Butler County, Kansas Queries 1996/1997 Kenneth Thomas (kgthomas51@charter.net) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________ MATHENY Dave Matheny (dmatheny@brigadoon.com) Date unknown Looking for information on Arthur Orval MATHENY, born on 20 June 1892 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. ____________________________________________________ NORTON...SWINCHER William Wethington (william@frognet.net) Date unknown Lila P. NORTON was born in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas in 1922. Her parents were John W. NORTON and Winnefred Alice SWINCHER. Looking for marriage information. ____________________________________________________ OLINGER...HENNICK...WHITE Carolyn Jensen (CJTeach@aol.com) 17 March 1997 Looking for information on the families of Christian OLINGER and Jacob HENNICK, who where in the Butler County area in the 1870s. Christian and wife Mary had the following children: Margaret, Henry J., J. E., Nancy Ann, Mary Francis, Emma Jane, Albert Marion, and Warren Elbert. Was J. E. the John E. of the 1880 Fairmount Twp. census? Jacob and wife Barbara (HUDDLESTON HOWELL) had the following children: William Ellen, Charity Ann, Elizabeth, Masnoah, Abigail, Ethelbert, John Wesley, Catherine, Henry, Robert, Frank and Artie. The family moved to Story County, Iowa where Barbara died in 1882 and then Jacob moved back to Butler County where he died and was buried near Potwin in Lone Star? cemetery about 1886. These two families are connected through the marriage of John Wesley HENNICK and Margaret OLINGER in Lyon County, Kansas in 1871. Any information on either family and their parents or children will be greatly appreciated. Also connected was the family of Asa WHITE, who married Abigail and Catherine HENNICK, wife of ?? KOONS. ____________________________________________________ BRENNER...FOWLER Gene Brenner (dbrenner@flash.net) 16 March 1997 I am looking for the parents of William F. BRENNER. He was married to Florence FOWLER on July 16, 1912 in Newton, Harvey Co., Kansas. Not sure of their last year in Butler County. Thanks for any help. ____________________________________________________ BROWN...EDWARDS John Davis (minnstars@worldnet.att.net) 5 March 1997 My 2nd Great Grandparents were John Jackson BROWN and Mary Jane EDWARDS. They lived 8 miles southeast of Leon, Kansas from 1870-1889. I would like to establish a connection to Mary Jane's other EDWARDS kin living in or around Leon, Kansas. ____________________________________________________ ACKERLY/ACKLEY Houston Devins (brumback@compuserve.com) 27 February 1997 Robert ACKERLY/ACKLEY, b: 1814 in New York. Parents John ACKERLY & Jane ?, m: California 1846. Died 1 February 1899, in Clay Center, Kansas. Searching for any information on this family or ancestors. ____________________________________________________ MITCHELL...TORRENCE Phillip Mitchell (mitchell@wsdot.wa.gov) 27 February 1997 Am looking for relatives of James Homer MITCHELL. I can identify Clarence MITCHELL, Willie MITCHELL (who was blind), and Charles Ellis MITCHELL as two of his sons. James was my Great Grandfather, and Charles my Grandfather. Charles married Julia Frances "Fannie" TORRENCE. From that union came; Charles Afton, James Homer, Lorraine, Alvina, Earl, and one other daughter. I am Charles Afton MITCHELL's son. Thank You for any assistance you can offer. Also in the family history are the names Julia Francis TORRENCE, Charles Torrence, Isabel or Isabelle TORRENCE, Peter and Julia HAWES. ____________________________________________________ FRENCH...KEZAR Mike Nickle (mnick@nbn.com) 17 February 1997 Would like to find info on the death of my Great Grandmother, Alma FRENCH (nee KEZAR), d: 7 March 1909. Place: Augusta, Kansas, believed to be buried in Augusta also. ____________________________________________________ PATTISON...HEDLEY...McMULLEN Cindy Spencer (MasCps@aol.com) 17 February 1997 Looking for two families in Butler and Linn Counties. William Wilson PATTISON b: 1831, d: 1912 in El Dorado, and his wife, Susan HUNT HEDLEY, b: 1825, d: 1912 in El Dorado. They had a deaf child, Susan, my Great-Grandmother. Susan, b: 1859 went to a 'deaf-school' and met her future husband, Otho Holland McMULLEN, Otho H. McMULLEN, b: 1851, was the son of Otho McMULLEN and Elizabeth COLLINSWORTH. Elizabeth died in Linn County in 1894. Is there a Kansas State Deaf School? Does it have records back to the 1870s? Any relation to the PATTISON or McMULLEN names? Please contact me! ____________________________________________________ BROOKS...CHANCE Ron Brooks (ron.brooks@windmill.com) 16 February 1997 I am looking for information on the BROOKS family. Fred Milo BROOKS was married to Martha Ruth CHANCE. They lived at the turn of the century in Butler County, Kansas. Most of their children were born there. Fred Milo's father's name was Younger BROOKS, and he lived in the Butler/Sedgwick County area also. Any information on these families will be greatly appreciated. ____________________________________________________ HARDER...CLASSEN...BUSNITZ Daniel McCoy (dlmccoy@butler.buccc.cc.ks.us) 7 February 1997 I am interested in learning more about my families background. I know that they settled in the Brainard and Whitewater areas of Butler County. I also know they built the Mennonite church near Brainard and many are buried in the cemetery directly behind the church. Some of the surnames associated with my family are; HARDER, CLASSEN and BUSNITZ (sp). My father is Elwood (Bud) Leonard HARDER and my Grandmother was Margaret Gale (HARDER) and her maiden name was CLASSEN. I would appreciate any information, history, and/or interesting stories involving my family. Thank You. ____________________________________________________ SIMPSON...WALKER Dennis Simpson (dsimpson@gallua.galludet.edu) 6 February 1997 I am seeking the SIMPSON family in Butler County Kansas. My Great-Great Grandfather is Monroe Isaac SIMPSON with his wife, Telitha Jane WALKER. My Great Grandfather is Albert D. SIMPSON, his brothers are Willard M. SIMPSON and Leonard SIMPSON. The reason I am contacting anyone in Butler County is to find out if any descendants of Leonard SIMPSON are still living there. Thanks! ____________________________________________________ ESSEX...BAILEY Donna Merrill (dmerrill@fastlane.net) 5 February 1997 Isaac ESSEX, b: 25 September 1857 in Rock Island Co., Illinois, son of Simeon ESSEX of Indiana. He married 20 May 1885 in Butler County, Kansas to Margaret Emma "Maggie" BAILEY, b: 10 August 1868 in Atchison Co., Kansas, daughter of Joel and Nancy (Kerley) BAILEY. Their children were: Bessie Flo, Ora Lee, m: Bertha, Infant, Maggie May, Katie Fay, Earl Franklin, m: Iva NEWBERRY, Lucy Marie, Icel Geraldine, Alice Arrena, m: Pearl KINNEY, and Alta Florence. Any additional information on this family would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________ HICKS...GOLAY...BRAY Virginia Hicks (KVHicks@aol.com) 2 February 1997 I would like to contact anyone researching Alonzo HICKS, married to Lou GOLAY; and Columbus C. HICKS married to Georgianna BRAY. These couples HICKS were brothers, and are listed on the Butler County, Kansas 1885 Census for Sycamore Twp. My HICKS line is related. ____________________________________________________ CAIN...GRIGGS Tom Junkins (tjunkins@arkcity.com) 30 January 1997 I am looking for information on Arthur CAIN's family. He married Lucille GRIGGS, they lived in El Dorado in Butler County in the late 30s, at least that is what I was told by my late wife, their daughter Phyllis. I would appreciate any information on him and his family. ____________________________________________________ HANSHAW Yvonne Hall (YAnnHall@aol.com) 28 January 1997 Seeking HANSHAW information. A distant HANSHAW relative, now living in Texas, was born in El Dorado, Kansas in 1926. His father was Ferrill HANSHAW. Any information about HANSHAWs and HANSHAW descendants in the area will be appreciated. ____________________________________________________ ROGERS Gayle Vest 25 January 1997 My ancestor, Albert ROGERS, died in Butler County in 1915. His wife's name was Nancy. Can anyone tell me her maiden name, or his parent's names? He was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania. They were the parents of Otto ROGERS, who stayed in Bates County, Missouri. My e-mail is not working at the present time, but you can contact me at: P.O. Box 553, Teays, WV 25569. ____________________________________________________ STOVER Dena Harrison (dena@fais.net) 12 December 1996 Looking for STOVER researchers in Douglas, Shawnee and Butler counties. ____________________________________________________ NEWMAN...LUKE Don Watson (dwatson@texas.net) 10 November 1996 My Dad recently came into possession of some tapes made with his Aunt at the age of 94. In it she revealed some details of his Grandparents, my Great- Grandparents, that was previously unknown. Richard Lane NEWMAN married Edith Mae LUKE in 1887 or 1888 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. Richard is reportedly from Kentucky and Edith from Missouri. Their first children were twins born in El Dorado on 8 August 1889; Faith Taliferro NEWMAN (my Grandmother) and Ruth Lane NEWMAN. The next child, Hazel Edith NEWMAN, was born 9 August, 1890 in Junction City, Kansas. Soon thereafter, the family removed to Texas. Any information on anybody listed here will be greatly appreciated. Apparently, not much of this family's history was passed on to Dad or his older brothers and sisters, so very little is known. ____________________________________________________