Biographies Index

BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS

BIOGRAPHIES

JEROME, STEPHEN B.

Name: Jerome, Stephen B. “Steve” Merrell’s Diary (1-14)

Co. H, 1st Regiment Light Artillery, Ohio Volunteers
Enlisted: Sept. 28, 1861 for 3 years at Toledo by Lt. Norton
Rank: Private
Age: 26 Ht: 5 ft 10 inches Eyes: Dark Hair: Brown Occ: farmer
Discharged: Nov 22, 1861 at Camp Dennison For: Surgeon’s certificate of disability

Born: July 31, 1831 or 1834 At: Maumee City, Lucas Co., O.
Son of:
Married: Alzina (Hayden) (b. Dec. 13, 1840, d. Aug. 4, 1899) on March 18, 1860 at Erie or Bedford,
Michigan (Alzina was the sister of Jasper Hayden of Battery H.)
Died: March 18, 1888 at 12:30 P.M. of pneumonia, and loss of blood from diarrhea and piles at Beaumont, Kansas. Another source states d. March 13, 1888.
Buried: Beaumont Cemetery, Beaumont, Kansas.
Residence: South Toledo, O. from 1861 to 1863; Flint, Michigan from 1863 to 1865; Toledo, O. from 1865 to 1870; Lambertville, Mich. from 1870 to 1878; Beaumont, Kansas from 1878 to 1887: occ: farmer

Children:
Lottie L., b. Oct. 5, 1860
Orin
Ida
Clarence

Brothers and Sisters:
Samuel C., b. ca. 1837, Battery H

Remarks: His Certificate of Disability states that he was unfit for duty for 25 days out of the last two months. He was discharged for “a chronic Rheumatic affection. From this he suffered before his enlistment. The exposure of camp life has brought on a return which persists, as there is little probability of his being fit for duty under present circumstances, I recommend his discharge.” Also listed on that Certificate is his place of birth “Maumee City, Ohio.”

“Steve Jerome has got a discharge to go home. He had to give up all his government clothes but gets pay for the time that he has been here which is nearly two months. He is very poor, nothing but skin and bones.”...Merrell’s Diary(1-14,15)..Nov. 26, 1861

There are a number of Alzina’s letters in Hayden-Jerome Family Papers, 1880-2001, Ms. Collection 774. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

PENSION TYPE DATE APPLICATION # CERTIFICATE # STATE

Invalid January 24, 1886 594861 439726

Widow: Alzina April 27, 1888 371816 271414 Kansas

N.L. Ohio Graves Registration

Reference: Pension Record(w/o Death Cert.); Merrell’s Diary (1-14, 15); http://www.interment.net/data/us/ks/butler/beaumont/index.htm
http://genealogytrails.com/kan/butler/beaumontcemetery.htm (with gravestone photo)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmf2&id=I29576 (lists birth at Jefferson Co, New York)
http://www.jowest.net/Genealogy/Jo/Hopkins/Hopkins.htm
Hayden-Jerome Family Papers, 1880-2001, Ms. Collection 774. Kansas State Historical Society.

(Submitted by Ted)

JEROME, SAMUEL C.

Co. H, 1st Regiment Light Artillery, Ohio Volunteers
Enlisted: Sept. 28, 1861 for 3 years at Toledo by Norton
Rank: Private
Age: 24 Ht: 5 ft 8 1/4 or 9 inches Eyes: Blue Hair: Light or Auburn Occ: Farmer
Discharged: Sept. 28, 1864 at Petersburg, Va. For: Expiration term of service

Born: Oct. 6, 1837 At: Maumee City, Lucas Co., O.
Son of: Levi C. (b. N.Y.) and Julia (Collins) (b. N.Y.)
Married: Etta (Stevens ) ( b. Mich. ca. 1843, d. April 9, 1917) on April 2, 1868 at Burton, Michigan
Died: Nov. 17, 1914 at 1319 Harrison Ave., Flint, Mich. of senile debility
Buried: Nov. 19, 1914 at Whigville, Mich.
Residence: “Came to Maumee City when discharged & Remained there about 2 days and came here to Genesee Co. {Mich.} October 16, 1864”; Grand Blanc, Mich. in 1907; Flint, Mich.; occ: farmer

Children:
1st- May, b. Dec. 16, 1868
2nd- Cora, b. July 31, 1870
3rd- Fred, b. Jan. 25, 1872
4th- John, b. April 17, 1875
5th- Lucy, b. Oct. 23, 1876
6th- Ashton, b. March 5, 1880
7th- Seth, b. May 15, 1881

Brothers and Sisters:
Stephen B., b. ca. 1834, Battery H

Remarks: Member of Gov. Crapo Post No. 145, G.A.R.
Pension Type Date Application# Certificate# State
Invalid June 30, 1873 184828 416090 ------
Widow: (Etta) ------ 1037245 788557 Michigan

N.L. Ohio Graves Registration
Reference: Pension Record(with Death Cert.). http://www.govcrapocamp145.org/gar/p145h-l.html

(Submitted by Ted)

BLACK, FANNIE DEGRASSE

BLACK, Mrs. Fannie De Grasse, singer and pianist, born in Nisouri, Canada, 21st November, 1856. Her maiden name was De Grasse. She moved with her parents to the United States and made her home in Milwaukee, Wis., where she was educated in the high and normal schools, graduating in 1874. At ten years of age she began the study of piano and sight singing, continuing until her sixteenth year, when she became a pupil of Prof. William Mickler, formerly director in court to the Duke of Hesse, Germany, studying with him for four years. She sang in public when she was only six years old, and made her debut in classic music at the age of eighteen, under the direction of Professor Mickler, in the concerts of the Milwaukee German Musical Society, and has since sung successfully in opera and oratorio. Later on she took up the study of the pipe organ and is now (1892) organist of the Presbyterian church, El Dorado. In 1881 she was married to Judge S. E. Black, of El Dorado, Kan. Mrs. Black is a thorough scholar, and she believes that only a thorough scholar and student can become a fine musician. She sings equally well in English, German and Italian, and her pleasant El Dorado home is a center of music and refinement.
(American Women Fifteen Hundred Biographies, Volume 1, Publ. 1897. Transcribed by Marla Snow)

PENSION TYPE	DATE APPLICATION	# CERTIFICATE #	STATE
Invalid	January 24, 1886	594861 439726
Widow: Alzina	April 27, 1888	371816 271414	Kansas