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Directors Comments Presidents Message

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President- Mike Gibson Vice President- Hannes Poetter Secretary- Marcia Cook Treasurer- Position open Director/Curator- Joe Hursey

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Mini-Minutes Pg 4 -5 Ultra Violet Ray Medical Kit Pg 6, History’s Mysteries, Pg 7 Early Government 1854 to 1880 Pg 8 - 9 -14-15 Open House report Pg 10 Color Photos Pg 11 -12 Ancient Americans Pg 13 How I Became a Genealogy Nut! Pg16 Color Photos Pg17 Book signing Pg18 How to Feed Calves Pg19 ć F (FOFBMPHZ 4FDUJPO Queries & Researchers Pg20 Republic headlines 1924 Pg21 - 23 1940 Census report Pg24 Publications for sale Pg25 Genealogical Research by Pg 26 - 27 Sheila McNerney - part 2 Back cover Pg28

910-574-5442 Genealogy Society Coordinator- Betty Bendorf 913-557-2485 Accessions Coordinator- Bernice Chitwood 913-557-9358 Board of Directors Louisburg - Fran Burcham 913-837-8220 Marysville Township - Mike Gibson 913-557-3200 Member at Large - Hannes Poetter 913-557-3000 Miami Township - Nina Gerkin 913-849-3366 Middle Creek Township - Mound Township - Darrell Williams 913-755-4026 Osage Township - "OO %BWJT BOE +FČ )BSUM 913-755-4646 Osawatomie City- Ona Neuenschwander 913-755-2391 Osawatomie Township - Ben Maimer 913-755-3504 Paola City - Bettie Ore 913-294-3312 Paola Township - Elsie Cordle 913-294-5137 Richland Township - LeAnne Shields 913-710-1767 Stanton Township - Lloyd Peckman 913-849-3278 Sugar Creek Township - Vera Dakin 913-377-4446 Ten Mile Township - Valley Township - Colleen Ewan 913-294-5051 Wea Township - Marcia Cook 913-837-2647 Newsletter - Roger Shipman 913-259-9219

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A Quarterly Newsletter of the Miami County Museum & Genealogy Society

Spring 2012

Volume 27 - No.1

Miami County Historical Museum 12 E. Peoria, Paola, Kansas 66071

Phone: 913-294-4940 E-Mail: museum@mchgm.org Web address; www.thinkmiamicountyhistory.com Museum Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Comments from the Director

I’ve now been working for your museum for nearly a year and with two major exhibits displayed, numerous news articles on the museums development and many other successes in such a short time, we have come such a long way. All of this has been accomplished by a large team of internal and external volunteers BOE EFEJDBUFE QFPQMF XIJDI * IBWF CFFO IBQQZ UP XPSL XJUI ć JT JT XIBU JU takes for your museum to exist and succeed. With that said, some of you may have noticed that some of our rates for researche have increased at the beginning of the year. Despite our goal of pro WJEJOH UIF NPTU DPTU FČ FDUJWF TFSWJDF UP PVS DVTUPNFST XF IBE UP JODSFBTF PVS charges in order to ensure we are able to preserve our documents for the future generation of researchers. What many may not realize, is that in order to prop erly preserve our document archives which consist of over 1.3 million docu ments, our facility needs to be climate controlled. Our interior temperature and humidity require a very stringent setting and this is extremely expensive; this cli

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mate control is how we minimize the deterioration of documents and artifacts. Currently, what we receive in dol lars from our visiting researchers only covers about one sixth what it takes to preserve these documents, so please understand our research rate increases. If you have any questions about this, please contact me at whursey@ hotmail.com or 913-294-4940. 0O BOPUIFS OPUF XF EJE SFDFJWF B NPTU HFOFSPVT HSBOU GPSN 1BPMB $JUZ ć JT HSBOU JT UP QSPDVSF J1BE UBCMFUT that will be used within the museum. I’ve spent the last few months developing this idea/concept for use within the museum using QR codes. Well it has become a hit amongst our visitors and numerous other museums, li braries and a college, who have heard of our work being done and would like to develop this concept within their own facilities. We are currently the only museum throughout the Midwest using this technology, which means we have a lot of museums paying close attention to how this project proceeds; so far so good. If you would like a ĕ STU IBOE EFNPOTUSBUJPO DPNF PO JO BOE USZ JU GPS ZPVSTFMG JoeHursey College History Courses Held in the Museum 3FDFOUMZ XF XFSF BTLFE CZ UIF %FBO PG UIF 'PSU 4DPUU $PNNVOJUZ $PMMFHF &YUFOTJPO Pď DF JG XF DPVME IPME B IJTUPSZ DMBTT JO UIF NVTFVN ć F DPMMFHF IFBSE BCPVU PVS XPSL IFSF JO EFWFMPQJOH UIF MPDBM IJTUPSZ BOE UIPVHIU JU XPVME CF B HSFBU BUNPTQIFSF UP FEVDBUF PVS MPDBM TUVEFOUT ć F GPDVT PG UIF JOJUJBM DMBTT JT 6 4 )JTUPSZ CVU within the museum setting, students will be able to relate U.S. history to local historical events. 0VS ĕ STU DPMMFHF IJTUPSZ DMBTT XBT IFME UIJT TQSJOH JO UIF NVTFVN BOE XJMM FOE .BZ UI ć F DPMMFHF IBT BM ready scheduled two more history classes starting in the fall. We believe that this program will be a great advan tage to the students, college and museum in the education of promotion of U.S. and local history.

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MINI MINUTES ć FTF NJOJ NJOVUFT BSF SFDPSEFE GPS ZPVS JOGPSNBUJPO BT to what goes on during our meetings. It is the business of these meetings that keeps us operating and a way to let you (a member) in on the workings DECEMBER New Directors have been assigned to the vacant townships. Mike Gibson, Marysville; Hannes Poetter, Member at Large; "OOF %BWJT +FČ )BSUM 0TBHF 4IFMMFZ &SJDLTPO 5FO .JMF and Marcia Cook, Wea. &MFDUJPO PG 0ď DFST .JLF (JCTPO GPS 1SFTJEFOU BOE 4IFMMFZ &SJDLTPO BT 4FDSFUBSZ ć FZ XJMM CF JOTUBMMFE JO +BOVBSZ $VS rent Treasurer, Nina Gerken said she will resign in January so a new Treasurer will need to be selected. *U XBT WPUFE UP DIBOHF UIF NFFUJOH UJNF UP UIF ĕ STU ć VST day of the month at 3:00 p.m.. Discussion on having a 5 K Run for a fund raiser. Motion was made, seconded and passed to have the Run. Plans will be in the works. Discussion on the Volunteer Recognition Appreciation Din ner and was put on hold. Remodeling of the middle building will begin soon. New paneling will be hung on the walls. Discussion on membership drive for businesses and re newal of memberships. JANUARY ć F OFX Pď DFST DPOEVDUFE UIF NFFUJOH .JLF XFMDPNFE everyone and gave a summary of his background and inter est in history. Nina submitted her resignation. Mike stated that Shelley agreed to take the Treasurers position and vacate as Secre UBSZ .BSDJB $PPL PČ FSFE UP ĕ MM BT 4FDSFUBSZ ć F NPUJPO XBT made and seconded to accept these appointments and was passed. A new accounting system needs to be in place. Director Joe Hursey reported that the museum is on track GPS 'FCSVBSZ FYIJCJU #JH UIBOLT UP +FČ )BSUM BOE #FSOJDF $IJUXPPE GPS IFBWZ MJę JOH BOE NPWJOH PG BSUJGBDUT " HSBOE opening is planned for Feb. 1st. %JTDVTTJPO PO B )BVOUFE )PVTF UPVS ć JT XBT UBCMFE UP next meeting. ć F NVTFVN XJMM QBSUJDJQBUF BHBJO JO ,BOTBT %BZ BDUJWJ ties. Joe will do the set up. Discussion on Accession process of the museum. Guidelines need to be set. Mike appointed a DPNNJUUFF PG #FUUZ #FOEPSG "OO %BWJT +FČ )BSUM #FSOJFDF Chitwood and Joe Hursey. Betty Bendorf reported on research in the Library and comparing to years before. Joe has set a new policy for gene alogy research. Mike stated the museum needs a strategic plan. Gary Nevius, a Kansas City architect will tour the museum and PČ FS JEFBT BOE TVHHFTUJPOT UP CFTU VTF PVS TQBDF

President’s Messag e Y our Board of Directors meets once a month with an agenda designed to enhance the capa CJMJUJFT BOE ĕ OBODJBM TFDVSJUZ PG the Museum and Genealogy op FSBUJPOT ć F #PBSE SFWJFXT UIF NJOVUFT NPOJUPST UIF ĕ OBODJBM position, receives a report from the Museum Director covering all the current activities of the museum, and receives a report

from the Genealogy Department including the hours spent on research for outside sources. ć F #PBSE NPOJUPST UIF NFNCFSTIJQ OVNCFST BOE EF velops membership drives both for individuals and busi nesses. We also discuss and help plan the fundraising op portunities that are so important in covering the ongoing expenses of the Museum. We currently have two vacancies on our Board of Direc tors. If you are interested in participating on the Board IFSF BSF UIF RVBMJĕ DBUJPOT UIBU XF MPPL GPS JO OFX EJSFD tors. Please contact Museum Director Joe Hursey if you have an interest in becoming a director. 2VBMJĕ DBUJPOT 1. A keen interest in the preservation of the artifacts and stories of Miami County’s past. 2. A willingness to assist in the fundraising for the mu seum. 3. An ability and readiness to devote time to attending the meetings, fundraisers, and special events sponsored by the museum. ć BOLT GPS ZPVS WFSZ JNQPSUBOU TVQQPSU PG UIF .JBNJ County Historical Museum. Our work could not be con tinued without your help. Mike Gibson, President Financial ć F .JBNJ $PVOUZ )JTUPSJDBM .VTFVN )JTUPSJDBM (FOFBMPHZ 4PDJFUJFT BSF B /PO 1SPĕ U 0SHBOJ[BUJPO XJUI a tax exempt status allowed by the Internal Revenue %FQU (Ję BOE %POBUJPOT SFDFJWFE CZ UIF 4PDJFUJFT BSF Deductible for Income Tax purposes. Fot additional in formation or questions regarding Endowments, Trusts, etc., please contact us at 913-294-4940

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FEBRUARY It was suggested that we move current bank account to First Citizens State Bank, Discussion, It was moved, seconded and passed to accept this proposal. Betty Bendorf volunteered to begin contacting past mem CFST UP SFOFX NFNCFSTIJQ #FUUZ JT CSJFĕ OH HFOFBMPHZ researchers on the new rate changes. Joe reported that the new exhibit is ready for display and we have positive feedback from the public. We still need to purchase 2 I-Pads for the use for guided tours. Discussion on the interest shown at Kansas Day, also on the 5K run as a fund raiser. Mike Hursey because of his heavy work load submitted his resignation. MARCH Meeting conducted by Vice Pres. Hannes Poetter. Visitor Anita Cox, President of the Heartland Art Guild made a presentation regarding the July Miniature Art show at the museum. Discussion on the lighting and which room will be used. Director Joe Hursey gave March 31 as set for the Grand Opening of the Museum exhibit. Invitations have been sent PVU +FČ )BSUM XJMM IBWF SFGSFTINFOUT BMPOH XJUI 4UFQIFO Kristin Graue of Middle Creek Winery. Joe is looking into the Kansas Works Program for volun teers. More discussion on the 5K run. March 26 is set for a Fish Fry fund raiser at Fox Hall in Louisburg. LIBRARY Received in the Library are 2 large notebooks on genealogy. “Water and the Word” “Abraham Wise Genealogy” by Lucille Donaldson, Rachel Hayward and William M Caldwell, Jr” ć JT GBNJMZ TUBSUT PVU JO (FSNBOZ UIFO UP 1FOOTZMWB OJB PO UP 0IJP *OEJBOB *MMJOPJT .JTTPVSJ BOE ,BOTBT ć FSF is a lot of genealogy represented in these notebooks. We have new research fees for the Library. It has become necessary to help carry the load of paying the bills and it helps preserve the written records we have in our Library. ć FTF SFDPSET BSF UIF PSJHJOBMT BOE UIFTF BSF OPU DPNQMFUFMZ NJDSPĕ MNFE .BOZ WPMVOUFFST IBWF HJWFO UIFJS UJNF UP QVU BMM this together for presentation to the public. We have tried to be in line with other research centers. For non-member walk-in researchers we ask $15.00 per hour. If you are a member it is $7.50. For e-mail or phone queries we ask $25.00 per hour (non-member) and $12.50 for a member. Color copies are $2.00 per page for non-members and $1.00 per page for members. Black and white copies are .50 each for non-members and .25 for members. $PQJFT PG EPDVNFOUT .BSSJBHF DFSUJĕ DBUFT TDIPPM SFDPSET probate records, land records, district court records)are $5.00 per page for non-member and $2.50 for member. So you can TFF UIBU XF BSF PČ FSJOH RVJUF BO JODFOUJWF UP PVS NFNCFST and others to become members.

You have heard me report for many years about the progress we were making on the District Court records. Many of our WPMVOUFFST IBWF XPSLFE PO UIJT ć FZ ĕ OBMMZ HPU FOUFSFE PO the computer, then we had to proof read it all and now, believe JU PS OPU XF IBWF UIFN JO BO JOEFY GPSN TP XF DBO ĕ OE UIF records by name. Up to now they were known only by case number. We thank the MANY volunteers who worked on this project. We thank Louis Reed for setting up the program so we could enter all the information and also to Louis for his help JO UIF ĕ OJTI XPSL )F JT BMTP IFMQJOH VT UP HFU UIF JOEFY SFBEZ UP QVU iPO MJOFw ć JT PVHIU UP CF SFBEZ JO B TIPSU UJNF -PPL for it on our web page. We hope to get ready other indexes to put “on line”. We have taken some of our “out of date” books from the (FOFBMPHZ TFDUJPO PG UIF TIFMWFT BOE IBWF UIFN VQ JO UIF (Ję Shop for sale. We have two full shelves of family genealogies that have been given to the library and we thank the authors very much. ć FTF BSF WBMVBCMF CPPLT We will be doing more to streamline our research capabilities in the future. Betty Bendorf, Librarian GUESTS AND VOLUNTEERS ć JT RVBSUFS UIFSF XFSF WJTJUPST UP UIF NVTFVN GSPN UIF states of Kansas, Missouri, Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio, Wash ington, Arkansas, S. Dakota and Oregon A total of 33 volunteers worked over 1,444 hours this quarter in the museum. It should be noted that our volunteer history researchers have put in many more hours than reported. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT USE OUR P.O. BOX 123, ONLY OUR STREET ADDRESS. THANK YOU

Louis W. & Dolpha Baehr

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Ultra Violet Ray Medical Kit 8JUIJO PVS NVTFVN XF IBWF B 7JPMFU 3BZ PS iVMUSB WJPMFU EFWJDFw ć F 7JPMFU 3BZ EFWJDF JT BO BOUJRVF NFEJDBM EFWJDF VTFE JO FMFDUSPUIFSBQZ ć JT EFWJDF BQQMJFE B MBSHF BNPVOU PG FMFDUSJDJUZ UP UIF CPEZ PS IBJS CVU XJUIPVU BOZ TIPDL UIF POMZ TFOTBUJPO CFJOH B QMFBTBOU XBSNUI ć FJS DPOTUSVDUJPO VTVBMMZ GFBUVSF B DPNCJOBUJPO PG B disruptive discharge coil with an interrupter to apply a high voltage, high frequency, and low current to the hu man body for therapeutic purposes. Nikola Tesla invented the basic construction of the ultra violet device prior to 1900. Most of these antique violet rays were produced in the U.S. before the Depression era. Violet ray treatments were said to cure everything from lumbago and carbuncles, to simple treatments of the hair, aches and pains of the body, and even freckles. Initially people were very skeptical about the claims that were made for master treatments until they found that physicians not only strongly suggested its use, but also treated their own patients with the device. Tens of thousands of these devices were sold for home use between about 1915 and 1950 under names such as Masters, Elco and Renulife. During the 1940’s and 1950’s, makers of violet ray devices were subjected to numerous lawsuits and multiple actions by the U.S. government including re calls, seizures, forfeitures and orders to have them destroyed. Master Electric, the last manufacturer of the violet ray was subjected to a 1951 lawsuit in Marion, Indiana, and the devices were seized by the FDA. Eventually, the cure-all claims were put to trial and most of the devices were banned by the FDA for making illegitimate claims.

By the 1980s the old violet ray devices began to be discovered on a larger scale, and old kits began to be pulled out of attics and basements. Today, violet ray devices are experiencing resurgence in alterna tive medicine therapies. For example, currently you NBZ ĕ OE EFSNBUPMPHJTUT VTJOH EFWJDFT CBTFE PO the same technology, in the treatment of acne and JO TUJNVMBUJPO PG UIF TDBMQ GPS IBJS MPTT ć FZ BSF also marketed as ultraviolet tooth brushes and hair removing instruments. So what is the authentic use of Violet Ray ma DIJOFT ZPV NBZ BTL ć FZ BSF NBJOMZ GPS USFBUJOH minor skin conditions. Ozone kills bacteria and high frequency currents are for dehydrating the TLJO "DOF PS TJNJMBS DPOEJUJPOT BSF Pę FO JN proved by the nature of these applications. Another ability of the Violet Ray is the small electric spark to EFTUSPZ UJTTVF XIJDI SFNPWFT XBSUT ć F NJME IFBU JOH FČ FDUT PG UIFTF EFWJDFT IBWF UIF BCJMJUZ PG SFMJFW ing pain to a small extent. Unlike external heating pads, Violet Ray electrode heat the body from the JOTJEF PVU XIJDI JT Pę FO NPSF CFOFĕ DJBM Artifact Research and Article by: Hannah Kaiser, Paola High School

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Ph il Reak a History’s Mysteries Number 6 I chose the Wea Creek Baptist Mission east of Paola as my next “History Mystery.” While much is already known about this Indian Mission in Miami (then Lykins) County, there is apparently no photo of the most well-known name connected to this historic site: David Lykins. Here is a brief historical report of the mission site: Wea Creek Indian Mission " ć JT NJTTJPO XBT FTUBCMJTIFE UP TFSWF UIF *OEJBOT XIP XFSF QSPNJTFE B QFSNBOFOU IPNF JO *OEJBO 5FSSJUPSZ CZ 1SFTJ EFOU ć PNBT +FČ FSTPO ć F .JBNJ 8FB 1JBOLFTIBX 1FPSJB ,BTLBTLJB 1PUBXBUPNJF BOE 4IBXOFF USJCFT XFSF SFTFUUMFE UP present day Miami County, Kansas. B. Between 1821 and 1856, the Presbyterian Church established nine missions in the Missouri-Kansas area. One of these NJTTJPOT XBT FTUBCMJTIFE OFBS 8FB $SFFL ć F NJTTJPO TPDJFUZ PG UIF 1SFTCZUFSJBO $IVSDI DPOUSBDUFE UP CVJME B MPH IPVTF POF BOE B IBMG TUPSJFT UBMM ć F 3FW BOE .ST 8FMMT #VTIOFMM BOE 3FW BOE .ST +PTFQI ,FSS BOE UFBDIFS .JTT /BODZ )FO derson moved into the partially completed mission building on April 17, 1834. By late June the mission house for school and church services had been built, along with a smoke house, com crib, spring house and other little conveniences. $ ć F CVJMEJOHT PG UIF 8FB .JTTJPO XFSF UBLFO PWFS JO CZ UIF 0TBHF .BSBJT EFT $ZHOFT 3JWFS TVC BHFODZ PG UIF %FQBSUNFOU PG *OEJBO "Č BJST %VSJOH UIF TVNNFS PG TNBMM QPY WBDDJOBUJPOT XFSF HJWFO BU UIF BHFODZ MPDBUJPO UP Indians horn area tribes. In 1843, the sub-agency was moved to a new location in eastern Kansas and the Wea Mission was again vacated. D. In March of 1843 the Indian Mission Association of the Southern Baptist Convention appointed Rev. and Mrs. David Lykins as missionaries to the Wea Indians. David Lykins, his wife Abigail Ann Lykins and Miss Sara Ann Osgood estab MJTIFE UIF 8FB #BQUJTU .JTTJPO ć F TDIPPM FOSPMMFE BT NBOZ BT DIJMESFO BU POF UJNF TFSWJOH UIF 8FB 1JBOLFTIBX ,BT LBTLJB BOE 1FPSJB *OEJBOT ć F NJTTJPO TUSPOHMZ EFTJSFE CZ UIF *OEJBOT SFDFJWFE TVCTUBOUJBM ĕ OBODJBM BOE NPSBM TVQQPSU from Baptiste Peoria. E. As a result of being adopted by the Confederated Indian Tribe and because of the Federal treaty signed in 1854, David -ZLJOT XBT HJWFO BDSFT PG MBOE CZ UIF 6OJUFE 4UBUFT (PWFSONFOU ć F PSJHJOBM QBUFOU QSFTFOUFE CZ 1SFTJEFOU +BNFT #V DIBOBO JODMVEFE UIF 8FB .JTTJPO TJUF ć F .JBNJ $PVOUZ 3FHJTUFS PG %FFET JOEJDBUFT UIBU %BWJE -ZLJOT TPME PS DPOWFZFE the Mission Site property to Baptiste Peoria on June 3, 1854. ' 0JM XBT ĕ STU GPVOE JO B XFMM JO ,BOTBT BCPVU ZBSET TPVUIFBTU PG UIF 8FB .JTTJPO TJUF *O UISFF PJM XFMMT XFSF dug in the Paola vicinity. David Lykins joined Dr. G.W. Brown, editor of the Lawrence Herald of Freedom in obtaining MFBTFT PO TPNF BDSFT GPS FYQMPSBUJPO ć F PVUCSFBL PG UIF $JWJM 8BS CSPLF VQ UIF ESJMMJOH PQFSBUJPO %BWJE -ZLJOT XBT BSSFTUFE JO +VOF PG BOE VQPO CFJOH SFMFBTFE Ę FE UP $PMPSBEP 5FSSJUPSZ )F EJFE "VHVTU BOE JT CVSJFE JO Denver, Colorado. Rev. /Dr. David Lykins A. In March of 1843 the Indian Mission Association of the Southern Baptist Convention ap pointed Rev. and Mrs. David Lykins as missionaries to the Wea Indians. B. Lykins, his wife Abigail Ann Lykins and Miss Sara Ann Osgood established the Wea Bap UJTU .JTTJPO ć F TDIPPM FOSPMMFE BT NBOZ BT DIJMESFO BU POF UJNF TFSWJOH UIF 8FB 1JBOLFTIBX Kaskaskia and Peoria Indians. C. As a result of being adopted by the Confederated Indian Tribe and because of the Federal treaty signed in 1854, David Lykins was given 800 acres of land by the United States Government. continued on page 15

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From Lykins to Miami County Early Government 1854 to 1880 by Jim Bousman On January 22, 1854 Stephen A. Douglas introduced in the U. S. Senate what became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. One provision of the bill, section 32, provided for “squatter’s sovereignty” and the bill was signed into law on .BZ 0O +VOF UI " ) 3FFEFS CFDBNF UIF ĕ STU (PWFSOPS PG ,BOTBT 5FSSJUPSZ 0O .BSDI UIF ĕ STU 5FSSJUPSJBM FMFDUJPO UPPL QMBDF ć F WPUJOH EJTUSJDU XIJDI JODMVEFE .JBNJ $PVOUZ DBTU 377 votes for the pro-slavery ballot and 91 for the free-state. However, a subsequent investigation found 380 illegal WPUFT DBTU JO UIF EJTUSJDU *O UIJT ĕ STU FMFDUJPO UIF QSP TMBWFSZ DBOEJEBUFT XFSF FMFDUFE ć PTF FMFDUFE XFSF .FNCFST PG UIF $PVODJM " . $PČ FF BOE %BWJE -ZLJOT House of Representatives - W. A. Heiskell; Allen Wilkinson*; Henry Younger**; and Samuel Scott. * Killed May 24, 1856. * * Henry Younger never lived in Kansas and was the father of Cole, Bob and Jim Younger. On July 3, 1855, the Territorial Legislature organized Lykins County: bordered on the North by Johnson County, East by Missouri, South by Linn County, and West by Franklin County. Paola was selected as the permanent seat of justice. Lykins County was originally 24 square miles, but a later act changed the county to 24 ½ miles from East to West and 24 miles from North to South. Basically, the center of Miami County is 38 degrees and 57 minutes N by 94 degrees and 84 minutes W longitude. 0O +BOVBSZ 5FSSJUPSJBM 0ď DFST $POHSFTTJPOBM %FMFHBUF BOE UIF 5FSSJUPSJBM -FHJTMBUVSF XFSF FMFDUFE VOEFS UIF 5PQFLB $POTUJUVUJPO CZ 'SFF TUBUF CZ WPUFST ć FO PO 0DUPCFS $POHSFTTJPOBM %FMFHBUF UIF 5FSSJUPSJBM Legislature, and a call for a Constitutional Convention were approved by Pro-slavery voters. On May 20, 1857, the population of Lykins County was 1,352: of which 413 were designated as legal voters. Lykins County sent David Lykins, William A. Heiskell, and J.T. Bradford as delegates to the Lecompton Constitutional Convention. Of the three, only Heiskell and Bradford signed the Lecompton Constitution. On December 12th, H.H. Williams was elected Senator under the Lecompton Constitution. 0O "VHVTU UIF 'SFF 4UBUF QBSUZ VOEFS UIF 5PQFLB $POTUJUVUJPO FMFDUFE Pď DFST -ZLJOT $PVOUZ XBT SFQSF sented in the house by E.W. Robinson and J.W. Stewart. S.L Adair was elected to the senate. On October 5th, Lykins County was represented in the Territorial Legislature by A. J. Shannon, John Hanna, M.J. Parrott, and H. B. Standi ford . G.A. Colton was elected as the Assistant Secretary of the Council. ć F TUSVHHMF GPS B UFSSJUPSJBM DPOTUJUVUJPO DPOUJOVFE JOUP 0O +BOVBSZ UI UIF UIJSE TFTTJPO PG UIF 5FSSJUPSJBM Legislature met at Lecompton. Also on January 4th, a second vote on the Lecompton Constitution showed Lykins $PVOUZ DBTUJOH B MPQ TJEFE WPUF BHBJOTU UIF $POTUJUVUJPO ć FO PO .BSDI UI ( " $PMUPO ć PNBT 3PCFSUT BOE " Knapp were elected as delegates to the Leavenworth Constitutional convention. Finally, on October 4, 1859, the citizens of Kansas Territory adopted the Wyandotte Constitution (Lykins county was represented by B .F .Simpson and W. P. Dutton) .

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0O 'FCSVBSZ UIF GPSN PG HPWFSONFOU DIBOHFE UP B #PBSE PG 4VQFSWJTPST ć F #PBSE XBT NBEF VQ PG POF TVQFSWJTPS GPS FBDI UPXOTIJQ BOE XIFSF OP UPXOTIJQ FYJTUFE UISFF TVQFSWJTPST XFSF DIPTFO BU MBSHF ć F ĕ STU NFFUJOH VOEFS UIJT GPSN PG HPWFSONFOU XBT IFME PO "QSJM ć F TFDPOE NFFUJOH .PSHBO $SPOLIJUF $IBJSNBO 4VQFS visors J. Phillips and Abram Ellis) was held to subdivide the county into townships. On May 1st, townships and voting precincts were established . Interestingly, with the exception of changes in boundaries to create Ten Mile and Valley Townships, the townships are NVDI UIF TBNF BT UPEBZ ć FSF XBT POF UPXOTIJQ OBNF DIBOHF .PVOE UPXOTIJQ XBT PSJHJOBMMZ OBNFE i#BUUMF .PVOEw Bę FS BO CBUUMF JO XIJDI +PIO #SPXO 4S QBSUJDJQBUFE )PXFWFS JU XBT MBUFS EJTDPWFSFE UIF CBUUMF UPPL QMBDF JO -JOO County; so the name was changed to Mound. ć F ĕ STU NFFUJOH PG UIF GVMM #PBSE PG 4VQFSWJTPST NFU PO +VOF ć F NFNCFST PG UIF CPBSE XFSF 8 3 8BHTUBČ 1BPMB W. S. Nichols Stanton Elias Stoker Sugar Creek John M. Ellis Wea J.H. King Richland Elias Smith Osage Abram Ellis Miami N. B. DeFord, Chairman Middle Creek T. C. Warren Marysville Morgan Cronkhite Osawatomie J. M. Walthall Mound According to the Territorial Superintendent of Public Instruction, Lykins County had 11 school districts, 144 persons of TDIPPM BHF XJUI FOSPMMFE JO TDIPPM ć F DFOTVT PG TIPXFE -ZLJOT DPVOUZ XJUI B QPQVMBUJPO PG ć F ĕ STU TFTTJPO PG EJTUSJDU DPVSU JO -ZLJOT $PVOUZ XBT IFME PO /PWFNCFS ć F DPVSU DPOTJTUFE PG UIF )POPS BCMF 3VTI &MNPSF "TTPDJBUF +VTUJDF PG UIF 5FSSJUPSJBM 4VQSFNF $PVSU 4IFSJČ ) ) 8JMMJBNT $MFSL PG UIF $PVSU 4 .D"S thur, and County Attorney B. F. Simpson. G.W. Miller, E.W. White, G.A. Colton, George W. Covert and Charles A. Foster XFSF BENJUUFE UP UIF CBS %VSJOH UIF TFTTJPO UIF EPDLFU DPOTJTUFE PG POF DJWJM DBTF BOE UISFF DSJNJOBM DBTFT ć F (SBOE Jury returned 39 indictments, the most popular criminal case was selling liquor to Indians. 8IFO ,BOTBT CFDBNF B TUBUF PO +BOVBSZ UIF TUBUF BOE DPVOUZ HPWFSONFOU DIBOHFE ć PNBT 3PCFSUT CFDBNF the Probate Judge; E. W. Robinson the Clerk of the District Court; W. T. Shively-Assessor; J.M. Ellis, Israel Christie and R.W. Shipley County Commissioners. On June 4, 1861, the name Lykins County was changed to Miami County. ć F GPMMPXJOH JT B TVNNBSZ MJTU PG $PVOUZ 0ď DJBMT State Senators-With date of election -

+ ) 1IJMMJQT ć PNBT 3PCFSUT +PIOTPO $MBSL G. A. Colton, 1864; David Anderson, 1866; H. H. Williams, 1868; E. H. Topping, 1870 and 1872; William Jones, 1874; B. F. Simpson, 1876; Leonard Bradbury, 1880.

Members of the House of Representatives - With date of election - " &MMJT ( " $PMUPO ( 8 .JMMFS # ' 4JNQTPO 8 3 8BHTUBČ ) 3JDF * $ISJTUJF " &MMJT - $ $POOFSZ 8JMMJBN $IFTUOVU 5 ) &MMJT 8 ( .D$VMMPDI ) 6QEFHSBČ + " ,FOEBMM 8JMMJBN )VČ NBO ) ) 8JMMJBNT + 8 (PTTFUU 8JMMJBN )VČ NBO 8 )ZOFS 5BZMPS ) # 4NJUI 3FVCFO 4NJUI & ) Topping, E. W. Green, 1869; H. B. Smith, B. F. Simpson, J. M. Carpenter, 1870; J. W. Beaty, Reuben Smith, 1872; J. C. Carey, M. Finkham, 1873; T. E. Smith, F. M. Fain, 1874; Eli Davis, J. C. Nichols, 1875; Eli Davis, L. Hendrickson, G. F. Tracey, 1876; J. W. Games, James Martin, H. Rice, 1878; J. W. Games, Henry Post, and H. Rice, 1880. continued on page 14

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Exhibit Open House On March 30th, we had an open house for our newest exhibit which features numerous photos on canvass, exhibits and displays on Miami County history, as well as iPads for visitor use that provided interaction with some of our exhibits. Similar to last year’s exhibit that focused on the period of 1850’s to 1870’s, this new exhibit overlapped and extended last years photo exhibit spanning 1870’s to about 1915. ć F FYIJCJU PQFOJOH UVSOFE PVU UP CF B WFSZ TVDDFTTGVM POF XJUI NBOZ NVTFVN TVQQPSUFST JO BUUFOEBODF BT XFMM BT NVTFVN TUBČ BOE MPDBM IJTUPSJBOT XIP XPSLFE PO UIF UFBN UIBU BTTFNCMFE UIJT FYIJCJU "MTP POF PG UIF CFTU supporters of our museum, Middle Creek Winery out of Louisburg was on hand serving their great wines for PVS HVFTU 0UIFS TVQQPSUFST PG UIJT FWFOU XFSF 5SPZ .BMPOF PG ić F (SBOE 'PSNBUw PG )JMMTEBMF XIP QSJOUFE PVS photos on canvass; his work in printing along with our own Roger Shipman’s skills in photo rework really pro EVDFE B UPQ RVBMJUZ EJTQMBZ UIBU XF DBO CF QSPVE PG GPS ZFBST UP DPNF 'VSUIFS NPSF +FČ )BSUM T DBUFSJOH QSP vided great appetizers for all on hand. Lastly, we would like to thank the Louis and Dolpha Baehr Foundation for their most generous grant that made this exhibit possible. Without the generosity of them and many others, it would make our job impossible to CSJOH .JBNJ $PVOUZ UIF CFTU NVTFVN FYIJCJUT QPTTJCMF ć JT DVSSFOU FYIJCJU XJMM CF PO EJTQMBZ VOUJM BU MFBTU UIF end of 2012. If you have any questions about this event, please call the museum at 913-294-4940 or email at whursey@hot mailcom. Fish Fry Fundraiser! On March 26th, Marcia Cook of the Louisburg Chamber of Commerce organized and held a Fish Fry Fundraiser GPS UIF NVTFVN ć F ĕ TI XFSF HSBDJPVTMZ DBVHIU DPPLFE BOE QSPWJEFE CZ (SFH (SBIBN BOE IJT MPZBM UFBN PG MPDBM ĕ TIFSNBO DPPLT ć JT FWFOU IBE UP CF POF PG PVS NPTU TVDDFTTGVM GVOESBJTJOH FWFOUT JO UIF MBTU ZFBS For the museum’s part in this fundraiser, we provided some displays, artifacts and photos of Louisburg history GPS UIF MPDBM QVCMJD T WJFXJOH XIP BUUFOEFE UIF ĕ TI GSZ ć F FYIJCJU GFBUVSFE %PD ,FMMZ T NFEJDBM CBH QIPUPT PG Brullman’s Hardware and Implement store and several other items and photos. Overall this fundraiser raised $698 for the museum. For this outstanding support, we would like to thank the QFPQMF PG -PVJTCVSH (SFH (SBIBN BOE IJT BXFTPNF ĕ TI GSZJOH UFBN BOE FTQFDJBMMZ .BSDJB $PPL GPS IFS IBSE work in organizing this event.

Betty Bendorf visits with fry cook John Gangle.

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Stephen and Kristin Graue dispense their great wines to the joy of many.

J oe Hursey and Kathy Lovig, chairwoman of the Baehr foundation, dedicating the Louis W. & Dolpha Baehr Gallery.

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Beatrix Hursey, Caralee & Phil Reaka with Marcia Cook visit during the open house.

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Joe Hursey dedicating Baehr Gallery.

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Ancient Americans T IF ĕ STU NFO UP TUFQ POUP UIF /FX 8PSME XFSF LOPXO BT UIF 1BMFP *OEJBOT +VEHJOH PO UIF FWJEFODF PG 1BMFP *OEJBO remains discovered in North America, this “land bridge” crossing from Siberia to Alaska took place around 15,000 # $ ć FTF QFPQMF XFSF BCMF UP DSPTT B MBOE CSJEHF MJOLJOH "TJB XJUI /PSUI "NFSJDB CFDBVTF EVSJOH UIF -BUF 1MFJT tocene period continent sized glaciers pulled water from the oceans, which lowered the sea level by nearly 400 feet. ć FTF TBNF HMBDJFST NBOZ DPWFSJOH QBSUT PG /PSUI "NFSJDBO QSFWFOUFE UIF 1BMFP *OEJBOT GSPN JOJUJBMMZ TQSFBEJOH across all parts of the continent. Evidence shows that Paleo Indians were probably nomadic people who crossed the land bridge as hunter and gather FST ć FJS USJCBM HSPVQT DPOTJTUFE JO TJ[F PG UP QFPQMF BOE UIFZ IVOUFE UIF MBSHF BOJNBMT TVDI BT CFBST CVČ BMP BOE DBSJCPV BOE TPNF TNBMMFS BOJNBMT ć FJS JOTUSVNFOUT PG IVOUJOH XFSF TJNQMF MPOH BOE TIPSU TQFBST Why is all this important to Miami County? We currently have on display numerous Paleo Indian artifacts. Most BSF IBOE UPPMT SBOHJOH GSPN TDSBQJOH BOE HSJOEJOH JOTUSVNFOUT UP NBOZ UZQFT PG BSSPX BOE TQFBS QPJOUT ć FTF were found by Miami County conservationist, Sam Hertha around the Hillsdale Lake area in the 1970’s. Sam Hertha contacted the Archeology Department at the University of Wichita who came to Miami County and conducted an excavation. ć F SFTVMUT PG UIF 6OJWFSTJUZ PG 8JDIJUB T FYDBWBUJPO QSPEVDFE IVOESFET PG BODJFOU BSUJGBDUT TPNF EBUJOH NPSF UIBO ZFBST PME ć F FYDBWBUJPO BMTP QSPWJEFE WBMVBCMF FWJEFODF PG UIF FYJTUFODF PG 1BMFP *OEJBOT MJWJOH JO .JBNJ County for thousands of years before our well known native Indian tribes such as the Osage. JoeHursey

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contiued from page 9

Judge of District Court - With date of election -

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United States Marshall - With date of appointment -

B. F. Simpson, 1879. $PVOUZ $PNNJTTJPOFST 8IFO UIF DPVOUZ PSHBOJ[BUJPO XBT ĕ STU FMFDUFE UIF CPEZ DPSSFTQPOEJOH UP UIF QSFTFOU #PBSE PG $PVOUZ $PNNJTTJPOFST DPOTJTUFE PG UIF 1SPCBUF +VEHF BOE UXP $PNNJTTJPOFST ć F ĕ STU #PBSE BDDPSEJOH UP UIF SFDPSET TUJMM QSFTFSWFE IFME JUT ĕ STU NFFUJOH "QSJM BOE DPOTJTUFE PG " ) .D'BEJO 1SPCBUF +VEHF BOE +BNFT #FFUT BOE - D. Williams, “gentlemen Commissioners.”Previously Isaac Jacobs was Probate Judge; and subsequently Cyrus Tator in 1858. ć F DPVOUZ XBT UIFO HPWFSOFE CZ B #PBSE PG 4VQFSWJTPST POF GSPN FBDI UPXOTIJQ VOUJM XIFO UIF $PVOUZ $PN missioner system was established. ć F ĕ STU NFFUJOH XBT IFME "QSJM BOE UIF ĕ STU #PBSE DPOTJTUFE PG *TSBFM $ISJTUJF +PIO . &MMJT BOE 3 8 4IJQMFZ elected March 26, 1860. ć F GPMMPXJOH JT B MJTU PG $PVOUZ $PNNJTTJPOFST XJUI EBUF PG FMFDUJPO Israel Christie, J. H. Benson, John Dodd, November 6, 1860;

Nick L. Beuter, Israel Christie, John M. Roberts, 1861; J. M. Walthall, J. R. Chandler, Samuel Dale, 1862; J. H. Pratt, W. Hymer, Robert Lapsley, 1863; H. Rice, W. Hymer, H. O. Peery, 1865; John Tontz, Cyrus Shaw, H. Rice, 1867; John Tontz, Cyrus Shaw, C. Barnard, 1869; C. M. Dickson, G. E. DeForest, Israel Christie, 1871; P. F. Latimer, S. P. Boone, J. H. Martin, 1873; P. F. Latimer, S. P. Boone, William McConner, 1875; Z. Hayes, William Rogers, L. Hamlin, 1877; J. A. Payne, 1879; W. L. Beck, 1880; T. B. Robinson, 1881.

County Assessor-With date of election - 3JDIBSE .FOEFOIBMM 8 5 4IJWFMZ .BSDI 8JMMJBN ć BSQ /PWFNCFS 8 ( .D$VMMPVHI +BNFT Burney, 1862 and 1863; W. Stockwell, 1864; George Roberts, 1865 and 1866, W. H. Standiford, 1867; T. J. Cummins, 1868, XIFO UIF Pď DF XBT BCPMJTIFE County Clerk - W. A. Heiskel, 1856; E. W. Robinson, 1857; Daniel Childs 1861; G. W. Warren, 1869; Charles H. Giller, 1873; B. J. Sheridan, 1877; J. C. Taylor, 1881. Clerk of the District Court - L. McArthur, E. W. Robinson, J. B. Hobson, D. B. Wilson, 1860; H. B. Smith, 1861; George Roberts, 1862; I. J. Banister, ć PNBT 3PCFSUT - + #BOJTUFS + 4 #FFTPO + & 8BMMBDF & . 8JDLFSTIBN Probate Jud ge - *TBBD +BDPCT " ) .D'BEJO $ZSVT 5BUPS ( " $PMUPO ć PNBT 3PCFSUT D. B. Wilson, 1862; Joshua Clayton, 1868; E. W. Robinson, 1872, 4IFSJČ R. P. Campbell, A. J. Henson, H. H. Williams; W. P. Dutton, 1861; W. G. Rainey, 1865; D. Anderson, 1869; William Weaver, 1873; John Howard, 1875; A. W. Long, 1879. Register of Deeds - W. A. Heiskel, E. W. Robinson, A. J. Shannon; W. T. Shively, 1861; J. L. J. Chandler, 1865; L. C. Crittenden, 1869; John A. Welles, 1873; Eli Chandler, 1875; S. Underhill, 1877; C. C. Proctor, 1881. Treasurer - Allen T. Ward, 1857; Cyrus Shaw, 1859; W. P. Dutton, 1860; W. J. McCown, 1861; J. H. Phillips, 1862; William T. Shively, ć PNBT "LFST + 5 )BVHIFZ 8JMMJBN $SPXFMM ( & %F'PSFTU 4 3 4NJUI + " .JMMFS 1879.

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Surveyor - N. J. Roscoe, 1857; James Mitchell, 1858; Samuel D. Irwin, 1861; A. S. Barnum, 1863; N. S. Roscoe, 1867; O. W. Bates, 1873; A. Knapp, 1875; A. P. Walker, 1879. Superintendent of Instruction - H. M. Hughes, Abram Ellis, A. A. Roberts, 1861; I. J. Banister, 1862; S. Underhill, 1863; John Welles, 1866; I. J. Banister, 1867; A. C. Farnham, 1870; I. J. Banister, 1872; B. D. Russell, 1874; J. W. Flemming, 1878; S. F. March, 1880. Coroner - Cyrus Holdridge, 1857; C. O. Gause, 1859; P. P. Fowler, 1861; D. E. Stephens, 1863; John Austin, 1865; W. D. Hawkins, 1866; R. P. Lummis, 1867; J. M. Carpenter, 1869; T. Dennis, 1870; William Waters, 1873; W. H. Wilhoite, 1875; R. J. Hiner, 1877; Amos Potter, 1879. County Attorney - # ' 4JNQTPO 4 " 3JHHT 3 8 .BTTFZ +PIO . $PF ć PNBT 3PCFSUT & ' 4NJUI " $ 1PUUFS " $ Potter, 1871; W. T. Johnston, 1873; W. R. Brayman, 1876; W. T. Johnston, 1878; J. A. Hoag, 1880. C ourt House - ć F ĕ STU TUFQT MPPLJOH UPXBSET UIF FSFDUJPO PG B DPVSU IPVTF XFSF UBLFO +VMZ 1857, when it was ordered by the Commissioners that “the sum of $15,000 be appropriated to build a court house at Paola, that the bonds of the county bearing ten per cent, interest be issued and that UIFZ TIBMM OPU CF TPME BU MFTT UIBO QBSw ć F CPOET XFSF OPU JTTVFE OPS IBT UIF DPVSU IPVTF CFFO CVJMU 0O UIF UI PG "QSJM UIF #PBSE QBJE GPS i6OJPO )BMMw UP CF VTFE BT B DPVSU IPVTF "ę FS VTJOH UIF TFDPOE TUPSZ PG UIF i3BJOFZ #MPDLw TPNF ZFBST GPS DPVOUZ Pď DFT UIF $PNNJTTJPOFST PO .BZ MFBTFE UIF PME i1BPMB TDIPPM building” for a court house. On the 7th of November, an election was held to purchase the building: a total of 1,872 votes were cast in favor of the purchase and 307 against. Total amount paid for the building was $9,200. D. I joined Dr. G.W. Brown, editor of the Lawrence Herald of Freedom in obtaining leases on some 30,000 acres for explo ration & we found oil southeast of my mission. Dr. Woodson D. Hoover A. .Z QBSUOFS 3FW %S %BWJE -ZLJOT BOE * QSBDUJDFE NFEJDJOF BU IJT PME NJTTJPO TJUF FBTU PG 1BPMB ć F DPVOUZ XBT originally named for him (Lykins) before being changed to Miami in 1861. # %S $PČ FZ %S -ZLJOT BOE * SBO BO BE JO UIF FEJUJPO PG UIF 0TBXBUPNJF )FSBME BEWFSUJTJOH PVS NFEJDBM CVTJ ness to the area. C. David Lykins was better known than I, but he was asked to leave the area because of his stand on the slavery issue! I wonder how he liked Colorado. Now the mystery! We need more local history on David Lykins. He supported slavery and was later asked to leave the area Bę FS UIF UFSSJUPSZ DIBOHFE JUT QPMJUJDBM WJFXT UP B GSFF TUBUF QPTJUJPO )F MFę GPS $PMPSBEP UIFO " TUPOF JT MPDBUFE JO PVS local cemetery but he is not buried there. It is only a “commemorative stone!” • Does anyone have a photo of Dr. Lykins? • A cemetery did exist at the mission site. Does anyone have a photo and/or additional information on the cemetery that has mysteriously disappeared along with any of the grave stones? If you do have more information to add to this important local history, please contact the Miami County History Museum at Paola. Phil Reaka contiued from page 7

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HOW I BECAME A GENEALOGY NUT!!!

by Vera Dakin Like most teenagers when my mother told me about the family history, I let it go in one ear and out the other. Later she was gone, her parents went to California and died and her brother was lost to us for 40 years. "ę FS TDIPPM NBSSJBHF BOE LJET LFQU NF CVTZ BCPVU ZFBST * CFHBO XJTIJOH * LOFX NPSF BCPVU NZ BODFTUPST -VDL ily at that time KSU had a Tele-Net (long before Internet) semester college course on Family History. One of my classmates was Virginia Brown (Mrs.Dr.Brown) a lady who really knew genealogy. She took me under her wing and began to share her knowledge about records and researching. She took me to Mid-Continent Library in Independence with their huge collection of county histories. Next we hunted censuses at the Regional Archives in Kansas City and went to Topeka to the 4UBUF )JTUPSJDBM -JCSBSZ BOE #VSFBV PG 7JUBM 4UBUJTUJDT ć BU ZFBS UIF 5PQFLB (FOFBMPHZ 4PDJFUZ UPPL UIFJS CVT USJQ UP UIF 4BMU -BLF $JUZ -JCSBSZ 7JSHJOJB EJE OPU XBOU UIF CVT TP TIF UBMLFE NF JOUP Ę ZJOH PVU XJUI IFS UP NFFU UIF HSPVQ GPS B XFFL T SFTFBSDI 'JWF NJOVUFT CFGPSF XF MFę * GPVOE NZ HSFBU HSBOEGBUIFS /BUVSBMMZ * OFFEFE UP HP BHBJO 0OF UJNF XF FWFO XFOU CZ "NUSBDL CJHHFTU QSPCMFN XF BSSJWFE BOE MFę JO UIF NJEEMF PG UIF OJHIU Later the TGS yearly bus trips went to Allen County Library, Ft. Wayne, IN.(second in size to Salt Lake City’s), Pittsburgh, Boston,(found cemetery map showing John Endecott’s grave) Washington, DC, Richmond, VA. and Frankfort, KY. We ear ly learned to save on hotel bill by four sharing with friends either old or new. Each library added bits of information about our families. A big bonus was the coaching of Helen Keyes Clark and her collection of books and tapes we could use on the CVT 5(4 OP MPOHFS EPFT UIF USJQT CVU IBT BO FYQFSU GPS TQFBLFS BOE WFOEPST FBDI "QSJM ć F ,BOTBT $PVODJM PG (FOFBMPHZ Societies in June also each year has an expert for speaker. Locally Virginia helped me join the Historical Society at the Museum and the Genealogy Society that met at the bank’s NFFUJOH SPPN 0OF PG IFS XJTIFT XBT UIBU UIF UXP TPDJFUJFT XPVME DPNCJOF CVU UIBU XPVME UBLF BOPUIFS ZFBST ć FZ XPVME XPSL UPHFUIFS BOE TIBSF UIF NVTFVN Bę FS &UIFM )VOU IBE B TUSPLF BOE .JMESFE 3VTTFMM IBE IFBSU USPVCMF TP UIF Genealogy Society began working in the Museum Library.in the late1980s . Both groups worked on the two volumes of UIF 'BNJMZ 4UPSJFT BOE )JTUPSZ PG .JBNJ $PVOUZ ,BOTBT ć F (FOFBMPHZ 4PDJFUZ UPPL PWFS UIF &YUFOTJPO T UPNCTUPOF SFBEJOHT BOE QVCMJTIFE UIF UISFF $FNFUFSJFT #PPLT #FTTJF 4UFWFOT TUBSUFE BOE IFMQFE QVCMJTI UIF ĕ STU RVBSUFSMJFT ć F MJCSBSZ NPWFE EPXOTUBJST BOE Bę FS UIF DPVOUZ HBWF VT UIF PME UBY CPPLT QSPCBUF BOE EJTUSJDU DPVSU SFDPSET NPSF SPPN was needed. so all moved to 12 E. Peoria. All worked on the 150-Year Timeline Book in 2005. So now I know more about Miami County than my home county. For our personal family history one branch of my husband’s family had a cousin who had traced the Endecott line (and published a book of descendants) back to Salem, MA. in the 1860s. A William and Mary Quarterly at Mid- Continent Library had 5 more generations back. Now there is a National Organization that meets every 2 years and is going to Boston UIJT ZFBS ć F %BLJO BODFTUSZ JOGPSNBUJPO TUPQT XJUI IJT MFBWJOH 4DPUMBOE JO T $FOTVTFT BOE BO PME GBNJMZ MFUUFS USBDFE Great Grandma Dakin to Michigan where they married and her sister’s obituary told of their Scottish home and the Camp bell parent’s marriage by the Village blacksmith.(a site we enjoyed visiting in 1999). An old paper in the top of a trunk told of Great Grandpa Witter’s home town in Alsace-Lorraine and records at Salt Lake listed his family in Latin which could be translated but the earlier German no. 'PS NZ BODFTUPST TFWFSBM USJQT UP SFBE NZ IPNFUPXO OFXTQBQFST CPUI BU IPNF BOE 5PQFLB 1IJM ć PNBT XBT UIFSF SFBE ing Louisburg papers for his column) and visits with oldest relatives started my records. Luckily an old maid cousin had kept in touch with family at the 1634 homestead in Germany ( we had a nice visit there in 2000). It helped that my fami MJFT TUBZFE JO UIF TBNF BSFB JO ,BOTBT Bę FS JNNJHSBUJPO JO BOE .Z NPUIFS T BODFTUPS T SFDPSET IBWF TUPQQFE in Western PA.and Cairo, IL. Looking at probate records there showed Great Grandma Sticher’s maiden name. A bus trip GSJFOE IFMQFE VT ĕ OE IFS HSBWF JO +VODUJPO $JUZ ,4 Now Internet has lots of information for lineages (double check for accuracy) but if you want to know about your families lives and make them real, you need more. All this further shows the importance of local records, (obituaries,probates and tax) that we have in the library. Besides helping researchers I’m mostly working on completing our 50,000 (1860s-2012) obituary cards and that will probably last as long as I do.

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Cub Scouts from Osawatomie tour the museum.

Paola Day care leprechauns visit museum.

Vera Dakin, Genealogist!

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Joe Hursey and friends wrestling the 300 pound bell onto a trailer for Kansas Day at the Middle School.

Joe Hursey and Phil Reaka setup the brochure table at Kansas Day 2012.

Roger Shipman created a new edition of the original 1882 Kansas Day Brochure by L.G.A. Copley.

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ć F .VTVFVN #PBSE -Fę UP 3JHIU TFBUFE 0OB /FVFOTDIXBOEFS )BOOFT 1PFUUFS Mike Gibson, Shelly Erickson, Marcia Cook and Vera Dakin. standing; Colleen Ewan, Joe Hursey, Bettie Ore, +FČ )BSUM Nina Gerkin, Lloyd Peckman, Elsie Cordel, Fran Burcham, Darrell Williams and Ann Davis. Absent were LeAnn Shields and Ben Maimer

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Robert Collins had a book signing Feb 29th. at the museum

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How to Feed Calves

From the Louisburg Harold March 3 1899

We are indebted to T. P. Lewis for the following timely article on how to feed calves: 'FFEJOH DBMWFT JT BO FYIJMBSBUJOH FYFSDJTF ć F SPVOE USVUIGVM FZFT BOE UIF TPę NFMMPX WPJDF PG UIF ZPVOH bovine, coupled with his frolicsome nature, makes this duty one of the pleasures of farm life. Although experi ence is the best teacher along this line, a few pointers cannot be otherwise than a help to the uninitiated. For this reason a good method of feeding calves is here given: Keep the calf shut up in a pen until he is hungry enough to suck anything in sight. Get a bucket half full of milk and proceed to the arena. When you enter the pen, say nothing to him except sook calf, sook calf. He will readily understand you and it XJMM HJWF IJN DPOĕ EFODF JO ZPV (SBC IJN CZ UIF OFDL BOE TUJDL ZPVS ĕ OHFST JO IJT NPVUI :PV NVTU QVU ZPVS ĕ OHFST JO IJT NPVUI ć JT NBZ TFFN SFQVMTJWF BU ĕ STU CVU JU JT OP XPSTF PO ZPV UIBO JU JT PO UIF DBMG 4IPWF IJT IFBE EPXO JOUP UIF NJML DMFBS VQ UP IJT FBST ć F DBMG XJMM SFTFOU UIJT BOE KBN ZPVS EVPEFOVN VQ BHBJOTU ZPVS dorsal vertebrae. Kick him in the stomach-if he attempts this but don’t lose your temper. When he has kept his head down in the milk for 15 minutes, allow him to take it out to get his breath and blow his nose on you. "ę FS IF IBT DIFXFE ZPVS QBOUT MFH VQ JOUP B XBE DPNNFODF PO IJN BHBJO )F XJMM CF B MJUUMF IBSEFS UP DPO trol this time. If he gets to bucking around too much, grab him by the tail. Don’t do this if your temper is very NVDI SVĒ FE ZPV NJHIU ZBOL JU PVU CZ UIF SPPUT 8IJMF B DBMG EPFTO U VTF IJT UBJM JO ESJOLJOH IF XPVME OPU ESJOL as well if you pulled it out. It would jar his nervous system and he would naturally feel depressed. You will have trouble keeping the calf still. He will keep backing you around the pen. It is very trying to hold a bucket between your legs and have a calf trying to butt you over backwards. If he persists in this, grab him, by the head and frantically rush him up against the fence like you were trying to UFMFTDPQF IJT TQJOBM DPMVNO ć BO IBWF IJN SVO IJT UBJM UISPVHI B DSBDL JO UIF GFODF BOE HFU TPNF TUPVU NBO UP IPME IJN *O UIF DPVSTF PG BO IPVS PS UXP IF XJMM TFUUMF EPXO BOE TVDL ZPVS Ę JOHFST GPS BMM UIFZ SF XPSUI 8IFO IF T TVDLFE BMM UIF IJEF PČ VTF ZPVS PUIFS IBOE /PX ZPV UIJOL IF JT ESJOLJOH SJHIU BMPOH CVU EPO U GPPM ZPVS

TFMG )F JT POMZ XBJUJOH UP DBUDI ZPV PČ ZPVS HVBSE TP IF can ram you one in the stomach. When he does this give him a dull thud in the ribs; but hold your temper. "ę FS B XIJMF UIF NJML XJMM EJTBQQFBS EPO U CF EFDFJWFE into thinking that he drank it; he probably got about two spoonfuls, sloshed your boots full and sprinkled the rest BMM PWFS ZPV TZTUFN ć FSF JT OPX OP VTF PG ZPVS SFNBJO ing in the pen any longer, but you can stay and fondle UIF DBMG JG ZPV XBOU UP ć F CFTU UIJOH UP JT UP UISPX UIF bucket out and jump the fence before he gets to sucking your coat tail. Leave him alone for a while. He didn’t get much milk but he got enough skin from your hands to last him till the next milking. Keep this up for a week and if the calf is not dead he will probably pull through all right.

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INQUIRIES ć e following are walk-in researchers to the library during this last quarter and surnames, or information, being searched for.

Laurel Haggard (Isaac & Emily Pittman) Bettie Faydman (Wm & Harriet Bullock) #FMJOEB 8IJUBLFS )VČ )VHICBOLT 8PMG Tim Sturgis (Masters, Surber, DeHart, Sturgis) Gayle Plummer (Trinity Lutheran School) D.J. Hall (Ringer) Don Chronister (Vernie Fort) Doug Kiser (John Kiser) Joan Carey (McClure) Larry James (James, Hills, Day, Walters, Hickman, Everly, Porter, Traul) 'SBOL 'VSJMMP $BNFSPO 4NJUI #VEE ć FPMB $PPL #BSLFS Betty Hattan (Hamman) Doug Kiser (Upton, Kiser, Starry, Frazier, McCann) Shane Hall (McRoberts) Joan Carey (Hulcy) Bobby Mann (Mann) Steve Shelton (J.H. Pratt) Allen Crawford (New Hope Cem.) QUERIES B arbara Craley needs information on John C Casida & family. Arthur Green wants an obit for John Albert Millis.

4QFODFS .D$PZ XBOUT UP LOPX XIBU FBSMZ OFXTQBQFST BSF CFTU GPS ĕ OEJOH PCJUT CFUXFFO Ingrid Swensson needs info about her great Aunt Bertha Haglund who was a patient at the Osawatomie State Hospital. Debra Herman is working on her White & Chandler family and wants obits & pictures. Spencer McCoy wants search for John McCoy & son John William McCoy and wife Sarah E (Morgan) McCoy. Dwight Haverkorn request copy of train robbery by the Frank Lewis/Dale Jones gang. Catherine Laver wants to know if Susan Anderson died at the State Hospital and where she is buried. Terry Johnson is looking for information on Jesse M. Hodges. Don Paul Payton wants a picture of his gr grandfather grave stone Kim Barney wants a page from Vol I of Cemeteries of Miami County. Michael C. Clark wants information about an accident that happened in the Osawatomie rail yards. +BNFT 8IJUF XBOUT CVSJBM GPS "OOJF + (FPČ SFZ $BSPM ,FTUFS XBOU PCJUT PO +PFM #JMTIF .BSJFUUB 4UJFCFO 4BNVFM 4UJFCFO 3PZBM ć PNQTPO Diane Etherson wants information on Alexander P Hinds & his wife Lucy Cogdall. Ruth McClay Phipps wanted obits on William, Sarah & John C McClay Our research committee headed by Elsie Cordle with Iris Kluber has researched these queries. Mary Hodgson needs an obit for Joseph A. January. Bobbi Richerson wants page from the Quarterly Debra Herman per phone call now would like an obit for Charles A White.

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