Pittsburg Daily Headlight newspaper, Pittsburg, KS
Wednesday 20 January 1915; Page 8, Column 7
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the many kind friends of our dearest beloved mother, Mrs. Margaret Ima* Kelsey, for the assistance and sympathy in the time of our great bereavement. We also thank the D. of H., and A. O. U. W. lodges for the beautiful floral offerings. Elmer Kelsey and wife, Ed Kelsey and daughter, Mrs. James Shipley and husband, Mrs. James Bolton and husband.
*I looked at this several times, it is clearly IMA, not Ann or any other name.
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MO Death Certificate #3699
Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey actually died in Pittsburg, Kansas but seems was taken to Barton County, Missouri - perhaps to the hospital or to a doctor - where the actual death certificate was issued.
On 3 July 2013 I received a call from the KS State Archives to confirm they did NOT have a Kansas Death Certificate for Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey.
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Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas is a very big cemetery and very well kept. Her original tombstone was an upright and was in a deteriorating condition; some of the grandchildren in that area got together and bought a new stone - one that will last much longer.
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Marriage is in Book A, Page 29 - Marriage performed by James R. Nordyke, Minister of the Gospel - Witnessed by William Campbell and Nancy E. Willcox, both of Morgan Township, Mercer County, MO. This marriage was REFILED on 14 July 1906 by Schuyler King, Recorder; Book A contains quite a few marriages performed before the Court House fire in 1898 that were brought back in by people to be re-filed as the marriage record books were destroyed in the fire. Most other Court House records survived. This source was Mrs. Norma Thackeray of Princeton, MO; a local researcher - that verified for me the origin of the 2 different marriage dates and the reason, back in 1990.
Divorce 17 Sept 1910
Book 6, Page 329 #3262 Lamar, Barton County, Missouri
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Transcribed from Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas. ; Illustrated. Published by Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS : 1912. 318 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, July 2006
***She would have lived through this blizzard.
And she had just given birth to her son James Albert on the 5th - she had a 4year old daughter, Mary Ellen, and this infant to try to protect and keep warm. ****
EDWIN TYLER, one of the best known of Barton County's old timers, tells in his own way about the big blizzard that visited this section in 1871.
"I had been here but a short time and had but forty-five dollars in money, a second-class team, a ten dollar wagon, a good wife and three children. I had failed as a buffalo hunter and as that occupation offered about the only means of getting money, the outlook for me was anything but bright. However, I had come to Kansas for my health, and by the way was only one here for that purpose. I looked forward to better things. A few days after my arrival in Great Bend, Lute Morris said to me, 'you had better take a lot,' and he also stated that the terms would be one dollar down. He also added that I could build a house within sixty days. I selected a lot. About this time Judge Morton came with a pocket full of money and began to buy teams for buffalo hunting I sold him mine for $250.00. This money enabled me to build a little house and live until spring.
Mr. Odell had a house on the Hess quarter 12 by 14 about a half mile east of the cemetery. The house had no floor and the walls were held together by bolts. He said to me that if I wanted to I could live in his house until spring as he was going back east. I moved what few things I had and myself and family took up our residence there. The weather had been fine up to that time, similar to other mild winters since. November 17, 1871, dawned bright and clear. Rube Frey went by the house that morning without his coat and asked me to go with him to Dry creek for a load or wood, but Mrs. Tyler was afraid of the Indians so I stayed at home. About nine o'clock the wind began to blow and I have never been in such a hazy atmosphere as that which surrounded us that morning. It grew colder and the wind grew worse, increasing every minute, and very soon I saw Rube Frey and team coming down the trail at a two-forty clip. He stopped at the house and came in to get warm. We began to crack jokes. He and I had served three years in the same regiment in the war and things had to look mighty blue if we could not joke a little. He soon departed for his house.
Shortly after noon the sleet, snow, mist and hail struck us with great force. By three o'clock it became so dark that it was impossible to distinguish objects ten feet away. Myself and family huddled inside the house and looked at each other, being in no mood for conversation. We could not keep warm and every minute expected the shanty to blow over, but the house had been securely fastened to posts sunk deep into the ground and had it not been for this fact I guess we would have been victims of the storm.
Luckily my wife had brought along two feather beds and I had included in my pack a couple of tarpaulins such as are used in the army. With these we made a bed on the floor of the building and with all our clothes on prepared to retire. We were comfortable but frightened as the wind howled around the house and the storm grew in volume and violence. We ate very little that day and the next, spending most of the time in bed where we could keep warm.
It grew mighty cold by the afternoon of the 18th, when the storm began to abate somewhat. On the morning of the 19th the sun rose bright and clear and the storm was over, but it was exceedingly cold.
That storm is remembered by all who were here at that time as one of the worst in the history of this part of the state.
Wednesday 20 January 1915; Page 8, Column 7
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the many kind friends of our dearest beloved mother, Mrs. Margaret Ima* Kelsey, for the assistance and sympathy in the time of our great bereavement. We also thank the D. of H., and A. O. U. W. lodges for the beautiful floral offerings. Elmer Kelsey and wife, Ed Kelsey and daughter, Mrs. James Shipley and husband, Mrs. James Bolton and husband.
*I looked at this several times, it is clearly IMA, not Ann or any other name.
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MO Death Certificate #3699
Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey actually died in Pittsburg, Kansas but seems was taken to Barton County, Missouri - perhaps to the hospital or to a doctor - where the actual death certificate was issued.
On 3 July 2013 I received a call from the KS State Archives to confirm they did NOT have a Kansas Death Certificate for Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey.
----------
Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas is a very big cemetery and very well kept. Her original tombstone was an upright and was in a deteriorating condition; some of the grandchildren in that area got together and bought a new stone - one that will last much longer.
----------
Marriage is in Book A, Page 29 - Marriage performed by James R. Nordyke, Minister of the Gospel - Witnessed by William Campbell and Nancy E. Willcox, both of Morgan Township, Mercer County, MO. This marriage was REFILED on 14 July 1906 by Schuyler King, Recorder; Book A contains quite a few marriages performed before the Court House fire in 1898 that were brought back in by people to be re-filed as the marriage record books were destroyed in the fire. Most other Court House records survived. This source was Mrs. Norma Thackeray of Princeton, MO; a local researcher - that verified for me the origin of the 2 different marriage dates and the reason, back in 1990.
Divorce 17 Sept 1910
Book 6, Page 329 #3262 Lamar, Barton County, Missouri
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Transcribed from Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas. ; Illustrated. Published by Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS : 1912. 318 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, July 2006
***She would have lived through this blizzard.
And she had just given birth to her son James Albert on the 5th - she had a 4year old daughter, Mary Ellen, and this infant to try to protect and keep warm. ****
EDWIN TYLER, one of the best known of Barton County's old timers, tells in his own way about the big blizzard that visited this section in 1871.
"I had been here but a short time and had but forty-five dollars in money, a second-class team, a ten dollar wagon, a good wife and three children. I had failed as a buffalo hunter and as that occupation offered about the only means of getting money, the outlook for me was anything but bright. However, I had come to Kansas for my health, and by the way was only one here for that purpose. I looked forward to better things. A few days after my arrival in Great Bend, Lute Morris said to me, 'you had better take a lot,' and he also stated that the terms would be one dollar down. He also added that I could build a house within sixty days. I selected a lot. About this time Judge Morton came with a pocket full of money and began to buy teams for buffalo hunting I sold him mine for $250.00. This money enabled me to build a little house and live until spring.
Mr. Odell had a house on the Hess quarter 12 by 14 about a half mile east of the cemetery. The house had no floor and the walls were held together by bolts. He said to me that if I wanted to I could live in his house until spring as he was going back east. I moved what few things I had and myself and family took up our residence there. The weather had been fine up to that time, similar to other mild winters since. November 17, 1871, dawned bright and clear. Rube Frey went by the house that morning without his coat and asked me to go with him to Dry creek for a load or wood, but Mrs. Tyler was afraid of the Indians so I stayed at home. About nine o'clock the wind began to blow and I have never been in such a hazy atmosphere as that which surrounded us that morning. It grew colder and the wind grew worse, increasing every minute, and very soon I saw Rube Frey and team coming down the trail at a two-forty clip. He stopped at the house and came in to get warm. We began to crack jokes. He and I had served three years in the same regiment in the war and things had to look mighty blue if we could not joke a little. He soon departed for his house.
Shortly after noon the sleet, snow, mist and hail struck us with great force. By three o'clock it became so dark that it was impossible to distinguish objects ten feet away. Myself and family huddled inside the house and looked at each other, being in no mood for conversation. We could not keep warm and every minute expected the shanty to blow over, but the house had been securely fastened to posts sunk deep into the ground and had it not been for this fact I guess we would have been victims of the storm.
Luckily my wife had brought along two feather beds and I had included in my pack a couple of tarpaulins such as are used in the army. With these we made a bed on the floor of the building and with all our clothes on prepared to retire. We were comfortable but frightened as the wind howled around the house and the storm grew in volume and violence. We ate very little that day and the next, spending most of the time in bed where we could keep warm.
It grew mighty cold by the afternoon of the 18th, when the storm began to abate somewhat. On the morning of the 19th the sun rose bright and clear and the storm was over, but it was exceedingly cold.
That storm is remembered by all who were here at that time as one of the worst in the history of this part of the state.
Pittsburg Daily Headlight newspaper, Pittsburg, KS
Wednesday 20 January 1915; Page 8, Column 7
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the many kind friends of our dearest beloved mother, Mrs. Margaret Ima* Kelsey, for the assistance and sympathy in the time of our great bereavement. We also thank the D. of H., and A. O. U. W. lodges for the beautiful floral offerings. Elmer Kelsey and wife, Ed Kelsey and daughter, Mrs. James Shipley and husband, Mrs. James Bolton and husband.
*I looked at this several times, it is clearly IMA, not Ann or any other name.
----------
MO Death Certificate #3699
Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey actually died in Pittsburg, Kansas but seems was taken to Barton County, Missouri - perhaps to the hospital or to a doctor - where the actual death certificate was issued.
On 3 July 2013 I received a call from the KS State Archives to confirm they did NOT have a Kansas Death Certificate for Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey.
----------
Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas is a very big cemetery and very well kept. Her original tombstone was an upright and was in a deteriorating condition; some of the grandchildren in that area got together and bought a new stone - one that will last much longer.
----------
Marriage is in Book A, Page 29 - Marriage performed by James R. Nordyke, Minister of the Gospel - Witnessed by William Campbell and Nancy E. Willcox, both of Morgan Township, Mercer County, MO. This marriage was REFILED on 14 July 1906 by Schuyler King, Recorder; Book A contains quite a few marriages performed before the Court House fire in 1898 that were brought back in by people to be re-filed as the marriage record books were destroyed in the fire. Most other Court House records survived. This source was Mrs. Norma Thackeray of Princeton, MO; a local researcher - that verified for me the origin of the 2 different marriage dates and the reason, back in 1990.
Divorce 17 Sept 1910
Book 6, Page 329 #3262 Lamar, Barton County, Missouri
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Transcribed from Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas. ; Illustrated. Published by Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS : 1912. 318 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, July 2006
***She would have lived through this blizzard.
And she had just given birth to her son James Albert on the 5th - she had a 4year old daughter, Mary Ellen, and this infant to try to protect and keep warm. ****
EDWIN TYLER, one of the best known of Barton County's old timers, tells in his own way about the big blizzard that visited this section in 1871.
"I had been here but a short time and had but forty-five dollars in money, a second-class team, a ten dollar wagon, a good wife and three children. I had failed as a buffalo hunter and as that occupation offered about the only means of getting money, the outlook for me was anything but bright. However, I had come to Kansas for my health, and by the way was only one here for that purpose. I looked forward to better things. A few days after my arrival in Great Bend, Lute Morris said to me, 'you had better take a lot,' and he also stated that the terms would be one dollar down. He also added that I could build a house within sixty days. I selected a lot. About this time Judge Morton came with a pocket full of money and began to buy teams for buffalo hunting I sold him mine for $250.00. This money enabled me to build a little house and live until spring.
Mr. Odell had a house on the Hess quarter 12 by 14 about a half mile east of the cemetery. The house had no floor and the walls were held together by bolts. He said to me that if I wanted to I could live in his house until spring as he was going back east. I moved what few things I had and myself and family took up our residence there. The weather had been fine up to that time, similar to other mild winters since. November 17, 1871, dawned bright and clear. Rube Frey went by the house that morning without his coat and asked me to go with him to Dry creek for a load or wood, but Mrs. Tyler was afraid of the Indians so I stayed at home. About nine o'clock the wind began to blow and I have never been in such a hazy atmosphere as that which surrounded us that morning. It grew colder and the wind grew worse, increasing every minute, and very soon I saw Rube Frey and team coming down the trail at a two-forty clip. He stopped at the house and came in to get warm. We began to crack jokes. He and I had served three years in the same regiment in the war and things had to look mighty blue if we could not joke a little. He soon departed for his house.
Shortly after noon the sleet, snow, mist and hail struck us with great force. By three o'clock it became so dark that it was impossible to distinguish objects ten feet away. Myself and family huddled inside the house and looked at each other, being in no mood for conversation. We could not keep warm and every minute expected the shanty to blow over, but the house had been securely fastened to posts sunk deep into the ground and had it not been for this fact I guess we would have been victims of the storm.
Luckily my wife had brought along two feather beds and I had included in my pack a couple of tarpaulins such as are used in the army. With these we made a bed on the floor of the building and with all our clothes on prepared to retire. We were comfortable but frightened as the wind howled around the house and the storm grew in volume and violence. We ate very little that day and the next, spending most of the time in bed where we could keep warm.
It grew mighty cold by the afternoon of the 18th, when the storm began to abate somewhat. On the morning of the 19th the sun rose bright and clear and the storm was over, but it was exceedingly cold.
That storm is remembered by all who were here at that time as one of the worst in the history of this part of the state.
Wednesday 20 January 1915; Page 8, Column 7
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the many kind friends of our dearest beloved mother, Mrs. Margaret Ima* Kelsey, for the assistance and sympathy in the time of our great bereavement. We also thank the D. of H., and A. O. U. W. lodges for the beautiful floral offerings. Elmer Kelsey and wife, Ed Kelsey and daughter, Mrs. James Shipley and husband, Mrs. James Bolton and husband.
*I looked at this several times, it is clearly IMA, not Ann or any other name.
----------
MO Death Certificate #3699
Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey actually died in Pittsburg, Kansas but seems was taken to Barton County, Missouri - perhaps to the hospital or to a doctor - where the actual death certificate was issued.
On 3 July 2013 I received a call from the KS State Archives to confirm they did NOT have a Kansas Death Certificate for Margaret Ann Campbell Kelsey.
----------
Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas is a very big cemetery and very well kept. Her original tombstone was an upright and was in a deteriorating condition; some of the grandchildren in that area got together and bought a new stone - one that will last much longer.
----------
Marriage is in Book A, Page 29 - Marriage performed by James R. Nordyke, Minister of the Gospel - Witnessed by William Campbell and Nancy E. Willcox, both of Morgan Township, Mercer County, MO. This marriage was REFILED on 14 July 1906 by Schuyler King, Recorder; Book A contains quite a few marriages performed before the Court House fire in 1898 that were brought back in by people to be re-filed as the marriage record books were destroyed in the fire. Most other Court House records survived. This source was Mrs. Norma Thackeray of Princeton, MO; a local researcher - that verified for me the origin of the 2 different marriage dates and the reason, back in 1990.
Divorce 17 Sept 1910
Book 6, Page 329 #3262 Lamar, Barton County, Missouri
----------
Transcribed from Biographical history of Barton County, Kansas. ; Illustrated. Published by Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS : 1912. 318 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, July 2006
***She would have lived through this blizzard.
And she had just given birth to her son James Albert on the 5th - she had a 4year old daughter, Mary Ellen, and this infant to try to protect and keep warm. ****
EDWIN TYLER, one of the best known of Barton County's old timers, tells in his own way about the big blizzard that visited this section in 1871.
"I had been here but a short time and had but forty-five dollars in money, a second-class team, a ten dollar wagon, a good wife and three children. I had failed as a buffalo hunter and as that occupation offered about the only means of getting money, the outlook for me was anything but bright. However, I had come to Kansas for my health, and by the way was only one here for that purpose. I looked forward to better things. A few days after my arrival in Great Bend, Lute Morris said to me, 'you had better take a lot,' and he also stated that the terms would be one dollar down. He also added that I could build a house within sixty days. I selected a lot. About this time Judge Morton came with a pocket full of money and began to buy teams for buffalo hunting I sold him mine for $250.00. This money enabled me to build a little house and live until spring.
Mr. Odell had a house on the Hess quarter 12 by 14 about a half mile east of the cemetery. The house had no floor and the walls were held together by bolts. He said to me that if I wanted to I could live in his house until spring as he was going back east. I moved what few things I had and myself and family took up our residence there. The weather had been fine up to that time, similar to other mild winters since. November 17, 1871, dawned bright and clear. Rube Frey went by the house that morning without his coat and asked me to go with him to Dry creek for a load or wood, but Mrs. Tyler was afraid of the Indians so I stayed at home. About nine o'clock the wind began to blow and I have never been in such a hazy atmosphere as that which surrounded us that morning. It grew colder and the wind grew worse, increasing every minute, and very soon I saw Rube Frey and team coming down the trail at a two-forty clip. He stopped at the house and came in to get warm. We began to crack jokes. He and I had served three years in the same regiment in the war and things had to look mighty blue if we could not joke a little. He soon departed for his house.
Shortly after noon the sleet, snow, mist and hail struck us with great force. By three o'clock it became so dark that it was impossible to distinguish objects ten feet away. Myself and family huddled inside the house and looked at each other, being in no mood for conversation. We could not keep warm and every minute expected the shanty to blow over, but the house had been securely fastened to posts sunk deep into the ground and had it not been for this fact I guess we would have been victims of the storm.
Luckily my wife had brought along two feather beds and I had included in my pack a couple of tarpaulins such as are used in the army. With these we made a bed on the floor of the building and with all our clothes on prepared to retire. We were comfortable but frightened as the wind howled around the house and the storm grew in volume and violence. We ate very little that day and the next, spending most of the time in bed where we could keep warm.
It grew mighty cold by the afternoon of the 18th, when the storm began to abate somewhat. On the morning of the 19th the sun rose bright and clear and the storm was over, but it was exceedingly cold.
That storm is remembered by all who were here at that time as one of the worst in the history of this part of the state.
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