This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vanderlip, French, Flansburgh, Cadoret, Glodfelty, Rogers, Macy, Dixon, Cochell, Rector, McCall, Dunlap, David, Melton Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xm.2ADE/163 Message Board Post: Transcription of Biographical Sketch From Ash Rock and the Stone Church: The History of a Kansas Rural Community by Leo E. Oliva, 1983 Published by The Sons and Daughters of Ash Rock, Woodston, Kansas (Rooks County) Charles S. Vanderlip, son of Jay and Martha French Vanderlip, was born March 31, 1853, in East Dorset, Vermont. When he was between two and three years old his parents moved to Wisconsin where he grew to manhood in Manitowoc County. Charles and Sarah Flansburgh were united in marriage on May, 31, 1874. They had one daughter born in Wisconsin, Ida M., December 24, 1874. She married Francis W. Cadoret, October 6, 1894, and died on February 28, 1956. Charles, with his young family, came to Kansas with his parents, brothers, sisters, and grandfather in 1878 and settled in Ash Rock Township. Another daughter, Nellie, Pearl, was born March 30, 1880. She married Henry Glodfelty on April 28, 1898, and died March 28, 1941. Charles, his brother Hiram, and their father built sod houses and homesteaded near each other, their homes being one-quarter mile from the same four corners. All three lived on their homesteads until the time of their deaths. A younger brother, Norman J., lived on his brother's farm after the death of Jay. Charles' first wife, Sarah, died February 9, 1882, and she was the first person buried in the new Ash Rock Cemetery. On December 10, 1882, Charles married Calista Rogers, daughter of George W. and Mahalah Hammond Rogers, born October 8, 1861. Calista came to Kansas in 1870 with her parents and family traveling in two covered wagons drawn by ox teams. In 1871 her parents homesteaded in Washington County, and they came to southwest Smith County in 1875. They settled in Ash Rock Township in 1878. Charles and Calista operated their farm, raising grain and livestock, and they were active in the community. They were both members of the Ash Rock Congregational Church and worked with the Sunday School. Charles served on the school board, township board, and served for a time as the Rooks County Clerk. They had ten children: 1. Sarah M., born August 1884, married Wilford H. Macy on February 17, 1909, and died May 5, 1975. 2. Walter J., born September 20, 1886, died February 12, 1887. 3. Willie H., born July 8, 1888, died December 2, 1975. 4. Jay S., born September 2, 1890, married Vinine Dixon on June 2, 1916, and died March 14, 1971. 5. Ray G., born April 27, 1892, married Addie Cochell on November 26, 1913, and died October 5, 1959. 6. Bessie M., born November 11, 1895, married Floyd Rector on July 23, 1915, and was living in Deertail, Colorado in 1983. 7. Guy A., born September 26, 1897, died February 2, 1979. 8. Emma Jane, born August 20, 1899, married Henry McCall on August 9, 1919, and they were living in Woodston in 1983. 9. Orville G., born January 26, 1902, married Grace Dunlap on May 14, 1924, and died July 31, 1969. 10. Etta, born February 14, 1904, married John David on April 6, 1938, and died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on June 27, 1939. Charles and Calista reared their children during the pioneer days of Kansas and lived to see the modern conveniences replace those of early settlers. Charles died on November 20, 1928, and Calista died on August 5, 1955. Both were buried in Ash Rock Cemetery. -submitted by Evelyn Melton McCall