Hello Lincoln County researchers... As some of you know, our youngest child, Rachel, was diagnosed with leukemia (AML) in late August. We've spent the last two and one half months caring for her at home and in the hospital in Kansas CIty.... with not a lot of time for the Lincoln County page or much of anything else. My workplace, the State Library of Kansas, is full of the nicest people in the world and they've let me set up my workstation for cataloging here at home so I can stay at home with Rachel during the day and get a lot of my hours in at the same time at work while Diana is working at the public library. It's been a hectic time... and will get more so in the near future. In early December Rachel will undergo a bone marrow transplant from her sister, Amanda.... I always knew having a lot of kids was a good thing! Rachel will then stay at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for about a month with Diana and me switching off and on from home in Topeka to hospital in KC. OK... all that explanation... so what am I getting at? I feel bad that the Lincoln County GenWeb page has not received the attention that we could give it before. Many of you have helped out in its development and I want to see it continue to grow. Tracee Hamilton has been especially helpful and we've asked if she'd be willing to jump in as a fellow coordinator of the web page.... not a nice thing to do to someone who's just had foot surgery and can't run away from you!<grin> Tracee has agreed and we've put her name with ours at the bottom of the main page... it'll take awhile to add her to all of the other pages.... I never realized I was so egotistical as to put Diana's and my name on every page!<grin> Thank you for your patience during this difficult time for our family. We continue to be positive about Rachel's recovery and if you have some free moments and can send some prayers/good thoughts our way we'd appreciate them as well! Our best to you for a restful/thankful Thanksgiving. 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 can't SWEAR that this is true, but I met a man who is the grandfather of the woman who wrote "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and she is descended from some Lincoln County settlers. The story apparently is based on the story of one of those settlers; in other words, this story allegedly happened in Lincoln County! I should try to track down the truth of this, eh? Maybe someone out there knows more about this than I do. I saw a commercial for the third part of the series today and that made me think of this. For what it's worth.. Tracee

Hi Tonya, Are you descended from Earl Peck by any chance? Wilda

Bill and Diana, that would be an excellent idea. We also have one or two photos from Kansas here that we can't identify. And it is my impression that the Lincoln County Historical Society has oodles of unidentified photos, too. Maybe they could be scanned and put on line (maybe not all at once!) in hopes someone can identify some of the people in them. Wilda Bill & Diana Sowers wrote: > > Hello Tonya and everybody else.... > > If you have old Lincoln County photos/pictures you'd be willing to send to us as gif or jpg we'd be happy to set them up on a "Lincoln County photograph page" online. We can put them up online to give people a chance to see Lincoln County people and places. We can also put them up with questions such as "WHO AM I?" with your email addresses as contact people. > > Give it a thought and let us know. If you have photos from a book be careful > that they are either pre copyright limitation (1924?) or you have the > permission of the photographer/publisher to submit them. > > Thanks > > Bill and Diana Sowers > > At 11:49 AM 11/19/99 -0600, you wrote: > 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

Hello Lincoln County researchers.... We have updated the 1999 Lincoln County obituary index, thanks to the efforts of Tracee Hamilton. Surnames added: ANDERSON BAIRD BARTELS BOLTE BROWN BRYAN CARMEY CHOITZ CLINE CRAWFORD DEITER DENIO DETMER DILLET FREW GEYER GORTON HAIN HAMILTON HANNEMANN HINDMAN HISEROTE HUNDERTMARK KEELER LOHMANN LOUTHAN McCLURE MAGNUSSON MAHER MEIER NEILSEN NELSON PLINSKY POSTELL RATHBUN ROBEY SAINE SHAFFSTALL SHEETS SHELTON SHOOK SMITH SNYDER SRNA STIRN WACKER WALTER WEBER WEGNER WIRTH WOLTING Keep in mind that some of the above names will not appear in the alphabetical listing as they are maiden names of the deceased. If you can't find a name either scroll down or do a search for it. The recent/1999 obit index can be found online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/obit.htm Happy hunting Bill and Diana 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 would like to contact descendants of Frankie Hedrickson Malone and her husband Thomas Malone, who are buried in Lincoln, next to the grave site of John Sylvester Strange and Susan Nancy Hendrickson Strange. Wilda

Hello Tonya and everybody else.... If you have old Lincoln County photos/pictures you'd be willing to send to us as gif or jpg we'd be happy to set them up on a "Lincoln County photograph page" online. We can put them up online to give people a chance to see Lincoln County people and places. We can also put them up with questions such as "WHO AM I?" with your email addresses as contact people. Give it a thought and let us know. If you have photos from a book be careful that they are either pre copyright limitation (1924?) or you have the permission of the photographer/publisher to submit them. Thanks Bill and Diana Sowers At 11:49 AM 11/19/99 -0600, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I have acquired MANY old Lincoln county photos that date from about 1890 to >1938. Many of them are unidentified and I was wondering if the list would >be interested in my scanning and posting them to the list to see if any of >you can identify them? > >I have several old 8x10 size portraits of groups of Rosette and Ash Grove >school children and church congregations. And several groups of family >photos that were in some way related to the Peck family in the Lincoln, >Sylvan Grove, Lucas areas. I have a hunch that some of these photos belong >to some of the following Lincoln County surnames (and if identified, I would >love to give them to the appropriate families): > >Peck >Frey >Kressly >Vonada >Burger >Jeffers >Thaete >Klein >Grogan >Bowersox >Bierly >Mettlen >Naegele > >(and others). If you have a connection in any way to any of these surnames >and would like to view the photos and try to identify them, please e-mail me >at jayhawk@terraworld.net . > >Thanks! > >Tonya (Peck) Cox > 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 everyone, I have acquired MANY old Lincoln county photos that date from about 1890 to 1938. Many of them are unidentified and I was wondering if the list would be interested in my scanning and posting them to the list to see if any of you can identify them? I have several old 8x10 size portraits of groups of Rosette and Ash Grove school children and church congregations. And several groups of family photos that were in some way related to the Peck family in the Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Lucas areas. I have a hunch that some of these photos belong to some of the following Lincoln County surnames (and if identified, I would love to give them to the appropriate families): Peck Frey Kressly Vonada Burger Jeffers Thaete Klein Grogan Bowersox Bierly Mettlen Naegele (and others). If you have a connection in any way to any of these surnames and would like to view the photos and try to identify them, please e-mail me at jayhawk@terraworld.net . Thanks! Tonya (Peck) Cox

I have just joined the Lincoln County list. I am descended from John Sylvester STRANGE and Susan Nancy HENDRICKSON Strange, who settled in what is now Lincoln County in 1866. He was one of the first county commissioners. I am working on a biography of JS and SN Strange for THE STRANGE-WEBBER CONNECTION, a family newsletter. I and am looking for any information I can find about them - and am also interested in all their kinfolk! I am also working on an article on the diphtheria epidemic of 1878 in Lincoln (may expand it to include other years and other areas). I would like to hear from anyone who has family stories and traditions related to these epidemics or about those who died and those who had diphtheria but survived, and about the impact of this disease on the family and/or community. Thanks, Wilda K. W. (Wendy) Morris

Hi, list! I made it up the stairs to my PC today for the first time since surgery. Good to be back on the web. Everything went fine and I'm semi-walking on my own. Hope to go to a cane next week and then we'll see from there. I still can't drive for two weeks, so I'll get a lot more stuff done, genealogy-wise! I didn't get as much done during my recovery as I had hoped. I found the drugs were necessary, and that they sent me to a happy place for much of the day. But I have a few things I'll post over the weekend. And I'm indexing and typing in the 1989 obits from the Sentinel so I'll send a list of those folks as soon as I'm finished with that. Then it's on to the Plat Book, which I couldn't work with while keeping my foot elevated. I'll let you know when that's done as well. I'll get all of this to Bill at some point so he can put it on the page. That's it. Good to be back! Let me know if you need lookups of anything. Tracee

Hi, list! I just got the St. John Lutheran Cemetery list in the mail, so if there's anyone you want looked up there, let me know! Vic Suelter did a great job on this; it's the nicest cemetery map I've ever seen. I should have Beverly very soon. Tracee

Hi, list! Thought you might like this article about Lee Modrow, the sexton in Lincoln. Lee is quite a fellow; he has shared all his cemetery information with me and I've been sharing my new finds with him. He is not on the internet and in fact has nothing computerized, but he knows about our list and is getting more curious about it. I might get him on the 'net yet! What he does to find graves -- as described in this story -- I've seen, and it really works. It's amazing. I asked for my own set of rods for Christmas! Hope you enjoy this article by Carl Manning of the Associated Press; it ran in the Salina Journal... Tracee Lincoln – The tombstones cast long shadows and the prairie winds quietly rustle low-hanging branches as Lee Modrow slowly walks about the city cemetery searching for unmarked graves. It’s a quest that may leave some doubting when they hear he uses a pair of 30-inch stainless steel rods that swing freely in wooden handles for searching beneath the soil. But in a town where many people view water witching – finding underground water with divining rods – as nothing out of the ordinary, Modrow draws few stares when he says: "I can find bodies with a divining rod." Folks put great stock in what the 72-year-old Modrow says. Many freely admit that while they can’t explain it, they accept it as truth simply because he tells it that way. "He is just as straight as an arrow. He isn’t out to flimflam, con or anything else like that," said Claude Fillingim, funeral director at the mortuary where Modrow worked until he retired in 1992. Fillingim, who’s know Modrow for three decades, added, "I have not seen a demonstration, but I have no reason to disbelieve him. It is so matter of fact with him. He’s not impressed with his ability at all." Apparently, so credible is Modrow that city officials don’t bother to dig where he points. They update city cemetery records based on what he says and won’t sell a grave plot if he says there’s already a body there. "Yep, he can do it. I know it’s hard to believe, but it works. I’ve seen it work," City Councilman Glenn Stegman said. "If somebody told me, I’d be skeptical, but when Lee tells me, I believe him. He’s as honest a person as I know." Stegman, a bank vice president, also is chairman of the committee that oversees the 18-acre City of Lincoln Cemetery where Modrow is the sexton, or caretaker. "You don’t have to dig it up because it did the same thing over there where we know there’s a body," Stegman said. "The explanation? I have no idea. Is it magnetic? I don’t know." A tall, lanky man, Modrow realized his talent in the mid-1990s when someone showed him how to find bodies with divining rods, and the first time he tried it, "I nearly went into orbit." While his ability may leave some shaking their heads, Modrow does offer an explanation of sorts. "The mineral in the body, in the bones, and the magnetic field in the universe is what makes it work. Then there is something in your body," Modrow said as he walks across the cemetery. With rods poised in front of him, Modrow slowly approaches a grave. Soon, they swing outward like a gate with no apparent effort by him to move them. "You got to hold them level," he said, as the rods start to move. "Yep, there’s a body down there," he said. "Now I am over the body, see how it swings out. If it only goes half way out, it is a child." He said if there’s no body, the rods won’t move. "It works on anything for me – cement, steel, wooden coffins. It doesn’t make any difference, it works," he said. "Over the bodies, you can feel it start pulling. I do know when you get tired, it won’t work. You can lose your energy." But Modrow said he isn’t trying to prove anything. "It doesn’t bother me if people don’t believe. I have done it enough to know it works. I can go anywhere and do it," he said. "I haven’t had anybody call me a crackpot, but if they do, I don’t care. Modrow doesn’t consider his ability unique, saying, "Anybody who can witch for water, it should work for them." And while there are some who say they can do what Modrow does, nobody claims to do it better. He agreed there is reason for skeptics; after all what he does is a little more surreal than branding cattle or cutting wheat. "People look at you funny sometimes. I had one fellow say ‘I have known you all my life and I know you don’t lie, so I accept it,’ " Modrow said.

Well, good news for Lincoln researchers, anyway. I'm having foot surgery on Friday and will be out of action for awhile. The computer is upstairs and I don't think I'll be climbing for awhile. BUT I will be indexing the 1901 Plat Book and typing in another year's worth of obituaries and alphabetizing the Lincoln High School graduation list (it's year by year; that's no help!), and typing and proofreading some other stuff I've had sitting around. Plus I'm expecting that St. John's cemetery list any day now...the possibilities are endless. So if you send me email and it goes unanswered for awhile, you'll know! Of course, if they give me decent pain medication, all bets are off! :) Tracee

Hi, list! I pulled this article from the Oct. 21 Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, not so much for the details about this bridge but because of the little tidbits of history in this article. I thought it was pretty interesting. I'm trimming the fundraising pitches out as much as possible. This is NOT a solicitation for funds. Hope you enjoy it. Double-arch bridge Project is still alive The double-arch bridge located off K-181 north of Sylvan Grove is in need of repair. And if the repairs aren’t made, the locally known landmark will probably be lost to the running water of Spillman Creek. The double-arch bridge, also known as Spillman Bridge, was built by Lincoln County in 1908. It is located in Cedron Township of Lincoln County. A local bridge contractor, John Edward "Ed" Beverly, supervised the construction. Native limestone was quarried from the hills southwest of the bridge location and transported to the site. The south arch of the bridge measures 20 feet in diameter while the north arch is 24 feet. They are 20 feet in length. There are two abutments, one pier, and four wing walls. Temporary wooden arches were constructed to support the rocks as they were put in place. The wooden portion was removed when the "key rock," the rock at the uppermost point of the arch, was inserted. The stone arches were then self-supporting. According to the original bridge specifications, "All stone used in the construct of said bridge to be laid in Portland cement." The original bridge did not have a concrete deck. Instead it had stone bannisters that were subsequently removed when the road was widened in later years. The bridge was used for nearly 40 years before the State of Kansas needed to use it as part of the state highway in 1946. The bridge was then surfaced with asphalt. The bridge saw nearly another 50 years of use, but in 1993, the Kansas Department of Transportation decided to replace the bridge and put in a new highway. Duane Vonada, who lives just a few miles south of the bridge, heard of the decision and quickly called then Lincoln County Commissioner, Raymond Shaffstall. He explained the KDOT plans and wanted to know if there was any way to save the bridge. Shaffstall was more than willing to help and notified KDOT authorities of the request to save the bridge. Plans were made to move the highway to the west, build a new bridge and leave the Spillman Bridge as it was, with a roadside park area included. In addition, KDOT granted a $71,000 grant for the renovation and stabilization of the bridge if it could be matched by the county with $17,000. The bridge represents a lot of Lincoln County history, Vonada indicated. It was also a focal point for three ethnic groups located in the area, the Native Americans and the African Americans and the Northern Europeans who settled in the area. "It’s believed the Pawnee Indians followed a trail that passed very near where the bridge was located. Portions of the trail can still be seen from the air," Vonada pointed out. The North Central Kansas Intertribal Society has become interested in the bridge site and has given its support to preserving it for future generations. "They had a funeral ceremony a few years ago in the area just southeast of the bridge." Vonada said. "The group has also chosen the spot as a reburial site for a Native American who was accidentally uncovered in the Wolf Creek Gorge area," he added. In addition to the Native Americans, the roots of the African Americans who settled in the area can also be found near the bridge. "The black community used to have an ‘Emancipation Proclamation Picnic’ every year just northwest of this area," Vonada explained. "The Northern Europeans who settled this area will also be represented," he continued. "They probably helped with the contruction of the bridge." Vonada Stone Company and the Sylvan Grove Historical Society have donated a limestone sign for the project which is erected in the park area near the bridge. Two other signs are being made. At this point in time, Vonada is mainly concerned with stabilizing the base and floor of the arch. For close to a century, the trickling water of Spillman Creek has passed through the arches of the bridge and has taken its toll. Allowing the deterioration of the base and footings of the bridge to go unchecked, without some form of stabilization, could eventually place the structure in jeopardy. "It’s still stable and you can walk across it," Vonada reassured. "But we have to do something soon. "This KDOT program is only good until the year 2002," he pointed out. "I told them we’d have it done two years ago. Then I said last year. They’ve been very patient because they know we’re working on it." The bridge has gained support from several groups, in addition to the NCK Intertribal Society and members from the Nicodemus Historical Society. "The youth of the area seem to really want to save the bridge and the local 4-H clubs have indicated they will help out," Vonada said. "The Lincoln High School video class took an interest in the project and put together a video about the bridge," he added. "The goal is to make the bridge and the area included around it a multi-cultural park," he revealed. "We want to honor the Native Americans, the African Americans and the Northern Europeans who supplied the basis for the history of this place."

Hi, list! I've got the first batch of Lincoln yearbooks. None are very old, but I'll get more as my mom starts preparing to move. For now, these are the ones I've got: 1948, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 I also have a list of graduates for every class at LHS from 1891 to 1998, if you're curious about when an ancestor graduated. Tracee

Hi, list! Did you know that Lincoln County's population is now the third-oldest in the United States? I know many of you are recently from Lincoln or still live there, but I think there are some on the list who never have visited Lincoln, and some others who haven't been for many years. The Salina Journal recently ran a 6-part series on how small towns are struggling to survive, and based it in Lincoln. If you're interested in reading it, here's how: Go to http://archive.saljournal.com/cgi-bin/index.html You'll get a prompt for a search of the archives. Type "Lincoln and Carol Crupper" in the search field and you'll get eight articles by Carol Crupper. Six of those are the series, and they are dated 10/2 to 10/7. Tracee

Hello, list! While I was in Lincoln I stumbled on the article below, which I thought might be of interest. I also found a few obituaries while looking for other obituaries. Now that we can make copies, it's easy to print up anything I find. Anyway, here are the ones I came across, if anyone is interested. I'll get them typed in for Bill to put on the web page eventually... Edith Shafer/Shaver Winston Bruce Woody Timothy Ryan Martha Ann Moore And here's that article... Lincoln Sentinel, Dec. 26, 1907 Lincoln is a fine little city of some thing less than two thousand inhabitants beautifully situated in a rolling plain with a gentle southern slope. There are several points of interest about this city which make it one of the most desirable residence towns in Kansas. There are eight churches in the town each of them having large commodious buildings … and good strong membership. The pastors of these churches are men of strong ability and untiring efforts in their field which has to do with the welfare of the soul. The Lincoln public schools are the peers of any in the state. The corps of teachers number 13 and the schools are carefully graded and are working along the line of a definite course of study. Vocal music and drawing are required in all the grades and the High school department has an enrollment of almost a hundred. The High school offers two courses: One a college preparatory, and the other a general course. The school has been issuing from The Sentinel press one of the neatest High school papers in the state. Nothing of the low or sordid is found in its columns. The K.C.C. [Kansas Christian College] is located here and noted for the character of its work, and the standing of its students is the envy of any school in the state. The President, George R. Stoner A.B., is one of the strongest young men in the state. The businessmen of Lincoln are progressive and up-to-date. The town can boast of one of the best furniture stores in the state, girding the alley and reaching from street to street. One of our general stores is a model for the general plan of its rooms and has been duplicated in many towns of the state while all of our merchants are up-to-date in methods and stock. The streets of our city are the cleanest and best kept of any city of its size in the state. The city owns its own water and light system and is well provided with light and protection from fire. The residences are generally neat and attractive with beautful lawns and ornamental trees. The vast quarries of lime stone near the city provide excellent building and paving material so that our business buildings are both neat and substantial. Our court house is a very beautiful structure and is the best kept public building in the state. Such is Lincoln, and her gates are open to you.

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Hello, listers! I was just in Lincoln for a very quick, busy visit. I didn't do much "genie" work, but I DID get to the library to try the new microfilm reader/printer. What a difference it is going to make to all of us! I looked up and made copies of several things and it took only 30 minutes. I used to spend half a day there dictating obits into a tape recorder, and then had to transcribe them later! I am thrilled. My mother is ready to do lookups for a small donation to the library, by the way, so if anyone is interested in that, email me off the list and I'll tell you how to get in touch with her. The purpose of my trip was the auction of my grandfather's things (he's selling his house) and his 95th birthday, which came on the same day! I bought something at the auction that I think will come in handy for all of us: a plat book of Lincoln County for 1901. It is VERY cool; it shows every property owner in Lincoln County for that year. According to reliable info, only two plat books were ever made, 1901 and 1916. They apparently are rare because it was probably the hottest item at the auction. I plan to index it by township as soon as possible and then hopefully I'll be able to scan it into the computer as well. In the meantime, if you want me to look for someone in it, let me know. It's en route here, mailed in a box of quilts (!), but should be here by the end of the week. I also borrowed a book from my grandpa, called "Pioneer History of Kansas" by Adolph Roenigk. I am making a copy of the entire book. It doesn't have an index, which is too bad. Roenigk was a harness maker (and I imagine, a blacksmith) in Lincoln, and at least some of the book is about Lincoln County. If anyone knows more about it, or knows if it is available on the web, please let me know! I also should soon have the listing for the St. John Lutheran Cemetery. It has been completed and I have been promised a copy to add to my "master" index. I'll let you all know when that's in. I hear that the Beverly Cemetery has been done as well, but can't confirm that as yet. I also snagged some yearbooks from my grandpa's house and they, too, are in the mail. When I have dates I'll post those as well, and have Bill add them to the lookup list. As of now I only have the most recent ones, but I've been promised my mom's older ones when they move. Now, I need a bigger house. Tracee

Dear Muriel... and Lincoln County researchers... My thanks for putting this link up on the Lincoln COunty email list. This set of books on the Civil War is a classic. I've worked in libraries which had it and they were worth their weight in gold... researchers used them constantly. Unfortunately the paper volumes were slowly crumblins away as they sat on the shelves... but their presence on the Internet is a wonderful service to historians and genealogists. I encourage all of you interested in the Civil War to take a look at them. I'll try to establish a link to this site from the Lincoln County page tonight. later Bill Sowers At 03:58 PM 10/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >The War of the Rebellion is a compilation of the official records of the >Union and Confederate armies >published under the direction of the Secretary of War, The Honorary >Elihu Root, Brig. Gen. Fred. C. >Ainsworth, the Chief of the Record and Pension Office, U.S. War >Department, and Mr. Joseph W. >Kirkley (Mr. John S. Moodey, indexer). The Official records of the >Unites States and Confederate >Navies are also available. Click on below to take you to the site >http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html > >-- >Muriel > 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