Neosho County Kansas - Family History Queries, January - June 2001 Kenneth Thomas (kgthomas51@charter.net) 01/01/03 --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JAMES Sandra Atkin (atkind@lds.net) 29 June 2001 Looking for the family of Thomas B. JAMES and Nancy JOHNSON between 1860 and 1899. Specifically interested in their non-surviving children; Abraham, William Henry, John W., Maryette and twin, Juilette, Ann Eliza and Joseph Freeman. Already have information on two surviving children, George Lewis and Elizabeth M. ----------------------------------------- PEAY...THAYER...GREER Gloria Hursey (ghursey2@aol.com) 22 June 2001 I am looking for any information for the following people. William Walter PEAY, born 1853 in Arkansas. He married Melissa THAYER in 1879, Wilson County, Kansas. Melissa was the daughter of Wilson THAYER, according to the marriage record. The record also states that they were of Neosho County, Kansas at the time of this marriage. I'm also looking for information for the GREER name in Neosho County, Kansas. William Walter PEAY's Grandmother was a GREER. I do not know what her first name was and have only seen her referred to as "Grandmother GREER." Family information is that William W. PEAY & his Grandmother GREER left Arkansas to get out of the dangers of the war, and that they went to Kansas about 1860. I'm hoping to find these people in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Neosho County, Kansas Census. If anyone has access to these records and can look them up for me, I will so very much appreciate it. ----------------------------------------- SAGER/SAGNER...ALLEMAN Mary Wentz (mwentz531@aol.com) 21 June 2001 Can anyone help me with any information about Frederick SAGER/SAGNER, born in Pennsylvania, served in the Civil War, buried in Earleton Cemetery? Apparently he was a brother of my Great-Grandmother, Susanna ALLEMAN, wife of Henry K. ALLEMAN buried in the same cemetery. Henry K. and many of their family are buried there also. There must be descendants somewhere. ----------------------------------------- BENSON...MILLER...ELLIOTT...EWING Ellot Benson (ellotbenson@netzero.net) 10 June 2001 I have information on the BENSON, MILLER, ELLIOTT and EWING families, but am looking for anyone who is also researching these families to exchange information with. ----------------------------------------- WAMSLEY travelinspy@cs.com 7 June 2001 I am looking for information on the WAMSLEY family in Neosho County, Kansas. My relative, Catherine VAN LOOZEN of Cleveland, Ohio, married a Mr. WAMSLEY and moved there. This was in the late 1800's. Any information will be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- HADDAN...OSAGE MISSION agrytch@aol.com 24 May 2001 I am seeking information on the Osage Mission and on John Simeon HADDAN from around 1880. ----------------------------------------- GRADY Sharyl Darlington (sharylgord@aol.com) 24 May 2001 Looking for relatives of James H. GRADY, he died in 1912 and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery. He was born in Hillsboro County, Ohio in 1834. Thanks in advance for any help. ----------------------------------------- GROBECKER...MURRAY Janet Nimmo (janimmo@juno.com) 9 May 2001 My Grandfather was born a GROBECKER in either 1871 or 1872, supposedly in St. Paul, Neosho County, Kansas. He was adopted out at an unknown time to a MURRAY family, I believe by a 1880 census I found it was William and Anna MURRAY. I am trying to find out who his mother was, when and why he was adopted out. His father, John GROBECKER, was remarried in 1887 to Elizabeth BERRY. John GROBECKER was also a physician and treated soldiers in the Civil War. Perhaps he practiced in the Neosho County area from 1870 to 1890. Any information would be helpful and greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- EATON...BALCH janetlanee@aol.com 7 May 2001 Zarah Aaron EATON was born in Earlton, Kansas on October 28, 1879. He married Lettie UMBARGER in this county in 1900. They had many children, one of which was Z. A. EATON, born May 16, 1918 in Galesburg, Kansas. Also, Garfield Theron BALCH was born in Chanute on November 9, 1878. He married Etta LAWRENCE and they had a child named Ethel Ruth BALCH, born in Chanute on October 16, 1915. Ethel Ruth BALCH married Z. A. EATON on June 5, 1939. ----------------------------------------- UHLER...HOLDING Larry Woods (horsethief@netquestone.com) 1 May 2001 I am looking for my Great-Grandfather who's name is unknown. His wife was named Sarah J. UHLER. She died on March 19, 1919. He then moved to St. Paul, Kansas. They are listed in the Chanute city directory from 1914 and 1915. I have lost them after that, but Sarah died here in Chanute on the above date. Their daughter, Rachel UHLER married my mother's father sometime in 1920. His name was George Edward HOLDING. ----------------------------------------- OSBORNE...NOLAN Judy Schoening (juscho48@hotmail.com) 30 April 2001 I am looking for information on Silas and Mary E. OSBORNE and their daughter, Mary Charlotte, born 1881. Mary Charlotte was born in Kansas, she married Thomas NOLAN from Ireland abt. 1900. My Grandfather, Richard NOLAN was born 1904 in Neosho County, Kansas and at some point they moved to South Dakota. ----------------------------------------- WELCH Jake Owen (jakeowen@aol.com) 23 April 2001 I am looking for any descendants or information that leads to the descendants of John W. WELCH, who married Elizabeth Ann DELAY in Pike County, Ohio on March 7, 1850. John WELCH died in Neosho County, Kansas in 1885. ----------------------------------------- RYAN Sue Clinton (sclinton@poncacity.net) 23 April 2001 In the 1880 Neosho County, Kansas Federal Census in the Erie Township, I found R. RYAN age 50, wife Elizabeth 45, and children Eliza 17, Matilda 15, Allie 14, John 12, James 9 and Lucy 7. Can anyone give me any further information on this family? Who is R. RYAN? Did he die in Neosho County? I think Matilda is my Great-Grandmother. ----------------------------------------- CLOUSER Joe (mauricajoe@cs.com) 17 April 2001 Looking for any CLOUSER family, more specifically Grant R. CLOUSER. He was a Dentist in Chanute. He died about 1897. Any information will be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- FARRELL...KENNEDY Vicki Rice (vrice@coachella.org) 17 April 2001 Looking for any information on the family of John Clair FARRELL, b: 31 October 1896 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. His parents were John FARRELL, b: unknown, d: abt. 1900 of blood poisoning and Emma KENNEDY, b: unknown, d: abt. 1959 in Chelsea, Rogers County, Oklahoma. After John FARRELL died his wife, Emma remarried a man named PRICHARD who had 2 sons by a previous marriage. I don't know how long they were in Kansas either before or after the birth of John Clair FARRELL. Does anyone know of this family? ----------------------------------------- TREDWAY...BROOKS Duane Pilcher (pilcher@cyberport.com) 10 April 2001 I recently found a photo taken in Chanute, Kansas that has a man, woman and their daughter. The names on the back of the photo were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph TREDWAY and Willa Imogene. These were part of the Charles W. BROOKS family who lived in the Neosho and Crawford Counties in the late 1800's and early 1900's. If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me. ----------------------------------------- SCHNEIDER...SEVART...BALFAY MUNDING Joe Schneider (schneidersite@earthlink.net) 9 April 2001 Interested in ancestry of Anton SCHNEIDER, b: 1851, Avon, Ohio, who migrated to the St. Paul area in the early 1870's. He was married to Mary MURPHY, of County Mayo, Ireland/Cleveland, Ohio. They had 2 sons, William Lawrence, and my Grandfather, Joseph Charles. William married Mary Fidelis MUNDING, of St. Paul, and Joseph Charles married Rosella SEVART, of Labette County. Rosella's parents were Catholics and were born, or lived their adult lives in and around Neosho County. All died and are buried there. I have an extensive database of descendants. Will exchange info with other family researchers. ----------------------------------------- McKERNAN Tom McKernan (tommckernan@sprintmail.com) 9 April 2001 Father Thomas A. McKERNAN, pastor at Greenbush (just east of St. Paul), early 20th century. Born June 16, 1881, in St. Louis. Known as the "Poet Priest of Kansas". (I have a book of his poems.) Priest at Mercy Hospital in Parsons (when?). Any information will be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- HENDERSON Ed Henderson (peganded@kans.com) 8 April 2001 Mary Henderson and her sons, Atwill and Russell lived in Neosho County, between 1867 and the early 1870's. They moved to Chautauqua County where they lived out their lives. Any information of where they lived while in Neosho County and of any relatives or records would be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- NEOSHO COUNTY TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION BOOK Crawford Co., Genealogy Library (kscrawfordcogenlib@hotmail.com) 3 April 2001 Looking for a copy of the Neosho County Tombstone Transcription Book recently published in the St. Paul area. Read about it in the newspaper but have misplaced the clipping. Any pointers welcome. ----------------------------------------- FINCH...CLARK Jean Burke (jburke@eurekaherald.com) 2 April 2001 From a query in Neosho County recently I located Barney Cemetery, which is 2 1/2 miles east of Shaw, Kansas and 1 mile north. There were 5 stones and 3 footstones listed and names for others for which there were no stones or they had been lost. These stones were moved to the fence row at one time. Just recently I went to the area and the area had been cleared with a bushhog. I'm looking for any information of the whereabouts of the stones or if they were destroyed. Hopefully they were moved to another location. The stones were for Lois A. FINCH, Lewis FINCH, J. R. ELLIOTT, Ida L. SNYDER, Johnnie BRYANT (?) and Gracy P. CLARK. The notation on the microfiche says James A. PHELPS (?) was granted a patent on 13 August 1832 on land in Erie Township, section 7 east, S.W. corner of section. Lois A. FINCH was my Great-Grandmother and Gracy P. CLARK was my Grandfather's infant sister. These stones were dated from 1864 - 1884 for burial. If anyone has any information on the disposition of these stones I would be most grateful. ----------------------------------------- RICKEL Ricki Parres (cyberparres@aol.com) 31 March 2001 My Great-Great-Grandfather, Joel Henry RICKEL and his brother, Joseph M. RICKEL and their families both lived in Chanute in the late 1800's and died in the 1920's. Joseph owned the Chanute Tank Company with his son, Charles. Joel owned a livery stable. Graves of their spouses and children are supposedly in Chanute at the Elmwood Cemetery. I am looking for confirmation of the locations of their graves, and I'd also like to contact someone willing to take photos of the cemetery and headstones or gravesites. Joseph's children's names are Sylvia RICKEL, (died at age 21), and Charles C. RICKEL. I'd like any information on any other RICKEL or RICKLE family members buried there also if it wouldn't be much trouble. ----------------------------------------- BLACKBURN Keith Johnston (kjay6@webtv.net) 18 March 2001 I am looking for information on any BLACKBURN in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. My John N. BLACKBURN, 1824-1898 and his wife, Margaret J. (WINKLER) BLACKBURN, 1837-1928, are buried in the Plainfield Cemetery in Shiloh Township. They were related to many other BLACKBURN's in the area. Would like to exchange information with others. ----------------------------------------- CAMPBELL...DOTY Carolynn Neel (neel501@prodigy.net) 17 March 2001 Looking for information on Francis CAMPBELL, b: 26 August 1833, d: 22 May 1874. He married Coralinn T. DOTY. Frances drowned in the Neosho River. He had a brother named Silas, b: 27 November 1847, d: 15 November 1874. Their parents were William and Elizabeth (b: 1810) CAMPBELL. Francis and Silas are buried at Oswego Cemetery, Kansas. Any help will be most welcomed. ----------------------------------------- FINCH...CLARK Jean Burke (jburke@eurekaherald.com) 15 March 2001 In the Mormon Library microfiche it lists, Lois FINCH, Lewis FINCH and Grace P. CLARK as being buried in Barney Cemetery in Neosho County, Kansas. Lois FINCH (or Louisa FINCH) was my Great-Great-Grandmother. I have other family members buried at the Shaw Cemetery that is located just north of Shaw, Kansas. But even though I lived in Neosho County as a child, I've never heard of Barney Cemetery. Although the state listings do not have Big Creek cemetery listed and I know where it is. Thanks for any help! ----------------------------------------- LOCK...PENTZER Jason Thornbrugh (jthornbr@legato.com) 15 March 2001 Looking for information on the following pedigree, of primary interest are the LOCK and PENTZER surnames: Joseph LOCK, b: abt. 1892 Jesse E. LOCK, b: abt. 1912, Shaw, Neosho County, Kansas Mary Frances LOCK, b: 23 May 1932, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas William R. PENTZER, m: 16 April 1905, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas Elsie E. PENTZER, b: Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas George Collins LYNCH, b: 31 March 1936, Montgomery, Indiana, m: 6 October 1861, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, d: 28 February 1913, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas Meartie A. LYNCH, b: 19 February 1876, Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, d: October 1971, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas ----------------------------------------- COHOE...GILLESPIE Barbie Heinen (heinenj@cox.net) 8 March 2001 We're looking for a death record for our Great-Grandmother, Sarah Ann (COHOE) GILLESPIE. Although she and her husband, John H. GILLESPIE and their children lived in Cottage Grove Township in Allen County, it is widely believed that she died in or near Chanute in Neosho County sometime after January 1884 and before 1895. We would love to have any information available on either John H. or Sarah. ----------------------------------------- MANN...HIGGINBOTHAM Dan Durbin (ddurbin1@cox.net) 3 March 2001 Seeking information on a couple who lived in Chanute. Husband is Friend MANN, wife's maiden name was Arka HIGGINBOTHAM. She was born December 12, 1878. I have quite a bit of information on the HIGGINBOTHAM's if anyone is related through Friend and Arka. ----------------------------------------- JOHNSON Jim Huggins (james_w_huggins@baylor.edu) 20 February 2001 I am looking for information on my Grandfather's brothers. My Grandfather's name was Forrest M. JOHNSON. He was born in Minden, Nebraska. His brother's names were Carl & Wesley. One of them was in the furniture (store/manufacturing?) business during the 30's, 40's and I think the 50's. The place of business was in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. Their parent's names were Edward & Augusta JOHNSON. Her maiden name was ANDERSON. ----------------------------------------- BERRY...ESSARY Jack Carney (applejack@winfinity.com) 17 February 2001 I am looking for the children of Victor C. BERRY and Laura B. (ESSARY) BERRY. They married in 1911 in Stone County, Missouri and later moved to Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas in 1916, where my Uncle Vic worked for the railroad until 1926. They had seven children in all. The earlier ones were born in Missouri and the rest in Kansas. This family possibly stayed on in Kansas for a longer period. I do not know the identities of the children. If anyone can help me with information on this family, I would certainly appreciate hearing from you. Many thanks in advance. ----------------------------------------- McCARTHY...GAITHER Donna Allen (donnarae@optonline.net) 15 February 2001 Looking for others researching Calahan McCARTHY, married 2 March 1858 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Florence Josephine GAITHER. They are found in the 1870 US Census in Erie Township, Neosho County, Kansas. I am trying to learn who the parents of Calahan and Josephine were and where they came from. ----------------------------------------- REESE Mike Rose (miker10244@aol.com) 9 February 2001 Looking for information on the family of Samuel REESE who was married to Lucia Jeanette HANNING. They came to Grant Township, Neosho County (abt. 1889), after living in Illinois. Children were: William L., 1875; John F., 1877; Florence, 1880; Annie, 1883; Silence Ann, 1884; George W., 1888; Lydia, 1890; Irene Elizabeth, 1896. Samuel died in 1917 and is buried in the Elmer Cemetery near Hutchinson, Kansas. Lydia was a servant for a family named HUBBARD. ----------------------------------------- ELLER...MOORE Janet Shapiro (shapiro@stic.net) 8 February 2001 Seeking information on William H. MOORE who married at age 21 to Josephine ELLER, age 17, on December 1870 in Neosho County, Kansas. Who were her parents? Did they stay in Neosho County? Are they on the 1880 census? Any information will be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------- SPANGLER Alice Beard (harold12@epix.net) 7 February 2001 I would like to correspond with anyone researching C. W. SPANGLER and his brother, Sylvester SPANGLER. C. W. SPANGLER married Caroline BAUMAN, and Sylvester SPANGLER married Amanda DALL in Neosho County, Kansas in 1882. Their father was Jacob R. SPANGLER, born in York County, Pennsylvania in 1830 and died in Logan County, Oklahoma. ----------------------------------------- COYLE...WOODMAN Neal Brown (nbrown@ptialaska.net) 6 February 2001 Bernard COYLE, 70 years old, and his wife, Mary Jane (PEEK) COYLE were living with their son, Charles Robert COYLE in Lincoln Township, Neosho County in the 1900 census. Widow, Mary WOODMAN with children, Ernest, Grace and Grover were living nearby in that same 1900 census. Charles Robert COYLE married Grace WOODMAN in 1902 in Neosho County and they appear in the 1910 census living in Lincoln Township, Neosho County. I am looking for other who are researching these families to learn what happened to Bernard COYLE, Mary J. COYLE and Mary WOODMAN. ----------------------------------------- McKIERNAN/McKERNAN Maureen Grace (michelinem@mta.net) 5 February 2001 My Great-Grandfather, Lawrence W. McKIERNAN and Great-Great-Grandfather, Peter McKERNAN came to Neosho County in 1868. They are both mentioned in Cutler's Chapter on Neosho County. Lawrence died in 1885 and is buried in St. Paul. Is there someone who could direct me on where to get gravesite/burial records? Also, I have no further knowledge of what happened to Peter and would appreciate any information. ----------------------------------------- CLARK...GILMORE Jean Burke (jburke@eurekaherald.com) 27 January 2001 Mary C. CLARK and her sister, Laura A. CLARK were daughters of Benjamin S. & Mary CLARK. Mary C. CLARK married Jesse GILMORE of Neosho County, and Laura A. CLARK married John GILMORE and this couple moved to the Kansas City area. I am looking for any descendants of these, my Dad's Aunts. ----------------------------------------- CULVER Robert Culver (rculver@in-tch.com) 26 January 2001 Looking for any information on either Lyman CULVER or Augustus CULVER. Both appeared on the 1870 census of Neosho County, Kansas. Lyman CULVER is my Great-Grandfather. ----------------------------------------- PHILLIPS...COLLYAR...BERRY MALCOM...MITCHELL Gerald Phillips (gphillips@elp.rr.com) 23 January 2001 I am trying to find out information on my Grandfather, William Franklin COLLYAR, my Great-Grandfathers, Jasper COLLYAR and Andrew W. BERRY. My Grandmother's name was Bertha Leona BERRY, my Great-Grandmothers were Mary MITCHELL and Mary E. MALCOM. My mother's name was Opal Winfred COLLYAR and my father's name was Fred Raymond PHILLIPS. Any information would be helpful. ----------------------------------------- PERKINS...PRESLER...CARLEY...WHITE Marie Kamerer (mybluegenes@yahoo.com) 22 January 2001 I am looking for more information regarding the spouses of my PERKINS couples, as well as the PERKINS siblings. Reuben F. PERKINS, the son of John S. and Mary Ellen (KYLE) PERKINS, was born 10 September 1858 in Indiana. Reuben married Effie PRESLER, 25/26 March 1886 in Neosho County; he was 27 years old, she was 22. William Hardrick PERKINS, son of John S. and Mary Ellen (KYLE) PERKINS, was born 8 January 1861 in Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana. William married Emma Florence CARLEY on 21 September 1884 in Kansas, we believe in Chanute, Neosho County. William's sister, Susan F. (PERKINS) WHITE and her newlywed husband, Simpson R. WHITE, were witnesses to William and Emma's marriage at the home of Mr. Burrus BLUME. James WILDE, minister, officiated. Susan F. PERKINS and Simpson R. WHITE were married 10 July 1884. ----------------------------------------- ROE/ROWE Sandy Bearden (sandy-don-bearden@email.msn.com) 17 January 2001 I am seeking information on Edward ROE (or ROWE), or Claude Edward ROE (or ROWE). Claude was born in Neosho County, Kansas on March 4, 1881. Mother's maiden name was Amanda FEAR. ----------------------------------------- PROCTOR Janie Colston (whcjc@moment.net) 4 January 2001 Looking for descendents of Sidney PROCTOR, b: 1819 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, died 1902 in Neosho County, Kansas, married to Philadelphia WILSON who died in 1897 in Neosho County, Kansas. Their children were: James Madison, b: 1843; George W., b: 1845; Mary E., b: 1848; William, b: IL-1852; Charles and Clara (twins), b: 1859. Sidney migrated to Hancock County, Illinois, circa 1847, then moved on to Neosho County, Kansas circa 1880. James Madison married Lucretia BROWN, 1880, Charles married Susan GARRISON, 1879, Carrie married William DILDINE, 1879. -----------------------------------------