This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swander Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1325.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 (book) Fairview - Elmer Cemetery Yoder Twsp. south/east of a small community of Elmer, Reno County, Kansas Catherine Swander 1838 - 1921 Dennis Swander 1845 - 1920 Henry Swander 24 Aug 1810 - 24 Aug 1878 Otto Swander 15 Sep 1879 - 8 Apr 1881 parents: D.F. & C.L. (Elmer is located about 2 - 3 miles south of South Hutchinson, Reno Co, KS) -------------------- According to the cemetery book: "Fairview - Elmer Cemetery was originally a small plot of land on the homestead of Warren F. White. His son Goerge H. White, seven years old, was the first person to be buried there in 1873. In 1880, Warren White, fifty years old, was buried there also. After this date there were trustees for the growing cemetery who surveyed and potted the land. The record book noted that lots were selling for $3.00 each in 1883. The cemetery is in the SW Corner of NW1/4 Sec. 17-24-5 in Yoder Township. It is one mile east and 1/2 mile south of the very small community of Elmer."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1325.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much! Do you know if the cemetery is kept up or if headstones still exist for Henry? I would like to take some time off work sometime this summer and attempt to find the place. Thanks again! Sheryl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swander Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1325.1 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 (book) Fairview - Elmer Cemetery Yoder Twsp. south/east of Yoder, Reno County, Kansas Catherine Swander 1838 - 1921 Dennis Swander 1845 - 1920 Henry Swander 24 Aug 1810 - 24 Aug 1878 Otto Swander 15 Sep 1879 - 8 Apr 1881 parents: D.F. & C.L.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1326 Message Board Post: The first meeting of the Harvey County Genealogical Society is scheduled for: Thursday, March 3, 2005 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Harvey County Courthouse, 800 North Main, Newton, Kansas West Community Room in the Basement There is a parking lot on the south side of the building, and parking along 8th Street. Please use the west entrance (the Main Street entrance) to the building (photo of the front of the building here). Turn immediately to your right, enter through the glass doors. On your right are the elevator and stairwell, of which you can use either to get to the basement. As you enter the basement, just walk a few steps and you will see the doors to the West Community Room. If you have friends or family who are interested in Harvey County genealogy, or genealogy in general, bring them along! This meeting is open to the general public and will be informative and organizational in content. For those who live out of the area or cannot make it to the meeting that evening, if you want more information or are interested in becoming a member, contact us at our email address listed on our website -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~kshcgs/ .

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swander, Albright Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1325 Message Board Post: I'm trying to locate either an obituary or cemetery location for my ggg-grandpa, Henry Swander. He was born 29 Aug 1810 in Fairfield Co., OH and moved to Reno Co., KS sometime later in life. I have his date of death as 24 Aug 1878 and burial being somewhere in Hutchinson. Henry's wife's name was Sally Ann Albright but I believe she had already died before he moved to KS. Would appreciate any help or suggestions...and will gladly exchange information (and brickwall headaches) with any relatives. Thanks! Sheryl OK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lamont, Slater Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1324.5 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 – 1978 (book) Turon Cemetery Miami Twsp. south/west of Turon, Reno County, Kansas Vilas D. Slater 20 Feb 1885 – 17 Feb 1916 --------------------------------- Despondent over Ill-health, He Takes His Life The body of Vilas B. Slater, still warm, was found hanging in the barn at the farm on which he lived 5 miles northwest of Turon, early Friday afternoon. Suicide was the cause of death; and despondency because of ill-health probably caused Mr. Slater to take his life. He had been a farmer living near Turon for many years. He was 61 years of age. He leaves a wife and three sons, two of whom are married. One son, Orville D. Slater living in Hutchinson He is a messenger for the Wells Fargo express company. Mr. Slater’s home was directly across the road from the Pleasant Ridge school. As soon as his body was discovered, Dr. Pope, of Turon, was called. Mr. Slater is a brother-in-law of Mrs. G. J. Lamont, of Hutchinson. He has a sister living at Newton and one in Oklahoma. It is believed that Mr. Slater hung himself about noon, as his body was found about ten minutes after that time. He had been in poor health for some time, and was moody and melancholy because of the fact. The funeral services were held at the country home last Saturday at 2 o’clock. Rev. Hurst was the officiating minister. He was buried in the Turon cemetery. Turon Weekly Press Turon, Reno County, Kansas Thursday, February 24, 1916 page – front column – 1 ---------------------------- Card of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for the many deeds of kindness extended to us in our sad bereavement of our husband and father. Mrs. V. D. Slater and family

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander, Bellwood, Evans, Seltzer, Shanline, Slater Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1324.4 Message Board Post: Death of Mrs. Bellwood Mrs. Anna Bellwood, wife of Sherman Bellwood, one of the best known and best liked women in this community, died very suddenly at the family home in Turon, Monday morning at 1:30 o’clock. While she has never been very strong, she appeared to be as well as usual just before the end came, and ate a hearty supper, but passed away quietly in bed of heart failure. She is a sister of Vilas Slater, who took his own life last week while suffering from a temporary spell of insanity. Mrs. Bellwood grieved much over his untimely death and it is thought that the grief and shock of her brother’s death hastened her own. Mrs. Bellwood is a member of one of the pioneer families of Turon and was Miss Anna Slater, before her marriage a few years ago. She was 51 years of age, and is survived by her husband, two sisters, Mrs. O. B. Seltzer of El Reno, Okla., and Mrs. Bradley Alexander of Council Grove, and a brother, r. O. Slater, of Nortonville, besides four step-children, Mrs. Clif Shanline and Mrs. Orville Evans, of Turon; Earl Bellwood, of Penalosa and Ollie Bellwood of Falls City, Idaho. Mr. Bellwood is a contracter at Turon, and the family have the sympathy of the entire community in this sorrow, made doubly hard to bear by the recent tragic death of the brother of the deceased. The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church, Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 2 O’clock. Rev. Hoff and Rev. Hinshaw were the officiating clergymen. The remains were laid to rest in the Turon cemetery. Turon Weekly Press Turon, Reno County, Kansas Thursday, February 24, 1916 --------------------------------- Obituary Anna Slater was born in Kankakee, Ill., December 21, 1866. Died in Turon, Kas., February 21, 1916. Aged 49 years and two months. With her parents she came to Reno county, Kansas, in 1877; was married to T. S. Bellwood January 17, 1912; with whom she lived until death – a real companion. A great part of her life was spent in caring for her aged father and for others about her. She was a member of the home department class of the United Brethren Sunday school at least one year. She at different times expressed her readiness to die. She had no fear. The only thought that seemed to trouble her was that of leaving her husband. The deceased was a member of the Order of Rebekas, where she will be missed, as she was much used by the order, having been sent at different times as delegate to the “General Assembly.” She is survived by a husband, two sisters, one brother and two step-daughters of Turon, Kas.; on step-son of Penalosa, Kas.; and on step-son of Oakley, Idaho, who held their mother in high esteem. Funeral services were held in the M. E. church in Turon February 23, 1916, conducted by Rev. W. L. Hinshaw, assisted by Rev. Hurst and Rev. Hoff, after which interment was made in the cemetery near Turon, Kansas. Turon Weekly Press Turon, Reno County, Kansas Thursday, March 2, 1916 page – front coulum – 1

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bellwood, Walker Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1324.3 Message Board Post: Mrs. Earl Bellwood Mrs. Golda Bellwood, 86, formerly of Hutchinson, died Friday at Hill Crest Nursing Home, Mound, Minn. Born Aug. 6, 1889, at Elk City, she was married to Earl P. Bellwood. She lived at Mound for the past two years. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Hutchinson. Survivors are the widower; daughter: Mrs. Jack Walker, Mound, Minn.; three grandchildren. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Monday at Elliott chapel; Rev. Paul Matthaei. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson. Friends may call 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. Family suggests memorials to the Arthritist Foundation. Hutchinson News Saturday, March 1, 1975 page – 4 column - 1

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bellwood, Evans, Shanline, Walker Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1324.2 Message Board Post: Earl P. Bellwood Earl P. Bellwood, 84, died Friday at Mound, Minn. Born Feb. 8, 1891, he married Golda M. Bellwood. She died Feb. 28, 1875. He was a retired pharmacist. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. Survivors are the daughter: Mrs. Jack Walker, Mound, Min.; sisters: Mrs. Cliff Shanline, Turon; Mrs. Orville Evans, Turon: three grandchildren. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Elliott Chapel; Rev. Kenneth Hathaway. burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society. Hutchinson News Sunday July 20, 1975 page – 2 column – 5

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bellwood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1324.1 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 (book) Memorial Park Cemetery Reno Twsp. west of Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Earl Bellwood 18 Jul 1975 84yrs wife: Golda Golda M. Bellwood 28 Feb 1975 86yrs husband: Earl ---------------------- Turon Cemetery Miami Twsp. south/west of Turon, Reno County, Kansas Anna Bellwood (Slater) 21 Dec 1866 - 21 Feb 1916 Arletta Bellwood 1864 - 1909 Thomas S. Bellwood 1866 - 1955

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1039.1 Message Board Post: Well, I have miss placed your email address. I did check with my Aunt about Great-uncle Roy. He died at about age 36 from a heart attack. We are still hunting through her papers to see the exact date. He took a race car to Indianapolis before his death. Did not drive it himself due to his heart condition. I don't know the name of his driver. There was an accident at the race. Again I don't know the details. Some say the driver was angry.. some say drunk and ran into another car severing Uncle Roys' leg which he then lost. A cousin of ours remembers her mother telling of him pacing the floor at her birth ... her mother hearing the constant banging of the crutch on the floor. Cordlia and Roy had no children. Roys brother Darlow worked at the restaurant for them. They wore tux's so it must have been fancy. Cordlia supposidly left Hutchinson and remarried. (Also was told she had her own "side " business.. and some girls who worked for her) She was what we would call ! today a prostitute.I keep checking for more info. By the way my Aunt has a picture of the car. I hope to get a copy for you. Becky Houston

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1312.2 Message Board Post: Reno County Kansas Marriage Records 1872 – 1913 (book) Lee Hensen 21 Reno Co., KS (record: 7-1) Mary Morgan 20 Reno Co., KS 5 April 1902 Hutchinson, KS by: R. A. Campbell, P.J. ---------------------------------- Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery Clay Twsp. Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Lee D. Hensen 3 Jun 1881 - 24 Mar 1957 Mary Hensen 18 Sep 1880 England - 30 Apr 1942 (these are the only Henson listed in the cemetery book) --------------------------------- Mrs. Lee Henson Funeral service for Mrs. Lee Henson will be held in Johnson and Sons Chapel at 3:30 Monday afternoon with Rev. J. A. Buckles in charge. Burial will be in Eastside cemetery. The Hutchinson Kansas News Saturday, May 21, 1942 page – 6 column – 7

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henson, Morgan, Peters Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1312.1 Message Board Post: Reno County Kansas Marriage Records 1872 – 1913 (book) Lee Henson 21 Reno Co., KS (record: 7-1) Mary Morgan 20 Reno Co., KS 5 April 1902 Hutchinson, KS by: R. A. Campbell, P.J. (these are the only Henson listed in the cemetery book) ------------------------------------ Lee Henson Lee D. Henson ,75, 105 North Poplar, South Hutchinson, died at 6:05 a.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. He was born June 3, 1881, at Fayetteville, Ark. and had lived here since 1895. He was a retired trucker and member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are two sons, C. W., 26 West 6th, South Hutchinson, and H. F., 103 East 4th; one sister, Mrs. John Peters, 824 East 5th, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Johnson and Sons Chapel, with Rev. Oscar Mathew officiating. Burial will be Eastside Cemetery. Hutchinson News – Herald Monday, March 25, 1957 page – 8 column – 8

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1322.1 Message Board Post: Mary Whom are you looking for. I would be glad to help you if I can. Would need the name or names of whom you are looking for buried in the Abbyville cemetery. If you might have any dates to go with the names it would be helpful. Or you may try contacting the Abbyville City Hall & the Abbyville City Office. Perhaps one of them may be able to help. Rose ------------------------------- Abbyville City Hall 301 S. Main Abbyville, KS 67510 Abbyville City Office 100 N. Abby Abbyville, KS 67510

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abbeyville Cemetery information Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1322 Message Board Post: Does anyone know how I can access cemetery listings in the Abbeyville, Kansas area? Does anyone know the names of the cemeteries in the Abbeyville, Kansas area? Does anyone know the address to write to in Abbeyville, Kansas to request copies of death/burial notices?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bicknell, John W. Abbeyville, Kansas train-truck fatality Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/108.704 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate where John W. Bicknell, from Oklahoma, was buried at in the Abbeyville, Kansas area. He was killed in a truck-train accident there in Abbeyville on 31 March 1949. The obit does not say where he was buried. Are there cemetery listings from Abbeyville that have been posted? Your help with this is appreciated. Thank you in advance. Please email your repsonse to me at bethzr@cox.net.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vm.2ADE/1232.1 Message Board Post: Summerfield Taff born 1850 New York son of Henry Taff, born 1813 New York and Sarak Ann Vermilye. This family was in New York in 1850, and Fairfield, Connecticut in 1860, 1870, and 1880. The 1860 census actually reads Winfield, however, in 1870 the name is Summerfield.. I have nothing after 1880 for Summerfield, his brothers Charles and Frad stayed in Fairfield County.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker, Simpson Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1321.1 Message Board Post: Reno County Kansas Marriage Records 1872 - 1913 (boo) W. J. Simpson 26 Reno Co., KS (record: 4-237) Dora Parker 21 Reno Co., KS 25 Dec 1892 Langdon, KS by: H. S. Austin, J.P. ------------------------------- Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 - 1978 (boo) Maple Hill - Langdon Cemetery Langdon Twsp. east of Langdon, Reno County, Kansas Jasper Simpson 1865 - 1959 Dora Simpson 1871 - 1932 Maud O. Simpson 1894 - 1977 ---------------------------- Might try contacting the funeral home in Turon, KS. Perhaps they may be able to help you with more info. Turon is about eight miles west of Langdon. Larrison Funeral Home 400 Martin Street Turon, KS 67583

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter, Morgan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1304.1 Message Board Post: Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 –1978 (book) Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery Clay Twsp. Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas William P. Carter 24 Apr 1854 – 13 Aug 1940 Rhoda K. Carter 14 Apr 1842 – 11 May 1919 ------------------------------------- William P. Carter William P. Carter, 86, formerly of Turon, died in the Odd Fellow home at Manhattan this morning at 1:30. He was born in Chariton County, Mo., April 24, 1854. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Charles Morgan, 417 North Fontron; two sons, John Carter, Elkhart and Arthur Carter, Roy, N.M.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The Hutchinson News Wednesday, August 14, 1940 page – 7 column – 6

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Merchant, Moore Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADE/1320.1 Message Board Post: James T. Merchant James Thomas Merchant, 65, died last night at a local hospital following an illness of a few days. No funeral arrangements have been made. Mr. Merchant was a native Texan, born at Bowie county, Texas and educated in the Whitesboro college at Whiteboro, Texas. He taught school for twenty-one years in texas and Oklahoma. He was a writer of note in his native state and collaborated with Frank Doby in writing Texas history. For a number of years he was with the Humble Oil Company as a geologist. He was married in 1902 to Mrs. Ore Olive Moore and she and three children survive: Thomas Clyde Merchant; Lineus B. (Jack) Merchant and Mary Alice Merchant all living in Hutchinson. A brother, M. D. Merchant of Crockett, Tex., and Mrs. R. H. Jones of De Kalb, Texas also survives. Since coming to Hutchinson in 1930 Mr. Merchant has been working for the Shurtz Produce company. Mr. Merchant was an active Mason and was a member of the Breckinridge, Texas lodge. He was also affiliated with the Baptist church. The Hutchinson Kansas News Friday, April 15, 1932 page – 8 column – 6 ---------------------------------- Cemetery Records for Reno County Kansas 1865 – 1978 (book) Memorial Park Cemetery Reno Twsp. west of Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas James Thomas Merchant died: 15 April 1932 64 yrs *** Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery Clay Twsp. Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Infant Merchant born & died: 22 Dec 1892 parents: S.P. & E.R. Infant Merchant born & died 4 May 1897 parents: S.P. & E.R.