Author: jmk
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The Noyes Family Line
For convenience of seeing where people fit into family lines, I suppose I ought to put some ancestry information here, and not just depend on the online database. Starting With Lloyd Clinton McKenney b. 1909 Jan 28, Chautauqua Co., Kansas, d. 1992 Nov 17 at Ft. Scott in Kansas married 1928 July 27 in Girard,…
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John Tripp Obituary
Supplied by Francis Partch, following is the obituary of John TRIPP, son of James TRIPP and Mary E. SPARKS TRIPP. * * * * NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION 4-3-1974 John Tripp dies; services set Fri. John Lee Tripp, 73, 400 West Eleventh Street, died at his home Tuesday. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in…
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Arthur Thomas Jr. Obituary
Arthur Thomas Jr. was the son of Arthur Thomas Sr. and Florence Glenn. Arthur Thomas Sr. was a son of Philemon Thomas and Martha Catherine Sparks. * * * * * Sedan Times-Star – June 01, 2005 MR. ARTHUR THOMAS, JR. SEDAN, Kan. – Arthur Thomas, Jr. 79, of Sedan, Kan., died Sunday night, May…
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George Washington McKenney Jr. and Belle Sparks
George Washington MCKENNEY, son of George Washington MCKENNEY Sr. and Isabella LOVE was born 2 Sept. 1861 in Iowa. He died 3 March 1947, at the age of 85, in Sedan, Chautauqua Co. KS, and is buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Chautauqua Co. On 3 June 1883, in Elgin, Chautauqua Co. KS, George…
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Patrick Shannon and Elizabeth Shepherd
What I know of Patrick Shannon is through a bio of his grandson, John Shannon, whose father was Joseph Cresap Shannon. COL. JOHN A. SHANNON. Although of alien ancestry, our subject and the family to which he belongs have been conspicuous for the services they have rendered their country, both in the Colonial times and…
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William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow
The following was written Sept 29 1931 by Sadie Hackney CROCKETT, wife of Samuel Kelly. Samuel Kelly Crockett was born in Boone Co. MO on Oct 6 1855. His father moved his family to Chautauqua Co. Kans in 1871 and from which time his home has been in the above named county. Sarah Elizabeth Hackney…
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William Hackney and Sarah Shannon
William Hackney was born 1794 in Virginia and died before 1846, in either Logan Co., IL or Iowa. On 1815 Nov 24 in Pike Co., Ohio he married Sarah Shannon. I’ve yet to locate William’s parents but I’ve located Sarah’s, which I will write of in another post. They were Patrick Shannon and Elizabeth Shepherd.…
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Lloyd C. McKenney with Dorothy Noyes and Siblings
This photo is circa 1985 at the home of Lloyd and Dorothy at Carthage, Missouri. It shows, left to right, Dorothy Noyes McKenney, Lloyd Clinton McKenney, Lela McKenney Zieglar and Thelma McKenney.
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Photo of James Albert McKenney and Family
Lela, Ada, James Albert McKeney, Thelma Photo of James Albert McKenney b. 1884, daughters Lela b. 1914 and Thelma b. 1911, 2nd wife Ada Brunger Sanborn McKenney . 1891. The photo was likely taken in Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. The date is unknown but I would speculate it was taken some time in the mid…
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McKenney and Crockett Tombstones at El Cado Cemetery
Images of Crockett and McKenney headstones/tombstones at El Cado Cemetery in Chautauqua County, Kansas. These images are courtesy of Judy Berndt. I don’t know which woman is Gladys and which is Bernice but the photo would have to be before 1989 as Gladys Brockey (married to James Arthur Tresner, 1922 Oct 16) died 1989 Feb…