Butler County Kansas - Family History Queries, July - December 1999 Kenneth Thomas (kgthomas51@charter.net) 01/01/02 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GARRISON...RUSSELL Mitchell Wiles (nwiles@pacinfo.com) 22 June 2000 I would like to obtain information regarding Lee GARRISON and Lilley RUSSELL, who were residing in Butler County, Kansas in 1904. Lee was a machinist, working for the Santa Fe Railroad. Lilley was the daughter of Thomas J. RUSSELL and Ruth Ann KELLEY and was born in Adams County, Ohio in July 1878. ------------------------------------------- LEE...GADDIS Mike Gaddis (mgaddis@teletrac.net) 22 June 2000 I am looking for information on Fred and Nora LEE. Nora's married name was SMITH. They lived in Butler County, I believe around El Dorado. Their daughter, Marvel LEE married Gene GADDIS of Cassoday, Kansas. I believe they had another daughter named Geraldine. Any help will be appreciated. ------------------------------------------- HAVICE...SPARKS Marian Dunlap (mdunlap@effingham.net) 9 June 2000 I am looking for information on the HAVICE family in Butler County, Kansas. I have found some information on the family of Joseph SPARKS who married Jane HAVICE in Champaign County, Illinois and raised a large family in Butler County. I have only the names of their children and would appreciate later descendants. Jane had one son from a previous marriage named Charles Abram RAY, and he too, grew up in Butler County. I have been told that there have been some other HAVICE's in that area and am wondering whether they may belong to the same Pennsylvania HAVICE line we do. Any help is appreciated. ------------------------------------------- WISEMAN...DAVIS...ADAMS...PIERCE Lillie Kee (lkee@netdot.com) 9 June 2000 WISEMAN, Martha "Sis" Elizabeth, b: 7 October 1859 in Crawford Co., Indiana, daughter of Allen & Mary Jane (RHODES) WISEMAN. Married a DAVIS, in Butler County, Kansas. Her sister Nancy, m: the brother, James A. DAVIS, 17 March 1889, in Augusta, Butler County, Kansas. Nancy moved to California and was there in 1944. Martha later married Charles L. ADAMS, 30 April 1879 in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. Mary H. WISEMAN, a Granddaughter of Allen and Mary Jane, was on the 1880 census with them, she married M. L. PIERCE, 18 June 1887 in Butler County, Kansas. The license says she was 18 years old, but she was 17. Have been unable to locate any of them. ------------------------------------------- REED...SKIDGEL Ken Reed (kdrp@micron.net) 9 June 2000 William REED, b: 1845 in Ohio and wife, Nancy Jane SKIDGEL, b: 1853 in Indiana were in the 1880 Pleasant, Butler County, Kansas census. Also a brother, John K. REED and wife Susana SKIDGEL (a sister to Nancy) were at Bruno, Butler County, Kansas at the same time. I would like to share information with anyone interested in these families. ------------------------------------------- PAGE...BROWN Rita Wells (northplace@aol.com) 9 June 2000 Looking for information on the Alfred PAGE & Mahala BROWN family. Alfred PAGE, b: 1839 in Ireland, d: 1870 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. Married Mahala BROWN in El Dorado? Mahala BROWN, d: 1876-1880 in Butler County, Kansas. Her family lived near Coyville and Neodesha. She had some BROWN brothers. The family moved to El Dorado previous to abt. 1860. Alfred and Mahala had two sons, Harvey Harry PAGE, b: 1860 d: 1923 in Butler County, Kansas, married Belle DOUGLAS. George PAGE, b: 1861 d: 1937 in Butler County, Kansas, married Sarah BURROUGS/BURRIS, b: 1861 in Coyville, Wilson County, Kansas. ------------------------------------------- WILKINSON Harold Black (vlhtblack@fox-net.net) 4 June 2000 I would like information on the WILKINSON family who came to Butler County from Illinois. They lived near the Greenwood County line. John WILKINSON was originally from England. They arrived in Butler County in the 1870's. ------------------------------------------- HARWICK...ROUSH...WALKER Jean Bowers (jeanbow@ionet.net) 2 June 2000 I am looking for information on the families of W. O. WALKER, George ROUSH, Harry F. HARWICK and Carrie (BRANT) HARWICK. I believe they might have lived in the areas of Valley Center, El Dorado and Augusta in 1915-1940. Any help would be appreciated. ------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON Laverne Long (vernlong@iamerica.net) 22 May 2000 Seeking information on family of William Preston ROBERTSON, wife, Minta J., children: Dorothy; Lester; Mary, and Edna. They were enumerated in Towanda on the 1920 Federal census of Butler County, Kansas. ------------------------------------------- MAYNARD Judy Hopkins (yolo50@hotmail.com) 20 May 2000 I am looking for information on the Horace MAYNARD family. I have tracked him from Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio (were he was born in 1821) to Republic, Seneca County, Iowa (1850), then to Iowa City, Iowa (1851), to North Liberty, Iowa (1860), and to Towanda, Butler County, Kansas in 1870. Horace married Georgianna Taylor METCALF of Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, April 26, 1849. They had 7 children: Mary Annette; Wm. Jefferson; Francis Henry; Eernest Eugene; Emma Carrie; Horace Alonzo, and my Great-Grandmother, Marion Luella. Horace died January 22, 1890 and is buried in Towanda. Mary Annette married Henry George ROSS, February 7, 1875, was a schoolteacher in Towanda, and died May 1, 1877. She is also buried in Towanda. Any information on this family would be very much appreciated. ------------------------------------------- AMMERMAN Rachel Bitler (rachelbitler@hotmail.com) 14 May 2000 I am looking for early information and I don't quite know where to start. Family was AMMERMAN. Son was Decatur Wilson AMMERMAN, he was christened in 1849 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. I've no idea whether there were other children, which I would like to know. I am also most interested in Charlotte, since she was deceased before her father and must be buried somewhere. In the census of 1870, there is a Decatur W. AMMERMAN, age 31 (not 21) in Chetopa Twp., Wilson County, Kansas, with a wife, age 19, and a 6 month old infant. They don't appear in 1880. Charlotte's father died in 1872, in Know County, and I don't think that the will was written much before his death. Edwin, the presumed husband of Charlotte, was a witness to his will, so he must have lived in the vicinity. Is there a printed index or a soundex or 1880? I couldn't find Edwin on the 'Ancestry.com' search engine. Is there anyone who can check on the State of Kansas index for 1880 for either Edwin or Decatur? Or Edwin in 1870? It is also conceivable that Charlotte died in 1849 and that Decatur was christened at her funeral? Please help, I'll so appreciate it. ------------------------------------------- MEEKER Jennette McClurg (jennettemc@aol.com) 14 May 2000 I am researching the MEEKER family who settled at Rose Hill, Butler County, Kansas. They were: Ferdinand VanEtten MEEKER, b: 1815, d: 1888 at Rose Hill, Kansas. This was my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather. His 2nd wife was Lucy NEWTON. They had a son named David Burr MEEKER, b: 1857, d: 1948 also at Rose Hill, Kansas. David Burr's family also settled in Rose Hill. I would appreciate any information on this family. ------------------------------------------- HOOBER Lorena Velasquez (raul@pld.com) 13 May 2000 Looking for the family of my Great-Uncle, Abraham Lewis HOOBER, born June 7, 1864, who passed away December 6, 1946 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. ------------------------------------------- MYERS...ELLIOTT Gina Easley (gnjeasley@mo-net.com) 30 April 2000 I am searching for the family of the following people, I have lots of information on siblings of James Wesley MYERS that I would be willing to trade. Leatha MYERS, daughter of James Wesley MYERS and Mary WITTUM, was born May 3, 1889 and died ( I believe) 1980 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas. She married Owen ELLIOTT, 1907 Sedgwick County , Kansas. ------------------------------------------- MINER Laurie Franklin (linked_99@yahoo.com) 30 April 2000 Abner C. MINER, Sarah J. (ROGERS) MINER. These were my Great-Great-Great-Grandparents. I have them in the 1880 census for Rock Creek Township, Butler County, Kansas. I was wondering if anyone has any information on them? I am assuming that they died there. His son, Charles had 10 children, 4 that lived and 6 that died in a row due to stomach troubles??? I was wondering also if these babies were also buried there? Any information would be very much appreciated. ------------------------------------------- WHEELER...ALTUM Jim Wheeler (jw2000@cdsnet.net) 16 April 2000 Looking for my Grandparents, Wayne WHEELER and Nona ALTUM, married in Butler County on 3 August 1893. Any record of them in El Dorado, Butler County would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------- BRIGGS Johnny Riggs (riggs@ipa.net) 13 April 2000 Looking for nay information on James Henry BRIGGS and Nancy D. (BUNCH) BRIGGS. Came from Kentucky to Butler Co., Kansas. They lived in Augusta, Kansas. One of their children, a daughter, Augusta BRIGGS was born in Augusta, Kansas on the 30th of May, 1877. It is believed that James Henry had a brother, John Wesley, who also came to Butler County. If anyone has information on this family, please get in touch with me. ------------------------------------------- BAILEY...MASSENGALE Toni Holbrook (ReadToni@aol.com) 12 April 2000 I am looking for information on my Great-Grandmother, Louisa or Lavisa Ann MASSENGALE. She was married to Mitchell Hutson BAILEY and he died very young. She moved to Kansas and remarried someone. My Grandfather, Charles Edward BAILEY, worked for the Teeter Ranch. If anyone has any information on Louisa or Charles, I would appreciate it. ------------------------------------------- SHAY Virginia (Gianjo56@aol.com) 31 March 2000 I am searching for any additional information on my Grandfather. His name was William Arthur SHAY (aka Will SHAY), his birth year was 1879, he was born in Butler County, Kansas. He was a farmer and married Florence SHUFFIELD from Pope County, Arkansas. They lived in Lamar, Arkansas in 1920. I'm at a dead-end on this and can use any information and/or tips on where to look next. ------------------------------------------- COOMBE Loral Munson (bmunson@cox.net) 21 March 2000 I am looking for any information on James W. COOMBE and a brother or uncle who lived in Butler County in the 1880-1890's. The COOMBE's had a ranch near El Dorado, and James W. worked there. We've heard that one of the men was a circuit riding preacher. ------------------------------------------- BUELL Audrey Peters (NiteOwl226@aol.com) 6 March 2000 Searching for descendants of this family who lived in Brownlow, then Latham, Kansas. 1. Fitz Roy BUELL, b: October 15, 1841, Channahon, Illinois +Emily DOUGLAS, b: June 11, 1848, Wells Island, St. Lawrence River, m: May 23, 1870 2. William Christopher BUELL, Sr. b: Latham, Kansas 3. William Christopher BUELL, Jr. 4. Kenneth BUELL 2. Claude BUELL 2. Ira BUELL ------------------------------------------- EDWARDS Lynn Owens (MOwens9494@aol.com) 4 March 2000 Searching for information on Jo Ann (Mrs. John) (WOLFE) EDWARDS who was living in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas in 1985 when her mother died in Texas (as listed in obituary). She was born and reared in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. ------------------------------------------- EACHES Phyllis Ford (pif3237@earthlink.net) 3 March 2000 Looking for EACHES. I have a Lewis EACHES b: 1836, m: to Mary JACKSON, b: 1831. Supposedly they moved to Butler County , Kansas where 3 generations of this family are buried in a little cemetery in Butler County, Kansas. Many thanks to anyone who knows this EACHES family. ------------------------------------------- RAMSEY...KENNEDY Phyllis Ford (pif3237@earthlink.net) 3 March 2000 I am searching for a John RAMSEY and Mary Brady RAMSEY who moved to Butler County, Kansas sometime after 1870. they had a son, Joseph Peter RAMSEY, b: 1865, d: 6 November 1950, m: Abbie Bridgett KENNEDY, b: 29 Dec 1871, d: 6 March 1935. Joseph and Abbie are buried at Rosalia, Butler County, Kansas. A daughter, was Margaret Eunice RAMSEY, m: Charles Robert FORD and moved on to Colorado. There may have been other children. Any knowledge about this RAMSEY family would be appreciated. ------------------------------------------- GORHAM mfulk@terraworld.net 25 February 2000 I'm searching for information on either J. E. GORHAM, Sr. or Jr. The J. E. GORHAM's had done alot of their business in Butler County. One of these guys also made alot of the tombstones within Cowley and Butler Counties. Also J. E. GORHAM appears in the book, 'The Violent Years', page 81. J. E. GORHAM, Jr. married Nora SHEPPERSON, she was a step-daughter to Thomas BROOKSHIRE. My sister and I did not know that there was a J. E. GORHAM, Sr. and Jr. On some marriage licenses it shows that he had signed them, like a Justice of the Peace would do. And in the book it calls him an Elder J. E. GORHAM, Elder of what church? ------------------------------------------- REED Ken Reed (kdr@pophost.micron.net) 13 February 2000 I am looking for any information on Stacey REED, b: 1850's in Noble County, Indiana. His parents were William and Caroline (KENNEDY) REED. He had three known brothers: William C. REED, d: Neosho County, Kansas; John K. REED, d: Cherokee County, Kansas; and Peter A. REED, d: Noble County, Indiana. Stacey REED is known to have been living in Augusta, Butler County, Kansas in 1937. ------------------------------------------- AUSTIN...SPRADLIN Jim Austin (sparky@southwind.net) 11 February 2000 Looking for information on Harry Edward AUSTIN, his children or his wife's family. He was my Grandfather's brother. Harry was born in Burrton, Kansas on April 8, 1885, and lived in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. He married Flora E. SPRADLIN and died on January 8, 1935 in a car accident. Harry and Flora's children were: Bethel AUSTIN; Pauline B. AUSTIN; Sidney Edward AUSTIN and Harry AUSTIN. ------------------------------------------- O'BRIEN...RAYBURN Jeanne Karasek (Jeanne.Karasek@Merial.com) 9 February 2000 I am looking for information on my Grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. James Edward O'BRIEN. They lived in El Dorado for years. I have been able to obtain a fair amount of information on my Grandmother, Myrtle Frances RAYBURN's side, but I am unable to locate much information on my Grandfather. I know that he died in 1967 and is buried in Sunset Lawn. That he was born in Kansas City and that's about it. I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone can provide, especially on James Edward O'BRIEN or Myrtle Frances RAYBURN. ------------------------------------------- CALDWELL...PENNY...FISHER Bill Penny (bpenny@pclink.com) 2 February 2000 My Great-Grandmother lived in El Dorado ca. 1895 until her death in 1923. She was born Elizabeth L(?) CALDWELL on 20 January 1853. I have been unable to identify her parents. In the 1900 census in Butler County (when she was listed as Elizabeth PENNY) she stated the her father was born in Scotland, and her mother born in Georgia. Elizabeth herself was born in Tenneesse. Can somebody please look Elizabeth up on the 1910 and 1920 census for Butler Co.,? I am hoping that there is more information there about who her parents were. Elizabeth married a L. FISHER sometime after 1900, so she would likely be found in a FISHER household. Thanks for anything that can be provided. ------------------------------------------- REAL...SMITH...AINES Frank Cook (cookfq@beci.net) 25 January 2000 Looking for any descendants of Mahalia (MILLER) SMITH, married to Daniel Webster SMITH. Or Eliza 'Lizzie' (MILLER) AINES, married to Tom AINES. Mahalia's daughter, Jennie SMITH married Elmer REAL. If any of these names connect to your tree,.. please contact me. ------------------------------------------- SULTZ...JARVIS Toni Noah (brat@humboldt1.com) 18 January 2000 Looking for any information on Isaac SULTZ and Marey Louesa (JARVIS) SULTZ. They lived in Butler and Edwards counties from 1870's - early 1900's. Marey Louesa had a brother named Serel JARVIS and a sister named Addie JARVIS who married George HOLDEN. Isaac and Marey's children's names were: Delbert Martin; George Henry; Edgar Dwight; Frank E., Ivel C., and Julia C. Isaac had served in the Civil War with the Indiana volunteers. Marey was born in Quebec and Isaac was born in Indiana. ------------------------------------------- DONALDSON Lincoln Wolverton (lwolv@worldaccessnet.com) 18 January 2000 I'm looking for information regarding George T. DONALDSON, first postmaster of Chelsea, who died in 1869 in a logging accident. He was married to Eleanor P. VAUGHT (1832-1883). ------------------------------------------- MOORE...ATKINSON...COLLEY...HALL June (juneken@airmail.net) 17 January 2000 Looking for any information re: Richard (1813 TN/VA) and Rebecca (1814 NC) MOORE, residents of Butler County, Kansas, (Towanda, Murdock, and Fairview) in the 1870 and 1880 census. Son-in-law's surnames were: HALL; ATKINSON; and COLLEY, and sons' were: William; Reuben; Thomas; Calvin; George and J. Andrew MOORE. Appreciate any 'leads'. ------------------------------------------- LOUTHAN...HORNER...DETALENTE Bill Freeman (brxpress@cswnet.com) 16 January 2000 I am researching Hattie (HORNER) LOUTHAN, who lived in Butler County, Kansas in the 1880's. She was a sister-in-law to my Great-Grandfather who lived in Butler County at the same time and he was married to her sister, Lillie HORNER. Hattie (HORNER) LOUTHAN lived in whitewater and is the author of five books and has many contributions to newspapers and first class magazines. In about 1893 she married Overton Earl LOUTHAN who died in 1906. I am interested in finding out what happened to her sister, Lillie (HORNER) DETALENTE and her two nieces, Lilla LuElla DETALENTE and Alice (EMMERSON) DETALENTE. Alice may have married a GOLDEN and lived in Southern California in the early 1900's. Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this. ------------------------------------------- HYDE John Gettman (jgettman@oregoncoast.com) 5 January 2000 Searching for any information on, Emma Agnus HYDE, born June 17, 1887 in El Dorado, Kansas. Father was David George HYDE or Robert David HYDE, who was born in 1852 in England. Mother was Elizabeth FITZGERALD, born in 1853 in Warren Springs, Missouri, and were married in Kansas. -------------------------------------------