Darlene I would be glad to check records in Norton County next week during spring break to see if there is any other information available there on Garner. Sharleen Wurm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ardie & Greg Grimes" <agrimes@inetnebr.com> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [KSNORTON] Re: Garner > I would interlibrary loan the Almena Star on microfilm from Kansas State > Historical Society. It's all on one reel, and you could find some > personal references to the publisher. Good luck, Ardie > > Darlene Garner wrote: > > > > Thanks for the info on J.E. Garner and the Almena Star newspaper with George W. Shook in 1885 jointly publishing this paper. John T. Garner and an A.T. Bratton, co-published the Beaver City Times at least in 1881. This could very well be our John T. Garner (at least the time period and the occupation match). Will research further. > > > > Thanks so much for your help! > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to the list, send a NEW e-mail > > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > > with only one word in the body: subscribe > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > Browse the archives of this mailing list at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Type ksnorton in the query box. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

I would interlibrary loan the Almena Star on microfilm from Kansas State Historical Society. It's all on one reel, and you could find some personal references to the publisher. Good luck, Ardie Darlene Garner wrote: > > Thanks for the info on J.E. Garner and the Almena Star newspaper with George W. Shook in 1885 jointly publishing this paper. John T. Garner and an A.T. Bratton, co-published the Beaver City Times at least in 1881. This could very well be our John T. Garner (at least the time period and the occupation match). Will research further. > > Thanks so much for your help! > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to the list, send a NEW e-mail > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > with only one word in the body: subscribe > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Dear List, I am interested in the A.T. BRATTON mention as I know that I had family named BRITTAIN / BRITTON / BRATTON. All the same family but spelled all different ways. Does anyone have more information. I have MINNIE MAY EMMERSON BRITTAIN MACKINDER b: 1885 . W. DOLPH BRITTAIN ( aka WILLIAM DAVID BRITTAIN ) b: 1883 also born in Norton per obits anyhow. Also in my same line I have PAUL / STUSSY / LANE / ADAMS / BAUMGARDNER / HAYNES and I suspect DUKE also. With Best Regards Victoria Brittain Allen First On Line Directory 1917-1918 Online Directory http://brittainsbookbarn.homestead.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Darlene Garner <garnerdk@olypen.com> > Thanks for the info on J.E. Garner and the Almena Star newspaper with George W. Shook in 1885 jointly publishing this paper. John T. Garner and an A.T. Bratton, co-published the Beaver City Times at least in 1881. This could very well be our John T. Garner (at least the time period and the occupation match). Will research further. > > Thanks so much for your help!

Thanks for the info on J.E. Garner and the Almena Star newspaper with George W. Shook in 1885 jointly publishing this paper. John T. Garner and an A.T. Bratton, co-published the Beaver City Times at least in 1881. This could very well be our John T. Garner (at least the time period and the occupation match). Will research further. Thanks so much for your help!

The only Garner I'm finding is J. E. Garner who started the Almena Star newspaper with George W. Shook. After 6 months, Shook bought out Garner. [according to the Lockard, "The History of the Early Settlement of Norton County, Kansas"] The Star was published from about 12/17/1885--2/8/1889 - at least those are the dates available on microfilm. Seventy Years in Norton County, KS by D. N. Bowers says that the Star was started in 1885 by E. J. Garner and George Shook. Garner is now [1942] in Wichita, owner and editor of Publicity. In the spring of 1888, Dr. W. H. Taylor started the Palindealer. The Star was sold to a man named Munday who soon sold it to the Plaindealer. In 1889 Garner returned and started the Almena Advance. When the Farmers Alliance came into existence in 1894 he changed the name to the Farmers Advance and moved the plant to Norton where it became the organ of the Populist party. > Looking for residence and place of death of John T. GARNER, b. 03 October 1852 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio. John married 2nd wife, Julia Hines 21 December 1885 in Norton, Norton County, Kansas. He did live in Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska. His first wife, Susie, died in mid-1885, and they had one son Clarence who was 1 yr. old at the time of her death. Would like to know where he lived and died after marrying Julia Hines.

Looking for residence and place of death of John T. GARNER, b. 03 October 1852 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio. John married 2nd wife, Julia Hines 21 December 1885 in Norton, Norton County, Kansas. He did live in Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska. His first wife, Susie, died in mid-1885, and they had one son Clarence who was 1 yr. old at the time of her death. Would like to know where he lived and died after marrying Julia Hines.

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My grandmother, Addie Wiley Guthrie was born on a farm northwest of Lenora, and then the family moved southeast of Norton. I have two of her autograph albums. I have listed the names of teachers, classmates, and family below that signed these. The pages are in bad shape but if you see a name listed and would like a copy of that page for your relatives handwriting I will try and make a copy of it for you. First album starts in about 1892 Stella Bulb, Bertha Ambrosier, J.M. Maxwell, Aunt Nora, Reuben A. Wiley(her brother), Stella Wiley(her sister), Myrtle Hendricks, Aunt Jessie, Sister Flora, May Dubois, Minda Eagleburger, Teacher A.C. Whipple, S.C. Keehnel, Ettie H., Belle Hendricks, Laura E.B. Bridges, John W. Hayes, Ethel Palmer, E.C. David, Hugh W. Swartz, Second album starts in about 1898 Brother Charlie, Birdie DeBolt, Margie E. Powers, Lillie Fero, Nellie Cline, Homer w. Greer, J.A. Smith, Josie Atteberry, Dottie Moody, Edna Fero, Ida Smith, Sister Stella, Authur B. Karker, Cousin Geo. B. Gehr, Everette DeBolt, A.M. Debolt, Etta Smith, Edith Moody, Lottie Atteberry, Fred Hadley, Ethel Burchell, Carrie Perkins, R.J. Smith, M.R. Smith.

Dear Ardie and List, I appreciate you sending me the information. Just tells you how long I have been looking as that is also my post with my other address. Thanks for thinkin of me. Victoria Brittain Allen 1917-1918 Online Directory http://brittainsbookbarn.homestead.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ardie & Greg Grimes <agrimes@inetnebr.com> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [KSNORTON] BRITTON / FISHER Pioneer families of Norton, KS > see http://genforum.genealogy.com/ks/norton/messages/10.html > > Victoria wrote: > > > > Dear Ardie and List, > > > > I see that there was the Britton surname mentioned in the site you sent. Is > > anyone researching the Britton surname from Norton , Kansas? Also > > interested in the Fisher surname. > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > with only one word in the body: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > >

see http://genforum.genealogy.com/ks/norton/messages/10.html Victoria wrote: > > Dear Ardie and List, > > I see that there was the Britton surname mentioned in the site you sent. Is > anyone researching the Britton surname from Norton , Kansas? Also > interested in the Fisher surname.

Dear Ardie and List, I see that there was the Britton surname mentioned in the site you sent. Is anyone researching the Britton surname from Norton , Kansas? Also interested in the Fisher surname. With Best Regards Victoria Brittain Allen 1917-1918 Online Directory http://brittainsbookbarn.homestead.com

Thanks Ardie, I appreciate it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ardie & Greg Grimes <agrimes@inetnebr.com> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:06 PM Subject: [KSNORTON] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} RE: Brown & Beckwith] > Forwarded to list by List Admin - [Linda, there was some glitch in the > system and you weren't actually subscribed. I subscribed you manually, > so you should start receiving these messages. Ardie] >

Forwarded to list by List Admin - [Linda, there was some glitch in the system and you weren't actually subscribed. I subscribed you manually, so you should start receiving these messages. Ardie] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: Brown & Beckwith Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:51:55 -0800 From: "Jim & Linda Radcliff" <redcliff@2xtreme.net> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Hi List Members, I am new to the Norton County List and am hoping to locate more family & information to add to my Tree. The main surnames in Norton County that I am researching are BROWN AND BECKWITH. Benjamin Franklin "BF" BROWN, b. 1825 in Maine married his 3rd wife, Susanna Jane WILSON BECKWITH, widow of William Carlos BECKWITH, in 1875 in Adams, Carbon County, Iowa. Shortly after they married, the started their trek west. Now BF had seven sons by a previous marriage, they were Henry Franklin, Fernand Donald, Louis Addison, William Wallace, Julius Bartlett, Edward Columbus, and Fred Weldon BROWN. Susanna Jane Wilson BECKWITH'S children were William Delos, Mary Ann, Candace Rosetta, Rebecca Jane, Nancy Cornelis, and Lorretta Victoria BECKWITH. >From the Union of BF BROWN AND Susanna Jane Wilson BECKWITH were born the following: George Washington, b. 1878 Julietta, Nebraska ?; Anna May b. 1880 Almena, Norton County, Kansas; and Riley Lincoln BROWN, b. 1882 Almena, Norton County, Kansas This family was enumberated on the 1880 Census, before Anna May was born. 1880 Aldine, Norton County, Kansas Census Vol. 14 Sheet 19 E.D. 200 Line 32, Enumberated with Brown, Benjamin Head of Houshold, age 53 Susan Wife age 41 Julus Son age 16 Frederick Son age 8 Edwin Son age 11 George Son age 02 Beckworth, Nancy Step Daughter age 12 Beckworth, Lauretta Step Daughter age 08 They are next located in the 1900 Census of Meeteetse, Big Horn County, Wyoming Now just to mix things up more, Two of BF's sons married Two of Susannah's daughters . Henry Franklin BROWN married Candace Rosetta BECKWITH; and Julius Bartlett BROWN married Nancy Cornelia BECKWITH (they are my Great Grandparents.) This Union makes My Maternal Great Grandmother , Nancy Cornelius BECKWITH and my Paternal Great Grandfather, Julius Bartlett BROWN step sister and brother. Searching for any and all information on either the BROWNS & or BECKWITH Family. I would like to see if I can locate any information on this Family while they were in Norton County, Kansas, at least 20 years it appears. Did BF own property, what type of work he was doing? Other Family living near? It has been said that he was a scout for the Railroad and the he was friends with William Cody. In a letter received from Anna BROWN, she states that they drove Sheep to Wyoming. Have lots of info on the BROWN & BECKWITH'S, & would be willing to exchange info with someone researching the same. You may also contact me directly at Redcliff@2xtreme.net if you think there may be a connection. Thanks and Happy Hunting Linda Hannan Radcliff Wet & Rainy Sacramento

Hi, My maternal grandmother Allie A. Fox was born (April2, 1890) in Lenora...her parents were John Leo and Laura Ann Hardman Fox. She had a sister Edith and a brother John Leo. I don't know how long they lived there nor her father's occupation. I know they moved to Graham Co. because she was married at her parents' home there. Any information would be very much appreciated. I'm looking forward to participating in your list. Twila

Dear Ardie and List, Thanks for the site. I certainly will check it out and fingers are crossed. For those of you looking for family in Oklahoma I have just finished my site yesterday with 1917-1918 Miami and Commerce Oklahoma CITY directory witha directory of permanent residents of Century, Picher, Quapaw and Tar River. Just a heads up for ya'll. It also includes the wifes name. With Best Regards Victoria Brittain Allen http://brittainsbookbarn.homestead.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ardie & Greg Grimes <agrimes@inetnebr.com> To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:02 AM Subject: [KSNORTON] Pioneer families of Norton, KS > None that I'm aware of online - frequently the Lockard book is the best > source of pioneer family info. It's online in extremely poor shape- > [someone scanned it with an OCR utility - it's nearly unreadable in some > parts and completely misses some pages] You can look at it at > http://www.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/texts/lockard/ if you like. > Ardie > > Victoria wrote:

None that I'm aware of online - frequently the Lockard book is the best source of pioneer family info. It's online in extremely poor shape- [someone scanned it with an OCR utility - it's nearly unreadable in some parts and completely misses some pages] You can look at it at http://www.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/texts/lockard/ if you like. Ardie Victoria wrote: > > Dear Ardie and List, > > Is there a place where one can go and take a look at the pioneer families of > Norton, Kansas? >

Dear Sharlyn and List, That would sure help if we could get just the surnames of the pioneer familys. With Best Regards Victoria Brittain Allen > > I am over here at Oberlin, Decatur County, this weekend > and I can go to the > library and check out the Jennings History book if someone > needs a lookup in > it. We will be going into town tomorrow morning so it > would be no problem > to get it. > > Sharleen Wurm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victoria" <Flower2@sofnet.com> > To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:53 PM > Subject: Re: [KSNORTON] EMMERSON // JENNINGS > > > > Dear Ardie and List, > > > > Is there a place where one can go and take a look at the > pioneer families > of > > Norton, Kansas? > > > > With Best Regards > > Victoria Brittain Allen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ardie & Greg Grimes <agrimes@inetnebr.com> > > To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:55 PM > > Subject: [KSNORTON] EMMERSON // JENNINGS > > > > > > > None listed in indexes of "The History of the Early > Settlement of Norton > > > County, Kansas" by F. M. Lockard or in "Seventy Years > in Norton County, > > > Kansas" by Bowers, but those sources are not > all-inclusive. > > > > > > > > > Jennings, KS is in Decatur County, the next county > west of Norton. I > > > know nothing about its origins or why it's named > Jennings. > > > > > > > > > Victoria wrote: > > > > > > > Were there ever pioneer familys by the last name of > EMMERSON or > > JENNINGS? > > > > > > > > Victoria Brittain Allen > > > > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail > > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > > with only one word in the body: unsubscribe > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to the list, send a NEW e-mail > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > with only one word in the body: subscribe > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

I was at the Norton Public Library this afternoon and here is the listing on the various spellings of Michael that were listed in the Groom—Marriage License Index 1/1/1850 to 2/16/2000 I know that some of the spelling is wrong, but that is the way it shows on the records. The one with "**" are from the same family and the ones that I am working on. Sharleen Wurm Groom Bride Marriage Date Michael, Ivan C Schilingloff, Wilda O. 4/28/1927 Michael, Ross Wilcox, Mildred 11/25/1930 Michals, Elton I. Stevens, Lena Mary 8/17/1941 Michals, Henry E. Giplin, Grace E. 12/29/1925 Michals, John K. Curnes, Margret E. 9/5/1888 **Micheal, E. W. Wilmot, Nora E. 12/12/1880 Micheals, Isiah W. Thompson, Sarah C. 9/15/1895 Michel, Herman H. Nemith, Hulda C. 3/18/1936 **Michels, John Phelps, Sarah 8/29/1898

I was at the Norton Public Library this afternoon and here is the listing on the various spellings of Michael that were listed in the Bride—Marriage License Index 10/25/1879 to 3/30/2000 I know that some of the spelling is wrong, but that is the way it shows on the records. The one with "**" are from the same family and the ones that I am working on. I have the Groom listing also and will get it typed in and posted to the group. Sharleen Wurm Bride Groom Marriage Date Michael, Leeta Lou Rudolph, Willard Jerome 10/25/1959 Michaelis, Carolyn E. Gibbons, Howard 8/2/1930 Michaelis, Ruth Stinemetz, Wayne H. 5/29/1932 **Michaels, Ella E. Keeknel, Signar C. 11/8/1892 Michal, Jessie Johnson, William Everett 6/25/1919 Michal, Melissa Nicholson, Frank 6/22/1921 **Michale, Emma Wiley, S.A. 12/12/1880 Michals, Grace E. Miller, Alvin G. 11/27/1927 Michals, Christina M. McGinnis, H.T. 6/10/1930 Michals, Laura B. Dey, Willie A. 12/24/1891 Michals, Pauline Sarvis, Lyle 12/3/1927 Michals, Susie Soule, Lorenzo 2/12/1896 Micheals, Alta M. Howell, Fred C. 4/26/1899 Micheel, Hilda E. Ewen, Eugene E. 6/12/1929 Micheel, Mollie E. Stucklik, Joseph 9/6/1893 Michel, Connie Lee O’Hare, Roger Harold 11/9/1969 Michell, Roxana Syder, F.R. 3/7/1891

In "1001 Kansas Place Names" by Sondra Van Meter McCoy and Jan Hults, it says that the town of Jennings was first called Slab City, then renamed for Warren and Bedford Jennings, two area landowners. The Jennings post office was established in 1879; the Slab City PO existed from 1874-1879. Victoria, are Warren and Bedford Jennings part of your family? Ardie Sharleen Wurm wrote: > > Ardie > > I am over here at Oberlin, Decatur County, this weekend and I can go to the > library and check out the Jennings History book if someone needs a lookup in > it. We will be going into town tomorrow morning so it would be no problem > to get it. > > Sharleen Wurm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victoria" <Flower2@sofnet.com> > To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:53 PM > Subject: Re: [KSNORTON] EMMERSON // JENNINGS > > > Dear Ardie and List, > > > > Is there a place where one can go and take a look at the pioneer families > of > > Norton, Kansas? > > > > With Best Regards > > Victoria Brittain Allen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ardie & Greg Grimes <agrimes@inetnebr.com> > > To: <KSNORTON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:55 PM > > Subject: [KSNORTON] EMMERSON // JENNINGS > > > > > > > None listed in indexes of "The History of the Early Settlement of Norton > > > County, Kansas" by F. M. Lockard or in "Seventy Years in Norton County, > > > Kansas" by Bowers, but those sources are not all-inclusive. > > > > > > > > > Jennings, KS is in Decatur County, the next county west of Norton. I > > > know nothing about its origins or why it's named Jennings. > > > > > > > > > Victoria wrote: > > > > > > > Were there ever pioneer familys by the last name of EMMERSON or > > JENNINGS? > > > > > > > > Victoria Brittain Allen > > > > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail > > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > > with only one word in the body: unsubscribe > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > ==== KSNORTON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to the list, send a NEW e-mail > message to: KSNORTON-L-request@rootsweb.com or > KSNORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) > with only one word in the body: subscribe > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!