I am looking for information on how to open adoption papers of my grandmother who has long since passed away. Does anyone have any information on this? My grandmother, Lillie Esther Gamble, was born in Norton, Norton Co. KS.(we think per her SSI application every thing else says Arkansas) in 1889 and was adopted about age 3 we think by Elias and Elizabeth Gamble. We think her birth mother may have been named Jenny Sprung per schoolyard bully's taunt. There are Sprung's in Norton Co. Would appreciate any information. Darn, what I would not give to be able to turn back time and save the 1890 census from destruction, that would have been my saving document. Kathy Busby California

Seventy Years in Norton County by D. N. Bowers is for sale on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1457878179

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1452621152 HISTORY & TALES OF A PIONEER John S. Blue - the Blue family came to Norton county in the late 1870's, I believe [I'm away from home and all my books & notes] and settled somewhere in the NE corner of the county. Only one chapter in this book deals with Norton County, and the info in that chapter is very general. It is written in story form, and has less genealogical/historical information than I would have liked. However, if you are descended from the Blue family, this would be a good read. Good luck, Ardie

Rich I will be going to Norton tomorrow so will see what I can find for you. Sharleen Subject: [KSNORTON] Albert Van Cleave 1844-1889 Albert Van Cleave is buried in Devizes Cemetery. He died July 12, 1889 after having been struck by lightening. I would like to hear from anyone with knowledge of this individual or family. Would there likely be an area newspaper that would have an obituary or perhaps an article since he was killed in this manner? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== List Co-ordinator: Ardie Grimes agrimes@inetnebr.com or mad_genealogist@yahoo.com ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Albert Van Cleave is buried in Devizes Cemetery. He died July 12, 1889 after having been struck by lightening. I would like to hear from anyone with knowledge of this individual or family. Would there likely be an area newspaper that would have an obituary or perhaps an article since he was killed in this manner? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/

well, you are very very wrong. John Grant was not part Indian. He was my Greatgrandfather through Inez (Ina) Heacock. He then married a woman named Graham from IL. My grandmother never particularly liked her but I would have been told if she were Indian. Lord, they all had blue eyes and were Irish. John's mother was totally Irish as was his father. I am totally confused by all you say here. Where did you get all of that? Audrey Annable Franklin granddaughter of Beulah Grant Annable Gruber. -----Original Message----- From: Billegean Grant [mailto:scor108gem@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:40 PM To: KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KSNORTON] Floyd Grant @ birth mother unknown Floyd grant was raised by step mother who was married to John E Grant. I have been unable to locate any information on birth mother who was supposed full blood Sioux. John Grant was also part Sioux but didn't advertise it, so as to live in the white mans world, he was postmaster of Cactus Creek where Floyd was born. surnames; blackburn, straight, grant, beer, dack, kight, porter thanks for reading, any information would be appreciated. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== Remember to include the five basic items: WHO (complete name), WHAT (are you seeking?), WHEN (did these folks live?), WHERE (did these folks live?) and HOW (can we reach you?). ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Floyd grant was raised by step mother who was married to John E Grant. I have been unable to locate any information on birth mother who was supposed full blood Sioux. John Grant was also part Sioux but didn't advertise it, so as to live in the white mans world, he was postmaster of Cactus Creek where Floyd was born. surnames; blackburn, straight, grant, beer, dack, kight, porter thanks for reading, any information would be appreciated. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Please do not reply to this message on the list. If you want further info please contact me at agrimes@inetnebr.com There are a couple of viruses running rampant that I wanted to warn you all about. First of all, you CANNOT be infected with a virus through a Rootsweb mailing list message. Most viruses are transmitted through attachments, and the Rootsweb server strips off all attachments before sending a message on to you. However, you CAN be infected when someone from the mailing list who has the virus sends an email directly to you (They don't do it intentionally - it's part of the virus infection). The most common viruses right now are BadTrans and SirCam. I have received at least 2 copies every day for the last week of the SirCam virus. You can [usually] recognize it by the double file extension, for example the attachment could be named "my_file.doc.exe" or "ardie_income.xls.pif". It takes a file from "My Documents", adds the virus info, and sends it to everyone in the infected computer's address book. It could choose a file with confidential information saved on the computer and send it to everyone. Here's what YOU need to do: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER open an attachment to an email, unless you know the person sending it, AND are expecting to receive an email with attachment. Then scan the attachment with your virus program before opening it. Have a virus program installed on your computer, and make sure you update it often (weekly is recommended). Have it set to scan incoming email. If you receive a virus in an attachment, immediately delete it from your inbox, then immediately empty the trash on your mail program. Educate yourself about viruses - I subscribe to a couple of newsletters from the virus software people, that warn about commonly encountered viruses and their behavior. Or if you don't want to subscribe to a newsletter, each company has their own virus "library" with information about the characteristics & fixes for each recognized virus. Please do not reply to this message on the list. If you want web sites with virus information, please email me at agrimes@inetnebr.com and I will be glad to send you a list. Have a safe virus-free summer, Ardie List Admin: Norton County, Kansas Mailing List

Hi I am entering some names in the cencus of Norton County Ks and there is a Grant Township in the southeastern part of Norton Kansas. There are some Grants in the census on 1985 Kansas. I am entering the entire county and there are also some rundles in the cencus. There were some Rundels that lived across the street from us when I was about 12 years old. I don't remember their given names tho. This would have been in 1947. http://www.kshs.org/library/cens8ks.htm This is where the cencus is listed. You might check this. This is the Kansas Agricultural cencus but it does have all the people in it plus some information about how much land and what was planted on the land. Hope this helps. Judy Audrey Annable Franklin wrote: > > Thought someone might want this information. Audrey > > Descendants of Daniel Rundell > > 1 Daniel Rundell 1850 - b: Abt. 1850 in NY > .. +Lucy Unknown 1848 - b: Abt. 1848 in NY > ......... 2 Jennie L. Rundell 1872 - 1925 b: Abt. 1872 in NY d: Aft. 1925 > ............. +Dwight William Grant 1870 - 1925 b: February 19, 1870 in New > Cambridge, Henry Cty, IL m: June 10, 1896 in Norton, Phillip Cty, KS d: > September 14, 1925 in Methodist Hospital, Almena, Norton Cty, KS > .................... 3 Dwight W. Jr. Grant 1899 - 1978 b: February 06, > 1899 in Norton Cty, KS d: December 1978 in Solano Beach, San Diego Cty, CA > ........................ +Iris Powell 1902 - 1994 b: September 27, 1902 in > TX m: in prob. Nueces Cty, TX d: May 24, 1994 in Corpus Christi, Nueces Cty, > TX > .................... 3 Leola I. Grant 1906 - 1996 b: November 12, 1906 in > Norton Cty, KS d: June 1996 in Houston, Harris Cty, TX > ......... 2 Frederick Rundell 1875 - b: Abt. 1875 in NY > ......... 2 Daniel J. Rundell 1880 - b: Aft. 1880 > ............. +Lucy L. Unknown > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > Take a look at the Norton County, Kansas GenWeb page at > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/norton/index.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Thought someone might want this information. Audrey Descendants of Daniel Rundell 1 Daniel Rundell 1850 - b: Abt. 1850 in NY .. +Lucy Unknown 1848 - b: Abt. 1848 in NY ......... 2 Jennie L. Rundell 1872 - 1925 b: Abt. 1872 in NY d: Aft. 1925 ............. +Dwight William Grant 1870 - 1925 b: February 19, 1870 in New Cambridge, Henry Cty, IL m: June 10, 1896 in Norton, Phillip Cty, KS d: September 14, 1925 in Methodist Hospital, Almena, Norton Cty, KS .................... 3 Dwight W. Jr. Grant 1899 - 1978 b: February 06, 1899 in Norton Cty, KS d: December 1978 in Solano Beach, San Diego Cty, CA ........................ +Iris Powell 1902 - 1994 b: September 27, 1902 in TX m: in prob. Nueces Cty, TX d: May 24, 1994 in Corpus Christi, Nueces Cty, TX .................... 3 Leola I. Grant 1906 - 1996 b: November 12, 1906 in Norton Cty, KS d: June 1996 in Houston, Harris Cty, TX ......... 2 Frederick Rundell 1875 - b: Abt. 1875 in NY ......... 2 Daniel J. Rundell 1880 - b: Aft. 1880 ............. +Lucy L. Unknown

The 1880 census has two Grants in Norton Cty. William is my GGgrandfather. His brother, John, was also there before he went on to IA HOWEVER, who is E. W. Grant? Does anyone know anything about this Knapp family? As far as I know, William only married once. 1880 Grant and West Union, Norton Cty, KS William 48 Canada Permelia 29 IL D. W. 10 IL J. E. 8 IL J. L. 3 KS Daughter also in Grant and West Union is a: E. W. Grant 20 b. KS living with J. W. Knapp 60 NY Mary J. 44 Canada (could she be a Grant or have been married to one?)

Hi all, thought you might find this interesting, but please don't ask ME for the answers! Ardie Subject: 8th Grade Education... Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no odifications. 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run. 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. 7. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865. Orthography (Time, one hour) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals? 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'. 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?

Look for this new info on the Norton County, Kansas web page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksnorton Almena - circa 1910 postcard view; newspaper articles with historical info Densmore - two new cemetery listings - Densmore & West Union(aka Archer) cemeteries Fairhaven - postcard view; newspaper article with historical info Oronoque - history & cemetery info Schools - photos and/or souvenir booklets for Big Timber & Champion Hill schools Towns, PO's & RR stations - I've tried to list all the towns, etc. that have ever existed in Norton county with as much info as I've found to date Please let me know if this information is helpful and interesting - and of course if you find errors or links that don't work, please be sure to contact me. Also please contact me if you have information you would like to contribute. Ardie aka <mad_genealogist@yahoo.com> Admin for Norton County, Kansas Rootsweb mailing list Norton County, Kansas Message Board

Thank you, thank you!I I could not say about the discrepancy in dates but the name is definitely Wilmot not Wilmont. Pauline Bug somebody to go and read those Lenora cemeteries! :-)

Thanks Didn't think there wete but hoped there might be. Have a good 4th of July Glenn

Glenn No other names listed besides Child Hinkle. Sorry Sharleen > Snip>>> > Do you have any Hinkle/Henkle/Henkel besides Baby Hinkle.

The information from the Lenora cemetery listing shows different spelling and different death dates. Jessie Wilmont 1810-1894 and Elizabeth Wilmont 1824-1904 both buried in the East Cemetery. Sharleen snip>>> > Thanks The names I am looking for are Jesse Wilmot 1810-1893 and his wife > Elizabeth (Luther) 1824-1905. > > > >

Sharleen You are a Dear. Do you have any Hinkle/Henkle/Henkel besides Baby Hinkle. I can't find any records of Hinkle's (any spelling) except what I have on Grandmother Mary May Henkel Roe, and John & Lidia Henkle when they started the Rose Hill School (1889) Norcatur Centennial Book. Its probably a long shot but I keep searching. Glenn

Thanks The names I am looking for are Jesse Wilmot 1810-1893 and his wife Elizabeth (Luther) 1824-1905. These are not direct ancestors but rather collateral. I am a descendant of Abraham Hendricks, Lenora's first postmaster and storekeeper. He is buried in the East or as originally called Hendricks Cemetery and I would assume the Wilmots would be in that cemetery also. Pauline (Allen) Wagoner

Glenn Both counties have a copy of the Norcatur Cemetery. I know the Decatur genealogy society is going to re-walk it and update it this fall when it gets cooler weather here in Kansas. I do have a copy of the old list from here in Decatur county if you would like a lookup. Sharleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Dunavan" <gdunavan@westriv.com> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [KSNORTON] Norton Cemetery Index > Sharleen > Do you know if Decatur County has included the Norcatur Cemetery or is it > going in Norton County since Norctur is in Decatur County while the cemetery > is in Norton county. > Have a good 4th of July. > Glenn > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > Remember to include the five basic items: WHO (complete name), > WHAT (are you seeking?), WHEN (did these folks live?), > WHERE (did these folks live?) and HOW (can we reach you?). > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >