People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-13

where he still resides. Others who
came along about the same time and
later were John Dickey, Millard Kibbe,
John and Arch Malcolm, James Holli.
day, the Spar bOys,-Edmond, A. D.,
M. l.. and B. F.-P. S. Bodle, Tom
Stratton, Don and Duncan McKinnaD,
ID. }. BeatOn, (who lived on the Prill-
man place, John, AlOnzO and VIM.
Helme, John Meikle, Lawrence Seidl,
W. A. Galbraith, Gus Thomas, Geo.
Retchel, Jacob Price, Fred Barbour,
Charles Cramer, D. T. hurry and his
sons the Murry boys, Mr.. Trimble, J.
J. Booth, P.S. Springer, L. NJ. Erwin,
D. W. and J. W. Sackett, Joe Cleary,
D. ]. Downing, Eli Hanes and sons,
Fl. NJ. Riner, John Worden.
OF the above, John Meikle, NJ. H.
Kibbe, Lawrence Seidl, John and
Arch Malcolm, John Dickey, jacob
NyrnSberger, Gus Thomas, Geo.
Ketchel, the hurry boys, Jim and
TOM P. s. Springer, D. W. and ]. W.
Sackett, Joe Cleary, D. J. Downing,
the HaineS boys, II. NJ. Riner and
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John Worden allreside yet within the
township. We are not sure but that
Illinois township retains as large
percentage OF its original settlers as
any township in the county.
The experiences of the old settlers
are interesting 10 hear related. Dau
ROBERTS shipped in a lot of seed corn
in the spring of IA. 1t all had to be
hauled out from Wichita. Several
brought seed wheat from Doniphan
county and other eastern counties.
The grasshOppers got the first crop
10 lS94-but the old settlers tell Us
that not a single resident of Illinois
township drew aid from the grass.
hopper relief fund.
NJ. H. Kibbe remembers hauling
seed corn from Wichita in 1874, paid
81 per bushel for it. Freighting
supplies was an occupation then that
nearly every one followed. Every
man had his camping outfit and was
about as much at home on the road as
at the claim shanty.
FIRST BIRTH, FIRST MARRIAGE, FIRST
DEATH.
The first birth in Illinois township
was that of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Ii. Roberts May 10, 1874, now Mrs.
Ollie Cummings Mr.. and Mrs. Cum.
mings at present reside in Oklahoma.
The first marriage in the township
was that Of Henry Shapcott to Miss
Vinaina Worden, daughter of John
Worden. 1t occurred September 20,
1887. Rev. j. Q. Knight, Father
Knight who died In Wellington two
years ago, performed the ceremony.
As is well known to most readers of
the VOICE they have lived on farm
in Seventy.Six township ever since
that date. Only recently did they
move to Riverdsle station, where Mr..
ShapcOtt is merchandising.
The first death in the township was
an extremely sad and unfortunate one.
1t was the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mis-. NJ. H. Kibbe, Cora. She was
killed by the accidental discharge of
a pistol in the hands of her little boy
brother. The ball passed through the
little girls head and killed her almast
Instantly. Sle lived less than an
hour. The remains were sorrow fully
laid away in Austin cemetery ia
Sumner township.
TOWNS.
The only attempt at town building
in Illinois township was at Millerton.
The Spar boys, NJ. L. and Edmond.
started store in 1878, on the south.
west quarter of section %, one-half
mile west of Silver Creek school house.
They afterward secured the location
of a postoffce there, called Rolling
Green. Gus Thomas also run a black.
smith shop there. They did q