This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allison, Bower, Bowers, McDonald, Creachbaum, Ernzen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fm.2ADI/116.1 Message Board Post: Christopher, I want to thank you for all the hard work that you've put in to sharing these wonderful newspaper entries! I am enjoying these tremendously as I'm sure many are. THANK YOU! Re: "-------------------- Miss Lillie ALLISON is very sick with the erysipelas, and is sadly missed by her Sunday school friends, who hope that she will soon be able to be around again. --------------------" I believe that this Lillie Allison married Joseph Milton Bower. I descend from Joseph's sister Sarah Ellen Bower who married Arch McDonald. Sarah and Joseph were children of John and Nancy (Creachbaum) Bower - early pioneers of Chanute. Found on the 1900 Census for Kansas; Neosho County; Tioga Twp; 5 June; E.D. 158; 62/66; DCH Bowers, Joseph M. Head W M Dec 1860 39 M15 Indiana Ohio Ohio Carpenter , Lilly M. Wife W F July 1865 34 M15 6/6 (sic) Ohio Ohio Ohio , Myrtle S. Dau W F July 1885 14 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Grace M. Dau W F Nov 1886 13 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Joseph S. Son W M Aug 1888 11 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Zella Dau W F July 1890 9 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , James C. Son W M Aug 1893 6 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Vern Son W M Dec 1895 4 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Jesse Son W M Sep 1899 8/12 S Kansas Indiana Ohio ******************************************* Found on the 1910 Census for Oklahoma; Kiowa County; Mt. Park Twp; E.D. 177; 30 April; 306/310; DCH Bowers, Joe Head M W 49 M1 25 Indiana Ohio Ohio , Lillie M. Wife F W 45 M1 25 9/9 Ohio Ohio Ohio , Myrtle Daughter F W 24 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Grace Daughter F W 23 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Jess Son M W 11 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Verle Daughter F W 4 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , Boy (sic) Son M W 1 S Kansas Indiana Ohio , James Son M W 16 S Kansas Indiana Ohio ******************************************** Found on the 1920 Census for Oklahoma; Kiowa County; Snyder; Ward 2; E.D. 141; 6-7 January; 103/103; DCH Bower, Joseph Head M W 59 M Ohio United States United States , Lillie Wife F W 55 M Ohio Pennsylvania New York , Verle Daughter F W 13 S Oklahoma Ohio Ohio , J. D. Son M W 10? S Oklahoma Ohio Ohio ******************************************** >From the Chanute, Kansas newspaper - 11 Mar 1950 "J. M. Bower Joe M. Bower, 89, former resident of Chanute and vicinity, died Thursday at his home in San Diego, Calif. He had been in failing health only a short time. He left here in 1901 and made his home in and near Snyder, Okla., from where he went to San Diego with his youngest son, J. D. Bower, and family. Two brothers, Dan and Fred Bower, live southwest of Chanute, and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen McDonald and Mrs. Rose Ernzen, in Chanute. He is survived by four sons, Sylvester, James and Verne, of Oklahoma, and J. D., of San Diego, and four daughters, Myrtle, Grace, Zella and Verle, all of Oklahoma. The funeral service will be at San Diego, and interment will be at Snyder, where his wife is buried." ************************************************ Hope this helps and would love to hear from cousins. I look forward with hope that more newspaper entries will be coming. :-) Sincerely, Donna