USA > Kansas > Wabaunsee County > Early history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, with stories of pioneer days and glimpses of our western border.. > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36
E
Gc 978.101 Wilt 1202880
M.L.
GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00828 6863
EARLY HISTORY
WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KANSAS,
-
WITH
STORIES OF PIONEER DAYS
-AND-
GLIMPSES OF OUR WESTERN BORDER.
Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches, Historical Reminiscences, Views of Towns, Street Scenes, Public Buildings and Private Residences, Our Churches and School Houses, Election Returns and Notes, Newspaper History, G. A. R. Notes, a Short Criminal Record, &c.
BY MATT THOMSON.
ALMA, KANSAS.
1901.
LANC
A-Sod house where first teacher boarded-Wabaunsee. B-First church-Wabaunsee. 24-Last log school house-replaced by stone building in 1884.
1
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, Copyrighted
190
-BY-
MATT THOMSON All rights reserved.
Preface. 1202880
In an extra edition of the Alma Signal in 1892 we said: "The next enterprise we have in contemplation is an Illustrated History of Wa- baunsee County. Many of the actors have passed from the scene, but the material of facts that they left behind are still obtainable and if gathered together would form the ground work of many interesting chapters that would be perused with pleasure as well as profit by those to whom many of these facts will prove a revelation. That they should be preserved while there'is yet time, but one opinion prevails," Though other duties claimed our attention, we have never yet aban- doned the idea of writing the history. Though somewhat deferred, our long cherished plans haveassumed tangible form. Possibly some criticism relative to the subject matter or the manner of presentation will be indulged in by those prone to forget the precepts of the golden rule. Let this standard be applied to our work and we will be content.
We have endeavored to acquiant the people of today with the happenings of yesterday; of the events that transpired before the advent of railroads and the era of school houses, together with the march of progress that has caused the wilderness to blossom as the rose. Our mission is to tell of the time when there was much con- cern for the necessaries of life, but little care or thought of the luxuries of the present. We have tried to be fair and just to all. It has been our endeavor to write a book the people will read. We can only hope that our effort may be deemed worthy of a careful perusal and an impartial verdict. This assured, we shall feel that our labor has not been in vain.
ALMA, KANSAS, June 14, 1902.
1
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Historical.
In touching upon the early history of Wabaunsee county, we promise nothing startling. We do not propose to recount the exploits of Coronado and claim Wabaunsee county as the theatre of some of his most daring adventures and hair-breadth escapes while in search of the famed seven cities of Cibola; neither are we so chimerical as to claim Buffalo Mound as the work of prehistoric man, nor will we advance the theory that the original Garden of Eden was located in the Mill creek valley. However willing we may be to concede that were beauty of landscape and fertility of soil matters of paramount consideration in the choice of a site for the abode of our first parents, there might be good and ample reasons why no adverse criticism should be placed on the judgment of those upon whom the responsibility might rest of making a choice of location. Had the site of the garden been defined by metes and bounds, including in their limits that small part of God's footstool Wabaunsee county people delight in calling their own, we could do no less than admire their judgment and applaud their act.
When as a matter of fact geologists claim that the earth-of which Wabaunsee county is a part-has been in existence about six hundred millions of years, it would be an idle waste of words to claim for Coro- nado, or John Smith, or Captain Pike, the right of discovery. Suffice it to say that less than half a hundred years ago all this western coun- try, of which our county is but a fractional part, was known-on the map-as the "Great American Desert." It is well that we say "it was known on the map"-it assuredly was not known elsewhere, at least by civilized man.
Years ago, with characteristic generosity, Uncle Sam had set apart for the Pottawatomie and Kaw tribes of Indians certain tracts of lands known as Indian Reservations, hoping that the noble red man would prosper and grow rich in a country thought to be unfit for the abode of his white brother.
Here the dusky warrior wooed and won the maiden of his choice. Here the deer, the antelope, and the buffalo paid tribute to the Indian
.
EARLY HISTORY OF WABA UNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
huntsman's arrow and these valleys and slopes and woodlands but a few years ago were made the more picturesque by the herds of Indian ponies, and the scores of Indian villages, where the prattle of the papoose, the cry maiden's song, and the sound of the tom-tom, gave evidence of aboriginal life and happiness and contentment.
But the day dreams were but of short duration being rudely disturbed by the inroads of the pioneer who had discovered the fact that the Great American Desert had an existence only on the maps.
But the reservation laws must be respected. The Kaws on the south and the Pottawatomie tribe in the North part of the county left the least desirable lands open for settlement. But the most valuable of these lands were soon taken.
PUTTOWOTTOMIE COUNTY.
CALHOUN
Wua
ro
Fore
DAVIS
R.
CU
SHA
RICHARDSGH
KAW IND. RIS.
WISK
WELLER
CO. 7
BRECKENRIDGE
co.
Sant
CO.
MAP OF RICHARDSON COUNTY, KAS. (NOW WABAUNSEE) PUBLISHED IN 1855. BEFORE THE SURVEY. -
A cursory examination of the above map will reveal the compara- tively small amount of desirable lands situated in Richardson (now Wabaunsee) county suitable for farming purposes in 1854. In 1861 the Kaws were allotted lands on the diminished reserve, on the Neosho and lower Rock creek, but not until 1870 was that part of the Pottawato- mie reservation lying in Wabaunsee county thrown open to settle- ment. The opening of this reserve marked a new era in the history of our county, the settlement of which had been retarded by reason of the best lands being reserved for the Indians.
5
r;
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSER COUNTY, KAN.
Items from the County Records.
At the April (1859), session of the board of County Commissioners, on motion of G. Zwanziger the municipal townships were declared to include territory as follows:
Wabaunsee township to include all that part of Town 10, Range 9. and Town 10, Range 10, lying South of Kansas river, East of Town 11. Range 9 and Town 11, Range 10, and East of the Davis county line.
The Township of Alma to include Town 12, Range 9, and Town 12. Range 10, Town 12, Range 11, Town 13, Range 9, Town 13, Range 10, and Town 13, Range 11, or so much thereof as lies South of the Potta- watomie reservation and East of said County of Davis.
The town of Mission creek to include Town 13, Range 12, and so much of Town 12, Range 12. Town 12, Range 13 and Town 13, Range 13. as lies South of the Pottawatomie reservation, and West of the County of Shawnee. 'Wilmington township to include Town 14 of Ranges 9. 10, 11, 12, 13. and Town 15 of Ranges 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, or so much thereof as lies North of Breckenridge county West of Shawnee and East of Davis. Motion carried.
S. F. Ross declining to serve as auditor a special meeting of the county board was called for May 10, '59. and Dr. S. E. Beach appointed to the office. The meeting then adjourned to Ang. 15. At this meet- ing Wm. Mitchell was appointed Chairman of the board but he being absent E. G. Ross was appointed Chairman pro tem and Jehu Hodgson, appointed clerk pro tem. At this (August) meeting the Deputy County Clerk, E. C. D. Lines, was authorized to procure a suitable room and arrange for accomodations for the first session of the District court to be held at Wabaunsee on the Fourth Monday of September, 1859.
At this meeting the first bill for furniture for the county officers was presented and paid to A. C. Cutler. Amount, $18.50.
On October 18, 1859, a tax of $965 was levied as follows:
Wabaunsec Township. $351.53.
Wilmington 269.50.
Mission Creek . . 188.60.
Alma
156.12.
7
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors (commissioners) on the 10th day of Feb .. 1860, Petit Jurors were drawn from the following list of residents :
*Henry Smith, Peter Sharai, John Willig, J. M. Bisbey, Wm. Ken- naman, Thos. D. Rose, I. C. Isbell, C. Noyes, J. E. Platt. J. F. Willard, R. W. Griswold. Enoch Platt, A. C. Brown, Robert Hubbard. Anton Schewe, Joseph Schutter, Henry Schmitz, Chas. Pafkowitz, William Lange. John Copp, John Hess, Edmond Hoffman, Charles Hanson, William Krieg. John Bour, Joseph Treu, John Sehrouder, Geo. Rich, Franz Schmidt. Wm. H. Curtiss, S. J. Spear. John Sailor, Simon Dow, John W. Ward. James E. Johnson, Samuel B. Harvey, Allen Hodgson, Geo. M. Harvey, Perry Lamphere, Henry Shepard, Nathan Hunt, Wm. Hovenden, N. S. Spear, Daniel Spear, J. Rich, J. W. Mossman, M. Woodford, S. P. Wemple, Wm. II. Hewins, Wm. Ewing, W. A. Wing, G. F. Hartwell, S. Higbee.
Grand Jurors were drawn from the following list :
Michael Fix. Herman Dierker, Andreas Thowe, Christian Wertz- berger, John Mahan. Gottlieb Zwanziger, Ernst Hoheneck, Frederick Palenske, John P. Gleich, Christian Hankammer, John Spiecker, Peter Thoes, F. H. Hebrank, Sebastian Nehring, Edward Krapp, F. Doty, Geo. G. Johnson, A. Bliss, Andrew Walters, H. J. Loomis, R. P. Miller, E. M. Guile, A. A. Shephard, J. Schaad, Wm. Curtiss, G. W. Bonny, James McCoy, J. W. Gleasener, E. H. Haskins, Isaiah Harris, Samuel Cripps, O. T. Cook, E. B. Murrell, Jeptlia Beebe, Henry Easter, J. B. Ingersoll, E. P. Ingersoll, Joseph Johnson, E. M. Jillison, Chas. A. Hotchkiss, H. F. Brown, S. R. Whitaker, S. R. Weed, B. C. Benedict, L. A. Parker, C. Sawin, J. Il. Gould, C. J. Dutton, J. J. Walter, Josiah Gewn, S. M Thomas, Austin Kelsey, Robert Banks, Smith W. Kelsey, John Smith.
First petition for "tavern license" presented by Perry Lamphere at the February meeting Petition rejected.
April, 1860, the county board was composed as follows :
W'm. Mitchell, Isaiah Harris, G. Zwanziger and H. J. Loomis.
First petition for county road presented by E. Hoheneck, May 14, 1860: road from Wabaunsee to Wilmington. I. Harris, J. M. Hubbard and August Brasche appointed viewers to locate said road. This road was declared illegally laid and the expenses ordered paid by the county. At this session John Schwanke presented a petition for a road in Alma
*The above lists of 108 names are given in full that the early settlers may be known by the records. As but 145 votes were cast at an election held Dec. 6, 1859, and but 183 votes cast at an election held March 6. 1860. it appears that about three-fifths of the actual resi- dent voters of the county are included in the above lists.
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
township. E. Hoheneck. F. Hebrank and Herman Dierker were appointed viewers.
In July, 1860, levies (by townships) were made as follows:
Alma: For Township expenses. . $100.00
For schools .. 100.00
Wilmington: For Township expenses. . 125.00
For schools. 100.00
Wabaunsee: For Township expenses. . 75.00
For schools For bridge (first).
200.00
30.00
Mission Cr .:
For Township expenses. . 100.00
For schools. 50.00
Zeandale: For Township expenses. . 74.00
For schools. 100.00
At the July session S. F. Ross. T. D. Rose and John P. Gleich were -appointed viewers on a road from Wabaunsee to the west line of the county. G. Zwanziger, surveyor.
In October, 1860, it was considered inexpedient to allow a salary to the Probate Judge, but at the Jannary session, 1861, the matter was reconsidered and the Probate Judge's salary fixed at $40 per annum.
JUROR LISTS FOR 1864 (APRIL).
Grand Jury list :
Abner Allen, T. S. St. John, E. St John, O. Meacham, James W. Blain, T. V. Smith, Enoch Platt, John Willig, J. M. Bisbey, Peter Sharai, Joshua Smith, James Enlow, C. Noyes, C. A. Lapham, E. Kirk- man, A. L. Norton, August Weber, Herman Meseke, Rudolph Arndt, Peter Daum, Frederick Palenske, Joseph Schutter, Herman Miller, Wm. Drebing, John Hess, C. Pafkowitz, John Copp, Anton Kraus, J. L. Thomson, Samuel Woods, Samuel Cripps, John Garinger, Peter A. Green and JJ. M. Gilless.
Petit Jury list :
C. P. McDonald, Thomas Keenan, A. J. Vincent, R. Moses, A. J. Pinkerton, Robert Earl, Wm. Marshall, Harry Marshall, E. R. Mc- Curdy, Charles Taylor, Samuel Pratt, C. Foster. J. J. Walter, A. C. Tucker, Henry Smith, J. H. Gould, G. S. Beckwith, Smith W. Kelsey. Adolph Fetting, D. Lughbibl, Michael Fix, A. Brasche, H. Dierker. J. P. Gleich, C. Hankammer, Anton Schewe, Peter Thoes, F. H. He- brank. August Gerloch, Henry Schmitz, Joseph Treu, Wm. Horne, Christian Kuenzli, P. F. Johnson, Isaiah Harris, Jehu Hodgson, G. M. Harvey, R. J. Marrs, Joseph Johnston, Morris Walton, E. R. Twitchell, C. D. Carpenter, Allen Hodgson, D. N. Jones, Uriah Sanner, Wm. O. Ewing, D. M. Johnston, Wm. HI. Hewings, John Eberly, John HI. Doty, Thomas Tomson and I. K. Perry.
In the above lists are 86 names. Highest vote cast at last election for county officers- Nov .. '83-was 138.
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
IŞLE CO
KANSAS
.
1882.
WALLCO ISE
SO MARYS
5
3
+33
KRA
₸ 10
S
Explanation.
N
1-63, School Houses
58
A 1, Churches
Y
K , Courl. House
MAP- LE 140
R
32
O, Grimmis Kas.
+15
60
31
R VI !!
43
A
L
M
A
HILAL
ALMANGE
E
55/4
N
MISSION
355
MILL
4 Munon CI.
4
Rot tonos
50
1
CREEK
CR
EK
29
17 ESKIIDGE
:0
MAP
2
12+
. . OF
RO
CK
CR
EE Ki
WABAUNSEE
C'nack Moundk
W
COUNTY
1
Wilmington
53
KANSAS?
R. KHI
38
Z
FARMER
Soubory
T 11
L M, Milli
Fairfieldia
Witaun LPP
54+
9
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Commissioner Districts formed July, 1860, about as now consti- tuted except the Pottawatomie Reserve.
At the January session, 1861, forty dollars was appropriated to procure three seals for the county; one for the county commissioners, one for the probate Judge and one for the register of deeds. J. M. Hubbard was appointed a committee to procure the seals.
Among other bills ordered paid was one of $3.00 to A. C. Cutler for a book-case for the county treasurer.
At this (January) session the following is the report of receipts and expenditures for 1860:
Paid County Commissioners
66 Clerk
36 00
Dept. 66
92 20
66 Sheriff.
200 85
66 County Assessor
137 50
66 Probate Judge.
40 00
County Attorney
36 00
Treasurer.
57 53
66 Supt. Schools. 12 25
66 Transcript of Record from Davis Co .. 28 50
Fees in Butman case, Justices court, 101 95
66
District 104 21
"· Election expenses
60 60
6 Roads, Hiram Keyes 100 00
66
66 Wm. Wiley 75 00
66 66 W. McCormick. 26 00
Books, stationery and stamps.
Township Plats for Assessor
20 00
66 Printing
$6 Furniture and Stove
10 00
On tax list of Wabaunsee Twp.
50 29
66 Mission Cr. 213 08
Wilmington 29 93
Outstanding orders. 20 90
Total Liabilities, Jan. 1, '61, $1875 20
Total Expenses for 1860, $1545 17
Assets For Tax receipts, $309 13 Tax levied. 2311 99
Total assets, $2621 12
Liabilities, $1875 20
Bal. on hand, $745 92
20 00
$6 Office Rent
14 00
63 15
$130 25
10
EARLY HISTORY OF WABA UNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Feb. 28th. Bond of Wm. F. Cotton and C. B. Lines, as Justices of the Peace for Wabaunsee township presented and approved.
E. C. D. Lines was allowed $3.00 for chairs for office.
The following bonds were presented for approval, April, 1861:
Of Trustees: G. M. Harvey, Wilmington: H. J. Loomis, Mission Creek: John Spiecker, Alma: G. G Hall, Wabaunsee township.
Of Justices: Allen Hodgson, Wilmington: HI. D. Shepard, Wil- mington: Wm. H. Hewins, Mission Creek: F. H. Hebrank, Alma.
Constables: Daniel Spear and Richard M Kendall, Wilmington: S. W. Highee and Ed. M. Hewins, Mission Creek: Edward Krapp and Bernard Hansjacob, Alma township: John H. Pinkerton. Zeandale.
At the April session, 1862, the tax of 1859 of the Wilmington town company was abated on account of the illegality of the assessment.
At the July session, 1862, the following road petitions were pre- sented:
By John Spiecker, for road from termination of Wabaunsee road to Alma and thence to Wilmington. Viewers: S. F. Ross, Anton Schewe and G. G. Hall. G. Zwanziger, surveyor.
By G. Zwanziger for road from Alma Mills to Herman Dierker's ((. Wertzberger's) and up the creek to Chas. Lehmberg's. Viewers: John P. Gleich, Joseph Thoes and John Copp.
By Joseph Thoes for a road from Fred Palenske's to Joseph Thoes' and Christoph Schronder's. Viewers: Michael Fix, August Brasche and Edward Krapp.
At the October session, 1862, bill of Jehu Hodgson, sheriff, in case of State vs Ballard, of $9.05 allowed in the sum of $8.55-two days horse hire (a $1.00 per day cut to 75 cents per day.
At the January session, 1863, H. D. Shepard was appointed com- missioner in place of James B. Ingersoll, resigned.
In March, 1863, the commissioners "voted to request the treasurer to give the printing of the delinquent tax list to the party that will give the most incidental printing for the job."
At an election held March 23, 1863, township officers were elected as follows:
Wabaunsee township: Trustec: A. C. Cutler. Justices: Wm. F. Cotton and A. W. Gregory. Constables: W. S. Griswold and Smith Kelsey. Road Overseers: Charles Taylor, S. A. Baldwin and J. M. Bishey.
In Dist. 4. A. C Tucker and Volney Love received one vote each. The board selected A. C. Tucker by lot.
In Zeandale township, Abner Allen was elected trustee and Joseph Halnes and A. P. St. John, justices. T. S. St. John and Wm. F. Smith were elected constables.
Alma township: August Brasche was elected trustee, and Edward
11
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Lower and Adolph Hankammer, justices. John Schwanke and L. Muehlenbacher, constables, and August Gerloch and Michael Fix, road overseers.
Mission Creek: H. J. Loomis. trustee, and J. W. Mossman and Silas Brittain, justices: Thomas Tomson and Geo. W. Dailey, con- stables, and J. W. Mossman and Thomas Barker, road overseers. Orson Frizzle and John H. Doty received 5 votes each. The board selected Frizzle by lot.
Wilmington township: George M. Harvey. trustee. and FI. D. Shepard and Joseph McCoy, justices: E. H. Haskins and Wm. Eldred, constables, and Samuel Cripps, Samuel Woods and D. A. Woodard, road overseers.
At the July session. 1863, A. C. Tucker petitioned for a road from the foot of Mount Tabor (now Riley Co.) to the northeast corner of Tucker's claim, thence to intersect the Wabaunsee and Wilmington road near the northwest corner of Lewis Gregory's claim. J. M. Bis- bey, J. E. Platt and Herman Dierker were appointed viewers. G. Zwanziger surveyed the road August 3rd.
At this session, C. Kuenzli petitioned for a road from Mission creek to the west line of the county. C. Hankammer, Silas Brittain and George M. Harvey, with G. Zwanziger, laid out the road Aug. 10th.
At the October session (1863), A. Pentield, J. A. Hankammer and S. A. Baldwin were appointed viewers on a road beginning at a point on the Wabaunsee and Wilmington road between the farms of Ed. Krapp and John Schrouder, thence south to school house No. 14 (Halifax), thence to Elm creek to school house No. 13 (McCoy's). John Hess was principal petitioner.
Another road ordered laid out at this session was one from W. K. Beach's to the west line of the county. Geo. M. Harvey, Christian Hankammer and J. T. Genn were appointed viewers to meet October 27, 1863.
Maple Hill precinct organized April, 1864, and R. H. Waterman's designated as the voting place,
On October 3, 1865, the petition of H. J. Loomis and nine others to vote $100,000 to aid the Santa Fe Railroad was rejected. Joseph Treu voting for the proposition and H. D. Shepard and E. R. McCurdy voting against it.
At the January session, 1866, a petition signed by Rudolph Arndt and 132 others was presented praying for the permanent location of the county seat. Election ordered for Feb. 20. The vote stood:
For Alma, 110; Wabaunsee, 87; Peter Thoes' place, 27; Dragoon, 1: Wilmington, 1; Zeandale, 1; Maple Hill, 1. Total vote, 222. Necessary to a choice, 112. No place receiving a majority vote another election was ordered for March 6th. (See page 74.)
12
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
At the July session, 1866, on petitlon presented by J. M. Bisbey all neat cattle were required to be corralled at night.
April 4, 1570, Wilmington township was divided into three voting precincts, as follows: Dragoon, Elm creek and Rock creek.
Newbury township organized April 12, 1870, and two voting pre- cinets established, to be known as East precinct and West precinct; elections to be held at Maple Hill and Newbury.
At the first election in this township (Newbury), held May 3, 1870, eleven votes were cast in the East precinct (Maple Hill) and twenty- three in West precinct (Newbury). John Winkler was elected trustee: . Allen M. Phillips, treasurer; J. G. How, clerk, and John Mock, justice of the peace.
In the list of taxpayers for the year 1870 the following names appear:
Quash Qua: Mara-anna-una-gah-Rose; Much-quet; Sa-sa-quo-quah: Wamp-te-go-ahe-qua; Sa-qua; Pe-nosh; Naw-go-shuh; Osa-o-muck; Aahgh-mick-Bourassa; Wah-wid-no-qua; Joseph Smak-quish; Sah-qua; Po-te-go-qua; Pash-Kum-go-qua, and about twenty other names of Pottawatomie Indians who have since disposed of their real estate and removed from the county.
At the April session, 1871, George C. Corning was granted permis- sion to establish a ferry across Kaw river at the big bend above the mouth of Mill creek.
At an election held Aug. 29, 1371, to vote bonds in the sum of $160,000 to the Lawrence, Topeka & Solomon City Railroad 438 votes were cast for the bonds and 374 votes against.
Wilmington precinct established Oct., 1871.
FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE IN DIST. NO. 14 (HALIFAX). See page 58.
13
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Some Early Marriages.
April 16. 1857, John P. Gleich and Mrs Catharine Terrass.
May 30, 1857, E. C. D. Lines and Grace A. Thomas.
Dec. 23, 1857, Silas M. Thomas and Cornelia Lines.
May 16. 1858, Hiram Keyes and Lucinda C. Hovey.
July 15, 1859, R. II. Waterman and Isabella Bourassa ( Pottawatomie Reserve). Rev. Harvey Jones officiated at each of the above weddings.
July 3, 1858, J. T. Genn and Malinda Cotton, by Rev. Lewis Bod- well (at Topeka).
April 20, 1859, Joseph True and Catharine Klein, Edward L. Lower, officiating.
Jan 26, 1860, Edward B. Murrell and Mary Jane Harris, Allen Hodgson, J. P -at Jehu Hodgson's.
April 7, 1860, Daniel Benson and Abigail Hodgson, A. Hodgson, J. P.
Feb. 25, 1860, Thomas N: Hamilton and Zilphia Dow, by Rev. E. P. Ingersoll.
May 5, 1860, Chas. W. Peck, of Wabaunsee and Margaret McKin- ney, of the Pottawatomie Nation, by C. B Lines, J. P.
Sept 26, 1860, Joseph Schutter and Theresa Metzger, John Schultz, Cath. Priest, officiating.
Jan. 1, 1861, II. M. Selden and Christina Terrass, Rev. W. A. Mc- Collom officiating.
March 1. 1861, Julias F. Willard and Mary Elizabeth Terrass, by Rev. W. A. McCollom.
June 2. 1861, Henry F. Drake and Ellen Keese.' by S. F. Ross, J. P. June 16. 1361, Abraham Collins and Francis P. Weld, F. H. IIe- brank, J. P.
May 1, 1861. Adolph Fetting and Mrs. Villa Mena Lehmberg. E. L. Lower, J. P. officiating.
May 5, 1861, John Henry Hanson Meseke and Mrs. Caroline Wol- gast, E. L. Lower, J. P.
June 9, 1861, Joseph Thoes and Augusta Dieball, E. L. Lower, J. P.
Feb 2, 1862, John Schwanke and Wilhelmina Hankammer, by Win. Lange, Lutheran pastor.
Feb. 21, 1862, John Doty and Nancy Miller. Allen Hodgson, J. P.
January 19, 1862, Peter Thoes and Ernestine Dieball, F. II. He- brank, J. P.
14
EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN.
Mar. 7. 1862. George W. Daily and Eliza Jane Doty, S. F. Ross, J. P.
April 2, 1562. Chas. E. Bisbey and Fanny M. Read, Rev. W. A. McCollom.
Nov. 13. 1862, Josiah Richards and Rachel Harriett Dunmire, Il. D. Shepard. J. P.
Dec. 2. 1862. Henry Schroeder and Anna Schwanke, F. H. He- brank. J. P.
April 26, 1863, Wilhelm Frederick August Weber and Johanna Karoline Emelie Lehmberg, Win. Lange, Pastor Lutheran church.
May 31, 1863, Peter Metzger and Louisa Krieg, by L. Dumertice (at St Mary's).
March 16, 1863, Geo. S. Burt and Louisa B. Lines, Rev. Lewis Bod- well officiating.
April 2, 1864, Wm. Lesley and Mrs. Catharine Greemore, Rev. Chas. Guild.
Nov. 30, 1864, Ilartwig Heidel and Mrs. Apollonia Wertzberger, E. L. Lower, J. P.
Jan. 19, 1865, Capt. James Smith, 7th Reg. Kans. Vols and Hattie E. Kelsey, by Rev. Chas. Guild.
April 2, 1865, George F. Hartwell and Ester Sharrai, Silas Brit- tain. J. P.
October 12. 1865. John Smith and Mary A. Dibble, Rev. Chas. Guild.
Dec. 19. 1865, Rev. Chas. L. Berner and Mrs. Christine Selden, M. Meyer, Evangelical Lutheran minister, officiating.
Jan. 12, 1866, Heinrich Kraus and Emilie Weber, by C. Berner, Evan. Luth. minister.
Jan. 7, 1866, Daniel Tren and Mrs. Johanna Lugibihl, by Rev. C. Berner.
April 11, 1866, Lyherdes Worcester and Jennette A. Rose, by Rev. Chas. Guild.
June 14, 1856, Dr. August Brasche and Wilhelmine Henrietta Anna Schultz, by Ph. F. Johnson, J. P.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.