Family Photo Treasures

This page is devoted to old photos of early settlers in Decatur County.   If you have photos that you would like to include in this Album,  please feel free to email them to the County Coordinator!  Include some descriptive text and the approximate year if you know it;  jpg format is best. The more that is shared the more valuable this web site will become.

 

Vernon Homestead 1889   Holben Homestead 1915
Cyrus and Luella Capps and Family Nettie Baker Koll
Grant Cathcart Family Belle Lantis and Niece
Floyd and Ira Baker Josiah and Mary Ward
Joseph Dixon Baker and family Clyde and Gladys Ward
Alvin Marion Baker William Morton
Abagail Baker and Ethel Robert D. Wilson and family
Olif Baker Henry Smith and Elnora Morton
Jonas & Orpha Ward Family  
Frances Frewen and Family  
Mary Ward & Grandchildren  
Jonas & Orpha Ward Family Nellie Ethel Ward Jeandebeur
Mary and Laura Ward  Rice Family Twins 4 sets
George & Rhoda Simpson Augustus C. Townsend Family
Cora Simpson-Famous Nurse William & Olive Wescoat
Robert M. Johnston Family David and Hannah Jackson
George Albert McGonigal J. B. McGonigal
Joseph and Eve (Lunkenheimer) Meitl   Carper Family
Charles and Ilona Townsend Martha Morton Askins and Six Daughters
William and Lucinda Toops   Andrew Addison & Laura Reager
Charles and Ada May Toops Frickey  
   

 

Views of Oberlin, Kansas
July 1910
Compliments of The Benton & Smith Investment Company

These pictures are from a small booklet which only contains post cards of the following views. Click on the names to see the pictures.

Court House Oberlin National Bank
Benton-Smith Hotel Block City High School
Decatur County High School Opera House
Stacking Alfalfa  Main Street
View of Oberlin from the South Oberlin Brick Yard
Cattle Ranch near Oberlin Grocery Dept. "The Oberlin"