G. Staus was born in 1861 in Missouri and came to the county with his father Conart [Conrad] Staus in 1876 where they homesteaded two miles east of Almena. Mr. Staus Sr. died in 1909. In 1887 Mr. Staus Jr. married Miss Delia Farmer who died in 1906. Four children were born to them. Mr. Staus is a member of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. He ran the first meat market in Almena. page 86, Norton County News Historical Edition, published September 1916 (This biography was included with those of other Edmond businessmen, so G. Staus probably lived in Edmond circa 1916.)

Conrad Staus homesteaded east of Almena in '73, but when the B & M Railroad came in '85, he built the Commercial Hotel and was its genial landlord. He spoke the English language imperfectly, and residents of the town remember with smiles his orders to his son to "throw the cow over the fence some hay." Everybody liked "Coonrod" and his energetic landlady. Both have sunny resting places in Almena cemetery. page ?, Norton County News Historical Edition, published September 1916

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