http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1919ks/s/stottsre.html I have no magic answers, but sometimes when I'm searching I start collecting information which will hopefull put the pieces of the puzzle together. I did see this web page which leads us to believe that the State Hospital was located in Topeka, KS........which is not located in Washington Co., Kansas, but is not too far away. This does not mean that their could not have been a hospital in Washington County. If there was I wonder if it would have been located in the town of Washington. I'll keep a watchful eye for leads. I know my ancestor* had a bad bout of heat stroke with led to epilepsy. I was always told he was eventually sent to a home of epileptics. Well, this past year I finally found him in residence at a state hospital for epileptics located in Parsons, LaBette Co., KS. He died there at the young age of 44 - so sad. I believe the stories I heard were that he was helping his father-in-law** out in the fields near Haddam, Kansas. When I first heard this story I couldn't believe that heat stroke could lead to something so serious. But after discussions with my brother, who was a doctor and died at the age of 43, I learned how serious this situation could be.........so everyone drink lots of water this summer, etc. Penny *James Elias Harvey **Andrew Jackson Myers

Does anyone on the list know of an asylum in Washington County, around 1905? I have a Mary Emeline (Gardner) Boggs that was a patient there. She was declared "insane" on the 1905 Kansas census. The source was from Manhattan, Riley County, KS: Mary Emeline Enrolled 1903 Institute of Washington, Kansas. Database: Riley County, Kansas, 1905 State Census Boggs, Emma Microfilm #: KSHS136 Township/City: Manhattan City Section: 03 Page: 0992 Age: 56 Gender: F Race: W Birth Place: Previous Residence: Occupation: Insane Any help appreciated! Judy Texas

I have Shatto ancestors from the early 1870's until the early 1890's in Sherman Township, Washington County, who I have researched quite extensively. Quite a few are buried in the Linn City Cemetery. I just ran across some entries on Ancestory.com for the US Federal Mortality Index, two of whom are Shattos reported in 1880 for Washington County: Bertie A. Shatto 1880 Washington Co., KS aged 6 M April born KS - unknown cause of death Harmon W. Shatto 1880 Washington Co., KS aged 9 M Mary born MO - died of scarlett fever I have no record of them or any mention of them from descendents; neither have I come across graves with these names. However, as my line of Shattos was the only one in Washington County at the time, they have to be kin. The problem is whose children might they be? Where can one get access to these census records? I assume they list parents and next of kin. Regards, Barry Michie - Manhattan

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Hi, I am wondering if there is anybody out there who is willing to do a death record lookup for me. I have checked all of the genealogy volunteer sites that I know of, and did not find any volunteers for Washington county. I live in Wisconsin, and have no way of doing it myself. I am looking for the death or Charles Foth. In the 1920 census he was living in Union township, Washington county. In 1930, his widowed wife was still living there. So he died sometime between 1920 and 1930. I appreciate any help, Thank you. Bobbi

Looking for obits for the following: Sharp, Nathaniel (Nathan) d. 3-30-1948 in Washington Co., KS. wife Sharp, Flora E. d. 6-26-1917 in Washington Co., KS. Would someone be able to find these obits for me? Thank you, Kris in IL

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Hi List(s): I posted the query last Sunday about Rufus Berry Tansel on the TANSEL-L List and also on the KSWASHI-L List (Washington County, Kansas). I received an enormous amount of information from Jonathan Loppnow through the KSWASHI-L list. At Shelly Sloan-Hawkins suggestion, I am forwarding it to the TANSEL-L list. Since I'm outside the subject matter myself, there is not much I can do to repay the effort except to say that I have several City Directories from the Monterey County, California area from 1933 to 1964 from which I am happy to do look-ups. And I will do on the ground research in Trinity County, California. I live less than 1/2 mile from the County Court House. Thank you again Jonathan, and thank you Shelly. ......... Jerry *********************************************************************** To: "Jerry Hurlbert" <jerryh@snowcrest.net>, <KSWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Jonathan Loppnow" <jlopp@cox.net> Subject: Rufus B. Tansel lead. . The most likely candidate for Rufus' father is Alvarado Tansel of Haddam, Washington County, though I have no proof of that, other than that Alvarado' wife died in March of 1882 at a young age which fits with your story. Rufus by the 1930 census was born ca 1883 so it could be a match. The only probelm is that Rufus, in the 1930 census says his father was born in KY and mother MO and both Alvarado and Amanda were born in Indiana according to 1880 census, but census records are often wrong. Besides in 1920 he said father was born in MO and mother born in "US" so it could be he just didn't know. It's at least worth investigating I believe. The easiest way to verify is to write the National Archives for Alvardo's pension application which should mention his children as the app usually asks for living children. I have included the ceritifcate numbers in the information below: 1880 census of Haddam, Washington County, Kansas Alvarado TANSEL 34 <1846> Indiana Self Married White Male Haddam, Washington, KS Amanda E. TANSEL 23 <1857> Indiana Wife Married White Female Haddam, Washington, KS Egbert J. TANSEL 1 <1879> Kansas Son Single White Male Haddam, Washington, KS Lonie TANSEL 3 <1877> Nebraska Dau Single White Female Haddam, Washington, KS ______________ Amanda died March 25, 1882 at age 24 and is buried in the Larabee Cemetery, Haddam, Washington County, Kansas, Located 1 mile north, 1 mile east, 1 1/2 north of Haddam, Ks. in Section 11 SE1/4. see list: Tansel, Fred Leroy, d. 03 Aug 1875, age 12d., son of A.& A.R.Tansel Tansel,Amanda R., d. 25 Mar 1882, 24y 3m 19d., wife of A.Tansel Contributed by Marlene L. (Cross) Skipton, Jul 06, 2001 ___________________ Rufus graduated from Washington High School in 1902. He was not living in Haddam in 1900 as I looked through the entire town for 1900 but he was in the area obviously: Washington High School Alumni Here is a list of Washington (the town), Washington County KS graduates. The source is Washington High School Alumni Source: THE SENIOR VOL. I NO. 1 May 1908 Washington, KS. High School Yearbook Compiled by Brenda Busing 1902 Bertha V. Williams Alice K. Hageman Lottie G. Parken Elizabeth Cook Lulu A. Hill Anna A. Denman Fred Conklin Clyde W. Hill Harry J. Smith *Rufus B. Tansel Willie B. Jacobs Oscar L. Clarke ____________________________________ It could be that Rufus stayed with grandparents in order to finish school. It appears that after the death of Amanda, Alvarado moved to Oklahoma, Lincoln County, town of Sparks. The question is did Rufus go with him? Rufus ends up in Oklahoma we know by the 1930 census. I found this mention of Alvarado online: Sparks, Lincoln County, OK: "By September 1902, there were enough people and businesses in the town (of Sparks) to establish a post office with Alvarado Tansel serving as the first postmaster. The post office was located in the bank." -------------------------------------------------------- The Tansel family in Lincoln County, OK is buried in the White Dove Cemetery. It shows Alvarado died in 1917 and his second wife Sophia died March 12, 1931: White Dove Cemetery Lincoln County, Oklahoma http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/lincoln/whitedove/whitedove.htm *Tansel Alvarado 1846 1917 Co H 1 Neb Cav 13-130-511 Tansel Benjamin H. Apr. 28, 1889 Jan. 2, 1944 Okla Pvt 1 C1 41 Trans Corps 13-130-511 Tansel Cecil Logan 1904 2002 Married June 15, 1935 22-139-520 Tansel Joy Sept. 15, 1878 Dec. 18, 1940 22-139-520 Tansel Martha Ratterree 1900 1965 Wife of Cecil Logan 22-139-520 Tansel Mary Ethel Feb.21, 1907 Sept. 18, 1993 Tansel William M. Mar. 6, 1897 Dec. 21, 1965 Okla Pvt Co B 2 GP Repl Tng Cen World War 1 Tansel Sophia Feb. 16, 1862 Mar. 12, 1931 MOTHER 13-130-511 ________________________________ Again, Alvarado's pension records would be the thing to check to verify if he is the father of Rufus. Alvarado is listed as a pensioner in an 1883 list of Washington County. Certificate Number: 144,561 Tansel, Alvarado Haddam injury to abdomen Source: Washington County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll Contributed by Charles Ray Frost, October, 1997 Ancestry shows the following pension records: Tansel, Alvarado Widow: Tansel, Sophia D and H 1 Nebraska Cavalry Date of Filing 1876 (can't read month a and day) Application Number: 315,422 Certifcate 144,561 1917 June 7 App Number: 1101,999 Certificate Number: 841,600 State from which filed: Oklahoma _________________________________ As for Rufus he is living in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1920 Rufus B. Tansel 37 born OK father MO mother US manager refinery(?) Katy A. 32 Kansas Mass. IL (no children yet) 1930 1930 Census District 156 p. 271 Rufus 47 age 24 when got married born Kansas Father KY MO KS born ca 1883 Katy 432 20 when married Kansas Massachusetts Illinois Betty 6 OK Jane 3 9/12 OK ____________ Hope this is of some help. Sincerely, Jonathan Loppnow Topeka, Kansas And here is the death date for Rufus' wife Katy, I believe: KATY TANSEL 12 Dec 1886 Jul 1972 Tulsa, Tulsa, OK OK (1963) 447-46-8491 ..... be sure to caution her that the connection between Rufus and Alvarado is circumstantial until further proof is found, such as the pension application for Alvarado. Sincerely, Jonathan

Jonathan: Thank you so much!! For so much information. . I will get this info to my friend and perhaps she will have other questions later. . You've been a great help. . Thanx, Jerry

The most likely candidate for Rufus' father is Alvarado Tansel of Haddam, Washington County, though I have no proof of that, other than that Alvarado' wife died in March of 1882 at a young age which fits with your story. Rufus by the 1930 census was born ca 1883 so it could be a match. The only probelm is that Rufus, in the 1930 census says his father was born in KY and mother MO and both Alvarado and Amanda were born in Indiana according to 1880 census, but census records are often wrong. Besides in 1920 he said father was born in MO and mother born in "US" so it could be he just didn't know. It's at least worth investigating I believe. The easiest way to verify is to write the National Archives for Alvardo's pension application which should mention his children as the app usually asks for living children. I have included the ceritifcate numbers in the information below: 1880 census of Haddam, Washington County, Kansas Alvarado TANSEL 34 <1846> Indiana Self Married White Male Haddam, Washington, KS Amanda E. TANSEL 23 <1857> Indiana Wife Married White Female Haddam, Washington, KS Egbert J. TANSEL 1 <1879> Kansas Son Single White Male Haddam, Washington, KS Lonie TANSEL 3 <1877> Nebraska Dau Single White Female Haddam, Washington, KS ______________ Amanda died March 25, 1882 at age 24 and is buried in the Larabee Cemetery, Haddam, Washington County, Kansas, Located 1 mile north, 1 mile east, 1 1/2 north of Haddam, Ks. in Section 11 SE1/4. see list: Tansel, Fred Leroy, d. 03 Aug 1875, age 12d., son of A.& A.R.Tansel Tansel,Amanda R., d. 25 Mar 1882, 24y 3m 19d., wife of A.Tansel Contributed by Marlene L. (Cross) Skipton, Jul 06, 2001 ___________________ Rufus graduated from Washington High School in 1902. He was not living in Haddam in 1900 as I looked through the entire town for 1900 but he was in the area obviously: Washington High School Alumni Here is a list of Washington (the town), Washington County KS graduates. The source is Washington High School Alumni Source: THE SENIOR VOL. I NO. 1 May 1908 Washington, KS. High School Yearbook Compiled by Brenda Busing 1902 Bertha V. Williams Alice K. Hageman Lottie G. Parken Elizabeth Cook Lulu A. Hill Anna A. Denman Fred Conklin Clyde W. Hill Harry J. Smith *Rufus B. Tansel Willie B. Jacobs Oscar L. Clarke ____________________________________ It could be that Rufus stayed with grandparents in order to finish school. It appears that after the death of Amanda, Alvarado moved to Oklahoma, Lincoln County, town of Sparks. The question is did Rufus go with him? Rufus ends up in Oklahoma we know by the 1930 census. I found this mention of Alvarado online: Sparks, Lincoln County, OK: "By September 1902, there were enough people and businesses in the town (of Sparks) to establish a post office with Alvarado Tansel serving as the first postmaster. The post office was located in the bank." -------------------------------------------------------- The Tansel family in Lincoln County, OK is buried in the White Dove Cemetery. It shows Alvarado died in 1917 and his second wife Sophia died March 12, 1931: White Dove Cemetery Lincoln County, Oklahoma http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/lincoln/whitedove/whitedove.htm *Tansel Alvarado 1846 1917 Co H 1 Neb Cav 13-130-511 Tansel Benjamin H. Apr. 28, 1889 Jan. 2, 1944 Okla Pvt 1 C1 41 Trans Corps 13-130-511 Tansel Cecil Logan 1904 2002 Married June 15, 1935 22-139-520 Tansel Joy Sept. 15, 1878 Dec. 18, 1940 22-139-520 Tansel Martha Ratterree 1900 1965 Wife of Cecil Logan 22-139-520 Tansel Mary Ethel Feb.21, 1907 Sept. 18, 1993 Tansel William M. Mar. 6, 1897 Dec. 21, 1965 Okla Pvt Co B 2 GP Repl Tng Cen World War 1 Tansel Sophia Feb. 16, 1862 Mar. 12, 1931 MOTHER 13-130-511 ________________________________ Again, Alvarado's pension records would be the thing to check to verify if he is the father of Rufus. Alvarado is listed as a pensioner in an 1883 list of Washington County. Certificate Number: 144,561 Tansel, Alvarado Haddam injury to abdomen Source: Washington County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll Contributed by Charles Ray Frost, October, 1997 Ancestry shows the following pension records: Tansel, Alvarado Widow: Tansel, Sophia D and H 1 Nebraska Cavalry Date of Filing 1876 (can't read month a and day) Application Number: 315,422 Certifcate 144,561 1917 June 7 App Number: 1101,999 Certificate Number: 841,600 State from which filed: Oklahoma _________________________________ As for Rufus he is living in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1920 Rufus B. Tansel 37 born OK father MO mother US manager refinery(?) Katy A. 32 Kansas Mass. IL (no children yet) 1930 1930 Census District 156 p. 271 Rufus 47 age 24 when got married born Kansas Father KY MO KS born ca 1883 Katy 432 20 when married Kansas Massachusetts Illinois Betty 6 OK Jane 3 9/12 OK ____________ Hope this is of some help. Sincerely, Jonathan Loppnow Topeka, Kansas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Hurlbert" <jerryh@snowcrest.net> To: <KSWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:13 AM Subject: Tansel > Hi List: > > I'm brand new to this list for the purpose of hunting some info for a > friend. Her father is Rufus Berry Tansel who was probably born in > Washington County around the turn of the century (1900). His mother is > supposed to have died in childbirth and he was apparently raised by his > grandparents. We have no idea whether he was raised by paternal or > maternal grandparents or who either were. Any information would be a great > help and she will have somewhere to start her research. > . > Thanks for any help. > . > Jerry > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi List: I'm brand new to this list for the purpose of hunting some info for a friend. Her father is Rufus Berry Tansel who was probably born in Washington County around the turn of the century (1900). His mother is supposed to have died in childbirth and he was apparently raised by his grandparents. We have no idea whether he was raised by paternal or maternal grandparents or who either were. Any information would be a great help and she will have somewhere to start her research. . Thanks for any help. . Jerry

My husbands family comes from Keith County they lived on farms in ogallalla area . Am looking for information on the GEISERT family and anyone related. Thanks in advance just email me and I will reply.

Hello, I'm happy to announce a new Special Project, the Kansas Family Group Sheet (FGS) project. It's my privilege to be managing it, and I hope to be very busy adding family group sheets submitted by all of you. The URL for the page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/kansas/ . I think you'll find the page easy to read and use, but if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. The USFGS home page (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/) links to all the states. I hope you'll take advantage of this new project. Those of us who have been working to bring it to Kansas are very excited about its possibilities. Any family group that lived in Kansas, even for a short time, can be posted. THE ONLY PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE POSTED ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIVING. Each family group sheet provides space for basic information about father, mother, and children; so if you only know about one family unit, you know enough to put the information up. If you know more, you can add more family group sheets: the father's parents and siblings, the mother's parents and siblings, the children's spouses and children, and on and on. If you've traced the family into other states, you can post your group sheet in those states as well as Kansas. But just one family sheet in one state can be enough to make new and exciting connections. We've prepared the pages and forms, added search engines and links, and now it's in your hands. Send in your family group sheets. One a day, one a week, whatever works for you. Tell your fellow researchers about the site. Talk about it at your next genealogical society meeting. Mention it in your emails. The more people hear about the site, the more contributions we're likely to get; and the more contributions we receive, the more valuable the project is going to be. I'll be waiting for your family to turn up in my mailbox! Charles Barnum, KS FGS manager I started my genealogy research in Kansas about 40 years ago.

Hello List, Can someone tell me anything about St.John's Lutheran Church that was in Greenleaf abt 1887-1889? My ggrandfather, Oscar Louis Luschei, was a minister there and two of his children were born in Greenleaf. I don't see the name of the church in any current listings so I would appreciate hearing from someone who might know where records are or who can tell me anything about the church. Thank you kindly. Lynn

Hello Listers! I am wondering if anyone can help me locate death information on Elizabeth Mann Fitch that died on June 18,1888 in Washington Co. Her husband was Joseph H. Fitch. She had a son, Birdie Fitch, Feb 22 1881. Also, looking for his birth record. Sure could use some help! Thanks. Karen

Hi! Does anyone have a listing of burials in the Maple Woods cemetery, located between Greenleaf and Barnes? If so, I need a look up please! Thanks! Lisa <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/nrainh20/index.html">Our Ancestor Quilt</A>

Seeking information on the Quinn and Clark families that were located around the Greenleaf area, early 1900's. Any information appreciated! Thanks! Lisa <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/nrainh20/index.html">Our Ancestor Quilt</A>