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Lettie HAMER Sex: F Event(s): Born: 29 Mar 1804 Geneva', 'New York Parents: Father: Thomas Jr. HAMER Mother: Hannah MCNEALL Film Number: 1985591. This information agrees with her birth date in the family bible.

There are various forms for Lettecia's name. Letty is the form used in the Thomas Hamer (1766) family bible. Letitia was the form used by her aunt, Letitia McNeal, and others. Daisy Evans Padgett made a good argument for the spelling "Lettie", and this is found in the LDS records. Lettecia is the form which she used in signing her last will and testament.

According to one Hamer family tradition, Lettie Hamer came to Indiana about 1828/1829 with her brothers James and Joseph, and her father, Thomas Hamer Jr. (b1766). Another tradition has them coming from Ohio rather than New York. She married a Bausley/Bosley and later moved to Ottawa, Kansas, according to tradition, as well. We know that Lettie married John Bosley in New York and came to Ohio about 1830. After John's death she went to Ottawa Kansas to be with her children who had moved West. She returned to Ohio and died at the home of her daughter, Laura. Her granddaughter, Clara Harrington Blinn, was kidnapped in an Indian raid in Colorado and was killed in an Indian battle in Oklahoma.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Jun 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.906.197]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 014

Year: 1830

1 male under 5 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (John); 1 female under 5 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (Lettie).

Orson Pratt's journal:

January 1st, A. D., 1834. This day I felt some of the effects of the fever and ague.

January 2nd. The Church met according to previous appointment. Four high priests and three elders were present. After the meeting was opened we explained the reasons why E. Landen was cut off. The following persons requested their names to be taken from the Church record of names, viz.: Lester More, Daniel More, Letitia Bosby, Aaron Clark, Rodman Clark, Polly Kelly. The Church therefore were called upon to raise their hands against them and they were cutoff.

January 3rd. Attended a meeting at the Brick Schoolhouse in Avon. Brother Amasa preached.

January 5th. Being the Sabbath, preached at the schoolhouse near Brother Orton's upon the vision.

January 6th. Held a church meeting and the following persons were cut for disbelieving the work and bad conduct: Hannah More, Albert More, Masy More, John Bosely, Ruby Landen, John Heth.

January 9th. Attended a prayer meeting at Brother Bosley's.

(Orson Pratt, The Orson Pratt Journals, edited by Elden J. Watson [Salt Lake City: E. J. Watson, 1975], 30.)

John Bosley bought land in Sandusky Co, Ohio, on Aug 10, 1837.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1160.34]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Lower Sandusky

Page #: 054

Year: 1840

1 male 10-15 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (?); 2 males 30-40 (John & ?); 1 female under 5 (Myra); 1 female 5-10 (Laura); 1 female 10-15 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (?); 1 female 30-40 (Lettie).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.3033.149]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg

Page #: 223 (112)

Year: 1850

#115-116

John Bosley 47 m Tavern keeper NY

Leticia Bosley 46 f NY

TJ Bosley 22 m Sailor NY

Almira Bosley 10 f OH att. school

Abraham Van Camp 33 m laborer NY

John Blinn 22 m laborer OH

James Lewis 17 m laborer att school NY

John Lewis 61? servant NY

1860 Census of Wood County Ohio - Lower Perrysburg - p. 408 - 1085-1083

Laticia Bosley 54 m[!] NY

Almira 20 f OH

1870 Census of Lucas Co, Ohio - Waynesfield Twp

Keysor, Chauncey E. 55 farmer $30000 Real estate, 600 pers prop. NY

______Laura D. 38 Keeping house. 2000 300 NY

Knaggs, Antoinette 20, at home OH

Fields, Frank 18 laborer Canada

Bosely, Lettia 65 3000 RE NY

McDowell,? 15 domestic servant OH

1875 State Census of Kansas, Franklin Township, Ottawa, p16

144-144

Mottram, W.K. 38 M W Hardware dealer 3000 3000 MI Came from MI

Myra 36 F W Keeping house OH Came from OH to KS

Mary 15 F W KS Came from MI

Diana 13 F W MI Came from MI

Fanny 10 F W MI Came from MI

Bosley, Letitia 68 F W 2000 NY Came from OH

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa - 189-206 - Locust Street

Mottram, William K. w m 43 Head M MI NY VA Agr Implement Dealer

Myra w f 40 Wife M OH NY NY Keeping House

Fannie w f 16 Dau S MI MI MI At school

Bosley, Letitia w f 76 Mother in law Wid NY NY NY

Proof of Will of Lettecia Bosley, deceased.

State of Kansas, Marion County, ss. In the Probate Court of said County.

In the matter of the proving of the last will and testament of Lettecia Bosley deceased.

And now on this 30th day of December, a.d. 1893, comes Samuel Walgamot, who being first duly sworn upon his oath saith: My name is Samuel Walgamot, my residence is Marion, Kansas, my age is 70 years; I was acquainted with Lettecia Bosley, a resident of Franklin County, Kansas, several years in her lifetime; I was present at Ottawa, Kansas on the 31st of January, a.d. 1881 and saw the said Lettecia Bosley sign the foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Lettecia Bosley and heard her publish and declare the same to be her last will and testament, and at her request and in her presence and in the presence of S.J. Stoughton & Tyler Baldwin I signed said instrument as a subscribing witness thereto. And the said S.J. Stoughton & Tyler Baldwin at the request of said Lettecia Bosley and in her presence and in my presence, signed said instrument as subscribing witnesses thereto. At the time of signing said instrument, said Lettecia Bosley WAS ABOUT 77 YEARS of age; she was of sound mind and memory and was not under any restraint or undue influence whatever. Said Lettecia Bosley is now dead; she departed this life on the 17th of June, a.d. 1893. Samuel Walgamot. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, a.d. 1894. John B. Green, Probate Judge.

Last Will and Testament of Lettecia Bosley

In the name of the benevolent Father of all.

I Lettecia Bosley of the city of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin & state of Kansas, and being of lawful age and of sound mind and memory, declare this to be my last will and testament.

FIRST, I give devise & bequeath all my personal property of what kind or nature soever it may be, of which I may be the owner & possessor at the time of my decease, to my four children, viz: Harriet E. Herrington, Thomas J. Bosley, Laura B. Keyser & Almyra Mottram, to be by them received in equal proportions & value and to receive share and share alike.

SECOND, I give, grant & devise to my said four children ... and to their heirs & assigns, all and singular the real estate of any & all kinds and description whatsoever of which I may be the owner or seized or both, at the time of my decease ...

THIRD, Any or all interest in or to any real estate of any kind or nature or description equitable or legal or otherwise, which I may have anywhere in any place or locality ... I give grant & devise to the said Harriet E. Herrington, Thomas J. Bosley, Laura B. Keyser, and Almyra Mottram ...

FOURTH, Should Almyra Mottram die without issue of her body prior to my decease ... all ... shall go in equal parts ... to my other three children ...

I HEREBY NOMINATE & appoint Thomas J. Bosley Executor of this my last will and testament.

IN TESTIMONY whereof, I, Lettecia Bosley have to this my last will and testament consisting of two pages of paper subscribed my name this 31st Day of January, 1881, at the city of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin, and state of Kansas in presence of S.J Stoughton and Tyler F. Baldwin & Samuel Walgamot who were present and witnessed the execution of the same at my request.

Affidavit in Proof of Death

State of Kansas, Franklin County ss.

In the Probate Court within and for said County

In the matter of the estate of Letitia Bossley, deceased,

Affidavit.

On this 16th day of January 1894, before me, Probate Judge of Franklin County, Kansas, came T. J. Bossley, a resident of Franklin County, who, being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath says, that Letitia Bossley, a resident of Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas, died at Maumee City, Ohio, on the 17th day of June A.D. 1893, testate, leaving the following named persons as her only heirs at law, then surviving, namely: Harriet E. Herrington, daughter, 68 yrs old, Osage County, Kansas; T.J. Bosley, son, 66 yrs old, Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas; Laura B. Keyser, daughter, 62 yrs old, Maumee City, Ohio; Myra Mottram, daughter, 54 yrs old, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. And affiant further says, that said Letitia Bossley died seized and possessed of personal estate, consisting chiefly of rents on property all of which is of the estimated value of $50.00; and that the estate of said deceased should be administered in the manner provided by law. T.J. Bosley, subscribed to me this 16th day of Jan a.d. 1894. S.W. Case, Probate Judge.

Journal & Triumph, weekly newspaper of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, Jan 18, 1894. Notice of Appointment. State of Kansas, Franklin County, ss. Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of January, 1894, the undersigned was duly appointed executor of the estate of Letitia Bosley, late of Franklin county, deceased, by the probate court of said county and state. S.W. Case, Probate Judge; T.J. Bosley, executor.

Kansas Lever, successor of Journal & Triumph, weekly newspaper of Ottawa, Franklin county, Kansas, Nov. 22, 1894. Final Settlement. State of Kansas, Franklin County, ss. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and all others interested, that the undersigned executor of the estate of Letitia Bosley, deceased, will apply to the Probate Court of Franklin County, Kansas, on the 20th day December, a.d., 1894, at 1 o'clock pm. to make final settlement of the estate of said deceased. S.W. Case, Probate Judge; T.J. Bosley, executor.

Will: January 31, 1881, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Livingston County, New York, was formed from Ontario County and Genesee County in 1821. Births and deaths in this family before that time were Ontario County; births and deaths after 1821 were Livingston County.

Family Bible Entries--Bosley

from Bible belonging to Samuel and Mary Ann Bosley Malin)

(in order as written)

BIRTHS

Edmund Bosley 25 Jun 1776

Ann (Bosley) 29 Oct 1778

Joshua H. Bosley 22 Jul 1800

John Bosley 3 Jul 1802

Daniel Bosley 7 or 9 Jan 1805

Almira Bosley 6 Dec 1807

Edmund Bosley 28 Nov 1809

Sarah Bosley 25 Mar 1816 (or 1813)

Mary Ann Bosley 13 Apr (year smudged, probably 1816)

William B. Bosley 21 Jun 1818 (or 1820)

George C. Bosley 12 Nov 1824

Eleanor Bosley 20 Jun 1815 or 1813

George William B. 7 Feb 1835 or 1837

Almira Bosley 12 Jan 1841

Ada Paine 13 Jul 1844

DEATHS

Almira Turner 27 May 1839

Joshua Bosley 7 Auyg 1840 (possible error on last digit)

William R. Bosley 5 Jun 1842

Ada Paine 25 Mar 1845

Edmund Bosley 15 Dec 1846

Anne Bosley 12 May 1849 (Jefferson City, MO)

Sarah B. Griffith 5 May 1849 (St. Louis)

John Bosley Perrysburg, OH 22 Jan 1852

George Clinton B. 30 Jul 1859 (Livonia, NY)

Daniel Bosley 8 Jan 1884

Edmund Bosley 30 Jan 1872 (Mount Morris, NY)

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Jun 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.906.197]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 014

Year: 1830

1 male under 5 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (John); 1 female under 5 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (Lettie).

Orson Pratt's journal:

January 1st, A. D., 1834. This day I felt some of the effects of the fever and ague.

January 2nd. The Church met according to previous appointment. Four high priests and three elders were present. After the meeting was opened we explained the reasons why E. Landen was cut off. The following persons requested their names to be taken from the Church record of names, viz.: Lester More, Daniel More, Letitia Bosby, Aaron Clark, Rodman Clark, Polly Kelly. The Church therefore were called upon to raise their hands against them and they were cutoff.

January 3rd. Attended a meeting at the Brick Schoolhouse in Avon. Brother Amasa preached.

January 5th. Being the Sabbath, preached at the schoolhouse near Brother Orton's upon the vision.

January 6th. Held a church meeting and the following persons were cut for disbelieving the work and bad conduct: Hannah More, Albert More, Masy More, John Bosely, Ruby Landen, John Heth.

January 9th. Attended a prayer meeting at Brother Bosley's.

(Orson Pratt, The Orson Pratt Journals, edited by Elden J. Watson [Salt Lake City: E. J. Watson, 1975], 30.)

John Bosley bought land in Sandusky Co, Ohio, on Aug 10, 1837.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1160.34]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Lower Sandusky

Page #: 054

Year: 1840

1 male 10-15 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (?); 2 males 30-40 (John & ?); 1 female under 5 (Myra); 1 female 5-10 (Laura); 1 female 10-15 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (?); 1 female 30-40 (Lettie).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.3033.149]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg

Page #: 223 (112)

Year: 1850

#115-116

John Bosley 47 m Tavern keeper NY

Leticia Bosley 46 f NY

TJ Bosley 22 m Sailor NY

Almira Bosley 10 f OH att. school

Abraham Van Camp 33 m laborer NY

John Blinn 22 m laborer OH

James Lewis 17 m laborer att school NY

John Lewis 61? servant NY

Wood County, Ohio, Wills etc.

Bosley, John estate 1852 admin and exec bonds 1 p. 1 and B p. 51

John Bosley Estate Book

Know all Men by these Presents, That Leticia Bosley Administratrix for the estate of John Bosley and George Knagg & Jefferson Bosley sureties, are joined and firmly bound to the State of Ohio in the penal sum of Three hundred dollars, to the payment of which we firmly bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Signed with our hands and sealed with our seals this Twelfth day of March A.D. 1852.

The condition of the above bond is such, that if the said administrator shall

First, To make and return into court, on oath, within three months, a true inventory of all the moneys, goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to his possession or knowledge; and also, if required by the court, an inventory of the real estate of the deceased:

Secondly, To administer, according to the law, all the moneys, goods, chattels, rights and credits of demand, and the proceeds of all his real estate. That may be sold for the payment of his debts, which shall, at any time, come to the possession of the administrator, or to the possession of any other person for him:

Thirdly, To under, upon oath, a true account of his administration, within eighteen months, and at any other time, when required by the court or law:

Fourthly, To pay any balances remaining in his hands, upon the settlement of his accounts, to such persons as the court or the law shall direct; and,

Fifthly, To deliver the letters of administration into court, in case any will of the deceased shall be " thereafter duly proved and allowed," then this litigation to be null and void; otherwise, to remain in full force and virtue in law.

G. B. Knagg (seal)

Lettecia Bosley (seal)

Thos. J. Bosley (seal)

4-0849

State of Ohio Wood County, Lettecia Bosley admininistratix of John Bosley late of Wood County. This page can't be read well enough to transcribe.

4-0851

Original Inventory Perrysburg March 12th 1852

Inventory of John Bosley's estate deceased.

1 Bureau $ 5.00

1 Table 2.00

1 wash stand 1.50

1 clock .25

1 carpet 3.00

1 wash stand .50

16 chairs 1.00

1 wash stand .50

1 bed and bedstead 3.00

1 looking glass .25

1 bed and bedstead 5.00

2 bedsteads 2.50

1 bed and bedstead 3.00

2 beds and bedsteads 5.00

2 tables 3.00

9 chairs .50

lots of dishes 2.00

1 table 1.50

a bll pork 5.00

1 bar room table .50

bar furniture 1.50

for furniture 52,25

second column

9 bar room chairs $00.30

1 bed and bedstead 4.00

Money 345.00

brot up 52.25

397.75

We the undersigned appraisers of the above estate certify this to be a correct appraisement, And the Widow and Minor Childs support for twelve months we set off six hundred and twenty five dollars.

H. D Blim

George Edelman

B. P. Van Camp

Appraisers

4-0852

Appointment of Appraisers

The State of Ohio, Wood County. On this 12th day of March 1852 personally names the within named Geo. Edelleman, Berry Van Camp and N. P Blime and now ..... sworn to make a true valuation of the property and effects of the ...... named John Bosley and return a schedule ....

E Herrington, Justice of the Peace

4-0856

State of Ohio Wood County To George Eddleman, Benjamin Vancamp and Nathaniel P. Blim of said county ..... You are hereby required to forward without delay to make an inventory and appraisement under oath of the good and chattel that were of John Bosley late of said county deceased and further to do and perform all and singular. The duties as appraisers of said State as required by Law.

Given under my hand and the seal of my office this 5th the day of March 1852

........ Cook

Judge

4-0857

The estate of John Bosley the administration of

To amount of the appraisement list

of the personal property $ cts

369.75

By ........amount $ cts

For Coffin No. 1 10.00

" Perk & Robinson

doctors bill No. 2 1.50

" M.S Cook amount

for funeral expenses

No 3 6.00

for N..... Darling

amount No 4 2.50

" R Williams amount

at funeral No 5 1.00

Amt paid further for

publication of. No 6 1.00

for amount paid to

for amount paid to

appraisers No 7 3.00

for notice of filing

final account No 8 1.00

Amt paid Probate

judge for .........

letters filing papers &

making final

Record No 9 8.00

34.00

Amt set off for

the widow & children

for this years support 600.75

Amt of $ 634.75

Amt of effects 396.75

Balance due widow 258.00

State of Ohio Wood County

I Letica Bosley Adminstrix of the estate of John Bosley deceased do make and solemn oath that the amount and the schedules herein referred to contain a True and correct amount of all said estate as I firmly believe-substantiated and sworn before me this first day of May, 1852.

Letticia Bosley

...... Cook

4-0858

Estate of John Bosley deceased

Final account

Filed May 1st 1852.

........ Cook

Recorded in Book

at Page 35

E. Gullen

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 25, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.15982.53]

Individual: Hrrington, William T.

County/State: Wood Co., OH Location: Perrysburg Page #: 219

Year: 1850

Household: 90-91

William T. Harrington 30 m Tailor NY

Harriet Harrington 25 f NY

Letitia Harrington 6 f OH

Clara Harrington 3 f OH

Emeline Houewell 12 f OH

1870 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa Twp, 4th ward, page 152, #49-50

Harrington, William 50 m w Hotel Keeper 3500 1500 NY

Harriet 45 f w Keeping house NY

Horace 19 m w Hotel Clerk OH

Augustus 15 m w At home OH

Mary 11 f w At home OH

Elmer 9 m w At home OH

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - 3rd Ward, Ottawa - Page 140C

William T. HARRINGTON Self M M W 60 NY Occ: Hotel Keeper Fa: CT Mo: NY

Harriet HARRINGTON Wife F M W 55 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY

William A. HARRINGTON Son M M W 25 OH Occ: Brakeman On R.R. Fa: NY Mo: NY

Elmer E. HARRINGTON Son M S W 19 OH Occ: Printer Fa: NY Mo: NY

Mattie HARRINGTON DauL F M W 24 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY

Archie T. HARRINGTON GSon M S W 1M KS Fa: OH Mo: KY

Frank H. PHILLIPS Other M S W 20 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: IN Mo: IN

William PHILLIPS Other M M W 45 IN Occ: Laborer Fa: OH Mo: OH

John MITCHELL Other M S W 23 OH Occ: Laborer Fa: OH Mo: OH

1900 Census of Osage County Kansas - Lincoln Township, p123 - 106-108

Harrington, William A. Head w m Oct 1854 45 M 21 OH NY NY Farmer

Mattie Wife w f Aug 1855 44 M 21 6-6 KY IA KY

Archibald F. Son w m Apr 1880 20 S KS OH KY Farm laborer

Clara O. Dau w f Mar 1882 18 S KS OH KY At school

Harry W. Son w m Jun 1885 14 S KS OH KY At school

Ethel M. Dau w f Sep 1889 10 S KS OH KY At school

Clyde E. Son w m Nov 1893 6 S KS OH KY

Maxie L. Son w m Oct 1896 3 S KS OH KY

Harriet E. Mother w f Aug 1825 74 Wid 7-4 NY NY NY

Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Harrington Clara 11-27-1868 21y

Harrington Infant

Harrington E. Harriet 8-11-1825 5-7-1907

Harrington William T. 2-3-1888 68y

Affidavit in Proof of Death, Filed August 28, 1907. State of Kansas, Franklin County, in the Probate Court, in the matter of the estate of Harriet E. Harrington, deceased. On this 28th day of August, 1907, before me the undersigned came, Mary Estabrook, a resident of Ottawa, Kansas, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on her oath says that Harriet E. Harrington, a widow, a resident of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, died at Kansas City, Missouri, on the 7th day of May, 1907; that to the best of her knowledge and belief, the names, ages, and residences of the legal heirs of the said deceased are as follows, to wit: Horace J. Harrington, son, 57, Amarillo, Texas; Mary Estabrook, daughter, 48, Ottawa, Kansas; E.H. Harrington, son, 45, Chicago, Illinois; Heirs of Wm. Augustus Harrington, deceased, son:

W.A. Harrington, grandson, 27, Kansas City, Missouri; Harry Harrington, grandson, 23, Kansas City, Missouri; Clara Timberlake, granddaughter, 25, Los Angeles, California; Ethel Harrington, granddaughter, 18, Kansas City, Missouri; Clyde Harrington, grandson, 14, Kansas City, Missouri; Max Harrington, grandson, 12, Kansas City, Missouri. And the deceased died intestate, as affiant verily believes. And affiant further states that the said Harriet E. Harrington died seized and possessed of an estate, consisting chiefly of 120 acres of real estate in Osage County, Kansas, and some money, all of said personal estate being estimated to be worth about $45.00 Your petitioner would therefore respectifully pray that your Honor will grant Letters of Administration to this affiant, Mary Estabrook. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of August, A.D., 1907. Clara Kaiser, N.P. My com. Expires 2/25/09.

Burial: Aft. May 07, 1907, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 25, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.15982.53]

Individual: Hrrington, William T.

County/State: Wood County Ohio - Perrysburg - Page #: 219

Year: 1850

Household: 90-91

William T. Harrington 30 m Tailor NY

Harriet Harrington 25 f NY

Letitia Harrington 6 f OH

Clara Harrington 3 f OH

Emeline Houewell 12 f OH

1870 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa Twp, 4th ward, page 152, #49-50

Harrington, William 50 m w Hotel Keeper 3500 1500 NY

Harriet 45 f w Keeping house NY

Horace 19 m w Hotel Clerk OH

Augustus 15 m w At home OH

Mary 11 f w At home OH

Elmer 9 m w At home OH

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - 3rd Ward, Ottawa - Page 140C

William T. HARRINGTON Self M M W 60 NY Occ: Hotel Keeper Fa: CT Mo: NY

Harriet HARRINGTON Wife F M W 55 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY

William A. HARRINGTON Son M M W 25 OH Occ: Brakeman On R.R. Fa: NY Mo: NY

Elmer E. HARRINGTON Son M S W 19 OH Occ: Printer Fa: NY Mo: NY

Mattie HARRINGTON DauL F M W 24 KY Fa: KY Mo: KY

Archie T. HARRINGTON GSon M S W 1M KS Fa: OH Mo: KY

Frank H. PHILLIPS Other M S W 20 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: IN Mo: IN

William PHILLIPS Other M M W 45 IN Occ: Laborer Fa: OH Mo: OH

John MITCHELL Other M S W 23 OH Occ: Laborer Fa: OH Mo: OH

Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Harrington Clara 11-27-1868 21y

Harrington E. Harriet 8-11-1825 5-7-1907

Harrington Infant

Harrington William T. 2-3-1888 68y

Clara Harrington Blinn (1847-1868), condensed from a booklet, by John Lambertson. Franklin County Historical Society, Ottawa, Kansas.

Clara Isabelle Harrington was born in 1847 in Ohio. She was the daughter of William Theodore, or W. T., Harrington and his wife, Harriet Elizabeth Bosley Harrington. Clara was the third of seven children in that family and was raised in the Toledo/Perrysburg, Ohio area. There, she was married to Richard Blinn, about 1865. In the spring of 1868 they and some of the other members of the Blinn family decided to go to what is now Southeastern Colorado and try their fortunes out there. At the same time that they were moving out to what is now Colorado, Clara's parents were also leaving Ohio. They were coming to Franklin County. Again, this was W. T. and Harriet Harrington. They moved to a farm, and there are different accounts as to whether it was near Ottawa or actually closer down towards Williamsburg. Part of the instigation of their coming to Kansas was that Harriet's sister, Myra Bosley Mottram, was up at Lawrence and she was quite a strong woman and had persuaded them to come out West and join her in this particular area. As I mentioned, she later lived in Ottawa. She had a milliner's shop; I don't know if that was in Lawrence or Ottawa, or both. Therefore, the Harringtons came to Franklin County, and they were just down on their farm for a very short period of time when this whole tragic event of Clara's capture and death occurred. Partly out of some of their effort of recovery they left the farm and moved in to Ottawa, and Mr. Harrington went back to the practice he had in Ohio -that of running a hotel. He ran what was at one time known as the "Harrington House" and later the "Ohio House" on Walnut Street, which is where the first railroad would have just been laid a few months before. The site later became the location of the Nelson Hotel. So that is where they basically lived the rest of their lives.

Burial: February 05, 1888, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850 FTM CD#400 (Broderbund)

Bosley, Harriet E. Sp : Harrington, William S.

M : Mar 16, 1843

County : Sandusky Co.

Sex : F

HOPE CEMETERY, OTTAWA, KANSAS, Tombstones:

Bosley Henrietta no dates

Bosley John J. d.4-8-1874 18y 9m 12d

Bosley Thomas J. 7-16-1827 4-21-1903

Bosley Willie d.11-5-1874 14y 7m

Hope Cemetery Register:

Bosley, T.J. m w Son George Bosley Ottawa, Kansas 4/21/1903 4/23/1903 Pneumonia Block 4-3

John Bosley m w Father T.J. Bosley Ohio Franklin Co June 27, 1855 April 8, 1874 April 10 1874 Congestion of lungs Block 4-3

W. Bosley m w Father T.J. Bosley Ohio Ottawa 1860 Nov 6, 1874 Nov 7 1874 Sunstroke 4-3

The Evening Herald, Ottawa Kansas, April 22, 1903

The body of T.J. Bosley arrived this afternoon from Kansas City, over the Pacific, and was taken to the home of W.K. Mottram. Mr. Bosley was a brother of Mrs. Mottram, and was formerly a resident of this place.

Affidavit in Proof of Death

On this 23rd day of April, 1903, before me, Probate Judge of Franklin County, Kansas, came L.E. Keeler, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath says, that T.J. Bosley, a resident of Ottawa Township, in Franklin County, Kansas, died at Kansas City, Missouri,, on the 21st day of April, a.d. 1903, intestate, leaving the following named persons as his only heirs at law, his then surviving, namely: Henrietta Bosley, widow, age 68, Ottawa, Kansas; George C. Bosley, son, 45, Ottawa, Kansas; Ora M. Keeler, daughter, 36, Kansas City, Missouri. And affiant further says, that said T.J. Bosley died seized and possessed of personal estate, consisting chiefly of monies, notes, and securities, all of which is of the estimated value of $3500; and that the estate of said deceased should be administered in the manner provided by law. xL.E. Keeler, subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 day of April, a.d. 1903. Peter Kaiser, Probate Judge.

On April 23, 1903, Henrietta Bosley was appointed administrator of the T.J. Bosley estate, with the children waiving any rights.

Estate Thomas Jefferson Bosley to:

Carroll Davidson Undertaking Co.

1222 McGee Street

Kansas City, Missouri

L.L.Carroll, H. Davidson

Telephone 845 Grand

April 29, 1903

Casket and Overcase - $80.00

Shaving and Embalming - $10.00

Burial robe - $15.00

Total - $105.00

Terms cash

Monthly Statement

May 4, 1903

Bosley Estate

In account with

Lamb & Chenoweth Funeral Directors

Ottawa, Kansas

Apr 23 for

2 trips with hearse $10

2 trips wagonette $5

2 trips surrey $4

3 carriages $7.50

services $3

buggy to country from Dickey's $2

$31.50 - Will Chenoweth

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.3033.149]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg

Page #: 223 (112)

Year: 1850

#115-116

John Bosley 47 m Tavern keeper NY

Leticia Bosley 46 f NY

TJ Bosley 22 m Sailor NY

Almira Bosley 10 f OH att. school

Abraham Van Camp 33 m laborer NY

John Blinn 22 m laborer OH

James Lewis 17 m laborer att school NY

John Lewis 61? servant NY

1860 Wood County Ohio Census, Lower Perrysburg, p. 408

1089/1082

Jefferson Bosley 32 Sailor 800/100 b NY att school

Henrietta 24 b OH

John 5 b OH

George 3 b OH

William 3/12 b OH

[Brøderbund Family Archive #319, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1870, Date of Import: Jun 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.319.1.1918.48]

Individual: Bosley, Thomas

County/State: Franklin Co., KS

Location: Harrison Twp

Page #: 087

Year: 1870

10-10

Bosley, Thomas 43 M W Farmer 7000 1200 NY

Henrietta 36 F W Keeping House NY

John 15 M W Farmer OH

George 12 M W At School OH

William 10 M W At School OH

Orie 3 M W At Home OH

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Centropolis Twp, p.18 - 95-97

Bosley, Thomas J. w m 52 Head M Farmer NY NY ?

Henrietta w f 45 Wife M Keeping House NY NY NY

George C. w m 22 Son S Farm Laborer OH NY NY

Orra M. w f 13 Daughter S At home OH NY NY

Sellman, Emma L. w f 13 Adopted daughter S KS IN IN

1900 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Centropolis Twp, p.130 - 198-202

Bosley, T.J. w m Jul 1827 72 M-47 NY NY NY Farmer

Henrietta w f Jun 1835 65 M-47 4-2 NY NY NY

Franklin County Marriages, 1858-1895

http://www.ukans.edu/~hisite/franklin/indexes/

Bosley Belle 05-Jan-1882 Leaverton Milton

Bosley George C. 15-Dec-1887 Browning E. A.

Bosley Ore M. 04-Jun-1889 Keeler L. E.

Bosley Myra 1/23/1872 Mottram W. K.

Burial: April 23, 1903, Franklin County, Kansas (Hope Cemetery)

Henrietta was still alive at the time of the death of her son, George, in 1917.

Henrietta had George and a Mr. Estabrook go bond for her in the administration of T.J. Bosley estate.

Burial: 1917, Franklin County, Kansas (Hope Cemetery)

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1160.34]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Lower Sandusky

Page #: 054

Year: 1840

1 male 10-15 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (?); 2 males 30-40 (John & ?); 1 female under 5 (Myra); 1 female 5-10 (Laura); 1 female 10-15 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (?); 1 female 30-40 (Lettie).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 4, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.18256.39]

Individual: Knaggs, George B.

County/State: Lucas Co., OH

Location: Waynesfield Twp

Page #: 020

Year: 1850

276-280

George B. Knaggs 45 m w Farmer MI

Laura 19 f w NY

Georgiana 3/12 f w OH

Mary Harrigan 18 f w IN

William ? 10 m b Unknown

1860 Lucas County Ohio Census, Waynesfield Twp, p408

2080/3009

George B. Knaggs 64 farmer 3000/500 b Mich

Lora 29 b NB [sic]

Antoinette 10 b OH att sch

Malinda Davis 16 servant b OH

Almira Bosely 20 Teacher bOH

1870 Lucas County Ohio Census Waynesfield Twp

Keysor, Chauncey E. 55 farmer $30000 Real estate, 600 pers prop. NY

______Laura D. 38 Keeping house. 2000/300 b. NY

Knaggs, Antoinette 20, at home b OH

Fields, Frank 18 laborer b. Canada

Bosely, Lettia 65 3000 b NY

McDowell,? 15 domestic servant b OH

1880 Census of Lucas County Ohio - Waynesfield Twp p106c

Keysor, Chauncey Head m m w 66 NY NY NY Farmer

Laura wife f m w 49 NY NY NY Keeping house

Knaggs, Annette dau f s w 31 OH NY NY

Kaiser, Joseph other m s w 41 PR PR PR Farm laborer

The Keysor name is spelled Keyser in Lettecia's will. That is probably the correct spelling.

1900 Census of Lucas County Ohio - Waynsefield Twp - Village of Maumee p 308 - Pratt Street West - 412-412

Kaiser, Laura Head w f Dec 1830 69 Widow 1-1 NY NY VT? Dairy Farm?

Knaggs, Antoinette Dau w f Mar 1850 50 Sing OH France? NY Bookkeeper

Ward, Lydia Servant w f May 1881 19 Sing OH IN OH Housework

1910 Miracode Index of Ohio

Laura B Keysor

Age: 79 State: OH

Color: W Enumeration District: 0163

Birth Place: New York Visit: 0059

County: Lucas, Maumee

Relation: Head of Household

Other Residents: Relation Name Color Age Birth Place

Daughter Antoinetta Knaggs 57 Ohio

4 non-relatives

1910 Census of Lucas County Ohio - Waynsefield Twp - Maumee Village - Ward 3 - p295 - ED163-29

57-59

Keysor, Laura B. Head f w 79 Wd 1-1 NY NY NY Farmer Dairy Farm

Knaggs, Antonetta Dau f w 57 S OH MI NY None

Ward, Lydia Servant f w 28 S OH OH OH Domestic Private family

Collins, Henry Employee m w 61 S CT CT CT Man servant Private family

Kuhn, Robert Employee m w 21 S OH Ire Ire Gardener Private family

Boelner, Peter Employee m w 56 Wd OH Ger Ger Gardener Private family

1920 Census of Lucas County Ohio - Waynsefield Twp - Maumee Village - p290 - Pratt Street

Knaggs, Antonette Head F W 69 Sing OH MI NY

Gadwell, Dolen Servant M W 75 Sing NY Ire Ire

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Aug 4, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.6671.25]

Individual: Knaggs, George B.

County/State: Lucas Co., OH

Location: Maumee Cty 3rd War

Page #: 256

Year: 1840

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 4, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.18256.39]

Individual: Knaggs, George B.

County/State: Lucas Co., OH

Location: Waynesfield Twp

Page #: 020

Year: 1850

276-280

George B. Knaggs 45 m w Farmer MI

Laura 19 f w NY

Georgiana 3/12 f w OH

Mary Harrigan 18 f w IN

William ? 10 m b Unknown

FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index™ v4.01 North America

Laura BOSLEY

Sex: F

Marriage(s):

Spouse: George KNAGGS

Marriage: 3 May 1849

Sandusky, Erie, Ohio

Gender: F Marriage: 3 May 1849 Sandusky, Erie, Ohio

Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850 FTM CD#400 (Broderbund)

Bosley, Laura Sp : Knaggs, George B.

M : May 3, 1849

County : Erie Co.

Sex : F

330939 M513961

KNAGGS, George B. Marriage

Wife: Laura BOSLEY

Marriage Date: 03 May 1849 Recorded in: Erie, Ohio

Source: FHL Number 954128 Dates: 1838-1864

1870 Lucas County Ohio Census Waynesfield Twp

Keysor, Chauncey E. 55 farmer $30000 Real estate, 600 pers prop. NY

______Laura D. 38 Keeping house. 2000/300 b. NY

Knaggs, Antoinette 20, at home b OH

Fields, Frank 18 laborer b. Canada

Bosely, Lettia 65 3000 b NY

McDowell,? 15 domestic servant b OH

1880 Census of Lucas County Ohio - Waynesfield Twp p106c

Keysor, Chauncey Head m m w 66 NY NY NY Farmer

Laura wife f m w 49 NY NY NY Keeping house

Knaggs, Annette dau f s w 31 OH NY NY

Kaiser, Joseph other m s w 41 PR PR PR Farm laborer

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 25, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.15982.53]

Individual: Hrrington, William T.

County/State: Wood Co., OH Location: Perrysburg Page #: 219

Year: 1850

Household: 90-91

William T. Harrington 30 m Tailor NY

Harriet Harrington 25 f NY

Letitia Harrington 6 f OH

Clara Harrington 3 f OH

Emeline Houewell 12 f OH

It seems that Clara Harrington Blinn and her son William were buried at Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma, in 1868, and then reburied in Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, or these may be memorial stones.

Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Harrington Clara 11-27-1868 21y (Why maiden Name?)

Harrington E. Harriet 8-11-1825 5-7-1907

Harrington Infant (Possibly Clara's child.)

Harrington William T. 2-3-1888 68y

Fort Arbuckle Cemetery Murray County, Oklahoma. The cemetery was located on post grounds at Sec. 36, T1N, R1W. Driving directions would be seven miles west of Davis, Ok to the intersection of S.H. 7 and Meridian Road. There is a marker and the old fort was located on the northwest corner of the intersection. Fort Arbuckle was built in the unsettled Indian Territory to protect the Civilized Indians, Chickasaws and Choctaws, from the wild rampaging Kiowa and Comanche Indians. There were also visits by the wagon trains of Mormons and other emigrants making their way to the California gold fields using the Dona Ana and California Trails between Ft. Smith and Santa Fe which passed through this area. Captain Randolph B. Marcy was charged with the choice of the locations and construction of the fort. The site near Wild Horse Creek and the Washita River was not only rich in natural beauty but there was also abundant timber, grass and water, all necessary for an army post. From the nearby mountains, lead was mined for making ammunition. The fort was established on Apr 19, 1851 and named for the late General Matthew Arbuckle who had been in command of troops in Military Department of Missouri until his death on Apr 11, 1851. He died of cholera in Ft. Smith. Major Joel Elliott was buried at Ft. Arbuckle when he was killed at the Battle of the Washita with Custer's 7th Cavalry. Only death dates are available. It was later determined, by an army grave relocation team in 1872, that 54 additional graves existed at Ft. Arbuckle and 26 soldiers were buried on Guy Sandy Creek who died of cholera. These additional graves were never located. The area was allowed to burn off, and that destroyed the wooden grave markers and the location of the graves. When Ft. Arbuckle was decommissioned in 1870, the names listed below were moved to Ft. Gibson, OK and re-interred at the National Cemetery. Fifty-four others were not moved. Ft. Sill, I.T. opened for business in the middle of Comanche country in late 1869 and Ft. Arbuckle closed permanently in June of 1870. Unless noted otherwise, most of the people listed below died of cholera or other epidemics. Some were killed in Indian battles and brought to Ft. Arbuckle for burial. - Dennis Muncrief. Andrews, John, Pvt., Nov 16, 1866; Blinn, Clara Harrington, Nov 27, 1868, hostage killed at Battle of the Washita; Blinn, Willie, s/o Clara, Nov 27, 1868, hostage killed at Battle of the Washita; Borsess, John, Pvt., Nov 19, 1866; Butler, John, Pvt., Mar 29, 1868; Campbell, Jim G., Civilian, Apr 24, 1860; Carroll, M. L. Pvt., Nov 24, 1858; Clackin, Wm., Sgt. Oct 11, 1867; Dorsey, James Pvt., Feb 06, 1870; Elliott, Joel H. Major, Nov 27, 1868, killed at Battle of the Washita; Johnson, Orin, Pvt., Nov 28, 1866; Neville, John Pvt., Oct 12, 1869; Pe-A-Tah-Kak, Kickapoo, Mar 1854, executed for murder; Powell, William, Civilian; Reves, Joseph, Pvt., 1872; Robent, John, Pvt., Apr 28, 1866; Searles, James, Pvt., Sep 6, 1868; So-Kok-Wah, Kickapoo, Mar 1854, executed for murder; Taylor, Samuel, Pvt., Jul 07, 1867; Wheeler, H. Pvt., Apr 22, 1868.

Clara Harrington Blinn (1847-1868), condensed from a booklet, by John Lambertson. Franklin County Historical Society, Ottawa, Kansas.

Clara Isabelle Harrington was born in 1847 in Ohio. She was the daughter of William Theodore, or W. T., Harrington and his wife, Harriet Elizabeth Bosley Harrington. Clara was the third of seven children in that family and was raised in the Toledo/Perrysburg, Ohio area. There, she was married to Richard Blinn, about 1865, and the following year they had a son, William. She is described as being petite with dark, chestnut hair and a dimple in her chin; and has been described as really quite pretty. She was also noted, in the area, for her clear soprano voice. She apparently was quite bright and well educated, from the letter she wrote out of captivity. She apparently had some sense of humor. Her husband's diary, when they were first going out West to what is now Southeastern Colorado, reports some April Fool prank that she was pulling on some of the other members of the team. Clara's husband, Richard Blinn, was born in 1842, in Perrysburg, Ohio. He served in the 31st Ohio infantry in the Civil War, on the Union side. He was wounded, a wound that he never fully recovered from, and he married Clara after his discharge. Now, as a newlywed couple with a small child, they were looking for new opportunities for themselves. In the spring of 1868 they and some of the other members of the Blinn family decided to go to what is now Southeastern Colorado and try their fortunes out there. I am not certain as to who else in the Blinn family went. Apparently, Richard's brother, Hubble Blinn went, also his sister, Charlotte, and her husband Steve. They left Perrysburg on Sunday, March 15, 1868, by train, by locomotive, and went to Kansas City by that route. In Kansas City, they were able to obtain wagons for their caravan and mules. They experienced some of the usual hazards of the trails -- a broken axle, for example -- on the way out, etc. The route in going out to their new venture in the West was through Shawnee Mission. Again, these are mentioned in Dick Blinn's diary. He did mention going into the town of Burlingame, also Junction City, Abilene, Salina, and Solomon City. This, again, is in the spring of 1868, and these places were in their infancy. The train tracks were just being laid out in that direction. Basically, they followed the Smokey Hill Trail out West. He mentions Fort Parker, Ellsworth; he spent some time in Hays City, and had some blacksmithing done there. Then they moved on down south to Dodge. They mentioned several other minor forts and stations along the way. They reached their destination on Sand Creek on April 20, 1868. This was near Fort Lyons in Southeastern Colorado, Dick Blinn, in his diary, says on that day, "I liked the place first rate." I don't know how long that "like" lasted. Apparently, they tried their hand a little bit at doing some ranching, which apparently was not successful. But what was more promising was that they were able to operate a stage station on the southern overland mail route, and took care of the passengers and the teams that came through. Clara would have cooked for the passengers. Unfortunately, that fizzled after a few months also. Apparently the coach was removed from that particular route. So they were sort of left out there, without any other kinds of means of support by the early fall of 1868. So they decided to give up and head back East. Well, his family was still in Ohio, but hers, by this time, had moved here to Franklin County. So, as many people did when things didn't work out for them in the West, they "gave up and went back to the wife's people." And that's basically what they were going to do. Clara, apparently, relayed a message to her Aunt Myra in Lawrence, who she was very close to, that they were going to come back and settle in Franklin County. But she wanted it to be a surprise and not to tell her parents that they were coming. Therefore, the Blinns' decision was unknown to the Harringtons in Franklin County. The caravan was attacked about 10 miles east of the mouth of Sand Creek on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail. It was near the present day town of Bristol, Colorado, and getting fairly close to what is now the Kansas line. The caravan, according to Hubble Blinn, Richard Blinn's brother who was there and among the party, consisted of Richard and Clara and little Willie, two years old, seven other white men, and a Negro. There is also the suggestion that maybe the sister, Charlotte, and her husband were along again, it is somewhat confusing on this particular point. Anyway, they were vastly outnumbered, whether there were 75 Indians or whether there were 200 Indians. The Indians gave up and these men were left out there on foot. They returned to the fort to spread the alarm, to tell of what had happened, and to tell that this young 21-year-old woman and her two-year-old son had been taken captive. We also don't know for sure what all transpired in the following six weeks for Clara. What we do know is that she and Willie were taken and traveled for several hundred miles down further into Indian Territory. Where they ended up was in Western Oklahoma on the Washita River, and they were there by early November 1868. It was at that particular point that an incident occurred that has helped seal this event in the footnotes of the history of American warfare with the Indians. Clara was able to get smuggled out of the Indian camp a letter, sort of a distress letter, begging for assistance to get her released. This is what Clara wrote, the last communication from her: "Saturday, November 7", now again, she has almost been a month in captivity by this point, 1868. "Kind friend, whoever you may be, I thank you for your kindness to me and my child. You want me to let you know my wishes. If you could only buy us from the Indians with ponies or anything and let me come stay with you until I can get word to my friends, they would pay you. And I would work and do all I could for you. If it is not too far to their camp, and you are not afraid to come, I pray you will try. They tell me, as near as 1 can understand, they expect traders to come and they will sell us to them. If it is Mexicans, I am afraid they will sell us into slavery in Mexico. If you can do nothing for me, write to W. T. Harrington, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, and my father. Tell him we are with the Cheyennes and they say when the white men make peace, we can go home. Tell him to write the governor of Kansas about it and for them to make peace. Send this to him. We were taken on October 9 on the Arkansas, below Fort Lyon. I cannot tell whether they killed my husband or not. My name is Mrs. Clara Blinn, my little boy, Willie Blinn, is two years old. Do all you can for me. Write to the peace commissioners to make peace this fall. For our sake, do all you can and God will bless you. If you can let me hear from you again, please let me know what you think about it. Write my father; send this to him. Goodbye, Mrs. R. F. Blinn." She adds a little footnote. "I am as well as can be expected, but my baby is very sick."

Ottawa Herald, Ottawa Kansas, Wednesday, Nov 24, 1948. Death Takes Mrs. Estabrook, Pioneer Here.

Mrs. Mary Jane Estabrook, 90, widow of Clinton Hobart Estabrook, and prominent resident of Ottawa many years, died unexpectedly yesterday at 6:30pm, at the home, 324 Locust. She mentioned not feeling well, and died soon after lying down. She had lived in Ottawa 81 years. Mary Jane Harrington was born October 6, 1858, in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of William Theodore and Harriet Elizabeth (Bosley) Harrington. She was married at Ottawa April 29, 1879 to Mr. Estabrook and he died November 20, 1938. (Cemetery records and probate say December 20, 1938.) Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. M.H. Forester, Ottawa; a granddaughter, Mrs. Bruce Moorehead, Escalon, Calif., and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Moorehead is coming to Ottawa. The funeral is to be Friday from the Lamb Funeral Home at 3pm. Rev. W.A. Elliott and Rev. R.S. Pruitt will officiate, and interment is to be in the Hope Cemetery. The casket will be open at the funeral home Friday, from 1 to 2:30pm. The Harrington family moved in 1867 from Toledo, Ohio, to a farm in the Chippewa Hills, where they frequently saw Indians. The Indians passed the farm on their way to Ottawa to receive their money. Soon after moving to this farm, an older sister of Mrs. Estabrook, who lived in Colorado, started in a caravan to Kansas to visit her people. The caravan was attacked and captured by the Indians, and the sister and her child, along with others, were taken prisoner. The attack took place about the border line of Colorado and Kansas. The government negotiated with the Indians for return of the sister and child, upon payment of ransom; but before the plan was completed the Indians were attacked, and they killed the sister and child. Mr. Estabrook came here when he was 12 years old from Kansas City, and lived in Ottawa the remainder of his life. He was an early day merchant and engaged in the drug business many years. He was later connected with the First National bank, and had extensive property interests.

THE INDIAN CAPTIVITY OF CLARA BLINN Who was to blame for her death? by Danita Ross

In early October 1868 Clara Blinn and her two year old son, Willie, were taken captive by Indians along the Santa Fe Trail near the mouth of Sand Creek, not far from present day Lamar, Colorado. Clara and her husband Richard, had decided to leave Colorado Territory where they found it hard to make a living and had joined an eastbound caravan of wagons to return to Clara's family in Franklin County, Kansas. When the raiders, believed to be mostly Cheyennes, attacked the wagon train, Clara and little Willie hid under a feather mattress in a supply wagon. After a siege of several days, the Indians left, taking the supply wagon with Clara and her young son as part of their booty. The captives were held at the winter camp of the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle on the Washita River in southern Indian Territory (in present Oklahoma). When U.S. Army forces, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, attacked the Cheyenne encampment on November 27, both Clara and Willie died. The death of Clara and her infant son became part of the controversy surrounding the Battle of the Washita and the reputation of Colonel Custer. Mary Forrester Moorehead of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a grandniece of Clara Harrington Blinn. The life and death of her grandmother's older sister has haunted her since childhood. In those days, all traces of Clara's story were tucked away in a bundle in an old trunk and carefully ignored by the family. "As a child in Kansas, " Moorehead remembers, " I used to sneak up alone to my grandmother's attic and take out of the large wooden trunk a mysterious parcel. It contained the mementos of my Grandaunt Clara's last days. I would remove the items one at a time and wonder about them and about Clara." The momentos included: an old clipping from an Ottawa, Kansas, newspaper; a hurriedly penciled letter from Clara in scratchy handwriting dated November 7. 1868; a piece from the hem of a calico dress; a fringed, beaded Arapaho bag; a yellowed letter from Gen. Philip Sheridan; a lock of hair; and two tiny stones. From the newsclippings and the letters, Moorehead knew that her grandaunt had been a captive in Chief Black Kettle's camp, but she was baffled by her family's silence regarding her grandaunt. "I simply could not understand my family's reluctance to speak of Aunt Clara. My mother had great pride in our family history. Yet she would never, never speak of Aunt Clara when I was young. Neither would my grandmother." Ironically, in those days, the only information Moorehead was able to get came from the family's Cherokee maid Ada. She knew something of Plains history and had read old news articles about Clara Blinn. Ada also instilled in Moorehead a curiosity about the Indian side of the story. "Only when I reached adulthood did my mother finally relent and tell Clara's story as the family knew it," Moorehead explains. The old momentos, which Moorehead now owns, trace the narrative. She shows the original handwritten letter, now preserved under glass, that Clara wrote from Black Kettle's camp. The plaintive plea for help from the twenty-one-year-old captive entreats: "Kind Friend....if you could only buy us of the Indians with ponies or anything and let me come and stay with you until I could get word to my friends, they would pay you..." Moorehead notes of the letter: "Family legend claims that a trader smuggled a pencil and paper into Clara in a pan of flour. But no one knows for certain." (The letter was delivered to the military and then released to the press. It appeared in many newspapers.) During the autumn of 1868 the U.S. Army had embarked upon a resolute campaign against hostile Indians. The plan was to chastise them through swift, surprise attacks on their winter camps. On November 27, 1868, in a bitterly cold dawn assault, Custer surrounded Black Kettle's settlement on the Washita River, carrying out General Sheridan's orders to destroy the village, kill the Indian warriors and their horses, and take prisoner the women and children. The Cheyenne camp bore the main force of Custer's attack, but the Arapahos and Kiowas were also encamped nearby. Moorehead points out that the various battle accounts show discrepancies as to just where Clara and Willie were found. In whichever camp Clara spent her final hours - whether Cheyenne or Kiowa - we know that she was found shot in the head, and that Willie's skull was crushed. (Reports differ as to whether they had been scalped.) Bread was stuffed into the front of Clara's dress. The surmise was that in the melee, Clara had grabbed food and Willie and was trying to escape when she was accidentally shot by the troopers as she ran toward them. Some critics of the Battle of the Washita contend that the proper term to describe the encounter is "massacre." They censure Custer and Sheridan for carrying out a massacre of Indians who had agreed to peace and who had been promised rations and security by the army. Critics have also suggested that Custer should have attempted to secure the safety of any captives in Black Kettle's camp, as the military knew that Clara and her little son were being held there. Ms. Moorehead displays the Arapaho bag that carried General Sheridan's condolence letter to the family. Sheridan also sent the hem piece cut from Clara's mulberry-colored calico dress. He did this, Moorehead explains, to show the family that Clara had not been made to work too terribly hard, as the hem was still tight and unfrayed after Clara had been in captivity for more than a month and a half. The lock of Willie's hair that Sheridan ordered clipped before burial of the bodies at Fort Arbuckle came back to the family through Richard Blinn. He had survived the attack in Colorado Territory, but his lone search for his wife and child had taken three months. He arrived at Fort Arbuckle in January of 1869, where at last he learned their sad fate. Blinn built a sturdy fence around the gravesites of Clara and Willie and took a small stone from each grave to carry with him - the two small stones Moorehead keeps today. Moorehead's search to understand not only Clara's story but how it fit into the context of the times has taken years of investigation. At Stanford University library she pored over records of Indian allotments of food and supplies set by treaties with the U.S. government. She was particularly interested in discovering the disbursements of allotments for Black Kettle's Cheyennes. She was not surprised to find that the actual allotments fell short of the agreed-upon provisions. "I have come to realize," she says, "that even the most respected Indians, like Black Kettle, who had signed for peace and tried to live up to it, might hold a white captive to secure more supplies in the wake of inadequate allotments and brutal winters." Moorehead had also retraced her grandaunt's journey from capture in Colorado, south to Oklahoma, to stand at the battle site on the Washita River in November. "I wanted to feel, as much as I could, what it might have been like for Clara," she says. Somewhat sadly, she has come to understand her family's early reluctance to talk of her grandmother's older sister. "Reflecting the mentality of the day, Clara was considered a loser in the family. If she had escaped and tried to re-enter the Anglo culture of 1868, she would have been considered sullied, an outcast." For it was naturally assumed that she had met "the fate worse than death," as one cavalry lieutenant remarked on the presumed sexual abuse by the Indians. General Sheridan, himself, exemplified this same attitude, evidently discouraged efforts to ransom Clara Blinn. In his best-selling Son of the Morning Star (1984), Evan Connell reports a purported conversation between Sheridan and Gen. W B. Hazen, obviously before Sheridan knew of Richard Blinn's survival. Connell quotes Sheridan: "After having her husband & friends murdered, and her own person subjected to the fearful bestiality of perhaps the whole tribe, it is mock humanity to secure what is left of her [Clara Blinn] for the consideration of 5 ponies." (page 181) "While many women broke from the strain of just trying to exist on the Plains," points out Ms. Moorehead, "Clara's remarkable fortitude kept her struggling for freedom to the very end of her ordeal. To me, Clara was a heroine. She was a young, bright, brave woman. And as much a source of pride as the English colonists in our family. It is a shame to have kept her in an attic so long." Bibliographic note. Some of the material in this piece comes from remembrances of the family of Clara Blinn. However, the main events in her captivity were described in many newspapers of the time. Various authors have mentioned the Blinn tragedy in works relating to the Battle of the Washita or the career of George Armstrong Custer. For examples, consult the indexes of the following books for information about Clara and little Willie. The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69 by Stan Hoig (1976). Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell (1984). Warpath and Council Fire: The Plains' Indians' Struggle for survival in War and in Diplomacy 1851-1891 by Stanley Vestal (1948).

PIONEER HISTORY OF KANSAS by Adolph Roenigk. CHAPTER XIX WINTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HOSTILES The Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry; Custer’s Seventh Cavalry; Attack the Camp of Blackettle; Rescue of Two Captive Women... Extract from General Sheridan’s report after the battle: On his way back to camp Dr. Baily of Topeka, the surgeon of the Nineteenth, discovered the body of a white woman and a little boy two years old. The woman had been shot in the forehead and the child killed by striking his head against a tree. The mother had a piece of bread concealed in her bosom as though she had attempted to escape from the camp. The next morning the woman was laid on a blanket on her side and the boy in her arm, and the men ordered to march by to see if possibly someone might identify her. It was Mrs. R. F. Blinn, captured by the Kiowas October 6th, going from Lyon to Dodge. The body of the woman and child were taken along and finally buried in the government cemetery at Fort Arbuckle. On the 2th of November, a number of Mexican traders had been in the Kiowa camp, and she had taken opportunity to send a letter out by them...

Burial: Aft. November 27, 1868, Murray County, Oklahoma (Fort Arbuckle Cemetery)

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 25, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.2750.183]

Individual: Blinn, James

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg Twp

Page #: 250

Year: 1850

Household: 299-307

James Blinn 33 m Farmer OH

Mary 32 f NY

Franklin 13 m OH

Charlotte 12 f OH

Sarah A. 10 f OH

Richard F. 9 m OH

James B. 8 m OH

Hubbell 5 m OH

Julius 3 m OH

Francis 1 m OH

1860 Census of Wood County Ohio - Perrysberg Twp - p428 - 1403-1375

James Blinn 44 m Mason 300 200 OH

Mary Blinn 43 f NY

Frank Blinn 23 m Laborer OH

Charlotte Blinn 22 f OH

Richard Blinn 18 f(!) OH

Julius Blinn 16 m OH

Huble Blinn 14 m OH

James Blinn 12 m OH

Frances Blinn 9 f OH

Augusta Blinn 7 f OH

Charles Blinn 3 m OH

1870 Census of Montgomery County Ohio - Jefferson Township - Soldiers Home - p578b

Blinn, Richard 27 m w Farmer OH

Center for Archival Collections, MMS 1646 Richard Blinn Diary Transcript MMS 1646 mf

Introduction. This is the travel diary documenting trip of Richard Foote Blinn (1842-1873), with his wife Clara (1845-1868) and son Willie, from Perrysburg, Ohio to Sand Creek, Colorado along the Santa Fe Trail in 1868. There are some additional entries describing the search by Richard for Clara after she was kidnapped by Indians and her later death at Washita after the battle there in November 1868. Note on this transcription: Narrative entries are transcribed in chronological order. There were some 1869 entries written at the start of the diary volume with the January 1868 dates crossed out and corrected to 1869, with a few uncorrected reading February, but still probably mid-January, and two entries written on the Memoranda pages and one on the Cash Account, January page. Financial/ledger entries were not transcribed. Spelling of the original is maintained. Richard Blinn Diary Transcript

February Monday, 10 1868 Uncle Dick's Diary

March Sunday, 15 1868 Left Perrysburg this morning at 8 o'clock for Sand Creek Colorado Territory.

March Monday, 16 1868 On our way to Kansas City. Slept in the car seat all night.

March Tuesday, 17 1868 Arrived at Quincy, Illi 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Crossed the Mississippi on

the ferry. Took a sleeping car & had a good sleep

March Wednesday, 18 1868 Arrived at Kansas City 5 o'clock in the morning. Took supper at the Sheridan

Hotel and then started to find Jack. Traveled on six roads and then all most gave up finding him.

March Thursday, 19 1868 Shawnee Mission. Started from Kansas City this morning. Had a big time hitching up the mules. One of them kick the buttons off Steve's shirt. We got them all right after a long tussle. Steve and I ride on the big wagon. We had our last glass off [sic] ales up to the tavern. Not very good ales. Steve, Charlott, Clara and I sleep in the tent. Sarah and Jack in the ambulance and Bill in the wagon.

March Friday, 20 1868 Olatha, Kas. Broke camp 9 o'clock this morning & drove 20 miles and camped

opposite an Ohio man's house. No trouble with the mules today. Charlott put a cranberry on her toe kill a corn but eat it off before it did any good. Steve went to kill a chicken but could not do so.

March Saturday, 21 1868 Camp Breakdown. Started this morning at 8 o'clock and was getting along nice

when the fore axle broke and we had to camp in the road. Saw the peraria [prairie?] on fire last night for the first time. It looked splendid.

March Sunday, 22 1868 Camp Breakdown. Did not get our wagon fixed so we had to lay over all day.

March Monday, 23 1868 Got our wagon fixed and started on our way. Had a hard road. Got lost and had to let down a fence and drive through a field. Camped about four o'clock. It rained and we had a hard time to pitch the tent. Had some milk punch tonight. Very good.

March Tuesday, 24 1868 Drove about eighteen miles today. The wind blows very hard. Past by the ruins of a house that was destroyed by the rebles during the war. Camped in a hollow. Steve started out on the hill for prarrie chickens. There is a lot around, but he did not shoot any. The wind blows to hard. Found a nest of mice under a stone. They all skedadled when we took up the stone. There is a creek & a spring

near where we camp.

March Wednesday, 25 1868 Camping near a little town called Burlingham on the bank of a nice creek. Jack killed three prarrie chickens today and we had a nice stew.

March Thursday, 26 1868 Very cold today. Had to camp about ten o'clock on a creek called Soldier Creek. Have a nice big fire. Told fortunes for some little boys. Baked bread, stewed peaches & c. Three Indians past by here today, one dressed in red, the other two in blue. Carried their bows with them. Got some pop corn of the little boys and poped it. It was quite a rareity.

March Friday, 27 1868 Got up this morning about daylight and drove 23 miles. Steve killed a chicken and we had it for dinner. Camped near a house that Jack & Sarah staid in 2 years ago. Found a pool cat in an old well and shot him.

March Saturday, 28 1868 Steve and I got up at 3 o'clock and feed our mules and got things ready to go.

Started and drove 6 miles before breakfast and then drove until 4 o'clock and then stoped & took a rest.

Drove over some of the worst road that we have seen yet. Bill came near upseating [upsetting] the ambulance. He drove off from a bank 3 feet straight up. Steve and I got through all right. Got in to camp at 9 o'clock, awfull tired.

March Sunday, 29 1868 Junction City. Arrived here at 3 o'clock. Drove 18 miles today. Roads a little

better. Got along first rate. Country looks a little better, but a very stoney. Junction City is a right smart plase. Do a good deal off business. Verry fine buildings. Most of them are stone. Saw a good many people out walking. Camped on Smoky River.

March Monday, 30 1868 Started on our way about 10 o'clock. Took out some off our load and took in 3

sacks off corn. The load is considerable lighter. Can go faster. Camp in a little town called Aboline. Drove 27 miles today. Fell in with four men going to Hays City. They say they want to keep company with us. We see a good many coming over.

March Tuesday, 31 1868 Broke camp this morning at 5 o'clock. Drove 21 miles and stoped about 2 o'clock for dinner. Stoped 2 hours and then hitched up & drove 6 miles and camped for the night. Passed through Salina and Solimon City. Salina is quite a nice little town. We have got 4 men to travel with us, so we feel safer then we did before

April Wednesday, 1 1868 Between Fort Harker & Elsworth. Broke camp this morning at 5 o'clock and drove 40 miles by 6 o'clock. Mules look pretty tired. Clara fooled Jack, and Jack made me jump off from the wagon to pay for it. Steve & I got to sleep on the wagon and came near falling off. Came through the worst country we have had yet. The land is not good for any thing. Wind blows like anything. It was warm this morning but it turned cold before night and keeps it up yet.

April Thursday, 2 1868 Bunker Hill. Camped at 6 o'clock near some soldiers. Had to keep a guard all

night for fear some one would steal our mules. We saw two men hanging around our camp. Saw some buffalo but they were a good ways off. Saw a perraria dog this first I ever saw. One of the soldiers killed an antelope & Jack bought part of it and we had all we could eat. It tasts good, better than deer meat.

April Friday, 3 1868 Camped within 3 1/2 miles from Hays City. Darned cold today. Had to wear our

overcoats all the time. Traveled with the soldiers until noon and then left them. We caught up with a

man with four horses. He was loaded with corn for Cayota. He broke his wagon and had to go 33 miles to get a wagon to fetch his load in. He camped with us one night and his horses eat up more off our hay than our own stock. Drove 40 miles.

April Saturday, 4 1868 Hays City. Got here at 10 o'clock. Found a nice plase to camp. Plenty of wood &

water, so we do not have to run after wood as we did the night before. Will stay here 2 or 3 days until Jack's train come in from the plains. The girls are baking bread and getting ready to start across the plains. Had a big row in camp this morning.

April Sunday, 5 1868 Camp near Hays City. The train came in town last night. The stock looks hard

[?]. Are going to get the mules shod tomorrow. Espect to have a big time with Jule.

April Monday, 6 1868 Nothing happened to day. Went up town twice. [illegible] this Hays City.

April Tuesday, 7 1868 Willie Blinn. Hays City. Took the mules up town & got them shod. Had some fun

with Jule. She knocked the blacksmith behind the anvil.

April Wednesday, 8 1868 Big Timber Creek. Left Hays this morning at 7 o'clock. Drove 16 miles. Had a big scare today. Saw our first Indians today. They were about four miles off. They did not notice us at all, but went about their business, what ever it was. We are traveling with a Mexican train. They are camped about a mile back.

April Thursday, 9 1868 Started this morning at half past six this morning, drove 27 miles, left the

train off Mexicans for they did not travel fast enough for us, so we are alone. Jack & Steve found a lot of their friend here and they all feel pretty wild to night. It rained last night and froze so every thing is all ice.

April Friday, 10 1868 Saw Log Creek. Camped at Boyd's Ranch. Started this morning at 6 o'clock and

drove about 13 miles. Found another Mexican train stuck in the mud. Took dinner & the drove 7 miles & caught up with the train. They were feeding their mules so we unhitched ours and let them graze a while. The wind blows like the old harry. Can't pitch the tent, so we have to let the girls sleep in the wagon and Steve and I have to take to the ground.

April Saturday, 11 1868 Fort Dodge. Started out off the camp this morning at 3 o'clock and drove 12

miles and stoped at this place to go to a dance tonight at some of Jack's friends. Found lots of Indians here but they are friendly and do not offer to hurt any one.

April Sunday, 12 1868 Fort Dodge. Went to the dance. Did not have a verry good time. The officers run

the thing. We are laying over because it rains. Have got a good plase to stay so I do not care.

April Monday, 13 1868 Fort Dodge. It geeps [keeps] raining so I don't know when we will go. All the

folks have went calling but Tom & I.

April Tuesday, 14 1868 Fort Dodge. Raining so we can not go yet. Hope it will stop this summer some

time.

April Wednesday, 15 1868 Cimarron Crossing. Started this morning at 8 o'clock, drove 20 miles and stoped for the day. It is so muddy that we cannot go more than 20 miles in a day. Have got a good

plase to stay. The mules have got a nice plase and we sleep in a house. Espect to sleep in our tent tomorrow night.

April Thursday, 16 1868 Pawnee Fort. Started this morning at 8 o'clock and drove 20 miles. The roads are muddy. The mules are getting tired. We have not got much farther to travel. Two more nights and we are all right.

April Friday, 17 1868 Broke camp this morning at 5 o'clock. Drove 37 miles and camped at an old stage

station. It commenced raining and rained all night and we are having a wet time. Will not get home as soon as we expected. Jack & I killed two wild geese this morning.

April Saturday, 18 1868 Aubery Station. This morning at 6 o'clock and drove 20 1/2 miles. Roads very

mudy. Hard work to get along. Got up and drove 3 miles & then got our breakfast at a stage station and then drove to Aubery. Did not get our geese to eat. Gave them to Mr. Stickney.

April Sunday, 19 1868 Fort Sanderson. Started from Aubery at 7 o'clock and drove to this place in one

drive. The roads are awfull muddy. Put our lead mules on the mules on the ambulance and took the 4 small mules on the big wagon and then we got along fine. Slept in an old dug out.

April Monday, 20 1868 Sand Creek. Here we are at last. Started this morning at 8 o'clock & drove with

in 8 miles of Sand Creek and stoped for dinner. Jack & I set the prarie on fire. Got here at 5 o'clock. Avery thing looks nice. I like the plase first rate.

April Thursday, 23 1868 Commenced boarding the drivers for the Southern Overland Mail Co. at $84 per

week and and renting them the stable at 50 dollar per quarter. D.A. Brewster Delphos Ottawa Co. Kans

Embrer & Johnson Family Grocery Adolph Shader Fort Gibson

May Sunday, 3 1868

Commenced tending stock for the S.O.M. Co. on the 17th off Aug 68

Sept 1st 1868 S.O.M.Co. Dr. To 18 meals at 41 ce per [?] Meal $8.00 The Mail Co. took thiere stock away on the 4th of September Dr. to $15.00 fifteen dollars for catching mule & keeping it three days

May Monday, 4 1868 Started from Sand Creek this morning at 8 o'clock and drove to Old Fort Lyons

for dinner and then drove to the 8 mile bottem and camped for the night We drove 27 miles. We have got a new driver, his name is Wise. This is a nice country here. We are going to Pueblo for provisions.

August Thursday, 13 1868 H.P. Jones Chigan Jack Major Roy

August Friday, 14 1868 Wm. Grifesteine Wastaw Near Fort Cobb McCluskey Shurley Cherokee Town

Durfee & Co. Levenworth W. Griffinstein Waren McClara Clyde Ohio

October Friday, 9 1868 Camp this side of Sand Creek at three mile point. Clara & Willie were captured 3 miles from where we were camped

October Wednesday, 14 1868 Came in to Fort Lyon this morning at 3 o'clock

November Saturday, 7 1868 J. Willie Blinn, Ft. Lyon The date of Claras letter

November Wednesday, 11 1868 Left Fort Lyon for Fort Hays & Fort Cobb [Written on Memoranda Pages]

Christmas morning on the Arkansas River Waiting to get across the river. On my way to Fort Arbuckle looking for Clara & Willie. I would give my last dollar to go on. Have been here 3 days and expect to stay 3 days more for the water is on the raise.

December Monday, 28 1868 F.F. Jones, Cheyen an Kiowa Interpritor Jay Fellows Sam Gray Henery Harned John Mount Jacob Litteral Will. Minix J.W. Allbenary

December Tuesday, 29 1868 Traveled all day in the rain, walked all the time. It looks dark and gloomy & I feel the same. I would give my life for my little family but I am afraid I have got to go through this world alone. If I only knew where they are I would feel better but to live & think what they have to go through is worse than death.

December Wednesday, 30 1868 I. Creek, Coulson Ground, I.T. [Indian Territory] We are water bound. The water is so high in the deep Fork that we can not get through and I am afraid that we will have to lay here for a week but I hope not for I want to get through

December Thursday, 31 1868 No chance of geting away from here yet. It has rained for four days and nights, but it looks as though it would clear up soon.

January Friday, 1 1869 [written in start of 1868 volume] Still storming and no signs of its clearing up. It seems as though everything goes against me. I do not care for what I go through but to think of them, Clara & Willie. If I knew they were safe I would not care for myself for I can stand anything that will do them good, even to laying down my life for them. But I must know what has become of them if it takes all my life.

January Saturday, 2 1869 [illegible] to day at 12 o'clock [illegible] to [illegible] It will [illegible] for I may [illegible] my [illegible]

January Sunday, 3 1869 Okmulgee. Clear water [illegible] I hope we will get under way before long

[illegible] not [illegible] or I can not [illegible] and I have got [illegible] [Written on Memoranda Page]

Sunday Morning, Jan 3, 69 Still waiting for the water to fall. The boys were down yesterday & they say it

is falling some. I hope it is for I want to go on. I think that I will find Willie in a government train that is coming. But I do not expect to see poor Clara again. This life looks dark & dreary to me. I wish I was with my wife, dead or alive. The tears will fall in spite of me when I think of the happy days that a gon to

return no more. Little did I think one year would find me alone in this world with no one but my self to take care. Three years. It seems but yesterday that I kiss her & called her wife for the first time. So young and yet so good. A true wife & a kind mother. I would not want a better partner to travel through this world with than my darling Clara, but now she is no more. I hope she is in a better world than this.

January Monday, 4 1869 Okmulgee. The water has fell about 3 feet and a half. I think we will move from

here tomorrow. We will give it a trial and how and I hope we will get acrost for I am afraid we are going to have more rain and if we do we cannot get away before spring and no one can come from the other way, so I can get any news from Cobb.

January Tuesday, 5 1869 We made a drive of two miles to day and the water is falling fast and I think we

will get acrost in a few days. There is a train coming from Cobb and I think I will get some news when they get here. We look for them tomorrow and I hope they will get here for I want to get the news.

There is talk of the Indians trying to take the Post and if they make a break there will be a big fight at Cobb.

January Wednesday, 6 1869 2 miles from Okmullgee. The water is falling very slow and I think we will have to stay here for three days longer. If I can only get Clara and Will I would not care but to lay here and not know where they are makes the time go slow. It seems as though the days were as long as a week. I heard to day that Wild Bill was killed but I think there is some mystake.

January Thursday, 8 [7?] 1869 I found a man today that found Clara and Willie on the ground. They had been killed about 14 days. His name is H.H. Campbell. Willie was laying a little ways from her. They were taken to Arbuckle and buried. I shall try to take them home.

January Friday, 9 [8?] 1869

The boys have built a raft and I think we will get acrost the river tomorrow. The scout that found Clara and Willie says he will give me a horse to ride to Cobb. I think I will go with him. It is 3 month today that Clara & Willie was captured.

January Saturday, 10 [9?] 1869 I am over the river at last. I am going to go through with two scouts. They have got an extra horse and they are going to let me ride through with them. They are the most accomadating men that I have found since I started. This is a hard country to travel in.

January Sunday, 11 [10?] 1869 Seminole Agency. We went 45 miles from [illegible]. I feel awfull tired tonight for I had a hard riding horse. He is awfull stiff. I am going to get another horse tomorrow.

The men that I am with are good fellows. One of them was in the army with me and he is an old railroad man so I fare very well.

January Monday, 12 [11?] 1869 Forty miles from the Seminole Agency. Camped in the woods all by ourselves. Had sardines and peaches for supper. I feel awfull tired and homesick tonight. I would rather be dead than to live without Clara and Willie, but the Lord knows best and I suppose he will take me

when my time comes.

January Tuesday, 12 1869 Sleeped in the woods last night. Did not sleep very well. Rode 37 miles, got off from the road looking for a place to stay but got lost and had to hire a little Indian to guide us to the house where we got to stay all night

January Wednesday, 13 1869 Camped on the Washata. Rode 35 miles. Rained all night and most all day. Mud knee deep. My horse gave out so we had to camp before dark.

January Thursday, 30 [14?] 1869 [illegible] and had no [illegible] we were wet through to morning [?]

February Sunday, 2 [Jan 15?] 1869 [illegible names]

Camped near Dutch Bills ranch. Found a man today that used to live at [illegible]. His name is Hatch [?]. He says he [illegible] Clara & Willies bodys [illegible] for me to [illegible] at [illegible]

February Monday, 3 [Jan 16?] 1869 Started on the march again this morning and rode 3 miles. Got to Gen. Hazens Head Quarters at 8 o'clock

February Tuesday, 4 [Jan 17?] 1869 Went to Gen. Sheridans Head Quarters. He is at Arbuckle. I shall wait and see him. I saw Capt. Berry and Mr. Brant formly [formerly] of Fort Lyon. They say there is no doubt but that Clara & Willie were killed. I hav got Clara's shoes & a piece of her dress and some of Willies hair.

February Wednesday, 5 [Jan 18?] 1869 Camp on Cash Creek. Went to see Col. Boon and he says he will do all he can to assist me. I think I shall be abell to recover something from the Indians. All I want is enough to get toom stones for my family. I have been well treated by all the officers here. They are not at all like those that I have meet here to fore. Received a letter from Fannie today.

February Thursday, 6 [Jan 19?] 1869 Nothing off note to day.

Jan 23 1869 Saw a young man that was looking for his sister. She was captured on the [illegible]. I all [also] saw an Indian with my shirt on. I hired to Col. Boon as watchman to day. [Col. Albert Gallatin Boone, grandson of Daniel Boone, was the Indian Agent at Ft. Sill].

Jan 24 1869 [illegible] Medicine Bluff. Sargt. Conrod and myself started to take a walk and here we are about 400 feet above the rest of mankind and can see for miles over the Indian country. I can see Indians riding over the plains in all directions.

Cash Account, January Jan [?] 1869 We are [illegible] in one of the large [illegible] in the country. It consists of one store, one blacksmith shop, and the Council House of the Creek Indians and three or four Negro cabins. The people here are all Secesh but they are harmless and have no inclination to break out again. The Indians are all civilized and some of them are well educated & talk English as well as any one can. © 2003 Center for Archival Collections, 5th Floor, Jerome Library, BGSU, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 +1-419-372-2411

Civil War Records

Richard F. Blinn

Residence not listed; 20 years old.

Enlisted on 4/25/1861 as a Private.

On 4/27/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. OH 21st Infantry

He was Mustered Out on 8/12/1861 at Columbus, OH

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Richard F. Blinn

Residence not listed; 21 years old.

Enlisted on 9/5/1861 as a Sergeant.

On 12/11/1861 he mustered into "L" Co. OH 3rd Cavalry

He was discharged for disability on 1/9/1863

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Richard F. Blinn

Residence not listed; 23 years old.

Enlisted on 5/2/1864 as a Private.

On 5/2/1864 he mustered into "F" Co. OH 144th Infantry

He was Mustered Out on 8/31/1864 at Camp Chase, OH

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Clara Harrington Blinn (1847-1868), condensed from a booklet, by John Lambertson. Franklin County Historical Society, Ottawa, Kansas.

Clara Isabelle Harrington was born in 1847 in Ohio. She was the daughter of William Theodore, or W. T., Harrington and his wife, Harriet Elizabeth Bosley Harrington. Clara was the third of seven children in that family and was raised in the Toledo/Perrysburg, Ohio area. There, she was married to Richard Blinn, about 1865, and the following year they had a son, William. She is described as being petite with dark, chestnut hair and a dimple in her chin; and has been described as really quite pretty. She was also noted, in the area, for her clear soprano voice. She apparently was quite bright and well educated, from the letter she wrote out of captivity. She apparently had some sense of humor. Her husband's diary, when they were first going out West to what is now Southeastern Colorado, reports some April Fool prank that she was pulling on some of the other members of the team. Clara's husband, Richard Blinn, was born in 1842, in Perrysburg, Ohio. He served in the 31st Ohio infantry in the Civil War, on the Union side. He was wounded, a wound that he never fully recovered from, and he married Clara after his discharge. Now, as a newlywed couple with a small child, they were looking for new opportunities for themselves. In the spring of 1868 they and some of the other members of the Blinn family decided to go to what is now Southeastern Colorado and try their fortunes out there. I am not certain as to who else in the Blinn family went. Apparently, Richard's brother, Hubble Blinn went, also his sister, Charlotte, and her husband Steve. They left Perrysburg on Sunday, March 15, 1868, by train, by locomotive, and went to Kansas City by that route. In Kansas City, they were able to obtain wagons for their caravan and mules. They experienced some of the usual hazards of the trails -- a broken axle, for example -- on the way out, etc. The route in going out to their new venture in the West was through Shawnee Mission. Again, these are mentioned in Dick Blinn's diary. He did mention going into the town of Burlingame, also Junction City, Abilene, Salina, and Solomon City. This, again, is in the spring of 1868, and these places were in their infancy. The train tracks were just being laid out in that direction. Basically, they followed the Smokey Hill Trail out West. He mentions Fort Parker, Ellsworth; he spent some time in Hays City, and had some blacksmithing done there. Then they moved on down south to Dodge. They mentioned several other minor forts and stations along the way. They reached their destination on Sand Creek on April 20, 1868. This was near Fort Lyons in Southeastern Colorado, Dick Blinn, in his diary, says on that day, "I liked the place first rate." I don't know how long that "like" lasted. Apparently, they tried their hand a little bit at doing some ranching, which apparently was not successful. But what was more promising was that they were able to operate a stage station on the southern overland mail route, and took care of the passengers and the teams that came through. Clara would have cooked for the passengers. Unfortunately, that fizzled after a few months also. Apparently the coach was removed from that particular route. So they were sort of left out there, without any other kinds of means of support by the early fall of 1868. So they decided to give up and head back East. Well, his family was still in Ohio, but hers, by this time, had moved here to Franklin County, Kansas. So, as many people did when things didn't work out for them in the West, they "gave up and went back to the wife's people.

International Genealogical Index v4.02 North America

Richard BLINN Sex: M

Marriage(s): Spouse: Clara HARRINGTON

Marriage: 12 Aug 1865

Sandusky, Ohio

Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type

M514391 1820-1872 0506617 V. 9, A-E Film NONE

1900 Census of Osage County Kansas - Lincoln Township, p123 - 106-108

Harrington, William A. Head w m Oct 1854 45 M 21 OH NY NY Farmer

Mattie Wife w f Aug 1855 44 M 21 6-6 KY IA KY

Archibald F. Son w m Apr 1880 20 S KS OH KY Farm laborer

Clara O. Dau w f Mar 1882 18 S KS OH KY At school

Harry W. Son w m Jun 1885 14 S KS OH KY At school

Ethel M. Dau w f Sep 1889 10 S KS OH KY At school

Clyde E. Son w m Nov 1893 6 S KS OH KY

Maxie L. Son w m Oct 1896 3 S KS OH KY

Harriet E. Mother w f Aug 1825 74 Wid 7-4 NY NY NY

Affidavit in Proof of Death, Filed August 28, 1907. State of Kansas, Franklin County, in the Probate Court, in the matter of the estate of Harriet E. Harrington, deceased.

On this 28th day of August, 1907, before me the undersigned came, Mary Estabrook, a resident of Ottawa, Kansas, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on her oath says that Harriet E. Harrington, a widow, a resident of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, died at Kansas City, Missouri, on the 7th day of May, 1907; that to the best of her knowledge and belief, the names, ages, and residences of the legal heirs of the said deceased are as follows, to wit:

Horace J. Harrington, son, 57, Amarillo, Texas;

Mary Estabrook, daughter, 48, Ottawa, Kansas,

E.H. Harrington, son, 45, Chicago, Illinois,

Heirs of Wm. Augustus Harrington, deceased, son:

W.A. Harrington, grandson, 27, Kansas City, Missouri,

Harry Harrington, grandson, 23, Kansas City, Missouri,

Clara Timberlake, granddaughter, 25, Los Angeles, California,

Ethel Harrington, granddaughter, 18, Kansas City, Missouri,

Clyde Harrington, grandson, 14, Kansas City, Missouri,

Max Harrington, grandson, 12, Kansas City, Missouri.

And the deceased died intestate, as affiant verily believes. And affiant further states that the said Harriet E. Harrington died seized and possessed of an estate, consisting chiefly of 120 acres of real estate in Osage County, Kansas, and some money, all of said personal estate being estimated to be worth about $45.00 Your petitioner would therefore respectifully pray that your Honor will grant Letters of Administration to this affiant, Mary Estabrook. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of August, A.D., 1907.

Clara Kaiser, N.P. My com. Expires 2/25/09.

Marriages of Franklin County, Kansas, 1858-1895

Harrington Anna L. 01-Nov-1894 Larrick Charles R.

Harrington Augustus 30-Sep-1879 Raglan Mettie

Harrington Horace 19-Nov-1876 Mundy Flora

Harrington Mary A. 15-May-1884 Bush Alvin J.

HOPE CEMETERY, OTTAWA, KANSAS

Estabrook C. H. 1855 1938

Estabrook F. H.

Estabrook Jamie 8-18-1881 6-29-1883

Estabrook Mary J. 1858 1948

Estabrook Mary L. 1837 1912

Estabrook S. H. 1828 1878

1880 Census Place: Williamsburg, Franklin, Kansas

Source: FHL Film 1254382 National Archives Film T9-0382 Page 185C

Clint ESTABROOK Self M M W 25 OH Occ: Druggist Fa: OH Mo: NY

Mary ESTABROOK Wife F M W 23 PA Occ: Housekeeper Fa: OH Mo: PA

1920 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa City - Page 143 - Third Ward - ED 95-6 - 324 Locust St

140-167

Estabrook, C.H. Head m w 63 m MI NY NY Vice President Bank

Mary Wife f w 61 m OH OH OH None

Claire Daughter f w 33 s KS MI OH None

Ottawa Herald, Ottawa Kansas, Wednesday, Nov 24, 1948. Death Takes Mrs. Estabrook, Pioneer Here.

Mrs. Mary Jane Estabrook, 90, widow of Clinton Hobart Estabrook, and prominent resident of Ottawa many years, died unexpectedly yesterday at 6:30pm, at the home, 324 Locust. She mentioned not feeling well, and died soon after lying down. She had lived in Ottawa 81 years. Mary Jane Harrington was born October 6, 1858, in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of William Theodore and Harriet Elizabeth (Bosley) Harrington. She was married at Ottawa April 29, 1879 to Mr. Estabrook and he died November 20, 1938. (Cemetery records and probate say December 20, 1938.) Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. M.H. Forester, Ottawa; a granddaughter, Mrs. Bruce Moorehead, Escalon, Calif., and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Moorehead is coming to Ottawa. The funeral is to be Friday from the Lamb Funeral Home at 3pm. Rev. W.A. Elliott and Rev. R.S. Pruitt will officiate, and interment s to be in the Hope Cemetery. The casket will be open at the funeral home Friday, from 1 to 2:30pm. The Harrington family moved in 1867 from Toledo, Ohio, to a farm in the Chippewa Hills, where they frequently saw Indians. The Indians passed the farm on their way to Ottawa to receive their money. Soon after moving to this farm, an older sister of Mrs. Estabrook, who lived in Colorado, started in a caravan to Kansas to visit her people. The caravan was attacked and captured by the Indians, and the sister and her child, along with others, were taken prisoner. The attack took place about the border line of Colorado and Kansas. The government negotiated with the Indians for return of the sister and child, upon payment of ransom; but before the plan was completed the Indians were attacked, and they killed the sister and child. Mr. Estabrook came here when he was 12 years old from Kansas City, and lived in Ottawa the remainder of his life. He was n early day merchant and engaged in the drug business many years. He was later connected with the First National bank, and had extensive property interests.

Burial: November 25, 1948, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

HOPE CEMETERY, OTTAWA, KANSAS

Estabrook C. H. 1855 1938

Estabrook F. H.

Estabrook Jamie 8-18-1881 6-29-1883

Estabrook Mary J. 1858 1948

Estabrook Mary L 1837 1912

Estabrook S. H. 1828 1878

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Williamsburg - Page 185C

Clint ESTABROOK Self M M W 25 OH Occ: Druggist Fa: OH Mo: NY

Mary ESTABROOK Wife F M W 23 PA Occ: Housekeeper Fa: OH Mo: PA

1920 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa City - Page 143 - Third Ward - ED 95-6 - 324 Locust St

140-167

Estabrook, C.H. Head m w 63 m MI NY NY Vice President Bank

Mary Wife f w 61 m OH OH OH None

Claire Daughter f w 33 s KS MI OH None

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Clinton H. ESTABROOK Sex: M Birth: 5 Sep 1854

Quincy, Branch, Michigan Parents:

Father: Samuel Hobart ESTABROOK

Mother: Mary PORTER

Affidavit in Proof of Death, filed January 3, 1939

State of Kansas, Franklin County, Probate Court in the matter of the estate of C.J. Estabrook, deceased.

On this 3rd day of January, 1939, before me the undersigned, came M.H. Forester, a resident of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, who being duly sworn by me according to law, on his oath says that C.H. Estabrook, a resident of the city of Ottawa in Franklin county, Kansas died at Ottawa, Kansas, on the 20th day of December, 1938; that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the names, ages and residences of the legal heirs of the said deceased are as follows: Mary J. Estabrook, widow, 80yrs old, Ottawa, Kansas; Claire E. Forester, daughter, 54 yrs old, Ottawa, Kansas. And that deceased died testate as affiant verily believes. And affiant further states that the said C.H. Estabrook died seized and possessed of an estate, consisting chiefly of personal property all of said personal property being estimated to be worth in excess of $50,000.00. Your petitioner would therefore respectfully pray that your Honor will grant letters Testamentary to Mary J. Estabrook, Mark H. Forester, and R.R. Redmond, in accordance with the provisions of the Will of the decedent. M.H. Forester. Jan 3, 1939.

Will

I, C. H. Estabrook at this time residing at 324 South Locust Street, in the City of Ottawa, Kansas, being of lawful age, of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not under any restraint, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills by me made:

First: I direct that my executors pay all, my just debts and funeral expenses from my estate.

Second: I give, bequeath, and devise unto my wife, Mary J. Estabrook, all of my household goods, furniture, and fixtures.

Third: I give, bequeath, and devise unto my wife Mary J. Estabrook, for her use and enjoyment during her natural life, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 ($150,000.00) Dollars, said sum being in addition to all money, securities, and property which I have heretofore given to her, provided that she may use as much of the principal thereof as may be necessary for her support and maintenance, and after the death of my said wife, I give, bequeath, and devise said property, or the remainder thereof, unto my lawful heirs.

Fourth: I bequeath and devise to my executors hereinafter named, upon trust, and to their successors, upon trust, the remainder of all of my property, real and personal, wherever situated, to be held by them in trust for the beneficiaries under this my last will and testament hereinafter named, with full power to hold, manage, control, sell, transfer, and convey the same, to reinvest the principal and the income thereof from time to time, and to do every act and thing necessary and proper to effectually execute the trusts hereunder created, and carry out the directions of this will, to pay the bequests and legacies herein specified, and to make division and distribution of all of my estate in the shares and at the times in this will directed, giving and granting to said executors full power to make, execute, and deliver any and all deeds, or other instruments of transfer necessary to execute such bequests and trusts in accordance with the directions of this will.) It is my desire that all of the bequests hereinafter set out be paid in full within five years from the date of my death and that my executors pay said bequests during said five year period at such time when my holdings and property can, in the judgment of my executors, be advantageously sold and disposed of, and that the income from the portion of my entire estate subject to be divided among the beneficiaries hereinafter named be divided among the beneficiaries hereinafter named in proportion to the respective amounts of their bequests until such time as said bequests are paid in full by my executors. Partial payments of said bequests hereinafter specified may be made by said executors at such times as said executors may have in their possession funds available therefor and when in the judgment of said executors partial distribution should be made, such partial payments to be made to the beneficiaries hereinafter named in proportion to the amounts of their respective bequests. If, upon a final settlement of my estate, there be not enough to pay in full all of the money bequests and legacies hereinafter set forth, then I direct that each such bequest and legacy hereinafter made shall be abated in proportion, and the pro rata share of such deficiency deducted from each bequest or legacy hereinafter made. Should, upon such final settlement and after payment in full of the legacies and bequests hereinafter made, there remain a surplus, then I direct that such surplus be disposed of as provided for in Paragraph "Tenth" of this will.

Fifth: I give, bequeath, and devise unto my daughter Claire Forester the sum of Twenty-five Thousand and no/100 ($25,000.00) dollars, said sum being in addition to all money, securities, and property which I have heretofore given to her.

Sixth: I give, bequeath, and devise unto my granddaughter Mary Forester the sum of Twenty-five Thousand and no/lOO ($25,000.00) dollars and direct that said sum be held in trust for her until she reaches the age of twenty- six years, at which time said sum, together with the accumulations thereto, shall be paid to her.

Seventh: I give, bequeath, and devise unto my niece, Louise Redmond the sum of Ten Thousand and no/100 ($10,000.00) Dollars.

Eighth: I give, bequeath, and devise unto Mary Louise Redmond, the daughter of my niece Louise Redmond, the sum of Five Thousand and no/lOO ($15,000.00) dollars, and direct that said sum be held in trust for her until she reaches the age of twenty-six years, at which time said sum, together with the accumulations thereto, shall be paid to her, provided that if the above sum together with the accumulations thereto, or any part thereof, is necessary for the education of Mary Louise Redmond it may be used and expended for that purpose, and the balance paid to her when she becomes twenty-six years of age.

Ninth: I give, bequeath, and devise unto Max Forester the sum of Five Thousand and no/lOO ($5,000.00) Dollars and direct that said sum be held in trust for him until he reaches the age of thirty years, at which time said sum, together with the accumulations thereto, shall be paid to him.

Tenth: All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, I give, bequeath, and devise unto my wife, Mary J. Estabrook, for her use and enjoyment during her natural life, and after the death of my said wife, I give, bequeath, and devise said property unto my lawful heirs.

Eleventh: I hereby appoint Mary J. Estabrook, Mark H. Forester, and R. R. Redmond executors of this my last will and testament, and direct that they be not required to give bond for the execution of the same, and request that the court admitting this will to probate grant letters testamentary unto the above named executors without bond. If, for any reason, substitution in executors is necessary, it is my wish that the remaining executor, or executors, be permitted to select a person, or persons, to fill such vacancy.

In witness whereof, I, C. H. Estabrook, have to this my last will and testament consisting of two pages, this my signature being on, this the second page thereof, subscribed, my name at Ottawa, Kansas, this 15th day of August 1931.

X C.H. Estabrook

The foregoing signed by the said testator, C. H. Estabrook, as and for his last will and testament, in our presence, and we, at his request, in his sight and presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, at Ottawa, Kansas, this 15th day of August 1931.

X F.J. Miller

X R.S. Hanes

Burial: Aft. December 20, 1938, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

Marriage records, 1827-1917 Jackson County (Missouri). Recorder of Deeds Notes Microfilm of originals at the Jackson County courthouse in Independence, Missouri.Marriage record, v. 7-8 1872-1881 FHL US/CAN Film 1019758 Jackson County Missouri Marriage Records

Clinton H. Estabrook m. Mary Harrington, April 29, 1879

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Clinton H. ESTABROOK Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Mary HARRINGTON

Marriage: 29 Apr 1879 Jackson, Missouri Source Information:

Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type

M515213 1872-1881 1019758

EVERGREEN MOUND CEMETERY(a.k.a, Baxter Cemetery), FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS

Bosley Elizabeth A. 1866 1915

Bosley George C. 1858 1917

1900 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa Twp, p.288

155-158

Bosley, George Head w m Sep 1858 42 M-12 OH NY NY Farmer

Elizabeth Wife w f Mar 1866 34 M-12 3-2 IN VA VA

Clyde Son w m July 1889 10 S KS OH IN At school

Bruce Son w m July 1894 5 S KS OH IN At school

The Ottawa Herald, Monday, March 19, 1917, Front page.

George C. Bosley, 60, Dead

Came to Kansas From Ohio in 1868.

Is Survived by Mother, Sister, and Two Sons

Had Been Ill for Ten Days

George Clinton Bosley, 60 years old, a well known farmer living five miles northwest of Ottawa died at 8 o'clock Saturday night at his home. He had been ill ten days. Erysipelas caused his death. Mr. Bosley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Henrietta Bosley of Centropolis, two sons, Clyde Bosley, on the home place and Bruce Bosley of Bonita, Arizona, and a sister, Mrs. L.E. Caylor (?Keeler) who lives in Idaho. The deceased was born September 21, 1857 in Perrysburg, Ohio, and came to Kansas in 1868. His wife died June 30, 1915. The funeral will not be arranged until word is received from the son in Arizona. (March 1917)

Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, is adjacent to Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, where his grandmother, Lettecia Hamer Bosley died.

Affidavit in Proof of Death

On this 23 day of March, 1917, before me, the undersigned, came Bruce B. Bosley, a resident of Bonita, Arizona, who being duly sworn by me according to law on his oath says that George C. Bosley, a resident of Ottawa Twp in Franklin County, Kansas, died at his home on the 17th day of March, 1917; that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the names, ages, and residences of the lawful heirs of the said deceased are as follows: Clyde M. Bosley, son, age 27, Ottawa, Kansas; Bruce B. Bosley, son, age 22, Bonita, Arizona. And affiant further states that the said George C. Bosley died seized and possessed of an estate, consisting chiefly of personal property and real estate, all of said personal estate being estimated to be worth about $7500. Your petitioner would therefore respectully pray that your honor will grant letters of Administration to Clyde M. Bosley. xBruce B. Bosley. Subscribed before me this 23rd day of March, a.d., 1917. M.F. Short, Probate Judge.

Affidavit in Proof of Death (Excerpts)

J.W. Browning died June 13, 1922, document dated July 13, 1922.

Clyde M. Bosley, nephew, Olivet, Kansas, received $186.95

Bruce B. Bosley, nephew, Bonita, Arizona, received $186.95

Burial: March 24, 1917, Franklin County, Kansas (Evergreen/Baxter Cemetery)

Family of Elizabeth Browning Bosley:

Browning Elizabeth J. 26 Dec 1829 10 Dec 1894

Browning Gula M. 1911

Browning John A. 07 Oct 1821 24 Aug 1898

Ottawa Evening Herald, Ottawa, Kansas, Wednesday, June 30, 1915, p 6.

Bosley Rites Tomorrow

Mrs. George C. Bosley Came Here With Her Parents in 1868

The funeral services of the late Mrs. George C. Bosley will be held tomorrow afternoon from the home five miles northwest of Ottawa at 3 o'clock. the Rev. Fred M. Bailey of the First Methodist Church will have charge and burial will be in Baxter Cemetery. Amanda Elizabeth Browning was born March 25, 1865, in New Ross, Indiana. She moved to Kansas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Browning in 1868 and lived near Centropolis. Five years after her marriage to George Clinton Bosley, December 15, 1887, they moved from Centropolis, and have resided for twenty three years at their present home. Mrs. Bosley died there yestrerday afternoon from a complication diseases. A sister of the deceased, Mrs. T.A. Churchill of Garden Grove, Iowas, is here now, and a niece, Mrs. W.B. Clark, of Sheldon, Missouri, is also expected for the funeral. Besides the husband and two sons, Bruce and Clyde, who survive, the deceased has three brothers and one sister who live near Centropolis. They are Charles, Wilse, and Morton Browning, and Mrs. Nancy Humerickhouse.

Elizabeth Ann (Amanda) Browning Bosley

This may have been her last letter to her son Bruce

Ottawa Kans. June 1, 1915

Dear Bruce, Your most welcome letter rec'd Sat. seemed like you had almost forgotten to write home, but we were so glad to hear that you are feeling well. I have been having a swell time with one of my old teeth want to go this afternoon and see what can be done about it, has been aching ever since Thursday night and is so sore now I don't know whether I can have it treated and filled or have to have it pulled.

Papa & Clyde are about as usual That means Papa don't feel very good. Clyde got up with a headache but seems OK now. Is out in the garden sticking some peas. He helped Otto on the schoolhouse yesterday afternoon. Papa is going to Hagars to get a few ears of corn to replant with. We have had two weeks of the wettest coldest weather for the month of May in my recollection, and I've been in Kansas a good many years. Most ever body will have to plant their corn over and lots and lots of them will have their ground to plow yet. Wheeler has lots of his ground to plow yet, guess he is about as blue as anyone ever gets. Old J. P. has been wanting Clyde to help on a hen house but Clyde does not care to help the old snide. Hargars got shingles yesterday to shingle the old part of their house have been wondering if they wouldn't call on Clyde for help. Some blow up that way now days. Nan and Oscar were here Sunday I made two pie pan size short cakes for dinner they were sure fine I think of you when we have strawberries. The roses are in full bloom and are so pretty and fragrant can smell them all over the yard. They worked on the water tank last week between showers got the sides done its ready for bottom and finishing as soon as they can get at it. Two weeks ago today Clyde finished cutting the alfalfa north and its all the field yet too wet even rake it. What he cut on Sat afternoon I wrote you about they got up in good shape but had only two loads of it. The wheat I hardly know what to tell you about it maybe it will make a 1/3 or 1/2 crop. Well I guess Dad hardly knows what to do about selling the wheat but think he and Standfast will get all off about as soon as they can make arrangements to ship it and the roads and weather will permit. The Sun shines bright the morning, we have all been sleeping under enough covers for December and haven't been any too warm, haven't even taken the heating stove down. Well I'll quit hoping to hear from you soon. Your loving Mother

Burial: July 01, 1915, Franklin County, Kansas (Evergreen/Baxter Cemetery)

Bosley George C. 15-Dec-1887 Browning E. A.

Franklin County Marriages, 1858-1895

http://www.ukans.edu/~hisite/franklin/indexes/

1900 Census of Jackson County Missouri - Kansas City, p204 - 280-108

1642 Washington Street

Keeler, Lindy E. Head w m Jul 1864 35 M11 PA PA PA Telegraph operator

Cora M. Wife w f Feb 1877? 33 M11 2-2 OH NY NY

Mable Dau w f Jun 1892 7 S KS PA OH At school

Herald Son w m Aug 1894 5 S KS PA OH

In 1903, at the death of her father, she lived in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the probate papers.

In 1917, at the death of her brother, she lived in Idaho, according to the obituary, which misspelled her last name as Caylor, using its sound rather than spelling.

In 1924, at the death of her Aunt Myra Mottran she lived in Payette, Idaho, according to the obituary of her aunt.

1920 Census of Payette County Idaho - N. Payette Precinct - Payette City - p189 - ED 157-2 - 29-31

Keeler, Lundee E. Head m w 55 m PA PA PA Farmer Fruit farmer

Ora M. Wife f w 52 m OH NY NY None

Mabel H. Dau f w 27 s KS PA OH None

Harold B. Son m w 25 s KS PA OH US Public Health Services

Donald E. Son m w 14 s MO PA OH None

1930 Census of Payette County Idaho - N. Payette Precinct - Payette City - p9 - ED 38-2-3 - 58-58

Keeler, Lundy E. Head Owner m w 65 m 25 PA PA PA Farmer General farming

Ora M. Wife f w 63 m 23 OH NY NY None

James E. Brother m w 50 s NE PA PA Farm laborer General farming

1900 Census of Jackson County Missouri - Kansas City, p204 - 280-108

1642 Washington Street

Keeler, Lindy E. Head w m Jul 1864 35 M11 PA PA PA Telegraph operator

Cora M. Wife w f Feb 1877? 33 M11 2-2 OH NY NY

Mable Dau w f Jun 1892 7 S KS PA OH At school

Herald Son w m Aug 1894 5 S KS PA OH

1920 Census of Payette County Idaho - N. Payette Precinct - Payette City - p189 - ED 157-2 - 29-31

Keeler, Lundee E. Head m w 55 m PA PA PA Farmer Fruit farmer

Ora M. Wife f w 52 m OH NY NY None

Mabel H. Dau f w 27 s KS PA OH None

Harold B. Son m w 25 s KS PA OH US Public Health Services

Donald E. Son m w 14 s MO PA OH None

1930 Census of Payette County Idaho - N. Payette Precinct - Payette City - p9 - ED 38-2-3 - 58-58

Keeler, Lundy E. Head Owner m w 65 m 25 PA PA PA Farmer General farming

Ora M. Wife f w 63 m 23 OH NY NY None

James E. Brother m w 50 s NE PA PA Farm laborer General farming

Bosley Ore M. 04-Jun-1889 Keeler L. E.

Franklin County Marriages, 1858-1895

http://www.ukans.edu/~hisite/franklin/indexes/

HOPE CEMETERY, OTTAWA, KANSAS

Forester Claire Estabrook 1884 1971

Forester Mabel 1882 1915

Forester Mark H. 1870 1951

Forester Max B. 1910 1960

1920 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa City - Page 143 - Third Ward - ED 95-6 - 324 Locust St

140-167

Estabrook, C.H. Head m w 63 m MI NY NY Vice President Bank

Mary Wife f w 61 m OH OH OH None

Claire Daughter f w 33 s KS MI OH None

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Individual: Forester, Claire

Social Security #: 514-46-7148

SS# issued in: Kansas

Birth date: Jun 8, 1884

Death date: Feb 1971

Residence code: California

ZIP Code of last known residence: 93950

Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:

Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California

Source: The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research vital Statistics Section Death Records

FORESTER CLAIRE E 06/08/1884 F KANSAS MONTEREY 02/03/1971 514-46-7148 86 yrs

Burial: Aft. February 03, 1971, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

HOPE CEMETERY, OTTAWA, KANSAS

Forester Claire Estabrook 1884 1971

Forester Mabel 1882 1915

Forester Mark H. 1870 1951

Forester Max B. 1910 1960

1920 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa - 3rd Ward - p. 146 - ED 95-9 - 427 Locust St - 205-253

Warner, A.M. Head m w 44 m KS PA OH Merchant

Belle Wife f w 39 m KS NY IN None

William B. Son m w 13 s KS KS KS None

Forrester, Mark H. Lodger m w 48 wd MO MO MO Merchant

Max Lodger m w 9 s KS MO KS None

Brockman, Emma Lodger f w 60 wd IN OH OH Teacher music

Staley, Mary Lodger f w 16 s KS IN IL Maid

Burial: 1951, Hope Cemetery, Franklin County, Kansas

[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Oct 5, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.24918.101]

Individual: Bosley, Clyde Social Security #: 516-22-6374

SS# issued in: Montana Birth date: Jul 19, 1889 Death date: Oct 1966

Residence code: Montana ZIP Code of last known residence: 59865

Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Saint Ignatius, Montana

1900 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa Twp, p.288

155-158

Bosley, George Head w m Sep 1858 42 M-12 OH NY NY Farmer

Elizabeth Wife w f Mar 1866 34 M-12 3-2 IN VA VA

Clyde Son w m July 1889 10 S KS OH IN At school

Bruce Son w m July 1894 5 S KS OH IN At school

1920 Census of Osage County Kansas - Melvern Twp - p12b - 113-12, or 111-12 - 158-160

Bosley, Clyde M. Head Owner m w 30 m KS OH IN Farmer General farming

Rowena D. Wife f w 31 m KS OH IL None

Genevieve E. Dau f w 2 11/12 s KS KS KS None

George M. Son m w 3/12 s KS KS KS None

C.M. Bosley Dies, Rites Held Tuesday (Unknown newspaper) About 1966.

Clyde Morton Bosley, 77, a Post Creek area farmer, died Friday in the Ronan Hospital following an extended illness. He had recently undergone surgery. Mr. Bosley was born July 19, 1889, in Centropolis, Kansas, and was reared near Ottawa, Kansas. He came to the Upper Post Creek area seven miles north of St. Ignatius, in 1923. He farmed and was also a carpenter. He married Rowena D. Miley March 26, 1916, on Pomona, Kansas. Survivors include the widow; two sons, George, LasCruces, New Mexico, and Bruce, Phoenix, Arizona; a daughter, Mrs. Genevieve shepherd, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado; a brother, Bruce B., Safford, Arizona; seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Shrider chapel with Robert C. Larsson, pastor of the St. Ignatius Christian church officiating. Burial was made in Mountain View cemetery, Ronan. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bosley, George Bosley, Mrs. Genevieve Shepherd and daughter, Miss Edith Shepherd of Denver, and B.B. Bosley all came to attend the last rites. Pallbearers were Oswald and Raymond Owen and Sidney allard of St. Ignatius; W.A. Phillips, George Sterling, and Millo Jensen, Ronan.

Burial: Ronan, Montana (Mountain View Cemetery)

[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Oct 5, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.24923.122]

Individual: Bosley, Rowena Social Security #: 516-82-8185

SS# issued in: Montana Birth date: Dec 7, 1888 Death date: Apr 1974

Residence code: Montana ZIP Code of last known residence: 59865

Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Saint Ignatius, Montana

1920 Census of Osage County Kansas - Melvern Twp - p12b - 113-12, or 111-12 - 158-160

Bosley, Clyde M. Head Owner m w 30 m KS OH IN Farmer General farming

Rowena D. Wife f w 31 m KS OH IL None

Genevieve E. Dau f w 2 11/12 s KS KS KS None

George M. Son m w 3/12 s KS KS KS None

Burial: Ronan, Montana (Mountain View Cemetery)

Golden Wedding (Unknown newspaper) About 1966.

Mr & Mrs Clyde M. Bosley, residents of the Post Creek area, for 43 years, were honored Sunday on their 50th wedding anniversary at open house at the Leon clubhouse. The wedding cake baked and decorated by Mrs. E.K. Dilworth of Conrad, was topped with the bride and groom ornament, which was used on the wedding cake for the couple 50 years ago. A daughter of the Bosleys, Mrs. Genevieve Shepherd of Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, cut and served the cake. She was assisted by Mrs. Allin Woods of Missoula, Mrs. Clay Carter served the punch; Mrs. Oswell Owen, the tea; and Mrs. Ernest Wolff of Bonner poured coffee. Nancy Wolff had charge of the guest book. Mrs. Shepherd, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Bosley, returned to her home Monday after spending the weekend with her parents. She is employed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Their two sons, Goerge M., of LaMesa, New Mexico, and Bruce of Phoenix, Arizona, and their families were unable to attend. Mr. Bosley's only brother, Bruce B., of Safford, Arisona, and his wife, arrived Saturday for the occasion and remained until Tuesday. An unusual feature of the occasion was that Mrs. Bosley wore her wedding dress. She said that it required only very minor alterations to make it fit properly. Her weight has changed only slightly in the fifty years, though she pays no attention to calories in her diet. Adding to their joyful day was the news that their grandson, James A. Shepherd, had been promoted to Captain in the Marine Corps. He is stationed at Quantico, Virginia. Mr. & Mrs. Bosley were married March 26, 1916, at the home of her parents by Rev. Leonard of the Presbyterian church of Pomona, Kansas.

1920 Census of Osage County Kansas - Melvern Twp - p12b - 113-12, or 111-12 - 158-160

Bosley, Clyde M. Head Owner m w 30 m KS OH IN Farmer General farming

Rowena D. Wife f w 31 m KS OH IL None

Genevieve E. Dau f w 2 11/12 s KS KS KS None

George M. Son m w 3/12 s KS KS KS None

Burial: Custer National Cemetery, Montana

[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Oct 5, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.112.5.73275.11]

Individual: Shepherd, Eric

Social Security #: 517-36-3357

SS# issued in: Montana

Birth date: Nov 28, 1913

Death date: Mar 1949

Last Will and Testament

I, Eric James Shepherd, a legal resident of Missoula, State of Montana, United States of America, now on active service of the Army of the United States as a Captain, (Army serial number 0-1113941), do hereby make, publish, and declare this instrument as my last Will and Testament, in the manner following, that is to say:

1. I hereby give, devise, and bequeath to Genevieve Bosley Shepherd, my beloved wife, now residing in Missoula, State of Montana, United States of America, all of my estate and all property of which I may die seized and possessed and to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease, of whatever kind and nature, and wherever it may be situated, be real, personal or mixed absolutely;

2. I hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Genevieve Bosley Shepherd. My wife, of Missoula, State of Montana, United States of America, as my executrix and request that she be permitted to the same without bond or surety thereon;

3. I hereby authorize and empower my executrix in her absolute direction to sell, exchange, convey, transfer, assign, mortgage, pledge, invest, or reinvest the whole or any part of my real or personal estate;

4. I hereby cancel, annual, and revoke all wills codices by me at any time hereto before made.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my last Will and Testament, at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, this twenty eighth (28th) day of October, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Four (1944).

Eric James Shepherd

Burial: Custer National Cemetery, Montana

1920 Census of Osage County Kansas - Melvern Twp - p12b - 113-12, or 111-12 - 158-160

Bosley, Clyde M. Head Owner m w 30 m KS OH IN Farmer General farming

Rowena D. Wife f w 31 m KS OH IL None

Genevieve E. Dau f w 2 11/12 s KS KS KS None

George M. Son m w 3/12 s KS KS KS None