This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lind Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/113 Message Board Post: My grandfather, George I Lind, nickname Schotz, of Kansas City, Kansas, had some family in Clay Center. All I remember is a cousin named Judy Lind who was probably born in the mid 1940's.

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Many of us have Mum’s & Dad’s and will relate, certainly I do with experience; however I also have spoken with some lovely people in nursing homes or the like when researching personal information, like many of us do an this prose re-confirmed my sometime sadness when I am privileged to talk and share with my Elders, those with “Live and gusty knowledge of times past:. Don in Melbourne AU An old Lady's Poem When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland, it was believed that she had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through her meagre possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Ireland. The old lady's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the North Ireland Assn' for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on her simple, but eloquent, poem. And this little old Scottish lady, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this "anonymous” poem winging across the Internet: The Old Woman What do you see, nurses? What do you see? What are you thinking, When you're looking at me? A crabby old woman, Not very wise, Uncertain of habit, with faraway eye. Who dribbles her food, and makes no reply, when you say in a loud voice, "I do wish you'd try!" Who seems not to notice, the things that you do, and forever is losing, a stocking or shoe? Who, resisting or not, Lets you do as you will, with bathing and feeding, the long day to fill? Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see? Then open your eyes, nurse, you’re not looking at me. I'll tell you who I am, As I sit here so still, As I do at your bidding, As I eat at your will. I'm a small child of ten, with a father and mother, Brothers and sisters, who love one another. A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet, dreaming that soon now, a lover she'll meet. A bride soon at twenty, My heart gives a leap, Remembering the vows, That I promised to keep At twenty-five now, I have young of my own, Who need me to guide, And a secure happy home. A woman of thirty, my young now grown fast, Bound to each other, with ties that should last. At forty, my young sons, Have grown and are gone, But my man's beside me, to see I don't mourn. At fifty once more, Babies play round my knee, again we know children, my loved one and me. Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead, I look at the future, and I shudder with dread. For my young are all rearing, Young of their own, and I think of the years, and the love that I've known. I'm now an old woman, and nature is cruel, 'Tis jest to make old age, Look like a fool. The body, it crumbles, Grace and vigour depart, and there is now a stone, where I once had a heart. But inside this old carcass, a young girl still dwells, and now and again, my battered heart swells. I remember the joys, I remember the pain, and I'm loving and living, Life over again. I think of the years, all too few, gone too fast, and accept the stark fact, that nothing can last. So open your eyes, people, Open and see, not a crabby old woman; Look closer. See ME!! Remember this poem when you next meet an old person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.17 - Release Date: 25/05/2005

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/109.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/109.2 Message Board Post: I looked the name up and this is what is on her stone. Margaret E. Johnson , 2, Apr. 1889, Age 24 , w/o C.E. Johnson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clagett, Daisey, Jester, Mason, Sharpley, Shipley, et al. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/112 Message Board Post: Hi All! Would anybody have any information on a Thomas F. Clagett (Could be Claggett, depending on how he spelled it that week) who married a Miss ALLISON around August 1911 in Kansas? She was from Clay Center, and may have had a brother/step-brother named Roy Hill (although he may have been the ex-wife's brother). When Thomas died at the Commercial Hotel in Topeka, on 30 October 1911, he was traveling with Roy. He was interred on 01 November 1911, in Clay Center. Anyone who may have access to Topeka or Clay Center newspapers with the details of his death, or marriage information on the CLAGETT-ALLISON wedding is urged to please reply. Thank you all, in advance. This one's a character! ;-) Amy Jones

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/40.6.2 Message Board Post: I have read them all and I dont come across these names in Clay County. Sorry I cant be of more help

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/40.6.1 Message Board Post: I have 16 entries for Mitchell and 24 for Roberts so I have not forgotten this I am still reading these over.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOHNSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/109.1 Message Board Post: I'd like to thank the lady that quickly replied to my query for information on Margaret Johnson. Margaret is indeed buried in that cemetery with the date of death that I had. When I first thought about posting a look-up request on this message board, I didn't think I would get any help. It seemed as though most of the messages did not receive a reply. Now I see that they might have received a direct reply instead of on this message board. So a big thank you to the one that helped me. J.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOHNSON Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/111 Message Board Post: Are there any books on the Clay County, KS early marriages? I am trying to locate a marriage for Charles Filmore Johnson and his 2nd wife Anna M.. His 1st wife died in April 1889 and his 2nd wife had her 1st child in June 1891, so he was married sometime between those two dates. I don't have the maiden name of his 2nd wife. I would really appreciate it if someone would look-up this marriage for me. J.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clagett, et al. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/110 Message Board Post: Colleen, can you help me one more time? I went back to look for clues in the newspaper article and it stated that the body was interred in Clay County on November 1 (1911). Since you said there was no Thomas F. Clagett, would you have any contact information in your book for cemeteries not mentioned or destroyed? It's a long shot, but what other choice is there, right? I appreciate your help, a lot! Thanks, Amy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PHARES, JOHNSON Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/109 Message Board Post: Has anyone ever inventoried Sherman Cemetery? I would appreciate a look-up for Margaret Elizabeth (PHARES) JOHNSON that died on April 02, 1889, wife of Charles Filmore Johnson. I would really appreciate it if someone would look to see if she is actually buried in this cemetery. Thank you, J.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watkins/Powell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/108 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Elizabeth and Hannah Watkins that married two Powell brothers. Elizabeth W. Watkins married Elias Benton Powell b.1837 and was married in 1872 Clay Center, Kansas. Hannah was married to William Harrison Powell. b1834. Jim Powell jpowell@cwnet.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Early, Denison, Root Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/107 Message Board Post: I am interested in: Samuel Hopkins Early, born in Canada, about 1846; died 15 May 1913, Clay Center, Clay, KS; married Celestia Ann Denison, daughter of Henry Augustus and Eliza Ann Root, born in 1871, Clay Center, KS. Lois Abigail Early, daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Celestia Ann Denison Early, born abt. 1891, Clay Center, Clay, KS. Lois Early was in Concordia, Cloud, KS, in 1916. She may later have married. Eliza Louisa Early, born abt. 1847, Canada; died around 1891, Idana, Clay, KS. She may have changed her surname by marriage. She could be buried in Shields Cemetery, Idana, KS. Thank You. Bill Pixley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coultice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/105.2 Message Board Post: Elaine, did you get the info you were looking for on Alfred Coultice? I don't know if this is the correct Alfred but he and family are listed in the 1870 Kansas census, Clay county, Sherman township. There is a son Macey so perhaps it is the one you want. Also have cemetery information--Coultice, A., 14 Mar 1832-21 Dec 1878; S. J., 25 Oct 1836-22 Jan 1879. They as well as some other family members are buried in the Sherman Cemetery in Clay County. If this is the right one, please get in touch with me as I have a bit more information and would be happy to give it to you. Good luck!

G'day Sheryl, I have to agree with Jack Sanders in applauding your work in making so much information available to the Group, I do have empathy in how much of a thankless task it is but this bloke from Melbourne in Australia appreciates it very much, ironically my cousin in Adelaide [AU] scanned through your up load and we too found some "New" information we didn't have so we were rapt! I am always in awe that we have Administrators who contribute so much hard work for others and are selfless in their tasks, moreso for people so far away who relish in anything new what comes out of a place so far way from us here in Australia. Gillian & I thank you for your great work. "Jack, we are extremely distantly related"..........By Marriages only! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 266.9.4 - Release Date: 6/04/2005

In a message dated 4/8/2005 10:38:35 A.M. Central Standard Time, petenv@optusnet.com.au writes: G'day Sheryl, I have to agree with Jack Sanders in applauding your work in making so much information available to the Group Thank you, and Jack and Gillian too, but this isn't work, it's fun! I wish I could spend all my time on Clay County, but I have three other Kansas counties, four in Minnesota and a couple in Oklahoma, so I have to try to make time for all my "babies". The library here allows me to make copies at no charge, since I do a little volunteering there, so getting census copies is no big deal. I just don't like to do a lot at one time and take advantage of their generosity, so I will just be putting a few townships at a time. Today I added Garfield, Gill, Goshen, Grant and Hayes townships. Sheryl

Ooops, I forgot I also had the Five Creek pages. They are online now. On Saturday I will go back to the library and get a couple more townships. I would like to remind everyone that if they have pictures, documents. obits etc. that they would like to share, I would be glad to place them on the page. Thank you to everyone who has already sent me their families' photographs and other pictures. Clay County Kansas "American History and Genealogy Project" _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksclay/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksclay/) Sheryl

>I have put the 1870 census images on the Clay County AHGP website: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksclay/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksclay/) >No index, you'll just have to browse through each township. There were only >three townships on the 1870 census: Clay Center, Republican and Sherman. >Let me know if you find any broken links; I tried to check all the pages, but >may have missed one or two. S>Sheryl Many thanks Sheryl - it is wonderful having someone putting resources on line for us who can't make it over for the weekend! 1870 is a little early for my rellies - the McCullys went there in ?1885, along with their mother Peggy Ann Johnston and possibly father James Johnston (we can't find when he died or where). There were also Rutherfords about the same time (Hannah Johnston McCully's sister Margaret) and also their older sister Marjorie Johnston Hemphill. I would love to have some informatin on when they arrived, where they lives, and when they died, etc. With thanks, GIllian

On 04/06/05 12:59 AM, "Mkat72@aol.com" <Mkat72@aol.com> wrote: > Note that this is only Clay Center Twp.--it does not include the city of > Clay Center. > > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksclay/) > > Happy Hunting! > Sheryl Sheryl: Thanks so much for posting the 1870 CC Twp. census. I found my SANDERS rellies in their appointed places: g.grandfather HENRY (Harry) SANDERS, and his brothers MAXWELL and TOM SANDERS. Also my 2 year old grandfather was there too. Regards, Jack Sanders, Eureka, KS http://www.ackshunjackson.com ----------------------- Researching England: SA(U)NDERS and CHART, E.Grinstead, Worth, Ssx; and Felbridge/Lingfield, Sry, pre 1500 - 1850 Also related families of BYSHE/BISH pre 1500 - 1850, Worth, Ssx and Horne, Godstone, Sry and TAYLOR, BUTCHER, FENNER, PAYN(E), same time period, in and around E.Grinstead. USA: CAREW SANDERS, St. Louis and Mississippi, 1875+ HENRY SANDERS and WILLIAM H. SANDERS, Clay County, KS 1870+ and West Palm Beach Florida, 1890 +