Thanks! I got the address. Barb

Could someone please send me the address of the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Topeka so that I might obtain some birth certificates, and how much they cost now? I had the information at one time but can't find it now. Thanks, Barb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Time never changes The memories, the faces Of loved ones, who bring to me All that I come from And all that I live for And all that I'm going to be. My precious family Is more than an heirloom to me - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Barbara Pike Hruza <[email protected] 1616 'E' Street Aurora, NE 68818-2826 (402)694-2025

To find a county for a city: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ http://www.naco.org/counties/queries/city_srch.cfm

I know this doesn't have any thing to do with Cowley Co KS but I want to know how I search to find another county in TN in Rootsweb, I think I am just getting to old to remember how. It is Rutherford Co TN. thanks for maybe not getting on to me to ask this question, not this county but still genealogy. thanks, jennafaye

RE: the Wheeler Family name, My aunt , Lottie Duncan was married to a Wheeler who then moved to Lamar Mo. and ran a dairy for many years. Don't know if this is any relation They are buried in Lamar Mo but their sisters lived in Ark City in Cowley Co. and I was born there also. Long shot but just thought I should write. M. Daviskl

I am looking for Soloman KS. Is this community in your county.? My father in law said he was born there. I cant seem to find it on a map. I am researching Charles Clayton B 1898 in Soloman KS. Do not know his parents. Appreciate your help Doreen in OR

TO CATHY, Hi Cathy, I am Marla and a list member. I haven't been very active with my genealogy for awhile. Keeping too busy with kids. There are usually quite a few people on this list. It has been a really good one for me. To answer your question about the Genealogical Society, yes it exists. I have hired a gal from there several times who has done private research for me and very reasonably too. Below I will list her name and addy and you may want to consider hiring her to help you in the area. If you decide to contact her, please tell her hi from Marla Andrus from Montana. I wish you the best of luck. Here is her info: Claire Utt, 1518 E. 12th Street, Winfield, KS 67156-3923 (She is the Secy-Treas. for the Cowley County Genealogical Society, and the above addy is for the Society.) The Winfield Public Library is 605 College, Winfield, KS 67156-3199 You also mentioned the surname WHEELER in one of your e-mails. For whatever it is worth, there is a Wheeler Funeral Home in Burden, KS Cowley Co., and the number is 316-438-2233. I hope this will be of some help to you. Best wishes Cathy! Marla

Seeking information on descendants of Ollis McAlister b. ca 1867 and Albert Graham. Photograph taken ca 1890s suggests they lived in in the Sedan area of Chatauqua County at that time, but since they grew up in Cowley Co (Sheridan Twp. 1880 Fed Census) and their families remained in Cowley, it's possible they at some time moved back to Cowley Co. Ollis is the sister of my great-grandfather, Edward McAlister. Thanks. Cynthia Phillips __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ks/CowleyObits/10075 Surname: Hoober, Daniels, Welter, Tanton, Wilkerson, Neal, Howard, Long, Barnes, Hammond, Murphy, Whitehead, Gribble, Reeves, Rindt ------------------------- Arkansas City Daily Traveler Monday, September 29, 1947 Mrs. Elsie Hoober Pioneer Resident, Dies Mrs. Elsie Myrtle Hoober, 78, resident of the Arkansas City vicinity for 60 years, died at 4:30 a. m. Sunday at her home, 1017 South Sixth street. She was born Oct. 10, 1879, and came to Arkansas City from Rock, Kas. Surviving relatives include one son, W. F. Daniels, Paw Paw, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Walters [sic] of Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Ed aTnton [sic] of Ark.; one cousin, George D. Wilkerson of El Dorado, who had been visiting here to care for her since July. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from out-of-town relatives. The Jess Rindt Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. --- Arkansas City Daily Traveler Wednesday, October 2, 1947 Last Rites Held For Mrs. Elsie Hoober Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Hoober were conducted at 10 a. m. in the chapel of the Jess Rindt mortuary with the Rev. Harold Neal officiating. Clifton Howard was soloist and Mrs. Everett Long was organist. Casket bearers included Jess Barnes, J. W. Hammond, W. L. Murphy, Charles Whitehead, A. Gribble and Oscar Reeves. Interment was in Riverview cemetery.

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ks/CowleyObits/10074 Surname: Hoober, Walker, Hicks, Reed, Foils, Brown, Hammond, Henderson, Baber, Tanton, Welter ------------------------- Arkansas City Daily Traveler Wednesday, June 8, 1932 Funerals MRS. ETHELBERT HOOBER Funeral services for Mrs. Ethelbert Hoober, 86 years old, a resident of Arkansas City for 50 years, who died Monday at her home, 1017 Sout Sixth street, were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Grant Funeral Home. The Rev. C. D. Walker, pastor of Central Christian church, officiated. Mrs. Ben Hicks sang, Miss Lucille Reed as accompanist. Pallbearers, who are neighbors of the family, were Mrs. Mattie Reed, Mrs. Grace Foils, Mrs. Anna Brown, Mrs. Stella Hammond, Mrs. Pearl Henderson and Mrs. Ludie Baber. Interment was in Riverview cemetery. Mrs. Hoober, widow of the late John Hoober is survived by one son, Sherman Hoober of Tuyallap [sic], Wash., and three daughter, Miss Elsie Hoober, Mrs. May Tanton and Mrs. Vera Welters, all of this city.

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ks/CowleyObits/10073 Surname: Hoober, Tanton, Welter, Kirkpatrick ------------------------- Arkansas City Daily Traveler Tuesday, July 8, 1930 Pg 6 John Harvey Hoober In A. C. 45 Years, Dies John Harvey Hoober, 84 years old, a resident of this city and immediate locality 45 years, died at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. May Tanton, 1520 South Sixth street. Mr. Hoober, a retired farmer and gardener, had been ill several years. His home for many years was at 1017 South Sixth street. Mr. Hoober was a native of Down county, Ohio. He and Mrs. Hoober were married 62 years ago in Winnimac, Ind. Surviving relatives are the wife; three daughters, Mrs. Tanton, Mrs. Vera Welter and Miss Elsie Hoober, all of this city; two sons, Joe and Sherman Hoober, both residing in Puyallap, Wash., and two brothers, Gus Hoober, Sharon, Kas., and Lewis Hoober, address unknown. No funeral arrangements have been made, pending word from the sons. Burial will be in Riverview. The Grant Funeral Home is in charge. --- Arkansas City Daily Traveler Wednesday, July 9, 1930 Pg. 12 Funerals John H. Hoober Funeral services for John H. Hoober, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Grant Funeral Home, it was announced today. Rev. Elmer Kirkpatrick will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery.

Tom Wilson wrote: > > Can you tell me the differences between the first and second editions? I don't know which one I saw excerpts from, but it had some erroneous information about the deaths of my gggrandfather, Frederick Lefler, and his nephew, also Frederick Lefler. It showed both died on the same date. In fact, they died several years apart. < < Tom -- you might want to write Mr Lawrence directly with your correction/error information. I believe his e-address was posted previously in this thread. As I understand it, the editions are basically similar, except for some error corrections and a few misc additions. If you wanted to look back in the list archives or do a search, Bob did post on here a bit more detail about the 2nd edition, the main difference being that it is published in CD format. Bill Strickland

Since the list is so quiet: Thomas Benton and Mary Ann Kathrens Woodson lived in Cowley county until 1894 when Thomas Benton died. They had 4 children while there. Emma Ester, Robert Thomas, Charles William "Willie", and Ota. Stephen Woodson was living with them, based on his age I assume he was T.B.'s father. ANY information or ideas about where to look would be appreciated. Dayna Shepherd _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Kathy -- The first edition is available at the LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 978.189 V2b, also film #2055496, item 1. It is a great resource for any death the was recorded in a Courier obituary. However, one must be aware that although the Courier reported many Cowley County Deaths, not all Cowley County deaths were covered by this work. It is certainly the best place to start a search! This info from the Cowley County GenForum post #1: The book, "Births and Deaths of Cowley County, Kansas as Abstracted from the Winfield Daily Courier and Other Sources", Second Edition, published in 1999, ISBN 0-9617907-6-8 is now available only on CD-ROM from Lawrence Publishing, 264 S. Willo-Esque, Wichita, KS 67209. This 784 page book contains: (1) Genealogical abstracts of 7,729 birth announcements published in the newspaper during the included years. (2) Genealogical abstracts of 17,903 obituaries published in the newspaper during the included years. (3) The date of the newspaper in which each of these obituaries and birth announcements appeared. (4) The locations of 129 cemeteries in Cowley County, Kansas along with each known name that each of these cemeteries has been known by over the years. (5) A bibliography containing 46 additional sources used to supplement data that appeared in the newspaper. (6) A Table of Contents. (7) An index containing 7,012 surnames. (8) The entire book is on the CD in 3 different formats: Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 (.doc) Rich Text Format (.rtf) Text (.txt) This book on CD-ROM can be ordered for $50 U.S. postage paid from Lawrence Publishing, 264 S. Willo-Esque, Wichita, KS 67209

Cathy Wood wrote: > > I don't think I have seen ANY activity on this list. Is there anyone out there, especially someone still living in the area? I am searching for WHEELER family in Rock, KS beginning about 1888. Found family there thru the 1920 census. Suspect there are STILL family members in the area. > > I am especially interested in contacting the Cowley Co Genealogical Society regarding a book they published of Cowley Co births and deaths. Does this group still exist and, if so, do they have an email address? Would appreciate any suggestions. > > Cathy Wood > San Diego, California Hi, Cathy. The list is still here, although not too active. For the "book" you mention, you might want to contact Bob Lawrence [email protected] As he is the one who has put this together on a CD, I believe. We live in Wichita, which is about 50 miles from Rock. Been thru there numerous times, but not familiar with anyone there. Gary & Mary Lee Presson

The Cowley County USGenWeb site is at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/cowley/index.html and has links for books, among lots of other good resources. Cindy Bolinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Wood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:01 PM Subject: [KSCOWLEY] WHEELER of Rock, KS > I don't think I have seen ANY activity on this list. Is there anyone out there, especially someone still living in the area? I am searching for WHEELER family in Rock, KS beginning about 1888. Found family there thru the 1920 census. Suspect there are STILL family members in the area. > > I am especially interested in contacting the Cowley Co Genealogical Society regarding a book they published of Cowley Co births and deaths. Does this group still exist and, if so, do they have an email address? Would appreciate any suggestions. > > Cathy Wood > San Diego, California >

I don't think I have seen ANY activity on this list. Is there anyone out there, especially someone still living in the area? I am searching for WHEELER family in Rock, KS beginning about 1888. Found family there thru the 1920 census. Suspect there are STILL family members in the area. I am especially interested in contacting the Cowley Co Genealogical Society regarding a book they published of Cowley Co births and deaths. Does this group still exist and, if so, do they have an email address? Would appreciate any suggestions. Cathy Wood San Diego, California

This is a wonderful site for contemporary maps of practically every town and city in Kansas. http://www.multimap.com/index/US18.htm Regards, Ellen

George Franklin "Gran'pa" Gray was born about Nov 1855 in Washington, DC. He died 29 Sep 1929 in Sheridan Twp, Cowley, KS and was buried in Burden Cemetery, Burden, Cowley, KS. George moved to Burden about 1877. Reportedly, George is the son of Austin and Sarah Elizabeth Gray. George married(1) Regina Hetrick, daughter of Samuel Hetrick and Elizabeth Rhodes, in 1879. Regina died 31 Dec 1886. George also married(2) Emmaline Elizabeth (Green) Casebolt about 1899. Emmaline was born Oct 1871 in WI. She died 18 Sep 1934 in possibly Dexter, Cowley, KS. "George Gray, a pioneer of the Burden community, died at his home one and one-half miles south of Burden at 12:30 Sunday night. Mr. Gray was a stonemason and bricklayer and had lived near Burden for 52 years. [This home was built of stone just before his death. It is currently abandoned but still standing (May 1997) out in the middle of section 3 of Sheridan Twp.] "He leaves to mourn his death his wife, two daughters, Mrs. F. E. Strickland of Eaton and Miss Elizabeth Gray at home, and two sons, George at home, and Austin of Denver, Colo." -- Winfield Daily Courier, Monday, 30 Sep 1929 The sons, George and Austin went on to become quite prominent in the business of painting commercial signage on trucks and trailers, first in Denver, and later in Los Angeles. George Gray also has a connection to the wife of W E Gatton, of Burden. I am not positive of the exact nature of that relationship. Although I would like additional information on George Gray, my primary interest is in his second wife, Mrs. E E Gray, who is my great grandmother by her first marriage to William Casebolt. Any help would be appreciated, especially in locating her obituary. At one time, a Casebolt had property on the NE corner of Valley and Main in Dexter. Thank you, Bill Strickland Oregon City, OR

I'm trying to learn about several Cowley County residents for a local history project that I'm researching. If anyone can tell me anything about any of these people, or the whereabouts of their families, please contact me: James D. Henderson, born at Dexter in 1889. Fred Mann, lived in Winfield in the early 1950s. James F. Pickens, a car salesman in Arkansas City in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Phillip A. Dautschman, (1886-1936), buried in Highland cemetery at Winfield. Wendell A. Sparling, lived in Winfield from 1927 to 1931. Gerald L. Sparling, born at Winfield in 1929. Glen M. Breed, lived at Winfield for a short period sometime between 1901 and 1911. Gerald Cheek, lived in Winfield in the early 1930s. James E. Cantrell (1913-1934), buried in Highland cemetery at Winfield. And the following men who were all living at Arkansas City in the 1920s and 1930s: Andrew "Cokie" Fuller Russell D. Hill Roy Humes Joe Hutchinson Lewis Irvin Ira McIntire Forrest O'Bannon Roy Rhinehart George Roberts Jimmy Snyder Lonnie Rose A. R. Bobs H. Cowan R. F. Dutton Ted Hill There was an automoble racetrack located " One and a half miles west of Arkansas City on Madison" from 1929 through 1931 and maybe even later than that. It went by two different names: "Arkansas City Speedway" and "West Madison Speedway Park". Does anyone know anything more about his facility including a more accurate location? Thank you for your assistance, Bob Lawrence [email protected]