Statistical Summary, City of Wellington KS as taken from the 1895 Kansas state census Occupied Residences 853 Families 853 White Males 1753 White Females 1798 Colored Males 58 Colored Females 46 Chines Males 1 … Read more
1895 Kansas State Census – Wellington (Part 1) Dwelling/Household # Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birth State Prev State Occupation Add’l Comments 001/001 Flanders Chas. E. 42 m w MO MO Assessor Flanders H.R. 37 f w ME MO Housekeeper Flanders Clarence E. 17 m … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Daniel James McCabe Ramsey came from Rockcastle County, Kentucky with cousins and a wagon train of family to Greene County, Missouri. He and his brother were orphaned by the deaths of his parents about 1861-1865. He worked as a farmhand for Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Jasper Watts who lived near … Read more
The following persons were listed as having committed misdemeanors in Wellington 1895. Many of the names are not listed on the census and may have been persons just “passing through”.
The Loper Family comes from the book “Mulvane City of the Valley” which was published by the Mulvane Historical Society, 1977. Story contributed by Ellen Wagner & Lavon Wagner King. Published by permission from the historical society.
George W. Horsley(d. 16 Mar 1913) My grandfather, George W. Horsley, was a police officer in Wellington in 1910 and was listed as a resident there with wife Mary, daughter Louis Edna (who was my mother), and one son, Will. He had previously been on the Blackwell OK force. After … Read more
George R. Fultz, born in Ohio in 1843, served in the Civil War and suffered multiple wounds. After practicing law in Arkansas and Missouri, he moved to Wellington, Kansas, where he established a general real estate and insurance business. He was respected in the community, a family man, and involved in local organizations.