Hi, folks. As I am going through old newspapers I am picking up some gleanings, trying to pay special attention to people on the list. Here are some gleanings that should be of interest to at least one of you, and in some cases more! Even if your surname isn't here, I think you'll enjoy some of these. Tracee Lincoln Republican, April 30, 1891 ---H.S. Buzick started for Missouri last Saturday to visit his son-in-law there who is quite low with consumption. ---Lon Buzick's little boy is quite sick. It started with La grippe and has since become complicated in a manner to cause alarm. Lincoln Republican, June 18, 1891 ---Riley Strange is a peculiar fisherman. He ties fish hooks to his arm and goes down under the water and hunts up the fish after the style of a muskrat. When one is found the hook is made fast and Riley makes for the nearest bank. Lincoln Republican, July 2, 1891 ---Rettie Montgomery, the little daughter of Will Montgomery, was riding on a weed cutter, in the field one day last week and accidentally fell to the ground; and one of the knives caught her ankle near the joint, cutting it quite severely. Being only a flesh wound she will soon recover. Lincoln Republican, Aug. 27, 1891 ---On Monday the 31st of August, the Catholic cemetery south of the old town site, and one and a half miles from the Catholic church, will be blessed by the very Rev. Father Maurer of Salina at 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Father Hayden of Solomon City will assist on the occasion, and will also preach in the evening at 7:30. "Blessing of the cross," at the church. Everybody invited. C. Maujay, Pastor. Lincoln Republican, Aug. 2, 1894 ---Otto Shideler has purchased a photograph gallery at Burlington, Kansas, and moved his family there. Mr. Shideler is a hustling business man, one we could ill afford to lose. We bespeak for him success in his new home. (IF YOU HAVE SHIDELER PHOTOS AND YOU ARE TRYING TO DATE THEM, YOU CAN USE THIS TO HELP; THEY CAN'T BE AFTER 1894...) Lincoln Republican, Sept. 20, 1894 ---A party of town folks, took dinner Sunday with Mr. Will Meyer, out on Elkhorn. It was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Nimmons, Mr. and Mrs. Bower, Will Grosser, George Abel, and Jim Brockett. They had a big, nice time. In the afternoon, while on the lawn, a part of them got pretty badly jolted up, or down rather, by a bolt of lightning. They were stunned, but no one was seriously hurt. The bolt did not strike anything, but appeared to explode immediately over their heads. Brockett says that he can feel the thing yet. Lincoln Beacon, Dec. 13, 1894 ---Jacob Shafer of Bashan, one of Lincoln county's oldest settlers, was last Friday declared insane by jury in the probate court, and sentenced to legal restraint while his mind remains impaired. He will be taken to Osawatomie today. Mr. Shafer is afflicted with an aortic aneurism, and has become very hypochondriacal concerning the ailment. He realizes his condition and was anxious to have this measure taken, and regrets that it was not done before. Lincoln Beacon, April 18, 1895 ---J.D. Brockett a few days ago received notification from the state fish commissioner of his appointment as fish warden (or deputy commissioner) from this county. Mr. Brockett will do what he can to improve the fish stock of this county, and an informed and intelligent worker can do much. ---Friends of Rev. J.S. Strange lately purchased a vacant house of S.H. Bogh for $60, and N.S. Mohr moved it, free of charge, out to Mr. Strange's lots where his dwelling burned a short time ago. Charley Tilton donated the mason work. Lincoln Beacon, Nov. 14, 1895 ---Jacob Shaffer lately escaped form the insane asylum for the third time since last spring, and returned home as usual. He is quarrelsome and sinister in his language and actions, and is undoubtedly more or less dangerous at large. He was taken back to the asylum by an attendant yesterday. Lincoln Beacon, Dec. 5, 1895 ---E.C. Walters is feeding a herd of cattle for Henry Elrod of Lincoln, and has employed F.C. Broker to help him. Lincoln Beacon, Aug. 6, 1896 ---N.B. DeArmond and family will go in a couple of weeks to Manhattan to make their home there. Their primary object in removing is to give their "young folks" extra educational advantages. William and Miss Minta will at once enter the Agricultural College there. William attended the College last year. During all the 21 years they have resided here the DeArmonds have been good neighbors and excellent citizens in general. Lincoln Beacon, Aug. 13, 1896 ---Wednesday last week, Aug. 5, in company with 80 other people, we attended the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Thos. M. Strange and wife (formerly Miss Sarah Bird), at their home in Lincoln. A large proportion of the guests were old settlers, some of whom have been friends of Mr. and Mrs. Strange during all the years they have traveled through life together. A splendid dinner was spread, and the day will always be a memorable one to those who value an expression of honest and unaffected friendship. We hope that in company with the rest of the guests of this occasion we will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Strange's marriage. To this worthy couple have been born 15 children, 10 of whom are in this life. It is a most worthy and highly respected family from father and mother to the least in years. Sterling integrity in all things is the family trait. A large number of appropriate, useful and beautiful presents were left with Mr. and Mrs. Strange as everyday tokens of kindly regard and concern. Lincoln Beacon, Aug. 20, 1896 ---Elias Rees and J.D. Brockett are in Salina attending the state bicycle meet. Mr. Rees has entered four races. Lincoln Beacon, Dec. 3 , 1896 ---Benjamin Walters and Miss Lina Von Fange, both of Bashan, were married Nov. 29, 1896, at the German Lutheran church south of Lincoln, Rev. John M. Hahn officiating. ---Mrs. Rhoda E. McKinney (nee Mann) of Battle Creek township was yesterday declared insane in the probate court. C.C. Strawn, W.M. Hedrick, N.B. Rees, Jos. Cheney, J.J. McElheney and J.D. Sherrick composed the jury. Mrs. McKinney was 60 years old and her insanity was held to be due to ill health resulting in hypochondria, and to a severe fall by which her head was injured a couple of years ago. She is not violent and was left in the care of Trustee E.A. Spear of Battle Creek until the asylum authorities report that there is room for her. Lincoln Beacon, Dec. 17, 1896 ---Jess Gourley is stepping as high as a blind horse. It is a girl. Lincoln Beacon, March 10, 1898 --J.D. Woody and family started from Lincoln Tuesday last for Colton, southern California, where they will stay for a short time or perhaps longer, while prospecting for a permanent home. The Woodys are excellent citizens and deserve a full measure of prosperity wherever they go. We would like to have had them abide with us, but 27 years in this county satisfied them that they will like it better somewhere else and we ought not to question their judgment. Mr. Woody is a son of Rev. J.A. Woody, who came to this county from Georgia in 1871 with a large family. Lincoln Beacon, June 21, 1898 ---Work has begun on A. Marshall's new dwelling at the corner of Second and South streets. H. Sahlmann began laying the foundation today. The house will be a full two stories in height, with a basement and full attic and will be furnace-heated from end to end. One dimension will be 56 feet - we do not know the complementary dimension. It will be when finished by all odds the finest dwelling property in the Saline valley. An Atchison firm has the contract. (THIS IS THE HOME NOW OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE YOHE HOUSE. IT RECENTLY MADE THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND WILL BE CALLED THE MARSHALL-YOHE HOUSE IN FUTURE...) Lincoln Beacon, Sept. 8, 1898 ---Last Tuesday evening an incident occurred at Charles Walls' home on Brush creek that has a tendency to make a nervous person feel creepy. During the evening, as it grew late, but before retiring, , the sitting room was occupied by Mr. Walls, his sister Jodie and Mrs. B.A. Farnsworth. They were in darkness. Miss Walls was lying upon the floor, her head upon a pillow, and all the doors and windows were open. The sill of the outside door is slightly below the level of the ground outside, a very slight noise as of something falling was heard, and Mrs. Farnsworth remembers seeing a flicker of a shadow at the door. (Outside was bright moonlight, inside darkness.) Suddenly a faint hissing was heard and someone arose and started across the room, when to the hissing, which grew louder, was added a burr-r-z-zz. Miss Walls got to her feet instantly, and a rattlesnake, angry and alarmed at its unusual surroundings, was found coiled upon the floor less than three feet from her pillow. Mr. Walls immediately killed it, and it was wearing seven rattles and a button.

Once again Tracee...We all appreciate what you do for the rest of us that can't access the materials.....THANK YOU......and keep an eye out for those Sulsar's <g> Tami Ramsey Dublin, VA > Hi, folks. As I am going through old newspapers I am picking up some > gleanings, trying to pay special attention to people on the list. Here are > some gleanings that should be of interest to at least one of you, and in some > cases more! Even if your surname isn't here, I think you'll enjoy some of > these. > > Tracee > > Lincoln Republican, April 30, 1891

Hi, folks. I've added some new obituary indexes, for 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898. I also more names to the 1891 index. The URL for 1891 is below; just change the date for the others. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/obit1891.htm Also added a new story to the crime page, on the murder of a farmer named John Simpson in 1894. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/crime1894.htm I think that's it for now. If you see any obituaries on those lists, let me know. Some are no more than death notices, but some are complete and very interesting. Tracee

Posted on: Lincoln Co. Ks Pensions Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ks/LincolnPens/10002 Surname: Smith ------------------------- I am searching for John M. Smith, born Pa 1840, moved to Illinois, married, 4 children born, joined G Co 105th Illinois Infantry Regiment, promoted Captain, had gsw to body, moved to Kansas, settled in Pottersburgh, Grant twp, Lincoln County, between l873 and 1879, son, John M Junior born 1879, and daughter, Jennie born 1884. Filed for Civil War pension from Kansas. Believe wife's name, Susan S.,born Illinois 1842, was a school teacher, was mention in "HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN LINCOLN COUNTY 1870-1892". Last mention of either in l892. John Smith found in Jefferson, Okla, near daughter, Ida Smith Myers, He died 12-13-1917, No death certificate or burial in Oklahoma. Could there have been a medical facility in Kansas to care for civil war veterans at that time?

Hi, folks. I think someone out there was looking for NORDBOE and I'm hoping whoever it was is still on the list. Let me know! Tracee

I don't know if this added info will help but on the REES family page there is a mention of a marriage: "10 Aug 1877 ­ Asa C. JACKSON Lincoln Co aged 30 ­ Mary C REES Lincoln Co - aged 19 - G.M. Wellman Probate Judge - 12 Aug 1877 ­ D. C. Boone Pastor in W. B. Church - none recorded." http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/rees.htm Perhaps knowing that the pastor's name back in 1877 was D.C. Boone might help some of you in remembering the abbreviation, W.B. Bill At 10:44 AM 5/31/01 EDT, you wrote: >Hi, folks. I thought someone on the list might know this. I recently got a >query about an obituary that referred to the "W.B. Church." It is a Lincoln >County listing but I don't know what it stands for. Anyone out there have >thoughts? > >Tracee > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (regional WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/ KANSAS LEGISLATORS, PAST AND PRESENT http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/KSL/Ref/memb.html

Hi, folks. I thought someone on the list might know this. I recently got a query about an obituary that referred to the "W.B. Church." It is a Lincoln County listing but I don't know what it stands for. Anyone out there have thoughts? Tracee

Hello Lincoln COunty researchers.... We have three new queries on the Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/queries2.html They are as follows: ------------------------------------- Jean Sanders (email: Jespane@cs.com) - 15 May 2001 I am interested in records from the "Old Milo Cemetery." Also is there a way to find information on Royal Fred SANDERS his wife and family? I am particularly looking for any named William, Oliver, Fred, etc. I am following a SANDERS family from MA to NY and then Ohio, Indiana and further "west" and "northwest" Thank you Jean Sanders -- Haverhill MA ---------------------------------------- Valerie Cook (email: valles@one-eleven.net) - 26 May 2001 I am looking for information about the WILLIAMS family of Sylvan Grove area, Lincoln County Kansas. Names include: Cyrus WILLIAMS, George Venton and Amie (MEETLEN) WILLIAMS. I do know that some of my family is buried in the Spillman Cemetery. Any information would be greatly appreciated!! Valerie Cook -- valles@one-eleven.net ------------------------------------------- Catherine Dennington (email: rwills30@home.com) - 26 May 2001 I am searching for my grandfather Clarence Allen WHITE born in Lincoln Co. 1885. His father's name was Edwin WHITE and his mother Martha DOWNING WHITE. They came to Lincoln Co. originally from upstate NY. They had relatives with the last name of STURDEVANT and BUDROW. Thank you Catherine Dennington ------------------------------------------- Happy hunting Bill Sowers Bill & Diana Sowers 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 - wrs@cjnetworks.com Lincoln Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Graham Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton Co KS ALHN: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/ Barton Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barton/index.html Our Family pages: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/ Bill & Diana Sowers 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 - wrs@cjnetworks.com Lincoln Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Graham Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton Co KS ALHN: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/ Barton Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barton/index.html Our Family pages: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/

Hi, folks, and Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! I wanted to give you all an update on some new Lincoln "stuff" I've acquired. I just got back last weekend from nearly a week in Lincoln. The temperature was 90 a few days and 60 a few days; typical Kansas weather. As always, I didn't get to do everything I wanted but I gathered a lot of stuff nonetheless. Here's a rundown: * Turns out the Lincoln Library has a small shelf of genealogy material. Can't believe I never knew that! I will put up a list of what they have soon, and let you know. Among the stuff on the shelves is a transcription of the Records of B.G. Hall Funeral Parlor, 1928-1954. * Went to the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society in Salina to see what materials they had. They publish a newsletter called TreeClimber, and in order to get that, I joined up. It includes Salina, Ottawa and Lincoln counties, maybe another as well. I had looked up "Lincoln County" in PERSI earlier this year and have been tracking down all the articles I mentioned. I got the last of those in Salina, and again, I'll post something on the page. I can't post the actual articles (copyright issues), just the reference information and whether or not the information is worth your while to track down. I am happy to say that some of what I tracked down through this source is already on our page. * Visited the Historical Society. Seems to be a move afoot to turn one of the small rooms in the new addition into a "research" room. There are family histories and such in there -- along with a lot of extra "stuff" for storage. But it's a start! I was interested in the old newspapers, and they seem to have carloads full. Ruby Ahring gave me a pile of old newspapers to index and I had them shipped to Virginia; when I figure out what I'm going to do with them, I'll let you know. Obituaries are obvious but I'm not sure what else. Suggestions welcome. One idea: looking at the ads and making lists of businesses. * I got the Bethlehem Lutheran records (Sylvan Grove) and made copies of the plot map and burials. Unfortunately, I found that the birth and death dates had not been recorded, which meant it wasn't that big a help to me after all. * Spent a lot of time in the cemeteries. I think I've mentioned I have a set of dowsing rods and can locate unmarked graves. On this trip I learned how to distinguish between the remains of a male and a female using the rods. That will really come in handy, I think. To give you an example: When I transcribed the 1880 obituaries, there was a mother and child who died but who were listed in the cemetery index. (In fact, there were many people not in the index.) I found a listing for what I assumed to be the husband of this family, named Henderson. I went to the plot, and using the rods I was able to find the grave of a woman next to him and the grave of a male child next to her. Both correspond with the obits. So that clears up two unmarked graves in the Lincoln Cemetery. There are more than 100 such graves, and sometimes I raise more questions than I answer but it's still fun to try. * The sexton, Lee Modrow, and I went to Sylvan City Cemetery early one morning in order to transcribe it. It is one of three that I was missing from my master index. It took about three hours, but we did it. Then we ate at Betty's Cafe in Barnard (highly recommend!) and headed to Union Valley (also known as Pinon). While we were eating the temperature dropped 30 degrees and wind whipped up, so I FLEW through that cemetery with my tape recorder. That afternoon, I got worried about the Bethlehem Lutheran side and when I would get to do it (probably October) and so I drove back to Sylvan and did the Lutheran side of the cemetery by myself. Now they are all done, except for two v. small cemeteries. If I can find them, I'll do them, but I feel like I've got the bulk of the county under control, finally! If you've been waiting for Sylvan lookups, wait no more; send them along and I'll get to them ASAP. I've transcribed the city side and will tackle the Lutheran side next. Oh, one more interesting piece of news. Lee and several others were heading to Eastern Colorado last weekend to try to locate the grave of Susanna Alderdice, the Lincoln County woman who was captured and later killed by Indians. A professor in Colorado is writing a book about her and this has spurred interest in finding both her body and the bodies of her small children who were killed in the attack. They are believed to be buried on a farm east of Lincoln. I haven't heard how the trip went but I'll keep you posted. I guess that's it. If you'd like to know more about any of this, let me know! Tracee

Hello Bruce, My great grandparents were George Artemis Smith b. 18 Mar 1839 in Wayne Co., MI and Mary Campbell (Dempster) Smith b. 30 Jan 1844 in Wayne Co., MI. They went with their parents to Fayette Co., IA about 1852. They married 25 Dec 1862 in Fayette Co., IA. George was in the Civil War. He was in Co. B, 21st Iowa Infantry. About 1877 they went by wagon to Lincoln Co., KS. Three of their children were born there. They stayed until about 1889 and then went to Texas Co., MO where they homesteaded in 1889. They lived out the remainder of their life there. their children: 1. George Edward Smith b. 7 Apr 1864 in Fayette Co., IA 2. Mary Adela Smith b. 8 Mar 1867 in Fayette Co., IA 3. Ole Leonard Smith b. 9 Feb 1871 in Fayette Co., IA 4. Harry Monroe Smith b. 14 Jun 1873 in IA 5. Sidney Otto Smith b. 22 Feb 1876 in Washington Co., IA (my grandfather) 6. Georgianna Rebecca Smith b. 7 Apr 1879 in Lincoln, KS 7. John William Smith b. 26 Jun 1882 in Lincoln, KS 8. Tessie Jane Smith b. 24 Nov 1887 in Lincoln, KS George Artemis Smith also had a sister, Charity S. (Smith) who married John Fitzgerald in Wayne Co., MI and they lived in Lincoln, KS. I think Battle Creek Twp. They are both buried there and several of their children and grandchildren. Hope this is a match!! Marjorie Fletcher

Marjorie Fletcher. I, too, am looking for Lincoln County, Kansas, Smiths. My Greatgrandmother was Ida A. Smith, born in Illinois in1862 and married my Greatgrandfather Irving William Myers in Paris, Ks, on May 30, 1880. I do not know the names of her parents, I understand that her father was a Methodist Minister, we think maybe in Scott Township in Lincoln County, as that is where my greatgrandfather's parents, Asa and Rachel Orsborn Myers, are believed to have been living. We understand that Asa and Rachel moved to Nebraska about 1885 Do our paths cross anywhere? Bruce Myers

Hello Scott, What a wonderful story!!!! My great grandparents, George A. Smith and Mary (Dempster) Smith lived in Lincoln, KS between the late 1870's and 1889. There were other related Smith's who lived and died there too. I enjoyed the old photos. George & Mary Smith went on to Texas Co., MO where they homesteaded in 1889. Marjorie Fletcher ----- Original Message ----- From: "sholl58" <sholl58@rcnchicago.com> To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: May 06, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: [KSLINCOL] Old Lincoln photographs > I stumbled on to this when I was surfing the Net tonight. The link below > takes you to a site that has three old photos of Lincoln: one of the > intersection of Lincoln Ave. and 4th Street (basically the center of town), > the Windsor Hotel and the Reese mill, all from the early 1900s, I would > guess. > > http://www.twsu.edu/library/specialcollections/kp-Lincoln.html > > > The Windsor Hotel photo leads me to some reminiscences (if you'll permit > me). At some point, perhaps prior to 1920 (If anyone has the exact date, > please let me know), the hotel owners built a a large house across the > street to provide more rooms. This building was called the Windsor Hotel > Annex. The hotel burned down in the '30s, I believe. In 1960, my > grandparents, Nolan and Mary (Quillin) Walters, bought the hotel annex, > which was then operated as a rooming house. My grandparents continued to run > it as a rooming house until my grandmother sold it in 1977. There used to be > a small neon sign on the east side of the house that said "Annex." > > The house was not set up to be a residence, but was obviously designed to be > a sort of hotel in itself and resembled the Windsor Hotel in design. > Downstairs was a front parlor with a fireplace, a rear parlor, a room that > may have been an office or storage at one time, a dining room and a kitchen > which was obviously a later addition. Upstairs were five guest rooms--all > with their own sinks--and a bathroom with the biggest bathtub I have ever > seen. It was a gracious and hospitable building. > > My grandparents used the back parlor as their bedroom, which could be closed > off with large pocket doors. There was a guest room downstairs (the former > office/storage room) that was let out to a boarder that rented month to > month. This room was occupied by a series of widowers or bachelors, > including Charlie Gwinner, Everett Geisler, and finally a man named Fischer > whose first name I can't recall right now (Ed??). The "regular" roomer, as > we called him, also got board, and I remember Charlie or Everett sitting > with the family at every meal served in my grandparents house, including > holiday family dinners, and in the living room watching TV. > > The upstairs rooms rented to those passing through. I remember lots of > construction workers, traveling salesmen, truckers and the occasional > tourist (I still remember semis parked in front of the house). Mostly these > guests kept to themselves, but occasionally they would join the family in > the living room to watch TV or converse. > > In warm weather, my grandparents spend the evenings on the porch that > covered the south and east sides of the house. We were always at my > grandparents on Saturday evenings, along with one or more of my > aunts/uncles/cousins, assorted neighbors (often Liz Burt, who owned Burt > Abstract and lived across the street), the regular boarder and the > occasional guest who would venture down. > > My female cousins helped out my grandma with the chores. Every morning, they > would take make the beds--putting the top sheet on the bottom and putting a > new top sheet on--cleaning the rooms, doing the wash (I recall Grandma > running sheets through the mangle), etc. There was lots of intricate > woodwork to dust, and Grandma would go around doing her white glove test. > Grandma kept the place absolutely spotless. She had no clothes dryer, so > every sheet and towel was washed and hung out to dry on the clothes line o ut > back. Having been raised on a farm at Spring Creek, and then having been a > farm wife until the '40s, Grandma knew how to put on a spread. Coffee and > cake at 9:30 a.m., the mid-day meal ("dinner") precisely at 11:00 a.m., more > coffee and cake at 3:00 p.m. and supper precisely at 5:00 p.m.--don't you > dare be late!! Behind the house was a garage and my grandpa's workshop. He > was a carpenter at that time. > > I spent much of my childhood in that house and have many, many fond memories > of Saturday nights spend with my grandparents, family celebrations, drinking > ice tea with Grandma on the front porch on hot summer afternoons, visiting > Grandpa in his workshop... > > The Windsor Hotel burned in the 30s, I believe and was replaced by a small > Art Moderne bungalow-style motel called the Park-O-Tel. The motel complex > included a gas station and restaurant. In the '60s-70s The restaurant and > motel was run by Cora Panzer, who I recall made the best hamburgers in town > at the time. The Park-O-Tel was razed sometime in the '80s, I think, and was > replaced by a convenience store/gas station. > > My grandfather died in 1971. Grandma continued to run "The Annex" until > 1977, when old age finally started catching up to her. She sold it to a > family and it burned in the early 80s. After standing as a ghostly shell for > a number of years, it was finally bought by the county a few years ago, > raized and replaced by a utilitarian metal building that houses the abulance > and fire-fighting equipment. Grandma died in 1991 at the age of 92. > > Scott Holl > > > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

Hi Scott, Thanks for sharing your memories with us. My mother was born & raised in the nearby Ada / Minneapolis area and had family in Lincoln County. She enjoyed reading your post. So did I. Best regards, Karen

I stumbled on to this when I was surfing the Net tonight. The link below takes you to a site that has three old photos of Lincoln: one of the intersection of Lincoln Ave. and 4th Street (basically the center of town), the Windsor Hotel and the Reese mill, all from the early 1900s, I would guess. http://www.twsu.edu/library/specialcollections/kp-Lincoln.html The Windsor Hotel photo leads me to some reminiscences (if you'll permit me). At some point, perhaps prior to 1920 (If anyone has the exact date, please let me know), the hotel owners built a a large house across the street to provide more rooms. This building was called the Windsor Hotel Annex. The hotel burned down in the '30s, I believe. In 1960, my grandparents, Nolan and Mary (Quillin) Walters, bought the hotel annex, which was then operated as a rooming house. My grandparents continued to run it as a rooming house until my grandmother sold it in 1977. There used to be a small neon sign on the east side of the house that said "Annex." The house was not set up to be a residence, but was obviously designed to be a sort of hotel in itself and resembled the Windsor Hotel in design. Downstairs was a front parlor with a fireplace, a rear parlor, a room that may have been an office or storage at one time, a dining room and a kitchen which was obviously a later addition. Upstairs were five guest rooms--all with their own sinks--and a bathroom with the biggest bathtub I have ever seen. It was a gracious and hospitable building. My grandparents used the back parlor as their bedroom, which could be closed off with large pocket doors. There was a guest room downstairs (the former office/storage room) that was let out to a boarder that rented month to month. This room was occupied by a series of widowers or bachelors, including Charlie Gwinner, Everett Geisler, and finally a man named Fischer whose first name I can't recall right now (Ed??). The "regular" roomer, as we called him, also got board, and I remember Charlie or Everett sitting with the family at every meal served in my grandparents house, including holiday family dinners, and in the living room watching TV. The upstairs rooms rented to those passing through. I remember lots of construction workers, traveling salesmen, truckers and the occasional tourist (I still remember semis parked in front of the house). Mostly these guests kept to themselves, but occasionally they would join the family in the living room to watch TV or converse. In warm weather, my grandparents spend the evenings on the porch that covered the south and east sides of the house. We were always at my grandparents on Saturday evenings, along with one or more of my aunts/uncles/cousins, assorted neighbors (often Liz Burt, who owned Burt Abstract and lived across the street), the regular boarder and the occasional guest who would venture down. My female cousins helped out my grandma with the chores. Every morning, they would take make the beds--putting the top sheet on the bottom and putting a new top sheet on--cleaning the rooms, doing the wash (I recall Grandma running sheets through the mangle), etc. There was lots of intricate woodwork to dust, and Grandma would go around doing her white glove test. Grandma kept the place absolutely spotless. She had no clothes dryer, so every sheet and towel was washed and hung out to dry on the clothes line out back. Having been raised on a farm at Spring Creek, and then having been a farm wife until the '40s, Grandma knew how to put on a spread. Coffee and cake at 9:30 a.m., the mid-day meal ("dinner") precisely at 11:00 a.m., more coffee and cake at 3:00 p.m. and supper precisely at 5:00 p.m.--don't you dare be late!! Behind the house was a garage and my grandpa's workshop. He was a carpenter at that time. I spent much of my childhood in that house and have many, many fond memories of Saturday nights spend with my grandparents, family celebrations, drinking ice tea with Grandma on the front porch on hot summer afternoons, visiting Grandpa in his workshop... The Windsor Hotel burned in the 30s, I believe and was replaced by a small Art Moderne bungalow-style motel called the Park-O-Tel. The motel complex included a gas station and restaurant. In the '60s-70s The restaurant and motel was run by Cora Panzer, who I recall made the best hamburgers in town at the time. The Park-O-Tel was razed sometime in the '80s, I think, and was replaced by a convenience store/gas station. My grandfather died in 1971. Grandma continued to run "The Annex" until 1977, when old age finally started catching up to her. She sold it to a family and it burned in the early 80s. After standing as a ghostly shell for a number of years, it was finally bought by the county a few years ago, raized and replaced by a utilitarian metal building that houses the abulance and fire-fighting equipment. Grandma died in 1991 at the age of 92. Scott Holl

Hello List, My gr. grandparents, George Artemis Smith and Mary (Dempster) Smith lived in Lincoln Co. from the late 1870's until 1889. In the 1885 state census they were living in Orange Twp., Lincoln Co. I am looking for the marriage record of their oldest daughter, Mary Adella or Della Smith and Charles J. Graham. It should be in Lincoln Co. They were married between 1885 and 1888. Can someone help me?? Sincerely, Marjorie Fletcher

After hearing of the tornadoes that touched down near Lincoln County I just wanted to check and make sure that all of our "special" friends were okay there! Here in Virginia we are thinking about you and praying for you! Tami Ramsey Dublin, VA

Tracee, Our Springer family records, and my own research, don't show where Hannah Springer Hancock is buried. We have that she died in 1882. Her father, John Small Springer, and brother, Moses C. Springer, and brother-in-law John Stubbs are all buried in Lincoln Cemetery. There are several plots surrounding Moses Springer were surely family members are buried, but they have no tombstones. I show that Waldo Hancock is buried in Madison Cemetery. Is that the name you would call it? Yours, Kathleen Rizer in Ohio Archivist for the 18,000 Descendants of Dennis Springer & Ann Prickett ----- Original Message ----- From: <TraceeHamilton@aol.com> To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:49 AM Subject: [KSLINCOL] Hancock > Hi, folks. I know there are several on the list researching HANCOCK. If > anyone can enlighten me regarding Waldo Hancock's first wife, Hannah Springer > Hancock, I would be grateful. I'm trying to figure out where she might be > buried. Waldo is in Beverly but she is not on the Beverly list. Thanks... > > Tracee > > ______________________________

Hello Lincoln County researchers.... Thanks to Glenda Garrelts Mattes we have a new story on the Lincoln County KSGenWeb stories page. It is newspaper account of her grandfather, William Charles PARSONS' memories of pioneer days around Barnard. You can view it at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/stories23.htm Glenda also mentioned a WILD connection (through marriage) to me in our correspondence. Happy hunting Bill Sowers

Hi, folks. I know there are several on the list researching HANCOCK. If anyone can enlighten me regarding Waldo Hancock's first wife, Hannah Springer Hancock, I would be grateful. I'm trying to figure out where she might be buried. Waldo is in Beverly but she is not on the Beverly list. Thanks... Tracee

I have a book pubished in 1907 entitled _Lutheranism in Kansas: History of Kansas Synod_. The following entries refer to Lincoln Co. mention several names: "Delight, Lincoln county, Ev. Lutheran‹This congregation was organized by Rev. J. H. HARPSTER on the 27th of July, 1879 in the home of Wm. STOVER. It was known also as the Madison church. It was admitted the same year. It was a school house church. It never materialized." "Lincoln Center, Lincoln county, Ev. Lutheran-This church was organized September 27th 1880 by Travelling Missionary T. F. DORBLASER, who served it off and on while residing on his farm near Ellsworth. The church contained a number of very substantial families among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus STOVER, Mrs. J. D. MILLER, Mr and Mrs. Judge ARTMAN, and Mr. and Mrs. WYCOFF. The church was formally admitted into Synod the same year. It was served from 1882 to 1884 by Rev. John A. BRIGHT. After a vacancy of three years, Rev. H. L. YARGER took charge, who reorganized the church, and at which time a lot was bought for $250 and deeded to the Board of Church Extension. A building was never erected, services being held in the school house. In the spring of 1887 Prof. O. G. KLINGER of Salina re-organized the church, but soon leaving, the interest lagged, and the work finally ceased." Just a word of explanation: The Kansas Synod was the local judiciary for the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. This denomination represented the oldest branch of Lutheranism in the U.S., dating back to the arrival of Germans in Pennsylvania in the mid 1600s. Through a series of denominational mergers, these congregations are now represented by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest of the U.S. Lutheran bodies and the fourth largest protestant denomination in America. I believe the settlers mentioned above had difficulties establishing a congregation for the following reasons: Settlers in Lincoln Co. who belonged to this denomination would have probably come from older, established congregations in the eastern mid-west or east coast and would have been thoroughly assimilated into American culture. They would have encountered a large German immigrant population who had established several strong congregations (St. Johns and St. Pauls). Not only did these congregations worship in German exclusively at the time, but their congregations were much more conservative than those of the General Synod. At the time, many General Synod Lutherans did not view themselves as being doctrinally or liturgically different than other mainstream protestants. With other protestant churches in the county forming large congregations (the Methodists especially), the General Synod Lutherans probably found it easier to join one of them rather than establish a separate English speaking Lutheran congregation. If anyone else has information about these failed congregations, I'd be interested to hear it. As an aside, the Lutheran parish my father grew up in, St. Peters north of Shady Bend (formed about 1910 and defunct in the mid-40s) had a mixture of new German immigrants and older immigrant families and English speaking Lutherans from Pennsylvania. Apparently there was some division over the language issue. Their solution was to worship one week in English, the next in German. Scott Holl