WOODBURN to Kansas
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WOODBURN to Kansas
| Billy J. Baker (View posts) | Posted: 23 Apr 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Woodburn, Telley, Odle, Helsby, Overhulse
From - William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Nemaha County --
ELIAS WOODBURN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Wetmore, was born in 1827, in Preble County, Ohio. Is a son of John WOODBURN, of Kentucky, and Elizabeth Telley, of Ohio. He was reared in Randolph County, Ind., where his parents settled in 1834. Mr. Woodburn came to Kansas with a wife and three children. In July, 1857, after a six weeks' tour of observation, he closed the claim which has since been his home, built a 14x16 foot log house, roofed with clapboard. And began his pioneering with only the Campbell, Thomas and White families as neighbors. To-day we find him on a well-improved farm, fenced with hedges and wire, a good frame house, a stable, etc., 300 apple trees, and with his native timber and plentiful water supply, can easily envy him. His wife was Sarah J. Odle, a native of Randolph County, Ind., and they have four children - Anna R., now Mrs. J. Helsby; Mary, Mrs. T. C. Overhulse; William T., born in Kansas, and a teacher; and Mattie. Two daughters - Millinda E. and Emma E., died at the ages of Twenty and twelve, respectively.
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Nemaha County --
ELIAS WOODBURN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Wetmore, was born in 1827, in Preble County, Ohio. Is a son of John WOODBURN, of Kentucky, and Elizabeth Telley, of Ohio. He was reared in Randolph County, Ind., where his parents settled in 1834. Mr. Woodburn came to Kansas with a wife and three children. In July, 1857, after a six weeks' tour of observation, he closed the claim which has since been his home, built a 14x16 foot log house, roofed with clapboard. And began his pioneering with only the Campbell, Thomas and White families as neighbors. To-day we find him on a well-improved farm, fenced with hedges and wire, a good frame house, a stable, etc., 300 apple trees, and with his native timber and plentiful water supply, can easily envy him. His wife was Sarah J. Odle, a native of Randolph County, Ind., and they have four children - Anna R., now Mrs. J. Helsby; Mary, Mrs. T. C. Overhulse; William T., born in Kansas, and a teacher; and Mattie. Two daughters - Millinda E. and Emma E., died at the ages of Twenty and twelve, respectively.