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Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal and membership year is from January 1 to December 31. Visitors are always welcome at meetings. The Douglas County Genealogical Society supports the Helen Osma Room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, Lawrence. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 - 9pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; and Sunday 2-6pm. Anyone may use the Library, but items may not be checked out. Microfilm readers are available in the Osma Room. WEBPAGE http://skyways.lib.ks/genweb/douglas/dckgs.html �THE PIONEER Published by the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold Gl Lawrence, Kansas 66049-3426 Volume 32, no. 1 - 4 January - October, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Douglas County Genealogical Society Black Jack Battlefield Dues form Captain Pate surrenders at Black Jack Fought over again Pioneer Cemetery World War II campanile Lawrence and the old trails Oregon Trail Marker on the KU campus Early history of North Lawrence The martyr's of Kansas-Cantrell How safe are your genealogy documents Corner Stone ceremony for Methodist Church will be held Sunday Ethics in publishing family histories Kansas Pioneers Remembrance of Abby Hiatt Meeting place of the North Lawrence Christian Church Silk Culture in Kansas Saga of Silkville The Point: Walk through time, excerpts Obituaries from Lawrence papers 1876-1879 Publications of Douglas County Genealogical Society Index, rto' Volume 32 2 3 3 4 7 11 11 12 12 13 23 24 26 29 31 49 50 60 64 65 74 84 86 �DOUGLAS COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Society has not been holding regular meetings. This is not du~ to lack of interest but lack of bodies to get programs together. In November the Library and the Society sponsored a joint program for beginniQg genealogists. It was well attended and pointed out that there is still a great deal of interest in family history. The Society spoke to how to begin, forms to use and answered questions. The Library presente~ and demonstrated a bit of what can be found online. The Library has moved the Osma Room to another portion of the lower level and has made the old space into a nice computer lab. As a result they can now teach classes in the lab on different aspects of using the computer. On January 12 there will be a second jointly sponsored program. This one will be held in the Computer Lab at 7pm. There are only 12 computers but the room can accomodate possibly 20 people. Registration will be required and if there is enough demand a second session will be scheduled. Pattie Johnston will demonstrate and help with use of genealogical databases available through the Library. This will be a first for both groups so be patient. Watch for announcements or get in touch with Pattie at johnston@lawrence.lib.ks.us. This is a beginning to a new era of service from the Library. �BLACK JACK BATTLEFIELD Your editor has recently been appointed to the Board of the Black Jack Battlefield Trust joining Richard Wellman. Our charge is to gather information on the participants in the Battle of Black Jack and their descendants. The thought is that this will be the beginning of a list of potential donors and/or supporters. The following articles are from various sources gathered by Richard. As you look through publications or records and you see mention of the Battle of Black Jack let Richard or I know. Our email addresses are listed in the officers at the beginning of this issue. -- .,. - --- . ------ Dues for the Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society are due January 1 and are good through December 31 of that year. 2010 dues can be paid now. Name-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Maiden Name ------- Street_<_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Apt. #_ _Home Phone -------- City_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _State_Zip e-mail ----------' ---~------- Renewal__ New__Surnames you are searching ~--------------------- Amount enclosed________($15.00 per year) Mail to: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 Make checks payable to DCGS �• • • cautioning the men to save their ammunition. Brown shifted the men to fill the gaps created when Carpenter and Thompson left. Shore also left to hunt up some breakfast for the men, and Townsley left for more amunition (sic), but didn't return until after Pate's surrender. Brown surveyed the Missourian's line and announced that they were leaving one by: one. He declared that they couldn't allow that and that they would have to surround them and force them to surrender. He took the two Moores, Weiner, and Bondi and ascended a rise south of the 'Missouri camp. There the Moores were told to shoot the horses and mules exclusively. They k,j}}ed two horses and two mules with their first four shots. This alarmed the Missourians who rushed from the battlelines and mounted their horses and left for Missouri. Brown advanced sixty feet and signaled Weiner and Bondi to come up while the Moores were to advance more slowly. , The men in the trenches advanced. About sundown Frederick left the horses and rode down the Santa Fe Trail, along with Colonel W. A. Phillips of New York, beyond the ruffian's camp. He called to his father that the Missourians were surrounded. Captain Pate, thinking Frederick had reinforcements, sent out the flag of truce. Brown met the flag about halfway. The flag was brought by Turner and a free state prisoner named Lymer. Pate's intentions were only to delay the hostilities and get Brown to come to their camp where they could take him prisoner. Brown sent Lymer back to call out their commander, and at gunpoint demanded Pate to accept an unconditional surrender. Brown sent his men to the'ruffians' branch of the creek to prevent any of them from escaping while he went to the camp with Pate. Twenty-eight of Pate's men were captured including Franklin Coleman, the murderer of Charles Dow. The rest had fled during the fight. Fully one-third of the prisoners taken were from the vicinity and were members of the pro-slavery party. The fifteen remaining free staters of Brown's men got large amounts of ammunition and arms. They also recovered much ofthe stolen property including four wagons and provisions. No one had been killed and only three had been severely wounded. A messanger (sic) had reached Hickory Point and Major Abbott and Capt. Dexter had joined forces. Capt. J. S. Edie, who had served as the mess anger (sic), reported that the free-state men had engaged the enemy before he left, and that they had been fighting all morning. These new forces then marched double time to the scene ofthe action, approaching the battle from the west. They arrived just after Capt. Pate had surrendered and his men were being taken prisoner. The prisoners were fed and allowed to use their own tents. They were not searched nor was their money taken, only the arms, horses, and military supplies. Brown held Pate's sword ahd pistol personally until he later turned them over to Colonel Sumner when he took charge of Pate's men. The tenns of the surrender were to release one prisoner at a time from each side until all were released, including those taken at Stanton, Osawatomie and Pottawatomie in earlier raids. The sons of John Brown, John Jr. and Jason, were to be among those captives liberated in exchang~ for Pate and Brocket, respectively. The prisoners were to be brought to a neutral place and released. The place was to be at OF near the house ofJohn T. (Ottawa) Jones, six miles northeast of Ottawa. Each person liberated must appear in person or answer in writing his declaration that he was at liberty otherwise he would be regarded as still being held prisoner. The anns and horses were to be returned. Pate and his men were take to Ottawa Creek and closely guarded. They were held for three days and nights until Colonel Sumner and his pro-slavery soldiers arrived with a proclamation from 2 S- Ii -Ii �• • • Governor Shannon. All anned forces were to disperse and Brown was ordered to release his prisoners. Sumner was accompanied by Deputy Marshall William J. Preston, who carried warrants for many of Brown's men. Sumner granted him permission to serve those warrants, but he refused to admit recognizing any of them and Sumner ordered no arrests. (Another source reports that Deputy Pain was with Sumner and moved to arrest Brown, but found that he had lost the warrant.>. ,The troops departed but Brown's men regrouped about a half mile away. He sent Bondi to Pottawatomie to check on that settlement and then dispersed his troops on June 10. Sumner also found J. W. Whitfield in the territory with a force of ruffians. He ordered the Missourians back home. Whitfield returned to Missouri, but sent his captains Reid, Pate, Bell and Jenigen with their Missouri companies to sack Osawatomie. ' Sumner had ordered Pate to return to Missouri, but he had only gone as far as Bull Creek where he took Jacob Cantrell prisoner while he was on the way home from the Battle of Black Jack. He allow him to say goodbye to his wife and children and then marched him to Bull Creek where they camped for the night. The next day they took him to Cedar Creek where they shot him three times. Cantrell has been found guilty of treason to Missouri, his home state, by Pate. The Battle of Black Jack was the first battle in all of the United States between the fre<;:-state and pro-slavery armies. This was the beginning of the Civil War, but five years before it~s recorded beginning. The site of the battle is today marked by a monument to the free staters who fought there. The monument is located three miles east of Baldwin City and.2 mile south of Highway 56 iQ the Black Jack Park . Sources this week in addition to R. H. Pearson's account were: History of Baldwin City, Burdine Twichell Taylor; Kansas: A History of the Jayhawk State, William Frank Zornow; A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, Vol. !, William E. Connelley; Black Jack, vol. 2, Ruth Van Tries; The Baldwin Ledger June 2, 1938, and June 9, 1938; and John Brown and Border Warfare, R. H. Sherar. 3 I/-Il �The Morning Oregonian, Thursday, September 3, 1903, page 7 (Copy provided by Kathy Quigley) FOUGHT OVER AGAIN Veterans of Battle of Blackjack Recall the Day ONE IS JOHN BROWN'S SON Meet Again in Portland Years After the Fight in Which the Old Enemy of Slavery Defeated Kansas Border Ruffians. Two famous old Kansas border fighters who fought under the man whose body lies a mouldering in the grave, but whose soul goes marching on, greeted one another in Portland yesterday after many years. One was Solomon Brown, one of the 20 children of the celebrated old abolitionist; the other was August Bondi, a wiry little old man, with the dark eyes and expressive face of the people of his native city, Venice. Mr. Bondi, a prominent citizen of Salina, Kan., is a veteran of the Civil War, visiting Portland from the last San Francisco Grand Army encampment. He was First Sergeant, Company K, Fifth Kansas, and is now 70 years old. An adventurous young man, inspired by the character of Kossuth and his compatriots under whom he fought for Hungarian liberty, he had come to Kansas in early days and at once thrown his aid to the cause of the Free State party. Solomon Brown is a gigantic chip of the old block in appearance. His resemblance to John Brown's portrait is striking. A man oflow voice and unassunimg manners he impressed one as of the genuine old fighting stock to which he belongs. He is said to have been a man of enormous physical strength in his prime, though now he is crippled in the right leg from being thrown from a horse some years ago. In company with Mr. Bondi, an Oregonian reporter visited Solomon Brown yesterday at his residence, 353 Grant street, and listened to the story of the famous battle of Blackjack in the old Kansas border days. Really First Battle of War. "The battle of Black Jack was the first battle of the war between the North and South," said Solomon Brown. "Yes, said August Bondi, "and its result forecasted the result of the war. That was on the second day of June, 1856. Lord! How hungry we were!" I, "That was 47 years ago," said Solomon Brown. "You tell the young man the story, Bondi, ifhe wants it." Out came the reporter's pencil, and August Bondi began: "There had been fighting in Kansas, you know, for many months, but ~hen Wilson Shannon was appointed Governor of that state by Franklin Pierce the day was looking dark for the Free Soilers. The border ruffian invasion was on, legalized;by Shannon, who armed the pro-slavery forces with guns from the United States arsenal at Liberty, : Clay County, Missouri." "Old Jim Lane afterward burned the town." Said Solomon Brown. , "The Kansans," continued the other, ''were all new settlers and poor; their seed grain, their horses and cattle were their only dependence for the future, and these were taken from them by force or destroyed, while many men, the support of those Struggling families, were murdered in cold blood. But old John Brown went marching on. With 11 of us for a nucleus, he prepared to g,er a force to repel the border ruffians. �Idliby, Ranya, et. Al The faith club Johnston, Velda House on Bostwick Square lIes, Greg True evil Karon, Jan On to Canaan These high green hills Anew song In this mountain Light from heaven Shepherd's abiding Home to Holly Springs At home in Mitford A common life Irving, John Cider House rules Fourth hand Isaccs, Susan Lily white Jaffe, Rona American love story Jakes,John Savannah On Secret Service James, P.D. An unsuitable job for a woman Johansen, Iris Firestorm Countdown Jance, J.A. Long time gone . Johansen, Iris Count down Kay, Terry Shadow song The runaway Keillor, Garrison We are still married Kellerman, Jonathan Compulsion Gone Kelly, Kitty Family Keneally, Thomas Schlinder's list A River town Kerley, Jack The hundredth man �John Brown's Little Army. "The little company was made up of John Brown, Jr., Captain; four of the sonsOwen, Solomon, Fred and Oliver; Charles Kaiser, Theodore Wiener, August Bondi, George Townsley, Ben Cochrane and Henry Thompson, brother-in-law of John Brown, Sr. "We were guided by a settler, Howard Carpenter, to a secure hiding place in the virgin forest of Eastern Kansas, on Taway Creek, near the Douglas County line. There was a reward out for each of our heads, but nobody was trying to eam it." "Why," asked the reporter. "Maybe they thought it might be unhealthy work," laughed Solomot;J- Brown. "In this retreat," continued August Bondi, "we lay for six days - from May 24 to May '30, 1856. Twice a day we were rationed with a pone of bran bread baked in a Dutch oven by John Brown. The last two days we had only a spoonful of molasses each, twice a day, with creek water. A kind-hearted Free Soil settler's wife had donated the ' molasses because it was too sour for her to use." , Hungry, but Determined. "Ha! Ha!" laughed Solomon Brown. "Do you recollect, Bondi, how loose the waistband of Wiener's trousers got?" "Yes, he was stout to begin with - weighed 250. That same Wiener, by the way, had been a slaveholder in the South, but when he came to Kansas and saw the border ruffianism there, he joined us." "He had a great phrase he often used," said Solomon Brown: '''Dead Men tell no tales,' but I guess that time he felt more like saying 'Dead men don't get hungry.'" "Well," continued August Bondi, "on May 30 came James Clark Ridpath, afterward the historian, but the correspondent for the New York Tribune. Captain Brown explained to him that we couldn't stay there much longer. Ridpath advised courage and patience. "You must stay and see it out," said he: "Your boys are at this time the sole dependence of the Free State party." "While Ridpath was talking, two settlers arrived. They were McPhinney [Mc Whinney?] and Shore, Captains of two so-called military organizations. They told their troubles, how the border ruffians were killing their horses, stealing their cattle, etc., but they forgot to bring us a bite of lunch. "Well, how many men can you give me?" asked Captain Brown. "I want you to understand that I will not sacrifice my men here much longer. Jfyour people don't want to fight for their homes and firesides, I shall leave you." 'The two settlers promised to be around next day to tell him what they could do. Now, late on the following afternoon seven pro-slavery men surprised 12 Free Soilers who were eating dinner in a log cabin a few miles from our retreat. They rushed in and covered the Free Staters, who had left their guns and pistols stacke<i at one side, and they cleaned up the bunch.' 'That night back came Mc Whinnery [McWhinney?] and Shou [Shore?] to our camp and told their tale of woe. While they talked, Howard Carpenter arrived, and we all held council until 10 0' clock under the big oak tree in the center of our camp. It was settled that the three visitors go out and send runners about the country to announce the rendezvous of armed free staters at the church in Prairie City.' "I recollect how you spoke out then, Bondi," said Solomon Brown. "You said, 'Say, can't we have breakfast at Prairie City?' " "Yes," laughed August Bondi, "hunger limbered up my tongue. I was 22 and ~ , �Killdeer, John From the prairie Kincade, Thomas The Christmas angel Cape light Kinsella, Sophie The undomestic goddess Koning, Hans New Yorker in Egypt Korda, Michael The fortune, vol 1 & 2 Krantz, Judith __ Till we meet again Scruples two LaHaye, Tim.Jenkins,Jerry Mark's story Laker, Rosalind _ Far seeks the heart Lane, Margaret Tale of Beatrix Potter LeCarre, John Small town in Germany Leonard, Mike The ride of our lives Lewis, Beverly The betrayed The crossroads Shunning Sacrifice Postcard Englisher The preacher's daughter October song The Brethren Lewis, Beverly & David Sanctuary Lindberg, Reeve Under a wing Lucado, Max Traveling light The applause of heaven McCain, John Faith of my fathers Macomber, Debbie 44 Cranberry Point Norah an Orchard Valley Story -~ MacGregor, Jerry Faith of the first ladys MacLeod, Charlotte The odd job �Solomon was 19, and us young fellows were suffering frightfully. Well, at 5 o'clock the next morning back came Carpenter to guide us. We saddled our horses and started - a funny-looking cavalcade, I warrant, our clothes nothing but rags attached together with locust thorns." "We had half a blanket each," interrupted Solomon Brown. I' "; Preaching, Then Breakfast "But at Prairie City there was no breakfast. They told us to wait till the crowd came, So we tightened the ropes about our bellies and waited with mouths 'Yatering. At last people began to come in from all the surrounding country, some in wagons, some horseback and a few afoot. It seemed that there must be grace before meat for us. The Methodist preacher mounted the church steps and, turning, began to talk. In half an hour we were all in tears. I shall never forget how women cried and men groaned as the dreadful tale of border ruffianism was gone over. After the sermdn there was common prayer. The services lasted several hours." "I began to get pretty disgusted," said Solomon Brown. "I thought tJ;1ey might better have been employed molding bullets than weeping and groaning so long." "At 3 o'clock," continued the other, "church ended and the women began to bake biscuits. It was our fIrst real meal in many days and was our last for 28 hours. While we were eating, three border ruffian scouts were seen in the distance and Captain Brown sent seven men after them and brought 'em in. From them we learned where the main border ruffian camp was located and they gave us the news that the proslavery people had gone down into our own part of Kansas and made prisoners of all the free state leaders there. Two were brothers of Solomon's, one of whom was a member of the so-called free state legislature. "A few men were left in charge of the prisoners, and the rest of our force at once set our for the pro-slavery camp. McWhinney and Shore mustered 40 men to go with Brown. Six men were added to Captain Brown's company of 11, making a total of 17. The six were A. O. Carpenter, now in Mendocino County, Cal.; a Mr. Hill, three brothers named Moore (their father, a preacher, was a prisoner of the Qorder ruffians), and young Hugh McWhinney. Story of the Battle "We rode until 2 a.m. that night, fInally stopping in a post oak grove, where we tied our horses. As we rested, John Brown told his company that they were within a mile and a half of the enemy's camp. At the fIrst break of day, June 2, we started, all except young Fred Brown, who was left to guard the horses. John Brown had 'talked with Mc Whinney and Shore and told them that upon sighting the camp he would give the command to charge, and that they should all charge right in with us. "Within half a mile of the camp a picket saw us and fIred. "Charge", shouted Captain Brown. Our company, without looking ba9k, rushed down the hill to the bottom, when Captain Brown yelled "Halt" He had: seen that the other companies, numbering 40 men, had remained behind at the top of the hill, where they began fIring a few shots. John Brown ordered us to take to the waShed-out Santa Fe. Trail, which ran along there, and we proceeded to use it as a rifle pit., Then the fmng became hot on both sides. At 6 a.m. Shore rushed down the hill and set down among us with a long face. He was hungry, he said. " 'I'll have to go now and get my breakfast', he said.. Brown Enforces Surrender "Next George Townsley got cold feet. 9 �Parker, Robert B Poodle Springs(with Raymond Chandler) School days Night passage Patterson, James Beach road The lake house Lifeguard The notebook Mary, Mary Honeymoon Violets are blue 6th target 3rd degree The Quickie Peal, Norman Vncent Favorite quotations Peck,Scott Meditations from the road Perry Anne . Bluegate fields Paragon walk Peterson, Roger Tory Wild America Peters, Ellis Flight of a witch Peters, Elizabeth Tomb of the golden bird Philbrick, Nathaniel Sea of glory Pilcher, Robin Starburst Pilcher, Rosemund September,v.1 &2 Another view Shell seekers Winter solstice Coming home Piper, Don 90 minutes in heaven Plain, Belva Harvest Daybreak Prather, Marilyn Mysterious merry-go-round Price, Eugenia Stranger in Savanah Where shadows go Don Juan McQueen Margarets story New moon rising �"'Captain Brown,' he said, 'we are getting short of ammunition. I'd better go after some.' .And he departed. At 8 0' clock, of our diminished party Carpenter was disabled by a shot in the elbow and Henry Thompson was shot through the lungs. One of Shore's men had also been hit. It must have been about 9 or 10 0 ''clock when Captain Brown came to the end of the line, where the Moores, Wien~r and I were stationed. He had already visited the other end, where Solomon and the others were. " , Boys,' said he, 'something must be done, or, with these fellows leaving or getting hit we'll have no force left. Now, I'll go ahead to fmd a position to command their camp. Follow me.' "That's the kind of a man John Brown was. "When about 300 yards from the camp he ordered the Moore boys, who were armed with Sharps rifles, to kill the border ruffians' horses. 'Maybe we can scare them into surrendering.' he said. 'We must kill no more of our enemies than we are absolutely obliged to.' " , I'll go down and summon them to surrender,' said Captain Brown. Bondi, you have the poorest gun, keep close behind me; Wiener, you stay about ten yards behind Bondi, and you Moors keep back about 25 yards with your Sharps. If I wave my hat, everybody come rushing. ' "Captain Pate, of the pro-slavery party, sent out a prisoner with a flag of truce. Brown sent him back, saying he would talk only with their leader. Pate then came out with a white handkerchief. "'What are you doing here?' demanded Captain Brown. " 'I am here making arrests of law-breakers,' replied Pate. " , Well,' said Captain Brown, 'I've a proposition to make to you - I want your unconditional surrender.' At the same time he jerked out his pistol and covered Pate. Afterward Pate made quite a roar about Captain Brown's violence to it flag of truce. He turned to give the order to his men, but they were already laying down their arms. They did not know that our little party was backed by so few men. Brown's bold move did the business, though their surrender was undoubtedly hastened by the sight of a cloud of dust they saw in the distance. The dust was raised by a party of25 FreeStaters hurrying to our aid. They had 17 wounded out of about 75 men. "So after five hours' fighting we were in possession of the pro-slavery force that had been the terror of the outlying districts of Kansas. H. Clay Pate was killed in the Battle . of the Wilderness, where he was Colonel of the Second Virginia Cavalry. Brockett, his lieutenant in the Black-jack fight, who had been the only man to resist the surrender, was soon afterward sentenced by a court martial for indiscriminate murder of peaceful settlers in Bourbon County, Kansas." /D �Macomber, Debbie Hearts divided Michaels, Barbara The dancing floor Mansfield, Stephen Faith of George Bush Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of the island Marshall, Catherine Meeting God at ever turn Morris, Mary McGary Fiona range Martin, Steve The jury Mortman, Doris The lucky ones McCaig, Donald Rhett Butler's people Nye, Nelson Bandido McCullough, David 1776 o 'Brian, Patrick McCourt, Frank Tis Teacher man Odonnell, Lillian No business being a cop McInerny, Ralph Second vespers Michael, Judith Sleeping beauty Inheritance, 2 vol The real mother Michaels, Fern Late bloomer Hocus Pokus Lethal justice The truelove Oke, Janete Heart of the wilderness Palmer, Catherine Finders keepers Paretsky, Sara Tunnel vision Hard time Fire sale Writing in a age of silence �PIONEER CEMETERY (ALSO CALLED PIONEER RIDGE) by Mary Burchill ':r Pioneer Cemetery was established soon after the settlement of Lawrence, 1854, and burial was by permission and without system or plot. It was the fIrst public burying ground for the use of citizens of Lawrence, and was originally called Oread Cemetery. Much of the early history of Lawrence may be reconstructed in the mind of the observer by reading the inscriptions on the moss covered and broken head stones. According to records, the fIrst burial was that of a young boy named Moses Pomeroy, who died October 1, 1854, and was buried "on the hill west of Lawrence" on land donated by a resident. The cemetery was a long way from town, two miles west over rough terrain. As far as can be determined, the grave had no lasting marker. The earliest date on a stone is the one for Cornelius Campbell who died on April 22, 1855. Quantrill's raid on August 21, 1863, added many new graves to the cemetery. Most of the victims were interred there but upon opening Oak Hill Cemetery east of Lawrence in 1865, many bodies of Quantrill's victims were moved to the new burial ground. A suitable monument was erected to the memory of the victims. According to the stones remaining in the old burial grounds a large number of the victims of the raid still rest where they were fIrst buried. The reinterment of the Quantrill victims was carried out in 1872. Elmer E. Brown says the GAR, thru the efforts ofC.W. Smith, applied to the government for markers for the graves of the Wisconsin soldiers and these were fmally received and set up by Charlie Apitz under the direction of Smith. Some 20 of these markers are still in the Pioneer plot. The story of epidemics which swept away children is told by a large number of little slabs bearing almost the same date. Perhaps it was scarlet fever, or diptheria, before the modem anti-toxins of today were known. There is also character in the monuments still standing or lying broken on the ground. We fInd the ephermeral American policy of show in a stucco monument to the unknown dead and the solid, enduring work of the Germans in solid granite set about with iron posts and chains which show little wear for their exposure. Burials are still being allowed today but space is limited. You need permission from the University and must be cremated. It is still an active cemetery even more so since coeds sunbath in the cemetery and students study in the quiet. It seems an appropriate use of a lovely spot. WORLD WAR II CAMPANILE The World War II Memorial Campanile was constructed in 1950 to honor the 277students .and faculty who died serving their country in World War II. Their names are engraved in the Virginia Greenstone on the east and west walls of the Memorial Room at the base of the tower. The panels on the south doors of the Memorial Room evoke the emotions and tragedies of war while those on the north doors depict the history of Kansas and the ideals toward which the University and humanity continually strive. The 120-foot Campanile, designed by Homer F. Neville and built of native Kansas Limestone, contains a 53-bell carillon cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough, England, during 1950-51. It was dedicated on May 27, 1951, and rededicated on April 26, 1996, II �following an extensive renovation. The largest bell of the KU World War II Memorial Carillon was dedicated to the :memory of Olin Templin by the KU Endowment Association to which he served as Executive Secretary for many years. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1886 and returned in 1890 as the University's ftrst professional philosopher, establishing what are now the departments of philosophy, sociology and psychology. The tribute to Templin by the Endowment Association was signiftcant for the fact that, during the latter years of Templin's long tenure at the University of Kansas, he vigorously sought to construct a carillon tower to honor the memory of the pioneering settlers of Lawrence for the devastating hardships they had endured, especially during the Civil War years. Unfortunately, Templin died in 1943 before the end of World War II. His dreams;.and plans were resurrected by the Memorial Association Committee, established to determine, from some seventeen proposals, which was the best choice for a memorial to KU's war dead. The Campanile is an integral part of graduation each May. The procession of faculty and graduates forms on the drive then they pass through the Campanile to begin the "walk doWn the hill". Family and friends line the walkway as the graduates pass through then as they enter the stadium they pass through the line of faculty. An unforgettable event. LAWRENCE AND THE OLD TRAILS Between Lawrence and Topeka, the Kansas turnpike passes near the route of the old OregonCalifornia Trail, traveled in the 1800s by explorers, missionaries, soldiers, emigrants in search of land and forty-niners in search of gold. Fifteen miles south of here was the Santa Fe Trail;which for more that 50 years served mainly as a trail of trade and commerce. From the Missouri River it was some 2,000 miles to Oregon and California and around 800 to Santa Fe, following trails established centuries earlier by Native Americans. Tribes living in this area during the 1800s included the Delaware, Kaw, Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Wyandot. Markers were put along the entire route of the Santa Fe Trail by the DAR. The majority of the trail is in Kansas. OREGON TRAIL MARKER ON THE KU CAMPUS (The marker is to the south of the Chi Omega Fountain at the west entrance to the main campus) Oregon Trail Memorial. J.E. and L.G. Fraser-sculptors "Beginning in 1849, they plodded up the southern slope of Mount Oread a vast emigration bound for the golden land of California. One branch of the great California and Oregon trail thus passed over the very ground now part of the University campus and many a campftre gleamed on summer nights from the crest where now throngs of students tread." Plaque by Dr. Howard Briggs, President American Pioneer Trails Association. Setting by the class of 1916. /~ �tt CAPT. PATE SURRENDERS AT BLACKJACK Flashbacks into Local History, a series, by Loren Litteer The Baldwin Ledger, 25 March 1976 tt tt Last week we cut away with Missourians under Capt. Henry C. Pate and Capt. Brocket of South Carolina raiding in the Prairie City and Palmyra areas. Capt. John Brown and Capt. Shore had joined forces to rid the area ofthese raiders. They had send a request for reinforcements to Palmyra and Blue Mound, but hadn't waited for Capt. Dexter and Capt. Abbott to respond. Instead Brown's and Shore's men had marched to the headwaters of Captain's Creek where the Missourians were camped in a grove of Black Jack oaks with their prisoners taken during earlier raids including Dr. Graham, Rev. Moore, the Barricklows, and two of John Brown's sons, John Jr. and Jason, who had been taken on their claims west of Osawatomie. About three o'clock on Monday morning, June 2,1856, Brown's and Shore's men dismounted two to three hundred yards back from the enemy and left Winninger, Henricks, Frederick, and three others to tend the horses. They advanced in a curved line with wings outstretched. Brown was in the center and in command. Shore's men were thrown out as skirmishers on the flanks. They reached the summit of the hill in about a half mile. From there they looked down on Pate and his Missourians. Brown's company attacked down the hill on the run. When they were witfiin a half mile from Pate, the Missourians began to fire. Brown's men held their fire because their guns were only short range. Shore's men had Sharpes rifles, and as they came into range they opened fire. They poured in a first, a second, and a third volley. Brown ordered an advance so that his men with the short range guns cold fire effectively. . The line advanced on the run, becoming somewhat broken. When they reached the Santa Fe Trail they jumped into the gulleys that had been washed in the trail and continued to fire. Brown ordered the men to lie down in the grass (about one to two feet tall). Shore was with Brown, but most of his men had not made the advance and remained on the hill, a position they were unable to hold and they left the battlefield entirely. Dr. Graham and Rev. Moore were prisoners in Pate's camp, and not being closely guarded in the midst of the fight, the doctor thought it a good chance to make his escape, so he slipped out of the tent and ran for his life straight across toward Brown's men. A member of Pate's army named Franklin Coleman fired at him several times, one ofthem wounding him severely, but he made his escape. Rev. Moore remained in the tent until the firing had ceased and he was rescued. Graham reported to Brown and Shore that they could capture the whole force of Pate's if they persisted. About I p.m. Pate offered a flag of truce on the condition that they be allowed to retain their arms; Brown refused anything but an unconditional surrender. The flag was withdraWn and ' the battle renewed. By this time Brown's men had worked their way into the west channel of Captain's Creek while Pate and his men were in the east channel. They were about one-eighth mile apart. . Henry Thompson was the first to be injured when he was shot in the lung. Dr. Westfa1116d him away. Carpenter had the end of his nose shot off and the bullet lodged in his shoulder. He too was taken from the field. All the while Brown paced up and down the ravine viewing the enemy through field glasses and I H-I/ �I I I I Early History-> of cNorth Lawrence .. �---.-~----- ., " CPreface ~ Inasmuch as the present. City of Lawrence comprises the sites of two former cities located on either side of the Kaw River, it became of palticular interest to members of the North Lawrence Civic Association to investigate, during the recent celebration of the 75th anniversary of the City of Lawrence, the early history of that part of the City situated nOlth and east of the river. The purpose of this pamphlet is to make available a permanent record of the information . obtained by the committee which had this matter in charge. The Association gratefully acknowledges the helpful assistance rendered by several of the older residents of this part of the City who not only supplied interesting information but also verified or rejected data secured from other sources. The reader is indebted also for the facilities extended by the Kansas State Historical Society, Jomnal-World Publishing Company, Lawrence Free Public L~brary, The Board of Education, City of Lawrence, Union Pacific Railway System, and others, whose records furnished much pertinent information. ....... ~ . ~. " :. - .:~ ': ..:-; ..-:,' - N01'tlt Law1'ence Civic Association . . . '-': :.-, ,' - ~ . -. -. - .. ~.' ~.< Lawrence, Kansas, March 1; 1930. ': -." -": . . -.: ;. . ....;..; . �== Early History:> of eN ortll Lawrence -::: - -- ... ~~ - - ..: - - -- site later occupied by the city of North Lawrence was embraced in the lands reserved for the Delaware Indians by a treaty dated September 24, 1829. From that time until 1854 these lands were in the Indian Country or Nebraska Territory. In May, 1854 John Baldwin, a MissoUlian, selected a claim on what later became the townsite of Lawrence and bitterly contested his rights for a share in the site after the arrival of the first party of settlers from the New England. Emigrant ~id Company. During the following year Mr. Baldwhi obtained a charter to operate, a flat boat ferry (drawn by rope) across the river opposite Lawrence and built a long log building for his busi. ness and dwelling on the north bank of the river. This building was located at the foot of the present North Third Street. C. W. Babcock, who later served as Mayor of Lawrence was in partnership with Mr. Baldwin for two years. . The comparative' absence of available timber on the south banks of the river, and ,the dense stand on the north side, caused the e~rly -, ~ _.' settlers to cross the river to obtain building maPage Fi'IJe �terials with which most of the first -structures on the townsite of Lawrence were erected. Practically all supplies came in by wagon from Leavenworth over a dusty and winding road through the thick growth of timber. Among the first settlers north of the river were: John Morehead, a Kentuckian, who opened the first traders' store: Dr., -G. J. Tallman, from Ohio; C. F. Saum, a carpenter from Ohio; Thomas McCage, a merchant from New York; O. H. Mitchell, a carpenter; M. H. Berry, who operated a bowling alley; Isaac Tibbets, a grocer; W. H. H. Whitney; T. S. Murray; Peter Laptad, and others. In a treaty between the United States and the Delaware Indians, ratified on August 22, 1860, the government granted to Sarcoxie, Chief of the Turtle Band, approximately 320 acres including the gl'eaterpart of the site of North Lawrence. All of this land was transferred to Chas. Robinson, Robert S. Stevens, and William A.. Simpson by Sarcoxie and War-me-mar-oqua, his wife, on November. 2, 1861., Almost· immediately afterwards, the tract was broken up by the transfer of a strip of land to the Eastern Division of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, and other smaller \ sales to settlers who had moved to the community. During the next two years quite a number of dwellings were built but most of these were of a temporary nature, poorly constructed, and since have been torn down and remove(i.. ..Tl1ere __ _ " il remains standing one residence which was bui!t in 1862 by Chas. Bruce, a lumberman. It IS located about one hundred feet west of the corner of Elm and North Seventh Streets on the riorth side of Elm Street and is known as the McCann property. On September 20, 1863 the telegraph line of the Kansas Pacific was completed to North Lawrence but about a month too late to call for assist~nce during Quantrill's raid on August I I I 1 l ,I I 21. Construction of the first bridge across the river was begun in the spring of 1863 by a Chicago concern and was completed in December of that year. It consisted of four 150 foot Howe Truss spans, thirty feet above low water mark. Upon its completion, it was. opened as a to.ll bridge and operated by C. W. Babcock an~ hIS brother-in-law a man by the name of GIllet. The operation 'of the flat boat ferry :v.as discontinued shortly thereafter by competItIOn. The Kansas Pacific during 1863 began laying its line from Wyandotte (Kansas City) to North Lawrence and this was completed on November 26, 1864: An excursion train came from Wyandotte on November 28 and~ownsite co~­ panies were organized along the lme.. ~he l'a~l­ road company immediately began bmldmg smtable quarters for freigh~ and passenge~ I?urposes, erecting a substa~tlal on e.-story bu~ldmg, 100'x26', directly OPPosIte the mter-sectIOn of LOCllst and North Fifth Streets on the present [ i:" I~ ~-- - - Page Six I r' ~.' Page Seven . ~ ...... ; .' . .'". ...... - " ....- ....... . ..;:-;::' / -) ' , �- " . ~-~-,.-,---- right-of-way of the Union Pacific. There were open platforms on the east and west ends of this building. The building proper housed the offices of the railroad officials, the' passenger depot, and the freight depot. George Noble was superintendent of the railroad; W. H. Bancroft, trainmaster; W. D. Wetherell, agent.. , Regular train service began on December 19, 1864. It is very likely that North Lawrence first came into existence at this time although no formal charter was obtained from the state. A board of trustees and town officers' including the following were elected:, G. J. Tallman, H. H. HO'Yard, T. McCage, M. H. Berry, James " ", , Franklin, and A. C. Miller., ' A postoffice under the name of "Jefferson" had been established and Charles F.' Saum was appointed the first postmaster. The name "Jef-' ~erson" probably came from the fact that the town then was' located in Jefferson County. The legislature of 1865, however,' provided for the formation of Grant Township out of the southwest cornel' of Sarcoxie Township arid made the newly formed township a part of Douglas County. One reason for the change. was that Lawrence was ambitious to become the county seat and its chances of success were increased by its not being located on the extreme edge of the county; and too, the settlers of the new town always had been ide'ntified arid more' '-'''''' ['age Eight ~, , Page Niue .,.. ~ _... .'.! .. . <.. - .... : ' ". -.,.' -:.-;.. '-.- .. -.. ;.~~ ::- - '. ~. 0. closely associated with the interests of Lawrence than with those of their own' county. The completion of the railroad brought in new residents, which necessitated the construe.. tion of homes and business buildings. Most of these buildings which were erected sixty-five years ago have since been discarded, although their locations will be remembered by some of , the older settlers. ,The Petrie house, a stone building on the north side of Lincoln Street between North Second and North Third Streets, was built in 1865. The first well in North Lawrence was located immediately east of this house. Theretofore, water for all purposes had been obtained from the river. ' The Bowersock Building on the northwest corner of Locust and North Second Streets was built either in 1865 or the following year and still remains standing. The Postoffice in 1865 was situated at the north end of the bridge on the east side of the street. At the present time this site is located in the river, about the middle of the new bridge but somewhat to the east. ' A short time later the postoffice was moved to the west side of the present North Second Street slightly north of its intersection with Locust Street. " ' ' A {>llilding a few hundred feet nOltheast of, " 'the present site of the Union Pacific passenger ,... ... ..;: �depot housed the jail and coUrt room.·· H. H·; Howard was elected City Attorney and acted as Judge.· . Directly north of the jail· ~n th~ north side of Perry Street a small Catholic Church had been erected. Services were not held regularly. I 1 The Congregational Church was established and the building erected on the northwest COl'ner of Elm and North Third Streets ~n 1865. The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by Rev. Edmund McKee in 1865 alth.ough .construction of the building did not begm until May, 1866. The first board of trus'- . tees of the church ·was elected· May 28, 1866 ~ and was composed of the following: Jesse Brockway, President; Edmund McKee, Secretary; Charles F. Saum, Oliver H. Mitchell, John ~. Bardell, John H. Saunders, Robert Critch-· fIeld and Alfred Lawson. . . . The site of his home was almost identical with the present location of the house now standing. Lewis Weingartner operated a bakery on the southeast corner of Locust and· North Second Streets. The Snow Bakery was . located at the corner of North Second and Walnut Streets (this location is now in. the river.) A saloon was operated by Mr. Fritz directly north of the present site of the Union Pacific freight depot. Orlando Darling operated a saw mill and also a grist mill at the foot of North Fourth Street, between Walnut and Mill Streets. A general store was located on the east side of North Fourth Street about two hundred feet south of its intersection with Elm Street. A large elm tree is still standing which was on the north side of this store. Charles Bruce owned a lumber yard on the northeast corner of North Third and Locust Streets on the present site of the Derby Grain Company. Across the street south from the Kansas Pacific station stood the Crandall House, the leading hotel. This was located in what is now known as the Dauberman Building. Immediately west of this building Henry Snyder conducted a saloon and pool hall. The first newspaper to be printed was the HNorth Lawrence Courier" the first issue· of . which· appeared July 28, 1866. Its editor I Probably the first school was located on the south side of Locust Street between North Third Street and North Fourth Street. Mrs.. Laptad taught the primary grades, and Miss Bartlet the upper grades. There is a record of ano'ther school on the northwest corner- of North Eighth and Maple Streets and a colored school located on the nOlthwest corner of North Fifth and Elm Streets.. A !~. J' .' . Chief Sarcoxie and his family lived on the lull north of the Lawson station at ·Mud Creek. on Page . Page Ten . • . tiaLC F.11!1J1!1I I I I I c " .. �was J. S. Broughton. Successive ownerships of the paper changed its name to ,"Kaw Valley Courier," "Clarion," and finally, "North Lawrence Journal," edited by Judge H. H. Howard. The Kaw Valley Town Company applied for a charter for North Lawrence on June 7, 1867. This application was not acted upon" probably because there was a ,bill before the legislature, which if passed, would automatically incorporate then existing towns. This bill was passed, by the legislature and North Lawrence became a city of the second class. The population was about twenty-five hundred. At its first city election North Lawrence chose the following officers: G. J. Tallman, Mayor; N. HoY,.stradt, Clerk; A. R. Smith, Treasurer; Thomas Beasely, Marshall; and H. H. Howard, Police .Judge. The city was divided into two wards, First and Second, correspond- ' ing to the present Fifth and Sixth Wards, respectively. 'Three councilmen were elected from each ward. A petition was presented to the City Council of Lawrence on June 11, 1867"signed by North Lawrence citizens, asking that North -Lawrence be annexed to the City of Lawrence. This petition was signed by U. Biggs, C. Bruce,' Orlando Darling, Samuel Tyson, Simpson Bros., Warren P. Biggs, Leroy Crandall, and others. A protest .to the consolidation was presented to the Council on the evening of June 12, 1867, ,by' a~,?tper=~ ,I:C1ge Twelve , : , i , 'I group of North Lawrence citizens on the grounds that Lawrence had no legal right to annex another municipality. This movement was led by Dr. G. J. Tallman, W. H. H. Whitney, Thos. S. Murray, Thomas S. Hawkins, Judge H. H. Howard, and others. However, the City Council passed an Ordinance (No. 77) purporting to annex North Lawrence to the City of Lawrence on the same evening. From subsequent events the ordinance was ineffective and the attempt to annex was unsuccessful. Immediately after the incorporation of North Lawrence as a city, building began in earnest and many of the buildings constructed during 'this period still remain standing. The present home of R. H. Rogers was built in 1867. The brick house on the west side of NOlth Third Street close to the city limits was built. Thos. S. Murray built his home on the northeast corner of Lyons and North Third Streets. Judge' H. H. Howard built a residence on the west side of North Third Street about two hundred feet north of the corner of Lyons and North Third Streets. The residence of A. J. Dicker on Locust Street, as well as his store building, were built during this period. The Snyder property on the northwest corner of NOlth Fifth and Walnut Streets was erected. The Melvin home on the southwest corner of NOl'th Seventh and _Elm 'Streets was'built. Undoubtedly, there are many Page Thirleell �other buildings which were erected during this '., period which are still standing. " . The old Lincoln School on the northeast corner of North Seventh and Lincoln Streets was the first substantial school building to be erected. Shortly thereafter the old Woodlawn building was constructed. Both of these buildin~s were built in 1868. School opened that fall wIth about 250 pupils in the five schools according to Prof. Murray. The following year the enrolment had increased to nearly, 500 sch 0 lars. . . The colored Baptist Church was built in the fall of 1869 at the cornel' of Lincoln and North . Fourth Streets. 9-> ;1 •1 ""1 . .', . In November, 1869, Maple, Locust, Elm, and Lmcoln Streets were opened the entire length \) ~)f the City. The City Council urged the plantmg of trees. Lyons and Walnut Streets were opened shortly thereafter from the river to the' east city limits. . In the fall of 1869 the jail and court room . was removed from the location near the present Union Pacific passenger depot to the southwest corner of Locust and North Sixth Streets on which site a two story city hall or council house had been erected. . . In. 1869, James Wallter built the' Lindley Bmldllig on the southeast corner of Locust and . North Fifth Streets. The postoffice wa~' Il1Qved o Page FOllr/cell • ~.r-· ... ~, t -. , .. ' . to this building and Mr. Walker became postmaster. The Rose Hill Cemetery was laid out for the City of North Lawrence by Holland Wheeler, .city engineer of Lawrence. This was located on the knoll on the· north side of Lyons Street between North Eighth and North Ninth Streets. Monuments which had been erected over graves were visible in this location until recent years. The Board of Education of the City for the year 1868-69 was composed of: J. L. Furber, President; R. M. Ridgeway, Vice-President; and "V. Cartwright. H. E. Cole vvas Superintendent. Valley Lodge No. 30, A. F. & A. M. was organized'in North Lawrence and according to news item in December, 1868 was in a flourishing condition. The following officers were elected: L. P. Mason, W. M.; A. Luptin, ~. W.; F. Herrard, J. W.; L. F. Jackson, Tl'eas.; and J. D. Fincher, Secretary. The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railway constructed a railroad bridge across the river in 1870. The line approached the river from the north side on the present North Sixth Street. Later with the permission of the Railway, foot paths were added to the sides of the bridge so that pedestrians might cross without going over the toll bridge. This was the first instance of free passage between the two cities . On March 17, 1870 the citizens of North " Lawrence voted to' consolidate with the City of Page Fiflew �, ! La~l'ence under a general act passed by the legIslature providing for the consolidation of cities. Lawrence voters held an election on March 21, and also approved of the consolidation. A joint session of the two city councils was held at which W. Hadley was elected president,and John S. Brown, secretary. April 4, 1870 was set as an election day for new officials of the consolidated city. The reorganization of the Boal'd of Education of the consolidated city on .May 2 1870 showed the following members from 'North Lawrence: Fifth Wanl; J. L. Furber, J. F. Morga1!-. Sixth Ward; R. M. Ridgeway, W. W. ~ CartwrIght. The enrolment in. the schools of 7V N.orth Lawrence for the year following was: -...... Lmcoln, 172; Woodlawn, 160; Locust Street (colored school), 127; total 459. The second story of the Council House was occupied by the colored school. . ' a r .; t.; ...:. t : The City Council of the consolidated city on December 6, 1870 passed an ordinance (No. 138) whereby the City proposed to issue $100,000 of bonds, the proceeds of which was to be . ~urned ~ve~' to the Union Pacific Railway upon Its furmshmg evidence that it had expended' that amou?t in the erection of. general repair shop~ ~t BIsmark Grove in North Lawrence. No provIsIOn was made as to how long the shops so constructed should remain at Bismark Grove. Page Sixteen 'rhe buildings were built as planned I;lnd a large crew of men was recruited for the repair work. Less than ten years later, the shops were removed to Armstrong, Kansas City, Kansas. About this time a prominent song writer and publisher by the name of Leslie was conducting vocal classes in all of the surrounding towns. In 1879 the graduates of these classes were brought together at Bismark Grove under the name of the Leslie Choral Union. A pavilion had been constructed that accommodated about two thousand singers which had assembled. The tabernacle however, was much too small to hold between ten and twelve thousand visitors who had arrived from all parts of the state. Railroad facilities were taxed to the utmost and a part of the crowd came on flat cars fitted with seats but without overhead shelter. This, jubilee continued for several days and gave the people of Kansas their first introduction to Bismark Grove which later became the site of state and county fairs. State fairs, sponsored by the Union Pacific Railway, and conducted under the direction of the Western National Fair Association began in 1881. The mule car line was extended to Bismark Grove. Elaborate preparations were made, including the erection of large buildings in the grove and the establishing of a race course east of the large building which is now . used as a barn.- These fairs were well attended by persons from over the entire state. The exPage Sevetlteell , I; ;' iI r , , .. ; . , , . �i iI I, ! hibition buildings and displays have never been excelled by any fairs held within the state. Later the fairs became more local in their character and were finally discontinued in 1898. i !t . I I t:I " r' . - j: l~ I , I , L. ,, .18" . '-:"!l~ . '. .il i.\··· .. . oj',.,. ~ 1',.-' ... . Page Eiglltcell : ~.' . . �THE MARTYR'S OF KANSAS - CANTRELL The Lawrence Herald of Freedom, 24 Oct. 1857 Let Virgil sing the praise of great heroes and patriots; let Genius celebrated merit and extol the talents of the great. The short an~ simple annal of one who, though occupying a humble station in life, lived a bright example of stern integrity and a hero and a martyr, engrosses my pen while I record what I know of the life and death of Jacob Cantrell. He was born and reared In Jackson County Missouri. When the Territory of Kansas was declared open for settlement, he removed thither with his family, settled near where Palmyra now stands, and In company with others, assisted In laying and building up that now prosperous town. Despising that spurious aristocracy common to all communities where Slavery exists, he felt, as he remar1<ed to me one day that he had entered a new wortd. Bated with the prospect of speedily securing a fortune and the great blessing and privilege of rearing and educating his children in a free commu~ity, he entered into all our plans of Improvement, both in church and State, with a hearty will and a ready co-operation. One year prior to moving to Kansas he lived upon the farm of Otho Hall, a slave-holder and hauled produce to the dty of Lawrence, then a new town, very scarce of provisions. He had the words "Kansas a Free State," painted in large letters upon his wagon cover. Meeting Hall one day as he was returning for a load of supplies, Hall noticed the letters upon the wagon and, in ruffian style, well armed as he was, commenced cutting the letters out - After effecting this, he threatened Cantrell's life and commenced striking at him with his knife, cutting him severely.-- Cantrell being wholly unarmed, called to two men (neighbors of Hall) standing near, not to let Hall kill him with out some chance for his life- appealing to their chivalry and honor. They were deaf to his entreaties, and Cantrell saved his life by starting his team as quick and driving as fast as possible. Cantrell had Hall brought before the Court at Independence, charged with assault with intent to kill. The two witnesses swore that Hall was intoxicated. Hall, was discharged; such is the justice In a ProSlavery Court. Through the Spring of 1856 the whole country was in a state of revolutionary confusion. The Territory was filled with marauding parties; men were being robbed and murdered dally. For mutual protection, the dtizens of Palmyra and vldnlty assembled, armed and equipped. Among them was Jacob Cantrell, ever ready without the slightest murmur to shoulder his Sharp's rifle and go forth to defend the lives and property of the emigrants In his vidnlty. In this respect he had a soul larger than the State of Missouri. At the battle of Black Jack he recognized some of his Pro-Slavery neighbors among the prisoners, and Insisted on having them treated kindly, himself furnishing them provisions. Col. Sumner marched to Palmyra with the United States troops, released Pate and his men, ordered them to return to their homes in Missouri, disbanded Brown, the hero of Black Jack, (not G. W. Brown;) the men returning to their homes. relying upon Sumner for protection. Upon his way to his home in Palmyra, he stepped in at Prairie City, purchased some butter for his family, starting for Palmyra (three miles distant) in company with Leonard Snyder and W. H. Stilwell, neighbors. The minions of Pate upon their way home came across them, and, recognizing Cantrell, compelled him to accompany them. Stopping at his house, he told his wife, who was almost distracted at seeing him a prisoner not to be alarmed, that they were his neighbors, and would not hurt him. Extending his hand with the plate of butter, telling her to take it and not be afraid, one of the ruffians intercepted it, saying that they would need it for their supper. They soon left taking Mr. Cantrell with them. Mr. Stillwell went ImmediatelY to Col. Sumner, told him that the very men he had ordered to Missouri had taken Jacob Cantrell a prisoner while they were returning, not more than a mile from his camp.-- Col. S. promised to send a detachment for him the next day, stating that he had given their orders to commit no outrages on their way; also, that the troops were all tired, and that Cantrell would not be harmed. Oh! that was an indifference more fatal than treason on the part of Col. Sumner. He was heard to say, when he heard of the death of Cantrell, that he never could forgive himself. They took Mr. Cantrell next day to Cedar Creek, 35 miles from Palmyra, there shot and scalped him, burying him about two feet deep. The wolves dug him up. Subsequently the soldiers buried him near that beautiful stream, surrounded by high weeds, with only a stake over his remains, on it inscribed, "Jacob Cantrell". On the 2d day of July last, I was traveling in Lykens County, K. T. I stopped for the night with Judge Butts (township 16, range 22). Our conversation related to the difficulties of the past summer. I found him to be a Pro-Slavery man. I mentioned the murder of Cantrell as an outrage unparalleled, and that I would do my utmost to bring his murders [sic] to justice whenever the Government passed into different hands. The Judge was formerly from Jackson County, Mo.; knew Mr, /Cantrell there; was under Col. Coffee when Whitfield marched to Pate's relief; saw Cantrell at Cedar Creek a few hours before they murdered him, lying upon his back, with his hands tied, and a quadruple guard aroJJnd him. The judge says, nI went to Mr. C., and there was quite a crowd around him. One approached him saying "Mr. Cantrell, I am sorry to find you among our enemies and fighting your old neighbors." "Your dan invade [sic] my home," was Cantrell's reply. "Will you join us against the abolitionist if you could get your freedom? If we release you will join your old neighbors to driving these damned fanatiCS from.our border?" With the thoughts of home, life, wife, children, burning his heart, he said, "No Never." ''Then you die,'by G_d!' Juc1ge B., went to Pate and Whitfield; and told them to use their authority to prevent his murder. They said they had no authority. In forty-five minutes afterwai"d Jacob Cantrell was no more. He died a martyr. Oh! that more could have witnessed his heroic end. He had seen and felt the influence of that hydra-headed - 3!) . .'~ ::'j . ;- - - - - . - - - - _ . - -- .• -0;-,------ .. :,;1 monster that i~ even now gnawing at the vitals of our country, and deep down in his heart was a principle that would not surrender. .. . . -, . I;!; His widow with her four-small children, lives in Palmyra In comfortable drcumstances . ' and measu~ are. bem~ taken by. ~e dtizens to remove the remains ~J his memory will be treasured in chara~i~ inore durable than.monu,mentsof :~~ free ~~m her Missoun chams, and millions of freemen till her fertile soil, ')'1 of Mr. C. hither, and erect over them a suitable monu~ent. When Kansas sh ...):i~\.:. 1" . \ ~"i . . :~j '.1 ~A,:,.p.'?/,~ ..' . . ,", ',! ......;, ... NOTE: There are no death/burial record for surname of Cantrell in ~e-~~- ~I~ ,:~~~" ' Hiram .Cantrell (b. in 1850 in MO.) in the Douglas Co. census records from fS70 throu h tge2~~s of.The Douglas Co. Genealogical Soc. We do find a 1876. In Douglas Co. KS. Hiram may have been one of the children of Jacob and I~ gb t . HIS rna mage is r~~ed to Chariotte Yewdoll on Jan. 20, . . w e, u no record to substantiate it has been found .. �-- How Safe Are Your Genealogy Documents? by Pam Cerutti Today's genealogists gather lots of data online and on CDs. They also have the ease and convenience of genealogy programs to store their resulting family history on a computer. However, the accumulation of paper remains pretty much unavoidable. We have copies of book pages, newspaper clippings, courthouse papers, and correspondence, to name but a few examples. Then there are the old photos collected from family members we convinced to part with such treasures, and even 35 mm slides. Now that we have them, how do we preserve them? Conscientious collectors of family history papers preserves them in acid-free protectors and stores them in a safe location with stable, controlled temperature and humidity levels. Then they hope that disaster doesn't strike that location. We hear about major disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornados that devastate homes and the family treasures their occupants stored in them. Even a small, localized problem in a home can wipe out irreplaceable documents - an electrical fire, a burst water pipe, or a curious child, pet, or perhaps an unwelcome critter, Sometimes a family member may borrow papers or photos to show to someone, and the carefully preserved goods get damaged or even lost. It's a sickening feeling to consider the possible fate of these documents! Safeguarding them amounts to a daunting responsibility. One approach that has given me some peace of mind is to scan my priceless papers anq ~ictures. I gathered a set of documents at a time, hooked up my scanne~ to my computer and spent some evenings converting them to digital files. I organized folders on my computer to mimic my / steel file cabinet and gave each converted document a name that �describes its content. Once scanned, the hard copy document went into storage for safekeeping. The beauty of the digitized documents is that I can copy them over and over, and each one looks just as good as my original scan. In fact, my scans look even better than many of the faded photos, yellowed news clippings, and deteriorated pages I had to start with, thanks to the software that comes with a scanner. By previewing each scan before finalizing it, I had the chance to darken or lighten it, increase contrast, or even sharpen up fuzzy photos. I'll admit that some photos were old enough to warrant extra touch-up with additional photo editing software, but that's a job I can do over time. The important thing is that my documents are no longer at high risk of permanent loss. Storing digitized documents on a single computer is only slightly better than having them ~n pa~,= ~ a shoebox. Computers ~ave limited lives, as ----- do storage media. The plan is not complete until you distribute copies of your documents in multiple locations. I have given CDs of my documents to family members around the country, and I will repeat the distribution with DVDs and future generations of media. Just as it's hard to find equipment that reads floppy disks or Zip disks today, the data you share is only as safe as the media used to share it. To carry it a step further, you might take advantage of an online file storage service, as I have. If you haven't converted your paper treasures to a digital format, I have good news for you. Today's scanners do a very nice job for a very reasonable price. There are many models available for under $100. Just be sure to choose one that gives you good quality output for all the documents you need to preserve: text, photos, and perhaps slides. Then ~ " get started. Perhaps you, too, will sleep better. 5 �CORNER STONE CEREMONY FOR METHODIST CHURCH WILL BE HELD SUNDAY The Baldwin Ledger, 14 Aug. 1931 Many interesting articles will go into box which will be laid inside the Stone. Current Issue of the Ledger will be there. The laying of the corner stone of the new $100,000 Methodist Episcopal church will take place Sunday August 16, at four 0' clock in the afternoon. Baldwin is expecting a large crowd to be present at these ceremonies. Many prominent churchmen from out of town have sent work to the committee in charge that they expect to be present. The new church takes the place of the old brick church which was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning November 30, 1930. It was on [illegible] 4, 1901 that the corner stone of the old church was laid. Bishop Warren performed the official act of laying the stone. It was not until February 14, 1904, that the new church was dedicated. The fact that nearly three years elapsed between the laying of the corner stone and the fmal dedication indicates that funds were not easily obtained at that time. Dr. S. S. Murphy, President L. H. Murlin, and Bishop Hughes officiated at the dedicatory exercises. The new church building is being built of Bedford sawed stone with. a modification of the early English type of architecture. As the new structure emerges, Phoenix like, from the ashes of the old, it slowly sheds its crude coverings and assumes an appearance of massive beauty. One can picture an old ivy covered English stone church of a few generations ago. The new building is being built for permanence. As the walls arise, one is impressed with the magnitude of technical detail that the architects have worked into the structure to give it beauty and strength.. This building will doubtless stand long after the present generation has passed on. The box taken from the corner stone of the burned church was opened this week by the Board of Trustees of the church and it was found to contain the following articles: A King James version of the Holy Bible a catalogue of Baker University, 1901 a Methodist Hymnal a copy of the Baldwin Ledger of May 31, 1901, W. C. Markham, editor a supplement of the Ledger under date line of June 7, 1901 a copy of the Baldwin Republican, May 31, 1901, pub. by Gunn & Webster minutes of the South Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Eureka, Kansas minutes of the 46th session of the Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Topeka, Kansas a copy of the Christian Advocate, May 30, 1901 a program of the 43 rd annual commencement of Baker University a copy of the Methodist discipline, 1900 a copy of the Methodist yearbook, 1901 a list of subscriptions to the church fund a copy of the Central Christian Advocate, May 15, 1901 a copy of the Epworth Herald, May 4, 1901 a list of the contents The Board of Trustees has officially designated the following articles to be places in the new box to be placed within the corner stone: a Bible a copy of the 75 th anniversary booklet copies of the Baldwin Ledger of current date and date of the fire a copy of the Baker Orange ~ {p �$1,000; each window in nave, $250.; each window in chapel, $150.; pulpit furniture, ' $500.; communion tables, $200.; chapel furnishings, $500.; furnishings for beginner department $250.; primary department, $250.; junior department $300.; intermediate department $300.; senior (highschool) department $350. In the case of the windows a small bronze plate will be used to carry the name of the one memorialized. Where departments are furnished such plates will be placed upon the doors leading to the department. Only a limited number of these memorials are available. Several have already been spoken for. The names of the contributors to the memorials win be announced later. Those interested should see Dr. Keve or W. M. Clark, chairman of the Building Comminee. Seats win be provided to the north of the new building for the accommoti~tion of the audience next Sunday during the dedicatory services. A platfoml will be erected for the speakers where every one will be able to see and hear. It is planned to arrange the seating so that the shade form the campus trees may be utilized by the audience if the day should be vep] "varm. The Building COB1!11!rree oftl1e church deSef'leS rnnch praise for the good 'llor~~ that it has done in bringing the new huilding to its present state of construction. These officials h~rve \a!ork:eci \"%lithollt ceasing and. \"%l!thollt pay to bring to Bald.,,!lrr an edifice that \Vm he a credit to the entire community, to the local church, to Methodism in general~ 3J1d. to Ba~~er tJniversit'j_ .:Li~S the \.'1!or~~ ofbniiding advances enthnsias!11 increases and the doubting Thomases and the self appointed critics find themselves in a rapidly dirni!1ishing minorirf_ Wiley ,A•. Keve, the pa.'>tor, has overcome many ofthediftlculties that have he set the con1n1irre~\ by tIle energ;T7 o11tin1isrn, and his 1?lide eXj1erience and acqllai11t3.!1CeS!1111. Mention should also he made of the former pastor Rev. Holman ,-vho rendered vaillabie service in the eariy stages of the buiiding program. �a copy of the official records of the official board dealing with the building of the new church a copy of the 1928 discipline minutes of the 1931 Kansas Conference a copy of the program of the comer stone laying service a list of the voluntary labors for cleanup day a church membership roll a list of the official members a copy of the Alumni Bulletin a copy of the Central Christian Advocate a copy of the "Missionary Friend" a copy of "Home Missions" a copy of the World Service Council a list of Sunday School officers and teachers THE PROGRAM The pastor, Dr. Wiley A. Keve will preside. In harmony with traditions and customs the ritual of the church will be followed. The music will be under the direction of Mrs. H. Z. Moore. The program will be given as follows: Instrumental number, Congregational hymn, "I love to Tell The Story;" the ritual introduction by the pastor; anthem by the choir; ritual prayer and psalter by President Wallace B. Fleming; the New Testament lesson by Dr. Wilbur Mason, district superintendent; address, Dr. Edward Hislop; congregational hymn, "The Church's One Foundation;" the laying of the comer stone, Dr. Wilbur Mason; Prayer by Dr. Charles W. Bailey; the Doxology; the Benediction, by President Fleming. LIST OF WORKMEN H. H. Dunham, architect and supervisor, Kansas City, Mo.; A. O. Pearson, Superintendent, Chicago, Ill. CARPENTERS: Everett Cole, Harry Payne, Ted Thornell, Don Clark, G. W. McFerren, A. M. Stewart. STONE CUTTERS: John F. Hilton, Robert Rice, J. A. Kennedy, Bert Tufts. STONE MASONS: F. L. Graves, L. D. Graves, Wm. H. Jefferson, Joe Landis, J. E. Baston, C. E. Hancock, E. R. Trobenins, Edw. Fitzpatrick, Chas. Hopper. CEMENT FINISHERS: L. D. Rosenberry, John Simpson TRUCK DRIVERS: Geo. Marqueling, R. E. Baughman, W. F. Pearson, Geo. Pearson, Paul Sutton, TEAMS: F. H. Pearson, T. J. Anglin, John Shocklin CATERPILLAR OPERATOR: T. J. Anglin, LABOR: G. W. Reynolds, Earl Reynolds, Albert Porter, Bill Wright, Roy McGhee, John Perkins, Myrl Messer, Roy Messer, John Hull, R. A. Gardner, Robert McDaniel, H. H. Hutton, Edw. Pettijohn, HELPER: Robert McBride, BAKER STUDENTS; A. Wilkinson, H. Streator, Karl Spear, Paxton Mize, Chas. Pike, Arthur Burdorff, Fred Clark, Paul Bachelder, Homer Blossom, Harry McPhell, W. E. Bonnett, Elmer Torrence, Fred Walker, F. W. Lane. MEMORIALS On behalf of the Building committee of the new church, Dr. Keve announces the following memorials available for those who wish to perpetuate the memory of a departed love one in this new house of worship; tower $5,000.; chancel window d-7 �a copy of the official records of the official board dealing with the building of the new church a copy of the 1928 discipline minutes of the 1931 Kansas Conference a copy of the program of the comer stone laying service a list of the voluntary labors for cleanup day a church membership roll a list of the official members a copy of the Alumni Bulletin a copy of the Central Christian Advocate a copy of the "Missionary Friend" a copy of "Home Missions" a copy ofthe World Service Council a list of Sunday School officers and teachers THE PROGRAM The pastor, Dr. Wiley A. Keve wiiI preside. In harmony with traditions and customs the ritual of the church will he followed. The music wil! be under the direction of Wrrs. H. Z. Moore. The program \viH be given as follows: LflSLrW.l1eUtal ~limlb-::'r7 ~-;:-::-:;.-.;·.--:.-.::-;t~~-;;i"t~: :-.,;i . . -., • .;.;r :.-.'iF t.-, T,::.:: Th,:. ~tnt~j,,:;'j thp r;tll~1j .ntfY\i~l1c·t.nn }"r th~ n~Qtnl" .J ...... - 1.._........... , .. -.;-_ ..... , "'~""·"C"-O--"""""-" ....... - - ... _. . . - - - ... _- ---_._';' _._- - - - - - ...... - ..... - - - - ....... ... .... ....":' ':" -:-_.. -=-----= . :. . :. .... 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I i . . . . . . . i.... . •.•. ~(;~!=:;"-.=-;;;,;;,;.:; ;':';'=-::';';;,:';:' .. :';':':.::";'''-. :.;,:.;.:...;.;.;:.~ ~=...;:. :;.;;,:.~~;~~ -.=-::':'="'; "-.=-. ;:-.;;,; ~ ........... -.~ :.=...;: ... ' ... ~.- - : ....... :._-.. -.~ ...... '" ~'-.- F~;'!;~:;'~:;':"; ~:.:.::.; ;;,;;,;;,--.;;,;;.~;;;,~; ;,.;; .:;. _........ .. �$1,000; each window in nave, $250.; each window in chapel, $150.; pulpit furniture, $500.; communion tables, $200.; chapel furnishings, $500.; furnishings for beginner department $250.; primary department, $250.; junior department $300.; intermediate department $300.; senior (high school) department $350. In the case of the windows a small bronze plate will be used to carry the name of the one memorialized. Where departments are furnished such plates will be placed upon the doors leading to the department. Only a limited number of these memorials are available. Several have already been spoken for. The names of the contributors to the memorials will be announced later. Those interested should see Dr. Keve or W. M. Clark, chairman of the Building Committee. Seats will be provided to the north of the new building for the accommodation of the audience next Sunday during the dedicatory services. A platform will be erected for the speakers where every one will be able to see and hear. It is planned to arrange the seating so that the shade form the campus trees may be utilized by the audience if the day should be very warm. The Building Committee of the church deserves much praise for the good work that it has done in bringing the new building to its present state of construction. These officials have worked without ceasing and without pay to bring to Baldwin an edifice that will be a credit to the entire community, to the local church, to Methodism in general, and to Baker University. As the work of building advances enthusiasm increases and the doubting Thomases and the self appointed critics find themselves in a rapidly diminishing minority. Wiley A. Keve, the pastor, has overcome many of the difficulties that have beset the committee, by the energy, optimism, and his wide experience and acq~tanceship. Mention should also be made of the former pastor Rev. Holman who rendered valuable service in the early stages of the building program. �~!'"1:'"':~:'1'::---: .r-1':-:"::-:':',;":-'::-1:0 ~:-':~~::..:~:.';"~r :r.-:r'::.:-:, ~~ CHUiiCH "ViLL Ttr- lJultlWtfl Lr-tl}!,r-t, ~..::. 1 ==~~:r:~=--:..=f""!r:n .r Vn. In~.!. n.V.u.!.~.!. LV~..l"~n. ~.!. Vl"~ L~~lnVl".!. H.,',LD SUNiiAY i '';j i .nU!:;. Many interesting articles will go into box which will be laid inside the Stone. ..... vUlll;;llll.1)1)UI;; VJ. tllr- .IJr-U}!,r-t VVII.! VI;; lHl;;ll;;. ~ ~ The iaying of the comer stone of the new $100,000 Methodist Episcopal church will v, I.aJ\.I;; pia"'l;; 0uIIllay AU!:;U1:Il J ell .1VW v ",iv",,,, III UtI;; all.ClUVVll. iiaiUVVlll I;) CA.pC"'UU!:; a large crowd to he present at these ceremonies. Many prominent churchmen from out of • 1 • -:. Il-'VVJJ. lU1V" "",ll. VV\-'U\. 1.\-' •• ':: .1 •. 1 •• 1 • tl.l" ~\-'II.J.I.I.U.""<:;<:; III ,",UaJ.gc Ulal lUCY CJl..PC"'l lU \JC }JI(1)CI.U. The new church takes the place or the old brick church which was destroyed by rire ~~U!.1'J(l.y llJ.'J,!.lll11~ "~E)"""" .hi> ,'"'tL'l. !:t\,.... "Ii' "J un.... 'i..··)1·~ .u :urc ·+ur·.-.h ",··s yya...;: 'la';U" \..,·.1 .'L.' J Ii Y ..'~t0 il\_it :Jt,_}IIC, .. -: ... 1. "'-'v C;UtU;;l JU, 17 ..J\.J,. -:: .~ U11 ! . . . . .... wa~ '-'11 t !.ll1;.!9IJ'!l;J n; .•h.""" U;J"'rr~""n Oil:HI\J!1 .,V C.U ,-_,1 n""rl;~)nn"'d' • .n..... 1. J ...... _ l S;G4 7 ilHH. t-ll"CI i' t;::.i_ll uc:u)' i..,.} Ullili 1.\' -t7 1. 7V 1. tlb~t tl.l~ '-"!J1.11~!. 1!..e {"'I"l'-l'"'ial a"; (')!"la'vt'n"r ..-b UI' 1 \..-. 110:;.",,' ..... lltu"-·ll V';4:l::' \..-1. t..~o::;ul~i:-ii~.l_L 1. il~ fact that nearly three years elapsed between the laying orthe comer stone and the final . . \J;V\.H\.... i:H.IUll -= lll'-t!.~at~~ t.ii!:U, . .itili~~~ ....... ;;;.i~ liUi . . ~i"1j.uJ ~ •. - . ;jUi.~-=ll.ii~lJ «~ :-: Ulii~.. U.li:H. U.i~ .-: ~j~ "j., -:..:- "':' l.':I!.U.ipllj'!, P-resideni L H. Muriln, and Bishop Hughes olliciated at the dedicatory exercises. .. ::... 11~~"V 1.1lt;::: . '-.'llUl\.'.U UUI1Ul:U.S 1::' ;: U~l.Ug - : . . . .. -:: VUlll- '_11 L"];;::·U1UIU ::. . ~.. i:t'''Vi;il_1 ~::H1_;J.I-C:: "",,,'ll..!1 4.:i 111l_;Ull..i". . -i:-lLli_ill or the early English type or architecture. As the new structure emerges, Phoenix Eke, :.. . . ~ llUl.ii tll;;::; ': Vi. ill;:; \j.iU'l 1;" a:!til;;;~ -= ~lU?"• .i'y -: -:. ~il~;'.1;:; "! 1.;";:. ~J.iUU~ "':' ;...... ij~·~.illi5::, -C'!llU C~~ill.li.~j v;; appearance ofmas~lve beauty. One can picture an old ivy covered English stone :: ! :~ . \ ..-11U1.\.;1.'-. ;'_'1 i:l. . ll;.j"~' 6~11~1~H.J.;'IU~ i~l..e;\_J, . ::.. i.ll~ . :: :: lJ.l;;VV VUIIUlllS 1:;:' ]J;;:;111:& UUll~· .i.1Jl p~llll~Hl~ii\'_~;:::T L--~~ the walls arise, one is impressed with the magnitude or technical detail that the . . i~li\'.·l11t;::.:",i~lluV;;:; ..-,;n-'-i.r~;;;;u ilii:u ;;;;;:; ~liu~iul.~ iu &i\o';;;.~l U~!:i.ui'y ~UiU uiiY.li.&Ii..i!", will doubtless stai'ld long aner the present generatlnn ha.q pa.;;sed on. -::~ . -:: -: -: 1. iI;;::; V'l_Jl-.... I..J.l\..'~ll 11'Ulll til;;:;; ;'_J\_nilt;;;l :J!.-UH.-'::; Ul. U .. i~ Ul.Hlli;;U ;'....,llUl\vii . .. "~';i.:t::, ;;.;p;;:;;11;;:; ....i 'till;::" ;r,;,'CCI...... U:f the Board or-Trustees orthe church and it wa. :; round io contain the 1(')lIowing articles: a catalogue of Baker University, 1901 ~i IVj_;;;:;·'tlJ.;_a_~l::;,t. 1.i.Jlliilul a copy nrthe Baldwin T,edger oCMay 31,1901, W. C. Markham, editor ~ U ;::,uppH:ali~lii vi iil;:; • ~ 4 i..A.::.ti};.c; tH.H..i~l t.ii:a;';;:;; ;;;l~ t.H. JUll;;:;; ; -:- .i 7V.i a corN of the Baldwin Reouhlican. Mav 31. 1901. nub. bv Gunn & Wehster .JI. . . L ' ; ~ .,.. .; .II. IHluuie.:-) ui tilt.:; Suud! KaH~a~ \.-='~uiil~n;!il,,;t::, i :'j,j i, ., 11tHl at r:,un':;~&il, r. . . ilH:i{:!;j n"'1utes of the 46th session of the Kansas Conference, 1901, held at Topel'..a, .r,..[t.n.sas a copy nrthe Chrislian Advm:a{e, May 30, 1901 .. • .... : 1 . . ~-'- pi~_;.sIXH.:U ui~ tire "'T_r- i:UllI.U~li .. "":OllllllCll"'Clli-C;lli vi ij;.:.ti\.;:;1 , ' ;_1 III ¥;:;1 ~ll.y a copy or the Methodist discipline, 1900 . .. (.i ;,,~uP: vi ;;;t;:Il"·.!J;;i;iUU1~i :t;:I;':;..l;j~j~ji..-7 i 7vi a I1sl. or subscriptions in the church fund 4:i "'~l_;jJY ,_,i i.il"C: l_.t-::rui(.;£ i_.·;u 1.i:';i.l·UH .I1{+1/Vl.i.-+U'~7 lVJXiY ~ "on" ofthp Hnwn .... --r.J r , .. .. th R".., ..nlrl 1\A~" A.., 1901 a iis! (~i tile contents -~ -~- N _.- ~~-. ---, ~'~-.J T.'1e Board of Tru.ste.es ha<:; nlTiclaHy desl!:;'1lated the 1i.)Howlng artides tn be places in a Bihle :".-: a _ _ ..t. '-.IUUY \)1. ll1;;;i ;._,.-- ,,:ij,iiliV;:;lJalj' - : . V;'_;;']£a·J.~t cnpl~~ of the Baldwin ledger of current date and date or the ilre �Ethics in Publishing Family Histories I Steve's Genealogy Blog Page 2 of 16 • Comments RSS • WordPress.org Posted on 31 July, 2007 by Steve 36 Comments Ethics in Publishing Family Histories Facts can't be copyrighted. I was surprised when a friend of mine who practices copyright law first passed this information on to me. Reflecting on this statement, it makes sense. How could anyone claim copyright to the name of the ship on which their immigrant ancestor sailed, or the date of death of their great great grandfather, or the amount that an ancestor paid in monthly rent? Recent legal opinion has even decided that certain compilations of facts, such as telephone directories, are not subject to copyright. But what about compiled genealogies? What can I include in a published genealogy without infringing on someone else's rights? And what rights do I have to the compilations I produce? Genealogists generally like to share their discoveries by compiling a family tree and providing it to family members or other people who are researching the same line. Many genealogists share their discoveries online, posting GEDCOM files to sites such as RootsWeb, Ancestry.com, or to one of the new Web 2.0 applications for collaborative efforts in Family History Research. On more than a few occasions, I've read tales of how someone shared their pedigree with someone else, only to find their own work published on the Internet without permission, often without any citation of the source of the pedigree. Those whose hard work has been published without their consent have sometimes been furious about having their work published. So, what recourse does someone have when they find their work published without their consent and without attribution? Do those who produce compiled genealogies own copyright to their cOlppilations of names, dates, and locations? The facts themselves are not copyrightable. That much is clear. Certain compilations such as phone books are not copyrightable. But what about compiled genealogies? Since compiled genealogies involve discovering relationships, finding facts in unusual locations, arid carefully assembling the information to reflect the structure and organizations of ancestral families, complied genealogies are probably considered creative works and, therefore, are probably protected by copyright. The owner of the copyright to a compiled genealogy would probably have available whatever recourse is available under the applicable copyright laws. So, can I incorporate several generations of genealogical information compiled by someone else into my own family history and publish the work without permission of the original compiler? Frequently, compiled genealQgies are published without information about the person who conducted the research or compiled the work. But, anonymous works are still protected under the copyright laws. I don't knqw the answers to these questions. I'm not a copyright attorney and my opinions are mine alone. As others including footnoteMaven have recently pointed out, even the opinion of someone licensed to practice law is only an opinion. Decisions on copyright issues are generally made by the courts. To protect the integrity of my work, I can: http://s~ephendanko.com/blog/index. php/archives/15 80 10/28/2009 �Ethics in Publishing Family Histories I Steve's Genealogy Blog Page 3 of16 • Incorporate information from other compiled genealogies into my own only after obtaining copies of source material used to support that information. • Where appropriate, cite the original compiled genealogy as a source. This source will be a derivative source, but a source, nonetheless. • Where possible, obtain permission from the original compiler before incorporating the work into my own published genealogy. What about sources? Many of the sources genealogists use in their work are publicly available sources such as vital records, census records, and immigration records. Some sources, though, are oral histories, letters, diaries, phone conversations, and e-mail communications. Each of these sources is protected by copyright in and of themselves. Generally, citing sources without reproducing the original work is considered acceptable. Still, great aunt Marge may not want her private letters to me cited as a source in a published genealogy. And what about information on living individuals? Genealogists agree that it is never acceptable to publish information on living individuals in a publicly available medium. How about publishing information on living individuals in a family history available only to those named in the work? What about publishing potentially sensitive information such as illegitimate births, same sex relationships, and causes of death? To avoid disenfranchisement of my relatives and the sources of personal communications, I can: • Request permission to include personal communications as sources in compiled genealogies. • Never publish information about living individuals in a publicly published genealogy. • Request permission to mclude information about living individuals in family histories destined for distribution to family members. . • Request permission to include potentially sensitive information from those who might be impacted by publishing that information. These suggestions will be difficult to reduce to practice. Even if I get permission from the person most closely affected by potentially sensitive information, some other member of the family may be aghast that the information is included. While my decisions may not always be perfect, I'll evaluate the information I intend to publish and decide what to include and what information for which to request permission on a case-by-case basis. And I'll certainly have to consider whether something I publish has the potential to harm someone else. Even this approach is not without an ethical dilemma. By choosing not to report certain information I may risk compromising the integrity and accuracy of my work. What to do? Well, I'll do the best that I can. Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko Share and Enjoy: http://step~endanko.com/blog/index.php/archives/1580 10/28/2009 �•• Th. lines are fa lien unto me yea} . goodly-heritase. Ps lfi' in pleascmt plClces j .I have CI J/ �Introduction Compiling the information included in this Historical account, along with our memories of Grandma Florys narrations of these events has been enjoyable. She was 2 years old when their family and caravan arrived at Westport Landing (K.C.) and near 10 years old when Quantrills men raided their home. We have quoted occasionally from "History of the Church of the Brethren in Kans." by Elmer LeRoy Craik and greatly appreciate the permission to use this by Susan Taylor and Raymond Flory of McPherson Coliege. We were also aided by relatives and friends in many ways: old paper clippings, typing, editing, and suggestions. It is our prayer and desire that the efforts in compiling this information may be a means of s~rengthening our Faith in the "God of our Fathers," and increasing our appreciation for the Heritage we are the recipients of, including the responsibility of "earnestly contending for the Faith which was once delivered unto the saints," for our posterity, and others who answer the call. May we be found ready and waiting for His Return is our prayer. John W. and Ethel Bee~hley R.R. 2 Box 139 Baldwin City, KS. 66006 �Table Of .Jntents Ulrich Family History and Memories ................................ 1 Organization of the First Congregation of G.B. Brethren in K S ... 3 Organization of Congregation South of Pleasant Grove ..... ~ ....... 5 Border Conflicts, Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence and Area .. ~ ....... 5 Sante Fe Trail and Willow Springs History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Charter Members and Organization of Willow Springs District ...... 9 The Ulrich Cemetery by Bertha Ulrich (1938) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I. . . . . . 10 Ulrich Family Genealogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 • • • • • • 14 �1 The Ulrich family trace their lineage to a group of G~rman people who became restless under religious persecution in Germany, and migrated to Holland in 1705. After residing there several years they received a promise of religious freedom in the English colonies or America, so they embarked for the coast of England, where they boarded ships for the perilous journey across the Atlantic ocean. In this group was one Jacob Ulrich, then a lad of about 16 years, who sailed on the ship, Pennsylvania, from Plymouth, England, and entered this country Sept. 11, 1732. They landed at New York, but at the invitation of Wm. Penn, they migrated to Pennsylvania. According to legal records and early Wm. Penn history, we are told the Ulrich family obtained land from the Wm. Penn government, and settled near Roaring Spring, then a frontier town. Records indicate that a John Ulrich, born in Pa. in 1764, married Christena Brumbaugh, daughter of Conrad Brumbaugh 9f Bedford county Pa. and raised a family. His wife Christena died and he later married Elizabeth Clapper. The Ulrich family built and operated flour mills in that area. John Ulrich Sr. started to Indiana in 1821 to attend a sale of public land at Richmond, Indiana. He rode h6rseback from Roaring spring, Pa. spending the winter at Dayton, Ohio before going on to the sale at Richmond, Ind. He could ~ot speak English so when he bid he held up one finger for one dollar and then with the forefinger on his right he made a sign on the forefinger on the left hand of one quarter more to indicate he had bid $1.25 per acre. He had bid off 1200 acres of land on Nettle Creek for $1500.00. in gold. He had this much money along in his saddle bag He had obtained it from the sale of the Mill and Mill Seat at Roaring Spring. This Mill he had operated.since 1795 and it had been willed to him by his father Daniel Ulrich the year 1781. in~ John Ulrich Sr. had eight children and to each he willed a share of this 1200 acres which he purchased in Wayne county, Ind. John Ulrich Sr. and his second wife Elizabeth and their family moved to Wayne county in 1822, locating northwest of Five Points along Nettle Creek, and built a log cabin there. near an Indian trail. The cabin WaS Tradition has it that when the men folks �2 were gone from the house, Elizabeth would hang several men's hats on the pegs outside the door so that any Indians by would suppose there were men at horne. pa~sing In this way she was able to keep away unwelcome visitors. These early families were all members of the German Baptist Brethren, then called Dunkers. Sept. 12, 1932 Hagerstown, Ind. celebrated the 100th Anniversary on that day, of the founding of the town by Jacob Ulrich, a son of John Ulrich Sr. We are told that in the cemetary nearby are the graves of John, and Elizabeth Ulrich, his second wife. This Jacob Ulrich, being our Great Grandfather, is the one weare attempting to trace from here on in this article. We know that he had brothers and sisters but we have only sketchy data of them in our files. We do have a record of Jacob having married Mary Hoover while they were still living in P~. These w~re our Great Grandparents. When I was a boy at horne, our grandmother, Susannah (Ulrich) Flory would stay with us sometimes weeks at a time, as she did with her other daughters and sons. passed away. This was after grandpa had Occasionally we would get her to tell some of the early pioneer day stories of ~er childhood with her parents, Jacob and Mary (Hoover) Ulrich. Our grandmother was the youngest of 13 children, 3 of them died when young. 1938. She was born Oct. 20, 1853 and died Feb. 10, She married Wesley Flory, also the youngest of 13 children, on Jan. 22, 1871. He was born Jan. 31, 1852 and died Sept. 23, I 1927. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters; Elmer L., Ira C., and Abraham J., Mary Postma, Elnora Brohammer and Christena Beeghley. Grandma's parents, Jacob and Mary (Hoover) Ulrich were some of the earliest German Baptist Brethren settlers in Kansas. Previous to 1855, Jacob had made two trips to Kansas territory on horseback, as one of his sons later described him, "a sort of natural rover." His objective was eastern Kansas but on one of these trips he went as far as Ft. Riley. Disposing of his property early in 1855, Jacob headed a caravan of 11 covered wagons bound for Kansas. members o~ Besides his family,: other the party were; Aaron Eller and family, I. B. Hoover and family, Wm. Rafe and family, Daniel Holsinger and family, ~.j -- �Henry Messenheimer and family, David Longanecker, and the Evans family (who stopped 50 miles east of St. Louis in ~.d.) .. Their route took them through Indianapolis, Terra Haute, St. Louis, and Kansas City, (then named {'iestport Landing). They airived at Westport Landing Oct. 20, 1855 and decided to spend the winter there where the comforts of life were easier to obtain than on the Kansas side. Accordingly they camped at Wyandotte, doing their trading at Parkville, Mo., ten miles up the Missouri River. Kansas ~ity was originally a fur trading post while called Westport Landing. Later in 1838 it was organized ., under the name Kansas, but spelled "Kanzas", after a tribe of Kanza Indians. Kansas bacame a Territory in 1854 and a State in 1861 and was probably named after the Kanza Indians. The present name of Kansas City was adopted in 1889. Our Grandmother, Susannah, was a young traveler of 2 years old when they arrived at Westport Landing. We are told that after her father Jacob sold his Indiana property including the Mills, he converted the money into gold which he put in the bottom of their covered wagon hidden under a false floor. According to World Encyclopedia the first bridge across the Missouri river was completed in 1869, so we suppose these covered wagons, horses and people crossed the river by ferryboat to Ks. In March 1856 these immigrants started out on the old Santa Fe trail for Breckenridge county, (now Lyon county Ks.), where they had found a favorable location through the help of Peter Ikenberry, also from Ind. The "float titles" were used to secure for'Ulrich 2 sections of good Wyandotte Indian land, 10 miles southwest of the present city of Emporia. Other members of the Ulrich party settled in the vicinity of the future city of Emporia. Jacob's son Daniel was present when the first load of material was unloaded preparatory to erecting the first building in Emporia. These frontiersmen had much labor to do in preparing homes in a new land but their spiritual welfare was also their concern. In the summer of 1856, the first congregation of German Baptist Brethren to be organized in Kansas was established under the name "Cottonwood Church". and wife, Charter members were; Jacob Ulrich I. B. Hoover, Peter Ikenberry, Gabriel Jacobs and ;wife and daughter and David Longanecker. The first sermon preached �by a German Baptist Brethren minister was in the summer of 1856 by Gabriel Jacobs who had moved there from Deleware county Ind. and had taken a claim 12 miles south of Emporia. The first love feast in Kansas was in Jacob Ulrich's home in Dec. 1856. They soon became dissatisfied with this location, close to the Cottom.;ood river, the "ague" (malaria) becoming a problem and the closest physician was 50 miles distant so again they made plans to move. The Ellers and Messenhimers went to'Iowa, the Ulrichs went to Douglas county Ks., and the Holsingersremained there. The first correspondence from Kansas found in the "Gospel " Visitor" is from the pen of Jacob Ulrich Dec. 30, 1856; "There are but few members here and only one laborer in the Word,. holds meeting every four weeks in rotation. Jacobs. He His name is Gabriel We now live on the Cottonwood river, 20 miles south of Council Grove; but we intend, God willing, by the first of March to move 8 miles south of La'iYr'l:!nce to a place called Hickory Point, near the Santa Fe road. This is a pleasant and fertile country, the climate mild and good for a prairie country, and it is hoped that peace, one of the greatest comforts and blessings of thi s world, is once more restored in Kansas; thi s i s 'the genera 1 belief here". An account in "History of the Church of the Brethren in Kansas" by Craik says, " "more than any other man, Jacob Ulrich put ,Kansas on the map as far as the Brethren were concerned, communicating by letter and through the pages of the Gospel Visitor, encouraging families and ministers to move westward." In Church history we find Jacob spoken of as a Deacon, but we do not find when or where he was elected, probably before they moved from Ihdiana. The Brethren had entered Kansas during a period of violence and peace was much longed for. The Wakarusa war ended in Dec. 1855, but that was not the end of the struggle, for on May 21, 1856 Sherrif Jones entered and sacked Lawrence and 3 days later John Brown executed the Pottawatomie massacre. Border ,·rarfare set in for the next 4 months, Missourians against Kansans, pro slavery men against free state men. After the arrival of Governor Geary, the third territorial governor, and after Sept. 1856 lawlessness subsided for some time. �5 After getting settled in Douglas county, about 8 of Lawrence and a mile east of 59 Highway on wha~ mile~ south is now known as the Plummer place, Jacob Ulrich became a mover in organizing the few members who came with them from Cottonwood or had come directly to Douglas County. One of the newcomers was Elder Abraham Rothrock from Pennsylvania, who had been attracted to Kansas by Bro. Ulrich's articles in the Church paper, and he became ·the first elder of the Brethren in Kansas. Before the organi~ation, services were held in the Ulrich schoolhouse. This organization occurred in 1858 in Stephen Studebaker's log house about 4 miles southwest of Pleasant Grove with 12 members. Abraham Rothrock and wife, Stephen Studebaker and wife, Daniel Studebaker and wife, Daniel Keeny and wife, Jacob Markley and wife, Isaac Hoover and David Kinzie. An election was held with Daniel Studebaker chosen for minister and Isaac Hoover for deacon. Bro. Rothrock was elder in charge. This.was close to the house where Laurie and Edith Postma lived. By all historical records we can find, the Pleasant Grove meeting house, built in 1877 may have been the first one built in Kansas by G. B. brethren. A couple years after 1881 Brethren at Willow Springs took their stand with the Old Orders, organized in 1883 and built their meeting house at its present location, with 46 charter members. A list of these charter members will follow the last page of this historical record. The next several years were troublous times for the new settlers including the brethren. Grandma said they would see Indians occasionally but they were peaceful. Border conflicts by pro slavery activists became a problem, as most of the Kansas settlers wanted it to be a free state~ Slaves would escape from the south and east seeking refuge across the borders, and were helped by "free staters." The "Underground Railroad" was the popular name given to the secret means employed by the Northerners and Free staters, in assisting Negro slaves to escape from slave states before and during the Civil War. Homes of Northern sympathizers were used as hiding places where they were given food, rest, and hjding, moving north by night until Canada, their goal of freedom, was reached. It was estimated �6 more than 25,000 Negros were given aid in obtaining their, freedom, during a period of 25 years. Settlers in eastern Kans. helped these negros and this caused bitter strife and border raids on homes, from pro-slavery groups. destroyed by Houses were bur:-:d and many homes Confederate guerrilla bands. On Aug. 21, 1863 such a band was led by William Quantrill, who with three hundred or more desperadoes, early on the morning of the day mentioned, swooped down on the defenseless town of Lawrence, KS. In a few hours about 150 persons were killed and from one to two million dollars worth of property was destroyed by fire. The drunken and infuriated mob left Lawrence burning late in the forenoon, going dir~ctly south towards the farm of Jacob Ulrich and reaching there near noon. The aged brother was not aware of their malicious ~ntentions, but two of his sons, John and Daniel, and son-in-law, Joseph Shively, rescued the family and they all fled to the woods, while Quantrill's band helped themselves to the food before setting fire to the house where many valuable papers and records perished. The $2500.00 barn with it's well filled bins and hay mow went up in smoke. The total loss was about $6000.00 which was a considerable' sum in those days. Grandma Flory would tell us this story as she remembered it, as she was nearly 10 years old at that time. Soon after Quantrill's men left, they must have seen the barn was not burning, as Jacob and his sons had come out. ba~k and ptit the fire The raiders returned and set it on fire again and it burned. Grandma said when they came back from the woods a horse was tied to a tree nearby and the rider lying on the ground drunken. One of her brothers said "We'll shoot him," but her father said, "No, let him go." This is a good example of their non-resistant home teaching. Grandma's father, Jacob, was just recovering from an illness at that time and he did not long survive the shock and exposure. He died Nov. 24, 1863, just 3 months later. Grandma told of another home where Quantrill's men approached a woman in the doorway. Upon being told to "Get out, we are burning all the houses," she told them if they would help carry out;this one rug she had rolled up, they could have everything else.' They did so, not knowing her husband was rolled up in the rug! At another home a man was dressed in his wife's clothes and they �7 were both spared. Word had gotten around of the raiders :'approaching and their malicious intentions. We do not remember hearing the names of these people. The raiders approached the horne of Elder Abraham Rothrock, " southeast of the Ulrich horne and he had been warned of their approach and hid in a cornfield but when he saw his wife and daughter being mistreated by the ruffians he returned to the house. As he stood near the open cellar door and tried to reason with the men, his ,vife said, "Don't hurt him, he's a preacher." "I'll show you what we do to preachers" shoot him. and sa id, The raider' said, and pulled his guri to One of his fellows behind him grabbed his gun arm "I f you shoot him, into the cellar. I'll shoot you," so he pushed Rothr.ock This is the way Grandma told us, although some others have it that he was shot three times and fell into the cellar. Bro. Rothrock was wounded but Daniel Ulrich help~d carry him out of the cellar, also a man named Campbell helped t~em, as the ruffians had left after setting fire to the house. Rothrock survived the injuries and lived until 1870. Bro. Through it all he never deviated from his conscientious principles,. he lay in bed a neighbor who was a Baptist preacher named While Tu~ker called on him, and thinking to discover a weakening in the elder's views asked, "Mr. Rothrock, what would you do if you had those men (the guerrillas) in your power now?" prostrate man replied, Quick as a flash the "I would convert everyone of them!" "Well," said the neighbor, "that beats my religion." The original Santa Fe trail was one of the longest roads of the period that preceded the railroad. From Independence, 'Mo. (Westport Landing) to Santa Fe, New Mexico the distance was 775 miles by way of Dodge City and Cimmaron Ks., although a longer route through Garden City, Ks., and Bents Fort,Colorado was' 850 miles, but much safer. Occasional trips between these points were made as early as 1804, but wagon traffic was more regular after 1821. Because of conflicts with Indians, a party large enough to defend themselves. it was usually A wagon train usually consisted of 26 wagons, each drawn by ten oxen or mules. Each wagon carried about 6000 lbs. and' a days journey was 17 mile,s. For many years, the traders made only one trip a year, but by 1860, there were trains leaving every few days. 'to �8 A little over a mile east of Willow Springs Meeting house in a timber pasture area, we found a rocky mound when I was a boy, with a native stone marker with the inscription chiseled on _w, "Sar.a Snelling, May 23, 1849, age 82." This was very close to the original Santa Fe Trail. We have a map of Douglas County, 1858, that shows the proposed railroad routes and a proposed town with 10 square blocks in the present Willow Springs Meeting house area. We are told there was a post office where the Sante Fe Trail-Willow Springs'marker is at Warren Shucks corner, also a store for travellers ~6 get supplies, a hotel and a spring in the field southwest of there to get water. This store was still there past the year 1900. Because the railroad built farther east to avoid the Pleasant Grove hill, and went through Baldwin on to Ottawa, the plans for building a town at Willow Springs did not materialize. As of 1992, the Willow Springs C~urch district meetinghouse still stands and holds regular meetings every Sunday morning or Sunday night. The membership is 78 now, with 4 ministers and 5 deacons. 11 �9 These are the names of the brethren and sisters that too~ the old order stand at Pleasant Grove in 1883, forming the Willow Springs district of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church. Jonathan Whistler Abraham Flory Lydia " Sarah " Jacob Chrowl Jake Markley (deaco~i Betsy " his wife Issac Flory Lewis Churchbaugh Samuel Flory Mary " Elizabeth Flory Michael Oswalt Levi Flory (deacon) Sarah " Sarah " Grandpa Platz Manuel E. Flory Grandma " Tom Warne Henry Spitler (deacon) Barbara Warne Mary " Isaac Flory William Dangler Emeline " Mary " Samuel Peffley Abram Bates Mary " his wife Manuel K. Flory Grandpa Mohler Belle " Grandma Mohler Abe Flory Mohler's daughter Sarah Flory Jake Bowers Aaron Miller Joseph Kinney (deacon) Althea Miller Christopher Flory (second degree minister) Susannah Flory Mary Flory These forty six members built the Willow Springs meeting house at the present location in 1885. An addition was built on the east end of the building in 1952, and on the west end in 1978. Uncle Chris Flory was the only minister to take the old order stand and he was 54 at the time. All the elders stayed with the conservative group. During the months and years that followed 1883, Jonathan Whistler was chosen to the ministry, Uncle Chris Flory was ordained an elder and others moved here including Reed Wells. Also several who were undecided at first, soon cast their lot with the old orders. Our Grandfather, Wesley Flory, was baptized soon after 1883. ' Dan Flory was given this list of the charter members by his Uncle Chris Flory. Chris died Dec. 25, 1899, and is buried in the cemetery near Pleasant Grove. He was 70. His obituary is in March 1900 Vindicator. The first Vindicator Ministerial list we can find is Dec. 1887 and it lists Chris Flory and J. B. Whistler in Willow Springs~ The next list we find is in June 1890, where J. B. Rinehart and S. R. Wells are also listed. Eight Mile District, (Franklin County) organized 1884, house built 1891-92 Cedar Creek District, (Anderson County) organized 1885, house built 1889 Sand Creek (Pratt County) organized 1902, house built 1907 Big Creek (Gove county) organized- 1891, house built 1908 --- -_. - ' - - - '-'--'.-'_~ __" ___ __- - - - - - - - - - - - . ~ �10 THE ULRICH CEMETERY In a secluded spot, about three miles southeast from Pleasant Grove, ~here is a silent city--the last earthly resting place of those of our brave pioneer forefathers who lived in this community. By their sides, also, lie some of their descendants. This plot of ground was given for this purpose by Benjamin Ulrich, whose father, Jacob Ulrich, pre-empted from the government the farm of which this cemetery was a part. It was named the Ulrich Cemetery and deeded to the association, the first trustees of which were: Adam Kling, Samuel Baker, and John Bower. It is not known who was first laid to rest here but it, is probable that it was Sarah Ulrich, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Ulrich. (1857) Travel in those days being slow and communication much slower, the father and mother were returning from a visit:in th~ir horne state, happy in the thought of again being with their family, but were met with the sad news that·death had suddenly snatched from the horne their beloved daughter, and her form now rested beneath the prairie sod. As we wander from grave to grave and read the inscr~ptipns thereon, we find the names of the parents or grandparents ~f many of us who are now present; or of their friends of whom we have often heard. Here lies Jacob Ulrich, born July 10, 1803, died Nov. 24, 1863, and beside him his wife, Mary Hoover Ulrich, born Dec. 3, 1808, died Oct. 22, 1883. He was born in Pennsylvania, on a farm which is now the site of the city of Roaring Spring. This tract"of land was deeded in 1781 by Daniel Ulrich to his son, John, father of Jacob. In the course of time Jacob Ulrich and his father turned their steps westward, locating in Indiana, where they built and operated flour mills and were instrumental in founding the city of Hagerstown in 1832. The Indiana homes of both John and Jacob Ulrich are still in a good state of preservation. In the Ulrich cemetery near by lie John Ulrich and his wife. In 1855 Jacob Ulrich and his family pioneered still farther west. With them carne a number of other families, there being eleven prairie schooners in the caravan. Kansas. They settled in eastern About two years later Jacob Ulrich acquired the farm ~ �11 of which this cemetery is a part. Here he spent his remaining years in loyal devotion to his church, his neighbors and his family. Although during the famine years (1859-1861) he disbursed thousands of dollars of relief money, sent from the East, he would not accept one cent for his services, nor would he allow one cent to be used to feed the many hungry people who came to his door, but performed this service from his own resources. He was just recovering from an illness when Quantrill and his band who had just sacked Lawrence, arri ved, burned the large ho" 3e and the well filled graneries. He did not long survive the shock. His sons, Benjamine, John, Daniel, Jacob, and Henry and his daughters, Christena Metsker, Ann Cook, Mary Shively, and Susannah Flory, remained in Douglas County, where they built homes, reared families and contributed to the wellfare of their respective communities. Their decendants, at their annual reunion in Lone Star, have-an average attendance of about two hundred. Near his fathers grave lies Benjamine Ulrich and Esther Shively Ulrich, his wife. He was born 1832, died 1913. 1842 and died 1911. remembrance by many. She was born Uncle Ben and Aunt Esther are held in· loving They lived on the old homestead and were faithful members of the Brethren Church (then called Dunker Church) which was established on Kansas soil largely through the efforts of grandfather Jacob Ulrich, all of whose children lived and died in the dunker faith. Benjamine Ulrich's sons, Herschel, Grover and Harry and daughters, Mrs. Laura Fox and Mrs. Anna Churchbaugh, live near the old heme. We next corne to the graves of Daniel Ulrich, son of Jacob, born AprilS, 1838 and died March 21, 1919 and his wife, Mary Weybright Ulrich, born January 6, 1841, died January 23, 1890. He was a worthy son of so noble a father. Their surviving children are Charles Ulrich of Leavenworth Co., William Ulrich of Lone Star and Mrs. Etta Shank of California. Here lies Philip Cook, born 1832 died 1868, and his wife, Anna Ulrich Cook, born 1832, died 1912. Ulrich. She was a daughter of Jacob She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alice Pray, of Alva, Oklahoma and several grandchildren~who live out of this state. We corne now to the grave of Mrs. Barbara Bailey, born 1823; died :917. She was always glad to help a neighbor. ~i ___ ~ _ _ _ _ ___ ___ --'-_ ~ __ .I: Old settlers �12 recall that although in her later years she was unable to walk; this did not prevent her regular attendance at church. Her son, Henry, who now lives in Baldwin, carried his aged mother from " his buggy into church, then out again each Sunday. Next is the grave of George Gerard, tell us that here lies another pioneer. 1829 to 1863. These dates His grandsons, Carl and George VanHoesen, live near Willow Springs. Here lies Adam Kling, a soldier in the Union Army, born 1833, died 1884. Next Elizabeth, his wife, born 1834, died 1883. Beside them lie several children who died in infancy. Here is the grave of Samuel Baker, born 1833, died 1884'and his wife, Elizabeth, born 1834, died 1917. in the Dunker Church. He was a minister Over here on one lot we find three graves. a brother-in-law lie here. Two brothers and The story is told how the three young men and their wives pioneered to Kan~as, but their joy was soon turned to sorrow for the three husbands all died within one year and the young wives returned to their eastern homes. were: Ephriam Miller, John Miller, and Harry Comer. about 1865. The men They died We find on the next few monuments the names of individuals of whom little is now known, however, we know they were a part of the community life of the early days in which they lived. They too knew the ho~es, the fears, the joys, the sorrows, the pleasure and the pain that went to make up the life of the pioneer. Let us read the inscriptions on their monuments: Philena Bing born 1811 died 1871 John Bower born 1800 died 1879 Elizabeth Bower born 1801 died 1877 Jacob Bower born 1825 died 1918 Wm. McKinney born 1811 died 1868 Nancy McKinney born 1811 died 1882 Archybold Marshall born 1805 died 1870 �13 Let us pause now to consider the heritage left us by those who sleep in this cemetery. A heritage of houses and fields, of pastures and woodlands, of school houses and church buildings? Yes, these 9nd more. A heritage of faith, courage and endurance, of love of neighbor, of country and of God. Let us hold fast to the abiding values for which their lives stood. William Ulrich and Herschel Ulrich are trustees of the ,cemetery at the present time. Written by Mrs. William (Ber~ha) Ulrich October 20, 1938 The Ulrich Cemetery is located 1.2 miles east of 59 highway on C. R. 460, .5 mile north, and .3 west. It is on the original Jacob Ulrich farm, now called the Plummer place. Elder Abraham Rothrock and his wife Mary are buried at the Brumbaugh Cemetery, which is located 2.3 miles east on C. .4 miles north on the left side of the road. ~. 460 �'14 The Ulrich Family Jacob Ulrich- Born July 9-1803, Died Dec, 22-1863 (marri~d Mary Hoover) children 1. 2, 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Christena Benjamin John .'\nn Daniel Jacob Mary Henry Sarah Susannah married " John Metsker Esther Shively Lyddie Brewer Philip Cook Mary Weybright Mary Ann Studebaker Joseph Shively Martha Jones died when a young lady Wesley Flory ----------------------------------------------------------------1. Christena Ulrich Metsker 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. married " " " Mary Spitler John Barton 1. Bond 2. Christ Miller Cyrus Flory Mary Barton Benjamin Ulrich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 3. Martin Metsker Mary Ann Jane Sarah Henry Eli married Lillie Ellis Melvin ---------" Clara Wm. Jacobs " David Fox Laura " Addie Steve Wilson " AlVin} Twins died in infancy Alma Anna married Louis Churchbaugh Hershel Mary Churchbaugh " Harry never married Robert never married Grover married Grace Boehle John Ulrich 12. 3. 4. 5. 6. Anna Mary Jake Charles William Margaret Aaron married " " " " " John Baker Eva Kennedy Maggie Eberhart 2. Emma Harris Ira Rothrock Mattie Miller ------------------------------------------------------------------4. Ann Ulrich Cook 1. 2. 3. Alice Cook Wesley Cook Josephine Cook married " " 17 Charles Pray John Ka therman . �15 Daniel Ulrich 5. Manford married Alice King James " Sallie Brown William H. " Bertha Winter 4.- Charles Sally Burton " 5. Etta " Jacob Shank ---------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 6. Jacob Ulrich Melissa died in childhood Walter died in infancy Edwin died in infancy Milton died in infancy 5. Clark 6. Roena Mitchell 7. Frederic 8. Leroy 9. Minnie 10. Elida II. Albert ---------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 4. 7. Mary Ulrich Shively Sarah married Abraham Hartman Lutilia Wm. Stutsman " Edward I. Ella Stutsman 2. Ora Mine " Arminita(Minnie) Eliza Stutsman " 5. Lydia died at 15 years 6. Alice married Samuel Garst ----------------------------------------------------------------I. 2. 3. 4. 8. Henry Ulrich 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Oliver Emma Robert Arthur Edward Mabel Grace Clifford married 1. Gertrude Bell 2. Mildred Freemar " Lincoln Petefish " 1. Pearl Custer 2. Nina Custer " Bessie Davenport " Ferby Lowe "" O. A. Ramseyer never married died in childhood -----------------------------------------------------------------10. Susannah Ulrich Flory 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ._- -----~-- Elmer Ira Abraham Mary Nora' Christena married " " " " ' " Ella Montgomery 1. Ida Flory 2. Fan~y Flory 1. Viola Flory 2. Della Wingert Wm. Postma Charles Brohammer Daniel Beeghley �.. : .•. . . . •.•. . ••• d. ••• Q~~. 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This church directory marks the 85th year of the North Lawrence Christian congregation and the seventh year of our ministry to God with you. We have shared together in sorrow and joy; in death and in life. We have experienced loss and gain. We are again reminded of Romans 8:28, "and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him who have been called according to His purpose." Let us use this directory to pray and promote one another and our Lord. Ken and Lynn Ma~on Preacher and Wife "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Eph. 3:20, 21 OUR GATHERINGS 9:30 A. M................................................ Fellowship - Sharing 9:50 A. M...................................................... Bible School 10:50 A. M............................. Preaching, Praying and Promoting Our Lord r!:>-/ �\ A HISTORY OF OUR CONGREGATION The history of the North Lawrence Christian Church dates from 1894, when the Evangelist, Charles Sharp, held an evangelistic meeting for the Christian Church in Bunn'~ Grove in North Lawrence. During this meeting several families from that part of the city became members. After the meeting these members met and voted to establish a congregation in North Lawrence. The first services were held in the Home Aid Building, 324 Locust Street. This building was used for all kinds of meetings. It has since been set back from the street and remodeled into a residence. The membership moved into Dicker's Hall, 7th and Locust Streets, after moving from this building. The present site was purchased from Alfred J. and Elizabeth G. Dicker, September 26, 1896. The men of the church broke ground and laid the foundation. Then came the long hard struggle to raise funds for the building. Once every summer the Sunday School would hold its annual picnic at Stiner's Grove north and east of Lawrence on the Stiner farm. Through these picnics William Stiner became so interested in the church that he told the members he would lend them $1,000.00 if they could raise the balance. The cornerstone with the names of the Charter members placed within was laid in 1896. Some of the Charter members were Mr. and.Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Foster, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Manning, Mrs. Jerd Tyson, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Martin. Most of the carpentry work was done by George McCleary, assisted by Claude Dicker and by the men of the church. Howard Willis was the first preacher of the new congregation. Some of the preachers who succeeded him were: McHale, Stull, Finkle, Meyers, Holyfield, Popplwell, Thomas, Barnard, Figs, Elder, Friezen, Mrs. Dorothy Wright Shank, Coatney, Clark W. Comstock, Leonard Wymore, Gilbert Yerian, Leroy Crocker, Jack Nickelson, J. A. Wilton, Wesley· Keltcher, Maurice Bigger, Ernest W. Burke, Jack McCall, Tom Simmons, Richard Southard, John L. King, and our present preacher, Kenneth R. Mason. The first Superintendent of the Sunday School was William Foster. The present Sunday School Superintendent is Hubert Pritchett. Elders of the congregation are Landis Penfold, Lyle Colburn and Hubert Pritchett. �€);orE Ide-rs Hubert Pritchett Lyle Colburn ebio!A>; Landis Penfold "To the e/d", among you, I appeal as a fello., a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who alSo will >. share in the glory to be revealed: be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers - not because you must, but becaus(!'YOlfiai'e, ~~~~i~~f2:~i~~;~2~l~I'ltrlr;;~)j . ·...::·-::::;.:.;·1(:/::.:··::::··:.';'·:·,":··· .. ..:.:' .;<. ~./:::::>':'. ',", ' .. �We believe in the Lordship of Christ and the sovreignty of God. We believe Jesus is no less than God, yet He was a real flesh and blood man. Without Him we are nothing. With Him we have infinite worth, value and purpose in this life and the life to come. Our goal in this congregation of God's people is to know Him and to make Him known; to love Him totally and to love each other in the Body of Christ. We are learners and servants enrolled· in the school of Jesus, striving to be Christ-centered and Biblically based. �Jack Anderson Family Gary Bartlett Family Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bartlett Mrs. Leona Bond James Buerman Family Miss Violet Buffington Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bunce Miss Kathy Bunce Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Colburn Dana Commons Leroy Crumet Family Ed Commons Family John Currens Family c5S- Cindy Crumet Family Wilma Davis Family �Mr. & Mrs. Harold Dotson Mrs. Jeanette Elston Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Elston Mrs. Esta Gile Mrs. Ruby Glock Mr. & Mrs. Leland Grammer Miss Patty Had! Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Harrell Miss Roberta Hellstrom Walter Hellstrom Mr. & Mrs. Rollo Jeffries Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lee Mrs. Daisy Lipp Ken Mason Family b-~ Miss Marjorie Merrifield �Bob Merritt Family Carolyn Miller Miss Cindy Muckey Marion Muckey Family Dan Muenchau Family Mrs. Edna Owens ·V Claude Penfold Francis Penfold Mr. & Mrs. Landis Penfold Harriet Pettengil Family Nick Place Family Evelyn Pratt Hubert Pritchett Family Mrs. Ruby Pritchett ~-7 April Ross Family �Families And Friends Of The North Lawrence Christian Church 647 Elm Lawrence, Kansas 66044 November, 1979 A 796-3393 ANDERSON, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Ella); Clay Rt. 1, Mclouth 66054 1629 W. 22 St. Terr. 66044 1610 Cadet Ave. 1700 Mass., Babcock Place Rt. 1, Box 125A RFD2 66044 66044 66044 66044 925 Mississippi Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood 66044 66052 66052 B 843-6066 843-8574 843-3806 842-5967 842-0272 843-7931 723-3217 723-3217 BARTLETT, Mr. & Mrs. Gary (Susan); Kathy, Melanie BARTLETT, Mr. & Mrs. Norman (Peggy) BOND, Mrs. Leona BUERMAN, Mr. & Mrs. James (Nancy); Jim, Mike BUERMAN, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald (Shirley); Monty, Brenda BUFFINGTON, Miss Violet BUNCE, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Betty); Patty BUNCE, Miss Kathy C 842-1920 843-3669 843-4091 235-8008 843-0404 843-0404 843-7562 843-7562 597-5401 796-3393 842-5895 CARR, Miss Louisa CHEEK, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Margaret) COLBURN, Mr. & Mrs. Lyle (Eva) COMMONS, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Felica); Terra, Courtney COMMONS, Dana COMMONS, Mr. & Mrs. Ed (Vivian); Brad CRUMET, Cindy; Joshua CRUMET, Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy (Barbara); Sarah CRUMET, Mr. & Mrs. Scott (Vicki); Nicole CUMPTON, Mr. & Mrs. Chris (Marcie) CURRENS, Mr. & Mrs. John (Susan); Amy, Rebecca 924 Kentucky 9 Roanoke'Ave. 716 Elm 962 Lindenwood, Topeka ,. 66044 66044 66044 66606 Rt.l Rt.l Rt.3 Rt.3 Rt. 1, Box 109, Williamstown Rt. 1, Mclouth Rt. 3, Box 124A 66044 66044 66044 66044 66073 66054 66044 7381h Mass. 758 Locust 1515 W. 2nd 66044 66044 66044 712 Locust 1026 Jana Dr. 66044 66044 1024 Delaware 66044 2424 Melrose Lane 421 Elm 66044 66044 Rt. 1, Box 61, Linwood 31st & Iowa, L-21 N (Gaslight Village) 812 Madeline Lane 420 North, Lot 58 2518 Ridge Ct., Valley View Care Home 610 North 66052 66044 6604·1 66044 66044 66044 D 842-6635 843-5318 843-9422 DAVIS, Mr. & Mrs. Bill (Mary) DAVIS, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond (Wilma); Peggy DOTSON, Mr. & Mrs. Harold (StaCia) E 843-6880 843-6040 ELSTON, Mrs. Jeannette ELSTON, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald (Sylvia) F 842-5041 FLINT, Mr. & Mrs. Ed (Myrtle); Mary, Lisa, Anglea, Edward, Jr. G 843-4268 842-1623 GILE, Mrs. Esta GRAMMER, Mr. & Mrs. Leland (Ruby) H 723-3217 841-3706 843-0683 843-3337 842-2610 842-6062 HADL, Miss Patty HAMMIG, Mr. & Mrs. Steve (Linda) HARRELL, Mr. & Mrs. Vernon (Patricia) HELLSTROM; Miss Roberta HELLSTROM, Walter HODGES, Mr. & Mrs. Harold (Peggy) O~ �J 346-8941 843-5394 JASON, Mr. & Mrs. Julius (Cleo) JEFFRIES, Mr. & Mrs. Rollo (Irene) 5314 Cottage Ct., Kansas City, Missouri 710 Locust 64133 66044 224 Dakota 804 Ih Maple Rt. 1, Box 298 66044 66044 66044 221 N. 5th 66044 2518 Ridge Court, Valley View Care Home 715 Elm 1709 Tenessee 1709 Tennessee 2912 W. 7th 66044 66044 66044 66044 66044 725 Elm 725 Elm 417 N. 8th 440 Lyons 600 Center 66044 66044 66044 66044 66044 L 843-1344 843-3627 843-1147 LAWRENCE, Rick LEE, Mr. & Mrs. Jack (Maxine) LIPP, Mrs. Daisy M 842-8135 841-7043 843-7015 843-7015 842-2780 MASON, Mr. & Mrs. Ken (Lynn); David, Jonathan, Rachel MERRIFIELD, Miss Marjorie MERRITT, Mr. & Mrs. Bob (Barbara); Dallas MUCKEY, Mr. & Mrs. Marion (Charlotte); Andy MUCKEY, Miss Cindy MUENCHAU, Mr. & Mrs. Dan (Susan); Emily P 843-5709 843-5709 843-8063 843-9037 842-0457 236-7868 843-5043 843-4183 PENFOLD, Claude PENFOLD, Francis Clay PENFOLD, Mr. & Mrs. Landis (Ellen) PETTENGI~L, Mrs. Harriet; Bill PLACE, Mr. & Mrs. Nick (Donna); Marcell, Nicholas, Lewis PRATT, Evelyn PRITCHETT, Mr. & Mrs. Hubert (Connie); Deborah, Sheree PRITCHETT, Mrs. Ruby ;. 1323 S. 38th, Kansas City, KS Rt. 1, Box 299 66106 66044 620 Elm 66044 612 Elm 66044 Rt.1 66044 2518 Lazybrook Lane 66044 2335 S.E. Blair Ct., Topeka 2731 Bonanza 66605 66044 725 Elm 925 Mississippi 813 Madeline Lane Rt.1 66044 66044 66044 66044 R 842-2799 ROSS, Mr. & Mrs. Larry (April); Annette, Blake S 843-0404 SKINNER, Mrs. Beth T 841-3381 THORNTON, Mr. & Mrs. Larry (Shelly); Christina W 233-1234 843-2785 843-5709 843-7931 843-6575 WALSH, Mrs. Blanche WANDEL, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (Carolyn); Bob, Jenifer, Robert Senkus WARD, Mrs. Lois WOLLENZIEN, Mrs. Fern WRIGHT, Mrs. Jean; Pam, Mike WILLITS, Mrs. Ruth �Page 1 of4 Untitled Document -, >r"'~ 1 'f. ", t., ,.'1.'" :. ,.' ~ Back Silkville Forward Print Page History of Silkville by Janelle Richardson Great-Great-Granddaughter of Early Settler Claude Clair Silkville was n()t/a town. It was an attempt to form a socialistic commune on a large tract of land of 3500 acres, located about three miles sou~' of the small town of Williamsburg, Kansas in southwest, Franklin County. Today it is a working ranch called the Silkville Ranch. . • ! Silkville Established as Commune http://.www.old.depot.museum/virtual/silkville/ " ...... ':, .. .- '~' .. "6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ZachS were graduating today. But you are! Every day! wrote: Ghandi: "Be the change you want to see in the world." On May 25, Truth cannot be denied. The message in the words where deniablyhe~rt felt.' Great ones talk Jennifer about this crucial time of raising our conciousness and vibration and living in the heart to bring wrote: forth what is coming in the next few years. Time is NOW!! I caine across this today 'as well It is possible the next Buddah will-not take the form of an individuaL The next Buddah may take the form of community - A community practicing understanding and loving kindness - A community practicing mindful living.... This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the Earth - Thich Nhat Hanh On May 25, It is gratifying to hear my prayers verbalized in others' words .... the change is happening. Christina Blessed Be! Boyce wrote: On May 25, really brilliant call to action and rationale in one kevin Jones wrote: On May 25, this is for the world to read - thank you! marlena wrote: On May 26, Wow, what a way to start the day, this will be my morning prayer. Such inspiration .......... :....... it Cindy wrote: should be broadcast on TV around the world, without notice, on everY station about 8pm as a PSA, I wonder how many TV's would be turned off and di~cussions would follow? On May 26, Thank you. Fabiola Thank you. wrote: And thanks again. On May 26, This is what is needed. Anybody have the yideo Ii.~k??? . ..r Shabaz " wrote: .~ On May26, Ru~~'ell , , . \ 'j . '. 1-: What a high purpose-entering the truth. of life and speaking and Jr,om it! Asb~ings, we~re ~~perienc~d universe crt~~tors'- We rieed t~ stay,'~~nnected to a policy that 'gl~es life ~n'd ': ,', _", , ' , ' ",',_'-'," " ' , ' .:'1..', ~.:, ....) ~"::~· ... ~ ,;~{~ ' t Salamon wrote: •• " . , I , ."" :.,: 'makes future survival. 'A culture, when healthy, is a living org~nis.m: p'au!, you are ~~kil1g.l!s to put to use our experience of creating life from the first half of et~rnity .. ' And'it is happe~ing. '.' I 1\'.: " Great work, thank you. http://www. charityfocus.org/blog!view.php?id=2077 , ' -... ", \. .;..i 1 ... '" t • ,:, 6/13/2009 �Untitled Document - Page-2of4 k Silkville was first established and named in 1869 when a wealthy Frenchman, E.V. de Boissiere, purchased the unimproved land to form a commune based on the Fourierist socialistic principles. He had ~ dream that Silkville would be a self-sustaining rural cooperative educational and industrial community where participants would share the wealth. Workers had to pay their own way and be self-supporting until profits were made. De Boissiere was described as an intelligent, portly man in his sixties who loved books, music, and helping the underprivileged. He was born June 9, 1810 near Bordeaux, France, into an aristocratic family, but made a fortune of his own through fisheries and forestry. For political reasons, he left France in 1852 and came to the United States. After a failed attempt to establish a school and orphanage for black children.in New Orleans, he looked elsewhere to implement some of his humanitarian ideals. He found his location in Kansas. He bought the land and poured money into the establishment of Silkville. During the early years when' accomodations were crude, he endured hardships. He was committed to Silkville and became a citizen of the United States on November 6, 1874. ' Garrett R. carpenter, a graduate hiStory student at Emporia State University, reported his research findings about Silkville. He said the commune was intended to be self-sustaining. A prospectus was issued in 1873 to invite socialists and others to join. Workers were to be associates and were to be renumerated in proportion to their productivity. Destitute persons were not admitted. Each worker was required to give a $100 deposit and to provide for their own needs and to pay rent for their rooms two months in advance. :The style of living was to be frugal and inexpensive. Production of Silk Ribbons Was To Be Main Industry The production of silk and silk ribbons was to be one of the main industries. Seventy acres of the choicest land were set out with mulberry trees to feed the silk worms. A large stone building was built to house the looms and the location where the worms were to be kept. By the year 1872 the three looms at Silkville had a capacity of making 224 yards of ribbon a day. Interest in silk production spread throughout Kansas. During the first few years, more than forty French immigrants came to Kansas. Most of these were experts in the production and manufacture of silk. De Boissiere exhibited his manufactured silk products at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia where his products were awarded first prize over entries from all over the world. De Boissiere took a personal interest in exhibiting his silk products. he was known to have taken charge of displays at fairs in Bismarck Grove, near Lawrence, and the state fair in Topeka. Silkville Diversified - ! Mr. Charles Sears, who was the former president of the Fourierist North American Phalanx, came from New Jersey and became the commune manager in 1875. His son, Charles T. Sears, was put in charge of developing the farm, orchards, and the stock raising. The farm was well stocked with the finest bred cattle and horses, and a cheese factory was established. Large vineyards and orchards were put out and they engaged in farming of all kinds. Workers from all over the world (France and Sweden primarily) came to be part of the community. Most workers did not stay very long preferring to invest in private property rather than a communal enterprise. It is believed that no more than about forty or fifty workers- lived at Silkville at one time--maybe even fewer. ' Many Buildings Built ~I http;//wWw.old.depot.museumlvirtual/silkville/ - I. 1,' ':. . . 6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ., •. ". . .r .,,' , ' '. Page.90f'lS , '" 1 '~. ,-,' " .. ,f May 23," "You have captu'red the'iruth, distilled it an'd delivered it:· Reading this was like listEmirig' to - '.. . L' , -.: :: L:f/ona"id' .:... , beautiful music or standing by a waterfall or·creating·a· sp(en'did~morsel~ofpoetry: Tha·nksi. It . ,!. "".: :.~ ZuriiiJ ~rOte:' i's-what it· is. : ., ~. j ". u:. ~;,:j i~ '! . On !') ',~ i' ,I.. I.' I ,j 'l " "~;ii~ra Cole" :., ' • ':.: '. '.' • :,,' .~.. .. ; ' , =>! .~.~.:;.\ .. If On May 23; .' ,', • , .. '1 " .... ; ... ; ,. • .:~. .. ,. :.' ,.:' J " , • . , ., ,,! ~ :.: 'J. 'o~''May 2~,' :, SLCh '~nthusia~ti2 c6~m~~ts .. .' and'~~t in6~t of y6~ wi;1 d'oh~thi~9 'bu't ~hcile'~~ne~'~~d' ~ ~. ,;. . :. ' .' '. 'J ~': ..'• • ... ~4", 0'.', : ... \ . . bu~ I gU,ess y~u '1ev~r krlo~; Maybe. a f~w of Y~l!. willgrpw acp~~~ien~~. yc': ' ."'!; ! .' ~,: '\' wrote:· . J " , On. May 24, :' . : ~.' . J:. ~,. I " ,.,Maarten , '. ( ~ .... . =" • .... t..· . '. •. . .~ ~.' ,~, t .". > .... < j ~ <::: ~ ,';'" .<. (' • , .. 0 · .. ' : • . ' ,1 .. ' • ~ ~.; #t ....... ' ".; . ' , '. \.' ......., .'~: I !, ". 1. .. . f '.' 0 •• ',' <\fJ ' ", • .' ~, ~ ,~ ' • '!' .... .. 'r; .... !. \ ' . . . ;.' ~ Barckhof i '.J -' :. ',' .• ",': ... . ~ .: ',' . " . '~9'milrw people'feeli~g stl!ck~ sq' m~~y . p~oPle~'~~t,,~itt~~U! apur~o.~e,~ !?~t;ii~;~.dO ~;~nd 'uP;.i~::· d~n'tforget a deep s~~se ~f.cOmp~~si·~~ ~~d j~y, otherwise you'll be ju~t adding.t~ the' ~i~e~. I' . • ;, ..: : · · · ....~:t;l':.: ,I'",,: \ " Prius al'.1d .9!1oppi,ng "green" wpn't c;:ut ,it. Are yoy willing to ~nd ou! IoYhFt *wi"* cut!,!t?1 Roubtit...! . • ..,.. :: . . . . I society's idea of "success" all your lives. Maybe all of you are fooled, but I'm not. Buying a . " .';: ',':~; f.:~ '~ ~":; '~: ,~:. ~( .~./ 'I. Check .. ';r·l·~ .' ..~rr.~' . ca~·~hut ,~p !'nd ~,'v,;ard thi't~ ~Jeryone "'no:;" ti;a~' ~~~cfor;Y§~r ;i;~,".~nq!i!"·"'I. Reality . '.' ,,:. 1-.' \;', c- :.'".;:~. ( . ' . r : . .. • '",.1 : \ . . '! .~ It'~ fin~lIy'tim~\anln~~' th~ tr'ut~ is';being told. . •• , . .~.~."'" THANKYOU!!!!r .. , .'::' .:.' ." ".1 . _::l' ~ .... '.•l !.', f,' wrote: ~} " "' J.:.: I)., , ;Jo On May 24, Susan " ~' H .. ': Brillia~t!I: Inspiri~g! Haymer, :'.. I r . ~ ~ .. , ~:. / . .. .~"', , 'It] .. ' • eassibnte!1 '!\Iish.l:were grad1,lat~ng topay.. .::;~ 'l ,; ...... , .:~ '.' OhMaYi24,. :' 'Nicely added, Susan, Let's not buy!into'the fear; positivity is ~.. I'" I,. •. ., ~ ~ ~: '-:1;', \ '~" T ." J.' I:' ,,' .' .:' ' . 'Let's' :'. •• ..', 0 ". ~ I.. '." \ • ~ th~,only Wway'outofthis. ~ J.. ..: ... . "j 'c•• '''':'j .! I J"" , ; .,. ': ~ .:7.~'''! . , ., .... ,it" Jack ',! " ~'~\'. I~"<'~ i.,'" ~ come out smiling with the difficulties of conversion. Richardson Brilliant! This was a thousand times less cynical than the graduation speech Sheffield wrote: : Universityoffered.to us. Let'sconsider'this the pain't o(change:'" In'stantly refocus and' , .' .' .~ ~ ~.... .: . ' revaluing ofeverything in our lives ... ' ,. /1 "" ,; On May 24, ... ,'.i . ':'. ~, .. ' ;; ',"0 , '. ,'1",./ ." , ~. : •.':'." ... ' r. ~i "1' , . .. )., ",-:, ,:',' ~ ('"-!"" I ,,:".; It is reminders like this that create change. Faith ," ,'. ~.' ",,~ ";1; , ~~ • ~, • ' .. Each reminder is so important since each hears it when ready.' We import, dowload and Woods wrote: ,~. .. '.' create when invited and impelled to move forward. Thank you. "" .. ~I ... .,' f'"j .... , t '.' . '. On May 24, : ,'" " .-', ; :"~.,~,' ~ .1,.:. ...)'" " ~ , ~, ..:,' ~, "; .'} ~ .\. .... .. ;. "~ , ~ : • 1"-:: ''!; ..::" :,,:' .\ ~ ~ ,:t1...r· \~:I.\";:~If. '~ '.j;." ~ ,', , - ... _~'f,.- r ,1f· .)f:" -.' ,,~. - ~ I I. ' " I,;' .; <., )"::,.~.'"., .~:...., ...,~ . . ~ ,~_:_ ':"" .'~~ 7'; So eloquent. so conscious. And wonderful, positive comments. Susan, you said you wish you http://www. charityfocus.orglbloglview,php?id=2077 6/r13/2q09 �Page 3 of4 l',"· Untitled Document Substantial improvements, which were very modern for the time, were made at Silkville. A limestone fence four feet high was built around the entire place, making a total of fifteen miles of fence. All the buildings were limestone. They built a large cheese factory and creamery, a building for a blacksmaith shop and workroom, several large barns and sheds for stock. A total of six hundred acres were put in cultivation, and five hundred acres of prairie-grass were reserved as hay land. The remainder was used as pasture land that was supplied with water from a dozen artificial ponds. .., For workers, a three-story, Sixty-room stone manor house, 36 by 95 feet, was completed in,1874 where people shared meals in the dining room but lived in separate apartments with their families. It was so grand that the local people referred to it as the "chateau" but de Boissiere preferred the less pretentiOUS name of "phalanstery"--the home of a "phalanx." It was said that as many as one hundred people could be housed there. It had spacious parlors and a large dining room. A library of 2,500 books, the largest in Kansas at that time, was established. Silkville was also a flag stop on the Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railroad. Some Workers Leased Land Some workers were allowed to lease land and build their own homes paying about $10 to $36 a year for a lease to last twenty-one years. This property was diagonally southwest across the field from the main manor house. It was located at the junction of two section roads now known as Arkansas and Cloud Roads. Local People Visited Silkville The first few years, very few outsiders visited Silkville. local people were curious about what went on there. Lem Woods, who wrote an article based on the Fogle family memories for the Ottawa newspaper in the 1930s, described a party held at the commune. He wrote, "Early in the summer of 1874, notices were printed in the Ottawa and Burlington papers that on a certain Sunday, excursion trains would run to Silkville, and everybody was invited to come and see how silk was made. A large crowd came to visit, eat, and dance. They all had a good time and were impressed. Writers wrote about the spacious buildings and the good production of the cheese factory. The orchards were thriving and the vineyards were producing wine. I' II Commune Failed Boissiere was disappointed. His ideas of a commune were not successful. Not enough·associates could be attracted to Silkville to live the communitarian way of life with the coorperative labor scheme. Many associates left the farm. Workers could make higher wages elsewhere. People had to be hired and paid wages. By 1882 Boissiere began to find the competition for silk products from the Orient was growing. Silk could be imported cheaper than his workers could make it at Silkville. The silk industry could not become profitable. From 1881 on, the silk activities were curtailed and only retained on an experimental basis until they were abandoned in 1886. . . . All this caused the philantropist's dream to come to an end. General agriculture and stock raising did continue for a period of time, but it was clear that the idea of a cooperative commune was dead. De Boissiere Deeded Property to Odd Fellows At the age of eighty-two in 1892, de Boissiere returned to Kansas from France. He knew that his idea for a commune had fai.led .. He wanted to devote this Kansas land for the greatest possible good for humanity. When he made hiS Wishes known, many representatives from charitable institutions visited him hoping to secure the property. Representatives of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of:Kansas (p~ http://www.old.depot.museumlvirtual/silkville/ , ., , I :. ' . ' • 6/16/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland ~ .' I '".. . Page 8 of 15 4..... " t' Afriend sent this to me 'a~ci asked I 'read .the entire speech cirid I did, lain 1,-: ", Just briiliant! .. . Ramonita " ~, " t '" . ":.' .' '" : . r' • • ,\ '. . (' .. .' .'" ..: ..' t, I .J tiim~gain ~nd read more of his ~ritings. , '. ..... 'wrote: •..• , ' ".1 ' I. ' ;,, . • .. :1,'," ' ; - : ' : ; ,',' • '. ',I" . \ . ~. . thrilled that I did: I am' newly inspired! I nelier tieard of Paul Hawken's buHwould"gb listen'to C, .Santiago' , ( ....... ;. I.t;. ,', ",':. '. I i ' · ·.. :,' ::.... ~ 1 " . The speech was great and absolutely on point with how our world is functioning ~oda~!~iTti~n'k ~ yo.u so much for posting his speech.Ma~y mor~ should read it. I would go as far as saying all . '. "; ~ _ '" .' I.' t'" ' . '. . ... ~ '. i. ,\;' ... . graduating classes should get a copy.to read. ,', ,• :. ~ • ~, 1. ~ .. '. .' I . t'''"··'',.,,. '. ~.• " ~ ~~ .' ~ - ",: ,,' , (' ,'" • '; • 'Y , , . • •• '. ·1 ,. ... Thanks: Paul for your words. . On May 21, great speech, paul. thanks for your great ~orl.< qver the years, , i ~ , . I \ ," ~ • : . r .,", . " wrote: '.: ~::t t' .. :- . ." ";' ..' # , , . '. : J ,,/'10- . ; ,'" '. ~ ~. ',.r '->. ,:... !..;.": ~., : .',.', On May 21, A message of hope ..... jusfwhat we all'need to inspire us to act. l _ : . . ". ~. . ~ It. t ':" .. tille Cassidy. '" .. ' , "' I. . . '" " t.. "I !i .,..., 1 · \ t' I.. • I ..'_' . .. .~. . ,,: • • ' , f -' . I • tl. ! I'" H' :.,. harvey wa~~rman • '" no ,}ukes, & we'll meet again in Solart0p,ia!!! ~ .. I I' • ~. .' wrote: . . '{ .' • ~" .' . ....', ~ ," • , :,.';. ·.r f ,t ' . ',' • ,.' J '-, . ,.harvey wasserman ,,1 '. \ f' ." .,' I .. ', .: . .,." :"\. :~ On May 22, Hello Paul, Like my friend and colleague Terry LipJ"Qan, who worked'\iVith you in Australia, I Bud Wi/son was privileged to work with you both at John Denver's Windstar Symposia and introduce you .. '~,'.' ""' JU" , • • • ;,-1 r;,. ... , , aUhe Sustainable R.e~ources C9nfere[lceaqh~,Univ.~rs~ of Colorado.' Yo.ur"calr!~rcaring, wrote: kindness; c9mpa~sio.n and actic;>n, is being hearp, ,finCllly! Now; ,as .Michael Pollan (<;ll!t,hor,"ln:' , . ::".1',. .... .. . ',' '-,; ." ',' " ~Defense ofFo~ Clnd other wonderful :b09k~)said ju~t I~~t hig~t:in 89ulder, 90:c.the," ". :: : 'r:nov~ment must, shpw up wjth, int~grity, cqurage"al)d overwhelmi!1g numbers ... ,NPW,ispu,r: ~eep'makingajoyful noise,loud~r.C!nd time! Our president needs us tq !'.. rea~hr!T1e·through OU( I \ . . ", ~. Iquder! you can. ,::; ... work::at?The W~y,of Nature - http:www.satredpassage:com. '.OR call and . A profound set of ideas that should have many-ruminate',on the eternal truth that the Vedic SA/wrote: sages expounded - all creation is interconnected and an integral part of the infinite . ~ .:~' f :... _:. . ' •. omriipresence.'fThis is why they enjoined us to,live our lives doing the least harm .' " , . . : . • -' , " . all forms of creaticin;-and to our environment. I) , ' '1 I . ,.."; . , ~: pd~sibie to:' . .. ~, .:: Ky/eNob/e 'wrote: ' ,. .. ' .-"... ;.... ~ . ~~·"·'.1:"~' : -, .~, ;.~ '.' .",."~' " , (\. ;' :. . ?': '.. '." , ~ On'Miiy 2£ • Martin L~th'er must hMe con~ulted 'rabbinical teachirlgs tob: H~ ...Jrdt~:' . ," On May 22, .J , . ~. give me an assignment! ?03-449-81 00:- tne Earth Hired mea while ago,! ) ': .' '.' \' :' .. '. ,),'t:,::~.~ ,_ ,"I ," " , " \'~,;.:' .... " ':Even if I kneJJthat t6morrowth~ w~~ld'would fall t6 pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. '::'. :an May 22," \ SO B-E IT! .. • . ~ .,", , .,,: " " . ,.~ ~'. •• .1 • ! • Beth Easter wrote: 0" \ . .'~., Subash \ \.. . ,. ,.\.' . ~ ' .. . .,,,' 0 ,~ ;.: 'e'"" .. ' •..•;.' .. ~ .... !!!l!! '. " ",f " ", ........ . " .' .A~einspiring On May 23, . 1- " .' i ,.f. ~ :< \. :':; ,.' '-4 4 - " . '":, . .1 , ,.,., :r.'. - ' .... ',fI,' .~. ~ . .# " '., , ,;r " ' .. ' http://www.charityfocus.orglbloglview.php?id=2077 ~' ' ,i: i".'::'.: ~,. ~ ,. .. " , .:·l#- .,,1 -: t· . 1 ~ ~l·. ,', ~;. -, ... 6/13/2009 �Untitled Document •• : .I'" ," (. ... , .' Page 4 of4 approached de Boissiere about devoting his property to establishing an orphans' home and 'industrial school for the children of deceased Odd Fellows of the state of Kansas. First de· Boissiere studied the constitution, laws, and literature of the order. He indicated that he didn't want to, give the property to the Odd Fellows so they could sell it. He wanted it kept together. Terms were agreed upon and the property was deeded to the Odd Fellow's Grand Lodge of Kansas. According to the Annals of Kansas, 1892, page 138, "May 11, Ernest Valeton de Boissiere, ~renchman who founded Silkville, deeded all his real and personal property, amounting to nearly $150,000 to a trust for founding an I.O.O.F. orphans' home. The gift included a 3,100-acre farm with nine stone buildings, an apple orchard, a mulberry grove and a walnut grove." On June 7, 1894 the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home, designed by noted Kansas architect George P. Washburn, was dedicated. On Oct. 11, 1892 the Grand Lodge accepted the gift and voted to enact a $1,50 per capita tax to its members to support the running of the home. Some members were opposed to establishing the home and legally fought the case. In 1894, certain lawyers believed that the rejection by the Grand Lodge nullified tJ:te original transaction and the title of the property should revert to the heirs of de Boissiere. A long legal battle developed over the ownership of Silkville. L.c. Stine of Ottawa, who was 'a' great friend of d~ Boissiere, and who had gotten him to deed the place to the Odd Fellows, made a grand and noble fight fot, the order. Legal Battle Over Ownership Once the I.O.O.F. had repudiated the gift, ownership fell into the courts. The law firm of Troutman & Stone of Topeka claimed that de Boissiere's Sister, madame Corrine Martinelli, was the heir of the property. In 1898, James Troutman, for $4500, got Madame Martinelle to sign a quitclaim deed to their 'law firm. Litigation commenced and was in the courts for years. The Odd Fellows claimed that de Boissiere intended the property to be an orphans' home and had deeded the property to them, that they had invested $34,000, and that the lawyers fraudulently got Madame Martinelli to deed over the property. The Supreme Court of Kansas on January 9, 1903, decided in favor of Troutman and Stone declaring the original trust deed to'the Odd Fellows was void. On September 1, 1910, Troutman and Stone, Topeka lawyers, sold Silkville, near Williamsburg, for $130,000. ' , ' On April 29, 1916, the Silkville original manor house, valued at $40,000 was partially destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt at about one-third of the original size and used as a farm house. During the 1950s, the John Netherland family purchaed the Silkville Ranch. In 2003 the ranch, still containing the original land, was sold to a Kansas City family, the Bickelmiers. Notes Material within these pages Is the property of the Franklin County Historical SocIety and may not be reproduced without pennissiOn from' FCHS. This website was created by Brenternet Internet Services - brenternet@g@Qevine.net . , http:,//Www.old.depot.museum/virtual/silkville/ ", 'I"'" :.', .. ~. .. " ,,' : .... ,. . I ' . ". l:" I, : .(~ ··t!.~_ :t 611-6/2009 �CharityFocus Blog: Paul Hawken's Commencement Address in Portland , , . Page:.7;of 15 ,:<'.: :,-' ~ ~~ ~'--r .}".~~~... ~.' .:; future: I'm :sure 'we a'wean take ~ 'Ies~on from' Paul's;~isd6,{,·sharEfd'.an(fmaKe a'cifferen'ce<; , i:~ :::~;!' .' ~. . ," . 'Our being 'itseir has .. , ~. .~ ':' l.-..: t.~ ... ,. ,,'~"":': _.f apurpos~;,: ~nd it is t6\:reate a be'tteHutu~e for'ut:and ~u'i ch'l~ire~. , .. ~' of··.. .'f -,', .... 't . . i .•, 1.:, t ,c·~. ". I . . • ....• ~ ~ . " .~ ~. ; :~,:': .~.~.<.~ -'"~ ' .. ' .. " " ....... ... • ip' 'k . ~' . , ··._C~';'::;:,:·:')" .\ I • ". { . ,.'. ... ' " .. :. '>'1'. ."'-:'~: . 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':'].J r-:I;:.:~:. ~. ~ ~U.I..: ,.' .•...... ,. ,,~:, • '_. ' , , - , .;. >: :'''''':.' r-~' l;ii P~tiL .. '(~u w~~'(~~me~.be~ ~e or ~·ay~~.y6~: ;ill:ll ~a~"tt~e\/1C :~/~~.~~su;~~~e'·' ,j .... . . .. : ~;;;':~ , 1 .. ..an yo!:,;, 6~'May 21, ~ ~:: ;"~:<." " .' .:; ~ , .: i'i::':::""~"': : . 4,,-,': I " :~ , ~ "'\,.",.' ""1 ·r. ~Y';""~ .r . .. :...} What a mind! 'Th 7.._} ::. ~ ~'" heart!" >: ..:,"\vVt,'ai'a ~ :.:~' • .. ~'...~,r.~~· ;)"{" . 'Yates wrote: . ~!;:.(:;.: ~ ... ~ ,I) i.~'.,:< ,j \ ~·:t ,,:1" On May ~O, Staggeringlyp~ofo.und:.·~ Louis;)' ...~!, I . J .:' • . '• • 1" ..... '::.':' ., I' Let's get to work guys .... r> '. I' .. 'l~'~;"': :~.;.~",-, ...: ~.") ...........,,\, ; Denver in Aspen Colorado in 1989.and co-produced.a number· of his :'Choices For The Future"! ;. . ',' '.(.' ~ , .'~ ..... - :' • j ....... -!'" -''> .'. Symposia - and am now developing a film -n What One Man Can Do" - inspired by his life. J http://www.donnalipman.col1)/wh.a~onernan.9Clnq.o.html; There is b(,!sic.infq at ~ ,. { : ~~l .'.!, ~, ..... .. , ; :" . .' . .;. WOU,ld love.~to '. ". re~olJnect.. vvit!'l. you.. ,,~ .- " i J)t ~ .... \ 1". ',. . ~: O~. ~ay ; I .1. ,. I ;--+~t"'::\.i " ..... ...-..' t .... ~ t' ..I~' ' . . BEtSidElS: ~ • ~:. ~~. • ~ , . , ...... .. • :"~'~'. l .. ,. ~ "','. : i"· •• " h " . t~.. ;; \0. ',. ~ I , ... ~ • ~.. ~" ' . ,.! r w '. • '.~' . ): ...,.,,J .~ : • . : ... . ! .. ~ th.~:b~ii~i~.~; ~~~: in~~i~i'~~ '~ord~'Pf' p~uJ. H~~~~~ ;is·'~h~ H~'~~'.~' : wrote: heard or seen his address and are inspired, sympathetic, rejuvinated, There is something to :be done by ali of US, however 'Oh'May 21, ~t;' fee.!: . ' '.:'l!< after reading these published comments; that there are millions and millions more who have ,\ : .: ~. ..,} . !, .... '~: ".' .... ;.; . . f. Dee Kelly • • :t" <: ,,~ ~ ~ sOr:D~time,ard, film an in1er:vieVV,as we move Jorward:,ls this.. or 'I . ~. . .' ~h~'nk'y~~ ~~~::. 21, ; '. " • ,'.' ~ po~ibility?-,·el~ss.iQgs T~rry'i~ipf!1an 51~ ~~~ ~7?~'; "1" p' .: ' . : large~or:smali .the action~:::".. ,be, a'partof saving the flJture··1 ., -~: ..:; J,:, ~ .. : ;. .,,: ;-; : ... :-1"": '.':. :.:' : . Thank 'you.P-aul speaking the words of wi~aom~ TotallY agree)vVe h~ve'to'tem~niber that we'· !: :.~ 4 \ . . . . . ., ; ' : • • .~ ~', .~.A. ~~ .. :: . .: : .t, . . . .~. '-;- .- ~~j~ .~ ..':J ,,:. .'"1: • '~".':J ~t:' , ' .. Heikki H have the best youth and children of the Human history right here and now to"solve th'e'me'i,s Attila wrote: of the darkest time of the humanity. There is so much light in everyone of you. Musch more \' .. ' '.: ; 1 j I'\t than in our little star called sun. Thank you Paul agairi'1·,You see the Truth. " On May 21, .~ :,' ,,-." I:' ',t' "" . '.'. ",' ~ 1't'\~ ~"';l:,,: Dear Paul, you have inspired·more)ha'~,th.at.cinei aupieflCe: We: ~~e:~orld~'needed ··i'i":'~,:~· Nancy Kline you. Thank you for being so eloquent anddirect, loving and accurate. I hope to meet you one wrote: On May 21, day and to read everything you have written. With gratitude and admiratio.n; Nancy. Kline ,(Time i To Think) : What a great speech! Leslie Stewart wrote: http://www.charityfocus.orglblog!view.php?id=2077 i \ ; , . 6/13/2009 �_. ...l;Jy. Phyllis M. Jones The Saga of Silkville Lawrence Presbyterian Manor Written at age 78 . I was driving south and w~st of Ottawa, Kansas, toward a destination I knew was not there anymore. The once-thriving community of Silkville was long gone. I knew there would be only ranch land with grazing Hereford cattle, but I wanted to see for myself where this fascinating story had taken place. Just beyond the small town of Williamsburg there was a sign, Silkville Ranch. In the late 1860s Ernest V. Boissiere purchased more than 3,000 acres ofland in Franklin County. He was a wealthy Frenchman who had been banished from France by Napoleon III who thought Boissiere was too close to dissidents and the writer, Victor Hugo, who for a time was also exiled from France. Boissiere had learned about the climate of Kansas and determined it was similar to the silk-producing section of France. He made arrangements for forty French immigrants to work with Americans to promote his silk-producing industry. Workers constructed an elaborate manor house which accommodated one hundred persons who ate at a common table. He established a library of 2,500 books, the largest in Kansas at that time. One writer described Boissiere as a portly man in his fifties who loved books, music, and helping the underprivileged. Silkville was never a town, yet it contained everything necessary for a self-sufficient working community-a blacksmith shop, winery, farming services, and an orchard. It was also a flag stop on the Santa Fe Railroad. Workers planted seventy acres of Russian mulberry trees to feed the silkworms. Later, however, Boissiere discovered that the leaves of the Kansas Osage Orange, commonly called hedge trees, were better food than the mulberry leaves and the Osage Orange better withstood the heat and dry weather. Boissiere obtained silkworm eggs from New Orleans and France, but when he became disenchanted with the quality he procured select eggs from Japan. By the year 1872 the looms at Silkville had a capacity of making 224 yards of silk ribbon a day, and interest in silk products spread throughout Kansas. The Kansas Legislature provided funds for promoting silk products in forty-six counties in Kansas. Boissiere exhibited his manufactured silk products at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia where his products were awarded first prize over entries from allover the world. In time Boissiere began to find the competition for silk products from The Orient was growing. Silk could be imported cheaper than his workers could make it in Silkville. His workers could make higher wages elsewhere, and some of the French women left to marry American farmers. All this and perhaps unsound financial foundation of the industry at Silkville caused the entrepreneur's dream to come to an end. In 1878 Boissiere deeded the land to the Odd Fellow's Lodge in Ottawa and went back to France reportedly with only $205 in his pocket. In the 1950s the John Netherland family purchased the land and it became the Silkville Ranch. Only two stone barns remain. There are a few of the old mulberry trees left, but an obvious attempt to clear the land for grazing left some tall jagged stumps standing like ghosts of another time. As I stood near one of the old stone barns, four young cowboys came galloping on horseback across the l~d and disappeared into the barn. The young men paid little attention to me, though they were not discourteous. Wh~n I posed the question, "Do you know anything about the original Silkville?" their answer was vague and bnef, "Hmmm, something about growing silkworms." ' a ... ,~.., Though-I. knew the name of the ranch caretaker, Idid.not try to contact him. This was again working . land-a land Wl~ a sense of peace and belonging. I came away from the windswept cattle ranch with a feeling --'- - -------" \1' '~~ ~. ~~ , of respect. My only lingering wish was that I knew some of the stories of those who helped Mr. ii~ls~iere -' accomplish his dream. Though the adventure was short-lived, it was a real-life story with all the fascination of the 'fictional "Wizard of Oz." .' ~~ Originally published in The Best of Presbyterian Manors Used by permission �In one of the former issues of The Pioneer we included excerpts from The Point: Walk through time. These excerpts are from that same publication. It accompanies the steps at The Point, a tribute to 150 years of Lawrence history at Clinton Lake. 1866 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Mount Oread, the ridge 0 which KU was built, was visible for miles and was the first major feature seen by pioneers on the Oregon Trail as they crossed the Wakarusa River. With its spreading wind-like hillsides, Mount Oread is the single most distinguishing feature of KU' s landscape. The historic campus forms an urban wall upon the hill, stretching from the open green spaces of Potter lake and from Dyche Hall to Bailey and the immense Strong Hall. Nestled in hillside trees and punctuated by the spire of the Campanile KU's boulevard of buildings forms a city on the encircling ridge. The University of Kansas, with a charter and three faculty members, opened on September 12, 1866. From modest beginnings, KU is a major center for learning, research, scholarship and creative endeavor in Kanas, the nation, and the world. Over the decades, KU has welcomed those who careers have shaped the University, and in turn the campus has cultivated the ideas and ideals of those who contribute to the broad goals of education, research and service. Sponsored by: The University of Kansas 1867 LUCY HOBBS TAYLOR: DOUGLAS COUNTY DENTISTS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN DENTISTS. A childhood dream became a dramatic reality for Lucy Hobbs Taylor. Born in 1833 in Ellenburg Town, NY, young Lucy set her sights on becoming a doctor. Medical schools at the time would not allow women �to enroll. A determined Lucy soon turned hir ambitions towards , dentistry. Lucy, or "Dr. Lucy" as she was referred to by her patients, was the first licensed soman dentist to practice in Kansas. Finding a dentist in Ohio to train her, Lucy learned the skills of pulling teeth and making dentures. When she tried to enter a dental school, she was once again refused admittance because she was a woman. Feeling confident in her dental skills Taylor moved to Iowa and worked with other dentists. The doctors liked her work so much that they persuaded the American Dentists Association to allow her and other women to attend dental school. She became known as "the woman who pulls teeth." At last her fortitude and valor began to payoff. In 1865 she was formally invited to attend the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Iowa State Dental Society in Dubuque. In an unprecedented act, the Iowa State Dental Society amended its Constitution and Bylaws so that a woman could be admitted into full membership. She enrolled in The Ohio College of Dentistry and on Feb. 21, 1866, she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. The faculty in a burst of long delayed effusive praise stated that Lucy "was indeed a superior student and a great credit to her chosen profession." Returning to Iowa, she read a paper before the Iowa State Dental Society entitled "The Use of the Mallet." She had now added another first to her illustrious career she was the first woman in the history of dentistry in the United States to address and present a scientific paper to a dental society. After graduation, she moved to Chicago and opened an office. She fell in 10':'r with one of her patients, a Civil War veteran named James M. TaylQr~ He had been a railroad car painter for the Northwestern Railroad, but after they were married in 1867 she began to teach her husband the art and science of dentistry. Seeking to escape the harsh Chicago winters, they moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where they established the "finest and most lucrative practice in Kansas." �In the early 1880s, they moved their practice to the building that is now 809 Vermont St. Lucy Hobbs taylor was active in many fraternal groups and a participant in civic org,anizations and professional dental societies. Childless, she and her husband practiced dentistry together until his death in 1886. A year later she retired, continuing her civic activities and campaigning for women's rights in the Republican Party. Dr. Taylor was not happy in retirement, and in 1895 she moved her home and office back into 809 Vermont, continuing a limited practice until her death from a stroke in 1910. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence. The Woman's Dental Association of the US was founded in 1892 by Dr. Mary Stillwell-Keusel with 12 charter members, and grew to 100 members in its first year, providing mutual support and continuing education. This association existed until 1898. In 1921, 12 women dentists met in Milwaukee during the annual meeting of the National Dental Association (NDA) and formed the Federation ofAmerican Women Dentists. This organization became he American Association of Women Dentists, sustaining a tradition ofmentorship and support for the common interests ofwomen dentists. Today the organization serves more than 1200 members, and recognizes an outstanding woman dentist each year with the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award. Sponsored by: The Douglas County Dental Society and the American Association of Women Dentists. 1867 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH In the beginning, Trinity Luthery Church was an immigrant church. The rev. David Earhart, the grandfather of aviator Amelia Earhart, tended the small flock before it had a permanent shepherd. The founders first met around a table in the kitchen of John G. and Martha Schmucker, whose ?1 �stone house was on Rhode Island Street. Next they met at Miller's Hall on Massachusetts Street. To build a house of worship of their own, many early members gave sacrificially. St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1867, is the English Lutheran Church was organized by a missionary who returned from Africa, the Rev. Morris Officer. More than likely, the founders included the word "English" in the name of their church to distinguish themselves from another local church where German was used. In the early 1900'S, they changed the name to First Evangelical Lutheran Church, but in 1910 they settled on Trinity Lutheran Church. Resourceful, they engaged the services of John G. Haskell, an architect now known for his work on the state capitol in Topeka, for the stone church on New Hampshire Street close to the intersection with 11th Street. Stone was quarried from the grounds of the University of Kansas. One account suggests that Dr. [Levi] Sternberg gave the dedicatory sermon in 1870. After W orld War I, the fITst edifice did not have enough room, especially for the Sunday School and a larger church was built in 1928 at 1245 New Hampshire St. The congregation made the cherished walk from the stone church to the brick church on Sept. 16, 1928. The Rev. Charles A. PuIs was pastor, and Trinity was known as "the churchly church." By 1930, WREN carried the service over the air; in 2005, KL WN broadcasts the services By the end of World War II, the congregation, characterized by faith and service, had grown to more than a thousand. The fITst ordinand from Trinity was the Re. Dr. Lloyd Eldon Sheneman (1953), and the second was the Rev. Richard I. Preis. The church has a number of carvings from Oberammergau, Germany. Carvings of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are above the original altat. Other carvings include the "Flight into Egypt," two depictions of the Lord's Supper and a Nativity scene. Five windows include the Good tcP �Shepherd, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The organ is a Reuter. New Hampshire Street closed between 12th and 13th streets in order to alow for an addition completed in 1992. In the main church, the communion rail was altered in 2203-2004. "Past, Present, and Future at Trinity," a video history of the church from 1867-2003, is available through the church office. Funding of the 1867 footstone: the children of the Sunday School, a Schaake-Vogel-Heck memorial, the Clifton C. James memorial, with the major giftfrom the Stan W Harrisfamily in memory ofShirley Harris. History provided by the Historical Committee. Sponsored by: Trinity Lutheran Church. 1868 William Allen Pine Came to Douglas County William Allen Pine was born Dec. 16, 1819, in New Jersey and followed his father in farming there and in Maryland. In 1868, at age 48, he moved his family of eight children to the new lands of Kansas, where he settled in northeast Douglas County just outside the city limits of Lawrence. Through five successive generations, 16 have farmed in the area. Presently, agriculture enterprises are in turf grass and a greenhouse. Others of these generations have gone into a diverse number of occupations and expanding the numbers in the Pine family. William Allen Pine died Dec. 6, 1879, and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, where his wife, Elizabeth Browning Fish, who was born Oct. 14, 1826, and died Sept. 14, 1876, is also buried. History provided by Ken Pine Sponsored By: The Pine Family �1874 Gower-Bowersock-Hill Two events in the year 1874 laid the foundation for the economic revival of the city after several years of serious decline. The first was the completion in November of the dam that was to provide the cheap source of power that led to the city's industrial development during the next quarter of a century. The second significant event of 1874 was the founding of the Couglas County Mills (later renamed the Bowersock Mills and Power Co.) By the arriving family of Games H. Gower and his son-in-law Justin D. Bowersock. The latter became 'a leading citizen of the town, mayor, congressman, banker (the Lawrence National Bank), industrialist (the Lawrence Paper Company, the Consolidated Barb Wire Co., and the Bowersock Mills & Power Co.) And a philanthropist who founded and supported, among other city cultural activities, the Bowersock Opera House. Sponsored By: Marcia and Stephen Hill 1877 William Henley Pendleton William Henley Pendleton was born July 22, 1858, in Williamsburg, Va. He came from an old and aristocratic family, whose ancestors helped settle Jamestown. He came to lawrence in February 187. On May 17, 1882, he married Matilda Poehler and they had six children. Mr. Pendleton was a southern gentleman of the finest type, always courteous, affable, modest and unassuming. He was always thinking of others and cared for what was real and genuine. He was an ideal man in his family, caring for both small and large affairs of his children. He was a devoted communicant of the Episcopal Church, and served as �Vestryman and Junior Warden at Trinity Church. He was a loyal and highly respected Mason, holding many offices in this organization. As a citizen he had the best interests of Lawrence at heart, pursuing both the welfare of the community and its future as a hometown and as a center for manufacturing interests. William Henley Pendleton was one of Lawrence's most progressive citizens, revered for his many acts of kindness and charity. He died in 1915. Sponsored By: William B. Pendleton 1878 Lawrence Chamber of Commerce The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1878 and incorporated in 1922. The original Articles of Incorporation read, "the object of this Organization is for the purpose of advancing the commercial, industrial, educational and civic interests of the City of Lawrence." Those same ideals are still pursued 127 years later, as the Chamber and its members continue to promote and enhance the economic vitality of Lawrence and Douglas County. Our organization is somewhat unique. We house four departmental entities within the Chamber: Membership, Leadership, Convention & visitors Bureau and Economic Development. This ensures that our program of work is unified under the "house umbella" and it complements our efforts to enhance our image and effectiveness while representing the business needs of Lawrence and Douglas County. On behalf of our approximately 1800 serving business representatives, we work hard to achieve the goals and the mission of the chamber on a qaily basis. The Lawrence Camber of Commerce advocates for business and community prosperity as it creates diverse jobs; cultivates a successful business environment; develops active community leaders; and promotes the assets of Lawrence and Douglas County. 71 �Sponsored By: Lawrence Chamber of Commerce 1878 The Zodiac Club The Zodiac Club was formed by a group of nine Lawrence Women on Feb. 5, 1878, with the object of studying and discussing literature, art and other subjects of cultural interest. From 1878-1943, Zodiac Club met every Tuesday from October to May. Since 1943, meetings have been twice a month from September to May. Membership includes a mix of town and university women. The number of active members is limited to 30, but the number of associate and life members is not limited. Each year, the club chooses a theme to study. In its early days, few women went to college, so the club provided a continuing education for its members. Generally, a guest speaker initiates the year's topic at the first meeting in September, and at subsequent meetings, one or two members make presentations on Italian authors, history, art, architecture, music, regional foods and other cultural aspects. Zodiac has helped to build both the university and the community. One of the early members was Carrie Watson, the University of Kansas Librarian from 1877-1921 for whom Watson Library was named. Nine other Zodiac members were married to KU professors or chancellors after whom buildings and auditoriums were named. Many others are now remembered with scholarships, professorships or rooms at KU named in their memory. In recognition of the part that Zodiac plays in the history ofKU, the club minutes and other materials are stored in the archives of the Spencer Research Library. To help build the comunity Zodiac donates a children's book to the Lawrence Public Library in . memory of each member upon her death. Topics studied have sometimes refleted interests of the time period. In �1967, Zodiac Club studied Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War; in 1972 the topic was "Woman" when the Equal Rights Amendment was proposed to Congress; and in 2004, the Lewis and Clark Trail was the topic of study during its 200th anniversary. Members discuss potential topics each January and select one in February. During the past 40 years, the club had studied various parts of the world: Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Italy, Japan and . Africa. Topics involving women have included Women Travelers and Adventurers, the Ethnic Women's Voices in the Americas. Literary topics have included Science and Science Fiction, Nobel Laureates, Great Books, Biographies, Essayists, Plays, American Humorists, Elizabeth England, Short Stories since 1945, Booker Prize Finalists and National Book Award Winners. Other topics have included Cities of the World, Kansas and he World in the 1870s and Vernacular Architecture. Founders Day dinners are held every five years, the only time spouses are invited to a club activity. The 125th anniversary was observed in February 2003. The 130th anniversary will be observed in February 2008. Sponsored By: Zodiac Club Members 73 �, ____-~~~""""C:~~~!!!I!l THE\r i.PUBLICAN JUORNA1 omc~al ,Paper of the City. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1877. " DIED.',:, ""_ SHRPHERD"::At the reald4lnee~ of; J; ,,C. Stsele, Clinton.:.Bt 5 o'olock: a. m. Maroh 8th. II[rs. EI zabelh Shepherd,ln the gSt! year of 'her age. .' Mrs. shephei\t was born In Llndoln oounty, Norih Carolina, October 10th, i791., epllgrllted Wiiq, her father to Ohio In 1810: was mllrrled'to J:ollnl;lhep,herd Octobllr.. :ila&,'18!3, ~nd lIame to .][ausaawUh'her husband tn 1860. Tile delltb 01 thiaesilmable woman, following so.snddenly the demISe. of her'hn8balid~ wbo .lied FebrliarY ~1'hlas&, Is a sad and remark~ble occurrence" and w1ll be the, cause, of !leep regret In the vi. clnlty or he, 'r~sldence. '.l;he funeral wlll tajl:jl, I ,pllllle trom the residence of J. C. Steele, attea r o'olock a. m. March 9tb. .' . l -~-~-~ .--~~ , -- -- ,- - -- ~- ---- ~ ------- From the editor: When I was cleaning off some shelves to make more space, I found a folder with actual newspaper clippings from various Lawrence papers. They dated from 1876-1879. They were very interesting as were the articles around them. The following are a selected few just as I found them. I apologize if they are difficult to read, but they are worth the effort. I am happy to share them with anyone who has an interest in the person. -----.- �~~----:.------------ .. ---------.. -;:-'a I){,{J; . -k (H) I). - ~:~' ~J<~n};,~), :;~;~~:,~!)'M~}\ni\:r(,~,·;) C5t;at o~ t~ePi~;d~n;[f{ day of ;;;:~""'iVJ>~ i~ t~~ y~ar of our lord Z; 18 _Ci ..'L..- . --A hui~Ja17 k?~~-1J d were by me u17 ited i17 ~4\~JM! £.1I£~ I~ i A\ G Jlffi~~ .1 \ \' _-.-----------J; �LAWRENCE STANDARD. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14,1879. · "- Five',veeKs ago tb-day,Mr., :~nd:Mrs' . Da'Lee;'" wi'th~ tIieir iittlegirl six.,'. yeai's II .. .. . .old, left' foi" Col,orado, if PQssibl~to r~- 1 .cover· hmllth"hom' 'th~ 1ll0luit:tin .air I (Lila', ex'ercise.' 'fhey we.nt to 'Colb'~'ado I' , 8pd~~g~, th~~lC~' ~o . Manitol~, an,d soo,n I af,tel:,toOI(.a t,l'lP to .Leadville .'m ~he~r I ,'own conveyance. Upon the return ' : from this trip Mr., Da Lee. was tltlfdn I :iiI at'1:'\Vi~l:'IJtke~~ and O)f th~' iilll~ they ! arrived.'a;t Colorado SpriilgS 'was ve'ry !si~\r.' B'y l:~que~t O{'M.l:. Kim'neelY' l~ · 'bi'othe'rl,to Mitlor' kr;hilcdY; of tilis city, 'they ",{'eIlt':tcY;his hO~ls'e ''ivIH'lre''e~ei;y ,,• I I . ~. .' . .' , ; 'possible kindness 'was' shoWll. "Mr. Da ; T~'tJels 'd.'ise~se was' consuIllptiO'll' oCthe , 'J,)c:i{\i els, iti\d liO medicrile coril~ "r'eligYe I~t: i'He',g'l'acltlalI:y'failM, 'aild on'e'week "ago")\~stei'd:lY' (Mond1ty)'~ at' 8 (j;clodk passed quietly, 'a'ncJ;'ai)p:"n'~iitly IJ:tinres's: I iy;:~dvay. ffhe blo\y',vas verY'nnexpe<:teci i '~o· ivIt'S .. Da . Lee, ariU' 'foi' a 'ti!h!3 conl~ · 'pieteiy 'pi'ostrat'~'d' :I\~r;: 'Mi': w;t,\V', , : Cockin~': was' 'with 1;1r. Da. 'Lee ih'tlis I Ids't"hburs:"']1r:: anclMrs.'W. N: IIall : 'teIegra~hedinMi:s: ' Da ' rjee '. tiiat they ~ · 'voultl b'e'\v'ith !lei-'and accomi)'any her".; 'self iillci! sick' husbaild home.' 'l'lidele-'I gi.'itrii ,vas 'riiislaid; ajld Mi's. ~)a Lee left ; .COIOl;~d<? Spr~.rigs for. I~~)me.; \Vitl~' the: 1 ,I body' of' her' husband oile day before . : 'Mf'arid:Mi's:'Hall ai'rived t11ei'e.' Mrs'. I I Da!r~ee's tickets' WeI:~' at Denv~r, bilt'; . J sIie:'iriis' 'Itin'dlY' passtlcl.throu:gIi' trH~ , : /t./.'1'.: IL~;, ~:'F~ .~?aci withoilt troil1,>Ie. : , 'The funeral services were held last, · Tli{li's'd'ay a:ftebi~on;' and were largely: ' ":~ttelMed'attlie Baptist church, ohv'ilich I '''::JivIt}:'D:t'':Lee' '~ilS a ~ember~' The 1''0" ( pla.ins we:ri buried in Oak' r~ill Ceme- ~ f'tery; ., ., .... ' . f ,./ A"j)'rief extl-act from the funeral 8er- . ! mOil'l:iy l~ev; A: C.Peck will give a fail' • 'idea 'of Mr.])a Lee's· 'standing as a citiI zen·: 1- 1:')' I' . . ' . , ~I 1 I , f '.' 'I'he J,oate, Mr. ,\.. G •. n~,I,~e. , Mr. A. G. Da Lee was born ,in Wash'.Ingt~l; 'CO~lljty; N~,w York;' AugtistH, ' ~8~O, fUld.died a~ ColOfitdo S!}lings; C~l.,. 'j ,..A~l~u~t f, 1871), h~ving l~early completed, , his fifth-ninth year. He had lived in "Michigan and i~' C;tiif~rnia. In the 'i.'~tter stli~ei .I)e, ~~~nt sev~n~1 yel~~'s in . the,mines during the early period of the gi:eat gqhf e?,6i~,ement. At San ]<'ntncisco he took his first' lessons in pho-" tog~ailh·~'. rie 'c~t~e to Kansas in 1858, ; anJ:s~t!l~d in'. Ll{wxence, }vhere he Illlir.r,~~~ Marq,a Lam~l!-' a sister of W~JH. ,Lam.~lll, in, April, 1860... Aqh!3 time of the Qualltrell raiu Mr. and Mrs: Da Lee w;er~ liy~ngi!1, ,a,lioufi~' 'th;it stood'wl~ere ~y ood ~~ard's :' ROl!nd Corner". now .~~an?S, J}1r .. Da.Lee \Viis taken pri.~9ner I . and led down.stairs .to the.uoor, where. , l~;' r~;fi1<;n shpt h(in: .The l;)ltllpa~sed ; .tlirpl?is!},: hIS ,neck, ,~nd for some I,lio- , ments he lav stunned upOli the floor .• I lHter\vm:us il,e n~ade liis,way up s.t~irs, : . but I}~s ;wif~ h~d ~one down into pIe, t ~ baek yaru another way. He went to'1 ;. t~le);Wjri.do~ ,~n~:~appl'd ,~p#" it:,'al/d i i..t)\~i~ f~ll fainti!?g t? the, fI?or,. 1>~rs. : ,p.i)-, Lee,ra~~ .uw~tairs,and by great ef!'prt )wcqe,e.q~d.in getting her h~sban~,down " ! ~ng: ou~,<?~ th\l b~lr!}i,n,~ b~il~ilJgJnt,<? the ,(b~c)(, y'~J;c~. ,A~.h~~ 9":1~ requflst Sll~, le1~ , ;11i,~~..l!art~ally., f,9!.\ce\l!\,d, in ~<;»n.e, w,e~ds, ;wh,ll,e I:\h~ ~,en'~i\t!\\,l,tx,toYrev~J?tattra~.t­ ,~Il~ ,l.t,JIX: of ,the Ipurde.roV,5; f?apg to, t!le .I ,sp.,~t ";,I~er.~: hill' wQ,u.nd.lll1lnl~bapd ~t~y. I , " Hr . .1J,\l L~e, f,ortunat,ely esc1\lJ~d £9-'1' ·ther injury, and in about live weeks reI covered from his wOUJ~l1'., IIe'contii{i.;ed III ,:, '. " .• rP~~,I?JlOtog~apl.J business ,OIL. tl}e san~e corner during war, and much of the 'ti'm'e I~aci. all he a'nd four or five assist'ant's couiddo~ . As time' w.ol:e on, tile occu'p:itioil told upoi/lii's,heIilth;:i~{d ile l)~lrchased the place on ii{;;llH';sse~stl:e~t \vi,t~;I~I\e h~ten'~~oil of l,n{tl\ing:fruit ~a'i's, hlg·it 1.)l~si,lless.,Twelve.y,ears a~o,:pn ! ,the first of next October, they moved to : \1.t&'Pl~~ILt}lq~e~: __ .'_C .. _ _ _ ~ . , ' .: j ';;' I,. 'I . ., 'I,' t on : ", ·".~n alit-he relations of life our urot.ll!lr showed ,the diguity o[ .manhood and the consistellcy' of iL 1. ~!~rf~iihli.:. !~. ?~V ~l;~.li have stl'iveit 1'lOl'e scdlilpusi 'ly or sllc~eeded lIIore flllly in rOllnding Ollt "the' I' 'nianY'sideU comjlietClicss of manly, clmr'LCt.er;' , . ). !A~,<L cit,izen·I scarcely need speak :of him. Hi's I long residence in Lawrence has brought hilll into I j ) ; ; ; . , social and business relations wit-h the entire COlll- ; l; l~ll~ll~itr?he~i.IHl.has~had ~clltl1.re. yw ?piI,lion ~ha~ l~~n,le with ; I deahngs have received aughtl, ,Wh~lI! : else, 1,I1'an killdness;' thlelit,y,' 'alid justice. at his,l ,;hailds ... -He.was remarkable for tlie promptiless I, ,y i9! r'(Vhi~I! ,h" ptet, hi~ engagelllents.. HIs sense' : of justice Wt.L~ sl{ kecl~,fha.t, I,te 1l9t ,Ullfl:?q~?il,tlY tUl'lIed away applicants for his pro[essiOli<LI 80r-'! vices, saying that he-conld not"ICC(,'nllllodate thelll and. at UIe'same time,fuitill his Ill'omise Uijirevi-. <,lUS 1l;t,IjI'Q\lry. ,Duty ever. ,t\tqog, .high<;r ;-nth 11il1l , than a.!ov,e of gain. To ~hc honor of his 1111I1lC' an\!'Lhc praise 'of' I:is ItlJI'lioi'Y be it said. he:n;)ver b'mve'd l to the 'god' 'of' tIllS ''''01'1<\' 'nor silCli'/iced ,pi'inci!llc upol\'Lhe altar of Mamlllon: Uving, in I :~ CO!'1nll)llity not falllous for it.~ commerCia) !lOnOl'; 1,\111. w~1. ne,ver ?9ntamina,t.e(~ .uy its lo,~ Blonds, and has lilllshed hiS career Without the Slightest taint .' of fraud or doubtful priictice, or even 'susliicion, . ! resting upon his reputation, The reco)'(Ir@'~iii.~I ,Citizenship, is stainless; . He walt,c<V'iiJ white I a;n'iilstalt die C~lTuptions_uY-Which' lie was en-' v!rotieU; mi\i'if i{e hai(-done noUn',g niore, this I 'aloite:would liaye proved' the Suprelllacy of con.' sciimce in his:character, I j I �lll(III,--lIIII!'do-IIIIO--' w neu ~ney Klle w lUj w:t.l> Oil' lL Ul' un K;-,["""',...,""'=rr-r"""r-.,..."......,.....,..,...,.."....,.....,.,...,.,o;""''''''''"i'rnl cumUl'"" II' IIIMllIt!!"IT:u'~L•.~.a..m.,'""I:'l'!',,.I"'m' .u,'m' u.ol!"'l.~JJ,,!"rm,"',o!!'l:"'.,,!m' m '.""--d lJu 'sent in for the hors~ and took it back ed that Wl\~ wlll~t he wan~e?; said he Luce jumped from the wagon, aud fired do do 7 ( 'hom,e. Gle:tson complained that' his wanted a.lIlckel s worth of It: I gave fOllr more times , but at the same time do do ( do do 98 ( people had "gone back on him," and the him a little over :U~ ounce of arsenic.; it the whole party opened upon him, firing do do 10 ( ," do do 11 feeling might have inspired the drunken was wrappeli up 1II ye 11 ow wrapplllg nineteen times from shot guns loaded do do 12 (( delusion that he could be revenged by paper; I labeled it "arsenic," and nnder with buckshot. One' of Lucc's balls tlo do 13 ( do do H ( taking his own life. Then it was easy it "poison," with lead pencil. He took struck a man named Kelso in the leII', do do 15 ( enough to get poison somewhere under it away with him. He did not pay for another took the tip off of one man's ~~ ~~ W : do do 21 10 Prete, nse that he wanted it for a legiti- it-said he had no money. It was in ear, and one went through the coat do do ,( m,,ate lmrllose. Possibly the poison was the forenoon that he got the arsenic, skirt of one of the party. Lllce was do do ~2 , do do 2a ( taken by mistake, but that is not at all between and 10 o'clock. I did not see probably hit by the first shot fired at do do 24 , ~ him again alive. him, but continued'firing until his we,apdo (10 2' Int, Probable. -clu tlo 25 Gew Coronel' Monis is ahscnt from the F. 'V. Wieman sworn and ex:tmircd. on was empty. One buckshot went in do do 20 ( city and .Justice Chadwick served as Am'it tobacconist in the city. Knew his mouth, coming out of his ear, and ag ~ The following deceased in his lifetime by sight: never two others entered the left grOin, olle do do 29 28 lilt. C oroner in his stead. 'do do (1 CIlI Jury was summoned: Albert Knittle, knew ,his name. Yesterday, mOl'lling passing flireetly in, the other going up dn do:Jl , J; P. Hoss, John Hume, .J. P. Estes, about ten, or a little after, I went into and in and lodging in his legs. A shot :l~ a~ ~5 ~ saloon of Herman Vornholt, and as T from a revol vel' tore his right hand to tlo do 34 ( S amuel Watts, and, IS. H. Carmean. do do 35 ( 'rhe jury met and examined several stood there, :Frell Stisser, the bar-keep- pieces just as he had the drop on Sheriff dll do 36 ( witnesses. rrhe following testimony er, told me auout deceased having tak SIllitll, of Woodson. "rhis knocked his ~~ ~~ ~ IlIt:1 wils elieitetl: en something' in his beer, and he show- hand up, :ll1d the bullet went up in the ~~ 3~ lleJ~l , Dr. A. l~ll11er swom: I am City J'hy- ed me the paper amI the substance in air. },Ilee was brought back to l~redodo do' 41 tI sieian. H{lve viewed dead body of de- it. Gleason was not 'in at the time. Ilia, his wounds dressed, and, although ~~ ~~:~ ~ do tlo 43 Int, ceased. I have learned that his name 'rhe substance was a white powder; he oegged to be allowed to remain here, dn tlo 44 (Jell( was Michael Gleason. I was called to the paper was of a yellowish color: on was taken on to Humboldt. 'rhe affilir do do 41 ,I see a sick man in Clarke &, Glathart's the paper was marked with a lead pen- created a great deal of excitement, of a~ a~!~ ~ st!lble. I went to see him about 10 cil," Arsenic'" "poison," one under the course, and all sorts of rumors are rife. ag ~g gy ~ o'clock this inorning. I found him Iy- otlier. I went to the tahle where the It is gener:J.lly believed that the vigido do 63 ~ ing there, and on examination found he har-tentler told me deceased had sat lantes are out in full force, and that ~~ ~g g;: lilt." do do 67 Gell' W ',;s , very near death: He did die in when he took the substance, and 1 Luce's men, who had his stock, will yet do do Il8 d ten or fifteen minutes, while I was found on the floor neal' the table some be heard frolll in connection with an do do 59 d there. He was past speaking and made of the same substance that was ill tlte aerial dance a~ the end Qf a rope. Sev:l~ ag :;g Jllt,~ no answer to my qmistions. I inf}uired paper. 'J'bere was aiso a piece of eral remarks were dropped by some of do do Gen, do tlo 61 (12 d lis to Ins symptoms, &c.; was told that string, still tied, of a reddish color, on the pllnming party which would war,10 do 63 tI he liad bedl lying there for ahout 24 the Hoor, which I picl{ed up and gave rant this belief, as would also their en~~ ~~ ~ n~~it tire llisregard of the cattle llrivers. do do h' ou' rs', tluit he was intoxicated w, hen to Mr. Stisser. 'do do 65 00 dtI he came there, the day before. They The jury arrived at the fo I lowing ver- Luce was very anxious to remain here, do do 69 d stated also that he was in the habit of di<1~ investigation taken for the peo- ami seemingly feared that the end 'was ~g 3~ i~ coming there while drunk, and lymg pie of the State of Kansas, at the staille not yet-that he would be taken out 3~ ?~ ~~ Illt. d there until sobered up; said he had of N. S. Clarke, on New Hampshire and hanged lJefore reaci/mg Humboldt. do do 73 llen~ been y6miting. lie died in a very few street, in the city1lf J~awrence and the do do 75 d , I county of Donglas, on the 3d day of )'o'st Office Curiosities. ~~?~ ~~ minutes and I did not inquire furt leI'. August, A;D.1870, before Charles ChadThe ordim,try run of mortals are not do do 78 d 1 tIlougilt it IH'obable, from informa- ,viek, a Jusliee of the l'eace in and for do do 79 d . tl'18 a Ilsence j'TOlU ae()lIainted wHh the mysteries and eurido do 79 Jnt ' .thin received from uystanders, and the the said COllnty, III do do 80 (le"l~ , the cOllnty of Dr' I' " "101'I'I'S Coroner ositles of the internal macliillery of II d •. ..,. J,l , , do 0 80 Int., sy mpt()l,ns, that he died from poison. upon the view'. of the body of, one POtl\; oflice, and it it! well for them that do do 81 Gelle nis vomiting, his lips being t!wolen, MI'cll,"el Gleason. then amI there lyillg ,I" do B~ lilt d' , , they !1re not, as therehy consHIeralJle do do 8~ and other symptoms indicated to me dead, IIJlon the oaths of Albort Knittle, ,10 tin tH UOI;(: , , IT . C'arllleaH,.'J' () I III 11 ,lillie, •'J 0 I III 'I'.Oi:;tl, worry and COllfllSioll is escaped. .A: I 8t 1111." that he had taken SOlllO poisoHouH sub- S. do '" , 'rJ t ' I t I ave Samuel Watts, and J. 1'. ]~ste!:l, good brief interview with the mailillg clerk, ~~ ~~ ~ l;:11:~ stance. lOse symp oms IllIg'l I anrl lawful lllen of the t!aid COUllty, thili lllorlling, at the' ],/Lwrcncu post W..kal'usa 'fowlIshlp, ]Jell II been lll'ought about by whisky. lIe who, being dilly tlWOl'll to !lHjuire,on}he oUice revealed a condition of things Gl'Ulit do (l~"e , Had no appearance of a disease of any part of the people of the :state of h,ltll- that will be of interest. '1'hero are ~;l'Ulit t ~o ~~Clill he see, med, to bea strong, vigorous sas into all the circumstances attclHIi~~~:::r.t~~ :I~ I)~;i~ k' ind', , , ing the death of said Michael Gleason, now about tiny letters in the 110S t otlice Kallwaka. do (lp,,!: mall· If there was poisoning, It was ,"IIC\ Il' Y \vllOm the same was Ilroduced, I tl t . I k' d t' Kanwuku do Delh lCre ta are valli y as lUg a es lIIa- C(1',l ilonttOoUo d(I',») (1}'~C'I"ler SOlu'e irritating corrosive poison. If he a'llcl in what manner, and when and tion. These letters have accumulated the day Ilefol'e it where the said Michael Gleason came to lIIal'ioo do Gene ll a(} taken arsenic , \' I tl d tl' tl f within the llast two ,or three days M ' do Uelll 'would be about the usual time liS (ea I, 0 say upon· lell' oa IS:t orewl\~~:~ Springs do U; .. ~ , , 11 said. that Michael Gleason, on the ild though the accumulation usually aver- WlJlowsprlngs do lIelli "for death to supervene;' genera y 'day of August, A. D. 1870, in tho county ages only about fifty a week. Hllnnillg Palmyra do Geot' ~eq' uires abo'ut twenty-four hours. aforesaid, did voluntarily mix and min, I tl l' t tl f I I ' l'almyra do Delli , ,Dr.V. W. May swo'rn: I examined the gle a certain qnantity of white llrselllC, throug I Ie IS, Ie 0 oWlllg are a EElllldtl°Olr'aa ddg 1\1' 1 I GI tI I tJ few of the directions, leaving out most . I h deceased in C91l1pany with Dr. Fuller, t e saH IC Hle cason len am lere state of }(I\nsas........ : .... " knowing the said white arsenic to be a of the names of the persons to whom City of Lawrence. genel'lll I'll and agree with his statement. lean say deadly poison, in a certain fluantityof the letters are directed: 'Cedar mbits, Ulty or I.awrence, Interest fl further that deceased seemed to be suf- beer and the said Michael G eason did Kansas; Holon Berg, Kansas; Mr. Wil- 2i~~ l::;:::~~~: ~~;c~~~::~ and there, to wit: in the city of City of Lawrence, sidewalk I f' erl'ng g'reat pai~l in the region of his then' las on liatn M ge, kansas Stewart Osa qunmo Cit Y or EIIdom' , .... , ...... ,,, .-sto'11a'·cl'-I' alld bowels. I was impressed L "awrence, an d coun t y 0 f D OUgl, • the said 2d day of August, A. D. 1870, (the letter, when deciphered, r,ea,d,s 1\<lr. Iodlvi'duall'edemption accOl Asslgoment 01 county cel'tift, with ,the 1'dea th a t h e was suffering from drink and swa)low ~he poison afo~·eE.aid, 'Villiam M. Stewart, Quenemo, Osage COUlJty school 1\llId"., .... '" severe, corrosive po, is on ; these pains so as aforesaId 'mIxed and mmgled, C'OUllty, Kans,'\s)', "Kelldoll, Wlliteh,all Normallustltute tund""", . I b db f which he be J1J, Redemption of county certll: wOlild 'indicate it. I formed the OPlll- w lere y an y reason 0 . - 'Uo,. Kansas', Begg Rock Co., Kan Gill Uouoty genel'al lund ,'" ,. ' It d f ca'me sick and distres~ed III his body; ,Orders or other couotles" .. iori that death resu e rom corrOSIVe lind the said Miclu~el Gleason on the Big Rock, l{ane county, Ill.); Eaxville pOisoning" '. 2d day of Au~ust, A. D .. 1870, did (Co. P,ost Office, Cansas; Onel creek, OVEUDRA1 : N. S. Clarke sworn :tlld exanlllled: I die of the IJolson aforesaId, and of Kansas; Yemenien Sehswick Co. (Ger- School District No. 56 , , .. do do 56" .... sickness, and distl~rbance there~y , C C \v t do do 61, .. , .. am kecpel' of the stable where deceased the occasioned' and so the Jurors aforesaid, mania, Sedgwick 0.); ouper, es en do do 6I!, .. ,,, died. I first saw deceased on Monday llpon their 'oaths aforesai,d, say that t,he Co.; Secretary of De1!:ovin Lodge 85do ,do 74 ..... , "11' 'ruesflay; he came there with his saitl Michael Gleason, tlId voluntanly 577 Hog and H. M. Dekoven; none State school land fuod, , ; , , , Balance 10 tl'easllry, , , , . , .. , horse; he wa!lted his horse fed, but said kill himself in manner and form as Valnut, Benton Co., Ka~sas, North f 't I put his aforesaid.' . . ",:he had no money to pay 01'1. In witness whereof the saId Jurors Amerika (from Denmark); Hev. Fr. COUNTY TUEASU -,: horse up. His'lion came for the,horse have hereunto set their hands this 3d Hyacinth O. M. Capuc, Herzog Kansas. LAWRENCE, KANS, I hereby cert,I1y that the on Wednesday or Thnrsday. I saw him pay of August, A. D. 1870. There are many more with directions sta.temeot of the several ~ again on the afternoon of the same day' , AI.BElt'l' KNI'l'TLE, ;\S obscure and curious. Of course there connty treasury on 'the 28th the \Jest of my knowledge a Ilad 111's hOI'se saddled, and S. CARlIIEAN, . f d' • T .H. P. Ro "s C,"11 , OL he Cl;nle. H • s, • lJe no systematIC manner 0 ISCOVsaid he wanted'to go out home. e SAJllUEL 'VA'fTS, ering the intended destina.tion of postal , ut his horse, 'oii~ntgJg~_ _ _-,--_...I.. ~T..:e. 'P",:·REa:R'I'I:1:.lR.~~,_ _ _..J.";;':'~:";'_ _ _";'_ _ _ _ _IIIIIIIII_"'''IiII_.....''lIillliil.- ° :lg : :g 3 a g:ii: gf �. .CH .. I • '-= t . _ WEST,ERNi'RQ tiE, JOURN J,t \ LA WREl'!,CE NOV., 16,1876. ~r""',""",----:,-::-.<"',,;-,;7".-r-~:......::-:~:::;~;:,=,,=,:~-:;,::.:!:-~n ~~,' ":'", ;-~~~. , Obltuary;':,"-'1, ",I; , I '1' ' fl. ~.~.......,.', . ~ . ,,' ..... . .. ".!... I., ~' , : , Mr. ~i1liam Bell "was born .in ,~~rD; , , ,AlbanYoounti. Ne:w',York,:in 180(t.:.IHe , . (' '1 " .. -_ ' 'received a good common sohool':;ednca~ t "ion; and ,in, his.earlY.: nia~hood.':w'li~ ifor . 1 . .,' , • I several -years a t'e,ache~., ~~'" 18~8. : he' \ i moved to Albany,' where he, learned th'e I I ca~p~n'er!8trade which'~~,:w'9rke4!<or ; <'eight YeSrs. I "• , ' """ , ' i',-"'" v ~ I " ' t . ."- . ~ .. , " I I .. ,J • , .. ':,' In 1829;he married Miss Sarah Mosier, : " ,aI;ld in .i8~7; th~yl,lDo~eh,O: th\;" ,then'~er~' 1 '~itori ~f Wi8oonBiD,'making,their~bome .i~, it "W~l,wort~! "Walwor~b ,c(>unty., ,!I~,',W~,~, ' 'ali active part:in'all the interests ',oUown 8nd'Bta~e, I,lelng the fi~s~ 'ja'~tic~"o{ th~ peaoe, (which'-offioe be "held' for' 'sixteen ~ 'tears,) , the', firs' postmaster. for four'~en' I ,year~ and the ,fire~ C0!l0ty assess!>,r. ',' , 1 d , 'In 1847 he wa'e 'Il melnber ,of the :'000, j ~ at .' -j,. • :. i J. , __ ' _ _ _ • • ••. - _~:-~ ._'_"'_~-':_~':~ .:-_~_J ventioo whioh formed, the State consti- ! ' tn;i~n. , ' ", " , ,. " He wa's a man' of marked, character, firm and earnest iii Ilis 9piniona; azealous lover of Ii~erty, ,and an iildep~n!leot Ihioker both iii regard' to' religiC'n and politics, " ' ':; , ", , During' the ,war he', was' Joyal an~'PG~ 1 trio tic, ' Two sor.s fell in the Union cause. 1 In 1870 hemovbd to Lawrence. Since I he has be,!ln here he has been paiticulhly interested in riming fruit. IT'e was a ! member, of the Horticultural Society, in, the meeliol\8 of, which he'wa~ always i,r.~. ,teres,ted, 'and often took an aCll,ve, part. " I' 1;hree years, Bgo he ha.d a severe sickness from which it ,was not thought h" " could recover. He was not afraid' to 'die;: 'but' earnestly expressed,' 6 deeire-: t" I live' his three scorA' ,.and ,tea years. I and, especially to see the Centent:lio.l yea,r, ; , .. His, wish, was gratified.: HiaBeveot~ , years' were completed, tbe ,gr!lnd n'ation.: 'al'exposition was drawing to its 'cl~sE', ' ~ben' disease laid 'its tatllihaod !up'cn,' him.' From the first he ,did no' .t~iok. ' , :thatpe,'sh,ould recover aDd. talked with" ; his ,family, ; calmly_ and hopefulof~'the' , ,f~(u~#: l.;Hter'Bq!s~re~si,ri'll ~ick!le,~:l' ?~ ~ ~I I 'httle less'than fivewileks h'e passed away' 'Weiln'es'day' ;llilol-nilig, N av. 8,h: He, , leaveS'a" wife' Eilidseven ohildren to ,'r;J,lourn hi~ death: 'B. It I I I I -:":-'::='-::".--:-:==:.....~',_~i _~'_",I , �~lte !laity ~'olttl.tal. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. Death of Mrs. Geol'"c A.. Reynolds. Death of llelll'Y Leis. I Tbe announcement yesterday morning of We clip from the Parsons Daily Wonder the death of Henry Leis, was received with of last Monaay the following notice of the surprjse by tbe whole community. His death of Mrs. George A. Reynolds, whIch death was very sudden. Monday evening will be read with sincere regret by the . h~ was on the street and appllrently ill. many friends and· acquaintances of the ' - good healtb. All Qay Tuesday he comfamily in this city, where they rcsided for ' l?lained of feeling unwell, but was up a .several years: . - .~ portion of the day. About eight o'clock Mrs. Reynolds died at her late residence in tbe evening bis symptoms became in this city on Sunday, at 2 :30 p. m. .Her decease was not uncxpected, and yet wlien alarming, and a pbysician was' sent for, a good man or woman dies thc community who at once pronounced it congestion of mourns, the family circle is broken, friend~ tIte brain. He lived only about fifteen grieve, and society acknowledges a loss~ I minutes ~fter the physi~lan arrived. Mrs.:R. has been sick over a year, with. varying vicissitudes of gradual improve: \ Mr. LOIS ;was born III New York city ment and sudden relapse, her friends shart J anuar~ 22, 1837, Ilnd was .therefore in IllS ing in alternate hopes and fears of a. per-. I forty-thm! year. He came to.Lawrence in manent recovery or a rapid dissol~tion. ' I 1855,. and worked on the old Hel'llld of For several days shc lay unconscious, seem- I : EreedQm as a printer, At the breaking out iligly without pain, aud whcn her final . of llie' war he enlisted ill the Second Cologreat change came she died as undisturbed and peaeefuly as an infllnt drops to slccp I rado Cavalry, and served witb tbat regiin its mother's arms; as if the good angel ment-during the entire war. He traveled had come hIS long journey upon tbe brightexten,sively in Mexico, New Mexico; Ariest of Sabbath days, purposely to rewlll'd I zona, and Texas, and was' able to speak and recognize her. sclf:sacrifieing, loving, Spanish quite fluently. ' •. , and forgiving spirit. t Mrs. Reynoltls was the eldest dau;,hter I In,1865 he was married to Miss Rutb E. of .Col. W. R. .Judson, of Elmira, N. Y., a [-- - HQ~chinson, who still survives him. They highly -honored aud esteemed eitizen of bad .five Children, only two of whom Ilre , that city and State, now in actvanced years now living, a son and daughter, aged thirand feeble health .. She was married in ! teen and eleven. 1856 to MHjor G. Hcynold~, amI soon thereIlfter came with him to Kllnsas Territory, Mr. Leis was for a long time foreman of aLd settled in Lawrence, and was consct~le KansllS State JOUIINAT" and has at one questly one of the earlier pioneer women hme or another been connected with near-' of.Kansas. ]<'rom 18(j0 to.1865 tbe family I Iy every office' in' the city. During the resided at Port Scott, arid duriug all the days. when, Lawrence boasted a printers' 1 dark aud troublous days of lhe border war Mrs: Reynolds rcmained with her family union. Henry was its finanCial secretary. and shared in the trials and dangers of those He was an open, free-hearted man who eventful years. Hcr:·house iu Port S«utt I while he bad bis faults, had mahy virtues: was noted for its hospitality, aud her ge, which far overbalanced them. nial and generous spirit gave a cordial welThe funeral was attended, yesterday afcome to all. Prom 1865 to 1869 Mrs. Hcynolds resided almost continually in the ternoon, from the fllmily reSIdence on In. Indian Territory, her husband being Ull~t­ diana street, G. W .. W. Yates, D. Evans, cd States Agent of the Seminole Indians, Geo. Pord, Mr. QUllntril, Mr. Spaulding, Here the sllme contented Illld self-sllcrific- I ') and ~. J. Phillips acting as pall bearers. II ing. disposition was shown that always The remains were interred at .Oak Hill charaterized her. Here in tbe wild woods Cemetery. . that environ the trontier IndJan post of We-wo-ka, a hundred miles from civilization and white settlements;her now only living son was born. In 1871, Major Reynolds removed to Parsons, where their family bave since resided. Tbe good woman buried to-day had ·two good characteristics, and lthese. certainly greatly adorn a complete and perfect WOI11Ilnhood, personal self-sacrIfice for the COllfort of others"and unbounded affection and devotion to her family. The best of' nlothers, the most generous and devoted of 1 friends, it can be truly said, was given to , the earth parent to-dIlY. She sleeps well I and sweetly by tbe sidc ot the' bright boy, ,Georgie, she loved so much: (The family that mourn tbe loss of a devoted wife and the noblest of mothers are Major Geo. A. Heynolds, Mrs. Dr. Kleiser, Burton, Rosie, , and Ollie. . ,. , Hev. Dr. K~ys, of the, Presbyterian • Cburch, conducted the funeral serviccs, at 13 p, m" at the house, and a large assembly ot. friends witnessed their kind l'emelllbrance and affectionate regard for the deceased. . _ ._ I i I ( I I 77 . " I �second day, witll one hundred and sevCli students enrolled and only four ausenteesi In order to give the students the best pos! sible advantage it was thought expedient To-Day's local Notices. to make, besides the usual grades "A;" "B" "c" iwo divisions of the "B" clftss· The larp,'cst, Illle~t. nud plulllpest Apples as 'tile ~II\SS of teachers belonl!'. to/that. in the city, eitlwl' li)l' cooking or eating, grade. , can be found lit Wortbington's.. Everything seems to be gliding along smoot!Ily and pleasantly uOller Ih~ efficieDt Elegaut Black Silks at Hunt's. management of Prof. McClou~h and his White Goods mllrked down at Hunt's. able corps of instructors. Mrs. Hoffman'S reading clnsses seem to Bunting nud Grenadines al Hnnt's. be well pleased with their in~sLrllctor, "for," as one of them said to-diiy, "we hnve so Chellpest Embroideries at Hnnt's. much fun down there." (The first two 01' , Linen Lawns. pretty and cheap-IIUDt's. three days of lin institut~ nre employed by the teachers in greeti/g Ihmr friends and Balbriggan Hosiery, 12~c., at niint's. forming new acquaintances; and the Su~ , ents' Gauze Vests, 25c., nt Hunt's. perintendent appricinting the situntion, ;, gave all the teach~rs who desired an opporFe,her-Edge Braids nt Hunt's. tnnity of meetillg their friends and developing their colloquial powers last night in Penrltng for Lace Work nt Hunt's. the spacious ,tfOOIllS of the Business CuF Cut P~per Patterns nt Hunt's. lege. is' . . Most of tlie time was spent in ('xchnng\ A. o. U. w. . There will ·be a meeting of Lawrence ing congra'tulatory expressions Rnd in dis; Lod&e No. 7'A. o. u. W. this (Wednesday) coursing<~pon the troubles llIal trinls thnt evemng. AII\members are requested to sorely ,Dillicts .the pedagogic fraternity'. be present. Bu~nc55 of importance to be Mrs. Hoffman, Mr. Steers, and som~ others transacted. \ whos{names we did not leam, entertainCli Cigars thnt deliglit 'tbe he~l't of n the{.~ompany with some very lively recita, smoker are sold by\Worthington for one. tions. half the usual price c~arc:ed elswhere. ;'We noticed among the normalites to-day Prof. J. C. Banta, who has just returned CITY AN 0 dOUNTRY (from Oskaloosll, where he has been giving _ _ _---"""',...... ;- . instructions in pcnmnnship alld book-keep~ X,. . ·Ing in the Jdferson county Normal. Thnt ,,'nlltc«l to )tellt. i ' A portable stenm engine f\··r.a couple/of county is represcntclr in thc Normlll here weeks. Apply at this office.. ':. ,/ by Miss Bell Gilluly, onll"of Jefferson's - - - - - - - - - - ' \ i - '_ ' most lively teachers. Ice ice, ice. EIDEMILL\n &/Co. The spirit of scllOoi teaching scems to be ---------~,:_, ;. somewhat ,localized, as. certain locnlitics A telegram wns recetved at the totalliouse send out more tellchers thun others. At of n present Twin Mound and Coal Creek seem yesterday to look out for tbe bff\:y mnn drowned at Topeka yesterl~{y. h, to have the ascendency in numuers. Twin ~ " Mound is represented by Misses 'Vegili Hats cleaned nnd repaire}V by J. ')V. Hiatt,lIIary Harding, Viola Forgerty, BetWhite, at the Falmer's Ho~e, norlh end t~e Badsky, Lottie Thnrber, Nellie Tussy; of l'IIassachuseUs sreet. .n' 8-5-d6\. Mr. C. Montgomery, and yet more are • '. J'. • ,coming. Co.al Creek's representntion is The trllli of ofhcel RelDschlld for assault, \l'I1isses Annie Peairs, Emma bimmons, before Justice Chadwick/and n jury, yes' kmily O'Brien, Mrs. Bowman, Messrs. terday, resnlted in nn tfcquittnl of the of. Chalmers nnd Hownl'{l Peair~, J. Dumars, .JRli'ies Joseph, John Simmons, nnd lUore ficer. / Nearly half a car Jfr bottled ginger ale arc IYi;epnring to comc. D. D. ' A/tdi~ . t,\,r" 1879. was receivelt fl,Y nflI'm in this city yestcr· day. It is said toAbe n good remedy for ---------cholera morbus. ~' l' • Jlahlwill. k" . On last Sunday af'.IlI·lIoon CuI. John C. The Kllnsas 0ity Journal man is still Stearns diel\,nt the residence of his son-in, nibbling awnY!lIt the wOlUnn suicide CII. l:lW. Prof. S. ~" Weatherby, in this villnge'. nard. Won't/,solllcbody throw the fellow n At the burial\,1lervice, on the followlIlg lilly, Prof. 'Veat~erby rfJlltlll hrief history new bait, most lilly thing will nnswcl'. I.< of the life of me deceased. Mr, Hlcal'l!s There isi~id to he II tl()g.~atching cstab- wns born nt Lan~llml, New lI!lIl1pshire, Iishment i~·this eity, where valullble tioga 1802, nnd by his \!(pericnce nutl energy are kindlg cRred for till their owners pny connected us wilh th,e goldcn nge of the 'II royalt; for having them ticd np nllli atl- repUblic. His hnnd linLl pressed the hllnl\ vertised: of LII }<'ayetle. His Chl~~ctel' partook ill Ii mensllI'e of t.he stern lind t~ng. gcd nalure of ". A ilion 4~. Dal~ee. his own native mountatns.· IIis ~ense of 'l'n'estlay mornillg we anllounced that justice was a governing prirlciple, lind hi :!;, l'I1l'.fDnLee wn~ very sick at Colorado Snrings, and little hopes wore entertnined its ntlministrntion as a Jnstice\of tbe Peace ot/lhis recovery. While t.he Jlnper wns yet foes and friends alike eXJlected~~o receive ~et in thc hnntle of its readers II dispntch simply their right. He was a~\early ac{(oas received nnnouncing his death. quaintance and neighbor of John\Brown, : Mr ...DnLee tlrst came to Lawrence IIUOUt nml was inspired by the same g~pel of humanity. He was a friend of the slave, , the year 18ii8 nnd located iu business in what was known as the Robinson build- :11111 ready to help him secure freedom at a ·ing, on the north eud of Jllassnchusetts time when thut act required the sncritlo~~f street. A few weeks later he removed to populaflty" and involved danger. Ull~r the comer of' Massnclinsells nnd Hemy. his exterior, roughened by eneoimters wit 1 trilll nntI hardships, dwelt n heart of tenuer strects, where he wa..~ bnrned out at the ness, quick to sympllthize with snlfering time Quantrcl sltcked the CIty, lind Mr. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1879. I., I . Wot:ij I' · · . journ Mone ant b Del of til, year, ers n: comiJ mate< EB1.'UI Rala!'I, Legal fets. Judlel CorulH ltent.~ 1'0I)l'1! J(cepl shIp ASSC3t Books Jail, l IIleg .. Jt()a(]~ ElccLi 1"uel ~ Repal flees Work, Appro Illal Kllw' lusura Police !Lilli To TIl( ed to trnste Wakal Lecum Kallwl Cltut(~l Clh.to, lIlIrlol Will"" Palm} Eullor: Eullur: Th, gener brldg bond: l'8i1rc ty,6 for al Thl lUg, I 0'e101 Th, at se· purp« theu j for iI two ( per CI of thl rctlen Th· and 1 WIIS liocn of th lnted mitte Th selvc sllbj( ellch Th ll.1.stn tel' fr Ing C trcns· fund, A po: in sc linblo for II yellrs Th Gcolt pletil 'the 51 �A DEATH 'VOUND. i I , Y01ln" .a .. "ry ''1'hitncy Accidentally ) Shoot.. Hlmst-U l\J1d Dies Tweh'e , Hours Afterwnrds---A Heroic EndUI'ance o~ i!Julrcrill::; and a Sad :t'are- I _I I well.. 'Vord was received here last eventng about six o'clock, that Heliry Whitney, the eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. :S;. 'Whitney, had accidentally shot himself while hunting on the 'Haight place, three miles northeast of Lawrence. So soon as .possible Mr. 'Vhitney "'ith a physician was at the scene of the accii delit and found the young man hopeless- ' ly wounded. Yesterday afternoon Henry Whitney and his cousin Charlie Burnett went out to ('he home of tneir uncle, Sidney Whitney, which is on·the Haight place, to hunt. They left the house with their , guns in the afternoon and after hunting a\vhile reached a clearing a little ways ' north of- the house, where they stopped : a few moments. 'Vood-cutters'had been; at work in the clearing and had sawed ' a large log' into blocks of . stove-wood' length ready for spli',!ing, One of these blocks stood un end, and Henry 'Vhit- , ; ney stepped lip on it and stood there i : with the butt of his gun resting upon I '. the block near his foot and the muzzle , i in his lc:It hand. The butt of the gun' f slip'ped off· the block and dropped until , I the hammer struck the edge of the block . , and disch;trged the gun. The charge passed through the right armjlist above, the wrist, and tore away a portion of the right side. A terrible wound was iI~­ flicted. Henry exclaimed, "I am shot," and Charlie ran to him . and supported him, and they walkeri together some I ! distance toward the house. . Henry , finally said he could endure it no longer, ; and told Charlie to go to the houHe for help. Charli,e lwlped him into as comfortable a position as possible, and went i to the house, three-quarters of a ~nile away, where he got a buggy, and in company with his sister, Mrs. S. E., "'hitney, returned to where the wound- . ed boy lay, and took him to the honse. : llir. S. E'. 'Vhitlley·was in town whim , the accident happened, but returned ! just as the wounded boy W[lS being car- ~ ried ill to the house. i I 'Father and mother were soon'there, : , and Henry told them he knew the I , ,yonnd would kill him, Dr. Mottram : I gave no encouragement that the wound would not proye fataL All night long , : the parents ancl relative,S of the dying i boy watched by his bedside. His brain I was clear and he talked quite often, all , the time bearing his suffering with , heroic fortitude, From the time of the accident he had borne himself wit.ll 1.lllcomplai~ling coolness and courage, hold- , iug his bowels in himself by placing his : hands over the gaping wound in his ' side while trying to make his way to ' the house. ----------- --- -.- ---_. I I I At;- half-past six th~nol~ilIllg- he breathed his last; and a young life bright with promise went out into. the mystery of death. Henry C. 'Vhitney was in his seven, teenth year, and just entering upon a manhood tlnit promised to be full of llsefulness and honor. He ,,'as a young ! 111all of excellent· rtloral character, lina had al ways been the pride and comfort of his father and mother, neyer having I caused them a single hour of trouble; Even as death drew lIear he talked hopefully to his mother and father, and his co~U'age never faltered to the last, though his suffering must have be@n I intense up toa short time before death, I when it seemed to leave him, and he died happily and peacefully. . :Henry was gentlemanly, kind and obliging to everybody and a general favorite with his acquaintances. As n. school boy, and later as a student of the I University, he was known for his perseverance and rapid prog'ress in stuc;ly. The loss of such a dutiful, exem. plary and promising boy isa terrible ' ,'blo\v to Mr. and Mrs. Whitney. The , dark shadow that death has throwIl over I their home is impenetrable to them as it is to the relatives and friends, and only the day tluit,clears ui) all mysteries will make it known to them 'why their loved first-born was taken from thetll. In their great sorrow they have the profoundest sympathies of all who know I of this terri ble aftiiction. 'fhe funeral will· take place to-morro\~ afternoon' at :3 o'clock, from the., reSIdence at the north end of Hhode ; Island street: , ---! i I 7? , �= __,.,...--.."."..............- - - r - T J . L..... OIl-.. rI98 on ,oe upper nvu,_, "'l'v""" io Bonday morniog's JOURNAL was first dnt,/1GlI. May 10, 1877. noticed e.\ abou' 4 o. m. of that day B\ 7A.M·12P.M·I!)p·M·IMean this place, oDd orept elowly 0P iuch by .. , 163 r, 'u.5 6;,5 085 Hourly observations were kep\ by 1I) 120.018128.898128 !JIG 2S.U~t inoh. ,). 07.3 8j 3 86,8 00.6 Mr. Zimmerman, beginning a' 9 a. m., 8S ) • 10 10 0 6. 7 ... S.W. S.W. £o\1owa: .. , G 25 10 !l a. m ............................. 5 It. 6 in. combined at Kansas CIty, and arrived one came dowo from Leavenworth a' hAro at 1 o'clock Monday. Efforts were abou' 5 p. 01. Superintendent Oakes made to transfer the passengers' baggage received telegrams from along the and O1ail over the wnsh-.)nts, bnl a8 it line of his road at 2 p. m., stati.ng th'\\ • T deli would take too long, the train W!\9 oent to all the streams were rapidly falling. A crd Carboudale, Bn:! thEn~O over the Atchi- dispatoh to Me~ers. RidcDClur & B~ker at about the same hour from l")pekB rapOlIOf son, Topeka & Santa Fe to Emporia, mal H hO\1r.~. 3:Hj maXImum vefrom whence the KaD3as Paoifio part of i\ eil the water a~ a s\and-3ti\l there, The spe, :: raio of yesterday morning did Dol, c;'{lend will go up the Missouri, Kansas & Texas ,ow, I.O} Incbes. nev ~avy sbowers t)-day, from to Junctiou City. A Kansas Paoific trnin Cu.r west of Topeka. ~p~.m.:::::::::::::~:::::::::::::: ~::11 ~ An cl frem 9)01 a. m. to 11 R.,m., 3, ,~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 11 :": A passenger train that wa3 expecled W38 started from Junction Cil! Monday of; • Ibucder shower. This ie ~:: ~ by this route, to Topeka, lind then over dowo from the we3t wag ordered to IllY at· success[on on which rnin 6 •• • •••.......•••••••••.••••••• 8 I. 8 Ie a Cf their own track to tbis pI!lce. II arrived Toreka till th~ wf.sb-out W68 np!med. ~ : : : : " : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ~~II n Ie at the upper WB'Ih-oul at 4:30 p. m., and President Carr, of tbe K. P., camp. from day H ., '0' ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 I I 1 (. \;e I ,ursd"'J, Mall •• IS, •. 10 I I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !) I I 2 I r was sent bnck to Topeka, where an Atch- St. Louis to KansBs City yesterday aod 11 I I • • • • • • • • • • • 9·· 4 'I '1ve: j A.M.\2P.M. \g p.M'llllean ison, Topeka & Santa Fe traiu 'will bring f!"Om the latter place to th is city by a ••• 71.0 79.5 73.5 71;} 12 tIl. • .......... 9 I , \!) •• cho, ,d) ~8.01G ~S.8n,128.~87 28.932 engine. Mr. Smeed, of the same sjilec1al This mokrs a tota\ risD of five feet from the plEsengers via CarboGdnle to this s). 85.0 \ 69.9 76.3 j7.1 P3y s). 10 i \ 10 1 0 7 o'clcck Saturday evening till 120'cldck place. No.8, freight and aceommodnlion, road, came' down 00 00 engine from Wa... S. W. S.W.~. W. fact mego, making Ihe trip from Womego to ••• 3533 35 Sunday night, or, from \) II. m. till mId- from the weat, got t? tbe first wash-out a eale H hourl'i S38; lnlJ.xtmnnl ve- night, three feet fonr inches. A heavy little after 12 o'clock, and was CBllght be- Topeka in fOlty-five minutes. He took the! wind blew all day, Bnd the water above twean tbe two, where it still relIiains. the repairs in obarge ona a large force of ef ( sno':'.~, O,tO tnch. Superintendent T. F. Oakes, of the men worked all night. unll humidity very hlgb;' 'be dam was sent down in huge waves of c At midnight last night tbe rise indicatover the dam and agains' the bBnks on KansBs Pacific, came up yesterday, and 1 S\,ltrr. C either side, whloh were melted away like is doing all io his power to rEp~ir that ed eleven fee' seven Dnd a quarter :nchee, hnn snow. As the flood crept lip H soon over- road. A construction tIllin aleo came op, autI the water had evidently been station· wbi , IjA'b1'I~P"l['19P''''!Mean flowed the low ground above the bridge ond was at work alt day. It WIIB sent ary for severol boura. ... 70.0 80.n i8.5 a s his el). 29.011 19.008 ~8'087129'OOO on ~he northside, and somo colored fam- down t:> the Stranger last evening lor stone a)" Si.S' 60.0 76.3 78 9 Burnett's Florimel is unrivaled BS a i1iea were obliged to move,ont of the and brush • 8). \ 10' 7 '. 1 '6 perfume for the hoodkerchief. This is INCIDENTS. small honses on that bank. Abont dllrk , •• , 20 ~3 ~ lJ All day Sunday the bridg, was crowded the spontaDeollB admiision of nil who hat e 1 21 hour ... 4;5; luaxlmum the water commenoed running BNnnd the Wll~ d&ww . north side oC Eidemiller's loe-house, alld witb people wMohing the wonderful rise tested it. on: now, 0.00 Inch. very soou it ran into the bassment of of water. A large amouut of drift wood Marlon ItemJ. Tb! 'eatber continues warm aad Mr. P. Lap'ad's residence, compelling came down with tho fiood, among it grea~ EDIToa JOURNAL: Everything for the ech' · ',7" . ''''. " ,.' him7 to',: movidpto' ab'upper story. Mr. ~rees that bad been t:>rn foroibly from material prollperity of the county iq propae' l lat!lrday; ¥aYI9j18p.. ,EidemiIJer!had"atiout ,:' $1,600· wor&h of Bome bank; with th~ Rreen leaves stilI on gressing finely. All kinde of grain look 7 ... ·M./2P.M.!9P .... !JlleRn t ' 1 . h' . h h· h h d ; them. Yesl,erday morning a huge log ... 63.0 S~.5 jO.O n.s co s III 19 Ice- OUS8, w 10 e remove • well, and a large breadth of corn is being pIal d). 2~.9!612S.!J'J7128.S11128.923 Seclion hands on the K. P. reported that came down wilh a limb stioking high io planted. A laTge ameuot of corn is ue,e). , ,t., ro.9 7~.1 68 SU( s). 1" 0 6 3 the waves whIch driven duectIy aoross the tbe air. Before it reached the bridge it ing hauled to Lawranoe. and it is a serious 8 :::IS·2~V. S·l~V. 17 ' river at and beyond 'he seoond ice-hollse II ;vung both ends forward, and as ,it passed drawbaok to tbe farmer thaI the roadSO! , and were cntting the bank in a terrible over th'l dam the limb was lifted into the 8 masters have so long nilglected their duty ~ ~o~re. 404; maximum ve-, ~auner, lind by 2 tn. the river was air and atruok the ~ridg e. in not fixing the mud holes, when one or The wildes' rumors prevailed at, all two dilYs wO\Jld. make 'the roads passable. within about twehty feet of the raiiroad 110w. 0.02 In~h. 1 lulilill: dR} ;,. the thermome-, and within ~eli feet of thewes' end or the 'iines. ' Onawas that the railroad bridge 'As i\ now is, dare' slart from home 1 highest temperatilre of the' Manhattan had gone. Another, tbat with more Ihan half.a load,.through feBr ioe-h()use. It will 'be remembered tht rometer f&llfng. Boh 'he iron bridge at Top' eka had been swept of being stalled on the road. Henoe bilsl, there wa9 a corn lillld, abov~thoioe-honBe ness is retarded and a loss of untold wealth 1 'May ~o, mi. "' of ~~~~t 'six':)f eight ~ore's,~' leastI;whieh ,awaYi and aDother,' tho' 'here was an addi- to Douglu' connty incurred. Who is repre 'ional sixteen feet rise coming down." 8ponsible? A word &0 the wise Is or 'w"aB,e:lmost &o,ally' wlI!heilaw.... 7 A.... ~Rn , , the Eandy , FORMES FLOODS. "more :importance tbBu G weU-delivered ... 60.0 12711.11 1968.6 .011.6' Boil being .melted into' 'he'· flood by 'the 1). 28.775 28.817 28.887 28.826 '; firs' h' I'gb' water ·C h··h 'h '. to the o\herwiaB. , " Th w o w 10 • ere 18 leetnre The heavy rllinB hllye ro:t3d some pi(!c~s I) '170.8140.41 09.9 62.4 wagon load. ~' .) 6., 9.I W. S.0w. \1 .... S.'V. ' B Y 10 an d 11 o'cloek p. m.the, water, any antheotio aceouu\ occurred in 18H, of corn. Thlit plauted' very early look~ hOI ... a5 ' 40 10; 20 backing into the old ·swa1. or former chlin- and it was probably Ihe greatest that well, provhig that tbere IiJ not muoh r:sk . 2 ~I houre 606; mll:dmu\D v('.. nel of the river jus, around the bend, had has ner occl1rred in thla cOl1ntry" At .in plantiog early., ,(-::J\ .:' ,1":' ; ~ ('! ~ .~ a l' th' The sohool in the Brubaker distdot, So: reached to within eleven inches of the tba' time the Delaware India . n we.~e, e &angh& by MiBS Bryson, .of WakBrll~a, has now, 0.73Inoh: " ' 3 eavy. thunder shower las~ 'rack. Be10" the dam, the current, set· only inhabitan's nea'r the preaent Bit' of just cl09£d. The eililbition exercises reio:~o. ,.,,' ' . , ting iii s'rongljto~ard the Delaware m1lls, Lawrenoe, and the first settlers rEceived lIeoted great credi' upon both teacher and SUI 3 oansed a~ad washing away of .the bank their info rmation of this fa mons flood from scholars. The occasion wa~ enlivened by 4 choice mllslo by.Capa. Webb.er, violiuisi, on that side, and by .midnight the wate' old Sarcoxie, Johnnyoake. and Pechalka " and Mr~ Thos. Baker, organIst. At the Mean ... 1 68.3 8~.0 68.0 70 1 was lappingaw8y .. the, wagon tracks in the ohiefs,of the Delaware tribe. They re- olose of the exeroises a tlDanimous vote of 7 eI) '128.9U/2S.910 28.958 28.9!'l sl. i~.8 !ii." 69.5, 66.6 . 8treeO. 011 th~ north side, the waves 800n ported the wal~r' a8 'hiaching from the thanks, wal tendered to MidS Bryson for dllj I) •. :0 ,: ". ,,0 0 : 0 commence'Ci 6u'uitl~' iil,!; b~~k; liooop- bluffs norlh of the eily to' the bluffs on the the able manner in which she m"naged ... 0 W'j' . 8 L. W. PINUaFJIil.. . ing Oll\ gt&Bt i;le~es cl~t ~rid 8and.' By Wak!lorusa, and thaI a boat WBS taken the whole affair. ," 0, 1 II Iy,' May 21, 187.7. a ~ )10~r3 50; maximum ve- about 11 o'clock .he Atchison, Topeka" Itraighl aoffiss from hill t6" hill. Sarboxie tric Barnett's Florlmel. Santa Fe railroadti'ack west of the Ziln~ :Went in a boat from ahe hill west of town now. 0.00 inch. msrm8~ plaoe was' unde~ water: A fore~' ~o Eudora,. cr03s,i~g the..'own site about "A perfume un,rivalled." - [Boalon ,t weather In every respect. ... _ ,,'"" ".;'" __.. "f' ;:" ~of men and .teama were at work all where the S'a'e Balik liolVs\ailds. A Transcript For Bale by B. W. Wood~~'l'~¥.; ~~y~. 1871.:, :,'~ 1.4ay hauling stone and doing wbat they colored man named HenrI Smhh, a'that ward &,CO.I: 1 '-', "'J ' 7A:M'j2P.M.!9P .... !MeRn oOllld to s~ve the north bank. Mr;' Pier- time a blaoksmUh·for the Iodians, is Btill . ... 60.5 80.0 69.0 70.8 j 1).2905429.07229.07129.006 Sln also badtiJeo at work proteeling t,he a resideD' orthisoity, and .oan vouoh for ,',' , , . '] TWIN, ~iOUND,' May 21. 1877. i 4!' 6l3818'oOI7r'~ banks near h1S mill. The construction this story. V'li' In Aug' ust of tbe y' ear 1858 the old BelEDIToa JO*o,~AL (\ Perhaps ~ few itenB :: Ni5E. N:r,E: N. E. ,97' train or' the Atchisoo, Topeka & Santa, Fe from tbi~ par~ <?f UoaglaS'CODoty' wil! (lot 0" i"hQurs,.232; maxlmumve- was 1\\ work, dcing what it conld t> pro· tiers remember' a terrible Bood, caused by be Ulliotllreet.lng to your tilsny readers. t,Aet. their hack. ooe rurioul rain 8\OrOl, when the :bottom A larger a~reage "c(. (lorn is baiog etc MONDAY. north of the City wo~ all nnder wllter. tallted in tbiJ vieiblt,y thllo 1'1'8' ever be- Ln,' OW, 0.00 Inab. 'y thunder shower from 3 to Monday morning still revealed the The bOllse of John Baldwin, at thnt lime ore kt.ol4'n,llnd farmers 1\\'0 leeling jubi- p~1 rainfall ~Ince May lEt has water riBing and lhe register indicated the f lant over the supposed disaster to tbe iog the erryman, stood a Iiltle norlh aod west grasshopper egg~. "" ,i whlcb 4.4; Inches have of. the ,Delaware mills. Its ei'te oan G1ov~r Bros .. are 8t . present busily en- ors rteen ,10.:\,6. This Is by no followiog depl~ per bour:", ;, .ary Rmounl. ~ R:.m·~::::':;,i;::)~:;;:i::i::,:::;: g~~.' ~,i~" pioked oul byaome liugs trees slanding gaged 1a Bhe~rlDg sheep; of which Ihey Is.w.! nl~~o:.:.:.:.:.:.:.::.:.:.;.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.::::.:.::::. i :.: 1~ t :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 0 0 •• 0 ••• 0 :: " ••••••••• ••••••••••••••• 0. t ... s. w./s.w.!s.w. 8 I 9. W. " . . p; no one, a' ,";"'llll, ·I 'IU I P.l[. P.".... 7A.1I./2P.H'19P.H. 'IS; 'Or lhe :i~rTivln~'o~~D~ it~ini.. ': :/86 be ,~ ::'.::~::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:: ~~ allon Day; :: on the bank, that surroouded the hO!l38. _ ..' r~_tIioioJL·IIoI'I.it_...&I.!i'.Ju...;;5_'.. ' ....;..;.: ..~..:.:•.:.;..:.:..;.: ..~.:.: ...:.:..:.:.•.:.: ...:.;..:.:•.:.: ..~.;.: ••.;.;.1:::9..'...' ...,!I_'..; ....l..:1'.:1l:.::6..,:W::.:·a::t:::.er:...:ro::s:.:e:..:n~p::....:::to::...::t:h::a' ep>'. T 1 er~ is baT~!~~~ ~~~e~: !~~9h~a~'1l Mr. Bennett the in attempting with a team and wagon to �LAWRENCE STANDi\'RD. THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1Sio. Death of ~I.. s. 'Vesley Dnncan. Mrs. Wesley Duncan, a well-known and respected lady, who for years has i been recognized as one o~ the best and I kindest of Lawrence women, died,yes- : terday, aftei' quite a long sickness, ~ through which she received the devoted \ , attention of both her own family and I , many friends. Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan was born in Kentucky, in 1837, and there spent her youth. With her father's family, she removed to Johnson county, Missouri, and there married 'Vesley I : DUllcan, in May, 1854. In-May, 1855, , they came to Lawrence,alldcommenced keeping house in a small log house 011 the side hill southwest of the city. The house is still standing. Shortly after the establishment of the M. E. Church here, she united herself with it, and although she was -never a leader, she always elltered heartily into every project which promised good to the church and the community. Through all the trying times which Lawrence has passed, she has been a consistent Christian, a fond wife, a good motlwr, and a friend to the needy. In 1868 the family removed to Califol'llia, and on the journey lost a bright daughter, when they were a little west of Salt Lake City. The, I child w;~s then about eight years old. i Her husband and three children survive her; one daughter seventeen y'ears old, ! a son seven years old, -and a babe about two years old. ]l.'1rs .. Dimcan had two sisters living, JHrs. Charlie Duncan, of this city, and Mrs. Gabhart, ~vho lives' in the western part of the State. The funeral takes place to-morrow afterlloon at 2 o'clock, from the residence ' west of the city. Services at the house. Friends are invited te attend. ! ~- - :-::--.=.========-~- I 11 �.,:" . ,. !.>L :', wo Sllv~~'~uttPJ dish and pickl~ coater, Mr. and _Irounds around ii, were illuminated and Mrs. pOI J. L. Gay. o! Ithaca, New York. aalf.dozen silver tea and lugar Ipoons, Mr. hir decorated aud presented' a scene of conand Mrs. E. C. DevereuI. sideraLle splendor and pOSitive beauty.' Coas' of eleven pieces \ silver opoon, hnlfe, .• Cbarle. F. Kendal, of Tr·peka. Some three hundred invitations bad etcEmbro1derpc\ traveling satch.1 and shawl- dr( slraps, Mrs. C. F. Kendall. . been extended, and while a large numSliver ice-cream spoon, Mrs. A. ClLmpbell, of ber of I'regrets" were received, the at- Chicago.. . . iOD' Sliver Ice-eream dish and spoon, Bon. and dOl telldance must have reaohed two hondred Mrs. J. 1'. Deverenx . ma . persons. The display in dress was almost . I'llver cream spoon, J. K. Rankin. • Silver sUlliar spoon, Miss Battle B. Earle. eatravagant, and the toileues worn eleSft silvtr nUl-picks and spoon, Mr•. S. RippiA. of Kansas City. ois' gant almost without excelltion. Volume of La Fontaine's Fables, wllh illustYi The distance from town being so great, trations by Doro, Mr. and Mr,. F. W. Read. !lllver berry spoon., Mrs. L. B. Simpson. , it was with difficulty tbat carriages were Large steel engraving, "The Challenge," W. Woodward. to fOUDd to oonvey the gnests; and the lime B.Larlle steel engraving, "The Sanctuary," fer for the ceremony, which had beeu IIn- Mrs. B. W. Woodward. Flnepanelchromo, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ri· Ki nounoed as half-past eight, was extended denour. Pair of panel pictures, Dr. J. D. Patterson. a! to balfpast nine•. M this time the resi- Fine large cllromo, Miss Vienua Demorest, of ba dence was nncomforiably crowded, aud New York. . German sludent lamp, E. G. Dick, of m' the eiforts to secure II favorable posHion Topeka. Pair antique bnoze vases, Mrs. J. W. Green pr from w"hich to view the minialeribl exer~ aIlI! MISS lia'e Stepbens. Elegant loUet set and jewel case, John Seh!l£cises kept Ihe crowd iu a etate ~f polite W5 oommotion. U~i\t Tg.~~ta.; clock. Mrs. Louise Miller. Mrs. F. S. Earle. Alabaster paper-wplghh. The bridal party, 6B stated, enterea the Hand mirror. MissM. 1:&. Stockwel'. large north parlor at half-;)I~st nine, in the Silver \elly SpOOD, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Badlev. following order, the clergyman, Rev. Mr. Z>pbyr jactel., Mrs. J. S. Noble, of Marshall, kn Spring, having takeu bis position to sol- Teltas. Silver napkin ring3, Mrs. G. H Nettleton. jUI emnize tbe bans: Mr. alld Mrs. L. Bnl· Kansas City. Silver jewpl case, Miss Gerty Piper. lene, parenls of the bride j Mr. and Mrs. Set !IIumioaled French cblna fruil plates,· J a T. B .. Bullens, of Kansas City j Mr. and Bon. lind Mrs.J. C. Horlon. Silver und cut glass dishes, JIlr. and Mrs. Mrs. Judge Devereau j Mr. William L Robert Morrow. b Sliver ~nu cbina vast of IIDwers, Miss Kale t Bullene j Miss Wilson. of St. Louis i Mr. Morrow. tb: SUver and cut glass spoon holder, Judge and and Mrs. E. C. Dave,eaux-these, the reMrs. G. W. Smi;D. lations and immediate friends, arranging Panel painting' in walfr colors and ea,el, ref Irene BU8Sdl, Chicago .. in a half-circle and facing the guests, Miss Silver aDd glass. Ickle dl.b, Mrd. W, Ne«. Then came T. C. Bullene, 'first grooms~~~~ 0!nIlJ~F.:a~;bi~~ ·s:~~ ~~. ~~nr!:.r\ler. .n mall, and Miss Gertrude Bnllene, firs' , Gold coIns, Hon. N. T. Stel'hens. rot ' SlIver card receiver, ti. J. FInke. bridesmaid j the bride and groom j Dr. J. VAie and walt llowers, Mrs. FADnie E B~n,; D. Patterson aud MiBB Freddie Davereauz, dr~~~:~r chee~e knife, Mr. and lIIrs. J. w. etE seoond groomsman and bridesmaid. McMillan. . . Pt'rfect ltillness, au uupleasant quiet- R;~li~~~E~per ltoH" lind book mark, Mra. Gov. It ness prevailed at Ihis juncture, and the ~n~oll~~.b~t:1E. 8:r~D~~se. MI~s Carrie Wat'on eD, scene was at once impressive and beautiSilv ar ond glass !rull dish, Mr. and Mrs. E. Crlley. un ful. The brilliautly lighted room', with K.Broozz card receiver, Mr. an,! Mrs. E. A. b'ei their elegant. adornments, tbe kaleido- Packard, Cblca/to. Hon.ton laee b .• rb. Mr3. C. F. Clelllent, L,. scope of exquisite toilettes, the bride and Cro .. ~, sar le~~I~'C~.:b ltDiC" and 101k. clerks of L. Bul- paJ groom and Iheir attendantf, facing the Puetical Wo,ks of Sir Walter Scott, IIlr. and solemn divine, all so still and quiet for a Mra. B. W. Baker. lik brief momant-'-a grand &ableaux. Under Bome A«ection, by McKey, Mr. aod Mrs. O. E. Learnord. da l the form of the Congregational church Bryant's Poems and Cary's l'oems, Mr. and ant they were married. aDd friends at once Mra. G A. Blnks F;;~:S of J.an logelow. Mr. ana Mrs. Frank thE i10cked around to speak loving, friendly SIlver piokle fork, lilies Angie LudingioD. wi! words to the wedded puir. Silver frait knite, Mr. and Mra. J. P. Ross. ~l'oilet bOltle and aland, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. enf 1 he bride was aUired in a dreBi 0 fuop dre oream faille cnt a ~" prinCe83e with sqnare Gold tblmble, Anson Slosson. 1 ~llver dinner caster, Mr. and Mr.. J. B. train Iriwmed with box pleatinll, 'fringe Ruebme.·. ed tulle and flowers being draped aorOS8 the Silver breakfast Ctlster. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gillmore. Salina. tool front, vail of tulle, adorned with miniadilver berry SIlO)O, Mr. anil Mrs. S. W. Cory. Kit Fine panel pict~re. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cre\'\'. ture bonquets of tlowers. Silver Jewel case, Mrs. It. J. 'rrask dre .MisB Gerlrude BnIlene wore a Paris S!lver card receive~~ Mr. nnd Mrs. Ii. J. gifi Sml.b, ofItbac~,N.):. mnll trimmed with Vaiencisnnes lace and Fine emllr )idcry, Mrs. J. P. Devereault.· . wer ~:~V~r~~,.e iI.ab, Mrs. N. J. Smltb, 01 haloc .. , De" puffs ano nalural f!awere. Miss Freddie Devt,reux, tarletao white liilver crlam spoon, lIIr. and Mra. J. Means. gro' bllakespeare'd WOlks. lit, anG MIS. :s. o. Batio trimmed wilh pnff~ aud rcfii~s aDd Tbeone,. . J: Lamp ,Cltea, M,ss F. n~ln, Kenosba, Wis. draped with bol' vioee. P"rlumHY aDd ijtH1U, Miss Minda B.dwell. en ( Tne geDlltm~!l wore Ihe c:iovetllional Kansas City. a M.redeth'd puslical Worke, hItR. A. Lewis. W S filII dre~s. . Silver tIllf. and 'POOll, Cllas. J 8mitn "D.l aDd h A very pld,wDI fet>lu!·e of Ihe: evening's Ar~hur D. 11\ eaver, lI.a>811. l)ity. S!lver 51,00[1 holoer. MISS Fleliie Devereux. t e SLver oys"".· Oi.b, Mi,s S. SmlLll, 01 K"DS~5 Bnd .enterll1illrnelll W8" b suevllde by Ihe l' Germau b"od, "hien disconrsed mu,ic City. 811nr Bl'OCr:S a~d butter knife, ,T. S. Den- Izi[ from Ihe l"wn in fror,: of Iha bonee. jost reS~~er T"C~J" lork, W. N. /;endr:cka colo before the guests rpp'loired 10 Ibe aiDing BI:ver graVY I.dle. G. Grovenar. fan A::.~rl~~. lrom tile Ameri JlLn l'ueLS, Mre. B. A. a Iii ball. Silver c"ke kOlfe, J\lojor unci Mrs. Worner, desi The baoqlld I<a1 served in Ihe lar~e Kon.I<. liLy. dini~g rOJm, 1.0 w~ich tbe gueSTS were n )ncml~n vase_. deooratetl, Mr,. N ],'ra<k. SO, :Si,ver and opal j<wd case, Cbarlea J. 8mlln chai invited afler an inlelveoiog hour.',; tetE-S- and J. N. "IJrlcli, 01 .\iuDsas l:lty. tele. ~Ir. und Mrs. Gay will slurt It-!DorrOW pJBV kies The table was tormed in Ihe shape of Il forN~"'YDrk"lo be'gllnelJot ovt:r four Maltese crOi4~, wiJ.h a c~nt,;r I'yrnmid of " weHH, "hI-li Ihty will Tclurn und n ... fruit I aDd fbwere, around Ibe IJll~e of ceiv~ Il,tirfrllllld., h~Te, for a w~ek' in you e which were glb~s~B of wm" Jelld aiternllolor mOff uu\ Ib~1I 110 10 lb€ir romuulio �L.a.w . . .e.nc.-e Au,fJ. StCl~Ja.rd '2.~) , i7 9 ----- =============--, : ,~- I I Died. . Mrs. G. M. Simcock, of Council Grove, ' died at that place, the 20th inst. Mrs.' Simcoek was a most estimable lady, and \ had many friends and acquaintances I 'here who will be sorry to learn of her death .. News of the death ot Mrs A. B. Hobinson, at Columbus, Ohio, was received I 'here yesterday. She died at 4 o'clock I Wednesday morning. Mfs. W. I-I. H. ' Whitney has been itt the bedside of her. I sister six weeks, and was'with her iii her last hours. . Ed. Ward Walter, son of Rev. D. Walter, died at the r~sidence of Dr. I-I~rtt- I mann, ::iaturday afternoon. He had lived with the Doctor about a year. The funeml took place at tour 'o'clock )I.;~onday. The relatives or the deceased thank Mr. Harttmal1n for the kind~ ness shown to Edward while he made his home there. Mrs. Mary Sweeny died at her home in North Lawrence, Sunday morning, of cancer. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon at two o'clock, and : was quite largely attended by the friends and acq Ilaintances of the deceased.· Mrs. ·Sweeny leaves the following children: . Thomas, Mrs. Haney, and Anna M., of this city; Mrs. Dayson, of Ottawa. and another son who is in California.· Mr.. J. J. Reser died at his residence at 10:30 on Monday night. He has long been a citizen of Lawrence; and was a first~rate mechanic, havillgcarried on one of the largest' wagon-making, and blacksmithing' establishments in the city for a number of years. The funeral take place from the residence of the family, on Tennessee 1itr~et, south of Hancock, Thursday morning at 10 :30 o'clock. Mrs. Julia Parker, wife of Ja.rvis Parker, died Tuesday. at lier home at Cedar Junction, J ol1nson county. Mrs. I Parker was a sister of G. IV. \\T. Yates' mother, anel of Mr. Dolby's mother. ·:Mrs. Albert Croft died at her home in , :Marion townShip, 'Tuesday, of tYi)hoid fever. :Mr. Croft eame here a year ago, and bOtlght It farm. Mrs. Croft leaves a girl four years old and· a boy six months old. . L ___ ~ __ ._. ============ �0, ~,al (')')\. 0,[,0 - -If')'}»·'o)! - I\. ~\ llJ:tltl:~, :;~,~~\n" Ijlll~llJil~i~r;y (5~at 01) t~eff~rv2,-=-t#--",-,=:~___ day of /;k~iLA iIf t"~ y~ar of OlJr lord 18_~_~ . J£_~J\-Ufij ~~_ _ al)d U ~~~_L~~~~_ were by me lJl)ited il) ______________________________~__________~___~~~~~~_~!~~~~im~ oo �: nAlty 'TRIBUNE'.! I _~~~NCE'1flUDAY' DEC~,,~~~~_ Died. ' Thursday Nov. 30th at 12 :15 o'clock William U: Campbell of hcart disellEe, at his residence on Quiney between l{hode,If\lum] Rnd Mas,6acllUsets streets, in the 51st year of his age. : "Blessed arc the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labor' uniilh~ir w(;i-ks " "',. ,-' \' " : " do fO']]ow them:' : Above will 'be f<)u:n(l'tJi~death notico' William H~ Cam'plie'll, ~ho 'died at 'his late residenco' yesterd~y' 'at 'u' uatter' j)ust iW:clve I 111. was borh in London cClIinty;Virglnia oft,the 21st'day of'J anuary 1826. nnd w'as, tliim: fore at the time of his de'ath, 50' years a'nd 11 mo~tlis'oliJ.."', , .." , , ,':-'.',". " .1, .. ..... , .' . At t,he ,e~rly age, of seventeen ,ho made B' 'profession of religion and united ;.vith the ,M: , :E. church.On'the 30th"day ot Mny,'187.J:;ho I , .':' ..' . ~ ,was married to M;\SS Amelia E'1C:ar!le,~"wh~:, ;siillsurviv(s,him. lR 1852, he and .. his wi!.! 'movedt'o OhiO, 'where/they remlli;led ab~ut ~ yi;an ~m] '11-" half, then' mov,e'd 'to Ja'<;kson' connty, Mo.; where they:Uv'ed until the wa.r ,broke out,whe~,they were compelled to leave, he being a union man. They arrived in.Lawrenee April:i4th, 1863,and were here~during 'the raid, "saving his _~ifa ,by, hiding ~Ith , : seven others ill Mri: DOlllielly's' bouse, that : still stands on'the corner of Rhode Isiand and' "Quincy,: Bt;'~ets. ,Mr.,' C!lI,npbell was one of the witnesses to the shooting of young Collo~ more,' ine'ilrst:vlctim of 'the raid',' ,~ir :,Campbell was a cQn&tantehristlan in his every day life;,~asfulrof,ftLith and',go'od'worJ{s.~ He was iliso a'man of' good' gcner~ii~f,;r~ation and a close bible student ; 'a rel!lIlur attendant lit public" ~er,Yices, ~llilo ,his health permitted, " " , ' " , - ~ , >l • " .. "., . ' nl .. His health bad been prccnriou8, having had r.n 'lttack of y'~ei}[nolli~ al~'?ut till'e~ ye~rs ago, which left ,him In'Jeeble c.ondition, with II ,tendencvto heart disease, by which disease prs i1Ie' \yll~ fln9:1)i,tern\in~,te,d. 'The tesiimo~ nyof his fAlth'ful ,wife; and ,his·daughter, Mrs. Longfellow: Is'fo ~is; u'lI~;'~lipg 'pnt.iCilce;:r~s. i ignatiori,andChristlan hope. '.' ' ... ' ': , ~i~ f~~~~ili S,erviCCB ,~il1' t~~'e pla,c,~f~O~,i~~ ; MethodIst churc~ on Sunday morf\.lUg, '! ,:!',~: ~I of q He _ •• , " J '. ,., ~ .~, I. . " he I , I ( �t i e ' I'S,. It ha~ ~een sick over a 'year, with varylllg viCIssitudes of gl'lldu,IIl improve. 7.16dt IIltO another trunce, but she did not come !llen,t and sudden relupse, bel' /riends shar. Rey \ to again. The woman had been sick fol' IIlg In alternate hopes and fears of a perMissel d manent recovery or a J'anii.I dissolution, stock, . \er a year, For several days she lilY unC'onscious seeUlA k' d f fi I ingly without }luin, uud/when he; final new In 0 con l ence game has great change came she lli{;~1 as undisturhed IJ8Oh, played on some of the citizens of ] n· IIml poacefuly liS an InYlIlIt limps to slcep II 'dependence. A man tears a five dolllll' In Its mother'l! arms; liS if tho good angel Buys bIH iilitwo pieces, and 1i)lds each half up IUld come h181011/1: jouruey upon the hright- pay t, nicely 'so the ends will show, then he asks est of Sabbath days~ puj'posely to reward and d for sm:~1 bills for his, two fives. If the Ilnd rec~gl!ize h~r,AstJlt~sacrificillg, lovillg, Parti( " and forgIVIng spmt. m.an has !\ot only eeven or ei.ght dollars he ,l\'~.rs, Heynolllsl,~'as the eltlest dllu,!.hter Doug; large Will take ~Hlt aUlI leave IllS two pieces, o~ Col. W. It .Judtion, or ElllIim, N, Y., a my br saying that '\YilI Ilnswcr his purpose for the hlghl.y -honorelJf aUlI es~eellletl eil.izen of script prescnt, and.lt\e will call for the balance. tlmt city aUlI Stllte, uow III advllnced years but 10 Ilntl /cel)le lufalth. She was lIIarried ill atldre: Kansas JIrIetftodist: One'of the most im. 1856 to l'rIujof- G. Heynoltl~, allli soon tllere· A portant meetillg\.everheld in the yVellt will after camep~ith him to Kansas Territory good .• aLt! settled- in Lawrence, and was con tie: tion; , convene at Bismarck Grove, near the city of quell!ly oIfe of the earlier pioneer women For Sl I,:lwrcllce, Kansll~~ cOlllmcncing Tuesllay, of Ktlnsu's. From 18(j0 to 1865 the family monti August 26, 1870, continuing to aOlI in- residedt1it Fort Scott, and during all the this c t:Iuding Thnrsday, S\ptemher 4. Its gl'n- llark Il.n cl troublous days of the bonier war cry n I I' t '11 I "t' I I . Mrs. Jleynoilis relllained with her family em 0 'Jec WI Je to ~':lIn t, Ie wor WI'S In and shared in the trials and lIangerll of those better ,the churches, both lay tlml clerical. Thc:re eVl~ntful years. Her, house ill 1<'ort Scott is lost [ will be conrses ofsturl,Y ~nr1lectures adapt- ":~8 noled for its hospitality, and her ge. cry home cd to minislers, trl1stee~\. class leaders llIal and generous spirit. gave a cordial welSill sto\vanls, Sund ..y l,.ch(I(.,I\ omcers, ami bme to .a~1. F1'Om 18(j5 to 18(i!) Mrs. Hey- did Ie teachers. All, denomlUllllOn\Will be in. molds resJ(lClI almost continually in the Illontl "j Indian TelTitory, her husband heing Unit- Lar cluded, cd Slates Agent of the Semiuole Indians. and \I A lire nt I.llrned, last lHond~y morniJjjlg, Here the slime contented and self-sacriile- walk .I t 1 r I bl d b IT I ing Oisposition was shown that always mont! l 08 .myol Il Ivery sao au \1 ~nel t'Xl'n. eharaltlrlzcd hcr. Here ill tho wlltl woods Iy-one horscs ami one cow. A GOrIOIl)) thllt environ the !mntier Indian post of price. AI haek driver was slecping in the ha,f'lon We-wo.ka, a hundred miles frolll civilizll' aulo ~ arid when he awoke he found the~l{'ny on 1~0!1 and white settlements, her now only have J fire all around him. In his 'efl'ortl~to cs- hVl11g son WflS born. In 1871, Major Hey. ing is cape he fell down one of 'the ha; s'!tutes nolds removed to Parsons, where their the ci j \\ family hnve since residell. The good WOUlan buried to.day had two a fiue and was neflrly suffi)catcll bofor'1,he could Ii br~ak the thing to pieces so aS;IO get Jilt, good characteristics, and .these cerlainly The be hal After getting broath he bethought him ~f greatly adorn a complele IlIld perfect WOIn- of PIlJ his team and returned flUlI '{lCceeded i~l; anhood, personal self'sacflfice for Ihe COll- than: cutting the halters and relcll8fn" them. Hel fort or others, and u!lbounded affecti?n and 3·st, • f ... ,devotIOn to her family. The best 01 moth- land was teatbly. bu~~ed ahout ..the ~uce and \~rs, the most generous Ilnd devoted of the 10 head, but 81l1d: I sooneri dlC mUlCselvcs hlends, it cfln be truly said, was given to withi the earth parent to.day. She sleeps well onm' den loose mine team." I , " ,/: an'd sweetly by the side of the bright boy, A' neatb or llelll·yLcis. Ge~l'gie, she loved so milch. The family only The announcement xfsterday mOl'lling of that'mourn the loss of a devoted wife and road, , the n'oblest of mothers lire Major Geo, A. barge the death of Henry L~is, was received wilh Heyn8Jds, }Irs. Dr. Kleiser, Burton, Rosie, able t ,surprise by the whflle community. ,His and Ollic. lund death was very sud,den. MondllY evening Hev. 'Dr. Keys, of tho Presbyterilln antI 1 he WIlS on the street Ilnd apPllrently ill Church, ~onductel! the funeral Hervices, aI, hed)!;, . good health. Allt <Jay Tuesday he com- 3 p. m" at . the house, and a large assembly fence friend~~ witncssed their kind remelll- Iivinl Plained of feoling" unwell, but was up a 01 brance Iln(~.afrcetionate regarll for tbe de. hOllse p(,rtion of the diiy. About eight o'clod< cCllBed. ~ , good in tJJe evening' his symptollls hCl:llllle -....;;,---...;..----Lnrg. 11011. '1':. U. Wulthbnrll ulld U.UllltUIt. alarming, andla physician was sent for, 250 f, Mr. Washb 'rn is 011e of those early und high, who at once ,ii'ronounced it congestion of U\e bruin. ~Ie lived only about fifteen 8teadfllst supporters of Kansas, the secur I'oof ing of whose att~ndancc Ilt the Old ~e'ttlers' A Btu minutes aflet the physichm arrived. An ( Mr. J,eist{vas born in New York city meeting on Ihe r~th of Septem ber was ,Iu' trees, Jalluary 22; 1837, and was therefore in hIS trusted hy the con~littee to his old-time 1111 ir forty.thlr~~venr. He came 10 Lawrence ill friend, Hon. Geo. N. Cmwford. It will be grapt 1855,· amP worked on the old Herald of regretted by all thut ne so prominent and on tl Freedoll{~s a printCl·. At tho breaking out so faithful in the caus" of frocdom iu Kan. ahOlll Schoo of the' witI' he enlisted il1 the Second Colo. sus Will, not be uhle t~e. present. 'I'he and I the f~ )'atlo q~"alry, ancl scrved with that regi- following is the reply:' , SHELDON, lV~'.• July 16, Ism. or 10 ment Y,uring the entire war. He traveled Ai Dem' jf1o. Urawfol'd: I huve duly receiv· extensively iu Mexico, New Mexico, Ari. miles zonllJ~nd Texlls, and was able to speak ed the invitatiOll to be pre~ent nt the Old $10 p Settlers' meeting Ilt Lawrence on the 15th • . of September next. I am 'spending the suit. Sprwlsh quite fluently. Inhi865 he was marl'icd tu Miss Rulh E. summer east with my ftlmilY,'!lnd will not 400 Hut~hinson, who still survives him. They venture home until lifter the time designat. miles had',ifive children, only two of wholll arc ed for the mceting, I regret.\ there/ore, of $1: I will not he IIhlc to be presont on lllent, no,~hiving, a son and dflughter, aged thir- thut cash. tbat interesting occasion. \ tee~ and eleven. I knew much of the eurly Bettlers of timbe, Mr. I,eis was for a long time forelllun of Kansas, and no bmver or truer rilen ever anti CJ' the~Kansas State JOURNAl., and l111S at oue upheld the banner of human Iibe~ty. J hling, ndapte liu~e or another been conneeled with neur;' phrticipated,lll all tbe action of COJi'grcss cellent which Iltwndel! their enrly struggiesilllnd ly ~very o/lice in the city.. During the nccoruing to the measurc of my abil ity'did factor) days when Lawrence bOll8ted a printers' nil in illY, power to stl'Cnglhen their arDIS 100 co uni~n Henry was its financial secretary. in their hlmtl·to·hanu fight with the sla~f cows Il H~' was an open, free-hearted lIlun who, power. Ami how gloriously they won! and II whil~,he hud his faults, had many virtues, Through fire aOlI blood they plllnted frccI la rgfie s '-instltutlOns on your virgin soil, and in a \P~o ta which far overbaluneed them. . WIth II . en s e rea y (I' IC ~pectators thought for a time she had gone i- I �I ",;.- -=S;,' : ' 1 '" 'W:'E8T E8~ U:U,~tE,<,J'OUnN AL; f r \: LA WRENCE ,PEC., " ' - ....... "',1876. ~t. 1 • ',' " I . , ~ .' ~~-=-~=-~,~--=-~~~ FA*A.L)!XPLOI!l~O_N." ,] iJll~II~~~Aton P~0':'8b'.7'F';,aJl~Barnf'd,1 ", by "b~ E~PI~,ldO,O, of a ~e.o.eDe, ;1 1I '!: Lamp-Her'S_band ,aDd Son alBe , ' '" ,,'. ", '," ",' , ' BadI7BnriJed.; r , , : ' .. ;:,' ,1 ' \ i ,Il-!:: ialt eveniog (Wedoe~day) between. t(~ Bod elevf'D o'clock; as Mrs.' J. AGal~ too, re~idiog 00 Ohio,s'reet,~oppo8ite;-ihe Unitarian Chorch, ,was ,aboot'to ie'ti're,' the other'me'inbers of 'he family IiQvi~g already done so, ao ordin~ry'hao-d;~iamp which sbe was carrying" exploded, sehi~g fire to Iier clothiog, and before tbe flames: could be extinguished she ~as lio 'badly boroed 'bat the' physiciao 'who was immedia,ely so~moned,:(lispal;ed of hei .recovery., ' ¥r., GastQn, i~hile endeavoriog 'oisave hiswJfe'slife,:w~s fearfnlly barned' 00 bothhaods and arms-so bad, 10 'fact, that th~ Dohs oame ,off•.',:,.The :oldes' SOD was; also severely ,bnrnedabonC ,the palms of his hallds.', , Monroe,' of tlie nigh& force, was also clllled in and assisted,in:dressiog the"woonds ohhe sufferer. "At' an' ,early, hoor this morning Mrs. GaBton; was 'still' living, though' ,with 'little 'hopes of ;rl:coverl.'~ ;1:', I . .1, .' \ • ' La'er.~Mrs. GastoD died-- 'at an! early hOlu 'his'(Tbursday) 'morning. ' '\ ---- . -- - • -- --- ,',: .t: I �\ --- ----~--~ - - - - - 0, r:r::m DAILY John Speer, Editor. Papcr~ Official City &. ' County , . . ), \ Arriv"l of His RemRins-l'arUculll1'8 of His Death. " The remnins of Mr. Wood Nefl', son' inlaw of the editcr of tbi,~ ayrivqd at 7 , o'clock Ilist evening, b,Y- the ,Atcltjson,".!-'o, " " "', ~' , '\'" (\,'L'r, 1l'-, ./~ka\&.;Sailta 1: '\, ]'etraill: "", in .\chl1rge:-"Qf it \. II I m.Spcer.', '", "" :~I Hi~! " death was the res111t!of nn l\cci~1ellt , .. , • which secmed unavoidable. , :lIr. Neff w,as on tb~' to~ '~f tho caboose" fIt the brllke, , '~tl' ~ when the cnlJoosc 81lu l woo 0 ter cars r~nl , off the track.- The train was appronchingt along cmlJankmcnt, llnd trestle worlc--the highest IIpon the whl,le ro!~d'-:\11l1 on u long d,)Wll grnuil, It ~eemcd strange tbat ' , 110 man J'ul1lpccl frolll the train, as,it WIIS: '\ 'C approaching trc~tle work, wherc death socm",' . . cd cntain. \Vhen the cars welJt oye]", man at a saw mill saw him thrown whirl" i~~ -fJt.heiiir-biH. wheiiuii' hej l~mlpe~'O;: paiie'r. ~ III.' - w~ r/ol11 , the ," " '\ thrown 1" " 1\ 1 ' tr'lii'n i'lio k,onl'd not t \ :' ' / . ~ li.1 tell \im/di t.he embankmcnt prevented sccmg lli~v,\f]I~n' he struck 'the ground; lJut liS lho , I boues in ,his,b.oqy we,r,!\' crushc!l", it is p~" Iievecnii'atone wh(~cl of 'the ,tl'llck of t,ll·J 'cl1boose l)assed over his lJody,' Exc,ept II • l • . ). , • , I [11 small scalp woullll un his hen d., no'ol,lielj w(;nnd thun thoee Oll his breast WElS discdy,~ er~lile~' ',' 'Conductor 'LiLl.leficld:had. o~elo..r: tliw hones. ,o(a leg br<)l~'~n" ,,ard n1\!Rs:r,l~~ .\ IJ ", I >, __ bL. I across We knee and over the ,faee, severe .1.. to.·: ..... ';,':... ~ '\.' ~. ": ...... J , wounds, but he _llHlllngell to cmwl to Mr, N,!!Jl;in;l,lis.'.snfl~l:tng f-()lJ~litiOl); up.dl feel his pulse, and fonn<l it. hnd ceased to bc*t, 'Hc'muiitlia'vc'hecni killCll instuntlY. ,~,~rr;ch ~~~~\~~:oLi;~i;i;e;,~o'i:~'~'er\ci~;~iy' inj'l)l'e}1) ~ ',J? • ,-" "_, •• pf 1 ' •. If t I \ f • '.,' t ,. !, .. ",' /<'~ 'I tl! " ' j I t ... 1 l' ,'IJi,e,;"a,q'e!f!Qi1~q~CiJr~e!l}.!ll tlw ,'te~a:~,ljacillc',j;ui 11'Oilil;!.8r;vClili'til~g eafi1.'of L()l~gv,i~w, ,,' ,. " '" • I~~' ~ t on t.he 22d instnllt. ',' ,. ,,' .. ' T.hc(mgille', and Ihe<;l'f!st o(>t)w tmill I ' I i ' ,~. I . , plIs~."d sa~eJy ." , .. 'I j •• ,' , .' .:, I '. .. ! .' , ':T,li&:~d6!llh"'.)ccill~rb';[. ';\t .'P~C~i8;,~Y; li'i~ I, o:(;~OSk;IN. illc;~ll<:\r!1i11g: ',~'bra~~~14ti to11~ hi~; '~~fb,h !.~~1,9~~ '~~.r-, N eir:~ hOlly" ~!~,(,J.,frWrd 'it Bt!1l runntng',. anll llote(l, the tlllle., lIt iV,u!' ~w.o_o\;!6:ci~: th'\! !ie,ll~ >1l191'p,iiif;, ,~rfqre tll,c.. ».q~.Y~:ico.~'!1I .h~:'got If> "~lars11f11,J:'~Nr; Wril. Speel'left thllL 11IIy '(~lOlHIUY;d1rt. ?.:-Ju:,i 'tir.i Ll.J(Jh)~. '; ,': ~I '; .'"10 . ';11 1 1\ ~., ,1:On'tJie"lirriv~'1 'of- UtI) lie"ly lat nlarshnll, it" , . ,IH ... I " 1.1 was ,tukcil ch'!l1'gn or hy the officers hpd employes tho j'o:ul, w'll<.> ,lid every'thiilg which;any syulpnthetic', hllmnne 111l1l1 cOlJlu do. r The TrainmHster, M:'. Ch:U'les 'l'hu~n, It ,oldllcqil!lin~an'c'e of'Mr. , Nell"s ~u"the " ., ," ' ..!' _ I ' • I , KailsllS Pllcific, took cbarge of tho body', .tntl 'had' 'it'prepared for' ti'ansilort'ation Ito Lawrence, in which he WllS assisted by_'llF' \v.it4 of :in ,h' , • C , '", ., • ~. !'Yijc~~;:c\1 \cl:,cle(fi~, tlii" g~iieral fr~i~ht c>~~ce: ':~~l,;:"Sc0t.~ ~o?le ha~ oUl""'Ii~;l:!lf~,t ~:'~~~it,u(,!:,:')f' 4i~,¥0~)(1 on1t~e~ in this .te]'ri~le ('!ii>HRICI'.' Hon:' 8-eoI"O"(; Nob1e"was afJscht ""1' , f ," I" ' • q, "I "01 I " I" bui; IreLU.~~e,iI,j,l1~~, f1s.:VVi lIi~.m; '~!l8nlJ.:ut to le>1vo with the'bony; and kllldly flll'UlRlted tran).p6rt:d,iol\J~)j;;liiilisel f lind I he~ body[t.o Lnwlence. telegl'llpbing t.o othCi-"I:Oflcls, and doin!! all in his [,oWei·, "lridccd'illl t.he dilI l'o"d etnp~\'y'es gllLqerell, around t_h!!il', .Jelln "I 0,1\ 6.~I~·flde\1~hhwi~g;, ~i:i:ai~ ~ymJ;ntb'y',nn~df\ ~ desire to do anything which good m'en cGt11d~./1116,th~se{'1\iH.\e his filllictka . . f I'ehltives sllHllalwflYs feel grateful. , _ .,"Jlb:, '.N eft' \"i"s' ~oin' itl ITlintingu(ln codn1 \y;, Pellnsyl ~~Il\U, and,);!IS /\\'e,nty:;six and fivo, . mo'n tIts . old on .folll\," (hy' of.1: his i ..... dent.b, He was lllfll'l'icd to Uiss Mary Speer;OIl the' 22d' of Octouer;'1873,' mid t!l'e day ,of bis, death WHS" t.herefore, "Lhe tl1ii'd " " , ' , , ' " '," " "I anniiiersary of his,marringe,' He le,wes li e'bind him [~,:i;iFc ~nJ_t'.v:o~ cll!1.dren-Willle; two years ,old;;al1d.a lJalJe'!bnt three wce1;:s 7,111. ,l;I,e ,w.sn.t. to ~;c~>!~ j~~,sh,tw.o W1P~tllS before IilS •death, ~lel1vll1g.J at, the tune as a necessity .~CHg~~t" a ?it.ti!ltjQrt.whieh then 6~( fcrc~, hut cot1hlnpt, h9, h(Old for h,im. .. Tho arrangeme'nts' fIll" th<ifllnchil wi11J.>c ;ncn.!· ymlra over th¢ t rcst.1g iw_ol'k; hrlt'rs . it Wll9 sOllie tlistllllce from-the,,Lody, of',!lIIrJ -, 'I' 1 ' • 'J "~ ," " • l .1 '. .:U· t t N err, 'they W'Cre,.,l;I,\ul}l,e to talw tlte, bo~-¥ with them to the next' stilLion, Glad()wllter~ whe]'e Will., Speer; Coud'uctor on uuothbr j ... ' .,to"I"'. trniti, ~Y!1S w;tilillg; lJc<iunse, his ~l'deril'\:,el'e to go to G1adewllter, and,vait 'fo'r;: hii,tflbr ~~'de.rs,. b:,;i .~~. t'J;c' :)YfC~I.:'!;f: ci)p;i~c,\9r' 1.,il~ fOUllU'ih.'il~~:I~~l\lcolu~l~I" ; i".':; ",'h ,;J tlcfield's, ears .-had ,broken tho tclegTUl?h filM ,ij';_~ ~ires;!-Io (~!'~19'rs" C(ililcl ~et . :t~ :jl!.l~l~l':! Wlil. Wu.q~hJ>Tcff,a' son-in,law-of; Hon. John ,~p'ce,~' tllen, ~o~l~ tF~, engine,ahd ;s(~l:nr; ~9c, Spc~r,l~vIlS killcd ne~r'j'fui'~h[iiI7Thas , tion Lands lind Tepaircu t.he tclcghlpli li"llc, tl1c;2:j~1 'ili'st:; 1Jy:ii i'ililr(i!id'~itcdd()li't:' l ".1, I .'" . I. '.' I ~ 'I'·, • ., .. " "I. . ' '.. "I pl'ociil'cd:t,he bO,dy, lind ,tclegmphcd to }~r. , ,WI18' a COlic1ui!Lo!'"()li the 'I'exas,' PitCific fail" I' , I, ' I ' "1 I" I Scott" N o.hl!!, Assistant SnpCl'intcll(!el1t, l:oiHl., y~:i,wns oilce,~. l'CS.ideilt'.,of Tope/,a who'itt' mice' 's«nt out ·briclge,hlU!cls ,all.ltl u autl was an I1l111CSt and estl mahle mall .. 'Ilia Wl'~~~!.,ng- tr~in." ?-'l,le, bridge ,I!:l(~,)? ,"- wife:is' ii~i~g: iIi La\vr~nco wit~ '1;01: f!~tiltr. l'~l~~il:~d an.(}tlllj' ,Wl'eC!ICd .earsg,rot 'O'~1~, ~tJ!oliek;,' OO1il?llomoealtlt. '" .' ",: ,'... t! ~~~~'Y~y:I)~lqX~\ t1fl:;hody cO,n!d b~,l,ullel~ Ml1rs}.lalL .~~ :"',,,:,_~-,_ '' "'J.' I '. . I't . • I l 1(' hn f' , .•• j . , ' , " ' . • .(., j 'yo '" ( rf :,He �THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879. To-Day's local Notices. Orend Lod~e No. 7D8 K. of H., regular ineeting on Thursday livening, July 24, at 7 :30 o'clock. A full and Pl'oinpt nttend. IInce is desired. ,.J os. Jii. Hmos,' , Heportel'. Great sale of J)ry Goods, this wccl., al Hunt's. Buntings, Grenadines, nml Lawns at. Hunt's.. White Goods lIud Emhroideries at Hunt. Buy '}'able Lineus lit Hunt'R. Beautiful B1l1ck Silks cheap nt Hunt's. , Rilk Cloc1wd BallJl'iggtUl Hosiery, 25e., a \Hunt's. Ribbons, Bows, nnd Ties nt Hunt's. 'L}~lie8' and GenIs' Gnu:r.e Vests at Hunt's. \ ClaD~ Lawns for ''''hite Slicks Itt Hnut's. Head unrters lor Hosiery nt Hunt's. ,\ , OITY ~N 0 .\ lce~ ice, iC, • COU NTRY I ErD)lmU,LER & Co. I '~ I Billy Nolan was receiving the conO'ratli. '] lations of his friends yesterday. It" is a \ I I... girl. ' , , Rev. J. J. ThoJpson infol'ms u~ that the American Bible S?fiety sent 100jIJibies to the State penitentia~y TueSday/-Common. wealtlt. \ ' ,iIS ?tlr. Shelton is untl~ing in efforts to make the coming tClJperance campmeet· 109 a grand success. 'Herwent down 10 Paola, M,onday, to mlik~ arrangements with',thil'Paola Rifles to (ttend on miJitnry day." . . j; \ ',: Yesterday a man na~lCd k. W. Martin, Ii. very. old man, was aronnd tile city t.ryiug to raIse enough mOIl'ev to paJ\half fate to Lawrence, the raiIrdn(f having promised to carry him for that-RHe said he ~ad walked from Winfleld, and that bcforev-eaching this cIty he was overcome bY. the Ileal and was picked up by a, farmer. He is going to Lawrence to Jee his daughter, ~ho, we understand, is ~,ery i11.-Wichita Eagle. Gri~wold on the gronnds ortbe Kansas Vall Fair Associtltlon Lhe fll'st week In 8 Lem ber gives promise of being an adv ce on all previous efforts of the associapfon. There is being erected, aUlI will s076 be completed, a large, well-ordered exfiibitlOn building, 'which will oller am,,le room for the proper display of allurt!,LfJes ueeding shel. ter either fl'onl. the suryl~.r storlll~, aud no oue'need have any fear of injury to nny ar' ticle which they IUnlwbh to display. In addition to 'a/Uple/~ccommodationH in tile way of stalls and sheds fur stocl•• t.here will also be pl'~videll sheds lor buggies, cnrriages, ctc./ The responsibility of the success or fuil. ure of the faii· now dcpcnds upon our llUsi· ness mel), f{.rl11cI'8, and 111 cclllmies. A sue' ccs8/ul iai~ cllnnot help but be beneflcinl to evcQj~llan doing business in Lnwrcllce, and 01}P thing that makes a fair successful is tho/variety of the llispltlY· It is a grellt errol' to suppose that because you do not thilk yon will carry @Ii' a premium yor. ~ thercfore mnke no displuy. If you nave anything that is meritorious senti that 'in. If you have a good road horse, though he may not be a trotter, put him on.exhibibon. If every farmer. in the county woultl scnd in a dozen ears of corn of the best thnt 'he has, and then give a fuir estimate of the yield per acre allli the number of acres he has III cultivntion, we should thereby get some vnluahle statistics and have such an exhibition as was never wit· ne3sed before. ,m Mnny of our buslncss mCll allll fnnucl's hnve already shown n deep interest in the matter ami donc Illuch towards fUl'llishiug the mellns to cnrryon Ihe work, but there is no reason why every man ill the county should not take un equully deep intcrest in the ,matter., ------'-----Death 01' ltlrs. Geol'l{e t\.. Reynolds. We clip from the Parsons Dllily Wonder of last Monaay the following noticc of the death of Mrs. George A. Revnolds, wluch • will be read with sincere regret by the many friends and· acquaintunces of the family in this city, where thcy residcd for ,several years: A colored woman named \ied Tuesdaye'venlng. Iilhe is rcported to h~LVe , • J' b Ii b\ been 1D a 89-rt of tr.ance state e ore ~ death, and after a tIme come to and de~ 8cribed wb,Ktshe thought was a glimpse of' Heaven. 'When she really did die the spectatOrs/thought for a time she hnd gone , . t' a ther trance but she did not CODIe Mrs. Reynolds diel! at her late residelIce in this city on Sunday, nt 2 :30 p. m. Her decease WIIS not ullcxpected, aUlI yet when a good man or woman dies the cOlllmunity mourns the family circle is brolwlI friends grieve, 'ROll society acknowledgcs~ II loss. \1\'[rs. It. has been sick over a ycar, with \arying vicissitudes of gl'lldu.a.I improv~. ~:n~n~ and sudden relapse, bcr IrICn~ls shul. 10 0 ~o I" . 109 10 nlternate hopes nnd fears 01 a pel'. to agalD/ The woman had been SIck for mnnent reeovery or a I'Rpid dissolution. , ,over a year. For' everal days she lay unconscious, seem· . , ingly without pain, aud whcn her final A' n~w kind of confidence game hns great lange came she llied as undisturhed been ~Iayed on 'some of the ciU:r.ens of ] n· Ilnll pc cefllly liS an infnllt drops to slccp 'depe~dence. A man tears n five dollar in its III ther's nnns; n..~ if the good un~cl bill in two pieces, anrl folds each half lip had com hIS long joul'lley upon the bright. • est of Sall.lmth days, purposely to I'cwlll'd n1cely so the ends will show, then he aRl.~ and recogn,i:r.o lICr self.sacriflcIlIg, lovillg, for/amnII bills for his two. flves. If thc and forglvitlg spirit. man has got only ecven or eIght doll aI's he l\l1·S. nlly't'~llls wns th~ ~1t1~st dllu,!.!,ter . will take that and leave his two pieccs, of Col. W. H. \,J IIl1son, 01 j.,llIlIJ'Il, N. )'., II 8~,y' in;' that will answer his llllrpose for lhe highly.honorcd nllli cstceulCd eit.i:r.cn of' ... that city aud Stnte, now ill advllnccd ye:ll'R " present, and he will cnll for the blliance. find feeblc health. Shc WIIS JIlnl'l'icd in 1856 to Major G. \llcynohl~, nnd soon thcrc· Kansas Methodist: One'of t.he most im· after cnme with liim to Knnsas Tenil.ory, portant meetings ever held in the West will alJd settled in La?vrence, and WIIS con~e· convene at Bismarck Grove, near the city of' qUCBUy one of the e.arIier pioneer wOIll.en L:lwrence. Kansas, commcncing Tuesday, of Knnsns. From 1860 to 1865 thc fam I1y ,August, 2f1, 1879, continuing to and in· resided at Furt Scoti\ allli Iluring nil the dark nnd troublous day,s of the bonier war ,t:ludii.Jg ThlHSllfiY, Scptmn her 4. Its gl'n· Mrs. Heynolds rcmaine'cl with her family , crill ol~ject will he to train I,he workers in and shared in the t.rinls and t1l1l1gers of tho~e . the churches, both lay !Lilli cl\!rical. There eventful yenrs. Her, house ill 1<'ort, Scott .. , will 'he courscs ofst11l1y and lectures adapt. WfiS notcd for its hospitnlil,y, allli her ge· spirit, gav,e a cordilll wei' ed to ministers, trustees, class leaders, ninl and generous Ti""r.,,' 10"'~ •. , ~ "fl. __ "',-,. ........... f-" .. , , '1('1/'(\ "" ..... J F Ahsl Tltrtal' from t form a Gl'OceJ lOstll!l IAK[ lYork. gerouR otferel ~ ,Jull cnoug awul" the dl ing u) bed I again! )lut 01 AlL! sault $1 nn mits, boy it WhOSl very ~ doubt often Pri, new, : Howe Nc\ just l'l DUI myel, Pauta cash ( 7.16dt Hey l\tiSSCI stock, R Buys pay t: lind d Pllrth Dong; huge' lIly b.. script, but 1'0 addrc: A: goO!I' tion; , For Sl mont! thi~ c cry n bettor is lost ery [ home Sm �PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society Prices include shipping Index to Rural Schools of Douglas County 18pages, $4.35 Index of Deaths & Births in Daily Newspapers of Douglas County, 1864-1872 26pages, $8.70 C.W.Smith, Lawrence, KS Undertaker & Embalmer,1890-1907 40pages, $8.70 Consolidated Index to 1875 Census 22pages, $8.70 Cemetery District Map, Road Map of Douglas County, KS 1page, $1.00 Preemptions in Douglas County, KS 76pages,$12.50 List of Original Owners in the City of Lawrence 93pages,$12.50 Lawrence City Directory & Business Mirror 1860-61 30pages, $8.70 City Directory 1875-76 92pages,$12.50 Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, KS. Published in 1987. 2 volumes. There are none on hand but we will publish on demand at $40.00 per volume. However lookups are available. �Douglas County, KS Family Histories 1991-1992. Vol. 1. Price reduced. Hardbound. 674pages,$30.00 Douglas County, Kansas, Marriages,1854-1884. V.1 306 p. 24.00 Douglas County, Kansas, Marriages, 1885-1897. V.2 187 p. 20.00 Genealogical Information in Newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: Index for 1873-1881.115p 10.00- We have back issues of The Pioneer available @1.50 per issue. To inquire about publications or to order contact: DCGS 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426. Make checks payable to DCGS Inquiries may be sent to burchill@ku.edu or to the above address. �Pioneer Index, Vol 32 Abbott Anderson Anglin Apitz Babcock Bachelder Bailey Baker Baldwin Bancroft Bardell Barnard Bartlet Bartlett Barton Bates Baughman Beasely Beeghley Bell Berry Bigger Biggs Bing Blossom Boehle Boissiere Bond Bondi Bennett Bower Bowers Bowersock Brewer Briggs Brocket Brockett Brockway Brohammer Broughton Brown 4,5 55 27 11 15,16 27 27,44 43,45,47 15 17 18 52 18 55 47 42 27 19 32,35,48 6,48,76 16,17 52 19 45 27 47 64 47,55 5,6,7,8 27 43,45 42 17,70 47 12 4,5 10 18 35,48 19 4,5,6,78,,9, 10,11,16,21 ,48 t., Bruce Brumbaugh Buerman Buffington Bunce Burcorff Burke Burton Butts Campbell Cantrell Carpenter Cartwright Cerutti Chrowl Churchbaugh Clair Clapper Clark Coatney Cochrane Coffee Colburn Cole Coleman Comer Commons Comstock Connelley Cook Craik Crammer Crandall Critchfield Crocker Croft Crumet Currens Custer DaLee Dangler Danko Darling Davenport Davis 16,18,19 34 55 55 55 27 52 48 23 40,81 6,23 4,8,9,10,61 20,21 24 42 42,44,47 60 34 27,28 52 8 23 53,52,55 20,27 5 45 55 52 6 44,47 32 56 19 18 52 80 55 55 48 75 42 30 18,19 48 55 DeBoissiere Dexter Dicker Dotson Dow Duncan Dunham Earhart Eberhart Edie Elder Eller Ellers Ellis Elston Evans Figs Fincher Finkle Fish Fitzpatrick Fleming Flory Foster Fox Franklin Fraser Frederick Freeman Friezen Fritz Furber Gardner Garst Gaston Gerard Gile Gillet Glock Gower Graham Graves Hadl Hadley 61,63 4,5 19,52 56 5 79 27 67 47 5 52 35 37 47 56 36 52 20 52 69 27 27 32,35,39,42, 44,47,48 52 44,47 17 12 4,5 48 52 18 20,21 27 48 82 45 56 16 56 70 4 27 56 21,23, �Hancock Harrell Harris Hartman Haskell Hawkins Heck Hellstrom Henricks Herrard Hiatt Hill Hilton Hislop Hobbs Holman Holsinger Holyfield Hoover Hopper Howard Hoystradt Hughes Hugo Hull Hutton Ikenberry Jackson Jacobs James Jefferson Jeffries Jenigan Johnston Jones Judson Kaiser Katherman Keltcher Kennedy Keusel Keve King Kinney Kinzie 27 56 47,69 48 68 19 69 56 4 20 49 9,70 27 27 65 28 35,37 52 35,36,38,43 27 17,18,19 19 26 64 27 27 36 20 4,36,37 69 27 56 6 2 47,64 77 8 47 52 27,47 67 27,28 48,52 42 38 43,45 27 7,27 16,18 18 56,77 21 56 36 48 20 5 52 26 38,42 27 45 52 63 63 20,27,51,52 ,56 McBride 27 McCage 16,17 McCall 52, McCann 16 McCleary 52 McDaniel 27 McFerren 27 McGhee 27 McHale 52 McKee 18 McKinney 45 McPhell 27 McWhinney 9 McWhinney 8 Melvin 19 Merrifield 56 Merritt 57 Messenheimer 36,37 Messer 27 Metsker 44 Metsker 47 Meyers 52 Miller 17,42,45,47 Kling Landis Lane Laptad Lawson Lee Leslie Lipp Longanecker Lowe Luptin Lymer Manning Markham Markley Marqueling Marshall Martin Martinelle Martinelli Mason ,57 16,18,48 Mitchell 27 Mize 42 Mohler Montgomery 48 4,5,9,10,27 Moore 16 Morehead 21 Morgan 76 Mosier Muckey 57 Muenchau 57 26 Murlin Murphy 26 16,19,20 Murray 83 Neff 63,64 Netherland 11 Neville Nickelson 52 Noble 17 Officer 68 42 Oswalt Owens 57 Pain 6 Parker 80 Pate 4,6,10,23 Payne 27 Pearson 6,27 Peffley 42 Pendleton 70,71 Penfold 52,53,57 Penn 34 Perkins 27 Petefish 48 Petrie 17 Pettengil 57 Pettijohn 27 Phillips 5 Pierce 7 Pike 27 Pine 69 Place 57 Platz 42 Poehler 70 Pomeroy 11 Popplwell 52 �Porter Postma Pratt Pray Preis Preston Pritchett PuIs Quantrill Quigley Rafe Ramseyer Reid Reser Reynolds Rice Richardson Ridgeway Ridpath Rinehart Robinson Rogers Rosenberry Ross Rothrock Sarcoxie Saum Saunders Schaake Schmucker Sears Shank Shannon Sharp Sheneman Shepherd Sherar Shively Shocklin Shore Shou Shuck Simcock Simmons Simpson 27 35,48 57 44,47 68 6 52,53,57 68 11,32,33 7 35 48 6 80 27,77 27 60 20 8 42 16,80 19 27 57 38,40,46,47 16,18 16,17,18 18 69 67 61 44,48,52 6 51 68 74 6 44,47,48 27 4,8,9 8 41 80 52 16,19,27 Templin Thomas Thompson Thornell Tibbets Torrence Townsley Trobenins Troutman Tucker Tufts Turner Tyson Ulrich 11,19,52 41 18 18 52 27 42,47 74 68 16 27 67 63 52 63 27 38,47 52 48 5,6,23 27 80 19 16,17,19 6,32,65,66, 67 12 52 4,8,10 27 16 27 5,8,9 27 63 40 27 5 19,52 33,34,35,37 VanHoesen VanTries 39,40,43,44 ,46,47,48 45 6 Smith Snelling Snow Snyder Southard Spear Spitler Steele Sternberg Stevens Stewart Stillwell Stine Stiner Stone Streator Studebaker Stull Stutsman Sumner Sutton Sweeney Syder Tallman Taylor Vogel Walker Warne Warren Washburn Watson Weiner Weingartner Wellman Westfall Wetherell Weybright Wheeler Whistler Whitfield Whitnery Whitney Wiener Wilkinson Wilson Wingert Winninger Winter Woods Wright Wymore Yerian Zornow 69 20,27,80 42 26 63 72 5 18 3 4 17 47 20 42 6 19 16,78 8,10 27 47,52 48 4 48 61 27,52 52 52 6 �~:p OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS LEGEND �The Pioneer Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society, Inc. 1329 Kasold, G 1 Lawrence, KS 66049-3426 FORWARDED AND RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) 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Title A name given to the resource The Pioneer, Vol. 32, Nos. 1-4: January - October 2009 Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Description An account of the resource The quarterly newsletter of the Douglas County Genealogical Society in Douglas County, Kansas, containing information regarding the organization, activities, and membership of the Society, and articles of interest to those researching family ties to or the history of Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009 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_VOL32_1THRU4_JAN-OCT2009 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.)