This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Williamsburg heritage in one homestead and heirlooms
The story centers on C. W. Robe Jr. of Williamsburg Kansas inheriting a lineage tied to his grandfather Joseph Towle and the silver-topped cane presented in 1902 by Williamsburg postmasters. It recounts the Towle Towle family, their 1880 Williamsburg home, the rosewood organ piano, and the farm history dating to lands acquired after government treaties with the Sac and Fox. The piece covers Robe family education, farm operations, and windstorm anecdotes shaping a 1930s to midcentury Kansas homestead portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Williamsburg
Joseph A. Towle
William Crankshaw
John Claypool
A.L. Welch
George McCurdy
M.R. DeVore
G.D. Reed
H.F. Dehn
F. R. Martin
W. E. Brown
H. Diestelhorst
G. H. Jones
James Timmons
C. M. Gawthrop
M. F. Getehell
Andrew Witherspoon
Chicago
C. W. Robe Jr
Joseph Towle
Towle
Witherspoon
Kansas
William J. Schofield
Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Douglas County
Baker University
New York
Jesse
C.W. Robe Sr
Gas City
Harry Lantis
Willimsburg High
Kansas University
Robe
Grove
Sweden
Wesen
Denmark
Jensen
Gregersen
Nelson
Gunnersen
Lassen
John T. Hazen
John Green
Fredrickson
Hansen
Weien
Lucy Adams Weien
Wyandotte