I'm going to be leaving to spend a coule of weeks with friends in Montana tomorrow, and I want to finish writing about the Russel T. and Addie (Small) Updegraff Family.I have not been able to find an [...]
Read MoreThe following is a biographical statement about Russell T. Updegraff taken from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans published in 1918. Russell Taylor Updegraff has been perhaps the leading indivi [...]
Read MoreThe following is a biographical statement about Russell T. Updegraff taken from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans published in 1918. Russell Taylor Updegraff has been perhaps the leading indivi [...]
Read MoreThis morning I'd like to continue with discussion of the Updegraff and Small Families by posting some excepts from the Maple Hill News Items that appeared in Wabaunsee County Papers. You'll recall fro [...]
Read MoreThis morning I'd like to continue with discussion of the Updegraff and Small Families by posting some excepts from the Maple Hill News Items that appeared in Wabaunsee County Papers. You'll recall fro [...]
Read MoreDid you know that Maple Hill was home to the largest hotel in Wabaunsee County at one time? When the town was founded in 1887, William Baldwin "Jersey" Small built a 35-room hotel that also had large [...]
Read MoreDid you know that Maple Hill was home to the largest hotel in Wabaunsee County at one time? When the town was founded in 1887, William Baldwin "Jersey" Small built a 35-room hotel that also had large [...]
Read MoreI have been working on Swinnie/Hall genealogy for the past several days and I'm not sure that I have a complete and accurate family trees but I'm going to publish what I have and hope that there are f [...]
Read MoreI have been working on Swinnie/Hall genealogy for the past several days and I'm not sure that I have a complete and accurate family trees but I'm going to publish what I have and hope that there are f [...]
Read MoreMaple Hill had about 20 large Black families between 1900 and 1940. After 1940, the numbers of Blacks decreased significantly as family members sought jobs in Topeka, Kansas City and elsewhere.Most of [...]
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