Lara - Deane, Do you know the address of the home. We might be able to see it on Google Maps Street view. thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: <ca07@finneycounty.org> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > Diane: > > Yes, we have corresponded before. Thank you so much. I hadn't seen you > post anything recently, so I wasn't sure if you were still on the list > serve or not. I'm glad to hear the home is on the historical registry > now. I agree that it needs to be taken better care of, my mom and I would > like to take a can of white paint over to have the owner paint the pillars > (which actually were originally brick, not the wooden columns you see > today). Nancy and Susie were my great aunts, Susie just passed away a few > years ago. We were glad that she wasn't "with it" enough to know that she > out-lived my grandpa. > > Thanks again! > > Lara Blake Bors > Asst. Finney County Attorney > 409 N. 9th Street > Garden City, KS 67846 > > 620-272-3568 > > > > "Diane Treff" <dianetreff@sunflower.com> > Sent by: kswyando-bounces@rootsweb.com > 01/07/2009 08:34 AM > Please respond to > kswyando@rootsweb.com > > > To > <kswyando@rootsweb.com> > cc > > Subject > Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > > > > > > > Lara: > > Not sure if we corresponded before or not. I do know a little about your > family. Primarily the Brown's as Wash Brown and my husband's grandparents > were very good friends. They all attened Piper High School and graduated > in > the 1920's. I believe there was a nancy and a Susie Brown as well. Yes > the > house still stands. I have been told it is listed with Kansas as a > Historical landmark. I wish the current owners would do more to restore > its > beauty. In the 1970's I worked for a very short time as a secretary for > Blake, Uhlig & Funk in Kansas City, Ks. My girlfriend got me on and I > truly > wasn't ready for the job. However, they were fun to work for and at that > time Wash Brown still had his office at the Brotherhood building in KCK as > well. As I research I will send to you any and all I find. Iwill be away > from genealogy for a couple of weeks, but when I get back to it I will > check > my PIPEr and WYCO files. I know that I kept some tidbits that may be of > interest to you. > > Diane Treff > > -----Original Message----- > From: kswyando-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kswyando-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of ca07@finneycounty.org > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:24 AM > To: kswyando@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > > Hello! > > I'm currently living in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas -- our most > notorious claim to fame are the Clutter murders (Capote's In Cold Blood), > and some beef packing plants. > > My family since my maternal great great great grandfather, Washington > Brown, has lived in Wyandotte County. He homesteaded in Piper after the > civil war and the home is still standing. Both maternal and paternal > sides lived in Wyandotte County until my parents moved to Johnson County > in 1960, but my father, John Blake, Jr., and grandfathers, John Blake and > Wash Brown, practiced law in Wyandotte County. My dad graduated from > Argentine High School and my mom (Denise Brown) and maternal aunt > graduated from Wyandotte. > > I'm hoping to get tidbits about the Blakes, Hankins (paternal > grandmother), Tolers (maternal grandmother), and Browns. I don't know > much about the Blakes or the Hankinses. > > It's been wonderful connecting with a few people on the list and getting > information about the old homestead and hearing from people who knew my > family. It's also great to read some of the news articles that you put > on, John. Thank you so much for that! > > Have a wonderful day!! > > Lara (Blake) Bors > >