A small stone house S.W.4 Sec. 21 where Harold Hammer now lives -- This was Sivert Lehn's homestead and the Lehn family and Erickson family both lived here in the pioneer days. Loyd Blosser owns this land now and has restored the house and plans to keep it as a pioneer landmark. Ole Erickson now deceased was the son of the Erickson mentioned above.
The stone house on the north side of the State Highway 148 just west of the main street in Norway. It was built by Gust Nelson in 1874 before Norway was plotted. It was his home and also his store, the first in Norway. It is now owned by Chas. Blosser and is in good repair and used as a home.
A stone quarry and a lime kiln in the pasture on the Q. A. Kelly Estate in Sec. 13. The stone in the house nearby on this farm was taken from the quarry and the lime was also burned there.
Cedar Ridge east of Norway on State Highway 148. This farm was a timber claim and had a home, other buildings, several kinds of trees besides cedars and an orchard. The buildings were destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. The orchard survived for many years but dry weather, sometimes both summers and winters, finally destroyed it. Even now persons in giving directions say, "East of Cedar Ridge or a certain distance west of Cedar Ridge." Cedar Ridge is still a landmark.
Oakdale Cemetery on the Anton Hanson farm where Homer Christensen now lives is a pioneer cemetery in the S.W.4 21 and with pioneers resting under Virgin Sod since 1872.
Dr. W. Scott's pioneer home, part dugout and part frame on his homestead is in the N.W.4 of Sec. 30.--His grove is where so many picnics--political, religious, school, old settlers, and 4th of July--have been held.
Valley Cemetery in the S.W.4 Sec. 21 also with pioneers resting under Virgin Sod since 1872.
The site of the sawmill rented from the Scandinavian Company in 1870-1871 and placed on the Merica homestead just north of the present river bridge. Another site where this same mill was in operation was on the Nordmark farm near the Norway-Scandia Township line. Many pioneers had cottonwood lumber sawed there.
Mead's Ford was a mile and a quarter south of the present Norway bridge with the trail across Roy Moore's south farm.
A few peach trees from pioneer times may be seen on the Daniel David homestead in the Sec. 33 now owned by Milton Stensaas.
Faint marks may be seen on the farm of the late J. A. Brewer in Section 28 across from the Valley Cemetery. This is the Ft. Riley-Ft. Kearney mail and stage route from Junction City through Ft. Sibley. Delivered mail to the McCathron Post Office in 1870 and Ole Tiller's Post Office in 1876 and on to Scandia and into Nebraska.
There is a two room stone house build in 1868 in Sec. 30 that is now part of a home there. The Lehns and Ericksons lived there. Ole Erickson was a grandson.
The Rodger's ford was 300 yds. north of the present bridge and was used more than the Mead's ford.
A lime kiln and a stone quarry on the P. O. Larson estate in Sec. 18--All the stone for their home was quarried there and all the lime burned in the lime kiln. Their trees furnished the wood for the fuel.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
CEMETERIES
The first pioneer cemetery in Norway Township was set aside by Sivert Lehn in 1872--the southwest two and one half acres of his homestead SW4 of Sec. 27. The first interment was his infant son. Many pioneers lie under virgin soil in Valley Cemetery. It was chartered in 1883.
Norway Cemetery is a beautiful small cemetery a half mile east of Norway Village in SE4 Sec. 21.
Pleasant View Cemetery is a beautiful small cemetery in the NE4 of Sec. 13. First interment was Mrs. William J. Kelly.
Oakdale cemetery is a pioneer cemetery near the northwest corner of the SE4 of Sec. 30, west of the river on the homestead of Gustave Peterson. It is surrounded by a fence. A few very early graves are outside the fence and there are about thirty graves under virgin soil with both native and granite headstones. Mrs. Noble Rodgers was the first interment. It is not near a section line and cannot be reached except with team and wagon. It is near Oak Creek School, Dist. #32.
Norway Cemetery is a beautiful small cemetery a half mile east of Norway Village in SE4 Sec. 21.
Pleasant View Cemetery is a beautiful small cemetery in the NE4 of Sec. 13. First interment was Mrs. William J. Kelly.
Oakdale cemetery is a pioneer cemetery near the northwest corner of the SE4 of Sec. 30, west of the river on the homestead of Gustave Peterson. It is surrounded by a fence. A few very early graves are outside the fence and there are about thirty graves under virgin soil with both native and granite headstones. Mrs. Noble Rodgers was the first interment. It is not near a section line and cannot be reached except with team and wagon. It is near Oak Creek School, Dist. #32.
STORMS--WINDS, BLIZZARDS and FLOODS
The Blizzard of April 13, which lasted three days, probably caused more suffering and disaster in this then new country than any storm since that time.
It began in the afternoon with rain, hail and then blinding, thick, powdery snow and lasted three days. People lost their lives and much stock perished. Those with dugout homes were at that time fortunate. Before this storm the weather had been mild and some planting and plowing had been done.
In 1878 in February the Republican flooded. In the pasture land and fields the water was deep enough for boats. Then later it turned very cold and blocks of ice, eighteen inches thick, were in the fields and an ice gorge in the river.
In 1881 and 1882 there was some flooding from the river and creeks. Some flooding in 1893 but no very serious damage until 1903. There was a blizzard in 1886 in Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Lowest temperature on record for Jan. 9 was 1886; temperature was -21°. Very severe with loss of life and thousands of cattle perished. Another blizzard in 1888 but not as severe as in 1886. 1898-this was a very cold winter. Not as much snow but temperatures were from minus 20° F. to minus 35° according to local thermometers at that time. May 6, 1900 a tornado struck the residence of J. C. Roberts in Norway Township and destroyed it. Floods in 1903 destroyed crops.
The winter of 1901 was very cold with deep snow. The early winter in 1902-1903 was not as cold as1901 but on May 1st when all the fruit trees were in bloom a deep snow fell. May 2nd some of the country children rode to school in a wagon box sled.
The floods on the Republican in 1904 destroyed crops, washed out some R. R. track between Norway and Concordia, destroyed the Concordia river bridge and changed the river channel. A pontoon bridge was stretched across the river north of Concordia for the benefit of those on the north side of town and river.
Also in the summer of 1904 a wind storm uprooted trees, unroofed buildings and leveled nearly all the windmills in the township. 1911-1912 was a cold winter with much deep snow until spring. In February neighbors along the route in Norway Township cleared four miles of deep snow for a funeral procession taking a pioneer to the Danish cemetery.
During the summer of 1915 there was so much rain that the harvest was not finished until late in August. Much of a very good wheat crop could not be saved. The corn crop was good.
Easter morning: April 2, 1922, was beautiful and sunny after a temperature of minus 2 at daybreak. All day on Saturday the snow fell and drifted. A north wind with snow so thick that visibility was only a few feet.
Monday was beautiful and warm with snow drifts melting and water everywhere.
In September 1931 a windstorm uprooted trees, blew down windmills and tore roofs from buildings. Three weeks later in October tornadic winds began west of Smith Center and caused damage from there to the eastern part of the state. Houses had roofs and porches blown off, barns destroyed, windmills blown down and trees blown across roads on the southern part of Norway Township. Heavy rains fell on both dates.
In 1934 and 1935 came the dust storms. This disaster is discussed in another chapter.
The flood in 1935 was the worst this community has ever experienced. The first overflow came on May 30th and on June 1st a wall of water came down the river about five o'clock in the morning. This was caused by the giving way of a dam in Nebraska. Buildings, trees, dead animals and everything in its path came down the river. The west span of the Norway bridge was undermined and partly destroyed. It was many weeks before the bridge could be repaired and the road built up again. In the spring of 1949 a flood and an ice jam caused grave anxiety about the Norway bridge. However, the weather was favorable, the ice melted slowly and went out about eleven o'clock one night with no damage to the bridge.
Cakes of ice were left in the trees south of the Scandia bridge when the water began to recede.
A great deal of snow fell in the winter of 1959 and 1960. A cold winter with thirty inches of snow on the ground for some time.
1958 and 1959 was colder than 1959 and 1960 but with less snow. The temperature fell to minus 20.
September 12th and 13th, 1961, from twelve to thirteen inches of rain fell in Norway and vicinity. All creeks were out of their banks and roads were under water. No school. The Missouri Pacific train arrived in Norway from Hastings, Nebr. in the afternoon and remained two days. Beaver creek was four miles wide north of Jamestown. The Republican was very high owing to the local rain but no flooding. It began to recede in a few days.
It began in the afternoon with rain, hail and then blinding, thick, powdery snow and lasted three days. People lost their lives and much stock perished. Those with dugout homes were at that time fortunate. Before this storm the weather had been mild and some planting and plowing had been done.
In 1878 in February the Republican flooded. In the pasture land and fields the water was deep enough for boats. Then later it turned very cold and blocks of ice, eighteen inches thick, were in the fields and an ice gorge in the river.
In 1881 and 1882 there was some flooding from the river and creeks. Some flooding in 1893 but no very serious damage until 1903. There was a blizzard in 1886 in Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Lowest temperature on record for Jan. 9 was 1886; temperature was -21°. Very severe with loss of life and thousands of cattle perished. Another blizzard in 1888 but not as severe as in 1886. 1898-this was a very cold winter. Not as much snow but temperatures were from minus 20° F. to minus 35° according to local thermometers at that time. May 6, 1900 a tornado struck the residence of J. C. Roberts in Norway Township and destroyed it. Floods in 1903 destroyed crops.
The winter of 1901 was very cold with deep snow. The early winter in 1902-1903 was not as cold as1901 but on May 1st when all the fruit trees were in bloom a deep snow fell. May 2nd some of the country children rode to school in a wagon box sled.
The floods on the Republican in 1904 destroyed crops, washed out some R. R. track between Norway and Concordia, destroyed the Concordia river bridge and changed the river channel. A pontoon bridge was stretched across the river north of Concordia for the benefit of those on the north side of town and river.
Also in the summer of 1904 a wind storm uprooted trees, unroofed buildings and leveled nearly all the windmills in the township. 1911-1912 was a cold winter with much deep snow until spring. In February neighbors along the route in Norway Township cleared four miles of deep snow for a funeral procession taking a pioneer to the Danish cemetery.
During the summer of 1915 there was so much rain that the harvest was not finished until late in August. Much of a very good wheat crop could not be saved. The corn crop was good.
Easter morning: April 2, 1922, was beautiful and sunny after a temperature of minus 2 at daybreak. All day on Saturday the snow fell and drifted. A north wind with snow so thick that visibility was only a few feet.
Monday was beautiful and warm with snow drifts melting and water everywhere.
In September 1931 a windstorm uprooted trees, blew down windmills and tore roofs from buildings. Three weeks later in October tornadic winds began west of Smith Center and caused damage from there to the eastern part of the state. Houses had roofs and porches blown off, barns destroyed, windmills blown down and trees blown across roads on the southern part of Norway Township. Heavy rains fell on both dates.
In 1934 and 1935 came the dust storms. This disaster is discussed in another chapter.
The flood in 1935 was the worst this community has ever experienced. The first overflow came on May 30th and on June 1st a wall of water came down the river about five o'clock in the morning. This was caused by the giving way of a dam in Nebraska. Buildings, trees, dead animals and everything in its path came down the river. The west span of the Norway bridge was undermined and partly destroyed. It was many weeks before the bridge could be repaired and the road built up again. In the spring of 1949 a flood and an ice jam caused grave anxiety about the Norway bridge. However, the weather was favorable, the ice melted slowly and went out about eleven o'clock one night with no damage to the bridge.
Cakes of ice were left in the trees south of the Scandia bridge when the water began to recede.
A great deal of snow fell in the winter of 1959 and 1960. A cold winter with thirty inches of snow on the ground for some time.
1958 and 1959 was colder than 1959 and 1960 but with less snow. The temperature fell to minus 20.
September 12th and 13th, 1961, from twelve to thirteen inches of rain fell in Norway and vicinity. All creeks were out of their banks and roads were under water. No school. The Missouri Pacific train arrived in Norway from Hastings, Nebr. in the afternoon and remained two days. Beaver creek was four miles wide north of Jamestown. The Republican was very high owing to the local rain but no flooding. It began to recede in a few days.
THE DUST BOWL YEARS
The dust bowl years followed the Panic of '29, and bank failures, bank holiday and the beginnings of federal projects that were inaugrated to furnish work in an effort to relieve unemployment and aid in getting the country back to normal.
Beginning in February 1935, came the dust bowl years. Many will remember the night, when with very little wind their homes were filled with dust. At first they wondered if it could be smoke, then going outside they found nothing visible because of dust. From that time on parents were called to hurry their children home from school and sometimes, especially in the country, they didn't send them to school, at times the schools were all closed. Street lights burned all day in the towns and all cars were driven in the daytime with their lights on. On farms, outbuildings and windmills were not visible from the house. Dust sifted in until it was often necessary to clean the kitchen before preparing breakfast and dust was everywhere in the house.
It was also deep on the roads and highways and heaped over the fence lines until they were scarcely visible. Any implement left in a field was almost completely buried in dust. The early plainsmen and explorers called this country a treacherous land because of its equatorial heat in summer, its fifty degree drops in winter and its sand storms. In 1846 many buffalo hunters lost their lives in the "Black Blizzard" of snow and sand. Two-thirds of Kansas was once considered desert. The plainsmen, born in the fifties and sixties refused to believe the dust bowl was the fault of the plow. They found "Loess" in deep deposits when diffing wells sixty feet deep. Loess is a yellowish brown loam, always brought in by winds. They said this was brought in during dust storms in times past and now buried by later storms. Also they said blowing an drifting of top soil does not destroy the land. Buffalo herds created so much dust that hunters were in the midst of these herds before they could see them.
Horace Greely on a trip by stage through western Kansas, or drought country, estimated the size of a buffalo herd. He said that herd contained 502,000 buffalo and that any land that could feed such a herd was good land.
"God's greatest next year country" so called because of so many crop failures and its people always hoping for a crop next year. The farmer still believed in his land during the dust bowl years even when he was not sure where provisions for his family were coming from. He believes that such things as dry years and wet years come in cycles. 1880's was a wet cycle and 1890s a dry cycle.
With all the new methods and newly accumulated knowledge may we hope that sometimes "God's greatest 'next year' country will be a garden every year and for many years to come.
Beginning in February 1935, came the dust bowl years. Many will remember the night, when with very little wind their homes were filled with dust. At first they wondered if it could be smoke, then going outside they found nothing visible because of dust. From that time on parents were called to hurry their children home from school and sometimes, especially in the country, they didn't send them to school, at times the schools were all closed. Street lights burned all day in the towns and all cars were driven in the daytime with their lights on. On farms, outbuildings and windmills were not visible from the house. Dust sifted in until it was often necessary to clean the kitchen before preparing breakfast and dust was everywhere in the house.
It was also deep on the roads and highways and heaped over the fence lines until they were scarcely visible. Any implement left in a field was almost completely buried in dust. The early plainsmen and explorers called this country a treacherous land because of its equatorial heat in summer, its fifty degree drops in winter and its sand storms. In 1846 many buffalo hunters lost their lives in the "Black Blizzard" of snow and sand. Two-thirds of Kansas was once considered desert. The plainsmen, born in the fifties and sixties refused to believe the dust bowl was the fault of the plow. They found "Loess" in deep deposits when diffing wells sixty feet deep. Loess is a yellowish brown loam, always brought in by winds. They said this was brought in during dust storms in times past and now buried by later storms. Also they said blowing an drifting of top soil does not destroy the land. Buffalo herds created so much dust that hunters were in the midst of these herds before they could see them.
Horace Greely on a trip by stage through western Kansas, or drought country, estimated the size of a buffalo herd. He said that herd contained 502,000 buffalo and that any land that could feed such a herd was good land.
"God's greatest next year country" so called because of so many crop failures and its people always hoping for a crop next year. The farmer still believed in his land during the dust bowl years even when he was not sure where provisions for his family were coming from. He believes that such things as dry years and wet years come in cycles. 1880's was a wet cycle and 1890s a dry cycle.
With all the new methods and newly accumulated knowledge may we hope that sometimes "God's greatest 'next year' country will be a garden every year and for many years to come.
VETERANS
Mexican War
John McCathron Captain
Civil War
John McCathron - - - - Captain
Dr. Winfield Scott Henry Gile N.E. Gile
Chester Lewis J.A. Brewer Bill Day
Mark Farrington Jim Farell Wm. Schrivner
W.N. Meade John Miller C. Bashford
Don Young †Rodgers Dan David
Ezra Harding John Cramer Daniel Kershner
Hugh McQueen Dick Terril George Fritzinger
M.D. Ingraham Joe Mercia Jake Hull
Lou Palmer David Kelly
State Militia (Indian Raids)
Henry Dutton George Ireland Smith
John Cramer Chancey Messenger David Kelly
Andy Goodman John Goodman Charles Bartlett
Spanish American War
Andy Goodman John Goodman Charles Bartlett
Clark Messinger Sherman Harding Sam Horkman
Krigline
World War I
ƒ William Craig Artillery Walter Kelly Infantry
Ç Karl Hugos Infantry P.Lawrence Hugos G.M.C.
Clarence Greer Infantry(cook) Ebert Thorp Artillery
Ç Chas. H. Blosser Medical ƒçNelson E. Fletcher Medical
ƒ Aaron Carlson Infantry ƒçAnton Hanson Engineer
ƒ Oscar J. Ingelretson ƒ Michael Thompson Infantry
Infantry
ƒ John F. Young Machine Gun Clarence W. Norris M.T.C.
ƒ Anton H. Larsen C.A.C. Claude P. Figgins Mg. Co.
Arthur Figgins Infantry ç Harry Hill Cavalry
Floyd Bartlett Infantry ç Marion P. Haney Infantry
John Jensen Infantry ƒ Merton I. Young M.T.C.
Abraham Johnson C.W.S. ƒ Joe H. Harrington Tank
Harvey H. Higle Infantry ƒ Charles Curry Infantry
George S. Throbeck Philip I. Hammer Artillery
Pvt. Co. 8
1st Regular 164
Depot Brigade
Orville Christensen ç Russell A. Jacobson
Artillery Artillery
George N. Ames Cook Carl Erickson Infantry
Richard Loring Artillery Emery W. Anderson Infantry
Lester T. Tate Infantry John E. Mauk Marine
ƒ Olof Larsen Medical ç Harry E. Young Medical
Arthur Garber Navy Sherman Skidmore M.T.C.
Charles H. Ames M.T.C. ƒ Clarence B. Stensaas
Medical
Thurman Kelly Medical Hobert Berry Artillery
Dale Ainsworth S.A.T.C. Carl J. Hammer S.A.T.C
Fred B. Ames S.A.T.C Lawrence Eastvedt S.A.T.C
Orville Eastvedt S.A.T.C Porter A. Hammer Marine
Graydon E. Norris William H. Stensaas
Marine S.A.T.C.
Loyd Blosser M.T.C.R.W. George Throbeck Pvt.-Co.8
1st Reg.
164 Depot
Brigade
World War II
Harvey Norris Navy Medical Clair Barleen Infantry
Virgil Barleen Infantry George J. Nelson Infantry
Clayton Barleen Ordnance Henry Young Army Air
Clarence Herrman Infantry Corps
Donald E. Larson Army Alex Scott Jr. Army Med.
† Clarence L. Sutton Charles M. Logsdon Air Corps
Infantry
Eugene Larsen Marines Harold E. Larson Air Corps
Ralph Barleen Air Corps Meade Abbey Army
Tony Kuhn Air Corps Willard Kuhn Engr.
Archie Brewer Air Corps Robert D. Wagor Air Corps
William Fred Walter Orville Dutton Navy
Navy Air Corps
Claude L. Bailey Navy Elston O'Dare Army
Albert Young Infantry Charles E. Stensaas
Infantry
Glenn A. Larson Air Corps William McKinley Stensaas
Air Corps
Fred Barleen Ordnance William R. Studer Air Corps
Jos. W. Carlgren Air Corps Loren E. Carlgren Engr.
Haywood Ostberg Navy Donald Willey Navy
E. R. Larsen Navy Charles H. Dutton Infantry
Leslie Tate Marines Iver O. Hammer Air Corps
† Dale Fraser Infantry Charles Satterfield Merchant
Marine
Carroll L. Thompson Richard K. Dutton Navy
Air Corps
James McGregor Navy Lee Loring Air Corps
Melvin C. Brewer Engr. J. E. Sutton Navy
Kermit J. Dyrdahl Lawrence Milton Stensaas
Air Corps Infantry
John Graham Infantry Maurice Glenn Medlin
Navy
A. W. Monson Navy Harold Walker Navy
Air Corps
Edgar B. Monson Navy V. W. Monson Navy
† Fred L. Dutton Jr
Signal Corps
Sherman Skidmore Army L. V. Monson Navy
Harold J. Nelson Army Leo H. Hammer Air Corps
Floyd Vannice Merchant Navy James Henry Norris Navy
Air Corps
Joseph W. Brewer Navy Merle D. Hammer Air Corps
Loren Hedstrom Infantry Cecil O. Dickerhoof
Ordnance
Clarence Gile Air Corps Jesse L. Graham Army
John H. Brewer Navy Allen D. Larson Army
Earl Medlin Infantry James Lyle Medlin Army
Merrill O. Gile Navy Lawrence Gile Engrs.
Douglas Gile Engrs Roscoe Gile Infantry
Newt Gile Merchant Navy Chas. H. Dutton Infantry
Ernest A. Schaefer Clovis Hodgson Air Corps
Infantry
Robert Stensaas Navy Milton Sweat Army
Myron Reed Army Glenn A. Larson Air Corps
Vincent Bollig Infantry Theodore Decker Army
Charles Satterfield † Virgil Kunh
Merchant Navy
Vivian Houghton Almon William H. Hanson Army
WAAC
Cynthia Ames Larson Mary McBride Stensaas
Cadet Nurse Lady Marine
Sadie Ames Kenyon
Cadet Nurse
Signal Corps
Sherman Skidmore Army L. V. Monson Navy
Harold J. Nelson Army Leo H. Hammer Air Corps
Floyd Vannice Merchant Navy James Henry Norris Navy
Air Corps
Joseph W. Brewer Navy Merle D. Hammer Air Corps
Loren Hedstrom Infantry Cecil O. Dickerhoof
Ordnance
Clarence Gile Air Corps Jesse L. Graham Army
John H. Brewer Navy Allen D. Larson Army
Earl Medlin Infantry James Lyle Medlin Army
Merrill O. Gile Navy Lawrence Gile Engrs.
Douglas Gile Engrs Roscoe Gile Infantry
Newt Gile Merchant Navy Chas. H. Dutton Infantry
Ernest A. Schaefer Clovis Hodgson Air Corps
Infantry
Robert Stensaas Navy Milton Sweat Army
Myron Reed Army Glenn A. Larson Air Corps
Vincent Bollig Infantry Theodore Decker Army
Charles Satterfield † Virgil Kunh
Merchant Navy
Vivian Houghton Almon William H. Hanson Army
WAAC
Cynthia Ames Larson Mary McBride Stensaas
Cadet Nurse Lady Marine
Sadie Ames Kenyon
Cadet Nurse
Korean War
Chas. Hammer Marines Jerry Wagor Marines
† Robert Sjolander Army Lawrence Stensaas Air Corps
(Eligible, but not
called to service)
Richard Gile Engrs. Paul Gile Air Corps
Ralph Larson
Legend:
† Died in Service
Ç Commanding Officer
ç Non-Commissioned Officer
ƒ Service Abroad
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
NORWAY TOWNSHIP IN 1884
John Aby, farmer - G. Anderson, farmer -
J. Anderson, farmer - W.B. Ainsworth, farmer -
C.H. Ames. farmer - F. B. Ames, farmer -
A. Bengtsson, farmer - Ole Bengtsson, farmer -
C. Brown, farmer - C. Bashford, farmer -
H. F. Burk, farmer - W. A. Berry, farmer -
B.P. Bartlett, farmer - C. Bartlett, laborer -
E. C. Backoven, farmer renter - J. O. Belden, teamster -
J. B. Beames, farmer and stock raiser - William Beames, farmer -
N. Bergstrom, farmer - J. V. Chase, farmer and stockraiser -
G. Chapman, farmer - W. A. Crosson, farmer renter -
A. A. Creighton, farmer - N. C. Christensen, farmer -
F. D. Crook, thresher - H. L. Dutton, farmer -
A. M. Dutton, farmer - D. David farmer and stockraiser -
John David, farmer - W. H. Day, farmer -
J. F. Dickerhoof, dealer in general merchandise -
O. C. Dickerhoof, farmer and stockraiser -
W. J. Dunlap, farmer and stonemason -
W. J. Edgar, farmer renter - R. Eichinger, farmer renter -
Gustave Erickson, laborer - M. V. Farrington, farmer -
C. J. Farwell, farmer - Geo. Fritzinger, farmer and stockraiser -
N. O. Garberg, farmer - A. Gudmond, farmer -
O. Gudmond, farmer and stonemason - S. Gray, farmer -
N. E. Gile, farmer - C. Herrman, farmer and blacksmith -
Leonard Holmdohl, laborer - R. Holgerson, farmer -
H. A. Hansen, farmer and stockraiser -
N. C. Hanson, farmer - J. Hanson, farmer -
Hans Hanson, farmer - A. Hanson, farmer and blacksmith -
C. Hugos, farmer - O. Hugos, farmer -
J. R. Hugos, farmer and stockraiser - P. Hammer, farmer -
L. Hammer, farmer - Pete Hammer, -
W. Hutchins, farmer renter - A. F. Hendrickson, farmer -
J. Hagle, farmer - R. E. Hay, farmer -
F. E. Hall, farmer - A. R. Hammell, farmer renter -
D. Hendrick, farmer renter - M. Ingebretson, renter -
O. Ingebretson, farmer renter - G. Ireland, farmer -
John Ingebretson, farmer renter - G. Ireland, farmer -
J. G. Isaacson, farmer and stockraiser -
M. D. Ingraham, farmer - C. J. Johnson, farmer -
J. Johnson, farmer - E. Jacobson, farmer -
A. J. Kelly, farmer renter - G. A. Kelly, farmer -
Daniel Kershner, farmer and stockraiser -
P. O. Larson, farmer and stockraiser -
H. Lex, farmer - A. L. Loofbourrow, farmer -
J. M. Loofbourrow, farmer -
Chester Lewis, farmer and blacksmith -
T. Lewis, farmer - C. T. Lewis, farmer -
J. Miller, farmer - H. McCuen, farmer -
E. C. Moore, farmer - James Moore, farmer -
S. M. Mellen, farmer - L. McGregor, farmer renter -
W. Mathias, farmer - Gust Nelson, farmer and stockfeeder -
H. Nelson, farmer -
T. A. Nelson, merchant, dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hardware and lumber
James Nelson, farmer - H. S. Norris, farmer -
A. E. Ostberg, farmer - John Ostroni, farmer -
Ole Olsen, farmer and stockraiser -
C. J. Peterson, agent -
O. Peterson, farmer - Gust Peterson, farmer -
Claus Peterson, farmer - Rimol, farmer -
Rev. H. C. Roernaes, minister and insurance agent -
C. Rodgers, farmer - L. W. Reid, farmer -
E. Reid, laborer - C. I. Stromgren, farmer and stockraiser -
G. A. Stromgren, farmer - S. Scrivner, farmer -
F. C. Scrivner, farmer - E. Sheldon, laborer -
F. Swanson, farmer - B. I. Stensaas, farmer -
W. Scott, physician, surgeon and farmer -
Chas. Smith, farmer -
Thomas Smith, farmer and stockraiser -
J. R. Shivers, farmer - John Siebenborn, farmer -
E. Stanton, farmer - Geo. Stanton, laborer -
S. T. Sims, farmer - M. Thompson, farmer -
O. Thompson, farmer - Peter Thompson, farmer -
J. E. Taggart, farmer -
Lars Tiller, farmer and stockraiser -
J. H. Throback, farmer - W. O. Tate, farmer -
Peter Theis, farmer - David Walters, farmer -
G. W. Walters, farmer - J. C. Williams, farmer -
David Young, farmer -
Can you estimate Norway Township's population in 1884 and compare it with 1961? Most of these names, I think, represent families.
[1961 - Township, including Norway Village, 324]
POLITICAL PARTIES IN NORWAY TOWNSHIP - 1869 - 1961
Republican -- Democrat -- Populist -- Socialist -- Green Back -- Independent -- Independent-Republican -- Prohibition and Bull Moose.
In 1894 the Populists had forty-two members in Norway Township. This party was made up of members from all the parties existing at that time. Its platform was "Control of Interest and Freight Rates, Election of Senators by Direct Vote and Woman's Sufferage."
This party was bitterly opposed by many, and its leaders were denounced as anarchists and turncoats. Over two hundred Union soldiers were considered unpatriotic for having left the party that had saved the Union.
In an article by Editor Tabor of the "Topeka Capital" of June 27, 1889 referring to a convention of 500 Populist delegates in 1884, he says, "The Populist Party was a victorious party, then its undoing was caused by strife among its members."
The Republican party was returned to power and passed most of the important laws advocated by the Populists. Not many of their ideas have been discarded. Carrie Nation was not a "party" but once her ideals were adopted by the Nation, although they were later rejected.
In 1894 the Populists had forty-two members in Norway Township. This party was made up of members from all the parties existing at that time. Its platform was "Control of Interest and Freight Rates, Election of Senators by Direct Vote and Woman's Sufferage."
This party was bitterly opposed by many, and its leaders were denounced as anarchists and turncoats. Over two hundred Union soldiers were considered unpatriotic for having left the party that had saved the Union.
In an article by Editor Tabor of the "Topeka Capital" of June 27, 1889 referring to a convention of 500 Populist delegates in 1884, he says, "The Populist Party was a victorious party, then its undoing was caused by strife among its members."
The Republican party was returned to power and passed most of the important laws advocated by the Populists. Not many of their ideas have been discarded. Carrie Nation was not a "party" but once her ideals were adopted by the Nation, although they were later rejected.
1904 GENERAL ELECTION
Election held in Norway Township November 8, 1904. "When only men voted." Poll Book of election held in Norway Township, Republic County Kansas Nov. 8, 1904.
Judges, George Walters - Joe Blosser - J. F. Dickerhoof.
Clerks, Enoch Larson - G. I. Bowling.
Judges, George Walters - Joe Blosser - J. F. Dickerhoof.
Clerks, Enoch Larson - G. I. Bowling.
Names and numbers of Electors
1 Peter Hammer - 2 Andrew Walburg - 3 C. G. Johnson - 4 J. R. Shivers - 5 Charley Johnson - 6 Percy Shivers - 7 John Stanton - 8 Howard Ames - 9 Ed Anderson - 10 Gilbert Anderson - 11 Claus Peterson - 12 W. Scott - 13 A. C. Murphy - 14 F. D. Ames - 15 E. V. Moore - 16 Paul Tiller - 17 Ova Krogstead - 18 I. C. Young - 19 Helga Buer - 20 Ed Buer - 21 George Melhus - 22 D. M. Newberry - 23 H. Day -24 E. Stanton - 25 John Ingebretson - 26 Ed McCormick - 27 Theodore Ostberg - 28 Hans Hanson - 29 John Hanson - 30 Pete Pehrson - 31 C. H. Phillips - 32 G. H. Throbeck - 33 A. Pehrson - 34 W. H. Beatty - 35 O. F. Brewer - 36 John Isaacson - 37 Alex Scott - 38 John Hugos - 39 Charles R. Walters - 40 Gus A. Jenson - 41 Steve Siebenborn - 42 Peter Thompson - 43 Alfred Hammer - 44 Chas. Homan - 45 George W. Walter - 46 Enoch Thompson - 47 J. F. Dickerhoof - 48 W. J. Dunlap - 49 Robert Scrivner - 50 Martin Ingebretson - 51 Ole Johnson - 52 G. I. Bowling - 53 N. E. Gile - 54 G. E. Fulcomer - 55 B. F. Young - 56 Nels Bergstrom - 57 C. G. Swenson - 58 D. T. Smith - 59 Oscar Bergstrom - 60 Chas. Larson - 61 Chester Lewis - 62 J. Krogmo - 63 John Gile - 64 W. Lewis - 65 A. E. Ostberg - 66 Oly G. Peterson - 67 A. L. Loofbourrow - 68 W. H. Day - 69 Ed Olson - 70 M. D. Ingraham - 71 Ed Anderson - 72 W. H. Russing - 73 William Scott - 74 Howard Brewer - 75 James Peterson - 76 J. A. Brewer - 77 A. D. Erickson - 78 Jal Krogmo - 79 J. F. Kuhlburg - 80 A. D. Norris - 81 R. Rimol - 82 Carl Ross - 83 Victor Herrman - 84 B. P. Bartlett - 85 Ed Jacobson - 86 W. O. Gile - 87 C. Herrman - 88 Henry Walters - 89 O. Thompson - 90 S. N. Mellon - 91 Mack Griffith - 92 Jens Delbow - 93 W. J. Kelly - 94 A. N. Mellon - 95 H. Verdt - 96 Godebout - 97 C. H. Ames - 98 N. C. Christensen - 99 Harley Bowling - 100 Tom Gile - 101 T. M. Bakke - 102 - P. P. Hammer - 103 E. H. Bartlett - 104 W. O. Tate - 105 C. A. Smith - 106 - Guy Matthews - 107 Charles Logsdon - 108 N. O. Garburg - 109 Anton Ofstadt - 110 James Nelson - 111 J. E. Christensen - 112 Chester Loofbourrow - 113 C. A. Anderson - 114 Lars Hammer - 115 John Johnson - 116 J. B. Chase - 117 Harry Crosson - 118 T. A. Nelson - 119 Frank Crosson - 120 George Thompson - 121 E. A. McGregor - 122 Henry Goodman - 123 Fred Dutton - 124 D. J. Burton - 125 C. A. Brewer - 126 H. G. Dutton - 127 W. A. Berry - 128 Alvin Johnson - 129 John Siebenborn - 130 Ray Chase - 131 Harry Dutton - 132 W. S. Timmons - 133 John Krogmos - 134 Sam Summers - 135 M. Stensaas - 136 Thurston Dunlap - 137 Andrew Goodman - 138 Ole Hammer - 139 C. A. Tornquist - 140 Ole Tiller - 141 P. H. Berry - 142 Roy Scott - 143 Inar Eastvedt - 144 Carl Eastvedt - 145 William Berry - 146 George Ireland - 147 F. L. C. Hall - 148 C. O. Hugos - 149 L. J. Larsen - 150 N. P. Hanson - 151 Dave Dickerhoof - 152 George Blosser - 153 H. A. Hansen.
Partial Republican Ticket
President - Theo. Roosevelt
Vice-President - Chas. W. Fairbanks
Governor - Edward A. Hoch
Lieut. Gov. - David J. Hanne
Supt. Public Instruction - I. L. Dayhoff
Congressman 5th Dist.-W. A. Calderhead
Representative 65th Dist. - M. C. Polley
Representative 65th Dist. - M. C. Polley
Judge 12th Judicial dist. - W. U. Dillon
State Senator 32nd dist. - Chas. Peck
County Commissioner 2nd Dist. - R. Rimol
Probate Judge - E. W. Wagner
Clerk District Court - W. D. Vance
Supt. Public Instruction - L. W. Nutter
Co. Attorney - B. T. Bullen
Sheriff - William Hill
Coroner - J. W. Ekblad
Co. Clerk - W. K. Walters
Co. Treasurer - D. W. Dusken
Register of Deeds - Weldon Wonell
Co. Surveyor - C. H. Biller
Township Trustee - John Ingebretson
Township Clerk - G. E. Fulcomer
Township Treasurer - W. Scott
Constable - P. P. Hammer
Constable - Percy Shivers
Justice of the Peace - J. R. Hugos
Justice of the Peace - James Nelson
Road Overseer Dist. 1 - C. Loofbourow
Road Overseer Dist. 2 - Theo. Ostberg
Road Overseer Dist. 3 - John Isaacson
Road Overseer Dist. 4 - Roy Scott
Road Overseer Dist. 5 - E. Eastvedt
Road Overseer Dist. 6 - William Hay
Partial Democratic Ticket
President - Alton Parker
Vice-President - Henry David
Governor - David M. Dale
Lieut. Gov. - John S. Parke
Supt. Public Instruction - Martin R. Howard
Congressman 5th Dist.- John Flack
Representative 65th Dist. - I. O. Savage
Representative 65th Dist. - I. O. Savage
Judge 12th Judicial dist. - Hugh Alexander
State Senator 32nd dist. - Owen Dickerhoof
County Commissioner 2nd Dist. - I. J. Kelly
Probate Judge -S. D. Stafford
Clerk District Court -W. D. Pressnall
Supt. Public Instruction - J. W. Kuhn
Co. Attorney - E. H. Benson
Sheriff - John Stanton
Coroner - John H. Hauck
Co. Clerk - G. G. Halbert
Co. Treasurer - C. D. Cabes
Register of Deeds - C. E. Halburg
Co. Surveyor - Philo George
Township Trustee - J. A. Brewer
Township Clerk - David E. Dickerhoof
Township Treasurer - A. D. Norris
Constable -T. A. Nelson
Constable -W. J. Dunlap
Justice of the Peace - H. A. Hanson
Justice of the Peace - G. I. Bowling
Road Overseer Dist. 1 -W. A. Berry
Road Overseer Dist. 2 -Frank Crosson
Road Overseer Dist. 3 -G. A. Jenson
Road Overseer Dist. 4 -Ed Christensen
Road Overseer Dist. 5 -Howard Brewer
Road Overseer Dist. 6 - E. H. Bartlett
TRAILS
"Parallel Road from Atchison to Limestone Creek in Jewell Co. The Atchison and Cherry Creek Bridge and Ferry Company wished to establish a direct route from Atchison to the Western Kansas "Gold Fields". With this in view they laid out the Parallel road to the west closely following the first standard parallel across Kansas, approximately 30°40". This road enters near the Southwest corner of Republic County and follows near the south edge of Norway Township. It runs very close to Norway Village which is three miles from the south boundary. From very earliest times Meade's Ford crossed the river about a mile and a half south of the west end of the present river bridge and it seems very probable that the ford may have been in use long before any settlers came. The standard parallel is a few miles south of the parallel road route in this section. The company surveying this road found no interval of ten miles without wood, water, rich soil and luxurious grass. All west of the Republican the grass becomes shorter but still thick and nutritious." We have already seen that Pike came through Republic County and we have a marker of national interest within its boundaries.
Taken from E. D. Boyd's account in our early Kansas newspapers.
Taken from E. D. Boyd's account in our early Kansas newspapers.
Butterfield Trail
Butterfield Overland Dispatch was promoted by David A. Butterfield for a huge freighting business from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains and beyond. After being surveyed it was declared possible and practicable and was successful for a long time and until the Kansas Pacific Railroad reached Denver. This trail was south of Republic County from Mt. Pleasant. St. Mary's, Manhattan, Abilene, Eaton and on to the west line of Kansas, Atchison to Wallace County.
The Fort Riley, Kansas to Fort Kearney, Nebraska express route-mail route-stage coach route brought the pioneers mail to Scandia and Norway in Early days. To McCathron's, the first postmaster, and to Ole Tiller's, the second postmaster, before the post office was established in Norway Village. This route is still visible on the farm south of Norway where Dean Brewer lives.
The Fort Riley, Kansas to Fort Kearney, Nebraska express route-mail route-stage coach route brought the pioneers mail to Scandia and Norway in Early days. To McCathron's, the first postmaster, and to Ole Tiller's, the second postmaster, before the post office was established in Norway Village. This route is still visible on the farm south of Norway where Dean Brewer lives.
Monday, November 22, 2010
NORWAY TOWNSHIP
Township valuation: $1,282,613 The 1961 population of Norway Township, including Norway Village, is 324--a loss of eight.
There are 20 kinds of soil (Bedrock) in Norway Township. Bottom land--Republican River Valley (20%). Land is rolling or river bottom. Terrace or Second Bottom.
Two thousand acres or 13% of Norway Township land is irrigated. Irrigation wells are on the following farms: Harold Hammer, Iver Hammer, Leslie Stensaas, Milton Stensaas, C. B. Stensaas, Lloyd Blosser, Karen Ross, John Graham, Martin Blosser, E. A. Carlgren, Martin Larson, P. Arands, Harry Buer, Clarence Herrman, Archie Brewer and the Sanborne farm. Some of these farms have more than one well. Swen Larson has a well and he is also in the Bostwick project. Roy Moore has several ponds in his pasture land.
All the machinery used by farmers is modern. Some use horses and mules, but the also use tractors.
Telephones: The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company supplies the telephones.
Electricity: The Western Light and Telephone Company and Rural Electrification Association supplies the electricity
No natural gas is supplied. Liquified petroleum (Propane gas) or electricity for cooking, propane or fuel oil for heating.
There are 72 miles of county roads. Six miles of state road, twenty-four miles gravel and thirty-two miles of mail routes.
Poultry: Chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guineas.
Livestock: Beef cattle, milk cows, hogs, sheep horses and mules.
Crops: Corn, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, rye, alfalfa and wild hay. Also fruits and vegetables.
Norway Township was organized April 3, 1871 at that time the following officers were appointed: J. B. Burk, clerk; John Hill, trustee; Noble Rodgers, treasurer, and Sivert Lehn, road overseer. All homesteaders. The Township Board in 1961: Myron Reed, chairman; Myron Kellogg, trustee, and Russell Fraser, treasurer.
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* Sandy loam soil, suitable for all crops common to the valley, good corn soil down river from Scandia, (vegetables) responds to nitrogen, lime not needed.
There are 20 kinds of soil (Bedrock) in Norway Township. Bottom land--Republican River Valley (20%). Land is rolling or river bottom. Terrace or Second Bottom.
- Detroit silty clay loam-1% of total area
- Detroit silt loam-2% total area
- Muir-5% total area
- Canadian loam-1% total area
- Unnamed-tentative name-Norway-3% of total area*
Two thousand acres or 13% of Norway Township land is irrigated. Irrigation wells are on the following farms: Harold Hammer, Iver Hammer, Leslie Stensaas, Milton Stensaas, C. B. Stensaas, Lloyd Blosser, Karen Ross, John Graham, Martin Blosser, E. A. Carlgren, Martin Larson, P. Arands, Harry Buer, Clarence Herrman, Archie Brewer and the Sanborne farm. Some of these farms have more than one well. Swen Larson has a well and he is also in the Bostwick project. Roy Moore has several ponds in his pasture land.
All the machinery used by farmers is modern. Some use horses and mules, but the also use tractors.
Telephones: The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company supplies the telephones.
Electricity: The Western Light and Telephone Company and Rural Electrification Association supplies the electricity
No natural gas is supplied. Liquified petroleum (Propane gas) or electricity for cooking, propane or fuel oil for heating.
There are 72 miles of county roads. Six miles of state road, twenty-four miles gravel and thirty-two miles of mail routes.
Poultry: Chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guineas.
Livestock: Beef cattle, milk cows, hogs, sheep horses and mules.
Crops: Corn, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, rye, alfalfa and wild hay. Also fruits and vegetables.
Norway Township was organized April 3, 1871 at that time the following officers were appointed: J. B. Burk, clerk; John Hill, trustee; Noble Rodgers, treasurer, and Sivert Lehn, road overseer. All homesteaders. The Township Board in 1961: Myron Reed, chairman; Myron Kellogg, trustee, and Russell Fraser, treasurer.
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* Sandy loam soil, suitable for all crops common to the valley, good corn soil down river from Scandia, (vegetables) responds to nitrogen, lime not needed.
RIMOL, LEHN, HAMMERSTEAD FAMILIES
Rasmus Rimol was born in Trondhjeim in Norway Europe in 1837. He lived there with his parents until he was 18 and received a good education. He was an only child. His parents then moved to their farm and Rasmus worked there until it was time to go into military training.
Later he came to America and to Chicago. Two years later he came to Junction City, Kansas by rail and then to Norway Township at the age of 32. In 1869 he filed on a quarter section of land - SW4 in Sec. 27. He was the first permanent settler in Norway Township and his son Nels was the first white child born in the Township.
There were twelve children in the Lehn family in Trondhjeim and five of these children, Kyrsti, Brynhild, Anne, Rasmus and Sivert, came to Norway Township and filed on homesteads near Ramsus Rimol.
Anne married Rasmus Rimol, and Brynhild married Martin Hammerstead. Anne Rimol, Brynhild Hammerstead and Cecelie Lehn all died in the early typhoid fever epidemic. They left five little ones--all less than four years old and two of these tiny babies. Kyrsti Lehn took these children and cared for them until they were older and their homes were again ready for them.
Kyrsti Lehn later married Rasmus Rimol. Nels, Bertha and Brynhild were Anne Rimol's children, and Anna and John were Krysti Rimol's children.
Rasmus Lehn's children were Joe, Randy and Bernt. Martin and Brynhild Hammerstead had one daughter. These families were all charter members of the Norway Lutheran Church, and Rasmus Rimol was its first secretary. He was a member of Belleville Odd Fellows Lodge and was County Commissioner from his district for nine years. Mr. Rimol died in 1907 at the age of 69 years. Mrs. Rimol died at the age of 63 years.
Rasmus Lehn gave two and one half acres from his homestead in SW4 Sec. 27 for the Pioneer Valley Cemetery.
Later he came to America and to Chicago. Two years later he came to Junction City, Kansas by rail and then to Norway Township at the age of 32. In 1869 he filed on a quarter section of land - SW4 in Sec. 27. He was the first permanent settler in Norway Township and his son Nels was the first white child born in the Township.
There were twelve children in the Lehn family in Trondhjeim and five of these children, Kyrsti, Brynhild, Anne, Rasmus and Sivert, came to Norway Township and filed on homesteads near Ramsus Rimol.
Anne married Rasmus Rimol, and Brynhild married Martin Hammerstead. Anne Rimol, Brynhild Hammerstead and Cecelie Lehn all died in the early typhoid fever epidemic. They left five little ones--all less than four years old and two of these tiny babies. Kyrsti Lehn took these children and cared for them until they were older and their homes were again ready for them.
Kyrsti Lehn later married Rasmus Rimol. Nels, Bertha and Brynhild were Anne Rimol's children, and Anna and John were Krysti Rimol's children.
Rasmus Lehn's children were Joe, Randy and Bernt. Martin and Brynhild Hammerstead had one daughter. These families were all charter members of the Norway Lutheran Church, and Rasmus Rimol was its first secretary. He was a member of Belleville Odd Fellows Lodge and was County Commissioner from his district for nine years. Mr. Rimol died in 1907 at the age of 69 years. Mrs. Rimol died at the age of 63 years.
Rasmus Lehn gave two and one half acres from his homestead in SW4 Sec. 27 for the Pioneer Valley Cemetery.
BRYNJULF STENSAAS FAMILY
My father, Brynjulf Stensaas, together with two or three other men walked from Junction City along the Republican to a place about three miles southeast of what is now Norway Village where they were at liberty to choose their homesteads. Father selected an "L" shaped quarter. Just west and northwest of it Mr. Tiller and Mr. Rimol had selected theirs in Section 27.
Father's quarter was on a small creek in which there was running water. At the top of the west creek bank he built a small dugout, in which my two brothers, Mikkel and John, were born. I think I was born in the natural stone house build nearby. I can remember when the house was plastered, but that is as far back as my memory goes.
My parents were betrothed before coming to this country and were married in 1869 or 1870. Father was a carpenter and farmer and lived just a half mile east of what was 93 school house. He was treasurer of the district for many years. My parents both belonged to the Lutheran Church in Norway.
Cancer took my wife in 1957. My older daughter, Mrs. Carl Larson, is the wife of one of the five men in charge of the D-X Sun Ray Oil Co. They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My younger daughter, Mrs. Edwin Gusensius, lives in Lindsborg where her husband teaches chemistry at Bethany College. All of his work, both oral and written, at Kansas State has been finished for his Ph. D. degree. He plans to do some research work this summer (1961). Our son, Dr. Carl Stensaas, lives in Arkansas City, Kansas where he has practiced medicine for fifteen years.
Father's quarter was on a small creek in which there was running water. At the top of the west creek bank he built a small dugout, in which my two brothers, Mikkel and John, were born. I think I was born in the natural stone house build nearby. I can remember when the house was plastered, but that is as far back as my memory goes.
My parents were betrothed before coming to this country and were married in 1869 or 1870. Father was a carpenter and farmer and lived just a half mile east of what was 93 school house. He was treasurer of the district for many years. My parents both belonged to the Lutheran Church in Norway.
Cancer took my wife in 1957. My older daughter, Mrs. Carl Larson, is the wife of one of the five men in charge of the D-X Sun Ray Oil Co. They live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My younger daughter, Mrs. Edwin Gusensius, lives in Lindsborg where her husband teaches chemistry at Bethany College. All of his work, both oral and written, at Kansas State has been finished for his Ph. D. degree. He plans to do some research work this summer (1961). Our son, Dr. Carl Stensaas, lives in Arkansas City, Kansas where he has practiced medicine for fifteen years.
Jens Stensaas
Lindsborg, Kansas
MIKKEL STENSAAS FAMILIES
Mikkel Stensaas married Hilma Carlgren.
Their children:
( 1) William married Mildred Elaby; 2 daughters, Karen and Nancy.
( 2) Clarence married Esther Hammer, 2 sons, 2 daughters: Lawerence; Glen who married Joyce Prell, 1 son, 1 daughter, James Bradley and Katherine Renee; Margaret married John Graham, 1 son, 2 daughters, Jack , Jodie and Jill; Dorothy married Lee Loring, 1 daughter, 2 sons, Betti, Arnold and David.
( 3) Mabel married Homer Christensen, 2 sons, 5 daughters: Maxine married Marcus Benson, 2 sons, 2 daughters, Marjean and Susan, Marcus and Dick.
Marjean married LaVerne Fullerton, 1 son, 1 daughter: Verna Kay and Ronald Wayne.
Marcus married Lucinda Marie Snyder: 1 daughter
Leona married Avery Wilson, 1 daughter, 1 son: Ona Jean and Gary Michael. Ona Jean married Don Souza.
Clarice marred Elric Cote: 3 daughters, Vickie Lynn, Constance Lee and Jean Marie.
Evelyn married Floyd Anderson: 2 daughters, 2 sons: Julie Ann, Jolene, Floyd Lorina and Troy Stuart.
Marilyn married Raymond LeClair: 1 son, 1 daughter. Caroline Jane and Bruce Benton.
Lorine married Mabel Vannice: 1 son, Dale Kieth.
Kenneth married Elsie Vannice: 1 son, Harold Steven.
( 4) Jens married Maudie Gile: 2 sons, Robert and Charles. Robert married Vera Johnston, 1 son, Greg, Charles married Ava Wood.
( 5) Joseph married Daisy Ashby; 2 sons, Larry and Don.
( 6) Leslie married Mary McBride.
( 7) Milton married Geraldine Ames: 4 sons, Larry Bill, Bryan, Joseph and Mikkel.
( 8) Leonard married Charlotte Wilson: 2 sons, 1 daughter, Lenny, Joe and Debbie.
( 9) Florine married Clovis Hodgson: 1 daughter, Leslie.
(10) Evelyn deceased in infancy.
Their children:
( 1) William married Mildred Elaby; 2 daughters, Karen and Nancy.
( 2) Clarence married Esther Hammer, 2 sons, 2 daughters: Lawerence; Glen who married Joyce Prell, 1 son, 1 daughter, James Bradley and Katherine Renee; Margaret married John Graham, 1 son, 2 daughters, Jack , Jodie and Jill; Dorothy married Lee Loring, 1 daughter, 2 sons, Betti, Arnold and David.
( 3) Mabel married Homer Christensen, 2 sons, 5 daughters: Maxine married Marcus Benson, 2 sons, 2 daughters, Marjean and Susan, Marcus and Dick.
Marjean married LaVerne Fullerton, 1 son, 1 daughter: Verna Kay and Ronald Wayne.
Marcus married Lucinda Marie Snyder: 1 daughter
Leona married Avery Wilson, 1 daughter, 1 son: Ona Jean and Gary Michael. Ona Jean married Don Souza.
Clarice marred Elric Cote: 3 daughters, Vickie Lynn, Constance Lee and Jean Marie.
Evelyn married Floyd Anderson: 2 daughters, 2 sons: Julie Ann, Jolene, Floyd Lorina and Troy Stuart.
Marilyn married Raymond LeClair: 1 son, 1 daughter. Caroline Jane and Bruce Benton.
Lorine married Mabel Vannice: 1 son, Dale Kieth.
Kenneth married Elsie Vannice: 1 son, Harold Steven.
( 4) Jens married Maudie Gile: 2 sons, Robert and Charles. Robert married Vera Johnston, 1 son, Greg, Charles married Ava Wood.
( 5) Joseph married Daisy Ashby; 2 sons, Larry and Don.
( 6) Leslie married Mary McBride.
( 7) Milton married Geraldine Ames: 4 sons, Larry Bill, Bryan, Joseph and Mikkel.
( 8) Leonard married Charlotte Wilson: 2 sons, 1 daughter, Lenny, Joe and Debbie.
( 9) Florine married Clovis Hodgson: 1 daughter, Leslie.
(10) Evelyn deceased in infancy.
OLE TILLER
Ole I. Tiller was born on October 23, 1839, at Trondhjeim, Norway, Europe. He emigrated to America in 1870 and was employed in Chicago, Illinois, as a cabinet maker, a trade he learned in Norway. In 1870, he married Ingeborg Rodde, who was born on April 23, 1845 in Trondhjeim, Europe. They homesteaded on a farm located in Norway Township, Republic County, Kansas, where they lived in a dugout until a log house was built.
Ole Tiller received his final naturalization papers on April 16, 1877. On October 30, 1887, he received a land grant consisting of 160 acres in Norway Township. This document was signed by Rutherford Hayes, President of the United States.
Mr. Tiller dug a well beside the road on his homestead. He dug this to five any one passing a chance to get water easily. He knew from experience how much water meant to early travelers.
Homesteaders who were relatives of friends from Norway, Europe stayed with the Tillers until they found a place to homestead.
Ole Tiller had the second post office and John McCatheron the first in this locality. They both had the offices in their homes. Mr. Tiller received his commission in 1876. His daughter, Inga Carlgren, now has this commission.
Some came quite a distance for their mail and his wife always had coffee for all of them.
Mr. Tiller helped organize the congregation and the building of the Lutheran Church in Norway. He was their song leader for many years and after the organ was obtained, he sang in the church choir, also in a quartette with John Ingebretson, C. O. Hugos, and J. Melhus (Joseph Melhus's father). During his lifetime he made four trips to Norway, Europe.
It was nothing unusual for Mrs. Tiller to shoot a rattlesnake found in bed or some place else around the home in the early days. (Grandma Brewer also had this experience, as I presume many others did in those days.)
Both Mr. and Mrs. Tiller lived on the farm which they homesteaded until their deaths. Mr. Tiller died on June 3, 1916, and Mrs. Tiller, February 26, 1921. Children were Iner, Ida, Karen, Anna, Olof, Julia, and Inga. Surviving children are Julia (Mrs. Clarence A. Brewer) and Inga (Mrs. Edward Carlgren). Julia lives in Monroe, Michigan; Inga, on Route 1, Scandia, Kansas.
Ole Tiller received his final naturalization papers on April 16, 1877. On October 30, 1887, he received a land grant consisting of 160 acres in Norway Township. This document was signed by Rutherford Hayes, President of the United States.
Mr. Tiller dug a well beside the road on his homestead. He dug this to five any one passing a chance to get water easily. He knew from experience how much water meant to early travelers.
Homesteaders who were relatives of friends from Norway, Europe stayed with the Tillers until they found a place to homestead.
Ole Tiller had the second post office and John McCatheron the first in this locality. They both had the offices in their homes. Mr. Tiller received his commission in 1876. His daughter, Inga Carlgren, now has this commission.
Some came quite a distance for their mail and his wife always had coffee for all of them.
Mr. Tiller helped organize the congregation and the building of the Lutheran Church in Norway. He was their song leader for many years and after the organ was obtained, he sang in the church choir, also in a quartette with John Ingebretson, C. O. Hugos, and J. Melhus (Joseph Melhus's father). During his lifetime he made four trips to Norway, Europe.
It was nothing unusual for Mrs. Tiller to shoot a rattlesnake found in bed or some place else around the home in the early days. (Grandma Brewer also had this experience, as I presume many others did in those days.)
Both Mr. and Mrs. Tiller lived on the farm which they homesteaded until their deaths. Mr. Tiller died on June 3, 1916, and Mrs. Tiller, February 26, 1921. Children were Iner, Ida, Karen, Anna, Olof, Julia, and Inga. Surviving children are Julia (Mrs. Clarence A. Brewer) and Inga (Mrs. Edward Carlgren). Julia lives in Monroe, Michigan; Inga, on Route 1, Scandia, Kansas.
By Mrs. Mabel Brewer Bockoven, Monroe, Michigan
ELIAS V. and ALFARATA (SCOTT) MOORE (Lide Moore)
Elias Valentine Moore, oldest son of James Harrison and Elizabeth (Duncan) Moore, was born June 13, 1862 near Burnside, Illinois. His grandfather, Joseph Moore was born in Ireland and came to America about 1826. After landing in New York he worked as a mill-wright and carpenter in the construction of the Erie Canal. He was married in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio where the oldest son James Harrison was born January 22, 1831. The family moved westward and settled in Hancock County, Illinois. In 1869 Elias's parents moved to Nodaway County, Missouri settling near the town of Quitman. In 1870 they moved to a farm on the Missouri River, near Peru, Nebraska. In the late summer and fall of 1871, Elias at the age of nine years accompanied a cattle outfit to the Canadian River in west Texas and returned with seven hundred head of heifers. The roundtrip took several weeks and while camped near Dodge City, Kansas, they rode into town to see a man buried in the famous Boot Hill cemetery. Young Elias (Lide) missed most of the fall school term but he had nearly three months schooling while living in Missouri and thought that was all the book learning that he would ever need. Early in the spring of 1872 the family moved to Kansas settling in the Se quarter of Section 32 in Lincoln Township, Republic county. About 1874 they bought a tract of land west of Concordia, later the townsite of Yuma was located upon this farm. The Moores lived in a dugout where Buffalo Creek makes its first bend west of the present concrete bridge. In 1878 they sold this farm and moved north to the south side of the large hill known as Murray's Hill, later known as The Devil's Backbone. Here they built a dugout and a large corral and run a herd of cattle on range land that they leased from the State. During the summer of 1879 Lide made another trip to Texas, this time with a man named McClelland who returned with a string of horses. In about three years time most of the state land was taken by homesteaders and the Moores were on the move again. This time to Fort McKinney, Wyoming. They left Kansas in 1880 with three covered wagons, ten head of mules and several head of saddle horses and trading stock. They took a contract to haul cord wood to the fort, but two years later the Fort was inactivated and all of the family excepting Lide returned to Kansas. At this time he was driving stage between Casper and Sheridan and had decided to stay in Wyoming. He had located a tract of land on Little Goose Creek near Sheridan which he wished to homestead and planned to stay in Wyoming until he was of legal age to file his claim. But, with his family gone he soon started to drift back to Kansas, working on several ranches in Wyoming and Nebraska. He worked for Bill Cody at North Platte and for an outfit at Kearney that was delivering imported draft stallions to farmers and ranchers in central Nebraska. He joined his family at Mankato, Kansas. In 1884 he made his last trip to Texas, this time with the Seerite outfit trailing a string of horses to a ranch near Tipton, Kansas.
Alfarata, daughter of Dr. Winfield and Christena Gazell (Smith) Scott was born October 10, 1868 at Wesfield, Indiana. In the fall of 1870 the family moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas and on April 1, 1871 they moved into their dugout home one and one half miles west and about one half mile south of Norway, Kansas. The dugout was walled up with limestone on the front side, had a dirt floor and was covered with cottonwood boards and buffalo grass sod. Alfarata attended two three-months terms of school in a dugout about a mile west of their home and one term at the Sunny Side school in Cloud County. She liked horses and the great out-of-doors. When she was twelve years old, she took a job of helping one of their neighbors heard 600 head of Texas cattle. She got fifty cents a day and furnished her own cow pony. The neighbor had a daughter about Alfa's age and the three of them cared for the cattle. In the summer, when the grass was short they had to drive the herd several miles to water. One day near the Little Salt Marsh they were caught in a severe hail storm. Alfa said that her head and back was bruised and sore for several days as a result of being pounded with the hail stones. Assisting her father in practice, she learned practical nursing and for many years served the community in that capacity. On September 16, 1885 she was married to Elias V. Moore. After living a short time in Smith County, Kansas they returned to Norway Township and filed a homestead claim on a tract of land in Section 20 along the west bank of the Republican River.
In the fall of 1890 they moved to Indian Territory where Lide worked for a Texas cattle outfit, hauled logs for a logging company and on various occasions he served as a deputy U. S. marshall. He contacted malaria and late in the year of 1891 they came back to Kansas. One of their wagons was pulled by a yoke of long horned oxen, probably the last yoke of oxen ever to be driven into Republic County. On March 9, 1892 they moved to the farm that was their home the rest of their lives. Mr. Moore member of the Norway Wednesday Club and attended the Club's 49th anniversary in 1957. Probably as the result of many years of work with livestock and a dedicated love for horses, E. V. Moore entered the profession of Veterinary Surgeon. He practiced with Dr. McCassey of Concordia and was issued a non-graduate license by the State of Kansas. Elias and Alfa Moore reared two sons, James Andrew Moore, born September 24, 1886, and now living in Modesto, California and LaRoy Michael Moore, born February 9, 1907 and residing on the farm formerly the home of his parents.
Elias Moore died February 19, 1939 and Alfa Moore on December 14, 1959.
Alfarata, daughter of Dr. Winfield and Christena Gazell (Smith) Scott was born October 10, 1868 at Wesfield, Indiana. In the fall of 1870 the family moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas and on April 1, 1871 they moved into their dugout home one and one half miles west and about one half mile south of Norway, Kansas. The dugout was walled up with limestone on the front side, had a dirt floor and was covered with cottonwood boards and buffalo grass sod. Alfarata attended two three-months terms of school in a dugout about a mile west of their home and one term at the Sunny Side school in Cloud County. She liked horses and the great out-of-doors. When she was twelve years old, she took a job of helping one of their neighbors heard 600 head of Texas cattle. She got fifty cents a day and furnished her own cow pony. The neighbor had a daughter about Alfa's age and the three of them cared for the cattle. In the summer, when the grass was short they had to drive the herd several miles to water. One day near the Little Salt Marsh they were caught in a severe hail storm. Alfa said that her head and back was bruised and sore for several days as a result of being pounded with the hail stones. Assisting her father in practice, she learned practical nursing and for many years served the community in that capacity. On September 16, 1885 she was married to Elias V. Moore. After living a short time in Smith County, Kansas they returned to Norway Township and filed a homestead claim on a tract of land in Section 20 along the west bank of the Republican River.
In the fall of 1890 they moved to Indian Territory where Lide worked for a Texas cattle outfit, hauled logs for a logging company and on various occasions he served as a deputy U. S. marshall. He contacted malaria and late in the year of 1891 they came back to Kansas. One of their wagons was pulled by a yoke of long horned oxen, probably the last yoke of oxen ever to be driven into Republic County. On March 9, 1892 they moved to the farm that was their home the rest of their lives. Mr. Moore member of the Norway Wednesday Club and attended the Club's 49th anniversary in 1957. Probably as the result of many years of work with livestock and a dedicated love for horses, E. V. Moore entered the profession of Veterinary Surgeon. He practiced with Dr. McCassey of Concordia and was issued a non-graduate license by the State of Kansas. Elias and Alfa Moore reared two sons, James Andrew Moore, born September 24, 1886, and now living in Modesto, California and LaRoy Michael Moore, born February 9, 1907 and residing on the farm formerly the home of his parents.
Elias Moore died February 19, 1939 and Alfa Moore on December 14, 1959.
Roy M. Moore
LAROY AND AUGUSTA (ANDERSON) SCOTT
LaRoy Scott, second son of Dr. Winfield and Christena Gazell (Smith) Scott, was born July 11, 1876 in a dugout on his father's homestead one and one half miles west and about one half mile south of Norway, Kansas. He attended Hungry Hollow school two and one half miles west of Norway, Striker Normal and Business College at Great Bend, Kansas and studied elocution and public speaking at Noblesville, Indiana.
Augusta, oldest daughter of G. A. and Selma (Larson) Anderson, was born on her father's homestead one fourth mile south of Kackley, Kansas. She attended the school one mile south of Kackley known as the Houghton School and was confirmed at the Ada Lutheran Church near Kackley.
LaRoy and Augusta were married at the home of her parents on February 20, 1901. They spent several years of their early married life on a farm near Zeandale, Kansas and on a farm formerly owned by August's parents near Norway. This was the birthplace of their only child, Clifford LaRoy, born October 25, 1911. In 1915 they moved to the Krogmoe farm one fourth mile north of Norway and in 1936 they sold this farm and moved to a farm near Manhattan, Kansas. They retired in December, 1951, and now reside at 726 Leavenworth Street, Manhattan, Kansas.
LaRoy Scott is well known for his ability as an entertainer and speaker. For over half a century his humor has lightened the hearts of men, his seriousness taught them reverence. Mrs. Scott is a lover of flowers. She seems to have that certain quality to make them grow and display their loveliest pattern.
Clifford LaRoy Scott attended grade and high school at Norway, Kansas. He studied two years at Sterling College at Sterling, Kansas and received his bachelor degree at Kansas State University. He taught in the high schools at Corning and Lucas, Kansas. He attended Police Officers School at Wichita, Kansas, and served on the police force at Wichita, Kansas and San Antonio, Texas. While employed with the Texas Oil Company at Salem, Illinois he became a member of the Black Hawk Division of the National Guards and was called to duty on March 5, 1941. He has had foreign duty in the Philippines, Germany and Korea. At present he has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is on the General Staff 6th Army Headquarters, and is stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. Clifford married Madeline Cooney of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They have two sons, John Winfield and James Winston.
Augusta, oldest daughter of G. A. and Selma (Larson) Anderson, was born on her father's homestead one fourth mile south of Kackley, Kansas. She attended the school one mile south of Kackley known as the Houghton School and was confirmed at the Ada Lutheran Church near Kackley.
LaRoy and Augusta were married at the home of her parents on February 20, 1901. They spent several years of their early married life on a farm near Zeandale, Kansas and on a farm formerly owned by August's parents near Norway. This was the birthplace of their only child, Clifford LaRoy, born October 25, 1911. In 1915 they moved to the Krogmoe farm one fourth mile north of Norway and in 1936 they sold this farm and moved to a farm near Manhattan, Kansas. They retired in December, 1951, and now reside at 726 Leavenworth Street, Manhattan, Kansas.
LaRoy Scott is well known for his ability as an entertainer and speaker. For over half a century his humor has lightened the hearts of men, his seriousness taught them reverence. Mrs. Scott is a lover of flowers. She seems to have that certain quality to make them grow and display their loveliest pattern.
Clifford LaRoy Scott attended grade and high school at Norway, Kansas. He studied two years at Sterling College at Sterling, Kansas and received his bachelor degree at Kansas State University. He taught in the high schools at Corning and Lucas, Kansas. He attended Police Officers School at Wichita, Kansas, and served on the police force at Wichita, Kansas and San Antonio, Texas. While employed with the Texas Oil Company at Salem, Illinois he became a member of the Black Hawk Division of the National Guards and was called to duty on March 5, 1941. He has had foreign duty in the Philippines, Germany and Korea. At present he has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is on the General Staff 6th Army Headquarters, and is stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. Clifford married Madeline Cooney of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. They have two sons, John Winfield and James Winston.
December 10, 1961
Roy M. Moore
ANDY SCOTT
Andy Scott, uncle of pioneer Dr. Scott, was born in Indiana in 1832, and came west when a young man. He made friends with the Indians, learned their language, and lived and trapped with them and bought their skins and furs. He was with the Omahas and Otoes when they were hunting and trapping in this township in pioneer times and all along the northern part of Kansas. He had many Indian friends.
Later he moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas, married and reared a family there. He lived a long life and passed on many years ago.
Later he moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas, married and reared a family there. He lived a long life and passed on many years ago.
ALEX SCOTT
Alex Scott was the first born son of Dr. W. Scott and Christena Smith Scott. He and his three brothers were born in a dugout home in Norway Township in the hillside near the Republican River. He attended Hungry Hollow School, farmed and gave much assistance to his parents and his neighborhood. Alex saw the country grow for 79 years from a lonesome prairie to a modern community.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Stella Hay, daughter pioneer parents of Scotch descent. They lived on and farmed the Scott homestead. Five children were reared by this couple. Athel, a farmer continuing on the Dr. Scott homestead; Warren, Probate Judge in Republic County; Dr. Alex Jr., a practicing physician in Junction City, Kansas; Helen, who lives in Belleville and Alice who lives on a farm near Scandia.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Stella Hay, daughter pioneer parents of Scotch descent. They lived on and farmed the Scott homestead. Five children were reared by this couple. Athel, a farmer continuing on the Dr. Scott homestead; Warren, Probate Judge in Republic County; Dr. Alex Jr., a practicing physician in Junction City, Kansas; Helen, who lives in Belleville and Alice who lives on a farm near Scandia.
DUNLAP
Dunlap, Robert Bell (born 1814 in Ohio) and Ann Heir (Griffith) Dunlap (Born in 1823 in Pennsylvania) parents of William Joseph Dunlap and Robert Sherman Dunlap and others, came to Kansas from Pawshee County, Iowa in the year of 1869 settling on a farm near Republic City. They later moved to a farm east of Kackley. Robert Bell was a graduate of Harvard University and a school master while living in Iowa.
William Joseph and Robert Sherman attended school near Kackley.
William Joseph Dunlap was born October 29, 1859 in Crawford County, Iowa. He married Leni Leoti Scott, daughter of Winfield W. Scott and Christena Gazella (Smith) Scott on August 31, 1882 at Concordia, Kansas. Leni was born January 6, 1867 at Westfield, Indiana, coming to Kansas with her parents when she was three years old.
William Joseph was a carpenter and plasterer by trade. Five sons and one daughter were born to this union. Mr. Dunlap died December 2, 1918 at Clay Center, Kansas. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Leni L. Dunlap, Clay Center, Kansas; Ralph B. Dunlap, Solomon, Kansas; John Winslow Dunlap, Fresno, California; Bryan Alexander Dunlap, Cabazon, California; Fern Addilene (Dunlap) Walker, Clay Center, Kansas.
Robert Sherman Dunlap died March 7, 1938 at Clay Center, Kansas and is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Dulcet (Dunlap) Frost of Clay Center, Kansas.
William Joseph and Robert Sherman attended school near Kackley.
William Joseph Dunlap was born October 29, 1859 in Crawford County, Iowa. He married Leni Leoti Scott, daughter of Winfield W. Scott and Christena Gazella (Smith) Scott on August 31, 1882 at Concordia, Kansas. Leni was born January 6, 1867 at Westfield, Indiana, coming to Kansas with her parents when she was three years old.
William Joseph was a carpenter and plasterer by trade. Five sons and one daughter were born to this union. Mr. Dunlap died December 2, 1918 at Clay Center, Kansas. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. Leni L. Dunlap, Clay Center, Kansas; Ralph B. Dunlap, Solomon, Kansas; John Winslow Dunlap, Fresno, California; Bryan Alexander Dunlap, Cabazon, California; Fern Addilene (Dunlap) Walker, Clay Center, Kansas.
Robert Sherman Dunlap died March 7, 1938 at Clay Center, Kansas and is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Dulcet (Dunlap) Frost of Clay Center, Kansas.
LOGAN SCOTT
Logan Scott, son of Dr. Winfield and Christena Smith Scott, was born on his father's homestead in a dugout home in the side of the hill--not far from the Republican River. He also attended Hungry Hollow School and was a farmer assisting his parents and also his neighbors in times of need. He saw the country develop steadily through drouths, floods, dust storms and blizzards and become prosperous.
The family moved to Colorado for awhile but came back to Norway Township. He married Miss Anna Buer, a daughter of pioneers who lived in the same neighborhood as the Scotts. They reared one son and two daughters: George, Charlotte, and Leota. Logan died in 1947. The children are married and they and Mrs. Scott all live in Denver, Colorado.
The family moved to Colorado for awhile but came back to Norway Township. He married Miss Anna Buer, a daughter of pioneers who lived in the same neighborhood as the Scotts. They reared one son and two daughters: George, Charlotte, and Leota. Logan died in 1947. The children are married and they and Mrs. Scott all live in Denver, Colorado.
ATHEL SCOTT
Athel Scott is the son of Alex Scott, Sr., and Stella Hay Scott and the grandson of Pioneer Doctor Scott. The family lives west of Norway on the Scott homestead. He attended Norway Grade and High School, consolidated #3.
Athel married Margery Adams Michaels, daughter of Doctor Adams and Mrs. Adams of Clyde, Kansas. They have two sons, Jerry and Andy. Andy is in Norway Grade School Jerry is a graduate of Clyde Rural High School and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He is now stations in California. Athel is a farmer. Margery is a secretary.
Athel married Margery Adams Michaels, daughter of Doctor Adams and Mrs. Adams of Clyde, Kansas. They have two sons, Jerry and Andy. Andy is in Norway Grade School Jerry is a graduate of Clyde Rural High School and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He is now stations in California. Athel is a farmer. Margery is a secretary.
THE GILE FAMILIES
Some Genealogists maintain that the Gile families came from France but it is an established fact that they were in England and Scotland many generations prior to their early arrival in America in 1636. "Samuel Guile, brother of John Guile was for a brief period in Dedham and appears to have been one of the first settlers in Newbury, but did not remain long for in 1640, he was one of the twelve who settled in Pantucket, now known as Haverhill in Massachusetts." This quote is from a book from the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston. A foot note and further statements explain the variation in spelling among immediate family members, Gile and Guile being the more common spelling.
Our family was almost totally New England, being common residents of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. A few had moved to Ohio. From Medina, Ohio came the first known Gile resident of Norway Township, Kansas. Elijah Newell Gile in August 1864. The family has been in the Township continuously for almost the 100 years being celebrated this year (1961).
This man was the father of John Gile, deceased, and Carl Gile presently living in Norway Township, E2 NW4 Sec. 11. Ransome Henry Gile, brother of Elijah Newell Gile (both Union Army Veterans) came to Norway Township in 1873. Ransome Henry Gile was the father of William O., deceased, Henry L., Deceased, and Perry Thomas of Glasco.
Perry Thomas or Tom, as he is best known, was born in Norway Township in 1874 in a combination dugout and sod house, and has lived practically all of his life in Norway as a farmer. The family has always been in this part of the County, farmers.
James Guile is a farmer in Heddingtonshire, Scotland and has a son, James Lynn Guild who is also a farmer at North Berkwick in the same county and was lately President of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. (By F. H. Gile, Delphos, Kansas)
Caroline Jane Webber, born December 19, 1943 in Hinkley Township, Ohio, married Newell E. Gile November 1864, in Medina, Ohio. N. E. Gile was born October 9, 1841. He was a blacksmith, also a soldier in the Civil War 1862 and 1863. He was wounded in Gettysburg. They moved from Medina, Ohio to Norway, Kansas in 1874 where they had a pleasant farm home and the usual experiences of such pioneers.
The Webber family traces its ancestry back to James Webber born in 1700, who came to America to Rohoboth, Massachusetts in 1722. He married Hannah Rounds in 1737. He died in 1759 and his wife in 1759.
N. E. Giles and his wife were the parents of nine children.
Carl Gile was married to Miss Mary Curry and they reared eight sons and one daughter who is married and lives in Colorado. His sons have an outstanding record. Seven have served with honor in the United States Armed Forces.
Richard - Entered Service August 26, 1949.
Japan January 25, 1950 - Korean Campaign July 18, 1950-April 30, 1951.
Co. B - 8th Engrs. (C) Bn.
1st Cov. Div. (Inf.)
Merril O. - January 1941 through October 1945
Batt. B-19th C.A.X. World War II
Ft. Rosegrans, San Diego, California
Lawrence - November 1940 through July 1944
Co. B - 6th Eng. Bn. 6th Inf. Div. World War II
Douglas - February 3, 1941 through July 2, 1945
Co. A - 104 Regt. - 26th Inf. World War II
Paul - Air Force Korean War
Roscoe - Co. I - 20th Inf. - 6th Div. - World War II
Newt - Merchant Navy - Graduated from School of Navigation, Catalina Island, California. The ships carried troops, supplies, and ammunition. His ship was nearly struck by an enemy submarine torpedo in World War II one night off the shore of Cuba. The submarine was so close they could see it.
Our family was almost totally New England, being common residents of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. A few had moved to Ohio. From Medina, Ohio came the first known Gile resident of Norway Township, Kansas. Elijah Newell Gile in August 1864. The family has been in the Township continuously for almost the 100 years being celebrated this year (1961).
This man was the father of John Gile, deceased, and Carl Gile presently living in Norway Township, E2 NW4 Sec. 11. Ransome Henry Gile, brother of Elijah Newell Gile (both Union Army Veterans) came to Norway Township in 1873. Ransome Henry Gile was the father of William O., deceased, Henry L., Deceased, and Perry Thomas of Glasco.
Perry Thomas or Tom, as he is best known, was born in Norway Township in 1874 in a combination dugout and sod house, and has lived practically all of his life in Norway as a farmer. The family has always been in this part of the County, farmers.
James Guile is a farmer in Heddingtonshire, Scotland and has a son, James Lynn Guild who is also a farmer at North Berkwick in the same county and was lately President of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. (By F. H. Gile, Delphos, Kansas)
Caroline Jane Webber, born December 19, 1943 in Hinkley Township, Ohio, married Newell E. Gile November 1864, in Medina, Ohio. N. E. Gile was born October 9, 1841. He was a blacksmith, also a soldier in the Civil War 1862 and 1863. He was wounded in Gettysburg. They moved from Medina, Ohio to Norway, Kansas in 1874 where they had a pleasant farm home and the usual experiences of such pioneers.
The Webber family traces its ancestry back to James Webber born in 1700, who came to America to Rohoboth, Massachusetts in 1722. He married Hannah Rounds in 1737. He died in 1759 and his wife in 1759.
N. E. Giles and his wife were the parents of nine children.
Carl Gile was married to Miss Mary Curry and they reared eight sons and one daughter who is married and lives in Colorado. His sons have an outstanding record. Seven have served with honor in the United States Armed Forces.
Richard - Entered Service August 26, 1949.
Japan January 25, 1950 - Korean Campaign July 18, 1950-April 30, 1951.
Co. B - 8th Engrs. (C) Bn.
1st Cov. Div. (Inf.)
Merril O. - January 1941 through October 1945
Batt. B-19th C.A.X. World War II
Ft. Rosegrans, San Diego, California
Lawrence - November 1940 through July 1944
Co. B - 6th Eng. Bn. 6th Inf. Div. World War II
Douglas - February 3, 1941 through July 2, 1945
Co. A - 104 Regt. - 26th Inf. World War II
Paul - Air Force Korean War
Roscoe - Co. I - 20th Inf. - 6th Div. - World War II
Newt - Merchant Navy - Graduated from School of Navigation, Catalina Island, California. The ships carried troops, supplies, and ammunition. His ship was nearly struck by an enemy submarine torpedo in World War II one night off the shore of Cuba. The submarine was so close they could see it.
Records of Carl Gile
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Union Army Record of N. E. Gile
Taken from Savage's Republic County History of 1901.
N. E. Giles enlisted February 1, 1861 at Newport, barracks Kentucky, and was enrolled as a private in Battery G., 4th U.S. Artillery: was in the West Virginia campaign in 1861 under General Rosecrans and McClellan; was wounded at Greenbrier, West Virginia, and again at Malvern Hill and again at Ringgold, Georgia, this time severely. Took part in 57 engagements including Gettysburg and Antietam; was employed in secret service of the government about 18 months; was mustered out and honorably discharged from the Battery at Bridgeport, Alabama, February, February 1, 1864, was discharged from the secret service at Washington D. C., September 11, 1865, having served, in all, a little over four years and a half.
Ransom Henry Gile also saw army service in the Civil War.
THE FAMILY OF ANDRE E. OSTBERG
Andre E. Ostberg came to Norway Township from Norway, Europe when a young man. He established a home in the southwest quarter of Section 10, where he broke sod with an ox team. He was one of the first three charter members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.
Theodore L. Ostberg, his son, was born in 1872 and was deceased in 1912. Miss Gustava Wennerstein was born in Stockholm in Sweden in 1876, and came to America in 1903. They were married in 1905. They reared three sons.
Theodore, Melvin and Haywood. Ted, as he is best known, lives on and farms the homestead, with his mother. Haywood lives in Spring Valley, California. Melvin, also of Spring Valley, was deceased in July, 1961.
Melvin married Miss Bessie Funk of Jamestown, Kansas. They reared three sons, and there are five grandchildren.
Ted is a trustee of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church where his grandfather was a charter member.
Theodore L. Ostberg, his son, was born in 1872 and was deceased in 1912. Miss Gustava Wennerstein was born in Stockholm in Sweden in 1876, and came to America in 1903. They were married in 1905. They reared three sons.
Theodore, Melvin and Haywood. Ted, as he is best known, lives on and farms the homestead, with his mother. Haywood lives in Spring Valley, California. Melvin, also of Spring Valley, was deceased in July, 1961.
Melvin married Miss Bessie Funk of Jamestown, Kansas. They reared three sons, and there are five grandchildren.
Ted is a trustee of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church where his grandfather was a charter member.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN HUGOS
John R.Hugos was born in Trondhjeim, Norway, in Europe in 1859 and came wit his parents to Wisconsin in 1869 and to Norway Township in 1870, where his father filed on a homestead. He was married to Anna Hammer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peder Hammer in 1881. They moved to their home northeast of Norway Village and celebrated their Golden Wedding there in 1931. They were confirmed and were members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Hugos was a charter member of the Odd Fellows Nelson Lodge Number 292 in Norway, Kansas and a member of the Elks Lodge in Concordia. He and his brother Charles owned a hardware store in Norway in 1885 and also bought grain, hay and livestock there. He was a Justice of the Peace in Norway for forty-four years and state grain inspector in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugos reared ten children. Three daughters, now deceased were Inga Cuthburtson, Ida Saterfield and Reba; also Olga Dutton, Josie Medlin, Ollie and Clara, and three sons, Rickard, Peter L. and Karl. Mrs. Hugos passed on in 1957, aged 97 years, and Mr, Hugos in 1936, aged 77 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugos reared ten children. Three daughters, now deceased were Inga Cuthburtson, Ida Saterfield and Reba; also Olga Dutton, Josie Medlin, Ollie and Clara, and three sons, Rickard, Peter L. and Karl. Mrs. Hugos passed on in 1957, aged 97 years, and Mr, Hugos in 1936, aged 77 years.
J. G. McCATHRON AND SCRIVNER
J. G. McCathron was born in New York in 1825, came to Nemaha Co., Nebraska, then to Missouri, and to Kansas in 1870. He filed no and proved up on the SW4 of Section 9, July 30, 1875, one mile north of Norway. The family's first home was a sod house. Mr. McCathron had a large family. He was a prominent man in early township affairs. He named the town and township for the first settlers, a group of ten Norwegians who came from Norway in Europe, was the first Postmaster, first Justice of the Peace, and a government agent during the first hard years. He distributed food and clothing after the grasshopper invasion. He served on the earliest township and school boards and in every capacity where he was needed. John McCathron was a captain in the Mexican and Civil Wars.
His daughter Cynthia was born in Missouri and came with her parents to Norway in 1870. She married Sanford Scrivner in 1879. Scrivner had purchased school land a mile north of Norway in 1878. His father had a homestead five miles east of Clyde and his ancestors were originally from Germany. They were the parents of two children: Robert, who lives in Scandia, and Bessie Cook, who lives in Mankato.
Robert married Miss Katherine Hay; her parents were John and Katherine McGuire Hay. Her father came from Scotland and homesteaded south and east of Scandia in 1871. The next year, her mother and four children and her sister Margaret Lowden came to the homestead. When their son Robert died her father gave an acre of land and later another acre which is now the Poplar Grove Cemetery. Robert Hay was the first burial there and now most of the Hay family are buried in Poplar Grove.
Sanford Scrivner died in 1933 and Cynthia, his wife, in 1954. They lived many years in Norway Township then bought land in White Rock and lived there a few years. Both are buried in White Rock Cemetery.
His daughter Cynthia was born in Missouri and came with her parents to Norway in 1870. She married Sanford Scrivner in 1879. Scrivner had purchased school land a mile north of Norway in 1878. His father had a homestead five miles east of Clyde and his ancestors were originally from Germany. They were the parents of two children: Robert, who lives in Scandia, and Bessie Cook, who lives in Mankato.
Robert married Miss Katherine Hay; her parents were John and Katherine McGuire Hay. Her father came from Scotland and homesteaded south and east of Scandia in 1871. The next year, her mother and four children and her sister Margaret Lowden came to the homestead. When their son Robert died her father gave an acre of land and later another acre which is now the Poplar Grove Cemetery. Robert Hay was the first burial there and now most of the Hay family are buried in Poplar Grove.
Sanford Scrivner died in 1933 and Cynthia, his wife, in 1954. They lived many years in Norway Township then bought land in White Rock and lived there a few years. Both are buried in White Rock Cemetery.
PEDER HAMMER SR.
Peder and Ingeborg Hammer were married in Trondhjeim Norway in Europe. Peder came to Wisconsin and worked there until he was ready to prepare a home for his family. He came to Norway Township and filed on the SE4 of Sec. 9. His wife and four children, Anna, Lars and Peter P. (twins) and Albertine, joined him in their dugout home in 1871. Four children were born to them in America, Ole, Karen M., Alfred and Jonas, who was deceased while a youth.
Anna, married John Hugos. Their children were 7 daughters and 3 sons.
Lars, married Ellen Nystrom. 5 sons and 1 daughter.
Peter P., married Anna Tossland. 3 sons and 3 daughters.
Albertine, married Ejnar Eastvedt, 2 daughters.
Ole, married Mary Nystrom. 4 daughters and 1 son.
Karen M,. married Carl Ross, 1 son and 1 daughter.
Alfred, married Ether Ross, 1 son and 4 daughters.
Jonas deceased.
Anna's children: Olga married Fred Dutton. 2 sons and 1 daughter. Dorothy married Arnold Purtzer. Fred L., Jr. made the supreme sacrifice for his country in World War II. Richard married Alta Ritter, 4 daughters and 1 son. Susan, Karen, and Karla (twins) Marsha, and Patrick A.
Inga married Mike Cuthburtson. 2 sons and 3 daughters. Viva, (twins) Leon and Leona, Charles and Catherine Fay.
Josie married Earl Medlin, 1 daughter and 3 sons. Anita, Arnold, Lyle and Morris.
Karl married Frances Figgins. 1 son and 3 daughters. Neal Francis made the supreme sacrifice for his country during World War II while on Maneuvers over Gatum Lake in Panama. Alta married Tony Brown, Phyllis married John Meisner and Freda deceased.
Ida married Cleve Setterfield. 1 daughter and 1 son. Charles and Anna Christina. Clara, Ollie, Reba, Peter Lawrence, and Richard.
Lars's children: Carl married Esther Johnson. 2 sons and 2 daughters. Joyce, Iona, Billy and Hilton. Harold married Mabel Barleen, 5 sons and 1 daughter. Maurice, Loren, Gary, Gene, Donald and Virginia. Loren married Linda Reece, one daughter Lori. Maurice married Loretta Johnson.
Harvey (twin of Harold) married Florence Ames. 5 daughters. Nina, Betti, Phyllis, Linda, and Esther.
Lloyd, now deceased, married Alice Johnson, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Lee, Larry, Eloise and Irene.
Iver married Vivian Nelson. 1 daughter Sonja.
Esther married Bennie Lervold. 3 sons, Robert, Russell and LaVern, and 1 daughter Norma.
Karen M. 1 son Floyd deceased: 1 daughter Clarice.
Peter P. Children: 3 sons and 3 daughters, Phillip, Porter, Nellie, Berths, Norman and Alma deceased.
Ole's children: Inga married Allan Vannice, 2 sons and 3 daughters. Anna married Harry Ringer, 2 daughters. Esther married Clarence Stensaas, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Mabel married Rex Gardner, 3 daughters and 1 son.
Cora married Clarence Widen. 3 sons and 1 daughter.
Alfred's children: Clarence, Naomi, Evelyn, Elnora and Anita.
Albertine's children: 2 daughters, Laura and Iola.
Anna, married John Hugos. Their children were 7 daughters and 3 sons.
Lars, married Ellen Nystrom. 5 sons and 1 daughter.
Peter P., married Anna Tossland. 3 sons and 3 daughters.
Albertine, married Ejnar Eastvedt, 2 daughters.
Ole, married Mary Nystrom. 4 daughters and 1 son.
Karen M,. married Carl Ross, 1 son and 1 daughter.
Alfred, married Ether Ross, 1 son and 4 daughters.
Jonas deceased.
Anna's children: Olga married Fred Dutton. 2 sons and 1 daughter. Dorothy married Arnold Purtzer. Fred L., Jr. made the supreme sacrifice for his country in World War II. Richard married Alta Ritter, 4 daughters and 1 son. Susan, Karen, and Karla (twins) Marsha, and Patrick A.
Inga married Mike Cuthburtson. 2 sons and 3 daughters. Viva, (twins) Leon and Leona, Charles and Catherine Fay.
Josie married Earl Medlin, 1 daughter and 3 sons. Anita, Arnold, Lyle and Morris.
Karl married Frances Figgins. 1 son and 3 daughters. Neal Francis made the supreme sacrifice for his country during World War II while on Maneuvers over Gatum Lake in Panama. Alta married Tony Brown, Phyllis married John Meisner and Freda deceased.
Ida married Cleve Setterfield. 1 daughter and 1 son. Charles and Anna Christina. Clara, Ollie, Reba, Peter Lawrence, and Richard.
Lars's children: Carl married Esther Johnson. 2 sons and 2 daughters. Joyce, Iona, Billy and Hilton. Harold married Mabel Barleen, 5 sons and 1 daughter. Maurice, Loren, Gary, Gene, Donald and Virginia. Loren married Linda Reece, one daughter Lori. Maurice married Loretta Johnson.
Harvey (twin of Harold) married Florence Ames. 5 daughters. Nina, Betti, Phyllis, Linda, and Esther.
Lloyd, now deceased, married Alice Johnson, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Lee, Larry, Eloise and Irene.
Iver married Vivian Nelson. 1 daughter Sonja.
Esther married Bennie Lervold. 3 sons, Robert, Russell and LaVern, and 1 daughter Norma.
Karen M. 1 son Floyd deceased: 1 daughter Clarice.
Peter P. Children: 3 sons and 3 daughters, Phillip, Porter, Nellie, Berths, Norman and Alma deceased.
Ole's children: Inga married Allan Vannice, 2 sons and 3 daughters. Anna married Harry Ringer, 2 daughters. Esther married Clarence Stensaas, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Mabel married Rex Gardner, 3 daughters and 1 son.
Cora married Clarence Widen. 3 sons and 1 daughter.
Alfred's children: Clarence, Naomi, Evelyn, Elnora and Anita.
Albertine's children: 2 daughters, Laura and Iola.
PEDER P. HAMMER
Peder P. Hammer was born in Melhus near Trondhjaim, Norway, September 13, 1864. He came to America in 1873 together with his mother, one sister, and two brothers.
Their father met them at Junction City and brought the family to the homestead which is 1½ miles north of Norway where the family lived in a dugout house for sometime.
The family was one of the charter members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church which was organized in that year. Peder was married on December 28, 1893. They had a family of six, three boys and three girls.
He was Constable for many years. And tried to make the community a good clean place to live; and a staunch church worker all his life, holding offices of treasurer, secretary and dean for many years. In 1943, the Hammers celebrated their Golden Wedding. He passed away in 1947.
By Mrs. Peder Hammer
Their father met them at Junction City and brought the family to the homestead which is 1½ miles north of Norway where the family lived in a dugout house for sometime.
The family was one of the charter members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church which was organized in that year. Peder was married on December 28, 1893. They had a family of six, three boys and three girls.
He was Constable for many years. And tried to make the community a good clean place to live; and a staunch church worker all his life, holding offices of treasurer, secretary and dean for many years. In 1943, the Hammers celebrated their Golden Wedding. He passed away in 1947.
By Mrs. Peder Hammer
"THE STANTON FAMILY"
By Mrs. Sherman Spivey
(Nee Annie Stanton)
I am unable to tell what happened in the course of their earlier rovings, but will try to tell what little I can of their lives after they finally settled at or near Craig, Holt County, Missouri, before coming to Norway Township, Republic County, Kansas. At Craig the family consisted of my father, Erastus Stanton, my mother, Martha Stanton, Nee Armstrong, George 10, Laura 4, and I was born there January 29th, 1871. While living there, my father worked in the timber, making railroad ties. Some time in the following months, his aunt, Eliza Ross, her husband, Jacob Ross, and Chauncey Messinger, a son of a former marriage, came by in two covered wagons, and loaded our family and what little they had into their wagons and went on to Scandia, Kansas, where they all homesteaded farms.
My father homesteaded west of Norway with one eighty in Norway Township and one eighty in Beaver Township, W¼ SW¼ 18 4 4 & E½ SE¼ 13 4 5. Their home was in Norway Township. The others took adjoining homesteads one or two miles north of ours. With the help of earlier settlers they soon had dugouts and wells. The dugouts were holes in the ground, usually on a side hill. Some walled them up with rock, which was plentiful, laid in mud, and a door and a window in one end. Chauncey Messinger had brought carpenter and blacksmith tools and seemed able to layup rock as well as do carpenter and blacksmith work. He helped lots of them there and most of the lumber was sawed from cottonwood logs. Their furniture was made of cottonwood lumber; a frame for a bed with rope stretched across to hold up the straw tick; a trundle bed; a cupboard; a table and benches. The roof on the dugout was what they called a ridgepole in the center, with poles laid from it to the sides, and hay put on the poles to keep the dirt form falling through.
The people had many hardships, and corn bread and watermelon molasses was a good part of their food.
The most awful happening was the scarlet fever epidemic. Hardly a family did not lose one child at least, and some lost all of their children. Dr. Scott was going day and night, and he also lost one son. With their leaky dugouts and my other disadvantages, there was a poor chance to take care of the sick. The stock was tied out with ropes with picket pins on one end to drive into the ground. They had to be changed to a new place quite often, and had to be led to water.
My father was a miller by trade. He had owned a mill in Rochester, Illinois, so he soon had to work at the Scandia mill, where he worked until he had to quit on account of his health. He then bought a yoke of oxen and went to farming his own farm and broke out more ground. The oxen were slow and faithful power. My Aunt Eliza brought garden and flower seed and I know of her Corn Lilies growing near homes where I lived and moved with me.
The first school was in a dugout near the Scott home. I remember two of the teachers, Julie Harding and Mary Raymond. Later there was a dugout school on the farm south of ours, and finally the little frame Hungry Hollow schoolhouse was built on our place. We only had three months of school so the big boys could go. The Grange was organized and furnished pleasure and entertainment through its meetings, but I do not know much about its work. The most wonderful happenings were the railroads coming up the valley, the Norway bridge, the town of Kackley, new schoolhouses, churches, and all were welcomed and appreciated. Some of the earlier settlers were Rambo, Raymond, Belden, Chapman, Carney, Larson, Peterson, Ellison, Palmer, Meade, Houghton, Jensen, Paulson, Linn, Rogers, Stephenson, Kershner, Kackley, McGlaughin, King, Spivey, Scott, and Dunlap. Many Scandinavians were included in the early pioneers.
My father served on the schoolboard and was assessor of Norway Township for several years. I think he was fairly well educated. He went to some kind of school or college when he was a young man. He was always ready to help any one in trouble and never turned anyone away from his door. It was a welcome home and they both loved it, and both died on the old homestead.
Grandfather came to lie with them and was well cared for as long as he lived. He, my father & mother, and my brother, John, are buried in the Danish Lutheran Cemetery about three miles south of their old homestead.
My father, Erastus Stanton was born November 4, 1838 near Petersburg, Illinois (Manard County) and died February 26, 1912 on the homestead near Norway, Kansas.
My mother, Martha Armstrong Stanton, was born November 10, 1838 near Petersburg, Illinois (Manard County) and died May 16, 1906 near Norway, Kansas.
They were married September 25, 1860 and their children were: George McClellan born August 18, 1861 in Rochester, Illinois and died January 25, 1941, in or near Sundance, Wyoming. He was married to Mary Doser December 13, 1893. Nora May was born February 19, 1865 at Virginia City, Montana and died March 10, 1867 at Omaha, Nebraska. Amy Catherine was born April 12, 1863 at Rochester, Illinois and died March 16, 1864 at Rochester, Illinois. Laura Irene was born February 9, 1867 at Omaha, Nebraska and died near Scandia, Kansas February 27, 1934. She was married to Joseph Chapman March 10, 1886. Annie Lee was born January 29, 1871 near Craig, Holt County, Missouri. She was married to Sherman SpiveyBelleville, Kansas. He was married to Margie Carpenter May 11, 1922. Ellen Adelaide was born July 14, 1880 and died April 12, 1956. She was born near Norway, Kansas and died in California. She was married to Charles C. Madison in 1902.
Erastus Stanton was a graduate of Yale University.
Erastus Stanton was a graduate of Yale University.
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My father had three sisters and one brother. Aunt Irena settled on a homestead joining ours on the north. Her first husband was named Lewis. She married John Aby. He had a family from a former marriage. He had a boy about George's age. Aunt Irena had no children.
Uncle Frank Stanton and his wife and girls, Grace and Lillian, always lived in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Aunt Malvina Aby always lived in Galesburg, Illinois. She had four boys: Arthur, Frank, Charlie, and Clark. Her husband was Alex Aby, a brother of John.
Aunt Chloe Cravens, whose husband was a doctor, never came to Kansas except on short visits.
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Now, while the Old Year's sun is setting
Thou, New Year, Harken unto me.
Grant me that boon Men call forgetting,
'Tis all I ask of Thee.
Oh, Cursed be he who sits by the dead embers
Of fires whose usefulness and light are gone;
Sits brooding by cold ashes and remembers
While years roll on and on and on.
God pity Him who can but sit and ponder
On some past sweetness or remembered sin.
Sweep up, New Year, the pile of ashes yonder
And let all seem as though no fire had been.
"Written by Erastus Stanton"
In an old letter I found since I wrote the Stanton history, I find that my parents went to Virginia, Montana in 1865, in covered wagons, as there was a gold mine rush on and still had gold mines. They lived there two years and little Nora was born there. They then went down the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in boats. My father became so good at handling boats, the he worked on the ferry at Omaha until they moved to Holt County, Missouri. Nora died at Omaha and Laura was born there. In this letter he told about his graduation from Yale University.
Mrs. Sherman Spivey
Note from the blogger, I found one site about Watermelon Molasses. Click here to read.
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