Month: June 2012
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William Hardesty of Van Buren County Iowa in the “Annals of Iowa”
Annals of Iowa Volume 1 No. 9 January 1865 History of Davis County, Iowa by Capt. Hosea B. Horn of Bloomfield Chapter II In the year 1838, Mr. William Hardesty came to this county and settled on the disputed territory near the line of Van Buren county. He was from Fountain county, Indiana, and came…
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1922 March 30th, Fowlers in the Jasper News
FOREST GROVE AND BOSTON Mrs.Geo. Fowler C. W. Jackson and family moved to Webb City last week. Mrs. Joe Ihms spent Wednesday at the home of her parents. Mrs. Boyd called on Mrs. F. A. Martin Wednesday. J. W. Rakestraw sawed wood for Charles Tabler Wednesday. Mrs. Sue Mitchell spent Thursay with her daughter, Mrs.…
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Letter from DAVID NATHANIEL BREWER to JIM BREWER
Letter from DAVID NATHANIEL BREWER to JIM BREWER. David, born 1850 in Pleasant, Steuben, Indiana, married to Delana Jane Fowler, is a direct line ancestor, son of Daniel Levi Brewer and Catherine Hedden. More on the family can be read here. Jim, an elder brother by a year, was James Daniel Brewer. He married first…
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Fowler Family News in “The Jasper News” , Sept 20 1920
Link The Mrs. George Fowler who was writing the Forest Grove and Boston news sketches would have been Bessie, b. 1889, wife of George C. Fowler. He was the son of Robert William “Will” Fowler, a brother of Delana Louise Jane Fowler who married Ray Noyes. “Will” was married to Lucinda Workman. In 1920 George…
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Beaver Herald 1896 Report on Walser’s Conversion to the Presbyterian Faith
The Beaver Herald, Oklahoma Territory, December 10, 1896 Nevada, MO Dec 4 — The report that George A. Walser, the millionaire founder of Liberal, the noted spiritualist town, and president of the Western Spiritualist Association, has united with the Presbyterian faith at Lincoln, Neb., has caused much surprise among his followers. Link
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News Brief on the Suicide of G. H. Walser’s Wife of Liberal
The Scott County Kicker was located in Benton, Missouri. Scott County Kicker, July 26, 1902 Walser’s Wife a suicide Mrs. G. H. Walser of Liberal, committed suicide at Webb City by taking strychnine. She was the wife of the founder of Liberal who was a “free thinker,” and for several years would not allow any…
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News Mention of the Spiritual Institute at Liberal
The below news article would seem to do with the Spiritual Science Association at Liberal and what was later known as “Spook Hall”, though J. P. Moore had given it as being built in 1890. San Saba County News, November 3, 1893 The new Spiritual Institute and home at Liberal, Missouri, has been opened.
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Ad for George H. Walser as attorney in Illinois
In the Illinois state gazetteer and business directory for 1858 and 1859 we find an ad for George H. Walser, founder of Liberal, Missouri, as an attorney. MIDDLEPORT A thriving post village, capital of Iroquois county, on the Iroquois river, at the junction of Sugar creek, 150 miles east-north-east from Springfield and about 90 south…
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Betty and Ilene Brewer
KFBK stars are among the long list of entertainment features scheduled to be presented at the President’s Birthday Ball which will open at 8 o’clock tonight in the memorial auditorium. The Brewer sister, Betty, left, and Ilene, shown in the upper photo, will present several of their blues songs. 1937. Courtesy of Shirley Cooper Castle.…
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Military Postcard from Eli W. McKenney Naming Four Fellow Company Members
This postcard was from Eli W. McKenney to his niece, Mabel Clair McKenney. Though this is from the time during his service in the Philippines, the postcard shows the men standing in snow which indicates they were stateside, thus I’m unsure when or where the photo would have been taken. I have looked up some…