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Vital Records Anderson county marriage records, from various sources Obituaries from the Anderson County Advocate; transcribed and submitted 2004-2007 by Lulu B. Nixon; 2002-2005 obits are here and 2006-2007 obits are here Obituaries from the Kincaid Dispatch and Kincaid News; submitted June 2001 by Shirley Brier Death of Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Rose, and Hallie Rose, by drowning in the Pottowatomie River, submitted by Judy Landauer, February 2006 Freeman obituaries, submitted by Irma Ward, July 2001 Obituary of Joe McGinnis, submitted by Irma Ward, July 2001 Obituaries and Death Notices for Susan Araminta Doud Nokes, submitted by Lorene Fort, January 2001 Craig, Curran, Obituary, 14 April 1899 (4k, submitted 04/13/98, by Teresa Lindquist) Ricketts, John, Obituary, 2/10/1888, submitted by Vivian Taylor, July 2000 Sayre, David Obituary, April 14, 1905 (submitted 02/99, by Rodney Royston) Stomp, Joseph J., Obituary, August 22, 1918 (4k, submitted 01/29/98, by Teresa Lindquist) Stomp, Catherine, Obituary, July 19, 1923 (4k, submitted 01/29/98, by Teresa Lindquist) Stomp, John, Obituary, February 8, 1923 (4k, submitted 01/29/98, by Teresa Lindquist) Anderson county Obits; these are a collection of various obituaries, tombstone records, etc. put together by Ann Lambert for her Anderson county families: Nickelson, Lambert, Doll, Day, Beissel, etc. Anderson county Obituaries Mostly from 1998, but some earlier ones (11k, submitted 06/11/98, by Teresa Lindquist) 1999 Anderson county Obituaries (submitted 01/28/99, by Teresa Lindquist) 2000 Anderson county Obituaries (submitted 02/07/00, by Teresa Lindquist) 2001 Anderson county Obituaries (submitted 03/04/01, by Teresa Lindquist) 2002 Anderson county Obituaries (submitted 02/13/02, by Teresa Lindquist)   Census Records Federal Census records Kansas State Census records 1855 Territory of Kansas Census Index 5th District--contains Anderson county (submitted 01/11/97, by Carolyn Long)   Cemetery Records List of cemeteries in Anderson county (10k, submitted 03/97, by Teresa Lindquist); see also the list of cemeteries in 1906, submitted by Anna Wilhelm in August 1999 for some earlier names of local cemeteries Partial list of people buried in Holy Angels Catholic Cemetery, Garnett, KS (16k, submitted 01/30/97, by Teresa Lindquist) Partial List of People Buried at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Scipio, KS (17k, submitted 10/3/96, by Teresa Lindquist) Partial List of People Buried at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Greeley, KS (28k, sumitted 12/11/96, by Teresa Lindquist)   Military Records WWII Army Enlistment Records, transcribed by Maureen Reed, 2005 WWII Kansas Veterans Index, from the Kansas State Historical Society Grand Army of the Republic in Anderson county, members in good standing in Colony, Kincaid, and Lone Elm, August 1894; transcribed and submitted August 2000 by Ann Lambert. 21st Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, Company A; contains a list of Anderson county men who served in this regiment during the Spanish American War; transcribed and donated by Bill Sowers. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Anderson county, KS, submitted 10/19/98 by Teresa Lindquist) List of volunteers in 11 Cavalry Regiment, Company F (26k, submitted 12/12/96, by Teresa Lindquist) Company F, from the muster rolls in the 11th Kansas Cavalry, listed in the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1., publ. 1867. This company enlisted almost entirely from Anderson county; there is also a regimental history available. List of Pensioners on the Roll, 1883, Anderson county, text version and alphetical version (29k, submitted 10/97, by Teresa Lindquist) Civil War Volunteers from Anderson County, KS by company--text and html versions (17k, submitted 10/97, by Teresa Lindquist) Civil War Volunteers from Anderson County, KS, alphabetical list-- text and html versions (22k, submitted 10/97, by Teresa Lindquist) Civil War veterans buried in Anderson county (partial list) 21st Battalion (Garnett) Kansas State Guard,, from "History and Roster of the Kansas State Guard, August 6, 1917, to November 11, 1919", has rosters for Garnett, Greeley and Kincaid (submitted by Tom & Carolyn Ward, July 1999)   Personal and Local Histories Journal of Malissa Teter Wood, 1895-1897, submitted March 2006, by Judy Henry. Family of Charles Wesley Readshaw, submitted March 2006, by Judy Henry. Judy also provided some photographs of Charles Wesley Readshaw and his wife, and of the Readshaw home in Anderson county. Alanson Burson, Father of Nederland, TX, by W.T. Block, submitted March 2002 Reminiscences of Greeley, KS, by Marie Boling Cornelius, submitted by her son Merle "Bus" Cornelius, May 2001 A Wild Weird Ghost Story, submitted October 31, 2000 by Ann Lambert The Letters of James Newton and Wincy Ann Price Starr, submitted by Nora Tocus, April 2000 The Letters of John D. Moler, early Anderson county settler, and his family, submitted by Marysue Eulitz, June 1999 From Proctorville, Ohio to Garnett, KS A day to day description of the Sayre family's emigration to Anderson county, KS, written by Carrie Sayre, and made available for online publication by Rodney Royston. (18k, submitted 05/97, by Teresa Lindquist) Carrie Sayre's Travel Journal One hundred years ago, Carrie took a camping trip by mule wagon from Garnett, KS to Arkansas. Rodney Royston has generously provided her journal of that trip. Anderson county family names include Sayre and Judy. (14k, submitted 05/97, by Teresa Lindquist) The History of Anderson County, Kansas, From its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876", by W.A. Johnson, published 1877. The first 17 chapters of a work in progress for The Kansas Collection; (submitted by Teresa Lindquist, June 1999.) History of Anderson county KS, from "Kansas. A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc.", edited by F.W. Blackmar, published 1912. (19k, submitted 01/04/98, by Teresa Lindquist ) William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas", 1883 (text version submitted 10/01/98, by Teresa Lindquist ) PART 1 [Location and Natural Features | Map of Anderson County | Population | Border Troubles | Early Land Troubles] PART 2 [Organization of the County | Early County Elections, etc. | Early Town Sites | Floods, Drought, Grasshoppers, etc.] PART 3 [War Record. | Statistics of Progress, etc. | Garnett | Early History] PART 4 [City Government | Schools, Churches, and Societies | The Press and Other Business Interests | Biographical Sketches (Ayres - French)] PART 5 [Biographical Sketches (Gregg - Row)] PART 6 [Biographical Sketches (Schoonover - Wright) | Greeley | Early History | Local Matters] PART 7 [Biographical Sketches | Welda | Biographical Sketch | Colony] PART 8 [Biographical Sketches | Westphalia | Biographical Sketches | Mont Ida | Biographical Sketches | Jackson Township] A fully indexed version of this chapter is also available at the KanColl website. History of Garnett, KS, from "Kansas. A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc.", edited by F.W. Blackmar, published 1912. (5k, submitted 01/04/98, by Teresa Lindquist ) Kansas State Board of Agriculture First Biennial Report, 1878, Anderson County, submitted by Teresa Lindquist, July 1999.   Online Biographies William F.M. Arny (submitted 09/18/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) General James Blunt (submited 10/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Will R. Black (submited 03/98, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) August Bondi (submitted 1997, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Harry W. Bouck (submitted 1998, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Arthur Capper (submitted 1997, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) James M. Cavaness (submitted 10/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Colonel Samuel Crawford (01/31/98, Presented by the Adjutant General's Department, State of Kansas) Colonel Samuel Crawford, 1904 and 1918 biographies (submitted 11/19/96 and 09/97, respectively, by the students of Baxter Springs Middle School) Frederick H. Ireland (submitted 1998, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) William R. Smith (submitted 09/18/98, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Leander Stillwell (submitted 10/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Thomas E. Trigg (submitted 1998, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) Samuel C. Varner (submitted 10/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students) George H. Wilson (submitted 03/11/97, presented by Baxter Springs Middle School students)   Indexes and Miscellaneous Records Jeanie Byall's autograph book, circa 1890s, submitted by Pam Finch, October 2004 Commencement Exercises, Garnett High School, 1934, submitted by Shery Lantzy, Sept 2003 Garnett High School Junior Class, 1933, class photo submitted by Shery Lantzy, Sept 2003 Warranty deed for William and Jennie Ricketts, submitted by Vivian Sartin, May 2002 Liztown School pamphlet, date unknown, submitted by Mary Ann Burrows, July 2001 1912 Bealer School Souvenir, submitted May 2000 by Leah Burkhardt; contains a list of the students who attended the school, their teacher, and the local school district officials. Postcards from Garnett, KS, circa 1905-1915, provided in February 2000 by Bob Nevil. [The postcards are part of a family album containing cards sent back and forth between family members. These were posted between 1905-1915; as far as I know, all the locations portrayed in these cards still exist today]: Crystal Lake Pumping Station Mo. Pacific Depot Oak Street Looking North From Fifth Avenue Anderson County Courthouse M.E. Church Anderson County Sections of the POLK'S KANSAS STATE GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY, Volume XII, 1912 [submitted by Bill Sower, October 1999] Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, index of records available from NARA, includes names, DOB, country and city of origin, and maiden names of women (submitted by Teresa Lindquist, August 1999) 1911 Garnett City Directory , partial list (submitted 06/03/1999 by Teresa Lindquist 1915 Garnett City Directory , partial list (submitted 06/03/1999 by Teresa Lindquist Every Name Index to "The History of Anderson County, Kansas, From its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876", by W.A. Johnson, published 1877 (24k, submitted 01/21/98, by Teresa Lindquist) Every name index to the Anderson county chapter of Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" (61K, submitted 05/97, by Teresa Lindquist) A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelly, biography index (submitted 1996, 1997, 1998, by the students of Baxter Springs Middle School)

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