The LaCygne Weekly Journal Linn County Friday February 3, 1899 Daniel HUMMELL was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1844 and died in LaCygne, Kansas, January 14, 1899. he was 54 years, 8 months and 20 days old. From Delaware, Ohio he with his parents moved to Van West, Ohio, where he remained until he enlisted in his country's service. At the close of the war he returned and on June 1st, 1868 he married Elizabeth IRELAND and came to Kansas where he spent the remainder of his life. In his death the community has lost one of its best men, and the family a devoted husband and father. he was always a welcome guest with his friends and he will be sadly missed by all. His constant suffering for some time past made life a burden and death came as a welcome visitor to him. The deceased leaves a wife, four daughters, one son, two sisters and one brother together with a multitude of friends to mourn his loss.

Hello all. I believe that "Van West" should have been "Van Wert". I don't know of a "Van West", but the city of Van Wert is the county seat of Van Wert County. Phyllis Rickard Adrian, MI [email protected] At 08:52 AM 2/7/2005, [email protected] wrote: >The LaCygne Weekly Journal >Linn County >Friday >February 3, 1899 > >Daniel HUMMELL was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1844 and died in LaCygne, >Kansas, January 14, 1899. he was 54 years, 8 months and 20 days old. > >From Delaware, Ohio he with his parents moved to Van West, Ohio, where > he remained until he enlisted in his country's service. At the close of > the war he returned and on June 1st, 1868 he married Elizabeth IRELAND > and came to Kansas where he spent the remainder of his life. >In his death the community has lost one of its best men, and the family a >devoted husband and father. he was always a welcome guest with his friends >and he will be sadly missed by all. His constant suffering for some time >past made life a burden and death came as a welcome visitor to him. The >deceased leaves a wife, four daughters, one son, two sisters and one >brother together with a multitude of friends to mourn his loss. > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx