Sumner County

Wellington Kansas Churches in 1895

Wellington Churches in 1895 Church Name Membership Buildings Value of Property First Presbyterian 280 1 $ 12,000 First Congregational 90 1 8,000 Church of Christ 300 1 6,000 First Baptist 240 1 5,000 St. Johns Evangelical Luthern 40 1 5,000 Immaculate Conception Catholic 150 1 2,000 Cumberland Presbyterian 35 1 3,000 First Methodist Episcopal 375 1 20,000 St. Pauls Episcopal 20 None 1,500 Salvation Army 75 None None First Colored Baptist 16 1 300 First African Methodist Episcopal 25 1 250

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1875 Kansas State Census – Wellington

1875 Kansas State Census – Wellington Township Page # Dwelling # Family# Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Value Personal property value Birthplace Previous Residence Wellington 1 1 1 Van Pelt Samuel 57 M W Farmer   90 NY IA Wellington 1 2 2 Keyes L. 53 M W Farmer 1000 275 NY IA Wellington 1 2 2 Keyes S. C. W. 46 F W Housekeeper     Mass IA Wellington 1 3 3 Caldwell D. N. 27 M W Lawyer 600 150 ILL ILL Wellington 1 3 3 Caldwell Maggie A. 22 F W Housekeeper  

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1875 Kansas State Census – Walton Township

1875 Kansas State Census – Walton Township Township Page # Dwelling # Family# Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Value Personal property value Birthplace Previous Residence Walton 1 1 1 Wagoner Henry 30 M W Farmer   200 NY ILL Walton 1 1 1 Wagoner Lily 24 F W Housekeeper     OR ILL Walton 1 1 1 Wagoner Willie S. 2 M W       ILL ILL Walton 1 1 1 Wagoner Florry R. 1 M W       KS   Walton 1 2 2 Wise John 26 M W Blacksmith     Austria

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1875 Kansas State Census – Val Verde Township

1875 Kansas State Census – Val Verde Township Township Page # Dwelling # Family# Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Value Personal property value Birthplace Previous Residence Val Verde 1 1 1 Yeager F. M. 27 M W Farmer 368 167 ILL ILL Val Verde 1 1 1 Yeager M. L. 19 F W       PA ILL Val Verde 1 1 1 Yeager E. V. 1 F W       ILL ILL Val Verde 1 1 1 Patterson S. 44 F W       PA ILL Val Verde 1 2 2 Yeager Joseph

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1895 Obituary of Mrs. Susan Nelson

CALDWELL WEEKLY ADVANCE Thursday April 18, 1895 Died: MRS. SUSAN (James M) NELSON, April 11, 1895, in this city, aged 66 yrs, 7 mos, and 19 days.Mrs. Susan (James M) Nelson was born August 22, 1828, near Lynchberry, Virginia., and moved with her parents to Kentucky when 8 years old. She united with the Baptist church at the age of 17. She was married to James M Nelson August 16, 1851, and united with the Methodist church, as her husband was a Methodist. She lived a consistent Christian life until the day of her death, and was ready when the

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The Formation of Sumner County, Kansas

Sumner County was formed in 1867:  “Another act provided for the division into counties of all the unorganized part of the state east of range line 26 west; the counties to be organized when they should have the requisite population. The counties created by this act were: Montgomery, Howard, Cowley, McPherson,Sedgwick, Sumner, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Rice, Reno, Harper, Smith, Osborne, Russell, Barton, Stafford, Pratt, Barbour, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Rush, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Norton, Graham, Trego, Ness, Hageman, Ford, and Clark. By the same act Seward disappeared, and the boundaries of Greenwood, Butler and Marion were changed. Butler took its

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1875 Kansas State Census – Sumner Township

1875 Kansas State Census – Sumner Township Township Page # Dwelling # Family# Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Value Personal property value Birthplace Previous Residence Sumner 1 1 1 Gifford Charles 42 M   Farmer 1200 284 OH OH Sumner 1 1 1 Gifford Jennie 32 F   Housekeeper     OH OH Sumner 1 1 1 Gifford C. E. 6 M         KS   Sumner 1 1 1 Gifford J. B. 3 M         KS   Sumner 1 1 1 Hisington John 13 M         OH

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Sumner County Cities and Towns

Below are a list of the localities that we have encountered in our searches of Sumner County Kansas genealogy and history. If you know of others, please comment about them below. Cities and Towns Adamsville Alton (*) Anson Argonia Argyle (*) Ashton Ashton Belle Plaine Bitter Creek (*) Bushnell (*) Caldwell Chikaskia (*) Cicero Cleardale (*) Conway Springs Corbin Dalton Doster Drury Ewell Geuda Springs Guelph (*) Hessville (*) Hunnewell Hurst Crossing (*) Levy (*) Littleton (*) Londen Mayfield Metcalf Milan Millerton Milton Missouri Flat (*) Mulvane Orie (*) Oxford Paton Peck Perth Portland Rex Riverdale Roland Rolling Green (*)

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Sumner County Kansas Museums

Sumner County Historical and Genealogical SocietyPO Box 402Wellington, KS 67152 Research Center Address: Memorial Auditorium, 208 N. Washington, Wellington, KS ARGONIA AND WESTERN SUMNER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 221 West GarfieldArgonia, Kansas 67004 Library/archives/museum collections: Salter Museum: 1884 home of America’s first woman mayor, Susanna Medora Salter, miscellaneous Salter family artifacts, and community culture. CHISHOLM TRAIL MUSEUM502 North Washington AvenueWellington, Kansas 67152 Library/archives/museum collections: Columbian mammoth skull (in Sumner County Courthouse), domestic life of pioneer Sumner County, family history, cattle trails, prehistoric artifacts, and period rooms. Library/archives/museum collections: Park House Museum, Main Street: local history and original Milan artifacts. MULVANE ART

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Books Relating to Sumner County, Kansas

Mayfield Then and Now by Elaine Clark and Sherry Kline. 540 pages of Mayfield and family history, stories, memories, and 752 one-of-a-kind photographs. For more information and ordering: The Sumner County Story by Gwendoline and Paul Sanders. North Newton: Mennonite Press, 1966. A historical account of the various communities, features, and some people in Sumner Co. It is a “comfortable” book to read–not too heady as some histories can be–but contains little in the way of strictly genealogical data. It does, however, give the reader a feel of life in the various communities and county in general. Click here for

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