Village social notes and visiting guests recount local ties
A long list of residents and relatives visit and host in a Kansas community. Families including Olson Florell Tornquist Nelson and Danielson share time at homes, church events, and a Luther League convention in Brantford. A Rackley high school party draws about sixty attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvina. Olson
Kansas City
Arvid’ Olson
Olson
John
Gilbert
Florence Swanson
Grady
Thomas
June Hanson
Aileen Nelson
Mable Nelson
Audrey
Sam Nelson
Tom Tornquist
John Olson
Carl Florell
Frank Carlson
Pete Hansen
Argonia
Elvie Carlson
Argonia Hig
Carlson
Phil Thudin
Thudin
Mulvane
Forrest Carlson
Evelyne
Madeline Tornquist
Ole Hansen
Albert Segerhammer
Warren Segerhammer
Carl. Danielson
Blanche Larson
C C. C. Monson
Philip Larson
Elmer Nelson
Desmond Almquist
Doris Jeanette
Clifford Nelson
Bertil
Andrew Olson
Edith Slipsager
R. N
J. Slipsager
Concordia
Tom. Tornquist
P. ‘J. Slipsager
Florence . Swanson
John Shaver
Lucille
Thelma Larson
Hannah Hansen
Agnes Johnson
Tornquist
Madeline
Hanson
Brantford
Maridahl
Luther League
Brantsford
Kana
Evelyne Tornquist
Victor Falk
Reuben F G Wall
Allwin
Victor Nelson
Harold
Adolph
Elmer_Nelson
Robert Lundblade
Elmer ‘Johnson
Marie
Norman
Magnus Nelson
Genevieve
Mound “City
Kans
Belleville
Emanuel
Emily Olson
Andrew Bettis Civil War Soldier and Kansas Pioneer
Andrew Jackson Marion Bettis born 1846 in Tennessee joined the Union army in 1864 at 17, served at Cumberland Gap in the 1st Tennessee Light Artillery, endured bushwhacker threats and harsh frontier life, later became a Kansas homesteader in Washington County near Scandia and married Minnie Leweke in 1879. he and brother Jasper moved west after the war, detouring to St Joseph and settling near Clyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Andy
Bettis
Scandia
Kansas
Andrew Jackson Marion Bettis
Jefferson County
Jackson
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckenridge
John Bell
Confederacy
Washington
Union
Cumberland’ Mountains
Andrew Bettis
East Chatanooga
Minnie 8. Leweke
Ludwick L. Leweké
Minnie Hellwig Leweke
Republic County
Andrew
Mr. Bettis
Cumberland Gap
Crawford
Beebe
Sherman
Atlanta
Nashville
Jasper
Bart Bettis
St. Joseph
West
Washington County
Junction ‘City
Clyde
John Sothers
Calvin
Republic Coun ‘Ty
Sothers
Marysville
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By Charles Sughroe
Kackley
Chester Anderson
Reuben Engwall
Dean
Bert Hageman
Helen
Frank ,Johnson
Carl Danielson
Hilg der Dahlsten
Gladys ‘Peterson
Republic
Dan Nielson
Albert Hansen
John Fike
Eldon
June Hanzon
Warren
Segerhammer
Ole
Hansey
A. M. Bettis
Kentucky
Ardy
Fred. Moe
Ralph Moe
J. Re Stofer
Stanley Moe
Donald Moe
Paul. Moe
Lars‘Hammer
Harvey
Alit
Floyd
Leslie
Carl Hammer
Ruby
Rurigan
Courtland
Paul Moe
Dan. Jensen
Arthur Larsen
Baby
George and
Walter Sewell
Martin Larsen
Anton Edlund
Hulda Edlund
Florence Nelson
Anton Lund
John Brandstrom
Paul Doctor
Don Walstrom
ElDorado
MR. and
Mrs.a Wy Bettis
Faulkner Funeral Service
Bonda Day
Scandia, Kansas