Marlin Fitzwater has been in Lincoln at least a couple of times researching his family, I know, so I am sure these incidents are the same. If anyone has a specific date for this incident, I'll look in the Lincoln newspapers when I'm home next... Tracee

Hi Scott A good cousin of mine gave me a copy of this story. The title is "They Tarred the Sexy Schoolmarm" written by Donald Flynn. The lady in question was referred to as Mary Chamberlain. Now I don't know if this is her real name or not. The setting was Shady Bend, Lincoln, Kansas. The name "Jay Fitzwater" is included and mentions that he was the restaurant man. Here is a short clip with some other Lincoln County names. .................... Everett C. CLARK, a miller and a capitalist, one of the richest men in Lincoln County, was there, and so was his brother, Sherell, an important merchant. There was Jay FITZWATER, the restaurant man, and Jim BOOSE, an engineer at the grist mill. And wealthy farmers Watson SCRANTON and John SCHMIDT, as well as A.N. SIMS, another rich miller. ..................... I don't know Scott if this is Marlin Fitzwater's uncle Jay or not but it adds to what already was a good tale of Lincoln history (or folklore). Good Luck, Mike Woody

Somewhere in a box I have newspaper clippings from the early 1900s reporting on an incident that happened in Shady Bend. As I recall, apparently, there was a rumour that a local female school teacher was involved in immoral sexual conduct. One day, when she was on her way home, some men jumped her and tarred and feathered her. The newsclippings were given to me by my father. In the Feb. 10, 2000 Chicago Tribune, there was short interview with Marlin Fitzwater, press spokesman for presidents Reagan and Bush. The following is a quote from the article. "Inc" is the name of the column that featured the interview: [Fitzwater]..."And I just finished a book.... "Inc.—What's it about? "A—When my father died in 1995, in the last days, he started babbling about someone named Jay that no one in my family had ever heard about before. We discovered he was a long-lost uncle, my great uncle, who, in 1911, was one of 15 city fathers in this small town in Kansas who had tarred and feathered the schoolteacher for allegedly immoral conduct. She brought charges, and they were all convicted. "Inc.—What happended to Uncle Jay? "A—His father ran him out of the family and swore that no one in the family would mention his name again, and they didnt'—until my dad on his deathbed. So I fictionalize the schoolteacher—who was siad to have slept with one of her students. I made her a heroine in the end." Can anyone confirm that Fitzwater's story and the incident in Lincoln Co. are the same? Scott Holl

Hello all.... Thanks to the time/talents of Jenni Shimp we have part of the Lincoln High School Senior Chronicles, 1908, up online. The URL for the site is: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/1908hsch.htm Surnames on the site are: Woody, Shaver, Crawford, Long, Nelson, Poor, Lyon, McFarland, Marshall, Smith, Simpson, Anderson, Briggs, Healy, Coyle, Chapman, Stanley, Murphy, Jennings, King, Minx, Brunt, Shirk, Dunton, Mulloy, Parker, Overman, Holingsworth, Hutchison, Healy, Baker, Beck, Hawkins, Ryan, Boyer, Hawkins, Brann, Watson, Conner, Hill, Cruson, Webb, Farquharson, Overman, Tenney, Fyre, Turner, Rutherford, Achterberg, Fisk, Adair, Wicker, Knoch, Pratt, Miller, Stevenson, Abbott, Gravner, Bishop, Linker, Wilson, Frye, Stoner, Lovin, Mohr, Wakefield, Whalen, Hendrickson, Kufus, Marshall, Grimes, Linker, Maderia, Ha?ey, Hastings, Lyster, Montgomery, Newlon, Fitzgerald, Elgin, Bower, Mason, Skiles, McCanles, Yenser, Linker, Robinson, Morton, Dick, Jackson, Maher WARNING!!... some names appear more than once on this page. Good luck with your research Bill Sowers Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

I apologise that I forgot to change the subject line when I sent my last e-mail. I am sending it again, for fear the one person who would know the answer to my railroad question might have deleted it when it came with a heading suggesting that it was about Rosette School! "Wilda W. Morris" wrote: > I have a Lincoln County railroad question. Some years ago my sister > encouraged members of the family to write memories of our grandparents. > My cousin wrote: > > "Grandfather was telling me stories one day. This one I remember > well. He told me, `the railroad between Lincoln Grove and Selina, > Kansas was so crooked that the engineer could reach out of one window > when going around a curve and hand a plug of tobacco to the brakeman in > the caboose. The brakeman would take a chaw, go to the other side when > going around the next turn, and hand the plug back to the engineer." > > I am sure he meant Salina, not Selina. But would this describe a route > between Salina and Lincoln, or between Salina and Sylvan Grove??? > > Wilda Morris

Hello all.... Recently I came across a listing of medical personnel for each county in the state in the Annual report of the Kansas State Board of Health in 1887. I've posted the Lincoln County names at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/doctor1887.htm Surnames here are: ALLEN, ADAMS, BOYLES, COGSWELL, CREIGHTON, FANCHER, GOFF, HALL, PATTERSON, PORTER, RUPIN, ALLEN, BUSTER, COLVIN, CARPENTER, GILMORE, HANSEN, JENKINS, TWIBELL, BALLARD, ADAMSON, NEWTON, PRATT, SHERRICK Good luck with your research Bill Sowers Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

I have a Lincoln County railroad question. Some years ago my sister encouraged members of the family to write memories of our grandparents. My cousin wrote: "Grandfather was telling me stories one day. This one I remember well. He told me, `the railroad between Lincoln Grove and Selina, Kansas was so crooked that the engineer could reach out of one window when going around a curve and hand a plug of tobacco to the brakeman in the caboose. The brakeman would take a chaw, go to the other side when going around the next turn, and hand the plug back to the engineer." I am sure he meant Salina, not Selina. But would this describe a route between Salina and Lincoln, or between Salina and Sylvan Grove??? Wilda Morris

I read in an issue of the LINCOLN SENTINEL from 1902 that Thomas Madison Strange was writing a history of Lincoln County. Does anyone know if he did so, and if so, how to obtain a copy? Does anyone know if he started to do so, and if the manuscript is in existence? Thanks, Wilda Morris

I wish to thank Wilda W. Morris for the copies containing REES information, from Mabel S. Wallace's Thisis. Within these copies a mention of my GG grand Elias REES is made implying that he attained a Civil War veteran homesteading. I am aware of Elias taking a trip to Richmand at the beginning of the civil war, after which it was claimed he reported what he saw to the Washington City and the military. I have yet to figure out how to research Washington papers from San Diego. Nor have I found a pension record group for spies or scouts or the Quartermasters during the civil war [just mentioning in case someone has seen such] so have left that research for when I retire and can get through the red tape locally. I think I looked at the mentioned document [homestead deed for Elias] when I visited Lincoln and went through the court house in a day. I do not believe there was any information that was give on the entry that would say why the homesteading was given BUT JUST in case, could some one in the area take a peek for me? Elias REES - 20 Jan. 1881. Thank you all. PS If anyone is heading out to the Lincoln Cemetery, I could not find one important person out there and the caretaker was not around for the short time I was there. I managed to get pictures of all my relative stones but my Great grand's Napolean Bonapart Rees also Maude Rees Reynolds who died this last year at 102.

hello everyone, i am doing genealogy research on my great grandparents who were either born in or moved to lincoln county kansas in the late 1870's/early 1880's, their parents had all moved to lincoln county as well as several other family members. as i do more research and then revue the posted 1885 lincoln county census i see how many families migrated together from one part of the country to another and also intermarried , it appears many,many people from that census are related in one way or another and i am hoping one or more of you are working on some of them. now for the facts. my great grandfather was frank chaflin BROCKELMAN son of frederick brockelman & mary a. WINEBURG. frank had several brothers and sisters who moved to lincoln county with the parents from west virginia, also coming with them were the GOURLEY family and the BOLTE family. after frederick died in 1901 most of his sons moved to council grove, there are also some brockelmans in salina whom are descendants. any help on brockelman family descendants or ancestors would be appreciated. my great grandmother was ruth SHAFER daughter of jacob SHAFER/SHAVER and minerva adaline ALLISON. the families of these 2 came from laurel, indiana with several other families namely BLOUT, KINDELSPARGER & NORTHERN. many shafers still live in the central kansas area. again any help with descendants & ancestors would be appreciated. several of these family members also brought elderly parents to lincoln county and they are buried there as well i have information on some of these families back to the 1700's, but on brockelman/wineburg i only go back to the point of immigration from germany. thanks in advance for ANY help, questions or comments scott brockelman

Hi, list! I just received my 2000 Lincoln Co. Historical Society calendar and I thought I'd post the photos included in case they would be of interest to anyone. If you see a name you're interested in and want to know how to get a copy of the calendar, let me know off the list. I am not peddling these but know the photos might be of interest to relatives. The cover is a color photo of the courthouse. Month by month: January: Courthouse, 1900 February: Lincoln County Officials in 1898 (Jimmy Little, Bob Ellis, Dave Swank, Colonel Dunham, W.M. McCanles, M.P. King, Simon Bogh, H.W. Rahmeier, Emil Rasmussen, John Stover) March: Judge A. Artman and J.C. Wolford, Sheriff (1910) April: County officials, 1899 or 1900), George Able, David Swank, William Mueller, David Shafer, George I Robinson, Simon Bogh, Sam Brumborg [should be Brumbaugh, I believe], John Stover, W.M. McCanles, Evert D. Smith, Charles Heaton. May: Decoration Day 1913, in front of Civil War monument on the Courthouse lawn (group not identified) June: Bismark school, 1906 (teacher Elvene Nielsen) July: Josephine Green, Patriot Instructor "The Mother of Lincoln County" in parade, 1924 August: E.D. Harlow, Clerk of the Court 1919-1951 September: Dedication of the Courthouse, Sept. 1900 October: Mrs. George Green, Elizabeth Green Parker, George Green (early settlers) November: Saline Valley Band on the Elkhorn (Herman Achterberg, Jim Finch, Ernest Lohmann, Ernest Obermueller, Wm. Bohling, Fred Mittendorf, Mr. Finch, Ernest Lebine, John Bosch, Frank Erhardt, Frank Lebien, Chas. Lohmann, Earney Hamond, Henry Obermueller, Jim Broker December: Ladies Choral Society of the M.E. church, 1905. (Irene Hedrick, B. Simpson, Lizzie Hani, Anna Loughridge, Emma Smith, Pearle Hammond, Wilma McCanles, Lulu Watson, Elva Phillips, Clara Fassitt, Ruth Sweet, Florence Scholl, Minnie Smith, Tillie Stearns, Alberta Adamson, Myrtle Hall, Millie Wright, Mrs. Pearle Evans, Viola Whitaker, Mrs. L.V. Minz, Ada Stover, Nettie McCanles, Bessie Abbott) Also a reminder: If anyone has been planning a trip to Lincoln to do some research but can't find the right time, two suggestions--Old Settlers' Day is Memorial Day weekend, the Courthouse's 100-year celebration is the weekend of September 2. I will attend Old Settlers' Day and would love to meet any of you there! One update: I just received three more cemetery lists from sexton Lee Modrow. One is basically a farm burial site, one is a small cemetery called Trail Creek and the third is one of the "biggies" I've been missing, Denmark Cemetery. One more administrative note: I'm getting ready to move so lookup requests may go unanswered for a bit. But I'll get to them! Tracee

Hello Lincoln County researchers.... We have a new query on the Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb page. The URL for the query page is: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/queries.html Here is the query in its entirety: - --------------------------- Raymond Zerfas (email: mylady@ruraltel.net) - 08 February 2000 I am searching for information on Andrew Caruthers BOWEN, born June 3, l839 in Madison, Ind. First marriage to Elizabeth GILTNER (sp?). Second marriage to Rebecca Jane SHAFER in Missouri, then moved to Lincoln County, Sylvan Grove, Kansas. Any information would be appreciated. email mylady@ruraltel.net - ------------------------------- Good luck in your research Bill Sowers Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hi, list! I posted some excerpts from a Lincoln Sentinel-Republican feature called "News from Our Men and Women in Uniform," which ran regularly during World War II. If these are of interest, I'll gather some more the next time I'm home. The page is http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/uniform.htm I also have finally alphabetized the list of graduates of Lincoln High School from 1891-1998, if you'd like lookups. I hope to add this to the Lincoln County page once I determine who compiled the original and get permission to use it in that way. Tracee

Hello Lincoln County researchers.... You may have already heard of this site on the Internet... Kansas Migrations Homepage http://www.horsethieves.com/migrations/home.htm It's part of a bigger effort called: Migrations.... located at: http://www.migrations.org/ You can enter ancestors in, for example, Lincoln County KS, and indicate when they came into the county, other family members, etc. There are lots of pages out on the Internet for genealogists. This one looks pretty good. Take a peak and see what you think. Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hi, list! Just posted two new things on the Lincoln County page: an index of obituaries from the 1989 Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, and a list of names on the new Veterans Memorial. Enjoy! Tracee

Hi, Everyone, here's the list for finding what state a social security card was issued from.... 001-003 New Hampshire 004-007 Maine 008-009 Vermont 010-034 Mass. 040-049 Conn. 050-134 New York 135-158 New Jersey 159- 211 Penn. 212-220 Maryland 221-222 Delaware 223-231 Virginia 232-236 West Virginia 237-246 North Carolina 247-251 South Carolina 252-260 Ggeorgia 261-267 Florida 268-302 Ohio 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisconsin 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas 433-439 Louisianna 440-448 Oklahoma 449-467 Texas 468-477 Minnesota 478-485 Iowa 486-500 Missouri 501-502 North Dakota 503-504 South Dakota 505-508 Nebraska 509-515 Kansas 516-517 Montana 518-519 Idaho 520 Wyoming 521-524 Colorado 525 New Mexico 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah 530 Nevada 531-539 Washington 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii 577-579 District of Columbia 580 Virgin Island 581-585 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Phikipines Island 700-729 Railroad >>A nine-digit Social Security number is composed of three parts: the area >>number, the group number, and the serial number. >>The Area Number: The first three digits in a Social Security number comprise >>the Area number. Before 1972, this number identified the state in which the >>applicant's original Social Security card was issued. Since 1972, all Social >>Security numbers have been assigned and issued from one office in Baltimore, >>and the Area number identifies the mailing address zip code of the >>applicant. An applicant's mailing address, either before or after 1972 may >>not be the same as the residence. The area number is merely an indicator >>that an applicant resided in or used an address in a particular state at the >>time the Social Security card was originally issued. A list of area numbers >>and corresponding states is available on the SSA's Internet web site at >>http://www.ssa.gov/. >>The Group Number: The middle two digits of a Social Security number range >>from 01 to 99, but they are not issued in consecutive order. The SSA >>Internet site contains a frequently updated list of the latest Group numbers >>issued within each area. >>The Serial Number: The last four digits of a Social Security number run >>serially from 0001 through 9999. (Porter 1999)

Hi, list! I've added some old obituaries to the Lincoln County page. Here is a list: Achterberg, William Askey, Ferris Barrett, Mrs. Bishop, Margaret Brooks, James W. Cole, Dr. Sarah (I recommend reading this one even is she's not in your "tree) Daughters, Mrs. C.B. Dillon, Anne Gaylord, James Seeley Goodell, Charles B. Hall, Neta Schoshke Hamilton, Lucile Hendrickson, William Hockenberry, Rebecca Kerr, Amos King, Haddie Marsh, Minnie Marshall, D.B. McCanles, John J. Metz, Theodore Metzger, Pierce Morrical, May Murray, John Peate, Laura Powell, Lydia Shafer, Laura Stanley, Arthur J. Stites, Charles William Toole, Sadie Walls, Infant Whalen, Margaret Wiegert, Ernst Wolleson, Karen Also, I've updated the current obituary index through the end of 1999. Names added were Andreson, Boston, Dowlin, Eckhart, Flaherty, Godfrey, Herbel, Hildebrant, Hobbs, Holloway, Hudson, Hynes, Johannes, Keating, Kruse, Maring, Marinhagen, Meier, O'Neill, Pickett, Quackenbush, Reinert, Ruggles, Saenger, Simpson, Smith, Srna, Suelter, Robben, Wiesner-Jarrell. Let me know if you'd like any of those obits. Tracee

>From the LINCOLN REGISTER, Jan. 2, 1880 "The Adams House fed 113 people New Year's Eve. "A free bridge. Come out to the Court House next Wednesday night. "Coal is now being delivered in this city, from the home minus at $5.00 per ton. "Next Wednesday night, at the Court House. Every body turn out to take steps to secure a free bridge over the river. "For final proof papers and all business in that line go to Judge Wellman in the Court House. .... "There was a surprise donation at the Presbyterian church last night, in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. Bradbury. It was well attended and was quite a favorable surprise to the Elder. "Some change has been made in the police force of our town. Mr. Farley resigned his position as Marshall, and Mr. DeArmond was appointed in his stead, with Mr. Thomas Strange as assistant. "The ice harvest, as harvested at the present time, and properly housed for Lincoln Center, amounts in aggregate to seventy-five tons. Strange & Sherman fifty tons, and R. A. Thompson, twenty-five tons. .... "Misses Blanch and Alice Wellman, daughters of Judge Wellman, of the City received as their Christmas present and the token of parental affection, a beautiful Estey organ. "The Vesper folks enjoyed themselves most magnificantly on Christmas Eve. They met in the school house and had an `arch,' which one reporter says was loaded with presents. There were over two hundred persons present, and all enjoyed themselves as was vefitting of the time."

LOVE the old clippings from the newspapers. Thanks, Wilda!

April 18, 1873 "Two or three days of warm sunshine will cause the prairie to bloom like a field of roses. "Buffalo have made their appearance in considerable numbers in different parts of the county. "Bryant & Weeks have arrived with their stock of drugs, and will open up in a few days. "A little old hat, supposed to belong to Wisner, has been seen blowing around the prairie. It got away from him during the lat high wind. "The board of commissioners is to meet Saturday, the 19th. "Mart. Hendrickson and Owen Petty have gone on the plains to frighten the buffaloes. "Dock. Gilpin has had his studio totally demolished by wind. ... "On Sunday last five wagon-loads of immigrants stopped in town, on their way to new homes in the western part of this countyr. They numbered twenty-five souls, we understand." Would you like more "old news" from Lincoln County? Wilda