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William France Hackney and Flora Ellen Anderson
William France Hackney, born Feb 28 1850 in Iowa, died Oct 26 1915 in Washington County, Kansas, was a son of William S. Hackney and Mary Jane Enlow. On April 10 1872 in Van Buren County, Iowa he married Flora Ellen Anderson, daughter of Foster Anderson and Mary Ann Hardesty. Mary Ann Hardesty’s parents appear…
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Addie McKenney McWhirt
A photo of Addie McKenney McWhirt at her 86th birthday party on October 10th of 1950. Addie McKenney Mcwhirt, was born 10 Oct 1864, and died March 26 1952 in Osage County, Oklahoma. She was married to Samuel McWhirt.
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The Spiritual Science Association and the Old Spook Hall – This Strange Town
THIS STRANGE TOWN–LIBERAL MISSOURI A HISTORY OF THE EARLY YEARS 1880 – 1910 BY J. P. MOORE Return to the Table of Contents The Spiritual Science Association and the Old Spook Hall [pages 84-90] The last of the early public buildings associated with the Freethought-Spiritualist era of Liberal to succumb to the caprice of fate…
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Marriage License of Mary Sparks and Samuel McCormick
Francis Partch has located the marriage certificate of Mary Sparks and Samuel McCormick. Their marriage took place at Osage Mission, Neosho County, Kansas on December 31st of 1872. This is interesting as it places the Sparks in Neosho County at the same time that the McKenney family is in Neosho. George Washington McKenney Jr., who…
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June 6th, Ray Noyes letter to Bettie Noyes
Dated with a month and day but no year, I have vacillated back and forth on whether this letter from Ray to Bettie Noyes would have been written during Bettie’s 1902 June visit with the family of Allan Noyes (a brother of Ray) in Oklahoma. Bettie’s first letter to Ray (at least the first of…
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1902 June 23 letter, Bettie to Ray Noyes
This is one of two surviving letters sent from Bettie Brewer Noyes to Ray Noyes when she went from Liberal, Missouri to Oklahoma to stay with Ray’s older brother, Allen, and his wife, Susie. It wasn’t a pleasure trip. Allen and Susie’s daughter, Carrie, is mentioned in the second letter, so Bettie was there subsequent…
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1902 May 30 Bettie Noyes to Ray
1902 May 30 Bettie Noyes to Ray Miller, Oklahoma Territory This is the first of two surviving letters sent from Bettie Brewer Noyes to Ray Noyes when she went from Liberal, Missouri to Oklahoma to stay with Ray’s older brother, Allen, and his wife, Susie. It wasn’t a pleasure trip. Allen and Susie’s daughter, Carrie,…
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Edna Stark Noyes Letter to Bettie Noyes, April 13 1897
Below is a letter from Edna Stark (b. 1872) wife of Paul Noyes (b. 1869) to Elizabeth “Bettie” Brewer Noyes (b. 1877), wife of Ray Noyes (b. 1874), a brother of Paul’s. The letter shows that at the time they were living in Whiterock, Oklahoma. The baby picture that Edna mentions as having received from…
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Elizabeth Bettie Brewer Noyes with Grandchildren
A lovely little candid photo of Bettie holding one grandson, the other standing alongside. Courtesy Nancy Benton. Bettie Brewer Noyes was the wife of Ray Noyes. They resided in Liberal, Missouri.
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The P. J. Umbrite Drug Store in Liberal, Missouri, 1895
I tried photoshopping it some. Just for the fun of play. Original from web This photo was originally up at the late Barbara Irwin’s web page on Liberal. The information on it was: “In 1895, the Umbrite and Son Drug Store was the oldest one in western Barton County. P. J. Umbrite had lived in…