2013 Spring Newsletter

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that his father, Henry Sr. had been dismissed from the Church because he belonged to the AHTA. Henry Jr. in his Family History story tells that grandfather continued going to church XJUI (SBOENPUIFS ,BUZ ć F -VUIFSBO $IVSDI believes that anything that is secret is dark and FWJM BOE GPSCJEEFO ć BU XPVME JODMVEF BOZ PS ganization with a secret oath or anti-Christian teachings. Henry Jr. at age 5 years rode a buggy with grandfather on Sept. 6, 1910 to attend to cattle at the Black Ranch 7 miles south of the home. ć BU OJHIU )FOSZ 4S EJFE PG B IFBSU BUUBDL BU age 45 years, leaving 8 children ages ranging 6 months to 15 years. Consequently, Henry, his two brothers Herman and Louis and their fa ther Ludwig are all buried in a family plot near the west Oak Grove area of the Paola Cemetery. It is located just east of the west road as it goes into the cedar trees. Most latter generations are buried at Block church cemetery. Grandmother, Katy Miller Peckman, re mained in and kept the children in the Trin ity Lutheran church and all remained loyal members. Ironically, Uncle Henry Jr. became a

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-VUIFSBO 1BTUPS BOE .JTTJPOBSZ UP *OEJB GPS ZFBST ć SFF PG IJT TPOT CFDBNF 1BTUPST * XBT UPME CZ B OFJHICPS UIBU CF cause of the church’s stand, that grandmother refused to take AHTA life insurance. I am sure she got a lot of help from the DPNNVOJUZ ć F GBNJMJFT PG UIF UISFF TUSPOH BDUJWF 4OBDLFOCFSH HJSMT GSPN $PMF $BNQ .P QSPCBCMZ LFQU ,BUZ JO DIVSDI Anna was Katy’s mother, Catherine married Fred Prothe (Vernon’s Great grandfather), Gesche married Dietrich Block BOE &MJ[BCFUI NBSSJFE 1BTUPS +PIBOO . .BJTDI ć FZ XFSF BMM TUSPOH -VUIFSBOT .PTU PG UIJT NBZ TFFN MJLF QFSTPOBM FNPUJPOBM TUVČ BOE JU IBE UP CF JO CVU Bę FS ZFBST JU JT TJNQMZ IJTUPSZ *G grandfather was involved in the hanging, that was never told to me and apparently never published in any newspaper. Much of this story is not known by my 30 cousins and their families. My family has been in the cattle business for many years. Great grandfather Ludwig came from Verden (meaning green), Germany in 1869. His wife Mary and two sons Herman BOE )FOSZ DBNF PWFS UXP ZFBST MBUFS ć FZ TBX UIF TNPMEFSJOH PG UIF HSFBU $IJDBHP ĕ SF ć FZ CPVHIU BOE TPME DBUUMF JO B XJEF BSFB BOE BTTPDJBUFE XJUI NBOZ BSFB GBSNFST ć F MBUF 'SFE %BLJO UPME NF UIJT BCPVU NZ HSBOEQBSFOUT 8IFO IF XBT a young boy his father, John took him to Henry Peckman to buy a registered Hereford bull. He pleasantly remembers that HSBOENPUIFS ,BUZ HBWF IJN B HMBTT PG IPNF NBEF XJOF ć F 8FTUFSO 4QJSJU PO /PWFNCFS SFQPSUFE UIBU )FSNBO Peckman was selling 240 head of livestock, most were high bred cattle, hogs and horses. ć JT XBT JO BOUJDJQBUJPO PG SFUVSOJOH UP (FSNBOZ ć F 8FTUFSO 4QJSJU PG .BSDI SFQPSUT UIBU )FOSZ 1FDLNBO SF DFOUMZ SFUVSOFE GSPN $IJDBHP XIFSF IF XFOU XJUI B MPBE PG XIJUF GBDFT ć F NBSLFU XBT OPU WFSZ HPPE .Z GBUIFS UPME NF UIBU HSBOEGBUIFS XBMLFE DBUUMF VQ XIBU XBT PME IJHIXBZ ć BU UIFZ TUBZFE KVTU CFMPX UIF SBJMSPBE CSJEHF TPVUI PG "VCSZ PWFSOJHIU GPS SFTU BOE XBUFS BOE ĕ OJTIFE XBMLJOH UP UIF ,$ 4UPDLZBSET UIF OFYU EBZ For sure there are many unanswered questions about this secret vigilante group. Are there any written secretary notes anywhere? Lloyd L. Peckman 1/20/13

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