The Holton Recorder

11831. Lee Eppinger went to Burlington to attend the funeral of his uncle, L. D. Eppinger, who died Friday, February 24. Mr. Eppinger has been prominent in Kansas Democratic politics for some thirty-five years. The Holton Recorder, March 2, 1922.
11832. West Jackson and Vicinity. The community was saddened by the death of Mrs. Roy Beeler. Death resulted from pneumonia following the flu. She leaves to mourn a husband, infant son, father, mother, and many relatives and friends. Burial in the Alma cemetery. The Holton Recorder, March 2, 1922.
11833. Cedarvale and Vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Messmore were called to Doniphan County Monday on account of the sudden death of Mrs. Messmore’s mother. The Holton Recorder, March 2, 1922.
11834. W. D. Vincent, former congressman died Monday morning at a hospital in St. Louis where he had undergone an operation on his throat which proved fatal. He served the Fifth district in congress being elected by the Populist and the Democrats when Mr. McKinley was first elected president. A good many of the old timers in politics will remember Mr. Vincent as a live wire politician. Mr. Vincent was a brother-in-law of A. E. Hosmer of Holton. The Holton Signal, March 2, 1922.
11835. W. H. Copenhagen who lives southwest of Soldier, was called to Pittsburg, Penn., on account of the death of his mother. The Soldier Clipper, March 8, 1922.
11836. Mayetta Department. J. B. Porter received word that his brother, D. M. Porter of Colorado, died suddenly Sunday, March 5. He was 72 years old and was also a brother of the late Dr. M. C. Porter of Topeka. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hayden Waters, of Berryton. The Holton Recorder, March 9, 1922.
Mayetta Department. … about six years younger than his surviving brother, J. B. Porter. Burial took place at Clay Center, where his brother, Dr. Porter who died some time ago was buried. The Holton Signal, March 16, 1922.
11837. Soldier. From Clipper.] Mrs. Emily Hayner of Irvington, Ky., mother of Mrs. Lewis Gilpin, died on Wednesday of last week. The Holton Recorder, March 9, 1922.
Soldier. On Friday night R. L. and R. O. Gilpin received a message that their father was dead and they left with their families on Saturday noon for Irvington, Kentucky … The Holton Recorder, September 7, 1922.
11838. Woburn and Community. We were all sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Dick Robinson near Elmont. She died Friday morning. She was only sick a few days with pneumonia. One of the boys and Mr. Robinson are also quite ill. The Holton Recorder, March 9, 1922.
11839. Birmingham. Mr. G. A. Bowser and two daughters Mrs. Ruby Mast and Mrs. Rena Chestnut attended Mrs. Cora Robinson’s funeral at Hoyt on Monday. The Holton Recorder, March 9, 1922.
11840. Delia. W. H. Dowling’s mother passed away at her home on Highland avenue last Saturday, March 4th. She was stricken with paralysis a few years ago … Burial at the Holy Cross cemetery beside her husband, Thomas Dowling, who preceded her in death many years ago. The Holton Signal, March 9, 1922.
11841. Charles A. Horn, 68 years of age, who had been a resident of Topeka for forty-one years died Saturday morning at this home 221 Lake Street. He was a native of Trenton, N. J., and came to Kansas when a youth, settling at Holton. He was engaged in the lumber business there until 1881, when he moved to Topeka. He served as a trainman for the Santa Fe railroad until 1907, when he retired on account of his health. He was a member of the Order of Railroad Conductors. He is survived by two sons, Walter L. Horn of Kansas City, Mo., and James H. Horn of Argentine, Ks., one daughter, Mrs. Charlotte D. Clark, of Topeka, and two brothers, Lewis L. Horn of Fort Worth, Tex., and George Horn of Kansas City, Mo. - Topeka State Journal. The Holton Signal, March 9, 1922.
11842. Ray Fiske was called to Greenleaf on Saturday on account of the death of his grandmother. The Soldier Clipper, March 15, 1922.
11843. Mayetta Department. Marion Taylor Clark was born April 21, 1850, in Decatur, Indiana. He was the youngest of Henry Clark’s nine children. When the son Marion Taylor was a year old the father moved from Decatur to the then wild west in the state of Illinois. Here … grew to manhood. The privations of the pioneer preacher’s home were his, giving to him in his childhood the proper training in the school of experience. This enabled him to be the mighty force he was in the frontier work of the United Brethren Church in Kansas. … at the age of sixteen … united with the church, fifty-five years ago this fall … He was married to Sarah Osborne, November 13, 1870, and started a family altar at once. Into his home came seven children, two of whom died in their youth and another at the age of twenty-two. In answer to the call of God and the church he offered himself for the work of an exhorter, and shortly after 1887 moved to Shawnee County, Kansas. … granted annual license to preach at Lecompton in the fall of 1881, and was assigned to the Lyndon circuit, where he served the five preaching places by traveling 4,500 miles on a salary contract of $200, of which only $144 was paid. He was ordained … in the annual conference of 1886, which again had met at Lecompton. His wife died April 10, 1887, and was buried in the Maple Hill cemetery near Lecompton, where his interment was also made. March 5, 1888, he was married to Ida Page, of Mayetta, Kansas, who came into the home and did the full duty of wife and mother. … He retired from the active work in 1910, since which time he has lived in his own home. … he leaves a devoted wife, four children and ten grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. The Holton Recorder, March 16, 1922.
11844. Pottawatomi Mission. The Kansas City papers last Tuesday carried the distressing news that Mrs. Vashie Plowman, wife of the Rev. Alonzo L. Plowman, formerly missionary to the Pottawatomies, had been killed late Monday evening, when the sedan in which Mr. and Mrs. Plowman were riding was struck by a delivery truck. Both the Plowman’s were thrown from the car, Mrs. Plowman being pinned between the wreckage and a tree. She was unconscious when extricated and carried to a nearby house, where she died before medical aid could reach her. … widely known in Illinois, her former home. Prior to her marriage to Mr. Plowman she had taught school in Douglas County. For five years when her husband was missionary among the Pottawatomie Indians Mrs. Plowman took care of the sick among the Indians and was instrumental in saving the lives of many. Prior to going to Kansas, the Plowman‘s were located at various times in Murdock, Kan., Pawnee, Stonington, Decatur and Petersburg, Ill. Mr. Plowman has been pastor of the Beaumont Church in Kansas City, Kan., since last October, prior which he was located in Sugar Creek, Missouri. The Holton Recorder, March 16, 1922.
11845. Denison Department. Nancy Caroline Kinser was born February 11, 1843, in Cole County, Mo., and died March 4, 1922, at the age of 79 years and 21 days. At the age of 17 she was married to William H. Medlock at Jefferson City, Mo. To this union ten children were born. One died in infancy, one at the age of 13, and another son, William, preceding her in death two years. The remaining children are Henry of Mokane, Mo., George of Larkinburg, Ed of Denison, Mrs. Minnie Campbell of Horton, Joseph of Downs, Mrs. Ida Rice of Denison, and Mrs. Dixie Rucker of DeQueen, Ark. Besides these children there are twenty-nine grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren, one brother and one sister left to mourn … united with the Baptist church of Elston Station, Mo., in 1874, and remained a faithful member throughout her life. Interment was made in the cemetery at Denison, by the side of her husband, who died in June, 1911. The Holton Recorder, March 16, 1922.
Mayetta Department. Mrs. Joe Kinser and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. Kinser, of Decatur county, arrived Monday to be present at the funeral of Mr. Kinser’s sister, Grandma Medlock. The Holton Signal, March 9, 1922.
11846. Ferdinand Boettcher was born in Vreitzen, Prussia, June 12, 1824, and was the son of a cabinet maker and farmer. He passed his early life in the village, learning the cabinet making trade and assisting his father on a near-by farm. In the spring of 1854 he emigrated to the United States, landing at New York, and went from there to Lockport, Niagara County, New York, carrying on farming for three years with a brother. He then returned to Germany, visiting home and friends. On his return to the United States in 1857 he was accompanied by his brothers Rudolph and Herman, also a sister Caroline. He and his brothers first brought and farmed west of town the farm which is still owned by his brother Herman. After three years he sold his interest in this farm and with his brother Rudolph brought a farm east of town on the hill, which is now known as the Erdley farm. This they sold two years later. He then purchased the present farm south of town in the spring of 1866. On January 5, 1865, Miss Margaret Stork became his wife. To this union five children were born - Henry R., Mary E., Clara L., Katie and John, Katie died in infancy. … He was a charter member of the Presbyterian Church of this city … In the spring of 1909 he retired to this home, where he lived until he passed to his heavenly home Wednesday Night, March 8, at the age of 97 years, 8 months and 24 days. He is survived by his wife and four children, Dr. H. R. Boettcher of Chicago, Mrs. George McAdam, John and Carla of this city, and three grandchildren, Henry and Catherine Boettcher of Chicago, and Margery Boettcher of this city, and three brothers, Herman and Rudolph of Holton and Ernest of Chicago. … Burial was in the Holton cemetery. Out-of-town relatives present at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pardue, Mr. and Mrs. John Resinger, Miss Bettie Boettcher, Mrs. Elmer Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boettcher, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Pond, Miss Naomi Combs, Mr. James Combs of Topeka, Dr. Henry Boettcher of Chicago, and Miss Ruth Sacher, Oakland. The Holton Recorder, March 16, 1922.
11847. R. A. Swisher of Netawaka died Sunday afternoon and the body was shipped to Powhattan, Kan., Tuesday for funeral services and buried Wednesday. The Holton Recorder, March 16, 1922.
11848. Mrs. Charles Farr was called to Kansas City Saturday by the death of a relative. The Holton Signal, March 16, 1922.
11849. Mayetta Department. Mrs. Albert Messmore went to Leona Sunday to attend the funeral of a sister’s baby. The Holton Signal, March 16, 1922.
11850. Liberty. Mrs. Fred Lutz went to Denison last Monday to attend the funeral of her grandmother. The Holton Signal, March 16, 1922.
11851 Alma Louise Logan was born in Holton, Kansas, August 4th, 1880, and peacefully passed into the life beyond March 18th, 1922. She was the only child of Francis H. and Mary E. Harmon and has lived nearly all her life here. She received her education in the Holton schools, graduating from the high school at the age of sixteen years. On October, 9, 1901, she was married to John G. Logan to which union were born two children, Kenneth Harmon and John Jr. When but a small girl she united with the Methodist Episcopal church … a charter member of the Overcomers Sunday school class. As a member of the choir and special quartet, her work was always appreciated … she was also a member of the W. R. C. … Those attending from out of town were Charles D. Logan of Kansas City, Mrs. John Gillis of Redwing, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Teer of Kansas City. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
11852. George W. Snyder was born in St. Louis, Mo., April 14, 1849; and died at his home, 308 Broadway, Augusta, Kansas, Sunday, January 15, 1922, after few hours’ illness from heart trouble at the age of 72 years, 9 months, 11 days. He came to Augusta over thirty years ago and has made this his home continuously. He has been employed by the cemetery for years as sexton of the Elmwood cemetery. He leaves to mourn his death a wife and daughter Myrtle Snyder of Augusta, a daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Edith Broughton of Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Broughton’s twin brother died three years ago during the flu epidemic. There are two stepsons, Arthur Crane of Denver, Colo., and Ed Crane of San Francisco, Calif.; also a sister, Mrs. Emma Wiley, of Salt Lake City. This sister is 80 years old and Mr. Snyder was expecting to visit her in the near future. … When Mr. Snyder was a young man he lived in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood north of Holton. He leaves several relatives and friends in Jackson County. He made his last visit here last July. MRS. ADAM McALLISTER. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
11853. Mary Jane Ely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ely, was born in Jonesville, Virginia, September 17, 1898. She came to Circleville, Kansas, March 10, 1910. She united with the Christian Church at Circleville in 1912, and continued to live a Christian life until her death, which was in the home of her parents, March 4, 1922. She was united in marriage to Roy J. Gunselman December 8, 1919. To this union two children were born, one of whom preceded her to the eternal rest. … she leaves to mourn her husband, father and mother, and brothers and sisters as follows: Mrs. Hervey Little, Clyde Ely, Maude Ely, Lena Ely and Glen Ely … Verleah Jane, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gunselman was born February 28, 1922, and passed away March 7, 1922, having lived just a week … Funeral services were held for Mrs. Gunselman at Pleasant Grove Church March 6, 1922, and for the little infant on March 8 … Interment was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
The Gunselman’s formerly lived here, south of town … Mr. Gunselman is a nephew of Mr. James Hurst of this place. … Seneca Courier-Tribune. The Holton Signal, March 16, 1922.
Pleasant Grove. Miss Myrtle Gunselman of Ottawa was here to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law Mrs. Roy Gunselman. The Holton Recorder, March 9, 1922.
11854. Mayetta Department. Harlan Chapman Jones was born February 12, 1896, in Mayetta, Kansas, and passed away March 17, 1922, at 11 o’clock p. m., in St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. He lived in Mayetta until he was sixteen years old, and lived in Topeka since that time. He was in service in the late war and served his country well. He first engaged in the restaurant business and proved to be a good business man … burial was in the Mayetta cemetery. … He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Jones, Sr., Topeka; four brothers, Rutherford Jones, W. P. Jones, A. D. Jones Jr., and Ralph R. Jones, all of Topeka, and two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Thomas, Lead, S. D., and Mrs. E. G. Boyd, Topeka. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
11855. A child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Manrose last Friday, and did not live. The infant was buried Saturday morning. … The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
The little daughter … The Holton Signal, March 23, 1922.
11856. Blandin. John Battesse, who has been quite a long sufferer with gallstones died at his home here last Tuesday night. … many friends among the whites and his tribe. He was buried in the Shipshee cemetery last Thursday.
Rock Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batteese and Marion attended the funeral of Mitchell Batteese Thursday. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922. (cont’d)
11856. (cont’d) Nocks Creek. Last Wednesday, Mr. Mitchell Battese passed away at the age of 72 years. He moved from Horton a few years ago and brought the farm where he lived and died. He was left a widower a few years ago and never married again. He leaves a number of children and many relatives. Funeral from the Catholic church, interment in the Ship-she cemetery Friday. The Holton Signal, March 30, 1922.
Mayetta Department. … survived by one son and three daughters …
Witchewah. Mrs. Ollie Maines received the sad news of her father’s death, Mitchell Battese. …
James Creek. … died Tuesday, March 14. … The Holton Signal, March 23, 1922.
11857. Larkinburg. Frank Ward attended the funeral of Mrs. Ward’s niece at Effingham Saturday morning. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
11858. Southeast Corner. Mrs. Eva McCarter and Clara Stone received the sad news of the death of their step-brother by pneumonia and appendicitis Saturday afternoon. The Holton Signal, February 23, 1922.
11859. Rev. L. A. Stone who was called last week to Cedar Rapids, Iowa by the fatal illness of his father, returned home Tuesday, accompanied by his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, of Sterling, Kansas … Whiting Journal, March 24, 1922.
11860. Jacob West has word that his daughter’s family in Fall City, Nebr., has been suffering with flu, and two deaths have resulted. The Soldier Clipper, March 29, 1922.
11861. The death of Mrs. J. D. Wilson occurred Tuesday at the Mayo hospital in Rochester, Minn., following an operation for goiter on Monday … The Holton Recorder, March 30, 1922.
Elizabeth Eichenberger Wilson was born in Switzerland. With her parents and one sister, she came at an early age to the United States and settled at Sandusky, Ohio. Here, and at the beautiful little island town of Put-in-Bay, near Sandusky, her early childhood was spent and her school life began. The family later came to Holton, Kansas, which place was since their home until three years ago when they moved with Mrs. Wilson and her husband to Holdrege, Nebraska, where they live at the present time. Mrs. Wilson attended the public schools of Holton, graduating from the High school as salutatorian of the class of 1894. Her much loved life work of teaching was begun almost immediately, and has continued through a period of more than twenty-five years. Seventeen of these years of conscientious and efficient work were given to the schools of Holton and a total of twenty years to Jackson county. After leaving Jackson county Mrs. Wilson was grade principal at Robinson in Brown county for several years, and for the past three years she has been principal of the West Ward school at Holdrege, Nebraska, where, in spite of her serious illness, she had already been re-elected for the coming year. She was married on August 17, 1904, to John Dallas Wilson … member of the Presbyterian church of Holdrege. … husband, and a loving mother, whose almost constant companion she has been since her father’s death in 1896. She also leaves three sisters: Marie Eichenberger, now with the mother; Mrs. Emma Kelsey of Reading, Kansas; Flora Eichenberger of Macksville, Kansas … The Holton Recorder, April 6, 1922.
The following relatives who were here for the funeral of Mrs. J. D. Wilson returned home Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelsey, and daughter Virginia, to Reading, Kansas; Mrs. M. Eichenberger and Mr. Wilson to Holdrege, Nebr. Miss Flora Eichenberger remained with Holton friends until Monday when she returned to her school work in Leavenworth schools.
Brief Local News. Out of town relatives here for the funeral of Mrs. J. D. Wilson included Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Martin and daughter, Marie and Mrs. M. T. Wilson of Topeka and Mrs. H. R. Murphy of St. Joseph. The Holton Signal, April 6, 1922.
11862. John Ammon was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 3, 1846, and was the fifth of ten children born to Jacob and Elizabeth Ammon. The year following his birth the family mitigated to America, settling at Pittsburg, Penn., later moving to Henry, Ill. Here his boyhood days were spent as a miner and farmer. October 19, 1871, he was married to Katherine Ferdinand of Woodford, Ill. Having spent five years of his married life in Illinois, he moved to Netawaka, Kansas, purchasing a home five miles north of town, where he proved himself a successful farmer. He was the father of eight children. They are as follows: Mrs. Ted Whittier of Muscotah, Kansas, Mrs. George Ammon of May View, Mo., Arthur, John, Jr., and Clyde, all of Netawaka, Kansas, Mrs. Bert Hankey of Kansas City, Mo., Dave of Denison, Kan., and Mrs. Fred C. Turner of Janesville, Wisconsin. … After traveling life’s pathway hand in hand, sharing its sorrows and joys for twenty-one years, the wife and mother passed away. September 21, 1893, he was married to Almira V. Bibb of Netawaka, Kan. In this village they resided the remainder of his life. He leaves to mourn his death, his wife, eight children, thirty grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one brother, Adam of Netawaka, and four sisters; Elizabeth Kaifer, Henry, Ill., Sophia Mundorff, Pacedonia, Calif., Catherine Bone, Petersburgh, Ill., and Caroline Davenport, Springfield, S. D. … He was christened in the Presbyterian church at an early age … member of the Masonic fraternity for over fifty years. Not only did his thirty-second degree … March 18, 1922, at the age of seventy-five years, eleven months and fourteen days, his spirit went back to God … Interment in the Netawaka cemetery. … The Holton Recorder, March 30, 1922.
11863. Leona Mary Nuzman was born November 29, 1884, at Soldier, Kansas. She died at her home in Soldier March 16, 1922, aged 37 years, 3 months and 17 days. She was married February 24, 1904, to Lee Siple of Soldier. To this union were born two children. Mrs. Siple leaves to mourn their loss a loving husband, an infant son, an aged father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Nuzman; three sisters and six brothers, her brother Lou having passed away five years ago. The Holton Recorder, March 30, 1922.
Banner Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Riley received word last Thursday of the death of Mr. Riley’s cousin, Mrs. Leona Siple. …
Larkinburg. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Adcock attended the funeral of Mrs. Adcock’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Lee Siple. The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.
… united with the Methodist church Sept. 8, 1902. … member of the O. E. S. and Rebekah Lodges. …
All of Mrs. Siples brothers and sisters were here for the funeral except Mrs. Elma Worrall and W. C. Nuzman … The Soldier Clipper, March 22, 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nuzman, and Mrs. Nina Hayes, who has been here since the death of her sister … Whiting

Journal, April 5, 1922.
Soldier. From Clipper.] Mrs. C. J. Randel was born October 12, 1841, in Crawford county, Penn., and died at her home in Corning, May 16, 1923. She was a sister of Mrs. D. H. Johnson and Mrs. John Nuzman. … those from this community who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Nuzman, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Snyder, Earl Nuzman and Tom Johnson. The Holton Recorder, May 31, 1923.
11864. Jessie Hayden Robinson, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Robinson, was born July 28, 1897, at Circleville, Kansas, died at her home in Almena, Kansas, March 17, 1922, at the age of 24 years, 7 months and 19 days. Jessie moved with her parents to western Kansas, in 1899, where she spent two years. From there the family went to Colorado Springs, returning to Circleville in 1908. Jessie attended the Circleville schools, where she graduated from the high school with the class of 1917. October 20, 1920, she was united in marriage to Mr. William Dixon, at Smith Center, Kansas. They made their home in Almena. About two weeks ago she was taken ill with typhoid pneumonia and last Friday night fell asleep. … She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, Mr. William Dixon, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Robinson, grandfather and Grandmother Eaden, three sisters, Roxie, Katharyn and Ruth, aunt, Mrs. Kate Kramer, and uncle, C. Eaden. Also a number of cousins. … Interment in the Circleville cemetery … The Holton Recorder, March 30, 1922.
Circleville. … typhoid pneumonia, following influenza … father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson … three sisters, Miss Ruth Robinson of Denver, Mrs. Katherine Dixon of Almena and Mrs. Roxie Baxter of this city. The body was accompanied from Almena by the husband, two sisters, Ruth and Katherine, and an aunt, Mrs. Kraemer, from Colorado Springs. … The Holton Recorder, March 23, 1922.