Author: jmk
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“They are not wasting time hunting Spooks”
Freethoughters were more than a little embarrassed by the Freethought town of Liberal having turned to spiritualism, as reflected in the below letter. The matters worse than “spooks” referred to likely would be a reference to Liberal finally succumbing to Christianity and its free thought university and publications having shut down. Many people passed through…
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Mrs. Burgess-Oster and the Burgess Tomb – from “This Strange Town”
Checking with the copyright catalogue, I find copyright was made in 1963 by J. P. Moore but was never renewed, which means the book has entered the public domain. The author is long since deceased. A request has been made I transcribe this chapter. THIS STRANGE TOWN–LIBERAL MISSOURI A HISTORY OF THE EARLY YEARS 1880…
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Photo of Samuel Alvin McWhirt
This photo is courtesy of Michelle Koscheski, who descends down Addie McKenney McWhirt’s line. The individual is Samuel Alvin McWhirt, husband of Addie McKenney McWhirt. Son of Cornelius Sullivan McWhirt and mary L. O’Brine, Samuel was born 1859 Dec 9 in Fulton County, Illinois, and died in Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma. He and Addie McKenney were…
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Addie McKenney McWhirt with Daughters, circa 1910s
This photo is courtesy of Michelle Koscheski, who descends down Addie McKenney McWhirt’s line. Michelle identified the individuals as Starlie Isabella McWhirt, and her aunts Jane McWhirt Bogle and Mary McWhirt Custer. Starlie was born in July 14 1923 to Harry B. McWhirt and Ruth Cowan (Harry was a son of Addie) and married John…
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George Washington McKenney and Isabella Love
George Washington McKenney Sr. was born 1832 in Ohio and died 1913 in Chautauqua County, Kansas. He is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Belleville. About 1850 he married a woman by the name of Isabella Love who was born circa 1825-1829, the censuses being inconsistent. Family lore gives her as dying before 1874…
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George Washington McKenney Jr., Eli W. McKenney and Addie McKenney McWhirt
This is a photo I received today from Michelle Koscheski, who descends down Addie McKenney McWhirt’s line. Below I enlarged and added some color just to differentiate the figures from the background. I believe that’s George McKenney Jr. on her right (our left) and Eli on the other side. George died in 1947 and I’ve…
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Liberal Prize Winners, Liberal Missouri, July 4 1904
I tried adjusting the color a little and making it a little bigger. This photo was originally up at the late Barbara Irwin’s web page on Liberal, given as from Connie King’s Collection. Looks like a July 4th celebration with 3 winning buggies. I wonder who they were and what building it is we’re seeing…
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Catalpa Park, Liberal, Missouri
From Connie King’s Collection I tried adjusting the color a little and enlarging. This photo was originally up at the late Barbara Irwin’s web page on Liberal, given as from Connie King’s Collection. Catalpa Park has long since ceased to exist. The big spiritualist events that drew people from around the nation were held here.
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United Methodist Church, Liberal, Missouri
Photo courtesy of Nancy Benton.
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Catherine Hedden Brewer
Courtesy of Nancy Benton This is Catherine Hedden born Feb 21 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky, who married first Daniel Levi Brewer (our ancestor) and then John Foster. She died May 23, 1903 in Greenfield, Dade, Missouri. I’m having difficulty ascertaining when the photo might have been taken. In the early 1890s? If it was…