Kechi Township Sedgwick County Kansas Genealogy Trails

Kechi

Kechi was first settled by John Allison, as early as the fall of 1868. L. Dunlap settled with his family in the winter of the same year. In July, 1869, the three Sullivan boys, Charles E., William R. and George G., made their settlement, coming from Arizona by wagon. Charles organized the township in 1871. In May, 1870, the balance of the Sullivan family came, consisting of father, mother, three other brothers, two son-in-laws and a sister. All are still living in Kechi, except the elder Sullivan, who died in 1872. E. P. Thompson, who represented Sedgwick County in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1874, removed to this township from Topeka in 1870, with his family, having selected his farm early in 1869. Population, 614; valuation of property, $226,230. (William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)