On 6/14/2005 12:46:35 AM, E Burton wrote:
>I am hoping someone can help
>me find a geographic location
>in Kansas. I am quoting a
>portion from a lady's
>obituary; she died in 1950.
>The rest of her obit has been
>accurate, so I am wondering if
>Laycene has disappeared or the
>name was just very badly
>misspelled:

"Frances Bell
>[Baker Vermillion] Ingram was
>born in Butler, Mo., on April
>4, 1857...and...crossed the
>plains from Laycene, Kan., to
>Wallowa, Ore., in
>1882..."

She had two children
>born in Missouri in 1877 and
>1880 so I assume she moved to
>Kansas between 1880 and 1882.
>I have not been able to find
>her on the 1880 census under
>the name Vermillion and I do
>not know her first husband's
>first name. Thus, I am trying
>to find out what county
>Laycene was in to check any
>records there.

If anyone has
>heard of Laycene and knows
>what county it was in, please
>let me know. Thank you!

LACYGNE KANSAS IS NEAR WHERE I LIVED SOUTHWEST OF LOUISBURG KANSAS. IT IS A FRENCH NAME AND PEOPLE SOUNDED IT OUT AS THEY HEARD IT. THANKS. TRY THE COUNTY, WHICH I CANNOT REMEMBER, BUT LACYGNE ISNT THAT SMALL. THE COUNTY SEAT OR STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAY HAVE RECORDS.