Cheyenne County Kansas - Family History Queries, January - December 2004 Kenneth Thomas (kgthomas5@earthlink.net) 06/30/2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- RITCHEY...ROACH...COOK Elaine Bird (elainebird2005@netcommander.com) 23 December 2004 Looking for information on the RITCHEY, ROACH and COOK families that live and did live in St. Francis, Kansas. My father was Clarence Wayne RITCHEY. He passed away on 24 November 2003. I am currently trying to find all the data I can on my family and all the others that are included in this. I have been searching the web sites for information on my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandparents, but to the search it is hard to find information on them when no one knows much on them. I have written letters to the Ohio Historical Society and to numerous people asking for help. All I know is that my Grandparents lived outside of St. Francis and they both passed away quite young. Their names were George Grover RITCHEY and Ellen "Ella" ROACH. They had 8 children: Dorothy Mary Marlin Ash Thomas Roach Clarence Wayne Neal Joy Orral William Glen Charles (RAILE) Bonnie Ellen (ROACH) Glen and Bonnie were adopted young by Gus and Martha RAILE, and Thomas and Alice ROACH. Both were very young when their parents died. My Grandparents are both buried in the Hagiler, Nebraska Cemetery. If anyone can help with any information, please send me what you can. --------------------------------------- CHIPPERFIELD...COWDEN Bob Chipperfield (bobchipperfield@as.net) 8 December 2004 My Great-Grandfather, Frank Lincoln CHIPPERFIELD (from Beatrice, Nebraska) farmed in Cheyenne County, Kansas from 1888 to 1897. Frank married Zoe Estelle May COWDEN, the sister of Jacob Kitch Riley COWDEN, and John Milton COWDEN, both of whom farmed half sections in Cheyenne County during the same timeframe. The birth of my Grandfather, Robert Cowden CHIPPERFIELD was reported in the McDonald Times on 13 November 1889. Everyone quit farming during the droughts and grasshopper infestations of the 1890s and relocated out of Kansas. I have found no records yet of these properties. --------------------------------------- SHEARER Cathy Harrison (charrison1026@comcast.net) 23 September 2004 I am looking for any information on Edward SHEARER, my Grandfather. He was a school teacher then principal in St. Francis, Kansas in the early 1900s. Children were: Catherine Walter William Eunice Another, name unknown --------------------------------------- WARNER Horace Kurz (nmokie@copper.net) 24 August 2004 (Note: This Email address is no longer valid) I am looking for information on Elward WARNER. He had a daughter named Alpharetta. I'm not sure on the spelling of his first name. His sister, May (WARNER) SMITH was my Grandmother. --------------------------------------- THOMPSON...McFADDEN Carol Kallio (ckal1@cox.net) 20 July 2004 I am looking for any information about THOMPSON's and McFADDEN's living in Cheyenne County about 1915. My Grandfather was Everett THOMPSON and my Great-Grandfather was John Looker McFADDEN. I have quite a bit of information on McFADDEN's, but very little on THOMPSON. Any information would be appreciated. --------------------------------------- BARBER...GRAMMON Marlene Barber (masuba@azlink.net) 21 May 2004 Henry C. BARBER was a Grandfather, b: May 30, 1879, d: February 14, 1918. Married Olive May GRAMMON in September 16, 1903 at Osborne, Kansas. Joe BARBER, Bob BARBER, Ed BARBER, and Lee BARBER are all brothers to Henry C. BARBER. His son was Wendell BARBER and was my father. Looking for any kind of information about this family. --------------------------------------- BRAGG Joyce Carroll (c1810186@pioneer-net.com) 16 April 2004 (Note: This email address is no longer valid) Looking for any information on Florance May (DAFFIN) BRAGG, died in St. Francis, Kansas 31 January 1949. --------------------------------------- CRANDALL...HINSON...SMITH Renee Herres (gmanae@ida.net) 21 March 2004 I am searching for records of my Grandmother's brother, Allen CRANDALL, who was born in St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas on 18 February 1896. I know he was an author. His parents were James K. CRANDALL and Minnie (SMITH) CRANDALL. He married Ora Lea HINSON in 1924. Any type of information that will help me become better acquainted with this Great-Uncle or his family is most welcome and appreciated. --------------------------------------- CAMPBELL Mary Gillespie (holthouse@holthouse.org) 7 March 2004 I am looking for information on Samuel Eddie CAMPBELL, his parents, siblings and descendants. Samuel was born in 1835 in New York and died 1895, St. Francis, Kansas. Another source gives his death date as 1894. --------------------------------------- SCHRECK/SHRECK Philip Schreck (threefenders@aol.com) 14 February 2004 (Note: This email address is no longer valid) I am trying to find my Great-Grandfather or his family, they lived in St. Francis. --------------------------------------- COWGER Karen Cowger-Hutchins (kchutchins4810@juno.com) 11 January 2004 My Great-Grandfather, Thomas Cather COWGER moved to Jaqua, Cheyenne County, Kansas in 1883. My Grandfather, John Carl COWGER is listed in the 1900 U.S. Census as a Blacksmith in Jaqua. My father, Monroe Marion COWGER was born in Jaqua, September 9, 1908. My Grandparents left Kansas in 1910 for Colorado. --------------------------------------- BIRD CITY Don K (dekr46@hotmail.com) 10 January 2004 I came upon a book at an auction titled "Early Bird City, Cheyenne County, Kansas" Commemorative Issue #262 of 498 copies. Would there be any interest in this book? --------------------------------------- WELLS David White (rid23545@ride.ri.net) 10 January 2004 Looking for any information on the following family that homesteaded in the St. Francis area 1874 to ???? Ark WELLS Cassandra WELLS Andrew WELLS Emmerson WELLS Ellen WELLS --------------------------------------- MACE...COOPER...GARRETT BUCHOLTZ...BLACKFORD...DAHLKE Margaret Bucholtz (bucholtz_74@hotmail.com) 8 January 2004 I am always willing to share information about the above listed families. I am looking for Joseph S. MACE, father of Aurelius MACE, Grandfather of Arthur MACE.