Hello! I am researching my Matney ancestors, the Rev. John Hill Matney (He was Methodist Episcopal Rev.) who came to Kansas with his wife, Cordia Donnelly Matney, and lived there several years...maybe 1899 through 1901 or so. I also think there may be earlier Matneys who came in the 1850s I saw....My great Grandfather the Rev. and Dr. John Hill Matney also came from Virginia and Tennessee.

Hi, Am new to the list. Was wondering if anyone has any info on Sadie Frith Eddie Mays. She was born Sadie Frith abt 1880 and married George B. Eddie about 1900. After George died she married a John Mays and she died in 1933. She is my Ggrandmother, and any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Sharon Eddie

Hi, New to the list. I am Sharon Eddie. My Grandfather was Gilbert Eddie, His father: George B. Eddie emgrated from Rockford IL. To Kansas in the late 1800's. His wives were Sarah Felch and Sadie Frith. Sadie remarried a John Mays and is buried in the Winfield Union Cemetery. Anyone with info on this family I'd love to hear from you. Sharon

Today I scrolled to an email labeled "Larry and Kathryn Priest--remail please" and my computer shut down. This is a vicious virus. Please beware. I opened no attachment. These two may unwittingly or knowingly be sending viruses out to everyone. If you get something from them--don't scroll to it. Beware! I've been doing family history on the web for 2 years now and this is a first for me. My husband said he read that genealogy email can be the worst for viruses. Good luck! Amy Green

I am looking for any Oller's that lived in Cowley Co., Kansas in 1880. All I have is a son born in Oct. 1880. Does anyone have the 1880 census for Cowley Co., that can do a look up for me. Thanks, Tammy

Roger Brofft wrote [edited]: > Historian for OH-Ross; KS-Cowley County names: BROFFT, JOHNS, JONES, GATES > circa 1870 Judson Crainard "Jud" GATES b 1854 PA, m 1873? PA, Emma Strickland b 1854 PA. Recorded in Windsor Twp, Cowley, KS, 1875 KS State Census They would appear to have moved to Kansas in Apr 1874, along with her father, Alfred L Strickland, and brother, Alfred N Strickland, and other family members. Any connection to your Cowley County Gates family? Bill Strickland Oregon City, OR

Re your request for info on Winfield: Joan Cales Special Services Librarian Winfield Public Library http://www.wpl.org 605 College 316-221-4470 Winfield, KS. 67156 Fax#316-221-6135 Roger Brofft _______________________________________ Family Historian of the following OH-Hamilton County names: BROFFT (Prussia 1735), OWENS Historian for OH-Ross; KS-Cowley County names: BROFFT, JOHNS, JONES, GATES circa 1870 Historian for state of MN names: HEINZEL, RIETIG -----Original Message----- From: Pat Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [KSCOWLEY] Winfield Death Certificate Could anyone from the Winfield area tell me where to write and request a death certificate! My g-grandmother died in Winfield November 19, 1906. Her obit didn't say where she was buried but I recently found that she was buried in Lyndon, KS with her son William and husband Philip. Since she died in Winfield I assume that is the place where her death certificate would be. Thanks, Pat Scott ============================== The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

Could anyone from the Winfield area tell me where to write and request a death certificate! My g-grandmother died in Winfield November 19, 1906. Her obit didn't say where she was buried but I recently found that she was buried in Lyndon, KS with her son William and husband Philip. Since she died in Winfield I assume that is the place where her death certificate would be. Thanks, Pat Scott

Hello List, I've been sitting silent for awhile just listening (reading) the interesting things others have to say. This question may be for someone who lives in or is quite familiar with the area. My g-g- grandfather was Dr. Byron R. O'Connor. He arrived in Cambridge, Cowley County, Kansas in March of 1881 from Mishawaka, Indiana arriving with his son (about age 5) and his mother. His wife came a view months later with my great-grandmother. In a bit of gossip in the local newspaper I found out that he purchased the Todd Farm which was 7 miles south east of Cambridge on Otter Creek. Then a couple of years after that their address was Cloverdale, but I really don't think they had moved. In 1886 they moved to Grenola in Elk County and lived there until 1913 when they retired to California. Byron had farmed for these interim years, but went back into medical practice in Grenola. My question is: is that South East portion of Cowley county quite close to Cloverdale that their address would have changed. My understanding now is that Cloverdale doesn't have much left there to even inquire about. In another newspaper(1883) I found that his mother (Elizabeth O'Connor) was making final proof of a claim in Cloverdale of Chautauqua County in which it lists the section of land, township, etc. Can someone help me? Should I be asking these questions on another list ( is there one for Chautaugua County)? Thank you so much, Frances Anderson

Reading the newspaper article on her posted by LaVelda Faull about her gg-grandmother's experience homesteading in Cowley County reminds me of stories I heard as a child from my greatgrandmother, Sarah Helen Newlin Hoover, and her daughter, Nora. Helen was a pioneer child, immigrating with her family to Liberty Township, Cowley County in 1872 at age 10. I was ten when she died at age 95. She said when they were small the Indians used to come by and demand food, just as described in the newspaper article. Her mother would have the three little girls hide under the bed while she prepared food for the Indians. Helen's daughter, Nora, said that a man from Joplin, Missouri, used to come to the area periodically with a wagon load of fruit for the settlers to buy. Has anyone else heard of this? Cynthia Phillips Cowley County Family Interests: Newlin, Hoover, McAlister, Pierce, Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/

I have a great grandfather and great great grandfather I am trying to get more info on, in Kansas around 1870-1880. You think you may be able to help me? Their names : 1. Christopher L. Crow b. Jul. 10 1856 in KY. According to the 1900 Kansas Census and the ages and birthplaces of his children, he was getting married and producing children by 1878-1880. Names are Chrisse, Alma, and Walter . 2. Gideon Crow. Christopher's father b. 1816 in KY. Supposedly moved to Kansas in early 1870's. Cowley County Kansas Thanks Alan Crow Sr. Planner, Interactive Media Palisades Media Group 1620 26th St. #2050-N Santa Monica, CA 90404 Ph. 310-828-9100 x.25 Fx. 310-828-1805

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Cowley/41 Surname: treadway, cales, fry ------------------------- Cowley County tombstones. Are you related to any of these people? I don't have any of the obituaries, but I do have pictures of A.J. Cales and Elizabeth Fry Cales. I also have a picture of Ira Cales. I have not searched the newspapers in Winfield,KS. or the funeral homes. I am aware of a Morris funeral home, but I have not checked with it. Please email me personally to exchange further information. I have been in touch with a descendant of Nelson Cales and Nancy Treadway Cales. I would like to know more about the Frys.

The following is a newspaper abstract from the Winfield Daily Courier in January of 1945. It basically is a short biography of a pioneer woman of Cowley County, Kansas, MRS. MARY JANE (EDNEY) SMITH who celebrated her 97th birthday on January 4, 1945. She was my great-great-grandmother (I am descended through her oldest daughter, MRS. MARTHA MERRIAH "MATTIE" (SMITH) SIMMONS, of Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas). It is a very interesting story describing a bit of early pioneer life in Cowley County. ----LaVelda Faull Winfield Daily Courier Society News January 1945 (Abstracted by LaVelda Faull from a zeroxed copy of the original from the paper.) MRS. MARY JANE SMITH, 97, OBSERVES BIRTHDAY IN HER HOME "Mrs. Mary Jane Smith was 97 years old on January 4, and to celebrate the event quietly, five of her daughters and grandchildren met at the home of Mrs. and mrs. John B. Yianakopulos, 103 Indiana, Sunday for dinner. A large angelfood cake centered the dinner table. Mrs. Smith's health is excellent for one of advanced years; her eyesight and hearing are splendid and yesterday all day she was happy about the celebration of her anniversary. She is up and around the home each day, but for the past 18 months she has not been able to set out of doors or go places much. Twice a day she takes a short nap, morning and afternoon. She reads and sews without the aid of glasses, having discarded them sometime ago. Mrs. Smith has known all of the hardships and privations of a pioneer woman. She was born in Salem, Dent County, Missouri, January 4, 1848, the daughter of AMELIA and SAMUEL EDNEY, who came to Missouri from North Carolina, in the very early days. Her folks died in Missouri. In 1866 she was married to a young Englishman, BRITAIN C. SMITH. They continued to live in the Ozark region for a time after their marriage, but with the guerilla warfare raging in which he was called upon to participate, he decided, he did not want to rear his children in that atmosphere, and they decided to come to Kansas. In 1875, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, together with a group of relatives, started to this state with three covered wagons, drawn by oxen, in the wagon train. They settled at Oswego and farmed there a year but times were hard and they decided to move on, and came to Cowley county where they pre-empted a claim at the head of Grouse Creek near Latham. The land was broad prairie, no homes for miles and miles. There they had the taste of early day life - it was soon after the grasshopper scourge and many, many times food was scarce. Prairie chicken and wild turkey were common, so they set traps and caught their meat to care for them through the winter months. Indians were common, too -- they would ride up to the house on their ponies, wearing bright blankets and lashing their whips and demand food from the Smiths. One time they went to the smoke house where hung a side of pork and said, "We want hog meat". They took the meat and divided it among them and left. Mrs. Smith had a spinning wheel. She carded wool and spun and wove flax, making the family's clothes and blankets as well, even striping them. There were no fences at the time and she milked the cows at the end of a lariat rope. Mrs. Smith was the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom are living. She has 75 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren. She says the small grandchildren do not annoy her or make her nervous and the little folks are always interested in not having Grandma get sick. As one of her little grandsons said Sunday while the company was around, "Come quick and close the door. Grandma can't have a draft on her.." In 1910 the Smiths decided to leave the Grouse creek farm and go to Emporia, where they farmed for 10 years, returning to Winfield, Kansas in 1920 when Mr. Smith retired. He died in 1932. Mrs. Smith's oldest child is 78 and the youngest one is 49.. She has eight grandchildren in service and all are overseas. One granddaughter is a WAC in England and another granddaughter is an army nurse in France. The others are either in Germany or Italy. She is a member of the Free Methodist Church. Her {surviving}children are JOSEPH SMITH, Ringwood, Oklahoma; TYRA of Medicine Lodge, JOHN of Blue Mound, RUFUS of Humeston, Iowa; ALONZO of Sedan; MRS. RUTH PICKENS, Cambridge; MRS. CELIA EMMELL; MRS. HESTER FULTON; MRS. VESTA YIANAKOPULOS; and MRS. AUGUSTA GILLESPIE of Winfield, MRS. MAY ROWE of Redland, California." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Cowley/40 Surname: Cales, Treadway, Fry ------------------------- Ann: Thank you for the response. Do you know if I can get copies of their obituaries?

Posted on: Cowley Co. Ks Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Cowley/39 Surname: Cales, Treadway, Fry ------------------------- Burden Cemetery, Burden,KS. Cowley County,has gravestone for Nelson C. Cales (1846-1938) with wife Nancy E. Treadway (1849-1939). There are other Treadway gravestones that I don't have specifics on. The New Salem Cemetery, Cowley Co., between Burden and Winfield has graves for Andrew J. Cales (Feb. 9, 1836-Nov. 26, 1926) and wife Elizabeth Ellen Fry (Oct. 29, 1844-June 23, 1918). The grave for his son Ira is also there. Look for pictures of these last 2 at http://www.fergus.org/lastrun.html. Link: Last Run URL: <http://www.fergus.org/lastrun.html.>

Ralph - Wow, thanks a lot. That might be where they went. I will check it out! LaVelda Faull >From: "Ralph D. Biddle" To: LaVelda Faull CC: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [KSCOWLEY] Underage Marriages/Elopements in Cowley County >Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:18:51 -0600 > >Many of the early residents went to Newkirk, Kay Co, Ok to get married. A >couple would apply for their license, locate a judge or minister, get >married in less than 30 minutes. There weren't any waiting period or age >limits. Several of my cousins were md that way. > >Ralph Biddle > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Many of the early residents went to Newkirk, Kay Co, Ok to get married. A couple would apply for their license, locate a judge or minister, get married in less than 30 minutes. There weren't any waiting period or age limits. Several of my cousins were md that way. Ralph Biddle LaVelda Faull wrote: > Does anybody have any idea where a couple that was under age would go to get > married if they couldn't marry in Cowley County without a waiting period, or > parental consent, etc.? My grandmother, Velda Alison, always said that she > married my grandfather, Frank W. Simmons in 1928 in Winfield, Cowley County, > Kansas (they lived there and in Dexter). However, there is no record of > their marriage in Cowley County. My mother said that she thought they had > run away to get married and then came back. In those days, where would they > have gone? Would they have gone to another county in Kansas or to Oklahoma > across the border? Did Oklahoma have the same marriage rules as Kansas? I > think my grandmother was only 14 or 15 when they got married. > > I know that they WERE married because they had to get a divorce several > years later, so I assume that they had been legally wed. > > Any suggestions would be helpful. > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Does anybody have any idea where a couple that was under age would go to get married if they couldn't marry in Cowley County without a waiting period, or parental consent, etc.? My grandmother, Velda Alison, always said that she married my grandfather, Frank W. Simmons in 1928 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas (they lived there and in Dexter). However, there is no record of their marriage in Cowley County. My mother said that she thought they had run away to get married and then came back. In those days, where would they have gone? Would they have gone to another county in Kansas or to Oklahoma across the border? Did Oklahoma have the same marriage rules as Kansas? I think my grandmother was only 14 or 15 when they got married. I know that they WERE married because they had to get a divorce several years later, so I assume that they had been legally wed. Any suggestions would be helpful. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Caroline (Maxwell) Wilson Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:17:56 -0800 From: "Philip Turner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> HI folks, I am looking for the whereabouts of Caroline Wilson, born Caroline Margaret Maxwell. She married Ernest L. Wilson on 1 January 1885 in Arkansas City. They left sometime before 1900 because I didn't find them in the 1900 Census. They had the following children: Edith Irene Merl Maxwell Leah Margery Grace Ernestine Mary Jennie Does anybody know where they went? Any help would be appreciated. Philip Turner <[email protected]>

Happy Holidays Everyone.... Marla Genealogist's Christmas Eve (Twas the Night Before Christmas) by Unknown 'Twas the night before Christmas When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even my spouse. The dining room table with clutter was spread With pedigree charts and letters which said... "Too bad about the data for which you wrote; Sank in a storm on an ill-fated boat." Stacks of old copies of wills and such Were proof that my work had become too much. Our children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. And I at my table was ready to drop >From work on my album with photos to crop. Christmas was here, and such was my lot That presents and goodies and toys I'd forgot. Had I not been busy with grandparents' wills, I'd not have forgotten to shop for such thrills, While others bought gifts to bring Christmas cheers, I'd spent time researching those birth dates and years. While I was thus musing about my sad plight, A strange noise on the lawn gave me such a great fright/Away to the window I flew in a flash, Tore open the drapes and yanked up the sash. When what with my wondering eyes should appear, But an overstuffed sleigh and with eight small reindeer. Up to the house top the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys and 'lo Santa Claus, too. And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of thirty-two hoofs, As I drew in my head, and bumped it on the sash, Down the cold chimney fell Santa--KER-RASH! "Dear" Santa had come from the roof in a wreck, And tracked soot on the carpet, (I could wring his short neck!) Spotting my face, good 'lo Santa could see I had no Christmas spirit you'd have to agree. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, (I felt like a jerk.) Here was Santa, who'd brought us such gladness and joy: When I'd been too busy for even one toy. He spied my research on the table all spread "A genealogist!" He cried! (My face was all red!) "Tonight I've met many like you," Santa grinned, As he pulled from his sack a large book he had penned. I gazed with amusement--the cover it read Genealogy Lines for Which You Have Plead. "I know what it's like as a genealogy bug." He said as he gave me a great Santa hug. "While the elves make the sleighful of toys I now carry, I do some research in the North Pole Library! A special treat I am thus able to bring, To genealogy folk who can't find a thing." "Now off you go to your bed for a rest, I'll clean up the house from this genealogy mess." As I climbed up the stairs full of gladness and glee, I looked back at Santa who'd brought much to me. While settling in bed, I heard Santa's clear whistle, To his team, which then rose like the down of a thistle. And I heard his exclaim as he flew out of sight, "Family history is Fun! Merry Christmas! Goodnight!" Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Lois Burdick _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com