This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just checked Whitepages.com and there is a Margaret Housh living in Topeka, which is where her husband lived when he passed away. Whitepages said she is associated with Charles H. Housh. Looks like this solves my questions. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I finally found her on my FTM and she was born in 1923. That's the only date I have. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That would be great for you to contact the cemetery. I have emailed the person who put Margaret on Find a Grave as being buried in the Ozawkie cem. Want to hear something funny? My husband and I have purchased our headstone and it is already set. Course it has our names etc on it. I was looking at the memorials for this cem on find a grave and there was our names and stated we had passed away on our birth dates. Course there was no death dates on the stone yet. Spooky. I can't seem to get the person to remove them. Thanks for your help. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sherylmc72 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: That's a good point! She may still be living, but had her name engraved on a stone when her husband died--very common thing to do, and that is why there are no dates. She is not in the SSDI, either, under Margaret Housh. She would have been born around 1923. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RichardWellman44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't find her burial record in Jefferson Co. or Ozawkie cemetery records. We know she was living in Dec. 2004 per his obit. There is still a listing for "C. H. Housh" in the 2009 phone book of Topeka (where he was living in 2004). The Gen Soc. clips all Jeff. Co. obits from Topeka & Jeff. Co. newspapers, so wonder if she might be still living. I will contact the sexton at Ozawkie cem. & see if he can help. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is so great. Finally getting some answers for her. It doesn't show a headstone on Find a Grave and no b or d dates. I think she should be connected to her parents. Thanks again. It is always great for nice people to care enough to help. Helen Cobb Rehm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sherylmc72 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found an obit for her mother, Virgie, in the May 1, 1974 edition of the Atchison Globe which provides a little more information about the family: Mrs. Virgel (Virgie) Mae Cobb, 70, 1410 Commercial street, died at 12:35 a.m. today at the Atchison hospital. She was the wife of Homer D. Cobb. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Stanton chapel wi th the Rev. Robert Ziegler, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, officiating. Burial will be in Ozawkie cemetery. Members of the family will be at the Stanton Mortuary Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. when friends may call. Mrs. Cobb was born Aug. 14, 1903, a daughter of Charles and Grace Ann North Fine, at Belvoir. She attended schools in Williamstown and at Perry. She worked as a telephone operator at Perry before the and Homer D. Cobb were married Aug. 29, 1921, at Lawrence. They began housekeeping on a farm in the Kaw Valley, near Lawrence, and later farmed in the Iatan and Stewartsville, Mo., areas before moving to Atchison in 1941. Mr. Cobb was a mechanic for the Nestler-Rose Motor Co. and later for the Brazeal Motor Co. Mrs. Cobb attended Trinity Lutheran church. Surviving are her husband, Homer D. Cobb, of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Harley [Charley?] (Margaret) Housh, Topeka, Mrs. Robert (Bernita) Haines, Moorpark, Calif., and Mrs. Lois Sell, St.Joe; five sisters, Mrs. Florence Van Gaasbeek, Lawrence, Mrs. Esther Van Gaasbeek, Atchison, Mrs. Ethel Metting, St. Joe, Mrs. Jessie Clinkenbeard , Nortonville, and Mrs. June Barrett, San Antonio, Texas; three brothers, Clyde Fine, Hawthorne, Calif., Harold Fine, Topeka, and Wiley Fine, Alpine, Calif.; six grandchildren and one great grandchild. A son and a daughter preceded her in death. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks so much, this is great. Helen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sherylmc72 Surnames: Cobb, Housh, Fine Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: An online family tree lists her as the daughter of Homer Cobb and Virgie Fine: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/s/Linda-S-Losier-Ks/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0338.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HelenRehm12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about Margaret Cobb Housh who is buried in the Ozawkie Cemetery near Ozawkie, Jefferson Co, KS? On Find a Grave it shows she was married to Charles Harley Housh. The memorial on Find a Grave has no birth or death date for Margaret Cobb Housh. I would like to know who her parents were. My name is Helen Cobb Rehm and the Cobbs in this cemetery are family. Would appreciate any help. You can email me direct at [email protected] Thanks so much, appreciate it. Helen Cobb Rehm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pcarter55 Surnames: Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/617.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Actual images (look for the camera icon) for Jefferson County marriage records are now available at familysearch.org covering the period 1855-1911. They are currently in the "browse" mode since they just became available 31 Aug 2011; not easy/direct as in "search" mode, but still findable. Find the person in the alpha index (front of each book) and note the number to the right of their name. FHL-Image numbers and document page numbers do not match up, so it does take a bit of experimentation Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Poor Margaret! I wonder if her ears are burning? On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:58 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: HelenRehm12 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/622.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > That would be great for you to contact the cemetery. I have emailed the > person who put Margaret on Find a Grave as being buried in the Ozawkie cem. > Want to hear something funny? My husband and I have purchased our > headstone and it is already set. Course it has our names etc on it. I > was looking at the memorials for this cem on find a grave and there was our > names and stated we had passed away on our birth dates. Course there was > no death dates on the stone yet. Spooky. I can't seem to get the person > to remove them. Thanks for your help. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It evidently was a triple wedding, held at the United Brethren church. Here is a link to a story that appeared in the Tonganoxie Mirror: http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2003/dec/17/centennial_celebration/ Sheryl On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I was writing a piece for my Tuesday morning memoirs group, discussing the > fact that my mom had always told us that she used to babysit for the Wright > Brothers' niece when she was a high school student boarding in town so she > could attend school. > > The Wright daughter in question was, of course, one of the daughters of > Reuchlin Wright, the oldest of the four Wright brothers. And I wanted to > know the date that Ellwyn Wright married Harold Steeper, so I looked in > the > Jeffco marriage book. What I find there is: > > Steeper, Gladys Lucile, 30, McLouth, KS, m. > Roos, Robert, 30, McLouth, KS, > Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 116. > > Steeper, Harold W, 27, McLouth, KS, m. > Wright, Bertha Ellwyn, 22, Kansas City, Missouri, > Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 117. > > Steeper, Irene May, 34, McLouth, KS, m. > Schaeffer, Frank, 37, McLouth, KS, > Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, page 118. > > Does the newspaper article for that week say what church? Was it really > a triple wedding? I had looked it up because I thought it was a double. > > Now I'm going to look for the names of the kids my mom would have been > babysitting. I know the Steeper family lived next door, but I don't > know the > name of the family Mom boarded with. (She boarded in town to go to > school because their family farm out toward Hardy Oak Cemetery was too > far from > town to get to McLouth every morning over unpaved roads, presumably still > on horseback.) > > Merry Christmas! > > Jan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Another item I found was that in 1946, Orville Wright drove from Ohio to, KS, to attend the wedding of Ellwyn (Wright) Steeper's daughter at Lawrence. People didn't fly so much in 1946! Happy hunting! Jan In a message dated 12/26/2011 10:47:25 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: What a fun find! -- JoLynne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 9:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [KSJEFFER] triple wedding on October 8, 1919? Steeper - Wright- Schaeffer- Roos I was writing a piece for my Tuesday morning memoirs group, discussing the fact that my mom had always told us that she used to babysit for the Wright Brothers' niece when she was a high school student boarding in town so she could attend school. The Wright daughter in question was, of course, one of the daughters of Reuchlin Wright, the oldest of the four Wright brothers. And I wanted to know the date that Ellwyn Wright married Harold Steeper, so I looked in the Jeffco marriage book. What I find there is: Steeper, Gladys Lucile, 30, McLouth, KS, m. Roos, Robert, 30, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 116. Steeper, Harold W, 27, McLouth, KS, m. Wright, Bertha Ellwyn, 22, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 117. Steeper, Irene May, 34, McLouth, KS, m. Schaeffer, Frank, 37, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, page 118. Does the newspaper article for that week say what church? Was it really a triple wedding? I had looked it up because I thought it was a double. Now I'm going to look for the names of the kids my mom would have been babysitting. I know the Steeper family lived next door, but I don't know the name of the family Mom boarded with. (She boarded in town to go to school because their family farm out toward Hardy Oak Cemetery was too far from town to get to McLouth every morning over unpaved roads, presumably still on horseback.) Merry Christmas! Jan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What a fun find! -- JoLynne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 9:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [KSJEFFER] triple wedding on October 8, 1919? Steeper - Wright- Schaeffer- Roos I was writing a piece for my Tuesday morning memoirs group, discussing the fact that my mom had always told us that she used to babysit for the Wright Brothers' niece when she was a high school student boarding in town so she could attend school. The Wright daughter in question was, of course, one of the daughters of Reuchlin Wright, the oldest of the four Wright brothers. And I wanted to know the date that Ellwyn Wright married Harold Steeper, so I looked in the Jeffco marriage book. What I find there is: Steeper, Gladys Lucile, 30, McLouth, KS, m. Roos, Robert, 30, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 116. Steeper, Harold W, 27, McLouth, KS, m. Wright, Bertha Ellwyn, 22, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 117. Steeper, Irene May, 34, McLouth, KS, m. Schaeffer, Frank, 37, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, page 118. Does the newspaper article for that week say what church? Was it really a triple wedding? I had looked it up because I thought it was a double. Now I'm going to look for the names of the kids my mom would have been babysitting. I know the Steeper family lived next door, but I don't know the name of the family Mom boarded with. (She boarded in town to go to school because their family farm out toward Hardy Oak Cemetery was too far from town to get to McLouth every morning over unpaved roads, presumably still on horseback.) Merry Christmas! Jan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I was writing a piece for my Tuesday morning memoirs group, discussing the fact that my mom had always told us that she used to babysit for the Wright Brothers' niece when she was a high school student boarding in town so she could attend school. The Wright daughter in question was, of course, one of the daughters of Reuchlin Wright, the oldest of the four Wright brothers. And I wanted to know the date that Ellwyn Wright married Harold Steeper, so I looked in the Jeffco marriage book. What I find there is: Steeper, Gladys Lucile, 30, McLouth, KS, m. Roos, Robert, 30, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 116. Steeper, Harold W, 27, McLouth, KS, m. Wright, Bertha Ellwyn, 22, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, Page 117. Steeper, Irene May, 34, McLouth, KS, m. Schaeffer, Frank, 37, McLouth, KS, Oct 08 1919, Jeffco Marriage Records, Book J, page 118. Does the newspaper article for that week say what church? Was it really a triple wedding? I had looked it up because I thought it was a double. Now I'm going to look for the names of the kids my mom would have been babysitting. I know the Steeper family lived next door, but I don't know the name of the family Mom boarded with. (She boarded in town to go to school because their family farm out toward Hardy Oak Cemetery was too far from town to get to McLouth every morning over unpaved roads, presumably still on horseback.) Merry Christmas! Jan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanetMhanson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/102.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Not related to your family--but you might want to check on this website. http://www3.gendisasters.com/kansas/11116/williamstown-ks-tornado-damage-june-1893 Williamstown, KS Tornado Damage, June 1893 Posted January 25th, 2009 by Stu Beitler A DEADLY TORNADO. MILES OF DESOLATION IN EASTERN KANSAS. A SCORE OR MORE LIE DEAD. ONE WOMAN'S LIMBS FOUND IN A TREETOP A MILE AWAY FROM HER HOME -- OTHER BODIES HORRIBLY MANGLED -- NOT A HOUSE OR TREE LEFT STANDING IN THE DEVASTATED SECTION. Perry, Kan., June 23. -- The most destructive and death-dealing tornado that ever visited eastern Kansas passed through Williamstown and the surrounding country in Jefferson county. It traveled southeast and took in a scope of country half a mile wide and about six miles long. Not a house, barn or tree was left standing in its path. It was accompanied by a terrible rainstorm and midnight darkness. Fifteen people were instantly killed. The Dead Are: L. F. EVANS. EMERY EVANS. MRS. JOHN HUTCHINSON. SAMUEL KINCAIDE. CLARA KINCAIDE. SADIE KINCAIDE. WALTER KINCAIDE. EVA KINCAIDE. WILLIAM KINCAIDE. SAMUEL STEWART. L. M. GRIMES. MARY GRIMES, and Two Children. W. F. PETERS. The bodies of all those killed were shockingly maimed. MRS. HUTCHINSON'S arms and legs were found in a tree a mile from the house. EVA KINCAIDE'S head was severed from her body. SAMUEL STEWART and L. M. GRIMES were carried 800 yards in different directions and mutilated almost beyond recognition. STEWART'S body was cut in two as if by one stroke of a great knife. The Fatally Injured Are: JAMES BAKER. WILLIAM GOEPFERT. MRS. GOEPFERT. Those Seriously Injured Are: ROSE GRAY. HORACE GRAY. ARTHUR JONES. WALTER McCRACKEN. STEPHEN HARRIS. JOHN A. JAMES. LIZZIE JAMES. WILLIAM JONES. EMILY NICHOLS. As soon as the storm had passed the people of Perry and Lawrence were summoned to the scene. The desolation was awful, and the hunt with lanterns over the wind-swept spot for the dead and dying commenced. All night long this work was in progress. A corps of physicians from the two towns were quartered at Perry, two miles distant, administering to the wants of the crippled and maimed, while citizens from the towns were gathering the dead and dying from the prairie and laying them out in a large building provided for that purpose. It was 1 o'clock in the afternoon before the last dead body was found. The strip of country swept by the cyclone is left as barren as a floor. In the Williamstown schoolhouse were found the dead bodies of the KINCAIDE family, consisting of father, mother and four children. The youngest child is without its head, it being blown or cut off and carried away by the wind. One of the children was found three miles from the house. At ARTHUR EVAN'S farm, a quarter of a mile northeast of Willliamstown, everything is destroyed. EVANS ran into his basement, but was foun dead three rods from the house in the field. MRS. EVANS also took shelter in the basement and escaped with her life, but is badly injured. MRS. EVANS' father was in the rear portion of the basement, which was dug in the bluff and escaped unhurt. At the HUTCHINSON farm, which was northwest of Williamstown, MRS. HUTCHINSON lost her life and MR. HUTCHINSON was slightly injured. Seven head of horses were killed here. Some of the horses were blown a quarter of a mile away. In the cemetry at Williamstown the monuments are all blown away and some of the base stones were blown many rods. Where the storm struck the timber, it literally leveled it, besides stripping the trees of foliage and bark. Trees are torn up by the roots, broken off at the ground and at all distances from the ground. Marion Daily Star Ohio 1893-06-23 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello all- As part of my "Kansas History and Heritage Project," I have created a website for Jefferson County: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kajeffer/index.html This new, free website features: 1894 and 1917 G.A.R. posts and rosters; 1865 Kansas State Agricultural Census for all townships; 1878 and 1894 gazetteers and business directories; 1899 Patrons' Directory; 60 + obituaries; biographies; 1916 plat maps (all townships); photo album; 1883 marriages; school files and more. Please check it out, and if you have any corrections, suggestions, questions or want to contribute pictures or data, I will be happy to hear from you. I am moving on to my next county in the project, but I will come back to Jefferson from time to time to add data, so please bookmark this site. I will announce any major additions of data on this list. Jefferson is the 29th county in this project--only 76 counties to go! I hope to have all Kansas counties online with the next two or three years, but until I can gather enough data for a specific county, I will store the files for that county on the state website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kahhp/index.html This website houses also statewide information (such as maps, military histories, college files, etc.) as well as serving as a repository for data for the "orphan" counties, and links to counties that do have their own sites. Sheryl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lila623 Surnames: Evans Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/619.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My first husband was a grandson of Monta M. Evans and g-grandson of Josephus Evans. I have been researching the Evans family since 1973. Please contact me at [email protected] if you still need information on the Jefferson Co. Evans Family. Lila Evans Myers Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hltrrmtz1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jefferson/134.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mr. Thomas Foster Fairchild, always called "Mr. Fairchild" in my family. After the death of Eliza Howard Fairchild, my grandmother, Amanda Jane Rumbaugh Wendorff married Thomas Foster Fairchild. They had four children, Eugene Albert, Edna Ruth, George Foster and Harold Herman Fairchild. Thomas had a daughter (Josie) and a son (Roy). They had already left their fathers home when my grandmother Amanda married him. There may be some descendents of his still living around Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas. Two girls one Nada and the other Ada Hatfield and a boy named Lonnie Dwayne. It has been years since I have any contact with that part of my fmily. I hope that I have been of some help to you. If you think that I can be, my telephone #is 816-241-2697. Howard Turner, Kansas City, Missouri Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.