All listings for Dancy name and Prarie Rose Cemetery. Good Luck. Beth Page 167 (children of Joseph and Alma Sjoholm Johnson). Mr. and Mrs. Charley Isaacson retired and moved to Scandia in 1905 where he died in 1930 and Mrs. Isaacson in 1937. Wm. and Rebecca Davis Dancy settled in section 18-2-4 in March 1883 where they spent the rest of their lifetime. The children were Charles, John, Abigail Dick, Jesse, Frances Ward Smith, Rose Eiler, Hattie Shellenberger, Bula Charles, Benjamin and James. Robert and Abigail Dick later lived on this farm with their children: Gertrude, Sweet, Walter and Fred. A niece, Bertha, and Sime Van Nortwick, Russell, Ralph, Leonard, John, June Elliott and Pauline Gunn lived on the family farm. Ralph and Leonard and families also lived on the place and Leonard taught district 61 where his relatives, Rose and Bula Dancy, had taught in early days. The farm sold, and Cheslie and Enola Stier Boylan, Lynn Ellen, Pamela and Kimberly operate the land in 1962. ---------------------- Page 8 The Pike Monument and State Park are located in White Rock Township, NE 1/4, Section 3. INDIAN EVENTS In the Prairie Rose Cemetery is a monument to the memory of Gordon Windbigler, a pioneer settler killed by the Indians just across the road from Union Township south of Republic. (Located at:) PIKE PAWNEE VILLAGE On September 29, 1806 at a Pawnee Indian village believed to have been located on this site. Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike persuaded the chiefs to raise the American flag This was the first recorded flying of the flag in present Kansas. ------------------------- The Union Township or Sherdahl band was active in early day programs and celebrations. February 22, 1895 the band gave a classical concert at district 61. Members were F. A. Long, R. A. ***** Page 161 Rasmussen, P. W. Card-well, Ben Dancy, N. C. Myers, J. W. Rosenquist, John Kathrineberg, C. S. Ambrose, Ed Rosenquist, B. L. Rasmussen and Charley Larson. ------------------------ Page 69 Ralph Ward and Avis Vance VanNortwick, both native Kan- sans, began their married life by farming the old Dancy farm in Section 18-2-4. This homestead had belonged to Ralph's great grandfather. They farmed this farm until the flood of 1935 which ruined their crop along with all those in the Republican Valley. Later they lived on the L. W. Smith farm for a few months. This farm had belonged to Ralph's grandparents, Perez and Fannie Smith. For a period of 18 months Ralph was a butcher for Raymond Mitchell, at his farm, northeast of Republic. From April 1937 to March, Ralph operated the Kansas Filling Station in Harbine, Kansas, the area on the Kansas side of the line at Byron, Neb. Ralph received his elementary education at Dist. 61 in Union Township and Avis at Prairie Dell in Big Bend. Both graduated from Republic High school. Avis taught at King and Washington school which have been disbanded. ------------------- Simon and Bertha VanNortwick moved to Osborne County in 1909. However in 1917, the ties of Republic County, became too ***** Page 69 great, and they returned to Union Township, where they purchased the Dancy homestead located three miles south of Republic. This farm was homesteaded by Bertha's grandfather and remained in the family until January, 1947, when they had a farm sale and moved into Republic. They lived in Republic for a number of years then moved to Camarilla, California, to be near their children. ---------------------- Source: History of Republic County 1868-1964 By Republic County Historical Society Compiled By Anona Shaw Blackburn (Mrs. Edgar) Courtland, Kansas Myrtle Strom Cardwell (Mrs. Homer) Republic, Kansas Copyright 1964 Published By The Belleville Telescope, Belleville, Kansas Beth _www.Beth-website.net_ (http://www.beth-website.net/) Stained Glass & Genealogy Photos: _www.BHumphrey.photosite.com_ (http://www.bhumphrey.photosite.com/)