Wellington

1875 Kansas State Census – Wellington

Sumner County

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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Wellington Kansas Churches in 1895

Sumner County

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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Daniel James McCabe Ramsey Family

Sumner County

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 Rogersville, Missouri. There he met the sister of Mrs. Watts, Mary Jane Hedgpeth. They were married in 1871 in Greene County, Missouri. They stayed in the area and lived most of the time in Christian County which is just south of Greene County. There they had six children, two of

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Biography of George W. Horsley

Sumner County

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 1910, he moved to Wichita and joined the force about 1911. He suddenly died on Mar 26, 1913. He had been on a call with the police and was riding on the running board of the police car and was thrown off. Articles in the Wichita papers on Mar 26th

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