Butler County Kansas Genealogy What's New

WHAT’S NEW ON THE SITE?

Last Updated February 23, 2008

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Divorces:

Fred Eckstein Vs. Katherine Eckstein
Edna Goodwin Neely Vs. W. E. Neely
Margaret Spencer Vs. Carl H. Spencer

Organizations:

Grant a Charter for Elks Lodge

Obits:

Sarah Bishop
Marcia J. Cox
William Davis
Mary Dick
Emil Martin
Aaron Michael McAuliffe
Lorene McCaleb
Hannah D. McCarty
Harry L. McClintock
Arthur J. McClure
Bess F. McCormick
Agnes Chambers McCully
Ila Butts McDaniel
Ed W. McLinden
William "Bill" Montgomery Sr.
Dean M. Moore
Grace Lowry Moore
John William Moore
Marion S. Moore
William Joseph Morgan
Dora Mae Thompson Morris
Margaret Morris
Tilden I. "D" Morris
David L. Morrow
Bernice Jewell Mossman
Clara M. Myers
Herbert D. "Dick" Myres
Elizabeth T. Phelps
L. A. Prewitt
H.C. Rhodes
Sarah Rodwell
Alice Sappington
Jennie Smith
Myrtle Ivy Sopher
Magdalene Stewart
A. W. Tweedy
Martha Winder

Towns & Cities:

Andover - Brief History
Augusta - Brief History
El Dorado - Brief History
Leon - Brief Hstory
Towanda - Brief History

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Cities & Townships:

Histories of Andover, Augusta, Douglass, El Dorado, Leon & Towanda were all added

Obits:

Chester O'Bryan
Keith Olinger
Ruth B. Olinger
Donald L. "Big Dog" Oliver
Wayne H. Smith
Elizabeth Jane "Betsy" Thomas
Glen Edward Thomas
Eric W. Totten
Almira Turner
Jack F. Turner
Lewis M. "Slick" Turner
Mack T. Turner
Tommy Turner
Antoinette "Netty" Josephine Van Der Weele
Manley V. "Penny" Wakefield
Geneva E. Walter
C. Leland Walter
Bevy E. Warren
Thomas Andrew Warren
Bert C. Weber
Mrs. Bert C. Weber
Irby J. Wedel
John Wedel
Leslie Alford Wedel
Martin P. Wedel
Ollie Lee Wedel
Alfred Alven Wege
Herbert A. Wege
Agnes N. (Boese) Wege
David C. Wehry
Shirley L. "Turner" Wehry
Kenneth P. Wehry
Victor F. Weilert
Nellie M. Whisler
Doyle Dewayne White
Don E. Whiteside
John V. "Bud" Whiteside
Elnora M. "Tiny" Whitson
Luther M. Whitson
Whittington, W. K. "Ken"
Marjorie Markee Hull Wike
Nadine Willett
Vern Elvin Willett
Wayne Willett
Charles "Billy" Arnold Williams Jr.
Homer J. Williams
Vivian Marie Williams
Joseph Marion Wright
Archie C. Wyman
Edythe G. Wyman
Ida Wyman
Raymond C. "Butch" Wyman
Raymond R. Wyman

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Anniversaries, Engagements & Weddings:

Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Green's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Birthdays:

Mrs. Fannie Wilson 108 Friday; Party Planned

Divorces:

Gladys M. Fenner vs. Walter Fenner
Grace M. Pirtle vs. Milton E. Pirtle
Elizabeth Tarr vs Mr. Tarr

Newspaper Tidbits:

Youth Kicked by Horse Seriously Hurt - El Dorado Republican - Monday, January 29, 1917
Boom Spirit Strikes Towanda; Many Structures are Planned El Dorado Republican - Monday, March 5, 1917
J. B. Adams Home to be Colonial Mansion - March 6, 1917
Dead Youth's Parents Given Small Damage (Louie Wilson) - January 15, 1921
Find Faint Clew of Missing Woman (Josephine Bryant) - January 15, 1921

Obits:

Jennie A. Armstrong
Mrs. J. H. Armstrong
Frank B. Burner
John Byrum
Alva Cody
Mrs. George Dunn
Joseph F. Ellis
Doctor M. G. Koogler
Joseph Kunze
Leonard F. Lawson
Amos Lindsey
Ralph Weston Linnens
Leslie Litton
Berma A. Lough
Alfred L. Love
Helen Bernice Love
Mary Elizabeth Love
Opal C. Love
Raleigh W. Love
Roy A. Lowmaster
Richard Loyd
Charles Potter
Willis Ross
C. R. Sage
Eliza Teter
Rebecca Ver Brick
Roland Wiley

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Obits:
Carolyn J. Bidwell
Donald C. Boss
Carl L. Briley
Robert Brumback
Lois M. Bullock
Beatrice "Bee" M. Burton
Charles W. Cooke
Amelia K. Corbin
Midge Danner
Vincent A. Deconto
Jane H. (Hardwick) Edwards
Thelma M. Elder
Infant Son Everett
Isaac Everett
James C. Everett
Jessie Paerl Everett
John Everett
John H. Everett
Margaret Everett
Sarah Alice Everett
Frank Ewert
Mrs. Frank Ewert
Herman E. Ewart
Jacob Ewert
John G. Ewert
Manley Kent Ewert
Walter K. Ewert
Alice Ewing
Monta Finey
David Edward Henry
George Roy Mabry
Lorene J. McGahan
Walter Lee McGee
Lydia Parker Miller
Marilyn Kay (Hilyard) Miller
Gayle Eugene Milligan
Nola "B" Milliken
Jewell Ruby Mills
A. J. "Art" Molzen
Helen M. Monckton
Barbara E. Montgomery
Robert Matteson Montgomery
Franz P. Neumann
Rosalie V. Reynolds
Judith Ann ANdrews Siegrist
Donald Lee "Snuffy" Smith Sr.
Ellis V. Smith

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Anniversary's, Engagements, Weddings:

Mr. & Mrs. Horner 30 Year Anniversary
David W. Jones & Emily Woodall
David Kell & Mary Shuman
James Roth & Magdalina Rich

Births, Birthdays:

Milligan's have a Baby Girl

Murder, Mystery's and Just Plain Spooky:

Cause of Death Not Determined - Jeffrey Gill - Benton Man
Two El Doradoans Dead After Shooting (Ray Haigler & Sheila Moore)

Newspaper Tidbits:

Inmates Apprehended in Dallas-Fort Worth 
Four Newton Residents Die in Crash - Lowe family
Former Andover Man Drowns in the Walnut River - Victor W. Wohrley

Obits:

Robert Vernon Carter
W. H. Dunlevy
Louise Entz
Mary Louise Entz
Henry Epp
Mrs. Henry Epp
Henry W. Epp
Johanna Epp
John Epp
Mrs. John Epp
Mary Epp
Rev. Jacob B. Epp
Artie Douglas Erwin
Mary Menervia Erwin
William Clark Erwin
Abe Esau
George Edward Esau
Infant Child Esau
Marie Esau
Cordelia Luella Eskridge
Samuel Eskridge
Sarah Eskridge
Harvey Essington
Isabel Essington
Robert Hays
W. J. Mendenhall
Madge Morain
Catharine Murdock
Ila Gene Williams

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Anniversaries, Engagements & Weddings:

Mr. and Mrs. Miles Austin Receive 180 at Golden Wedding Open House

Murder, Mystery's & Just Plain Spooky:

Murder in Towanda - Ethel Jean Sommers
Benton Man Stores Mothers Remains
Judge Binds Rickey G. Smith for Arraignment - Eduardo A. Garcia
Former Resident is Found Lifeless - Mike Dwyer
El Dorado Man Beaten to Death - Timothy O. Hoyt

Obits:

Cyrus Boyd Adsit
Norman W. Barber
Olive Lee Barnett
Ellen Brooks
L. G. Cole
Fred Hare Jr.
Elizabeth Blaire Hill
Mary Theresa Holding
Ernest C. Holland
Wallace Byron McCarty
M. J. Neilan
Zachariah Peffley
Norman E. Petty
Lewis Abraham Pippig
William G. Pippig
Mrs. William G. Pippig
Mrs. Carl E. Powell
Donald Simmons
Jennie Kitt Kibson Thelemann
Herbert Dwight Wheling
David T. Whitehead
Bernice Williams
Fay Wilson Jr.
Anna Marie Witham

February 1, 2008

Anniveraries, Engagements, & Weddings

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Bannon 
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis F. Balwanz
Mr. & Mrs. O. E. Bloom
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Brenton
Hormel, Harvey - Phegley, Laura
Pattee, Asa D. - Pattee, Hannah
Shelden, Chester C. - Summers, Lizzie
Siegrist, Todd Allen - Palmer, Shannon Marie
Simon, Charles C. - Cook, JoAnn
Templeton, Robert - Young, Grace
Wilson, L. T. - Hull, Fannie

Murders, Mysteries, & Just Plain Spooky

Two more articles on the Skeleton remains that were found near Augusta were added. (note: the remains had only been there two to three weeks prior to being found according to the Sheriff's office - I'm still working on this and will update with what I find)

Obits:

Mrs. Edward T. Bradford
Carl Bronson
Martha Gertrude Fast
Frances L. Faulkner
Lucinda A. Finkler
Gerda Corinne Wootten Fisher
Woodrow W. "Woody" Fisher
Pamela S. (Quynn) Flask
Rozena S. Flomerfelt
Vera M. Flowers
Patricia P. Foose
Carl Merle Foster
Steve Foster
William M. Foster
Dennis R. Fraser
Charles E. Frazier
Treva D. Frazier
Irvin Friesen
Weldon J. Friesen
Eleanor (Canfield) Fritsche
Arlene Frances Fuqua
Sarah Harriman
Bobbie Hayman
Catherine Celina Jackson
Clinton H. Jackson
Granville Moody Jackson
Loren Leroy Jackson
Virgil Jackson
Mrs. C. Jacobs
Charles Reuben Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
Florence Ann Jacobs
Cora Myer
Infant Son Myers
Mrs. Rhoades
Daniel Snyder
Grandpa Spillman
Robert Young Taliaferro
George B Tatman
Jesse Tharp
George Albert Thomas
Wayne A. Torrey
Lucy Surpluss Turner