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ALLEN Family Farmhouse
BELL Family Home
ALLEN Family
BELL-ALLEN Wedding Invitation
BELL and ALLEN Families
Earl Barnett
Aubra Burns
Douglas Dixon
Fred Hickman
Lieut. Loy A. Patterson
Frederick Funston Phillips
Arthur James Stenger
Herbert Steward
Leon Zimmerman
Contributed by Bill Phillips
Patrick McCaffrey, deceased, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the year
1845, and was a son of James and Lizzie (Irvin) McCaffrey. He was reared in his
native country until attaining his eighteenth year, when he immigrated with his
father's family to America. The father had come to America seven years before,
and worked on his farm of 120 acres which he had entered in Chester Township,
Wells County, Indiana, until he returned for his family. After coming to this
country they located in Dayton, Ohio, and after remaining there about three
weeks Patrick and his father came to Fort Wayne to Wells County to inspect their
future home in Chester Township, which the father had improved from a state of
nature, and later brought his family here. Thinking his farm too small for his
family he located on a larger one belonging to his brother John, who lived in
Piqua, Ohio. James McCaffrey died March 17, 1882. His widow still survives, and
is now a resident of Morris County, Kansas. Patrick McCaffrey, our subject, was
united in marriage November 6, 1868, to Miss Catherine Meehan, a native of
Ireland, born in County Donegal, a daughter of Patrick and Winnifred
(McGroaty) Meehan, of whom her mother died in Ireland. Her father afterward came
to America and died in Springfield, Ohio. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
McCaffrey, named as follows - Lizzie, James, Charles, Mary, Annie and William.
Mr. McCaffrey resided in Wells County from the time he first located here until
his death, which occurred January 28, 1884. In 1871 he purchased eighty acres of
land in Chester Township, which is still occupied by his widow. He was a kind
and affectionate husband and father, and a good neighbor, and was held in high
esteem by all who knew him.
Contributed Mar 1999 by Mary Cohen, extracted from
Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, published in 1887
My father, Otis Lefon Burnett, Junior, was born in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas, March 15, 1916. My father was one of eight siblings, and I had nineteen cousins. --Paul Burnett
BURNETT Family about 1955
Fon and Maude Burnett, seated in front
Their children, left to right: Mildred, Chester, Wilma, Fern, Otis Jr., Velva and Leland
Otis Lefon Burnett, Senior (because everybody called him
"Fon", that's what I'll call him here, too)
Born 5 June 1884, Council
Grove, Morris County, Kansas; Died 6 Nov 1974
Married 20 Dec 1905 to
Anna Maude Wiggins, who was
Born 29 Jan 1885, Wilsey, Morris County,
Kansas; Died 6 Dec 1973
Fon and Maude had eight children:
Fon's main vocation was raising Jacks and Jennies, and mules and
hinnies, and the horses necessary to their production. A Jack is a male
donkey, or jackass, and a Jenny is a female donkey. A mule is the
product of a male donkey and a female horse; a hinny is a cross between
a male horse and a female donkey (jenny > hinny). He traded pretty much
all over the country. Some people were looking for small "cotton mules",
or "Jennie Mules". He also raised a lot of cattle, hogs and chickens,
and the necessary grain to feed the whole menagerie.
Anna Maude
Wiggins was born on a farm near Wilsey, Kansas. Her family moved to
Pomona, Kansas, about 1892. She returned to Wilsey to visit her Berry
cousins about 1904, at which time she took a job as a hired girl for the
Burnett's. Here's a summary of this story from my Aunt Fern: "When Uncle
Ed (Sydner Edward Burnett, Fon's half brother) saw that grandmother
(Margaret Denny Burnett) needed help in the house, he sent Fon to Wilsey
where he knew the Berry girls who helped in homes. When Fon got to
Wilsey, the Berry girls were all employed; but they had a cousin there
visiting them. She was from Franklin County. He asked if she would come
to work. She said. "No, I came to visit, not work." So Fon went home
without her. Uncle Ed knew that Grandma needed help, so he went to
Wilsey and talked Anna Maude into coming home with him. William Burnett
asked her what her name was and she said, "Anna Maude." But all he
understood was the "Maude." So from that time on, she was "Anna" to the
Wiggins' and "Maude" to the Burnetts. (My Aunt Fern says that she thinks
Fon thought it was cheaper to marry Maude than pay her. Fern has Maude's
last paycheck, signed 'M.D. Burnett by OLB'."
Anna Maude's
father, William Wiggins, was born 26 Jun 1846 in London, England -
William Wiggins and his wife Anna Eliza Berry (known as "Eliza") had 15
children. William was apprenticed as a wagonmaker and blacksmith. When
he was 24 years old (1870) he and the Berry family migrated from Iowa to
Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas, by wagon train. (Anna was not supposed to
come to Kansas, but was in love with William and hid in a wagon so she
could go with him.) They farmed in Wilsey until 1892 and moved to a farm
near Pomona. In 1900 William moved into Pomona and built and operated a
store. In 1917 he sold the store and retired. He died in 1938 in Ottawa,
Franklin County, Kansas. William and Anna are buried in the Appanoose
Cemetary about eight miles north of Pomona. Here is my listing of Anna
Maude Wiggins' Ancestors
Anna Maude's mother, Anna Eliza Berry,
was the daughter of Peter Stephen Berry and Tabitha Piatt, married 25
May 1852 by Justice of the Peace J. P. Tunis in Marion County Ohio.
Tabitha Piatt Berry was the daughter of Stephen Piatt (b ~1790 in VA)
and Mary McConnell (b ~1786), who were married 29 June 1813 by Joseph
Tharp. Tabitha's siblings included Hannah (b 1829), Mary (b 1833),
possibly Susan (b 1811), Sarah (b 1816), Andrew, four other sisters.
Peter Stephen Berry's parents, Henry (b 30 Sep 1797; d 20 May 1880)
and Mary (b 14 Nov 1803; d 11 Aug 1877) Berry, are buried just outside
New English, Iowa - info from Beth Elaine Montgomery Hotaling of Ottawa,
Kansas; via Sandra Adams sageso@yahoo.com
There was a Wiggins
Family Reunion held every summer from 1916 to the 1970's in Ottawa,
Franklin County, Kansas - I went to several as a child. It is now held
in Melvern, Kansas, hosted by the Elmer William Burnett family, per
their daughter-in-law Donna Burnett, DonnaKSU@aol.com. I understand
there is another Wiggins Family Reunion from this same line held in
Washington State. I would appreciate any information on this.
William Wiggins' father Reuben Wiggins and his wife Martha Bourd had 15
children. Reuben came to the United States and sent back money for
Martha and (then) seven children to come in 1853 in a sailing ship.
William was seasick all three weeks of the way. Reuben and his family
moved to Illinois and then to Iowa City, Iowa. (Coming soon: Reuben and
Martha's obituaries and Reuben's will, courtesy of cousin John
Stevenson, johnes@pensys.com, a descendent of Reuben's daughter Lavina.)
William and Margaret (Denny) BURNETT about 1955
Note: William is wearing his Grand Army of the Republic medal.
Otis Lefon Burnett, Senior's father was William Burnett
Born 10
Dec 1828, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Married Mary Emily
Cunningham 4 July 1852 (Mary b 1 Oct 1835, d 1864-1865?)
Married
Margaret Denny (Otis' mother) 9 Mar 1865 (Margaret b 30 Dec 1843, d 5
Apr 1925)
Died 24 Feb 1908
William and Mary were married in a small town named Burnett Post Office (formerly Otterville, in Otter Creek Township), in Vigo County, Indiana, and had five children:
William Burnett and Margaret Denny had five children:
I don't have much other information on any of these
children except for my grandfather Otis - any information would be
appreciated.
Margaret Denny was born in Circleville, Ohio; her
parents were David O. Denny and David's second wife Clarinda Cresap (for
some reason incorrectly identified as Corinda Sample in some records) (b
1819, d 16 Sep 1846); David and Clarinda had four children: John (b abt
1840); Daniel (b 1842); Benjamin T. (b 1843, d bef 1868); and Margaret.
Here is a picture of David O. Denny and his third wife, Elizabeth
Thompson Dulin Denny. (Information from Denny scholar Audrey Moran,
ramoran@quik.com ), and Ron Bachman (see below); picture from my Uncle
Leland Burnett.
More DENNY information, from a new correspondent:
my fifth cousin once removed, Ron Bachman, osbach@erols.com):
"Elizabeth Thompson Dulin Denny is my great-great grandmother. Her son,
Benjamin Franklin Dulin, was the stepson of David O. Denny. Benjamin
grew up with your ancestor Margaret Denny. I know quite a lot about the
Denny family and am continuing to research it."
"Margaret Denny
Burnett was the second cousin once removed of my great-grandmother,
Sarah Denny Dulin. My Sarah met her future husband, Benjamin Franklin
Dulin, while working in the household of David O. Denny, her second
cousin. The Dennys and Dulins were impossibly intertwined -- beginning
back in Pickaway County, Ohio, and getting even more so in Vigo County,
Indiana. The woman in the photograph (above) is the mother of Benjamin
Franklin Dulin. She was born in 1801 in Pennsylvania and died in Terre
Haute on January 2, 1883. (I have a copy of her death certificate). She
was the third and last of David O. Denny's wives. David O. Denny was
killed in a boiler explosion on Thanksgiving day, November 23, 1870.
This was a doubly tragic event, as his grandson, David Denny, was killed
along with him. Even though David O. Denny and his third wife (my
ancestor) had no children together, they had grandchildren together!
David, the boy killed in the explosion, was the son of David's son,
James B. Denny, and Elizabeth's daughter, Frances Jane Dulin, who were
married in Vigo County on January 8, 1857. I won't go into all the other
incredible interconnections of the Dennys and Dulins."
"As a
descendant of David O. Denny, you have TWO Denny immigrant forbears, who
undoubtedly were brothers: William Denny the Elder, born February 1708
in Ulster, died October 8, 1784, in Uwchlan Township, Chester County,
PA, is the closest ancestor you and I share. I have visited his grave in
Forks of Brandywine Church, near Downington, PA. He and some of his sons
and numerous other relatives are buried near the beautiful Presbyterian
church there, and the tombstones are in superb condition. William the
Elder had at least one brother who came to America, and his name was
David. Your great-great grandfather David O. Denny was descended from
this immigrant, too. As a matter of fact, David O. Denny was the product
of three generations of David Dennys who married cousins named Margaret
Denny! This is the truth. So you are much more of a Denny than I am!"
"Most of the information I have on the earliest Dennys comes from
the three-volume work titled "Denny Genealogy," by Margaret Collins
Denny Dixon and Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann. The earliest information
is probably the most accurate in the trilogy -- it is based on family
papers, bibles, tax records, etc. In the later generations, especially
in Vigo County, the authors made some major mistakes. Apparently, they
ran out of steam, because they failed to discover the 1812 pension
records of my ancestor William R. Denny, and the Civil War records of my
great-grandfather Benjamin F. Dulin, which present a clear picture of
the Dulin-Denny relationship." --from Ron Bachman, great-grandson of
Benjamin F. Dulin and Sarah Ann Denny.
William Burnett's father
was named Stephen Grover Burnett; he had a brother named Stephen Grover
Burnett; and he named a son Stephen Grover Burnett.
| Stephen Grover Burnett
Born: Sep 1796 Place: Hanover, New Jersey Marr: bef 1818 Died: 21 May 1861 Place: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana |
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Born: 10 Dec 1828 Place: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana Marr: 9 Mar 1865 Place: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana Died: 24 Feb 1908 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas |
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Hanna Creal
Born: 7 Mar 1799 Place: Jamestown, New York Died: 7 Dec 1829 Place: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana |
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| Otis Lefon Burnett, Sr.-----------
Born: 5 Jun 1884 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas Marr: 20 Dec 1905 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas Died: 6 Nov 1974 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas |
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David O. Denny
Born: 26 Sep 1801 Place: Pickaway, Ohio Marr: Place: Died: 23 Nov 1870 Place: Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana |
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Margaret Denny-------------------
Born: 30 Dec 1843 Place: Circleville, Ohio Died: 5 Apr 1925 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas |
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Clarinda Cresap
Born: 5 Nov 1819 Place: Pickaway, Ohio Died: 16 Sep 1846 Place: Harrison Township, Ohio |
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| Otis Lefon Burnett, Jr.-----------
Born: 15 Mar 1916 Place: Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas Marr: 24 Jul 1939 Place: El Paso, Texas Died: 1 Jul 1996 Place: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas |
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Reuben Wiggins
Born: 6 Feb 1819 Place: Blackthorne, Oxford, England Marr: 3 May 1840 Place: St. George Church, London, England Died: 21 Jul 1888 Place: Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa |
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William Wiggins-------------------
Born: 26 Jun 1846 Place: London, England Marr: 27 Nov 1870 Place: Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas Died: 27 Nov 1938 Place: Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas |
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Martha Bourd (Board?)
Born: 21 Feb 1818 Place: England Died: 12 Feb 1886 Place: Iowa |
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Born: 29 Jun 1885 Place: Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas Died: 6 Dec 1973 Place: Emporia, Kansas |
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Peter Stephen Berry
Born: 1827 Place: Bedford County, Pennsylvania Marr: 25 May 1852 Place: Marion County, Ohio Died: 5 May 1874 Place: Victor, Iowa |
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Born: 1 Jul 1853 Place: Davenport, Scott County, Iowa Died: 6 Jun 1946 Place: Holton, Kansas |
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| Tabitha Elvira Piatt
Born: 10 Feb 1828 Place: Ohio Died: 10 Feb 1891 Place: Wilsey, Morris County, Kansas |
| Aaron Burnett, Junior
Born: 1695 Place: Southampton, Long Island, New York Marr: bef 1720 | | |
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Born: After 1720 Place: Bottle Hill, New Jersey Marr: Before 1760 | |
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| Justus Burnett----------------
Born: 1760 Place: Bottle Hill, New Jersey Marr: 1783 Died: 1826 Place: Hanover, New Jersey |
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Mary Miller
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey |
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| Stephen Grover Burnett---------
Born: Sep 1796 Place: Hanover, New Jersey Marr: About 1816 Died: 21 May 1861 |
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Died: 1794 |
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Lois Crane------------------- Died: 1834 Place: Hanover, New Jersey |
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Rebecca Prince
Born: abt 1691 Died: 15 Jun 1739 |
R. D. Gaddie was a farmer, who lived close to Diamond Springs.
R.[Ruth] A. Bentley
Diamond Spgs. Morris Co. Kans 12-19-1886
Mr. &
Mrs. R. D. Gaddie
Dear Brother Sister and Family,
I will ans your
of the 5 inst which came to hand 3 days ago it found us all well and we hope
this may find you all the same. We was sorry to hear that Laura and Earnest were
sick but hope they are well now. You spoke of several deaths. I regretted to
hear of none so much as Dr. Cordell but O what a blessed thing to be prepared to
go to meet the bridegroom. I sympathize with the family in their loneliness and
bereavement and hope that they may be prepared to meet their loved ones with joy
when the summons shall come for them and O what a glorious time it will be when
our lord shall come and all the redeemed shall be caught up to be forever with
him and we shall know even as we are known and there shall be no more sickness,
no more sad farewell spoken. Let us be ready.
Well you said that you were going to move to Russel, have you been there to look at the country. That is just 3 counties west of here, can’t you come past here if you go on the cars you will go from Maryville to St. Joe and then to Atchison thence to Topeka then it will be a better road and just as near to come to Eouporia and Council Grove and out to Salina on the G.S. & W. R. R. I live 5 ½ miles south west from Wilsey the 1st station west of the Grove. Come here and stay a week or two any way and look at the country. We have plenty of house room, beds, wood, corn, meat, and potatoes and we will meet you at Wilsey. There is a nice farm of 80 acres 3 miles west of Wilsey for sale. Good frame house of 4 rooms all plastered and finished nicely. Good rock walled well in 10 feet of the door that never fails good summer kitchen good pine stable for 2 horses food frame crib. 60 acres in cultivation, 10 acres good fall plowing done an orchard of 30 apple trees set out last spring, quite a large lot of peach, cherrys, plums and blackberries bearing.
It is a good neighborhood ½ mile from the bes Dr. in the county.
1 mile from school, 1 mile from Rev M. Henrys our present pastor. 1 ½ mile from
Rev M. Pearson one of the best men I ever knew who he has such a nice family so
has the Dr. Well the terms are 1000 dollars down the 500 in 4 years at 8 perc
interest. I have it rented but if you will buy it I will rent another. I would
have bought it if I had the 1000 dol. There is another farm 1 ¾ miles south of
Wilsey well improved good stone house 5 or 6 rooms for $1,800 time given on part
but don’t know the terms. Come and see and you won’t regret it if you come
through in wagons I would advise you to cross the Missouri R. at Atchison if you
can come my way come as near strait south west as you can to Topeka in Shawnee
Co. then to Eskridge in Wabaunsee County then to Council Grove in Morris Co. If
you will let us know when you are coming we will have supper ready for you. O
can’t you come, you will never have another chance.
It will be so good,
besides we have no lease of our lives and O I want to see you so bad. I want you
to go to see aunt Thaney it will be the last time you will ever have the chance
to see her in this world. Give her my love and tell her I would love to see her.
Give her my love and kindest regards to all our relatives and friends down there
and at Skidmore and to all those of our own neighborhood, do you know whether
Baxters moved to Kearney or not is Caples and Jane going to live at Pa’s next
year. What is George going to do, Do you know if he got my letter and the money
I sent. Have you heard anything from Brother Lewis lately. O where is the poor
boy. Well we received your pictures and they are so nice. O I thank you so much
for them. I think Earnest looks like little Roy and Laura, well bless her little
sweet life. I would like to get hold of her. Charles and Lloyd are so nice and
manly and you are all so natural, only you can’t talk to me. Well Robert I want
you to put that acct in an officer’s hand and tell them to collect it for me if
possible, there are so many things I would like to know.
Do Weinbusers
still live in Wilson and Dr. Briggs and Phillips’ have you seen Minnie Malone
since she came from Kansas. Isham wrote to me that he saw her at her fathers.
Isham is gone to no mans land. I saw a man yesterday just from there he says it
is good lots of timber and good water and turkey and deers and rich soil.
Contributed 26 Feb 2000 by Dwight Ferguson, great-great-great grandson of R. D. Gaddie
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