My ancestor, Henry Jacquest LANDES, had a sister named Margaret LANDES. Althought they lived in Iowa, Margaret married William R. GRIFFITH and they moved to Kansas...here is a short outline....: Descendants of Margaret Landes 1 Margaret Landes 1824 - 1908 b: 07 June 1824 d: 01 January 1908 in Topeka, Kansas .. +William R. Griffith 1820 - 1862 b: 08 June 1820 in Tippecanoe Co., IN. d: 12 March 1862 in Topeka, KS. ........ 2 William R. Griffith 1848 - 1921 b: 07 October 1848 d: 21 March 1921 ............ +Olive McFadden ........ 2 Alice Margaret Griffith 1850 - 1908 b: 19 June 1850 d: 11 December 1908 ............ +George S. Chase ........ 2 Harriet Magdalene Griffith 1853 - 1934 b: 22 March 1853 d: 1934 in Manhatten, KS. ............ +[1] Henry Leonard ........ 2 Mary A. Griffith 1854 - 1871 b: 19 September 1854 d: 27 January 1871 ............ +Oliver Hawkins ........ 2 Augusta V. Griffith 1858 - b: 24 January 1858 in Denver, CO. ............ +Morris Bowers ........ 2 Anna Louise Griffith 1860 - b: 23 May 1860 in Manhatten, KS. ............ +[1] Henry Leonard -----Original Message----- From: Stacie <onionring@blomand.net> To: LANDIS-L@rootsweb.com <LANDIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: [LANDIS] Kansas info >I was digging around for info yesterday and this was sent to me from the Jefferson County Genealogical Society,,,,,hope this helps someone...I am also going to add it to the site...also added 2 death certificates, S.S. Application to the new list and to the state of Ohio >Please let me know if this helps anyone..... >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>From marriage records--- >John Franklin Landis married Alta Renna COLTER on 20 Jan. 1916, per Oskaloosa Methodist Church records. What connection to your Landis family is unknown. There are so few Landis entries, I've copied anything on that name that I have found. > >The 1859 Kansas Territorial census listed one Landis >J. P. Landis, in Oskaloosa Twp. Jefferson Co. He came to Kansas in June 1857. > >There were no entries for Landis in Jefferson Co. census for 1875 of 1885. > >------------------------------------------------- >I have a copy of the cemetery records for Douglas Co. KS, the adjoining county to Jefferson, on the south. I do find some Landis families there as follows: > >Henry C. Landes (note spelling), b. 28 Oct. 1864, d. 7 June 1932, bur. at Richland-Harmon Cem. Wakarusa Twp. > >Ward E. Landis, b. 1894, d. 1982, bur Oak Hill Cem., Lawrence, in sect. 5 >Edith M. Landis, b. 1908, d. 1983, bur Oak Hill Cem., Lawrence, in sect. 5 >Bernard D. Landis, b. 5 Mar. 1925, d. 29 May 1927, son of W.E. & E.M. Landis, bur sect. 7 >Ella F. Landis, b. 29 Feb. 1844, d. 1 Jan 1931 bur. Oak Hill, sect. 13 >Maude Landis, b. 4 Jul 1875, d. 9 Mar. 1963, bur Oak Hill, sect 13 >May Landis, b. 20 Dec. 1877, d. 26 Dec. 1952, bur Oak Hill, sect. 13 >Osa Mae Landis, b. 3 May 1900---blank, (was probably living at time book written in 1980's), Oak Hill sect. 17 >Virgil A. Landis, b. 7 Oct. 1897, d. 17 Aug. 1973, bur Oak Hill, sect 17 > >Two persons donated their bodies to Kansas University Medical Center and their ashes were buried in Oak Hill on dates indicated. > >Leni N.M.N Landis, bur. Oct 1963 >June Correne Landis, bur. July 1975 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Stacie >The most valuable gift you can give another is a good example. >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >Sweet Potato's Genealogy Page! >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sweetpoe/index.html >New Landis (all spellings) Links >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sweetpoe/index.html >~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > >