Redenbo Family Farm Ties Deep Through Kansas History
Dorothy Stewart of 1006 S Elm owns a family farm near Ottawa with roots tracing to Sylvester Redenbo who left Sidney Ohio to claim 80 acres in Harrison Township. The Conard Home dates to 1870 with 1,078 acres now owned by Frances Dunn. The land raises wheat corn oats soybeans and supports timber and cattle. Buildings are gone since 1957 tornado. Memories fade but land remains in family lines through Redenbo Redenbaugh Stewart and Fouts generations.
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Joanistas
Dorothy Stewart
S. Elm
Sylvester Redenbo
Sidney
Ohio
Kansas
Harrison Township
Conard
David Conard
Ottawa
L. S. Kalloch
William H
John
Frances “Conard” Dunn
Redenbo
Mrs. Stewart
Caroline
Daisy
Redenbaugh
Rendenbos
Redenbaughs
U.S
Leah Carey Stewart
Stewart
Nelson Briles
Briles
Lou Ann Lindsey
The Briles name journey from 1717 Germanna Colony tale
Johannes Broil arrived from Alsace in 1717 and settled at Germanna Colony Virginia, founding a lineage that altered the surname through Broil Broyles Broles to Briles. Nelson Briles of Ottawa RFD 2 is a descendant living on a quiet farm east of Ottawa on K-68, a place that has remained largely unchanged.
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Joanistas
Johannes Broil
America
Alsace
Germany
Germanna Colony
Virginia
Broil
Broyles
Broles
Briles
Nelson Briles
Ottawa
Farm Memories and Family Legacy Across Generations
Jewel Scott recalls childhood visits to The Farm, a two story frame house with a barn and dairy, and Grandpa’s whittled walking sticks. The piece traces the Briles family lineage from John Broyles’ 1847 Missouri to Nelson Briles today, noting 117 acres, crops, livestock, and a last name fading with inflation.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Grandpa Scott
Jewel Scott
John Broyles
Broyles
Adkins
Briles
William Briles
William
Clarence
Nelson
Mary Elizabeth
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Conard Home
Quincy
Seymour
Grandma and
William C. Briles
Mary Elizabeth Briles
North Carolina
Missouri
Alexander Wilson
County Dairy
Franklin County
Peoples National Bank & Trust
FDIC
Ottawa, Kansas
N. Main
Dairy Industry
Me—the
S. Walnut
Sper
New Holland