Atchison County Old Settlers
Kansas Memorial, A Report of the Old Settlers' Meeting Held at Bismark Grove, Kansas,
September 15th and 16th, 1879.
Charles S Gleed ed., Kansas City, 1879.
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Atchison County settlers of early Kansas who gathered at Bismark Grove to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of statehood.
| Birth | Birth Place | Settle Date | Settle Place | Current Res. | Page Number | |
| ABBOTT, L. A. (Mrs) | Sep. 18, 1848 | Havershill, Oh | 1855 | Atchison County | Shawnee County | 212 |
| ADAMS, Azubah | Jan. 13, 1859 | Atchison, Ks | Jan. 13, 1859 | Atchison | Topeka | 212 |
| ADAMS, George | Oct. 10, 1869 | near Atchison Ks | Oct. 10, 1869 | Near Atchison | Topeka | 212 |
| ANDERSON, Janie (Mrs) | Mar. 1, 1864 | N.Y. | not listed | Atchison county | Atchison | 211 |
| BURDICK, F. D., MD | Sep. 16, 1852 | Illinois | May 5, 1866 | Atchison county | not listed | 213 |
| BUSH, Alice (Mrs) | Oct. 7, 1858 | Atchison Co. | Oct. 7, 1858 | Atchison | Leavenworth Co. | 215 |
| CAMPBELL, M. T. | May 2, 1847 | Bloomington, Ind. | May, 1860 | Monrovia,
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Topeka | 220 |
| DEAN, Thomas J. | Nov. 18, 1835 | Ohio | May 1, 1857 | Atchison county | Lynn Cr'k, Topeka | 222 |
| DICKERSON, Luther | Apr. 12, 1828 | Washington Co., OH | Jun. 25, 1854 | Atchison county | Atchison Co., Ks | 220 |
| FOSTER, M. A. (Mrs) | Jul. 20, 1812 | Bristol, Conn. | Nov. 22, 1857 | Atchison | Wyandotte | 224 |
| GAYLORD, G. L. | Sep. 16, 1826 | N. Y. | Jul. 3, 1858 | Atchison | not listed | 226 |
| HAMLIN, Samuel | Nov. 1, 1832 | Somerset county, Pa. | Aug. 20, 1856 | Atchison county | Lawrence | 230 |
| HELWID, John H. | Mar. 26, 1828 | Tuscarawas county, O. | Nov. 15, 1854 | Atchison county | Topeka, 12th Red., Price Raid | 230 |
| HERD, R. R. | Feb. 17, 1836 | Philadelphia | Apr. 18, 1856 | Lawrence Ks | Atchison | 230 |
| HILL, Livingston | Mar. 27, 1834 | Warrenville, Mo. | Jun. 20, 1863 | Atchison | not listed | 228 |
| HOLBERT, Ida | Jul. 19, 1860 | Kansas | Jul. 19, 1860 | Atchison | Atchison | 228 |
| HORTON, Albert H. | Mar. 12, 1837 | Orange Co., N. Y. | Apr. 1860 | Atchison | not listed | 228 |
| HYDE, Ella | Jan. 22, 1857 | Chicago, Illinois | Oct. 16, 1866 | Atchison | Lawrence, Ks | 226 |
| KLODT, John N. | 1823 | Brooklyn, Long Island | 1869 | Atchison | not listed | 223 |
| MOORE, Linna F. | Jan. 23, 1841 | Virginia | Apr. 2, 1856 | Atchison | Leavenworth | 237 |
| NORTON, H. J. (Mrs) | Oct. 10, 1834 | Cooperstown, N. Y. | Oct. 1, 1878 | Atchison | Topeka | 240 |
| PARSONS, James | Jun. 20, 1816 | Somerset, England | Mar. 1855 | Atchison county | Shawnee Co. | 242 |
| PARSONS, Jane | Mar. 13, 1818 | Devonshire, England | Nov. 1855 | Atchison county | Shawnee Co. | 242 |
| PAYNE, Acie (Mrs) | Oct. 24, 1858 | Susquehanna, Pa. | Oct. 1, 1873 | Atchison | Topeka | 241 |
| PRENTIS, Noble L. | April 8, 1839 | Mount Sterling, Ill. | Nov. 10, 1869 | Topeka | Atchison | 242 |
| PROPPER, C. F. | Feb. 9, 1858 | Yankton, Dak. | May 30, 1868 | Lawrence, KS | Atchison | 240 |
| ROOT, George Allen | Mar. 13, 1867 | Atchison | Mar. 13, 1867 | Atchison | Topeka | 243 |
| ROSS, Abigail L. (Mrs) | Apr. 17, 1843 | N. J. | Aug. 10, 1873 | Atchison | Baldwin City | 243 |
| SCOTT, George | 1860 | Hopkins, N. Y. | 1869 | Atchison | not listed | 248 |
| SECKLER, Oscar | Aug. 16, 1860 | Atchison | Aug. 16, 1860 | Atchison | Leavenworth | 248 |
| SHORT, Celia C. | Jun. 20, 1836 | Oneida Co., N. Y. | June 1, 1857 | Atchison county | Leavenworth City | 245 |
| SMITH, Reuben F. | 1840 | N. Y. | 1859 | Doniphan county, KS | Atchison | 248 |
| SQUIRES, H. C. | Nov. 5, 1838 | Kentucky | Mar. 1, 1858 | Atchison county | Leavenworth | 248 |
| TODD, Frank A. | Sep. 26, 1859 | Leavenworth | not stated | not stated | Atchison | 250 |
| VAN WINKLE, R. A. | Nov. 25, 1818 | Wayne Co., Ky. | Feb. 11, 1855 | Kapioma Twp. Atchison Co. | Arington, Atchison Co. | 251 |
| WHEELER, Joshua | Feb. 12, 1827 | England | Oct. 1, 1857 | Pardee, Atchison Co. | Nortonville | 253 |
| WHITE, Almeth | Oct. 29, 1847 | Burlington, N. J. | Nov. 1, 1878 | Atchison | not stated | 254 |
| WHITTEMORE, Gordon | Jul. 9, 1851 | Huntley Grove, Ill. | April 1860 | Atchison | Beatrice, Neb. | 255 |
| WILLIAMSON, Chas. | Feb. 8, 1824 | London, Eng. | Apr. 10, 1856 | Atchison county | Washington Co. | 251 |