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Emily was the daughter of Sylvester DURHAM and Elizabeth PARKER (?). William H. SMITH's parents are unknown. He was probably born in Kentucky around 1846. I am looking for any information about either of these families and would be happy to share what information I have. -------------------------------------- KERR...CARR...WYRICK Louise Kerr (LouiseKerr@prodigy.net) 25 June 2000 Researching William Wiley KERR, married Eliza WYRICK. In the 1865 Neosho County, Kansas State Census they are listed as Wm. & Eliza CARR. Eliza's parents, Othniel & Hannah WYRICK are also listed in the 1865 Neosho County, Kansas State Census. William was killed in Montezuma, Kansas in 1889. Any information on either family or other researchers in these lines, please contact me. -------------------------------------- BAUCOM...VANDIKE Paula Stier (cstier@gate.net) 24 June 2000 I am searching for any information for an Ester Susan (BAUCOM) VANDIKE, or at least I hope the photo I have that says "SUSA VANDIKE" is her. It was taken in Chanute, Kansas probably around 1860-1870. Ester Susan was my Great-Great-Grandfather's sister and she was listed with his family in the 1860 Missouri Census. By 1870 she and her brother are both in Kansas. I believe she married and went to Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. Her brother, Leroy BAUCOM, was in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas. Any information will be greatly appreciated! -------------------------------------- McKIEARNAN Mary Dodd (maddad62@aol.com) 13 June 2000 I am searching for ancestors of Francis Walter McKIERNAN, b: 30 January 1872 in Gallatin County, Illinois. His family settled in & around St. Paul, Kansas. His parents are supposedly buried in St. Francis Cemetery, but was unable to locate their graves. I do not know their first names. He had brothers named William and Laurence (who moved to Arizona), a brother that worked as a steward on ships out of California & who was murdered. Also, a brother named Ed (wife Jessie), who had a farm in Dewey, Oklahoma. Ed, Jessie & brother that was murdered are buried in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. My Grandfather died in 1940 & buried next to my Grandmother Mary Elsie MONROE (nee SALMON) in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Francis also had a sister named Mary. Any information would be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------- CROCKETT...PENDERGRASS...ROSS Beckey Turner (bct.fam.1@netzero.net) 10 June 2000 I would like to get in touch with any descendants of Joseph CROCKETT, through son David, (who married Marinda PENDERGRASS); daughter Martha Ellen (married Frank PENDERGRASS), John Frew. Also looking for descendants of Frank and Martha Ellen PENDERGRASS, and Enoch and Rebecca ROSS. All came to Neosho County between 1872 and 1882. -------------------------------------- CANNAN...MURPHY Jo Myer (jomyers@email.com) 10 June 2000 My Great-Grandparents were married in Neosho County on December 13th, 1885. Their names were Silas Walter CANNAN, b: August 6, 1863, d: January 18, 1925 and Clara E. MURPHY, b: August 6, 1867, d: June 14, 1913. Their children were: Claude; Oneita; Don Miller (my Grandfather); and Jessie. They talked of Chanute often. I've been unable to find any other information. Can anyone help me with this search? -------------------------------------- STEVENS Marji Martin (martin@midkan.net) 10 June 2000 STEVENS family members, searching for information on the following family listed on the 1870 Neosho County Census: John STEVENS, age 52 Farmer Eliz J. 33 Alice 16 Janetta 4 Note: son Leander (lee) born in 1873, wife Eliz. J. died in 1873. -------------------------------------- STAUFFER DeAnna Wright (bdwright@itlnet.net) 10 June 2000 I'm looking for information on David & Mary Feller STAUFFER, m: July 1847 in Elkhart, Indiana and migrated to the Neosho County, Kansas area by 1888. Children were: Henry C., James, Charles F., Mary Catherine, and George Milburn. Some of them are buried in Centerville Cemetery. -------------------------------------- KERN...COOK Daniela Moneta (dmoneta@home.com) 10 June 2000 I am researching the Edward Lee KERN family from Canada who lived in Neosho County in the 1870's. Edward's wife was Florella COOK. Florella's brothers lived in Neosho County as well. Her brother's names were Charles B. and George D. COOK. I would be interested in any information on these two families. The COOKs were originally from Chautauqua County, New York before going to Canada and then moving on to Kansas. -------------------------------------- MATSON...PETERSON...LARSON...WESTLING Patricia Adamek (adamekp@presys.com) 8 June 2000 I am seeking information about my family who lived in Neosho County from 1868 to 1875. Saras and Brita MATSON came from Sweden in 1868 with their three sons, Isaac, Peter, and Mats, and married daughters, Carrie PETERSON and husband Peter, and Brita WESTLING and husband Andrew. All families are listed on the 1875 census. They were among the founding members of the Swedish Baptist Church in Swede Center. While in the Chanute area Peter and Carrie PETERSON had 4 children, Peter, Charles, Andrew and William. Peter PETERSON was a stone mason. Sometime after 1875, Carrie PETERSON moves to someplace in Iowa and has a daughter, Anna. Carrie's husband Peter PETERSON and son William die between 1876-1880, location unknown. Brita, Isaac and Peter MATSON move to Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas about 1877. I do not know what happens to Brita's husband Saras (or Lars) MATSON or son Mats MATSON, I believe they die in Neosho County. Mats MATSON could be using the name Mats LARSON. Brita WESTLING dies in Chanute in March 1875. The WESTLING family stays in Chanute. Andrew remarries. I am interested in early records of the Swedish Baptist Church. I can not find birth or death records for this family. -------------------------------------- HAMLIN...BRADEN David Hollak (d_b_hollak@email.msn.com) 17 May 2000 Looking for information on the Ephraim M. HAMLIN family living in Big Creek Township, Neosho County, Kansas in 1870. Listed on page 21 of the 1870 census. How long did they live there? Where did they go? Where did Ephraim die? Where were Ephraim HAMLIN and Dorothy BRADEN married? Any history of Big Creek Township in the 1870's? -------------------------------------- POND...BERENDS Gary Pond (portercase@aol.com) 16 May 2000 Looking for information on Oscar POND, Bernard BERENDS and their families. Both are my Great-Grandfathers who were ranchers or farmers in the Thayer, Kansas area in 1890. Someone sent me a copy of the census from 1920, Shiloah Township, which shows a Fred and Ida POND and it looks like my Great-Great-Grandparents, James (from Ohio) and Hennette POND (from New York). It was from that census that I learned about an illegitimate child and a mail order marriage from my mother about Mrs. Bernard BERENDS. My Granddad, Elmer POND, told me that his dad owned the first Model 'T' in the county. Don't know if that is so or not. He moved to South Bend, Indiana in the 1920's for work at Studebaker's Automotive. He became a housing contractor just before the depression and was doing well. Then went broke and had to start all over again. In the end he and my father, Cecil POND started the Pond Garden Tractor company that soon became Wheel Horse Products. -------------------------------------- HEWITT Diane Miller (cdmiller@ctlnet.com) 16 May 2000 I am searching for any information on the HEWITT family who arrived in Neosho County, Kansas ca 1870 from Randolph County, Indiana. Father, Thomas HEWITT and son, Charles Wesley HEWITT died in Neosho County and were buried in Bethel Cemetery, Walnut Creek Township. Father, Thomas HEWITT died in 1880 and Charles Wesley in 1920. Another son was Thomas M. HEWITT. I cannot find when Thomas M. died or where he was buried, but his wife Emily, and some children are in Bethel Cemetery. He had a son, August, who was a physician. -------------------------------------- SHOEMAKER Jack Shoemaker (jackshoe@inland.net) 7 May 2000 Looking for Edward SHOEMAKER that came to Kansas in the 1870's, married to Marian STANEART. Any information would be helpful. -------------------------------------- McCAIN...HARRIS Marsha Clark (jwmc51@usit.net) 1 May 2000 I have a photo of a Will McCAIN, and wife Ida taken at Shirley Studios in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. It belonged to my Grandparents, J. A. HARRIS and Mabel Duckett HARRIS. On the back it states, Uncle Will and Aunt Ida McCAIN. Probably taken between 1860 to 1890. Anyone recognize the names? -------------------------------------- SMITH...HAMOR Donna (hihillbox@aol.com) 23 April 2000 I found my family there on the 1870 census, but I am looking for a Jacob and James SMITH there. I know their sister. Charlotte HAMOR came there in September 1869. -------------------------------------- BENNETT...DUFFY Kelly Bennett (Kelly.Bennett@gems4.gov.bc.ca) 20 April 2000 Searching for information about Grandparents; Milton BENNETT, born August 29, 1884 and Agnes DUFFY, born April 16th 1885, (her parents were John F. DUFFY and Margaret BLAIR, both in St. Paul, Neosho County Kansas. They came to Canada in 1906. -------------------------------------- WELLS...HUSTON...HAYES Joan Richards (MRicha3335@aol.com) 18 April 2000 I am looking for relatives of Sarah HUSTON, b: 1864, married J. S. or Joseph S. WELLS, in March 1881 in Neosho County, Kansas. They had one son, John S. WELLS born in April 1882 in Neosho County, Kansas. I am also looking for relatives of Drusillia HAYES, b: 1868, married C. W. WELLS on January 21, 1888, in Neosho County, Kansas. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I am also willing to share information. -------------------------------------- UNDERHILL...COLLIER Geri Oster (Odette803@aol.com) 17 April 2000 I am researching my family. My Grandparents were married in Erie, Neosho County, Kansas in 1907. I have located some cousins during my search. My Grandfather was from Walnut, Kansas, and his name was Elwin James UNDERHILL. My Grandfather's family were Quakers. My Grandmother was Cora COLLIER. The marriage certificate states she lived in Erie, however, I have heard she moved to Stark, Kansas from Virginia. I believe her parents were William and Mary Elizabeth COLLIER. If anyone has any information on my family, I would really appreciate hearing from you as my family resources are rather limited. -------------------------------------- CLARK...HOLLAND Jean Burke (jburke@eurekaherald.com) 11 April 2000 I'm looking for any information on my Great-Grandparents who lived in Neosho County. John & Elizabeth HOLLAND and Benjamin S. & Mary CLARK. Benjamin CLARK homesteaded in Neosho County in 1890. The land was described as: the lot numbered three, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section one in Township twenty-eight south of range nineteen east of the sixth principal meridian in Kansas containing one hundred and sixty acres and thirty hundredths of an acre. The HOLLAND family lived in this area of the county also. I know that Benjamin S. and Mary CLARK are buried in Shaw Cemetery and John HOLLAND in Big Creek Cemetery, although his tombstone is no longer there. whatever information would be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------- FOUST Lila Ashear (lashear@sprintmail.com) 4 March 2000 Dennis Flynn FOUST died May 1977. Social Security records indicate that he was living in Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas at the time of his death. I would like very much to find an obituary, or any other information regarding this gentleman. I know from his Social Security Application Form 5 that he is, in fact, my Great Uncle. I know nothing more about him except his birth date and location. Please contact me if you have any information or can provide me a lead to locate additional information. -------------------------------------- MANLEY/MANLY...KUHN John Kuhn (johnkuhn_99@yahoo.com) 25 February 2000 I am looking for information on the following families from Neosho County. I have the MANLEY/MANLY family before 1918 in Chanute, Kansas, which is my Grandparents and have been lucky to find information on the ancestry.com site as well as a pedigree chart. I am however having trouble finding any information on my Great-Grandparents from the Humboldt area. Felix and Katrina KUHN, they homesteaded a plot of land after coming over from Switzerland. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------- GILLUM...LILLY Twila Dunsmore (dunsmore@webtv.net) 18 February 2000 Seeking information on Mary Acennith GILLUM and husband Samuel David LILLY. She was born August 18, 1855 in Adams county, Illinois, the daughter of David S. GILLUM and Malissa A. (HARRIS) GILLUM. She married Samuel LILLY September 25, 1873. She died November 1, 1927 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. -------------------------------------- BURRIS kilmerro@aol.com 11 February 2000 I am trying to find information about a Lydia BURRIS, who lived in Osage Mission, Neosho County, Kansas in 1870. I can't seem to be able to find out anything about this town from my state. She is also on the Federal Census for that year. -------------------------------------- McGUINN/GUINN...JACKSON...CROWDER Joan Richards (MRicha3335@aol.com) 8 February 2000 I am looking for information on Ollie McGUINN/GUINN, married to Arch JACKSON. Relatives of Gerald PHILLIPS. They both lived and I am pretty sure born in Neosho County. Ollie JACKSON lived in Chanute in the 1940's. I believe their mothers were CROWDER sisters. My Grandmother was Minnie (CROWDER) WELLS. Any information would be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------- CHEATHAM...KIRBY Diedre Guy (cen71530@centurytel.net) 28 January 2000 I am researching ancestors as follows: Andrew CHEATHAM, born in Virginia around 1861, moved to Kansas around 1870, had one sister, Elizabeth, who married Michael KIRBY on 7 January 1877. He was a U.S. Marshall in Crawford and Neosho Counties around 1880-1890. I am also researching any information about the KIRBYs. James Joseph moved to Kansas after emigrating from County Cork, Ireland, around 1847. He and his wife, Bridget Lindsey, were Catholic, and I have some records from St. Francis church in St. Paul, Kansas. James was killed in 1895, and his widow was cared for by Johnny George until her death in 1903. If anyone can give me any tips on finding information on any of these people, I will be very grateful. -------------------------------------- LUPHER Larry Lupher (luph@arn.net) 27 January 2000 I am looking for information on Alfred Barras LUPHER, b: Pennsylvania. I believe he was a resident of Chanute, Kansas in the 1870s pr earlier. One of his sons was named Sherman Admiral LUPHER, who married a Elva BUSH, daughter of Jacob BUSH/BUSCH. -------------------------------------- ARNOLD Barbara Lewis (CHBBLewis@aol.com) 22 January 2000 Looking for information on the family of Rev. Reuel Walker ARNOLD, a Baptist minister in Chanute who died there prior to 1900. Rev. ARNOLD was born 23 Aug 1834 in Keeseville, New York and graduated from Westport Theological College. 1900 Census - Big Creek Township, Chanute, Kansas ELLA MAPES ARNOLD 49 years and daughter Ruth age 17 and Hope age 13. -------------------------------------- MANLEY/MANLY John Kuhn (johnkuhn_99@yahoo.com) 18 January 2000 I am looking for information on my mother's family, the MANLEYs. Her name is Mary Alice (MANLEY) KUHN, born 6 May 1945 to John Henery Thomas MANLEY and Saleta (EPPERSON) MANLEY. Her brothers were: Fred MANLY, born 12 April 1944; Ernest Leon MANLY, born 14 April 1943, died 21 October 1968 in Wilson County, Kansas. Reese Thomas MANLY, born 10 October 1942 in Boycourt, Kansas, died in Fredonia, Kansas. Her father didn't use the 'E' in MANLEY except on her birth certificate. It is however on his birth record and his school records posted by the Board of Education in Chanute, Kansas by Evelyn C. Woodruff, Clerk in Jan. 1952. My Grandfather's father was Reese Thomas MANLEY, born 26 February 1889, died 18 July 1934 in Chanute, Kansas. Married to Leouse Opal COPP on 17 July 1917. His Aunts and Uncles were Annie Josephiene MANLEY, born 13 February 1887 in Boycourt, Kansas, and died 10 September 1970 in Chanute, Kansas. Married to James WILSON on 6 August 1905, and Elisha NEWTON on 17 June 1925. Edward Moniah David MANLEY, born 12 December 1876 in Cedar County, Missouri, died 31 July 1965 in Seminole, Oklahoma, married to Maggie STONE on 7 March 1900. Their parents were Reese Thomas MANLEY, born 28 December 1857 in Illinois, married to Dolly Jane LOFMAN on 5 March 1876 in Cedar County, Missouri. Dolly was born 12 April 1857 in Kentucky, died 12 July 1934 in Chanute, Kansas -------------------------------------- KENNEY/KINNEY Mary Kinney (marylkinney@webtv.net) 13 January 2000 I'm searching for the Eugene Curtis KENNEY/KINNEY family who were living in Erie, Neosho County, Kansas in 1941. His wife was Loura (GRAVINS) KENNEY/KINNEY. Would like to correspond with any descendant. He had a brother, Edward R. KENNEY/KINNEY who lived in Denver, Colorado. Appreciate any information on this family, if they died there, and where they are buried. -------------------------------------- WELLS Joan Richards (MRicha3335@aol.com) 11 January 2000 I am looking for any relatives of the J. S. or Joseph S. WELLS family. Edwin Clark WELLS is Joseph WELLS' eldest son, b: 1861 in Indiana; Charles WELLS, b: 1863 in Indiana; Naomi, b: 1865 in Indiana; Homer, b: 1870 in Indiana; or Frank, b: 1873 in Indiana. Their mother's name was Maria (SHAFER) WELLS. All but Maria WELLS were living in Erie township, Neosho County, Kansas in the 1880 census. Edwin WELLS is my Grandfather. -------------------------------------- YELTON James Smith (jlsmith@freenet.tlh.fl.us) 8 January 2000 I need help from someone with access to the 1875 State or 1880 Federal Census. I'm looking for James W. YELTON, b: 1841 in Indiana, wife possible Mary, Nancy or Sarah. Sons were: Latham, b: 1864; Robert, b: 1868; and Edward, b: 1878. J. W. YELTON was enumerated in the 1885 Kansas State census in Neosho County.