----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: Obituary: Elvin Aldus CAREY.. The Perry Mirror Thursday August 12, 1954 Elvin Aldus Carey. Elvin Aldus CAREY, 79, died on Saturday afternoon at his home at Oskaloosa. He was a brother of Bert CAREY of Lawrence. Carey was born Oct. 10, 1874, at Springdale and was a lifelong Jefferson County resident. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Oskaloosa Methodist Church. Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery. Besides his brother, Carey is survived by his wife, Julia, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Ethel NEWELL, Oskaloosa; Mrs. Marie LINCOLN,Topeka; Mrs. Cecil LARSON, McLouth; Mrs. Vera WINTER, Valley Falls; six sons, Walter CAREY, Denver; John CAREY, Kansas City, Mo.; Elvin CAREY and Julius CAREY, both of Topeka; Richard CAREY, Pendleton, Ore, and William CAREY, Anderson, Calif.

Judy It depends on who you ask about Quantrill. He was either a horrible nasty dangerous rebel butcher, or an avenger of crimes committed against families by the horrible nasty dangerous Yankees. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/quantrill.htm William Clarke Quantrill (1837-1865) Leader of perhaps the most savage fighting unit in the Civil War, William Quantrill developed a style of guerrilla warfare that terrorized civilians and soldiers alike. Quantrill was born in 1837 in Ohio, but little is known of his early life. It appears that after being a schoolteacher for several years, he travelled to Utah in 1858 with an army wagon train and there made his living as a gambler, using the alias of Charles Hart. After a year, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he was again a schoolteacher from 1859 to 1860. But his past and predisposition soon caught up with him and, wanted for murder and horse theft, Quantrill fled to Missouri in late 1860. Quantrill entered the Civil War on the Confederate side with enthusiasm. By late 1861, he was the leader of Quantrill's Raiders, a small force of no more than a dozen men who harassed Union soldiers and sympathizers along the Kansas-Missouri border and often clashed with Jayhawkers, the pro-Union guerrilla bands that reversed Quantrill's tactics by staging raids from Kansas into Missouri. Union forces soon declared him an outlaw, and the Confederacy officially made him a captain. To his supporters in Missouri, he was a dashing, free-spirited hero. The climax of Quantrill's guerilla career came on August 21, 1863, when he led a force of 450 raiders into Lawrence, Kansas, a stronghold of pro-Union support and the home of Senator James H. Lane, whose leading role in the struggle for free-soil in Kansas had made him a public enemy to pro-slavery forces in Missouri. Lane managed to escape, racing through a cornfield in his nightshirt, but Quantrill and his men killed 183 men and boys, dragging some from their homes to murder them in front of their families, and set the torch to much of the city. The Lawrence Massacre led to swift retribution, as Union troops forced the residents of four Missouri border counties onto the open prairie while Jayhawkers looted and burned everything they left behind. Quantrill and his raiders took part in the Confederate retaliation for this atrocity, but when Union forces drove the Confederates back, Quantrill fled to Texas. His guerrilla band broke up into several smaller units, including one headed by his vicious lieutenant, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, known for wearing a necklace of Yankee scalps into battle. Quantrill himself was eventually killed on a raid into Kentucky in 1865. Even after his death, Quantrill and his followers remained almost folk heroes to their supporters in Missouri, and something of this celebrity later rubbed off on several ex-Raiders -- the James brothers, Frank and Jesse, and the Younger brothers, Cole and Jim -- who went on in the late 1860's to apply Quantrill's hit-and-run tactics to bank and train robbery, building on his legacy of bloodshed a mythology of the Western outlaw that remains fixed in the popular imagination. Judy Forehand wrote: > What was Quantrill's Raid? I've never heard about it. My Davidsons, Saums > were in Douglas County during that time. My Davidson committed some crime > in New York where his name was Tait. After changing his name, he migrated > to Highland County, Ohio, and on to Douglas County. He died in the 1880s, > but not sure where. Some say he was hanged. I wish we could access more > criminal records through the net. > Thanks, Judy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Carpenter" <diluvius@yahoo.com> > To: <KSDOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 8:25 PM > Subject: [KSDOUGLA-L] CARPENTER, Louis, 1860-1863 > > > Hello Douglas Co. KS list subscribers, > > > > I am looking for information about Louis Carpenter, born 14 > > Dec 1829 in NY, who was murdered 21 Aug 1863 in Quantrill's > > raid on Lawrence. He married on 10 Oct 1862 in Lawrence to > > Mary E. Barber. He doesn't appear in the 1860 territorial > > census index. He owned a home in Lawrence, married there, > > and was an attorney and judge - surely there must be some > > record of his origin! A deed, marriage bond or license, > > city directory entry - any information that would be useful > > in determining his family ties would be very much > > appreciated. Thank you -- > > > > Sincerely, > > Terry Carpenter > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > >

What was Quantrill's Raid? I've never heard about it. My Davidsons, Saums were in Douglas County during that time. My Davidson committed some crime in New York where his name was Tait. After changing his name, he migrated to Highland County, Ohio, and on to Douglas County. He died in the 1880s, but not sure where. Some say he was hanged. I wish we could access more criminal records through the net. Thanks, Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Carpenter" <diluvius@yahoo.com> To: <KSDOUGLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 8:25 PM Subject: [KSDOUGLA-L] CARPENTER, Louis, 1860-1863 > Hello Douglas Co. KS list subscribers, > > I am looking for information about Louis Carpenter, born 14 > Dec 1829 in NY, who was murdered 21 Aug 1863 in Quantrill's > raid on Lawrence. He married on 10 Oct 1862 in Lawrence to > Mary E. Barber. He doesn't appear in the 1860 territorial > census index. He owned a home in Lawrence, married there, > and was an attorney and judge - surely there must be some > record of his origin! A deed, marriage bond or license, > city directory entry - any information that would be useful > in determining his family ties would be very much > appreciated. Thank you -- > > Sincerely, > Terry Carpenter > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >

Judith Bolze LAWRENCE -- Judith May Stapleton Bolze, 97, Lawrence, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at a Lawrence care facility. Read this story at http://cjonline.com/stories/011203/obn_bolze.shtml?p

The following is found on page 357 of the book, Quantrill and the Border Wars, by William Elsey Connelley, 1910. Judge Louis Carpenter lived on the northwest corner of Berkeley and New Hampshire streets. Several squads of guerrillas visite his house, but he met them so frankly and received them in such genial manner that they did nothing but rob him and plunder his house. Near the time of their leaving a gang rode up quite under the influence of liquor. They came to murder. They desired to know where Carpenter came from to Kansas, and when he told them he came from New York, one of them said, "It's you New Yorker fellers that's doing all the mischief," as he drew his revolver. Carpenter ren into his house, and up the stairs, then down again, the ruffians after him, firing all the time. He finally got to the cellar badly wounded. There he was soon discovered and driven out to the yard where he fell mortally wounded. His wife and her sister threw themselveson him to shield him from the brutal guerrilla. But he was not to be thwarted in his purpose. he pulled the women aside, thrust his pistol against the judge's head where his wife must see, and fired the fatal shot. They fired the house, the marks of which are plainly to be seen today. Mrs Carpenter's sister put out the fire. Richard Wellman ------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Carpenter" > Hello Douglas Co. KS list subscribers, > I am looking for information about Louis Carpenter, born 14 > Dec 1829 in NY, who was murdered 21 Aug 1863 in Quantrill's > raid on Lawrence. He married on 10 Oct 1862 in Lawrence to > Mary E. Barber. He doesn't appear in the 1860 territorial > census index. He owned a home in Lawrence, married there, > and was an attorney and judge - surely there must be some > record of his origin! A deed, marriage bond or license, > city directory entry - any information that would be useful > in determining his family ties would be very much > appreciated. Thank you -- > > Sincerely, > Terry Carpenter

I found my notes and looked at the census. It is diffently an L. If you look four lines below L. Carpenter you will see the name Lucy and the L's look the same except in Mr. Carpenters case The writer got carried away with his curly cues. At least this is my "expert" opinion. Also down further on the page is a D. which is written very differently. Vicki

I have access to the census through Ancestry.com. Just tell me which page it is on. I'll gladly look at it for you and give you my opinon. As far as age goes on census, I've found they can be off for a number of reasons and you can't always count on them as being totally accurate. Looking quickly through my papers as I haven't searched in Kansas for awhile I found a story I printed off the Internet. Maybe you have the same one. This is what it has to say about Judge Carpenter: The most brutal murder was that of Judge Carpenter. Several gangs called at his house and robbed him of all he had-but his genial manner was too much for them, and they all left him alive and his house standing. Towards the last, another gang came, more brutal than the rest. They asked him where he was from. He replied New York. It is you New York fellows that are doing all the mischief, one replied and drew his revolver to shot him. Mr Carpenter ran into the house, up stairs, then down again, the ruffian after him and firing at every turn. He finally eluded them and slipped into the cellar. He was badly wounded, so that the blood lay in pools in the cellar where he stood for a few minutes. His hiding place was soon discovered, and he was driven out of the cellar into the yard and shot again. He fell mortally wounded. His wife threw herself onto him and covered him with her person to shield him from further violence. The ruffian deliberately walked around her to find a place to shoot under her, and finally raised her arm and put his revolver under it, and fired so she could see the ball enter his head. They they fired the house, but through the energy of the wife's sister, the fire was extinguished. The judge had been married less that a year. He was a young man, but had already won considerable distinction in his profession. He had held the office of Probate Judge for Douglas County, and a year before was candidate for Attorney General of the State. This sure sounds like you man. The address on the bottom of the article is http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cordley_massacre/quantrel.raid. html I can also send you a copy of what I printed off if you can find it on the internet. Let me know if I can be of anymore help. Vicki

Vicki -- Thank you! I should have read this message first - I just replied to your other. I had thought that could be him, but couldn't be sure there wasn't a D. Carpenter in town at the time. I really appreciate your opinion - it helps to assure that I'm not just "wishing it so." Now to find him in 1850! Terry --- Ned Bench <nvbench1@juno.com> wrote: > I found my notes and looked at the census. It is > diffently an L. If you > look four lines below L. Carpenter you will see the name > Lucy and the > L's look the same except in Mr. Carpenters case The > writer got carried > away with his curly cues. At least this is my "expert" > opinion. Also > down further on the page is a D. which is written very > differently. Vicki > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

That's the same Louis - Thank you for this reference! Terry --- J Wellman <wellmanj@idir.net> wrote: > The following is found on page 357 of the book, Quantrill > and the Border > Wars, by William Elsey Connelley, 1910. > > Judge Louis Carpenter lived on the northwest corner of > Berkeley and New > Hampshire streets. Several squads of guerrillas visite > his house, but he > met them so frankly and received them in such genial > manner that they did > nothing but rob him and plunder his house. Near the time > of their leaving a > gang rode up quite under the influence of liquor. They > came to murder. > They desired to know where Carpenter came from to Kansas, > and when he told > them he came from New York, one of them said, "It's you > New Yorker fellers > that's doing all the mischief," as he drew his revolver. > Carpenter ren into > his house, and up the stairs, then down again, the > ruffians after him, > firing all the time. He finally got to the cellar badly > wounded. There he > was soon discovered and driven out to the yard where he > fell mortally > wounded. His wife and her sister threw themselveson him > to shield him from > the brutal guerrilla. But he was not to be thwarted in > his purpose. he > pulled the women aside, thrust his pistol against the > judge's head where his > wife must see, and fired the fatal shot. They fired the > house, the marks of > which are plainly to be seen today. Mrs Carpenter's > sister put out the > fire. > > Richard Wellman > ------------------------------------------------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Carpenter" > > Hello Douglas Co. KS list subscribers, > > > I am looking for information about Louis Carpenter, > born 14 > > Dec 1829 in NY, who was murdered 21 Aug 1863 in > Quantrill's > > raid on Lawrence. He married on 10 Oct 1862 in > Lawrence to > > Mary E. Barber. He doesn't appear in the 1860 > territorial > > census index. He owned a home in Lawrence, married > there, > > and was an attorney and judge - surely there must be > some > > record of his origin! A deed, marriage bond or > license, > > city directory entry - any information that would be > useful > > in determining his family ties would be very much > > appreciated. Thank you -- > > > > Sincerely, > > Terry Carpenter > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Vicki, That's the same Louis alright. The story sounds like it is the one told by Louis' sister-in-law, who was also there that day - she's the one who put out the fire in the house. She wrote the story down and it was published after her death in ~1925. The D. (L.?) Carpenter is in Douglas Co., Lawrence, p. 33, on Line 15. Thank you! Terry --- Ned Bench <nvbench1@juno.com> wrote: > I have access to the census through Ancestry.com. Just > tell me which > page it is on. I'll gladly look at it for you and give > you my opinon. As > far as age goes on census, I've found they can be off for > a number of > reasons and you can't always count on them as being > totally accurate. > Looking quickly through my papers as I haven't searched > in Kansas for > awhile I found a story I printed off the Internet. Maybe > you have the > same one. > > This is what it has to say about Judge Carpenter: > The most brutal murder was that of Judge Carpenter. > Several gangs called > at his house and robbed him of all he had-but his genial > manner was too > much for them, and they all left him alive and his house > standing. > Towards the last, another gang came, more brutal than the > rest. They > asked him where he was from. He replied New York. It is > you New York > fellows that are doing all the mischief, one replied and > drew his > revolver to shot him. Mr Carpenter ran into the house, > up stairs, then > down again, the ruffian after him and firing at every > turn. He finally > eluded them and slipped into the cellar. He was badly > wounded, so that > the blood lay in pools in the cellar where he stood for a > few minutes. > His hiding place was soon discovered, and he was driven > out of the cellar > into the yard and shot again. He fell mortally wounded. > His wife threw > herself onto him and covered him with her person to > shield him from > further violence. The ruffian deliberately walked around > her to find a > place to shoot under her, and finally raised her arm and > put his revolver > under it, and fired so she could see the ball enter his > head. They they > fired the house, but through the energy of the wife's > sister, the fire > was extinguished. The judge had been married less that a > year. He was a > young man, but had already won considerable distinction > in his > profession. He had held the office of Probate Judge for > Douglas County, > and a year before was candidate for Attorney General of > the State. > > This sure sounds like you man. The address on the bottom > of the article > is > http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cordley_massacre/quantrel.raid. > html > > I can also send you a copy of what I printed off if you > can find it on > the internet. Let me know if I can be of anymore help. > Vicki > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

I found a D. Carpenter born 1931 New york on the 1860 census. If interested will have to check my records. My great grandfather was there during the raid and survived. Vicki in Idaho

Vicki, I have thought the D. Carpenter could be L. Carpenter with a large loopy flourish on the "L". "D." Carpenter was enumerated as an attorney, was single, and was born in NY - all true of Louis Carpenter. However, his age is off by two years from that calculated from the birthdate on Louis' tombstone, so I can't be 100% sure. If you would not mind taking a look at the census, if you have access to it, or I can e-mail you a JPG of the page, and tell me what you think, that would be much appreciated. My sense is that it is him, but I would like to be more certain. Thank you! Terry --- Ned Bench <nvbench1@juno.com> wrote: > I found a D. Carpenter born 1931 New york on the 1860 > census. If > interested will have to check my records. My great > grandfather was there > during the raid and survived. Vicki in Idaho > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Hello Douglas Co. KS list subscribers, I am looking for information about Louis Carpenter, born 14 Dec 1829 in NY, who was murdered 21 Aug 1863 in Quantrill's raid on Lawrence. He married on 10 Oct 1862 in Lawrence to Mary E. Barber. He doesn't appear in the 1860 territorial census index. He owned a home in Lawrence, married there, and was an attorney and judge - surely there must be some record of his origin! A deed, marriage bond or license, city directory entry - any information that would be useful in determining his family ties would be very much appreciated. Thank you -- Sincerely, Terry Carpenter __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:12 AM Subject: Obituary: Clara V. MARK. The Oskaloosa Independent Thursday March 20, 1941 Clara V. Mark. Mrs. Calra Virginia MARK, 78, died Friday afternoon at her home in Meriden. She was born August 13, 1862, in Mattoon, Ill., and came to Kansas with her parents at the age of four, settling on a farm near Valley Falls. They later moved to Westmoreland and in 1885 she married Charles L. MARK and at that time moved to the Meriden community. Her husband died in 1919 and since that time she had lived in Meriden. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. George BROWN, of Meriden; Mrs. Bert GRIMES, of Ponca City, Okla.; and Mrs. Will WEST, of Melvern, Kan.; two sons, Frank MARK, of Topeka and Eugene MARK of Meriden, three brothers, S.F. RAINS, of Topeka; Lloyd RAINS, of California, and Edward RAINS, of Lawrence, Kan.; thirty grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held Sunday at 1 a.m. at the Methodist church Rev. DAVIS conducted the funeral services, a mixed quartet, Mrs. Cletus MOORE, Mrs. E.G. BECKER, Leo BECKER, and Karl LEHMAN sang. The body was taken to Westmoreland for interment. Mrs. MARK was a member of the Methodist church and was a faithful member and the words of Jesus. "She hath done what she could" can truly be said of Mrs. MARK. Out of town relatives at Mrs. MARK's funeral were her daugther, Mrs. Bert GRIMES and her son Wilbert and family from Ponca City, Okla., Mrs. Charles LaDUKE of Williamstown, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey RAINS and Mr. Ed RAINES of Lawrence, S.F. RAINES and niece Miss Ethel WYBERG of Topeka, Mrs. Mary STEEN and Miss WEBER of Topeka. (Note: Spelling of RAINS/RAINES as in printed newspaper obituary.)

Lili Barrientos LAWRENCE -- Lili I. Barrientos, 42, Lawrence, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2003, at her home. Read this story at http://cjonline.com/stories/010803/obn_barrientos.shtml?p

----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:12 PM Subject: Death: Mrs. Larry FREEMAN.. The Oskaloosa Independent Thursday March 20, 1941 Mrs. Larry FREEMAN died Monday, March 10, at Memorial hospital, Lawrence. Funeral services were held Wednesday at two o'clock at the United Brethren church at McLouth. She is survived by her husband, Larry, and four children: Cleason FREEMAN of Houtson, Texas, Floyd FREEMAN of Oregon, Mrs. Maurine ROY of Lawrence, Kansas and Miss Forrest FREEMAN of Kansas City.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boggs, Finkle, Maddux, Pautz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zl.2ADI/24.1 Message Board Post: Correction to the message above. I now believe that Cora Maddux Boggs and Laurance Knight Boggs were divorced circa 1923. He was living in Kansas City, Mo with second wife, Nina, stepson, Richard Pautz(9yrs), and son Robert F. Boggs, 5yrs. in 1930. She and Laurance (Laurence, Lawrance) Jr. were in Lawrence, KS in 1930 census. Laurance Jr. was 12 in that census. The above info tallies with letters and pictures which belonged to Laurance's mother, Clara Finkle Boggs. Any help in decoding the family will be appreciated. Becky

Anita Brown LAWRENCE -- Anita Thelma Brown, 69, Lawrence, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at a Lawrence hospital. Read this story at http://cjonline.com/stories/010303/obn_brown.shtml?p

Kathryn Bunton LAWRENCE -- Kathryn J. Bunton, 90, Lawrence, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002, at a Lawrence retirement community. Read this story at http://cjonline.com/stories/010303/obn_bunton.shtml?p

----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Laird To: Jim Laird Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:47 AM Subject: Obituary: Mrs. Sadie KAMPSCHROEDER.. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday February 23, 1954 Sadie Kampschroeder. Mrs. Sadie KAMPSCHROEDER, 72, a life-long resident of Douglas County, died Monday noon in Lawrence. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Howard PETEFISH, Eudora, and Mrs. Edith MILLER, Kansas City; three sons, Thomas and Howard KAMPSCHROEDER, both of Route 4, Lawrence, and Ralph KAMPSCHROEDER, Ottawa; one sister, Mrs. August KAMPSCHROEDER, Lecompton, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Rumsey Funeral Home in Lawrence, with burial in Clinton Cemetery.