On the return trip we're going to stop briefly in Smith Center. My question is about McPherson and whether it would be worth my time to spend any time there. The whole family later moved to Oklahoma, near Stillwater, around the turn of the century. I know less about this grandmother's family than any other of my relatives and would really like to dig up something about them. Their name was Brown, which won't make things easy since it's so common.
Main interest is the post-Civil War period up to the turn of the century.
I think your trip sounds wonderful. Have fun with your travels. And we saw the church for which he was a major fund raiser. These experiences will make the genealogy really come alive. Be sure to go to the Hutchinson Library.