The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
BY WALT MARLEY.

The Anneke JAMS rage has hit To
peka-
/ Like a volcano that-has rumbled and
smouldered before Kansas was heard
of. it has burst into sudden. flame.
Everyone who has any Dutch blood
in their veins are searching the family
records to ascertain If they are not
descended from the famous Mrs. An
neke Jams Bogardus-
Recent intelligence that Uncle sam.
bent upon collecting the huge income
tax, is about to settle the estate, which
has been the object of the most, bitter
litigation for two centuries, is respon-
sible for this hectic condition that has
spread over the country
Topeka, too. has her share of claim
ants to a portion of the Anneke Jams
estate They range from persons who
can actually trace their ancestry back
in a direct line to the Dutch colonial
times, to others who had an aunt who
kept company with n man who read
a book about the founding of New
Amsterdam.
Mrs. stone Claims Share.
The latest local woman to announce
her claim as an heir of Anpeke Jans
is Mrs. Maggie V. Stone. a native of
Shawnee county, born sixty-fiVe years
ago near Big Springs. Mrs. Stone has
heard of the estate as far back as she
can remember: has coresponded for
years with the attorneys that are look
ing after the heirs and says she is as
sured that her lineage will probably
entitie her to a portion of the pro-
ceeds A letter from one attorney
now deceased. tells her she is of the
Lawrence family.
Mrs Stone was the first female
white child born in the vicinity of Big
Springs. She lived there continuously
until ten years ago, following the
death of her husband. she took up
claim near Mountain Home, Ark, and
proved it up by herself. At present
she is visiting her son, J. /. Stone, 2O2
Branner street She will return to
Arkansas. Tuesday.
A woman who believes in working
during every minute of her time, Mrs.
Stone has never even taken the OPP
portunity to visit the old settlers re-
unions held in Topeka annually, altho
none are more eligible to membership
than she. Her father, Joseph X Law
renee. accompanied by his wife, broth
er. grandparents and other relatives.
together with thirteen other families,
came to Kansas in covered wagons
drawn by OK teams in 1852 from
Huntsville, Ind. They settled on claims
near Big Springs and there helped
build the first United Brethren church
in Kansas. Mrs Stone we'll remem-
bers and can tell interesting stories of
the Indians. OF the missionaries who
came out TO carry the gospels to the
savages and of the buffalo and deer
hunts to obtain meat upon which TO
i've thru the winter months
Has six Children.
Mrs Stone has six children: L. T.
Stone, 202 Branner street, Topeka; {
Mrs Ella Kinear of Manhattan; Mrs. I
Nettie Taylor. Manhattan; Col. H. b. {
Stone OF Lawrence; Herman Stone I
Mountain Home, Ark. and Mrs. Jennie I
Hampshire, Greenleaf, kan Her hus-
bad. w. E Stone. a veteran of the I.
Civil war. died in 1912
Mrs. s e Stanton. 1885 College /
avenue. is another local woman who ]
says she can trace her ancestry back I
to the Dutch colonial times and be-
lieves she is an heir 70 part Of the
estate. Mrs. Mary Bell of Wichita I
also has laid claim to a share Of the I
In the year 1880 Anneke JAMS Bo- /
gardus was a buxom young girl who /
came from Holland with her first hus-t