England, Emigrants from;' 1773-76 1976 206p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 ' Bntish Ancestry. Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald Kenneth Savery 1906293p 1974 Reprint of 1966 edition which had title: In Search of Ancestry. Purchased 1975 by Betty Washington chapter, DAR in memory of Laura Witt Wiley (Mrs. Glen A), N. Faye Woodward, Mamie Tilford Gowans' {Mrs. RE.), Blanche Deichert, and Anna Olinger (Mrs. Stanton 0.) Gennan Research, Genealogical Himd~ok. ,1978; 205p" ' Gennanic Genealogy, Address Book. 1980; Stapled; 64p Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Frank Adam 8th ED 1975 624p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Scottish Family History Margaret Stuart 1979386p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDARby the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 Original Scots colonists of early America 1612-1738, David Dobson 1989 370p indexes. Purchased 1989 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of laVerne Sanders Brownlee (Mrs. W.O.) And Loraine Martin Howard (Mrs. Paul E.) & Nellie McBratney Mitchell. ' Scotch Irish, The. Hanna; Vi-623p; v2-602p, (N. Britain, N. Ireland, N. America Donated by Pauline A Mellies , The original lists of persons of q\Ullity; emigrants from Great Britain to America. Plan John Camdm First published London 1874 580p Given by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in 1979 in memory of . Mar.garetta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) And Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs 'BUford) , New World Immigrants Volume 1 568p, Volume IT ®2p Edited by 'Michael Tepper ',. �FG4 FG5 FG6 FG7 . FG8 FG9 . FG 10 FG 11 FG 12 FG 13 FG 14 FG 15 FG 16 FG 17 FG 18 FG 19 FG20 Cortelyou genealogy; John Van Zandt Cortelyou 1874- 607p 1942 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Gall & Nothstine families 1730-1964 144p Martha Agnes Nothstine Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Barbara E. Clason Family 1991 . 505p 1972 First edition, limited to 300 Gatch, Godfrey descendants .copies..... This is #299. Flyleaf has dedication inscribed by the author. Hardings in America209p Wilber Judd Harding 1868~ Presented to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Ida G; Lyons, and contains emendations and corrections by her. Henckel Family Records. In Europe & America 1635.. 1717 2 booklets May, 1926. Jackson. Three hundred years American. 1877 By Alice F. and Bettina Jackson 368p 1951 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Keyser, Miller - Descendants of Miller & Cockey Donated by Pauline A. Mellies (Mrs. B.V.) Jun 199.1. Note- Kenmore- home o"rBetty Washington Lewis-see page 13. Menger- directory of the descendants of Johann Friedrich Menger. Howard 42p 1971 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, and Weller. . by Mrs. Lewis E. Howard, June, 1975 , Penick family. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. VA; 1982 330p Donated by Pauline A. Mellies 1991 Texan NellieB----Talesofa. 122p AngelaMorganBurton 1970. Givento Edna Harrell Lyons, 1977 Previtt,Keele, Rhoads, White, Smith, Bebout, Wray etc., Shawnee Co. KS. Gravestoes; Jane PeebJes Sexton Chapter DAC Robison!Abels, Marie Robison Abels, Gerrard; Heraldic Art of a Few of Our Families. 59p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, NSDAR by Marie Robinson Abels SmithlFlake Family Tree Book; Relatives of GfmeralWilliam Alexander. Smith and W. Thomas Smith, Julia Flake Burns and Osmer D. Flake 304p Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free· Public Library, 1973 . . . Smock family in US 1842-1926 John Conover Smock. 47p 1922 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR by Lawrence Free Public Library 1973 Stafford, Laban His ancestors and descendants EmestNean Stafford 1892286p 1962 Gift to BettyWashington Chapter, DAR, from the Lawrence Free Public Library, June 1969 . . .Van Benthuysen, Bleecker, Conde, DeForest, Lansing, Myer, Turk, Truex, VanBurean, Van Epps, VanPatten, yan Slyck, all of Dutch and Huguenot Alvin Seaward VanBenthuysen and Edith origin in New York. 1884M. McIntosh Hall. 592p 19~~. Presented to Betty Washington Ch~pter, DAR, by -Marie Robil}~on Abels. Wheeler and Warren Families 121p 1.892 Henry Warren Wheeler Given to Betty Washington Chapter, N.$P~ by the family of Barbara E. Clason. 1991 �NSDAR IKSDAR CATALOGS-section code- DLC/KLC DLC 1 Index -- Seimes Microfilm Center. 79p 1978 Purchased 1983 by Betty . Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) DLC 2 Index-Seimes Microfilm Center Supplement 1 53p 1980 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter DAR 1983 in memory of Della Courtney Shaw (Mrs. Wayne) and Myra Wallace Hinshaw (Mrs. S.C.) DLC 3,4,5,6 Library Catalogue VI - Family histories and,gep.ealogies 398p 1983. Purchased 1984 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Meredith Belt Verhage, Della Courtney Shaw, Ruth Dunmire, and Myra Wallace Hinshaw... VI supplement 36p1984, v2 1005p 1986 V2 1005p 1886, V3 1010p 1992 , KLC 1 Kansas DAR Library Catalog. Dodge City, KS; 40 Notebook pages, ·1990 RESEARCH AlDS-section code RA American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress 805p 1910; . Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 1919v 1332p RA 3 American Annory, Coats of Anns in US Bolton 223p 1927 Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Mrs. B.A Beery, 1982 RA 4 Everyone has roots. Camp, Anthony J. 189p 1978 Given 1979 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P.) and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Buford). RA 5 Don't Cry Timber! Prudence Groff Michael c 1970, 1978 printing 75p Given 1979 by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, in memory of Margaretta Hemphill Clevenger (Mrs. J.P. and Mary Elsie Kirby (Mrs. Buford). RA 6 How To Climb Your Family Tree 144p c 1977 Harriet Stryker-Rodda Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter DAR in memory of . Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A.), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs. Edward A), EIizabeth·Woodburn Longren (Mrs AN.), Miss Ida . Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.) RA 7, 7a Genealogical research methods and 'Sources.. 456p 1960; 579p 1980 . Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by-Mrs. B.A Beery, 1982 RA 8 Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy 535p 1973 Purchased by Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, 1974 in memory of Mrs. Eugenia Pelsen, Mrs. E. Faye Orelup, Anna Pearson Arthur (Mrs C.S.), and~ Grace Allan Lawrence (Mrs. George) RA 9,lO,11 . Handbook of American.genealogy vl-3 (no V 4) 1932-1943 F.A Virkus ._ Given to Betty Washington Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973. RA 1,2 �NSDAR·section code NSDAR NSDAR 1 NSDAR2,3 NSDAR4 NSDAR5 The Daughters.· DAR, America's Fan Club 360p 1974 Peggy Anderson Purchased in 1980 by Betty Washington Chapter Dar in memory of Helendeen Harris Dodderidge (Mrs. H.A.), Sarah Mae Cain Diekman (Mrs.Edward A.), Elizabeth Woodburn Longren (Mrs. A.N.), Miss Ida Grace Lyons, and Frances Woolverton Winsler (Mrs. C.C.) Reports Report of National Society. 1900-1901 506p; 1902-03 475p .of CAR and appendix of Revolutionary soldiers lists. A Century of Service- The story of the DAR; Hunter; 248p, 1991 Softbound. Honor Roll 1993-4 Betty Washington Chapter purchase. ' In Washington. NSDAR Diamond Anniversary, 1890-1965. 1I8p Presented to Betty Washington chapter, DAR, by Myra S. Keeler in memory of her mother. KANSAS DAR mSTORY & INFORMATION- section code-KSDAR KSDAR 1 KSDAR2 KSDAR2a KSDAR3 Kansas DAR History 1894-1938: 1938; 133p Given to Betty Washington . Chapter, DAR, by Lawrence Free Public Library, 1973 Kansas Directory of DAR Current edition (Centennial edition) 1990 KSDAR Directory 2000 Looking Back, Trails to the Second Century. The Centennial History 1896. 1996 267p 1997 . MAGAZINES (Boxed, Bound)-section code- Mag American Genealogy Magazine 1929 2 boxes NGS Quarterly. 1921-1941; various state vital records. 1 box NSDAR Magazines 35 bound volumes 1895-1932, 1958 NSDAR boxed various years ADDITIONAL INFORMATION These books were moved to the Watkins MuseumlLibrary some time in the past.: History of Kansas DAC Society 1972 DAC Lineage Books V 1,3,4,5,8,9, DAC Yearbooks. 13 volumes Sf'('il')~ ~O{)3 {'o)11fH,tfe~ fhyll is . Be It H,-Ide. farley iczvl,-"e. Alcll,~.s· rferetit II 1"1 VlI"-eA e( (I ~ fa y la I/et Tod U)"od wo..Y'd .. . t 1) Q'f I e.,e SIa. (2.(' - ~ hlil~.r116l1\ . yYl r �II ,." ~ ~ ~ .." '~ g l:! ">0 .:>q> ,.... ~ 0 OIl " I>-OIl i!! n I ; .. : " ~ ~ ~ I ...... l'l t:I Ii 0 ~ ~ cI:I' •• iP ~ •J • ~il!!=aS!! ! ~ - ~ .!!. - ;j > I! ~§h;td :::I ell .. e c;" ~ ! In SjI '''I~!J , J to:! 6l 0 JP.3~aa t:::I I.' I 0.. a ~ '0 '. ~ ~ ~ •• P> r;; ~ 'i:I 0 ~ 1-3 ~ = c:-+- ~ sn :<J UJ >i ~ 1--'- 0 ~ ..·::f" ":I t"4 t:;I ~ en .0 .l~ ~ o-! to:! 0 "1:1 I>'l I! .~S Z Z I-l Il- ~ "1:1 o-! PI B 0 to:! 0 :a ~Od~l~ 1-l"50 ,I! j 'II !Xl ~ t:;I t::d o-! <=I := d:II FmST c:-+CO $ Ji II ...~ en c:-+- ~ t- en sJ d '" E • 8~ BIENNIAl, REI'OltT. 101 No "lace in the broad Union has hall so conspicnous a history in the progress of slavery emaneillation and tho evenls of the war as Lawrence, the connty scat oC Douglas county. In early days it "'as by genen.lconscnt called the" City oC'Free· dOD\"~ and was really. during the sllwery agitation of 1854-5-6, the only plnce in tbe territory wbere it was safe to speak agaiust the institution of ~Iavery. Its thrill. ing hIstory of suffering, precedlDg and during the "'ar, has given It the,signiflcant appellation of the" Historic City ... the town was originally settled by a colony from New England. under tbe auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, with a few from oUler States who fcll i!l by tbe way. This party len Massacbusetts July 17. 1854. and arrivcd and camjJed on the site of tho prescnt State University, coming with ox teams pur· chased in Missouri. about noon on Tuesday. August 1.1854. In two weeks aner, a second party, numbering some sixty or sevcnty, under the supervision of Dr. Charles Robinson and S. C. Pomeroy. atrlved. These were soon followed by a third and fourth party. which materially augmented the numbers of the colony. The infant clly was known by the names of Wakarusa and New Boston-the Missourians call. ing it Yankee town. CO ", DOUGLAS COUNTY. lL\P OP DOUGLAS (lOuNTY. KANSAS, 18l8. ~~ ~... ~~ ~~. !_t rH 'iI! IT" II" Ii C 1/ l'"' •.1 bIIIIi ".p. /!D h..-h;. 1£.\1 "1"" ~'! I I--::RI1JI,S Il;f't r' ~Jj ~ I N~ If. II ~ IR ~'" ~ II ~o ,1/1 "II 11~ I/, ~,' "- I..... !I.. IJ~ iI.'I I.Lo Il:a~ bD 11~ It. tV[I IAI~ ..... 001 VIEW OP U wRE~CE. _ I!~~ ~ /~ iN 1-1 J I"J 1'01. ~ X 7m no...... \I IP 8-. .. I.. ~al 'IPJ ~, s .. 10 rl :,~ )I~ If! JL:x:J .. c-. 1o _ _ 1UfJ·~.~ ......... ~ 0 ........ ' .. x..-., The colony soon located, principally In the valley on the river bank near the nonh end of Massachusetts streeL Charles II. Branscomb and Jnmes Blood bad previously explored tbe country. aD(1 bad recommended this location. TIllS S!'ulcment '",as made against the threats of Pro-S"lavery mcn In all directIons thnt these anti-slavery men sbould he driven from the eount"y. The IIrst rnllylng of forces from Lawrence Vo'as oil the night or September 80, 1854. for the protection of Rev, Thomas J. Ferril. a Free-Stnte llethodlst preachcr from )lissouri, but his assaIlants. who bad sur· rounded hIS house. threatencd violellce and the destruction of property, ret rented on the appearance of a body of armed Free-State Dlcn WIthout injury to either party. On the 1st of October the teDt of a Free,StAte man was torn down-the Instrument se· lected belDg a woman, The Pro-Slavery men rallied t,o prevent its re-erectJon. about twenty 'armed Free.StAte men rdllyillg and re.ereeting tile tent without violence on either side; but a rellc\\'al of the ullnck was threatencd the next dill', when a s.dcrnhlc band of Pro.Sla'l"ery men npl'cltred, but, seeing thclr opponents ready, reo trcnlt"ll With renewed threRts of \"cugeancc. The town was namet! Lawrellce OctObel' 1,1'854, iu'honor of Amus A IAwrcnce, 8 cun- �102 FmsT STATR BOAnn OF AOHICULTURJ·;. of Doston, who oftcn-'ards donated '10,000 for cducotionalpurposcs, which WIIS Bub· eequently apprilprinted to the University of Kansas, which is located at Lawrence. Early in Octob:lr, 1854, Andrew II. needer, the first governor of Kansas, arrived, ,had a reccption, a festival, and a speech of welcome by Hon. S. C. Pomcroy, and made a conciliatory speech, evading tile slavery question, nnd recommeoding the cultivation of harmony' and order. The first "'Inter WIIS one of great hardsbip, tbe people mostly living In sod houses, and sbanties made of clap-boards. At thc first election-no,election for delegates to Congress only-November' 8, It154, tbere W88 great excitement, and' D-man by, tbe name of Davis attacked a pro-sla"cry man, Damed Kibbee with a bowie-knife, with execrations and oatbs, threatening to "cut his abolition beart out," when Kibbe8 sbot Davis. Tbls was the first bomicide"in Kansas, and occurred about two miles south of Lawrence, Kibbee was arrested, held In prison at Fort'Lea\'coworth for a short time, bailed out,but ne\'er tried. On the 10th of January, 1855, a &chool was established, Edward Flteb, teacher, supported by voluntary contributions, and free to all. This was the first free scbool In Kansas, and was the commimcement of free scbools. The winter of 1854-.') was passed with no dangerous violence, but on the 80tb of 1IIarcb, 18511, about 700 armed meD from Missouri voted at the election for member.! of the Legislature; but, o"'ing to the overwbelming Dumbers of the pro-slavery men, Done of them were chailengcd, and the eDemy, who camped on the town site, departed for Missouri the next mom· ing. Silas Bond was shot at and driven from the polls because he was regarded as an obnoxious Free-8tate man. ' The first Fourth of July celebration in Lawrence was largely attended, and was defiantiy btl.Slavery, Gov. Charles RobiDson de\i\'ering the address and John , Speer presenting the toasts. In the summer, Col. James H. Lane and otberS made a futile effort to organize tbe N aUonal Democratic party, but the meeting resulted in a call of the Free-State citizens for a convention at Lawrence eariy in August, and tbat meeting provided for the historic Big SpriDgs Convention, held September Ii, 1855. In June, 1855, a meeting W88 held in Lawrence, John Speer presiding, at "'blch resolutions were adopted to resist any laws wblcb mlgbt be passed by the Legislatore, and declaring that that body was elected by armed usurpers from )lissourl. Thla was really the commencement of the war io Kansas. Cbarles W. Dow, a peaceable, unoffendlng :Free-8tate man, was murdered near Baldwin City, November 21, 18511, by Franklin N. Coleman, and ~he rescue br Jacob Branson by a band of FreeState men from Sberiff Jones, with a posse of about an equal number, followed. ' This brougbt on what has become historic as the Wakarusa war. Twelve hundred .Pro-Slavery lI!en, principally from llissourl, besieged Lawrence, and about six hundred Free-State men, under tho command of Gov. Charles nobinson as Commanderin-Chief, and James H. Lane as Brigadier-General, dcfended the place. Five forts of earthwork or rifte pits, were erected, and a vigorous defense prepared for. Finally a kind of treaty of peace was patched uP. and the Pro-Slavery men returned to )[jssouri. During the seige Thomas W. Barber, a peaceable Free-8tate mao, "-as murdered. A State Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor under the Topeka Coostliution, was hcld In Lawrence 00 tbe 22d of December, 18511; Ilt which Charles RobiDson received the Domination. The first Territerial Legislature passed a law Inflicting tbo penalty of destb for enticing away or in any manner aiding a fugitive slave, and imprisonment of not less tban two years for writing, printing or publishing" noy denial of tho- right of perSODS to hold slaves In this Territory," and fixing tbe 15tb day of September, 111M, for tho taking effect of the law. 011 that day tbere was publisbed ID tbo Kama. Tn'buM, edited by John Speer, an article occupying a full page of that papcr, nod B[1o;N~IA r. REPORT. 103 'I'rinl"'ll inlllrge joh tyPe, of whIch ther.,Howing IS afa(.• imile, rctlut:~11 hy "hoto. ..,ngnn·ing, showing the I'XRct nppcanmce of the article, liS illustmting the Silirit ,of the times. The sllOts tn the pl:ttc, ",llIch nre lIlken iml'l'rfectly. werc cnused by 1IJll1rks from tbe bumIDg of the editor's dwclhng hOIl~e. or VEMENTt! TIIB DAll' OUR Tbe spring of 1856 opcnell wllh grellt )lrollllSC, und everything seemed fnir fot the yonng seulcment. 1IIany Dew emigranta were dailY,arriving to swell the number ~f scttters. S. N. 'Wood. wbo bnd been engnged in the rescue of Jncob Branson, and bad been Ellstsince that allnir, retumt'll to Lawrcnce. bolll and defiant, bringing with ..him 11 number oC }t'ree.Steteewigmnts of the Slime lemper. lie was BOOn after IIrrest.- �104 FmST BIENNIAl, REPORT. 105 STATE BOARn O~· AORICUf.TlTRR. ------ ed I,y S .1. .Toncs. acting as sberiff, nccoDlpaoied by a posse; buL Wood refused toacknowledgc the lIuLhority, und WIIS rc9CuClI by some of his frieDlIs. Soon after Jones appcan.'<1 in the town with n cOlllpany of United 8tates drllg<lOns, and arr~'Sted a. dozen prominent ~'rce-State men. Thnt nio-ht, while sitting in his tent Jones was shot. . and dangerously wounded. The act was d~non~ccd bya public mcetl~g of Free-State· men. but a perfect reign of terror followed, and La~ncc wns again threatened with destruction. On Ule 21st of May, Jones, partly recovered frOID his wound, entered the town with a bOdy of UDlted Slales troops, and a large number of Pro-Slavery militia, principally froID MIBSOuri. and destroyed thc P,.ee-StnU and HdTald of F,.eedo ... printing ollIces, the Free.Statc Ilotel, Gov. Rohinson's dwcllingon Mo\mt Orel\d. a.nd Pillaged and robbed stores lind private nooses. About the same time, Messrs. HoYt, Stewart and Jones, Free-State men, were murdered, aud Charles Robinson,. John Brown. Jr., O. W. Smith, H. H. Williams, O. W.Deilzler, O. W. Brown, and. Oaius Jenkins. wcre imprisoned in tents near Lecompton, goardetl by United States. sol(lIel'8, having been arrested on a chnrge of treason. About the last of September 2,700 PrGSlavery men appeared in sight of Lawrence, and the town was tempora..· rUy. defended by Free.State men, under the cnmmand of 1Ilaj. J. B. Abbott,. unUl ~ov. Oeary! ~ho had just arm'cd in the territory, interposed for their protection wllh UDlted States troops. A Pro-Slavery fort at Hickory Point, thirty· JUlies north of Lawrence, was captured by a body of :Free-State men, t,,·o of the· enemy killed, and the night following one hundred and one of the Free.State men: were ar'rested on charges of murder and treason, by United States troops, and con· . fined in prison at Lecompton. Gov. Geary, for his attempts to protect Lawrence and the Frce.State men, had his, . life threatened, and was actually compelle<l to arm these prisoncrs for his defense,. aOlI ~nally left the temtory. Tbe Free-St:lIe men from this tiine grew in strength, and 10 1857 tL Convention was bcld a.t Lawrence which determined to participate In.· tho election under the .. bogus laws.;' Frouds were perpetrated at Oxford, on the, State hne, by whIch it was boped to cheat the district, of which Lawrence was a part, out of the election of three members of the Territorial Council, and seven members. of the 1I0use. A party went from Lawrence to hang the judges of election at that place, and a. reuewal of sccncs of violence became immincnt. The returns of the Oxford elec. tiou "'cre rejected by the returning bonrd, composed of 00". Walker and Secretary Stanton, and an extra session of the Legislature called tl) devise lDeasures for the tak. iug of a fRlr voto on the Lecompton. Constitution. This constitution was formed at. u-compton, and WI\S ingeniously frame\l for the purpose of cS\:llllishing slavery in the proposed State of Kansa.s, without sUllmitting tbat question to a vote of the poo. pie, and wasa cause of the renewal of the slavery excitement. Lecompton wa.s thcn the headquarters of the Pro.Slavery men, and with every obtaiuable vehicle, about. cight hundred armL,<l men, with Gcn. Jamcs H. Lane at their head, escorted the trio umphant Frcc-StRte Legislature from Lawrence to Lecompton. Thenceforward the ··Free-State men were In power In the Tcrritory, and tho Territorial Legislatures of 1858, '59 and '50 adjourned from Lecompton and held their aessions in Lawrence. The First and Second Kansas Regiments, and other troops for the war, were org~. Izcd at Lawrence. The city grew ~pidly during the first years of that war. August, 21, 1863. the moot terrible maSsacre of the war occurred at Lawrence. At ~he dawn of day, ,":m: C. QUllutrlll, a nOlorious bushwhacker Rnd guerrilla, dashed luto the to~n, meetlug many of the unllrmed citizens In their night clotbes. Tho town.",·as pillaged Slid burned, 180 citizens were murdered, lellving 80 widows Rnd 230 orphans, and property amounting to about $2,000,000 dC9troy~-d. Two solid 0"" blocks of buildings on Massachusetts strt'Ct, and ncnrly every goOd dwelling in till'. -city, were burned. This was R terrible blow to the city's prosperity, but the oellt year WI\S a prosperous one, Rnd the city was rebuilt wit~l uncxnmplcd act~vlty . . Population, in 1860,8,007; in 1870,20,592; increase ID ten yeurs,l1,955; population in 1875,18,505; decrease in five years,2,087; population in 1878, 111,931; inCTes."C in eightccn years, 10,2114. Hursl.populatiou,9,078; city or. town population, 9.853; per cent. of rural to city or town population,47.90.. POPULATlON __ or tins, by Towuoblpo aDd CIII••. : T_O"_~_R_lPII_._"\f_D_-I_P_o_:_·1 ~==:~I ~.~I I.:.::::~ I oCItDIOD ..... ............ XaD...ka ..... _.......... ~mg:·Bjjri,;~.:::::::: _ \ • -""'Dee CUT ......... \ oow... l:m ~ Lccomp(OD ..... ••• •••• W '": . 1m 2.083 .~:'~::::::::::::::: .. ~: ....... ~~~~:::::::::::::: ....... . Fau of 1M Country.-Bottom land, 20 per cent.; upland,80 per c.enL; forest (Gov. -emmentsurvey) 6 per cent.; prairie, 94 per cent. Average width of bottoms, one :mile; general surface of the country undulating. Timber,-The width of timber belLS ranges from a few rods to one mile. VarielIes: walnut, ash, hackberry, oak, elm, cottonwoOd, etc. PrindpGl StrMml.-The Kaasas river and the Wakarusa. The foniler mns a ]iUle south of east, forming all but a small portion of the northern boundary; tho latter 1I0ws through the central portion, a little north of east. Also numerous small :Streams. The county Is well supphell "'ith springs, goOd well water obtained at a -depth of 25 feel. 000l.-Ooal18 suppoSP.d to underlie the ....hole county. Thickness from 12 to 20 inches, and at a depth of from 10 feet below the surface downward; quality poor, ad not much developed as yeL Building Stone, etc.-Plenty of building stone of floe quality in various localities. .Fire and pottery clay reported on :&lount Orend, near Lawrence. Railroad OonnediD1U.-The Kansas Paciftc Railway croascs the northem comer of .the county; principal station, Lawrence. The Leavenworth, Lawrence & G~v~ton Rall ....oy runa nearly through the centre of the county from north to south; prinCipal stations, La",.ence, Baldwin City, PJ'1<irie City. The Bt. Louis, Lawrence & Denver (Pleasant Hill) Railroad follows the Knnsas river to De Boto, Johnson county, thence southeast to Olathe and Pleasnllt Hill, 1110. The La"'T'Cnce & Bouthwestem Railroa.d. connecta Lawrence with the Atehison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroa.d at <::arbondale, In. Osage county. The K:lIlsas Midland Railroad runs on the south bank of the Kanaas river from 'l'opcka to Kansas City; principal stations, Lawrence, Lecompton and Eudora. .Agricultural Btatillkl.-Acres in the county, 800,160; taxable acres, 291,087; un· der eultintion, 1:17,003.7;;; cultivnt~-d to taxable acres, 47.07 per cent.; increase of cultivated acres during ttie year, 820. . Val"" of.OariUn. Produu, poultry and Egg. Sold during tM Year.-Gardeu pt'oduce, '18,856; poultry and eggs, '11,836. Old Oom on Hnnd.-Old corn on ba.nd March lst, 1878, 452,169 bushels, or an Ryer· age of 119 bushels to each family. . ])airy Produa •. -Cheese manurnctur~-d in 187:;, 9,-r05 Ibs.; in 1878, 5,587 Ibs.;. decreaSe, 8,878 I \Is. Butter manufactured in 1875, 304,542 Ibs.; in 1878, 386,702 Ibs.; increase, 81,160 Ibs. �lOG 107 STATE BOARD OF AOHICULTUItE. STATEMENT abowla, tbe Aeruau 01 FI.ld Cropa Dam.d rrom 1m. ClIO.... 1814. urn 10 18'18. 10clo.I••• llr.11. 18'111. 187i•. 18.518.001.47600· 29'l.00 48.119:1.0089.008.S6:!.00· 119.00 1.419.00' 811110· 229 00161.00· WInter ,,"b..t ••••••••••••••• "SIII.OO Ry............... •••••••••••• li18 00 Sprlog Wh..t................ lee.oo e~::·.::.::::::::::::::::::: :~te Bat-kwb.. t •••••••••••••• ,.... 411.00 Irlab Pot.toe.... •••••••••••• 8weet Pot.toe............... 8ora\lnm • •••••••••••• •••• •••• Cutor JIeODJ.... •••••••••••• .¥E~~~:~~;:~:;~~~~~~~~~~~~ M88 00 69 00 122 00 '.00 1415 Broom Com ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mille' and HODprl.a........ ne 00 ThootbyM .. dow •••••••••••• 1.~.00 l' I' Clover ")\ ••d_.............. 1$.00 Pralrla M••dow •••••••••••••• 11.'18"1.00 11.l!9S' 'l'Imotby PuIO....... •••••••• l!9S.oo .. CIo\'er P .. to................. 294 00 t. BI..--o ..... Pulnre •.:...... 841.00 14 64a PraIrie P .. lnre.... •••••• •••. 1e.2Y3.oo'I-=.::.::.91~.+::-:-::--::I:-:::::::~ . Tot.I ••••••••••••••••••••. ~ 100.G1lO. till -:C. . llr..OO3 7:1- . 10cre&le In olx ,....... 81+ per ceaL Average Increue per U1111IJD, 6.18+ per cenL beto..... RANK f Dongl.. Cooaty 10 Ibe Crapo named to Acret.ge, .ad In CaltlTllted A..... ge; ror o lb. 1"'1" meotloned In the roregolng ubI'. . . . CROPS. 1 o,~ 18'13. llr.4. In 1818. 1m. I IIlia . ---t--- --,-.-' ------;.--I--~---j--Wh .. t •••••• ; •.•••••••••••••. 62 64 n 19 • II Cora •••••••••••••••• : •••••••• 4 18 1 Total A.... ~la.n ~••• I S 1 44., ., II 81·1 IIl.J 8 1 ~ 18· . 11' STATEMENT obowlnl the Aclft. Prodact oad Volae or Prtaclpal Crop. for 18'18. together ..-Jtb Ih... lncrcue aDd Decreue .. compared wltb 181'1. . AC'Rh III eROn. 18'111. ~ hrCIIUI. oa PBontrcr III =~~ 18'111. Wlal.r Wbeat .••••••• ba 18.518 7.'188.00 ID. 1151.642.00 Ry••••••••••••••••.•••ba. 1.4111. . '1115.00 de. 115.424.00 Wb t e •• 00 10 e RiO 00 8p rI ng eo •.•• ,... bD . . - . d ·171~·00 Coru ................... ba. 48,9911. llI,SII2.oo e .• 1 '/110'00 Barley •••••••••••••••• ba. 2.1g·g: ':41100 O.to ••••.•••••••.••••• ba. .........~ . . Ba.twboa •••••••••••• bo. 119. 10.00 d.. . IrIob Pototoe•.••••••• I.u. 1.419i·:~ la. ~=.g: Iwee~ poutoe••••• '.~~. ~. 1~:00 d:: l!II,8!J5:oo c:fo:~.;~.::::::::.bU. 162: 152.00 de. .._.00 ConDo •••••••••• : •••• Ib •••.• , •••••.••• ··Bei"i;' ·"'8,421·00 Flu •••••••••••••••••• bo. 601 ~·oo do· 11&.000'00 BCIIIP· ••••••••••••••• Ib.. ,12:1. • . 14 OIP 00 T6baCco •••••••••••••• Jb.. 19, 11.111 ID. llri600' 00 ,Broom Com •••••••••• lh.. 203. 92111 In. • -'00 Millet .ud lIooROrlao Ioao 8,219. 803.00 de. 20 Tlmolhy M•• dow •••• lonl 8.6". 1~ 00 ID. 411!·" m<m>r lK.adow Ioal 11.6tl2 '\8.'5. TI 110 00 10. la. _....... •••..... ·00· PraIrie M.adow•••••• •••••• looo 1.4O!! ...!!' as.: f:· ".'00 f"::0 ·i;;~~~~~~~EE ~~: Total., •••••••.•.•..•• 181.003.'1: IKcaZ.l8B ==:f!~. OR Farm .AnimaZ..-NumlJcr of bol'8C!!, In 1877,7,012: in 1878, O,04lI; dccrcnsc, 07. Mules and asses, In 1877, G37; in 1878,11.'17; increase, 120. )liIch cows, in 1877, 7,163; in 1878.7,143; decrease, 20. Olber cattle, in 1877;10,OM;'in 1878, 12,750, Ibcrcnsc, 1,75.'i. Sheep, In 1877, 2,510; In 1878, 2,477; decrease, as. SWine, in 1877,17,583; in 1878,20,222: Increase, 8,639. . Sheep EiZl«l btl .Dog,~Number of sheep killed by dogs. 49; value of sheep killed by dogs. $147. . . . Wool.-Clip of 1877,11,920 lbs. ValU6 of .Animo;' Slaugllttlrttl..-Value of animals slaughtered and 'sold for slaugh. ter during the year, $229,452.08. . . HorticuU~r4.-Number of acres nl1)'8eries, 284. Number of trees In bearing: apple, 121,972: pear,4,088; peacb,82,412; plum; 1,11.'14; chcny, 28,944. NUmber of trees not in bearing: apple, 11:1,424; pear, 4,214; peach, 10,370; plum, 9.79; cberry, ~~ . Ow LmD.~The herd law Is not In force. One correspondent says: .. If we do not aecure it, it will take all our Umber to rebuild renoes In the Dext five years." An. other correspondent wrltea: "It would add ten dollars to the value of every acre of bottom land, and five dollars to every acre of.upland In the county." . A third report states that It Is viewed unfavorably by some few In the county. Fenea.-Stone, 8(1,210 rods: cost, $127,81:1. Rail, 178,2:19 rods; cost, $231,746.70. Board. 70,668 rods; cost, $98,928.20. WIre, 88,079 rods; coat, $28,155.80. Hedge, 3M,895 rods; cost, $177,697.110. Total rods of fence, 722,606; total cost, $11.'19,842.70. .ApiacuUuf'8.-Nnmber of stands of bees, 864; pounds of boney, 9,2:10; wax, 11 i. ValU6 of .AgricuUural ImpkmmU.-Amount inveated in agricultural implements, $117,498. . ' Manufnauru.-Baldwin City: steam grist mill, capital, $1,Il00. Eudora town. ship: steam grist mill, capital, '10.000. City of Lawrence: steam fiouring mill, capital, $11,000; water power fiouring mill, capital, 82:1,000: water and steam flour ing mill, capital, ,12,000; wind power, wagon and plow manufactory. capital, t50.000; foundry, capital. ,23,000; cabinet works, capltal,I6,OOO; pottery, capital, $i,OOO; soda water manufactory, capital, $2.000; paint works, capital, $8,000; steam soap factory, capital, '10,000; sbirt manufatory, capital, tsOO: vinegar works, capital. · t5,OOO; gas works, capital, ,23,000. Valuation and Ind.!bUdnua.-Assessed valuation of personal property, $1.118,402; railroad property. $459,582.76; total assessed valuation of all property, $4,987,879.76; true valuation of al1 property, .tB,SI2,299.60.. Total Indebtedness of couoty, town. · ship, city, and school districts,. $1,148,695.27; per cent. or indebtedness to as. sessed valn.ation, 28+. V&LUB or PRoDUCT no 18'18. 141.m·oo dla·'282.1o.!!!·~ 16.11. 9 oo e. _,. t.3M.oo In. 1.608.00 1132.1:26.00 de. sa.96II.oo 1lUO.00 de. 1123.00 8.06t.00 la. 411,111.74 882.00 In. 1.904.00 1\."\0 00 d. 2818>.00 e:-.3Ii:00 de: 4:488~ 11:215.00 de. 1&IIIUO 1,280.00 d.. 8,011'1.80 ··'••2izi:01i"ii.: '·"a.·4it:oii 192.281.00 de. 6.000.00 8.lI25.OO la. 1.406.00 73.800.00 In. 8.09'1.110 . 28.110 de 411.lm00 I 2Il8 20 ID· 89.~'20 '13Ii:~ In: 8.Z1:'IO . .. 01U8oo la.· 120.1r.1I.1IO . IScatABB:' OR ~~,:~s;:.' • ~:::':la'. .. 1.094.4-110_' 292.lIl3JIdc. 198.00 dc_ 8,844.1410. 68.'1.60la •. 'il,8!O.oodo. 9,(8!.65 de. ' lo.8S'I.lIOde. l.m.lIOdo.. ·"4.iiii.ooi';: .11,588.!Mld ••. 8S1.M 10. 2.'767.11010; 14l!lIOde 18.:19'7':1010- il1~:JOlo:. .. 1.&'10.0010.. .. l.i·g ir~~~~·~~~~~;~ ~;;~~~~~~~~;;~ :;;;~;;;;;;; ; ; ; ; ~;;;~ . 820 00 In •. '.' ••••••••.•••...••••.•. I$~924.5111.31 S-W.880.34do. ' NftDI7JG".r gllllJ71f.-Th. tint Damber of the Hn"fJld qf Frutl"", ..... dated Waltaru ... K.D .... Octob.r II. 18M, bat wu prlated ID P""IlfJIYBnIL The oecoDd namber .... pabllobed at Lawrenc., Juaary II, 18:511. lIay 11. 18:511. the o/Bee wu d.. troyed by the BonIer llDlBaa...ad tbe pabllcatlon ....••a.peaded. It wu ....... t.bU.bed tn tb. followlDg November, ...d COIItlaaed nDut law. ,.ben It lIDally expIred. JobD S","r prlnted ono Damber 01 tbe KaR,,.. Pitm«r In Oblo, a.ted October 15. 1~. bavlng .t.lted K ........ tho mODth prevlonolr. and prepared bl ••dllOrlal. In that territory. R.tarnlag to ![aD... wllb bl. ·m.terlal, be foaDd that a pro-.Ia••ry p.per called tbo PI""..r bad beea ealabll.bed at ltlckapoo, Dear Leaveaworth. Ue th.... Core eh....R"d t\l. namo DC bl. paper to tbe KaR.,.. Tribune, . aDd pobll.bed tho tint Damber at Lawrence, JaDuary 6. 18M. 8. N. Wood became a partaer. aDd the paper .... pabll.be,fnnlll November. 111M, ...beo It ·w.....moved 10 Topeta. Ia .laIr. of that rear,lt wil.·pobllllbed-.. dally for oae weelL At Topelta, 8peer a.oocIated wltb blm W. \\'. Roo. . . · '. partaer•. Th.y coallDa.d tho' pobllcalloD nnW February. 1867. ·when 8peer oold out 10 lIou BrOtb..... . a The Kan'fJI FrM Beau ......toi1ed at Lawnmce. by JOllah lIlIIer .Dd R. G. Elliott. la J.nnary, �]~8 ~. aad COUIlDUed till .y21. IB:I6, ...b.a tb. olllce Will deolloycd hI" border n,tllaol.". 1t"'11 r"",vcd bl R. O. ElUolI, ood publla/acd al Delaworo, Ka""'. ror • oberl lima. . '. Tho IAcomplqll V_" wu eotabll.bed la lb ••prlDS or 1851, b,JOU .. dIo FarIs. The _ .... CIlaar:cd, a fow mODth. aller lb. eatabll.hmoul of lb. paper, 10 Joa•• & BennetL Wbea tbe paper • n.peDded. la 1881. tho material of tho omco .... removed to Ha.,...I1I.. DarlDII th.laot year of Ita e.:I.,..eelt w.. edIted by W. P. Xoatgom..,.; now ocIItor of tho lIap cui S",UMI. The ant number of tha LGIDI'OIICI B",II/)II.../I wu luued Hay 18, 185"1; Normaa Allen, proprietor•• T. D. Thacber. editor. Ia the aamm.r of 1858, T. D. Tboeber. S. O. Tba<her aDd S.)l. Tbaebor bought All.. out. la 1l1li9. S. O. Thacher oold bl. Int..... , to bl. parta..... December 17. 18&0, tbe ealabll.bm.al WI. oold to lobo Speer, ...bo took'ln U par\ner for three montha V..... Nlebolao Smltb; now of Chappaqua, N. Y .. wlao mamed)(ln Ida, dougbter ot Horace a ....ley. 11.... H. lL 11......ueceeded 8mlth for I"",,, moathe, IIId Spoor conUaued Ibe p.per a10De ualll Scplem' . ber 4,l8a, wben be ooldll bacIt toT. D. Thaeber. Durlag the Iaol ....loa or the Territorial Lalli" Iotare tn 1881. ,be B4J1Ibfloan ..... pabUlbed u . dally by Speer" SmIth. Mr. Tboeber con· lIDDed to pabllob the paper. In connectloa with S. )l. Thaebcr. ualll tho QuaotrlU muucro, . A_III. 18118, ...bea tbo 0111... boulto, oecoDDto. IIbraoy aad ..,..oytb.nlt were totally conlumocl. l'.brnarJ 1. 18118, tb. B",IIbI""'I& wu re-ootabll.bed by 1Ir. Thacber. aod coatlDUed DatIl Much ... 18eD, wbea II wu _ _ Idated with the 8ltJl4 JOllr1l1J1 ood tho 0tltJ1I1/J EOtM JOllrrotJl la the B'PNbll<GII Dati, JO"'aDlaad the W..,.,.,. HOtlY JOIU"IUII. weekly. . Tbe F'r_', C/04",,.,, WII .lUted at PraIrie Clly. by 8. 8. Piontr. Jnn. 11:1, 18iPr. being prlated nade. . tODtered.ed by theladleo for thaI pn"- Elevea ..umho.....ere luued, whl.b ~bo pabll..Uou wu oaoponded. '1ioreo moatha later, Mr. Prouly. In compaDy with 001... P. Wlllelt, ..... "ltT1>d the C/04".pUl~. Atter three moalb.. Willett ...ltbdrew••Dd the publlcatloa wu CODtIn\led by Prouty DDdl 8eptember, 1858, wbea be d,_nllnDed the pabllcatlon, fort,. Dumhero baolag been 11'1104 la aneen moalba. Th. material upon wblch the ClI4mplol& .... pJ1nted _ pnrebued of G. W. U.......... of tho nnYJItl qf F'rwdom, by the Prairie City Town CompaDY. The preaa wu tho oa.: broapl to the Temtooy In 18M, by Rev. I. Meeker, • Bapll.t mluloDII'J to tho Ottaw. ladl.nl. ne NalloRal D",.Ot:rat wu .tarted at Lecompton, Februaoy 2S, 1~ by S. W. DrllII. It wu pul> Itabed t.1I October. 1880, ......n the mateJ1a1 ...u removed to At.blooa. '. . Tho llrat namber or the COfI(lrtgal.01lal BItXJrtJ wu pabll.bed In IIDDII'J, . . . at Lawrence, R. . ConItey. 8. Y. LaiD and H. H. Simpoon. a commltloo of tho CoagreplloDlI Aaoodatlou, baolDIt:. cIwiie of tho pabllcattoll. BOT. R. Cordley ".d ed1torta\ cbuiIe....llted by lie•• L. Bodwell.nd lie•• R. D. Puker•. It .... p"bll.bed CItlllrterIJ DOW laatW,., l81li, atIer wbleb It .ppoaied monlbly•. It ...u d_yed ID tho QDlDtrIIl mel, II w.. tho bonoo of doe editor, Ilr. CordIey. The ne", num' ber. September .nd October comDlllod, wu prlated by T. D. Thacher••t the omoe of tho JOllrnal qf C.",..,..,..., !taD... City. and contaIned. nul .....unt of tbe ntd, from tbe pon of Ilr. Cordlcy. From tbl. tlmo the care of the pnbllcaUoa ebIdy de...lved on Ilr. ,.,lter. It betnS printed at !taD... City. DOtllDecember.I88C, ...beD It'wu laoponded DaIlIIDD .. 18II5; It w.. thearevlvod,DDdertb.eoII. lor\aI care of Roy. I. D. Lilli" aad Rev. P. II.Vlcar. aad ...u pJ1ated.t Loaftawo"'h ODe year. It Waa thea _af.rred toTopelto, ....tb M....... X.VI .....ud Cordloy. e4J10ft. On lbe completion 01 tho .,ptb .... ume,llay. l887, Ita pabllcatloa wu The namhero for October .nd Nowmber. '188C, coataln a 1"1111 .....un I or the Price tn_loa. Wblle publlibed at Lawrenco It .... printed .1 dItI'''''''l tlmeo by T. D. Tbach.. '" Co.. Speer" Smith, ..d Spoor'" Moere. TbeKIJ~"" 8ltJlI Journal .u.......ed tb. HnYJItl qf F'rwtltm&. II wu eatabllobed by loolab Co Tnak .ad Ho.ey E. Lowiaan, In Februa.,.. 18111. on tho material of the ntrDltl qf /I'rudlJ.... Mr. 'frUk . .I killed III tbe Qapb\ll m .....re, ADII".I 11. 18113.. lD tbe .prlDII of 181M, to....... auld oul 108. C.Smltb-aad W. S. Raalda. In Xay. 1885, lameo ChrI.tI.n aad )l. W. Be1a014o purcbued Smltb'llntereoL ~nd Ihe paper ..... 'pnbllsbed In tbe Dam. of Chrlollaoi; Jley'lloldo & Co. lit tho w'..,tcrof Jl!68, Mr. 1Iey'nolda IIonJIbt the Ill_I of Mr. Chrlillan, and III 18118, GeOJp A. 1Ieynololao IIonJIbt the IDt.....t or Mr. JlaDllln. Moreb a. 18118, the paper .... conooJldated with tb. La1A71W~'" 11,pll6llctJ" .Dd Ibe Otta..,. E _ Jovrnal. DDderthe· _ namo of Kalloeh, Thaeber '" ReyDOIde. The DaU" SIal. JO"",IJI ,.... started by Cbrlatlan '" Rey'nolda. lilly II, 1885. • The Ropllbllctu& DaU" JOIn'IIIJI .nd DDlI" Ka ...... TrlbUJI.. Thll p.per wu otar\ed Xan:b a. 18811. It ..... colllOUdaUon of the DaU, L4IDI'OIICI BopublktJlI pullU.bed by T. D. Tboc"'r. tho DaU,8ltJlI JOllrna/publl'bed byH. W. lIeynold.. aad the W,,/om IlotM J/1IWIIIll., o weekly poper· publlabed.1 Ottawa'by L S. ·Kalloclt. The linn wu ltDowa .. KaJloch. Thacber" J!cynold•• lD Ian. 14r. Tbeeb.r boogltl tbe latcreot of bl. partae .... aad becam~ the 001. proprl.tor. Ia 1874, Ilr. F. E. Bllmpoon became a partaer ID tho conCOrD. 10 December. 1874, M...... Th8eb.r '" Stlmpaou boupl Ibe name, KOod will••uboerlptlon U.t. aad froaebl ... of tli. Kana... T"b ...... ODd _Idated II wltb the JOotrrUll. tbo name of the paper bocomlDt: tbe R'Plfbllco1l DIJU, J01Irl&Dl .Dd t ... DIJU, A·ao,a. 1'rtbll'" '. In 1818, Ilr. 8t1mpaon retlr'ed, .ad Mr: Thacher aKuD became tbe 101. proprt.tor. aile. ._ed. 100 FIRST BrENNIAL REPORT. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. la 18'18. Ih. La.....ace Joumil Compaay " ... ofJlllulzod, ODd coulIllul.1 tb. pre..al publl.h.r 01 tho paper. .' Th. lVnt"I& 110_ Jo"rnall.lh. aam. or Ihe weekly edilloa or Ihe o""ve. The p.per I. Repabllcan la pollll... T. D. Thacher b•• hoen coaaected· with II from lb. begl';' n1ng••nd alllI retalnalta maDIIgIIIDeatODd coullol. . . Th. KIJna" WUtl" 'I'rIbtuI..... ....,.,tabll........t Lawrea... by Jobn Speer. Jana"", I. 1863. [t \1"U conllnued till Aagu.I It, followlag. when tho omoe and mal.rlal were doollo,.,.. by Qaaa· trIlL Jobn 14. Spoor IIIId Robert Speer. 10DO or Joba Speer, aad Chari.. Palmer•• Joamcymaa printer, were murd.red .ltb....... time. Novomber,18118, the TrlbIlR. \1"U .....,.I.bll ....... DI • dally ODd wool<ly by Jobn Speer, wbo contlaned Ita pabllcatlon 1111 February I. 18l'1. wben II ... oold to I. 8. Eme.,.. lohn Bal.hlal!" ood I. H. Sblmmonl. Emooy acting .. o4llor for •• bort limo, ,..ban be oold bll In_I to Hutcblap '" Sblmmon .. wbo condueled the pDper nnlll Aagual 8Q, 18'/1. At Ibll date I. S. Xalloch parehued Ibe Inlerell of Sblmmoa" ODd edlled Ibe paper unlll April 11,18'14, wbea b. oold oul to BulebiaPo ilIe lotler belnlt 101. proprietor ODd edllor from Illal lime luly'. of tbatyear. Ho'(Huleblnl!") thea oold the omca to .E. H. Snow. )Jell!W ODd Joba BalD. Th... pull... aDder Ibe _ name of 8now. )Jellu. '" Baln. contiaaed tbe pahll: cation of tbe paper. with Mellaouedltor. aatU November 15,1874, wben the paper.pla feU iato tDe baada of HUlebhlgo, ... d tho pUbllcatloll wu .a.pended December a. followlDg. 11 w.. revived OctoberllO, 187S, by lohn Speer. I . .E. Covel ODd George X. BI.bardo•. wltla 10Da Speer .. editor. R1cbarda rellred IOD"..,. 14,. IBM. ·Speer· as C<neI conllDned 'Ibe pnbllcatlon ttll Karch 111, 1m. ...bea Speer wlthdre:w; ODd Covel IoU .Inco carried on tho p.per 1I0ao. It I. pnbU.bed a.aa <mIatns dally. ood I. ladepondenl In polltleo, oapportJnll tb. G~nbaek lIcltellll the la.. canVU'.· The Eo".. CIrt:14 wu .tarIed at Baldwla Clly.la 188c. Dy. P. A. Eme.,. ood Jooopb llooat. Ib.latler a mnle. It conllaued aboill hr.lve _Ito.' . . Th. TOling .dmorl<:a; ......11 amatenr paper. wu publla...... for. Ibo'" Ume In J8IK.«i, at Baldwlll CIty. by Cba.... W. GoodIn, • young lOa of loel K. GoodIn. . . . IIl1Sll4, the BaltlllliA CU" ObIwrir ..... •tar\ed by Warren XIIchell. wbo IOOD oolel oat to Monllt '" Holhngworth. Th. p.per oaopeadaUa aboal • year. Some moalUIaI.r. In 181115, I, .... re\"~VCCI by I. lobuooll '" So... ""d .uhoeql,",ly W.llace 10balOD & Co. became proprleton. Tba poper .... Jbially""pondod, about.1x monlb••ner Ita' revival, aDd tho m.terlal wu removed to 1"0'" Scott. Th. KIJ", ... NftII Bra ........tar\od .1 Lecompton, Seplomber ttl, 1885, S. Weawr. editor and proprietor. ){oy!lt, 1887, the paper ..... remov.d toMedI.... ldr.non conaly, ""d thcneo to G... lhopper Pall •• DOW Valley Fall .. whero lila .1111 coDllnn"" The N •• Bra .... ""d I. a Repnbllcan poper. The NortA LGfIIrCJUJI Co_ wu otarIed luly ttI, . . . by I. S. Boullhtou. In Sep_ber foUcnrI1Il( tho nam. wu ebaagod to lb. Ka .. YaIIq COW""'. JI\Ibrttaoy t. 1887. Goorp N. JIoaJIbton bCeAme ..1OC1.ted In lb. publlcatlon, ..d conUuued DDtll luae 8th, followlaJ(. wben bo wltb/JrOw. H. O. WhhD01 took ,In IDteree& In, aDd became edUDr or, tho paper SeptemlMH' J.., 1£'81, aDd tbe Dame wu ebaarced to tb. CltJtfI111. lD November followlalo 1Ir. WbItDOJ withdrew. aad Mr. Boal;htou opld tbe paper to loba Speer. of tbe LG...-.- Trfbll".. Mr. Bolljlbtoll'. paper w.. prlDted • p.'" of the lime at tbe JOllrntJl omoe ood put of .tbe time .t tba Trlb"JI' om... Alter tlao .u.ponalon or tba plper./ndge H. H. Howard,tar\edl.d ror IOmO tim. pabll....... the NortA LGUlTYJIaJOut1llJl. Tbo Standard. Democrallc. "'u OItabll.bed .1 .....1<17. Septcmoor IS. 111'10. "Y. corporallou co.... paoed of S. K. Haoon, O. W; SIbert, D. T. ldll.bell. Ely Moore, W. S. Roakla. Hea.,. Lei •• Gcorp A. Reynold....d WlIooa ShaDDon,/r. It ..... coatlaued "y tbem 1111 October. 1871. wb.a D. T. llilebell took oole control, aad pabllshed It . . . dallyevenlag poper till October, Ism. wbea E. G. Bo.. and 1".1. D. SkIti' pnrebued It. Th.y pabll,bed It till ADJIII&L 187tI, wbea Ell Moo","DO aahftl· tated for Skiti'. aad tho paper ..... coallDued by Roo. "MooNltll Octoticr 11, 18'18. wben Ro•• became aole proprtetor. and ha... IUI admitted ble BOn. Pin Bou, . . . parlDer, October, 18TT, t..be7 baTe COD· Uaued Ibo pDhllcatlon unlll the praent time. .' Tho 8plrU qf Ka", ... , • farm .ad ramUy paper. wu .tar\ed et Lawrence. FebrnarJ a. 1m. hy I. S. Kalloch aad I. T. Sleven•• ander tho n.me or I. S.. KaUoeb .It Co. In FobnJ"",. 1878, IIleYou. p _ Kallocb·. Into_t. ud eootlaued th. p.per till M.y. 1878, ",beD E. O. RoN hecame.• partDer. Inl tbe aim wu Bo.. &I; 8tcYcDI. In JUDe, 1874, tbe pannenhlp wu dluolyed, aud. )fr. SleY... b ... Iaco been llie ocIIlor &od 101. proprietor. .' 1he 8 ..111"(1 Pape;. .... • tarted laaDII'J a. 1878, by E. G. Roo.. aDd puhU ....... ror Ibreo wb.a tt .u.pade'" arter lbe oontortal eloetlon.. . .• The BltJ14 8er.lIn~lt do.atod to the temperance caa~.". ••tarted 10 Lea1'ODwortb hy David c. BcQc~ whoremo'1'ed It" to LawreucoJul19. ~ edcontluuca (0 publilh It 10 JauuU'J I, ltn'8, wben n, eu. ponded. . . . ' . . The Yo". Populi. a _111, paper. wa. ''''rted at Lawreoce. ID 1m, by Hea.,. Broaloa aDd I. O. Weybrtpt". It..... publl.bed • row mODlb, oDly. aad mel'jled la tbe StIJlfdlJrd. Loa,. odJ IIrm "CO"". BclIoou.-N.umber of organized districts, 84; school populaUon, 7,6n; average �110 STATE. BOARD. OF AGRICULTURE. salary of teachers, per month, malcs, $39.77; females, $00 28. School honses built . dunng 1878, 8, frame, 2; stone,l. Total number of school bouaes, 1)6; log, 1; franlc, . ."'; bn'ck, 17; stone, 114. Value of all school property, $188;004. . No shade treeS reported. e7aurcMl.-Baptiat: organizations,l!; membership, MO; church edifices, 2; value'. of church property, t21i,OOO. Congregational: organizations, 4; membership, 1110; church edifices; 8; valne of church property, $50,000. Episcopal: organizations, 1; membership, 119; church edifices, 1; value of churCh property, $00,000. Lutheran : organizations, 2; membership, 90; church edifices, 1; value of church property, 14,000. MethodiatEpiscopal: organizations, 17 : membersbip, 1,188; church edtfices, II ;valne of church property, 122,200. Presbyteria,n ,. organizauons, 7; membelshlp, 400; church edifices, II; value of church property, 120,200. Roman Catholic: organizations, II; membership, 2,000; church echflces, 8; value of church property, 110,000. United Presbyterian: organizatIons, 1; membership, 89: churc.1i edifices, 1; value of church property, t8.000. Universalist: organizations, 1; membership, 47; church edifices, 1; value of church property, 111l,OOO. �Ancestry.com - we ;SnOUlQ InanK Inem 100! J'Tt/B A-MhJRr.!CDme I~" No. 1 Source for Family History Online d. Ancestry Daily News V Paula Stuart Warren, CGRS - 4/28/2005 We Should Thank Them Too! I do have to admit to having grumbled a time or two about a librarian or a clerk in the courthouse. I may have gritted my teeth about an archivist or other staff person somewhere I have researched. Most times I don't have such reactions after a research visit. I recently had one of those proverbial "light bulbs" switch on in my brain. In genealogy, "we" have sometimes given some of these folks a bad rap. Of course, I advocate sending a thank you note when you have had a pleasant research experience. But there are other facets of their work that also deserve our thanks. Advance Preparation Sometimes our disappointment with the person behind the desk or counter is actually our own doing. We can solve that ourselves. Did you just show up at a library or archive without being prepared? Did you check to see if there was a website with information on that repository? Did you not call ahead to check the hours ofthe probate office? Did you check to see whether there is an online catalog ofthat place~s holdings so that you even know if the records you seek are actually at that place? . Sharing Knowledge For many years I was in charge of the exchange publications for my state genealogical society. Many . genealogical societies exchange their monthly or quarterly publications with other societies. This affords members of a society access to many publications. Of course, I delighted in being able to skim through a large stack of publications every couple of weeks. I noted that in many localities the meetings, classes, and seminars had sessions presented by area librarians, staff from courthouses, and archives staff members. They were sharing their knowledge with area genealogists. Some are done on their regular job time and the institution is paying for their time or giving them compensatory "time off" from work. Major Commitments In the United States alone in the last ten years there has been an impressive list of perSonnel from major repositories who have given extended service and time to our genealogical organizations. Immediately what comes to mind are volunteer positions such as officers and board memberS of state and national level genealogical societies or chairpersons and program chairs of major state, regional, and national genealogical conferences. Yet others have served on committees that also require a time commitment. . The repositories know that this service serves as a positive public face for their institution. Among the many such places whose staff have given their time to serve the genealogy field are the Allen County Public . Library (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Arizona State Ubrary, Daughters of the American Revolution Ubrary, Denver (Colo.) Public Library, Family History Library, Minnesota Historical SOciety, U.S. National Archives, Newberry L.ibrary(Chicago, III.), New England HistoricGenealogical Society, Wisconsin Historical SOciety, and many other local and state research repositories. JOining and Donating Have you joined an organization, donated materials, or visited a repository after interaction with one of their employees via a genealogical society? When Visiting or joining it would be helpful if you remarked that you did so because you have become acquainted with that specific staff person and heard them talk about the wonderful research resources at the place where they Y{ork. Writing Articles Many of these staff members also write articles for local and national genealogical publications. The vast majority of these are not for pay and some are written, with permission, on that repository's time. The writer �Ancestry.com - We Should Thank Them Too! shares genealogical knowledge and may write extensively about the research repository for which they· work. These articles are another positive public face for that repository and also are a help to the editor. It's Not Just Time Many major repositories have given to genealogical organizations in monetary ways. Some do provide funds for their employee to travel to a distant conference or society board meeting. Some allow the staff person to use the repository copier or computer to. handle some of the volunteer duties. Others actually add the volunteer service to the person's job description and realize it does take away time from that person's "regular" job duties but they realize the benefit of the service. The repository may do some special advertising for an event their staff member is associated with or may lend their mailing list for publicity purposes. Why do they do this? It goes a long way to bridging the gap between genealogists and the staff at the institution, it helps in preparing the genealogist to visit the repository, and it gives the repository a favorable public face among thousands of researchers. . That Positive Publicity . Every time one of these wonderful persons serves in one or more of the positions mentioned above, the institution or society for which they work gets extensive publicity. Their biographies (or presentation introductions when they lecture) usually mention the name of the repository. Every time they serve as volunteers, we genealogists benefit from their time and expertise. I have enjoyed serving on boards and committees with such persons and having the opportunity to ask a question or two about research in their state or at the place where they work. Thank these facilities for sharing their staff people with our genealogical organizations. Thank the individuals, too. Join those organizations that have memberships and purchase their publications. I can immediately name two member:ships I have mainly due to being impressed by an organizational representative I met via a genealogical board or committee. Donate to genealogical publications that you compile to their libraries. Keep them in mind when conSidering monetary donations. Their time and expertise is vital to family historians. ' Paula Stuart-Warren, CGRS, is a professional genealogist, consultant, writer, and lecturer. She has lectured all across the U.S. and coordinates the Intermediate Course, American Records and Research at the annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is co-author of Your Guide to the Family History Ubrary and an author for genealogical periodicals including Ancestry Magazine. She is a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, and spends many weeks each year at the Family History Library and the U.S. National Archives. Her roots include ancestors from seven different countries and researching them has given her broad experience and an occasional headache or two. Comments will reach her at PSWResearch@comcast.net. Paula is unable to answer individual genealogical research inquiries due to the volume of requests re~eived. Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. Terms & Conditions I PrivaCY Statement I About Us I Partner with Us I ContaCt Us Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. This article may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are included. - �GENEALOGY WORKSHOP - Saturday,'Atigust 27; -lOam to 3pm I Lawrence Public Library Auditorium Carol Cochran, National Vice Chair of the Genealogy Chapter Development -Committee for the Daughters of the American _ Revolution (DAR) will conduct (\ Genealogy Workshop on Saturday, August 27, from lOam to 3pm in the Lawrence Public _ Library Auditorium. This workshop will be approprhlte for all : levels of researchers from beginners to the more experienced, and' _Win deal with topics ofgeneral- interest. -_ ' Participants are encouraged to bring their lunches so individual help -can be enjoyed. Drinks· and snacks will be provided. There is no_ charge to attend, but registration is requested. To register, call-_ Maria Butler at .843-383-3, ext 123; or mbutler@lawrence.lib.ks.us. Mary Burchill, Regent of the Betty Washington Chapter of the' DAR, will also take reservations at jfan@ku.edu or call 843-9199. _This program is co-sponsored by the 'Betty Washington Chapter of, DAR and the Lawrence Public Library. -- ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Published Quarferly By: 'Douglas C~untH GenealDgical SocietH P.o. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 .••• ~ �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Treasurer Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Assis. Gen Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net 'Web Master Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Librarian Sharon Moore SharonKayMoore@aol.com Membership The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fIScal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. , The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. MicrofIlm. readers are available in the OsmaRoom. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html 'r �THE PIONEER Published by the . Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical. Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 29, no. 1 & 2 January & April, 2006 Contents This issue is The German Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence. Kansas 1859-1918 MEMBERSHIP FORM Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2006 dues can be paid·now. Name Maiden --------------~--------------------. Name_ _ _ __ Street.________---,--_______________Apt #_ _.Home Phone._ _ _ _ _ __ City_ _ _ _----,._ _ _ _ _ _ _S.tate_---'Zip_ _ _e- . mail. _ - - - - - Renewal_New_Sumames you are ~~hing,______________________________ Amount enclosed Mail to: DCGS PO Box 3664 Lawrence, KS ~046 ($15.00 per year, $2.00 for each additional member ofho~hold Make checks payable to ncGS Dues for the Society are due for 2006. They are $15.00 and may be paid in person at meetings or sent to the Society at the address above. �. ( THE GERMAN Methodist Episcopal Church 'Of .. Lawrence, Kansas 1859··1918 -- ---. __ , ._--- - -- ------------ - - - ---- - --------------------------- ------- - - ---.' �THE GERl.fAN MEmoDlsT'EPIScOPALCHURCH or lA1N-aENCE, :KANSAS . , .. A history or the Church. 1859-1918, and biographical sketches or many who served as ministers and layman. Also an account or the ladies organization, the Frauenverein, and or the Old Friends Club. by Edith V. Howard Mrs. Lewis E. Howard 1905 Valley Glen Topeka. Kansas Road. �Compiled 1974 by Edith V. Howard Copyright 1974 Printing by: Topeka Genealogical Society Topeka I Kansas Binding by: Western Bindery Topeka I Kansas . .. �THE CHURCH The front cover shows the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence, located at 1000 New York Street, as it appears today. Built of stone and brick construction in 1872, the church originally had a steeple and belfry as shown below. Age and weather weakened the front portion, including the entrance and roof. This portion was rebuilt with omission of the steeple and belfry. Members of the church under the German-Methodist Episcopal Denomination will sttll remember the pealing of the bell calling them to worship. The building is still in use, by another denomination. _ A reprint of a picture of the church as it appeared after completion, as taken from the Souvenir of the West German Conference Book, published in 1906, p 84. �FOREWORD The absence of records of. the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence, as such, precludes a complete accounting of membership, board of trustees, meetings, baptismal records and other pertinent matter. Therefore this is an incomplete account, some areas being covered more fully than others, depending on th~ material found. The search for records was prompted by a genealogical interest. Four generations of the compiler's family were represented among its members, and extending from the early years of the Church. to the time of its abandonment. It was the absence of records and the fact that some information was located in Conference books written in the Ger- man language, thus of no avail to many, that inspired the writing of this compilation. There are probably sources of information not yet touched by this compiler. Should this book come into the hands of any who have access to additional information pertinent to the Church, she will be glad to include it in an addendum to this compilation. E. V. H. i �ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The writer wishes to take this opportunity to express her appreciation to the me,ny people who have contributed of their time and energy- in the furtherance of this compilation. She is especially indebted to her husband whose assistance by his photography, editing, helpful council and patience has been a constant source of inspiration. The cooperative manner in which employees of libraries, especially those of the Kansas State Historical Library, the Douglas County Courthouse offices of the Register of Deeds and Probate Court, as well as the cooperation of former members of the Church, has helped to bring this account to a satisfactory completion. He are indebted to the members of the Old Friends Club for the use of the minutes of the Club, to Lydia Schaake and Alma Hoyer for their translations from the Souvenir, German Methodist Episcopal. Conference Book; the splendid assistance of Hilda and Edna Koehler, and the Reverend Nelson A. L. Weller for his contributions of genealogical material. To these and all others who assisted, we are deeply grateful. E. V. H. ii �THE GERMliN'NE'IH01nST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF IAWRENCE Table of Contents Foreword' • • • Acknowledgements Table of Contents . .. • • • • Part I The Church and Its History , . iii • Part 'II An Account of Some of the Ministers, Trustees and Others Who Served the Church 1 • 7 • Part III The Frauenverein, Ladies Aid Society and Old Friends Club Roster of the Frauenverein .. 25 • • Roster of the Old Friends Club Index • . ' iii i ii • • • Page ., 29 30 32 �1 THE GEFl¥.AN ME'IHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF LANRENCE Part I The Church and Its History Accounts in Ka!lsas history books tell of the first religious services on the frontier being held by gatherings of people in hay tents or groves, vJhen the weather was inclement their meeting \trould be held in a public ,building or in ,the homes of the pioneers. (1.) It is probably correct to assume the German speaking pioneers met for religious !Jurposes in this same manner. The Germans who organized as the German Methodist Episcopal denomination he~d meetings in one of the buildings purchased by them in 1862 at an earlier time than the purchase d.ate. (2) Themajori.ty of protestant Gernians l'Tere raised lmder the Lutheran faith in their ~'lother Country. There seems no reason for many of them changing to Methodism after coming to the United States, except that this was one of the earliest churches to become well organized in the more eastern states and who early sent trained workers into the more western states and territor, ies to assist in the organization of mission churches. Each mission church was located in a 'church district' and the pastor of this church was expected to perform all of the ministrial duties within his district. The most commonly used mode of travel by the winister was by horseback or with horse and buggy. The minister ,was known as a circuit rider. In all Idnds of· weathe,r he traveled to perform his ministrial duties, often giving religious services during the week in,order to reach all of the peop~e. In the first years after the establishment of the Church, the services were conducted entirely in the German language. Few German immigrants were familiar with the ~nglish language when they came to this Country, and many continued to use this language in their home. There came a time when some in the congregation, namely children of the immigrants, and those Germans who adapted without difficulty to the English language, desired the services to be ,conducted in the .l£nglish language. Therefore the pastors, began to use both languages in the service. The method in which this was done was left to the discretion of the pastor in charge. One method remembered is the sermon being delivered in German, followed by the same sermon given in the Znglish tongue in sermonette form. The scripture was quoted in both languages. ------------~- The language barrier was a ~dde-spread problem. Th,e American Bible Society publi.shed the Bible in all languages. Also, one was printed with parallel colums so the r~rman parents could read one column printed in the German language while their children could read the same truths from the other column,~rinted in English. The Reverend H. D. Fisher of the English Methodist denomination was accompanied in some of his travels spreading the Gospel by a German minister named l".d.ller, who uould rape at the Reverend Fisher's sermons to the throngs in the German tongue.(3.) Thus, and in many other ways, the laneuage barrier was broken. In later years the pastor of the Ge~man Methodist Episcopal Church of La.1IJI'cnce , delivered the service entirely in the English language. The ministers, all having a German background, werc able to converse with members of the Church '\'!ho desired it, in the German language. After this change, some ~eop~o began to refer to the Church as the Sdcond Methodist ~lJiscopal. The tlJIle ~s thought to have been about 1915. The name 1'!as never ofically changed. . �2 Although unique in language useage, in other ways the Church was probably quite similar to other churches of its time. Sunday School, now referred to as Church School, was usually held at 9:30 A.M. followed by Church Services at 10:30 and-7 ~. M. Prayer meetings were held Wednesday evenings. . Sunday School classes were held in the one large room of which, with the exception of entrance hall, the Church consisted. The Classes were separated only by space and an occasional folding screen. The number of classes conducted in the German tongue was dependent on the need. The . main social event of the Church was the annual family picriic, usually held in a grove near town or in one of the City parks. The Church furnished lemonade and the members brought covered dishes. Following the meal there were games for the children, then a watermelon feed. Each Christmas Eve a program was held. There was ahrays a large decorated tree with the traditional star on the uppermost branch. Christmas carols were sung by all,' and the children participated l~th recitations and songs. The evening was climaxed by the appearance of Santa Claus with a bag of candy and nuts for each child. There seems no better ~rey to narrate the formation of the Church and its progress than the account found in the Souvenir of the West German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, edited according to the directive of Lhe Conf'erence by otto E. Kreige, Gustav Becker, Mattaus Herman and C. L. Korner; printed by Jennings and Graham, CincinnattiOhio 1906 pp 83-85. It appears below: Lawrence. Kansas This work field in 1858 was known as the Lecomptori Missionj under the direction of the West Conference. In 1859 the name was changed to Lawrence Mission. Members .were six in the field- the sisters Noll, Merkle and Holzapfel (man and ~dfe), with certificates from Berea, Ohio. Since 1893 Lawrence was by itself •. Before, it was connected with other places: Leroy,Howane and. Tecumseh until 1861; with Franklin and Baldwin City until 1875. The lack of Germans and death of members made the necessity of giving up the work in these places. Topeka, 1880-81. Eudora and Captains Creek, 1892-93 were connected with Lawrence. The present brick and stone structure on the corner of New York and Berkley Streets ""as built in 1872 at a cost of $2500 •. Ten years Defore,' an . . old wooden building and the German Turnhall (4.) was bought for $280.00 [sic]* and used for a church. (see * next page) . . I In 1896 the property at 1045 New Jersey was bought for the preacher's home for $1000. The great inundation of thG Ka11T River Flood in 1903 caused the whole community to suffer great loss. Large numbers of members were farmers in the flooded area. The outstanding fear and repeated loss caused many to move away. . Lawrence isa pretty city with 13,000 population •. Kansas State University (nowK. U.) is here ~~th nearly 2,000 students, of which many young men are members of our church. They study "Electrical Engineering", "Mechanical Engine0ring", and other studies. The following is a tabular sunimary of this field: Other Members on probation Sunday School ~lission Collection Expenses $16 $23 2 30 25 1880 $57 $35 54. 1 58 1905 �3 . In 1885 the m.embershipin the Lawrence Uission District was 220 persons. The Lawrence Church membership in 1895 was fifty.(5.) From 1907 to 1915 membership varied from sixty-five to seventy; in 1917 there were seventyfive members. (6.) Younger people in the families of members and non communicants more than doubled the amount of people in the congregation. * From the Douglas County Register of Deeds Warranty Book Vol. G p 49; 31 Dec. 1862 the German M. E.Church purchased property described as lot 93 Southwest corner of New York and Berkley (now Tenth) Streets. Purchase price $500. Grantors were Henry Biebush (7.) and wife Anna~ Grantees were trustees of the Church; August Bromelsick, Daniel Miller, Nicklaus Hoszaffel, Charles stuchmann, L. B. Dennis, Peter Merckle, H. M. lYlenger. The purchase price given in Souvenir, $280., may have been the. amount the Conference gave the Church toward the purchase price. From the Tribune 12 June 1864 Lawrence Kansas p 3: The German Quarterly Conference is now in session in this city in the German Methodist House in East Lawrence. Rev. M. Steinly, P. E. will preach today at ten a I clock and Evening Service. The German House, which has been for sometime otherwise occupied is now fitted up for religious services. Sunday School will be at 9 A. M. Preaching regularly on the Sabbath. (Lot #93, 1001 New York Street) In the Kansas Census 1865, Lawrence, Douglas County, the valuation of the Church was given as $1000, indicating considerable improvement had been made on the property since it was purchased. The Church was descr:i.bed as large enough to accomodate 250 persons • . The Frauenverein, translated, Ladies Club, was organized about 1895 during the time the Reverend Frank D. Rademacher was pastor of the Church. The Church the German Methodists built in 1872, located at 1000 New York Street, was sold 27 September 1917. From Warranty Deed Book 99 page 433 and Book 240 page 460 Douglas County Courthouse, Register of Deeds: Trustees German Methodist Episcopal Church grantors, Kansas 7th Day Adventist Conference Association, grantee. Sale price $1200. Lot #94. The Trustees of the German M. E. Church were vJilliam Schaake, Albert Knop and Fred Kopp. Possession was not immediately given. It appears that the Church continued operation as the German Methodist Episcopal Church lmtil the ?nd of the Reverend vloesterneyerl s term., Sept..~mber 1918. �Part I - References The Church and its 'History . Page 1 (1) Four Centuries in Kansas by Bliss Isely and .~~~~ M. rtichards pp 308,09 pb by the state of K3 Frad Voiland Jr. ~tate printer 1946 (2) Douglas County K.:3 Register of D.;,;eds Warranty.Bk Vol G p 49 1862 (3) The Gun and the Gospel by the Rev. H. D. Fisher, D. D. pb by Medical Century Co. Chicago, N.Y. 3~cond ~dition 1899 Topeka pp 66; 148 Page 2 (4)a '~Jorld Book J£ncyclopedia Vol. 9 The ~uarrie Corporation, Chicago p 3962 An athletic program begun by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. JiIany Germans followed his taachings in the belief of the importancG of physical fitness. German Turnhall is ch:rivad from the '·lords turner and halle, - exercise hall or building; a gymnasium. A gymnastic Club (turnerverein), was usually used for other purposes such as mGatings and social events. b. From the 1860-01 Lav-irence City Directory and business l-'iirror p 47: . "Germans Turners .:3ociety meets at Hall No. 93 Nevi York ~treet. Numbar of members, 46. President, Michael Oswald: ~ecretary, Henry Weiler: . Treasurer, David Prager. 1st Turmvard (exercisG instructor) Henry: BiebuSh. 2nd turn-..• ''lard T. L. 3teinberg." Page 3 (5) Census· of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County 1885 Social .:3tatistics ibid 1895 (6) Lawrence City Directory R. L. Polk & Co's ibid ibid ibid ibid ibid (7) Lawrence City Directory Ope cit. l4)b p17 Hembers 65 1907 70 1909 p 19 65 1911 P 19 65 1913 p 19 70 1915 75 1917 next to last line �~'IHODIST 'lRI£ G@MAN EPI3COPAL CHURCH OF LAv~ru:NCE KANSAS PASTORS villO SERV.i.m 'IRE CHURCH August Mecl:;e . • ... J. P. }iIiller . . J. A. ~11i1.1er . . wife, Anna Brome1sick Fr. Jansen C. Stuckemann J. P. Miller Henry 14eyer C. Stainmeyer J. A. Reitz wife, Sophia M. Huth J. P. Miller. H. R. Reimar . • A. F. Korfhage. Fr. Schumacher D. v~alter ..... C. G. Fritsche . G. J. dchultz J. Ehrsam · . . June to dept ember -1859 . 1859-1860 -1861 · ,. .. '. . . . Oct. 1860 -¥.tarch • . • . . . • . . . . . 1861-1862 · . . . . . . 1862-1864 .l1arch.1864- October -1865 · . • . . . 1865-1867 · 1867-1868 . . • . . . . . . 1868-1870 1870-1871 . . . • . '1871-1873 .. . 1873-1876 · 1876-1877 · . . . . . . 1877-1879 . . • • . . . June 1879-1880 . . . • •. . . 1880-1881 . 1881-1884 · • . . \dfe, ¥.taria Kellar · 1884-1886 Henry Bruns wife, Sister ¥.tary 3undermann H. J. Duker · • 1886-1888 · . 1888-1892 · 1892-1893 F. V~. Fiegenbaum C. .8berhardt ~~fe, Caroline Bleck J. A. E)ller . . . . . . . . . F. D. Rademacher wif e, Mary.i£. A. Jo Ross l ....ife, Louisa Menger G. J. Ko1b o. lidfe, Ida J. . L. StGrnbGr g • • • • • • • • wife, Louisa 1jJ. Theis E. Crepin wife, Katie Buthmann Bernard Schubert . . . '. 'Wife, Lydia vJ. F. Ko1b A. J. Ross Erwin E. Kobb John A. Nigg . . dfe, Clara .i:!: • T. As1ing ....• Richard D. lfdnker • • . . wife, Sophia . George H. \~oestemeyer . . . . wife, Christine 00 0 • • • · 1893-1894 · 1894-1$98 0 1$98-1900 · 1900-1902 ••• · 1902-1905 · 1905-1906 · • 1906-1908 • • · · 1908-1909 1909-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1915 · . 1915-1917 · . . .dept. 1917 ~ ~ept. -1918 5 �PASTORS vliHO .:3ERV..ID THE CHURCH - Raferences 6 Compiler's note: The y."ars s0rved by the ministdrs as pastors of the Church is as accurate as it was possible to obtain it. In some instances there seemed to ba conflicting evidence of a year when more than .one . source wa.s found, in the time of the pastor's service. This vias probably . due to a pastorate chauga between the time the information was compiled and the publication date. The most likely date was used in thase instances. The German Aiphabet contains some symbols not found in the ~nglish alphabet. !fUller. In later years the spalling of the name Mualler was used. ~ple: The ministers from August lJlochs to F. D. Rademacher inclusive were found in Souvenir of the ~i"est Garman Confer0nca pb 1906 p 85 Anna Bromelsick Sophia IiI. Huth Maria Keller Sistar Mary Sundermann Caroline Bleck .::)ouvenir pb 1906 ibid . ibid ibid ibid p p p p p 261 247 234 276 250 Mary 1£. wife of F. D. Rademacher City of Lawrence Directory 1898 Chittendon's Vol IV Adam John Ross and wife, Louisa filenger Lawrence City Directory 1900 R. L. Polk & Co's p 19 ibid 1909 ibid pp 19, 237 ibid 1911 ibid pp 19, 263 G. J. Ko1b and wife, Ida Souvenir pb 1906 P 85 La\~ence City Directory Chittendon's Vol. V 1900-01 P 37 ibid VI 1902-3 pp 36, 128 J. L • .::)tarnberg and vufa, Louisaw. Theis .1£. Crepin and wife, .Katie ButhmaIm Bernard Schubert and wife, Lydia City of Lawrence Directory R. L. Polk souvenir pb 1906 P 342 ibid P 279 & Co's 1907 pp 17, 225 ~~. F. Ko1b d01egate from Lav.Tence to K. C. District meeting 1908Handbook c~mpiled under tho direction of the German lJlethodist .&piscopa:l Church Conference. The important K. C. District for 1906-07~08-09 Erwin S. Kobb German M. E. Conferenc0 Ka:lender 1909-1917 P 66 John A. Nigg, .dfe Clara, children Arthur J., Martha, lflilto?, City of Lawrenc~ Directory a. L. POlk & Co's 1913 pp 19, 332 l:. T. As1ing La""Jrence City Directory R. L. Polk & Co's 1915 p 19 Ii:tchard D. vJinker, "dfe Sophia City of La1rJrence Directory R. L. Polk & Co's 1917 pp 19, 302 Geor ge H. "woestGmeyer, "dfe Christine Family Record .! �Part II An Account of Some of the }Iinisters, Trustees and others lJho Served the Church L. B. D.ii:NNI3 The Reverend L. B. Dennis, one of the trustees in 1862, ~JaB born in Ohio. (1) He was one of the trained workers 'V,ho came to Lawrence probably in 1854, as an ladvance guard" for the organization of the l-iethodist KansasNebraska Conference. Others 'Villo came with Reverend Dennis were Abraham Still, ·v~. H. Goode, J. ,j. Griffing and B. F. BO'lt.man. These men were sent for the purpose of spreading the Gospel, in particular to organize goups of people in the Methodist faith. The first Methodist service in Lawrence was held by the llevorend W. H. Goode in 1854. In 1855 a class 1.vas organized by: the Reverend J. 3. Griffing, but ",ras not strong anoughto sustain itself. In July of the .same year a more permanent organization was .perfected by the Reverend Dennis. (2) The meetings to organize the Methodist Kansas-Nebraska Conference were held on 23rd to 25th October, 1856, under the leadership of Bishop Osman C. Baker. Preparations for the meeting included the erection of a large tent. The location seems to have been in or near what is now South Park in Lawrence. The object of the Conference was to direct the sending of church workers into Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico including the Indian Territory.(3) The Reverend Dennis is presumed to have joined in this work in other locations after he assisted in the organization of the German Methodist Episcopal Church in La'V~ence in the capacity of ~linistrial trustee. AUGUST BRO~LSICK August Bromelsick, trustee in 1862, was born 1 January 1803 in Berzholzhasen, Prussia Germany. He was married to Franziska Charlotte Voss born 9 February 1809 in Hoersen, Prussia, Germany. In 1$11 their address was "East side of New Hampshire between Warren and Berkley" (between 'Vmat is nov,r Ninth and Tenth Streets). Franziska died 12 September 1890. August died 21 December 1895. They are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Their tombstone is inscribed in the German scribe. Anna Brom~ melsick (Bromelsick), wife of the Reverend Johann Adam Muller, is believed to have been a daughter of Augusta and Franziska. They 1>lere also parents of a son, 'r~illiam, and grandparents to 'Walter and Alfred, sons of \villiam and his wife Louise. William was proprietor of a lien I s Clothing store and Hattery in 1896, in 1917 he was President of the Peoples state Bank. The family had also engaged in farming, and supervising extensive investments in stock and other securi ties. The home of '~dlliam and Louise was at 923 Rhode Island 3treet •. _: Alfred, the last living heir, gave a set of chimes to the First M. E. Church (now First United MethOdist) of Lawrence in memory of his Mother after her death in 1946. He died in 1950., further memorializing the family name by leaving a revolving trust fund of well over ~lOO,OOO for use by the Girl and Boy 3couts of La\'lrence and the Douglas County 4-H Clubs. This family may have removed their membership from the German M. ~. Church before, it was abandoned.(4) 7 �JOHN P. ~lII..UR '8 JOHN P. MILL&R served the La~T~nce German Methodist ipiscopal Church as pastor 1859-60; from March 1864 to October 1865 and 1870-71. The Reverend Miller and lj.is family are listed in the Kansas Census of Douglas County , La\'~rence, 1865 on page 28: " John P. Miller age 29 yrs Pastor German M. ~. Church. Born in Bremerhaven Ger. ,His wife, M. Miller age 22 years, born in Illinois 30n, Jacob Miller age 3 years, born in Vdssouri. Living in the same household, Julius 1liller, ag9 25 years also born in BremBrhaven. His occupation was cigar and tobacco manufacturer. It can be assumed that Julius was the brother of the Reverend Miller. JOHANN ADAlvI 111JLUR JOHANN ADAM MtJLL.&1. vJas born 24 }lIay 1836 in '~ialsheim in Landau, in the bay area. His parents were members of the Land Church congregatiori. In his eighth year, through prayer by his mother, he was healdd of blindness. Teachers and ministers ministered to him. He "las thoroughly inspired by his confirmation. ' In his travdling to America~, he felt the hand C5.f G\:[q.. u~ ¢QlIle to ~uincy, Ill., on the 5th day of May, and on June 1, 1855 he,was under the direction of Bro. George Boshenz. He was thoroughly converted to God and ·in 1 year he joined the Methodist Church in ..tuincy, Ill. He worked fi va years as a blacksmith and was 1 year long in school. In 1860 he went as a "Hissionar" to big (or important) Lawrence Kansas Mission. He served in 5 countias~ and 12 preaching places. In April 1861 to September 1862, he traveled under much s0lf denial and vdth self abgenation to the great Manhattan mission. In Sept. 1862 vuth 7 brothers from Lyons Creek he became a soldier in the Civil War, where 2 brothars gave up their liVdS, the rest remaining until the end of thu war. They took the bodies home. He married Anna Bromalsick in Lawrence, Kansas and served the congr~gat­ ion in Lexington, Mo. 1865-66. (Other places): German Creek, Iowa, 1866-69; Monroe and Marshalltown, 1869-70; ~Ionroe and Newton, 1870-71; Flint Creek, 1871-72; Etna and Lancaster, Mo. 1872-74; Topeka, Kans., 1874-75; Lyons, 1875-78; Great Bend-Bezirk, 1878-80;~Jeston, Mo., 1880-82; Higginsville, 1882-85; Boonville, 1885-88; Armourdalu, Kansas 1888-89; Cosby and 'Weston Mo., 1889-91; 3alina, Kansas 1891-92. In 1892 he retired due to aga and ' lived first in Lawrance, Kansas, th.an Jt.Josaph, ~iissouri and in 1905, Los Angeles, California. He ,vas faithful and did succ8ssful pioneer -~Jork: He is remembered by many. (5) He died 12 November 1911 in Los Angeles, Cal.(6) JOHN A. ~ITZ ! JOHN A. l-WIT~, known as thi.:l belo",Tl3d Western, singer (or poet) was born 14 January 1838 in dt. Clair County, Ill. In' his 7th year he joined the church and in his tenth attained certainty of salvation at the Lake Creek Camp (~r revival). rTom 1854 to 56 he attended our learning establishl:n.3nt in ~uincy, Illinois. He studiedl year in the ~astern school. H~ was married in 1860 to dophia :til. Huth and sdrved 2 years as a calvaryman J.n the 7th Illinois regimimt. In tho .:>outh, he acc0pted lru:d mada a solenm v~w ~o the Lord. Aftar h0 recovered from a fall, ha went 1n 1863 to t~e Illin01s Conference. In 1864 he 'Was a ~mber of the South west and 1n 1879, a member of the west German Conferance. I �His appointment to churches: Union, ~lissouri (Beaufort) 1863-65; Boonville 1865-68; Lawrence, BaldlNin, Topeka Kansas 1868-70; Sedalia and Smithton Missouri 1870-73; ~ip.thena~.Ks~'.lB1J-~5.; l'vyandotte (Kansas City) Kansas 1875-78; Lyona 1878-80; Kansas District 1881-85. There his active ~~rk came to an end. His failing weakness was noticed in 1885. After that, he lived in Junction City Kansas; was a writer and preacher. His brother (colleague) was a strong support. Brother Reitz was a patriotic citizen and a warm friend. His knowledge of the Church and Sunday School ~r.asgreat. , The songs 520, 694, 102, 130, 290, 399, 539 in the song book floated from his pen. He acquired the title A. M. in the Central 'Viesleyan College in 1878. He served the \~est German Conference six years ..as secretary, was trustee in the school in V~arrenton Missouri in 1880-1888 and the Orphan Home from 1888 until his death. ~ times he was a delegate to the General Conference and was a member of the committee that made a new song book. NOW, he rests from his labor and his work follows him. He left a wife and seven chiidren; (7) His death occurred 1 December 1904 in Junction City, : Kansas. (8) , DANIEL WALT~ DANDl:L WALT.&l '\-'laS born 11 November 1833 in Lohningen, Kanton Schaffhausen (Si!isS). In his 16th year his mother died and in his young life there 'Has much misery and want. He very seldom attended school, and for 13 years he lived and worked 'l;uth strange people. In 1849 he wandered to America and was poor and lonely in Chicago. Here by the Grace of God he \'fas protected amidst great sin. Under Rev. August Kellner, on a Friday evening 1852, he was converted and conn~cted with Van Buren st. Congregation in Chicago. He ans~ered the call to preach, but felt his unworthiness and incompetency. He was there 20 years until New Year, 1874 when, under the "Borst. Aeltesten" (decision of the elders of the Church ~ho were chosen for :t.hat, purpose) he ~.Jas sent as an extra worker- he journeyed to the Omaha Mission. Here he v.rorked three and a half years and build two' churches and one dwelling place. Here, his wi£e died and left four small children. He came to Lav~ence Kansas in 1877, serving until 1879. In ~udora 1879-1881 a church was'built. After an illness he took 2 years leave with pension and he vrorked in Lake Creek V.d.ssouri 1883-86; Junction City Kansas 18861887; as treasurer of Central wesleyan College 1887-92. He was on leave with pension as an active pastor in 1887 and in 1894 he retired. Since 1892 it vIas necessary because of age and lack of strength, to do public work, he sold his home in Eudora Kansas and sought physical strength to do good. (9) , JOHN EHRSAM JOHN EHR.-3AM came from good Svledish parents. He vias born 3 March 1839 in Bitzberg Kanton (Scbaffhausen). The influence of his religious home ann confirmation instruction under a sanctimonious leader \"las for the boy and young man very helpful. As a young man, 1Hith students, he served as a soldier and Lieutenant in the Artillery. The soldier I s life tested his belief. He married iViaria Kel1 ar, who vias a true helper, in 1863. In 1868 h~ c:ame to America and stayed for a short time in Parkersburg, Hest Vir- ' glll1a, and, from there '''lent to Junction City, Kansas. In 1871 he joined the Ev~ngelisticmovement, and in 1873, the Methodist Church in Enterprise, Kansas. During 1874-75 he became a licensed local preacher. He worked 1 year as a circuit preacher under tha "Borst". In 1876, he joined the South~~estern German Conference. He viOrked in several' fields: 9 �10 Junction City, Kans., 1875-78; Clay Center, .1878-81; Eudora and Lawrence, Ks., 1881-84; Oregon ID., 1884; Enterprise, KS. ,1885-89. He lived in Clay Center and in Wichita ,a year before he died from a stroke. In the last 4 years of his life he was as helpless as a child. On 30 I.fay, 1902, he was relieved of his burden. Brother Ehrsam worked in great faith. He was a dedicated preacller, strong in belief and prayer. HENRY BRUNS HENRY BRUNS was born to Henry and Justine Bruns, 8 Sept. 1858 in Hannover, Germany. He came to America in the New Year, 1866; was converted to God and joined the church in April 1869 (under thedirection of Rev. E. R. Irmscher in Freeport, Ill.). In 1872 he received his license from Rev. M. Roder in. st. Charles, Mo., and received. in August 1873 a local preacher's license from the quarterly conference. He was honored on 8 Sept. 1873 for having built the only school house. He was appointed by Bishop Bol'llIlB.rl as a helper for Rev. H. M. Menger in Nebraska City, and Tecumseh-Bezirt *, a work field of 10 to 12 preaching places in the three states, Nebraska, Iowa and Mo. In September 1874 he went on approval to the Southwest German Conference in Warsaw Illinois. In complete union, he was ordained in Burlington Iowa on ·3 September 1876, and by Bishop Merrill as Elder on 8 September 1878. He worked in several fields. He married Sister Mary Sundermann of st. Charles Missouri. They were blessed with 5 children of which Oswald S., Lydia F. and Ruth Luella lived. The Lord blessed his work with many conversions, the greatest' number in the first three years- the first year on the old Calif. Road (now Berlin Nebraska); his second year in Swanville and the third, five miles north of Hamburg Iowa. Brother Bruns, as had Brother E. Hermann, served from 1873 in an unbroken period in the conference. He is the only one in active service today, in our area, accomplishing more than F. Tanner. Following are his work fields: Nebraska City and Tecumseh, 1873-74; Swanville, Nebraska 1874-75; Nebraska City and Hamburg Iowa 1875~1878; York Nebraska 1878-81; Omaha Nebraska 1881-84; Lawrence Kansas 1884-1886; NordNebraska District 1886-91; Sedalia Missouri 1891-93; Denver Colorado, First Church, 1893-96; Wichita Kansas 1896-99; Lyona Kansas 1899-1902, and.'in Topeka Kansas 1902"; (11) (* Parish) FRANK W. FIEGENBAUM FRANK W. FIIDENBAUM was born· in Kirchspiel· Munster, Prussia on 12 April 18,30. He came to America with his parents, Adolf and Christina Fiegenbaum. They lived in Hopewell, Warren County Missouri until he was 21 years old. enFebr~ry 19, 1846 at a quarter year gathering he was converted.under the work of Elder H. Koneke, the presiding Elder, and the preacher Frani Horstmann. The next morning he had a call to· the ministry. He objected, to go for three reasons- 1. The Salary for preaching and begging for alms was $150-$200. 2. The responsibility was too great. 3. His knowledge acquired at school was too inferior. After year long strife and earnest consideration this was cleared up. He found himself vd.lling to mind the call and went out early in the year, 1853. He served these places: Peoria, Ill., li years, 1853-1854; Cedar Lake, Indiana 1854-55; Sherrill's Mount Iowa, 1855-57; Freeport, Ill., 1857-59; Salem, Minn., 1859-60; St. Paul's First Church 1860-62; Washington, 1862-64; Burlington, Iowa District, 1864-66; wapell~, 1866-68; Des Moines, 186S-70; Polk City, 1870-1873. Then a nervous �11 condition struck him and he had to take a year's leave. He went back to preach, ing at Wilton, Iowa ,1876-79; Canton Missouri 1879-82. He was transferred to the West German Conference. He served Wathena Kansas 1882-1884; Eudora 188486; Clay Center 1886-88; Lawrence, 1888-92; Oregon Missouri 1892-96. Here, his health broke down so he took leave. He thanked God from his heart for his blessings and did not regret his work for the Lord, nor did he regret that he could not do better, or prepare for the great work. His home is in Wathena Kansas. (12) He died in Wathena 27 February 1914. (13) JOHN L. STERNBERG JOHN L. STERNBERG was fortunate to be born to Christian parents. Especially was it his timely, eternal desire to do God's Will. He was converted to God through the influence of Reverend E. H. Kriege and joined the Methodist Church. Also he had good teachers and a Godly preacher who led him in the right. In his youth he gave his heart to God and affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. From his 14th year he was a teacher in Sunday School and when he was 19 years old he was elected to Sunday School Superintendent. In his 22nd year he received a local preacher's license. He prepared himself as a preacher in our church school in Warrenton Mo., where he studied for three years. From February 1880 he served under Rev., Kriege in the Salina, Kansas Mission. In the Salina quarter year Conference, he enrolled on probation in the yearly Conference. After outstanding work he was recommended and accepted in the Yearly Conference. On 22 September 1881 he was married with Louisa W. Theis from Steelville Illinois. The Reverend Phil Jacoby performed the marriage. On 22 September 1882 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Thomas Bowman and on 21 September 1884, by Bishop Henry Warren at the Camp ground near Lurona Kansas, he was ordained as an Elder. Following are the work fields where he served: Salina Kansas February , 1880- September 1882; Jackson City l882-85j Wichita 1885-88; Topeka 18881891; Oregon Missouri 1891-92; First Church, Kansas City Missouri 1898..:..1902; Lawrence Kansas 1902-1905; Larned 1905 until now. (1906) In the Conference he served as Examiner, also helper and statistic secretary. He was a trustee of Central Weslyan Coliege for five years, and at the last Yearly Conference he was elected for another three years. (14) He was born 19 January 1856 in Randolph County Illinois and died 21 June 1916. (15) , . ERNST CREPIN ERNST CREPIN was born in March 1865 in Berlin, Germany. His father was Inspections-assistant by orders of the King. He attended good schools in the Father State. When he was 15 years old he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church. In 1889 he came to New York and in 1891 to· Wichita. During this time he sought a Commerce College and Craft Trade School and was elected president. Before that he studied at Central Weslyan, receiving an outstanding theological education, 1892-93. In the next four years he completed the course of student lectures. In his 19th year he sought to find peace with God through work and righteousness. He lost himself in indifference. After pausing to examine himself, through one word, one Bible, he found salvation in Christ and joined the Church. It was in 1891 in Wichita, �12 Kansas, through Reverend F. Haller-, the -preacher from the Wichita Fourth Quarterly Conference, that he received, in 1892 his exhorter's license and in 1893 his local preacher I s lic ense. He was recommended for the West German Conference; was on probation arid in 1895, was ordained a deacon and in 1897 as an Elder. He served in the following places: Guthrie and Orlando . Oklahoma 1893-94; Bison Kansas and Gehil.fe 1894-95; El Reno 1895-96; Norwich Kansas 1896-99; Arley and Liberty Missouri 1899-1901; Lake Creek Missouri 1901-1905; Lawrence Kansas 1905-until now. (1906) In 1896 he married Katie Buthmann, and had four children, two boys and two girls. (16) GEORGE H WOESTEMEYER 0 GEORGE H. WOESTEMEYER was pastor of the Lawrence German Methodist Episcopal. Church September 1917 to September 1918, the last minister to serve the Church. The Reverend Woestemeyer was born in Napoleon, Lafayette County Missouri on 27 November lS74. He and his wife Christine were the parents of two children, Armin and Leona. Armin attended the University of Kansas. He was well known in athletics. He continued to make Lavrence his home, serving as a school administrator; was active in civic affairs, especially the youth recreational program. He was married to Dorothy Graeber. -He. died 22 April 1972 at the age of 71. Leona was married to Lawrence H. Salsow, resides in Des Moines Iowa. At the expiration of his service in the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence, the Reverend Woestemeyer served as pastor of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church in North Lawrence. After his retirement in 1947, he served in the First Methodist Episcopal (now First United M. E. Church of Lawrence), for ten years as Visitation Pastor. The Reverend Woestemeyer and Christine spent their late years in the Methodist Home in Topeka. He died 9 July 1965; Christine died 19 November, 1969. They are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. (17) CHRISTIAN and WILLIAM SCHAAKE Christian Schaake, known as Chris, served for many years as Sunday School Superintendent. - He was serving in that capacity at the close of the Church. He also taught an adult class, this being done in the German Language 'When there was a need. Chris was born in Cassel Germany in lS65. His brother William preceded him to this Country. With Chris came two older sisters. They first settled in Edwardsville Illinois. William also preceded Chr~s to Kansas; becoming the owner of farmland in the fertile Kaw bottoms, a few miles east of Lawrence. ' Just prior to his coming to Kansas, Chris married Louisa, daughter of Charles Dude of Madison Illinois. Louisa and Christian's marriage took place 12 July ISSSo Chris farmed forteen years on land rented from his brother. He then purchased land that was known as the old Thatcher farm, located close to his brother William's farm. Chris and William were the sons of Henry Schaake and Margaretta Seibel. William's wife Catherine 'lI'TaS a sister of Louisa, wife of Chris. William sorved the Church as trustee. He was one of the trustees at the time the Church was sold. His daughter Emma was organist for mapy years. Lydia, daughter of Ch~is, was also church organist. �The children of ChriGtian 3chaake and Louisa Dude: Albert 3chaaka married Cecil Kieffer Otillie 3chaake married Otto Johanning . Benjamin dchaake Clarence 3chaake married Ha~31 \~iggins Milton Schaake 11m Ruth Linsdale 21m Arlene tloberts Gustav 3chaake married ~ella 3tan~dx Lydia Schaake The childran of vlilliam Schaake Henry Schaake Emma.3chaakc Ida 3chaake Edward Schaake' 'vlilliam 3chaake Matilda 3chaake Charles·Schaako Dora 3chaake Wes10Y Schaakd (18) and Catherine Dude: married Augusta 3tullken married Frank Leonhard .married lV.idgdaline Allenbrand married Lydia Kock ~ried Isabelle Grammar The Church had among its members three generations of these brothers. Louisa Dude '::>chaake, wife of Christian, ,'/as a mmnber of the FraUlmverein from the tim\J .it was first organized. Lydia Kock 3chaake, \-dfe of vJm.II is still a mamber of th-3 Old Friauds Club. (see Part III). 13 �14 Part II References Some of the Ministers, Trustees and others who served the Church L. B. Dennis 1. Census of Lawrence Douglas Co., KS 1860 p 28 (listed as Methodist Clergyman) 2. W. T. Andreas History of Kansas 1883 Vol. 1 p 327 3.· The Gun and the Gospel by the Rev. H. D. Fisher D. D. Ch V p 53 August Bromelsick 4. These references are interspersed throughout the account: a. Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence KS b. Lawrence Journal World 7 April 1950 'Brome1sick' p 1 c. Lawrence City Directory Hoye's 1871 d. ibid P. T. Foley 1886 p 37 e. ibid Leader Directory Co. 1893 p 10 f. ibid ; Hoye 's 1896 p 45 g. ibid R. L. Polk & Co's p 63 Note: Where the reference "Souvenir and page number" thru Crepin, the following source will apply. appears, MUller Souvenir of the West German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, edited according to the directive of the Conference, by Otto E. Kriege, Gustav Becker, Matthaus Herrmann and C. L. Korner: printed by Jennings and Graham, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1906, Pages 83-85 John A. Milller 5~. Souvenir p 261 6. German Methodist Episcopal Church Conferenco Kaleru:ierBook 1918-1926 p 157 'Memories' John A. Reitz 7. Souvenir p 247 German M. E. Conference KalenderVo1 6 pb Clatonia NB 8. Sept. 1917 p101 Daniel Walters 9. Souvenir p 267 John Ehrsam 10. Souvenir p 234 Henry·Bruns 11. Souvenir p 276 Frank W. Fiegenbaum 12. Souvenir p 251 13. German M. E.Conference Pamphlet X p 157 I, . �15 JohnL. Sternberg 14. Souvenir p 342 15. German Methodist Conference Pamphlet X p 157 Ernst Crepin 16. Souvenir p 279 George H.Woestemeyer . 17. a. Kansas GoverIlIll.9nt Journal Vol 28 No. 6 pb 6 June 1942 p 11 b. Lawrence City Directory R. L. Polk & Co's 1919 pp 23, 24 c.Topeka City Clerk - death record book . . d. Records- Methodist Home for the aged, Topeka Christian and William Schaake 18. a. Genealogy and Biography. Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas, published by Chapman Publi.shing Company, Chicago Ill. 1899 p 597 b. Dude Family History n. p. �16 THE MENGER AND ALLIED FAMILIES HERMA. N MAGNUS MENGER . Herman Magnus Menger ,::me of the trustees of the German Methodist Episcopal Church in 1862, was th~ third son of Friedrich Menger and WilheJJnine Schramm. He was born 8 July 1831 in Wildenspring, Germany. He came to this ~ountry in 1850. On 31 July 1853 he joined the German· Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia and was a Sunday School teacher from 1855 to 1857. He married Sophia Epple in this church on 13 April 1857 and they transferred out of the church on the 24th of April of the same year, coming to Franklin, Kansas. They had moved to Lawrence by 1862. In addition to serving the Lawrence Church as trustee, Herman served as Superintendent. In 1863 he received his exhorter's license, thereby further serving the church. On 21 August of that year, William Quantrill and his band of outlaws sacked the town of Lawrence murdering more than 150 citizens. Herman escaped death by hiding from the marauders in a cornfield. Sophia was forced to bake soda biscuits for some of Quantrill I s men while they searched thru the house for men and plunder. Soon after this time, Herman received his local preacher's license. In 1867 he entered the West German Methodist Episcopal Conference and ser~ed for over 30 years as a traveling preacher (Circuit-Rider). Herman IS appoin.tments under the Conference were: Wathena, Ks 1867-69; Lincoln NB, Bezirk 1869-72; Tecumseh (Jetz Humboldt) NB 1872';"74; Nebraska City NB and HaInburg IA 1874; Liberty HO 1875; Salt Lake and Clatonia NB 1876-78; Liberty MO 1878; Cameron MO 1879; Sterling (Bushton) and Peace Creek KS 1881-83; Enterprise KS 1883-85; Halstead and Greenwich KS 1885~86; Halstead and Newton KS 1886; Clay Center KS 1887-91; Kansas City (st. Paul Strasse) 1891-93; Independence and Weston MO 1893; Parsons; KS 1894- 97· . , Thirteen churches and two p~sonages were built under Herman's supervision. He died in Parsons 14 July 1897. For the past two years he had served the Parsons District preachin~ in Timberhill Sunday mornings then driving horse and buggy 10 to 12 mil~ s for Sunday School and service, not taking time for lunch and rest ... He was buried in Lawrence in Oak Hill Cemetery in the Menger plot. Reverenci A. J. Reitz held the funeral services, the Presiding Elder Reverend Ch~les Ott and other ministers taking part. Sophia and the unmarried children, Ennna, Agnes and Mary moved to Lawrence after Herman's death. They becanne affiliated with the German M. E. Church of that city. Sophia, who was be>rn 14 August 1833 in Schwaben, Germany, died 28 May 1918. The Reverend ~oestemeyer of the German M. E. Church presided at the funeral and she vvas buried next to Herman. �17 Herman and Sophia ;,1ere the parents of seven children: Edward Frederick 1858-1909 married Rebecca Rausenberger; Ottomer August 1864-1941 m Elizabeth Nagley,; Louisa 1864-1951 m Adam John Ross; Albert Carl 1872-1949 m Caroline Heilman; Emma .:3ophia1872-1926 m C. Henry Hansen; Agnes Henrietta 1876-1953 m Alvin Clark; ¥wry 1869-1954. ADAl-'i JOHN noss Adam John Rosa was born in Cassel Germany on 15 3eptember 1860. He came to the United 3t<1tes whem 18 years of age. He 1<faS married to Louisa, daughter of Herman and Sophia !'Ieneer. The ceremony took place in Halstead, Kansas. They \-iere the parents of': Ervin C. born 28 May 1888 in Great Bend, Kansas; died 17 November 1955 in Dusseldorf, Germany. He 'Was Vice· Consul, American Embassy, Phil1ipines. Albert C. born 6 october 1892 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. He ylaS an instructor, was married to Elsie Jansen. He died 15 April 1961 in Los Angeles, California. Esther born 5 March 1895 in Oklahoma City. She married Grover Heyler • . Gladys 1vaS born 5 March 1901 in Otoe, lVdchigan; married to Samuel iurbuchen. Adam served as pastor in Halstead, Lawrence, Topeka, Great Bend and Burns, Kansas; Otoe and Osceola Nebraska; Concordia and Sedalia, Missouri; Denver, Colorado. He 1:!as the founder of the First M. E. Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He also taught at the Central Normal College at Great Bend for a while, attaining his final citizenship papers while in that city. After Adam retired in 1926, after 63 years in the ministry, he served as Chaplain in the Kansas House of Representatives and the ~ecurity Benefit Association Home and Hospital, Topeka. Adam died in Topeka on 27 June 1947. His wife Louisa died in Topeka 29 August 1951. EMMA HAN.3EN nee Mi£NGER On 6 May 1903 the Reverend Ross of Berlin, Nebraska, assisted by the Reverend J. L. Sternberg of the German H. 3. Church of Lawrence, performed the marriage ceremony of .J:mma Sophia Menger and C. Henry Hansen of Halstead, Kansas. Emma h&d been a diligent limrker in the Lawrence German M. E. Church and Sunday School. Henry and .&:nna first lived in Halstead where they attended the PresbytericLO Church. They moved to ~achita in 1911. They became af'filiated with the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in the Halstead Hospital on 21 September 1926. From the Halstead Independent, September 30, 1926: IIMrS •. Hansen 1"1aS a tireless l'iOrker in the church. For a long time she w-as Superintendent of the cradle roll and spent much time visiting the homes of her cradle roll members. 3he also did much calling upon the sick and. ne\'IT families vmomovad into the communityll. The Reverend McCoy of the Calvary H. E. Church in kichita officiated at the funeral service. NEL30N A. L. WELlliR Herman clnd Sophia o,rere the great grandparents of the Reverend Nelson A. 1. Weller 1-mO is pastor of the St. James United Church of Christ in Limerick, Pennsylvania c;t the -present tiIIIG. Hevercnd HellcF._ullliitl1icti.:t.a Elaine nee Kerr. They are parents of one son, Paul. Lineage: Nelson \'Jeller; Agnes Catherine Menger and Nelson Paul vieller Albort Carl lV1ene(~r and Carol inA Hr~il_man; HermAn M,~ng8r and Sophia ~ppie. 0 �CONRAD EBERHARDT 18 Conrad Eberhardt, some times seen in accounts" spelled Konrad, (incorrectly) was born 26 December 1842 in Guntersblum, Hessen-Darmstat, Germany. He came to this land in 1848 with his folks, Valentine and Katharina. They made their home near West Bend, Wisconsin. There his" parents were converted to God under the work of Fr. Merten and Theo. Miller. Their home was from that time a house of prayer"and a blessing for the whole family. He went to public and took private instruction. There was a lack of preachers during the ~r years, so, in his 22nd year he became a preacher. In his 25th year, through the Holy Power of the blood o:f Jesus, he :felt the happy complete experience as never before. The great love and favor of God he dares to acknowledge. 6n 12 Nov. 1868 he was married to Caroline Bleck. Two sons and thres daughters were born" who follen-red in God I s way. (1) " " " "Issue: Oscar born l870.i Erwin born 18 April 1872 in Oconomowoc" Wisconsin, married Clara Menger (born 5 May 1877 in Lawrence); Martha born l875married Henry Smoke; Mary born 1877, married Walter Shumway; Elizabeth born 1882 married" Arthur Denhollen. (2) Conrad and Caroline made their home in Lawrence after retirement " until about 1913. At that time they moved to Wichita. Caroline, who was born in 1842 in Germany, died in 1918. Conrad died in a Halstead Kansas hospital 28 January 1920. His funeral service was conducted at the Ca1.vary M. E. Church in Wichita. The Reverend Ebright officiated. Conrad and Caroline are buried in Map1.e Grove Cemetery in Wichita. (3) " Conrad worked in the following fields: Wasau, Wisconsin 1865.; Rub Creek, Ill. 1866; Fon Du Lac, Wisc., 1867; Green Bay, 1868; Manitowoc-Bezirk, 1869-71; Oconomowoc, 1871-73; East Troy, 1873-75; Grand Rapids, Ill., 1875-77; Saridwich" Ill., 1877-78. Because of a neck ailment :for a little over a year, ho journeyed to Kansas and" served Topeka, 1879-81;" Enterprise, 1881-84; Clay Center, 1884-87; Concordia, Moo, 1887-90; Wichita, Kans., 1890-1892; Topeka [sic] (correctly, Lawrence Kans.) 1892-93; Eudora, 1893-98; Humboldt, Nebr., 1898-1901; Beatrice, Neb., 1901-03. As financo agent for the Preacher I sAid" Fund he traveled, 19031904. Then in Sept. 1904, he took leave and made Lawrence, Kansas his home. In almost all places where he was called, he had more or less "visible" results, especially in Clay Center where he built a church and home, and had it paid for. There were 50 on probation and 58 full members registered. 43 converts were reported. In Waterford, Wisconsin, likewise; one church in Humboldt, Nebr. - one dwelling built and paid for. For these and other blessings, he gave a thankful heart and honor to God.(4) ERWIN HENRY EBERHARDT and CLARA ne~ MENGER Erwin Eberhardt served the German M. E. Church of Lawrence as organist and as Sunday School Superintendent.(5) On 11 May 1S99 Erwin married Clara Wilhelmine Menger, daughter of Adolph and Anna Menger. "The ceremony was performed by Conrad, father of Erwin. It took place in Lawrence~Conrad coming from Humboldt Nebraska for the occasion.(6) Erwin and his family " moved to Wichita in 1904, where they were active members of the Calvary M. E. Church. Erwin served for many years as Sunday School Superintendent and in other capacities. He was an active member of the Council of Churches and was one of the founders of Wesley Hospital. Er\..n.n and Clara were the parents of seven children. Clara died in Wichita 13 October 1947.(7) Erwin died 8 October of the same year. They are buried in Wichita. (8) �19 JOHANN" FHIEDRICH }illi:NGER Johann Friedrich Menger was the progenitor of all of the :f.iengers who attended the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrence. \lith the :exception of one son and family, .all of his children and their families lived a part of their life in the City of La~cnce, and at one time attended the German Methodist Episcopal Church there. Friedrich himself purchased property i.n Lawrence in 1864, N .~ Lot 73, (909 Rhode Island Street) and is Imown to have been living at that location within a few years. t.l) . There are numerous records ofp~chases of property in and ncar Lawrence by other members of this family near the time of the purchase by Friedrich. (Johann) Friedrich, by profession a surgeon, was born 26 April, 1802 in Eglesdorf, Schwarzberg Rudolstadt, Germany. 17m vliThelmine Elisabeth Schramm, born 1802. Spo died 27 December 1838. Issue: Ottomar b. 1826; Christian Adolph b. 1828; Hermann Magnus, 18312izrl Sophia Magdalene Arnold, born 1812 in Barigau, Germany.· They were married 23 December, 1839; Issue: Henriette Eleonore, b. 1840: Friederike Augusta Elisabeth, b. 1841; Adelbert Carl Gustav, b. 1844; Thekla, b. 1847; Christian Julius Hellmut, b. 1850. • I . All of Friedrich's children were born in Wildenspring, Germany and were christened in the Lutheran Evangelical Church of that village.(2) Some changed their given name slightly after coming to this Country. The ~s as changed will be used. i. OTTOMAR MENGER came to the United States in 1850. He settled in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, marrying Dorothea Koenig, b. IB32, d. 19l1. The Children of Ottomar and Dorothea were Louisa, Amelia and Otto. Ottomar was the only one of Friedrich's children "Who did not come to Kansas. He and his wife were active members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, it being said they were referred to as 'saints' of the Church. because of their devotion and hard work in the Church. Ottomar died in Philadelphia in 1899.(3) ii. HERM.\N}II. MENGER See biographical sketch, page 16. iii. C. ADOLPH lViENGER, came to this Country in 1849. In 1856 he procured a claim for his father, stepmother and their children in Douglas County about eight miles southeast of Lawrence, (4) and sent for the family. After arriving in Philadelphia and staying a short time, all except Augusta,they came to Kansas, arriving at the claim located eight miles southeast of Lawrence, in May, 1857. . Adolph 11m Louisa Eberbach on 5 April, 1864 in Lawrence. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend J. P. ~Iiller of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. (5) Their children died in infancy. Louisa died 24 November 1872 (6). ' • Adolph 21m Anna Gracia V.iB.rgaret Herzberg, on 12 YlB.rch 1874. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend A. F. Korfhage. (7). Anna was born in Bremen, Germany on 27 September, 1851. (These are the grandparents of the compiler.) Issue: Louis Herman Menger 1874-1943 m. Hettie Campbell on 2 June 1898. (8). Clara lviThelmine Menger m. Erwin Eberhardt (see page 18) . Bertha Henrietta Menger 1882-1904 m. Roy D. Cooper on 26 August 1903 l.n Lawrence by the J. L. Sternberg" minister of the German M. E. Church (9). �20 . Edith Anna Menger 1885-1950 m. Earl R. Cleveland on 20 March 1911 by Conrad Eberhardt, former pastor of the Lawrence German M. E. Church (10) Emma Sophia Menger 1883-1.969 m. Frank H. Bennett. on 25 l~rch in Lawrence by Judge J. H. Mitchell (not known to be connected to the German M. E. Church). (1.1) The children of Emma nee 1-1enger and Frank Bennett Were: Edith Venita Bennett b. 1904 (m. Lewis E. Howard on 17 Dec. 1927 by the Reverend Edward His1.op of the First M. E. Church of Lawrence.) Delmer Frank Bennett 1906-1955 (m. Bessie M. Broat on 27 April 1928.) Edith and Delmer were bapt~ ised iIl1the German M. E. ChUrch, joining it in 1917. They, as did their mother and others, placed their church letter in the ·First M. E. Church at the closing of the German M. E. Church. Anna Menger taught groups of children on Saturday afternoons. It is thought that she gave them assistance in learning their catechism, and that . she taught classes in both the German and the English language •. Her daughter Emma taught Sunday School classes in the English lfuJgUage. Later, her granddaughter Edith taught Sunday School classes at the First Methodist Episcopal . Church. Both Anna and Emma were active members of the Frauenverein. Ado1.ph died 24 February, 1910. The Reverend A. J. Ross presided at the funera1. service. (12) Anna died 29 Februa~J, 1920. The former pastor of the Church, George H. Woestemeyer officiated at the funeral. (13) i v. HENRIETTA ELEONORE 11ENGER joined the German Methodist Episcopal Church of Philade1.phia during the family's short stay in that city. She joined 22 February l857 and transferred out 24 April 1857. (14) After coming to Kansas Henrietta married Christian A. Raatz, who was born in Switzerland in 1828. They then lived in or near Lawrence from 1864 or earlier. Christian died on their farm near Lawrence in 1899. Henrietta .died 19 November, 1905. Six. of their ten children lived to adulthood. Issue: Lizzie A. 1862-1919; Emma 1867-1868; Albert F. 1868-1940; Mary l8701931; Infant son, born and died l5 January 1873; Charles 1874- William J. 1876-1896; Otto 1884-1956; Birdie, twin to Otto died 1887; Fred 1880-1927. Lizzie married Fred vJ. Read in Lawrence 7 June 1893. The cercmonywas performed by the Reverend H. M. Menger. (15) Mary was married to Edward E. Greene by the Reverend F. vi. Fiegenbaum of the German M. E. Church on 8 September 1892 in Lawrence. (16) v. AUGUSTA MENGER· stayed in Philadelphia to learn the tailoring trade from her brother Ottomar before coming to Kansas. She joined the German M. E. Church in Philadelphia on 22 February, 1857, and transferred out in Feburary, H~64. (17) She was living in Lawrence and she married Julius Miller ;on 14 l.farch 1865, the Reverend John P. Miller officiating.(see page 8, JohnP. Miller) (18) Au.:,austa died 26 January, 1918. (19) She was an active member of the Lawrence German M. E. Church until 1903 when she moved to Pittsburg, Kansas. Issue: Emma. Augusta 1870-1938 m. James H. Corel; Theclda 1872-1937; Louisa Julia 1866-1954 m. John H. Beasley on 14 March 1888 in Lawrence. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Henry Dueker of the German M. E. Church.(20) vi. ALBERT G. MENG:@. ~las working in Lawrence from 1861. He ljm ¥..artha Gau~ of Boonville Mo. in 1870.(21) She was born in 1853 and died in 1882. Issue: Henry Herman 1872-1877; Eleanore Sophia 1876-1877; Inez Augusta 18771918; Albert Frank 1881-1927. Inez spent the greater part of' her ltfo ; n T,Awl'ence;p and attended the German Methodist EpiscopaJ_ Church. �Albert and in Issue: 1947. Albert 21 21m Otillie Steinke (11m _Roehl. She was born in Koenigsburg" Pol1855. She died in 1923. Edward Herman 1890-1968; }/..artha Otillie.1893-1947; Lydia Anna 1895and Otillj.e moved to El Reno, OK in 1895. They had been active in the This interest continued •. From the document of his son Edward: "During his .residence in El Reno, Oklahoma, Albert G. l'ienger was very active in church and civic affairs, having served several years on the school board and on the eity Council and was an officer of the German Methodist Episcopal Church until it merged with English speaking denominations. • • "Edward commenced leading the choir in the El Reno M. E. ChUrch at age 16. Albert died in 1920. German Methodist Church of Lawrence until that time. .0 vu.. THECKLA MENGER married Julius Fischer on 25 December 1865. Julius was born in Prussia in 1827. Issue: Otto Albert 1866-1948 m. Agnes Jaedicke on 11 May 1892; Eda Henrietta 1867-1939 m. Um. Freicmmuth on 5 Nov. 1885; Karl Henry 18?8-1948m. Mrs. Lucile Gonders on 24 Nov. 1915; Anna Sophia Otelia 1881-1938 m. Ernest A stanford 2 June 1904; Alexander 1875-1875. Theckla and Julius· moved to Lawrence in 1868. They are said to have attended the German H. E. Church when their children were young. They later changed to the Unitarian Church. Julius died in 1902; Theckla died· in 1923, both in La.wrence, and they are buried on the Fischer plot at Oak Hill Cemet- . ery. (22) viii. HELMUTH MENGER was known to have been living in Lawrence in 1865 or earlier. He died in 1866 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery on the Menger plot. life. Friedrich and Sophia made Lawrence their home the remainder of their Friedrich died 26 July, 1874; Sophia died 3 May, 1880.(23) �22 'IRE MENGER AND ALLIED FAIID.IES REFERENCES HERMAN MENGER and FAMILY Compiled from the following sources used throughout the account: (1) Evangelical Lutheran Church Record Book vlildenspring Ger •. (2) German Methodist Episcopal Church Record Book Philadelphia Pa. (3) Sophia Menger Obituary Lawrence Journal World Tues 28 May 1918 P 18. (4) Herman Menger Obituary The Parsons Daily Sun Vol XIX Thurs. MOrning 15 July 1879 ( 5) Lawrence City Directory and Business Guide by Boughton and McAllister p 29. (H. M. Minger- correctly, Menger (6) Souvenir of the West German Methodist EpiscopalConfl?1'unoQ .. .1enn;ngR and Graham 1906 p 261 (7) Kalender West German Methodist Episcopal Conferanc3 printed by Cranston and Stowe 1897-1905 .p 83 of 1903 EMl-'A HANSEN nee MENGER (8) Lawrence Journal 1rJorld 6 l-fay 1903 and 7 May 1903 (9) Census Kansas Sedgwick Co. Vlichita 1925 (10) Obituary Halstead Independent Vol. XLVI Halstead, Harvey Co. (lileekly) 30 Dec. 1926 p 1 ADAM JOHN ROSS and LOUISA .nee MENGER (11) Lawrence City Directory R. L. Polk & Co's 1900 p 19 1909 1911 ibid ibid ( 12) Obituary Topeka Daily Capital 28 June 1947 p 2 (13) Obituary Topeka state Journal 19 August 1915 P 9 (14) ibid 21 Nov. 1955 p 7 (15) .ibid 16 April 1961 p 11 ( 16) Menger Family History n. p. CONRAD EBERHARDT (1) Souvenir of the West German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church • • • • Jennings and Graham 1906 pp 85; 250 (2) Eberhardt family history n.p. (3) Obituary 1rlichita Morning Eag1e 30 Jan. 1920 p 7 (4) Souvenirop. cit. (1) p 250 ERWIN EBERHARDT and CLARA· nee MENGER (5) Lawrence CH.y Dirr'ld,or'J IV 1898 p 39 Vol. V 1900-01 pp 37;86 ChH,t:,0nd(m'S Vol. (6) Douglas County KS Pbt. ct. Marr. Rec. Book #8 P 566 �23 (7) Obituary vlichita Morning Beacon 15 Oct. 1947 (8) Obituary Wichita Eagle 9 Dec. 1947 p 2. ~iENGER JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1) Douglas Co., 1(S Register of Deeds Index bk Vol I p 59 N. ~ lot 75 (1¥907) Rhode Island Street 24 July 1864 (2) German Lutheran Evangelical Parish Registers ~ -Thuringer Evan. Church, Koingsee Parish,-the Revarend Hans Kuhrke; retired. (3) Philadelphia PA German M~ E. Church Records. Note: The Reverend Nelson A. L. vleller supplied the German Lutheran Evan. records, the Philadelphia Ge~ M. E. Church records and other genealogical material. (4) a. G. A. R. viashington Post 1112 Lawrence, KS 19 March 1910, Obituary, C. A. Menger. b • Military Records C. A. Menger c. Land Patent Friedrich Menger (5) Douglas County KS Probate Court Marr. Rec. Docket 1 p. 1 ( 6) Tombstone and Oak Hill Cemetery Record Lawrence KS (7) Douglas OPe cit. (5) Bk 1864 U4 p 175 (8) Journal of the District Court Douglas Co. KS Jan. 1944 Resolutions on the Death of Louis Herman 1vlenger. (9) Douglas County KS Probate Court Marriage Record Bk 1903 #4 p 175 (10) ibid Vol 11 p 118 index bk 4 (11) ibid Vol 9 p 405 (12) G. A. R. op.-- cit. (4)a. (13) Obituary La~lI'ence Daily Journal World 4 March 1920 p6 (14) Philadelphia OPe cit. (3) (15) Douglas County KS Probate Court Marriage Record Book 7 p 442 (16) ibid (17) lhi1ade1phia 7 p 432 OPe (18) Douglas County (19)Obitll:ary OPe 1.a1rJroTIC I3 p. 2 col. 4 cit. (3) cit. (15) 1865 p 20 DRily JournaJ lr·hrlrl Tuesday 29 January, 1918 �24 (20) Douglas County Probate Court Marriage· Record bk 6 page 432 (21)a. Andreas History of Kansas 18$3 Vol I p 340 b. Documents- Edward and Albert Menger c. Oak Hill Cemetery Record Books Lawrence Kansas (22) Genealogy and Biography. Portrait of Prominent People of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties by Chapman pb 1899 pp 478, 479 (23) Oak Hill (2l)c Additional Reading: The Menger It'amily Directory J also containing a brief family history. Compiled by Edith V. Howard and Nelson A. L. vleller pb 1971 �Part III 25 The Frauenverein, Ladies Aid Society, Old Friends Club. (1.) THE FRAUENVEREIN (see Part I paragraph 5 page 3) ,.,as organized for the purposeof assisting in meeting church connected expensas. Some of the original members were Mrs. Honeycutt, HI's. Perry Ewing, Mrs. Augusta Miller, Mrs. . Helen Copp, Mrs. Reatz, Mrs. Anna ~J.9nger, Mrs. Heierhoffer, Mrs. otiliia Menger, and Mrs. Chris Schaake. These ladies met in their homes, often for the day, the hostess serving the lunch or meal. The time was spent making quilts to be sold. They also made items fdr bazaars held each year. The congregation often found it difficult to raise money to pay the minister's salary. Record was made that the Frauenverein assisted in paying the salary at various times; also they assisted in paying for the upkeep of the parsonage and gave money for other church expenses. No further membership rolls for the Frauenverein were located • . However, it is known that the average attendance was from twelve to eighteen women. The Frauenverein was later known as the Ladies Aid Society. Women in other German liethodist Episcopal Churches were also organl.Zl.ng. From the Souvenir of the vlest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church ••••• Jennings and Graham, Cincinnatti, OhiO, 1906: p. 40 --- The "Frauenverein" for foreign and home missions. Also, tha sisters in our congragation organized a different society and proved themselves a valuable support to the preachers and to the congregation. According to the latest report, the statistice in the conference are: 48 Societies with 907 members. The contributions supplied from them: $2544. for foreign missions, $358 for home missions; $368 for the congregation; $132 for the poor and sick;$58 for current expenses • • • • surely a noble work worthy of recognition. Sister F. F. Kurtz, Roca, Nebr., has served many years as conference Secretary and. Treasurer. (2.) THE OLD FRIENDS CLUB was organized in 1918 when the Reverend G. meyer was still pastor and the Church was to be abandoned. The actually a reorganiz.stion of the Frauenverein, now known as the Society of· the Church. The fol.~owing members were on the roll: Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Chris SchaaKe Anna Menger Augusta Schaake D. B. Hunnicut Schaffer Mrs •. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. H. vloesteClub was Ladies Aid (3.) Minnie Ewing Fred Copp A. J. Ross Bertha Knop Frank Jahns Lou Long Some of the Minutes of the Old Friends Club have not been located. The first mention of officers was found in the next minutes that were located, those of October, 1921. Mrs. Hack and !lirs. Muzzy were entertaining at this meeting. Mrs. Schaake ''lias President; Mrs; Lehman Vice-President. The 1921 minutes further state that the average atwndan.cq was betl~e.n 14 and 18. Usually several guests were at the meet.ing. .. �26 In September 1922 the following officers were elected: Mrs. Ewing, PreBldent; Mrs. Schafstall, Vice-President; Mrs. Jahna, Secretary; Mrs. Copp, Treasurer. Augusta Schaake was reporter. Mrs. Knop, Mrs. Hack and :t.Irs. Kizer were the flower committee. Gifts were exchanged at the December moeting. The by-laws of the newly organized Club stated as their aim and p~­ pose "to unite with true friendShip for ench other and emulate a kindq spirit tmoffird all". The colors chosen were yellow and lavender and the Club flower, the lilac., The Club Motto, "Be to our faults a little blind". Meetings "rere held one afternoon each month at the homes of the members, with a co-hostess assisting with therefreshmants. Quilting and pieceof qUilts was given up in 1923. Games, visiting, or guests to entertain replaced tho quilt work. A picnic or covered dish supper with families of the members as guests was held once a year in place of the regular meeting. Each year the Club has given gifts of various kinds to worthy causes. A few 'examples are as follows: . In 1923 a barrel of canned fruit was sent to theM3thodist Deaconess Training School in lCansas City; five dollars was given to the Salvation Army. In 1924 ten dollars was given to an orphan home; a tiorris Chair to the Old Folks Home; a cover, and a quilt and canned goods to V.Lemorial Hospital. In March 1934, 30 dozen eggs 'IIlere sent to ]'fercy Hospital for use at Easter. Other gifts in the yenrs that follow include: 70 quarts of fruits and vegetables to Mercy Hospital; a special collection amounting to eight dollars .for the boys in India; a bushel of cookies to Mercy Hospital; cash donations. In 1942 the Club sewed for the Red Cross. The 1968 minutes state, "Devotions are given and favorite hymns of members are sung at every meeting. Contributions during the year are given to the following organizations : Salvation Army, Mercy Hospi t,al.. Christmas TB Seals, Heart Fund, V.lCl.rch of Dimes and Cancer Fund". September, 1963 members:(4.) Carrie Jahns Grace Adams Ruby Kirby Elizabeth Bartz Edna Koehler Lillian Carlson . Hilda Koehler Mabel Devlee se Julia Maxwell· Lillian Goble Rose Nehrbass Nora Harba son lJIarguerito Parnell Edith Hyre 1968 Inactive membor3: F.mma Bermett Lucile Hausman May Walters Helen Rice Mildred Penny Myrtle Penny Helen Pine Stella Pine Lydia S.chaake Mamie Skaggs Lillian Hulfkuhle �27 1973 members: Elizabeth Bartz Lillian C'1rlson Lillian Goble Rose House Edith Hyre Carrie Jahns 1973 inactive Ruby Kirby Edna Koehler Hilda Koohier Julia ~.axwe11 t-:fargueri te Parnell ~Iildred Penny H'31en Pine Stella Pine Lydia Schaake l-Inmio Skaggs Lillian vlulfkuhle memb~rs: Lucile Hausman Helen Rice CARRIE JAHNS Carrie Jahns, nae Mathia, has the distinction of being the oldest former member of the Lawrence German l.fethodist. Episcopal Church •. Born 23 October, 1880, she attained her ninety-third birthday last year. She attended the Church from the time her parents moved to near Lawrence, until it was abandoned, and she has been a member·of the Old Friends Club from the time it ~~s organized. (See Part III) The parents of Carrie were Theohold Mathia, born 24 May 1848 and Christina Sophia Rappart, born 6 February 1843. They were both born at 1tJalt Bambach, Province Elsaz, Dimmeringen, Germany. They ware married in Fremont, Ohio 24 Mr'J.rch 1874 and their children were born in Ohio. They moved to the Captains Creek Community southeast of Eudora Kansas in 1884. Theohold and Christina and daughters Ch~stine Sophia, born 11 October 1876, and Carrie, then moved to Six CornorsCommunity northeast of Lawrence. They drove the long distance to tho Church in a spring. wagon.· Theohold died 30 August 1901; his l'dfe died 28 July 1906. Christine m~riod Philip Gabriel and Carrie married Frank Jahns. The two couples were m.."I.rried on 4 April 1904 by the Reverend Sternberg. The Gabriels moved to ~'udora. Frank and Carrie continued to live northeast of La~Tence. Their three daughters were baptised in the Church: Helen Christine born 24 April 1905 Married vi. M. Rice J.VIarguerito MinniG 9 Nov. 1907 l·iarried Elroy S. Parnell Ruth l'4ai-ie 7 l'Iarch 1912 Harried John T. King Marguerite as well as Carrie is a member of the Old Friends Club; Helen is an inactive m.ember. Ruth resides in Topeka. Frank Jahns l'ffiS born 19 December 1878 in Missouri. He died 27 Sept. 1969 in Lawrence. Frank vms raised in Douglas County Kansas by an Uncle and Aunt, Fred and ~lillie BrinkmGyer "Who had children John, ~lilliam, Mary and Lydia. This family including Frank Jrums, moved from the Segil Community to northeast of Lawrence and attended the German M. E. Church of that City beginning prior to 1899. They had pr~viou51y attended the ~rman Methodist Episcopal Church at Eudora. (5.) �28 Part III - References (1). Excerpts from the History 0:£ the Old Friends Club; a summary of the work of several members throughout the years, especially Mrs. Ernst and Mrs. Stella Pine. Compiled by Lillian Gobel. (2) Translated by Lydia Kock Schaake. (3) 1918 and 1973 membership rolls and other data supplied by Hilda and Edna Koehler. (4) Compiled with the use of the Minutes of the Old Friends Club, with the permission of the members. Some additional dates and full names have been added when possible to proc~e them through further research. (5) Christine Rappart Mathia Bible Records and obituary. �29 ROSTER FAA UENVEREIN 1895 DECEASED CHARTER 1-1EMBERS Copp, ¥~s. Fred Ewing, Mrs. Perry (Helen) 1953 (Minnie) 1944 Honeycutt, Mrs. Meierhoffer, Mrs. Frank Menger, Mrs. C. Adolph (Anna nee Herzberg) 1920 l1:enger, l.frs. Albert G. (Oti11ie nee Steinke . 11m ._?_ Rhule) 1923 Hiller, Mrs. Julius 1918 (Augusta nee lilenger) Reatz, }.'Irs. Christian (Henrietta nee Menger) 1905 Schaske, Virs. Christian (Louisa nee Dude) 1953 �30 ROSTER OID FRIENDS CLUB ME1YlBERS JOINED DECEASED Adams, l-frs. Roy (Grace) 1-961 1968 Bartz, Miss Elisabeth Bartz, Mrs. Fred (Malvina) Bennett; Mrs. Emma 1967 Member 1973 1921. 1921 and 1952 inactive from 1932 1968 1967 1969 1966 member 1973 1918 honorary mem~e~ 1950 1953 Brinlanan, Mrs. l-finnie Carlson, Mrs. Gus (Lillian} *Copp, V..rs. Fred (Helen) . DeWeese, Mrs. Floyd (Mabel) Ernst, Mrs. Phillip (Minnie) Eisele, Mrs. Alfred (Emma) . ~ng, Mrs. Perry (Minnie) 1945 1954 Member 1973 1921 honorarY 1921 1918 ~954 1956 1961 1944 Fiehler, Mrs. Gus Flory, Mrs. 1924 1921 resigned 1924 1934 Gabriel, UrSa Gus (Anna) Gabriel, ~1rs. Dora Goble, Mrs. Chas. (Lillian) 1950 1928 1957 member 1973 1968 1964 Hack, F~s. Theodore (Henrietta) Hammig, Mrs. Arnold (Carrie) Harbeson, Mrs. Nora Hausman, };Irs. Paul (Lucille) Hertzler, Mrs. Harvey (Emma) House, l-irs. Leonard (Rose) Hunnicut, Mrs. D. B. Hunzicker, }I~s. John (Mary) Hyre, })IJrs. Edith l C)21 1928 1962 1955 1928 1969 1918 1931 1939 1965 1953 J alms, Hrs. Frank H. ( Carrie) member 15 or more yrs. moved in 1973 reinstated 1963 member 1973 honorary 1945 . member 1973 Honolulu reinstated dec. 1955 1918 member 1973 1921 Kannenberg, Hiss Martha 1921 Keiser, Mrs. E. 1951 member 1973 Kirby, l-u-s. Ruby. 1921 honorary 1955 Kloepper, Hiss Bertha 1918 honorary 1950 Knop, .Mrs. Bertha lS51 member 1973 Koehler, Miss Edna . attendance for the past five years. In 1962 ~na had a perfect 1967 member 1973 Koehler, Vass Hilda 1942 reinstated Koehler, Mrs. Margaret Lehman, Mrs. J. H. (Mary) 1958 1921 resigned 1931; reinstat,C3d. 1941 re!,;j gnod ]-91~3 moved to 1947 1953 dec. 1961 1955 1955 1957 �3.1 MEMBEPS JOINED Lentz, Miss Lillian Leonhard, l~s. F. H. (Ida) dec 1921 1921 resigned 1931 reinstated 1956 1942 dec 1918 Long, Miss Lou MID;:well, Mrs. Julia May, l1rs. Minnie iiMenger, Mrs. C. A. (Anna) Muzzy, HI's. H. L. (Mary) Married Clinton Moy 1949 Nehrbass, Rose DECEASED 1923 member 1973 1935 1)'60 1920 1918 1921 resigned 1951; reinstated. moved to California 1954 member 1973 Parnell, Mrs. E. L. (Marguerite) Penny, Mildred Penny, Mrs. VJyrtle Pine, Helen Pine, Stella . 1953 1955 1964 1958 1952 Reinisch, Mrs. Wm. (Anna) Reintz, Lillian Rice, Mrs. Wm. (Helen) Richardson, Dr. Katherine Roberts, Mrs. Clara Ross, Mrs. A. J. (Louisa) 1932 1921 1950 1928 1931 1918 member 1973 member 1973 member 1973 meTImer 1973 honorary . inactive honorary inactive 194L 1973 member 1931 1963 Schaake, Mrs. Henry (Augusta) ifSchaake, Urs. Chris (Louisa) Schaake, Mrs. Wm.II (Lydia) 1973 ,1945 1967 1951 1918 and 1948 1918 honorary 1923 1944 resigned 1952 1963 member 1973 Schaal j Mrs. Sarah 1923 . Schaffer, Mrs. 1918 Schall, Mrs. Adam (Anna) 1928 and 1946 Schafstall, ~~s. E. W. (Anna) 1921 honorary 1941 Schwartz, Hulda . 1921 resigned married Henry See1e lives Baldwin area. ShOre I J:!irs. Adam (Anna) 1946 Skaggs, Mamie 1966 member 1973 Stoelzing, Miss 1947 inactive 1~55 1956 Walters, Mrs. Frank (rvr.ay) Wellhausen, Mrs. EdNaI'd L. 't'~ise, ~Jrs. Ernest vUliman, }:Irs. Gus (Marie) Wulflmhlt3. Mrs. Gus (Lillian) 1973 1950 dec. 1953 1f. Indicatoo ch.~u·~,or 1921 and 1939 1945 1921 1928 1928 member 1973 Iru?mbors of the Frauenverein 1960 1953 1939 1960 1952 1960 �32 INDEX ALLENBRAND, Magdalene ARNOLD, Sophia Magdalene ASLING, Rev. E. T. BAKER, Bishop Osman C. . BEASLEY, John H. Louise nee Miller BECKER, Gustav BENNETT, Bessie nee Broat Delmer Frank Edith Venita Emma Sophia nee Menger Frank H. BIEBUSH, Anna 13 19 5 7 20 20 2 20 20 20 20 20 3 Henry 3 BLECK, Caroline 5,18 BOSHENZ, Bro. Geo. S BOVJMAN, B. F. 7 Bishop Thos. 10,11 BRINIQIffi;YER, Fred 27 John 27 Mary 27 Mrs. Nellie 27 Vlilliam 27 BRGAT, Bessie M. 20 BROMEISICK, Alfred 7 Bronnnelsick) Anna ~7 ,8 August . 3,7 Franziska Charlotte nee Voss 7 Mrs. Louise 7 Walter 7 vlilliam 7 BRUNS, Rev. Henry1 10 Rev. Henry2. 5,10 Mrs. Justine 10 ~dia F. 10 Mrs. Mary 5,10 Oswald 10 Ruth Luella 10 BUTHMANN, Katie 5,12 CAMPBELL, Hettie CLARK, Agnes nee Menger Alvin CLEVEIAND, Earl R. Edith nee Menger COOPER, Bertha H. nee lvlengl3r,. Roy D. COREL, Emma Augusta nee Miller James H. CREPIN, Rev. E. Mrs. Katie 19 17 17 20 20 19 19 20 20 5,11 5,12 DENHOLLEN, Arthur IS. Elizabeth nee ~1berhardt IS DENNIS, Rev. L. B. 1,7 DUDE, Catherine 12 Charles 12 Louisa 12 DUKER (Dueker) Rev. HeIU"lJ J. 5,20 .EBERBACH, Louisa 19 EBERHARDT, Caroline nee Bleck 5,lS Rev. Conrad 5,lS,20 Clara nee Manger . lS,19 Elizabeth IS Erwin Henry lS,19 Mrs. Katharina 18 Martha IS Oscar 18 Valentine 18 EBRIGHT, Rev. 18 EHRSAM, Mrs. Maria 5,9 Rev. J. 5,9 EPPLE, Sophia 16 FIEGENBAUM, Rev. F. \tJ. 5,10,20 FISCHER, Agnes nee Jaedicke 21 A1ex~nder 21 Anna Sophia Otelia 21 EdaHenrietta 21 Julius 21 Karl Henry 21 Lucile nee Gonders 21 otto Albert 21 Theckla nee Henger 21 . FISHER, Rav. H. D. 1 FREIENMUTH , Eda Henrietta nee Fischer 21 William 21 FRITSCHE, Rev. C. G ! 5 GABRIEL, Philip 27 . ' 20 GAUS, Martha GONDERS, Mrs. Lucile 21 GOODE, Rev. W. H. 7 GRAEBER, Dorothy 12 G~, Isabelle 13 GREENE, Edward E. 20 ~lary nee Reatz 20 GRIFFING, Rev. J. S. 7 HAI.L&'q JI Rev. F. HANSEN, Emma Sophia nee Menger Co Henry 12 17 17 �33 INDEX HEIUIAN, Caroline 17 . HERMAN, Mattaus 2 HERMANN, Bro. E. 10 HERZBERG; Anna Gracia Margaret 19 HEILER, Mrs. Esther nee Ross 17 Grover 17 . HOLZAPFEL, (man & wife) 2 HOSZAFFEL, Nicklaus 3· H01rfARD, Edith nee Bennett 20 Lewis E. 20 HUTH, Sophia· 5,8 IRMSCHER, Rev. E. R . 1 0 JACOBY, ....Rev. Phil 11 JAEDICKE~ Agne s 21 JAHNS, ¥.II'S. Carrie nee J)ifathia 27 Frank 27 Helen Christine 27 Marguerite Minnie 27 Ruth Marie 27 JANSEN, Elsie 17 Father 5 JOHANNING, Mrs. otillie l3 OUo KELLER, Maria . KELLNER, Rev. August KERR, Elaine· KIEFFER, Cecil KING, John T. Ruth nee Jahns KNOPP, Albert KOBB, Rev. Erwin E. KOCK, Lydia KOENIG, Dorothea KOLB, Rev. G.J. Mrs. Ida Rev. v1. F. KONEKE, Elder H. KOPP, Fred KORFAGE, Rev. A. F. KORNER, C. L. KRIEGE, Rev. Eo H. otto . KURTZ, Sister S~ S. LEONHARD, Frank Ida nee Schaake LINSDALE, Ruth McCOY, Rev. VlATHIA, Carrie Christina nee Rappart Christine S. nee Gabriel U 5 9 17 13 27 27 3 5 13 19 5 5 5 10 3 5,19 2 11 2 25 13 13 13 17 27 27 27 HATIUA, Christine Sophia 27 Theohold 27 MECHE, Rev. August 5 MENGER, Agnes Henrietta 16,17 Albert Carl 17 Albert Frank 20 Albert B. .19,20,21 Amelia e~ 19 Anna Gracia nee Herzbg 19,20 Augusta ,\ 19,20 Bertha Henrietta 19 Caroline nee Heilman 17 Christian Adolph 19,20 Clara 18,19 2a1~~h~~ee Koenig 28 Edward Frederick 17 Edward Herman 21 Eleanore Sophia 20 Elizabeth nee Nagley 17 . Emma 16,17,20 ·(Johann) Friedrich 16,19,21 . Helmuth 19,21 Henrietta Eleonore 19,20 Henry Herman 20 Rev. Herman M. 3,10,16,17,19,20 Hettie nee Campbell 19 19 Louis Herman 20 Inez Augusta Louisa 5,17,19 Louisa nee Eberbach 19 Lydia Anna 21 Martha nee Gaus 20 Martha Utillie 21 MaI""J 16,17 Otillie nee Steinke 21 Otto 19 Ottomar 19 Ottomer August 17 Rebecca nee Rausenberger 17 19,21 Sophia M. nee Arnold 16,17 Sophia nee Epple 19,21 Theckla (Thekla) Wilhelmine 16,19 l~RCKLE, Peter 3 MERYJ..E, (two Sisters) 2 MERRILL, Bishop 10 MERTEN, Fr. 18 MEYER, Rev. Henry 5 MILL&.'1., Augusta nea Hanger 20 Daniel 3 �34 INDEX MILLER, Emma Augusta 20 Jacob 8 Rev. John P. 5,8,19,20 Julius 8,20 Louisa Julia 20 Mrs. M. 8 Rev. 1 Thekla 20 Theo. 17 MITCHELL, Judge J. H. 20 MULLER ·or MUELLER, Anna nee Brommelsi~k 5 Rev. Johann Adam 5,7,8 . NAGLEY, Elizabeth 17 NIGG, Mrs. Clara 5 Rev. John A. 5 NOLL (two Sisters) 2 OTT, Charles 16 PAIL.~LL, Elroy S. 27 Margaurite nee Jahns 27 QUANTRILL, 1rlilliam 16 RADEM1'l.CHER, Mrs. He.ry E. 5 Rev. Frank D. 3,5 RAPPART, Christina Sophia 27 RAUSENBERGER, Rebecca 17 READ, Fred vJ. 20 J.j.zzie nee Reatz 20 HEATZ, Albert F. 20 Birdie 20 Charles 20 20 Christian A. 20 Emma Fred 20 Henrietta nee Menger 20 20 Inf. Son Lizzie A. 20 20 Mary 20 otto 20 William J. REIMER, Rev. H. R. 5 REITZ, Rev. John A. 5,8,16,?0 . Sophia nee Huth 5,8 RICE, Helen nee Jahns 27 27 W. M. ROBERTS, Arlene 13 :}.O RODER, Rev. M. ROEHL, ___?__ _ 21 Oti l].ie nee St.Ain~e 21 ROSS, Rev. Adam J. 5,17 Albert C. 17 Elsie nee Jansen 17 ROSS, Ervin C. Esther Gladys Louisa nee Menger SALSCY.tl" Lm'l1I'ence H. Leona nee Woestemeyer SCHAAKE ,Albert. . Arlene nee Roberts Augusta nee Stullken Benjamin Catherine nee Dude Cecil nee Kieffer Charles Christian Clarence Dora Edward 17 17 17 5,17 12 12 13 13 13 13 12,13 13 13 12,13 13 13 13 Emma 12,13 Gustav 13 Hazel nee ~liggins 13 Henry 12,13 Ida 13 Isabelle nee Grammar 13 Louisa nee Dude 12,13 Lydia 12,13 Lydia nee Kock 13 Magdalene nee Allenbrand 13 Matilda 13 vlilliam1 3,12,13 William2 13 Zella nGe Stanwix 13 Wesley 13 Ruth ~ee Linsda1e 13 Margaretta nee Seibel 12 Milton 13 Otillie 13 SCHRJli'.jM, ~alhelmine 16,19 SCHUBERT" Rev. Bernard 5 Mrs. Lydia ! 5 SCHULTZ, Rev. G. J. 5 SCHW.llWHER, Fr. 5 SEIBEL, Margaretta 12 SHl.M'IAY, Mary nee Eberhardt 18 vla1ter . 18 SMOKE, Henry 18 ¥~rtha nee Eberhardt 18 STANFORD, Anna nee Fischer 21 21 Ernest A. STANW1X, Zella 13 STEINKE, Oti1lie·. 21 STErNLY, Rev. P. E. 3 st.a:rIr.i&Yl£R, Rev I CI 5 I �nIDEX STERNBERG, Rev. J. L. .5,1l,19,27 Mrs •. Louisa . 5,11 7 STILL, Abraham 3,5 STUCHHANN, Charles 13 STULUCEN, Augusta 5,10 Sm.1J)ERMl\.N, Sister Mary TANNER, F. THEIS, Loui sa W• . VOSS, Franziska Charlotte "lALTER, Rev. Daniel WARREN, Bishop Henry WEI.I.TI:R, Agnes Catherine nee Menger Elaine nee Kerr Nelson A. L. Nelson Paul Paul 10 5,11 7 5,9 11 17 17 17 17 17 13 WIGGINS, Hazel 1.\TINKER, Rev. Richard D. 5 Mrs. Sophia 5 12 v-JOESTElvEYER, Armin 5,12 Vlrs. Christine 12 Dorothy nee Graeber 5 ,12~J16,20 Rev. Geo. H. Leona ZURBUCHEN, Gladys nee Ross Samuel 12 17 17 35 �'----_ _ ,. DOU C;Lt\S· iCOUNTY, i LECOMPTO~ ~ • • \C:, "PR'NC.~ ~~PN1R Mf\R10N : , . t¥C.E\.~'6~ • FRANkL.IN Co, kJ\NSI\S t N �The Pioneer Douglas county Genealogical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 FORWARDING AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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';'-' .<¥,•.• ~ .. . - . • ~.~ ~.~<: .. - .. -. -t,: .-.... .,;-. •• ,- Published Quarferly By: 'Douglas CountH GenealDgical Societa P.o. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, l<ANSAS 66046-0664 . .••_ " �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwweUman@earthlink.net Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Librarian Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Membership Sharon Moore SharonKayMoore@aol.com Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The flscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microf....m readers are available in the OsmaRoom. WEB PAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/ge1llweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 29, 00.3 & 4 July OctolJel"~006 CONTENTS Research reunions 36 Herald of Freedom 36 Kansas newspapers 36 Missouri St Archives 36 Next issue Pioneer 37 Annual school report 37 Andersonville prison 40 Online advances 40 Military files & legends 42 Automation land records 44 Book review 44 Searching BYU website 45 Additions & corrections 46 Genealogy quips 46 Obituary, Barbara Sellards 47 Obituary, T.E. Moore 48 Obituary, Ursula Huelsbergen 49 Obituary, Marjorie Freeman, 50 Obituary, Wilma Vaughn 51 Diving into the gene pool 52 Douglas County Post Ofices 53 Immigration & naturalization records 55 Important naturalization terms 57 Basic naturalization search 59 Card indexes and databases 60 Baldwin City 63 Tips for genealogy burnout 69 Locating local & family histories online 71 Genealogy quips 73 Ten free things on Ancestry.com 74 DCGS membership 76 Dues form 76 Index 77 �RESEARCH REUNIONS Ever wished you had a place to meet with other researchers interested in the same surnames to share information and work toward solutions of genealogical problems? Now you have!! Take advantage of our popular research reunions. The Sumner County Archives will make available our meeting room to groups for research. Once a vast wilderness area beyond the Cumberland Mountains Sumner County became the most populous county in Middle Tennessee in 1786 only 20 years after its first explorers and 10 years before Tennessee became a state. Remarkably, this was all accomplished while settlers were enduring Iridian attacks. Sumner played a major and unique role in the expansion of the West as a permanent home for many and a way station for others who remained long enough to leave footprints. Those footprints await you ad the Sumner County Archives. . This ad was in the Daughters of the American Revolution Spirit, May/June,2006 More information at www.surnnercvb.com or 888-301-7866 SITES THAT MEMBERS FOUND THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL PDF version of the Herald o/Freedom microfilm is available on-line at: http://www.kckcc.eduJterritorial newslherald of freedom! The index to PDF versions of other Kansas newspapers microfilms is at: http://wwW .kckcc.edulterritorial news/territorial news/ Missouri State Archives Makes Deaths from 1910-1955 accessible. The Missouri State Archives has made death certificates from 1910-1955 accessible on-line. Death records after 1910 and are at least 50 years old are available in a searchable index that links to a digitized image of the original death certificate. The index can be search by first name, last name, county and by month and year. The is an ongoing project and not all records are yet digitized - at this time only 19101920 images are available. If you're unsure of the name, click Advanced Search to choose starts with, ends with or contains options. You can order copies of post 1920 records by clicking to generate a form you fill·out and mail in with $1.00 per request (limit is five). For information go to: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ (Thanks Ron Schorr for this information) ., I. . �NEXT ISSUE OF THE PIONEER The majority of the next issue of the Pioneer will be devoted to the students of Yarnold School in Douglas County from 1902 to 1962. This is the result of the generosity oflona Spencer of Lecompton who brought these records to the editor. As always we are grateful for all donations of materials to be included in the Pioneer. Watch for the next issue in early January, 2007. ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT, LAWRENCE SCHOOLS, 1937 -1938 (copied in 2006 by Richard Wellman, from pages 72-73, regarding "The Physical Plant") It would be very difficult to look back over the years and find a time when the buildings and grounds comprising the physical plant of the Lawrence school system have been in better condition. Since the erection of the new Pinckney and New York buildings and the removal of the old structures at Quincy, Pinckney, and New York, our elementary schools are housed in quite modern, well-planned and well-equipped buildings. With the addition of two rooms at McAliaster this summer, that school will be able to accommodate the kindergarten and six elementary grades, making it a complete elementary school for the first time. In recent years our grounds have received much more attention. The droughts of the last two summers caused a number of trees to die, but one hundred new ones have been planted and more will be replaced in the fall. Heating, lighting, and ventilating systems, although not all they should be, have been greatly improved in the older buildings, especially. Scientific and effective floor treatment has been made a part of the program, and our custodians have become very skillful in maintaining them. Outside painting has been caught up and is being kept up. These and other improvements are described in more detail below. CORDLEY-Cordley school was first occupied during the school year 1914-1915. At that time it was a four-teacher school. In order to accommodate a rapidly growing section of the city, another story was added in 1928. An inadequate and defective sewer system had to be replaced a few years later. More recently the boiler was found to be somewhat wasteful of fuel. After removing the original covering of bricks in which it was set �Page 2 of 3 and given an asbestos covering, its efficiency was greatly improved. Another recent building improvement at Cord ley is the addition of a well-equipped stage in the gymnasium-auditorium. Considerable new furniture has been installed in the classrooms. This year a new floor in the kindergarten is very much needed. Other improvements include some changes . in the library, now located in one of the former primary rooms. While it would be desirable to plan a new building quite differently, these improvements have made of Cord ley a satisfactory elementary school plant. UNCOLN-This is our smallest school. It was erected at the same time Cordley and McAllaster were built. It has four good school rooms on the main floor, with gymnasium-auditorium in the basement. The school has no stage. Only two regularly organized classrooms are in use, as the enrollment is but approximately 50 pupils. A new roof was found necessary about three years ago. The boiler should be re-set, as was done at Cord ley . The building is in better than average condition. . McALLASTER-This is the third of the three elementary building erected in . 1914. It, too, was a four-teacher school when first opened. They gymnasium-auditorium floor has been entirely replaced, due to the damage done by water and termites. The boiler has also been re-set, making a much more satisfactory heating plant. This school has also had an attractive stage installed recently. The most of the rooms have been equipped with new furniture, but additional purchases are needed. Mention has already been made of the two-room addition now in process of construction. NEW YORK -This building was erected in 1934, and first used on Thanksgiving Day of that year. It is a one-story structure of colonial type, with library, kindergarten, craft room, and eight standard classrooms. All are equipped with modern furniture. We are painting the exterior woodwork this year. Here we have another beautiful, modern school plant. It is also regarded as one of the best school plants in the State of its type. At the time the building was erected, about half a block was added to the playground, making its situation quite ideal in this respect. PINCKNEY-The new Pinckney building, on the site of old Pinckney, was erected in 1930 and 1931. It was occupied in the fall of 1931. Some additional playground was purchased at the time, and since then we have secured a lease entitling the school to use that portion of Clinton Park south of the ravine as a playground for a period of 50 years. In return for this privilege the City of Lawrence has been granted the use of the old Quincy grounds for a Similar period. The building is a handsome two-story school plant of modernistic architectural type. It is our largest elementary school, enrolling over 400 children each year. It has, in addition to office suite, clinic, music room and auditorium-gymnasium, a library, a kindergarten room, craft room, and twelve standard classrooms. All rooms are well equipped with modern furniture. The entire interior has just been redecorated, including the painting of the walls and ceiling of the auditorium. We now consider the building one of the most complete and modern in the State. WOODLAWN-This is one of the newer buildings, replacing old Woodlawn which burned in 1923. It has an ample amount of playground space and serves many community uses. In addition to the auditorium-gymnasium, office, library, kindergarten, and clinic, eight standard classrooms are provided. The boiler room of this building is inconveniently located, and it is not provided with an automatic stoker, as other of our newer schools are. This building has been repainted recently and is in very good condition. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL -The Junior High School plant consists of three buildings: 1.) Old High, which was occupied by the senior high school until �Page 3 of 3 1923. 2.) Manual, which is a building erected for use in conjunction with . the high school, containing the shops, home economics laboratories, classrooms, etc. 3.) Central, formerly an elementary school, and later used for the seventh and eight grades-the beginning of the junior high school in Lawrence. While the buildings are old, and in many respects. outmoded, a great many changes have been made in recent years to bring them up to an acceptable standard. Wherever practicable the lighting has been improved; floors have been replaced or refinished; storm doors added; interiors decorated; seating modernized; library greatly developed and moved into adequate quarters from the former cramped space; shrubbery planted about the buildings; grounds surfaced; sidewalks renewed, etc. It has become necessary to use attic space for physical education classes. They were not designed for this purpose, and at best are a makeshift, although every effort has been made to . fit them up adequately. This additional weight and strain must cause some weakening of the structures, although no serious indications have appeared. Some rodding has been done, and probably more should be done to safeguard the situation. One of the serious handicaps of using three buildil')gs instead of one has, in the past, been the crossing of the streets in all kinds of weather and in the midst of street traffic. Much of the crossing has been eliminated by a revamped organization of classes. No playground space was originally provided with these building. Almost the only outlet is a small space south of Central, or the nearby park. As soon as financial conditions are favorable, a modern school plant should be built. Its exact location, structure, and accommodations should be a matter of much. intensive study by administrators, curriculum committees, board members, and citizens. This should begin now. It is extremely important. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL -This building, known offiCially as Liberty Memorial High School, was erected in 1922-23. At the time it was, probably, the finest high school plant in the State. Although a number of larger· buildings have been erected in Kansas more recently, it still ranks as a first-class senior high school plant. It contains an auditorium, a gymnasium, several large shop rooms, a cafeteria, home economics laboratories and classrooms, offices and clinics, library, study hall, . lavatories, dreSSing rooms, and approximately thirty other classrooms. Recently an additional shop, for the use of the general school mechaniC, has been built in space formerly unoccupied, under the main floor at the south end of the building. Although the bonds were issued to run over a period of twenty years (and some will probably have to be refinanced), the roof provided carried only a ten-year guarantee. Consequently, we have already had a number of roof repair and replacement bills. This summer it is necessary to replace the gymnasium roof. The auditorium, gymnasium and dressing rooms are due for decorating this year, as they have had no work of this nature since the building was first occupied. Some additional current for illumination must be provided in the gymnaSium, as the present service lines are already loaded to capacity. One of the two automatic stokers which feed the boilers for heating purposes had to be replaces a few years ago, and the second one must be replaced this year. The stokers have been a good investment, as they have cut fuel bills very materially over the years. A good deal of work has been done in reconditioning the heating and ventilating system. Many pipes have had to be replaced, and new installations have been necessary many times to bring the plant up to higher effiCiency. Nevertheless, this building has been well maintained and visitors invariably place its age much less than the 15 years it h~s seen service. �ANDERSONVILLE PRISON INFORMAnON During a trip this sUmmer the editor stopped at the Ande~onville. Prison Site in Georgia. The following are some Internet sites for more mformatlon. WEBSITES OFFERING INFORMATION ABOUT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON \v\vw.nps.gov/ande www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprisonlindex.html(Personal website of an area historian) WW\v.gsw.edll/-librarvl Andersonville (Bibliography of Andersonville prison infom1ation posted by Georgia SouthwesternState University, AmericlIs, GA) \vww.sneden.col11 (Information related to the artistic works of an Andersonville prisoner) To Access the Andersonville Civil War Prisoner Database on the Internet \v\\-w.maconcollntyga.org (Posted through the generosity of the Macon County Chamber of Commerce) www.Civilwar.nps.gov(CiviIWarSoldiersandSailorsdatabase.maintained by the NPS) . This is 'a short list of recommended sites. Many others are available. ONLINE ADVANCES IN GENEALOGY Genealogy Today- A Web site that provides online resources for family history at www.genealogytoday.com - recently implemented a database called the Military Roots Project The project transcribes military service date from books containing rosters muster rolls and troop histories. Originally containing several thousand names, the database is regularly updated. Users can search for surnames or sign up to be notified when information is added. This service is currently available free of charge, but users must register for an annual subscription. The Military Roots Database can be accessed at www.militaryroots.com. After gathering data on relatives, an amateur researcher can plot the chronology of his or her bloodline on a map using Map YourAncetors.com. This site contains many of the lauded features of Google Maps. A marker is placed at each person's birthplace, and lines on the map connect parents to their children. Click on a marker, and the map zooms into a ballpon window displaying the ancestor's photo and other information added by the user. The home page contains the map of President George W. Bush's ancestry as a demonstration of these features. (from DAR magazine Spirit, May/June 2006) �OPEN UP MILITARY FILES AND LEGENDS COME OUT by Andrea Stone In April 1958, a "Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Erickson" of Sacramento handwrote a letter to thenfIrst lady Mamie Eisenhower asking her to "please, please be so sweet and kind as to ask Ike to please bring Elvis Presley back to us from the Army." The next year, an irate Rose Phelan of Oak Park, IL, typed a letter to her congressman after reading a newspaper item that said Presley might get an early discharge for "good behavior." Phelan demanded that her son, also stationed in Germany, get the same treatment. Unfortunately for Sgt. Presley, the Army's adjutant general had the last word Maj. Gen R.V. Lee wrote that the famous soldier "will not be released in a manner different from any other inductee serving overseas." The correspondence is part of Presley's military personnel fIle, and until now it was beyond the public's prying eyes. But starting Saturday, June 11,2006, the public will be able to peek for the first time into the private military service fIles of 150 famous people. They are just the most prominent of nearly 1.2 million records that the National Archives and Records Administration will open at its facility in St. Louis. It's the first of several public releases expected between now and 2067. Most of these fIles contain the records of Navy and Marine Corps enlisted troops who served between 1885 and 1939. The fIles are stored at the federal National personnel Records Center outside st. Louis, the largest National Archives facility outside the Washington, D.C. area. Until now, the fIles were off-limits for privacy reasons. Only the veterans themselves, their immediate family and those with special . permission could view them. Just how sensitive such fIles can be was made clear this week by a report in The Boston Globe on newly released Navy records of Sen. John Kerry, D. Mass. Kerry refused to release the full fIle during the 2004 presidential campaign, but ifhe had, the documents would have revealed that Kerry received four D's in his freshman year at Yale University and had a virtually identical grade point average to his younger classmate, George W. Bush. Most military records are less controversial. They are used to determine government benefits and pensions. The fIles being opened to the public contairi tens of millions of pages that include , enlistment papers, training records, award citations, performance ratings and written correspondence .. The paper records, some of them brittle and crumbling, are among 56 million military personnel files stored at the Archives' massive warehouse in St. Louis. They belong to the Pentagon, which had planned to destroy the older fIles until the Archives began talks in 1999 to take over custody �and preserve them. th Military records archivist William Siebert says similar records from the 18 century and the Civil War are among the most sought after and actively used documents in the Archives. "Logic would tell you that similar records from the 20th century would be similarly valued by the American people," he says. Under an agreement with the Pentagon, personnel files can be released to the Archives 62 years after a service member leaves the military. Record of "persons of exceptiOlial prominence can be released 10 years after death. Among other files being made public are those of boxer Joe Louis; baseball great Hank Greenberg; actors Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart and Steve McQueen; former presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy; and military legends Douglas MacArthur and World War I Medal of Honor recipient Alvin York For the most part, Saturday's release includes enlisted sailors and Marines. Officer files from the Navy and Marines will be released starting in 2036. The first general release of . Armh and Air Force service records won't happen until 2022. But baby boOmers or their offspring hoping to get hold of their parents' or grandparents' records rna be disappointed. A fire in 1973 destroyed 29 million Army records, including most from World War n. Even so, says government archivist Gregory Pomicter, the surviving records are "a gold mine for historians and genealogists. 2 WAYS TO SEE THE RECORDS The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis will formally open the records of 1.2 million military service members at a ceremony Saturday (June 11, 2006). How can I view these records? >In person. In the research room at the center. Appointments are recommended because space is limited and some brittle records may require treatment to be handled. Call 214-801-0850 >By mail. Copies can be requested by writing to the National Personnel Records Center, Page Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63132-5100. Copies cost 50 cents a page. Records aren't available by email, and they aren't online. �AUTOMATION OF LAND RECORDS NEARLY COMPLETE by Larry Cave, General Land Office Records Automation. The BLM-ES General Land Office Records Automation Team is nearing the completion of scanning and indexing nearly 1.25 million post-1908 land-ownership records (patents) maintained at the BLM Eastern State Office in Springfield, VA. As of March 15, less than 140,000 of these serialized patents remain to be scanned and indexed. This phase is scheduled for completion in December, 2005. These land records include serialized patents issued for all of . the public land states, including the West. The first phase, completed several years ago, involved scanning and indexing of more than 2 million eastern states' land records, primarily cash and homestead patents. This second phase consists of automating federal land grant records from July 1, 1908, when the General Land Office centralized the issuance of patents out of their Washington Office, until the early 1970s when this authority reverted to the various BLM state offices. These serialized patents also include a sizable number of resurveyed areas of the West, creating a noticeable increase in the complexity of the records handled by staffers. For example, a patent that may have covered a single 640-acre section of land (with a single land description on the document) might now be shown as consisting of 16 lots, each containing about 40 acres (creating 16 land descriptions to be indexed and verified). The remaining documents to be processed by 2010 include about 150,000 cash and homestead patents, about 65,000 "credit patents", dating back to 1788, and some 100,000 patents, covering the period from mid-1907 through July 1, 1908, when the various loca1land offices stopped .~ssuing their own patents. Also remaining are more than a h81f million military bounty warrants "from the 1800s and other miscellaneous records. More than 4 million land patent images are currently available for viewing online at www.glorecords.blm.gov. Printed in People. land and water a publication of the Bureau of Land Management BOOK' REVIEW The Last of His Generation by Marjorie E. Doctor and Catherine Powrie Doctor of Scotland and Scotch Plains, Kansas. Copyright by Marjorie E. Doctor. 568 p., illustrated, bibliography. This is a self published bok about the family of Ben Doctor and his family going back many years to Scotland. Some of the surnames included are: Powrie, Daughhetee, Henderson, Arthurs ' McGuire, McGowan; Scrivner, Cornett, Sells, McCune, Roe, Oliver. There are many connections to Lawrence and the area and it is a well done volume. It will be shelved in the Osma Room a gift to the Library by the family. �'BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY WEBSITE FOR SEARCHING BOOKS Barbara McKinney_(W~) - Oct 12, 2005 The following is an artlde about online books that I just received from my 3rd COusin, Marilyn Gloyd on my Howard Line., You can go to the Brigham Young University website httQ.;l/lib.bY_l,I_,-eM and do searches of over 5000 books which the Fan History Library has put online . ... the LOS Family History Library has announced that It has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. These are primarily books In the "929.273 Series" that are cun housed on the first floor of the Family History Library (previously housed on the fourth floor of the Joseph Smith Memorit Bulldlng)~ At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they haVE announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they progress through this task; books out of copyr are being done first. As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed in the Family History Library on-I catalog with a hyperiink to the digitized Image. By going to the FHL On-Line catalog, you can search for a specific name, a book that has been Indexed using the name, and view It on-line, flipping through the pages as separate -pdf"' Images, the same as If you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. Of course, the indexing that Is available through t FHL catalog Is only as good as the human Indexers made It; typically they only Indude the amp" 4 to 6 names that appei each book in their indexing efforts. But there is even better news! The digitized Images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. By going directly to the BYU web site to view the Images, there are several additional possIbilltlE that provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each book, and 0 every digitized book In the collection. Now you can locate the small two- paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebnezer McGarrah t buried In one of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open huge new possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives! How to Find The Digitized Images? Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at tLl1Q.;/IJLb.byu .edu and on their home page, follow the links "Rnd Other Materials/Electronic/On Line COllections at BYU". alck on the "Text COllections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. You would then nOl want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very t powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exdude potential hits. you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being vieWed. One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begh . search), dick on the "Browse the COllection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized al available in theoollectlon. You can scroll through this list much the same as If you were walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, It displays the num hits, which (in this case) is the number of books in the oollection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty Idea of how fast they are adding titles to the oollection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want visit this site often as the oollectlon grows T/..ll. rv/.l-:" DOt) VfA-CA...c!h () �Additions and Corrections for "Sources of Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas, 2005" published in Volume 28, no. 2 & 3 Action Description Time Period Index Location Notes Biographies, Family Histories, Histories including family information, Photos CORRECT ION Book, "A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the 1854-1865 Close of the Rebellion'! by Richard Cordley See next column LPL (978.1 COR [several copies with index] and KC 978.1 CORDLEY [with index] and.DCGS no. 204.2); WCM [two copies, one with index] I Death Dates, Obituaries, Internment, Mortuary, Probate, Wills ADD Probate records 1986-1988 WCM Directories ADD Lawrence "City Directory" 1855 DELETE Lawrence City Directory 1863 Included KU Sp, WCM A list of owners, doesn't include renters LPL formerly had one, now it can't be found Submitted..,by Diane W. Lawson: . . - "" ~.,.'--.-"- The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is faith in the future. - Stephen Ambrose, 1936-2002 a source of hope. Love of the past implies Submitted by Margaret Fortier, Nancy H. Settle, Julie Vincent, Rose Feldman, and Anthony Neal . To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? . - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. Submitted by Kathleen A. Gutwein, Karen Stuart, and Connie Moretti: People will never look forward to Posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke Submitted by William S. Fischer: He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family must have been begot by a flash of lightning! - Thomas Fuller. 1608-61 �Obituary Five Months After Death Lawrence Daily Journal-World, June 25, 1931 OBITUARY Mrs. Barbara Sellards The remains of Mrs. Barbara Sellards, widow of Dr. A.B. Sellards, were returned to Lawrence from Los Angeles and laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery this morning. Barbara Miller Sellards was born in Sciotoville, Ohio, April 25, 1858. She was married to Dr. A.B. Sellards in 1876. They moved to Lawrence in 1896 to educate their children. Barbara Sellards is survided by eight children and eight grandchildren, five of whom reside on the Pacific coast; two on the Atlantic coast; and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Pearson have made their home with her in Lawrence for the past few years. The children include Elizabeth, Mrs. Gertrude Pearson, Myrtle, Mrs. May Young of Clarkdale, Ariz., Bertha of Washington, D.C., Archie of Los Angeles, Carl of San Francisco, and Ted of Buffalo, N.Y. Her many friends were grieved to learn of her sudden passing, but with the sorrow is the sense that her community was blessed in having such a modest and kindly woman. The Rev. W.D. Vincent of Baldwin officiated for the burial services at Oak Hill cemetery. He was a former pastor forty years ago, who received her and Dr. Sellards into the Methodist Episcopal church from the Methodist church in Kentucky. Mrs. Sellards had gone to Los Angeles with her daughter, Mrs. J.R. Pearson, January 6. She was stricken with pneumonia two days after reaching there and passed away January 15, 1931. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 17, 1931. 4/ �AN OBITUARY FROM THE LECOMPTON SUN 2 JULY 1931 T.E. Moore was born January 17, 1846,.near Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky. At the age often years he went with his parents to northwestern lllinois. When thirteen years of age he was taken by his father's uncle aboard a mail packet running on the Ohio river between Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio. When the Civil War was declared he intered the service of the Federal army as a drummer. At the close of the civil war he again entered the water service, but at the request and wish of his mother did not remain but a short time. After quitting the lifr on water he entered the railroad service where he spent the most of his mature life as conductor and engineer. He was for many years employed on the Atchson Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, rendering them good, faithful service. On December 12, 1876, he was married to Sarah E. Spurgon at Lawrence.' To this union there were no children born, yet until recent years on account of Mrs. Moore's health, their home ever was the home of children, especially Mrs. Moore's sister's children. He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, June 6, 1881, at Ottawa, where he sill is a member of good standing. Naturally he was a close observer, always quick to see whwere he might lend some assistance in time of need. He put strong stress to the principles taught in Free Masonry, endeavoring to live a life similar to the life of Christ, feeling that in so doing he was living the life of a Christian and the world wold be better by his living in it. This instrument was written by T. E. Moore. It is my wish and request, regardless of where I may die that the Masonic order have charge of my funeral. Lawrence Lodge No.9 conducted the service at the grave. 28 April 1923, Saturday. Probably the Lecompton Sun The body of Mrs Theodore Moore who died in Neosho, MO will arrive tonight. Short services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 O'clock from the Cross Undertaking parlors. The Rev. P.B. Lawson will officiate. Burial will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. (Thanks to Don Vaughn) �j Page 1 of 1 Ursula Elisabeth Huelsbergen 1927 - 2006 A memorial Mass for Ursula Elisabeth Huelsbergen, 78, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Assumption in Topeka. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery in Lawrence. Mrs. Huelsbergen died Monday, May 22,2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born July 12,1927, in Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, the daughter of Johann Arnold and Maria Auster. She was raised and attended school in Germany: She completed her graduate studies at the University of Frankfurt am Main and received degrees in German language and literature and in Catholic theology. She moved to Lawrence in 1960 and attended Kansas University as a Fulbright scholar. Mrs. Huelsbergen taught at a number of institutions in Germany and the United States, including Wellesley College and Baker University. She was a freelance translator, editor and author. She worked as a genealogist for descendants of German-speaking immigrants and was a frequent speaker and lecturer at national and regional genealogical conferences. She volunteered with Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen, Birthright and the Suzuki Parent's Assn., and was a member of the Kansas University Medical Center Auxiliary. She married Helmut E. Huelsbergen on March 24, 1962, in Lawrence. He survives, of the . home. Other survivors include three sons, Lorenz, Anselm and Benjamin; a grandchild; and two foster grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to UNICEF (United Nations Children'S Fund), sent in care of . Warren-McElwain. Mortuary, which is in charge or arrangements. . . ....... .......... �Marjorie H. Freeman, Lawrence 1935 - 2006 Services for Marjorie H. Freeman, 70, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Private inumment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Freeman died Saturday, Aug. 26,2006, at Lawrence Memorial HOspital. She was born Dec. 20,1935, the daughter of H.L. and Inez Lorene Shaffer Baldwin. She worked at Hazel's Cafe, McCune Variety Store and McCune Drug Store and Soda Fountain. She worked at Hallmark Cards in Parsons from 1953 to 1958. In 1969, she and her husband bought Freeman Used Furniture and Appliances, which they sold in 1988 to their daughter and son-in-law. They also owned Freeman Auction Service from 1976 until they retired in 1998. She was a member of McCune Christian Church. She married Loren D. Freeman on March 4, 1955, in Parsons. He died Aug. 7, 2005. Two sons died earlier, Kevin Dee in 1959 and Gregory Lynn in 1960. Survivors include a daughter, Sheree Nairn, ILawrence; a son, Russell Freeman, Tulsa, Okla.; five sisters, Irene Heavin, Overland Park, Jean Hall, Dodge City, Lois Bevans, Parsons, and Coralie Bennett and Cheryl Bennett, both of Girard; six brothers, Ralph Baldwin, Denison, Texas, Gary Baldwin, Chanute, Randy Baldwin, Burlington, and Robert Baldwin, Allan Baldwin and Leon Baldwin, all of Parsons; one granddaughter; and four grandsons. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where the family will . . receive them from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The family suggests memorials to the Oncology Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. They may be sent in care of the funeral home. . ' Online condolences may be sent at �Obituary: Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, Lawrence I LJWorld.com Page 1 of 1 Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, Lawrence 1931 - 2006 Services for Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, 75, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Vaughn died Sunday, July 9,2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1931, in Meade, the daughter of Clarence Sylvester and Loyce Lois Irene Holloway Morton. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1948 and later from business college in Wichita. She moved to Lawrence in 1956. Mrs. Vaughn was a checker at Dillons in Lawrence for 18 years. She also was a homemaker. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women group. She was also a member of the Autumn Club, Camera Club and Douglas County Genealogical SOCiety. She volunteered at Watkins Community Museum of History. She married Donald W. Vaughn on Feb. 12, 1950, in Batesville. He survives, of the home. Other survivors include two sons, David W. Vaughn, Lawrence, and Ronald D. Vaughn, Everett, Wash.; a daughter, Marlene K. Knapp, Ottawa; six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence, where the family will receive them from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The family suggests memorial contributions to the church, sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent at www.f!..J_msey-yost.com·. �SCIENCE ····.GenePoal there had been some kind of DNA mix-up. Fond as I am of stuffed Poland and Belorussia are --:."."r;'--.,,,, tljll~~~;;;t>ey(>pd' reC<)l@pon in my m,i,..1n,fr;,.:n.. UlA... ·..,u.luWliiile heia~Y'traC4~of in Latin be linked to West wbere mUlch ,ot the slave trade to the AIliI¢rilc3$O~DJ:lat.ed. Clearly, my an~ors faC1Uh.ere were a lot of : thingsthetestsdidn't·tell . .:'m'ei unlike a'pIegriaTi6Y ~on~1!r£!~ testing gives' you only a "Statistical . .".. ,." . . .:,.:. . ,. . . . 1ikelihood"::ofmem~ bershipi'.' in;a::.certain .. group. I don't know . i.'~~ .. 'lli.bes,in. Arlington, NIL, fillecl its. website with gloSsy. shots.ofethnic type5;The next; DNAPrint' in S8.ras0ta" FIa., ~ a cool Flash ,. movie ,of a rotating double helix. :I was.do~lysold I ordered a test·from each and within,:a;couple,6f <iayswas scraping the.inside ofmycheekwlth swabs and depoSiting my cells. into prepaid· envelopes readYJo be sent off to the labs,.· . Then I Set about tryiIlg to; predict the . '. $ults. On.~yfather'sside;:lfigured;high ch~kbones·,:andaIniond eyes probably ': ..... tion.Anything that would justify the·, tests on my next expense account :. . ...... : WIthin a few weeks; 1 reCeived .my first results;from'DNA1iibes.As·lhadguessed, the ·.genetic '. indicators . showed . : both European and American'Indian .roots.. But No.1 on the list of places lwas supposed to be from was-,-to. my great· swprise-,-subSaharan Africa. What's more. No.1 on the list of the top 10 regional populations with which l:was most likely to share a piece of genetic code. was·. Belorussia, followed .closely by southeast Poland aild Mozambique.. : ..... . That's when I began to wonder whether . ·:--TIME,AUGUST28,2006· . ". gehetest.hasn't bC:j'~h . . '.' ..' . invented·that.can . unravel the improbable .chain ofevents that conneded~elo~wi~ Mozambi~ and . Amencan . Indians, :W1th.Poles,,-'ultimately to produce me, a Latina :livingand working in New YorkCity... ':Didthe tests change myviewofmy:self? Not really. fll still put my. check in the Latino box, iniperfect as it is,Iftheprocess proved anything, it's that we're. all a messy amalgam of centuries of mixing and inigra~ tion.. nue :identity,it seems; . resides not in our genes but in our nlind '. . . ..• ;: § ~ ~ a ~ : ~ ~ g 2 ~ 45 ---.-- ------------------- ------ --------.---------.--"--- .. --- --------------------_.._------------_ .. _._._------- �DOUGLAS COUNTY POST OFFICES Covering the period May 29, 1828 to Aug. 3, 1961. ,~'. '. '. - TOWN Akron Aladdin Alfred CREATED 9 May 1870 29 Apr. 1875 20 Aug. 1875 27 Feb. 1880 30 Jan. 1883 l'tP.M. DISBANDED 13 June 1870 John C. Weybright Henry Webber 5 Sep. 1881 15 Nov. 1878 Mrs. M. E. Rarick 8 Jan. 1883 30 Sep. 1902 Appanoose 8 Dec. 1857 4 Jan. 1870 3 July 1860 31 Jan. 1902 Daniel Dean Baden 9 Nov. 1883 25 Feb. 1888 19 Nov. 1886 30 June 1891 William Kincaid Baldwin Baldwin City 14 Apr. 1887 22 May 1862 16 Aug. 1912 16 Aug. 1912 14 Apr. 1887 Henry C. Carter Darius Shook Belvoir Big Spring Bigspring Black Jack Blackjack Blanton Bloomington Bond 26 Apr. 1869 7 Jan. 1856 7 Apr. 1894 15 Mar. 1858 20 Oct. 1894 24 Sep. 1855 11 July 1855 29 Apr. 1875 6 Mar. 1876 31 Jan. 1903 7 Apr. 1894 30 Sep. 1903 20 Oct. 1894 31 Jan. 1895 23 Feb. 1856 30 Aug. 1858 7 Feb. 1876 2 Oct. 1899 Lawrence D. Bailey Daniel A. Geelan William G. Vaughan Algernon F. Powell James Hedley Napoleon B. Blanton Harrison Burson Silas Bond Calcutta Clearfield Clinton Davis Douglas Echo 29 Apr. 1875 10 Aug. 1885 30 Aug. 1858 26 Feb. 1855 3 Mar. 1855 22,June 1874 18 Feb. 1878 5 Sep. 1894 20 Apr. 1881 20 July 1900 30 Nov. 1927 23 July 1861 5 Sep. 1855 4 Aug. 1875 15 Jan. 1894 1 Nov. 1900 Sarah A. Bowen John Glaser Thomas Major Thomas Mockbee Andrew McDonald Wm. Misenhimer Eudora Franklin Gideon Glen Bum Glendale Globe 1 Sep. 1857 21 Dec. 1855 30 Jan. 1883 12 Mar. 1875 24 June 1856 24 Aug. 1881 23 Feb. 1895 7 Nov. 1867 30 Sep. 1902 8 Dec. 1875 6 Feb. 1857 15 Dec. 1894 1 Nov. 1900 Grover 8 Feb. 1886 24 May 1897 15 Oct. 1895 16 Jan. 1899 Wm. H. Christian Hesper Holling 23 Sep 1868 15 July 1869 20 July 1900 1 Nov: 1900 Mahlon Stubbs David H. Teeter .- . :' COMMENTS from Willow Springs estab. in FR. CO. to Baldwin City from Palmyra to Bigspring from Big Spring to Blackjack from Black Jack to Clinton to Lone Star Frederick Metzeke Samuel Crane, Jr. Harvey B. Bowen Hugh Cameron O. H. Browne Wm. Featherston from Bloomington to Willow Spring to Lecompton from Marion �DOUGLAS COUNTY POST OFFICES(cont.) TOWN Jefferson CREATED 19 Dec. 1865 1st P.M. DISBANDED 31 Dec. 1872 Dr. Geo. J. Tallman Kanwaka 7 Apr. 1857 18 Nov. 1898 20 July 1870 14 Apr. 1900 Henry L. Baldwin Kezerville Lakeview Lane Lapeer 20 Mar. 1856 28 Feb. 1898 3 Mar. 1855 17 Mar. 1873 29 Apr. 1875 18 Sep. 1856 15 June 1914 10 Mar. 1856 2 Apr. 1875 30 Sep. 1902 Daniel J. Kezer Joseph C. Patton A. F. Powell Thomas Waller Lawrence Lecompton Lone Star Louisiana McKinney Marion 13 Jan. 1855 5 Sep. 1855 2 Oct. 1899 27 June 1856 5 May 1857 16 Nov. 1858 2 June 1870 15 May 1953 16 May 1857 12 Mar. 1868 28 May 1867 24 Aug. 1881 11 Dec. 1878 29 Dec. 1855 31 Dec. 1872 29 June 1857 10 July 1879 7 Oct. 1856 28 Feb. 1900 29 Jan. 1884 20 Dec. 1862 21 Jan. 1875 13 Apr. 1891 28 Sep. 1896 30 June 1903 8 May 1857 30 Sep. 1885 22 May 1862 1 Nov. 1900 11 Dec. 1878 14 Dec. 1901 15 June 1934 29 Dec. 1874 10 Nov. 1888 31 Dec. 1895 13 Nov. 1896 Humphrey W. Willett Patrick H. McGee Uriah Biggs Newman Blood Augustus M. Ellis John R. Winton C. E. Bosserman George W. Bell Abel Yates Stull Twin Mound Vinland Wakarusa 27 Apr. 1899 30 June 1858 25 Sep. 1868 16 May 1857 9 Dec. 1863 30 Sep. 1903 31 Jan. 1903 30 Apr. 1954 11 Nov. 1863 17 Oct. 1866 Silvester Stull Henry Hiatt George Cutter John E. Stewart Washington Creek Weaver Wheatland Willow Springs 25 Apr. 1873 22 July 1891 8 July 1856 23 July 1861 23 June 1882 30 Sep. 1903 25 Nov. 1856 9 May 1870 13 June 1870 1 Nov. 1900 John Turbett John F. Weaver Martin V. B. Spicer Edward H. Vanhoesen from Davis to Akron from Akron 22 Sep. 1884 9 Sep. 1896 31 May 1895 15 July 1904 Media Nevada N. Lawrence Palmyra Pleasant Grove Prairie City Seigel Sibley Sigel Worden Carmi W. Babcock George W. Taylor John W. Flory John M. Banks William McKinney David P. Brenniman COMMENTS to N. Lawrence (estab. in Jeff. Co.) from Bond from Prairie City from Prairie City from Jefferson (Jeff. Co.) to Baldwin City to Media rescinded John F. Schott �Finding Your Ancestor in Immigration and " .~:~ Naturalization Records ~/~ )' ,f ~,}'f noJ/~ \ , ~~:;. . ~ I- J V .I Marilyn R. Finke NARA - Central Plains Region 2312 E. Bannister Road Kansas City, MO 64131 Phone: 816-268-8014 Email: marilyn.finke@nara.goY pre') . • ', I" ~ Naturalization Timeline 1790 First federal activity. Citizenship required a two-year residency in the US and one year in the state, to be of good character, and to be performed in a court ~f record. Children of citizens were considered to be citizens. 1795 Additional requirements were added: a 3-year residency to file a declaration of intention, a 5-year residency requirement (with I-year in the state of residence) to file final papers, and required renunciation of titles of nobility and foreign allegiance. Act provided derivative citizenship for wives and minor children. 1798 Additional requirements stated that a copy of the return was to be sent to the Secretary of State, and residency was increased to 14 years. Aliens considered to be dangerous were removed to country of origin. Repealed in 1802. 1804 Widows and children of an alien who died before filing his final papers were granted citizenship. 1819 Legislation requiring passenger lists be given to collector of customs. 1824 Residency time between filing a declaration and final papers was shortened to tWo years. Alien minors naturalized at 21 st birthday if they had lived in the US for five years. 1855 An alien female who married a US citizen was considered to be a citizen. Repealed in 1922. Castle Garden opens in New York City. 1862 Aliens over 21 who were discharged honorable from Army service did not have to file declarations and could become citizens after one year residency. 1868 With passage of the 14th Amendment, African Americans became citizens. 1872 Chinese were excluded from becoming citizens. Repealed in 1943. 1888 First act since 1798 providing for expulsion of aliens was passed. 1891 Bureau of Immigration established. Health qualifications were added. Polygamists, and those convicted of certain crimes or who carried certain diseases were excluded from citizenship. �1892 Ellis Island replaced Castle Garden as the "reception center" in New York City. 1894 Bureau of Immigration established. Aliens serving in the Navy or Marine Corps could be naturalized under the same provisions of the 1862 law. 1906 Bureau ofImmigration and Naturalization was established, providing uniform rules. Alien registration was required. Residency requirements were changed to two years to file intent and five years to file final papers. Derivative citizenship was still practiced. 1907 A female US citizen who married an alien lost her US citizenship and took on the nationality of her husband. Repealed in 1922 but citizenship not restored until 1936. 1918 Aliens serving in US forces during World War 1 could be naturalized without any residency requirement. 1921 The first Immigration Act to establish quotas of immigrants based on national origin was enacted. 1922 Women 21-years of age and over were entitled to citizenship. Derivative citizenship was discontinued. Residency requirement to file a declaration of intention was waived. 1924 The citizen act of June 2, 1924 provided that "all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits ofthe United States be, and they are hereby declared to be, citizens of the United States." This included Indians living on tribal reservations. Also, first permanent quota law was passed. 1936 Women who lost citizenship when marrying aliens could regain citizenship by taking oath of allegiance. 1940 The Alien Registration Act required registration and fingerprinting at a local post office within 30 days of arrival. 1946 War Brides Act passed to assist foreign-born spouse and/or children of returning U.S. armed forces to immigrate. 1952 The Immigration and Naturalization Act Amendment abandoned the country of origin system of setting quotas on ethnic groups and gathered other laws into one statue. 1953 Ellis Island closes. 1965 National drigins Quota System abolished; replaced by numeric system. NOTE: Natur~lization is ~oluntary. According to Census Bureau, ofthe foreign born persons listed on the 1890-1930 censuses, 25% had not become naturalized or filed their first papers. ©4/2005 �1892 Ellis Island replaced Castle Garden as the ''reception center" in New York City. 1894 Bureau ofImmigration established. Aliens serving in the'Navy or Marine Corps could be naturalized under the same provisions of the 1862 law. 1906 Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization was established, providing uniform rules. Alien registration was required. Residency requirements were changed to two years to file intent and five years to file final papers. Derivative citizenship was still practiced. 1907 A female US citizen who married an alien lost her US citizenship and took on the nationality of her husband. Repealed in 1922 but citizenship not restored until 1936. 1918 Aliens serving in US forces during World War 1 could be naturalized without any residency requirement. 1921 The first Immigration Act to establish quotas of immigrants based on national origin was enacted. 1922 Women 21-years of age and over were entitled to citizenship. Derivative citizenship was discontinued. Residency requirement to file a declaration of intention was waived. 1924 The citizen act of June 2, 1924 provided that "all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby declared to be, citizens of the United States." This included Indians living on tribal reservations. Also, first permanent quota law was passed. 1936 Women who lost citizenship when manying aliens could regain citizenship by taking oath of allegiance. ' 1940 The Alien Registration Act required registration and fmgerprinting at a local post office within 30 days of arrival. '1946 War Brides Act passed to assist foreign-born spouse and/or children ofretuming U.S. armed forces to immigrate. 1952 The Immigration and Naturalization Act Amendment abandoned the country of origin system of setting quotas on ethnic groups and gathered other laws into one statue. 1953 Ellis Island closes. 1965 National Origins Quota System abolished; replaced by numeric system. NOTE: Naturitlization,is V:~luntary: According to Census Bureau, of the foreign born persons listed on the 1890-1930 censuses. 25% had not become naturalized or filed their first papers. 0412005 �IMPORTANT NATURALIZATION PROCESS TERMS Marilyn R. Finke 1. Declaration of Intent (first papers): Filed by the immigrant when they apply for citizenship. May include little or much information but does include renounced allegiance to the foreign sovereign of homeland and that the individual intends to become a citizen. One copy is placed on file at time and location of declaration while the second is given to the immigrant who turns it in when the petition is filed. 2. Petition (second or final papers): Formal application to the court by individual who met residency requirement (usually 3 - 5 years) and included their declared intention to become a citizen. Naturalization papers are filed in the court by petition number. 3. Certificate of Naturalization: Issued upon completion of all requirements for citizenship. Record goes to the new citizen - kept is the stub. Most contain only name of individual, name of court, and date of issue. 3. Certificate of Arrival: Provided upon arrival listing ship name, port, date, etc. Often turned in at the time of petitioning and found with the petition. 5. Ship Passenger Lists: Another name for the ship manifest. This list is composed of boarding passengers and made at the port of departure. Called a list but actually a Manifest of Alien Passengers (ship manifest). The list was for the US Immigration officer at Port of Arrival. Passenger lists are arranged by port; thereunder chronologically by date of arrival. 6. Emigration/Emigrant: One who leaves a location or country and travels to another. 7. Immigrationllmmigrant: One who arrives and settles at a new place having left another location or country. © MRF 212003 �Sources for Additional Information about Immigration and Naturalization Records BOOKS: Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestor: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage. Betterway Books. 2000. Colletta, John P. Ph.D. They Came In Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record. Ancestry, Inc. 1993. Eales, Anne B. & Kvasnicka, Robert M. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, Third Edition. NARA. 2000. Meyerink, Kory, Editor. Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records. Ancestry, Inc. 1998 National Archives and Records Administration. Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals, A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. NARA Trust Fund. 1983. Neagles, James C. Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor: A Guide to Naturalization Records. Everton Publ. 1986. Newman, John J. American Naturalization Records 1790-1990, What They Are and How to Use Them. Heritage Quest. 1998 . •---;:,. Schaefer, Christina K. Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States. Genealogical Publishing Company. 1997. f....u.(~~ ~. Szucs, Loretto D. They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins. Ancestry, Inc. 1998. Szucs, Loretto D. & Luebking, Sandra H. The Source - A Guidebook of American Genealogy, Rev. Edition.' Ancestry Publishing Company, Salt Lake City, UT 1997. INTERNET LINKS: National Archives and Records Administration Immigration Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogylimmigration/immigrat.html National Archives and Records Administration www.archives.gov/researchroom/genealogy/researchtopics/naturalization.html> Ellis Island Database http://www.ellisislandrecords.org Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/ The Immigrant Experience http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild http://istg.rootsweb.com �Sources for Additionallnfonnation about Immigration and Naturalization Records BooKs: Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and Ethnic Ancestor: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage. Betterway Books. 2000. Colletta, John P. Ph.D. They Came In Ships: A Guide to Fihding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record. Ancestry, Inc. 1993. . Eales, Anne B. & Kvasnicka, Robert M. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, Third Edition. NARA. 2000. Meyerink, Kory, Editor. Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records. Ancestry, Inc. 1998 National Archives and Records Administration. Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals, A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. NARA Trust Fund. 1983. Neagles, James C. Locating Your Immigrant Ancestor: A Guide to Naturalization Records. Everton Publ. 1986. Newman, John J. American Naturalization Records 1790-1990, What They Are and How to Use Them. Heritage Quest. 1998. i· . Schaefer, Christina K. Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States. Genealogical Publishing ~::£. ::"'" "'::' : .•• Company. 1997. :--.:~;;.'- Szucs, Loretto D. They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins. Ancestry, Inc. 1998. Szucs, Loretto D. & Luebking, Sandra H. The Source - A Guidebook of American Genealogy, Rev. Edition. Ancestry Publishing Company, Salt Lake City, UT 1997. INTERNET LINKS: National Archives and Records Administration Immigration Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/immigration/immigrat.html National Archives and Records Administration www.archives_gov/researchroom/genealogy/researchtopics/naturalization.html> Ellis Island Database http:/twww·ellisislandrecords.org Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/ The Immigrant Experience http://www.libertystatepark.comlimmigran.htm Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild http://istg.rootsweb.com .> �The Basic Naturalization Search: Who, When, Where, What Who is the subject of your search? What name(s) did your subject use? When (approximate year) did the naturalization occur? Or, when did the subject arrive at a location? Or when were first papers filed? Where (city, county, & state) did your subject live at the time he or she was naturalized? What courts had jurisdiction over the area where your subject lived at the time of the naturalization? (courts may include a county court, city court, federal court, or a state supreme court). What does the Federal census say? **** After you have answered these questions to the best of your ability, search the naturalization records of the courts on your list for the appropriate time period. Other considerations: Female? If your subject is a woman, was she married at the time of naturalization? If married and the naturalization occurred before September 22, 1922, she probably received derivative citizenship through her husband. There will be no record. Child? Was your subject a child of parents who were also immigrants? If so, the child may have received derivative citizenship through the naturalization of his or her parents. . There will be no record. �10104 National Archives-Central Plains Region Card Indexes and Databases to Naturalization Records Agency-created indexes Kansas City Area Naturalization Index, 1848-1950 (includes Federal & county courts in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas; also includes many naturalizations from courts across Kansas and Missouri. Some Oklahoma naturalizations also included. The precise extent of the index's coverage is unknown. Does not include St. Louis courts.) Certificate Stub Index to U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Western Division (Kansas City), 1914-1985, 1986-1990 (In two parts; does not include denied petitions) Card Index to Naturalizations in the U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division (St. Louis), 1890-1991 (The earlier entries include denied petitions; at some point, certificate stubs began to be substituted for index cards.) Card Index to Nebraska and Western Iowa Naturalizations before September 27, 1906 (WP A index; county and Federal courts; incl udes denied petitions) Certificate Stub Index to U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Northern Division (St. Joseph), 1935-1976 Certificate Stub Index to U.S. District Courts, Western District of Missouri, Various Divisions (Jefferson City, Springfield, Joplin, Kansas City) ca. 1938-ca. 1982 Index to Naturalizations in the District Court of Saline County, Kansas (we have the Saline County District Court naturalization records) Card Index to Naturalizations in the District Court of Bourbon County, Kansas (we have very few of the actual documents referenced) NARA-created indexes (All in Microsoft Access format) Soutlt Dakota: Dakota Territory and South Dakota Naturalization Records (This index includes every petition, declaration of intention, or other document from Dakota Territory and South Dakota that we have identified. Our Federal naturalization records for this �geographic area are incomplete: some are thought to be at the state archives and/or county courthouses.) North Dakota: The following databases include all of our holdings of naturalization records from North Dakota U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of North Dakota, Southwestern Division (Bismarck), 1892-1910 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. Circuit Court, District of North Dakota, Northwestern Division (Devils Lake), 1888-1906 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of North Dakota, Southeastern Division (Fargo), 1890-1924 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. Circuit Court, District of North Dakota, Northeastern Division (Grand Forks), 1892-1909 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of North Dakota, Western Division (Minot), 1906-1916 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) . Iowa: The following databases include all declarations anti petitions in our holdings from each respective court. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Southern Division (Creston). 19301951 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, Southern District of Iowa, Eastern Division (Keokuk), 1840-1888 (This database includes all naturalization-related records in our holdings from the Federal Court in Keokuk. Holdings include a "list of persons naturalized" for which we do not have the actual petitions, though in a number of cases, we do have declarations submitted to the court by these persons.) U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Central Division (Mason City), 19421961 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. District Court, Southern District ofIowa, Central Division (Ottumwa), 19161951 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) Superior Court of Linn County, Iowa, 1886-1947 (This database includes both declarations and petitions. Does not include the naturalization records of the Federal Court in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.) Nebraskll: The followinglilltilbases inclutle all declarations and petitions in our holdings from ellch respective court. �gc:ugrapmc area are Incomplete: some are tho~ght to be at the state archives and/or county courthouses.) North Dakota: The foUowing databases include all ofour holdings ofnaturalization records from North Dakota· . .... U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, DiStiict of NortbDakota, S~uthweStern Division (Bismarck), 1892-1910 (This database includes both declaration~ail(jp~titions) .":'::: .... : ...... ·U.S. Circuit Court, District of Nortb Dakota, NOr1bw~t¢..,.~ph,i~i.o~o>evils Lake), 1888-1906 (This database includes both declarations andpetiiIS~sl':;:}(·\' .U:S. Circuit & U.S~ District Courts, District. orNo#IJD..~~~;wSW~t..~stern Division (Fargo), 1890-1924 (This database includes bothdeCIa.ratiSn~j~~dTp~ilfi6ris) ... ~8~i.~:;~:U~~~~~:d~:~::~1wliill~~~;~,~9rand Forks}" .-: ~.:. ::. ::. ", .... ,..... ".'" -: .......::::. . :: ",": :<-:.- .~~.: ' .. u.s. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, Districtot.-Nol"t.. ::naJt~#l;\W¢$tefn Division (Minot), 1906-1916 (This database includes· botij#e¢.larf#io~~'~4·p~titi(ms) - '.~": ~.;:: ': ..'.~ .. ;: :::-:...:~ ':,: -::.: _." ;:.:.;;" C.::::.?: ;:." -., ... ~::;.;~~~.{~':;;:~.::";::;.:: ~'.:. .:..:. .fm";t::::;::::! =esiili:I"dii'QJJ'¥i~,,~"~'jJ'jJ#¥/!~flfiirhOldingS U.S. District Court, Sout~ern· District of .owa~ ~Soutber.nDiv~i~M(Cr.~ton)~1930. 1951 (This databaseinCIudesbothdeclaraHoris>arid'petlji6nsf':'-:'~;;_'~':. i :.:.' ,. '..•.. :", :: .'::".' ",:: :.'~ "... "', .-.' "::-. ':".<::::: :: .. . ........:,:~:.. ". u.s. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, Southern District of Iowa~Easter~:-DiviSion . . (Keokuk), 1840-1888· (This'dathl>ase incfudesilllria#il1ilization~reJ~i¢d+e.&>ids·iA'ijlN ., . : .' holdings from the Federal Court in Keokuk. Holdiogslnch.idei"lisftitpCffSons·>· '><:.' naturalized" for which we do not have the actual. petitions, thQl1gh in ~ nlJmber of cas~:, . we do have declarations submittedtotbe'cciiiri by iliesepersons.)'·'·· · :.. ." ".. ::;:.: ................. . "-' :", .... ... ;-.. :'. U.S. District Court, Nortbern District of Iowa., C~nt~1 Division (Mason City), 1961 (This database includes both declarations'ahtfpetitions)· .... ' .. .. 19"~':".: ... U.s. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, c::;entral Division (OttuDiwa), 19161951 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) '... .. ....... . Superior Court of Linn County, Iowa, 1886-1947 (This database includes both declarations and petitions. Does not include the naturalization records of the Federal Court in Cedar Rapids. Linn County. Iowa.) Nebraska: The following databases include all declarations and petitions in our htlldings from each respective court. .. . �U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Chadron Division, 1930-1949 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, McCook Division, 1930-1942 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, North Platte Division, 1930-1951 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) Kansas: The following databases include all declarations and petitions in our holdings from each respective court. District Court of Bourbon County, Kansas, coverage dates: 1868-1937 (This database includes each index card and other naturalization-related document in our possession. Researchers should note that in most cases we do not have the actual record referenced by the index card) U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, Ft. Scott Division, 1915-1967 (This database includes both declarations and petitions) Minnesota: These databases contain both petitions and declarations. U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of Minnesota, 1st Division (Winona), 1895-1924 (This database contains all of our naturalization holdings for this court.) U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of Minnesota, 3 n1 Division (St. Paul), 1859-1916 (Our naturalization holdings for this court continue into the early 1950's. Researchers should contact the court to obtain a petition or declaration number for post1916 documents.) U.S. Circuit & U.S. District Courts, District of Minnesota, 4th Division (Minneapolis), 1890-1911 (Our naturalization holdings for this court continue into the mid- J960' s. Researchers should contact the court to obtain a petition or declaration number for post- J911 documents.) Missouri: U.S. Ci.'cuit and U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division (St. Louis), 1846-1890 (This database includes all declanitions and petitions from these courts for this time period. The card index noted above indexes petitions filed from 18901991.) �BALDWIN CITY The Lawrence Daily Journal, Thursday, June 13, 1889 (copied by R. Wellman, 2006. NOTE: I have corrected some obvious errors, but in most cases I have copied the spelling and wording as it was in the original.) Her I~stitutions --Schools - Colleges - Churches - Business Men and Women A Sketch of One of the Prettiest Little Towns in Kansas "Ef they's anything pertier 'n a wheat field 'long 'bout middle of June tip toein' over the second rail of a fence and looking down the road fer a reaper, I'd just like to have you fetch it along" said occupant ofthe seat on the Southern Kansas train with the Journal's hired man who was headed toward Baldwin City Monday. Continuing our farmer friend said: "Yes sir as I was sayin', this is the healthiest year fer wheat I ever saw, Med'terranean er Orygon don't make no difference; all good - all has that cheerful hardworking sort of air, standin' out there in the meadder, independent like, as a hired man on a strike. Tanned up too a little jest about now, not got the rus I don't mean, for it's onusually free this year; but jest kinder tanned like. But it's perty all the same now hain't it." And indeed it was, acres and acres stretching away on both sides of th track like a lake whose shores were the deep green hedges and sweet quiet orchards which were the only object, varying the pleasant monotony of the fields of wheat and oats. There ate kingdoms in the east whose royal treasuries are filled from a domains less bounteous than old Palmyra township, but no king in Christendom rules over a people more happy, contented and intelligent than the citizens of Baldwin. For even ifrepublics are ungrateful their citizens are prosperous and as Baldwin's republican majority is some they like the peace of God which passeth all understanding so the degree of her prosperity is of a magnitude quite beyond measurement. Many things have contributed to this including industry, patience and thrift. And the greatest ofthese is thrift. One see it on every hand upon the street. Nothing is lost, there are not those barren vistas of vacant lots which generally disfigure the out skirts of country towns, acting as a sort ofneutral ground between the industrious farmer and the too often lazy townsmen. In Baldwin every vacant lot is turned into a garden and made to do good in the world. Those who founded Baldwin were that sort of people - people who believed in everything counting and the present citizens of th town have followed well in the footsteps of their municipal fathers. In fact the men are so busy and preoccupied that they have turned over the management of the city to the women, that mayor being Mrs. Lucy Sullivan and the council-women being Mrs. Hyde, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Dr. Martin, Mrs. Kidder and Miss Lillian Scott. These ladies are to all appearances, doing their work well, for our entire day's stay in the city failed to reveal any disorder orany but the best of municipal control in everything. With due respect for the women of Baldwin who have so recently come to the front, it is but justice to say that the present prosperity of the little city is due to the activity and push of the business men of the place. They have been awake to the best interests of the city and have been at the same time ever cautious of so called booms and other superficial methods for temporarily increasing trade or popUlation. They have tried and succeeded in securing for the tqwn a steady growth, a gradual but firm development which few towns outside of Douglas county can boast of. �BAKER UNIVERSITY Perhaps nothing would so well epitomize the moral and intellectual tone of the community of Baldwin as Baker university. Having a progressive faculty fully abreast of the times, and students whose principal object is to learn and learn well; and supported by the moral sentiment of the West, Baker university,whose history began before that of the State of Kansas stands today the peer of any educational institutional west ofthe Mississippi. Dr. Gobin, its president, is a man of high culture and is known in educational circles everywhere. The graduates of Baker in Kansas and the West. speak more and better for the school than columns of newspaper praise can do. THE CHURCHES The moral tone of Baldwin is so high that the bar-room loafers over in one-gallused Missouri say that the prayer meeting is the only caucus they know, and that the Baldwin voters prepare their ballots on their hymn books. While this may not be literally true still the fact remains that the spiteful fling of the Missourian has a foundation, for no city in Kansas has better churches nor feels more directly the influence of its churches than Baldwin. The M. E. church was established at Baldwin in 1855 and has been continuous in its work for good ever since. The services are now held in a beautiful stone chapel, where about 600 worshipers are under the spiritual guidance of Rev. Gullett. The Presbyterian church first held its meetings in Palmyra township in 1859. Ever since then that denomination has been represented in Baldwin and a few years ago erected a handsome church edifice where the Rev. Goodale presides. LODGES The various leading benevolent organizations are found in the city, including the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the G. A. R. and the A. O. U. W. These lodges are well supported and have upon their rolls the best citizens of Baldwin and community. THE SCHOOLS In some towns of the State it is a surprise to the stranger to find good high grade schools but in Baldwin one expects such things; so when they tell you of their new $10,000 building and their excellent system of school you are not surprised. Miss Lillian Scott (who is also a member of the city council) is principal of the schools and much of their present success is due to her. She is assisted by Mr. Charles Lewis, Misses Frank Campbell, Ida Huff and Kate Hukill. There are nearly 300 pupils enrolled. Each ofthe instructors is well liked and is doing admirable work. The bright faces ofthe children on the street indicate that the next generation of Baldwiniters will be amply able to do credit to their fathers. COMMERCIAL INTERESTS Baldwin, as was intimated at the beginning of this article, is situated in the midst of a rich farming community. Wheat, com, oats, rye and all farm products abound here; and Baldwin is the natural market, hence as the merchants of the town are close to the farmers and producers, wealth and good times are never entirely wanting. BALDWIN CREAMERY - W. E. RALSTON One of the most substantial institutions of Baldwin city, and in fact, of Douglas county, is the Baldwin creamery operated by W. E. Ralston. The creamery has a capacity of 2,000 lbs. per day and is run at the rate of about 1,500. Itgets cream from a radius oftwenty miles, from Gardner on the east to Overbrook on the west. The present manager Mr. Ralston, is a quiet young man who understands his business thoroughly, and has done what the company could not do -- has made the creamery pay a good percent of gain. He has as many friends as he has acquaintances, and his li.st is growing every day. Douglas county is better off for having Mr. Ralston in its boundaries. THE BALDWIN CITY BANK Prominent among the business places of Baldwin and second to none in stability is the �Baldwin City banle It has been doing business for five years and has gained the confidence of all the citizens of the place and surrounding country. It claims for president, H. H. Humphrey; c!lshier, S. R. Humphrey; and A. B. Topping for assistant cashier. Each of these gentlemen carries a large amount ofinfluence in Palmyra township and is known by all as an honorable man to whom integrity is a prime virtue. The bank's large and growing business is probably due to this cause. J. L BRISTOW & CO. Of course book stores in Baldwin should be successful and none could be more so than the book store ofJ. L. Bristow & Co. J. L. Bristow is the present county clerk of Douglas county, and Mr. "Co." is none other than Prof. Quayle, the cultured and astute professor of Greek in Baker University, who is known for his learning all over the country and who would have few equals as a buyer for a bookstore. Mr., E. G. Hill is the gentlemanly and urbane clerk who represents the absent proprietors, and he does so well that the young ladies of Baldwin recently took a secret ballot and pronounced him the best looking young man on the townsite, except Charley Gault, W. H. Webster, Clarence Finch and the man who runs the feather reno vater. Mr. Hill, aside from his personal charms is correspondent for the Topeka Capital and deputy postmaster. THE GLOBE DRUGSTORE One of the new firms, but none the less successful, is the Globe Drug Store., under the management of Dr. W. F. Osborn and John Brady. Mr. Brady has been in this country for seven or eight years and has the respect and confidence of a large number of friends. Dr. Osborn, however, is a comparatively new comer having lived in Burlington, Kansas, until last March. He brings with him from that place the highest recommendation both as a physician and a gentlemen, and is fast increasing his practice and enlarging his circle of acquaintances. The drug store carries also a line of books and stationery and is enjoying a good patronage from the citizens of Baldwin. DRY GOODS - L. B. KEIFER Since 1874 the Baldwin City folks have been buying dry goods and notions of L. B. Keifer and the fact that they still persist in doing so is pretty clearly indicative of the fact that Mr. Keifer treats them squarely and gives them their money's worth. He weilt to the University and came within three· months of graduating but concluded he would go out and get a little of the practical side of life and wait a little while for his diploma. He is still waiting. But he has the practical side of life down pretty fine. SULLIV AN & LEAVITT - GROCERY Among the young energetic firms of Baldwin, Success has got her finger pointed at the firm of Sullivan & Leavitt. The firm has only been organized since November but it has been unusually favored by fortune. Both of the young proprietors are energetic business men and know the value of industry well applied - and are applying it in adult doses. Their stock is fresh and everything looks neat and clean around the store. As Sullivan's mother is the mayor, the firm stands in with the city administration very solid, probably. S. LAKE - STAR GROCERY One of the few Democrats in Baldwin is Mr. S. Lake, but he is doing lots of business just the same. Some time ago a Democratic paper took occasion to say that in Baldwin no republican would trade with a democrat. Mr. Lake however had the manhood, however, to rise above partisanship and publicly denounces this statement as false. He has been in the grocery business five years and has always had a profitable trade although right in the center of a republican township. STURDIVAN & NOTT - BOOTS, SHOES, ETC. These two gentlemen have lived in Baldwin for many years, Mr. Sturdivan coming there in '56 and Nott in '77, and both have gained enviable reputations for square and honest dealing among the citizens of the community. Their store was full of purchasers the day our correspondent �struck the town so he could not talk with either of the gentlemen as long as he would have wished he might. But the number of customers spoke more of their business than words could have done. Wl\:1. HUFF - GROCER We were introduced to' the gentleman whose name heads this paragraph, as judge, owing to the fact that aside from dealing out a first class line of mackerel, strawberries and clothes pins from time to time, he had been also honored by the office of police judge by the citizens of Baldwin and according to all reports filled his office to the satisfaction of every one. If he makes a good judge as he does grocer, justice can quit weeping and give him a steady job. He is a good republican. SCOTT & SON, DRY GOODS This firm has only been established in Baldwin two months, but as they succeed Dicklow & Co., they fell heir to a good _ _ _ _ (illegible) _ they will not only hold but materially increase. The firm has a store in Burlington also and the reputation of the gentlemen who compose it as that place is so enviable that it has become known all over Eastern Kansas. W. M. Scott, the junior member of the firm is located at Baldwin with his charming young wife, who would be a valuable acquisition to any social circle. The young folks are fast endearing themselves to the people of Baldwin and nothing but success can await them. I. E. BARTON - GROCERIES Mr. I. E. Barton has been identified with Baldwin City and Palmyra township for twentyone years; has fought grasshoppers, faced drouths, cyclones, and chintz bugs, and still looks across the counter of his grocery store as pleasantly as if he had just stepped out of Paradise and hadn't the odor of Eden out of his clothes. He has a fine farm near town and an orchard which has overflowed the walls and is running over on the railroad track. His grocery trade is good and he is making lots of money. M. L. CROSBY - TINWARE M. I. Crosby has lived in Baldwin and sold hardware, stoves and tinware and voted the straight republican ticket for twenty years. He is an old standby in all of these things. His goods are as straight and sound as his republican principles and he is proud of both of them. He tells a good story about a democrat at a revival who said when asked if he could tum from the path of sin and be a Christian; "No sir, I hiant. I been a good Bourton democrat now for risin forty year, and I haint a going to desert the 01' party this late in life;- you can bet on that." BODWELL & STURDY - MEAT MARKET When Baldwin folks want nice clean meat for company dinner, they send the boy down to Bodwell & Sturdy's to get it. The firm has been selling this kind of meat for four years, but both members have been citizens of Douglas county for a good many years. Bodwell came here in 1856 and has seen Kansas grow from a sage bush dessert to a prosperous commonwealth. Mr. Sturdy has succeeded in getting into the good graces of his neighbor by his honesty and integrity. Their business is equal to that of many shops in much larger towns. HENRY HUMBERT Compared with some of the real old timers Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humbert are new comers. Mr. Humbert has been running a restaurant for two years but before that ran a hardware store. Mrs. H. owns a millinery store and is doing a good paying business. She has succeeded admirably in receiving for her customers the many of the best ladies of Baldwin and her styles are always authority in that place. MOSEL Y & SON - BAKERY, ETC. One of the fixtures of Baldwin is the senior member of the firm mentioned above. He came here twenty-six years ago; and being a stone mason by trade, helped build Baker university. He has attended every commencement of that institution. In the bakery business he has associate with him his son, and together they are turning out bread so light that they have to weight it down at night to keep it from flying away. The many customers of the bakery appreciate this. �THE CRADER HOUSE The Crader house is a large, home-like looking place, with cool verandas surrounding it The interior is neatly finished and furnished and the traveler who rests there finds all his heart can ask for comfqrt. The table is well supplied with everything the market affords. ' THE JOHNSON HOUSE This hotel is also a model of comfort and cleanliness. It has been newly furnished throughout and is open to the pUblic. Mrs. Johnson, the estimable hostess, is putting forth every effort to make her guests feel at home and in all things feel satisfied. She never loses a customer who has eaten at her board. BROCKWAY & STUART- RESTAURANT The boys up at the college have made Brockway & Stewart their headquarters for the last four years and have found here all the good things in reason. The trade of this house among the college boys is good, for college boys better than anyone else, know how to appreciate good treatment. Mr. Brockway has been in the county fifteen years, and Mr. Stewart nearly that. His wife is a member of the council. He, himselfhas been police judge and his eldest son, Rob, is assistant chief ofthe fire department. So it will be seen the family stand very high in the estimation of their neighbors. . C. H. RIGGS - FEATHER RENOVATOR The very latest acquisition to the town is 1. H. Riggs, the man who cleans feathers. He has a number of wagons which go all over the country and collect feather beds and bring them to be cleaned, disinfected and renovated. He has lots of work. W. H. WEBSTER - DENTIST The dentist's business is one which requires that one dig tooth and nail to succeed in it. No one is a better digger of teeth in Baldwin than "Doc" Webster, as the people familiarly call him. He is thoroughly skilled in dentistry and all his work is satisfactory. He is fully up to the times and keeps the very latest "knicks" known to his profession for the benefit of his patrons .. His popUlarity is great and of course he is a republican. C. CUTLER - HARDWARE, ETC. Veiy few people attend more strictly to their own business and make more out of it and have fewer enemies on that account than C. Cutler. He has the confidence of all his customers and the admiration of his friends because he knows how to keep his mouth shut at the proper time. His hardware business will compare favorably with that of many Lawrence merchants. His goods are new and he is consequently proud to show them. R. W. BAILEY - SHOEMAKER While R. W. Bailey has been pegging away at the shoes of the people of Baldwin for almost a generation, they have occasionally called him from his bench to offices of public trust such as councilman, member of the school committee etc. He is as good an officer as he is shoemaker which is saying a good deal. R. E. COWGILL, P.M. The recent appointment of Dr. Cowgill as postmaster of Baldwin City disproved the statement that no good may get office. The doctor has been an enterprising citizen and a stalwart Republican at Baldwin for the past twenty-three years. His practice of medicine has made his acquaintanceship large and valuable. His appointment will give universal satisfaction. He will be assisted in the office by Miss M. E. Cowgill and Miss Nellie Cowgill, two charming and obliging ladies, who will dispense mail to the Baldwin people for the next four years. W. F. KEIFER - BLACKSMITH The village blacksmith of Baldwin for the past thirty years has been W. F. Keifer. His work is his best advertisement and those who know him best are his best supporters. C. E. DALLAS - REAL ESTATE Although Baldwin is no boom town, still there is always a good sale for property there and no one is better able to tell the prospectiv,e buyer about the purchasable property than C. F. Dallas. He also does a loan, collection and insurance business, and has been in and around Baldwin for thirty years. �A. LEAKE & SON - HARNESS NOTES The horses of Palmyra township have been having A. Leake & Son for their dress makers for the past three years. These gentlemen have . been doing good work and never are idle from want of custom. --Louis Wehe and 1. H. Wright do the photographs for Baldwin. --L. S. VanKeuren is the obliging agent of the S. K. at Baldwin . --The contracting and building of the city is done largely by Hawes & Walker who are experienced, trusty workmen as the homes of BaldWin show. --John Starr is the town barber and has been for the past seven years. He knows every man in town and could tell him by th shape of his Adams apple. --The Ledger is the official organ of Baldwin. It is an eight column weekly, republican in politics and edited by W. H. Finch. It receives a good support from the citizens and deserves all it gets. --Among the improvements this year at Baldwin are the public school building, valued at $10,000; a dwelling house built for S. Sturdivan, and another very handsome dwelling erected by Dr. Webster. --The bus line is owned by N. R. PoWer and S. K. Green. The gentlemen do a good business as the walk from the town to the depot is a long and tedious one and their omnibus is a first rate one. --Strawberries are bringing in a good bit of money to Baldwinjust now. Mrs. A. C. Bare, an energetic woman who lives about a mile west of town has sold $1,000 worth this season and it is still shipping. Her berries go to Colorado, all over Kansas and the East. Henry Wheeler, the enterprising nurseryman has sold as many and employs nearly one hundred hands to do his picking. MISS FLO ANDREWS - MILLINERY & NOTIONS When the ladies of Baldwin Want something real pretty, real artistic and real fashionable, something which shows a delicate sense of the beautiful and a woman's sense ofthe proper they just put on their things and run down to Miss Andrews to find it. She has been doing business for three years with Baldwin folks and her charming manners together with exquisite stock, give her a good share of the trade ofthe city and community. W. A. HYDE - JEWELER One of the most pleasant and popular men in Douglas county is W. A. Hyde, the jeweler. Genial, whole soled, jolly are adjectives which make his friends think of him whenever they hear the words mentioned. W. E. CAREY - DRUGS ETC. W. E. Carey, the druggist, has been doing business in Baldwin for three years. He is assisted by his brother, J. W. Carey who knows how to put up prescriptions with a care and accuracy which one rarely finds in a country drug store. The firm also carry a complete line of school text books, and the place is quite a favorite with the students. DR. H. C. OWEN - DRUGS Dr. Owen has been established in Baldwin for several years, and carries a good pure stock of drugs, practices medicine and is doing well. �,rt Ancestry.com - Tips for Getting Past Genealogy Burnout Page 1 ot]. A+J~com• .Er"""""'J'The No.1 SOIIroe for Family History Online Ancestry Daily News George G. Morgan - 8/12/2005 Tips for Getting Past Genealogy Burnout It happens to all of us at one time or another. Our genealogical research becomes so frustratin~ or confounding that we feel like throwing in the towel. At other times, we may feel overwhelmed with the other extreme of having acquired so much information about a person or family, some of it conflicting with no means to reconcile it, that we want to give up. ' You are not alone I This is a syndrome I call "genealogy burnout" and it can be hard to get past it. I've been through it countless times in my 43 years of researching my "nes. In "Along Those Lines ... " this week, I'd like to share some tips I've developed to help avoid those feelings of genealogy burnout and get beyond them when they do creep up. Set Your Problem Aside for a While Often I find that I've been working on researching one person or one family for so long that I've become obsessed. Perhaps the better choice of word is "possessed." The point Is that I become fixated on that one person and the one fact that I am trying to discover, prove, or disprove. When that happens, my objectivity can be compromised, and I can no longer seem to be able to see the proverbial forest for the trees. At the point at which I begin to become frustrated and surly about my research (even the cats In the house notice it!), I know it's time to stop. It's time to set this so-called "brick wall" aside and to redirect my energies in another direction. That's when I turn to another person or family line to research. Sometimes that means leaving one family and working on another, possibly one I've been putting off because of my obsession with the problem-person. _ Sometimes, I may simply sidestep to the sibling(s) of my problem person and research there for a while. This can payoff as I find more materials and documentation about a sibling and perhaps can extend my research further~ck._ Then it may be possible t{) link from the parents to the problem subject. Re~ad Everything You Have Acquired on the Person or Family OVer time, we acquire a lot of genealogicai" materials about people. When I get stuck on an individual, I go back and pull everything I have about him or her. Usually I have these materials filed in.a binder-but not always. (You know how it1s.) I make sure that every piece of information or material is organized chronologically as it happened in the person's life. ~ then re-read through everything as if I have never seen it-before. I don't just scan it, I read it. That is because new information I may have learned or acquired may now make me reeognize_the significance of content in another document. The knowledge and understanding we gain in pieces over time, when assembled and re-read just like a chronologicaJ biography, may suddenly provide insights that help you get past the brick wall. At the very least, you will get to know the person better and may be able to anticipate some of the decisions and actions of the person. Create 8 Timeline "No man [or woman] is an island," it is written. Everyone is inftuenced by the people, events, and places around them. I like to study oid maps and read the histories of the areas where my ancestors lived. Genealogical society journals from the area often include insightful stories as well. One way I approach a problem person or family is by creating a tirnefine. While a family group sheet may be a great tool for seeing the overall structure of a family unit, it doesn't take into consideration the impact of wars, famine, disease, financial problems, national and international affairs, social and religious conditions, and other external forces. It also doesn't place in chronological sequence the events relating to other , http://www.ancestry.comlIeamllibrary/article.aspx?article=10323&print=1 8/1612005 �Ancestry.com - Tips for Getting Past Genealogy Burnout Page2of2' , members of the family such as births, maniages, divorces, deaths, relocations, emigration or immigration, and It does not represent any special relationships that might have existed between individuals. Creating a written, chronological timeline should include the presence at every point possible ofthe person (s) you are researching and their family members. Use censuses, church and religious records, land ~nd property records, and other resources. Once you have constructed the timeline, you can read it as if itwere the outline of a family history. It may also give you clues for additional research and gaps you still need to address. Attend a Conference for New Ideas Whenever I get into or close to a burnout stage, my enthusiasm Is energized by attending a conference or workshop of some sort. I always find something interesting at my local genealogical society meetings, both in the speaker's presentation and in the networking discussions I have with other members. We discuss strategies and share research anecdotes that may make me approach a problem differently. A state conference or a national conference, such as the upcoming Federation of Genealogists Conference in Salt Lake City fl-10 September 2005) or the National Genealogical Society's conference, are lifechanging experiences. Where else can you hear from nationally- and internationally-recognized experts, great speakers, authors, and genealogical book and software vendors, and from lineage, heritage, accreditation, speaking, and writing societies? These people really know their stuff and are ready to teach you. A brief consultation with one or more of these people may just be the lift you need to re-energize you. Don't Get Frustratedl I know from experience how frustrating and overwhelming genealogy can be, and I hear researchers all the time who say they think they've reached the end of the line. They tell me they just can't seem to make any more headway. Thafs when I share the tips with them that I've shared with you above. We humans love to create records about ourselves. And somewhere there is that one record or resource that you need, even though it may not be in the form you might expect. Keep your options open and remember that there may well be alternative records that may help satisfy your needs. Whatever you do, don't give up. This genealogical odyssey we're making is fun, interesting, instructive, and helps build tasting relationships that can make your life richer. Happy Hunting! George George is president and a proud member of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, a director of the Genealogical Speakers Gui/d, and a director of the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa). Visit the Federation of Genealogical Societies website for details about and registration for their upcoming conference on 7-9 September 2005. Visit the Florida Genealogical SOCiety (Tampa) website for details about and registration for their upcoming conference on 17 September 2005. Visit George's Website for information about speaking engagements. Copyright 2005, MyFamily.com. Ali rights reserved. Terms & Conditiorn;( Privacy Statement ( AbOut Us ( Partner with Us I Contact Us Copyright 2000, MyFamUy.com. This article may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes provided that proper attribution (including author name) and copyright notices are Included. http://www.ancestry.com!learnllibrary/article.aspx?article=10323&print=1 8/16/2005 �AiicestrY~com - Locating Local and Family Histories Online .' ; ••. t .... .. ':' ~._ .' ~ : ~ I "i,' ,:: Anc~£~:'~~urc~ ~r' ~~;~1~ Hfsio8, dnlJ'ir~':; :; : :. :' ~. : 1, • ,', ~ .:, _,' ~. ,~: ", ",.':',:.:.: " ... ': • ; '''f:: . 1 . .. , " •• : . ' r, ',:;< " ,~.:,' • l. "," .' 'j I, .n· ". "': . .~, ,. '! . ;:,., .. , ." , ', : '·1: I, ., . .~ :. ,'~ ..' ::,1.' -,.' • () "Along r~~.~e.~in~s.".:···':;~ ~ " ' " Georg~. G.Morgari .':'.10/14/2.005' .... .'. .... .. '.' ;. , ....... : :'.- . .': .. ' I" :." ', .. : OJ..' .' .•: : ..:." " . \, I • ~ ••\ .. •• " Locating ~ocal,and. Family. Histories Online . .,. " ":,' ;'.' .' .. :: '.. :, '. ' I had the pleasure in Ma~loftt1IS ';jea/of leading a genealogical research tour to ~ngland. It was sponsored . by the Iowa Geriecii8gieai'.SocietY.· a~.d,! whil~ Yf~ y.;~re iii: Lorido.'1;'.w~:haq 'th'7 qp'portunify.t~ rvis!t and ~o~duCt·; .' . genealogical resea~~~ ,n·,s~r:n~:of;th.e.weatr~p~sit9rie~.ortl1~..wprld.:·~?~ the)east.~f t~es~ .was. t~e Socle~ '.' .;.: of Genealogists (SoG). The.. gen~aloglcal matenals they hold are the largest collection of its type In England, if not in all of Europe. When I; was·the.r~, I spent a lot of time working with manuscripts and card files, a short ':"'.-;. ;', :.1 ....:' .!, ....,.•.•.• time looking i~to:published family hist~;ries. i . '~, )::':" :':;:;':'::i~:~~:/: '. :': ;, At'the time w~. w~r~. ther~, the protgtype of their online catalog, SOGCAT, was accessible in the·~c;>.t?,' <= . building. Sin~1hat.tim~, it:ha!3:bee.n made available to the general public at their website. This.is ~.ij:~~cit!~g development;becauseitgiv~s!access to their holdings. . .:. : .:;·;r':.:,~··.<.;:;;::·. ~ •• ", ~ ..... 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I certainly considered working with my publiclibrary.to determine what libraries might.have copies. and then make an InteriibraryL'oari '(ILlrr~uest for a copy, of the index, followed by another ILL request,for:' '. copies of actl!al page~. frC?m ~h'Ef b(j~ks:that interested· me: 'I: alsoeonsidered the possibility. of using'online' used booksellers 'to locate. f:X)p\es,oftt'le books to p~rchase;' but that cOUld be 'a~' expensive proposition.'· .. : :' .. ,.,.~ ....~\ : . , ....... ~.:... :. ",,', . . .... ... ~ ....... ::.~~ ... :,": .... , .. ' tha~, wo~, ~e' if'th'e~ , ~pi~~ 61 any ot' ~6ks I decided before J did all that I would were' the 'I:: so'ught,y,;e're accessible in'.digitized format online. Once again, the Ancestry.com site came through for me. In "Along Those Lines:. ,"·this week; let me explain the process I used, and perhaps it.will inspire you to.do, similar research.; ". ".: . . . ....... ... .' . " . ' " '.. . ,.•. :. . . . . . . . . _",.~ • ,' •• , •• ' •••. , ; ........ t Identifying tl;le Books \'.' :.' ', : ! . , .:.~. ":: ,'.... :.... ' .: "': ·.i·. I visited the S:oG Web'Site:and-Werit'into the SOGCAT. I wanted to look for my BALL ancestors and family. I figured the sLjmamemig!'1fbe' !rHhetiU~s of a number of books but'thOught"thatasubject,search might yield more items. 1.:thereforese!~t~d:~ook:For sun (Subject) and entered ball family. At the top of the search results list was "Ball (s4mam.et ~nd.anotation and option to~Search Also,Under:. Balls (surname).· I clicked ~n the .link to ,~B~II (~um8:"ie )arid:'wa~ 'rewarded ,with· nineteen titles. Some are ·bOoks, .otherS 'are typescripts (including new.sletters), .~.~~ there ar.e ~eferences to periodical reprints,", .. ' :. . .' '. '. ';: .. ' ';, ;. . : ' . .,' 1 ., •••••••• ,f , ~. .'," • :'.~ . . . . . '" '. ';" ••••. }~. ';' " • ,.': •.•• • ~••••• -. " . '/", • • .••• ' " ,.' ..: : ", l • ~ . ," ~n SOGCATs ,~arc~. re~~I~,. t~. th.e.le~ of each entry is a little box. CliCk the bOx nextto each 'one' you are Interested In and then, at the top or bottom of the page, click on the View button. You can the see each item yo~ ch~cked, record by record, examine more details about the item, and then either prin~ <;?r. ~:-'T'qiIJne:.. {.~:..:,' .,. entire list to yourself. .';' ,'... ,.: :':".. .:: ...; "'.' :. :.... .' .. ~ . " . ' I e-mailedmYlist.oft~reeb.ookstomyselfandthelistappearedinmym.aiibo.;c:almosfirrimeciiateIY: Wow! opened the e-mail, pnnted It, and then began my search for the following three books . . ," !" "~':"'.' ;.~: ':. i.'.;:,~.'. '4"" : . f" .. : ." , ',£. '.~." t •. · ' 1. Ball Family Records: Genealogical Me,;,o,iJ.'q;sO;;'eB'a1l Famil;es.~iGfeat B'riiai~ l;:eiai1d &'Ameri~a Author Wright, William Ball .;., .;. "\, .:~>!." ........ '0' .. , , . • • • • . " . . . . ' " ~.,:", • ',' 2. 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Once you identify a book in the collection, you can click on the link to display a search template and a full table of contents. The search template allows you to search within that . book (title) only or among all the Family and Local Histories collection. Of the three titles I had identified in SOGCAT, I found William Ball Wright's book (#1) and Horace Edwin Hayden's book (#3). While I did not find book #2, I did find several other BALL genealogies, including two whose contents added to my knowledge of some of my direct ancestors. . 1. Edward Ball and Some of His Descendants, by Nicholas Ball 2. The Ball family of Southwest Virginia: a genealogy of some of the descendants of Moses Ball of Fairfax County, by Palmer Ray Ball Ancestry .com's images allow me to zoom in and out of the document, change the resolution for faster loading, scroll from page to page, and print, save, and/or e-mail the material. Since I had not found the second book in Ancestry.com's collection, I returned to the search template and entered the first name of William, the surname of Ball, and a keyword of Colonel, hoping to narrow the search a bit. The search results were even more encouraging than I had hoped! The two books I'd already found were included, but there were ninety-six other search results. The first one in the list is a 1941 book titled A Few Early Families of America, by Johnson Albert. When I clicked on the link, I was taken to page 136 where William Ball (Colonel) is listed as the father of one Joseph Ball. A drop-down box at the top of the screen labeled "Go to section:" allows me to move around the rest of the sections of this book, including the table of contents and the index. In the index I could look at all the Ball family members included in the book. Based on the page number listed for William Ball, I returned to the top of the screen and entered page number 135 as cited in the index. That page was displayed and, sure enough, there was Col. William Ball. (My exact search using the keyword of 'Colonel' had excluded this page because his military rank was abbreviated. This taught me another lesson about entering too narrow a search.) Making the Connection with the Books I am a huge fan of Interlibrary Loan and I use it a lot to extend my research into materials in the noncirculating collections of distant libraries and archives. However, I never forget that there are digitized local and family histories online, searchable, printable, and with other options. As I showed you in this scenariO, I was easily able to locate and access two of the three books at the SoG that had been digitized, and this saves me another trip to England as well as using ILl. I also found several other books I had not known were part of the Ancestry.com Family and Local Histories collection. Boy, do I have more fodder for my research now! 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She can be contacted at adntech@!!!y'family:inc.com but regrets that she is unable to assist with personal research. ' .' . '~!~'.,':' :.': :';.'!"<~ ,~.~:; Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement I About Us I Partner with Us I Contact Us http://www.ancestry.com/leam/Iihrarylartic1e.aspx?artic1e= 10448&print= 1 1019/2005 �.:' . '·1 1 : .'. I '" •. . ';: .~:. " I t \ " <) cheering for their teammates, The players the other teariimembers, " .... . .. dolow fiyes orhigh fives with . ' . " lor do chest ~ . " b~mps: ~he ritu~ changes .~ni~wh~t ~th '~ch"year ~r ~ven each,~layer. ,o~ce.the,' introductions have been.completed.the,whole team Jllakes a "tent",~th.thefr hands, th~' ~aptams give words of encouragement in the middle, TV cameras try to shoot into the 'lent", the team shouts '!ll1d the,! nitls back to tht: bench. The starters take off their 'warmups' an~ go to the center j • ~, .' " • • .' • " • " • " . ' : : ' • " . of the court for the tip-off: Throu!¥.tout the 'introdu~ti~ns, the b~d has been' doing a drum roll . . ~ ending with''1'm a Jayhawk" after the starters are all ~ttoduce~. "The ganie is re.adY to' begin ... , ..' .. '. " . .. .. ' '. . .' . ~' ' '. ; :.. . ... THE GAME ~ ~ , " ~ ".' , t '. '. .' ~., ~ .. ".' /0 " The description that follows 'c~nnot captu~e why beingm' th~ Field'hou~e' is ~u~h m~re ex~iiing than watching 01} TV or listening to a game on the radio. Especially when the game is close, the, i·,' . I, \., '.' • fans go batli~ic~ whistling, shouting, stomping ~ti t~e 'steel floor throughqut ihe Fieidhouse (a'; , . ',' .. . ': .. practice that began with the first game played in the Fieldhouse) to encourage the team. The ' . . " ' ~ ~~' . ':. . '..' . . ~. I . students without doubt provide the best crowd support. The' game' against the Uriiversity of TexaS" ,on Jan. 27,2003, ~eatllred the IOUgest fan su~port lhave ever heard. Although there w~e' rare' <', ,,:,- lulls 'when fans sat down, we stood up for almost the entire game. The decible level- must ,have : '. " been very high. Announcers for national TV broadcasts frequently say that Allen Fieldhouse is one of, if not the best ~d'loudest~ bask~tball~enue' in the nation, Ifyo~ ever co~~ to. a.gme;you will be treated to this remarkable experience. Keep this amazing environnent in mind as you continue reading. • . .'. , , " , '.' ,', ~ :. '~'. The game begins with the referee tossing up the ball at center court. IfKU gets the ball ~ff the , ". ,.... . '" . , ~ j • �Douglas County Genealogical Society . Membership 2005 Allen County Public Library ~ Genealogy Periodicals P.O. Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 Lawrence, KS 66046-2948 Brown, Justyn E & Richard AJ::;. 2024 New Hampshire Street Bakersfield, CA 93307 508 Oswell Street Brunk, Doris M Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Burchill, Mary & Brower 1329 Kasold Drive Apt. 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Name__~______________________________________.~aidenName___________ Strect.______________________________Apt #____Home Phone ._--------- City__________________________State____Zip______e-mail_______________ Renewal_New_Sumames you are searching ~--------------~------- Amount enclosed______($15.00 per year, $2.00 for each additional member of household �Index Vol 29, 3&4 Ambrose, 46 Andrews, 68 Arthurs, 44 Auster, 49 Babcock,54 Bailey, 53 Bailey, 67 Baldwin, 50,54 Ball, 72 Banks, 54 Bare, 68 Barton, 66 Bell,54 Bennett,50 Bevans, 50 Biggs, 54 Blanton, 53 Blood,54 Bodwell, 66 Bogart, 43 Bond,53 Bosserman, 54 Bowen, 53 Bowman, 73 Brady, 65 Brenniman, 54 Bristow, 64 Brockway, 67 Brown, 72, 76 Browne, 53 Brunk,76 Bryan, 72 Burchill, 76 Burke, 46 Burson, 53 Bush,42 Cameron, 53 Campbell, 64 Carey, 68 Carmack, .58 Carter, 53 Chapman, 76 Christian, 53 Cicero, 46 Colletta, 58 Conway, 72 Cordley,37 Cornett, 44 Cowgill,67 Crader, 67 Crane, 53 Crosby, 66 Cutler, 67 Cutter, 54 Dallas, 67 Daniel, 72 Daughhetee, 44 Dean, 53 Dexter, 76 Dicklow,66 Doctor, 44 Durkheimer,76 Eales, 58 Eisenhower, 42 Ellis, 54 Enloe, 76 Erickson, 42 Ewell,72 Featherston, 53 Feldman, 46 Finch, 65, 68 Finke, 55,57 Fischer, 46 Flory, 54 Fogelburg,73 Fonda, 43 Fortier, 46 Freeman, 50 Fuller, 46 Gault, 65 Geelan, 53 Glaser, 53 Gloyd,45 Granger, 76 Green,68 Greenberg, 43 Gullett, 64 Gutwein, 46 Hagostad, 73 Hall, 50 Hawes, 68 Hayden, 72 Heavin, 50 Hedk,71 Hedley, 53 Henderson, 44 Hiatt, 54 Hill,65 Holladay, 72 Holloway, 51 Huelsbergen, 49 Huff,64,66 Hukill, 64 Humbert, 66 Humphrey, 64 Hyde, 63,68 Jardon,76 Johnson, 67,76 Keifer, 65,67 Kennedy, 43 Kerry, 42 Kezer,54 Kidder, 63 Kincaid, 53 Knapp, 51 Kvasnicka, 58 Lake,65 Lang, 76 Lawson, 46,48 Leake, 68 Lee, 42 Lewis, 64,72 Lincoln, 38 Littlepage, 72 Louis, 43 Luebking, 58 MacArthur,43 Major, 53 Martin, 63 McAllaster, 38 McCune, 44, 50 McDonald,53 McGee, 54 77 �McGowan, 44 McGuire, 44 McKinney, 54 McQueen, 43 Metzeke,53 Meyerink, 58 Miranda, 52 Misenhimer, 53 Mockbee,53 Moncure, 72 Moore, 48, 76 Moretti, 46, 73 Morgan, 69,71 Morton, 51 Mosely, 66 Nairn, 50 Neagles,58 Neal,46,73 Newman, 58 Nott, 65 Oliver, 44 Osborn, 65 Owen, 68 Patton, 54 Pearson, 47 Peyton, 72 Pinckney, 37 Pomicter, 43 Post, 73 Powell, 53, 54 Power, 68 Powrie, 44 Prall,76 Presley, 42 Quayle, 65 Quincy, 37 Ralston, 64 Rarick, 53 Riggs, 67 Robinson, 72 Roe, 44 Rooney, 76 Roosevelt, 43 Schaefer, 58 Schorr, 36, 76 Schott, 54 Scott, 63, 72 Scott, 66,72 Scrivner, 44 Sellards, 47 Sells, 44 Settle, 46 Shook, 53 Siebert, 43 Smith, 73 Spencer, 73, 76 Spicer, 54 Spurgon,48 Starr,68 Stewart, 54, 63, 67 Stuart, 46, 67 Stubbs, 53 Stull, 54 Sturdivan, 65, 68 Sturdy, 66 Sullivan, 63, 65 Szucs, 58 Tallman, 54 Taylor, 54, 72 Teeter, 53 Topping, 64 Turbett, 54 Tyler, 75 Vanhoesen, 54 VanKeuren, 68 Vaughan,53 Vaughn, 45,46,47,48,51, 73, 76 Walker, 68 Wallace, 72 Waller, 54 Weaver, 54 Webber, 53 Webster,65, 67,68, 73 Wehe,68 Wellman, 63, 76 Weniel,73 Weybright,53 Wheeler, 68 Wiggins, 76 Willett, 54 Winton, 54 Wright, 68, 71 Yates, 54 York, 43 Young, 47 7tP �L£COMPTO~ ••~ "p RU""'5 Mt\RlON FRANkL.IN Co, �The Pioneer Douglas county Genealogical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 FORWARDING AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ) , "L �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. POBox 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 .. _---- Volume 29,-1!~._3 & 4 ---------"'--- CONTENTS Research reunions 36 Herald of Freedom 36 Kansas newspapers 36 Missouri St Archives 36 Next issue Pioneer 37 Annual school report 37 Andersonville prison 40 Online advances 40 Military files & legends 42 Automation land records 44 Book review 44 Searching BYU website 45 Additions & corrections 46 Genealogy quips 46 Obituary, Barbara Sellards 47 Obituary, T.E. Moore 48 Obituary, Ursula Huelsbergen 49 Obituary, Marjorie Freeman, 50 Obituary, Wilma Vaughn 51 Diving into the gene pool 52 Douglas County Post Ofices 53 Immigration & naturalization records 55 Important naturalization terms 57 Basic naturalization search 59 Card indexes and databases 60 Baldwin City 63 Tips for genealogy burnout 69 Locating local & family histories online 71 Genealogy quips 73 Ten free things on Ancestry.com 74 DCGS membership 76 Dues form 76 Index 77 �RESEARCH REUNIONS Ever wished you had a place to meet with other researchers interested in the same surnames to share information and work toward solutions of genealogical problems? Now you have!! Take advantage of our popular research reunions. The Sumner County Archives will make available our meeting room to groups for research. Once a vast wilderness area beyond the Cumberland Mountains Suffiner County became the most populous county in Middle Tennessee in 1786 only 20 years after its first explorers and 10 years before Tennessee became a state. Remarkably, this was all accomplished while settlers were enduring Indian attacks. Sumner played a major and unique role in the expansion of the West as a permanent home for many and a way station for others who remained long enough to leave footprints. Those footprints await you ad the Sumner County Archives. This ad was in the Daughters of the American Revolution Spirit, May/June,2006 More information at www.sumnercvb.com or 888-301-7866 SITES THAT MEMBERS FOUND THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL PDF version of the Herald ofFreedom microfilm is available on-line at: http://www .kckcc.edulterritorial newslherald of freedom! The index to PDF versions of other Kansas newspapers microfilms is at: http://www .kckcc.edulterritorial news/territorial news/ Missouri State Archives Makes Deaths from 1910-1955 accessible. The Missouri State Archives has made death certificates from 1910-1955 accessible on-line. Death records after 1910 and are at least 50 years old are available in a searchable index that links to a digitized image of the original death certificate. The index can be search by first name, last name, county and by month and year. The is an ongoing project and not all records are yet digitized - at this time only 19101920 images are available. If you're unsure of the name, click Advanced Search to choose starts with, ends with or contains options. You can order copies of post 1920 records by clicking to generate a form you fill out and. mail in with $1.00 per request (limit is five). For information go to: http://www.sos.mo. govlarchives/resources/death certificates/ (Thanks Ron Schorr for this information) �NEXT ISSUE OF THE PIONEER The majority of the next issue of the Pioneer will be devoted to the students of Yarnold School in Douglas County from 1902 to 1962. This is the result of the generosity of Iona Spencer of Lecompton who brought these records to the editor. As always we are grateful for all donations of materials to be included in the Pioneer. Watch for the next issue in early January, 2007. ------- --+"- I i, I I - - - - - - - - - - - - - _.. - --------------------------------------------------_. - - ------"""""''''''=......_ - - ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT, LAWRENCE SCHOOLS, 1937 -1938 (copied in 2006 by Richard Wellman, from pages 72-73, regarding "The Physical Plant") It would be very difficult to look back over the years and find a time when the buildings and grounds comprising the physical plant of the Lawrence school system have been in better condition. Since the erection of the new Pinckney and New York buildings and the removal of the old structures at Quincy, Pinckney, and New York, our elementary schools are housed in quite modern, well-planned and well-equipped buildings. With the addition of two rooms at McAliaster this summer, that school will be able to accommodate the kindergarten and six elementary grades, making it a complete elementary school for the first time. In recent years our grounds have received much more attention. The droughts of the last two summers caused a number of trees to die, but one hundred new ones have been planted and more will be replaced in the fall. Heating, lighting, and ventilating systems, although not all they should be, have been greatly improved in the older buildings, especially. Scientific and effective floor treatment has been made a part of the program, and our custodians have become very skillful in maintaining them. Outside painting has been caught up and is being kept up. These and other improvements are ' described in more detail below. CORDLEY-Cordley school was first occupied during the school year 1914-1915. At that time it was a four-teacher school. In order to accommodate a rapidly growing section of the city, another story was added in 1928. An inadequate and defective sewer system had to be replaced a few years later. More recently the boiler was found to be somewhat wasteful of fuel. After removing the original covering of bricks in which it was set I 2 31' �Page 2 of 3 and given an asbestos covering, its efficiency was greatly improved. Another recent building improvement at Cord ley is the addition of a well-equipped stage in the gymnasium-auditorium. Considerable new furniture has been installed in the classrooms. This year a new floor in the kindergarten is very much needed. Other improvements include some changes in the library, now located in one of the former primary rooms. While it . would be desirable to plan a new building quite differently, these improvements have made of Cordley a satisfactory elementary school plant. LINCOLN-This is our smallest school. It was erected at the same time Cord ley and McAliaster were built. It has four good school rooms on the main floor, with gymnasium-auditorium in the basement. The school has no " stage. Only two regularly organized classrooms are in use, as the enrqllment is but approximately 50 pupils. A new roof was found necessary about three years ago. The boiler should be re-set, as was done at Cordley. The building is in better than average condition. McALLASTER-This is the third of the three elementary building erected in 1914. It, too, was a four-teacher school when first opened. They gymnasium-auditorium floor has been entirely replaced, due to the damage done by water and termites. The boiler has also been re-set, making a much more satisfactory heating plant. This school has also had an attractive stage installed recently. The most of the rooms have been equipped with new furniture, but additional purchases are needed. Mention has already been made of the two-room addition now in process of construction. NEW YORK -This building was erected in 1934, and first used on Thanksgiving Day of that year. It is a one-story structure of colonial type, with library, kindergarten, craft room, and eight standard classrooms. All are equipped with modern furniture. We are painting the exterior woodwork this year. Here we have another beautiful, modern school plant. It is also regarded as one of the best school plants in the State of its type. At the time the building was erected, about half a block was added to the playground, making its situation quite ideal in this respect. PINCKNEY-The new Pinckney building, on the site of old Pinckney, was erected in 1930 and 1931. It was occupied in the fall of 1931. Some additional playground was purchased at the time, and since then we· have secured a lease entitling the school to use that portion of Clinton Park south of the ravine as a playground for a period of 50 years. In return for this privilege the City of Lawrence has been granted the use of the old Quincy grounds for a similar period. The building is a handsome two-story school plant of modernistic architectural type. It is our largest elementary school, enrolling over 400 children each year. It has, in addition to office suite, clinic, music room and auditorium-gymnasium, a library, a kindergarten room, craft room, and twelve standard classrooms. All rooms are well equipped with modern furniture. The entire interior has just been redecorated, including the painting of the walls and ceiling of the auditorium. We now .consider the building one of the most complete and modern in the State. WOODLAWN-This is one of the newer buildings, replacing old Woodlawn which burned in 1923. It has an ample amount of playground space and serves many community uses. In addition to the auditorium-gymnasium, office, library, kindergarten, and clinic, eight standard classrooms are provided. The boiler room of this building is inconveniently located, and it is not provided with an automatic stoker, as other of our newer schools are. This building has been repainted recently and·is in very good condition. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL -The Junior High School plant consists of three buildings: 1.) Old High, which was occupied by the senior high school until �Page 3 of 3 1923. 2.) Manual, which is a building erected for use in conjunction with the high school, containing the shops, home economics laboratories, classrooms, etc. 3.) Central, formerly an elementary school, and later used for the seventh and eight grades-the beginning of the junior high school in Lawrence. While the buildings are old, and in many respects outmoded, a great many changes have been made in recent years to bring them up to an acceptable standard. Wherever practicable the lighting has been improved; floors have been replaced or refinished; storm doors added; interiors decorated; seating modernized; library greatly developed and moved into adequate quarters from the former cramped space; shrubbery planted about the buildings; grounds surfaced; sidewalks renewed, etc. It has become necessary to use attic space for physical education classes. They were not designed for this purpose, and at best are a mClkeshift, although every effort has been made to fit them up adequately. This additional weight and strain must cause some weakening of the structures, although no serious indications have appeared. Some rodding has been done, and probably more should be done to safeguard the situation. One of the serious handicaps of using three buildings instead of one has, in the past, been the crossing of the streets in all kinds of weather and in the midst of street traffic. Much of the crossing has been eliminated by a revamped organization of classes. No playground space was originally provided with these building. Almost the only outlet is a small space south of Central, or the nearby park. As soon as financial conditions are favorable, a modern school plant should be built. Its exact location, structure, and accommodations should be a matter of much intensive study by administrators, curriculum committees, board members, and citizens. This should begin now. It is extremely important. . SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL -This building, known offiCially as Liberty Memorial High School, was erected in 1922-23. At the time it was, probably, the finest high school plant in the State. Although a number of larger buildings have been erected in Kansas more recently, it still ranks as a first-class senior high school plant. It contains an auditorium, a gymnasium, several large shop rooms, a cafeteria, home economics laboratories and classrooms, offices and cliniCS, library, study hall, lavatories, dressing rooms, and approximately thirty other classrooms. Recently an additional shop, for the use of the general school mechaniC, has been built in· space formerly unoccupied, under the main floor at the south end of the building. Although the bonds were issued to run over a period of twenty years (and some will probably have to be refinanced), the roof provided carried only a ten-year guarantee. Consequently, we have already had a number of roof repair and replacement bills. This summer it is necessary to replace the gymnasium roof. The auditorium, gymnasium and dressing rooms are due for decorating this year, as they have had no work of this nature since the building was first occupied. Some additional current for illumination must be provided in the gymnasium, as the present service lines are already loaded to capacity. One of the two automatic stokers which feed the boilers for heating purposes had to be replaces a few years ago, and the second one must be replaced this year. The stokers have been a good investment, as they have cut fuel bills very materially over the years. A good deal of work has been done in reconditioning the heating and ventilating system. Many pipes have had to be replaced, and new installations have been necessary many times to bring the plant up to higher effiCiency. Nevertheless, this building has been well maintained, and visitors invariably place its age much less than the 15 years it has seen service. '. J,~ . �ANDERSONVILLE PRISON INFORMAnON During a trip this summer the editor stopped at the Ande~sonville. Prison Site in Georgia. The following are some Internet sites for more mformatlon. WEBSITES OFFERING INFORMATION ABOUT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON www.nps.gov/ande www.angelfire.com/ga2/Anclersonvilleprisonlindex.html (Personal website of an area historian) www.gsw.edu/-librarv/Andersonville (Bibliography of Andersonville prison information posted by Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA) www.snedell.colll (Information related to the artistic works of an Andersonville prisoner) To Access the Andersonville Civil War Prisoner Database on the Internet v,.ww.maconcountyga.org (Posted through the generosity of the Macon County Chamber of Commerce) www.Civilwar.nps.gov(CiviIWarSoldiersandSailorsdatabase.maintained by the NPS) -- ·--This is 'a short list of recommended sites. Many others are available. ONLINE ADVANCES IN GENEALOGY Genealogy Today- A Web site that provides online resources for family history at www.genealogytoday.com - recently implemented a database called the Military Roots Project The project transcribes military service date from books containing rosters muster rolls and troop histories. Originally containing several thousand names, the database is regularly updated. Users can search for surnames or sign up to be notified when infonnation is added. This service is currently available free of charge, but users must register for an annual subscription. The Military Roots Database can be accessed at www.militaryroots.com. After gathering data on relatives, an amateur researcher can plot the chronology of his or her bloodline on a map using MapYourAncetors.com. This site contains many of the lauded features of Google Maps. A marker is placed at each person's birthplace, and lines on the map connect parents to their children. Click on a marker, and the map zooms into a ballpon window displaying the ancestor's photo and other infonnation added by the user. The home page contains the map of President George W. Bush's ancestry as a demonstration of these features. (from DAR magazine Spirit, May/June 2006) . ' I(l\ r.:y �OPEN UP MILITARY FILES AND LEGENDS COME OUT by Andrea Stone In April 1958, a "Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Erickson" of Sacramento handwrote a letter to thenfirst lady Mamie Eisenhower asking her to ''please, please be so sweet and kind as to ask Ike to please bring Elvis Presley back to us from the Army." The next year, an irate Rose Phelan of Oak Park, IL, typed a letter to her congressman after reading a newspaper item that said Presley might get an early discharge for "good behavior." Phelan demanded that her son, also stationed in Germany, get the same treatment. Unfortunately for Sgt. Presley, the Army's adjutant general had the last word Maj. Gen R.V. Lee wrote that the famous soldier ''will not be released in a manner different from any other inductee serving overseas." The correspondence is part of Presley's military personnel file, and until now it was beyond the public's prying eyes. But starting Saturday, June 11, 2006, the public will be able to peek for the first time into the private military service files of 150 famous people. They are just the most prominent of nearly 1.2 million records that the National Archives and Records Administration will open at its facility in St. Louis. It's the first of several public releases expected between now and 2067. Most of these files contain the records of Navy and Marine Corps enlisted troops who served between 1885 and 1939. The files are stored at the federal National personnel Records Center outside St. Louis, the largest National Archives facility outside the Washington, D.C. area. Until now, the files were off-limits for privacy reasons. Only the veterans themselves, their immediate family and those with special permission could view them. Just how sensitive such files can be was made clear this week by a report in The Boston Globe on newly released Navy records of Sen. John Kerry, D. Mass. Kerry refused to release the full file during the 2004 presidential campaign, but ifhe had, the documents would have revealed that Kerry received four D's in his freshman year at Yale University and had a virtually identical grade point average to his younger classmate, George W. Bush. Most military records are less controversial. They are used to determine government benefits and pensions. The files being opened to the public contain tens of millions of pages that include enlistment papers, training records, award citations, performance ratings and written correspondence. . The paper records, some of them brittle and crumbling, are among 56 million military personnel files stored at the Archives' massive warehouse in St. Louis. They belong to the Pentagon, which had planned to destroy the older files until the Archives began talks in 1999 to take over custody �and preserve them. Military records archivist William Siebert says similar records from the IS th century and the Civil War are among the most sought after and actively used documents in the Archives. "Logic would tell you that similar records from the 20th century would be similarly valued by the American people," he says. Under an agreement with the Pentagon, personnel files can be released to the Archives 62 years after a service member leaves the military. Record of ''persons of exceptional prominence can be released 10 years after death. Among other files being made public are those of boxer Joe Louis; baseball great Hank Greenberg; actors Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart and Steve McQueen; former presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy; and military legends Douglas MacArthur and World War I Medal of Honor recipient Alvin York. For the most part, Saturday's release includes enlisted sailors and Marines. Officer files from the Navy and Marines will be released starting in 2036. The first general release of Armh and Air Force service records won't happen unti12022. But baby boomers or their offspring hoping to get hold of their parents' or grandparents' records rna be disappointed. A fire in 1973 destroyed 29 million Army records, including most from World War II. Even so, says government archivist Gregory Pomicter, the surviving records are "a gold mine for historians and genealogists. 2 WAYS TO SEE THE RECORDS The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis will formally open the records of 1.2 million military service members at a ceremony ~aturday (June 11,2006). How can I view these records? >In person. In the research room at the center. Appointments are recommended because space is limited and some brittle records may require treatment to be handled. Call 214-S01-0S50 >By mail. Copies can be requested by writing to the National Personnel Records Center, Page Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63132-5100. Copies cost 50 cents a page. Records aren't available byemail, and they aren't online. . �AUTOMAnON OF LAND RECORDS NEARLY COMPLETE by Larry Cave, General Land Office Records Automation. The BLM-ES General Land Office Records Automation Team is nearing the completion of scanning and indexing nearly 1.25 million post-1908Iand-ownership records (patents) mairitained at the BLM Eastern State Office in Springfield, VA. As of March 15, less than 140,000 of these serialized patents remain to be scanned and indexed. This phase is scheduled for completion in December, 2005. These land records include serialized patents issued for all of the public land states, including the West. The first phase, completed several years ago, involved scanning and indexing of more than 2 million eastern states' land records, primarily cash and homestead patents. This second phase consists of automating federal land grant records from July 1, 1908, when the General Land Office centralized the issuance of patents out of their Washington Office, until the early 1970s ' when this authority reverted to the various BLM state offices. These serialized patents also include a sizable number of resurveyed areas of the West, creating a noticeable increase in the complexity of the records handled by staffers. For example, a patent that may have covered a single 640-acre section of land (with a single land description on the document) might now be shown as consisting of 16 lots, each containing about 40 acres (creating 16 land descriptions to be indexed and verified). The remaining documents to be processed by 2010 include about 150,000 cash and homestead patents, about 65,000 "credit patents", dating back to 1788, and some 100,000 patents, covering the period from mid-1907 through July 1, 1908, when the various local land offices stopped . "ssuing their own patents. Also remaining are more than a half million military bounty warrants ifrom the 1800s and other miscellaneous records. More than 4 million land patent images are : currently available for viewing online at www.glorecords.blm.gov. ! Printed in People. land and water a publication of the Bureau of Land Management i BOOK REVIEW 1 I I I I I j The Last of His Generation by Marjorie E. Doctor and Catherine Powrie Doctor of Scotland and Scotch Plains, Kansas. Copyright by Marjorie E. Doctor. 568 p., illustrated, bibliography. This is a self published bok about the family of Ben Doctor and his family going back many years to Scotland. Some of the surnames included are: Powrie, Daughhetee, Henderson, Arthurs McGuire, McGowan, Scrivner, Cornett, Sells, McCune, Roe, Oliver. ' There are many connections to Lawrence and the area and it is a well done volume. It will be shelved in the Osma Room a gift to the Library by the family_ ... -.~- ~J./.. • I �-BRIGHAM YOUNG UNNERSITY WEBSITE FOR SEARClllNG BOOKS Barbara McKinne')' (WA) - Oct 12, 2005 - - The following Is an article about online books that I just received from my 3rd Cousin, Marilyn Gloyd on my Howar~ ~~n~_.•. You can go to the Brigham Young University website http:L/lib.b,),u.edul and do searches of over 5000 books which the FaIT History Library has put online . ... the LOS Family History Library has announced that It has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Intemet all of the Family History books In their collection. These are primarily books In the "929.273 Series" that are cun housed on the first floor of the Family History Library (previously housed on the fourth floor of the Joseph Smith Memorli Building). At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they haVE announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they progress through this task; books out of copyr are being done first. As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed In the Family History Library on-I catalog with a hyperilnk to the digitized Image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search for a specific name, a book that has been Indexed using the name, and view it on-line, flipping through the pages as separate "pdf' Images, the same as If you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. Of course, the Indexing that Is available through t FHL catalog Is only as good as the human Indexers made It; typically they only Include the "top" 4 to 6 names that appei each book In their Indexing efforts. But there Is even better news! The digitized Images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, utah. By going directly to the BYU web site to view the Images, there are several additional posslbilitie that provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each book, and 0 every digitized book In the collection. Now you can locate the small two- paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebnezer McGarrah t burled In one of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to look at before. this can open huge new possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives! How to Find The Digitized Images? Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at httR.Jjlib.b')'u.edu and_on their home page, follow the links "Find Other Materials/ElectroniC/On Line Collections at BYU". Qick on the "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. You would then nOI want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will-allow very t--- -- --powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being vieWed. One Interesting sidelight Is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begh search), click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized al available In the collection. You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, It displays the num hits, which (In this case) is the number of books In the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty Idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want visit this site often as the collection grows T/.(J..",/<-:', Do Va..tA-rJh 1\ f) �Additions and Corrections for "Sources of Family History Information in Douglas County, Kansas, 2005" published in Volume 28, no. 2 & 3 Action' Description Time Period Location Index Notes Biographies, Family Histories, Histories including family information, Photos CORRECT ION Book, "A History of Lawrence, Kansas: From the First 1854-1865 Settlement to the Close of the Rebellion'! by Richard Cordley See next column LPL (978.1 COR [several copies with index] and KC 978.1 CORDLEY [with index] and DCGS no. 204.2); WCM [two copies, one with index] , \ Death Dates, Obituaries, Internment, Mortuary, Probate, Wills ADD Probate records 1986-1988 WCM Directories . ,. . .v~ A list of owners, ADD Lawrence "City Directory" 1855 DELETE --- Lawrence City Directory' 1863 Submitte~Lby __ ---....~. Diane W. Lawson: .' Included The past is a source of know/edge, and the future is faith in the future. - Stephen Ambrose, 1936-2002 KUSp, WCM doesn't include renters LPL formerly had one, now it can't be found . ---...-- -._. ,-- - - . ~, a source of hope. Love of the past implies Submitted by Margaret Fortier, Nancy H. Settle, Julie Vincent, Rose Feldman, and Anthony Neal To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? , - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. Submitted by Kathleen A. Gutwein, Karen Stuart, and Connie Moretti: People will never look forward t6 Posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke Submitted by William S. Fischer: .He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family must have been begot by a flash of lightning! - Thomas Fuller, 1608-61 .J;_ -~.- ,,' ,- �Obituary Five Months After Death Lawrence Daily Journal-World, June 25, 1931 OBITUARY Mrs. Barbara Sellards The remains of Mrs. Barbara Sellards, widow of Dr. A.B. Sellards, were returned to Lawrence from Los Angeles and laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery this morning. Barbara Miller Sellards was born in Sciotoville, Ohio, April 25, 1858. She was married to Dr. A.B. Sellards in 1876. They moved to Lawrence in 1896 to educate their children. Barbara Sellards is survided by eight children and eight grandchildren, five of whom reside on the Pacific coast; two on the Atlantic coast; and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Pearson have made their home with her in Lawrence for the past few years. The children include Elizabeth, Mrs. Gertrude Pearson, Myrtle, Mrs. May Young of Clarkdale, Ariz., Bertha of Washington, D.C., Archie of Los Angeles, Carl of San Francisco, and Ted of Buffalo, N.Y. Her many friends were grieved to learn of her sudden passing, but with the sorrow is the sense that her community was blessed in having such a modest and kindly woman. The Rev. W.D. Vincent of Baldwin officiated for the burial services at Oak Hill cemetery. He was a former pastor forty years ago, who received her and Dr. Sellards into the Methodist Episcopal church from the Methodist church in Kentucky. Mrs. Sellards had gone to Los Angeles with her daughter, Mrs. J.R. Pearson, January 6. She was stricken with pneumonia two days after reaching there and passed away January 15, 1931. Funeral services were held in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 17, 1931. ~/7 �AN OBITUARY FROM THE LECOMPTON SUN 2 JULY 1931 T.E. Moore was born January 17, 1846, near Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky. At the age often years he went with his parents to northwestern lllinois. When thirteen years of age he was taken by his father's uncle aboard a mail packet running on the Ohio river between Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio. When the Civil War was declared he intered the service of the Federal army as a drummer. At the close of the civil war he again entered the water service, but at the request and wish of his mother did not remain but a short time. After quitting the lifr on water he entered the railroad service where he spent the most of his mature life as conductor and engineer. He was for many years employed on the Atchson Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, rendering them good, faithful service. On December 12, 1876, he was married to Sarah E. Spurgon at Lawrence. To this union there were no children born, yet until recent years on account of Mrs. Moore's health, their home ever was the home of children, especially Mrs. Moore's sister's children. He was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, June 6, 1881, at Ottawa, where he sill is a member of good standing. Naturally he was a close observer, always quick to see whwere he . might lend some assistance in time of need. He put strong stress to the principles taught in Free Masonry, endeavoring to live a life similar to the life of Christ, feeling that in so doing he was living the life of a Christian and the world wold be better by his living in it. This instrument was written by T. E. Moore. It is my wish and request, regardless of where I may die that the Masonic order have charge of my funeral. Lawrence Lodge No.9 conducted the service at the grave. 28 April 1923, Saturday. Probably the Lecompton Sun The body of Mrs Theodore Moore who died in Neosho, MO will arrive tonight. Short services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 O'clock from the Cross Undertaking parlors. The Rev. P.B. Lawson will officiate. Burial will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. (Thanks to Don Vaughn) , �Page 1 of 1 Ursula Elisabeth Huelsbergen 1927 - 2006 A memorial Mass for Ursula Elisabeth Huelsbergen, 78, lawrence~ will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Assumption in Topeka. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery in lawrence. Mrs. Huelsbergen died Monday, May 22,2006, at lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born July 12, 1927, in limburg an der lahn, Germany, the daughter of Johann Arnold and Maria Auster. She was raised and attended school in Germany. She completed her graduate studies at the University of Frankfurt am Main and received degrees in German language and literature and in Catholic theology. She moved to lawrence in 1960 and attended Kansas University as a Fulbright scholar. Mrs. Huelsbergen taught at a number of institutions in Germany and·the United States, including Wellesley College and Baker University. She was a freelance translator, editor and author. She worked as a genealogist for descendants of German-speaking immigrants and was a frequent speaker and lecturer at national and regional genealogical conferences. She volunteered with lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen, Birthright and the Suzuki Parent's Assn., and was a member of the Kansas University Medical Center Auxiliary. She married Helmut E. Huelsbergen on March 24, 1962, in lawrence. He survives, of the home. Other survivors include three sons, lorenz, Anselm and Benjamin; a grandchild; and two foster grandchildren. L The family suggests memorials to UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), sent in care of -. ~--'"Warren-McElwain Mortuary, which is in charge or arrangements. ., . , L_ -- -~-'---'''''-'--~--,:. • .t._-..> , --- -_ .'1-0-,-- . ' __ .__ ...... ~ �Marjorie H. Freeman, Lawrence 1935 - 2006 Services for Marjorie H. Freeman, 70, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Private inurnment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Freeman died Saturday, Aug. 26,2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 20,1935, the daughter of H.L. and Inez Lorene Shaffer Baldwin. She worked at Hazel's Cafe, McCune Variety Store and McCune Drug Store and Soda Fountain. She worked at Hallmark Cards in Parsons from 1953 to 1958. In 1969, she and her husband bought Freeman Used Furniture and Appliances, which they sold in 1988 to their daughter and son-in-law. They also owned Freeman Auction Service from 1976 until they retired in 1998. She was a member of McCune Christian Church. She married Loren D. Freeman on March 4,1955, in Parsons. He died Aug. 7, 2005. Two sons died earlier, Kevin Dee in 1959 and Gregory Lynn in 1960. Survivors include a daughter, Sheree Nairn, Lawrence; a son, Russell Freeman, Tulsa, Okla.; five sisters, Irene Heavin, Overland Park, Jean Hall, Dodge City, Lois Bevans, Parsons, and Coralie Bennett and Cheryl Bennett, both of Girard; six brothers, Ralph Baldwin, Denison, Texas, Gary Baldwin, Chanute, Randy Baldwin, Burlington, and Robert Baldwin, Allan Baldwin and Leon Baldwin, all of Parsons; one granddaughter; and four grandsons. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The family suggests memorials to the Oncology Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. They may be sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent at • �, Obituary: Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, Lawrence I LJWorld.com Page 1 of 1 Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, Lawrence 1931 - 2006 Services for Wilma Kathryn Vaughn, 75, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Vaughn died Sunday, July 9, 2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1, 1931, in Meade, the daughter of Clarence Sylvester and Loyce Lois Irene Holloway Morton. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1948 and later from business college in Wichita. She moved to Lawrence in 1956. Mrs. Vaughn was a checker at Dillons in Lawrence for 18 years. She also was a homemaker. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women group. She was also a member of the Autumn Club, Camera Club and Douglas County Genealogical SOCiety. She volunteered at Watkins Community Museum of History. She married Donald W. Vaughn on Feb. 12, 1950, in Batesville. He survives, of the home. Other survivors include two sons, David W. Vaughn, Lawrence, and Ronald D. Vaughn, Everett, Wash.; a daughter, Marlene K. Knapp, Ottawa; six grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence, where the family will receive them from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The family suggests memorial contributions to the church, sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-=yost.com. - - -- ... ----s-.._ "_" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 29, Nos. 3 and 4: July and October 2006 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) 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' I " / . ___f·_. ---',~---.~. �_ _____ .. --- -_ ..•. -_. - .. --_ . . -- -_. . ... ,. . . ,. --:::: __=."=_'_'="=._=. __ . ___._______ .___ ......-.-- !!!"'!"'!"!'~~~=~=-=.~ ~ c .•..• _~ f ____ ~~· __.c. __ · __ · •. - - -- -;:-- -" -. - --- : Volumrie III I Number 1 I ---------- PI81111 .. - - --=~ --- - Published Quarterly By: 'Douglas CountH GenealDgical Societa P.o. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE , KANSAS 66044 ' ___ '. . . . . . _ �"THE PIONEER" Published Quarterly By: The Douglas County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Summer 1979 Vol. III, No. 1 Page Contents Officers - Committees . Preside~t's • • 2 Letter • • • • 3 . 4 Agnes Lovelace Carr Memoirs • Douglas County Cemetery Information • • • • • • 7 School Information .17 Bennett-Howard Ahnentafel's . .21 Kansas Marriages - 1863-1865 . . .23 Two Douglas County Biographies . .29 "There's Not Much in a Danish Name" . .32 Queries . . . · . • .34 "His Roots Go Back to Caesar" • • . .36 Balm of Gilead Cough Balsam For the Permanent Cure of Consumption, Coughs, Colds and all disorders of the throat and lungs. Manufactured by BARBER BROS. Lawrence, Kansas. GEO. A. BANKS Abstracts of Title 703 Mass. St. Lawrence, Kans. 1 �1979-1980 Officers: President - Mary Jamison Vice-President Secretary - Jane Wiggins Treasurer - Cora Fe11enstein Librarian Editor Genealogist - Emma Berg Committees: Auditing: Lance Reppert, Dorothy Clarke, Floyd Stayton Membership and Special Publicity: Clarke and Irma Kidwell. History and Records: ~~xine Hougland, Dorothy NettJe .Wismer, Dorothy .Wiggins -,_J ":" Care of the Library: Brune Pauline E1niff, Irma Kidwell, Georgiana Pioneer: Judy Sweets, Emma Berg, Jane Wiggins, Mary Jamison - No chairman named as yet. Surname File: Emma Berg The staff is not responsible for the accuracy or validation of the articles submitted. All advertisements used in this issue are taken from the 1903 Catalogue of books of the Coal Creek Library Association, established 1859 at Vinland, Kansas. It is the oldest library in the state of Kansas and is still open to the public. The Douglas County Genealogical Society was donated a copy August 1978 by Mrs. Herschel Hemphill and Mrs. Martha Smith, Baldwin City, Kansas. MRS. M. F. WILLIAMS First Class Meals for 20¢. Farmers Trade solicited. Klocks old stand. Lawrence, Kansas. 2 7 Meal Tickets $1.00. �President's Letter Again we are happy to once again visit with you through The Pioneer. Our May 19 workshop was a success and a learning experience. It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Robert D. Anderson and work with him. The biggest news was and still is our obtaining our non-profit status. As of May 16, 1979 anything you donate to or pay to th~_ society is tax deductible. You must have a receipt of course. This status makes us eligible for a library rate in mailing our exchange quarterlies. We hope that some of you members will feel that you can fill some of the office vacancies. We also hope that we can, through our members efforts, continue to publish an accurate and interesting "genealogical helper." A very special "thank you" to all of you that have helped us to accomplish this. "WHEN IS A MAN EDUCATED?" he "When can look upon the universe, now lucid and lovely, now dark and terrible, with a sense of his own littleness in the great scheme of things and yet have faith and courage. "When he knows how to make friends and keep them, and above all, when he can keep friends with himself. "vlhen he can be happy alone and highminded amid the drudgeries of life. "When he can look into a wayside puaiile and see something besides mud, and into the face of the most forlorn and see something beyond sin. "When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope, how to pray-glad to live and not afraid to die, in his hands a sword for evil and in his heart a bit of song." --Joseph Fort Newton Copied with permission from "Home Town News" section of the Wichita Eagle Beacon - edited by Frank Good. 3 �MEMOIRS OF AGNES LOVELACE CARR The following is from notes which my grandmother, Agnes Lovelace Carr, who died 9 November 1943, had dictated: My father, Joseph Lovelace, came to Kansas from Pennsylvania in 1853 with his wife and 6 children. His wife died soon after. My mother, Ann Ferguson, emigrated to Massachusetts 'from Scotland in 1851 with her father and 5 brothers and sisters. Her mother had died in childbirth. Her brother came out to Kansas and staked a claim adjacent to Love1aces, and in 1854 he sent for the rest of the family. Ann Ferguson and Joseph Lovelace were married on 5 Oct. 1856. I was born on 6 Sept. 1857. I was so small that they kept me in a cigar box and washed me in a common basin. *** ~** *** Quantrill's Raid--I remember a courier dashing by on a horse with flag in hand hollering, "Get to arms--Quantri11's burning"'Lawrence." We kids were all in the yard, but we quickly climbed an old rail fence and hid. *** *** *** One , time a tribe of 25-50 Indians came by single file on ponies. They wanted a chicken--they were beggars. Father said that if they'd hit a certain chicken with a bow ~ arrow, they could have it. And, he said also, that if this particular Indian ran down a certain chicken, he could have it. The Indian ran after the chicken, lost his blanket, and was wearing only a breech cloth, but he caught the chicken. My little brother, Owen Lovelace, had yellow-gold hair and the Indians liked it and. his beautiful fair skin. One time the Indians stopped by \<1ith nested clothes baskets and offered them for Owen. Mother was scared and wouldn't let Owen .. out of her sight. *** *** From the age of 5 until I was 9, I went to school in a building on a corner of the farm. There were 10 or 12 enrolled. One time a tribe of Indians could be seen coming across the prairie, babies strapped on either side of the pony. Our teacher, Agnes Petrie, locked the doors and commanded the kids to get under the desks. But, when the road turned off, the Indians followed it. They weren't hostile. Then we moved to Lawrence and lived there till I was 15. We1ived in a rented house at the foot of old North College and I went to Central School. Then we moved back to Eudora and I went to school there till I was 17. In 1876 I went to summer school at K.U. and got my certificate to teach. When I went to the Lawrence Superintendent's office to see about a job teaching s'choo1, I was told that a man from Rock Creek had just been in hunting for a teacher. I taught that year at Rock Creek. They had built a room onto the school for teacher. They stored wheat in it in the summer. The first night I spent there, I turned down the 4 �the bed and there was a rat. I turned the sheet on it, grabbed it by the tail and smashed it on a popcorn barrel. I killed him, tied him up, and hung him out whole. One time, as I opened a cupboard which was 6" off the floor, rats scurried away. I grabbed a corn fodder knife and chopped 8 rats dead under the cupboard. S.v. Carr and I went to school together as children. When he was 16 or 17 years old, he went into the depot at Eudora and learned telegraphy. His father, Hubbard Halley Carr, was a lawyer from Ohio and his wife was Sarah Etta Wilford. *** *** *** Grasshoppers--You couldn't step outside except on the bugs. vfuen they left, it was like an eclipse of the sun. They ate all the corn and even tree bark. They came late in the summer of 1874 and ate. The next spring their eggs hatched out of the ground and again they ate everything. They rose up in a body and left in June. We replanted and got a fair crop. *** *** *** Our family moved to Colorado in the summer of 1877. I taught in Colorado City, 1st and 2nd grade $35--2nd year $40. Then my folks moved to Divide and I taught in Divide in 1879. In April 1880 s.v. Carr and I were married. We came back to Kansas as far as Lawrence on the train. We hired a hack to take us to our house in Eudora. The house was all ready and kids had gathered sweet williams and had them in a vase. In November 1881 S.V. took a job ~vith Wells Fargo Express Co. at Pueblo, Colo. When we first got there there was no place to stay. I slept on a couch in the waiting room after everyone went to bed. Leslie was 6 months old. Arkansa~ Maxon, a good old motherly soul, had a fit over Leslie. She had lost her baby while fording the Marais de Cygne, but she was saved. Leslie resembled him. We finally found a house in the railroad yards, in a tough part of town. S.V. had to work late at night; so we offered' Maxons the front room to stay with us. In another month we got a better house and Maxons came along and took care of Leslie. S.V. finally quit the express because of so many figures. He had bad eyes and glasses were no avail. We moved to Rock Vale on the Rio Grande and lived upstairs in the Santa Fe depot. We were 37 miles from Pueblo. I would take the baby and buggy to Pueblo to shop. There were no passenger coaches; so I would ride in the caboose. I would take Leslie and his buggy, and wedge the buggy behind the stqve in the caboose. One time, on a grade, the engine cut the caboose loose--it went one way and the caboose the other, but the caboose got going too fast. I wondered if the brakemen had been left behind; so I climbed out the door on the side and up the ladder to the top after putting Leslie in the buggy. There in the top sat 3 brakemen; so everything was all:right. Without letting them know, I sneaked back down on ,that swaying ladder. 5 �Finally, they got S.V. back to Eudora to be the station agent after the other agent had died. In about 1898 S.V. went to study osteopathy at Des Moines. With 3 little kids, I stayed here in Eudora till he finished. After that, he went to Canada where he made up a practice. I was homesick all the time we were there. Grandpa Hubbard Carr took sick; so S.V. went back to Eudora. The Santa Fe agent wanted to leave; so S.V. stayed in Eudora. I was glad to come home, March 1904. He was at the station 34 years the second time-IS or 20 before. Adell Carr Smith (Mrs. Sheldon Smith); Iowa City, Iowa D. G. KENNEDY, General Merchandise Vinl~md Kans. We Carry STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, SPICES AND EXTRACTS, ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC. DIAMOND AND ,mITE LOAF FLOUR, HARDWARE. Let us know your wants. We can get you anything. IMPLEMENTS. We carry a complete line and guarantee our prices to be as low as the lowest. 6 �BRUMBAUGH CEMETERY This cemetery is located near High Prairie in Palmyra township. The 1ega 1 descri pti on is two and one-half acres in the SW~ secti·on 18, township 14, range 20. The land on which this cemetery is located was pre-empted by Mr. George W. Bell. The patent is dated August 1,1859. Mr. Bell was killed in the Quantrill raid in Lawrence. Henry Brumbaugh came to Kansas from Ohio and bought this land from Mr. Bell's widow, July 5, 1864. He was a member of the Dunkard Church and deeded two and one-half acres of his farm to the church organization to be used as a churchyard and cemetery. This deed was recorded November 22, 1877 in book 16, page 532. He also puilt a church on this site with his own resources, and is buried in this cemetery which bears his name. He was born January 28, 1814 and died November 7, 1888. ' Henry Brumbaugh was a bachelor and with him lived Daniel \~eimer, born July 4, 1828, died May 8, 1879. Martha, his wife, was born September 3, 1830, died February 7, 1894. One son, Noah Heimer, a bachelor, w~s, born December 2, 1857 and died May 30, 1935. Louis Georgie, a neighbor, lived with the Weimer family and married a daughter, Maggie \~eimer. He \A/as born October 25, 1857 and died August 1937. His wife was born August 8, 1862 and died December 7, 1927. William Georgie, father of Loui~ Georgie, was born July 24, 1828 and died October 31,1911. Louise, his first wife, was born April 30, 1827 and died December 18, 1384. Sarah Ann, his second wife, was born August 21, 1827, and died August 17, 1908. Abraham Rothrock came to Kansas from Pennsylvania in 1856. His home was near that of Henry Brumbaugh. He also was a member of the Dunkard Church and was the first presiding elder in the I State of Kansas. He was shot three times by Quantrill's men, but lived several years afterward; the injuries were, however, the cause of his death. When he was suffering from these wounds, a, neighbor asked him what he would do with Quantrill's men if he , had them in his power. He replied, "I would convert every one of them." He was buried on a plot on his son's farm and later was moved to the Brumbaugh cemetery. He died February 2, 1870 at the age of 73 years. His monument bears the oldest date in the cemetery. t1ary, his wi~e, died December 6, 1893, age 85 years. Of the remaining people buried in this cemetery, little of their biography could be obtained. Following are names and dates taken from the monuments: John M. Henrie, died May 17, 1905, age 49 years. Alexander McCandless, age 71 years. Martha Eberhart, wife of O.G. Eberhart, age 24 years, 1 mo. 7 �Brumbaugh Cemetery Con't Martha Eberhart, wife of O,G. Eberhart, age 24 years, 1 mo. William Mitchell, died February 23,1881, age 75 years 2 mo. Elizabeth Mitchell died August 2, 1881, age 70 years 2 months. Levi ElSton died March 19, 1881, age 70 years 6 mo. 20 days, born in Pennsylvania, married to Christine Cling in Greenville, Ohio, and ~ame to Douglas County in 1861. Christine Cling Elston (wife) born in Germany 1826, died Apri 1 27, 1891. Jimmy Elston died October 1922. Mary Quigley, daughter of Charles Smith. The Brumbaugh cemetery has been little used in recent years, and has been cared for through the efforts of Noah Weimer and Louis Georgie, who donated their time and money. Louis Georgie made provision in his will to have this cemetery taken care of for ten years. ******** YOUR SUIT IS READY ANY TIME YOU WANT. FIT RIGHT, WEAR RIGHT, MADE RIGHT, AND PRICE IS RIGHT. $5.00 to $25.00 OBER'S. 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Ebinger, Johnn Georg 1809-1884 Ebinger, Elisabeth Dorthea 1817-1892 Hornberger, Gottho1d 3/29/1845-7/3/1921 Hor~berger, Anna 3/23/1856-6/21/1933 Hornberger, Freida 11/9/1886-12/10/1886 Hornberger, Clara 8/26/1895-9/10/1895 Hornberger, Dr. F. August 3/30/1888-1/31/1921 Hornberger, Amelia E. 3/7/1875-1/1/1953 Lot 2 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Gantz, Euge 1/26/1862-5/1/1886 Gantz, Gottlieb 2/9/1862-12/6/1901 Gantz, Marthia (Father) 4/19/1837-4/30/1904 Gantz, Christian 11/23/1885-3/19/1886 Lot 3 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Young, Young, Young, Young, Carl 1876-1/7/1894 Henrich W. 1/25/1884-10/20/1897 Katherine 1/8/1847-8/1/1937 Michia1 3/12/1841-7/19/1942 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 4 Grave 1. Haas~ 2. Haas, 3. Haas, 4. 5. 6. 7. Haas, 8. Fredrick 1/17/1839-3/2/1925 Lena 11/2/1842-11/15/1927 Anna Marthia 9/26/1867-11/15/1892 Pauline M., Paul F. - both in one grave Lot 5 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Jehle? Jehle, Jehle, Jehle, Mary H. 1866~12/31/1935 John 1862-1911 Lorenz 1836-3/19/1909 Louis 11/8/1856-10/10/1906 Jehle, Charles 3/23/1898-3/20/1918 9 �Lot 6 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Haas, Charles S. 10/3/1867-6/9/1952 Haas, Elizabeth Albright 4/12/1844-8/11/1926 Haas, Georg 7/7/1842-4/13/1905 Haas, Anna Elis 1878-2/9/1880 Infant daughter of W. C. & Bertha Niebrugge Infant son of L. & E. Haas Haas, K. H. Haas, G. H. Haas, G. Adolph 1875-8/10/1876 Lot 7 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Haas, Haas, Haas, Haas, Haas, Eva Maria 1/3/1803-4/13/1883 Maria L. G. 10/11/1870-10/13/1881 Herman H. 3/14/1874-10/27/1881 August G. 9/19/1871-2/4/1906 Luise E. 1870-10/9/1871 Haa~, Julia E. 1875-7/27/1876 Haas., Paul G. 1/8/1870-1870 Funk Lot 8 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Haas, Louis 11/12/1845-9/18/1908 Haas, Elizabeth 2/25/1848-4/16/1950 PJS::mbeck, Carl 1/25/1879-11/8/1971 Funk Fleer, Edward 1870-6/8/1870 PJa,*mbeck, Paul 7/5/1953 Fi~et, Anna C. J. (first grave on cemetery) 2/10/1870 Lot 9 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Oswald, Oswald, Oswald, Oswald, Amalia 5/25/1849-4/23/1912 Theo F. Julius 1/18/1848-3/20-1901 Katherine 6/19/1868-3/12/1939 Richard H. C. G. 1/13/1857-8/22/1910 s. Lot 10 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Stoebener, Stoebener, Stoebener, Stoebener, Mary 6/18/1873-6/13/1955 Henry 3/17/1868-1/22/1945 Elizabeth 4/23/1843-11/15/1928 Johannas 8/6/1828-3/4/1904 10 �Lot 11 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Johanning, C. F. 8/5/1843-8/5/1925 Johanning, Adeline I. 4/5/1856-2/12/1924 Adams, Mrs. Adams, Dr. Harry M. 1/22/1858-4/1/1904 Lot 12 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Kipling, Pete 3/29/1875-8/25/1968 Vog1ar, George P. 1875-1934 Vog1ar, Valentin 1836-1917 Vog1ar, Mary E. 1839-1903 Lot 13 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Schwarz, Karl J. 11/29/1837-4/13/1920 Schwarz, 9/1/1876-8/7/1944 Schwarz, Magda1ina 6/24/1835-4/25/1919 Schwarz, Carl F. 8/30/1836-6/18/1909 Lot 14 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Johanning, Frederich William 9/28/1851-7/22/1931 Joharning, Katherine Wilhelmina 7/21/1859-2/27/1912 5. 6. 7. 8. Johanning, Mildred Marie 7/22/1921-7/23/1921 Lot 15 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Hack, Lizzie Hack, Martin 2/28/1864-11/26/1939 8/29/1856-1913 Lot 16 Grave 1. 2. Gastrock, Marie 5/6/1888-4/16/1926 Gastrock, Conrad Rudolph 12/25/1889-6/13/1957 3". 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Gastrock, Infant 11 �Lot 17 Grave l. 2. 3. A1t, Nicka10us A1t, E1izebeth 1861-1916 1867-1930 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 18 Grave l. 2. 3. 4. Hornberger, Magdalena S. 4/4/1884-2/23/1955 Hornberger, William Henry 3/21/1883-11/7/1960 Hornberger, Anna Wi1hemina 12/14/1884-9/26/1919 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 19 Grave l. 2. 3. 4. Johanning, Ester 6/29/1907-12/15/1978 Johanning, Anna M. 11/13/1879-1/23/1968 Johanning, Henry Ferdinand 9/26/1876-9/7/1921 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 20 Grave 1. 2. Stoebener, Sophia 3/6/1881~2/20/1926 Stoebener, John 12/25/1869-6/13/1952 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 21 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Awizsus, Awizsus, Schwarz, Schwarz, Mary Elizabeth 9/6/1874-9/26/1971 Rev. 7/25/1879-3/15/1947 Louisa 1/29/1873-2/18/1958 William F. 11/26/1870-4/15/1926 8. 12 �Lot 22 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Gastrock, Ida 6/30/1866-9/16/1945 Gastrock, Rev. Conrad 8/17/1858-1/8/1931 Hock, Augusta 1/26/1864-1/15/1947 Hock, August 7/28/1861-2/25/1951 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 23 Grave 1. 2. Lot 24 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Schwarz, Christian 5/6/1868-7/30/1932 Schwarz, Sophia 12/3/1865-4/15/1949 Niebrugge, \-lm. 8/22/1882-5/30/1939 Niebrugge, Bertha Katherine 8/5/1882-11/1969 Haas, Frederich William 6/30/1884-5/21/1943 Haas, A1vena 3/4/1887-4/14/1979 6. 7. 8. Lot 25 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Ziesch, Julius 5/29/1882-1/26/1953 Ziesch, Ida 3/23/1888-12/26/19l(J:,: Lot 26 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Niebrugge, Hyacinth 4/17/1911-10/10/1951 Lot 27 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Brohammer, John 4/10/1875-9/6/1952 Brohammer, Artis 4/12/1880-10/19/1952 13 �Lot 28 Grave 1. 2. 3. Johanning, Isabelle 9/10/1877-5/28/1977 Johanning, John William 9/26/1873-3/20/1959 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 29 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hurre1brink, Fred J. 9/17/1884-3/5/1960 Hurre1brink, Edna 11/13/1891-11/27/1977 Johanning, Ed 11/10/1885-2/2/1978 Johanning, Margaret 9/24/1889-10/10/1978 6. 7. 8. Lot 30 Grave 1. 2. 3. Johanning, William Henry 1/6/1888-12/24/1969 Johanning, Carolina Y~ry Carrie 5/17/1891-9/28/1976 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 31 Grave 1-3 4. Schwarz, Carl W. 5-8 9/17/1899-10/22/1971 Lot 32 Grave 1-3 4. Schwarz, Neva E. Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 8/22/1904-8/31/1977 Graves 1-8 Graves. 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 Graves 1-8 14 �Lot 45 Grave 12. 3. Albright, Alma 5/. /1890--12/18/1955 Albright, Clarence H. 3/20/1890-6/2/1971 Pitts, Hedweg 7/29/1900-12/20/1957 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 46 Grave 12. 3. 4. 5. 6. Albright, Sophia 8/17/1864-5/26/1940 Albright, Charles M. 10/4/1861-10/9/1948 Johanning, Daniel 7/28/1882-11/16/1941 7. 8. Lot 47 Grave 12. 3. 4. 5. 6. Wack~r,William 1895-1926 Wacker, Engel S. 1850-1926 Wack~r, Henry F. 1843-1927 Kannenberg, Martha 6/19/1953 Kannenberg, Carl 1/22/1897-10/31/1970 7. 8. Lot 48 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Winters, Fred 3/27/1953 Eberhart, Susanah 1822-10/11/1875 Disque, Lenhard 4/28/1849-4/11/1913 Winters, Mrs. Fred 6. 7. 8. Lot 49 Grave 12. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Hamilton, Barbara 10/26/1826-12/5/1872 Albright, Charles R. 3/27/1891-1/5/1973 Hamilton, Larance 11/26/1856-8/10/1874 Johanning, Louis A. 10/13/1853-9/28/1939 Hamilton, Sarah 1/411870-10/20/1874 Unknown Young, Wacer L. 6/22/1874-9/5/1874 Unknown 15 �Lot 50 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Johanning, F. H. 11/13/1849-4/13/1933 Johanning, Amalia 6/16/1850-10/17/1928 K1aphaus, Ferdinand 2/24/1815-10/2/1903 Johanning, Maria Kathrine 3/30/1821-9/4/1893 Unknown Reynolds, William A. 6/28/1879-11/4/1879 Hines, Henry Luther 1879-6/11/1880 Lot 51 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Johanning, Gasper Heinrich 4/6/1806-2/12/1894 Heinrich(?) August 12/17/1868-2/16/1888 Johanna Louise 12/26/1847-12/12/1882 Anna Maria Katharina 2/4/1856-8/28/1888 Ilse Kathrine' .1924-1928 Daniel Wilhelm, Jr. 1917-1922 Frederick 10/21/1878-8/5/1881 George F. 8/31/1880-8/10/1881 Lot 52 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Van~unke1, Dr. M. W. 1840-1904 Vankunke1, Sallie E. 1852-1906 Vankunke1, Harry Y. 1887-1918 5. 6. Vankunke1, George Edward 1881-10/3/1881 7. 8. Lot 53. Lot 54 Lot 55 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6., 7. 8. Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lot 56 Grave 1. 2. 3. 4. Strub, First name unknown (Daughter-Father) Strub, First name unknown Strub, Salome 1835-1/27/1883 5. 6. 7. 8. Sheets, First name unknown A1t, Katherine 1895-1895 Disque, First name unknown From Cemetery record books. Submitted by Mary Jamison, Lawrence, 16 ks. �VICTORY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 110 BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS. APRIL 22, 1921 Teacher: Ruby Umsted School Board: C.E. Seaver, Director; I.D. Riley (deceased), John King, clerk; Abram Williams, Treasurer. Pupils: Norris, Mildred Norris, Velma Norris, Ross Riley, Clarence Riley, Irene Riley, N.H. Rinehart, Clifford Rinehart, Loren SauvaiIi., Donnie Seaver, Asher Seaver, Fannie Seaver, Franklin Seaver, Howard Sivey, Lee Uttinger, Claud Uttinger, Clifford Uttinger, Mary Welch, Walter Williams, 01a Williams, Ruby Atha, Agnes Atha, Helen Atha, Mar'garet Bea1, Edward Bowman, Marie Bowman, Mildred "Bowman, Thelma Brooker, Clyde Brooker, Ellen Brooker, Freida Brooker, Oral Jones, Earl Jones, Ethel Jones, Opal King, Phillip Kretchmar, Howard Kretchmar, Lavon Miller, Bue1vene Moody, Harold *Hoore, Howard *Moore, Juanita This school is located 3 miles east of Fort Scott, Kansas on Highway 54. It is still standing. *Howard Moore and Juanita Moore are brother and sister of Maxine Hougland. Submitted by,Mrs. Maxine Moore Hougland, Lawrence, Kansas. O. E. KARNES, Sibley, Kansas .. Dealer in .•.• GENERAL MERCHANDISE, CLOTHING, FLOUR AND FEED. Shipper of Grain and Produce. Grinds Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week. 17 �RURAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS by Goldie Piper Daniels KANWAKA SCHOOL District No. 15 - This school was located a !few miles west of 'Lawrence, a little south of U. S. Highway 40. The' name "Kanwaka" was coined by Dr. Helen Heath, from the names of the two rivers, Kansas and Wakarusa--one on either side of the watershed upon which the school stood-by using the first syllable of "Kansas" and the first two syllables of "Wakarusa." In 1857, Dean Baldwin donated a piece of land for a school site, and a small frame house was moved onto it. Kanwaka now had an established school, with Hiss August Hunt as its first teacher. I The school census of 1898 contains the following surnames of those of school age: BALDWIN, BRASS, BARDELL, COLMAN, DRAPER, EVANS, HODK, HANSELMAN, HICKS, JONES, PONTIUS, PORTER, RICHARDSON, REED,SEETIN, SKINNER, SAYLOR, TOPPING, VAN HORN. School members were Mary A. Topping, O. A. Colman, and Mabel R. Pontius. Some of the early teachers ~l7ere: Alma Marvel, C. A. Stone, Effie Armstrong,. Nora Lane, Flora Richardson Colman, Susie Platts Godding, Ida Evans Smith, May Richardson, Sara Richardson, Mrs. S. B. Prentis, Belle Kohler, Lawrenia Shaw, Mabel Ulrich, Edith Wolgamott, and ~amie McLaughlin. Board members at this time were Geo. Dews, G. S. Moore, and Guy Bigsby. ' On March 20, 1963, this school was Wakarusa Valley District No. 98. Book available from author: .( disorg~nized and attached to Mrs. Goldie Piper Daniels 1525 Vermont St. Lawrence, Kansas 66044 ;' ******* . HOBBS MERCANTILE CO. are making a sp:ecial effort to keep in stock everything you want for the Home. The best assortment of Patterns in Carpets and Mattings, and a full, up-to-date stock of Clothing, Shoes and Hats. ' We invite you to come and see us and make our store your headquarters. Best place to buy GOOD GROCERIES. BALDWIN, - KANSAS. 18 �AN ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF CASSCOUNTY, (Illinois) SCHOOLS by A. E. Hinners, Supt. (1902) (This book is in possession of Emma Berg, R.2, Lawrence, KS 66044) HAGENER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39 This school was built in 1850 and was first used as a Germap and English school. The teacher was Miss Pearl Shaw. The school bo~rd members were: H.A. Hierman, Beardstown A. Schuman, Arensvi11e W. F. Hinners, Beardstown HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 50 Teacher: Miss Louise Savage School Board: Frank Stribling, Virgi.nia Angus Taylor, " Philo Davis " (This was one of the oldest school buildings in the county.) BUFF SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17 Teacher: ' Miss Mayme Moreland School Board: G. G. Trussell, Buff Springs John Hegener " " A. Jokisch " " (This was one of the largest schools in the county, enrolling about 60 pupils, and was built about 1870'.) ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL This school at Beardstown, Illinois was established in 1848. The instructors were Rev. F. Berg, principal; Miss Ida H. Ortwein and Miss Lydia Berg. The board members were H. Greb and H. Koehne. BELOW IS A LIST OF BUSINESS PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS BOOK: Amant, Albert Bailey, S. W. Banjan Bast,P. W. Batis Bishop, W. W. Brown, G. H. Carr, B. F. C_1ark, E. L. "'.- ---, - -." Clegg, J. J. Coil, A. S. Coleman, J. H. Condit, T.K. & F.M. Conover, George Crews, A. H. Deppe Diehl, John Dooling, H. '"I • t 19 Dorr, Henry Downing, Harry F,. Eberwei.n, J.C .H., Enge1bach, Herman George " Fred " Freer, F.M. & G.M. Friedrich Fulks, F. M. �Garm, Robt. H.· " J. Edward Gridley, J. N. Greer, J. C. Harbison Hopkins, T. R. Huey Huppers, W. M. Huss Hysinger Jockisch, J. V. Jones, R. L. Jordan, Wm. Kessler, A. Kiel, Henry C. King Kuhl, Philip Leeper, G. W. Lovekamp, John F. Manion, J. G. McCauley, Eli McCollough, W. E. McDonald, Henry " Martin Meyer, Henry C. Morse, John C. Nicholson, John S. Noeker, C. F. Noeker, Clarence H. Oetgen, E. L. Parkhurst, J. I. Paul, Chas. E. Petefish, L.A. & S.H. Rearick, W. S. Reekamp, H. W,. Rethorn ' Schmoldt, H. M. Schultz, John, Schaffer, Cha~. A. Skiles, Oswell Spink, E. B. ' Taylor Tinney, C. M.: Triebert, Harry F. Van Foosen, S'. L. Vollmer, Peter Wyatt, J. J. I Widmayer, E.P~ & R.E. Weeks Yaple, Matt ******* J.L. Brady W. C. Simons T HE DA I L Y W0 R L D Is Sent to any Address In Douglas County for $1.50 Per Year. Send For Sample Copy Lawrence, Kansas. ****** * WATKINS NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL ............................................•••...... $100, 000 Surplus $25,000 J.B. Watkins, president. C.A. Hill, Vice-President. C.H. Tucker, Cashier. W.E. Hazen, Ass't. Cashier. DIRECTORS - J.B. Watkins, Jacob House, A. C. Mitchell, J. C. Moore, Chas. A. Hill, W. E. Hazen, C.H. Tucker. Saving Department Deposits received Tuesdays and Fridays. Exchanges on all principal cities of the world. ******* 20 ' �EDITH BENNETT'S AHNENTAFEL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 24. 25;. 26. 27. 32. 48. 49. 50. 64. 65. 96. 97. l30. Edith Venita Bennett (married Lewis Edward Howard) Frank Henry Bennett Emma Sohpia Menger George Douglas Bennett Sarah Elizabeth Hammond Christian Adolph Menger Anna Gracia Margaret Herzberg George Bennett Mary S. Harvey George Hammond Grace Gates Johann Fri¢drich Menger Wilhelmina, Elizabeth Schramm Herzberg BORN YiARRIED 1904 KS 1927 KS 1903 OH KS 1875 OH Can 1874 Ger Ger NY 1835 NY Eng Can 1802' Ger 1826 1802 Ger Ger Ger 1786 CT 1805 1800 1774 Ger 1773 Ger resided Ger resided Ger 1743 Scot 1746 Ger resided Ger Ger res. 1700 Scot 1738 Scot 1725 Ger 1746 res. Ger res. Scot 1878 1883 1850 1856 1828 1851 1806 1816 Philo Bennett Johann Balthasar Menger Anna Catharine Bahring Johann Michael Schramm Johanna Margarette Bergman Ebenezer 2 Bennett Johann Geog Menger Eva Marie Send1er Johann Bahring Ebenezer Bennett Elizabeth Smea11ie Hanss Johann Balthasar Menger Anna Barbara Lichtenhe1d Amos Smea11ie KS OH KS OH Ger Ger NY Ger DIED +943 +969 1939 1938 1910 1920 1893 1883 1874 1838 i 1863 1859 KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS OH? OH Ger Ger Ger Ger IN Ger Ger 1821-6 Scot Scot Ger Submitted by Mrs. Lewis E. Howard (Edith) 1905 Valley Glen Road, Topeka, KS 66604. For earlier lineage write her. * * * * * * * WM. WIEDEMANN Makes a Specialty of Pure Ice Cream and Confectionery. Dainty box of sweeties, Candies pink and white, Tempting luscious chocolates, Caramels, "out of sight"! Cuddled all together, In a box so neat, Tied with dainty ribbon, My! but ain't they sweet! 21 �LEWIS HOWARD'S AHNENTAFEL MARRIED BORN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 44. 88. 176. Lewis Edward Howard (Married Edith V. Bennett) John Edward Howard Leona Mae Peters Lewis De \\fitt Howard Catherine Cynthia Cade Julius W. Peters Sarah Anna Penfold John Benjamin Howard l-fa1inda Lashier Josephus Cade Martha Ann Harsh Christopher C. Peters Cynthia Ann Hatfield Richard Penfold Frances Fu11agar John Howard Harriet DeWitt Michael Lashier Hannah Wihters 1904 1904 1876 1882 1849 1851 1850 1857 1815 1817 1817 1824 1824 1824 1818 1830 1792 1791 KS KS KS KS MI OH VA NY NY NY OH OH IN VA Eng Eng NY CT PA CT Henry Harsh Elizabeth Williams 1790 PA 1794 PA Richa.rd Penfold Eng. Joseph Fu11agar Sarah Smith Ebenezer Howard Eunice John Henry Harsh (Rev. War) Ludwig Harsh (to America 1740 ship Lydia) Hans Heinrich Hirsch Eng Eng DIED 1927 KS 1901 KS .1966 1966 1872 KS 1933 ).916 1880 KS 1897 1948 1836MI 1887 1885 1839 1896 I 1906 1849 W.VA 1898 1864 1846 Eng i896 1912 1811 NY bet. :" 1810 OH KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS MO MO KS KS 1862-78 1870 KS 1812 NY 1758 1828 Ger Ger before 1i?40 Ger Submitted by Lewis Howard, 1905 Valley Glen Road,Topeka, Kansas :66604 * * * * * * * HITCHCOCK & HANN, Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking, Implements, Wagons and Buggi~s Baldwin, - - - - - 22 " " Kansas �/ KANSAS MARRIAGES 1863-1865 Recorded in the Clerk's Office Douglas County Court House, Lawrence, Kansas. Compiled March 1979 by Pauline B. Elniff, listing groom, bride, date and officiant .. Adams, John M.--Grace Jane Duncan--14 Apr. 1864--E.D. Ladd Adams, William--Eliza Clark--10 Nov. 1864--C.H. Richards Allison, Lewis--Louisa Monse--14 Jan. 1864--Warner Skeels Alverson, Emera--Jane Bewley--24 Dec. 1863--Thomas McAdams Anderson, Thomas E.--Mary E. Sigerson--24 Aug. 1865--Wm. H. Fisher Andrews, William W.--Rebecca G. Spicer--16 Oct. 1865--G.W. Paddock Averill, James W.--Catharine R. Coons--19 Oct. 1865--Richard Cordley Bailey, David--Eliza Felten--27 Mar. 1864--W.A. Starrett Baker, Simeon P.--Rebecca Jane Nix--8 June 1865--Ira Jennings Baysinger, T.\~.--Mary Smith--2 Apr. 1865--John Bower Beezely, Thomas W.--Catharine Stoffer--4 Oct. 1865--G.W. Paddock, Beeson, Allen--Mary J. Warfield--16 Apr. 1865--G.W. Paddock Berry, Charles B.--Elizabeth A. Eaton--16 Apr. 1865--S.B. Waters, Blackman, W.I.R.--Thomasanna Amos--10 June 1864--H.A. Starrett, Blake, Jacob E.--Myra Baldwin--31 Aug. 1865--Geo. S. Chapin , Blankenship, Franklin M.--Fannie Green--23 June 1864--L.B. Denni~ Blakeny, George--Kate Ironside--30 Nov. 1864--Chas. Reynolds ' Bond, Joseph-~Susan Blinton--18 Oct. 1863--Allen J. Parrish Boose, Reuben--Cynthia Essex--23 Jan. 1864--Dudley Lee Boris, Samuel--Mary Hollman--25 Dec. 1863--Richard Cordley Bradbary, Elias--Amanda Perce--10 July 1864--Ezra Johnson Brichheim. John F.--Fredericka Kampschroder--16 May 1864--Jas. K. Lawrence Bridal, John G.--Margrett F. Tiner--13 Nov. l864--John Engle Buckheim, John Samuel--Margaret Ernst--29 Nov. 1864--John H. Miller Burgoon, William--Martha Cailar--16 June 1864--Abraham Rothrock i Burkhardt, Andrew--Alice Sophia ?Ludi?--24 Oct. 1863--Richard Cordley Burroughs, Oscar--Mary A. Wheedon--31 March 1864--John W. Willey, Burrows, Eleer--Josephine Cameron--28 Apr. l865--John S. Brown Burton, Joseph--Margrett Patton--14 Aug. 1864--J.B. Gilliland Busse, Lewis--Fadora Pickens--ll Nov. 1863-~E.D. Ladd Canning, Nathan B.--Mary O. Poston--13 Aug. 1865--Wm. H. Fisher Cansdele, Argent--Susan Crusan--2 Apr. 1865--John Bower Carney, George'W.--Eliza W. Smith--l Dec. 1864--John S. Brown Carson, Emil W:--Nannie C. Burnett--15 June 1865--J.W. Bolen Chamberlain, J.W.--Sarah A. Eagle--23 Apr. 1865--G.W. Paddock Chambers, John 'J.--Hellen E. Harding--7 Dec. 1864--E.D. Ladd Chilton, William--Nancy Raney--30 Sept. 1863--Chas. Dickson Clark, John--El'vira Baker--8 Oct. 1865--C.R. Rice ' Clark, William--Jane Gibson--29 Dec. l864--C.H. Richards Clayton, Fitch--24 June 1865--H.D. Fisher Clemmons, Curelios--Sarah J. Mann--l Dec. l865--Wm. Draper Coleman, Arthur W.--Emily J. Cayton--20 May 1864--Wm. Draper Collier, Anthony--Nancy Black--30 June 1863--William Humbert Compton, James F.--Mary Clinton--24 June 1865--Chas. Chadwick Conley, Cassius--Carrie McKinzie--30 May 1865--Wm. Draper Cook, Theodore P.--Sarah S. Ward--3 May 1864--S.B. Dennis Cooley, Walter--Jennie Talbott--23 Mar. 1864--E.D. Ladd Coolidge, J.K.--Lizzie J. Cowan--23 May l864--Robt. Burgess 23 �Kansas Marriages, 1863-1865 Con't. Copple, Lemmon--Elizabeth Daniels--22 Nov. 1865--H.D. Fisher Cornell, John A.--Ann E. Parish--14 June 1863--G.W. Paddock Cowen, Frank--Mary C. Varnonica--l Aug. l865--James M. Hendrix . Crowell, William--Emma V. Farnham--8 Nov. l865--G.H. Paddock Cress, Fletcher--Eliza Williams--6 Oct. l863--Ezra Johnson Crutchfield, Wm.--Anne Ironsides--26 Jan. l865--R.W. Oliver Cummell, Isaac--Louise Pierson--22 June l864--A.J. Sherwood Dodder, Silas--Emilina Wordsworth--2 July l865--M. Seiler Damm, Johomas--Anna Ochrle--18 Jan. l865--John H. Miller Davenport, Andrew--Mary E. Day--15 Nov. l865--Charles M. Sears Davis, Nathan--Sarah White--3 Apr. l865--F.L. Pilla Denun, Danie-~Ruth Clayton--22 Aug. l865--Wm. Draper Dexter, Silas--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Louis--5 Sept. l864--S.H. Carmean Dinney, Absolam--Harriet Simpson--22 Dec. 1865--E.D. Ladd Dorsey, Henry H.--Lois H. Watmow--3 June l865--Ephm???? Jr. Drake, Francis--Victoria Peace--5 Jan. l864--J.S. Gingerich Duncan, Amos--Martha H. Lewis--2 Aug. l863--G.W. Paddock Duncan, Hison~-Nancy Hays--25 Feb. l865--M.W. Marquess Eagon, John ~~~--Kate L. Brysen--13 Nov. 1865--John S. Brown Eberhard, Lewis J.--Lizzie Jane Brady--30 Mar. l865--R. Burgess: Eberle, William--Mary C. Hoyt--24 Sept. 1864--G.W. Paddock Edmonds, Samuel--Rebecca Rote--17 July l865--Josiah ?Ferrel? Edwards, Jackson--Angeline Steele--23 Apr. 1864--Rev. C.A. Bateman Ellis, George--Anna Powell--14 Jan. l864--J.M. Wilkerson Esther, John-~Elizabeth Gluser--3 Dec. l865--Philip Fricker Estis, Wm.--Margaret Turner--3 Aug. 1865--C.R. Rice Evans, Lemuel--Ellen Jane Lash--2l Apr. l864--S.B. Dennis Evans, Nathan R. --Sarah E. Poston--22 Aug. 1865--Wm. H. Fi sher Fabricius, Otto F.--Mary Wilhelmina Wiedemann--3 Sept. l864--John H. Miller Farley, Harry~-Elizabeth Hasty--26 Nov. l864--G.W. Paddock , Farnsworth, Paysen--Frankie C. Miller--8 Oct. l865--Richard Cordley Feil, George--Antony Kellermann--9 May l865--Alvis Mayers Ferguson, C. Smith--Nancy E. Ferguson--12.Dec. 1864--M.W. Marquess Field, Oscar--Mary Sanford--4 Sept. l863--Chas. Dickson Firestone, Christian C.--Sarah E. Centers--16 Feb. l865--Jacob Koub Firestone, Nathan--Mary Rothrock--24 Aug. 1865--Daniel Studebaker Fisher, Adam--Almira Lobingier--15 Sept. 1864--S.B. Waters Fisher, Julius--Tekla ~1enger--25 Dec. l865--Henry Myer Fisher, Robert--Rachel Owens--28 Apr. l864--Richard Cordley Fisher, William--Lavanche Dilly--ll Jan. l864--S. Kretsinger Fitzhue, Joseph--Alice Martin--ll Feb. l865--E.D. Ladd Fix, Henry--Emlly Yardley--24 Mar. 1864--H.D.' Healey Flood, James--Jennie Maxwell--20 Dec. 1865--Geo. F. Chapin Foster, DavisT-Rachael L. Webster--5 Apr. l864--N. Taylor i Foster, Fordice E.--?Himena? H. Avery--5 Feb. l865--John McQuinston Frye, Daniel F.--MaryF. Toothaker--ll Oct. l863--T.J. Ferrill Furgeson, James M.--Mary M. Marquiss--16 Dec. l865--Job W. Hogue' Garden, Xavier--Cerina Victorina--5 Jan. 1865--G. Favre Gentry, Nicholas--Catharine Shaffer--10 Aug. 1865--S. Weaver Gibson, Sylvester--Mrs. Mary Parks--13 July 1865--H.D. Fisher Gilbert, David--Dathey, Emma--29 Dec. 1864--Chas. Dickson Gilbert, R.L.--Sarah Fitzgerald--25 Aug. 1864--G.W. Paddock Glathart, Jerry H.--Emily M.M. Thompson-~12 Oct. l865--John S. Brown Glitten, John G.--Alice C. Justice--10 May 1864--A.S. Scudder 24 �Kansas Marriages, 1863-1865 Can't Godwin, George W.--~1rs. Addie t·1acy--24 Oct. 1865--John S. Brown· Gordon, Augustus--t1ary Buzzard--7 Apr. 1864--S.W. ~Jalker Grandison, Richard--Minerva Grandison--2 Mar. 1865--Edward A.. Ddan Green, Rev. Capt. L.F.--Martha E. Taylor--25 Dec. 1863--L.D. Price Griffi s, Joseph--r~ary 1. Pi per--6 Aug. 1863--T. 1. Ferri 11 Haelsig, Adolph F.--Eliza Snider--19 Apr. 1864--C.H. Richards Haettig, Charles--Lena Zimmerman--5 Dec. 1865--H. Meyer Hallmark, William--Charlotte Carey--5 May lS64--J.D. Burton Halsa, Amos--Elizabeth Mason--31 July 1865--G.W. Paddock Ham, John A.--Alen, Sarah C.--5 Oct. 1863--A.M. Wilson Ham, Rev. Milton--Joseptline Palmer--19 Mar. l864--W.D. Fisher Ham, William--Margaret Day--14 June 1864--F.L. Pilla Hambaugh, B.W.--Mrs. Caroline A. Looker--23 Aug. 1864--J.B. Gilliland Hanah, William--Mrs. Mary Drake~-16 Mar. 1865--R.B. Robinson ' Haney, M.M.-~Martha E. Wallas--17 Nov. 1864--Wiley Jones Hanson, Henry--Susan P. Adkins--13 Mar. 1864--S.B. Haters Harmon, HenryD.--Jennie A11en--25 Nov. 1865--G.W. Paddock Harris, J.--Sarah J. Gentry--21 Nov. 1866(?)rec. 28 Feb. 1866--G.W. Paddock Harvey, David .Johnson--Rebekah Parker--20 Oct. 1863--Job W. Hogu~ Harvey, Green--Jane Adams--10 Nov. 1864--C.H. Richard Hastie, George W.--Susan L. Eberhart--30 June 1864--Abram Blakely Hasslitt, George W.--E1iza F. Dyer--17 Feb. 1864--G. Favre ' Hawkins, Thomas--Susan E11is--17 Dec. 1863--J.M. Wilkerson Hazeltine, Robert W.S.--Louisa Agnes Burdick--13 Sept. 1863--R.W~ Woodward Heddens, J.M.~-Sadie E. Davisson--28 Dec. 1865--G.S. Dearborn Helstrom, Rudolph--Laura Einstad--22 J~ly 1865--E.D. Ladd Herning; Mich~e1--Ann S. Eberhart--2l Jan. 1864--J. Copeland Herring, John--Virginia Jones--27 Aug. 1865--Ben C. Baker Hicocks, Linus R.--Ada S. Johnson--4 June 1864--Richard Cordley Hock, George--Mrs. Henrietta Caroline Wienrand--31 Aug. 1864--John H. Miller Hogan, Dennis--E1isa Doy1e--16 Jan. l864--G. Favre Hollenback, E1isha--Harriett Howard--4 Feb. 1865--John L. Brown Holmes, Stephen--Sarah M. A11ison--18 Dec. 1863--T.J. Ferne Howard, Amasa C.--Elizabeth J. Kennedy--16 Nov. 1865(?) rec. 28 ~eb. 1866-G. W" Paddock Hunter, Geo. G.--Nellie White--8 Oct. 1865--Geo. F. Chapin Hyde, John M.--Zennah P. A11en--12 Oct. 1865--G.W. Paddock Hynes, Harry--Mary Ceri no--29 Nov. 1865--F. 1. t~attrow Johnson, Corbe1y--Ann Jane Pool--14 Feb. l864--E.Veatch Johnson, Franc1s E.--Minerva J. Rankin--2 Aug. 1863--G.W. Paddock Johnson, Henry--Catherine Early--l Sept. l864--Job.W. Hogue Johnson, Henry--Sarah E. Betts--26 Jan. 1865--S.B. t~oodward Johnson, King-~Irena Green--ll Feb. 1864--Richard Cordley Johnson, William--Sarah M. Gilstrap--7 Sept. 1865--Ben C. Baker Johnson, Wm.T.--Susan Jane Thomas--28 May l864--Dudley Lee Johnston, E.B.--E1iza E. Hollier--16 June 1864--A.J. Sherwood , Jones, Enoch L.--Rebecca Jane Martin--2 Feb. 1865--Robert Buraess Jordan, Thomas J.--Pamelia Davis--16 Mar. 1865--Wrn. H. Fisher~ : Kackley, Willis--Martha Sands--28 Dec. l863--J.r~. Wilkerson : Keeler, Joseph--Mary Ann Seebal--26 Mar. 1864--W.A. Starrett Keeth, Isaac--Rose Dennison--5 Dec. 1864--E.D .. Ladd Kelley, Anthony--Ann Eliza Harbour--14 June 1865--Charles Chadwick Kellogg, Lucius D.--Cornelia Wood--S ~1ay 1865--Richard Cord1ey : 25 �Kansas Ma rri ages, 1863-1865 Con t. I Kennedy, James--t'·1artha Bell--20 Apr. 1865--James Brownlee Kimball, E.F.--A.E. Wiles--21 July 1864--H.D. Fisher Kingsburg, George W.--Lydia M. Stone--20 Sept. 1864--John S. Brown Klemp, Henry--Catherine Lows--2 June 1864--A.J. Sherwood Knight,George W.--Nancy Katharine McKewney--21 Apr. 1864--John S. Brown Lee, Thomas--r~ary Megrath--ll Dec. 1864--G. Favre ' Leger, John--Nary Coop--15 Mar. 1864--LD. Ladd Leis, Henry--Ruth E. Hutchinson--23 Oct. 1865--John S. Brown Lenore, Moses--GeorgiannaRit~ ---17 Aug. 1864--John W. Wilkerson Lewis, A.O.-~Amanda J. Clark--18 July 1865--Ezra Johnson ' Lewis, Jonathan--Wilda M. Mosier--27 Aug. 1865--W.D. Hamilton Lewis, John--Sarah Clark--29 Dec. 1864--C.H. Richards Lighth, Henry--Nancy L. Brewer--14 Oct. 1865--Horace Tucker Logan, Thomas~-Bane, Almira--25 Oct. 1863--John W. Wilkerson Loit, Charles--Emma Petty--30 Nov. 1865--rec 27 Feb. 1866--John S. Brown Lossee, Samuel M.--Nancy J.'Tussgan?--25 Dec. 1864--Henry McKenzie McAdams, Albert--Agnes Bodlerson--23 Feb. 1863--Joseph H. Strothers McClean, George--Sarah Kinkeid--5 June 1864--Abram Blakely McClellan, Wilson--Frances E. Caylor--16 Apr. 1865--Abraham Rothrock McClintock, William--Susan Cole--19 May l864~-F.L. Pilla ; McCormick, DaVid A.T.--Sarah Ann Priratt--20 Apr. l865--John S. Brown McCune, Graydon--Eliza Kelley--14 June l865--Charles Chadwick McFarland, Thomas--Nancy Jane Garvin--14 June l864--Robert Burgess McGuire, Hilliam H.--Emma McKenzie--27 July l865--T.B. Woodard McIlwaine, John--Mrs. Margaret Shields--ll May l865--George Mill~r McKinney, t~ill.iam J.--Flora Wood--19 Dec. l865--rec 27 Feb. l866':"-John S. Brown Md~hinney, Th.omas J.--Cemantha Howard--4 Dec. 1863--LD. Ladd Macy, Eberla Q.--Adelia Howarq--7 Aug. 1864--Wm. Draper Madden, Green-,-~1alinda ?Chervestonn?--no date--rec 2 Sept. 1864--Dudley Lee Main, Enoch--Elizabeth Crowell--29 Mar. l864--E.D. Ladd Martin, Charles--Alcy Stop--14 Nov. l863--Dudley Lee Martin, David--Jane Rosebaugh--9 Feb. 1865--James Brownlee Martin, t~illiam--Emma Perry--30 May l863--G.~J. Paddock Mason, James J.-- Dalenes A. Bryson--25 June 1865--John H. Willey Mater, Joseph-~Libbie Johnson--14 June l863--G.W. Paddock Matney, James--Nancy Jane Lav.}son--12 Aug. 1865--Ben C. Baker Mellar, James R.--Sarah Chockley--16 Sept. l865--E.D. Ladd Menger, Adolph Christian--Louisa Everback--5 Apr. l864--John H. Miller Messer, David--Laura Aurilla Bledsoe--16 June l865--E.D. Ladd ~liller, John J.--Louisa Hays--6 July l865--John L~. ~!illey , Miller, Julius~-Augusta F.E. Menger--20 June l865--John H. Mille~ Miller, Richard--t·lary Jane Griffith--9 ~lar. l865--LD. Ladd ' Miller, William--Mary E. Warren--15 Dec. l864--E.D. Ladd Mitchel, Joseph--Mary Jane Buggoon--2l May l865--John Bower ~litchell, Warren M.--Maggie L Friend--29 Apr. l864--Richard Cord'ley Moberly, Augustin William--Eunice Matilda Whaley--12 Feb. 1865--Job W. Hogue Moon, Noah.,.-Nancy L. Flynn--19 Oct. 1863--~Jm. G. Piper ~loon, Thomas--Lelia Jane Johnson--l June l864--A.J. Parish Moore, Elza--Elvira E. Alverson--4 Oct. 1863--William G. Piper Moore, John--Sarah J. Harrell--14 Sept. l865--Wm. Draper Morris, John--Mrs. R.P. Stephenson--ll Nov. l865--Geo. F. Chapin Moss, ?Celli?--Mary Francis Clow--4 July l865--I.W. Bolen t'lueller, John Adam--P.nna Broemmelsick--2 P.ug. l865--John H. Brune ~1yers, Hillis--Juliann Corell--27 Dec. l864--John S. Brown I 26 �Kansas Marriages, 1863-1865 Conlt. Ni qhten, W. L. --Mrs. Nancy More--11 Aug. 1864--Rev. C. E. Lewi s . Norton, Roswe11--E1izabeth M. Coat--30 Sept. 1865--John S. Brown Oddy, Wi11iam--Jeanette G1impse--13 Dec. 1864--E.D. Ladd Pace, Michae1--Laura O. Cunningham--26 May 1865--Wm. H. Fisher. ' Palmquist, Andrew--Char10tte G. Peterson--4 Aug. 1864--John S. Brown Patten, Thomas--?Missouri? B1ankenship--27 Nov. 1864 Payne, Merton A.--Catharine McCoach--22 Oct. 1865--John McQuinston Pearce, C.B.--Mary Fairchi1d--1 Dec. 1864--G.W. Paddock . Peerman, Joseph--Julia Po11ett--12 Dec. 1863--M.W. Marques Pellet, Charles B.--Kate Lamer--29 Dec. 1863--C.A. Steele Pennick, Allen T.--Mary L. Furgeson--12 Nov. 1865--John W. Willey Phillips, A.J.--A.S. Litchfie1d--28 May 1863--G.W. Paddock Pickens, Or1ando--Sarah A. Barnard--27 Sept. 1863--E.D. Ladd Poage, James D.--Elizabeth Ann Rose--16 Oct. 1864--E.D. Ladd Pox1eitner, John B.--Margaret Lawterwasser--16 July 1863--Anthony Kuh1z Prentiss, Lymann--Mary R. Anderson--4 Apr. 1865--Richard Cord1ey Priratt, John--Sarah Jane Wi1kinson--8 June 1865--John S. Brown' Pruett, Thomas.--r1ary A. Branson--12 Apr. 1864--E.D. Ladd Pruitt, Wi11iam--Susanah Garver--31 July 1865--NathanBuchanan Putney, Lyman B.--Jennie Co1eman--24 Dec. 1863--John S. Brown Quick, Levi--Lucretia Ann Jones--l Sept. 1864--Chas. Dickson Rankin, Hilliam S.--Lucy A. Hoyt--21 Feb. 1864--John S. Brown Rauper, Gott10b--E1izabeth Dunn--21 Mar. no year (entry dateline 1 Oct. 1858) John J. Magee Redfern, John--Moss, Katharine--l Jan. 1864--Chas. Dickson Reed, John W.-~Mary Elizabeth Longfe11ow--2 Aug. 1865--Wm. C. Finney Reynolds, George W.--Mary L. Fu11er--2 Mar. 1864--E.D. Ladd Reynolds, Washington--Catherine Eas1ey--10 Oct. 1865--Dudley Lee Richards, James--Mary ?~1annie?--18 Oct. 1863--S.B. Waters Richards, O.G. 7 -Sophia Mufsoe--12 June 1865--Char1es M. Sears Rinly, ~Jil1iam·r~.--t·1ary E. Bell--5 Aug. 1864--T.1. Ferri1 Rittenhouse, Levi--Bertha Snyder--26 Jan. 1865--G.W. Paddock Roberts, Col. William Y.--Mrs. Louise W. Gates--28 Aug. 1864--Joh~ S. Brown Rochelle, James--Ellen More--9 Apr. 1865--W. R. Leonard Roe, John--El1en Chapman--14 Jan. 1865--S.H. Carmean Ross, W.C.--Sarah C. Burns--23 Nov. 1863--John S. Brown Rothrick, Joseph--Catherin Waybright--27 Aug. 1863--Ezra Johnson Rozcraft, George P.--Mary W. Applewhite--19 Jan. 1864--Joseph K. Lawrence Russell, Johnathan--Josephine L. Benson--19 May 1864-~A.J. Sherwood Sawyer, Lyman M.--t·1ary L-J. Gardner--23 Apr. 1864--t~m. Draper Scheibli, Jacob--Minna Fischer--17 Aug. 1865--E.D. Ladd Schmidt, August Franz--Christiane Amelia Tolgner--29 Oct. 1865--Charles Dram Schmidt, Gustavus E.--Ann E. Maxwell--29 Jan. 1865--John S. Brown Schofield, Wm. H. Esq.--Mrs. Louisa G. Beards1ey--7 Dec. 1865--G.S. Dearborn Scott, John C.--Lois Ann Hester--23 Feb. 1864--S.B. Waters Scott, Wm. M.--Henrietta Tay10r--25 Sept. 1865--E.D. Ladd See1s, Theodore--E1izabeth El1is--17 Dec. 1863--J~ M. Wilkerson Shaffer, Leonard--Martha Jesse--3 July 1864--Wm. Draper Sherwood, Jas. M.--~1ary A. Jones--no date (rec. 21 Feb. 1865}--1J.D. Fisher • Shields, William M.--Mil1y A. Abbot-~22 Oct. 1865--John Bower Shiffman, Lewis--Mary McGhee--2 Mar. 1865--E.D. Ladd Silva, Hesley--Mary Tay10r--26 Oct. 1865--James Brownlee 0 27 �Kansas Marriages, 1863-1865 Conlt~ Simpson, ~Jilliam--Louise B. Prentiss--12 Oct. l864--Richard Cord,ley Skinner, John--Emile Spicer--8 Aug. l864--R.W. Oliver Smith, Charles W.--Jane Elizabeth Walker--14 Apr. 1864--W.A. STarrett Smith, Irvin H.--Celinda Buck--17 June l865--Wm. Draper Smith, Joseph--Martha Potter--24 May l864--C.H. Richard Speed, Richard--Jane Bates--15 Oct. l865--??? T. Peace Spriggs, Edward--Tabitha Wheeler--12 Sept. l864--Dudley Lee Staniferd, W.W.--Mattie E. Burney--21 July l864--W.D. Fisher Steed, Isaam F.--Emma Copenbarger--9 Sept. 1863--~Iilliam Draper Steele, Robert A.--Isabella Cummings--14 Sept. l865--Geo. S. Chapin Sternberg, Thomas J.--Emma R. Enos--16 Nov. l864--Richard Cordley Still, W.W.--Lucetta A. Bryson--19 Nov. l865--John Pieratt Stone, Anderson--Mrs. Sarah Pope--18 Au~. l864--John W. Wilkerson Stone, George L. --Martha ~Jeybri ght--25 June l863--John Bower Stone, Horace E.--Sarah Benson--13 Oct. 1864--John S. Brown Stoneman, James Wm.--Zarelda Kreel--14 Jan. l863--Jesse Linch Stroup, John A.--Minerva Rogers--22 Mar. l864--E.D. Ladd Sturdy, John S.--Hannah Chapman--22 Mar. 1865--S.B. Waters Taylor, John-~Adaline Wooda?--14 Apr. l864--J.W. Wilkerson Taylor, J. t~es,ley--Hattie Russell--7 June l865--G.W. Paddock Taylor, Philemon Z.--Hellen A. Andrews--7 Aug. l865--Richard Cordley Tewks, Joseph William--Bridget Clerry--7 May l865--Alvis Mayers Thomason, Isaac--Durinda Amos--4 Sept. l864--W.P. Upham Thornbrugh, James--Mary A. Barnes--12 Feb. l865--C.H. Richards , Toyne, Francis B.--Mary Lucinda Anderson--25 May l865--Job W. Hogue Travis, Henry H.--Caroline .Palmer--12 ~~ar. l865--G.W. Paddock Tucker, Albert--Eliza Ann Young--29 Mar. l865--H.M. Greene Tucker, Dexter--Emma Preston--23 Mar. l865--Ezra Johnson Tucker, Henry J.--Amanda L. Tollwell--l Oct. 1865--no name, Minister of the Gospel Tumberlin, John--Hannah Johnson--21 June l865--John Ingle Tyler, Joseph S.--Mary Ann Fix--7 Apr. l864--E.D. Ladd Urban, August-~Mary Neckal--14 Aug. 1865--E.O. Ladd Varnum, Frank B.--Martha A. Pearson--14 Sept. l865--John W. Willey Wagener, August--Tubia Dullinski--10 Nov. l864--G. Favre Walden, Wesley--Mary J. Brown--15 July l864--A.J. Sherwood t~arner, SamuelF.--Estelle W. Brown--2 Jan. 1865--~J.R. Davis Washburn, Lorenzo--Mrs. Francis Marion Engler--27 May l865--Wm. H. Fisher Washington, George--Francis Love--10 Aug. 1865--H. Barker Waybright, John--Mary Jane Rafe--9 Mar. l865--John Bower Waymire, Hugh--Francis D. Justin--12 Nov. l865--Wm. Draper Webb, Holly-:-Mary M. Li ck--ll June l865--Hm. H. Fi sher Weiningham, John--Sarah E. Hammon--16 Oct. l864--S.B. Waters , Wellsdorf, Frederic C.--Katherine Johnson--15 Oct. l865--L.R. Camobell t'Jest, James--He'ster Ironsides--28 ~1ay l865--~Jm. H. Fisher " White, Andrew--Miranda Williams--26 Mar. 1865--T.B. Woodard White, Benjamin F.--Sophia J. Dedrick--ll Nov. 1864--James H. Hendry White, Francis M.--~lary E. ~1il1s--27 Mar. l864--Robert t~ilne Wilder, Abraham M.--MarY E. Jenkiris--13 July 1865--Richard Cordlei' Williams, Enoch S.--Mary E. Linvil--3 Mar. l865--G.W. Paddock Williams, James Henry--Emiline Stroad--19 Oct. l865--H. Barker Willis, Walter--Olivia Powel--2 June l864--R.W. Oliver 28 ( �Kansas ~arriages, 1863-1865 Con't. Wise, Christian--Lucia M. Ford--ll Aug. 1864--L.B. Dennis t~ood, Daniel F.--Mary J. ~Jhite--3 Apr. 1864--F.B. ~Ioodard Wood, John--Angelina Dorsett--19 Nov. 1864--A.J. Parrish Wood, Loren--Mary M. McKinney--7 June 1865--Hm. Draper Wood, William--Caroline Tatum--29 Dec. 1864--C.H. Richards Wooddull, John W.--Sarah Ann Nix--24 Dec. 1865--Charles M. Sears Woodruff, Francis J.--Catharine P. Shields--9 Nov. 1865--John Pieratt Woods, Harrison--Martha Homes--22 Oct. 1863--J.M. ~Jilkerson Woodward, Merrick--Levina Hill--3 Sept. 1865--Wm. H. Fisher Wright, Charles E.--Amanda M. Matthews--27 Mar. 1864--L.B. Denni? ******** Hon. Moses A. O'Neil Black Jack Moses A. O'Neil was born in Summerfield, Noble county, Ohio,: June 18, 1832. Both parents, were of Irish birth, but 'immigrated to America when children. His father, John O'Neil, was a farmer. His mother's family name was Ann Horton. Both were Christians, but liberal in their religious views. They were pioneers in Ohio and occupied a position of high respectability in society. Moses A. O'Neil's early life was such as is common to the sons of farmers, contributing his share of labor on the farm and attending the common school during the leisure months. At the age of seventeen he was sent to the Western Liberal Institute, at Marietta, Ohio, where he acquired a good education. After teaching school for some time and, attending the Institute alternately winter and summer, he began the study of medic:lne with his uncle, Dr. William Horton, at Summerfield, and completed his medical course at Sterling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. This education was obtained under difficulties, as he was compelled to work at intervals to obtain money for his tuition and other expenses. He commenced the practice of his profession at Kennonsburgh, Nobl~ county, Ohio, in 1856, where he remained four years. He removed to Kansas and located in Douglas county in 1860, and resumed the practice, which he has continued ever since. He has also owned and managed a farm situated near his residence in Black Jack. In the spring of 1864, he made ,a trip overland to Idaho Territory, landing in Boise City, in September, where he remained until the following June, when he entered upon the duties of acting-assistant surgeon of troops operating against the Indian Territory. This position he held until relieved at his own request the following year. He has held various local offices:. In 1862 he was elected county assessor of Douglas county for a term of two years; in 1872, he was chosen state senator from his county. He is a member of Baldwin City Lodge, No.3, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has passed all the chairs and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of Kansas. 29 ( l �· As an agriculturalist, he has long been prominent, and for several years has been a member of the State Bee-Keepers Association, contributing many able articles on bee culture to the journals devoted to that interest. He has also devoted much time to the study of economi¢ agriculture in Kansas, and contributed numerous articles to the various papers of the State on agricultural and kindred subjects. He accepts the principles of the Christian religion, and has always been a liberal contributor to religious enterprises. He, with his family, attends the Presbyterian church. In politics he has always been a Republican. He was married in Douglas county, Kansas, in 1862, to Miss Eleanor Rosebaugh, who was educated at Sewickley Seminary, Pennsylvania. They have two children--Herbert L. and Mary H. O'Neil. Dr. O'Neil spent the first winter of his residence in Kansa~ in hunting, trapping and trading on the plains in ,Southwestern Kansas, and experienced innumerable hardships, having been constantly harrassed by Indians. * * * * *. * * * Oscar Grinman Richards Eudora , Oscar G. Richards was born, January 12, 1836, at Napoleon, Jackson county, Michigan. His father, Xenophon Richards, was a pioneer of the West; was prominent in the Indian wars and a soldier in the Black Hawk war; a man of but fair connnon school education, but of superior mental abilities and the highest moral character; universally respected for his integrity,' generosity and philanthropy, and in every respect an eminently good man; he was of Scotch-English descent. His mother" formerly Samantha Whaley, died when he was quite young, and he only knows of her by tradition. She was one of nineteen children by the same father and mother; belonged to a family of Ohio pioneers, who were noted for their great muscular strength and wonderful powers of endurance; was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of great piety ana an active Christian, greatly respected by all who knew her. Oscar G. Richards received but a limited education in the schools, which he afterward improved by diligent application, being determined thoroughly to qualify himself for the duties of life. He was reared on a farm in Livingston county, Illinois, and the early years of his life were spent in manual labor in the discharge of his farming duties. At the age of twenty he joined General Lane's forces, as they went through Illinois, under Captain Wm. Strawn, son of Jacob Strawn, then the largest stock-dealer and farmer in the State. With this hardy, independent: band of pioneers he went to Kansas from Illinois, through Iowa, Nebraska, and west of the then settlements in Kansas, to Topeka, on what was known as Lane's road. Mr. Richards drove the first team on the laying out of that road and planted the first stakes. In this patriotic band were such men as Captain Scrambey, of Illinois, Captain <- 30 �Cutler, of Massachusetts, and old John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame. On .their route, Mr. Richards captured old John Brown under the impression that he was a spy and one of South Carolina Buford's men. When told of what he was suspected, Captain Brown laughed heartily, and told his captors he could teach them anti-slavery sentiments. Pointing to a camp near by, he said, "There are my boys;" but no amount of persuasion could induce Mr. Richards to release what he thought. was a great. prize, until Captain .Brown was brought into General Lane's presence. G~neral Lane well knew the character of the man brought before him, and the incident was the occasion of great merriment both to Captain Bro~ and General Lane,the former of whom, a great admirer of courage, complimented Mr. Richards and his party for their pluck, and said that only to such men would he ever surrender. Mr. Richards was with. the party that besieged Fort Titus, Fort Sanders and Lecompton; was at Black Jack when Clay Pate surrendered to old John Brown; was at Bull Creek when General Lane drove Reid out of the Territory, and at Lawrence when it was besieged by seventeen hundred pro-slavery men, against less than two hundred free-state men, at the time that Governor GearY,went to the rescue. On the restoration of peace, after what was known as the borderruffian war, Mr. Richards went west to near Manhattan, and took a claim, which he tmproved and cultivated. This claim he sold in 1857, and removed to Douglas county, on what was known as the "Shawnee absentfee lands," taking with him a party of twenty-seven immigrants, including his father, st~p-mother, brothers and other relatives. Here he remained ten years engaged in farming and studying law, as he could procure books and find time. At the age of thirty he applied himself very closely to the study of his profession, ·and at the end of three years was admitted to the bar in Douglas county, at the November term, 1869. ' He has heid the office of justice of the peace for several terms in Eudora. He.' is Master of Doric Lodge No. 83, Eudora, Ancient, ·Free and Accepted Masons. He is also connected with the order of Odd Fellows, and is Past Grand of Eudora Lodge No. 42. He joined both orders :in 1868, and has held various positions in each. In his religious views he is . liberal. In politics he is an unwavering Republican, and was always an anti-slavery man; a good ·organizer and effective worker. He was elected in 1878, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Douglas county, a position which he still holds. . I He was married, January 8, 1857, to Miss Martha Granger, of Livingston county, Illinois. The issue of this marriage was two children one boy and one girl, both living and in prosperous circumstances. He was married to Miss Sophia Dorathea Mulsow, a German lady, of Eudora, June 12, 1865. They have four children. I ' Mr. Richards is still a resident of Eudora, doing a fair business, a useful man and a respected citizen. Copied. from the United States Biographical Dictionary Kansas VolumeChicago and Kansas City, S. LEWIS & CO., PUBLISHERS 1879. Submitt;ed by Lance Reppert, Lawrence, Kansas. 31 �THERE'S NOT MUCH IN A DANISH NAME By Ole Duus Copenhagen--"What's in a name?" is a good question not to ask in Denmark. The answer is "not much," especially if you'!e a bill collector, a postman or, heaven help you, looking for someone named Jensen. Consider these national bursts of nominal originality: I Half this nation of 5 million share 14 family names. Sixty percent of Danish names end in "sen." There are only 85,000 family names in the whole nation. The Copenhagen telephone book is of enormous help. Let's say you want to look up a Jensen, Hansen or Nielsen. There are 32,000 of each. And it doesn't exactly help that hundreds of them have ;the same first names. By comparison, the directory in Manhattan, with ,a slightly larger population, has a mere 3,100 Smiths. " It's a national problem the government has been trying to solve since the late 19th century, when there were 9,000 family names for 2.5 million Danes. A 1e,wmaker of that era issued this warning: "This is a national calamity. If we don't act this nation will no longer be known as the Danes, but as the Jensens or Neilsens." Problems arise. The mailman in a small Jutland village could not possibly know for which of the five Carl Petersens letters were meant. So the postmaster forced the villagers to name their streets and assign house numbers for the first time. A current poster appealing for adequate addresseson'all mail depicts a harassed mailman staring at an apartment house name board filled with Jensens. The situation also has led to some inventive titles that have followed their bearers to the graves. Tombstones note the final resting place of "Mr. Managing Director Jensen," lest he be co~fused with "Mr. Unskilled Worker Jensen." But a computer has their number--if not their names--straight. All Danes now have a personal registration number, without which they cannot open a bank account or see a doctor. The irony of all this is that the Danes became Jensens and Nielsens more or less by mistake. Originally they had a rich tradition.of individualized Viking surnames, many unfit for translation. For those. with. only a smatter.ingof Anglo-:-Saxon, meet' .Haro1d Bluetooth, !1agnus Wagarse and good old Ragnva1d Longtwadd1e. . The Danes were slower than other Europeans in establishing regular family names and took to convenient patronymics, making the son of Jens a Jensen and'Nei1's kid a Neilsen. Then the bureaucrats took over to bring administrative order to a growing mess of surnames everybody was inventing. A royal baptismal ordinance in,1828 made it compulsory for all children to be given a lasting family name. 32 �Trouble was, most rural vicars got that all wrong. They insisted on patrynomics--the "sens"--although any name was eligible. Nobody cared much,· however, since the unofficial name--the inventive :one-still was what coupted in the villages. In 1856 a government decree was handed down saying that all family names given since 1828 must be lasting for all future generations. Suddenly, tens of thousands of Danes were stuck with what they had considered inconsequential patronymics. "Irreparable damage was done to a blooming popular name tradition. Thousands of good individual surnames were lost," said Gordon Alboege of the Name Research Institute of the University of Copenhagen. In 1906 the Danish government permitted readoption of lost surnames, but most Nielsens, Jensens, and Hansens just yawned. Some exp:erts say the Danes simply weren't aware of the new possibilities.· But .there was another goof: The decree also said nobody was allowed to :use the 60,000 protected family names. Alboege is lobbying for a name law reform that would allow Danes to take any name already borne by more than 100 living Danes o,r the name of any Danish place. But Georg Soendergaard, a University of Odense lecturer and a Danish ·name ·expert, is not expecting much change. In fact, he says, things will 'get worse. His computer tells the story. The ann~al population growth is 1 to 2 percent, but only .04 p~rcent, or about 20,000, change their names and only 800 make up entirely new names. That means the relative number of new and uncommon names is bound to decline. But why worry? The prime minister is a plain Joergensen and on a 20-memb~r cabinet he has two Hansens and two Jensens, along with an Andersen, an Olsen, a Christiansen, a Jacobsen, a Matthiasen.and a Heinsen. Copied with ~ull permission and credit to: The Associated Press, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York,. N.Y. - from the Sunday April 15, 1979 Kansas ~ity Star - "People" section. Submitted by Mary JamisoI)-, Lawrence, Kansas. SEED POTATOES, SEED CORN, OATS, and full line all kinds of Field, Grass and Garden Seeds. Flax to. loan on contracts. Big Stocks Cane, Millet, Kaffir ~orn, Dwarf Essex Rape, Macaroni Wheat, Bromus Inermis, English Blue Grass, Etc. Etc., at KANSAS SEED HOUSE. F. Barteldes & Co. 804 Mas~. St. Lawrence, Kansas 33 �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. Theymust concern Kansas related ancestors of fifty years or more. Kathryn Bunton, 2135 Kentucky, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 , Would like to exchange information on the following family lines: TYLER, WHITE, WOOD, PALMER, HOYT, NEWELL, FEME, THOMAS, DIXON, SEARS, BUNTON, SWEENY AND HUNT. Hrs. Emma Semple Berg; RFD 2 - Box 224, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Will be glad to excahnge information on the following lines: SEMPLE(Ireland, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio); COON - (New York, }fichigan, Ohio); COLE.- (New York, Michigan, Ohio); BERG - (Germany, New York, Ohio, J{ansas); VOSS; NUPHER; ADAM. Mrs. Melvin Flory, Box 391, Camdenton, Missouri 65020 Would like information about-these early Douglas County, KS. ancestors: Wm. Jefferson SCOTT,Julia A. HUTCHINSON, both from VA; Phillip HOFF¥AN, Nancy WELSH, FAUERBAUGH. Mrs. John F. Sweets, 2905 Moccasin Dr., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Sarah DE ROCHER, b. 1833 near Quebec, Canada. Lived in Wisconsin beginning 1848. Who were her parents? Names of b~others and sisters? Mrs. John F. Svreets, 2905 Moccasin Dr., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Hould like to exchange information concerning the Red River (of the North) Colony with descendants of that colony. Particularly interested in the Swiss colonists who arrived there (in Canada) in 1821. Note: Red River Colony also called Selkirk Settlement. Mrs. John F. Sweets, 2905 Moccasin Dr., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to correspond with descendants of Elizabeth METCALF ASHWORTH, b.about 1850, ~isconsin. Mrs. John F. Sweets, 2905 Moccasin Dr., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to correspond with descendants of Harriet VARING BORDEAU, b. about 1825. She lived in Wisconsin after 1830. Mrs. C.D. Jackman, 1230 North Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas 66608 Desire informat,ion on Elizabeth ??? HAYES b. 22 May 1816, Ohio. She was mother of Jacob Eller HAYES b. 2 Oct. 1838 South Bend, IN. 1850 Elizabeth m. John CHANEY. They moved to Des Moines, IA. Elizabeth is buried in Rising Sun Cemetery. She d. 12 May1893. What was Elizabeth's maiden name? Where in' Ohio was she born? Alfred 1.. Kibler, 2701 Raven Road, Cinnaminson, New Jersey 08077 Desire to correspond with descendants of Andrew J. KIBLER, b. Aug~st 1840, w. Caroline BURNER, b. October 1841. Both were b. in Powell's Fort, Shenandoah County, VA. Children: Mary, Mattie V., Jo~n B., Harvy, Georgiana F., Carrie E., and Josephine V. In 1900, they lived in Wellsville, KS. 34 �Mrs. K. Duggan, 72 Prussia Street, N.C. Road, Dublin 7, Ireland Would you help me get in touch with descendants of my relative, James FRENEY or FREENEY who emigrated to America, probably in the mid-1800's. He was formerly of "Mill House", Clash Rathdrum, County Wick10w,·Ire1and. Mrs. Adell Carr Smith, 2928 Cornell Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Need information on Arethusa BURNSIDE BROWNING, probably born iniKentucky in 1830's. Was in Buchanan County, MO. in 1880 census. Hr. Lewis E. Howard, 1905 Valley Glen Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604 Seek ancestors Ebenezer HOWARD. Lived Canaan, Columbia Co., NY.; Died April/May 1812. Named in Will, Wife Eunice. Children Martin; John, born 1792, married Harriet DE WITT; Hiram, born 1800, married Elizabeth HAIGHT; Patty, married John BENEDICT; Abigail, married William PIERCE; Nina, married Samuel STOWERS; Phebe, married Andrew RICKLE; Lena; Susanna; Anna. Mr. Lewis E. Howard, 1905 Valley Glen Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604 Jacob BRANSON Jr. born ca 1840 Indiana, wife Hannah (HOWARD) BRANSON born 1847 Michigan, died 12 June 1878 Kansas. Resided Wakarusa ~wp. Douglas Co. and Osage Co. Kansas. Had children Albert born .1863; Charles born 1865; Eugene b. 1867; Edwin b. 1868; Cora b. 1870, married and had child by 1888; Dolores born 1872; Irene born 1877; Nellie born 1874. Wish to complete birth, death dates, places, where buried, whereabouts of descendants. . Mrs. Edith Howard, 1905 Valley Glen Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604 Anna Gracia Margaret HERZBERG, born Bremen or Hannover Germany, came to Lawrence, Kansas ca 1871, married Adolph MENGER. Parents born Hannover Germany. Mother died there ca 1858, father ca 1868. She had six older brothers. One brother HERZBERG/HERTZBERG resided near Booneville, Cooper Co., Missouri. Had family. Died ca 1910. Desire information of parents, brothers. Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need locations 'and family information for Elizabeth BORDEN (daugh~er of Francis BORDEN and Elizabeth PARKER) born 1779; married Thomas TULEY 1810; died 1852; chi1dren--Char1es BORDEN, Mary STEWART, Ann FOLWELL and Ferdinand. Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044: Beulah NORCROSS, born ca 1791 possibly in New Jersey, married Benjamin FRAZIER 1813. Hoved to Shelby county Ohio. They had eight children: George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph, Mary, Rebecca and Elizabeth. Seeking any information about this family and their parents. ' Mrs. Mary Jamison, Route 5, Box 176,Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to correspond with ANDERSONS whose ancestors. were in Ohio in early 1840's. Mrs. Mary Jamison, Route 5, Box176,Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to correspond and exchange information on SWAN, SWANN, SCHWAN, SCHWANN residing in New York in 1800. 35 �Mrs. Maxine Moore Hougland, 1920 Harper, Lawrence, Kansas 66044... Who are the parents of and where in Kentucky was James M. HOUGLAN~ born? Died, Jan. 6, 1883, Macon, MO; married Elizabeth WILSON (born in Kentucky, 1825, daughter of Hugh and Ann WILSON) in LaPato, Adair Co.~ MO, April 16, 1844. Ten children, all born in Macon, MO. Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need information about Gilbert G. DART b. about 1790-1800, N.Y. In 1822 Gilbert DART was commissioned lieutenant in the New York Militia~ Records of other members of his family indicate that he may have lived around Lysander, NY (North and West of Syracuse.) about 1822 to 1830 when he removed with his family to Ohio. Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need information about Gilbert DART, Jr. b. 1857, d. 10 May l878:in Okla., m. 'Laura WALTERS at Garnett, Ks. removed later to Oklahoma. Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Request information on descendants of Jacob L. SARVER ("Jake"), ciarried to Sally DART,' first resided at Garnett, Kansas, removed to Kansas City, Kansas, then to Oklahoma. Had two sons: Olney SARVER; Clyde SARVER; and a daughter ~ I Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Request information on David SWIAHER m. DiedemaSTANLEY, from Lewis County, W. VA.: Birth dates: probably in the early 1800's. Migr,ated to Muskingum Co., OH. Ms. Jane M. Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Looking for descendants of Electa Harriet BRAMAN who resided in Auburn, KS from 1878-1907 when she moved to Topeka to live with her daughter, Addie M. CRAIG. Electa died May 6, 1927, and Addie died ca. 1962, place unknown. * ** **** HIS ROOTS GO BACK TO CAESAR By Carleton Jones' THE GENEALOGY BOmi - "Roots" and all that - takes a new and, startling form in the tale of Carroll Brice, a 52-year old Annapolis-Baltimore blueblood who says he has traced his family line back 79 generations - to Julius Caesar, no less. ! It's been a 30-year search, says Mr. Brice, a designer pf funerary monuments whose firm d,id the Alabama memorial at Gettysburg and the Cardinal Gibbons monument at the Basilica of the Assumption. It has led h:lm down the trails of history, turning up ancestors by the bushel. Would you believe that Mr. Brice is descended from Marc Antony and Pepin the Short? Or Hildegarde of Swabia (757-782 A.D.)? Or Lady Dodo of Saxony? Or Geoffrey Plantagenet? Or Old King Cole? 36 �Well, he is, says Mr. Brice and so are ten or twenty thousand other Marylanders. The startling Brice genealogy, which family members have been working on for more than 100 years, is embodied as the showcase" 31-page article in Broad Neck Hundred, a graphic and historical quarterly published in Annapolis since 1975. : "I don't want anyone to think I have done all of this myse1:f," says Mr. Brice as he contemplates his multi-branched family tree. A large swath of Brice genealogy, (coupled with another Maryland clan, the Ti1ghmans as in Tench), was worked out by Ethel Brice Duvall, whp died in 1950 at 77 after 60 years of studying family lore. "Ethel l<;new her great-great-great aunt, who was born she, [Elizabeth Brice] in turn, knew her grandfather, John prominent Revolutionary soldier who was born in 1738," Mr. This allowed direct family knowledge to accumulate for six in 1798 and Bricei 3d, the Brice: relates. gener?tions. "Bricesof record go back to the Battle of Crecy [in 1346]'," says the genealogist, who carried out part of his research at England,' s College of Arms. Yet Crecy is not even halfway back through the BriceTilghman history. As set forth in Broad Neck Hundred, the Brice genealogy opens with the Caesars, runs through Julia and Marc Antony 2d and Marc Antony 3d, and wife Octavia. Their great-grandaughter was Boadicea, the legendary heroine queen of Britain and her grandson was King "Coe1" as in Old King Cole. "Boadicea wiped out 2.5 Roman legions and there were only four Roman 1egi.ons there," says Mr. Brice, who obviously enjoys his historic sidelights. The merry old soul, however, is still more than 60 generations away from modern titp.es. Brice ancestors dug themselves in as the Merovignian kings of France and lords of Savoy, according to the study. Then, between 689 and 814 A.D., the family really hit one of its high spots. In quick succession comes Charles Martel, called "The Hammer," the warrior Frankish duke who beat back the Arabs at the Battle of Tours; Pepin the Short and Charlemagne, the father of his country. The Norman conquest in 1066 sent numerous Brice ancestors into England and with it alliances with the P1antagenets, with Eleanor of Aquitaine and wicked King John, Robin Hood's favorite heavy. In the Tudor period the family names were from the top, and often beheaded, ranks of society, Beauchamps, Nevi11es, Berke1eys and Despencers, the family history says. Mr. Brice notes that the key figure in getting the Brice-Tilghman "royal line" to America was Dr. Richard Tilghman who emigrated to'the Chester River area from England in 1661, along with a wife, Mary Fox1ey, who was painted, by Sir Peter Le1y. Mr. Brice is ninth in descent.from Dr. Tilghman. It is an odd fact that the Brice-Tilghman line, as traced 37 �back to royalty, has only one female progenitor, Anna Maria Margaret Tilghman who was wife of Judge Nicholas Brice, until y:ou get all the way back 12 generations to Susannah Whetenhall who lived in Tudor England. All the other transmitters of the line were men. This is ,not so odd as it seems, says Mr. Brice. "The borsey line [of Maryland, with which there is a connection to the Bn.ce~ Tilghman line] has gone for 1,000 years without a name change," he reports. To produce his mountain of research, Mr. Brice "corresponded with people allover the country." He used his evenings for most of the work "instead of looking at the boob tube." He estimates he has spent "several years worth of 24-hour days" in developing the tale. A: Dorsey family reunion in 1964 at Hockley near Annapolis was helpful. There were Dorseys from 19 states. "I found 15 of us had the same ancestors." In fact, ancestors and descendants of ancestors surface all the time. "Since I came to Baltimore [in 1971] I have met at least 200 people I'm related to," he reports. i • I Mr. Brice says the bible of early Maryland genealogy is Warfield's chronicle of Anne Arundel county. Also a key source is thei790 first censu~ of Maryland where seven new Brice ancestors surfaced. The genealogist uses the huge, coat-of-arms-emblazoned map of the English royal family, published recently by the College of Arms and sold in Westmirister Abbey among other spots, to prove his p~ints'and dress up all the ancient names with some glamour. "See this," he says as his hand sweeps back into the past. "The most vicious line is the Scotch line. In 15 generations, only t~o died a natural death ... You're not born with this knowledge. You have to cultivate it. All these people had to be vicious before Ch~,istia.nity came along. Who was more vicious than [the Roman Emperor] Claudius? It was a dagger society." Actually~ Mr. Brice says there are 12 interrelated lines leading back to European·royalty among the Colonial famil;tes of Maryland's earliest days. The Brice-Tilghman line is only one of them. The others will be traced, in subsequent issues of Broad Neck Hundred. There is nothing, he says, particularly distinctive about being descended from royalty. Thousands of people are. "Back 38 generations to the time of the Holy Roman Empire your grandparents number in the millions." And what about the bar sinister? The chance that some ance'stor passed off the child of a lover as her husband's? "Hho would know? says the genealogist resignedly. .... . '. ~.~ .. :.. __ : _."_ ". ------".--:: ..:,- THE BRICE-TILGHMAN LINE 1. 2. 3. Numerius Julius Caesar Lucius Julius Caesar Sextus Julius Caesar 4. 5. 6. 38 Sextus Julius Caesar 2d Lucius Julius Caesar 2d Lucius Julius Caesar 3d �7. Julia - Mark Anthony 2d 143 B.C. 8. Hark Anthony 3d 83 B.C. - Octavia d. 11 B.C~· 9. Antonia - Drusus 38 B.C.-9 B.C. 10. Claudius d. 54 A.D. 11. Venissa - Arviragus d. 74 A.D. 12. Boadicea d. 62 A~D. - Prasutagus d. 61 A.D. 13. Their Dau. (Name Lost) - Maric 14. Coe1 15. Athi1dis- Marcomir d. 149 A.D. 16. C1odomir IV d. 166 A.D. - Hasilda 17. King Farabert d. 186 A.D. 18. King Sunno d. 213 A.D. 19. King Hi1deric d. 253 A.D. 20. King Bartherus d. 272 A.D. 21. King C10dius d. 298 A.D. 22. King Walter d. 306 A.D. 23. King Dagobert d. 317 A~D. 24. Geneba1d I d. 350 A.D. 25. King Dagobert d. 379 A.D. 26. King C10dius d. 389 A.D. 27. King Marcomir d. 404 A.D. 28. Pharamond - Argotta 29. C1odio - Basina 30. Merovec d. 458 A.D. - Verica 31. Chi1deric I 436-481 A.D. - Basina of Thuringia 32. Clovis 465-511 A.D. - Clothilde 33. C10thaire I 497-561 A~D. - Ingonde 34. B1ithildes - Ausbert of Moselle d. 570 A.D. 35. Arnou1 d. 601 - Oda de Savoy 36. Arno1ph d. 'ca. 641 A. D. - Lady Dodo of Saxony 37. Anchises d. 685 A.D. - Begga of Brabant d. 698 A.D. 38. Pepin d'Herista1 d. 714 A.D. - Alpais 39. Charles Martel 689-741 A.D. - Rotrude d. 724 A.D. 40. Pepin the Short 714-768 A.D. - Bertha of Laon d. 783 A.D. 41. Charlemagne 742-814 A.D. - Hildegarde of Suabia 757-782 A.D. 42. Pepin 776-810 A.D. - Bertha of Toulouse 43. Bernhard d. 812 A.D. - Cunegonde 44. Pepin 45. Herbert I d. 902 A.D. 46. Herbert II, Count of Vermandois ,d. 943 A.D. - Hildebrand 47. Robert, Count of Vermandois d. 968 A.D. - Adelaide de Cha10ns 48. Adelaide d. 976 A.D. - Geoffrey, Count d'Anjou 49. Fu1k III d.1040 - Hildegard 50. Ermengarde d'Anjou - Geoffrey II de Castinois 51. Fu1k IV, 1043-1109 - Bertrade de Montfort 52. Fu1k V, 1092-1144 - Ermengarde du Maine, d. 1126 53. Geoffrey P1antagenet, 1113-1151 - Matilda, 1102-1164 54. Henry II (P1antagenet), 1133-1189 - Eleanor of Aquitaine 55. King John (5th son), 1166-1216 - Isabelle Tail1efer 56. King Henry III, 1207-1272 - Eleanor of Provence 57. King Ed,~ard I, (3rd son), 1239-1307 - Eleanor of Castile 58. King Edward II, 1284-1327 - Isabella 39 �59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. ~7. 78. 79. King Edward III, 1312-1377 - Phi1ippia Edmund Duke of York, 1341-1402 - Isabella, 13 -1392 Constance P1antagent d. 1416 - Thomas Despencer Isabelle Despencer d. 1440 - Sir Richard Beauchamp Elizabeth Beauchamp d. 1448 - Edward de Neville d. 1476 George de Neville d. 1492 - 1st Margaret d. 1485 E1izabeth.Nevi11e - Sir Thomas de Berkeley Alice de Berkeley - George \fuetenha11 Capt. Thomas \fuetenha11 - Dorothy Fane Susannah \fuetenha11 - William Tilghman, 1518-1593/94 Oswald Tilghman, 1579-1628 - Abigail Taylor, 1585-1626 Dr. Richard Tilghman, 1626-1675 - Mary Rox1ey d. ca. 1700 Richard Tilghman, 1672-1738 - Anna }mria Lloyd, 1677-1748 Hatthew Tilghman, 1718-1790 - Ann Lloyd, 1723-1794 Richard Tilghman, 1746-1805 - Margaret Tilghman, 1744-1779 Anna Maria Margaret Tilghman 1774-1858 - Judge Nicholas Brice, 1771-1851 Charles Carroll Brice 1810-1852 - Susan Selby, 1823-1869 George Hoffman Brice, 1853-1905 - Rose Ida Stinchcomb, 1854-i916 Charles Carroll Brice, 1878-1950 - Mary Linstid Tydings, 1879-1955 Dr. Oliver. Tydings Brice, b. 1903 - Me1vena Lochwood Tomkinsqn, b. 1904 Carroll Brice Printed with full permission of author, from Sun Magazine of The Baltimore Sun, May 20, 1979. Submitted by Floyd Stayton, Lawrence, Kansas. : ** ***** * J.D. BOWERSOCK, :President H. L. HOORE, Vice-President PAUL R. BROOKS, Cashier H.E. 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BOX ~664 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 . . . . .'. . . . Officers - Committees. • President's Note ~ •.. Douglas County Biqgraphies • • 4(+ Haskell Indian Junior College Cemetery 48 Douglas County Petitions for Naturalization. 50 1863 - 1864 Kansas Weekly Tribune Articles • · 52 I School · 60 Informatio~ "City Founders Vied on Plains: • • 62 "In Search of Roots" . • 65 "Some People Talk About Inflation" ' 68 , Queries. • 69 ,. , 0'", . , .;... . ,1 . ******** Invite a friend to'our regular meeting.' ******** 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. 41 �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) Corrlley's "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE'.'. (Postage and tax extra) $10.50 members; $12.50 non-members. 16 count package of four Lawrence scenes Notes. tax extra) $3.00 (Postage and "THE ORIGINAL PREMPTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY (KANSAS)". and tax extra) "THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE". ,., tax extra) $5~50 I (Postage $6,. 00 {Postage and 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. 42 �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, ~~ 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 43 �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- 44 �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- 45 �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. 46 �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. 47 �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 48 :::'Birth Death 1884 1877 1867 1866 1865 1868 1867 1871 1868 1871 1878 1875 1869 1874 1874 1870 1866 1869 1871 1869 1880 1863 1869 1873 1874 1881 1871 1877 1887 1875 1877 1872 1880 1877 1873 1872 1877 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1885 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1886 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1887 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 �Name 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 Tribe Seminole Seminole Sioux Winnebago Wyandot Paiute Pawnee Pawnee Pawnee Pawnee Arapahoe Osage Ponca Cheyenne Commanche Ottawa Pawnee Shawnee Modoc Oneida Ottawa Cheyenne Kaw Pawnee Osage Shawnee Kickapoo Ottawa Potawatomi Assiniboin Oneida Wichita Caddo Pawnee Potawatomi Chippewa East Cherokee East Cherokee Omaha Papago Potawatomi Chippewa Delaware Hopi Ute Winnebago Wyandot Caddo Sioux Winnebago N. Cheyenne 49 Birth Death 1870 1871 1872 1873 1876 1869 1875 1875 1879 1876 1871 1875 1874 1875 1868 1873 1881 1871 1878 1878 1879 1879 1878 1868 1880 1882 1888 1874 1880 1878 1887 1874 1879 1884 1893 1882 1876 1883 1892 1883 1886 1886 1892 1884 1876 1882. 1883 1886 1886 1886 1881 1888 1888 1888 1888 1888 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889 1890 1890 1890 1891 1891 1891 1891 1891 1892 1892 1892 1893 1893 1893 1894 1894 1895 1895 1895 1899 1899 1899 1900 1900 1900 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1902 1902 1902 1902 1902 1902 1904 1904 1904 1905 �Name Webster, Sophia Levali, Patrick Miles, Sadie No readable name Little Wolf, Thomas Hanson, David Preieto, Antonio Lew, Galeb Fiddler, Cecelia Mae Tribe Birth Death Oneida Chippewa Miami Navajo Sioux Digger Mission Ukie Chippewa 1890 1889 1893 1890 1897 1890 1895 1895 1923 1905 1907 1907 1907 1908 1910 1911 1913 1943 Copied with permission of Haskell Junior College President, Wallace Galluzzi. **** 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: -- 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 50 �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 p. 46 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 To be',continued in future issues : C'op'iedand ,submitted Hrs. Judy S!'le,ets, L~'£'rence, Kansas. ..~ay- be _~~ta~ne._dAireC:tly::'f~om tl:le p,et it ions . ' ".". . .::t . : . - .... : ,..~~~~ . • __ -~ ' " •• " .' .::. '.., :'":~:::.- "~::".-:·>~,,:,">l_~' :"._:~ . _~...d:"_:"'_:-:-0:~'.:r~"'.t.t-·"f' . - . _ -.:'::__ • t - '- • . ~. - _ 0-, . _ ~_ __: , }·:-G:~~..-,d~~..-:..:.:=-.- ~"\"-.,- 51· ' ;' More information �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 9 Justice of the Peace: N. C. Blood. . . "" "To fill vacancy . H.J. Canniff. . . . . . . . "" "Tofill vacancy . . Scattering. • . • . · 121 • • 118 80 10 1 City Marshall: Wm. L.G. Soule. . ... E.H. Matey . . . Theodore Parker Scattering. . . .' • 163 · 123 49 . 1 School Superintendent: Rev. Richard Cordley • . . • 337 School Trustees: B.W. Woodward, to fill vacancy. G. Grovenor . J.W. Woodward . . B. Grovenor . • . • 330 · 332 10· 9 City Treasurer: A.N. Blacklidge . . • • Wm. M. Hazeltine. • . . 259 52 City Surveyor: Holland Wheeler . . 331 City Assessor: H.O. Sholes . • • . Holland Wheeler . . • • . 283 58 Whole No. of Votes Cast. . . 341 52 �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. 53 �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 54 �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. 55 �"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 56 �--~--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 _.",. - 57 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..... " " Sol. R. Meader......... " " M. C. Dempsey.......... " " J. C. Connor........... " " Capt. Jno. L. Graham .•. Company D First Seargeant Robert M. Hale, Company D " Thomas M. Randall............... " Private Perry ..•....... Company G Fred Keiser.~ ...••..•.. Company I Jno. A. Robinson....... " " A. J. Williams......... " " Patrick Powers •....•••. " " Corporal Wash Dugan, Company C. Oliver Barrett....... " " Daniel Murphy......... " " Jos. M. Williamson... " " Corporal John Sharp, missing, Company C Michael Dougherty..." " " Sergeant R. M. Kendall, Company E Corporal M. S. Weudall.. " " Wood Hindman............ " Thos. Stamp ..•.........• " " Capt. E. P. Trigs, Company H Corporal Chas. Morgan, " " Corporal A. D. Craig, " " J. H. Guilland....... " " Geo. W. Veazey....... " " Capt. James E. Love, Company K Jonathan Teasley.... " " Ed. Ford ...•. ~ ••..•. " " Wm .. Durkin •••....•.. " " Philip McDonald ..... " " Fred. Nederbroker •.• " " John McMullen....... " " Corporal Jos. Kirk, Co. F. badly wounded Joseph Kirk, """ " 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: . 58 �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 . . . . -. 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 59 �VICTORY SCHOOL, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS . 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. 60 �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? 61 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. 62 �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. 63 �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 64 �J~~Y'~ '::f~,:" ' ,~, ;' , ' . ~... ~ ".~!"' . . ,,", Photos by Joany Carlin "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. 65 �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. ' 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. . 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 66 �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. 67 �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. I "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? , No, according to the International Platform Association, whose anpual convention begins Monday, the most sharply rising item is the after-dinner I 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. 68 �Haig, who didn't accept lecture fees while in military uniform, has several $15,000 offers for his maiden post-retirement address, Moore said. I 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. **** 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? 69 �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. **** 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. 70 �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. 71 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Vol. III, No. 3 Winter 1980 Contents Page President's Note . . • 74 1979-1980 Hembership . . . . . . . . . • • 75 Douglas County Cemetery Information. · • 76 Douglas County Rural School Information. · • 78 "How to Trace Your Family Tree" •• · • 81 Early Douglas County Petitions for Naturalization. . • . 86 1866-1867 Douglas County Harriages · 88 Sachsman - Soxman Family Information • . • 94 "County in Path of Early Explorers". • 96 The Kenneth Spencer Research Library "Kansas Collection" 98 "The Past" .104 Queries . . . . • 107 7 June Workshop Information. .109 ******** Remember "The Pioneer" needs non-published material for future issues. We need your queries, too. ******** There is no point in burying the hatchet if you're going to put a marker on the site. "Home Town News" - Wichita, Kansas Eagle-Beacon 73 �Dear Readers, We are late but so is winter!! After not meeting in January or February, we hope we are rested, full of energy and really ready to tackle the next few months' affairs. We are planning to have-an annual workshop on Saturday, June 7 at the 4H-Fairgrounds, buildings 1 & 2. We hope you will all wish to be included in the planning. Let's plan to attend and bring visitors to hear these excellent future speakers in the meetings to come. Our sympathy to both Dr. Thomas Gorton in the death of his mother and Mrs. Maxine Hougland in the death of her brother. Thank you for your help in committee work and in publishing the "Pioneer." ~n~ President Remember to plan to attend our June 7 workshop. Watch for details!! The Douglas 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 meetings 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. The fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30 the following year. * * * * The D.C.G.S. has these items for sale: Limited number of back copies of the quarterly "THE PIONEER". by mail) Cordley's "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE". (Postage and tax extra) $1. 50 ($2. 00 $10.50 members; $12.50 non-members. 16 count package of four Lawrence scenes Notes. $3.00 (Postage and tax extra) "THE ORIGINAL PREMPTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY (KANSAS)". tax extra) "THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE". tax extra) Tax is added only where applicable. 74 $5.50 (Postage and $6.00 (Postage and �1979-1980 MEMBERSHIP Banta, John V., Jr., 2209 Kingston Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Berg, Mrs. Emma Semple, Rt. 2, Box 224, Lawrence, KS 66044 Barkley, Mrs. R.L.,. 3734 S.E. Tecllmseh Rd., Tecumseh, KS 66542 Brown, Mrs. Virginia, Box 325, Paola, KS 66071 Bruchler, Betty, 618 Mary Lane, Ukiah, CA 954~2 Brune, Mrs. Frank, Rt. 3, Lawrence, KS 66044 Bunton, Kathryn, 2135 Kentucky, Lawrence, KS 66044 Clarke, Dorothy V., 1908 New Hampshire. St. , Lawrence, KS 66044 Davis, Mrs. Ula C., 2nd & Arkansas St., Lawrence, KS. 66044 Elniff, Mrs. Pauline B., 820 Sunset Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Fellenstein, Mrs. Charles, 2000 Arrowhead Dr., Olathe, KS 66061 Francis, Mrs. Alice H., L.V.S.R., G.H.R., Box 963, Kingman, AZ 86401 Gorton, Dr. & Mrs. Thomas, 831 Illinois, Lawrence, KS 66044 Hansen, Mrs. Georgia M., 308 East Rumble Rcl., Modesto, CA 95350 Hougland, Mrs. Sherman, 1920 Harper St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Hout, Mrs. Goldie V., Rt. 5, Box 128, Lawrence, KS 66044 Ingram, Mrs. Tom, 313 East 17th St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Jackman, Mrs. Claire, 1230 North Van Buren, Topeka, KS 66608. Jamison, Mrs. Joe W., Rt. 5, Box 176, Lawrence, KS 66044 Kidwell, Mrs. Richard, 1617 Rhode Island St., Lawrence, KS 66044 . Land, Mrs. Alice Noland, 502 N.E. Birchwood Rd., Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 Niedermaier, Mrs. E.J., 3922 South Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75227 Ralston, Hrs. Thomas, Jr., 516 Caraway Place, Lansing, KS 66043 Reppert, N. Lance, 1605 Tennessee St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Rosencrantz, Mrs. David, 2726 Ponderosa St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Schlee, Phillip F., 1000 Humboldt, Manhattan, KS 66052 Sheldon, Mrs. Evelyn, 2908 Chisholm Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Simmons, Hazel Lee, 1646 Barker, Lawrence,KS 66044 Smith, Mrs. Sheldon E., 2928 Cornell Ave., Iowa City, IA 52240 Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Claude, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, KS 66044 Stayton, Floyd, 2611 Oxford Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Stooksberry, Mrs. Willie, 2411 Louisiana, Apt. 13, Lawrence, KS 66044 Sweets, Hrs. John, 2905 Moccasin Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Syphus, Mrs. Phillip L., 6505 Dinning Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89107 Wiggins, Mrs. Elwood, 2020 Stratford Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Wiggins, Jane, 2020 Stratford Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Wisconsin State Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Wismer, Miss Nettie, 1421 Kaso1d Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Nominating Committee: Dorothy Clarke, Gloria Ingram, Kathryn Bunton, Zona Smith Remember the 1980-1981 election of officers April 8. 75 �WILLIAMS CE~1ETERY Douglas Co., Kansas Located on ,:kLPbweiLiliL.,flat.m.:' From Highway 56 at Worden take County road 1039 north for 2 miles, then County-road 464 1/2 mile west, then go 1/ 4'· '-mile north on toWnship road. BURTON, Sara A., Sept. 18, 1834-June 17, 1917 David L., June 13, 1832-Nov. 26, 1902 Rev. John D., died Jan. 16, 1861, aged 40 years, 28 days GARST, Magie M., wife of B. F. Garst, died July 16, 1887, aged 38 years, 3 months, 5 days Freddie H., son of B. F. and Magie M. Garst, died May 27, 1898, 13 yrs., 10 months and 21 days HAMMILL, B. G., died Sept. 20, 1876, aged 48 yrs., 5 ms., 12 ds. JONES, John (broken), died 1869, aged 58 yrs. LIVERMORE, Orame1, M.D., b. in Sangerfield, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1806, died Mar. 18, 1872 Arthur 0., born in Deansvi11e, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1852, died Feb. 3, 1871 MYERS, Elizabeth, wife of John, died April 23, 1877, aged -6 years, - months, 12 days; (broken, probably 36 years and three months) SMITH, Daniel B., born July 19, 1865, died Dec. 24, 1882 Martha, daughter of W. and M.E. Smith, died May 9, 1865, aged 4 years, 3 months, 8 days ALL ON ONE STONE: SMITH, Daniel 1810-1884 Anna 1814-1905 Wm. 1835-1925 Marica (cq) 1839-1911 Ellen 1861-1864 Daniel 1865-1882 Fredrick 1874-1893 (cq) Detroit, 1876, erected this marker 1955 TALLEY, James, born May 5, 1835, died Jan. 5, 1899, age 63 years, 8 months Sarah, daughter of J. and M. E. Talley, died July 10, 1868, aged 1 year, 7 months, 18 days WALTER, Neri S., died Oct. 22, 1864, aged 34 years, 9 stone N.S.W.) , month~, 4 days (foot- WILLIAMS, John L., born Jan. 25, 1840, died May 11, 1861, 21 years, 18 months, 16 days Susan, wife of L., born Sept. 13, 1802, died June 1, 1885, aged 82 years, 8 months, 18 days Alford (cq) Burton, born Apr. 25, 1860, died Jan. 29, 1862 Lewis, born Aug. 12, 1806, died Feb. 21, 1871, aged 64 years, 6 months, 11 days At least 12 fie1dstones or other broken and worn stones. Copied and compiled in April 1976 by Gladys Aiken, Lawrence, Kansas. 76 �KENNEDY CEHETERY Douglas Co., Kansas Copied from Markers by Anna C. & Wm. Hastie, Nov. 6, 1940 KENNEDY, W. B., Oct. 16, l882-Nov. 26, 1887 . Elizabeth, His wife, ~~y 27, l829-Mar. 20, 1916 KENNEDY, Flora.M., dau. Jan. 22, 1853 - Aug. 13, 1886 Josephine, dau., Aug. 17, 1857- Aug. 16, 1859 Harry E., Son, Feb. 28, 1865 - Nov. 8, 1865 KENNEDY, L. J., Sept. 2, 1835 - June 29, 1903 Amanda Todd, His wlE.e, Nov. 23, 1841 - Mar. 4, 1926 Isabelle, July 14, 1860 - Aug. 1, 1860 Ida May, July 28, 1871 - June 24, 1875 KENNEDY, Margaret, 1800-1887 HIND~Ulli, Salina and Children Arthur & Baby HINGAN, Richie V:, July 9, 1869 - Feb. 4, 1886 YHATES, Wm. T., died July 20, 1866 ODELL, S. J., died Nov. 16, 1879 age 45 yrs, 14 days DAVIS, L. May, 1862-1928 TOWNSEND, Flora M., Jan. 22, 1853 - Aug. 13, 1886 Small stone mark W.B.K. " E.K. " " " " H.E.K. " " " J.R. " " " " A.D. " " Angelica " " " " Edith The Kennedy Cemetery is located 1~ miles south of 31st Street on Haskell Avenue, then first farm lane right in a field along the south side of the Wakarusa River. Contributed by Maxine Hougland, Lawrence, Kansas. **** Excerpts from: "A KANSAS SOUVENIR" Products of an advanced civilization. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and mining interests of the state. Issued by The Kansas Immigration and Information Association, 1896 Submitted by Lance Reppert, Lawrence, Kansas "KANSAS" By Hon. John J. Ingalls KANSAS is the naval of the nation. 77 �RURAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS by Goldie Piper Daniels Enterprise School District No. 18. The site for this school was acquired by condemnation because the School District had been unable to acquire title because the land was "wild land" and the owner could not be found. It was appraised for $5.00 for the site. Later it was believed that the "wild land" may have belonged to a man named Graham, who lived in Missouri. When in operation this little schoolhouse was known as Brown Jug School, so named by Thurb Harding who loved to sing "Little Brown Jug", but when the new and last schoolhouse was built about 1894, the name was changed to "Enterprise" because the neighborhood, according to J. B. Banker, was too enterprising a neighborhood for its school to be named "Little Brown Jug." The 1897-98 term of school was taught by C. E. Jay with salary of $40.00 per month. Board members were: J. H. Baldwin and M. T. Harding. Total expenditure for the year was $364.01. Those of school age at that time were: -. ; Joe· Baldwin Susie and Nora Collins Della and Myrtle Coursen Mary, John, Henry, Charlie, & Louisa Desque Roy, Pearl, Eva Dodder Minnie Griffin Nettie, Birdie, & Rosie Griffith Alvin Harding Goldie, Clyde, Elmer, Belle, Charlie, John, 0, Ot8. .Dodder Martin & Myrtle Hines Orval Kingston Elizabeth, Ella, & Lily Marckle Jim, Carrie, & Jennie Murphy John & Belle Rea George, Henry, & Louisa Raible Joe and Jake Thompson Guy, Lettie, Ethel, Earl, & Jay Weimer Ella Woodyard taught the 1899-1900 term. Emma Chappam that of 1900-1901, followed by: Grace Showalter Edith Wolgamott W. S. Martin Nora Hershey May Mowldley Eva Lutz Lizzie Postma Board Members ending in 1910 were: Thomas Murphy E. D. Flory Edward Raible Myrtle Hines, eleven years of age, was the youngest graduate from any rural school in Douglas County in 1902. This could be an all-time record. Later teachers were: Eva Lutz Faye Woodvmrd Mamie Haus Olive Lemberger Edith L. Read Camilla Maichel Myrtle Coursen Dollie Mannix Mabel Weimer Dorothy Henderson Pearl Pogue Loretta Shaw Hattie Tucher Edna Fawl Blanche Collins Dorothy Griffith Elsie Reed Other Board Members were: J. E. Hardtarfer, J. C. Miller, F. E. Faul, H. M. Desque, George Raible, H. R. Wright 78 �RURAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS by Goldie Piper Daniels Bismark School District No. 79. In 1870, when an acre of land was given to the district by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, a two-story brick schoolhouse was built. The first schoolhouse had two teachers and the enrollment was large. Bismark in its day was a bustling settlement where the Kansas Pacific Railway Shops were located and also the famous Bismark Grove, scene of early day fairs, picnics, chautauquas, Independence Day celebrations, political rallies, famous races, and other large gatherings. In 1897-98, Emma Martin was the teacher at a monthly salary of $40.00. The enrollment was 22. Total expenditures for the year were $'334.13. Board members were G. W. Campbell and Jacob Hammig, Jr. No treasurer was listed. The 1898 census showed children from the following families: ADAMS, BEARD, BRAUNING, CAMPBELL, DAVIS, DAVENPORT, HOSKINS, GREGORY, PHILLIPS, ROBERTSON, WISE, SIMMONS, and FRENCH. The 1898-99 and 1899-1900 terms were taught by Ida Dorsey with the same board members as in 1898 except for the addition of J. C. Wise as treasurer. The first ten years of the 1900's had teachers Nora Lane, May Clark, Etha Wise, Alpha Lane, Alice Hammond, Jennie Wasson, Alice Smith, and Emma Dews for the term endirig in 1910. Board members were W. R. Green, Jacob Hammig, and P. H. Weeks. Alice Dicker, the teacher in 1911, remembers that a tornado struck the district in the evening of an early spring day before she had left the schoolhouse, and that her walk home was hazardous as she climbed over and under fallen wires and other debris. Teachers of the next ten years were Alice Dicker, Anna Woodward, Chas. A. Kelsall, Mrs. Ruth Daniel, Nellie McLean, and Cora Eastman for the term ending in 1920, with board members Alfred Heck, Chas. A. Wu1fkuh1e, and Chas. A. Wise. . Bismark School was discontinued when the new Grant School was opened in the 1960's. Book available from author: Mrs. Goldie Piper Daniels 1525 Vermont Street Lawrence, Kansas 66044 * ** * Excerps from: "KANSAS" by Hon. John J. Ingalls I~ has been sometimes obscurely intimated that the typical Kansas 1acks.1n reserve, and occasionaly exhibits a tendency to exaggeration in ~wel17n~ upon. the development of the State and the benefits and burdens of 1ts c1t1zensh1p. 79 �UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34 Willow Springs Township, Douglas County, Kansas ·1926-1927 Teacher: Miss Opal Steen (now Mrs. Ernest Pohl, Lawrence, Kansas) County Superintendent: O.J. Lane School Board: V.M. Flory, C.C. Schwartz, Wm. Niebrugge Pupils Evalyn Barnhart Orpha Barnhart Roy Barnhart Lila Boehle Mary Churchbaugh Leonard Flory Raymond Flory Ruth Flory Charles Heim Fred Howser Karl Niebrugge Martha Niebrugge Milton Niebrugge Elsie Pippert Mae Pippert Helen Sutton Mable Sutton Veda Sutton Dudley Ulrich Glenn Ulrich In the schoolyears' 1945-1946; 1946-1947, I returned to teach Union School with Mrs. Margaret Hurley as the County Superintendent, Virgil Schwartz, Lester Schwartz and Roy Schwalm as the School Board members. Submitted by Mary Churchbaugh Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas. * * ** Excerpts from "KANSAS" by Hon. John J. Ingalls Diagonals drawn from Duluth to Galveston; from Washington to San Francisco; from Tallahasse to Olympia; from Sacramento to Augusta, intersect at its center. Kansas is the nucleus of our political system, around which its forces assemble; to which its energies converge; and from which its energies radiate to the remotest circumference. Kansas is the focus,of freedom, where the rays of heat and light concentrated into a flame that melted the manacles of the slave, and cauterized the heresies of State Sovereignty and disunion. Kansas is the core and kernel of the country, containing the germs of its growth and the quickening ideas essential to its perpetuity. The history of Kansas is written in capitals. It is punctuated with exclamation points. Its verbs are imperative. Its adjectives are superlative. The commonplace and the prosaic are not defined in its lexicon. Its statistics can be stated only in the language of hyperbole. The aspiration of Kansas is to reach the unattainable; its dream is the realization of the impossible. Alexander wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. Kansas, having vanquished all competitors, smiles complacently as she su~passes from year to year her own triumphs in growth and glory. Other States could be spared without irreparable bereavement, but Kansas is indispensable to the joy, the inspiration, and the improvement of the World. 80 �HOW TO TRACE YOUR FAHILY TREE Finding out who your ancestors were is a fascinating adventure and is not as difficult as it seems, if you know where to look. By NIKKI SCHULTZ. Your great-great grandfather might well have been of royal blood; on the other hand, your great-great grandmother might have been an infamous courtesan. Interest in heredity is growing rapidly. What was once the hobby of the elite and the intellectuals is fast becoming a serious project for people of all backgrounds. One reason could be family pride and the natural resentment at the attempts being made by our society to reduce everyone to a series of computer numbers. There has versities, and There seems to elders must be also been a flurry of excitement throughout colleges and unistudents are being encouraged to investigate their heritage. be a feeling of urgency, as oral records retained by family recorded before they die. Marianne Nemeth was one of the many college students who received an assignment to trace her family tree. Miss Nemeth was not too enthused at first, but her grandmother told her the family was originally from Pennsylvania via Hungary and the family name, at one time, was spelled Namath. "My first reaction," said Miss Nemeth, "was oh boy! I might be Joe Namath's long-lost cousin." The Search Begins Miss Nemeth began her quest, concentrating on the Nemeth, or paternal, side of the family tree. She got off to a good start because her parents and grandparents were able to supp~y dates and places. Her dad had a copy of his birth certificate (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) which revealed that his father was also born in Wisconsin. Grandfather Nemeth supplied the date and place and within a short time, Miss Nemeth had acquired a copy of his birth certificate from the county clerk's office. According to her grandfather's birth certificate, great-grandfather Nemeth was born in Pennsylvania, but no one knew exactly where, so Miss Nemeth calculated his year of birth (his age was on Grandfather Nemeth's birth certificate) and wrote to the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Harrisburg requesting a search for that year. Amazingly, the birth certificate arrived almost by return mail. So far, the search had been easy, but great-grandfather's birth certificate gave his father's place of birth simply as "Hungary," and the family had no knowledge of where in Hungary he was born other than that it was a very small village. Miss Nemeth consulted with the local genealogical society for advice and they suggested that she make some calculations with the aid of the documents she had in her possession. If she could estimate the year in which her great-grandfather's father arrived in the United States from Hungary, she was told, the National Archives in Washington, D.C., might be able to assist her further. She City and Archives clues as took a chance and guessed that the port of arrival was New York even though her estimate of the year was incorrect, the National somehow came up with a copy of the passenger list, which gave her to where to begin her search in Hungary. 81 �"I think the most interesting part," said Miss Nemeth, "was actually 'seeing' the migration of my fami1y--from Europe to the United States and then the migration west." Miss Nemeth also collected marriage certificates along the way and found the documents to be quite revea1ing--showing professions, first names, surnames and so on. Miss Nemeth completed her class project and is now proceeding on her own to trace the maternal side of the family tree. She's off to a start with her mother's birth certificate, but the information on this side of the family line is vague, so she expects that the search will be a bit more challenging. Where to Begin Families differ to such a great extent that it is impossible to 1is~ any one search program that can be followed by everyone. For many, the search may be only as far away as the local genealogical society or town clerk's office. For others, a $3 check and a letter to the Immigration and Naturalization Service can provide a key to the past. For most, the project requires time, effort and patience. It depends upon the information with which you have to work and just how deeply you wish to delve into your family's past. Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution can rely on written records going back to the Mayflower, but persons of African and European descent usually do not have written diaries to rely on, so the search becomes a bit more challenging. There are many agencies and services that will do some searching for you, but the first and most important step is to collect as much information as possible. Drafting a Chart You should first begin with a draft of a family tree chart to guide you as you proceed to fit together the broken pieces. The sketch below is a simple paternal tree of the Forester family, starting with the present generation and going back to Thomas Forester, born in 1814. Branches to include brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and so on are not shown because of the spatial limitations of the magazine. (Great-grandfather Charles there produced nine children, so you can imagine the width of the full-blown tree!) Thomas Forester 1814-1864 .. m. Suzanna Field 1815-1890 ,r----~ Charles Forester 1842-1903 m. Jane Hayer 1846-1936 m. Alice Goddard 1881-1944 f Arthur Forester 1879-1962 j Leslie R. Forester 19211 Michae1 Goddard Forester 1948- m. 1 Mark I David Forester' 1950- Blanche Cook 1923I Lawson Forester 1952- 82 , Goeffrey Gibbs Forester 1955- �Fill in as much information as possible, including dates and places of birth and marriage and death, and then proceed step-by-step to fill in the rest of the facts as they become known to you through the documents or vital statistics that you will be collecting. Many will know enough about their parents--where they were born, where their parents (your grandparents) were born--but for those of you who do not know, you must begin from scratch. Some of the answers might be found in family Bibles or other documents that might have been stored away in attics and trunks. If these are not available, interviewing your parents or a family elder should reward you with places and dates of birth. If your relatives are not nearby, prepare and send them a questionnaire. It would be a good idea to send a questionnaire to as many of your relatives as possible, as certain facts might be known only by some. When you know the date and place of birth, a copy of a birth certificate can easily be obtained. The birth certificate will reveal the names of your grandparents and, in most cases, their occupations at the time of the birth of your father (or mother). Most birth records will also show the country in which the parents of the child were born. You can then move on to the next step which would be to trace the birth certificates of your grandparents, then the birth certificates of their parents, and so on. If you do not know the exact date, but know the exact place of birth, you can estimate the year of birth and request a search. In most places you can request a search for a period covering an entire decade, but knowing· the exact dates will save you both a lot of time and effort. If or town will be need do the place of birth is in the United States,the city, county, state clerk's office will have the birth records. (In some localities, it the department of health or the bureau of vital statistics--a11 you is check the telephone book for the correct name.) Foreign Records For birth records in foreign countries, you can write directly to the bureau of vital statistics in the village, city or town; and when in doubt as exactly where to write, you can write to the U. S. consul in that country for assistance. He will not secure the document for you in most cases, but he will be able to advise you as to where you should direct your inquiry. If your forefathers did, in fact, come from Europe, an interview with a relative or a search through family papers might reveal naturalization information or the name of the ship and date of arrival in the United States. The National Archives, Central Reference Division, Washington, D. C. 20408, has customs passenger lists dating back to 1820, with a few as early as 1787. Lists prior to 1820 may be on file at the port of entry or' the state archives in the state where the port is located. Passenger lists for ships arriving in New York, a main port of entry, are available except that the years from 1874 to 1896 are not indexed and they are unable to provide a page by page search of these lists unless you can provide the name of the ship and the specific date of arrival. If you are near Washington, D. C., archive's librarians will make the lists available to you in the Microfilm Research Room. For those unable to get to 83 �Washington, D. C., the National Archives will send a list of organizations which list the names of persons who will do the researching for you for a fee. Departure Date Passenger lists usually disclose the exact place and date of departure and the closest relative in the passenger's native country or in the United States. You might also find names of relatives who arrived on the same ship and then migrated to a different part of the country. If you know the name of the ship, but not the date of arrival, The Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals, available in all large public libraries, lists the names and arrival dates of ships arriving at New York from 1890 to 1930, and Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, from 1904 to 1926. Pacific Coast ports are not included in the passenger list records at the National Archives. The San Francisco passenger lists were destroyed by fires in 1851 and 1920. The California Historical Society, 2090 Jackson St., San Francisco, Calif. 94109, has lists of persons who arrived-in California and indexes to the names on the lists, mainly in the 1820-1869 period; but the lists are not original records as they had to be prepared from newspapers and other sources., The National Archives ask that you do not send money in advance for a passenger list search. You will be billed $1 for the copy if they are able to find the entry you are seeking. If you are able to obtain a copy of the passenger list, you will have sufficient information to write to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for a copy of the naturalization petition. Write to the I & NS, at 119 D Street, N.E., Washington, D. C. 20536, .or your nearest office, for application form N-585. When you have completed the application, send it to the nearest office, except in those cases where naturalization data is desired relating to naturalization that took place between September 21, 1906 and April 1, 1956. These applications should be sent to the Washington, D. C., office. The basic search fee is $3 and is not returnable. For the basic search fee you will also receive a copy of the first page of the naturalization petition or admission record, but the petitions contain a w~alth of family information and so it is recommended to request a copy of the entire petition. The cost is 25¢ per page, so you can get all of the four pages that you need for the basic search fee of $3 plus 75¢. If naturalization occurred prior to September 7, 1906, the place of residence at the time of naturalization must be furnished. Records prior to 1906, however, rarely contain information regarding the subject's family. The National Archives also has naturalization proceedings but only of the Washington, D. C., courts from 1802 to 1926, and copies and indexes of naturalization documents from 1787 to 1906 filed by courts in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Also available at the National Archives are U.S. Census records from 1790 to the present. If the locality of your family is known to you, you can purchase, for a small fee, a copy of the reel of microfilm showing the census information on your family. Census records, if complete, will disclose the names of all family members, as well as their ages, occupations, incomes and places of birth. 84 �Genealogical searches by those of Irish or Scotch ancestry seem to be easy, and a guide to genealogical records and repositories in Ireland is available in most public libraries. The book is called Irish and ScotchIrish Ancestral Research, by Margaret Dickson Fally. The Irish Historical Society in Dublin is also willing to give a helping hand. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is presently engaged in a large-scale way in tracing the genealogy of its church members., Their services are also available to non-members for a small fee, so if you do encounter problems, you can write or visit the nearest Mormon Church for assistance and they will be more than willing to share their expertise with you. Negro History It has long been assumed that the Negro had no traceable history beyond that of a slave, but author Alex Haley has proved this to be wrong by tracing his past to a seventh-generation ancestor in a village on the Gambia River. Haley spent thousands of dollars and seven years' work in his quest to discover his past. He will be sharing his research methods in a book which will be written as a guide for black genealogists, and the story of his own search will be told in a soon-to-be published book entitled Roots. Haley is also going even one step further by creating a black genealogical library in Washington, D. C. Through his search he learned that documentation is available for the blacks, such 8S plantation inventory lists, slave-sale records and emancipation records. His library, which will be open iIi 1976, will make available these records along with records from villages in Africa. The knowledge being so unselfishly shared by Haley will be of invaluable help to the many thousands of blacks who have been unsuccessful in fitting together the pieces of their broken pasts. White Anglo-Saxons have been at a distinct advantage in their searches due to the careful recordkeeping, but in the case of the blacks, the search can be painfully complex. An important point to remember while tracing your family tree is to attempt to do more than compile names and dates--look into the occupations of your ancestors and find out more about the history of your family. If it's possible to speak to someone who actually knew your parents or grandparents, take a tape recorder along and let him tell you the stories he might recall about your family. Sometimes a non-member of the family can give you an even greater insight about your pedigree. This will make your project even more interesting, and who knows what you will discover? A name in itself might prove to be very revealing, as second names came into being because everyone in the village was usually named John, William or Richard. This became so confusing that it became necessary to adopt a last name. The names used came from four major sources--occupations, location, father's name or an unusual characteristic. In other words, John,the village blacksmith became John Black or John Smith, and John, the village suit maker, became John Taylor. If John lived on the hill, he became John Hill, or, if near a stream, John Brook. The Foresters (see preceding page) might have roamed the woods with Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. 85 �Using the father's name resulted in Williamson, Johnson and Richardson. Patronymics (father's names) in other countries ended in "sen" (Denmark and Norway), "pulos" (Greece), "ez" (Spain), and "wiecz" (Poland). In some countries, prefixes denoted "son," such as the Scotch and Irish use of "Mac" and "Mc" and the Germanic "Fritz." In Ireland~ the 0' denotes grandfather. Characteristics resulted in such surnames as Longfellow, Fox, Walker, Dancer, Witty, Elder, and so on. The Dictionary of American Family Names, published by Harper & Row, is available at most libraries and will give you the origin of thousands of names plus possible variations in spelling. Knowing who and what you are is certainly far more interesting than being "MXl02876." Good luck in your search! Copied with the permission of Family Circle Magazine, November 1972. **** Petitions for Naturalization Douglas Co. Kansas, ta~en from Naturalization Petition and Record Book Vol. I: Oct. 25, 1906 to Feb. 5, 1924 p. 149 Name: Theodore Spires Bahos Occupation: (192l-cook) (1924-proprietor of restaurant) Address: (1921)-1001 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Ks. (1924)-1104 New York St., Lawrence, Kansas Description: (At age of 22) - complexion dark, 6 feet, 185 lbs., black hair, light blue eyes, no distinguishing marks. Born: Patras, Greece - 25 Dec. 1898 (or 1899) Emigrated to U.S. from Patras, Greece on vessel "Martha Washington". Arrived N.Y. on or about 5 Feb. 1913. Declaration of intention: 7 March 1921, Douglas Co. District Court Resided in Kansas since: 20 Dec. 1916 Wife: Lillie Spiros Bahos, born l1eaura, Oklahoma Children: Two p. 31 Name: Maria Louisa Johanna Helene Barteldes Residence: 510 Ohio, Lawrence Occupation: None Description: (age 60) complexion fair, 5'2", 180 lbs. gray hair, blue eyes Born: Hanover, Germany, 5 March 1848 Emigrated to U.S. from Bremen, Germany on vessel "Saliel". Arrived in N.Y. on or about 19th Sept. 1882 Declaration of intention: November 19, 1908, in Douglas Co. District Court Marital status: unmarried 86 �Petitions for Naturalization Con't. p. 52 Name: Abraham Bear Residence: 922 New Jersey St., Lawrence, Ks. Occupation: Garage Helper Born: 20 Dec. 1896 Place: Washilsek (7), Russia Emigrated to U.S. from Antwerp, Belgium on or about 2 July 1913. Boston, Mass. in vessel "Fatherland" Declaration of intention: 3 April 1917 Resided in Kansas since:5 April 1915 (except while in U.S. Army) Marital status: unmarried Arrived p. 95 Name: August Henry Boehle (Second application) ReSidence: Willow Springs Township, Douglas Co., Ks. Occupation:· Farmer Description: (Age 53) - fair complexion, 5'6", 155 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes, scar on inside of left hand. Resided in Kansas since: 1 May l8[H Born: 28th March 1864 "Emigrated from Potsdam, Germany on vessel, "Hohhenstaufer, 24 March l88!. Arrived N.Y. 12 April 1881. Declaration of intention: 27 Feb. 1918 Wife's name: Augusta Wilhelmina, born, Wisconsin Children: Five Name: Henry Bowman (father was John Bowman) ReSidence: 1809 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas Occupation: Engineer contractor Born: 24 or 29 Nov. 1860, Cumberland, England Emigrated from Liverpool, England about 12 April 1876 in vessel, "Illinois". Arrived at Philadelphia, Penn. on or about 25 April 1876. Resided Kansas since: 1 May 1876 Wife's name:. Sarah Elizabeth Bowman, b. St. Joseph, Mo., 18 Sept. 1861. Children: One adopted child p. 23 Name: Anselm Brohamer Residence: R.R. 5, Baldwin, Kansas Occupation: Farmer Born: 21 July 1846 Place: Burgcell, Wolfasch, Germany Emigrated to U.S. from Germany in vessel "Union" arrived port of N.Y. about 16 July 1870 Declaration of intention: October 17, 1876, Akron, (Summit Co.,) Ohio Wife's name: Barbara Flaeschmann of Kocherbach, Germany. Children: Fi ve To be, continued in future issues. Compiled and submitted by Judy Sweets, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 �DOUGLAS COUNTY KANSAS MARRIAGES 1866-1867 Recorded in the county clerk"s office, Lawrence, "Kansas. Compiled October 1979 by Mary Jamison listing groom, bride, date and officiant. ADAJ~S L. ROBERTS--14 March l867--Rev. John S. Brown , David C.--Emma . ADAMS, John N.--Mary A. MARKLE--7 Jan. l866--Rev. Jesse Brockway ANDERSON, William N.--Libbie J. WEAVER--15 11arch l866--Rev. H. D. Healey ANTHONY, Mark--Matilda MOORE--4 April l867--Rev. H. Green ARBANE, James C.--Edie ARBANE--20 May l866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell ASHER, Asa--Parthenia FARMER--ll Oct. l866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell ATKINSON, Isaac--Zilphia A. BURTON~-l Nov. l866--Rev. Madison F. Joiner AUSTIN, Robert--Julia CLAYTON--23 May l867--Chas. Pilla, J.P. BAIRD, William Franklin--Georgiana BELL--l July l866--Rev. Richard Cordley BAKER, Fletcher H.--Sarah FEARER--25 Dec. l866--Rev. 'Samuel Kretsinger BALDWIN, George A.--Melissa(Malisa)THORP--16 June l866--H.H. Howard, J.P. BALDWIN, Lewis Cass--Viola BOUTON--19 Aug. l866--Horace Tucker, J.P. BALES, Aaron--Elizabeth H. FORDS--25 April l866--Rev. O.H: Mitchell BALL, Samuel--Francis HARRISON--9 Aug. l866--H.H. Howard, J.P. BALLAGH, James--Nancy R. RAY--6 March l867--Rev. O.H. Mitchell BARKER, Daniel--Frances E. McGINNIS--2 June l867--H.H. Howard, J.P. BARKER, Pattsen--Adline STONE--3l July l866--Rev. H. Green BARTHOLOW, J. Newton--Mary A. FIELD--16 May l866--Rev. G.S. Dearborn BEALS, Jacob M.--Sarah F. WOODS--28 Jan. l866--Rev. W.H. Fisher BEAM, L.J.--Sarah F. RAY--13 Aug. l866--Rev. L.E. Ray BEELER, Samuel F.--Anna M. SHORT--10 July l866--Rev. Samuel MacBurney BENNETT, William--Mattie FORTNIGHT--12 April l866--Rev. Dudley Lee BETTS, John L.--Dillie SELLERS--27 Jan. l867--Rev. James M. Strasburg BLANKINSHIP, Elisha~-Ann SCOFIELD--10 June l866--Rev. John S. Brown BOLTON~ William--Harriet MOORE--14 Sept. l866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell BOWERS, Joseph--Fanny LEFTWICK--15 Dec. l866--Rev. Joseph H. Payne BRAGOON, David--Easter PRICE--23 Dec. l866--Rev. Abraham Rothrock BRENDER, John L. --Nancy E. SIURLEY --25 Dec. l866--Charles H. Sears, J. P . BRISCO, James--Susannah CHISSINBERG--14 Jan. l866--Rev. Wm. Kimberlin BRONSON, Henry--Mary A. SANGER--27 Aug. l866--Rev. John S. Brown BROOKS, Albert G.--Addie M. SWEET--14 June l866--Rev. Richard Cordley BROUTHERTON, W.H.--Rachel J. BAKER--7 March l867--Rev. D. Woodward BROWN, Arthur V.--Ann B. BROOKS--4 March l867--H.H. Howard, J.P. BROWN, John--Mary DELt~ARCH--l Aug. l866--Wm. Draper, J.P. BROWN, John--Mary Sophronia CALLAWAY--3 Jan. l867--H.H. Howard, J.P. BUCKELS, William--Martha E. WOOD--4 July l866--Horace Tucker, J.P. BURGOON, Thomas--Martha A. KINGCADE(KINCAID)--14 Jan. l866--Rev. Joel Sherfy BUTLER, John--Sarah DOYEL--7 April l866--C. Pilla, J.P. CALDWELL, Jackson--Mary BROWN--ll Feb. l866--Rev. Dudley Lee CAPPER, Alfred--Fanny GOODELL--16 Jan. l867--Rev. George F. Chapin CARNEY, James H., Esq.--Annie SPENCE--17 Hay l867--Rev. George F. Chapin CARR, Harden--Lizey DRISDEN--13 March l866--Rev. Dudley Lee . CARTER, John Lyman--Angie G. SARGENT--2l Jan. l866--Rev. Richard Cordley CARTER, Moses--Martha Jane JOHNSON--22 April l866--Rev. C.A. Bateman CAYLOR, Peter H.--Lucy Ann McKINNEY--l Feb. l866--Rev. Abraham Rothrock CAYTON, William H.--Margaret R. CRUTCHFIELD--4 Jan. l866--Rev. Wm. Kimberlin CHAPMAN, Wm. B.--Sarah R. BROWN--19 Aug. l866--Wm. Draper, J.P. CHEW, Robert--Rebecca Elizabeth HULBERT--29 June l866--Benjamin M. Pratt, J.P. 88 �Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1866-1867 CHILSON, Stephen--Mary E. HARD--14 Jan. l866--Rev. John S. Brown CHRYSTY, John F.--Miss MILLER--3 Feb. l866--Rev. S. Favre, Catholic P,riest CLARK, George--Rachel MASON--6 April l867--Charles Pilla, J.P. CLARK, Oliver J.--Kate PERCY~-5 Sept. l866--Rev. J.F. Morgan COLE, Wm. H.--Mary E. NIX(ESSIX)--l Nov. l866--Benjamin M. Piatt, J.P. COLLINS, Charles--Lorette McMILLAN--27 Jan. l866--E.D. Ladd, J.P. CONKLIN, Benjamin F.--Sarah WOOD--30 Aug. l866--Rev. John S. Brown COPELAND, Henry--Libby MINER--no date--recorded 19 June l866--Rev. J.H. Payne CRAWFORD, Reid--Osadore A. ALLISON--8 Feb. l866--Rev. G. W. Paddock CREECH, Ira--Sue M. TURNER~-ll March l866--Rev. John S. Brown CUNNINGHAM, J.C.--Mary C. WARO--9 Jan. l866--Rev. G. W. Paddock CURES, Thomas L.--Clayana OLIVER--2 Oct. l866--Rev. James M. Strasburg CURTIS, John H.--Mary E. POTTER--25 May l866--Charles Chadwick, J.P. CURTISS, Wm.--Ella TRIPP--8 March l866--Rev. David Shuck DALLY, Albert--Margrett DUGAN--3 April l866--Rev. H.D. Fisher DANIELS, George--Mary FFANCIS--4 April l866--Rev. Dudley DAVIS, Benjamin F.--Amanda E. BOWLIN--l July l866--Rev. M.W. Marquess DAVIS, Jefferson--Mary GREGGS--5 May l866--Rev. Dudley Lee DAVIS, Oscar--Hattie SIMMS--l Aug. l866--Charles Chadwick, J.P. DAVIS, Richard--Jane JACKSON--7 May l866--S. R. Waters, J.P. DEER, Emerson--Elizabeth HINK--8 July l867--Jesse McKenney, J.P. DERBY, Frederick A.--Clara H. WHITE--8 March l866--Rev. Richard Cordley DINNEY, Absalam--Harriet SIMPSON--20 Feb. l866--E.D. Ladd, J.P. DOLLINYER, Charles--Emelia YOUNG--25 March l866--Rev. Alois Mayers, Catholic ~riest DONAHUE, John--Martha M. BALDWIN--14 Jan. l867--Rev. George F. Chapin DREW, Elisha--Martha E. LITTLE--ll March l867--Rev. John G. Piper DUNGAR, Willis--Kate FRENCH--4 Oct. l866--Rev.Job W. Hague DURLAND, J. Henry--Eunice L. COX--l Jan. l867--Rev.E. D. Bentl~y EDIE, J.S.--Maria C. DANIELS--l Harch l866--Rev. G.W. Paddock EDMISTON, James C.--Flora J. GREEN--16 Oct. l866--Rev. Jesse Brockway EDr1URTSEN, Selman--America HENDERSON--9 Aug. l866--Rev. H. Green EGGERS, Henry--Catherine EGGERS--1(6) Dec. l866--Wm. Ginley, J.P. ELLISTON, John H.--Nannie DUNN--6 June l867--James M. Hendry, J.P. ENRIGHT, Munroe J.--Frances POORE--8 April l867--Rev. Edwin D. Bentley ETTER, Edwin D.--Hester A. McKEE--4 March l866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell ETTER, George A.--Eliza J. LEACH--3l March l867--Rev. Jesse Brockway EVANS, Henry--Mary WHITLOCK--7 June l866--Rev. Richard Cordley FALLEY, Samuel--Elizabeth L. SAUMS--2l March l867--Rev. O.H.Mitchell FARMER, Lemuel T.--Mary J. MATHEWS--no date--recorded 10 May 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell FIELDING, Jeremiah--E1iza JONES-- June l866--Evan Jones, Cherokee Missionary FIELDS, Edward--Jane HARRIS--11 Aug. l866--Rev. H. Green FISH, Thomas--Mary P. FULLER--24 Dec. l866--H.H. Howard, J.P. FITZMORRIS, Dennis--Sarah DONAHOE--8 July l866--Rev. S. Favre, Catholic Priest FOWLER, Chester F1oyd--Emi1y(Emi1ie) PARDEE~-13 April 1866--C. Pilla, J.P. FULLER, Wallace--Anne AYER--15 April l867--Rev. R.W. Oliver GAMLIN, Samue1--Cherry GAMLIN--18 May l866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell GEER, Benjamin--Lucinda MOREHEAD--19 May l867--Charles Chadwick, J.P. GELEANE (GELERENE.,GELEIENE)John--Nancy BANKS--24 June l866--Rev. H. Green GENTRY, Austian--Sylvia WARD--2 Feb. l866--Charles Dickson, J.P. GLADDEN, Jerry--Susannah DAVIS--15 Jan. l866--Rev. Dudley Lee 89 �Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1866-1867 GLENN, Jonathan H.--Ma1vina ZINN--20 Feb. 1866--R.W. Dummar, J.P. GRANBY, Danie1--E1iza BRAND--15 Sept. 1866--Char1es Chadwick, J.P. GRAZIER, Moses L.--Mary E. STANFIELD--16 Dec. 1866--H.H.Howard, J.P. GULASPIE, John Wm.--Minerva FRAKER--8 July 1866--R.W. Dummer, J.P. HACKWORTH, P1easant--Mary WALTON--27 March 1867--Char1es Pilla, J.P. HAMILTON, James P.--Sarah A. RANKIN--28 June 1866--Char1es Chadwick, J.P. HARD, A.B.--Sarah J. DOUGLAS--12 April 1866--Rev. G.W. Paddock HARD, Gideon--Joanna V. JONES--22 Feb. 1866--Rev. G.W. Paddock HARRINGTON, Jesse--Jane BARLEY--2 May 1867--Char1es Chadwick, J.P. HARRIS, Robert--Katharine ESSEX--31 Dec. 1866--Char1es Pilla, J.P. HARRIS, W. M.--Lydia TOOTHAKER--12 Sept. 1866--Rev. George S. Dearborn HARVEY, Thomas B.--Sarah F. SHORT--12 Jan. 1867--Rev. Jesse Brockway HASTINGS, 01iver--Sarah F. AMSDEN--6 Dec. 1866--Rev. Joseph H. Payne HAVENS, George--E1iza A. JACKSON--26 April 1866--Rev. T.J. Ferri1 HEATH, A. Judson--He1en A. ISERMAN--12 May 1867--Rev. Wm. C. Tenney HERRINGTON, Robert C.--Lena V. HENRY--12 April 1866--Rev. Richard Cord ley HITCHCOCK, Bethue1--De1iser LEWIS--23 Aug. 1866--Rev. T.J. Ferri1 HOLLADAY, Duncan~-Ma!y V. THRASHER--13 Aug. 1866--Rev. H.M. Greene HOLMES, We1lington--Mariah BLACKSTEN--8 April 1866--John Pieratt, J.P. HOLTZ, John--Margaret LEWIS--2 April 1867--Rev. E. Vea HORNBACH, Samue1--Rebecca CHRISS--18 March 1866--Rev. L.R. Campbell HORTON, James C.--Fannie B. ROBINSON--22 April 1867--Rev. R.W. Oliver HULTSOPPLE, Jacob--Barbra BUCKHART--22 Feb. 1866--Rev. George F. Chapin IRONSIDE, Robert--Susan L. KING--4 March 1866--Wm. Draper, J.P. JACKSON, Harry--Fi1is LADLEY--1 Jan. 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee JACKSON, Henry--Nancy RILEY--24 June 1866--Rev. H. Green JEWITT, Luther--Mary Jane SQUARES--4 Oct. 1866--Char1es Chadwick, J.P. JOHNSON, A1bert--JaneC. RICE--3 Feb. 1867--Rev. Samuel Kretsinger JOHNSON, King--Josephene WALTON--21 May 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell JOINER, M.F.--Char1otte Ann HOLMARK--1 July 1866--Rev. W.W. Williams JONES, James--Ruth COLLIER--30 Sept. 1866--Rev. Richard Cord1ey JONES, Va1entine--Kate SIMSON--22 Sept. 1866--Char1es M. Sears KEES, Andrew--Sarah GROOMS--27 Oct. 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. KELLEY, James N.--Anna G.VANANDA--20 May 1866--Rev. John S. Brown KLAUS, Robert--Sarah E. COLLINS--l1 Oct. 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. KLEINVOGAL, Char1es--Dora PAPENHUSEN--no date--recorded 13 June 1866-Charles Pilla, J.P. KNIGHT, Geo. W.--Caro1ine M. BE~~--15 March 1866--Rev. Martin Seiler KRETSINGER, Isaac W.--Mary L. BRANDER--24 Feb. 1867--Rev. H.M. Greene LAMBDIN, McKendrie L.--E1la GILBERT--13 Aug. l866--Rev. J.F. Morgan LAMON, Wm. H.--Harriet A. BELL--1 April 1866--Rev. Richard Cord1ey LANATH, Oscar M.--Sarah HALE--7 Jan. l866--Charles Darr, J.P. LANDRETH, Henry--Me1inda LANDERS--9 Nov. 1866--Char1es Pilla, J.P. LAPTAD, Peter--Agnes PETRIE--3 Feb. 1867--Rev. J.F. Morgan LEON, Joseph--Betsey Ann BARKER--26 May 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. LEONARD, Henry--Eme1ine PEARCE--19 Aug. 1866--Rev. John S. Brown LOGAN, A1bert--Oma GAIRIT--25 May 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell LONGFELLOW, Jacob W.--Sarah A. DAVIS-~8 Nov. 1866--Rev. G.S. Dearborn LONGFELLOW, Nathan L.--Mary E.R. CAMPBELL--31 Jan. 1867--Rev. Geo. S. Dearborn LOVETT, George--E1iza A. JOHNSON--5 April 1867--J.W. Vaughn, J.P. LOWRIE, James Edward--Elizabeth FRANCE--18 March 1867--Rev. James H. Carruth LYON, Samuel E.--Annie R. BARTLEMAN--28 April 1867--Rev. George S. Dearborn 90 �Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1866-1867 McCAN, Stephen S.--Em1ey f. TOLLE--26 July 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell McCLELAN, Joseph S.--Sarah E. BELL--7 Jan. 1866--Wm. Draper, J.P. McCOOLE, James P.--Mary A. McKEE--25 Dec. 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell McCULLIE, Gabrie1--Ada1ine WARD--22 April 1867--Rev. Dudley Lee McCURRY, John--Eunice M. Seward-- ? Feb. l867--recorded 13 June 1867--Rev. R.P. Duvall McDEVITT, Samuel L.--Demarest PROVO--6 April 1866--E.D. Ladd, J.P. McEATHRON, Rufus C.--Fannie E. TUCKER--3 Feb. 1867--Rev. Henry M. Greene McKINLEY, James B.--Ju1ia A. PORTER--19 April 1866--Rev. J.F. Morgan MAHONEY, Thomas--Bridget WEIS--17 June 1866--Rev. S. Favre, Catholic Priest MALLORY, J.S.--Casanda THAYER--15 March 1866--Rev. N. Taylor MALLOY, John--Pari1ee R. RAY~-13 Aug. 1866--Rev. H.M. Greene MAPHET, John R.--A1ice C. MUNGER--19 Aug. 1866--S.R. Waters, J.P. MARKLE, Gabrie1--Mary T. LAHAY--22 March 1866--Wm. Draper, J.P. MARKS, A1ex--Eunice A. FAXON--4 March 1867--Rev. John S. Brown MARKS, James--Martha ALLEN--8 Jan. 1866--Rev. G.W. Paddock MARTIN, Char1es--Emily WILSON--3 April l867--Rev. H. Green MARTIN, Houstin--Ma1inda JOHNSON--21 Jan. 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee MEEKER, E.J.--Minnie DAVIS--22 Feb. 1866--Rev. W. Locke MERVIN, Scott--Me1issa HICKS--l July 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. MERWIN, Arthur T.--Ce1estia T. WAIT--6 April 1866--Rev. Richard Cordley MIERLY, Michae1--Mary A. ALUMBAUGH--28 Feb. 1867--Rev. T.J. Ferri1 MILLER, Charles P.--Sarah C. WOODLAND--10 Sept. 1866--Rev. R.W. Oliver MILLS, Albert D.--C1ara M. DEY--1 March l866--Rev. Geo. Chapin MISNEY, Wm. A.--Mary L. ROBERTS--18 Feb. 1866--Rev. S. Weaver MITCHELL, C.W.--Mary A.F. WADE--10 June 1866--Rev. S. Weaver MITCHELL, Green--Jennette FOSTER--2l May 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell MONROE, Anthony--Anne CLARK--24 Dec. 1866--Chas. Pilla, J.P. MONTANYE, Edward--Margaret COPPINGER--30 Jan. 1867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. MONTGOMERY, Michae1--Mary TURNER--17 March 1867--Rev. John Bower MOORE, Alexander B.--C1ara BUCKLES--11 Oct. 1866--Rev. Jesse Brockway MORGAN, Peter--Catherine McKEARNEE--26 Aug. 1866--Rev. S. Faver, Catholic Priest MORTEN, James--Per1inaLOGAN--13 Nov. 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell MOSBY, Andrew--Jane MOSBY(CALDWELL)--17 May 1866--Rev. Evan Jones MOYS, Rev. H.--Ju1ia A. STOCKING--24 Oct. 1866--Rev. H.D. Fisher MURPHY, Timothy--Bridget(?)GRANT--17 June 1866--Rev. F.J. Wattron, Catholic Priest NEEL, Thomas--E1izabeth Cornelius BOOTH--8 July 1866--Char1es M. Sears, J.P. NELSON, Martin--Lucy WIGG--30 Oct. 1866~-Chas. Chadwick, J.P. NEWMAN, George--Maggie ALLEN--30 April 1867--Rev. Dudley Lee NEWMAN, Thomas G.--Josephine WILLIAMS--22 Aug. 1866--Rev. George S. Dearborn NICHOLLS, George A.--A1va V. BURNETT--15 Oct. l866--Rev. Richard Cord1ey NYE, George M.--Mrs. L.E. WILLIAMS--25 Nov. 1866--Rev. George F. Chapin OWEN, Alvin E.--Eme1ine BROCKWAY--25 July 1866--Rev. Jesse Brockway OWENS, Simeon--Isabe11a HANROY(HANVOY,HAMOY)--l July 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee PAISTON, Lymen E.--Anna HARNED--4 July 1866--Rev. R. W. Oliver PALMER, B.D.--Gertie NORTON--l Jan. 1867--Rev. R. W. Oliver PARKER, Antony--Mary Elizabeth STEPTON--20 Jan. 1867~-Gabrie1 Gray, J.P. PEARSON, Joseph E.--Mary STUDEBAKER--23 Oct. 1866--Rev. Geo. F. Chapin PELED, Jefferson--Martha MUMFURD--16 Jan. l867--Rev. H. Green PERRY, Thomas--Ann POLK--No date, recorded 19 June 1866--Rev. Joseph H. Payne PIERATT, Balvard J.--Ju1iette MOORE--29 Jan. 1867--Rev. John S. Brown PIERSOL, Si1as--Mary E. GUY--23 Sept. 1866--Rev. Geo. S. Dearborn POKE, James--Ann JONES--14 Dec. l866--Rev. H. Green POOL, Francis A.--Harriet T. HANNAM--14 March 1866--S. B. Waters, J.P. POOR, Henry--Mary LAWS--4 Jan. 1866--Rev. W. Kimberlin 91 �Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1866-1867 POWELL, Benjamin--E1izabeth JACKSON--22 March 1866 PRENTICE, Dr. S.R.--Annie J. SOUL--21 June 1866--Rev. E.D. Bentley PRUIT, Anderson--Nancy PUCKETT--24 Feb. 1866--E.D. Ladd, J.P. RANDALL, Reuben--Lizzie WOOD--3 Feb. 1867--Rev. Richard Cord1ey RANDOLPH, John--Char1otte FULLBRIGHT--14 March 1866--Rev. H. Green RATZENSTEIN, Simon--Regine SHLOSS--7 Jan. 1867--Rev.H. Friendlich RAZEY, Daniel P.--Susannah HARMON--1 June 1867--Rev. Geo. S. Dearborn REASTER, John D.--Hannah Ann GLIZER-~2S April 1867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. REECE, Commodore B.--Sarah A. BROCRAW--16 May 1867--Rev. H.D. Fisher REID, John W.--Maggie E. WILLIAMS--11 Nov. 1866--Rev. G.S. Dearborn REINHARD, John G.--Kate TRUSHEIM--19 March 1867--Rev. Henry Meyer RICHARDS, Charles O.--Belle CAIN--23 Sept. 1866--Char1es M. Sears, J.P. RICHARDS, Henry H.--F1ora H. ROGERS--27 Jan. 1867--Rev. Richard Cord1ey RICHARDSON, Thadeus B.--Martha F. BROWN--S July 1866--Wm. Draper, J.P. RIGGS, Joseph E.--Emma E. ELDRIDGE--1 June 1867--James M. Hendry, J.P. ROBINS, Wm.--A1ma L. ETTER--20 Jan. 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell ROE, John F.--Mary CHAPMAN--21 Feb. 1867--S.B. Waters, J.P. ROSBERRY, James E.--A1ity BROOKS--6 March 1866--Rev. O.H. Mitchell ROSEBAUGH, Thomas--Mary V. FREEMAN--S Sept. 1866--Rev. Sam'l MacBurney RUNNER, Henry--Nancy J. GILL--10 May 1867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. SCHNEIDER,Emanue1--Eppa1ina EPLEY--2S Dec. 1866--Rev. Henry Meyer SCHORDA, Peter--Josephine DONWILLER--12 April 1866--Rev. G. W. Paddock SCOTT, Samuel S.--Rachae1 T. HESTER--1 Jan. 1866-~S.B. Waters, J.P. SEYBOLD, John A.--Bertha WETCEL--l4 July l866--Ben. M. Piatt, J.P. SHANK, John--Samatha SALSBURY--20 Nov. 1866--Rev. H.D. Fisher SHOPE, William M.--Margaret E. CAMPBELL--22 Feb. 1867~-Chas. Chadwick, J.P. SHUGART, Charles A. --Carrie J. COMBS--S May 186 7--Rev~' Richard Cord1ey SIBLEY, W.S.--Mary E. EVANS--29 May 1867-,-Rev. G.S. Dearborn SPENCER, William F.--Martha Jane TRUE--6 Nov. 1866--Rev. L.R. Campbell SPRIGGS, Edmond--E1izabeth BEVLER(?)--12 Sept. 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee STEELE, L. Scott--Louisa BLAKELY--1 March 1866--Rev. George F. Chapin STEVENS, George H.--Eme1ine KIRBY--29 March 1866--E.D. Ladd, J.P. STEVENS, John--Mary JONES--S March 1866--John Pieratt, J.P. STITZ, Wm.--E1izabeth LORD--17 April 1866--Rev. Richard Cord1ey STREADE, Frank--Ann MILLER--12 July 1866--Rev. H. Green STRAHAN, A.J.--Mary J. LACY--4 July 1866--Rev. T.B. Woodard STRONG, Horace E.--E11en B. NORTON--6 Dec. 1866~-Rev. Richard Cord1ey SULLIVAN, John--Bridget DWEYER--26 Aug. 1866--Father S. Favre SWAREH, Frederick--Anna Elizabeth REBERT--29 June 1866--Rev. Phillip Frieker SWIFT, Francis B.--Mattie TURNER--12 Dec. 1866--Rev. Richard Cord1ey TAYLOR, Amos--Sarah A. BARRETT--7 June 1866--Rev. Job W. Hague TAYLOR, Char1es--Em1y GAINS--22 July 1866--Rev. H.R. Bevels THOMAS, Erven--Caro1ine OVELTON-~29 Dec. 1866--Rev. H. Green THOMPSON, Ne1son--Fannie MOORE--30 April 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee THORP, Mathew--Nansey THORP--1 May 1866--Rev. Dudley Lee THUGGARD, Richard--E11en SWIFT--29 Oct. 1866--F~ther S. Favre TOLLE, Reuben H.--E1izabeth CURRY--11 Nov. 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. TOWNSEND, Herod M.--Jemima SIBERT--20 May 1866--H.H. Howard, J.P. TRAVIS, Ezra D.--E1iza MULFORD--11 March 1866--Rev. Geo. W. Paddock TRIPPLETT, G.W.--Tempe E. GOCIA--15 Jan. 1866--Rev. O.H.Mitche11 TRUSHEIM, Conrad--Gertrude ALBRECHT--23 Dec. 1866--Rev. Henry Meyer TRYAN, Pomeroy B.--Charity E. JOHNSON--22 April 1866--Rev. R.S. Campbell 92 �Douglas County, Kansas Marriages 1866-1867 VANDAMAN, Clinton P.--~~ry E. GRITLESS--2l June l866--Rev. A.P. Anderson WAKEFIELD, T.J.--Miss M.E. BALDWIN--2s Jan. l866--Recorded 6 April 1867-Rev. H.D. Fisher WALKER, James--Laura LEWIS--ls March l866--Rev. Hector Barker WALLACE, John A.--Josephine B. HOYT--14 Oct. 1866--Rev. R.W. Oliver WASHINGTON, Perry--Sarah GREGG--18 May l866--Rev. Evan Jones WETrKER, Enoch--Elizabeth WEIHEL--ls Feb. l867--Charles Pilla, J.P. WENTGERTER, Louis--Ellen KANMOND--2l April l867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. WHITCOMB,A.H.--Mary B. GRIFFITH--s April l866--Rev. Edwin D. Bentley WHITE, Morris E.--Isabella E. DICKSON--28 ~~rch l866--Rev. J.F. Morgan WHITE, William W.--Louisa M. RICHARDS--7 May l867--Rev. Richard Cordley WHITMAN, H. Delos--Roselthe H. FILLMORE--ll Oct. l866--Rev. E.D. Bentley WILLETT, H.W.--Susannah SPARR--28 May l866--Rev. H.D. Fisher WILLIAMS, Alexander--Mary SIMPSON--10 June l866--Rev. David T. Woodward WILLIAMS, James--Ellen SIMMS--2 May 1867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. WILLIAMS, Levi--Eliza Jane McKAUGHEE--6 Jan. l867--S.B. Waters, J.P. WINCHESTER, Sippuel--Alice BROWN--10 Jan. l867--Rev. O.H. Mitchell WINGFIELD, O.H.P.--Hester A. CRUMMETT--ls March l866--Rev. A. Hitchcock WINKELMAN, Wm.--Jane DIX--30 Sept. l866--Chas. Pilla, J.P. WITHERS, Edwin R.--Mary ROGERS--3 May l867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. WOOD, Zachariah C.--Matilda J. BUCKELS--19 Aug. l866--Horace Tucker, J.P. WOOLSEY, Eugene D.--Amanda C. BECK--6 Jan. l867--Rev. John S. Brown WORREL, Amos--Evelyn J. BRYSON--2l Oct. l866--John Pieratt,J.P. WRIGHT, Charles--Sarah Jane TAYLOR--27 Feb. l867--Chas. Chadwick, J.P. ZIMMERMAN, James L.--Fanny BLAKELY--14 Nov. 1866--Rev. Geo. F. Chapin ZINN, Geo. W.--Elizabeth HORNBACK--22 March l866--Rev. David Shuck 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) Cordley's "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE". $10.50 members; $12.50 non-:-members. (Postage and tax extra) 16 count package of four Lawrence scenes Notes. tax extra) $3.00 (Postage and "THE ORIGINAL PREMPTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY (KANSAS) '.'. $5.50 and tax extra) "THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE". tax extra) $6.00 (Postage (Postage and Tax is added only where applicable. 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. 93 �A COLLECTION OF 30,000 NAMES OF GERMAN, SWISS, DUTCH, FRENCH IMMIGRANTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FROM 1727 TO 1776, p. 359: Sept. 26, 1764: Ship: Brittania, Thomas Arnot Captain, Rotterdam Christain Sachsman 1790 Census for Pennsylvania, W~stmore1and Co., Deery Twp. Christopher Saxman 1810 Census for Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Co., Derry Twp. Christian Saxman Sr. Christian Saxman Jr. Frederic Saxman Mathias Saxman 1840 Census for Pennsylvania, Armstrong Co. Wayne Twp. Christian Sachsman Nicholas Sachsman Christian Sachsman 1850 Census for Pennsylvania, Armstrong Co. Wayne Twp. Christian Saxman, t~l Elizabeth Saxman, 41 Jacob, 12 Susannah, 10 - married William Marshall 1868 Henry, 7 Joseph, 5 1880 Census for Kansas, Douglas Co. Marion Twp. H. R. Saxman, 37 - with William Marshall in the Civil War Libby A., 29 George, 10 Clara B., 8 Ray, 5 G. F. Saxman, 35 A1evida A., 27 Ford, 9 Lilly, 4 Willow Springs Township Jacob Saxman, 41 Sarah A., 41 Christian, 19 Anna, 17 John, 10 Joseph, 13 Edward, 6 Emma E, 1 94 �Willow Springs Twp. Christian Soxman, 70 Elizabeth, 71 William Marshall, 39 Susan (Soxman), 39 Elizabeth, 10 Laura, 9 Franklin, 7 Mary, 4 William Marshall was in Company G, 78 Regiment of Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War from September 12, 1861 until November 4, 1864. He and Henry Soxman enlisted together and so probably belonged to the same Regiment. There is a biograpl'dcal sketch of H. R. Soxman in the book "History of Kansas" by A. T. Andreas published in 1883 in Chicago. The sketch appears on page 361 of Vol. 1. Submitted by Mrs. Catherine Ramsey, 1108 22nd St. West, Bradenton, Florida 33505 ********* It was sleeting overhead and slushy underfoot. People hurried along 42nd Street with their coat collars up about their ears, hardly glancing at passersby. A young Negro, carrying a heavy valise in one hand and a huge suitcase in the other, hurried toward the Grand Central Station, slipping and skidding as he went. Suddenly a hand reached out and took the valise, while a pleasant voice said: "Let me take one, brother! Bad weather to have to carry things." The Negro was reluctant, but the white man insisted: "I'm going your way." All the way to the station they chatted like two old buddies. Years later, Booker T. Washington said: "That was my introduction to Theodore Roosevelt!" --Maenna Cheeserton-Mangle. **** Excerpts from: "KANSAS" by Hon. John J. Ingalls It seems incredible that there was a time when Kansas did not exist; when its name was not written on the map of the United States; when the Kansas cyclone, the Kansas grasshopper, the Kansas boom, and the Kansas Utopia were unknown. I was a student in the Junior class at Williams College when President Pierce, forgotten but for that signature, approved the act establishing the Territory of Kansas, May 30, 1854. I recall the inconceivable agitation that preceded, accompanied and followed the event. It was an epoch. Destiny closed one volume of our annals, and, opening another, traced with shadowy finger upon its pages a million epitaphs, ending with "Appomattox". 95 �LAWRENCE DAILY JOURNAL WORLD, Thursday, October 10, 1929. Lawrence, Kansas COUNTY IN PATH OF EARLY EXPLORERS Trading Post Near Lake View First Permanent Settlement Douglas county was first visited, as far as is known, by white men in the persons of French traders who passed up the Kaw river in the first quarter of the'eighteenth century. They traded with the native Indian tribes. A century later white explorers followed the waterways to the west. Fremont, in 1842, camped near the present site of Lawrence on bluffs commanding a view of the river. He was surveying a railroad route to the Pacific coast and stated in his report that there were enough trees along the Kaw bottom to furnish ties. Fremont followed the Santa Fe Trail which crossed the Wakarusa near Franklin, southwest of Eudora, and passed near Lawrence and left the county beyond Big Springs. The first permanent white settlement in Douglas county was made by Frederick Choutea, who, in 1827, established a trading post on the south side of the Kansas river a little above Lake View. Shortly after he moved to Shawnee county. Some of the men who came to Douglas county in 1854 settled along the California Road. This road was one of the great highways of travel between the East and the Pacific coast and crossed the county from east to west. It was also the route over which much of the Pottawattomie trade passed, one of the great crcossings of the river being at Uniontown, in what is now Shawnee county. The men who settled along the road and the dates they came were: J. W. Lunkis of South Carolina, April 13; A. R. Hopper, ~~y 9; Clark Stearns and William H. R. Lykins, May 26; A. B. and N. E. Wade, June 5; J. A. Wakefield, June 8; Calvin and Martin Adams, June 10; J. J. Eberhart, June 12; Brice W. Miller, June 6; J. H. Harrison, June 14; H. S. and Paul C. Eberhart; June 15; S. N. Wood, June' 24; Mr. Rolf, June 24; L. A. Lagerquest, July 4; James F. Legate, July 5; William Lyon and Josiah Hutchinson in J~ly. On the Wakarusa, south of the road Joel K. Goodwin settled in May, and William Breyman, July 18. T. W. and R. F. Barber settled near the site of Bloomington, in 1855, and Oliver Barber at the same place, June 1, 1857. During the same month and at a later date John A.Bean, N. A1quine and M. Albin settled a little further west, where the village of Clinton now stands and Albin opened a store there. Napoleon Bonaparte Blanton settled on the Wakarusa four miles directly south of Lawrence and built a bridge, known as Blanton's Bridge. G. W. Zinn, A. W. Glenn, M. S. Winter and William Shirley settled on the site of Lecompton in 1854. On what is now the site of Vin1and, Jacob Branson, Charles W. Dow, Franklin N. Coleman, George Cutler, F. B. Varnum, William \Vhite, Josiah Hargus and Harrison W. Buckley took claims during the year. At Baldwin City, Robert Pierson, Richard Pierson, Jacob Cantre1 and L. F. Green took claims. 96 �On the claim of Paris Ellison, two miles southeast of Lecompton, was laid out the site of Douglas. G. W. Clarke and others were associated with him as town proprietors. Late in the year William Harper and John Chamberlain settled at the forks of the road at Big Springs. Prior to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill much land had been marked out by Missourians for preemption in the Kaw Valley against the protests of the Indians. The county was part of the Shawnee Indian reservation set apart by the treaty of 1825. Claims of Pro-slavery men were marked by logs cut and sliced and piled up. Signs were erected stating that these claims belonged to these men. Those preempting the claims stated that anyone who attempted to take these claims would be shot. The boundaries of the county as defined by the Territorial legislature of 1855: "Beginning at the main channel of the Kansas River, at the northwest corner of Johnson County; thence south to the southwest corner of Johnson County;. thence west twenty-four (24) miles to a point equidistant between the limits (embraced in the original plats) of the towns of Lecompton and Tecumseh". Evidently, there was no boundary on the west unless it was that line between Tecumseh and Lecompton. It is presumed that the river formed the north boundary. The county was named for Stephen A. Douglas, author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. By 1883, the limits of the county read from the northwest corner of Johnson County in the main channel of the Kansas river, then up the channel of the river to the southwest corner of Leavenworth County •. thence north oriwest boundary line of Leavenworth county to north line of township 12, thence west on said north line to the middle of the main channel of the Kansas river. This took in what is now known as Grant township. The western boundary line was determined as the line between the second and third tiers of sections in Range 17. Populations in different years: 1857, 3,727; 1860, 9,207; 1865, 15,814; l875i 18,365; 1880, 24,773; 1885, 25,092; 1890, 23,828; 1895, 23,075. Submitted by Jane Wiggins, Lawrence, Kansas. Copied with full permission of The Lawrence Daily Journal World. * *** Kansas was the prologue to a tragedy whose epilogue has not been pronounced; the prelude to a fugue of battles whose reverberations have not yet died away. ' Floating one summer night upon a moonlit sea, I heard far over the still waters a high, cle:ar voice singing: "To the West! To the West! To the land of the free. Where the mighty Mi:ssouri rolls down to the sea; Where a man is a man if he's willing to toil, . And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil." From "KANSAS" by Hon. J?hn J. Ingalls 97 �THE KANSAS COLLECTION Located on the University of Kansas campus, in 220 Kenneth Spencer Research Library on the ground lev.el, The Kansas Collection, is the place where a researcher with early Kansas ancestors will find answers to many unanswered questions. It was established in 1892 by Carrie Watson, first Librarian of the university. The Collection is dedicated to the preservation of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Kansas and the Kansas region (Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma and Missouri). Manuscripts, photographs, books, newspapers, and maps are to be found in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, completed in 1968 with temperature and humidity maintained at levels which prevent the physical deterioration of the collections. The Kansas Collection has holdings of the papers of famous men and less well kno\?U figures in the story of Kansas. These collections represent the full breadth of the Kansas region's history and prehistory and the impact of the Plains' environment on the history of the nation. Personal and family papers, such as those of the Stewart-Lockwood family, of the Fowler-Rose-Thompsonfamily, of the William Clarke Quantrill and of the famous John Brown, are contained in::the Collection. The papers of politicians, the writings and correspondence of the Balzac Hoffman; the manuscript autobiography of an ex-slave, Andrew Williams; the vast financial enterprises of J. B. Watkins Land and Mortgage Company and many, many others are among the major collections. "millionaresocialist"~Christian "Kansas" sP!lled-Aver ~nto .western; Colorado and northern Oklahoma._ What happened in Kansas directly affected .- --,.: events in Nebraska and Missouri. Any correspondence or records that relate to Kansas or the region can be evaluated as to their historical value by the Collection librarian. They could be valuable and possibly should be preserved for posterity. Tour groups are welcome but should make arrangements for an appointment. Individuals are welcome to visit also. DIARISTS RECORD TRIALS AND TRAVAILS OF PLAINSMEN LIFE by Roger Martin The pages are brittle in these diaries, as are the spirits of the longdead who wrote in them. Elizabeth and Wesley Harvey Duncan were living in Lawrence in 1867 when they decided to join a group headed for California. Mrs. Duncan kept a diary. On departure day, June 24, 1867, whe writes: "The dreaded day has at last come." The next day the pain of leaving has eased enough for her to write, "For the first time since leaving home, I could eat a little." 98 �Thumb through the pages quickly, and you'll notice the disintegration of Mrs. Duncan's handwriting, her letters turning to alphabet soup by the last pages. It's a point noted by Sheryl Williams, curator of the Spencer Library's Kansas Collection, though she hesitates to connect the change in the handwriting to any psychic disintegration. While she avoids the role of analyst, Ms. Williams is the gatekeeper of the collection's diaries, of which there are.approximate1y 500. And she can tell you precisely that 4,000 linear feet of manuscript ephemera is included in the collection's holdings of diaries, business records, ledgers and letters. Disavowing a burning, personal interest in the diaries, Ms. Williams says, "My interest stems from being a person who works with this kind of material all the time. My interest is not drawn to diaries above and beyond other things." Yet somehow the world of the diaries is enfolding. Hours of reading telescope into minutes, it seems, as one squints to piece letters into words, words into sentences. And what is not written seems, at times, translatable into a silent cry, an untold loneliness. In the last diary kept by Hrs. Duncan that the Spencer possesses, she writes from San Jose in 1868. After filling the pages faithfully for two months, she falters, making her second-to-last entry on March 1: "Sabbath day has come and with it a sadness I can not shake off it is so muddy I could not go to Church or Sabbath schoo1." After an unexplained silence, the final entry (Nov. 21) reads, "Spent the evening at Aunt Betties ••. think more of my dear Aunt every day. Hope she will always be my aunt." Not all the diaries are so mournful, Ms. Williams says. Although some people relate feelings, others give detailed descriptions of their surroundings and still others offer no more than the weather and the time they woke up and went to bed. Why would the last group write at all? Ms. Williams says she believes that perhaps those people felt bound to write for some reason but then were uncomfortable with expressing their thoughts. One frustration she has felt reading the diaries, she says, is a lack of detail about the trivial matters of daily existence. They'll tell you they cooked supper, for example, but they won't tell you what they ate, who did the cooking or what role the children played in meal preparation, she says. 99 �Does the diarists' neglect extend to the great as well? Yes, she says, presenting a modern analogy in a rhetorical question: "How many people wrote anything down when President Kennedy was shot, for example?" Yet J. Findlay Harrison, writing in 1866, relates a bit of lore he learned in Lawrence about the town's sacking by William Clark Quantrill's raiders in 1863: "There are now to be seen but few evidences of the burning and massacre of the 21 Aug 63. Quantre11's (sic) band of assassins came in at 4 a.m., murdered 189 men, and destroyed the town, Yet cowards as they were they would avoid a closed house for fear of a shot ... Two doors south is a stone house, the owner of which refused to surrender and dared them to break in -- After some pa~ley they rode off leaving him and house in safety -- A woman of noto~ riety named Sally Young saved the inmates of the Eldridge Hotel -- by her influence over Quantre11. .. " One diary contains drawings. It was kept by the gaudily named German immigrant, Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius, who did surveying in the Midwest for the U.S. Army and kept diaries of his work in 1876. His meticulousness shows on the penciled-in title page of his diary, which appears thus: Survey of the Sources of the Red River April 25th to June 30th_1876 And it shows in his careful drawings of a buffalo on page 149, beneath which is written, "An old one," and of an Indian papoose on page 153. Another diary, this one by Robert Gilbert who came to America from England in 1855, is quilted from personal observations and expenditures C'Ju;ty 31 -- Shoes Soa1ed"), brief essays and poems. A sample essay is titled "On the Art of Swimming." "Go into the water carefully just up to the knees," writes Gilbert. "Lay down flat with your arms extended and hands resting in the grounde, head gently held back 50 as to keep your mouth just out of the water. Now raise your arms and feet -- together extending your arms laterally to and fro. You find you are a swimmer directly." At first, Ms. Williams couldn't think of any humorous moments in the diaries. Then, she said, "There is one diary .•• Let me think •.• " She paged through Harrison's log to an Oct. 1, 1866 entry. Osawatomie, he writes: From "This month of September has presented the oft heard of showers of grasshoppers. They are everywhere, in the air; on the earth, in the waters and the houses. My wheels crush thousands. They are nm., while writing, setting on my slippers, my hand, my arms, my back and covering my legs. Not less than a dozen on one at once. When driven away, others take their place 100 �immediately. In. looking near the sun, millions can be seen; the light shining through their wings presenting the appearance of snow -- and the bare places of the earth is red with these torments -- The wheat is all destroyed, where it has come up, nothing else has been injured." Ms. Williams notes that the diaries "often come to us from relatives" who discover the Spencer Library is interested in preserving such documents in its stable 70-degree-temperature and 50-percent-humidity climate. Lots of people store such material in their attics and closets, she says, without realizing their potential research value or the damage that can be done to them if they are stored less kindly, say, in a garage, where they are subject to extremes of temperature and humidity. Those interested in keeping Aunt Bertha's memories from mouldering, then, might consider donating her diary to the Spencer Library, where it will yellow more slowly and provide researchers with a backward-running river to the past. Despite the cowardly Quantrill's activities here, diarist Harrison saw in Lawrence of an earlier time, a city he loved. He writes, "If I could make my bread and butter at the law, I would settle in this town. It is a second Terre-Haute." Copied with permission from the Sunday, Feb. 3, 1980, Lawrence Journal World, Lawrence, Kansas. DOUGLAS COUNTY HATERIALS IN THE KANSAS COLLECTION by Sheryl Williams, Collection Librarian I. Douglas County Records A. Register of Deeds Index to Deeds B. Mortgage Records 1855-1900 Index to Mortgages 1860-1895 C. Assessment Rolls l863-l940's May not be complete. Arranged by township. D. Tax Rolls 1863-1907 1940's Arranged by township. E. Commissioner's Records 1855-1939 Accounts of Board of Commissioners' Meetings. F. Court Records 1. Court journals 1863-1901 Proceedings of Douglas County District Court for each day that it met. An alphabetical index is in front of each volume, listing the names of people mentioned. 1855-1900 1855-1900 101 �II. 2. Judgment Dockets 1870-1878 A general index of each person against whom a judgment is set forth. 1878-1907 Criminal Appearance Docket 1945-1949 1950-1951 Lists all legal actions in the order that they were filed in Court Clerk's office. 3. 1863-1901 Civil Appearance Dockets the order that they were filed in the in all legal actions Lists Court Clerk's office. 4. Jail Books 5. 1864-1865 Sheriff's Account Book Lists all court cases by parties where sheriff is owed a fee. 6. Criminal Judicial Dockets 1874-1878 1881-1945 Records kept by each district judge of all court cases he personally tried. This was required by law. 7. Civil Judicial Dockets 1867-1885 1904-1911 Lists all male prisoners incarcerated in the County Jail by order of the court. 1873-1927 1932-1961 Douglas County Historical Society The collection contains a variety of materials, most of which date from the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. Some of the more interesting items include personal narratives of Kansas during the territorial conflicts and the Civil War and reminiscences by those who lived through Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence in 1863. Correspondence includes letters from Amos Lawrence, founder of Lawrence, Charles Robinson, first governor of Kansas, and many prominent businessmen. Among the manuscripts is a 6 volume, very detailed history of Lawrence and Douglas County compiled by Tracy Learnard, son of a local banker and grandson of Shalor Eldridge, politician, and Lawrence hotel owner. In addition to manuscripts, the collection contains printed books, pamphlets, maps, and memorabilia. The material was placed on indefinite loan to the Kansas Collection in 1969. III. IV. Printed Materials A. County History Portraits and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas, 1899. Contains portraits and geneologies of well-known citizens. B. City Directories The Kansas Collection has a number of city directories for cities in Kansas. Maps and Atlases A. Sanborn City Maps l880!s-1920's B. County and City Plat Maps 102 �V. Newspapers The collection has some newspapers on microfilm and scattered issues of various newspapers in their original format. On microfilm: VI. Lawrence Daily Gazette 10/15/1884-11/3/1885 7/2/1893-2/20/1894 Lawrence Daill': Journal 6/19/1879-2/17/1911 Lawrence Daily Journal World 2/20/1911-present Lawrence Daill: World 3/3/1892-2/18/1911 Lawrence ReEub1ican 5/28/1857-12/29/1859 Census Materials (Located in Government Documents, Watson Library) State Census 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 Federal Census 1854-1861, 1860, 1870, 1880 Compiled and submitted by Mary Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas. * ** * Excerpts from:: "Kansas" by Hon. John J. Ingalls A few days later, my studies being completed, I joined the uninterrupted and resistless column of volunteers that marched to the land of the free. St. Louis was a squalid border toWn, the outpost of civilization. The railroad ended at Jefferson City. Trans-continental trains with sleepers and dining-cars, annihilating space and time, were the vague dream of a future century. Overtaking at Hermann, a fragile steamer that had left her levee the day before, we embarked upon a monotonous voyage of four days along the treacherous and tortuous channel that crawled between forests of cottonwood and barren bars of tawny sand, to the frontier of the American Desert. It was the mission of the pioneer with his plough to abolish the frontier and to subjugate the desert. One has become a boundry and the other an oasis. But with so much acquisition, something has been lost for which there is no compensation or equivalent. He is unfortunate who has never felt the fascination of the frontier; the temptation of unknown and mysterious solitudes; the exultation of helping to build a State; of forming its institutions and giving direction to its career. Kansas in its rudimentery stage, extended westward six hundred fifty-eight miles to the crest of the Rocky Mountains, the eastern boundary of Utah. By subsequent amputation and curtailment, it was shorn to its present narrow limits of fifty-two million acres; three thousand square miles in excess of. the entire area of New England. Denver, Manitou, Pueblo, Pike's Peak, and Cripple Creek are among the treasures which the State-makers of 1859, like the base Indian, richer than all his tribe, threw unconsciously away. 103 �THE PAST Confined by a chronic leg ailment, Johann Christian Schmidt, Gene Becker's great-grandfather, wrote a detailed history of his life on the prairie. The following is a condensed version of his chronicle. Like so many other immigrants to America, Johann Christian Schmidt was lured by the dream of land ownership. Schmidt and his family had left Germany in May of 1852. For three years after their arrival in the United States, he worked on farms, first near Albany, N. Y. Moving his family to Fort Dearborn, Ill. (now Chicago), Schmidt worked on the farm which belonged to an old friend from Germany. While he toiled for others, the desire to 0\-111 land grew. Word had been passed among Fort Dearborn farm workers that government land was available for homesteading near Sioux City, Ia. In May of 1856 the Schmidt family and other German immigrants started their 500-mile trek in four wagons. Averaging 20 miles a day, the travelers negotiated rivers, swamps and steep hills, all the while fending off hordes of flies. Upon reaching Sioux City on July 3, 1856, the group dispersed. , Christian Schmidt, his wife and children had a shanty for shelter, one cow, a wagon, and $5.00 in his pocket. He must have wondered if this was really the promised land of opportunity. In dismay he asked his wife, "Oh, why did we not stay in Illinois?" Facing such odds, Schmidt drew on the one source of strength that had helped him through rough times before and would do so again. He fell to his knees to pray. His nephew, Philip Held, had walked over to the wagon to see if the Schm{dt family was settled in for the night. When he saw his uncle praying in earnest, he asked, "What troubles you?" Christian explained his predicament to the young bachelor. "Here is $20 I'll loan you," his nephew said. "Tomorrow we will find some work for you." Schmidt and his son Philip soon found a job in a Sioux City trading post, moving barrels and stacking lumber. They worked hard and quickly earned enough to repay the debt and purchase a sack of flour. It didn't take the Schmidt family long to acclimate themselves to their new home. They were an industrious group, never missing an opportunity to put their talents and penchant for work to good use. Schmidt and his sons would collect hay for other farmers' cattle or they would clear land of trees for a fee and sell the lumber they kept. The elder Schmidt sold baskets he had woven from willow branches growing wild along the Missouri River, while his wife and daughters took in extra laundry. In time, the Schmidts' ambitious nature brought them, in trades or cash exchanges, a yoke of oxen, lumber to build a home and four milk cows. But there was still the one reason Schmidt and his family had come to Sioux' City. Late in the summer of 1856, Schmidt prepared to fulfill his dream of land ownership. Traveling with other members of the immigrant group, he laid claim to 160 acres, 15 miles northeast of Sioux City, on the Floyd River. Memories of their bleak arrival in Sioux City had faded, but there were still a few dark clouds on the horizon. 104 �Food was in short supply during the spring of 1857. The Schmidts had run out of flour and no one would or could sell such a valuable possession. Knowing the situation, the God-fearing settler knelt and prayed for relief from the food shortage. When Schmidt arose, he saw a wagon approaching from the East. He greeted the driver and was told that the wagon was ~u11 of flour for sale. Sometime later, the Schmidts' youngest daughter developed a headache and a high fever and within 24 hours was dead. In 1859, the Schmidt family prepared to move to the homestead. (No explanation is given for the 2&~/2 year delay.) They tore down their frame house in Sioux City and rebuilt it next to the docile Floyd River. The following spring, melting snows pushed the Floyd over its banks and onto the Schmidt homestead. They lost most of their livestock and might have perished themselves if neighbors had not come to the rescue. They rebuilt their home on higher ground. The following years were busy ones. They found their land more bountiful than they had ever imagined. With home-made tools, the Schmidts planted wheat, corn, sorghum, oats and a large garden. They sold much of what~·­ they grew. Not long after the family had moved to the Floyd River Valley, preachers began visiting. These "circuit riders" preached in the homes of the settlers. In 1860, a Rev. H. K1iensorge came by spring wagon and horse to organize a congregation. As was the custom, the itinerant preacher would make his home with a family. The Schmidts welcomed Mr. K1iensorge into their home. Surely their reasons for accepting the preacher were genuine, but Schmidt's present-day descendants think there may have been an ulterior motive. In 1864 Mr. K1iensorge and Johann Schmidt's daughter Christina were married. In the fall of 1863, Christian had begun to make sorghum molasses. His horse was hitched to a pole that rotated a heavy stone press. Schmidt was feeding stalks into the press when he caught his middle finger in the grinding stones. His horse stopped at once. But when Schmidt yelled to his family for assistance, the animal spooked and started to move, drawing his hand further into the press. His sons could not free their father's hand. One boy rushed to the neighbors for help. Schmidt stood with his hand in the press for half an hour before it was freed. They wrapped his hand in a sheet and drove the horses as fast as they could to Sioux City, 15 miles away. The doctor amputated three fingers. He asked two men to hold Schmidt while the wound was being closed. But Schmidt said, "You need not hold me, for God will hold me sti11." He calmly sat still as the doctor did his work. When the doctor finished, Schmidt's wife asked how many stitches. The doctor, exhausted by the delicate work, did not know. Schmidt quietly spoke up: "28 stitches and 14 knots." It was a year before his hand was completely healed, but the injury did not keep the homesteader from his work. Like many other homesteaders, Christian Schmidt's title to his land was contested. In his case, only a small part of his acreage was lost. The railroad claimed the land Schmidt had purchased for $200 belonged to the government. A judge ruled for the railroad. 105 �It was about this time that new labor saving machinery began to appear in the Sioux City area. Schmidt noted that a man could be hired to cut grain with a horse drawn mower for 75¢ an acre. A farmer could also rent a threshing machine for so much an acre. As Christian Schmidt aged, he left his sons more and more in charge. He began to devote more of his time to a church which he helped found and build, and to visiting his children and grandchildren. He died at the age of 79 in October of 1886. In his chronicle, Johann Christian Schmidt observes the evolution of a young country and a new society. It is a tribute to him and others like him that they did not lose faith but persisted in taming the land and leaving a legacy of courage to families like the Gene Beckers. This article appeared in the June 30, 1976 FARMLAND NEWS, and is copied with their permission. Contributed by Maxine Hougland, Lawrence, Kansas. Found in the Territorial Paper of Kansas 1854-1861, Reel # 1. Taken from the Herald of Freedom published in Lawrence, Kansas Terri.tory, Saturday, March 20, 1858. Married at Tecumseh on the 4th last by Rev. L. B. Stateler, Joseph A. Powell, esq. to Miss Mollie Byler. On the same day by the Rev. C. M. Calloway, John W. Fainsworth, esq., to Miss Nelly Jacobs, all of Topeka. From the paper, "The Organizer", July 13, 1850, Oxford, Miss. My son, William Hammock left Russell County Alabama in October 1842 bound for Arkansas. Any information concerning him will be appreciated. Harrison Hammock, January 26, 1850. Ideas are funny little things. They won't work unless you do. Contrary to what is usually said, success sometimes goes to our mouth, not to our head. From Home Town Ne\V's, Wichita Eagle Beacon, Wichita, Kansas. 106 �QUERIES Queries are free to members. They should state at le8.st 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- Hiss Dorothy Clarke, 1908 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like birthplace of my grandmother Sarah RUSSELL, b. 8 Dec. l852-3(?). Parents William RUSSELL, b. 6 Jan. 1811 Newnham, N.Hamptns, England; Ann Elizabeth ENNEW, b. 11 Jan. l82l,England. They emmigrated to Lawrence, Kansas from Ipswich, Suffolk, England after Civil War. Miss Dorothy Clarke, 1908 New Hampshire, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need birthplace, parents of Ann Elizabeth ENNEW, b. England, 11 Jan. 1821. H. 8 Harch 1849, in England (where?), to William RUSSELL, b. Newnham, N. Hamptns, England 6 Jan. 1811. They lived in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, before coming to Lawrence, Kansas 1866-70 (probably 1869). Mrs. Pauline B. Elniff, 820 Sunset Drive, Need locations and family information for Frances BORDEN and Elizabeth PARKER) born died 1852; children-tCharles BORDEN, Mary Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Elizabeth BORDEN (daughter of 1779; married Thomas TULEY 1810; STEWART, Ann FOLWELL and Ferdinand. I I Hrs. Pauline B. Elniff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Beulah NORCROSS, bor* ca. 1791 possibly in New Jersey, ~arried Benjamin FRAZIER 1813. Movedito Shelby county, Ohio. They had eight children: George Washington, J9hn Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph, Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Seeking any information about this family and their par~nts. . I I Mrs. Robert S. Opie, \7260 Valley Trails Dr., Pleasanton, California 94566 Am seeking information on Mary Jane FARMER, d. 2 March 1934 and parents, William,d. l86l-l86~, and Elizabeth HATTHEWS, d. 8 Feb. 1886. She married 2nd to James M. JACKSpN. All buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Mrs. R.R. Wilkes, 985!0 North Federal 11279, Denver, Colorado 80221 Need information about my grandfather, Isaiah ~itchell (nickname Jim) ST. JOHN, b. 27 Sept.\ 1872 in Lawrence, Kansas. I I I Ms. Anna Stracener, 1~27 North Edwards, Irving, Texas 75062 Am researching the BEALS family in Kansas between their years in Illinois and Oklahoma Territory. Grandfather Levi BEALS born in Ottawa, Kansas, Franklin county aboutl 1880. Moved to Afton, Oklahoma Territory about 1900. I Mrs. Joe Hadley,Rt. 1, Box 772, Tenimo, Washington 98589 Need information abouf the HADLEY family; were Quakers; moved to Baldwin City, Kansas from Indiana i* 1880. Some Given names: Calvin, Spencer, Joab. All buried near Baldwin City. . . I I Mrs. Joanne Vopicka, 9312 South Harding, Evergreen Park, Illinois 60642 Am researching the BA~TLEMAN family in Douglas County, Kansas; about 1860-1875. 107 �Mrs. Mary Jamison, Rt. 5, Box 176, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need birth date, death date, burial place and family information for grandfather Joseph H.ANDERSON in Ohio ca. 1848. Married Nettie Isabelle ROBERTS Oct. 1883 in Peru, Nebraska. Moved to Oklahoma Territory (?). Children: Logan, James,Bertha, Bessie, Cora. Mrs. Maxine Moore Hougland, 1920 Harper Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Need burial place of Harriet DILLON, b. S. Carolina 1837; d. Wathena, Kansas ca. 1874; dau. of Emmaline THOMPSON. Came with husband, Luther DILLON to Doniphan County, Kansas in early 1854. Wathena, Kansas courthouse records show two deeds recorded 1st: to Luther DILLON, 1864; lot 7, Block 4. 2nd to Harriet A. DILLON, April 5, 1867; S. W. Corner, N.W. one fourth of S27-T3-R22, one acre of land. Was this the family cemetery? Harriet is supposed to be buried on the family farm. Mrs. Emma Semple Berg; RFD 2- Box 224, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to exchange information on the surnameSE~~LE, and especially of those who lived in Ohio during the early 1800's to the present time, and who may have been related to Will H. SEMPLE, born 7 August 1834 possibly in Ireland or New York, and who died in Elyria, Ohio, 15 October 1904. He married Lucinda COON in 1855 and was a tinsmith by trade. Would like to know who his parents, brothers, and sisters were. Any information on surname SEMPLE will be appreciated. Have much information on SEMPLE line to be exchanged. Mrs. Emma Semple Berg; RFD 2 - Box 224, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Seeking information on Elizabeth (Betsy) COLE, born 23 January 1800, in Dutchess County, New York - died 22 July 1895 in Elyria, Ohio - married 22 July 1820 John COON possibly in Ontario County, New York. Lived in Wayne County, Michigan possibly between 1840 and 1850. Daughters were Eliza Jane COON and Lucinda COON. Eliza married Peter ANDREWS of Port Clinton, Ohio, and Lucinda married Wm. H. SEMPLE of Elyria, O~io. Who were the parents and/or siblings of Elizabeth (Betsy) COLE? Any information will.be appreciated and have much COLE information to exchange. Mrs. Wilma (Sutton) Cogdell, 4335 Char1eswood, Memphis, Tennessee 38117 Seeking information on Micajah SUTTON born Pulaski County, Kentucky ca. 1858 "went to Kansas" about 1880. Marie Vannoy, 1401 So. J., Arkansas City, Kansas 67005 Would like information concerning the following persons. Robert G. MANSFIELD, b. Indiana. Wife: Lucinda ROBERTS, b. Ky., d. Troy, Kansas. Children: Allen MANSFIELD of Garnett, Ks., William S. MANSFIELD, Concordia, Ks., Glen MANSFIELD, Baldwin City, Ks., and Nary A. MANSFIELD, b. 28 Jan. 1854, (Gentry Co.), Albany, Missouri, m. 16 June 1871 to William A. LEIVIS, b. 1844, Madison Co., Indiana. Marie Vannoy, 1401 So. J., Arkansas City, Kansas 67005 Seek information concerning, Maria (REYNOLDS) GRIFFITH, b. 12 Aug. 1836. Parents: Byron REYNOLDS, b. Ireland and Mariha MATTHEWS, b. Kentucky. Maria married John N. GRIFFITH. 108 �FIFTH PUBLIC GENEALOGY WORKSHOP Place: Date: 4H-Fair Grounds, BLDGS. 1&2, 2120 Harper St., Lawrence, Kansas Saturday, 7 June 1980, 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Speaker: r~RS. HELEN KING, Topeka, Kansas. Genealogy Teacher, Lecturer Answers for both beginning and advanced researchers. Lunch served.in building (By Reservation, Pay when served.) by the India E H U Ladies or eat out or bring your own. Cookies and coffee for all. Soft drink machine in buildinp. 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BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66044 �"THE PIONEER" Published Quarterly By: The Douglas County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Spring 1980 Vol. III, No. 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Page Contents 112 'Officers - By-Laws . • • . . • • • . Ethics 115 Eldridge Biography . . . . . 116 "Quantrill's Loss, Museum's Gain". . 118 Genealogist's Code of . . 120 Douglas County Petitions for Naturalization. ~'$10 Buys Clues to Ancestry at 'Nation's Root Cellar'" · . • 123 Douglas County Cemetery Information. . • 125 Douglas County School Information. • • • • 132 "In Search of the Family Tree" (article written about Mrs. Helen King in 1971). ......•.•. ..•. . . 132 l35 Queries. , Workshop Registration. . · . . l38 * * * * * * * * * * * Dear Readers, This is our final issue of "The Pioneer" for this year. my final message to you as society president. It is also We had hoped to do more for the society the past two years but looking back we see some wor.thwhile accomplishments. It We hope that all of you will support and attend our workshop June 7. surely help us to find some of our needed answers. ~lill , We sincerely hope we can elect the officers we need for the year 19801981 before July 1. i , There are so many worthwhile goals to be met as an active, working genealogical society. My deep, deep "thank yousIf go to each and everyone of you for your support and hours of help over the past months. Sincerely, �'Officers: President: Mary Jamison Vice President: Secretary: Jane Wiggins Treasurer: Cora Fellenstein Genealogist: Emma Berg Librarian: Editor: . B Library Committee: Pauline Elniff, Irma Kidwell, Georg~an~ rune Membership and Special Publicity: Maxine Hougland, Irma K~dwell, Dorothy Clarke Typing: Jane Wiggins Indexing: Kathryn Bunton, Dorothy Wiggins ., History and Records: Nettie Wismer, Dorothy W~gg~ns Pioneer: Judy Sweets, Emma Berg, Jane Wiggins, Mary Jamison BY-LAWS Of The DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ARTICLE I: Name. This organization shall be a non-profit organization known as the County Genealogical Society. Dou~las ARTICLE II: Purpose The purpose of this organization shall be to promote interest in genealogical and historical study and research and to conduct such projects as shall contribute'to that end, which includes the acquisition and maintenance of a genealogical library. ARTICLE III: Eligibility Any individual interested in promoting the objectives of the society is eligible for membership. Prospective members may attend two meetings as guests before being required to pay annual dues. ARTtCLE IV: Officers Section One: Officers shall be president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, librarian, genealogist and editor, and they shall comprise the executive board. The executive board shall be required to.meet at ,least once between regular meetings. Action of the board shall be by I simple majority, with the president voting only in case of a tie vote. Four (4) members of the executive, board, shall constitute a quorum. �Section Two: Officers shall serve a one-year term and shall not serve more than two consecutive terms in one office. Individuals shall not be eligible to serve as officers until they have been dues-paying members for six months, with exception of the first year. Section Three: The fiscal year shall run from July 1 to June 30. Officers shall be elected at the annual meeting in April, and assume duties on July 1. Vacancies in the offices except that of president shall be filled by election at the next regular meeting and shall complete the unexpired term. ARTICLE V: Parliamentary Procedure The meetings shall be conducted under Roberts Rules of Order, revised. ARTICLE VI: Duties of Officers Section One: The duties of the president shall be to preside at all the meetings of the society and the executive board; to appoint all committees; and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee and auditing committee. Section Two: The vice-president shall assume delegated by the president, or in the absence president, or in ca~e the office shall become for a meeting place for the organization, and the members of said meeting place and time of the presidential duties or incapacity of the vacant; shall arrange for notification of the meeting. Section Three: The secretary shall keep the minutes and records and a roster of all members, and shall conduct all correspondence under the direction of the president. Section Four: The treasurer shall handle the funds, have a depository therefore and duly account for the same by presenting a report at all general meetings of the society and by submitting all monthly receipts and cancelled checks to the president before each meeting. All checks written in the name of the society must be signed by both the president (or vice-president in the absence of the president) and treasurer. A special auditing committee consisting of three (3) members shall be appointed by the president at the beginning of each fiscal year and shall present a report to the members at the next regularly scheduled meeting. All funds shall be deposited in the name of the society. Section Five: The librarian shall have custody of all genealogical and historical material of the society and shall maintain a catalogue of such material and make such arrangements as the society directs for placement of the materials acquired by the society and shall be chairman of the library committee. Section Six: The~enealogist shall be responsible for all requests for genealogical research from which funds are received, and the accounting to the treasurer for said funds. �·Section Seven: The editor shall be responsible for the publication and mailing of the quarterly and maintaining its mailing list, and shall also be chairman of the quarterly committee. ARTICLE VII: Meetings Unless otherwise directed by either the executive board or a majority of members present at a regular or special business meeting, the monthly business meeting of the Douglas County Genealogical Society shall convene at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Seven (7) members of the organization shall constitute a quorum. Action of the organization at regular or special business meetings shall be by simple majority, unless otherwise indicated in the by-laws. The president (or vice-president in the absence of the president) wi~h approval of the executive board, has the power to call special business meetings if the need arises. If there is either a change in the monthly business meeting or a special business meeting is scheduled, all members must be, notified by either telephone or mail as soon as possible. ARTICLE VIII: Committees The president shall appoint such committees as deemed necessary, including nominating and auditing committees, and special projects committees as ,the organization directs. ARTICLE IX: Dues Annual dues shall be $5.00 per member, plus an additional $2.50 per member from'the same household, payable before or at the July ~eeting. Each member paying the $5.00 dues shall be entitled to one free copy of each quarterly and shall receive a 50% discount on copies thereafter that he (or she) may purchase. Members joining after the July 1 date and paying the $5.00 fee shall receive all back issues of the quarterly for that fiscal year. ARTICLE X: Amendments These by-laws may be amended at the regular meeting of the society by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of members present, provided the proposed amendment has been submitted in writing at the previous regular meeting. ARTICLE XI: Dissolution On the dissolution of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, after making provisions for payment of all liabi'lities of the society, the officers shatl dispose of all its assets exclusively for charitable or educational purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization(s) under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue law). REMEMBER TO REGISTER FOR THE JUNE 7 PUBLIC WORKSHOP. PAGES 135-138. -- . - ...... , 114 ~ INFORMATION ON �THE GENEALOGISTS' CODE OF ETHICS The fourth annual meeting of the Federation of Genealogical Societies ; held in Omaha, NE on August 10th, [1979] has brought forth a "Code of Ethics" which the Federation will recommend that all genealogists be , asked to sign when applying for membership in each of their society members. There has been some questions arise concerning the strong wording in this code. The GENEALOGISTS' CODE OF ETHICS is as follows: "In order to protect the integrity of Public Records and library books, I am ethically bound and hereby agree: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. That I will treat with the greatest care and respect all public records and library books which may be made available for my use. That I will speak with courtesy to all employees of a vital.' records office, or of a public library, when requesting to see any vital record or library book, and that when finished with such record or book, I shall express my thanks to the person attending ·to my. requests. That I will not tear, erase, mark or remove any public record or library book, and will refrain from mutilating, defacing or otherwise destroying any part of such public record 'or library book. That when I have finished viewing any public record or library book, I will return it to the proper or designated place. That I will not repeat or publish any item which will reveal the illegitimacy of any person born within the past 75 years. This pledge is freely made by me upon penalty of forfeiting my membership in this society. Signature This Code was adopted as it was felt that if we are to ask state 1egislaturers to open vital records to genealogists, we should take steps to ,show that genealogists are worthy of this trust. Most of us already to1lowthe methods and requirements set forth in the Code, but each of us have heard of or seen the misuse o~records and library books; and we all know we would not publish an illegitimacy without the consent of the persons involved. But by using the "honor system" already strong among genealogist and possibly printing the code ou,the back side of your membership card, we can physically show public officials we are ~incere in respecting and caring for public records and library books. The code was meant as a guide and can be adjusted to fit your society requirements. We hope you will consider adopting this Code or desigt'ting a similar one for your society. Copied from The Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies bulletin D.ecember 1979. 115 �COLONEL SHALOR WINCHELL ELDRIDGE. Lawrence. Among the pioneers of Kansas, and its:-most energetic and useful business men, as well as its best free-state men, may be ranked Sha10r W. Eldridge, who was born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, A~gust 29, 1816. His grandfather, Elisha Winchell, was an officer in the Revolutionary army; and an uncle, Sha10r Winchell, died in the service in the war of 1812, and several of his other relatives were soldiers in both wars. His father, Lyman Eldridge was a mechanic. His mother's name was Phoebe Winchell. The Winchell family have a printed genealogy running back for several hundred years, which is fully referred to in the sketch of Hon. Reuben W. Ludington, in this book. Sha10r W. Eldridge had but little of the advantages of education, merely those of the common schools of his time, but he became, nevertheless, a. man of good practical business scholarship, and acquired a fund of information which made him a leading business man in all his multifarious pursuits. His early tastes were for large enterprises. In his youth he engaged in trade and in various occupations until he was twenty years old, when he l~unched out as a railroad contractor, .and took a large contract on the Cpnnecticut River Railroad, embracing some of its heaviest work. He had important contracts afterward on the Wooster & Nashua, in Massachusetts, the Keene Railroad in New Hampshire, the Hartford, Fishkill & Providence Railroad, the Middletown & Berlin Branch, and afterward on the extension of the Connecticut River Railroad, Vermont Central, New Jersey Central, and the New Haven & N~rthampton, and other contracts. These works occupied his time for about twelve years. I When he abandoned this kind of work he started for Kansas, arriving at Kansas City January 3, 1855. He then purchased of General S. C. Pomeroy, the American House, at Kansas City, which General Pomeroy had previously purchased for the Emigrant Aid Society. This house was the head-quarters of the free-state men, and in it Colonel Eldridge and his family had many thrilling adventures. The pro~slavery men stopped at the house in their incursions into Kansas, and their demonstrations frequently produced difficulties and threatened disaster to the house. Edwin S. Eldridge, his youngest brother, was with him in all these trials, and proved himself a man of expedients as well as courage. At one time the house was beset by the border-r.uffian, Captain Pate, and a large body of men, demanding that the free-state men be delivered to the mob, when Colonel E1dridf,e and his brother, Edward, stood at the door with arms in their hands and conunanded them to halt at the peril of their lives. A ~ong interview followed, and Pate gave up the effort. A half dozen prominent obnoxious free-state men were then in the house, and their lives were saved by· this desperate courage against fearful odds. When Governor Reeder escaped from Kansas, in May, 1856, he went to this house and was hid away for three weeks, making many hair-breadth escapes. At.one time, Mrs. Eldridge, to whose heroic courage her husband was greatly indebted, quickly covered Governor Reeder up with a bed, and as :the ruffians ap~roached the door of the room, she and her sewing girls sat quietly at work,-whi1e a whole company of exasperated men looked upon the scene, chagrined and disappointed at finding nobody in that room but a q~iet family at 116 �work. At least a half dozen times similar expedients were resorted to, to :prevent him from being discovered. His meals were handed to him over the transom, or clandestinely carried to him as circumstances suggested, but 'he never came to the public table. Finally it was determined that the 'Governor must be got away from the place, and some means planned for his 'escape. The steamboat Converse lay at the wharf for the night, on its 'downward trip. Its captain was about the only free-state steamboat commander on the Missouri river. With him Kersey Coates arranged that he ,should take the Governor on his boat about six miles below Kansas City, in 'disguise as an Irish laborer. A man was confidentially hired to bring a skiff 'from Wyandotte to a secluded spot just below the city, and to this Governor Reeder and Edwin S. Eldridge and his wife were to repair in the dark. 'Governor Reeder was dressed in heavy brogans, corduroy pants and a striped :hickory shirt, his whiskers and mustache shaved off, his false teeth taken out, and a dirty clay pipe in his mouth. Thus attired he sat and smoked :in the public hall, and afterward walked quietly away, seeking the place selected. Here he met Mr. E. S. Eldridge and his wife, and the three entered the little boat and proceeded down the river about six miles to a 'wood-yard. Here he hid himself till morning, and when the boat came along hailed it, and it landed. The captain gruffly inquired, "Where are the 'passengers?" Reeder replied that there \-lere none but him. To this the captain responded in a very angry manner, reproving him for hailing his boat, and gruffly ordering him aft among the deck hands. Thus Governor Reeder escaped from Kansas, where hundreds of desperate men sought his life, traveling the 'entire trip to St. Louis as a deck passenger. In the early part of 1856, he leased the Free State Hotel in Lawrence, and opened and equipped it as a first-class hotel. On May 21, 1856, it was destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse, under indictment as a nuisance by the pro-slavery court, David R. Atchison aiming the first cannon. After finding that cannon balls had little effect upon it, the house was fired and totally destroyed, with nearly all the furniture, provisions and groceries. Colonel Eldrirlge was present and witnessed the destruction. Immediately after he ,was appointed to go to Washington with a memorial of the free-state men, and attended the Philadelphia Convention which nominated Fremont, and was also a delegate to the Buffalo Convention, where he was appointed one of the National Committee, and made its agent for the Kansas' immigration., Under this authority, he conducted large bodies of men to Kansas through Iowa, Nebraska, and back of the then settlements of Kansas, through where Holton now stands, to Topeka. With one of these parties, numoering about three hundred and fifty men, he was captured by United States troops. The cannon was buried but many of the arms were taken. Afterward Colonel Eldridge headed a company of men who recaptured these arms from the government officers at Lecompton. He raised large amounts of provisions ~nd ammunition which he brought in at various times during the entire period of the difficulties, and was among the leading men of the times who did a vast amount of service in the free-state cause. He procured a large amount of lead pipe at Council Bluffs, powder and other ammunition, and although he paid for them, had a fight at that place to take them away. The same trip Robert Morrow procured two hundred stand of arms of Governor Grimes, of Iowa. In the elections of 1857 he was an influential leader. By entreaties he influenced Secretary Stanton, acting Gpvernor in the absence of Governor Walker, to call the newly-elected freestate Legislature together to secure a vote upon the Lecompton constitution. 117 �Lane, in the meantime, had been holding meetings allover the Territory 'for the same purpose, and the-members of the new Legislature had met to :demand the same action, but Colonel Eldridge absolutely went to Lecompton :and came back with the proclamation. In 1857 S. W. Eldridge, with his brothers, Ed. S., Thomas B., and Ijames M., erected the Eldridge House in Lawrence, at a cost of eighty thousand dollars, furnished, opened and conducted it until it was destroyed 'by Quantrill, August 21, 1863. The same year he started a daily stage line 'from Kansas City to Topeka, Lawrence to Leavenworth, and Independence, Missouri, to Weston, Missouri. He enlisted as a private in the 2nd Kansas ,regiment and was elected lieutenant, serving six months. In 1863 he was ap,pointed a paymaster in the United States Army by President Lincoln, and served about one year, when he resigned. In 1868 he was appointed quarter:master-general of Kansas, by the Kansas Legislature. In 1869 he was elected !county commissioner of Douglas county. The same year he was elected city 'marshal of Lawrence. In 1865 he rebuilt the Eldridge House at Lawrence. In 1867 he built the Broadway HoteL.in Kansas City, now called the Coates House. In 1871 he built the Eldridge House at Coffeyville. In 1872 he built the Otis House at Atchison. He became a Free Mason at Kansas City, Missouri, in 1855. He believes in the principles of the Christian religion. He has been a Republican since ,its first organization. He was married to Miss Mary B. Norton, by whom he has had seven children, three only of whom are living. The surviving children are married and in prosperous circumstances. His wife was among the most cultivated, patriotic women of Kansas, a helpmate in the true sense of a good wife and affectionate mother, and to her, more than all others, he is indebted for all that there has been in his character as a useful man and good citizen. There were few women among the pioneers of Kansas so universally beloved. She died March 5, 1869. January 25" 1871, he was married to Miss Caroline ~oby, of Dundee, New York, a most estimable, intelligent lady. Colonel Eldridge is now largely engaged in the mining business in the San Juan country, in company with his brother, Edwin S., and others. The United States Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume. ~ub1ishers, 1879. Submitted by Lance Reppert, Lawrence, Kansas. S. Lewis & Co., * * * * * * QUANTRILL'S)LOSS MUSEUM'S GAIN By David Olson J-W Staff Writer TOPEKA -- Larkin }lilton Skaggs was a former Baptist preacher who gained the dubious distinction of being the only member of Quantrill's raiders to be killed during the sacking of Lawrence in 1863. Nearly 150 pioneer Lawrence residents died during that Aug. 21 raid, a testament to the fever pitch of the conflict between Missouri pro-slavery forces and Kansas "free~staters." 118 �Now, thanks to a'donation by the descendents of one of the men who ,witnessed Skagg's death, the Kansas State Historical Society has the 'raider's rifle and a four-page account of the story. An official of the historical society says the acquisitions help document previous accounts of Skaggs' part in the raid. I "The whole story is kind of a grisly affair," says James Nottage, 'assistant director of the state historical museum here. "After Skaggs what a beautiful name for a bandit -- was killed, accounts say townspeople 'dragged his body through the streets. His body was never buried. It was 'left in the open to rot. Skaggs became for the people a kind of symbol ,of their frustration over the raid." Nottage retells the tale based on the account of John Wesley Willey, :a mill operator near Lawrence whose children donated the historic rifle :and Willey's hand-written account of what happened to the historical society. Willey, Nottage says, emerged from his house the morning ,for water. Just before hearing the sound of gunfire from the of Lawrence, he was warned by a rider that the town was under 'armed himself and set out for Lawrence, joining several other ,the way. of the raid direction attack. \-Jilley riders along Upon arriving in Lawrence at the house of John Speer, publisher of the LaWrence Tribune, Willey's group challenged and captured one of Quantrill's ~en who had been accused of killing Speer's son earlier in the day. The ~aider bolted for freedom but was recaptured after what was described as a "spirited chase across the countryside." A second escape attempt followed, but shot from his musket and the raider fell. first, and the man was dead. He was later of'border raids on Lawrence and Osawatomie and his men. another of Speer's sons fired a A volley of shots followed the identified as Skaggs, a veteran conducted by Hilliam Clark Quantrill Skaggs' rifle and a purse containing three dollars were taken from his The purse and money were donated to the state historical society by the Speer family in 1933, and the weapon was given last summer. ~ody. The rifle, a .71 caliber Austrian Augustin carbine, is labeled a true artifact by Nottage. The historical society has several relics, including bones reputed to be the remains of Quantrill and some melted glass from a burned building, he says. But true artifacts are rare, Nottage says. "Artifacts have historical value - they were actually used by people and we can learn from them," Nottage says. "Putting those bones out in a ~isp1ay case isn't going to tell us anything about Quantrill." The significance of Willey's four-page account of Skaggs' death serves to help sort out earlier stories, Nottage says. It provides the best account available of the ori'gina1 pursuit and capture of the raider, he says. The carbine is on display with other pieces of Quantrill history in the historical. muse:um, 120 W. 10th in Topeka. Nottage says that because of the diary's deteriorating condition, it cannot be put on display. However, it i,s available to historical researchers, he says. I Copied with full permission from the Lawrence Journal-World, Sunday, Submitted by Mary Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas. ~ebruary 17, 1980. 119 �Petitions for Naturalization Douglas Co. Kansas, taken from Naturalization Petition and Record Book Vol. I: Oct. 25, 1906 to Feb. 5, 1924 Continued from. last issue of The Pioneer: p. 101 Name: Peter Perik1y Coutrakon (listed on certificate of arrival as Pangiotis Contracos) Residence: 713 Mass. St., Lawrence, Kansas Occupation: Confectioner Birthdate: 5 Nov. 1884, Karaspia, Greece Emigrated: from Patras, Greece, about 1 July, 1914, arrived N.Y. on vessel, "U1tonia" (or "Laconia") Declaration of intention: Lawrence, District Court, Douglas, County, 9 May 1918 Marital status: unmarried. Resided in Kansas since: 1 July 1918 Description: at age 33, 5'6", 133 lbs., black hair, gray eyes, no distinguishing marks. p. 44 Name: Daniel da Cruz (took this name after arr1v1ng in U.S.) Original name was Manuel da Cruz Narciso (or Narcizo). Residence: 904 Ohio St., Lawrence, Ks. Occupation: Teacher in Kansas University Birthdate and place: 1 }mrch 1880, Villar (Cadaval) Portugal Emigrated: from Liverpool, England about 28 July 1911. Arrived N.Y. on vessel "Lusitania". . Resided in Kansas since: 28 Sept. 1916. Declaration of Intention: 12 Feb. 1915 at Washington, D. C. Supreme Court. Wife's name: Lenore Reger da Cruz, born Frederick City, Maryland. Children: None Description: (at age 34), 5' 8!~", 142 1bs., dark complexion, residing Brookland, D. C. where he was at that time a Clergyman . . p. 56 Name: John Emil Carlson Address: 1013 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kan. Occupation: Contractor Birthdate and place: 31 Mar. 1873, Asa, Sweden Emigrated: - from Guttenberg, Sweden about 12 March 1892. Arrived N.Y. on vessel (name unknown) Resided in Kansas since: 10 Aug. 1898 Declaration of intention: 30 Sept. 1918 Douglas Co. District Court Marital status: unmarried Description: (age 45), fair comp., 5' 7~", 145 1bs., light hair, blue eyes. './"- . - ..- ' '. .~-, ".- - 120 ... ' - '"-. " . -. .... .. - ~ -"::-:;;:-",' �Naturalization Petitions continued: p. 70 Name: Morris Cohen (listed as Martin Kohn on certificate of arrival) ReSIdence: 922 New Jersey St., Lawrence, Ks. Occupation: Junk dealer Birthdate: 26 Sept. 1891, Washilsok, Russia Emigrated: from Antwerp, Belgium about 12 Dec. 1906, arrived N.Y. on vessel "Kroonland" (or "Kurland") Declaration of intention: 13 March 1918, Douglas Co. District Court Wife's name:-Mary Cohen, born Washilsok, Russia Children: One Resided in Kansas since: 5 Jan. 1915 DescriptiOn: (age of 26) dark complexion, 5'2", 145 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes, no visible distinctive marks. 122 Name: Andrew Christopulos (or Andreas Christopoulos) Name changed to Andrew Chrest in U.S. Residence: 9l4~ Mass. St., Lawrerice, Ks. Occupation: Restaurant keeper Birthdate and_ place: 24 Dec. 1892, Patres, Greece Emigrated: from Patres, Greece about 10 Arpil,19l2 arrived in N.Y. in vessel "Athens" (or "Athinai Hel") Resided in Kansas since: 1 April 1917 Declaration of intention: 23 May 1917, Douglas Co. District Court Marital status: unmarried Description: (age of 24) dark complexion,S '6", 165 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, no visible distinctive marks. p. p. 1 Name: Rhody Delahunty .ReSidence: 1106 Rhode Island St., Lawrence, Ks. Occupation: Teaming Birthdate and place: 20 Aug. 1843, Kings Co., Ireland Emigrated: from Ireland to U.S. about 1 Aug. 1865, arrived N.Y. on vessel "Pennsylvania". Resided in Kansas since: 1 March 1866 Declaration of intention: 4 April 1870 at Douglas Co. District Court Wife's name:-Julia Delahunty Children: Eight p. 19 Name: Heinrich Disque Residence: Douglas County Occupation: Farmer Birthdate and place: 14 April 1853, Hermerebergerhof, Rheinfalz, Germany Emigrated from: Rotterdam, Holland about 10 Aug. 1873, arrived N.Y. on vessel (unknown) Resided in Kansas since: 1 Oct 1878 Wife's name: Magdalene Schutz Disque, born in Vorder, Weidenthal, Germany Children: Seven 121 �Naturalization Petitions continued: p. 63 Name: Paul Ducommon (or Ducommun) ReSidence: 817 East 13th St., Lawrence, Kansas Birthdate and place: 15 Jan. 1893, Petits Ponts, Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland Occupation: Clinical pathologist (a bacteriologist at age of 22) Emigrated: from Le Havre, France about 13 Sept. 1913, arrived N.Y. on vessel "Chicago" Declaration of intention: 6 Jan. 1915 ( and 30 Oct. 1920?) in Douglas Co. District Court Marital status: unmarried Description: dark comp., 5' 4~", 120 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes, no distinctive marks Resided in Kansas since: 29 Sept. 1913 p. 64 Name: Mark Julius Ducommon (or Marc Ducommun) Residence: 817 E. 13th St., Lawrence, Kansas Occupation: Chemist (age 20), later Bacteriologist Birthdate and place: 19 Nov. 1894, Petits Ponts, Switzerland Emigrated: from Le Havre, France, about 13 Sept. 1913, arrived N.Y. on vessel "Chicago". Declaration of intention: 9th Jan. 1915 in Douglas Co. District Court Resided in Kansas since: 29 Sept. 1913 Marital status: unmarried Description: dark complexion, 5'8", 135 Ibs., brown hair, black eyes, no distinctive marks. p. 128 Name: Maria (or Marie) Deibel Residence: 1211 Kentucky St., Lawrence, Ks. Occupation: Teacher Birthdate and place: 20 Sept. 1894, Dutenhofen, Germany Emigrated: from Hamburg, Germany, about 29 July 1911, arrived Philadelphia on vessel "Grof Waldersee" Declaration of intention: 30 Oct. 1920, Douglas Co. District Court Last· foreign residence: Giessen, Germany Resided in Kansas since: 1 Sept. 1911 Marital status: unmarried Description: (at age 26), complexion fair,S' 2", 136 lbs., red hair, gray eyes, no distinctive marks. To be continued in future issues. More information may be obtained directly from the petitions. Compiled and submitted by Judy Sweets, Lawrence, Kansas. 122 �$10 BUYS CLUES TO ANCESTRY AT 'NATION'S ROOT CELLAR' By Forrest Hintz Staff Writer PITTSBURG -- Ben Downey, in the Personal Census Service Branch here, didn't have much information to go on in my case. Only the name of a grandfather I'd never known and a state. He pulled a film of the 1900 census from the files and threaded it into a reader. The machine whined briefly and displayed a readout. "That was an easy one," Downey said. "Sometimes it takes longer to find the film than the listing. We'll make a transcript of it." The transcript contained a w~a1th of detail. For example, it showed that my grandfather was born in Wisconsin in October 1859, and his parents were German immigrants. He could read and write and spoke English; had been married 14 years, had a mortgaged fram and sold milk. It showed that my grandmother was born in Iowa in January 1861 to Irish immigrants. She also had been married 14 years and had borne two children. She could read and write and spoke English. My father was listed, too, but not his sister, who died a few years later. Census information since 1900 is ·confidentia1 and can be released only to direct, bloodline descendants when certain conditions are met. Last year, the office handled 195,000 requests for a search of the records. Some applicants wanted only proof of age. Others were trying to trace their ancestors, with the result that the facility is sometimes called the "nation's 'Root' cellar." Francis A11ai, director .. said the Personal Censns Service Branch tlasbui1t here in 1958, primarily to provide proof of age for Social Security applicants and others whose birth records were incomplete or non-existent. "This is the only place in the U.S. where every census record since 1900 is under one roof,"'he said. "Everything before that, including the first census in 1790, is in the National Archives." Each year, he said, the age search workload is from 6 percent to 10 percent lower than the year before because of better record-keeping. However, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of requests for genea10gical information. "We're an unusual government agency," A11ai said. "We get no appropriated money. We have to operate solely on what we can generate in fees. That pays our 145 employees, 10 of whom are kept busy answering correspondence." A WPA project in the 1930's undertook the enormous task of alphabetizing the old lists, beginning with the 1900 census. These were to be coded for a Soundex system and filed alphabetically by states. Only the 1900 and 1920 censuses were completed, however. A11ai said the rest probably never will be done because "unless we can see our way clear to amortize what we do, we don't do it." "We know that 56 percent of our work comes from seven states and 78 percent of it comes from 14 states, and we have those." He said all census records have been filmed. 123 �Although some records are easy to locate, others are extremely difficult. Indians, for example, sometimes were listed by their Indian name on one census and by their Christian name on another, making comparison almost impossible. The same applies .to Alaskan Eskimos, and birth records often are fragmentary or non-existent. }tisspe11ings are cornmon on the census rolls, which is why the Soundex coding system is used. Said A11ai: "Enumerators were paid by the number of heads they counted, not how well they spelled." Questions asked by the enumerators through the years record the changes that have taken place in the nation. In 1790, they wanted to know how many slaves were owned. In 1860 they wanted to know those who were insane, idio~ic, paupers or criminals. By 1880, they had a supplemental schedule for Indians and the sick. They wanted to know if you had a radio set in 1930 and when you last worked. Because of the interest in genealogy, Mrs. Marty Brown said the facility has brochures listing sources of information unavailable in the census records. "We can't always provide all the answers," she said. "But we can help narrow down the search. For example, some asked the state or country of the parent's birth, and that gives a clue as to where to look. Some asked the age at the first marriage. It's simple to figure when that was, and many states or counties can't search without an exact date." She said census records prior to 1900 are now public, and the film can be obtained from the National Archives through most libraries. However, you must make your own search of the records. An application is required to launch a search of the records since 1900. The applicant's signature must be verified. An intentionally false statement can result in a $10,000 fine and five years in prison. "We're very particular about confidentiality," Mrs. Brown said. "If one of your ancestors is living, you must have his written consent for the search. In the case of a deceased ancestor you must furnish proof of death, preferably a death certificate. As alternate sources, you can use an obituary notice, cemetery record - even a picture of his tombstone if it shows name and date of death. We always return all original documents sent to us." She said applicants should furnish as much information as they have; names, dates, addresses (those are often extremely important) and anything else that can help identify and verify the search. The fee for the initial search is $8.50, plus $2 for each "line entry." A line entry is the complete census record of one person for the year in question. The resulting transcript is certified accurate. Copied with permission and credit to the July 2, 1979 "The Wichita (Kansas) Eagle". ---Submitted by Mary Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas. * *** '* * Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. - Unknown 124 �DOUGLAS COUNTY CEMETERIES: REST IN PEACE By Jeff Collins J-W Staff Writer While the dead in Douglas County rest in peace, the living continue to care for their graves, even in rural areas where the gravesites may be tiny and remote. According to county records, more than three dozen cemeteries, several more than 100 years old, are dotted across rural Dougals County. Who keeps the old graveyards from becoming choked with brush? Who keeps the roads leading to them cleared? Who pays for it? How do the little cemeteries endure? Most of the rural cemeteries are small -- the largest is just smaller than 8 acres -- and many are filled with graves of the forebears of families living nearby. The Stull Cemetery, for example, contains clusters of graves of the ancestors of the Stulls, the Wulfkuhles, the Walters and the Bahnmaiers; descendents of all live in the area. In some cases, the families of those buried in a cemetery take the chief responsibility for its maintenance. "My great-grandfather, my grandfather arid my father are all buried in the Vinland Cemetery," Woodrow Sturdy, president and sexton of the Vinland Cemetery Assn., said. "That's one reason I took on the job. To make sure it was maintained in good shape." Or as George Deay, president of the Deay Cemetery Assn., said, "A man wouldn't want to bury his relatives or relatives he didn't know in a hog lot." Records in the Douglas County tax appraiser's office show 37 rural cemeteries in the county. Albert Gilpin, the auditor in the Kansas Secretary of State's office responsible for overseeing maintenance budgets of cemetery corporations, said most rural cemeteries in Kansas, and in Douglas County, fall into four categories: Registered cemetery corporations that sell plots to the public, whether to make money or on a non-profit basis. Cemeteries run by cemetery districts. These cemeteries tend to contain fewer than 10 acres and have very few burials a year. They receive a portion of the county's annual tax levy to pay for maintenance and improvements, but not more than 1 mill (a mill is $1 of tax for each $1,000 of assessed property value) can be levied for anyone cemetery district. -- Church and other religious cemeteries maintained by churches with plots available only to church members and their immediate families. -- Private cemeteries maintained by volunteers. rural areas. 125 These are common in �Maintenance standards for cemeteries in Kansas include mowed grass, sturdy fences and adequate entrances, Gilpin said. Michael Kracht, state assistant attorney general, said that cemeteries that are not maintained properly may be designated as abandoned, and poorly administered cemeteries may be turned over to a trustee for liquidation. Kracht is reviewing the Williams Cemetery, a one-acre graveyard in the Colyer cemetery district in southwestern Douglas County that is landlocked, which violates the standard for adequate access. Ben Brohammer, 'secretary of the Colyer cemetery district, said, "The people living where the access is are not free enough'to let anybody in that wants to." He said district officials are attempting to find a solution to the access problem. Douglas County has seven cemetery districts, all based in the western half of the county, Darlene Hill, county budget director, said. Only residents living in the districts pay cemetery taxes, which ranged from .33 to .95 of a mill this past year (meaning the cemetery tax on a home with an assessed value of $10,000 ranged from $3.30 to $9.50 last year). Budgets for the districts this year varied from $475 in the Twin Mound district to $3,700 in the Colyer district, Mrs. Hill said. For many cemeteries not in districts, money for maintenance usually comes from donations from nearby residents or relatives of the people buried there. In some cases, people donate time to maintain the graveyards. The Deay Cemetery, five miles southeast of Eudora, relies on volunteer labor and donations for maintenance, George Deay said. The cemetery began in 1859 when his grandmother was buried there, he said. His grandfather and uncles took care of the half-acre graveyard before him, Day said, and when they died, he took over the job. "It's something that needs to be done, that's all," he said. Some of the upkeep on individual plots is done by relatives, he said. "A lot of_times, say, a man dies, and his wife, she'll come and rake the ground and seed it down," Deay said. Sturdy, who maintains the Stony Point and Vinland cemeteries, said volunteers did much of the upkeep of the two Palmyra Township graveyards until a few years ago. Mowing and other jobs were handled partly by supporters who would join one day a year for a "cemetery day." But that stopped when "we got to the place where we have enough money to maintain them," he said. Sturdy estimated maintenance costs about $400 a year for the Stony Point Cemetery and $600 a year for the Vinland Cemetery, both about three acres. A maintenance fund pays the bills, he said. Most maintenance money goes ,to paying to have the grass mowed, cemetery officials unanimously agree. 126 �· THE GROVER CEMETERY: VIOLATION OF A SACRED TRUST? By Melissa Cordonier J-W Staff Writer For centuries, cemeteries have been considered, legally and morally, as specially protected. According to an Albany Law Review article, early Greeks "carefully guarded the private rights of individuals in their places of interment." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo, while serving as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals, once ruled that "the dead are to rest where they have been laid unless reason of substance is brought forward for disturbing their repose." Historically, laws have been passed to protect burial plots, and Kansas state codes have at least four different articles relating to the formation, care and preservation of cemeteries. But for private cemeteries, especially for those lacking visible signs of use as a cemetery, the law is less clear, according to the state attorney general's office. The Grover Cemetery in Lawrence is a case in point. According to historical records, Joel Grover, one of Lawrence's founding fathers, and his wife, Emily, were buried in a family cemetery on a parcel that is now the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Lawrence Avenue. A residential subdivision, Springwood Heights, is being developed on the site of what some local residents say was the Grover family cemetery. But because no visible signs of a cemetery exist today, and the plot was not recorded in the land's deed, the cemetery, if it exists, may not be protected legally. Glenn Kappelman, president of Parkside Investors, the group developing Springwood Heights, said he was aware of the stories about the Grover cemetery, but he said there was no written or physical evidence of the burial plot. said. "We just don't have any written or scientific evidence," Kappelman "It's all been hearsay. I wish we could get it resolved." Pending some development, however, he said the lots on which the cemetery may be.located will be sold as planned. Kappelman, who is active in the historical society, said he regretted the uncertainty surrounding the Grover cemetery. He said he had tried, before development of the land began, to determine whether the cemetery existed but to no avail. He said he often wondered about pioneers who were buried in unmarked graves, and he said he thought it was unfortunate that a part of history would be lost to future generations. According to records compiled by the Douglas County Historical Society, Joel Grover came to Lawrence in l854.and served as the city's first marshal. Grover settled his family on a large tract on what is now the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Lawrence Avenue. 127 �Grover played an active role in early Lawrence history, the records show. He was a colonel in the Free State forces, was elected a state representative in the late 1860's, and served as county commissioner in 1870. When Joel Grover died on July 28, 1879, the Lawrence Daily Journal said, "He was a man of decided opinions, and had no patience with men who were more easily swayed ... according to Mr. Grover's wishes, he was buried upon the farm, a short distance south of the house." Joel's wife, Emily, died on December 14, 1921. Her obituary states that "burial will take place at the home where she has lived for 66 years." The Grovers' son, Ernest and Jay, who never married, lived on the family homestead until their deaths in 1953, and they were buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. The Grover brothers' survivors, who had moved to California, sold the family homestead, and the land passed to various owners. One sales agreement, executed on Sept. 6, 1961, specifically mentions a cemetery on the property. "It is expressly understood and agreed that a small burial ground exists on the southwest portion of said real estate," the sales agreement reads, and the legal description of the property shows that the cemetery may be in the Springwood Heights development. Merle Ward, Rt. 1, lived on a farm just to the west of the Grover brothers for several years before and after their deaths. The Ward family knew the Grover brothers well, and they remember the Grover cemetery. Recently, Ward returned to the old Grover place. On a knoll south of where the house once stood (it has been razed), stand several tall evergreen trees, and Ward identified the area, now lots 6 and 7 in Springwood Heights, as the site of the cemetery. But Kappelman said he had heard stories that the remains had been removed from the Grover homestead. And Arvella Frazier, daughter of the late Bernard (Poco) Frazier, a nationally known sculptor who o\vned the land for 13 years, said she remembered some "holes" near the evergreen trees. "When we inoved in, there were big holes in the ground surrounded, by tall evergreens," she said. "We speculated that it might have been a cemetery because they used to mark them with evergreens. We thought the graves might have been moved. But we sure didn't know. It was sort of a guess." Although all of the property owners prior to the Fraziers remembered that a cemetery might have been on the property, and some remember the specific site, none can recall the removal of the remains. A check of burial data at Oak Hill Cemetery, where the Grover brothers are buried, and at Memorial Park Cemetery shows no record of Joel and Emily Grover. But even if the graves still remain on the old homestead site, the laws on preservation of cemeteries such as the Grover plot are cloudy, according to Michael Kracht, assistant attorney general. 128 �Kracht said that although case law indicated that the mere burial of bodies in a given plot has constituted dedication of the plot as a cemetery, the Grover case "is a question of fact for a court to decide." A state statute passed in 1979 requires cities or counties to prevent the use of a cemetery for "any purpose other than for burial," and Kracht said the law included those cemeteries where no physical evidence existed. However, the law also states·that cities must have "established, acquired or otherwise assumed control" of the cemetery. In addition, Kracht said, there must be proof, such as dedication in a property deed, that bodies are buried there. UNTOLD TALES STILL ETCHED IN STONES Untold stories lie buried among the bones at the old graveyards scattered through rural Douglas County. The stories unfold slowly in the imagination of the visitor who walks among the marble and granite tombstones of the silent cemeteries. Echoes of Kansas' past can be heard in the familiar names, the names . of people living today where their ancestors stopped on their way West in the last century. The Stull Cemetery nine miles west of Lawrence is the final resting place for Isaac, Aaron and numerous other Stulls. Clusters of graves belong to the forebears of the Wulfkuhles, the Halters, the Bahnmaiers and other living Kanwaka Township families. Were the pioneer families as devout in life as they were in death? The most common epitaph is religious: "Blessed are they who die in the Lord" reads the grave marker of Meredith S. Hendricks, 1857-1902. How brutal was life on the edge of America's civilization? Children's tombstones usually are small and simple, stating only the name of the child and the years of birth and death. But the marker above the grave of two-year-old Juanita May, 1915-1917, is a notable exception. The small white stone, carved in the shape of a.heart, bears the inscription "Our Darling." How was death greeted? The stone:·bearing the name of Addie Richardson, 1875-1907, says she has "Gone from a home of love to her heavenly home above." A poem is inscribed on the tombstone of Rose Anna Scheer, 1846-1895: "Peaceful be your silent slumber Peaceful be your grave so low You no more will join our number You no more our sorrows know." Sometimes the natural deterioration that comes with age has a way of twisting tombstone messages. On the curve-topped tombstone of Louisa Scouten, who was buried in 1866 in the Mound View Cemetery just west of Clinton Lake, a hand with an extended index finger pointing heavenward was sculpted at the top of the grave marker 129 �with the words "There is rest" carved in the white stone. But the tombstone has toppled, and the hand now points due east, toward Lawrence. the previous three articles were copied with full permission of the Lawrence Journal-World,Sunday, March 30, 1980. Submitted by Dorothy Wiggins, Lawrence, Kansas. " IStaH photos by Kent Ven"Hoesenl A weathered gravestone marks the final resting place of Ida C. Hellstrom, 151891, in Mound View C;:emetery in rural Douglas County. (This .cemetery "was' copied "in AprJ:l', 1976 - b-y" }irs. 'Gladys' Aiken~ an'd publi'shed" in~ Vol'''-~'-I, No. 3 of "rhe' Pioneer" .): r .' ". DOW CEMETERY By W. L. Hastie, 1940 The Dow cemetery, or burying ground, is located one-half mile south of Stony Point school-house, and one-fourth mile east, on the farm that was preempted by Ladd Dow, the father of Charles Dow, who was killed by Coleman, November 21, 1855, in a quarrel over this quarter section line. 130 �Charles Dow was the first buried on this plot of groound. Ladd Dow came to Kansas soon after the death of his son, and'. took possession of the farm. Early in the spring of 1873 Ladd Dow and Geor'ge W. Hastie (my father) traded farms, and this is the first I remember seeing this burying ground: as I recall, there were about fifteen graves showing at this time; one child was buried there soon after we moved to this farm. Stony Point cemetery was established that same spring, so there were no further burials in Dow cemetery. As I remember, three graves had stones set on edge around them, stones being eighteen inches high and covered over with flag stones; one small plot had a high picket fence around it. It is now a pasture and hard to find the graves. Ladd Dow was buried in Stony Point cemetery but in later years his remains and those of his son Charles were removed to Baldwin City cemetery. So far as I have been able to obtain, the following are buried there: Three children of Josiah and Sarah Mcqueen, Robert Bryson, born Oct. 28, 1856, died 1858, Kansas Lillie, born Jan. 5, 1858, died i862. These two girls were buried the same day. One son of Samuel and Angevine Gill, Robert, born Aug. 3, 1857, died Sept. 3, 1857. Three infant children of George and Helen Fitz, one boy and two girls. I wrote Mrs. Myra Fitz Rodman, of San Diego, California, and quoting from her letter in reply: "I can't give you much information about the children. My recollection is there were two girls and one boy that died in infancy, never were named, don't think they lived a day and I remember I asked my mother once what was the matter that they died. Se replied, 'Because I didn~t have care.' That was true, I wonder,they didn't all die-- cold log houses, nothing to do with, doctors so far away and no nurses, neighbors not near and not all good in sickness, but think the babies must be buried in the Dow cemetery, no other place at that time." Children of Sol Lapham and wife are buried here, and a young man who made his home with the Varnums. This being the only burying place in Coal Creek valley, many of the early settlers found the Dow cemetery their last resting place. I have been told there are as many as seventy-five burials. Vinland Cemetery was established in 1872 and Stony Point in 1873, so no further burials in the Dow cemetery. Note April 1980 c"The cemetery is located on the Augelli farm 1 mile south of Vinland, 1 1/2 miles west and 1/2 mile south to historical "Dow Cemetery" marker, then east in a pasture. No stones are showing but a very few are laying under the pasture grass. There is no road to the site but visitors l31 may walk to it. �Excerpts taken from the book: RURAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLHOUSES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS written by Goldie Piper Daniels STARR (YOUNG) SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 19: About 1870 the district purchased two square acres in the SE corner of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 16 Twp. 12 Range 18 from the Treasurer of Douglas County for the sum of $10.00. This was from school lands set aside by the legislature of 1864. For years there was friction between the Irish and the German residents of the community and one of the disagreements was on the name of the school (Starr or Young). The teacher John Godfrey was the superintendent of the Sunday school. The Annual Report of 1897-98 showed the district clerk to be; J. W. Slutz and director was Henry Hafner. The teacher was Lottie.Brune whose salary was $25.00 per month. The Census Report showed the following families with children of school age: W. H. AGNES, Mary and Ima ANGEL, Cloyd BAHNMAIER, Lewis BEEDER, John and Ella CUMMINGS, Lula and Joseph GROWEL, Mildred LA HUE, Sylvia and Thurell McDONALD, Mary SHUTZ, Frank SLATZ, Elizabeth SLUTZ, William SLUTZER. Vera Nelson was teacher for 1898-99. Other teachers beginning 1900 were: Maggie M. Cullum, Carrie Bla.keman, Vera Smith, Katherine Migliario, Minnie Williams, Viva McKenzie, Golden Starr, Clara Marlin, F. C. Migliario, Fred Migliario, Mildred La Hue. Members of the board were Fred Sulzen, W. P. Gravel, and J. L. Fitzpatrick. Submitted by Emma Berg with permission from~the author. ****** IN SEARCH OF THE FAMILY TREE by Gloria O'Dell (1971) Biblical families recited their genealogy back over ma~y-. ·generations.to identify themselves and their place in time. Today's pace meagerly allows for a given name, middle name (frequently shortened to an initial) and a surname. Ever more common is the computer which abstracts personal identity reducing people to a positive or negative impulse on the electronic computer tape or a number filed in numerical order rather than by name in alphabetical order. Mrs. Joyce Kline, secretary of the board of directors of the Topeka Genealogy Workshop, says there is a definite increased interest in family history. 132 �"Records are more available now than before and the Vietnam war has made people wonder who they are and where they came from;' she said. These questioning people are turning to family genealogy to find out Family history is not limited to biblical figures or to descendents of the Mayflower passengers. Increased membership in the Workshop reflects this resurging interest. Formed five years ago with six members, today's membership fluctuates between 70 and 120 with a constant turnover. Afternoon and evening groups meet mainly to help educate people to do their own research. The group has a private library composed of donated materials to aid other members. One such Topeka woman has expanded her family's identification through research of their family tree. Mrs. Glenn G. (Helen) King has been piecing together the puzzle of her children's ancestry for 10 years. Working on family history is "really like working a gigantic jigsaw puzzle," she says. Like a puzzle, many pieces look as if they fit, then don't. It's a puzzle which has no complete picture on the box cover to act as a guideline. Mrs. King's genealogical interests go back to her childhood: "My grandmother used to tell me stories of when they lived on the corner of the Indian reservation in Jackson County. I was always fascinated by her tales." However, it was the query of "two great-aunts in Colorado that really got me started," she explained. "They had a published account of the Imlay family, but nothing on the Morrison side who lived in eastern Kansas. Since I am close to Burlingame and Harveyville where the Morrisons lived I was able to do the necessary research." A trip to the cemetery, an early find in the Kansas State Historical Library and her personal curiosity ignited and fueled the search for the pieces. Ten years later, she has traced one lineback 12 generations into the l600s. Other branches of the family go back five or six generations. While most people can~ot go beyond their grandparents, Mrs. King can refer to any of the numerous ancestors by name and how she found them with immediate recall. In her research she has gathered together historical books, genealogical references, phone directories, military records, and correspondence with persons throughout the United States, Canada and Scotland. Separate notebooks for each branch of the family, notes indexed by states, and clippings of all kinds, fill six bookshelves, a three-drawer file cabinet and numerous card files. "It's taken a great deal of time. Interests in ceramics and cake decorating were put aside to make more time for family research." Still, she says, "I am behind in my correspondence, as she pointed to letters filed in the first fourth of her file drawer. One query in a genealogical magazine two years ago still brings in mail. One side of her family, the Fairs, has gathered together annually for 39 years for a family reunion in Manhattan. "This was a great boost in knowing older relatives," she said. "I would recognize names in census records that I had heard people mention at the reunion." 133 �This type of direct information can prove to be a stumbling block. "I"ve yet to convince an uncle that the persons buried in Circleville are his great-grandparents, not his grandparents," she said. "Sometimes, too, someone may not tell of a family member who has "disgraced" the family or perhaps will leave out incidents which are not favorable. When this happens, Mrs. King says she doesn't press for details, "They're too close to the situation yet" and she respects that reticence. Three years ago Mrs. King and her sister decided to chart the relationships of persons attending the reunion. The reunion. invitations mailed to 100 families contained forms for the family to fill out and return. Equipped with a return of 60 per cent, Mrs. King filled out seven huge sheets of paper displayed at the reunion so those attending could see just how they were related. "They knew they were cousins but didn't know exactly how,'" she said. Mrs. King, secretary of the Fair family reunion this year, said she compiled a mimeographed history which is revised as the other 40 per cent contribute their personal interlocking puzzle piece. Chance conversations can open the doorway to the lost brother or cousin which completes the family picture for a generation, or can open up a new family for others. Mrs. King tells of her sister overhearing two women ask about a Jonathan Fair at the historical library. Introducing herself, she explained her family had a J~nathan Fair and perhaps they could be of the same family. A little research into Civil War. records eS.tablished that the Jonathan Fair the two women were looking for was actually a Parr who had changed the spelling of his name to Fair after the Civil War. "Variant spelling of a name that hasn't been changed legally, carried down through generations can be one of the biggest stumbling blocks," Mrs. King pointed out. Names, too, can be inadvertently changed in records because a census taker heard it differently, or someone's handwriting was not clear. In this business of depending on records, a fly speck in the family Bible can transform a "T" into an "F", or a discolored and faded record might obliterate a person's name. Finding a name frequently marks the beginning of an extensive search to verify it. Interesting sidelines can come out of plotting the family tree. She has discovered that three branches of her family five and six generations back all had lived in the same county in Indiana and had come to Kansas. "They probably were not even acquainted. The more I research the smaller the world becomes." Her research, however, has not been confined to her own family. As a member of the Clan Morrison of Arnerica,Mrs. King has helped other Morrisons in their search. One such referral turned up a Robert Marion Morrison better known to his fans as John Wayne. Hrs. King is a strong advocate of doing her part in helping generations who follow. A compilation of marriages in Adams County, Ohio, is to be sent to Ohio to add to their records. The Harveyville cemetery will have accurate records because of the work Mrs. King has put into completing ~he available records and organizing the information by alphabetical order, plot numbers and families, adding any kind of information that might be helpful to someone later. She takes her portable typewriter and folding chair along to record tombstone 134 �inscriptions which a fellow historian reads. Many small cemeteries have incomplete records or none at all. Some records are kept in shoe boxes in the home of the cemetery record keeper and are extremely vulnerable to extinction unless someone puts them together in an organized form and files them with the county or library. She presently is teaching a community service course on family genealogy at Washburn and is an active member of the Topeka Genealogy Workshop. "The interest in family history is making a comeback," she says happily. Her own family, her husband: Karl, 18; Marty, 16; Anita, 14; and Connie, 7, she says, however are mostly content to let her do the work and research. Their interests right now center on fishing skating, and Blue Birds. Should anyone ask them to identify themselves, however, they're equipped to give more than name and serial number as they find their place in the jigsaw puzzle. Copied with full permission from the Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, January 3, 1971. Submitted by Jane Wiggins, Lawrence. Mrs. King has taught beginning and advanced genealogical classes at Washburn University, Topeka, for 10 years. Specific topics among others that she will discuss June 7 at our public workshop are: "The Kansas State Historical Society Library - The Genealogical Gem on the Prair.ie." "Local Historical Museums and Societies." "Public and University Libraries." "Church Archives, Libraries and Cemeteries." * * * ** ****** 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- Mrs. Maxine Hougland, 1920 Harper St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Am hunting marriage date of Luther DILLON, b. Ohio 1832 and Harriett THOMPSON (THAYER) b. S. Carolina 1837 (dau.of Emiline THOMPSON) ca. 1853 ca. 1853 in st. Joseph, Missouri. Mrs. Maxine Hougland, 1920 Harper St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 James M. HOUGLAND d. 6 Jan. 1883; married Elizabeth WILSON (b. 30 May 1821, Hardin Co., Kentucky) 16 April 1844, La Plata, Missouri. Lived many years in Macon, MO. Ten children all born in Macon, MO. James was born ca. 1823 in Kentucky, where? l35 �Mrs. Maxine Hougland, 1920 HarperSL ; Lawrerice,Karisas ·66044 James M. HOUGLAND b. in.KY ca. 1823; d. 6 Jan. 1883, l-f.acon, MO. Married Elizabeth WILSON 16 April 1844 in La Plata, MO. (b. 30 May 1821, Hardin Co., KY; d. 14 Dec. 1920, Olathe, KS~ buried in Olathe Cemetery, dau. of Hugh and Nancy Ann WILSON). Who are James' parents? Mrs. Harold Geigle, 1691 N.E. Buck SL ,\oJ'estLitin, Oregon 97068 Would like to contact anyone related or who knows about the FAUBION family There is a History book being done on them. Also a reunion will be held Aug. 10, 1980. Apri1Sams, 215 Quince St. #10, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Does anyone have any information concerning the WATKINS family who lived in Douglas County, KSfrom 1861-1889? The father's name was Reuben W. WATKINS, b. 1820, Alabama. Wife's name, Mary Annette STOKES, b. 182?, Georgia. Children: Martha Jane who married Hi11iam WILEY, John H., William Thomas, James Wesley, and Delilah C. WATKINS. Did Delilah marry a HUFFMAN (HOFFMAN)? When did William Thomas die? Any information appreciated. Jean Ford, 418- 11th St., Greeley, Colorado 80631 Desire information concerning (Nancy?) Ann LOVE, wife of Wm. M. LOVE. She died 11 Jan. 1889, probably in Osage Co., KS. Was she buried in Osage Co.? Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 The 1850 Federal Census for Indiana, Elkhart County, Harrison Township lists John FISHER, age 54, birthp1ace- Pennsylvania; Catherine, age 41, also born in Pennsylvania; children born in Ohio--Samue1 17, Sarah 14, Catherine 10, Mahala 8, Susan 6; born in Iridiana--Levi 4 and Matilda 2. Looking for any further information on this FISHER family. Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Jacob and Margaret HESS, bor.n in Germany, lived thirty miles from Baltimore, Maryland, 1841 when daughter, Margaret, was born; moved to Elkhart, Indiana where daughter married Samuel FISHER in 1858. Would appreciate any information on this HESS family in Maryland or Indiana. Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Seeking any information about the parents of Betsey Ann GAINES, who was born 20 May 1819 in Culpeper county, Virginia, and at an early age moved to a large plantation near Clarksville, Tennessee. Married George Klugh GORDON. In 1840's they moved to Tazewell county, Illinois where he died in 1847. There Betsey Ann married Azariah D. McCLURE 27 March 1853. They had four sons. Mrs. Emma Semple Berg, R.F.D. 2, Box 224, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Would like to correspond with and share and exchange information with anyone related to Samuel KUHN, my immigrant ancestor, who came to America with the Patatine~emigration in 1710 and settled on the Hudson River 'in New York. '- His gr. gr. gr. grandson was John COON (my great grandfather). Have much information to exchange. 136 �Mrs. Emma Semple Berg, R.F.D.2,Box224,Lawrerice;Karisas·66044 Will exchange information on the following surnames: KUHN (COON), COLE, MULLER (MILLER), WEIS (WIES), KREISELER, SEMPLE, BERG, FURY, ADAM, VOSS, NUPHER, MANCK. Mrs. Emma Semple Berg, R.F.D. 2, Box 224jLawrence, Kansas 66044 Seeking information on parents of Elizabeth (Betsy) COLE, born 23 January 1800 in Dutchess County, New York. Married John COON in 1820. Raised family in Phelps, (Ontario County), New York and later migrated to Michigan and later to Elyria, Ohio. Mike Landwehr, 725 39th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 Daniel L. WALTER, Minister of German Methodist Episcopal Church, was b. Switzerland in 1833. In Douglas County area 1877-1883, he married 2nd wife, Catherine Wilhelmine "Minnie" Henriette (BRljMMELSIECK) BRIME (or BRUNE). Need date and place of marriage. Daniel WALTER died in Eudora 1907, and is buried in Eudora. He was survived by his wfie Minnie, and by 2 sons who lived in Leavenworth. Need date of death and place of burial of Minnie WALTER. Will exchange BROMMELSIECK or WALTER info. Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggins Sanders, Route 5, Box 220, Warrensburg, Missouri 6409~ Joseph H. HARRISON settled in 1854 west of Lawrence (now the J.B. WIGGINS farm). His father,Jesse HARRISON was born in Huntsville, Alabama, later moved to Lafayette, then to Johnson counties in Missouri. Several HARRISON'S were listed in Cedar County, MO in 1850, including Jesse and Joseph. It is possible that Jesse went to Burlington, KS. No trace of any others has yet been found. Would appreciate any information on the HARRISON family and will be glad to exchange iriformation. GENIE'S HELPER will check the indexes of these volumes for surnames requested when SASE is enclosed: Original Owners.in the City of Lawrence, Kansas (founded 1854) copied by the D.C.G.S. Kansas Historical Collections - Vol. X, 1907-08 Collections of the Kansas Historical Society - Vol. XVII, 1926-1928 History of Shelby County; OhIo and,. Representative Citizens - A.B.C. Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio, 1913. 862 pages plus Index History of Shelby County Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers - First published 1883. 398pages.- - -- -Atlas Map and Directory of Shelby County Ohio 1?75-l900. 130 pages. Address Mrs. Pauline B. E1niff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Ms. Jane Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Looking for descendents of Lewis M. LA DUKE who resided near Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Ks. from early 1870's until his death in 1924. Married 1st Lorinda Granger HART, 2nd Ida DAUGHERTY. Had 5 children by first wife and 6 children by second wife. 137 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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'; '"J' ,- .:'" �Til Volume 30, no.l & 2 January, April 2007 ' PIOIIII - - - :;...----.....----~ . .- : J-r . . . ••• - Published QUarterly By: 'Douglas Count~ Genealogical SocietH P.o. BOX 3664 LAWREN eE, KANSAS 66046-0664 I �Douglas County,Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer 'Vice-President & Programs Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Sharon Moore SharonKayMoore@aol.com Treasurer Genealogist Assis. Gen Web Master Librarian Membership The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent' to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:309pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc .. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 30, no. 1 & 2 January & April, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Obituary, Fay Talley 1 Two databases 2 PERSI Index 3 Genealogical witticisms 4 Hillman obituary 5 Almira Haskell obituary 6 Origins of Oak Hill Cemetery 6 Hon. Joel Grover obituary 8 WorldVitalRecords.com 9 Bus trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana 11 Decoration day exercises . 13 How to f"md your·Engiish roots 15 Twenty online sources for English and Welsh ancestry Facts about Kansas and Douglas County 20 Partial list of the deeds of Franklin, Kansas 22 History of Territorial Lecompton, Kansas 40 Post Office curiosities 59 Dues application 59 Index 60 16 �Obituary: Fay Stainbrook Talley, Lawrence I LJWorld.com Page 1 of 1 Fay Stainbrook Talley, Lawrence 11916 - 2006 Services for Fay Stainbrook Talley. 90. Lawrence. will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at RumseyYost Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Talley died Saturday, Oct. 21,2006, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born May 18, 1916, at LaCygne. the daughter of Aral and Ada Pellet Stainbrook. , She graduated from Parker Rural High School in 1935 and attended Lawrence Business ~~. ' She worked as a bookkeeper for Talley Welding and also worked in Watson Library at Kansas University from 1952 until 1982. She wrote a book on the Talley history in 1998. She was a member of Topeka State Historical Society. Linn County Historical SocietY. LaCygne Historical Society, Parker Historical Society, Lecompton Historical Society, Jefferson County Historical Society, Douglas County Genealogical Society and the Veterans of Foreign VlJars Auxiliary No. 852. She was also a member of the Central United Methodist Church, Lawrence Doll Club, Kansas University Liberty Assn., Rebekah Lodge No. 754, Betty Chapter olf Daughters of the American Revolution, Topeka Genealogical Society. Autumn Club, Antique Dealers Assn. and Friends of the Library. She married Lloyd Murphy Talley on Aug. 24, 1940. in Topeka. He died in 1995. Survivors include a son, Robert Lloyd Talley, Oklahoma; two daughters, Betty Sue Moon, Lclwrence, and Martha Fay Sage. Perry; a sister, May Hightower, Linn County; eight grandchildren, Andy Moon, R.J. Talley, Pam Wiggins. Jackie Frazee. Lloyd Michael Mast. Paul Sage, Deana Sage and Allison Talley; and 11 great-grandchildren. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where the family will gneet them from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday. Online condolences may be sent to www.rumsey-=y-ost.com. • E-mail this obitua[Y.... - - - - - - - - - .. - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------- -,- - - .. - - - - ----------- ._- - -.- - - --H-_ ---- .. __ . advertisement Contents of this site are © CORy-right 2006 The lawrence Journal-World. A~D rights reserved. . Privacy- Policy- I Contact I Advertise with us I About us I Feedback I RSS http://www2.ljworld.com!obits/2006/octl23/fay_talley/ 10/2412006 I �~1111 .. . Tlwo new databases for history and genealogy searching! A vailable with your Lawrence Public Library card! Ancestry Library Edition Gemealogydatabase with coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as Social Security Death,lndex and record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection of more than 4,000 minidatabases and 5 billion names is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online. The Ancestry Library Edition collection contains U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 19:30; the Map Center collection of over 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage; The Great Migration Be~gins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; Passenger and Immigration ' Lists Index and a strong Civil War collection. Rich in Kansas birth, marriage and death .records. *Available at library computers only. See public computer area, library lower level. Sanborn, Maps, 1867-1970 (ProQuest) Digital access to Sanborn fire insurance maps for Kansas and Missouri.. maps are detailed property and land-use records, useful for urban specialists, social historians, architects, genealogists, environmentalists and planners. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sar1lbo.rn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they changed. ·The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use" windows and doors, street and 'sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more. The plans often include information and shading for steel beams or reinforced vvalls, plus symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, etc. Factories are labeled with the owner's name, as well as the products manufactured there. In large industrial and commercial buildings, even individual rooms and their uses are recorded. Also depicted are pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, dumps, and heavy machinery. Combined with city directories, local photographs, small-scale maps; census records, genealogies, and statistical data, the Sanborn maps provide an unparalleled piCture of life in American towns and cities. The~se **A VC'~ilable remotely at your personal computer with library card login, or at public computers on the librarv lower level. �More About PERSI - The Periodical Source Index What is PERSI? The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest and most widely-used index of genealogical a periodical articles in the world. (Periodicals are simply publications produced regularly as part of a seriE magazines, newsletters, journals, etc.) There is an amazing amount of genealogical information and kr is published in these periodicals every year. Created by the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, : under the editorship of Michael B. Clegg, PERSI is widely recognized as essential for high-quality gene research. IPERSI began as an ambitious project of the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Their 10 to gather all genealogical periodicals, both past and present, and index their contents. This growing da' become the largest dataset of its kind, containing over 1 .7 million references to helpful articles. Source Information: Allen County Public Library. Periodical Source Index. Updated semi-annually. [date Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998-. Original data: Allen County Public Library. Periodical Source Index. IN: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1985-. Where to Go from Here: Once articles of interest are located in the Periodical Source Index, there are several methods aresean employ to acquire a copy of the full text of the original article(s). Be sure to record from the index the information about the article you wish to obtain, including article 1 periodical title, volume, issue, etc. Clicking the article's hyper-linked title will reveal the appropriate periodical entry in the PERSI bibliogr. entry lists the name and address of the periodical's publisher. Call or write to the organization or indivi' request information about ordering back issues of their publication. When you find an appropriate citation in PERSI, you will be able to follow a link from the citation to in! the publisher of the periodical. ' Below is an example of a publisher'S information: Periodical Title: Essex Institute Historical Collections General Subject Area: U.S. Topics: MA Other Titles: new title: Peabody Essex Museum Collections Notes: ACPL Holdings: v.1-128 1859-1993 ACPL Call Number: 974.401 Es7esa ISSN Number: 0014-0953 ~ther reposi~orie~ holdin,g this tit,le include: Allen County Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Oal library, Family History Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Newberry Library, New Er HistoriC Genealogical Society Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co., State Historical Sociel Wisconsin Library Publisher: Essex Institute Publisher Address: 132 Essex St Publisher City: Salem Publisher State: MA Publisher Zip: 01970 Subscription Price: 0.00 PERSI Code: MAEI .J �Tlhe periodical is the "Essex Institute Historical Collections," also known as "Peabody Essex Museum Co the bottom, you find the publisher's name and address. If the publisher no longer exists, you will be er check with your local library or historical society for availability of the periodical. There is also a list of ( mposltories which hold this title included in the information. Check with these repositories before you" sure they have the particular issue/article that you need. You may also contact the Allen County Public Library, which owns a copy of each periodical indexed in I photocopies of articles. A form for ordering photocopies is available at: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/graphicslorderform.html St~nd the form describing the articles to be copied, and provide the full entry from PERSI with the narr journal. You may request a maximum of six articles at a time. The charge is $7.50 for each letter, pre$0.20 per page copied to be billed to you. Requests are NOT accepted by phone, fax, or e-mail. Mall th form to: Allen County Public Library Foundation P.O. Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 Please allow at least eight weeks for processing. Also, be sure to double check your requests, and give citation (Article Title, Periodical Title, Code, Volume, I!?sue, Date, etc.). Incomplete information may de processing. . GENEALOGICAL WITTICISMS FROM ANCESTRY. COM Submitted by Tammy Bloyd: Family History: It is not just a hobby. It is a vitally important preservation mission for future . generations of our family. -- George G. Morgan (yes, one of our own!) Submitted by Judith Mable: The farther back you look, the farther back you see. - Winston Churchill What is research but a blind date with knowledge? - Will Henry To live in the hearts we leave behind, is not to die. - Thomas Campbell If you want a. place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree. - Osage saYing As the leaves on the trees is the life of man. - Homer There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless. - John Barrymore The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. - Herb Coen �Paul Jordan gave me some clippings from newspapers of the late 1800's, all from Lawrence papers. This article is from The Daily Journal dated Saturday, April 5, 1879. THE HILLMAN MYSTERY A Coroner's inquest on the body purporting to be that of Hillman was held at the court house, yesterday. A jury consisting ofW.G~ Hubbell, G.W. Morris, S.W. Adams, E.B. Good, A Tosh and O.D Pickens was impanneled. Mr. J.H. Brown, who claims to have accidentally shot Hillman, was placed on the witness stand. He questioned in regard to every minute particular by Mr. Geo. Barker. The testimony is too long and mixed up to be given in full, but principal facts are about as follows: He has been acquainted with Hillman for some time, and has been with him in Colorado, Texas and other parts of the country. He went with Hillman on his last trip, having no particular contract with him, but an understanding that he was to go to work and receive pay as soon as he got a cattle ranch. After leaving Wichita they met a stranger, who disappeared again near Cow Creek. Another stranger came into camp, whom he described.as small with sandy complexion. He did not learn the stranger's name. He had never seen he man since the day after his coming to camp, and would not be able to recognize him. On the 17th of March they did no traveling, but remained at the place of their last camp. The wagon was facing to the southwest. A fire was built about ten feet from the wagon. They had supper about four o'clock in the afternoon, and about sundown or a little later the tragedy occurred in the manner already given to our readers. On hearing the report of the rifle, witness turned around and saw Hillman stagger, and fearing he would fall in the fire caught him and whirled him around and dropped him down on the ground. Hillman made no outcry. Witness left the body in position it fell until he returned with a Mr. Graves. The clothing, papers, etc. belonging to Hillman were given to the Coroner and afterward back to Brown. The articles were produced in court. The shoes which Hillman had on were not to be found with the other articles, yesterday. Witness said he did not that had become of them.. On being closely questioned about the provisions which they had with them as the time ofthe accident, Brown said that they had about forty pounds of flour a small quntity of meat, and some coffee. During the trip Hillman complained of soreness in his arms, caused by vaccination; otherwise his health was tolerably good. At about six o'clock Coroner Morris adjourned the inquest to eight o'clock this moming. At that time the examination of Brown will be continued. The body purporting to be that of Hillman was buried yesterday afternoon. (Editor's note). You will recall that this summer the body in the grave was exhumed and tested to see if it was really Hillman. No conclusion was reached. I �From The Republican Journal Thursday, October 19, 1876. Died in this city on the 18th instant, Mrs. Almira Haskell, in the seventy third year of her age. The death of Mrs. Haskell was not unlooked for as her health had been feeble for several months and for some. time she had evidently been rapidly approaching her end. Mrs.Haskell was born in Weathersfield, Vermont. In March, 1855, accompanied b her son Hon.· Dudleye Haskell, then a boy of thirteen, she reached Lawrence and joined her husband who had preceded her a few months in coming to Kansas, and had taken a claim adjoining the town-the same upon which the Haskell brothers now reside-where he had erected a cabin. From that day to the present more than twenty-one years, Mrs Haskell has been a resident of Lawrence, leading during the most of the time and active, and all of the time a useful life. She has survived to see all of her children will settled in life, with growing families about them, and honored and useful members of society. Mrs. Haskell was a woman of great force of character, of rare judgment and good sence, a consistent member of the Congregational church, an affectionate wife, a good mother, a kind neighbor and in all respects a noble and excellent woman. When such a person passed away, in the fullness of years and with life's labor so well done, although we cannot but feel grave and serious in the presence of death, we yet recognize it as the appropriate earthly termination ,of a well accomplished career. . The pioneers of our State are rapidly thinning out. Those who were in middle age when Kansas was first settled are now old people. Among those who by their labors and trials did so much not only for the freedom of Kansas, but to lay her foundations broad and deep upon the enduring basis of public and private virtue, few will be longer remembered or more sincerely mourned than his daughter of New England, this "Mother in Israel", who has just passed away. From The Republican Journal Sunday, June 11, 1876 OUR CEMETERY A drive through Oak Hill and what we saw. The work of Prof. Wiltz-his admiration for the ground-what has been done, what will be done and what ought to be done. . In company with Ex-Mayor Grovenor, for six years superintendent of our city cemeteries, we drove through Oak Hill, last week and must here t the start express our surprise at what saw and were told. Ten years ago, or thereabouts, Oak Hill became the property of Lawrence. It was then a series of shapeless hills and gulches, densely overgrown with hazel brush, scrub oak and thick underwood, altogether uncaptivating to any but the eye of an artist, who could see its natural advantages and the thing of beauty which time and money could easily render it, and which it has even now �become. As we enter the Cemetery from the south side and upon turning slightly to the right we find ourselves between the wide-apart heads of two ravines leading towards the potter~s field in the north eastern corned of the grounds. For the present we are compelled to reach this field by following the extreme eastern fence, but according to Mr. Wiltz's design, and in about one month when certain bridges shall have been constructed, a beautiful roadway will lead down thr~)Ugh the rich luxurious shade, between the two ravines, to the point of their junction. Here are to be ' erected two rustic bridges, sixteen feet in width, the one leading to the right into the potter's field, the other to the left into a newly graded carriage-way which skirts the northern boundary of the grounds, and by a series of graceful curves brings the sight seer to the foot of the central eminence. The part now most familiar to our citizens. The point where the two bridges are to be built, is one of the great natural beauty, and when art shall have rendered it accessable and seeable we know of no place more generally attractive. The potter's field, Mr. Wiltz says, is about the best portion of the whole cemetery. It slopes from the easteni line toward the west, down to th edge of the ravine. The homely graves of the friendless or penniless dead are carefully located, marked and tended. Several groups of rees and shrubbery in this field are exquisitely beautiful. Leaving the two bridges.by the new roadway we fmd a gracefully constructed track bordered on either wide by natural and artificial eminences, sloped, ledges and grouping of shrubbery. Other roads and drives there are which we cannot mention in detail. The slopes either way from the Lane monument, are under the most careful cultivation, and present every attraction to the visitor. Which reminds us of what Mr. Wiltz says about the estimation in which cemeteries should be held. "They ought" says he, " to be considered almost as much a place for the living may repair with pleasure". Mr Wiltz, we may explain, is a perfect master of the situation. For two years he was head gardener for the Emperor of Germany, and perfect a beautiful park near' Moscow. Most of his work in America has been done near Cincinnati and it is all preminently fine. He considers our cemetery a place of great natural advantages, one of the best, in fact, which he has seen in t4e whole west. Could the city carry out even the plans which he perfected during his short stay here, very much would be accomplished. There are growing at present in the ground fourteen varieties of the oak whence the name "Oak Hill." These oaks were to a great extent grouped off by Mr. Wiltz so as to secure the very best sort of an effect. Mr Wiltz was especially delighted with one view which he secured by his management of trees. It takes i~ a most beautiful section of the cemetery, and a far off sight of the blue bluffs north of the Kansas ~~ , One good thing about all this excellence is the fact that what has been done and what wil be are amply provided for pecuniarily. Under Mr. Grovenor's careful management the cemetery fund ' now stands at about $6000.This amount is safely invested. The burials thus far number about 1500. The average price oflots is 12 ~ cents per square foot, 600 feet (usually) to the lot. The grounds are large enough to provide room for fifty or seventyfive years to come. Mr. Grovenor feels a great interest in the welfare of the cemetery, gives to it a great deal of his time, and has done a work there which our people should appreciate. We hope they will lend him �all possible assistance and encouragement in this rare good work. From The Daily Journal Wednesday, July 30, 1879. The funeral ofHon. Joel Grover took place from his late residence yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, Rev. Mr. Richardson officiating. Mr. Grover was born in the State of New York, In August, 1824, where his early youth was spent. He removed with his father's family to Michigan about 1838 or '40. Afterwards he went to California, where he remained about one ear. He came to Kansas with the second party of emigrants in 1854, arriving at Lawrence on September 15 of that year. Soon after he selected a claim of 160 acres of land on which he erected comfortable buildings for a home, and there he has lived, reared his family and died. " He was the first Colonel of the Free State forces, in our early troubles, and took a prominet part in the border ruffian war. He commanded a company at the taking of Fort Titus, in 1856. He was for six years on of the County Commissioners of Douglas county, and in 1860 served as a member of the Legislature. He was a man of decided opinions and had no patience with men who ere more easily swayed. His temperance principles carried him so far that he would use nither tea, coffee, wine, cider, or any kind of liquors. In 1857 he was married to Emily J. Hunt, who has a mother, two brothers, and a sister still living in this city. The fruits of their marriage has been eight children, seven of whom are still living, the eldest, Frank G, being twenty years old. The other children are Nellie, aged 17; Charles, 14; Cora, 11; Ernest, 9; Lily, 5; and Joy, an infant. About the first oflast January Mr Grover was attacked with pleurisy, and gathering soon after formed on his side, which has been opened three times, which seemed to form an abscess. The post mortem examination showed that his lungs had almost entirely ran off in this way. During all these months he has been a patient sufferer, his greatest care seeming to be that he was so much a burden to his friends. For the last two months Mssrs. Blake, Crutchfield, Wm Brown, and Mr. Foster have taken upon themselves the entire care ofMr Grover at night" and he friends feel deeply grateful to them for their untiring devotion. In accordance with mr. 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Please make checks payable to: Washington County Tourism 214 "C" St. Washington, KS 66968 Please feel free to make copies for other interested family researchers. /1 �Motorcoach to the Annual Conference - August 15-18, 2007 Federation of Genealogical Societies Plus Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana Heartland Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists, in cooperation with Washington County Tourism is inviting you to join fellow genealogists on this escorted motorcoach trip to the Annual Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference to be held in Fort Wayne, Indiana August 15-18,2007. If you don't want to attend the conference but only want to research, you are only one block from the Allen County Public Library, which is extending their hours during conference week at the Historical Genealogy Department. Depart August 13 from pickup points in Salina, Manhattan, Topeka, Kansas City, and Columbia, Missouri. Overnight stop at Effingham, IL. 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Please feel free to make copies to give to other interested family researchers. 11. �DECORATION DAY EXERCISES WELL CARRIED OUT The Baldwin Ledger, 4 June 1920 A Fitting Program was well Chosen; One Hundred and twenty old Soldiers are on the . ' Roll of Honor. The Decoration Day services were the most complete and interesting of any that have ever been held here. Services were held at the cemetery in the morning following which all the old soldiers' graves were fittingly decorated by the G. A. R. members. In the afternoon at 2:,00, the address by Rev. C. H. Montgomery made a fitting close to the week's' services. His talk was unusually fine and the members of the G. A. R. and friends are exceedingly pleased with the whole list of services which started with the Memorial day sermon by Rev. Enyeart. ROLL OF Ho'NOR. Soldiers who have died in Baldwin and vicinity as taken from the G. A. R. records: [NOTE: The names have been alphabetized from the original list. George W. Stewart appeared twice on the list, not sure ifby mistake or whether there were two persons with same name.] Allen, Jonah B. Cecil, L. P. Elwell, James Anderson, S. D. Chandler, John Feihler, Henry Armstrong, G. W. Clark, James Feihler, John Bailey, C. W. Cole, C. A. Follin, James M. Bell, J. S. Cooper, C. T .. Gaddis, Ed Bell, John P. Cooper, J. S .. Gossage, Jackson Benedict, George R. Crader, E. K. Graham, C. H. Boaz, E. C. Cradit, N. C. Green, L. F. Bradshaw, R. C. Cunningham, A. W. Haas, George F. Brill, Binamin F. Davidson, John Harbison, W. A. Brown, H. R.. Davis, Wenter R. Harpster, Frederick .: Brown, R. M. Deel, James A. Harris, George Buckner, Allen Derryman, Wm. Harvey, J. W. Burgoon, Thomas Duff, James A. Hew, Moses S. Lee Callahan, Patrick Dyer, John Highby, Damon Carpenter, Lewis R. Eberhart, A. Hill, John Cavaness, A. A. B. Ellis, J. W. Hindman, Bud ., , �Hobbs, W. H. Murray, James Stewart, George W. Howard, S. T. Natt, George Stewart, George W. Humbert, Henry Osborn, W. F. Stewart, Wm. W. Hunt, Jonathan Pearson, Robt. H. Stickle, Isaac Ives, C. P. Peddycord, N. T. Stover, H. C. Jay, H. C. Pefley, Thomas Stump, John B. Jones, W. T. Pendleton, S. E. Sullivan, J. M. Jordan, Arson Pingrey, L. W. Swayzee, David Junkins, Wm. W. Price, F. M. Taylor, A. B. Kalb, A. Price, Israel Tyron, Spencer W. Kenedy, D. G. Price, John H. VanLandingham, J. A. f Kerns, Solomon Price, Samuel C. Veinson, Darchfield A. King, George Priestly, Wm. Watt, James Kuhn, Philip Reynolds, Clarke Wilkins, Isaac Leonard, Wm. Reynolds, Wm. Winters, Lester Lewis, A. O. Ripley, Hermon Wolf, Wm. Lovejoy, C. H. Robinson, Job Woods, Isaac Lowe, Sandy Rogers, Michael Martin, Fred Sammers, Thomas Masher, C. F. Samson, Seth McCombs,_ Schwartz, Frederick McDonald, W. J. Shores, Thomas B. Milford, Sanford Short, David T. Morgan, Calvin P. Skinner, W. T. Moseley, GeorgeW. Smith, John F. Mulvaney, M. E. Snyder, L. Murphy, S. S. Sowers, Alfr~d B. �How do you find your English roots? . Internet - four useful sites to start with: Surname Profiler (www.spatial-literacy.org) shows densities of specific names 1881 (or 1998). Also, CD The British J9'h Century Surname Atlas shows density by areas of country, registration districts, etc. (www.archersoftware.co.uk) - $20. ' International Genealogical Index (www.familysearch.org) - baptisms, marriages, some burials . (pre/post 1837) Census records (Www.ancestry.co.uk; www.familysearch.org; www.findmypast.com; www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk) (1841 to 1901) Births, marriages, deaths (www.freebmd.rootsweb.com; www.findmypast.com) County: England divided into administrative counties, each has main town/city where offices are located. (Boundaries of the counties were re-organized in 1974 [www.genuki.org.uk has information]. (Entering "County" Record Office should give you the web site for that county record office with information on their collections, etc.) Parish: Many parish (Church of England) records available through the IGI, a few parish records have been posted online by individuals, many can be ord~red through a nearby LDS Center .(www.familysearch.org; for availability; small charge for this). Besides baptisms, marriages, and burials, until recent times parishes were also administrative units for: road repair, maintaining parish boundaries, taking care of the poor and needy. (Poor Law Records available in record offices include: settlement certificates, bastardy orders, work house records, etc.) Civil Registration: Civil Registration of births, marriages, deaths began in 1837; registration was by quarter year, e.g., March,June, September, December (does not show exact date). Registration districts made up of several parishes; registration districts have changed over the years, combined/split. (Sites such as FreeBMD include information on changes in registration districts.) Jan Elder (bilbo@ku.edu) November 2006 1 J~ �HANDOUTS FROM NOVEMBER MEETING Twenty Online Sources for English and Welsh· Ancestry Alan Stewart recommends 20 of the top sites for English and Welsh genealogy research. IF YOU HAVE ANCESTORS who came to North America from England or Wales, there are many web sites you can turn to for help in tracing their roots. Census returns, for example, have been indexed for 1871 (partially), 1881, 1891 and 1901, and are accessible over the Internet. In addition, you can also view online the indexed images of wills dating from 1384 to 1858. Unfortunately, vital records and parish registers are not yet on the web, unlike those of Scotland. You can, however, view images of the vital records indexes at several websites, and a fully searchable computer index is being prepared by volunteers. Some local indexes of vital records are also online, as are various parish register, census and monumental inscription indexes. Here is my choice of tl-\e most useful websites for English and Welsh research: Census of England and Wales site, which is owned by the UK's The National Archives (TNA). Searching the index is free, but there is a charge of 75 pence to view the digital image of an actual page of the census. It will cost you 50 pence for a transcription of one person's entry in the census, and a further 50 pence will buy an additional transcription covering the remaining people in the same household. A credit-card session costs a minimum of £5 and lasts 48 hours, but vouchers to the value of £5, £10 or £50 last for six months from the date you first use them. In Canada, you can buy the vouchers from the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (www.bifl1sgo.ca). "'A'. ....... ."rJ1< _•.Il.... 1780 and 1837, mainly in London . and the county of Middlesex. ' ... ~ .... ..-~- .. . ~ 3. FreeCEN freecen. rootsweb. com This is a volunteer project to index' the 1841-91 censuses and make transcriptions availablE! online free of charge at FreeCEN. At present, only a few English counties have been completed, including Cornwall for 1841 and 1891. i ! fZJ ..... '..... ·.......--~ -....- ...... . A~· ----_ = ..... . ===-..- -I'~.L''-'''''.L~ s...a.,. VOl ""'Mtan:,,~· ... ~, ... ~ ~ o--r.=- c - 0--- 1. 1901 Census of England and Wales www.1901census i .natJonalarchives.gov.uk. . Since 1801, a census of the population of Britain has been taken every 10 years (except in 1941, because of WWII). Until 1841, however, names and addresses didn"t have to be recorded, although in some places they were anyway. You can view fully indexed images of the census returns for 1901 on the 1901 t::=" 0 - ';;;:.::u::.. .~c..~ '!:':lr=-=- 2. Ancestry.co.uk www.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry has already indexed and uploaded digital images of the whole of the 1891 census of England and Wales, and is in the process of doing the same for those carried out in 1871 and 1901. The 1901 census is accessible either on a pay-per-view basis from TNA or on subscription from Ancestry, where access to the UK and Ireland Collection will cost you $99.95.US or $139.95 Cdn. per year, or $39.95 US or $59.95 Cdn. per quarter. The Collection also includes·the Pallot Index of marriages that took place between 4. DocumentsOnline www.documentsonline . .nationalarchives.gov.uk At DocumentsOnline, you can search free of charge in the index of over one millidn wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (covering the south of England and most of Wales) during the period 1384-1858. It'll cost you £3.50 to view an image. In addition, a card index of campaign medals awarded during WWI is currently being digitized and made available on the same charging basis. 20 Family Chronicle' November IDecember 2004 I~ �the 16th to 19th centuries. You can also search the 1881 census for England and Wales at this free website. _-__--_. •...... ::,:::=.-=-.:::.-======:.-==:::::':-':':::::::::' -.~~ ... ::"-:::"-"':-:':::':--===-":::::.:i'-----""'------.. ..---_._-- ....-.- ,II :====-=::::=-...----- I ::e~::)~~:~~mg 5. The National Archivist www.nationalarchivist.com a fully searchable index to the Enghsh and Welsh births, marriages an d deaths from 1837 to 1983. The ! index, which you can access free of charge, contains over 80 million entries. The site has also , - recently begun to compete with 18370nline and BMDIndex by introducing free access to images of the birth, marriage and death indexes used by its volunteers. _I. This pay-per-view site contains inde~.es to digitized images of births, marriages and deaths at sea (1854-90), army lists, passport applications (1851-62 and 187419(3), death duty registers (179619(3) and some profession directories. Records are frequently added to the site. Although searching the indexes is free of charge, you'll have to pay to view the actual records. Charges range from £7 for 35 credits valid for 45 days to £50 for 360 credits valid for 75 days. Viewing a record costs between one and four credits. 7. 1837online.com www.1837online.com On 1 July 1837 civil registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced in England and Wales. This site provides pay-per-view access to on-screen images of the indexes to the vital records from 1837 to 1983. You can view fully computerized indexes to the records from 1984 onwards. To view index pages, you pay between £5 for 55 units valid for 45 days to £120 for 2,640 units valid for 365 days. Viewing a page costs one unit. I 10. UKBMD www.ukbmd.org.uk 6. LlDS FamilySearch www.familysearch.org . In 1553, baptisms, marriages and 8. BMDlndex.co.uk burials were ordered to be recordwww.bmdindex.co.uk ed in the approximately 11,000 A new competitor to English and Welsh churches, but 18370nline.com, this site offers a number of parishes didn't start you subscription-based access to until much later. In some cases, the English and Welsh birth, maralthough many early registers riage and death indexes. The have been lost, the transcripts index of births is fully computerthat were sent to bishops or ized from 1950 to 1983, as are all archdeacons from 1598 have surthe indexes from 1984 onwards. A" vived. The International - subSCription for three months Genealogical Index (IGl) on the costs £5, and for a year £14.95. website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can 9. FreeBMp point you to entries in the English' freebmd.rootsweb.com and Welsh parish registers from This volunteer project (a sister to UK BMD is a portal leading to around 15 local indexes of births, ~arriages and deaths that have taken place in England and Wales since 1837. The indexes, which are not yet complete, have been uploaded by local register offices, beginning with Cheshire County Council's in 2000. You can access most of the indexes free of charge. .7 �16. Historical Directories 11. The Genealogist www.historicaldirectories.org t/legenealogist.sandn.net The University of Leicester has digitized and uploaded county and town directories dating from 1766 to 1919 for many of the counties of England ~d Wales. You can search these directories free of charge. The indexes to various censuses for a number of English cOlU1ties . (14 so far) are being uploaded to : The Genealogist site by S&N Genealogy, publishers of the British Data Archive census data CDs. You can search the indexes on a subscription basis at this site, which is a sister site to the BMDIndex site. 14. National Archives Catalogue www.catalogue .nationalarchives.gov.uk At the National Archives site, you'll find this free online mdex . to documents held by the UK's National Archives. The index includes entries containing information on soldiers (but not officers) in the British Army who were discharged to pension between 1760 and 1913. 12.. English Origins www.englishorigins.com You can view various indexes provided by the Society of Genealogists, the UK's oldest genealogical society, at English Origins on a pay-per-view basis. These include Boyd's Marriage Index, containing over six million entries for marriages that took place in England and Wales between 1538 and 1840. 15. General Register Office [for England and Wales] www.gro.gov.uk .----~-----. 5~~ . ==--=-.:=.::::::.-::':"-=. ___ .. _ ....... 101 ... _ _ .,. [gj=::-·-.::::;o.:::.o:=I· --_. .-... _-,-...... _._- _ == 13. FamilyHistoryOnline At the General Register Office's .official site, you'll find information on how to order certificates for . English and Welsh births, marriages and deaths. The online ordering facility is expected to be extended to non-UK residents shortly. 17. British History Online www.british-history.ac.uk Built by the University of London's Institute of Historical Resea:r;ch and the Houses of Parliament Trust, British History Online contains the searchab~e text of several voluIlles of the Victoria County History series (including parts. of, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire), as well as various otner historical resources. Access is free of charge. - ~ P ROCEEDINCS OLD RAILEV --- • : 'I) _"?~ TAa 1"a00:UDIPK'.a 0. m. Ow ¥LI\'I.oNllON '''7.& TO '83" ..=..-=..-==::.-..::~":.~::===.:::--= :.. -----~-~"". ~~-..------"'---. !9!..:.~~,----. =S±E2E.l!:.~ ,,*_... i-o .~ . www.familyhistoryonline.net The pay-per-view website of FamilyHistoryOnline contains various databases compiled by local family history societies, including baptisms, marriages, burials, monumental inscriptions and census returns for most English counties and some of those in Wales. 18. Proceedings of the Old Bailey . www.oldbaileyonline..org -----------_.. _--_._---- The Proceedings of the Old Bailey site lets you search the accounts of over 50,000 trials held between 1674 and 1799.at the Central Criminal Court in London free of charge. The site is a joint project Family Chronicle· November IDecember 2004 �, between the University of Sheffield's Humanities Research. Institute and the Higher Education Digitization Service at the University of Hertfordshire. Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org , II . ,,,,,'1 .. _ .. _.. S rh the t ....", ......... _ Database • mm _........- _....__ ... _- ...... __ .... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... _._ aD ... ;~;;;;::--"!::..=:.=-. =~~ -.---..~-- ~~~~:: --. ....-.. -= ---~- -~--.- Britain's Commonwealth 'War Graves Commission was created to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were· killed in WWI and WWII, to build memorials to those who have no . known grave and to keep records and registers, including, since WWII' a record of the civilian war dead. death, force and nationality. In most cases, the results will feature the casualty's rank, unit, regiment, service number (if known), age (if known), date of death, grave or memoriarreference and the name of the cemetery or memorial. Visitors to the site can also search the database for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of . enemy action in WWII. 19. Access to Archives (A2A) wWIIV.a2a.org.uk Access to Archives, which bills itself as the English strand of the UK Archives Network, allows visitors to carry out a free online search of the catalogs of over 350 archives in England. _ e -,._--.. _-.... .... Io·_ _ • ,', ,", ....... ......_ _ .... __ :at_ ....:. .............--. --_.--.....,-, 8· a) ....;..;....~ ... .-- _---_..-- ( .) ~-----~ ~ ] .-(.) 20. Federation of Family History Societies www.ffhs.org.uk At the site of the Federation 6f Family History Societies, you'll find links to nearly 90 English and eight Welsh family history societies. The federation is an umbrella organization for the societies in England and Wales, and also has many member societies in North America, Australia and New Zealand.. Alan Stewart is the author of Gathering the Clans: Tracing Scottish Ancestry on the Internet (Phillimore, 2004), available in North America from the David Brown Book Company (www.ox:bowbooks.com). IE9 -_ _- ..._ - =..?': ... ..~'::".:!=:T'!-:'::== .......- ..-... . ... __ ... ,-... As well as maintaining graves· for 925,000 Commonwealth soldiers killed during the world wars, the Commission maintains an online database called the Debt of Honour Register. While this database does not feature ser~ice records or regimental'histories, it does list basic information on the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The database can be searched by surname and initials, and limited by fields for the conflict and the casualty's year of 60 Family Chronicle· November/December v 0 o .- (.) (\) ..0 ~ ~ .-Vl (\) Vl ..0 ~ ~ ~ b 0 ~ r:::: .~ ed § t£r:::: ...... .~ Vl ~ ..0 ~ 0 Vi (\) ~ ~ ~ ..0 N j ~ .~ =: e ~ ~ ~ 0 .~ .-.g ed (.) 0.. ~ 0 ca (\) r:::: ~ (\) 0 �FACTS ABOUT KANSAS AND DOUGLAS COUNTY The Baldwin Ledger, 25 June 1930 Figures compiled reveal startling information Gas Tax in This County Alone Amount to $127,929.34 in 1929.---Motor License Tax is $7,273---are 4,549 Cars In view of the faCt that this edition of The Baldwin Ledger is being sent out as a special highway celebration paper, we have delved into "Kansas Facts," and are able herewith to produce some figures concerning the whole state, and especially Douglas county, that will be startling news to many of our readers. Do You Know? That the 3 cent gasoline tax collected in Kansas during the twelve months period, beginnIng April 1, 1929 and ending March 31, 1930, amounted to the total income of $10,056,687.76? That of this amount the sum of$I,701,112.84 was refunded to the various counties to be used for roads and bridges, leaving a balance of $8,355,474.92 for the state's use? That of the above amount, Douglas county motorists paid in $127,929.34 for gas tax alone? That the total amount collected by the state for automobile licenses during that period was $4,585,497.13? That the total net left for the state from the above sources was $ 12,940,972.05? That in 1929 Douglas county had 7,278 automobiles and 1,059 trucks registered for licenses in the state. That last year only 4,549 of the cars and 595 trucks were on the assessment lists ofDouglas county, that the average value of the automobile was $270.20 and of the trucks $175.29? That in the whole state there were 507,520 automobiles licensed, 73,694 trucks? That the assessment lists show only 318,375 cars listed for regular taxation and 45,154 trucks assessed? That the county road and bridge fund of Douglas county received from the state last year was $66,764.42? That the county bridge fund was $55,319.08? That the township road and bridge fund was $61,548.70? That the total of the above three items was $183,632.20? That the state of Kansas harvested from 11,475,780 acres ofwheat, 137,646,278 bushels, that had a value of$138,100,966.79?' That Douglas county harvested 242,064 bushels of wheat from 30,258 acres, having a value of $271, 111.68? , That the whole state harvested 106,804,960 bushels of com from 6,324,219 acres, and that it had a value of$82,633,728.52? . That Douglas county's part of the com crop was 1,046,486 bushels from 61,558 acres, valued at $839,188.80? That Kansas harvested 1,723,748 tons of alfalfa from 722,029 acres and that its vaiue was $21,750,058.55? That Douglas counts's share of the alfalfa cropwas 22,158 tons, harvested from 9,684 acres, having a total value of $867 ,822.90? That there were a total of 165,875 separate farins listed in the state, of which number 2,054 are in Douglas county? That in. 1929 the whole state of Kansas produced $86,670,283 worth of dairy products, showing an increase of$I.428,427 over 1927? That the state had, according to figures from the census taken in June, 1929, a total of 544,524 school children, or persons of school age? . That at that time there were 19,706 teachers employed in the public schools of the state? That the estimated value of the public school buildings in Kansas then was $117,887,618? That Douglas county had 6,676 persons of school. age? �That Douglas county teachers numbered 233? That the valuation of the public school buildings was $1,759,700? That last year there were a total of 19,679 marriages; 33,861 births and 20,917 deaths in . the state of Kansas? That Douglas county had 438 marriages, 422 births and 370 deaths? That the population of the state in 1929 was 1,852,114? That the assessed valuation of all railroad properties in the state last year amounted to $417,597,374? That the Santa Fe's valuation is $161,439,781, which is more than any other railway operating in the state? That in 1929 there was a total of 380 fatal automobile accidents in the state of Kansas. That there were 1,492 fatal accidents from all causes during 1929? That the cement industry of Kansas' has a capacity of 8,500,000 barrels of cement a year, employing capital amounting to more than twenty-five million dollars? That the cement industry adds more than $10,000,000 to the industrial revenue ofthe state annually? That in Kansas a total of 567,775 tons of coal were produced in 1929 with a value of $1,192,828? That Kansas produced 2,191,140 cotton sacks, having a value of $350,582. That Clyde Tombaugh, a Burdett Kansas farmer boy discovered the "Trans-Neptunian planet," in March 1929, gaining world wide fame? That the new election law passed by the 1929 legislature gives absentee voters the right to ballot even if out of the state on election day by applying for a ballot from thirty to two days before the election in writing to his county clerk in his home county? The absentee must go before a notary public or U. S. Official on election and being sworn. The ballot must be returned to the county clerk within ten days after election. That the state of Kansas produced 40,658,170 barrels of oil during 1929? That in 1929 individual income taxes paid in Kansas amounted to $3,528,185, that corporations paid $13,746,423? That in Douglas county 225 individ~als made income tax statements, and the corporations number fifty-two? That the resources fo 824 state banks in Kansas under the statement call of September 26, 1929, amounted to $270,146,208.66.? That the 246 national banks had total resources of $269,944,000.00 at the time of the report made to the comptroller of currency on October 4th, 1929? That the total assets of the 155 building and loan associations doing business in the state of 'Kansas on December 31, 1929, were $132,235,307.35, showing an increase of $6;122,102;26, over 1928? ' That the state of Kansas had 105,889 radios last year; 64,585 talking machines and 108,503 pianos? That of this amount Douglas county lists 1,762 radios, 1,402 talking machines and 2,144 pianos? POTATO PRODUCTION The Valley Falls New Era, 1 June 1901 ' Jefferson Co. is one of the half dozen heavy potato producing counties' of the state. Leavenworth stands first in the number of bushes produced last year, with 609,000 bushels; Wyandotte next, with 654,000, then Douglas, with 392,000; Johnson with 335,()00; Jefferson fifth with 325,000; and Shawnee sixth,. with 260.000 bushels. ;1.1 �• A' pARTIAL ,LIST OF THE' DEEDS OF FRANKLIN,· K~N3AS:. (Franklin ~was. a town in Douglas· County, Ka~BA8: from April 29, i'857 to March 1~ 1877) ,I . ./ , ' '«-1't1 Compiled by Loraine J.!O\1ard (Mrs •. Paul E •. ), 1641 Illinois Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 " .. I ( 1916), " �• AUG 1 6 1977 r1\ (tj ~a,l;l\ f:. ,\J-u\yo, (~ : • .. 't.' Abstract ot Tlt1e ~ .... To·~- Beginning at a polnt in the West line of the Northeast, Quarter, (.f ) of Sectlon Ten (10), Towriship Thirteen (13) South of Ran~ Twenty (20) East of the SIxth ~rincipa1 MerIdian, -447.82 feet North 0.1" ,the Southwest~' corner of said quarter section; thance due Wast 396 teet to a stone; thence North parallel to the Wes~ 1ihe of sald Q,uarte,r' section," 1123.24 feet to the center of a draln dit,chi thence North 44 and no mlnutes West 549.47 feet to a poInt ln,the West line of said qu~rter section, said point being 723.59 feet South , of the Northwest corrie,r of sald quarter sectlon'; thence South along the West line of'said l section 1504,.94 feet, more or lese, to the point of beglnnlng~, containlng 12.04, acres, more or lese., ,- �. Sheet 1 FRANKLIN~ (1 ) KANSAS DEEDS Patent Un.1.ted States' of, Amerlca by'the Presldent ' to John E. Barr 1 tt ' Date: ,25 February 1B70. Book 64 .. page 246 Recl tes that there "has been deposited ln the General Land Offlce'" , Warrant'No. 403B} forBO acres wlth evldence that same ha,s been"duly located upon the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 and the Soutn~ west 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Sectlon 10, Townshlp 13. Range 20 ln'the Dlstrlct of1Landsformerly subject to sale: at Lecompton;" now at Topeka. Kansas contalnlng 80 acres to John E. Barritttas'Mayor of the Town of Franklin, Douglas County, Kansas in Trust for the several use'and benefl t of the occupants of, said town in whose favor sald tract has' been located. Therefore there is g:rantedby, the Unlted States untosald Joh:n E. Barritt, as aforesaid.,' anci to his' successors. (The above' 1 s taken from the record of a certlfled copy from the records at Washington, D. O~) (2) o In County Book At page 43. appears the following: "Terri,tory o,f Kansas, County of Douglas~ , Thi s day personally appeared before me,. R~ C~ Bishop, Probate Court Clerk in and for the County and Territory aforesa1d, J. Me' Wallace, Agent for the Franklin Town Assoc1at10~-: and acknowledg~ s that the said town was laid out upon Sectlonr:l0, TowhShip 13, Range 20 of the Slxth Prlncipal l1eridian in Douglas County, Kansas Terri tory and t,he wl thin map is correct as retUrned by ,the surveyor Charles Spalding. In witness whereof, I hereunt'o" set my hand and seal the 29th day of April, A~D. 1857. , , R. C. Bishop, Clerk" On Plat Book 2, page'21, is flIed a copy of Plat of Franklin, Kansas Territory endorsed as follows: "This plat was flIed previous'to August 21, 1863 and was destroyed on that day ln the burn1ng of the Off1ce of the Reg1ster af Deeds.~ D~ted September 12, 1870. ' " S. S. Horton, Register of Deeds. II (Said plat gives no section, Townshlp or range on wh1ch lt is located and there is no informat10n shown as to w1dth of streets, alleys nor dimension of lots. A rough draft'ls given of a port1on of sa1d land on Sheet, #12 o'f this abstract, covering land described) *During Quantrel} , s ~id of I.awr~nce. County Seat of Douglas, County, ~ (3 ) 'Date: (4) WARRANTY DEED Frank11n Town Company by Jeremiah Church, PreSident. to James McKinsy Date: 29 April 1859 , Book B~ page 336 Town of, Frank11n, - Douglas County" Kansas Terrl tory. ' 1 ; .. I !. ,: , . . ,~ AGREEI'lENT 'Jerem1ah Church with Robert Charles 12 August 18,58 Book B:,page 285 ,) 1 �( 5) JJeeQ _ •• - - - II" Town of Franklin by JohnE. Barrett, U.ayoI', to Jeremiah Church Date I 12 October,1860 , B o o k D . p3.ge 447' (6) . ':': i. ';. ': ' " . Deed. . Town 'of Frankllnby John E. Barrett,Mayor. to B. C. Talley 'Date: '13 October 1860 Book H, page 70 Deed Town, of Franklin by John Date: 15 October 1860 (8) E•. Barret.t,wAyor, to 'John G. ~cClelland, BookF, page 339 Viarranty.Deed vVll1iam M.BaI!ritt and Louvenia T. Barritt, his Wife, to John G. }lcClellar DB. te: 2 April'l862 Book, F, page 341 Sheet #4 Quit Claim Deed· , ' John G. McClelland and Lidia 1':cClel1and, his wife, t,o R. L., Williams , Da te: 11' July 1365 Book 24, page 493 ' Deed ( 10) Town of Franklin by JohnE. Barrett, NAYoI', to John M. Wallace Date: 12 October 1860 Book 'G, page 218 . (11) Deed Town of Franklin by John E. Barrett, D~te: 12 October 1860' (12) ~~ayor, to John M. ~ljallace Book G, pase 221 Deed Town of Franklin by John E. Barrett, NSyor, to John U. Wallace Date: 12 October 1860 ,Book 'G, page 222 (13) Deed TO'Nn of Franklin by John E. Barrett, t,'.ayor, to John U. Wallace Da te: 12 October 1860 Book Q-. page 224 ( 14) Deed 'rown of ~rank1in by John Date: 18 October 1860 ( 15) Ba,rrett, Uayor, to H. M. l.~enger Book'G, page ·476 " Deed 'I'o'lin of Franklln by R. L. D3. te: 19 VAY 1862 ( 16) ~. 'lii11iam~., W~rranty John Cole 'and Uary J. Cole, Date: 19 SepteItber 1863 1:ayor, to John C'ole Book H, page 64 Deed hi~ Wife, to R. L. Williams Book 24, p~ge 489 2 �Sheet H6 , ,. "i' .I (17) Deed Town of Franklin by John E. Barrett, t~ayor, to R. L. Willlams Date: 6 March 1861 •• Book 24, pa~ 485 (18) Warranty Deed R. L •. Yfilll8,ms and Ma.ry. Willlams, hls wife, to Ge'orge Mllier. Date: 31 March 1864 Book I, page 5 . (19) Agreement George Mlilerwlth .A:t'.rg3.ret Mlller,. his wife. Date: 30 April 1866Book P, pa~'84 (~O) Warranty Deed George Miller and Margaret Miller·, hls wife, to William Miller Date: 19 October 1896 Book U, pa~ 631 Sheet Warranty" Deed (21) .Wiliiam Miller to Margaret Miller Date:. 29 October 1867 (22) Book in q, page 614 Warranty.Deed oe orge S. Miller and Margaret Miller, his wife, to R. L •. '1i11liams Date: March 1~69 . Book 4, page 564 ( 23) l:ortgage Jeremiah Church to R. L. Williacs & Robert McFarland Date: 16 October 1860.. l{.ortgage Book D, page 301 Sheet #8 ( 24) Quit Claim De.ed Taylor Stevens and Sarah Ellen Stevens, his wife; John Jacob Ott. and Catharine ott, ,his wife; O.'H. Herrington (body of deed Oliver H.) and Almira Herrington, his wife; ·R. H. Tolle; J. M. Still (in body ot deed James M.); Rahab 1[. St1l1; J. B~ G i l l i l a n d ' , to R. L.o Williams Date:· 12 July 1862 Book F, pass 351 ( 25) Quit Claim Deed John E. Barrett and ElizaE.Barrett, .his w1fe; Christi.9.n ~aitz and,' , Etta Raitz, his wife; H. M•.1:enger and Sophia renger, his wife.; !;ichael Glenn and rargaret Glenn, his wite; George Uiller and l.~~rgaret 1!.~ller, his wife to R. L. Williams Date: 12 July 1862 Book F,page 336 Uarch 1, 1877, Vacation of Townsite ot Franklin Seesion laws 1877 Chapter 201, ,Sect.ion 1.' 3 �5nee~ District Court, Douglas. County. Kansas ( 26) R. L. Williams and Robert MCFarland. plaintiffs vs. Jeremiah Church, defendant. • Date, 9 May 1866 journal , /1435 a. page 21 Sheet Sheriff's Deed ( 27.) 1f9. #10 ...! Henry Brown, Sh~riff, Douglas. County, Kansas to R.L •. Williams Date: 18 December 1862 Book G, pa~ 24 . Shee t· #1'1 , . Authorization . (.28) Recorded:' Book G, page 174 14 U.a.rch 1863 ".Franklin; Kansas, March 12,' 1863 .. , i . Know all men by these presents, that we the Cit·izens of the Town of Franklin authorize S. R. Hungerford,Mayor of. the Town of Franklin in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas to deed all our right, title and interest in and to the undiv ided. part of. Franklin to R •. L •. Willia.ms and we bind ourselves to abide by the acts of said riayor and to never ask or contend for any part of the undivided portion of said Town of . Franklin' provided always that for and in consideration of. the above . that R. L. 'iiilliams is to perfect the titles to the premises that. each of us now hold an.d live. on and known to' belong to us individually. J. B. Gilliland, Christian Raitz, George Uiller, Geor~ w. Herrington, Uichae1. "Glenn, John Jacob 'Ott, J. M. Still, John E. Barrett, 'raylor stevens. t: 29) 1~own Date: Deed of Franklin by Simon R~ Hungerford, 'N.JJ.yor, to R. L •. Williams 13 March 1863 . Book G, page 175 ( Named: Jame sM. st 111, George Miller, Wllliam J •. Kennedy', B. C. '1'alley, J. D. Herrlngton, Jared Carter, George W. Herrington, Richard Leach, Stephan Perklns,. Taylor Stevens, O. H. Herrington, J •. B. G1ll11and:l Eliza E.Barrett, Wil11am P. Harrington, Michael Glenn, John G. McClellan~ Henry. Johnson, Uary Ann Boote, Mlll1gan Wallace, Isaao T.olle, H. M.. Menge~. ) She.e~ (.30) Distr1ct Court, Douglas County, Kansas #212 J.Qhn ill. Wallace·, pla..lntiff,ve. R. L. Williams, Defendant ~ste: 6 October 1864 . Part of Franklin· - S~etch of .stre.ets, page 4& #12 �• Part ot Frank11n ). i , I V1ne ... ., 6 7 8 ,. 12 i i ~ "- 4 3 2 1 " '. Locust Street ...,CD· <:> !l CD J! ..., 1l. 5 til til Out Lot _ _-,------1+3 (l) Church st.reet (l) .--------~ til M 16 <1.1 r:: OJ r-4 r-4 Q) 1.0. ~ ~ Pot Frank11n Avenue 15 Spring Stree t. 4a ~ 4 11) ~ ~ 37 �I . Sheet #13 Q,uIt ClaIm Deed ,•... :. WllllaiD J. Kennedy and LucInda C. Kennedy, hIs wIfe, to R. L •. WIll1ams Da te: . 20 July. 1 8 6 8 · Book 3, page 267 '. (32) , . Mortgage . Ralph t'., WIllIams and llary WIllIams, his wIfe, to Henry GaY' Date: 9 July 1873 Mortgage, Book Q, pages 264-65 (33) Release MargIn of Mortgage !rook Q, page 265: above mortgage acknowledged' fully P!1Idon 8 JulY', 1878 to Henry Gay (W1tness, G. _We E. GrIffIth) Part1al Release Recorded: 26 December '1876 Book V, page 122 Acknowledged Litchf1eld County, Connect1cut, 20 November 1876 Release of above mortgage 1n Book Q" page 264 Sheet #14 (35) Mortgage R. L. Wil11ams and Mary W11l1ams, h1s w1fe. t,o C. T. Cavaness Date I'. '3 November 1876 Book U, page 621 Release ( 36) ,Above mortgage of C. t. Cavanes,sof Lyons County, Kansas paId 1nfull on 8 Augus t 1877_, Recor,ded: 15 February 1878 Book W, page 279 ( 31) Jlor t gage Ralph L. WIl11ams and N.aryVi111Iams, h1s w1fe, to Henry Gay of the f1rm of G1lbert & Gay Da te : 11 AUgUB t 1877 1~ortgage Book V. page 559 (38) Release ?!.arga1n of 1!ortgage Book V, page 559: to Henry Gay on 1 November 1881. Above mortgage paid in full Sheet #15 ' (39) , t~ortgage r~alph L.·~V1111ams and "Mary WIllIams, hIs wIfe, to G. 'H. E. GrIffIth ))~te: (40) 19 Decezr.ber 1879 . r.:ortgage Book Y, pages '415-17 Release " ' t:arg1n of I/.ortgaga' Book Y, page 416: Payment 1n full of above note a.cknow1:edged by G. "N. ~. Gr1ff 1 the (!lec oi-ded on sa Id m3.rg1n, 1 Nov. 1881. 5 �(41) ' • 0 'Taylor Stevens, and Sarah stevens, his wlte" to R., L.o Willlams Da te:. 30 May 1868, • ,Book 24, page 495' ::' ,,- " ; .... \ Q,uit C1.a:1m Deed " (42,) Mortgage - - L.o Wl1liams and. Mary W1lliams, hls' wife, 'to Davld G. Swain Ralp}t Date: : _29 October 1881: Mortgage' Book' 2., pagp 250 >! Sheet #16 Release ., ,(43)' . .. Margln, Soak 2,' page 250:. Pay~ent. in full ot above mortgage to' Dav id G. Swain., Rec orded 21 January. 1887. on sald margln., On o (44) Warranty Deed, . R. ' , i .. Wllliams and Mary. Wl111ams, his wife, to Ritt1Patterson Date:: 17 May 1884 Book 34, page 498 Affidavit, Retti Patterson, duly sworn, states that she is the t'Ritt,i Patterson" "(husband H. C. Patterson) me'nt1oned in Book 39, page .167. Also states that she 1s ment10ned ln 'I'/arranty Deed of 'Book 34, pag,e 498. ~ecorded: 3 November 1898 Book 64, pa~ 194 , . Sheet '#17 (46) Warranty. Deed -' Retti. Patterson'and H. a~. Patterson to Frederick E. Brooks and Royal C. Bradshaw, partne rs unde r the name of' Brooks &: Bradshaw. Book 39. page.167 Date: 23 September 1885 (47) Bond For Deed .. Freder1ck E. Brooks and Royal C. B~adshaw with Homer W. ~oore Date: 20 Novembe r 1886 Book 40, page 17 (Acknowledged 21 January 1886 1n Shawnee County, Kansas) (48) Agreement Freder1ck E. Brooks and Royal C. Bradshaw \flth Homer W Moore. Date: 20 January 1886 BOok 40, pa~ 18 II Shee.t #18 (49) ','arranty Deed Froder1ck E•. BroCks, Susan A~ Brooka'(hls w1fe) a.nd Royal C. Bradshaw to Homer W.' Uoore. Dn,te: 20 Janua.ry 1886 ' Book 40, page 15 ( 50) Warranty Deed Royal C. Bradshaw and Eva M. Bradshaw, his Wife, to Homer W,. Moore' 29 January 1 8 8 6 ' 'Book 41, P~se 422 (Ack.nowledged 25 Fe bru!lry 1886 1n Sh!J.wnce County, K!lllsae) :0.'1 te: 6 , 0 , ' �, ' ( 51) ... 11 " . I::' ,:! ". .-1 Mortgage H. \ W. Moore and Mar1um L. Moore, h1s w1fe, to Frederiok E. Brooks and Roya1'C. Bradshaw. • . Mortgage Book'll, pages 415-17 'Date: 20 January 1886 (Acknowledged 20 January 1886 in Shawnee County, Kansas) (52} . Ass1gnment. . Frede'rickE. Brooks and Royal C. Bradshaw to M. p~ Hillyer. Date: 6 February 1886 'Book 11, page 488 , (On ,margin appears v1z:, "For mortgage - see page 415") (53) Re1~aee i~~rgin of Mortgage Book 11, 'page 416: Rece ived of Homer W. Moore . the within named mortgagee, a new mor~ga~ 1n fullsatiefaction:of the within mortgage. Signed by M.P. Hillyer. ' Recorded 21 January 1887 on said margin. ( 54) Mortgage' Homer R. Moore and May L. Iloore, his wife, to the Connecticut. Mutual . Lire Insurance Company._ Date:~ 1 November 1886 Mortgase Book 15, p3ge 26 Sheet #20 .) '--~ ( 55) .. . Mortgage' ( 56) W'a.rranty Deed Homer W. Moore and Mar. L. Moore, .llis wife,_ to "Fred'erick Eo Brooks and ~oyal C." Bradshaw t. _ _ Date: 20 January 1886 l~ort,gage Book 15, page 118 Homer W., A~oore and Uay L.· N.oore, his 'wife, to John Wilk1ns. Data: 2 Dscember 1886 . Book 43, 'page 64 ( 57) warrant'y Deed John Wilk1ns and S. E~ Wilkins~h1s wife, to J. S~ E~erson~ Date: 18 January 1887 'Sook 44, page 33 Sheet #21 ( 58) lI:ortgg.ge James S. Emerson and Jane E~erson, h1s.wife, to ~argaret A. Emerson. Date: 23 February 1887 J':ortg!1ge Book 14, p3[5es 594-95 (Acknowledged 23 February 1887 1n Ellsworth County, Kansas) .( 59) Release' It.james S~ E:merson, ~:ortgagor to ?largaret A. Emerson, t-:ortgagseAssignee. D9. ted 13 September 1887 (Recorded' pages 594-95, l.!ortgage Book 14, Douglas County, Kans~s" . (Acknowledged 13 September 1887 1n Ellsworth Co~nty, K9.naasl 7 �Shoet /121 Wa.rranty Deed' (60) jamos S~. Eme.rao.n and Je'9.nnle Einerson, hls wlfe, to George ~Asterson. Da.te: 27 August 1 8 8 7 . , · Book 44, page 462 Acknowledged 27 Aug. 1887 b~ Jeannle Emerson In Ellsworth crounty, Ks.· Acknowledged 10 Sept. 1887 by ,James S·~ Emerson in Jackson County, Mo., Shaet #22 'fla.rranty. Deed (61) .,' ~ orge W. Masters·on & Hephzlbah Masterson (hls wlfe) g to Julia.. D•. Summers. . D~te: 9.July.188S . Book 46, pasa 448 Acknowledged 9 July ~1888 in Elleworth County, Kansas' Distrlct. Court, Douglas, County, Ks., 26 N~vember l88S' (62 #6198 The Connecticut Mutuai Lite Insurance' Comp~ny, ' Plaint iff', vs. Homer W. Moore, Marl, L •. Moore, John Wilkins 1'1 a~ E. WIlkins, James 5-., Emerson, Jeannie Emerson, ,George W. M3.sterson, Frederick E. Brooks" RoYe.l C •. Bradshaw, Julia D. Summers, Defendendants:. , , (1· August, 1888, eaid defend~nts not found In Douglas County",Ks.) (63) . District Court, Douglas County, ,Ks., 26 November 1888 '116233 ' Go orge M. Noble,' Plaintiff ,vs • Homer W·~ Moore, Marium r:., ... Moore, . Freder1ck E •. Brooks, Roy~l C. Bradshaw, M•. p~, Hillyer,George W. Masterson, Julia D. Summers, Defendants., (continued) . - Sheet #23 Date: 8 February 1889, Journal, 0, page 161 •. ' ConsolIdat1on of items 62 & 63 into, one act10n for tr1al.: '~ D9.te:, 10 Aug. 1889 •. Order for sale issued for sale or sw, 1/4 of NE 1/4 (and other land) ot SectIon 10, TWp •. 13, Range 20, Douglas County, Kansas •. Sheriff's Sale The ConnectIcut Mutual LIfe Insurance Compo.ny, Pla1ntlff' vs •. Homer W. Moore, et aI" Def~nda.nts (Sheet #24) On Saturday, the 14th, of September', 1889, at 1'l...:llf past one o'clock In the afternoon at.the front door of the court house in the city of L.<\.wrence, Dougla.s County," Kansas, for sale at public auctIon to hIghest" &: best bldder tor ca.sh ln hand, all right. title & Interest or above~ ,ment1oned defendants. ,( 12 Aug. 1889 by SherIff A'. Love) 11 !~ovember 1889, Journal 0, p!lge 410. Above real estate sold to George !!. Noble for $3800 (225 3.c::res, more 01- Ieee). By hie a.Sent, ~r. L •. Durrnam. Sheet #25 ( 64) Sherlff's -Deed " , -~thar1fr, ,Douglas County, Kansas to George M. Noble - Dat,s: ,30 November 1889 Book 50, page 578 (Ack'gd 30 Nov •. 1889 beforeL. ,5. Steel,e, N. ,P., Douglas County, Ks.) . 8 �Sheet #25 (cont.) Q,uit Claim peed (65) George M. ~oble and Eva.R. Noble, his wife, to Frederick E. Brooks Dates 30 November. 1 8 8 9 · Book 50, page 580 Acknowledged 3.0· November 1889 1n Shawnee County, Ka.nsas Trust Deed (66) '. . Frederick E.Brooks and Susalb E. Brooks, his wife,· to ,the Kansas Loan and Trust· Company., Trustee, party. ·ot the second part and H. C. Flower,' party of the'third .part. Date: 1 November 1889 Mortgage Book 22, pages 165-69 . Acknowledged 2 December 1889 in Shawnee County, Kansas Sheet /126 Release , (67.) t:argln of !.~ortgageBook 22, page 165:. Mortgage above paid in full on 6 November 1894 to Theodore Pcehler. '\'iitness:.: james Brooks, Register of Deeds • . Release (68) t~argin of Mortgage Book 22, page 1661. 'This mortgag~ paid in full to H.' C. flower on 28 F~bruary. 1903. Recorded 2 March 1903 on said margil1 Release (69) The Kansas Loan and Trust. Company, Trustee, by George M. Noble, vice president -. owner-of. note - to Freder1ck E. Brooks and Susan E. Brooks, his wife. . . Da.te: 29 October 1894 Book 29, page 126 Acknowledged 29 October 1894 by George M. Noble 1n Shawnee County, Kans Sh,eet #27 Mortgage (1 0 ) Frederick E. Brooks and Susan A. Brooks, his wife, to the Kansas Loan a. nd Trus t C'ompa ny • • Date: 1 November 1889 ~ortgage Book 22, page 169 Release (71) "~argin of Mortgage Book 22, page 169: Above mortgage· paid 1n full and 1s released by George M. Noble of the Kansas Loan&: Trust Company. Recorded 10 November 1894 on said margin. ·.Varranty Deed (72) .. Frederick E.Brooks and Susan Date: 20 rarch 1890 A~ Brooks, his Wife, to Levi Wilhelm. Book 53, pago· la9 ','larranty Deed I (13) I Levi· ',Vllhelm and Rachel Wilhelm, his wife~to 'Emmer E. Horner. Date': 21 !larch 1891 Boqk 53, page, 191 Acknowledged 21 1~arch 1891 1n Jefferson County, Kansas . 1 .1 1 .. ' o �. Sheet #28 Wa.rranty Deed (7 4 ) Emmer. E. Hornor and Levi Horndrto R •. C. Johnston Date I 28 March 1891_ Book 52, page 61' Mortgage (75) R. C. Johnston and Helene A. Johnston,. his wif'e,.~ to'r1ilder S. Metcalfe Da.te: .' 1 November 1894 Mortgage. Book 29, pages 1~4-25 Assignment. (76) - - Wilder S·~ Metcalfe to H~ M•. K •. Haskell Date: 8 April 1898 Book 33, page 254 Sheet #29 Re.lease i1argln of w.ortga~e Book 29, page 125: AbOV. e note' paid in full by . H. M. K. Deacon (formerly·H. ?I.. K. Haskell) on 7 August 1899. (Sworn, statement. by, Irying \1. L·retcalfe. that _he is personally acquainted w1th H. M. K. Deacon.and knows her to be the same person, as H•. M. 'K •. Haskell) ,', (78)' . {\ Patent • united states of America by the'Pres1dent to Daniel Scannell • Date: 25 February 1870 Book 7, page 456 , (The above is taken from the record of a certified copy from the records at Wash1ngton, D. e.l ('79) Warranty Deed .Dan1el·Scannell and Julia A. Scannell, his wife. to JohnK. Stone. Date: II' April 1859 . Sook B, page· 313 Acknowledged 11 April 1859. Douglas C'ounty. Kansas Territory Sheet #30 .(80) Recorded: Sheriff's Deed Book F,. page 600 1 Decsmber 1862 'i'Know all men by these presents that whereas Jlalt~llvers Solomon, . admin1strator of John stroup d1d by the judgment of the District C:ourt w1thin and for the county of Douglas and Territory of Kansas at the October term thereof A. D.~ 1859 recov~r Judgment against .Dan1el Scannell for the sum of ~289.00 a,nd costs of suit and it Ws,s 1'ubther ordered that. in default of the payment of the Judgment by t,he said Daniel Scannell. the N 1/2 Section .10, Twp. 13. ~ange 20 E:ast. in Douglas County, Kansas should be sold". Sele of the above land is··a.qknowledged by Sheriff Henry Brcwn of Douglas . County. Kansas on 29 .November 1862, before Louis Carpenter, Judge of the Probate Court o~ ~ouglas County, Kansas. Land s·old to ~. Sol~!Dcm. '( Records of the sa1d Ocurt were destroyed by t1re August 21, 1863 •. ) 10 �Sheet. #31 Warranty Deed (81) " ..; ..... John stroup, by his attornoy 1.n fact, George VI. 'Smith, and Minerva J. stroup" his wite, to Levi J. 3perry • Datel 14 January' 1865 (82) 0';"', . . Po~er Book K, page 57" Of At~orney >!, John Stroup to George W~ Smith No ·Da,te Recorded: 2 April 18~3 Book G', page 255 Acknowledged 26 Febr~ary' 1~63 in Green County, MIssouri. (83) , Mortgage Levi J. Sperry and' Nancy J. Sperry, his wife~ to Henry Stevens Date: . 17 April 1873 Mortgage 'Rook Q, page 15 (84) . - Release (85) Mortga.ge Sheet #32 J.~arginof mortgage book Q, page 15: 1878 to Henry Stever-aS., Payment 1n full on 23 April Levi J. Sp~rry and Nancy J. Sperry, his Wife, to Yary Stevens D9. te: 20 Apr1l 1978 ,Mortgage Book W, . page 438 (86) Release !:a.rgln of mortgage "book \'l, page 438:. Payment 1n full of above mortgage to II~Rry Stevens on 7. May 187.8. Recorded 10 Uay 1878 on sald m9.rgln. ( 87) Mortgage Lev 1 J. Sperry. and Nancy J •. Sperry, his w lfe, to Allce I!. Beers D9.te:. 7 'U~'y1878 ?I:ortgage Book W, p9.ges 485-86 I • (88) , , Sheet #33 Release Payltont in full o'f above mortgage by Lev 1 J. Sperry and Nancy, hls wlfe, to Alice M. Beers (now Al1ce ll~ Risdow) of t.he city o't Ann Arbor and state of !llchlgan:and recorded 1n 11ber W of mortgages on page.s 485,.486,487 on 8 May 1878. ' .\cknowledged 12 October 1883 1n Ill:ishtenaw County, 1£1ch1gan. (89 ) ll!ortgage L. J.·Sperry to'Edward Russell Date: 1 January 1885 'l~ortgage 11 Book 8, page 486 �Sheet II}} (cont •. ) . (90) Release y.argin of mortgage book 8, page 486:: Above· mortgage acknowledged paid in full to ·Edward Russell-on 19 January 1886., Recorded 2} January 1886 on sa.id margin., (91) Dietrict .Court, Douglas County.• Kansas. #5502 'Appearanc~ Dockf!t. I,~ p'age' 609. . ' Nancy Jane .Sperry, .Plaintlff va. L. J •. Sperry, Defendant. . 30 July 1884:. Petltlon flIed asklng for a divorce and alimony. Summons issued. '. . 23 December 1885: . Journal M, 'page 207, divorce granted. Plaintiff granted land '(Section IO,Twp. 13, Range 20' and ethe~ land) as a.limony. Sheet /134 . Q,ultClaim Deed (92) . Lev 1 J .' Sperry, ari unmarr1ed man, to Nancy J •. Sperry Date: ' 6 January 1886· Beok 40, page 69 (93) Mortgage Mrs. Nancy J. Sperry (slrigle) to·W·. C. Beardsley. Date:. 1 Narch 1886 t~ortgage Book 12, page 84 (94) Release rtargln of J,~ortgage Book 12, page 84:. Above mortgage acknowledged . pald lHo full on 22 ,December 1892 to W. 0' •. Beardeley. Recorded 27 Dece:nber 1892 on sald margln. (95) Warranty Deed Nancy J. Sperry, an·unmarrled woman, to R •. C.' Johnston Date: ' 20 January 1887 Book 43, pase 190 Sheet #35 I (96) t I I ! • Mortgage R. C. Johnston and Helene A'. 'Johnston, his wlfe, to W.1ll1am T-. S1nclair Date: 1 March 1892 Mortgage Book 24, page 465 (97) Assignment .W1ll1am T.51nclair to Helen E. Allen Date:. 24 March i892 Book 26, page 27 (S~le and aes1gnment of above mortgage, mortgasa book 24, page 465.) (98) Ass1gnment Halen·E. Allen to :aTs.Th1rza D. Ham. Date: 10 Janu!lry 1898 (Sale and asslgnmentof above. mortgage, mortg9.ge book 24, 'p!lge 465.) 12 �• , ... :' \ .. . : . I , ,' . Sheet H}5lcont.l Relea.se Margin of mortgage b.ook 24, page) 465: Mortgage above paid in full on .8 August 1899 to Mrs. Thirza D. Ram •. Recorded 8 August 1899'on said margin. Witnoss i H. C. Vaughn • Sheet #36 " Distriot~Court, (100) #900S Douglas County, Kansas . • I . Robert C. Johns.ton, Plaintiff, vs. James McKensey, B. C. Talley, H. M. Menger~ J. D•. Herrington, Jared Carter, Stephen Perk1ns, RIchard Leach, Henry Johnson, Willi~m p~ 'Herrington, Mary Ann Boote, N.lttlgan V(al1ace, Isaac Tolle, Robert Charles, 'John K. Stone,: smith' Herron, John F.'Soulkie, Catherine Soulkle,. John Stroup, zachariah Stroup, Jar::es stroup, William Stroup, Maltravers Solomon,'aqministrator of Estate of John Stroup, deceased, and the unknown heirs of . sald defendants excep~ J. D. Herrington, Defendants..... 28 A~ay 1898: Petitlon f1led by Pla1nt1ft In actlon to qu1et tltle, claiming legal title to SVl 1/4 of NE. 1/4: of Section 10 for more. t'han 15 years. PetIt10n accompan1ed by affldavlt that all defendants exceptJ. D. Herrington are non-resIdents of Kansas. SUmmons 1ssued and returned on J. D. Herr1ngton only, all other defendants not found. St,'lte. of Kansas, . County of Douglas, 7 November 1898. . . Journal N, page 4€ . Court f1nds that all defendants except J. D. Herrington are and were at commencement of th1s act1on, non-residents of Kansas. P1aint1ff ls thereby to have his t1tle and possess1on of sa.id land quieted aga1nst all of sald.defendants. Sheet #31 (101) N.ortgage Robert C. Johnston and Helene A. Johnston, wife, to the l:utua.l Benef1t. Llfo Insurance Company, a corporation of New Jersey . D3te: 1 July 1899 'l:ortgage Book 37, page 176 (102) Sat1.sfactlon Uqrgin of mortgage book 37, page176: ~ort~ge above acknowledged paid In full to· the Mutual Be·neflt Life Insurance Company. Recorded 16 January 1907 ~n sald marg1n. (103 ) . warranty Deed Robert C. John~ton and Helene A. Johnston, W1fe, to Eli Cole D3te: 19 Aprl1 1 9 0 2 ' Book 72, p3ge 40 . (104) . She~t . Warranty Deed. 1!!:11 Cole and Lucy Cole, h1s w1fe,to Jefferson D. A'.a.rtln Ihte·: 7 Febr.uary.1906 Book 81,p~ge 358 13 #38 �,Sheet. ( 105) ", '\, /138 (con~.) Mortgage, ' Jefferson D~ Martin and J. Ella Martin, husband and w1fe, to Mutual Benefit· Life ,Insurance, a.Corpbration ~nder .. the laws ,'of New JerB~y Date:. 1 November 1906.. Mortgage Book 44, pages 243-46 R~lease N.arginor,mortg,ag~ book 44, page 243: Mortgage above ncknow16dged pa1d in ~ull to Mutua.l Benef1t Life Insurance Company. Recorded 27 J\ugust 1914 'on said margin. .: , Shee t #39 llort,gage (107) Jefferson D. Jtartin and J. Ella M:1rt1n, his, w1fe, to J. O. Shannon Date:, 31 october 1906 ' 1~ortgage Book 43, page 355 (108) . Release' l$.rgin or mortgage book 43,' page 355: 1.·:ortgage above acknowledged' paid in full to J. o. Shannon. Recorded 11 A!ay 1914 on sald marg1n., Sheet #43 (120) , Warranty Deed .. 'Jefferson D. 1~artln and Joseph Ella llartln (also known as J. Ella), h1s ·wife!, to James Edward 1/;a.rtln and 'bry Edna. lls.rtln, his w1fe. Date: 14 January 1930 ' Book 147, page 152 ' 14 �INDEX:.' ,,~ :., • . McClelland, 2, 4 McFarland, 3, J~ }~cKenE\ey':, 13 McXlns7, 1 Mart l.n, .13, 14 1-rasterso~,. 8 Menger, 2, 3, 4, 13 Metcalfe, '10 Ml11er, 3, 4 J!koore, 6, 7, 8 Allen, 12 Barrett, 1, 2, 3, . 4 Barrltt,.l, 2 Bea.rds1ey, 12 Beers, 11 Bishop, 1 'Boote, 4, ·13 Bradshaw, '6, 1, 8 Srooks, 6, 7, 8, 9 Brown, 4, 10 . Noble, 8, 9 Carpent9r, 10 Carte r, 4, 13 Cavo.ne ss, 5. Cha.r1es, 1, 13 Church, I, 2, 3, 4 Cole, 13 Ott, 3, 4 Patterson, 6· perklns, 4, 13 Poehler, 9 Ra1tz, 3, 4Risdon, 11 Russell, 11, 12 Deacon, 10 . Durrnam, 8 Emerson, 7, 8 3canne11,.10 Shannon, 14, S1nclair, 12 .Smlth, 11 Solomon, 10, 13 Sou1kle, 13 Spald1ng, 1 S'perry, . II, 12 Stoele, 8 stevens, 3, 4, 6,1~ St1ll, 3, 4 f)tone, 10,13 stroup,' 4, 10, 11, 13 Summers, 8 Swa1n, 6 Gay, 5 Gilbert, 5 Gil11land, 3, 4 Glenn, 3, 4 . Grlfflth,'3,4 Ham, 12, 13 Harrington, Herrington, Herron, 13 Hillyer, .1, Hornor, 9 Hornor, 10 Horton, 1· Hungerford, 4 3, .4, 13 8 Talley, 2, 4, 13 4 Vaughn, 13 Johnaon, 4, 13 John~ton, 10, 12, 13 Wallace, I, 2, 4, 13 W1lhelm, 9 Vl11k1no, 7, 8 W1l11ams, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 Kennedy, 4, 5' Leach, 4,13 Love, 8 15 �HISTORY OF TERRITORIAL LECOMPTON, KANSAS By the" Centennial Committee (See page 16) �- HISTORY OF TERRITORIAL LECOMPTON by The Centennial Committee (See page 16) Lecompton, Kansas, is located in the northwestern part of Douglas County, on the Kansas River. It has an elevation of846 feet. Topeka is located eighteen miles west of it, and Lawrence is twelve miles east of town. It is located amongst seven hills, which are tree covered; along the river to the southward lies a beautifully rolling farm region. It is believed that the site of Lecompton, Kansas, was first visited by French traders who followed the Kansas River as they ventured to explore the west for fur trade with the Indians in the first part of the eighteenth century. By an Act of May 26, 1830, Kansas Territory was designated as Indian Reservation. The tribes east of the Mississippi were encouraged to go there and were promised aid. Indian ReservationAgents . and missionaries were allowed in that territory, but it was not open to white settlement. By 1850, due to the pressure of settlers desiring to move west, the land was purchased from the Indians, and they were persuaded to move to new and smaller reservations. In May of 1854, Kansas was organized as a territory, by the Kansas Nebraska Act, with the right of settlement. The state was to be settled and then at such time as it had reached the necessary . population quota and was desirous of becoming a state, it could by popular election, decide if it wished to be slave or free state. This condition immediately interested both the north and the south, and each started fundi raising expeditions to send emigrants to Kansas. The balance of power between the two sections of the country ·was so evenly matched, that could either section obtain the dominarice in Kansas, it would be greatly to the advantage of both north and south. Accordingly, each started sending settlers to Kansas. The first actual settler at Lecompton seems to have been William R Simmons, who had previously joined J. H. Lane's regiment in Indiana, and fought in the Mexican .War, during which war he received two major wounds. In March, 1852, Mr. Simmons left Indiana and wandered on foot along the Kansas River, until he came upon what was later to be the site of Lecompton, Kansas, where he took a squatter's right claim. Mr. Simmons immediately started a ferry across the Kansas River. Ely Moore recounts in an address, a visit he had with Mr. Simmons. Moore, on his way to Fort Leavenworth with an order for troops to keep trespassers off Indian Lands, stopped at the future town of Lecompton where he heard there was a ferry. There he spied a man sitting astride a log skinning a catfish. Without eve~ looking up, the man saluted Moore with these words, "Stranger, light and look at your saddle," meaning "Dismount and rest". After a few words Moore inquired about a fem. Mr. Simmons pointed to a huge sycamore log some twenty feet long, five feet in diameter and with a center excavation about five feet in length. "Thar's the ferry", he explained, "and hyar's the ferryman."· Noting a slight distrust in Moore's manner, he added, "Don't feel skeery mister, for she's as dry as a Missourian's throat and as safe as the American flag!" . With that they embarked on the "Fairy Queen", as the ferryman termed the sycamore log, and were soon afloat on the Kaw, with but a single paddle to guide and propel them. The only mishap sustained while crossing, was to the horse, who as he swam after the boat, was struck on the shoulder 1 �by a huge drifting log, turning him completely over. However, he soon recovered from the shock and struck out for shore. Somewhat later a ferry boat larger (sic) enough to transport a stage coach and six or eight horses were used to cross the river. In the fall of 1854, Dr. Rodrique and A. G. Boone started out to explore that part of Kansas, their object being primarily to locate claims for themselves and incidentally to select an eligible site for the capital of the territory. . They traveled in thei~ own conveyance and were a~tended by a driver who did duty as a cook. When night overtook them, they camped, pitched their tent, picketed their horses and "roughed it". There were but few roads and little opportunity to get information, as everyone they met, was like they were, explorers. In the absence of roads they did the next best thing and followed the river. By following this from Rock Crossing, then in the course of a few miles coming upon what is now Lake View, which was so large and impractical to cross, they decided to camp for a day, and while the horses wereresting, and the cook replenishing their food supply, to reconnoiter on foot. ·It was early in the morning when they started and the grass and undergrowth was covered with dew. By the time they had gone three or four miles they were wet to the skin . . At length they came to a ridge that terminated abruptly at the river. They climbed to the summit and sat down under a big tree to rest. The longer they rested the less inclined they were to go further. "I think we have gone far enough, Colonel," said Rodrique, and Boone replied that he was about to say the same thing. As the beauty of the landscape impressed itse}fmore and more upon them, they became enthusiastic and predicted that in the great amphitheater of the hills before and below them, that a great metropolis would arise, and would command the admiration of the whole state. Dr. Rodrique pointed down the slope, indicating a spot he would make his pome, (which later lJecame the old graveyard east of town, and where he was subsequently buried). Boone said it was difficult to decide among so many beautiful locations, but he would stay. somewhere. Then the question of a name was discussed. Rodrique suggested "Eureka' , but Boone obj ected and then Rodrique suggested, "Hazel Doll". Boone let out a roaring laugh and proposed "PellMell". "Oh!" said Rodrique, "I know what you want to call it, Boonboro." "No, I don't/' retorted Boone, "but I consider that more appropriate than yo~r sentimental nonsense." Just then a great bird left its· nest in a big sycamore, that stood near by, and as the two watched its flight, Rodrique turned to Boone and said, "Why not call it 'Bald Eagle'?" "It's a go, "said Boone. "I'll consent to that much nonsense- we dedicate it Bald Eagle; let it soar." During the winter of 1854-1855, Samuel D. LeCompte of Maryland, was appointed Federaf Judge of the territory. His good character had been liberally heralded throughout the territory and so in his honor the name of the town was changed from Bald Eagle to Lecompton, as it was felt Bald Eagle· was not a dignified enough name for a town that was a proposed capital. . The men returned to Missouri and at once set about organizing a town company. Elias Armstrong, . a half breed Wyandotte Indian, who had been given a concession ofland for services to his tribe, located afloat on the fractional section and started something of interest in inducing settlers to come to Kansas. The start was slow as the Free State papers would not mention the project because of its southern affiliations, and the Pro-Slavery papers feared it was a rival town and refused to print . . anything about it. 2 �- The Lecompton Town Company was finally organized at the Pottawatomie Agency and consisted ofJudge LeCompte, President: John Haldermen, Secretary; Daniel Woodson, Treasurer; George Clark and Chauncey Donaldson. They decided to send men to the west to locate definitely a town site. . The last of July, 1854, there were four men who arrived at Bald Eagle. They were Dr. Rodrique, Colonel Boone, Samuel Jones, and Major Lyman Evans. Stopping to rest on Court House Hill, they heard a snapping.and crackling of brush, after which a man in tattered garments, hatiess, with hair awry, and a very red face, jumped into their midst, exclaiming, "I saw your smoke and smells a fuss. What are young doing hyar? This air my land, plumb sure and nobody can jump it with a whole skin. Do un's hear my clatter?" This was ferryman Simmons, guarding his claim against jumpers. However; after a parley and a pressing invitation to join them in a good supper, diplomacy won. Simmons was to possess one eighth of the city, free of expenses. Thus the town site was practically established. In. the spring of 1855, the town company held a meeting and reported that D. H. Harting had surveyed the town site, consisting of 600 acres, and had laid out the principal streets and blocks. It was the design and expectation that Lecompton would become the capital and a large city as well; therefore, the streets were planned to be 75 feet wide, to accommodate the traffic of such a place. In the summer of 1853, a caravan of settlers, of which Mrs. Rachel Jane Coulter Todhunter was one, camped at Lecompton, where buffalo and all sorts of wild game abounded. These people decided to stay, and built a cabin and dug a well. This well became the watering place fo~passing trains, and a camping spot for emigrants. Some of these men returned to Missouri in the fall. They came back in the spring of 1854 with their families. As soon as the Land Office opened, Mr. Todhunter filed on his claim. During the month of May, 1855, a steamer came up the river. The settlers were so over-joyed to see the boat and its occupants that they prevailed upon the captain to tie up for a day and a night and give the people a ball. It was a memorable occasion. Mrs. Todhunter joined in the festivities and danced with Governor Reeder. She also helped serve a . dinner to members of the territorial legislature in the Constitutional Hall. During the territorial conflict when there were raids on the settlers' homes, and much horse stealing, single shot rifles were the only available defense. In emergencies it required more than one ri fle if there was to be more than one shot. Mr. Todhunter kept a group of loaded guns in a comer of his cabin. One evening upon hearing a disturbance at his horse corral, he hurriedly reached for a gun, accidently discharging it, killing himself. Mrs. Todhunter was left a widow with three children, but she remained on the farm. Later she became Mrs. W. R. McCarty, and they falmed their original 160 acres. This is probably the oldest farm in the state in continuous ownership . . In 1854, a small group settled around Lecompton. They were A. W. and A. G. Glenn, father and son; G. W. Zinn, J. G. McClanahan, David Martin, M. S. Winter, and William Shirley. The McClanahan and Zinn families traveled together to Lecompton from Missouri, in covered wagons. There was, then, no sign of habitation where the city of Lawrence now stands. Where the future Lecompton was to be located, there was but a single log cabin. The families continued westward for miles and finally decided to locate on the Kansas River. The McClanahans built a preemption cabin to live in until a large one could be built. The following year, a two room log house was built. It consisted of a large kitchen and a smaller room adjoining, There was a large fireplace in the north end of the kitchen and a smaller one on the east side ofthe small room. The kitchen fire place was used as a place to cook. They used a dutch ox 3 �- oven over which they raked coals and baked their breads and other foods. Their food consisted mostly of meat, both tame and wild, breads, and what vegetables tQey could raise. They used grease lamp for lighting. It consisted of a covered bowl containing two spouts, one on either side, out of each protruded a wick. This made a dull smoky light. Soon, on. a trip to Leavenworth after supplies, Mr. McClanahan came home with candle molds and wicking with which to make candles that produced a better light than the grease lamps. A few years later a kerosene lamp was obtained; and to their delight they had a lovely, yellow, glowing light. Their clothing was very simple, the first few years, consisting mostly of garments made of a coarse shirting material. As the McClanahans kept sheep, they sheared them, washed the wool', and the children spent a great de'al of time picking burrs from it. . It was then sent to a carding mill at Leavenworth, Kansas, where it was carded and made into yam. Later Mrs. McClanahan obtained a spinning wheel and spun the yam for the family. All the women of the family knitted and the evenings were spent inknitting socks and various other articles. These woolen socks were worn the year around, as they were the only ones obtainable. Shoes were bought only when a trip was made to a trading post, as at Leavenworth. Whenever the family went visiting or to church in the summer, if they walked, the children went barefooted until they were within sight of their destinat.ion, and then sat down and put on the shoes which they had carried. Shoes were scarce and relatively expensive, therefore, they were to be treasured. . Upon completing the cabin, Mr. McClanahan had made rude chairs, a table, and beds. In the winter, the family slept on feather beds, using another feather bed for covering. This was a' very warm covering, and very needed in a drafty log cabin. The cabin was well chinked and .weather tight, but even so, the doors and windows didn't fit as tightly as in a frame dwelling. Mr. McClanahan later made two walnut cupboards from boards sawed out of logs on the place. These cupboards were used for storing dishes and food. Later a carpenter at Tecumseh made·a six foot long, drop leaf table, and a Mr. Spencer at Big Springs made anumber of chairs, that had hand woven, hickory bark bottoms. One of these was a large rocking chair and is still in·use. There were still Indians scattered around, but they were friendly with the family. It was a cardinal rule among the settlers, that should an Indian corne to the cabin, to give him whatever he wanted, never cross him, as he became ugly. One day an Indian squaw came to the McClanahan cabin, and spying the small daughter Martha playil!g with a tiny cup, demanded it. Normally, Mrs. McClanahan would have instantly given her what she desired, but it was the only toy the child had. It was unlikely that she could get another, because it had been brought from their home in Missouri, so she refused. The child cried, and the Indians squaw insisted. Finally the harried woman said, "No, it belongs to my papoose." The Indian squaw was then satisfied, as Indians were notorious child spoilers, and left. It was unusual for the Indians to ask for things other than food. One fall after Mr. McClanahan had . butchered, an Indian buck appeared and asked for "hoggy" meat. He gave him a head and some jowl. The Indian then asked for a sack, which they greatlyprized. Mr. McClanahan found him one and away he went. Soon another Indian appeared, asking for meat. Mr. McClanahan offered head .and jowl to him. He also asked for a sack. but Mr. McClanahan said he had no more. Whereupon, the Indian pulled a sack from inside the front of his garment, filled it with the meat and left. Sacks were of great interest to the Indians, as theirs that they contrived were so clumsy and heavy, and not as easily carried. . Somewhat later, when the Indians were almost gone, an old Indian buck came to the house and 4 �asked for something to eat. Mrs. McClanahan had just finished churning and had a great deal of . butter milk setting there in the chum. The Indian grabbed up a cup, and drank and drank. Mrs. McClanahan feared he wouid burst. Suddenly he clapped his hand over his mouth, ran for the yard, and was violently sick. Just then, and old squaw came riding into the yard, intent on asking for food also. She stopped to converse with the sick buck, who warned her away, whether he told her, he had been poisoned or what, they never knew, as the Indians never came again. There was little social life for these people for the first few years, only an occasional visitor, or a chance to go to church. School was later held three months in the summer for the girls ~nd three months in the winter for the boys. The purpose of this was to send the boys when there was little else for then to do. The children studied and played games as they have always done. They played ball with homemade balls. They played King William, which was a favorite with the girls. The year following the arrival ofthe McClanahans and Zinns, the Zinn 's daughter, Ann, died. Mr. McClanahan made coffins for the settlers, so he made one for little Ann, and she was taken to Big Springs and buried on the George Duncan place. Next day Mr. Zinn got to worrying abo.ut water getting into the tiny coffin, so he and Mr. McClanahan drove in the lumber wagon to the burial pla'ce, disinterr,ed her, brought her back to the Zinn place and buried her in a field on the western edge of the farm, in what later became Maple Grove Cemetery. He gave an acre of that field to be llsed as a local cemetery; later another acre was added to this tract. This cemetery was used by the community, but subsequently was organized and used by the town also . . There were two other burial places in territorial Lecompton, one located on the hill east of town and called the Bald Eagle Cemetery, where Boone and Rodrique had sighted the Bald Eagle, and another south ofto~n, known as the Migliario Cemetery In 1855; Moses McCall, Major Lyman Evans, F. P. Walter, John Damm, Aloyius Riedmuller, and others came. In August of 1856, Carolyn Wetheim and John Jacob Bahnmaier, immigrants from Germany, came to Lecompton, and were later married. They settled on a farm southwest of Lecompton, where they lived the restof their lives. Riedmuller, Walter, and Damm were stone masons, who came here from Ohio to ply their trade and take up land. They were owners ofland warrants that had been issued to soldiers of previous wars. These warrants were issued in blank, and filled in later when the description of the place was available. After the warrants had been proved, that is the homestead requirements fulfilled, a land patent was issued by the United States Land Patent Office. F. P. Walter filled out his land warrant, built a cabin, and in February ~f 1856 went to Germany to obtain a bride and visit his parents. He was backby August of that year. While he was gone, a squatter built a shelter on a comer of his land, preparatory to taking over the claim .. To discourage him, Walter, Riedmuller, and Bahnmaier would hide in the scrub brush at the, top of the hill, and fire their guns down over the squatter's shelter on a comer of his land. He finally took the hint and departed overnight. The Walters used a spring about a quarter of a mile from the'house as the water supply, as did some neighboring Indians. One day'when Mrs. Walter went to the spring she saw what she took to be a mother cat and kittens. As she was lonely for household animals, she decided to catch some of the kittens and have them for pets. She cornered the moth~r cat, who promptly reared her tail erect and shot a stream of vile smelling liquid all over her face, hair, and dress front. Partly blinded and very sick she hurried to the house for help. Mr. Walter told her, too late, that those kittens were to be treated with respect and never molested, as they were skunks. Indians were frequent visitors at the Walter cabin; and were particularly fond of bread, to which 5 �• they help'ed themselves, ifit was in evidence. Once when they wereparticularly hungry, they came to the door and asked for a chicken or a cow. Needless to say, they were given the chicken .. Mr. Walter worked in Lawrence, walking there early Monday morning and returning late Saturday night. The rest of the week, Mrs. Walter spent alone, often walking to the Big Springs with a bucket of produce in one hand and carrying a. baby. There was soon a steady stream of settlers, politicians, and land speculators to the area of Lecompton. There were seven, four-horse stage and express lines, giving daily service to Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison, St. Joseph, Topeka, and Fort Scott. They were always loaded with persons seeking novelty and wealth. Small steam boats early plied the waters of the Kansas River. Usually these boats carried whiskey, but not much was unloaded at Lecompton, as a nearbystillkept the town bountifully supplied. Most of the steam boats were owned by a company, located at Westport. These boats were attractively painted and bore names. The fare from Westport to Lecompton was five dollars. Lecompton possessed a small wharf which had been constructed of large oak planks that extended from the bank out over the river. . In addition to the steam boats, the Indians had small canoes in which they shipped things for the white settlers. Often an Indian would transport a passenger for five or ten cents, and some~imes for nothing. Many stories are told by the old residents, of the struggle by Captain Beasley, to control the traffic on the ri ver. He took all the freight he could stow on his boat without sinking her, even if he had . to unload a part of it to get over the sand bars. Once, in coming up the river, his boat ran aground just above Rising Sun, which was located across the river and to the east of Lecompton. It happened in July, the river was getting low, and when his steamer ran aground he unloaded 1500 sacks offlour in a paw-paw patch. He left a deck hand to guard it until his next trip up the river. At Topeka, several thousand bushels of com were taken on board, to the consternation of the passengers and the trip started back down stream. At Tecumseh, the com was unloaded to make room for a com consignment from that place. This was, in tum, dumped out on a bar above Coon Creek to make room for a lot more at Lecompton. When the boat reached the wharf at Lecompt.on, the banks were piled high with sacks of com. George Zinn was there with a group of laborers to load the boat. After it was loaded, it left the wharf, but piled up on a sand bar and had to wait for a rain to float it. The first store in Lecompton was opened in a log house, by John K. Sheperdson, in the spring of 1856. He purchased and pursued his business but a short time when he sold it to William K. Leamer, who purchased a six-room, native lumber house, to which he moved the store. '. August 8, 1855, Shawnee Mission Legislatlue, located the permanent territorial capital at Lecompton. The legislature passed a law appointing a commission to select suitable grounds, for the location and erecting of public buildings for the accommodation ofthe Governor and other executive offices, and the legislature. The act required the governor to cause a building to be erected out of appropriations by congress. While waiting for these buildings, the Territorial Governor, desiring to move to Lecompton from Shawnee, engaged William M. N ace to erect a suitable building inwhich to hold their sessions, agreeing to pay $1,000 rent, if the building was occupied for 40 days. Mr. Nace undertook and fulfilled the contract. Subsequently the legislature assembled in a hall across Elmore Street, east from the Rowena Hotel and known as Rowena Hall. As Lecompton had been made the territorial capital and the county seat, the legislature was required to convene there, even 6 �• after the ascendancy of the Free-State party, although it adjourned each time to Lawrence. In 1855, the territorial government commenced the erection of a capital building in the east part of town. It was to have been a large stone building and had it been completed would have cost half million dollars, provided the United States Congress would have continued to appropriate until it was completed. Fifty thousand dollars were appropriated, and this amount was exhausted when the basement was completed and the walls to the height of the first story. Work upon it was discontinued and the structure, as it stood, was used as a fort. Ten acres ofthe town company's land' had been allotted for this building, and others that would be built to supplement it. For a place having such a wicked reputation, strangely enough Lecompton had four church organizations; the Presbyterians organized in 1857 and built a church the following year, the Southern Methodist organized andbuilt a church of stone in 1857. This building was used as the first school. In 1858 the Catholics organized and began to erect a church and parsonage, but neither were completed. Colonel Hoole, in a letter to his mother, told of attending a Methodist Church service on April 12, 1847, (probably means 1857?) and mentioned that it was the first one he had heard at Lecompton since the previous July. He wrote that he had to stand during the entir~ service as there were only enough seats for the ladies. The first churches were rude structures that contained seats made of planks set upon stones, chunks of wood, or anything else available. The accouterments were rude, but were lost sight Qf by the people in the midst of a sermon, as they were eager to participate in any worship service. The United Brethren Church was started early, the exact date not known. In February, 1855, W. A. Cardwell was appointed missionary to the Kansas Territory, and his work in the United Brethren Church included Big Spfings, Tecumseh, and Lecompton. The Lecompton Church was formally organized in 1858 with five members, of whom W. A. Cardwell was one. Although he was a Free-state man, he was asked to address the Pro-slavery legislature when in session at Lecompton. On June 30, 1854, Andrew H. Reeder was confirmed as Kansas Territorial Governor, Daniel Woodson as Secretary, and Judge Samuel D.LeCompte as Chief Justice. Judge Cato was later. appointed Associate Justice. it was recommended that Governor Reeder take a prolonged ins'pection trip through the territory, and then take a census so that there could be a territorial legislature election, and also elect a delegate to the U. S. Congress. On November 29, the congressional election was held and a Pro-slavery candidate, Mr. Whitfield, was elected to Congress, the voting being 2,258 for and 647 against. This indicates the feeling in the State of Kansas at that time. In February, 1855, a census was completed of the territory indicating there were 8,501 residents; 2,905 voters, 408 people of foreign birth, 151 Negroes. In March, an election was held for the territorial legislature; to be elected were thirteen members to the Council, and twenty-six members to the House. This was a definite Pro-slavery victory. In this election, the people of Lecompton voted in the home of Colonel I. B. Titus, one and one-half mile south of Lecompton. The vote then was 210 Pro-slavery and 231 Free-state. For being a f1agrantPro~slavery town, this was a peculiar vote. Douglas, a small settlement about two miles east of Lecompton voted 127 Free-state and no Pro-slavery votes. Governor Reeder called the legislature to meet at Pawnee. It was purported that he owned land . there and was desirous of making it the Capital of Kansas, for selfish financial reasons, The legislature later convened there on July 2, but over-rode the Governor's veto and moved to Shawnee. As Governor Reeder could not satisfactorily explain how he had purchased the half-breed' s land at Pawnee, at the price he had paid, he was removed from Office on July 28 th • . a 7 �This legislatu~e then decided to move all the territorial offices to Lecompton and to reconvene there at the next session. . This legislature also granted authority to establish a bridge and ferry at Lecompton, incorporated the city of Lecompton, established the Kansas Medical College, and designated Lecompton as the Capital of the Territory, and comity seat of Douglas County. The legislature was so eager to prepare a code of laws for the territory, and as their time and experience was limited, that upon finding several excellent copies of the Missouri Code of Laws at hand, the clerk offered their passage by page, not topic, after much of it had been tom out of the original form. Thus was our territorial code of laws passed. This was supposed to contain the most slave owner laws of any state in the nation. Among these Slave owner Laws were some that were to harass the Free-state people later. To wit: "If any person print or circulate any book, or speak about it being wrong to own slaves, he shall be guilty of treason and the said nuisance abated." These acts became laws on September 1, and the Kansas Code of Laws consisted of 1,058 pages. . In August, Shannon was appointed Governor of the Territory. He prepared to move to Lecompton and ordered the territorial militia to proceed there. There was, by this time, a sizeable Free-state community at both Lawrence and Topeka, and they were jockeying for position. The Free-state element called a Free-state convention to meet at Topeka for the purpose of writing a Free-state constitution and elect officers. James H. Lane, a rabid Free-state man was leader of this convention. Lane had been sent to Kansas by Stephen A. Douglas to organize the Democratic party here. He was supposed to go to Leavenworth, but due to an error of judgement, he ended up in Lawrence. Upon arriving there, he saw that the Free-state element was the one with the money' and was on the ascendency to the power, and immediately became a Free-state leader, as he desired to hold high public office. He probably was the deciding factor in making Kansas free, by the leading of great hoards of settlers to Kansas, and the shipping in of ammunition and guns. At the Topeka convention, over which he presided, a constitution was adopted arid Charles Robinson was elected Governor. This convention was held out-:-doors, and attended by 500 people .. The delegates were garbed in blue woolen shirts, slouch hats, rough boots, and full unkept beards. Lane was described as being uncouth, unscrupulous, zealous without conviction, pungent, fiery; and magnetic. Although Kansas was not a state,Robinson assumed the duties and privileges of the office of governor which was usurping power and an act oftreason. A. H. Reeder and James H. Lane were elected to the U. S. Senate, but they did not attempt to take their seats. In May, a Grand Jury was called at Lecompton for the purpose of investigating these ,acts. Reeder was called on to testify and the verdict of this jury was that the. "Herald of Freedom" and "The Kansas.Free State", two Lawrence Free State newspapers, and the Free State Hotel at Lawrence be abated as nuisances,and Robinson, Reeder, and other so-called state officers be indicted for treason. On May 10, 1856, Robinson and his wife were en route for the East, where they planned to solicit aid for the Free State cause. At Lexington, Missouri, Robirison was taken offthe boat by Pro-slavery sympathizers. He was taken to Leavenworth where he was kept for several weeks before being brought to Lecompton on June I, and put in the custody ofU. S. troops at Camp Sackett. He was later taken to a cabin near Lecompton. After Robinson's apprehension; Sheriff Jones was sent to Lawrence to destroy the Free State. Hotel, the two newspapers, and take other men prisoners, who had been indicted by the Grand Jury. In this he was aided by the territorial militia and the U. S. troops. Colonel Eldridge hadjust finished 8 �• decorating and furnishing the hotel with expensive furniture from the East. He was ordered to be ready to leave the building in thirty minutes, after which it was completely destroyed. The two newspapers' presses were brok~n up and the type thrown into the river. Charles Robinson's house was pillaged and burned, stores were broken into and sacked. Lawrence was left badly mauled, but no one was killed or shot. Sheriff Jones of Lecompton delighted in this destruction, as on a previous trip there in line of duty someone ofthe city of Lawrence, shot him in the back while in a tent where he was in conference with aU. S. Army officer. He was nearly mortally wounded, but recovered. Jones rounded up his prisoners and took them to Lecompton, where the army took charge of them. Later other prisoners, including John Brown's son were taken to prison there for massacres committed in other parts of the country. These men were held until August, when they were tried for treason. The trial was held in a rude apartment furnished with three tables, two chairs, and six planks resting on wood chunks, stoves, boxes, etc. Judge Cato, tall, thin, closely shaven, with an overgrown mustache, was the presiding judge. He read a newspaper during most ofthe trial, giving only an occasional glance at the business before him . . Weir, the District Attorney, stout, florid, red whiskered, sat on a table with his feet elevated on the stove, "the better to spit into it." He charged Robinson with usurpation of office, which he admitted. The witness swore his being elected governor was just preparatory, and it had never been intended to put the government in force until it has passed through the proper channels. This was not quite true. Nearly all the Free-state men had designed to set the Topeka government in motion and support it by force of arms whenever the Pro-slavery factions drove them to the wall. ' The judge was overbearing, and violent, but Robinson's counsel, confident and Pro-slavery rule nearly over, faced him boldly objected to certain jurors, and took exception frequently. In summing up to the jury, the court charged the jury that if they found Robinson guilty as charged ' by the Grand Jury, and so of treason. After two hours absence the jurors reappeared and asked that the case be reopened and one witness re-examined as they had forgotten his testimony. Judge Cato refused to do so and the jury soon returned a verdict of "not guilty". . .The verdict "not guilty" did not bring the immediate release of the prisoners. There were certain legal technicalities to be cleared up. James Lane, tiring of waiting for their release, and desirous of some good publicity, collected a group of a,bout 700 men and marched toward Lecompton with the idea of releasing the prisoners by force. He placed a cannon on White House Hill and demanded surrender. The U. S. Army troops (200) i.mmediately forted up in the basement and walls of the capital building, while the local men deployed themselves in the ravine to the west. The Lecompton force had two cannons and many men eager to fight, but U. S. Marshall ordered them not t6 fire until attacked. The Lecompton forces with the army numbered but 400 but they were eager for battle. Some of them could not be restrained and fired shots, killing several ofthe attackers. The General persuaded Lane to parley, and upon telling him the treason prisoners were acquitted and would soon be released, he and his force withdrew. For this valiant attempt, Lane received no thanks from Robinson. They were bitter enemies, although Robinson seemed to have been the more vitriolic. In f..ugust 1856, Free-state depredators (sic) in large and small groups scoured the region, raiding opposition, or so-called Pro-slavery communities, filling the air with profanity, intimidating Pro. slavery settlers, shooting at those not properly docile, and plundering right and left. 9 �- While the Free-state men were thus occupied, the Pro-slavery element was not entirely idle. While their depredations did'not match the Free State activities, they were not far behind. As no forces were allowed to takethe field, due to Governor Geary's executive order, and to the vigilance of Colonel Sumner at Camp Sackett, both parties established places of rendezvous from which they could emerge, accomplish their nefarious work and return. The bases of the Free-state men were the larger cities, as Lawrence and Topeka, while the Proslavery men, denied the use of Lecompton, and having few towns of importance, resorted to isolated . log cabins and camps. One of these was Colonel Titus' cabin near Lecompton. The Free-state settlers had been successful in raiding Franklin, and on their return, trip to Lawrence, decided to destroy Col. Titus' cabin and burn Lecompton. By some means, word'reached Lecompton of the approaching raiding p~y and a force of thirteen men, including Franz Walter, .John Damm, Aloyius Riedmuller, stone masons working at Lecompton, was sent out as skirmishers, to seek out and delay raiders. The remainder of the Lecompton force was, upon a prearranged signal to come to their aid. Upon meeting 200 Free-state men, the skirmishers were forced to take refuge in the cabin owned by Colonel Titus; one and one-half miles south of Lecompton. The Free-staters attacked with a cannon (Old Sacramento) using balls made from salvaged newspaper type that Sheriff Jones had thrown into the river. The cannon knocked the chinking from the cabin. The men in the cabin ran out of bullets but still had plenty of powder. As it was feared.they would be murdered if they surrendered, one man proposed they light the powder and blow themselves up. He was overruled, and as no help came, they pushed a white rag out the door and started out with hands upraised. The only casualty occurred when a Free-state man became excited' and shot one of the men through his upraised hand. Captain Walker, Free-state commander, cursed this man violently for the shooting, said he, "None but a damned pirate would do that." Although they were forced to surrender, their mission was accomplished; which was to prevent the burning of Lecompton. It was later learned that when Lecompton reinforcements heard the cann<;m, they gathered up the women and children and hurried across the river. While the Lawrence men were looking for the prisoners and getting them ready to be taken to Lawrence, someone suggested that the cabin be burned. Just then a man appeared at the edge of the clearing and he was appro'ached to seek out his business. He stated he was merely a ho~esteader, but Bill Young, who had heard the commotion and wondered what it was about. They told him that they were going to burn the cabin and started collecting kindling to start it. Mr. Young, who was a friend to the young stone masons, saw that he could do nothing to help his friends, so said, "Well, by God, let's burn it." and proceeded to help get the conflagration started. Colonel Titus, unknown to the raiders, had quite a sum of money and a number ofland patents, ' signed to him in blank in his house. They were apparently all lost. The Lecompton men, not necessarily of Pro-slavery convictions, were taken to a point south of . Lawrence where Walter and Ridemuller escaped. The others were held a few weeks as hostages and then traded to Lecompton for some Free-state prisoners that they held. This small affair was given publicity in all the Eastern newspapers, and gave the impression that the Titus cabin was a great fort, manned by many Pro-slavery men arid that this one incident had routed the Pro-slavery forces. Another incident indicating the type of publicity the Pro-slavery forces received, concerned the small settlement of Rising Sun, directly across the river from Lecompton. This small town purportedly contained a saloon where many vile plots were hatched. Here also was supposed to be 10 �the gathering place of horse thieves. As the story goes, these horse thieves perpetrated a raid on a nearby farm, but they were seen and chased to their place of concealment at Rising Sun, where they were caught with the horses. It was customary, at that time, to simply string up to a tree, a horse thief caught with the goods. As there were four of them a stout limb was' located. It was well braced, and soon four men were stringing by their necks. Two weeks later, a picture of this hanging was featured in all the Eastern newspapers, with this caption, "This is what happens to all known Free-staters in Kansas." It helped to arouse the sentiment ofthe Free-state sympathizers and caused. money to flow into their treasury. Due to the money at their disposal, they swung great weight, and left much garbled account of Kansas territorial happenings. There is also the story told ofthree squatters from the areas several miles southwest of Lecompton, who went to Rising Sun, with the intent of getting drunk. While at their cups, they conceived the idea of murdering a man who owned land near them. They planned to make a noise at the man's corral, thus drawing him out doors to see what the commotion was, and shoot him down. George Zinn overheard them plotting and quickly left the place to go warn the intended victim, a Mr. Cathers. . . Mr. Cathers, upon hearing the story, bundled up his wife and children and sent them to a neighbor, then he and Mr. Zinn barricaded the cabin and sat down to wait. Soon they heard a racket at the corral, but they stayed inside. Finally they saw three men approaching the house. Mr. Cathers calJed for them to halt. Their answer was to raise their guns and prepare to fire. Mr. Cathers then shot his gun, and in the ensuing melee, he killed one man, badly wounded another, and the other fled. This so preyed on Cather's mind that for the rest of his tenure on this place, he was restless, moody, and unhappy. He was in constant fear of retribution from the man he had not shot. The years 1856 and 1857 were the peak years of Lecompton. The interchange of money was so great that the main street was called the "Wall Street of the West". Here was located the land office, which daily attracted hundreds of pre-empters with their witnesses to prove up their land and to' attend contested cases. There were the legislative halls, district and federal courts, the Governor's office, the post office, express office, book and stationery store, drug store, Leamer's store, barber. shops, printing office, lawyer's office, real estate, and land warrant offices. Lecompton also had five hotels; the Novelty, Virginia, American, National, and Rowena. The Rowena, the better known, was most sumptuous. It was a three story stone structure, finished throughout in walnut, and lavishly furnished. It had mostly speculators and transients as its guest, but gave unusually fine services to them. There were, four-horse stage and express lines giving daily service. to Kansas City and Leavenworth, with more roads serving it than any other town of its size in the state. The population at this time was numbered more than five thousand. . The first physician to locate in Lecompton was Dr. Aristides Rodrique, who was also the first postmaster at Lecompton. The Post Office was established under the name of Douglas, Kansas Territory, March 3, 1853. It was placed in the cabin of Andrew McDonald, on November 6, 1855. it was moved to'Lecompton with Rodrique as postmaster; and his son became postmaster in 1857. Young Rodrique was something of a practical joker. He, with several others, seeking ~ bit of amusement at the other fellows expense, conceived the idea of playing a joke on a conscientious townsman. They circulated the report that the postmaster had a large amount of cash on hand and that a gang of outlaws were planning to burglarize the post office. After the report had been widely advertised, they approached their victim with the proposition of his guarding the office, to which he 11 �• readily agreed. He was given a muzzle-loading shotgun which had been previously loaded with paper wads, placed him in the lobby and instructed him if anyone attempted to enter the building to say three times, "Who comes there?" if they didn't answer when he repeated the question the third time, to shoot. A few hours later, one of the gang slipped to the door and attempted to pick the lock. The guard followed the instructions, or almost did. He made the demand and fired one shot at the same instant. Result? The door was almost blasted from its hinges. The panels were all biown out, and the fellow who rattled the door got the scare of his lifetime. A new door was provided, at the expense ofthe pranksters, and it was a long time before they told their friend, the guard, of the joke. This should have cured young Roderique of his inclination to practical joking, but it did not, and it was to have fatal results. , One day young Roderique and a number offriends were amusing themselves by tormenting a town character about his lady friend. The fellow finally left the crowd, went to Leamer's store where he bought a dirk knife. He returned immediately to where his tormentors were congregated in frontof the post office. Roderique began teasing him again. He drew the knife and stabbed Roderique, causing his death iIi a few hours. A man, aiding Roderique, asked the tailor's son to hurry to his father's shop for cloths to use as bandages, which he did, but there was no help for Roderique. The stabber was arrested for his act, but Judge Lecompte, sympathetic with the dull witted character, let him put up worthless bail, and told him ifhe wouldjoin the U.S. troops that were then bivouacked near town, he would be allowed to go free. This he did, and was never heard from again. ' In August, 1856, J. W. Geary was appointed temtorial Governor. As he entered Kansa~,he held hearings along the way to detemiine the extent andtype of trouble between the two factions. As a result of these, he made Federal troops out of both Free-state and Pro-slavery forces, as soon as he took over the office at Lecompton; this (thus?) they were all under his control, the saine as all other army men. This was a master stroke and it did away with many private armies that were committing the local depredations, as such an act would be treason. Immediately, there followed a number of arrests for pillaging and shooting. These cases were tri ed. in the court ofJudge LeCompte, resulting in the damning of his reputation by the Free-state forces, and his subsequent removal. Colonel E. C. Little, a U.S. Representative for many years and Arth ur Capper, both personal friends of LeCompte described him as a quiet, inoffensive, polite gentleman. The New England Aid Society was very active in aiding Kansans at this time. They appropriated great sums of money and sent great caravans of people to Kansas: Lane, himself, led them from Iowa, to the Nebraska border and on deep into Kansas. One caravan he was leading, upon hearing that they were to be met at the Kansas border by U.S. troops and searched, hastily dug holes and buried their cannon, and hid their guns in sacks of seed .. There were seven women in a group and each was assigned to a different wagon, to give the impression that this was a family group. This fooled the army general somewhat, but some of the sabers and guns were found and confiscated. These were taken to Lecompton and kept stored until Governor Denver was forced to surrender them to an armed mob led by Colonel Eldridge. These deceitful acts were all right for the Freestaters to perform, but were liscientuous (lascivious?) acts when perpetrated by the Pro-slavery forces. It seemed that Kansas would go to whomever got there "fastest with the mostest".' In November, 1856, thirty-nine Free-state prisoners escaped, and Sheriff Jones resigned because of the poor jailing. conditions. He did not feel that he could fulfill his duties properly. Judge LeCompte was notIfied that he had been removed, but his appointed successor did not qualify sO'he remained in office. 12 �In January, 1857, the county commissioners appointed William T. Shirred as sheriff to succeed Jones. Shirred was loved and respected by all who knew him. As there was a personal difference between Shirrard (changed spelling?) and Governor Geary, he refused to issue a: sheriffs commission. Writs and other documents were placed in Shirrard's hands, but as some of the writs concerned some of Geary's protegee's, he refused to issue the commission, thus keeping Shirrard . from executing the writs. After some days Shirrard called on Geary asking why he was refused a commission, and there was a heated exchange of words. Finally Geary stated that in the absence of Secretary Woodson, he had not the right to issue such papers. Shirrard withdrew, determined to wait a few days after Woodson's return, and then again demand his commission. This he did and took his troubles to the territorial legislature, who called Geary and his cohorts to the session for an accounting. Geary gave the excuse that Shirrard was a dnll1kard, brawler, and ilJ fitted to his proposed job. This was a deliberate falsehood, and upon Geary's withdrawal from the halJ, Was accosted by Shirrard who calJed him a liar and spat upon him. Geary and his two guards passed by Shirrard as though there had been no incident. The governor's friends held an open air meeting as soon as it could be arranged to deliberately slander the fine reputation of Shirrard. There were men from Lawrence, and all the residents of Geary's official household at the meeting. Hampton had charge of the meeting and after various harangues, when Shirrard arose to defend himself a Mr. Sheppard arose and cailed him liar. Where-upon Mr. Shirrard told Sheppard to defend himself. Both drew out pistols and shot.Shirrard was hit twice, but not mortally, so both threw down their pistols and grappled each other. A Mr. J ones, a friend of Governor Geary, whipped out his pistol and shot Shirrard in the head as Sheppard held him. Part of his brain was shot away and he died the next day. Jones was taken into custody, but was helped to escape, so no one was even punished for this crime. This act so discredited Geary that his office tenure lasted less than six months, and he accomplished little during that time. The U.S. Senate refused to confirm Harrison to replace Judge LeCompte, the legislature could . not work with Geary, so he became frightened. He resigned March 26, and enlisted the aid of some Free-state prisoners to help him get out of the state. They contacted their friends who offered to help him escape ifhe would pardon the Free-state prisoners. Geary was in such ahurry, he accepted their help but neglected to write outthe pardons; He escaped the territory in disguise. On February 19, 1857, the legislature passed an Act to provide for a census of voters to be taken by county sheriffs on April 1, the returns to be in by April 10. Upon the basis of this return the government was to apportion sixty delegates to the convention. The delegates to meet at Lecompton the first Monday in September. This bilJ was passed over Geary's veto. Each faction was hoping to write a constitution suitable to Congress, the one accepted would designate whether Kans~s were to be slave or free. In March, R. J. Walker was appointed governor of territorial Kansas and F. P. Stanton was Secretary of the territory. Stanton arrived in Lecompton in April and made a Pro-slavery speech, but promised to be fair. Governor Walker arrived in May and in an August address clairned that isothermal lines would indicate where slavery would be. In plain words this meant, the temperature would confine slavery to the south . .Slavery in Kansas was something of a joke. Those that were here were here primarily for propaganda purposes only. In the 1857 census there were only 200 in the entire territory, and by . 1860 there were only two. There were approximately fifty slave holding settlers, who brought their slaves here at the peak of the strife. Some of the slaves were passing through the "underground a 13 • �• rai lroad". In 1857, aslave woman, Anne Clarke, owned by George Clarke and Colonel Titus, nin away and . sought refuge in Topeka. Her whereabouts was discovered in her flight to Chicago. A widow Brooks owned three or four household slaves in Lecompton. At Douglas, nearby, Mr. Ellison and Mr. Willis each owned slaves. Slavery was successful in those areas only where scanty clothing and little shelter were needed and an abundant supply offood available. These conditions were not characteristic of Kansas. One old gentlemen in a nearby community had a very difficult winter with his slaves. After one froze, and another was permanently crippled due to frostbite, he put his slaves to bed to keep them warm, and he himself went out to cut wood for them. Buck Scott, a slave, went to Lawrence with the agreement with his master that he would send him 70% of his wages were he allowed to go there. At the Big Springs hotel there were eleven slaves. So Kansas was not a successful slave state. She merely leaned toward the thinking of the South. The South wanted the state to be Pro-slave to gain two Senators in Congress. The results of the April census showed 9,251 eligible voters. Douglas County had 1,318. In August when the election for the Lecompton Constitutional Convention was held, there were only 2,071 votes. The Free-state people refused to vote because the Govemor would not correct the legal voter list to one Free-state man to one Pro-slave man. This of course, was illegal. The April census was also used for the apportionment of the members of the territorial legislature. There were to be , thirteen Senators ahd thirty-nine Representatives. . The Lecompton Constitutional Convention met at Lecompton on September 7, but adjourned to meet in October 11. When the delegates started to assemble at Constitutional Hall, they found several hundred Free-state men gathered around the hall, barring entrance. As the U.S. troops were no longer stationed there, the delegates stayed away from the convention until the 19 lh , when the troops came to guard them and keep away 'free-state rabble-rousers'. The U.S. Army established a camp of several hundred soldiers and some brass field pieces. This discouraged further interruptions from the Free-state hordes~ . By November, the convention had completed its work. It has a complete section providing for slavery, and also allowed four sections ofland for the schools, and a percentage of all the returns of all salt mines, mineral springs, and mines in the State. It also provided for a liberal university grant. These were the outstandingly good features of the constitution, which were fought by the people desiring personal gains. • On November 12, a political convention was held to nominate officers and serve under the Lecompton Constitution. Frank J. Marshall was nominated for Governor; William G. Matheas, Lieutenant Governor; W. T. Spicely, Secretary of State; Blake Little, Auditor; J. B. Cramer, Treasurer; and J. P. Carr, Congressman. The Constitution was presented tq the people on December 21, and they could vote for the constitution with slavery, or for it without slavery. The sulking Free-state people refused to vote. The vote was 6,226 for the Constitution with slavery, and 569 without. This document with the certifica~e of election was sent to the President to be given to Congress for their approval. This, President Buchanan did in February, Congress discussed it, but due to some Free-state pressure, it was recommerided that it be sent back to Lecompton to be resubmitted to the people. Meanwhile, a congressional investigation committee was appointed tobe sent to the Kansas Territory, to go into reported election frauds. The outstanding, so-called, fraud was the Delaware Crossing returns.· J. 14 �• D. Henderson, was one of the first witnesses called. He finally admitted adding 336 names to the legal voter list. The election returns that had been given to Survey General Calhoun had been placed for convenience sake in a candle box. MacLean was Calhoun's chief clerk and was the custodian. Calhoun had gone to Missouri. MacLean was summoned to appear before the Senate committee and bring the election returns. He appeared, but stated he had sent the returns to Calhoun in Missouri. He then hastily returned to Lecompton, and hid them, as he supposed securely, in an adjacent wood-pile, at midnight. Charles Torry, taken to be only a stupid janitor of the office at' the time, from whom it was not necessary to conceal anything, observed the movement at the woodpile and sent word to Colonel Walker, of Lawrence. Early the next day, Walker called MacLean with a search warrant. "They are not here," said MacLean, "I have sent them to Calhoun. You are welcome to search." "Of course, they are not here, but 1 know where to find them," replied Walker, as he left the office with his posse and moved confidently toward the wood-pile. When MacLean saw Walker's movement toward the wood-pile, he hastily left the office, procured a mule and s~t off across the prairie for Missouri. ,' ' The candle box was carried to Lawrence, where it proportedly (purportedly?) yielded up the fraudulent election returns. On the strength of this, the committee recommended a new election. The results of this election was a rejection of the constitution by a vote of 11,300 to 1,788. Where the extra votes came from was not questioned. Thus the Lecompton Constitution died for all time, on August 2, 1858. In December, 1857, the territorial legislature again met at Lecompton. They received a message from President Buchanan endorsing the Lecompton Constitution. On December 17, Secretary Stanton was replaced by Secretary Denver, and on the same day Governor Walker resigned, leaving Secretary Denver as acting territorial governor. Early in 1857, word had reached the Pawnee land office at Lecompton, of bushels of gold nuggets in streams at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The people of Lecompton assembled and decided, to send an organization there to form a town site and occupy the ground. An organization was perfected and money provided for this project. A train was made up of five wagons, twenty-five men provisioned for six months, seventeen were mounted, and there were eight wagon drivers. They arrived at the present site of Denver, laid out claims and attempted to name the place. They could not agree on a name, and so they decided to wait until they got back. They started for home in December; a few days before arriving here, they came upon many wild turkeys, a buck deer, and a buffalo calf. They decided to give a wild game supper to celebrate their return so provisioned themselves bountifully. At the supper, Governor Denver was the outstanding guest, and as everyone loved the kindly old man, it was unanimously decided to name the new town, Denver. In January, 1859" the legislature convened at Lecompton, but was immediately adjourned to Lawrence, as the Free-state members wished to boycott the Lecompton hotel accommodations. This legislature provided for the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention,which wrote the constitution which was accepted by the territory November 1, 1859. Each succeeding year, until 1861, the territorial legislature met at Lecompton and adjourned to Lawrence. The Governor preferred for economy ofthe time and money, that the legislature remain at Lecompton. The U.S. Congress had provided money for living accommodations at Lecompton, and as there was not much business at hand, it could be quickly concluded. There had been a nice hotel completed that winter, and the legislators could be more comfortably cared for at Lecompton 15 �than elsewhere. The Free-state Legislators, however, were a vindictive lot and determined to get the legislators into Lawrence and pay for their lodging out of their pockets. This, they did, and continued to do so long as Kansas was a territory. State businesses were drained away from Lecompton, houses moved, buildings tom down, and the town gradually became smaller and smaller, until it reached a population of 400. With a promoter, such as Robinson was for Lawrence, very likely much of the business could have been held here. The people seemed to prefer a quiet, rural existence and so did not fight to retain these businesses. They did keep a rich historical background. The Kansas conflict was a "tempest in a teapoC It really involved few of the settlers and was more of a contest for power between few aggressive leaders, than a general embroilment.. Money and ink won; the Wyandotte Constitution was adopted and Kansas became the thirty-fourth state, January 29, 1861. This material was compiled and edited by: Mrs. Joseph Childs, Mrs. George Bahnmaier, Mrs. Elton Dark, and Mrs. FrankWalter. Some of the family names of territorial Lecompton, whose descendants still reside here; Bahnmaiers, Damm, Glenn, McClanahan, McCall, Noe, Shirley, Walter, Winter, and Wiser are some of them. We wish to thank all those who have helped with our Centennial THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE Frank Walter <;eorge F. Bahnmaier Elton Dark Mrs. Esther Pasley Copied by Mrs. Earl Sanford, December 1960 Re-typed bY'Richard Wellman, (with some corrections and added notes) October 2006, from a mimeograph copy that was in the Baldwin City, Kansas, Public library. \ Reproduced copies donated to: Jefferson Co. Genealogical Soc. Library, Oskaloosa, Kansas Douglas Co. Genealogical Soc., Lawrence Public Library, Osma Room Baldwin City Public Library Kansas State Historical Society Library, Topeka, Kansas 16 �APPENDIX The streets of Lecompton bear historic names. The principal thoroughfare, that was to be leading from the steamboat landing by the easiest grade to the Capital and CourtHouse was named Shannon Avenue, for the Governor; the main interseGting street was named for Secretary Woodson; the one that became, in after years; the principal street was named Elmore for the U.S. District Judge; A. J. Isaacs, and John A. Halderman, U. S. Attorneys have streets named after them; there isa Boone' street, but there is no street or avenue named for Roderique as there should have been acc9rding to early settlers. The ruins of Fort Titus, built in 1851, named for Captain Titus, are found on the Dale Glenn farnl. located about one and one-quarter miles west. The fort was constructed of oak logs and measured about twelve by nine feet. The fori was intended to serve as a protection against the fury ·of some 200 Free-state men who looked to Captain Henry J. Shombre and Colonel Sam Walker as their leaders. , The battle of "Fort Titus" occurred August 16, 1856; Sam Walker and his command took twenty prisoners, Titus among the number and burned the "fort". The next day Governor Shqnnon, who has returned to Lawrence, accompanied by Dr. Rodrique and Major Sedgwick, liberated all the prisoners confined here. While there, he received the news of his removal as governor, and of Geary's appointment. Governor Geary arrived here on September 10, and the day following issued his inaugural address. Captain Titus, Pro-slavery leader, was the only person in the fort on the night it was attacked by the Free-state agitators. Some fled by means of boats, across the Kansas River. At one time, the most noted and expensive residence in Kansas was the home of Governor Frederick P. Stanton, built in 1857. It wa,s located three miles east of Lecompton, Kansas:' The mansion was constructed of native stone, exhumed on the site where the housesto<;>d, and finished inside with walnut, which was brought from Pennsylvania, and erected in days when the. territorial capitol was located in Lecompton, before the designation of Topeka as the capital city dealt a death blow to Lecompton's hope of becoming the center of the State's political activities. The house was two stories high in addition to a spacious basement which was placed a little below the level of the ground. It had a hip roof. The building contained altogether, nineteen rooms, eleven of which had large stone fireplaces. The basement contained seven rooms, one of which had no windows and was probably intended to serve for ajail for the household slaves. The first floor and (had?) four large rooms in addition to one spacious hallway which extended the length ofthe house. Also on this floor was a large library. The second floor had been divided into eight rooms; six of which had fireplaces. Frederick P. Stanton arrived in Lecompton on April 15, 1857. Since Governor R. T. Walker had not yet arrived in the territory, Mr. Stanton became the acting governor. According to some; Mr. Stanton shared the Democratic prejudices against the Free-statepeople, although later on ofthe most ardent champions of the Free-staters which he joined after he had been disowned by the Pre,sident and his party . . On May 27, Governor Walker arrived and assumed the duties of the State. The Governor verified the administrative policy outlined by Stanton, and assured the Free-staters of protection in the . coming elections. The fulfillment of the pledge constituted a turning point in Kansas affairs, thus enabling the Free-state men to triumph in spite ofthe election frauds perpetrated by the Pro-slavery 17 �men. Even with a pistol at his breast, Stanton is said to have refused to certify voters cast at Oxford, which he knew to be fraudulent. The outcome of affairs was disastrous to Walker and Stanton so far as their affiliation with President Buchanan and the Democratic party in Kansas were concerned. Governor Walker departed for Washington to appeal to President Lincoln; whereupon Governor Stanton again became acting governor. Walker did not return. Stanton was soon removed and was succeeded by 1. W. Denver. Weary of the petty strife, Stanton withdrew to the mansion, east of town and resided there}ire years and invited guests there during that time. In 1862, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton, with their two daughters, Alice and Virginia, moved to Virginia, where Mr. Stanton resumed the practice of law. Later the family moved to Florida where Mr. Stanton died in 1894, at the age ofeighty. Where once his beautiful mansion stood, there remains only thebasement and parts of crumbling walls. When the broad roof still sheltered this home, one could reach through a hatchway and on a clear day see the smoke .stacks of Lawrence, to the east and the Kansas State House.in ~opeka, to the west. May of 1903 was a chilly, rainy month. There were only a few days on which actual sun shine was present. The rest were marked by almost continual rainfall. It rained not only in Kansas but also in Oklahoma and Nebraska. The tributaries of the Kaw had been filled to a great depth. These swollen streams were, for the most part, responsible for the flood. Word reached Lecompton, Kansas, in the early part of May that the West had been havirg many· rains and cloudbursts, but little the people of Lecompton thought that such conditions would in any way affect them. Papers stated that the Smoky Hill and the Solomon Rivers were out of their banks but still no flood dread was here. Near the sixteenth of May, people began to notice the rise of the water, but as this had happened before, no heed was given it. A short distance from Lecompton, an old Kaw Indian, squaw had once lived. She had foretold the coming of the flood and also had declared that her tribe had witnessed a flood before that had exterided from bluffto bluff. Her tribe believed that every sixty years, a flood might be expected. On the night of May 24 th , the people inhabiting the "Kaw" bottoms were placed in a· terrible situation. The "Kaw" in over-flowing from the south had completely surrounded them and had for the time, at least, turned their valley into a miniature island. The citizens of Lecompton heroically volunteered their services in an attempt to rescue these who were thus cutoff from the main land. "Uncle" lake Hill, one of the rural mail carriers of this time, relates that he made his customary rounds with the mail but that the only mail he picked up on the 'route was a post card. On the 24th of May, the water was so high that the trains ceased passing through Lecompton. The mail they carried was hauled by livery truck from Topeka. Realizing the dangerous position that Lecompton was in, some of its citizens thought of a plan whereby, if conditions grew still worse, they might still have enough food for everyone. The plan proposed that each family should be allowed a definite amount of sugar, flour, coffee, and other . necessities. The plan was a wise one and it worked successfully. Rain seemed the lot. For a time, it rained both day and night until the people feared that it was going to be a flood similar to the one experienced by Noah. It has often been recalled that the number of days it rained in 1903 nearly equaled that of Noah's time. Thirty days of rain in succession was recorded in Lecompton, and in places the river was five miles wide. 18 �Lawrence Standard . Aug. 7, 1879 Post Office Curiosities The ordinary run of mortals are not acquainted with the mysteries and curiosities of the internal machinery of a post office, and it is well . for them that they are not; as thereby considerable worry and confusion is escaped. A brief interview with themailingclerk.this morning, at the Lawrence post office revealed a condition of things that will be of interest. There are now about fifty lett~rs in the post office here that are vainly asking a destination. These letters have accumulated within the past two or three days though the accumulation usually averages only about fifty a week. Running through, the list, the following are a few of the directions, leaving out most of the names of the persons to whom the letters are directed: Cedar rabits, Kansas; Holon Berg, Kansas; Mr. William Mge Kansas Stewart Osa qunmo (the letter, when deciphered, reads Mr. William M. Stewart, Quenemo, Osage county, Kansas); Mendon, Whitehall Co., Kansas; Begg Rock Co., Kan Gill (Big Rock, ' Kane county, TIl.); Eaxville Co. Post Office, Cansas; Onelcreek, Kansas; Yemenien Sehswick Co. (Germani a, Sedgwick Co.); Couper, Westen Co.; Secretary ofDekovin Lodge 85-577 Hog and H.M. Dekoven; Bone Valnut, Benton Co, Kansas, North,Amerika (from Denmark); Rev. Fr.. Hyacinth O.M. Capue, Herzog Kansas. \ Copied by Paul Jordan -........ .,.-, �Index,volume 30, no 1&2 Adams, S.W. 5 Allen, Jonah l3 Anderson, S.D. l3 Armstrong, G.W. l3 Armstrong, Elias 42 Bahnmaier, George, Mrs 55 Bahnmaier, John 45 Bailey, C.W. 13 Barker, George 5 Barrymore, John 4 Beasley, Captain 46 Bell, J.C. l3 Benedict, George 13 Boaz, E.C. l3 Boone, Colonel 43 Boone, A.G. 42 Bradshaw, R.C. l3 Brill, Binamin 13 Brooks, 54 Brown, R.M 13 Brown, John 49 8rown, J .H. 5 Brown, H.R. 13 Buchanan, President 54,55 Buckner, Allen l3 Burgoon, Thomas 13 Calhoun, 55 Callahan, Patrick 13 Campbell, Thomas 4 . Capper, Arthur 52 Caraness, A.A.B 13 Cardwell, W.A. 47 Carpenter, Lewis 13 Carr, J.P. 54 Cathers, Mr 51 Cato, Judge 47 Cecil, L.P. l3 Chandler, John l3 Childs, Joseph, Mrs 55 ChUrchill, Winston 4 Clark, James l3 Clark, George 43 Clarke, Anne 54 Clarke, George 54 Coen, Herb 4 Cole, C.A. 13 Cooper, C.T. l3 Cooper, J.S. l3 Crader, E.K. l3 Cradit, N.C. l3 Cramer, J.B. 54 Cunningham, A~ W. l3 Damm, John 50 Damm, John 45 Dark, Elton, Mrs 55 Davidson, John 13 Davis, Wenter 13 Deel, James l3 Denver, Governor 52 Derryman, Wm 13 Donaldson, Chauncey 43 Douglas, Stephen 48 Duff, James 13 Duncan, George 45 Dyer, John l3 Eberhart, A. 13 Elder, Jan 15 Eldridge, Colonel 52 Ellis, J.W. l3 Ellison, 54 Elwell, James l3 Evans, Lyman 43,45 Feihler, Henry l3 Feihler, John l3 Follin, James l3 Frazee,Jackie 1 Gaddis, Ed 13 Geary, Governor 50 Glenn, A.W. 43 Glenn, A.G. 43 Good, E.B. 5 Gossage, Jackson l3 Graham, c.H. l3 Graves, Mr. 5 Green, L.F. l3 Grovenor, Mr. 7 Grover, Frank G. 8 �Grover,Charles 8 Grover, Cora 8 Grover, Ernest 8 Grover, Lily 8 Grover, Joy 8 Grover, Nellie 8 . Grover, Joel 8 Haas, George 13 Haldennen, John 43 Hampton, Mr 53 Harbison, W.A. 13 Harpster, Frederick 13 Harris, George 13 Harting, D.H. 43 Harvey, J.W. 13 Haskell, Dudley C. 6 Haskell, Almira 6 Henderson, D 55 Henry, Will 4 Hew, Moses 1J Highby, Damon 13 Hightower, May 1 Hill, John 13 Hillman 5 Hindman, Bud 13 Hobbs, W.H. 14 Homer 4 Hoole, Colonel 47 Howard, S.T. 14 Hubbell, W.G. 5 Humbert, Henry 14 Hunt, Emily J. 8 Hunt, Jonathan 14 Ives, C.P. 14 Jay, H.C. 14 Jones, Sheriff 48 Jones, W.T. 14 Jones, Samuel 43 Jordan, Arson 14 Jordan, Paul 59 Junkins, Wm 14 Kalb, A. 14 Kenedy, D.G. 14 Kerns, Solomon 14 King, George 14 Kuhn, Philip 14 Lane, James 48 Lane, J .H. 41 Leamer, William 46 LeCompte, Samuel 42,47 Leonard, Wm 14 Lewis, A.O. 14 Lifferth, David 9 Little, E.C. 52 Little, Blake, 54 Lovejoy, C.H. 14 Lowe, Sandy 14 MacLean 55 Malowney, Georgann 9 . Marshall, Frank 54 Martin, Fred 14 Martin, David 43 Masher, C.F. 14 Mast, Lloyd 1 Matheas, William 54 McCall, Moses 45 McCarty, W.R., Mrs. 43 McClanahan, J.G. 43 McCombs 14 McDonald, Andrew 51 McDonald, W.J. 14 Milford, Sanford 14 Moon, Betty Sur 1 Moon,Andy 1 Moore, Ely 41 Morgan, Calvin 14 Morgan, George 4 Morris, G.W. 5 Moseley, George .14 Mulvaney, M.E. 14 Murphy, S.S. 14 Murray, James 14 Nace, William 46 Natt, George 14 Osborn, W.F. 14 Pasley, Esther, 55 Pearson, Robt 14 Peddycord, N. T. 14 Pefley, Thomas 14 Pendleton, S.E. 14 �Pickens,O.D. 5 Pingrey, L.W. 14 Price, F.M.· 14 Price, John 14 Price, Samuel 14 Price, Israel 14 Priestly, Wm 14 Reeder, Andrew 47 Reeder, Governor 43 Reynolds, Clarke 14 Riedmuller,50 Riedmuller, Aloyius 45 Ripley, Hermon 14 Robinson, Job 14 Robinson, Charles 48 Rodrique, Dr 42,43 Rogers, Michael 14 Sage, Paul 1 Sage, Deana 1 Sage, Martha 1 Sammers, Thomas 14 Samson, Seth· 14 Sanford, Earl 55 Schwartz, Frederick 14 Sedgwick, Major 57 Sheperdson, John 46 Shirley, William 43 Shirred, William 53 Shombre, Henry 57 Shores, Thomas 14 Short, David 14 . Simmons, William 41 Skiner, W.T. 14 Smith, John 14 Snyder, L. 14 Sowers, Alfred 14 Spencer, Mrs 44 Spicely, W.T. 54 Stainbrook, Fay 1 Stanton, F.P. 53 Stewart, George 14 Stewart, Wm 14 Stickle, Isaac 14 Stover, H.C. 14 Stump, John 14 Sullivan, J .M. 14 Sumner, Colonel 50 Swayzee, David 14 Talley, Lloyd 1 Talley, Robert 1 Talley, Fay 1 . Talley, Allison 1 Talley, R.J. 1 Taylor, A.B. 14 Titus, Colonel 54 Titus, I.B. 47 Todhunter, Rachel 43 Torry, Charles 55 Tosh, A 5 Tyron, Spencer 14 VanLandingham, J .A. 14 Veinson, Darchfield 14 Walker, Colonel 55 Walker, R.J. 53 Walter, Frank, Mrs 55 Walter, Franz 50 Walter, F.P. 45 Watt, James 14 Weir 49 . Wellman, Richard 55 Wetheim, Carolyn 45 Whitfield, Mr. 47 Wiggins, Pam 1 Wilkins, Isaac 14 Willis, 54 Wiltz, Prof. 6 Winter, M.S. 43 Wold, Wm 14 Woods, Isaac 14 Woodson, Daniel 47 Woodson, Daniel 43 Young, Bill 50 Zinn, G.W. 43 �ROAD MAP OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, - '": r" KANSAS LEGEND ... , - - P l - S --~ .... j. ,- ••. - .... _.,..... ' .. - :-:.:~~><,,:":' ~I~' •• ' ~ :!.l ~ ; 1".-;; . �The Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc. P.O. 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Published Quarterly By: 'Douglas CountH Genealogical SocietH P.o. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 �Douglas County; ¥Slnsas; ~enealogic31 Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Progra.ms Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Treasurer Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Assis. Gen Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master Martha Harris mharris@ku.edu Librarian Sharon Moore SharonKMoore@sunflower.com Membership The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fIScal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vel"lD:ont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:309pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. MicrofIlm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html \ '\ �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County:; Kal1~~s, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 30, no. 3 & 4 July and October, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Douglas County Genealogical Library, Osma Room 64 From the President 64 . PERSI and Exchange Quarterlies 65 Exchange Quarterlies that will be dropped 65 New Publication, Index for Lawrence newspapers 66 DCGS Publications for sale 67 Lecompton Historical Society's Gieseman Map Collection 68 Genealogical infonnation in a Abstract of Title 70 Relationship charts 74 Index to More About Wonderful Old Lawrence 78 Some Leavenworth Co. marriages of Douglas Co. Residents(I869-1879) Guide to 1885 Census, Douglas County, KS 99 Wards and Townships of Douglas County in 1887 100 Partial indexes to 1885 Census 101 Lawrence streets and wards in 1885 101 Genealogical quotes 102 Ten years of Baldwin Ledger Publication -1894 103 Letter from Editor Brady 104 Old Settler's Reunion at Baldwin 105 Reunion of settlers brings back memories 165 Fort Dodge, Kansas. Sentinel on the Santa Fe Trail 107 Historical sites of Fort Dodge 111 Custer House fact sheet 113 Reminiscences of Old Union School 115 Genealogical Codicil to my last will and testament 116 Kansans of forty years like old days of yore 117 Old cemeteries 119 Herald of Freedom 119 How Do I Keep All This Stuff Straight, Billie Stone Fogarty 120 Dues fonn 125 Lost picture 126 Index 127 98 �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL LmRARY, OSMA ROOM The Board of the DCGS has reviewed our collection of books in the Osma Room in the Lawrence Public Library. Many of the''how-to" books are out-of-date, while other resource books were donated by persons with specific interests in other areas of the country. They are good books but are not likely to be used and take up space that is needed for more appropriate locally focused materials. This is a preliminary step in transferring the DCGS books to the Library, which will enable the Library to catalog the volumes. The "retained titles" will then show up in the online catalog. The books that are being removed, have been made available for purchase to the Society's members and the general public. The Society voted to do this transfer last year. The collection will then concentrate on Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, the surrounding states and the general migration states. We will then be considering discontinuing the number of exchanges of quarterlies that we do with other societies. There are several reasons for this; cost of printing and mailing, space for storage, lack of use and need for volunteer time in filing the quarterlies. We will only eliminate exchanges that are indexed in PERSI. PERSI in an index of genealogy publications maintained by Allen County Library in Indiana. This index is available through Heritage Quest through the Lawrence Public Library, free with you Library card, The articles can be obtained from Allen County for a small cost. (See list of possible titles that will be discontinued elsewhere in the Pioneer.) We will continue to have the books on individual family histories in the Library and will retain the ones that are there now. In addition we will be expanding that part of the collection in the future. The Society had a successful sale of the titles mentioned during July. The titles remaining will be offered at the Book Sale of the Lawrence Public Library this fall. We welcome comments. Editor.burchill@ku.edu FROM THE PRESIDENT The Society has made some exciting decisions. We are in the process of turning over the Society's books that are in the Osma Room to the Lawrence ~blic Lib.rary. There is an ru:ticle explaining this later in this issue of the Pioneer. The same artlcl~ exp~ams what w~ are domg with exchange quarterlies. Our energies will now be put on famtly history collecting for the Osma Room. We welcome any suggestions about any aspect of the Society and always welcome help with projects. The small but dedicated group who keeps the Society running is very much appreciated. Thank you all very much. Mary Burchill �pr;Rs I E 'i. ~ hlLCHj ~ f Q I..A-al- ~a.- c-t l a..s You may also contact the Allen County Public Library, which owns a copy of each periodical indexed in I photocopies of artlcies. A form for ordering photocopies is avaiiabie at: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/database/graphics/orderform.html Send the form describing the articles to be copied, and provide the full entry from PERSI with the narr journal. You may request a maximum of six articles at a time. The charge is $7.50 for each· letter, pre$0.20 per page copied to be billed to you. Requests are NOT accepted by phone, fax, or e-mail. Mail th form to: Allen County Public Library Foundation P.O. Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 Please allow at least eight weeks for processing. Also, be sure to double check your requests, and give citation (Article Title, Periodical Title, Code, Volume, Issue, Date, etc.). Incomplete information may de processing. EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES THAT WILL BE DROPPED Tree Climber, Salina Kansas Topeka Genealogical Society Quarterly, Topeka, Kansas Genealogical Forum Bulletin, Portland, Oregon Old Fort Log, Fort Scott, Kansas Relatively Speaking, Columbus, Kansas (Cherokee Co.) Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society Register, Wichita, Kansas Waconda Roots and Branches, North Central Kansas, Cawker City, Kansas The Sunflower, Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno Co) Kansas Review, Kansas Council of Genealogical Society Roots and Leaves, Fremont, Nebraska Yesteryears, Jefferson County, Kansas Treesearcher or Tree Tracker, Phillips County, Kansas Genealogist, Johnson County, Kansas The Seeker, Crawford County, Kansas Kansas Kin, Riley County Treesearcher, Dodge City, Kansas If any of these are of interest to you to own please contact a Board Member or burchill@ku.edu: or 785-843-9199. �August 11, 2007 To: From: Douglas County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Re: Index for Lawrence, Kansas Newspapers Now Available Lawrence, Kansas, Daily Journal, 1881-1886, Index of Family Information t. This pUblication is an index of names in articles that contain family information such as names of relatives, relationships, events, and dates, and clues to finding family information such as residence before moving to Douglas County, Kansas, or residence after moving away. The index contains about 7,000 entries listing names of Douglas County residents, former residents, or relatives of residents in daily (six days per week) newspapers from August 23, 1881 through December 12, 1886. The newspapers are on 11 reels of microfilm from which we will make copies of cited articles for a small fee. If you have questions, please send an email to: jordpc@brownchair.net Printed on heavy (28-pound) paper; in 3-ring binder, stiff covers. Price Per Book - $15.00 plus $1.10 sales tax, i f applicable Shipping & Postage - $7.00 for 1 book, $8.95 for 2-3 books ORDER FORM Lawrence, Kansas, Daily Journal, 1881-1886, Index of Family Information Quantity (______ x $15.00 $--------------------- Sales Tax ($1.10 per book, if applicable) Handling & Postage (1 book $7.00/$8.95 for 2-3 books) $ ________________________ Total Amount Due $--------------------- $ _______________________ Ship To: Name: Company: Address: City: Phone: Zip: --------------------------------State: -------------------E-mail: Send order to Douglas County Genealogical Society, P.o. Box 3664, Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 �DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Publications for sale. August 2007 Original Pre-Emptions in Douglas Co., KS (7Spp) . $7.90 Original Owners in City of Lawrence, KS (89pp) 9.30 Lawrence City Directory & Business Mirror 1860-1861 (3Opp) 3.40 Lawrence City Directory 1875-76 (92pp) 9~60 C.W. Smith, Lawrence, KS-Undertaker & embalmer 1890-1907 (8Opp) 8.40 1875 Douglas Co., KS Census Consolidated Index ONLY (22pp) 2.60 Index to Rural Schools Schoolhouses of Douglas Co., KS (33pp) 3.70 Five Generation Ancestor Charts of DCGS Members 1992 (148pp) vol.2 15.20 Douglas County, KS Family Histories 1991-92 (674 pp) limited numbers 10.00 Index of Deaths & Births in Daily Newspapers of Lawrence, KS 1864-72 (25pp) 5.30 Geneal. Information in Newspapers of Lawrence, Dg. Co, KS.lndex 1873-1881 (11Spp) .19.00 Pioneer Name Index to vol.5, no. 1-4, 1981-82. (57 pp) 6.00 ·2.50 Pioneer Contents vol. 1-12. (20pp) Cemetery District Map. 1 s h e e t : 1.50 Dg. Co., KS. Territory, Landowners of record. 4 July 1857 with legal description Of parcel owned from land plat mat. Includes Map. 16p + map 2.10 Add $2.00 for shipping and handling. Kansas residents add 7.3% sales tax. Make check or money order payable to Douglas County, KS, Genealogical Society Or DCGS. Please include Name, Address for mailing. Questions at burchill@ku.edu Mail requests to: Douglas County,KS, Genealogical Society, Inc i POBox 3664 Lawrence, KS 66049-0664 �Wichita State University Libraries, Department of Special Collections Map ofan exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the 1842 and to Oregon & north California in the years 1843-44, by John Charles Fremont, published in 1845. A Fresh Look at the Lecompton Historical Society's Gieseman Map Collection .. Raymond Gieseman was born a few miles downriver While many of us have been delighted at their . from Lecompton in Williamstown, a small burg for even this part of rural Kansas. He enjoyed a distinguished career as an educator; economist, statistician for the u.s. Labor Department in Washington, D.C., historian and collector of all manner of papers and artifacts regarding Kansas Territorial history. He lived in a large apartment on Washington, D.C. 's Massachusetts A venue, which often is described as Embassy Row. And indeed, Gieseman's apartment was filled with so much Kansas Territory and Lecompton historical data and memorabilia that it was known as "the Lecompton Embassy." On one of his many trips to Lecompton, he told our president, Paul Bahnmaier, that he would sit in his high school classroom and look across the Kansas River toward Lecompton. "He told me that even back when he was in school he was fascinated by Lecompton's history," Paul recalls. "He was a great friend to our society." When Mr. Gieseman died in 1988, he bequeathed many books of historical importruice and Congressional papers of the 1850s to the Lecompton Historical Society. He also gave the Society 72 maps, many dating to and before the establishment ofthe Territory of Kansas in 1854. 2 strange and changing county boundaries, the handcolored borders and the early dates on them, from 1802 onward, the Society has never determined just what to do with the treasures that the maps are nor, significantly, how to make them more accessible to visitors. It's a process, an ongoing effort to learn about the import and significance of Mr. Gieseman's gift. So enter Barbara McCorkle, one of the growing number of educators and professionals returning to Douglas County after distinguished careers. We were introduced to her by Justice Fred Six, the distinguished jurist who is fast becoming one of Douglas County's leading historians. In a classic understatement, Justice Six said, "She worked with maps at Yale University." Indeed. Barbara McCorkle was the map ,curator at the Yale University Library from 1979 to 1993. Earlier, she had been married to KU's Professor Oswald Backus. During her Kansas years she was associate librarian at the Spencer Research Library, from 1968 to 1874. President Paul and our Museum Administrator, Vicki Leochner, joined in welcoming the former Yale librarian. Mrs. McCorkle, attired in a KU Endacott Society of Retirees cardigan,·was delighted to see , �KansaslNebraska map on the wall. She said, "Oh my! That's such a lovely one. That's a beautiful job of framing, especially with its leather carrying case." The book-sized red leather jacket is mounted just below the 30-inch by 40-inch map, and together with the map, it makes a wonderful presentation. It's one of about a half dozen that Mr. Gieseman had framed before donating them. "He certainly knew how to take care of his collection and how to frame them beautifully," she says. We look at map after map, some by J.H. Colton of New York, others by 1. Disturnell or S.A. Mitchell. It gives you a chill to see the original work of famous explorers like Brevet Capt. John Fremont in 1842 and 1843 on his way to New Mexico and Capt. Zebulon Pike of Pike's Peak fame. Then Paul pulls out a roll-down, window-shade-like wall map. It's big, maybe five-feet square-a fourcolor map of the United States published in 1855, just a year after the enactment of Kansas Territory by Congress. Barbara goes to her hands and knees and the rest of us follow. "I love the vignettes on these maps. Look at the detail on those ships," she says. They are remarkable. The miniature line drawings of ships are about the size of a silver dollar and have been placed randomly on the seven seas. They depict ships of the period, from side-mounted paddlewheel steamers to the graceful Clipper ships, barkentines land sailing yachts. The map and its featutes all are bordered by an intricate design unique to the map. This particular map, a Gaston & Johnson of Nassau St., New York City, especially enchants her. "I saw a similar period map like this, it wasn't in as fme condition, on the Antiques' Roadshow imd it was estimated to be valued at $25,000." "There are different theories about how to exhibit and protect these wall maps," she says. "One, you can hang it up and it'll have some strain. Or you can leave it rolled up or placed open in a map case. All have their problems. I think I'd do a really fine job of hanging this one. It's in exceptional condition and should stay that way." The LHS maps, she adds, are a "treasme trove. Mr. Gieseman clearly was a serious collector who left the Society maps worth mega bucks. Many of them are worth four and five figures." She particularly likes the Gunn maps of the Kansas ·gold fields. Mike Kelly, Wichita State University Curator of Special Collections; agrees with her that they are exceptional. "Those maps are highly prized these days," he says. "The Lecompton Historical Society's collection is one you would not expect except in a major university or museum." All of the maps are stored in mylar folders. Kelly and McCorkle say the LHS should consider scanning the maps for digital display and encapsulating them in sealed mylar. That of course is not in tM LHS budget. As more historical information is added to the Lecompton Kansas.com Internet site and as more people interested in Kansas history come to the site, it's clear much of the Gieseman collection should be made accessible that way. The next project will be completing grant requests for the funds to update the LHS storage facilities and, perhaps, to better exhibit them. But as the Yale librarian concludes, "You've done a good job protecting and preserving them . . That's what is most important." Wichita State University Digitized Maps These digitized Kansas maps come from the Wichita State University Libraries, Department of Special Collections. They are of identical period maps found in the LHS Raymond Gieseman Collection at the Territorial Capital Museum at Lane University. Wichita Stale University libraries, Department of Special Collections 3 �GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION IN AN ABSTRACT OF TITLE Extracted by Paul Jordan . The Abstract is for the east Yz of the southwest 'i4 of Section 27, Township 12, Range 21 in Douglas County. All the information in any Abstract was gathered by the abstractor from deed records, court records, and other official sources that are available to all researchers, but an Abstract provides it much more conveniently (and it does specify the sources). Most Abstracts are not neariy so rich in geneaiogicai informatIOn as this one. " ... " means omission of words ( I apologize for any errors in transcription). LAST WILL AND TEST AMENT I, Henry Weaver of the town of Eudora ... beloved wife Nancy ... my children now living, viz: Jonathan Weaver, James H. Weaver, Frank L. Weaver, Mary 1. Porter, Frances A Wherry and John F. Weaver ... my deceased daughter Sarah Ann Koffell .,. children of Harvey Koffel, my grandson ... daughter of Ida Stoffer, being my great granddaughter .. . Irwin Koffel, son of my said daughter Sarah Ann ... my granddaughter Nannie Stewart .. . Signed on 5th day of July AD. 1886 CODICIL Whereas I Henry Weaver ... having learned that my grandson Harvey Koffel has reformed and being greatly pleased to find that he is now a good and worthy man, therefore I do now give and bequeath to my said grandson Harvey Koffel ... Signed on 30th day of December 1892 LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP The State of Ohio, Columbiana County ... appoint George D. Stoffer, guardian to the person and estate of Bertha L. Stoffer, child ofIda M. Stoffer deceased, and heir of Henry Weaver, deceased ... 25 May 1896 Priest River, Idaho Received of John F. Weaver, one ofthe Executors of the Will of Henry Weaver, deceased, on this eighth day of August 1896, ... legacy of Carrie 1. Stewart, Glen B. Stewart, Vernon Stewart and Lela M. Stewart, minors, as provided for under the last will and testament of Henry Weaver, deceased, late of Douglas County, Kansas, said minors being the children of Nannie Stewart, grand-daughter of testator ... QUITCLAIM DEED James H. Weaver, and Hannah H. wf., Frank L. Weaver and Mary 1. wf., John F. Weaver and Australia C. wf., Frances A. Wherry and Eli 1. hus., William T. Porter, unmarried, John A Porter, unmarried, Elizabeth A Porter, unmarried to Styles W. Porter ACK'D. May 30,1896 by James H. & Hannah Weaver ... Columbiana Co. Ohio ACK'D. May 22, 1896 by Frank L. and Mary 1. Weaver ... Saline Co. Kas. ACK'D. May 26, 1896 by John F. and Austrailia C. Weaver, Frances A. Wherry and Eli J. Wherry, William T., John A. and Elizabeth A Porter ... Douglas County, Kas. 70 �CERTIFICATE .. , Auburn in the county of Cayuga, State of New York on the 14th day of June 1900 Letters testamentary upon the last will and testament of William C. Beardsley late of the city of Auburn in said county, deceased, were duly granted and issued ... to Katharine R. Beardsley and Josephene R. Beardsley of the city of Auburn .. , WILL OF MARY JANE PORTER., DEC'D • I, Mary Jane Porter of Weaver in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas ... my daughter Elizabeth Ann Porter ... my son William T. Porter ... my son John A. Porter ... my daughter Ollie Jane Porter ... 15 November 1894 EXTENSION AGREEMENT Henry Westerhaus and Kate Westerhaus, his wife DATE Sept. 22, 1910 QUITCLAIM DEED Jessie W. Smith, widow ofF.W. B. Smith, deceased and Jessie L. Clawges (formerly Jessie L. Smith) and Daniel F. Clawges, her husband, sole surviving heirs ofF.W.B Smith, deceased ... [specified land in Douglas County, Kansas] ACK'GD. Mar. 8, 1905 ... Jackson County, Missouri WARRANTY DEED William B. Roberts and Calla I. Roberts, his wife DATE Nov. 12, 1906 ... [specified land in Douglas County, Kansas] ACK'GD. ... Jackson County, Missouri. Estate of Charles Lothholz, deceased ... Oct. 12, 1909 Mfidavit in Proof of Death filed ... [no date of death shown in the Abstract] QUITCLAIM DEED Homer 1. Weaver, Norman Weaver, Maggie Weaver, Icie Weaver, Leone E. Weaver, aJI unmarried . ACK'GD. Aug. _1915 ... Jackson County, Missouri . ' QUITCLAIM DEED . Ralph Weaver and Cora Weaver, his wife ACK'GD. Sept. 4, 1915 ... Cloud County, Kansas. 71 �WARRANTY DEED Henry Westerhaus, Sr. (a single man) -- toHE. Westerhaus, Jr. ACK'Gn August 8, 1919 ... Douglas County, Kansas MORTGAGE HE. Westerhaus and Margie Westerhaus, his wife· ACK'GD Aug. 28,1926 ... Douglas County, Kansas AFFIDAVIT Milton Davy of lawful age and being first duly sworn deposes and says he was well acquainted with Locust Pascal, grantor in Warranty Deed dated Aug. 17, 1861, ... Locust Pascal died intestate on or about Fall of 1865, that he left as his sole surviving heirs at law, his wife Eliza, that he had no adopted children, that he was only married once, his wife's name being Eliza, that the following children were born to them: none. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 nd day of June, 1915 ... AFFIDAVIT Robert Robinson being duly sworn, deposes and says; that he was well acquainted with John M. Bigknife, who conveyed by Warranty deed to Jonathan Weaver on the 20 th day of September AD. 1869 ... at the time said conveyance was made, said John M. Bigknife was unmarried ... Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day of June, 1915. AFFIDAVIT State of Missouri County of Jackson Horner 1. Weaver ... says; That he is a nephew of Mary Jane Porter, now deceased; That the said Mary Jane Porter died intestate on or about February 15, 1895; That she left surviving her, her husband Styles W. Porter, and two sons, William T. Porter, and John A Porter, and two daughters, Lizzie Porter and Ollie Porter; That the said Mary Jane Porter was never married but once; That there were no adopted children, and the only children born to them were the ones named above and no others. Affiant further states that he is son of Jonathan Weaver, now deceased; That he, the said Jonathan Weaver, died intestate on or about Feb. 11, 1901; That he left surviving him three sons and three daughters, viz: Maggie Weaver, age 26, Norman Weaver age 31, Ralph Weaver age 20, Icie Weaver age 23, and this affiant Horner J. Weaver age 28; That the said Jonathan Weaver's wife died on or about march 13, 1900; that there were no adopted children. Said Jonathan Weaver was never married but once. Leone E. Weaver, the third daughter was 12 years old at the time of her father's death. Subscribed and sworn ... 11th day of August, 1915 ... 7J.. �PROBATE COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Estate of Henry E. Westerhaus, Insane. . .. Jan. 23, 1928 ... Hearing had and Henry E. Westerhaus adjudged insane ... , . SHERIFF'S RETURN ON ORDER OF SALE: Filed Februarf 27, 1930. ili d . ... I would offer said real estate for sale ... on the 11 day of February, .1~30.- .. ,an at the time and place stated in said notice of sale I sold said real estate, situated in Douglas County, . in the State of Kansas, to-wit: . . Lot 3 being 57 and 63/1000 acres, being the east fractional Y2 of the north-west fractional quarter of Section 27 Township 12 Range 21; ... Also the North 29 and 937/100 acres ofthe east Y2 ofthe southwest quarter in Section 27 Township 12 Range 21 ... WARRANTY DEED Lucille Eudaly and Willfred Eudaly, her husband; Ermal Whaley and Ralph C. Whaley, her husband to Carl E. Westerhaus and Rita Ann Westerhaus ... '" February 25, 1967 ... PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF DESCENT Your Petitioner, Carl E. Westerhaus, whose residence and address is 1125 Church Street,: Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, represents and shows to the Court: That HE. Westerhaus, Jr., also known as Henry E. Westerhaus, a resident of Douglas County, Kansas, and a citizen of the United States, died on the 4th day of March, 1971; ... That the said HE. Westerhaus, Jr., also known as Henry E. Westerhaus, left surviving him as his sole heirs-at-Iaw the following person, to-wit: Margie Westerhaus, his wife, c/o Lawrence Manor Nursing Home, 345 Florida, Lawrence, Kansas; Ermal Whaley, his daughter, RFD #2, Lawrence, Kansas; Lucille Eudaly, his daughter, 2013 Learnard, Lawrence, Kansas; Carl E. Westerhaus, his son, this Petitioner, 1125 Church Street, Eudora, Kansas . ... 14ili day of June, 1973. ;, 73 @ �Abbreviations: g father = grandfather; g g father = great grandfather; unc = uncle; bro = brother; c = cousin; coo = cousin; nepb = nephew; r = generations removM, ILLUSTRATION 10,9 RELATIONSHIP CHART (brother) 6 G G FATHER (6 g g son) 6 G G UNC (6 g g neph) (brothers) 5 G G FATHER (5 g g son) 5 G G UNC g g neph) le7r (5 (brothers) 4 G G FATHER 4 G G UNC (4 g g neph) (4 g g son) (brothers) 3 G G FATHER (3 g g son) le6r 2c6r lc5r 2eSr 3eSr le4r' 2e4r 3e4r 4c4r 2e3r 3c3r 4e3r Se3r 3e2r 4c2r Se2r 6e2r 4clr Selr 6elr 7elr 3 G G UNC (3 g g neph) . (brothers) ;. GO UNC 2 G G FATHER J--------------~~ (g g nephI •. (2 g g son) ' - -_ _ _ _ __1 (brothers) 00 FATHER. (g g son) GO UNC (g 8 neph) (brothers) G FATHER (g son) /-/ o UNC. (8 neph) UNCL (nephew) FATHER (son) -;.---,' Ielr 2e2r 2e1r 3elr 3 COU f 4COU 5 COU , . 6 COU 7 COU Bcau BRO I COU NEPHEW ' II' 2elr 3elr 4clr Selr 6clr 7e1r Belr (~_£_~t_~_~_) _III G_:_u_E:_e~_-----llleI2r 2e2r 3e2r 4c2r Se2r 6c2r 7e2r 8e2r Jet 2e3r 3e3r 4c3r Se3r 6c3r 7e3r Be3r SELF I SON ......__(_fa_t_he_r_)_~ '--__ _ I'oc', 2COU le2r L._ _ G G SON (g g father) G G NEPH (g g une) This relationship chart can help you determine your relationship to the persons whose names you submit for temple work. When submitting names on a family group record, your relationship to either the husband or wife must be a relationship from this chart (or an extension of this chart)not a step odn-Iaw relationship. KEY TO USING THE RELA TIONSHIP CHART I. To determine the relationship of the brothers (or sisters) of direct ancestors, follow the horizontal linj: from the direct ancestor. EXAMPLES: a. The brother of your 6 g g father is is your 6 g g uncle. Your relationship to him is shown in parentheses immediately below the uncle relationship - in :this case 6 g g nephew. b. The sister of your 6 g g father is your 6 g gaunt. 2. To determine your relationship to 71 the children of the brothers (and sisters) of your direct ancestors, follow the vertical line down from the uncle (or aunt) relationship. EXAMPLE: a. The son of your 4 g g uncle is your Ic5r. b. The grandson of your g g uncle is your 2clr. �THE FAMILY TREE Legal degrees of kinship Lines indicate the paths of direct descendancy. Numbers in the circles indicate the degree of kindred to the principle. Full cous~ are in heavy black circles. Cousins to the left are "cousins.in the ascendanCy." Cousins to the right are "cousins in descendency." -Sent to tis by Mack Taylor �CHART OF RELATIONSHIPS. • Through a Common Ancestor Second Cousin Third Cousin ·©1959 by the Regents of the University of California. Permission granted. 7{' ------ - - - - - - - - - - - - �TABLE OF CONSANGUINITY· Showing Degrees of Relationships 4 Figures Show Degree of Relationships GreatoGreat Grandparents 5 Great-Grand ., Uncles Aunts 2 6 First Cousins Twice Removed 7 Second Cousins Once Removed Parents 2 Person Deceased Brothers Sisters 3 Nephews Nieces Children 4 2 Grand Nephews Nieces Grand Children 3 Great-Grand Children 6 4 5 First Cousins 5 7 First Cousins Once Removed Second Cousins Once Removed 6 8 10 First Cousins Twice Removed Second Cousins Twice Removed Third Cousins Twice Removed 9 11 7 Great-Grand Nephews Nieces Third Cousins Second Cousins First Cousins Thrice Removed Second Cousins Thrice Removed 9 Third CousinS Once Removed Third Cousins Thrice Removed __.----:--""':'"7-:---==--;--;----:-:...----::::---::--=---::------ . _ - - - - *N909liYllie Regents of the University of California. Permission granted. 215 . 77 �INDEX FOR MORE ABOUT WONDERFUL OLD LAWRENCE BY ELFRIEDE FISCHER ROWE - Prepared by Darlene Hanks Slapar Eudora, KS February 1998 Book Code-mawol 1854, 1863, 1866, 1867 " 1868, 1884 'J 1885, 1893 'J 1896 'J 1899, 1906'J 1 91 0 IJ 1910" 1 915 '} 1945, 1951, m<'~wc)], ElO mC:ll.o\loI :1.00 mi:\\wCll 4U mi::~wDl :I. 00 mi."\l"lol LI,H malAJol ~.:iO mi::ll,\lol :::,:;0 fT'I,,:H·\lnl ::7;0 m"H,\lol 49 mi:\\l.o\lol 1.I,Il m,,:lwol ::,:51 In c:"\ we:) :I. !::,:; ::::: lTlawol ~5:1. fTl (':!\ {!oJ C) :I. !::) ::::; lTlawnl 55,56 mawoJ H"I AAUW (AMERICAN ASSN. UNIV. WOMEN, mawol :1.1"1 ACHNING, Ralph mawol "I ACKERMAN, Bernice (Lopes) mawol 45 ACKERMAN, Frances (Mrs.) mawnl 60 ADVERTISING ROAD SIGNS, mawol 2,3 AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, mawol 100 AETNA, mawol :I.(Y? AKERS, Harry mawol 42 ALEXANDER, Herb mawol :1.6 ALLEMANIA CLUB, lTlawol 52 ALLEN, Roger mawal 27 ALLIS CHALMERS, mawol 2"1 ALPHA CHI, mawal 40 ALPHA DELTA PI'S lTlawal 52 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, mawol 28 ANDERSON '.1 ( . ) . , ] " (Ik,,) mawol ::~;o 'J :I. :I. 1 ANDERSON, Ed (Cafe) mawol 31 ANDERSON, Ed mawol :1.03 ANDERSON, Ellen mawol H2,83 ANDERSON, Jude mawol 28 ANIMAL, AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL, mawol 4 ANTHONY, Susan 8. mawol 82 ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB, mawol :1.6 ANTIQUE SHOP, mawol "14 ANTIQUE SHOPPING TRIP, mawol 76,77,78,79 ARMY, mawol 55,56 ARNDT, Marcella Hetzel mawol 68 ARNDT, Marcella mawol 69,1:1.7 ARONSZAJN HOUSE, mawol 83 1 7? �ASAFETIDA BAGS, mawol 108 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR-KU. mawol 15 AUCHARD, V. ,,,',, (01"',,) r~awC)l 111 AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS, mcwQl 114 AUTOMOBILE NAMES, mawol 13,14 BABB, David mawol 15 BABCOCK, Carmi mawol 7 BABCOCK, Mrs. mawol 6 BABCOCKS', mawol 6 BAGBY, Harold (Mrs.) mawol 45 BAKER, m"lWO 1 D!:.::i BALDWIN CITY, mawol 102 BALDWIN HILL, mawol 12 BALDWIN HILL GROVE, mawol 66 BALDWIN, mawol 11 BANJO PLAYER, mawol 5 BANKS, Bessie Anderson mawol f BANKS, George A. mawol 100 BANNING, Charles E. mawol 27 BARBER SHOPS, mawol 114,116 BARKER, (3enr·q(·::·~ ,:J" (Juclgf:':~) mi::\l-\lol H!".l BARNES, Mary mawol 81 BARREL INN, mawnl 41 BARTELDES, F.W. mawol 17 BARTELDES, mawol 8,15 BARTZ' AND HESS, mawol 4 BEATTY, Nellie G. mawol 86 BEAUTY PARLORS, mawol 84 BECHTEL CORPORATION, mawol 8H BECKER CLUB, mawol 50 BELL, Johm (Mrs.) mawol 43 BELL, John mawol 5 BENEDICT, Jimmy mawol 47 BESS STONE CENTER, IikU\lO 1 01.1· BIG APPLE, mawol 46 BIGGERS, mawol 17 BILLIARD HALL, mawol 73 BILOGAN, Hank mawol 88 BISMARCK GROVE, mawol 7,66 BLACK BAND, mawol 116 BLACK FRIDAY, mawol 90 BLECHA, Frank mawol 55 BLUE MILL RESTAURANT, mawol 60 BLUE MOUND, mawol 66,69,93 BOARDING CLUB, mawol 49,50 BOARDING HOUSE, mawol 48 BOARDING HOUSE-(First), mawol HO BOARDING HOUSES HAVE FADED OUT, mawol 48 BOARDMAN, W"C. mawol 26,27 BOGGS & ALBERT, mawol 60 BOSTON (THE), mawol 46 BOWEN,! EITlE"I~Y.:1" (CapL::tin .:1,::Ic:k) fTl,::IWClJ. ::59 BOWERSOCK GRAIN ELEVATORS, mawClI 106 BOWERSOCK, mawClI 84 2 7'1 �BRAND, John mawol 28 BREIDENTHAL, Jane mawol 45 BRICK YARD POND, mc:\wol 66 BRICK'S DREAD CAFE, mawol 39,41,42 BRICKEN, E.C. mawol 39,41 BRICKEN, Ed mawol 41 BRIDGES~TWO, Kaw mawol 105 BRINKLEY, John Dr. mawol 95 BRODHEAD, Ross mawol 14 BROERS., F:·('~,::lr-J. (l"lr~:;.) m,?\wol :?1 O~~M~b~I~~$~" mawol 63 BROWN, G. Ma~k (Mrs.) mawol 83 BROWN, Geor-gia mawol 43 BROWN, Robert mawol 42 BROWN'S GROVE, mawol 6,66 BROWNING, Clyde mawol 16 BRUNE FARMS, mawol 56 BRYANT, Ike mawol 41 BRYANT, Lee mawol 41 BUCHANNANS CLUB, mawol 52 BUCK CLUB, mawol 52 BUFFALO ROBES, mawol 6 BULLENE, George mawol +,32 BULLENE, Lathrop mawol 102 BUNNY HUG, mawol 46 BURCHAM PARK, mawol 106 BURD I CK I, l·\j II 1.._ II ( ~::llfH C) of f:::'f.i; ~:;CJ r') (nc":":\ to\! (J:I. ~:.::.j :':? BURK, Ralph G. mawol 27 BURMA-SHAVE SIGNS, mawol 2,3 BURNS FAMILY, mawol 68 BUSHWACKERS, mawol 100 BUSINESS COLLEGE, mawol 49 CABIN CAMPS, mawol 2 CAHILL, Lillian M. mawol 85 CALLABOOSE, mawol 102 CAMERON BLUFF, mawol 6,66,68,112 CAMPANILE, mawol 106 CANNING FACTORY, mawol 54 CAPPER PUBLICATION, mawol 26 CAR DEALERS, mawol 15 CAR DRIVING ATTIRE, mawol 12 CARL, Elsa Barteldes mawol 18 CARL'S, fTli::\wol 6:~; CARRIAGES, mawol 6 CARROLL, Allie mawol 41,53 CARS-EARLY, mawol 10 CARS-ELECTRIC, mawol 10,16,17,18,19,20,21 CARTER, Harvey Lewis mawol 12 CASEY, 1''1. (IVlr""si.) mc:\wnJ. 01 CASTLE TEA ROOM, mawol 116 CCC CAMPS-CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, mawnl 94 CELLS FOR DRUNKS, mawnl 104 CENTRAL PARK, mawol 66 CENTRAL SCHOOL, mawnl g,85 3 to �CEROPHYL LABORATORIES-MIDLAND, mawol 54,56,58 CHAIN LETTERS, mawol 93 CHALKELEY, T.H. mawol 63 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, (Lawrence) m~;.,~·.·1'.!. CHANCELLOR SNOW, mawol 49' CHARLESTON, mawol 47 CHARTER-LAWRENCE 1858, mawol 106 CHEEK-TO-CHEEK, mawol 46 CHI OMEGA, mawol 52 CHILDHOOD EASTERS RECALLED, mawol 33 CHILDREN'S THEATRE, mawol 117 CHRISTMAS TREE-FIRST, mawo185 CICALA, mawol 50 CINDERELLA, mawol 117 CIRCLE DANCE, mawol 46 CITIZENS PROTECTIVE AGENCY (EUDORA CPA), mawol 68 CITY CLERK, mawol 104 CITY COUNCIL, mawol 104 CITY ENGINEER, mawol 104 CITY HALL, mawol 103 CITY HALL- NEW, mawol 105 CITY HALL-8TH & VERMONT, mawol 106 CITY LIMIT LAWS, mawol 5 CITY MARKET, mawol 103 CITY MARSHAL, mawol 104 CLARK, CHM. mawol 63 CLARK CLEANS CLOTHES, mawol 3 CLARKSON, Maurice (Mrs) mawol 116 CLAY COUNTY, mawol 71 CLAY-POTTERY, mawol 113 CLEANING CLOTHES, mawol 8 CLINTON DAM, mawol 98 CLUB MEMBERSHIP, mawol 52 CLUB MENUS, mawol 50 COAL CREEK, mawol 113 COHN, Jake mawol 113 COLEMAN, Pete mawol 47 COLLAMORE, Julia mawol 103 COLLECTING TENDS TO STIR A FEVER IN THE BLOOD, mawol 73 COLLEGE CLUB, mawol 50 COLLEGIATE DINING ASSN., mawol 50 COLLINS, Punch mawol 7,117 COLONIAL TEA ROOM, mawol 31,32,115 COLUMBUS FOODS CORPORATION, mawol 54 COLUMBUS FOODS, mawol 56,58,59 COMMERCIAL CLUB, mawol 43 COMMERCIAL HOUSE, mawol 81 COMMISSION MEETING ROOM, mawol 105 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, mawol 106 CONCERT BAND, mawol 116 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, mawol 85 CONOCO OIL CO., mawol 9 CONSTANT, Lillie mawol 114 CONSTANT-TOMMY PARK, mawol 106 IIIC'. 4 it \~V\ ... �COREL ~ mr."\wol 1:1. CORELS FAMILY~ mawol 68 CORNHUSKING CONTEST (NATIONAL), CORNVILLE VILLAGE, m2wcl ?7 COTHRUPE, Miss mawol 84 COTTAGE CAFE, mawol 42 COTTAGE CLUB, mawol 52 COUNTS, Wilson mawol28 COUNTY CLERK, mawol 104 COUNTY COURTHOUSE, mawol 104,105 COUNTY TREASURER, mawol :1.04 COVERED WAGONS~ maWol 4 COW SHED, mawol 41 COWLEY, Lawrence (Mr.) mawol 49 COX, Reuben mawol 71 COY, E.J. mawol 27 CRASH-THE '29; ITS IMPACT ON LAWRENCE, mawol 90 CREEL, Howard (Shortie) mawol 117 CREW, melhlol :1.0::-:: CROPS, COLORADO SUGAR BEETS, PASCAL CELERY, mawol CROPS, KANSAS WHEAT, RYE, CORN, ALFALFA, mawol 1 CUMMINGS, Bob (Mrs.) mawol 41 CURB SERVICE, mawol 31 CURTISS~ Alan mawol 15 DALTON, Bill mawol 7 DALTON, Marjorie Bowersock mawol 7 DALTON 'J mi::\Wc:o]. 69 DAM-KAW, mawol 106 DAME SCHOOL, mawol 84 DANCE BAND, mawol 117 DANCE PROTOCOL, mawol 47 DANCING LESSONS, mawol 44 DANFORTH CHAPEL, mawol 58 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, mawol 80 DEAN, Mrs. mawol 52 DEAN OF WOMEN, mawol 46 DECKER, Charles mawol 113 DEDRICK CLUB, mawol 50 DEDRICK, Mr. mawol 50 DEICHMAN'S CROSSING, mawol 66,67 DEICHMANN'S CROSSING, mawol 6 DELAHUNTY HAULING SERVICE, mawol 5 DELIVERY TRUCKS, mawol 5 DELIVERY WAGONS, mawol 5 DELUXE CAFE, m2wol :1.8,31 DENTIST-FIRST WOMAN, mawol 86 DEPRESSION, mawol 69,76,90 DERBY GRAIN, mawol 106 DIAS, Mina Perky mawol 85 DIRECTORY (UNIVERSITY), mawol DIRT STREETS, mawol 113 DISEASES-DREADED, mawol 108 DISTRICT COURT, mawol 104 DISTRICT SCHOOL HOUSE, m2wol 10:? 5 1 �DOCTORS, mawol 4 DOGGIE BAGS? mawol 31 DONALDSON'S AUCTION-KC, mawol 75 CONNELLEY, Alex mawol 54 DONNELLY, Alex mawol 58 DONNELLY BARN, mawol 15 DONNELLY'S LIVERY STABLE, mawol 9 DONNELLY'S, mawol 5 DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. mawol 16,17 DOUGLAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, mawol 115 DOUGLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, mawol 100 DRAG STRIP, mawol 11 DRAYAGE, mawol 5 DRESSMAKER, mawol 82 DRIFTERS, mawol 93 DRISDOM, Mrs. mawol 52 DROUGHT-1936, mawol 38 DUCKWALL'S, mawol 9,44 DUNLAP, Richard (Dr.) mawol 115 DURFEE HOUSE, mawol 81 DURR, Waldo mawol 27 DUST STORMS, mawol 94,95 DUTTON BRIDGE, mawol 65,66 DUVER, Hoot mawol 117 EAGLES HALL, mawol 45 EARLIER DAYS OF DANCING IN LAWRENCE, mawol 43 EASTER EGG HUNT, mawol 34 EASTER, mawol 33 . EATING IN AND OUT HAS CHANGED, mawol 29 EBY, Lisle mawol 27 ECKE'S HALL, mawol 44 ECKES HALL, mawol 51 ELDRIDGE HOTEL, mawol 30,31,41,53,73,98 ELDRIDGE, Lida W. mawol 102 ELECTION BOARD, mawol 104 ELIOT, George mawol 81 ELIZABETH WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM, mawol 100 ELIZABETH WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM BUILDING, mawol ELKS CLUB, mawol 30 . ELLIS, William (Mayor) mawol 9 EMERGENCY FARM LABOR, mawol 55 EMIGRANTS- INDIANA, OHIO, ILLINOIS, PA. mawol 4 EMILY, Pearl mawol 17 ENERGY; ECHOES FROM YESTERYEAR, mawol 20,21 ENGLAND ORPHANS, mawol 70,71 ENGLE, Ella mawol 60 ENGLE, Laura mawol 60 ENGLE SISTERS, mawol 83 ENGLISH ORPHAN BOYS, mawol 71 EPLEYS CAFE, mawol 31 EPSTEIN, M.J. mawol 102 EQUIPMENT-FARM, mawol 25,26 ERICSON, H.E. mawol 27 EUDORA CPA, mawol 68,69 6 104 �EUDORA PICNIC; mawol 7 EUDORA RIVER BOTTOMS, ~awol 66 EUDORA ROAD, mawol 11 EVANS, Nellie Reese mawol 115 EWERS, Jerry mawol 6 FAIR-DOUGLAS COUNTY~ mawol ~ FALLEY, George M. mawol 30 FARM AGENT-COUNTY, mawol 54 FARM HORSES, ·mawol 5 FARM WAGE COUNTY BOARD, mawol 55 FARMERS MAIL~ mawol 4 FARMERS, mawol 25,26,27,28,29 FARMERS-KAW VALLEY ORGANIZATION, mawol 26 FARMERS-KAW VALLEY, mawol 56 FARMERS-LAKEVIEW AREA, mawol 56 FASHION EXPERT, mawol 82 FATHER DRUMGOOL'S ORPHANAGE, mawol 71 FAXON, Frank mawol 85 FEATHER PILLOWS/BEDS, mawol 24 FEIN, Fred mawol 14 FERRY LANDING, mawol 105 FERTILIZER, mawol 22 FEY, Lida Da Lee Squires mawol 84 FEY, Mr. mawol 84 FILLING STATION-FIRST DRIVE-IN, mawol 9 FIORITO, Libuse mawol 116 FIRE DEPARTMENT, mawol 103,104 FIRE INSURANCE RECORDS REFLECTIONS OF HISTORY, mawol FIRE INSURANCE COVERAGE, mawol 100 FIRE ORDINANCES-CITY, mawol 101 FIRE PROTECTION, mawol 5 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, mawol 43 FIRST NATIONAL BANK TOWER, mawol 105 FISCHER, Agnes Jaedicke mawol a FISCHER BUILDING, mawol 82 FISCHER, Carl mawol a FISCHER, Elfriede mawol a FISCHER, Erna C.J. mawol a FISCHER, J. (Mrs.) mawol a FISCHER, Julius (Mrs.) mawol a FISCHER, Otto A. mawol a FISCHER, Thekla mawol a FISCHER'S SHOES, mawol 3 FISCHERS SHOE STORE, mawol 117 FISHING, mawol 65 FITZPATRICK, Charline Smith mawol f,52 FLOOD STAGE, mawol 87 FMC NEWS, mawol f FOLK MEDICINE FADES IN MARCH OF SCIENCE, mawol 108 FOOD PRESERVATION, mawol 91 FOODS, mawol 21,22,23,24,25,.30 FOOTBALL TRAINING TABLE, mawol 53 FORTSON, Ramsey mawol 116 FOSTER, J.H. mawol 102 7 100 �FOWLER, Mary mawol 85 FOX TROT, ~awol 46 FRANCISCO"S, mawol 5 FRASER HALL~ mawol 106 FRATERNAL AID HALL, mawol 51 FRATERNAL AID UNION HALL, mawol 45 FRATERNITIES, mawol 52 FRATERNITY PARTIES, mawol 46,47 FRAZER, Robert L. mawol 102 FREE STATE, mawol 85 FREE STATERS-SECOND COMPANY, mawol 85 FREIENMUTH, Eda Fischer mawol a FREIENMUTH, Hans & Lela mawol a FREIENMUTH, Hans mawol a FREIENMUTH, Jeanette Still mawol a FREIENMUTH, Lela Walters mawol a FREIENMUTH, Leland (baby) mawol a FREIENMUTH, Otto & Agnes mawol a FREIENMUTH, Otto mawol a FREIENMUTH, Will mawol a FREIENMUTH, Will & Eda mawol a FRIEND, e.E. mawol 17,63 FRIEND, Paul mawol 18 FRIEND, Rusty mawol 18 FRINK, Dr. mawol 84 FRITZEL, Dorothy mawol + FRITZEL, John mawol 58 FRITZEL"S MILK, mawol 4 FUMIGATION, mawol 108,109 FUNSTON- CONGRESSMAN, mawol 21 GAGE FARM, mawol 66 GALLAGHER, Buddy mawol +,9,15 GAME-STAMPING WHITE HORSES, mawol 2 GAMMA PHI BETAS, mawol 52 GARBAGE PICKUP, mawol 5 GARDNER, May mawol 28,80 GARST AND THOMAS, mawol 27 GARST, Robert mawol 27 GASLIGHT BAR & GRILL, mawcl 39 GASLIGHT, mawol 42 GASOLINE ALLEY OF YESTERYEAR, mawol 8 GASOLINE PUMPS, mawol 9 GASOLINE STORAGE, mawol 8 GASOLINE TANK WAGONS, mawol 9 GEMMELL"S CAFE, mawol 42 GENTRY, mawcl 11 GERMAN, mawol 52 GERMAN POW"S ONCE WORKED IN AREA, mawol 54 GERMAN PRISONER CAMP-OTTAWA, mawol 56 GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP-LAWRENCE, mawcl 54 GERMAN PRISONER CAMP SITE, mawol 55 GERMAN PRISONERS CAMP ADM.-FORT RILEY, mawol 55 GERMAN PRISONERS, mawol 56 GERMAN PRISONERS WAGE, mawol 55 8 �GIBSON GIRL HATS, mawol 6 GIFFORD, A. Ok.) iIlEthlDl 111 GIFFORD, Dr. mawDl 115 GIRLS CLUB~ mawol 50 GIRLS DORMITORIES~ mawol 53 GLASS COLLECTION, mawol 74,75 GLATHARDT, Jerry (AI) mawol 7 GLOVES, m<;:\~\lol 62 GODDING, Art mawol 16 GODDINGS, mawol 5 GOFFS CLUB~ mawol 52 GOOSE GREASE, mawol 22 GORRILL~ Bud mawol f GORRILL, Galen (Bud) mawol 9 GRAEBER~ Dolly mawol 68,112 GRAEBER'S BOAT~ mawol 68 GRAND CENTRAL STATION, mawol 71 GRAND MARCH, mawol 47 GRAPES-FIRST GROWN IN KANSAS, mawol 85 GREEN, Al mawol 28 GRIESA, Billy mawol 14 GRIFFITH, Arlene mawol 52 GRIFFITH CLUB, Mrs. mawol 1:::"1"", ,.J.,::. GRIFFITH, Glendale mawDI 52 GRIGGS, Ed mawol 9 GROCERIES-CHARGING, mawol 91 GROCERY STORES, mawol 4 GROVENER, Gurden mawol 85 GUENTHER, Alice mawol 45 GUENTHER'S, mawol 4 GUSTAFSON, COLLEGE JEWELER, mawol 3 GYPSIES, mawol 117 HACK/BOARDING SERVICE, mawol 5 HADLEY, mawol 102 HAGGART, Laura Rankin mawol 44 HAGGART, Rebert mawol 27 HAGLUND, Art mawol 41 HALEY'S ORCHESTRA, mawol 47 HAMILTON, w.o. mawol 15 HANNA, Buddy mawol 69. HANNA, Hovey mawol 28 HARRIS, mawol [3LI· HASKELL CAFE, mawol 31 HASKELL, Capt. mawol 85 HASKELL, mawol 26,27,66 HASKELL STADIUM, mawol 7 HAT CUSTOMS, mawol 62 HAT PINS, mawol 62 HATS, mawol 60,61,62,63,64,83 HAUC~E, Governor candidate mawol 95 HAWORTH, Huntsman (Mrs.) mawol 52 HAYRACK RIDES, mawol 6 HAYRACKS, mawol 66 HEARSES, mawol 10 9 �HEARTH, mawol 31 . HEARTH TEA ROOM,mawol 115 HECK, Arthur mawcl 27,58 HECK~ Emil Sr. mawcl 26 HECK, Emil mawcl 54,55 HECKS, mCl.(AJO 1 92 HEDRICK, George m~wcl 26,54 HEMPHILL, Arthur mawcl 27 HENDERSON, Jess mawol 117 HENLEY'J (.).. (I"k' S';.) mi"HrJC 1 16 HENLEY, Arthur (Mrs.) mawol 44 HENLEY, Mrs. mawol 19,20 HENRIKSEN, Art mawcl 88 HENRY,! ,J . B. (f)1~.) mi;\wol 111 HERCULES POWDER CO., mawol 95 HETZEL FAMILY, mawol 68 HETZEL, mawol 11 HETZEL, Park mawol 55 HETZEL, Park Sr. mawol 62 HETZELS, mawol 5 HIAWATHA CAFE, mawol 31 HIGH SCHOOL, LAWRENCE, mawol g HILL (THE), mawol 49 HILL, Herb mawol 15 HILLVIEW TEA ROOM, mawol 115 HIMOE, Stephen C. mawol 102 HISTORICAL SOCIETY, mawol 19 HITLER, mawol 26,59 HOBBA, Lucy D. mawol 86 HOENE CLUB, mawol 50 HOFFMAN, mawol 76 HOGUE SISTERS, mawol 82 HOLCOM'S GROVE, mawol 6,65 HOLLICKE, E.C; .. (tvlajc:w') mD.lt\lol !::i6 HOLLOWAY HALL, mawol 45 HOME OIL CO., mawol 9 HOME REMEDIES, mawol 110,111 HORSE FILLS UNIQUE NICHE, mawol 4 HOSPITAL-(THE>; 25TH ANNI. VISIT EXPERIENCE, mawol 96 HOT WEATHER, mawol 36 HOTEL ELDRIDGE, mawol 101 HOTELS, m2\wol :2 HOUSE CALLS, mawol 111 HOUSE FAMILY HOME, mawol 84 HOUSE, Irma Levi mawol 60 HOUSE, J. mawol 63 HOUSE, Jacob mawol 101 HOUSTON, Bonnie Bell mawol LI·~::; HOWARD, Joseph E. mawol 71 HOYT, Emily mawol 81 HUDSON, Bill mawol 15 HUGHES, Joe mawol 116 HULTS, (..).P .. (DI~) mc:!\woJ. :IJI. HUMAN SOC I ETY OF THE U. S. '. 10 �HUNSINGER, Dutch mawol 15 HUNSINGERS, mawol 5 HURLEY, Margaret Fritzel mawol 58 HUTCHINSON, I::;:. B. Ok .. ) fncH'JDl 111 HUTSON, Billy mawol 41 HUTT, Ed mawol 24 HUTT, John .mawol 7,17 HUTT, Sadie mawol 60,83 HYBRID LANE, mawol 27 ICE CREAM CART, mawol 6 ICE SKATING, mawol. 112 ICE WAGONS, mawol 6 ILIFF, Miss mawol 82 IN THE SOCIABLE DAYS BEFORE THE GASLIGHT, mawol 39 INDIAN FOOD, mawol 27 INNES, BULLENE & HACKMAN, mawol 113 INNES, George mawol 85 INSTANT FLOUR-JENNY WREN, mawol 117 INSURANCE, mawol 100-101 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER, mawol 27 IOOF HALL, mawol 43 ITINERANTS, mawol 50 JACKMAN, R.C. mawol 17,117 JACKSON, Jimmy mawol 116 JACOBS, mawol 102 JACOBSON, Emma mawol 83 JAEDICKE'S, mawol 3 JAPANESE SYMPATHIZERS, mawol 58 JAPANESE-AMERICAN YOUTH, mawol 58 JAYHAWK CAFE, mawol 42 JAYHAWK THEATRE, mawol 73 JAYHAWKER ANNUAL, mawol 39 JENNY WREN, mawol 117 JOHN DEER PLOW CO., mawol 27 JOHNS, Will mawol 63 JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, Mesdames mawol 50 JOHNSON CLOTHING STORE, mawol 53 JOHNSON, Vic mawol 41,53 JONES, D. Tom mawol f JONES, (::l.W. Ok .. ) rnawol 111 JONES, 1···I.·r. (DI~.) m.:;u..,lol 1.11 JONES, Mrs. mawol 52 JONES, Penfield Dr. mawol +,32 JONES, Sally Rowe mawal f JOURNAL WORLD, mawol 4,26,37,73,114 JR. HIGH, mawol 117 JUNCTION CITY UNION, rnawol 70 K-STATE, rnawol 46 KANAGA, Mrs. mawol 50 KANSAS CITY CONVENTION HALL, mawol 12 KANSAS FARMER, mawol 26 KANSAS LAND AND EMIGRATION CO., rnawol 71 KANSAS ORPHAN TRAINS NOT SO SENTIMENTAL, mawol 70 KANSAS RIVER, mawol 1.02 11 �KASOLD FARM, mawol 68 KASOLD, Paul mawol 68 KASOLD'S, mawol 4 KASOLD'S WALNUT GROVE, mawol 66,68 KAW RIVER, mawol 87,106 KAW VALLEY POTATO GROWERS ASSN., mawol 54 KEITH, 1:::.Fi. "(lk.) m,::\w61 11:1. KELSO, Piatt (Mrs.) mawol 50 KEMP, Harry mawol 52 KENNARD, Billy mawol 15 KERNEL AVENUE, mawol 27 KHRUSHCHEV, Nakita mawol 27 KIEFER FAMILY, mawol 68 KILWORTHS, mawol 6 KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS, mawol 84 KINNEAR, Mrs. mawol 84 KINNEY CLUB, mawol 52 KINNEY, Genevieve mawol 52 KINNEY, Mrs. mawol 52 KIRCHOFF~, Uf,~ol"'r;j(e Ek. (IYII'''~;;) m,,',\wol :I. 10 KLOCK'S CAFE, mawol 31 KLOCK'S, ma~\IClJ. ii, KLOCKS RESTAURANT, mawol 50 KLOOZ, Karl mawol 26 KNICKERS, mawol 44 KNOX HAT BOXES, mawol 61 KU WHISTLES, mawol 98 KUMLER, Nell mawol 83 LAKEVIEW ROAD, mawol 11 LAKEVIEW SCHOOLHOUSE, mawol 66 LANDON, Governor candidate mawol 95 LANDRETH, MCGREW, JOHNSON, mawol 100 LANE, Mary E. mawol 100 LANE, Mrs. mawol 76 LANE~S FIRST ADDITION, mawol 100 LAPTAD, Pearl mawol 84 LAWRENCE BRIDGE COMPANY, mawol 102 LAWRENCE FLOOD-LAWRENCE UNDER WATER, mawol 87 LAWRENCE GAZETTE, mawol 30 LAWRENCE HOUSE HOTEL, mawol 30 LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD, mawol f LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, mawol 98,99 LAWRENCE NATIONAL BANK, mawol 76 LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, mawol 86 LAWRENCE, Roy mawol 91 LAWSON, (Dean-KU) mawol 42 LAYTON, Mrs. mawol :1.7 LEAR, Veta mawol 42 LEARNARD, Col. ~awol 7 LEARNARD, Oscar mawol 7 LEARNED, S.S. mawol 113 LEE, Da mawol 84 LEE, Eli mawol 116 LEE, Ruth Webb mawol 74 12 eft! �LEE'S COLLEGE INN, mawol 39,40 LEIS, George mawol 102 LEONHARD, Frank mawel 26,27 LEONHARD, Lawrence mawol 26,29,55 LEONHARD, Lawrence R. mawol 26,27 LEWIS, Alexander mawol 102 ' LEWIS VETERINARY CLINIC, mawel 86 LIBRARY-FIRST KANSAS, mawel 85 LINCOLN HIGHWAY (ROUTE 36), mawel 38 LINDSEY, Ad mawel 53 LINDSEY, Helen Friend mawel +,18,44 LITCHFIELD, Alice mawel 85 LIVERY STABLES, mawel 5 LOBB, Sherty mawel 16 LOFGREN, Hilda mawol 84 LOGAN, mawol 116 LONE STAR LAKE, mawel94 LONG, Helen mawel 60 LONGANECKER, mawol 69 LONGHURST, David mawol f LUCKAN, Fritz (Mrs.) mawel 82 LYON,! n. (.~. (lvi,,··::;.) mawol· Ell MACKIE, mawel 115 MAIL & BREEZE, mawel 26 MAIL SERVICE, mawol 113 MALONEY, Pat mawel 69 MANLEY, F~.C. (Ivl'·-~::;.) m<!:\ It\J 0 1 H~::.:.i MANPOWER SHORTAGE, mawel 54 MANSION-13TH & MASS. mawel 116 MANTER, Ad mawel 5 MARKET HOUSE, mawol 102 MARKS, Alex mawol 102 MARSHALL 1 Earl mawol 16 MARTIN, Dad mawol 3 MARTIN SIGN CO.-OTTAWA, mawel 3 MARTON, J.D. mawol 26 MARVIN GROVE, mawcl 67 MARY JANE SHOES, mawol 43 MASSACHUSETTS STREET, mawol g,38p MAYOR, mawol :I. OLI· MAYOR'S OFFICE, mawol 106 MAYOR- Ellis, William mawol 9 MCCONNELL, !.\I. C" (Dr .. ) malt\JCll 1:1. :1. MCCOOK FIELD, mawel 49 MCCREATH, mawel :1.:1. MCCULLOUGH, Mary J. mawel 13:1. MCCURDY, Henry mawCll 47 MCCURDY, P. mawel 10:1. MCCURDY'S, mawel 4 MCGREW, Mrs .. mawel :1.15 MCWILLIAMS, mawcl 69 MEADOWBROOK APARTMENTS, mawel 69 MEAT MARKETS, mawcl 4 MECHANICS, mawcl 16 13 qo �MELVIN, George mawel 7 MEMORIES OF HATS RECALLED, mawel 60 MENDENHALL, Mrs. mawel 60,83 MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, mawol 43 MERWIN, Mrs. mawel 49 MEYE~S, Nellie mawel 83 MEYN, Fritz mawel 15,27,63 MILBURN WAGON CO., mawel 17 MILLER, Jack mawel 69 MILLER, Jean (Mrs. Jack) mawel f MILLER, Thekla mawel a MILLINERY SHOPS, mawol 60 MILLINERY STORES, mawel 83 MINUET, mawel 48 MITCHELL,) (.'1. (Ivll~S,,) rnalrml El:l. MITCHELL, Alex mawel :1.7 MITCHELL, Alex (Congressman) mawol 52 MITCHELL, 8aldwin mawol 47 MITCHELL, Jehnnie mawol 4:1. MITCHELL, mawel 69 MOAK, Art mawol 73 MOAK, Joe mawel 73 MOAK, Will mawol 73 MOAK'S HALL, mawol 73 MOAK' S, m.":lwol :".'i MOHLER, J.C" mawol 27 MONROE, Alex mawol :1.7 MOODYS CLUB, mawol 52 MOOMAU, I::::" F'" (Col) rnc:lwol ::0 MOORE, Jimmy rnawol :1.5 MOORE, R" Coo (Dr.) MOORE, Sam mawol 15 MORGAN, Willard rnawel 26 MORSE F'. D" (Dr"), mi:,\wol :I. 09 MOTELS, mawel 2,37 MT. DREAD BAR & GRILL, mawel 39,42 MULL, Grant mawol 7 MURPHY, Fannie mawol 116 MURPHY, M"E (Mrs,,) mawol 52 MUSIC SCHOOL, mawol 49 MUTUAL OIL CO., mawel 9 MYERS, !\Ie 11 (Ivll~ !:5,,) rnawc::l]. f.:)O NARAMORE, Gula Finch mawol 30 NARRAMORE, Gula Finch rnawel f NASH, Winnie rnawol f,41 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW, mawel :1.2 NATIONAL CORNHUSKING CONTEST, mawel 28,29 NAZIS'mawel 26 NEW CITY HALL A LINK TO CITY'S ROOTS, rnawel NEW ENGLANDERS, mawol 4 NEW YORK CLEANERS, m".:1wol 6~::; NEW YORK STREET MASTICATORS, mawol 50 NEWBY, Otto rnawol 63 NEWHOUSE, Shanty mawel 47 ',I 14 9f 103 �NEWMAN~ Bill mawol 42 NEWMARK, M. & Co. mawol 101 NEWS STAND AT ELDRIDGE, NICHOLSON FAMILY~ mawol "'L..' (:) NORTH AFRICA~ mawol 59 NORTH COLLEGE~ mawol 49 NORTH LAWRENCE, mawol 42,87,88 NORTH LAWRENCE PRODUCE VENDORS, ~awol 5 NURSING~ mawol 84 OBER'S, mawol 3,63,83 ODDS AND ENDS OF EARLIER YEARS, mawol 112 OHIO STREET LANDING~ mawol 68 OLD NAPPER, (Black Man) mawol 5 OLD NAPPER'S HICK NUT DANCE, mawol 5 OLIVER, R.W. mawol 102 ORE AD AVENUE, mawol 39 ORPHANAGES-EUROPE 1869, mawol 70 OUR EARLY WOMEN'S LIBERATORS, mawol 80 OUTDOOR SLEEPERS (1936), ICE IN A CAR, mawol 36 OVERLAND TRAVEL, mawol 1 OVERTON, Bill mawol 42 OWEN, Eric mawol 47 OYLER, mc:\lA)ol 69 PACHACAMAC PARTY, mawol 40 PAPER MILL WHISTLES, mawol 98 PARKS & RECREATION~ mawol 106 PATCHEN~ Mrs. mawol 76 PATEE, Vivian mawol 86 PATIO SIGNALS DOOM FOR OLD-FASHIONED PICNICS, mawol 64 PATTERSON, Sarah (Mrs.) mawol 60 PATTERSON, Sarah mawol 83 PECKAMS, mawol 63 PEDDLERS-OFFERING FOODS, SERVICES, mawol 92 PEERLESS GARAGE~ mawol 15 PENCHARD, Ed Sr. mawel 41,42 PENCHARD~ Eddie Jr. mawol 41 PENCHARD, Frances mawol 41 PENDLETON, Will mawel 54,55,56 PENNELL'S (CHARLIE) SHOE SHINING PARLOR, mawol 40 PETERS, WILLIAMS AND KUBOTA ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, mawol 106 PETERSON'S POND, mawol 66 PHAETON m.awol 6 PHELPS, Rice mawol 69 PHI BETA KAPPA KEY, mawol 115 PHI GAM, mawol 18 PHI GAM CORNER, mawol 46 PHILLIPS, Carl <Dr.) me:\wol 1.1.1 PHOENIX, mawol 102 PHOTOGRAPHER, mawol 53 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOP, mawol 84 PI PHI, mawol 40 PIATT, Jean mawol 44 PICNICS, mawol 64,65,66 PIERSON, Ruby mawol 76 15 ~-.' OJ �PINCKNEY SCHOOL, mawol 45 PIONEER SEED COMPANY~ mawol 27 PLANZ, Lula mawol 114 PLEASANT GROVE HILL, mawol 3 PLEASANTVILLE, MO., mawol 71 PLYMOUTH CHURCH, mawol 85~102 PODSIADLO~ Emil mawol 88 POEM-AN AUTOBITUARY, mawol 13,14 POLICE HEADQUARTERS, mawol 104 POLICE JUDGE, mawol 104 PONIES-JENNY WREN, mawol 117 POOL HALLS, mawol 114 POOR FARM GROVE, mawol 66 POPULATION-HASKELL, mawol 91 POPULATION-KU, mawol 91 POPULATION-LAWRENCE BUSINESS COLLEGE, mawol 91 POPULATION-LAWRENCE, mawol 91 POSTMA, James mawol f POTATO FIELDS, mawol 54 POTATO-KAW VALLEY CROP, mawol 92 POTTERY COMPANY, A.D. mawol 113 POTTERY MAKING, mawol 113 PRE-FAB HOUSES, mawol 55 PRENTISS, Nobel mawol 85 PRENTISS,! ~::;. B. Ok.) m<"\wcll El~:; PRENT I SS '! ~::; .. B.. (l'IIi~~;) m2\WC:> I B~::,:j PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, mawol 16 PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN, mawol 28 PREYER, Carl (Prof.) mawol 63 PYTHIAN HALL, mawol 44 QUANTRILL, mawol 100 QUEEN CITY COLLEGE OF LADIES TAILORING AND DRESSMAKING, mawol 83 QUINCY STREET GOURMANDS, mawol 50 RACE HORSES, mawol 6 RACE TRACK, mawol 7 RADCLIFFE, Charles m2wol 26 RAGLE, Dan mawol 84 RAMSEY, Cliff mawol 116 RANKIN'S DRUG STORE, mawol 32,60,83,85 RATNER, Payne mawol 27 RAYMEND, Bessie mawol 84 REAL ESTATE BROKER, mawol 81 REEDY, Rita Mull mawol 7 REGISTER OF DEEDS, mawol 104 REGISTRAR, mawol 50 REINISCH, Fire Chief mawol 5 REMEDIES, mawol 22 REPPERT, Lance mawol f REPUBLICAN RIVER VALLEY, mawol 71 REST CAMPS, mawol 37 RESTAURANT BUSINESS, mawol 80 REUCH, f3. A. (I''ir!::;.) m';iwCJl ~:)O REVIVAL (BIG) OF 1872, mawol 85 RIDENOUR & BAKER, mawCJl 101 16 9.3 �RIDENOUR~ mawol 85 RIDING HORSES, mawol 6 RIGGS, Joseph E. mawol 100 R!GGS~ Samuel mawol 101 RISLEY FAMILY, mawol 68 ROAD INFORMATION, mawol 2 ROAD SIGNS, mawol 2. ROBERTO'S PIZZA PARLOR, mawol 42 ROBERTS, Col. mawol 116 ROBINSON'J C:hc·::lI·-lE'!;:; ([;0\/,,)' F'c;\I'''(T! ill(::\'~\J(Jl ~:?'C:) ROBINSON, Gov. mawol 86 ROBINSON PARK,mawoll06. ROBINSON, Sa~~T. mawol 86 ROtK CHALK CAFE, mawol 42,116 ROGERS, Buddy mawol 47 ROMMEL, General mawol 59 ROOMERS, mawol 81 ROOMING HOUSE, mawol 48 ROUND CORNER DRUG STORE, mawol 84 ROWE, Elfried~ Fische~ m~wol a,b,c,80 ROWE 'Jm':':\~'ol 69 ROWLANDS ANNEX, mawol 42 ROWLANDS COLLEGE BOOK STORE, mawol 42 ROY E: (E:(] t:.) In(:·~'-'\.IC:):I. ~,~~<:;~ RUSH WEEK, mawol 18 RUSSELL, C.B. mawol 27 RUSSELL, Mrs. mawol 49 RUSTY'S HILLCREST MARKET, mawol 68 RUTTER, Carl mawol 16 RUTTER, George (Chick) maw61 16 SANBORN, John mawol 7 SANDERS, mawol 15 SANDERSON, Sandy mawol 15 SANTA FE TRAIN, mawol 66,67,69 SAUNDERS FAMILY, mawol 68 SAUNDERS, Gordon mawol 47 SAUNDERS, mawol 11 SAVAGE, George mawol 7 SCHAAKE, Ben mawol 27 SCHAAKE, Clarence mawol 27 SCHAAKE, mawol 11 SCHAAL, Walter mawol 28 SCHALL, Nelli-May mawol 45 SCHOOFIELD, Wm. H. mawol 102 SCHOOL BOARD, mawol 85 SCHOTT, John F. mawol 102 SCOTT, Emory mawol f SEAMSTRESS, mawol 81 SECOND HAND STORE, mawol B1 SECOND HAND STORE-NORTH LAWRENCE, mawol 76 SEIDEL'S, mawol 4 SENSE OF HUMOR AIDED ELECTRIC OWNERS, mawol SEWING MACHINES, mawol 82 SHEARER, Mrs. mawol 83 IJ , ••• , 01 II 17 16 �SHEETS & BOULDIN, mawol 63 SHERIFF, mawol 104 SHIMMY, mawol 46 cunt:"CTClI I _ • • -' _ _ _II~I SHULTZ~ , f .... hl.lt~·f..· '-_'11'-\1.._1·, Guy mawol rr,::.\ 1.. 1.'"" "I 111\,,'\-Y\..1.'· i!·7' 26 SIGMA KAPPA, mawol 40 SIGMA NU, mawol 40 SIGNS-DOUGLAS COUNTY, mawol 3 SIMMONS 'J C. a" (Dr-,,) mi,;\li~ol 111 SIMMONS, Dr-. mawol 85 SIMMONS HOSPITAL, mawol 84 SIMONS, Dolph Coo Sr-" mawol f SIMONS, Dolph mawol 27 SISSON, Gene mawol 69 SIX~ Deal mawol 26,27,54,55,56 SIX, Fred mawol 56 SIX, Gladys (Mrs" Deal) mawol f SKAAR, Professor mawol 44,45 SKILTON, Charles mawol 63 SKOFSTADS, mawol 63 SLEIGH RIDES, mawol 6 SLOP WAGON, mawol 5 SMALL DEHYDRATING COMPANY, mawol 54,55 SMALL, W.J" Company mawol 56 SMALL, W"J" mawol 54 SMART, Paul mawol 27,106 SMITH, Butch mawol 116 SM I TH 'J C;. (."~" (Ivil~ !:5,,) rTl<'HoJO 1 U!".:i SMITH, C"W" Jitney mawol 15 SMITH, E"A" mawol 101 SMITH, Ethan mawol 101,106 SMITH, J.N" (Ivlr"!;:;,,) m,:,n'lol 49 SMITH, Sar-ah (Mrs.) mawol 52 SMOTHERS, Johnson mawol 31 SNOW, F.H. mawol 49 SONGWRITER JOE HOWARD, mawol 71 SORORITIES, mawol 51 SOULE, Amasa mawol U5 SOULE, Annie aulia mawol 85 SPEED LIMITS, mawol 2 SPEER, John mawol 100 SQUIRES, Con mawol 53,63,84 SQUIRES STUDIO~ mawol 84 STALK DRIVE, mawol 27' STANDARD OIL DEALER, mawol 9 STANFORD, Anna Fischer mawol a STANTON, Elizabeth Cady mawol 82 STANTON, mawol 84 STARLING, mawol 76 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, mawol 26 STEAM FIRE ENGINE ROOM, mawol 102 STEELE CLUB, mawol 50 STEINBERG & BROS; mawol 102 STEVENSONS CLUB, mawol 52 18 qs- �STEWARD, mawal 51 STREET CAR~ .mawol 66 STREET CARS, FIRST, mawal 5 STRONG, Frank (Ku Chancellor) mawol 63 STROUDS, mawal 116 STUCKER '.' Dot-nthy m.::\wnJ :1.12 STUDENT GOVERNMENT, mawni 53 STUDENT UNION, mawal 42,48 SUBSCRIPT10N DANCES, mawol 45 SUMMERFIELD, mawal 102 SUNFLOWER ORDNANCE WORKS, mawal 55,95 SUNFLOWER TRAIL, mawal 2 SUNFLOWER VILLAGE, mawni 55 SURREY 'J m.~~wol (;) SUTLIFF, Wm. E. mawal 101 SUTTER~ Max mawal 16 SWANSON'S, maw01 .61 SWIMMING IN THE WAKARUSA, mawol67 SWISHER, Meta (Mrs) mawal 116 TALLY-HO, m.;:'MDl 6 TANGO 'I m.:iiwol 46 TASSEL BOULEVARD, mawDI 27 TAYLOR, J.M. (Dr.) mawal 86 TAYLOR, James (Mr.& Mrs.) mawDI 42 TAYLOR, Lucy (Dr.) mawol 86 TEA DANCES, mawal 45 TEA ROOMS, mawol 115 TEA-CALICO, SASSAFRAS, mawal 108 TENNEY, Will mawal 17 TERRY, Tommy mawal 116 THATCHER, T. Dwight mawal 102· THETA ANNEX, mawa152 THOMPSON, Agnes mawal 84 THUDIUM'S, mawal 4 TNE FRATERNITY, mawal 40 TOBIN '.1 J"I::lp ([;apt.:n) ITlc::\WC)1 ~55 TOPPING, Helen mawDI 45 TREASURER, LAWRENCE CITY, mawol 101 TRINITY CHURCH, mawDI 102 TRIPP, Ralph mawDI 55 TULLER, Herbert mawDI 54 TURKEY TROT, mawol 46 TURNER HALL, ma~61 68 TURNVEREIN MEMBERS, mawal 68 TWO-STEP, mawal 47 TYNER SERVICE, mawal 12 UNDERWOOD, Pete mawal 26 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, mawal 71 UNION PACIFIC STATION, mawal 116 UNION PACIFIC TRACKS, mawal 87,88 UNIVERSITY ANNUAL, mawal 50 UNIVERSITY CLUB, mawal 46,50 VANLIEW, Mr. mawal 76· VARIETY STORE, mswal 85 19 q(p ., �VIC'S CLUB, mawol 52 VIETNAM, mawol 54 VIETNAMESE ORPHANS, mawol 70 VIRGINIA REEL~ ma~Ql 46 VOGEL, John mawol 27 WAGSTAFF, Betty mawol 43 WAGSTAFF, Dick mawol 27 WAGSTAFF, R.B. mawol 115 WAGSTAFF, Richard H. mawol 43 WAGSTAFF'S, mawol 4 WAKARUSA RIVER, mawol 65,66 WAKE, Charles Esq. mawol 71 WAKEFIELD SETTLEMENT, mawol 71 WAL TZ ,m':H-'JCll 4El WARE, Lloyd mawol 63 WARFIELD, Honey mawol 47 WARMANS BOOK OF ANTIQUES, mawol 74 WATER WORKS, mawol 112 WATKINS BUILDING, mawol 105 WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM, mawol 25 WATKINS, J.B. mawol 63 WATKINS.,I ,:1. D. (l'IIt"f::;.) mii:\wol 101.1, WATSON, BufClrd mawol 106 WATSON, Carrie mawol 86 WAVERLY HOUSE, mawol 81 WEATHER TREATED HUSKING EVENT HARSHLY, mawDI WEATHERWAX, John mawol 88 WEAVER, A.D., mawol 10,17,113 WEAVER, mawol 113 WEAVERS, mawol 8 WEST LAWRENCE BRIDGE GROUP, mawol 37 WESTERN HOME JOURNAL, mawol 81 WESTMINSTER HALL CLUB, mawol 52 WESTPORT, mawol 4 WESTVACO DIGEST, mawol f WESTVACO PLANT, mawol 87,88,89 WEYERMULLERS CAFE, mawol 31 WHITE, Beulah Murphy mawcl +,53 WIEDEMAN'S, mawol 31,32,35,45 WIEDEMANN, Franz mawcl 9 WIEDEMANN, William mawol 17 WIEDEMANS TEA ROOM, mawol 115 WILLARD, Jess mawol 115 WILLIAMS, Dick mawol 63 WILLIAMS, Jim mawol 116 WILLIAMS, RClger mawol 27 WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD, mawol 69 WILLIS STUDIO, mawol 84 WILSON, Swede mawol 47 WILSON'S DRUG STORE, mawol 32 WINEGARDEN'S CAFE, mawol 31 WINEY & ARNEY, mawol 63 WINTER, Ship mawol 15 WISE, George mawol 16 "'\1:::' .,::.\ .. 1 �WOLFSONS 1 mawol 63 WOLTERS, Caroline mawol 60 WOLTERS,. Miss mawol 83 WOMEN'S LIBERATION. m~wdl An WOMEN'S PANHELLENI~, ma~ol-~6 WONDERFUL OLD LAWRE~CE, mawol 80 WOODLAND PARK, mawol 7,66 WOODRING, mawol 95 WOODWARD, b.W. mawoll0l WOOLF BROTHERS, mawol 61 WOOLSEY CLUB. mawol 52,53 WORLD WAR I, 'mawol 71 . WORLD WAR Ii ~awo'l ~A1 c~ J'I'C•.) 11 c. r\ .. J, ·1·lil· "" WORLD WAR I-DRAFTEES, mawol 116 YATES, B111 mawol 88 YMCA HOUSE, mawol 50 YOUNG EMIGRANTS, mawol 70,71 YOUNG, louise Broeker mawol +,71 ~ "~' 1,1 IJ •· •• SOME LEAVENWORTH CO. MARRIAGES OF DOUGLAS CO. RESIDENTS (1869 -1879) PERSON Baily. Mary Basher. Abbie L. Beass. Margaret A. Branton. James W. ,Brown. Horrace Douglass. Lizzie Hale. Leonard Innlau (?), Frederick Kendall, Elijah Malone. Mary A. Merrill. Woodson Reel. Mary J. Riling. Martin Roller. Katie F. Rourke, Louisa Sherman. John B. Smith. Ella E. Smith, Lizzie Thorp. Maxwell WaC/nero E. G.• Mrs. While (7). Elisha Wise. John C. AGE RESIDENCE 47 109. Co. 20 Lv. Co. 27 Og. Co. 30 Og. Co. 23 Og. Co. 32 Og. Co. 27 CassCo. MO. 28 leg. Co. 28 Og. Co. 23 Og.Co. 25 Lv. Co. 20 Lv. Co. 25 Og.Co. 21 Og. Co. 23 Lv. Co. 24 SI. Louis. MO 20 Lv. Co. 17 Lv. Co. 50 Og.Co. 43 Chicago. \II 51 09. Co. 27 Lv. Co. DATE 11-Jul-1872 01-Jul-1871 07-Dec-1877 13-Mav-1878 01-Jul-1871 17-0ct-1871 05-Aug--1873 17-0ct-1670 16-Mav-1670 05-Aug-1673 17-0ct-1671 17-0ct-1670 21-Jan-1869 21-Mar-1878 21-Jan-1869 07 -Dec-1877 13-May-1878 18-May-1870 04-Jun-1873 04-Jun-1873 11-Jul-1872 21-Mar-1878 21 SPOUSE Elisha While Brown. Horrace Sherman, John B. Smith. Ella E. Basher. Abbie L. Merrill, Woodson Malone, Mary A. Reel, Mary J. Smith, lizzie Hale, Leonard Douolass, Uzzie Innlau (7), Frederick Rourke, Louisa Wise. John C. Riling. Martin Beass, MarQaret A. Branton, James W. Kendall, Elijah Wagner, E. G., Mrs. Thorp, Maxwell Baily. Mary Roller, Katie F. m. AGE RESIDENCE 51 109. Co. 23 09. Co. 24 SI. Louis. MO 20 Lv. Co. 20 Lv. Co. 25 Lv. Co. 23 Og.Co. 20 Lv. Co. 17 Lv. Co. 27 Cass Co. MO. 32 09. Co. 26 Og. Co. 23 Lv. Co. 27 Lv. Co. 25 09. Co. 27 109. Co. 30 Og.Co. 28 Og. Co. 43 Chicago. \II 50 109. Co. 47 109. Co. 21 09. Co. SOURCE .J Book C. page 64. Lie. 111480 _J Book B. page 376, Lie. #1210 . . Book E. page 222. Lie. 112785 -. Book E. pace 273, Lie. 112888 .-. Book B. page 376, Lie. 111210 Book B. pace 409, Lie. 111275 Book C. oace 200. Lie. 111753 Book B. page 270. Lie. 11998 i Book B. page 215. Lie. 11888 Book C. page 200. Lie. 111753 Book B. page 409. Lie. 111275 Book B. page 270. Lie. 11998 j Book. B. page 2, Lie. 11468 Book E. page 255, Lie. 112852 I Book. B. page 2, Lie. 11468 i Book E. page 222. Lie. 112785 i Book E. page 273. Lie. 112888 , Book B. page 215. Lie. 11888 Book C. page 182. Lie. 111716 Book C. page 182, Lic.II1716 Book C. oage 64. Lie. #1480 Book E. page 255. Lie. 112852 - �Guide to the 1885 Census, Douglas' County, Kansas Prepared by Paul Jordan. Douglas County Genealogical Society Many of the pages of this census are not labeled with the Ward number of Lawrence or the name of the' Township, and the page numbers can be confusing. This explanation is designed for identifying localities associated with Schedule I, Inhabitants, which can be done by turning slowly through the film while noting the order of the items as shown on the following Iisl Page numbers refer to the large scribbled numbers that are usually found only on the first page of each set of three pages of Schedule 1. "Other than Schedule 1" usually is Schedules 2 through 11 and certification pages. Film numbers are those shown on the microfilm boxes in the Lawrence Public Library. Film #10290: Lawrence (Wards 1-6), Baldwin City, City of Eudora First is Schedule 1 for Lawrence, 1st Ward (Ward number not specified on the schedules until the first page of Schedule 2); page numbers 1-58, heading "City of Lawrence. .... + Other than Schedule 1. + Continuation of Schedule 1 for lst Ward, page numbers 59-74. + Other than Schedule 1. + Title page identifying Lawrence 2nd Ward, followed by page numbers 1-58, heading "City of Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Continuation of Schedule 1 for Lawrence 2nd Ward, page nllJllbt:rs59-65, heading "City of Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Title page identifying Lawrence 3rd Ward,. foIlciwed. by page numbers 1-58, heading "City of Lawrence" or "3rd Ward Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Continuation of Schedule 1 for Lawrence 3rd Ward, page numbers 59~82, most headed "3rd Ward Lawrence." + Other than sChedule 1. . . . + Long black space. + Title page identifying Lawrence 4th Ward followed by page numbers 1-48 headed "4th Ward Lawrence", "3rd Ward Lawrence", or "City of Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Title page identifying Lawrence 5th Ward,. foIlowed by page numbers 1-33, headed "City of Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Title page identifying Lawrence 6th Ward. followed by page numbers 1-33. headed "City of Lawrence." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1. page numbers 1-24. all headed 'Town of Baldwin City." + Homemade form, page numbers 25-31. all headed ''Baldwin City." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1. page numbers 1-21. all headed "CitY of Eudora." + Other than Schedule 1. END OF FILM #10290 Film #10291: Townships of Clinton, Eudora (except City of Eudora), Grant, Kanwaka, . Lecompton (including Town of Lecompton), Marion, and Palmyra (except Baldwin City) First is Schedule 1. page numbers 1-34. all headed "Clinton Township." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1 for Eudora Township. page numbers 1-44. headed "Charles Lottholz" with or without "Eudora Township." + Other than Schedule 1. . + SChedule 1 for Grant Township. page numbers 1-20. headed "].1- Gilmore" with or without "Grant Township." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1. page numbers 1-29. alJ headed ''Kanwaka Township." + Other than Schedule 1. + Long black space. + Schedule 1 for ToWn of Lecompton. page numbers 1-20, with or without heading 'Town of Lecompton." + Schedule 1 for Lecompton Township. page numbers 21-25. with or without heading "Lecompton Township." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1 for Marion Township. page numbers 1-15. most headed "Marion Township." + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1. pages 1-68. all headed "Palmyra Township." + Other than Schedule 1. END OF FILM #10291 Film #10292, Wakarusa and Willow Springs Townships First is Schedule 1. page numbers 1-71. all headed "Wakarusa Township:' + Other than Schedule 1. + Continuation of Schedule 1. page numbers 72-90. all headed 'Wakarusa Township:' + Other than Schedule 1. + Schedule 1. page numbers 1-49. all headed 'Willow Springs Township'" + Other than Schedul~ 1. Film #10292 continues with Kinsley in Edwards County �WARDS OF LAWRENCE AND TOWNSHIPS OF DOUGlAS COUNTY IN 1987 OrPclcd Ada. o~ K _ ~.., ut. _ _ • Co..lIIfI7. 1875 " - o~ ~"'-'""'II Wa_ 181>5 O,¥ DI-=<aq ~ Wa.a _ _ _ _ - LAWRENCE /wARD 3 I~ ... EXPlANATION -STREET - WARD BOUNDARY ANO STREET - . - WARD BOUNDARY. NO 8T11EET ---- ' - - - ICANIIAIl RIVER 18 WARD .BOUNDARY POUQLA8 COUNTY EXPLANATION - IIOI.-mARY OF NAfooED TOWNSHIP (1CAH8AII RIWk 18 BOUNDARY BETWEEN CRAHT AND WAKARUSA TOWNBHlP8) KANWAi{A. ~~------r-----~ ~ WAKARUS~ _P.O. .. CJ ,..; CIODo CLINTON r ..... • maon P.O Bond P.O . ~QI'O¥eP,O. ' - P.o. ",'.0. • • IIb.nd P.O. ...... P.o . • • " - P.o. • _P.o. - EUDORA o _ _ P.o. - o...... a HoM'II po. a...tiMI P.O. <ri • ;! -- <ri PALMYRA WILLOW SPRINGS MARION D RL._'7~E~.~:--~R~.'8~~~---+---'R'.«'9~E~.---t----RR.2~~E.---:--~R~.2z,,1E~. ,..; /00 �PARTIAL INDEXES TO 1885 CENSUS The alphabetical list of residents starting on page 24 in the 1886 City Directory for Lawrence can be used to determine the Ward in which a resid.ent lived, thus eliminating the need to search all six Wards. Most of the adUlt males and some females are listed in the directory, so it can be a great time-saver for census searches. By using th.e address listed in the directory, and the information about streets and Wards below, the searcher can learn which Ward to search in the census. Although the 1886 City Directory doesn't list residents outside Lawrence, the 1890-91 directory does. Starting on page 230, the "Directory of the Farmers and Land Owners of Douglas County, Kansas"shows the name of the Township inwhich-each fatIil is located. Thus, for the farm families who didn't move across Township lines between 1885 and 1890, the census user can narrow the search from nine Townships to only one. LA WRENCE STREETS AND WARDS IN 1885 Adams-Alabama-AIkansas-Ash-- All in Ward 6. Banks-Berkeley-Bridge- All in Ward S. California- All in Ward 1. Centre- All in Ward 6. Cherry-- All in Ward 6. Connecticut-Dane-- All in Ward 1. Delaware (south side of river)-Delaware (north side of river)- All in Ward 6. East-- All in Ward 6. Elliott- All in Ward 1. ElmEudidFlorida- All in Ward 1. Geneva- All in Ward 3. GarfieldHancockHenry-illinoisIndianaKentuckyLake- LeeLincolnLocustLouisianaLyon-Maine (south of river)-Maine (north of river)-- All in Ward 6. Maple- 10/ �Maryland (south of river)- Allin Ward 6. Maryland (north of river)-Massachusetts- . Mechanic- All in Ward 6. MichiganMiles~.1il1 . .~ .i1.Jl in ~·Vard 5~ Mississippi-MissouriMorrisNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorthOak- All in Ward 6. OhioOneida- All in Ward 3. OntarioOread Avenue- All in Ward 2. Oregon- All in Ward 3.· PelUl-- All in Ward 1. PeIUlSylvaniaPerry-- All in Ward 5. PinckneyPIeasant- All in Ward 5. QuincyReed- All in Ward 1. Rhode IsIandRiver- All in Ward 5; SenatorTelUlesseeVermontWalnutWarrenWinthropWisconsin-- All ih Ward 1. Ancestry.com - More Genealogical Quotes Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. - Plato, 427-347 B.C. It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. - J. P. Marquand, 1893-1960 More Genealogical tag lines: • • • • • I trace my family history so I will know who to blame. Searching for lost relatives? Win the lottery! Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. Genealogy: A haystack full of needles. It's the threads I need. Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records. 10:1.. �TEN YEARS OF BALDWIN LEDGER PUBLICATION-1894 FROM: The Baldwin Ledger. 5 Jan. 1894, page 2 The Baldwin Ledger is ten years old. It is a combination of two papers the Criterion and the Visitor. The Criterion was owned by John Brady and 1. L. Brady, the Visitor by 1. W. Lee & Co. The Bradys bought out the Visitor and then 1. L. Bristow purchased the entire outfit and changed the name to Ledger. . . Ten years have made great changes in Baldwin and we are glad to say that they have all been for ihe advancemeni of ihe iown. Some people will not advertise and so we cannot tell whether our list of the business mOen olthat time is complete or not. From an issue of that date we learn that the following were in business here: Dugger Bros., grocers; Bodwell & Galbreath, general merchandise; J. D. Smith, hardware; 1. G. Schnebly, Druggist; A. W. Smith, Blacksmith; S. W. Tyron, painter and decorator; M. I. Crosby, hardware; R. W. Bailey, boots and shoes; D. Chaney, grocer; Jones Bros., livery and feed stable; A. A. B. Cavaness, books and stationary; W. Bristow, furniture and undertaking; W. A. Hyde; jeweler; L. B . .Keifer, dry goods; S. J. Humbert, millinery and dressmaking; W. D. Martin, physician; Geo. S. Dow, physician; Bodwell & Stuart, meat market; F. Thompson, physician; J. M. Starr, barber. Of this list of good business men but six are now in business here. Then we had two groceries, now we have four very large ones. Then we had one meat market and it would often close in the summer time, now we have three. Then we had one book store, not very large, for it had just been started, and before that time what books there were had been kept in a general store, now we have t\vo good book stores which carry as large a stock as can be found in any town in the state ten times as large. Then the furniture store was upstairs now it 'is down where it can be seen. Then we had one drug store, now we have three. And so it was all along the line ofthe business part ofthe town. But just think of it, ten years ago Baldwin had no bank. The business men carried their money home every night in a sock, and often when they had several hundred dollars to look after, they did not sleep very comfortably. Now we have a bank which has stood the severe test of the past summer and today is as sound as any bank in the country. Who would think of getting along without a bank now? It would take too long an article to show the difference in the buildings of the town. It is safe to say, however, that not one half of the business houses which we now have were built at that time. The residences have increased almost without number. Their name is Legion. At that time there was but one house between Eighth street and the depot, which was then located in Media. And there was no sidewalk to the depot then, either. From some streets the people would "cut across lots:' to get to a store. Probably the greatest reason for this great increase in the improvements Of the town is the growth of the University., There a,re about twice as many students as there were ten years ago and the number of the members of the faculty has about doubled. Centenary Hall was not built then and old Stone Hall was all we had. Football was hardly heard of at all in the west, but during the last week, the Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and New York dailies have sung the praises of the Baker Univer~ity football team and Harper's Weekly has given space to speak of our school and 'town.' ' . , ' I During this time, while men have been improving the town in buildings, nature has aided them also. There is probably no town in Kansas that is as beautifully shaded as Baldwin. The University has by far the most beautiful campus of any school in this part of the west. The streets have been greatly improved by grading and greater pride than ever is taken by the citizens in keeping up the lawns and terraces. , But with all these great improvements there is' yet room for greater advancement. And this we 103 �intend to do in the next ten years. If the number of students has doubled in the past ten years, why cannot it double in the next ten years? If the business houses and residences here greatly increase in the years gone by, why should they not increase also in the years to come. We cannot afford to have things come to a standstill and we will not allow them to either. We look for nothing but , brighter days. We rejoice in the past. We are also Very hopeful for the future. MORE HISTORY The Baldwin Ledger, 29 Dec. 1893 The following letter from W.e. Bridwell is quite interesting considering the fact ofthe discussion concerning the history of the newspapers of Baldwin being so prominent now in a certain circle. Dodd City, Ark., Dec,25, 1893 EDITOR- LEDGER: Seeing that there is some controversy in regard to the history ofthenewspapers of Baldwin, I beg leave to submit my testimony. Having worked for every firm that has controlled the paper since the beginning, except the present publishers, I deem myself a competent witness. The Baldwin Criterion was started in November, 1883, by L. A Sheward, who continued its public,ation until April 1885. A Mr. Fish, his father-in-law, was associated with him part of the time, although he was never in Baldwin but once. The Baldwin ,Visitor was issued first in the spring of 1884, by 1. W. Lee & sons, the firm consisting of J. W., Henry, and Clint Lee. When it first appeared it was printed on the job press now in the Ledger office, but it was afterwards enlarged and C. K. Jones became interested in the concern. In April, I think it was, 1885, the Criterioh was purchased by Brady & Bristow, the firm consisting of John Brady, Jr., and J. L. Bristow. Soon afterward the firm purchased the Visitor also, and the two were consolidated. As for the name (Ledger), it Was the joint work of Wm. Bristow and John Brady. J. L. Brady and J. L. Bristow first named the paper calling it the Baldwin Messenger, but when J. Leeford saw the name in cold type it did not suit him. The result was a disagreement which was finally adjusted by leaving the christening to the above named. I was the first person to put the name in type. Soon afterward the Bradys sold out their interest to Bristow and J. L. Brady took part of the material from both offices to Jetmore. The oldjob press and paper cutter are to be found today in the office of the Jetmore Siftings, as is some of the other material. Bristow continued the publication for over a year and then sold out to Scott & Co., the company being Miss Mary Scott. W. H. Finch next secured the paper and in tum sold it to Moorhead & Son, from whom the present company bought it. Hoping that my mite will be acceptable and that the Ledger may enjoy a decade of prosperity, I remain yours truly, W. C. Bridwell. -----------A LETTER FROM EDITOR BRADY The Baldwin Ledger, 5 Jan. 1894 EDITOR- LEDGER Mr. Bridwell's very interesting letter, regarding the early newspaper history of Baldwin, is not quite complete, but through no fault of his, of course. The name Messinger was selected by Dr. W. R. Davis. This was the name of the first paper ever published in Baldwin, or rather I believe Dr. Davis said it was published in Prairie City. It was the preceeding generation, commonly known as sires, also objected to the name Messenger and therefore they agreed upon the present very pretty name Baldwin Ledger. Permit to say here that in all my newspaper experience I have never been in a town where I liked so nearly everybody as that good old town of Baldwin, where the men are comrades and the sisters good motherly souls. With Great Respect, J. L. Brady.' �OLD SETTLER'S REUNION AT BALDWIN The Baldwin Ledger, 5 Oct. 1923 Residents of Kansas 40 Years or More are Eligible to Annual Reunion To Be Held at M. E. Church This Year Forty years with the Kansas Sunflower - entitles you to attend the annual old settlers gathering which is held each year in Baldwin on the second Tuesday of October which falls on October 9 this year. The reunion, an annual affair, is a big drawing card for the Jayhawkers. Last year there were nearlY a hundred present. This year if weather is nice, even a larger number is expected. Not much of a program is planned except to have one of those present to give a few reminiscent remarks. Rev. C. W. Bailey has been given this assignment this year and he promises no longwinded oration. A short program of music and readings will also compose the program for the day. All are asked to come with well-filled baskets. Have your wife load that basket down with oldfashioned food and meet your Kansas brother at the church about noon. J. C. Patterson, long time president of the settlers association, says that he always has a better appetite on that day than on any other so he believes everyone should prepare bountifully. There'll be no flappers at the meeting and no fashion models but it is safe to say that those present will have a far better time than would.be a gathering of society belles at the Priests of Pallas Show at Kansas City. "Times do change" but Kansans always. Peep in about noon next Tuesday and see if you wouldn't enjoy listening to the tales of pioneers days of Kansas. Residents of Kansas forty years - may the number increase! REUNION OF SETTLERS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES Hardships of Early Kansas Days Once More Reviewed Among Jovial Folk in Sixteenth Annual Gathering. The Baldwin Ledger, 12 Oct. 1923 [The transcriber has taken the liberty of rearranging the names list into alphabetical order to enhance readers ability to find relatives.] They were true Kansas sunflowers who bobbed up and down on the streets Tuesday. They were as bright and sunny as a sunflower altho they had budded into bloom years ago - all more than forty years ago and tho some were drooping under years oftoil, yet they were happy to again review with their friends the hardships of Kansas which has made the lingering days such a happy memory. From near noon until dusk they told of the early days and never a silent moment. It is said that there were 13 5 seated for the noon-day feast - the largest gathering of its kind in the history of the old settlers organization. Jollity reigned supreme amidst the tunnoil of chattering voices aIld except for a short program prepared before hand the reunion was mostly a real oldfashioned informal affair. Rev. C. W. Bailey, one ofthe jolly youngsters of Kansas, gave an enthusiastic reminiscent speech, followed by an indeed inspiring talk from the much-loved person, former president of Baker, S. S. Weatherby. Hon. E. Comielley, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society, read a very inter~sting paper on old Kansas days and the memories that will ever remain. John Kramer, now a Texan, was present. he was in these parts but could not resist the temptation to partake of a little chicken and to enjoy the friendships of early days. lOS- �Officers, 1. C. Patterson, president,' and C. E. Beeks, sec'y, ~ere reelected. The faithful delegation from Lawrence who drop everything to be here forthe fun included: S. S. Weatherby, John Walton, W. C. Simons, Theo. Gardner, C. H. Hoyt, Peter Weeks, Mrs. Isaac Hemphill, O. 1. Churchill, C. H. Tucker, John W. Junkins and Mrs. Junkins. In giving the list of those present it was hard to get every name. Some have been omitted.' SOme' were extremely bashfuland did not give the exact date oftheir coming to Kansas, but the youngsters \ ha\le toted pretty· fair!); and so read,\:vith interest the follo\\ring names: Mrs. Ida Adriance, 1869 Mrs. Allison Andrews, 1872 Mrs. Adda Rugh Bailey, 1874 C. W. Bailey, 1869 Mrs. C. W. Bailey, 1877 Chas. N. Bailey, 1872 Mr. L. C. Baker, 1857 Mrs. L. C. Baker, 1865 A. F. Beach, 1881 Alice Beach, 1881 Emma Beatty, 1867 Mattie Beatty, 1867 Charles E. Beeks, 1867 Ella Beeks, 1882 Mrs. Porter Bell, 1861 Earl T. Black, 1884 Mrs. O. E. Blake, 1872 Arthur Bridwell, 1883 Mrs. M. C. Bridwell, 1883 J. G. Brockway, 1868 Mr. Theo. Brown, 1870 Mrs. Lottie Cartwright, 1864 S. J. Churchill, 1865 William Connelley, 1881 Mertie F. County, 1864 1. S. Cowgill, 1866 John L. Cramer, 1860 H. K. Ebright, 1885 Mrs. H. K. Ebright, 1889 Daniel F. Frye, 1857 Mrs. George Frye, 1879 Ollie Frye, 1888 Mrs. J. H. Gander, 1898 Sam Gardner, 1859 Mrs. Sam Gardner, 1859 Theo. Gardner, Lawrence, 1857 Charles Gleason, 1866 S. Haigh, 1856 , W. F. Pearson, 1856 Mrs. S. Haigh, 1861 W. R. Price, 1878 ' , Mrs. William Price, 1884 Mrs. Rebecca L. Hemphill, 1854 Mrs. E. W. Randel, 1885 Emil Henon, 1870 Mary C. Reese, 1861 Mrs. Henon, overAO years., George Roe, 1855 William M. Holliday, i869 J. F. Ruhlen; 188l. C. H. Hoyt, 1854 Mrs. 1. F. Ruhlen, 1910 S. S. Huff, 1870 Julia M. Ryan, 1870 ',S. S. Shumaker, 1870 William Huff, 1869 Mrs, S. S.'Shumaker, 1884 Mrs. S. J. Hyde, 1868 Mr. & Mrs. Hutchins, 1878 W. C. Simons, 1878 Mr. & Mrs. N. A. Skinner, C. A. Johnson, 1858 1870 J. W. Junkins, 1878 Clyde Stewart, 1876 Mrs. J. W. Junkins, 1862 Luna Stewart, 1865 Walter Kennedy, 1861 Mrs. Julia A. Stover, 1883 Mrs. Walter Kennedy, 1877 Lemuel Sturdy, 1882 Margaret Kilborn, 1866 H. Taylor, 1869 Mrs. Walter King, 1881 Mrs. H. Taylor, 1869 G. E. Kretsinger, 1857 Mrs. Hattie Taylor, 1880 Mrs. Lange, 1878 Sym Taylor, 1873 A. O. Lockwood, 1876 F. P. Thompson, 1868 Mrs. Donelda Mackenzie, Mrs. F. P. Thompson, 1872 over 40 years ago C. H. Tucker, 1870 Mr. James Massey, 1869 Christina Y. Tucker, 1881 Mrs. James Massey, 1881 E. H. VanHoesen, 1857 Mr. David McKinney, 1856 John Walton, 1856 Mrs. David McKinney, 1851 S. S. Weatherby, 1870 Mrs. F. W. Meredith, P. H. Weeks, 1866 Oskaloosa, KS 1877 Mrs. Charles Wineinger, 1878 Mrs. E. T. Millikin, 1877 Mrs. J. A. Wise, 1870 Charles Mitchell, 1867 James Woodyard, 1872 Isabell Mitchell, 1857 E. Yakle, 18760r1875 Hannah Muenzenmayer, 1873 S. W.Muenzenmayer, 1873 Mrs. W. F. Osborn, 1860 Joe C. Patterson, 1867 Mrs. J. C. Patterson, 1867 /0 ~ �fORT DODGE, KANSAS S£NTINll ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL "n ofFo __ .__.... it Th e ongtn • n--'~p J("n""" <:;:,...lr1;pr" Un"..,,, _ Cl(!~_.:> n~wthe .. t.) •• __ . ...... ,.,..",........... -....-= ..... ...., .............. ..., ... _ ........ ;,.. ...... ..., An ..... a .. U;,.,.h, ..... " 5 ........ ~'U..J &. ...... A()() ; .. e-+'" ... e-+ ,,(: ' v v , JU..:>!o. "-'<-L..:lL VI.. Dodge City, goes back to 1847, when Fort Mann was established at the Cimarron Crossing on . . the Santa Fe trail a few miles west of the present Fort Dodge. Col. Gilpin's volunteers were garrisoned at Fon Mann to protect the Santa Fe Trail traffic from Indian attacks. His recommendation for several adobe posts along the course of the Trail were well received by the War Department which led to the establishment of Fort Dodge at the close of the Civil War, according to David K. Strate, whose "Sentinel to the Cimarron" defines the "frontier experience of Fort Dodge, Kansas." The importance of posts such as Fort Dodge in ensuring peaceful passage along the trail and eventual settling of the area and establishment of cities, such as Dodge City, has never been adequately recognized. Intensity of Indian assaults along th.e routes had resulted in suspension of mail service and lost travel by 1864. . Major General Grenville Dodge was placed in command of the 11th and 16 th Kansas Cavalry Regiments and began work duringthe harsh winter of 1865, to repair telegraph lines and reopen travel routes. The Indians usually refrained from combat in winter months. The new post was ordered built on March 17, 1865, between two fordable crossings, the mulberry 17 miles to the east, and the Cimarron 22 l11jles to the west. The post rested in a narrow pasture off the river bank, overlooked by a limestone bluff to the north. TIlls bluff extended into open plain where ravines proved handy to Indians approaching the Fort, usually to steal horses and livestock. lnitial fortifications were crude earth dugouts excavated along the north bank of the Arkansas. Many men first stationed there were Confederates who preferred a fight with the, Indians to languishing - perhaps dying - in northern prisons. The soldiers had no lumber or hardware, so they had to use the available materials, . grass and earth, to create the 70 sod dugouts. These were lOx 12 feet in circumference and' seven feet deep. A doorta the south fuced the river and a hole in the roof admitted air and light. Banks of earth were bunks for the soddies that slept from two to four men. Sanitation was poor and spring rains flooded the dugouts. Pneumonia, dysentery, diarrhea, and malaria were common that first year in the isolated fort. The General decided the soldiers named the dismal fort "Dodge" in its unpromising start to get even with him for bringing them there. The War Department made it official. First shipments oflumber arrived in the summer of 1866 and the officer's quarters and a temporary hospital were erected, still sod with wooden bunks. Supply houses and a horse corral were the first pennanent buildings of lumber. A field oven was the first piece of army· equipment that improved the soldiers' lot at the post. A Sutler's Store was built and immediately the Sutler took advantage of the soldiers' pay in their pockets. When they began quarrying stone dive to twelve to the North, desertion became an acute problem. It was a choice between hard work with the stone or facing the Indians. A 43,000 acre military reservation was established. A cemetery and guardhouse were' built, along with a supply store for destitute civilians off the barren plains, and sometimes ' victims of Indian raids. During the next two years, permanent fucilities built of limestone were erected, including two barracks, a hospital, quartermaster buildings, and a headquarters building and commanding officer's quarters. Several of these buildings still stand and are in use today, /07 �including the coIllIIlimding officer's quarters, now the residence of the Superintendent of the Soldiers' Home. Both civilians and soldiers quarried the stone, utilizing 60 teamsters and 200 mules to , U. George A. liesselberger directed the construction. He demonStrated a taste for durability andsubtIe beanty th~ is still ~~P2!eu!. in those bnilnings th~ lLre' still in use at the ' Fort. Stones uSed were of varying length, but wereClit to'18 inChes in height and two foot thicimess. Each barracks held 50 men and was equipped with a kt"LChc:;u, mess rooIIl, and a 2 nd dormitory. Latrines were erected behind the bairaoo. The hoSpital had a ward room, adequate , for the sick of four companies, as well as an admin.ist:ration section and kitchen. ,The Commanding Officer's quarters was the only two story structure on the post. The bottom floor had admin.ist:rative rooms where the Commanding Officer could host fellow officers or hold court martials. The second floor, P!Ovided with rifle ports, was for family ,use. There were blacksmith shops to keep horses shod and sixty wagons in repair:, 'Two 'large corrals, ,of sod for the quart..erma..c:ter an cavalry with four feet thick walls kept the Indians from raiding the supply of mounts and also protected horses arid herds from the severe winters of those first Negro troops that made up a large part of the population of the post after the Civil War ' were segregated and were housed in a 20 x 40 foot structure; part of which served as storage. They were also segregated at the hospital in a small separate frame structure. All buildings were placed in a circle facing inward to form parade grounds. Skilled craftsmen made from $85 to $199 a month, and unskilled laboreers made $35, however, there was always a shortage of men and materials. Lumber and hardware were delivered from ea$m Kansas or Santa Fe,-NM., where a thousand feet of board could be delivered for only $30. Many problems encountered during the construction vvere localin origin, including frequent Indian attacks on the Fort, and shortages of supply wagons, and work details. Few workers could be enticed to work at hard, dirty labor for $35 a month, with the possibility of a scalping thrown in. The men at the Fort received criticism from headquarters for their seeming lack of control of the Indians. General Marcy came out to investigate and his wagon train was attacked enroute. Once there, he sent back a critiCal report of the newly erected buildings, saying, "quarters are so magnificent and smoothly dressed that they appeared to be designed for the National CapitaL" The director of the building, Lt. Hesselberger, was singled out for criticism., His feat was rewarded with a court martial and his name on the dedication stone was covered over with a buffillo robe during subsequent ceremonies. A barracks used once for cholera victims was converted toa recreation room. The chaplain, Major White, complained that the spiritual and cu1turallife of the men was neglected, while their less noble interests were catered to. As a result, chUrch services were held in the building on Sunday, although the chaplain complained frequently of having to conduct his worship rites from a pool table. , Life was hard on the plains, and desertions were frequent. Dr. Tremaine, the post SurgeOn, was an advocate of better treatment and reduction ofuimecessaryhardships for the ,. troopers. In addition to providing protection for commercial trade routes, Fort Dodge also provided safeguards for frontier communities, including Dodge City. This included protection from thieves, cattle rustlers, and bank robbers, as well as the Indians. to? �i The Fort distributed food and water to civilians during the severe winter of 1874, just two years after the establishment of Dodge City. It also contributed a colwnn to the Dodge City newspaper on military and social activities at the post. The Sutler's store was a very popular spot on the reservation. Whiskey could be served from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. each evening, with three drinks allowed per man. However, it appeared the count was not aiways accurate , since drunkenness was a COlWHon offense. The g-ua:rd house, . an 18 x 28 foot structure, was always full, eVen though reserved for the worst offenders. Fort Dodge's cemeterv held the bodies of many of Dodge City~s early day residents, as well as L~ose 0 th~ post inhabitants: One of these is Edward M;sterson, broL~er of Bat~ who was buried after being shot by a drunken gunfighter. The saying then was "The rich are buried at the Fort and the cowhands. and poor ~e buried on Boot Hill and gone to hell." k; civilizat1c)ll advanced, the Indians found no sanctuary from the white man's army. General William T. Sherman, a typical ~xample oft.~e military mind set then, \~laS sur~ that all attempts at civilization of the Indian was ridicul~us~ Ext~rmiri.ation or reduction of their sta"tUs to that of paupers with complete dependence on the govemlUent was his idea for their fate. Many Easterners were shocked at the treatment ofthe·lndian. The men on the frontier had reason to complain of the Easterners lack of comprehension of the savagery of the Indian. . with the coming of the railroad to Dodge City in 1872, and the threat of extinction of the buffalo, the Indian s conducted a final outburst of violence in an attempt to preserve their livelihood. At that time, buffalo hides were selling for $3.50 each and plenty of hunters were on the scene to benefit from that price. By 11:03, most of the buffalo had been annihilated; even to the south of the Arkansas River where the Medicine' Lodge supposedly protected the buffalo and lndian" rights In 1874, the Anny renewed engagements against the Indians; for asserting . their rights by forays to the north of the Arkansas River. General Nelson Miles kept up these attacks until the spirit of the Plains lndians was broken, and their wild and independent culture had virtually disappeared. Between 1870 and 1875, more new buildings went up at Fort Dodge. Teo sets of officer and family quarters were erected, as well as buildings for civilian employees. A new' guardhouse replaced the old, overcrowded original structure. A grainery for storing one million pounds of grain was also erected. Between 1874 and 1882, military life on the post was fuirly stable. Most excitement came out of Dodge City where. trail herds waited to be sold. . Longhorns strayed onto the reservation, sometimes tearing down laundry and threatening soldiers and their families. In 1878, there were 100,000 cattle driven to dodge City. Poor relations ex.isted between the cowboys and the soldiers. A uniformed man could not enter town without being harassed by a cowman, often aided by a local lawman. The drinking establishments often took advantage of the soldiers. At one time in 1877 Col. William Lewis took a detachment and marched on the city The town judge hoisted a white flag and arbitration ensued. Dodge City's famed "Peace Commission" was formed soon after this incident with the help of Col. Richard Dodge, who was furious when his personal servant, a young black, was shot and left to die in the street. The Commission had on its roster such famed names as Wyatt Earp, Luke Short, Charlie Barrett:, and Bat Masterson. The last of the Indian scares was an attempted migration by the Cheyennes under Dull Knife, from EI Reno, Oklahoma to their former home in South Dakota. During the Indian's march through Kansas, several dozen settler's were killed. Although several lndians were brought back to Topeka for trial, with Ford County Attorney Michael Sutton as prosecuting attorney, /01 �the natives were acquitted for lack of evidence.. In December 1880, some of Fort Dodge's reserved lands were opened to homesteaders. The first 75 homesteads were claimed by Dodge City residents that included gamblers, saloon keepers, prostitutes, and a few actual homesteaders. In 1889, the rest of the area was opened, creating a real land rush. On AprilS, 1882, the Fort was abandoned by the U.S. Army. The last of the troops marched southward to Camp Supply when the flag was lowered on October 2, 1882. Fort Dodge, guardian of the cOlmTIercia.l frVUt,;t;l, the cattleman and .hom~l.6ader, had fulfilled i+...s pwpose. For the next eight years the land and Fort were managed by a Department of Interior custodian. One of these Dodge city entrepreneur Robert Wright, managed to exploit the fucilities by housing drovers who awaited the sale of their cattle, and bypurcl1asing land surrounding the Fort with money he earned selling ~skey and buffalo hides. In January 1890, fort DOdge was deeded to the State of Dansas for' use as a Soldiers Home. Old troopers began arriving. Most of them were Civil War veterans, Others were veterans of the Mexican and Indian Wars, many of whom had served With great honor in the Army. Records show these early residents did not always retire peacefully. Many were dismissed from the Soldiers' Home for quarrelsomeness drunkenness, and the like. Even croquet had to be abandoned as a form of recreation when the mallets prved to be too handy a weapon to settle quarrels among the oldsters. Eventually, dependents and relatives of Kansas veterans were admitted along with Confederate and Negro veterans. The Kansas Soldiers Home now includes a library, an modem intensive nursing home, a recreation center, five residence halls, and60rottages. Names of the streetS and buildings . honor great American Presidents and military heroes~ including Eisenhower, Nimitz, Sheridari, Garfield, Custer, Lincoln, Dewey, and Wait. Veterans of the Mexican, Civil, Indian, SpanishAmencan, Philippines, Boxer rebellion, World War I and n, Korean, and Vietnam Wars have all been· occupants. The peaceful park, quiet, shaded tree-lined walks, and dignified buildings, both old and new seem a fur cry from the dugouts and forsaken soldiers barely existing on the Arkansas River bank in 1865. //t) �HISTORICAL SITES OF FORT DODGE 1. 2. 3. Halsey Hall - brick, dedicated June 21, 1970. Present Intensive Care Nursing Facility. Capacity: 86 patients. Custer House - Superintendent's home, native limestone and wood built in 1867. In the past, fIrst floor was Headquarters, adininistrative offices, and court martials were held here. Upstairs was living quarters for the Commandant and his family. Pershing Barracks - Native limestone and wood in 1867. First permanent hospital. Made into men's dormitory when Walt Hall was built. Closed in December of 1985 due to lack of patients. Tt ;" (,llrTpntl" thP ('r"ltTIrrlllnitv R!'lc;:prl nlltn!'ltipnt (,linir. .u - .... ...- - - - - --r------ -----. ~, 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. • 14. 15. 16. -~'.J ~-"~~-~-J Fort Dodge Chapel - Wood in 1902. Church was held in the school house (was located in Funston Park) until the chapel was built. . " Eisenhower Hall- Brick in 1962. Business offIces, meeting room, and auditorium. Fort Dodge Library and Museum - Around 1867 of native sandstone. Has been in the past a granary, then used to store and dispense commodities. . Nimitz Hall- Originally built as three separate buildings. The building to the North (Angel's W-ing) and the building to the South (Owi's Roost) were made from native limestone. The middle building was made from adobe. In the early thirties, during W.P.A. days, the adobe, building was demolished, and the two remaining structures fIlled in with limestone to form one long building. From 1933 to 1956 this building housed headquarters, beauty shop, carpenter shop, and a small grocery store for residents and employees. ' 105 MacArthur: One ofthe original Fort Dodge buildings: 1870 to 1875, wood covered with ' native limestone facing. Paint Shop - was shower house (public bathhouse). Saturdays were children's batl1 days. The children would just about get wet when it was time to get out and let another take a t?ath. This was when there was a water hydrant between each two cottages. Fort Dodge Sutler's Store and Post Office - Wood, built between 1870 and 1875. Once was the bakery where cottage members gathered to get their daily ration of bread. Linc()1n Hall- Brick, around 1922. Capacity: 38 residents. Restored in 1941, when Mother Bickerdyke Home closed and transferees came here. Grant Hall- Brick in 1925. Dormitory with 42 capacity. During 1941, used for storage of government records. Restored in 1941, when Mother Bickerdyke Home closed in Ellsworth, Kansas and transferees came here. Funston Park -Two barracks were in the park and a school for children from surrot:mding areas attended. The school was used for a hall for meetings, and a church before the Fort Dodge Chapel was built. Now horseshoe pits, picnic tables and a place to walk and rest. Walt Hall- Second pemlanent hospital. Built in 1927. Brick. Housed 34 patients and the doctor lived on the second floor at one time. Closed on January 8, 1990 due to a lack of patients. Cemetery OldMortuary WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED VISITING OUR HOME, FORT DODGE! Fort Dodge Day First Saturday in July' Fort DOdge, Kansas 67801 Arts-Crafts-Food-Games /1/ �• II " .. . .. �CUSTER HOUSE FACT SHEET • • • • Completed in 1867. Stones are 20"x22" and were quarried approximately 12 miles to the North. Contractors and troopers using 50 wagons and 2000 mules quarried and hauled the stone. T.ieutenant George Hesselberger,3 rd Infantry, was the Engineer in charge of construction.· Bottom floor wa~ Fort Headq~arters and top floor served as Commanding Officers residence. Cb..ronologically,frcim 1865 to 1882 Commanding Officers were (some more than once): Maj. William Armstrong, 2 nd U.S. Volunteer Capt. K.L. Morris, 18 th Infantry Capt. Andrew Sheridan, Jrd Infantry Capt. William Thompson, 7th Cavalry 1SI cll. Col. D~ Lancey Floyd-lones, 3 rd Infantry Capt. Ed,vard Moale, 3 rd Infantry Maj. Charles E. Compton; 6th Cavalry Capt. James H. Bradford, 19 th Infantry Col. William B. Royall, 5th Cavalry 1st Lt. George F. Towle, 19 th Infantry Capt. R. H. Remington, 19 th Infantry Capt. lames Henton, 23'd Infantry Capt. Emerson H. Liscum, 19 th Infantry Col. Grenville Haller, nrd Infantry Maj. Caleb Rodney Layton, 20 th Infantry • • • • • th 1st Lt. G.S. Carpenter, 18 Infantry nd Maj. G. A. Gordon, 2 Cavalry rd Maj. Henry Douglas, 3 Infantry . rd Lt.Col. John R.Brooks: 3 Infantry 1h Lt. Col. Daniel Hustori, 6 Infantry rd Maj. Richard Dodge, 3 Infantry th Col. hines Oakes, 6 Cavalry· . Capt 1. Scott Payne, Slh Cavalry th st 1 Lt. John G. Leefe, 19 Infantry th Capt. William G. Gentry, 19 Infantry th Lt. Col. W.H. Lewis, 19 Infantry (killed by th Maj. H. A. Hambright, 19 Infantry u1 Maj. Robert H. Offley, 19 Infantry th Capt. Thomas B. Robinson, 19 Infantry th Capt. William Fletcher, 20 Infantry Indians) Commanding at the time of completion of the "Custer House" was Maj. Hemy Douglas, who nd commanded from December 1866 until November 1867. He commanded a 2 time from February to November 1868. It has been reported that he did not occupy the Custer House during his first co nun and. If so, then the first commander to occupy the quarters would have been Capt. Williarri Thompson, 7 th Cavalry Regiment, part of Custer's conunand. Capt. Thompson, was sometimes referred to as ~'OldCaptain Thompson" as hewas 54 years old in 1867, and a former Iowa Congressman. Satanta, War Chief of the Kiowa, at one time entered the Custer House, went up the stairs to the Commander's Quarters when no one was at home, and drank a bottle of port he found. He later went next doors to another set of Officer's Quarters and was found there after consuming a bot1le of whiskey. He was taken to the stables to sober him up. There he found.a whiskey bottle which contained horse medicine, drank it, got v·iolently ill, and rode out furious because he thought the white soldiers were trying to poison him. His group killed several woodcutters and settlers during their trip away from the Fort. Most of the antique furniture in the Custer House belongs to the house. It is not the original furniture, but furniture that was brought in after Fort Dodge became the Kansas Soldiers Home. Some of it dates back to the Fort Dodge period however. . Guests at the house during the days of Fort Dodge include Brevet Major General George Annstrqng Custer, General Tecumseh Sherman, General Phillip Sheridan: and Brevet Brigidier General Alfred Sully. 11,3 �FORT DODGE FACT SHEET • • • • • • First ganisoned in April 1865. . Established at a critical point between two major Indian crossings on the Ar~a,s River, Mulberry Creek to the East and the Cimarron Crossing to the West The Santa Fe Trail passed just outside the Fort entrance by the Sutler's Store., The Wet and. Dry Routes of the Trail came together just East of the Fort. First occupied by two companies of "Galvanized Yankees", Confederate prisoners of war recruited from the Union prison at Rock Isiand Arsenai, Rock Isiand, Illinois, Company G, 10tyh Cavalry ("Buffalo S~idiers") were part of the ganison from 1869 to 1871. ~ Chronologically, units that provided troops to garrison Fort Dodge froni 1865 to 1882 were: 2Dd 48 th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry th I SI Battalion, 18 infantry th 7 Cavalry Silt Cavalry lOth Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) 61lt Infantry nd 2 Artillery 201lt Infantry u.s. Volunteers (Galvanized Yankees) . 2: Cavalry 3 Infantry 71lt Infantry 371lt Infantry 61lt Cavalry 1911t Infantry 23 ni Infantry • • • • • '. • • Garrison troops primarily lived in "dugouts" the first couple of years. Permanent buildings were not completed until 1867. " • ' The remains of 122 troopers buried at Fort Dodge were moved to Leavenworth when the Fort closed. Two troopers were awarded the "Medal of Honor" for actions out of Fort Dodge. ,"Medal of Honor" awardee Corporal Kyle was later killed in a gunfight outside a "Hays City'; saloon by Hays City Marshall Wild Bill Hickock. Several notable Indian Chiefs visited Fort Dodge, including Kiowa War Chief Satanta. Brevet Major General, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer visited Fort Dodge on several occasions as one or more of the 7tlt Cavalry Regiment's companies were stationed here at various times. In addition, the entire Regiment was here 6 weeks preparing for the Indian Campaign which resulted in the Battle of Washita in 1868. Other notables to visit Fort Dodge were GeneralTecumseh Sherman and General Phil Sheridan. Eight of the original Fort Dodge buildings have,survived and are in use today: Two enlisted barracks (Nimitz Hall)joilled~ one building by WPA project in 1931 Sutler's Store (Convenience Store) ,'.". Officers Quarters Duplex (226 Custer~veterlirtResidence) Headquarters and Commanding Officers Quarters (CuSter House - Supt's Residence) Hospital (pershing Barracks) Quartennaster Storage Building (LibrarylMuseum) Dead House (Storage) • • • • • A ninth building,the Post Stockade, is located at illeB.oot Hill site in Dodge City. Stones from 3rd Enlisted Barracks were later used:tocoristruct 5 cottages still in use today. The Fort Dodge Reservation consisted of approxiin#~ly 68 square miles or 44,000 acres and was approximately 14 miles at the longest point North.:.Sbuth, and 6 miles at the widest point EastWest. The western boundary was close to Central Street in Dodge City. Fort Dodge was decommissioned in October 1882., ,r .. ~ _, . 1 _ • J __ . ____ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .J 1:_ _ t. _ _ .,,_ .. ~_ lVl0SL 01 Ulc H:U1U i:UCi1 Wi1.:) vpc;uc;u .l: ____:, ·r _ .. 1 Q 00 LVL UV,-,_H",.3L"UUUL5· ........ VV.J, +1..0 ~- <.'1-.,1-"" ,..f" 1( .,,., "'.,'" .... - - .,nll;,.p:" -~ ~~--- - " 1 - - - thp. ._-- ~emaining propertyancl established a "Soldiers HOrile""'fot Kansas Civil \Var veterans. The first three were admitted on February 7, 1890. �REMINISCENCES OF OLD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT 34, DOUGLAS COUNTY KANSAS by Frank Horrell (copied 2007 by Richard Wellman) as printed in the Baldwin Ledger, 26 Nov. 1964 • The following article was sent to the Ledger office by Frank Hurrell. In the write-up he recalls early schools days at the Union School which was located west of Baldwin jet. Mr. Horrell started to the school in 1883. When Douglas County was divided into districts it was done largely according to population and future expectations. Old Union was largely an open prairie with few creeks and timber. The first school house was built of logs and operated till about 1880, when the present building was put up, and the old one used for a shelter for coal and kindling to start fires. Seats were made of logs, split and smoothed off, set up on short sticks for legs. Black boards were simply walls painted black. White chalk was used to write questions, problems, programs and songs. Coal was hauled from north of Ottawa a few miles where a few coal mines were located. With the chimney at the west end of the house and the stove near the east end it took a long line of stove pipe to get the smoke out and when the pipe fell down it was a mess - with small children mixed with soot. No schools were graded then and five years was the starting age and children quit when they had to go to work. Big boys started after the com was shucked and quit when spring work began. At first there was no well, so the teacher sent two small boys to a ravine where a well was always full of water. One winter day when they got to the well, one boy threw the bucket onto the ice and when it bounced off he said, "I'm going skating". The ice broke and he went down till his arms stuck the wall. My first teacher was Laura Geiger, who lived east of Willow Springs and drove a horse and cart to school. The boys always took care ofthe horse. Other teachers were Lutitia BO\Vlllan, Laura Anderson, Jim Baldwin, Gina Pleasant, Addie Haas, Gertrude Bell, Helen Ingle, William Horrell and Frank Horrell. The school house was a place for all kinds of meetings - preachings, literaries, spelling contests, political meetings. One night a man was lighting a lamp at the edge of a window . when it spilled and caught fire. He thre.w it out through the glass. At recess and noon the pupils had all kinds of games - baseball, town ball, black man, racing, jumping, wrestling, boxing-hats. School closed at 4 0' clock and the students walked home, some as far as two miles. For punishment a child had to stay seated at recess or noon or sometimes a switch was the means of punishment. Once the teacher used a switch to punish a big boy, she got in one stoke, he grabbed the stick and broke it up. She said, "go Home". He went up the hill south a few rods, then spent the rest of the time yelling, jumping and doing hand springs till school was qut. The school board for many years were John Horrell,Doc Sutton and Isaac Flory. Families to attend Union and their children are listed by Mr. Horrell as follows: Haas - August, Dan, Sophia, Bertha, Ingle - Rose, Ed, Grant, Helen Flory - Cassius, Virgil, Harvey, Ed, James Gilges - Dudley, Fremont, Florence, Daisy, Lenora Sutton - Oliver, Frank, John, Jim, Lenna, Kate Horrell - William, Frank, Isaac, Fred, John, Maude, Clara Hyland - Edward, Anna, Nellie Schwartz - Henry, Charley, Rose, Carrie lIS- �Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament To my spouse, children, guardian, administrator and/or executor: Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any or aU of my geneaiogical records, both those prepared personally by ineand those records prepared by others which may be in my possession, including but not limited to books, files, notebooks or computer programs for a period of two. years. During this time period, please attempt to identify one or more persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and the responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family ... histories. [If you know whom within your family or friends are likely candidates to accept these materials, please add the following at this point: "I suggest that the persons contacted regarding the assumption of the custody of these items include but not be limited to" and then list the names of those individuals at this point, with their addresses and telephone numbers if known.] In the event you do no find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the various genealogical organizations that I have been a member of and determine if they will. accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. [List of organizations, addresses and phone numbers at bottom; include local chapters, with their addresses, phone numbers and contact persons if availab.le as well as state/national contact information and addresses.] Please remember that my genealogical endeavors consumed a great deal of time, travel, and money. Therefore it is my desire that the products of these endeavors be allowed to continue in a manner that will make them available to others in the future. Signature _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date _ _ _ __ Witness _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date _______ Witness - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date -------- II (P �KANSANS OF FORTY YEARS liKE OLD DAYS OF YORE from Baldwin ledger, 12 Oct. 1928 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MEET FOR REUNION Early History is Replete With Thrills, Hardships and Joy for Those Who Built A State of High Achievements and Morals. • • • Mo!ding of Kansas civilization MS nQ superior thinks Judge C. A. Smart of . lawrence who spoke at the annual meeting of the old settlers of Palmyra township Tuesday. Makers of history, believers in a nation, determined men and women they were who made progress in the face of grave dangers. Continuing Mr. Smart said: "After the war what was In that Kansas needed? First, Kansas needed men. And they came from among those who knew the hardships of battle and who had slept under the stars for four y~rs. Kansas needed men who understood self-restraint. The Need was amply fulfilled. Then she needed courageous and intelligent men. And what did they do? Kansas hiStory speaks for itself." "And that same determination is still with us for there are many moral issues at stake. But the world is getting better not worse." Mr. Smart dosed his remarks with a fitting tribute to the pioneer mother who endured the utmost. he made reference to the markers in the several states which had recently erected the monuments to their memory. Named for His Beloved State. . . J. Kansas Morgan of Vinland, born in Kansas in 1858, Kansas bred, whose given name is Kansas, prefaced his remarks by saying that he was determined to die in Kansas. Then he spoke of the significance of the state in national history. "Kansas was born in a time of history" Mr. Morgan said, "The people saw the possibilities of a state that were to challenge the country to high achievement. The pioneers came and explored. The first settlers followed with one purpose, to make a homestead of the free." The program was in charge of J. C. Patterson, jovial toasbnaster. Mrs. H. K. Ebright first read a serious poem dedicated to Kansas. Then she gave two humorous readings. Dr.C. E. Holman favored the gathering with two solos which were well received. Roll called for Absent oneS. Mrs. Patterson as historian read an aa:ount of the death of members during the last year. They were: J. H. Gander, sara Cutter, Mrs. J. B. Todd, Rovla M. Oark, Mrs. jennie Wiley, William Walton, Isabelle Mitchell, Olas. Bailey and Ed. Beeks. She said that records showed the association has held regular meetings for 27 years. A set of resolutions adopted contained a vote of thanks to the women who assisted in serving the noon luncheon and to the church for the use of the basement rooms, to the orchestra for the music, directed by Dr. H. Z. Moore. W. J. Russell was extended thanks for his untiring efforts to complete the marking of old soldiers graves, many of whom had been members of the association. It was voted to investigate and see what could be done to improve records of graves at the old cemetery, east of Baldwin and restore the lots. C. E. Beeks, AI Andrews and S. Haigh were named to look into the matter. Mrs. Martha Price, who lies ill in bed sent greetings and the membership sent her a surprise basket of goodies. Others who could not come also were not forgotten. J. C. Patterson, C. E. Beeks and Mrs. J. C. Patterson were reelected officers of the association. /17 �It Was purely a democratic group WhiCh gathered in the dining room at the noon hour to enjoy the delicacies of the lunch basket. And who shouldn't . appetites be appeased with chair mates whose Kansas histDry reads: S. S. Shumaker, 1871; A. Andrews, 1869; Wm. Huff, 1869; Walter Kennedy, 1860; B. A. Stevens, 1873; Mrs. B. A. Stevens, 1875; Mrs. Lottie CartWright, 1864; Mrs. Nellie McTaggart, 1876; Mrs. B. H. Schultze, 1866; B. H. Schultz, 1891. Mrs. C"has. N. Baiiey, 1874; Bertha Pearson, i864; j. H. Paradise, 1880; aay Carter, 1870; James Kansas Morgan, 1858; C. A. Smart, 1884; Mrs. 1 C. Patterson, 1867; C. E. Holman, 1888; Mrs. A. O. Lockwood, 1864; A. O. Lockwood, 1876; Mrs. S. Haigh, 1861; James Cowgill, 1866. J.F. Ruhlen, 1881; Mrs. J. F. Ruhlen, 1910; W. J. McTaggart, 1872; W. C. Griffith, 1867; aara Massey, 1881; H. L O'Neil, 1863; Minnie Ralidail, 1871; A. W. Webster, 1858; Sanah Randall, 1865. J. C. Patterson, 1867; S. Haigh, 1856; J. C. Talt)()t, 1881; Katherine A. Osborn, 1860; Cora Wise, 1870; H. K. Ebright, 1885; D. M. Griffith, 1867; Mrs. H. L. O'Neil, 1869; Mrs. Eda Payne, 1886; Mrs. Henrietta Merry, 1864; Mrs. S. D. Vincent, 1871; Chas. J. Gleason, 1866; Rob't M. Junkins, 1884; Mrs. Mary R. McKinney, 1856; Mrs. E. W. Gilmore, 1878; Etta Barriddow, 1880; Seth Fenton, 1866; C. B. Merry, 1888. According to rough count there were at least 150 who sat down at the noon hour together. Genealogy taglines: • • • • • • • • Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. Genealogists live in the past lane. Genealogy is· the marriage of a jigsaw puzzle to a Dungeons & Dragons game. Genealogists are time unravelers. Genealogists don't die, they just lose their census. Genealogy: It' all relative in the end. I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me. I'm always late; my ancestors arrived on the Juneflower. Submitted by Alice L. Luckhardt: • If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. - Nicholas Boileau, 1636-1711 Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. - Van Wyck Brooks, 1886-1963 None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. - Edgar Watson Howe, 1853-1937 IIJJ �Friends, this mesaage is from the I -Pike society in IL. • .' Many have read stories about cleaning old.cemeteries and the discovery of grave markers buried under years of grass and weeds. Even today, with years of experience, thin, vertical grave markers are set in small strips of wet concrete, in the hope that the marker will stay upright until the check clears, and they soon fall. . In many of the more 'modern' cemeteries, plot owners are only allowed to install ground-level markers, so that the mowing equipment can pass over them. The soil/sod soon covers them. As Memorial Day nears, may I again remind you of a tip I shared at previous Memorial Days - leave a note at family burial plots, so that unknown cousins might learn of your interest in the family line - and perhaps contact you. And I would again remind you when visiting cemeteries, to take a small metal probe, perhaps a 12 inch screw driver, to probe for markers that have been buried by years of neglect and weeds. Just as the brick walkway, at older homes disappear under the sod if not kept clean, low or fallen markers will disappear under the sod if not kept cleared. Probe CAREFULLY, we don't want to deface the marker. This weeks RootsWeb Review had a story of a lady in England who couldn't find her grandmothers marker, even though she 'knew' where it was, found it as she dug a few inches Into the earth to plant some flowers. I am convinced that with a little probing, many 'lost' markers would be found . • Are you aware that a PDF version of the Herald of Freedom microfilm is available on-line at: bttQ~lJ'!fw'!:L,!s<:;J<cc,eQYLt~rritQrJQLD~w~b~[C!!d oLfr~eQQml The index to PDF versions of other Kansas newspaper microfilms is at: htt;R;LLwww.!S(:l<J;;!=~gq/Jer[l1Qrl~Lr:I~w.?/~rri.!:QrlQLf.!~wJ?l II~ �"How Do I Keep All This Stuff Straight?" by Billie Stone Fogarty Sooner or later every genealogist reaches the point when the stuff of genealogy - papers, books, heirlooms, letters, photocopies - becomes overwhelming. How do you find anything in that mountain of material and where do you store it? Many books and articles have been written· on the subject of organizing your genealogical records and any will give good guidance to taming your paper mess. No filing system is without flaws, but your motto should be "files not piles" if you expect to be successful. in your genealogy research. Organized research can save you time and money and can help guide you to the next step in your quest for family information. Whether you work on your genealogy at the dining room table, in a spare bedroom, or in your office you will need to have a place to spread out and compare your findings. A place where your current project can be left unbothered is especially helpful as you sometimes need to walk away for a while and return with a fresh way to look at your findings. Find a location and take it over - you will eventually need the room for your stuff! If your genealogy now fits in a file folder or briefcase - GREAT! It is not too late to get organized. Anything more and you may already be doomed! Seriously, take the time to select a filing system and use it faithfully, even if it is not the perfect system. Several researchers have found the color-coded system called FamilyRoots Organizer to be useful. It can be found online at www.123genealogy.comIorganizer. One of the best books on organizing your research is Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's Organizing Your Family History Search (Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1999). ·It includes many forms that are designed to help organize your research. The following is a plan for organizing your research that is simple and straight forward. Adapt the plan to your own personality and needs. A Simple Plan to Organize Genealogical Records First decide your purpose, whether you will use a computer, where you will work, where I~O • • �you will store the items you collect, whether you will use files or binders or a combination of the two, and whether to use color or not. This organization plan assumes that your genealogy forms are generated by a computer based genealogy program because it is faster, neater and easier to make updates and changes. It also assumes that you will use both loose files for your working projects and binders for longer term storage and to prevent shuffling or loss of loose papers both at home and away. • it does not matter whether you use COiOf Of fiOt.· Some like to USe coior to help them differentiate the family lines (four different colors for each of the 4 grandparents' lines) or side·of the family (one color for father or husband and another color for mother or wife). Some prefer to identify each surname with a particular color or select a different color for each type of file (one color for the family files, another for county or state files and another for correspondence files, etc). Some just like to use color because it is pretty - the choice is yours. If using color helps you organize then use it. Second gather your equipment, forms and supplies. Equipment will include: a . computer and genealogy software program, a file cabinet or portable file boxes, file folders, . hanging file folders, 3-ring binders, a travel.binder for research trips; Fonns that are useful are: Pedigree charts, Family Group Records, Research Log, Correspondence Log, Census Abstra¢ Forms, Compiled Census History Form, Individual Timeline, and other forms that you find helpful. Supplies to assemble include: Pencils and pens, 8 %" x 11" spiral note paper With perforated' edge or loose leaf notepaper or Note Forms, Sheet Protectors (Archival safe, acid free, won't lift print), Index dividers, Travel pack (with pencils, hand pencil sharpener or ever sharp penCils, paper clips, coin holder, red or blue pencil, straight edge, magnifying glass). Third set up your filing (organizing) system. This one is baSed on your pedigree chart, and begins by entering all known information into your computer genealogy database (or enter the information onto Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records if not using a computer). Be sure to enter the sources for each and every statement of fact that you enter. (Consult Evidence! by Elizabeth Shown Mills for the proper citation format for each type of source.) Print out all of the Pedigree Charts. Use the pedigree chart to set up your files and your numbering system, if you choose to use one. Label file folders (or index divider tabs in your binders) with each Surname from your pedigree charts in the order they appear on the pedigree charts. Your Ancestry or Pedigree Chart has numbers (actually called Ahnentafel numbers - see the next page for more about these numbers). Each surname file (or binder) will contain all couples with that surname starting from the most recent, followed by that husband's parents and so forth back in time. Sheet protectors are useful, especially if using binders because you do not have to punch holes.' .. • Each surname file or binder should contain: 1) a Pedigree chart with that ancestral line . underlined (or highlighted), 2) a Family Group Record for each family unit with that surname arranged from most recent to most distant, 3) an individual timeline for each husband and wife, 4) an individual Research Checklist for husband and wife, and 5) documents that support the link ' from one gene.rati~n to th~ next. Include all items that pertain to that family unit from the time they became a family, I.e. mamage record forward. Some find it convenient to include within a family unit file all items from the husband's and wife's birth on, although most experts recommend placing birth and pre-marriage information with the parents' family unit file. Arrange supporting documents chronologically and be sure to place those documents in sheet protectors. Some choose to keep supporting source documents together in a file separate from the Surname file, such as all census records together in a Census file. That is a matter of individual ' preferen~, depending on how many different locations you want to search for one person's Information. Regardless, be sure that you keep original, one-of-a-kind documents in a place that is archival, fire, flood, moisture and heat safe. At the end of the Sumame file or binder should be a section for miscellaneous items that' do not .go ex?lusively with a particular family unit. Non-lineal members of the family unit may be kept With their parents, but should have their own folder when they form their own family unit I J..I �You will also need non-surname files for: 1) locality, 2) correspondence, 3) research logs, 4) general, and others that you may identify as useful, such as genealogy techniques. Locality files can be for a specific state sutHjivided by county. Be sure to include maps, a county timeline, and the history and general infonnation about a locale. You can also include infonnation about research facilities in a particular state and county. Correspondence files can be arranged alphabetically by surname and should include your letter and the response clipped together. Fourth, it is useful to schedule your genealogy time includi.ngwhen to organize and file, when to research, when to process the data collected on the research day. Discipline yourself to always review the data collected and enter the infonnation onto family group sheets and pedigree charts as soon after the research as possible; Fifth, always carefully plan your research outings. Decide what family line you want to find and what infonnation you need. Write out your plan - it helps you think organizationally! Pack what you need - your travel pack and binder, a copy of your pedigree charts and family . group records for the family line you will research, lots of Sheet protectors for the good stuff you are going to find, coins for the copy machines (or money for the copy cards). While researching, use the Research Log to write down everything you search including those yielding nothing. Be sure to immediately write a full source citation on the photocopy while you are there~lnclude the facility, city, today's date and call number used by that facility as well as the Surname covered by . the article. Many find it useful to copy the title page of the book or periodical and place most of . this infonnation on that page. Place the photocopy in a sheet protector and place. it in your binder. . Sixth, process what you have gathered as soon as possible. Re-read the infonnation to glean all the details and enter each item of infonnation into the computer genealogy database. Remember that each document may have material pertaining to several different individuals. File each document in the appropriate surname file. When several surnames are involved, you may either make a copy of the document for each file or place a memo to the file (on 8 Yz x 11 paper) adviSing where the document is filed. Print out revised Family Group Sheets and Pedigree Charts and reevaluate what you know and what you suspect about the family and make plans for the next outing. Seventh, protect the time, effort and expense that you have expended. Regularly backup your computer infonnation. Store a second or third copy at another location. Give a copy to a relative or friend. (Make a genealogy buddy to exchange disks for storage, preferably one· who will remind you to backup your records.) Also, make paper copies of your infonnation and store a copy offsite to ensure against calamity. Share your research with others. Donate a copy to some library or repository. Store your own materials in a place that is as safe as possible. DeSignate a torch carrier to preserve your work and continue the search. Share with them now. Numbering Systems for Organizing Genealogy Records By ancestry Sosa-Stradonitz or Ahnentafel System (Named for the 17th century Spanish genealogist Jerome de Sosa who first used it and for Stephen Kekule von Stradonitz who popularized it in his 1896 Ahnentafel Atlas. Ahnentafel is the Gennan word meaning ancestor table, interchangeable with pedigree, a French word meaning, literally, "the foot of the gooseD which resembles the branches of a family tree) . 1 .Each individual in a lineage has a unique number. 2 The individual's father has a number that is doubled and the mother's number is double plus 1. . 3 All males (except the one in position #1) have even numbers and all females have odd numbers. 4 It is easy to tell the closeness to the starting person by the size of the number. �5 6 Simple, efficient, logical, widely used and accepted. Computers like this system. By descendancy • '" • Register System (First used by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in their quarterly, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - the 'Register) .. 1 Starts (he numbers with bie ear1iast ances,tor and WO~~5 through each chdd ;;1 order of birth .. 2 If a person's descendants are not known or not given, that person is not aSSigned a number. . 3 The system is widely used and accepted. 4 Spouses receive no numbers, only bloodline: 5 Further research may lead to new knowledge' about descendants. The entire list would have to be renumbered to accommodate this event. Modified Register or Record System (First adapted by the New York Biographical and Genealogical Record, this is the system adopted by the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.) 1 Each person is given a number (an Arabic numeral) and a lower case Roman numeral to indicate birth order within a family. 2 If the child is to be repeated as an adult, there is a + sign beside their name. 3 Only the bloodline descendants receive a number. Documenting Your Sources Just because you have written the name and birth date of your ancestor on a piece of paper does not make it true. Every single item of information you gather must have a source. Names, dates and places are good, but without the evidence to support what you have written your carefully prepared Family Group Records and Family Histories are just words. Likewise, the appearance of a name or other item of information appearing in a book or database. does not mean it is true. Every item of information or statement of relationship must be documented. Elizabeth Shown Mills, in her book Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), page 18, lists these: 13 Guidelines for Documentation ., 1 " 2 '., 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Any statement of fact that is not common knowledge must carry its own individual statement of source. Source notes have two purposes: to record the specific location of each piece of date and to record details that affect the use or evaluation of that data. Sources are tracked in two basic ways: by generic lists (bibliographies) and by source notes keyed to specific facts . .Source notes have two basic formats: full citations and short citations. Source notes for narrative accounts can be presented in four ways: footnotes, endnotes, . parenthetical Citations, and hypertext. Source notes keyed to narrative text should be numbered consecutively; the corresponding numbers should appear in correct sequence within the text. Explicit source notes should also appear on ancestor charts and family group sheets. Full citations should be affixed to the front side of every photocopied document and should appear on every page of a research report. We should not cite sourceswe have not used; it is both risky and unethical to "borrow notes· from other writers. Even a full citation of source may not be SUffiCient, legally or ethically, when copying from another work. . Microforms and electronic materials need extra treatment. . Clear citations require attention to many details. Cititin g a source is not an end to itself; our real goal is the have the best possible source to c e. _--_ .._-----.-._ . .... I JJ. 3 �This book is a must for every genealogist's library, updating andexpanding~~n Richard S. lackey's t;>ook, Gite Your Sources (New Orleans: Polyanthos, Inc, 1980). It gives the format for genealogical references not commonly found in other citation style books. If without this book, the preferred format is The Chicago Manual of Styfe (Chicago: University of Chicago 1993). . '. When you have searched a source and found genealogical evidence pertinent to your research, you must preserve the evidence for your files in one offour formats: 1 2 3 4 Photocopy the material. -occasionally a repository will not allow photocopying but will allow photographing without a flashbulb. Transcribe the material- a word for word copy of an entire document or record. Extract the material - a word for word copy of a pertinent portion or portions of a document or record. Abstract the material - a summary of the pertinent information contained in a document. You should document that evidence by these actions: . 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3· 4 Make clear on your research notes whether material has been photocopied, transcribed, eXtraCted or abstraaed~ Enclose in quotation marks any extracted material. Include your name, the date and place you obtained the material, and a complete identification of the source of the material on every item that is copied, transcribed, extracted and abstracted. Identify fully the source of materials obtained from family memorabilia, personal interviews, family tradition or personal knowledge. Record your research notes on full sheets of 8 W by 11" paper and place them in your binders or file folders. Do not record important genealogical information on bits and scraps of paper. Copy all facts, including names of different spelling, exactly as they appear in the record. Copy too much material rather than too little. When quoting portions of material, use 3 dots (ellipses) to indicate omitted information within a quoted sentence and 4 dots to indicate omission of the last part of a sentence. When transcribing material that is partially unreadable, use blanks for the illegible words or letters. Citation Fonnats References to sources (citations) take two forms - footnote (or endnotes) and bibliography. A bibliography is an alphabetical listing of all the sources consulted for the research project usually at the end of the work. Footnotes give complete citation for a particular statement, including page number or other specific citation, and are placed at the bottom of the page where the statement is given. Endnotes are in the same format as footnotes, but are placed aU together at the end of the report in the order they appeared in the text. The footnote format is preferred in genealogical reports because it is more specifiC. A bibliography is sometimes used in addition to the footnotes to list sources that are not quoted or cited specifically. Citations should include these elements, where applicable: author, compiler, editor, owner, supplier, title, name of periodical, issue, edition, volume number, publisher, place of publication, date of publication, page, column, deSCriptive title. Titles of books, periodicals a~d newspapers are italicized or underlined; articles in periodicals and newspapers are enclosed In quotation marks. • �Examples (in footnote format): 1 2 3 Books: 1. Val D. Greenwood, The Researcher's Guide to American GenealOgy (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973), pg. 52-54. Articles in periodicals and newspapers: 2. Thomas W. Jones, "Organizing Meager Evidence to Reveal Lineages: An Irish Example-Geddes of Tyrone", National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 89 (June 2001): 2 - 98. Census Records: 3. G.W. Talley household, 1830 U.S. Population Census of Missouri, Jackson County, page 94, line 2; National Archives microfilm M704, roll 127. (later years will include townShip, enumeration district, post office, dwelling number and famiiy number.) • .. 4 5 6 7 8 9 lineage Application: 4. Lineage application of Billie Jean Stone Fogarty, national no. 803137, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Private John Cornwell) approved 2001. . . Military Records: 5. Isaiah Shay, compiled military record (private, Company K, 26'h Illinois Infantry), Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois, (Washington: National Archives). Pension Flies: 6. John Jones Revolutionary War Pension File, no. S13560, Record Group 15, microfilm M804, roll 1441 (Washington: National Archives & Records Administration). Family Group Sheet: 7. Jane Doe, "John Smith-Mary Brown family group record", supplied 28 January 2001 by Doe (515 Main Street, Guthrie, OK 73044. Vital Records: 8. Floyd Davis Stone, death certificate no. 590024 (1959), Tennessee Department of Health, N a s h v i l l e . . • Electronic Database: 9. Morris Research Foundation, Electronic Library, online <http://llano.net/george>, Bill George, web master, downloaded 15 December 1999. Permission is granted to Douglas County Genealogical Society to publish "How Do I Keep All This Stuff Straighf' in their Quarterly with proper credit given. Billie Stone Fogarty - - - - - ------_._- ., Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 200f'tmes can be paid now. . • .... Nrune--______________________________________________.~denNwme S~~______________________~~#__~HomePhone______~______~_ ap____________·~.~_______________ Ci~___________________Smre___ Renewal_ New_Smnames you are searching ----------------------------------- Amount enclosedc.-._ _ _ _($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS POBox 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Make checks payable to DCGS I;{~- �Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc. PO Box 3858 Topeka, Kansas 66604-6858 3 May 2007 Shelley Cardiel 11502 NE 90 th St Kirkland, WA 98033 Dear Shelley; In January of this year, we received a packet containing five old-time photographs with Kansas connections from you. I don't think we ever acknowledged receipt of this thoughtful gift and I want to apologize before I begin to thank you. I am so sorry to have taken so long. Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies is an umbrella organization of genealogical and historical societies in Kansas. We do not maintain a library or museum and therefore cannot care for these wonderful photos. I f / r f • • / f· I { f I f f �Churchill 106 Clark 117 Clawges 71 Colton 69 Compton 113 Connelley 105,106 County 106 Cowgill 106,118 Cramer 106 Crosby 103 Custer 110,114 Cutter 117 Davis 104 Davy 72 Dewey 110 Dodge 107,113 Doe 125 . Douglas 113 Douglass 98 Dow 103 Dugger 103 Ebright 106,117,118 Eisenhower 110 Eudaly 73 Fenton 118 Fish 104 Fletcher 113 Floyd-Jones 113 Fogarty 120,125 Fremont 69 Frye 106 Galbreath 103 Gander 106,117 Gardner 106 Geiger 115 Gentry 113 George 125 Gieseman 68 Gilges 115 Gilmore 118 Gleason 106; 118 Gordon 113 Greenwood 125 Griffith 118 Haas 115 INDEX vo1.30,no.3&4 July & October 2007 Pp 78-98 are not included in this index. Adriance 106 • Allen Co Library 65 Anderson 115 Andrews 106,117,118 Armstrong 113 Backus 68 Bahnmaier 68 Bailey 98,103,105,106,117,118 Baker 105 Baker 106 Baldwin 115 Barricklow 118 Basher 98 Beach 106 Beardsley 71 Beass 98 Beatty 106 Beeks 106,117 Bell 106,115 Bigknife 72 Black 106 Blake 106 Bodwell 103 Boileau 118 Bradford 113 Brady 103,104 Branton 98 Bridwell 104,106 Bristow 103,104 Brockway 106 Brooks 113,118 Brown 98,106,125 Burchill 64 Cardiel 126 . Cannack 120 Carpenter 113 Carter 118 Cartwright 106,118 Cavaness 103 Chaney 103 1;')..7 ) �Haigh 106,117,118 Hale 98 Haller 113 Hambright 113 Hemphill 106 Lockwood 118 Lockwood 106 Lothholz 71 Luckhardt 118 Mackenzie 106 Henon 106 Malone 98 Henry 104 Henton 113 Hesselberger lQ.8,113 Hickock 114 Holliday 106 Holman· 117,118 Horrell 115 Howe 118 Hoyt 106 Huff 106,118 Humbert· 103 Huston 113 Hutchins 106 Hyde 103,106 Hyland 115 Ingle 115 Innlau 98 Johnson 106 Jones 103,125 Jordan 66,70,99 Junkins 106 Keifer 103 Kelly 69 Kendall 98 Kennedy 106,118 Kilborn 106 King 106 Koffell 70 Kramer 105 Kretsinger 106 Kyle 114 Lackey 124 Lange 106 Layton 113 Lee 103,104 Leefe 113 Lewis 109,113 Lincoln 110 Liscum 113 Marcy 108 Marquand 102 Martin 103 Massey 106,118 Masterson 109 McCorkle 68 McKinney 106 McTaggart 118 Meredith 106 Merrill 98 Merry 118 Miles 109 Millikin 106 Mills 120,123 Mitchell 69,106,117 Moale 113 Moorhead 104 Morgan 117,118 Morris 113 Muenzenmayer 106· Nimitz 110 O'Neil 118 Oakes 113 Offiey 113 Osborn 106,118 Osborn 118 Osma 64 Paradise 105,106,117,118 Payne 113,118 Pearson 106,118 PERSI 64 Pike 69 Plato 102 Pleasant 115 Porter 70,71,72 Price 106,117 Randall 118 Randel 106 Reel 98 • �Reese 106 Remington 113 Riling 98 Roberts 71 Robinson 72,113 Roe 106 t, ' Roller 98 Rourke 98 Rowe 78 Royall 113 Ruhlen 106,118 Ryan 106 Satanta 113,114 Schnebly 103 Schultze 118 Schwartz 115 Scott 104 Shane 126 Shay 125 Sheridan 110,113,114 Sherman 98,109,114 Sheward 104 Shumaker 106,118 Simons 106 Skinner 106 Slapar 78 Smart 117,118 Smith 67,71,98,103 Starr 103 Stevens 118 Stewart 106 Stewart 70 Stoffer 70 Stone 125 Stover 106 Stradonitz, 120 Strate 107 Stuart 103 Sturdy 106 Sully 113 Sutton 109 Talbot 118 Talley 125 Taylor 106 Thompson 106 Thompson 103,113 Thorp 98 Todd 117 Towle 113 Tremaine 108 Tucker 106 Tyron 103 ' VanHoesen 106 Vincent 118 Wagiier 98 Walt 110 Walton 106,11 7 Weatherby 105,106 Weaver 70,71,72 Webster 118 Weeks 106 " Wellman 115 Westerhaus 71,72,73 Whaley 73 Wherry 70 While 98,108 Wiley 117 Wineinger 106 Wise 98,106,118 Woodyard 106 Wright 109 Yakle 106 �~:~ OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LEGEND c ........ _ _ _ _ _ .Io.C.I..___ _ ___ ':=::"::~: .....:~.._ .;..~o;.-_ ~3> 'c-_ .......-·_ ..... 11' ... _ . ......... _ _ __ ,.. "_",_." ..,..,...•• '·.t ... ____ . ~, --.-......_............. ~:::~::~ ~~:~;" �Presbyterian Manor 1429 Kasold Dr Lawrence, KS 66049 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 - 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 30, Nos. 3 and 4: July and October 2007 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL30_3AND4_JULY-OCT2007 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/fc26478327eb0d4a4538280ba786fc53.pdf d64c5321922ed55c585b91fdf32b155d PDF Text Text .~. , k, f f: k ,, i·... .' ...... - G' '- ..... :;<:::"" .. :.. 'q:,. �\ '- .',' . ';'. ~ . . T -- Volume 31, no. 1 & 2 January and AP~ ~~.O~_I l Till PI61111 ~~.--.!Iia--' ~rwIJII"'~~--:: .• . ~_." . ...:;.., ,". ... ~.;; ~ -..J.Io~ '~ •• - .>... ' . - .• -. • Pub Ii shed Quarterly By: 'Douglas Countg Genealogical Societg P.o. BOX 3654 LAWRENCE; l<ANSAS 66046-0664 I .. �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66046-0664 President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@earthlink.net Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. MicrofIlm readers are available in the OsmaRoom. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0664 Volume 31, no. 1 & 2 Jan and April, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS DCGS exchange policy change DCGS programs Genealogist's guide to calorie burning Documentation 1930 census Summary of research steps for 1790-1870 census schedules Summary of research steps for 1880-1920 census schedules Guide for source citations How do you find your English roots? Lecompton trivia Material received from Raymond W. Gieseman estate Excerpts from The Point; Walk through time, stories of steps Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Some history of Elmer Willis, Photographer, Lawrence KS Dues form for DCGS Leavenworth County Mount Zion Cemetery Definition of ancestors Using land records in genealogical research Land records that are kept locally Reading a map Graph of important Revolutionary War Pension acts... American wars and engagements before 190 Using Civil War Regimental histories 1 2 2 3 7 8 9 11 ,14 15 16 23 34 38 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 �DCGS exchange policy change. The Douglas County Genealogical Society has been reworking out exchange policy and program. As of September 1 we are not' exchanging with a number of Societies. This is because of lack of volunteers to keep the quarterlies filed and the cost of printing 'so many copies of the Pioneer. The quarterlies that we will be keeping on file are: Kansas Review (Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies), Yesteryears (Jefferson County Genealogical Society), Genealogist (Johnson County Genealogical Society),Topeka Genealogical Society Quarterly, and Jackson County Genealogical Society. We are still sending the Pioneer to all subscribers which include: Cincinnati Public Library, Wisconsin State Historical ' Society, Allen County Public Library, LDS Family History Library in Lawrence, Genealogical Society of Utah in Salt Lake. " All of the quarterlies that we will not be receiving are indexed in PERSI, which is available online through the Lawrence Public Library, so that you can search for information through that index. We are in the process of eliminating the quarterlies that are in the Library now. As of September 1,2008 all our books in the Library belong to the Lawrence Public Library. As a result they will be ' cataloged and will be searchable through the online catalog. We will be contacting members about titles that the Library is not keeping. For more information please call 843-9199. I �PROGRAMS On September 27, a Saturday, we will be meeting at the Watkins Museum at lOam. Helen Krische, Archivist, will show us and talk about the items that the Museum has that would be of use to genealogists. All are welcome. Other programs being planned for the year are: Haskell Indian Nations University- tour of the Library and Cultural Center. Clinton Historical Society Museum Sons of the Confederate and Sons of the American Revolution Eudora Historical Society. If there are other programs you would like to see please let us mow. A GENEALOGIST'S GUIpE TO CALORIE BURNING Here is your guide to calorie-burning activities and the calories this activity consumes per hour. number of Jumping to conclusions ..... lOO Swallowing your pride . . . . . . . 50 Dragging your heels . . . . . . . . 100 Running in circles ..•....... 200 Adding fuel to the fire .... 150 Climbing the walls . . . . . . . . . . 150 P<;lssing the buck . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Pushing your luck . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Wading through paperwork ... 300 Bending over backward . . . . . . . 75 Eating Crow • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Opening a can of worms ...... 50 Beating around the bush .... 75 Hitting the nail on the head 50 Jumping on the band wagon .. 350 Tooting your own horn . . . . . . . 25 Throwing your weight around (depending how much\you weigij .... 50 to 300 Making mountains out of molehills .... 500 I ,. ... ..... ...... Mc Henry County Gen. Soc. -------------~--~~-~~---~~~- �DOCUMENTATION PRIMARY··' ,::.. ~ An event recorded at or near the time it occurred by some one present or who had first had 'information about the event. MUST HAVE BOTH. SECONDARY; , All other information on an individual or event. We gather as many primary documents as possible. To prove an event without primary documentation, try to get two or more secondary source documents in which different individuals give the information. For example a death certificate is primary for date, place and cause of death but secondary for parentage and birthdates. The same individual probably gave the information for birth in an obit and a tombstone inscription. DOCUMENTING BIRTH Primary 1. birth certificate 2. delayed birth certificates (available in all states) 3. church or parish record . 4. baby book kept by parents 5. hospital record 6. journals, diaries, letters /~'" j , u . ". .,; ",I " .~! �3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Newspaper article Divorce record Death record Funeral home record Insurance policy Census records Land deed Court order books Tax records 1900 census for year of marriage DOCUMENTING DEATH DATE Primary sources 1. death certificate 2. autopsy report 3. church of parish record 4. military pension j,,record 5. probate record', ." 6. will presented to court 7. obits" 8. journals, letter and d"iaries Secondary sources 1. Tombstone inscriptions 2. Bible ,trunk and or book notes J. Cist of burials 4. Land deed 5. Tax record �6. Mortality census schedules 7. Professional and fraternal 'organizations records 8 "after" the last reco~d you find on your ancestor 9 Court order/minute books 10 Tax or tithe list records DOCUMENTING CONNECTION BETWEEN GENERATIONS Primary 1. Birth record - ., 2. Probate records 3. Land deed 4. Death certificate if informant is an issue 5. Journals, letter and diaries '''"" Sec·ondary 1. School records 2. Obit 3. Insurance policy 4. If no release of dower - couple selling her land, follow that land and find her maiden name 5. List of blacks in inventory or will may be found in inventory or will of issue 6. Court order or minutes books 7. Tax records 8. Purchasers at an estate sale 9. Military records. --~ . .- - ... II �Secondary 1. census history for year 2. 1900 census for year and month 3. death certificate 4. obit 5. tombstone inscription 6. school records 7. funeral home records 8. Social Security application 9. Passports Bible records may be primary but you must know where the Bible is located currently. Check the publication date - a Bible printed in 1900 having a birthdate in the 1700 is not primary for that date but may be for other birthdates in the collection. DOCUMENTING MARRIAGE. Primary 1. marriage license 2. marriage bond 3. church or parish record 4. journals, letters or diaries Secondary 1. military pension records 2. Bible records �THE 1930 CENSUS List of the 32 questions asked about each person on the 1930 census 1. Place of abode -street, avenue, road etc, house number, number of dwelling house in order of visitation, number of family in order of visitation. 2. Name name of each person abiding in that house as of 1 April 1930 3. Relation - relationship of this person to head of family 4. Home data owned or rented, value of home, if owned or monthly rent 5. I if rented, radio set, does this family live on a farm 6. Personal description, sex, color or race, age at last birthday, marital condition, age at first marriage 7. Education attended school or college any time since 1 sept' 1929, able to read and write 8. Place of birth of individual, father, mother 9. Mother tongue -language spoken at home before coming to US, year of . immigration to US, naturalization, able to speak English . 10. Occupation and Industry, trade, profession or kind of work done, industry or business, class of worker 11. Employment, actually at work yesterday, in not line number on unemployment schedule 12. Veterans whether a veteran of US military or naval force, war or expedition 13. Farm schedule number of farm schedule 7 �SUMMARY OF RESEARCH STEPS FOR THE 1790-1870 CENSUS SCHEDULES There is no Soundex index for the 1790-1870 censuses. The indexes are in book form. Each book covers one state for one census year. REMEMBER, INDEXES ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALL STATES IN ALL YEARS. STEP 1: CHECK THE LIST OF INDEX BOOKS p . ' :' ~,' a. b. The list of index books is posted on the end of the bookcase. The list is arranged alphabetically by state name and thereunder by year. Check the list for the index book you need. The index books are in the four bookcases in the research room. They are filed alphabetically by state. Retrieve the needed book and read the introduction if you are not familiar with the earlier censuses. STEP 2: FIND THE SURNAME YOU ARE RESEARCHING a. b The books list the last names of household heads in alphabetical order for the entire state. Spouses and children are not listed. Check the list for the name you are researching. .When you find right name, copy down the county, page number, and town that follow. A typical entry will be similar to the one below. Wadleigh, Eliphalet ESSE 369 SALISBUR In this case, the name is followed by a four letter abbreviation for the county name (ESSE means Essex county), then by the page number in that county on which the name appears, and last by the name of the town, township, or ward (example: SALISBUR means Salisbury town). STEP 3: LOCATE THE CENSUS ROLL a. b. With the information obtained from the previous step, go to a copy of The 1790-1890 Census catalog on the table in the reading room. The catalog lists counties and the roll numbers on which they appear for each census year (for example, 1790,1900,1810,etc.). Go to the pages that list your census year and locate the correct state. The counties are usually, but not always listed in alphabetical order. Find your countY and copy down the roll number to the left of the county name. Proceed to microfilm 1 thru 11 and, with the roll number in hand, locate the correct well marked with a census year and roll number label. roll. Each drawer is STEP 4: FIND THE RIGHT PAGE a. b Put the film on a microfilm reader. Roll through the film to reach the correct county and then roll through the county to the page number listed in the index. Census pages often have more than one set of numbers so you may have to follow two or three series of page numbers to locate the correct one. If no index was ever produced for a particular census, you should try to find the precise location of your ancestor's residence before beginning your census search . ......... I). I �SUMMARY OF RESEARCH STEPS FOR THE 1880-1920 CENSUS SCHEDULES To find an individual name among the millions listed in the 1880-1920 censuses, you will use an indexing system called the Soundex. STEP 1: SOUNDEX CODE THE SURNAME YOU ARE SEARCHING ,V-'-,., -:-- \, . ** See coding guides in the census catalogs for complete details. ** Each Soundex code must have four characters. ** Letters a, e, i, 0, u, h, w, and y are not coded. ** Retain the first letter of surname; e.g., "C" for Cook. ** Add three numbers according to the guide below: Code 1 2 3 For Letters B, P, F, V C, S, K, G, Q, X, Z D, T Surname: Code 4 5 6 For Letters L M,N R --------------------------------- Soundex: -------- With your ancestor's name correctly coded, you are ready to use the microfilmed Soundex card index, which is arranged (1) by state, (2) thereunder by Soundex code number, and (3) thereunder alphabetically by the first name of the head-of household. STEP 2: FIND SOUNDEX l\1ICROFILM ROLL a. b. c. d. Go to the research room table and find the correct census catalog - either the 1900, 1910, 1920, or the 1790-1890 catalog. See pages of the catalogs listing the Soundex microfilm roll numbers. Find the state or territory in which your ancestor lived. ,Write down the microfilm publication number listed next it: (For example, the 1920 Soundex microfilm publication number for Pennsylvania is MIS83..) Microfilm Publication Number --------------------------- e. f. Following the name of the state is a list of microfilm rolls. The small number to the left denotes the microfilm roll number. Each roll number is followed by the Soundex code will fit in the range of codes on one of the rolls. Check the list very carefully to find the correct roll. Write down the number and retrieve the microfilm. Roll Number____________________________________ z �SUMMARY OF RESEARCH STEPS FOR THE 1880-1920 CENSUS SCHEDULES To find an individual name among the millions listed in the 1880-1920 censuses, you will use an indexing system called the Soundex. STEP 1: SOUNDEX CODE THE SURNAME YOU ARE SEARCHING ** See coding guides in the census catalogs for complete details. characters. ** Letters a, e, i, 0, u, h, w, arid y are not coded. ** Retain the first letter of surname; e.g., "C" for Cook. ** Add three numbers according to the guide below: Code 1 2 3 For Letters B,P,F, V C, S, K, G, Q, X, Z D,T Code 4 S 6 ** Each Soundex code must have four For Letters L M,N R Surname: --------------------------------- Soundex:____, _ _ _ _ _ With your ancestor's name correctly coded, you are ready to use the microfilmed Soundex card index, which is arranged (1) by state, (2) thereunder by Soundex code number, and (3) thereunder alphabetically by the first name of the head-of household. STEP 2: FIND SOUNDEX MICROFILM ROLL a. b. c. d. e. f. Go to the research room table and find the correct census catalog - either the 1900, 1910, 1920, or the 1790-1890 catalog. See pages of the catalogs listing the Soundex microfilm roll numbers. Find the state or territory in which your ancestor lived. ,Write down the microfilm publication number listed next it: (For example, the 1920 Soundex microfilm publication number for Pennsylvania is MIS83.) Microfilm Publication Number ' . , Following the name of the state is a list of microfilm rolls. The small number to the left denotes the microfilm roll number. Each roll number is followed by the Soundex code will fit in the range of codes on one of the rolls. Check the list very carefully to find the correct roll. Write down the number and retrieve the microfilm. Roll Number ---------------------------------- f �STEP 3: FIND CORRECT SOUNDEX CARD AND RECORD DATA a. b. c. Put the film on a microfilm reader. Roll through until you locate Soundex card with information best matching the person being researched. Write down the information from the card. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE DOWN THE FOLLOWING: (1) (2) (3) (4) COUNTY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ E.D.t:t:numeration District._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ SHEET_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ LINE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ For 1910 only, some soundex index cards have this information: (1) COUNTY_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ (2) E.D.lEnumeration District_ _ _ _ _ _ __ (3) FAMILYNUMBERe-_ _ _ _ _ __ You now have the key index information to get you to the actual census. STEP 4: FIND THE MICROFILM ROLL FOR THE CENSUS SCHEDULE a. b; See the pages of the catalogs which list microfilm rolls by state, county, and city. Some counties and cities fill more than one roll of microfilm. The census catalogs list the Enumeration District numbers on each roll in such cases. The small number to the left of each county or city name is the roll number. When you find the roll you need, write down the roll number and retrieve the microfilm. Census Roll Number_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ** REMEMBER, THE CENSUS ROLLS ARE LOCATED IN CABINETS 1 THROUGH 40 EACH CABINET IS CLEARLY MARKED. STEP 5: VIEW CENSUS SCHEDULE a. b. - Put the film on a microfilm reader. Roll through until you find the correct COUNTY (1) ENU1v1ERATION DISTRICT (2); SHEET (3); and LINE (4) For some 1910 schedules, find the correct COUNTY (1); ENU1v1ERATION DISTRICT (2); and FAMILY NUMBER (3). number next to the name of the head-of-household. The Family Number is the The census infonnation you find should match the information you found on the Soundex index card. County names and Enumeration District and Sheet numbers are listed at the top of each census page. Enumeration Districts are usually, but not always, listed in numerical order on the microfilm rolls. I'J .'.,t·, "" . 10 �STEP 5: GUIDELINES FOR MAKING PHOTOCOPIES ,. The "VOLUNTEER ON DUTY" has been trained to provide patrons with the best microfilm/fiche copy possible. Instructions are provided to expedite the photocopying process as follow: 1. When patron finds something they want copied, roll the microfilm back on its original reel. 2. Patron should complete this form with as much information as possible so the volunteer can locate page(s) to be copied without assistance. Then they can make copies when not busy helping others and you can utilize your time doing further research. (For "first-time" patrons, ask the "volunteer" for help if you need it.) 3. Place the box of film and the photocopy request form, on the left side of the copy center counter. (A basket is provided for this purpose.) 4. Complete a CHARGE SHEET with your name and address and place with microfilm to be copied on first request only. (Charge sheets are near the "copy basket".) 5. When copying is completed, the volunteer will place photocopies on shelves behind counter along with charge sheet and mark charge sheet with number of copies and charge. Charges may be added to charge sheet throughout the day. 6. The film will be placed on the right of the counter for the patron to refile at their earliest convenience. 7. Volunteer will give charge sheet and photocopies to patron when they are ready to leave. Patron will pay for copies at front desk and receive a receipt. 8. NO photocopies will be made after 3:30 be paid for by 3:45 p.m. p.m~ and need to THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, THE VOLUNTEERS WORK VERY HARD TO ASSIST IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THIS RESEARCH ROOM RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND CONVENIENTLY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND COMMENTS. 0\ �First Steps in Genealogy II ,,. Guide for Source Citations The purpose of this basic guide to source citations is to take the mystery out of writing information about how you know what you know. 'Don't worry about the commas an~ periods; they'll vary according to different guides anyway. But do read the examples to learn what you need to record about the material in which you find information about your ancestors. The examples given are for footnote listings; bibliography entries will be different in their structure. If you have enough information to write a footnote for your family group sheet, you'll have enough to write the bibliography entry when you get around to compiling your family history. When you begin to write a source citation, think about the read~rs who will come after you. Could they take the information you've supplied and easily find the material again? It's better to write too much about a source than too little. , Source Footnote Example Article Morton Gitelman, "The First Chancery Court if] Arkansas," The Arkansas Historical Qua.rterly 55 (Winter 1996): 357-382. Bible Record (attempt to list provenance; that is, say who the Bible has belonged to in previous years) Family data, Robert Harmon Williams Family Bible, Birth Certificate (state) Hadley Edward Hirrill, birth certificate no. 103-81'"001272 (1981), Arkansas Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, Little Rock. Book Jane Gray Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina (Oak Ridge, TN.: privately printed, 1987),238-259. \ The Holy Bible Containing the Old andNew Testaments (New York, n.p., 1890); original owned in 1997 by Desmond Walls Allen. The Bible was passed from Robert H. Williams to his son, Cur'tis H. Williams, and by Curtis to his great-niece, Desmond. • I 134 &212& = 1/ �, I: 1 Appendix A ..J!i I i .i J Source Footnote Example CD-ROM Heritage Quest, Pennsylvania 1870 Census Index Entire State, CD-ROM (Bountiful, UT: AGLL, Inc., 1997), John Smith household, Washington County, 210. Cemetery Marker (secondary source) Wanda M. Newberry Gray, Cemeteries of Sebastian County, Arkansas, vol. 1 (Fort Smith, Arkansas: privately published, 1997) 47 (Evans Cemetery). Cemetery Marker Harrison Williams tombstone, Herpel Cemetery, Stone County, Arkansas (5 miles E of Mountain View at Herpel); photographed by Thurlow Wi,lliams, 1988. Census, Federal, 17901840 (microfilmed) Maryann Hightower household, 1840 U.S. census, Izard County, Arkansas, page 196, line 15; National. Archives microfilm publication M704, roll 18. Census, Federal, 18501870 (microfilmed) Nathan Moffitt household, 1850 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Arkansas, population schedule, Strawberry township, page 310, dwelling 428, family 437; National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 27. Census, Federal, 18801920 (microfilmed) Jonathan Jones household, 1880 U.S. census, Faulkner County, Arkansas, population schedule, Cadron township, enumeration district 42, supervisor's district 1, sheet 12, dwelling 223, family 228, National Archives microfilm publication T9, ro1143. Church Record David Grimes admitted to membership, 2 October 1889, Record Book 2,1888-1893: page 27, St. James Methodist Church, Stone County, Arkansas; Hendrix College Library, Conway, Arkansas. Death Certificate (state) Catherine E. Makepeace, death certificate no. A376 (1925), Washington State Board of Health, Olympia. Deed John Lancaster to Peter Mitchell, Izard County Deed Book H, page 274, County Clerk's Office, Courthouse, Melbourne, Arkansas. Electronic Mail (E-mail) Message Carolyn Earle Billingsley, "More Dead F~lk5," E-mail message from ceb@rice.edu to Desmond Walls AlIen, 31 October 1997. Id.. �First Steps in Genealogy "'1 I' 'I I Source Footnote Example Family Group Sheet Carolyn Earle Billingsley, "John Smith-Sarah Calvert family group sheet," supplied 8 October 1997 by Billingsley to Desmond Walls Allen. Image File. (electronic photograph file) Photo: James Henry Walls, about 1864, probably Texas County, Missouri. Image file gpawalls.jpg scanned by Rob Walls, 123 Main, Sunnyvale, California, 12 February 1995, from original in his possession. Interview Interview with Thurlow Williams, Stone County, Arkansas, by Cuva Williams, 4 July 1977. Transcript prepared by Cuva Williams; copy in possession of', Desmond Allen. Letter Letter from Alpha Williams, 802 Castaic, Oildale, CA 93308, to Desmond Allen, PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033, 22 July 1991. Original in possession of Desmond Allen. Miss Williams is the granddaughter of Harrison Williams. " 136 Manuscript Pence Funeral Home Records, Conway, Arkansas, Book 3, page 87, Pence Collection, Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock. Marriage Record Jones-Smith marriage, 17 September 1877, Faulkner County Marriage Book 3, page 72, County Clerk's Office, Conway, Arkansas. Military Compiled Service Record (microfilmed) D. H. Grimes, compiled military service record (corporal, Company I, 27th Arkansas Infantry, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas, microfilm publication 317, (Washington, DC: National Archives), roll 195. Newspaper "Aged Resident Dies," (Obituary of Jane Smith), Izard: County Register, Melbourne, Arkansas, 7 August 1947, page 7, column 2. Pension File M.e. (Mrs. James) Aaron Confederate pension file, 1904, no. 8,997, "Confederate Pension Applications" microfilmed series, Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock. , IJ.:I Ii "'~J ~\ '~ �How do you find your English roots? Internet -four useful sites to start with: Surname Profiler (www.spatial-literacy.org) shows densities of specific names 1881 (or 1998). Also, CD The British 1{jh Century Surname Atlas shows density by areas of country, registration districts, etc. (www.archersoftware.co.uk) - $20. International Genealogical Index (www.familysearch.org) - baptisms, marriages,some burials· . (pre/post 1837) Census records (www.ancestry.co.uk; Www.familysearch.org; www.findmypast.com; www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk) (1841 to 1901) Births, marriages, deaths (www.freebmd.rootsweb.com; www.findmypast.com) County: England divided into administrative counties, each has main town/city where offices are located. (Boundaries of the counties were re-organized in 1974 [www.genuki.org.uk has information]. (Entering "County" Record Office should give you the web site for that county record office with information on their collections, etc.) Parish: Many parish (Church of England) records available through the IGI, a few parish records have been posted online by individuals, many can be ordered through a nearby LDS Center . .(www.familysearch.org; for availability; small charge for this). Besides baptisms, marriages, and burials, until recent times parishes were also administrative units for: road repair, maintaining· parish boundaries, taking care of the poor and needy. (Poor Law Records available in record offices include: settlement certificates, bastardy orders, work house records, etc.) Civil Registration: Civil Registration of births, marriages, deaths began in 1837; registration was by quarter year, e.g., March, June, September, December (does not show exact date). Registration districts made up of several parishes; registration districts have changed over the years,combined/split. (Sites §uch as . FreeBMD include information on changes in registration districts.) Jan Elder (bilbo@ku.edu) November 2006 1 �The Society held a meeting in Lecompton at Constitution Hall and the following information is part of what we learned. We were there to see the Gieseman maps primarily. Lecompton Trivia Constitution Hall was built in 1856. It is quite possibly the old~st .wooden building in Kansas. Albert G. Boone, grandson of the famous frontiersman Daniel . Boone, was one of the founders of Lecompton. Boone Street in Lecompton is named for him. Ft Titus was a pro slavery stronghold one mile south of Lecompton. On August 16, 1856, Colonel Henry Titus' fortified log house fort was attacked and destroyed by free state men from Lawrence. This incident was known as the Battle of Ft. Titus. Titusville, Florida, home of the Kennedy Space Center, was named for Colonel Henry Titus. The famous wooden candle box, discovered in 1858 under a woodpile near the surveyor general's office in Lecompton which contained fraudulent election ballots for the Lecompton ConstitUtion and state officers under the constitution, is on display at Constitution Hall. Lecompton was founded in 1854 on a 640-A Wyandotte Indian land claim. The town of Denver was platted by a group of men from Lecompton. �• I Boxes 1, 2, ~, 5 & Page 1 of 6 pages -' MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM RAYMOND W. GIESEMAN ESTATE - Territory of Kansas (Hon. A. H. Reeder ) 1. Seal 2. Picture - First Gover~or's Mansion of Kansas 1857 L3ne's Fort at Lawrence-Kansas Territory 3. Picture - New Capitol of Kansas at Lecompton City 4. Picture - Capitol of Kansas - Lecompton City R. Robyn Lith., St. Louis, Mo. 5. Map 6. Map 7. Map- The United States of America Published by J. H. Colton & Co., #172 William St., New York 8. Map- Western States by J. M. Atwood Published by Ensign, Bridgman & Fannin, 156 ltlilliam St., Corner of Ann New York 1855 9. Map- United States and Adjacent Territory Bottom - The World - Europe - 1906 Published by the Scarborough Company, Indianapolis, Ind. (Opposite Side) Scarborougb's Map of Kansas, sbowing all Counties, Townships, Cities, Villages, Post Offices, Railroads and Stations 1906· 10. Map- New Map of Our Country - Present and Prospective Compiled from Government Surveys and other Reliable Sources Published by Gaston & Johnson, 115 Ann and 117 Nassau St. New York - 1855 11. Poster- Governors and Acting Governors of the Territory of Kansas 12. Plat- Grasshopper Falls and Township #8 South of Ranges XVII & XVIII East Filed in this Office July 9, 1855, J. Calhoun, 3urveyor Gen. (Opposite Side) Topographical Mp of the Road from Missouri to Oregon Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at the Mouth of The Wallah Wa1lah in the Columbia in VII Section - Section IV Compiled by Charles Preuss, 1846 13. Map- Township No. 11 - South Range No. XIX East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kan. Ter. 1861 Surveyor Generals Office, Nebraska City, NT 14. Map- Township No. 11 South Range No. XVIII East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kan. Ter. - Wilson Shannon, Governor Mitchell's Sectional Map of Kansas - 1859 Nebraska & Kansas - Territory Acquired from Mexico by the Gadsden Treaty - 1854 Published by J. H. Colton & Co., 172 William St., New York 1854-1861 �Boxes 1, 2, 4, 5 & Page 2 MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM RAYMOND \1. GIESEMAN ESTATE 5. Map- Township No. 11 South Range No. XVIII East of Kan. Ter. Surveyor Generals Office, Nebraska City, NT 6~ Principal Meridian June 14, 1861 6~ 6. Map- Township No. 11 South. Range No. XVIII East of Surveyor Generals Office, Nebraska City, NT 7. Map- Township No. 12 South Range No. XVIII East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kan. Ter. Rec'd with Surveyor General Letter of Dec. 2nd, 1867 8. Map- Township of 12 South Range No. XIX East of 6~ Principal Meridian. Kansas Territory Reed with Surveyor General Letter of Dec. 2nd, 1857 HM 9. Map- Township No. 11 South Range No. XVII1East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kansas Territory Reed with Surveyor General Letter of June 14~, 1861 ~O. Map- Township No. 13 Range No. XX East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kansas Territory Recd with Surveyor General Letter of Dec. 2nd, 1867 HM '1. Map- Township No. 12 South Range No. XX East of 6~ Principal Meridian Kansas Territory Recd with Surveyor General Letter of Dec. 2nd, 1857 '2. Map- Kansas and Nebraska Showing the Progress of Public Survey in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to accompany the Annual Report of the Surveyor Gener~l, 1857 '3. Map - '4. MaP - 5. Map - 6. Map - 7. Map- 8. Principal Meridian June 14, 1861 Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Recd with letter of March 5~, 1856 Delaware, Kansas, Plat of Delaware, Missouri River Recd with letter of April 30~, 1856 HM Surveyor Generals Office Leavenworth City, Kansas Terri tory, Leavenworth City, Kansas Surveyor Generals Office, Wyandott, April l8~, 1856 i Williamstown QUadrange, Kansas 7.5 Minute Series, (Topographic) United States Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Edition of 1950. " Duplicate Releases to Ray Gieseman from L. Ron Hubbard, April 13, 19, Sketch of the Country near the Southern Boundary of Kansas ,,' Surveyed by J. E. Meyss, Signed J. E. Johnston, Col. 4~ Cav~lry . Alignment Grid for Preservation Encapsula tion from the, Hollinger Corporation ", Arlingtc n,. VA.:' 22206 ' Ms,p - ... ' , ,Leave~worth.' Count'y,; ,>" ':. '. . . ' Kansas Highway Admini.s:rator 'M~ L .. ¥edr,~·~k:,.'·~~~i:S~d Ja.n. 1 98,!+ '. .. ' ~ , .. ' . ~- :: :" ':', ;.:. J ,",.,' 17 �Boxes 1, 2, 4, Page 3 " MATERIAL'RECEIVED FROH RAYMOND W. GIESEMAN ESTA.TE 30. 31. Drawing - Map- Improved Construction of Dome, Patented June 17, 1862 Amended Drawing Received and filed May 22nd, 1862 Stetson's Patent Agency, 5 Tryon Row, New York Duplicate copies of Nevada State Capitol, Carson City J. Gosling, 1871 H.A.B.S. Railroads in United States in Operation and Progress to Accompany a Report from the Treasury Department by Israel Andrew's Senate Ex Doc. #112 1 Session 32 Congress D. 32. MaP- United States Exhibiting Several Collection Districts Senate Ex. Doc. #77 Drawn by David H. Burr, Draftsman U. S. Senate Ackerman, 370 Broadway, N.Y. 33. Picture - DURER - View of Salzburg. Distributed by Penn Prints, New York 34. Sketch - Third Annual Marlboro Classic Presented by Auto Expo. Ltd. - 1988 35. Sketch - Third Annual Marlboro Classic - Map & Registration Form, 1988 36. Newspaper- NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, Lecompton KT, Dec. 23rd, 1858 Page 37. Newspaper- NATIONAL DEMOCRAT, with Picture of Rowena Hotel, 1857 Page 38. Map- New Section May pf Kansas, 1859 Published by Stevenson & Morris, St. Louis, Mo. 39. Map- North America, Published by J. Disturnell, New York, 1850 Colorado Territory - Compiled from Government Maps and Actual Surveys - Made in 1861 40. Roster- Schedule I Free Inhatited in the City of Lecompton in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas Enumerated by me on the 7~ day of August, 1860 41. Map- Proposed Railroad Routes from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans from the Latest Authorities J. H. Colton & Co., New York, 1854, for ~. Disturnell 42. Map- Kansas and Nebraska, 1856 J. G. Wells, 11 Beekman St., New York 43. Map- United States of America Corrected and Approved from the Best Authorities Published by the B. Warner, Philadelphia 1820 5 �Boxes l~ 2, 4, 5 Page 4 MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM RAYMOND W. GIESEMAN ESTATE 44. Map- No.1 - From the Western Boundary of Missouri to the Mouth of Trap.Cr from Exploration and Surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, 1855 (Opposite Side) Plat of Cherokee Land, Ind. Ter. Surveyed u~der instructions from Isaac McCoy, Sept. 20~, 1837 Map of Indian Colonies West of Missouri and Arkansas compiled and drawn by S. Eastman, Capt. U. S. Army, 1853 45. Map- Lands Assigned to Emigrant Indians West of Arkansas and Missouri, Feb. 23, 1836 (Opposite Side) Western Territory Bowen & Co. Lith., Phila. 46. Map- Sectional Map of the Territory of Kansas Compiled from the Field Notes in the Surveyor Generals Office Published by John Halsall, St. Louis, Mo. 1857 47. Map- Boundary Between the United States and British Possessions 48. Map- Karte von Missouri - 1807 (Opposite Side) Republique Du Mexique, Carte 49. Map- 1851 North America Published by Augustus Mitchell, N.E. Corner Marl:et & 7~ St. 50. Map- Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean War Department Route near the 39~ and 39~ Parallels Map No. 2 from the Mouth of Trap Creek to Santa Fe Crossing, 1855 51. (5) Map - Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to Accompany Annual Report of the. Surveyor General, 1859 from the Office of the Surveyor General, Nebraska City, N.T. Oct. 1st, 1859 - (4) Map Showing the Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to accompany Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1858 52. (6) Map - Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Xansas and Nebraska to accompany the Annual Report of the Surveyor General, ·Oct. Ist,.l; 53. M'lP- Johnson's New Military Map of the United States showing the Forts, Military Posts, etc. from the War Department, WaShington Johnson & ~iard 1861 54. Map- Colorado Territory, Denver, Colorado Sept. 1st, 1862 Francis McCase, Surveyor General (Opposite Side) Map of Publis Surveys, Colorado ~erritory, to accompany report of the Surveyor General, 1863 John Pierce, Surveyor General 19 �- _.-.,-. ., .,' .' '., ~-- .. ~~' .. . ~~Boxe·sl,. -2." '4;".5'& .'.' , .. ·... ;.P.a·g· e'· '5' .. .,~' ... "' .' " '. . ,' .'. , ~( MATERIAL ·RECEIVED FROM . RAYMOND W.GIESEMAN·ESTATE'l 55. ~ ,_,1'. '.' Guide thruOhio, Mi~higa~', Indiana, ~llinois, Missouri; ~isconsin~' Iowa, Minnesota,' Nebraska and Kansas' Showing the Township lines <> f the United States. Surv'eys J. Calvin Smith, New York. Published by J. H. Colton, 172 William St., New York 1857 (Opposite Side) Map of Carte De Amerique Septentrional.France 1743 Map of Kanzas and Nebraska from the original surveys Drawn and Engra~ed for Hale's History, Boston 18540 Map- .bY·· .'. ,r 56. Map - Colton's of North America, for J. Disturnell~ 1861 57. 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Hap- #2 Exploration and Surveys for a 'Railroad Route from ,the North America J. Calvin Smit~ - 1861 1855 1850 .., . " ',:. ·,.,t & Arkansas ':" (3 copies) & Denver City Cherr~:Creek I - o? ' '. . Mississippi River to Pacific Ocean From the Mouth of Trap Creek to Santa Fe Crossing . '.. . ',: "., ~ ,-, " ,} . . :,' . ~ . • \ ,: 2 ; 't, '1. "v t . '.. ' ,~._ ; ... +'" . ':', .. - ;.~." " . .. ',' ~ ." '"':'. • " 'i ,.' . '1"' ':. ." . i: ~ ..~ '., :. ':. " ;, , ~ ',""]'- ',', '. .' • '", ' '< :: .: .. ~ l"J \ 'f " 4(,- ,~ .~'\. ;< • ::. t .': ;!. ~, • ",.~ .. . I ,• • .. ,;. . ..:. , ....' ,.:. ," ~ . . Ii: '''. :.:;,' \~.' , ,, "~.' '.! :. '~'. '. ~ ~ , -...... ' :. " . ' J. " . . • ,.. : ,: '.. "t. . p . ., ~ :' ....:... ~. \'., .'. . ; �The following are from a publication The Point: Walk through time, stories of the steps. Sesquicentennial Point is located on the northeast corner of Clinton Lake and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the founding of Lawrence. There are steps for each of the 150 years, some years with more than one step, which were purchased by either individuals or groups. Each step cost the number of the year. This book tells the story behind each step and is therefore a brief history of each year. In subsequent issues of the Pioneer we will include more of the steps. I 1854 Amos Lawrence Great Uncle of Robert Derby-Gift of the Derby Family Amos Adams Lawrence (1814-1886) was a wealthy Boston merchant and philanthropist. Mr. Lawrence gave liberally to abolitionist movements such as the New England Emigrant Aid Company, organized to promote anti-slavery immigration to Kansas from the Northeast. In 1854, the City of Lawrence was founded by settlers sent by the New England Emigrant Aid Company and was named in honor of Amos A. Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence made many philanthropic contributions throughout his life including one to help found the University of Kansas. Amos A. Lawrence was a great uncle to Robert Mason Derby. In 1884, two years prior to his death, Amos Lawrence gave a silver plate to Robert Mason Derby engraved "To Robert Mason Derby from his Great Uncle Amos A. Lawrence 1884." This plate is still �in the possession of the Derby family as are other Lawrence heirlooms. Robert Mason Derby III, formerly of Lawrence, has two sons living in Lawrence: Charles Lawrence Derby and John Chandler Derby. Charles Lawrence Derby is married to wife Kirsten and has daughters Lillian Elisabeth and Sarah Cay, making sixth generation descendants residing in Lawrence. Sponsored by: Robert Mason Derby IlL Charles Lawrence Derby and John Chandler Derby 1854 First United Methodist Church Kansas has had a Methodist presence since the opening of Kansas Territory in 1854. In 1854, Rev. William H. Goode was selected as presiding elder for the Kansas-Nebraska Mission District. "In casting about for an assistant, he chose James S. Griffing, a young pastor of the North Street Mission, Indianapolis, who when found was on top of his new church building helping to erect it." The Rev. Griffmg was the preacher in charge of the Wakarusa Mission, which included Lawrence and extended from the mouth of the Kansas River west to Fort Riley. In November 1854 he wrote to his fiance, Augusta, " .. .1 have been traveling alone-not alone exactly, but with 'Jacob' my faithful Indian pony. After coming in the territory, finding that there was nothing as yet but prairie grass to feed a horse, I found it necessary to procure an Indian pony as they alone can endure the hardships of the territory at present." �He served as pastor for Lawrence Methodist for nearly a year. Sponsored by: The Rev. H. Sharon Howell and Judy and Jerome Niebaum 1854 Plymouth Congregational Church Lawrence was established in September of 1854; the next month saw the beginnings of the fITst church in the city, Plymouth Congregational Church. The story starts with the coming of Pastor Samuel Y. Lum, sent to Kansas by the American Home Missionary Society. On Oct. 15, a number of persons met with him in the Pioneed Boarding House, the main hotel that looked like a "hay tent" because of its construction. The group formed a religious society and decided to meet again. Three days later a gathering of perhaps 10 approved articles fo faith and a covenant for the new church. The manual of Mount Vernon Church in Boston was a major source. For a name they selected Plymouth since ''their circumstances and their purpose corresponded with those of the Plymouth Pilgrims' over two centuries earlier in Massachusetts." The first service followed on October 22, when ''three trunks were piled on each other for a pulpit, and the congregation seated themselves on the beds and boxes and baggage of the boarders." There had been missions to the Indians before this time but Plymouth was the first church in Kansas Territory. That was the beginning of Plymouth. Later when the "hay tent" �burned, the congregation met wherever and whenever they could in a period of disorder. In time, Plymouth constructed its own building in the vicinity of 6th and Louisiana, which in 1970 was replaced by the current brick sanctuary on Vermont Street. Following Pastor Lum was Richard Cordley, who led the church for 38 years. . Cordley was a strong abolitionist, and important over the years in other ways in Lawrence and in Kansas. Like Lawrence in 2004, Plymouth celebrated its sesquicentennial with many activities .. Plymouth Congregational Church recalled its beginnings in 1854, once more expressed appreciation for its pioneers and looked to its future Sponsored by: Plymouth Congregational Church 1855 Unitarian Church Unitarians were among the ftrst settlers in Lawrence in the summer of 1854, arriving with others from Massachusetts under auspices of the Emigrant Aid Company, created to assist settling the new Kansas Territory with Free State supporters. In the ftrst months, Unitarians joined other religious denominations in holding joint . servIces. In 1855, the Rev. Ephraim Nute arrived to serve as the ftrst Unitarian minister in Lawrence. His ftrst sermon was on Mount Oread on May 27, 1855. Reverend Nute was instrumental in starting the construction of the ftrst church building in Lawrence in march, 1856, on the site which is now 933 Ohio St. (there is a historical marker at that location). The ftrst service in the church was in March 1857, but the building was not completed until 1859, when �the clock and the bell were placed in the church tower. Among the founding members were Kansas Governor and Mrs. Charles Robinson, and the frrst Mayor of Lawrence, Col. James Blood. The church served in many ways as a community center in those early years. The church basement was outfitted to be a school and provided a locale for the city's first schools, and later for overflow classes from the University. When the church building was severely damaged by natural disasters, it became unusable and a new church building was erected at what is now 12th and Vermont Sts. The·bell from the frrst church was sold to the local school system and today is ensconced in a place of honor in the entrance to the Lawrence High School building at 19th and Louisiana Sts. The second Unitarian church served the community until 1944, when the organization disbanded. This property was purchased by and became part of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church on Vermont Street. In 1957, a new Unitarian organization formed in Lawrence: the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence. In 1961, the Unitarian Fellowship purchased the former Pleasant Valley School build~g on 1263 North 1100 Rd., five miles south of central Lawrence. A religious education facility was soon added to the original school building. At the time of this writing, the Fellowship is celebrating its th 50 anniversary at that location and is building a new addition tQ the south to serve its growing congregation. ' The Fellowship is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations which espouses liberal religious values, the free search for spiritual truth and working to achieve social justice. It had been completely lay-led until part time ~7 �ministerial services were introduced in 2005. The Fellowship is proud to be carrying on the legacy of Unitarianism in Lawrence. Sponsored by: Unitarian Church 1855 First Baptist Church While Kansas was still a territory and conditions were building up toward the Civil War, a company of seven people was called together to organize the First Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kan~, on June 25, 1855. This date makes us the oldest continuous Baptist Church in Kansas. Very meager records have been found regarding this meeting, but we do know that the church was organized on this date and the names of the charter members: James S. Emery, Marshall M. Hammond, Samuel Jones, Rebecca Jones, Nathan Herrick, Lydia Ann Herrick and Elizabeth Parks. By 1857, there was a large influx of settlers, and the Home Mission Society sent the Rev. R.C Brant to be the church's fITst pastor. For 10 years, the church met in rented meeting halls. It was during these unsettled times that Quantrill's Raid took the life of Samuel Jones, one of the original seven members. In 1867, the members moved into the basement of their own building under construction on the lot at Kentucy and Henry streets th (now 8 Street) obtained for $2,000. Three years later, on Jan 30, 1870, the building that was to stand on that corner for a hundred . years was dedicated. On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the 2.1 �church, a new Christian Education Building was dedicated. Deterioration of the building in 1974 made the sanctuary unsafe. While limited repairs were made, Plymouth Congregational Church opened the doors of its meeting house to the Baptists. Our congregation returned to worship in its historic building for two more years, but continued crumbling of the brick under the main roof beams made it necessary to vacate the gracious old structure. It. was razed in July, 1976. Church members accepted the challenge to plan another house of God, which would enable His people to continue to fulfill His mission for years to come. Through foresighted leadership the church began acquiring adjacent properties as equity for a new building. The downtown properties were sold to Douglas County Bank, and the 6-acre site on Kasold Drive was purchased. The first service in the new building was Christmas Eve, 1979. After several years of planning and praying, the dream of an enlarged facility on Kasold became a reality. With a cost of$l.3 million, an addition, which doubled the size of the existing building, was dedicated on Jan. 30,2000. Exactly 130 years to the date of the dedication of our first building in 1870, the congregation celebrated with a service of worship as part of the "Blessed with A Vision" campaign. The generous gift of $300,000 from the Arthur Dougan estate allowed for the complete construction fo architectural plans. The First Baptist Church is here because of the faith and dedicated service of many who have gone before us. In 2005, our Sesquicentennial year began with an inaugural program at the church on Jan. 23, 2005. The theme, "Reflect, Rejoice, Renew!" was introduced to the congregation. The Mission's �Ministry also unveiled the "Give 150" program, a mission effort to focus our time and talents on several community organizations. The program was our way of giving thanks to the City of Lawrence for supporting First Baptist Church for the last 150 years. Sponsored by: HD. "Don" Workman Memorial and The First: Baptist Church 1857 Trinity Episcopal Church Amos A. Lawrence sent a box of church school books and a letter of support in response to a plea from Englishman Samuel Reynolds to recognize the need for an Episcopal church in Lawrence. In the spring of 1857, the Herald of Freedom, one of Lawrence's early newspapers, in the issues of April 3 and April 10 carried this notice: "Meeting announced April 5th at 7 Y2 o'clock to organize a parish. Meeting at office of Whitman and Searl." On April 17, in the same newspaper appeared this item: "First parish meeting of the Episcopalians, 7 :00 P.M. - wardens and vestry elected." The only evidence found of any follow-up of this action was the purchase for $500 of lot 95 on Vermont Street, near the comer of Vermont and Berkeley streets, the latter now 10th street. By 1858, Samuel's brother, the Rev. Charles Reynolds, left his parish in Columbus, Ohio, to become the fIrst rector of Trinity Church in Lawrence. On July 29, 1859, Bishop Jackson Kemper consecrated the fIrst church building. �In November 1863, the Rev. Robert W. Oliver met with church leaders to review the status of plans for establishing a university in Lawrence. The Rev. Oliver -succeeded Reynolds as Rector and in 1865 became the fITst chancellor of the University of Kansas, and led the building of North College Hall, which opened to 55 students on Sept. 16, 1866. From these early beginnings, Trinity went on to expand with anew church building that opened Easter, 1873. The original church building built in 1859 served as a chapel and parish hall. In April 1955, Trinity Church was completely gutted by fire. T~e beautiful walnut interior and nearly all stained glass windows were destroyed. Church members undertook the challenge to rebuild this historical church, and in March 1956 the restored building was rededicated. In the early 1970s the original 1859 church building was razed, making way for a new parish hall, classrooms and offices. In the late 1980s, Trinity helped and initiate St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, the second Episcopal parish in Lawrence. Sponsored by: Trinity Episcopal Church 1858 St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church A few Catholic families settled in Lawrence around the year 1855. Father J. J. Magee, living in the territorial capital of Lecompton, was invited to celebrate the first Mass in Lawrence in October, 1857 in the home of Mr. Bernard Donnelly on Rhode Island Street. Some .PI �"ruffians" ordered Father Magee out of town by sundown but he was protected by Mr. Donnelly, who replied to the ruffians, "Make no mistake about it, the priest is a guest at my home and will remain as long as he wishes; in fact, we intend if possible to build up a congregation here." (Quote is from: "Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist Parish," written in 1937 by Michael T. Hoffman). Quantrill's infamous raid occurred on Aug. 21, 1863, less than. three years after the first church dedication. Bishop Magee was in Lawrence the night before the raid. He had come to administer the sacrament of Confirmation on the following day. Father Sebastian Favre, pastor at the time of the raid, was awakened by the pounding ofa Quaker minister and his wife at the door. Father Favre wrapped the minister in an old carpet and hid him in the basement. Quantrill had a particular dislike for ministers. Bishop Miege confronted Quantrill and explained his mission. Quantrill scrutinized the occupants of the room and then ordered his followers to leave without molesting anyone. Although the church, the rectory and the people in the rectory were spared the torch, 14 Catholics were killed in the raid. The Catholic community in Lawrence continued to grow in the second half of the 19th Century. In 1871, the parishioners found that their church was too small, so they dismantled the first church and built a larger one. This second church was brick, 45 x 80 feet and cost $10,000. In 1883, the church membership totaled 150. The .' Carmelite Fathers served the parish from 1873-1884. A Reuter organ was installed in the second church in 1920. The second church building was destroyed by fire in 1924. The church building between 12th and 13th streets at 1234 Kentucky St. Is the third church. It was constructed in 1924 following the �destruction of the second one by fIre. Father Henry Fitzgerald was pastor when the new church and rectory (now the offIces of Simon Parish Center, facing Vermont Street), 1229 Vermont were built. The church became more accessible with installation of an elevator in 1999. The 75 th Anniversary of the current building was celebrated with rededication on Sunday Nov. 26, 2000. We are a diverse People of God, blessed with a parish family of persons from many world cultures, and of many life experiences. We build on our past, always open to future challenges. We sing to the Lord a New Song. Sponsored by: St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church 1858 First Presbyterian Church When First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence was founded in 1858, the town was only four years old. Lawrence was a leader in the effort to have Kansas become a Free State. The charter members of our church were Free Staters people who left their homes in the east to make a commitment against the evil of human slavery. Charter members of the church's founding on April 5, 1858 include: Mrs. Ann P . Berry, D.E. and Sarah Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. William Cook, R.A. and Mary Dean, James A. and Elizabeth Finley, George W. Herrington, William A. Holmes, Dr. And Mrs. C.E. Miner, Oliver and Mary Paul, Thomas Reed, Thomas Seetin, Mrs. Lydia Shanklin, James and Elizabeth Steele and Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Steele. It is also believed that a Mr. and Mrs. McCandless and a Mrs. Edgerton were also charter members. Sponsored by: First Presbyterian Church �Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Page 1 of4 ~ Beecher Bible and Rifle Church We are celebrating our 150th Year, August 26, 2007 - Includes: Church service 10:30 A.M., Pot Luck Dinner at 12:00 P.M., Program at 1:30 P.M. Until 1854, when Kansas was opened for settlement, the spot on which this old landmark church stands was just part of a vast ocean of tall prairie grass, under the ever-changing skies. To the north lay the Kaw River, crowding the bluffs beyond. A few miles to the east stood hills of spectacular beauty, and the prairie rolled gently away toward the south and west. The silence was broken only by the winds or by the song of a meadow-lark, and at night by the music of the prairie wolves. The land belonged to the Indians, to the roving herds of buffalo and antelope, and to the great flocks of migratory birds. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill, passed in May, 1854, changed all this forever. It provided that Kansas could become a free state or a slave state, depending on how the people of Kansas voted. The race was on to stake out claims, and to vote Kansas "free," or "slave." Two years later, in 1856, there were already about sixty people living within a few miles of this place that they called Wabaunsee, an Indian name meaning "Dawn of Day." Here, on the south bank of the Kaw River, 100 miles west of Kansas City, a settler had built a tiny store. In New England "Kansas Fever" ran high. The people of New Haven, Connecticut, raised money to send a group of colonists to Kansas, sixty or more men, led by one of New Haven's most respected citizens, Charles B. Lines. These were well educated men, many with professional training .. They left good jobs and good homes behind them. They were not just adventurers, with little to lose by going west; they were men making a sacrifice for their ideals. http://www.wamego.orglbeecher.htm 9/10/2008 �Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Page 2 of4 Before the Connecticut-Kansas Company left for Kansas, a meeting was held in North Church, in New Haven. Professor Silliman, of Yale, pledged $25.00 for a Sharps rifle for the Company. Then Henry Ward Beecher, the great minister from Brooklyn, pledged that his congregation would give the money for twenty-five rifles if the audience would give another twenty-five; people in the crowd responded in great excitement, and soon twenty-seven had been promised. A few days later Mr. Beecher sent Mr. Lines $625 for the rifles, and with the money came twenty-five Bibles, the gift of a parishioner. I~ Ii The Company left New Haven at midnight, on March 31st, after a torch light parade across town to the steamboat to New York. The next day they were on a train to St. Louis, a three-day journey of great discomfort. From St. Louis they sailed up the Missouri River on the steamboat Clara, as far as Kansas City. There they bought thirty wagons and sixty oxen, along with .farm implements, tents, and provisions for thirty days. They started west on the Oregon Trail, stopping for a few days in the free-state town of Lawrence. Then they continued along the trail to Uniontown, near present-day Willard. Here, instead of following the trail across the Kaw river, they veered left and continued west, south of the river, until they reached the place their scouts had selected, Wabaunsee, "The New Haven of the West." In late April, 1856, (almost a month away from New Haven) Wabaunsee suddenly became a busy tent city. Streets were laid out, and city lots and tracts of prairie land were divided among the men of the Company. The settlers already on the scene welcomed the New Englanders, and some of them joined the worship services that were held on Sundays, first in tents, then in cabins or dug-outs. The new settlers found pioneer life very hard. Some became ill or discouraged and returned home. Those who remained until August were then called to go to the defense of Lawrence. Organized as "The Prairie Guard", under their elected captain, William Mitchell, they spent six weeks fighting the border ruffians. The winter of 1856-57 was one of suffering in Wabaunsee, but things seemed more hopeful in the spring, when the wives and children came to join the men. Now that a permanent settlement seemed assured, there was a desire for a permanent church organization. In late June, 1857, fifteen of the members of the Colony and thirteen other settlers met to organize "The First Church of Christ in Wabaunsee," with the Rev. Harvey Jones as Pastor. Of this group of twenty-eight charter members, nine were women. After two years of raising funds for a church building, mostly in New Haven, they started construction of the sturdy stone church-that still stands in Wabaunsee. The stones were hauled from quarries, on sledges drawn by oxen. The mortar was mixed by hand, and the long shingles, called "shakes," were made with crude hand tools. The rows of straight-backed pews were divided down the center of the church by a low wooden partition that separated the men from the women. From the balcony across the rear of the church a ladder led to the belfry. The church-yard was edged with hitching posts, and there were newly planted trees and lilacs in appropriate spots. The new church was dedicated in May, 1862. By that time some of the members had already gone to fight in the Civil War. Soon there were only a few boys and older men to carry on the work in Wabaunsee. But after the war was over the town began to grow again. It never became the great city the people from New Haven had envisioned, but the area grew into a thriving farm community. The church became one of the largest and most influential Congregation churches in Kansas. Only a few of the Connecticut families remained to bring up their children in Wabaunsee, but those few were a strong influence there, and in Kansas. http://www.wamego.orglbeecher.htm 9110/2008 �Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Page 3 of4 The pioneers of Wabsunsee sent their children to Washburn College or to t a Kansas State Agricultural College, to become teachers, ministers, or missionaries. These young people then went to far places in the world to work, but they never forgot Wabaunsee. When the church needed repairs they always gave generously to assist the Willing Workers Society, that group of church ladies forever busy with ice cream socials or oyster suppers given to ~aise money to help pay the minister's salary or the mortgage payments on the parsonage. . ~ In 1907 old friends of the church came from far away to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the First Church of Christ in Wabaunsee. Only two of the original Company still lived in Wabaunsee then, but they both played a large part in the Jubilee celebration. In 1913 there was a renewal of interest in the church when a new minister came to start an experiment in. rural development.. The Rev. Anton Boisen, later to become a very famous man, organized the people to build sidewalks, improve the churchyard and the cemetery, and to better their economic and social lives. But the population of the area was dwindling, and so many people left, as an indirect effect of World War 1, that after 1917 it was no longer possible to keep a resident minister. After that there were guest ministers from time to time, and services held with the Methodist church of Wabaunsee. An effort was made to federate the two churches, but this failed, and soon the old stone church was practically deserted. The last entry In the official record book was made in 1927. The descendants of the "Beecher Colony" organized "Old Settlers Association" in 1932. The last Sunday of August was designated "Old Settler's Day by the Association. Throughout the years "Old Setters" gathered on this day as well as Decoration Day to reminisce and to honor men and women who had made that church a symbol of freedom around the world. Homecoming continues to be celebrated on the last Sunday in August. Former members spent more than one thousand dollars in the renovation of the Church in 1948. This same group, a few years later, raised a similar sum to erect a monument gate for the Wabaunsee Cemetery entrance. the gate design was by Maude Mitchell, the daughter of William Mitchell. He was a captain of the "Old Prairie Guard." In 1950 residents of Wabaunsee formed a new church group, and began to hold weekly services. This was said to be the first inter-racial Congregational Church in Kansas, a fact which impressed many as a fitting tribute to the Connecticut-Kansas Colony. The Church's Centennial, in August, 1957, saw the old building much as it had looked when completed, almost a hundred years before. The old pews were still uncomfortable, the floors still dark and creaky, and the windows still tall and narrow. But a year later much had been changed. A youth group, under the sponsorship of the Kansas Pilgrim Fellowship, spent two weeks in Wabaunsee, working with members of the church, to renovate the building. T~ey put in a new floor, a tile ceiling, and replaced the old coal stoves with modern heaters. Soon after that the parishioners of a church about to be inundated by the waters of Tuttle Creek Reservoir donated its pews to replace the old ones in the Wabaunsee church. More recently stained-glass inserts have placed in the old windows. Sunday Worship Service and Sunday School are conducted each Sunday. Continuation of these services date back to 1950. Since this time these services have been conducted by full time and part time ministers, special guests and lay persons. http://www.wamego.org/beecher.htm 911012008 �Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Page 4 of4 The congregation continues to welcome guests, guest speakers, new and old members. In 1992, The George Thompson Christian Center was built. This building has modern facilities for Sunday School classes and other activities. This church has been servicing the public since 1862, although not continuously. " ~ In the park a few blocks north of the church stands a monument erected by the Kansa_s State Historical Society. On it are carved these words: "In memory of The Beecher Bible And Rifle Colony, Which Settled This Area In 1856 And Helped Make Kansas A Free State. May Future Generations Forever Pay Them Tribute. - - -R. S. C ---1969 II More information or tours call 785-617-1300 or 785-456-9591 or 785-456-2850 and leave a message. http://www.wamego.orglbeecher.htm 9/10/2008 �SOME HISTORY OF ELMER WILLIS, PHOTOGRAPHER, LAWRENCE, KS This record may be helpful in dating photographs taken by Mr. Willis. The following is from Lawrence City Directories. ' 1875-76 No entry 1879 Elmer E. Willis, artist, residence at Tenn. St, between Adams & Ontario 1883 No entry 1886 Elmer E. Willis, photographer, residence 1537 Tenn St. 1890-91 Elmer E. Willis, manager DaLee studio, residence 1537 Tenn St. 1893-94 Elmer E. Willis, residence 1537 Tenn St. 1896 Elmer E. Willis, photographer, 933 Mass, res. 425 Ohio. 1898 Elmer Willis, photogr. 933 Mass, res. 425 Ohio 1902-03 Elmer E. Willis, photogr. Jackson Building, res. 425 Ohio 1905 No entry. It would appear most likely that photographs bearing his logo would have been taken between about 1884-1904, but could have been as early as 1877. Submitted by Richard Wellman Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2008 dues can be paid now. Name------------____________________________________~MaidenName Street_______________________,Apt. #_ _Home Phone ---------- City_______________State_ _zip_ _ _ _ _ _e-mail___________ Renewal_ New_Surnames you are searching ~------------------------- Amount enclosed_______(,$15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS PO Box 3664 Lawrence, KS 66046-0664 Make checks payable to DCGS . ,.J---.~ ,', �Leavenworth County Mount Zion Cemetery From the collections at the Leavenworth County Historical Society and Museum. Reprinted with permission from The Leavenworth County Historical Society and Museum and the Leavenworth Times. Donated by Debra Graden. Leaders of Leavenworth's golden age may be found in Mount Zion Cemetery Leavenworth Times, Sunday, Sept. 13, 1987 , by L. Candy Ruff, Times Lifestyles Editor Walking down the long sidewalk that divides the Mount Zion Cemetery is like walking through downtown Leavenworth at the turn of the century. Names familiar to the dry goods business, banking merchandising and the medical community are proudly displayed on the head~ones. These were the leaders of Leavenworth's golden age and represent a large Jewish community that once thrived and supported the city. It was about this time that Otto Stein became the caretaker of the , cemetery, according to his grandson, George Stein Jr. 'The elder Stein was born in Leavenworth in 1878 after his parents. Antonio and Johanna Kruger Stein, had moved the family from Atchison. They were looking for work and a place to live. "The story goes that granddad was sent to the Sisters of Charity," Stein Jr. recalled as he stood at the cemetery's front gate. "They told him about the caretaker's job being open at the Jewish cemetery. A house went with the job and the 40 acres of land surrounding the property were available for sharecropping. " Although the Stein family followed the Catholic faith, the elder Stein poured his heart and soul into the care of the cemetery. He was to be its caretaker for the next 48 years. "Those were the horse and buggy days. They say that before Fort Leavenworth got started, there was a French trapping colony right here in this area. And maybe some of them were buried at this site because it was on the highest elevation." A mining company came along at the mid-century mark and began to excavate the land, "but about all they found were rocks and more rocks. So that didn't last too long." The Society of the Sons of Truth was fIrst organized June 10, 1858 with James Wollman, Simon Abeles and Joseph Ringolsky as trustees. Through the years, it became known as Mount Zic;m Cemetery. The records have been destroyed twice, but those that remain tell of burials long before the ground was designated a cemetery. Information taken from headstones by Erwin Baker and Charles Pierce indicate a Jacobs infant was born in 1834 and died July 17, 1835. An ancestor of the Etterson family that operated a dry goods store in Leavenworth for many years was Henry Etterson. The records in a ledger kept at the Leavenworth National Bank said Etterson was born in 1751 and died Oct. 17, 1809. He was buried in family plot No. 68. The old-time ledger holds a number of interesting points. For instance, the causes of death from' 1866 to 1896 incl~ded be~g c~h~d by ~ars, kidney troub~es, summer complaints (two of those), being drowned m the Missoun River, killed by a mule, killed by a railroad car, murdered (that was in 1870), thrown from a buggy, stomach troub~e, chronic insanity (the person was 36 when he died), evidently �Leavenworth County Mount Zion Cemetery killed, burned to death and softening of the brain. By the time the elder Stein began to care for the cemetery, it was beginning to fill quickly. In 1911 a wall was erected along the front of the cemetery. But the construction of the Salinger mausoleum changed the face of the cemetery and took the most planning. It was built in 1921 upon the death of Augustus L. Salinger. "They hauled the rock up here with a team of horses from Haymarket Square. And they had a German stonemason come in here to put it all together. Now, all this big mausoleum was built for just one man, but after a few years, his parents were put in the mausoleum, too. The sad thing is that Augustus was the last one in the family line and he never married." Stein Jr. says his grandfather used the 40 acres by the cemetery for a truck garden, "and back in those days, that was a good living. He would have a big long table full of produce and people knew it was good and would come for miles around." He planted two mulberry trees in the front portion of the cemetery that remain and flourish today. The elder Stein left a record of public service. He was born in 1878, a son of Antonio and Johanna Kruger Stein. At the age of21, he was elected clerk of the Kickapoo Township, and later held the office of road overseer for the township. In 1905, he was made a special deputy sherifIfor Kickapoo and also was named the game warden. He retired as cemetery caretaker in 1948. However, his son and grandson had already begun caring for the grounds and Stein Sr. replaced his father in the late '40s. "I used to help him with the push mowers arid we dug the graves with a shovel. It was some hard work in those days. The Jewish people held to many of their traditions and one of them was that graves must be opened and closed on the same day. Never were they to .stand open overnight." His grandfather told him the early Jewish burials were not in vaults. The coffin would be put right into the ground Without any covering over it. Stein Jr. says neither his grandfather nor father received a Salary. Their only compensation was the home in which they were allowed to live and the 40 acres they could plant. After his father's home was destroyed by a tornado in 1961, the cemetery board decided not to rebuild. "I took over the job from Dad in 1970. By thattime we had nicer lawn mowers and eventually got a riding one. I walk down this sidewalk and see so many names that were so important to this town. Also there was this lady, Dorothy Tomer. She did so much for the cemetery and she was one of the first ones I buried. She came out here a lot, put flowers on the graves. She taught a lot of her people buried out here. There just aren't any more like her left; I'm afraid." Nor will there be any Steins to take over once Stein Jr. retires. He says his boys aren't any too interested in cemetery care, but as long as he is able, he will be the caretaker and make sure the graves are tended and the property not vandalized. Photo Captions �Leavenworth County Mount Zion Cemetery MOUNT ZION CEMETERY -- Many of the headstones in Mount Zion Cemetery are engraved in Hebrew, representing those who followed the Jewish faith. The cemetery was chartered in 1858, but burial records indicate some took place in the 1820s. (Times Photo byJ. J. Zeman) TRADITION CONTINUES -- George Stein Jr. is continuing a traditiqn of care at Mount Zion Cemetery. His grandfather, Otto Stein, took over the job in 1900 and worked there until 1948. His father George Stein Sr., had the job until Stein Jr. took over in 1970~ (Times Photo) . ,-~-'>.Ilue~ -~ ------- DEFINITION OF ANCESTORS C\ best Anoestors are found along with old furniture and oaptive skeletons in all our regulated families. Anoestors oonsist of forefathers and foremothers, to say of nothing foreunoles and foreaunts, who have done something grand and noble, like being beheaded by a king or having a relative who was ·governor of a oolony. This unables them to be pointed out with pride by their desoendants forevermore. Being an anoestor is one of the easiest and most attraotive of jobs. It merely oonsists of being boasted by one.'s desoendants ~ Thus many ancestors haVE:) been enabled to make good after they are dead. More than one anoestor who has gone out this life a poor person, and only a few jumps ahead of the sheriff, has had the good fortune, a oentury later, to beoome the anoestor of some . ambitious family with plenty of money, and has beoome so famous in oonsequenoe that his tom~stone has had to be greatly enlarged arid improved. Anoestors aro one of the most valuable arid satisfaotory of possessions. They are non-taxable· . and oannot be stolen. Theil- upkeep is prac.l·~.;;a.l1y nothing and they do noil deteri~rate with age and negleot~ In faot, they t.norease in value as they grow older. An anoestor 600 years old is worth a whole mass meeting of 56 year old 8.noestors. Adam is the oldest anoestor. He is 6,000 years old,. and has a. fine reoord. But he is a oommon possession, like eduoation and liberty, so he is not valued very highly. " of Almost all rioh people own and operate ancestors. ·But the poorest men have them.too. Many a. man who hasn't two vests to his name~ and oannot ho~d a. job two'minutes, has anoestors whioh are the envy of his. automobile neighbors. We cannot buy anoestors if we do not have them, but we oan buy them for our ohildren by marrying disoreetly •• ~.. We should be proud of our anoestors, but not out loud. Pierson w. ~lng Seoretary of the Sooiety of the Sons of the Revolution ., ; ':1 ,. .. ,'I "f ~ .: 1 i • ~, ~1 t i I ; '" I �USING LAND RECORDS IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH Ruth Keys Clark, :<--' • • 1' "Blood follows the land" is an old saying but one Which will prove useful in family history research. Many of our ancestors came to this country to "own land" and most did own land at some point during their lifetime. Deeds contain names, dates and place names and'that is what our research is all about. Before the Civil War 85% of Americans owned or leased land. Land deed can contain cl~es that lead us to other records. They can contain : kinship ties when a group of heirs sell inherited land. READ the COMPLETE deed. Many researchers get excited when they find their ancestor's name on a land deed and fail to recognize the clues and vital links it can provide to other generations. Types of land records. Colonial grants. patent. and transfers.- headright grants, New England town . system, South plantations, Memorials Federal government selling land Military grants State governments selling land Individuals sold land to othEJrindividuals Tract and Survey books Land ownership maps At the Nation~a!'chives Military bounty land records Credit entry files (181 0-182tl} Cash entry files (1820-1908) Donation entry files Loyalist land Homestead entry files Land descriptions metes and bounds (processioning) Ohio first state with range. township and section 0 Reference Hone, E.Wade "Land and Property Research in the United States" Ancestry , Salt Lake City, Utah,.1997 ' , 0 �Land records that are kept locally '.- Abstract of Title--a condensed history of a piece of real estate. Agreement--like keeping an alley open between city lots. Antenuptial Contract-- groom and bride-to-be delineation of property rights of each. Bill of sale--transfer of ownership (not land but often used for slaves In deed books.) « Deed of Gift--usually is to a son or daughter-may be sister'or brother, son-in-law or daughter-in-law . usually identified In deed. Deed of Division--partition is settlement of estate. Deed of Release--issued when mort~)age or lien paid. Deposition--found often in the 1600's to declare ownership of land Grantee--one buying the land Grantor--one selling the land Power of attorney--often found has ancestors wern west--they left someone in charge affairs. of their Lien--placed on land for payment of debts. Measurem ent of land 43,560 square feet (100 square rods) Acre Chain 22 yards, 66 feet (100 links) 660 feet or 220 :{ards (10 chains) Furlong Link 7.92 inches (25 links 1 rod 100 links 1 chain Mile 5280 feet 80 chains, 32 rods, 8 furlongs Perch 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet also called rod or pole Pole same as perch Rod same as perch Rood varies may be .25 acre or a rod, or 8 yards' = = Mortgage--a conditional transfer of legal title to real property as security for debt. Partition--division of a piece of real estate. Petition--usually to sell land to pay debts of a deceased person. Quit Claim Oeed--a person release all title, interest or claim he may have in piece of land. May not be valid but usually is. Often used ·.vhen an error was made In a land survey. When corrected the person released all claim to the title he had before the correction. ' Release of Dower--property title was not clear until this was done. Trust Oeed--a type of mortgage .. . Warranty Deed--the grantor warrants the title of property he sells. �- ':.:,"::." .... ···JI{~~crl1.i]ffig··@,:M211P).,i·" ,)<. '. ". "<;;:1\' . : ';':',": " :'",':':;" ,. .: ':'::: ....... -.. ';":'" . .:<.+~>\:~~:,': ..:.,:"" '. .': ' . ' '.' . ".. .• t~18i2;theU.S. Govemmeritfo~edthe G~~~riuLand Office Within each township; ofcourSe;.there.are 36 square miles, or to c~ateastandardized system to more accurately define a given '. sections. J~a(:hsectionjs640acre.~.J·hesections numbered U:~;IOcati~n .. 'I1ie sysiem<le~eloped by the Gene.ral Land Office .•·stlirtingatthenortlieastcomerandgomgi,vest. The section. in the is called the PUblic Land~uryefsystemand is used in states westnoI1hw~stcolner is6;'then the sectiondiiectlfsouth is? andtbe of Ohio: . ." '.. ...... .... " , . nwnl)tlc ilieh proceeds east and zjg zags b~ck:~#d forthtothet)9(~ Thi~sy~t~rii4ivides l~dinto3~square-mile units calledt~wn~ .•·~Qm()f:Jhe township. 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And It is range RIE, which meartsitJsthe first township east of the 6th .Principal Meridian. . ar.e 'c<>I:i'iersof are ., . R1E : ...... ,6 . 5 .4 3 2 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 17 16 . 15 14 , 21 : 22 '2,3 13 \ 19 .20 30 29 31 2' I :p 32 24 , I ,'; 27 26' ,25 ~6., 34 " 35 , .,,I. ,/: " , .', . ..,,I ' .. ,' Tl45 • .•.. ," 31 t ":8 ,. ..... IJ-" ", ,! ' '-.' . - H-+-+-+++-H!f··~·:· .8 . 640 acres ," ', ; I ," . ""J /::: .... ",:: : " ,, ,,. , , ',' '. 320acres " ,, .,' , 80 acres 160 acres ~ 40 .' iO' T165 .'. I " , ,, �0:: • N a.- .... ...... a- 0:: • • 0 -D N I N I N .- .......,• .... ....• QI) QI) QI) 0 0 -D 0 0 s:- ...... .- -D I ...... '-' I '-' I '-' '-' I QI) QI) V. l:- '-' V\ I a- .... .... .... 0 .... .... 0- wQl) ....0:: I .- QI) N I:- ... ....V. .... 0:: I I 0 I I I:- .0:: ..... QI) ..... 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E SrA8L1SH 'T"-ACT 0f'I4Z0 RE""OVED ""ANY INVALID PENSIONS EXTENDED TO VOLIINT£!RS, ""'LIT'A AND STATE TROOPS .. 4-1-IT90 '-~'-I'a, INVALIO PENSIONS rOR orFiCCRS AND SOL DIERS. 1/; PAY OVRING PERIOD or 0ISA81L1TY - CONT. LINE ~ --'. - --~-~ .- - --_.- -- --- . :0 < fTlO VIr OC r :j cO -t Z - » 0:0 ~ FEDERAL 'OVER:IMENT ASSUMES STATe INVALID PENSIONS :- CONTINeNTALLINC SERVICE - » VI FEDERAL GOVERNIJeNT A SSIIMCS AI. I. OF S. C. INVAI. 10 PENSIONS - CONTlNCNTAI. LINE SERVICE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF.OFFICERS or CONTINENTAL ARMY, 1/1 PAY rOR 7 YEARS - RESCINDED VIZ -t Z :D OfTI Z -< INVALID PENSIONS TO THOSE DISA8LED SINCE THE WAR FOR WOUNDS IN~URRED DIIRING THe WAR - CONTINeNTAL LINe seRVICE SERVICE PENSION FOR LIFt FOR OFFIClRS OF CONTINENTAL ARMY ONI. Y - RESCINDED J: (TIO Z .,.. 1) :> :0 �., American WarB and Engagements Belore 1900 DATES 1565-61 1613-29 1629 1636-31 1640-45 1642-53 Iroquois July 1653 . Anslo·Dutch 1615-16 Bacon's Rebellion 1615-16 King Philip's 1616-18 War in the North 1611-80 Culpepper's Rebellion 1688-91 Leisler's Rebellion Revolution in Maryland 1689 16S9 Glorious Revolution 1689-91 King William's War 1102-13 Queen Anne's 1111-12 Tuscorora 1139-42 Jenkin's Ear 1140 King Georse's 1145 Louisbourg Fon Necessity 1154 1155-58 Anslo·French 1154-63 French and Indian Scige of Quebec l1S9 1115-83 American Revolution Wyoming Valley 1182-81 Shay's Rebellion Dec. 1186Jan. 1181 Whiskey Insurrection 1194 Northwestern Indian 1190-95 War with France (Naval) 1198·1800 War with Tripoli (Naval) 1801'()5 18()6.q7 Burr's Insurrection WAR French·Spanish English.French Anslo-Frcnch Pequot War Chesapeake (Naval) 1801 Northwestern Indian IS11 Florida Seminole Indian 1812 War of 1812 . Peoria Indian Crccklndian Lafitte's Pirates Barbary Powers Scminole Indian Arickaree (Rickarcc) Indian Fever River Indian Winnebago Indian Sac and Fox Indian Black Hawk Toledo 1812-15 1813 1813·14 1814 181S 1811·18 1823 1821 1821 . 1831 1832 ; 1835·36 AREA Florida Canada St. Lawrence River New Ensland New Netherland New England; Acadia New Netherland Virginia New Ensland Maine Carolinas . New Ensland Maryland New Ensland Canada New Ensland Virginia Florida Georgia and Virginia New Ensland Ohio Canada New Ensland, Virginia Canada Pennsylvania Massachusetts Pennsylvania Ohio North Coast of Africa Southern Mississippi Valley Virginia Indiana Florida (Georgia Volunteers) General· Illinois South Local Africa's North Coast Florida and Georgia Missouri River, Dakota Territory . illinois Wisconsin Dlinois Ulinois and Wisconsin Ohio and Michigan WAR Texan Indian Stream . Creek Indian Florida (Scmino1e) DATES 1835-36 1835-36 1836-31 1835-42 Sabine or Southwestern 1836-31 Indian 1836-38 Cheirokee 1831 Osage Indian Heatherly Disturbance 1836 1838 Mormon 1839 Aroostook 1842 Door's Rebellion Mormon 1844 Mexican 1846-48 Cayuse Indian 1841-48 Texas and New Mexico 1849-55 Indian California Indian 1851-52 Utah Indian 1850-53 Rogue River Indian 1851, 1853, 18S6 Oregon Indian 1854 Nicaraguan 1854-58 . ISS4-S9 Kansas Troubles Yakima Indian 185S· Klamath & Salmon River 1855 Indian Florida Indian 1855-58 John Brown's Raid 1859 War of the Rebellion 1860-65 Cheyenne 1861-64 Sioux 1862-63 Indian Campaign 1865-68 Fenian Invasion of 1866 Canada Indian Campaign 1861-69 Modac Indian Apaches Indian Campaigns i812·13 1813 1814-15 Cheyenne and Sioux Nez Perce Bannock 1816-11 1811 1818 White River (Ute Indians) Cheyenne Spanish-American Philippine Insurrection 1819 1818·19 1898-99 1899·1901 ABA TWs New Hamphire Georgia and Alabama Florida, Georsia and Alabama Louisiana Missouri Missouri MisisoUrl Maine Rhode Island Illinois Mexico Oregon Oregon Oregon Naval Kansas Local Oregon and Idaho Florida Virginia General Local Minnesota Oregon, Idaho, Ca1if~ from New England Kansas, Colorado and Indian Territory Oregon Arizona Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Indian Terr. &; New Mexico Dakota Utah Idaho, Washington Terr. and Wyominal Territory Utah and Colorado Dakota and Montana Cuba Records Relating to Military Service Micro fllm records in the National Archives (See the federal forms section . for request form needed, to purchase the film or you can read it at your nearest Federal . Record Center ). �Using Civil War Regimental Histories The American Civil War was one of the most defining events in the history of the United States. It pitted men and women on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line against , each other, and very nearly tore apart the young republic. Approximately one and a half million men were killed or injured during the five year struggle, and it affected every community between Canada 'and Mexico, whether or not they sent sons and brothers to active military duty. The scope of the war, the sheer number of men (arid women) who saw action, and the geography covered by military troops in the perfoimance of their duties makes it likely that most American families of the time period were personally affected. If you have one or more ancestors who fought for the federal or confederate forces, you may have already contacted the U.S. National Archives for a copy of the service record or pension file that was created 'following the War Between the States. While the National Park Service, the National Archives, and several other organizations are working on a comprehensive index to all of the Union and Confederate soldiers and sailors who can be identified, it is already possible to locate the name of a Civil War ancestor using , microfilined indexes imanged by state. Once your ancestor's state and regiment can be determined, you can request a photocopy of his service or (federal) pension file from the National Archives for a reasonable fee. (By the way, just because your ancestor lived within the bounds of the Confederacy, don't assume he served the Southern-Cause. Of all the states in the C.S.A., only South Carolina had no organized federal unit serving under its name.) While an ancestor's service record or pension application contains a great deal of valuable information, to understand all of its ramifications you should also obtain a copy of the history of the regiment in which he served. A few full-length sagas of individual regiments have been published in book form, but for the most part you will have to rely on short summaries of each regiment's history. A good source of these summary histories is Frederick H. Dyer's A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, which features short histories of each regiment. While larger libraries have copies of Dyer's Compendium on their shelves, your best bet in locating these regimental histories is to go online. Many of the regimental histories have been published on the World Wide Web as part of genealogical, historical or military websites. If you know the state and regiment in which your ancestor served, it can be fairly easy to go to such Web pages as Ken Jones' CiviL War RegimentaL Histories Index, and look up a transcription of Dyer's history for that regiment. (When the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is released, not only will it include an index to all of those who served on either side of the Civil War, but it will include linked copies of Dyer's regimental histories.) , Although Dyer's summaries are terse in their wording, they are packed with information: beginning with the dates and places each regiment and its companies were organized. The'sentences of each history give the details of where the regiment was sent, where its troops saw action, and which larger organizations the regiment or its companies were assigned to serve with. This information on assignments is especially important, as companies and even single men would often see action under separate command from the rest of th~ regiment, depending on the needs of the moment. At the end of each history is a sumJPary of the number of men from the regiment who were killed in action, mortally wounded, or who died due to disease. You can use the dates and assignments to help you understand the contents of your ancestor's service or pension file. By cross referencing the dates in the file and the regimental history you can see where he would have been, what he would have been doing, where he would have travelled to go from one assignment to the next, and which regiments, would have served with his in battle or in another assignment. These details can help y'0u understand why he may have moved to another state following the war, or why it too~ him so long to return home after mustering out. Yqu also need to place the history of the regiment within the larger history of the war. One of the best ways to do this is by consulting timelines of Civil War history. By checking the dates of battles against the movement of troops as shown in the regimental history you can see the reasoning behind the moves, and get a feel for the contributions your ancestor and his mates in his regiment had on both individual battles and the whole war. That extra bit of research can provide you with an' insight into the history of your family That you may never have guessed at. , Resource~ Com~ndi~ of the War of the Rebellion. by Frederick H. Dyer. Published by the Dyer Publishing Co.• Des Moines, " Iowa. 1908. " ' TI,e Civil'lfur Dictionary. by Mark Mayo Boatner et aI. Published by McKay. New York, 1988. . . The Ci,·jJ ~arDoy By Doy: An AlmanaC. by E. B. and Barbara Long. Published by De Capo Press, New York. 1985. GenealogIcal Research in the National Archives. Published by the National Archives Trust Fund Board. Washington riC. Unio":, Army Regimental History Index hUp:l/www.tarlelon.eduJ-kjones/Unions.html· Confede~ ~egimental Histories Directory hUp:l/www.tarlcton.eduJ-kjones/confeds.html. Index ?f CIvIl War Naval ~rces, Confederate and Union Ships hUp:/Iwww.tarleron.eduJ-kjones/navy.html The HIStory Place: U.S. CIVIl War 1861-1865 http://historyplace.com/civilwar/ .. ~ Chronology of the Civil War hUp:/Icivilwnnitini.com/dates.hun ~ , A m. �Fr';! R 'fir. ~AP OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LEGEND ::;:0:;: .::::::.:_.,.......... '...... '~ ~ ;~::..--:;:~::'".... " .. ;,,::::;.'~ �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 31, Nos. 1 and 2: January and April 2008 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) 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BOX 3664 LAW R EN eE j KAN SAS 66046-0664 �Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 32, no. 1 - 4 January - October, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Douglas County Genealogical Society Black Jack Battlefield Dues form Captain Pate surrenders at Black Jack Fought over again Pioneer Cemetery World War II campanile Lawrence and the old trails Oregon Trail Marker on the KU campus Early history of North Lawrence The martyr's of Kansas-Cantrell How safe are your genealogy documents Corner Stone ceremony for Methodist Church will be held Sunday Ethics in publishing family histories Kansas Pioneers Remembrance of Abby Hiatt Meeting place of the North Lawrence Christian Church Silk Culture in Kansas Saga of Silkville The Point: Walk through time, excerpts Obituaries from Lawrence papers 1876-1879 Publications of Douglas County Genealogical Society Index, rto' Volume 32 2 3 3 4 7 11 11 12 12 13 23 24 26 29 31 49 50 60 64 65 74 84 86 �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Society has not been holding regular meetings. This is not du~ to lack of interest but lack of bodies to get programs together. In November the Library and the Society sponsored a joint program for beginniQg genealogists. It was well attended and pointed out that there is still a great deal of interest in family history. The Society spoke to how to begin, forms to use and answered questions. The Library presente~ and demonstrated a bit of what can be found online. The Library has moved the Osma Room to another portion of the lower level and has made the old space into a nice computer lab. As a result they can now teach classes in the lab on different aspects of using the computer. On January 12 there will be a second jointly sponsored program. This one will be held in the Computer Lab at 7pm. There are only 12 computers but the room can accomodate possibly 20 people. Registration will be required and if there is enough demand a second session will be scheduled. Pattie Johnston will demonstrate and help with use of genealogical databases available through the Library. This will be a first for both groups so be patient. Watch for announcements or get in touch with Pattie at johnston@lawrence.lib.ks.us. This is a beginning to a new era of service from the Library. �BLACK JACK BATTLEFIELD Your editor has recently been appointed to the Board of the Black Jack Battlefield Trust joining Richard Wellman. Our charge is to gather information on the participants in the Battle of Black Jack and their descendants. The thought is that this will be the beginning of a list of potential donors and/or supporters. The following articles are from various sources gathered by Richard. As you look through publications or records and you see mention of the Battle of Black Jack let Richard or I know. Our email addresses are listed in the officers at the beginning of this issue. -- .,. - --- . ------ Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2010 dues can be paid now. Name-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Maiden Name ------- Street_<_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Apt. #_ _Home Phone -------- City_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _State_Zip e-mail ----------' ---~------- Renewal__ New__Surnames you are searching ~--------------------- Amount enclosed________($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Make checks payable to DCGS �• • • cautioning the men to save their ammunition. Brown shifted the men to fill the gaps created when Carpenter and Thompson left. Shore also left to hunt up some breakfast for the men, and Townsley left for more amunition (sic), but didn't return until after Pate's surrender. Brown surveyed the Missourian's line and announced that they were leaving one by: one. He declared that they couldn't allow that and that they would have to surround them and force them to surrender. He took the two Moores, Weiner, and Bondi and ascended a rise south of the 'Missouri camp. There the Moores were told to shoot the horses and mules exclusively. They k,j}}ed two horses and two mules with their first four shots. This alarmed the Missourians who rushed from the battlelines and mounted their horses and left for Missouri. Brown advanced sixty feet and signaled Weiner and Bondi to come up while the Moores were to advance more slowly. , The men in the trenches advanced. About sundown Frederick left the horses and rode down the Santa Fe Trail, along with Colonel W. A. Phillips of New York, beyond the ruffian's camp. He called to his father that the Missourians were surrounded. Captain Pate, thinking Frederick had reinforcements, sent out the flag of truce. Brown met the flag about halfway. The flag was brought by Turner and a free state prisoner named Lymer. Pate's intentions were only to delay the hostilities and get Brown to come to their camp where they could take him prisoner. Brown sent Lymer back to call out their commander, and at gunpoint demanded Pate to accept an unconditional surrender. Brown sent his men to the'ruffians' branch of the creek to prevent any of them from escaping while he went to the camp with Pate. Twenty-eight of Pate's men were captured including Franklin Coleman, the murderer of Charles Dow. The rest had fled during the fight. Fully one-third of the prisoners taken were from the vicinity and were members of the pro-slavery party. The fifteen remaining free staters of Brown's men got large amounts of ammunition and arms. They also recovered much ofthe stolen property including four wagons and provisions. No one had been killed and only three had been severely wounded. A messanger (sic) had reached Hickory Point and Major Abbott and Capt. Dexter had joined forces. Capt. J. S. Edie, who had served as the mess anger (sic), reported that the free-state men had engaged the enemy before he left, and that they had been fighting all morning. These new forces then marched double time to the scene ofthe action, approaching the battle from the west. They arrived just after Capt. Pate had surrendered and his men were being taken prisoner. The prisoners were fed and allowed to use their own tents. They were not searched nor was their money taken, only the arms, horses, and military supplies. Brown held Pate's sword ahd pistol personally until he later turned them over to Colonel Sumner when he took charge of Pate's men. The tenns of the surrender were to release one prisoner at a time from each side until all were released, including those taken at Stanton, Osawatomie and Pottawatomie in earlier raids. The sons of John Brown, John Jr. and Jason, were to be among those captives liberated in exchang~ for Pate and Brocket, respectively. The prisoners were to be brought to a neutral place and released. The place was to be at OF near the house ofJohn T. (Ottawa) Jones, six miles northeast of Ottawa. Each person liberated must appear in person or answer in writing his declaration that he was at liberty otherwise he would be regarded as still being held prisoner. The anns and horses were to be returned. Pate and his men were take to Ottawa Creek and closely guarded. They were held for three days and nights until Colonel Sumner and his pro-slavery soldiers arrived with a proclamation from 2 S- Ii -Ii �• • • Governor Shannon. All anned forces were to disperse and Brown was ordered to release his prisoners. Sumner was accompanied by Deputy Marshall William J. Preston, who carried warrants for many of Brown's men. Sumner granted him permission to serve those warrants, but he refused to admit recognizing any of them and Sumner ordered no arrests. (Another source reports that Deputy Pain was with Sumner and moved to arrest Brown, but found that he had lost the warrant.>. ,The troops departed but Brown's men regrouped about a half mile away. He sent Bondi to Pottawatomie to check on that settlement and then dispersed his troops on June 10. Sumner also found J. W. Whitfield in the territory with a force of ruffians. He ordered the Missourians back home. Whitfield returned to Missouri, but sent his captains Reid, Pate, Bell and Jenigen with their Missouri companies to sack Osawatomie. ' Sumner had ordered Pate to return to Missouri, but he had only gone as far as Bull Creek where he took Jacob Cantrell prisoner while he was on the way home from the Battle of Black Jack. He allow him to say goodbye to his wife and children and then marched him to Bull Creek where they camped for the night. The next day they took him to Cedar Creek where they shot him three times. Cantrell has been found guilty of treason to Missouri, his home state, by Pate. The Battle of Black Jack was the first battle in all of the United States between the fre<;:-state and pro-slavery armies. This was the beginning of the Civil War, but five years before it~s recorded beginning. The site of the battle is today marked by a monument to the free staters who fought there. The monument is located three miles east of Baldwin City and.2 mile south of Highway 56 iQ the Black Jack Park . Sources this week in addition to R. H. Pearson's account were: History of Baldwin City, Burdine Twichell Taylor; Kansas: A History of the Jayhawk State, William Frank Zornow; A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, Vol. !, William E. Connelley; Black Jack, vol. 2, Ruth Van Tries; The Baldwin Ledger June 2, 1938, and June 9, 1938; and John Brown and Border Warfare, R. H. Sherar. 3 I/-Il �The Morning Oregonian, Thursday, September 3, 1903, page 7 (Copy provided by Kathy Quigley) FOUGHT OVER AGAIN Veterans of Battle of Blackjack Recall the Day ONE IS JOHN BROWN'S SON Meet Again in Portland Years After the Fight in Which the Old Enemy of Slavery Defeated Kansas Border Ruffians. Two famous old Kansas border fighters who fought under the man whose body lies a mouldering in the grave, but whose soul goes marching on, greeted one another in Portland yesterday after many years. One was Solomon Brown, one of the 20 children of the celebrated old abolitionist; the other was August Bondi, a wiry little old man, with the dark eyes and expressive face of the people of his native city, Venice. Mr. Bondi, a prominent citizen of Salina, Kan., is a veteran of the Civil War, visiting Portland from the last San Francisco Grand Army encampment. He was First Sergeant, Company K, Fifth Kansas, and is now 70 years old. An adventurous young man, inspired by the character of Kossuth and his compatriots under whom he fought for Hungarian liberty, he had come to Kansas in early days and at once thrown his aid to the cause of the Free State party. Solomon Brown is a gigantic chip of the old block in appearance. His resemblance to John Brown's portrait is striking. A man oflow voice and unassunimg manners he impressed one as of the genuine old fighting stock to which he belongs. He is said to have been a man of enormous physical strength in his prime, though now he is crippled in the right leg from being thrown from a horse some years ago. In company with Mr. Bondi, an Oregonian reporter visited Solomon Brown yesterday at his residence, 353 Grant street, and listened to the story of the famous battle of Blackjack in the old Kansas border days. Really First Battle of War. "The battle of Black Jack was the first battle of the war between the North and South," said Solomon Brown. "Yes, said August Bondi, "and its result forecasted the result of the war. That was on the second day of June, 1856. Lord! How hungry we were!" I, "That was 47 years ago," said Solomon Brown. "You tell the young man the story, Bondi, ifhe wants it." Out came the reporter's pencil, and August Bondi began: "There had been fighting in Kansas, you know, for many months, but ~hen Wilson Shannon was appointed Governor of that state by Franklin Pierce the day was looking dark for the Free Soilers. The border ruffian invasion was on, legalized;by Shannon, who armed the pro-slavery forces with guns from the United States arsenal at Liberty, : Clay County, Missouri." "Old Jim Lane afterward burned the town." Said Solomon Brown. , "The Kansans," continued the other, ''were all new settlers and poor; their seed grain, their horses and cattle were their only dependence for the future, and these were taken from them by force or destroyed, while many men, the support of those Struggling families, were murdered in cold blood. But old John Brown went marching on. With 11 of us for a nucleus, he prepared to g,er a force to repel the border ruffians. �Idliby, Ranya, et. Al The faith club Johnston, Velda House on Bostwick Square lIes, Greg True evil Karon, Jan On to Canaan These high green hills Anew song In this mountain Light from heaven Shepherd's abiding Home to Holly Springs At home in Mitford A common life Irving, John Cider House rules Fourth hand Isaccs, Susan Lily white Jaffe, Rona American love story Jakes,John Savannah On Secret Service James, P.D. An unsuitable job for a woman Johansen, Iris Firestorm Countdown Jance, J.A. Long time gone . Johansen, Iris Count down Kay, Terry Shadow song The runaway Keillor, Garrison We are still married Kellerman, Jonathan Compulsion Gone Kelly, Kitty Family Keneally, Thomas Schlinder's list A River town Kerley, Jack The hundredth man �John Brown's Little Army. "The little company was made up of John Brown, Jr., Captain; four of the sonsOwen, Solomon, Fred and Oliver; Charles Kaiser, Theodore Wiener, August Bondi, George Townsley, Ben Cochrane and Henry Thompson, brother-in-law of John Brown, Sr. "We were guided by a settler, Howard Carpenter, to a secure hiding place in the virgin forest of Eastern Kansas, on Taway Creek, near the Douglas County line. There was a reward out for each of our heads, but nobody was trying to eam it." "Why," asked the reporter. "Maybe they thought it might be unhealthy work," laughed Solomot;J- Brown. "In this retreat," continued August Bondi, "we lay for six days - from May 24 to May '30, 1856. Twice a day we were rationed with a pone of bran bread baked in a Dutch oven by John Brown. The last two days we had only a spoonful of molasses each, twice a day, with creek water. A kind-hearted Free Soil settler's wife had donated the ' molasses because it was too sour for her to use." , Hungry, but Determined. "Ha! Ha!" laughed Solomon Brown. "Do you recollect, Bondi, how loose the waistband of Wiener's trousers got?" "Yes, he was stout to begin with - weighed 250. That same Wiener, by the way, had been a slaveholder in the South, but when he came to Kansas and saw the border ruffianism there, he joined us." "He had a great phrase he often used," said Solomon Brown: '''Dead Men tell no tales,' but I guess that time he felt more like saying 'Dead men don't get hungry.'" "Well," continued August Bondi, "on May 30 came James Clark Ridpath, afterward the historian, but the correspondent for the New York Tribune. Captain Brown explained to him that we couldn't stay there much longer. Ridpath advised courage and patience. "You must stay and see it out," said he: "Your boys are at this time the sole dependence of the Free State party." "While Ridpath was talking, two settlers arrived. They were McPhinney [Mc Whinney?] and Shore, Captains of two so-called military organizations. They told their troubles, how the border ruffians were killing their horses, stealing their cattle, etc., but they forgot to bring us a bite of lunch. "Well, how many men can you give me?" asked Captain Brown. "I want you to understand that I will not sacrifice my men here much longer. Jfyour people don't want to fight for their homes and firesides, I shall leave you." 'The two settlers promised to be around next day to tell him what they could do. Now, late on the following afternoon seven pro-slavery men surprised 12 Free Soilers who were eating dinner in a log cabin a few miles from our retreat. They rushed in and covered the Free Staters, who had left their guns and pistols stacke<i at one side, and they cleaned up the bunch.' 'That night back came Mc Whinnery [McWhinney?] and Shou [Shore?] to our camp and told their tale of woe. While they talked, Howard Carpenter arrived, and we all held council until 10 0' clock under the big oak tree in the center of our camp. It was settled that the three visitors go out and send runners about the country to announce the rendezvous of armed free staters at the church in Prairie City.' "I recollect how you spoke out then, Bondi," said Solomon Brown. "You said, 'Say, can't we have breakfast at Prairie City?' " "Yes," laughed August Bondi, "hunger limbered up my tongue. I was 22 and ~ , �Killdeer, John From the prairie Kincade, Thomas The Christmas angel Cape light Kinsella, Sophie The undomestic goddess Koning, Hans New Yorker in Egypt Korda, Michael The fortune, vol 1 & 2 Krantz, Judith __ Till we meet again Scruples two LaHaye, Tim.Jenkins,Jerry Mark's story Laker, Rosalind _ Far seeks the heart Lane, Margaret Tale of Beatrix Potter LeCarre, John Small town in Germany Leonard, Mike The ride of our lives Lewis, Beverly The betrayed The crossroads Shunning Sacrifice Postcard Englisher The preacher's daughter October song The Brethren Lewis, Beverly & David Sanctuary Lindberg, Reeve Under a wing Lucado, Max Traveling light The applause of heaven McCain, John Faith of my fathers Macomber, Debbie 44 Cranberry Point Norah an Orchard Valley Story -~ MacGregor, Jerry Faith of the first ladys MacLeod, Charlotte The odd job �Solomon was 19, and us young fellows were suffering frightfully. Well, at 5 o'clock the next morning back came Carpenter to guide us. We saddled our horses and started - a funny-looking cavalcade, I warrant, our clothes nothing but rags attached together with locust thorns." "We had half a blanket each," interrupted Solomon Brown. I' "; Preaching, Then Breakfast "But at Prairie City there was no breakfast. They told us to wait till the crowd came, So we tightened the ropes about our bellies and waited with mouths 'Yatering. At last people began to come in from all the surrounding country, some in wagons, some horseback and a few afoot. It seemed that there must be grace before meat for us. The Methodist preacher mounted the church steps and, turning, began to talk. In half an hour we were all in tears. I shall never forget how women cried and men groaned as the dreadful tale of border ruffianism was gone over. After the sermdn there was common prayer. The services lasted several hours." "I began to get pretty disgusted," said Solomon Brown. "I thought tJ;1ey might better have been employed molding bullets than weeping and groaning so long." "At 3 o'clock," continued the other, "church ended and the women began to bake biscuits. It was our fIrst real meal in many days and was our last for 28 hours. While we were eating, three border ruffian scouts were seen in the distance and Captain Brown sent seven men after them and brought 'em in. From them we learned where the main border ruffian camp was located and they gave us the news that the proslavery people had gone down into our own part of Kansas and made prisoners of all the free state leaders there. Two were brothers of Solomon's, one of whom was a member of the so-called free state legislature. "A few men were left in charge of the prisoners, and the rest of our force at once set our for the pro-slavery camp. McWhinney and Shore mustered 40 men to go with Brown. Six men were added to Captain Brown's company of 11, making a total of 17. The six were A. O. Carpenter, now in Mendocino County, Cal.; a Mr. Hill, three brothers named Moore (their father, a preacher, was a prisoner of the Qorder ruffians), and young Hugh McWhinney. Story of the Battle "We rode until 2 a.m. that night, fInally stopping in a post oak grove, where we tied our horses. As we rested, John Brown told his company that they were within a mile and a half of the enemy's camp. At the fIrst break of day, June 2, we started, all except young Fred Brown, who was left to guard the horses. John Brown had 'talked with Mc Whinney and Shore and told them that upon sighting the camp he would give the command to charge, and that they should all charge right in with us. "Within half a mile of the camp a picket saw us and fIred. "Charge", shouted Captain Brown. Our company, without looking ba9k, rushed down the hill to the bottom, when Captain Brown yelled "Halt" He had: seen that the other companies, numbering 40 men, had remained behind at the top of the hill, where they began fIring a few shots. John Brown ordered us to take to the waShed-out Santa Fe. Trail, which ran along there, and we proceeded to use it as a rifle pit., Then the fmng became hot on both sides. At 6 a.m. Shore rushed down the hill and set down among us with a long face. He was hungry, he said. " 'I'll have to go now and get my breakfast', he said.. Brown Enforces Surrender "Next George Townsley got cold feet. 9 �Parker, Robert B Poodle Springs(with Raymond Chandler) School days Night passage Patterson, James Beach road The lake house Lifeguard The notebook Mary, Mary Honeymoon Violets are blue 6th target 3rd degree The Quickie Peal, Norman Vncent Favorite quotations Peck,Scott Meditations from the road Perry Anne . Bluegate fields Paragon walk Peterson, Roger Tory Wild America Peters, Ellis Flight of a witch Peters, Elizabeth Tomb of the golden bird Philbrick, Nathaniel Sea of glory Pilcher, Robin Starburst Pilcher, Rosemund September,v.1 &2 Another view Shell seekers Winter solstice Coming home Piper, Don 90 minutes in heaven Plain, Belva Harvest Daybreak Prather, Marilyn Mysterious merry-go-round Price, Eugenia Stranger in Savanah Where shadows go Don Juan McQueen Margarets story New moon rising �"'Captain Brown,' he said, 'we are getting short of ammunition. I'd better go after some.' .And he departed. At 8 0' clock, of our diminished party Carpenter was disabled by a shot in the elbow and Henry Thompson was shot through the lungs. One of Shore's men had also been hit. It must have been about 9 or 10 0 ''clock when Captain Brown came to the end of the line, where the Moores, Wien~r and I were stationed. He had already visited the other end, where Solomon and the others were. " , Boys,' said he, 'something must be done, or, with these fellows leaving or getting hit we'll have no force left. Now, I'll go ahead to fmd a position to command their camp. Follow me.' "That's the kind of a man John Brown was. "When about 300 yards from the camp he ordered the Moore boys, who were armed with Sharps rifles, to kill the border ruffians' horses. 'Maybe we can scare them into surrendering.' he said. 'We must kill no more of our enemies than we are absolutely obliged to.' " , I'll go down and summon them to surrender,' said Captain Brown. Bondi, you have the poorest gun, keep close behind me; Wiener, you stay about ten yards behind Bondi, and you Moors keep back about 25 yards with your Sharps. If I wave my hat, everybody come rushing. ' "Captain Pate, of the pro-slavery party, sent out a prisoner with a flag of truce. Brown sent him back, saying he would talk only with their leader. Pate then came out with a white handkerchief. "'What are you doing here?' demanded Captain Brown. " 'I am here making arrests of law-breakers,' replied Pate. " , Well,' said Captain Brown, 'I've a proposition to make to you - I want your unconditional surrender.' At the same time he jerked out his pistol and covered Pate. Afterward Pate made quite a roar about Captain Brown's violence to it flag of truce. He turned to give the order to his men, but they were already laying down their arms. They did not know that our little party was backed by so few men. Brown's bold move did the business, though their surrender was undoubtedly hastened by the sight of a cloud of dust they saw in the distance. The dust was raised by a party of25 FreeStaters hurrying to our aid. They had 17 wounded out of about 75 men. "So after five hours' fighting we were in possession of the pro-slavery force that had been the terror of the outlying districts of Kansas. H. Clay Pate was killed in the Battle . of the Wilderness, where he was Colonel of the Second Virginia Cavalry. Brockett, his lieutenant in the Black-jack fight, who had been the only man to resist the surrender, was soon afterward sentenced by a court martial for indiscriminate murder of peaceful settlers in Bourbon County, Kansas." /D �Macomber, Debbie Hearts divided Michaels, Barbara The dancing floor Mansfield, Stephen Faith of George Bush Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of the island Marshall, Catherine Meeting God at ever turn Morris, Mary McGary Fiona range Martin, Steve The jury Mortman, Doris The lucky ones McCaig, Donald Rhett Butler's people Nye, Nelson Bandido McCullough, David 1776 o 'Brian, Patrick McCourt, Frank Tis Teacher man Odonnell, Lillian No business being a cop McInerny, Ralph Second vespers Michael, Judith Sleeping beauty Inheritance, 2 vol The real mother Michaels, Fern Late bloomer Hocus Pokus Lethal justice The truelove Oke, Janete Heart of the wilderness Palmer, Catherine Finders keepers Paretsky, Sara Tunnel vision Hard time Fire sale Writing in a age of silence �PIONEER CEMETERY (ALSO CALLED PIONEER RIDGE) by Mary Burchill ':r Pioneer Cemetery was established soon after the settlement of Lawrence, 1854, and burial was by permission and without system or plot. It was the fIrst public burying ground for the use of citizens of Lawrence, and was originally called Oread Cemetery. Much of the early history of Lawrence may be reconstructed in the mind of the observer by reading the inscriptions on the moss covered and broken head stones. According to records, the fIrst burial was that of a young boy named Moses Pomeroy, who died October 1, 1854, and was buried "on the hill west of Lawrence" on land donated by a resident. The cemetery was a long way from town, two miles west over rough terrain. As far as can be determined, the grave had no lasting marker. The earliest date on a stone is the one for Cornelius Campbell who died on April 22, 1855. Quantrill's raid on August 21, 1863, added many new graves to the cemetery. Most of the victims were interred there but upon opening Oak Hill Cemetery east of Lawrence in 1865, many bodies of Quantrill's victims were moved to the new burial ground. A suitable monument was erected to the memory of the victims. According to the stones remaining in the old burial grounds a large number of the victims of the raid still rest where they were fIrst buried. The reinterment of the Quantrill victims was carried out in 1872. Elmer E. Brown says the GAR, thru the efforts ofC.W. Smith, applied to the government for markers for the graves of the Wisconsin soldiers and these were fmally received and set up by Charlie Apitz under the direction of Smith. Some 20 of these markers are still in the Pioneer plot. The story of epidemics which swept away children is told by a large number of little slabs bearing almost the same date. Perhaps it was scarlet fever, or diptheria, before the modem anti-toxins of today were known. There is also character in the monuments still standing or lying broken on the ground. We fInd the ephermeral American policy of show in a stucco monument to the unknown dead and the solid, enduring work of the Germans in solid granite set about with iron posts and chains which show little wear for their exposure. Burials are still being allowed today but space is limited. You need permission from the University and must be cremated. It is still an active cemetery even more so since coeds sunbath in the cemetery and students study in the quiet. It seems an appropriate use of a lovely spot. WORLD WAR II CAMPANILE The World War II Memorial Campanile was constructed in 1950 to honor the 277students .and faculty who died serving their country in World War II. Their names are engraved in the Virginia Greenstone on the east and west walls of the Memorial Room at the base of the tower. The panels on the south doors of the Memorial Room evoke the emotions and tragedies of war while those on the north doors depict the history of Kansas and the ideals toward which the University and humanity continually strive. The 120-foot Campanile, designed by Homer F. Neville and built of native Kansas Limestone, contains a 53-bell carillon cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, during 1950-51. It was dedicated on May 27, 1951, and rededicated on April 26, 1996, II �following an extensive renovation. The largest bell of the KU World War II Memorial Carillon was dedicated to the :memory of Olin Templin by the KU Endowment Association to which he served as Executive Secretary for many years. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1886 and returned in 1890 as the University's ftrst professional philosopher, establishing what are now the departments of philosophy, sociology and psychology. The tribute to Templin by the Endowment Association was signiftcant for the fact that, during the latter years of Templin's long tenure at the University of Kansas, he vigorously sought to construct a carillon tower to honor the memory of the pioneering settlers of Lawrence for the devastating hardships they had endured, especially during the Civil War years. Unfortunately, Templin died in 1943 before the end of World War II. His dreams;.and plans were resurrected by the Memorial Association Committee, established to determine, from some seventeen proposals, which was the best choice for a memorial to KU's war dead. The Campanile is an integral part of graduation each May. The procession of faculty and graduates forms on the drive then they pass through the Campanile to begin the "walk doWn the hill". Family and friends line the walkway as the graduates pass through then as they enter the stadium they pass through the line of faculty. An unforgettable event. LAWRENCE AND THE OLD TRAILS Between Lawrence and Topeka, the Kansas turnpike passes near the route of the old OregonCalifornia Trail, traveled in the 1800s by explorers, missionaries, soldiers, emigrants in search of land and forty-niners in search of gold. Fifteen miles south of here was the Santa Fe Trail;which for more that 50 years served mainly as a trail of trade and commerce. From the Missouri River it was some 2,000 miles to Oregon and California and around 800 to Santa Fe, following trails established centuries earlier by Native Americans. Tribes living in this area during the 1800s included the Delaware, Kaw, Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Wyandot. Markers were put along the entire route of the Santa Fe Trail by the DAR. The majority of the trail is in Kansas. OREGON TRAIL MARKER ON THE KU CAMPUS (The marker is to the south of the Chi Omega Fountain at the west entrance to the main campus) Oregon Trail Memorial. J.E. and L.G. Fraser-sculptors "Beginning in 1849, they plodded up the southern slope of Mount Oread a vast emigration bound for the golden land of California. One branch of the great California and Oregon trail thus passed over the very ground now part of the University campus and many a campftre gleamed on summer nights from the crest where now throngs of students tread." Plaque by Dr. Howard Briggs, President American Pioneer Trails Association. Setting by the class of 1916. /~ �tt CAPT. PATE SURRENDERS AT BLACKJACK Flashbacks into Local History, a series, by Loren Litteer The Baldwin Ledger, 25 March 1976 tt tt Last week we cut away with Missourians under Capt. Henry C. Pate and Capt. Brocket of South Carolina raiding in the Prairie City and Palmyra areas. Capt. John Brown and Capt. Shore had joined forces to rid the area ofthese raiders. They had send a request for reinforcements to Palmyra and Blue Mound, but hadn't waited for Capt. Dexter and Capt. Abbott to respond. Instead Brown's and Shore's men had marched to the headwaters of Captain's Creek where the Missourians were camped in a grove of Black Jack oaks with their prisoners taken during earlier raids including Dr. Graham, Rev. Moore, the Barricklows, and two of John Brown's sons, John Jr. and Jason, who had been taken on their claims west of Osawatomie. About three o'clock on Monday morning, June 2,1856, Brown's and Shore's men dismounted two to three hundred yards back from the enemy and left Winninger, Henricks, Frederick, and three others to tend the horses. They advanced in a curved line with wings outstretched. Brown was in the center and in command. Shore's men were thrown out as skirmishers on the flanks. They reached the summit of the hill in about a half mile. From there they looked down on Pate and his Missourians. Brown's company attacked down the hill on the run. When they were witfiin a half mile from Pate, the Missourians began to fire. Brown's men held their fire because their guns were only short range. Shore's men had Sharpes rifles, and as they came into range they opened fire. They poured in a first, a second, and a third volley. Brown ordered an advance so that his men with the short range guns cold fire effectively. . The line advanced on the run, becoming somewhat broken. When they reached the Santa Fe Trail they jumped into the gulleys that had been washed in the trail and continued to fire. Brown ordered the men to lie down in the grass (about one to two feet tall). Shore was with Brown, but most of his men had not made the advance and remained on the hill, a position they were unable to hold and they left the battlefield entirely. Dr. Graham and Rev. Moore were prisoners in Pate's camp, and not being closely guarded in the midst of the fight, the doctor thought it a good chance to make his escape, so he slipped out of the tent and ran for his life straight across toward Brown's men. A member of Pate's army named Franklin Coleman fired at him several times, one ofthem wounding him severely, but he made his escape. Rev. Moore remained in the tent until the firing had ceased and he was rescued. Graham reported to Brown and Shore that they could capture the whole force of Pate's if they persisted. About I p.m. Pate offered a flag of truce on the condition that they be allowed to retain their arms; Brown refused anything but an unconditional surrender. The flag was withdraWn and ' the battle renewed. By this time Brown's men had worked their way into the west channel of Captain's Creek while Pate and his men were in the east channel. They were about one-eighth mile apart. . Henry Thompson was the first to be injured when he was shot in the lung. Dr. Westfa1116d him away. Carpenter had the end of his nose shot off and the bullet lodged in his shoulder. He too was taken from the field. All the while Brown paced up and down the ravine viewing the enemy through field glasses and I H-I/ �I I I I Early History-> of cNorth Lawrence .. �---.-~----- ., " CPreface ~ Inasmuch as the present. City of Lawrence comprises the sites of two former cities located on either side of the Kaw River, it became of palticular interest to members of the North Lawrence Civic Association to investigate, during the recent celebration of the 75th anniversary of the City of Lawrence, the early history of that part of the City situated nOlth and east of the river. The purpose of this pamphlet is to make available a permanent record of the information . obtained by the committee which had this matter in charge. The Association gratefully acknowledges the helpful assistance rendered by several of the older residents of this part of the City who not only supplied interesting information but also verified or rejected data secured from other sources. The reader is indebted also for the facilities extended by the Kansas State Historical Society, Jomnal-World Publishing Company, Lawrence Free Public L~brary, The Board of Education, City of Lawrence, Union Pacific Railway System, and others, whose records furnished much pertinent information. ....... ~ . ~. " :. - .:~ ': ..:-; ..-:,' - N01'tlt Law1'ence Civic Association . . . '-': :.-, ,' - ~ . -. -. - .. ~.' ~.< Lawrence, Kansas, March 1; 1930. ': -." -": . . -.: ;. . ....;..; . �== Early History:> of eN ortll Lawrence -::: - -- ... ~~ - - ..: - - -- site later occupied by the city of North Lawrence was embraced in the lands reserved for the Delaware Indians by a treaty dated September 24, 1829. From that time until 1854 these lands were in the Indian Country or Nebraska Territory. In May, 1854 John Baldwin, a MissoUlian, selected a claim on what later became the townsite of Lawrence and bitterly contested his rights for a share in the site after the arrival of the first party of settlers from the New England. Emigrant ~id Company. During the following year Mr. Baldwhi obtained a charter to operate, a flat boat ferry (drawn by rope) across the river opposite Lawrence and built a long log building for his busi. ness and dwelling on the north bank of the river. This building was located at the foot of the present North Third Street. C. W. Babcock, who later served as Mayor of Lawrence was in partnership with Mr. Baldwin for two years. . The comparative' absence of available timber on the south banks of the river, and ,the dense stand on the north side, caused the e~rly -, ~ _.' settlers to cross the river to obtain building maPage Fi'IJe �terials with which most of the first -structures on the townsite of Lawrence were erected. Practically all supplies came in by wagon from Leavenworth over a dusty and winding road through the thick growth of timber. Among the first settlers north of the river were: John Morehead, a Kentuckian, who opened the first traders' store: Dr., -G. J. Tallman, from Ohio; C. F. Saum, a carpenter from Ohio; Thomas McCage, a merchant from New York; O. H. Mitchell, a carpenter; M. H. Berry, who operated a bowling alley; Isaac Tibbets, a grocer; W. H. H. Whitney; T. S. Murray; Peter Laptad, and others. In a treaty between the United States and the Delaware Indians, ratified on August 22, 1860, the government granted to Sarcoxie, Chief of the Turtle Band, approximately 320 acres including the gl'eaterpart of the site of North Lawrence. All of this land was transferred to Chas. Robinson, Robert S. Stevens, and William A.. Simpson by Sarcoxie and War-me-mar-oqua, his wife, on November. 2, 1861., Almost· immediately afterwards, the tract was broken up by the transfer of a strip of land to the Eastern Division of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, and other smaller \ sales to settlers who had moved to the community. During the next two years quite a number of dwellings were built but most of these were of a temporary nature, poorly constructed, and since have been torn down and remove(i.. ..Tl1ere __ _ " il remains standing one residence which was bui!t in 1862 by Chas. Bruce, a lumberman. It IS located about one hundred feet west of the corner of Elm and North Seventh Streets on the riorth side of Elm Street and is known as the McCann property. On September 20, 1863 the telegraph line of the Kansas Pacific was completed to North Lawrence but about a month too late to call for assist~nce during Quantrill's raid on August I I I 1 l ,I I 21. Construction of the first bridge across the river was begun in the spring of 1863 by a Chicago concern and was completed in December of that year. It consisted of four 150 foot Howe Truss spans, thirty feet above low water mark. Upon its completion, it was. opened as a to.ll bridge and operated by C. W. Babcock an~ hIS brother-in-law a man by the name of GIllet. The operation 'of the flat boat ferry :v.as discontinued shortly thereafter by competItIOn. The Kansas Pacific during 1863 began laying its line from Wyandotte (Kansas City) to North Lawrence and this was completed on November 26, 1864: An excursion train came from Wyandotte on November 28 and~ownsite co~­ panies were organized along the lme.. ~he l'a~l­ road company immediately began bmldmg smtable quarters for freigh~ and passenge~ I?urposes, erecting a substa~tlal on e.-story bu~ldmg, 100'x26', directly OPPosIte the mter-sectIOn of LOCllst and North Fifth Streets on the present [ i:" I~ ~-- - - Page Six I r' ~.' Page Seven . ~ ...... ; .' . .'". ...... - " ....- ....... . ..;:-;::' / -) ' , �- " . ~-~-,.-,---- right-of-way of the Union Pacific. There were open platforms on the east and west ends of this building. The building proper housed the offices of the railroad officials, the' passenger depot, and the freight depot. George Noble was superintendent of the railroad; W. H. Bancroft, trainmaster; W. D. Wetherell, agent.. , Regular train service began on December 19, 1864. It is very likely that North Lawrence first came into existence at this time although no formal charter was obtained from the state. A board of trustees and town officers' including the following were elected:, G. J. Tallman, H. H. HO'Yard, T. McCage, M. H. Berry, James " ", , Franklin, and A. C. Miller., ' A postoffice under the name of "Jefferson" had been established and Charles F.' Saum was appointed the first postmaster. The name "Jef-' ~erson" probably came from the fact that the town then was' located in Jefferson County. The legislature of 1865, however,' provided for the formation of Grant Township out of the southwest cornel' of Sarcoxie Township arid made the newly formed township a part of Douglas County. One reason for the change. was that Lawrence was ambitious to become the county seat and its chances of success were increased by its not being located on the extreme edge of the county; and too, the settlers of the new town always had been ide'ntified arid more' '-'''''' ['age Eight ~, , Page Niue .,.. ~ _... .'.! .. . <.. - .... : ' ". -.,.' -:.-;.. '-.- .. -.. ;.~~ ::- - '. ~. 0. closely associated with the interests of Lawrence than with those of their own' county. The completion of the railroad brought in new residents, which necessitated the construe.. tion of homes and business buildings. Most of these buildings which were erected sixty-five years ago have since been discarded, although their locations will be remembered by some of , the older settlers. ,The Petrie house, a stone building on the north side of Lincoln Street between North Second and North Third Streets, was built in 1865. The first well in North Lawrence was located immediately east of this house. Theretofore, water for all purposes had been obtained from the river. ' The Bowersock Building on the northwest corner of Locust and North Second Streets was built either in 1865 or the following year and still remains standing. The Postoffice in 1865 was situated at the north end of the bridge on the east side of the street. At the present time this site is located in the river, about the middle of the new bridge but somewhat to the east. ' A short time later the postoffice was moved to the west side of the present North Second Street slightly north of its intersection with Locust Street. " ' ' A {>llilding a few hundred feet nOltheast of, " 'the present site of the Union Pacific passenger ,... ... ..;: �depot housed the jail and coUrt room.·· H. H·; Howard was elected City Attorney and acted as Judge.· . Directly north of the jail· ~n th~ north side of Perry Street a small Catholic Church had been erected. Services were not held regularly. I 1 The Congregational Church was established and the building erected on the northwest COl'ner of Elm and North Third Streets ~n 1865. The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by Rev. Edmund McKee in 1865 alth.ough .construction of the building did not begm until May, 1866. The first board of trus'- . tees of the church ·was elected· May 28, 1866 ~ and was composed of the following: Jesse Brockway, President; Edmund McKee, Secretary; Charles F. Saum, Oliver H. Mitchell, John ~. Bardell, John H. Saunders, Robert Critch-· fIeld and Alfred Lawson. . . . The site of his home was almost identical with the present location of the house now standing. Lewis Weingartner operated a bakery on the southeast corner of Locust and· North Second Streets. The Snow Bakery was . located at the corner of North Second and Walnut Streets (this location is now in. the river.) A saloon was operated by Mr. Fritz directly north of the present site of the Union Pacific freight depot. Orlando Darling operated a saw mill and also a grist mill at the foot of North Fourth Street, between Walnut and Mill Streets. A general store was located on the east side of North Fourth Street about two hundred feet south of its intersection with Elm Street. A large elm tree is still standing which was on the north side of this store. Charles Bruce owned a lumber yard on the northeast corner of North Third and Locust Streets on the present site of the Derby Grain Company. Across the street south from the Kansas Pacific station stood the Crandall House, the leading hotel. This was located in what is now known as the Dauberman Building. Immediately west of this building Henry Snyder conducted a saloon and pool hall. The first newspaper to be printed was the HNorth Lawrence Courier" the first issue· of . which· appeared July 28, 1866. Its editor I Probably the first school was located on the south side of Locust Street between North Third Street and North Fourth Street. Mrs.. Laptad taught the primary grades, and Miss Bartlet the upper grades. There is a record of ano'ther school on the northwest corner- of North Eighth and Maple Streets and a colored school located on the nOlthwest corner of North Fifth and Elm Streets.. A !~. J' .' . Chief Sarcoxie and his family lived on the lull north of the Lawson station at ·Mud Creek. on Page . Page Ten . • . tiaLC F.11!1J1!1I I I I I c " .. �was J. S. Broughton. Successive ownerships of the paper changed its name to ,"Kaw Valley Courier," "Clarion," and finally, "North Lawrence Journal," edited by Judge H. H. Howard. The Kaw Valley Town Company applied for a charter for North Lawrence on June 7, 1867. This application was not acted upon" probably because there was a ,bill before the legislature, which if passed, would automatically incorporate then existing towns. This bill was passed, by the legislature and North Lawrence became a city of the second class. The population was about twenty-five hundred. At its first city election North Lawrence chose the following officers: G. J. Tallman, Mayor; N. HoY,.stradt, Clerk; A. R. Smith, Treasurer; Thomas Beasely, Marshall; and H. H. Howard, Police .Judge. The city was divided into two wards, First and Second, correspond- ' ing to the present Fifth and Sixth Wards, respectively. 'Three councilmen were elected from each ward. A petition was presented to the City Council of Lawrence on June 11, 1867"signed by North Lawrence citizens, asking that North -Lawrence be annexed to the City of Lawrence. This petition was signed by U. Biggs, C. Bruce,' Orlando Darling, Samuel Tyson, Simpson Bros., Warren P. Biggs, Leroy Crandall, and others. A protest .to the consolidation was presented to the Council on the evening of June 12, 1867, ,by' a~,?tper=~ ,I:C1ge Twelve , : , i , 'I group of North Lawrence citizens on the grounds that Lawrence had no legal right to annex another municipality. This movement was led by Dr. G. J. Tallman, W. H. H. Whitney, Thos. S. Murray, Thomas S. Hawkins, Judge H. H. Howard, and others. However, the City Council passed an Ordinance (No. 77) purporting to annex North Lawrence to the City of Lawrence on the same evening. From subsequent events the ordinance was ineffective and the attempt to annex was unsuccessful. Immediately after the incorporation of North Lawrence as a city, building began in earnest and many of the buildings constructed during 'this period still remain standing. The present home of R. H. Rogers was built in 1867. The brick house on the west side of NOlth Third Street close to the city limits was built. Thos. S. Murray built his home on the northeast corner of Lyons and North Third Streets. Judge' H. H. Howard built a residence on the west side of North Third Street about two hundred feet north of the corner of Lyons and North Third Streets. The residence of A. J. Dicker on Locust Street, as well as his store building, were built during this period. The Snyder property on the northwest corner of NOlth Fifth and Walnut Streets was erected. The Melvin home on the southwest corner of NOl'th Seventh and _Elm 'Streets was'built. Undoubtedly, there are many Page Thirleell �other buildings which were erected during this '., period which are still standing. " . The old Lincoln School on the northeast corner of North Seventh and Lincoln Streets was the first substantial school building to be erected. Shortly thereafter the old Woodlawn building was constructed. Both of these buildin~s were built in 1868. School opened that fall wIth about 250 pupils in the five schools according to Prof. Murray. The following year the enrolment had increased to nearly, 500 sch 0 lars. . . The colored Baptist Church was built in the fall of 1869 at the cornel' of Lincoln and North . Fourth Streets. 9-> ;1 •1 ""1 . .', . In November, 1869, Maple, Locust, Elm, and Lmcoln Streets were opened the entire length \) ~)f the City. The City Council urged the plantmg of trees. Lyons and Walnut Streets were opened shortly thereafter from the river to the' east city limits. . In the fall of 1869 the jail and court room . was removed from the location near the present Union Pacific passenger depot to the southwest corner of Locust and North Sixth Streets on which site a two story city hall or council house had been erected. . . In. 1869, James Wallter built the' Lindley Bmldllig on the southeast corner of Locust and . North Fifth Streets. The postoffice wa~' Il1Qved o Page FOllr/cell • ~.r-· ... ~, t -. , .. ' . to this building and Mr. Walker became postmaster. The Rose Hill Cemetery was laid out for the City of North Lawrence by Holland Wheeler, .city engineer of Lawrence. This was located on the knoll on the· north side of Lyons Street between North Eighth and North Ninth Streets. Monuments which had been erected over graves were visible in this location until recent years. The Board of Education of the City for the year 1868-69 was composed of: J. L. Furber, President; R. M. Ridgeway, Vice-President; and "V. Cartwright. H. E. Cole vvas Superintendent. Valley Lodge No. 30, A. F. & A. M. was organized'in North Lawrence and according to news item in December, 1868 was in a flourishing condition. The following officers were elected: L. P. Mason, W. M.; A. Luptin, ~. W.; F. Herrard, J. W.; L. F. Jackson, Tl'eas.; and J. D. Fincher, Secretary. The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railway constructed a railroad bridge across the river in 1870. The line approached the river from the north side on the present North Sixth Street. Later with the permission of the Railway, foot paths were added to the sides of the bridge so that pedestrians might cross without going over the toll bridge. This was the first instance of free passage between the two cities . On March 17, 1870 the citizens of North " Lawrence voted to' consolidate with the City of Page Fiflew �, ! La~l'ence under a general act passed by the legIslature providing for the consolidation of cities. Lawrence voters held an election on March 21, and also approved of the consolidation. A joint session of the two city councils was held at which W. Hadley was elected president,and John S. Brown, secretary. April 4, 1870 was set as an election day for new officials of the consolidated city. The reorganization of the Boal'd of Education of the consolidated city on .May 2 1870 showed the following members from 'North Lawrence: Fifth Wanl; J. L. Furber, J. F. Morga1!-. Sixth Ward; R. M. Ridgeway, W. W. ~ CartwrIght. The enrolment in. the schools of 7V N.orth Lawrence for the year following was: -...... Lmcoln, 172; Woodlawn, 160; Locust Street (colored school), 127; total 459. The second story of the Council House was occupied by the colored school. . ' a r .; t.; ...:. t : The City Council of the consolidated city on December 6, 1870 passed an ordinance (No. 138) whereby the City proposed to issue $100,000 of bonds, the proceeds of which was to be . ~urned ~ve~' to the Union Pacific Railway upon Its furmshmg evidence that it had expended' that amou?t in the erection of. general repair shop~ ~t BIsmark Grove in North Lawrence. No provIsIOn was made as to how long the shops so constructed should remain at Bismark Grove. Page Sixteen 'rhe buildings were built as planned I;lnd a large crew of men was recruited for the repair work. Less than ten years later, the shops were removed to Armstrong, Kansas City, Kansas. About this time a prominent song writer and publisher by the name of Leslie was conducting vocal classes in all of the surrounding towns. In 1879 the graduates of these classes were brought together at Bismark Grove under the name of the Leslie Choral Union. A pavilion had been constructed that accommodated about two thousand singers which had assembled. The tabernacle however, was much too small to hold between ten and twelve thousand visitors who had arrived from all parts of the state. Railroad facilities were taxed to the utmost and a part of the crowd came on flat cars fitted with seats but without overhead shelter. This, jubilee continued for several days and gave the people of Kansas their first introduction to Bismark Grove which later became the site of state and county fairs. State fairs, sponsored by the Union Pacific Railway, and conducted under the direction of the Western National Fair Association began in 1881. The mule car line was extended to Bismark Grove. Elaborate preparations were made, including the erection of large buildings in the grove and the establishing of a race course east of the large building which is now . used as a barn.- These fairs were well attended by persons from over the entire state. The exPage Sevetlteell , I; ;' iI r , , .. ; . , , . �i iI I, ! hibition buildings and displays have never been excelled by any fairs held within the state. Later the fairs became more local in their character and were finally discontinued in 1898. i !t . I I t:I " r' . - j: l~ I , I , L. ,, .18" . '-:"!l~ . '. .il i.\··· .. . oj',.,. ~ 1',.-' ... . Page Eiglltcell : ~.' . . �THE MARTYR'S OF KANSAS - CANTRELL The Lawrence Herald of Freedom, 24 Oct. 1857 Let Virgil sing the praise of great heroes and patriots; let Genius celebrated merit and extol the talents of the great. The short an~ simple annal of one who, though occupying a humble station in life, lived a bright example of stern integrity and a hero and a martyr, engrosses my pen while I record what I know of the life and death of Jacob Cantrell. He was born and reared In Jackson County Missouri. When the Territory of Kansas was declared open for settlement, he removed thither with his family, settled near where Palmyra now stands, and In company with others, assisted In laying and building up that now prosperous town. Despising that spurious aristocracy common to all communities where Slavery exists, he felt, as he remar1<ed to me one day that he had entered a new wortd. Bated with the prospect of speedily securing a fortune and the great blessing and privilege of rearing and educating his children in a free commu~ity, he entered into all our plans of Improvement, both in church and State, with a hearty will and a ready co-operation. One year prior to moving to Kansas he lived upon the farm of Otho Hall, a slave-holder and hauled produce to the dty of Lawrence, then a new town, very scarce of provisions. He had the words "Kansas a Free State," painted in large letters upon his wagon cover. Meeting Hall one day as he was returning for a load of supplies, Hall noticed the letters upon the wagon and, in ruffian style, well armed as he was, commenced cutting the letters out - After effecting this, he threatened Cantrell's life and commenced striking at him with his knife, cutting him severely.-- Cantrell being wholly unarmed, called to two men (neighbors of Hall) standing near, not to let Hall kill him with out some chance for his life- appealing to their chivalry and honor. They were deaf to his entreaties, and Cantrell saved his life by starting his team as quick and driving as fast as possible. Cantrell had Hall brought before the Court at Independence, charged with assault with intent to kill. The two witnesses swore that Hall was intoxicated. Hall, was discharged; such is the justice In a ProSlavery Court. Through the Spring of 1856 the whole country was in a state of revolutionary confusion. The Territory was filled with marauding parties; men were being robbed and murdered dally. For mutual protection, the dtizens of Palmyra and vldnlty assembled, armed and equipped. Among them was Jacob Cantrell, ever ready without the slightest murmur to shoulder his Sharp's rifle and go forth to defend the lives and property of the emigrants In his vidnlty. In this respect he had a soul larger than the State of Missouri. At the battle of Black Jack he recognized some of his Pro-Slavery neighbors among the prisoners, and Insisted on having them treated kindly, himself furnishing them provisions. Col. Sumner marched to Palmyra with the United States troops, released Pate and his men, ordered them to return to their homes in Missouri, disbanded Brown, the hero of Black Jack, (not G. W. Brown;) the men returning to their homes. relying upon Sumner for protection. Upon his way to his home in Palmyra, he stepped in at Prairie City, purchased some butter for his family, starting for Palmyra (three miles distant) in company with Leonard Snyder and W. H. Stilwell, neighbors. The minions of Pate upon their way home came across them, and, recognizing Cantrell, compelled him to accompany them. Stopping at his house, he told his wife, who was almost distracted at seeing him a prisoner not to be alarmed, that they were his neighbors, and would not hurt him. Extending his hand with the plate of butter, telling her to take it and not be afraid, one of the ruffians intercepted it, saying that they would need it for their supper. They soon left taking Mr. Cantrell with them. Mr. Stillwell went ImmediatelY to Col. Sumner, told him that the very men he had ordered to Missouri had taken Jacob Cantrell a prisoner while they were returning, not more than a mile from his camp.-- Col. S. promised to send a detachment for him the next day, stating that he had given their orders to commit no outrages on their way; also, that the troops were all tired, and that Cantrell would not be harmed. Oh! that was an indifference more fatal than treason on the part of Col. Sumner. He was heard to say, when he heard of the death of Cantrell, that he never could forgive himself. They took Mr. Cantrell next day to Cedar Creek, 35 miles from Palmyra, there shot and scalped him, burying him about two feet deep. The wolves dug him up. Subsequently the soldiers buried him near that beautiful stream, surrounded by high weeds, with only a stake over his remains, on it inscribed, "Jacob Cantrell". On the 2d day of July last, I was traveling in Lykens County, K. T. I stopped for the night with Judge Butts (township 16, range 22). Our conversation related to the difficulties of the past summer. I found him to be a Pro-Slavery man. I mentioned the murder of Cantrell as an outrage unparalleled, and that I would do my utmost to bring his murders [sic] to justice whenever the Government passed into different hands. The Judge was formerly from Jackson County, Mo.; knew Mr, /Cantrell there; was under Col. Coffee when Whitfield marched to Pate's relief; saw Cantrell at Cedar Creek a few hours before they murdered him, lying upon his back, with his hands tied, and a quadruple guard aroJJnd him. The judge says, nI went to Mr. C., and there was quite a crowd around him. One approached him saying "Mr. Cantrell, I am sorry to find you among our enemies and fighting your old neighbors." "Your dan invade [sic] my home," was Cantrell's reply. "Will you join us against the abolitionist if you could get your freedom? If we release you will join your old neighbors to driving these damned fanatiCS from.our border?" With the thoughts of home, life, wife, children, burning his heart, he said, "No Never." ''Then you die,'by G_d!' Juc1ge B., went to Pate and Whitfield; and told them to use their authority to prevent his murder. They said they had no authority. In forty-five minutes afterwai"d Jacob Cantrell was no more. He died a martyr. Oh! that more could have witnessed his heroic end. He had seen and felt the influence of that hydra-headed - 3!) . .'~ ::'j . ;- - - - - . - - - - _ . - -- .• -0;-,------ .. :,;1 monster that i~ even now gnawing at the vitals of our country, and deep down in his heart was a principle that would not surrender. .. . . -, . I;!; His widow with her four-small children, lives in Palmyra In comfortable drcumstances . ' and measu~ are. bem~ taken by. ~e dtizens to remove the remains ~J his memory will be treasured in chara~i~ inore durable than.monu,mentsof :~~ free ~~m her Missoun chams, and millions of freemen till her fertile soil, ')'1 of Mr. C. hither, and erect over them a suitable monu~ent. When Kansas sh ...):i~\.:. 1" . \ ~"i . . :~j '.1 ~A,:,.p.'?/,~ ..' . . ,", ',! ......;, ... NOTE: There are no death/burial record for surname of Cantrell in ~e-~~- ~I~ ,:~~~" ' Hiram .Cantrell (b. in 1850 in MO.) in the Douglas Co. census records from fS70 throu h tge2~~s of.The Douglas Co. Genealogical Soc. We do find a 1876. In Douglas Co. KS. Hiram may have been one of the children of Jacob and I~ gb t . HIS rna mage is r~~ed to Chariotte Yewdoll on Jan. 20, . . w e, u no record to substantiate it has been found .. �-- How Safe Are Your Genealogy Documents? by Pam Cerutti Today's genealogists gather lots of data online and on CDs. They also have the ease and convenience of genealogy programs to store their resulting family history on a computer. However, the accumulation of paper remains pretty much unavoidable. We have copies of book pages, newspaper clippings, courthouse papers, and correspondence, to name but a few examples. Then there are the old photos collected from family members we convinced to part with such treasures, and even 35 mm slides. Now that we have them, how do we preserve them? Conscientious collectors of family history papers preserves them in acid-free protectors and stores them in a safe location with stable, controlled temperature and humidity levels. Then they hope that disaster doesn't strike that location. We hear about major disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornados that devastate homes and the family treasures their occupants stored in them. Even a small, localized problem in a home can wipe out irreplaceable documents - an electrical fire, a burst water pipe, or a curious child, pet, or perhaps an unwelcome critter, Sometimes a family member may borrow papers or photos to show to someone, and the carefully preserved goods get damaged or even lost. It's a sickening feeling to consider the possible fate of these documents! Safeguarding them amounts to a daunting responsibility. One approach that has given me some peace of mind is to scan my priceless papers anq ~ictures. I gathered a set of documents at a time, hooked up my scanne~ to my computer and spent some evenings converting them to digital files. I organized folders on my computer to mimic my / steel file cabinet and gave each converted document a name that �describes its content. Once scanned, the hard copy document went into storage for safekeeping. The beauty of the digitized documents is that I can copy them over and over, and each one looks just as good as my original scan. In fact, my scans look even better than many of the faded photos, yellowed news clippings, and deteriorated pages I had to start with, thanks to the software that comes with a scanner. By previewing each scan before finalizing it, I had the chance to darken or lighten it, increase contrast, or even sharpen up fuzzy photos. I'll admit that some photos were old enough to warrant extra touch-up with additional photo editing software, but that's a job I can do over time. The important thing is that my documents are no longer at high risk of permanent loss. Storing digitized documents on a single computer is only slightly better than having them ~n pa~,= ~ a shoebox. Computers ~ave limited lives, as ----- do storage media. The plan is not complete until you distribute copies of your documents in multiple locations. I have given CDs of my documents to family members around the country, and I will repeat the distribution with DVDs and future generations of media. Just as it's hard to find equipment that reads floppy disks or Zip disks today, the data you share is only as safe as the media used to share it. To carry it a step further, you might take advantage of an online file storage service, as I have. If you haven't converted your paper treasures to a digital format, I have good news for you. Today's scanners do a very nice job for a very reasonable price. There are many models available for under $100. Just be sure to choose one that gives you good quality output for all the documents you need to preserve: text, photos, and perhaps slides. Then ~ " get started. Perhaps you, too, will sleep better. 5 �CORNER STONE CEREMONY FOR METHODIST CHURCH WILL BE HELD SUNDAY The Baldwin Ledger, 14 Aug. 1931 Many interesting articles will go into box which will be laid inside the Stone. Current Issue of the Ledger will be there. The laying of the corner stone of the new $100,000 Methodist Episcopal church will take place Sunday August 16, at four 0' clock in the afternoon. Baldwin is expecting a large crowd to be present at these ceremonies. Many prominent churchmen from out of town have sent work to the committee in charge that they expect to be present. The new church takes the place of the old brick church which was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning November 30, 1930. It was on [illegible] 4, 1901 that the corner stone of the old church was laid. Bishop Warren performed the official act of laying the stone. It was not until February 14, 1904, that the new church was dedicated. The fact that nearly three years elapsed between the laying of the corner stone and the fmal dedication indicates that funds were not easily obtained at that time. Dr. S. S. Murphy, President L. H. Murlin, and Bishop Hughes officiated at the dedicatory exercises. The new church building is being built of Bedford sawed stone with. a modification of the early English type of architecture. As the new structure emerges, Phoenix like, from the ashes of the old, it slowly sheds its crude coverings and assumes an appearance of massive beauty. One can picture an old ivy covered English stone church of a few generations ago. The new building is being built for permanence. As the walls arise, one is impressed with the magnitude of technical detail that the architects have worked into the structure to give it beauty and strength.. This building will doubtless stand long after the present generation has passed on. The box taken from the corner stone of the burned church was opened this week by the Board of Trustees of the church and it was found to contain the following articles: A King James version of the Holy Bible a catalogue of Baker University, 1901 a Methodist Hymnal a copy of the Baldwin Ledger of May 31, 1901, W. C. Markham, editor a supplement of the Ledger under date line of June 7, 1901 a copy of the Baldwin Republican, May 31, 1901, pub. by Gunn & Webster minutes of the South Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Eureka, Kansas minutes of the 46th session of the Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Topeka, Kansas a copy of the Christian Advocate, May 30, 1901 a program of the 43 rd annual commencement of Baker University a copy of the Methodist discipline, 1900 a copy of the Methodist yearbook, 1901 a list of subscriptions to the church fund a copy of the Central Christian Advocate, May 15, 1901 a copy of the Epworth Herald, May 4, 1901 a list of the contents The Board of Trustees has officially designated the following articles to be places in the new box to be placed within the corner stone: a Bible a copy of the 75 th anniversary booklet copies of the Baldwin Ledger of current date and date of the fire a copy of the Baker Orange ~ {p �$1,000; each window in nave, $250.; each window in chapel, $150.; pulpit furniture, ' $500.; communion tables, $200.; chapel furnishings, $500.; furnishings for beginner department $250.; primary department, $250.; junior department $300.; intermediate department $300.; senior (highschool) department $350. In the case of the windows a small bronze plate will be used to carry the name of the one memorialized. Where departments are furnished such plates will be placed upon the doors leading to the department. Only a limited number of these memorials are available. Several have already been spoken for. The names of the contributors to the memorials win be announced later. Those interested should see Dr. Keve or W. M. Clark, chairman of the Building Comminee. Seats win be provided to the north of the new building for the accommoti~tion of the audience next Sunday during the dedicatory services. A platfoml will be erected for the speakers where every one will be able to see and hear. It is planned to arrange the seating so that the shade form the campus trees may be utilized by the audience if the day should be vep] "varm. The Building COB1!11!rree oftl1e church deSef'leS rnnch praise for the good 'llor~~ that it has done in bringing the new huilding to its present state of construction. These officials h~rve \a!ork:eci \"%lithollt ceasing and. \"%l!thollt pay to bring to Bald.,,!lrr an edifice that \Vm he a credit to the entire community, to the local church, to Methodism in general~ 3J1d. to Ba~~er tJniversit'j_ .:Li~S the \.'1!or~~ ofbniiding advances enthnsias!11 increases and the doubting Thomases and the self appointed critics find themselves in a rapidly dirni!1ishing minorirf_ Wiley ,A•. Keve, the pa.'>tor, has overcome many ofthediftlculties that have he set the con1n1irre~\ by tIle energ;T7 o11tin1isrn, and his 1?lide eXj1erience and acqllai11t3.!1CeS!1111. Mention should also he made of the former pastor Rev. Holman ,-vho rendered vaillabie service in the eariy stages of the buiiding program. �a copy of the official records of the official board dealing with the building of the new church a copy of the 1928 discipline minutes of the 1931 Kansas Conference a copy of the program of the comer stone laying service a list of the voluntary labors for cleanup day a church membership roll a list of the official members a copy of the Alumni Bulletin a copy of the Central Christian Advocate a copy of the "Missionary Friend" a copy of "Home Missions" a copy of the World Service Council a list of Sunday School officers and teachers THE PROGRAM The pastor, Dr. Wiley A. Keve will preside. In harmony with traditions and customs the ritual of the church will be followed. The music will be under the direction of Mrs. H. Z. Moore. The program will be given as follows: Instrumental number, Congregational hymn, "I love to Tell The Story;" the ritual introduction by the pastor; anthem by the choir; ritual prayer and psalter by President Wallace B. Fleming; the New Testament lesson by Dr. Wilbur Mason, district superintendent; address, Dr. Edward Hislop; congregational hymn, "The Church's One Foundation;" the laying of the comer stone, Dr. Wilbur Mason; Prayer by Dr. Charles W. Bailey; the Doxology; the Benediction, by President Fleming. LIST OF WORKMEN H. H. Dunham, architect and supervisor, Kansas City, Mo.; A. O. Pearson, Superintendent, Chicago, Ill. CARPENTERS: Everett Cole, Harry Payne, Ted Thornell, Don Clark, G. W. McFerren, A. M. Stewart. STONE CUTTERS: John F. Hilton, Robert Rice, J. A. Kennedy, Bert Tufts. STONE MASONS: F. L. Graves, L. D. Graves, Wm. H. Jefferson, Joe Landis, J. E. Baston, C. E. Hancock, E. R. Trobenins, Edw. Fitzpatrick, Chas. Hopper. CEMENT FINISHERS: L. D. Rosenberry, John Simpson TRUCK DRIVERS: Geo. Marqueling, R. E. Baughman, W. F. Pearson, Geo. Pearson, Paul Sutton, TEAMS: F. H. Pearson, T. J. Anglin, John Shocklin CATERPILLAR OPERATOR: T. J. Anglin, LABOR: G. W. Reynolds, Earl Reynolds, Albert Porter, Bill Wright, Roy McGhee, John Perkins, Myrl Messer, Roy Messer, John Hull, R. A. Gardner, Robert McDaniel, H. H. Hutton, Edw. Pettijohn, HELPER: Robert McBride, BAKER STUDENTS; A. Wilkinson, H. Streator, Karl Spear, Paxton Mize, Chas. Pike, Arthur Burdorff, Fred Clark, Paul Bachelder, Homer Blossom, Harry McPhell, W. E. Bonnett, Elmer Torrence, Fred Walker, F. W. Lane. MEMORIALS On behalf of the Building committee of the new church, Dr. Keve announces the following memorials available for those who wish to perpetuate the memory of a departed love one in this new house of worship; tower $5,000.; chancel window d-7 �a copy of the official records of the official board dealing with the building of the new church a copy of the 1928 discipline minutes of the 1931 Kansas Conference a copy of the program of the comer stone laying service a list of the voluntary labors for cleanup day a church membership roll a list of the official members a copy of the Alumni Bulletin a copy of the Central Christian Advocate a copy of the "Missionary Friend" a copy of "Home Missions" a copy ofthe World Service Council a list of Sunday School officers and teachers THE PROGRAM The pastor, Dr. Wiley A. Keve wiiI preside. In harmony with traditions and customs the ritual of the church will he followed. The music wil! be under the direction of Wrrs. H. Z. Moore. The program \viH be given as follows: LflSLrW.l1eUtal ~limlb-::'r7 ~-;:-::-:;.-.;·.--:.-.::-;t~~-;;i"t~: :-.,;i . . -., • .;.;r :.-.'iF t.-, T,::.:: Th,:. ~tnt~j,,:;'j thp r;tll~1j .ntfY\i~l1c·t.nn }"r th~ n~Qtnl" .J ...... - 1.._........... , .. -.;-_ ..... , "'~""·"C"-O--"""""-" ....... - - ... _. . . - - - ... _- ---_._';' _._- - - - - - ...... - ..... - - - - ....... ... .... ....":' ':" -:-_.. -=-----= . :. . :. .... 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I i . . . . . . . i.... . •.•. ~(;~!=:;"-.=-;;;,;;,;.:; ;':';'=-::';';;,:';:' .. :';':':.::";'''-. :.;,:.;.:...;.;.;:.~ ~=...;:. :;.;;,:.~~;~~ -.=-::':'="'; "-.=-. ;:-.;;,; ~ ........... -.~ :.=...;: ... ' ... ~.- - : ....... :._-.. -.~ ...... '" ~'-.- F~;'!;~:;'~:;':"; ~:.:.::.; ;;,;;,;;,--.;;,;;.~;;;,~; ;,.;; .:;. _........ .. �$1,000; each window in nave, $250.; each window in chapel, $150.; pulpit furniture, $500.; communion tables, $200.; chapel furnishings, $500.; furnishings for beginner department $250.; primary department, $250.; junior department $300.; intermediate department $300.; senior (high school) department $350. In the case of the windows a small bronze plate will be used to carry the name of the one memorialized. Where departments are furnished such plates will be placed upon the doors leading to the department. Only a limited number of these memorials are available. Several have already been spoken for. The names of the contributors to the memorials will be announced later. Those interested should see Dr. Keve or W. M. Clark, chairman of the Building Committee. Seats will be provided to the north of the new building for the accommodation of the audience next Sunday during the dedicatory services. A platform will be erected for the speakers where every one will be able to see and hear. It is planned to arrange the seating so that the shade form the campus trees may be utilized by the audience if the day should be very warm. The Building Committee of the church deserves much praise for the good work that it has done in bringing the new building to its present state of construction. These officials have worked without ceasing and without pay to bring to Baldwin an edifice that will be a credit to the entire community, to the local church, to Methodism in general, and to Baker University. As the work of building advances enthusiasm increases and the doubting Thomases and the self appointed critics find themselves in a rapidly diminishing minority. Wiley A. Keve, the pastor, has overcome many of the difficulties that have beset the committee, by the energy, optimism, and his wide experience and acq~tanceship. Mention should also be made of the former pastor Rev. Holman who rendered valuable service in the early stages of the building program. �~!'"1:'"':~:'1'::---: .r-1':-:"::-:':',;":-'::-1:0 ~:-':~~::..:~:.';"~r :r.-:r'::.:-:, ~~ CHUiiCH "ViLL Ttr- lJultlWtfl Lr-tl}!,r-t, ~..::. 1 ==~~:r:~=--:..=f""!r:n .r Vn. In~.!. n.V.u.!.~.!. LV~..l"~n. ~.!. Vl"~ L~~lnVl".!. H.,',LD SUNiiAY i '';j i .nU!:;. Many interesting articles will go into box which will be laid inside the Stone. ..... vUlll;;llll.1)1)UI;; VJ. tllr- .IJr-U}!,r-t VVII.! VI;; lHl;;ll;;. ~ ~ The iaying of the comer stone of the new $100,000 Methodist Episcopal church will v, I.aJ\.I;; pia"'l;; 0uIIllay AU!:;U1:Il J ell .1VW v ",iv",,,, III UtI;; all.ClUVVll. iiaiUVVlll I;) CA.pC"'UU!:; a large crowd to he present at these ceremonies. Many prominent churchmen from out of • 1 • -:. Il-'VVJJ. lU1V" "",ll. VV\-'U\. 1.\-' •• ':: .1 •. 1 •• 1 • tl.l" ~\-'II.J.I.I.U.""<:;<:; III ,",UaJ.gc Ulal lUCY CJl..PC"'l lU \JC }JI(1)CI.U. The new church takes the place or the old brick church which was destroyed by rire ~~U!.1'J(l.y llJ.'J,!.lll11~ "~E)"""" .hi> ,'"'tL'l. !:t\,.... "Ii' "J un.... 'i..··)1·~ .u :urc ·+ur·.-.h ",··s yya...;: 'la';U" \..,·.1 .'L.' J Ii Y ..'~t0 il\_it :Jt,_}IIC, .. -: ... 1. "'-'v C;UtU;;l JU, 17 ..J\.J,. -:: .~ U11 ! . . . . .... wa~ '-'11 t !.ll1;.!9IJ'!l;J n; .•h.""" U;J"'rr~""n Oil:HI\J!1 .,V C.U ,-_,1 n""rl;~)nn"'d' • .n..... 1. J ...... _ l S;G4 7 ilHH. t-ll"CI i' t;::.i_ll uc:u)' i..,.} Ullili 1.\' -t7 1. 7V 1. tlb~t tl.l~ '-"!J1.11~!. 1!..e {"'I"l'-l'"'ial a"; (')!"la'vt'n"r ..-b UI' 1 \..-. 110:;.",,' ..... lltu"-·ll V';4:l::' \..-1. t..~o::;ul~i:-ii~.l_L 1. il~ fact that nearly three years elapsed between the laying orthe comer stone and the final . . \J;V\.H\.... i:H.IUll -= lll'-t!.~at~~ t.ii!:U, . .itili~~~ ....... ;;;.i~ liUi . . ~i"1j.uJ ~ •. - . ;jUi.~-=ll.ii~lJ «~ :-: Ulii~.. U.li:H. U.i~ .-: ~j~ "j., -:..:- "':' l.':I!.U.ipllj'!, P-resideni L H. Muriln, and Bishop Hughes olliciated at the dedicatory exercises. .. ::... 11~~"V 1.1lt;::: . '-.'llUl\.'.U UUI1Ul:U.S 1::' ;: U~l.Ug - : . . . .. -:: VUlll- '_11 L"];;::·U1UIU ::. . ~.. i:t'''Vi;il_1 ~::H1_;J.I-C:: "",,,'ll..!1 4.:i 111l_;Ull..i". . -i:-lLli_ill or the early English type or architecture. As the new structure emerges, Phoenix Eke, :.. . . ~ llUl.ii tll;;::; ': Vi. ill;:; \j.iU'l 1;" a:!til;;;~ -= ~lU?"• .i'y -: -:. ~il~;'.1;:; "! 1.;";:. ~J.iUU~ "':' ;...... ij~·~.illi5::, -C'!llU C~~ill.li.~j v;; appearance ofmas~lve beauty. One can picture an old ivy covered English stone :: ! :~ . \ ..-11U1.\.;1.'-. ;'_'1 i:l. . ll;.j"~' 6~11~1~H.J.;'IU~ i~l..e;\_J, . ::.. i.ll~ . :: :: lJ.l;;VV VUIIUlllS 1:;:' ]J;;:;111:& UUll~· .i.1Jl p~llll~Hl~ii\'_~;:::T L--~~ the walls arise, one is impressed with the magnitude or technical detail that the . . i~li\'.·l11t;::.:",i~lluV;;:; ..-,;n-'-i.r~;;;;u ilii:u ;;;;;:; ~liu~iul.~ iu &i\o';;;.~l U~!:i.ui'y ~UiU uiiY.li.&Ii..i!", will doubtless stai'ld long aner the present generatlnn ha.q pa.;;sed on. -::~ . -:: -: -: 1. iI;;::; V'l_Jl-.... I..J.l\..'~ll 11'Ulll til;;:;; ;'_J\_nilt;;;l :J!.-UH.-'::; Ul. U .. i~ Ul.Hlli;;U ;'....,llUl\vii . .. "~';i.:t::, ;;.;p;;:;;11;;:; ....i 'till;::" ;r,;,'CCI...... U:f the Board or-Trustees orthe church and it wa. :; round io contain the 1(')lIowing articles: a catalogue of Baker University, 1901 ~i IVj_;;;:;·'tlJ.;_a_~l::;,t. 1.i.Jlliilul a copy nrthe Baldwin T,edger oCMay 31,1901, W. C. Markham, editor ~ U ;::,uppH:ali~lii vi iil;:; • ~ 4 i..A.::.ti};.c; tH.H..i~l t.ii:a;';;:;; ;;;l~ t.H. JUll;;:;; ; -:- .i 7V.i a corN of the Baldwin Reouhlican. Mav 31. 1901. nub. bv Gunn & Wehster .JI. . . L ' ; ~ .,.. .; .II. IHluuie.:-) ui tilt.:; Suud! KaH~a~ \.-='~uiil~n;!il,,;t::, i :'j,j i, ., 11tHl at r:,un':;~&il, r. . . ilH:i{:!;j n"'1utes of the 46th session of the Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Topel'..a, .r,..[t.n.sas a copy nrthe Chrislian Advm:a{e, May 30, 1901 .. • .... : 1 . . ~-'- pi~_;.sIXH.:U ui~ tire "'T_r- i:UllI.U~li .. "":OllllllCll"'Clli-C;lli vi ij;.:.ti\.;:;1 , ' ;_1 III ¥;:;1 ~ll.y a copy or the Methodist discipline, 1900 . .. (.i ;,,~uP: vi ;;;t;:Il"·.!J;;i;iUU1~i :t;:I;':;..l;j~j~ji..-7 i 7vi a I1sl. or subscriptions in the church fund 4:i "'~l_;jJY ,_,i i.il"C: l_.t-::rui(.;£ i_.·;u 1.i:';i.l·UH .I1{+1/Vl.i.-+U'~7 lVJXiY ~ "on" ofthp Hnwn .... --r.J r , .. .. th R".., ..nlrl 1\A~" A.., 1901 a iis! (~i tile contents -~ -~- N _.- ~~-. ---, ~'~-.J T.'1e Board of Tru.ste.es ha<:; nlTiclaHy desl!:;'1lated the 1i.)Howlng artides tn be places in a Bihle :".-: a _ _ ..t. '-.IUUY \)1. ll1;;;i ;._,.-- ,,:ij,iiliV;:;lJalj' - : . V;'_;;']£a·J.~t cnpl~~ of the Baldwin ledger of current date and date or the ilre �Ethics in Publishing Family Histories I Steve's Genealogy Blog Page 2 of 16 • Comments RSS • WordPress.org Posted on 31 July, 2007 by Steve 36 Comments Ethics in Publishing Family Histories Facts can't be copyrighted. I was surprised when a friend of mine who practices copyright law first passed this information on to me. Reflecting on this statement, it makes sense. How could anyone claim copyright to the name of the ship on which their immigrant ancestor sailed, or the date of death of their great great grandfather, or the amount that an ancestor paid in monthly rent? Recent legal opinion has even decided that certain compilations of facts, such as telephone directories, are not subject to copyright. But what about compiled genealogies? What can I include in a published genealogy without infringing on someone else's rights? And what rights do I have to the compilations I produce? Genealogists generally like to share their discoveries by compiling a family tree and providing it to family members or other people who are researching the same line. Many genealogists share their discoveries online, posting GEDCOM files to sites such as RootsWeb, Ancestry.com, or to one of the new Web 2.0 applications for collaborative efforts in Family History Research. On more than a few occasions, I've read tales of how someone shared their pedigree with someone else, only to find their own work published on the Internet without permission, often without any citation of the source of the pedigree. Those whose hard work has been published without their consent have sometimes been furious about having their work published. So, what recourse does someone have when they find their work published without their consent and without attribution? Do those who produce compiled genealogies own copyright to their cOlppilations of names, dates, and locations? The facts themselves are not copyrightable. That much is clear. Certain compilations such as phone books are not copyrightable. But what about compiled genealogies? Since compiled genealogies involve discovering relationships, finding facts in unusual locations, arid carefully assembling the information to reflect the structure and organizations of ancestral families, complied genealogies are probably considered creative works and, therefore, are probably protected by copyright. The owner of the copyright to a compiled genealogy would probably have available whatever recourse is available under the applicable copyright laws. So, can I incorporate several generations of genealogical information compiled by someone else into my own family history and publish the work without permission of the original compiler? Frequently, compiled genealQgies are published without information about the person who conducted the research or compiled the work. But, anonymous works are still protected under the copyright laws. I don't knqw the answers to these questions. I'm not a copyright attorney and my opinions are mine alone. As others including footnoteMaven have recently pointed out, even the opinion of someone licensed to practice law is only an opinion. Decisions on copyright issues are generally made by the courts. To protect the integrity of my work, I can: http://s~ephendanko.com/blog/index. php/archives/15 80 10/28/2009 �Ethics in Publishing Family Histories I Steve's Genealogy Blog Page 3 of16 • Incorporate information from other compiled genealogies into my own only after obtaining copies of source material used to support that information. • Where appropriate, cite the original compiled genealogy as a source. This source will be a derivative source, but a source, nonetheless. • Where possible, obtain permission from the original compiler before incorporating the work into my own published genealogy. What about sources? Many of the sources genealogists use in their work are publicly available sources such as vital records, census records, and immigration records. Some sources, though, are oral histories, letters, diaries, phone conversations, and e-mail communications. Each of these sources is protected by copyright in and of themselves. Generally, citing sources without reproducing the original work is considered acceptable. Still, great aunt Marge may not want her private letters to me cited as a source in a published genealogy. And what about information on living individuals? Genealogists agree that it is never acceptable to publish information on living individuals in a publicly available medium. How about publishing information on living individuals in a family history available only to those named in the work? What about publishing potentially sensitive information such as illegitimate births, same sex relationships, and causes of death? To avoid disenfranchisement of my relatives and the sources of personal communications, I can: • Request permission to include personal communications as sources in compiled genealogies. • Never publish information about living individuals in a publicly published genealogy. • Request permission to mclude information about living individuals in family histories destined for distribution to family members. . • Request permission to include potentially sensitive information from those who might be impacted by publishing that information. These suggestions will be difficult to reduce to practice. Even if I get permission from the person most closely affected by potentially sensitive information, some other member of the family may be aghast that the information is included. While my decisions may not always be perfect, I'll evaluate the information I intend to publish and decide what to include and what information for which to request permission on a case-by-case basis. And I'll certainly have to consider whether something I publish has the potential to harm someone else. Even this approach is not without an ethical dilemma. By choosing not to report certain information I may risk compromising the integrity and accuracy of my work. What to do? Well, I'll do the best that I can. Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko Share and Enjoy: http://step~endanko.com/blog/index.php/archives/1580 10/28/2009 �•• Th. lines are fa lien unto me yea} . goodly-heritase. Ps lfi' in pleascmt plClces j .I have CI J/ �Introduction Compiling the information included in this Historical account, along with our memories of Grandma Florys narrations of these events has been enjoyable. She was 2 years old when their family and caravan arrived at Westport Landing (K.C.) and near 10 years old when Quantrills men raided their home. We have quoted occasionally from "History of the Church of the Brethren in Kans." by Elmer LeRoy Craik and greatly appreciate the permission to use this by Susan Taylor and Raymond Flory of McPherson Coliege. We were also aided by relatives and friends in many ways: old paper clippings, typing, editing, and suggestions. It is our prayer and desire that the efforts in compiling this information may be a means of s~rengthening our Faith in the "God of our Fathers," and increasing our appreciation for the Heritage we are the recipients of, including the responsibility of "earnestly contending for the Faith which was once delivered unto the saints," for our posterity, and others who answer the call. May we be found ready and waiting for His Return is our prayer. John W. and Ethel Bee~hley R.R. 2 Box 139 Baldwin City, KS. 66006 �Table Of .Jntents Ulrich Family History and Memories ................................ 1 Organization of the First Congregation of G.B. Brethren in K S ... 3 Organization of Congregation South of Pleasant Grove ..... ~ ....... 5 Border Conflicts, Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence and Area .. ~ ....... 5 Sante Fe Trail and Willow Springs History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Charter Members and Organization of Willow Springs District ...... 9 The Ulrich Cemetery by Bertha Ulrich (1938) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I. . . . . . 10 Ulrich Family Genealogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 • • • • • • 14 �1 The Ulrich family trace their lineage to a group of G~rman people who became restless under religious persecution in Germany, and migrated to Holland in 1705. After residing there several years they received a promise of religious freedom in the English colonies or America, so they embarked for the coast of England, where they boarded ships for the perilous journey across the Atlantic ocean. In this group was one Jacob Ulrich, then a lad of about 16 years, who sailed on the ship, Pennsylvania, from Plymouth, England, and entered this country Sept. 11, 1732. They landed at New York, but at the invitation of Wm. Penn, they migrated to Pennsylvania. According to legal records and early Wm. Penn history, we are told the Ulrich family obtained land from the Wm. Penn government, and settled near Roaring Spring, then a frontier town. Records indicate that a John Ulrich, born in Pa. in 1764, married Christena Brumbaugh, daughter of Conrad Brumbaugh 9f Bedford county Pa. and raised a family. His wife Christena died and he later married Elizabeth Clapper. The Ulrich family built and operated flour mills in that area. John Ulrich Sr. started to Indiana in 1821 to attend a sale of public land at Richmond, Indiana. He rode h6rseback from Roaring spring, Pa. spending the winter at Dayton, Ohio before going on to the sale at Richmond, Ind. He could ~ot speak English so when he bid he held up one finger for one dollar and then with the forefinger on his right he made a sign on the forefinger on the left hand of one quarter more to indicate he had bid $1.25 per acre. He had bid off 1200 acres of land on Nettle Creek for $1500.00. in gold. He had this much money along in his saddle bag He had obtained it from the sale of the Mill and Mill Seat at Roaring Spring. This Mill he had operated.since 1795 and it had been willed to him by his father Daniel Ulrich the year 1781. in~ John Ulrich Sr. had eight children and to each he willed a share of this 1200 acres which he purchased in Wayne county, Ind. John Ulrich Sr. and his second wife Elizabeth and their family moved to Wayne county in 1822, locating northwest of Five Points along Nettle Creek, and built a log cabin there. near an Indian trail. The cabin WaS Tradition has it that when the men folks �2 were gone from the house, Elizabeth would hang several men's hats on the pegs outside the door so that any Indians by would suppose there were men at horne. pa~sing In this way she was able to keep away unwelcome visitors. These early families were all members of the German Baptist Brethren, then called Dunkers. Sept. 12, 1932 Hagerstown, Ind. celebrated the 100th Anniversary on that day, of the founding of the town by Jacob Ulrich, a son of John Ulrich Sr. We are told that in the cemetary nearby are the graves of John, and Elizabeth Ulrich, his second wife. This Jacob Ulrich, being our Great Grandfather, is the one weare attempting to trace from here on in this article. We know that he had brothers and sisters but we have only sketchy data of them in our files. We do have a record of Jacob having married Mary Hoover while they were still living in P~. These w~re our Great Grandparents. When I was a boy at horne, our grandmother, Susannah (Ulrich) Flory would stay with us sometimes weeks at a time, as she did with her other daughters and sons. passed away. This was after grandpa had Occasionally we would get her to tell some of the early pioneer day stories of ~er childhood with her parents, Jacob and Mary (Hoover) Ulrich. Our grandmother was the youngest of 13 children, 3 of them died when young. 1938. She was born Oct. 20, 1853 and died Feb. 10, She married Wesley Flory, also the youngest of 13 children, on Jan. 22, 1871. He was born Jan. 31, 1852 and died Sept. 23, I 1927. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters; Elmer L., Ira C., and Abraham J., Mary Postma, Elnora Brohammer and Christena Beeghley. Grandma's parents, Jacob and Mary (Hoover) Ulrich were some of the earliest German Baptist Brethren settlers in Kansas. Previous to 1855, Jacob had made two trips to Kansas territory on horseback, as one of his sons later described him, "a sort of natural rover." His objective was eastern Kansas but on one of these trips he went as far as Ft. Riley. Disposing of his property early in 1855, Jacob headed a caravan of 11 covered wagons bound for Kansas. members o~ Besides his family,: other the party were; Aaron Eller and family, I. B. Hoover and family, Wm. Rafe and family, Daniel Holsinger and family, ~.j -- �Henry Messenheimer and family, David Longanecker, and the Evans family (who stopped 50 miles east of St. Louis in ~.d.) .. Their route took them through Indianapolis, Terra Haute, St. Louis, and Kansas City, (then named {'iestport Landing). They airived at Westport Landing Oct. 20, 1855 and decided to spend the winter there where the comforts of life were easier to obtain than on the Kansas side. Accordingly they camped at Wyandotte, doing their trading at Parkville, Mo., ten miles up the Missouri River. Kansas ~ity was originally a fur trading post while called Westport Landing. Later in 1838 it was organized ., under the name Kansas, but spelled "Kanzas", after a tribe of Kanza Indians. Kansas bacame a Territory in 1854 and a State in 1861 and was probably named after the Kanza Indians. The present name of Kansas City was adopted in 1889. Our Grandmother, Susannah, was a young traveler of 2 years old when they arrived at Westport Landing. We are told that after her father Jacob sold his Indiana property including the Mills, he converted the money into gold which he put in the bottom of their covered wagon hidden under a false floor. According to World Encyclopedia the first bridge across the Missouri river was completed in 1869, so we suppose these covered wagons, horses and people crossed the river by ferryboat to Ks. In March 1856 these immigrants started out on the old Santa Fe trail for Breckenridge county, (now Lyon county Ks.), where they had found a favorable location through the help of Peter Ikenberry, also from Ind. The "float titles" were used to secure for'Ulrich 2 sections of good Wyandotte Indian land, 10 miles southwest of the present city of Emporia. Other members of the Ulrich party settled in the vicinity of the future city of Emporia. Jacob's son Daniel was present when the first load of material was unloaded preparatory to erecting the first building in Emporia. These frontiersmen had much labor to do in preparing homes in a new land but their spiritual welfare was also their concern. In the summer of 1856, the first congregation of German Baptist Brethren to be organized in Kansas was established under the name "Cottonwood Church". and wife, Charter members were; Jacob Ulrich I. B. Hoover, Peter Ikenberry, Gabriel Jacobs and ;wife and daughter and David Longanecker. The first sermon preached �by a German Baptist Brethren minister was in the summer of 1856 by Gabriel Jacobs who had moved there from Deleware county Ind. and had taken a claim 12 miles south of Emporia. The first love feast in Kansas was in Jacob Ulrich's home in Dec. 1856. They soon became dissatisfied with this location, close to the Cottom.;ood river, the "ague" (malaria) becoming a problem and the closest physician was 50 miles distant so again they made plans to move. The Ellers and Messenhimers went to'Iowa, the Ulrichs went to Douglas county Ks., and the Holsingersremained there. The first correspondence from Kansas found in the "Gospel " Visitor" is from the pen of Jacob Ulrich Dec. 30, 1856; "There are but few members here and only one laborer in the Word,. holds meeting every four weeks in rotation. Jacobs. He His name is Gabriel We now live on the Cottonwood river, 20 miles south of Council Grove; but we intend, God willing, by the first of March to move 8 miles south of La'iYr'l:!nce to a place called Hickory Point, near the Santa Fe road. This is a pleasant and fertile country, the climate mild and good for a prairie country, and it is hoped that peace, one of the greatest comforts and blessings of thi s world, is once more restored in Kansas; thi s i s 'the genera 1 belief here". An account in "History of the Church of the Brethren in Kansas" by Craik says, " "more than any other man, Jacob Ulrich put ,Kansas on the map as far as the Brethren were concerned, communicating by letter and through the pages of the Gospel Visitor, encouraging families and ministers to move westward." In Church history we find Jacob spoken of as a Deacon, but we do not find when or where he was elected, probably before they moved from Ihdiana. The Brethren had entered Kansas during a period of violence and peace was much longed for. The Wakarusa war ended in Dec. 1855, but that was not the end of the struggle, for on May 21, 1856 Sherrif Jones entered and sacked Lawrence and 3 days later John Brown executed the Pottawatomie massacre. Border ,·rarfare set in for the next 4 months, Missourians against Kansans, pro slavery men against free state men. After the arrival of Governor Geary, the third territorial governor, and after Sept. 1856 lawlessness subsided for some time. �5 After getting settled in Douglas county, about 8 of Lawrence and a mile east of 59 Highway on wha~ mile~ south is now known as the Plummer place, Jacob Ulrich became a mover in organizing the few members who came with them from Cottonwood or had come directly to Douglas County. One of the newcomers was Elder Abraham Rothrock from Pennsylvania, who had been attracted to Kansas by Bro. Ulrich's articles in the Church paper, and he became ·the first elder of the Brethren in Kansas. Before the organi~ation, services were held in the Ulrich schoolhouse. This organization occurred in 1858 in Stephen Studebaker's log house about 4 miles southwest of Pleasant Grove with 12 members. Abraham Rothrock and wife, Stephen Studebaker and wife, Daniel Studebaker and wife, Daniel Keeny and wife, Jacob Markley and wife, Isaac Hoover and David Kinzie. An election was held with Daniel Studebaker chosen for minister and Isaac Hoover for deacon. Bro. Rothrock was elder in charge. This.was close to the house where Laurie and Edith Postma lived. By all historical records we can find, the Pleasant Grove meeting house, built in 1877 may have been the first one built in Kansas by G. B. brethren. A couple years after 1881 Brethren at Willow Springs took their stand with the Old Orders, organized in 1883 and built their meeting house at its present location, with 46 charter members. A list of these charter members will follow the last page of this historical record. The next several years were troublous times for the new settlers including the brethren. Grandma said they would see Indians occasionally but they were peaceful. Border conflicts by pro slavery activists became a problem, as most of the Kansas settlers wanted it to be a free state~ Slaves would escape from the south and east seeking refuge across the borders, and were helped by "free staters." The "Underground Railroad" was the popular name given to the secret means employed by the Northerners and Free staters, in assisting Negro slaves to escape from slave states before and during the Civil War. Homes of Northern sympathizers were used as hiding places where they were given food, rest, and hjding, moving north by night until Canada, their goal of freedom, was reached. It was estimated �6 more than 25,000 Negros were given aid in obtaining their, freedom, during a period of 25 years. Settlers in eastern Kans. helped these negros and this caused bitter strife and border raids on homes, from pro-slavery groups. destroyed by Houses were bur:-:d and many homes Confederate guerrilla bands. On Aug. 21, 1863 such a band was led by William Quantrill, who with three hundred or more desperadoes, early on the morning of the day mentioned, swooped down on the defenseless town of Lawrence, KS. In a few hours about 150 persons were killed and from one to two million dollars worth of property was destroyed by fire. The drunken and infuriated mob left Lawrence burning late in the forenoon, going dir~ctly south towards the farm of Jacob Ulrich and reaching there near noon. The aged brother was not aware of their malicious ~ntentions, but two of his sons, John and Daniel, and son-in-law, Joseph Shively, rescued the family and they all fled to the woods, while Quantrill's band helped themselves to the food before setting fire to the house where many valuable papers and records perished. The $2500.00 barn with it's well filled bins and hay mow went up in smoke. The total loss was about $6000.00 which was a considerable' sum in those days. Grandma Flory would tell us this story as she remembered it, as she was nearly 10 years old at that time. Soon after Quantrill's men left, they must have seen the barn was not burning, as Jacob and his sons had come out. ba~k and ptit the fire The raiders returned and set it on fire again and it burned. Grandma said when they came back from the woods a horse was tied to a tree nearby and the rider lying on the ground drunken. One of her brothers said "We'll shoot him," but her father said, "No, let him go." This is a good example of their non-resistant home teaching. Grandma's father, Jacob, was just recovering from an illness at that time and he did not long survive the shock and exposure. He died Nov. 24, 1863, just 3 months later. Grandma told of another home where Quantrill's men approached a woman in the doorway. Upon being told to "Get out, we are burning all the houses," she told them if they would help carry out;this one rug she had rolled up, they could have everything else.' They did so, not knowing her husband was rolled up in the rug! At another home a man was dressed in his wife's clothes and they �7 were both spared. Word had gotten around of the raiders :'approaching and their malicious intentions. We do not remember hearing the names of these people. The raiders approached the horne of Elder Abraham Rothrock, " southeast of the Ulrich horne and he had been warned of their approach and hid in a cornfield but when he saw his wife and daughter being mistreated by the ruffians he returned to the house. As he stood near the open cellar door and tried to reason with the men, his ,vife said, "Don't hurt him, he's a preacher." "I'll show you what we do to preachers" shoot him. and sa id, The raider' said, and pulled his guri to One of his fellows behind him grabbed his gun arm "I f you shoot him, into the cellar. I'll shoot you," so he pushed Rothr.ock This is the way Grandma told us, although some others have it that he was shot three times and fell into the cellar. Bro. Rothrock was wounded but Daniel Ulrich help~d carry him out of the cellar, also a man named Campbell helped t~em, as the ruffians had left after setting fire to the house. Rothrock survived the injuries and lived until 1870. Bro. Through it all he never deviated from his conscientious principles,. he lay in bed a neighbor who was a Baptist preacher named While Tu~ker called on him, and thinking to discover a weakening in the elder's views asked, "Mr. Rothrock, what would you do if you had those men (the guerrillas) in your power now?" prostrate man replied, Quick as a flash the "I would convert everyone of them!" "Well," said the neighbor, "that beats my religion." The original Santa Fe trail was one of the longest roads of the period that preceded the railroad. From Independence, 'Mo. (Westport Landing) to Santa Fe, New Mexico the distance was 775 miles by way of Dodge City and Cimmaron Ks., although a longer route through Garden City, Ks., and Bents Fort,Colorado was' 850 miles, but much safer. Occasional trips between these points were made as early as 1804, but wagon traffic was more regular after 1821. Because of conflicts with Indians, a party large enough to defend themselves. it was usually A wagon train usually consisted of 26 wagons, each drawn by ten oxen or mules. Each wagon carried about 6000 lbs. and' a days journey was 17 mile,s. For many years, the traders made only one trip a year, but by 1860, there were trains leaving every few days. 'to �8 A little over a mile east of Willow Springs Meeting house in a timber pasture area, we found a rocky mound when I was a boy, with a native stone marker with the inscription chiseled on _w, "Sar.a Snelling, May 23, 1849, age 82." This was very close to the original Santa Fe Trail. We have a map of Douglas County, 1858, that shows the proposed railroad routes and a proposed town with 10 square blocks in the present Willow Springs Meeting house area. We are told there was a post office where the Sante Fe Trail-Willow Springs'marker is at Warren Shucks corner, also a store for travellers ~6 get supplies, a hotel and a spring in the field southwest of there to get water. This store was still there past the year 1900. Because the railroad built farther east to avoid the Pleasant Grove hill, and went through Baldwin on to Ottawa, the plans for building a town at Willow Springs did not materialize. As of 1992, the Willow Springs C~urch district meetinghouse still stands and holds regular meetings every Sunday morning or Sunday night. The membership is 78 now, with 4 ministers and 5 deacons. 11 �9 These are the names of the brethren and sisters that too~ the old order stand at Pleasant Grove in 1883, forming the Willow Springs district of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Jonathan Whistler Abraham Flory Lydia " Sarah " Jacob Chrowl Jake Markley (deaco~i Betsy " his wife Issac Flory Lewis Churchbaugh Samuel Flory Mary " Elizabeth Flory Michael Oswalt Levi Flory (deacon) Sarah " Sarah " Grandpa Platz Manuel E. Flory Grandma " Tom Warne Henry Spitler (deacon) Barbara Warne Mary " Isaac Flory William Dangler Emeline " Mary " Samuel Peffley Abram Bates Mary " his wife Manuel K. Flory Grandpa Mohler Belle " Grandma Mohler Abe Flory Mohler's daughter Sarah Flory Jake Bowers Aaron Miller Joseph Kinney (deacon) Althea Miller Christopher Flory (second degree minister) Susannah Flory Mary Flory These forty six members built the Willow Springs meeting house at the present location in 1885. An addition was built on the east end of the building in 1952, and on the west end in 1978. Uncle Chris Flory was the only minister to take the old order stand and he was 54 at the time. All the elders stayed with the conservative group. During the months and years that followed 1883, Jonathan Whistler was chosen to the ministry, Uncle Chris Flory was ordained an elder and others moved here including Reed Wells. Also several who were undecided at first, soon cast their lot with the old orders. Our Grandfather, Wesley Flory, was baptized soon after 1883. ' Dan Flory was given this list of the charter members by his Uncle Chris Flory. Chris died Dec. 25, 1899, and is buried in the cemetery near Pleasant Grove. He was 70. His obituary is in March 1900 Vindicator. The first Vindicator Ministerial list we can find is Dec. 1887 and it lists Chris Flory and J. B. Whistler in Willow Springs~ The next list we find is in June 1890, where J. B. Rinehart and S. R. Wells are also listed. Eight Mile District, (Franklin County) organized 1884, house built 1891-92 Cedar Creek District, (Anderson County) organized 1885, house built 1889 Sand Creek (Pratt County) organized 1902, house built 1907 Big Creek (Gove county) organized- 1891, house built 1908 --- -_. - ' - - - '-'--'.-'_~ __" ___ __- - - - - - - - - - - - . ~ �10 THE ULRICH CEMETERY In a secluded spot, about three miles southeast from Pleasant Grove, ~here is a silent city--the last earthly resting place of those of our brave pioneer forefathers who lived in this community. By their sides, also, lie some of their descendants. This plot of ground was given for this purpose by Benjamin Ulrich, whose father, Jacob Ulrich, pre-empted from the government the farm of which this cemetery was a part. It was named the Ulrich Cemetery and deeded to the association, the first trustees of which were: Adam Kling, Samuel Baker, and John Bower. It is not known who was first laid to rest here but it, is probable that it was Sarah Ulrich, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ulrich. (1857) Travel in those days being slow and communication much slower, the father and mother were returning from a visit:in th~ir horne state, happy in the thought of again being with their family, but were met with the sad news that·death had suddenly snatched from the horne their beloved daughter, and her form now rested beneath the prairie sod. As we wander from grave to grave and read the inscr~ptipns thereon, we find the names of the parents or grandparents ~f many of us who are now present; or of their friends of whom we have often heard. Here lies Jacob Ulrich, born July 10, 1803, died Nov. 24, 1863, and beside him his wife, Mary Hoover Ulrich, born Dec. 3, 1808, died Oct. 22, 1883. He was born in Pennsylvania, on a farm which is now the site of the city of Roaring Spring. This tract"of land was deeded in 1781 by Daniel Ulrich to his son, John, father of Jacob. In the course of time Jacob Ulrich and his father turned their steps westward, locating in Indiana, where they built and operated flour mills and were instrumental in founding the city of Hagerstown in 1832. The Indiana homes of both John and Jacob Ulrich are still in a good state of preservation. In the Ulrich cemetery near by lie John Ulrich and his wife. In 1855 Jacob Ulrich and his family pioneered still farther west. With them carne a number of other families, there being eleven prairie schooners in the caravan. Kansas. They settled in eastern About two years later Jacob Ulrich acquired the farm ~ �11 of which this cemetery is a part. Here he spent his remaining years in loyal devotion to his church, his neighbors and his family. Although during the famine years (1859-1861) he disbursed thousands of dollars of relief money, sent from the East, he would not accept one cent for his services, nor would he allow one cent to be used to feed the many hungry people who came to his door, but performed this service from his own resources. He was just recovering from an illness when Quantrill and his band who had just sacked Lawrence, arri ved, burned the large ho" 3e and the well filled graneries. He did not long survive the shock. His sons, Benjamine, John, Daniel, Jacob, and Henry and his daughters, Christena Metsker, Ann Cook, Mary Shively, and Susannah Flory, remained in Douglas County, where they built homes, reared families and contributed to the wellfare of their respective communities. Their decendants, at their annual reunion in Lone Star, have-an average attendance of about two hundred. Near his fathers grave lies Benjamine Ulrich and Esther Shively Ulrich, his wife. He was born 1832, died 1913. 1842 and died 1911. remembrance by many. She was born Uncle Ben and Aunt Esther are held in· loving They lived on the old homestead and were faithful members of the Brethren Church (then called Dunker Church) which was established on Kansas soil largely through the efforts of grandfather Jacob Ulrich, all of whose children lived and died in the dunker faith. Benjamine Ulrich's sons, Herschel, Grover and Harry and daughters, Mrs. Laura Fox and Mrs. Anna Churchbaugh, live near the old heme. We next corne to the graves of Daniel Ulrich, son of Jacob, born AprilS, 1838 and died March 21, 1919 and his wife, Mary Weybright Ulrich, born January 6, 1841, died January 23, 1890. He was a worthy son of so noble a father. Their surviving children are Charles Ulrich of Leavenworth Co., William Ulrich of Lone Star and Mrs. Etta Shank of California. Here lies Philip Cook, born 1832 died 1868, and his wife, Anna Ulrich Cook, born 1832, died 1912. Ulrich. She was a daughter of Jacob She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alice Pray, of Alva, Oklahoma and several grandchildren~who live out of this state. We corne now to the grave of Mrs. Barbara Bailey, born 1823; died :917. She was always glad to help a neighbor. ~i ___ ~ _ _ _ _ ___ ___ --'-_ ~ __ .I: Old settlers �12 recall that although in her later years she was unable to walk; this did not prevent her regular attendance at church. Her son, Henry, who now lives in Baldwin, carried his aged mother from " his buggy into church, then out again each Sunday. Next is the grave of George Gerard, tell us that here lies another pioneer. 1829 to 1863. These dates His grandsons, Carl and George VanHoesen, live near Willow Springs. Here lies Adam Kling, a soldier in the Union Army, born 1833, died 1884. Next Elizabeth, his wife, born 1834, died 1883. Beside them lie several children who died in infancy. Here is the grave of Samuel Baker, born 1833, died 1884'and his wife, Elizabeth, born 1834, died 1917. in the Dunker Church. He was a minister Over here on one lot we find three graves. a brother-in-law lie here. Two brothers and The story is told how the three young men and their wives pioneered to Kan~as, but their joy was soon turned to sorrow for the three husbands all died within one year and the young wives returned to their eastern homes. were: Ephriam Miller, John Miller, and Harry Comer. about 1865. The men They died We find on the next few monuments the names of individuals of whom little is now known, however, we know they were a part of the community life of the early days in which they lived. They too knew the ho~es, the fears, the joys, the sorrows, the pleasure and the pain that went to make up the life of the pioneer. Let us read the inscriptions on their monuments: Philena Bing born 1811 died 1871 John Bower born 1800 died 1879 Elizabeth Bower born 1801 died 1877 Jacob Bower born 1825 died 1918 Wm. McKinney born 1811 died 1868 Nancy McKinney born 1811 died 1882 Archybold Marshall born 1805 died 1870 �13 Let us pause now to consider the heritage left us by those who sleep in this cemetery. A heritage of houses and fields, of pastures and woodlands, of school houses and church buildings? Yes, these 9nd more. A heritage of faith, courage and endurance, of love of neighbor, of country and of God. Let us hold fast to the abiding values for which their lives stood. William Ulrich and Herschel Ulrich are trustees of the ,cemetery at the present time. Written by Mrs. William (Ber~ha) Ulrich October 20, 1938 The Ulrich Cemetery is located 1.2 miles east of 59 highway on C. R. 460, .5 mile north, and .3 west. It is on the original Jacob Ulrich farm, now called the Plummer place. Elder Abraham Rothrock and his wife Mary are buried at the Brumbaugh Cemetery, which is located 2.3 miles east on C. .4 miles north on the left side of the road. ~. 460 �'14 The Ulrich Family Jacob Ulrich- Born July 9-1803, Died Dec, 22-1863 (marri~d Mary Hoover) children 1. 2, 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Christena Benjamin John .'\nn Daniel Jacob Mary Henry Sarah Susannah married " John Metsker Esther Shively Lyddie Brewer Philip Cook Mary Weybright Mary Ann Studebaker Joseph Shively Martha Jones died when a young lady Wesley Flory ----------------------------------------------------------------1. Christena Ulrich Metsker 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. married " " " Mary Spitler John Barton 1. Bond 2. Christ Miller Cyrus Flory Mary Barton Benjamin Ulrich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 3. Martin Metsker Mary Ann Jane Sarah Henry Eli married Lillie Ellis Melvin ---------" Clara Wm. Jacobs " David Fox Laura " Addie Steve Wilson " AlVin} Twins died in infancy Alma Anna married Louis Churchbaugh Hershel Mary Churchbaugh " Harry never married Robert never married Grover married Grace Boehle John Ulrich 12. 3. 4. 5. 6. Anna Mary Jake Charles William Margaret Aaron married " " " " " John Baker Eva Kennedy Maggie Eberhart 2. Emma Harris Ira Rothrock Mattie Miller ------------------------------------------------------------------4. Ann Ulrich Cook 1. 2. 3. Alice Cook Wesley Cook Josephine Cook married " " 17 Charles Pray John Ka therman . �15 Daniel Ulrich 5. Manford married Alice King James " Sallie Brown William H. " Bertha Winter 4.- Charles Sally Burton " 5. Etta " Jacob Shank ---------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 6. Jacob Ulrich Melissa died in childhood Walter died in infancy Edwin died in infancy Milton died in infancy 5. Clark 6. Roena Mitchell 7. Frederic 8. Leroy 9. Minnie 10. Elida II. Albert ---------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 4. 7. Mary Ulrich Shively Sarah married Abraham Hartman Lutilia Wm. Stutsman " Edward I. Ella Stutsman 2. Ora Mine " Arminita(Minnie) Eliza Stutsman " 5. Lydia died at 15 years 6. Alice married Samuel Garst ----------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 4. 8. Henry Ulrich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Oliver Emma Robert Arthur Edward Mabel Grace Clifford married 1. Gertrude Bell 2. Mildred Freemar " Lincoln Petefish " 1. Pearl Custer 2. Nina Custer " Bessie Davenport " Ferby Lowe "" O. A. Ramseyer never married died in childhood -----------------------------------------------------------------10. Susannah Ulrich Flory 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ._- -----~-- Elmer Ira Abraham Mary Nora' Christena married " " " " ' " Ella Montgomery 1. Ida Flory 2. Fan~y Flory 1. Viola Flory 2. Della Wingert Wm. Postma Charles Brohammer Daniel Beeghley �.. : .•. . . . •.•. . ••• d. ••• Q~~. 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This church directory marks the 85th year of the North Lawrence Christian congregation and the seventh year of our ministry to God with you. We have shared together in sorrow and joy; in death and in life. We have experienced loss and gain. We are again reminded of Romans 8:28, "and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him who have been called according to His purpose." Let us use this directory to pray and promote one another and our Lord. Ken and Lynn Ma~on Preacher and Wife "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Eph. 3:20, 21 OUR GATHERINGS 9:30 A. M................................................ Fellowship - Sharing 9:50 A. M...................................................... Bible School 10:50 A. M............................. Preaching, Praying and Promoting Our Lord r!:>-/ �\ A HISTORY OF OUR CONGREGATION The history of the North Lawrence Christian Church dates from 1894, when the Evangelist, Charles Sharp, held an evangelistic meeting for the Christian Church in Bunn'~ Grove in North Lawrence. During this meeting several families from that part of the city became members. After the meeting these members met and voted to establish a congregation in North Lawrence. The first services were held in the Home Aid Building, 324 Locust Street. This building was used for all kinds of meetings. It has since been set back from the street and remodeled into a residence. The membership moved into Dicker's Hall, 7th and Locust Streets, after moving from this building. The present site was purchased from Alfred J. and Elizabeth G. Dicker, September 26, 1896. The men of the church broke ground and laid the foundation. Then came the long hard struggle to raise funds for the building. Once every summer the Sunday School would hold its annual picnic at Stiner's Grove north and east of Lawrence on the Stiner farm. Through these picnics William Stiner became so interested in the church that he told the members he would lend them $1,000.00 if they could raise the balance. The cornerstone with the names of the Charter members placed within was laid in 1896. Some of the Charter members were Mr. and.Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Foster, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Manning, Mrs. Jerd Tyson, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Martin. Most of the carpentry work was done by George McCleary, assisted by Claude Dicker and by the men of the church. Howard Willis was the first preacher of the new congregation. Some of the preachers who succeeded him were: McHale, Stull, Finkle, Meyers, Holyfield, Popplwell, Thomas, Barnard, Figs, Elder, Friezen, Mrs. Dorothy Wright Shank, Coatney, Clark W. Comstock, Leonard Wymore, Gilbert Yerian, Leroy Crocker, Jack Nickelson, J. A. Wilton, Wesley· Keltcher, Maurice Bigger, Ernest W. Burke, Jack McCall, Tom Simmons, Richard Southard, John L. King, and our present preacher, Kenneth R. Mason. The first Superintendent of the Sunday School was William Foster. The present Sunday School Superintendent is Hubert Pritchett. Elders of the congregation are Landis Penfold, Lyle Colburn and Hubert Pritchett. �€);orE Ide-rs Hubert Pritchett Lyle Colburn ebio!A>; Landis Penfold "To the e/d", among you, I appeal as a fello., a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who alSo will >. share in the glory to be revealed: be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers - not because you must, but becaus(!'YOlfiai'e, ~~~~i~~f2:~i~~;~2~l~I'ltrlr;;~)j . ·...::·-::::;.:.;·1(:/::.:··::::··:.';'·:·,":··· .. ..:.:' .;<. ~./:::::>':'. ',", ' .. �We believe in the Lordship of Christ and the sovreignty of God. We believe Jesus is no less than God, yet He was a real flesh and blood man. Without Him we are nothing. With Him we have infinite worth, value and purpose in this life and the life to come. Our goal in this congregation of God's people is to know Him and to make Him known; to love Him totally and to love each other in the Body of Christ. We are learners and servants enrolled· in the school of Jesus, striving to be Christ-centered and Biblically based. �Jack Anderson Family Gary Bartlett Family Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bartlett Mrs. Leona Bond James Buerman Family Miss Violet Buffington Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bunce Miss Kathy Bunce Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Colburn Dana Commons Leroy Crumet Family Ed Commons Family John Currens Family c5S- Cindy Crumet Family Wilma Davis Family �Mr. & Mrs. Harold Dotson Mrs. Jeanette Elston Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Elston Mrs. Esta Gile Mrs. Ruby Glock Mr. & Mrs. Leland Grammer Miss Patty Had! Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Harrell Miss Roberta Hellstrom Walter Hellstrom Mr. & Mrs. Rollo Jeffries Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lee Mrs. Daisy Lipp Ken Mason Family b-~ Miss Marjorie Merrifield �Bob Merritt Family Carolyn Miller Miss Cindy Muckey Marion Muckey Family Dan Muenchau Family Mrs. Edna Owens ·V Claude Penfold Francis Penfold Mr. & Mrs. Landis Penfold Harriet Pettengil Family Nick Place Family Evelyn Pratt Hubert Pritchett Family Mrs. Ruby Pritchett ~-7 April Ross Family �Families And Friends Of The North Lawrence Christian Church 647 Elm Lawrence, Kansas 66044 November, 1979 A 796-3393 ANDERSON, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Ella); Clay Rt. 1, Mclouth 66054 1629 W. 22 St. Terr. 66044 1610 Cadet Ave. 1700 Mass., Babcock Place Rt. 1, Box 125A RFD2 66044 66044 66044 66044 925 Mississippi Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood 66044 66052 66052 B 843-6066 843-8574 843-3806 842-5967 842-0272 843-7931 723-3217 723-3217 BARTLETT, Mr. & Mrs. Gary (Susan); Kathy, Melanie BARTLETT, Mr. & Mrs. Norman (Peggy) BOND, Mrs. Leona BUERMAN, Mr. & Mrs. James (Nancy); Jim, Mike BUERMAN, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald (Shirley); Monty, Brenda BUFFINGTON, Miss Violet BUNCE, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Betty); Patty BUNCE, Miss Kathy C 842-1920 843-3669 843-4091 235-8008 843-0404 843-0404 843-7562 843-7562 597-5401 796-3393 842-5895 CARR, Miss Louisa CHEEK, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Margaret) COLBURN, Mr. & Mrs. Lyle (Eva) COMMONS, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Felica); Terra, Courtney COMMONS, Dana COMMONS, Mr. & Mrs. Ed (Vivian); Brad CRUMET, Cindy; Joshua CRUMET, Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy (Barbara); Sarah CRUMET, Mr. & Mrs. Scott (Vicki); Nicole CUMPTON, Mr. & Mrs. Chris (Marcie) CURRENS, Mr. & Mrs. John (Susan); Amy, Rebecca 924 Kentucky 9 Roanoke'Ave. 716 Elm 962 Lindenwood, Topeka ,. 66044 66044 66044 66606 Rt.l Rt.l Rt.3 Rt.3 Rt. 1, Box 109, Williamstown Rt. 1, Mclouth Rt. 3, Box 124A 66044 66044 66044 66044 66073 66054 66044 7381h Mass. 758 Locust 1515 W. 2nd 66044 66044 66044 712 Locust 1026 Jana Dr. 66044 66044 1024 Delaware 66044 2424 Melrose Lane 421 Elm 66044 66044 Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood 31st & Iowa, L-21 N (Gaslight Village) 812 Madeline Lane 420 North, Lot 58 2518 Ridge Ct., Valley View Care Home 610 North 66052 66044 6604·1 66044 66044 66044 D 842-6635 843-5318 843-9422 DAVIS, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Mary) DAVIS, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond (Wilma); Peggy DOTSON, Mr. & Mrs. Harold (StaCia) E 843-6880 843-6040 ELSTON, Mrs. Jeannette ELSTON, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald (Sylvia) F 842-5041 FLINT, Mr. & Mrs. Ed (Myrtle); Mary, Lisa, Anglea, Edward, Jr. G 843-4268 842-1623 GILE, Mrs. Esta GRAMMER, Mr. & Mrs. Leland (Ruby) H 723-3217 841-3706 843-0683 843-3337 842-2610 842-6062 HADL, Miss Patty HAMMIG, Mr. & Mrs. Steve (Linda) HARRELL, Mr. & Mrs. Vernon (Patricia) HELLSTROM; Miss Roberta HELLSTROM, Walter HODGES, Mr. & Mrs. Harold (Peggy) O~ �J 346-8941 843-5394 JASON, Mr. & Mrs. Julius (Cleo) JEFFRIES, Mr. & Mrs. Rollo (Irene) 5314 Cottage Ct., Kansas City, Missouri 710 Locust 64133 66044 224 Dakota 804 Ih Maple Rt. 1, Box 298 66044 66044 66044 221 N. 5th 66044 2518 Ridge Court, Valley View Care Home 715 Elm 1709 Tenessee 1709 Tennessee 2912 W. 7th 66044 66044 66044 66044 66044 725 Elm 725 Elm 417 N. 8th 440 Lyons 600 Center 66044 66044 66044 66044 66044 L 843-1344 843-3627 843-1147 LAWRENCE, Rick LEE, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Maxine) LIPP, Mrs. Daisy M 842-8135 841-7043 843-7015 843-7015 842-2780 MASON, Mr. & Mrs. Ken (Lynn); David, Jonathan, Rachel MERRIFIELD, Miss Marjorie MERRITT, Mr. & Mrs. Bob (Barbara); Dallas MUCKEY, Mr. & Mrs. Marion (Charlotte); Andy MUCKEY, Miss Cindy MUENCHAU, Mr. & Mrs. Dan (Susan); Emily P 843-5709 843-5709 843-8063 843-9037 842-0457 236-7868 843-5043 843-4183 PENFOLD, Claude PENFOLD, Francis Clay PENFOLD, Mr. & Mrs. Landis (Ellen) PETTENGI~L, Mrs. Harriet; Bill PLACE, Mr. & Mrs. Nick (Donna); Marcell, Nicholas, Lewis PRATT, Evelyn PRITCHETT, Mr. & Mrs. Hubert (Connie); Deborah, Sheree PRITCHETT, Mrs. Ruby ;. 1323 S. 38th, Kansas City, KS Rt. 1, Box 299 66106 66044 620 Elm 66044 612 Elm 66044 Rt.1 66044 2518 Lazybrook Lane 66044 2335 S.E. Blair Ct., Topeka 2731 Bonanza 66605 66044 725 Elm 925 Mississippi 813 Madeline Lane Rt.1 66044 66044 66044 66044 R 842-2799 ROSS, Mr. & Mrs. Larry (April); Annette, Blake S 843-0404 SKINNER, Mrs. Beth T 841-3381 THORNTON, Mr. & Mrs. Larry (Shelly); Christina W 233-1234 843-2785 843-5709 843-7931 843-6575 WALSH, Mrs. Blanche WANDEL, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (Carolyn); Bob, Jenifer, Robert Senkus WARD, Mrs. Lois WOLLENZIEN, Mrs. Fern WRIGHT, Mrs. Jean; Pam, Mike WILLITS, Mrs. Ruth �Page 1 of4 Untitled Document -, >r"'~ 1 'f. ", t., ,.'1.'" :. ,.' ~ Back Silkville Forward Print Page History of Silkville by Janelle Richardson Great-Great-Granddaughter of Early Settler Claude Clair Silkville was n()t/a town. It was an attempt to form a socialistic commune on a large tract of land of 3500 acres, located about three miles sou~' of the small town of Williamsburg, Kansas in southwest, Franklin County. Today it is a working ranch called the Silkville Ranch. . • ! Silkville Established as Commune http://.www.old.depot.museum/virtual/silkville/ " ...... ':, .. .- '~' .. "6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ZachS were graduating today. But you are! Every day! wrote: Ghandi: "Be the change you want to see in the world." On May 25, Truth cannot be denied. The message in the words where deniablyhe~rt felt.' Great ones talk Jennifer about this crucial time of raising our conciousness and vibration and living in the heart to bring wrote: forth what is coming in the next few years. Time is NOW!! I caine across this today 'as well It is possible the next Buddah will-not take the form of an individuaL The next Buddah may take the form of community - A community practicing understanding and loving kindness - A community practicing mindful living.... This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the Earth - Thich Nhat Hanh On May 25, It is gratifying to hear my prayers verbalized in others' words .... the change is happening. Christina Blessed Be! Boyce wrote: On May 25, really brilliant call to action and rationale in one kevin Jones wrote: On May 25, this is for the world to read - thank you! marlena wrote: On May 26, Wow, what a way to start the day, this will be my morning prayer. Such inspiration .......... :....... it Cindy wrote: should be broadcast on TV around the world, without notice, on everY station about 8pm as a PSA, I wonder how many TV's would be turned off and di~cussions would follow? On May 26, Thank you. Fabiola Thank you. wrote: And thanks again. On May 26, This is what is needed. Anybody have the yideo Ii.~k??? . ..r Shabaz " wrote: .~ On May26, Ru~~'ell , , . \ 'j . '. 1-: What a high purpose-entering the truth. of life and speaking and Jr,om it! Asb~ings, we~re ~~perienc~d universe crt~~tors'- We rieed t~ stay,'~~nnected to a policy that 'gl~es life ~n'd ': ,', _", , ' , ' ",',_'-'," " ' , ' .:'1..', ~.:, ....) ~"::~· ... ~ ,;~{~ ' t Salamon wrote: •• " . , I , ."" :.,: 'makes future survival. 'A culture, when healthy, is a living org~nis.m: p'au!, you are ~~kil1g.l!s to put to use our experience of creating life from the first half of et~rnity .. ' And'it is happe~ing. '.' I 1\'.: " Great work, thank you. http://www. charityfocus.org/blog!view.php?id=2077 , ' -... ", \. .;..i 1 ... '" t • ,:, 6/13/2009 �Untitled Document - Page-2of4 k Silkville was first established and named in 1869 when a wealthy Frenchman, E.V. de Boissiere, purchased the unimproved land to form a commune based on the Fourierist socialistic principles. He had ~ dream that Silkville would be a self-sustaining rural cooperative educational and industrial community where participants would share the wealth. Workers had to pay their own way and be self-supporting until profits were made. De Boissiere was described as an intelligent, portly man in his sixties who loved books, music, and helping the underprivileged. He was born June 9, 1810 near Bordeaux, France, into an aristocratic family, but made a fortune of his own through fisheries and forestry. For political reasons, he left France in 1852 and came to the United States. After a failed attempt to establish a school and orphanage for black children.in New Orleans, he looked elsewhere to implement some of his humanitarian ideals. He found his location in Kansas. He bought the land and poured money into the establishment of Silkville. During the early years when' accomodations were crude, he endured hardships. He was committed to Silkville and became a citizen of the United States on November 6, 1874. ' Garrett R. carpenter, a graduate hiStory student at Emporia State University, reported his research findings about Silkville. He said the commune was intended to be self-sustaining. A prospectus was issued in 1873 to invite socialists and others to join. Workers were to be associates and were to be renumerated in proportion to their productivity. Destitute persons were not admitted. Each worker was required to give a $100 deposit and to provide for their own needs and to pay rent for their rooms two months in advance. :The style of living was to be frugal and inexpensive. Production of Silk Ribbons Was To Be Main Industry The production of silk and silk ribbons was to be one of the main industries. Seventy acres of the choicest land were set out with mulberry trees to feed the silk worms. A large stone building was built to house the looms and the location where the worms were to be kept. By the year 1872 the three looms at Silkville had a capacity of making 224 yards of ribbon a day. Interest in silk production spread throughout Kansas. During the first few years, more than forty French immigrants came to Kansas. Most of these were experts in the production and manufacture of silk. De Boissiere exhibited his manufactured silk products at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia where his products were awarded first prize over entries from all over the world. De Boissiere took a personal interest in exhibiting his silk products. he was known to have taken charge of displays at fairs in Bismarck Grove, near Lawrence, and the state fair in Topeka. Silkville Diversified - ! Mr. Charles Sears, who was the former president of the Fourierist North American Phalanx, came from New Jersey and became the commune manager in 1875. His son, Charles T. Sears, was put in charge of developing the farm, orchards, and the stock raising. The farm was well stocked with the finest bred cattle and horses, and a cheese factory was established. Large vineyards and orchards were put out and they engaged in farming of all kinds. Workers from all over the world (France and Sweden primarily) came to be part of the community. Most workers did not stay very long preferring to invest in private property rather than a communal enterprise. It is believed that no more than about forty or fifty workers- lived at Silkville at one time--maybe even fewer. ' Many Buildings Built ~I http;//wWw.old.depot.museumlvirtual/silkville/ - I. 1,' ':. . . 6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ., •. ". . .r .,,' , ' '. Page.90f'lS , '" 1 '~. ,-,' " .. ,f May 23," "You have captu'red the'iruth, distilled it an'd delivered it:· Reading this was like listEmirig' to - '.. . L' , -.: :: L:f/ona"id' .:... , beautiful music or standing by a waterfall or·creating·a· sp(en'did~morsel~ofpoetry: Tha·nksi. It . ,!. "".: :.~ ZuriiiJ ~rOte:' i's-what it· is. : ., ~. j ". u:. ~;,:j i~ '! . On !') ',~ i' ,I.. I.' I ,j 'l " "~;ii~ra Cole" :., ' • ':.: '. '.' • :,,' .~.. .. ; ' , =>! .~.~.:;.\ .. If On May 23; .' ,', • , .. '1 " .... ; ... ; ,. • .:~. .. ,. :.' ,.:' J " , • . , ., ,,! ~ :.: 'J. 'o~''May 2~,' :, SLCh '~nthusia~ti2 c6~m~~ts .. .' and'~~t in6~t of y6~ wi;1 d'oh~thi~9 'bu't ~hcile'~~ne~'~~d' ~ ~. ,;. . :. ' .' '. 'J ~': ..'• • ... ~4", 0'.', : ... \ . . bu~ I gU,ess y~u '1ev~r krlo~; Maybe. a f~w of Y~l!. willgrpw acp~~~ien~~. yc': ' ."'!; ! .' ~,: '\' wrote:· . J " , On. May 24, :' . : ~.' . J:. ~,. I " ,.,Maarten , '. ( ~ .... . =" • .... t..· . '. •. . .~ ~.' ,~, t .". > .... < j ~ <::: ~ ,';'" .<. (' • , .. 0 · .. ' : • . ' ,1 .. ' • ~ ~.; #t ....... ' ".; . ' , '. \.' ......., .'~: I !, ". 1. .. . f '.' 0 •• ',' <\fJ ' ", • .' ~, ~ ,~ ' • '!' .... .. 'r; .... !. \ ' . . . ;.' ~ Barckhof i '.J -' :. ',' .• ",': ... . ~ .: ',' . " . '~9'milrw people'feeli~g stl!ck~ sq' m~~y . p~oPle~'~~t,,~itt~~U! apur~o.~e,~ !?~t;ii~;~.dO ~;~nd 'uP;.i~::· d~n'tforget a deep s~~se ~f.cOmp~~si·~~ ~~d j~y, otherwise you'll be ju~t adding.t~ the' ~i~e~. I' . • ;, ..: : · · · ....~:t;l':.: ,I'",,: \ " Prius al'.1d .9!1oppi,ng "green" wpn't c;:ut ,it. Are yoy willing to ~nd ou! IoYhFt *wi"* cut!,!t?1 Roubtit...! . • ..,.. :: . . . . I society's idea of "success" all your lives. Maybe all of you are fooled, but I'm not. Buying a . " .';: ',':~; f.:~ '~ ~":; '~: ,~:. ~( .~./ 'I. Check .. ';r·l·~ .' ..~rr.~' . ca~·~hut ,~p !'nd ~,'v,;ard thi't~ ~Jeryone "'no:;" ti;a~' ~~~cfor;Y§~r ;i;~,".~nq!i!"·"'I. Reality . '.' ,,:. 1-.' \;', c- :.'".;:~. ( . ' . r : . .. • '",.1 : \ . . '! .~ It'~ fin~lIy'tim~\anln~~' th~ tr'ut~ is';being told. . •• , . .~.~."'" THANKYOU!!!!r .. , .'::' .:.' ." ".1 . _::l' ~ .... '.•l !.', f,' wrote: ~} " "' J.:.: I)., , ;Jo On May 24, Susan " ~' H .. ': Brillia~t!I: Inspiri~g! Haymer, :'.. I r . ~ ~ .. , ~:. / . .. .~"', , 'It] .. ' • eassibnte!1 '!\Iish.l:were grad1,lat~ng topay.. .::;~ 'l ,; ...... , .:~ '.' OhMaYi24,. :' 'Nicely added, Susan, Let's not buy!into'the fear; positivity is ~.. I'" I,. •. ., ~ ~ ~: '-:1;', \ '~" T ." J.' I:' ,,' .' .:' ' . 'Let's' :'. •• ..', 0 ". ~ I.. '." \ • ~ th~,only Wway'outofthis. ~ J.. ..: ... . "j 'c•• '''':'j .! I J"" , ; .,. ': ~ .:7.~'''! . , ., .... ,it" Jack ',! " ~'~\'. I~"<'~ i.,'" ~ come out smiling with the difficulties of conversion. Richardson Brilliant! This was a thousand times less cynical than the graduation speech Sheffield wrote: : Universityoffered.to us. Let'sconsider'this the pain't o(change:'" In'stantly refocus and' , .' .' .~ ~ ~.... .: . ' revaluing ofeverything in our lives ... ' ,. /1 "" ,; On May 24, ... ,'.i . ':'. ~, .. ' ;; ',"0 , '. ,'1",./ ." , ~. : •.':'." ... ' r. ~i "1' , . .. )., ",-:, ,:',' ~ ('"-!"" I ,,:".; It is reminders like this that create change. Faith ," ,'. ~.' ",,~ ";1; , ~~ • ~, • ' .. Each reminder is so important since each hears it when ready.' We import, dowload and Woods wrote: ,~. .. '.' create when invited and impelled to move forward. Thank you. "" .. ~I ... .,' f'"j .... , t '.' . '. On May 24, : ,'" " .-', ; :"~.,~,' ~ .1,.:. ...)'" " ~ , ~, ..:,' ~, "; .'} ~ .\. .... .. ;. "~ , ~ : • 1"-:: ''!; ..::" :,,:' .\ ~ ~ ,:t1...r· \~:I.\";:~If. '~ '.j;." ~ ,', , - ... _~'f,.- r ,1f· .)f:" -.' ,,~. - ~ I I. ' " I,;' .; <., )"::,.~.'"., .~:...., ...,~ . . ~ ,~_:_ ':"" .'~~ 7'; So eloquent. so conscious. And wonderful, positive comments. Susan, you said you wish you http://www. charityfocus.orglbloglview,php?id=2077 6/r13/2q09 �Page 3 of4 l',"· Untitled Document Substantial improvements, which were very modern for the time, were made at Silkville. A limestone fence four feet high was built around the entire place, making a total of fifteen miles of fence. All the buildings were limestone. They built a large cheese factory and creamery, a building for a blacksmaith shop and workroom, several large barns and sheds for stock. A total of six hundred acres were put in cultivation, and five hundred acres of prairie-grass were reserved as hay land. The remainder was used as pasture land that was supplied with water from a dozen artificial ponds. .., For workers, a three-story, Sixty-room stone manor house, 36 by 95 feet, was completed in,1874 where people shared meals in the dining room but lived in separate apartments with their families. It was so grand that the local people referred to it as the "chateau" but de Boissiere preferred the less pretentiOUS name of "phalanstery"--the home of a "phalanx." It was said that as many as one hundred people could be housed there. It had spacious parlors and a large dining room. A library of 2,500 books, the largest in Kansas at that time, was established. Silkville was also a flag stop on the Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railroad. Some Workers Leased Land Some workers were allowed to lease land and build their own homes paying about $10 to $36 a year for a lease to last twenty-one years. This property was diagonally southwest across the field from the main manor house. It was located at the junction of two section roads now known as Arkansas and Cloud Roads. Local People Visited Silkville The first few years, very few outsiders visited Silkville. local people were curious about what went on there. Lem Woods, who wrote an article based on the Fogle family memories for the Ottawa newspaper in the 1930s, described a party held at the commune. He wrote, "Early in the summer of 1874, notices were printed in the Ottawa and Burlington papers that on a certain Sunday, excursion trains would run to Silkville, and everybody was invited to come and see how silk was made. A large crowd came to visit, eat, and dance. They all had a good time and were impressed. Writers wrote about the spacious buildings and the good production of the cheese factory. The orchards were thriving and the vineyards were producing wine. I' II Commune Failed Boissiere was disappointed. His ideas of a commune were not successful. Not enough·associates could be attracted to Silkville to live the communitarian way of life with the coorperative labor scheme. Many associates left the farm. Workers could make higher wages elsewhere. People had to be hired and paid wages. By 1882 Boissiere began to find the competition for silk products from the Orient was growing. Silk could be imported cheaper than his workers could make it at Silkville. The silk industry could not become profitable. From 1881 on, the silk activities were curtailed and only retained on an experimental basis until they were abandoned in 1886. . . . All this caused the philantropist's dream to come to an end. General agriculture and stock raising did continue for a period of time, but it was clear that the idea of a cooperative commune was dead. De Boissiere Deeded Property to Odd Fellows At the age of eighty-two in 1892, de Boissiere returned to Kansas from France. He knew that his idea for a commune had fai.led .. He wanted to devote this Kansas land for the greatest possible good for humanity. When he made hiS Wishes known, many representatives from charitable institutions visited him hoping to secure the property. Representatives of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of:Kansas (p~ http://www.old.depot.museumlvirtual/silkville/ , ., , I :. ' . ' • 6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ~ .' I '".. . Page 8 of 15 4..... " t' Afriend sent this to me 'a~ci asked I 'read .the entire speech cirid I did, lain 1,-: ", Just briiliant! .. . Ramonita " ~, " t '" . ":.' .' '" : . r' • • ,\ '. . (' .. .' .'" ..: ..' t, I .J tiim~gain ~nd read more of his ~ritings. , '. ..... 'wrote: •..• , ' ".1 ' I. ' ;,, . • .. :1,'," ' ; - : ' : ; ,',' • '. ',I" . \ . ~. . thrilled that I did: I am' newly inspired! I nelier tieard of Paul Hawken's buHwould"gb listen'to C, .Santiago' , ( ....... ;. I.t;. ,', ",':. '. I i ' · ·.. :,' ::.... ~ 1 " . The speech was great and absolutely on point with how our world is functioning ~oda~!~iTti~n'k ~ yo.u so much for posting his speech.Ma~y mor~ should read it. I would go as far as saying all . '. "; ~ _ '" .' I.' t'" ' . '. . ... ~ '. i. ,\;' ... . graduating classes should get a copy.to read. ,', ,• :. ~ • ~, 1. ~ .. '. .' I . t'''"··'',.,,. '. ~.• " ~ ~~ .' ~ - ",: ,,' , (' ,'" • '; • 'Y , , . • •• '. ·1 ,. ... Thanks: Paul for your words. . On May 21, great speech, paul. thanks for your great ~orl.< qver the years, , i ~ , . I \ ," ~ • : . r .,", . " wrote: '.: ~::t t' .. :- . ." ";' ..' # , , . '. : J ,,/'10- . ; ,'" '. ~ ~. ',.r '->. ,:... !..;.": ~., : .',.', On May 21, A message of hope ..... jusfwhat we all'need to inspire us to act. l _ : . . ". ~. . ~ It. t ':" .. tille Cassidy. '" .. ' , "' I. . . '" " t.. "I !i .,..., 1 · \ t' I.. • I ..'_' . .. .~. . ,,: • • ' , f -' . I • tl. ! I'" H' :.,. harvey wa~~rman • '" no ,}ukes, & we'll meet again in Solart0p,ia!!! ~ .. I I' • ~. .' wrote: . . '{ .' • ~" .' . ....', ~ ," • , :,.';. ·.r f ,t ' . ',' • ,.' J '-, . ,.harvey wasserman ,,1 '. \ f' ." .,' I .. ', .: . .,." :"\. :~ On May 22, Hello Paul, Like my friend and colleague Terry LipJ"Qan, who worked'\iVith you in Australia, I Bud Wi/son was privileged to work with you both at John Denver's Windstar Symposia and introduce you .. '~,'.' ""' JU" , • • • ;,-1 r;,. ... , , aUhe Sustainable R.e~ources C9nfere[lceaqh~,Univ.~rs~ of Colorado.' Yo.ur"calr!~rcaring, wrote: kindness; c9mpa~sio.n and actic;>n, is being hearp, ,finCllly! Now; ,as .Michael Pollan (<;ll!t,hor,"ln:' , . ::".1',. .... .. . ',' '-,; ." ',' " ~Defense ofFo~ Clnd other wonderful :b09k~)said ju~t I~~t hig~t:in 89ulder, 90:c.the," ". :: : 'r:nov~ment must, shpw up wjth, int~grity, cqurage"al)d overwhelmi!1g numbers ... ,NPW,ispu,r: ~eep'makingajoyful noise,loud~r.C!nd time! Our president needs us tq !'.. rea~hr!T1e·through OU( I \ . . ", ~. Iquder! you can. ,::; ... work::at?The W~y,of Nature - http:www.satredpassage:com. '.OR call and . A profound set of ideas that should have many-ruminate',on the eternal truth that the Vedic SA/wrote: sages expounded - all creation is interconnected and an integral part of the infinite . ~ .:~' f :... _:. . ' •. omriipresence.'fThis is why they enjoined us to,live our lives doing the least harm .' " , . . : . • -' , " . all forms of creaticin;-and to our environment. I) , ' '1 I . ,.."; . , ~: pd~sibie to:' . .. ~, .:: Ky/eNob/e 'wrote: ' ,. .. ' .-"... ;.... ~ . ~~·"·'.1:"~' : -, .~, ;.~ '.' .",."~' " , (\. ;' :. . ?': '.. '." , ~ On'Miiy 2£ • Martin L~th'er must hMe con~ulted 'rabbinical teachirlgs tob: H~ ...Jrdt~:' . ," On May 22, .J , . ~. give me an assignment! ?03-449-81 00:- tne Earth Hired mea while ago,! ) ': .' '.' \' :' .. '. ,),'t:,::~.~ ,_ ,"I ," " , " \'~,;.:' .... " ':Even if I kneJJthat t6morrowth~ w~~ld'would fall t6 pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. '::'. :an May 22," \ SO B-E IT! .. • . ~ .,", , .,,: " " . ,.~ ~'. •• .1 • ! • Beth Easter wrote: 0" \ . .'~., Subash \ \.. . ,. ,.\.' . ~ ' .. . .,,,' 0 ,~ ;.: 'e'"" .. ' •..•;.' .. ~ .... !!!l!! '. " ",f " ", ........ . " .' .A~einspiring On May 23, . 1- " .' i ,.f. ~ :< \. :':; ,.' '-4 4 - " . '":, . .1 , ,.,., :r.'. - ' .... ',fI,' .~. ~ . .# " '., , ,;r " ' .. ' http://www.charityfocus.orglbloglview.php?id=2077 ~' ' ,i: i".'::'.: ~,. ~ ,. .. " , .:·l#- .,,1 -: t· . 1 ~ ~l·. ,', ~;. -, ... 6/13/2009 �Untitled Document •• : .I'" ," (. ... , .' Page 4 of4 approached de Boissiere about devoting his property to establishing an orphans' home and 'industrial school for the children of deceased Odd Fellows of the state of Kansas. First de· Boissiere studied the constitution, laws, and literature of the order. He indicated that he didn't want to, give the property to the Odd Fellows so they could sell it. He wanted it kept together. Terms were agreed upon and the property was deeded to the Odd Fellow's Grand Lodge of Kansas. According to the Annals of Kansas, 1892, page 138, "May 11, Ernest Valeton de Boissiere, ~renchman who founded Silkville, deeded all his real and personal property, amounting to nearly $150,000 to a trust for founding an I.O.O.F. orphans' home. The gift included a 3,100-acre farm with nine stone buildings, an apple orchard, a mulberry grove and a walnut grove." On June 7, 1894 the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home, designed by noted Kansas architect George P. Washburn, was dedicated. On Oct. 11, 1892 the Grand Lodge accepted the gift and voted to enact a $1,50 per capita tax to its members to support the running of the home. Some members were opposed to establishing the home and legally fought the case. In 1894, certain lawyers believed that the rejection by the Grand Lodge nullified tJ:te original transaction and the title of the property should revert to the heirs of de Boissiere. A long legal battle developed over the ownership of Silkville. L.c. Stine of Ottawa, who was 'a' great friend of d~ Boissiere, and who had gotten him to deed the place to the Odd Fellows, made a grand and noble fight fot, the order. Legal Battle Over Ownership Once the I.O.O.F. had repudiated the gift, ownership fell into the courts. The law firm of Troutman & Stone of Topeka claimed that de Boissiere's Sister, madame Corrine Martinelli, was the heir of the property. In 1898, James Troutman, for $4500, got Madame Martinelle to sign a quitclaim deed to their 'law firm. Litigation commenced and was in the courts for years. The Odd Fellows claimed that de Boissiere intended the property to be an orphans' home and had deeded the property to them, that they had invested $34,000, and that the lawyers fraudulently got Madame Martinelli to deed over the property. The Supreme Court of Kansas on January 9, 1903, decided in favor of Troutman and Stone declaring the original trust deed to'the Odd Fellows was void. On September 1, 1910, Troutman and Stone, Topeka lawyers, sold Silkville, near Williamsburg, for $130,000. ' , ' On April 29, 1916, the Silkville original manor house, valued at $40,000 was partially destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt at about one-third of the original size and used as a farm house. During the 1950s, the John Netherland family purchaed the Silkville Ranch. In 2003 the ranch, still containing the original land, was sold to a Kansas City family, the Bickelmiers. Notes Material within these pages Is the property of the Franklin County Historical SocIety and may not be reproduced without pennissiOn from' FCHS. This website was created by Brenternet Internet Services - brenternet@g@Qevine.net . , http:,//Www.old.depot.museum/virtual/silkville/ ", 'I"'" :.', .. ~. .. " ,,' : .... ,. . I ' . ". l:" I, : .(~ ··t!.~_ :t 611-6/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland , , . Page:.7;of 15 ,:<'.: :,-' ~ ~~ ~'--r .}".~~~... ~.' .:; future: I'm :sure 'we a'wean take ~ 'Ies~on from' Paul's;~isd6,{,·sharEfd'.an(fmaKe a'cifferen'ce<; , i:~ :::~;!' .' ~. . ," . 'Our being 'itseir has .. , ~. .~ ':' l.-..: t.~ ... ,. ,,'~"":': _.f apurpos~;,: ~nd it is t6\:reate a be'tteHutu~e for'ut:and ~u'i ch'l~ire~. , .. ~' of··.. .'f -,', .... 't . . i .•, 1.:, t ,c·~. ". I . . • ....• ~ ~ . " .~ ~. ; :~,:': .~.~.<.~ -'"~ ' .. ' .. " " ....... ... • ip' 'k . ~' . , ··._C~';'::;:,:·:')" .\ I • ". { . ,.'. ... ' " .. :. '>'1'. ."'-:'~: . 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':'].J r-:I;:.:~:. ~. ~ ~U.I..: ,.' .•...... ,. ,,~:, • '_. ' , , - , .;. >: :'''''':.' r-~' l;ii P~tiL .. '(~u w~~'(~~me~.be~ ~e or ~·ay~~.y6~: ;ill:ll ~a~"tt~e\/1C :~/~~.~~su;~~~e'·' ,j .... . . .. : ~;;;':~ , 1 .. ..an yo!:,;, 6~'May 21, ~ ~:: ;"~:<." " .' .:; ~ , .: i'i::':::""~"': : . 4,,-,': I " :~ , ~ "'\,.",.' ""1 ·r. ~Y';""~ .r . .. :...} What a mind! 'Th 7.._} ::. ~ ~'" heart!" >: ..:,"\vVt,'ai'a ~ :.:~' • .. ~'...~,r.~~· ;)"{" . 'Yates wrote: . ~!;:.(:;.: ~ ... ~ ,I) i.~'.,:< ,j \ ~·:t ,,:1" On May ~O, Staggeringlyp~ofo.und:.·~ Louis;)' ...~!, I . J .:' • . '• • 1" ..... '::.':' ., I' Let's get to work guys .... r> '. I' .. 'l~'~;"': :~.;.~",-, ...: ~.") ...........,,\, ; Denver in Aspen Colorado in 1989.and co-produced.a number· of his :'Choices For The Future"! ;. . ',' '.(.' ~ , .'~ ..... - :' • j ....... -!'" -''> .'. Symposia - and am now developing a film -n What One Man Can Do" - inspired by his life. J http://www.donnalipman.col1)/wh.a~onernan.9Clnq.o.html; There is b(,!sic.infq at ~ ,. { : ~~l .'.!, ~, ..... .. , ; :" . .' . .;. WOU,ld love.~to '. ". re~olJnect.. vvit!'l. you.. ,,~ .- " i J)t ~ .... \ 1". ',. . ~: O~. ~ay ; I .1. ,. I ;--+~t"'::\.i " ..... ...-..' t .... ~ t' ..I~' ' . . BEtSidElS: ~ • ~:. ~~. • ~ , . , ...... .. • :"~'~'. l .. ,. ~ "','. : i"· •• " h " . t~.. ;; \0. ',. ~ I , ... ~ • ~.. ~" ' . ,.! r w '. • '.~' . ): ...,.,,J .~ : • . : ... . ! .. ~ th.~:b~ii~i~.~; ~~~: in~~i~i'~~ '~ord~'Pf' p~uJ. H~~~~~ ;is·'~h~ H~'~~'.~' : wrote: heard or seen his address and are inspired, sympathetic, rejuvinated, There is something to :be done by ali of US, however 'Oh'May 21, ~t;' fee.!: . ' '.:'l!< after reading these published comments; that there are millions and millions more who have ,\ : .: ~. ..,} . !, .... '~: ".' .... ;.; . . f. Dee Kelly • • :t" <: ,,~ ~ ~ sOr:D~time,ard, film an in1er:vieVV,as we move Jorward:,ls this.. or 'I . ~. . .' ~h~'nk'y~~ ~~~::. 21, ; '. " • ,'.' ~ po~ibility?-,·el~ss.iQgs T~rry'i~ipf!1an 51~ ~~~ ~7?~'; "1" p' .: ' . : large~or:smali .the action~:::".. ,be, a'partof saving the flJture··1 ., -~: ..:; J,:, ~ .. : ;. .,,: ;-; : ... :-1"": '.':. :.:' : . Thank 'you.P-aul speaking the words of wi~aom~ TotallY agree)vVe h~ve'to'tem~niber that we'· !: :.~ 4 \ . . . . . ., ; ' : • • .~ ~', .~.A. ~~ .. :: . .: : .t, . . . .~. '-;- .- ~~j~ .~ ..':J ,,:. .'"1: • '~".':J ~t:' , ' .. Heikki H have the best youth and children of the Human history right here and now to"solve th'e'me'i,s Attila wrote: of the darkest time of the humanity. There is so much light in everyone of you. Musch more \' .. ' '.: ; 1 j I'\t than in our little star called sun. Thank you Paul agairi'1·,You see the Truth. " On May 21, .~ :,' ,,-." I:' ',t' "" . '.'. ",' ~ 1't'\~ ~"';l:,,: Dear Paul, you have inspired·more)ha'~,th.at.cinei aupieflCe: We: ~~e:~orld~'needed ··i'i":'~,:~· Nancy Kline you. Thank you for being so eloquent anddirect, loving and accurate. I hope to meet you one wrote: On May 21, day and to read everything you have written. With gratitude and admiratio.n; Nancy. Kline ,(Time i To Think) : What a great speech! Leslie Stewart wrote: http://www.charityfocus.orglblog!view.php?id=2077 i \ ; , . 6/13/2009 �_. ...l;Jy. Phyllis M. Jones The Saga of Silkville Lawrence Presbyterian Manor Written at age 78 . I was driving south and w~st of Ottawa, Kansas, toward a destination I knew was not there anymore. The once-thriving community of Silkville was long gone. I knew there would be only ranch land with grazing Hereford cattle, but I wanted to see for myself where this fascinating story had taken place. Just beyond the small town of Williamsburg there was a sign, Silkville Ranch. In the late 1860s Ernest V. Boissiere purchased more than 3,000 acres ofland in Franklin County. He was a wealthy Frenchman who had been banished from France by Napoleon III who thought Boissiere was too close to dissidents and the writer, Victor Hugo, who for a time was also exiled from France. Boissiere had learned about the climate of Kansas and determined it was similar to the silk-producing section of France. He made arrangements for forty French immigrants to work with Americans to promote his silk-producing industry. Workers constructed an elaborate manor house which accommodated one hundred persons who ate at a common table. He established a library of 2,500 books, the largest in Kansas at that time. One writer described Boissiere as a portly man in his fifties who loved books, music, and helping the underprivileged. Silkville was never a town, yet it contained everything necessary for a self-sufficient working community-a blacksmith shop, winery, farming services, and an orchard. It was also a flag stop on the Santa Fe Railroad. Workers planted seventy acres of Russian mulberry trees to feed the silkworms. Later, however, Boissiere discovered that the leaves of the Kansas Osage Orange, commonly called hedge trees, were better food than the mulberry leaves and the Osage Orange better withstood the heat and dry weather. Boissiere obtained silkworm eggs from New Orleans and France, but when he became disenchanted with the quality he procured select eggs from Japan. By the year 1872 the looms at Silkville had a capacity of making 224 yards of silk ribbon a day, and interest in silk products spread throughout Kansas. The Kansas Legislature provided funds for promoting silk products in forty-six counties in Kansas. Boissiere exhibited his manufactured silk products at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia where his products were awarded first prize over entries from allover the world. In time Boissiere began to find the competition for silk products from The Orient was growing. Silk could be imported cheaper than his workers could make it in Silkville. His workers could make higher wages elsewhere, and some of the French women left to marry American farmers. All this and perhaps unsound financial foundation of the industry at Silkville caused the entrepreneur's dream to come to an end. In 1878 Boissiere deeded the land to the Odd Fellow's Lodge in Ottawa and went back to France reportedly with only $205 in his pocket. In the 1950s the John Netherland family purchased the land and it became the Silkville Ranch. Only two stone barns remain. There are a few of the old mulberry trees left, but an obvious attempt to clear the land for grazing left some tall jagged stumps standing like ghosts of another time. As I stood near one of the old stone barns, four young cowboys came galloping on horseback across the l~d and disappeared into the barn. The young men paid little attention to me, though they were not discourteous. Wh~n I posed the question, "Do you know anything about the original Silkville?" their answer was vague and bnef, "Hmmm, something about growing silkworms." ' a ... ,~.., Though-I. knew the name of the ranch caretaker, Idid.not try to contact him. This was again working . land-a land Wl~ a sense of peace and belonging. I came away from the windswept cattle ranch with a feeling --'- - -------" \1' '~~ ~. ~~ , of respect. My only lingering wish was that I knew some of the stories of those who helped Mr. ii~ls~iere -' accomplish his dream. Though the adventure was short-lived, it was a real-life story with all the fascination of the 'fictional "Wizard of Oz." .' ~~ Originally published in The Best of Presbyterian Manors Used by permission �In one of the former issues of The Pioneer we included excerpts from The Point: Walk through time. These excerpts are from that same publication. It accompanies the steps at The Point, a tribute to 150 years of Lawrence history at Clinton Lake. 1866 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Mount Oread, the ridge 0 which KU was built, was visible for miles and was the first major feature seen by pioneers on the Oregon Trail as they crossed the Wakarusa River. With its spreading wind-like hillsides, Mount Oread is the single most distinguishing feature of KU' s landscape. The historic campus forms an urban wall upon the hill, stretching from the open green spaces of Potter lake and from Dyche Hall to Bailey and the immense Strong Hall. Nestled in hillside trees and punctuated by the spire of the Campanile KU's boulevard of buildings forms a city on the encircling ridge. The University of Kansas, with a charter and three faculty members, opened on September 12, 1866. From modest beginnings, KU is a major center for learning, research, scholarship and creative endeavor in Kanas, the nation, and the world. Over the decades, KU has welcomed those who careers have shaped the University, and in turn the campus has cultivated the ideas and ideals of those who contribute to the broad goals of education, research and service. Sponsored by: The University of Kansas 1867 LUCY HOBBS TAYLOR: DOUGLAS COUNTY DENTISTS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN DENTISTS. A childhood dream became a dramatic reality for Lucy Hobbs Taylor. Born in 1833 in Ellenburg Town, NY, young Lucy set her sights on becoming a doctor. Medical schools at the time would not allow women �to enroll. A determined Lucy soon turned hir ambitions towards , dentistry. Lucy, or "Dr. Lucy" as she was referred to by her patients, was the first licensed soman dentist to practice in Kansas. Finding a dentist in Ohio to train her, Lucy learned the skills of pulling teeth and making dentures. When she tried to enter a dental school, she was once again refused admittance because she was a woman. Feeling confident in her dental skills Taylor moved to Iowa and worked with other dentists. The doctors liked her work so much that they persuaded the American Dentists Association to allow her and other women to attend dental school. She became known as "the woman who pulls teeth." At last her fortitude and valor began to payoff. In 1865 she was formally invited to attend the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Iowa State Dental Society in Dubuque. In an unprecedented act, the Iowa State Dental Society amended its Constitution and Bylaws so that a woman could be admitted into full membership. She enrolled in The Ohio College of Dentistry and on Feb. 21, 1866, she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. The faculty in a burst of long delayed effusive praise stated that Lucy "was indeed a superior student and a great credit to her chosen profession." Returning to Iowa, she read a paper before the Iowa State Dental Society entitled "The Use of the Mallet." She had now added another first to her illustrious career she was the first woman in the history of dentistry in the United States to address and present a scientific paper to a dental society. After graduation, she moved to Chicago and opened an office. She fell in 10':'r with one of her patients, a Civil War veteran named James M. TaylQr~ He had been a railroad car painter for the Northwestern Railroad, but after they were married in 1867 she began to teach her husband the art and science of dentistry. Seeking to escape the harsh Chicago winters, they moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where they established the "finest and most lucrative practice in Kansas." �In the early 1880s, they moved their practice to the building that is now 809 Vermont St. Lucy Hobbs taylor was active in many fraternal groups and a participant in civic org,anizations and professional dental societies. Childless, she and her husband practiced dentistry together until his death in 1886. A year later she retired, continuing her civic activities and campaigning for women's rights in the Republican Party. Dr. Taylor was not happy in retirement, and in 1895 she moved her home and office back into 809 Vermont, continuing a limited practice until her death from a stroke in 1910. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence. The Woman's Dental Association of the US was founded in 1892 by Dr. Mary Stillwell-Keusel with 12 charter members, and grew to 100 members in its first year, providing mutual support and continuing education. This association existed until 1898. In 1921, 12 women dentists met in Milwaukee during the annual meeting of the National Dental Association (NDA) and formed the Federation ofAmerican Women Dentists. This organization became he American Association of Women Dentists, sustaining a tradition ofmentorship and support for the common interests ofwomen dentists. Today the organization serves more than 1200 members, and recognizes an outstanding woman dentist each year with the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award. Sponsored by: The Douglas County Dental Society and the American Association of Women Dentists. 1867 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH In the beginning, Trinity Luthery Church was an immigrant church. The rev. David Earhart, the grandfather of aviator Amelia Earhart, tended the small flock before it had a permanent shepherd. The founders first met around a table in the kitchen of John G. and Martha Schmucker, whose ?1 �stone house was on Rhode Island Street. Next they met at Miller's Hall on Massachusetts Street. To build a house of worship of their own, many early members gave sacrificially. St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1867, is the English Lutheran Church was organized by a missionary who returned from Africa, the Rev. Morris Officer. More than likely, the founders included the word "English" in the name of their church to distinguish themselves from another local church where German was used. In the early 1900'S, they changed the name to First Evangelical Lutheran Church, but in 1910 they settled on Trinity Lutheran Church. Resourceful, they engaged the services of John G. Haskell, an architect now known for his work on the state capitol in Topeka, for the stone church on New Hampshire Street close to the intersection with 11th Street. Stone was quarried from the grounds of the University of Kansas. One account suggests that Dr. [Levi] Sternberg gave the dedicatory sermon in 1870. After W orld War I, the fITst edifice did not have enough room, especially for the Sunday School and a larger church was built in 1928 at 1245 New Hampshire St. The congregation made the cherished walk from the stone church to the brick church on Sept. 16, 1928. The Rev. Charles A. PuIs was pastor, and Trinity was known as "the churchly church." By 1930, WREN carried the service over the air; in 2005, KL WN broadcasts the services By the end of World War II, the congregation, characterized by faith and service, had grown to more than a thousand. The fITst ordinand from Trinity was the Re. Dr. Lloyd Eldon Sheneman (1953), and the second was the Rev. Richard I. Preis. The church has a number of carvings from Oberammergau, Germany. Carvings of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are above the original altat. Other carvings include the "Flight into Egypt," two depictions of the Lord's Supper and a Nativity scene. Five windows include the Good tcP �Shepherd, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The organ is a Reuter. New Hampshire Street closed between 12th and 13th streets in order to alow for an addition completed in 1992. In the main church, the communion rail was altered in 2203-2004. "Past, Present, and Future at Trinity," a video history of the church from 1867-2003, is available through the church office. Funding of the 1867 footstone: the children of the Sunday School, a Schaake-Vogel-Heck memorial, the Clifton C. James memorial, with the major giftfrom the Stan W Harrisfamily in memory ofShirley Harris. History provided by the Historical Committee. Sponsored by: Trinity Lutheran Church. 1868 William Allen Pine Came to Douglas County William Allen Pine was born Dec. 16, 1819, in New Jersey and followed his father in farming there and in Maryland. In 1868, at age 48, he moved his family of eight children to the new lands of Kansas, where he settled in northeast Douglas County just outside the city limits of Lawrence. Through five successive generations, 16 have farmed in the area. Presently, agriculture enterprises are in turf grass and a greenhouse. Others of these generations have gone into a diverse number of occupations and expanding the numbers in the Pine family. William Allen Pine died Dec. 6, 1879, and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, where his wife, Elizabeth Browning Fish, who was born Oct. 14, 1826, and died Sept. 14, 1876, is also buried. History provided by Ken Pine Sponsored By: The Pine Family �1874 Gower-Bowersock-Hill Two events in the year 1874 laid the foundation for the economic revival of the city after several years of serious decline. The first was the completion in November of the dam that was to provide the cheap source of power that led to the city's industrial development during the next quarter of a century. The second significant event of 1874 was the founding of the Couglas County Mills (later renamed the Bowersock Mills and Power Co.) By the arriving family of Games H. Gower and his son-in-law Justin D. Bowersock. The latter became 'a leading citizen of the town, mayor, congressman, banker (the Lawrence National Bank), industrialist (the Lawrence Paper Company, the Consolidated Barb Wire Co., and the Bowersock Mills & Power Co.) And a philanthropist who founded and supported, among other city cultural activities, the Bowersock Opera House. Sponsored By: Marcia and Stephen Hill 1877 William Henley Pendleton William Henley Pendleton was born July 22, 1858, in Williamsburg, Va. He came from an old and aristocratic family, whose ancestors helped settle Jamestown. He came to lawrence in February 187. On May 17, 1882, he married Matilda Poehler and they had six children. Mr. Pendleton was a southern gentleman of the finest type, always courteous, affable, modest and unassuming. He was always thinking of others and cared for what was real and genuine. He was an ideal man in his family, caring for both small and large affairs of his children. He was a devoted communicant of the Episcopal Church, and served as �Vestryman and Junior Warden at Trinity Church. He was a loyal and highly respected Mason, holding many offices in this organization. As a citizen he had the best interests of Lawrence at heart, pursuing both the welfare of the community and its future as a hometown and as a center for manufacturing interests. William Henley Pendleton was one of Lawrence's most progressive citizens, revered for his many acts of kindness and charity. He died in 1915. Sponsored By: William B. Pendleton 1878 Lawrence Chamber of Commerce The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1878 and incorporated in 1922. The original Articles of Incorporation read, "the object of this Organization is for the purpose of advancing the commercial, industrial, educational and civic interests of the City of Lawrence." Those same ideals are still pursued 127 years later, as the Chamber and its members continue to promote and enhance the economic vitality of Lawrence and Douglas County. Our organization is somewhat unique. We house four departmental entities within the Chamber: Membership, Leadership, Convention & visitors Bureau and Economic Development. This ensures that our program of work is unified under the "house umbella" and it complements our efforts to enhance our image and effectiveness while representing the business needs of Lawrence and Douglas County. On behalf of our approximately 1800 serving business representatives, we work hard to achieve the goals and the mission of the chamber on a qaily basis. The Lawrence Camber of Commerce advocates for business and community prosperity as it creates diverse jobs; cultivates a successful business environment; develops active community leaders; and promotes the assets of Lawrence and Douglas County. 71 �Sponsored By: Lawrence Chamber of Commerce 1878 The Zodiac Club The Zodiac Club was formed by a group of nine Lawrence Women on Feb. 5, 1878, with the object of studying and discussing literature, art and other subjects of cultural interest. From 1878-1943, Zodiac Club met every Tuesday from October to May. Since 1943, meetings have been twice a month from September to May. Membership includes a mix of town and university women. The number of active members is limited to 30, but the number of associate and life members is not limited. Each year, the club chooses a theme to study. In its early days, few women went to college, so the club provided a continuing education for its members. Generally, a guest speaker initiates the year's topic at the first meeting in September, and at subsequent meetings, one or two members make presentations on Italian authors, history, art, architecture, music, regional foods and other cultural aspects. Zodiac has helped to build both the university and the community. One of the early members was Carrie Watson, the University of Kansas Librarian from 1877-1921 for whom Watson Library was named. Nine other Zodiac members were married to KU professors or chancellors after whom buildings and auditoriums were named. Many others are now remembered with scholarships, professorships or rooms at KU named in their memory. In recognition of the part that Zodiac plays in the history ofKU, the club minutes and other materials are stored in the archives of the Spencer Research Library. To help build the comunity Zodiac donates a children's book to the Lawrence Public Library in . memory of each member upon her death. Topics studied have sometimes refleted interests of the time period. In �1967, Zodiac Club studied Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; in 1972 the topic was "Woman" when the Equal Rights Amendment was proposed to Congress; and in 2004, the Lewis and Clark Trail was the topic of study during its 200th anniversary. Members discuss potential topics each January and select one in February. During the past 40 years, the club had studied various parts of the world: Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Italy, Japan and . Africa. Topics involving women have included Women Travelers and Adventurers, the Ethnic Women's Voices in the Americas. Literary topics have included Science and Science Fiction, Nobel Laureates, Great Books, Biographies, Essayists, Plays, American Humorists, Elizabeth England, Short Stories since 1945, Booker Prize Finalists and National Book Award Winners. Other topics have included Cities of the World, Kansas and he World in the 1870s and Vernacular Architecture. Founders Day dinners are held every five years, the only time spouses are invited to a club activity. The 125th anniversary was observed in February 2003. The 130th anniversary will be observed in February 2008. Sponsored By: Zodiac Club Members 73 �, ____-~~~""""C:~~~!!!I!l THE\r i.PUBLICAN JUORNA1 omc~al ,Paper of the City. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1877. " DIED.',:, ""_ SHRPHERD"::At the reald4lnee~ of; J; ,,C. Stsele, Clinton.:.Bt 5 o'olock: a. m. Maroh 8th. II[rs. EI zabelh Shepherd,ln the gSt! year of 'her age. .' Mrs. shephei\t was born In Llndoln oounty, Norih Carolina, October 10th, i791., epllgrllted Wiiq, her father to Ohio In 1810: was mllrrled'to J:ollnl;lhep,herd Octobllr.. :ila&,'18!3, ~nd lIame to .][ausaawUh'her husband tn 1860. Tile delltb 01 thiaesilmable woman, following so.snddenly the demISe. of her'hn8balid~ wbo .lied FebrliarY ~1'hlas&, Is a sad and remark~ble occurrence" and w1ll be the, cause, of !leep regret In the vi. clnlty or he, 'r~sldence. '.l;he funeral wlll tajl:jl, I ,pllllle trom the residence of J. C. Steele, attea r o'olock a. m. March 9tb. .' . l -~-~-~ .--~~ , -- -- ,- - -- ~- ---- ~ ------- From the editor: When I was cleaning off some shelves to make more space, I found a folder with actual newspaper clippings from various Lawrence papers. They dated from 1876-1879. They were very interesting as were the articles around them. The following are a selected few just as I found them. I apologize if they are difficult to read, but they are worth the effort. I am happy to share them with anyone who has an interest in the person. -----.- �~~----:.------------ .. ---------.. -;:-'a I){,{J; . -k (H) I). - ~:~' ~J<~n};,~), :;~;~~:,~!)'M~}\ni\:r(,~,·;) C5t;at o~ t~ePi~;d~n;[f{ day of ;;;:~""'iVJ>~ i~ t~~ y~ar of our lord Z; 18 _Ci ..'L..- . --A hui~Ja17 k?~~-1J d were by me u17 ited i17 ~4\~JM! £.1I£~ I~ i A\ G Jlffi~~ .1 \ \' _-.-----------J; �LAWRENCE STANDARD. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14,1879. · "- Five',veeKs ago tb-day,Mr., :~nd:Mrs' . Da'Lee;'" wi'th~ tIieir iittlegirl six.,'. yeai's II .. .. . .old, left' foi" Col,orado, if PQssibl~to r~- 1 .cover· hmllth"hom' 'th~ 1ll0luit:tin .air I (Lila', ex'ercise.' 'fhey we.nt to 'Colb'~'ado I' , 8pd~~g~, th~~lC~' ~o . Manitol~, an,d soo,n I af,tel:,toOI(.a t,l'lP to .Leadville .'m ~he~r I ,'own conveyance. Upon the return ' : from this trip Mr., Da Lee. was tltlfdn I :iiI at'1:'\Vi~l:'IJtke~~ and O)f th~' iilll~ they ! arrived.'a;t Colorado SpriilgS 'was ve'ry !si~\r.' B'y l:~que~t O{'M.l:. Kim'neelY' l~ · 'bi'othe'rl,to Mitlor' kr;hilcdY; of tilis city, 'they ",{'eIlt':tcY;his hO~ls'e ''ivIH'lre''e~ei;y ,,• I I . ~. .' . .' , ; 'possible kindness 'was' shoWll. "Mr. Da ; T~'tJels 'd.'ise~se was' consuIllptiO'll' oCthe , 'J,)c:i{\i els, iti\d liO medicrile coril~ "r'eligYe I~t: i'He',g'l'acltlalI:y'failM, 'aild on'e'week "ago")\~stei'd:lY' (Mond1ty)'~ at' 8 (j;clodk passed quietly, 'a'ncJ;'ai)p:"n'~iitly IJ:tinres's: I iy;:~dvay. ffhe blo\y',vas verY'nnexpe<:teci i '~o· ivIt'S .. Da . Lee, ariU' 'foi' a 'ti!h!3 conl~ · 'pieteiy 'pi'ostrat'~'d' :I\~r;: 'Mi': w;t,\V', , : Cockin~': was' 'with 1;1r. Da. 'Lee ih'tlis I Ids't"hburs:"']1r:: anclMrs.'W. N: IIall : 'teIegra~hedinMi:s: ' Da ' rjee '. tiiat they ~ · 'voultl b'e'\v'ith !lei-'and accomi)'any her".; 'self iillci! sick' husbaild home.' 'l'lidele-'I gi.'itrii ,vas 'riiislaid; ajld Mi's. ~)a Lee left ; .COIOl;~d<? Spr~.rigs for. I~~)me.; \Vitl~' the: 1 ,I body' of' her' husband oile day before . : 'Mf'arid:Mi's:'Hall ai'rived t11ei'e.' Mrs'. I I Da!r~ee's tickets' WeI:~' at Denv~r, bilt'; . J sIie:'iriis' 'Itin'dlY' passtlcl.throu:gIi' trH~ , : /t./.'1'.: IL~;, ~:'F~ .~?aci withoilt troil1,>Ie. : , 'The funeral services were held last, · Tli{li's'd'ay a:ftebi~on;' and were largely: ' ":~ttelMed'attlie Baptist church, ohv'ilich I '''::JivIt}:'D:t'':Lee' '~ilS a ~ember~' The 1''0" ( pla.ins we:ri buried in Oak' r~ill Ceme- ~ f'tery; ., ., .... ' . f ,./ A"j)'rief extl-act from the funeral 8er- . ! mOil'l:iy l~ev; A: C.Peck will give a fail' • 'idea 'of Mr.])a Lee's· 'standing as a citiI zen·: 1- 1:')' I' . . ' . , ~I 1 I , f '.' 'I'he J,oate, Mr. ,\.. G •. n~,I,~e. , Mr. A. G. Da Lee was born ,in Wash'.Ingt~l; 'CO~lljty; N~,w York;' AugtistH, ' ~8~O, fUld.died a~ ColOfitdo S!}lings; C~l.,. 'j ,..A~l~u~t f, 1871), h~ving l~early completed, , his fifth-ninth year. He had lived in "Michigan and i~' C;tiif~rnia. In the 'i.'~tter stli~ei .I)e, ~~~nt sev~n~1 yel~~'s in . the,mines during the early period of the gi:eat gqhf e?,6i~,ement. At San ]<'ntncisco he took his first' lessons in pho-" tog~ailh·~'. rie 'c~t~e to Kansas in 1858, ; anJ:s~t!l~d in'. Ll{wxence, }vhere he Illlir.r,~~~ Marq,a Lam~l!-' a sister of W~JH. ,Lam.~lll, in, April, 1860... Aqh!3 time of the Qualltrell raiu Mr. and Mrs: Da Lee w;er~ liy~ngi!1, ,a,lioufi~' 'th;it stood'wl~ere ~y ood ~~ard's :' ROl!nd Corner". now .~~an?S, J}1r .. Da.Lee \Viis taken pri.~9ner I . and led down.stairs .to the.uoor, where. , l~;' r~;fi1<;n shpt h(in: .The l;)ltllpa~sed ; .tlirpl?is!},: hIS ,neck, ,~nd for some I,lio- , ments he lav stunned upOli the floor .• I lHter\vm:us il,e n~ade liis,way up s.t~irs, : . but I}~s ;wif~ h~d ~one down into pIe, t ~ baek yaru another way. He went to'1 ;. t~le);Wjri.do~ ,~n~:~appl'd ,~p#" it:,'al/d i i..t)\~i~ f~ll fainti!?g t? the, fI?or,. 1>~rs. : ,p.i)-, Lee,ra~~ .uw~tairs,and by great ef!'prt )wcqe,e.q~d.in getting her h~sban~,down " ! ~ng: ou~,<?~ th\l b~lr!}i,n,~ b~il~ilJgJnt,<? the ,(b~c)(, y'~J;c~. ,A~.h~~ 9":1~ requflst Sll~, le1~ , ;11i,~~..l!art~ally., f,9!.\ce\l!\,d, in ~<;»n.e, w,e~ds, ;wh,ll,e I:\h~ ~,en'~i\t!\\,l,tx,toYrev~J?tattra~.t­ ,~Il~ ,l.t,JIX: of ,the Ipurde.roV,5; f?apg to, t!le .I ,sp.,~t ";,I~er.~: hill' wQ,u.nd.lll1lnl~bapd ~t~y. I , " Hr . .1J,\l L~e, f,ortunat,ely esc1\lJ~d £9-'1' ·ther injury, and in about live weeks reI covered from his wOUJ~l1'., IIe'contii{i.;ed III ,:, '. " .• rP~~,I?JlOtog~apl.J business ,OIL. tl}e san~e corner during war, and much of the 'ti'm'e I~aci. all he a'nd four or five assist'ant's couiddo~ . As time' w.ol:e on, tile occu'p:itioil told upoi/lii's,heIilth;:i~{d ile l)~lrchased the place on ii{;;llH';sse~stl:e~t \vi,t~;I~I\e h~ten'~~oil of l,n{tl\ing:fruit ~a'i's, hlg·it 1.)l~si,lless.,Twelve.y,ears a~o,:pn ! ,the first of next October, they moved to : \1.t&'Pl~~ILt}lq~e~: __ .'_C .. _ _ _ ~ . , ' .: j ';;' I,. 'I . ., 'I,' t on : ", ·".~n alit-he relations of life our urot.ll!lr showed ,the diguity o[ .manhood and the consistellcy' of iL 1. ~!~rf~iihli.:. !~. ?~V ~l;~.li have stl'iveit 1'lOl'e scdlilpusi 'ly or sllc~eeded lIIore flllly in rOllnding Ollt "the' I' 'nianY'sideU comjlietClicss of manly, clmr'LCt.er;' , . ). !A~,<L cit,izen·I scarcely need speak :of him. Hi's I long residence in Lawrence has brought hilll into I j ) ; ; ; . , social and business relations wit-h the entire COlll- ; l; l~ll~ll~itr?he~i.IHl.has~had ~clltl1.re. yw ?piI,lion ~ha~ l~~n,le with ; I deahngs have received aughtl, ,Wh~lI! : else, 1,I1'an killdness;' thlelit,y,' 'alid justice. at his,l ,;hailds ... -He.was remarkable for tlie promptiless I, ,y i9! r'(Vhi~I! ,h" ptet, hi~ engagelllents.. HIs sense' : of justice Wt.L~ sl{ kecl~,fha.t, I,te 1l9t ,Ullfl:?q~?il,tlY tUl'lIed away applicants for his pro[essiOli<LI 80r-'! vices, saying that he-conld not"ICC(,'nllllodate thelll and. at UIe'same time,fuitill his Ill'omise Uijirevi-. <,lUS 1l;t,IjI'Q\lry. ,Duty ever. ,t\tqog, .high<;r ;-nth 11il1l , than a.!ov,e of gain. To ~hc honor of his 1111I1lC' an\!'Lhc praise 'of' I:is ItlJI'lioi'Y be it said. he:n;)ver b'mve'd l to the 'god' 'of' tIllS ''''01'1<\' 'nor silCli'/iced ,pi'inci!llc upol\'Lhe altar of Mamlllon: Uving, in I :~ CO!'1nll)llity not falllous for it.~ commerCia) !lOnOl'; 1,\111. w~1. ne,ver ?9ntamina,t.e(~ .uy its lo,~ Blonds, and has lilllshed hiS career Without the Slightest taint .' of fraud or doubtful priictice, or even 'susliicion, . ! resting upon his reputation, The reco)'(Ir@'~iii.~I ,Citizenship, is stainless; . He walt,c<V'iiJ white I a;n'iilstalt die C~lTuptions_uY-Which' lie was en-' v!rotieU; mi\i'if i{e hai(-done noUn',g niore, this I 'aloite:would liaye proved' the Suprelllacy of con.' sciimce in his:character, I j I �lll(III,--lIIII!'do-IIIIO--' w neu ~ney Klle w lUj w:t.l> Oil' lL Ul' un K;-,["""',...,""'=rr-r"""r-.,..."......,.....,..,...,.."....,.....,.,...,.,o;""''''''''"i'rnl cumUl'"" II' IIIMllIt!!"IT:u'~L•.~.a..m.,'""I:'l'!',,.I"'m' .u,'m' u.ol!"'l.~JJ,,!"rm,"',o!!'l:"'.,,!m' m '.""--d lJu 'sent in for the hors~ and took it back ed that Wl\~ wlll~t he wan~e?; said he Luce jumped from the wagon, aud fired do do 7 ( 'hom,e. Gle:tson complained that' his wanted a.lIlckel s worth of It: I gave fOllr more times , but at the same time do do ( do do 98 ( people had "gone back on him," and the him a little over :U~ ounce of arsenic.; it the whole party opened upon him, firing do do 10 ( ," do do 11 feeling might have inspired the drunken was wrappeli up 1II ye 11 ow wrapplllg nineteen times from shot guns loaded do do 12 (( delusion that he could be revenged by paper; I labeled it "arsenic," and nnder with buckshot. One' of Lucc's balls tlo do 13 ( do do H ( taking his own life. Then it was easy it "poison," with lead pencil. He took struck a man named Kelso in the leII', do do 15 ( enough to get poison somewhere under it away with him. He did not pay for another took the tip off of one man's ~~ ~~ W : do do 21 10 Prete, nse that he wanted it for a legiti- it-said he had no money. It was in ear, and one went through the coat do do ,( m,,ate lmrllose. Possibly the poison was the forenoon that he got the arsenic, skirt of one of the party. Lllce was do do ~2 , do do 2a ( taken by mistake, but that is not at all between and 10 o'clock. I did not see probably hit by the first shot fired at do do 24 , ~ him again alive. him, but continued'firing until his we,apdo (10 2' Int, Probable. -clu tlo 25 Gew Coronel' Monis is ahscnt from the F. 'V. Wieman sworn and ex:tmircd. on was empty. One buckshot went in do do 20 ( city and .Justice Chadwick served as Am'it tobacconist in the city. Knew his mouth, coming out of his ear, and ag ~ The following deceased in his lifetime by sight: never two others entered the left grOin, olle do do 29 28 lilt. C oroner in his stead. 'do do (1 CIlI Jury was summoned: Albert Knittle, knew ,his name. Yesterday, mOl'lling passing flireetly in, the other going up dn do:Jl , J; P. Hoss, John Hume, .J. P. Estes, about ten, or a little after, I went into and in and lodging in his legs. A shot :l~ a~ ~5 ~ saloon of Herman Vornholt, and as T from a revol vel' tore his right hand to tlo do 34 ( S amuel Watts, and, IS. H. Carmean. do do 35 ( 'rhe jury met and examined several stood there, :Frell Stisser, the bar-keep- pieces just as he had the drop on Sheriff dll do 36 ( witnesses. rrhe following testimony er, told me auout deceased having tak SIllitll, of Woodson. "rhis knocked his ~~ ~~ ~ IlIt:1 wils elieitetl: en something' in his beer, and he show- hand up, :ll1d the bullet went up in the ~~ 3~ lleJ~l , Dr. A. l~ll11er swom: I am City J'hy- ed me the paper amI the substance in air. },Ilee was brought back to l~redodo do' 41 tI sieian. H{lve viewed dead body of de- it. Gleason was not 'in at the time. Ilia, his wounds dressed, and, although ~~ ~~:~ ~ do tlo 43 Int, ceased. I have learned that his name 'rhe substance was a white powder; he oegged to be allowed to remain here, dn tlo 44 (Jell( was Michael Gleason. I was called to the paper was of a yellowish color: on was taken on to Humboldt. 'rhe affilir do do 41 ,I see a sick man in Clarke &, Glathart's the paper was marked with a lead pen- created a great deal of excitement, of a~ a~!~ ~ st!lble. I went to see him about 10 cil," Arsenic'" "poison," one under the course, and all sorts of rumors are rife. ag ~g gy ~ o'clock this inorning. I found him Iy- otlier. I went to the tahle where the It is gener:J.lly believed that the vigido do 63 ~ ing there, and on examination found he har-tentler told me deceased had sat lantes are out in full force, and that ~~ ~g g;: lilt." do do 67 Gell' W ',;s , very near death: He did die in when he took the substance, and 1 Luce's men, who had his stock, will yet do do Il8 d ten or fifteen minutes, while I was found on the floor neal' the table some be heard frolll in connection with an do do 59 d there. He was past speaking and made of the same substance that was ill tlte aerial dance a~ the end Qf a rope. Sev:l~ ag :;g Jllt,~ no answer to my qmistions. I inf}uired paper. 'J'bere was aiso a piece of eral remarks were dropped by some of do do Gen, do tlo 61 (12 d lis to Ins symptoms, &c.; was told that string, still tied, of a reddish color, on the pllnming party which would war,10 do 63 tI he liad bedl lying there for ahout 24 the Hoor, which I picl{ed up and gave rant this belief, as would also their en~~ ~~ ~ n~~it tire llisregard of the cattle llrivers. do do h' ou' rs', tluit he was intoxicated w, hen to Mr. Stisser. 'do do 65 00 dtI he came there, the day before. They The jury arrived at the fo I lowing ver- Luce was very anxious to remain here, do do 69 d stated also that he was in the habit of di<1~ investigation taken for the peo- ami seemingly feared that the end 'was ~g 3~ i~ coming there while drunk, and lymg pie of the State of Kansas, at the staille not yet-that he would be taken out 3~ ?~ ~~ Illt. d there until sobered up; said he had of N. S. Clarke, on New Hampshire and hanged lJefore reaci/mg Humboldt. do do 73 llen~ been y6miting. lie died in a very few street, in the city1lf J~awrence and the do do 75 d , I county of Donglas, on the 3d day of )'o'st Office Curiosities. ~~?~ ~~ minutes and I did not inquire furt leI'. August, A;D.1870, before Charles ChadThe ordim,try run of mortals are not do do 78 d 1 tIlougilt it IH'obable, from informa- ,viek, a Jusliee of the l'eace in and for do do 79 d . tl'18 a Ilsence j'TOlU ae()lIainted wHh the mysteries and eurido do 79 Jnt ' .thin received from uystanders, and the the said COllnty, III do do 80 (le"l~ , the cOllnty of Dr' I' " "101'I'I'S Coroner ositles of the internal macliillery of II d •. ..,. J,l , , do 0 80 Int., sy mpt()l,ns, that he died from poison. upon the view'. of the body of, one POtl\; oflice, and it it! well for them that do do 81 Gelle nis vomiting, his lips being t!wolen, MI'cll,"el Gleason. then amI there lyillg ,I" do B~ lilt d' , , they !1re not, as therehy consHIeralJle do do 8~ and other symptoms indicated to me dead, IIJlon the oaths of Albort Knittle, ,10 tin tH UOI;(: , , IT . C'arllleaH,.'J' () I III 11 ,lillie, •'J 0 I III 'I'.Oi:;tl, worry and COllfllSioll is escaped. .A: I 8t 1111." that he had taken SOlllO poisoHouH sub- S. do '" , 'rJ t ' I t I ave Samuel Watts, and J. 1'. ]~ste!:l, good brief interview with the mailillg clerk, ~~ ~~ ~ l;:11:~ stance. lOse symp oms IllIg'l I anrl lawful lllen of the t!aid COUllty, thili lllorlling, at the' ],/Lwrcncu post W..kal'usa 'fowlIshlp, ]Jell II been lll'ought about by whisky. lIe who, being dilly tlWOl'll to !lHjuire,on}he oUice revealed a condition of things Gl'Ulit do (l~"e , Had no appearance of a disease of any part of the people of the :state of h,ltll- that will be of interest. '1'hero are ~;l'Ulit t ~o ~~Clill he see, med, to bea strong, vigorous sas into all the circumstances attclHIi~~~:::r.t~~ :I~ I)~;i~ k' ind', , , ing the death of said Michael Gleason, now about tiny letters in the 110S t otlice Kallwaka. do (lp,,!: mall· If there was poisoning, It was ,"IIC\ Il' Y \vllOm the same was Ilroduced, I tl t . I k' d t' Kanwuku do Delh lCre ta are valli y as lUg a es lIIa- C(1',l ilonttOoUo d(I',») (1}'~C'I"ler SOlu'e irritating corrosive poison. If he a'llcl in what manner, and when and tion. These letters have accumulated the day Ilefol'e it where the said Michael Gleason came to lIIal'ioo do Gene ll a(} taken arsenic , \' I tl d tl' tl f within the llast two ,or three days M ' do Uelll 'would be about the usual time liS (ea I, 0 say upon· lell' oa IS:t orewl\~~:~ Springs do U; .. ~ , , 11 said. that Michael Gleason, on the ild though the accumulation usually aver- WlJlowsprlngs do lIelli "for death to supervene;' genera y 'day of August, A. D. 1870, in tho county ages only about fifty a week. Hllnnillg Palmyra do Geot' ~eq' uires abo'ut twenty-four hours. aforesaid, did voluntarily mix and min, I tl l' t tl f I I ' l'almyra do Delli , ,Dr.V. W. May swo'rn: I examined the gle a certain qnantity of white llrselllC, throug I Ie IS, Ie 0 oWlllg are a EElllldtl°Olr'aa ddg 1\1' 1 I GI tI I tJ few of the directions, leaving out most . I h deceased in C91l1pany with Dr. Fuller, t e saH IC Hle cason len am lere state of }(I\nsas........ : .... " knowing the said white arsenic to be a of the names of the persons to whom City of Lawrence. genel'lll I'll and agree with his statement. lean say deadly poison, in a certain fluantityof the letters are directed: 'Cedar mbits, Ulty or I.awrence, Interest fl further that deceased seemed to be suf- beer and the said Michael G eason did Kansas; Holon Berg, Kansas; Mr. Wil- 2i~~ l::;:::~~~: ~~;c~~~::~ and there, to wit: in the city of City of Lawrence, sidewalk I f' erl'ng g'reat pai~l in the region of his then' las on liatn M ge, kansas Stewart Osa qunmo Cit Y or EIIdom' , .... , ...... ,,, .-sto'11a'·cl'-I' alld bowels. I was impressed L "awrence, an d coun t y 0 f D OUgl, • the said 2d day of August, A. D. 1870, (the letter, when deciphered, r,ea,d,s 1\<lr. Iodlvi'duall'edemption accOl Asslgoment 01 county cel'tift, with ,the 1'dea th a t h e was suffering from drink and swa)low ~he poison afo~·eE.aid, 'Villiam M. Stewart, Quenemo, Osage COUlJty school 1\llId"., .... '" severe, corrosive po, is on ; these pains so as aforesaId 'mIxed and mmgled, C'OUllty, Kans,'\s)', "Kelldoll, Wlliteh,all Normallustltute tund""", . I b db f which he be J1J, Redemption of county certll: wOlild 'indicate it. I formed the OPlll- w lere y an y reason 0 . - 'Uo,. Kansas', Begg Rock Co., Kan Gill Uouoty genel'al lund ,'" ,. ' It d f ca'me sick and distres~ed III his body; ,Orders or other couotles" .. iori that death resu e rom corrOSIVe lind the said Miclu~el Gleason on the Big Rock, l{ane county, Ill.); Eaxville pOisoning" '. 2d day of Au~ust, A. D .. 1870, did (Co. P,ost Office, Cansas; Onel creek, OVEUDRA1 : N. S. Clarke sworn :tlld exanlllled: I die of the IJolson aforesaId, and of Kansas; Yemenien Sehswick Co. (Ger- School District No. 56 , , .. do do 56" .... sickness, and distl~rbance there~y , C C \v t do do 61, .. , .. am kecpel' of the stable where deceased the occasioned' and so the Jurors aforesaid, mania, Sedgwick 0.); ouper, es en do do 6I!, .. ,,, died. I first saw deceased on Monday llpon their 'oaths aforesai,d, say that t,he Co.; Secretary of De1!:ovin Lodge 85do ,do 74 ..... , "11' 'ruesflay; he came there with his saitl Michael Gleason, tlId voluntanly 577 Hog and H. M. Dekoven; none State school land fuod, , ; , , , Balance 10 tl'easllry, , , , . , .. , horse; he wa!lted his horse fed, but said kill himself in manner and form as Valnut, Benton Co., Ka~sas, North f 't I put his aforesaid.' . . ",:he had no money to pay 01'1. In witness whereof the saId Jurors Amerika (from Denmark); Hev. Fr. COUNTY TUEASU -,: horse up. His'lion came for the,horse have hereunto set their hands this 3d Hyacinth O. M. Capuc, Herzog Kansas. LAWRENCE, KANS, I hereby cert,I1y that the on Wednesday or Thnrsday. I saw him pay of August, A. D. 1870. There are many more with directions sta.temeot of the several ~ again on the afternoon of the same day' , AI.BElt'l' KNI'l'TLE, ;\S obscure and curious. Of course there connty treasury on 'the 28th the \Jest of my knowledge a Ilad 111's hOI'se saddled, and S. CARlIIEAN, . f d' • T .H. P. Ro "s C,"11 , OL he Cl;nle. H • s, • lJe no systematIC manner 0 ISCOVsaid he wanted'to go out home. e SAJllUEL 'VA'fTS, ering the intended destina.tion of postal , ut his horse, 'oii~ntgJg~_ _ _-,--_...I.. ~T..:e. 'P",:·REa:R'I'I:1:.lR.~~,_ _ _..J.";;':'~:";'_ _ _";'_ _ _ _ _IIIIIIIII_"'''IiII_.....''lIillliil.- ° :lg : :g 3 a g:ii: gf �. .CH .. I • '-= t . _ WEST,ERNi'RQ tiE, JOURN J,t \ LA WREl'!,CE NOV., 16,1876. ~r""',""",----:,-::-.<"',,;-,;7".-r-~:......::-:~:::;~;:,=,,=,:~-:;,::.:!:-~n ~~,' ":'", ;-~~~. , Obltuary;':,"-'1, ",I; , I '1' ' fl. ~.~.......,.', . ~ . ,,' ..... . .. ".!... I., ~' , : , Mr. ~i1liam Bell "was born .in ,~~rD; , , ,AlbanYoounti. Ne:w',York,:in 180(t.:.IHe , . (' '1 " .. -_ ' 'received a good common sohool':;ednca~ t "ion; and ,in, his.earlY.: nia~hood.':w'li~ ifor . 1 . .,' , • I several -years a t'e,ache~., ~~'" 18~8. : he' \ i moved to Albany,' where he, learned th'e I I ca~p~n'er!8trade which'~~,:w'9rke4!<or ; <'eight YeSrs. I "• , ' """ , ' i',-"'" v ~ I " ' t . ."- . ~ .. , " I I .. ,J • , .. ':,' In 1829;he married Miss Sarah Mosier, : " ,aI;ld in .i8~7; th~yl,lDo~eh,O: th\;" ,then'~er~' 1 '~itori ~f Wi8oonBiD,'making,their~bome .i~, it "W~l,wort~! "Walwor~b ,c(>unty., ,!I~,',W~,~, ' 'ali active part:in'all the interests ',oUown 8nd'Bta~e, I,lelng the fi~s~ 'ja'~tic~"o{ th~ peaoe, (which'-offioe be "held' for' 'sixteen ~ 'tears,) , the', firs' postmaster. for four'~en' I ,year~ and the ,fire~ C0!l0ty assess!>,r. ',' , 1 d , 'In 1847 he wa'e 'Il melnber ,of the :'000, j ~ at .' -j,. • :. i J. , __ ' _ _ _ • • ••. - _~:-~ ._'_"'_~-':_~':~ .:-_~_J ventioo whioh formed, the State consti- ! ' tn;i~n. , ' ", " , ,. " He wa's a man' of marked, character, firm and earnest iii Ilis 9piniona; azealous lover of Ii~erty, ,and an iildep~n!leot Ihioker both iii regard' to' religiC'n and politics, " ' ':; , ", , During' the ,war he', was' Joyal an~'PG~ 1 trio tic, ' Two sor.s fell in the Union cause. 1 In 1870 hemovbd to Lawrence. Since I he has be,!ln here he has been paiticulhly interested in riming fruit. IT'e was a ! member, of the Horticultural Society, in, the meeliol\8 of, which he'wa~ always i,r.~. ,teres,ted, 'and often took an aCll,ve, part. " I' 1;hree years, Bgo he ha.d a severe sickness from which it ,was not thought h" " could recover. He was not afraid' to 'die;: 'but' earnestly expressed,' 6 deeire-: t" I live' his three scorA' ,.and ,tea years. I and, especially to see the Centent:lio.l yea,r, ; , .. His, wish, was gratified.: HiaBeveot~ , years' were completed, tbe ,gr!lnd n'ation.: 'al'exposition was drawing to its 'cl~sE', ' ~ben' disease laid 'its tatllihaod !up'cn,' him.' From the first he ,did no' .t~iok. ' , :thatpe,'sh,ould recover aDd. talked with" ; his ,family, ; calmly_ and hopefulof~'the' , ,f~(u~#: l.;Hter'Bq!s~re~si,ri'll ~ick!le,~:l' ?~ ~ ~I I 'httle less'than fivewileks h'e passed away' 'Weiln'es'day' ;llilol-nilig, N av. 8,h: He, , leaveS'a" wife' Eilidseven ohildren to ,'r;J,lourn hi~ death: 'B. It I I I I -:":-'::='-::".--:-:==:.....~',_~i _~'_",I , �~lte !laity ~'olttl.tal. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. Death of Mrs. Geol'"c A.. Reynolds. Death of llelll'Y Leis. I Tbe announcement yesterday morning of We clip from the Parsons Daily Wonder the death of Henry Leis, was received with of last Monaay the following notice of the surprjse by tbe whole community. His death of Mrs. George A. Reynolds, whIch death was very sudden. Monday evening will be read with sincere regret by the . h~ was on the street and appllrently ill. many friends and· acquaintances of the ' - good healtb. All Qay Tuesday he comfamily in this city, where they rcsided for ' l?lained of feeling unwell, but was up a .several years: . - .~ portion of the day. About eight o'clock Mrs. Reynolds died at her late residence in tbe evening bis symptoms became in this city on Sunday, at 2 :30 p. m. .Her decease was not uncxpected, and yet wlien alarming, and a pbysician was' sent for, a good man or woman dies thc community who at once pronounced it congestion of mourns, the family circle is broken, friend~ tIte brain. He lived only about fifteen grieve, and society acknowledges a loss~ I minutes ~fter the physi~lan arrived. Mrs.:R. has been sick over a year, with. varying vicissitudes of gradual improve: \ Mr. LOIS ;was born III New York city ment and sudden relapse, her friends shart J anuar~ 22, 1837, Ilnd was .therefore in IllS ing in alternate hopes and fears of a. per-. I forty-thm! year. He came to.Lawrence in manent recovery or a rapid dissol~tion. ' I 1855,. and worked on the old Hel'llld of For several days shc lay unconscious, seem- I : EreedQm as a printer, At the breaking out iligly without pain, aud whcn her final . of llie' war he enlisted ill the Second Cologreat change came she died as undisturbed and peaeefuly as an infllnt drops to slccp I rado Cavalry, and served witb tbat regiin its mother's arms; as if the good angel ment-during the entire war. He traveled had come hIS long journey upon tbe brightexten,sively in Mexico, New Mexico; Ariest of Sabbath days, purposely to rewlll'd I zona, and Texas, and was' able to speak and recognize her. sclf:sacrifieing, loving, Spanish quite fluently. ' •. , and forgiving spirit. t Mrs. Reynoltls was the eldest dau;,hter I In,1865 he was married to Miss Rutb E. of .Col. W. R. .Judson, of Elmira, N. Y., a [-- - HQ~chinson, who still survives him. They highly -honored aud esteemed eitizen of bad .five Children, only two of whom Ilre , that city and State, now in actvanced years now living, a son and daughter, aged thirand feeble health .. She was married in ! teen and eleven. 1856 to MHjor G. Hcynold~, amI soon thereIlfter came with him to Kllnsas Territory, Mr. Leis was for a long time foreman of aLd settled in Lawrence, and was consct~le KansllS State JOUIINAT" and has at one questly one of the earlier pioneer women hme or another been connected with near-' of.Kansas. ]<'rom 18(j0 to.1865 tbe family I Iy every office' in' the city. During the resided at Port Scott, arid duriug all the days. when, Lawrence boasted a printers' 1 dark aud troublous days of lhe border war Mrs: Reynolds rcmained with her family union. Henry was its finanCial secretary. and shared in the trials and dangers of those He was an open, free-hearted man who eventful years. Hcr:·house iu Port S«utt I while he bad bis faults, had mahy virtues: was noted for its hospitality, aud her ge, which far overbalanced them. nial and generous spirit gave a cordial welThe funeral was attended, yesterday afcome to all. Prom 1865 to 1869 Mrs. Hcynolds resided almost continually in the ternoon, from the fllmily reSIdence on In. Indian Territory, her husband being Ull~t­ diana street, G. W .. W. Yates, D. Evans, cd States Agent of the Seminole Indians, Geo. Pord, Mr. QUllntril, Mr. Spaulding, Here the sllme contented Illld self-sllcrific- I ') and ~. J. Phillips acting as pall bearers. II ing. disposition was shown that always The remains were interred at .Oak Hill charaterized her. Here in tbe wild woods Cemetery. . that environ the trontier IndJan post of We-wo-ka, a hundred miles from civilization and white settlements;her now only living son was born. In 1871, Major Reynolds removed to Parsons, where their family bave since resided. Tbe good woman buried to-day had ·two good characteristics, and lthese. certainly greatly adorn a complete and perfect WOI11Ilnhood, personal self-sacrIfice for the COllfort of others"and unbounded affection and devotion to her family. The best of' nlothers, the most generous and devoted of 1 friends, it can be truly said, was given to , the earth parent to-dIlY. She sleeps well I and sweetly by tbe sidc ot the' bright boy, ,Georgie, she loved so much: (The family that mourn tbe loss of a devoted wife and the noblest of mothers are Major Geo. A. Heynolds, Mrs. Dr. Kleiser, Burton, Rosie, , and Ollie. . ,. , Hev. Dr. K~ys, of the, Presbyterian • Cburch, conducted the funeral serviccs, at 13 p, m" at the house, and a large assembly ot. friends witnessed their kind l'emelllbrance and affectionate regard for the deceased. . _ ._ I i I ( I I 77 . " I �second day, witll one hundred and sevCli students enrolled and only four ausenteesi In order to give the students the best pos! sible advantage it was thought expedient To-Day's local Notices. to make, besides the usual grades "A;" "B" "c" iwo divisions of the "B" clftss· The larp,'cst, Illle~t. nud plulllpest Apples as 'tile ~II\SS of teachers belonl!'. to/that. in the city, eitlwl' li)l' cooking or eating, grade. , can be found lit Wortbington's.. Everything seems to be gliding along smoot!Ily and pleasantly uOller Ih~ efficieDt Elegaut Black Silks at Hunt's. management of Prof. McClou~h and his White Goods mllrked down at Hunt's. able corps of instructors. Mrs. Hoffman'S reading clnsses seem to Bunting nud Grenadines al Hnnt's. be well pleased with their in~sLrllctor, "for," as one of them said to-diiy, "we hnve so Chellpest Embroideries at Hnnt's. much fun down there." (The first two 01' , Linen Lawns. pretty and cheap-IIUDt's. three days of lin institut~ nre employed by the teachers in greeti/g Ihmr friends and Balbriggan Hosiery, 12~c., at niint's. forming new acquaintances; and the Su~ , ents' Gauze Vests, 25c., nt Hunt's. perintendent appricinting the situntion, ;, gave all the teach~rs who desired an opporFe,her-Edge Braids nt Hunt's. tnnity of meetillg their friends and developing their colloquial powers last night in Penrltng for Lace Work nt Hunt's. the spacious ,tfOOIllS of the Business CuF Cut P~per Patterns nt Hunt's. lege. is' . . Most of tlie time was spent in ('xchnng\ A. o. U. w. . There will ·be a meeting of Lawrence ing congra'tulatory expressions Rnd in dis; Lod&e No. 7'A. o. u. W. this (Wednesday) coursing<~pon the troubles llIal trinls thnt evemng. AII\members are requested to sorely ,Dillicts .the pedagogic fraternity'. be present. Bu~nc55 of importance to be Mrs. Hoffman, Mr. Steers, and som~ others transacted. \ whos{names we did not leam, entertainCli Cigars thnt deliglit 'tbe he~l't of n the{.~ompany with some very lively recita, smoker are sold by\Worthington for one. tions. half the usual price c~arc:ed elswhere. ;'We noticed among the normalites to-day Prof. J. C. Banta, who has just returned CITY AN 0 dOUNTRY (from Oskaloosll, where he has been giving _ _ _---"""',...... ;- . instructions in pcnmnnship alld book-keep~ X,. . ·Ing in the Jdferson county Normal. Thnt ,,'nlltc«l to )tellt. i ' A portable stenm engine f\··r.a couple/of county is represcntclr in thc Normlll here weeks. Apply at this office.. ':. ,/ by Miss Bell Gilluly, onll"of Jefferson's - - - - - - - - - - ' \ i - '_ ' most lively teachers. Ice ice, ice. EIDEMILL\n &/Co. The spirit of scllOoi teaching scems to be ---------~,:_, ;. somewhat ,localized, as. certain locnlitics A telegram wns recetved at the totalliouse send out more tellchers thun others. At of n present Twin Mound and Coal Creek seem yesterday to look out for tbe bff\:y mnn drowned at Topeka yesterl~{y. h, to have the ascendency in numuers. Twin ~ " Mound is represented by Misses 'Vegili Hats cleaned nnd repaire}V by J. ')V. Hiatt,lIIary Harding, Viola Forgerty, BetWhite, at the Falmer's Ho~e, norlh end t~e Badsky, Lottie Thnrber, Nellie Tussy; of l'IIassachuseUs sreet. .n' 8-5-d6\. Mr. C. Montgomery, and yet more are • '. J'. • ,coming. Co.al Creek's representntion is The trllli of ofhcel RelDschlld for assault, \l'I1isses Annie Peairs, Emma bimmons, before Justice Chadwick/and n jury, yes' kmily O'Brien, Mrs. Bowman, Messrs. terday, resnlted in nn tfcquittnl of the of. Chalmers nnd Hownl'{l Peair~, J. Dumars, .JRli'ies Joseph, John Simmons, nnd lUore ficer. / Nearly half a car Jfr bottled ginger ale arc IYi;epnring to comc. D. D. ' A/tdi~ . t,\,r" 1879. was receivelt fl,Y nflI'm in this city yestcr· day. It is said toAbe n good remedy for ---------cholera morbus. ~' l' • Jlahlwill. k" . On last Sunday af'.IlI·lIoon CuI. John C. The Kllnsas 0ity Journal man is still Stearns diel\,nt the residence of his son-in, nibbling awnY!lIt the wOlUnn suicide CII. l:lW. Prof. S. ~" Weatherby, in this villnge'. nard. Won't/,solllcbody throw the fellow n At the burial\,1lervice, on the followlIlg lilly, Prof. 'Veat~erby rfJlltlll hrief history new bait, most lilly thing will nnswcl'. I.< of the life of me deceased. Mr, Hlcal'l!s There isi~id to he II tl()g.~atching cstab- wns born nt Lan~llml, New lI!lIl1pshire, Iishment i~·this eity, where valullble tioga 1802, nnd by his \!(pericnce nutl energy are kindlg cRred for till their owners pny connected us wilh th,e goldcn nge of the 'II royalt; for having them ticd np nllli atl- repUblic. His hnnd linLl pressed the hllnl\ vertised: of LII }<'ayetle. His Chl~~ctel' partook ill Ii mensllI'e of t.he stern lind t~ng. gcd nalure of ". A ilion 4~. Dal~ee. his own native mountatns.· IIis ~ense of 'l'n'estlay mornillg we anllounced that justice was a governing prirlciple, lind hi :!;, l'I1l'.fDnLee wn~ very sick at Colorado Snrings, and little hopes wore entertnined its ntlministrntion as a Jnstice\of tbe Peace ot/lhis recovery. While t.he Jlnper wns yet foes and friends alike eXJlected~~o receive ~et in thc hnntle of its readers II dispntch simply their right. He was a~\early ac{(oas received nnnouncing his death. quaintance and neighbor of John\Brown, : Mr ...DnLee tlrst came to Lawrence IIUOUt nml was inspired by the same g~pel of humanity. He was a friend of the slave, , the year 18ii8 nnd located iu business in what was known as the Robinson build- :11111 ready to help him secure freedom at a ·ing, on the north eud of Jllassnchusetts time when thut act required the sncritlo~~f street. A few weeks later he removed to populaflty" and involved danger. Ull~r the comer of' Massnclinsells nnd Hemy. his exterior, roughened by eneoimters wit 1 trilll nntI hardships, dwelt n heart of tenuer strects, where he wa..~ bnrned out at the ness, quick to sympllthize with snlfering time Quantrcl sltcked the CIty, lind Mr. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1879. I., I . Wot:ij I' · · . journ Mone ant b Del of til, year, ers n: comiJ mate< EB1.'UI Rala!'I, Legal fets. Judlel CorulH ltent.~ 1'0I)l'1! J(cepl shIp ASSC3t Books Jail, l IIleg .. Jt()a(]~ ElccLi 1"uel ~ Repal flees Work, Appro Illal Kllw' lusura Police !Lilli To TIl( ed to trnste Wakal Lecum Kallwl Cltut(~l Clh.to, lIlIrlol Will"" Palm} Eullor: Eullur: Th, gener brldg bond: l'8i1rc ty,6 for al Thl lUg, I 0'e101 Th, at se· purp« theu j for iI two ( per CI of thl rctlen Th· and 1 WIIS liocn of th lnted mitte Th selvc sllbj( ellch Th ll.1.stn tel' fr Ing C trcns· fund, A po: in sc linblo for II yellrs Th Gcolt pletil 'the 51 �A DEATH 'VOUND. i I , Y01ln" .a .. "ry ''1'hitncy Accidentally ) Shoot.. Hlmst-U l\J1d Dies Tweh'e , Hours Afterwnrds---A Heroic EndUI'ance o~ i!Julrcrill::; and a Sad :t'are- I _I I well.. 'Vord was received here last eventng about six o'clock, that Heliry Whitney, the eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. :S;. 'Whitney, had accidentally shot himself while hunting on the 'Haight place, three miles northeast of Lawrence. So soon as .possible Mr. 'Vhitney "'ith a physician was at the scene of the accii delit and found the young man hopeless- ' ly wounded. Yesterday afternoon Henry Whitney and his cousin Charlie Burnett went out to ('he home of tneir uncle, Sidney Whitney, which is on·the Haight place, to hunt. They left the house with their , guns in the afternoon and after hunting a\vhile reached a clearing a little ways ' north of- the house, where they stopped : a few moments. 'Vood-cutters'had been; at work in the clearing and had sawed ' a large log' into blocks of . stove-wood' length ready for spli',!ing, One of these blocks stood un end, and Henry 'Vhit- , ; ney stepped lip on it and stood there i : with the butt of his gun resting upon I '. the block near his foot and the muzzle , i in his lc:It hand. The butt of the gun' f slip'ped off· the block and dropped until , I the hammer struck the edge of the block . , and disch;trged the gun. The charge passed through the right armjlist above, the wrist, and tore away a portion of the right side. A terrible wound was iI~­ flicted. Henry exclaimed, "I am shot," and Charlie ran to him . and supported him, and they walkeri together some I ! distance toward the house. . Henry , finally said he could endure it no longer, ; and told Charlie to go to the houHe for help. Charli,e lwlped him into as comfortable a position as possible, and went i to the house, three-quarters of a ~nile away, where he got a buggy, and in company with his sister, Mrs. S. E., "'hitney, returned to where the wound- . ed boy lay, and took him to the honse. : llir. S. E'. 'Vhitlley·was in town whim , the accident happened, but returned ! just as the wounded boy W[lS being car- ~ ried ill to the house. i I 'Father and mother were soon'there, : , and Henry told them he knew the I , ,yonnd would kill him, Dr. Mottram : I gave no encouragement that the wound would not proye fataL All night long , : the parents ancl relative,S of the dying i boy watched by his bedside. His brain I was clear and he talked quite often, all , the time bearing his suffering with , heroic fortitude, From the time of the accident he had borne himself wit.ll 1.lllcomplai~ling coolness and courage, hold- , iug his bowels in himself by placing his : hands over the gaping wound in his ' side while trying to make his way to ' the house. ----------- --- -.- ---_. I I I At;- half-past six th~nol~ilIllg- he breathed his last; and a young life bright with promise went out into. the mystery of death. Henry C. 'Vhitney was in his seven, teenth year, and just entering upon a manhood tlnit promised to be full of llsefulness and honor. He ,,'as a young ! 111all of excellent· rtloral character, lina had al ways been the pride and comfort of his father and mother, neyer having I caused them a single hour of trouble; Even as death drew lIear he talked hopefully to his mother and father, and his co~U'age never faltered to the last, though his suffering must have be@n I intense up toa short time before death, I when it seemed to leave him, and he died happily and peacefully. . :Henry was gentlemanly, kind and obliging to everybody and a general favorite with his acquaintances. As n. school boy, and later as a student of the I University, he was known for his perseverance and rapid prog'ress in stuc;ly. The loss of such a dutiful, exem. plary and promising boy isa terrible ' ,'blo\v to Mr. and Mrs. Whitney. The , dark shadow that death has throwIl over I their home is impenetrable to them as it is to the relatives and friends, and only the day tluit,clears ui) all mysteries will make it known to them 'why their loved first-born was taken from thetll. In their great sorrow they have the profoundest sympathies of all who know I of this terri ble aftiiction. 'fhe funeral will· take place to-morro\~ afternoon' at :3 o'clock, from the., reSIdence at the north end of Hhode ; Island street: , ---! i I 7? , �= __,.,...--.."."..............- - - r - T J . L..... OIl-.. rI98 on ,oe upper nvu,_, "'l'v""" io Bonday morniog's JOURNAL was first dnt,/1GlI. May 10, 1877. noticed e.\ abou' 4 o. m. of that day B\ 7A.M·12P.M·I!)p·M·IMean this place, oDd orept elowly 0P iuch by .. , 163 r, 'u.5 6;,5 085 Hourly observations were kep\ by 1I) 120.018128.898128 !JIG 2S.U~t inoh. ,). 07.3 8j 3 86,8 00.6 Mr. Zimmerman, beginning a' 9 a. m., 8S ) • 10 10 0 6. 7 ... S.W. S.W. £o\1owa: .. , G 25 10 !l a. m ............................. 5 It. 6 in. combined at Kansas CIty, and arrived one came dowo from Leavenworth a' hAro at 1 o'clock Monday. Efforts were abou' 5 p. 01. Superintendent Oakes made to transfer the passengers' baggage received telegrams from along the and O1ail over the wnsh-.)nts, bnl a8 it line of his road at 2 p. m., stati.ng th'\\ • T deli would take too long, the train W!\9 oent to all the streams were rapidly falling. A crd Carboudale, Bn:! thEn~O over the Atchi- dispatoh to Me~ers. RidcDClur & B~ker at about the same hour from l")pekB rapOlIOf son, Topeka & Santa Fe to Emporia, mal H hO\1r.~. 3:Hj maXImum vefrom whence the KaD3as Paoifio part of i\ eil the water a~ a s\and-3ti\l there, The spe, :: raio of yesterday morning did Dol, c;'{lend will go up the Missouri, Kansas & Texas ,ow, I.O} Incbes. nev ~avy sbowers t)-day, from to Junctiou City. A Kansas Paoific trnin Cu.r west of Topeka. ~p~.m.:::::::::::::~:::::::::::::: ~::11 ~ An cl frem 9)01 a. m. to 11 R.,m., 3, ,~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 11 :": A passenger train that wa3 expecled W38 started from Junction Cil! Monday of; • Ibucder shower. This ie ~:: ~ by this route, to Topeka, lind then over dowo from the we3t wag ordered to IllY at· success[on on which rnin 6 •• • •••.......•••••••••.••••••• 8 I. 8 Ie a Cf their own track to tbis pI!lce. II arrived Toreka till th~ wf.sb-out W68 np!med. ~ : : : : " : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ~~II n Ie at the upper WB'Ih-oul at 4:30 p. m., and President Carr, of tbe K. P., camp. from day H ., '0' ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 I I 1 (. \;e I ,ursd"'J, Mall •• IS, •. 10 I I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !) I I 2 I r was sent bnck to Topeka, where an Atch- St. Louis to KansBs City yesterday aod 11 I I • • • • • • • • • • • 9·· 4 'I '1ve: j A.M.\2P.M. \g p.M'llllean ison, Topeka & Santa Fe traiu 'will bring f!"Om the latter place to th is city by a ••• 71.0 79.5 73.5 71;} 12 tIl. • .......... 9 I , \!) •• cho, ,d) ~8.01G ~S.8n,128.~87 28.932 engine. Mr. Smeed, of the same sjilec1al This mokrs a tota\ risD of five feet from the plEsengers via CarboGdnle to this s). 85.0 \ 69.9 76.3 j7.1 P3y s). 10 i \ 10 1 0 7 o'clcck Saturday evening till 120'cldck place. No.8, freight and aceommodnlion, road, came' down 00 00 engine from Wa... S. W. S.W.~. W. fact mego, making Ihe trip from Womego to ••• 3533 35 Sunday night, or, from \) II. m. till mId- from the weat, got t? tbe first wash-out a eale H hourl'i S38; lnlJ.xtmnnl ve- night, three feet fonr inches. A heavy little after 12 o'clock, and was CBllght be- Topeka in fOlty-five minutes. He took the! wind blew all day, Bnd the water above twean tbe two, where it still relIiains. the repairs in obarge ona a large force of ef ( sno':'.~, O,tO tnch. Superintendent T. F. Oakes, of the men worked all night. unll humidity very hlgb;' 'be dam was sent down in huge waves of c At midnight last night tbe rise indicatover the dam and agains' the bBnks on KansBs Pacific, came up yesterday, and 1 S\,ltrr. C either side, whloh were melted away like is doing all io his power to rEp~ir that ed eleven fee' seven Dnd a quarter :nchee, hnn snow. As the flood crept lip H soon over- road. A construction tIllin aleo came op, autI the water had evidently been station· wbi , IjA'b1'I~P"l['19P''''!Mean flowed the low ground above the bridge ond was at work alt day. It WIIB sent ary for severol boura. ... 70.0 80.n i8.5 a s his el). 29.011 19.008 ~8'087129'OOO on ~he northside, and somo colored fam- down t:> the Stranger last evening lor stone a)" Si.S' 60.0 76.3 78 9 Burnett's Florimel is unrivaled BS a i1iea were obliged to move,ont of the and brush • 8). \ 10' 7 '. 1 '6 perfume for the hoodkerchief. This is INCIDENTS. small honses on that bank. Abont dllrk , •• , 20 ~3 ~ lJ All day Sunday the bridg, was crowded the spontaDeollB admiision of nil who hat e 1 21 hour ... 4;5; luaxlmum the water commenoed running BNnnd the Wll~ d&ww . north side oC Eidemiller's loe-house, alld witb people wMohing the wonderful rise tested it. on: now, 0.00 Inch. very soou it ran into the bassment of of water. A large amouut of drift wood Marlon ItemJ. Tb! 'eatber continues warm aad Mr. P. Lap'ad's residence, compelling came down with tho fiood, among it grea~ EDIToa JOURNAL: Everything for the ech' · ',7" . ''''. " ,.' him7 to',: movidpto' ab'upper story. Mr. ~rees that bad been t:>rn foroibly from material prollperity of the county iq propae' l lat!lrday; ¥aYI9j18p.. ,EidemiIJer!had"atiout ,:' $1,600· wor&h of Bome bank; with th~ Rreen leaves stilI on gressing finely. All kinde of grain look 7 ... ·M./2P.M.!9P .... !JlleRn t ' 1 . h' . h h· h h d ; them. Yesl,erday morning a huge log ... 63.0 S~.5 jO.O n.s co s III 19 Ice- OUS8, w 10 e remove • well, and a large breadth of corn is being pIal d). 2~.9!612S.!J'J7128.S11128.923 Seclion hands on the K. P. reported that came down wilh a limb stioking high io planted. A laTge ameuot of corn is ue,e). , ,t., ro.9 7~.1 68 SU( s). 1" 0 6 3 the waves whIch driven duectIy aoross the tbe air. Before it reached the bridge it ing hauled to Lawranoe. and it is a serious 8 :::IS·2~V. S·l~V. 17 ' river at and beyond 'he seoond ice-hollse II ;vung both ends forward, and as ,it passed drawbaok to tbe farmer thaI the roadSO! , and were cntting the bank in a terrible over th'l dam the limb was lifted into the 8 masters have so long nilglected their duty ~ ~o~re. 404; maximum ve-, ~auner, lind by 2 tn. the river was air and atruok the ~ridg e. in not fixing the mud holes, when one or The wildes' rumors prevailed at, all two dilYs wO\Jld. make 'the roads passable. within about twehty feet of the raiiroad 110w. 0.02 In~h. 1 lulilill: dR} ;,. the thermome-, and within ~eli feet of thewes' end or the 'iines. ' Onawas that the railroad bridge 'As i\ now is, dare' slart from home 1 highest temperatilre of the' Manhattan had gone. Another, tbat with more Ihan half.a load,.through feBr ioe-h()use. It will 'be remembered tht rometer f&llfng. Boh 'he iron bridge at Top' eka had been swept of being stalled on the road. Henoe bilsl, there wa9 a corn lillld, abov~thoioe-honBe ness is retarded and a loss of untold wealth 1 'May ~o, mi. "' of ~~~~t 'six':)f eight ~ore's,~' leastI;whieh ,awaYi and aDother,' tho' 'here was an addi- to Douglu' connty incurred. Who is repre 'ional sixteen feet rise coming down." 8ponsible? A word &0 the wise Is or 'w"aB,e:lmost &o,ally' wlI!heilaw.... 7 A.... ~Rn , , the Eandy , FORMES FLOODS. "more :importance tbBu G weU-delivered ... 60.0 12711.11 1968.6 .011.6' Boil being .melted into' 'he'· flood by 'the 1). 28.775 28.817 28.887 28.826 '; firs' h' I'gb' water ·C h··h 'h '. to the o\herwiaB. , " Th w o w 10 • ere 18 leetnre The heavy rllinB hllye ro:t3d some pi(!c~s I) '170.8140.41 09.9 62.4 wagon load. ~' .) 6., 9.I W. S.0w. \1 .... S.'V. ' B Y 10 an d 11 o'cloek p. m.the, water, any antheotio aceouu\ occurred in 18H, of corn. Thlit plauted' very early look~ hOI ... a5 ' 40 10; 20 backing into the old ·swa1. or former chlin- and it was probably Ihe greatest that well, provhig that tbere IiJ not muoh r:sk . 2 ~I houre 606; mll:dmu\D v('.. nel of the river jus, around the bend, had has ner occl1rred in thla cOl1ntry" At .in plantiog early., ,(-::J\ .:' ,1":' ; ~ ('! ~ .~ a l' th' The sohool in the Brubaker distdot, So: reached to within eleven inches of the tba' time the Delaware India . n we.~e, e &angh& by MiBS Bryson, .of WakBrll~a, has now, 0.73Inoh: " ' 3 eavy. thunder shower las~ 'rack. Be10" the dam, the current, set· only inhabitan's nea'r the preaent Bit' of just cl09£d. The eililbition exercises reio:~o. ,.,,' ' . , ting iii s'rongljto~ard the Delaware m1lls, Lawrenoe, and the first settlers rEceived lIeoted great credi' upon both teacher and SUI 3 oansed a~ad washing away of .the bank their info rmation of this fa mons flood from scholars. The occasion wa~ enlivened by 4 choice mllslo by.Capa. Webb.er, violiuisi, on that side, and by .midnight the wate' old Sarcoxie, Johnnyoake. and Pechalka " and Mr~ Thos. Baker, organIst. At the Mean ... 1 68.3 8~.0 68.0 70 1 was lappingaw8y .. the, wagon tracks in the ohiefs,of the Delaware tribe. They re- olose of the exeroises a tlDanimous vote of 7 eI) '128.9U/2S.910 28.958 28.9!'l sl. i~.8 !ii." 69.5, 66.6 . 8treeO. 011 th~ north side, the waves 800n ported the wal~r' a8 'hiaching from the thanks, wal tendered to MidS Bryson for dllj I) •. :0 ,: ". ,,0 0 : 0 commence'Ci 6u'uitl~' iil,!; b~~k; liooop- bluffs norlh of the eily to' the bluffs on the the able manner in which she m"naged ... 0 W'j' . 8 L. W. PINUaFJIil.. . ing Oll\ gt&Bt i;le~es cl~t ~rid 8and.' By Wak!lorusa, and thaI a boat WBS taken the whole affair. ," 0, 1 II Iy,' May 21, 187.7. a ~ )10~r3 50; maximum ve- about 11 o'clock .he Atchison, Topeka" Itraighl aoffiss from hill t6" hill. Sarboxie tric Barnett's Florlmel. Santa Fe railroadti'ack west of the Ziln~ :Went in a boat from ahe hill west of town now. 0.00 inch. msrm8~ plaoe was' unde~ water: A fore~' ~o Eudora,. cr03s,i~g the..'own site about "A perfume un,rivalled." - [Boalon ,t weather In every respect. ... _ ,,'"" ".;'" __.. "f' ;:" ~of men and .teama were at work all where the S'a'e Balik liolVs\ailds. A Transcript For Bale by B. W. Wood~~'l'~¥.; ~~y~. 1871.:, :,'~ 1.4ay hauling stone and doing wbat they colored man named HenrI Smhh, a'that ward &,CO.I: 1 '-', "'J ' 7A:M'j2P.M.!9P .... !MeRn oOllld to s~ve the north bank. Mr;' Pier- time a blaoksmUh·for the Iodians, is Btill . ... 60.5 80.0 69.0 70.8 j 1).2905429.07229.07129.006 Sln also badtiJeo at work proteeling t,he a resideD' orthisoity, and .oan vouoh for ,',' , , . '] TWIN, ~iOUND,' May 21. 1877. i 4!' 6l3818'oOI7r'~ banks near h1S mill. The construction this story. V'li' In Aug' ust of tbe y' ear 1858 the old BelEDIToa JO*o,~AL (\ Perhaps ~ few itenB :: Ni5E. N:r,E: N. E. ,97' train or' the Atchisoo, Topeka & Santa, Fe from tbi~ par~ <?f UoaglaS'CODoty' wil! (lot 0" i"hQurs,.232; maxlmumve- was 1\\ work, dcing what it conld t> pro· tiers remember' a terrible Bood, caused by be Ulliotllreet.lng to your tilsny readers. t,Aet. their hack. ooe rurioul rain 8\OrOl, when the :bottom A larger a~reage "c(. (lorn is baiog etc MONDAY. north of the City wo~ all nnder wllter. tallted in tbiJ vieiblt,y thllo 1'1'8' ever be- Ln,' OW, 0.00 Inab. 'y thunder shower from 3 to Monday morning still revealed the The bOllse of John Baldwin, at thnt lime ore kt.ol4'n,llnd farmers 1\\'0 leeling jubi- p~1 rainfall ~Ince May lEt has water riBing and lhe register indicated the f lant over the supposed disaster to tbe iog the erryman, stood a Iiltle norlh aod west grasshopper egg~. "" ,i whlcb 4.4; Inches have of. the ,Delaware mills. Its ei'te oan G1ov~r Bros .. are 8t . present busily en- ors rteen ,10.:\,6. This Is by no followiog depl~ per bour:", ;, .ary Rmounl. ~ R:.m·~::::':;,i;::)~:;;:i::i::,:::;: g~~.' ~,i~" pioked oul byaome liugs trees slanding gaged 1a Bhe~rlDg sheep; of which Ihey Is.w.! nl~~o:.:.:.:.:.:.:.::.:.:.;.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.::::.:.::::. i :.: 1~ t :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 0 0 •• 0 ••• 0 :: " ••••••••• ••••••••••••••• 0. t ... s. w./s.w.!s.w. 8 I 9. W. " . . p; no one, a' ,";"'llll, ·I 'IU I P.l[. P.".... 7A.1I./2P.H'19P.H. 'IS; 'Or lhe :i~rTivln~'o~~D~ it~ini.. ': :/86 be ,~ ::'.::~::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:: ~~ allon Day; :: on the bank, that surroouded the hO!l38. _ ..' r~_tIioioJL·IIoI'I.it_...&I.!i'.Ju...;;5_'.. ' ....;..;.: ..~..:.:•.:.;..:.:..;.: ..~.:.: ...:.:..:.:.•.:.: ...:.;..:.:•.:.: ..~.;.: ••.;.;.1:::9..'...' ...,!I_'..; ....l..:1'.:1l:.::6..,:W::.:·a::t:::.er:...:ro::s:.:e:..:n~p::....:::to::...::t:h::a' ep>'. T 1 er~ is baT~!~~~ ~~~e~: !~~9h~a~'1l Mr. Bennett the in attempting with a team and wagon to �LAWRENCE STANDi\'RD. THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1Sio. Death of ~I.. s. 'Vesley Dnncan. Mrs. Wesley Duncan, a well-known and respected lady, who for years has i been recognized as one o~ the best and I kindest of Lawrence women, died,yes- : terday, aftei' quite a long sickness, ~ through which she received the devoted \ , attention of both her own family and I , many friends. Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan was born in Kentucky, in 1837, and there spent her youth. With her father's family, she removed to Johnson county, Missouri, and there married 'Vesley I : DUllcan, in May, 1854. In-May, 1855, , they came to Lawrence,alldcommenced keeping house in a small log house 011 the side hill southwest of the city. The house is still standing. Shortly after the establishment of the M. E. Church here, she united herself with it, and although she was -never a leader, she always elltered heartily into every project which promised good to the church and the community. Through all the trying times which Lawrence has passed, she has been a consistent Christian, a fond wife, a good motlwr, and a friend to the needy. In 1868 the family removed to Califol'llia, and on the journey lost a bright daughter, when they were a little west of Salt Lake City. The, I child w;~s then about eight years old. i Her husband and three children survive her; one daughter seventeen y'ears old, ! a son seven years old, -and a babe about two years old. ]l.'1rs .. Dimcan had two sisters living, JHrs. Charlie Duncan, of this city, and Mrs. Gabhart, ~vho lives' in the western part of the State. The funeral takes place to-morrow afterlloon at 2 o'clock, from the residence ' west of the city. Services at the house. Friends are invited te attend. ! ~- - :-::--.=.========-~- I 11 �.,:" . ,. !.>L :', wo Sllv~~'~uttPJ dish and pickl~ coater, Mr. and _Irounds around ii, were illuminated and Mrs. pOI J. L. Gay. o! Ithaca, New York. aalf.dozen silver tea and lugar Ipoons, Mr. hir decorated aud presented' a scene of conand Mrs. E. C. DevereuI. sideraLle splendor and pOSitive beauty.' Coas' of eleven pieces \ silver opoon, hnlfe, .• Cbarle. F. Kendal, of Tr·peka. Some three hundred invitations bad etcEmbro1derpc\ traveling satch.1 and shawl- dr( slraps, Mrs. C. F. Kendall. . been extended, and while a large numSliver ice-cream spoon, Mrs. A. ClLmpbell, of ber of I'regrets" were received, the at- Chicago.. . . iOD' Sliver Ice-eream dish and spoon, Bon. and dOl telldance must have reaohed two hondred Mrs. J. 1'. Deverenx . ma . persons. The display in dress was almost . I'llver cream spoon, J. K. Rankin. • Silver sUlliar spoon, Miss Battle B. Earle. eatravagant, and the toileues worn eleSft silvtr nUl-picks and spoon, Mr•. S. RippiA. of Kansas City. ois' gant almost without excelltion. Volume of La Fontaine's Fables, wllh illustYi The distance from town being so great, trations by Doro, Mr. and Mr,. F. W. Read. !lllver berry spoon., Mrs. L. B. Simpson. , it was with difficulty tbat carriages were Large steel engraving, "The Challenge," W. Woodward. to fOUDd to oonvey the gnests; and the lime B.Larlle steel engraving, "The Sanctuary," fer for the ceremony, which had beeu IIn- Mrs. B. W. Woodward. Flnepanelchromo, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ri· Ki nounoed as half-past eight, was extended denour. Pair of panel pictures, Dr. J. D. Patterson. a! to balfpast nine•. M this time the resi- Fine large cllromo, Miss Vienua Demorest, of ba dence was nncomforiably crowded, aud New York. . German sludent lamp, E. G. Dick, of m' the eiforts to secure II favorable posHion Topeka. Pair antique bnoze vases, Mrs. J. W. Green pr from w"hich to view the minialeribl exer~ aIlI! MISS lia'e Stepbens. Elegant loUet set and jewel case, John Seh!l£cises kept Ihe crowd iu a etate ~f polite W5 oommotion. U~i\t Tg.~~ta.; clock. Mrs. Louise Miller. Mrs. F. S. Earle. Alabaster paper-wplghh. The bridal party, 6B stated, enterea the Hand mirror. MissM. 1:&. Stockwel'. large north parlor at half-;)I~st nine, in the Silver \elly SpOOD, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Badlev. following order, the clergyman, Rev. Mr. Z>pbyr jactel., Mrs. J. S. Noble, of Marshall, kn Spring, having takeu bis position to sol- Teltas. Silver napkin ring3, Mrs. G. H Nettleton. jUI emnize tbe bans: Mr. alld Mrs. L. Bnl· Kansas City. Silver jewpl case, Miss Gerty Piper. lene, parenls of the bride j Mr. and Mrs. Set !IIumioaled French cblna fruil plates,· J a T. B .. Bullens, of Kansas City j Mr. and Bon. lind Mrs.J. C. Horlon. Silver und cut glass dishes, JIlr. and Mrs. Mrs. Judge Devereau j Mr. William L Robert Morrow. b Sliver ~nu cbina vast of IIDwers, Miss Kale t Bullene j Miss Wilson. of St. Louis i Mr. Morrow. tb: SUver and cut glass spoon holder, Judge and and Mrs. E. C. Dave,eaux-these, the reMrs. G. W. Smi;D. lations and immediate friends, arranging Panel painting' in walfr colors and ea,el, ref Irene BU8Sdl, Chicago .. in a half-circle and facing the guests, Miss Silver aDd glass. Ickle dl.b, Mrd. W, Ne«. Then came T. C. Bullene, 'first grooms~~~~ 0!nIlJ~F.:a~;bi~~ ·s:~~ ~~. ~~nr!:.r\ler. .n mall, and Miss Gertrude Bnllene, firs' , Gold coIns, Hon. N. T. Stel'hens. rot ' SlIver card receiver, ti. J. FInke. bridesmaid j the bride and groom j Dr. J. VAie and walt llowers, Mrs. FADnie E B~n,; D. Patterson aud MiBB Freddie Davereauz, dr~~~:~r chee~e knife, Mr. and lIIrs. J. w. etE seoond groomsman and bridesmaid. McMillan. . . Pt'rfect ltillness, au uupleasant quiet- R;~li~~~E~per ltoH" lind book mark, Mra. Gov. It ness prevailed at Ihis juncture, and the ~n~oll~~.b~t:1E. 8:r~D~~se. MI~s Carrie Wat'on eD, scene was at once impressive and beautiSilv ar ond glass !rull dish, Mr. and Mrs. E. Crlley. un ful. The brilliautly lighted room', with K.Broozz card receiver, Mr. an,! Mrs. E. A. b'ei their elegant. adornments, tbe kaleido- Packard, Cblca/to. Hon.ton laee b .• rb. Mr3. C. F. Clelllent, L,. scope of exquisite toilettes, the bride and Cro .. ~, sar le~~I~'C~.:b ltDiC" and 101k. clerks of L. Bul- paJ groom and Iheir attendantf, facing the Puetical Wo,ks of Sir Walter Scott, IIlr. and solemn divine, all so still and quiet for a Mra. B. W. Baker. lik brief momant-'-a grand &ableaux. Under Bome A«ection, by McKey, Mr. aod Mrs. O. E. Learnord. da l the form of the Congregational church Bryant's Poems and Cary's l'oems, Mr. and ant they were married. aDd friends at once Mra. G A. Blnks F;;~:S of J.an logelow. Mr. ana Mrs. Frank thE i10cked around to speak loving, friendly SIlver piokle fork, lilies Angie LudingioD. wi! words to the wedded puir. Silver frait knite, Mr. and Mra. J. P. Ross. ~l'oilet bOltle and aland, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. enf 1 he bride was aUired in a dreBi 0 fuop dre oream faille cnt a ~" prinCe83e with sqnare Gold tblmble, Anson Slosson. 1 ~llver dinner caster, Mr. and Mr.. J. B. train Iriwmed with box pleatinll, 'fringe Ruebme.·. ed tulle and flowers being draped aorOS8 the Silver breakfast Ctlster. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gillmore. Salina. tool front, vail of tulle, adorned with miniadilver berry SIlO)O, Mr. anil Mrs. S. W. Cory. Kit Fine panel pict~re. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cre\'\'. ture bonquets of tlowers. Silver Jewel case, Mrs. It. J. 'rrask dre .MisB Gerlrude BnIlene wore a Paris S!lver card receive~~ Mr. nnd Mrs. Ii. J. gifi Sml.b, ofItbac~,N.):. mnll trimmed with Vaiencisnnes lace and Fine emllr )idcry, Mrs. J. P. Devereault.· . wer ~:~V~r~~,.e iI.ab, Mrs. N. J. Smltb, 01 haloc .. , De" puffs ano nalural f!awere. Miss Freddie Devt,reux, tarletao white liilver crlam spoon, lIIr. and Mra. J. Means. gro' bllakespeare'd WOlks. lit, anG MIS. :s. o. Batio trimmed wilh pnff~ aud rcfii~s aDd Tbeone,. . J: Lamp ,Cltea, M,ss F. n~ln, Kenosba, Wis. draped with bol' vioee. P"rlumHY aDd ijtH1U, Miss Minda B.dwell. en ( Tne geDlltm~!l wore Ihe c:iovetllional Kansas City. a M.redeth'd puslical Worke, hItR. A. Lewis. W S filII dre~s. . Silver tIllf. and 'POOll, Cllas. J 8mitn "D.l aDd h A very pld,wDI fet>lu!·e of Ihe: evening's Ar~hur D. 11\ eaver, lI.a>811. l)ity. S!lver 51,00[1 holoer. MISS Fleliie Devereux. t e SLver oys"".· Oi.b, Mi,s S. SmlLll, 01 K"DS~5 Bnd .enterll1illrnelll W8" b suevllde by Ihe l' Germau b"od, "hien disconrsed mu,ic City. 811nr Bl'OCr:S a~d butter knife, ,T. S. Den- Izi[ from Ihe l"wn in fror,: of Iha bonee. jost reS~~er T"C~J" lork, W. N. /;endr:cka colo before the guests rpp'loired 10 Ibe aiDing BI:ver graVY I.dle. G. Grovenar. fan A::.~rl~~. lrom tile Ameri JlLn l'ueLS, Mre. B. A. a Iii ball. Silver c"ke kOlfe, J\lojor unci Mrs. Worner, desi The baoqlld I<a1 served in Ihe lar~e Kon.I<. liLy. dini~g rOJm, 1.0 w~ich tbe gueSTS were n )ncml~n vase_. deooratetl, Mr,. N ],'ra<k. SO, :Si,ver and opal j<wd case, Cbarlea J. 8mlln chai invited afler an inlelveoiog hour.',; tetE-S- and J. N. "IJrlcli, 01 .\iuDsas l:lty. tele. ~Ir. und Mrs. Gay will slurt It-!DorrOW pJBV kies The table was tormed in Ihe shape of Il forN~"'YDrk"lo be'gllnelJot ovt:r four Maltese crOi4~, wiJ.h a c~nt,;r I'yrnmid of " weHH, "hI-li Ihty will Tclurn und n ... fruit I aDd fbwere, around Ibe IJll~e of ceiv~ Il,tirfrllllld., h~Te, for a w~ek' in you e which were glb~s~B of wm" Jelld aiternllolor mOff uu\ Ib~1I 110 10 lb€ir romuulio �L.a.w . . .e.nc.-e Au,fJ. StCl~Ja.rd '2.~) , i7 9 ----- =============--, : ,~- I I Died. . Mrs. G. M. Simcock, of Council Grove, ' died at that place, the 20th inst. Mrs.' Simcoek was a most estimable lady, and \ had many friends and acquaintances I 'here who will be sorry to learn of her death .. News of the death ot Mrs A. B. Hobinson, at Columbus, Ohio, was received I 'here yesterday. She died at 4 o'clock I Wednesday morning. Mfs. W. I-I. H. ' Whitney has been itt the bedside of her. I sister six weeks, and was'with her iii her last hours. . Ed. Ward Walter, son of Rev. D. Walter, died at the r~sidence of Dr. I-I~rtt- I mann, ::iaturday afternoon. He had lived with the Doctor about a year. The funeml took place at tour 'o'clock )I.;~onday. The relatives or the deceased thank Mr. Harttmal1n for the kind~ ness shown to Edward while he made his home there. Mrs. Mary Sweeny died at her home in North Lawrence, Sunday morning, of cancer. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon at two o'clock, and : was quite largely attended by the friends and acq Ilaintances of the deceased.· Mrs. ·Sweeny leaves the following children: . Thomas, Mrs. Haney, and Anna M., of this city; Mrs. Dayson, of Ottawa. and another son who is in California.· Mr.. J. J. Reser died at his residence at 10:30 on Monday night. He has long been a citizen of Lawrence; and was a first~rate mechanic, havillgcarried on one of the largest' wagon-making, and blacksmithing' establishments in the city for a number of years. The funeral take place from the residence of the family, on Tennessee 1itr~et, south of Hancock, Thursday morning at 10 :30 o'clock. Mrs. Julia Parker, wife of Ja.rvis Parker, died Tuesday. at lier home at Cedar Junction, J ol1nson county. Mrs. I Parker was a sister of G. IV. \\T. Yates' mother, anel of Mr. Dolby's mother. ·:Mrs. Albert Croft died at her home in , :Marion townShip, 'Tuesday, of tYi)hoid fever. :Mr. Croft eame here a year ago, and bOtlght It farm. Mrs. Croft leaves a girl four years old and· a boy six months old. . L ___ ~ __ ._. ============ �0, ~,al (')')\. 0,[,0 - -If')'}»·'o)! - I\. ~\ llJ:tltl:~, :;~,~~\n" Ijlll~llJil~i~r;y (5~at 01) t~eff~rv2,-=-t#--",-,=:~___ day of /;k~iLA iIf t"~ y~ar of OlJr lord 18_~_~ . J£_~J\-Ufij ~~_ _ al)d U ~~~_L~~~~_ were by me lJl)ited il) ______________________________~__________~___~~~~~~_~!~~~~im~ oo �: nAlty 'TRIBUNE'.! I _~~~NCE'1flUDAY' DEC~,,~~~~_ Died. ' Thursday Nov. 30th at 12 :15 o'clock William U: Campbell of hcart disellEe, at his residence on Quiney between l{hode,If\lum] Rnd Mas,6acllUsets streets, in the 51st year of his age. : "Blessed arc the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labor' uniilh~ir w(;i-ks " "',. ,-' \' " : " do fO']]ow them:' : Above will 'be f<)u:n(l'tJi~death notico' William H~ Cam'plie'll, ~ho 'died at 'his late residenco' yesterd~y' 'at 'u' uatter' j)ust iW:clve I 111. was borh in London cClIinty;Virglnia oft,the 21st'day of'J anuary 1826. nnd w'as, tliim: fore at the time of his de'ath, 50' years a'nd 11 mo~tlis'oliJ.."', , .." , , ,':-'.',". " .1, .. ..... , .' . At t,he ,e~rly age, of seventeen ,ho made B' 'profession of religion and united ;.vith the ,M: , :E. church.On'the 30th"day ot Mny,'187.J:;ho I , .':' ..' . ~ ,was married to M;\SS Amelia E'1C:ar!le,~"wh~:, ;siillsurviv(s,him. lR 1852, he and .. his wi!.! 'movedt'o OhiO, 'where/they remlli;led ab~ut ~ yi;an ~m] '11-" half, then' mov,e'd 'to Ja'<;kson' connty, Mo.; where they:Uv'ed until the wa.r ,broke out,whe~,they were compelled to leave, he being a union man. They arrived in.Lawrenee April:i4th, 1863,and were here~during 'the raid, "saving his _~ifa ,by, hiding ~Ith , : seven others ill Mri: DOlllielly's' bouse, that : still stands on'the corner of Rhode Isiand and' "Quincy,: Bt;'~ets. ,Mr.,' C!lI,npbell was one of the witnesses to the shooting of young Collo~ more,' ine'ilrst:vlctim of 'the raid',' ,~ir :,Campbell was a cQn&tantehristlan in his every day life;,~asfulrof,ftLith and',go'od'worJ{s.~ He was iliso a'man of' good' gcner~ii~f,;r~ation and a close bible student ; 'a rel!lIlur attendant lit public" ~er,Yices, ~llilo ,his health permitted, " " , ' " , - ~ , >l • " .. "., . ' nl .. His health bad been prccnriou8, having had r.n 'lttack of y'~ei}[nolli~ al~'?ut till'e~ ye~rs ago, which left ,him In'Jeeble c.ondition, with II ,tendencvto heart disease, by which disease prs i1Ie' \yll~ fln9:1)i,tern\in~,te,d. 'The tesiimo~ nyof his fAlth'ful ,wife; and ,his·daughter, Mrs. Longfellow: Is'fo ~is; u'lI~;'~lipg 'pnt.iCilce;:r~s. i ignatiori,andChristlan hope. '.' ' ... ' ': , ~i~ f~~~~ili S,erviCCB ,~il1' t~~'e pla,c,~f~O~,i~~ ; MethodIst churc~ on Sunday morf\.lUg, '! ,:!',~: ~I of q He _ •• , " J '. ,., ~ .~, I. . " he I , I ( �t i e ' I'S,. It ha~ ~een sick over a 'year, with varylllg viCIssitudes of gl'lldu,IIl improve. 7.16dt IIltO another trunce, but she did not come !llen,t and sudden relupse, bel' /riends shar. Rey \ to again. The woman had been sick fol' IIlg In alternate hopes and fears of a perMissel d manent recovery or a J'anii.I dissolution, stock, . \er a year, For several days she lilY unC'onscious seeUlA k' d f fi I ingly without }luin, uud/when he; final new In 0 con l ence game has great change came she lli{;~1 as undisturhed IJ8Oh, played on some of the citizens of ] n· IIml poacefuly liS an InYlIlIt limps to slcep II 'dependence. A man tears a five dolllll' In Its mother'l! arms; liS if tho good angel Buys bIH iilitwo pieces, and 1i)lds each half up IUld come h181011/1: jouruey upon the hright- pay t, nicely 'so the ends will show, then he asks est of Sabbath days~ puj'posely to reward and d for sm:~1 bills for his, two fives. If the Ilnd rec~gl!ize h~r,AstJlt~sacrificillg, lovillg, Parti( " and forgIVIng spmt. m.an has !\ot only eeven or ei.ght dollars he ,l\'~.rs, Heynolllsl,~'as the eltlest dllu,!.hter Doug; large Will take ~Hlt aUlI leave IllS two pieces, o~ Col. W. It .Judtion, or ElllIim, N, Y., a my br saying that '\YilI Ilnswcr his purpose for the hlghl.y -honorelJf aUlI es~eellletl eil.izen of script prescnt, and.lt\e will call for the balance. tlmt city aUlI Stllte, uow III advllnced years but 10 Ilntl /cel)le lufalth. She was lIIarried ill atldre: Kansas JIrIetftodist: One'of the most im. 1856 to l'rIujof- G. Heynoltl~, allli soon tllere· A portant meetillg\.everheld in the yVellt will after camep~ith him to Kansas Territory good .• aLt! settled- in Lawrence, and was con tie: tion; , convene at Bismarck Grove, near the city of quell!ly oIfe of the earlier pioneer women For Sl I,:lwrcllce, Kansll~~ cOlllmcncing Tuesllay, of Ktlnsu's. From 18(j0 to 1865 the family monti August 26, 1870, continuing to aOlI in- residedt1it Fort Scott, and during all the this c t:Iuding Thnrsday, S\ptemher 4. Its gl'n- llark Il.n cl troublous days of the bonier war cry n I I' t '11 I "t' I I . Mrs. Jleynoilis relllained with her family em 0 'Jec WI Je to ~':lIn t, Ie wor WI'S In and shared in the trials and lIangerll of those better ,the churches, both lay tlml clerical. Thc:re eVl~ntful years. Her, house ill 1<'ort Scott is lost [ will be conrses ofsturl,Y ~nr1lectures adapt- ":~8 noled for its hospitality, and her ge. cry home cd to minislers, trl1stee~\. class leaders llIal and generous spirit. gave a cordial welSill sto\vanls, Sund ..y l,.ch(I(.,I\ omcers, ami bme to .a~1. F1'Om 18(j5 to 18(i!) Mrs. Hey- did Ie teachers. All, denomlUllllOn\Will be in. molds resJ(lClI almost continually in the Illontl "j Indian TelTitory, her husband heing Unit- Lar cluded, cd Slates Agent of the Semiuole Indians. and \I A lire nt I.llrned, last lHond~y morniJjjlg, Here the slime contented and self-sacriile- walk .I t 1 r I bl d b IT I ing Oisposition was shown that always mont! l 08 .myol Il Ivery sao au \1 ~nel t'Xl'n. eharaltlrlzcd hcr. Here ill tho wlltl woods Iy-one horscs ami one cow. A GOrIOIl)) thllt environ the !mntier Indian post of price. AI haek driver was slecping in the ha,f'lon We-wo.ka, a hundred miles frolll civilizll' aulo ~ arid when he awoke he found the~l{'ny on 1~0!1 and white settlements, her now only have J fire all around him. In his 'efl'ortl~to cs- hVl11g son WflS born. In 1871, Major Hey. ing is cape he fell down one of 'the ha; s'!tutes nolds removed to Parsons, where their the ci j \\ family hnve since residell. The good WOUlan buried to.day had two a fiue and was neflrly suffi)catcll bofor'1,he could Ii br~ak the thing to pieces so aS;IO get Jilt, good characteristics, and .these cerlainly The be hal After getting broath he bethought him ~f greatly adorn a complele IlIld perfect WOIn- of PIlJ his team and returned flUlI '{lCceeded i~l; anhood, personal self'sacflfice for Ihe COll- than: cutting the halters and relcll8fn" them. Hel fort or others, and u!lbounded affecti?n and 3·st, • f ... ,devotIOn to her family. The best 01 moth- land was teatbly. bu~~ed ahout ..the ~uce and \~rs, the most generous Ilnd devoted of the 10 head, but 81l1d: I sooneri dlC mUlCselvcs hlends, it cfln be truly said, was given to withi the earth parent to.day. She sleeps well onm' den loose mine team." I , " ,/: an'd sweetly by the side of the bright boy, A' neatb or llelll·yLcis. Ge~l'gie, she loved so milch. The family only The announcement xfsterday mOl'lling of that'mourn the loss of a devoted wife and road, , the n'oblest of mothers lire Major Geo, A. barge the death of Henry L~is, was received wilh Heyn8Jds, }Irs. Dr. Kleiser, Burton, Rosie, able t ,surprise by the whflle community. ,His and Ollic. lund death was very sud,den. MondllY evening Hev. 'Dr. Keys, of tho Presbyterilln antI 1 he WIlS on the street Ilnd apPllrently ill Church, ~onductel! the funeral Hervices, aI, hed)!;, . good health. Allt <Jay Tuesday he com- 3 p. m" at . the house, and a large assembly fence friend~~ witncssed their kind remelll- Iivinl Plained of feoling" unwell, but was up a 01 brance Iln(~.afrcetionate regarll for tbe de. hOllse p(,rtion of the diiy. About eight o'clod< cCllBed. ~ , good in tJJe evening' his symptollls hCl:llllle -....;;,---...;..----Lnrg. 11011. '1':. U. Wulthbnrll ulld U.UllltUIt. alarming, andla physician was sent for, 250 f, Mr. Washb 'rn is 011e of those early und high, who at once ,ii'ronounced it congestion of U\e bruin. ~Ie lived only about fifteen 8teadfllst supporters of Kansas, the secur I'oof ing of whose att~ndancc Ilt the Old ~e'ttlers' A Btu minutes aflet the physichm arrived. An ( Mr. J,eist{vas born in New York city meeting on Ihe r~th of Septem ber was ,Iu' trees, Jalluary 22; 1837, and was therefore in hIS trusted hy the con~littee to his old-time 1111 ir forty.thlr~~venr. He came 10 Lawrence ill friend, Hon. Geo. N. Cmwford. It will be grapt 1855,· amP worked on the old Herald of regretted by all thut ne so prominent and on tl Freedoll{~s a printCl·. At tho breaking out so faithful in the caus" of frocdom iu Kan. ahOlll Schoo of the' witI' he enlisted il1 the Second Colo. sus Will, not be uhle t~e. present. 'I'he and I the f~ )'atlo q~"alry, ancl scrved with that regi- following is the reply:' , SHELDON, lV~'.• July 16, Ism. or 10 ment Y,uring the entire war. He traveled Ai Dem' jf1o. Urawfol'd: I huve duly receiv· extensively iu Mexico, New Mexico, Ari. miles zonllJ~nd Texlls, and was able to speak ed the invitatiOll to be pre~ent nt the Old $10 p Settlers' meeting Ilt Lawrence on the 15th • . of September next. I am 'spending the suit. Sprwlsh quite fluently. Inhi865 he was marl'icd tu Miss Rulh E. summer east with my ftlmilY,'!lnd will not 400 Hut~hinson, who still survives him. They venture home until lifter the time designat. miles had',ifive children, only two of wholll arc ed for the mceting, I regret.\ there/ore, of $1: I will not he IIhlc to be presont on lllent, no,~hiving, a son and dflughter, aged thir- thut cash. tbat interesting occasion. \ tee~ and eleven. I knew much of the eurly Bettlers of timbe, Mr. I,eis was for a long time forelllun of Kansas, and no bmver or truer rilen ever anti CJ' the~Kansas State JOURNAl., and l111S at oue upheld the banner of human Iibe~ty. J hling, ndapte liu~e or another been conneeled with neur;' phrticipated,lll all tbe action of COJi'grcss cellent which Iltwndel! their enrly struggiesilllnd ly ~very o/lice in the city.. During the nccoruing to the measurc of my abil ity'did factor) days when Lawrence bOll8ted a printers' nil in illY, power to stl'Cnglhen their arDIS 100 co uni~n Henry was its financial secretary. in their hlmtl·to·hanu fight with the sla~f cows Il H~' was an open, free-hearted lIlun who, power. Ami how gloriously they won! and II whil~,he hud his faults, had many virtues, Through fire aOlI blood they plllnted frccI la rgfie s '-instltutlOns on your virgin soil, and in a \P~o ta which far overbaluneed them. . WIth II . en s e rea y (I' IC ~pectators thought for a time she had gone i- I �I ",;.- -=S;,' : ' 1 '" 'W:'E8T E8~ U:U,~tE,<,J'OUnN AL; f r \: LA WRENCE ,PEC., " ' - ....... "',1876. ~t. 1 • ',' " I . , ~ .' ~~-=-~=-~,~--=-~~~ FA*A.L)!XPLOI!l~O_N." ,] iJll~II~~~Aton P~0':'8b'.7'F';,aJl~Barnf'd,1 ", by "b~ E~PI~,ldO,O, of a ~e.o.eDe, ;1 1I '!: Lamp-Her'S_band ,aDd Son alBe , ' '" ,,'. ", '," ",' , ' BadI7BnriJed.; r , , : ' .. ;:,' ,1 ' \ i ,Il-!:: ialt eveniog (Wedoe~day) between. t(~ Bod elevf'D o'clock; as Mrs.' J. AGal~ too, re~idiog 00 Ohio,s'reet,~oppo8ite;-ihe Unitarian Chorch, ,was ,aboot'to ie'ti're,' the other'me'inbers of 'he family IiQvi~g already done so, ao ordin~ry'hao-d;~iamp which sbe was carrying" exploded, sehi~g fire to Iier clothiog, and before tbe flames: could be extinguished she ~as lio 'badly boroed 'bat the' physiciao 'who was immedia,ely so~moned,:(lispal;ed of hei .recovery., ' ¥r., GastQn, i~hile endeavoriog 'oisave hiswJfe'slife,:w~s fearfnlly barned' 00 bothhaods and arms-so bad, 10 'fact, that th~ Dohs oame ,off•.',:,.The :oldes' SOD was; also severely ,bnrnedabonC ,the palms of his hallds.', , Monroe,' of tlie nigh& force, was also clllled in and assisted,in:dressiog the"woonds ohhe sufferer. "At' an' ,early, hoor this morning Mrs. GaBton; was 'still' living, though' ,with 'little 'hopes of ;rl:coverl.'~ ;1:', I . .1, .' \ • ' La'er.~Mrs. GastoD died-- 'at an! early hOlu 'his'(Tbursday) 'morning. ' '\ ---- . -- - • -- --- ,',: .t: I �\ --- ----~--~ - - - - - 0, r:r::m DAILY John Speer, Editor. Papcr~ Official City &. ' County , . . ), \ Arriv"l of His RemRins-l'arUculll1'8 of His Death. " The remnins of Mr. Wood Nefl', son' inlaw of the editcr of tbi,~ ayrivqd at 7 , o'clock Ilist evening, b,Y- the ,Atcltjson,".!-'o, " " "', ~' , '\'" (\,'L'r, 1l'-, ./~ka\&.;Sailta 1: '\, ]'etraill: "", in .\chl1rge:-"Qf it \. II I m.Spcer.', '", "" :~I Hi~! " death was the res111t!of nn l\cci~1ellt , .. , • which secmed unavoidable. , :lIr. Neff w,as on tb~' to~ '~f tho caboose" fIt the brllke, , '~tl' ~ when the cnlJoosc 81lu l woo 0 ter cars r~nl , off the track.- The train was appronchingt along cmlJankmcnt, llnd trestle worlc--the highest IIpon the whl,le ro!~d'-:\11l1 on u long d,)Wll grnuil, It ~eemcd strange tbat ' , 110 man J'ul1lpccl frolll the train, as,it WIIS: '\ 'C approaching trc~tle work, wherc death socm",' . . cd cntain. \Vhen the cars welJt oye]", man at a saw mill saw him thrown whirl" i~~ -fJt.heiiir-biH. wheiiuii' hej l~mlpe~'O;: paiie'r. ~ III.' - w~ r/ol11 , the ," " '\ thrown 1" " 1\ 1 ' tr'lii'n i'lio k,onl'd not t \ :' ' / . ~ li.1 tell \im/di t.he embankmcnt prevented sccmg lli~v,\f]I~n' he struck 'the ground; lJut liS lho , I boues in ,his,b.oqy we,r,!\' crushc!l", it is p~" Iievecnii'atone wh(~cl of 'the ,tl'llck of t,ll·J 'cl1boose l)assed over his lJody,' Exc,ept II • l • . ). , • , I [11 small scalp woullll un his hen d., no'ol,lielj w(;nnd thun thoee Oll his breast WElS discdy,~ er~lile~' ',' 'Conductor 'LiLl.leficld:had. o~elo..r: tliw hones. ,o(a leg br<)l~'~n" ,,ard n1\!Rs:r,l~~ .\ IJ ", I >, __ bL. I across We knee and over the ,faee, severe .1.. to.·: ..... ';,':... ~ '\.' ~. ": ...... J , wounds, but he _llHlllngell to cmwl to Mr, N,!!Jl;in;l,lis.'.snfl~l:tng f-()lJ~litiOl); up.dl feel his pulse, and fonn<l it. hnd ceased to bc*t, 'Hc'muiitlia'vc'hecni killCll instuntlY. ,~,~rr;ch ~~~~\~~:oLi;~i;i;e;,~o'i:~'~'er\ci~;~iy' inj'l)l'e}1) ~ ',J? • ,-" "_, •• pf 1 ' •. If t I \ f • '.,' t ,. !, .. ",' /<'~ 'I tl! " ' j I t ... 1 l' ,'IJi,e,;"a,q'e!f!Qi1~q~CiJr~e!l}.!ll tlw ,'te~a:~,ljacillc',j;ui 11'Oilil;!.8r;vClili'til~g eafi1.'of L()l~gv,i~w, ,,' ,. " '" • I~~' ~ t on t.he 22d instnllt. ',' ,. ,,' .. ' T.hc(mgille', and Ihe<;l'f!st o(>t)w tmill I ' I i ' ,~. I . , plIs~."d sa~eJy ." , .. 'I j •• ,' , .' .:, I '. .. ! .' , ':T,li&:~d6!llh"'.)ccill~rb';[. ';\t .'P~C~i8;,~Y; li'i~ I, o:(;~OSk;IN. illc;~ll<:\r!1i11g: ',~'bra~~~14ti to11~ hi~; '~~fb,h !.~~1,9~~ '~~.r-, N eir:~ hOlly" ~!~,(,J.,frWrd 'it Bt!1l runntng',. anll llote(l, the tlllle., lIt iV,u!' ~w.o_o\;!6:ci~: th'\! !ie,ll~ >1l191'p,iiif;, ,~rfqre tll,c.. ».q~.Y~:ico.~'!1I .h~:'got If> "~lars11f11,J:'~Nr; Wril. Speel'left thllL 11IIy '(~lOlHIUY;d1rt. ?.:-Ju:,i 'tir.i Ll.J(Jh)~. '; ,': ~I '; .'"10 . ';11 1 1\ ~., ,1:On'tJie"lirriv~'1 'of- UtI) lie"ly lat nlarshnll, it" , . ,IH ... I " 1.1 was ,tukcil ch'!l1'gn or hy the officers hpd employes tho j'o:ul, w'll<.> ,lid every'thiilg which;any syulpnthetic', hllmnne 111l1l1 cOlJlu do. r The TrainmHster, M:'. Ch:U'les 'l'hu~n, It ,oldllcqil!lin~an'c'e of'Mr. , Nell"s ~u"the " ., ," ' ..!' _ I ' • I , KailsllS Pllcific, took cbarge of tho body', .tntl 'had' 'it'prepared for' ti'ansilort'ation Ito Lawrence, in which he WllS assisted by_'llF' \v.it4 of :in ,h' , • C , '", ., • ~. !'Yijc~~;:c\1 \cl:,cle(fi~, tlii" g~iieral fr~i~ht c>~~ce: ':~~l,;:"Sc0t.~ ~o?le ha~ oUl""'Ii~;l:!lf~,t ~:'~~~it,u(,!:,:')f' 4i~,¥0~)(1 on1t~e~ in this .te]'ri~le ('!ii>HRICI'.' Hon:' 8-eoI"O"(; Nob1e"was afJscht ""1' , f ," I" ' • q, "I "01 I " I" bui; IreLU.~~e,iI,j,l1~~, f1s.:VVi lIi~.m; '~!l8nlJ.:ut to le>1vo with the'bony; and kllldly flll'UlRlted tran).p6rt:d,iol\J~)j;;liiilisel f lind I he~ body[t.o Lnwlence. telegl'llpbing t.o othCi-"I:Oflcls, and doin!! all in his [,oWei·, "lridccd'illl t.he dilI l'o"d etnp~\'y'es gllLqerell, around t_h!!il', .Jelln "I 0,1\ 6.~I~·flde\1~hhwi~g;, ~i:i:ai~ ~ymJ;ntb'y',nn~df\ ~ desire to do anything which good m'en cGt11d~./1116,th~se{'1\iH.\e his filllictka . . f I'ehltives sllHllalwflYs feel grateful. , _ .,"Jlb:, '.N eft' \"i"s' ~oin' itl ITlintingu(ln codn1 \y;, Pellnsyl ~~Il\U, and,);!IS /\\'e,nty:;six and fivo, . mo'n tIts . old on .folll\," (hy' of.1: his i ..... dent.b, He was lllfll'l'icd to Uiss Mary Speer;OIl the' 22d' of Octouer;'1873,' mid t!l'e day ,of bis, death WHS" t.herefore, "Lhe tl1ii'd " " , ' , , ' " '," " "I anniiiersary of his,marringe,' He le,wes li e'bind him [~,:i;iFc ~nJ_t'.v:o~ cll!1.dren-Willle; two years ,old;;al1d.a lJalJe'!bnt three wce1;:s 7,111. ,l;I,e ,w.sn.t. to ~;c~>!~ j~~,sh,tw.o W1P~tllS before IilS •death, ~lel1vll1g.J at, the tune as a necessity .~CHg~~t" a ?it.ti!ltjQrt.whieh then 6~( fcrc~, hut cot1hlnpt, h9, h(Old for h,im. .. Tho arrangeme'nts' fIll" th<ifllnchil wi11J.>c ;ncn.!· ymlra over th¢ t rcst.1g iw_ol'k; hrlt'rs . it Wll9 sOllie tlistllllce from-the,,Lody, of',!lIIrJ -, 'I' 1 ' • 'J "~ ," " • l .1 '. .:U· t t N err, 'they W'Cre,.,l;I,\ul}l,e to talw tlte, bo~-¥ with them to the next' stilLion, Glad()wllter~ whe]'e Will., Speer; Coud'uctor on uuothbr j ... ' .,to"I"'. trniti, ~Y!1S w;tilillg; lJc<iunse, his ~l'deril'\:,el'e to go to G1adewllter, and,vait 'fo'r;: hii,tflbr ~~'de.rs,. b:,;i .~~. t'J;c' :)YfC~I.:'!;f: ci)p;i~c,\9r' 1.,il~ fOUllU'ih.'il~~:I~~l\lcolu~l~I" ; i".':; ",'h ,;J tlcfield's, ears .-had ,broken tho tclegTUl?h filM ,ij';_~ ~ires;!-Io (~!'~19'rs" C(ililcl ~et . :t~ :jl!.l~l~l':! Wlil. Wu.q~hJ>Tcff,a' son-in,law-of; Hon. John ,~p'ce,~' tllen, ~o~l~ tF~, engine,ahd ;s(~l:nr; ~9c, Spc~r,l~vIlS killcd ne~r'j'fui'~h[iiI7Thas , tion Lands lind Tepaircu t.he tclcghlpli li"llc, tl1c;2:j~1 'ili'st:; 1Jy:ii i'ililr(i!id'~itcdd()li't:' l ".1, I .'" . I. '.' I ~ 'I'·, • ., .. " "I. . ' '.. "I pl'ociil'cd:t,he bO,dy, lind ,tclegmphcd to }~r. , ,WI18' a COlic1ui!Lo!'"()li the 'I'exas,' PitCific fail" I' , I, ' I ' "1 I" I Scott" N o.hl!!, Assistant SnpCl'intcll(!el1t, l:oiHl., y~:i,wns oilce,~. l'CS.ideilt'.,of Tope/,a who'itt' mice' 's«nt out ·briclge,hlU!cls ,all.ltl u autl was an I1l111CSt and estl mahle mall .. 'Ilia Wl'~~~!.,ng- tr~in." ?-'l,le, bridge ,I!:l(~,)? ,"- wife:is' ii~i~g: iIi La\vr~nco wit~ '1;01: f!~tiltr. l'~l~~il:~d an.(}tlllj' ,Wl'eC!ICd .earsg,rot 'O'~1~, ~tJ!oliek;,' OO1il?llomoealtlt. '" .' ",: ,'... t! ~~~~'Y~y:I)~lqX~\ t1fl:;hody cO,n!d b~,l,ullel~ Ml1rs}.lalL .~~ :"',,,:,_~-,_ '' "'J.' I '. . I't . • I l 1(' hn f' , .•• j . , ' , " ' . • .(., j 'yo '" ( rf :,He �THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. To-Day's local Notices. Orend Lod~e No. 7D8 K. of H., regular ineeting on Thursday livening, July 24, at 7 :30 o'clock. A full and Pl'oinpt nttend. IInce is desired. ,.J os. Jii. Hmos,' , Heportel'. Great sale of J)ry Goods, this wccl., al Hunt's. Buntings, Grenadines, nml Lawns at. Hunt's.. White Goods lIud Emhroideries at Hunt. Buy '}'able Lineus lit Hunt'R. Beautiful B1l1ck Silks cheap nt Hunt's. , Rilk Cloc1wd BallJl'iggtUl Hosiery, 25e., a \Hunt's. Ribbons, Bows, nnd Ties nt Hunt's. 'L}~lie8' and GenIs' Gnu:r.e Vests at Hunt's. \ ClaD~ Lawns for ''''hite Slicks Itt Hnut's. Head unrters lor Hosiery nt Hunt's. ,\ , OITY ~N 0 .\ lce~ ice, iC, • COU NTRY I ErD)lmU,LER & Co. I '~ I Billy Nolan was receiving the conO'ratli. '] lations of his friends yesterday. It" is a \ I I... girl. ' , , Rev. J. J. ThoJpson infol'ms u~ that the American Bible S?fiety sent 100jIJibies to the State penitentia~y TueSday/-Common. wealtlt. \ ' ,iIS ?tlr. Shelton is untl~ing in efforts to make the coming tClJperance campmeet· 109 a grand success. 'Herwent down 10 Paola, M,onday, to mlik~ arrangements with',thil'Paola Rifles to (ttend on miJitnry day." . . j; \ ',: Yesterday a man na~lCd k. W. Martin, Ii. very. old man, was aronnd tile city t.ryiug to raIse enough mOIl'ev to paJ\half fate to Lawrence, the raiIrdn(f having promised to carry him for that-RHe said he ~ad walked from Winfleld, and that bcforev-eaching this cIty he was overcome bY. the Ileal and was picked up by a, farmer. He is going to Lawrence to Jee his daughter, ~ho, we understand, is ~,ery i11.-Wichita Eagle. Gri~wold on the gronnds ortbe Kansas Vall Fair Associtltlon Lhe fll'st week In 8 Lem ber gives promise of being an adv ce on all previous efforts of the associapfon. There is being erected, aUlI will s076 be completed, a large, well-ordered exfiibitlOn building, 'which will oller am,,le room for the proper display of allurt!,LfJes ueeding shel. ter either fl'onl. the suryl~.r storlll~, aud no oue'need have any fear of injury to nny ar' ticle which they IUnlwbh to display. In addition to 'a/Uple/~ccommodationH in tile way of stalls and sheds fur stocl•• t.here will also be pl'~videll sheds lor buggies, cnrriages, ctc./ The responsibility of the success or fuil. ure of the faii· now dcpcnds upon our llUsi· ness mel), f{.rl11cI'8, and 111 cclllmies. A sue' ccs8/ul iai~ cllnnot help but be beneflcinl to evcQj~llan doing business in Lnwrcllce, and 01}P thing that makes a fair successful is tho/variety of the llispltlY· It is a grellt errol' to suppose that because you do not thilk yon will carry @Ii' a premium yor. ~ thercfore mnke no displuy. If you nave anything that is meritorious senti that 'in. If you have a good road horse, though he may not be a trotter, put him on.exhibibon. If every farmer. in the county woultl scnd in a dozen ears of corn of the best thnt 'he has, and then give a fuir estimate of the yield per acre allli the number of acres he has III cultivntion, we should thereby get some vnluahle statistics and have such an exhibition as was never wit· ne3sed before. ,m Mnny of our buslncss mCll allll fnnucl's hnve already shown n deep interest in the matter ami donc Illuch towards fUl'llishiug the mellns to cnrryon Ihe work, but there is no reason why every man ill the county should not take un equully deep intcrest in the ,matter., ------'-----Death 01' ltlrs. Geol'l{e t\.. Reynolds. We clip from the Parsons Dllily Wonder of last Monaay the following noticc of the death of Mrs. George A. Revnolds, wluch • will be read with sincere regret by the many friends and· acquaintunces of the family in this city, where thcy residcd for ,several years: A colored woman named \ied Tuesdaye'venlng. Iilhe is rcported to h~LVe , • J' b Ii b\ been 1D a 89-rt of tr.ance state e ore ~ death, and after a tIme come to and de~ 8cribed wb,Ktshe thought was a glimpse of' Heaven. 'When she really did die the spectatOrs/thought for a time she hnd gone , . t' a ther trance but she did not CODIe Mrs. Reynolds diel! at her late residelIce in this city on Sunday, nt 2 :30 p. m. Her decease WIIS not ullcxpected, aUlI yet when a good man or woman dies the cOlllmunity mourns the family circle is brolwlI friends grieve, 'ROll society acknowledgcs~ II loss. \1\'[rs. It. has been sick over a ycar, with \arying vicissitudes of gl'lldu.a.I improv~. ~:n~n~ and sudden relapse, bcr IrICn~ls shul. 10 0 ~o I" . 109 10 nlternate hopes nnd fears 01 a pel'. to agalD/ The woman had been SIck for mnnent reeovery or a I'Rpid dissolution. , ,over a year. For' everal days she lay unconscious, seem· . , ingly without pain, aud whcn her final A' n~w kind of confidence game hns great lange came she llied as undisturhed been ~Iayed on 'some of the ciU:r.ens of ] n· Ilnll pc cefllly liS an infnllt drops to slccp 'depe~dence. A man tears n five dollar in its III ther's nnns; n..~ if the good un~cl bill in two pieces, anrl folds each half lip had com hIS long joul'lley upon the bright. • est of Sall.lmth days, purposely to I'cwlll'd n1cely so the ends will show, then he aRl.~ and recogn,i:r.o lICr self.sacriflcIlIg, lovillg, for/amnII bills for his two. flves. If thc and forglvitlg spirit. man has got only ecven or eIght doll aI's he l\l1·S. nlly't'~llls wns th~ ~1t1~st dllu,!.!,ter . will take that and leave his two pieccs, of Col. W. H. \,J IIl1son, 01 j.,llIlIJ'Il, N. )'., II 8~,y' in;' that will answer his llllrpose for lhe highly.honorcd nllli cstceulCd eit.i:r.cn of' ... that city aud Stnte, now ill advllnccd ye:ll'R " present, and he will cnll for the blliance. find feeblc health. Shc WIIS JIlnl'l'icd in 1856 to Major G. \llcynohl~, nnd soon thcrc· Kansas Methodist: One'of t.he most im· after cnme with liim to Knnsas Tenil.ory, portant meetings ever held in the West will alJd settled in La?vrence, and WIIS con~e· convene at Bismarck Grove, near the city of' qUCBUy one of the e.arIier pioneer wOIll.en L:lwrence. Kansas, commcncing Tuesday, of Knnsns. From 1860 to 1865 thc fam I1y ,August, 2f1, 1879, continuing to and in· resided at Furt Scoti\ allli Iluring nil the dark nnd troublous day,s of the bonier war ,t:ludii.Jg ThlHSllfiY, Scptmn her 4. Its gl'n· Mrs. Heynolds rcmaine'cl with her family , crill ol~ject will he to train I,he workers in and shared in the t.rinls and t1l1l1gers of tho~e . the churches, both lay !Lilli cl\!rical. There eventful yenrs. Her, house ill 1<'ort, Scott .. , will 'he courscs ofst11l1y and lectures adapt. WfiS notcd for its hospitnlil,y, allli her ge· spirit, gav,e a cordilll wei' ed to ministers, trustees, class leaders, ninl and generous Ti""r.,,' 10"'~ •. , ~ "fl. __ "',-,. ........... f-" .. , , '1('1/'(\ "" ..... J F Ahsl Tltrtal' from t form a Gl'OceJ lOstll!l IAK[ lYork. gerouR otferel ~ ,Jull cnoug awul" the dl ing u) bed I again! )lut 01 AlL! sault $1 nn mits, boy it WhOSl very ~ doubt often Pri, new, : Howe Nc\ just l'l DUI myel, Pauta cash ( 7.16dt Hey l\tiSSCI stock, R Buys pay t: lind d Pllrth Dong; huge' lIly b.. script, but 1'0 addrc: A: goO!I' tion; , For Sl mont! thi~ c cry n bettor is lost ery [ home Sm �PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society Prices include shipping Index to Rural Schools of Douglas County 18pages, $4.35 Index of Deaths & Births in Daily Newspapers of Douglas County, 1864-1872 26pages, $8.70 C.W.Smith, Lawrence, KS Undertaker & Embalmer,1890-1907 40pages, $8.70 Consolidated Index to 1875 Census 22pages, $8.70 Cemetery District Map, Road Map of Douglas County, KS 1page, $1.00 Preemptions in Douglas County, KS 76pages,$12.50 List of Original Owners in the City of Lawrence 93pages,$12.50 Lawrence City Directory & Business Mirror 1860-61 30pages, $8.70 City Directory 1875-76 92pages,$12.50 Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, KS. Published in 1987. 2 volumes. There are none on hand but we will publish on demand at $40.00 per volume. However lookups are available. �Douglas County, KS Family Histories 1991-1992. Vol. 1. Price reduced. Hardbound. 674pages,$30.00 Douglas County, Kansas, Marriages,1854-1884. V.1 306 p. 24.00 Douglas County, Kansas, Marriages, 1885-1897. V.2 187 p. 20.00 Genealogical Information in Newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: Index for 1873-1881.115p 10.00- We have back issues of The Pioneer available @1.50 per issue. To inquire about publications or to order contact: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426. Make checks payable to DCGS Inquiries may be sent to burchill@ku.edu or to the above address. �Pioneer Index, Vol 32 Abbott Anderson Anglin Apitz Babcock Bachelder Bailey Baker Baldwin Bancroft Bardell Barnard Bartlet Bartlett Barton Bates Baughman Beasely Beeghley Bell Berry Bigger Biggs Bing Blossom Boehle Boissiere Bond Bondi Bennett Bower Bowers Bowersock Brewer Briggs Brocket Brockett Brockway Brohammer Broughton Brown 4,5 55 27 11 15,16 27 27,44 43,45,47 15 17 18 52 18 55 47 42 27 19 32,35,48 6,48,76 16,17 52 19 45 27 47 64 47,55 5,6,7,8 27 43,45 42 17,70 47 12 4,5 10 18 35,48 19 4,5,6,78,,9, 10,11,16,21 ,48 t., Bruce Brumbaugh Buerman Buffington Bunce Burcorff Burke Burton Butts Campbell Cantrell Carpenter Cartwright Cerutti Chrowl Churchbaugh Clair Clapper Clark Coatney Cochrane Coffee Colburn Cole Coleman Comer Commons Comstock Connelley Cook Craik Crammer Crandall Critchfield Crocker Croft Crumet Currens Custer DaLee Dangler Danko Darling Davenport Davis 16,18,19 34 55 55 55 27 52 48 23 40,81 6,23 4,8,9,10,61 20,21 24 42 42,44,47 60 34 27,28 52 8 23 53,52,55 20,27 5 45 55 52 6 44,47 32 56 19 18 52 80 55 55 48 75 42 30 18,19 48 55 DeBoissiere Dexter Dicker Dotson Dow Duncan Dunham Earhart Eberhart Edie Elder Eller Ellers Ellis Elston Evans Figs Fincher Finkle Fish Fitzpatrick Fleming Flory Foster Fox Franklin Fraser Frederick Freeman Friezen Fritz Furber Gardner Garst Gaston Gerard Gile Gillet Glock Gower Graham Graves Hadl Hadley 61,63 4,5 19,52 56 5 79 27 67 47 5 52 35 37 47 56 36 52 20 52 69 27 27 32,35,39,42, 44,47,48 52 44,47 17 12 4,5 48 52 18 20,21 27 48 82 45 56 16 56 70 4 27 56 21,23, �Hancock Harrell Harris Hartman Haskell Hawkins Heck Hellstrom Henricks Herrard Hiatt Hill Hilton Hislop Hobbs Holman Holsinger Holyfield Hoover Hopper Howard Hoystradt Hughes Hugo Hull Hutton Ikenberry Jackson Jacobs James Jefferson Jeffries Jenigan Johnston Jones Judson Kaiser Katherman Keltcher Kennedy Keusel Keve King Kinney Kinzie 27 56 47,69 48 68 19 69 56 4 20 49 9,70 27 27 65 28 35,37 52 35,36,38,43 27 17,18,19 19 26 64 27 27 36 20 4,36,37 69 27 56 6 2 47,64 77 8 47 52 27,47 67 27,28 48,52 42 38 43,45 27 7,27 16,18 18 56,77 21 56 36 48 20 5 52 26 38,42 27 45 52 63 63 20,27,51,52 ,56 McBride 27 McCage 16,17 McCall 52, McCann 16 McCleary 52 McDaniel 27 McFerren 27 McGhee 27 McHale 52 McKee 18 McKinney 45 McPhell 27 McWhinney 9 McWhinney 8 Melvin 19 Merrifield 56 Merritt 57 Messenheimer 36,37 Messer 27 Metsker 44 Metsker 47 Meyers 52 Miller 17,42,45,47 Kling Landis Lane Laptad Lawson Lee Leslie Lipp Longanecker Lowe Luptin Lymer Manning Markham Markley Marqueling Marshall Martin Martinelle Martinelli Mason ,57 16,18,48 Mitchell 27 Mize 42 Mohler Montgomery 48 4,5,9,10,27 Moore 16 Morehead 21 Morgan 76 Mosier Muckey 57 Muenchau 57 26 Murlin Murphy 26 16,19,20 Murray 83 Neff 63,64 Netherland 11 Neville Nickelson 52 Noble 17 Officer 68 42 Oswalt Owens 57 Pain 6 Parker 80 Pate 4,6,10,23 Payne 27 Pearson 6,27 Peffley 42 Pendleton 70,71 Penfold 52,53,57 Penn 34 Perkins 27 Petefish 48 Petrie 17 Pettengil 57 Pettijohn 27 Phillips 5 Pierce 7 Pike 27 Pine 69 Place 57 Platz 42 Poehler 70 Pomeroy 11 Popplwell 52 �Porter Postma Pratt Pray Preis Preston Pritchett PuIs Quantrill Quigley Rafe Ramseyer Reid Reser Reynolds Rice Richardson Ridgeway Ridpath Rinehart Robinson Rogers Rosenberry Ross Rothrock Sarcoxie Saum Saunders Schaake Schmucker Sears Shank Shannon Sharp Sheneman Shepherd Sherar Shively Shocklin Shore Shou Shuck Simcock Simmons Simpson 27 35,48 57 44,47 68 6 52,53,57 68 11,32,33 7 35 48 6 80 27,77 27 60 20 8 42 16,80 19 27 57 38,40,46,47 16,18 16,17,18 18 69 67 61 44,48,52 6 51 68 74 6 44,47,48 27 4,8,9 8 41 80 52 16,19,27 Templin Thomas Thompson Thornell Tibbets Torrence Townsley Trobenins Troutman Tucker Tufts Turner Tyson Ulrich 11,19,52 41 18 18 52 27 42,47 74 68 16 27 67 63 52 63 27 38,47 52 48 5,6,23 27 80 19 16,17,19 6,32,65,66, 67 12 52 4,8,10 27 16 27 5,8,9 27 63 40 27 5 19,52 33,34,35,37 VanHoesen VanTries 39,40,43,44 ,46,47,48 45 6 Smith Snelling Snow Snyder Southard Spear Spitler Steele Sternberg Stevens Stewart Stillwell Stine Stiner Stone Streator Studebaker Stull Stutsman Sumner Sutton Sweeney Syder Tallman Taylor Vogel Walker Warne Warren Washburn Watson Weiner Weingartner Wellman Westfall Wetherell Weybright Wheeler Whistler Whitfield Whitnery Whitney Wiener Wilkinson Wilson Wingert Winninger Winter Woods Wright Wymore Yerian Zornow 69 20,27,80 42 26 63 72 5 18 3 4 17 47 20 42 6 19 16,78 8,10 27 47,52 48 4 48 61 27,52 52 52 6 �~:p OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LEGEND �The Pioneer Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 FORWARDED AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 32, Nos. 1-4: January - October 2009 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) 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Gen Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair.net Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master �The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the: Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE hUp:/Iskyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our first issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks Baldwin Ledger, August 27, 1897 ODDS AND ENDS It is frequently thought by people that rare and valuable books and curios cannot be found except in large museums and in families in large cities. This is not the case however and a little investigation on our part during the past week has led us to believe that Baldwin is just full of valuable material of a historical character. We give below the results of some of our investigation and will continue the article next week. We would be pleased if all people who have property of this kind would notify us concerning it. We are anxious to publish a complete list as it will be of great interest to all. Capt. C. P. Ives cherishes a family Bible which was printed in 1637. He also has a copy of Watt's Hymnal which was purchased by John Ives in 1780. In American History he has several letters that are of great value. He has two autograph letters of Gen. Robt. E. Lee to Gen. Early and also several letters of Gen. Early. These letters were captured by the first �New York, when they captured Gen. Early's headquarters. Mr. Ives was not present at the time of the capture but several of the boys knew he would be pleased to have them as a remembrance and they carried them in their saddle bags through several fierce battles before Mr. Ives returned from his detail. They were then presented to him. They undoubtedly cover a record of which the government has no account. Judge Stewart picked up a sword at Island No. 10 in '62 and also some rifle balls at the battle of Shiloh. These will be more valuable as the years go by. Mr. Stewart's grandfather came to America in 1764 from Ireland. He brought with him a solid gold seal. This is now in the possession of Clyde Stewart. Mrs. Stewart, rightly treasures a cream pitcher in beautiful colors which is over 200 years old. Mrs. O. G Markham has a book that is undoubtedly the most valuable work to Methodists in the entire West. The first American who was ordained a Methodist preacher was either Philip Gatch or Wm. Watters but there are many reasons to believe that Philip Gatch has that honor. The first conference held by Methodists occurred May 25, 1774 in Philadelphia. Philip Gatch attended this conference and kept a record of the proceedings. He had a book entitled "Minutes of several Conversations between Reverands Messieurs John and Charles Wesley." The book is dated 1760. It was bound in leather and the last half of the pages are blank. Upon these pages Mr. Gatch has written the proceedings of the conference. Following the proceedings of the first conference are also those of 1775, '76, '77, '78 and '79 held in different parts of the country. The proceedings are recorded in the question and answer style as is the custom to this day. There are many items of interest in them. In one place it says: "What shall the preachers' quarterage be?" Answer: Something equivalent to L5 Virginia currency. The next year the same question is asked· with the answer "Something equivalent to L5 Virginia currency of last year." And so one; showing that the currency varied. This item is worth the consideration of our people who are making such an extended study of the currency question today. In 1777, the minutes contained some interesting resolutions concerning the standing together of the people in . trying to have a Union in the war with Mother England. Most of the ministers were from· England and returned to that country after the opening of the war, and this brought on the dispute as to who was authorized to administer the ordinances. And here is the beginning of a great theological question. Mrs. Markham also has a book written full of the sermons of Philip Gatch, all in his own handwriting. Philip Gatch was the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Markham. In researches so far we found that Prof. Markham has some very old books. They are all in Latin and so there will not be many people wishing to read them. The oldest is a volume of Cicero's miscellaneous writings printed in 1556. The author of "An Abridgment of Roman History" is Sextus Aurelious Victor, date 1570. This book has a number of very fine steel engravings. The complete works of Marcus Tullius Cicero in two volumes of about 800 pages each and the dimension of the book being about a foot and a half long by a foot wide is dated 1577. Ceasar's Commentaries on the Gallic wars dated 1776 and the writings of Virgil published in 1778 complete this last [list] all of which are very interesting especially because of the odd manner of the mechanical make-up. James Murray has reason to be proud of a copy of Isaac Watts' Psalms of David �dated 1716. Its cover is birch bark covered with leather. He also has a copy of the Book of Mormon. It is dated at Palmyra N. Y. 1830 and is believe to be one of six copies now in existence of the fIrst issue of this book. It is very valuable because of its being one of the fIrst ones issued. Mr. Wood has the oldest book we have yet seen in Baldwin, the oldest being "Proverbs" in Latin, published in 1500. He has geographies of rare worth. The maps in them are very curious. They are, "Salvious" dated 1785, "Geography for the Youth" printed in 1790, another in 1524, Busching's geography of 1762 in 6 large volumes. Other works are "A General Atlas" over two feet long and over a foot wide and weighing about 30 lbs, this is dated 1721. Winget's Arithmetic of 1760, The American Spelling Book of 1804, A French geometry dated 1643, "Mathematical Magick" by J. Wilkins 1680, Astronomical Lectures by Whiston, of the date 1728, A Latin Bible dated 1680, and "Astronomy" by Marcus Maulilus of the year 1743. Theo. Street had a "New Theory of the Celestial Motions." He told about it in 1710. Murray has an English Grammer in two large volumes. This is dated 1808. Socrates' work in Latin and Greek of the date 1558 is very curiously bound. Luther's commentaries on St. Paul's writings, of 1588, is undoubtedly quite rare. "Divine Arithmetick or the Right Art of Numbering our Days" was written about 1672 by Symon Patrick. A copy of Isaac Newton's Optics, of 1707 is also in his collections. Lucian's works of 1525 is also a valuable work. Dr. Wood also has some Egyptian wheat, and a . piece of a brick made by the Israelites-the historic bricks without straw. He has also many coins and other numerous relics. His collection is very valuable indeed and is doubtless one of the best in this part of the country. W. C. T. U. Convention, Baldwin Ledger, August 27, 1897 About 25 delegates from abroad were present this week to attend the District Convention of the W. C. T. U. The meetings began Wednesday afternoon and closed last· evening. The papers discussions and music of the day meetings were all interesting. The M.E. church was well fIlled at the evening service. On Wednesday evening the addresses by Mrs. Adams and Weaver were both excellent and well received. Last night Dr. Williams and Prof. Lough made stirring addresses and Prof. Kendall read an interesting paper. Vocal solos were given by Mrs. Weaver and Geo Benedict, and Homer Derr played a flute solo. Miss Minnie Swayze also gave a reading. It was a very successful meeting and quite helpful to all. The offices of last year were re-elected. Baldwin Ledger, September 3, 1897 ODDS AND ENDS �Probably the oldest coin owned by any person in this city is a small copper piece in the possession of Prof. Parmenter. It was found in the ruins of Pompeii, and since the destruction of that city took place 79 A.D. the coin was made previous to that time. On the reverse side are words in Greek in an abridged form and hence were unintelligible to several Greek scholars who have inspected them. Another valuable coin is a Spanish piece of 1727. A very unique and valuable relic owned by Prof. Parmenter is the diploma given by Yale University to Jesse Williams in 1758. It is on a very heavy parchment, about onehalf the size of the diplomas of today, and the entire work is done with a pen. Upon a long blue ribbon appended to the parchment is a piece of paper on which is the wax seal. Very little, however, is left of the wax seal. Jesse Williams, above referred to, is the great, great grandfather of Mrs. Parmenter. A book of great value for its autograph letters and engravings is a life of Sir Humphrey Davy. Dr. Osborn is the son of a Presbyterian minister and hence takes considerable pride in owning a copy of the Westminster "Confession of Faith," dated 1784. Other books of interest which he possesses are "The Seasons," by Thompson, of 1797. There are very peculiar engravings in this edition and it is also valuable to Dr. Osborn because it contains the signature of his grandfather. A few theological works, very peculiar to the present day, are, "The Devil Chained," "A Cloud of Witnesses," "Scenes in the World of Spirits." These were all printed in the beginning of the present century. The Dr. also possesses the first arithmetic, speller and reader he ever used. They are dated 1830. He also has a copy of the N.Y. Herald containing an account of Lincoln's assassination and a Vicksburg paper printed on wall paper. Ye editor has a few articles which may be of general interest. A piece of a British gun carriage of the Revolutionary War is one of them. The signature of Bishop Osmon Baker, for whom this University is named, is upon the parchment granting deacon's orders to his father. The first Epic poem ever written in America was written by Joel Barlow in 1787. It is entitled "The Vision of Columbus." It is a very valuable book, both historically and from a literary standpoint. The War of the Rebellion in 23 volumes, printed by the government, long since out of print, is now very rare and valuable. Robertson's history of America, in two volumes, dated 1791, is very valuable as a reference work. A short history of the United States by Robert McCullough, dated 1795, is full of statistics of great value for comparative history. The above volumes are valued very highly by Mr. Markham. Robert Pearson has an old gun, the age of which is unknown. He has an army cracker on which are the letters B.C. Some say that that means Boston Cracker, but others have jokingly said when they have seen the ancient affair that B.C. must refer to the date. Mr. Pearson also has a Wesleyan hymnal of the date 1724. J. M. Morgan has a minie ball from Vicksburg and also prizes very highly a small photograph of Abraham Lincoln at the bottom of which Mr. Lincoln signed his name at Mr. Morgan's request. �October 1, 1897, Baldwin Ledger DOUGLAS COUNTY DAY To be Celebrated at the Fair Next Thursday-Sen. Mason of DUnois Will SpeakItems of Interest in Our History. Next Thursday at the county fair in Lawrence, Douglas County will come in for special notice. Senator W m. E. Mason of Chicago, one of the most prominent speakers of the country, has been secured to make the address. It will be an occasion of unusual interest and a general turnout is expected from all over the county. The Baldwin public schools will adjourn on Thursday in order that the children may attend the celebration, With this celebration in mind we give below some historical items concerning Douglas county, many of which appeared in a recent issue of the Malt & Breeze. Douglas county was organized by act of the bogus legislature of 1855. The county is watered by the Kaw and its numerous branches, the principal one of which is the Wakarusa. ' Twenty per cent of Douglas county is bottom land, well timbered with ash, cottonwood, elm, oak and walnut. The area of Douglas county is 300,160 acres, and contains some of the most fertile land in the state. The county of Douglas was fIrst opened to white settlement in 1854. Previous to that time it was a part of the reservation of the Shawnee Indians. In 1842, when General John C. Fremont, the great American "pathfinder," was on his fIrst tour of exploration he encamped near the present site of Lawrence. In his report he says: "We encamped in a remarkably beautiful situation on the Kansas bluffs which commands a fme view of the river valley, here from four to fIve miles wide. The central portion was occupied by a broad belt of heavy timber and nearer the hills the prairies were of the richest verdure." The old California trail ran through Douglas county. Among the settlers who came in 1855 was Oliver Barber, for whom the county of Barber was named, and whose murder by border ruffians was one of the dramatic incidents of early Kansas history. His name was immortalized by Whittier in his poem entitled "The Burial of Barber." The townsite of Lawrence was selected in 1854 by the late Governor Charles Robinson and Charles H. Branscomb of Holyoke, Mass. Among the fIrst party brought out to settle in Lawrence were General Hugh Cameron and Dan Anthony. The fIrst company of New Englanders who had come to settle in Lawrence ate their fIrst meal on which is now the townsite, on Mt. Dread, where the university is now located. The fIrst hotel was erected in Lawrence in September, 1854. It was built of poles, the roof covered with prairie grass and the end covered with cotton cloth. The fIrst landlord was Lewis T. Litchfield. The hotel was called the Astor House. The fIrst sawmill was shipped to Lawrence by the New England Aid society in September 1854. The fIrst newspaper was established in Lawrence in October, 1854, by John Speer �and called the Kansas Pioneer. The early newspaper man as a shouter for Kansas and apostle of truth has not been improved upon in later years. For instance observe this "local item" taken from one of the fIrst numbers of the Pioneer: "A chief of the Delaware tribe presented the editors of the Pioneer with an ear of com sixteen inches long. A gentleman from New Orleans says that judging from the appearance of the soil it will produce cotton ten feet high." The fIrst Fourth of July celebration was held at Lawrence in 1855, the orator of the day was the late Governor Charles Robinson. The "Wakarusa war" was commenced in November 1855. The celebrated and terrible Lawrence massacre occurred on the 21 st of August, 1863. On that occasion, 143 unarmed men were murdered in cold blood, many others wounded and the town practically destroyed by Quantrell and his gang. The fIrst school taught in Lawrence was by Edward P. Fitch of Hopkinton, Mass, in the winter of 1855. Lecompton, famous as the territorial capital of Kansas, was settled in 1855 by the Lecompton Town company, of which Samuel D Lecompton was president. The fIrst house was built in Lecompton by W. R. Simmons. The Lecompton ferry is one of the oldest means of transportation in the state, , having been established in 1855 by W. K. Simmons, Wesley Garrett and Evan Todhunter. At one time, when Lecompton was in the height of its glory, lots sold all the way from $1,000 to $5,000. Douglas County is remarkable in that it has within its borders three noted institutions of learning, the State University, Baker University at Baldwin and Lane University at Lecompton. The town of Baldwin was started in 1855 by the Palmyra Town Co. Baker University, the most flourishing Methodist institution in the state, was started in 1858. It now has an enrollment of some 500 students. Among the more or less flourishing towns of Douglas county are Eudora, Vinland, Belvar, Clinton, Globe, Lapeer and Media. Douglas County is among the most prosperous in the state. The property of its citizens, at a fair valuation, would amount to more than $10,000,000. Like several of its neighboring counties Douglas is noted for its magnifIcent orchards; its fIne horses and its blooded cattle. The first teacher in Baldwin was Milton Baldwin who began a private school in ' 1856. When Baker University was started in 1858 the public schools were run in connection with it. Baldwin Ledger, 15 February 1895 The state chaplain of the GA.R., Mr. Murray, of our city, has made out his yearly report this week. It contains some interesting figures, some of which we give: The number of graves decorated last Decoration day in Kansas = 8,156; the number of soldiers and sailors who have died during the year = 516; the number of posts who own lots in cemeteries = 145; number of soldiers buried in Potters field = 137; number of soldiers buried with �no headstone to mark their graves =840; number of posts which held Sunday memorial services 248; number of soldiers participating in Decoration day services = 13,285; and 180,849 citizens also took part in the exercises. = FUTURE MEETINGS November 7, 20 lO, Sunday. Time to be announced. This will be a joint program with the Lawrence Public Library which will include presentations from several different groups. These will include: National Archives, Mormon Church, Kansas State Historical Society. Watch the Journal World for more announcements. We will also notify by email. October 23, 20lO, Saturday. 7:45am to 3:30 pm Johnson County Genealogical Society Annual Seminar. For more information contact queries@johnsoncountykansasgenealogy.com October 29, Friday, 9:30 at Mid Continent Library, Independence, MO. Cemetery Art: What does that headstone mean? Get in touch with the Library for more information. If anyone is wanting to go email me at burchill@ku.edu . There are several members who might like to carpool. Edited September 21, 2010 �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 33, no. 3-4 July-October, 2010 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.cOlD Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master . The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15 single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30- �9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our second issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks The Victor Suspender Company The Baldwin Bee, 21 Oct. 1897 Probably very few of our people know what an important enterprise we have in our midst, or the magnitude of the business conducted by it. By "it" we mean the Victor , Suspender Company. Organized about three years ago by Scott Gloyd with only himself, his wife, and one assistant to the work, in a small two-room building on the west side of the Public Square, it has now grown until it occupies the entire ground floor of the large Durr building north of the railroad track, employs ten to twelve men daily and its output is seventy-five to eighty-five dozen pairs of suspenders every working day. These goods are scattered principally through Kansas and Nebraska by six salesman. The outlook, so Mr. Sweet, the manager, informs us, is encouraging for a still greater demand for their goods this winter and approaching summer. (from Eudora News). Pall bearers alert The Baldwin Bee, 21 Oct. 1897 A Kansas editor whose name we suppress because he is otherwise a good man tells this story: "A lady died and while the pall bearers were conveying her to her last resting place they stumbled and dropped the corpse. The concussion brought the deceased to life, she lived seven years and died again. On the way to the grave they passed over the same place and as the pall bearers reached the spot where the previous tumble had occurred at the former service, the aggrieved husband stepped in front of those bearing the remains of the lamented wife and said: "steady, boys, steady." 2 �PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS' GROUP RANKS TOP FAMILY mSTORY WEB SITES. ProGenealogists Inc., a consortium of professional genealogists specializing in genealogical, forensic and family history research, recently announced its list of the 50 most popular genealogy Web sites. The list shows some significant shifts in ranking from the 2009 list. "It goes to show that the genealogy space of the Web remains fluid and that people continue to look for data about their families," said Natalie Cottrill, president and CEO of ProGenealogists. "The presence of six data-rich sites among the first eight is expected. The changing popularity of social networking sites is interesting, too, because it reflects current Internet trends." With five subscription sites ranked in the top 20, the list shows that family history searchers are willing to invest in their heritage. The following top 20 sites' rankings were determined in the first quarter of2010. SUbscription sites are marked with a dollar sign. The 2009 and 2008 rankings are given in parentheses. 1. Ancestry.com $ (1,1) 2. FamilyLink.com (80,72) 3. MyHeritage.com (3,3) 4. FamilySearch.org (5,5) 5. Genealogy.com $ (2,4) 6. RootsWeb.com (4,2) 7 FindAGrave.com (7,7) 8. UsGenWebArchives.net (not ranked) 9. OneGreatFamily.com $ (11,9) 10 GenealogyToday.com (12,11) I1.AncestorHunt.com (11,12) 12. SearchForAncestors.com (19,21) 13. AccessGenealogy.com (14,13) 14. CyndisList.com (17,15) 15. EllisIsland.com (17,15) 16. Interment.net (16,16) 17. WorldVitalRecords.com $ (13,10) 18. USGennet.org (15,17) 19. GenealogyBank.com $ (31, 41) 20. FamilyDNA.com (26,27) To see the complete list visit www.progrnealogist.comltop50genealoty2010.htm This appeared in American Spirit, July/August 2010, the magazine of the Daughters of the . American Revolution. 3 �The following entries come from a volume that I found at the Lawrence Public Library. It is very informative and I couldn't resist sharing some of with you. The title of the books is: Genealogy: How to do everything by George C. Morgan published in 2009. Social Networking Sites Amiglia Ancestry.com Genes Reunited GeneTree Genoom Familybuilder FamilyHistoryLink findmypast.com Famiva Geni Kincafe.com Living Genealogy MyFamily.eom MyHeritage NokTree OurStory SharedTree Story of My Life WeRelate Zooof www.amiglia.com www.ancestry.com www.genesreunited.com www.genetree.com www.genoom.com www.familybuilder.com www.familyhistorylink.com www.findmypast.com http://famiva.com www.gem.com http://kincafe.com www.livinggenealogy.com www.myfamily.com www.myheritage.com www.noktree.com www.ourstory.com www.sharedtree.com www.storyofmylife.com www.werelate.org www.zooof.com Ed. Comment: I haven't tried a majority of these but they should be interesting and offer several opportunities. Recording Locations. The way in which you record locations in your research should reflect the name of the place, the county, parish, or other geopolitical area in which it was located, etc. Here are some examples: Or record it as Location Record it as Madison, North Carolina Madison(Rockingham)NC Rome, Georgia Rome(Floyd)GA Montreal, Canada Montreal(Quebec)Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Barkham in Berkshire England Barkham(Berkshire)England Barkham,Berkshire, England 4 Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina Rome, Floyd, Georgia �Substitutes for the 1890 Census City Directories Jury Rolls Voter Registration cards and lists Land and propergy records, including plat maps Newspapers and Journals. This was a most interesting chart, Surveyor's Measurement Conversion. Several times I have come across some of these and wondered what they amounted to. Here they are. Surveyor's Measure 1 link 25 links 100 links 1 chain 80 chains 625 square links 16 square rods 10 square chains Equivalent 7.92 inches 1 rod, 1 pole, or 1 perch 1 chain (also referred to as a Gunter's chain) 66 feet 1 mile 1 square rod 1 square chain 1 square acre· Where to engage a Professional Researcher. I know none of us wants to admit we could use one but sometimes it makes sense. Board of Certification of Genealogists (BCG) www.bagcertification.org International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. (ICAPGen) www.icapgen.org Accredited genealogists who became accredited through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Department prior to October 2000 Association of Professional Genealogists. www.apgen.org Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland. www.apgi.ie If all else fails or you hit a brick wall try accessing genealogical and historical societies in the area in which you are working. Remember these groups have a great deal of information to give and it will not necessarily be accessible through the Internet. 5 �I, the editor, have been doing research on a Lawrence resident who moved here in 1872 and died here in 1939. She and her husband were quite wealthy and she did a great many good things for the City of Lawrence and the University of Kansas. Elizabeth Miller Watkins. One of the questions has always been, "Why did she quit school at 15 and start working for Jabez Watkins?" The story has been that she had to help support the family but her father was a doctor so it didn't seem reasonable that they were poor. Around the time that she quit school, 1874, there was a grasshopper devastation so it has been speculated that no one could pay the doctor. In reading and looking on the Internet I came across an index to Civil War Pension Records. He father had been a surgeon in the war so I looked at those indices. Sure enough there he was but he didn't get a pension until 1880. Why the interlude. I needed to look at that Pension Record. I could order the complete file fro the National Archives at http://archives.gov/research/order. The catch was that it would cost me $75.00. IfI could go to Washington I could look at it for free but obviously it would cost more to go there than order it. So I ordered it and it came in three weeks although they told me probably much longer. I was amazed at the information that was in it and I am going to share some of it with you. It is 37 pages all photocopied. It begins with the Claimants Affidavit which is my person of interest, Valentine Miller, stating when he was in the Civil War and what service unit he was with, the battle that he was in where he got the dysentery, when they moved to Kansas and who has treated him. Following that is the Physicians Affidavit. This is done by a local doctor who has examined him and is stating what is wrong with him. He has chronic diarrhea which he contracted in a battle of the Civil War while he was a surgeon. Next is the Medical Evidence. From this document, done by a doctor New Paris, Ohio where the family lived during the war, we learn the regiment that he was in, that he was physically just fine in the until the fall of 1862, when he returned to New Paris with diarrhea which he contracted in the Army. The Dr saw him in October of 1862 and later in September 1864. He was frequently "consulted by Dr. V.G. Miller in relation to diarrhea which trouble him with more or less severity till he moved from New Paris to Lawrence in the fall of 1872." His pension is granted. Then there are documents concerning his widow and her right to his pension. Valentine dies in 1888. From all this information and there is much more in the file I could determine that indeed Valentine was a sick man and that is why Elizabeth had to quit school to help with the family. I found it interesting that they did not apply for a pension until 1880 when she quit school in 1874 but the bureaucracy then was not much better than it is now and they may not have wanted to go to so much trouble until it was absolutely necessary. If any of you have the possibility of using Pension Records I would certainly encourage it even with the fee imposed. It is well worth the cost 6 �Editors note: I was looking through some family history files and found this one which was done in the 80's by Thomas Gorton when he was the Society's genealogists. I thought it merited republication. The obituary in the Lawrence Journal World of 1 December 1914 had bold headlines: A STRONG WOMAN GONE Mrs. Richard Cordley figured extensively in early Kansas history. Funeral will be at the Congregational Church where she labored so long. Details followed about the widow of Dr. Richard Cordley, pioneer pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence. Born in Malster, Nottingham, England on 13 April 1832 as Mary Minta Cox, she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Cragg (Minta) Cox. Her husband, Dr. Cordley, had been born also in Nottingham. A relative, Evelyn Ingham of Escalon, California, who has had some correspondence with the Douglas County Genealogical Society, wrote of her disappointment that Mrs. Cordley's obituary did not provide more details of the family in England, but speculated that perhaps since "they were so religious, Mrs. Cordley might not care to have everyone knowing that her family had owned the Druid's Tavern and the Horse & Groom, and that her uncle (who raised her in Michigan after the death of her parents) also owned a tavern there." In his book "Pioneer Days in Kansas", published by Boston's Pilgrim Press in 1909, Dr. Cordley wrote movingly about his beloved wife, her contributions to his career and their life together. "On account of the unsettled condition of the country I came alone to Kanas in 1857. The day I entered Lawrence I found the town very full of people. They jostled each other on the streets and stood in knots on the comers. I began to think Lawrence a pretty lively place. But I soon learned that a great free State Convention was in session. The administration at Washington proposed to force on the people of Kansas the hated Lecompton constitution." This was the historic convention of 2 December 1857 which was called to protest against a constitution which recognized slavery. It was held in the unfinished building of Plymouth Church, call the Old Stone Church. An account in the Kansas City Star related that "its windows were boarded up, and its doors were rough boards nailed together, but it was the best meeting place in town, and was used for many important gatherings, aside from those of a religious nature. Winter was coming on when Dr. Cordley arrived, and the unplastered walls were comfortless!" He took his own small amount of savings, with which he had planned to return east for 7 �his bride, and instead put it into repairs for the church. "It was a great disappointment," Mrs. Cordley remembered. "I had expected to be married at the same time as my school friend, Kitty." "After about a year," Dr. Cordley wrote, "I went back (to Michigan) and brought my wife. She was English born, and had enjoyed a delightful childhood in her father's house in Nottingham. Her father and mother dying, she came to America at the age of fourteen to live with her aunt. It was a great change from her father's English home, with all its comforts, to a farmhouse in the back woods. But she adapted herself to the new life with the zest of her ardent nature. Gathering flowers and berries in the woods, and boating on the lake, she was happy all day long. She was educated at the seminary at Ypsilanti, one of the best schools in that region. When she came to Kansas, farm life in Michigan had gathered about it all the comforts of civilization, and she entered into the experience of pioneering for the second time. " At first we lived in a hired house in the outskirts of the town. Then we secured a home of our own. It was a little cottage on a gentle slope on New York street. It stood on the open prairie, but we soon had some flowers and shrubs and trees growing, and it became quite an attractive spot. There were only three small rooms below, and two half-story chambers about six hundred dollars a year, as prices then were, did not allow a very large margin for costly furniture, but the pastor's wife had a knack for home-making, and a few dainty touches can make simple things show to advantage. A cheap but pretty paper transformed the walls, a simple but bright carpet covered the floor, and everything in the room seemed as if it belonged there. It was as cozy a home as one could find anywhere. After the custom ofthe time it was painted white, with green blinds, and looked very pretty among the growing trees." "And that little home entertained more people than many a pretentious mansion. Lawrence seemed to be one day's journey from everywhere. No matter where one started from he would reach Lawrence the first night. Brethren, traveling, always spent a night in our home, usually going and returning. A barn or shed built by myself, sheltered their horses as our house sheltered them. Not only ministers, but laymen in the churches, at our request, came to our house as they passed through town. Ministers coming to Kansas always came to our house first to confer about their locations and their fields, and very often to leave their families with us, while they went to look up their fields. In some cases this required two or three weeks. It was a rare company of people which gathered in that little home from time to time, and their presence brightened up our life wonderfully. Sometimes it threw a burden on the pastor's wife, but she bore it cheerfully, and I can testify that the most cultured of our visitors seemed to enjoy her dining-room . more than they did my study. Once a very handsome team drove up with a couple of gentlemen. They were one of our pastors and a wealthy layman of his church. They were making a tour of the State, and stopped to spend the night with us. They were both charming men, and we enjoyed their visit very much. III the morning they lingered a while after breakfast, and at last we reluctantly bade them good-bye. After they were 8 �gone Mrs. Cordley began to clear the table, and found that the lay brother had left a dollar under his plate. She sat down and had a good cry. She had enjoyed their visit so much, and it spoiled it all to feel that he thought hospitality could be bought with money. "The pastor's home was also a sort of a parish house. Officers, committees and members often met there to confer; the ladies met for entertainments and socials and sewing; and young people were especially made to feel at home. Mrs. Cordley had a meeting of young ladies nearly every week at our house to spend an afternoon. Sometimes they sewed, sometimes they had readings, and sometimes they had singing and prayer. Her chief aim was that the meetings sould never be tedious, and never degenerate into frivolity. Here they planned for picnics, socials and fairs, and other means of interesting girls and helping the church. There were usually twenty or more present, filling the little parlor to its utmost capacity... Thus the daughters of Plymouth Church learned early to do their part." "Once my wife baked up a large batch of mince pies for the Christmas season. With her, making mince pies was a fine art, and she had had unusual success this time. Just as she was taking the last pie out of the oven, one of our country families, whom we esteemed very highly, came in. Mrs CordIey could not resist the temptation of having them sample her pies. So one of th pies was cut, and very soon disposed of. Before they had quite finished eating their pie, another family came in, and a second pie was disposed of. And so it kept on all the afternoon with no place where she could break the connection. We were spared, therefore, any bad dreams from that batch of pies." Dr Cordley had just finished a three weeks exchange with the Kansas city pastor when the Quantrell raid came on 21 August 1863. He and Mrs.Cordley had been glad to get back from Kansas City, he notes, and to have forty miles between them and the border ruffians. Of the return home, he writes: "Our little cottage had just been repainted, and as we approached it in the moonlight, that evening it seemed a gem among the trees that were jut growing up around it. It was or first home, and like all first homes, was very dear to us. We walked around about to view it from several different points. We had the full comfort of it all the next day." Then came the raid. Dr. Cordley was one of the many marked for special attention. He was sought for earnestly, but not found. His home, however, was burned and all its contents. He remained on the field taking his Spencer rifle, doing guard duty in the city in rotation with other citizens." The Cordleys had to run for their lives to escape. In the afternoon, after that terrible morning of doing what could be done to help the bereaved ones, they found time tovisit the ruins of their own home. Dr. CordIey described the scene: "All that remained was a bed of embers and ashes. Not a book or sermon, not a letter orpaper, not a relic of childhood or memento of friend was saved. As we stood looking at the disconsolate scene, Mrs. CordIey quietly wept. The Rev. Bodley 9 �(superintendent of missions) turned to her and said in his gentlest tones, 'Don't cry Mary. You have got all you asked for. We are all here.' No more tears were shed for the ruined home. So many all about were carrying heavier sorrows tht we could but be thankful at our own escape. ' A further sadness was to come to Mary Cordley with the death of her husband on 11 July 1904. They had earlier lost two baby daughters, Minnie and Lilie, in 1867 and 1869 .. In 1908 she moved to Topeka to live with a friend, Mrs. Lucia O. Case. She said that she left Lawrence and came to Topeka to live because Lawrence reminded her of sorrow inher life. "My husband is buried there, and my two baby daughters," she told a Topeka Daily Capitol reporter on 9 May 1909. A report (undated) in the Topeka Daily Herald in the library of the Kansas State Historical Society said: "One day last week Mrs. Richard Cordley, an aged woman well known to all Kansans, was rescued from the river where she had attempted to drown herself. She gave lonesomeness as the reason she wished to die. Her husband died a year or mor ago and she has lived alone, or almost altogether alone. Hencefore she will have companions. But it seems hardly possible to those who knowher or know about her that she will ever again have company, in the real sense of the work, 'this side of the river'. "Undoubtedly her mind was affected, but that only makes the incident sadder. In her younger days she was a strong woman-stronger that the average woman who is a leader in her community. Her husband, Richard Cordley, and she were among the earliest pioneers in Kansas. He was a minister of the Congregational faith; she was a faithful and effective worked in his congregation. To students of Kansas University his figure was a familiar one for thirty-odd years. Less was seen of her by the students and by the general public, but she was no less a faithful and efficient worker than her husband. Over and over again both of them emed such rewards as are supposed to be the deserts of faithful stewards. "And now, her life-long companion and supporter gone, her mind was weakened greatly, the woe of lonesomeness eating into her heart, this aged woman tries to end it all." "To Mrs. Cordley in her sadness and loneliness there will go out a heartfelt sympathy from a host of friends who held her and her good husband in high esteem in the years that are gone." She was laid to rest beside her husband in Oak Grove cemetery in Lawrence along with their two baby daughters. Surviving were two grandchildren, Richard C. And Alfred M. Griffith, sons of W.E. Griffith and their daughter Maggie who had died earlier. 10 �DUES TO THE SOCIETY The dues to the Society are due in January and $15.00 per calendar year. Our society is no different from others in that we feel the need to justify our existence and why you should pay dues. We understand that much information is available online so you may feel that membership in a Society is not of use. However dues are used for printing, publications, programs and generally getting information out to the membership. Therefore we state again that the $15.00 annual dues are payable now. Please send them to: DCGS 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049 Make checks payable to: DCGS. Thank you. BRICK WALL AFTERNOON, A FIRST The Society is holding a session in the Osma Room of the Lawrence Public Library on Sunday, January 9 from 1-2pm. There will be members of the Society there to answer questions and perhaps give guidance on how to maneuver a brick wall you may have hit. We have had requests for this kind of "program" so will give it a try. Please come down. 11 �-j. • THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc •. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 33, no. 3-4 July-October, 2010 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs . Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.orgGenealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair ~ Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15 , single. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. I' The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30- �9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our second issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks The Victor Suspender Company The Baldwin Bee, 21 Oct. 1897 Probably very few of our people know what an important enterprise we have in our midst, or the magnitude of the business conducted by it. By "it" we mean the Victor Suspender Company. Organized about three years ago by Scott Gloyd with only himself, his wife, and one assistant to the work, in a small two-room building on the west side of the Public Square, it has now grown until it occupies the entire ground floor of the large Durr building north of the railroad track, employs ten' to twelve men daily and its output is seventy-five to eighty-five dozen pairs of suspenders every working day. These goods are scattered principally through Kansas and Nebraska by six salesman. The outlook, so Mr. Sweet, the manager, informs us, is encouraging for a still greater demand for their goods this winter and approaching summer. (from Eudora News). Pall bearers alert The Baldwin Bee, 21 Oct. 1897 A Kansas editor whose name we suppress because he is otherwise a good man tells this story: "A lady died and while the pall bearers were conveying her to her last resting place they stumbled and dropped the corpse. The concussion brought the deceased to life, she lived seven years and died again. On the way to the grave they passed over the same place and as the pall bearers reached the spot where the previous tumble had occurred at the former service, the aggrieved husband stepped in front of those bearing the remains of the lamented wife and said: "steady, boys, steady." 2 �PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS' GROUP RANKS TOP FAMILY mSTORY WEB SITES. Pro Genealogists Inc., a consortium of professional genealogists specializing in genealogical, forensic and family history research, recently announced its list of the 50 most popular genealogy Web sites. . The list shows some significant shifts in ranking from the 2009 list. "It goes to show that the genealogy space of the Web remains fluid and that people continue to look for data about their families," said Natalie Cottrill, president and CEO of Pro Genealogists. "The presence of six data-rich sites among the first eight is expected. The changing popularity of social networking sites is interesting, too, because it reflects current Internet trends~" With five subscription sites ranked in the top 20, the list shows that family history searchers are willing to invest in their heritage. The following top 20 sites' rankings were determined in the first quarter of2010. Subscription sites are marked with a dollar sign. The 2009 and 2008 rankings are given in . parentheses. 1. Ancestry.com $ (1,1) 2. FamilyLink.com (80,72) 3. MyHeritage.com (3,3) 4. FamilySearch.org (5,5) 5. Genealogy.com $ (2,4) 6. RootsWeb.com (4,2) 7 FindAGrave.com (7,7) 8. UsGenWebArchives.net (not ranked) 9. OneGreatFamily.com $ (11,9) 10 GenealogyToday.com (12,11) I1.AncestorHunt.com (11,12) 12. SearchForAncestors.com (19, 21) 13. AccessGenealogy.com (14,13) 14. CyndisList.com (17,15) 15. Ellislsland.com (17,15) 16. Interment.net (16,16) 17. WorldVitalRecords.com $ (13,10) 18. USGennet.org (15,17) 19. GenealogyBank.com $ (31, 41) 20. FamilyDNA.com (26,27) To see the complete list visit www.progrnealog.isLcom/top50!!cnealotv2010.htm This appeared in American Spirit, July/August 2010, the magazine of the Daughters of the American Revolution. . 3 �The following entries come from a volume that I found at the Lawrence Public Library. It is very informative and I couldn't resist sharing some of with you. The title of the books is: Genealogy: How to do everything by George C. Morgan published in 2009. Social Networking Sites Amiglia Ancestry. com Genes Reunited GeneTree Genoom Familybuilder . FamilyHistoryLink findmypast.com Famiva Geni Kincafe.com Living Genealogy MyFamily.eom MyHeritage NokTree OurS tory SharedTree Story of My Life WeRe late Zooof www.amiglia.com W\vw. ancestry. com www.genesreunited.com www.genetree.?om www.genoom.com www.familybuilder.com \vww. fal11ilyhistorylink. com wv,rvv. findl11vpast. com http://fal11iva.com wvvw.gem.com h!m://kincafe. com \VWW .IivinggeneaJogv .com www.l1lvfamily.com v.rww.myheritage.com www.noktree.com www.ourstory.com www.sharedh·ee.com W\VW .storvofmv life .com w\vw. werelate.Q[g wv-''W .zooofcol1l Ed. Comment: I haven't tried a majority of these but they should be interesting and offer several opportunities. Recording Locations. The way in which you record locations in your research should reflect the name of the place, the county, parish, or other geopolitical area in which it was located, ·etc. Here are some examples: Or record it as Location Record it as Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina Rome, Floyd, Georgia Madison, North Carolina Madison(Rockingham)NC Rome, Georgia Rome(Floyd)GA Montreal, Canada Montreal(Quebec)Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada Barkham in Berkshire England Barkham(Berkshire)England Barkham,Berkshire, England 4 �Substitutes for the 1890 Census City Directories Jury Rolls Voter Registration cards and lists Land and propergy records, including plat maps Newspapers and Journals. This was a most interesting chart, Surveyor's Measurement Conversion. Several times I have come across some of these and wondered what they amounted to. Here they are. Surveyor's Measure 1 link 25 links 100 links 1 chain 80 chains 625 square links 16 square rods 10 square chains Equivalent 7.92 inches 1 rod, 1 pole, or 1 perch 1 chain (also referred to as a Gunter's chain) 66 feet ·1 mile 1 square rod 1 square chain 1 square acre Where to engage a Professional Researcher. I know none of us wants to admit we could use one but sometimes it makes sense. Board of Certification of Genealogists (BCG) www.bagcertification.org International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. (ICAPGen) WWW.lcapgen.org Accredited genealogists who became accredited through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Department prior to October 2000 Association of Professional Genealogists. www.apgen.org Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland. www.apgi.ie If all else fails or you hit a brick wall try accessing genealogical and historical societies in the area in which you are working. Remember these groups have a great deal of information to give and it will not necessarily be accessible through the Internet. 5 �I, the editor, have been doing research on a Lawrence resident who moved here in 1872 and died here in 1939. She and her husband were quite wealthy and she did a great 'many good things for the City of Lawrence and the University of Kansas. Elizabeth Miller Watkins. One of the questions has always been, "Why did she quit school at 15 and start working for Jabez Watkins?" The story has been that she had to help support the family but her father was a doctor so it didn't seem reasonable that they were poor. Around the time that she quit school, 1874, there was a grasshopper devastation so it has been speculated that no one could pay the doctor. In reading and looking on the Internet I came across an index to Civil War Pension Records. He father had been a surgeon in the war so I looked at those indices. Sure enough there he was but he didn't get a pension until 1880. Why the interlude. I needed to look at that Pension Record. I could order the complete file fro the National Archives at http://archives.gov/research/order. The catch was that it would cost me $75.00. If! could go to Washington I could look at it for free but obviously it would cost more to go there than order it. So I ordered it and it came in three weeks although they told me probably much longer. I was amazed at the information that was in it and I am going to share some of it with you. It is 37 pages all photocopied. It begins with the Claimants Affidavit which is my person of interest, Valentine Miller, stating when he was in the Civil War and what service unit he was with, the battle that he was in where he got the dysentery, when they moved to Kansas and who has treated him. Following that is the Physicians Affidavit. This is done by a local doctor who has examined him and is stating what is wrong with him. He has chronic diarrhea which he contracted in a battle of the Civil War while he was a surgeon. Next is the Medical Evidence. From this document, done by a doctor New Paris, Ohio where the family lived during the war, we learn the regiment that he was in, that he was physically just fine in the until the fall of 1862, when he returned to New Paris with diarrhea which he contracted in the Army. The Dr saw him in October of 1862 and later in September 1864. He was frequently "consulted by Dr. V.G. Miller in relation to diarrhea which trouble him with more or less severity till he moved from New Paris to Lawrence in the fall of 1872." His pension is granted. Then there are documents concerning his widow and her right to his pension. Valentine dies in 1888. From all this information and there is much more in the file I could determine that indeed Valentine was a sick man and that is why Elizabeth had to quit school to help with the family. I found it interesting that they did not apply for a pension until 1880 when she quit school in 1874 but the bureaucracy then was not much better than it is now and they may not have wanted to go to so much trouble until it was absolutely necessary. If any of you have the possibility of using Pension Records I would certainly encourage it even with the fee imposed. It is well worth the cost 6 �Editors note: I was looking through some family history files and found this one which was done in the 80's by Thomas Gortonwhen he was the Society's genealogists. I thought it merited republication. The obituary in the Lawrence Journal World of 1 December 1914 had bold headlines: A STRONG WOMAN GONE Mrs. Richard Cordley figured extensively in early Kansas history. Funeral will be atthe Congregational Church where she labored so long. Details followed about the widow of Dr. Richard Cordley, pioneer pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence. Born in Malster, Nottingham, England' on 13 April 1832 as Mary Minta Cox, she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Cragg (Minta) Cox. Her husband, Dr. Cordley, had been born also in Nottingham. A relative, Evelyn Ingham of Escalon, California, who has had some correspondence with the Douglas County Genealogical Society, wrote of her disappointment that Mrs. Cordley's obituary did not provide more details of the family in England, but speculated that perhaps since "they were so religious, Mrs. Cordley might not care to have everyone knowing that her family had owned the Druid's Tavern and the Horse & Groom, and that her uncle (who raised her in Michigan after the death of her parents) also owned a tavern there." In his book "Pioneer Days in Kansas", published by Boston's Pilgrim Press in 1909, Dr. Cordley wrote movingly about his beloved wife, her contributions to his career and their life together. "On account of the unsettled condition of the country I came alone to Kanas in 1857. The day I entered Lawrence I found the town very full of people. They jostled each other on the streets and stood in knots on the comers. I began to think Lawrence a pretty lively place. But I soon learned that a great free State Convention was in session. 'The administration at Washington proposed to force on the people of Kansas the hated Lecompton constitution." This was the historic convention of 2 December 1857 which was called to protest agaiJ;lst a constitution which recognized slavery. It was held in the unfinished building of . Plymouth Church, call the Old Stone Church. An account in the Kansas City Star related that "its windows were boarded up, and its doors were rough boards'nailed together, btlt it was the best meeting place in town, and was used for many important gatherings, aside from those of a religious nature. Winter was coming on when Dr. Cordley arrived, and the unplastered walls were comfortless!" He took his own small amount of savings, with which he had planned to return east for 7 �his bride, and instead put it into repairs for the church. "It was a great disappointment," Mrs. Cordley remembered. "I had expected to be married at the same time as my school friend, Kitty." "After about a year," Dr. Cordley wrote, "I went back (to Michigan) and brought my wife. She was English born, and had enjoyed a delightful childhood in her father's house in Nottingham. Her father and mother dying, she came to America at the age of fourteen to live with her aunt. It was a great change from her father's English home, with all its comforts, to a farmhouse in the back woods. But she adapted herself to the new life with the zest of her ardent nature. Gathering flowers and berries in the woods, and boating on the lake, she was happy all day long. She was educated at the seminary at Ypsilanti, one of the best schools in that region. When she came to Kansas, farm life in Michigan had gathered about it all the comforts of civilization, and she entered into the experience of pioneering for the second time. " At first we lived in a hired house in the outskirts of the town. Then we secured a home of our own. It was a little cottage on a gentle slope on New York street. It stood on the open prairie, but we soon had some flowers and shrubs and trees growing, and it became quite an attractive spot. There were only three small rooms below, and two half-story chambers about six hundred dollars a year, as prices then were, did not allow a very large margin for costly furniture, but the pastor's wife had a knack for home-making, and a few dainty touches can make simple things show to advantage. A cheap but pretty paper transformed the walls, a simple but bright carpet covered the floor, and everything in the room seemed as if it belonged there. It was as cozy a home as one could find anywhere. After the custom ofthe time it was painted white, with green blinds, and looked very pretty among the growing trees." "And that little home entertained more people than many a pretentious mansion. Lawrence seemed to be one day's journey from everywhere. No matter where one started from he would reach Lawrence the first night. Brethren, traveling, always spent a night in our home, usually going and returning. A barn or shed built by myself, sheltered their horses as our house sheltered them. Not only ministers, but laymen in the churches, at our request, came to our house as they passed through town. Ministers coming to Kansas always came to our house first to confer about their locations and their fields, and very often to leave their families with us, while they went to look up their fields. In some cases this required two or three weeks. It was a rare company of people which gathered in that little home from time to time, and their presence brightened up our life wonderfully. Sometimes it threw a burden on the pastor's wife, but she bore it cheerfully, and I can testify that the most cultured of our visitors seemed to enjoy her dining-room more than they did my study. Once a very handsome team drove up with a couple of gentlemen. They were one of our pastors and a wealthy layman of his church. They were making a tour of the State, and stopped to spend the night with us. They were both charming men, and we enjoyed their visit very much. In the morning they lingered a while after breakfast, and at last we reluctantly bade them good-bye. After they were 8 �gone Mrs. Cordley began to clear the table, and found that the lay brother had left a, dollar under his plate. She sat down and had a good cry. She had enjoyed their visit so much, and it spoiled it all to feel that he thought hospitality could be bought with money. "The pastor's home was also a sort of a parish house. Officers, committees and members often met there to confer; the ladies met for entertainments and socials and sewing; and young people were especially made to feel at home. Mrs. Cordley had a meeting of' young ladies nearly every week at our house to spend an afternoon. Sometimes they, sewed, sometimes they had readings, and sometimes they had singing and prayer. Her , chief 'aim was that the meetings sould never be tedious, and never degenerate into frivolity. Here they planned for picnics, socials and fairs, and other means of interesting girls and helping the church. There were usually twenty or more present, filling the little parlor to its utmost capacity... Thus the daughters of Plymouth Church learned early to do . . their part." , "Once my wife baked up a large batch of mince pies for the Christmas season. With her, making mince pies was a fine art, and she had had unusual success this time. Just as she was taking the last, pie out of the oven, one of our country families, whom we esteemed very highly, came in. Mrs Cordley could not resist the temptation of having them sample her pies. So one of th pies was cut, and very soon disposed of. Before they had quite' finished eating their pie, another family came in, and a second pie was disposed of. And so it kept on all the afternoon with no place where she could break the connection. We were spared, therefore; any bad dreams from that batch of pies." Dr Cordley had just finished a three weeks exchange with the Kansas city pastor when the Quantrell raid came on 21 August 1863. He and Mrs.Cordley had been glad to get" back from Kansas City, he notes, and to have forty miles between them and the border ruffians. Of the return home, he writes: "Our little cottage had just been repainted, and as we approached it in t h e . moonlight, that evening it seemed a gem among the trees that were jut growing up around it. It was or first home, and like all first homes, was very dear to us. We walked around about to view it from several different points. We had the full comfort of it all the next day." Then came the raid. Dr. Cordley was one of the many marked for special attention. He was sought for earnestly, but not found. His home, however, was burned and all its contents. He remained on the field taking his Spencer rifle, doing guard duty in the city in rotation with other citizens." The Cordleys had to run for their lives to escape. In the afternoon, after that terrible morning of doing what could be done'to help the bereaved ones, they found time tovisit the ruins of their own home. Dr. Cordley described the scene: "All that remained was a bed of embers and ashes. Not a book or sermon, not a' letter orpaper, not a relic of childhood or memento of friend was saved. As we stood looking at the disconsolate scene, Mrs. Cordley quietly wept. The Rev. Bodley 9 �(superintendent of missions) turned to her and said in his gentlest tones, 'Don't cry Mary. You have got all you asked for. We are all here.' No more tears were shed for the ruined home. So many all about were carrying heavier sorrows tht we could but be thankful at our own escape. ' A further sadness was to come to Mary Cordley with the death of her husband on 11 July 1904. They had earlier lost two baby daughters, Minnie and Lilie, in 1867 and 1869. In 1908 she moved to Topeka to live with a friend, Mrs. Lucia O. Case. She said that she left Lawrence and came to Topeka to live because Lawrence reminded her of sorrow inher life. "My husband is buried there, and my two baby daughters," she told a Topeka Daily Capitol reporter on 9 May 1909. A report (undated) in the Topeka Daily Herald in the library of the Kansas State Historical Society said: "One day last week Mrs. Richard Cordley, an aged woman well known to all Kansans, was rescued from the river where she had attempted to drown herself. She gave lonesomeness as the reason she wished to die. Her husband died a year or mor ago and she has lived alone, or almost altogether alone. Hencefore she will have companions. But it seems hardly possible to those who knowher or know about her that she will ever again have company, in the real sense of the work, 'this side of the river'. "Undoubtedly her mind was affected, but that only makes the. incident sadder. In her younger days she was a strong woman-stronger that the average woman who is a leader in her community. Her husband, Richard Cordley, and she were among the earliest pioneers in Kansas. He was a minister of the Congregational faith; she was a faithful and effective worked in his congregation. To students of Kansas University his figure was a familiar one for thirty-odd years. Less was seen of her by the students and by the general public, but she was no less a faithful and efficient worker than her husband. Over and over again both of them emed such rewards as are supposed to be the deserts of faithful stewards. "And now, her life-long companion and supporter gone, her mind was weakened greatly, the woe of lonesomeness eating into her heart, this aged woman tries to end it alL" "To Mrs. Cordley in her sadness and loneliness there 'Yill go out a heartfelt sympathy from a host of friends who held her and her good husband in high esteem in the years that are gone." She was laid to rest beside her husband in Oak Grove cemetery in Lawrence along with . their two baby daughters. Surviving were two grandchildren, Richard C. And Alfred M. Griffith, sons ofW.E. Griffith and their daughter Maggie who had died earlier. 10 �DUES TO THE SOCIETY The dues to the Society are due in January and $15.00 per calendar year. Our society is no different from others in that we feel the need to justify our existence and why you should pay dues. We understand that much information is available online so you may feel that membership in a Society is not of use. However dues are used for printing, publications, programs and generally getting information out to the membership. Therefore we state again that the $15.00 annual dues are payable now. Please send them to: DCGS 1329 Kasold G1 Lawrence, KS 66049 Make checks payable to: DCGS. Thank you. BRICK WALL AFTERNOON, A FIRST The Society is holding a session in the Osma Room of the Lawrence Public Library on Sunday, January 9 from 1-2pm. There will be members of the Society there to ims~er . questions and perhaps give guidance on how to maneuver a brick wall you may have hit. We have had requests for this kind of "program" so will give it a try. Please come down. 11 �~ '; j)c,6.-S ,~~ q i'\~J.~( ~/t~6ct1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL33_1THRU4_JAN-OCT2010 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/b14195d55b248c507b2ac4218ff6629c.pdf e766a39955fef9001e3068a3df8f573b PDF Text Text �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold G1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 , . Volume 34, no. 1-2 January-June, 2011 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair " Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Web Master . Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the ; Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma 1 �Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our fourth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks This is a letter I came across written, I believe, by Abby Hiatt. Grandma Hiatt was afraid of Indians. She saw two coming across the prairie on horses and as soon as possible used the stone chicken house to screen them from view. Soon one rode to the house, and she saw the other one peeking from behind the hen house. She got m~d and asked why the other one was hiding. "Him got no blanket" was the reply. When they left they rode away in plain view and the one really "got no blanket"! She left boiling water on the stove to use in case of unwelcome visitors. She would send Aunt Oaxie to the door if Indians came. She and Grandad saw the smoke of burning Lawrence, a they drove to town. TWIN MOUND SCHOOL GRADUATES 1892- Ota Hiatt, Clyde Hiatt, Elmer Harding, Charles Spray 1893- Mary Badskey, Fern Harding 1894- Anna Sullivan 1895- Zernie Brown, Alma Nelson. 1880 CENSUS FROM TWIN MOUND Miftlin: Mary 16, Harry 11, Viola 8, Frank 3 Hiatt: Homer 20, Orel14, Theron 11, Effie 9, Clyde 6, Ota 3 2 �Simons: John 6, Joseph 4, Frank 3, Catherine 1 Fogerty: Bertie 6, Nora 4 Haskins: Edgar 17, Ida 17 Cole: Melthiny (?) 1 Harding: Mary E. 20, Scott 18, Edward 15, Mattie 11, Charles 6" Fern (?) 3 Sanitor: John 15, Harmon 13 Martin: Ross 5 McBride: Elizabeth 19, Alexander 17, Ada 14, Nellie 10, Anna 6, Mary 3 Johnson: M.C. Perse 13, Clark 11, Perle (?) 9, Nealie 7 (Listed as wards. These 4 children were the children 9fIrvin Smith 1840-1874, and Celinda B. 1850-1874. Mary Johnson, school teacher, raised them. Stanley: Dora May 6, John 4, Alma 7, Franklin 5/12 Sullivan: James 19, George 17, Ellam 13, Edward 12, Highland 10, Anna (?) 3, Charles 1 St. Clair: Ross 6, Livina (?) 4, Maggie 2, Lome (?) 3/12 Locy: Mona 13, Grace 8 Thurber: Ford 7, Arthur 3, Ralph 6/12 Halderman: Minnie 17, Jimmie 14, S.W. 12, E.C. 10, M.A. 6, C.A. 3 INTERESTING TIDBITS FROM LAWRENCE PAPERS Daily Journal, Wednesday, May 14, 1879. A meeting to take steps with reference to the proper celebration of Decoration Day will be held, this evening at the court house at 8 o'clock. Let everybody interested tum out. Excellent music will be furnished at the Episcopal Ladies' Festival. A fine shower fell in and about Big Springs on Monday evening last. Worthington has put up a very attractive sign at his place of business, 118 Massachusetts street. ", Don't forget to call at Crew & Hadley's old stand, No. 81 Massachusetts street, today or this evening. The Ancient Order of United workman meet this (Wednesday) evening, at their Hall, at 7:30 o'clock. The first wild strawberries ofthe season made their appearance yeterday. They sold at twenty cents a quart. Supply only one letter and make this read: PRSVRYPRFCTMN VRKPTHSPRCPTSTN ---- who can do it? Mrs. Starrett delivered her lecture on the "Ethics of Good Manners" at the University last evening~ The lecture was highly interesting and was attentively listened to. A ground hog or woodchuck, tied to a buckboard, drew quite a crowd on the street yesterday. Although very plentiful in the East, this animal is rarely found in Kansas. 3 �The Episcopal Ladies' Festival opens tomorrow and continues all day to-morrow. Ice cream and strawberries at all hours. Splendid lunch and strawberry shortcake from 12-2. Supper at 6. Mr. Daniels of Michigan Valley, Osage county, drove to this city, twenty-five miles, yesterday. on purpose to get a family of refugees to take home with him. We think he was too late, as the families have about all found places. . Twenty-four passengers took the A.,T. & S.F. train west at the bridge station yesterday noon. By the way, it would be a great convenience to the patrons of the road if some sort of a shelter was provided at the stopping place. Miss Kittie Clarke (colored) was arrested Monday night, and appeared before Judge Steele yesterday, on the chrge of intoxication ,and the usual fine of$11.50 was assessed. In default of payment she was committed to the calaboose, where she remained all day yesterday. HER BLOOD BE ON HIM From The Republican Journal, Saturday, July 22, 1876. The dead body of a young woman was taken, on Wednesday last, from the Kansas river not far ' from its mouth. Upon identification the body proved to be that of the wife of Ledford, the criminal who escaped from jail here along with McDaniels and Dunn. Deceased was somewhat known by many persons here, and her story, touchingly told in he Kansas City Times, will serve to excite' new condemnation for the miscreant whom she loved and for whom she died: \ Kate Donovan was the only daughter of a poor but hard working farmer near Muncie station, a few miles west of Kansas City, on the Kansas Pacific railroad. Kate did not agree well with her stepmother, and left home about two years ago and came to Kansas City to get work for herself In due time she met, loved and married a brakeman names Edward Ledford, who was employed on the ' Missouri Pacific railroad. They were married by Father Dalton, at the residence of Alderman Patrick Fay in West Kansas City. Soon after marriage Ledford was arrested with others for an alleged theft of goods from a railroad train. Ledford was sent to jail in Lawrencem wherehe aided and assisted Bud McDaniels, the Muncie train robber, to make his escape. McDaniels was killed in the pursuit and Ledford escaped. His wife, then only seventeen years of age and devotedly attached to her husband, took his disgrace much to heart. She went to work for a living and while she could reach her husband sent ' all her earnings to him in jail. She worked for John Kelly, at the Astor House, where she was generally liked and respected. She worked t Jeremiah Down's residence up to the death of Mrs. Dowd, and at all times appeared grief-stricken and sad on account of her husband. Some said he had changed his name and escaped. But it was all the same to poor Katie. About two months ago: she went to work in the dining of the Mansion House, in West Kansas. She continued to work there sad and disconsolate and often sick with grief. On Monday morning she left the Mansion House, after dressing herself in her best calico dress. It was her shroud. She said she was sick and was going home. She bade Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham and their daughter farewell. Instead of going down to Muncie she went to the house of a Mrs. Lee, where she spent the night in evident misery. On Wednesday she went out and paid one or two little trifling debts for sewing. Then she went to the Kansas river, and selecting a shallow place, in the cool of the evening laid herself down in the water and died. Poor girl! Hers was a brief history-no schooing, no friends, erly 4 �marriage to a worthless scoundrel, and a tragic close to a life which to her seemed all sadness, ,all barren of beauty and happiness. In her despair she quietly sought the placid, still Kaw river, and "In she plunged boldly No matter how coldly; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled Anywhere, anyhow, Out of this world." INTERESTING LETTERS FROM OUR FILES Twin Mound R.J. S.N.Wood July 6, 1860 Dear Sir, About a year ago a man by the name of Buckhaman commenced running a weekly hack from Cottonwood Falls to Lawrence and contracted to me to stop at my house over night each week, promising me that you, and another man whose name I think was Hill would pay me at the end of each month. He made one or two trips since which time [ have never seen him for what time he stopped with me his bill was two dollars. Now if you have sent me the prefs to the amount of paid two dollars please dis----- it for I hope you will not send me the paper with the hope or intention of making me pay for it in future. You will remember that I told you at the start not to send it and pay for it, and should have requested you to stop it long ago but? you would rather pay Buchanans , board bill that way than any other. Very respectfully yours, Henry Hiatt Twin Mound, Kansas S.N. Wood April 8, 1861 Dear Sir, Yours of the 4th was received by last mail, announcing the appointments of Lucy Stone, and her husband, I am preparing to do as you wish, but my carriage is only an open plain Spring; waggon, and they may not like to ride much in such a vehicle besides I have rented two of my , horses with my farm and can not claim the use of them now, that the farming season is upon us, I have but one work horse left and may be troubled to get an other one but I will have one for a part of the time you propose to have me go, and perhaps the whole week if they feel satisfied with the Hite of conveyance. I will meet them at Clinton on Monday the 15 th • If you have sent me any bills they have not come ~~~ ) Yours for the good work before us, Henry Hiatt 5 �UNCLE JIMMY GREEN An article from the Journal World, December 9, 1928. By Lida Eckdall To some students the name of "Uncle Jimmy" Green may bring memories- to others it probably means a statue in front of the School of Law building. Traditions change with the passing years even as the poignancy of vivid moments fades with the coming of present thoughts. Yet some vestige of those moments still remains as the basis of the better present. Such a tradition is "Uncle Jimmy" Green. . "Uncle Jimmy's" true name was James Wood Green, but he won the more affectionate title by· right of conquest over the hearts of the Hill. For more than forty years he was dean of the K.U. School of Law and a valued friend and adviser. Although Dean Green was a native of New York he came to Kansas in 1869 and began practicing law in Olathe, Kansas. He came to Lawrence in 1878 as the first dean of the School of Law and as county attorney of Douglas County. Here it was that the greatest work of his lifetime took place. He was a central figure at football rallies where he was sometimes called upon to speak, and was a regular attendant at all athletic contests, where he had a front-line seat always reserved for the season. Cyrus Crane, LL.B. '87, says of "Uncle Jimmy," "And yet it was not "Uncle Jimmy's work as a teacher that endeared him to all. The University has had many teachers equal and superior to Uncle Jimmy as an instructor. It was because he was a man of heart, because he took a friendly interest in every student who came into touch with him, that made him the most beloved man at K.U. He had no children of his own, but his heart went out to students and they were always his friends." He never forgot any of his friends or students and one day when asked why he was able to remember them all he said, "Why because they're my boys." . In Green's will he left a $5000 bequest known as the May Stephens Green loan fund, in memory of his wife who died in 1916, to be used to help worthy students in the S<;hool of Law. A California man wrote at the time of Green's death and told how "Uncle Jimmy" had kept him. from being expelled from the University in disgrace because of a thoughtless act he had committed. This young man went on and fmished his course in the School of Law, went out, and became one of the best lawyers in his section of the country. He was later elected chief justice of the supreme court in the state where he lived. During the war Green kept a complete list of all his former students in the army and navy. He was interested in each boy and rejoiced at any honor or distinction that came to him. In 1906 the law students had a banquet to celebrate the completion of the new School of Law building which was named in honor of the dean of the school. Since the occasion fell near the birthday anniversary of Green, the event was made an annual one. For fifteen years the "Uncle~ Jimmy" Green banquets were events for scores of Kansas lawyers. Dean Green did not belong to the motor age. Horses appealed to him and one time he owned a fine team of them, behind which he and Mrs. Green used to drive about Lawrence. . 6 �\ Experts say that Daniel Chester French, the renowned sculptor who designed the bronze statue in front of Green Hall has caught the spirit of "Uncle Jimmy" Green and made it into a great work of art. BODWELL RECEPTION The Baldwin Bee, 8 October 1896 At the residence of Mr. Levi Bodwell was held, Wednesday night, a most pleasant reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bodwell who start for Portland Oregon today. At this reception were gathered the oldest settlers in Palmyra township. Old and gray, many of them, but upon this pleasant occasion, filled again with the fire and jubilance of youth. Little companies gathered here and there and told with renewed interest the long forgotten tales of the good old days when Kansas was in her infancy, tales of hardships, of sorrows, of adventure and of jolly good times. Indeed their good old hearts seemed overflowing with the stirring old tales of long ago, so interesting and so little known by the younger generation. Indeed there seems to be a secret bond of happy unison and heart-felt relish in the fellowship of these old co-laborers in the building of a state, a kind of harmony, of binding together of old relationships and friendly ties moulded and strengthened through long years of hardships and toil, which fills the young and giddy generation with envy. A multifarious collection of eatables was on hand, brought by each guest, pies, cakes, bread rolls, enough for a princely repast. In the list below of the old settlers present their ages are given in the first column and the date of their settlement here in the second . .Messrs.-Dr. Martin R. H. Pearson Lee Bodwell EddBodwell D. F. Fry Ed Gaddis J. W. Scott S. C. Barricklow H. B. Barricklow S. N.Walker C. Reynolds 73 68 57 64 62 46 64 52 46 80 68 56 54 57 56 57 69 65 56 56 59 57 64 64 68 71 49 69 57 65 57 57 56 56 MesdamesC. Reynolds J. W.Scott Rachel Smith S. Stevens Ed Gaddis Oliver Johnson 7 �GeorgeNott D. W.Fry Lee Bodwell EddBodwell E. Cradit G. W. Ballard R. H. Pearson H. J. Beeks 1. W. Scott S. N. Walker S. C. Barricklow A. H. Barricklow 54 57 60 63 65 63 61 64 60 74 46 43 74 56 59 56 57 84 80 59 65 60 70 69 Lucy Estabrook is a Real Daughter of the American Revolution (her father fought in the, Revolutionary War) who is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. This letter was written by Mary Robinson in 1899 to have her designated as a Real Daughter. Her grave was honored this Spring by the State and Betty Washington Chapter of the DAR. Mrs. Lucy Pratt Estabrook (This is a letter from Mary L. Robinson to DAR in 1899 Near the quiet village of Weston, Middlesex Co., Mass., Lucy, the youngest of the twelve children of Paul Pratt, was born August 29, 1818. Her father had served his country during the Revolutionary War and with characteristic New England thrift and industry was possessed of the moderate demands of the times. His second wife, Lydia Gates, (whose father was a cousin of General Gates) died when little Lucy was three years old. On her fifth birthday a step-mother came to the home and with the new Mother, came the need of a new house. Mr. Pratt used his pension toward the building of a larger house which so exasperated the envious neighbors who had wasted their money, that he was declared to be too fore-handed to need a pension and it was withheld from him. Five years later he died and his widow received the amount due him and in the final settlement of the estate, the share for each' child was eighteen dollars. At this time, Lucy, now ten years old was sent to a neighbor to remain until of age, working for her board and clothes, with the privilege of attending the three months term of school. From scanty clothing and exposure in that cold clime, she was sick so much the family did not want to ,keep her and at the end of four years service, went home. Later, she, went to work in a paper mill in Newton, boarded with her half-brother and attended evening school. The following years were spent in various places 8 �with no cessation of toil. In Cambridge Port on March 20, 1853 she married Wm. Estabrook, a widower with two sons and in 1855 the family, including Mr. Estabrook's Mother went to Kansas, arriving.in Lawrence March 21 st • Mrs. Estabrook's marriage was most unfortunate and the three years of country life were far from pleasant, the loss of letters from friends adding to her sorrow in the prairie home. In 1858, Mr. Estabrook with his Mother left the territory and his wife cast her lot among the settlers, determined to do . whatever her hands found necessary. Those who have known her for more than forty years, the greater part of the time being spent in Lawrence, give evidence of her success and tell how well she acted her part, as nurse she is kindly remembered for efficient work among the sick, as housekeeper, ever faithful. When·seventy eight years old she became a charter member of Betty Washington and always attends the meetings when held within three quarters of a mile of her home, walking the distance, because riding causes dizziness. Of slender figure, her movements about the house are as quick as many people of less years and with sight little impaired she reads the newspapers: with interest also the American Monthly to which she is a subscriber. Before her marriage she joined the Baptist church and was a consistent member until the weight of years obliged her to attend a nearer church, the Presbyterian. The death of her Father occurred when she was so young the remembrance of him is limited. An incident is recalled of her Uncle who was a soldier. While on guard at night he noticed a tree in the distance. The next time in passing the spot it appeared to be nearer, again he passed and it was nearer. He cried, halt, no answer. Halt, again no answer. He fired and the object fell to the ground, which proved to be an Indian disguised with a covering of evergreen branch to resemble a tree. Doubtless he expected to slay the faithful guard, by whose weapon he met his death. Mr Pratt volunteered as substitute for a soldier, when seventeen years of age, thinking the war would soon be over... The following year he was drafted and served until the close of the war, though never went out of the state. Mrs. Estabrook is the sole survivor of her family and has no living relative as far as she knows. She has had a home with kind friends for nearly twenty years and with her acquaintance, Mrs. Mercy Lincoln Faxon, another Real Daughter, forms the only link that binds the Betty Washington chapter to the scenes of"76" as proven by the souvenir spoon, so highly priced. 9 �With the advent of another century so near at hand the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War will be ancient history but none the less let us remember the privations and deeds of valor that saved to us a country and words of wisdom which have come from heroic ancestors, a noble heritage. May we ever hold in highest esteem those who can truly say "My Father was a soldier in the American Revolution" and to them a grateful people should give honor until each receives the welcome plaudit "Well done, good and faithful servant. I Mary L. Robinson. DAR Lawrence, Kansas 1112/99 PIONEER CEMETERY (ALSO CALLED PIONEER RIDGE) by Mary Burchill ' , c Pioneer Cemetery was established soon after the settlement of Lawrence, 1854, and burial was by permission and without system or plot. It was the fIrst public burying ground for the use of citizens of Lawrence, and was originally called Oread Cemetery. Much of the early history of Lawrence may be reconstructed in the mind of the observer by reading the inscriptions on the moss covered and broken head stones. According to records, the fIrst burial was that of a young boy named Moses Pomeroy, who died October 1, 1854, and was buried "on the hill west of Lawrence" on" land donated by a resident. The cemetery was a long way from town, two miles west over rough terrain. As far as can be determined, the grave had no lasting marker. The earliest date on a stone is the one for Cornelius Campbell who died on April 22, 1855. Quantrill's raid on August 21, 1863, added many new graves to the cemetery. Most of the victims were interred there but upon opening Oak Hill Cemetery east of Lawrence in 1865, many bodies of Quantrill's victims were moved to the new burial ground. A suitable monument was erected to the memory of the victims. According to the stones remaining in the old burial grounds a large number of the victims of the raid still rest where they were fIrst buried. The reinterment of the Quantrill victims was carried out in 1872. Elmer E. Brown says the GAR, thru the efforts ofC.W. Smith, applied to the government for markers for the graves of the Wisconsin soldiers and these were fInally received and set up by Charlie Apitz under the direction of Smith. Some 20 of these markers are still in the Pioneer plot. , The story of epidemics which swept away children is told by a large number of little slabs bearing almost the same 'date. Perhaps it was scarlet fever, or diptheria, before the modem anti-toxins of today were known. There is also character in the monuments still standing or lying broken on the ground. We fInd the ephermeral American policy of show in a stucco monument to the unknown dead and the solid, enduring work of the Germans in solid granite set about 10 �with iron posts and chains which show little wear for their exposure. Burials are still being allowed today but space is limited. You need pennission from the University and must be cremated. It is still an active cemetery even more so since coeds sunbath in the cemetery and students study in the quiet. It seems an appropriate use of a lovely spot. WORLD WAR II CAMPANILE The World War II Memorial Campanile was constructed in 1950 to honor the 277students and faculty who died serving their country in World War II. Their names are engraved in the Virginia Greenstone on the east and west walls of the Memorial Room at the base of the tower. The panels on the south doors of the Memorial Room evoke the emotions and tragedies of war while those on the north doors depict the history of Kansas and the ideals toward which the University and humanity continually strive. The 120-foot Campanile, designed by Homer F. Neville and built of native Kar;tsas Limestone, contains a 53-bell.carillon cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, during 1950-51. It was dedicated on May 27, 1951, and rededicated on April 26, 1996, following an extensive renovation. The largest bell of the KU World War II Memorial Carillon was dedicated to the memory of Olin Templin by the KU Endowment Association to which he served as Executive Secretary for many years. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 18~6 and returned in 1890 as the University'S first professional philosopher, establishing what are now the departments of philosophy, sociology and psychology. The tribute to Templin by the Endowment Association was significant for the fact that, during the latter years of Templin's long tenure at the University of Kansas, he . vigorously sought to construct a carillon tower to honor the memory of the pioneering settlers of Lawrence for the devastating hardships they had endured, especially during the Civil War years. Unfortunately, Templin died in 1943 before the end of World War II. His dreams and plans were resurrected by the Memorial Association Committee, established to detennine, from some seventeen proposals, which was the best choice for a memorial to KU's war dead. . The Campanile is an integral part of graduation each May. The procession of . faculty and graduates fonns on the drive then they pass through the Campanile to begin· the "walk down the hill". Family and friends line the walkway as the graduates pass through then as they enter the stadium they pass through the line of faculty. An unforgettable event. I LAWRENCE AND THE OLD TRAILS Between Lawrence and Topeka, the Kansas turnpike passes near the route of the old Oregon-California Trail, traveled in the 1800s by explorers, missionaries, soldiers, emigrants in search of land and forty-niners in search of gold. Fifteen miles south of here 11 �was the Santa Fe Trail,which for more that 50 years served mainly as a trail of trade and commerce. From the Missouri River it was some 2,000 miles to Oregon and California and around 800 to Santa Fe, following trails established centuries earlier by Native ' Americans. Tribes living in this area during the 1800s included the Delaware, Kaw, Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Wyandot. Markers were put along the entire route of the Santa Fe Trail by the DAR. The majority of the trail is in Kansas. ' OREGON TRAIL MARKER ON THE KU CAMPUS (The marker is to the south of the ChI Omega Fountain at the west entrance to the main campus) Oregon Trail Memorial. J.E. and L.G. Fraser-sculptors "Beginning in 1849, they plodded up the southern slope of Mount Oread a vast emigration bound for the golden land of California. One branch of the great California and Oregon trail thus passed over the very ground now part of the University campus and many a campfire gleamed on summer nights from the crest where now throngs of students tread." Plaque by Dr. Howard Briggs, President American Pioneer Trails Association. Setting by the class of 1916. DUES TO THE SOCIETY The dues to the Society are due in January and are $15.00 per calendar year. Our society is no different from others in that we feel the need to justifY our existence and why you should pay dues. We understand that much information is available online so you may feel that membership in a Society is not of use. However dues are used for printing publications, programs and generally getting information out to the membership. Therefore we state again that the $15.00 annual dues are payable now. Please send them to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049 Make checks payable to DCGS. Thank you. BRICKWALL AFTERNOON SESSIONS The Society has had several "Brickwall" Sessions in the Osma Room of the Lawrence Public Library. They have all been well attended and we think they were helpful. These sessions are very informal and intended to help us all with problems and to give suggestions and help. We think they have been successful and they will continue in the Fall. We're taking the Summer off.,' Good hunting for your family members. ' 12 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. 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' .-'\ '/ �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 34, no. 3-4 July & October, 2011 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be . made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen OSIDa Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 �Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday tbrougb Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use tbe Library, but items may not be cbecked out of tbe Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in tbe Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.btml This is our fifth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do tbis so bear witb us. Tbanks SAMUEL FITCH The Baldwin Ledger, 9 March 1900 "HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD" Samuel Fitch was born in Delaware county, New York, June 16, 1826, and died in Baldwin, Kansas, March 5, 1900. Almost seventy-four years, and in the estimation of many they were years idly spent and without good results. But he lived for others and in so living forgot himself - yes more he neglected himself and yet in that neglect he was able to do menial service for mankind without being accused of having any selfish motives. We know little of Samuel Fitch's early life. It is said that from childhood he was considered peculiar and that peculiarity grew to eccentricity. He became a school teacher and developed splendid gifts in the direction of history, geography and certain lines of classical literature .. he had a prodigious memory which ifit had been in the possession of other men would have brought them great renown as scholars. His taste for geography led him to travel and no part ofEurope or South America was unknown to him. Few pretentious scholars have ever returned from those historic countries with as deep an historical instinct as he possessed. Sometimes in the 50's he settled in TIlinois where he taught school again. We draw the curtain here over the romance of his life. Without any fault of his he went out to pass the rest of his days in the world alone it was now 1860 and he sought to hide his past in the excitement of those days in Kansas. He settled in Abilene, afterward went to Garnett and eventually came to Baldwin which place he called his residence until his death, Had he so desired he might have been a wealthy man for at one time he owned many acres ofland in lllinois, Iowa and Kansas. His wants were few and his business acumen keen. He could easily have been a miser as well as a hermit. He was a hermit, but he was also a philanthropist. Before he came to Kansas several ofhis immediate family had died of consumption and he decided that when he came out west he would lead a more out of door life and from that time Nature was �his daily companion. As a further protection he allowed his hair and beard to grow unkept but even this could not hide his clear cut features and the kindly look of his countenance. As he grew older he became more careless in his personal appearance and grew very sensitive about it when the people of the town offered to clothe him better. He would accept gifts from no one and yet his whole life was spent in giving good gifts to others. Not long since he told the writer of this article that he had not missed a single opening address of Baker University since 1868 and very few commencement exercises found him absent. If he had a hobby it was education and his inclination in this direction did not stop with simply attending the opening exercises of Baker University. At one time when this college was seeing its darkest days without any ostentation and without pulling any string for official recognition he quietly gave to the college a deed for 160 acres ofland. Did some children in the town lack the means securing their school books; Mr. Fitch would be seen at their doors with the necessary books. Was cold weather approaching and some children ill prepared to go to school in the stormy weather, he could be seen walking up the streets ofBaldwin with a number ofdifferent sizes of children's shoes across his arm and he himself so poorly clad that passers by would stop and wonder as he passed. While in Abilene he found a little girl whose parents were too poor to send her to school and yet she was ambitious to go. He quietly furnished her with the means and kept her in college until she was able to earn a good livelyhood teaching. Twenty years passed away and that same girl was in Baldwin. Mr. Fitch was pointed out to her as he was pulling weeds along the street. That he was in the garb of a vagrant and was pulling weeds for people who hadn't pride enough in their own surroundings to do it themselves, was not attracting any special attention. But this young lady was surprised beyond measure; nevertheless she rushed over to him, introduced herselfand told her benefactor how much she appreciated what he had done for her A short time before his death, Mr. Fitch inquired of one who knew this young lady ifhe ever heard from her any more and then with a far-offlook he "wondered ifshe still remembered what he had done for her." Poor man, he had given his whole life in ministerings to others without questioning and without hoping for thanks but when the end drew near out of the lonesomeness of his soul came this feeble yearning for human sympathy and love. In the early days of Kansas, when everything was a struggle, the Bible Society of the state was without funds to carry on their work. The frontiersmen had all they could do to supply the necessities of life and it seemed that the Society was going to be compelled to give up its work. Here again Mr. Fitch quietly came to the rescue and deeded 40 acres ofland to the Society and it was thus enabled to continue. But after Mr. Fitch had given away all his property he did not stop his works of charity but working here and there, he would earn some money all of which went to help somebody else. After he was dead only two pennies were found upon his person. But those two pennies speak more eloquently of the deeds of the departed than the full coffers of the rich man. The miser's coffers are full but his soul is empty. This man's soul is full although his pockets held but two copper pennies. The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, the sermon being delivered by Rev. John Moorhead. The city authorities purchased a lot in Oakwood cemetery and the remains were laid �to rest in a manner well worthy of one of our best citizens. Years ago men dressed in homely garb, denied themselves of many things that we call necessities oflife and punished themselves in a bodily way in every conceivable manner. But they separated themselves from the world and thought they were holy because they kept from the world. This man also dressed in homely garb. He denied himself many necessities. he allowed himself no self indulgence. But he was no coward. He faced the world. It had given him disappointment, it had given him deep sorrow but he went among men doing food. Who shall limit his influence? Who shall say his learning was all for naught. Who shall say he was not a hero when he always was the servant of others and his lips were never open to complaint? Who shall say what his life in the next world shall be for "they serve God well who serve his creatures." ERECT A MONUMENT The least thing that Baldwin people can do in return for the many things that Samuel Fitch has done for this town wold be to erect a modest granite marker over his grave. Almost one half of this life was spent here. He has done favors unasked for, all of us if it was no more tan to clean the street crossings that we might go over with ease. We surely will not let the coming generation find an un-marked grave which would eventually become an unknown grave. The Baldwin Ledger, 23 March 1900 ERECT A MONUMENT The Ledger $2.00 Additional Subscriptions A. A. B. Cavaness .50 Jack Gossage .50 R. C. Carter 1.00 M. J. Stickel 1. 00 Geo. Hass .50 1. W. Sleeper 1.00 W. C. Denning 1. 00 W. E. Cary 1.00 Chas. P. Ives 2.00 R. C. Wear 2.00 C. Reynolds .50 Preston Flora 1.00 1. G. Brockway .50 Chas. E. Beeks 2.00 S. Lampman 1. 00 [NO~E: ~hey obvi~usly succeeded in raising sufficient money as there is (in 2011) a nice stone marking his grave In Oakwood Cemetery, Main Section, Row 8, Lot 25, space W-7. The tombstone reads - "Samuel Fitch, lune 16, 1826, March 5, 1900, He lived for others".] Copied by Richard Wellman, 2011. �The Baldwin Bee, 8 October 1896 At the residence of Mr. Levi Bodwell was held, Wednesday night, a most pleasant reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bodwell who start for Portland Oregon today. At this reception were gathered the oldest settlers in Palmyra township. Old and gray, many of them, but upon this pleasant occasion, filled again with the fire and jubilance of youth. Little companies gathered here and there and told with renewed interest the long forgotten tales of the good old days when Kansas was in her infancy, tales of hardships, of sorrows, of adventure and of jolly good times. Indeed their good old hearts seemed overflowing with the stirring old tales of long ago, so interesting and so little known by the younger generation. Indeed there seems to be a secret bond of happy unison and heart-felt relish in the fellowship of these old co-laborers in the building of a state, a kind of harmony, of binding together of old relationships and friendly ties moulded and strengthened through long years ofhardships and toil, which fills the young and giddy generation with envy. A multifarious collection of eatables was on hand, brought by each guest, pies, cakes, bread rolls, enough for a princely repast. In the list below of the old settlers present their ages are given in the first column and the date of their settlement here in the second. Messrs.-Dr. Martin 73 56 R. H. Pearson 68 54 Lee Bodwell 57 57 EddBodwell 64 56 D. F. Fry 62 57 Ed Gaddis 46 69 J. W. Scott 64 65 S. C. Barricklow 52 56 H. B. Barricklow 46 56 S. N. Walker 80 59 C. Reynolds 68 57 MesdamesC. Reynolds 64 57 J. W. Scott 64 65 Rachel Smith 68 57 S. Stevens 71 57 Ed Gaddis 49 56 Oliver Johnson 69 56 George Nott 54 74 D. W. Fry 57 56 Lee Bodwell 60 59 Edd Bodwell 63 56 E. Cradit 65 57 G. W. Ballard 63 84 R. H. Pearson 61 80 H. J. Beeks 64 59 J. W. Scott 60 65 �S. N. Walker S. C. Barricklow A. H. Barricklow 74 46 43 60 70 69 from The Baldwin Republican, 7 Aug. 1903 SOLDIER'S COLUMN This post is called E. D. Baker Post No. 40, Department of Kansas. It received its name from Gen. Baker, who was killed at Balls Bluff, Va., in 1862. Gen. Edward D. Baker, was a native of Illinois, and when the war broke out was United States senator from Oregon. Baker Post was organized during General Logan's administration. It now has forth-four members in good standing. There are many more old soldiers in Baldwin and vicinity who ought to join the Post. Post Commander of Baker Post is very solicitous and anxious that all soldiers of the rebellion come and be members ofthe Post. Comrades in the vicinity of Baldwin come in. Send your name to Post Commander Counts or the Adjutant Com. Kirby. Old Soldiers in the vicinity of Vrnland can join Vinland Post, No. 410, Peter Weeks, Post Commander. Come in, Come in and enlist for life in the Grand Army of the Republic. We know no north, no south, no east or west. We are united now.We are union. Let us be united in Post, one flag, one country. REUNIONS In regard to reunions this year, comrades are informed that the National Encampment meets att San Francisco, California, Monday, August 17 and continues five days; round trip ticket from Baldwin will be $45; sale oftickets to begin about August I st. Tickets are good on return trip until October 15. A grand opportunity to see the west and be provided for at an nominal expense - 75 cents per day and 50 cents for lodging is given as the lowest, and from that up to any amount to suit the fancy and wishes of anyone. State Reunion at Lawrence, Kansas on September 15, 16, and 17. Every soldier of any war or in any department of the service will be provided for at that reunion. Dewey is invited. Reunion at lola, Allen county, called the Gas Belt Reunion, will be held August 25 to 28 to which every body is invited to attend. Gov. Bailey, Gen. Funston, Chester I.. Long are to be there and address the meetings. Campfire and reunion to be held in Baldwin, Aug. 8, afternoon and evening. Supper by Relief Corps participated in by old soldiers and their wives and invited guests. As an amusing incident of the way Rev. Murray, S. T. Counts, Israel Price and W. A. Harbeston did their last service at about the same place and same time - Davis Bluff, Arkansas. They did not know it until lately, while talking together they were surprised to learn that they were mustered out at the same place. The Baldwin Ledger, 11 Jan. 1929 �G. A. R. POST DISBANDS AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS CHARTER WAS GRANTED LOCAL BODY IN 1883 Rev. C. W. Bailey Is Only Living Member of Parent Organization Which Has Made Much Local History. The Rev. C. W. Bailey is the only living charter member of the Baker post of the G. A. R. to witness its dissolution. To him it must be a source of pride and thankfulness but there is a tone of sympathy and patriotism which covers the heartbeat ofa Civil War soldier, when he knows that his comrades have fallen and he must stand alone. With the death of Samuel Gardner the five living G. A. R. members of the local post saw fit to disband because of the small membership and the incapacity of those to carry on with regular routine business. These members include: W. J. Russell, N. F. Payne, S. Bruner, S. S. Shumaker and C. W. Bailey. ASK PERMISSION TO DISBAND Papers have been sent to the state G. A. R. headquarters in Topeka informing officials of the abandonment of the post. The charter will be returned but the archives, the post flag and a copy of the charter will be retained for posterity's use. It was in January 1883 that a meeting was called to discuss the formation of a G. A. R. post here. Lawrence members came to assist in organization plans. Two months later on the 16th of March a charter was granted. The formation ofthe post occurred in the hall now occupied by the Masonic lodge. The purpose of the organization like similar posts was to function primarily as a social and patriotic organization. But its capacity also included the functions of a Chamber of Commerce. And in those capacities the G. A. R.' s have made history for Baldwin. FIFTY IN CHARTER GROUP There were about fifty charter members. This group soon had grown to 200 and was one of the most active small posts in the state. Ed Gaddis was elected the first commander. There was some discussion as to whether the post should be called the Baker or the Davis post. Colonel Davis, in war time, was President Davis in peace times at Baker. Patriotism stood out among all members. To the victors belong the spoils but the comrades of the Grand Army of the Rebellion were desirous of dividing up, and rather than ask for money, office, land options or pensions, the soldiers retired to private life without seeking recompense. It was this attitude of the soldiers which brought to them a well-earned honor and distinction as being fair, honorable and sincere with the enemy in peace. FIRST PENSIONS IN 1887 Deaths in the ranks brought on families who needed help and the post did its utmost to retrieve for the loss of comrades by personal attentions to those grieved and dependent ones. Not until 1887 did the government consider seriously the payment of pensions to wounded soldiers of (or?) their dependents. Eight dollars a month was considered sufficient to care for a total incapacitated soldier and his family. And not until 1890 did aid of any sort come from the government. The pride of the posts were the programs on Decoration Day and Memorial Sunday. Armed with rifles and carrying flags, the soldiers would march in company formation to the hall. Graves at the cemetery were always marked. Now a head stone furnished by the government marks the burial places. Saddened hearts receive the news of the post's retirement from active life. But the marks of �citizenship and patriotism will never erase as the last ofthe war heroes pass on to a home not made by hands eternal in the heavens. 1940 CENSUS DUE IN 2012 (This is part of an article on Ancestry.com). Was your ancestor among the 14.6% of Americans whe were unemployed in 1940? Did family member work on"New Deal" programs like the Works Progress Administration (WP A), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CC), or the National Youth Administration (NYA) in March of 1940? What was his or her income for the year ending December 31, 1939, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression? Where did the family live in 1940? In 1935? These are just a few ofthe questions that may be answered when the 1940 census is released in just under seven months. Let's look at some the in formation you will find. Who was enumerated? Everyone "whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940 was in this household" was named, along with the relationship to the head of the household. Persons absent at the time of the census were noted with the abbreviation "Ab" following the name. We'll learn the usual details about each individual-name, gender, age and place ofbirth, and marital status. For the first time, the 1940 enumeration also asked for the highest grade of schol completed, as well as whether that individual had attended a school or collage that year. One neat thing about this census is that it noted who supplied the information to the census taker. In column seven, the informant was indicated by an x with a circle around it. If the census taker had to turn to a neighbor for information, the name of the neighbor was to be noted in the left margin. This will be helpful when it comes to weighing conflicting pieces of information. There are some disappointments. This enumeration didn't ask for immigration dates (as the previous four censuses did), it did ask for citizenship of the foreign born. The usual "Na" abbreviation indicated the person had been naturalized. ''Pa'' meant they had begun the naturalization process by filling their "first papers" but had not completed the process. "AI" was the annotation or aliens not naturalized and this census added "Am Cit" for American citizens who were born at sea or abroad. Since, with the exception of the American citizen denotation, these abbreviations were used in previous censuses going ack to 1900, locating your ancestor in earlier enumerations may help you zero in on when and where your ancestor was naturalized. There is more to be learned from the 1940 census and we will all look forward to it being released �LAWRENCE GETS A POST OFFICE. (This is from an account in the Centennial History and Roster of the Lawrence Lodge No.6, A.F and A.M. As this account is being written (January 13, 1955), the Lawrence Post Office is celebrating its 100th Anniversary. For it was on January 13, 1855, that a federal post was established here. There had been a temporary arrangement for the distribution of mail, with E.D. Ladd as the "pro tern" postmaster. Of this arrangement the "Herald of Freedom" said on January 6, 1855: "Here in Lawrence we have a post office kept by Mr Ladd, who was appointed by the citizens to discharge that duty. The mail matter directed to individuals residing here is stopped at Kansas City or Westport, Mo., from which point it is brought almost daily by private individuals who chance to be traveling between the several points." Just one week later the regular post office was established. On March 3 of that same year the Lawrence paper reported: "The Post Office for the present will be at the house ofMr (William H.R.) Lykins on the levee." the successor of that paper, "The Lawrence Daily Journal-World (Volume 97,no. 9), gives this information: Carmi W. Babcock, a lawyer and real estate dealer, was named thefirst postmaster for Lawrence and his office was placed in the store of Paul RBrooks on the west side of Massachusetts Street. Babcock also was the second mayor of Lawrence, and later was a member of the Free State Legislature." Members of the Craft will be interested to know that these men, Ladd, Lykins, Babcock and Brooks, were all early members ofLawrence Lodge NO.6. The Seventieth Anniversary Roster and History of this Lodge states: "The first meeting place (of the lodge) was in the little white frame office of William H.R Lykins, that stood where his brick residence was afterwards built on (721) Indiana Street," E.D. Ladd was the first treasurer of Lodge and William H.R, Lykins its first Secretary. Lykins was succeeded in the latter ofice by Paul R Brooks, the first merchant to set up business here. Brooks served later (1864-65-66-67-69) as Worshipful Master. From the editor: Thanks to everyone who sent me articles, especially Richard Wellman. I have received some but my machine seems to not like everything that I try to make it do. I would be very pleased maybe even oveIjoyed if someone else with better technology would take over the Pioneer. Ifthere is any interest out there please let me know. Thanks, Mary Burchill �Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2010 dues can be paid now. Name-----------------~Maiden Name- - - - - - - Street_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Apt. #_---...;HomePhone_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ City_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _State__Zip_ _ _ _ _ _e-mail_ _ _ _ _ _ __ Renewal_New_Sumames you are searching'--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---'-_ __ Amount enclosed_ _ _ _ _($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Make checks payable to DCGS �The Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold, G1 Lawrence, KS 66049 FORWARDED AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED �Volume 34, no.3-4 July-October, 2011 . Pub Ii shed t¥1.J4,rter,ly By.: 1:>oUglas Counts Genealogical $:ocQie:t9 P.O.80X3S<64 LAWREN eE j KANSAS 66046-0664 �THE PIONEER ,', Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 34, no. 3-4 Inc~ July & October, 2011 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer' Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master " The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 �Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our fifth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks SAMUEL FITCH The Baldwin Ledger, 9 March 1900 "HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD" Samuel Fitch was born in Delaware county, New York, June 16, 1826, and died in Baldwin, Kansas, March 5, 1900. Almost seventy-four years, and in the estimation of many they were years idly spent and without good results. But he lived for others and in so living forgot himself - yes more he neglected himself and yet in that neglect he was able to do menial service for mankind without being accused of having any selfish motives. We know little of Samuel Fitch's early life. It is said that from childhood he was considered peculiar and that peculiarity grew to eccentricity. He became a school teacher and developed splendid gifts in the direction of history, geography and certain lines of classical literature. he had a prodigious memory which ifit had been in the possession of other men would have brought them great renown as scholars. His taste for geography led him to travel and no part ofEurope or South America was unknown to him. Few pretentious scholars have ever returned from those historic countries with as deep an historical instinct as he possessed. Sometimes in the 50's he settled in lllinois where he taught school again. We draw the curtain here over the romance of his life. Without any fault of his he went out to pass the rest of his days in the world alone it was now 1860 and he sought to hide his past in the excitement of those days in Kansas. He settled in Abilene, afterward went to Garnett and eventually came to Baldwin which place he called his residence until his death, Had he so desired he might have been a wealthy man for at one time he owned many acres ofland in lliinois, Iowa and Kansas. His wants were few and his business acumen keen. He could easily have been a miser as well as a hermit. He was a hermit, but he was also a philanthropist. Before he came to Kansas several ofhis immediate family had died of consumption and he decided that when he came out west he would lead a more out of door life and from that time Nature was �his daily companion. As a further protection he allowed his hair and beard to grow unkept but even this could not hide his clear cut features and the kindly look of his countenance. As he grew older he became more careless in his personal appearance and grew very sensitive about it when the people of the town offered to clothe him better. He would accept gifts from no one and yet his whole life was spent in giving good gifts to others. Not long since he told the writer of this article that he had not missed a single opening address of Baker University since 1868 and very few commencement exercises found him absent. Ifhe had a hobby it was education and his inclination in this direction did not stop with simply attending the opening exercises of Baker University. At one time when this college was seeing its darkest days without any ostentation and without pulling any string for official recognition he quietly gave to the college a deed for 160 acres of land. Did some children in the town lack the means securing their school books; Mr. Fitch would be seen at their doors with the necessary books. Was cold weather approaching and some children ill prepared to go to school in the stormy weather, he could be seen walking up the streets ofBaldwin with a number ofdifferent sizes of children's shoes across his arm ' and he himself so poorly clad that passers by would stop and wonder as he passed. While in Abilene he found a little girl whose parents were too poor to send her to ·school and yet she was ambitious to go. He quietly furnished her with the means and kept her in college until she was able to earn a good livelyhood teaching. Twenty years passed away and that same girl was in Baldwin. Mr. Fitch was pointed out to her as he was pulling weeds along the street. That he was in the garb of a vagrant and was pulling weeds for people who hadn't pride enough in their own surroundings to do it themselves, was not attracting any special attention. But this young lady was surprised beyond measure; nevertheless she rushed over to him, introduced herselfand told her benefactor how much she appreciated what he had done for her A short time before his death, Mr. Fitch inquired of one who knew this young lady ifhe ever heard from her any more and then with a far-off look he "wondered if she still remembered what he had done for her." Poor man, he had given his whole life in ministerings to others without questioning and without hoping for thanks but when the end drew near out of the lonesomeness of his soul came this feeble yearning for human sympathy and love. In the early days of Kansas, when everything was a struggle, the Bible Society of the state was without funds to carry on their work. The frontiersmen had all they could do to supply the necessities of life and it seemed that the Society was going to be compelled to give up its work. Here again Mr. Fitch quietly came to the rescue and deeded 40 acres ofland to the Society and it was thus enabled to continue. But after Mr. Fitch had given away all his property he did not stop his works of charity but working here and there, he would earn some money all of which went to help somebody else. After he was dead only two pennies were found upon his person. But those two pennies speak more eloquently of the deeds of the departed than the full coffers of the rich man. The miser's coffers are full but his soul is empty. This man's soul is full although his pockets held but two copper pennies. The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, the sermon being delivered by Rev. John Moorhead. The city authorities purchased a lot in Oakwood cemetery and the remains were laid �to rest in a manner well worthy of one of our best citizens. Years ago men dressed in homely garb, denied themselves of many things that we call necessities oflife and punished themselves in a bodily way in every conceivable manner. But they separated themselves from the world and thought they were holy because they kept from the world. This man also dressed in homely garb. He denied himself many necessities. he allowed himself no self indulgence. But he was no coward. He faced the world. It had given him disappointment, it had given him deep sorrow but he went among men doing food. Who shall limit his influence? Who shall say his learning was all for naught. Who shall say he was not a hero when he always was the servant of others and his lips were. never open to complaint? Who shall say what his life in the next world shall be for "they serve God well who serve his creatures." ERECT A MONUMENT The least thing that Baldwin people can do in return for the many things that Samuel Fitch has done for this town wold be to erect a modest granite marker over his grave. Almost one half of this life was spent here. He has done favors unasked for, all of us if it was no more tan to clean the street crossings that we might go over with ease. We surely will not let the coming generation find an un-marked grave which would eventually become an unknown grave. The Baldwin Ledger, 23 March 1900 ERECT A MONUMENT The Ledger $2.00 Additional Subscriptions A. A. B. Cavaness .50 Jack Gossage .50 R. C. Carter 1.00 M. 1. Stickel 1. 00 Geo. Hass .50 1. W. Sleeper 1.00 W. C. Denning 1. 00 W. E. Cary l.00 Chas. P. Ives 2.00 R. C. Wear 2.00 C. Reynolds .50 Preston Flora 1.00 1. G. Brockway .50 Chas. E. Beeks 2.00 S. Lampman 1.00 [NOTE: They obviously succeeded in' raising sufficient money as there is (in 2011) a nice stone marking his grave in Oakwood Cemetery, Main Section, Row 8, Lot 25, space W-7. The tombstone reads - "Samuel Fitch, June 16, 1826, March 5, 1900, He lived for others".] Copied by Richard Wellman, 2011. �The Baldwin Bee, 8 October 1896 At the residence of Mr. Levi Bodwell was held, Wednesday night, a most pleasant r~ception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bodwell who start for Portland Oregon today. At this reception were gathered the oldest settlers in Palmyra township. Old and gray, many of them, but upon this pleasant occasion, filled again with the fire and jubilance of youth. Little companies gathered here and there and told with renewed interest the long forgotten tales of the good old days when Kansas was in her infancy, tales of hardships, of sorrows, of adventure and of jolly good times. Indeed their good old hearts seemed overflowing with the stirring old tales of long ago, so interesting and so little known by the younger generation. Indeed there seems to be a secret bond of happy unison and heart-felt relish in the fellowship of these old co-laborers in the building of a state, a kind of harmony, of binding together of old relationships and friendly ties moulded and strengthened through long years ofhardships and toil, which fills the young and giddy generation with envy. A multifarious collection of eatables was on hand, brought by each guest, pies, cakes, bread rolls, enough for a princely repast. In the list below of the old settlers present their ages are given in the first column arid the date of their settlement here in the second. Messrs.-Dr. Martin 73 56 R. H. Pearson 68 54 Lee Bodwell 57 57 Edd Bodwell 64 56 62 D. F. Fry 57 Ed Gaddis 46 69 J. W. Scott 64 65 S. C. Barricklow 52 56 H. B. Barricklow 46 56 S. N. Walker 80 59 C. Reynolds 68 57 MesdamesC. Reynolds 64 57 J. W. Scott 64 65 Rachel Smith 68 57 S. Stevens 71 57 Ed Gaddis 49 56 Oliver Johnson 69 56 George Nott 54 74 D. W. Fry 57 56 Lee Bodwell 60 59 Edd Bodwell 63 56 E. Cradit 65 57 G. W. Ballard 63 84 R. H. Pearson 61 80 H. J. Beeks 64 59 J. W. Scott 60 65 �S. N. Walker S. C. Barricklow A. H. Barricklow 74 46 43 60 70 69 from The Baldwin Republican, 7 Aug. 1903 SOLDIER'S COLUMN This post is called E. D. Baker Post No. 40, Department of Kansas. It received its name from Gen. Baker, who was killed at Balls Bluff, Va., in 1862. Gen. Edward D. Baker, was a native oflllinois, and when the war broke out was United States senator from Oregon. Baker Post was organized during General Logan's administration. It now has forth-four members in good standing. There are many more old soldiers in Baldwin and vicinity who ought to join the Post. Post Commander of Baker Post is very solicitous and anxious that all soldiers of the rebellion come and be members of the Post. Comrades in the vicinity of Baldwin come in. Send your name to Post Commander Counts or the Adjutant Com. Kirby. Old Soldiers in the vicinity of Vinland can join VinIand Post, No. 410, Peter Weeks, Post Commander. Come in, Come in and enlist for life in the Grand Army of the Republic. We know no north, no south, no east or west. We are united now.We are union. Let us be united in Post, one flag, one country. REUNIONS In regard to reunions this year, comrades are informed that the National Encampment meets att San Francisco, California, Monday, August 17 and continues five days; round trip ticket from Baldwin will be $45; sale of tickets to begin about AugUst 1st. Tickets are good on return trip until October 15. A grand opportunity to see the west and be provided for at an nominal expense - 75 cents per day and 50 cents for lodging is given as the lowest, and from that up to any amount to suit the fancy and wishes of anyone. State Reunion at Lawrence, Kansas on September 15, 16, and 17. Every soldier of any war or in any department of the service will be provided for at that reunion. Dewey is invited. Reunion at lola, Allen county, called the Gas Belt Reunion, will be held August 25 to 28 to which every body is invited to attend. Gov. Bailey, Gen. Funston, Chester 1. Long are to be there and address the meetings. Campfire and reunion to be held in Baldwin, Aug. 8, afternoon and evening. Supper by Relief Corps participated in by old soldiers and their wives and invited guests. As an amusing incident of the way Rev. Murray, S. T. Counts, Israel Price and W. A. Harbeston did their last service at about the same place and same time - Davis Bluff, Arkansas. They did not know it until lately, while talking together they were surprised to learn that they were mustered out at the same place. The Baldwin Ledger, 11 Jan. 1929 �G. A. R. POST DISBANDS AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS CHARTER WAS GRANTED LOCAL BODY IN 1883 Rev. C. W. Bailey Is Only Living Member of Parent Organization Which Has Made Much Local History. The Rev. C. W. Bailey is the only living charter member of the Baker post of the G. A. R. to witness its dissolution. To him it must be a source of pride and thankfulness but there is a tone of. sympathy and patriotism which covers the heartbeat ofa Civil War soldier, when he knows that his comrades have fallen and he must stand alone. With the death of Samuel Gardner the five living G. A. R. members of the local post saw fit to disband because of the small membership and the incapacity of those to carry on with regular routine business. These members include: W. J. Russell, N. F. Payne, S. Bruner, S. S. Shumaker and C. W. Bailey. ASK PERMISSION TO DISBAND Papers have been sent to the state G. A. R. headquarters in Topeka informing officials of the abandonment of the' post. The charter will be returned but the archives, the post flag and a copy of the charter will be retained for posterity's use. It was in January 1883 that a meeting was called to discuss the formation ofa G. A. R. post here. Lawrence members came to assist in organization plans. Two months later on the 161h bfMarch a charter was granted. The formation ofthe post occurred in the hall now occupied by the Masonic lodge. The purpose of the organization like similar posts was to function primarily as a social and . patriotic organization. But its capacity also included the functions of a Chamber of Commerce. And in those capacities the G. A. R.' s have made history for Baldwin. FIFTY IN CHARTER GROUP There were about fifty charter members. This group soon had grown to 200 and was one of the most active small posts in the state. Ed Gaddis was elected the first commander. There was some discussion as to whether the post should be called the Baker or the Davis post. Colonel Davis, in war time, was President Davis in peace times at Baker. Patriotism stood out among all members. To the victors belong the spoils but the comrades of the Grand Army of the Rebellion were desirous of dividing up, and rather than ask for money, office, land options or pensions, the soldier& retired to private life without seeking recompense. It was this attitude of the soldiers which brought to them a well-earned honor and distinction as being fair, honorable and sincere with the enemy in peace. FIRST PENSIONS IN 1887 Deaths in the ranks broUght on families who needed help and the post did its utmost to retrieve for the loss of comrades by personal attentions to those grieved and dependent ones. Not until 1887 did the government consider seriously the payment of pensions to wounded soldiers of (or?) their dependents. Eight dollars a month was considered sufficient to care for a total incapacitated soldier and his family. And not until 1890 did aid of any sort come from the government .. The pride of the posts were the programs on Decoration Day and Memorial Sunday. Armed with rifles and carrying flags, the soldiers would march in company formation to the hall. Graves at the cemetery were always marked. Now a head stone furnished by the government marks the burial places. Saddened hearts receive the news of the post's retirement from active life. But the marks of �citizenship and patriotism will never erase as the last ofthe war heroes pass on to a home not made . by hands eternal in the heavens. 1940 CENSUS DUE IN 2012 (This is part ofan article on Ancestry.com). Was your ancestor among the 14.6% of Americans whe were unemployed in 1940? Did family member work on"New Deal" programs like the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CC), or the National Youth Administration (NYA) in March ofl940? What was his or her income for the year ending December 31, 1939, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression? Where did the family live in 1940? In 1935? . These are just a few of the questions that may be answered when the 1940 census is released in just under seven months. Let's look at some the in formation you will find. Who was enumerated? Everyone "whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940 was in this household" was named, along with the relationship to the head of the household. Persons absent at the time of the census were noted with the abbreviation "Ab" following the name. We'll learn the usual details about each individual-name, gender, age and place of birth, and marital status. For the first time, the 1940 enumeration also asked for the highest grade of schol completed, as well as whether that individual had attended a school or collage that year. One neat thing about this census is that it noted who supplied the information to the census taker. In column seven, the informant was indicated by an x with a circle around it. If the census taker had to tum to a neighbor for information; the name of the neighbor was to be noted in the left margin. This will be helpful when it comes to weighing conflicting pieces of information. There are some disappointments. This enumeration didn't ask for immigration dates (as the previous four censuses did), it did ask for citizenship of the foreign born. The usual ''Na'' abbreviation indicated the person had been naturalized. "Pa" meant they had begun the naturalization process by filling their "first papers" but had not completed the process. "AI" was the annotation or aliens not naturalized and this census added "Am Cit" for American citizens who were born at sea or abroad. Since, with the exception of the American citizen denotation, these abbreviations were used in previous censuses going ack to 1900, locating your ancestor in earlier enumerations may help you zero in on when and where your ancestor was naturalized. There is more to be learned from the 1940 census and we will all look forward to it being released �LAWRENCE GETS A POST OFFICE. (This is from an account in the Centennial History and Roster of the Lawrence Lodge No.6, A.F and A.M. As this account is being written (January 13, 1955), the Lawrence Post Office is celebrating its 100th Anniversary. For it was on January 13, 1855, that a federal post was established here. There had been a temporary arrangement for the distribution of mail, with E.D. Laqd as the "pro tern" postmaster. Of this arrangement the ''Herald of Freedom" said on January 6, 1855: "Here in Lawrence we have a post office kept by Mr Ladd, who was appointed by the citizens to discharge that duty. The mail matter directed to individuals residing here is stopped at Kansas City or Westport, Mo., from which point it is brought almost daily by private individuals who chance to be traveling between the several points." Just one week later the regular post office was established .. On March 3 of that same year the Lawrence paper reported: "The Post Office for the present will be at the house of Mr (William H.R.) Lykins on the levee." the successor of that paper, "The Lawrence Daily Journal-World (Volume 97,no. 9), gives this information: Carmi W. Babcock, a lawyer and real estate dealer, was named thefirst postmaster for Lawrence and his office was placed in the store of Paul R.Brooks on the west side of Massachusetts Street. Babcock also was the second mayor of Lawrence, and later was a member of the Free State Legislature." Members of the Craft will be interested to know that these men, Ladd, Lykins, Babcock and Brooks, were all early members ofLawrence Lodge NO.6. The Seventieth Anniversary Roster and History of this Lodge states: "The first meeting place (of the lodge) was in the little white frame office of William HR. Lykins, that stood where his brick residence was afterwards built on (721) Indiana Street," E.D. Ladd was the first treasurer of Lodge and William HR, Lykins its first Secretary. Lykins was succeeded in the latter ofice by Paul R. Brooks, the first merchant to set up business here. Brooks served later (1864-65-66-67-69) as Worshipful Master. From the editor: Thanks to everyone who sent me articles, especially Richard Wellman. I have received some but my machine seems to not like everything that I try to make it do. I would be very pleased maybe even oveIjoyed if someone else with better technology would take over the Pioneer. Ifthere is any interest out there please let me know. Thanks, Mary Burchill �Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2010 dues can be paid now. Name__________________________________~MaidenName_______________ Street.____-,--___________________Apt. #_---.:.HomePhone_______________ City______________State__Zip_ _ _ _ _ _e-mail.______________ Renewal_New_Sumames you are searching,_____________________ Amount enclosed.________ ($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, Gl Lawrence, KS 66049-3426· Make checks payable to DCGS �The Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold, Gl Lawrence, KS 66049 FORWARDED AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED �/:. Volume 34, 00.3-4 July-October, 2011 .~ .: .•.. ," ..... :., ..... ...... ,.. :.. Publ i sh edqY(:l.tte r·ly By.: 'l)'otlglas Counts Gen.ea:l"si.cal S:Q~i;~t!:J P.o. BC)xa 664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 �l . THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 34, no. 3-4 July & October, 2011· Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at intervals and announced in the Lawrence Journal World and by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower, level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 �Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our fifth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks SAMUEL FITCH The Baldwin Ledger, 9 March 1900 "HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD" Samuel Fitch was born in Delaware county, New York, June 16, 1826, and died in Baldwin, Kansas, March 5, 1900. Almost seventy-four years, and in the estimation of many they were years idly spent and without good results.' But he lived for others and in so living forgot himself - yes more he neglected himself and yet in that neglect he was able to do menial service for mankind without being accused of having any selfish motives. We know little of Samuel Fitch's early life. It is said that from childhood he was considered peculiar and that peculiarity grew to eccentricity. He became a school teacher and developed splendid gifts in the direction of history, geography and certain lines of classical literature. he had a prodigious memory which ifit had been in the possession of other men would have brought them great renown as scholars. His taste for geography led him to travel and no part ofEurope or South America was unknown to him. Few pretentious scholars have ever returned from those historic countries with as deep an historical instinct as he possessed. Sometimes in the 50's he settled in lllinois where he taught school again. We draw the curtain here over the romance of his life. Without any fault of his he went out to pass the rest of his days in the world alone it was now 1860 and he sought to hide his past in the excitement of those days in Kansas. He settled in Abilene, afterward went to Garnett and eventually came to Baldwin which place he called his residence until his death, Had he so desired he might have been a wealthy man for at one time he owned many acres ofland in lllinois, Iowa and Kansas. His wants were few and his business acumen keen. He could easily have been a miser as well as a hermit. He was a hermit, but he was also a philanthropist. Before he came to Kansas several of his immediate family had died of consumption and he decided that when he came out west he would lead a more out of door life and from that time Nature was �his daily companion. As a further protection he allowed his hair and beard to grow unkept but even this could not hide his clear cut features and the kindly look of his countenance. As he grew older he became more careless in his personal appearance and grew very sensitive about it when the people of the town offered to clothe him better. He would accept gifts :from no one and yet his whole life was spent in giving good gifts to others. Not long since he told the writer of this article that he had not missed a single opening address of Baker University since 1868 and very few commencement exercises found him absent. If he had a hobby it was education and his inclination in this direction did not stop with simply attending the opening exercises of Baker University. At one time when this college was seeing its darkest days without any ostentation and without pulling any string for official recognition he quietly gave to the college a deed for 160 acres ofland. Did some children in the town lack the means securing their school books; Mr. Fitch would be seen at their doors with the necessary books. Was cold weather approaching and some children ill prepared to go to school in the stormy weather, he could be seen walking up the streets ofBaldwin with a number ofdifferent sizes of children's shoes across his arm and he himself so poorly clad that passers by would stop and wonder as he passed. While in Abilene he found a little girl whose parents were too poor to send her to school and yet she was ambitious to go. He quietly furnished her with the means and kept her in college until she was able to earn a good livelyhood teaching. Twenty years passed away and that same girl was in Baldwin. Mr. Fitch was pointed out to her as he was pulling weeds along the street. That he was in the garb of a vagrant and was pulling weeds for people who hadn't pride enough in their own surroundings to do it themselves, was not attracting any special attention. But this young lady was surprised beyond measure; nevertheless she rushed over to him, introduced herself and told her benefactor how much she appreciated what he had done for her . A short time before his death, Mr. Fitch inquired of one who knew this young lady ifhe ever heard from her any more and then with a far-off look he "wondered if she still remembered what he had done for her." Poor man, he had given his whole life in ministerings to others without questioning and without hoping for thanks but when the end drew near out of the lonesomeness of his soul came this feeble yearning for human sympathy and love. In the early days of Kansas, when everything was a struggle, the Bible Society of the state was without funds to carry on their work. The frontiersmen had all they could do to supply the necessities of life and it seemed that the Society was going to be compelled to give up its work. Here again Mr. Fitch quietly came to the rescue and deeded 40 acres ofland to the Society and it was thus enabled to continue. But after Mr. Fitch had given away all his property he did not stop his works of charity but working here and there, he would earn some money all of which went to help somebody else. After he was dead only two pennies were found upon his person. But those two pennies speak more eloquently of the deeds of the departed than the full coffers of the rich man. The miser's coffers are full but his soul is empty. This man's soul is full although his pockets . held but two copper pennies. The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, the sermon being delivered by Rev. John Moorhead. The city authorities purchased a lot in Oakwood cemetery and the remains were laid �to rest in a manner weIl worthy of one of our best citizens. Years ago men dressed in homely garb, denied themselves of many things that we caH necessities of life and punished themselves in a bodily way in every conceivable manner. But they separated themselves from the world and thought they were holy because they kept from the world. This man also dressed in homely garb. He denied himself many necessities. he aHowed himself no self indulgence. But he was no coward. He faced the world. It had given him disappointment, it had given him deep sorrow but he went among men doing food. Who shaH limit his influence? Who shall say his learning was aH for naught. Who shaH say he was not a hero when he always was the servant of others and his lips were never open to complaint? Who shaH say what his life in the next . world shall be for "they serve God weIl who serve his creatures." ERECT A MONUMENT The least thing that Baldwin people can do in return for the many things that Samuel Fitch has done for this town wold be to erect a modest granite marker over his grave. Almost one half of this life was spent here. He has done favors unasked for, aH of us if it was no more tan to clean the street crossings that we might go over with ease. We surely will not let the coming generation find an un-marked grave which would eventually become an unknown grave. The Baldwin Ledger, 23 March 1900 ERECT A MONUMENT The Ledger Additional Subscriptions A. A. B. Cavaness Jack Gossage R. C. Carter M. J. Stickel Geo. Hass J. W. Sleeper W. C. Denning W. E. Cary Chas. P. Ives R. C. Wear C. Reynolds Preston Flora 1. G. Brockway Chas. E. Beeks S. Lampman $2.00 .50 .50 1.00· l.00 .50 1.00 l.00 l.00 2.00 2.00 .50 l.00 .50 2.00 1.00 [NOTE: They obviously succeeded in raising sufficient money·as there is (in 2011) a nice stone marking his grave in Oakwood Cemetery, Main Section, Row 8, Lot 25, space W-7. The tombstone reads - "Samuel Fitch, June 16, 1826, March 5, 1900, He lived for others".] Copied by Richard Wellman, 2011. �.' The Baldwin Bee, 8 October 1896 At the residence of Mr. Levi Bodwell was held, Wednesday night, a most pleasant reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bodwell who start for Portland Oregon today. At this reception were gathered the oldest settlers in Palmyra township. Old and gray, many of them, but upon this pleasant occasion, filled again with the fire and jubilance of youth. Little companies gathered here and there and told with renewed interest the long forgotten tales of the good old days when Kansas was in her infancy, tales of hardships, of sorrows, of adventure and of jolly good times. Indeed their good old hearts seemed overflowing with the stirring old tales of long ago, so interesting and so little known by the younger generation. Indeed there seems to be a secret bond of happy unison and heart-felt relish in the fellowship of these old co-laborers in the building of a state, a kind of harmony, of binding together of old relationships and friendly ties moulded and strengthened through long years ofhardships and toil, which fills the young and giddy generation with envy. A multifarious collection of eatables was on hand, brought by each guest, pies, cakes, bread rolls, enough for a princely repast. In the list below of the old settlers present their ages are given in the first column and the date of their settlement here in the second. Messrs.-Dr. Martin 73 56 R. H. Pearson 68 54 Lee Bodwell 57 57 Edd Bodwell 64 56 D. F. Fry 62 57 Ed Gaddis 46 69 J. W. Scott 64 65 S. C. Barricklow 52 56 H. B. Barricklow 46 56 S. N. Walker 80 59 C. Reynolds 68 57 MesdamesC. Reynolds 64 57 J. W. Scott 64 65 Rachel Smith 68 57 S. Stevens 71 57 Ed Gaddis 49 56 Oliver Johnson 69 56 George Nott 54 74 D. W. Fry 57 56 Lee Bodwell 60 59 Edd Bodwell 63 56 E. Cradit 65 57 G. W. Ballard 63 84 R. H. Pearson 61 80 H. J. Beeks 64 59 J. W. Scott 60 65 �S. N. Walker S. C. Barricklow A. H. Barricklow 74 46 43 60 70 69 from The Baldwin RepUblican, 7 Aug. 1903 SOLDIER'S COLUMN This post is called E. D. Baker Post No. 40, Department of Kansas. It received its name from Gen. Baker, who was killed at Balls Bluff, Va., in 1862. Gen. Edward D. Baker, was a native of Dlinois, and when the war broke out was United States senator from Oregon. Baker Post was organized during General Logan's administration. It now has forth-four members in good standing. There are many more old soldiers in Baldwin and vicinity who ought to join the Post. Post Commander of Baker Post is very solicitous and anxious that all soldiers of the rebellion come and be members of the Post. Comrades in the vicinity of Baldwin come in. Send your name to Post Commander Counts or the Adjutant Com. Kirby. Old Soldiers in the vicinity of Vinland can join Vinland Post, No. 410, Peter Weeks, Post Commander. Come in, Come in and enlist for life in the Grand Army of the Republic. We know no north, no south, no east or west. We are united now. We are union. Let us be united in Post, one flag, one country. REUNIONS In regard to reunions this year, comrades are informed that the National Encampment meets att San Francisco, California, Monday, August 17 and continues five days; round trip ticket from Baldwin will be $45; sale of tickets to begin about August 1st. Tickets are good on return trip until October 15. A grand opportunity to see the west and be provided for at an nominal expense - 75 cents per day and 50 cents for lodging is given as the lowest, and from that up to any amount to suit the fancy and wishes of anyone. State Reunion at Lawrence, Kansas on September 15, 16, and 17. Every soldier of any war or in any department of the service will be provided for at that reunion. Dewey is invited. Reunion at lola, Allen county, called the Gas Belt Reunion, will be held August 25 to 28 to which every body is invited to attend. Gov. Bailey, Gen. Funston, Chester 1. Long are to be there and address the meetings. Campfire and reunion to be held in Baldwin, Aug. 8, afternoon and evening. Supper by Relief Corps participated in by old soldiers and their wives and invited guests. As an amusing incident of the way Rev. Murray, S. T. Counts, Israel Pri~ and W. A. Harbeston did their last service at about the same place and same time - Davis Bluff, Arkansas. They did not know it until lately, while talking together they were surprised to learn that they were mustered out at the same place. The Baldwin Ledger, 11 Jan. 1929 �G. A. R. POST DISBANDS AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS CHARTER 'WAS GRANTED LOCAL BODY IN 1883 Rev. C. W. Bailey Is Only Living Member of Parent Organization Which Has Made Much Local History. The Rev. C. W. Bailey is the only living charter member of the Baker post of the G. A. R. to witness its dissolution. To him it must be a source of pride and thankfulness but there is a tone of sympathy and patriotism which covers the heartbeat ofa Civil War soldier, when he knows that his comrades have fallen and he must stand alone. With the death of Samuel Gardner the five living G. A. R. members of the local post· saw fit to disband because of the small membership and the incapacity of those to carry on with regular routine business. These members include: W. J. Russell, N. F. Payne, S. Bruner, S. S. Shumaker and C. W. Bailey. ASK PERMISSION TO DISBAND . Papers have been sent to the state G. A. R. headquarters in Topeka informing officials of the abandonment of the post. The charter will be returned but the archives, the post flag and a copy of the charter will be retained for posterity's use. It was in January 1883 that a meeting was called to discuss the formation of a G. A. R. post here. Lawrence members came to assist in organization plans. Two months later on the 16th bf March a charter was granted. The formation ofthe post occurred in the hall now occupied by the,Masonic lodge. The purpose of the organization like similar posts was to function primarily as a social and patriotic organization. But its capacity also included the functions of a Chamber of Commerce. And in those capacities the G. A. R.' s have made history for Baldwin. FIFTY IN CHARTER GROUP There were about fifty charter members. This group soon had grown to 200 and was one of the most active small posts in the state. Ed Gaddis was elected the first commander. There was some discussion as to whether the post should be called the Baker or the Davis post. Colonel Davis, in war time, was President Davis in peace times at Baker. Patriotism stood out among all members. To the victors belong the spoils but the com.t::ades of the Grand Army of the Rebellion were desirous of dividing up, and rather than ask for money, office, land options or pensions, the soldiers retired to private life without seeking recompense. It was this attitude of the soldiers which brought to them a well-earned honor and distinction as being fair, honorable and sincere with the enemy in peace. FIRST PENSIONS IN 1887 Deaths in the ranks brought on families who needed help and the post did its utmost to r~trieve for the loss of comrades by personal attentions to those grieved and dependent ones. Not until 1887 did the government consider seriously the payment of pensions to wounded soldiers of (or?) their dependents. Eight dollars a month was considered sufficient to care for a total incapacitated soldier and his family. And not until 1890 did aid of any sort come from the government. The pride of the posts were the programs on Decoration Day and Memorial Sunday. Armed with rifles and carrying flags, the soldiers would march in company formation to the hall. Graves ,at the cemetery were always marked. Now a head stone furnished by the government marks the burial places. . ' Saddened hearts receive the news of the post's retirement from active life. But the marks of �citizenship and patriotism will never erase as the last of the war heroes pass on to a home not made by hands eternal in the heavens. 1940 CENSUS DUE IN 2012 (This is part of an article on Ancestry.com). Was your ancestor among the 14.6% of Americans whe were unemployed in 1940? Did family member work on"New Deal" programs like the Works Progress Administration (Wp A), the Civilian Conservation Corps (CC), or the National Youth Administration (NYA) in March of 1940? What was his or her income for the year ending December 31, 1939, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression? Where did the family live in 1940? In 1935? These are just a few of the questions that may be answered when the 1940 census is released in just under seven months. Let's look at some the in formation you will find . . Who was enumerated? Everyone ''whose usual place of residence on'April 1, 1940 was in this household" was named, along with the relationship to the head of the household. Persons absent at the time of the census were noted with the abbreviation "Ab" following the name. We'll learn the usual details about each individual-name, gender, age and place of birth, and marital status. For the first time, the 1940 enumeration also asked for the highest grade of schol completed, as well as whether that individual had attended a school or collage that year. One neat thing about this census is that it noted who supplied the information to the census taker. In column seven, the informant was indicated by an x with a circle around it. If the census taker had to tum to a neighbor for information, the name of the neighbor was to be noted in the left margin. This will be helpful when it comes to weighing conflicting pieces of information. There are some disappointments. This enumeration didn't ask for immigration dates (as the previous four censuses did), it did ask for citizenship of the foreign born. The usual ''Na'' abbreviation indicated the person had been naturalized. "Pa" meant they had begun the naturalization process by filling their '~first papers" but had not completed the process. "AI" was the annotation or aliens not naturalized and·this census added "Am Cit" for American citizens who were born at sea or abroad. Since, with the exception of the American citizen denotation, these abbreviations were used in previous censuses going ack to 1900, locating your ancestor in earlier enumerations may help you zero in on when and where your ancestor was naturalized. There is more to be learned from the 1940 census and we will all look forward to it being released �LAWRENCE GETS A POST OFFICE. (This is from an account in the Centennial History and Roster of the Lawrence Lodge No.6, A.F and A.M. As this account is being written (January 13, 1955), the Lawrence Post Office is celebrating its 100th Anniversary. For it was on January 13, 1855, that a federal post was established here. There had been a temporary arrangement for the distribution of mail, with E.D. Ladd as the "pro tern" postmaster. Of this arrangement the ''Herald of Freedom" said on January 6, 1855: "Here in Lawrence we have a post office kept by Mr Ladd, who was appointed by the citizens to discharge that duty. The mail matter directed to individuals residing here is stopped at Kansas City or Westport, Mo., from which point it is brought almost daily by private individuals who chance to be traveling between the several points." Just one week later the regular post office was established. On March 3 of that same year the Lawrence paper reported: "The Post Office for the present will be at the house ofMr (William H.R) Lykins on the levee." the successor of that paper, "The Lawrence Daily Journal-World (Volume 97,no. 9), gives this information: Carmi W. Babcock, a lawyer and real estate dealer, was named thefirst postmaster for Lawrence and his office was placed in the store of Paul RBrooks on the west side of Massachusetts Street. Babcock also was the second mayor of Lawrence, and later was a member of the Free State Legislature." Members of the Craft will be interested to know that these men, Ladd, Lykins, Babcock and Brooks, were all early members ofLawrence Lodge NO.6. The Seventieth Anniversary Roster and History of this Lodge states: "The first meeting place (of the lodge) was in the little white frame office ofWilliam H.R Lykins, that stood where his brick residence was afterwards built on (721) Indiana Street," E.D. Ladd was the first treasurer of Lodge and William H.R, Lykins its first Secretary. Lykins was succeeded in the latter ofice by Paul R Brooks, the first merchant to set up business here. Brooks served later (1864-65-66-67-69) as Worshipful Master. From the editor: Thanks to everyone who sent me articles, especially Richard Wellman. I have received some but my machine seems to not like everything that I try to make it do. I would be very pleased maybe even overjoyed if someone else with better technology would take over the Pioneer. Ifthere is any interest out there please let me know. 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'~-~---- - - -- --- Published twice a year DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 1329 KASOLD Gl LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66049-3426 �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc., 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 " January & April, 2012 Volume 35, no. 1-2 I Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair , Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held on Final Fridays of 'each month at the Watkins Community Mu~eum of History from 5:30 to 7. Membership fees are I $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical ~iety (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membershi~ year is from January 1 to December 3I."Visitors are always welcome lat meetings. I 1 �The Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence, has a collection of Douglas County history and genealogy books. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 _ 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. The Society is partnering with The Watkins Community Museum for meetings and consultation. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our sixth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are still , learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks TABLE OF CONTENTS Six months older Page 2 Page 5 Black Jack Page 6 R.H. Pearson, 1901 Mortality schedules Page 7 Douglas County Tombstone Census Books Page 8 D.G. Kennedy store Page 8. The lynching record, 1919 Page 9 New Research Website for Douglas County Page 10 T.B. Shore living in Baldwin Page 13 About the Santa Fe Trail Page 13 New City Hall a link to city's roots Page 14 Dues form Page 20 Ancestry.com connection Page 20 2 �Once again the bulk of the infonnation in this issue pertains to the Baldwin area. That is because Richard Wellman, who furnishes me a lot of material, and I are involved in documenting The Battle of Black Jack and its participants. I would be happy to get other infonnation about other areas of Douglas County. Mary Burchill SIX MONTHS OLDER The Baldwin Republican, 24 Oct 1902. In lastweeks Mail and Breeze an article appeared claiming that Wm. Britton, of Alton, was the oldest living resident of Kansas which certainly is a mistake as Palmyra township has a resident, in the person ofR.H. Pearson, of Black Jack, who located his claim, now the Beeks Fannjust north of Baldwin, May 15 th, 1854, while Mr. Brittain (note change of spelling) according to the Mail and Breeze did not locate until the fall of that year. R.H. Pearson was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1st, 1828 and with his parents, in 1902 emigrated to America, locating at Alleghaney City, Pa., living there until the California gold fever swept over the United States when he went to California, where he was in 1853 and early '54, when the bill was in Congress for the opening of KansaS and Nebraska. The talk among the California miners at that time was that Nebraska would be a free state and Kansas a slave state, and the emigration fever again entered Mr. Pearson's blood, and he left the gold fields for the new county of Nebraska and Kansas, going by the way of Panama and New York, and after a short visit with his parents in Pennsylvania, 3 �came on west by steam boat to Kansas City, then a small town and only boasting one small hotel. There he met Joel K. Goodwin,(who was afterwards killed by Jim Lane) Gayes Jinkins and Henry Barricklow, Jr., who invited him to join their party and go with them to look for townsites in the new country, but they desired locating in Kansas in preference to Nebraska, claiming tht Kansas never would be a slave state. The party first went to St. Joe, from there to Weston, opposite Ft. Leavenworth and then to the Fort to obtain news in regard to the opening of the new country. They were told if they located back thirty miles fromthe State Line the Government troops would not molest them. Leaving the Fort they returned to Kansas City where PearsQn and Barricklow purchased, each a pony, the rest of the party leasing a team and wagon, and early in May traveled west, leaving civilization behind, but passing many Indians with herds of ponies, crossing the Kaw River at where Lawrence now stand, then west to Big Springs, there the party turned back, returning as far as Mt Oread, which the party decided was the best townsite location they had see~, they then turned south, keeping along the Government road until they came to what is now called Willow Springs, then east to Hickory point, there they saw a wagon about 200 yards from the road. Pearson and Barricklow decided on a visit to it and found a woman and three children, with about half a dozen Kaw Indians standing around which was causing the woman much uneasiness. She called Pearson to one side and asked him and his party to remain awhile until her husband who was away to purchase a cow should return. The party remained awhile, Barricklow stopped three days and Pearson is still remaining. The lady told them "there were many good claims and that her husband, a Mr Kibby would help them make a selection, and by the way this Kibby was the man who killed a pro-slavery man by the name of Davis at Lawrence, during and election, which is supposed to have been the first death in the cause which brought on the Civil War. A pro-slavery man was burning anti-slavery men's cabins and Kibby insisted that he 4 �stop. Davis took the matter up, and began stricking[sic] at Kibby with a knife. Kibby had a pistol loaded with eight shot, and capped with a cap furnished by Pearson and as Davis again advanced, shot him, the whole load of buckshot entering the man's stomach, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Pearson pre-empted his farm, and the next spring Barricklow returned, accompanied by Nehemia Green, (who was Lieut. Governor) L.F. Green and Dan Johnson and wife who also settled near here. Mr. Pearson was all through the boarder[sic] warfare, being at the battle of Black Jack, Blanton's Bridge, Prices Raid at Kansas City, at Lawrence in 1855, at Bull Creek and East Tauy, besides helping to persuade many a pro-slavery men that Kansas did not desire to be a slave state, and received an honorable discharge from the U.S. ., government. He is now getting along in years, but is yet very active and energetic, and owns a farm of 240 acres on which the battle of Black Jack was fought. We believe this gives Mr. Pearson the claim to being the oldest living settler of Kansas, having pre-empted what is now the Beeks farm in Palmyra township, Douglas County, Kansas May 15 th, 1854, and is still a resident of the same township. BLACKJACK The Baldwin Ledger 9 March 1900 Black Jack, Kansas, March 6, 1900 Editor Ledger On last Saturday morning, as I arrived in your city, I was informed that 5 �I had a brother at the hotel Stuart House, in which I had not seen for nearly forty-four years. A brother who in the year of 1855 came to Kansas over to Lawrence in company with Gov. Robinson, wife and others. Coming here in the pioneer days, though a young man, he with others had a varied experience in this state as a free state frontiersman The then city of Lawrence was only founded, the then (prospective Palmyra). It was in the days of buffalo ranges, gamblers a few, but thugs and in all a lively time. He had altercations and thrilling times under varied circumstances. He being young, he was in his Pa's home, restless and ambitious. Seeing no opening for a boy in the crowded East he followed the advice of Horace Greely, and Kansas then was the object point, and he located upon the quarter section now owned and occupied by D.G. Kennedy upon Black Jack Creek, Prairie City. T.J. Mowberry was the main trader and old Prairie City offered in the pages of the Prairie Cin: Champion edited by S.S. trouty, many inducements, and your pen dotter who was a sojourner of that city looked often toward the , Barricklow hill to see the white top schooners that add to the wonderful growth of Prairie city. That brother had been absent since the spring of 1858. Living in Davenport he enlisted in 1861 and was at Shiloh, Fort Donelson, and carried three leaded bullets yet, and one deadly shot through the groin but he lived and after many long years of absence he came back, not a youth, not a tenderfoot, but a man of age, came to see a brother so long lost to pour out his tender passions of kindred affection and to look over the grounds where he and Koon's, one Anda Keepin, Gil Gillmore came to assassinate Esq. Rice, June 27 th 1857,where he and I, were amid great personal danger. With the nerve of a man and the quickness of action, Koons was laid upon the ground and the others began to plead and one day Proslavery mob was quelted(?) And later on Koons who had killed his third free state man 6 �and planted them upon the bank of the west side of the battle ground, bit the dust upon the night of 26th day of December 1857 and soon after Anda Keepin watched an opportunity to attack the Stonebaker boys and he got a left hander from Brother Austin that settled his audacity to seeking hide go seek thereafter. The early days of Black Jack carry with them much unwritten and many an idle threat. [an interesting way of writing.] R.H. PEARSON, 1901 A case of Advancement. The Baldwin Ledger, 11 January 1901 When I first settled in the territory of Kansas May 15, 1854, I went to Kansas City fifty miles to get my mail. When Lawrence started mail was changed there in the fall of 1854. Lawrence is twenty miles away. In 1856 Palmyra started up and we had Newman Blood Postmaster. Next Baldwin comes into existence, Mr. Scott is our Postmaster. Next comes Rural Delivery No 1, Wellsville and I do not have to go so ,many yards as I did miles in 1854. R.H. Pearson. Also from The Baldwin Ledger 11 January 1901 W.C. Vantries, Robert Pearson, J.P. Bell, S.E. Carlton, A.T. Shepard, Sam Stonebacker and Frank Bell have been in from the eastern part of the township this week and they all say that the people in their neighborhood are in favor of helping the Orient railroad. [NOTE: This was in support of extending the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient RR from Kansas City to Baldwin City. Obviously the extension never was completed.) 7 �MORTALITY SCHEDULES What is it? A list made at the time a census was taken of those who died during the preceding year. st Covers only persons who died in the 12 months preceding June 1 of the census year. Example: 1850 Mortality Schedule lists persons who died between June 1 1848 and May 31 1850 Information includes: Name, Sex, Age, Color, Birthplace, Occupation, Marital Status, Month of Death, and cause. Some later ones even give the parents names. When were they recorded? 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, Mortality Schedules were taken by Counties, but are indexed by the state ~ a whole. Since 1902 The Bureau of Census has obtained ' Mortality date directly from records maintained by cities and states. DOUGLAS COUNTY TOMBSTONE CENSUS BOOKS. In the middle of page 266 of volume 2 of the Douglas Co Tombstone Census there is a note about 3 tombstones that they think may be for the surname '~Moore". The stones were for Dicey, Ethel and Earl. ;' While working on the Bell family records with Al VanTries, I related the story of no surnames for the 3 tombstones at Old Pioneer Cemetery in south Baldwin. He recalled that he had a relative named "Dicey". With that unusual name, he was able to find that he was related to the 3 persons. Here is the story. Dicey Prather, b. 9 April 1859, dau. of Thomas Helms and Nancy Elizabeth (Alverson) Prather, d. 27 February 1892, married 23 October 8 �1879 to John Wilkerson. They had 4 children including one Earl Wilkerson, b. 1882 d. 1885. Dicey's sister Esther Lulie Prather" married Duncan Wilkerson, the brother of John Wilkerson. So 2 sisters married 2 brothers. Esther and Duncan had 4 children, including Ethel Wilkerson, b. 1883, d. 1885. So the surname mystery has been resolved. They are all Wilkerson. D.G. KENNEDY STORE The Baldwin Ledger~ 5 February 1904. The store ofD.G. Kennedy, at Vinland, was burned last Friday morning. The entire stock of groceries and merchandise and all his household goods were destroyed. All valuable papers were saved belonging to the post office department. The fire originated from a defective flue. The loss was about $8000, fully insured. Mr. Kermedy will rebuild as soon as possible. ' THE LYNCHING RECORD, 1919 The Lawrence Daily Journal-World~ 6 January 1920 Annual Report is compiled at Tuskegee Institute. According to the record compiled by Monroe N . Work, of the Department of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, there were 82 lynchings in 1919, of which 77 were in the South and 5 in the North and West. This is 18 more than the number 64 for the year 1918. Of those lynched 75 were Negroes and 7 were white. One of those put to death was a Negro woman. Nineteen, or less than onefourth of those put to death, were charged with rape or attempted rape. Seven, of the victims were burned to death. Nine were put to death and 9 �then their bodies were burned. The charges against those first killed and then their bodies burned were attempted rape,3; shooting officers of the law, 3~ rape,l~ murder, 1~ incendiary talk, 1. The offense of murder was charged against all the white lynched., The offense charged against the Negroes were: murder, 13; attempted rape 10; rape, 9; abetting riots, 4; shooting of officers of the law, 4; alleged incendiary talk, 2; writing improper letter, 1; charge not reported, 6; shooting a woman, 1; robbery, 1; murder sentence changed to life imprisonment, 1; shooting night watchman, 1; shooting and wounding a man, 1; alleged complicity in killing officer of the law, 1~ killing man in self defense, 1; killing landlord in dispute over crop settlement, 1; no charge made, 1; for being acquitted of shooting an officer of the law, 1; remarks about Chicago race riot, 1; for keeping company with a white woman, 1; for being found under bed, 1; for making boastful remarks, 1; for alleged misleading of mobs searching for another, 1; because appeal was taken from ten years' sentence for attempting the life of another, 1; for discussing a lynching, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 12; Colorado, 2; Florida, 5; Georgia, 21 ~ Louisiana, 7; Mississippi, 12; Missouri, 2 ; Nebraska, 1~ North Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 4; Washington, 1; West Virginia, 2; Kansas, 1. NEW RESEARCH WEBSITE FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY From Sheryl McClure, mkat72@gmai1.com Hello AliAs part of my "Kansas History and Heritage Project," I have created a website for Douglas County. 10 �Http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com!~ksdoughp/index.htm1. My new, free website features: 1867 -1868 County Business Directory 1873 Plat Maps, all Townships Mortality Reports, Oak Hill and Maple Grove Cemeteries, Lawrence, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891 (months of Jan., Feb., and Apr., only) and 1892 (1892 includes Apr. Through Sept. Only) Swedish and Danish immigration 23 bios from "Portrait and biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas." First Presbyterian Church, Lawrence. Charter members and 1888 membership roll. "End of Year" death records from newspapers for 1898,1899, 1890 List of soldiers buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, 1906 List of soldiers buried in Maple Grove, Franklin, Oread Cemeteries 1904 1887 County map African-American enlistees, Spanish American War 1902 and 1904 Teaching Certificates Over 100 obituaries, most over 100 years old. Lawrence High School classes of 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1904 and 1910 list of graduates 1915 Lawrence Schools 8th grade gradutes County 8th grade graduates, 1895, 1911 and 1921 Lawrence Volunteer Company, Spanish-American War enlistees· "School Reports" various years 1889 Lawrence Business directory 1873 County Business Notices 1888 Township Officials 1894 G.A.R. Posts and Rosters-Eudora, Clinton, Lecompton, Vinland and Baldwin posts (Lawrence posts coming soon) 11 �I plan to add much more data in the coming months. Also, be sure to check out my "Online Counties" page to see if I have a website for your other Kansas counties of interest. I hope you will have a look at my new website, and if you have any corrections, suggestions, questions or want to contribute pictures or data~ I will be happy to hear from you. I am moving on to my next county in the project, but I will come back to Douglas County from time to time to add data, so please bookmark this site. I will announce any major additions of data on this list.. This website features a search engine, but I strongly urge you to browse the data, as some of the spelling of surnames is questionable. Douglas is the 45th county in this project-only 60 counties to go! I hope to have all Kansas counties online within the next two.years, but until I can gather enough data for a specific county, I will store the file for that county on the state website. Http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kahhp/index.html This website houses also statewide information (such as maps, military histories, college files, etc.) as well as serving as a repository for data for the "orphan" counties~ and links to counties that do have their own sites. Sheryl 12 �T.B. SHORE LIVING IN BALDWIN The Baldwin Ledger, 7 July 1905 Celebrated the 4th here in 1857. Fourth of July Celebration here nearly a half century ago. The first time the Fourth of July was celebrated in this neighborhood was in 1857,just forty-eight years ago, one year before Baldwin, townsite was laid out-Kansas then being a territory. The day was celebrated by giving a a public dinner and speaking~ and was held on the hill in West Baldwin, which was then called Prairie City. The late Sam Wood, who was killed some years age;> in a county seat war in the southern part of this state spoke on that occasion. There are two people living in Baldwin today who took part in that celebration, being T.B. Shore and S.L Clark. ABOUT THE SANTA FE TRAIL The Baldwin Ledger, Friday, 3 February 1905 Recent agitation to mark the line of the pathway-Baldwin on the list Monuments are springing up in various parts of Kansas for providing permanent markers for the old Santa Fe Trail, which preceded the Santa Fe railroad as the connecting link between the east and west. Franklin county cannot get in on the original Santa Fe trail deal, b~t she has as fine a line of side trails, rich in history, as any county in the state. The original Santa Fe trail and main line on which the gold' 13 �l traffic to California traveled, crossed the Missouri at Westport and came west through Black Jack, through the present location of Baldwin and just missed the northwest corner of Franklin county, passing west through Burlingame. Another trail went to the north . through or near Lawrence, and the two trails joined near Burlingame. It was the traffic that came up from the south, from western Missouri and Fort Scott and even from the south, that passed through Franklin county on the way to join the great pathway to the west. This road crossed the Marais des Cygnes river at what is still known as "Fort Scott crossing", which is some three miles down the river from Ottawa. The seventh street road runs by it, and a branch crossed it. On the east and south the trail crossed the Pottawatomie near Lane at what was known as "Dutch Henry's crossing". It was here that one of John Brown's massacres too~ place. Though it is proposed to mark the Santa Fe trail proper with monuments it will never be possible to define any definite track or set of tracks as the exclusive trail. When the emigrants struck the prairies west of the Missouri they spread out over the considerable territory, the various trails or paths coming together at the principal watering places. So it came about that many California pilgrims came down past the Tauy Jones place, now Woodlief though the main trail did not run that way. These were first parties to introduce blue grass to this county. Seed dropped on the prairie in time sodded an entire section of ground, while all around was the prairie, and the unsettled wilderness. Tauy Jones and Robert Atkinson got the idea of cultivating blue grass here from this volunteer crop that sprang up on the branch of the Santa.Fe trail. The old Santa Fe well in north Baldwin will always mark this trail here. 14 �This is one chapter from More About Wonderful Old Lawrence by Elfriede Fischer Rowe, a longtime resident of Lawrence. This is copyright 1981 by Mrs. Rowe. NEW CITY HALL A LINK TO CITY'S ROOTS "At last we are in our new home!" How many times that has been said by people? And the City of Lawrence can well say it now, with its new city hall. The city has been renting for the past 10 years. True, there have been several "homes", but this is the first city-built structure erected exclusively for the, purpose of conducting municipal business. In the earliest years, city business was carried on in one room in the back of a privately owned fire department. This was near the loc~tion of the Community Building at 11th and Vermont. Soon after, o~cials moved from there and rented one room in the rear of a red brick building at the northwest corner of Eighth and Vermont at the rate of $8 per month. Records show that in 1885, the City of Lawrence purchased three, lots at the northwest comer of Eighth and Vermont at a total cost of $2!>650. They apparently leased three lots to a group of men to build a city market. However the builders took on more financial obligations than they could handle, so they sold the building to the city for $28,000 in 1896. The city then proceeded to make room for the many offices needed to conduct government business. The fire department, not owned by the city at that time, also moved in. 15 �There was enough room in the red brick building to house the offices of the mayor, city council, city clerk, county clerk, county treasurer, sheriff, district court, register of deeds, city marshal, city engineer and police headquarters. Next to the police judge's room were cells for drunks. Besides all the activities that went with these various offices, the election board for Ward I functioned there. As the years went on; the outside of this beautiful old brick building did not reflect the old greasy wooden floors, the ancient wooden stairs and the inadequate plumbing and lighting. It was not conducive for efficient operation of a rapidly growing city. In 1905, the county offices moved out when the present county courthouse was completed. In 1929, the city offices were moved to what is now the Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum building due to the generosity of Mrs. J.B. Watkins who bequeathed it to the city, The building was originally built for the banking and mortgage business. Here was a magnificent structure both inside and out but the costly, elegant fixtures and marble floors added nothing to contribute to efficiently handle city business. Space was cramped. Partitions were installed, but it became apparent the city had outgrown the Watkins building and did not have the funds to bring it up to par. So in October of 1970, the city moved again, this time to rented quarters in the First National Bank Tower. Now, 10 years later, we find the city finally with its own "home." Settlement in the location seems fitting and proper-where out town began- on the banks of the Kaw River-more or less in the center of Lawrence's early beginnings. 16 �The marker for the first house is a half block south. To the east, at the foot of New Hampshire Street was the ferry landing used before we had a bridge:> and to the west now are the two bridges linking north:> east and west Lawrence. The new city hall is an anchor at the north end of Lawrence, with the county courthouse and the Watkins building at the south end of the downtown business district. The new brick-face building at Sixth and Massachusetts quietly fits into its surroundings. But, you have to go inside to get the "feel" of the whole concept. Those who objected to the location should give it a second thought and take a tour of the building before criticizing further. One would have to be unreasonably biased not to . acknowledge the inspiring views in all directions from the many' windows. Taking a quick tour of this five-story building, one finds there are four stories showing from the south and five stories on the north counting the basement. Walking in on the south, you are on the ground floor. Immediately on your left is the commission meeting room with spectator seating for over 80, and for around 40 more if they overflow into the hall. Chairs for the overflow are provided when needed, and sound is piped from the main room. The commission room has a large, black-lighted screen on one wall. The colors used and placement of chairs give an air of friendliness, and you feel relaxed. This first floor houses the mayor's office, which is shared by the commisioners. You pay your water bill on the second floor, and while doing so you can look out the windows for a magnificent view of the river and beyond. The city clerk's and finance director's offices are there too. Ethan Smith, finance director, has a view from his office windows that all artists and photographers wO}lld like to catch on canvas or paper. As you look down, you see the Kaw River and dam and two bridges. 17 �Beyond to the right are the grain elevators formerly Derby Grain, owned by Paul Smart. They belong in this picture, for they are symbols of Kansas and a reminder of the importance of Kansas in helping feed the world. And framing this picture are the hills way beyond to the north. The third floor houses personnel and human resources. Our city manager, Buford Watson, has his offices on the fourth floor. They are appropriately on 'the south side so he can lookout over the city, downtown Lawrence, KU's Fraser Hall and the Campanile. Because of the time of year, to the west the trees hide the houses one probably can identify in the winter when the leaves are gone. At the other end of the fourth floor is Parks and Recreation. The offices have the east view of the river. They need little artificial light due to the , light walls and large picture windows. The basement houses engineering, building inspection, Community Development and the atrium, which has been spoken of as a "greenhouse," possibly because of its greenhouse-shaped windows. ' But it is much more functional than a greenhouse. \ It is a place where employees and the public can go in, relax: and rest and eat a lunch. At the east end, just outside, are vending machines and a small microwave oven for those who wish to have a soft drink or snack. With the south exposure in the atrium plants should flourish . The cost of the city hall project is around $3 million. That's quite a contrast to the purchase by the city for the city hall at Eighth and .' Vermont for $28,000. About $1 million has been paid directly from federal revenue-sharing and $2 million is bonded to be paid off by 1988. How lucky it seems for the people who work at the Lawrence city hall, that they can look out every day to such beauty. 18 �Provisions for the handicapped to be able to use and enjoy this building have been well-planned, When you drive into the parking area;> which is directly east and at the end of New Hampshire, you will find two levels for parking. There are special parking stalls for the handicapped as well as stalls for bicycles. The east doors are especially weighted, and it takes only a light touch for them to open. Then you are on the first floor. The old Bowersock grain elevators have been cut down and the bases left to serve as a retaining wall for planting of greenery. Not only does the location of the new city hall bring the City of Lawrence closer together, but it ties in with our two new parks. There is a walking nature trail that starts at Burcham Park at the foot of Indiana Street and continues east to join Tommy Constant Park and goes on east winding up at Robinson Park and City Hall. This trail is for the enjoyment of all ages. And now, for the first time after 122 years (its charter was granted in 1858)~ Lawrence has its first home, designed and built exclusively for its sole use. This was in a letter frm Kansas Senator Terry Bruce. This came from a friend in Eldorado. Did you know? Kansans now have free access to family history records on Ancestry. com. The Kansas Historical Society has partnered with Ancestry.com to allow individuals with a valid Kansas driver's license access to more than 8 million Kansas records on the popular family history website. Under the partnership, users may access certain Kansas State Census Records, Civil War Enlistment Papers of 19 �Kansas Volunteer Regiments, selected World War I manuscripts, and the United Spanish-American War Veterans certificates collections. Visitwww.kshs.org/ancestry. then enter your name, date of birth, and Kansas Driver's license number to access the free ancestry records. Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good : through December 31 of that year. 2012 dues can be paid now. Name,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--eMaiden Name_ _ _ _ _ ___ Street._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Apt, # _ _Home Phone,_ _ _ _ _ _ ___ City_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State_ _Zip_ _ _ _ _ _ email- - - - - - - Renewal_ New_Surnames you are searching,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Amount enclosed_ _ _ _ _($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Make checks payable to DCGS 20 �[This came from a member and I thought It was inteesling. J Census paranoia nmning amok 1. It is absolutely mind-boggling that there are media types and so-called " think-tank"experts , out there who can see nothing but doom and gloom in the release of the 1940 census. . The government " broke a privacy promise, " one trumpets. 1 The census data • " IS a treasure trove for can artists, " anatl7er wails. 2 Now that tile census data is out there for bad gurs to find, " The next thing you know they are going shopping on your credit card or filing a tax return with your information. " 3 Balderdash. PoppYcock. Go ahead and insert your own favorite alternative synonym for the excrement of a male bovine. This is paranoia, folks. Ain't nobody gonna be using the 1940 census systematically to defraud Americans. First and foremost, we are all at far greater risk of identity theft each and every time we hand a credit card over to somebody who takes it out of our line of sight to process a charge or' hand our SOCJ~/ Seclli7!y number over to a fife clerk to enter in our records than we are from access to census information. ' We're at much much higher risk every time there's a securitv breach in a computer system storing 0tW cJrreat information - as iust ha{JPet7ed fflCeatll - than anybody is from tile paltry facts included in the census. Griping about the risk of identity theft from 1940 census data is a little bit like complaining that your tea is cold in the dining room of the Titanic just after it strock the iceberg. ' , Let s start with the simple fact that the vast majority of those enumerated on the 1940 census are dead. Of .the roughly 132 millions Americans enumerated in 1940, some 85 percent or more have passed on. Whatever privacy interest the dead may have had in their census data, it passed on and common sense with them. The law A ' . h uoesn t survIVe t. e person._5 Bu~. tells us that the right of privacy is personal and the naysayers how~. what about those still living? For them,. they whine,. the census information is "an invitation to defraud the elder~, as many financial institutions use things like mother's maiden name, father's middle name, and/or date of birth as passwords."6 , lIIIaiden names? You re kidding me, right? My parents are both listed in the 1940 census with both of their mothers. Neither of the mothers' maiden names is shown, only their married names.~ 21 �, . t've looked at a LOT of 1940 census pages already; beyond my own family pages, I m also doing indexIng. You know how many maiden names t' ve seen? None. Nor one. Nada. Zilch. To find tile maiden name of tile mother of a man living today, yOll need to know who his . J grandparents were. Finding him in the census won't do it. And to find the maiden name of the mother of a woman living today, you have to know her maiden name just to find her on the census, and then go back beyond her parents to find her grandparents. And in both cases, even if you had all that info to start looking in the census, you still wouldn't get the right maiden name if there was a divorce or death and then a remarriage. Just how many identity thieves are going to put in that much effort, hmmmm? Middle names? You're still kidding, aren't you? My father's middle name isn't in his census record. Neither of my grandfathers' middle names are shown. Guess how many middle names the enumerator in my Chicago grandparents' enumeration district wrote down? Yep, you got it. Exactly none. In many cases, the enumerator didn't even write down the first name, but used initials only. And birthdates? Excuse me? What birthdates? You know how many birfhdates appear in the entire 1940 census, start to finjsn, all 132 mjlljon entries? None. lJJere's an age gjven, but no date of birth at all. 8 My German grandmother told the enumerator she was age 49 and my father was 18._ So tell me, doom and gloom folks~ what year was each of them born? Was she born in 1891 (and had , • i already had her birthday in 1940) or 1890 (and wouldn t tum 50 until after the census)? Was , he born in 1921 or 1922? If you can t tell me the year of birth, pray tell, what good is the census in determining the date of birth? The naysayers then warn that senior citizens could be conned into giving up information because identity thieves can find out what street they grew up on. No, from the census, assuming you can find ttre person at all (mmember 85% of ttrose enumerated am dead now), you can find out only. what street the person lived on in 1940,~ and only if the person lived in an area urban enough to use street addresses and even then only if the enumerator wrote that information down. And then you have to make the leap to the conclusion that American senior citizens are so , . damned dumb they II hand over mfo to anybody who calls or emails talking about that street. Gimme a break!!! But at a minimum we should . " consider restricting the general publication of answers to sensitive " 1 0 qUestIons, , one doomsayer demands._ Uh .•. what sensitive questions? There aren t any phone numbers in census records. There aren't any Social Security numbers in census records. No' bank account data. No asset information, except maybe if you owned your home or rented it. There , . aren t any deep dark secrets here and nothing of interest or even use to identity thieves. Chicken Little panicked when an acorn fell from a tree. These nitwits are panicking at a nonexistent 22 �threat based on misinformation and, I daresay, deliberate fearmongering. Me? i' m not buying this nonsense for a nanosecond. I'm going to side 100% with the guy who posted a comment to the silliest of these "the sky is fallind' pundits: Do I C6Yi9 that 70 yealY frvm now someone can find out whet73> I lived and what I did? Heck no. By then I'll be happy if someone cares I' m alive.~ You tell , em, brother. You tell , em. SOURCES I. Adam Marcus, "The census' broken privacy promise," CNET:Security, posted 2 Apr 2012 (hllp://news,cne/,com/security/?laQ=mncol,-bc : accessed 4 Apr 2012), <f.-J? 2. Ron Scherer, Staff writer, "1940 Census data: A treasure trove for con artists?," Christian Science Monitor, posted 3 Apr 2012 A§ we ann Ikrrn~w tllne li~41t1D cerrn§un§ Ilna§ alrIrllVe~:t Tllnere §eem t~ be 111l11allllY plalt;e~ to alt;lt;e~~ ito IbavellJl 9 t tried allllY yet \\nnt w01l11ld be ]]]Jtterte§Jte((]J ]D] JbJearDD]g ab~nnJt ~JtJhJer§ eXIPler]e]]ce§.. Mary 23 �THE PIONEER Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc 1329 Kasold, G1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Forwarded and return postage guaranteed Address correction requested. " .. --- ------------ ------- -- ~ -~ -- - - --~- - --~ - - - -- - -- - �Til - -' ----...- --- -~ vol. 35, no.1-2 January-April, 2012 . ~---=.~-- ..,. , Published twice a year DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 1329 KASOLD Gl LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66049-3426 �If you could and would want to receive The Pioneer by email please let us know. Email me at \\:nll1fc\b)ill@~~,:tffioel\iml and I will change you from mail to email. Thanks for your consideration. Mary Burchill �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc .. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 January & April, 2012. Volume 35, no. 1-2 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 . Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.c~m Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held on Final Fridays of each month at the Watkins Community Museum of History from 5:30 to 7. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31.' Visitors are always welcome at meetings. 1 �The Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence, has a collection of Douglas County history and genealogy books. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. The Society is partnering with The Watkins Community Museum for meetings and consultation. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is our sixth issue to be sent out by email. We are very interested in hearing any comments preferably favorable ones. We are still learning how to do this so bear with us. Thanks TABLE OF CONTENTS Six months older Page 2 Page 5 Black Jack R.H. Pearson;. 1901 Page 6 Page 7 Mortality schedules Douglas County Tombstone Census Books Page 8 Page 8 D.G. Kennedy store The lynching record~ 1919 Page 9 New Research Website for Douglas County Page 10 T.B. Shore living in Baldwin Page 13 About the Santa Fe Trail Page 13 New City Hall a link to city's roots Page 14 Dues form Page 20 Ancestry.com connection Page 20 2 �Once again the bulk of the information in this issue pertains to the Baldwin area. That is because Richard Wellman, who furnishes me a lot of material.. and I are involved in documenting The Battle of Black Jack and its participants. I would be happy to get other information about other areas of Douglas County. Mary Burchill SIX MONTHS OLDER The Baldwin Republican, 24 Oct 1902. In last weeks Mail and Breeze an article appeared claiming that Wm. Britton, of Alton, was the oldest living resident of Kansas which certainly is a· mistake as Palmyra township has a resident, in the person ofR.H. Pearson, of Black Jack, who located his claim, now the Beeks Farm just north of Baldwin, May 15 th, 1854, while Mr. Brittain (note change of spelling) according to the Mail and Breeze did not locate until the fall of that year. R.H. Pearson was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1st, 1828 and with his parents, in 1902 emigrated to America, locating at Alleghaney City, Pa., living there until the California gold fever swept over the United States when he went to California, where he was in 1853 and early '54, when the bill was in Congress for the opening of Kansas and Nebraska. The talk among the California miners at that time was that Nebraska would be a free state and Kansas a slave state, and the emigration fever again entered Mr. Pearson's blood, and he left the gold fields for the new county of Nebraska and Kansas, going by the way of Panama and N ew York, and after a short visit with his parents in Pennsylvania. 3 �came on west by steam boat to Kansas City, then a small town and only boasting one small hotel. There he met Joel K. Goodwin,(who was afterwards killed by Jim Lane) Gayes Jinkins and Henry Barricklow, Jf., who invited him to join their party and go with them to look for townsites in the new country, but they desired locating in Kansas in preference to Nebraska, claiming tht Kansas never would be a slave state. The party first went to St. Joe from there to Weston opposite Ft. Leavenworth and then to the Fort to obtain news in regard to the opening of the new country. They were told if they located back thirty miles fromthe State Line the Government troops would not molest them. Leaving the Fort they returned to Kansas City where Pearson and Barricklow purchased, each a pony, the rest of the party leasing a team and wagon, and early in May traveled west, leaving civilization behind, but passing many Indians with herds of ponies, crossing the Kaw River at where Lawrence now stand~ then west to Big Springs there the party turned back, returning as far as Mt Oread, which the party decided was the best townsite location they had seen, they then turned south, keeping along the Government road until they came to what is now called Willow Springs, then east to Hickory point, there they saw a wagon about 200 yards from the road. Pearson and Barricklow decided on a visit to it and found a woman and three children, with about half a dozen Kaw Indians standing around which was causing the woman much uneasiness. She called Pearson to one side and asked him and his party to remain awhile until her husband who was away to purchase a cow should return. The party remained awhile, Barricklow stopped three days and Pearson is still remaining. The lady told them there were many good claims and that her husband, a Mr Kibby would help them make a selection, and by the way this Kibby was the man who killed a pro-slavery man by the name of Davis at Lawrence, during and election, which is supposed to have been the first death in the cause which brought on the Civil War. A pro-slavery man was burning anti-slavery men's cabins and Kibby insisted that he 5 5 5 4 �stop. Davis took the matter up, and began stricking[sic] at Kibby with a knife. Kibby had a pistol loaded with eight shot, and capped with a cap furnished by Pearson and as Davis again advanced, shot him, the whole load of buckshot entering the man's stomach, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Pearson pre-empted his farm, and the next spring Barricklow returned, accompanied by Nehemia Green, (who was Lieut. Governor) L.F. Green and Dan Johnson and wife who also settled near here.' Mr. Pearson was all through the boarder[sic] warfare, being at the battle of Black Jack, Blanton's Bridge, Prices Raid at Kansas City, at Lawrence in 1855, at Bull Creek and East Tauy, besides helping to persuade many a pro-slavery men that Kansas did not desire to be a slave state, and received an honorable discharge from the U.S. government. He is now getting along in years, but is yet very active and energetic, and owns a farm of 240 acres on which the battle of Black Jack was fought. We believe this gives Mr. Pearson the claim to being the oldest living settler of Kansas, having.pre-empted what is now the Beeks farm in Palmyra township, Douglas County, Kansas May 15th, 1854, and is still a resident of the same township. BLACKJACK The Baldwin Ledger 9 March 1900 Black Jack, Kansas, March 6, 1900 Editor Ledger On last Saturday moming~ as I arrived in your city, I was informed that 5 �I had a brother at the hotel Stuart House, in which I had not seen for nearly forty-four years. A brother who in the year of 1855 came to Kansas over to Lawrence in company with Gov. Robinson~ wife and others. Coming here in the pioneer days, though a young man, he with others had a varied experience in this state as a free state frontiersman The then city of Lawrence was only founded, the then (prospective Palmyra). It was in the days of buffalo ranges, gamblers a few, but thugs and in all a lively time. He had altercations and thrilling times under varied circumstances. He being young, he was in his Pa's home, restless and ambitious. Seeing no opening for a boy in the crowded East he followed the advice of Horace Greely, and Kansas then was the object point, and he located upon the quarter section now owned and occupied by D.G. Kennedy upon Black Jack Creek, Prairie City. T.J. Mowberry was the main trader and old Prairie City offered in the pages of the Prairie Ci~ Champion edited by S.S. trouty, many inducements, and your pen dotter who was a sojourner of that city looked often toward the Barricklow hill to see the white top schooners that add to the wonderful growth of Prairie city. That brother had been absent since the spring of 1858. Living in Davenport he enlisted in 1861 and was at Shiloh~ Fort Donelson, and carried three leaded bullets yet~ and one deadly shot through the groin but he lived and after many long years of absence he came back, not a youth, not a tenderfoot, but a man of age, came to see a brother so long lost to pour out his tender passions of' kindred affection and to look over the grounds where he and Koons, one Anda Keepin, Gil Gillmore came to assassinate Esq. Rice, June 27 th 1857,where he and I, were amid great personal danger. With the nerve of a man and the quickness of action, Koons was laid upon the ground and the others began to plead and one day Proslavery mob was quelted(?) And later on Koons who had killed his third free state man 6 �and planted them upon the bank of the west side of the battle ground, bit the dust upon the night of 26th day of December 1857 and soon after Anda Keepin watched an opportunity to attack the Stonebaker boys and he got a left hander from Brother Austin that settled his audacity to seeking hide go seek thereafter. The early days of Black Jack carry with them much unwritten and many an idle threat. [an interesting way of writing.] R.B. PEARSON, 1901 A case of Advancement. The Baldwin Ledger, 11 January 1901 When I first settled in the territory of Kansas May 15, 1854, I went to Kansas City fifty miles to get my mail. When Lawrence started mail was changed there in the fall of 1854. Lawrence is twenty miles away. In 1856 Palmyra started up and we had Newman Blood Postmaster. Next Baldwin comes into existence, Mr. Scott is our Postmaster. Next comes Rural Delivery No 1, Wellsville and I do not have to go so many yards as I did miles in 1854. R.H. Pearson. Also from The Baldwin Ledger 11 January 1901 W.C. Vantries, Robert Pearson, J.P. Bell, S.E. Carlton, A.T. Shepard, Sam Stonebacker and Frank Bell have been in from the eastern part of the township this week and they all say that the people in their neighborhood are in favor of helping the Orient railroad. [NOTE: This was in support of extending the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient RR from Kansas City to Baldwin City. Obviously the extension never was completed.) 7 �MORTALITY SCHEDULES What is it? A list made at the time a census was taken of those who died during the preceding year. Covers only persons who died in the 12 months preceding June 18t of the census year. Example: 1850 Mortality Schedule lists persons who died between June 1 1848 and May 31 1850 Information includes: Name, Sex, Age, Color, Birthplace, Occupation, Marital Status:> Month of Death:> and cause. Some later ones even give the parents names. When were they recorded? 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900. Mortality Schedules were taken by Counties, but are indexed by the state asa whole. Since 1902 The Bureau of Census has obtained Mortality date directly from records maintained by cities and states. DOUGLAS COUNTY TOMBSTONE CENSUS BOOKS. In the middle of page 266 of volume 2 of the Douglas Co Tombstone Census there is a note about 3 tombstones that they think may be for the surname '~Moore". The stones were for Dicey:> Ethel and Earl. While working on the Bell family records with AI V anTries, I related the story of no surnames for the 3 tombstones at Old Pioneer Cemetery in south Baldwin. He recalled that he had a relative named "Dicey". With that unusual name, he was able to fmd that he was related to the 3 persons. Here is the story. Dicey Prather, b. 9 Apri' 1859, dau. of Thomas Helms and Nancy Elizabeth (Alverson) Prather, d. 27 February 1892, married 23 October 8 �1879 to John Wilkerson. They had 4 children including one Earl Wilkerson, b. 1882 d. 1885. Dicey's sister Esther Lulie Prather, married Duncan Wilkerson~ the brother of John Wilkerson. So 2 sisters married 2 brothers. Esther and Duncan had 4 children, including Ethel Wilkerson, b. 1883, d. 1885. So the surname mystery has been resolved. They are all Wilkerson. D.G. KENNEDY STORE The Baldwin Ledger, 5 February 1904. The store ofD.G. Kennedy, at Vinland, was burned last Friday morning. The entire stock of groceries and merchandise and all his household goods were destroyed. All valuable papers were saved belonging to the post office department. The fire originated from a defective flue. The loss was about $8000, fully insured. Mr. Kennedy will rebuild as soon as possible. THE LYNCHING RECORD, 1919 The Lawrence Daily Journal-World, 6 January 1920 Annual Report is compiled at Tuskegee Institute. According to the record compiled by Monroe N. Work, of the Department of Records and Research of the Tuskegee Institute, there were 82 lynchings in 1919, of which 77 were in the South and 5 in the North and West. This is 18 more than the number 64 for the year 1918. Of those lynched 75 were Negroes and 7 were white. One of those put to death was a Negro woman. Nineteen, or less than onefourth of those put to death~ were charged with rape or attempted rape. Seven, of the victims were burned to death. Nine were put to death and 9 �then their bodies were burned. The charges against those first killed and then their bodies burned were attempted rape,3; shooting officers of the law~ 3~ rape~l~ murder~ 1~ incendiary talk~ 1. The offense of murder was charged against all the white lynched. The offense charged against the Negroes were: murder, 13; attempted rape 10; rape;> 9; abetting riots;> 4; shooting of officers of the law, 4; alleged incendiary talk, 2; writing improper letter, 1; charge not reported, 6; shooting a woman, 1; robbery, 1; murder sentence changed to life imprisonment, 1; shooting night watchman, 1; shooting and wounding a man, 1; alleged complicity in killing officer of the law~ 1~ killing man in self defense, 1; killing landlord in dispute over crop settlement, 1; no charge made, 1; for being acquitted of shooting an officer of the law, 1; remarks about Chicago race riot, 1; for keeping company with a white woman;> 1; for being found under bed;> 1; for making boastful remarks, 1; for alleged misleading of mobs searching for another, 1; because appeal was taken from ten years' sentence for attempting the life of another, 1; for discussing a lynching, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as foHows: Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 12; Colorado, 2; Florida, 5; Georgia~ 21; Louisiana~ 7; Mississippi~ 12; Missouri~ 2; Nebraska, 1~ North Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 4; Washington, 1; West Virginia, 2; Kansas, 1. NEW RESEARCH WEBSITE FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY From Sheryl McClure, mkat72@glnai1.com Hello AlIAs part of my "Kansas History and Heritage Project," I have created a website for Douglas County. 10 �Http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.coml~ksdoughp/index.html. My new, free website features: 1867-1868 County Business Directory 1873 Plat Maps, all Townships Mortality Reports, Oak Hill and Maple Grove Cemeteries, Lawrence, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891 (months of Jan., Feb., and Apr., only) and 1892 (1892 includes Apr. Through Sept. Only) Swedish and Danish immigration 23 bios from "Portrait and biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas." First Presbyterian Church, Lawrence. Charter members and 188~ membership roll. . "End of Year" death records from newspapers for 1898,1899, 1890 List of soldiers buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, 1906 List of soldiers buried in Maple Grove, Franklin, Oread Cemeteries 1904 1887 County map African-American enlistees, Spanish American War 1902 and 1904 Teaching Certificates Over 100 obituaries, most over 100 years old. Lawrence High School classes of 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1904 and 1910 list of graduates 1915 Lawrence Schools 8th grade gradutes County 8th grade graduates, 1895, 1911 and 1921 Lawrence Volunteer Company, Spanish-American War enlistees "School Reports" various years 1889 Lawrence Business directory 1873 County Business Notices 1888 Township Officials 1894 G.A.R. Posts and Rosters-Eudora, Clinton, Lecompton, Vinland and Baldwin posts (Lawrence posts coming soon) 11 �I plan to add much more data in the coming months. Also, be sure to check out my "Online Counties" page to see if I have a website for your other Kansas counties of interest. I hope you will have a look at my new website,and if you have any corrections, suggestions, questions or want to contribute pictures or data, I will be happy to hear from you. I am moving on to my next county in the project, but I will come back to Douglas County from time to time to add data, so please bookmark this site. I will announce any major additions of data on this list. This website features a search engine, but I strongly urge you to browse the data, as some of the spelling of surnames is questionable. Douglas is the 45 th county in this project-only 60 counties to go! I hope to have all Kansas counties online within the next two years, but until I can gather enough data for a specific county, I will store the file for that county on the state website. Http://www.roots\veb.ancestry.con1/~kahhp/index.html This website houses also statewide information (such as maps, military histories, college files, etc.) as well as serving as a repository for data for the "orphan" counties, and links to counties that do have their own sites. Sheryl 12 �T.B. SHORE LNING IN BALDWIN The Baldwin Ledger, 7 July 1905 Celebrated the 4th here in 1857. Fourth of July Celebration here nearly a half century ago. The first time the Fourth of July was celebrated in this neighborhood was in 1857, just forty-eight years ago, one year before Baldwin. townsite was laid out-Kansas then being a territory. The day was celebrated by giving a a public dinner and speaking, and was held on the hill in West Baldwin, which was then called Prairie City. The late Sam Wood, who was killed some years ago in a county seat war in the southern part of this state spoke on that occasion. There are two people living in Baldwin today who took part in that celebration~ being T.B. Shore and S.L Clark. ABOUT THE SANTA FE TRAIL The Baldwin Ledger, Friday, 3 February 1905 Recent agitation to mark the line of the pathway-Baldwin on the .list Monuments are springing up in various parts of Kansas for providing permanent markers for the old Santa Fe Trail, which preceded the Santa Fe railroad as the connecting link between the east and west. Franklin county cannot get in on the original Santa Fe trail deal, but she has as fine a line of side trails, rich in history, as any county in the state. The original Santa Fe trail and main line on which the gold 13 �traffic to California traveled, crossed the Missouri at Westport and came west through Black Jack, through the present location of Baldwin and just missed the northwest comer of Franklin county, passing west through Burlingame. Another trail went to the north through or near Lawrence, and the two trails joined near Burlingame. It was the traffic that came up from the south, from western Missouri and Fort Scott and even from the south, that passed through Franklin county on the way to join the great pathway to the west. This road crossed the Marais des Cygnes river at what is still known as "Fort Scott crossing", which is some three miles down the river from Ottawa. The seventh street road runs by it, and a branch crossed it. On the east and south the trail crossed the Pottawatomie near Lane at what was known as "Dutch Henry's crossing". It was here that one of John Brown's massacres took place. Though it is proposed to mark the Santa Fe trail proper with monuments it will never be possible to define any definite track or set of tracks as the exclusive trail. When the emigrants struck the prairies west of the Missouri they spread out over the considerable territory, the various trails or paths coming together at the principal watering places. So it came about that many California pilgrims came down past the Tauy Jones place, now Woodlief though the main trail did not run that way. These were fITst parties to introduce blue grass to this county. Seed dropped on the prairie in time sodded an entire section of ground, while all around was the prairie, and the unsettled wilderness. Tauy Jones and Robert Atkinson got the idea of cultivating blue grass here from this volunteer crop that sprang up on the branch of the Santa Fe trail. The old Santa Fe well in north Baldwin will always mark this trail here. 14 �This is one chapter from More About Wonderful Old Lawrence by Elfriede Fischer Rowe, a longtime resident of Lawrence. This is' copyright 1981 by Mrs. Rowe. NEW CITY HALL A LINK TO CITY'S ROOTS "At last we are in our new home!" How many times that has been said by people? And the City of Lawrence can well say it now, with its new city hall. The city has been renting for the past 10 years. True, there have been several "homes", but this is the first city-built structure erected exclusively for the, purpose of conducting municipal business. In the earliest years, city business was carried on in one room in the back of a privately owned fire department. This was near the location of the Community Building at 11th and Vermont. Soon after, officials moved from there and rented one room in the rear of a red brick building at the northwest comer of Eighth and Vermont at the rate of $8 per month. Records show that in 1885, the City of Lawrence purchased three lots at the northwest comer of Eighth and Vermont at a total cost of $2~650. They apparently leaSed three lots to a group of men to build a city market. However the builders took on more financial obligations than they could handle, so they sold the building to the city for $28,000 in 1896. The city then proceeded to make room for the many offices needed to conduct government business. The fire department, not owned by the city at that time, also moved in. 15 �There was enough room in the red brick building to house the offices of the mayor, city council, city clerk, county clerk, county treasurer, sherif±: district court, register of deeds, city marshal, city engineer and police headquarters. Next to the police judge's room were cells for drunks. Besides all the activities that went with these various offices, the election board for Ward I functioned there. As the years went on, the outside of this beautiful old brick building did not reflect the old greasy wooden floors, the ancient wooden stairs and the inadequate plumbing and lighting. It was not conducive for efficient operation of a rapidly growing city. In 1905, the county offices moved out when the present county courthouse was completed. In 1929, the city offices were moved to what is now the Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum building due to the generosity of Mrs. lB. Watkins who bequeathed it to the city, The building was originally built for the banking and mortgage business. Here was a magnificent structure both inside and out but the costly, elegant fixtures and marble floors added nothing to contribute to efficiently handle city business. Space was cramped. Partitions were installed, but it became apparent the city had outgrown the Watkins building and did not have the funds to bring it up to par. So in October of 1970, the city moved again, this time to rented quarters in the First National Bank Tower. Now, 10 years later, we find the city finally with its own "home." Settlement in the location seems fitting and proper-where out town began- on the banks of the Kaw River-more or less in the center of Lawrence's early beginnings. 16 �The marker for the first house is a half block south. To the east, at the foot of New Hampshire Street was the ferry landing used before we had a bridge, and to the west now are the two bridges linking north, east and west Lawrence. The new city hall is an anchor at the north end of Lawrence, with the county courthouse and the Watkins building at the south end of the downtown business district. I The new brick-face building at Sixth and Massachusetts quietly fits into its surroundings. But, you have to go inside to get the "feel" of the whole concept. Those who objected to the location should give it a second thought and take a tour of the building before criticizing further. One would have to be unreasonably biased not to acknowledge the inspiring views in all directions from the many· windows. Taking a quick tour of this five-story building, one finds there are four stories showing from the south and five stories on the north counting the basement. Walking in on the south, you are on the ground floor. Immediately on your left is the commission meeting room with spectator seating for over 80, and for around 40 more if they overflow into the hall. Chairs for the overflow are provided when needed, and sound is piped from the main room. The commission room has a large, black-lighted screen on one wall. The colors used and placement of chairs give an air of friendliness, and you feel relaxed. This first floor houses the mayor's office, which is shared by the commisioners. You pay your water bill on the second floor, and while doing so you can look out the windows for a magnificent view of the river and beyond. The city clerk's and finance director's offices are there too. Ethan Smith, finance director, has a view from his office windows that all artists and photographers would like to catch on canvas or paper. As you look down, you see the Kaw River and dam and two bridges. 17 �Beyond to the right are the grain elevators formerly Derby Grain, owned by Paul Smart. They belong in this picture, for they are·symbols of Kansas and a reminder of the importance of Kansas in helping feed the world. And framing this picture are the hills way beyond to the north. The third floor houses personnel and human resources. Our city manager, Buford Watson, has his offices on the fourth floor. They are appropriately on the south side so he can look out over the city, downtown Lawrence, KU's Fraser Hall and the Campanile. Because of the time of year, to the west the trees hide the houses one probably can identify in the winter when the leaves are gone. At the other end of the fourth floor is Parks and Recreation. The offices have the east view of the river. They need little artificial light due to the light walls and large picture windows. The basement houses engineering, building inspection, Community Development and the atrium:. which has been spoken of as a "greenhouse," possibly because of its greenhouse-shaped windows. But it is much more functional than a greenhouse. It is a place where employees and the public can go in, relax and rest and eat a lunch. At the east end, just outside, are vending machines and a small microwave oven for those who wish to have a soft drink or snack. With the south exposure in the atrium plants should flourish . The cost of the city hall project is around $3 million. That's quite a contrast to the purchase by the city for the city hall at Eighth and Vermont for $28,000. About $1 million has been paid directly from federal revenue-sharing and $2 million is bonded to be paid off by 1988. How lucky it seems for the people who work at the Lawrence city hall, that they can look out every day to such beauty. 18 �Provisions for the handicapped to be able to use and enjoy this building have been well-planned, When you drive into the parking area;. which is directly east and at the end of New Hampshire;. you will find two levels for parking. There are special parking stalls for the handicapped as well as stalls for bicycles. The east doors are especially weighted, and it takes only a light to.uch for them to open. Then you are on the first floor. The old Bowersock grain elevators have been cut down and the bases left to serve as a retaining wall for planting of greenery. Not only does the location of the new city hall bring the City of Lawrence closer together, but it ties in with our two new parks. There is a walking nature trail that starts at Burcham Park at the foot of Indiana Street and continues east to join Tommy Constant Park and goes on east winding up at Robinson Park and City Hall. This trail is for the enjoyment of all ages. And now, for the first time after 122 years (its charter was granted in 1858), Lawrence has its first home, designed and built exclusively for its sole use. This was in a letter frm Kansas Senator Terry Bruce. This came from a friend in Eldorado. . Did you know? Kansans now have free access to family history records on Ancestry. com. The Kansas Historical Society has partnered with Ancestry.com to allow individuals with a valid Kansas driver's license access to more than 8 million Kansas records on the popular family history website. Under the partnership, users may access certain Kansas State Census Records, Civil War Enlistment Papers of 19 �Kansas Volunteer Regiments, selected World War I manuscripts, and the United Spanish-American War Veterans certificates collections. Visit vV\vw.kshs.org/ancestry. then enter your name, date ofbilih, and Kansas Driver's license number to access the free ancestry records. Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2012 dues can be paid now. Name Maiden --------------------------------~ Name______________ Street_______________________Apt. # _ _Home phone---------------City___________________State_ _Zip____________email--------------Renewal_ New_Surnames you are searcrung,_____________________________ Amount enclosed.______ ($15.00 per year) Make checks payable to DCGS Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 20 �[This came from a member and I thought It was Inteestlng.j Census pamnola running amok 1. It is absolutely mind-boggling that there are media types and so-called ". thtnk-tank" experts out there who can see nothing but doom and gloom in the release of the 1940 census. The government "broke a privacy promise," .one trumpets. 1 The census data is "a treasure trove for con artists." allothe; wails.;; Now t'7at the census data is out there for bad guys to find. "The next thing you know they are goinq shopping on your credit card or filinq a tax return with your information. "3 Balderdash. Poppycock. Go ahead and insert your own favorite altemative synonym for the excrement of a male bovine. This is paranoia, folks. Ain't nobody qonna be usinq the 1940 census systematically to defraud Americans. First and foremost, we are all at far qreater risk of identity theft each and every time we hand a credit card over to somebody who takes it out of our line of siqht to process a charqe or hand o&)~ Soc/a! Seam\'V 17umber over to a ,~)~ c,~rk to enter in OuT records !t'lan we are I~~om access /0 census information. We're at much much hiqher risk every time there's a security breach in a computer system storing OU\~ a/li~ent infotmatkm - as lust hapoel7ed recBl7tll/ - than anJ'body is from the palty ,-Bets included in the census. Griping about the fisk of identity theft from 1940 census data is a little bit like complaining that your tea is cold in the dining room of the Trtanic just after it struck the iceberg. Let's start with the simple fact that the vast majority of those enumerated on the 1940 census are dead. Of the roughly 132 millions Americans enumerated in 1940, some 85 percent or more have passed on. Whatever privacy interest the dead may have had in their census data, it passed on with them. The law --- and common sense - - tells us that the right of privacy is personal and doesn't survive the person.~ 8u(. the naysayers how(. what about those sM/ living? For them.. they whine.. the census information is " an . invitation to defraud the elderly, as many financial institutions use things lik6! mother s maiden name, fathers middle name, and/or date of bflth as passwords."E Maiden names? You're kidding me, rlgM? My parents are both listed li7 the 1940 census with both of their mothers. Neither of the mothers' maiden names is shown, on{y their married names.' 21 �;' ve looked at a LOT of 1940 census pages already; beyond my own family pages, t'm a/so doing indexing. You know how many maiden names I've seen? None. Not one. Nada. Zilch, To lim! t,?e maidell name ol the mother ol a man living toda}" you need to know who his grandparents were. Finding him in the census won't do it. And to find the maiden name of the mother of a woman living today, you have to know her maiden name just to find her on the census, and then go back beyond her parents to find her grandparents. And in both cases, even if you had aii that info to start looking in the census, you still wouldn't get the right maiden name if there was a divorce or death and then a remarriage. Just how many identity thieves are going to put in that much effort, hmmmm? Middle names? Vou're still kidding, aren't you? My father's middle name isn't il7 his census record. Neither of my grandfathers' middle names are shown. Guess how many middle names the enumerator in my Chicago grandparents' enumeration district wrote down? Vep, you got it. Exactly , none. In lI1alW cases, the enumerator didn t even write down the first name,' but used initials only. And birthdates? Excuse rne? What bit1hdates? You A'now how' many' bit1hdates appear in the entire 1-'140 ce.nsus, slatt to .fini..9h, afl /32 miffion entries? None. There's an age given, but no dale of bit1h at all. My German grandmother told the enumerator she was age 49 and my father was 18.~ So tell me, doom and gloom folks, what year was each of them born? Was she born in 1891 (and had already had her birthday in 1940) or 1890 (and wouldn't tum 50 until after the census)? Was he born in ! 9 2! or 1922? If you can't tell me the year of birth, pray te/I, what good is the census in determining the date of birth? The naysayers then warn that senior citizens could be conned into giving up inf<?rmation because identity thieves can find out what street they grew up on. No, from the census, assuming you can ifrrd tile person at ail (remember 85% of those enumerated are dead now), you can find out only what street the person lived on in 1940,: and only if the person lived in an area urban enough to use street addresses and even then only if the enumerator wrote that information down. And then you have to make the leap to the conclusion that American senior citizens are so damned dumb they'll hand over info to anybody who calls or emails talking about that street. Gimme a break!!! But at a minimum we should "consider restricting the general publication of answers to sensitive questions." ooe dooms3yer demands.: Uh ... what sensitive questions? There aren't any phone numbers in census records. There aren't any Social Security numbers in census records. No bank account data. No asset information, except maybe if you owned your home or rented it. There aren't any deep dark secrets here and nothing of interest or even use to Identity thieves. Chicken Little panicked when an acom fell tram a tree. These nitwits are panicking at a nonexistent 22 �threat based on misinformation and, / daresay, deliberate fearmongering. Me? I' m not buying this nonsense for a nanosecond. I, m going to side tOO % with £he guy who posted a comment to the silliest of these " the sky is falling' pundits: Do I C6't'C? that (70 Heck no. By then You tell , em, brother. yeat:S' , r II fro,7'l /,ow S0>77eone can til?d out where I lived and what I did? , r 11 be happy if someone cares / m 8t1Ve._ You tell , em. SOURCES I. Adam Marcus, "The census' broken privacy promise," CNET:Security, posted 2 Apr 2012 (hfJp.://news.cnef.com/seclIr.ify/Jfaq=mncoJ:bc : accessed 4 Apr 20J2). -? 2. Ron Scherer, Staff writer, "1940 Census data: A treasure trove for con artists?," Christian Science Monitor, posted 3 Apr 2012 As we an !know time] 940 cernslUIs has 2lIrrRved. There seem to b¢ many ])\ace~ to acce§§ it. 1 ba,fen')t tried any yet but would be ]ntereslterll Dn hearDng albou»lt others experiences. Mawy 23 �THE PIONEER Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Forwarded and return postage guaranteed Address correction requested. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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PIGjfll~l. - "_""I'll'. ~';..,.,_.u;:.- .... .". _.. ~~"~~~. .:.,- ;'.'. .~~":t;: • .-.... . , . .- -" .. - ~.~~ ,.,..... ~"7-" '. .. ~. ,- Published Quarferly By: 'Douglas Countg Genealogical SocietH P.o. BOX 36$4 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 ••• I .. '. �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County ,Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold G1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 July-October, 2012 Volume 35, no. 3-4 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Shari Mohr §mollitlr@lkuell1l«:llowmelmt.org Treasurer Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwennman@lEmlbarqmaitcom Ass't Geneal. Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net Web Master The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held on Final Fridays of each month at the Watkins Community Museum of History from 5:30 to 7. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public 24 �Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence, has a collection of Douglas County history and genealogy books. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. MicrofIlm readers are available in the Osma Room. The Society is partnering with The Watkins Community Museum for meetings and consultation. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html Our meetings are on Final Fridays at the Watkins Museum, 5:30 to 7pm. Programs are announced by email. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elsie Beauchat Jardon p.24 Pearson Antique clock p.25 Half century club convenes p.26 p.27 Receive final papers Town of West Baldwin p.28 S.B. Rohrbaugh p.29 Food inspector p.29 Santa Fe Trail p.30 p.30 Baldwin's phone system Splendid reunion of pioneers p.31 p.33 More about tablet p.33 Student population ·p.34 New bar to immigration p.35 Church increase p.35 Baker University p.36 Some big orders 24 �Carnegie gives to Baker Four new depots Prairie City school Masonic Temple building John Easter built first Denver house " Dues form p.36 p.37 p.38 p.39" p.40 P.43 Once agin Richard Wellman has contributed many of the articles in this issue. Thanks, Richard. I am making a plea for someone to take over The Pioneer. I would love to talk to anyone who is interested in doing it. Thank you, Mary Burchill, !blllllrc]hllillll@ku.edlll or 785-843-9199. The Baldwin Ledger, 4 Oct. 1912 Elsie Beauchat was born in Berne, Switzerland, April 13'\ 1829, and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. D. Butel, near Baldwin City, in the evening of September 26, 1912, as the clock was striking the hour of nine. In the beautiful land of the Alps, she spent her childhood days, and it was here amid the most beautiful picturesque scenery of the world she grew to womanhood. At the age of twenty-three she came with parents to America and located in Norfolk, Conn.; it was here she became acquainted with Xavier Jardon and they were united in marriage November 1st, 1852. Unto this union were born twelve children, three dying in infancy. The young couple established their new home near Norfolk, where they resided for six years. In the early thrilling days when excitement was running high, and the destiny of Kansas was in the balance as she was struggling for free state hood, with the border ruffians and bushwackers on all sides, they left their pleasant New England home with their then three children and came 24 �to Kansas November 1st, 1858. They located on the farm three miles southwest of Baldwin City and in a little log cabin they made their home during those pioneer days. After Quantrill's band had burned and sacked Lawrence and in their retreat south they passed through Mr. Jardon's farm. Halting at the little cabin they demanded her, at the point of revolver, to draw water from a deep well for them and their horses, which she did that hot August day; being nearly overcome with heat and fatigue when they left, but by her heroic work their little cabin was spared. She and her noble husband were ever ready to give their aid for the promotion and good of our State when such help was so much needed. By their diligence and perseverance their frontier claim bloomed into a well improved farm. It was here where their six sons and three daughters grew to manhood and womanhood and it was here her noble husband died November 7t \ 1890. Since his death she has spent much of her time with her several children but always having a small home to go to whenever she wished. Her life extending over a period of eighty-three years has 'been a busy one, full of noble deeds and good works and after a short illness the Master beckoned her home to meet the many loved ones on the other shore and rest forever from all cares. She has gone from our midst but in memory lives. The funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 28 t\ at the West Baldwin City Catholic church, conducted by the Rev. Father DeGeary. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and certainly bespeaks the love and appreciation in which she was held. She was laid to her final rest in the Catholic cemetery by the side of her husband. She is survived by nine children, A. M., F. X., M. J., and A. D. Jardon, of this neighborhood, Alfred Jardon of Colorado; Mrs. A. B. Butel of Overbrook; Mrs. Walter Ford of Oklahoma; Mrs. A. D. Butel, at whose home she died near Baldwin City, and Edmund Jardon, and one brother Acmil Beauchat, of Greenwood Co. She leaves thirty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her departure. 'PEARSON ANT[QUE CLOCK MAKJES OTHER OLD-TIMERS SEEM MODERN The Baldwin Ledger, 12 June 1952 A grandfather clock, 208 years old, now occupies a treasured spot on the Old Santa Fe Trail where it resided in the 1850's and 1860's. It is in the home of Miss Elizabeth and Ed Pearson, one and one-half miles east of Baldwin on Highway No. 50. [Later to be U.S. 56] Its eight foot charm of beautifully grained walnut, varnished smoothly, and a face of shining copper with hand-tooled numerals and decorative designs seems to reflect a vast store of 25 �information about its early days in Engiand, its severi-weeks trips across the Atlantic, its trip by boat to Westport, its wagon-trail trip into what is now Kansas, its knowledge of Kibbie, the Quantrill Raid, the Battle of Black Jack, the Civil War. And it seems to reflect some of the polish it gained among folks ofth East as it passed out the hours to admires and friends within a stones's throw of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., where [the] Liberty Bell once tolled the news of complete Independence. In this old clock's presence, one fails to say, "We have an antique at our house," for this beautiful creation seems to put all antiques of this mid-west region in an "on-the-other-side-ofthe-tracks" class. It might be compared as a King George II versus a Harry Truman, or a George Washington to a Dwight Eisenhower, though certainly it is not haughty in its stature of being over and above the usual run of antiques. It is well seasoned, may we say, with an imposing store of past experience, yet it might groan excusably when Charley McCarthy is on the air. But let us look inside. Here is a note in faded ink written when the clock was first beginning to be recognized as venerable and deserving of tender care in its old age. "This Grandfather clock was bought by my father, William Pearson, in 1824 at a Vendue Sale (public auction) in Leeds, or Basough Bridge, England, of Ralph Atkinson, who was 80 years old. It had belonged to his - Atkinson's - father all his life, making this clock 165 years old this date, 1909. Eliza P. Feltwell, Germantown, Pennsylvania." HA1LF CENTURY CLUB CONVENES The Baldwin Ledger, 27 Sep. 1934 12 Couples Present Good Cheer and lively Interest Shown by Couples Married Over 50 Years An annual meeting which is of unusual interest in this community is that of The Half Century Club, the membership being composed ofthose couples who have been married for longer than fifty years. The second annual event was held Wednesday noon in the choir room of the church [Baldwin First United Methodist]. A delightful luncheon was served to the twelve couples present. Three couples were unable to attend. Following the luncheon, officers were elected for the coming year: Mr. Ruchty, president and Mr. . Saunders, secretary and treasurer. Good fellowship, good cheer, lively interest and content were characteristic of the gu~sts and why not for have they not accomplished the goal to which all young couples look, - growmg old together - and have they not proved the truth of "Grow old along with me, dear; 26 �The best of life - the last of life . For which the first was made." The couple longest married, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McKinney were wed in 1875 or 59 years ago. Mrs. McKinney was also the first girl baby born in Palmyra township. N. F. Payne, S. Bruner and Rev. C. W. Bailey are Civil War veterans. Following is a list of guests with date of wedding. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McKinney, October 10, 1875 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ayers, November 3, 1875 Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Payne, February 14, 1876 Mr. and Mrs. John Ruchty, December 31, 1876 Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bailey, December 4, 1877 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Snodgrass, August 21, 1879 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hill, May 8, 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Beach, August 2, 1880 Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruner, February 12, 1881 Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Saunders, December 28, 1882 Mr. and Mrs. McHenry, December 28, 1882 Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Uhl, April 10, 1883 Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Shirk, September 21, 1884 The Baldwin Ledger, 5 April 1934 Wednesday morning sorrow came to the home of the Clyde Stewart, when a member of the family, Boy Stewart, passed away at 3: 18 a.m. Boy Stewart was 15 years old at the time of death. Funeral services were held that afternoon at four o'clock. Boy Stewart will be remembered as the little white dog that followed in the footsteps of his master for many years. Despite its age, it would make the daily trips to the postoffice and around to the places of business as its master would talk over the days events. However, for the past two years Boy was unable to get out of the house. Boy was buried with honors and in a small steel vault RECEIVE FINAL P AlPERS The Baldwin Ledger, 10 May 1934 Final citizen papers were granted to three people Monday afternoon at the county court house in Lawrence. Christian Straub of Overbrook, former German subject was made an American citizen along with Mary Lee Lieberman Mattern, also of Germany, living in Lawrence, by order of the court. Anthanasies Vlasios Fotopulos of Greece was Americanized and had his name changed to Thomas Fulton by order of the same court. 27 �The Baldwin Ledger, 18 Nov. 1910 The head of Ottawa University has made the assertion that automobiles have been the cause of dropping off of the .pupils in educational institutions, because the farmers buy buzz wagons, instead of sending their children to college. The Baldwin Republican, 9 Aug. 1907 A town which boasts of good business concerns, increased activity in business circles, new projects being rapidly put forward, combined with good homes and a picturesque beauty which nature has bestowed upon her people, many of whose names are linked with those of history and a clean moral atmosphere. This is a combination which is found in West Baldwin. The foundation for the wealth of this community is found in the wealth of the adjoining country, the soil is fertile and rich and the country people for a radius of twenty miles have taken advantage of natures abundance and developed a land which is excelled by none in the middle west. The country people are established and well-to-do with comfortable homes and modern arrangements they are able to supply a source for the business which is transacted in West Baldwin. So it is to the surrounding country and the people that we owe the growth of West Baldwin. Among the prominent business firms we should mention the grain mill operated by Messrs. Rapp and Blanchard, men of shrewd business ability and well known integrity. At the present time the mill is doing a large business, newly equipped with machinery and labor saving devices. They are in a position to handle the patronage which they well deserve. Another enterprise which has been a landmark in the history of West Baldwin is the firm of J. C., Bare & Co., this firm deals in general merchandise and to their credit it may be said that more is due these people in the encouragement of country trade than any firm in West Baldwin and because of this encouragement they have brought a greater amount of country trade to the city than any other concern and with effort and labor they have built up a substantial business which is a credit to the town. A deal has been recently closed whereby their possessions were transferred to C. A. Barrett & Co. The ad. of J. C. Bare & Co. will be found in this issue. The firm of N. Filibert & Co. operating the Farmer's Exchange Mill, with Jules Cregut as manager has proved a decided success. Mr. Cregut is a hustling business man and popular with all who know him, with new buildings, new machinery and added facilities along every line this mill handles an immense business of general grain products and is an industry worthy of any city. , Another business enterprise of West Baldwin which has become a marked success is the grocery business owned by J. D. Lindemood. Mr. Lindemood has been in business in West Baldwin something over three years and in that time he has put a new front in his store, widened the rear part and from time to time enlarged his stock until today this store is one of the best stores in this part of the county. Mr. 28' �Lindemood is a man of rare business ability which combined with an always pleasing manner, has gained for him an enviable reputation through out the surrounding country. The Hardware Store of Shore & Son is a modern up-to-date business concern. Mr. Shore carries a complete line of hardware not excelled in completeness, in the vicinity, he also has a speCialty in the line of buggies and farm implements. Mr. Shore has gained for himself a reputation as a square business man and well deserves the patronage of the people of this vicinity. The business operated by the genial Mr. James Lair is another of West Baldwin's leading institutions. Mr. Lair has established a milk station where th country people have a ready market for all their dairy products and besides ths Mr. Lair carries a line of De-Laval cream separators in which he does a very creditable business. Mr. Lair is a shrewd business man combined with a congeniality which marks him as one of the most popular business men of the town. An institution has just taken root in the town, in the transfer of Mr. Nabs business to Dr. E. G. L. Harbour. Dr. Harbour is establishing a veterinary hospital, the only one of its kind in the county, the Dr. has started in this work with the intention of having a modern building with the best of facilities for treating diseases of animals. He also has several of the best stallions in the country which he will stand at his place of bUSiness. Dr. Harbour is eminently fitted for this new enterprise, he being a graduate of the Kansas City Veterinary School and a man since his residence here who have proved himself a very capable and energetic man. We predict a very marked success for this new venture. These institutions which have been mentioned here are the leading ones, and now as a parting word we would say that whenever you are in West Baldwin drop around to their several places and see for yourself what time has accomplished for the town. You will be surprised at the rapid strides which West Baldwin has made in a business way. The Baldwin Republican, 3 May 1907 The late S. B. Rohrbaugh of Ottawa bequeathed to Baker University, one half the real and personal property, not otherwise bequeathed, to be held in trust forever and known as the L. B. Rohrbaugh endowment fund. To be donated to the assistance of such indigent students of Baker as shall be recommended by the president.' ------------------------FOOD INSPECTOR HERE The Baldwin Republican. 7 June 1907 John A. Kleinhans, the State Food Inspector was in Baldwin, visiting the grocers, meat market. restaurants, etc. He requires them to keep their ice boxes in a clean sanitary condition. Sidewalk displays of fruit and vegetables must be 18 inches or more above the sidewalk. He also, requires them to keep 29 �their pickle and lard barrels, butter, crackers, etc., covered protecting the same from flies, dust and other contaminations. The use of preservatives in hamburger, veal loaf or other meat products is absolutely prohibited under the pure foot law. It has become in Kansas, that the label did not express the contents of the package, but now it is different. If a syrup can contains 90 per cent of glucose and 10 per cent of cane sugar, then these proportions of mixture must be expressed. Also, if catsup is made from pumpkins, apple pulps, turnips and colored and presered [pressured, or preserved ?1 with Benzoate soda it must be expressed on the label. Whenever artificial or imitation flavors are used, or coloring in either, in anyway, it must also be expressed on the label. Ice cream must contain 14 per cent of butter fat. Bake shops must be kept clean and in sanitary condition. Mr. Kleinhans says he found everyone in Baldwin in favor of the pure food law and trying to live up to it. -----------------------------------BALDWIN'S PHONE SYSTEM The Baldwin Republican, 19 Julv 1907 Under Efficient Management of R. R. Blaine---- Recognized as One of Best In the State. At the present time Baldwin has one of the best telephone systems in Kansas, in point of service and equipment it is excelled by none. Much of the credit for this work must be given Mr. Ross Blaine, the hustling manager. Mr. Blaine took charge of the system five years ago, when it was in its infancy. At that time there were but 103 phones in operation and a petition was being circulated to have them removed because of poor service. There were no wires outside the city and not a rural line in operation; longdistance communications were out of the question; the company employed one girl in the office. From the time Mr. Blaine accepted the management a steady improvement in every line has taken place, until now the company has a new 500 line switchboard, new distribution racks. commodious and pleasant offices and employ four girls in the office. The subscribers now number 535; 200 of these being country people on the different rural lines. The company how has good long-distance connections with Ottawa, Lawrence, Kansas City and Topeka and the subscribers may get their connections and talk through their own phone. Pay stations are also located at the hotel and college. During the five years o.f his management Mr. Blaine has not been away from his work a week, a very enviable record indeed, nd his endeavor has been to give the people the best service possible, a feature which is much appreciated by the patrons 30 �The Baldwin Republican, 4 Oct. 1907 Monument to be Dedicated October 11 at 2:30 Localitv- Event of Interest - Especially to People of This October 11th has been set as the day on which the Santa Fe trail monument will be formally presented to the city by the Lawrence and Ottawa chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and appropriate exercises will be held. Public exercises will be held in the church at 2:30; addresses will be made by Miss Meeker, State Secretary of the DAR. located at Ottawa and Geo. W. Martin, secretary of the Topeka chapter and secretary of the State Historical Society. Following the exercises in the church, a procession will be formed which will move to the site of the monument, the proceSSion- to be made up of the general public and public school children. At the site of the monument. music will be furnished by the public school children and the formal presentations of the monument to the town of Baldwin will be made after which the mayor in behalf of the town will make an acceptance speech. This event is to be of unusual interest to local people in that the historical county action of Palmyra and the Santa Fe Trail are closely interwoven. The monument is erected on a tongue of land having a connection with the original Trail itself. This is significant because of the fact that no where else is the old Trail used as a public highway. The ground upon which the monument rests was presented to Baker University by I. Stickle upon the condition that it receive proper care, this is another piece of local interest. It is quite likely that the business men of the town will close their business places from 2:30 until 5, as this event is one of interest to us locally, let us show our enthusiasm and interest by being present at their exercises Oct. 11. §JP>JLJEN]):ITJD) 1RJElUNlJ:(()) N (()) IF JP>:IT (()) NElER§ The Baldwin Ledger. 16 Nov. 1906 A Large Gathering of Those Who First came to This County - to be permanent. The weather man was kind to the aged last Wednesday when the reunion of old settlers was held in Baldwin. And they came as happy as children in spring time to talk over the days of long ago - '''~hen you and I were young Tom, just forty years ago." At 1:30 0' clock almost 100 people sat down to a dinner that would satisfy the most exacting, and the splendid fellowship of the hour made it a most joyous occasion. Children of the early fathers and mother, waited on the tables and some of them are not very young either. Pres. Murlin declared that as Mayor Markham had been called out of the city, it fell to him as constable to take charge of the meeting and after a few happy remarks proceeded to call upon the 31 �children of the past generation for reminiscences. John Walton ofVinland, gave some interesting incidents. He helped to erect the "old castle". W. T. Jones followed. Mr. Jones came here in 1855 and doubtless has lived here longer than anyone else present: As a boy 10 years of age he often sat in his father's house and listened to the discussions held by his father and John Brown over the slavery question. He gave a splendid description of the Battle of Black Jack and declared that the reward of that victory belonged to Capt. Shore and his company rather that to John Brown. (It developed afterward that Mr. Robt. A. Shore who was present was a soldier in the Battle of Black Jack.) Mr. Jones gave some interesting anecdotes of Jim Lane. Mr. Jones also helped to build the "Old Castle." Wm. Gill arrived in Kansas in time to take part in the surrender of Ft. Sanders and to have the U.S. troops take away his rifle. He served under Col. Eldridge in trying to make this a free state before the civil war began. Wm. Pardee, arrived with his father in Kansas City on July 5, 1850. He went over the Santa Fe trail to New Mexico in 1855 and has made a permanent home in Kansas since 1858. He is proud that his lot has been cast with the free people of Kansas. C. W. Ingle told some interesting incidents of Jim Lane's life.A. A. B. Cavaness referred to the sacking of Lawrence. Mr. Dershem came here in 1859. He described the Ouantrell plan to sack Lawrence, Palmyra, Prairie City and Paola. He was with the "home guards" who drove Quantrell west of Baldwin and thus saved this place from destruction. He had an old musket dated 1790. Sam Gardner spoke feelingly of the many families who were not here today that had helped to mould (sic) the character of this community. Mr. Gardner was one of the first pupils in Baker University. Dike Barricklaw at this point advocated a permanent organization and during this discussion, Wm. Foster waxed eloquent over the results of the past 50 years in this state. He declared that it seemed just as reasonable to think of Baldwin 50 years from now with 50,000 inhabitants and Baker with 3,000 students as it was 50 years ago to think that this community would bring as much to pass as it has. 1. J. Wilkins told of the old Fager wagon shop near the Santa Fe well. Cass Barricklaw has a dru.m from the Battle of Black Jack and some guns from the Ouantrell raid. The Barricklaw motion for a permanent organization carried unanimously, and a committee reported the following list of officers for next year; Pres., Wm. Black; Vice Pres., A. A. B. Cavaness; Sec., Chas. E. Beeks and Treas., Wm. Gill. The next reunion will be the first Wednesday in October 1907. Miss Meeker of Ottawa and Mrs. Clarence Hall of Lawrence representing the chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution in their respective towns were presented and presented the matter of marking the Santa Fe trail. It was decided by the gathering to ask their officers to act with the committee already appointed by the City Council and these chapters of the D.A.R. in erecting a fitting monument near Baldwin on the trail. A number of interesting facts developed at this gathering. There were about 20 present who have lived here 50 years and over, and there were almost 40 present who have lived here 45 years and 32 �more. Mrs. Dave McKinney was the first white child born in this township. She was 50 years old last Tuesday and she was one of the youngest girls present. Shawnee McKinney was born in Johnson Co., March 25, 1852. He was present as he had a most excellent right to be. Where is there an older native born Kansas? All hail! to the founders of free Kansas! Who has a better right to enjoy the good cheer and prosperity of this hour. They builded (sic) well and in their twilight hours they should receive our choicest attention and kindest thoughts. MORIE ABOUllAf8llEl Baldwin Ledger 14 June 1907 The Santa Fe Trail Markers for Baldwin are on display. The bronze table which is to be placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution at a point near Baldwin, to mark the Santa Fe trail. is on display at the store of C. C. Seewir. 1. The tablet which is a very handsome one, measures 19 by 28 inches, and upon it is carved three yoke of oxen, and this inscription: "This marks the route ofthe Santa Fe trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe, 1822 - 1880." Upon the tablet is also carved the Kansas seal and the seal of the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. This tablet is to be set in the side of the marker which is a boulder of red granite 4 Yz feet in length, 3 feet wide and 1 Yz feet thick. Upon it will be the inscription "Erected by the Lawrence and Ottawa chapters ofthe Daughters ofthe American Revolution, 1907." Flag day, June 14, has been chosen as the day for the unveiling of the tablet. and the exercises will be held then, provided the stone, which is to come from Granite, Okla., arrives in time. The chapters from Lawrence and Ottawa and their friends, will go to Baldwin for the event. - Lawrence Gazette. The Baldwin Ledger, Friday September 29, 1905 Some Very Interesting Facts Culled From the College Entrance Blanks - A Healthy Increase The student population always creates some very interesting statistics. We give below some figures concerning this year's enrollment that will be enjoyed by all. There are some interesting conclusions to be drawn from them. We leave you to find them, suffice to say that the increase among new students has been greater among the girls than the boys which fact may be explained by two reasons: this is becoming such a materialistic age that the young men rush off to technical schools without taking a regular college course and'also that when times are good and people.have plenty of ready ':'l0ney the girls are sent to college otherwise they are kept at home even when circumstances are strained to send the boys. 33 �RESIDENT OF STUDENTS BY STATES The students this year hail from the following states numerically as follows: Kansas 579. Missouri 44. Mexico 7. Oklahoma 7. Texas 5. Colorado 2. Utah. Tennessee. Wisconsin. Idaho. Illinois. Iowa and India [Indiana ?J have one each. NATIVE STATES OR PLACE OF BIRTH OF STUDENTS Kansas. 484. Missouri 48. Illinois 28. Iowa 18. Ohio 18. Indiana 12. Nebraska 8. Texas. Pennsylvania. Michigan. 3 each South Dakota. North Dakota. Idaho. Virginia. Kentucky. Arkansas. Minnesota. 2 each. Alabama. Colorado. West Virginia. Oregon. Wisconsin. Massachusetts. New York. Utah. North Carolina one each; Foreign Countries - Mexico. seven. India. Wales. England. Scotland. Germany. Ireland. - one each. OCCUPATIONS OF PARENTS Farmer's 280. Merchants 70. Ministers 46. Retired 24. Stockman 16. Bankers 16. Lawyers. 15. Physicians 18. Carpenters 15. Teachers 12. Lumber 8. Masons 7. Contractors 7. Mining. 6. Capitalists 5. Housekeepers 5. Millers 6. Manufacturers 6. Liverymen 5. Bookkeepers 5. Miscellaneous 62. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Methodist Episcopal 474. Presbyterian 22. Congregational 12. Christian 7. Lutheran 5. Friends 4. Baptists 3. Episcopalian 3. Miscellaneous 22. Not given 98. The self supporting students number 185. partially self supporting 67. depending upon parents for support 398. The Baldwin Ledger. 9 June 1905 It is said that the immense increase in immigration in the present year has excited so much alarm in administration circles that the President will propose that the present $2 head tax on immigrants be advanced to $25. The chances are that President will urge nothing of the kind. Undoubtedly this year's immigration figures will leave all former records far behind. In the fiscal year 1903. 857.046 immigrants arrived in this country. which was far above any previous total. And though the number fell to 812.870 in 1904. it has gained so much in the past half year that the aggregate for the twelve months ending June 3~. 1905. will be over 900.000. For the calendar year 1905 the total will be over 1.000.000. 34 �These figures are big enough to compel attention. They are frightening some of the immigration officials and a few members of the administration, especially as more than half of the incomers are from Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy, which are the countries that many of our people want to hit. But if we put the head tax at $25 we also hit England, Ireland, Germany, Norway and Sweden, which are countries that we are trying to attract immigration from. Of the 650,000 immigrants who landed in this country during the nine months ended with March of the present fiscal year, 157,000 came from the British islands, Germany and Norway-Sweden. A tax such as is here proposed would shut out tens of thousands of those immigrants, as well as the incomers from the less favored countries. A good remedy for the excessive immigration, if it is excessive, is to enforce with the utmost rigidity the laws against the incoming of paupers, criminals and those who are physically, mentally or morally defective. Those restrictions should be imposed robustly, whether the immigration is small or large. It must be remembered, too, that the immigration, even at the present high-water mark, is, proportionately to the aggregate population, below that of several periods in the past. Let the laws against the admission of improper persons be vigorously enforced. Let attempts be made to send a large proportion of the immigrants to the South, where they are needed, and to the West. where there are still chances for the industrious, the law-abiding and the intelligent. But let Congress go slow about making any such advance in the head tax as the jump to $25 which is suggested. 1. The Baldwin Ledger, 21 Sep. 1906 The Methodists Hold an Interesting and Profitable Service Last Sunday was a day of unusual rejoicing to the membership of the M. E. church in this city. The Sunday previous had witnessed the baptism of thirty-four candidates by the pastor, Dr. I. B. Pulliam an unusual sight - but this Sunday the consummating service of church relationship took place with fifty-one accessions. The church now enjoys a membership of about 950 and hardly a Sunday passes without someone joining by certificate or letter. Several years since when the matter of building the church was under discussion many thought that the people were planning too largely but Sunday morning witnessed a crowded house and yet not nearly all the membership was there. At the Sunday School the attendance was 650 and it is a problem to arrange the classes so they will not disturb one another. This problem will not be settled until the entire basement of the church has been fitted out for class rooms. Dr. Pulliam is to be congratulated upon the success of the work under his charge at this place. The Baldwin Ledger, 27 July 1906 There has been some talk of removing the hedge fence about the campus and it is to be hoped that it will be done. In the first place the hedge was placed there in the early days to keep the cattle and stock, which were allowed to run free more or less, off the campus. Then it is so badly broken and disfigured at places that it has ceased to be an ornament. It is also an obstruction to the view of the buildings and 35 �if removed would make the campus look much larger. The Ledgerwill give $5 to it if done this summer. The Baldwin Ledger, 27 July 1906 Contract for book stocks in the new library was let last Wednesday. The contract calls for shelving to the capacity of 48,000 vol. and be ready for use in 80 days. The contract was let to the Art Metal Construction Co., of St. Louis. The Baldwin Ledger, 20 July 1906 Centenary hall is being improved this summer by having a stairway built from the northeast recitation room to the chapel and by enlarging the rostrum on the south side. ~OME B~G ORDERS The Baldwin Ledger, 20 July 1906 That a town is growing and becoming more prosperous, can be proven in no better way than by the prosperity of its printing office. This week the Ledger turned out 24.000 picture post cards of the different buildings and scenes around Baldwin, for Baker University. This is one, if not the largest jobs of its kind that has ever been done in this part of the country. We are also printing Vol. 6, NO.4 of the University Bulletin. This number is devoted entirely to the Conservatory of Music. It contains 32 pages, half of which are illustrated with the engravings of President Murlin, Professor McCutchan and Professor Hair, and those who took part in the musical festivities during the past school year. You should see this book as it is one of the finest Baker has ever turned out. During the past six weeks we have had a big run on stationery for the different firms around town. For the most part the best paper we could buy in Chicago was used which goes to show that as a place for up-to-date printing Baldwin has few equals in the state. The Baldwin Ledger, 23 Mar. 1906 The University is the Recipient of $25,000 From the Iron King FOR THE NEW LIBRARY For some months past Pres. Murlin has been trying to interest Mr. Carnegie of New York City, in the needs and future promise of Baker University. He has made three trips east for that purpose. As a result of his untiring labors and strong presentation of our case, he, last Friday night, received word from Mr. Carnegie that he would give the college $25,000 to complete the library building, . 36 �provided the college would raise $25,000 in approved securities for endowment. This is a very generous offer much more so than he has made to any other college, for as a general rule, he offers to give one fourth as much as is raised by the school itself. Pres. Murlin has every reason to feel good over this proposition and likewise have the people of Kansas who are interested in the future of the college. There is no reason why the friends of the school should not rally to the support of Pres. Murlin in his endeavors to raise the necessary $25.000 to meet this proposition. The gift of Mr. Carnegie will be used to complete the handsome library building, and it will now be in a most satisfactory condition and a great source of pride to the college and its many friends. Judge Nelson Case, whose personal sacrifice has made the beginning of the library possible, will undoubtedly be pleased to know that the building will now be completed without stint or drawback of any kind. Pres Murlin hopes to secure the $25,000 for endowment soon so that the work of completing the library can go ahead as soon as the season opens. FOUR NEW DEPOTS 1. The Baldwin Ledger. 2 Mar. 1906 WILL BE BUILT BY SANTA FE IN KANSAS.-- BALDWIN IN THE LIST F. C. Fox, general superintendent of the Eastern Grand division of the Santa Fe, who has been out on an inspection trip of the Grand Division with the exception of the Southern Kansas division, returned yesterday. Mr. Fox reported that the division was in good condition at the present time and that the mild weather of the winter up to the present time had been especially favorable to the traffic. Mr. Fox also announced several items-in his 1906 budget that had been approved for this year. The Eastern Grand division will get about 250 miles of new track in addition to the double track work which is now being put down in Illinois and Missouri. This appropriation of 250 miles of new track will be scattered over the entire division. About sixteen miles of the amount will be between Topeka and Emporia. There will be about four new depots constructed in Kansas this year. Three of them will be large brick buildings, ranging in cost from $10,000 to $15,000. The largest of these will be at EI Derado (sic), Kan .. and will cost $15.000. Two depots similar to each other will be erected at Baldwin and Argentine. They will cost approximately $10,000. A new freight station will be built at Arkansan City and will cost $15,000. A frame depot will be built at Talmage, Kan. Considerable new equipment is being received by the company just now. Old orders not completed last year are still coming in. About 2,200 boxcars, 500 coal cars and 300·flat cars are still due. Box cars are being delivered at the rate of about fiftv per day. Some new passenger equipment is also being received. The company now have seventy coaches and a large number of other cars being delivered on old orders - Topeka Herald. While Mayor O. G. Markham was in Topeka last week he was told by Gen. manager Hurley that next month a landscape gardner (sic) would be sent here to work with the city council on plans for beautifying the vacant lots east of the depot. Trees will be set out. "Joplin Grit" drives will be prepared, 37 �and arrangements in the grounds for a park about the new depot will be hurried along as fast as . possible. In a few months Baldwin will have one of the nicest depot grounds in the state. PRAIRIE CITY SCHOOL - HISTORIC LANDMARK GONE - 1905 The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Jan. 1905 Baldwin abounds with historic places of interest. From our midst the piercing war whoop of the wary Indian, has long since been dispelled and the silent. aggressive tread of the pioneer implanted in its stead. Those fore-fathers of our set their hearts, not upon living solely to themselves, but upon the development and betterment of mankind. Their efforts were well repaid, although calling for great courage and sacrifice. They built churches and school houses and prepared the way for civilization. They knew what such "land marks of progress" meant. Few of their acts carry greater significance and recall more events in the early history of our little city and county, than the founding of "The First College In Kansas" one mile south west of town, by the Episcopalians in 1856, which is commonly known as "Prairie City School House." Many recall its early history. A two story, stone structure, with two rooms, one above and one below. Geo Miller was the stone mason, H. E. Dodge the carpenter and Captain Credit sawed the lumber taken from the farm of Major Reynolds. These timbers are 6xlO, 45 feet long. Uritil recently it was a firm, substantial building but being abandoned because of better times and conditions it is at last among the "ruins of the dead." It is being torn down by Mr. Spurgeon and hauled to Baldwin where it will enter into the structure of a more active place that of becoming the foundation and walls of the new Paint and Paper shop of Messers. Keohane & Cradit. Nearly one-half century, this grim old structure has faced the elements and responded to the wants of mankind. Long has its founders set their feet on another shore. Only two years ago it was abandoned for the last time. Could its walls speak great would be the incidents it would not doubt. relate. It was completed when Baker laid her first corner stone but was not run even a short time by the Episcopalians and they turned it over to the Lutherans who never opened its doors. Since then it has been used for a district school and church of the neighborhood. Some of our citizens know its history like a book. On its faded and musty leaves is told the story of how some poor sinner first caught a glimpse of his Lord and how wisdom was first implanted in the younger mind. Upon 38 �clippings carefully placed between the leaves of this volume, we glean some of the agents that were also the "first fruits" of Kansas. For fifty long years those who constructed this school house have lived in its immediate neighborhood. Horace Greely once spoke in its halls. Because of its outlook the town of Prairie City was founded and General James Lane was its first president and it then became the rival of Palmyra. Under a nearby elm tree J. F. Prouty started one of the first papers ever published in Kansas and later established the Capital at Topeka. Credit must be given to Prairie City for the erection of the first college building in the state but it was not opened. From the closing of their school because of the lack of support the city began to wane until today the last prominent land mark of the neighborhood is being carried away and all that will be left is the Prairie City Cemetery Ma§onnic Temjpne JBuiRdinng I From: The Centennial History and roster, 24 September, 1855- 24 September 24, 1955 On Historic Ground. It is probably not known to many that the site of the present Masonic Temple, at 1001 Massachusetts, was the scene of Masonic activities long before it was acquired for use as a Temple building spot. It was formerly owned by the Methodist Church, the records showing its purchase by that group on November 7, 1863, A meeting place for the Church was erected here soon thereafter, and on July 4, 1864, the cornerstone was laid by the Most worshipful Grand Lodge A.F. & A. M of Kansas. Worshipful Brother O. W. McAllaster, Master of Lawrence Lodge at the time, represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master on this occasion. A further item of considerable interest will be found in the old minutes of the Lodge under date of December 27, 1864, which describes the public installation of the officers selected to serve during 1865. This public ceremony was held in the then new Methodist Church. The minutes sow the following as having been installed on that date on the very ground where the Temple now stands: Paul R. Brooks- Worshipful Master, Joseph Cracklin- Senior Warden, Richard A. Hayes- Junior Warden, E.W. Wood- Treasurer, E.B. Hayes-Secretary, Robert L. Gilbert- Senior Deacon, James M. Davis-Junior Deacon, Justus Assmann-Tyler, Solon O. Thacher-Orator, W.H. Fisher- Chaplain. The building and grounds owned by the Methodist Church at this spot was transferred to J. B. Watkins July 5, 1890, and later acquired by the Lawrence Masonic Temple Building Company in 1909. The Masonic Temple was erected and occupied by the various Masonic bodies in the year 1911. 39 �JOHN lEA§11'JER BlUITIL11' JFITR§11' DJENVER 1H[OlU§E John Easter, the man who built the first house in Denver, is visiting here. He came to attend the stockman's convention last week and had a jolly time of it, despite his 77 years. Incidentally, he is here also to visit the Pioneer society, meet those rugged companions of other days and talk over those halcyon days. Mr Easter has been living in Goldfield, Colorado for many years. He is justice of the peace there, owns property and still builds houses for others. He has no immediate relatives, all of his family having passed over the range, leaving him alone. Everybody in that country knows him for miles around and they love and venerate him. "Yes, Roswell Hutchins, who died at Murcur, Utah, October 6, 1902, and myself built the first house in what is now the magnificent city of Denver. It was a log house. We cut the timber from a clump of woods which grew where the Union depot is not. This was in the fall fo 1858. I remember that one morning Roswell and myself went to the woods to cut timber for the house and I killed a big buck deer that ran from anlong the trees. Of cours, we had deer meat for some time." "But It me begin at the beginning and tell the events that led up to my coming out here: I was living in Lawrence, Kansas. They were stirring times then in that neck of the woods. I organized the Lawrence company and we started for Colorado which was then a part of the Kansas Territory. I had fourteen wagons-ten ox teams, three horse teams and one mule outfit. We left Lawrence, May 29, 1858." "I'm a bit ahead of my story yet. The Delaware tribe ofIndians was at Lawrence then. In 1857 Col. Sumner came West with United States troops. Fall Leaf returned to Lawrence after the campaign and showed me a lot of gold nuggets which he said he had picked up in Colorado. I had heard from the California forty-niners who returned to Lawrence that they had stopped in Colorado and found coloring of gold there. This is what determined me to go West." "Well, we started out with our wagons full of grub and stuff. On July 3, 1858, we camped on the Fountains Queboulle, near what is now Colorado Springs. The next day was the 'Glorious Fourth', our nation's birthday, so we celebrated it in great style. There were forty-six men and two women with my party. Among them were A.C. Wright and Frank Cobb, both of whom are now living in Denver. Jly 5 we broke camp and started towards Fort Garland, moving by . slow stages. We heard that gold could be found there." "Mexicans and Indians traveling between Mexico and Fort Laramie, Wyoming came along by us and reported a big strike in Gray's gulch, near what is known as Fort Collins. We turned and made for that place. But when we got to what is now Denver, we stopped. It was a pretty 40 �stretch of rolling prairie, wooded here and there, with vegetation rank and wild as we looked toward that is now thte Capitol Hill section. §1['OPPEJD) A 1[' CHERRY CREEK ANID> LAlD OUT A TOWN "Our camp was about half a mile or more up Cherry Creek from its mouth at the Platte. The site was near where the county hospital stands now. Some days late we moved up the Platte River for three or four miles and laid out the town of Montana City. This was in September, 1858. I knew that was not the place for a town and said so, because it was too far from the government's military road, which crossed Cherry Creek where Blake street is now and ran a hundred yards towards the mouth at the Platte river. The Fourteenth street viaduct is over the old road." "Believing as I did, Hutchins and myself moved down from the Montana City site to a point immediately across Cherry Creek, on what is Blake street now, and there decided to build our log cabin. The chances to us were that there ever was a town here it would begin there. Montana City, founded by the Lawrence company, did not thrive. The proposed town came down to where we were." "We finished our house in October. It was not pretentious just a small two-room abode, made comfortable in a way. There was wild game a-plenty about then. It was common for one of us to take down our rifle and bage a fine buck whenever we needed fresh meat. Antelope were varied with venison." "Having started our town, which was laid out in a fashion between Cherry creek and Platte river, and what is now known as West Denver, we called in 'Auraria'-land of the gold. New people came in and the town flourished a-pace, becoming a busy little hamlet before the year closed. Among the citizens of the town we claimed Kit Carson, who came up from the South and remained with us until 1860. He was a pretty clever kind of a chap then and made a reputation later. We did some placer mining in the Platte and Cherry creek, panning out some gold in a primitive way." "In December, 1858, the name was changed to St. Charles by Gen. Blake, Charles Lawrence, 'Pink' Stout and Charles Blake, after whom streets in Denver are now called, and McGarr, better known as 'Jack Jones", was also here. He had a squaw-wife." CHANGED TOWN'§ NAME ][N HONOR OF GEN. DENVER "In the spring of 1859 General Denver was appointed governor of Kansas. He shortly after going into office qppointed a commission of three, on of whom was 'Hickory' Rogers. I do not recall the other two. We organized that portion of the town east of Cherry creek and called it Denver, after Gov. Denver. It grew rapidly." 41 I �"I left here in 1861, going back to Kansas and settling in Leavenworth, where 1 remained until 1872. Then I went to Portland, Oregon. Remaining there until 1876, 1 made the trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota." "The Leadville boom came on about then, and 1 went there, remaining until 1884. Thence 1 went to Douglas, Wyoming, about the time the Chicago and Northwestern railroad was opened to that town. After three years there, 1 went back to the Northwest stopping in Spokane, Washington. 1 was there when the town was destroyed by fIre. Portland, Vancouver and Ellenburg were also burned about the same time. This was late in the 80's. 1 returned to Colorado and settled in GoldfIeld in 1894 and have been there ever since." "I should be worth $200,000,000, and 1 guess 1 would had 1 remained here and held on to what real estate 1 possessed in those pioneer days. Why, there was a chap with me-Blood by namewho had sixteen lots. He sold one for practically nothing and then the other fifteen for $14, or about ninety cents apiece. This property is on Blake street, near fIfteenth now and is worth a good price, 1 understand. " Mr. Easter is guest of his old friend, Paul M. North, a local attorney, who has known him for many years intimately. Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2013 dues can be paid now. Name Name Maiden Street Phone Apt. # City mail Renewal searching State New Amount enclosed Zip Home e- Surnames you are ($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, Gl Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Make checks payable to DCGS 42 �The Pioneer Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold, G1 Lawrence, KS 66049 FORWARDED AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED . I I �VOLUME 35, NO.3-4 JULY-October 2012 �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 July-October, 2012 Volume 35, no. 3-4 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Treasurer Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Genealogist Richard Wellman rwwellman@Embarqmail.corit Ass't Geneal. Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held on Final Fridays of each month at the Watkins Community Museum of History from 5:30 to 7. Members_hip fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public 24 �Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence, has a collection of Douglas County history and genealogy books. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 6pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 12-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out of the Osma Room. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. The Society is partnering with The Watkins Community Museum for meetings and consultation. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html Our meetings are on Final Fridays at the Watkins Museum, 5:30 to 7pm. Programs are announced by email. . TABLE OF CONTENTS Elsie Beauchat Jardon Pearson Antique clock Half century club convenes Receive final papers Town of West Baldwin S.B. Rohrbaugh Food inspector Santa Fe Trail Baldwin's phone system Splendid reunion of pioneers More about tablet Student population New bar to immigration Church increase Baker University Some big orders p.24 p.25 p.26 p.27 p.2S p.29 p.29 p.30 p.30 p.31 p.33 p.33 p.34 p.35 p.35 p.36 24 �Carnegie gives to Baker Four new depots Prairie City school Masonic Temple building John Easter built first Denver house Dues form p.36 p.37 p.38 p.39 p.40 P.43 Once agin Richard Wellman has contributed many of the articles in this issue. Thanks, Richard. I am making a plea for someone to take over The Pioneer. I would love to talk to anyone who is interested in doing it. Thank you, Mary Burchill, burchill@ku.edu or 785-843-9199. Elsie Beauchat Jardon The Baldwin Ledger, 4 Oct. 1912 Elsie Beauchat was born in Berne, Switzerland, April 13'\ 1829, and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. D. Butel, near Baldwin City, in the evening of September 26, 1912, as the clock was striking the hour of nine. In the beautiful land ofthe Alps, she spent her childhood days, and it was here amid the most beautiful picturesque scenery of the world she grew to womanhood. At the age of twenty-three she came with parents to America and located in Norfolk, Conn.; it was here she became acquainted with Xavier Jardon and they were united in marriage November 1st, 1852. Unto this union were born twelve children, three dying in infancy. The young couple established their new home near Norfolk, where they resided for six years. In the early thrilling days when excitement was running high, and the destiny of Kansas was in the balance as she was struggling for free state hood, with the border ruffians and bushwackers on all sides, they left their pleasant New England home with their then three children and came 24 �to Kansas November 1st, 1858. They located on the farm three miles southwest of Baldwin City and in a little log cabin they made their home during those pioneer days. After Quantrill's band had burned and sacked Lawrence and in their retreat south they passed through Mr. Jardon's farm. Halting at the little cabin they demanded her, at the point of revolver, to draw water from a deep well for them and their horses, which she did that hot August day; being nearly overcome with heat and fatigue when they left, but by her heroic work their little cabin was spared. She and her noble husband were ever ready to give their aid for the promotion and good ·of our State when such help was so much needed. By their diligence and perseverance their frontier claim bloomed into a well improved farm. It was here where their six sons and three daughters grew to manhood and womanhood and it was here her noble husband died November 7'\ 1890. Since his death she has spent much of her time with her several children but always having a small home to go to whenever she wished. Her life extending over a period of eighty-three years has been a busy one, full of noble deeds and good works and after a short illness the Master beckoned her home to meet the many loved ones on the other shore and rest forever from all cares. She has gone from our midst but in memory lives. The funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 28'\ at the West Baldwin City Catholic church, conducted by the Rev. Father DeGeary. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful and certainly bespeaks the love and appreciation in which she was held. She was laid to her final rest in the Catholic cemetery by the side of her husband. She is survived by nine children, A. M., F. X., M. J., and A. D. Jardon, of this neighborhood, Alfred Jardon of Colorado; Mrs. A. B. Butel of Overbrook; Mrs. Walter Ford of Oklahoma; Mrs. A. D. Butel, at whose home she died near Baldwin City, and Edmund Jardon, and one brother Acmil Beauchat, of Greenwood Co. She leaves thirty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her departure. PEARSON ANTIQUE CLOCK MAKES OTHER OLD-TIMERS SEEM MODERN The Baldwin Ledger, 12 June 1952 A grandfather clock, 208 years old, now occupies a treasured spot on the Old Santa Fe Trail where it resided in the 1850's and 1860's. It is in the home of Miss Elizabeth and Ed Pearson, one and one-half miles east of Baldwin on Highway No. 50. [Later to be U.S. 56] Its eight foot charm of beautifully grained walnut, varnished smoothly, and a face of shining copper with hand-tooled numerals and decorative designs seems to reflect a vast store of 25 �information about its early days in England, its seven-weeks trips across the Atlantic, its trip by boat to Westport, its wagon-trail trip into what is now Kansas, its knowledge of Kibbie, the Quantrill Raid, the Battle of Black Jack, the Civil War. And it seems to reflect some of the polish it gained among folks of th East as it passed out the hours to admires and friends within a stones's throw of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., where [the] Liberty Bell once tolled the news of complete Independence. In this old clock's presence, one fails to say, "We have an antique at our house," for this beautiful creation seems to put all antiques of this mid-west region in an "on-the-other-side-ofthe-tracks" class. It might be compared as a King George II versus a Harry Truman, or a George Washington to a Dwight Eisenhower, though certainly it is not haughty in its stature of being over and above the usual run of antiques. It is well seasoned, may we say, with an imposing store of past experience, yet it might groan excusably when Charley McCarthy is on the air. But let us look inside. Here is a note in faded ink written when the clock was first beginning to be recognized as venerable and deserving of tender care in its old age. "This Grandfather clock was bought by my father, William Pearson, in 1824 at a Vendue Sale (public auction) in Leeds, or Basough Bridge, England, of Ralph Atkinson, who was 80 years old. It had belonged to his - Atkinson's - father all his life, making this clock 165 years old this date, 1909. Eliza P. Feltwell, Germantown, Pennsylvania." HALF CENTURY CLUB CONVENES The Baldwin Ledger, 27 Sep. 1934 12 Couples Present Good Cheer and lively Interest Shown by Couples Married Over 50 Years An annual meeting which is of unusual interest in this community is that of The Half Century Club, the membership being composed ofthose couples who have been married for longer than fifty years. The second annual event was held Wednesday noon in the choir room of the church [Baldwin First United Methodist]. A delightful luncheon was served to the twelve couples present. Three couples were unable to attend. Following the luncheon, officers were elected for the corning year: Mr. Ruchty, president and Mr. Saunders, secretary and treasurer. Good fellowship, good cheer, lively interest and content were characteristic of the guests and why not for have they not accomplished the goal to which all young couples look, - growing old together - and have they not proved the truth of "Grow old along with me, dear; 26 �The best of life - the last of life For which the first was made." The couple longest married, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McKinney were wed in 1875 or 59 years ago. Mrs. McKinney was also the first girl baby born in Palmyra township. N. F. Payne, S. Bruner and Rev. C. W. Bailey are Civil War veterans. Following is a list of guests with date of wedding. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McKinney, October 10, 1875 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ayers, November 3, 1875 Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Payne, February 14, 1876 Mr. and Mrs. John Ruchty, December 31, 1876 Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bailey, December 4, 1877 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Snodgrass, August 21, 1879 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hill, May 8, 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Beach, August 2, 1880 Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruner, February 12, 1881 Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Saunders, December 28, 1882 Mr. and Mrs. McHenry, December 28, 1882 Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Uhl, April 10, 1883 Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Shirk, September 21, 1884 The Baldwin Ledger, 5 April 1934 Wednesday morning sorrow came to the home of the Clyde Stewart, when a member of the family, Boy Stewart, passed away at 3:18 a.m. Boy Stewart was 15 years old at the time of death. Funeral services were held that afternoon at four o'clock. Boy Stewart will be remembered as the little white dog that followed in the footsteps of his master for many years. Despite its age, it would make the daily trips to the postoffice and around to the places of business as its master would talk over the days events. However, for the past two years Boy was unable to get out of the house. Boy was buried with honors and in a small steel vault RECEIVE FINAL PAPERS The Baldwin Ledger, 10 May 1934 Final citizen papers were granted to three people Monday afternoon at the county court house in Lawrence. Christian Straub of Overbrook, former German subject was made an American citizen along with Mary Lee Lieberman Mattern, also of Germany, living in Lawrence, by order of the court. Anthanasies Vlasios Fotopulos of Greece was Americanized and had his name changed to Thomas Fulton by order of the same court. 27 �The Baldwin Ledger, 18 Nov. 1910 The head of Ottawa University has made the assertion that automobiles have been the cause of dropping off of the pupils in educational institutions, because the farmers buy buzz wagons, instead of sending their children to college. THE TOWN OF WEST BALDWIN The Baldwin Republican, 9 Aug. 1907 A town which boasts of good business concerns, increased activity in business circles, new projects being rapidly put forward, combined with good homes and a picturesque beauty which nature has bestowed upon her people, many of whose names are linked with those of history and a clean moral atmosphere. This is a combination which is found in West Baldwin. The foundation for the wealth of this community is found in the wealth of the adjoining country, the soil is fertile and rich and the country people for a radius of twenty miles have taken advantage of natures abundance and developed a land which is excelled by none in the middle west. The country people are established and well-to-do with comfortable homes and modern arrangements they are able to supply a source for the business which is transacted in West Baldwin. So it is to the surrounding country and the people that we owe the growth of West Baldwin. Among the prominent business firms we should mention the grain mill operated by Messrs. Rapp and Blanchard, men of shrewd business ability and well known integrity. At the present time the mill is doing a large business, newly equipped with machinery and labor saving devices. They are in a position to handle the patronage which they well deserve. Another enterprise which has been a landmark in the history of West Baldwin is the firm of J. C. Bare & Co., this firm deals in general merchandise and to their credit it may be said that more is due these people in the encouragement of country trade than any firm in West Baldwin and because of this encouragement they have brought a greater amount of country trade to the city than any other concern and with effort and labor they have built up a substantial business which is a credit to the town. A deal has been recently closed whereby their possessions were transferred to C. A. Barrett & Co. The ad. of J. C. Bare & Co. will be found in this issue. The firm of N. Filibert & Co. operating the Farmer's Exchange Mill, with Jules Cregut as manager has proved a decided success. Mr. Cregut is a hustling business man and popular with all who know him, with new buildings, new machinery and added facilities along every line this mill handles an immense business of general grain products and is an industry worthy of any city. Another business enterprise of West Baldwin which has become a marked success is the grocery business owned by J. D. Lindemood. Mr. Lindemood has been in business in West Baldwin something over three years and in that time he has put a new front in his store, widened the rear part and from time to time enlarged his stock until today this store is one of the best stores in this part of the county. Mr. 28 �Lindemood is a man of rare business ability which combined with an always pleasing manner, has gained for him an enviable reputation through out the surrounding country. The Hardware Store of Shore & Son is a modern up-to-date business concern. Mr. Shore carries a complete line of hardware not excelled in completeness, in the vicinity, he also has a specialty in the line of buggies and farm implements. Mr. Shore has gained for himself a reputation as a square business man and well deserves the patronage of the people of this vicinity. The business operated by the genial Mr. James Lair is another of West Bald{,..,in's leading institutions. Mr. Lair has established a milk station where th country people have a ready market for all their dairy products and besides ths Mr. Lair carries a line of De-Laval cream separators in which he does a very creditable business. Mr. Lair is a shrewd business man combined with a congeniality which marks him as one of the most popular business men of the town. An institution has just taken root in the town, in the transfer of Mr. Nabs business to Dr. E. G. L. Harbour. Dr. Harbour is establishing a veterinary hospital, the only one of its kind in the county, the Dr. has started in this work with the intention of having a modern building with the best of facilities for treating diseases of animals. He also has several of the best stallions in the country which he will stand at his place of business. Dr. Harbour is eminently fitted for this new enterprise, he being a graduate of the Kansas City Veterinary School and a man since his residence here who have proved himself a very capable and energetic man. We predict a very marked success for this new venture. These institutions which have been mentioned here are the leading ones, and now as a parting word we would say that whenever you are in West Baldwin drop around to their several places and see for yourself what time has accomplished for the town. You will be surprised at the rapid strides which West Baldwin has made in a business way. The Baldwin Republican, 3 May 1907 The late S. B. Rohrbaugh of Ottawa bequeathed to Baker University, one half the real and personal property, not otherwise bequeathed, to be held in trust forever and known as the L. B. Rohrbaugh endowment fund. To be donated to the assistance of such indigent students of Baker as shall be recommended by the president. ---------------------- FOOD INSPECTOR HERE The Baldwin Republican, 7 June 1907 John A. Kleinhans, the S~ate Food Inspector was in Baldwin, visiting the grocers, meat market. resta~rants, etc. He reqUires them ~o keep their ice boxes in a clean sanitary condition. Sidewalk displays of frUit and vegetables must be 18 Inches or more above the sidewalk. He also, requires them to keep 29 �their pickle and lard barrels. butter. crackers. etc .. covered protecting the same from flies. dust and other contaminations. The use of preservatives in hamburger. veal loaf or other meat products is absolutely prohibited under the pure foot law. It has become in Kansas. that the label did not express the contents of the package. but now it is different. If a syrup can contains 90 per cent of glucose and 10 per cent of cane sugar. then these proportions of mixture must be expressed. Also. if catsup is made from pumpkins. apple pulps. turnips and colored and presered-[pressured. or preserved ?J with Benzoate soda it must be expressed on the label. Whenever artificial or imitation flavors are used. or coloring in either. in anyway. it must also be expressed on the label. Ice cream must contain 14 per cent of butter fat. Bake shops must be kept clean and in sanitary condition. Mr. Kleinhans says he found everyone in Baldwin in favor of the pure food law and trying to live up to it. ----------------- ...-----------------BALDWIN'S PHONE SYSTEM The Baldwin Republican. 19 July 1907 Under Efficient Management of R. R. Blaine---- Recognized as One of Best In the State. At the present time Baldwin has one of the best telephone systems in Kansas. in point of service and equipment it is excelled by none. Much of the credit for this work must be given Mr. Ross Blaine. the hustling manager. Mr. Blaine took charge of the system five years ago. when it was in its infancy. At that time there were but 103 phones in operation and a petition was being circulated to have them removed because of poor service. There were no wires outside the city and not a rural line in operation; longdistance communications were out of the question: the company employed one girl in the office. From the time Mr. Blaine accepted the management a steady improvement in every line has taken place. until now the company has a new 500 line switchboard. new distribution racks. commodious and·pleasant offices and employ four girls in the office. The subscribers now number 535; 200 of these being country people on the different rural lines. The company how has good long-distance connections with Ottawa. Lawrence. Kansas City and Topeka and the subscribers may get their connections and talk through their own phone. Pay stations are also located at the hotel and college. During the five years of his management Mr. Blaine has not been away from his work a week, a very enviable record indeed. nd his endeavor has been to give the people the best service possible. a feature which is much appreciated by the patrons SANTA FE TRAIL 30 �The Baldwin Republican. 4 Oct. 1907 Monument to be Dedicated October 11 at 2:30 Locality- Event of Interest - Especially to People of This October 11th has been set as the day on which the Santa Fe trail monument will be formally presented to the city by the Lawrence and Ottawa chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and appropriate exercises will be held. Public exercises will be held in the church at 2:30; addresses will be made by Miss Meeker. State Secretary of the DAR. located at Ottawa and Geo. W. Martin. secretary of the Topeka chapter and secretary of the State Historical Society. Following the exercises in the church. a procession will be formed which will move to the site of the monument. the proceSSion to be made up of the general public and public school children. At the site of the monument. music will be furnished by the public school children and the formal presentations of the monument to the town of Baldwin will be made after which the mayor in behalf of the town will make an acceptance speech. This event is to be of unusual interest to local people in that the historical county action of Palmyra and the Santa Fe Trail are closely interwoven. The monument is erected on a tongue of land having a connection with the original Trail itself. This is significant because of the fact that no where else is the old Trail used as a public highway. The ground upon which the monument rests was presented to Baker University by I. Stickle upon the condition that it receive proper care. this is another piece of local interest. It is quite likely that the business men of the town will close their business places from 2:30 until 5. as this event is one of interest to us locally. let us show our enthusiasm and interest by being present at their exercises Oct. 11. SPLENDID REUNION OF PIONEERS The Baldwin Ledger. 16 Nov. 1906 A Large Gathering of Those Who First came to This County - to be permanent. The weather man was kind to the aged last Wednesday when the reunion of old settlers was held in Baldwin. And they came as happy as children in spring time to talk over the days of long ago - "when you and I were young Tom, just forty years ago." At 1:30 o'clock almost 100 people sat down to a dinner that would satisfy the most exacting, and the splendid fellowship of the hour made it a most joyous occasion. Children of the early fathers and mother, waited on the tables - and some of them are not very young either. Pres. Murlin declared that as Mayor Markham had been called out of the city, it fell to him as constable to take charge of the meeting and after a few happy remarks proceeded to call upon the 31 �children of the past generation for reminiscences. John Walton ofVinland. gave some interesting incidents. He helped to erect the "old castle". W. T. Jones followed. Mr. Jones came here in 1855 and doubtless has lived here longer than anyone else present. As a boy 10 years of age he often sat in his father's house and listened to the discussions held by his father and John Brown over the slavery question. He gave a splendid description of the Battle of Black Jack and declared that the reward ofthat victory belonged to Capt. Shore and his company rather that to John Brown. (It developed afterward that Mr. Robt. A. Shore who was present was a soldier in the Battle of Black Jack.) Mr. Jones gave some interesting anecdotes of Jim Lane. Mr. Jones also helped to build the "Old Castle." Wm. Gill arrived in Kansas in time to take part in the surrender of Ft. Sanders and to have the U.S. troops take away his rifle. He served under Col. Eldridge in trying to make this a free state before the civil war began. Wm. Pardee. arrived with his father in Kansas City on July 5. 1850. He went over the Santa Fe trail to New Mexico in 1855 and has made a permanent home in Kansas since 1858. He is proud that his lot has been cast with the free people of Kansas. C. W. Ingle told some interesting incidents of Jim Lane's life. A. A. B. Cavaness referred to the sacking of Lawrence. Mr. Dershem came here in 1859. He described the Ouantrell plan to sack Lawrence. Palmyra. Prairie City and Paola. He was with the "home guards" who drove Ouantrell west of Baldwin and thus saved this place from destruction. He had an old musket dated 1790. Sam Gardner spoke feelingly of the many families who were not here today that had helped to mould (sic) the character of this community. Mr. Gardner was one of the first pupils in Baker University. Dike Barricklaw at this point advocated a permanent organization and during this discussion. Wm. Foster waxed eloquent over the results of the past 50 years in this state. He declared that it seemed just as reasonable to think of Baldwin 50 years from now with 50.000 inhabitants and Baker with 3.000 students as it was 50 years ago to think that this community would bring as much to pass as it has. 1. J. Wilkins told of the old Fager wagon shop near the Santa Fe well. Cass Barricklaw has a drum from the Battle of Black Jack and some guns from the Ouantrell raid. The Barricklaw motion for a permanent organization carried unanimously. and a committee reported the following list of officers for next year; Pres .. Wm. Black; Vice Pres .. A. A. B. Cavaness; Sec .. Chas. E. Beeks and Treas .. Wm. Gill. The next reunion will be the first Wednesday in October 1907. Miss Meeker of Ottawa and Mrs. Clarence Hall of Lawrence representing the chapters of the Daughters ofthe American Revolution in their respective towns were presented and presented the matter of marking the Santa Fe trail. It was decided by the gathering to ask their officers to act with the committee already appointed by the City Council and these chapters of the D.A.R. in erecting a fitting monument near Baldwin on the trail. A number of interesting facts developed at this gathering. There were about 20 present who have lived here 50 years and over. and there were almost 40 present who have lived here 45 years and 32 �more. Mrs. Dave McKinney was the first white child born in this township. She was 50 years old last Tuesday and she was one of the youngest girls present. Shawnee McKinney was born in Johnson Co .. March 25, 1852. He was present as he had a most excellent right to be, Where is there an older native born Kansas? All hail! to the founders of free Kansas! Who has a better right to enjoy the good cheer and prosperity of this hour. They builded (sic) well and in their twilight hours they should receive our choicest attention and kindest thoughts. MORE ABOUT TABLET Baldwin Ledger 14 June 1907 The Santa Fe Trail Markers for Baldwin are on display. The bronze table which is to be placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution at a point near Baldwin. to mark the Santa Fe trail. is on display at the store of C. C. Seewir. 1. The tablet which is a very handsome one. measures 19 by 28 inches. and upon it is carved three yoke of oxen. and this inscription: "This marks the route ofthe Santa Fe trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe, 1822 - 1880." Upon the tablet is also carved the Kansas seal and the seal of the city of Santa Fe. New Mexico. This tablet is to be set in the side of the marker which is a boulder of red granite 4 ~ feet in length. 3 feet wide and 1 ~ feet thick. Upon it will be the inscription "Erected by the Lawrence and Ottawa chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1907." Flag day. June 14. has been chosen as the day for the unveiling of the tablet, and the exercises will be held then. provided the stone. which is to come from Granite. Okla .. arrives in time. The chapters from Lawrence and Ottawa and their friends. will go to Baldwin for the event. - Lawrence Gazette. THE STUDENT POPULATION The Baldwin Ledger. Friday September 29. 1905 Some Very Interesting Facts Culled From the College Entrance Blanks - A Healthy Increase The student population always creates some very interesting statistics. We give below some figures concerning this year's enrollment that will be enjoyed by all. There are some interesting conclusions to be drawn from them. We leave you to find them. suffice to say that the increase among new students has been greater among the girls than the boys which fact may be explained by two reasons: this is becoming such a materialistic age that the young men rush off to technical schools without taking a regular college course and also that when times are good and people have plenty of ready money the girls are sent to college otherwise they are kept at home even when circumstances are strained to send the boys. 33 �RESIDENT OF STUDENTS BY STATES The students this year hail from the following states numerically as follows: Kansas 579. Missouri 44. Mexico 7. Oklahoma 7. Texas 5. Colorado 2. Utah. Tennessee. Wisconsin. Idaho. Illinois. Iowa and India [Indiana ?1 have one each. NATIVE STATES OR PLACE OF BIRTH OF STUDENTS Kansas. 484. Missouri 48. Illinois 28. Iowa 18. Ohio 18. Indiana 12. Nebraska 8. Texas. Pennsylvania. Michigan. 3 each South Dakota. North Dakota. Idaho. Virginia. Kentucky. Arkansas. Minnesota. 2 each. Alabama. Colorado. West Virginia. Oregon. Wisconsin. Massachusetts. New York. Utah. North Carolina one each; Foreign Countries - Mexico. seven. India. Wales. England. Scotland. Germany. Ireland. - one each. OCCUPATIONS OF PARENTS Farmer's 280. Merchants 70. Ministers 46. Retired 24. Stockman 16. Bankers 16. Lawyers. 15. Physicians 18. Carpenters 15. Teachers 12. Lumber 8. Masons 7. Contractors 7. Mining. 6. Capitalists 5. Housekeepers 5. Millers 6. Manufacturers 6. Liverymen 5. Bookkeepers 5. Miscellaneous 62. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Methodist Episcopal 474. Presbyterian 22. Congregational 12. Christian 7. Lutheran 5. Friends 4. Baptists 3. Episcopalian 3. Miscellaneous 22. Not given 98. The self supporting students number 185. partially self supporting 67. depending upon parents for support 398. A NEW BAR TO IMMIGRATION The Baldwin Ledger. 9 June 1905 It is said that the immense increase in immigration in the present year has excited so much alarm in administration circles that the President will propose that the present $2 head tax on immigrants be advanced to $25. The chances are that President will urge nothing of the kind. Undoubtedly this year's imr:nigr~tion.figures willle~ve all former records far behind. In the fiscal year 1903.857.046 immigrants arrived In thiS country. which was far above any previous total. And though the number fell to 812.870 in 1904. it has gained so much in the past half year that the aggregate for the twelve months ending June 30. 1905. will be over 900.000. For the calendar year 1905 the total will be over 1.000.000. 34 �These figures are big enough to compel attention. They are frightening some of the immigration officials and a few members of the administration, especially as more than half of the incomers are from Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy, which are the countries that many of our people want to hit. But if we put the head tax at $25 we also hit England, Ireland, Germany, Norway and Sweden, which are countries that we are trying to attract immigration from. Of the 650,000 immigrants who landed in this country during the nine months ended with March of the present fiscal year, 157,000 came from the British islands, Germany and Norway-Sweden. A tax such as is here proposed would shut out tens of thousands of those immigrants, as well as the incomers from the less favored countries. A good remedy for the excessive immigration, if it is excessive, is to enforce with the utmost rigidity the laws against the incoming of paupers, criminals and those who are physically, mentally or morally defective. Those restrictions should be imposed robustly, whether the immigration is small or large. It must be remembered, too, that the immigration, even at the present high-water mark, is, proportionately to the aggregate population, below that of several periods in the past. Let the laws against the admission of improper persons be vigorously enforced. Let attempts be made to send a large proportion of the immigrants to the South, where they are needed, and to the West. where there are still chances for the industrious, the law-abiding and the intelligent. But let Congress go slow about making any such advance in the head tax as the jump to $25 which is suggested. CHURCH INCREASE 1, The Baldwin Ledger, 21 Sep. 1906 The Methodists Hold an Interesting and Profitable Service Last Sunday was a day of unusual rejoicing to the membership of the M. E. church in this city. The Sunday previous had witnessed the baptism of thirty-four candidates by the pastor, Dr. I. B. Pulliam an unusual sight - but this Sunday the consummating service of church relationship took place with fifty-one accessions. The church now enjoys a membership of about 950 and hardly a Sunday passes without someone joining by certificate or letter. Several years since when the matter of building the church was under discussion many thought that the people were planning too largely but Sunday morning witnessed a crowded house and yet not nearly all the membership was there. At the Sunday School the attendance was 650 and it is a problem to arrange the classes so they will not disturb one another. This problem will not be settled until the entire basement of the church has been fitted out for class rooms. Dr. Pulliam is to be congratulated upon the success of the work under his charge at this place. BAKER UNIV. The Baldwin Ledger. 27 Julv 1906 T~ere has been so~e talk of removing the hedge fence about the campus and it is to be hoped that it Will. be done. In the first place the hedge was placed there in the early days to keep the cattle and stock, which were all?wed to run free more or less, off the campus. Then it is so badly broken and disfigured at places that It has ceased to be an ornament. It is also an obstruction to the view of the buildings and 35 �if removed would make the campus look much larger. The Ledger will give $5 to it if done this summer. The Baldwin Ledger, 27 July 1906 Contract for book stocks in the new library was let last Wednesday. The contract calls for shelving to the capacity of 48,000 vol. and be ready for use in 80 days. The contract was let to the Art Metal Construction Co., of St. Louis. The Baldwin Ledger, 20 July 1906 Centenary hall is being improved this summer by having a stairway built from the northeast recitation . room to the chapel and by enlarging the rostrum on the south side. SOME BIG ORDERS The Baldwin Ledger, 20 July 1906 That a town is growing and becoming more prosperous, can be proven in no better way than by the prosperity of its printing office. This week the Ledger turned out 24,000 picture post cards of the different buildings and scenes around Baldwin, for Baker University. This is one, if not the largest jobs of its kind that has ever been done in this part of the country. We are also printing Vol. 6, NO.4 of the University Bulletin. This number is devoted entirely to the Conservatory of Music. It contains 32 pages, half of which are illustrated with the engravings of President Murlin, Professor McCutchan and Professor Hair, and those who took part in the musical festivities during the past school year. You should see this book as it is one of the finest Baker has ever turned out. During the past six weeks we have had a big run on stationery for the different firms around town. For the most part the best paper we could buy in Chicago was used which goes to show that as a place for up-to-date printing Baldwin has few equals in the state. CARNEGIE GIVES TO BAKER The Baldwin Ledger, 23 Mar. 1906 The University is the Recipient of $25,000 From the Iron King FOR THE NEW LIBRARY For some months past Pres. Murlin has been trying to interest Mr. Carnegie of New York City, in the needs and future promise of Baker University. He has made three trips east for that purpose. As a result of his untiring labors and strong presentation of our case, he, last Friday night. received word from Mr. Carnegie that he would give the college $25,000 to complete the library building, 36 �provided the college would raise $25,000 in approved securities for endowment. This is a very generous offer much more so than he has made to any other college, for as a general rule, he offers to give one fourth as much as is raised by the school itself. Pres. Murlin has every reason to feel good over this proposition and likewise have the people of Kansas who are interested in the future of the college. There is no reason why the friends of the school should not rally to the support of Pres. Murlin in his endeavors to raise the necessary $25,000 to meet this proposition. The gift of Mr. Carnegie will be used to complete the handsome library building, and it will now be in a most satisfactory condition and a great source of pride to the college and its many friends. Judge Nelson Case, whose personal sacrifice has made the beginning of the library possible, will undoubtedly be pleased to know that the building will now be completed without stint or drawback of any kind. Pres Murlin hopes to secure the $25,000 for endowment soon so that the work of completing the library can go ahead as soon as the season opens. . FOUR NEW DEPOTS 1. The Baldwin Ledger, 2 Mar. 1906 WILL BE BUILT BY SANTA FE IN KANSAS.-- BALDWIN IN THE LIST F. C. Fox, general superintendent of the Eastern Grand division of the Santa Fe, who has been out on an inspection trip of the Grand Division with the exception of the Southern Kansas division, returned yesterday. Mr. Fox reported that the division was in good condition at the present time and that the mild weather of the winter up to the present time had been especially favorable to the traffic. Mr. Fox also announced several items in his 1906 budget. that had been approved for this year. The Eastern Grand division will get about 250 miles of new track in addition to the double track work which is now being put down in Illinois and Missouri. This appropriation of 250 miles of new track will be scattered over the entire division. About sixteen miles of the amount will be between Topeka and Emporia. There will be about four new depots constructed in Kansas this year. Three of them will be large brick buildings, ranging in cost from $10,000 to $15,000. The largest of these will be at EI Derado (sic), Kan., and will cost $15,000. Two depots similar to each other will be erected at Baldwin and Argentine. They will cost approximately $10,000. A new freight station will be built at Arkansan City and will cost, $15,000. A frame depot will be built at Talmage, Kan. Considerable new equipment is being received by the company just now. Old orders not completed last year are still coming in. About 2,200 boxcars, 500 coal cars and 300 flat cars are still due. Box cars are being delivered at the rate of about fifty per day. Some new passenger equipment is also being received. The company now have seventy coaches and a large number of other cars being delivered on old orders Topeka Herald. While Mayor O. G. Markham ~as in Topeka last week he was told by Gen. manager Hurley that next mont~ a. landscape gardner (SIC) would be sent here to work with the city council on plans for beautifying the vacant lots east of the depot. Trees will be set out. "Joplin Grit" drives will be prepared, 37 �and arrangements in the grounds for a park about the new depot will be hurried along as fast as possible. In a few months Baldwin will have one of the nicest depot grounds in the state. PRAIRIE CITY SCHOOL - HISTORIC LANDMARK GONE - 1905 The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Jan. 1905 Baldwin abounds with historic places of interest. From our midst the piercing war whoop of the Wary Indian, has long since been dispelled and the silent, aggressive tread of the pioneer implanted in its stead. Those fore-fathers of our set their hearts, not upon living solely to themselves, but upon the development and betterment of mankind. Their efforts were well repaid, although calling for great courage and sacrifice. They built churches and school houses and prepared the way for civilization. They knew what such "land marks of progress" meant. Few of their acts carry greater significance and recall more events in the early history of our little city and county, than the founding of "The First College In Kansas" one mile south west of town, by the Episcopalians in 1856, which is commonly known as "Prairie City School House." Many recall its early history. A two story, stone structure, with two rooms, one above and one below. Geo Miller was the stone mason, H. E. Dodge the carpenter and Captain Credit sawed the lumber taken from the farm of Major Reynolds. These timbers are 6x 10, 45 feet long. Until recently it was a firm, substantial building but being abandoned because of better times and conditions it is at last among the "ruins of the dead." It is being tom down by Mr. Spurgeon and hauled to Baldwin where it will enter into the structure of a more active place that of becoming the foundation and walls of the new Paint and Paper shop of Messers. Keohane & Cradit. Nearly one-half century, this grim old structure has faced the elements and responded to the wants of mankind. Long has its founders set their feet on another shore. Only two years ago it was abandoned for the last time. Could its walls speak great would be the incidents it would not doubt, relate. It was completed when Baker laid her first comer stone but was not run even a short time by the Episcopalians and they turned it over to the Lutherans who never opened its doors. Since then it has been used for a district school arid church of the neighborhood. Some of our citizens know its history like a book. On its faded and musty leaves is told the story of how some poor sinner first caught a glimpse of his Lord and how wisdom was first implanted in the younger mind. Upon 38 �clippings carefully placed between the leaves of this volume. we glean some of the agents that were also the "first fruits" of Kansas. For fifty long years those who constructed this school house have lived in its immediate neighborhood. Horace Greely once spoke in its halls. Because of its outlook the town of Prairie City was founded and General James Lane was its first president and it then became the rival of Palmyra. Under a nearby elm tree J. F. Prouty started one of the first papers ever published in Kansas and later established the Capital at Topeka. Credit must be given to Prairie City for the erection of the first college building in the state but it was not opened. From the closing of their school because of the lack of support the city began to wane until today the last prominent land mark of the neighborhood is being carried away and all that will be left is the Prairie City Cemetery Masonic Temple Building From: The Centennial History and roster, 24 September, 1855- 24 September 24, 1955 On Historic Ground. It is probably not known to many that the site of the present Masonic Temple, at 1001 Massachusetts, was the scene of Masonic activities long before it was acquired for use as a Temple building spot. It was formerly owned by the Methodist Church, the records showing its purchase by that group on November 7, 1863. A meeting place for the Church was erected here soon thereafter, and on July 4, 1864, the cornerstone was laid by the Most worshipful Grand Lodge AF. & AM of Kansas. Worshipful Brother O. W. McAllaster, Master of Lawrence Lodge at the time, represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master on this occasion. A further item of considerable interest will be found in the old minutes of the Lodge under date of December 27, 1864, which describes the public installation of the officers selected to serve during 1865. This public ceremony was held in the then new Methodist Church. The minutes sow the following as having been installed on that date on the very ground where the Temple now stands: Paul R. Brooks- Worshipful Master, Joseph Cracklin- Senior Warden, Richard A Hayes- Junior Warden, E.W. Wood- Treasurer, E.B. Hayes-Secretary, Robert L. Gilbert- Senior Deacon, James M. Davis-Junior Deacon, Justus Assmann-Tyler, Solon O. Thacher-Orator, W.H. Fisher- Chaplain. The building and grounds owned by the Methodist Church at this spot was transferred to J. B. Watkins July 5, 1890, and later acquired by the Lawrence Masonic Temple Building Company in 1909. The Masonic Temple was erected and occupied by the various Masonic bodies in the year 1911. 39 �JOHN EASTER BUILT FIRST DENVER HOUSE John Easter, the man who built the first house in Denver, is visiting here. He came to attend the stockman's convention last week and had a jolly time of it, despite his 77 years. Incidentally, he is here also to visit the Pioneer society, meet those rugged companions of other days and talk over those halcyon days. Mr Easter has been living in Goldfield, Colorado for many years. He is justice of the peace there, owns property and still builds houses for others. He has no immediate relatives, all of his family having passed over the range, leaving him alone. Everybody in that country knows him for miles around and they love and venerate him. "Yes, Roswell Hutchins, who died at Murcur, Utah, October 6, 1902, and myselfbuiIt the first house in what is now the magnificent city of Denver. It was a log house. We cut the timber from a clump of woods which grew where the Union depot is not. This was in the fall fo 1858. I remember that one morning Roswell and myself went to the woods to cut timber for the house and I killed a big buck deer that ran from among the trees. Of cours, we had deer meat for some time." "But It me begin at the beginning and tell the events .that led up to my coming out here. I was living in Lawrence, Kansas. They were stirring times then in that neck of the woods. I organized the Lawrence company and we started for Colorado which was then a part of the Kansas Territory. I had fourteen wagons-ten ox teams, three horse teams and one mule outfit. We left Lawrence, May 29, 1858." "I'm a bit ahead of my story yet. The Delaware tribe ofIndians was at Lawrence then. In 1857 Col. Sumner came West with United States troops. Fall Leafretumed to Lawrence after the campaign and showed me a lot of gold nuggets which he said he had picked up in Colorado. I had heard from the California forty-niners who returned to Lawrence that they had stopped in Colorado and found coloring of gold there. This is what determined me to go West." "Well, we started out with our wagons full of grub and stuff. On July 3, 1858, we camped on the Fountains Queboulle, near what is now Colorado Springs. The next day was the 'Glorious Fourth', our nation's birthday, so we celebrated it in great style. There were forty-six men and two women with my party. Among them were A.C. Wright and Frank Cobb, both of whom are now living in Denver. Jly 5 we broke camp and started towards Fort Garland, moving by slow stages. We heard that gold could be found there." "Mexicans and Indians traveling between Mexico and Fort Laramie, Wyoming came along by us and reported a big strike in Gray's gulch, near what is known as Fort Collins. We turned and made for that place. But when we got to what is now Denver, we stopped. It was a pretty 40 �stretch of rolling prairie, wooded here and there, with vegetation rank and wild as we looked toward that is now the Capitol Hill section. STOPPED AT CHERRY CREEK AND LAID OUT A TOWN "Our camp was about half a mile or more up Cherry Creek from its mouth at the Platte. The site was near where the county hospital stands now. Some days late we moved up the Platte River for three or four miles and laid out the town of Montana City. This was in September, 1858. I knew that was not the place for a town and said so, because it was too far fromthe government's military road, which crossed Cherry Creek where Blake street is now and ran a hundred yards towards the mouth at the Platte river. The Fourteenth street viaduct is over the old road." "Believing as I did, Hutchins and myself moved down from the Montana City site to a point immediately across Cherry Creek, on what is Blake street now, and there decided to build our log cabin. The chances to us were that there ever was a town here it would begin there. Montana City, founded by the Lawrence company, did not thrive. The proposed town came down to where we were." "We finished our house in October. It was not pretentious just a small two-room abode~ made comfortable in a way. There was wild game a-plenty about then. It was common for one of us to take down our rifle and bage a fine buck whenever we needed fresh meat. Antelope were varied with venison." "Having started our town, which was laid out in a fashion between Cherry creek and Platte river, and what is now known as West Denver, we called in 'Auraria' -land of the gold. New people came in and the town flourished a-pace, becoming a busy little hamlet before the year closed. Among the citizens of the town we claimed Kit Carson, who came up from the South and remained with us until 1860. He was a pretty clever kind of a chap then and made a reputation later. We did some placer mining in the Platte and Cherry creek, panning out some gold in a primitive way." "In December, 1858, the name was changed to St. Charles by Gen. Blake, Charles Lawrence, 'Pink' Stout and Charles Blake, after whom streets in Denver are now called, and McGarr, better known as 'Jack Jones", was also here. He had a squaw wife." CHANGED TOWN'S NAME IN HONOR OF GEN. DENVER "In the spring of 1859 General Denver was appointed governor of Kansas. He shortly after going into office qppointed a commission of three, on of whom was 'Hickory' Rogers. I do not recall the other two. We organized that portion of the town east of Cherry creek and called it Denver, after Gov. Denver. It grew rapidly." 41 �"1 left here in 1861, going back to Kansas and settling in Leavenworth, where 1 remained until 1872. Then 1 went to Portland, Oregon. Remaining there until 1876, 1 made the trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota." "The Leadville boom came on about then, and 1 went there, remaining until 1884. Thence 1 went to Douglas, Wyoming, about the time the Chicago and Northwestern railroad was opened to that town. After three years there, 1 went back to the Northwest stopping in Spokane, Washington. 1 was there when the town was destroyed by fire. Portland, Vancouver and Ellenburg were also burned about the same time. This was late in the 80's. 1 returned to Colorado and settled in Goldfield in 1894 and have been there ever since." "1 should be worth $200,000,000, and 1 guess 1 would had 1 remained here and held on to what real estate 1 possessed in those pioneer days. Why, there was a chap with me-Blood by namewho had sixteen lots. He sold one for practically nothing and then the other fifteen for $14, or about ninety cents apiece. This property is on Blake street, near fifteenth now and is worth a good price, 1 understand. " Mr. Easter is guest of his old friend, Paul M. North, a local attorney, who has known him for many years intimately. Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2013 dues can be paid now. 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' PubHshedQuarterly By: ..... . ilougtas Counts Genealogical.· Societg . . . P.o. BOX 36.64. . . • . '. LAWRENCE; KANSAS' 66046-0664 .... . ~• �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold G1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 January - December, 2013 Volume 36, no.1-4 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society ' 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari M;ohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard Wellman 'rwwellman@Embarqmail.com Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at The Final Fridays at the Watkins Museum at 5:30 to 7pm. They\are announced by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. 1 �Until the Lawrence Public Library is renovated the Family History books are in various places in the temporary location at 7th and New Hampshire in the old Borders store. Some titles are in storage and must be requested but the microfIlm and city directories are in the library. We will see what the new space will be like in summer of 2014. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is not an easy decision for me, as editor, to make, but this will be my last issue as editor. I simply must have more time to do my own genealogy and other projects. If anyone is interested in taking over The Pioneer I will be eternally grateful. There are several members who will feed you articles but the editor has been the one who has to get most of the information together. Hopefully someone will volunteer. If not we will notify everyone that this is the last issue. Mary Burchill, burchill@ku.edu. Truths back 0/ the Uncle Jimmy Myth by Kate Stephens. c. 1924 The University of Kansas in the eighteen-seventies when General Fraser was Chancellor. When in the spring of 1861, President Lincoln issues the call for seventy-five thousand troops, my Father locked the door of his office, enlisted men in neighboring townships and took to Washington his Company of New York volunteers. His history, within a few months, was that of many a soldier afterwards;..--an invalid sent home from a Baltimore hospital. "Two years to live," the doctors said, and sentenced him to a climate in the 2 �South, and every day on horseback. The stimulating dryness of the plateau shelving east to the Mississippi, however - and the spirit of a people there-he found more agreeable to his needs. He bought a couple of hundred acres touching the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and set on foot their ordering. The beauty of this farm was great, as I have elsewhere told. Wooded ground which had never known the plough lay on its· southern border, along a little amber stream called "brewery brook," and on the north a band, half a mile long, of primeval forest stretched from highway to river. Nature had planted the woods after her fashion of making her garden, and in the shade of hickories and oaks wild geranium and columbine blossomed, and windflowers nodded, and purple violets carpeted the earth in spring. A most striking figure of the south woods, a black walnut, stood with the girth of more than twenty feet-.rising in majesty and aloofness so apart from its brothers, and their shade, that the sun had rounded its branches to an almost perfect globe. A little way off, intersecting this woodland, a ravine ran north and south, and a sycamore, laid low by some wind, had spanned it. Upon the sycamore's satiny bark we walked across then river-waters filled the ravine in time ofKaw flood. An upon this trunk, warm afternoons in spring, I say and studied while below frogs chorused and water-bugs skated. Of other symphonies of this farm I have told in my book, "Life at Laurel Town: In Anglo-Saxon Kansas." And also of Lawrence, its people, their characteristic spirit, and the beloved institution of their heirship. The Un~versity of Kansas-its ideals, its liberalisms, its conservatisms, its personnel-were then in their cotyledonous beginnings. Officers of the institution visited at our house, and my Father, watching seed-plantings and germinations often urged the foundation of a School of Law. A visit of General John Fraser my memory associates with crimson-tinted sunlight filtering down upon ripe fields, and stamps the day as the. latter part 3 �of August-the year 1872. General Fraser had, in 1868 become chancellor-an Aberdeenshire man, bred in Scotland even through his university studies, a true Scot, nervous, high-strung, temperamental, dour some days, and perhaps "captious" (captions was a favorite word of his ), more often the embodiment of amiability and intelligent kindness; at all times as refreshing and full of vitality as an east wind straight from the sea. That afternoon the Chancellor was at his best-buoyant with high spirits and a crackling fire of wit. His gaieties were so bountiful that they fell almost as commonplaces. Because oflater associations my memory retains one instance that I may be permitted to cite. He spoke of Scotland-as he did at times, I think with a shade of longing once more to see its romantic face-and then added, "God made Scotland." Whereupon I, favored youngster that I was, out with Dr. Johnson's retort, "If He did, He made it for Scotchmen." Chancellor Fraser caught up my quotation with a burst of laughter, and, in his full throaty voice, warm with human feeling, cried, "Pooh, pooh, Dr. Johnson was laid on a shelf long ago, von Moltke." In one of his sallies he had fixed the name "von Moltke" on me-after the general of the Franco-German war known, the Chancellor declared, "for his short and decisive campaigns." (Ed. Note. This is only a small portion of her book. She was the daughter of Judge Stephens and an outspoken woman on almost everything.) A LITTLE BLAZE The Baldwin Ledger, 4 Jan. 1907 Thursday morning about 7 :30 0' clock the fire bell rang, announcing that a fire was devouring the residence of Mr. T. B. Shore in West Baldwin. As usual the fire department made its spectacular run and arrived in time to see that the fIre had been extinguished. The cause of the fire was an explosion of gas which for a time seemed to be serious, but by prompt action in turning off the gas the fire was put out and only slight damage was done by burning some paper and slightly marring the appearance of the room where the explosion occurred. 4 �IT IS TIME TO HAVE TIME The Baldwin Ledger, 29 Nov. 1912 Last Sunday morning the services at the Methodist church was five minutes past correct time in starting. There seemed to be some confusion on the part of the officers of the Sunday School and of the church as to what actually was correct time. The incident was the occasion for the remark by the pastor that in Baldwin City we have many kinds oftime. Yes we have school time, college time, Yauslin time, railroad time, postoffice time, church time, Sunday School time, a good time, and behind time; many people being afflicted with the latter. In the minds of many people the only way in which this situation can be remedied is by having in the postoffice a regulator set hourly by the Western Union Telegraph Co. The charge made by the Telegraph Co. for this service is $25 per year for each clock. Before it will be possible for us to have this service, however, it will be necessary for the city to have a wire from the depot. The college has already agreed to install two of these clocks in the college buildings if the wire will be installed by the city. The city already has a line of poles to t~e depot on which the wire could be hung. It hardly seems that the city council could do better that to invest a little money in wire and give the town and college the advantage of standard time. WHAT A LITTLE TOWN HAS DONE The Baldwin Ledger, 15 Nov. 1912 [Reprinted from K. C. Times] This town has done wonders in the past ten years. Ten years ago there was no fine church, no big gymnasium, and not a single public improvement. We have passed through fire and much distress, not to say anything about bitter contests at the polls, but today's Baldwin City can show to the people of Kansas the greatest advancement and the largest liberality in proportion to the size of the town of any community in the state, and it is doubtful if there is any equal in the United States. [Quoted from an earlier issue of The Ledger.] 5 �Civic achievement is a mighty proud boast for a small town, and Baldwin has "the goods" to prove its right to boast. Ten years ago the stranger who visited Baldwin immediately set himself to the task of trying to solve the problems as to why the Methodists of Kansas selected that town as the location for their big Western school. In the first place he left the train at a place called Media, and found that in order actually to get to Baldwin he must either walk a mile over a country road lined on one side by an unsafe board walk or ride the distance in a lumbering old "bus" that could only make the trip when the weather was fair and the roads dry. A long "stretch" of "bottom land" that defined transportation or navigation during the· winter and spring months practically served communication between Baldwin and the railroad during the time of the year that anyone cared to visit the town. ANOTHER FORTY-NINER DEAD The Baldwin Ledger, 24 Jan. 1913 Baldwin is, in many respects, the "Concord of Kansas." Here was enacted some of the most stirring events of the West. Many of the few who took an active part in this winning of the West, still live; while many in the old burying grounds around B"aldwin City have found their last resting place. The past week one of these old pioneers,Samuel Gidion, died when nearly 83 years old, at the home of his nephew in Western Kansas, and was brought back to historical Baldwin City to be buried. "Gid" Mozingo *, as he was commonly known, came west in 1845 when 15 years of age, and crossed the Missouri river at Westport Landing with a government wagon train. His sister homesteaded **east ofBaldwin City near Black Jack, but "Gid" worked for the government as a blacksmith and crossed the great American desert many times. As a pony express rider across the wilds of the Kansas territory he had many thrilling experiences and hair-breadth escapes, and as a government scout helped fight Indians and other outlaws. He was a man of magnificent physique, being over six feet tall, and a man who knew no fear. He made a fortune almost in a day in the gold fields of California as a "forty-niner," and afterward dug gold in Nevada and in the Yukon. 6 �He was a typical westerner. Few of this day have seen as much western history in the making as he. Loyal to his friends, generous to a fault, rough and ready, he summed up the plains-man's virtues and vices. Only a few people of this day remember him and so when his body was shipped from the west, but a handful of folks gathered to pay their respects to the old pioneer and carry him to his last resting place. Rev. Meredith, of the Presbyterian church, at the request of friends conducted a simple service at the grave. Thus have many of the men of another day lingered in our midst almost strangers to us of another generation, and died without making hardly a ripple on the flood of modem life. Soon, with the, buffalo, the Indian and prairie schooner, the last ofthe pioneers will pass over the Great Divide and be known to us only through the histories of the West. NOTES: *Baldwin City Oakwood Cemetery records list him as SAMUEL MOZINGO, main section, row 12, lot 39. ** Probably means established a "homestead" as the Homestead Act of 1862 was not passed until after the land in Douglas Co. was already settled. LIFE A CENTURY AGO The Baldwin Ledger 1 February 190 I (Ed. Note. These are always fun.) Over one hundred years ago man could take a ride on a steam boat. He could not go from Washington to New York in a few hours. He had never seen an electric light nor dreamed of an electric car. He could not send a telegram. He couldn't talk through a telephone and he never heard ofthe Hello girl. He couldn't ride a bicycle. 7 �He could not call in a stenographer or dictate a letter. He had never received a typewritten communication. He had never heard of the germ theory or worried over bacilli and bacteria. He never looked pleasant before a photographer or had his picture taken. He never heard a phonograph talk or saw a kintescope tum out a prize fight. He never saw through a Webster' s Unabridged Dictionary with the aid of a Roentgen ray. He had never taken a ride in an elevator. He had never imagined such a thing as a type-setting machine or a ' typewriter. He hadn't used anything but a wood plow. He had never seen his wife using a sewing machine. He had never struck a match on his pants or anything else. He couldn't take an anesthetic and have his leg cut offwithout feeling it. He had never purchased a ten-cent magazine which would have been regarded as a miracle of art. He could not buy a paper for a cent and learn everything that had happened all over the world the day before. He had never seen a McCormick reaper or self-binding harvester. He had never crossed an iron bridge. There were several things he could not do and several things that he did not know. (Ed. Note. I wonder if anyone under 20 would even know what is being talked about on a lot of these.) SIX MONTHS OLDER The Baldwin Republican 24 October 1902. In last weeks Mail and Breeze an article appeared claiming that Wm. 8 ) �Britton of Alton, was the oldest living resident of Kansas which certainly is a mistake as palmyra township has a resident, in the person of R.H. Pearson, of Black Jack, who located his claim, now the Beeks farmju~t north of Baldwin, May 15th , 1854, while Mr. Brittian [note change of spelling] according to the Mail and Breeze did not locate until the fall of that year. R.H. Pearson was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1st, 1828 and with his parents, in 1832 emigrated to America, locating at Alleghaney City, PA, living there until the California gold fever swept over the United States, when he went to California, where he was in 1853 and early '54, when the bill was in Congress for the opening of Kansas and Nebraska. The talk among the California miners at that time was that Nebraska would be a free state and Kansas a slave state, and the emigration fever again entered Mr. Pearson's blood, and he left the gold fields for the new country of Nebraska and Kansas, going by the way of Panama and New York, and after a short visit with his parents in Pennsylvania came on west by steam boat to Kansas City, then a small town and only boasting one small hotel. There he met Joel K. Goodwin, (who was afterwards killed by Jim Lane) Gayes Jinkins and Henry Barricklow, Jr., who invited him to join their party and go with them to look for townsites in the new country, but they desired locating in Kansas in preference to Nebraska, claiming that Kansas never would be a slave state. The party first went to St. Joe, from there to Weston, opposite Ft. Leavenworth and then to the Fort to obtain news in regard to the opening of the new country. They were told if they located back thirty miles from the State Line the Government troops would not molest them. Leaving the Fort they returned to Kansas City where Pearson and Barricklow purchased, .each a pony, the rest of the party leasing a team and wagon, and early in May traveled west, leaving civilization behind, but passing many Indians with herds of ponies, crossing the Kaw river at where Lwrence now stands, then west to Big Springs, there the party turned back, returning as far as 9 �Mt. Dread, which the party decided was the best townsite location they had seen, they then turned south, keeping along the Government road until they came to what is now called Willow Springs, then east to Hickory point, there they saw a wagon about 200 yards from the road. Pearson and Barricklow decided on a visit to it and found a woman and three children, with about half a dozen Kaw Indians standing around which was causing the woman much uneasiness. She called Pearson to one side and asked him and his party to remain awhile until her husband who was away to purchase a cow should return. The party remained awhile, Barricklow stopped three days and Pearson is still remaining. The lady told them there were many good claims and that her husband, a Mr. Kibby would help them make a selection, and by the way this Kibby was the man who killed a pro-slavery man by the name ofDavis, at Lawrence, during an election, which is supposed to have been the first death in the cause which brought on the Civil War. A pro-slavery man was burning anti-slavery men's cabins and Kibby insisted that he stop, Davis took the matter up, and began stricking[sic] at Kibby with a knife. Kibby had a pistol loaded with eight shot, and capped with a cap furnished by Pearson and as Davis again advanced, shot him, the whole load of buckshot entering the man's stomach, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Pearson pre-empted his farm, and the next spring Barricklow returned, accompanied by Nehemia Green,(who was Lieut. Govemot) L.F. Green and Dan Johnson and wife who also settled near here. Mr. Pearson was all through the boarder[sic] warfare, being at the battle of Black Jack, Blanton's Bridge, Prices Raid at Kansas City, at Lawrence in 1855, at Bull Creek and East Tauy, besides helping to persuade many a pro-slavery men that Kansas did not desire to be a slave state, and received an honorable discharge from the U.S. government. He is now getting along in years, but is yet very active and energetic, and -owns a farm of 240 acres on which the battle of Black Jack was fought. 10 �We believe this gives Mr. Pearson the claim to being the oldest living settler of Kansas, having pre-empted what is now the Beeks farm in Palmyra township, Douglas County, Kans, May 15th, 1854, and is still a resident of the same township. This is from In the Beginning: Centennial History and Roster, Lawrence Lodge no. 6, AF and AM September 24, 1855 to September 24, 1955. It is probably not known to many that the site of the present Masonic" temple, at 1001 Massachusetts, was the scene of Masonic activities long before it was acquired for use as a Temple building spot. It was formerly owned by the Methodist Church, the records showing its purchase by that 'group on November, 1863. A meeting place for the church was erected here soon thereafter, and on July 4, 1864, the cornerstone was laid by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M of Kansas. Worshipful Brother O.W. McAllaster, Master of Lawrence Lodge No.6 at the time, represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master on this occasion. A further item of considerable interest will be found in the old minutes of the Lodge under date of December 27, 1864, which describes the public installations of the officers selected to serve during 1865. This public ceremony was held in the then new Methodist church. The minutes show the following as having been installed on the date on the very ground where the Temple now stands: Paul R. Brooks, Worshipful Master, Joseph Cracklin, Senior Warden, Richard A. Hayes, Junior Warden, E.W. Wood, Treasurer, E.B. Hayes, Secretary, Robert L. Gilbert, Senior Deacon, James M. Davis, Junior Deacon, Justus Assmann, Tyler, Solon O. Thacher, Orator, W.H. Fisher, Chaplain. The building and grounds owned by the Methodist Church at the spot Were transferred to J.B Watkins on July 5, 1890, and later acquired by the 11 �La~ence Masonic Temple Building Company in 1909. The Masonic Temple was erected and occupied by the various Masonic bodies in the year 1911. (Ed. Note The Temple has since been sold and the Masons m~ved to another location. The Temple is presently a nightclub.) (Ed. Note. I came across this article while doing research on Elizabeth Watkins) Lawrence Journal World 30 July 1923. Met sudden death in road accident Frank V. Miller instantly killed on Fort to Fort Highway. Stutz car was upset. Was nephew of Mrs. J.B. Watkins and Director of Bank. Frank V. Miller of2117 Massachusetts, nephew ofMrs. J.B. Watkins and a director in the Watkins· National Bank, was instantly killed early yesterday morning in a motor car accident on the fort to fort road in Shawnee County. With Maurice T. Benedict and Mrs. Earl Newcomer of Kansas City he was on the way to Topeka" when the Harry C. Stutz car in which they were driving got out of control, skidded and rolled completely over. Miller's skull was crushed when the car turned over. An approaching car with brilliant headlights is said to have blinded the driver, causing him to get off the road while attempting to drive as near the edge of the concrete pavement as possible. Maurice T. Benedict, insurance agent was driver of the car and Mrs. Earl T . Newcomer, whose husband is associated with D. W. Newcomer's sons, Kansas City, was a passenger. Benedict was uninjured. Mrs. Newcomer's 12 �collar bone was broken. The injury was dressed at the Simmons hospital after she was brought back to town and she left on an early train for Kansas City, where she was taken to St. Joseph hospital. Her condition is not serious it was said today. Miller, Benedict and Mrs. Newcomer had been attending a farewell party given for Dick Williams, assistant cashier of the Watkins Bank, who had resigned to take a position with the Newcomer ftrm in Kansas City. After dancing at the Sigma Nu house until about 11 :30 members of the party decided to go to Topeka for a ride and an early breakfast. The Harry C. Stutz car was the last of 4 cars which carried the party to Topeka. After the accident Mrs. Newcomer went to a farmhouse about 50 yards distant and called the Cremeric restaurant in Topeka, where she knew the party was going. Her call reached there at 20 minutes to 1, her husband Earl T. Newcomer, said today. Earl T. Newcomer was graduated from the School of Engineering at the University in 1915. His wife was Miss Gertrude Spect, a Kansas City girl. Mrs. Frank Miller was in Topeka when the news of the tragedy reached the remainder of the party, A.B. Mitchell and Dick Williams got a physician and hurried to the scene of the accident. Dr. H.L Clark, Shawnee County Coroner, was called to the scene. He said an inquest would be held Tuesday. Miller's body was bought to Lawrence and Mrs. Newcomer and Benedict were brought home by other members of the party. Those who were in the party were: Mr. And Mrs. Newcomer, Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Alexander, Kansas City; Gordon Saunders, Kansas City; Miss Margaret Graye, Lake Charles, Louisiana-half sister to Mr. Miller; Maurice T. Benedict, Lawrence; Mr. and Mrs. Miller; Mr. and 13 �Mrs. Dick Williams; W. T. Dinkins, Kansas City; and Miss Agnes DeMar Gossard of New York City-sister of Mrs. Dick Williams. Dr. H.L Clark, Shawnee County Coroner, told a Journal World reporter today that he had not yet fixed the hour at which the inquest would be held tomorrow. He also told of some of the conditions he had observed while at the scene of the accident. "The dirt shoulder was flush with the concrete at the place where the Stutz first left the road on the right hand side, and it was hard dirt," said Dr. Clark. "It appeared that the car had got a little off the road and that an attempt to get it back caused it to cross over to the left side of the road at a sharp angle. Then another effort to right the car caused the rear wheels to swing out into the ditch on the left side." "The car slid sidewise for a considerable distance until the rear wheels struck a small pile of stones in the ditch. Then it was overturned and rolled completely over fmally standing upright on the wheels." "The place where the car stopped was sixty feet from the place where it went off the left side of the road, and 175 feet from where the wheels first ran out on the shoulder on the right hand side of the concrete." "I was called about 20'clock. From what 1 had been able to learn, the accident happened a little before 10' clock." "The accident happened only a short distance from the farm home of Michael Werner, from which Mrs. Newcomer telephoned to Topeka." "Werner heard the smash and heard a woman scream. He rose and dressed and went out to help as quickly as possible. He found the car standing upright and Millers body in its place in the car. All of the 14 �occupants of the car remained in their seats when the car turned over." "From all I was able to observe, it was apparent that the car must have been going fast when the accident occurred." "When the rear wheels of the car went into the ditch, the understructure of the car dragged on the shoulder at the edge of the road until the car overturned. The car was damaged only slightly and was. driven back to Lawrence by Bennie Carman. The car is the property of Frank Benedict, brother of Maurice. Frank Miller had spent his early life in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but had come to Lawrence in about 1912 to attend the University and act as secretary to his uncle, J.B. Watkins. He attended th University for 3 years and left in 1917 to join the army. He served as 2nd Lieutenant of infantry overseas.. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Miller was believed to have been sole heir to the estate of Mrs. J.B. Watkins,.which is estimated at nearly 2 million dollars. He married Miss Louise Monday . ofLake Charles, Louisiana, a year and four months ago. He was 27 years old. The death of Frank Miller comes as a particular loss to scores of his personal friends about Lawrence. "Lugs" Miller was quiet and unassuming in his manner and a pleasant companion. In recent years he has assumed increasing business responsibilities in a creditable manner. Mrs. J.B. Watkins, who was spending the summer in Bay View, Michigan, left for Lawrence on receipt of word of the death of Mr. Miller and is expected to arrive late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Mr. Miller's mother, Mrs. J.A. Graye, his half-sister and Mrs. Miller's parents are on the way to Lawrence from Lake Charles. No arrangements will be made for the funeral services until after the relative have arrived. 15 �THE LOGO of the Douglas County Genealogy Society In the fall of 1982, after hearing many suggestions that the society needed a logo; Jean Snedeger and I sat in Perkins Restaurant discussing some of the things we thought should make up a suitable logo. One thought was a outline of Douglas County with footprints across it. Another idea was the county with a covered wagon in the middle. These and other ideas after some time evolved into the present Logo which is the cover from own magazine "The Pioneer" enlarged and cleaned up or simplified. At this time I was substitute editor of 'The Pioneer" (Judy Sweets the elected editor had went away to the east with her family) and I could see that I did not have the time, patience .or skill to fmish the Logo and present it to the society, so I called Cynthia Schott, a member of the society, who worked on enlarging and lettering for the emblem. John Banta then saw the unfmished work in my home and asked if he could work on it. He spent many hours cleaning up the logo, rearranging the letters, adding the dates and putting the whole thing in an acceptable form to present to the Board and to the membership. The Logo was voted on at the general meeting and accepted by the society. Later John had a rubber stamp made by Stanley Harris and presented it to the society. Sept. 6, 1983, about a year after the beginning of the logo Jean Snedeger took the hand colored emblem to Francis Sporting Goods to have patches made. Signed Grace Embers 16 �submitted by Don Vaughn MARGARET ROBBINS QUAYLE The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Feb. 1914 "There like an Eden blossoming in gladness Bloom the fair flowers the earth too rudely" Bessie Robbins we called her in those days not long ago. She had been born in Arizona where her father was Surveyor General for the State, but he ended his labors when she was a mere child and was brought to this historic town for Burial. Her mother then remained here and the little child learned to play at the knee of her grandfather, Dr.. Werter R. Davis, first president of Baker University, who was then pastor of the Methodist church in this city. A few years passed and William A. Quayle came into her life to be a real father. When he . became pastor of a large church in Kansas City she budded into young womanhood and made many friends. Here it was that a street car accident inflicted a wound that never healed. An every-day accident, you say, and yet it made a heroine of her life. For thirteen long years she has endured pain and suffered untold agony. Twenty-one distinct times has she placed her life in the hands of surgeons. But every time she would rally and smile into the face of the world. When Dr. Quayle was called to Chicago, she forgot her pain at times in her joy in studying art. She made many art sketches for the great Marshall Field store until she had not the physical strength to meet their demands. Most any of us can face death once when we think it is our only hope to live, but who of us could do so for two score times and some of those times when we looked down into the shadow without our friends knowing it, in order not to cause them anxiety. The radium treatment at Baltimore was finally sought but even this would not avail and yet with a brave face she turned her look westward to be with friends. In her last hours she counted her mercies, her many joys and sweet companionships and did all she could to comfort her mother in the trying hour. From the Chicago hospital, where she closed her eyes last Monday, she was brought to her father's cottage just recently erected for their vacation comfort. Flowers from many cities and from many friends perfumed the room where the family, many times scattered, spent a short hour with her. There was a sweet hymn and sweeter words, a prayer, a hush and a sob, but she who had braved it all smiled on. We have many heroes in our cemetery, men who have faced terrific battle and men who 17 �have faced many crises. But a hero in peace is no less a hero than a hero in time of war or great public catastrophe. Her grandfather was a hero in war and she was a heroine in peace. A rare flower crushed with drooping leaves but the fragrance will remain with us forever. We stand with uncovered head but with admiration in our eyes for the iron in the soul of a girl whose bravery is not surpassed. God took her, but her example remains as a sweet heritage to all who knew her STAND BY OLD TRAIL The Baldwin Ledger, 3 Apr. 1914 D.A.R. Address Calls for History of the Trail, and for Good Roads. Mrs. T. A. Cordry, of Parsons, historian of the D.A.R., gave the following address at a recent session at Ottawa which covers points of vita! interest to all people in this community. The address follows: During the summer and fall, I re~eived many requests for information regarding the Old Santa Fe Trail in Kansas and the way the Daughters marked it, from D.A.R's, and club women all over the United States. I finally made 15 typewritten copies, and they are gone. No one sent postage, and only one acknowledged my help with a thank you letter, and that was a lady in Brooklyn. I was particularly interested in the stand taken by Judge J.B. Lowe, president of the Old Trails movement, that the old trail should not be given up for the Golden Belt route. I wrote to hi~, and his reply I prize very highly. He said in part, "In an age of criticism, it is like a refreshing shower in a season of drought, to receive such a commendatory letter as yours." I also wrote to Senator Bristow and Senator Thompson asking them to use their influence against the Shackelford bill in Congress, which place all of the National road money in the hands of the governor to place as he pleases. Replies from both were pleasing. Before Christmas, when so much was being published on the proposed high school relay on the Old Santa Fe Trail, I had a friend figure on what it would cost to publish my story of the parking of the Santa Fe Trail in pamphlet form. Sickness stopped my work for awhile. Then I argued, if we should publish it, let it be in a handsome book form that we, -as Daughters of the American Revolution, can be proud of. With the consent of our State Regent, I got prices. This I will give to the Conference under the head of new business. The past two months I have carefully gone over my story, to see that it was absolutely correct. I have answered calls for the history of the Sons of the Revolution. Gave the tribute to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and the D.A.R. at the Daughters Memorial service the 22ndof February in Parsons. Have added several biographies to my history. Have received two valuable 18 �papers, one from Mrs. T. E. Chandler of Ottawa on "The Old Indian Burying Ground," and the other from Mrs. R. R. Bittman of Independence on her research work in connection with the place where there was a massacre in 1863 on Rebel Creek in Montgomery county. I urge the Daughters to gather local history, especially from the old settlers who are so fast passing away. Have a file book and keep your findings, and have a scrap book and put the obituaries of these old timers. And another thing, make friends with these old people who have stories of history in their head we can never fmd in a book. Ihave made a State Historical's Scrap Book, with clippings that I found with Miss Meeker's secretary's books and those sent me from time to time by the chapters. Oneihing I wish that you would do - please put the date on your clipping, as "last Saturday" is not very defmite time to me. Our genealogist wishes the story of our Revolutionary ancestors, as what little we put on our application papers is not much. Ifwe have family traditions and stories about that ancestor, write it out. Then if you will send. this to me, I will put it in proper form to send the Historian general or the genealogist. May I ask this for your work this coming year? Kansas Daughters have had on their rolls seven real Daughters, four are dead, one in Lawrence, one in Kansas City, Mo., one in Topeka and one in Lebo. Another real Daughter but not a member of our society, is buried in Atchison. It would be a proper thing to properly mark these graves. Hey Bear sold The Baldwin Ledger, 12 Aug. 1932 The cilWatnOn bear, which Will Hey captured last April in Minnesota and has had at his home since, was sold to a Kansas City restauraI).t last week for advertising purposes. A man at the restaurant will give wrestling demonstrations with the bear in front of the establishment to attract crowds. The bear had become quite a favorite with the children in the north part of town, although it had not become thoroughly tamed. TAKES THE OLD NAME The Baldwin Ledger, 27 Sep. 1912 19 �Baldwin City Postoffice is Given Its Former Name _. Same as the Town - To Save Much Confusion. Beginning next Tuesday, Oct. 1, the name of the postoffice at this place will be Baldwin City. Ever since the organization of this town in 1855, the legal and corporate name of the town has been Baldwin City. From the beginning, and for some years the postoffice had the same name. Under a former administration, and for reasons not now apparent, the name of the postoffice was changed to Baldwin. As the years have passed this has led to much legal confusion. The city council has been compelled to re-publish city ordinances because they had the name of the town described as Baldwin instead of Baldwin City. Deeds have had to be re-written. You cannot give a deed for a town lot in Baldwin, Kansas, for there is no such town in Kansas. Look at your tax receipt or your deed to your cemetery lot and you will fmd that all property is vested in the name of Baldwin City. But this has not been the only difficulty. There are 19 towns in the United States having the name Baldwin. Their postoffices have the same name. The postoffice at this place is the only one of the 19 that is a second class office. Of the remaining 18 two are small third-class offices and the remainder are fourth class offices - conducted in connection with a country store and hence not given first consideration as at this place. The result of this is that much mail is missent and therefore delayed. One Baldwin City merchant told us the other day that he had a valuable package go to Baldwin, KY., and remain there for some days and it was with great difficulty that he was able to locate it. On the other hand, this office being the most prominent of its name in the United States, is constantly getting mail destined to other states. Postal clerks read the name Baldwin and take it for granted that it comes to Kansas. Our mail is now so large that postal clerks running out of Chicago and St. Louis and Denver make up sacks direct for this place. This is probably not the case with any of the other 18 offices having, the same name. There is hardly a day passes and never a week that mail intended for other offices having the same name does not come to this office. Some months since the attention of the Postoffice Department was called to this condition of things and it was suggested that probably the best way to remedy matters was to make the postoffice the same name as the town as it had formerly been. Following the usual routine, the Postoffice Department has ordered the old name restored and this order goes into effect next Tuesday. It is hoped that this will eliminate any legal confusion in the future and also make less frequent missent mail. NOTE FROM RICHARD (Richard Wellman who sends me all this Baldwin information. Thanks, Richard) According to Post Office official records, the name. "Baldwin City" was in effect from May 22, 20 �1862 until April 14, 1887. The shortened name "Baldwin" was in used from April 14, 1887 until Aug. 16, 1912. The actual date of transition in 1912 is even disputed. Since 1912, the Post Office and city name has been officially listed as Baldwin City. However, how many times has there been reference in conversation to our town of Baldwin? Do a "Google search" for Baldwin City and everything looks familiar, even down to the Maple Leaf Festival. Not quite so with a search only for Baldwin. The Baldwin Ledger, 10 Jan. 1919, page 8, col. 5 & 6 DEATH OF W. H . SWEET The news of the death of Dr. Wm. H. Sweet, Jan. 5th, at Centralia, Wash., comes as a sad message to many in Baldwin. While not known personally to a great number here at the present time, he will be recalled as a former president of Baker University, and one greatly beloved by all who knew him. W. H. Sweet was given the degree of A. B. by Ohio Wesleyan in 1872, and A. M. in 1875. From 1872 - 1877 he was professor of mathematics in Baker University and became her president in 1879 and his administration was continued until 1886, when he was succeeded by Dr. H. A. Goblin. He then served Kansas Wesleyan University as professor of Psychology and Ethics and later as field secretary, after which he held various pastorates in Kansas and was a member of General Conference, 1892 to 1896. He retired in 1915 from active service in the ch~ch having served faithfully for nearly a half century. J . ! Many things might be recalled relating to the presidency of Dr. Sweet and his connection with the town and school in those early days. Centenary Hall was built as the result of his untiring efforts. Science Hall being the only college building on the campus, and too much 21 �cannot be said of his undaunted zeal in the matter of fmancing the school and of inducing young people to attend Baker university. When he became president in 1879 there were 102 students enrolled and when he retired in 1886, the enrollment had reached 426, the increase being largely due to his personal efforts. At that time there were few trees, and fewer improvements. Pres. Sweet, with his own hands, planted many of the trees in and around the campus; was interested in the growth of the . town and built the house now owned by Mrs. J. H. Cundiff, which he occupied while he was president of Baker University. Our institution owes much to this man, to whose life and efforts we pause to pay tribute. SOME mSTORY OF THE MASONIC LODGE OF BALDWIN The Baldwin Ledger, 16 Oct. 1891 FIRE FIRE FIRE On last Monday night at about 11 o'clock Dan Briggs was riding down Main street when he discovered the building owned by the Mason's and occupied by A. Leake & Son with a harness shop to be on fire. He immediately gave the alarm and soon the streets were thronged with excited citizens and students. The fire company arrived before the fire had gotten wider good headway and by untiring work succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the building had entirely burned down. The building is so badly damaged however that it will be tom down probably to make room for a new one. The cause of the fire is unknown but is supposed to have caught from a match or cigar stub thrown down by someone, the G.A.R.'s having met in the hall above that evening. The insurance on the building was $600 while Mr. Leake only had $400 on his stock, but as most of the goods were saved his loss will be entirely covered. The building adjoining the one burned and occupied by R. W~ Bailey with a shoe shop was tom down in order to save the rest of the block. The next day our citizens made up money and gave him to partly compensate the loss he had sustained. FROM THE MAYOR In behalf of the citizens and property owners of Baldwin we desire to extend to the young men of the city and the students of the university our thanks for their activity and eI,lergy in extinguishing the fire on last Monday evening. The success in saving the property and stopping the fire was largely due to their bravery and energy and as citizens we feel under grant obligations to them for their kindness. James Murray, Mayor. 22 �NOTES: The wind favored us. Bob Bailey lost his awl. That little engine is the stuff. Several students were out after ten. Prof. Wood was among the hardest workers. Henry Humbert did a good business after the fire. The Masonic goat had his tail scorched,. R. W. Bailey has his shop in the Boyd room next to the book store. Dan Briggs received slight injuries while helping carry out the stock. Bet. Johnson and Davie Todd were fIrst to get out the fire engine. A. Leake & Son will occupy the Pittman & Thompson building. "The whole block will go some of these days" could be heard on every hand. Otsie Leake is a brave fireman and no mistake. He took big chances and did excellent work. The building would have burned in short order but for the way it is built and the hard oak material used in it. The town well is not nearly large enough in case of a big fire. As it was the well was exhausted before the fire was put out. The Masons have not decided where they will build but it will probably be on the same lot or on the Sullivan comer next to Schnebly's: . The Daily Journal, 3 December 1879 WESTERN NATIONAL FAIR The association incorporated and ready for work. The articles of incorporation for the great fair to be held at Bismarck Grove were filed with the Secretary of State on Monday. That our readers may have the benefit of the entire organization so far, we publish the document in full. Charter of the Western National Fair Association First-The name of the corporation is the "Western National Fair Association. " Second-It is formed for the purpose of holding annual fairs for the 23 �encouragement of agriculture, horticulture, mechanic, and the arts; the improvement of the breed of domestic animals, and the promotion of the general industrial interests of the country. Third-The places where the business is to be transacted are the city of Lawrence and Bismarck Grove, both in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas. F ourth-The time for which it is to exist is ten years. Fifth-The number of its directors is fifteen, and the directors appointed for the fIrst year are N.A. Adams, of Riley county; J.F. Keeney, of Trego county; Wm. Martindale of Greenwood county; Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Doniphan county; E.N. Morrill, of Brown county; John H. Rice, of Miami county; Geo. A. Crawford, of Bourbon county; L.C. Wasson, of Franklin county; L. Savory, of Lyon county; Levi Wilson, of Leavenworth county; and Gen. Lens, Isaac N. VanHoesen, J.D. Bowersock, and Samuel A. Riggs, of Douglas county, Kansas. Sixth-Its capital stock is $15,900, divided in 300 shares of$50 each. L.N.Van Housen S.A. Riggs H.J. Rushmer George Leis s. Steinberg C.C. Thacher J. S. Crew H.F. Canniff A.B. Warren George Innes A. Oliver J.D. Bowersock A.C. Dicker J.C. Wills T.D. Thacher H. Kesting W.J .R. Blackmar A. Katzenstein Geo. Y. Johnson J.A. Bliss G.W.Hume M. Summerfield W.A. Harris State of Kansas, Douglas County On this 29th day of November, A.D., 1879, before me, a notary public, in and for said county, came H.J. Canniff, H.J. Rushmer, J.S. Crew, George Y. Johnson, LH. Van Hoesen, George Leis, A.B. Warren, G.W. 24 �Hume, and S. Steinberg, to me personally known, who subscribed the foregoing instrument, and severally duly acknowledged the execution of the same. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed by name, and affixed my official seal, on the day and year last above written. J.A. Bliss, Notary Public I, James Smith, Secretary of State, of the the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original instrument of writing filed to my office, November 29, 1879. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed y name and affixed my official seal. Done at Topeka the 1st day of December, A.D. 1879. James Smith, Secretary of State A meeting of the directors will be called as soon as possible, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. In speaking of the fair Mr. Gould in his recent visit said: "This is the central point for all the thriving young cities of eastern Kansas, Leavenworth, Atchison, Topeka, 'Ottawa and others. It is accessible by rail for every section of this western county. Bismarck is the point of advantage, and the idea is a sound one. The fair ought to be more than State, it should be national in character. Kansas City, too, the business and railroad center of this country, would probably lend a hand, as Bismarck is almost within her suburbs." The project starts offwith a book, and it is difficult to conceive how anything but success can attend it. If our own people are only united, and all work together, there is little doubt but we shall have plenty of outside help. 25 �OLD FOLKS DAY The Baldwin Ledger, 8 Nov. 1912 The Epworth League Entertains 130 guests - 11 over 80 Years of Age Last Saturday, the Epworth League gave their annual dinner and entertainment to the old people of the community. The number of guests entertained this year was one hundred thirty, besides about thirty of the young people. This was the largest number ever entertained by the Epworth League. This has been an annual event since 1907 when the Fiftieth anniversary of the First Methodist class in Baldwin City was celebrated. The event grows in its interest every year and is a custom which is quite distinct from anything which is practiced in other places. Of the one hundred thirty guests oflast Saturday, eleven were over 80 years of age. Mr. Seth Sampson was the oldest, being 87. The others of this class were Dr. Osborn, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Green, Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. Eberhart, Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Overton, Mr. Lampman, Mrs. Graham, and Mrs. Tomilinson. The last named celebrated her 80th birthday on this occasion. Mr. W. T. Jones had lived the longest in Baldwin City having come here in 1854. Mrs. Burroughs had lived here fifty-five years and was a member of the first Methodist class in Baldwin City. Sixteen of the company had lived in Baldwin City for more that twenty-five years and eleven were the children of preachers. Dr. S. S. Murphy preached at the eleven o'clock hour. At noon a fine chicken dinner was served in the dining rooms of the church by the Epworth League. The dining room was decorated with autumn leaves and colors. Eac~ of the company wore his name on a paper which was in the shape of an Epworth League badge. At the dinner table, the following persons responded to the toasts proposed by Dr. Kester: Mr. Millikin on "The Happiest Event of My Life After Twenty-one Years of Age;" Seth Sampson on his "Experience at His first Campmeeting;" Mrs. Tomlonson on "The great inventions and improvements which she had observed during her life;" Dr. Osborn on "An old Maid's Paradise." To the toast, "Then and Now in church affiliations," Mrs. C. P. Ives responded to "then" and Mrs. Dillheimer to "now." Mrs. Lovejoy told of "The happiest experience of my life." These talks were all quite interesting and inspiring. Mrs. Dillheimer, who has but recently come to Baldwin City and enjoyed this occasion for the first time, is the daughter of a Bishop; was the wife of a minister and missionary to Africa, and is the mother of Mrs. Wright of this city whose husband is a brother of the Wrights of aeronautic fame. After rising from the table, there was an old fashioned·class meeting under the leadership of Mr. Lampman. This was very interesting to the old people. 26 �The entertainment this year had been carefully planned by Prof. Ebright and Parker Kittennan, the third vice-president of the League and was the most successful since the observation of the [event ?] has been begun. Below is the poem which was read by Dr. Osborn: With bowing head and trembling knee Once more we come, old friends to greet; To look around the room and see If there is something good to eat. Tho' wither'd hand and frosted head, Tho' falt'ring step and feeble trod, Our hearts are warm, our blood is read Our appetites are very good Since last we met the call has come For some dear loving one to go, And leave a vacant chair at home, With all affections here below. And ere another year shall pass, The fmal summons from on high May claim one or more of this class Will it be you? Will it be I? Prolong'd has been our span of life, Our work for good or bad is done. We can't recall the bub'ling strife, Nor retrace paths that we have gone 0, that each one might clearly see, In the change that soon must come, The passport to eternity A happier and blissful home. Now this we want to say in truth; The Epworth League, good and clever A noble band of earnest youth ---May it live and thrive forever THE CITY ELECTION The Baldwin Ledger, 5 April 1889 To say that the voters of Baldwin were taken completely by surprise in the result of the election Monday is to put it very mildly. It was an 27 �overwhelming defeat of the masculine power Yorktown fmale. . a Waterloo, with a The dissatisfaction expressed at the ticket was manifested early in the morning and a disposition shown by many voters to ignore it entirely and make the fight squarely as between it and the "woman's ticket." This movement gained ground rapidly and by noon it was manifest that the movement was not only becoming very popular but that it would carry everything before it and the broad grin of satisfaction worn all day by the managers of the affair showed how popular the new move had become. The following is a list of the officers-elected: Mayor, Mrs. J. M. Sullivan, members of the council, Mrs. Cornelia Kidder, Mrs. H. S. Stewart, Mrs. W. D. Martin, Mrs. W. A. Hyde and Mrs. Lillian Scott. Police Judge, E. H. Topping. A larger vote was cast than at any former election, the whole number being 220, of which about 100 were ladies. We are glad to see this manifestation of interest on the part of the ladies in the city government and congratulate them on the success of their ticket and have no doubt but they will give us an able and prosperous . administration. Miss Maud Leonard and Miss Julia Colburn were clerks at the election Monday and the prompt manner in which they discharged their duties and the neat and correct poll books attest their proficiency and fitness for the position. Our Old Crank Once More Editor Ledger: It has been a right smart spell since I bothered you, 28 �I Mister Editor, and I had about concluded that I wouldn't pester you with any more of my fault fmding, but if you won't feel too hard against an old fellow that does not have a great deal of fun in this world, I would like to take a little of your valuable space this week. I would like to say a few words if you will allow about the city election that took some people's breath away. Now, Mister Editor, I ain't going to express any opinions about women's suffrage. That is a matter of private opinion that every man (or woman) has a perfect right to think as they please about. I might not agree with you on this matter, but then you know I am just an old fashioned crank and nobody cares a straw what I think. But what I wanted to say was this. If a majority of the people want the women to run the city affairs, they ought to do it and I am dead certain there will be just as good a government in the future as we have had in the past. It is perfectly lawful for women to be mayors and councils if they want to be and the people are willing. No one with good sense would object to a woman singing bass if she could. It seems to me that it is a simple question of capability and in the present case no one has raised any such objections. But gracious alive, how mad some folks are!. I heard one man say he was going to sell out and leave, because he wouldn't live in a town that would do such a thing. Well, Mr. Editor, I heard a boy on the street the other day yell. "Let'er go Gallager." I expect that is slang but its plain English. It does seem to me that some of the men in this town who call themselves lords of creation are pretty small lords. It does seem to me that when they talk about "petticoat government" they are talking awful silly. Maybe it is because they are used to that kind of government at home that they object to it in city affairs. Anyhow we've got the women and what are we going-to do about it. I believe that some where in the Bible it says "Grin and bear it." I don't know whether that is in the Bible or not but its about what some of our good friends will have to do. So no more at present from your friend. Old Crank. 29 �REBECCA VanMETRE CARPENTER The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Feb. 1914 Rebecca VanMatre, daughter of Amosa and Elizabeth VanMatre, was born May 11, 1834, in Green County, Illinois, and died at her home in Baldwin City, Feb. 11, 1914. She was united in marriage to James E. Carpenter, January 14, 1853. To this union were born nine children, five of whom remain to mourn the departure from this life, of a faithful mother; Charles, James and Joh Carpenter, and Mrs. Florence Sprague and Mrs. Ella Beal. The family came to Kansas in the summer of 1854 and have continuously made their home near Baldwin City. Mrs. Carpenter became identified, in early life, with the United Brethren church and for many years held her membership at Black Jack. She was a firm believer in God, His goodness, purity and love, that in living right that religion pure and undefiled is to help some one in need, to make the pathway of life brighter and smoother for less fortunate ones. This principle she put in evidence not only in word but in a long heroic life of noble deeds. Coming to the territory of Kansas in 1854, she endured the hardships and helped solve the problems of those early days. There were only two buildings in Palmyra at the time and without modem conveniences of travel and communication, every pound of provisions and supply must be obtained from Kansas City. Owing to this fact, Mr. Carpenter later "freighted" by schooner and ox team from that place to the one store then beginning business in Palmyra, Mrs. Carpenter remaining at home with the little ones. The home was located on the farm south of town where Mr. Frank Lobingier now lives. The Santa Fe Trail and an old Indian path were the only public highways, the later crossing the Carpenter homestead. On one of his trips to Kansas City, Mr. Carpenter narrowly escaped the rebel soldiers, being compelled to leave his wagon and team, returning home on foot. Mr. Carpenter volunteered as a regular soldier in the trying times of the border trouble, and for three long years this noble woman bore the entire responsibilities of a family of small children and that in a war-ridded territory. Mrs. <;arpenter was well acquainted with John Brown, he having often visited in her home. In fact, she nursed his wounded son-in-law, applying the simple remedies to an ugly wound. It was a common thing for her to come to the store laboriously carrying a little child and a large bucket of eggs or other produce. In 1877 Mr. Carpenter died, and now, with a family of seven children she must fight life~s battles alone. By cheer and hard work she has fought and won. With limited means she reared the children, keeping them comfortably dressed and well fed and has given to each the invaluable gift of a good education. This has been accomplished by the invincible resources of her own life and an unfaltering trust in God. It is remarkable that she has thus lived and wrought without incurring debt and without the need of charitable assistance. A family of honorable men and women live to perpetuate her life and memory. Mrs. Carpenter was a doer of the word, as well as a hearer. None knew more perfectly the joy ----(line missing?) -- drouth or pestilence has she gone about in the community gathering food and supplies for suffering families. None knew better the truth of Jesus words, "It is better to give than to receive." She delighted to charm away pain and anxiety by a pleasant neighborly visit and when she was gone we were sure we had been in the presence of one "who walked with God." She lived on the old farm from 1854 till 1902, when she came to her home in Baldwin City 30 �where she died. With all the adversities and strenuous life she lived to be nearly 80 years old. Having done well her part to make the vicinity of Baldwin City what it is we have in her life a heritage invaluable that will not fade away. Ira Beamer conducted the funeral service. A prayer was offered in the home and sermon in the West Baldwin church. Interment in the west side cemetery. Mother has left us. With a fortitude that has graced none more fair, she took leave of life without a fear. Through weeks of silent suffering she looked calmly into the future and did not falter; with a heroism born of her supreme faith in Jesus, she approached the end, thrilling with her latest breath the note of exultation - as one who knocks at the gates of eternal morning Shrouded in her robes unmaculate, (sic) asleep beneath a wreath of flowers that fain would have kissed her eyelids to awakening, we laid her to rest beneath the pines. "We paused and breathed a prayer above the sod, And left her to her rest in God." The sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones From The Daily Tribune, Lawrence, Thursday, 28 March 1877. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF A GOOD PIONEER LADY The whole community have heard with feelings of sorrow of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth P. French, who expired on the evening of March 27th , 1877 of cancer. Mrs. French was the only daughter of Mr. Franklin Haskell, one o'rthe pioneer settlers of 1854, coming to Lawrence, we believe, with the "Second Party" of New England Immigrants, and the sister of John G and Dudley C. Haskell, the latter our present member of Congress. Miss Haskell, the subject of this sketch, remained behind the family in New England, and came to Kansas in March, 1857. She was born at Weathersfield, Vermont, on the 23 rd of April, 1836, and was therefore almost forty-one years old. The family were among the most respected and useful of the early pioneers. The father was a devoted Free State man, a just and upright citizen and a true Christian, his influence and example doing much to mould the character of the infant settlement at Lawrence. The mother, 31 �whose death preceded that of the daughter but a few months, was truly a pioneer mother to all who needed the good offices of a charitable, intelligent Christian woman. Miss Haskell was married to Mr. Charles D. French, at Springfield, Massachusetts on the 25 th day of February, 1865, where the mother and daughter were visiting relatives during that year. After marriage, they removed to Leavenworth, residing there two years, and then coming to a home on the well known Haskell homestead, adjQining Lawrence. This excellent lady united with the Congregational church in her New England home when a young girl, and has lived the life of a true Christian woman. For several years she beloriged to the choir of the Plymouth Congregational Church, the first organized church in Lawrence. She was one of the pioneer teachers in the free schools of Lawrence, taking charge of a school, more as a matter of duty' in the days when good teachers were wanted, than from pecuniary motives, and those who received the rudiments of an education in the Old Unitarian church on the hillside will long remember the amiable, kindhearted teacher, whose devotion to her duties laid deep the foundation of usefulness and virtue. Perhaps at that period, there could have been no person selected for such duties who was her superior in every respect, as added to her innate goodness of heart, she had all the elements of a studious character and a fmished education, having been well educated in the best institutions of learning in New England. In all the positions of neighbor, daughter sister and wife she fulfilled well her part~ and goes to rest with the pure in heart, who have the promise of the Everlasting Blessing, reversed, respected, and beloved as only the good daughter, sister, wife and friend can be. Among those who knew her, the tear will come unbidden at the news of the death of one whose life has been so blameless and so useful. The last sad rites were performed at the residence of her bereaved 32 �husband this afternoon, at which Rev. Mr. Spring, her last pastor, and Rev. Dr. Cordley, so long the pastor of her church, gave the last ministrations to the memory of a beloved sister. A large concourse of sympathising friends attended the funeral, the following pall-bearers officiating: Messrs. L. Bullene, H.W. Baker, Albert Allen, G. Grosvenor, O.A. Hanscomb, and S.A. Riggs. All that remains of the good woman were laid in a pleasant lot, beside the venerated father, mother and brother, but a few steps from the door of the pioneer cabin where she and they had so long been known for their kind hospitality in the "times that tried men's souls," to sleep the last sleep of the good and the just. "There shall the yew her sable branches spread, And mournful cypress rear her fringed head; From thence shall thyme and myrtle send perfume, Ans laurel evergroen o'ershade the tomb." The deceased was a long suffering in the insidious disease which resulted in death, being cancer of the breast. Nearly two years ago, she underwent a surgical operation and for a time believed that the cure was permanent. Mrs. French leaves behind her a husband universally respected, and three little children-a daughter and two sons- one of them an infant, too young to have any appreciation the loss of a mother, to them the whole community gives their sympathy for the irreparable loss. RAIL WAY TRAFFIC IN LAWRENCE, 1877 , [It is interesting and astounding to see how many trains came through Lawrence. If only it were true today.] 33 �Kansas Pacific Railway, both freight and passenger. Four trains going both east and west. St. Louis, Lawrence & Western. Mail, Freight and Passenger. Three trains both east and west. Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston, Passenger and Freight. Two trains, north and south. . Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Express Passenger, Freight and Mail. Three trains, east and west. From Kansas Review: KeGS Kansas published by the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc. Vol. 38, no.l, August, 2013. FREE DIGITAL GENEALOGY ONLINE MAGAZINE Dick Eastman recently reported in his online newsletter about a new online magazine that subscribers can sign up for and receive a free issue each month. You can then copy pages or download pages you want from each issue. Learn more at: http://www.theindepthgenealogist.coml?page_id-6086. The issue currently on there is 74 pages Ilong so there is a lot in it. (March, 2013) MHGS NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Beginning with the April issue the Newsletter will be available to all . members at : http://www.skyways.org!genweb/mhgs. Check the "Calendar" tor all upcoming classes/programs/ 34 �NEWSPAPERS ONLINE Newspaper Abstracts is a free website where individuals submit articles from countries around the world, but the main focus is on the United States. With a URL., that matches its name, you can fmd this resource at: www.newspaperabstracts.com The home page contains 'a link to an explanation of how individuals may submit articles. The following articles are from the publication from The Point, Sesquicentennial Point at Clinton Lake. It is a walk through time/stories on the steps. Make a visit to The Point which is below the Clinton Dam on the road to the dog park. From: The Point: Walk through time/Stories of the steps. 1915 The University Women's Club est. 1900 Scholarships for KU women since 1915 In 1915, the University Women's Club at the University of Kansas began an annual scholarship donation project among the mebership to honor meritorious women students. The club was then known as the Ladies of the F acuity, having been formed in May of 1900. It was organized to help women take advantage of the educational, cultural and social heritage of KU. We have met continuously since 1900 for friendship and to be of service to the University. Since 1915, more than 280 outstanding women have been awarded a 35 �UWC scholarship. We are the oldest scholarship-granting org~ization at KU. In April 2005, the 90th year recipients shared in the pleasure of knowing our history will be at Sesquicentennial Point in meaningful ways. The history of Lawrence and its university speaks of dedication to worthy goals for town and gown alike. We believe our award recipients have been ambassadors on campus and for Lawrence itself, past and present. Sponsored by: The University Women's Club. 1921 Lawrence Memorial Hospital Lawrence Memorial Hospital was an idea that grew from a righteous cause. In the early 1900s, as story was told about a doctor who had been called to attend an old African American man who had fallen in a fit on the sidewalk near the Eldridge Hotel. At the time, Lawrence was served by three small private hospitals owned by physicians, but none of them had a charity bed available. The doctor tried to find someone who might know the man, but to no avail, before the man died. There was no publicly owned hospital in Lawrence, where needy poor could be taken for treatment in care. In 1919, the Social Service League bought a frame house at 3rd and Maine Sts., and through a trust agreement gave it to the city for a hospital. An appeal was made' for funds to repair and equip the building. About $10,000 was raised. Lawrence Memorial Hospital opened for business January 17, 1921. During the 1920s, the community increasingly depended upon LMH and the facilities became inadequate. Elizabeth Miller Watkins offered to give $200,000 to build a new hospital, and in 1929, a new brick 36 �building with 50 beds opened, becoming the pride of the community. Additions funded by Mrs. Watkins and federal programs expanded the hospital and added capacity over the years. In 2004, Lawrence Memorial Hospital serves Lawrence and surrounding communities, including practices in Eudora, Baldwin City and Tonganoxie. The hospital was named with a Kansas Excellence Award -for Quality in 2003. Today, LMH is a not-for-profit, city-owned hospital, which serves members of the community, regardless of an individual's ability to pay. LMH invests all excess revenues into services, equipment and facilities to further its mission to improve the health of the community. While buildings and equipment are necessary to the provision of quality medical care, it is the vision and foresight of good people like Mrs. Watkins and others who built the community foundation on which, LMH has grown. Their commitment serves today as an inspiration for the future. Sponsored by: Lawrence Memorial Hospital. 1925 Lawrence Flower Club "A shared interest in flowers and gardening drew together a group of people in February of 1925 for the purpose of forming a club which would provide mutual pleasure and instruction, and a vehicle for making Lawrence a city of flowers." Thus begins the History of the Lawrence Flower Club, 1925-1975, written by Mrs. Olie R. (Vivian) Parsons. Sixty-one people, men and women signed the club charter. The club joined the Kansas Associated Garden Clubs in 1929. 37 �Eighty years later, that same purpose drives the membership of the current Lawrence Flower Club, still composed of men and women. The fITst yearbook, started in 1927, was four pages long. Yearbooks now list officers, members, programs and speakers. Business is kept short and to-the-point. Meetings are held in a public building, so that the size of the meeting place does not dictate membership numbers. Civic projects have always been high on the list of priorities for the Lawrence Flower Club. In the 1925-1975 history, Mrs. Parsons tells of the Manley Memorial Rock Garden and Pool in Central Park (now Watson Park), dedicated in May 1934. The pool was later filled in at the request of the city when it became too much of an attraction to children. Plantings were also done in the parks, at the hospital, at some churches, one of the fITe stations, the county convalescent home and others. In 1938, members made 1,300 bouquets for decorating soldiers' graves. In 1997, a plan to renovate the dysfunctional "Teddy Roosevelt" fountain on the east side of South Park came from the Countryside Garden Club. At a city sponsored planning meeting, the suggestion to move the fountain close to the gazebo in South Park came from a Lawrence Flower Club member. A dedication ceremony on June 20, 2001, saw the fountain, with water flowing, located in the center of the beautiful flower beds. A flyer, written by a Lawrence Flower Club member, gives the history of the fountain and is available through the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. In April 2001, the will of the late Marvin Selichnow, a Lawrence businessman, included a substantial bequest to the Lawrence Flower Club, honoring his wife, Alberta, a former member. This gift has enabled the club to give $2,000 toward a grant to enlarge the Sensory 38 �Gardens at the Audio Reader site near the University of Kansas campus. Prairie Acres Garden Club and the Lawrence Flower Club collaborated on a grant from the National Garden Clubs, Inc., for this project. And now we are able to sponsor a footstone for the pathway at Sesquicentennial Point. We are grateful t~ Mr. Selichnow for his generosity! Our members are proud of the history of the Lawrence Flower Club, one of the oldest garden clubs in Kansas. Other garden clubs in Lawrence are Prairie Acres, Green Thumb, Meadowlark, Designer's Guild and Countryside. History provided by Lois Harrell and Mary Y. Allen Sponsored by: The Lawrence Flower Club. ·1950 Charles and Tensie Oldfather The Oldfathers met at the University of Nebraska and were married in 1942. They came to Lawrence in 1950, where Charley became a professor of law at the University of Kansas. and Tensie raised a family of five boys and two girls. For the next half century, the Oldfathers became significant Lawrence citizens. Although they had a large family, they regularly opened their doors to troubled teens. For more than 20 years, they provided temporary housing for teenagers in emergency situations through the Volunteers in Court program. Tensie volunteered for many things in the community, including 4H and PTA. Through the years, Charley too became well-known in the community, appearing in community theater productions, films and a host of civic activities. The benevolent personalities ofTensie and Charley enriched the lives of many in Lawrence. They both gave generously of their spirits and _ . their resources to improve the lives of others and to create lasting 39 �legacies for Lawrence and its citizens. Through their years in Lawrence, they supported the Red Cross, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Inc., Head Start, The Villages, the Lawrence Community Theater, the University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas Public Radio and many others. When Tensie received a significant inheritance in the 1970s, their philanthropic nature was only increased with quiet humility. As one result, however, Charley was able to quit his job as law professor and take up acting, a natural gift. This also allowed him to become involved in many civic activities during the day, including serving on the school board, chairing the State Advisory Council on Aging, and helping restore Liberty Hall in the 1980s. After Charley died in 1996, Tensie continued the couple's commitment to Lawrence, steadfastly following her belief that sharing one's resources is the best way to both give and to receive. In 2000, Tensie gave $4 million to establish the Douglas County Community Foundation, which, in only five years, grew to assets of over $7 million, returning more that $1 million in grants to community nonprofits that promote education, health care, development, the environment and the arts. The quality of life for the citizens of Lawrence and the Oldfather's charitable legacy helped assure Lawrence's future. Tensie Oldfather died October 2,2007 . Sponsored by: Tensie Oldfather (Ed. Note. There are still opportunities to buy stepping stones at The Point. The cost is the year you want to commemorate. Contact Clenece Hills at fairplay@sunflower.com) Once again, I want to say this is my last issue. Hopefully someone will 40 �step forward to take over the publication of The Pioneer. It has been in publication for 36 years and itwould be a shame for it to lapse. Call me at 785-843-9199 or burchill@ku.edu. My thanks go to Richard Wellman and Don Vaughn, both of whom have furnished me with material over the years. 41 ) �THE PIONEER Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049 FORWARDING AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED- �1' ." ...... ... ·1'·'···1······· ... : ,... ':::" .. ,'" ...... . .•.. ..•.... LO!·i Volume 36, No 1-4 January - October, 2013 ~ -- ,~~-EiIitt.~ .".- .-'I: -.....- .. . .;-..~.~~ ,- .. . ~ ~.~ .• . •• • ~ ::.t o . . . ., ~ ~ ... , Pubiished Quarferly By.: 1:>ougtas Count8 Genealogical Societ9 P.o. BOX 3664 . LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 • • ••• .# ',. �·THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Jaouary - December, 2013 Volume 36,00.1-4 Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Mary Burchill burchill@ku.edu President & Pioneer Vice-President & Programs Treasurer Shari Mohr Smohr@kuendowment.org Genealogist Paul Jordan jordpc@brownchair Assis. Gen Richard WeUman rwweUman@Embarqmail.com Web Master Don Vaughn donwil468@earthlink.net The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization. Meetings are held at The Final Fridays at the Watkins Museum at 5:30 to 7pm. They\are announced by email. Membership fees are $15. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. 1 �Until the Lawrence Public Library is renovated the Family History books are in various places in the temporary location at 7th and New Hampshire in the old Borders store. Some titles are in storage and must be requested but the microfilm and city directories are in the library. We will see what the new space will be like in summer of 2014. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html This is not an easy decision for me, as editor, to make, but this will be my last issue as editor. I simply must have more time to do my own genealogy and other projects. If anyone is interested in taking over The Pioneer I will be eternally grateful. There are several members who will feed you articles but the editor has been the one who hasto get most of the information together. Hopefully someone will volunteer. If not we will notify everyone that this is the last issue. Mary Burchill, burchill@ku.edu. Truths back of the Uncle Jimmy Myth by Kate Stephens. c. 1924 The University of Kansas in the eighteen-seventies when General Fraser was Chancellor. When in the spring of 1861, President Lincoln issues the call for seventy-five thousand troops, my Father locked the door of his office, enlisted men in neighboring townships and took to Washington his Company of New York volunteers. His history, within a few months, was that of many a soldier afterwards;.--an invalid sent home from a Baltimore hospital. "Two years to live," the doctors said, and sentenced him to a climate in the 2 �South, and every day on horseback. The stimulating dryness of the plateau shelving east to the Mississippi, however - and the spirit of a people there-he found more agreeable to his needs. He bought a couple of hundred acres touching the city of Lawrence, Kansas, and set on foot their ordering. The beauty of this farm was great, as I have elsewhere told. Wooded ground which had never known the plough lay on its southern border, along a little amber stream called "brewery brook," and on the north a band, half a mile long, of primeval forest stretched from highway to river. Nature had planted the woods after her fashion of making her garden, and in the shade of hickories and oaks wild geranium and columbine blossomed, and windflowers nodded, and purple violets carpeted the earth in spring. A most striking figure of the south woods, a black walnut, stood with the girth of more than twenty feet-rising in majesty and aloofness so apart from its brothers, and their shade, that the sun had rounded its branches to an almost perfect globe. A little way off, intersecting this woodland, a ravine ran north and south, and a sycamore, laid low by some wind, had spanned it. Upon the sycamore's satiny bark we walked across then river-waters filled the ravine in time ofKaw flood. An upon this trunk, warm afternoons in spring, I say and studied while below frogs chorused and water-bugs skated. Of other symphonies of this· farm I have told in my book, "Life at Laurel Town: In Anglo-Saxon Kansas." And also of Lawrence, its people, their characteristic spirit, and the beloved institution of their heirship. The University of Kansas-its ideals, its liberalisms, its conservatisms, its personnel-were then in their cotyledonous beginnings. Officers of the institution visited at our house, and my Father, watching seed-plantings and germinations often urged the foundation of a School of Law. A visit of General John Fraser my memory associates with crimson-tinted sunlight filtering down upon ripe fields, and stamps the day as the, latter part 3 �of August-the year 1872. General Fraser had, in 1868 become chancellor-an Aberdeenshire man, bred in Scotland even through his university studies, a true Scot, nervous, high-strung, temperamental, dour some days, and perhaps "captious" (captions was a favorite word of his ), more often the embodiment of amiability and intelligent kindness; at all times as refreshing and full of vitality as an east wind straight from the sea. That afternoon the Chancellor was at his best-buoyant with high spirits and a crackling fire of wit. Ris gaieties were so bountiful that they fell almost as commonplaces. Because oflater associations my memory retains one instance that I may be permitted to cite. He spoke of Scotland-as he did at times, I think with a shade of longing once more to see its romantic face-and then added, "God made Scotland." Whereupon I, favored youngster that I was, out with Dr. Johnson's retort, "lfRe did, He made it for Scotchmen." Chancellor Fraser caught up my quotation with a burst of laughter, and, in his full throaty voice, warm with human feeling, cried, "Pooh, pooh, Dr. Johnson was laid on a shelf long ago, von Moltke." In one of his sallies he haq fixed the name "von Moltke" on me-after the general of the Franco-German war known, the Chancellor declared, "for his short and decisive campaigns." (Ed. Note. This is only a small portion of her book. She was the daughter of Judge Stephens and an outspoken woman on almost everything.) A LITTLE BLAZE The Baldwin Ledger, 4 Jan. 1907 Thursday morning about 7:30 o'clock the fire bell rang, announcing that a fire was devouring the residence of Mr. T. B. Shore in West Baldwin. As usual the fire department made its spectacular run and arrived in time to see that the fire had been extinguished. The cause of the fire was an explosion of gas which for a time seemed to be serious, but by prompt action in turning off the gas the fire was put out and only slight damage was done by burning some paper and slightly marring the appearance of the room where the explosion occurred. 4 �IT IS TIME TO HAVE TIME The Baldwin Ledger, 29 Nov. 1912 Last Sunday morning the services at the Methodist church was five minutes past correct time in starting. There seemed to be some confusion on the part of the officers of the Sunday School and of the church as to what actually was correct time. The incident was the occasion for the remark by the pastor that in Baldwin City we have many kinds of time. Yes we have school time, college time, Yauslin time, railroad time, postoffice time, church time, Sunday School time, a good time, and behind time; many people being afflicted with the latter. In the 'minds of many people the only way in which this situation can be remedied is by having in the postoffice a regulator set hourly by the Western Union Telegraph Co. The charge made by the Telegraph Co. for this service is $25 per year for each clock. Before it will be possible for us to have this service, however, it will be necessary for the city to have a wire from the depot. The college has already agreed to install two of these clocks in the college buildings if the wire will be installed by the city. The city already has a line of poles to the depot on which the wire could be hung. It hardly seems that the city council could do better that to invest a little money in wire and give the town and college the advantage of standard time. . WHAT A LITTLE TOWN HAS DONE The Baldwin Ledger, 15 Nov. 1912 [Reprinted from K. C. Times] This town has done wonders in the past ten years. Ten years ago there was no fine church, no big gymnasium, and not a single public improvement. We have passed through fire and much distress, not to say anything about bitter contests at the polls, but today's Baldwin City can show to the people of Kansas the greatest advancement and the largest liberality in proportion to the size of the town of any community in the state, and it is doubtful if there is any equal in the United States. [Quoted from an earlier issue of The Ledger.] 5 �Civic achievement is a mighty proud boast for a small town, and Baldwin has "the goods" to prove its right to boast. Ten years ago the stranger who visited Baldwin immediately set himself to the task of trying to solve the problems as to why the Methodists of Kansas selected that town as the location for their big Western school. In the first place he left the train at a place called Media, and found that in order actually to get to Baldwin he must either walk a mile over a country road lined on one side by an unsafe board walk or ride the distance in a lumbering old "bus" that could only make the trip when the weather was fair and the roads dry. A long "stretch" of "bottom land" that defined transportation or navigation during the winter and spring months practically served communication between Baldwin and the railroad during the time of the year that anyone cared to visit the town. ANOTHER FORTY-NINER DEAD The Baldwin Ledger, 24 Jan. 1913 Baldwin is, in many respects, the "Concord of Kansas." Here was enacted some of the most stirring events of the West. Many of the few who took an active part in this winning of the West, still live; while many in the old burying grounds around Baldwin City have found their last resting place. The past week one of these old pioneers,'Samuel Gidion, died when nearly 83 years old, at the home of his nephew in Western Kansas, and was brought back to historical Baldwin City to be buried. "Gid" Mozingo *,as he was commonly known, came west in 1845 when 15 years of age, and crossed the Missouri river at Westport Landing with a government wagon train. His sister homesteaded **east of Baldwin City near Black Jack, but "Gid" worked for the government as a blacksmith and crossed the great American desert many times. As a pony express rider across the wilds of the Kansas territory he had many thrilling experiences and hair-breadth escapes, and as a government scout helped fight Indians and other outlaws. He was a man ofmagnificent physique, being over six feet tall, and a man who knew no fear. He made a fortune almost in a day in the gold fields of California as a "forty-niner," and afterward dug gold in Nevada and in the Yukon. 6 �He was a typical westerner. Few of this day have seen as much western history in the making as he. Loyal to his friends, generous to a fault, rough and ready, he summed up the plains-man's virtues and vices. Only a few people of this day remember him and so when his body was shipped from the west, but a handful of folks gathered to pay their respects to the old pioneer and carry him to his last resting place. Rev. Meredith, of the Presbyterian church, at the request offriends conducted a simple service at the grave. Thus have many of the men of another day lingered in our midst almost strangers to us of another generation, and died without making hardly a ripple on the flood of modern life. Soon, with the buffalo, the Indian and prairie schooner, the last ofthe pioneers will pass over the Great Divide and be known to us only through the histories of the West. NOTES: *Baldwin City Oakwood Cemetery records list him as SAMUEL MOZINGO, main section, row 12, lot 39. ** Probably means established a "homestead" as the Homestead Act of 1862 was not passed until after the land in Douglas Co. was already settled ..' LIFE A CENTURY AGO The Baldwin Ledger 1 February 1901 (Ed. Note. These are always fun.) Over one hundred years ago man could take a ride on a steam boat. He could not go from Washington to New York in a few hours. He had never seen an electric light nor dreamed of an electric car. He could not send a telegram. He couldn't talk through a telephone and he never heard ofthe Hello' girl. He couldn't ride a bicycle. 7 �He could not call in a stenographer or dictate a letter. He had never received a typewritten communication. He had never heard of the germ theory or worried over bacilli and bacteria. He never looked pleasant before a photographer or had his picture taken. He never heard a phonograph talk or saw a kintescope tum out a prize fight. ' He never saw through a Webster's Unabridged Dictionary with the aid of a Roentgen ray. He had never taken a ride in an elevator. He had never imagined such a thing as a type-setting machine or a typewriter. He hadn't used anything but a wood plow. He had never seen his wife using a sewing machine. He had never struck a match on his pants or anything else. He couldn't take an anesthetic and have his leg cut offwithout feeling it. He had never purchased a ten-cent magazine which would have been ' regarded as a miracle of art. He could not buy a paper for a cent and learn everything that had happened all over the world the day before. He had never seen a McCormick reaper or self-binding harvester. : He had never crossed an iron bridge. There were several things he could not do and several things that he did not know. (Ed. Note. I wonder if anyone under 20 would even know what is being talked about on a lot of these.) SIX MONTHS OLDER The Baldwin Republican 24 October 1902. In last weeks Mail and Breeze an article appeared claiming that Wm. 8 �v Britton of Alton, was the oldest living resident of Kansas which certainly is a mistake as palmyra township has a resident, in the person of R.H. Pearson, of Black Jack, who located his claim, now the Beeks farmjus,t north of Baldwin, May 15th , 1854, while Mr. Brittian [note change of spelling] according to the Mail and Breeze did not locate until the fall of that year. . R.H. Pearson was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1st, 1828 and with his parents, in 1832 emigrated to America, locating at Alleghaney City, P A, living there until the California gold fever swept over the United States, when he went to California, where he was in 1853 and early' 54, when the bill was in Congress for the opening of Kansas and Nebraska. The talk among the California miners at that time was that Nebraska would be a free state and Kansas a slave state, ~d the emigration fever again entered Mr. Pearson's blood, and he left the gold fields for the new country of Nebraska and Kansas, going by the way of Panama and New York, and after a short visit with his parents in Pennsylvania came on west by steam boat to Kansas City, then a small town and only boasting one small hotel. There he met Joel K. Goodwin, (who was afterwards killed by Jim Lane) Gayes Jinkins and Henry Barricklow, Jr., who invited him to join their party and go with them to look for townsites in the new country, but they desired locating in Kansas in preference to Nebraska, claiming that Kansas never would be a slave state. The party first went to St. Joe, from there to Weston, opposite Ft.'Leavenworth and then to the Fort to obtain news in regard to the opening of the new country. They were told if they located back thirty miles from the State Line the Government troops would not molest them. Leaving the Fort they returned to Kansas City where Pearson and Barricklow purchased, each a pony, the rest of the party leasing a team and wagon, and early in May traveled west, leaving civilization behind, but passing many Indians with herds of ponies, crossing the Kaw river at where Lwrence now stands, then west to Big Springs, there the party turned back, returning as far as 9 �Mt. Ore ad, which the party decided was the best townsite location they had seen, they then turned south, keeping along the Government road until they came to what is now called Willow Springs, then east to Hickory point, there they saw a wagon about 200 yards from the road. Pearson and Barricklow decided on a visit to it and found a woman and three children, with about half a dozen Kaw Indians standing around which was causing the woman much uneasiness. She called Pearson to one side and asked him and his party to remain awhile until her husband who was away to purchase a cow should return. The party remained awhile, Barricklow stopped three days and Pearson is still remaining. The lady told them there were many good claims and that her husband, a Mr. Kibby would help them make a selection, and by the way this Kibby was the man who killed a pro-slavery man by the name of Davis, at Lawrence, during an election, which is supposed to have been the first death in the cause which brought on the Civil War. A pro-slavery man was burning anti-slavery men's cabins and Kibby insisted that he stop, Davis took the matter up, and began stricking[ sic] at Kibby with a knife. Kibby had a pistol loaded with eight shot, and capped with a cap furnished by Pearson and as Davis again advanced, shot him, the whole load of buckshot entering the man's stomach, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Pearson pre-empted his farm, and the next spring Barricklow returned, accompanied by Nehemia Green,(who was Lieut. Governot) L.F. Green and Dan Johnson and wife who also settled near here. Mr. Pearson was all through the boarder[ sic] warfare, being at the battle of Black Jack, Blanton's Bridge, Prices Raid at Kansas City, at Lawrence in 1855, at Bull Creek and East Tauy, besides helping to persuade many a pro-slavery men that Kansas did not desire to be a slave state, and received an honorable discharge from the U.S. government. He is now getting along in years, but is yet very active and energetic, and owns a farm of240 acres on which the battle of Black Jack was fought. 10 �We believe this gives Mr. Pearson the claim to being the oldest living settler of Kansas, having pre-empted what is now the Beeks farm in Palmyra township, Douglas County, Kans, May 15th , 1854, and is still a resident of the same township. This is from In the Beginning: Centennial History and Roster, Lawrence Lodge no. 6, AF and AM September 24, 1855 to September 24, 1955. It is probably not known to many that the site of the present Masonic' temple, at 1001 Massachusetts, was the scene of Masonic activities long before it was acquired for use as a Temple building spot. It was formerly owned by the Methodist Church, the records showing its purchase by that 'group on November, 1863. A meeting place for the church was erected here soon thereafter, and on July 4, 1864, the cornerstone was laid by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M of Kansas. Worshipful ~rother O.W. McAllaster, Master of Lawrence Lodge No.6 at the time, represented the Most Worshipful Grand Master on this occasion. A further item of considerable interest will be found in the old minutes of the Lodge under date of December 27, 1864, which describes the public installations of the officers selected to serve during 1865. This public ceremony was held in the then new Methodist church. The minutes show the following as having been installed on the date on the very ground where the Temple now stands: Paul R. Brooks, Worshipful Master, Joseph Cracklin, Senior Warden, Richard A. Hayes, Junior Warden, E.W. Wood, Treasurer, E.B. Hayes, Secretary, Robert L. Gilbert, Senior Deacon, James M. Davis, Junior Deacon, Justus Assmann, Tyler, Solon O. Thacher, Orator, W.H. Fisher, Chaplain. The building and grounds owned by the Methodist Church at the. spot were transferred to J.B Watkins on July 5, 1890, and later acquired by the 11 �Lawrence Masoni'c Temple Building Company in 1909. The Masonic Temple was erected and occupied by the various Masonic bodies in the year 1911. (Ed. Note The Temple has since been sold and the Masons moved to another location. The Temple is presently a nightclub.) (Ed. Note. I came across this article while doing research on Elizabeth Watkins) Lawrence Journal World 30 July 1923. Met sudden death in road accident Frank V. Miller instantly killed on Fort to Fort Highway. Stutz car was upset. Was nephew of Mrs. lB. Watkins and Director of Bank. Frank V. Millerof2117 Massachusetts, nephew of Mrs. J.B. Watkins and a director in the Watkins National Bank, was instantly killed ,early yesterday morning in a motor car accident on the fort to fort road in Shawnee County. With Maurice T. Benedict and Mrs. Earl Newcomer of Kansas City he was on the way to Topeka" when the Harry C. Stutz car in which they were driving got out of control, skidded and rolled completely over. Miller's skull was crushed when the car turned over. ,An approaching car with brilliant headlights is said to have blinded the driver, causing him to get off the road while attempting to drive as near the edge of the concrete pavement as possible. Maurice T. Benedict, insurance agent was driver of the car and Mrs. Earl T. Newcomer, whose husband is associated with D. W. Newcomer's sons, Kansas City, was a passenger. Benedict was uninjured. Mrs. Newcomer's 12 �collar bone was broken. The injury was dressed at the Simmons hospital after she was brought back to town and she left on an early train for Kansas City, where she was taken to St. Joseph hospital. Her condition is not serious it was said today. Miller, Benedict and Mrs. Newcomer had been attending a farewell party given for Dick Williams, assistant cashier of the Watkins Bank, who had resigned to take a position with the Newcomer fmn in Kansas City. After dancing at the Sigma Nu house until about 11 :30 members of the party decided to go to Topeka for a ride and an early breakfast. The Harry C. Stutz car was the last of 4 cars which carried the party to Topeka.. After the accident Mrs. Newcomer went to a farmhouse about 50 yards distant and called the Cremeric restaurant in Topeka, where she knew the party was going. Her call reached there at 20 minutes to 1, her husband Earl T. Newcomer, said today. Earl T. Newcomer was graduated from the School of Engineering at the University in 1915. His wife was Miss Gertrude Spect, a Kansas City girl. Mrs. Frank Miller was in Topeka when the news of the tragedy reached the remainder of the party, A.B. Mitchell and Dick Williams got a physician and hurried to the scene of the accident. Dr. H.L Clark, Shawnee County Coroner, was called to the scene. He said an inquest would be held Tuesday. Miller's body was bought to Lawrence and Mrs. Newcomer and Benedict were brought home by other members of the party. Those who were in the party were: Mr. And Mrs. Newcomer, Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Alexander, Kansas City; Gordon Saunders, Kansas City; Miss Margaret Graye, Lake Charles, Louisiana-half sister to Mr. Miller; Maurice T. Benedict, Lawrence; Mr. and Mrs. Miller; Mr. and 13 �Mrs. Dick Williams; W. T. Dinkins, Kansas City; and Miss Agnes DeMar Gossard of New York City-sister of Mrs. Dick Williams. Dr. H.L Clark, Shawnee County Coroner, told a Journal World reporter today that he had not yet fixed the hour at which the inquest would be held tomorrow. He also told of some of the conditions he had observed while at the scene of the accident. "The dirt shoulder was flush with the concrete at the place where the Stutz fITst left the road on the right hand side, and it was hard dirt," said Dr. Clark. "It appeared that the car had got a little off the road and that an attempt to get it back caused it to cross over to the left side of the road at a sharp angle .. Then another effort to right the car caused the rear wheels to swing out into the ditch on the left side." "The car slid sidewise for a considerable distance until the rear wheels struck a small pile of stones in the ditch. Then it was overturned and rolled completely over finally standing upright on the wheels." "The place where the car stopped was sixty feet from the place where it went off the left side of the road, and 175 feet from where the wheels first ran out on the shoulder on the right hand side of the concrete." "I was called about 2o'c1ock. From what I had been able to learn, the accident happened a little before lo'c1ock." "The accident happened only a short distance from the farm home of Michael Werner, from which Mrs. Newcomer telephoned to Topeka." "Werner heard the smash and heard a woman scream. He rose and dressed and went out to help as quickly as possible. He found the car standing upright and Millers body in its place in the car. All of the 14 �occupants of the car remained in their seats when the car turned over." "From all I was able to observe, it was apparent that the car must have been going fast when the accident occurred." "When the rear wheels of the car went into the ditch, the understructure of the car dragged on the shoulder at the edge of the road until the car overturned. The car was damaged only slightly and was driven back to Lawrence by Bennie Carman. The car is the property of Frank Benedict, brother of Maurice. Frank Miller had spent his early life in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but had come to Lawrence, in about 1912 to attend the University and act as secretary to his uncle, J.B. Watkins. He attended th University for 3 years and left in 1917 to join the army. He served as 2nd Lieutenant of infantry overseas., He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Miller was believed to have been sole heir to the estate of Mrs. J.B. Watkins, which is estimated at nearly 2 million dollars. He married Miss Louise Monday of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a year and four months ago. He was 27years old. The death of Frank Miller comes as a particular loss to scores of his personal friends about Lawrence. "Lugs" Miller was quiet and unassuming in his manner and a pleasant companion. In recent years he has assumed increasing business responsibilities in a creditable manner. Mrs. J.B. Watkins, who was spending the summer in Bay View, Michigan, left for Lawrence on receipt of word of the death of Mr. Miller and is expected to arrive late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Mr. Miller's mother, Mrs. J.A. Graye, his half-sister and Mrs. Miller's parents are on the way to Lawrence from Lake Charles. No arrangements will be made for the funeral services until after the relative have arrived. 15 �THE LOGO of the Douglas County Genealogy Society In the fall of 1982, after hearing many suggestions that the society needed a logo; Jean Snedeger and I sat in Perkins Restaurant discussing some of the things we thought should make up a suitable, logo. One thought was a outline of Douglas County with footprints across it. Another idea was the county with a covered wagon in the middle. These and other ideas after some time evolved into the present Logo which is the cover from own magazine "The Pioneer" enlarged and cleaned up or simplified. At this time I was substitute editor of 'The Pioneer" (Judy Sweets the elected editor had went away to the east with her family) and I could see that I did not have the time, patience or skill to fmish the Logo and present it to the society, so I called Cynthia Schott, a member of the society, who wor~ed on enlarging and lettering for the emblem. John Banta then saw the unfinished work in my home and asked if he could work on it. He spent many hours cleaning up the logo, rearranging the letters, adding the dates and putting the whole thing in an acceptable form to present to the Board and to the membership. The Logo was voted on at the general meeting and accepted by the society. Later John had a rubber stamp made by Stanley Harris and presented it to the society. Sept. 6, 1983, about a year after the beginning of the logo Jean Snedeger took the hand colored emblem to Francis Sporting Goods to have patches made. ' Signed Grace Embers 16 / �submitted by Don Vaughn MARGARET ROBBINS QUAYLE The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Feb. 1914 "There like an Eden blossoming in gladness Bloom the fair flowers the earth too rudely" Bessie Robbins we called her in those days not long ago. She had been born in Arizona where her father was Surveyor General for the State, but he ended his labors when she was a mere child and was brought to this historic town for Burial. Her mother then remained here and the little child learned to play at the knee of her grandfather, Dr.. Werter R. Davis, first president of Baker University, who was then pastor of the Methodist church in this city. A few years passed and William A. Quayle came into her life to be a real father. When he became pastor of a large church in Kansas City she budded into young womanhood and made many friends. Here it was that a street car accident inflicted a wound that never healed. An every-day accident, you say, and yet it made a heroine of her life. For thirteen long years she has endured pain and suffered untold agony. Twenty-one distinct times has she placed her life in the hands of surgeons. But every time she would rally and smile into the face of the world. When Dr. Quayle was called to Chicago, she forgot her pain at times in her joy in studying art. She made many art sketches for the great Marshall Field store until she had not the physical strength to meet their demands. Most any of us can face death once when we think it is our only hope to live, but who of us could do so for two score times and some of those times when we looked down into the shadow without our friends knowing it, in order not to cause them anxiety. The radium treatment at Baltimore was finally sought but even this would not avail and yet with a brave face she turned her look westward to be with friends. In her last hours she counted her mercies, her many joys and sweet companionships and did all she could to comfort her mother in the trying hour. From the Chicago hospital, where she closed her eyes last Monday, she was brought to her father's cottage just recently erected for their vacation comfort. Flowers from many cities and from many friends perfumed the room where the family, many times scattered, spent a short hour with her. There was a sweet hymn and sweeter words, a prayer, a hush and a sob, but she who had braved it all smiled on. We have many heroes in our cemetery, men who have faced terrific battle and men who 17 �have faced many crises. But a hero in peace is no less a hero than a hero in time of war or great public catastrophe. Her grandfather was a hero in war and she was a heroine. in peace. A rare flower crushed with drooping leaves but the fragrance will remain with us forever. We stand with uncovered head but with admiration in our eyes for the iron in the soul of a girl whose bravery is not surpassed. God took her, but her example remains as a sweet heritage to all who knew her STAND BY OLD TRAIL The Baldwin Ledger, 3 Apr. 1914 D.A.R. Address Calls for History of the Trail, and for Good Roads. Mrs. T. A. Cordry, of Parsons, historian of the D.A.R., gave the following address at a recent session at Ottawa which covers points of vital interest to all people in this community. The address follows: During the summer and fall, I received many requests for information regarding the Old Santa Fe Trail in Kansas and the way the Daughters marked it, from D.A.R's, and club women all over the United States. I finally made 15 typewritten copies, and they are gone. No one sent postage, and only one acknowledged my help with a thank you letter, and that ~as a lady in Brooklyn. I was particularly interested in the stand taken by Judge J. H. Lowe, president of the Old Trails movement, that the old trail should not be given up for the Golden Belt route. I wrote to him, and his reply I prize very highly. He said in part, "In an age of criticism, it is like a refreshing shower in a season of drought, to receive such a commendatory letter as yours." I also wrote to Senator Bristow and Senator Thompson asking them to use their influence against the Shackelford bill in Congress, which place all of the National road money in the hands of the governor to place as he pleases. Replies from both were pleasing. , Before Christmas, when so much was being published on the proposed high school relay on the Old Santa Fe Trail, I had a friend figure on what it would cost to publish my story of the parking of the Santa Fe Trail in pamphlet form. Sickness stopped my work for awhile. Then I argued, if we should publish it, let it be in a handsome book form that we, as Daughters of the American Revolution, can be proud of With the consent of our State Regent, I got prices. This I will give to the Conference under the head of new business. The past two months I have carefully gone over my story, to see that it was absolutely correct. I have answered calls for the history of the Sons of the Revolution. Gave the tribute to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and the D.A.R. at the Daughters Memorial service the 22ndof February in Parsons. Have added several biographies to my history. Have received two valuable 18 �papers, one from Mrs. T. E. Chandler of Ottawa on "The Old Indian Burying Ground," and the other from Mrs. R. R. Bittman of Independence on her research work in connection with the place where there was a massacre in 1863 on Rebel Creek in Montgomery county. I urge th~ Daughters to gather local history, especially from the old settlers who are so fast passing away. Have a file book and keep your findings, and have a scrap book and put the obituaries of these old timers. And another thing, make friends with these old people who have stories of history in their head we can never fmd in a book. I have made a State Historical's Scrap Book, with clippings that I found with Miss Meeker's secretary's books and those sent me from time to time by the chapters. One thing I wish that you would do - please put the date on your clipping, as "last Saturday" is riot very defmite time to me. Our genealogist wishes the story of our Revolutionary ancestors, as what little we put on our application papers is not much. If we have family traditions and stories about that ancestor, write it out. Then if you will send this to me, I will put it in proper form to send the Historian general or the genealogist. May I ask this for your work this coming year? Kansas Daughters have had on their rolls seven real Daughters, four are dead, one in Lawrence, one in Kansas City, Mo., one in Topeka and one in Lebo. Another real Daughter but not a member of our society, is buried in Atchison. It would be a proper thing to properly mark these graves. Hey Bear sold The Baldwin Ledger, 12 Aug. 1932 The cinnamon bear, which Will Hey captured last April in Minnesota and has had at his home since, was sold to a Kansas City restaurant last week for advertising purposes. A man at the restaurant will give wrestling demonstrations with the bear in front of the establishment to attract crowds. . The bear had become quite a favorite with the children in the north part of town, although it had not become thoroughly tamed. TAKES THE OLD NAME The Baldwin Ledger, 27 Sep. 1912 19 �Baldwin City Postoffice is Given Its Former Name - Same as the Town - To Save Much Confusion. Beginning next Tuesday, Oct. 1, the name of the postoffice at this place will be Baldwin City. Ever since the organization of this town in 1855, the legal and corporate name of the town has been Baldwin City. From the beginning, and for some years the postoffice had the same name. Under a former administration, and for reasons not now apparent, the name of the postoffice was changed to Baldwin. As the years have passed this has led to much legal confusion. The city council has been compelled to re-publish city ordinances because they had the name of the town described as Baldwin instead of Baldwin City. Deeds have had to be re-written. You cannot give a deed for a town lot in Baldwin, Kansas, for there is no such town in Kansas. Look at your tax receipt or your deed to your cemetery lot and you will find that all property is vested in the name of Baldwin City. But this has not been the only difficulty. There are 19 towns in the United States having the name Baldwin. Their postoffices have the same name. The postoffice at this place is the only one of the 19 that is a second class office. Of the remaining 18 two are small third-class offices and the remainder are fourth class offices - conducted in connection with a country store and hence not given first consideration as at this place. The result of this is that much mail is missent and therefore delayed. One Baldwin City merchant told us the other day that he had a valuable package go to Baldwin, KY., and remain there for some days and it was with great difficulty that he was able to locate it. ' On the other hand, this office being the most prominent of its name in the United States, is constantly getting mail destined to other states. Postal clerks read the name Baldwin and take it for granted that it comes to Kansas. Our mail is now so large that postal clerks running out of Chicago and St. Louis and Denver make up sacks direct for this place. This is probably not the case with any of the other 18 offices having the same name. There is hardly a day passes and never a week that mail intended for other offices having the same name does not come to this office. Some months since the attention of the Postoffice Department was called to this condition of things and it was suggested that probably the best way to remedy matters was to make the postoffice the same name as the town as it had formerly been. Following the usual routine, the Postoffice Department has ordered the old name restored and this order goes into effect next Tuesday. It is hoped that this will eliminate any legal confusion in the future and also make less frequent missent mail. NOTE FROM RICHARD(Richard Wellman who sends me all this Baldwin information. Thanks, Richard) According to Post Office official records, the name."Baldwin City" was in effect from May 22, 20 �1862 until April 14, 1887. The shortened name "Baldwin" was in used from April 14, 1887 until Aug. 16, 1912. The actual date of transition in 1912 is even disputed. Since 1912, the Post Office and city name has been officially listed as Baldwin City. However, how many times has there been reference in conversation to our town of Baldwin? Do a "Google search" for Baldwin City and everything looks familiar, even down to the Maple Leaf Festival. Not quite so with a search only for Baldwin. The Baldwin Ledger, 10 Jan. 1919, page 8, col. 5 & 6 DEATH OF W. H . SWEET The news of the death of Dr. Wm. H. Sweet, Jan. 5th, at Centralia, Wash.,. comes as a sad message to many in Baldwin. While not known personally to a great number here at the present time, he will be recalled as a former president of Baker University, and one greatly beloved by all who knew him. W. H. Sweet was given the degree of A. B. by Ohio Wesleyan in 1872, and A. M. in 1875. From 1872 - 1877 he was professor of mathematics in Baker University and became her president in 1879 and his administration was continued until 1886, when he was succeeded by Dr. H. A. Goblin. He then served Kansas Wesleyan University as professor of Psychology and Ethics and later as field secretary, after which he held various pastorates in Kansas and was a member of General Conference, 1892 to 1896. He retired in 1915 from active service in the church having served faithfully for nearly a half century. I J Many things might be recalled relating to the presidency of Dr. Sweet and his connection with the town and school in those early days. Centenary Hall was built as the result of his untiring efforts. Science Hall being the only college building on the campus, and too much 21 �cannot be said of his undaunted zeal in the matter of fmancing the school and of inducing young people to attend Baker university. When he became president in 1879 there were 102 students enrolled and when he retired in 1886, the enrollment had reached 426, the increase being largely due to his personal efforts. At that time there were few trees, and fewer improvements. Pres. Sweet, with his own hands, planted many of the trees in and around the campus; was interested in the growth of the . town and built the house now owned by Mrs. J. H. Cundiff, which he occupied while he was president of Baker University. Our institution owes much to this man, to whose life and efforts we pause to pay tribute. SOME mSTORY OF THE MASONIC LODGE OF BALDWIN The Baldwin Ledger, 16 Oct. 1891 FIRE FIRE FIRE On last Monday night at about 11 0' clock Dan Briggs was riding down Main street when he discovered the building owned by the Mason's and occupied by A. Leake & Son with aharness shop to be on fire. He immediately gave the alann and soon the streets were thronged with excited citizens and students. The fire company arrived before the fire had gotten under good headway and by untiring work succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the building had entirely burned down. The building is so badly damaged however that it will be torn down probably to make room for a new one. The cause of the fire is unknown but is supposed to have caught from a match or cigar stub thrown down by someone, the G.A.R.' s having met in the hall above that evening. The insurance on the building was $600 while Mr. Leake only had $400 on his stock, but as most of the goods were saved his loss will be entirely covered. The building adjoining the one burned and occupied by R. W. Bailey with a shoe shop was torn down in order to save the rest of the block. The next day our citizens made up money and gave him to partly compensate the loss he had sustained. FROM THE MA YOR In behalf of the citizens and property owners of Baldwin we desire to extend to the young men of the city and the students of the university our thanks for their activity and energy in extinguishing the fire on last Monday evening. The success in saving the property and stopping the fire was largely due to their bravery and energy and as citizens we feel under grant obligations to them for their kindness. James Murray, Mayor. 22 �NOTES: The wind favored us. Bob Bailey lost his awl. That little engine is the stuff. Several students were out after ten. Prof. Wood was among the hardest workers. Henry Humbert did a good business after the fire. The Masonic goat had his tail scorched,. R. W. Bailey has his shop in the Boyd room next to the book store. Dan Briggs received slight injuries while helping carry out the stock. Bet. Johnson and Davie Todd were first to get out the fire engine. A. Leake & Son will occupy the Pittman & Thompson building. "The whole block will go some of these days" could be heard on every hand. Otsie Leake is a brave fireman and no mistake. He took big chances and did excellent work. The building would have burned in short order but for the way it is built and the hard oak material used in it. The town well is not nearly large enough in case of a big fire. As it was the well was exhausted before the fire was put out. The Masons have not decided where they will build but it will probably be on the same lot or on the Sullivan comer next to Schnebly's. The Daily Journal, 3 December 1879 WESTERN NATIONAL FAIR The association incorporated and ready for work. The articles of incorporation for the great fair to be held at Bismarck Grove were filed with the Secretary of State on Monday. That our readers may have the benefit of the entire organization so far, we publish the document in full. Charter of the Western National Fair Association First-The name of the corporation is the "Western National Fair Association. " Second-It is formed for the purpose of holding annual fairs for the 23 �encouragement of agriculture, horticulture, mechanic, and the arts; the improvement of the breed of domestic animals, and the promotion of the general industrial interests of the country. Third-The places where the business is to be transacted are the city of Lawrence and Bismarck Grove, both in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas. F ourth-The time for which it is to exist is ten years. Fifth-The number of its directors is fifteen, and the directors appointed for the first year are N.A. Adams, of Riley county; J.F. Keeney, of Trego county; Wm. Martindale of Greenwood county; Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Doniphan county; E.N. Morrill, of Brown county; John H. Rice, of Miami county; Geo. A. Crawford, of Bourbon county; L.C. Wasson, of Franklin county; L. Savory, of Lyon county; Levi Wilson, of Leavenworth county; and Gen. Lens, Isaac N. VanHoesen, J.D. Bowersock, and Samuel A. Riggs, of Douglas county, Kansas. Sixth-Its capital stock is $15,900, divided in 300 shares of$50 each. S.A. Riggs L.N.Van Housen H.J. Rushmer George Leis S. Steinberg· C.C. Thacher J. S. Crew H.F. Canniff George Innes A.B. Warren J.D. Bowersock A. Oliver lC. Wills A.C. Dicker H. Kesting T.D. Thacher A. Katzenstein W.J.R. Blackmar J.A. Bliss Geo. Y. Johnson M. Summerfield G.W. Hume W.A. Harris State of Kansas, Douglas County On this 29th day of November, A.D., 1879, before me, a notary public, in and for said county, came H.J. Canniff, H.J. Rushmer, J.S. Crew, George Y. Johnson, I.H. Van Hoesen, George Leis, A.B. Warren, G.W. 24 �Hume,. and S. Steinberg, to me personally known, who subscribed the foregoing instrument, and severally duly acknowledged the execution of the same. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed by name, and affixed my official seal, on the day and year last above written. lA. Bliss, Notary Public I, James Smith, Secretary of State, of the the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original instrument of writing filed to my office, November 29, 1879. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed y name and affixed my official seal. Done at Topeka the pt day of December, A.D. 1879. James Smith, Secretary of State A meeting of the directors will be called as soon as possible, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. In speaking of the fair Mr. Gould in his recent visit said: "This is the central point for all the thriving young cities of eastern Kansas, Leavenworth, Atchison, Topeka, -Ottawa and others. It is accessib~e by rail for every section of this western county. Bismarck is the point of advantage, and the idea is a sound one. The fair ought to be more than State, it should be national in character. Kansas City, too, the business and railroad center of this country, would probably lend a hand, as Bismarck is almost within her suburbs." The project starts off with a book, and it is difficult to conceive how anything but success can attend it. If our own people are only united, and all work together, there is little doubt but we shall have plenty of outside help. 25 �OLD FOLKS DAY The Baldwin Ledger, 8 Nov. 1912 The Epworth League Entertains 130 guests - 11 over 80 Years of Age Last Saturday, the Epworth League gave their annual dinner and entertainment to the old people of the community. The number of guests entertained this year was one hundred thirty, besides about thirty of the young people. This was the largest number ever entertained by the Epworth League. This has been an annual event since 1907 when the Fiftieth anniversary of the First Methodist class in Baldwin City was celebrated. The event grows in its interest every year and is a custom which is quite distinct from anything which is practiced in other places. Of the one hundred thirty guests of last Saturday, eleven were over 80 years of age. Mr. Seth Sampson was the oldest, being 87. The others of this class were Dr. Osborn, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Green, Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. Eberhart, Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Overton, Mr. Lampman, Mrs. Graham, and Mrs. Tomilinson. The last named celebrated her 80th birthday on this occasion. Mr. W. T. Jones had lived the longest in Baldwin City having come here in 1854. Mrs. Burroughs had lived here fifty-five years and was a member of the first Methodist class in Baldwin City. Sixteen of the company had lived in Baldwin City for more that twenty-five years and eleven were the children of preachers. Dr. S. S. Murphy preached at the eleven o'clock hour. At noon a fine chicken dinner was served in the dining rooms of the church by the Epworth League, The dining room was decorated with autumn leaves and colors. Each of the company wore his name on a paper which was in the shape of an Epworth League badge. At the dinner table, the following persons responded to the toasts proposed by Dr. Kester: Mr. Millikin on "The Happiest Event of My Life After Twenty-one Years of Age;" Seth Sampson on his "Experience at His first Campmeeting;" Mrs. Tomlonson on "The great inventions and improvements which she had observed during her life;" Dr. Osborn on "An old Maid's Paradise. " To the toast, "Then and Now in church affiliations," Mrs. C. P. Ives responded to "then" and Mrs. Dillheimer to "now." Mrs. Lovejoy told of "The happiest experience of my life." These talks were all quite interesting and inspiring. Mrs. Dillheimer, who has but recently come to Baldwin City and enjoyed this occasion for the first time, is the daughter of a Bishop; was the wife of a minister and missionary to Africa, and is the mother of Mrs. Wright of this city whose husband is a brother of the Wrights of aeronautic fame. After rising from the table, there was an old fashioned,class meeting under the leadership of Mr. Lampman. This was very interesting to the old people. 26 �The entertainment this year had been carefully planned by Prof. Ebright and Parker Kitterman, the third vice-president of the League and was the most successful since the observation of the [event ?] has been begun. Below is the poem which was read by Dr. Osborn: With bowing head and trembling knee Once more we come, old friends to greet; To look around the room and see If there is something good to eat. Tho' wither'd hand and frosted head, Tho' falt'ring step and feeble trod, Our hearts are warm, our blood is read Our appetites are very good Since last we met the call has come For some dear loving one to go, And leave a vacant chair at home, With all affections here below. And ere another year shall pass, The final summons from on high May claim one or more of this class Will it be you? Will it be I? Prolong'd has been our span of life, Our work for good or bad is done. We can't recall the bub'ling strife, Nor retrace paths that we have gone 0, that each one might clearly see, In the change that soon must come, The passport to eternity A happier and blissful home. Now this we want to say in truth; The Epworth League, good and clever A noble band of earnest youth ---May it live and thrive forever THE CITY ELECTION The Baldwin Ledger, 5 April 1889 To say that the voters of Baldwin were taken completely by surprise in the result of the election Monday is to put it very mildly. It was an 27 �overwhelming defeat of the masculine power Yorktown fmale. a Waterloo, with a The dissatisfaction expressed at the ticket was manifested early in the morning and a disposition shown by many voters to ignore it entirely and make the fight squarely as between it and the "woman's ticket." This movement gained ground rapidly and by noon it was manifest that the movement was not only becoming very popular but that it would carry everything before it and the broad grin of satisfaction worn all day by the managers of the affair showed how popular the new move had become. The following is a list of the officers'elected: Mayor, Mrs. J. M. Sullivan, members of the council, Mrs. Cornelia Kidder, Mrs. H. S. Stewart, Mrs. W. D. Martin, Mrs. W. A. Hyde and Mrs. Lillian Scott. Police Judge, E. H. Topping. A larger vote was cast than at any former election, the whole number being 220, of which about 100 were ladies. Weare glad to see this manifestation of interest on the part of the ladies in the city government and congratulate them on the success of their ticket and have no doubt but they will give us an able and prosperous administration. Miss Maud Leonard and Miss Julia Colburn were clerks at the election Monday and the prompt manner in which they discharged their duties and the neat and correct poll books attest their proficiency and fitness for the position. Our Old Crank Once More Editor Ledger: It has been a right smart spell since I bothered you, 28 �Mister Editor, and I had about concluded that I wouldn't pester you with any more of my fault fmding, but if you won't feel too hard against an old fellow that does not have a great deal of fun in this world, I would like to take a little of your valuable space this week. I would like to say a few words if you will allow about the city election that took some people's breath away. Now, Mister Editor, I ain't going to express any opinions about women's suffrage. That is a matter of private opinion that every man (or woman) has a perfect right to think as they please about. I might not agree with you on this matter, but then you know I am just an old fashioned crank and nobody cares a straw what I think. But what I wanted to say wa~ this. If a majority of the people want the women to run the city affairs, they ought to do it and I am dead certain there will be just as good a government in the future as we have had in the past. It is perfectly lawful for women to be mayors and', councils if they want to be and the people are willing. No one with good sense would object to a woman singing bass if she could. It seems to me that it is a simple question of capability and in the present case no one has raised any such objections. But gracious alive, how mad some folks are! I heard one man say he was going to sell out and leave, because he wouldn't live in a town that would do such a thing. Well, Mr. Editor, I heard a boy on the street the other day yell. "Let'er go Gallager." I expect that is slang but its plain English. It does seem to me that some of the men in this town who call themselves lords of creation are pretty small lords. It does seem to me that when they talk about "petticoat. / government" they are talking awful silly. Maybe it is because they are used to that kind of government at home that they object to it in city affairs. Anyhow we've got the women and what are we goingto do about it. I believe that some where in the Bible it says "Grin and bear it." I don't know whether that is in the Bible or not but its about what some of our good friends will have to do. So no more at present from ' your friend. Old Crank. 29 �REBECCA VanMETRE CARPENTER The Baldwin Ledger, 20 Feb. 1914 Rebecca VanMatre, daughter of Amosa and Elizabeth VanMatre, was born May 11, 1834, in Green County, Illinois, and died at her home in Baldwin City, Feb. 11, 1914. She was united in marriage to James E. Carpenter, January 14, 1853. To this union were born nine children, five of whom remain to mourn the departure from this life, of a faithful mother; Charles, James and Joh Carpenter, and Mrs. Florence Sprague and Mrs. Ella Beal. The family came to Kansas in the summer of 1854 and have continuously made their home near Baldwin City. Mrs. Carpenter became identified, in early life, with the United Brethren church and for many years held her membership at Black Jack. She was a firm believer in God, His goodness, purity and love, that in living right that religion pure and undefiled is to help some one in need, to make the pathway of life brighter and smoother for less fortunate ones. This principle she put in evidence not only in word but in a long heroic life of noble deeds. Coming to the territory of Kansas in 1854, she endUred the hardships and helped solve the problems of those early days. There were only two buildings in Palmyra at the time and without modem conveniences of travel and communication, every pound of provisions and supply must be obtained from Kansas City. Owing to this fact, Mr. Carpenter later "freighted" by schooner and ox team from that place to the one store then beginning business in Palmyra, Mrs. Carpenter remaining at home with the little ones. The home was located on the farm south of town where Mr. Frank Lobingier now lives. The Santa Fe Trail and an old Indian path were the only public highways, the later crossing the Carpenter homestead. On one of his trips to Kansas City, Mr. Carpenter narrowly escaped the rebel soldiers, being compelled to leave his wagon and team, returning home' on foot. Mr. Carpenter volunteered as a regular soldier in the trying times of the border trouble, and for three long years this noble woman bore the entire responsibilities of a family of small children and that in a war-ridded territory. Mrs. Carpenter was well acquainted with John Brown, he having often visited in her home. In fact, she nursed his wounded son-in-law, applying the simple remedies to an ugly wound. It was a common thing for her to come to the store laboriously carrying a little child and a large bucket of eggs or other produce. In 1877 Mr. Carpenter died, and now, with a family of seven children she must fight life ~s battles alone. By cheer and hard work she has fought and won. With limited means she reared the children, keeping them comfortably dressed and well fed and has given to each the invaluable gift of a good education. This has been accomplished by the invincible resources of her own life and an unfaltering trust in God. It is remarkable that she has thus lived and wrought without incurring debt and without the need of charitable assistance. A family of honorable men and women live to perpetuate her life and memory. Mrs. Carpenter was a doer of the word, as well as a hearer. None knew more perfectly the joy ----(line missing?) -- drouth or pestilence has she gone about in the community gathering food and supplies for suffering families. None knew better the truth of Jesus words, "It is better to give than to receive." She delighted to charm away pain and anxiety by a pleasant neighborly visit and when she was gone we were sure we had been in the presence of one "who walked with God." She lived on the old farm from 1854 till 1902, when she came to her home in Baldwin City 30 �where she died. With all the adversities and strenuous life she lived to be nearly 80 years old. Having done well her part to make the vicinity of Baldwin City what it is we have in her life a heritage invaluable that will not fade away. Ira Beamer conducted the funeral service. A prayer was offered in the home and sermon in the West Baldwin church. Interment in the west side cemetery. I Mother has left us. With a fortitude that has graced none more fair, she took leave of life without a fear. Through weeks of silent suffering she looked calmly into the future and did not falter; with a heroism born of her supreme faith in Jesus, she approached the end, thrilling with her latest breath the note of exultation - as one who knocks at the gates of eternal morning Shrouded in her robes unmaculate, (sic) asleep beneath a wreath of flowers that fain would have kissed her eyelids to awakening, we laid her to rest beneath the pines. "We paused and breathed a prayer above the sod, And left her to her rest in God." The sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones From The Daily Tribune, Lawrence, Thursday, 28 March 1877. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF A GOOD PIONEER LADY The whole community have heard with feelings of sorrow of the d~ath . of Mrs. Elizabeth P. French, who expired on the evening ofMarch ..27th, 1877 of cancer. Mrs. French was the only daughter of Mr. Franklin Haskell, one of the pioneer settlers of 1854, coming to Lawrence, we believe, with the: "Second Party" of New England Immigrants, and the sister of John G and Dudley C. Haskell, the latter our present member of Congress. Miss Haskell, the subject of this sketch, remamed behind the family in New England, and came to Kansas in March, 1857. She was born at Weathersfield, Vermont, on the 23 rd of April, 1836, and was therefore almost forty-one years old. ' The family were among the most respected and useful of the early pioneers. The father was a devoted Free State man, a just and upright citizen and a true Christian, his influence and example doing much to mould the character of the infant settlement at Lawrence. The mother, 31 �whose death preceded that of the daughter but a few months, was truly a pioneer mother to all who needed the good offices of a charitable, intelligent Christian woman. Miss Haskell was married to Mr. Charles D. French, at Springfield, Massachusetts on the 25 th day of February, 1865, where the mother and daughter were visiting relatives during that year. After marriage, they removed to Leavenworth, residing there two years, and then coming to a home on the well known Haskell homestead, adjoining Lawrence. This excellent lady united with the Congregational church in her New England home when a young girl, and has lived the life of a true Christian woman. For several years she belonged to the choir of the Plymouth Congregational Church, the first organized church in , Lawrerice. She was one of the pioneer teachers in the free schools. of Lawrence, taking charge of a school, more as a matter of duty in the days when good teachers were wanted, than from pecuniary motives, and those who received the rudiments of an education in the Old Unitarian church on the hillside will long remember the amiable, kindhearted teacher, whose devotion to her duties laid deep the foundation of usefulness and virtue. Perhaps at that period, there could have been no person selected for such duties who was her superior in every respect, as added to her innate goodness of heart, she had all the elements of a studious character and a finished education, having been well educated in the best institutions ofleaming in New England. In all the positions of neighbor, daughter sister and wife she fulfilled well her part, and goes to rest with the pure in heart, who have the promise of the Everlasting Blessing, reversed, respected, and beloved as only the good daughter, sister, wife and friend can be. Among those who knew her, the tear will come unbidden at the news of the death of one whose life has been so blameless and so useful. The last sad rites were performed at the residence of her bereaved 32 �husband this afternoon, at which Rev. Mr. Spring, her last pastor, and Rev. Dr. Cordley, so long the pastor of her church, gave the last ministrations to the memory of a beloved sister. A large concourse of sympathising friends attended the funeral, the following pall-bearers officiating: Messrs. L. Bullene, H.W. Baker; Albert Allen, G. Grosvenor, O.A. Hanscomb, and S.A. Riggs. All that remains of the good woman were laid in a pleasant lot, beside the venerated father, mother and brother, but a few steps from the door of the pioneer cabin where she and they had so long been known for their kind hospitality in the "times that tried men's souls," to sleep the last sleep of the good and the just. "There shall the yew her sable branches spread, And mournful cypress rear her fringed head; From thence shall thyme and myrtle send perfume, Ans laurel evergroen o'ershade the tomb." The deceased was a long suffering in the insidious disease which resulted in death, being cancer of the breast. Nearly two years ago, she underwent a surgical operation and for a time believed that the cure was permanent. " Mrs. French leaves behind her a husband universally respected, and three little children-a daughter and two sons- one of them an infant, too young to have any appreciation the loss of a mother, to them the whole community gives their sympathy for the irreparable loss. RAIL WAY TRAFFIC IN LAWRENCE, 1877 I [It is interesting and astounding to see how many trains came through Lawrence. If only it were true today.] . 33 �Kansas Pacific Railway, both freight and passenger. Four trains going both east and west. St. Louis, Lawrence & Western. Mail, Freight and Passenger. Three trains both east and west. Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston, Passenger and Freight. Two trains, north and south. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Express Passenger, Freight and Mail. Three trains, east and west. ' From Kansas Review: KeGS Kansas published by the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc. Vol. 38, no.l, August, 2013. FREE DIGITAL GENEALOGY ONLINE MAGAZINE Dick Eastman recently reported in his online newsletter about a new online magazine that subscribers can sign up for and receive a free issue each month. You can then copy pages or download pages you want from each issue. Learn more at: http://www.theindepthgenealogist.com/?page_ id-6086. The isstle currently on there is 74 pages long so there is a lot in it. (March, 2013) MHGS NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Beginning with the April issue the Newsletter will be available to all members at: http://www .skyways. orglgenweb/mhgs. Check the "Calendar" for' all upcoming classes/programs/ 34 �NEWSPAPERS ONLINE Newspaper Abstracts is a free website where individuals submit articles from countries around the world, but the main focus is on the United States. With a URL., that matches its name, you can fmd this resource at: www.newspaperabstracts.com The home page contains a link to an explanation of how individuals may submit articles. The following articles are from the publication from The Point, Sesquicentennial Point at Clinton Lake. It is a walk through time/stories on the steps. Make a visit to The Point which is below the Clinton Dam on the road to the dog park. From: The Point: Walk through time/Stories of the steps. 1915 The University Women's Club est. 1900 Scholarships for KU women since 1915 In 1915, the University Women's Club at the University of Kansas began an annual scholarship donation project among the mebership to honor meritorious women students. The club was then known as the Ladies of the Faculty, having been formed in May of 1900. It was organized to help women take advantage of the educational, cultural and social heritage ofKU. We have met continuously since 1900 for friendship and to be of service to the University. Since 1915, more than 280 outstanding women have been awarded a 35 \.J �UWC scholarship. We are the oldest scholarship-granting organization at KU. In April 2005, the 90th year recipients shared in the pleasure of knowing our history will be at Sesquicentennial Point in meaningful ways. The history of Lawrence and its university speaks of dedication to worthy goals for town and gown alike. We believe our award recipients have been ambassadors on campus and for Lawrence itself, past arid present. Sponsored by: The University Women's Club. 1921 Lawrence Memorial Hospital Lawrence Memorial Hospital was an idea that grew from a righteous cause. In the early 1900s, as story was told about a doctor who had been called to attend an old African American man who had fallen in a fit on the sidewalk near the Eldridge Hotel. At the time, Lawrence was served by three small private hospitals owned by physicians, but none of them had a charity bed available. The doctor tried to find someone who might know the man, but to no avail, before the man died. There was no publicly owned hospital in Lawrence, where needy poor could be taken for treatment in care. In 1919, the Social Service League bought a frame house at 3rd and Maine Sts., and through a trust agreement gave it to the city for a hospital. An appeal was made for funds to repair and equip the building. About $10,000 was raised. Lawrence Memorial Hospital opened for business January 17, 1921. During the 1920s, the community increasingly depended upon LMH and the facilities became inadequate. Elizabeth Miller Watkins offered to give $200,000 to build a new hospital, and in 1929, a new brick 36 �building with 50 beds opened, becoming the pride of the community. Additions funded by Mrs. Watkins and federal programs expanded the hospital and added capacity over the years. In 2004, Lawrence Memorial Hospital serves Lawrence and surrounding communities, including practices in Eudora, Baldwin City and,Tonganoxie. The hospital was named with a Kansas Excellence Award for Quality in 2003. Today, LMH is a not-for-profit, city-owned hospital, which serves: members of the community, regardless of an individual's ability to pay. LMH invests all excess revenues into services, equipment and facilities to further its mission to improve the health of the community. While buildings and equipment are necessary to the provision of quality medical care, it is the vision and foresight of good people like Mrs. Watkins and others who built the community foundation on which LMH has grown. Their commitment serves today as an inspiration for the future. Sponsored by: Lawrence Memorial Hospital. 1925 Lawrence Flower Club "A shared interest in flowers and gardening drew together a group of people in February of 1925 for the purpose of forming a club which would provide mutual pleasure and instruction, and a vehicle for making Lawrence a city of flowers." Thus begins the History of the, Lawrence Flower Club, 1925-1975, written by Mrs. Olie R. (Vivian) Parsons. Sixty-one people, men and women signed the club charter. The club joined the Kansas Associated Garden Clubs in 1929. 37 �Eighty years later, that same purpose drives the membership of the current Lawrence Flower Club, still composed of men and women. The first yearbook, started in 1927, was four pages long. Yearbooks now list officers, members, programs and speakers. Business is kept short and to-the-point. Meetings are held in a public building, so that the size of the meeting place does not dictate membership numbers. Civic projects have always been high on the list of priorities for the Lawrence Flower Club. In the 1925-1975 history, Mrs. Parsons tells of the Manley Memorial Rock Garden and Pool in Central Park (now, Watson Park), dedicated in May 1934. The pool was later filled in at the request of the city when it became too much of an attraction to: children. Plantings were also done in the parks, at the hospital, at some churches, one of the fire stations, the county convalescent home and . others. In 1938, members made 1,300 bouquets for decorating soldiers' graves. In 1997, a plan to renovate the dysfunctional "Teddy Roosevelt" fountain on the east side of South Park came from the Countryside Garden Club. At a city sponsored planning meeting, the suggestion to move the fountain close to the gazebo in South Park came from a Lawrence Flower Club member. A dedication ceremony on June 20, 2001, saw the fountain, with water flowing, located in the center of the beautiful flower beds. A flyer, written by a Lawrence Flower Club member, gives the history of the fountain and is available through the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. In April 2001, the will of the late Marvin Selichnow, a Lawrence businessman, included a substantial bequest to the Lawrence Flower Club, honoring his wife, Alberta, a former member. This gift has enabled the club to give $2,000 toward a grant to enlarge the Sensory 38 �Gardens at the Audio Reader site near the University of Kansas campus. Prairie Acres Garden Club and the Lawrence Flower Club collaborated on a grant from the National Garden Clubs, Inc., for this project. And now we are able to sponsor a footstone for the pathway at Sesquicentennial Point. We are grateful to Mr. S~lichnow for his generosity! Our members are proud of the history of the Lawrence Flower Club, one of the oldest garden clubs in Kansas. Other garden clubs in Lawrence are Prairie Acres, Green Thumb, Meadowlark, . Designer's Guild and Countryside. History provided by Lois Harrell and Mary Y. Allen Sponsored by: The Lawrence Flower Club. 1950 Charles and Tensie Oldfather The Oldfathers met at the University of Nebraska and were married in 1942. They came to Lawrence in 1950, where Charley became a professor of law· at the University of Kansas and Tensie raised a family of five boys and two girls. For the next half century, the Oldfathers became significant Lawrence citizens. Although they had a large family, they regularly opened their doors to troubled teens. For more than 20 years, they provided temporary housing for teenagers in emergency situations through the Volunteers in Court program. Tensie volunteered for many things in the community, including 4H and PTA. Through the years, Charley too became well-known in the community, appearing in community theater productions, films and a host of civic activities. The benevolent personalities of Tensie and Charley enriched the lives of many in Lawrence. They both gave generously of their spirits and . . their resources to improve the lives of others and to create lasting 39 �legacies for Lawrence and its citizens. Through their years in Lawrence, they supported the Red Cross, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Inc., Head Start, The Villages, the Lawrence Community Theater, the University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas Public Radio and many others. When Tensie received a significant inheritance in the 1970s, their philanthropic nature was only increased with quiet humility. As one result, however, Charley was able to quit his job as law professor and take up acting, a natural gift. This also allowed him to become involved in many civic activities during the day, including serving on the school board, chairing the State Advisory Council on Aging, and helping restore Liberty Hall in the 1980s. After Charley died in 1996, Tensie continued the couple's commitment to Lawrence, steadfastly following her belief that sharing one's resources is the best way to both give and to receive. In 2000, Tensie gave $4 million to establish the Douglas County Community Foundation, which, in only five years, grew to assets of over $7 million, returning more that $1 million in grants to community nonprofits that promote education, health care, development, the environment and the arts. The quality of life for the citizens of Lawrence and the Oldfather's charitable legacy helped assure Lawrence's future. Tensie Oldfather died October 2,2007 " Sponsored by: Tensie Oldfather (Ed. Note. There are still opportunities to buy stepping stones at The Point. The cost is the" year you want to commemorate. Contact Clenece Hills at fairplay@sunflower.com) Once again, I want to say this is my last issue. Hopefully someone will 40 �step forward to take over the publication of The Pioneer. It has been in publication for 36 years and it would be a shame for it to lapse. Call me at 785-843-9199 or burchill@ku.edu. My thanks go to Richard Wellman and Don Vaughn, both of whom have furnished me with material over the years. 41 �THE PIONEER Douglas County Genealogical Society, Inc 1329 Kasold G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049 FORWARDING AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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BOX :3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66044 " ,.- ~ �"THE PIONEER" Published Quarterly By: The Douglas County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Summer 1980 Vol. IV, No.1 Contents Page Society Information 1 Lawrence, Ks. United Methodist Chu1:'.ch Membership, 1893-98 • . 2 "Rise and Fall of Lone Star, Kansas" 11 Eudora, Kansas Cemetery Record 21 Clinton, Kansas Cemetery Record . 24 Petitions for Naturalization 30 Early.:.Pastors and Superintendents of. the Lawrence, Ks ,- Plymouth Congregational Church . • • . 33 Queries. , . . , . . , . . . . 34 ********** I AM NOT BOUND TO WIN I am not bound to win, But I 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 up with anybody that stands right; Stand with him while he is right, And part with him when he goes wrong. -- Abraham Lincoln �1 OFFICERS Vice-President .••....••.....••.....•••....•.•.. Maxine Hougland Secretary ...................................... Zona Srilith Treasurer ........•.•...•.•...•••.••.•••••.....•. Jane Wiggins Genealogist •...•..•.••••......•••...•..••.•.•.. Judy Sweets Edi tor •...•••....•...•.......••.•...•••..•..•.• Mary Jamison Par1imentarian ..•.•••.•....••••••...•.••.•.•... Nettie Wismer Publications Committee - Chairperson, Mary Jamison; typing, Jane Wiggins; record copying, Pauline E1niff, Judy Sweets; indexing, Kathryn Bunton; proof reading, Dorothy Clarke. Library Committee - Pauline E1niff, Irma Kidwell, Dorothy Wiggins The Douglas 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 meetings 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. The fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30 the following year. The D.C.G.S. has these items for sale: Volumes I, II, III of ~'THE PIONEER" available. Cora1ey's "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE". (Postage and tax extra) $1.50 ($2.00 by mail) $10.50 members; $12.50 non-members. 16 count package of four Lawrence scenes Notes. tax extra) $3.00 (Postage and Copies of "THE ORIGINAL PREMPTIONS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY {KANSAS)". (Postage and tax extra) Copies of "THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNERS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE". (Postage and tax extra) $5.50 $6.00 Tax is added only where applicable. ) ***** Facts about Kansas throughout this quarterly are from. "A KANSAS SOUVENIR" Products of an advanced civilization. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, and mining interests of the state. Issued by The Kansas Immigration and Information Association, 1896. Submitted by Lance Reppert, Lawrence, Kansas. �2 UNITED HETHODIST CHURCH LAWRENCE, KANSAS MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 Members in Full Connection. Indexed and contributed by Pauline Elniff, Lawrence, Kansas, July 1980. ADAMS, Ada F. ADAMS, Bertie W. ADAMS, Ella W. ADAMS, Jennie May ADAMS, Mary E. ADDISON, Blanche ADDIS, Mrs. Sarah Kilworth ADHINSTER, R.S. ADMINSTER, Mrs. R.S. ALBERT, Dolph ALBERT, Frances ALBERT, Hattie ALDRICH, Ellen Roe ALLENDORF, Cornelia ALLISON, Charles D. ALLISON, Mrs. Louisa ANDERSON, Alzie ANDERSON, Dan F. ANDERSON, Bob W. ANDERSON, Bodley ANDERSON, Mrs. F.W. ANDERSON, Maria ANDERSON, Marian APITZ, Edwin F. APITZ, Grace APITZ, Ida AFl~STRONG, Christopher AID1STRONG, Clara ARMSTRONG, Lena ARMSTRONG, Mollie ARNETT, Anna B.· ARTER, Jessie ASHER, Henry B. ASHER, Minerva B. ASHER, Mollie AUKER [ANKER?], Carrie AUSTIN, Hattie AUSTIN, J.L. BARER, 1.L. BARER, J.L. BARER, Minnie M. BAILLIE, Gertrude BAILLIE, Grace BAILLIE, Veda BARBER, Lottie BARNES, A.M. BARRETT, Mary BARROW, Catherine W. BARTH, Lillian BATES, Daniel BATES, Eva BATES, Virginia A. BAUMGARDNER, Edward BAUMGARDNER, Mrs. Edward BAYLESS, J.F. BAYLESS, Mary BEACH, James BEACH, J.H. BEACH, Mark BEAL, R.N. BEAL, Sarah BEARD, Anna BECHTEL, Joshua R. BEDALE, Sarah BEEBE, Mrs. L.M. BELCHER, C.M. BLACKHAN, Winifred H. BLAIR, Emma J. BLAIR, Grace BLAIR, Hugh BLAIR, ¥...ary BODLE, Hattie F. BOLTON, Dora BOULTON, Dora BOYLS, R.S. BOUGHTON, Eliza BOUGHTON, Gertrude BOUGHTON, Sidney BOWERS, Mary BOWMAN, Ada BRADY, J.L. BRADY, Julia S. BRADLEY, Frank BRADLEY, Mrs. M.S. BRANDSTADT, Rosa BRANDSTOT, Rosa BRASSFIELD, Minnie BREECE, Thos. R. �3 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893.:.;1898 (Cont'd) BREECE, Mrs. Thos. R. BREEDING, Brinton BREESE, Elizabeth Anna BRELSFORD, W.E. BRETT, Mary BRIGGS, Clarence BRIGGS, t1rs. R. BRIGGS, Robert BROMELSICK, Louisa BROUGHTON, J.S. BROWN, Catherine BRmm, Chas E. BROWN, Mrs. C.W. BROWN, Elijah BROWN, Herman BROWN, Mrs. Ida BROWN, Judson H. BROWN, Mary L. BRmm, Matthew BROWN, Rosa' BROWN, S.C. BROWN, Walter P. BROWNELL, Elrose BROWNELL, Mrs. J.C. BUCHNER, I-uss Nell BUCKINGHAM, Hrs. M.A. BUDD, c.o. BULLENE, Peter BURDICK, Julia A. BUSCH, Mrs. Lou BUSCH, William J. BUSHBY, Mrs. S.F. BUTCHER, Helen F. BUTLER, Arthur BUTLER, Edith Pearl BUTLER, Judson BUTLER, Emma BUTLER, Mina BYINGTON, C.E. BYINGTON, Hattie CAMPBELL, A.E. CAMPBELL, Mrs. Carrie CAMPBELL, Edwin CA}1PBELL, West s. CARDINELL, Ella CARDINELL, Ollie CARTER, Benjamin CARTER, C;E. CARTER, l1rs .. Enrrna CARTER, Manerva CAULK, C.W. CAULK, Mary L. CAULK, Miss Nora CHAMPION, Hannah CHAMPION, Niss Ollie CHAPMAN, Mary CHARLTON, Carrie CHARLTON, E.L. CHASE, Julia D. CHRISTMAN, Geo. R. CHRISTMAN, Katie R. CHITWOOD, Josephine CHURCHILL, Josiah CHURCHILL, J.S. CHURCHILL, Katherine CHURCHILL, Lena Blanch CHURCHILL, Mrs. Lou CHURCHILL, Winneford C. CLARK, Alice CLARK, Edith M. CLARK, E.J. CLARK, Helen CLARK, Herbert A. CLARK, John C. CLARK, Lucy CLARK, Mary CLARK, Robert F. CLARK, Mrs. W. J. CLENDENING, Wm. H. CLINGER, Anna CLINGER, D.S. CLINGER, Elsie CLINGER, Nelson CLINGER, Sarah CLOCK, Margaret CLOCK, Wilk CLYPTON, Ruby COCHLIN, Julia C. COLLINS, Hatie CO~S, Rollie CONE, Edna CONE, Hester R. CONES, Daisy D. CONES, Joseph W. CONNOR, Mrs. R.J. CONSTANT, Mrs. Emma CONSTANT, John F. COOK, John E. COOK, Mattie COOK, Orrin COOK, W.A. COOPER, Walter L. COWDEN, Florence COWDEN, W.L. �4 UNITED METHODIST'CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) CRAMER, Mrs. H.I. CRAMER, J.S. CRAMER, Miss Y.l8.y CRAMER, S.W. CRISPIN, Emma CRISPIN, R.G. CROW, Fred CROZIER, Margaret CULBERTSON, Mary CURRY, Albert CURRY, Jamie CURRY, James CURRY, Mabel Brown DANIELS, Walter DAVIES, George DAVIES, Sarah DAVIS, Herbert DAVIS, L. May DAY, V.W. DENNIS, Hattie C. DICK, George DICK, W.E. DIXON, Elizabeth DOUGLAS, Eliza DOUGLAS, J.W. DOUTHET, Jennie DRAPER, Chas. DUGAN, F .M. DUMARS, James DUY.aAS, Rosa DUNCAN, Adeline DUNCAN, C.F.P. DUNCAN, C.S. DUNCAN, Eliza Du~CAN, Elizabeth DUNLAP, Anna E. EDWARDS, Hellen A. EDWARDS, Mabel EGGERT, H. W. EGGERT, Martha EGGERT, Nellie W. ELDRIDGE, Lena ELLIOTT, Myrtle ELLIOTT, Rose ELLIS, L.D. ELWELL, Mrs. W.G. EMLEY, Mrs. E.D. EMLEY,' S.C. ENMETT, Edwin ENMETT, Jno. EMMETT, Louis Henry Et1METT, Lydia E}ThmTT, Rachel Eveline ENGLE, Cora E. ENGLE, Elmer F. ESTEB, Katie ESTERLY, Anna ESTERLY, Emma FALLEY, Jessie FARMER, Hiss Bessie FARMER, Mrs. M.C. FELT, Palmer B. FISK[h], Della FITZ, Hattie E. FLICKINGER, John FLOYD, Mary E. FLOYD, Maud FLOYD, W.A. FOGLE, William FORNEY, Geo. E. FOWLER, Sadie L. FOSTER, Frank A. FOSTER, Harold W. FOSTER, H.S. FOSTER. Mrs. K.S. FOX, Elixabeth A. FOX, Ethel L. FOX, ~1yrtie FOX, Shirley FRAZER, Mary L. FREDERICK, B.F. FREDERICKS, Nellie Ridenour FREYSCHLAG, Norma FRISSELL, F.E. FRITZ, Bertha FRITZ, Mrs. Maggie FRIZELLE, Earl ' FULLINlVINDER, Chas. GAGE, Ella GAGE, Rufus GALAGHER, Mrs. GARDNER, Dr. S.H. GARDNER, Mrs. H.S. GARVIN, Bertha M. GARVIN, David GATES, Mrs. Lillian GIGER, Haud GILL, Cora GILL, Jane GILLHAM, J.H. GILLHAH, Mary E. GOOD, E.B. GOOD, J.R. GOOD, Mary �5 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893"":1898 (Cont'd) GOODNIGHT, Lizzie GOODNIGHT, Mrs. H. J • GORSUCH, D. GORSUCH, E.B. GOULD, Annie M. GRANT, A.G. GREENAMYER, Joseph GREGG, Grace C. GRIFFITH, R.S. GROVER, Mrs. C.H. GROVl, Bessie HALE, Mrs. Elijah HALL, Addie V. HALL, Augustas J.G. HALL, Edith HALL, Ellen HALL, J.V. HALL, Lora HALL, Mabel HALL, Mary E. HALL, Ydldred HALL, Orville HAMAKER, Jacob HAMAR, Samuel HMtf.AR, Sarah HAMPSON, James HANCOCK, Mrs. Vl.J. HANSON, George HANSON, Georgia HANSON, Hannah HARHON, Chas. L. HARMON, Cora May HARMON, Sarah HARRISON, Mrs. Theodosia HART, George D. HART, Jennie HARTZ, Mrs. C.H. HASSELL, Mary HASTIE, 11iss Maggie HATTON, Mrs. N.J. HAY, Mrs. J.L.W. HAYES, Charles HAZLETT, Jas.Virgil HECK, August G. HENDERSON, Susan HENRY, Harold B. HENRY, John J. HENRY, John W. HENRY, Lida V. HENRY, Lillie E. HENRY, Maggie HERRINGTON,Daisy HERRINGTON, l-irs. J. D. HEULETT [?Charlie] S. HICKEY, Andrew S. HICKEY, Ernst C. HICKEY, Ethel HICKEY, Mary HICKOX, Jesse W. HICKOX, Jimmie HICKOX, Mabel N.L. HICKOX, Mrs. \V. HILL, Lilian HINDMAN, A.G. HINDt-fAN, John C. HINDMAN, Regina HINDlfAN, W. F. HOADLEY, Mrs. P.A. HOADLEY, Pircella HOBBS, Lucy HODGSON, 11rs. A.H. HOGAN, Mrs. M.J. HOGUE, Lydia HOLADAY, Blanche HOLADAY, Mrs. M.V. HOLLIDAY, Frank N. HOLLISTER, Anna HOLLISTER, Simpson HOLMES, ? H. HORNSBY, }'f.ary S. HOUNOLD, A. G. HOUNOLD, Mary J. HOWARD, Mrs. C.A. Hm-m, Ellen HOWELL, Clarence HUGHES, Ellen, (Wm.) HUGHES, Hannah A. HULETT, Mr. W.F •. HULSE, Porter HUMBERT, Mrs. L.A. HUME, Ennna HUME, John HUME, Mrs. John (Sylvinia) Hill1PHREY, L. T • HUMPHREY, Mrs. S .A. HUNNICUTT, Gertrude HUNSICKER, Elizabeth HUNSICKER, Henry HUNTER, Mrs. S.J. HUTCHINSON, E. HYDE, Hattie [Nattie?] ILIFF, A.B. ILIFF, B. F. ILIFF, Mrs. B.F. �6 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) ILIFF, Mrs. B.F. ILIFF, Jessie ILIFF, Joseph INGERSON, Hannah IRVIN, Alice IRVIN, M.F. IRVIN, Washington JAMISON, Syrena JOHNS, Emily L. JOHNS, Jeannette M. JOHNSON, Anna JOHNSON, Elbright JOHNSON, Mrs. H.E. JOHNSON, Walter JONES, Esther JONES, Florence H. JONES, John JONES, Miss Lulie JONES, Mattie JONES, Nellie A. JONES, Ray KAMKEL, Ada KENDELL, Joseph R. KENT, Helen KENT, Mrs. Kate L. KENYON, Geo. V. KENYON, J.R. KEVE, Hiley W. KILLRUN, Mrs. KILWORTH, Emma KILWORTH, Sarah A. KIMMLER, Geo. V. KING, John L. KINGSBERY, Frank KINGSBERY, Inez KINGSBURY, Willie F. KINZIE, Harvey KULEY, Royal Kll1LER, Eleanor V. LAHOW, Julia LANE, Julia LANGELY, C.H. LANGELY, Mrs. LAUGHLIN, I. H• LAWSON, Alice B. LAWSON, David H. LESEUR, Hattie LESLIE, Dr. B.H. LESLIE, Mrs. B.H. LESLIE, Gracie LESLIE, Hazel LESUER, Owen C. LEWIS, J.M. LIEBENBURG, Jeannette LIGGETT, Mary LIGGETT, E.E., N.S. LITTELL, W.E. LOCKWOOD, Laur a E .. LOCKWOOD, Mrs. S.A. LOHR, Emma Cos ley LOHR, May LOVE, Cornelia LYON, Eula C. LYONS, Mrs. E .A. LYONS, Laura LYONS, Mrs. W.H. McCLURE, Carrie McCLURE, Geo. J. HcCLURE, Mrs. Geo. J. McCLURE, J.L. McCLURE, Mrs. J.L. McCORKLE, Harry B. McCOY, Mabel McCOY, Zetta McCRAY, Helen W. McCREATH, James McCREATH, Mark McCREATH, Sarah McELROY, F.B. McFARLAND, Bertha HcFARLAND, Chas. McFARLAND, Frank McFARLAND, Nancy l1cFARLAND, Nellie K. McFARLAND, Robert McFARLAND, Rose Lee McFARLAND, Thomas McFARLAND, W. G. McKIM, Lucinda McKIM, R.R. l1cMILLAN, Mrs. t-'.ary HcMILLEN, Mrs. Mary McMURRAY, Arthur McMURRAY, Mrs. H.A. MADDOW, R.F. MAJORS, Jos. O. MARBLE, Leona Aurora MARCH, George HARCH, Geo. M. MARCH, Helena MARCH, J.R. MARCH, Julia B. MARC~, Hary MARCH, W.F. �7 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) MARKS, Lida MARSHALL, Elvis C. }1ARSHALL, J. C• MARSHALL, Sarah }1ARTIN, Elizabeth MARTIN, Emma }1ARTIN, John MARTIN, Louisa H. }1ARTIN, Minnie MARTIN, Susan D. }1ARVIN, Arissima [?] MAYNARD, Margrett MEAD, Arden MEANS, Ash [?] MENAUGH, George MENAUGH, l1rs. MERSHOW [?], Jennie MESSENGER, Frank J. MESSENGER, MarY,A. MEYERS, Emma MICKLE, Nettie MILLER, Charles MILLER, Mrs. Chas. G. MILLNER, Elizabeth W. MOFFETT, Mrs. G. \oJ. MONROE, Mrs. Carrie MONROE, Mrs. L.E. MONROE, Sarah L. HONROE, Susan MOORE, Barbara A. MOORE, J.W. MOORE, Mary B. MOORE, Sarah MORGAN, Mary MORTON, Blanch MOYS, E.J. MUELLER, R.G. MUELLER, Tilly M. MUNK, Addie S. MUNK, Edward HURPHY, Edward MURRAY, Elizabeth MYERS, James MYRES, Mrs. Scott NEELEY, Grace A. NEELEY, Jos. A. NEFF, Miss Maggie NEWMAN, Mrs. NEW11AN, W. E • NEWSON, Nancy NEWSON, Nellie NICHOLS, T.P. NICHOLS, Mrs. NICHOLSON, I. NICHOLSON, John NICHOLSON, Kate D. NICHOLSON, Mattie B. NIXON, '.Jill E. NORTHRUP, Anita [?] NORTHRUP, Estella OAKLEAF, Lydia OATMAN, Mrs. O.A. OATMAN, Mrs. O.E. O'BRIEN, Delos O'BRIEN, Hattie M. O'BRIEN, Nancy OLDS, Ella D. OLDS, F.B. OLDS, Frankie OLDS, Lora E. OLDS, Viola P. OLIVER, Adam OLIVER, Hannah OLIVER, Jane OLIVER, Maggie OLSON, Anna H. OLSON, Sophia ORR, James A. OWEN, Edwin F. OWEN, Mary E. OWEN, Ollie W. OWEN, Winifred Churchill PALMER, Emma B. PALMER, Eva PARISH, Norica E.W. PARKER, Edward J. PARKER, Elvira PARKER, John Howard PARKER, M.E. PARKER, Mary E. PARKS, t.;r. H. PARKS, Mrs. W. H. PARROTT, Alfred PARROTT, }lrs. E. PARROTT, Edith PARROTT, Jessie I. PARROTT, Joseph PARROTT, Percy J. PARROTT, Phil E. PAUL, Josephine B. PEAIRS, Carrie E. PEAIRS, H.A. PEAIRS [?]', Herbert PEAIRS, J.E. PEAIRS, Jerusha PEARlS, John B. �8 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) PEET, Emma PENNINGTON, Elizabeth PENNINGTON, Jessie PENNINGTON, Minnie W. PERRY, John S. PERRY, Lottie H. PERRY, Sarah PHILLIPS, Augusta PHILLIPS, Dr. D.F. PICKENS, Minnie L. PICKENS, Orlarid PICKENS, Sarah A. PIERCE, Ennna PIERCE, Lilian PIERCE, Mary J. PIERCE, P.H. PIERSON, Edward PIERSON, Mary E. PIKE, Ella PIPER, Louisa PIPPERT, Mrs. Luella PLASKET, M. PLASKET, Madge PLASKET, Nettie PLASKET, William POLLARD, Eva POTTER, Lizzie POWELL, John B. POWELL, Mabell POWELL, Mary E. PRATT, Elizabeth PRESBY, Ennna PRESBY, Laura PRESBY, W.S. PUGH, Edward PUGH, Letitia PUGH, Mahala RADFORD, A. RADFORD, Agnes RADFORD, Annie RADFORD, Florence RADFORD, Laura RADFORD, R.M. RARICK, Edith RARICK, J.J. RARICK, Minnie E. RASHKOPF, }f.ary Jane RAWLS, Mrs. A.C. READING, Mrs. Ellen READING, James A. RENNICK, Lou B. RENO, Mrs. Anna REYNOLDS, Mrs. J.D. REYNOLDS, Lizzie RICE, Mrs. Elizabeth RICH, Mrs. J.W. RICH, Mayme A. RICHARDSON, Mabel RIDENOUR, Addie J. RIDENOUR, Nellie RIDENOUR, Sarah L. ROBERTS. C.W. ROBERTS, Clarence H. ROBERTS, Frank H. ROBERTS, Lillie M. ROBERTS, William ROBERTSON, Mary E. ROBERTSON, W.D. ROCKHOLD, Lillian ROUSELL, Mrs. ROUSELL, Edwin ROw"'E, William H. RUARK, Lee RUGH, Howard P. RUGH, Mollie RUSHMER, May RUSHMER, Sarah RUSSELL,Carrie Belle RUSSELL, Ila [?] Williams RUSSELL, Sophia RUSSELL, William SANDERS, Millie M. SANDHOVAL, John SAVAGE, Maria SCOTT, H.E. SCOTT, Margaret SCOTT, Nellie J. SCRANTON, F.M. SCRANTON, G.W. SCRANTON, Ray P. SEELEY, Enolia SEELEY, Ida J. SELLARDS, Mrs. Barbara SHALER, Chas. C. SHALER, Ethel SHALER, Haude E. SHANKLIN, Anna G. SHARP, A.V. SHARP, Linnie SHAW, Mamie M. SHAl.J, Robert SHAW, Sarah SHAWL, Mrs. May SHEAVER, Connie �9 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEHBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) SHELLY, Earl SHERMAN, Miss Georgie SHERMAN, Glen SHERMAN, Guy SHERMAN, Mrs. Jane SHIMMONS, Fannie M. SHORE, Maggie SHORT, John SHUTT, Chas. E. SIERES [?], Guy A. SIMMONS, Dr .. Char1es SIMMONS, Mrs. E.F. SIMMONS, Etolie SHfMONS, Lulu C. SIMMONS, Dr. N. SIMMONS, Mrs. Dr. N. SIMPSON, Lizzie SI:MPSON, Ylabe1 SIMPSON, V.B. SIRPLESS, Eleanor SIRPLUS, A.B. SIRPLUS, Sarah SKINNER, A.H. SKINNER, Emily SLAWSON, Marion G. SMITH, Amanda SMITH, Clara SMITH, Mrs. C.O. SMITH, Daisy SMITH, Mrs. E.J. SMITH, Flora P. SMITH, Prof. F.P. SMITH, Hattie SMITH, }lary E. SMITH, Mrs. M.R. SMITH, O. SHITH, R.F. SMITH, R. Wm. R. SNITH, Rosa SMITH, Sadie SMOOK, Luella SNEDECKER, Jimmie C. SNYDER, Annie SNYDER, Lilly SOMERVILLE, Jimmie SOXMAN, Christian SOx}1AN, Clara SOXMAN, George SOX}1AN, H.R. SOXMAN, Libby Sma1AN, Ray SPALDING, J.A. SPALDING, Hary C. SPARR, Alice B. SPARR, Betty W. SPARR, Chas. W. SPARR, Ripley W. SPAULDING, Gertrude SPENCER, Carrie. SPENCER, John R. SPENCER, Mary A. SPERRY, L.J. SPERRY, Mrs. L.J. SPRANKLE, Alice SPURLOCK, Lillie SPURLOCK, Mrs. 1~. SPURLOCK, Myrtle STAFFORD, Emma STAFFORD, Helen STAFFORD, Mabel STAFFORD, Sarah G. STAMP, Christopher STANFORD, A.A. STANFORD, Cecile A. STANFORD, Earnest STANFORD, Herberts A. STANFORD, Vira E. STANTON, Albert L. STANTON, Alta STANTON, Harriet M. STANTON, Sarah Evelyn STARKWEATHER, Chas. P. STARKWEATHER, Jennie STEPHENS, Haud STEPHENSON, W.R. STEPHENSON, William STEVENS, Rose Elliott STRICKLER, R.P. STRICKLER, S.W. STRINGFIELD, Grace STRINGFIELD, Hurber [?] STRINGFIELD, Jennie STRINGFIELD, Martha SUMMERVILLE, Jessie B. TAYLOR, Chas. E. THEAR, F. B. THOBURN, Blanch THOBURN, John C. THOMAS, Bessie THOMAS, Edith TINDALL, Mary TINDALL, N.H. TINKHAM, David W. TIPL--- [?], J.S. �10 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) TOPPING, Cora TOPPING, Hattie P. TRANENS, Catherine o. TRANGER, Clyplon Ruby TRANGER, Frank TRANGER, Linda L. TROWBRIDGE, G.G. TROVlBRIDGE, Hannah J. TROWBRIDGE, Harry C. TRUMPER, Susan R. TYNDALL, Mary Evangeline TYRRALL, Rachal WADE, Frank WADE, Nancy WAGNER, Ida WAGNER, Rosella WAGSTAFF, Nary E. WAGSTAFF, Maybelle WAGSTAFF, Richard WALDRON, Herbert E. "JALDRON, Libbie WALDRON, Robert WALDRUM, Arthur R. WALGAMOT, Edith WALGANOT, Lena WALGAMOTT, J.W. WALGAMOTT, Minnie WALGAMOTT, Sarah WALKER, Harriet WALL, Emma WALLER, Hrs. E.R. WALLER, Ivan WALLER, J.L. WALLER, James L., Jr. WALTEN, Lillian P. WALTON, Clyde WALTON, Lillian WALTON, S.S. WARD, Christine }~rgarete WATKINS, Alice WATKINS, John WATKINS, Louise WEBBER, Fred H. WEBER, }frs. John WEED, Guy WEISE, Rubie WEISE, Willie WEISER, Jimmy M. WEISER, Margaret F. HEISER, Wm. J. WEISS, Ernest, WEISS, Flora "i'EISS, W. F • WELLMAN, Abiah WELLMAN, Erns t WELLYiAN, John P. WELMAN, Anna WELSH, Annie WELSH, Artemus \-JELSH, Bert W. WELSH, Ivybelle WELSH, Sarah A. WHERRY, Arthur WHERRY, Curtis WHERRY, Curtis A. WHERRY, E.J. WHERRY, F .A. WHERRY, Linley WHERRY, Sly-- [?] WHERRY, Stiles "mITE, Rev. David WHITE, E1i1l1la WHITE, F.C. WHITE, N.F. WHITE, P.E. WHITE, Sarah C. WHITZEL, Peter D. WHITZEL, Sarah H. HIGGINS, Bert WIGGINS, D.W. WIGGINS, Henry WIGGINS, Madge WIGGINS, Priscilla WIGGINS, R. WIGGS, Lillie WIGLET, William WIGLET, Hrs. Hilliam WILCOX, Mina E. WILLETT, Elisitta [?] WILLETT, J.A. WILLEY, J.W. WILLEY, Hrs. J.W. WILLIAMS, Ila WILLIAHS, Hartha WILLIA}ffi, Sarah J. WILLIAMS, Wm. E. HILLIAMS, W.R. WILLIS, Angie WIUfOTH, Frank WIU1UTH, Elsie WILMUTH, Hrs. F. G. WILSON, Hrs. Effie WILSON, Ella J. WINCHESTER, Catherine WINGATE, C.A. WINTER, Maud �11 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1893-1898 (Cont'd) WORTHINGTON, Malinda WYRICK, Mr. L.A. ZAHNISER, C.A. ZIMMER}~, Bertha ZIMMERMAN, Cornelia ZIMMERHAN, Ella H. ZIMMER¥lAN, Minnie WOOD, Chas. H. WOOD, Mary WOODS, Belle WOODS, Lizzie Mae WOODS, Nellie WOODWARD, Mabel \JQODWARD, N. A. WORTHINGTON, Charles * * * * * THE RISE AND FALL OF LONE STAR, KANSAS by Paul H. Nieder 16 July 1975 INTRODUCTION Lone Star, Kansas is located approximately 12 miles southwest of Lawrence. It occupies a rather scenic site nestled against the south ridge of the Washington Creek valley. Washington Creek, a permanent stream, skirts the townsite on the east and south. The main road leading from Lawrence toward southwest Douglas County forks at Lone Star. One road continues up the valley toward Lone Star Lake which was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal. The other crosses Washington Creek and continues south toward southern Douglas County. Lone Star was never served by a railroad. The nearest shipping point has always been at Lawrence except for a brief period in the 1880's and 1890's when Clinton four and one-half miles to the north served that purpose. Lone Star today contains approximately 15 residences. One of these has been converted from the former community school. Another has been vacated in recent years. In addition there is a church, bank building and former Ford garage. Of these only the church continues to perform its original function. The landmark of the town, the Flory store and hall, was demolished in the spring of 1975, slightly over one~hundred years after the founding of the town. The population of the town is probably nearly as large today as it ever, was. However, all residents are either retired or gain their livelihood elsewhere. Over the course of the last one-half century, Lone Star has slowly lost the social, economic, institutional and service functions that qualified it as an important central place. It is the main purpose of this paper to reconstruct the social and economic character of the Lone Star community during the years that it was acquiring and maintaining its reasons for existence. Secondarily, the information presented will be used to test some assumptions about the impact of 20th century conditions upon rural communities. This paper is not intended to be the history of a community or a small town. �12 Those seeking such a history of the Lone Star community, at this point in time, will have to write it themselves. The reader may, however, be able to discern, at least in broad outline, what such a history might entail. PART I 1 The establishment of Bond, Kansas as a central place of significance occurred over the course of some 20 years between the mid-1870's and the mid-1890's.2 The establishment of the original post office in 1875 should be used as the date for the founding of the town even.though that post was not located at the eventual town site but was moved there at a slightly later date. 3 In the early 1880's .the school for Douglas County District Number 47 was moved to the town site. Apparently the first business enterprises appeared at Bond (Lone Star) in the mid-1880's.4 By the late 1880's several businesses had ap~eared at Bond (Lone Star) and the population had reached approximately 10. By 1891 the population had reached approximately 25. 6 Three years later the population had climbed to about 44, which is almost as many permanent residents as the town would ever have. 7 It is extremely difficult to reconstruct the demographic character of the Lone Star community.8 State and federal census data was collected for townships and incorporated towns. In the investigation of any smaller area the exact statistical picture cannot be reconstructed because the addresses of residen~s were not recorded. 9 The situation is further complicated by the fact that the Lone Star community (as defined here) lay within no less than three townships: Clinton, Marion and Willow Springs. A generalized picture of population trends can be de·rived from the census records, surviving atlas and maps plus the recollections of longtime residents of the community. The federal census records include the following totals for the three rural townships in question: Clinton 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1975 est. 655 1030 1005 968 947 761 745 652 541 342 Marion 416 879 1417 1406 1357 1187 1061 934 817 631 Willow Springs 931 1163 1374 1223 1278 1278 1034 943 881 837 10 One clear generalization can be derived from these statistics: the population of rural southwest Douglas County peaked between 1880 and 1890 and declined rather steadily thereafter. Did this general population trend apply specifically to the Lone Star community? A compilation of the number of farmsteads within two miles of Lone Star that were recorded on various surviving maps sheds some light on this question: 1873 31 1887 33 1902 29 Marion 8 9 17* 20** Willow Springs 11 9 10 8 50 51 56 57 Clinton 1921 29 *Inc1udes approx. nine residences in Lone Star **Inc1udes approx. twelve residences in Lone Star 11 Even though these figures can only be considered as approximate, they do c1early'indicate a slight decline ocrural population contemporaneous with the �13 12 growth of the town of Lone Star itself. If we enV1S1on such small towns as the product of the goods and services they provide their immediate rural communities it .is difficult to account for a growing town in a shrinking rural community. Another complicating factor was the introduction of the automobile in the second decade of the 20th century. The mobility provided by the automobile should have reduced rural dependence upon goods and services provided at Lone Star, but apparently it did not, at least not at first. 13 A review of the land ownership patterns within two miles of Lone Star sheds little light on the changing demographic picture. The surviving maps indicate that the size of ownership units has not changed dramatically over the last 100 years. In the latter decades of the 19th century ownership units in the vicinity of Lone Star were frequently large. Quite a few of these ran several hundred acres in size. Most mvnerships units, however, were 40, 80 or 160 acres in size. There were several clusters of very small ownership units without farmsteads which apparently served as wood lots. The size of present day ownership units follows the same general pattern; some larger ownership units are mixed with a larger number of medium-sized ones and some small ones (which generally contain the homes of rural commuters). The dramatic change has come not in the size of ownership units but rather in the size of farm operational units. Farm operational units in general have become ever larger over the last 100 years with the most dramatic increase taking place in the post-World War II period. In the long run what is reflected here is the switch from labor-intensive agriculture to labor-extensive agriculture. This trend accounts for much of the decline in rural population especially in the mid-20th century.14 PART II The first service provided at a central point in what became known as the Lone Star community was a post office established in 1875. 15 The early post office moved from home to home or from one business to another with several changes of postmasters.1 6 In the 1880's the mail was delivered "semi-weekly" from Lawrence. 17 Postal patrons picked up. their mail at the post office before rural free delivery was established in the early years of the 20th century. Even after the establishment of rural free delivery, the Lone Star post office continued to serve the community for many years. 18 The first school to serve what became known as the Lone Star community was located a little over one mile southeast of the present town site and was established sometime before 1873. 19 The school was moved to Bond (Lone Star) in the early l880's.20 The school was first refe ed to as Lone Star in the board minutes for the December 18, 1897 meeting. 2l A new school building had been completed in the fall and winter of 1895-96 and Lone Star. was the name selected for the new school. That school continued to serve: the community with eight grades of instruction in a single room for over 60 years. The enrollment in the Lone Star elementary school declined from well over 50 at the turn of the century to about 40 in 1920~ and finally fell to around 12 just before the school was consolidated.2~ A highly signi£:icant step in the integration of the Lone Star community was taken in 1905 with establishment of the Lone Star Mutual Telephone Company. This cooperative telephone· company had a local operator and served �14 subscribers within a few miles of Lone Star; it also provided a communications link with the "outside" world. 23 The Lone Star State Bank was organized in early 1917 when 100 shares of stock were sold to approximately 40 local farmers and businessmen, several of which became directors of the bank.24 The bank opened in July, 1917. By October, 1917 the bank's financial statements listed $9,966 in loans and $12,960 ,in deposits. In 1920 the bank's financial statements listed $39,100 in loans and $65,480 in deposits. When the bank closed in 1935 outstanding loans had been reduced to $17,900 and deposits had fallen to $14,400. The bank survived the banking crisis of 1933 but rapidly declining business indicated the liquidation of the bank during the Great Depression. However, the immediate stated reason for the liquidation was "pressure" from the state government designed to reduce the number of small state chartered banks. 25 This pressure 6ed to voluntary liquidation of the bank by its officers and directors. 2 . One long-time resident of the community pronounced the verdict on the existence of the Lone Star State Bank in this manner:. "Lone Star really didn't need a bank; there wasn't no money around then."27 This very succinctly sums up a large part of the problem especially in reference to the bank's decline in the 1930's. It is much more difficult to explain why the bank was founded and apparently prospered for a time. Was it the relative prosperity of the period, a growing number of local' 'business transactions or community pride? This writer suspects all three of these factors played a part. In short, the bank was a concrete symbol of growing community cohesion. Another example of growing community cohesion was the building of a local church. The town of Lone Star itself did not initially have a church. The community was served by two other churches: the Washington Creek Church of the Brethren about three miles to the southwest and the Mount Washington United Brethren Church about two miles to the northeast. 28 The Washington Creek Ghurch of the Brethren was founded as an independent congregation in 1881. 2 Y~ny of the immediate residents of Lone Star attended the Washington Creek church between 1885 and 1918 when a church building was constructed at Lone Star. 30 The Lone Star congregation formally split from the Washington Creek one and established itself as the Lone Star Church of the Brethren in 1921. 31 The size of the Lone Star congregation was initially quite considerable. Twice in early 1921 attendance was placed at 67,32 and the size of the congregation remained relatively stable over the years.33 The following chart presents a generalized picture of the growth of businesses, institutions and others providing goods and services at Lone Star in selected years from 1888 to 1918: 1888 1891 1894 1900 1904 1908 1912 1918 Post office 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 School 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 General Store 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 Blacksmith 1 1 1 1 1 2 ? ? Church. 1 Bank 1 �15 1888 1891 1894 1900 1904 ·1908 1912 1918 1 1 1 Telephone 1 1 1 Meat Market 1 1 ? 2 2 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 Cheese Factory 1 Feed Mill 1 1 Doctor Veterinarian Wagonmaker 1 1 1 Carpenter Tannery 1 1 Ford Garage Shoemaker 1 34 This chart shows a clear growth in the number of services and the sophistication of goods provided at Lone Star for the town itself and for the adjacent rural community. This growth is especially marked in the first and second decade of the 20th century at the same tine the automobile was beginning to have an impact on rural America. This raises a question about the impact of the automobile. Did it break down the cohesion of rural communities as is frequently assumed, or, did it in fact enhance that cohesion? The evidence presented here indicates that it did the latter, at least initially. Several social and social service organizations were associated with the Lone Star community in the first few decades of the 20th century. The Lone Star Brass Band was one active group. Besides performing for the community at its own bandstand, it played at picnics and ball games at Lone Star an~ nearby communities. 35 The Lone Star Fraternal Aid Association maintained a lodge which was used as a meeting place by various social groupings. 36 The Lone Star Ladies Aid functioned as a church related service organization. 37 The Lone Star Civic Protective Association was apparently one of the more important social organizations in spite of its businesslike title. 38 The Lone Star Jolly Stitchers Club combined sewing with social intercourse. 39 The Lone Star Literary Society combined debates and discussions with social intercourse. 40 Somewhat more businesslike was the Lone Star 41 Farmers Union which represented the interests of the local agriculturalists. In addition to the activities of specific organizations, more casual community social activities occurred in considerable variety. These included Fourth of July picnics, "tent" or "camp" meetings for religious revival, Chautauqua lectures with music and entertainment, skating parties, ball games (enough players for three teams between 1910 and 1920), "wolf hunts" (actually the round-up of coyotes), school sponsored spelling bees and Christmas parties, movies and just plain "socials" both within and among communities. 42 This degree of social activitiy centered at Lone Star indicates the existence of a rural community with considerable social cohesion. Indeed, it is probable the primary integrative factors within the community were social rather than economic. �16 CONCLUSION Lone Star was a partial service community of considerable significance to the immediate rural area. Around 1918, for example, one might have to journey to Lawrence only to market his grain or livestock, purchase major vehicles, household furniture, appliances, implements and some building materials. The resident of the community could bank locally, have his implements and automobiles repaired in many cases, gain medical attention for his family and livestock, send his children to school, attend church, purchase food and clothing, have some of his produce marketed and/or processed, receive mail (and.veryimportantly.mail order merchandise), belong to a number of social and social service organizations and take part in a variety of social and recreational activities. The most interesting and difficult question raised by the information compiled for this paper concerns the relationship between the density of the rural population and the services and functions of the central place that has been heretofore reconstructed. Lone Star provided only a minimum number of services and functions when the surrounding rural population was greatest. As the rural population declined from the 1880's onward, Lone Star acquired more and more sophisticated social, economic and service functions. At first glance this situation appears to contradict assumptions frequently made about small rural towns and their decline in the 20th century. First of all, one must account for the relatively low level of general functions and services provided by the central place when the rural population was at its greatest. The large rural population of the latter decades of the 19th century either could not afford, could not use or did not need the many local services and functions that later appeared centralized at Lone Star. Available evidence indicates that many early rural residents of the area were both extremely poor and transient. Many moved into "backwoods" plots farmed primitively, cut wood, hunted, trapped, "worked out" and moved on with hardly a trace even in the memories of their immediate neighbors. This type of rural American could only afford a minimum of economic and institutional services. He had limited means to travel even a few miles, and yet· he did not stay in one place long enough to become "established." No doubt people left the area for a large variety of reasons, not all of them economic. Life in the not too distant cities beckoned with attractive cultural variety as well as jobs. The rise of mechanized agriculture lessened the need for farm labor or second and third sons. Periodic depression in agricultural prices, especially in the 1890's and the 1930's, tended to push out more marginal residents. Also, there is some evidence that strong ties with families and other social groupings may have mitigated against the centralization of social and institutional functions and, therefore, of community cohesion. Swedes, Blacks and even "Hissourians" were some of the identifiable groups that were somewhat agglomerated within a few miles of Lone Star.· Secondly, one must try to account for the rise of the town of Lone Star and all that it eventually came to present. One cl~ar, and perhaps most significant cause, was the rise of prosperity that began in the late 1890's and continued almost without interruption until immediately after the First World War. The older members of the community became socially and economically better established. Many had "paid for" land plus money to buy desired services and to develop local institutions. They also made gains in mobility but it was not yet the kind of mobility that would eventually tie the whole rural community very strongly to Lawrence 12 miles away. At first the use of �17 automobiles clearly helped tie the rural population to the central place, that is, Lone Star. Major marketing and the purchase of expensive manufactured goods had always taken place in Lawrence; the use of the automobile did not change this economic tie, it only speeded up the process somewhat. Routinely driving to Lawrence every day or so for work, shopping or entertainment was not a practice instantly developed with the acquisition of a Model T Ford. On the other hand the temptation to visit one's neighbors, or just to go to "town" (Lone Star) . and see what was going on, was less frequently resisted. The initial impact of the automobile was no doubt more social than economic and it played a key role in growing community cohesion. The long term effects of prosperity, mobility and the whole increasing mechanization of American society tended to reduce both the rural population and importance of rural small towns. This change is not something that could occur suddenly; if for no other reason than the fact that the terrible roads would not allow it. The enormous long range impact of these changes clearly tended to obscure the transitional features of the overall process. It is left to the local historian to preserve the detail necessary for a thorough understanding of that overall process. FOOTNOTES lLone Star was known as Bond between 1875 and the late 1890's when the name was changed to Lone Star. Bond was the name of the original postmaster. Lone Star was the name given to a new school in 1897. 2An atlas published in 1873 mentions no businesses of any kind at the site of what became Bond (Lone Star) nor does its maps show any b~lildings at all. It does show the present day road layout with the town's crossroads and a ford across Washington Creek to the south. It is easy to speculate that these features provide the key to the initial development of the town. Atlas of Douglas Co. Kansas (New York: J.W. Beers and Co., 1873), p. 59-60. 3 Robert W. Baughman, Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1961), p. 15. 4Two state gazetteers published in the mid-1880's listed no businesses at Bond (Lone Star). Polk's Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1884-5, Vol. 4 (St. Louis, 1885) p. 232 and Polk's Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1886-7, Vol. 5 (St. Louis, 1887) p. 176. Hereafter cited as Polk's. An undated Lawrence Daily Journal World clipping in the possession of Anna Flory dates the founding of the town's oldest general store at 1885. Hereafter cited as L.D.J.W. 5 Polk's, 1888-9, Vol. 6, p-. 194. 6polk 's, 1891, Vol. 7, p. 19l. 7 Polk's! 1894, Vol. 8, p. 172. �18 8 For purposes of investigation and spatial orientation the Lone Star community is being defined here as encompassing the area within two miles of the town site. 9 For example, see Douglas County, Clinton Township, Decennial Census, Kansas, 1885, Vol. 80. 10Compiled from the Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Vol. 1 (Washington: Government Printing Service, 1872) p. 144, Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census, 1880, Vol. 1 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883) pp. 176-177, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Vol. 2 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1912), p. 652, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, J.ol. 1 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942) p. 399 and L.D.J.W., June 30, 1975.' llCompiled from Atlas of Douglas Co. Kansas (New York: J.W. Beers and Co., 1873) pp. 15-16, 51-52, 59-60,Edward's Map of Douglas County, Kansas. (Philadelphia: John P. Edwards, 1887), Standard Atlas of Douglas County, Kansas (Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle and Co., 1902), pp. 19, 35, 39 and Standard Atlas of Douglas County, Kansas (Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle and Co., 1921), pp. 35, 47, 51. l2Actually, other evidence (including recollections as well as the census records) indicates a much sharper decline of rural population between the late 1880's and the early 1920's. The declining rural population was only partially compensated for by the rising town population. 13 If one 1S . .1nterested'1n t h e tota 1 popul ' at10n 0 f t h e town or t h e rural community, the multiplication of the number of residences times five will yield the approximate total. This writer speculates that the population of the Lone Star community falls somewhere between 250 and 300 in first two decades of the 20th century. l4The reduction in family size can account for some additional decline. But, clearly, external factors were at work as well causing many', many families to move away. 15 Baughman, Kansas Post Offices, p. 15. l6 Rem1n1scences l' . . 0f Car N1e d er. 17 Polk's, 1884-5.,_ Vol. 4, p. 232. 18 The post office was formally named Lone Star on October 2, 1899. Baughman, Kansas Post Offices, p. 76. Lone Star was the last rural post office in Douglas County to be abandoned in 1953. 19 Atlas of Douglas Co. Kansas (New York: J. W. Beers and Co., 1873) pp. 59-60. Carl Nieder recalled the date as 1864. Reminiscences of Carl Nieder. �19 20C1erk's Record Book of School District No. 47, Douglas County (18821913). Reminiscences of Carl Nieder. 21 Ibid . 22 L . D'.J.W., January 8, 1920. Interview, Hugo Nieder, June 24, 1975. Those concerned about teacher's salaries today may be interested to learn that the first teachers in the 1880's were paid $210 for teaching the entire seven-month term. However, by 1910 the annual salary for teachers had reached $420. Clerk's Record Book of School District No. 47, Douglas County (1882-1913). 23 The subscribers furnished much of their own equipment in addition to paying dues. The company was abandoned in 1959. Reminiscences of Carl Nieder. 24 L.D.J.W., November 11, 1941. 25 Ibid . 26 A loan secured from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation using the Lone Star bank's outstanding loans as security and all depositors were paid off. The bank's stockholders received their investment back plus a small dividend. Ibid. 27Interview, Hugo Nieder, June 24, 1975. 28The Mount Washington United Brethren Church was apparently founded in the late 1880's by F. M. Testerman. It was known as the Valley Chapel United Brethren Church in the 20th century. It was abandoned and torn down in the mid-1940's. W. C. Hood, Map of the Vicinity of Lawrence (K.U. Country Club, 1898?) L.D.J.W., February 8, 1946. 29 Elmer LeRoy Craik, A History of the Church of the Brethren in Kansas (McPherson: Privately published, 1922), p. 259. 30Ibid ., The Washington Creek site retains the cemetery for both congregations. 31 Ibid ., p. 173. 32 L.D.J.W., March 3, 1921, March 19, 1921. 33 The present membership is about 100 and the usual attendance a little over one-half that number. Interview, Anna Flory, June 29, 1975. 34 This data was compiled from numerous recollections and Polk's, 1888, Vol. 6, p. 194; 1891, Vol. 7, p. 191; 1894, Vol. 8, p. 172; 1900, Vol. 9, p. 172; 1904, Vol.lO, p. 766; 1908, .Vol. 11, p. 928; 1912, Vol. 12, p. 720. 35 1 ntervlew, . Anna F1 ory, June 29, 1975. Reminiscences of Carl Nieder. �20 36Reminiscences of Carl Nieder. 37 L •D. J . W., Harch 18, 1921, April 14, 1921, May 14, 1921. 38 L.D.J.W., May 19, 1921. 39 L.D.J.W., June 9, 1927. 40 L.D.J.W., November 20, 1912. 410ne Heeting of this group in 1921 was attended by 200 people. February 26, 1921. 42 Interv1ew, . Hugo N'1ed er, J une, 24 1975 . L.D.J.W., March 14, 1921, June 3, 1927. L.D.J .W., Reminiscences of Carl Nieder, By Paul H. Nieder 16 July 1975 College Thesis Professor of History and Government State Fair Community Junior College Sedalia, Missouri Copied with permission. Submitted by Nary Jamison, Lawrence, Kansas. ***** "A KANSAS SOUVENIR" Thirty years ago, along the eastern margin of the grassy quadrangle which geographers called Kansas, the rude forefathers of Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Lawrence and Topeka, slept in the intervals of their strife with petty tyrants of their fields, and beyond their western horizon, the rest was silence, solitude and the wilderness, to the Rio Grande; to Yellowstone; to the Sierra Nevada; like the lonely steppes of Turkestan and Tartary; inhabited by wandering tribes whose occupation was war; whose pastime was the chase; pastured for untold centuries ,by roaming herds that followed the seasons in their recurring migrations from the arctic circle to the Gulf. Censorious scoffers, actuated by envy, jealousy, malignity and other evil passions have hinted that he unduly vaunteth himself; that he brags and becomes vainglorious; that he is given to bounce, tall talk and magniloquence. There have not been wanting those who affirm that he magnifies his calamities as well as his blessings, and desires nothing so much as to have the name of Kansas in any capacity always in the ears and mouths of men. Such accusations are well calculated to make the judicious grieve. They result from a misconception of the man and his environment. �21 Cemetery Book Eudora, Kansas (1869-1921) Copied at Spencer Research Library by Judy Sweets Aug. 1980. Date of Death 1869 10 Sept. 1870 13 July 31 July 1 Aug. 2 Aug. 20 Aug. 10 Sept. 19 Sept. 17 Sept. Oct. Date of Burial Name 'Age, Begins page 2 and 3: SexC610r Nation- # of alityLot 5 July - Bessie Maud SAUNDERS 21 mos. 1870 (Removed from Blue Jacket Ford) 13 July 1 Aug. 2 Aug. 2 Aug. 21 Aug. 11 Sept. 20 Sept. 18 Sept. 3 Oct. John William NElS Herman LOTHHOLZ Benjamin F. WRIGHT Bartlett KING Eliza ADAMS Wilhelmina ALTENBERND Bles. HACKLES William IRONSIDES John ERNST 12 Oct. Robert IRONSIDES 9 mos. 3!~ yrs. 2 mos. 28 days 23 mos. 26 wks. 4 wks. 26 mos. 11 mos.& 15 days 4 mos. 28 Oct. 10 Dec. 29 Oct. 11 Dec. Michael Thomas - - Henry JACKSON 3 yrs. 1871 25 Jan. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 26 Jan. 5 Feb. 12 Feb. James HAYNES F.L. PILLA Charles COLE 33 yrs. 39 yrs. 19 mos. 30 Mar. 30 Mar. 19 Apr. William BUCK 10 mos. Charles PILLAS' childCatherine F W M W M W M W M Black F " American 463 " " " " " W 11 Black M vJ " M F " " 46 119 W W. " M M W W German M W W American 171 German 189 American 122 M M M W W " F 4 yrs. 2 yrs. F 8 mos & 2 ds. F Removed from Captains' Creek 391 P,auper old graveyard W W 430 426 135 Flux 30 July 31 July 7 Aug. 9 Aug. 15 Aug. 20 Aug., 10 Aug. 16 Aug. 21 Aug. Joseph SPENCER William SPENCER Florence BUF.NS 1 mo. 67 yrs. 17 mos. 9 mos. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. Ingelinan INENCHAN 40 yrs. 7 Sept. 7 Sept. George CURTIS 11 Sept. 13 Sept. Lydia WURTH 1 yr. & 6 mos. M Black American 388 1 yr. & 3 mos. F W 129 " 3 yrs. 1 yr. vI Black M W & Removed from o.ld cemetery Flux 29 July 30 July 6 Aug. 2 July 3 July 17 July Removed from Blue Mound American 135 " 430 Rebecca Bird SPENCER Lucas STENO Jessie Ardilla BAIR (or BRAIR?) Child of Robert KING Jame,s, PERKINS Frank PERKINS 2 July 2 July 16 July ~neumonia 99 189 F Summer complaint 467 190 463 426 426 63 old graveyard 119 M " Cause of Death " " " 135 " ___ 135 Cholera morbus W American 135 Flux I' Removed from old F Black cemetery F W German 425 Fever and cramps M M M W h1 Flux Flux �22 Eudora Cemetery Records continued Date of Death Date of Burial Name 1871 16 Sept. 17 Sept. Harriet OWENS 28 Sept. 1 Oct. Maria GABRIEL 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. Bertha E. GUNN (or GUM) Betty KELLEY 29 Oct. 15 Dec. 31 Oct. 16 Dec. 22 Dec. 24 Dec. Sex C610r Nation- # of ality Lot 5 yrs. & 5 mos. F 66 yrs. & 9 mos. F 16 mos. F 15 mos. Louisa FREY Sarrah STARLBOAD (?) (or STARWOOD?) Ernst SEYBOLD 1872 3 Jan. 4 Jan. Frederick STARWOOD 8 Jan. 11 Jan. Augusta DURR 14 Jan. 17 Jan. John CONGER 14 Feb. 15 Feb. Lucy Jane Cole 4 Mar. 27 Har. 5 Mar. 28 Mar. 4 Apr. 10 Apr. 5 Ap~. 11 Apr. 10 Apr. 21 July 11 Apr. 22 July 23 July 3 Aug. 30 Aug. 24 July 4 Aug. 1 Sept. 28 Oct. 28 Oct. Jesse Washington FURRIS Charles HALL 4 Nov. 5 Nov. Conrath FREY 14 Nov. 4 Dec. 10 Dec. 21 Dec. 24 Dec. 30 Dec. 17 Nov. 5 Dec. 11 Dec. 22 Dec. 25 Dec. 31 Dec. A. Josepha HEINE Charles KELLEY ___ ALBRECHT Phillip KRAUS Harta COHAN William ADAMS F 9 mos. F 15 yrs. & 9 mos. F 13 mos. & 7 days M 24 yrs. & 4 mos. M 9 mos. & 3 days F 54 yrs. M 4 mos. & 25 days F Stanibus SPENCER 50 yrs. M Helen Amelia ALLEN 23 yrs. & 9 mos. F t-'.artha E. HOBBS 15 mos. F Edward Burdell ALLEN . 11 mos. & 15 days 1-1 Anna LOVELACE 5 yrs. F Albert SAVA 14 Mos. & 27 days M Lonz DAVIS 10 yrs. M F W American 353 W W German 52 American 467 Fever W " 122 W " 425 W " 334 W " 159 vI " 334 W W " " 191 158 W W -,,- 122 158 (or 58) W W " " 339 425 Lung Fever W W " " 339 316 Lung Fever Caused by burns W W W " 164 442 447 " -__ -.13 mos. & 20 days F W " 2 mos. & --_I-day M W 1 mo. & 3 days M H " 66 yrs. F W German Still born M W American " " F W " 6 yrs. M W " 75 yrs. F .Black " M Cause of Death " " 25 Inf1amation of the brain Inf. of Bowels Cancer of the stomack ? 339425 165 122 370 120 410 410 Shot by Thomas Clark �23 Eudora Cemetery Records continued Date of Death Date of Burial Name 1873 14 Mar. 15 Mar. Florette SHIELDS 18 Apr. 3 Apr. 22 Apr. 14 Aug. I 22 22 23 15 May May Apr. Aug. Sex Color Nation- # of a1ityLot 11 mos. & 24 days F yrs. N 24 Reinhold DURR 28 yrs. M Albert DURR 12 hours H Wm. ALTENBOURG Robert ROSENAN ? 11 mos. & 1 day M James Elmer PENINGTON 7 mos. & 25 days M Rebecca J. ~nNKELMAN? 2 yrs. & 1 day F Adam ERNST .40 yrs. M son. of William HOBBS 2 hours M 2 yrs. M David A. WESTHEFFER Elizabeth F. RICHARDSON 16 yrs & 2 mos.F W.H. NElS 2 yrs. & M 2mos. & 12 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 27 Sept. 4 Oct. 18 Oct. 13 Sept. 28 Sept. 5 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 1874 9 Jan. 11 Jan. William WESTHEFFER 14 Jan. 11 Apr. 16 Jan. 12 Apr. John KAEGI Ida HERNEL 9 May 19. July 11 May 22 July Henry MEYER Gottfried SCHNEITTER 30 July 31 July Lida MCCLINTOCK 16 Aug. 17 Aug. 16 Aug. 18 Aug. 30 Sept. 1 Oct. 28 Nov. 30 Nov. Charles DOLLINGER Charles Matterson JOHNSON Mary Amelia STICKLER's Child Stillborn Barbara WINKELMAN 59 yrs. F 1875 4 Feb. 16 Feb. 12 Mar. 17 Mar. 25 Mar. 15 Apr. 26 May 24 June 6 Feb. 18 Feb. 13 Mar. 18 Mar. 26 Mar. 16 Apr. 27 May 26 June Wilhemine BOWER Andrew BOWER Willis M. HARWOOD Ellis GUNN Charles N. HOBBS Xenophon RICHARDS Casper MARFELIUS Charles SOTHHOLZ 25 June 26 June Caroline SOTHHOLZ W W W W American 375 191 191 American 62 W " 375 W " 375 W W W W W W days 160 " German 46 American 442 339 " " " 370 128 Cause of Death Inf1amat. of brain. Drowned Consumption Summer complaint Summer complaint Typhoid Fever Fever Typhoid Fever Croup 29 yrs & W 5 mos. M " 339 Typhoid Fever 57 yrs. M W Switzerland 196 Pneumonia 1 yr. & 2 mos. F Black American 338 Lung Fever 67 yrs. M W German 129 Lung Fever 23 yrs. & 11 mos. M W Swiss 52 Fever 1 yr. & 9 mos. F W American 83 Brain. Fever 38 yrs. M W German 201 Shot himself 2 yrs. & 11 mos. N Black American 443 Typhoid Fever 34 yrs. F 44 yrs. M 23 yrs. M 1 yr. F 4 wks. M 66 yrs. H 53 M 21 mos. & 15 days M 11 mos. & 15 days F W W W W W W W W W W 370 163 German 165 165 " American 334 467 " " " 230 German American 190 " 190 Typhoid Fever Childbirth Pneumonia Old Age Apoplexy Brain Fever Brain Fever �24 Eudora Cemetery Records continued ,I Sex Color Nation- It of ·ality Lot Date of Death Date of Burial Name Age 1875 25 July 26 July Barbara WINKELMAN 26 July 15 Oct. 27 July 17 Oct. Gustav ROSENAN Cathrine HATCH 3 yrs. & 3 mos. F M 4~ mos. 60 yrs. F DEPPEY ---- 168 10 Nov. DEPPEY ---- 168 10 Nov. DEPPEY ---- 168 19 Nov. Ferdinand VITT 1876 11 Feb. 7 Mar. 2 Apr. 12 Feb. 8 Mar. 3 Apr. Polly Jane BUCK Valentine LICH Katie KAEGI 9 June 22 June 9 June 23 June 21 July 21 July 24 July 25 July Aug. Oct. Nov. Oct. 4 Dec. 13 Dec. American 160 375 " Pruss ian 229 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 16 23 28 25 W W W 17 23 30 26 Aug. Oct. Nov. Oct. 5 Dec. 16 Dec. 59 yrs. M W 43 Yrs. F W 32 yrs. M W 3 yrs. & W 6 mos. F John ORENDER 65 yrs. M W Sophia Albertma PILLA 17 mos ~. & W 3 wks. F Henrich Conrad SCHLEGEL 10 mos. MW 16 mos. & 12 days M W Eliza Christine ROSENAU? 7 mos. F W Child of Mr. SOTHHOLZ 5 days M W 22 yrs. M W Alexander Jesset John George FUCHS 87 yrs. & 7 mos. M Child of Mr. GABRIEL 4 days F W A.R. GERSTENBERGER 57 yrs. F W German 192 Cause of Death Dropsy Fever Inflamat. of Wound Removed from Blue Mound Removed from Blue Mound Removed from Blue Mound Dropsy American 99 233 German Consumption American 196 370 " Fits Dropsy of heart " " 189 93 Spasms InfI. of Bowels " 223 375 190 410 Cholera Info Inf. of Brain Cramps Shot himself Thad D. GREENLEY " " " Pruss ian 134 Old Age American 52 Inflam. . Pneumonia fever Pruss ian To be continued in following quarterlies. ***** CLINTON CEMETERY (Located 1 mile west of Clinton, Kansas in Douglas County) Section I (of IV Sections) Lot 15 Jess R. Strahan 3 May 1904 - 13 Sept. 1979 9 July 1912 - 7 Feb. 1973 19 Alma (Brown) Christian 20 Lewis W. Kirkman 1895 - 1955. �25 Clinton Cemetery cont'd Lot 21 Hilma M.L. Helstrom Adolph Helstrom Alma A.C. Helstrom Anna Marie Brown J. Walter Brown 5 June 1850 22 Feb. 1855 - 17 Aug. 1927 27 Oct. 1853 - 23 Mar. 1923 29 Mar. 1889 - 8 May 1937 6 June 1865 - 10 Sept. 1954 S ~ 22 Earl Morgan Hobbs Myra Blanche (Harrell) Hobbs Mary West 19 Aug. 1889 - 14 Sept. 1952 8 Sept. 1889 - 27 Jan. 1973 12 Apr. 1880 - 6 Aug. 1968 N ~ 22 Axel Helstrom Harry Helstrom 26 Sept. 1886 - 1 Oct. 1964 30 Aug. 1887 - 17 Aug. 1969 24 Kerwin Dale Tuckel Harry W. Tuckel 30 Sept. 1931 - 25 Nov. 1964 16 June 1903 - 23 May 1978 25 Fred Stultz Helen Ivy Stultz Dean Stultz, Sr. 24 Dec. 1910 - 19 Jan. 1920 9 Jan. 1884 - 18 June 1953 2 July 1881 - 27 Jan. 1948 Elmer Stultz 17 May.1907 - 18 Feb. 1969 N ~ 26 :S ~ 29 *John Mervin Stultz 6 Oct. 1922 - 14 Sept. 1971 N ~ 29 *Freeman Stultz 18 Sept. 1908 - 29 Nov. 1979 30 Christopher S. Holder 1951 - 1968 ~ 31 Harold W. Goff 1902 - 1973 N ~ 31 Harry Leonard Cole 8 Mar. 1892 - 31 Dec. 1977 S ~ 33- Bruce L. Gress Maude R. (Murphy) Gress 1 Apr. 1894 - 14 Aug. 1979 30 Mar. 1898 1965 35 Velma L. Stultz 2 Apr. 1919 - 22 Oct. 1977 47 Earl H. Ferguson Leona (Lewis) Ferguson S 1917 1922 - 1966 1974 S ~ 48 . Lawrence Osmond Clara Osmond : \ N ~ 48 C. Oscar Britton Inezze11a (Sutton) Britton 49 Charles Olin Belles Grace Edna (Harrell) Belles 17 Feb. 1886 22 Jan. 1947 6 Feb. 1888 - 24 Mar. 1977 50 Russell ~~rle Harrell Ada (Goff) Harrell 25 May 1891 - 16 Jan. 1975 28 Mar. 1899 - 28 Nov. 1946 S ~ 51 Leonard Ice Rose C. Ice N ~ 51 Ralph Ice 52 *Ca1vin Medley Norman Bert McIntyre Minnie May (Allen) McIntyre Rebecca (Belles) Steele James Farnum Steele Aletha Fern Steele 1 Apr. 1970 13 Jan. 1888 18 Mar. 1892 - 14 June 1962 1871 1880 - 1962 1969 1861 1953 1868 2 June 1937 11 July 1897 - 31 Mar. 1953 27 Aug. 1847 - 20 ---,--12 June 1868 13 Nov. 1890 1886 1921 - 16 Sept. 1931 Feb. 1942 - 2 Jan. 1941 - 19 Nov. 1927 - 17 Dec. 1938 - 28 Y~y 1927 �26 Clinton Cemetery Cont'd Lot 53 Edwin G. Steele Amelia J. (Denewi1er) Steele Leila Ruth Steele Lot 54 *Ira T._Stee1~ Mary Dana (White) Steele Leila Steele Emily Steele Eva Steele 20 Feb. 1884 - 16 Aug. 1955 20 Feb. 1884 - 13 Oct. 1958 - 29 Jan. 1910 14 Sept. 1844 - 30 Dec. 1921 21 Aug. 1849 - 26 Jan. 1946 1895 1891 1895 1889 1881 1881 1862'1860 1798 1830 1822 1867 - 1934 1934 1879 1867 1907 1939 55 Charles Freemont Stowe Lillian M. Stowe Sarah F. Brown A. Maria Stowe Benjamin Stowe Clarence B. Stowe 56 Anna L. (Lundahl) Johnson John Frederick Johnson 5 Oct. 1865 - 21 Aug; 1913 18 Apr. 1852 - 3 Dec. 1941 57 Felix Tucke1 Clara A. Tuckel Howard W. Tucke1 1 Dec. 1878 - 7 Oct. 1968 18 Jan. 1886 - 23 Nov. 1958 29 Apr. 1924 - 24 Aug. 1924 59 Lester C. McMullen Helen M. McHullen Clyde' Talley Jennie M. Talley Carl D. Talley Merle C. Talley 2 Nov. 1905 - 25 Apr. 1974 19 July 1907 - 18 Nov. 1970 23 July 1890 - 3 Jan. 1952 23 Apr. 1891 - 21 Apr. 1931 30 Sept. 1930 - 6 Oct. 1932 8 July 1919 - 28 Dec.1940 60 Otto W. Helstrom Clara Helstrom *Va1entine Helstrom Max R. Helstrom Louisa M. Helstrom *Ernest Helstrom - 1935 1921 1920 1912 1903 1918 Cynthia Addison M. Bowen Annie B. Bowen No dates 1859 1881 - 1928 1904 62 George W. Kennedy Emma F. Kennedy Roy Kennedy Mary E. Kennedy Georgia M. Kennedy Infant daughter 16 Oct. 1846 - 10.Nov. 1910 7 Aug. 1856 - 4 Mar. 1935 1960 1883 1886 1969 29 July 1912 - 7 Jan. 1934 5 Aug. 1916 - 5 Aug. 1916 63 Charles Luther Smalley 1874 - 28 July 1891 64 Alford F. Tucke1 William H. Tucke1 Anna M. Tucke1 1914 1877 1883 - 65 Ruby Smith Opal Smith Phillip G. Smith Nancy J. Smith Diamond R. Smith Lydia E. (Buchhorn) Smith 61 1884 1896 1893 1849 1858 1893 - 1923 1968 1947 - 6 Jan. 1903 - 13 Dec. 1904 25 Dec. 1864 - 3 Apr. 1951 28 Oct. 1864 - 28 May 1928 2 Dec. 1894 - 19 Oct. 1918 31 Jan. 1893 - 27 Oct. 1916 �27 Clinton Cemetery cont'd Jess Christy 23 Mar. 1878 - 23 Sept. 1943 67 Gustof Anderson Ellen C. Anderson Carl Anderson Albert Anderson 20 Aug. 1845 - 11 Feb. 1845 - 30 Mar. 1875 - 14 Dec. 25 ¥~y 1880 - 15 Sept. 68 Beulah M. Goff Richard R. Goff Ruth D. Goff George William Goff Mary M. Goff Anna May Brown 18 Oct. 1911 1916 1901 1871 1875 8 May 1907 -12 N ~ 69 Lena Murphy Maiche1 J. Murphy 5 Aug. 1869 - 8 Dec. 1959 1 Mar. 1860 - 15 Jan. 1936 S Harry Unger Eu1a L. Unger Patricia A. Unger 21 July 1896 - 9 May 1972 13 Dec. 1896 - 13 Dec. 1963 27 June 1940 - 7 Aug. 1940 Lot 66 ~ 70 N ~ 70 71 72 Fred Moreland Baldwin Teresa H. (Murphy) Baldwin *Lena Rose Baldwin John A. Benander Mina J. (Richerson) Benander John Dewey Benander Agnes (Thurber) Benander *DeWayne Bene.nder 1905 1930 1930 1938 16 Jan. 1966 1918 1916 21 Jan. 1922 4 Jan. 1944 May 1962 31 July 1892 - 1 }1ay 1978 2 Apr. 1893 - 15 Har. 1966 13 July 1918 - 10 Jan. 1961 1864 1870 - 1945 1959 7 Oct. 1898 - 21 Mar. 1965. 26 Mar. 1900 - 14 Mar. 1960 1925 1961 73 H. Fred Henderson Marybe11e Henderson 20 Jan. 1898 - 19 Oct. 1969 9 Har. 1906 - 21 Mar. 1963 N ~ 73 James B. Deatherage 10 Dec. 1897 74 FrankR. Mo1by 3 Apr. 1900 - 17 Feb. 1962 75 Harry Hurphy 19 July 1900 - 23 June 1978 S S ~ ~ 85 *Joseph Maurice Clough Thelma May (O'Neal) Clough N ~ 85 *Richard Leslie Clough Hyrt1e R. (Farmer) Clough Alma C. Clough ~ 14 Mar. 1965 11 Mar. 1898 - 20 Nov. 1976 17 May 1901 - 1 Dec. 1977 20 July 1894 - 22 Feb. 1970 13 Apr. 1901 - 11 Dec. 1971 1 Jan. 1917 - 27 June 1964 86 Opal (Hollingsworth) Anderson 7 Aug. 1906 - 3 Jan. 1960 87 Susan Roxanne Kennedy Sherry Jeanne Kennedy Olive Lee Kennedy Iva L. (Surber) Kennedy Samuel W. Kennedy 10 July 1951 - 6 14 Feb. 1946 - 5 17 Dec. 1923 - 3 5.Mar. 1885 - 24 8 Apr. 1876 - 27 88 *Joseph 11ansfie1d Josephine Mansfield Clyde C. Burns 89 Wesley H. Surber Herbert Wesley Surber Grace (Kennedy) Surber Oct. 1954 Mar. 1963 May 1969 Nov. 1974 Sept. 1959 19 Feb. 1920 - 1 Oct. 1883 1900 7 May 1916 - 23 Sept. 2 Oct. 1886 - 20 Oct. 1890 - 1943 1959 1952 1924 1952 1959 �28 Clinton Cemetery cont'd James M. Hazzard 26 Sept. 1900 - 20 June 1975 91 John Arnold Christy Gertrude M. Christy John Arnold Christy James A. Christy 17 Apr. 1876 - 7 Nov. 6 Mar. 1875 - 12 June 1912 - 23 Oct. 24 July 1900 - 23 }my 92 Jennie Spitler Mary E. Spitler 11 June 1857 - 25 Jan. 1880 27 Sept. 1850 - 27 May 1875 93 Oscar Malmberg Augusta Z. Malmberg John A. Malmberg John T. Myers 94 Mirtle May Shirley Dudley Bailey Hulce - 19 Nov. 1887 25 May 1863 - 11 Sept. 1893 95 Charles E. Christy Vera Maxine Christy 4 Apr. 1908 - 19 Mar. 1921 18 Oct. 1917 - 6 July 1921 96 Elmer B. McRi11 Charles P. Strahan *A. J. Strahan Mary J. Strahan Mary Va1arie Christy Lot 90 97 Ca1dah D. Tegart Flint T. Tegart Golden E. Tegart James Tegart Viretta Tegart 98 *Ne1son Mason Charley N. Mason W. C. Hill EllaL. Hill Dorgas Hason 1893 1857 1863 1884 1878 1869 1835 1845 1898 - 1955 1953 1942 1957 1953 1942 1922 1971 - 5 May 1880 1899 1915 1905 1903 9 Feb. 1865 - 9 Aug. 1866 14 Jan. 1893 24 July 1863 22 Aug. 1861 - 14 Aug. 1866 20 Dec. 1820 - 16 Jan. 1894 14 Nov. 1838 1879 1858 1868 1824 - 1881 1949 1929 1894 99 Emma Anderson Joseph Thompson Anderson Syntyche Anderson 11 Feb. 1876 - 6 July 1963 2 Jan. 1863 - 25 June 1934 6 Dec. 1906 - 28 Feb. 1907 100 Minerva J. (Rankin) Bowen JaneA. (Fuller) Kennedy M. L. Kennedy 26 Apr. 1837 - 31 Mar. 1922 5 July 1818 - 18 Apr. 1893 1844 1914 S ~ 103 Maggie Wilson Russell Raber Rev. Nathan l-Ji1liams 1865 1935 10 July 1880 - 12 Apr. 1934 1816 1886 N ~ 103 Joseph A. Dailey Lola Belle (Harrell) Dailey 13 Sept. 1870 - 9 Apr. 1937 1 Aug. 1880 - 18 Oct. 1952 104 Harvey T. Bond Nannie E. Bond .E1za G. Bond Ceci11e W. Bond 1862 1936 1859 1938 14 Jan. 1891 - 23 Jan. 1865 23 Y~r. 1893 - 27 Aug. 1967 �29 Clinton Cemetery cont'd Lot 106 Roscoe C. Rabor Laura E. Rabor Marian Rabor Marie Rabor 1880 1886 1914 1913 - 1967 1968 1917 1913 107 John Hulce Sarah A. (Hoagland) Hulce 20 June 1826 - 12 Dec. 1873 18 Aug. 1828 - 18 Nov. 1898 108 Janet V. Thurber George W. Thurber Carrie (Badsky) Thurber Elsie Anderson George W. Thurber - 17 Feb. 1940 10 Sept. 1879 - 13 Mar. 1968 1 Apr. 1889 - 1 Dec. 1964 20 ~~r. 1921 - 11 Nov. 1942 13 Jan. 1910 - 20 June 1930 109 Infant son Roby Mary E. Roby Lura May (Woodward) Losh Henry Arthur Losh Lewis Allen Kemp S ~ 110 N ~ 110 111 112 113 Charles H. Hill *Samue1 E. Hill William N. Hill Charles W. Brown James,C. Brown Maria G. Brown Theodore Surber *LaVere E. Surber LaVergne C. Surber c. V. 'Williams Otto Williams - 24 July 1871 1837 - 24 May 1873 23 Aug. 1885 - 28 Oct. 1966 23 July 1880 - 29 Mar. 1963 25 Jan. 1940 - 25 Jan. 1940 28 Nov. 1901 - 5 June 1973 17 Oct. 1892 - 17 Apr. 1955 22 Sept. 1888 - 19 July 1940 1812 1817 - 1904 1897 1904 1914 - 7 Sept. 1920 15 Jan. 1924 - 20 Aug. 1968 22 Oct. 1894 - 10 Oct. 1975 10 May 1854 - 13 Oct. 1928 14 Jan. 1879 - 5 Nov. 1889 114 *Jerry J. Reipen James C. Reipen 1926 - 29 July 1946 26 Apr. 1903 - 26 June 1976 115 William Carl Kampschroeder Jr. Wilma Ruth (Tucke1) Kampschroeder 16 Nov. 1902 - 8 Nov. 1967 17 Oct. 1907 - 7 Dec. 1956 7 May 1886 - 19 Mar. 1970 13 June 1886 - 11 Apr. 1976 S ~ 116 Russell J. Woodward Maude M. (Moore) Woodward N ~ 116 Henry Lloyd Fitzpatrick 1900 - 1 Nov. 1971 * United States Service Men Section II will be published in the next edition of the Pioneer. Copied and submitted by Mrs. Goldie Hout and Mrs. Vivian Clough, Clinton, Kansas (Rt. 5, Lawrence) I �30 Pet1tions for Naturalization Douglas Co. Kansas., taken from Naturalization Petition and Record Book -Vol I: Oct. 25. 1906 to Feb'. 5, 1924. Compiled by Judy Sweets, Lawrence, Kansas. Continued fro. last issue p. 10-lst petition (cancelled) p. 73-2nd petition Full name: Louis Eder Place of Residence:Eudora, Kansas Ocoupation: retired farmer Born: 26 Nov. 1856, Bavaria Eiii1"gra.ted. to U.S. from Bavaria on or about 15 April 1869, arri ved at N".Y.on vessel. "Hamburg!1American Line • Declaration of Intention: 1st petition- no date given 2nd petition- 26 Feb. 1918, in Douglas Co. Distriot Court Wife'~ name: Caroline, born Grainst Bavaria, Germany. Number of children: none Resided in Kansas since:18 May 1869 Decr1ption of Retitioner: fair complexion, 6 ft, 155 Ibs., gray hair' brown . eyes. . p. 111 Npe: Frank John Eno Place of Residence: Marion Twp., Douglas Co., Kansas Occupa.tion: farmer Born: 27 Nov. 1863. Zehden. Germany (or Prussia, Germany) EiiiISrated to U.S. from: Zehden, Germany (or Hamburg. Germany) on vessel"Soxonia" about 1 May 1868, arrived port of N.Y. Last foneign residence: Zehden. Germany Declaration of intention: 2 April. 1918. Douglas Co. District Ct. Lawrerice. Kansas. ReSided in Kansas s~:20 May 1868 Wite's name:Minnie B. Eno, born near Worden. Kansas Children:' three Description of Detit,1oner: (age 54) fair complexion. 5' 8", 165 Ibs •• light hair. blue 'eyes. p. 34-1~tpeti tion 39 2nd petion ~: ,Aaron Friedman Place of Residenoe: 820 Ohio, Lawrenoe, Kansas Occupation:produce and junk dealer Born: 28 April. 1875 at Diven.Kobrin (or Kabr1n?) Co •• Russia Emigrated to U.S. from: Bramen. Germany about 3 March 1904. arrived at port of Baltimore. Md. on vessel. "Kassell" DeolAration of intention:12 Feb. 1905. Circuit Ct •• Jackson Co • (Kansas Ci ty) Mo. ~: Rebecca Friedman. born W1adimir Walinsk.~ussia Children: two Resided in Kansas' since: 1 May 1906 ~. �31 Petitions for Naturalization continued: p. 131 Name: Anna Fischer PlaCe of Residence: 921 Illinols St., Lawrence. Kansas Occupatlon:housekeeper Born:12 April 1863 ln Czersk. Germany Emigrated from:Bremen. Germany (no date given) Arrlved at port of ~ about 1 May 1872 on vessel ( unknown) De:o~.tion of intention: 18 Nov. 1920. DoIIglas Co. Dist. Ct. Lawrence. Kansas Reside~ in Kansas sin~: 10 May 10 May l872 ~lta1 status: unmarried Dessriptlon: (age .57) - fair complexion. 5' 9". 152 lbs •• brown ;·ha1:s. 'blue eyes:. p. 25 Name: Gottlieb Herman Gabriel PIMe of Resldence: RFD # 3 Eudora, Douglas Co •• Kansas Occupat1on:farmer Born: 9 Feb. 1844,. Prestram, Germany Emigrated to U.S. from:Bremen, Germany on or about 15 Nov. 1858. arrived port ot New Orleans on vessel Hennp? ~ Gagern DeClaralon of Intention: "Petltloner is an honorably dlscharged soldier and makes application for citzenship under Sec. 2166 Rev. Statutes. He enlisted in Co. liE" 3rd Wisc. Calv. on B:- ,'July 1862. II Resided in Kansas since:l Oct. 1859 Wlfe: Ellza Schnitter Gabriel-deceased ChIldren: three p. 32 Robert Guntert Resldence: Lawrence, Ks. Oco.upatlon:farmer Dec lon of I tentlon: 27 Nov. 1908. Douglas Co. Kansas Born:Baden, Germany Busengen. Germany) 18 April 1853 Emigrat~ to U. S. from:Havre. Frace, on vessel"St. Paul" 'arrived N.Y. about 22 Sept. 1907 Last forelgn resldence: Baden Germany(Busengen, Germanyli Reslded ln Kgnsas since:26 Sept 1907 Wlfe:Kasotina? Guntert born, Suetz, Germany Chlldren: three Descr1pt.1o,p: (age 5.5) dark complex1on, 5' 5", 140 lbs., dark brown ha1r, blUe eyes, brown mustache, short gray beard. ~: �32 Petitions for Naturalization continued: p. 67, Name: Sam Wolfa Galitzky (Schloime Galitzky on certificate of arri val), . Residence: 1017 Alabama St., Lawrence, Ks. -9 April 1921 ---127 Quincy St. , Topeka, Ks.- at age 21 Occupation: clothier . Born: 3 ~larch 1893 Bratslaw, Russia Emigrated from:Bremen, Germany, 10 Nay 1913. arrived port of Galveston, Texas on vessel "Chemnitz" De~laration of intention: Shawnee Co. Dist. Ct., Topeka. Ks on 8 Oct. 1914 --Wife:Li1lian Galitzky, b. St. Joseph, Mo. 7-3-1895 ChIldren: one . Description: (age 21 ) dark complexion. 5'5".140 1bs., dark brown hair, brown eyes. Resided in Kansas since: 15 June 1913 p. 78 Name: Frederick W. Gerstenberger ReSIdence: Eudora Township, Douglas Co., Kansas Occupation: farmer ~: 7 Oct. 1854 Hernsdorf, Germany (Henersdorf, Germanyl Emigrated from:Brmen, Germany about 15 Dec. 1862,arrived N.Y. on vessel "Oceon" Declaration of intention: 20 r-lar~.~ 1918. Douglas Co. District 'Ct., Lawrence, Ks. Resided in Kansas since:l April 1863 Wife: Emilie Gerstenberger Children: five Description:fair complexion, 5'6",145 lbs. gray hair, blue eyes. p. 79 Name : Ernest Gerstenberger Residence: Eudora, Ks. Occupation: farmer Born:25 July 1850, Silices (or Siliecea) Germany Emigrated from:Bremen Germany about 1 Dec. 1863, arr1ved N.Y. on vessel "Oceon". Res1d~ i~ansas since: 1 May 1864 Declaration of intention: 6 Apr1l 1918, ~oug1as Co. D1st. Ct., Eallrence. Ks. Wife: Sophia, b. Hannover, Germany Children: ten Descr1ption:fair compleXion, 5'8", 150 1bs., dark gray ha1r. blue ~ves, Distinctive marks: cr1ppled thumb, and 2nd finger on left hand. This is only a part of the information from the petitions. continued in future issues. To be �33 PASTORS' OF THE PLYMOUTH'CONGREbATIONAL CHURCH, Lawrence. KS Organized Sunday evening OCtober 22, 1854 Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Samuel y~ turn Richard Cord1ey Leverett W. Spring George Hale Scott R. Cordley Rev. William W. -Bo,1 t Rev. Noble S~ Elderkin Rev. Ross W~ Sanderson Oct. 1854 to June 1857 Dec. I, 1857 to Oct. 13, 1875 June 22, 1876 to Oct. 1. 1881 April 13. 1882 to May I, 1884 June I, 1884 to July 11. 1904 -date of death Oct. 1. 1904 to March I, 1910' Sept. I, 1910 to March I, 1917 Sept. I, 1917 - REGISTER OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS' OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Plymouth Congregationa'Ii. Church, Lawrence, KS' organized Jan. first ~Sunday)', S. N. Simpson. Superintendent C.L. Edwards, Supt. S. O~ Thacher, Supt. C. L. Edwards, Supt. F. H. Snow, Supt. R. Co'rdley. Supt. S~ O~ Thacher, Supt. J. G. Haskell. SUpt. T. Dwight Thacher. Supt. F. O~ Marvin~ Supt. S~ O'~ Thacher, Supt. C~ L. Edwards, Supt. J. M. Wood, Supt. William McDonald, Supt. W·. E. Hazen, Supt. C. E. Edwards: A~ D~ Weaver, Act".. Supt. A~ D. Weaver, Supt. S~ A~ Wood, Supt. D. M. McFarland, Supt. 1855 in Simpson's Office to: Nov. 1856 Nov. '56 to Jan. Jan. '60 to Jan. Jan. '67 to Jan. Jan. '69 to Jan. Jan. '70. to Jan. Jan. '71 to Jan. Jan. '74 to Jan. Jan. '79 to' Jan. Jan. '81 to Jan. Jan. '82 to Jan. Jan. '83 to Jan. Jan. '89 to Jan. Jan. '90: to Jan. Jan. '91 to Jan. Jan. '93 to Jan. Jan. '99: to Jan. Jan. '00 to Jan. Jan. '07 to Jan. Jan. '10 to - 1860 1867 '69 '70 '711. '74 '79) '8r '82 '83 '89 '90 '91 '93 '99 '00 '07 '10 --from The Plymouth Congregational Church Records, Volume Ii in the Kansas Collection of Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Copied by Pauline B. Elniff "j!\ Kansas Souvenir" . I~ is a distinctly American State, with a trivial fnaction of ll~l~eracy, the largest school popUlation, and but one detected crImInal to two thousand of its inhabitants. �3.4 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. Q\leries are for the present time free to non-members. cern Kansas related ancestors of fifty years or more. They must con- Mr. Steve Thomas, 119 North Emma St., Olathe, Kansas 66061 Will exchange information with all descendants of George and Katherine DEAY who lived in the Eudora and Vinland areas 1850 to present. Pauline B. Elniff, 820 Sunset Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 The 1850 Federal Census for Morris Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania lists James MCCLURE, age 58; his wife, Keziah (Kesia?), 52; son, Andrew, 17; son, Joseph, 13. Believe that James and Kesia were the parents also of Azariah, b. 1822 and James C., b. 1828 (in Huntingdon county) who arrived in Illinois in 1850, settled near Mackinaw in Tazewell county where Azariah married Betsy Ann GAINES Gordon in 1853 and James C. married Lucinda ROBINSON in 1859. Would appreciate any information which would verify this relationship. Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggins Sanders, Route 5, Box 220, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093 Need information on family of Martha Ann RANDOLPH, born near Nashville, Davidson county, Tenn., 22 Dec. 1828, died Lawrence, Ks., Feb. 24, 1906. She was married to Joseph H. HARRISON (b. Ala.) on 17 Nov. 1849 in Jackson county, Missouri. 1850 Federal Census lists her in Cedar county, Missouri. Came to Lawrence in 1854. Any information on either HARRISONS or RANDOLPHS would be appreciated. Jane Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Road, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Looking for descendants of the following: (1) Emily }ITLLER OWINGS who lived in Circleville, Jackson county, KS, in 1887; (2) Anthony T. MILLER who lived in Lebanon, Smith county, KS, in 1888; (3) William R. MILLER who lived in Douglas county, KS in 1885, and in Jefferson City, Cole county, Missouri in 1888. All came from Grant or Randolph counties, Indiana some time during the 1870's or 1880's. Mrs. Betty Coleman Maker, 8340 Greensboro, McLean, Virginia 22102 Seeking information on my grandmother, Myrtle Adell JONES (married P. E. REUSCH of Vinland, Ks.) b. 3 April 1889, d. 23 Sept. 1916, buried Deay cemetery, Douglas Co., Ks. Who were her parents? Grandparents? Where did <~hey live? Death certificate not found in Kansas state records. Where did Myrtle die? Any living children? Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Gilbert G. DART b. in New York ca. 1790-1'800'. Married Jerusha about the year 1825. Removed to Ohio 1830. Seeking information as to where in New York three elder children were born. Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 David and Diedema (Stanley) SWISHER b. Harrison and Lewis Counties, West Va. David b. 1804. Would like information on parents of either. Suspect David's parents to be Jacob Return SWISHER and Rachael CURLE. �35 Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Descendents of Jacob SARVER, m. Almeda DART, d. K.C. March 1, 1903. Last known residence was in Rosedale, suburb of K.C., removed to Oklahoma. Children: Clyde H., m. Pearl A., 500 N. 22nd, K.C., Ks; Awlney C., m. Grace M., 1614 Forest, K.C., Ks. Mrs. Zona Smith, 939 Pamela Lane, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Gilbert DART, b. 1857, Anderson County, Ks." removed to Oklahoma. Died 1880's or about in Sepulpa, Oklahoma. Or, Gilbert DART b. Ohio, m. Laura WALTERS in~Anderson County, Ks., removed to Oklahoma. Mrs. Maxine Moore Hougland, 1920 Harper St., Lawrence, KS 66044,Ph.:913-842-3072 Am looking for James M. HOUGLAND's parents. James was born KY 1823, m. 16 :Ap,ril 1344, Adair Co. s _J"a Plata, MO. Elizabeth WILSON b. Hardin Co, KY 30 May 1821. Mrs. Maxine Hoore Hougland, 1920 Harper St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Ph 913-843-3072 The children of James M. HOVGLAND and Elizabeth WILSON were all born in l1acon, MO. They' were: Thomas b. 1845, Aaron Louis b. 1846, Amanda b. 1847, James b. 1849, Stephen b. 18 Oct. 1850, Mary Josephine b. 1856, Nancy "Ella" b. 1859, Susiana, b. 1862, Sherman James DaniellO March 1865. Need information about Thomas, James, Stephen. Mrs. Mary Jamison, Route 2, Box 58A, Baldwin City, Kansas 66006 Need information on James H. ANDERSON, b. Ohio 1847, 1848. 11. Nettie Isabelle ROBERTS Oct. 1883, Peru, Nebr. Who were his parents, any siblings? We thank you for your contributions to our publication. Please continue to do ~o. It will be filed and used as time and space permits. We especially apprec1ate old, unpublished material with lots of names and facts,relevant to Douglas C?unty. E~ch contributor is responsible for the accuracy of his or her mater1al contr1buted. Please submit your five generation charts for our research and Ahnentafel lists. ";~"":" ,eo (hr., "':', 1 ' ' - - ' ' ; : ' : ' ' >~:~."-' - --- Sincerely, The Editor I �3SA Index to Volume IV, No.1, The Pioneer A Ada~s ••••••••••••••••••••••.•. •~2, 21 Addis ••.••.• . . ................•• 2 ••••••••••••••••• 2 Addison •••.• Albert ..... . ' ..................... 2 Albrecht ............. ~ ........ . 22 ••••••••••••• 2 Aldrich ••••••••• Allen ........................... 22 Allendorf ....................... 2 Allison ••••••• ~ ••••••••••••.•••• 2 Altenbernd ..................... 21 Altenbourg ..•....•......•••••••• 23 Andersoni •••••••• 2,26,27,28,29,35 Ap1tz .................•......... 2 Arms trong ....................... 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • •2 Arnett ........ . Arter .......................... . "2 • • • • • • • • • .. 2 Asher ...•.. " .•.•. • •••••••••••• 2 Auker [Anker?] •• Austin ................. e" • • • • • • • • 2 B · ............... . 29 Badsky ••. • ••••••••••••••••• 2 Baher .••• Baillie •••••. ••••• : ••••••••••• 2 •••••••••••••• 27 Baldwin. Barber •• • ••••••• 2 • ••••••• 2 Barnes ..•• Barrett •.• • ••••••• 2 Barron. . . . . . . .............. ..... 2 Barth ......•............... . ' .... 2 • ••••••••••• 2 Bates ••.....•• Baumgardner ••• • ••••••• 2 '•••••••• 2 Bayless •...•.. Beach ...... . 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Curle' ~ •••.••••• • ••••••••••••• 34 Curr.y .; ••••••••.•••••••.•••••••• ~ ~4. . •....•..... 21 Curtis •.•...• D Dailey •• Daniels. Dart ••.• Davies •. Davis. • •.•.. 28 • •••..• 4 • •••.. 34,35 • ••••. 4 • .4,22 • •••••• 4 • •••••••••••••• 27 Deatherage •. . • • • • • • • • 33,34 Deay ....•...• .26 Denewiler .•.. •• 4 Dennis •••••.••••••••••••• .24 Deppey •••••••••••• '•••••••••• • • • • • • • •4 Dick .•••• • • • • • • • •4 Dixon ••• Dollinger •.••.•• • •••••••••••••• 23 Douglas .•.•••.•. • ••••••••••••••• 4 • ••• 4 Douthet •••.•• • • e • e • e • e 4 Draper ..•. • •••••• 4 Dugan ..••• • •.•• 4 Dumars ..•• • ••• 4 Duncan •••• • ••• 4 Dunlap. ... 22 • • • • e· e •.• e • • • Durr •.• Day •••••••••• E Eder •••••••••••• ' •.•••••••••••.'••• 30 Edwards .••"••.•••••••••••••••• 4,33 E.ggert •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Elderkin •• "••.•••••...•.••••..••• 33 Eldridge.' ••• ~ ••• ~ •••• a- • • • • • • • • • '.4 Elliot t •••••••• ~ .' .'.•••••.•••••••• 4 Ellis ..•••....•••••••• '•.••...... 4 Elniff •.•••••••••••••••••••• 3·3,34 Elwell ••• '...' .••••••••••••••••••.• 4 Emley .• • •• 4 EIDIDet t .••••.••••••••.•••.••.•••••• 4 Engle •. ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••• 4. Eno •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 30 Esteb •.•••••••••••••.••••.••••••• 4 Ester ly •••..•••••••••.•••••.• ' ••• 4 F Falley •••• · •••• 4 Farmer .•"•• · .4,27 Felt •••••. • •••• 4 • ••• 25 Ferguson ••• . •••••••••• 31 Fischer ..•• Fisk(h) •••••••••. • •• 4 Fitz .•••••••••• '•.•••. • •• 4 Fitzpatrick. • .29 Flickinger •• • •• 4 • 4 • • • • • • •.••• 4 Floyd ••••••• Foster •.•• "•• " • •••• 4 Fox ••••••••••••••• • •• 4 Frey .•••.••••••• • .22 ..30 Friedman •.•••••••• Frissell ••••••••••.•••..•.• • •• 4 Fritz ••••••.••••••.•.••••.. • •• 4 • ••••• 4 Fritzelle ••••••• . Fuchs .•........ ' .••••••.. • •••• 24 ..28 Fuller .•...... • •••• 4 Fullinwinder •• • •••• 22 Furris .......••••••• G Gabriel • Gage •••• Gaines ••• Galitzky. Gardner .•.. Garvin ••••• .22,24,31 .'......... . Gates •••••••••••••• Gerstenberger. Giger ••••••••• Gill •....... e • • • Gillham ••.••••.• • ••••••• 4 · .••• 34 • • • e .32 . .4 •• 4 • •••.• 4 • .24,32 • •• 4 • e .4 ..4 �35B Churchill ••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Clark ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Clendening •••••••••••••••••••••• 3 C11n8er ••••••••••• ~ ••••••••••••• 3 Clock ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Clough •••••••••••••••••••••• 27,29 Clypton ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cochlin ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cole •••••••••••••••••••••••• 2l,22 Co le1D8.Il •••••••••••••••••••••••• 34 Collins ••••.•••••••••••••••••••• 3 Combs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cone •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cones ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Conger ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 Connor •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Constant •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cook •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cooper •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 eardley •.•••••.••••••• •••• 33 •••• 22 Cowan •• Cowden. •••••••••••••••••••••• 3 Cramer .'.••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Crispin ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Cr CIfII •. • '.: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • 4 Crozier,.' ..•••••••••••••••••••••• 4 Cu1.bel:''tson •••••••••••••••••••••• '·4 Curle' •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 4 Curry., ••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~~4. 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'•..••.......••. 9 Snedecker ........................ 9 Unger ...•.......•.•............ 27 Snow ...................••••.•.. 33 Snyder ............•......•.•.... 9 SOU1erville ...................... 9 V1tt •.•..•••..•••..•••.••.••.•• 24 v Sothholz (Lothholz?) ••••••••••• 23 SOJaDa.n •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 Spalding ............•... .......... 9 Spencer ••••••••••••••••••• 9,2l,22 Wade ••••••••••• ........... .. 10 Wagner ..•.......••.•••...•...•. 10 Wags taf f ....................... 10 Sperry .........•••...•.••..••.•. 9 Spit1er .•....••...........•••.. 28 Sprankle ...... _..........•...•.. 9 Spring ......................... 33 Spurlock ...........•............ 9 Stafford ..•........•••.•••••.••• 9 Stamp ........................... 9 Stanley ................... -..... 34 Walt en ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Walters ........................ 35 Walton ...•...•................. 10 Stanton. .....•...••..•..••..•.... 9 Starlcweather .................... 9 Watkins .................•...... 10 Starlboad (Starwood?) •••••••••• 22 Steele ••.••••.• ~ •••••••••••• 25,26 Step hens .... ~ ................... 9 Stevens ................. ., ....... 9 St1ckler •••.•••.•.•.•••••.••••• 23 Stowe ..•..••.............•..••• 26 Strahan •••••• ~ •••••••••••••• 24,28 Strickler •••.....•••••.•••.•.••• 9 Stringfield ... ................... 9 Stultz .........................• 25 SUIDD1ervUle ••....••..••.•••..••• 9 Surber ......................... 27 Sutton ......................... 25 Sweets ......................... 30 Swisher .................... '. .. . 34 T Talley •..•••.•..••••••.••.•..•• 26 Taylor .......••. ..•..•.•...••.... 9 Tegart .................••...... 28 Thatcher· •••••••••••••••.•••••• 33 Thear ...••..•.••.•••.••••••.•••. 9 Thoburn ~ ........................ 9 ThoU18S ...................•.•. 9,34 Thurber ...•...........•..... 27,29 Tindall ......................... 9 Tinkham .•.•••••.•..•.••..•.•••.• 9 Waldron •.••••••..•.••.••••..••. l0 Walgamot •••.•••••• • .10 Walker ... .....•... • .10 Wall •••••• • .10 Waller •••• . . • .10 ...... ......... Ward •.••.•..•.••••••••••••••••. 10 Weaver ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3.3 Webber ......................... 10 Weed ••• ..... .. 10 Weise •• Weiser •.••••...... .10 .10 Weiss •••••••••.••• ........ .. 10 Wellman ••••••••• Welman •••••••••• Welsh ..••.•••••• • ••• 10 • ••• 10 • ••• 10 West ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25 Westheffer •••••••••••••• • •• • 23 'Wherry. • . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . . . ... 10 'White .•.....•.•................ 10 'Wh1tzel .............•.••..•.... 10 Wiggins .•...........•....... 10,34 Wiggs ••••••..•..•....•.••••.... 10 Wiglet ..•••.................... 10 Wilcox ..•. ............ . ... .• 10 Willett .•..•......... • ••• 10 Willey ......................... 10 Williams •••••••••••••••••••• 10,28 Willis .....•.....••...•........ 10 Wilmoth ...••.• ....•........... •• 10 W1lmtJ.th ••••••••••••••••••••.••• 10 Wilson ••••••••••••••••••• 10,28,35 Winchester·· .•....•.•.......... lO Wingate ............ ~ ......... .. 10 �35 G Wink,elman .... '.......•.......•... 23 • Winter. .' . ..... "............. . 10 Wood ........ '. ...... li, 33 Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 e" • • • • • • • • • Woodward ..•••.•••••.••••..•••. 11,29 Worthington ••..•••..•••••••.•••• 1 l Wright .......................... 21 Wurth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 21 Wyrick .. ~ ..................... .. 11 Z Zahniser ..•••••• . .......... ... 11 Z i1DDlerman ••.••.••• '• ............. • 10 THIS INDEX COVERS VOLUME IV, NUMBER 1 ONLY. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 - 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 4, No. 1: Summer 1980 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. The contents of Volumes 1-12 of The Pioneer are indexed in a separate publication. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright, Douglas County Genealogical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PIONEER_VOL4_1_SUMMER1980 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Douglas County (Kan.)