https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/56e8f668fb45291ef3e63bafe9dd34cc.pdf eb0aec8786ee75eacbb9ae31bfa0fcfc PDF Text Text Sf" '''% \'\'i'i, ""The (1',o"""r 'Vel. I 6.) No."3 ~o~h\''''''' 'I~ 1 f) I' r'\ I \ .' '::. ',-;'-,-: ' :" ':-.. .' ?\' ~" ' <' " '/ " .;" ",,; . ." , _.. ",. i '. ~. .' . .... .,; /,~:'.':~' :,' '/.," .: '\., " -, '~, ',':;".,. --'." >- :.:'" _ "", ~:':- "". _. '"-,:, ,,: ." ," �· .. , Til VOLUME X NUMBER 3 Spring 1987 PIOIIII Published Quarferly By: 'Douglas CountM Genealogical SocietH P.o. BOX 3664 LAWREN eE j KANSAS· 66046-0664 �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 OFFICERS President. • . • . • Vice-President. . . Recording Secretary .• Corresponding Secretary . Treasurer. • . Librarian. • • Genealogist. • • Newsletter Editor. . Pioneer Editor. • • • Janet Payne, 213 High St., Baldwin City, KS 66006 Donna Shogrin, 648 Schwarz Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dorothy Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Mary Lou Winchell, 927 Crestline, Lawrence, KS 66044 Justyn Brown, 2024 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66046 Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dr. Thomas Gorton, 831 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Mary Burchill, 1622 Kentucky St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Jane Wiggins, Route 5, Box 54, Lawrence, KS 66046 COMMITTEES Membership Chairman Refreshments. • . Goodwill. • . . • Calling Committee . . Beverley Chapman, 2114 Marvonne, Lawrence, KS 66046 . Shirley North, 1337 New Jersey St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 . • Dorothy Clarke, Chairperson, 1908 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66046 . Mary Lawson, 2246 Tennessee St., Lawrence, KS 66046 Pauline Elniff, 820 Sunset Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Marguerite Bishop, 1601 East Glenn Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 The Douglas County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization with regularly scheduled meetings the second Tuesday night of each month, 7:30 p.m., meeting place to be announced. Afternoon meetings are held, if possible, and occasional area tours. An annual public workshop is held to help in research. Membership fees are $10.00 single, $11.00 family. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County Genealogical Society and sent to the address above. The fiscal year is from J~ly 1 to June 30 of the following year. Visitors are always welcome. ******-1: The Douglas County Genealogical Society Library is located along the east wall of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Hours are: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m ..;) Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-5:30p.m~ Anyone may use our library but items may not be checked out. A card file of the society's holdings is kept at the Reference Desk. Microfilm readers are available at the Lawrence Public Library and materials may be reserved through interlibrary loan at the Reference Desk. -- ---- ------:-~- -----. ** ** *** --------------~~~~~------- " Volume I of the Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, Kansas is now available. Please send $32.00 (Kansas residents add $1.28 tax) plus $2.50 postage to: DCGS Tombstone Census c/o Jean Snedeger 1638 Rhode Island St. Lawrence, Kansas 66044 ------- ----- -------- ---,-~ �THE PIONEER Published Quarterly by , The Douglas County Genealogical Society , P.O~ Box 3664 Lawrence Kansas 66046-0664, ISSN0739-4l0l ---------~----------------------~----------------------------------------------April 1987 'Vol. X, No. 3 ---------~--------------------------"---~---------------------------------------- Contents Page S.C. POMEROY -What the OldMan Thinks of Lawrence Women. 98 Died -Mrs. FRANCES E. CRUMPTON •••. 102 Lawrence Temperance Association . . • . 103 • • • • • 105 ,Mrs. RICHARD CORDLEY - A Strong Woman Gone. . • • • . The Zodiac Club Membership Roll, 1878 to 1942 • . • . . 109 Photograph of the Zodiac Club • • . • . . . • • • • . • . • • • • • . • • • 113 JULIA ARCHIBALD HOLMES: A "Bloomer Girl" of Law.rence. . •• 114 Adjutant General Enrollment of Soldiers-Act of 1883 (EASTON-HERD) • 115 SARA TAPPAN DOOLITTLE ROBINSON. • • • • • . • •• • . • • . ••• • • 123 The Ladies Aid Society of the J.W. TaYlor Camp No. 78, Sons of Veterans, Division of Kansas,Society No. 47 •• 129 132 LUCY WILDER WOODWARD. • .'... • • . • • • • • . • . . Charter Members of the First Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lawrence,',Kansas. 135 Weaver's Girls, 1929, Lawrence,Kansas. 136 Townships 'Cliri.ton- News Items • • • • • . . • • . • • . 137 Eudora - Pioneer MOther - ADELA HUNT DAVIS 138 Obituary of CORA L. BISHOFF • 139 Grant - 75th Birthday of Mrs. FLORENCE BIGGS and Miss FRANCES MILNER, Twins. . • • '. • . • . • • • 140 Obituary of Mrs. AGNES PETRIE LAP TAD 142 Pilgrim CongregationalChurch,Young People's Society . . 142 Kanwaka - Barber Neighborhood Quilting Bee . 143 Lecompton - MRS. A.M. LEAMER • . • . . 144 Marion - IDA JOSEPHINE JOHANSON HECOX. 145 "P almyr-a -"Ladies Sewing Social" of the M. E. Church, Baldwin City, Ks. . 148 'Wakarusa - Mrs. MARY BARNES, First to Introduce Sewing by the Piece Work in Lawrence, 1860-1870 • • • 149 Literary Society of Franklin, Kansas •• 151 Willow 'Springs - Columbia News Items • • • • • • 152 . . . . . . . .. .. Editor's Note: This issue of The Pioneer and the next one are dedicated to the women of Douglas County. Due to lack of space, we have featured only a few of the women who were important to the history of the area. As C.S. FINCH put it when he wrote Mrs. Peter LAPTAD'sobituary, "All women were remarkable in those early years." Jane WIGGINS, Editor - - - - --~".------..,,-- .. - - ----------- --- _ _ _ _ _ _ ---A._ Kansas Daily Tribune , Lawrence, Ks., Nov. 5, 1867 Why are women like churches? Firstly, because there is no lLving without one; secondly, because there is many a-spire to them; thirdly, because they are objects of adoration; and, lastly, but by no means leastly, because they have a loud clapper in their upper-story. --------------------- ------- - - - - ----------- �98 i Lawrence ·Daily Journal March 9, 1887 "OLD POM" S.C. POMEROY What the Old Man Thinks of Lawrence Women A Meaty and Gossipy Letter from an Early Kansas Stateman My Dear Sir: Encouraged by some words you lately spoke to me, I venture to send you some letters of a personal, local and familiar character, such as I would speak into the ears of the good people of Lawrence if only I had their attention. I do this at your suggestion more cheerfully, as for a month past I have been a constant reader of the JOURNAL. Its tone and character I like as I do none other of the daily papers I read. I am an "old man" (as they call me) so I hope I do not presume too much if I may be allowed to address THE LADIES OF LAWRENCE I include by this all the good women who grace and adorn the society of your city, of whom there are none better anywhere. From my acquaintance at an early period of your history, I will say there were never nobler, or more self-sacrificing, more patient-enduring women adorning the best type of our christian civilization anywhere in this goodly land. As illustrative of a retentive memory which nearly fails me, I will relate a conversation I could not help overhearing one night, when in Lawrence we were all sleeping in temporary houses, of tents. It was during the first trial periods, for Lawrence had many. This husband said to his wife in most dispairing tones: "My dear, how can we stand these privations and sufferings? What shall we do? Which way can we turn? We have no preparation for the winter, no house, no clothing~ no nothing:" and he ended by saying: "Let us quit this place and go back east." To this the wife replied in most decided tones: "No I won't; I should be ashamed. I did not want to. come, and you know it, but you have got me here and I am bound to stick it out, come what will." Noble woman! I thought, thank God for pluck. It's the stuff of which glorified natures were made. For thirty-two years I have never forgotten that good woman or that fearful night, but I have never spoken to her as I can remember. If she was dead I could give her name, and that would reveal the name of one of your honored and prosperous citizens. That woman triumphed. She had her way. It proved to them a good way. Others too there were who counted their lives not dear unto themselves, but endured hardship as good �I 99 ; soldiers. Such has been my admiration for these women of Larence that I have never ceased to make mention of them as "honorable women not a few." At a later day, when Quantrell and his gang draped your city in mourning, the very hour I received a dispatch of the raid at Atchison, I started alone and on horseback, leaving about 9 O'clock in the evening, road all night by the way of Oskaloosa, and in the early morning at sunrise, entered the deserted town. Lawrence was to the free state men what Jeruselem was to the Jews, and Topeka was our Mount Gerisim. I at once proceded to the church where. so many were laid awaiting burial. There I saw weeping children with brave mothers, and brokenhearted fathers and widows who could not be comforted. What a spectacle to God, to angels and to men! The women of Lawrence, that day, were alone equal to the occasion. There were not undertakers to do their work. With willing hands and throbing hearts they prepaired the bodies for burial and then returned to the work of life more than ever sanctified for its duties. Women schooled in such a school, disciplined by such adversity, are equal to any emergency, they always succeed. I have just finished reading the late act of the Legislature, which now places the ballot for municipal elections in your hands for the first time. This is not the "law of Kansas," not the old "Bogus Code" we used to set at naught, made for Kansas by an invasion of the ballot box from Missouri, but the genuine law enacted by your own chosen legislators. By this law new responsibilities are placed upon you, and new duties. They cannot be laid aside or transferred to others. They are your duties, your responsibilities. Law is the idol of American worship. Liberty subordinated to law is the highest type of human government. To bow in adoration to such a divinity can hardly be called idolatry, it is devotion to human happiness. This is no occasion for trifling, and you are not butterfly triflers. The ballot is not for sport, and it is no question of taste, and it is none of convenience,; it is none of precedent; you are now to make precedents; you have none to follow. This is a position of earnest, not to say dreadful responsibility. Have you thought what was involved in the elective franchise? Have you seen the proud eminence in which you are placed? You are singled out, selected from all the women of the world to wield this potent instrumentality of good or evil. You are now by law put forward as the representative women of all the world's history. Let me speak plainly as well as kindly to you. You are placed upon an elevation and cannot conceal yourselves. You stand uncovered now as Moses did when he received the law, then to attract public attention, "there were thunder and lightenings and the noise of a tempest waxing louder and louder." Now we have tamed that lightening to run upon wires, and given it a voice to speak. It has already spoken of your position under this law, into the ears of every civilized nation of the globe. Moses and the law of Sinai had no such a hearing. Now what �answer will you make to your anxious country men and country women? What can you say? More than wordsl I will ask--What can you, and will you do? It's action, now that the day of argument and persuasion is past. The crisis of execution is upon you. As I have hinted heretofore, you more than equalled all just expectation. You will again, some of the older among you, remember how I plead for the freedom of Kansas, but not for herself alone. Not simply for the men and women of that day, but for the good it could do and be, to the people of ~he other territories, to all the states, and to all mankind. It was, if successful, to be a shining mile stone upon the road of human progress to the promised era of the world's deliverance. Kansas was then put forward and the new law of the people's ballot. She pioneered the high road to freedom. There the two systems, involving the two forms of civilization, first met in combat, and the first victory achieved. This was followed by other and greater ones, until slavery could neither spread or exist where it w~s. What a responsibility Kansas had at that day. The result has been a glorious record in human history. It will live forever. Citizenship and the ballot are twin sisters underlying the American idea of a representative republic. That idea has now crystalized into law for the first time. Equality of citizenship with you means equality of rights, of duties and of responsibilities. Again I plead with you to act, to register and to vote, not more for yourselves than for the good of others, for you now hold as many rights and priveleges as any women in the world. Kansas laws have always been liberal toward the orphan, the wife and the widow. The old system making a wife a sort of an appendage to some man, and dying, calls her his "relict," never was countenanced in Kansas. The more decent and advanced ideas have there always prevailed and you are now.well prepared for this trail. To this great movement, the extension of suffrage which has been pending for a quarter of a century, you are first called to act. Kansas is again in the lead. Municipal suffrage means equal suffrage, soon to be extended outside of cities, to all the inhabitants of the state, and all will soon be placed upon an equal footing, with the same restrictions and limitations as to age and residence. To this it has come at last. You may not have asked for this law, or seen that it was of use to you, and may not have felt it would be useful to you or to the country. Many of you have made the men believe you did not want the ballot. But all wants, likes or dislikes are now laid aside, all quibbling is obsolete. You are brought under law face to face with duties and responsibilities. What is your decision? Is the voice of Kansas as a pioneer state in all good deeds to be heard? How our anxious ~o~ntrymen in 1856, hung with breathless anxiety upon the decIsIons of Kansas. The captive in his cell for opinions sake, the struggling serf in foreign countries, �:161: '--- the slave in his bondage, prayed; they all prayed; the poor of all the world prayed that the cause of freedom might live. It did live by the votes of men and the trials of women. That triumph will go down gloriously through all the ages. Do you realize that the eyes of the world are again upon Kansas? Men and women in all civilized countries are longing to see the success of the experiment of equal and impartial suffrage. This experiment has to this hour never been fully tried. It is in your power to make it a success or a failure. You can now turn the dial of the world's progress backward or forward. What answ~r to the world's great question will you give? Ohl if only you could hold your ear to the great world's telephone, hung in the heavens, while the bell calls you, and listen to the numbered voices trembling on electrical currents, because of man's inhumanity to woman, you would sieze this occasion to make this weapon of defense, the power of the ballot, a success beyond all further questioning. "It executes a Freeman's will as ligtening does the will of God. I am cordially and truly, with old time memories, Yours, S.C. Pomeroy Washington, D.C., March 8; -i8-87 -J Submitted by Steve JANSEN, Watkins Community Museum, Lawrence, Ks. Lawrence Daily Journal and Eve;;ing-T;;Ib;;;;e;-A-;g-.--4; 1894 C. W. KELLER, and D. H. LESH are wi thA. STORM for one week to show and explain the Majestic Range. Lawrena:e::Eeop1e Using the Majestic Range Mrs. A.D. MACKEY, Mrs. Emma STONE, Mrs. P.R. BROOKS, Mrs. Prof. SNOW, Mrs. A.C. MITCHELL, Mrs. H. FARWELL,· Mrs. T.B. ELDRIDGE, Mrs. W. RUSSELL, Mrs. J.C. WISE, Mrs. Henry LEONARD, Mrs. Prof. PENNY, Mrs. A.N. GRIESA, Mrs. A.C. GRIESA, Miss C.M. MANTER, Harry SEDGWICK, Chas. McFARLAND. --------------------~~------------------------------~---- �102 The Republican, Lawrence, Kansas, Jan. 9, 1862 DIED In Lawrence Jan. 3d, 1862, Mrs. Frances E., wife of John W. CRUMPTON, formerly of Warren county, Indiana aged 20 years, 7 months, and 2 days. The deceased leaves an infant son. LAST WORDS. "Wrap my baby in his blanket, With its broidery of blue, Lay him in his little cradle Softly as I used to do. Warm the pillow Lest the cold Gently, gently, From his hand by the embers, should make him wa~e; put him from you, the rattle take. Sit-unwearied by his cradle, Turn it from the sunlight glow; Should a dream_disturb his slumber, Rock him gently to and fro.' Promise me to be as careful As his mother would have been; Teach him love, and thou wilt teach him Farthest thing from every sin. I am we ary--very weary, And I've nought to leave behind, But my innocent young baby, That to earth my thought can bind. Wheri the grave clothes are about me, If, with wild and bitter cry, He should press his face against you, Soothe him with a lullaby. I have done, and life is ebbing, Take my baby from my arms, But, until my eyes are darkened, Let me see his matchless charms! Warren (Ind.) Republican please copy. Submitted by Jane WIGGINS 1-1~1------ -Lawrence Gazette, Dec. 16, 1886 - Wakarusa Died--In Franklin on December the 8th, an old colored woman known throught::that section as Aunt Dorcas. The old lady was wel'l thought of by all that knew her. She leaves a husband that is very feeble and likely soon to follow his life partner to the other shore. Dorcas CALAWAY, an old colored woman aged eighty-five, died last week at Franklin, and was buried at Oak Hill cemetery. - - - ---------- ------- ---- �'103 Daily Kansas Tribune, Lawrence, Ks., March 27, 1874 LAWRENCE TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION The ladies of the Lawrence Temperance Association are now ready to begin their warfare against the use or abuse of all intoxicating liquors. Their watchword is PRAYER--and for defense they take the promises of God's Word. The object of the Association is to harm no one, but benefit all. There is yet room in the ranks for wives, mothers and daughters who are willing to "stand like the brave, with the face to the foe." The officers and members are all working together in the ranks, acknowledging but one leader--the King of kings, whose voice they hear even now, as it whispers, "It is I who goeth before thee, be not afraid." We give below the pledge of membership and names. PLEDGE We hereby pledge ourselves to abstain from the use of all intoxicating liquors, both in cooking, and as a beverage, and also to unite heartily and earnestly in all efforts for the suppression of the traffic, ·arid·~the reformation of the drinkers. By the order of the Committee. NAMES ANDERSON, H.L. ASHTON ,Pris ci11a BABCOCK, Martha (GILLETTE) BAILEY,? (Mrs. Frank A.) BAKER, Caroline (BEATTY) BANKS, Helen Mary (HEWITT) BARTHOLOW, Mary Jane BEACH, C.A. (?) BEACH, D.C. BEEDE, M.P. BOUGHTON, Elizabeth (GILL) BROOKS, Mary Angeline (BOUGHTON) BRUNER,' M.J. BURLINGAME, F.M.(husband S.W.) BURNETT, Anna Mary (FISK) CHERRY, E.E. CLAYPOOL, Jane A. COCKINS, T.A. (husband W.W.) CORDLEY, Mary A. CRONKHITE, M. (?) DENMAN, Marcia DIXON, Elizabeth DOUGLASS, Carrie DRAPER, S.E. (husbanw F.M.) DUNCAN, Adeline DUNCAN, Elizabeth DUNN, ? (husband John K.) DURLAND, T .A. (husband J.N.) DYER, E.C. EIDEMILLER, M.J. EWING, Elizabeth R. EWING, J.M. (husband James W.) FINCHER, Lena FINNEY, J.W. FIRLEY, J.P. FRISBIE, Anna GARDNER, Minnie Selig GIBBS, A.M. (?) GILL, Jane GILL, Lida GOSLIN, M.E. GRAY, E11a GRIFFITH, Priscilla A. (HARBACH) GROVENOR,Lucy Marie (BLISS) HADLEY, C.H. HASKELL, Mary Elizabeth (BLISS) HENDRY, Rebecca HERRON, C.M. (husband J. C.) , HERRON ,'J ennie B. HOAG, Hepsey HODGE, Mrs. C.A. HORTON, Fannie B. HUGHES, Mrs. Sallie HYDE, Sarah INGALLS, Sarah JAMISON, C. (husband R.G.) JENNINGS, C.A. JOHNSON, ? (husband R.S.) JOHNSON, W.M. JOHNSTON, Mary S. (STUBBLEFIELD) KEYS, Ely (William) KREMER, A.E. LEIS, R.E. (Henry) LEWIS, E. E. (husband also E. E. ) �LEWIS, Sarah J. LONG, Miss Sarah MARCH, ? Mrs. George MARCH, Miss Anna MARSHALL, Sarah McALLASTER, Cynthia Jane McALLASTER, Miss A.J. McCARRELL, ? (J ames B.) McCONNELL, M.J. (J.N. W.) McKEE, R.M. (William M.) McQUISTEN, Mrs. E. MELVIN, Nita MENDENHALL, Mrs. S. A. MILLER, A.A. MILLER, Ella A. (GARDNER) MORROW, Martha (CORY) NEWMAN, L. M~ T. ' (Albert) NICHOLSON, A.L. (C.L.) PARK, H.A. (listed as A.J.in Western Home Journal) PATTERSON, Lucie PHILLIPPS, Anna (A.J.) POTTER, Caroline PRENTISS, Annie Julia (SOULE) (S.B.) RAND, Mrs. S.R. RAYMOND, Hila K. (BENNETT) (Joseph M.) REDDING, Sarah REDINGTON, E.D. RICHARDSON, M.L. (Alex H.) RIDENOUR; Sarah L. (BEATTY) (Peter D.) ROTE, Mary RUDISILL,? (J.E.) SALOVER, J.L. SAWYER, H. SCHMUCKER, ? SCRIBNER, Adeline SHAW, Sarah (James) SHERWOOD, Mrs. Sarah SHORT, Celia (CATLIN) SIMPSON, Kate (S.N.) SIMPSON, Mary Frances (Henry) SIMPSON, Mrs. H.P. SIMPSON, R.E. (William) SMITH, Lizzie (Charles W.) SMITH, W.R. SNOWDON, Miss M. L. SNYDER, E.J. (Eliza?) STANLEY, Lucy STUART, Annie L. SUTHERLAND, Mrs. F.T. SUTLIFF,? (William E.) THACHER, Emma Elizabeth (HEILMAN) (T.D.) THACHER, Sarah M. (GILMORE) (S.O.) TOLLES, Mary B. WALKER, Marion E. (LOWE) (Samuel) WATSON, Mrs. Eliza WEBSTER, J.L. (C.S.) WELCH, Miss M.S. WELCH, Mrs. M.D. WHITE, E.A. (Charles) WIGGINS, Priscilla (D.H.) WILLIAMS, Miss Lizzie WILSON, Drusilla (Jonathan) WILSON, Lizzie C. WILSON, M.A. (Israel) WINGATE, C.A. WYNNE, E.L. YEAGLEY, Sarah (Dr. D.H.) Note: The name'or initials of the husband have been added, and ,the maiden name is in capital letters. Submitted by Nancy GARNER who is working toward a Ph.D. in American History. If you have any information on any of the women above, please contact her at 1743 Ohio, Lawrence" KS 66044 or 913-841-8402. I ' -,C=_C_ --- -- - "- i Daily Kansas Tribune, March 28, 1874 - _ • •, -- -~~-=.--~ '~.~~>~:;:=:~ <:~;~-:r- ' . t b ~DITthOR. TRIBUNfE: Th~ . ladiehs, God blesbs 'em, fannounce themselves "ready ,'- ' I 0 eg~n e~r war are ~ga~n~t' t e use or a use 0 all intoxicating liquors ." " I They are doubtless,terr~bly ~n earnest, while their pledge is extremely reason:' able. ',It' fs in, the words following "We hereby pledge ourselves to abstain ' ! from the use of all intoxicating 'liquors, both in cooking, and as a beverage. II As it reserves to the pledged the right to take a little' for the stomach's '" , sake'w~enever they feel bad, I stand ready'to take the pledge myself, provided Lam deemed worthy to have my name enrolled among, the faithful. SALOmf, KEEPER . _i Th~-~;;r~~;;;-Ga-~;tt;:·oct. 28,:-°i886------- - ------ ------- Miss Susan B. ANTHONY will be in Lawrence election day. absent from home she will necessarily lose her vote.' Being < ' �,105 The obituary in the Lawrence JournalWorld of 1 December 1914 had bold headlines: A STRONG WOMAN GONE Mrs. Richard Cord1ey Figured Extensively in Early Kansas History Funeral Will be at the Congregational Church \~ere She Labored So Long i, Details follmved about the widmv 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. MRS. DR, R, eORDLEY. 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 knmving that her family had oivued the Druid's Tavern and the Horse & Groom, and that her uncle (who raised her in Michigan after the death of her parents) also oivued 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 Kansas 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 corners. I began to think Laivrence a pretty lively place. But I soon learned that a great free State Convention i~S in session. The administration at Washington proposed to force on the people of Kansas the hated Lecompton constitut:i!on':" This was the historic convention of 2 DeceIDber 1857 which was called to protest against a constitution ivhich recognized slavery. It was held in the unfinished building of Plymouth church, called the Old Stone Church. An account in the Kansas City Star relates that "i ts windows were boarded up I and its doors w'ere rough boards nailed together, but it was the best meeting place in tOiVU, 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 ivere comfortless." He took his own small amount of savings, with which he had planned to return east for his bride, and instead put it into repairs for the church. "It i~S a great disappointment," Mrs. Cordley remembered. "I had expected to be married at the same time as my school friend, Kitty." "Mter about a year I " Dr. Cordley Ivrote, "I ivent back (to Michigan) and brought my ,vife. She I~S English born, and had enjoyed a delightful �I I'06 . 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 ,mods, and boating on the lal<e, she ,.,as 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 Ne,v- 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 above. Six hundred dollars a year, as prices then were, did not allow a very large margin for costly furniture, but the pastor' s ,.,ife had a knack for . home-maldng, and a few dainty touches camlmake simple things show to advantage. A cheap but pretty paper transformed the ,valls, a simple but bright carpet covered the floor, and every/thing in the room seemed as if it belonged there. It was as cozy a home as one could find anYlv-here. After the custom of the time it ,vas 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. La.,v-rence seemed to be one day's journey from everywhere. No matter where one started from, he ·would reach La,v-rence 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 tmm. Ministers coming to Kansas al,vays came to our house first to confer about their locations and their fields, and very often to remain until the way was cleared for them. In many cases they would leave their families ,v-i th us, ,.,hile they went to look up their fields. In some cases this required two or three ,.,eeks. It ,vas 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 ,v-ere making a tour of the State, and stopped to spend the night with us. They ,v-ere 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 gone Mrs. Cordley began to clear the table, and found that the lay brother had left a dollar under his plate. She sat do,m and had a good cry. She had enjoyed their visit so much, and it spoiled it all to feel that he thought hospi tali ty could be bought ,.,i th money. . "The pastor's home ,vas also a sort of a parish house. Officers, commlttees and members often met there to confer; the ladies met for entertainments and socials and sewing; and young people ,.,ere 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 should never be tedious, and never degenerate into frivolity. H~Ee they planned for picnics, socials and fairs, and other means of interesting girls and helping the church. There were usually tw"enty 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 baJeed up a large batch of mince pies for the Christmas season. With her, making mince pies ,vas 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, 'vhom vie esteemed very highly, came in. Mrs. Cordley could not resist the temptation of having them sample her pies. So one of the pies was cut, and very soon disposed of. Before they had quite finished ~ating 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 breaJe 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 bacle from Kansas City, he notes, and to have forty miles bet'veen 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 'vere just grmving up around it. It was our first home, and like all first homes, was very dear to us. We ,valked 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 'vas one of the many marked for special attention (says the U. S. Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume, published in Chicago in 1879). "He was sought for earnestly, but not found. His home, hmvever, ,vas 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 to visit the ruins of their o,vu home. Dr. Cordley described the scene: "All that remained 'vas a bed of embers and ashes. Not a booJe or sermon, not a letter or paper, not a relic of childhood or memento of friend 'vas saved. As 've stood looking at the disconsolate scene, Mrs. Cordley quietly Ivept. The Rev. Bodley (superintendent of missions) turned to:her and said in his gentlest tones, 'Don't cry, Ma.ry. YOU;) have got all you asked for. We are all here.' No more tears 'vere shed for the ruined""home. So many all about 'vere carrying heavier sorrmvs that 've could but be thankful at our ovm escape." . ___ " _"'"" __ ," A -further sadness was-t:6-come to~ Mary'-Cordley with the death of her husband on 11 0uly 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 sorrows in her life. "My husband is buried there, and my two baby daughters," sh~_ ~01-d a Topeka Daily Capitol ,r_eporter o~~_ ~L}909_____ �i08 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 'veIl 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 more ago and she has lived alone, or almost altogether alone. Hencefore she will have companions. But it seems hardly possible to those who know her or know about her that she will ever again have company, in the real sense of the word, '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 than the average woman who is a leader in her community. her husband, Richard Cord ley , and she were among the earliest pioneers in Kansas. He was a minister of the Congregational faith; she was a faithful and effective worker 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 earned 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 Ivill go out 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. Contributed by Thomas Gorton The ----- -- ---- - - - - ---- --- La~rence Gazette, Nov. 4, 1886 - -~ ~-- The organization of the Y.W.C.A. of this city was completed last Thursday evening. The following officers were chosen: president , .. Miss Alice LITCHFIELD; vice-president, Miss Anna MURPHY; secretary, Miss Lida JACKE; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary McQUISTON; treasurer, Miss Ella COLTRANE. Miss JACKE read a circular concerning the Assembly of the Y.W. C.A. at Ottawa, in which an invitation was extended to the Y.W.C.A. to send delegates to the Assembly. It was decided to accept the invitation and the following del'egates were elected: Misses Alice LITCHFIELD, Lida JACKE, Anna MURPHY, Mary.McQUISTON, Alice HUNTER,and Ella COLTRANE. Regular gospel meetings will be held every Sunday afternoon at 4 O'clock, in the Presbyterian church. - - - - - - - - - -- - - Lawrence Gazette, Dec. 23, 1886 The ladies of the Y. W. C.A . . will receive at the K.P. hall New Year's afternoon and evening. All gentlemen-;of the city are invited to call. --------- '- ----- --- - �The ZOdiiac, Club Membership Ron , 1878 to 1942 Mrs. Flavia Canfield, Mrs., Mary Nelson and Mrs., Augusta Sutlliff' decided', to organi ze:C1,~~~ club, and on 5 Feb 1878, at the home of Mrs., Stitlfff ,: 1200 Tennessee:'St., Lawrenc-e, they held their first meeting., Sfx others; joined at this meeting::: Mrs. F. A. Bailey, Mrs. L. Annie Cockins, Mrs. Anna, Miller, Mrs. Mary F~ Ziegler" Mrs~ Vio.la .Bardwell: and Mrs. SUsan Billlene'. They called it Th'e Eadies Reading Club u~iil 26 Nov 1878 when the name' was' changed to The Zodiac Reading Club. The first regul"ar dues, begin~ing in Nov 1884 were twenty~fi:ve cents per member~ In Feb 1896.' dues, were raised to' fifty cents;: OCt 1908 to seventy-five cents;; 1909 to one dollar, and'iin 1916 to one dollar sixty cents; The names below were copied from a li.st, compiled from the secretary"s, minutes and the yearbo'ok programs, filed with the,Zodi ac Club. manuscripts . in the I\ansas Collection at spencer Research £:ibrary, University of Kansas, Lawren ce , KS: Abbott Arder, Mrs • .Tohn W:. Aldrich Alford, r.lrs. D. 5'. Altman, Mrs. J. C. AUstin Bailey, Mrs. F. A. Baldwin, Mrs. KarlL Bardwe 11, Mrs. Vi 0 la Barker, Mrs. G. Jr. Barkeri Mrs. @iiver Bea1, Mrs. G:. M:. Beatty, Miss Beecher, Miss: Mary Ward' Blackmar B1 eck , Mrs. Edit 8' Bbl t, Mrs. W~ H., Bra!ldt, Frances ~Mrs. J'; ,GdT ' Btetherton Brook, I\trs'._ A~ T:. Brown ,Mrs. J. F'. Brownell,' Buckingham, Mrs. v: M. Bullene, Mrs. SUs,an'E. Burdick, Mrs. W: L. Bryant, Doxa Renn tMrs. F.\ E.»)' Can fi eld, Fl'avi a (Mrs. A~ C:. )j: Carruth, Mrs. W. If. Chandler" RUth (tMrs. H. E~):f Clapp, 1.',' Cockfns', Mrs. L. Annie' Cockins, Miss Annie Cockins.~iss D~isy' Cockins ,Miss Carlie Crawford, Mrs.?: Crawford~ Helen (Mrs. Ivan C:~») (~~"~,f.~~ ~;.J---=-~~ 28 OCt 1902 Dec 1884. Died August 1929 19 Oct 1886 ' , , sept 1897. Died Dec 1938,1 , Appeared on program 2'5, Mar 1879 Apr 1890 Ch arter Member. l' Nov 1938 Charter Member', " 1887.' Joined' as- Mrs. Frank Dfnsmoor 8,: Nov 1887. Dec 1928 ,. 20' Oct 1885.. ~poIiited-'-on pTci9riili'tllat'qay Nov 1912. Honorary member' Nov 1889. N'ame never fn' yearbook 13 Feb 1917. £eft town 1926, died 1933 Nov 1904. Again Oct 11905 elected visiting 5 @Ct 1i915 ' member Nov 1932- visiting member: Oct ,1913 18 Oct 19325: Nov 189'5 19 Oct 1886\. Made honorary member 20 Jan 1903 Charter Member' . 21' Apr 1908. Not on 1Tst of members t.he~neXt' 20' Sept 1 9 1 0 ' " ye ar Charter Member. 20 sept 1910 Nov 192~ 22 Nov 1892 Charter Member 11 Jan 1881'. Acted as sec "y on that d~te 26 Oct 1886, 4 Jan 1887. On program that day' li9 Feb 1878. Proposed for membership OCt 1936 �i894. Became Mrs-.~_ H'~ S: Gardner 8, OCt 1878, _ Mar' 1911 ,-._...__ ,. ____ ~ 25 Jan 1910~ N'ame noti Jjsied_!?.11-f2~ Same name proposed 3 Oct 1911 . Day;, Mrs. van~e . OCt 1933 Elected visiting member 26 Feb 1884 .' . Dedri ck, Mrs. I Mary Di'nsmoor, Mrs~ Frank F~ Oct. 1888. Became Mrs-. Geo·. Barker OCt 1898 DUffus', Mrs._ W. M'~ Apr. 1919. N'ame not listed i;n next yearbook DUnl ap, Mrs. C:~ G;~ OCt 1889.- as Anna- March. Diied: June 193r DUnn' I 9, Dec 1884' Appeared on program that day Duval, Mrs. E~: P'~ R: 29 OCt 19112 . Dyche, q>hilia (Mrs. t. c.»)' 20- OCt 1885 E1 sey. Mrs. Et.he1 1"4 Dec: 1920' Eilgvall" Mrs. Esther.9 Jan 1934 EVClns. Mrs~ Wainwr;ght 5'llec' 19~!J Mo~ed .away Oct 1917 Faxon, Mr,s~ J-.: D~ 19 Fen 1878 Fel'lows', Mliss' Har.riet OCt 1889. Became Mrs. C~ M. Ster.ling 19 OCt 1886). . . Fjeld, Mrs. S:: T". Finley, Mrs. 1..[ 3 Dec 1878. No further mention of her Franklin, Effie Scot~ (Mrs. E. C:~);:' 6) Oct 1896. Originally' elected Sept 192 but declined then Ful11er, Mrs. E~cy A: 15 Apr 1879. Made' honorary member 1903 '. . Gagliardo, RutH Jane (Mrs. Domenico) Feb. 1:927 Nbv 1883. P·ar.t on program that day Giilmore, Mrs.?,: Gardiner, Mrs. :WHbur' 23: Oct 1906: Gardner, Mrs. H;: S. (Dr;. Eva Cunningham>' 1894 Possibly 1892-. Died 1908 G.ardner", El"la W,at.erbuJry ~~lrs. Harry)J I" Feb 1910·, G-arver, Mrs. John "" 20 Oct. 1914 " Gorriil1, Mrs'. M~ 'A: ' , 28. Jan 1896. G:rubb, Mrs. 1: : Oct 1887 Election uncertain Grey, J'ane (Mrs~ Arfred») 2, Nov 19261. Regretted until Apr 1927 Griffi.th. Miss Mary 19 Oct .1886, Haight. Mrs. ?':'l . 23 Mar: 1880: Hamil:ton, Marion \~~ (Mrs·. F. Rr. );, 5 Jan 1915.' Withdrew 7 Oct 1919:' Harri son, Mrs.' Canter: 6) Oet 1936) H;iwor.th, Mrs'. ?'\ OCt 1892 H:~zen,. H. Hr. (M~s. \'l~ E~)[ Feb 189OtHill, - Mrs~J: Hi;;' _ Q) Jan 18S5 Appeared on pro'gram; that day Hollands. Buena ("irs. E~ M. Y 5' May 1914 Holmes-, :. 8,\ F""eb 1897 Elect'ed'. to' fin first- vacancy I that should arise Hopkins, Mrs. E: !M'. 30 sept 1885' App-eared: on program! that day Hutchings, Mrs. John 7 May 1878· Made honorary member 20 Jan. 1902 Hutchings. Mis's -T0sie_ 20 J'an 1885 Hutchings, Miss Stella 19 Nov 1889 Hume. Mrs. John .I Dec 1888; Elected as Miss' Gardner 'in (kt 1885 , Died 1"936 lnnes, Mrs. Georg~\ 15 Oct 1878 Jackson, Mrs. DugalC: 4 Nov 1930 Johnson, Mrs. W~ H: In 1904-05 yearbook. Died Apr 1930 Johnston, Mrs. R. ie-. Apr 1891. Died 1941 Jones,. ;. 17 Jan 1882 .Tones, Anna (Mrs.J. 0.));. Dec 1929 Cunningham, Dr. Eva Dai 1ey, Mrs'. ;r~ If. DaLils" JUice (Mrs.F. B.l Davis : " l. . . I . l I 1-, �Jo sselyn, Mrs 0 H'. t~. Kelly, Mrs. E~ 1~ King, Helen (~rs. J. E.)T, Lippincott, Mrs. Litchfield, M.s~ Manchester, Mrs. E. M. March, Mrs~ ~r.ank March. Miss Ahna March, Mrs. F:tank (W. Lena>:: March, Mrs. G~orge March, Mary (Mrs. George) March, Miss Josep'hine 4 Oct 1910 9 J'an 1917 OCt 1933 Nov 1883. Died Feb 1899', 8 Dec 1896 Proposed on that date 4 April 1922 20 Oct 1885 Oct 1889. ' Became Mrs. Dunlap 27 Oct 1908. Died 1932~ 1885 1 Mar 1932 25 Mar 1884. Became 1\1rs. Marvin 19 Oct 1886 Marsh, Mrs. Marvin, Josep :hine March ~Mrs. F'. 41)~)J 25 M'ar' 1884. Di ed 1934 Mason, Mrs. H.:, D., Jan 1885 Mar. 1939 MacGregor, Mis:s ,Helen Feb '1889 M'8xwe 11, lIJi's 8:: E"dh a' , i\1cCarro11,'Mrs:'''''M~ry 'D'. i'879 (1). Honorary member 20 J'i,ln 1903 ,1.6 Noy 1937 MCCord, Mrs. Fletcher 30 Sept 1890011 cornmi ttee" to arrange MCCro ry, Mrs • ~. -S~ program on that date McMill an, Mrs.1 Ji; W: 19 Feb 1878 5 Jan 1915 McNoun, F10renbe (Mrs. W. C'.l , Miller, Aima A~ (Mrs. ,~~)i. Charter Member. Died 1934 Miller, mrs. LJoyd 31 Jan 1900 Read paper on that date, Mi!liler, Mis's: Mary 20 ~an 1885 Mitchell, Mrs'. '! N. (;~ 30 sept 18901~ Mix,; Katheriine', <'lI{frs. Jt~ .1;)~ OCt 19191 19, Feb 1878;' _" ' ' . Morse, A.',A: O,rs. Dr.. F:D'.») Mtu:try, Mrs.,,?' , . 'Jan 18~9 Proposedr;. no;t~mentfo'ned' ag'ai:n Nelson, Mary Hf~ (Mrs'. 'J~, A'~'>:! "Char,ter.' Member. Noyes, Abbie Oct i883. Became' n1rs. Raymo,nd min, Mrs. A': S: 24, Nov 1903. Diied: 1935' SOL sept 1890.\ Oli vel'" Miss: H~nnah' Oliver,; Miss Margane.t' 189.2. Died' FeD: 190.6) Osmo'nd, ' 22 Apr' 18791 Ottman, Mrs:. JJc'~ 22 Aplr: 11879 mentioned' Patrick, Hattie: Lewis: 22 Nov 1881. Pendleton" Matiil~da p,; O'Irs ... W~ Hf;)Y No'v 1884:. Dfed De,c 1929~ Perkins ,Mrs'~ F~ank ' T Feb 1899 Perkins'. Mrs~. t. 'Hi~ 81 No'v' 1887. Di'ed 1927, Pri'ce:, Cora'Lee: ~Thlrs~, Bailey)'!' Oct 1940." Pugh, Miiss', N:an' , 19311 Elected! visi.;tiing member Raymond, Abbie' Noyes: {Mrs .. , HI., C.)Y' 1883: Rice, Hazel Hope (Mrs. M'. 'E'~ r 114' OC t 191'3 Riic~, Mrg;~ S: O~ 9:: J:an 119117 Riichardsi, Mrs'. ?~. Nov 1886) Rilggs', 1'1rrs. Ahni,e' Jim 1880'1 Riggs', Miss; Kat'~': 29dkt 1895 Ri:ggs, Mi'ss: Luc~' lJ939 Rigg S', ~faY' " : , OCt 1':.939, Rodgers:. A)ma; Nov 1883 Rodgers ". r~1rs . ~ D~ ~ c: ., l' Mar 1.91~) Rudol'pr~ Mis's' i Oc,t 1885 May have~ been" guest speaker: Russe1ll ,I ' 29 Nov 1892 fr4~ ~-...r-:-:,-.,..r-:-~j~~·~\.-...-.,-'. t • e.! ' ..... ~~/~-~~~~ 1 !'~-:'J-'~: c' : -;) , '-.f - -.--'-- ~ �"1121 Sanderson, MZ:s. Ross;. AJ)1rI919~ SCholes:, Mr,s'~: 1';' ~291 OCt' 1'8178' Scott, Mrs:.?t -r6 OCt 1882 Scott, Effi'e (l\'lrs .. E'. C. 'Franklin)T 1892 decl1ined' but ac'cepted iin' 11896, SJtaad', ~re.i;,thYr (.Mrs~ Geor-gel; Apr 1928, SHannon, Mrs'.; Osborn Eeb.1878. R'esi'gned lJ2 Mar.' 1'878) Shemo'od" Mar.Y (Mrs. N~ p~ l Apr: 1919 Shoemaker, Mrs. W'. Fr. 1939 Siib1ey, Mrs. f'. H. 1:4'O~it 19113~ Siincllai r,. Mrs~ l' Apr. 1880, Skilton, Tn,ss:;Alice OCt 1923' Electedvisiti'ng member: SiJi th, Luci'nda <Mrs ... Gu~X Apr' 1924 Sini;th, Mrs. H~ C'~ 22' Apr' 1819 Siiti th , Mrs.· 81 P'~ 112: OCt 1920: 5mi thmeyer, Ci ara' P~ (Mrs. F: Hl~)7 sep,t 1890' 5p:angler, Car-cHine .B.(Mrs •. W:; C.); Oct, 1885'. Died: 1938 Stephenson, :'M~s. H. H~·. " O~t 1936' S'ter1i'11g, C'8ra: Ferrows' (Mrs.' '~r: -we; )T Oct' 1883' Sterling, Harr:iet Fellows:'(Mrs~ c: M:)Y Oct 1889Stevens, A<Ja Pugh (Mrs .... W~ c; r Nov 1889 ' Stockto'n" Marj ~ri e (Mrs;., Fr.ank)}: OCt 1i924 St()land, Muriel (Mrs. O. @~):, Apr 19.19' Sto,rer.. Mary (~ti"s" Ni. W!.)} 6) Oct li(36) Stouffezr,. Anna: (Mrs. E. a'.)i SI Dec 1916' Sutliiff" Missi' Addie lOr, Nov 1885' Sutliff, Miss Jennie Dec" 1885 Siitl1 ff(, Mrs. Jr. Bi. 7', May 1878, I Sittl!iff, Augusta (Mrs. _W. E~)l Char,ter: Member Died Feb 1899 Tanner.', . Mrs~. H., E. " .' 18 Feb: 1896' ,T.'aggar.t" Mrs. II:/(. OCt 1~.)i23~' ,T,ay lJo r, ,~rllS:. ?~:, OCt . 1924, ' T,eetor·,'Mrs. T:': Dec' 1920i Templin. Lena ('~'rs';. Olin)\ Nov 1886, Tenney, Mrs. 1: I, 27 Feb 11900. 11iisted as~ present but riot ~en" -, '. tiionedel's'ewhere Th acher, Carri e E~ (Mrs. T'. D:~») 30' OCt 1883' Thayer', Mrs. "12-' : 16~ Nov 1920 T.r.emper', Emma! Phoe1er' (Mrs'; Ed)} . COt 1883 Tur~ey, Mr.s~ A~ 12 Apr 1932 Wagner, Mrs'. 7,' :. . J~n 1'898 or' po'ssi:bly OCt 'i'89T . Watson, rvuss· Ga'lirie .' Nov 1883-. M'adEr honorary-memtier"J"an 190G Wa1J:ts~> Mary' Olrs\~,' J'ohn')~ 10 FeD 1~2'5; . Weaver" Gertrude\ (Mrs:.> A~ D:.)\ OCt 1883'; Di;ed 1932, Wetistcer, Mrs~ 1:. ' 1i9' Cc;t 1886, Whee1ler.', Rwth D.: (i\frsi., R': HT~)r lrs Nov 1927 Wiil;b~r', Mrs. ?:': '. 2;~" Apr 1906). Not liisted' tim yeartiooit l!.906-07 'ilJk" !·r" J" II:" W1 l'ns:, . If rs·._ ' .• '; l':. Oct; 1;937 WHJson, Mary (Mrs~ Hiilt P·~)7· 28 5ep t 189.7 Wood~ ~fiis;Si'l'irarciia' (li Feb: 1909 ~ Oiied' 11933 Woodward', Mrs •. 0;; Jr. 6i Oct, '1891 Wynne. Elfnor ,(l\b:·:Si•. E;~. C. Y 22: OCt 18:78.. Oiled' Ap)r t880, . Young, Adrian (Mrs. C'~ at )': 27. @Ct: 1,908: Young', Mr.s., R'; . K. i . 29' (f1)Ct 19]2 Zeigler'~ Mary E'•. (l\lrs:. P'stiIJ1. Char.ter Member --- Copied' by Pau11ne B:. Eliniff 1 \a-. , ,i �THE ZODIAC CLUB. ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1878. MEMBERS:-Mrs. W. E. Hazen, President; Mrs. H. L. Raymond, Vice·President; Mrs. H. E. Tanner, Secretary; Mrs H. S. Gardner, Treasurer; Mesdames J. W. Alder, G. Dunlap, L. L. Dyche, M. A. GorriIl, E. M. Hopkins, John HUllle, R. C. Johnson, R. D. Mason, J. E. McCrory, A. C. Mitchell, L. H. Perkins, W. ' H. Pendleton, Olin Templin, T. H. Slllithllleyer, A. D. Weaver, D. S. Allord, H. P. Wilson and Misses March, Oliver, and Margaret C?liver. . I c. Photograph from E. F. 'Caldwell. JrSOuvenir History of [awrence. Kansas. 1898.' . Courtesy Watkins Communi ty Museum �JULIA ARCHIBALD HOLMES: A "Bloomer Girl" of Lawrence by Judy M. Sweets One Lawrence woman of the 1850's is remembered today for her courage and convict ions.; Jul ia Archibald Holmes, who', in 1854 arrived in Lawrence with her parents, John and Jane Archibald as part of the New England Emig~ant Aid Company group, by 1858 held the distinction of being the fi~st woman to scale Pikes Peak. What made the event even more noteworthy was that while climbing the mountain and crossing the plains, she wore an outfit which was radically different from the longskirted outfits worn at the time. The kindlof dress which twentyyear-old Juiia A. Holmes wore has been dubbed: "The Bloomer" or "The Reform" dress and had been "introduced ,by eastern feminists a . 1 few years before." The outfit, which consis~ed of a tunic, usually of calico, :which reached the knees and pantaloons underneath gathered at the ankles. Soon after joining the Lawrence party which: was trave I ing to the Pikes Peak ar~a seeking gold, Julia Photo realized t~at her costume was The Bloomer Girls, by Charles Neilson Gattey attracting a great deal of attention. The only other woman in the party in whom she hoped to find a sympathetic friend suggested that she "put on a long dress" because the men "ta lk: so much about you." Her reply: "I cannot a f ford to please their taste ... " Indeed, Julia praised the "bloomer dress" for the comfort, convenience and freedom it allowed her.2 It may be: that Julia A. Holmes influenced other Kansas women to adopt the "Bloomer dress," as a Baltimore newspaper of the 1850's quoted the K~nsas TRIBUNE as saying: "Perhaps Lawrence is the only city in Amerita where a majority of the ladies wear Bloomers. During a pleasant 'day they may be seen in all parts of our place~-not walking out ,for the novelty of the thing, but making calls and pursuing their ordinary avocation, without even suspecting that their costume was attracting unusual attention; and, indeed, it does not. The ladies consider them far more convenient than the street sweeper; and t'hey ought to be the best judges. ,,3 , I 1 2 "A Bloomer Girl Conquers Pikes Peak," by Marqaret Solomon American History _ Illustrated, Vol'. XVIII, No.9, p. 42, ' 3 Ibid., 42, 43. I University of Kansas History Departmont Newsnotes, dated June 5, 1987. Ii ! �• ADJUTANT GENERAL ENROlLMENT of SOLDIERS!--ACT OF 1883 I -! fcontinued from Volume Information:~ X: No.2}'" ! Onr Name, (B).Color, fey. Rank, ~D): Company, (Er Regiment, (oF); State, (G); Arm of Service--whether Regular, Volunteer, Militia, Marine or Irregular, : (H) Wounded, U)" Injured, (J) Disease, (K) Present aadress, (li Place of death. . (8'~:, (El (Fr ' (G Y. (elY (IDr (A)) I I Vol In! eJl Piles (K)· Lawrence 25 MI Cpl A w Easton, George K. Vol Cav (J)" Pil'es (K)\ Baldwflf] KS VetSurg, D, 9Eaton, Johni, w' Cav (~Jr SQ,re eyes & Rheum MO' D 2 P\Tt w Eberhart, Andrew (K)) Vinland . I KS' Vols (J) Rheum. (K)Wi 110w springs Pvt C 10 w Eberhart, H. S. Voi In! (K)': Lawrence OrdSgt, 1.,115 lL w Ebey, Clay L. I 6) Pit Vol Res Corps (Hi)' Head &: Foot Pvt A w Eck, Alfred ; OOr Lawrence ' " Phillip D. " Lucy B. ' " Hattie " Chas. C~ : ft· 'Bessie r.: .. Edward R:: Vol Int" (K)' Lawrence w Pvt ,.0.1. 18 MI Eddy, M. G. , .. Geo. G. : " 'Chas-. ,N." ' Ofdsgt,D. I, KS: - Vol In! (lOY Lawrence Edgar, Geo. B. w Pvt n.l. n .1.OW QM. Dept (KY Lawrence tv Edmonds, J. C.: Edmondson, Soloman Pvt F 18: MO Vol Inf (J}Rheum (KJLawrence b , Edwards, C. w Maj itl 37 MAY Vo1s (J<):-tawrenc~ Eggers, Henry: ' P\Tt n1 nl KS: Mil (K) Eudora \Ii w Pvt B; 12 KS- Vols. (K)'Lawrence ,Eggert, H. W. :' Eldridge, John: w Pvt G' 7 'KS- Vol Cav (Kl: Lawrence ff' Lillie Bell " Harry " Stella M. Eldridge, Shaler WID. Maj nl w nl KSS Paymaster. (K) Lawrence Eldridge, Thos.' B~ Maj n1 w 9 KS' Vol Cav (J)Chr Diar " Lida :M. (Kl lawrence " HatUe (L); La~vrence t 5 Dec 1882 " Victd.:da " DellaElias, Gideon 'Pirt A 121 PA" Vol. (K)' Gideon w Ell is, ,Ben : b Pvt Black 3 1(5' Mill (10 Lawrence .. Etta B'• iI Howk ", Gerti e B:. ~' Eva' B~ I EmIck, Uriah N.: nl Pvt B' 17 00 Vol Inf (K): Baldwin' City . Emmett, J. C: i Pvt n1 nl KS Irregular (K) Lawrence -' w Engle, Solomon : Pvt E' w . \~i~ PA- Vol lnf UJ. Spine (J)Chr Diar " Ida M. (K») Lawrence . Cpl E· Ensley, John b 79' KS- US Col In! (l()' Lawrence' " Sarah, (Lll Ft. Scott, KS~ 15 May 1864 Geo. " L.: I l I 1 �i (Bll' 0\)'1 <:C{(I,Ol''' 116: (Eli (Fr' (G)~ L--J Enslow. N. S: ; Ervin, Simon p~ Eshnaur. Solomon Esom, James' I Estes~ Joshua~P. T;J Etta' , CJ Henry Evans. B.B. Evans, Thos. ~. Evatt, Wm. EWing, Jno'. F., Fager, Henry" : nl w [@ w. [nlJ , PiTt Pvt , PiTt PiTt Pvt D A' A 8': F' ·w, w w w wo' Cpl Pvt Surg Pvt PiTt w.' b:- Pvt U' CpU B: E~ nli nl H! it I Fa('o}lwell •. Ephriam' Fantoyal, Henry' ... t.?); Memry .... Geo,.: H. H, Z'ach n, Vols: (K)l Globe Vol lnf (K)! Lecompton State Mil (K r Lawren ce Vo,l lnf (K)' Lecomp'ton Vol Inf (Kl'Lawrence' 19.3 p~' 40 PA' Vols (ll '. D': lar (oK)! Cliinton Vols' (K): Lawrence Vo,ls: (K)" I;awrence Ar.t. (K)' Willow springs: US-Reg lnf in Mexican War' (K): Lawrence:: C'av fJ} Yes (Kl Ri'chland USC' Troop (Jl Bodily' (K); Lawrence SO,It, 5 PA l!6 nl l!.5 KS': 11'6 KY Meri~a~ B~ ..' Sally n. Luzi~a Davi~ n, It., IN' Wll IL.. 117 ME 152 nl Bat SO Faucett. John F. Faust, Chas~ Fawl, Patrick; Faxon, Jas. D.: Featherston, Writ. Fenler,. A:. I Fenoughty, Pat. {!(~, ·r Ferris, Jno •. Figgins. Jack ,," Hannall, , Eouisiine '.r Ebra t, , Filpel,. Fincher, Abel T: •. n,· Wm •. P'.ii '.r· Carrie! E. fl. Harry A: II, FannieiE. 'b Cotra A~ fl· Chas; . E: , Fincher, .TnO'. 01, It, Flora , Findlay', Andrew:T. Bertha :M. " Geo·. B'.: n, Josie E. n,· John Fis:hburn ,(blank~) n, Catharine' p. George' ..... t wm. Pvt HZ 2: KS' Va>! C'av fJ) Herni a' (KlViinrand' Pvt nl nl IN' C'av (KY, Hesper . w, Pvt E 21' KS Mil (K): Lapeer ,W 1st Lt nl nl.KS Home Gua:r;-d' (K)Y Lawrenc'e~ w.. Pvt M 2 WI: Vb-l Cav (J» fferniia (Kt Gllobe wPiTt, E. 88' 0Jf Vol"s (KY I:e'compton . wFireman on Gov't'Steam BO'::lts "'A:deli'a"', Jos. Ray.;.., , mond. e;.. C'. (K)' Baldwin Cfty' w: sgt' W 1'3' INl Vol C'av (I) Yes (K)' Lecompt(nr D' Pvt K 60' MO' USC'ln£' (KY Lawrencel w' w w: w . ~. w Pvt K Pvt ' F 9' KS~ 112 PA' Vo,1 Cav CKY, Echo' Vol Cav (K): I::awrence Pvt H' 132. Pit' Pvt G' 50 lL. Vol Inf. fJ) Lungs; & DLar (K)' I.:awrence VoI' Inf (K)\ Lawrence Pvt E' 211 KS' Mil (K)' Centropolis H.: fI' Ezra' .1, , .·w �, (B) FiShburn" Annie tt,· Franklin Fisher, Joseph Fisher. Sam'! Fisher, Wm. R~ Fi tt, Wiil. r---.,. __ _ Faifolntroy~ L..,-'-,,-,- ---v-.Oavfd ,.., Fred. Tillfe Joseph Fitz, Arthur O~ H Hattie ,,:. Alice ".. Edi th .' Arthur Fix, Henry' Fa(~lritroy, Fi;x. J. G'. n,. Eli zabeth ) "., (CX Col: . w· Pvt It w' Pvt Ii; w w QM Sgt Pvt G' b nl b·· W Pvt nl Pvt 0 w' Pvt w· Cpl' O. nl\ F (El (El'" 111 (G)'i MI. Vol' Cav (H)';' Eost use of hand' (K) Lecompton 9' 1<8;" Vol C'av:. CKr Bond 25 NY Art. (K)" Lawren ce 39' It, ]fnf U)" RUptured" (K): Eudora' nIl KY Gov Employ' (KY Lawrence . l1l8 ~) KY' Inf:. (H)' Leg (KY Lawrenc'e~ . KS' Vo,l C'av' (K): Lawrence 2: KS" Mi l' C'av' tHY Twilce(K)Lecompton ~Ll' 10 Aug 1870 4'5 PA- Vol lnt!"' HI Yes' (K):' Clinton (1): M---- )' children .. Chas. ) ft Geo. ), Fleer, Fred K~. Fletcher. J. G;. Fl'uke. Win; W. .. Robt. L. FoTlen, ·Jas.M~­ Foote, Aaron H~ Pvt (; nl B', w. l'st Lt nl W W , WOo W" Pvt K' B: Cp!' Forman. Geo. W. 44' MO- Mil' (K) Willow Springs 22 25 KS" Mil (Kr Media NY VOll. Batt. (J) Heart (Kr Lawrence IL, Vol Inf (lr Scurvey (K)'Bai dwi'ri' OIl' Vol lntl.' Sunstroke' ~K)i ·Lawrence IA: Vol Int' ~JJ' Lung & TbJoat (.K)~ Lawrence . OIr Vol I'nf (H),' Limb (K)Lawrence KS~ MiT (K)i Medi'a NY' Vol J'nf (K): Lawrence KS' Mil (Kl' Lawrence KS USC In! (Il' Hip & Arm (Kl Lawrence, PA" Vol lnf (K)Lawrence 79 87 39' err Foster, Wm. R. Foster, \Vm. S: Fowl'er, Richard' Franklin, Joseptj Franklin, Wilson wCPl1 w Pvt w Pvt J:j Pvt b Cpl D ~ F'rantz, David ft· Katie M~ John W. Frazer, Nathaniel w Pvt 0 1'30 w. P\Tt C~ w w. n1 Pvt ft'. B: Cook I· 2; OIl' Vol Fnf (Hl' Weakness' fn b:r east (Mexican War)I(K): Al'fred nl 00' nl (K)' Lawrence' 1:1 MO" Vol Inf ('J) Rheum &" 2-. (K)' Baldwi n City . 7 KS: C'av fJ) Yes' CKY Lawrence' b Pvt nl' n1 Frey, Wm. ••. Jenison ft· Mandy II. Chas • .... If, C. nl B1 nl nl 33' 2 82' nl Lot Spencer fl. Fall Rhody fry, Benj amin MO, n.l •. (J)?Phthisic~ (K)Lawrence" . �(BY Fry', David Fullerton, Jno. Fullerton, W~ B: Funk, Henry Funk, Simon C~ Furniss:., John G:~ Gabriel, August Gabriell, H. G:. Gabriel', Win. M'. Gaddi s, K. E. w S: w' w' w w w w w w.- (er . Pvt Pvt Pvt Pvt Pvt ~J .(0)' (E); (F) ., w~ Gale, M, GaUatty, Chas. Gardner, John' w w w Pvt Pvt Capt Gardner, Theodore n· Wilbur n· Maber Garrett, B~ F', w Garrett" .,.,. ..... Garrett, w'Capt QM, nl nDRS' w. 21 IN: n1 MQ: Chas, Albert O~ Annie. 'M. Jas, H', Garrett, . J. E', Garvin, David Garvin, J. l\r~ , Garvin, Thomas Gaskin" Adam J~ II, Chas. ffl' Leon II, Willie It· Frank It, . Cora ",' Harry' " Edgar Gaskill, Chas. Gathers, Washington ' I r o , Mary n· Millie Gearhart, John' Gensnell, W. T. G~ntry, NichoDas' Georgi e, Lewi s German, Wm. Getker, Anton Gibson" Win. II; Einma " . Pvt C'P 1 w: ,P.vt D ','Pvt w. "PiTt w w . w,· w b w w w,~' K nl B: G' C~ Hi 2 KS;' 3' KS- 6· KY' 99' lN, o 5gt A .25 103 c: 62' w, Willfe Giilbert, (?)Desevignor S', w Pvt Gilbert, Geo. 'w Pvt Gi 11, Win, H:. w, 11st Lt Gilland, Jilo, w. PVt l' nl E nl It it IL 7~, Pvt Pvt .Pirt Pvt PVt Pvt P:vt Pvt ~~----. eKr Capt w, on 200 ' PA: 9, IN! n1 (Hl. .·yes Lawrence: Vol Battery' (K) Black Jack F' 82 IN' Vo,l Inf (KY Black Jack B' nl OR- Gunbo'ut (K):,--Lawrenc.e . E-- 20'6. PA' vor lnf GK) Lawrence: 99. ,It H Vol Inf (HI}:'Eie:-&! (rr Knee' nIl KS.' Mil: (K)': Eudora' nl E 3 Wl: Cav (1)' Loss of Health(KlEudb'ra G: 83 llL Inf (K)' not legible E' 1~ m Vol C'av ('J} Heart &- Rheum. Baldwin City' A' 21 KS', Mil (K)'t Willow Springs F' n1 MO Vol C'av (KY Black Jack. 5 Cherokee' Indi an Terr. (Gl Vol Inf (K)~ Lawrence nl It KS" Vbl Battery OJ: Ruptured (K), Lawrence nli Pvt' Pvt Ptrt Pvt w lst lLt (GJ· NJr PA' Vol C-av (H} Left Shouhfer' (Rr Centropolis QM' Depo·t (K')~ Lawrence' Vols (J)' Lungs (K)Lawrence (L): Lawrence, 23 Dec 1875 Vol's' (Kll Lawrence V o l s ( K ) ' Illegible' Mill (KT Lawrence \'01 C'av CKY tawrepce Vol Inf fJ) 'Meas'els', -, (K)' Lawrence Vols. (H:) Yes; (K)'Lawrence Vol lnf. ~K)': Lawrence MO' USC· Vol Inf (X): Lawrence 16 ({S.. Vol Cav (Kl Lec'omp,ton nIl KS' . Mil eX} Illegible 118 KY Vols (K)' Lawrence PA:, Vols (K)i Willow Springs nl 3 KS- KS\1 (KY Eudora 3' It Voli B'attery (l-Y BbdHly' (X);. Lawrence 27 lA', n1 30 KS 21 KS~ WI Vol Inf (K)' Lawrence Mil (Kl. Lawrence Vol Inf (K)' Vinland Miil (K)~ Medi a �'119\ Gillerli, James' n,Ralena··M. Gil'lerly, James G,i 11 et t. Lawren ce A: Gillham. JoftllJ Gillham. s'.Le. Gilliland, J. B'. Gill!Dan._~has~ Wd Grason. John Gleason, Jas·. H. Glenn. A. G. GTenn, W. M., Gahagan, Thos C. n Albert J. ft· Fred 0'. .... Fr~nk C~ Good. J. Goodrich. E'. F'~ R: borman, W. c. Gossage. Jackson Gould. Geo. R•. n.' Chas. R·• . n.· Ada L. nrGrace. E. G.raeber. Chas. ... C·-ar 11' . 'n,· 'lora; n,· Minnie G:raham. C. H'~ Graham. Frank G.raham. Thomas Graig. Nathan Pl. ., Isabella A. ,., Kate Graton, Jno. R'~ D, Mrs. A'da H. G'ray, Geo'. It, Mary' . n, Ida May! "1' \\1nt. Gray, Wm. P'. It· Harry' Green. it. R'; Green, Henry M~ til. n Ed E. H. 1\1'. Jr. ~~'-' -Hi'l!a "~FJ . red' e.C) rDl fEl ~F)l (Bl w, Capt G n :Mr (G) Vol C'av (K): Lawrence w Capt It' n. Cav (H~ Shoulder. head' & stomach (J)i Back &- Leg (Kr lawrence Be Vol Inf (Kl lawrence ' F' 117 Vol Inf (10 Lawrence F 117 lL. Vols (K). Lawrence w' W·.' (;·ap~_G_'.___3_KS~M!I~-~K?\ Lawrence ,\ w.. CPvt nl; nl WI MeXlcan War (J)' Rheum ,\\ (K): Lawrenc'e 21 KS Vol Inf (Kll Illegible nl W Pvt 2r KS:- Vols (K); Pleasant G'rove A" W" Pvt 3: KS' Mil' Inf: 00" Lecomp)ton o w Pvt 3 KS", Mil: lnf CK)' Lecompton w Pvt D' 12'. KS' Vol Inf (l') Ruptured . w Drum Maj nl (J)' Chr Diar Lawrence w w Pvt Sgt Pvt MI: 68 NYIL, on w: w nli ·sgt w. Pvt H- w. Pvt Pvt Jl. It. W. nl 0' nl' 00 9 ME 209 Pir 5 KY. 13- WI; 1'7., KS: Vol 3' mo,s (K)r Lawrence Vol Inf (I)' Hip (J): Heart & Lung (K) Lawrence Vbl I'ni' (I"):, Rib ('J) Heart (KY Worden vor Cav (Kl' Baldwi'n Cit~ VOl Inf fJt Rheum (K)" Lawrence Vol Inr." (K) ~a~enCt{ . c: w: sgt b· Pvt w 2nd Lt w Capt: G M w C' Capt b n1' .. w Ptrt w QM~ sgt. w. Lt Col 0 1 24 ]5 1'1 cr Vol Art (K), PA . VO'lJ linf fJl IN Vol Inf (Kl KS' Vol Cav. (H)' (K)\: 1- KS U. S:C'~ I'Df I). Pvt ~ - Lawrence Piles' (K)Lawrence ' Lawrence" 'Wes fJY Chr Dii.ar: Lawrence ('K)' nr nl KY' (LY' Falmouth Heights, MA" 24 July 1872 Teamster: CKr Lawrence· C; 15 KS' VOl C'av '('J) Diar (K)'Lawrence' Anl 2nd KS' Mil 3 KSS Mil (KY Lawrence nl 9' KS' Vol C'av ('K): Lecompton (B)'l Limb & head (K)! Lawrence V: H. Green. Jessie .'. Black Hawk �(AJ, Green, Fannie Henrietta' n· Zac la' Davy n-Noah Green, Louis F. b w 'Capt B; n KS: Gteen, Washington b Pvt ff( 48 MS- w Cpli F 35' ,lOa w sgt nl nl G' 22 nl H H nl 19 E 51' Gdffin, Andrew Jr. n· Mary A. n, Chas. S: " Elenor "" Edith Gri fffth. Davi d' G"rifffth, Joseph Griffi th, Platt Gri'fffth, Wm. Grigg. Graeton Grissard, WIn. H. w, Mrs. Mari& It, JO'hanna n" Martha' It" Sits'an It", Writ. " Grosskopf. Edward Guest. ,Alfred (?)H'~ w.,. Arthur It· Win. E,. Gufler. Anton G'uH~d. J as... E. ". Er.an k It· Jesma' Gulian. p~ Hr. Guyer, Dan'l G:. Haas', Dave Ha,as'. G'eo. F~ Haas:. Louis , Hadley, HEmry C. wEns n1 Pvt w. P-vt, b Cp1' J)\ PiTt W, Pvt, Pvt fir M. 11, w' w P'vt, P'iTt A" 0: 3 4' w, w 2nd Lt w' cpr w'Pvt w, Pvt w n1 H'agerman. D. }t.• H'agle. Geo., J~ .. w." (?JHaines, H~, B•. HaH. I. N'. ,HaliI, Thos. M. Ham, \V. P'. Ham. \vin. Hamlin, J'ames A~ Hamm~, R. E~' Pvt Adjt 2nd Lt W' Cpl' w. P"t w· Pvt w. P'vt W' Pvt W;' Pvt w. Pvt W ' ,nl1. w, P'vt HammeJ:!t. John Hammond. ,Jas'~ w, ' w. M~ 79 We 8 Vol C'av (J), Cerebral Meningitis (K) Frai rie C:i:ityr t)SC Inf (B), Body & foot (K) Lawrence, Vol' Itlf <a) Leg KS~ MnCav (KY' Prai ri e' Cfty KS Vol C'av (K) Vinland 00' US" Navy (K) Media LA', n1 (J): Yes (K) Lawrence Col. KlJns Vol Inf fK)Lawrence ,AR" USC Inf (Kl Lawrence ' (L) North Lawrence: 5 April 1880' II::. Vol C'av (K)' Twin Mound KS'.Vo·l 'C'av' (H)~ Head (Ji pries (KJ Lawrence KS" VT' - Ks\1' (K)' Eudora Vol Ini' Cnl Limbs' (K) Lawrence MiT Cav' qo Big Springs Vol Inf (k)' Siigel Miil (Kl. Wiillow Springs Vo 1's' {JC>;: Wi\~low Sp ri ng s' Vols (K)Wfllow springs 6· US'Inf 6, US' Inf' (K)' Lawrence Vol Inf (Hl Gunshot (KJVinl and Vol Inf (H)" Yes(K) Lawrence Vol Inf (K), Lawrence" Mil' Inf (K)' Baldwiin City: Mil (Kr Media Mil (in EUdora Vol Eng (KY Lawrence n1 (K)~ n1 Vol Inf (HJ Gunshot(K)Twfn Mound (L): Wakarusa' TWp." 9' Nov 1'884 (~vidow and children in indigent ci rcumstancesJ Lt F' 12 NY' C'av' (H) Gunshot (KY EudoraPvt C 45 KY VOl Inf (K). Vfnland �(B) ('AI H'ammond, Jo'hn Hanes, Chas'. ,,~' Win ard' ..' Oliver' If· ' Maud' Hankinson, BEmj. Harbaugh, Jo fs-)!s'. H'ardi ng, J. H~, H'arding, W'. D~ Harford, Thos. M'~ If' Dan P'• • t, Madel1fne n, Edith H'arley, Jas'. Harley, James' W. H'armon, G. M. D) Harpel, J'. W" b! (C) P\rt Pvt (D): 'n1 G;" w, w, P'Vt F Pvt' B W Pvt 0 Com Sgt w' Pvt A, w: 59t Maj' nil (E)' (F); nIl KY' 56\ MO 2 (Gl: Vols (K) Pleasant Grove' U. S'~,C:•. Inf (Kl Lawrence It, Vol Inf (H):Btrdy(K)tawrence' 28\ OH' 47 lOa Vol Inf (K)! Lawrence' Vo1s (Kl Lawrence 42: IN:, 85 PA' Vol lnf (Kr Tm.in' Mound Vollnf (K): Lawrence Pvt Pvt Pvt Cpt n11 n1 PA~ (K)l C 105 PA- (Kr Lawrence Harper, J. W:. w,' Harrell, John w; If· Minnie If' sarah Chas:; Catherine w, Harris, Asa: It Asa A~ Harri;s-, Chas-. W. W' Johanna spring, wid. Josie May, dau. Pvt Pvt F' 7 IE A~ li8 KS' Pvt H' 21 P.A", 'Vol Cav (H)I' Baid w 'P.vt 0' b Pvt' nl' ,3 KS~ W" 'Sgtt IX 72 IN' w, w w w nl 1: n1 Vol linf 21' KS' , Mill(R)' Vol lnf 68: Of Eudora Pleasant Grove" ('JJ Rheum, '(K) lawrence Vol Cav 00:' Lecompton Vol Cav (K)' Clinton ft' . ' Harris, Jackson "7 Nellie ft, . " '(K)l Lawrence'. Pvt K Blacksmith 12: KS' Vol lirf: i.n Mexican War' (K); nl '--' (E)iOs'age, KS', 9: Sepit 1881: Vol linf CH) Gunshot (K») Medii a' Mill (Bl in Hand , (K) Lawrence: Ujij i\ Harris, Jas. E. , Jno. E. Carrie E'. Chas.. W: Arma L. Harri s, Jilo. Tirda' .... Sam ''I t. &11> Jno. V: ft' Cllara , Harri s, Win. C: ..' WIn. B'. .. ' G:race B. Harris" WIn. W,~ Harri son, Jay I:.~ H'arri son, J. H. Harshberger', D~. w. 'Hartig, Peter w_ 1st Lt If. w.: I K' w:' w" w" w: Pvt Pvt, Pvt Capt Pvt N' K n1 1 US: Reg Cav (Jr SOre eyes' 4. KS- V'o'l Inf (.T> Rheum. (KY n1 3 KS Mil ~In'-Lecoriipton Vol Cav (Rt Medl an Mil (Kl Lawrence: Vo-I Inf (Kl Vinland Mil (K)~ Eudora 11 IN' 2: Ks:. 88 nl IN' nI! j �Hartup" Thos. H'artmann, F. W. Hartmann, M~ W W Pvt P-vt P'vt H'aseltine, Bob Haskell ~ A~ B'. Haskell I J. G'. w. PVt w Cpl Capt Hatch, John ~?)S. Hatton, Fletcher H'ayden, John ..; Mary T. n; Wm. C. " James: ,w w, b Pvt Pvt Pvt' w . b. Pvt .. Ed W w:. o 3 KS Mi 1 (KL~~co~Idpn ff. 73 It. Vol rn.f-_(~l AP,D_~noose n 1 Siil verKS' MiT OOLLawrene,eGrays, 1 KS Bat fJ') Chr Diiar(KlL.awrence K 1 KS" Ks Art. (KY Lawrence 'n1 OC; Supt Transpo.rtation" AQM' (Ll Washington, D c:; 16 Dec 1880 10·'KS Vo1Inf (KYSfge1' (J):Yes' c~ n KS Vol Cav. (J)" Rheum(K)[;awrence A~, C: 124 Kr USC l'nfcgr-Siig~l n1'. P'earle lfays, Martin P. Hazel ri'g, Geo-. W~ Headen, Thos' B~ It" Heaston, D~ F'~ Herne, Henry ,.' Anna" L. Heinricks, R'. Heggardy, Erastus Helm, Eli as B Helstrom, Gust'ave Hel'strom, Rudolph L. ,t· Clara' It, Sydney. n· El:.va . n· ('?)H~lena I. II, . k. Otto Hemphi 11, Isaac Henderson, N. H~ Henderson I Shel1by ~ Harriet M. II, James Hendricks, not listed Hendry, J. M. Hendry, Jno. W,~ Henry. W. B. Henry, Win. Henshaw, Newton Henshaw. Newton Mary! 11'1 Agnes Herd, Sam'l R. Grace L.· n· Michael F. It, Chas. M~ Herd, S: S~ sgt If ,102 n1: PA' 3 KS' 3 llL. W' nl If w w P"t Pvt l: w. P"t e"t Pvt nl, w P'vt Ptrt E' F w w b Cpl Pvt P"t G 134 PA C~ JJ!36, 00 84. tK. B~ 170\ mi' 21 KS" Vol lnf (K)" Bl ack Jack· (n> Arm, (Kli Lawrence Vo 1 litf &- Cav {]')by' hors:e, back'{K)i Latyrence) , ' VoTs' fJlRheum(KlWiUow st>ri@ MiT (K)' Clinton' :. MHI .1.4', w:.. lIT w· n1 E" C: n1. Kg:. Mil {K») Eudora - , 83· PA. Vots (K)' Wil110llT Sprfngs~ '4 .. NJ'. ,Y;01 Inf (H); Leg &. Shoulder" , (K): Lawrence ' n KS' Cav (KJ' Bond 3' KS:' VOl Mil (KJ: Bond Pvt, L, }: IN" 2:, KS' Pvt. H: Pvt ,D 2 KS" b'P.vt F 125 KYw. WagonM. n1 n1 PA' w, w_ w w. w 2nd sgt QM Sgt E. E' W P"t F w sgt n1 112" KS~ 12 KS' Vol Inf (K») Vinland Vol Inf (K)\ Ba1dwiin Ci ty' USC lnf (Jl'Rheum(K)[;awrence Art. <1)' Yes ('J)Yes(KlGlobe ~K») Lawrence Yols ~K)': Lawrence Vol' Inf (K)' Ottawa Burnsides Corp:s (K)i Big S~rings Inf (J)i, Chr Viar (K}Hesper Vol' Inf (K) nl V.C'•. 3. KY Vol Inf 1 Vo1s KS" my. Yes (KJ Belvoir (KY'Lawrence �---- \ I· I, ' . . '! I . " SARAiAPPAN DOOLITTLE ROBINSON 1827-1911 ~1RS. ,. , GO\', CHAS. ROBINSON. ' i ~-~~---:--::-~-J Sara T. D. Robinso~was b~r~ on July 12, 1827 in Massachusetts. She was the eldest daughter of Myron and Clarissa(Dwight) Lawrence. '. By 'a~g'e~,.·, .twelve she'was an ,excellent .Latin scholar and could :'t~'ad German and French fluently ...She was edut;;;ated' at Belchertown Classical School and the New Salem Academy. She 1 ear ned ,t 0 'I 0 v e pol i tic san d 1 i t era t u ref rom her father. , Myron Lawrence was a pTominentMassachu~etts law'yer. ,A distant relative, Amos A. Lawrence ~as a well-; known Boston industrialist and philanthropist and treasurer' ·of the' New. England 'EmJg:;taIl;t~:~~~~d Company. , Sara first met 'Dr. Charles'Robins-on' when she was a "patient of his dln Massachusetts,.' ,·After he had returned from a trip to Cali fornia ,~lhe}'f;were married::.on October 30, 1851. She' was his se~ond wife . . On' Marc'h 13, 1855 Sara and her husband left for" Kansas wi th .other colonists from Boston during a 'snow,.strom on a emigranttr~ih led by Dr. Robinson~ Th~y arrived in KansasCi ty , Missouri on March 24, 1855. .). __ .: She stayed there' t'o buy st!Jpplies for their new' home, ' .... w'hile ·Or. Robinson directed a portion of the party;, . beyond Lawrence tp ~ew areas of settlement. When he 'returned to Kansaa City they left· for LaWrence arriving there on the evenin~ of April 11, 1855. Lawrence was their home for ·th·e next forty years.' Mrs,. Robinson was a great: aid the her ,husband in his work as agent to the Emigrant Aid' Society of New' England. On May 9, 1856., she started with him on a mission t6 ea~tern states for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies of their governors and representa~" tives'inCongress, in beh~lf of the .Kansas situation. Dr. Rob .1 n son was a r res ted for t rea son at, [ io ~ r t y, M.a' . on May lOth and 'taken .back to Kansas. Saratontinued alone to Cinci~natt{ and Boston, with success. :~h~n s'he returned to Lawrence, her first home on Mt Ore ad '.' had been. burned by order of the pro-slavery She,ri ff . of Do u g 1 a sC 0 u n t Y. • S i.~ c e ' Dr. Rob i n s·o n was in prison at Lecompton, she .wen't' there and remained in prison with him for three·fuonths. ' Belchertown~ ,, . �S~ra Tappan Doolittle Robih~on (contd) While in Lecompton she ',wrote "Kansas, Its In-< terior and Exterior Life", The booK is a story of Kansas from 1854-18'56. The Prefac,e reads," This w0 r k, now' 0 f fer edt 0 the pub 1 i ~,' t) a s bee n wr itt e ri " amid all the i~conveniences of t~n~'life. It's pages were penned during a three' month"s ,resi'dence ( of the author,ess in the Uni te'd states Camp, at L~c6m~ton~ with her husband, one ~,f,the'state prisbner~~.~ This was the first book to be ~ublished b~ a K~ns~s woman. Sara's book went thrdug~ nine edi~, tions during the territorial peroid ~ndthe lOth published in 1899 beihg a revisicin~ , , , I n', 1,86 1. .S a r a Rob ins 0 n be cam e Kan s a s II, fi r s t 'fir s t 1 a d.y.~.~w hen'':, D.r. Ch a r 1 e s Rob ins 0 n was e 1 e cted Kansasi' . f i.r$t:', g~~~erj9r.' Since there was not an oft ficial residence ,Sara, used homes of' leg,islat-ors who lived.in Topeka for entertaining because their"home .. · ,Oak:r.idge was in Lawrence. She was 'first lady" until \ " 1 863. '., '. " Govenor Dr. Charles Robinson died at ,their rural hom e, 0 a k rid 9 eon Aug u 5t 1 7, ~ 8' 94 . A{t e r ' his . de a't h Srar spent,muGh of her time running', th~ estate~nd writing about 'the ,memory of her husband 'anqhis ca~:" reer. ' ' . ', .. ' . She was i~ferested'in. the fouriding of Kansas: UniVers~ty. Robinson Gym~dsium was named "in'honor' of GoverFlor and Mrs. Robinson.. The' construGtion began i~ the Spring of 1906 and was. ~low. It was built on a tract of land which ori~i~~lly belonged to, them. In memor~ of her, parents Sar~ ~equeathed to. her nat i ve cit y, Bel c her tow n, Mas s. $ 2 5 , 000 to erect a memori~l hall fbr the pleasure and b~nefit of' it~ ~eople. , Sara Robin,$on' died Ntbvember 16, 1911 at the age of eighty-four. ~he'bulk of the remainder 6f the Robinson 'estate inclUdin~ O~kriilige. w~s left~t~ the Oni0ersity of Kansas. ,... Resources: Ii. Hist~'ry of L~wrence, Kansas By Richard Cordley, D.O. Kansas First Families At Home By Karen Carlin Governor Charles Robinson of Kansas By Don Wilson Kansas; ,It I S Interior and Exter ~or Li fe by Sara T. D. Robinson The Story of Kansas by Bliss Isely &'W.' M.' Richards Short Sketches of.Prominent Kansans"Compiled by Kansas State H~storical Society for Rapio Station KFKP The Years on Mo~ntOr~ad By Robert Taft Kansas Scrapbook'CoHectibn'located at Library' of ~qnsas :Sta,te Historical . Soc~ety, Topeka, Kansas . , , . .. '. . . , , I· ) . S LJ b mit ted By:' Be v e r 1 e y J. Chap man, Law r e n c e, KS·. . I Ii I �li2S i t-._-----' ·~Op~KAbAIL~· HERALD--F~bruary. 24~ 1966(7) " . THE . HPME' ,OF A PROMINE~n '.KANSAS WOMAN '''Oakridg~'' Where'Mrs.'Sara T. D.' Robinson, Wife of Ka!,,)sas' . First. Gov~noi".'Lives. an Attractive .place--The . ' . ." , , The Home of a' Worker . , ' , . Mrs. Mable Ranney Wheeler, chairman of the science, department ,.', :. . of the state federation of womem's clubs, has ,written:'tlie fOI.low';; ing account of a visit to "Oakridge." the, home of Mrs'. Sara T.D-~' Robinson, wife of the first governor of Kansas;,. . . Dwelling.in the quiet seclusion of a rural ~~tat~, four miles north of Lawrence, lives Mrs. Sara T. D. Rqbinsbn,'whom one. th.ousand people hqntired 6n Kan~as Day by witnessing the impr~ssive.· .' ceremonies attending thE) unveiling· of her portt,ait and the presentatIo'n of it to the Historical.society t~ be uiltimately :pla~ed by thesid~ of t.~?tof her husband,Chas. Rdbinson,the (1rst . . . ' . governor of .Kansas,~ '. 'The portrait waS an oil.pai~ting, done.b~ Mi~s Ida M. Thayer of Worcester, Mass., a daugHter of Eli Th~yef, ~nd represents this. remarkable woman in her young womanhood., These'seremonies were ,not, needed to remind Kansas men and women of the grandeur'.ofchar, 9cter ever 'portrayedin the life' of this beloved w'oman'~ . All to '. ,whom the state is dear,. today' know' how much. they owe, to her, both .:' •.. because of her active.service for ri~htprinciple in pione~t days, and also beca~si sh~ is·the.author·of the book, K~~sa~;~It~ ;,' Interior and Exterior Life~ which:had a wide circulation in the " , United"'States and'Eqrope in the early fifties. It 'ii a vivid . '~esc~iption of the early Kansas territory, and'~n~p~eal to the , ...world on behalf of. ~h~ cause of freedom, and. was the means of,: .... , in~luencing many a stalwart mim of principle to cast 'his fortune': • aside, and hastily' make his (way to this "battlegrqul}d of freedom 1.111 • . .. But so quite and se~luded does she live that of the many who, . love and revere her; only.a comparatively li~ited riumber in.the state know her in her· fine .old mansiofl at "Oakridge." . :. .... ',; " " , Mrs . Robinson is now a woman' .of, ~eventy-eight yeats,. yet her' ". mind is as t;lright.and vigorous 'as that of awqman of thirty . . She re~dstonstantly' manY·of'the.latest botiks, magazines and papers; thus ke:epil}g' inconstant touch with the outside war ld ;,hasa' . . varied· cqrrespondence, and.:·by the aid of her companion"andold, fr iendMrs'; Clara' Emerson, Clark, ,who lives: with her, attends· ,to'" \ in the' management of her' estate 'o'f 1 ;600 ': , the numerous details . . .. . . . . acres. .. . . " , . January, 1856,- when their' house' on Mount Oread' was burned",by.· " " ". the border men, Governor Robi.nson did not rebutld, ,but mov:ed into' \ a small stone house to' which he. added a conveoient wcioden wing.'. This~was at. the foot, of ','WriiverSity.hilL" They: t'lBd',tomake thefr. ,home ttjere,until.theiand could be pre-empted. Ther'after,two' ' ye~rsir) Topeka; an~:rrequel}t interval of boarding, when the house had to be given to' toh'ers who were in greater need of' it, Governor ' ' .. " ' • .. >~. �,iJ261 'Prominent Kansas:J.Woman (contd) Robinson, on Oec~~be~ 18, 1865, began preparation~ for the buil~~ ing of their home., The site selected was the crest of a hill and' the Governor named this country place "Oakridge." Seeds were gathered from a maple tree and sown at once. June' 1865, and j)nilSe~ibember "tbeIi1e:;was la ilittle grove of 1,300 young maples. These they ,set 04t about the house and around the estate. They have grown in the'-fcirty. years to gigantic trees and shade the public roadway for miles between Lawrence anq "Oakridge." The mansion, being situated on theLtp~of the ridge, affords a beautiful view of the university buildings five miles away, and of the clty of Lawrence. ' The gently undulating ridges about the house form natural terraces, shaded by trees, covered with,blue grass, and here and:there'adorned by'some flowering shrub or vine carefully planted years ago by Governor Robinson himself.' AII'ttl these unite to make the surroundings of the place most ideally , beautiful. Behind the ,house to the northwa'r,rl:!, the land rises " , gently, again to a more elevated plane, and here under ,the out-", ,spreading trees is the Greek Cross summer house, where in times ' gone by when Governor Robinson was alive and active, have been, ' held many gatherings ~nd picnics .. Mrs. Robinson told ,us on our' , visit to her the next day after witnessin~'the ceremonies at Topeka, th~t on --occasion there h~d been 400,fiiends and ac~uaint­ ances gathered there for a picnic., The writer vividly remember's, the pleasure of a da~ spent in the same way with some university friends in thespiirig of '95~ As to:t~e iAterior of the house~ one is impressed the moment the threshold is crossed, of, the Emersonian doctrine of simple living' and high living •. You ,feel that it is the house o'f a worker, in the world's highest work. Thei 1house is finished on the inside, casings, doors and stairway~; in solid black walnut grown'upon the farfu. It'is furnished in ~ncient elegant furniture, and one sees books about him everywhere', in' every room. Entering the front door one fihds 6neself in a long narrow hall, the stairsasbending the right hand 'wall; At th'e back of t~ehari ,can ,be seen well filled bookcases and pictures. OM the right of the hall i~ a large Parlor, " the tones of which are ligh't. Gifts and 'momentoes' and pictures 'ar~ everywhere, on the white ~arble mantel, dn.!the tab}~s and on the walls. ,At the head of the parlor stands, a solid mahogany chair, which was very ancient even when it wasspresented to Mrs. Robinson's father in ~elchertown, ',Mass., more than 75 years ago . Passing back thrbugh the hall one ~nter~ the library and here , ~very 'chair, table, and pictuie is as it was 12 gears a~o, when Governor Robinson'lived. The elegant little horsehair sofa on ,~which 'he, 'w'as accustomed to lie .with closed eyes when weary, the elegant ,black walnut.bobkc~s~, t~e grand piano, the tables over- , loaded with 'books, ,the p~ctutes, the mantle, everything 'just ~s it had been,when he lived~ , , ' ' We remarked at this with pleasure. "Yes;" she. said, "I have not changed it." . . '. . .'. On the da~of our'vi~it, our kind hostess showe~ us thenumer!?USll~i fts and remelT]ber.,ances sent to ,her, on the Christmas just passed . . -,', �,[l27 \ Prominent Kansas Woman (contd) Th'ey 'had comefrqm ~verywher.e, f-rom Massachusetts to California, 'bespeakihg the love'an~ affect~on i.n which she is held bYl many friends'. She had mariy,ofthese,laid out on, the top , :," ", ," , of the grand piano. 'The .dining room is just ',beyon,d the library and there oY' a comfo:j:'t,able wood fire, she seated us. By' her side 'was a table, ' loaded with recent magazines ,and papers.' She had been read.rr:ig the account pf tpe Kansas Day p:roceedings', and was v'ery' , pleased with it' all. She modestly remarked' she coul(:f not see ' why such honor shou~d be given, her; she ha~nev!er:i~dbne, any-, ' .' ' : thing except to t~y to do the,best she could all:along~:~ And', in that is contained the philosophy of theages~' 'If we do the best we c~h, each hour,~nd day-of our life~ ,when at'l~st the' ',sum to't;al is cast, we' have a large amount of "best things J.III , , That is all God ever intended of us, to do thebest'~e,could" in harmony with his princi~le. . : , In this same'room is an,anC;ient, black walnut,desk, where'she" doe,S her writing. 'Heteat he'r reading tableaf'ld,at ,her desk~ , ,she spends many hO,urs. Last May, this woman of nearly' eighty 'year$wrote a most vivid description of The Quantrell Raid on' ,Lawrence and wakarusa'~ar, the first was ~ead at'the state " . -, federatibn of woman's'ciubs,' at Topeka by Mrs. HillP. ~ilson ' o'f.Lawrence, and was pronounc'ed by the Hon. John A., Martainto, be one, of the most'~aluable'acquistitionsthat it had'been the 'good fortune of the' Historical society to optain .. In this, , montH's GradGJate Magazine of Kansas university, will appear another articlefro~ her ~enon,the,death of MissE. P. L~onard 'andthe,Early Days. "", " ':, " , A~' she satthere~n the fading light;of the'late.afteinoon, . relating experiences'ofold friends and old schoolmates, almost ", 'every,'passing thol:.lght was delicately depicted by' the' ~'vei:,chang+f) ing e'~pressiofj of the f.eatures of her sensi ti ve face'. . 'Relating ".1. . :"; incidents' of her early Ii fe, from three year's and, three months, ' - : .. te11ing how, at ten years 'she began the, study of· Latin'; at'twel ve ' .' ' years, t;leganreading French and vii-gil an'd so on; we realized ho~ carefully she had,bee~ instructed and trained inhere~r~y years_'; , and we coulq not h~lp having it borne in uponu? that ,we were ~n , the presence' 'of, one"of' the brightest intellects arid truest, hearts of American womanhood, whom none could help, but. hold, in great' deference' and" hi'ghesteem. : ' . , ',., " . " , ' " , From the window by her" reading table,. ,sequestered in this rural, home, from a1lilthe activities ;and digressio,ns of the city of Law-,· rence, she 'Gan gaie ,across: her beauti fulestate upon ~hat; ;con~','-:.J; , summation of her' fondest dreams--Mount Oread co:v'ered, with the,' .~ , , ': buildings 'of the i$'tate '~niv,ersi ty of Kansas, and forwh'i.ch' all' her vast· estate' wiTl' be' :used: when it , cOmes' time to join her 'noble husband,who by the' support "of Amos . A, Lawrence of Bos'~Qn, ';t'punded and father the' univ~rsity.' So tHese two; Charles,'and:Sara' Rob~ ~." , j.n$on, hav'ing had' no'childre'ri of the flesh, 'beqt:eath their, vast ' . 'fortune to this' child of their heart anct br:ain--"Our State Urii- , versity. II , It' is certainly a fitting mounment, . erec,ted on the ashes 'of their first, )<an,sas home. ' , '" ,' .. J �Prominent Kansas Woman (cont-d) 'Mrs. Robinson has never fiomher childh'ood been 'a strong woman physically, ana perhaps" ,many, times this has hindered ,her in active public 'work. She loves to be at, home ~ith her flowers, and books, and is always glad to see ~bm~dear frie8d:of the old , , ' , ' , ' days. Clear and concise in her language, it is alway~ a great pleasure to converse with her. E!3pecially is it interesting to hear her speak of her husband." a mal! of sterling' character ',:, and sound judgment. Frank W. ~ihackmar, Ph. [). of Karis'as un~ ver~ity, wrote the biqgtaphy,of Charles Robinson'som~'years ago, a~d from his wide experience of men'and subjects andbeca~se of an ~ntimate acquairitance with Go~ernorRobinson, he 'was able to produce a remarkable book and one' which we wish every ,Kans'as would place' in t")is hom~, il'ti;"lthe hands of his, chilcjre6, 'so they might become, familiar with the high principles which ever actuated the deeds of this man'Oin his part-'In in the early strug~ gles of Kansas. , ' , ' Mrs. Robinson is rather small of stature, slender in form, has large gray"eyes, and wears her hair combed smoothly back, from her high, broad forehead ~, , Our country has Rroduced many notable women since its fouqdation, but as a combination of,modesty, simplicity and cultur~, of generosity and high motf~es, of intellectualdepth'and high ~)j spirituality, with a genuine true heart ever re'sponsive to the,:: needs of her fellowmen; no state can point with more pride to any of its women, than we'of Kansas, do, to our first Governor's wife, Mrs. Sara T.D. Lawrence Robinsqn. , " I' . ' ' ,This new'spaRer,' article ,was' ~ou.nd;':in the :I.i:brar'y' 'of~the>.~ansas /,'State' His'tor'ieal": $ci'Ciet ~i In To'pel<a, J<cissas,' .in::~the J<a'n's~§" Scrap. book J2011ectioriCBiographies). ' " . ~.,' th~se ar~ the three child- ',:' ren of the ~oted 'juris~, Myron Lawrence, of Belcher-, town;, Mas,s. The Vpuhg. lady , on ,the left, Sara Lawr~nce, gr~w ,up to mairy,'inlS51, Cbarl~sRo~iAson,lst Gov. 'Qf Kansas. The painting hung at Oakrid6e; the home of Gov. Robinson. Unknown artist" From Kansiensiana at Ks. State Historical SOCiety, Topeka,KS. Subsmitted By: Beverley J.Chapman Lawrence, KS. . ;." �The Ladies Aidl SOciety o,f the J,. W. T,aylQI\' Camp No;,.. 7:8;, SOns; of Ve1i:erans:' Di vi s~on olf Kansas,:. SOciety No'. 47 'App~ljfcation for Membership' I: Eligibili~ty, -- Membership) shan consis:t of::: " 'list' -, Mothers', Wives ',. nieces or si sters of deceased or honorably" 'discharged soldiers., sailors or marines' who served in the" Union A~y or N'avy' during the Ci vi n War: of 1861~·5. , 2nd' -- Female lineal descendants, not less' than sixteen years" of , age, of soldier~~ s~irors or marines~ 3rd' -- Wi ves o'r mothers' oJ SOns, of Veterans. FI: Objects , sec', It-To assist the SOns of Veterans in keeping green the memo'.ri'es. C?f our soldiers, and' their s:acrifices for 'the maintenance of the Uhi~n. . ' Sec 2-To' aid the members of the Grand' Army' of the Republic' fn C'ar:.. ' ing for their helpless' and dis'abled Veterans;" to' extend aid' and prot~~tion tothei r widows' and orphans;: to perpetuate the memory and hi'story of their heroiic dead', and the proper o,bservance of Memorial Oay~ , Sec 3~'.I1o aid and assist the Stins of Veterans'in all their objects',' both~financia11y and otherwise. , Sec 4~To aid and', assist wol·thy and needy members of our SOciety. Sec 5~To inculcate true patriotism and love of :country, not only' among our membership t 'but all the .~eople O'f our land, and to spread, and sustain the do:ctri~>of equal rights, 'uni versal' liberty and justic,e to' all. n" ,,: .. - ,', " , Names :~xt.r.fc~ed from thesecret~ry.t's minutes', beginning 24' May 1895, folilo·w toge~eT'\ W1 th event and date noted:: ' 24'May 1895 - Offilcers'::- May H~ Olinsted, PresrMo11ie Craigmile, V.P'.;' Helen Z. HGuston Treas.; l'nei Hinman, 'Guide;; E-11 a, Craigmile, Inside 5entiinel'; Effie Cr..aigmile', Outside sentinel. !Miss Emiline Eaton Made appll. for'membeTshiip'. 1'4 June - Offi'cers present included Flora Martin, Assist. Guide., Miiss: . IEdirtll-:-We!eH-er appL for membership);presented. " 28-June '- Officers' present ihcluded Sister LeIlia Wright Chaplain. Oii,scharge requested by Sister Wright was granted. :S,i.s:ters~ Chase. Hanson and: Lamphers were dropped f:romtlerolL Edith Wefdler' sreque.st to withdraw' membership" granted. Einiline Eaton initiated. ' 26) July -- Eudora Eaton instaq'ed as Chaplain. 27 Sept - Officers pres~nt included:- Past Pres. Lena Covey. membership-' from Florence L., Reed and Carrie L., Thornton. n Oct - Sister Arma- Radford. as' a candidate. Sister fo'r wi thdrawal card~ Grimted. 25 Oct -- Florence Reed and Carrie Thornton initiated. 8 Nov -- Appl. for membership' from Mrs. Mable Brooks and Mrs. Lucy'Taylo,r. 22 Nov -- Brooks .and Taylor inni ated. Appl. for membershfp from Alina E. Bryant. . ' , 13De:c _.' Bryant elected to membership. Installing officer -, Tracy, Learnard. Nominations for Pres'~ -- Lena Covey, May Olmsted and Eleanor Cox. May Olmsted el ected; V.P:~, ..... Mo:ll!ie Craigmile and Flora Martin. Martin elected. Chaplain -- Ahna Radford; Treas. -- Helen Houston;: Guide -. Ell1a Craigmile and Inez Hinman; Assf'st. Guide - Flora Martin and Carrie Brooks;' Inner Guard -, Ella Craigrnile and Liha Eaton. Eaton elected; Ott·ter Guard --Eudora Eaton; t t, �Delegate to, National Encampment -. May, Olmsted; Alternate -- Rachel JUrich and Anna Radford. 14' Feb 1'896) -, Appl. for membership - Mrs. Hattie White and Miss Mary' McBride. Comrade Becktell of the GAR: was reported dead. 24 Reb - Resignation of Brother F'. M~' Hinman as Judge Aavocate. Post Capt. A~, G~ JUrich was appointed to fill the office. , 27 Mar -··Bro~ Eddie Houston was obligated." Bro~ Rud'row was a visitor'. Hattie White and (1) Minnie McBride initiated'. 10, Apr - L.st.s: ~ono'red by a visit from Bro~ A'.J: Clarke, who made a very interesting spea~h.p, 8, M'ay - Bros., Rose and Thornton of the S: of V. were' obligated'. 5 June -. Bro. E'. I. Thomas'of the Camp 78, s: of V-~ was'obligated'. Appl for membership' from Miss Nellie Benj amino 26, June - Benj amin elect'ed. Appl1. from Miss Flora' Pliatts'.' Mother of Bro. Chas~ Steel repo'rted H'l.- Bro'. Eddie Houston reported better. l1() July -, Flora Platts elected. 24' July - $fster Daisy IrvfJ! Cowdy" g!,ante,d an honorable di~charge. 28' Aug _. Appl" of Mis's Nenie Ray presen,ted'. 23' Sept -' Bro. Van Meter was introduced and obligated. Sister Brooks~ asked for a withdrawal card. , 23 Oct -- Sister Effie Cr,aigmiile, who has mo'ved to IIHnois, asked for a dismissal! from the Society. 13 Nov - Appl of Mrs. Annie Ray presented. 27 Nov -. Mrs. Ray elected. Bro., Schnech of S:- of V~ was obligated. Inspector', Si'ster Wade, made a short address. 11 Dec -, Invi tatron to the SOciety to Join with the J .M. Taylor Camp No. 78 was extended by Bro. Potter. S- Jan 1897 -, Bro. B. SchalL was o,bligat'ed. New officers elected: Pres:Nel!lie Benjamin; V~:-P~~ - Mollie Craigmil!e; Treas - 1:iina' Eaton; Chaplain -, Mrs. Houston; Gufde -. I~attie'White;Guard- Allie Bryant; Assist. Guide --Flora, , Platt; Outer Guard -. Do1.'a Eaton; Nat.'l Delegate -. Hattie White;:" Alt-Dora~ Eaton. 22' Jan.- COmmittee appointed to arrange for Cormnemoration of Union Defenders' Day. ,On motion iit was decided to give a Martha Washington Tea P'arty on the 22nd of February~ , 10 Mar ~Sii,ster V.P. Mo'll,ie Craigmile asked for her resignation as V.P~ and 'F.rustee •. Accepted. Also, Sis,ter White, not being able to attend reg!7 ul'arly, asked fOlr her resignation as Guide. Accepted. 19 M'ar -'Election of V,. F. - Lucy Taylor; Guide -- Hattie White;; Outer Guard -. CarrIe Thornton; one Trustee -- May Olmsted'. Bro. Hi:nman t in behalf of the S: Of V'.,. extended a vote of thanks to, the l.A'.S: for services: ren-' dered through' thei r latest drama" enti tl':ed' -nown in Di"Xie~·: 2' Apr - Sister M6Tne CraigmiTe asked! f()or a transfer which wasgranted~ 7 May Sisters' Eena Covey' and FIora Martin asked for a dismiss'a]] from the SOciety., Sis,ter Taylor was appointed as a cormni ttee of one to interview the Sisters ~n regards to the fatal step" they' are about to take., f?" 4 ,June - Bro'.(?)Lemon was obligated. Sisters' Martin & Covey refnstatEYd. r~ June - Miss Nellie Ray el!ected and iinmediately initiated into the Mysteriies: of thi s S"acred' order. 16 July' -, T,rustees' report for the 2nd Qttarter 1897 showed 24 membe'rs' in good standing~ , 8 sept - Invitation from Capt. SchaU). tOe attend entertainment in honor of the. anniversary of the camp. 22 Sep,t - app1. of Miss~ ~tay Ham and Mrs. Mollie McCOy presented. Bro. Chas Harrold of Clinton ,Camp was obligated. 6 Oct, - May 'Ham and ,Mollie McCoy elected. �20 OCt --- Bro'. Kretsinger of Camp 51 and Com. Thornton were oibligated'. r Dec - Mrs. K. J'~ Benj amin elected to membership. 16 Dec - Bro. Oscar: E. Learnard obligated. 26, Jan 1'898' ~ Sister Rachel Alrich asked for transfer. 23' Feb' -Death of Comrade' Bennett, was: reported. App11 o.f Miss' HattfeGraham presented. . 9 . Mar -- Bro. Billie Miller of #:18 was obligated. Hattie Graham elected. 18 l\rl'ay _. The transfer of Sis,ter Mollie Craigmile of #8 Missourii Division was p-resented. F June -- A, proposi tion was made the Society::: 0: 1\-1'. Dutcher to render a: pilay, on condi trans ••• 29, June -·Flora Martfn asked for a discharge. as did Sisters Covey and Houston. 13 July -·M~ Craigmile admitted on transfer from Missouri. 10; Aug -, "A card from Mr. & Mrs. Sam'l Bryant thanking us for flowers was read by the secretary.'" 21 Sept _. "secret,ary read a -cha111enge from Cl"aud Sini th. Drillmaster of the LAS-team at Wi"chita, chaHengihg us to a" cumpeta1!fve drilT at the 1eiC~ti'tl to be helld at Hutchfnson ....· 28 Dec - Elected P.res'. - May Murphy;;: V. p'. -. Mollie Craigmile;:- Treas _ I.:.ucy Taylor; Guide -- llhez Hfnman;: Inner Guard -- Carrie Thornton. Alt. Delegate to Division 'Ehcampment -- Minnie seaman. 11 San 189.9;:.... Sister F1'ora Draper seconded ,a motion. 8 Feb ~ Capt 0'. E~ Learnard was duly installed a a member o.f the Advfsory ,Board of the SOciety. Appl. of Ida Patton presented. 8 lIfar -. Mrs. Thornton and Miss, Emma Hines elected to membership. nuss Ola Bryant mustered into the So:ciety. 22, Mar - Miss Myr.tle ~?JHann and Ida P'atton elected to membership,,EXtractions from lAS" records at spencer Research Library, Uni ver~ , sity' of Kansas' by Pauline B. Elniff. The Lawrence Gazette, Dec. 9, 1886 The old colored woman known as "Aunt Esther" died Friday morning at the remarkable age of 101 years, 11 months and'S days. She was probably the oldest person in the state, as she would have been 102 had she lived until Christmas. She had a written statement from her old, master's son, giving the date of her birth, December 25, 1784, taken from the plantation register~ She was well known to nearly.all the residents of Lawrence, who for several years have supported her by their charity. The funeral took place Saturday from her home, corner New Jersey and Warren streets. Lawrence Gazette, June 2, 1887 Vinland A bevy of girls from this place secured a team and farm wagon and each bearing a basket of good things to eat, set off on last Saturday at 7 o'clock in the morning to have a picnic, all to themselves; where they went or what they did is their own business. They returned at 8 in the evening, and as they drove through our town a number of our young men standing in front of the postoffice cheered them lustily. Nothing daunted they drove on and disposed of the crowd at their various homes until the two that had charge of the team were all that remained. Next morning they were all in their places at Sabbath school, looking rosy and happy. �132 LUCY WILDER WOODWARD Lucy Martin WILDER WOODWARD was one of the teachers in the first schools of LaWrence, Ks. She was a beloved, highly intelligent, well respected person and had accomplished much in her short life. She is better known by her maiden name, Lucy WILDER, because her teaching was done before she was married. Lucy was born 7 May 1837 in Bolton, Worcestercounty, Mass., the daughter of Abraham and Cynthia FLETCHER WILDER. She came to Lawrence, Ks. in February 1855, with her mother and her brother, Dr. Abraham WILDER. Her father and brother, John H. WILDER had come to Lawrence the previous October with the Third Emigrant Aid Company part)'. Lucy WILDER was well educated and was an experienced teacher in Massachusetts, and was _.Lucy ('oVILDER) WO<!l'WAI~D.~. _ hired to open the third term of schools in Lawrence in the Emigrant Aid Building on Massachusetts Street in the spring of 1856. She was teaching school the 21st day of May when Sheriff Samuel JONES and U.S. Marshal I.B. DONALDSON rode into town with a posse of several hundred men. C.L. EDWARDS, principal of the early school, wrote about this in his article, "Early Schools of Lawrence," Lawrence Daily Journal and Daily Kansas Tribune, June 8, 1882. He said, "The destruction of the Hotel and printing presses on that day temporarily scattered the school; but it was reassembled when comparative quiet was restored, and continued during the season, with occasional interruptions, when the teacher exchanged her occupation of moulding minds and teaching the young idea how to shoot, and engaged in the more practical occupation of moulding bullets and rolling cartridges for her father, brothers, and friends to shoot in defense of their chosen home." In November, arrangements were made for a six months school to be held in the basement of the Unitarian Church [933 Ohio: Street]. In April, 185,7, "Quincy High School" was officially opened with Lucy as one of the teache~s in the Higher Department. In 1858 she received $600.00 per annum. She resigned after the fall term of 1858. She was a member of the Unitarian Church and was involved in community activities. At the first Douglas County Fair held in October, 1859, at the Congregational Church and adjacent grounds. in Lawrence, she was on the committee of Class 1119, which included tne ·categories of·lJild··Flowers·, Cultivated Flowers, and Boquet of Mixed Flowers. She is attributed with the drawing of the early sketch of Lawrence, Ks. viewed from the area near the Unitarian Church and which was placed in the cornerstone of that church. On the following page is a copy of this sketch taken from A HiStory of Lawrence,. Kansas, by Richard CORDLEY. Lucy married Brinton Webb WOODWARD in Lawrence, Ks. on October 9, 1859. He had come to Lawrence on May 20, 1855, from Pennsylvania and opened a combined drug and book store which grew into the Round Corner Drug Store, located at 801 Massachusetts St. It is still in operation today, although not by the WOODWARD family, and is the oldest continuous business west of St. Louis, Mo. �133 ---1'. ___________ _ I \ - -- -- ~ -------'--:..:-- --- A daughter, Mary Webb WOODWARD, was born in Lawrence on January 8, 1862. She also was a teacher and taught German and English in Lawrence and Topeka high schools. She later married Thomas F. DORAN of Topeka, Ks. On July 25, 1865, in Kansas City, Lucy died at the age of 28, following the birth of a son, Brinton Wilder WOODWARD. He was born on July 22, and ". died July 26, 1865 in Lawrence. Following are the notices of their deaths from the Kansas Daily Tribune, Lawrence, Ks., Wednesday, July 26, 1865 and July 27, 1865: There was a report in town that Mrs. WOODWARD, wife of B.W. WOODWARD, died in, Kansas City yesterday. The fact was, intelligence reached her friends yesterday, that she was not expected to live till night, but no intelligence of her death. Few ladies have been more highly respected than Mrs. WOODWARD, and all who knew her will await with anxiety further intelligence, and hope that she may yet recover. Thursday, July 27, 1865: The report which was in circulation here on Tuesday evening, of the death of Mrs. B.W. WOODWARD, proved painfully true. No intelligence could cause a deeper sorrow in the hearts of our people. Affable, possessing a kind heart, a woman of Christian virtues, she was universally beloved and respected. DIED At Kansas City, Tuesday, July 25th, Mrs. Lucy M.W. WOODWARD, wife of B.W. WOODWARD, of this city, aged 28 years. Died - In Lawrence, Wednesday, July 26th, Brinton Wilder, infant son of the above, aged four days. Funeral services at the Congregational Church this forenoon at ten o'clock--to meet at the house of the deceased at 9 1/2 o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend. [Note. - The Congregational Church at that time was located at 6th and Louisiana Streets.] Lucy and her son were buried on private property, probably the WOODWARD residence, which is now 615 Tennessee St. According to the present owner, Dr. Frances INGEMANN, there were ghost stories associated with the house, of someone who died during the Civil War, but she does not recall the details. This would give credence to the idea that they were buried there. In �,134 December, 1872, Lucy and her son were reinterred in Section 2,of Oak Hill Cemetery. Two stones mark her grave: a small one for her and her son, and a large one for her and her husband with the following epitaph: "An Earnest life Loving and helping." And the grave is not .its goal. Following is the eulogy given by a fellow teacher, Sarah A. BROWN, at the 25th reunion of Quincy HighSchool, held June 2, 1882 (printed in the Western Home Journal, Lawrence, Ks., June 8,1882). Miss BROWN then delivered a beautiful eulogy to the memory of Miss WILDER, who resigned her position as teacher at the end of the 5th term. It was as follows: Few faces stand out more distinctly upon memory's wall than hers, to whom I gratefully bring this tribute of affection and esteem this afternoon. I shall not attempt to give you a complete sketch of her life. If I can bring before you my estimate of her work and worth as a teacher, it is all I shall try. You all recall her bright face, not beautiful perhaps , as judged by an artist's eye, who should take account of regular features and clear complexion, but beautiful to all who knew her and saw it lit up with intelligence, .who witnessed its quick play of expression, now sparkling wit? keenest fun, now saddened with tenderest sympathy. It was a face to be remembered, and which no photograph could do justice to. Lucy M. WILDER was born in Boston, May 7th, 1837. She received here such an education as the N.E. common school affords, graduating at the high school. The Yankee girl of that day must try teaching as well as housekeeping, so when scarcely sixteen we find her in the school room. In 1853 and '54.she attended the Lancaster Normal Institute.' Here she was under the instruction of such teachers as Prof. RUSSELL, well known throughout New England for his enthusiastic classes in elocution. It seems to me he did more to inspire a love. for good reading than any one of that day, and opened the way for the great army of elocutionists who now are occupying the field; Dana COLBURN, whose mental arithmetic has never been surpassed; Dr. CUTTER, whose physiology was almost the only accepted text book, as far as I remember. Those were the golden days of lectures, and she listened to Prof. AGASSIZ, on Botany, GUYOT on Geography, TENNEY on Geology, KRUSIE on Language. She caught the spirit from these true teachers, and gave it forth in full measure to her pupils. She came to Kansas among the first settlers in 1855. Her merry disposition turned all the difficulties and hardships of pioneer life into a romance to interest her friends in the days to come. Though often suffer{ng and overcome by sickness and pain she had the happy faculty of seeing the bright or the comic side, and with the aid of a quick imagination she made an entertaining' story. It was this power that made her the center ofa wide and everwidening circle of friends. In school her influence over her pupils was very great. Rough boys who had little to attract, became her lovers, sensitive boys went to her with their troubles, the girls made her their example and all moved obedient to her will. Even those �135 not directly under her care felt the influence of her bright spirit. A word to a class would make them sit up all night to listen to the matinee of the birds and see the sunrise. Reading became with her a fine art, geography had the interest of per~ sonal travel, enlivened as it was by anecdote and description. These were her specialties. I do not recollect her in other departments. In ,1859 she was married to Mr. _B.W. WOODWARD of this city, and July 25th, 1865, she left us to join the choirs invisible, but she yet lives in the hearts and memories of her friends • L ___ --: . Sources: ._-- --,_., - -- -- --A Biographical History of Eminent Men of the State of Kansas, compiled by Hill P. Wilson, Topeka, Ks., 1901 Biographical Sketches of Kansas Men and Women, Illustriana, 1933. Cordley, Richard, A History of Lawrence, Kansas, E.F. Caldwell, Lawrence, Kansas, 1895 Cosgrove, Thomas .F., Council Grove, Kansas, great-grandson of Brinton W. and Lucy Wilder Woodward. "Douglas 'Count)hAgricultural Society. -The Fair," Herald of Freedom, La~rence ,-, Ks'·~·,' October 15, 1859. "Early Schools of Lawrence,1' Lawrence Daily Journal and Daily Kansas Tribune, June 8',',1882 "The Lawrence Windmill," by John M. Peterson, Kansas History A Journal of the Central Plains, Vol. 3, No.3, Autumn, 1980 Oak Hill Cemetery Death Records, City Clerk's Office, Lawrence, Kansas. "Quincy High School Reunion," Western Home Jotirnal, June 8, 1882 Obituary of Lucy Wilder; Kansas Daily Tribtine, July 26 and 27, 1865, Lawrence The U.S. Biographical Dictionary, Kansas Volume, 1879 Dr. Frances Ingemann,615~'Fennessee St., Lawrence, Ks. -~--------- ------------- ----------" -----:--'--.~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------,,-- Pictures taken from Richard CORDLEY'sAHistory of Lawrence, Kansas Submitted by Jane WIGGINS, Lawrence, Ks. -- --_ ..- ----CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, LAWRENCE, KANSAS Clippi_n,g, from The Journal, 1896, Spencer Research Library, K. U. Word was received from Washington this week that eight new names submitted to the order for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, have been accepted. They are Miss Lucy CARPENTER, Mrs. Kate GRAY, Mrs. Harriet LOUNSBURY, Miss Marcia RICHARDSON, Mrs. Julia SMITH, Mrs. Junius TENEYCH,Miss Mabel THORPE and Mrs. Anna VERNON; The first list of members was Mrs. HOLLY, Mrs. THATCHER, Miss CROFOOT, ,~rs~ Sumner ROGERS, Mrs. A.B. AVERY, Mrs. Elizabeth BIRGE, Mrs. Harry COLEMAN, Mrs. W,. C. SANFORD and Mrs. E.C. SMITH. A meeting has been called for Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E.C. SMITH on Lawrence street for the purpose of naming the Chapter and electing officers. ' Note: The chapter was-named The Betty WASHINGTON Chapter in honor of the sister of George WASHINGTON. Submitted by Jane WIGGINS - ___ J �":."'.~::' :' • .< - - -- ---~-------'-----'---- WEAVER'S GIRLS, 1929 LAWRENCE, KANSAS In the top picture, Mabel LAWSON TRANSMEIER is the second from the left and in the bottom picture she is the fifth from the left. The thirteenth ¥oman is TAYLOR (?) and the sixteenth is Mayme TUTTLE TAYLOR. Pictures submitted by JoAnne JOHNSON TRANSMEIER and Letha TRANSMEIER MCCRARY. �137 Lawrence Gazette, Feb. 24, 1887 BELVOIR Death has been busy in this vicinity the past week, and many mourn the loss of wives, mothers and sisters. First on the list ,was the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael ROLLER, which died on Sunday, Feb. 13, and was buried in the German cemetery the, next day. . ,Then Died.~At her residence on the CARD place on Deer Creek, Feb. 15, of consumption. Margaret A., wife of Leonard D. ICE, aged 25 years. Mrs. ICE was the daughter of John PRICE, an old resident of Kansas, and was born in Clinton t9wnship Jan. 17, 1862. She was married to Leonard D. ICE at the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. A. C• REED , in Shawnee' county, on March 26, 1882. She was a devoted Christian and died, in the faith of the Christian church, of which she had long been a devout member. She leaves a husband, two small children, a father, sister, and brothers to mourn her loss. Her funeral took place from the Mound school house on the l6thinst., Rev. Alex REED officiating, and her remains were followed to the grave in"Mound cemetery by a large concourse of sorrowing frierids~ Then, again, there Died--At the residence of her son, George, on the HILES place, in Shawnee county, on Monday, Feb. 14, Catherine, wife of Valentine ROLLER, -_-~ag~d ?? years ~~ __ • L -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ -- -- Herald of Freedom, Sat.~ Feb. 12, 1859 We learn that the ladies of Bloomington will give a festival at the School House in that place, on the evening of the 16th of March, for the purpose of raising funds to aid in building a Presbyterian Church in that town, most of the funds being already subscribed. The public generally are invited to attend. Admission 25 cents. ,-r~--- \I The Western Recorder, Lawrence, Ks.,August 31, 1883 FROM CLINTON The A.M.E. church held a basket meeting at Rockford Bridge. on the 26th. There were about 300 people in attendance. Aunt Precilla SIMPSON professed religion. She is 90 years old. There were three others added' to the church. Services were conducted by Rev. Pompey JOHNSON~ Lawrence Daily .Journal World, July 10, 1915 VALLEY CHAPEL Mrs. N. THOME had a unique and terrifying experience during our' last thunder storm .. She w~s ironing in a draft when struck by lightning, being rendered unconscious. Her fingers were so paralyzed from the effect that considerable force had to be applied to unclasp them from the handle of the iron. Submitted by Jane WIGGINS, Lawrence, Ks. ----- �1)8 i ged.ta ~-: PIONEER MOTHER ADELA HUNT DAVIS Adela HUNT was born on a farm in High Point, North Carolina in 1824 to a good and reverent Quaker couple. She and her two sisters learned to card wool and cotton fibers into thread and yarn, weave cloth, knit mittens, caps, stockings and sweaters, sew, make candles and soap, can, dry and preserve fruits and vegetables. They also studied , and learned Bible Verses and poetry. Adela learned to tailor men s suits. The girls attended New Garden Boarding School in Guilford, N.C. (later Guilford College), which was founded by their Grandfather, Nathan HUNT, a Quaker minister and farmer, with the help of the Church. ' Adela married Bartlett DAVIS, a student at the school in 1847. Her sister married his brother, Nathan DAVIS. Slavery was a concern of the family and they saw slaves chained together going past their home. Bartlett was a good farmer and they had a nice farm home with three' free negro:slaves and their families living on their farm, who they paid' wages and they owed no one. , Adela and Bartlett had six children and when their son, Samuel was ten years old and baby Della only three months, Bartlett died a sudden death, (probably a ruptured appendix). Adela was a typical southern woman and could not own ,property or vote and had no knowledge of her husband's business, so her husband's oldest brother, Winslow DAVIS was made Administrator of her estate. He sold the machinery, stock, land and home for $40,000.00 He did manage her affairs quite well. She moved to a house in the village near relatives and friends. Winslow and wife decided to move to Kansas as it was a free state in 1861 and persuaded her to come along. She left in a caravan of twentyfive covered wagons May 7, 1861. They traveled across eastern Tennessee' and the west part of Virginia to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Winslow then divided the wagons into two parts to attract less attention because the Civil War had begun. Adela's group went through the East Pass to the Ohio River, ferrying across at Madison, Indiana. They saw thousands of Uniformed troops on trains to Richmond and marching in Virginia. Adela stopped at her sister's home in Park County in Western Indiana after a month's travel. Winslow and wife went on to Kansas to the Hesper community southeast of Eudora in Douglas County. She came on in March 1862 with her children by train to Fort Leavenworth where Winslow met her with horses and wagon, ferrying across the Kansas River at Eudora. Winslow had a two room house for her but it seemed a strange and lonely treeless prairie in a new country. The next morning she saw a glorious Kansas sunrise and decided she would love Kansas and she did:, Winslow invested her money in land but he died in 1884 and left no will for himself or, her. His wife inherited everything, even Adela's land but not her house area. Since Winslow had no children his wife's family inherited everything when she died so Adela was on her Own. Adela put her seamstress skill to work and sewed for a living, usually $1.00 per day, and she educated all her children. Shawnee Indians still lived in the area as this was the Shawnee Reserve until 1854, when they could sell their reserve land. These'Indians were friendly and never harmed the DAVIS family because they treated them kindly and gave them food. , �1)9 QUANTRILL rode up to her house on Aug. 20, 1863, asking for a drink of water which she pumped and gave hiin and told him she had no man and six children. When he gave a command his many men from all around the house arose to their feet and got on their horses in the road. Later she heard a shot and the cries of her neighbor, Mrs. STONE when they shot Mr. STONE. Adela's son, Samuel married Emma STUBBS. They had nine children, one baby died and the xest graduated from Hesper Academy. A daughter, Martha, married Edmund STANLEY, school teacher and superintendent of schools in Lawrence and for the State of Kansas. He was the first President of Friends University. They had four children. Adela's daughter, Roxana, was a teacher and principal at Lawrence and Denver, Colorado, but never married. Daughter Margaret was also a teacher and fruit grower in California. She married Theodore WELLS and they had a daughter. Son~ James DAVIS became a businessman, bought a University for $50,000. in· 1898 and gave it to Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends. He had two sons who died as babies. Daughter, Della was a school teacher and married a Friends Minister and Missionary, M. Wilford ROUNDTREE. They had no children. Adela died in 1906, saying, "I hear angels and beautiful music." From Eudora Area Historical Soci~ty through·:the courtesy of Adela's grand daughter, Mildred DAVIS WATSON. Submitted by Fern LONG, President, EARS ~~ -------------- western Recorder, Oct. 19,1883 From Eudora Mrs. Margarette MONROE's brother who she has not seen for fifteen years, paid her a visit. Great joy was in hearts of both of them. Slavery has seperated our people fearfully and we feel to thank God that the most bitter cup of that accursed institution has passed into history. ----------- .- _. - ------ -~- . ----_._--.------------------ -- ----------- Lawrence Gazette, February 24, 1887 KEYSTONE A deep gloom has been cast over the Corners and vicinity by the death of Cora L. BISHOFF, a young lady beloved by all who knew her. She and her brother were students of the State Normal school at Emporia, session of 1886-7. At the close of the session she arrived at the home of her parents full of life, joy and activity. The brother and sister at home were ':having the measles, then prevalent in the vicinity. She and her brother took them, and as Cora was getting better of them the uneliminatedpoison settled on the brain, causing high fever and deliriUm:. Drs • WILLEY , SIMMONS ,HARVEY and TAYLOR were called in council, but of all that medical skill could do, she fell a victim to ·the grim monster Death, who claimed her as his own onSunday.afternoon, Feb. 20. A large concourse of. sorrowing friends assembled at the residence, thence proceeding with. the remains to the M.E. church at Eudora, where an able sermon waspreaC:hed by Rev. ENDICOTT, after which the last sad rites were performed at the Eudora cemetery, the grave being decorated. with garlands of evergreen and decked with flowers by her associates of Eudora. I - --- ____ Su~~itt~~ ~Y Jane WIGGINS, Lawrence, Ks. - - - . - . - ----- - - - �c~~ 149· '~TODAY MARKS PASSING OF SEVENTY-FIFTH MILE STONE FOR LOCAL TWINS The celebration of their seventy-fifth birthdays seemed to cause no special excitement in the lives of Mrs. Florence BIGGS and Miss Frances MILNER, twins, who today passed the milestone that marked three quarters of a century on their life journey, tho the rare and unusual experience seems worthy of special note to others. While they have been separated long distances a number of times, they have ·always called Lawrence home, and when both were ready to retire, they arranged to live almost in adjoining houses. Born in Erie, Penn., on January 14, 1853, they moved.with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William MILNER from Iowa to Kansas in 1857, their father preempting land near lola. Iil the fall of 1862 they moved to North Lawrence, which was then but a dense woods, with a few log cabins along the river, ' but with no railroad, bridge nor telegraph line, a ferry opposite their present home on Elm street, being the connecting link with the other side of the river. The woods, they recall. furnished wonderful places in which to play and at Bismarck grove,where the. trees were then mere saplings, they greatly enjoyed bending these over and pretending they were horses, as they swayed up and down on them. Perhaps some of the bent trees still to be seen there today are among those they chose for their champing steeds. The Delaware Indians were still living at that time on a reservation eas,t of town on Mud creek. When QUANTRILL and his band invaded the town on an August morning in 1863, the MILNER family was then living in a house just north of the old cemetery west of the University, in which the victims.were first buried. Mount Oread was then barren of trees and the smoke from the burning buildings could be clearly seen in the early dawn. Great was the excitement that prevailed and Mrs. MILNER and the children joined in begging their father and another man living with them to go at once and hide in the tall grass along the ravine. They finally did so and met with no misfortune. Six pickets were stationed around the house a good part of the day, however, to watch for any 'forces that might be coming to the assistance of the citizens. When the destruction was over,Mr. and Mrs. MILNER drove their ox team to Lawrence, visiting the Methodist church, which had been turned into a morgue. Upon inquiring what she might do to help, the mother was told to go home and prepare something to eat for the men who were digging the burial trenches. Cookies, biscuits and milk pails full of milk and hot tea, she carried to the workers at sundown, accompanied by the twins,who remember clearly: the men standing with their shovels as they stopped a few minutes from their gruesome work. "That's capital tea," selid Mr. SIMPSON, who was in charge, the children being particularly impressed with the word capital, which they. had never heard used in that connection before. All. night the men worked, till the moon· had gone down. In January 1865, on their twelfth birthday, the twins moved with their family again to North Lawrence, their father having purchased five acres in the town, which was then rapidly settling up. The railroad had come thru on· New Year's day. In the early days, it will be remembered, North Lawrence had its own mayor and council, police department and stores. Grant toWnship, too, was a part of Jefferson county. �141 In their former home, which was remote from Lawrence, the girls had, studied with a private teacher in their own home, and later had attended school at the old Unitarian church, where their teachers were Miss Clara ARCHIBALD and Miss Mary WELLS. After moving to North Lawrence they went, to a private school for a while. However, educational advantages were scarce at that time and attending school meant usually beginning each fall at the beginning of a text book and continuing as far as time permitted,~the student making a little farther progress each year. However, the two women have not been idle thruthe years but have attained a satisfactory education 'in 'their minglingwith.people and thru books. They have from girlhood days been interested in the woman's rights movement, on which subject they listened to lectures by Susan B. ANTHONY and other noted women. They have been earnest workers in the W.C.T.U., their mother having been a member of the first organization in the state" that founded-at Bismarck grove. The Methodist church and the Current Event club are also organizations which have claimed:-their active interest. Mrs. BIGGS.has been a widow for a number of years. As the wife of a ' Methodist minister, she lived in various places but Lawrence always called to her strongly as home, as it did also to her sister, who, after teaching in the schools of Lawrence and Douglas .cotinty,and in Lane university, where she was the ,first· teacher of art, later was connected with various children's homes, then turned to nursing, from which she several years ago retired. She has in her home a number of paintings which are her own work. Much of her time now is devoted to needlework, in which she is quite expert. Just lately she has designed a pattern for an appliqued quilt, upon which she is to begin work, now that' she has reached her seventy fifth birthday. , Mrs. BIGGS is the mother of four sons, L.C. BIGGS, of Lawrence; W.M. BIGGS of Salina; W.L. BIGGS of Mound City, Mo., and W.E. BIGGS of Topeka. Two brothers are also living, C.E.MILNER of McAllaster, Okla., and G.D. MILNER of Havensville. Another brother, who was to have made his home with his unmarried sister, died a short time ago, shortly after having returned to Lawrence from Nevada. To imagine that they are living in the past would be doing the two women a great injustice. They are thoroly alive to conditions of today·' and enjoy the present as much as do others much younger. They do not view the past with regret that it has gone but rather with the idea that it has brought something better, making this the best time that the world has yet seen. A cheerful philosophy 'that we all might benefit by •. 'Lawrence Jo~r~alworid, 'January 14, 1928, from Clippings Scrapbook at the 'Lawrence Public Library. Submitted by Jane WIGGINS ~m~EXl-i Lawrence Gazette, Dec. 8, 1887 - --." ------.! The young folks of the Pilgrim church, North Lawrence, have organized a musical and literary society for the benefit of the church. The following are the officers: Olin BELL, president; Mr. HASLET, vice-president; Miss Della OLDS, secretary and Miss Flora FINCHER, treasurer. The society met' Saturday evening at the home of Miss Rollie GILLULI. Western Recorder, May 23, 1884 - North Lawrence A pleasant surprise on Mr. Robert HARVEY by his friends last Thurs":' day evening the occasion being his 34th birthday they were treated to a most excellent supper by the most aimab1e hostess, and a most enjoyable time is reported. �··142· MRS. PETER LAPTAD Agnes PETRIE was born at Leith, Scotland, and died at Lawrence, Kansas, January 6,1931, at the age of 83 years, one month and seven days. She came with her parents to America when she was three years old, and they first settled in Illinois, and afterwards carne to Kansas, locating first at El Dorado, and then coming·to Lawrence, where she has lived ever since. She was married to Peter LAPTAD when she was nineteen years old, and until they both were well along in years they lived on their farm north of Lawrence. When QUANTRILL raided Lawrence, her family lived in town, in a house that stood near where the West End grocery is now. To Mr. and Mrs. LAPTAD were born five children, Opal, Evedene, Pearl, Coskrie, (Mrs. Allie CARROL) and Paul, all of whom are living. The funeral was held on Thursday. Mrs. LAP TAD was a remarkable woman, even in those early years when as measured by present circumstances, all women were remarkable. She shared with her family the sufferings and hardships of those first days of Kansas, and nobly did her part in the struggles and hardships they encountered. She was brilliant and full of energy" and that she was far in advance of other girls of the west is shown by the fact that at twelve years old she was teaching school. Her husband died a few years ago. She lived a long and useful life and went down to her grave honored and respected by every one who knew her. - C.S. FINCH. From Douglas County Republican, Lawrence, Ks., Jan',8, 1931. Submitted by Jane WIGGINS, Lawrence, Ks. 'Pilgrim €ongregational Church, North Lawrence: YOung People's: Society of Christian Endeavor Acti ve Members:, 1887: -- 1889 , s: ~E)j. W: Bell Frank Olney Eddie Hquston Mrs. In. It. Ei:lg:ar A'~ H~ Houston ' Miss Dell a 01ds. Charlie 'Edgar Mary C: Kimberling, IL J'. AaamsSUsie M. CUi Fo-rd Miss Fllora A". Fincher !t0sa (?:>:Wabrft~ 'Charles toit S~ B~ Aaams Thos. Ir. Norris· Wil:ford Norris Mrs, Lora Olds loa R. BUrr' L. M. Fincher Aaa1aide Burr C: D. Allison ROlli M, Gil'buli Arthur Ridgeway 1889 commi ttee' inci~ded:· Frank Arthur- DeU'a Old GEW. Loit, Chas-.' Edgar.', Fred Norris: Eddie Hou~~on and ~ ". -Copied by Pauline B~ Elniff ----- �143 BARBER NEIGHBORHOOD QUILTING BEE Meetings were: held every two weeks in a: membei"' s -home. "-Meat and potatoes were furnished by the hostess, and everyone brougllt ina covered dish. The date of the above picture is about 1931. Standing, left to right: Mrs. Floyd SCHELHORN (Doris) Mrs. May STANWIX Mrs. May COFFMAN Mrs. Ruby BUCHHEIM Mrs. Ben SWALLOW Mrs. Ruby WIGGINS holding daughter Josephine Julia BAHNMAIER Seated; left" to right:;: Salena HOUK with daughter on lap Mrs. Roy DESKINS Mrs. May UNGER Mrs. Cecil DONALDSON Mrs. George HOUK (Mae) Mrs. L,': ICE Mrs. George COFFMAN (M?y) Eula UNGER Mag BIDINGER Mrs. Frank HOUK Ruth CARTER . Helen ICE Information from Mrs. Theodore (Ruby) WIGGINS; submitted by JoAnn TRANSMEIER Lawrence Gazette, August iI, 1887 - There was "an enjoyable dance at Mr. Lewis DUFFY's in Kanwaka Friday night, about eighty couples being present. Mr. DUFFY has an immense new barn, and the dancing was done in it. ---- -- --------- - -----~-~-.--- �!f:c~~ ,~' . , 144 . ---~: MRS. A. M. LEAMER Here 57 years Wednesday Fifty seven years ago Wednesday, July 2, 1856, Mrs. Anna M. LEAMER arrived in Lecompton, from Altoona, Pa. The railroad ended at St. Louis and the rest of the journey was by steamboat to Leavenworth and from thereon by stage. Mr. and Mrs. LEAMER made their new home in a building on the corner of Woodson Avenue and Halderman Street, where he had a store. That fall he built the store building now occupied by I.A. SILLIMAN, and conducted the finest store in Douglas county. The corner where she made her home all of these fifty-seven years except for a few months when they occupied Constitutional Hall, while the present residence was being built. Mrs. LEAMER has seen great changes take place here. From one of the liveliest towns in Kansas, where violence was rampant, bloodshed of frequent occurance, and men's passions were stirred to depths seldom known in this country; after, she saw the days when Charles SUMNER described Lecompton, "as a lone widow sitting on the banks of the Kaw;" all the vicisitudes and periods of elation that the town has passed thru in becoming the beautiful peaceful village of to-day she has witnessed and felt its joy or sorrow. Violence and violent deaths were of .frequent occurance in the early: days and Mrs. LEAMER witnessed several tragedies. She saw a son of Dr. RODRIQUE stabbed, by a man by the name of THOMPSON, in the alley back of her home. SHERRARD was shot for spitting in Governor GEARY's face, on capitdl square in front of the LEAMER residence. At a social affair she saw a man stabbed. Mrs. LEAMER says that not-with-standing the bitter feeling exis1ting between the men that it never entered into the social affairs of the ladies. In the more than a half-century that Mrs. LEAMER has lived here she has been a help to a great many in distress, when death came, her help and sympathy could be depended upon, generations of young people have grown up to love her for her cheery disposition, but her greatest value to the community has been as a mother. And this recalls a statement made many years ago by her husband, in the presence of the writer. He said when a young man, someone asked him when he was going to get married, and Mr. LEAMER replied, "As soon as I can find· a woman who will be a good mother .to my children." And when he chose Anna Mary MCCORMICK he made no mistake for she has been a good mother. As the joke, laugh, and cheery disposition of Mrs. LEAMER has cheered Lecompton for fifty-seven years, so we hope it may continue for these many years for all love her. Submitted by Iona SPENCER, Lecompton, Ks. Taken from The Lecompton Sun, dated Friday, July 4, 1913, Geo. W. CONNELL, Editor • . _.---- --------- - ~------------- Lawrence Gazette, Septeinber 30, 1886 ,., Big Springs and Deer Creek Apple peeling--On Monday night Sept. 20, the. young folks gathered at the home. of· Mr. and Mrs. J ~ W.' MANAHAN,.' for' the purpose of. peel ing apples. We had one fine-haired dude among us but .he didn I·t bother us very much. He went to bed and had a . nap before the work begun in good order, but oh, he missed the delicious pies and cakes. The captain, John RENSCH, brought the rest to time. Those who were noticed .is as follows: Misses Winnie E. MURPHY, Rosa C. GRESS, Sophie BUSCH, Mrs. MANAHAN and daughters Ida, Effie and Emma. Messrs. Otto BIDINGER, Mike MURPHY, Charley MONTGOMERY, F. BIDINGER, John MURPHY, John GRESS, Henry BUSCH, Dave MURPHY and Dave DONNELLY. At~~a late hour all bid a sweet goodby, -.hoping to meet soon again. ' ....~-.... . , .------ ~ �145 Jtu~ ~~; IDA JOSEPHINE JOHANSON HECOX Ida JOHANSON was born July 7, 1844, in StocKholm, Sweden. She came to America in 1855 with her mother and father, Johanna E. and Lars JOHANSON. The exact date the family arrived in Lawrence is not known, nor do we know where the family lived. We do know that on the morning of Aug. 21, 1863, Ida's father, Lars, along with other Swedes who were brought from Sweden to work on the Lawrence windmill (9th St.), was star.:..··: tIed by the sounds of QUANTRILL's men. He was unable to find safety as did some of the" workers, and was immediately attacked by one of the raiders. In a taped conversation (March 21, 1975) with Ralph HECOX, he relates that his great grand-father, Lars JOHANSON, grabbed the horse's bridle and called for one of the Swedes' to grab an axe and kill the raider!. The man spurred his horse and at the same time shot lars through the right lung. He crawled about two miles through a cornfield to safety and lived. He also remembers being told by his father, Spencer HECOX, that holes could be seen in both the back and front of his grandfather where the bullet had IDA JOHANSON HECOX gone :through . him. It is not known when Ida met Linus HECOX, her husband-to~be, but in a letter dated August 11, 1863, from Ft. Lyon, Colorado, he writes: "Oh,how I would liked to have got a letter from ybu ••••••... It has been most two months since I have heard from you." The letter was never mailed, and it is thought that Linus may have heard from traders or travelers about QUANTRILL's raid on Lawrence. On the day of the infamous raid, not only was .her father shot; but Ida and her sister, Laura, (Mrs. Rudolph HELLSTROM) were made to pump water for the raiders .. Ida and.Linus HECOX were married on June 4,1864. From June 23.to October 29 of 1864, Linus served as wagon master of an ox-drawn freight wagon train hauling supplies to:Fort Union, New Mexico. During this time, Ida lived with his mother, Aspassia HARDING HECOX SMITH, on a farm located between the communities of Old Belvoir and Twin Mound(s) (Sl/2 NWI/2 Section 6 Marion Township). Fourteen letters were written to Linus by Ida while he served as a wagonmaster. The following excerpts are taken from her letters: July 5, 1864 Dearest Line I took Kite down to Mr. Jacob's last night and got her shoes taken off, and I never saw such a change in a horse's gait in my life. She has rode very hard since you went away, but now she rides as easy as you please and not a particle of stiffness is to be seen. I am so glad ••••• �146 Twin Mound. July 24, 1864 Dear beloved husband, Today is Sunday, almost five weeks since my precious darling left home. The last week has not went so slow, as the preceding ones. Yet, God kno~they have all passed slow enough to me. Oh, my dearest Line, my anxiety for my pet is indescribable. I am counting the days as they go by and wondering were my own Line is. But you do not get to Union any sooner for my fretting about it, do you? I am getting almost afraid to ride Kite, she stumbles so terribly. The other day as Jerome was riding to Clinton, he was galloping along slowly, and Kite stumbled and fell down right on her side and laid there quite a little while before she would get up •.• ' Twin Mound., August 2, 1864 Dearest husband, I almost fear that I have neglected writing this letter so long, that you will not receive it, yet I shall write and hope that you will. I have heard of the mail being delayed by the LINUS ... '. HECOX Indians, be~ween Council Grove and Ft. Larned so I shall hardly expect one from my darling for a week yet ••• Twin Mound August 22, 1864 Dearest Linus, .•• In four more weeks I shall commence looking for you. How glad I shall be when I can sit and look for you, and how happy when I see you coming! Dearest Line I feel so very uneasy about you knowing how dangerous your trip is at any ordinary time and more so now, ,when the Indians are committing such outrages on all the different roads, on the plains. I have heard that they are running all the, ranchmen off about Ft. Kearney taking all their stock, and killing quite a number of persons ..• Twin Mound September'l, 1864 Dearest Line, .~.I have improved a great deal in riding since you went away. I do not pretend to get on a horse any other way than off of the ground. Day before yesterday I took Kite and a tinpail and started off alone hunting for grapes. I went down in the Wakarusa valley and found a few. I got off Kite and on her ~gain five times in the prairie while I was gone and then went home with my pail full of grapes, quite an exploit for one of my size and age, was it not? ,October 29, 1864 Saturday at Fathers Dearest Line, I rode up to Clinton to day for my mail, and I got a letter from my own kind husband •.. Oh! Line dear, you must not always be away from your little darling this way. Just think if something should happen that one or the other should die, and the other so far away would it not bea terrible blow for the surviving one? It would be worse than death itself to me I am sure of that. �- 147 On his return, Linus and Ida lived on their farm located on Rock Creek just a short distance froIn his mother and closer to her parents (Sl/2 NWI/2 Section 4,.Marion Township). They became parents of five children-:· _. Lottie, who:-died a:t-:·the age of eight; Robert, Guy, died of typhoid fever; Neva (Mrs. Charles PRAY); and Ida (Mrs. James GILL). Linus's half-brother, Irvin H. SMITH and his wife, Celinda, owned the half section of land south of their mother's home. In Ida's letters she speaks of Irvin and his family. Tragedy struck them in January of 1874. Irvin died on January 2 as a result of injuries received while attempting to loosen from the frozen earth an arm load of fodder. His wife, Celinda, gave birth to a daughter named, Grace Nin, on January 4. After the birth of her child, her friends had hopes of her recovery from the loss of her husband, but stating that she would not survive him long, died on January 7 leaving five small children. The baby died on September 29 of the same year at the age of 8 months and 25 days. Ida died in 1877 as a result of an injury sustained while riding her horse. She is buried in the Twin Mound cemetery near the graves of Irvin and Celinda SMITH. Ida preceded her parents in death by seven years. Johanna E. and Lars JOHANSON both died in 1885, and are buried in the Swedish cemetery now owned by the K.U. Endowment Association. In 1975, her grandson, Ralph HECOX, placed a marker on her grave and the graves of two of her children, which were previously un-marked. (Lottie 1865-1873) (Guy 1869-1890) Linus remarried and continued to farm until 1914, then left Kansas to live with his son, Robert Spencer HECOX, at Kendall, Wyoming, residing there until his death in October of 1917. The HECOX cabin home was destroyed by the Army Corps of Engineers during the construction of Clinton Lake. Two pieces of hand-hewn log were salvaged from a corner section of their cabin and may be seen at the Clinton Lake Museum in Bloomington Park. Submitted by Martha PARKER, Clinton, Ks. -~7'~-<:,ct>.~~~~! - - - - - :=----=-,,-~ -- - Lawrence Gazette, Feb. 10, 1887 TWIN MOUND Died, Feb. 3, at Topeka, Mrs. Elizabeth FITZPATRICK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. MCBRIDE. The remains were brought home Friday and interred in the cemetery here. The deceased was a young woman of 24 years and leaves a husband and. two little children--a boy and girl--to mourn the loss of a good wife and mother. Mrs. MCBRIDE will keep the two children. ---.--::---:----=--=-~:--:=---=-=-~~------- Western Home Journal, Dec. 22, 1881 Married At the residence of the bride's father near Twin Mound, by the Rev. J.W. CLOCK, on Thursday, December 15,1881 Mr. William P. VANORDSTRAND and Miss Allie WHITE. At some weddings there is neither youth nor beauty, but here we had both, and a very pleasant time. The bridal party left for Lawrence that evening. �"Ladies Sewing Soci alit. of the ~1.E. Church. Baldwin City, Kansas Secretary's Minutes. Oct 9th 1867 ''The Ladies Social met.-according to previous appointment --at Mrs. SelUs. A goodly number were' present -the afternoon pleasantly and soci ally spent. I~he only work on hanqs -- cur.ting and sewi'ng rags for carpet. for Mrs. Prof., Ric~s' room, in the College. ' . The Society was called to order by the President-Mrs. Davis-and the fQIJ,. lowing Ladies were elected Officers for the coming year. Mrs. G., Sells, Pres't. Mrs. H~ Beeks, Vice Pres"t, Mrs.'JR. Henderson, Treas., Mrs. C. A~~Cbffin, .sec'y'. It was suggested that the members present renew their membership', but there was no~espons~.· Several gentlemen came in to tea. after which ,prayer was oft:er.ed by. . . .Qr. . DavI s • Society adJourned to meet at Mrs. orcotts' in one week. C:~A: COffin.~c'Y March 25th 1868' "Soc. met as' appoiinted at Mrs •. Beeks.. Attendance good. Plenty of work on hands,. in the way of' kni tting and sewing. The Soc. were p1eas'antly suprised by donatfon 'of a box of fancy- artiicl!es from Mrs. Stewart of Ohio -I\Irs.~ Davis" sister ... Also $5.00 from Mrs. Jime Foster of Baldwin. Miss'. E". Davisson stibscribe,d $:5.00 1'n work for thE)" church" of which $2.40 have been paid. . ' Mrs. Mary B~ Foster and Mrs., J. P'~ .Brownbecame m'embers ·of:',?oc. by' paying the 'sum of 50 cts each. " , Miss. Beeks bought l' chemise $1'.,75; Mrs. Se'mans 2 p'r hO.se $1".,50; Mrs. Sells i"nserti'ng .50'; Mrs. D'avis hose, etc'~ $1'.2'5;- Mrs. Willey for work •.10'. Mrs .. DalTas, Beeks &- Davis one collar each, on which no' price was set. Kni tting cotton purchased by' Mrs. Sells $r.25~ EXpress' charges on box paid out of Soc. funds' $2.00. After ten SOc. adjourned to meet at Mrs. VJilaey"'s i 1n two weeks., l\1i te well attended~ receipts $5.25. C:. A~ Coffin, Sec .y..... r Sept 30th 1868 -rhe Society met according to appointment at the residence of Br.' Beeks. This being the day for the election of officers for the ensuing year, it was moved and seconded that Mrs. Barricklow act as Pre's. and the Society proceed' to the election of officers. The motion carried ~d the election resulted as follows. For Pres. Mrs. E. Sells. For Vice Pres. Mrs. Wii!lley. For Sec. Anna E'. Bateman. As. sec'. Ella Snow. Treas. Mrs. Olcott. ]t was further moved that, that part of the Constitution making it ob1rtg-l atory' :for members to renew their membership every six months', be done away wiTh and the fo111owing be .adopted in its stead •. That all rulli-members,be required to pay an initiation' fee of Fifty cents ,and !!l!...membets be required to pay !ru:L cents per month whet~er present at the meeting of the SOciety or not. The following persons joined the Society. Mrs. GillIand. Misses E". Snow ~d Aima, E'. Bateman.' Mrs., Beeks ,purchased of the SOciety two pairs cotton hose at 60 cts plr pair. Amount of money received in the afternoon six'doillars and forty cents(::6.40);. The Mite SOciety' h~ld a very pleasant meeting in the evening. Collection $2.35. SOciety ,adjourned to meet in two weeks at' Br.' Keifel's."---Copied by Pauline 'B. Elniff at the Cbllins Library, Baker Uni versi ~y, B81dwi:n �'149, Lawrence Journal World 1860-70 Mrs. Mary BARNES, First to Introduce Sewing by Piece work In Lawrence 1860-70 A number of years ago when the art of dressmaking was one that had to be learned with religious exactitude, many of the older persons in Lawrence ,and elsewhere will remember, Mrs. Mary BARNES as one to whom they could intrust the making of the most expensive silk or velvet dress without fear that it would not turn out right. In those days a seam--and there were five to fifteen gores in a skirt--had to come at exactly the proper place on the hip; the sleeves were long and very tight, and as the right hand is always larger than the left, separate measurements must be taken for each wrist. As an instance of the degree to which a dress must be fitted a few decades ago, Mrs. BARNES says she remembers frequently of telling a girl in her employ to set back a hook at the waist line, the length of the hook. Mrs. BARNES introduced this part of the country the system of employing girls in her shop to sew by the piece rather than by the day or week, and the success of her scheme' is attested to by the fact that she herself earned the money to erect the $15,000 building at 826 Massachusetts, which she sold a few years ago to KENNEDY and ERNST--the upper floor of which she occupied as a home for a number of years. The girls were paid half of the charge for making the dress, and as 'a result of the training which they received from her, a number of them have now become famous madames over the country. "Many of my customers were women who I never saw", said Mrs. BARNES recently. "I had printed slips on which there were blanks for filling out sixteen measurements. with this guide to work from there could hardly be a mistake in the finished product. However I soon learned to know the measurements of ~y regular customers and when one of my girls would call from another room to ask the size of Mrs. MILLER's neck or Mrs. WHITE's right wrist measure, I could answer without refering to my slip." Mrs. BARNES' first efforts at dressmaking were begun, before sewing machines were commonly known. Soon after her marriage to George TERRY she purchased a chain stitch machine which she paid for by stitching cuffs and shirt bosoms for her neighbors in Michigan at two cents a yard. Four months after the close of the war, she and her husband moved to Lawrence, arriving here on the day that LINCOLN was shot in August, 1865. "There was no place to sleep", she said, "but we finally found accomodations in the �: 150· parlor of the DURFEE House, located where the Organ factory now stands". As the stairway to the second story led from that room and there were workmen sleeping above who got up early, she arose before daylight and walked to Mount Oread, which was covered with underbrush, .and looked out on the fields of cut wheat and green corn, the view as far as Eudora being unobstructed. "A never-to-be-forgotten sight", she declares, and rushing back to her husband, she exclaimed, "0, George, this is heaven. I have never seen so far away before." HARRIS, William Kansas, Captain Her husband was a member of the firm, TERRY and which started the confectionery business later sold to WIEDEMANN. He lived but a short time after coming to and three years after his death she became the wife of William BARNES. "Aside from the education which I have picked up", said Mrs. BARNES, "my schooling was received in my father's barn in Limerick County, Ireland. In the fall when the crops had been stored away, the neighboring children would come together there. Each day they must bring two pieces of peat to keep alive the fire in the large fireplace, and two pennies to pay the teacher. There were no desks and the seats were rude benches". Following the famine of 1846-1847 the family moved to Canada and, a few years later, she came to this country where she was at one time maid to a Mrs. FLAGLER in Washington, D.C. When asked why it is that her Celtic ancestry is not evidenced in her speech she explains it thus. She had been at the capitol the day that Senator SUMNER was severely beaten by Senator BROOKS. Rushing home, she exclaimed to Mrs. FLAGLER, "0, Sinator SUMNER's killed intirely". That night she overheard Mrs. FLAGLER laughing repeating her speech to Mr. FLAGLER. Her immediate decision was that she would learn to "talk right." During her four years' stay with the FLAGLERS another incident occurred which might be of interest to many in Lawrence. Returning home one evening just as the rays of the setting sun were streaming over the windows of the conservatory at the White House, she remembered that she had forgotten the corsage which Mrs. FLAGLER had told her to bring, and which Mrs. FLAGLER was to wear at Mrs. PIERCE's reception at the White House that evening. But an idea occurred to her. She was acquainted with the doorkeeper, and maybe he would give her some flowers from the White House. He obligingly did so and as she was leaving the building she spoke to Mrs. PIERCE who was standing in the door, dressed for the reception in the most beautiful, grey watered silk gown that the little girl had ever beheld. Years later a customer came to Mrs. BARNES with a �;lsi. grey silk dress which she wished to have,made,over. It was only an instant until Mrs. BARNES recognlzed lt as the one which she had seen the first lady of the land wearing many years ago in washington. After his wife's death, President PIERCE had sent it to his neice, Mrs. F. H. SNOW. But Mrs. BARNES' ability as a dressmaker and as a financier are, after all, but minor achievements when compared with the fact that she has successfully brought up and mothered six children, none of them her own. It seems quite impossible when one talks with her to realize that she will pass her ninetieth milestone next November. Her hair,· though white, still retains the permanent marcel which Nature implanted in her raven locks eighty nine years ago and her happy outlook upon life is quite as evident as when upon her arrival in Lawrence she exclaimed, "0, this is heaven." Submi t ted by Steve JANSEN, Watkins Connnunity Museum, Lawrence, Ks. Lawrence Gazette, March 24, 1887 Wakarusa Friday March 11, 1887, was the closing of the Literary for the present, at Franklin. The night was lovely and there was a good crowd out. Quite. a number of the old folks put in an appearance to hear the young idea shoot, where a Literary .is carried on for the improvement of the mind and to enjoy a good laugh, and where there is no bickering but alL have hides thick enough to stand the pinching witicisms of their spicy papers, as is the case at Franklin. There can be no. better social gathering or place to spend a few hours during the winter evenings. Their last program was as follows: Declamations by Anna KOSTENBADER and Herbert JOHNSON; essay, by' John STANDING; select reading, DeWit CHASE; declamation, Nettie EGGERT; select reading, J.J. COX; declamations, Orah GILLHAM and Clinton KIDNEY; , select reading, George GILLHAM; declamation, Anna BOWERS; select reading, " T.M. DUNCAN; declamations, Ennna HOAG and Bertha JOHNSON; select reading, Samuel JACK; declamations, Eugene MOON, N.N. CHAMBERS, Gertie STANDING and Rose MCFARLAND; essay, L.H. WATKINS; declamations, Frankie MCFARLAND and Robert MCFARLAND; song , Milt BROWN •. There were two papers, one edited by James H. COREL, the other by Miss Anna KOSTENBADER. A question for debate was: Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the popular vote. Affirmative, Edward IRVIN, L.H. WATKINS, A.T. COX and L. WALTERS~. Negative, H.H. JOHNSON, Mr. HARVEY, Eugene MOON and Worth THRALL. Valedictory, by James EGGERT • . Submitted by Jane IHGGINS, Lawrence, Ks. �%I/t;~ ~te'~~ -- ,152 -~j----- COLUMBIA. The Daily Gazette, Lawrence, Ks., Sept. 20, 1913 Mrs. J .L:- JONES returned to her home Tuesday after a three weeks stay in Colorado City, Colo. Miss Mina JONES stopped in Topeka for a few days visit with relatives and friends there. Mrs. JONES is much improved in health, and fortunately stayed away long enough to escape the intense heat. Mrs. Iva CURTIS spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Lavergne SURBER. Mrs. Will JACOBS and daughter Myrtle went to Tom PARDEE's for peaches Wednesday. Sept. 23, 1913 Miss Myra JONES returned from Topeka Friday. Mrs. Maud BOND and son, Everett calied on the J.L~ JONES home, Saturday. -Little AIda BROHAMMER was real sick Sunday night and Monday. Miss Fay ROTHROCK 's school began Monday September 15. ,Miss ROTHROCK will stay at home until cold weather. The Watkins Medicine man was in this neighborhood and ate dinner at Charley BROHAMMER's. Mrs. W.J. CURTIS went to Louis CHURCHBAUGH's Friday after peaches. Miss Etta MARKLEY visited 'at Harry FLORY's of Excelsior from Wednesday 'until Friday. Mr. WRIGHT, the GRIESA Nursery man was through this part of the country, Friday. Mrs. Hugo 'SCHELLHORN called at the Fred FLORY home after peaches, Friday afternoon. October'9, 1913 Columbia school commenced week ago Monday, with Emma DEWES as teacher. She is rooming at Mr. JohnBROHAMMER's. Mrs. Fred FLORY and baby and Mrs. Miss Zana WATTS were Lawrence visitors Wednesday. Mrs. J.L. JONES and daughter, Hazel were Lawrence visitors Wednesday. Mrs. E.W. FLORY :.?_scon:pa~iec!: them home and will spend a few days with friends and relatives~ Little Lillian and Adla BROHAMMER have started to school and like it real real well. ,Several from this neighborhood went to help charivari, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence FILBURN, Wednesday night. Miss Emma DEWES spent the week end with her parents at Kanwaka. October 22, 1913 Mr. and Mrs. J.L. JONES gave a ,farewell dinner to several of their friends. The guests were Mr. Austin FLROY and family, of Lone Star, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac FLORY and two sons, Virgil and Cassius of Willow Springs, Mr. Charlie BROHAMMER, Mrs. Margaret and Helen NAISMITH and Everett WOOD of Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Sam FLORY of Lawrence. November 13, 1913 Miss Etta MARKLEY and Mr. Robert MARKLEY attended church at Franklin Old Order church last Sunday. Mr. Daniel BEEGHLEY and family with his father and three sisters attended communion service at the Franklin county branch of the Dunkard church last Saturday night and Sunday. Little Mildred,GISH has been in the ,hospital a week but is improving now. Lawrence Daily Journal World, June 29, 1918 While Mabel LADUKE was riding in the pasture Saturday morning one of the horses-, kicked at' the one she was riding striking her just below the knee cap cutting a deep gash and striking the bone which had been very painful. She was taken to Lawrence and treated by Dr. A.J. ANDERSON. Submitted by JANE WIGGINS �~THE PIONEER", D.C.G.S., Box 3664 NON-PROFIT DRS. Lawrence tl Kansas -- 6"6046-0664' U.S. POSTAGE PA 10 Permit #63 Lawrence. KS 66044 . ./ _. ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED· �VOLUME X "'1:".·.:.'~ 1······ .;:'.:; .. .. " ......... " ' ... NUMBER 3 . .' Spril1g 1987 'I>, ,"!>.:"" . •. •. '. . . . '01111 . . I' - . • :_ - . - - . ~W.~-----..-. ~~.. . , , ¥4. .~ . . ' . " . , , ~ ;,i •• ~ .r':t/. , 4 ...- ., o 0 • Publlshe·d Quarterly. B y : · · 'Douglas C;ou.lltsGe.ttealogicalSocietu P.O.·SOX 365·4 LAWRENCE; l<·ANSAS .66046-0664 �~~7'T~:{": .. [ { DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 3664 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046-0664 OFFICERS r. . President • • • • • • Viice;.,.Ptesident. • . Recording Secretary \'" Corresponding Secretary • Tl"eaSarer. • ••• Librarian •• • ••• :G~nea1:ogist. • Newsie:tterEditor • • • . .' "., . P10neeir Editor. • •• ". Jaaet Payne, 213 High St., Baldwin City, KS 66006 Donaa Shogrin, 6"48 Schwarz Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dorothy Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Rd., Lawr"ence, KS 66044 MaryLou Winchell, 927 Crestline, 'Lawrence, KS66044 Justyn Brown, 2024 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS ·66046 Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044" Dr. Thomas Gorton, 831 Illinois St., Lawrence,KS" 66044 Mary Burchill, 1622 Kentucky St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Jane Wiggins, Route 5, Box 54, Lawrence, KS 66046 COMMITTEES . . . ,Membership Chairman Ref1;'eSJRmeats. • . • • • . "":~':"" GQ.od~,fl1. •• ~ • • '" . Calling Committee • • • • \~: "~::; I :.' . .. 't. Beverley Chapman, 2114 Marvonne, Lawrence, KS 66046 Shirley North, 1337 New Jersey St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dorothy Clarke, Chairperson, 1908 New HampshireSt., Lawrence, KS 6·6046' Mary Lawson, 2246 Tennessee St., Lawrence, KS 660'46 Pauline Elniff,820 Sunset Dr., LawreI'lce, KS66044 Marguerite Bishop·, 1601 East Glenn Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044. *****"c.* 'J;'he'.DOu.glas County Genealogical Society is· a non ... profi.t organization with regularly . .S'c:lie'c!t\iled:mee.tings the second Tuesday night of ~ach month, 7:30 p.m., mee'ting- place ttibe'18t(nounced. Af.ternoon me'etings ~re held, if possible, and occasional area ,teu-rS·." An annual public workshop is held to help in research. Membership fe~es are $lC);.,Q.R,single, $11.00 family. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County G,enealogical Society and sent to the address above. The fiscal year is from July 1 . to J:1ilQie30 of the following year. Visitors are always welcome. * ** * *** T,heDo:ugla:s County Genealo.gical Society Library isloc'ated along the east warl of tll~,tawr'ence Public .tlbrary, 707 Vermont St. Hours are: Monday through Friday, 9:30a..,m • ...;9:00 p.m.;l Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m • . . Anyo~e"'lIlayuse our library but items may no:t be checked out. A card file of' the soe:fte.t.-y is: holdings is kept at the Refere.nce Desk. Microfilm readers are available ;!~,: 8,t ·th~. :Lawrence Public Library and materials may be reserved through interlibrary i;··,;lo&llat the Reference Desk. '.;~-: : ******* -' ;~;:~ Volume I of the Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas Couaty, Kansas is now available. Please send $32.00 (Kansas residents add $1.28 tax) plus $2.50 postage to~ DCGS Tombs;tone Census c/o Jean Snedeger 1638 Rhode Island St . Lawrence,Kansas 66044 f, .. ~;:~ : ..... ..,~, . ,~.~'. l .. ~ .. , .~ t} �, .. '" .;>""'7~~~~':';~t ': :r~":'., .t.-< ~ ... -. . ... •.~. '. ,.''''"·'1' ·T ' ' .. •• < . ' .. • ",",' ~. "I, ".t' - ,: !: - • VOLUME X NUMBER 3 Spring 1987 ." ,." . ' , i i ' '. , . .... !)I.! , _--.JIll ' - -.... '.'~. .. '" '~.' I~.'···· .. ' Y -= '. - = .. ' ' , ~., ............. ' , i , 'Pu;blts;he-d quarterly ~y: 'Douglas· Count!f Gelle:aloglcalSocidg _1 , '. ", ,. ,- • • PO' sox :365,4, .<.... -' . " LAWRENCE; • ' l<~N SAS ,66046~0664 �~( k:; , r:'. . "f' ~;: DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGIC~L SOCIETY P.O. BOX 3664' LAWRENCE, KANSAS 6'6046-0664 ;;f OFFICERS ;. President • • • • • Vice-P·resident. • • Record'iag Secretary . C·or,res.po.ndiag Secretary • . Tr'e'asu;rer • • • Libraria~n '.. • • • . Genealogist • Newsle'tter Editor Pioaee·r . Edi.tor • • •• Janet Payne, 213 High St., Baldwin City, KS 66006 Donna Shogrin, 648 Schw,arz Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dorothy Wiggins, 2020 Stratford Rd.~ Lawrence, KS. 66044 Mary Lou Winchell, 9'27 Crestline, 'Lawrence, KS 66044 Justyn Brown, 2024 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66046 Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence, KS 66044 Dr. Thomas Gorton, 831 Illinois St., Lawrence, KS 66044 Mary Burchill, 1622 Kentucky St., Lawrence, KS 660'44 J?ne Wiggias, ROtite 5,Box 54, Lawrence, KS 66046 " . .:' 'I. . _,_,,'Ii ; '( , -·:~~-·t; ',J ~ .. ",: ~ ..;.: COMMITTEES 'Membet;\ship' Chairman.. • • Beverley Chapman, 2114 Marvonne, Lawrence, KS 66.046 Ref,te,shmeats. . • • • • • S~irley North, 1337 New Jersey St'., Lawr.ence, KS 6:6044 Gocidwfll. • . • • Pauline Lindell, 2713 Harvard Rd., Lawrence,KS 66044 ·'Callin,g Committee Dorothy Clarke, Chairperson, 1908 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66046 Mary Lawson, 2246 Tennessee St., Lawrence, KS 6604·6 Pauline Elntff, 820 SUnset Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 Marguerite Bishop, 1601 East Glenn Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 ******* The ·bo.u~las Coun:ty Geaealogical Society is a non-profi.t organization with regularly s,c:ltedul,e"dmeetings the second Tuesday night of each. month, 7: 30 p .:m., meeting place . tOlb:eapnounced. Aftern90n meetings are held, if possible, and occasional area ,t().~J:'s;.· An ~n.nual public wotkshop is held to help in research. Meinb'ership fees are $lO: •.·O·a·single, $11.00 'family. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County O.E!aea1o-gi.c·al Society and sent to the address above. The fiscal yea.r is ftom July 1 to' Jua,e 3'0 of the following year. Visitors are always welcome. ******* The 'Dou;glas County Genealogical Society Library is located along the east wall-of thte1aw~rence Public Library, 707 Vermont' St. Hours are: Mohdaythrough Friday, 9.~30, a.m:/.,..9·:·00 p.m.";) Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.. ; Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-5:30p~m. Atlyotie'ina,y use our library but items may not be checked out. A card file of the SQ.c·['e:ty'·s holdings !s kept at the Reference Desk. Microfilm readers are av.ailable .a'tt¥le Lawrence Public Library and materials may be reserved through .in~erlibrary loan ~t. the Reference, Desk. ******* '''::.' ~ ,. t·: tf;(····'..~ .~ ,- ;.t, . ~.;?/' ~1" ~ Volume I of the Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, Kansas is now available. Please send $32.00 (Kansas residents add $1.28 tax) plus $2.50 postage to: DCGS Tombstone Census c/o Jean Sne-deger 1638 Rhode Island St. Lawreace, Kansas 66044 ".~~ " .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. 10, No. 3: Spring 1987 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 1987 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_VOL10_3_SPRING1987 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.)