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Heidi Aiem
* Photo: Richard Samuel Wood
Joan Amundsen
* The BOOTH Descendants of The Bairds of Lanarkshire
Cathy Anderson
* Photographs of Fred & Betty Booth of Wilmore, Ks.
Dennies Andersen - Editor and Publisher of The Western Star
* Photographs: After the Ice Storm, January 4 & 5, 2005
* Article: Coldwater Class of 1955 Plans Reunion
* Obituary: Harold Shields Herd
* Obituary: Christie Ann (Maris) Peterson
* Obituary: Ernestine Ziegler
* Permission: Special thanks to Dennies Andersen for his permission to reproduce properly-credited obituaries and articles published in The Western Star on this website!
Jacob Talley Bailey
* Biography & photo: Reverend Joseph S. Bailey
Buddy M. Bardot
* Photographs: Frank & Mary Bardot
* Photograph: Irene Bardot
* Obituary: Evelyn German
* Photographs: Roy & Jane (Holler) German
* Obituary: John William Holler
* Obituary & photo: James M. Holler
* Obituary: Albert Boyd Holler
* Obituary: Lena Maud (German) Smalley
* Photographs: 1955 Senior Class, Coldwater, Kansas
Richard L. "Rick" Beeley
* Photos: Crown Hill Cemetery
Teresa Benz
* Photos & history: Samuel & Christina (Baird) BOOTH
* Memoirs of Christina Sadie (Booth) GRIFFIN nee Wood
Alice Bergeman
* Interview & photos: Robert Emmett & Gladys Leota (Grauberger) NORTON
* Photo: Protection, Kansas, High School Seniors, 1950
* Photos of People in Comanche County, Kansas.
David & Mary (Kane) Bickford
* Photos & history: Memories of Charles Daniel BICKFORD
* Photo: gravestone of Stephen Knecht,
Ellen (Knowles) Bisson
* Obituary: Orlando Vernon Lytle
Chase Bridges
* Information & photo: The Gravestone & Burial of Chistopher Carson Pepperd
Vanita (White) Blundell
* Humor column: "Country Gal", from The Western Star
Shirley Brier
Transcriber of hundreds of news articles and obituaries for this site. Major sections of this site which include her work are:
* Biography, Family History & Obituaries
* Home Front: Comanche County in WWII
* World War I News Articles from Comanche County, Ks.
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* Civil War Veterans
* News Articles
Many new pages will be added to this site from news articles and scans of WWII-era news photos which Shirley has contributed and which she has been patiently waiting to see online. Thanks, Shirley!
Glennda Burt
* Transcription: Coldwater Class of 1955 Plans Reunion in September, 2005.
* Transcription: Protection Mennonite Church
* Transcription: Todds In Kansas
John C. Burt
* His photo & military history:
Frances (Parker) Butcher
* Her photo & military history:
Loretta (Sooter) Brooks
* Photos: Lt. Ralph J. SOOTER, USAAF, MIA June 5, 1943.
Connie Chancellor
* Photos & history: Hiram J. & Fidelia JORDAN of Protection, Ks.
Teresa (Rumsey) Chapman
* Photos: The Family of John & Lizzie Platt
* History: History of Evansville, Kansas
* History: Dr. Gerard K. Rumsey and Rumsey, Kansas
Carlson-Ford Funeral Home, Salina, Kansas.
* Gravestone photo: Lt. Johnnie L. Casteel, US Army
Pat Carmichael
* Photo & obituary: Samuel Luther Turner
Gyla (Brock) Conklin
* Article: Bill Brock relates Story of Highway Robbery at Meade Park
Martha Crawford
* Photo: William Bryan Raner
* Photo: Jasper Newton Raner, Jr.
Kathleen Dankanyin
* Photo of gravestone: Pfc. Melvin V. Park, KIA 12 July 1944
Johnny Deewall
* Photos of WWII memorabalia (page under construction)
Gerald & Kathi Desko
* Ferrin Gravestones in the North Jay Cemetery, Essex County, New York.
* Reuben & Hannah Philura (Murch) Ferrin
Michael S. Doran
* Photo: Phoebe Ann (Doran) Holler
Mary Einsel
* History: Kansas: The Priceless Prairie
familyoldphotos.com
* Photo: Tornado over Greensburg, Kansas, 1915
Helen Farrell
* News article: Pfc. Lorin D. Bliss, US Army
Kim Fowles
* Photos: Dora Holmes
* Photos: William E. Holmes
* Photos: Sun City, Barber County, Kansas: Photos from the Kim Fowles Collection
* Photo & news articles: Pat Gallagher, founder of Gallagher, Kansas
* History & photos: Charles Van & Iva Clarice (Holmes) Lott
* Photos: Gerald Lee Lott on John Guyer's page.
* Photos: Coldwater Rodeo, 1923
Kyle Gerstner http://lightshooter.com
* Photos: Comanche Pool Area Bird & Nature Tour, 21 May 2005.
George G. Gleason
* Research: A New Chronology of the Life & Times of Jonathan Farren
Margaret (Pepperd) Greene
* Story: When the Wind Blows: A Story about a Kansas Dust Storm in the Dirty Thirties: by Margaret (Pepperd) Greene, written in May 0f 2007.
Kathleen Gregory
Kathleen is a volunteer researcher for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness.
* Obituary: Pearl Vesta (Alexander) Nickel Deck
* Obituary: Eva C. (Stringer) Dickson
* Obituary: Paul Lester Nielson
* Obituaries: Earl and Henrietta (Westervelt) Rhodes
* Obituary: Paul Issac Schmidt
Kevin Groeneweg
* Photo of a Painted Redstart: Comanche Pool Area Bird & Nature Tour, 21 May 2005
John Guyer
* Memories of Wilmore, Kansas
Robert Hackney
* Photos & history: Robert D. & Jean (Harris) HACKNEY
Gayle Yvonne (Petty) Harden
* Photos: Pfc. Warren Lee PETTY, US Army, KIA, 20 Dec 1944.
* History: Michael Willis & Gayle Yvonne (Petty) Harden.
* Photos of Haden H. Hughes and Alfred L. Hughes: Photos of Veterans
Nella Hartley
* Photographs: James Marion Williams family
Mary Ehret Holler
* Burial listing: Protection Cemetery
* Obituary: Leslie Raymond Thornhill
* Obituary: Charles Lorenzo Thornhill
* Obituary: John W. Ashcraft, Jr. Famed aviator.
* Obituary: Marvin Mingus
* Obituary: Christi Ann (Maris) Peterson
Janet (Schrock) Hubbard
* Photos & history: John Edward "Ed" SCHROCK, Photographer.
* Photos: Harve & Nellie Grace (Ray) SCHROCK
* Photos & history: Memories of Mrs. FERRIN & Maude
* Photos: Tornados in the Wilmore, Kansas area
* Photos: Schools in Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas
* Photos: Wheat Harvest with a Thresher
* Photos: Powell Township Cemetery at Wilmore, Kansas
* The 1924 Pocket Directory of Wilmore, Kansas
* Letter: Newell HOWARD to Harve & Nettie Schrock of Wilmore, Kansas.
* Abstract of Title to Lots in Wilmore, Kansas
* Photos: History of Highway 160
Bobbi Huck
Photographer, writer and researcher. She is this website's "in-country" embedded Comanche County Correspondent and Content Contributor. She is currently working on a complete listing of all burials in Crown Hill Cemetery with biographical information, when available, for each person. Some of the pages on which her work may be found are:
* Tales from Tornado Alley
* Complete Listing of all burials in Powell Township Cemetery at Wilmore, Kansas
* Map of Burials in Powell Township Cemetery at Wilmore, Kansas
* Crown Hill Cemetery
* Other Cemeteries
* Diamond Jubilee
* Schools in Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas
* The Wilmore Methodist-Christian Butchering Bee Prelude to Supper
* The Buttermilk, Kansas, Softball Team, circa 1950.
* Antioch Church, Avilla Township, 1917 Dedication & 1959 History.
* Dedication of the Wilmore Christian Church, March 15, 1913
* Veterans
* Civil War Veterans
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* Home Front
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* World War I
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* John and Martha Ann (Bird) BELL
* Robert and Mildred (Adams) BELL
* Thomas & Rowena BERREY
* Thomas & Gertie (Duran) BIBB
* Memories of Charles Daniel BICKFORD
* Mark & Esther (Libbey) BROWN
* Lt. Howard R. BURNETT, USAAF, MIA August 4, 1944.
* Gertrude Helena (Wood) CORDRAY
* Silas A. and Grace (Fretz) DELAIR
* James Rolla & Agnes L. (Wallace) DOIG
* ESTILL Pioneer Ranch
* Loren David FERRIN
* Oscar & Ellen (Curran) GUSEMAN
* Robert D. & Jean (Harris) HACKNEY
* Jessie Ann (Powell) HUBBARD
* John & Lydia (Kindsvater) HUCK
* Jacob and Eva (Birig) KINDSVATER
* Don & Helen (Roehr) KING
* Frank & Almada (Parker) KING
* The James Monroe McCAY Family
* The Oliver Paul McCAY Family
* John and Lizzie PLATT
* Levi & Abbie Mabel (Witters) ROBBINS
* Herbert L. SEYFRIT, Aviation Cadet, USNR.
* George Nelson & Emma Sophia (Dewees) SHERMAN
* Clifton & Anna Mae (McDaniel) WOOD
* Bibliography
* FAQ
* Guest Book - Sign
* Links
* Records
ET2 (SW) C.J. Huck, USN
* Photographs: U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force Joint Exercise, 2006
Ada (Rumsey) Jackson
* Photos: The Family of John & Lizzie Platt
Angela Jacquette
* Photo: Melvin V. Park, Pfc., US Army Paratrooper
Karen Jarnagin
* Assistance with burial listing: Protection Cemetery
Marty and Shari Koehn
* Photo: Sgt. Eugene D. Smith, U.S. Air Force
David Lawrence
* Photos & history: Ernest & Gene Ann (Mathews) LAWRENCE
* Photos & history: History of the Wilmore Baptist Church
Elloise Leffler
* Photos: A Gallery of Photos From Sun City, Barber County, Kansas
Hiram Lewis
* Photos: People's State Bank, Coldwater, Kansas
Yvonne Lay Logue
* Information: Rebel E. Goddard
Orlin Loucks
* Photo: Snow in Protection, Kansas
* Photo: Tornado seen from Protection, Kansas, 21 Mar 2005.
* History: Protection Mennonite Church
Clara Louthan
* Press release: Comanche Pool Area Bird & Nature Tour Invitation - May 21, 2005
Roberta (Bliss) Malone
* Bliss & Malone photos & military history:
* Grand Army of the Republic Open letter from Capt. B.M. Veatch of the Scott Post, Coldwater, Kansas, dated May 8, 1894.
* Memorial Day, The Western Star, June 2, 1905.
* Article: Charles V. Jones
* Article: Todds In Kansas
Eugene Markstrom www.Markstrom.org
* Map: 1892 USGS Topographical Map of Comanche County, Kansas
Nate Massey
* Comments: Lt. Gerald Lee Lott, USNR
Claudia Hamilton Meyer
* Photos: Gravestones of Robert C. Palmer and William F. Doorley.
Brenda McLain
* Photos: A Gallery of Photos From Sun City, Barber County, Kansas
Trudy McCreary
* Research assistance on the poetry of Ira Leighton Metzker.
Robert E. Nelson
* The Baker and Powell Families
Peggy Wilson Newsome
* Interview: The Tornado of May 7, 1927, As Told by Florence Mills Wells
James Allen Nichols
* Photo & history: The Wilmore Church of Christ
Rhonda (Cline) Nickel
* Photos: Coldwater Christian Church, Coldwater, Kansas
* The Tiger, 1953: Wilmore, Kansas, School Yearbook (1952-1953)
* Photos: Wilmore Tornado 1949, photos by J.R. & Gloria Cline
* Photos & Obituaries: James Russell "Junior" & Gloria (Wilson) Cline
* Photos: Hueston Hyne "Jack" & Jessie Alma (Winch) Cline
* History & photos: Raymond Everett Cline
* Photos: Russell Fay Cline
* Photos: Lester Frank & Edith (Cline) Martin
* History & photos: Frank Leighton and Lucy William (Allen) Metzker
* Photos: Leta Hazel (Cline) Thompson
* Photos & Obituary: Vertie Marie (Boughner) Wilson
Mel Owings, Caddo County, Oklahoma, Genealogical Society lookup volunteer.
* Photographs: Gravestones for the C.M. Cade Family
Harlow Peaster
* Article: Bill Brock relates Story of Highway Robbery at Meade Park
Everett Perry:
* History of the USS CANOPUS, the submarine tender on which Squire Booth Zane was serving when he was killed in action.
Morene (Seyfrit) Potter
* Photo: Herbert L. SEYFRIT, Aviation Cadet, USNR.
Heather Puderbaugh
* List: Sheriffs of Comanche County, Kansas, 1885 - 2006
* List: County Officers, 1885 - 2007
Al Pruett
* Photos: Rick Beeley's cropdusting airplane
* Photo: Glenn & Marie (Schrock) Dillinger (grain elevator)
Question Point Oklahoma: Ask A Librarian
* Box Ranch for Sale, 1 May 1910
* Research information: Robert C. Palmer
Evelyn (Lenertz) Reed
* The Not-So-Gay 90s Comanche County in the 1890s.
* Ira SCHULTZ: Death Notice and Obituary
* History of The Zoo
* Archeological Excavations
by Kansas Anthropological Association
in Comanche County: A Bibliography
* Coldwater Centennial Notebook, 1884 - 1894: a history of Coldwater's 1st 100 years.
* Report: Comanche Pool Area Bird & Nature Tour, 2005: Buds, Birds and Buffalo
* Report: Comanche County Nature Tour, 2007: Nature Tour a Flowery Event, with Music by Feathered Friends
John Rider
* Articles: Lt. Johnnie L. Casteel, US Army
Amy (Booth) Ring
* Photos of the burial of Christina (Baird) Booth
David Rose
* Photos: Wilmore Opry History
* Photos: Wilmore Opry Performers & Family
* Photos: Wilmore Opry News
* Photos: Wilmore Opry Photos
Rick Sabral
* Photos: Wilmore Opry News
* Photos: Wilmore Opry Photos
* Photo: Dan & Linda Winter
Ralph Sanders
* Article: Sanders Brothers See Many Months of Service (WWII)
Phyllis Scherich
* History: Roster of the Names of All the Old Cowboys I Knew.
* History: Jessie EVANS of Evansville, Comanche County, Kansas
* History & photos: Evansville, Kansas & the Merrill Ranch
* Photos: Billie HILL, The Comanche Pool's Bronc Buster
* Photos & history: Highway 160
* Biography: Douglas Alan Scherich
* Biography: Henry "Hank" Scherich
* Biography: Kevin Lynn Scherich
* Biography: Larry "Dee" and Phyllis Scherich
* Biography: Steven Scott Scherich
* Photos & history: William & Martha (Landrum) STEWART
* Photos: WILDFLOWERS, Comanche County, Kansas
* Photos & History: Come Home to Coldwater Quilters Club
* Photos & History: Coldwater Quilt - 2003
* 1934 Map of Highway 160.
* 1936 Phillips Petroleum Map of Kansas, detail of southwestern Kansas area.
* 1936 Phillips Petroleum Map of Kansas, detail of Comanche County area.
* Photos & history: Dr. Gerard K. Rumsey and Rumsey, Kansas
* Photos: Comanche Pool Area Bird & Nature Tour Invitation - May 21, 2005
* History: Measurement Incorporated TM
* History: Merrill Ranch
Scott Seltman
* References: Field Checklists for Kansas Birds & Online Kansas Birding Resources
Ellen Selzer
* Proofreading: Mennonites In Comanche County, Kansas
Lawrence Selzer
* Proofreading: Mennonites In Comanche County, Kansas
Phillip Shelley
* Photos of Heather Shelley: Wilmore Opry News, 2004.
Calvert Sims
* Photo of himself:
James E. Shaw
* Research: A New Chronology of the Life & Times of Jonathan Farren
Allen Shutler
* Photos: Gravestones of Robert C. Palmer and William F. Doorley.
* Photographs: Gravestones for the C.M. Cade Family.
Martin Sizemore
* History & photo: Blow Dealt Polio By 311 Sore Arms: Protection Protected
* History & photos: Hueston Hyne "Jack" & Jessie Alma (Winch) Cline
* History & photos: Raymond Everett Cline
* Photo: Family of Philo & Lula Agnes (Metzker) Gregg
* History & photos: Lester Frank & Edith (Cline) Martin
* Photo: Leta Hazel (Cline) Thompson
* Photo: Registered Nurses at Comanche County Hospital
* Photos: The Western Star newspaper office
Joan Skaggs
* Census reading: Lt. Clifford E. Case, USNR
Nancy Smith
* History & photos: William Romulus & Mary Ashanna (Messenger) COBB
* Photos: Wilmore School Yearbook 1958-1959
* Photos: Wilmore School Yearbook 1969
* History & photo: Walter Smith: Sermons in Song
* History & photos: Wilmore Bank Robbed Last Week, The Western Star, 1 Sept 1966.
* Anecdote: A Bonnie & Clyde story: Flat Tires In Belvidere, Kansas
Guyneth Snyder
* List: Sheriffs of Comanche County, Kansas, 1885 - 2006
Patricia & Rowena Snyder
* Photo & military history of Carl Snyder, Jr.:
Patricia Snyder
* Obituary:
* Grand Army of the Republic Open letter from Capt. B.M. Veatch of the Scott Post, Coldwater, Kansas, dated May 8, 1894.
* Memorial Day, The Western Star, June 2, 1905.
* Obituary: Anna Pearl (Taylor) Carleton
* Obituary: William Ira Colter
* Obituary: Glenn Martin Dillinger
* Memorial Folder: Rema Mary (Davidson) Filson
* Article: Charles V. Jones
* Obituary: Fred Foster
* Obituary: Ida Mae (Riner) Foster
* Obituary: Effie M. McCay
* Obituary: Matilda Josephine Moores
* Obituary: Rex Delbert Parks
* Obituary: Terry Lynn Snyder
* Obituary: Russell Eugene Ward
* Scans: Crown Hill Cemetery (aerial photos)
* Early Days At Protection by Mrs. Blanche Denney-Towner
* Article: Bill Brock relates Story of Highway Robbery at Meade Park
David G. Stuart http://stuart.cjb.net/
* Photo: Gravestone of Donald R. "Cannonball" Green.
* Photo: Gravestone of Milton Grover Barnett
Addie Ellen (Burnett) Thomison
* Photos of her brother,
Lila Carol (Williams) Trummel
* Article: Alva Trummel Kidnapped, The Western Star, September 8, 1933.
Marji Turner
* Biography: William Bryan Raner
* Biography: Jasper Newton Raner, Jr.
Roland Zane Unangst
* Photo: Water Tender 1st Class Squire Boone Zane, U.S. Navy.
Michael E. Venters
* Photos: Coldwater Rodeo, 1923
Dave Webb
* Dave Webb is author of Protection Paragraphs, and one of the primary contributors to Comanche County History, Vol. 1
Cindy Weigand
Cindy Weigand, great-niece of Jack Ashcraft and Francis Ashcraft, is a writer of women�s military and aviation history. She has written several articles, including
* Photos & history: Sgt. John W. Ashcraft, Jr., a.k.a. "Jack Ashcraft".
Gene & Sue Wilmore
* Photos & history: Thomas J. WILMORE & Some of His Descendants
Kerry & Arah Wright
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The Memoirs of Grant Lucius WRIGHT
Kenneth Lewis Williams
* Letter from Mira A. Bruner to Mr. Williams
Regarding the Carnifax Family
Dan & Linda Winter
* Wilmore Opry History
* Wilmore Opry Performers & Family
* Wilmore Opry News
* Wilmore Opry Photos
* Floyd R. & Vivian A. (Williams) Ruth
* Dan & Linda (Ruth) Winter
Barbara Wood
* Obituary: Robert Edwin Wood
Faeylyn Wylder
* Obituary & photos: Rebel E. Goddard
Brian Yeagle
* Comment: Memoirs of Grant Lucius Wright
Wade & Ernestine Ziegler
* Photos & military history of Wade Ziegler:
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