The Clark Family came to Wabaunsee County in 1878. They arrived from Clay County, Indiana as an extended family of 16 persons in three covered wagons. They had sold their farms to coal mining interest [...]
Read MoreCHALLENGE DAY!!! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! I'd like to have a great deal more participation on this page from readers. So I'm going to issue a challenge. How generations of photos of [...]
Read MoreCHALLENGE DAY!!! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! I'd like to have a great deal more participation on this page from readers. So I'm going to issue a challenge. How generations of photos of [...]
Read MoreGood morning readers. I hope your day is going well. I'd like to finish with the Melancthon W. Janes family today, and then move on to the Henry Fauerbach family, one of the oldest in Maple Hill Towns [...]
Read MoreGood morning readers. I hope your day is going well. I'd like to finish with the Melancthon W. Janes family today, and then move on to the Henry Fauerbach family, one of the oldest in Maple Hill Towns [...]
Read MoreMelancthon W. Janes attended common schools until fourteen years of age, when he entered Allegheny College at Meadville, PA, where he remained two years, completing the course in mathematics. Mr. Bark [...]
Read MoreMelancthon W. Janes attended common schools until fourteen years of age, when he entered Allegheny College at Meadville, PA, where he remained two years, completing the course in mathematics. Mr. Bark [...]
Read MoreI want to write more about Melancthon W. Janes today. Janes was born in 1841 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He moved, with his parents, Heman and Mariah M. (Rouse) Janes, to Erie Pennsylvania and w [...]
Read MoreI want to write more about Melancthon W. Janes today. Janes was born in 1841 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He moved, with his parents, Heman and Mariah M. (Rouse) Janes, to Erie Pennsylvania and w [...]
Read More1872 was a busy year for the Maple Hill area. Maple Hill Township was formed by dividing Newbury Township into two portions, with the eastern half becoming Maple Hill Township. There were 108 voters i [...]
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