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Lilla Day Monroe Pioneer Women essay subjects Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:50:56 AM Lastname Firstname Maiden Birth Subjects - Aunt Sallie Slave, Cooked at Tavern Operated by S.M. Hays, Brought to Council Grove as Slave, Buried in Hays Lot Abrahams 1852 Poor Roads, Wagon, Ducks, Chickens, Dugout, Born 1852 in Germany, Grasshoppers Ate Everything That Grew, Sod House with Board Floor, Knitting & Sewing was an Art, April 1873 Blizzard, Alone on Homestead Adair Mary E. 1851 John Brown, Miami County, Traveled by train from Ontario to Leavenworth, Traveled by Wagon to Osawatomie, Beautiful Spring Flowers, Women's Club Adams Adaline Spencer Active in Woman's Christian Temperance Union Adams Dr. Harriet Elizabeth Adams Harriet Clark 1837 Christmas Tree, Tin Candle Holders, Drying Fruit, Pro-Slavery Horsemen, Franklin Adams was Indian Agent for the Kickapoos, Native Flowers "May to September", Territorial Days Elizabeth Agrelius Inga 1810 Natives of Sweden, Lost son in Civil War, Andersonville Prison, Youngsville Pennsylvania, Train Trip to Salina, Built 3rd House in Lindsborg Aich Anna Brubaker 1879 Gertrude Akin Margaret 1831 Clay County Missouri, Olathe Home, Indian Trail passed near to Akin Home, Few Public Roads in Johnson Co. Aldrich Hattie Bassett 1869 Medicine & Surgery, Railroad Travel, Native of Shawnee Co., Partnership Practice of Wife & Husband, Civic Worker Eugenia Alexander Hester Ann Scott 1854 Husband's Illnesses Alexander Viola Downing 1853 Animals, Train to Milford, Snakes, A.B. Whiting Ranch, Indians took chickens calves & hogs from Home in Clay Co., Tall Blue Grasses, Terrible Prairie Fire, Price of Oats & Corn, Education at Home, Catherine Alone on Homestead, Working on Farms Allee Fannie Johnston 1852 Page 1 of 70 Lastname Firstname Maiden Birth Subjects Allen Allen Anna Ellis 1843 Husband & Wife both Teachers, son was Ks. State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1920s Maria Allen Electa Rathbun Two Covered Wagons, Cawker City Saw Mill, Stable along Freighting Route, Homesteaded in Glen Elder Twp., Shelter for Travelers at Allen Ranch, Bought Flour at $8/sack & Baked Bread Allen Elizabeth Morgan 1821 Friends Church, Refugees from South, Toledo Chase County, Postmistress of Toledo, Lifetime Member of Society of Friends, Care of Others Allen Ella Muck Helping Mother Raise Children, Went to School in Dugout 3 months/year, Blizzard on Wedding Day, Married at Allen Ranch Allen Frances Gude 1860 Husband & wife both filed on Homesteads before Marriage, First Bride in Morton Co. 1886 Annette Allerton Ellen Palmer 1835 Almon Hannah L. Woman Preacher Alrich Emma B. Eldridge 1845 Organizer of Woman's Relief Corps & Delegate to National Convention 1893 Alrich Emma B. Eldridge 1845 Girls Industrial School Beloit, Daughters helping in Home, Edited Cawker City Public Record, Founder of Kansas Women's Press Association, Taught in Cawker City Schools, Superintendent of Schools Cawker City, Golden Wedding Anniversary 1916 Alstatt Sarah Assistance in Childbirth, Came from Sweden to Marquette, Sickness Altemas Susan Jane Baker 1839 Covered Wagon, Mules, Cattle, Death of Baby, 1874 Grasshopper Invasion, Homestead Relinquishment in Glen Elder Twp. On Limestone Creek, Built Shelter with Poles & Wagon Covers, Prairie Fires, Water Barrels Anderson Ann Wright 1847 Supply Trips, Golden Wedding Anniversary at Seneca 1915, Wolves Elizabeth Anderson Ann Wright 1847 Train to Centralia, Stage to Seneca, Born in Shropshire England, Burning Piles of Grasshoppers, 3 Room House Lumber Hauled 60 Miles from Atchison, Prairie Fire 1871, Building Railroads, Ranched Elizabeth 960 Acres, Roads & Trails from Seneca, Sickness Anderson Helen Nelson 1848 Rag Carpets, Tallow Candles, Snakes, Train to KC, Covered Wagon to Clay County, Born in Norway, Emigrated at age of 1, Homesteading Clay Co., Prices of Eggs & Butter, Killed Snakes to Protect Children, Supply Trips, Constant SW Winds Anderson Mariah Phipps 1836 Grasshoppers, Covered Wagon, Fort Recovery Ohio, Wilson County, Lumber Wagons, Work on Farm, Homesteaded North of Chapman Dickinson Co., Stone House 14 x 40, Oxen, Dickinson Co. Dorothea Schools, Remedies-Catnip Tea-Horehound Hogs Lard, Sickness Page 2 of 70 Lastname Firstname Maiden Birth Subjects Anderson Mariah Phipps 1836 Warnocks & Prairie Hill School, Literary Society, Shooting Matches, Snow Storms, Women's Work Dorothea Anderson Sarah Mooney Lived on Glen Elder Homestead after Death of Husband Andrews Susanna Critchfield 1824 Presbyterian Church, Family Pioneers Homesteaded in Ohio 1825, Widowed, With Children Farmed the Land Anthony Sarah M. Lindsley 1847 Establishing Church & Sunday School, Nurse & Undertaker, Fear of Indians & Windstorms, Fleas in Buffalo Grass, Homesickness, Boarded & Battened Shanty, Fled to Russell when Indians were on the Warpath, Ravine Well, Alone on the Homestead Aplington Kate Adele Smith 1859 Charter Member of Council Grove TPM Club, Kansas Social Science Foundation, State Federation of Women's Clubs Aplington Kate Adele Smith 1859 Novel, Pilgrims of the Plains, Applington Traveling Art Gallery, Kept Cayenne Pepper & Corn Knife for Self Defense, Homesteading near Council Grove, Half Blood Indian & Negro had Adjoining Claim, No Water on claim Armsby Mrd. L. Congregational Church, Council Grove, Armstrong Mary C. Strieby Arnold Sally Ann Pierson 1832 1860 Drouth, Homesteaded near White Cloud, Subscription School in Doniphan Co. Atkinson Fannie Cooper 1866 Teacher-Assistant Principal of Parsons High School in 1892, Atheneum Club of Parsons, President of Parson Federation of Clubs, President of Woman's Kansas Day Club in 1916, Lawyer Atkinson Sarah Parsons 1861 Virginia, Washington County, Jewell County, Lost Homestead due to Grasshoppers, Oxen Wagon Trains Frances Avery Eliza G. Edwards 1819 Congregational Church, Husband Civil War Veteran, First Homesteading in Exeter Twp.,Clay Co., Sod House, Few Doctors, Sickness Axline Almira Stever 1837 Presbyterian Church, Home Missionary, 1st Church in Pratt County, Husband Postmaster & Hotel Keeper In Iuka, Iowa Colony, Cow Chips Ayres May Wadswort 1874 Children, Herding Cattle, Getting Mail, Coyotes, Lost All Crops in 1874 to Grasshoppers, Riding Horses, Prairie Fires, Teacher Salary of $28.50/month, Walking 2 Miles to School h Bailey Minnie Kieth 1869 Poet Page 3 of 70 Lastname Firstname Maiden Birth Subjects Baish Mrs. Frederick Baker Catherine McClain Trip to church via wagon, Spun Wool into Yarn, Hewed Benches & Tables, Homesteading, Log Cabin, Quantrill's Men Tried to Burn House, Scarlet Fever, Stagecoach E. Baker Clara R. Prohibition, Railroad Land Agent, Moved from London England because of letter from Gov. St. John, Topeka Central WCTU Baker Fanny Housekeeper at the Kaw Indian Mission in Council Grove Agnes Baker Lydia Balcomb Lydia Emily Goodno 1838 Sunday School, Church Services, Russell County, Coyote Raid on Hen roost, Indian Scares, Kept Success Post Office, Prairie Fires, Carried Skunk Out of Milk Room, Balcomb Farm had Water Banta Martha Baird Baptist Church, Homesteaded East of Oberlin, Lived in Dugout then Sod House, Cheyenne Indian Raid in Decatur Co. 1878, Decatur Co. WCTU Barker Lucene Allen 1844 Charter Member of Order of Eastern Star in Lawrence, Member of Social Science Club of Kansas, Founder of Lawrence round Table Literary Club Barr Mollie E. Boenitz 1849 Month Long Trip to Leavenworth for Supplies, 1860 Drouth, Living on Corn Bread & Molasses, Native of Germany, Andrew Drummond Farm Chase Co., Kaw Indians feared in Chase Co., Log Cabin, Alone on Homestead Bassett Kidnapped by Indians with 2 Week Old Baby, Left Naked on Prairie Baxter Alzada Lamb Table made of Dry Goods Box, Grasshopper Invasion, Homesteading on Clark's Creek, Sheltering Travelers, Helped Bury Pottawatomie Chief in Coffin with No Nails, Indians Stealing & Begging, Indians Kept Horse in House & They Slept in Wigwams, Log Cabin Baxter Alzada Lamb Didn't Mention Slavery on trip from Illinois, Antelope, Buffalo Meat, Births with no Doctor, Buffalo Hide Shoes & Moccasins, Trading Trinkets, Grain Sack, Trousers, Canvas Shirts, Straw Hats, Leland Illinois, No Bridges, Corn Bread, Buffalo Meat Baxter Alzada Lamb Post Office & School in Log Cabin on Farm, Fighting Prairie Fires, Wild Turkeys, Wagon Train from Illinois, Water from Hansen Creek, Sweeping Winds, Quail Baxter Mrs. Edson Shreve Men took turns getting Mail & Supplies, Planted Walnut Trees in Marion, 1861 Blizzard, Snow Drifter Baxter Mrs. Edson Shreve Trip to Atchison, Marion County, New Paris Indiana, Covered Wagons, Homesteading, Kaw Indian Hunting Trip near Marion, Indians Traded Meat for Other Provisions, Log House, Prairie Fire Fall 1860 Marion Co., Taught in Log School in Marion Co. 1864 Bayless Elizabeth Glenn 1838 Page 4 of 70 Lastname Firstname Maiden Birth Subjects Bayly Cornelia Buck 1841 Grease Lamp, Dugout in Mitchell Co., One Room Sandstone House, Mail Service, Poverty, Prairie Fires, Building School House, Blindness Beam Jennie Palmer 1845 Buffalo Herd, Jewell County, Snakes, Snow Delay, Homesteading, Roof of Brush & Straw, Stone Laid Without Mortar, Indians Beardsley Decima Antelope, Deer, Buffalo, Schools, Teachers, Cistern in Russell, One well in Russell Beck Mary Scott Member of Topeka DAR, Husband was Editor of the Holton Recorder, Started Avon Circle Study Club of Holton, Member of Social Science Club of Topeka Hamilton Becker Catherine Stryker 1849 Presbyterian Church, Ft. Harker Cemetery, Ague, Death in 1881 from Typhoid Malaria, Dugout with Leaky Roof, Mr. Faris adopted 2 Becker Children, 1874