I've "rescued" an old photograph of Leola ALCOCK which was taken at the Reese Studio in Mankato, KS. Leola is noted as 11 years old on 23rd March 1896, which appears to be about the time the photograph was taken. In addition someone has written "To Grandma" on the back of the photograph along with the additional information. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Leola and her family: Elvira or Elvina Leola or Leola Elvira or Elvina ALCOCK was b. 23 Mar 1885 in Omaha, NE or Manchester, SD to parents Jerome R. ALCOCK (1857-1937) and Alice Louise or Louisa "Lou" LORD (1859-1920). Leola married David Marion MCWILLIAMS (1884-1964) and together they had three sons including, Dale E.; Gerald D.; and Donald Dean MCWILLIAMS, all born between 1909 and 1923. Leola died in Omaha, NE in Sept 1975 and she is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Omaha. Census records provide the following information: 1900 census of Julesburg, CO: Jerome ALCOCK, age 43, born Jun 1857, married 16 years, born IA, parents born NY, a School Teacher Alice L. ALCOCK, wife, age 42, born Sept 1857, married 16 years, 1 child/1 living, born WI, parents born ME/England Leola ALCOCK, dau, age 15, born Mar 1885, born SD, at School I am hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" two old photographs belonging to the HIGER Family of Superior, NE. The photograph first is a photograph of Carl and Floyd HIGER which was taken at the Mackey Studio in Superior, NE. This photograph was likely taken in the 1890's with the boys ranging in age from about 6 years to teens. In addition to their names on the first photograph, someone has also written "For Katie & Charley" on the back of photograph. The second photograph is one of Carl HIGER alone, also taken at the T. M. Mackey Studio in Superior, this photograph was likely taken in the 1890's with Carl about 9 years old at the time. Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding this family: Carl and Floyd were both sons of Jacob Henry HIGER (1837-1918) and Barbara Williams BENJAMIN (1838 or 1839-1911). The couple had a total of 11 children including, Violet; Mary Catherine; Alwida or Alwilda Jane; Cordelia B.; Minnie Mae; George Amos; Hattie Ann; Hester A.; William Henry; Floyd Evert; and Carl Verton HIGER, all born between 1857 and 1884. Carl Verton HIGER was b. 22 Sept 1884 in Superior, NE and never married. Carl died 20 Feb 1958 in Superior, NE and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Superior. Floyd Evert HIGER was b. 3 Jun 1880 in Superior, NE and died 29 Nov 1959 and is buried in the same cemetery as Carl in Superior, NE. Floyd married Hattie May LAFLER (1907-1979) and together they had 8 children including, Mary Ellen or Maryellen; Marjorie M.; Ray Alford; Ona or Owna Fay; Leroy Herbert; and Richard Derold HIGER along with others, all born between 1921 and 1939. Floyd was living in Burr Oak, KS along with his brother Carl, both listing their occupation as Farming when they registered for the draft in Sept 1918 and their nearest relative was a brother George A. HIGER of Superior, NE. Census records provide the following details: 1880 census of Liberty NE: Jacob HIGER, age 42, a Farmer, born OH, parents born VA/MD Barwick HIGER, wife, age 42, Keeping House, born OH, parents born OH/NJ Mary M. HIGER, dau, age 19, at Home, born OH Alwilda MURPHY, dau, age 19, at Home, born OH Minnie HIGER, dau, age 14, at Home, born IL George HIGER, son, age 12, at Home, born IL Hester A. HIGER, dau, age 9, at Home, born IL William HIGER, son, age 5, at Home, born IL Nameless HIGER, son, newborn, May, at Home, born NE Hettie May MURPHY, niece, age 2, at home, born IL 1900 census of Montana Township, Jewell Co., KS: Jacob HIGER, age 62, born Jun 1837, married 40 years, born OH, parents born VA/Ireland Barbra HIGER, wife, age 62, born Aug 1838, married 40 years, 10 children/7 living, born OH, parents born NJ/OH Floyd HIGER, son, age 19, born Jun 1880, born NE Carl HIGER, son, age 15, born Sept 1884, born NE 1920 census of Montana, KS: Carl V. HIGER, age 35, born NE, parents born OH, a Farm Laborer Floyd E. HIGER, brother, age 39, born NE, parents born OH, a Farm Laborer 1930 census of Harrison, KS: - living in the home of Fay and Lucille MYERS Carl V. HIGER, a servant, age 45, born NE, parents born OH, a Farm Laborer 1930 census of Superior, NE: Floyd E. HIGER, age 49, married at age 45, born KS, parents born USA, an Auto Junk Yard Laborer Hattie M. HIGER, wife, age 23, married at age 19, born KS, parents born NE Marjorie M. HIGER, dau, age 3 years + 9 months, born NE 1940 census of Superior, NE: Floyd E. HIGER, age 59, born NE, a WPA Laborer Hattie HIGER, wife, age 33, born KS LeRoy HIGER, son, age 4, born NE I am hoping to locate someone from this HIGER Family so that the photographs can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've added a couple of items to the Jewell Co. KHHP website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksjewehp/index.html Included are baptisms from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, east of Randall, from 1907 to 1930. Also, obituaries/death notices for the following: Enos Crumrine, Kate Gordonier, Harrison Keely, Homer Laymon, Ole Lovseth, Russell Mallory, Susan Mank, Samuel Magee, Oscar Severson and Homer Van Dusen Thanks for visiting, Sheryl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annablake13 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1118.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My email is [email protected] Thank you 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: Clara Fowler Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1118.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do have an obituary for Miss Clara Fowler. She passed in 1943 and I would be glad to email it to you directly. If you will email me at [email protected] and give your email address to me, I will pass it on to you. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: annablake13 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1118.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know who Miss Clara Fowler was? I have recently received my Great Grandmother's Bible and it says in the front page "To Garnette Onieda Wolfe, From Miss Clara Fowler May 1913" My Great Grandmother graduated from high school in Jewell City May 1913. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PattyRogenmoser Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1229.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well, thank you honey! What a great list of McClung posts! I do believe you are correct on the age of Robert Gray McClung at the time of his death. In going back to look at his headstone more closely, all I had originally picked up was the 1 day inscription. It does say July 29. And, of course, it was confirmed on RootsWeb. Thanks for catching that for me. I had wondered what he had died from. Hope you are doing well! Patty 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: McClung, Gee, Williamson, Spielman, Crumrine Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1229.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Patty I very seldom mention deaths of babies in my postings - sorry! I do post them in my personal database with their birth & death dates. I do have the dates for Robert Gray McClung as 28 Apr 1881 - 29 Jul 1881 - is this not correct? As to the stillborn twins, I evidently missed any death notices of them. All of my notes found in the old newspapers can be found on WorldConnect but none show on Ancestry.com The following items were found and posted on William Charles McClung "note" section. JC REPUBLICAN, 06 MAR 1908, Front page: W.C. McClung has a new alfalfa fanning mill which cleans out dirt, chaff and weeds, and at the same time grades the seed. All interested are requested to call and see it work. JC REPUBLICAN, 01 MAY 1908, Front page: W.C. McClung has a contract to deliver 1,500 pounds of alfalfa seed to the government, at Ft. Riley. JC REPUBLICAN, 22 DEC 1911, Front page: W.C. McClung traded his home place adjoining Jewell last Saturday, to Isaac Gee for 80 acres in Calvin township, Sec. 31, just north of the Al White farm. Mr. Gee will occupy his new property about February 1st. The McClungs will move to George McClung's place up town, which they will fix up in time to suit their taste. SAME PAPER, SAME PAGE: W.C. McClung will hold a public sale January 19, 1912. JC REPUBLICAN, 28 JUN 1912, Front page: An Old-Timer Drops out of Business. After thirty-two years of continuous business activity in Jewell City, Mr. W.C. McClung this week sold his hardware stock to Thos. M. Williamson of Washington county, who will continue the business. Mr. McClung is one of the squarest men that ever did business in Jewell City or anywhere else, and we are well pleased to state that he will not leave out town. He does not expect to remain idle, but we cannot say just how he will employ his time. The new proprietor of the store will be glad to see you and make your acquaintance. JC REPUBLICAN, 05 JUL 1912, pg 4: To The Public. After fifty years in continuous business and nearly thirty-two in the hardware business in Jewell City, Kansas, I have sold out to Mr. Thos. M. Williamson of Washington county, Kansas. In taking leave of business, I do so with both regret and pleasure. Regret that the trade relations so long existing with my many friends, and which have brought so much of pleasure to life, are to cease; and pleasure to think that I shall not henceforth be obliged to hurry to breakfast, dinner and supper, and back again to my place of business. For my successor I ask your continued patronage, assuring you that you will receive the same courteous treatment as heretofore. The old crops of clerks will be retained, and Mr. Wm. McKenzie will be the preset resident manager. I myself will be about the building the greater part of the time, and will take pleasure in being of service and assistance to any who may call. I want to thank yo! u for the generous patronage, and kind treatment shown me, and wishing all the most abundant prosperity, I remain yours, W.C. McClung. JC REPUBLICAN, 12 SEPT 1913, Front page: W.C. McClung traded his Jefferson Co 214-acre farm for Geo. Spielman's 160 acres Prairie township this week. The Spielman's will run both farms. They will sow their old farm to wheat and two of the boys will go down and plant the Jefferson county farm to corn. JC REPUBLICAN, 05 JUN 1914, Front page: W.C. McClung has been very seriously ill this week. His face is badly swollen with erysipelas and his temperature stood at 103 for two days. JC REPUBLICAN, 19 JUN 1914, Front page: W.C. McClung spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. J.C. Postlethwaite, at Glen Elder. JC REPUBLICAN, 28 AUG 1914, pg 5: A letter written by W.C. McClung from Sewanee, Tenn., Aug. 17, '14 JC REPUBLICAN, 10 SEPT 1914, Front page: W.C. McClung, who had a delightful time visiting with his son, Capt. John McClung, at the military academy at Sewanee, Tenn., arrived home this week. JC REPUBLICAN, 15 NOV 1918, Front page: THE MCCLUNGS TO LEAVE JEWELL It will be a real grief to many people to learn that George W. McClung and his family and W.C. McClung are to leave our town. They are moving to Topeka where George McClung becomes assistant manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Co. W.C. McClung was a pioneer settler of Jewell county and a long-time business man of Jewell City, while George McClung was born here and has become prominent in all the social and business interests of our community and is at present cashier of the Citizens State Bank. During all the years the McClungs have been with us they have impressed something of their own fine character upon this town and its institutions. Nowhere can they be more missed than in the Christian church, which depended much on them for music and leadership. George McClung had just bought a beautiful new home in Jewell and was supposed to be permanently anchored, but the seat of the mischief lay in the fac! t that George has come to be recognized as one of the best insurance men in the state of Kansas. The Aetna Co. found this out and was bound to have him so they offered him a salary and a future prospect that could not be turned down. Mr. McClung has sold his residence and bank stock to Robert Crumrine of Clyde, who is disposing of his big mercantile establishment at Clyde and is moving to our town. Mr. Crumrine is a business man of unlimited push and vigor, and his experience in Clyde has marked him as a successful manager of affairs. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PattyRogenmoser Surnames: McClung, Gray Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1229/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Marjorie! I hope you're doing well. I've been looking back at your posts trying to find REPUBLICAN articles from the 1880's, but there seems to be a gap in the timeline. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but do you have anything from late March/early April 1881 regarding the 29 March death of Robert Gray McClung, 1-day old son of William Charles and Virginia Gray McClung in Jewell? Or possibly the stillbirths of their twin sons 30 April 1884? Thanks much! 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1228.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Whoever reads & transcribes gravestones are certainly appreciated. Glad you were one that got "drug along" to view the process!! My goal was and is to read the old Jewell County Newspapers and find death notices and obituaries on people that are buried in the cemeteries and do not have gravestones nor any record that they were even buried in Jewell County. Many have been found. Sharing is the best way to be of help to anyone that is researching in our "home" county! 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. <br>

Can anyone tell me where Shady Nook Cemetery is in Jewell County? My gg-grandfather's obit says he was buried in Shady Nook Cemetery. Any help appreciated. Phoebe Pantier Bush

There was a Shady Nook school in Washington Twp., but I don't know if it had any relationship to a cemetery of the same name. "Shady Nook/Shadynook" does not show up as a place name in Jewell Co. of any sort, even historical, on the GNIS site. Did he live near the Nebraska line? Might help to check there if he did. Sheryl On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:55 PM, PSBU via <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me where Shady Nook Cemetery is in Jewell County? My > gg-grandfather's obit says he was buried in Shady Nook Cemetery. Any help > appreciated. > > Phoebe Pantier Bush > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jedow58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1228/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just wanted to say "thank you" for sharing the cemetery lookups. My mother Marylee Hockett Rohla was instrumental in helping develop the books for the Jewell County "Historical?" Society. She traversed through fields and mud as well as manicured lots to transcribe headstones of Jewell county-- long before digital cameras. Her love of her home county and genealogy, was her driving force. I was blessed to be "drug along" on many of these quests as a kid. It warms my heart, as it would have hers to see folks benefiting from her efforts and knowing that information is being "shared" so kindly. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: McClung Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/48.14.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This includes his obituary, too: JC REPUBLICAN 26 FEB 1926 WILLIAM CHARLES McCLUNG 15 Sept 1845 - 25 Feb 1926 (Jewell City Cemetery) The death of W.C. McClung occurred at his home in Manhattan, Kansas, yesterday morning. He died of pneumonia. All his children were with him. The funeral will be held at the Christian church in Jewell next Sunday afternoon, at 2:30. All the people who have lived long in Jewell county knew Mr. McClung. He served as county treasurer and for over thirty years was a hardware merchant in this town. About seven years ago he moved to Manhattan where he engaged in the insurance business with his sons, John and Tom, building a flourishing business. Mr. McClung's outstanding characteristics were steadfastness and loyalty. He was loyal to his country, serving it not only in war but at all times. He was loyal to his community, to his family, to his fellow men, to his church and to all the things he believed God required of him. It was not so much what Mr. McClung did, though he did much, that characterized him as a man, but what he was-his honorable, upright, straight forward reliability in everything. This town will honor his name and memory as long as there remains one citizen who knew him well. His wife, Mrs. Jennie Gray McClung, was killed in a runaway fourteen years ago. His children are Geo. W. McClung, of Davenport, Iowa; John, Tom and Mabel McClung, of Manhattan. Mrs. J.C. Postlethwaite, of Formoso, is his sister. Mr. McClung was 80 years old at the time of his death. An obituary statement will be printed next week. 06 MAR 1926: In the death of W.C. McClung there passed on a friend of ours for forty years; in fact, ever since we were able to toddle about as a baby. For forty years-half his lifetime-we have known and respected him. There was an innate something about the man which commanded respect and, at the same time, induced friendly affection. It is interesting to us in studying it over to realize that never did we think of him as "Old man McClung" or in any of the terms in which we sometimes think of those of advanced years; to us he was the "Old McClung," the "Old" being merely to distinguish him from the younger McClungs. We do not remember that in all those 40 years we have ever heard even a whisper of suspicion as to his integrity, his conduct, or his loyalty to his duty. The same sense of fidelity to duty that caused him to serve his country in the Civil war caused him to fulfill his duty to his church and to his community. 05 MAR 1926 - OBITUARY: William C. McClung was born Sept. 15, 1845, in Williamsburg, Ohio, and died at his home in Manhattan, Kansas, on Feb. 25, 1926, aged 80 years, 5 months and 10 days. He was educated in Ohio, finishing his school work at Oxford, Ohio, finishing his school work at Oxford, Ohio, in Miami University. He answered his country's call in the Civil War, serving with the 167th Ohio infantry. After the war he came to Kansas, settling with Father R.R. McClung on a farm near Manhattan, and in the year 1870, the family moved to Jewell county Here he spent the greater part of his life in lines of usefulness and honor. On Dec. 31, 1878, he married Virginia Gray. Too much cannot be said of their beautiful life together-a life of complete understanding and full of happiness, and her accidental death in 1911 was a blow from which he never completely recovered. At the time of his marriage he was county treasurer and after his term was finished he engaged in the hardware business in Jewell City, continuing until 1914. In 1919 he moved to Manhattan, where with his sons, John and Tom, he organized the firm of McClung & McClung, insurance and loans and continued his active interest in that business until his death. He is survived by his sons, George W., of Des Moines, Iowa, John R. and Tom O., and his adopted daughter, Mabel May, all of Manhattan, and his sister, Mrs. J.C. Postlethwaite, of Formoso, Kansas. Mr. McClung was reared in the Presbyterian church, but united with the Christian church in Jewell and for many years was one of its dependable members, serving as an elder and as treasurer for many years. He continued his active church work in Manhattan, and was an elder in the Christian church there at the time of his death. He was a member of the G.A.R. 05 MAR 1926: FUNERAL OF MR. McCLUNG: The funeral of Mr. W.C. McClung at the Christian church last Sunday was perhaps as largely attended as any ever held in Jewell. The city flag was placed at half mast, the business folks of the town were present, other towns were represented, and the people of a large community who had known Mr. McClung so well and esteemed him so highly were there to pay to his memory every honor it was in their power to bestow. The church was decorated with floral gifts from innumerable old friends, the casket was draped with the old flag and loaded with flowers. The honorary pall bearers were four comrades of the fast vanishing Grand Army of the Republic-Wm. Gaston, Wesley Harbison, W.W. Nixon, Josiah Emmert. A mixed quartet sang-Mrs. E.H. Getman, Miss Faith Carpenter, Howard Stapleton, Ross Hutchison. It so happened in the changes that have come about, that there was no minister in town who had known Mr. McClung, so his old pastor, the Rev. B.A. Channer, of Minneapolis, Kansas, was called to conduct the service. He was assisted by the pastor of the home Christian church and the Methodist pastor. Fifteen years ago Mr. Channer, then a pastor at Goodland, was called here to preach the funeral sermon of Mrs. McClung, who had been killed in a runaway. Eight years previous to that time Mr. Channer, a young minister, came to Jewell as pastor of the Christian church. His first night in Jewell was spent in the McClung home, and there and in the years that followed, the friendships of a lifetime were founded. Mr. Channer called up the memories of that most happy and delightful home with true and vivid picturing, and how plainly all those who had known that home of affection and happiness could again see the joyful and amusing incidents that were transpiring there. One of M! r. McClung's little hobbies was for personal cleanliness. He liked children but he wanted them clean. Any boy who tried to come to the table with the load of dirt a boy likes to carry, found himself suddenly seized, carried to the sink, and there thoroughly scrubbed. The boys soon got to the point where they preferred to do their own scrubbing. Mr. Channer delivered a noble sermon on immortality, and it did the Jewell folks good to hear his voice once more and to again receive from him the exalted ideals of the abundant life here and hereafter with the convincing assurance that "there is no death." His tribute to Mr. McClung was a truthful recital of the faith, dignity, gentleness and true greatness of a life that had been lived among us. The great audience was in perfect harmony with the speaker, as they too knew Mr. McClung. They knew his worth, they knew the genuineness of his character. Such a life as Abraham Lincoln lived unconsciously inspired a nation and in some measure a world. So the life of Mr. McClung touched for good the life of this community. People sometimes say, "Christianity is great, but people fail to live it." Well, Mr. McClung lived it. Without superior claims, without the least sign of parade, he lived it as simply and faithfully as did any disciple who walked with the Master him! self through the fields of Galilee. It was in his business life, in all his dealings with men and women and children, in his family life, and most remarkable of all, in his politics and in his candidacy for office. Mr. McClung was a man of spirit, courage and dignity. He was not the kind of a man anybody would presume to impose upon; but if he had any doubt of the full justice of his own business claim in any transaction, he would not press such claim. He valued the approval of his own conscience and his own sense of right above any material advantage. Mr. McClung lived to be 80, retaining all his mental faculties and a reasonable share of physical vigor. He had the companionship and affection of his children, the respect and honor of everybody who knew him. A good life had been lived. His work was done. He had lived to see his children attain to places of usefulness and influence, high achievements and fine character. It was no sorrow for him to face the new life which, to his faith in God and His goodness, is a life of hope, of beauty, of progress and development, where loved ones shall be known and enjoyed, where the deep longings of the soul shall be satisfied. So we all say goodbye to our old friend, not without some tears at parting, but with much gladness for his life among us and the way he lived it, a help, an inspiration and encouragement to his fellow men and illustrating the permanent value of such home as he and Mrs. McClung established. Burial was in the family grounds in the west cemetery beside the beloved wife of his youth. The following is probably only a partial list of those from other towns who were here to attend the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. J.R. McClung, Mr. and Mrs. T.O. McClung and daughter, Elizabeth, Miss Mabel McClung, J.W. Berry, Will Fay, Mrs. Mary Rowe, Miss Mary Chilcott and Miss Content Peck, of Manhattan; Mr. and Mrs. G.W. McClung and daughter, of Des Moines, Ia; Mrs. J.C. Postlethwaite, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Fink, of Formoso; Mr. and Mrs. R.C Postlethwaite and family, Mr. and Mrs. F.I. Drake, Albert Stanley, Frank Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. White, Mrs. R.F. Vaughn and Lew Beeler, of Mankato; W.S. Hoag, of Ionia; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McCall, John McCall, W.E. Hockett, A. Daugherty, of Beloit; Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Matson, of Superior, Neb.; Mrs. Samuel Carney and son, Samuel Carney, Jr., of Sutton, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sellers, and Mrs. Hannah McCollough, of Randall; Mrs. F.B. Home and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harbaugh and daught! er, of Phillipsburg; J.W. McCall, of Salina; Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Palmer, of Glen Elder; Mrs. Georgia A. Bice, of Boulder, Colo.; and Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, of Jamestown. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PattyRogenmoser Surnames: McClung Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/48.14.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not sure if I would have articles from the REPUBLICAN. I'm pretty sure I have the obituary, but would you mind posting them just to be sure? Thanks, Marjorie! Glad to see you here again. I just came into possession of WC's Civil War soldier's pocket bible that he had inscribed and given to daughter, Mabel for Christmas in 1919, I believe, while they lived in Topeka with son, George and Zela McClung. Pretty cool treasure! 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: McClung Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/48.14.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patty, I'm reading the REPUBLICAN in Feb/Mar 1926 and found a couple of articles plus the obituary for William Charles McClung. Do you have all of those? 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PattyRogenmoser Surnames: McClung Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1227.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I love that my Great-grandfather McClung took the time to post these sayings in the REPUBLICAN in 1925, and while living in Manhattan, KS, no less. He died in Feb. of 1926. He along with his father and brother were some of the earliest inhabitants of Jewell County in the 1870's. APRIL W.C. McClung: I tried loafing one year and it was the hardest work I ever did. Now I work every day. AUGUST W.C. McClung: There is no spot in the world that seems so good to me as Jewell. Anybody who has a way to make a living here had better stay and be contented. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mulecrk Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1227.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Marjorie...Thank You, Thank You, Thank you again for posting all of these wonderful 'tidbits'...Yeah, two 'tidbits' by my ggGrandfather Millard Kibbe!!! Take care!!! Kim 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rabbitgumby Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1225.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your links and insight. I remember Monte and Merle from family reunions. Monte and my mother were 1st cousins. Mary died in Idaho...along with Jenny. It was a diphtheria epidemic that did that. Maria and Mary are two different people. Maria and Caroline are twins and only show up in the census when they were 2 and in Kansas. I can't find a birth OR death certificate for them and no-one seems to know anything about them. If I can find out exactly who went from Kansas to Idaho it might shed more light on whether they died in Kansas or in Idaho. There's not even death certificates I can find for Mary and Jenny in Idaho, but I have pictures of them, and grandma used to tell me about her older sisters. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarjSlaughter Surnames: Alvord, Beeler, Bell, Berry, Bottorf, Brewer, Byers, Carter, Clark, Corbitt, Crandall, Drake, Durkee, Edwards, Elyea, Emmert, Ertel, Fisher, Ford, Foulke, Frank, Funck, Gaston, Gladfelter, Godding, Gray, Green, Grimm, Harbison, Hoag, Hoffer, Hoffhines, Honderick, Jenkins, Jones, Jorgenson, Kemmerer, Kibbe, Kreamer, LaRue, Launchbaugh, Lichty, Matson, McClung, McDaniel, McElroy, Medcalf, Miller, Moore, Muck, Musser, Nelson, Peck, Petrie, Pierce, Ransford, Reynolds, Rosin, Ruggles, Russell, Sanders, Seamans, Sellers, Shaver, Stanley, Welstead, Wheeler, White, Whitney, Wildman, Zipse. Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.jewell/1227/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jewell County REPUBLICAN Sayings 1925 JANUARY Grace Byers: I wish it would warm up so Floyd could go to work. If he stays around the house a day or two longer he'll burn up all the fuel we've got. Mrs. Cicero Bell: "We will have our sale, Feb. 5th and Cicero and I will move to Aurora, Neb. soon after the sale." C.R. Foulke: I don't mind fellows milking my Ford but I don't like them coming in at one o'clock in the morning and waking me up to help them. R.L. McDaniel: When I had no father, Fred Beeler was a father to me. What success I have I owe to Mr. Beeler. May Muck: Wouldn't some of those cross word puzzle designs make nice quilt block patterns? Mrs. H.M. Wheeler: This is the first time I have been out since Christmas (Jan. 23 1925) Mrs. Coll Whitney: I got a letter from Oregon this week asking if I were the woman the doctor had to put to sleep to keep her from talking. Mrs. Ed McElroy: I get about ninety eggs a day. John Kemmerer: I have had a little sweet clover for a long time, and I'm going to sow quite a bit this spring. If I lived on an upland farm I'd go in strong for sweet clover to restore fertility. Gus Sellers: The Republican is sure of one dollar and a half a year as long as I live. FEBRUARY Mrs. L.R. Honderick: I believe the children get more out of their religious instruction at school than they do out of Sunday school. George Peck: I sold over three hundred dollars worth of cut flowers during January. J.W. Berry: There is no place quite like Jewell to us. Where our children were born and seven completed the high school course and grew up in a community so well suited to character building as Jewell City. We owe a lasting debt to the old home town. C.W. Medcalf: I wouldn't have a farm implement on the place that didn't have a seat on it. Jake Ford: I quit chewing tobacco this morning. F.E. Ruggles: Holloway is coming right out of the kinks as an auctioneer. He's all right. Ed Slattery's sale went fine. Chester Lichty: The day Jake Ford quit chewing tobacco I noticed in the afternoon that he still had some in his pocket. E.L. Gray: This has been the best February we ever had for business. Mrs. Jennie A. Ransford, Pomona, Calif.: Sometimes there are scarcely any familiar names in the Republican-unless it is in the twenty and forty-year-old items; but when I think of doing without it, I feel like Tuesday would be a lonely day as it has been in the family so long. E.D. Fisher: I am going to plow up 200 acres of old alfalfa this spring and put the whole thing to early oats. If I have good luck I'll have a train load of oats. MARCH Al Sanders: My first night as city watchman was uneventful. There were two cat fights and toward morning a flock of geese went over town. Mrs. D.B. Jenkins: We sent out 1700 chickens two weeks ago, 2300 last week, and will have 4000 ready this week. John LaRue: I've learned one thing. That is that people cannot appreciate what home means until it is broken up and lost. Chas. Miller: We had a little surprise party at our house this week. While my wife was cleaning out the clock she found a Farmers Union check for two loads of what that had been there since 1920. Rete Crandall: I don't want to see the house J.W. Rosin lives in disturbed. I was born in that house. F.I. Drake: Please change my Republican from Florida to Mankato, Kansas. Have spent a most delightful winter here but will be glad to get back home and to work again. Wesley Harbison: My experience tells me never to plow up dead wheat until the middle of May. You never know what minute it will all come to life. APRIL Newton Kreamer: This part of Kansas doesn't need hard roads and couldn't afford them if we did need them. All we need is well graded roads, well taken care of at the right time. When we get this our roads will be good enough for anybody. Millard Kibbe: I believe I have known John Hutchison longer than I have known anyone in Jewell county. I first knew him in Wisconsin in 1863 where he ran a photograph gallery. F.I. Drake: I like Florida and would enjoy living there, but I must make some more money first. Mrs. F.I. Drake: I fell to reading everything in the Republican just like folks who have always lived here. W.C. McClung: I tried loafing one year and it was the hardest work I ever did. Now I work every day. MAY Roy Alvord: There was a pretty stiff freeze in the lower Brown's Creek country Tuesday night. Frank Bottorf: I am working to have a certified flock of White Wyandottes by next year. W. A. Matson: Everything indicates that the time will come when electricity will be generated at the great coal beds and transmitted all over the country at a price that will make electric heat for all purposes cheaper than coal. Mrs. L.S. Grimm: The appearance of the rural high school buildings and grounds could be wonderfully improved with shrubbery. Sam Gladfelter: Down in my old country farmers keep their corn from washing by making a few lister ditches slaunchways across the field. Mr. E.T. Launchbaugh: Wake up at any time in the night, my wife is either going downstairs or coming up, seeing about the incubator. Jack Moore: I just know if my life insurance had not been paid up when I was sick, I would have died. JUNE E.A. Hoag: I have to leave Jewell county. I'm going to stay here anyway until next spring. Mrs. Will Petrie: The kind of weather we've been having made me a little homesick for the sea. Mrs. Sam'l Corbitt: I haven't more than 100 years to live so I'm going to have as good a time as I can. Jack Moore: I used to know all the Randall women, but since they bobbed their hair, cut off their skirts and got these new-fangled hats, I don't know half of them. Ret Crandall: I am trying to economize. All the supper I had last night was a pint of ice cream. I.W. Funck: I have lived in five states and the Jewell community is the finest I have known. Harry Green: Kansas folks have more grit than any other people in the world. No matter what their losses may be, they buck up and start right in again for another crop. M. Kibbe: This is the first year I ever knew the bottom land corn to suffer worse than the upland. JULY W.S. Brewer: I was never so near knocked out in my life as at present. D.N. Ertel: It has been 24 years since I lived in Jewell. L.M. Jorgenson: I'd rather have a job in Jewell than in Manhattan, but the job isn't here. H.M. Wheeler: I have reached the place where I'll be thankful for some good fodder. AUGUST Wm. Gaston: During the Civil War I was reported dead, so I got to read my own obituary in the home paper. Geo. Reynolds: I saw the Chautauqua that Jewell is to have, at Orleans, Neb., and it is a dandy. Howard Edwards: I have some sweet clover in my pasture that has been there for years. The cattle keep it eaten down, but it never fails to seed and come again. J.B. Clark: We will put all our fodder in the silo. It's the only way to save it. Mrs. Carrie Musser: I am going to Monticello, Wis. next week to stay with my brother. W.C. McClung: There is no spot in the world that seems so good to me as Jewell. Anybody who has a way to make a living here had better stay and be contented. Emerson Fisher: What's the use in feeling old. It's bad enough to be old. Henry White: I can't hear much, but the seeing's pretty good these days. W.A. Matson: This story is told on a Nebraska man. He stopped, looked ad listened at a grade crossing and some dang fool ran into him from behind. J.F. Jones: My heart is all right, but my legs have gone back on me. SEPTEMBER U.S. Godding: I've got the callouses off my hands for the first time in 40 years, but loafing is the hardest work I've ever done. Donald Stanley: The prospectors think Mankato will have to go out 5 or 6 miles for sufficient city water. It will cost about $5,000 a mile to pipe it. Miss Minnie Frank: Please send me the Republican to St. Luke's Hospital, Denver. I am leaving to enter training. One consolation I shall have is that father can't get my Republican first. C.C. Reynolds: I've made nine round trips from Tacoma Wash., to Jewell and been here on four Old Settlers' Days on those trips. Old Settlers' Days give me a chance to meet folks I would never see at any other time. E.L. Gray: I saw a store in Arkansas that I know hadn't been swept out in five years. Thomas Hoffer: William Zipse says the next time I take an airplane ride he would like to go with me. Mrs. M.E. Nelson: Please change our paper from Esbon to Red Cloud, Nebraska. Wm. Gaston: The doctor told me today that I had a cataract on each eye. That wasn't very encouraging. Lee Wildman: Please change our paper from Garnett, Kans., to Manhattan. Fred Hoffhines: I've been to town four times since 5 o'clock last night, hauling in Limestone hogs. Arthur Shaver: I don't believe it will ever rain again. OCTOBER Mrs. Sarah Seamans, Los Angeles, Cal.: I hope to see the Crandalls and Mrs. Pierce while they are in California. C.F. Durkee: I am gaining a pound a day by lying low and keeping quiet. So I think I am going to get all right. Wm. Gaston: With the sidewalks nearly covered with cabbage this must be a Dutch town. S.C. Edwards: The hog crop is ten million short of last year. S.D. Elyea: We won't have any Hessian fly here next year. Now you watch. It's been too cold for them. Fritz Beeler: My wife's away, but did you see my washing out on the line. Jesse Emmert: I wish I could make money riding around in a shiny car like the rest of them seem to do. NOVEMBER Mrs. C.C. Whitney: The reason I made such a shot speech at the church reception the other night was because I've lived beside the main speaker of the evening for twenty years and so mine had to be shorter. Jim Russell: In the twenty years I have lived here the pond on my place has only gone completely dry once; that was last winter. And this year has been the only summer when we did not have enough rain at one time to fill it. Mrs. F.E. Ruggles: I attended the Rose meetings in Hutchinson. They have had a thousand converts, crowds are turned away. The tabernacle is to be enlarged. John Sanders: Forty years ago I went to Nebraska and shucked corn for two cents a bushel. Nebraska farmers are paying from seven to nine cents for this work now. DECEMBER Mrs. Medcalf: My husband would have made a good preacher. This will be the eighth time we've moved. S.A. Welstead: I haven't eaten white bread for a year nor drank coffee, and I do not intend to ever do either again. I eat my potatoes skins and all. H.B. Carter: A pond I made two years ago is still without water, not having rained enough to run water in the draw. John Reynolds: My chickens never have mites. I give them wood ashes to roll in. Fred Kreamer, Pinecastle, Fla.: This is my first shirt-sleeve Christmas. 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. <br>