Does anyone think that Matheny's Mother's maiden name might be Attwood. Thanks Valerie for the research. Does anyone have the answer to the rest of the puzzle? Stephen Atwood ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:12 AM Subject: [ATWOOD] Atwood, Kansas > Several weeks ago, Brad asked if anyone knew how Atwood, Kansas got its name. > I finally looked it up at the library yesterday in a book on the history of > Rawlins County, Kansas. Here's what it said: > > "In April 1879, T.A. Andrews and J.M. Matheny came to Rawlins County. They > established a townsite about two miles east of the present location of > Atwood, and named the town Attwood for Matheny's fourteen-year-old son who > accompanied his father on the move west." > > ========== > Valerie Williams > > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >