Week before last the Star recorded the passing away of another Civil War veteran, and this week we record the passing away of a pioneer in the livestock business in this part of the state. And thus we are reminded how rapidly are the ranks of the war veterans and pioneer settlers thinning. It was nearly 65 years ago that the Civil War was fought, and over 40 years ago that this part of Kansas began to be settled. Hence everyone who took part in the Civil War and who is still living, is not far from 80 years of age, and the pioneers who settled western Kansas have now reached the age of three score and more, if they are still living.

How much we owe these two classes of citizens can scarcely be estimated. Before Comanche-co. began to be settled, or prior to the year 1884, this county was the paradise of the cattlemen, and for a good many years thereafter the livestock industry was the mainstay of the country. As we witness the passing away of the old soldiers and the old settlers, we cannot refrain from wondering what this country would have been without them, and the sacrifices they made. All honor to them. Their work will live after them.

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Also see:

Civil War Veterans Who Lived In Comanche County, Kansas

Death List of Pioneer Settlers, 1898 to July 1923, The Western Star, August 3, 1923.

List of Pioneer Settlers Buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, The Western Star, 16 June 1933.

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