Great Bend Pennsylvania

Amos Todd of Cortland County NY

Amos Todd5, (Charles4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Nov. 15, 1769, died Sept. 1830, married April 1794 at Great Bend, Penn., Lurana, daughter of Ozias and Susannah (West) Strong, who was born Dec. 4, 1777, in Lee, Mass., died Feb., 1851, in Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Todd and his sister Rhoda were the first settlers in Cortland County, N. Y. Children: *458. Roxa Ann, b. March 12, 1795. 459. Mary Jones, b. Aug. 15, 1796, m. David Campbell, of Sandusky, Ohio. 460. Susan Strong, b. Mar. 13, 1798, m. William Rollo. 461. Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1800, d. July, 1823, m. 1821, … Read more

Biography of Horace G. Lyons

Horace G. Lyons. One of the most interesting personalities surviving the pioneer decade of Kansas is Horace G. Lyons, who for four years had had his home in the Highland Park suburb of Topeka. Mr. Lyons is now eighty-four years of age. His had been not only a long but a broad outlook upon life. The experiences, the adventures, the hardships and the constructive enterprise of the early settlers were all his. The fruits of his life have been more than the material. Many persons who are not acquainted with his personal history know the depths of his philosophic thought … Read more