Nemaha County Genealogical Society Newsletter an affiliate of The Nemaha County Historical Society Volume 3 No. 3

February 1996

Table of Contents

Library News

Anderson Diary ....... 2, 3

The Seneca Free Public Library celebrated a major victory early in November with the passage of a bond election to build a new library. This new library will be built just west of the current building and is designed to attach to the current building, formerly the Universalist Church, and blend architecturally. The old church will be refurbished and used as a public meeting room. Since the plans include a room dedicated to the genealogy and Kansas history collection, the genealogical society is working with the library board in the planning of this room. Besides providing additional space to shelve genealogical resources, the room will provide research space. Included in this room will be the microfilm collection of newspapers and census along with the readerprinter. One of our future goals is the purchase of a full page microfilm reader. This will prove especially beneficial to those researchers using the newspaper microfilm collection.

New Members ............ 2 Social Security Update .............................. 3 WWI Vets .................... 4 Nemaha Twp....... 5, 6, 7 Seneca: 125 Years Ago ................................ 7 Nemaha Co. Map......... 8 Leonard C. Brook Descendents ............ 9 Membership Form..... 10 Published by Nemaha County Genealogical Society 6th & Nemaha Seneca, KS 66538 Indexed in PERSI Queries FREE to Members Membership $10.00 July , 1995 to June 30, 1996 Back Issues available $1.25 each Seneca Public Library 6th & Main Seneca, KS Hours: Mon. thru Thurs. 10 am - 8 pm Fri. 10 am - 5 pm Sat. 10 am - 2 pm

Seneca on the Internet

Seneca recently joined several Kansas communities in becoming part of the Kansas Communities web site on the Internet. Even though Seneca’s web page is still under construction, the links to the Nemaha County Genealogical Society have been completed. Descriptions of historical sites and information about some of the records available in the county are examples of what is available via the net. Seneca’s web page is part of the Heritage sight sponsored by the University of Kansas. This web sight, primarily devoted to Kansas history and genealogy, has won several awards for its quality. Besides providing access to community information, Heritage includes information on trails across Kansas, gunfighters, and genealogical societies throughout the state. Another highlight of Heritage is the inclusion of the complete text from several older Kansas history publications. Seneca’s web sight can be reached at http://history.cc.ukans.ed u/kansas/seneca/mainpag e.html The Heritage sight can be reached at the following http address:

//history.cc.ukans.edu/her itage/heritage_main.html

Obstetrics Cases Recorded in a Diary kept by G. H. Anderson, MD (Located in Nemaha County Historical Society, Seneca, KS) Continued from Volume 3, No. 2 No.

Date

Place

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Feb. 18, 1897 Feb. 18, 1897 Feb. 26, 1897 April 3, 1897 April 13, 1897 April 14, 1897 May 1, 1897 May 3, 1897 May 6, 1897 July 2, 1897 May 22, 1897 July 14, 1897 Aug 14, 1897 Sept 13, 1897 Oct 1, 1897 Oct 5, 1897 Oct 21, 1897 Nov 26, 1897 Dec. 1, 1897 Dec. 9, 1897 Dec. 16, 1897

Richmond Twp Seneca Mitchell Twp Richmond Twp Seneca, KS Seneca Seneca Adams Twp Seneca Seneca, Kan Seneca, Kan Richmond Twp. Richmond TWP Gilman Twp Seneca Seneca, KS Adams Twp Seneca, KS Richmond Tp. Mitchell Tp. Richmond Tp

Child

Birth Order 8th male 4th male 9th Female 3rd female 1st female 3rd male 2nd female 8th male 7th female 2nd male 7th male 8th female 3rd male 8th male 2nd female 5th male 2nd male 1st male 1st male 1st male 3rd Concluded

Members Accidentally Ommitted from Nov. 1995 Issue Connie Sorenson 11521 S 192nd St. Gretna, NE 68028 Cletus Suther 209 Frayne Drive New Carlisle, OH 45344 Scott Suther 4921 Apex Dayton, OH 45424

Father’s Name Rettelle Schlireth Gaston Ketter Nash Van Auken Hartman Followell Routh Ralph Myers Hurpenau Cain Campfield Magill Band Marshall Guffy Haug Lueb McKellpis

Age Joseph John L. H. Phillip Jr. Nolen Waller Norman Frank M. J. E. Thos. Thomas F. G. Henry Silas Arthur F. Sam'l Walter D. W. H. C. B. Pins Frederick Henry

New Members Nicolas Junod Les Joncheres 31B Bevaix, Switzerland Shirley Becker 18806 78th Ave E Puyallup, WA 98373-9744 Donald Moss 7806 Blue Grass Drive Parkville, MO 64152 Joyce Reid Rt. 2, Box 168 Hillsboro, TX 76645 Milton Stanton PO Box 55 1822 Lake Ave. Gothenburg, NE 69138-0055

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Names of Service Men for Nemaha County as printed in the

Courier Tribune July 1, 1920 continued from Nov. 1995 issue "There follows a list of county service men and women intended for the bronze plates to be inserted in the Nemaha county memorial to be erected on the Court House lawn at Seneca. The Courier-Tribune has been delegated to secure this list. We do not say this list is correct. On the other hand we say it is incorrect. It is impossible to secure a list of over 700 persons without inaccuracies in spelling and without ommisions and even duplications. We print this list in order that readers may detect these mistakes and promptly notify the Courier-Tribune so that corrections can be made. Probably every person who reads this list will be able to detect some mistake. We could get the official draft board list at the Court House but even that official list would have mistakes in spelling and initials. We shall take a copy of the list from each town and send it to the various papers in addition to our own. These papers will print the list asking for corrections. The list will then be recorrected. If mistakes then occur the persons concerned will have only themselves to blame. If any service man sees his name incorrectly spelled or ommitted he should notify us at once -- not after the plates have been finished."

Centralia cont’d Leonard A. Schaefer William H. Searing William M. Smith Milburn C. Tripp Verne L. Thornton Floyd A. Ward Corning James P. Alexander William F. Barnes Ralph H. Brown Earl C. Buckles Everett Z. Brown Bonnie H. Booth Wesley Corwin William m. Casey William L. Diggs William C. Crandall Guy W. Furst Frank Hannum Wiley L. Howland Corning cont’d

LeRoy Hiner Clement F. Hertslet Neil C. Kemplay Ernest Lightbody Arthur Mills Oliver P. McNeil John McGreevy Van Magill Willam T. McEnancy Everett McDaniels Earl steck Samuel G. Meek John H. Maxson Alva H. Masterson William J. Newlove Chester L. Newland William D. Pfeiffer Alvin Rottinghaus John G. Robinson Earl T. Robinson Alva G. Rucker Corning cont’d Emmett Watson

Harry Whitney David E. Wilson John W. Whitney Jason E. Wilhelm Circleville Walter D.Fidler Elzie L. Gilliland DuBuois Elihu D. Martiney Goff Forrest Beers Wesley Berridge Lewis H. Blackson George L. Bell Scott A.Blood Guy D. Blood Wesley Culler Keith R. Charles Samuel W. Curtess Arthur J. Clarkson

NCGS Newsletter James E. Clark Robert R. Christian I. C. Cox Sidney H. Camp H. L. Cheney Dewitt Calder William C. Driscoll Clyde R. Denton Guy Davis John Farley Clyde E. Followell Howard F. Franks John F. Fund Verne G. Gallentine Ed. Gallentine LeRoy S. Hyde Chester W. Heald Arlington A. Heald Edward L. Hund Peter M. Hund Fred W. Hunt Richard Hunt Herman E. Henery Clarence O. Johnson Carl R. Johnson Iver K.Johnson Geroge W. Jordon William C. Jessee John H. Jessee William C. King Ralph W. Longberg Michael A. Lehner Harry D. Lockhart Marion E. Miller Z. H. McDonnall Frank S. Molinex John M. Howard

Feb. 1996 Elmer Massey Harvey J. Moyer William C. C. Nissen Roy C. Patch Oscar M. Pendland George A. Porter Harold E. Rosell Frank R. Riley Marion F. Riley Paul D. Rust William F. Summers Dwight C. Smith Clyde G. Sams J. Corwin Shaw Eitel F. Thieme E. K. VanAernam Fred M. Watkins Loran C. Webster John C. Webster James Worcester Dorsey M. Wolfley Earl C. White Clyde E. Wilcox Jesse W. Young T. T. Wathen Homer Wathen Kelly Vernon Britt Edmund J. McGrath Parley W. Dennis Fred Kruger Henry B. Kuhlman Joseph B.Lehmkuhl Leo E.Stallbaumer Frank B. Wilhelm

Onaga Jule H. Besancon Thomas L. Clay Calvin P. Labbe Mark A. Jeanneret Oneida Ira B. Bobbitt Alfred W. Briggs Raleight Croxen Claude Anderson Benjamin W. Grimm Lloyd Herbstreith Albert V. Huerter Herman Hess Joseph W.Leuthold Charles H. McCall Melvin McCall John J. Ronnebaum George P. P. Ronnebaum Warren Potts Robert L. Steibler Clare F. Sparling Leslie E. Wolfley John Wiltz George E. Williams Sam A. Zehr Ontario James G. Karns Pawnee City Charles M. Dort

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Leonard C. Brook Family Researched by Joyce Reid Rt. 2, Box 168 Hillsboro, TX 76645

Leonard C. BROOK, born 1812 in N. Carolina, married first Sally (Sarah) BLOSCOM in Parke County, IN. They had one child, Polly “Mary” BROOK. Polly married Joseph BUNNEY. A picture exists of Polly and Joseph that was made at a studio in Seneca. In 1883, they may have lived in Decatur Co., IA. Second, Leonard married Mary Ann ---?---. They married about 1842, and sold property in Parke Co., IN in 1848. They had six children, Stephen (may have died in Civil War); Ruth Eleanor (moved to Kansas with father and his third wife and married first Ephraim BLANKLEY, and second Peter SHRONTZ -- Ruth, Ephraim, and Peter are buried side by side in the cemetery at America City); May (no information on her, however a Mary lived with Ruth and her husband in 1870 that is the right age to be this person, May and Margaret are twins); Margaret (married Isaiah Bennet YOUNG and both are buried at America City); William (also thought by some to have died in the Civil War, however a William BROOK is listed in the 1870 census, living with Ruth and Ephraim BLANKLEY. This William matches the age and birthplace); Jane (died in 1847 and is buried at America City). Third, Leonard married Mahulda Caroline Huser (Husier? Huseur?) HIGGINS, on 12 June 1885, place unknown. They lived in McClean Co. IL but have been unable to locate a marriage record there. They moved to Nemaha County, KS about 1857. They purchased property which was later sold and became the townsite of Kelly. They had 8 children: Samuel (died young and is buried at Seneca); John Franklin Curtis married Lavina June RICHARDSON, place unknown and in 1883 may have lived in Decatur Co., IA, died in 1911, place unknown; Alfred died in infancy and is buried at Seneca; Ulyssus S. Grant lived to be a teenager and is buried at Seneca; Laura Melissa married William T. Belshaw and both are buried at Seneca; Caroline Fadelia married Hiram J. Keeper in Clay Center, Clay Co., KS and moved to Arkansas; Henry H. died in infancy and is buried at Seneca; Martin B. died in infancy and is buried at Seneca. (The five boys along with their father that are buried at Seneca were moved from a family cemetery located on their homestead.) At the time of the marriage of Leonard and Caroline, Caroline had two daughters. It is unknown whether her first husband was deceased or if they were divorced. Her daughters were Mary R. HIGGINS and Malinda HIGGINS. Mary married Louis LEDBETTER and had 4 children: Marian, Louis, Caroline, and Leonard. The later three are buried at Seneca. Mary died sometime before 1900. Malinda married Augustus J. DRAGER. She died in 1927, place unknown. She and August and several of their children are buried in Seneca. Leonard died in 1883 and their farm was sold about a year later. Caroline moved to Seneca and her granddaughter Caroline LEDBETTER lived with her until her death in 1907. According to Caroline BROOK’S obituary, she is buried in Seneca, however the grave appears to be unmarked. Caroline LEDBETTER purchased Caroline BROOK’s home from the other heirs. Joyce Reid is interested in corresponding with anyone who is either related to this family or who may have known members of this family.