Sumner County

Kansas 1895 Census – Oxford, Sumner County Part 2

OXFORD (PART 2) Dwelling/Household # Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birth State Prev State Occupation Add’l Comments 001/001 Votaw Charles 75 m w OH IN Farmer     Votaw S.A. 73 f w IN IN       Votaw W.L. 8 m w KS KS Attends School     Martin A. 34 f w IN IN School Teacher   002/002 Massy W.M. 32 m w IL IL School Teacher     Massy M.A. 31 f w IL IL       Massy C.S. 9 m w IL IL Attends School     Massy G.C. 8 m w IL IL […]

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Kansas 1895 Census – Oxford, Sumner County Part 1

OXFORD (PART 1) Dwelling/Household # Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birth State Prev State Occupation Add’l Comments 001/001 Copeland Amos 54 m w IL IL Carpenter     Copeland Mary E. 46 f w IL IL       Copeland Lora A. 26 m w IL IL Farmer     Copeland Thomas M. 23 m w IL IL Farmer     Copeland Bertie R. 12 m w IL IL Attends School     Copeland Pear A. (Pearl?) 5 f w KS KS       Parker Geo. S. 41 m w IN IN Stone Mason & Plast.   002/002

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1875 Kansas Census – Oxford, Sumner County

Township Page # Dwelling # Family# Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Occupation Real Estate Value Personal property value Birthplace Previous Residence Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton A. (G.) 41 M W Farmer 1000 500 Canada ILL Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton A. 32 F W       ILL ILL Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton Frank 12 M W       ILL ILL Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton John L. 10 M W       ILL ILL Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton Grace 9 F W       ILL ILL Oxford 1 1 1 Tilton Charles

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Obituary of Velma Lewis Ames Neal

Velma Neal Dies, Services Wednesday Services for Mrs. William (Velma Ruby Ames) Neal, 76, of 103 South Osage, Caldwell, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in the First United Methodist Church, Caldwell. Mrs. Neal died at 3 a.m. Monday, April 5, in the District Hospital following an extended illness. Schaeffer – Reager Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Neal was born Jan. 11, 1906, in Kansas City, the daughter of Donald Lewis and Harriet Nancy Lewis. Her first husband Max D. Ames preceded her in death. Mrs. Neal was a member of the First United Methodist

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Van Arthur McCants Obituary, 1924

Caldwell News, Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS – Oct 30, 1924 FATAL FALL While herding cattle on wheat pasture Sunday morning, Van McCants was thrown from his horse, and lighting on his head, sustained injuries which rendered him unconscious, The accident happened about nine-thirty and except for a short interval of consciousness, he died at the St. Lukes Hospital, Wellington, KS Monday afternoon at about three o’clock without gaining consciousness. The accident is indeed a sad one cutting off a life in the full bloom of young manhood and leaving a sorrow stricken young widow with only the promises of a

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Sarah Ames Obituary, 1942

Caldwell Messenger, Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS Monday, April 18, 1942 Mrs. Elmer Ames Dies Suddenly Succumbs To Stroke Saturday Afternoon In Tyler Drug Store Misfortune struck the Elmer Ames family last Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Ames, 59 years of age, was stricken in death in the Tyler Drug Store in Caldwell. Mrs. Ames, who resided five miles southwest of town, had just entered the store presumably to make a purchase, apparently feeling faint, she asked for a chair which Mrs. Tyler promptly provided for her. She died almost immediately. She had come to town with her husband earlier

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Roy Enderud Obituary, 1972

Caldwell Messenger, Caldwell, Kansas – Thursday, August 10, 1972 Enderud Rites Are Conducted Wednesday Services for Roy M. Enderud, 75, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m., in Schaeffer’s Chapel. Mr. Enderud died Monday morning in District Hospital where he had been a patient since February 18. Rev. Dean Rose, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiated at the services. Organist was Miss LaRae Foster. Vocalist was Gordon Garver. Interment was in the Caldwell Cemetery. Bearers were P.J. Oster, Wayne Volk, John Pearson, Lawrence Salmon, Dennis Barker and Walt Winegarner. Mr. Enderud was born March 20, 1897, in Nebraska, the

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Mary McCants Obituary, 1939

Caldwell Daily Messenger, Caldwell, Sumner Co., KS – Aug 8, 1939 MARY McCANTS DIES LAST EVENING Mrs. Mary McCants, resident of the Caldwell community since a year after the opening of the Cherokee strip, died at the home of her son Jess McCants, two and one half miles west of Caldwell last evening at 7:55 p.m. Mrs. McCants had been ill for the past 13 months. She was 78 years old at the time of her death. A native of Virginia, Mrs. McCants had lived in Missouri before coming to the Caldwell community. Her husband died here 24 years ago,

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Jennie Rains Obituary, 1988

Caldwell Messenger, Caldwell, Kansas – Wednesday, Aug 24, 1988  Jennie Rains 1892-1988 Jennie Rains, 96, a homemaker, died Sunday, August 14, 1988, at the Leisure Center. Her funeral was held Wednesday, August 17, 1988, at 10:30 a.m. in the Assembly of God Church, Caldwell. Reverand Charles Boshell and Mrs. Rains grandson, Reverend Leon Slape officiated. Mrs. Rains son, Reverend Winfred Rains gave the eulogy. Burial was in the Caldwell City Cemetery under the direction of Schaeffer Mortuary, Caldwell. Mrs. Rains was born May 12, 1892, at Severy, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Ellen Templeton. She married Leslie C. Rains,

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