Bourbon County Kansas
Transcript of the Ledger Pages Pertaining to the
Orphans and Other Children Living in the
Jones Home
Fort Scott, Kansas
1926 - 1929
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| June 7 1926 | Mildred Louise | came from State Orphans Home in Topeka age 11 years. She was instructed to take the name Jones. |
| Feb 15 1927 | Fannie Belle | awarded us by the Court here. Age July 2 1926-11 yrs. 1915 |
| Lula May | awarded us by the Court here. Age Dec 28 1926-9 yrs. 1917 | |
| Clarence Clifton | Instructed to take name Jones Age Feb 6 1927-3 yrs. 1924 | |
| Mar 27-'27 | Kendall Max | will be 3 June 11 - 1927 1924 |
| Milton Ray | was 1 yr old Mar. 10 - 1927 1926 | |
| June 9-1928 | Rec. the papers on Kendall & Milton - giving them to us to take
name Jones & all future rights Note from Nancy: Apparently my grandparents received these papers at the same time as the adoption of their younger brother, Norman Keith Kirby, who was re-named Dwight Lloyd Jones. |
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| Mar 25 1928 | Walter Merle Waldo | came from Joplin Mo. Age 8 yrs Apr 17 - 1928 1920 |
| Apr 21-1928 | Rec. Margylou - Jones | Born Sept 27 - 1927 - 7mo. |
| Apr 23-1928 | Rec. the papers on Margylou | |
| June 9 =1928 | Dwight Lloyd Jones | Born Apr. 23-1928-Adopted June 9-1928 6 wks & 5 days old |
| Oct 23-1928 | Malcom Ray Hord | age 7 yrs. Birthday Mar 10. Called Max |
| Elmer Lee Hord | age 5 yrs. Birthday Mar 31. Called Pat. | |
| As boarders by their father Hord at $3.00 apiece a wk - $6.00 | ||
| Dec. 30 - 1928 (Sun.) | Received Richard Dean Bratton, age 4 years - Feb. 10, 1924 Taken as a boarder by Mother Ethel Bratton, phone 898 or 1220W at $3.00/week. |
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| Mar 23-1929 | Hazel May Brown | Birthday Jan 23 - 11 yrs old - Born in the yr 1918 Orphan - cam from Topeka from Mr. & Mrs. Nelson |
| Apr 15=1929 | Delry Marshall Herndon | Born Sept 2 - 14 yrs. Old |
| D. J. Herndon | Born 8 yrs old | |
| Caswell Cicero | Born 6 yrs old | |
| Carnel Monroe | Born 6 yrs old | |
| Willie Paul Herndon | Born 4 yrs old | |
| Rec. From Mrs. Martha Clark Oil City Louisiana To pay $10.00 per mo. for them |
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| June 13-1929 | Rec. From Mr. Sam Owens - coming from Kansas City. | |
| Georgia Marie Maher | age 11 & 10 mo. Born Feb. 22 - 1918 | |
| Jeannette Maher | Age 7 Born July 17 | |
| To pay $10.00 per mo for them | ||
The Jones Home closed about 1930. Of the above listed children I only have further information on the two youngest, Margylou and Dwight Lloyd.
Margylou Jones was born Margie Lue Charlton and was raised by my grandparents although we have never found any records of a legal adoption. She married Lawrence McCaslin and they had 5 children. She is still living at this time. Dwight Lloyd Jones was born Norman Keith Kirby (brother to Kendall and Milton) and was formally adopted by my grandparents. Dwight drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks near Warsaw, MO, on 1 July 1956, unmarried and with no issue.
There may be some errors in this list as the names are not written on the back of the photo. I have used the Ledger records to try to determine some of the children shown.
Front Row - left to right
Jeanette Maher, Clarence Clifton Beck, Richard Dean Bratton, Willie Paul Herndon, Margylou
(Charlton) Jones, Milton Ray Kirby, Caswell(?) & Carnel(?) Herndon, Kendall Max Kirby.
2nd Row - left to right
Georgia Marie Maher, Walter Merle Waldo, D. J. Herndon, Delry Marshall Herndon, Fannie Belle
Williams, Lula May Williams.
3rd Row - left to right
Mildred Louise Brundage, Hazel May Brown, Maurine Donna Alice Jones.
Back Row - left to right
Harold Sheldon Jones, Lena Ellen (Parker) Jones, Edward Grant Jones, Dwight Lloyd Jones (Norman
Keith Kirby).
I hope that the photograph and Ledger records will be of help to some researchers just in case some of the children at the Jones Home continued to carry the Jones name after its closing. Or, if someone has been unable to fill in the blank areas of their ancestor's life.
| Nancy Jones Crawford Kansas City, MO powder@cysource.com powderhorn@hotmail.com |
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