BRAINARD, GERTRUDE
Downs - Miss Gertrude Brainard of Beloit, Kan.,
died on consumption on board a west-bound Central Branch train while en route from Florida to Beloit. (The Globe-Republican,
Dodge City, Kan., April 18, 1892)
CAWKER, E. HARRISON
Cawker City's founder, Colonel E. Harrison Cawker,
one of Milwaukee's wealthy citizens, died suddenly in that city, aged 48 years. (Western Kansas World, Wakeeney,
Kan., January 6, 1894)
FLINT, B. L.
Kansas Soldier Dead - camp Alger, Va., Aug. 1 -
The first death in the Twenty-second Kansas is from the Beloit company C, Firth Charleswroth, captain. The deceased
was Corporal B. L. Flint, who died at the hospital at Fort Meyer from complications following measles. The remains
were embalmed in Washington and will be sent to his home in Stockton,Kan. (Fair Play, August 5, 1898, page 2)
JAY, WALTER M.
Prof. Jay Dead - Was Head Master of St. John's
Military School - His Successor - Special to the Capital - Salina, Kan., Sept. 2 - Prof. Walter M. Jay, head master
of St. John's military school, died this morning of brain fever after a three weeks' illness at the age of 39.
He was graduated from Knox college, and later was superintendent of the Wellington schools four years and of the
Beloit schools two years, and he had been at the head of St. John's school since 1890. He was a leading Mason.
The body will be taken to Elmwood, Ill., his native place, for burial. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, September 4,
1896, page 3)
PARKER, ALEXANDER
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 25 - Alexander Parker, one
of the pioneer traders of St. Joseph, Mo., and the founder of Cawker City, Kansas, died today in Tacoma, where
he had resided since 1884. (The Wichita Daily Eagle, November 26, 1901)
PARKER, R. D.
R. D. Parker, who last spring ran a skating rink
in Abilene and hired a youngster of that place to go to Beloit to kill his wife, died in the penitentiary a few
days ago where he was sent to serve a ten years' sentence. - Herington Tribue (The Abilene Reflector, January 6,
1887)
RUMMEL, ALBERT
Pioneer Business Man at Beloit Passes Away - Special
to the Capital - Beloit, Kan., Feb. 20 - Albert Rummel, one of Beloit's best known business men, died at his home
here last night. He had been ill for a week previous, unable to attend to his duties at his store. On Saturday
he suffered a stroke of appoplexy and never fully regained consciousness after that.
Rummel was one of the old residents of the city,
and had a host of friends throughout the county. He enjoyed an extensive acquaintance among the Masons of the state,
having for years been a particularly active worker in that order. He was a Shriner, belonging to Isis Temple at
Salina.
His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon, and
will be in charge of the Knights Templar. Masons from a number of adjacent towns are expected to be in attendance.
(Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, February 23, 1900, page 3)
WILSON, JAMES P.
A Pioneer Kansan Passes Away at His Home in Beloit
- Special to the Capital - Beloit, Kan., Dec. 14 - James P. Wilson, an old resident of Mitchell County, died at
his home here yesterday after an illness of long duration. The funeral will be held tomorrow under the direction
of the Rev. Shane assisted by the local G. A. R. post, the deceased having served as a private during the War of
the Rebellion from 1861 until Lee's surrender.
Mr. Wilson leaves a wife, four daughters and two
sons. Two of the daughters, Hattie and Ruby, are employed on the Beloit Gazette, and Harmon, the oldest son, is
a paragrapher on the Topeka Capital.
Before moving to Mitchell County, the family lived
at Troy, Doniphan County, but moved to Beloit in the '70s. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, December 16, 1898, page
1)
