(Loc. 1 mi. S. of Amelia) BUTLER Maria, b. May 1823, d. Oct. 1823. Mary Sprague, d. 21 Mar. 1858, ae. 80 yrs., 4 mos., 7 days. Native of Marthas Vineyard, Mass. MYRICK Eliza, d. 10 Feb. 1842, ae. 39 yrs., 4 mos., 22 days. Wife of Reuben W. Mary S., dau. of R. and E., d. 20 May 1852, ae. 5 yrs., 11 mos. WALTER Walter, b. 20 Nov. 1772, d. 23 Apr. 1853, ae. 80 yrs., 5 mos., 3 days. Native of Edgartown, Mass.
(Loc. on Robert H. Hermann farm on Jet Hill Rd. in Monroe twp.) FERGUSON Carrie E., dau. of Ira and Nancy, d. 27 June 1868, ae. 26 yrs., 1 mo., 17 days. Nancy M., b. 27 Feb. 1820, dau. of Mr. Shaw, d. 1 May 1878, ae. 58 yrs., 2 mos., 1 day. Wife of Ira Ferguson. SHAW Infant dau. of J. R., d. ae. 2 days. John, b. 1 Apr. 1810, son of John and Nancy, d. 1 Nov. 1896. John Sr., b. 13 July 1779, York Co., Pa., d. 18 July 1847, ae. 68 yrs., 3 days. Husband … Read more
(Loc. on U. S. Rt. 52 on Bullskin Creek in Franklin twp.) GHEYNE James, b. 10 Mar. 1847, d. 26 Aug. 1888. Husband of K. P. Robert W., d. 13 July 1865, ae. 25 yrs. Co. E., 48th Ill. Inf. HAMILTON Abigail, b. 3 Dec. 1840, d. 26 Jan. 1863. Wife of Robert. PICKEREL Harriet S., d. 15 Feb. 1851, ae. 17 yrs., 1 mo. Hilery, d. 15 Feb. 1851, ae. 17 yrs., 1 mo. (Both drowned in Ohio River) NO SURNAME Richard H.
The descendants of two brothers, George and Maturin Ricker of Dover NH who’s descendants resided principally in New Hampshire and Maine.
Aldrich, James Mott, son of Arnold and Dollee Lang Aldrich, was born in Smithfield, Providence County, R. I., October 30, 1817. He attended the common schools and the academy at Union Village. He studied medicine in the office of Dr. J. A. Brown, Providence, R. I., Harvard medical school, and in the Botanic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio; and commenced regular practice in Fall River in 1843, in which city he has ever since lived. Dr. Aldrich was married in Dedham, May 24, 1844, to Mary A. Allen, who died in 1857. He was again married, September 23, 1862, to Louisa … Read more
(Loc. on Old Cedar Hills Dairy Farm on Mt. Carmel Rd. near Hamilton Co. line in Union Twp.) BICKEL Christian, d. 19 Nov. 1831, ae. 78 yrs. Husband of Mary. Mary, d. 11 May 1832, ae. 54 yrs. Wife of Christian. MITCHEL Philip, d. 13 Dec. 1832, ae. 115 yrs. Rev. Soldier, fought at the Battle of Princeton.
O. L. McClung, farmer, P. O. Jewell City; was born in Clermont County, Ohio, April 17, 1841; removed to Riley County, Kan., in 1868; came to Jewell County in 1870, and took a homestead. When Mr. McClung settled in Jewell County, he, with others, built a sod fort on the present town site of Jewell City, to protect themselves from the Indians. Has held office of Township Trustee; was elected Treasurer of Jewell County in November 1881, and took his office October 10, 1882. Is a member of the Masonic order, and G. A. R. Enlisted in the United States … Read more
(Loc. in Wayne twp. near intersection of Rt. 131 and Rt. 133.) MALOTT Andrew J., d. 26 Feb. 1862, ae. 45 yrs., 4 mos., 11 days. Elizabeth, d. 3 Jan. 1850. Wife of A. J. Henry O., son of A. J., d. 26 Apr. 1861, ae. 3 yrs., 4 mos., 18 days. Susan, dau. of J. and P. d. 30 Apr. 1860, ae. 4 yrs., 8 mos., 4 days.
Anton Diebolt, Jr., cashier of the Piqua State Bank in Woodson County, is one of the younger bankers of Kansas and had studied and practiced banking with a varied experience in different institutions ever since reaching manhood. He is a native of Kansas and represents a family that have had an important share in business and financial circles. He was born in Atchison County, Kansas, October 10, 1885, a son of Anton Diebolt, Sr., and a grandson of Joseph Diebolt. The Diebolt family in the earlier generations lived in the Province of Alsace, on the border between the French and … Read more
Hon. William Y. Morgan is one of the men who have attained sufficiency of public distinction so that he might merely give his address as Kansas and every one would know the who’s who and who’s what about him. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6, 1866, a son of W. A. and Minnie (Yoast) Morgan. His father served as an officer in the Twenty-third Kentucky Regiment in the Union army, and in 1871 brought his family to Kansas. For forty years he was editor of the Cottonwood Falls Leader and at the same time was prominent in public … Read more
ANSCHUTZ Fred C., b. 1884, d. 1953. BANISTER Mehettable, b. 22 Dec. 1807, d. 1863, ae. 56 yrs. Wife of Philander Banister. Philander, b. 15 Nov. 1809, d. 18 Sept. 1874. BETTLE George, b. 1850, d. 1912 Harriet E., dau. of S. and J. A. Bettle, d. 28 Feb. 1865, ae. 31 yrs., 19 days. John S., b. 1 Dec. 1842, son of Sam and Julia Bettle, d. 12 Apr. 1862. Julia Ann, d. 25 Oct. 1870, ae. 63 yrs. Wife of Sam Bettle. Mary Eliza, dau. of Sam Bettle, d. 13 Nov. 1870, ae. 43 yrs. Sam, d. 21 … Read more
(Loc. on J. L. Trees farm ½ mi. W. of Mt. Olive) CONREY Ann Athelia, b. 25 Aug. 1853, dau. of H. S. and Elizabeth, d. 27 Jan. 1855. HARVEY Robert W., son of Henry and Maria, d. 2 Apr. 1839, ae. 3 mos., 10 days. William W., son of Henry and Maria, d. 6 May 1834, ae. 5 yrs., 13 days. PAGE Estella, dau. of T. N. and Harriett, d. 3 July 1871, ae. 4 mos., 20 days. James F., son of J. N. and H. J., d. 14 Aug. 1862, ae. 16 days. WILSHIRE Lemar James, son of … Read more
William Christee Smyser, who died at Sterling, Kansas, August 9, 1917, had been for thirty-five years a resident of that section of the state. Few men have assumed and carried out to such a successful conclusion the larger responsibilities of business affairs. One of the outstanding characteristics of big business men is a quiet efficiency of performance that handles a great volume of work with a notable absence of noise and confusion. This quiet efficiency was a mark of Mr. Smyser’s entire career. Under his direction large affairs were transacted and things got themselves done in the form of concrete … Read more
(Loc. on 10 Mile Road) BEHYMER John, d. 12 Mar. 1861, ae. 39 yrs., 8 mos., 4 days. Katherine, b. 1 Oct. 1774, d. 2 July 1818. First wife of Samuel. Mary P., b. 10 Mar. 1793, dau. of E. Parvin and R. , d. 10 Sept. 1873. Wife of Samuel. Samuel, d. 27 Nov. 1848, ae. 85 yrs., 10 mos. Husband of Katherine. EPPERT Daniel, b. 10 Dec. 1810. d. 11 June 1885. J. D., CO. A. 153 Ohio Inf. Nancy, b. 14 Feb. 1814, d. 12 Aug. 1874. Wesley R., b. 23 Feb. 1842, son of Daniel and … Read more
Calvary Morris, was born near Charleston, West Virginia, in 1798, and spent his youth in the Kanawha valley, laboring on a farm, and battling with the hardships of pioneer life. In 1818 he married the eldest daughter of Dr. Leonard Jewett, of Athens, and in the spring of 1819, located permanently in that town. “Finding myself,” says Mr. Morris, “a stranger in a strange land, and obliged to make provision for the support of my family, my first step was to rent five acres of ground, upon which to raise a crop of corn. While cultivating that ground, during the … Read more
B. H. Achter. In a foremost place on the list of the men who are identified with large business interests at Iola, Kansas, is found the name of B. H. Achter, president of the Iola Wholesale Grocer Company. Mr. Achter is one of the men who have worked their own way to prosperity and prominence, for when he came to this country he was without capital or influence and was compelled to depend alone upon his own resource and ability. His career had been one of marked advancement, and the material rewards which have been his have been fairly and … Read more
Henry Brandley was born in Switzerland October 12, 1839, and died at his beautiful home at Matfield Green in Chase County June 1, 1910. When he was about twelve years of age his parents came to America, being fifty-two days in crossing the ocean. In 1852 the family settled in Cincinnati, where he finished his education and worked at the painter’s trade. In 1856 the Brandleys moved to Randolph. County, Indiana, and there the young man had further experience as a farm hand, in a shingle mill, as rail maker and digger of ditches. In the spring of 1859 he … Read more
(Loc. on Carl Lore Meier farm 10 mi. from Merwin) ARTHUR Ebben B., son of J. and E., d. 12 June 1845, ae. 1 mo., 11 days. Joseph, b. 2 Jan. 1791, d. 19 Mar. 1838. Mary, b. 1 Jan. 1796, d. 23 Jan. 1862. BEHYMER Catherine, d. 1 June 1850, ae. 23 yrs., 2 mos. Wife of D. CHAPMAN Edward, 11 Oct. 1823, ae. 46 yrs. Nancy, dau. of Edward and Rebecca, d. 28 Feb. 1824, ae. 2 yrs., 6 mos., 25 days. CORD Abby C., d. 22 Dec. 1864, ae. 31 yrs., 5 mos., 4 days. Married. to … Read more
(Loc. on Volney Moore land on Sodom Hamersville Rd. in Tate twp.) WILLIS Elizabeth B., d. 11 Jan. 1867, ae. 66 yrs., 11 mos., 18 days. Wife of Thomas. H. R. (Mr). B. 6 Aug. 1821, d. 22 Aug. 1897. His wife died 2 yrs. later. Thomas, d. 23 May 1861, ae. 55 yrs., 4 mos., 7 days. Husband of Elizabeth B. Thomas D., son of J. D. and M. A., d. 16 Aug. 1843, ae. 2 yrs., 1 mo., 26 days.
(Loc. on Rt. 133 nr. Wiggonsville) FRAZIER Charlotte, dau. of J. and M., d. 9 Mar. 1851, ae. 18 yrs., 6 mos., 15 days. Jesse, b. 10 Feb. 1802, d. 8 Sept. 1860. SARGENT Phebe, d. 2 Mar. 1839, ae. 25 yrs., 3 days. Wife of T. C. Rebecca H., d. 8 Mar. 1839, ae. 54 yrs. Wife of Ben South and John Sargent. SOUTH Ben, d. 17 Sept. 1820, ae. 31 yrs. William, d. 9 Oct. 1855, ae. 72 yrs.