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Guestbook Archive: Comanche County, Kansas

This is an archive of messages posted in the site guestbook between 09 Sept 2002 and the date shown on the most recent entry below. To view messages posted after that date, see Guest Book - View.

Some of the web pages to which the following comments are linked were added to this site after the person signed the guestbook. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this site!
Name: Martha Bryant <marthasb@juno.com>
Date: 2008-06-19
Comments:
Thank you so much for posting the obit for O.G. Young. Although my great-grandfather was a central character in many family stories, the obit provided new information and confirmed some dates that will help us with further research.

Again, thank you so much.

Martha
 
Name: Steve Schwartz <h09metro10v@yahoo.com>
Date: 2008-06-17
Comments:
Nera Donny King, Tuscania Survivor http://renton.50megs.com/tuscania

 
Name: Steven Mello Jr <stmello@earthlink.net>
Date: 2008-03-11
Comments:
I was made aware of this site by my mother, Sharon Traversee, born Sharon Keesee. She is the Daughter of Melvin and Joan Keesee, sister to John Keesee. My father is Steven Mello Sr of West Warwick RI. My brother is David J Mello. Thanks for putting up this website as i know almost nothing of my extended family in the Kansas area. I reside in Cary NC, and have since August 14th 1991.

Name: Gary Bradshaw <g2mston1@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2008-02-24
Comments:
you really did a great job with this site!

I am the Son of Wallace E. Bradshaw, the Son of R.O. Bradshaw and Anna Mae Bradshaw. Anna Mae, daughter of Rev. A. Burrill.

My dad Wallace (Brad) is now 84 and is living down in Mexico near Guadlajara.

thank you again for all of your excellent work.

Best regards,

Gary Bradshaw (2008)


 
Name: John Penick <penick@ddg73.navy.mil>
Date: 2008-02-18
Comments:
Knew Huck and served with him on board USS Lake Champlain CG57 . Great sailor and good friend! Hope to hear from him soon!
Name: Richaed F. Thomas Sr. <dfthomas70@hotmail.com>
Date: 2008-02-16
Comments:
I am the son of RV Thomas. I was named after my grandfather. I was born in 1929. I am retired now and living in Florida. Very nice reading about my past family - good work.
 
Name: Nichelle (Maloney) Inderlied <nichelle@northwestcomputer.biz>
Date: 2008-02-12
Comments:
Hello, Jerry. I'm the eldest daughter of Christa (Ashlock) Taylor. This is a great project!
 
Name: ROBERT L PENDERGRAFT <ARTBOXPANEL@MSN.COM>
Date: 2008-02-06
Comments:
GREAT TO HAVE FOUND THIS SITE WHILE LOOKING FOR FAMILY INFO. I'M SON OF HELEN AND CHARLIE PENDERGRAFT. ARTICLES FILL IN MANY DATES AND DETAILS ABOUT MY FAMILY.
THANKS TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS SITE, IT IS WONDERFUL.

BOB
 
Name: Dee Raymond <rootsdigger@cfl.rr.com>
Date: 2008-01-26
Comments:
Shirley, thank you sooooo much for transcribing the obituary for my uncle, Charles Hobson!!! I have been looking for him for a very long time. :-D

Dee
 
Name: FRANK DEVANCE <onebigfrank1112@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2008-01-21
Comments:
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS WEBSITE I RAN ACROSS IT PURELY BY CHANCE JUST BROWSING THROUGH IT BROUGHT BACK SOME GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT NPTR. I WILL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND SOME OLD PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN AT NPTR AND SEND THEM TO YOU. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 903-757-9193 IT WAS GREAT SEE PHOTOS OF THE GUYS THAT I WORKED WITH. I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH.
 
Name: Cindy Weigand <cweigand11@verizon.net>
Date: 2008-01-01
Comments:
I have contacted you about Jack Ashcraft in the past. I am his grand niece. I have received more information about him in the form of two scrapbooks. I'm going to try to scan them to preserve the articles and possibly look into microfilming them. They belong to a second cousin, but I'm going to suggest that they be placed in the aviation museum in Liberal.

 
Name: Tracy Turner <tturner1@pixius.net>
Date: 2007-12-15
Comments:
Thank you for posting the information on the murder of Luther Turner. Luther was my husband's great-grandfather. He had never heard that Luther had been murdered and we both found it very interesting to read all about it.

 
Name: Connie Ringler <theringlers@bbtel.com>
Date: 2007-12-15
Comments:
I found information on Archie L. Cantrell that I had been missing from my family tree. All I knew of him was on the back of my great-great grandpartens headstone in Hart Co, KY: CANTRELL, Archie L. (grandson of PA & Agnes Williams) June 22, 1886 - Sept. 29, 1918 (Lost at sea).

He moved with his family around 1910 to the Kansas & Oklahoma areas. By finding this info on him is like bring him home again...Thank you for the wonderful website you have made! If only other websites would honor our past the way you have, genealogy would be much easier!

C. Ringler
LaRue Co, KY

(Search results on this site for Cantrell)

Name: Cindy Ingram <cingram6@juno.com>
Date: 2007-12-15
Comments:
Thank you for posting the obituary of Winnie Misenhelter. I appreciate it very much as he was "lost" from the rest of the family.
 
Name: Kathy <mumseyjr@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-11-03
Comments:
Neat site, says someone who was once in the 8th Air Force.
 
Name: David L. Austin <dlaustin1959@hotmail.com>
Date: 2007-10-31
Comments:
My uncle Dave E. Austin was born in Protection, KS June 28, 1913. His parents were David B. Austin and Carrie M. Austin. I would love to visit sometime. I was born in Gunnison, CO. Thanks for your website.

 
Name: Dan Huck <danhuck1@earthlink.net>
Date: 2007-09-16
Comments:
Hi! For a kid from NY and now Boston (now a 70 year old kid) it's a lot of fun to see a Huck family of cowboys and cowgirls in Indian country. My Grandmother always said I had better behave, or they would have to give me back to the Indians! I guess she had some inside information!
 
Name: Dedee Cline <tweedlededee@aol.com>
Date: 2007-09-11
Comments:
Wow! I was looking for information about a cousin who passed away and stumbled on this website. My father, Richard Cline, was raised in Coldwater (son of Kenneth and Nellie Cline) and I spent every summer there while growing up. Unfortunately many members of my family, including my father, have passed over the last 10 years. Scanning your site was like coming home. I saw the beloved faces of my dad's uncles and aunts who were such a big part of my early years. I hadn't been able to attend any of the funerals, yet being able to read the obituaries was wonderful. They were such great people! I am especially grateful to have been able to read of Junior and Gloria Cline, Martha Cline, and Raymond Cline. I would like to thank my cousin Rhonda for putting all the information out there.
 
Name: Paul Curran <paulcurran38@aol.com>
Date: 2007-08-28
Comments:
Enjoyed very much browsing thru your guest book. Thank You

My Family came from Ireland, Canada, New York and settled in Clayton County Iowa
 
Name: Orville R. Nickelson <mandn67@hotmail.com>
Date: 2007-08-24
Comments:
We have enjoyed reading all the interesting things about Comanche County. My father's family lived there before migrating to Oregon during the dustbowl. I know we have a lot of cousins that still live in the area. We would love to hear from them.

(See: Carsten Nickelson)
Name: Linda (Ray) Mitchell <onemeanone@comcast.net>
Date: 2007-08-16
Comments:
Enjoyed your website very much. I was hoping to find
information on my Granddfather, George Norman Ray, son
of Jacob Ray, of WV and Garrett County MD. George left
his family for several years and when he returned, he
had a photo of himself all decked out in chaps and cowboy
outfit--said that's what he'd been working at while he was
gone. We have wondered if we had some "unknown" cousins
out of that episode.................
 
Name: Pat (Thomas) Hunter <lphunter@earthlink.net>
Date: 2007-08-06
Comments:
I so appreciate the informaion I have found reference my Grandparents and their family. Thank you for your time and thoughtfullness.
 
Name: Patrick Crawford <stpatt@prodigy.net>
Date: 2007-07-22
Comments:
You have set a standard for the rest of Kansas to follow! I have found information regarding my Mothers family (McLaughlin - Carter) previously not known. Thanks - Pat Crawford

(See: William H. McLaughlin)
Name: Diana Lynn Blevins <brbrodeohorses@oasisol.com>
Date: 2007-07-20
Comments:
I just read the storey about the Blevins Bros. and how they were caught with 4 generations of the Blevins family in a school bus.

I am a school bus driver!

~D. L. Blevins~
 

Name: JENNIFER J. VALENTINE <jennifer.kelleher@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2007-07-16
Comments:
I AM A 9TH GENERATION DESCENDANT OF CAPTAIN JONATHAN FARREN.
 
Name: Joseph Richmond <Nitscke33@cableone.net>
Date: 2007-07-08
Comments:
A very thorough and informative site, really enjoyed surfing over it. Thank you!
 
Name: David Lawson <zbar65@sctelcom.net>
Date: 2007-07-05
Comments:
Thanks so much for the information. I worked on the Z- ranch.
 
Name: Ron Gaddis <rongaddis@neb.rr.com>
Date: 2007-07-04
Comments:
Special thanks to Shirley Brier for posting the obituaries of Jessie Mae Grant Gaddis and her mother, Aseneth Richardson Grant.

Jesse was married to my Dad's uncle, James Allen Gaddis and I will search to see if I can find more Gaddis info on the site.

Thanks to all....Ron Gaddis, Lincoln, NE
 
Name: Meredith (Fisher) Fry <mfryaz@aol.com>
Date: 2007-06-18
Comments:
Thank you so much for this site. I will be returning to Wilmore and area this week. I love researching the history here.
Please contact me if you have any information about Cecil or Ella/Madolyn "Mike" Berrey FISHER, or Daniel Fisher or BERREY relatives. I can also contact Carolyn Heintz's family, we will be having a Berrey Family reunion this summer.
My best wishes to those in Greensburg and everyone touched by the tornado there.
Meredith
currently of Lincoln, NE
 
Name: Margaret Pepperd Greene <peggygreene34@msn.com>
Date: 2007-06-18
Comments:
I'm so glad that some of our history is being gathered up for posterity. I hardly know what articles to read first!

Note by Jerry Ferrin: After posting the above comment, Margaret (Pepperd) Greene contributed the following memoir to this site: When the Wind Blows: A Story about a Kansas Dust Storm in the Dirty Thirties.

Also see:

Name: Alice Alderman <ama5624@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2007-05-28
Comments:
My sister-in-law now deceased was an Allender from Iowa, descendant of Richard (b.1767) born in MD --she does resemble Anna Aurelia (Allender) Barnett -- have you researched your Irish roots? Thanks for making such a wonderful site.

Name: Dan Winter <wilmoreopry@webtv.net>
Date: 2007-05-27
Comments:
The Wilmore Opry at Medicine Lodge, along with the Heritage center and People's Bank will join forces and give the proceeds from a Big Show that is being planned in Oct. 2007, to the town of Greensburg. Greensburg folks are good friends of the opry. It is sad they lost so much! We will also miss the Twilight Theatre. Just so glad most all were spared.
Dan
 
Name: Cecil Ryals <tisnan@cox.net>
Date: 2007-05-24
Comments:
Has there been any thought to giving a Benefit "Opry Show"
to aid the people of Greensburg?
Cecil
 
Name: MIKE RAGAN <mikeragan1987@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-05-24
Comments:
GREAT SITE!! THIS IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO YOUR VETERANS. PLEASE DON'T STOP THERE, ADD ALL OF YOUR VETS.
Name: Vivian <heidbreder@frontiernet.net>
Date: 2007-05-17
Comments:
Enjoyed your site! My great Grandmother settled a claim very close to your town. Her brother James W. Dappert did a lot of surveying and also settled a claim there. It was really nice to hear about the town, other than in their diaries.

 
Name: Gary Banta <debbie_banta@msn.com>
Date: 2007-05-09
Comments:
I was very happy to once again see the town that I have always called my home. The best friends I have ever had were and are there. I hope someday that I can once again come back to Coldwater. Class of 66
 
Name: Elizabeth C Burton (Larimer) <ladymackay@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2007-05-07
Comments:
This is truly wonderful site and alot of hard work went into it.My grandparents are Lester and Alice Larimer. My father was Raleigh L. Larimer. The stories that this site tells and the wonderful old pictures are great. This brings back alot of memories of stories my father would tell me about how grandpa came with a wagon train to Wilmore.

Thank you,

Beth.
 

Name: Clydene Barker (now Jacy Laughton) <jacy9@cox.net>
Date: 2007-04-27
Comments:
Thank you, Mrs. Brier, for your important contributions and dedication.

Jacy
 
Name: Dee Dee Clark <ddclark@claremore.k12.ok.us>
Date: 2007-04-13
Comments:
My mom, Edythe Shearer Underwood, was thrilled with the pages of this site that I printed off for her. It brought back many memories as she recognized many of the names. Thank you so much for all the efforts that were put into this.

Dee Dee Underwood Clark
 

Name: Dione Noel Seegrist <heynonnie@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-04-10
Comments:
It was fun to see my great-grandma, Essie Noel, named as one of the members of the Wilmore Church of Christ.
 
Name: Alan Klein <aklein2@cox.net>
Date: 2007-04-06
Comments:
I had occasion to meet a lady who lived in Wilmore and opened a grocery in Coldwater in the 1970's her last name is Boorn, she is now 94 and resides at a Nuring facility in Wichita, She would be thrilled to get news items from the area, or any archaived info.

She attended the federated Christian Church, and would love very much to hear from members of the Church.

Please contact me with any information, we will be seeing her monthly for the forseeable future.

Thank you!
 
Name: Kathy Harris <akhstar@aol.com>
Date: 2007-03-29
Comments:
Thank you for the postings concerning the death of Milo Windus. My grandmother was his sister, Alice. She never got over Milo's death and rarely talked about the specifics. His piano is still at the old farmhouse, or was the last time we visited there in 1991, for my grandmother's funeral. It had a bunch of steel fence posts piled against it. -- Kathy Harris
 
Name: Steve Brewer <stoshie@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2007-03-28
Comments:
I am the son of Mildred Louise Guizlo, daughter of Charles Earl Guizlo and Ferrel Dean (Taylor) Guizlo, both of Coldwater. Thanks for your work on this site. I am enjoying learning more about my grandparents there.

Also see:
Name: W. L. "Doug" Land <wlland@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-03-23
Comments:
Have just located the article about my grandmother, Amanda Jane (Vaughn) Hickman, that Shirley Brier transcribed for this web site. God Bless Shirley. I was born in Coldwater. Our family moved to Dodge City when I was four years old. I left Dodge City at age 18 to join the U.S. Navy. After 8+ years in the Navy, I have lived in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and now have lived in New Jersey for 21 years.
 
Name: Julian Guy <Julian561@btinternet.com>
Date: 2007-03-10
Comments:
This is a truly splendid site. I am a Welshman and I have been doing some research into this town, as i have a friend who now works in Sun City at Buster's Bar. These pages were a great help to me. Thanks to all
 
Name: talley bailey <critt61626@aol.com>
Date: 2007-02-20
Comments:
My great granddad Rev. Joseph S. Bailey is buried in the Protection Cemetery and his obituary appeared in the Protection Post on 6-26-1913. Although he lived with his wife Rosa Shipman Bailey in Paruna Okla he was a circuit riding minister of the Christian Church. He was married by John Newton Mulkey on 12-12-1870 to his second wife and my great grandmother Eleanor Thompson Bailey. Does anyone know of a Rev. Tanksley of the christian church who performed his funeral service? I have 26 yrs of Bailey family research and an excellent photo of my great granddad with his Bible in his hand. Thanks for the posting of his obit on the cemetery website.
 
Name: talley bailey <critt61626@aol.com>
Date: 2007-02-20
Comments:
I want to thank you for publication of the obituary of my great granddad, Rev. Josephous Bailey on the Comanche Co Ks website. I have 26 yrs of Bailey family research on my Bailey family and trying to get the Christian Church to add Rev. Josephous Bailey's name to early circuit riding ministers of that faith. His granddad was American Rev. War patriot Callam Holman Bailey of Barren Co Ky. I have an excellent photo of Rev. Josephous Bailey holding his bible. In May 2006 we had a Bailey family reunion of descendants from each of his three wives. Of course he was married to each after death of the previous or other factors. Thanks again for this posting.
 
Name: Jan Walberg Zachry <rczdds@fiberpipe.net>
Date: 2007-02-16
Comments:
My grandfather is Grant Wright who had the tape of stories. I think sites like this are wonderful for everyone in a family to find out more about their history.
 
Name: Linda Bailey Bockman <butterflieslady@verizon.net>
Date: 2007-02-14
Comments:
Thanks for doing such a wonderful job! I was looking for information for my great niece about her half brother (Hinkle) and I saw the name Bailey! Wow what a great job of research on a cemetery! You really showed everyone how to do it properly and help someone else in the process.
Thanks!
PS This actually may be one of the links I have been looking for.

 
Name: Mark Shankel <mshank@camerabike>
Date: 2007-01-31
Comments:
Am descendant of Elias Willard and Lewis E. Shankel of Coldwater.
 
Name: Billy Nicola <lumpdawg@pacbell.net>
Date: 2007-01-29
Comments:
I was assigned to the Self Help Division from 1978 to 1980. Those two years in El Centro were the best of my 5 year Naval career. I was a Construction Electrician Constructionman (CECN E-3) when I arrived and left a CE-2. Archie Soules was the Chief in charge, Cliff Donaldson was the 1st Class BU. I have stories and photos I would like to share, although this page tends to favor the aviation types. If you are up to it, let me know.
 
Name: JACOB W. TINKER <shelterdad@yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-01-27
Comments:
I am Amazed every time I visit this site.
I find new things about my family every time I visit.

I want to thank all who have worked hard to build this site.

On your list of Biographies my 2nd Greatgrandfather is listed as E.P. Tinkler but his last name is "TINKER".

Again I want to say thank you for all the hard work.

THANK YOU, JACOB W. TINKER

Note by Jerry Ferrin: Thank you, I've corrected the name to E.P. Tinker.
Name: Susan Edmonston <susan@giantcomm.net>
Date: 2007-01-23
Comments:
Jerry, the Comanche County History book, volume 2 will be published this year. (The first Comanche County History was published in 1980 and I worked on that book, too). Family histories (760 of them) are now being "laid out" by Bell Books. I have been researching for the general history and typing articles from the Protection Post, the Protection Press, and The Western Star during the years of 1980 through 2006 (Can you imagine flipping through 8,000 pages of newsprint scanning for information? Neither can I, but I did it.) I have come up with approximately 400 typed pages of information: too much to include in the new history book. In fact, I need to condense those 400 pages into just a few pages for inclusion into the new history book. Therefore, I was very pleased to visit with you over the telephone on January 22, 2007, and knowing that I can email you all my information. You can decide whatever you would like to use of all that information on this website later this year. I have grouped my information on these topics: agriculture, bridges, businesses, former businesses, churches, events, medical, organizations, railroads and transportation, recreation, schools, weather, Protection, Coldwater and Wilmore. There is much history taking place in Comanche County and I am pleased to record it for future generations. Sincerely yours, Susan (Strobel) Edmonston
 
Name: Thomas W. Folkers <tfolkers@as.arizona.edu>
Date: 2007-01-18
Comments:
Jerry,

Not sure if you remember me.

In the late 70's you and I crossed paths at the San Manuel mine. I'm not quite sure how or why. Maybe I was a lemonhead as that's about the time I started to work at the mine, though I had been working for Magma since 1972.

I do remember that your were the editor of a little rag called mazzigine<sp>. I think I still have my copy...

Anyway, I stumbled upon your Magma web page and really
enjoyed reading your recollections about Magma. I too
remember Ollie.

You no doubt heard about the felling of the stacks.

http://www.azstarnet.com/special/sanmanuel

What a shame, what with copper > $2.00 now days.

Tom

(Note by Jerry Ferrin, 25 June 2008: Mazagine was a literary/arts publication of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. It won numerous national awards for excellence in the years Nard Taiz was instructor for the class which edited, designed and produced it. We published books, calenders, broadsides and posters. I hand-bound a codex book made of copies of the Mazagine calenders we published and may someday donate it to the University of Arizona Poetry Center. Copies of all editions of Mazagine are no doubt available in the Pima Community College main campus library. )

Name: Sophie Hall <softieh@hotmail.com>
Date: 2007-01-10
Comments:
Thank you so much for all your hard work. I was thrilled to find the articles about the Barlow family as they are ancestors of mine who I have been researching for quite a while now. Many thanks again, Sophie Hall.

Name: Jerry Bredthauer <jerryb124@aol.com>
Date: 2007-01-09
Comments:
Enjoyed the web site--especially reading about Alice Eyerly Ferrin & family. Alice was a sister of my great grandfather, Harlan Eyerly.
 
Name: Joseph (Joe) Baker <roofpro@websurf.net>
Date: 2007-01-07
Comments:
Son of Nick Baker and grandson of Lew Baker. Great piece by the way as it gave me information I did not have.
 
Name: Jim Smith <JSmithRetCPO@Yahoo.com>
Date: 2007-01-01
Comments:
I enjoyed the site and the information about Lieutenant Victor E. Willard. My dad was assigned duty as a flight instructor at Gibbs Field Fort Stockton, TX and searching for information on that facility led me to this web site. I have one volume of "Solo" for Class 44-E which prompted my search for more information.

A note by Director of Flying, Johhny E. Smith, says sixteen classes have graduated from the Pacific Air School at Fort Stockton since the first class entered in June, 1942. He also mentiones the school being taken over by the Central Flying Training Command in March, 1943, When Major James W. Dieterich came here to assume command.

I don't know when Class 44-E began or completed their primary training but the class number makes me believe it must have begun in 1944.

Thank you

 
Name: Donna Blackard Woods <dwoods4267@aol.com>
Date: 2006-12-10
Comments:
I was born in Comanche County, the great grandaughter of David and Lois Edmonds. I would like to thank you for the very good web site. I have worked on my family history for over 30 years and am very happy to be able to share with family members.
 
Name: lynn shelton <sheltonscleardirt@hotmail.com>
Date: 2006-11-16
Comments:
Wonderful site. I've visited Sun City several times over the years and really enjoy dining at Buster's. My mother-in-law and sisters were from around that area

Thank you
 
Name: Alice Sankey <fdnorris@yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-11-13
Comments:
Hello Jerry Ferrin, My name is Diane Norris and I'm the daughter of Alice Sankey. My mom is wondering if you remember her. She was married to Bob Sankey, who past away in Jan. 1998. My parents were good friends of your mom and dad, Wendel and Alice. I am sending you this because my mom does not have e-mail. She is interested in coming down to see the Wilmore Opry. My mom lives in Salina, Ks. Her address is 1911-A Glendale, Salina, KS. If you e-mail me, I would be glad it give her the message. Hope to here from you. Thanks! Diane Norris email at fdnorris@yahoo.com

(Note by Jerry Ferrin, 25 June 2008: I passed on this message to my mother, who got in touch with Alice Sankey and visited her in Salina, Ks, in 2007. )
Name: Wendell H. Melrose <wendelmelrose@earthlink.net>
Date: 2006-10-18
Comments:
I always like to look at the Protection information since I lived there from the time I was born in Sept. 1943 until our mother moved our family to Dodge City. My grandparents were Clara and Levi Wymer. My uncles were Lynn Wymer and Kenneth Wymer. The Wymer bio information isn't on the web site any longer... but Lynn's widow, Vonnie Wymer, still lives in Protection. You are welcome to contact me.
Wendell
 
Name: Ethel Taylor <bandony@yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-10-08
Comments:
Hello,

I found your site on Lt. Clifford Case while searching for more information on Operation Anvil Dragoon. I worked with Mr. Ertel in locating some of the families of pilots who have memorials in France. Here is another website regarding that action:

http://franceremembers.tripod.com/franceremembers.html

Thank you for this additional information
 

Name: Dr. Dale L. Hecht <yehecht@comcast.net>
Date: 2006-09-28
Comments:
Comment: Thank you for all the work you have done to create & maintain this site. It brings back a lot of memories of family & friends from my boyhood in Coldwater. I graduated from CHS in 1948.

On visits there my wife & I have been particularly impressed by the way the cemetery has been maintained by the community. My father, Ernest, & my grandparents & several family members are interred in Crown Hill. I was informed by my brother Eldon, who still lives in Coldwater with his wife, Marie, that the late Vertis Swarner, whom I knew, along with his family, left an endowment to commission the creation of the beautiful monument of The Last Supper, & also to help support the ongoing cemetery maintenance. I would greatly appreciate receiving a copy of the quotation about how the treatment & respect for their deceased reflects the sensitivity & values of a community. Thank you very much, & keep up the good work
Name: Michelle McEnterfer-Holligan <bremwk@netscape.net>
Date: 2006-09-15
Comments:
I often look at the Coldwater Web Page, it seems to bring a sense of comfort to me. Though I was not raised in Coldwater, but my parents & grandparents were. I still visit as much as possible and now more than ever since my mom, (the first) Linda Lytle is now living there. I was born in Coldwater but raised in Denver. I will consider Coldwater my home. My kids even enjoy visiting back there, they think it's like being in the 'old west'. Keep up the super work and don't let this piece of history fade away
Michelle McEnterfer-Holligan
Denver, CO


 
Name: Susan L Suhler <ssuhler@ku.edu>
Date: 2006-09-12
Comments:
Thank you for background information to fill in my own family history. I am Susan L. Suhler, granddaughter of John and Jessie (Stuart) Suhler, of rural Sharon, Barber County, Kansas. Through visits to Grandma and Grandpa Suhler and sons who later ran the farm, I gained a strong part of my history: my life-long friendship with Mary Ann (Schiff) Erickson (Mrs. Richard Erickson), granddaughter of India R. Huffaker, who was the mother of Mary Huffaker Schiff (Mrs. Emmitt Schiff, Sharon, Kansas).
12 September 2006, Lawrence, Kansas
 
Name: Brian Yeagle <by0827@aol.com>
Date: 2006-09-06
Comments:
I am the grandson of Ronald H. Wright, and great grandson of Grant Lucius Wright ("boppa", to my mother Sherry Wright). I can't believe I found Memories of Lew Baker on this site! I have personally heard the cassette tape my great grandfather Grant made detailing some of his history, and finding this is just awesome! Thank You, Brian.

Note by Jerry Ferrin: The Baker, Powell and Wright families were among the earliest settlers in Comanche County, Kansas. Following is a partial list of the many pages on this site about these families and related families:
Name: Robert Myers <bmyers55@charter.net>
Date: 2006-09-02
Comments:
Just finished reading the information on this site. It is truly an outstanding job of history and details. "WELL DONE".
 
Name: rij@pacbell.netta martinez (sims) <rita>
Date: 2006-09-01
Comments:
Thank you, great history. I enjoyed your site.
 
Name: Stephanie Johnson <steffijohnson@hotmail.com>
Date: 2006-08-25
Comments:
I love this site. I was and am looking for info about my grandfather/grandmother and mother living there in 1925-32. My grandfather, James Smith, owned and ran a pharmacy there. Any info or resources you can give would be very appreciated. Thank you. My mom tells stories about how they had to hit the ground with burlap sacks to get rid of rattlesnakes before funerals, and how she used to help her dad.
 
Name: Rob Blount <blount77@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2006-08-17
Comments:
I am the great great grandson of James S. Blount and am working on the family tree. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this site.

Rob Blount
 
Name: Laurent Viton <D010844@aol.com>
Date: 2006-08-14
Comments:
I'm doing extensive research on RAF and USAAF losses in my area, Normandy, during World War 2. My goal is a book to honour their sacrifice for freedom here. I would like very much tracing relatives of Lt. Louis T. Barron who was killed in action June 26, 1943, flying with the 56th FG. I was shown the crash-site in the village of Landes Vieilles et Neuves (south Dieppe)and was given several .50 bullets from his P-47. Any contact is most welcome. Thank you.

Laurent Viton
La Poste
76110 Goderville - FRANCE
 

Name: Vicki Condra-Williams <vwilliams@westco.k12.mo.us>
Date: 2006-08-12
Comments:
I was facinated that I came across your site. I am Gary Condra's daughter and Clarence Condra Sr, grandaughter, they lived in Protection on our family farm. My Uncle Jim lives there now. Thanks for the website.
 
Name: Christopher N. Cooper <cooperhill1858@peoplepc.com>
Date: 2006-08-06
Comments:
Great Job on this site with all the resources and information is Wonderful! Very interesting and well done!

I am a Genealogist, Historian and Archaeologist. I do Investigations and Research on Ghost towns - most time Missouri and sometimes Kansas Pre-Civil War Extinct ones, but I find these in Comanche county, Kansas very interesting!

But I Especially found the one Ghost town of NESCATUNGA Very Much interesting amd would enjoy exploring it sometime!!

Is there anyway I can visit this townsite sometime and is there any other maps, plats and other information on this Ghost Town of NESCATUNGA? I also enjoyed the Music of Stars fell on Nescatunga, where did this song come from and who wrote it?

Keep up the Great Job and it is one of the Best Rootsweb.com that I've found. Most Interesting and Well Done!

Thanks For Yor Time!!
Christopher N. Cooper @ cooperhill1858@peoplepc.com

(Note by Jerry Ferrin: There are many things, such as plat maps, for Nescatunga in the county courthouse. Contact: Guyneth Snyder, Registrar of Deeds, 201 S. New York, Coldwater, Kansas 67029. There are no buildings still standing on the town site, though you can still see where some of the streets were. There are many cellar holes where houses once stood. The former site of Nescatunga and the Nescatunga Cemetery are on privately-owned land. Please inquire at the courthouse for the owners' names, then contact them to ask permission to visit the site of the town or the cemetery. Trespassing is against the law.)
Name: Betty Johnson <cherokeebetty@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2006-07-21
Comments:
I was browsing to try to find some of my Tennison family and found your site. It is a wonderful story! I really enjoyed reading about it. It gives some insight on what it was like in a more personal way, back then.

My grandfather is Alfred Leon Tennison b. 1878 in MO and I haven't been able to find his parents after 15 years of searchin. I can't give up. Thank you for allowing us to view your story.

Betty Johnson
Oklahoma
 

Name: Scott Taylor <scott.taylor@cox.net>
Date: 2006-07-06
Comments:
Your website is very informative and interesting, and it has provided much background information concerning my family (S.A. DeLair). Thank you for providing such a comprehensive and very personal view of people from Comanche County.
 
Name: Jackie Hough <jhough317@yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-07-05
Comments:
I found my husbands little brother buried in Wilmore cemetery. His name was Gilbert Clarkson Hough. He is buried there by himself as the family moved to Arksansas following the dust bowl catastrophe. I was glad to learn he had a stone and found also a sister that buried there as a stillborn. Thank you so much, Jackie Hough
 
Name: Chris (Allen) Hrencher <kchrencher@sctelcom.net>
Date: 2006-06-11
Comments:
I've really enjoyed this. It's great to read about my grandparents, Ruth and Renous Allen and Lorena and Cecil Wilson on this website. Love the picture of the Buttermilk Softball team. My mom, Erma Allen, and grandad, Cecil Wilson, are in the picture. Thanks guys. Keep up the good work.
 
Name: Karen Bean Salyer <kbsalyer@cox.net>
Date: 2006-06-10
Comments:
Super website! Charles & Nancy Bean were my great grandparents. Cecil and Inez Bean, my parents. I was born and raised in Comanche county, graduating from CHS in 1958. It is re-assuring to read the accounts of these early pioneers, and hard working families of our "part of the world". Special thanks to Shirley Brier for her work in presenting the Bean family information. Keep up the great job!
 
Name: Byron Benton <apt0@Juno. com>
Date: 2006-06-07
Comments:
You gave some info on VA headstones which I wanted. Thanks
 
Name: Nick Nickelson <mandn67@hotmail.com>
Date: 2006-06-04
Comments:

I really enjoyed seeing my grandpa, Chris Nickelson's name mentioned in the Diamond Jubilee. Are there any cousins in Coldwater that would like to contact me?
 
Name: Jerry G. Rolow <rolowj@yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-05-30
Comments:
Great site that has been very helpful.

I noticed the obituary for Cora Weddle Hufft has her born in 1878 and then married in 1885 when she would only be 7 years of age.

(Note by Jerry Ferrin: I'm sorry, but I can't account for the discrepancy in the dates, but thank you for bringing it to my attention. Hufft family members, can you help with the correct dates?)

Name: Ken Williams <b52hbn@aol.com>
Date: 2006-05-26
Comments:
Found your site by searching for Evansville, Kansas. I have a letter written to my Great grandfather on Feb 7 1887 from Evansville, Kansas by a Mira A. Bruner. By the writing and vocabulary She is well educated and writes beautifully. I would guess she was 20 years old or older. Does anyone out there have a Mira A. Bruner In the Genealogy.

(Note by Jerry Ferrin: Thanks, Mr. Williams, for contributing a copy of the letter to this site.)

Name: billy frank moreton jr <moretonjr30@cox.net>
Date: 2006-05-20
Comments:
nice pictures
 
Name: Jason Huck <jayhuck@mac.com>
Date: 2006-05-17
Comments:
This is a great site! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to its creation!
 
Name: mark coles <colesbu@aol.com>
Date: 2006-05-08
Comments:
Great website to see about all my relatives and the history of a great place.
Name: Susan Edmonston <ProPress@giantcomm.net>
Date: 2006-04-30
Comments:
On this page correct spelling of Cimmaron River is Cimarron
 
Name: Susan Redstone <susan_redstone@hotmail.com>
Date: 2006-04-26
Comments:
How I got here, I'm not quite sure.... Oh, yes, I was digging through the Kansas Poetry site and read Jerry Ferrin's poem about Walking with his Grandmother, which I loved. Then I kept following the cyber trail, and here I am.

This has been fascinating: Jerry Ferrin, if you read this, you've done a very good thing. I'm a Kansan, and I like this historic, poetic, personal, informational website. I'll stop by here again. However, I'm not sure where I am, so I'll bookmark it. I've been tracing Jerry Ferrin's ancestors' lives. And it started with a poem.
Thanks.
Susan Redstone

(Note by Jerry Ferrin: Thank you very much, Susan, for your remarks about Walking in the Heartland, my poem in memory of my grandmother, Nellie May (Barnett) Ferrin.)

Name: Eva m Ferren Hawkins <hawkinseva@msn.com>
Date: 2006-04-24
Comments:
I have been looking for my father family for so long it seems so good to read about my family. I miss my mom and dad Dennis Jared Ferren sr so much i felt like crying 'cause it was so wonderful to read about my family, I wish that we could be close. I miss that. Arthur C. Ferren is my grand father, then Moses Ferren, Joseph Ferrin, Moses Ferren, then Jonathan Ferren. What a wonderful thing to trace our roots and put faces with the names. Thank you.
Eva M. Ferren Hawkins
 
Name: Doris E. (Ferren) Beane <pdbeane@comcast.net>
Date: 2006-04-21
Comments:
Oh, this is so great! Have been doing some research on my Dad's family (Ferren). Big help. Thank you. Will share my "stuff" when I get back into this genealogy. Doris
 
Name: Annie <awill160@eq.edu.au>
Date: 2006-04-06
Comments:
Hi, thanks for this site. I occassionally look up sites with my last name. I looked up this site cause that is how my last name is originally spelt - Wilmore - isn't that just a bit freaky....
 
Name: Elizabeth L. Belluomini <blu1757@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2006-04-05
Comments:
I was happy to see your site on the Internet. I'm looking for as much information about my deceased Uncle Glenn Fredric Selzer, (he married my deceased Mother's sister Nellie Mae Hartzler)in 1927. Since I moved to CA at age 10, from Pueblo, CO, your site has been extremely helpful in bridging the gap in learning about the Mennonite Church and more about Protection. Thank you so much! Elizabeth L.(Unger) Belluomini
 
Name: Katherine Avery Gregor <grelore@c-zone.net>
Date: 2006-03-30
Comments:
Thank for this great site. My father's family (Avery and Burt) were primarily Coldwater residents and I enjoy learning all I can.
 
Name: Julia ( Rogg ) Chegwidden <chegkimponies@russellks.net>
Date: 2006-03-18
Comments:
I was looking for information about Frank Rockefeller who once owned the ranch in Russell County that I grew up on. I found your site interesting although the Frank Rockefeller ranch mentioned is not the one I am looking for.
 
Name: Ken McGuire <kcmcguire77616@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2006-03-12
Comments:
I just Googled my grandfather Emanuel Huck and came across this site. The first article was that of my mother's (Luane Huck McGuire) brother Donald Keith Huck. I found what had happened to Donald and got the story of his death. I have also found many other realtives. Keep up the good work.

Ken McGuire
 
Name: james clayton <jclay35675@aol.com>
Date: 2006-02-28
Comments:
Just found this historical site a few days ago and have spent many hours reading through it. Very informative, after graduating in 1963 and leaving Wilmore in 1967 to join the Air Force, lost a lot of contact with friends in and around Wilmore and Coldwater. Really enjoy the site very much. Jerry and friends have done a very outstanding job.

(Note by Jerry Ferrin: Thank you! Please see: Sylvia Narelle Clayton. I added her obituary to this site shortly after you posted your message.)
Name: Lu Weems <luweems66032@yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-02-24
Comments:
Buford Davis, mentioned in the Davis obit was my uncle. As a child I met several of his sisters. The Davis family was a close group and my uncle was sadly missed.

I loved to visit the ranch and see the cowboys come to town (Belvidere, KS) on Sat. night. Nice memories.

(Search this site for Buford Davis.)

Name: Clayton Beebe <crbeebe04@msn.com>
Date: 2006-02-17
Comments:
An extremely nice and informative site. Thank you very much from one individual whose relatives lived much of their lives in Comanche County.

(Note: see Willis Allen & Mary Alice (Wunderlin) Beebe)
Name: Dianne Stevens <diannestevens@charter.net>
Date: 2006-02-13
Comments:
Thanks for linking to my website and the story about my Uncle Lester Demouth, USMC, who went down in the South China Sea aboard the Arisan Maru. He deserves to be remembered, as do they all.

(Note: See Pfc. William Henry Finney, U.S. Coast Guard.)

Name: Carol Kline Bradbury <carolbradb@aol.com>
Date: 2006-02-12
Comments:
Found your website via Rootsweb.com newsletter and was hoping to find information on the Kiowa, KS Cemetery where my g-grandmother is buried--wrong county--should have known! I did enjoy my visit here, though, and found a friend at your website -- Evelyn Reed, a fellow member of KAA! Several of your articles were interesting to me since my father, Harold W. Kline, was raised near Enid, OK. I have been fascinated by the Salt Flats, the first surface salt supply I've ever seen! Your website is very well organized and informative. Keep up the good work!
 
Name: Joanie Williams Puls <Fpuls@Cox.net>
Date: 2006-02-08
Comments:
My father was Wayne Williams. He was from Protection, his father was Jess Williams, his mother was Mary Williams. This picture is like I remember seeing in the 1950s ...sandy and hot.
 
Name: Roberta Campbell Hopper <mamahop45@frontiernet.net>
Date: 2006-01-26
Comments:
Love your site and now have it in my Favorites.

Bobbie
 
Name: Sharon Scholle <Ironheadone@aol.com>
Date: 2006-01-23
Comments:
We were in Coldwater in September 2005 to the "Back Home" celebration and wanted to comment on how nice the town looks. Even though it has been a long time since we lived there, the town has been kept up well. The city park looked nice and the new Heritage Park is a beautiful site with the stone memorials and all. Of course, the Coldwater Lake is a beautiful attraction. There are still quite a few folks we know there. It's always fun to go back home. Enjoy looking at this web site every once in awhile to see what is new. Thanks to you Jerry and Bobbi Huck and whoever else contributes to this site. We are looking forward to the next Comanche County History book when it is printed.
Thank you,
Sharon Scholle, Highlands Ranch, CO
 
Name: Barbara Mossner <bamossner@earthlink.net>
Date: 2006-01-20
Comments:
Excellent tribute to Squire Boone Zane, USN and to the "Men of the CANOPUS" which my Dad, Zygmond Budzaj, USN was proud to be part of this group of fine men.

The following was found on a grave stone in the Phillippines after WW2,
'A MAN IS NOT DEAD AS LONG AS HE IS NOT FORGOTTEN'
Let us not ever forget................
 
Name: Clyda Pile Frederick <cfrederick8@cox.net>
Date: 2006-01-15
Comments:
My father, Walter Clyde Pile, was raised in Protection. I have found your website very interesting and informative. Thank you.
 
Name: Barbara Jean (Hull) Adams <tbadams@uslink.net>
Date: 2006-01-14
Comments:
What a great site. Thanks
 
Name: RBeda Coffey <rbeda@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2006-01-11
Comments:
The story of the sons is interesting. I have two sons born on the same day 7 years apart. Be careful It could be true.
Glad to see you saving your history!!! Wish Anderson County would!!! RBeda
 
Name: Cindy Weigand <weigand@verizon.net>
Date: 2006-01-01
Comments:
Thank you for the information on Jack Ashcraft. He was my great uncle even though I never knew him. My mother, Norma Ashcraft, spoke of him and his exploits, but I didn't get really interested until I started reading about him in her papers after her death. His life as a barnstormer was intriguing. Your