Hi, list! In going through my notes, I found a couple of things I forgot to include. 1. Someone had asked me to check into voter registration cards -- whether the courthouse had kept them. The answer is no, unfortunately. They have some very recent ones but nothing that would be of help to us. I'd like to get a look in the basement of the courthouse sometime! I wonder if anyone knows what's down there. 2. I did not get to walk this cemetery, but I did find, in the Register of Deeds office, a plot book for Union Valley Cemetery. Here are the names of people who bought plots there. I hope to "walk" this cemetery on my next visit. Plots at Union Valley cemetery Burt Cline Bobbett McBride Potter Flake Morgan Bridenstein Harper Doll Raymond Norton Jennings Shreves Freakes Hicks Donovan FH & LH ? Wild English Corpron Parsons

When I was in Lincoln recently I discussed some related questions with Doris White, the County Clerk. As I was already aware, township boundaries changed fairly often in early Lincoln County. Ms. White suggested that the changes often came just before elections and were primarily for political reasons. The county has not preserved the records of township trustees, etc. You might luck into a stray record which happened to survive, but it isn't likely (one of my ancestors was a township trustee, so I was hoping for more encouragement on that score!!). There may be maps of townships from two or three different times (I'm not sure) but I don't think you will find it easy to locate where they lived from that angle. If you have time to sit in the office of the Registrar of Deeds and can get permission to study the early deed books, however, you may find where they lived as defined on a county-wide basis, and can imagine township lines which would include their property. Good luck! Wilda Morris Clarence Suelter wrote: > Thanks to Wilda and Muriel for their clear reply to my questions. I > erred in not looking at the Kansas Historical Society list of newspapers > more closely. > > I have another question: In examining my 1870 census records, I find > that my ancester was living in Lincoln Township in Lincoln County. Can > anyone tell me where Lincoln Township is located. I have a 1878 map of > Lincoln County: I do not find a Lincoln Township. Does this mean that > they were living in the town? My impression was that they were living > in what is now indiana Township. > > Thanks > > Clarence

Thanks to Wilda and Muriel for their clear reply to my questions. I erred in not looking at the Kansas Historical Society list of newspapers more closely. I have another question: In examining my 1870 census records, I find that my ancester was living in Lincoln Township in Lincoln County. Can anyone tell me where Lincoln Township is located. I have a 1878 map of Lincoln County: I do not find a Lincoln Township. Does this mean that they were living in the town? My impression was that they were living in what is now indiana Township. Thanks Clarence

Hi, list! I only have a partial list of obituaries for 1979 thus far, but here it is. I'll put it on the web page as well tonight or tomorrow. Let me know if you want a full obit on any of these folks. Barnhill, Mattie Mabel Chaput, Louise nee Odette Cline, Theora Lyster nee Capper Coyle, Donald Leroy Curtis, Rube Dent, Beatrice nee Cooper Estrada, Cecil G. Heine, Sophie nee Meier Hildebrandt, Gustave H. Holman, Raymond Allen Jensen, Pearle G. Jones, Garland Presley Jordan, Robert G. Kilcoyne, Grace Mae nee Cromwell Kissick, Albert Earl Kruckenberg, Ervin Lick, Eulia Hanneman nee Reich Marinhagen, Louis A. McCanles, Joseph M. Meredith, Sarah C. nee Jennings Meyer, Carl H. Morris, Golden A. Morton, Wayne Emerson Nelson, Andrew Obermueller, Fred G. Strange, Vallie Navada nee Burris Tillett, Danny Ray Tonne, Vera Deloria nee Helvey Wiegert, Keith G. Williams, Lee Scott Sr.

The Historical Society has papers from Lincoln County from as early as 1873. Check under Lincoln Center. And for the period before Lincoln County was formed - and the early period of formation, check the Salina papers, because the area which is now Lincoln County was a part of Saline County then. All I have seen in the early papers regarding Homestead applications are notices when someone intended to finalize ownership - i.e., they had lived on the claim long enough and developed it adequately, and were going with witnesses to attest to that fact. Wilda Morris Clarence Suelter wrote: > Dear List: > > I would like to inquire about the following statement taken directly > from Tracee's last communique. > > "Several of you asked about homestead records; were they at the > courthouse. > There are 6 books of patent deeds in the Register of Deeds office, but > they > don't begin until about 1880 and aren't quite in chronological order, > for > some reason. So the answer, I guess, is yes, but later homesteaders, and > you'd have to dig. I liked Bill's idea of going through newspapers just > for > the homestead claim "gleanings" but didn't have time to get to that. If > there > are several people interested in doing that, let Bill or me know and > perhaps > we could divide up the years and tackle it that way." > > My ancester came to Lincoln County in 1868. As far as I can tell, he > actually began a homestead that year. The records I obtained from the > Lincoln Court House indicates that he made the balance of payment of > $7.40 required by law for entry of the homestead on April 9, 1879. The > Patent Record was signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 30, > 1880. This certificate was not recorded in Lincoln until October 21, > 1885. My query: is this the usual time line for these Homestead > applications or was my ancester slow in getting his final payment in. > Did the Homestead application allow 10 years to complete? Also he was > granted a Warranty Deed for some land he purchased from the Union > Pacific Railroad on March 12, 1883. My indications are that he actually > built a home on this property well before that. Does anyone know how > these sales were conducted? > > Do you think that the Lincoln papers might have information on the > initial homestead applications. If so, I would be willing to search the > 1868 through 1873 papers. The trouble is the Kansas Historical Library > does not have Lincoln papers on film beginning before 1880. Did Lincoln > have a newspaper before 1880 and who might have them? > > Clarence

I went to the Bureau of Land Management page and looked at their FAQ . THis is the answer about time: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/search.asp Q. Why is there sometimes a long time period between purchase date and signature date? A. Due to the tremendous amount of land sold in the 1800's, the General Land Office experienced quite a backlog in the middle part of the 19th century. It was not unusual for several years to pass between the time an individual purchased land from the local land office and the time a patent for that tract was finally signed by the GLO in Washington, D.C. There are only a few late patents listed on the site right now for KS. Muriel, in San Jose

Dear List: I would like to inquire about the following statement taken directly from Tracee's last communique. "Several of you asked about homestead records; were they at the courthouse. There are 6 books of patent deeds in the Register of Deeds office, but they don't begin until about 1880 and aren't quite in chronological order, for some reason. So the answer, I guess, is yes, but later homesteaders, and you'd have to dig. I liked Bill's idea of going through newspapers just for the homestead claim "gleanings" but didn't have time to get to that. If there are several people interested in doing that, let Bill or me know and perhaps we could divide up the years and tackle it that way." My ancester came to Lincoln County in 1868. As far as I can tell, he actually began a homestead that year. The records I obtained from the Lincoln Court House indicates that he made the balance of payment of $7.40 required by law for entry of the homestead on April 9, 1879. The Patent Record was signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 30, 1880. This certificate was not recorded in Lincoln until October 21, 1885. My query: is this the usual time line for these Homestead applications or was my ancester slow in getting his final payment in. Did the Homestead application allow 10 years to complete? Also he was granted a Warranty Deed for some land he purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad on March 12, 1883. My indications are that he actually built a home on this property well before that. Does anyone know how these sales were conducted? Do you think that the Lincoln papers might have information on the initial homestead applications. If so, I would be willing to search the 1868 through 1873 papers. The trouble is the Kansas Historical Library does not have Lincoln papers on film beginning before 1880. Did Lincoln have a newspaper before 1880 and who might have them? Clarence

Hi, Lincoln listers! I thought I'd write a few lines about Old Settlers' Day and tell you what I came up with while I was home. Two weeks was a nice, long time and I really hated to leave. The attendance at Old Settlers' Day was decent, but not great. There were a good number of out-of-towners but not a lot of "locals" other than those who work with the Historical Society. Lincoln (the city, not the county) sometimes has what I think is a lack of community spirit. Barnard, Denmark, Sylvan, Beverly, all of these smaller towns get out and support things in their communities more than Lincoln. Even Vesper, which is a grain elevator, a church, a community building and a handful of houses... period! >From our "list" were Lori Graf's cousin, Leigh Kasey, who is very nice and very active, and Wilda Morris and a lot of her relatives, who had a family reunion. I met Lori's mother and aunt as well. Trying to explain how I "knew" Lori without having actually met her was pretty funny. The weekend was organized by Jim Sechrist, who lives in Bonner Springs and is a descendant of Christian Bernhardt, who wrote the "Indian Raids" book. Jim did the bulk of the work, that's for sure. I've encouraged him to check out our web page and join our email group. Friday night (the 26th) it rained hard enough to throw a wrinkle into Saturday's schedule. We were to go out to the site of the 1864 killings of the Moffitt boys and Mr. Houston and Mr. Tyler. Instead, we stayed at the brand new Finch Theater (those of you from Lincoln will know it's named for Bud!) and had some ceremonies and speeches and then people in the audience were encouraged to tell family stories. That went on until a break for lunch, when we had buffalo burgers on the lawn of the Kyne House Museum. Then we headed for the site of the memorial to the four slain men. A new plaque is going in because it has been confirmed that the bodies of Houston and Tyler are still at the site. The Moffitt boys were moved within several months of the killings back home to Illinois. There also is a large pile of bones that is likely the horses they were riding and that were killed, either by the Indians or more likely by the men as cover. Some 136 years ago the rocks in this outcropping would have been more prominent but even so it wasn't much shelter and they must have known they would not make it out of there alive. A plaque indicating where they are buried will be installed, as well as a plaque also indicating the deaths of Native Americans in the same battle. Then it was back to the theater for more stories. That night was a tour of the church in Denmark, but I missed that. The next morning the Danes put on a Danish breakfast in Denmark and that was quite good. The museum was open for tours that afternoon but we didn't go, figuring it would be less crowded another time. We did go Monday afternoon and had the place to ourselves. I got a tantalizing look into their file cabinets and as I told Bill, nearly fainted. Then they told me they are looking for someone to be their "librarian" and catalog all that stuff. Oy! I am trying to convince my mom to do it so we'd have an inside source, but I don't think she's going for it. Nuts! I will get another look at what they've got next time I'm home. They are eager to share anything they have. Anyway, that was pretty much it for Old Settlers' weekend. There is an article about the dedication of the site at the following web address: http://archive.saljournal.com/2000/5/122610.html A descendant of the Moffitts and a descendant of Tyler were there for the ceremonies. Both said they had heard the story of the killings over the years but had no information on where it happened, etc. They were pretty amazed by the whole thing. I am ashamed to say I had never been to the actual site; not sure how Grandma and I missed it on all of our drives. It is in a "working" pasture so you can't just stroll in. A fence has been erected surrounding it to keep cattle -- and vandals, hopefully -- from messing with the monuments. Just over the hill in the same pasture is a small monument to Abram, the original county seat of Lincoln County. It's also hard to get to but you can see if from the road. Well, once that was over I had time to do some lookups and then really start digging for stuff. I just got the final three boxes I'd mailed myself and piled the whole collection up on my desk. It is a foot and a half high! This will keep me busy well into my NEXT trip to Lincoln. Here is a brief list of what I got: * Military "gleanings" * Regular "gleanings" * A county map for 1886 (I'm going to try to copy my copy today and see if I'll be able to scan and post it) * Histories of the Sylvan Presbyterian and Lincoln Catholic churches * Marriages, just a few (a new project I have in mind for the page; more on that later) * 1999 LHS graduates * A 1913 edition of the Sentinel that was devoted entirely to people and institutions in the county. Literally a gold mine of stuff... * A biography of H.C. Bradbury written by his daughter for the Sentinel * History of the Lincoln library and listing of librarians * Gleanings from the Barnard Bee, including births, marriages and deaths, 1902-1907 (I'll need permission to use these but should not be a problem) * Got the rest of the 1986 and 1988 obituaries to complete those lists * Two more "Builders of Lincoln County" articles, Anthony Wayne Lewis and J. Albert Smith * Copy of a letter written by John A. Watts, one of the handful of blacks to settle in Lincoln County * Section-Township-Range locations for ALL county cemeteries * And obituaries, obituaries, obituaries! Here are the years: Lots of miscellaneous years as I was doing lookups for others 1958 1979 (partial) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 (at least partial) 1988 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 (partial) 1996 1997 (partial) Somehow, I failed to get 1998. Not sure what happened there. Otherwise, this will give the web page 20 years of obits. I also got a line on a listing for the Sylvan Grove cemetery and am hoping to get a copy of that. Several of you asked about homestead records; were they at the courthouse. There are 6 books of patent deeds in the Register of Deeds office, but they don't begin until about 1880 and aren't quite in chronological order, for some reason. So the answer, I guess, is yes, but later homesteaders, and you'd have to dig. I liked Bill's idea of going through newspapers just for the homestead claim "gleanings" but didn't have time to get to that. If there are several people interested in doing that, let Bill or me know and perhaps we could divide up the years and tackle it that way. I'll be posting all this stuff as I get to it, and I'll send messages to the group when I add to the page. One more thing: Those of you who grew up in Lincoln would have gone to Dr. Songer at some point in your life; it was unavoidable! I got all the articles from Dr. Songer Day and will post those; there also was a feature in the Sunday Salina Journal about him. I'd encourage those of you who don't know anything about him to take a look. He was a D-Day and was the most decorated medical man in World War II and he couldn't wait for the war to end to get back to Lincoln and resume practice. He was present for the famous incident in which Gen. Patton slapped the soldier. Anyway, well worth a read. Here is the address for that story: http://archive.saljournal.com/2000/6/2463146.html I should add for those of you who know him that he attended the Memorial Day service at the Lincoln Cemetery. Now I'm really done! Tracee

To all my Lincoln County Friends, I recently purchased CD's of the 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 census for Lincoln County. They have actual copies of the microfilm and I would be willing to do look-ups for anyone on the list. I will need the following information: Census Date Surname (naturally) Any given names in the household (makes it easier to spot the correct house) Township (must have this to narrow it down or I sould have to look thru hundreds of pages) I will email you back with the information I find. Since the cd's are copyrighted I can't make copies for you but at least you will know the information exists and can get copies by ordering the film at a FHC or a library. Please be patient on my responses as I will get to the requests as quickly as I can. The film can be very hard ot read in spots. Joan

This message is for Sheri Beffort-Lantzy and Lily Valentine. If you're out there, please email me. Your email bounced back and I need to get in touch with both of you. Sheri, I need a date of death for Bertha Mae Borgstadter so I can finish your lookups. Forgot to bring it. Thanks and sorry to bother the whole list... Tracee

Hi, list. Just added a few more obits to the index for 2000. They are: Hazen, Evelynebelle Rees Wolting, Adrian E. Keeler, Sara Margaret Wild Pruitt, Lucile N. Wallace Also added the 2000 graduates of LHS to that list. That's it for awhile! Tracee

I'm not sure if the query about Napoleon Bonaparte Reese was on the Lincoln County list or the Kansas Geneaology list. So I am sending this item to both. Forgive me if you get it twice. I found the following item in the microfilm of the Lincoln(Kansas) Register, September 30, 1881: "- Napoleon Bonaparte Reese, the genial manipulator of the camera obscura caught a `view' of the audience as they retired fromthe memorial meeting last Monday, and now has some photographs of it and most excellent ones, they are." Wilda Morris

Last call for lookup requests in Lincoln. I need them by Sunday at the latest so I can pull my list together. Old Settlers Weekend sounds like it will be a lot of fun. I'll post a report afterward. Hope to see at least a few of you there! Tracee

Posted on: Lincoln Co. Ks Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Lincoln?read=10 Surname: Bird, Strange, Hendrickson, Danby, Morledge ------------------------- 1900 Census, Lincoln County, Kansas Does anyone know who Pearl B. Bird and his wife Millie might be. They live next door to Thomas M. Strange and Sarah Ann Bird Strange in the 1900 Census. In 1900 Pearl and Millie were each about 20 Years old and recently married. I can't help but think they are some how related to Sarah Ann, Perhaps the son of Sarahs brother John B. Bird. ( Note middle initial) They live in Colorado Township in Lincoln County, Kansas. Does anyone know when Pearl or Millie died, or anything that might help ion my search for information? Any help or direction would be appreciated. Unfortunetly Pearls Place of birth for his father and his mother is not filled in. Researching in Lincoln County: Bird, Strange, Hendrickson, Danby, Morledge. Thanks Gene Bird

Does anyone know about these people buried at Shady Bend? Rhodella and Clarence died during the time of the diptheria epidemic of 1978. I wonder. . . . Wilda Morris TraceeHamilton@aol.com wrote: > Hi, list! > > Forgive me if I posted this before; I think I forgot. I just got this small > list of Lincoln County burials and thought I'd post it. > > Shady Bend Cemetery > > >From Tree Searcher (Kansas Genealogical Society) > Vol. 19, No. 1, 1977 > > Shady Bend, Lincoln County, Kansas Cemetery > Only four headstones remain on the reported 21 graves after years of neglect > of this old farm burial plot. > > David F., son of E.S. and R. Bloomheart > d. 17 Aug. 1876 Age 14 y 3 mo. 27 da > > Rhodella Smith d. 12 Sept. 1878 > Age 2 y 10 mo 27 da > > Clarence M. son of I.J. and Amy Harrell > B. 31 Marc. 1871 d. 8 Oct. 1878 > > Amy Harrell d. 28 July 1879 > Age 38 y 10 m 10 days

And one more small cemetery I just received. This was a Methodist cemetery. Trail Creek Cemetery Done by Lee Modrow, March 11, 1997 Elizabeth Carpenter Died Feb. 15, 1892 Aged 58 yrs 11 mo 26 ds James S. Carpenter b. 1826 died July 22, 1900 Susannah Sheppard b. Aug. 15, 1826 died Dec. 8, 1900 J.W. Sheppard Died April 27, 1903 Maren Sorensen b. 1843 died Nov. 14, 1921 Hans Sorensen b. 1840 died Jan. 2, 1929 Marion I. Sorensen b. 1882 died Oct. 1, 1890 Rosetta Sorensen b. 1855 died 1890 Martha Sorensen b. 1890 died 1890 One unmarked grave George F. Knox Died Nov. 6, 1891 aged 39 ys.

Hi, list! Forgive me if I posted this before; I think I forgot. I just got this small list of Lincoln County burials and thought I'd post it. Shady Bend Cemetery >From Tree Searcher (Kansas Genealogical Society) Vol. 19, No. 1, 1977 Shady Bend, Lincoln County, Kansas Cemetery Only four headstones remain on the reported 21 graves after years of neglect of this old farm burial plot. David F., son of E.S. and R. Bloomheart d. 17 Aug. 1876 Age 14 y 3 mo. 27 da Rhodella Smith d. 12 Sept. 1878 Age 2 y 10 mo 27 da Clarence M. son of I.J. and Amy Harrell B. 31 Marc. 1871 d. 8 Oct. 1878 Amy Harrell d. 28 July 1879 Age 38 y 10 m 10 days

Hi, list! I've added some more "builders of Lincoln County" to the web page and I want to encourage you to take a look. Even if none of these names is "yours" there are other names that pop up in these things, not to mention very interesting stories. If nothing else, but sure to search your surnames again on the site now that the builders have been added; you never know. I've also added three obituaries submitted by Stephanie Hatfield, for Serena Vrooman PERSONETT, Isreal Stacey PERSONETT and Daisy Personett WHITE. Now, here are the builders I've added, with a little detail about what else you might glean from these: J.W. Biggs (many other names, and a good history of Barnard's beginnings) Grant Crawford (other names as well) Z.T. Heminger (other names include Trask, Jarret, Blunt, Morrical) F.W. Herman (other names) Phillip Noon (lots on the very early days when settlers lived at Ft. Harker, Rees, Strange, Hendrickson, Bird and MANY other names; this one is twice as long as most of them are is VERY interesting) Mrs. J.K. Stevenson (Crawford family, also a mention of diphtheria for Wilda!) Mrs. Jessie (Gilpin) Smith (many names from Lincoln's beginnings, great stuff about the struggle between Abram and Lincoln and the Hubbard-Haley murders) Alfred Webb Woody (other names include Baker and Bryan; good family history in this one...) I have one more builder, a Cheney history that also includes lots of info on Vesper, but I don't have the second half so I'll post it after I try again in Lincoln. I am not sure if this is all the builders featured or not; I will do another search when I'm home and see what I can find. Tracee

I can't tell you how embarassed I am that I MAY have infected your computers with the KAK virus. It seems that my system was infected on 4/22 and it was then POSSIBLY sent out on every email I did after that until yesterday. If you have Norton anti-virus installed, no doubt it caught it and got rid of it before it had a chance to go anywhere else - we installed Norton yesterday to clean out the Love virus and that is how we found out about the other one. The symptoms are that it will crash you computer at 5pm on the 1st of every month. According to everything we have read this virus does no damage but it does send itself out on every email using MS Outlook AND using a signature on the email. My system crashes all the time for one reason or another so I didn't give the crash a second thought. What we are reading about it indicates that it can infect any computer thru an incoming email and that email does not need an attachment. It changes the registry file to cause the crash on the 1st of the month. It appears that it is spread only by those people using MS Outlook AND using a signature which I don't use but since it is spread by Outlook which I DO use I wanted to send this to everyone. Again, if I gave this to you I am so sorry. I know that Norton gets rid of it easily but there are probably other virus software programs that will clean it out as well. We are now running Norton on our network even though it slows everything down so hopefully this won't happen again. This just shows how important it is to have virus protection AND DO BACKUPS of your systems. If you do have the virus be sure to do another full backup after you clean off your system. Joan

To any Dillon researchers: Does anyone have any record of a marriage of a Dillon/Campbell marriage probably circa 1918 or thereabouts? My grandmother, Evangeline (Eva) Esther Campbell married a Dillon and they were only married about 6 months or so. This came as quite a shock to us, as we only discovered this marriage at the time of her death in 1986. My mother and her sisters never knew that their mother was married to someone other than their father. If anyone knows of this brief marriage, please let me know. We'd like to know who she married and why the marriage ended. Thanks! Tonya (Peck) Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: <TraceeHamilton@aol.com> To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 3:04 PM Subject: [KSLINCOL] DILLON | Hi, list! | | Because several people mentioned an interest in the DILLON family, I thought | I'd put this on the list as well as add it to the gleanings on the Lincoln | page. | | Lincoln Sentinel-Republican -- Thursday, Aug. 31, 1939 | The DILLON family reunion was celebrated in the spacious country home of Mr. | and Mrs. L. DILLON at Vesper on Sunday, Aug. 27. The day was wonderfully | cool and pleasant. Dinner was served cafeteria style to the 55 present. The | event was an especially happy occasion due to the presence of distant | relatives coming to spend the day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harley | WHALEY, Ravenwood, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Roy WHALEY, Mrs. Cora WHALEY, Elmo, Mo., | Frank NEW Jr., Hopkins, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Ed DILLON and daughter Waneta, Mrs. | A.E. GLOVER and daughter Estalene, North Branch, Kan.; Walter DILLON, Burr | Oak, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd BROTHERS and daughter Ella May, Sterling; Gern | NEW of Nickerson; Mrs. Laura WIRTH and sons, Emory and Francis, Waldo; Mr. | and Mrs. Roy DILLON, Leo and Melva Marie, Sylvan Grove; Mr. And Mrs. Carl | DILLON and daughter Erma Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Martin JOHANSEN and Russel | Anglin, Mr. and Mrs. L. DILLON, Vesper; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis PISTOLE, Mervin, | Melvin and Lois (??), Milo; Mr. and Mrs. Glen PISTOLE and son Clarence, | Harold OETTING, Hunter; Mrs. Mary HANNEMAN and sons, Elmer, Roy and Delmar | Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene SPEAR, Leola and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil PISTOLE, | Virgil Jr. and Vivian, John HOLMQUIST, Ed B. DILLON, Miss Nannie DILLON, all | of Lincoln. | |