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Thomas Jefferson Souders

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Thomas Jefferson Souders

Birth
Hamilton County, Indiana, USA
Death
14 Nov 1919 (aged 72)
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Block 10, Lot 11, Space 1 Owned by T J Souders
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Michael and Margaret Souders were the parents of 8 children, 2 of which died in infancy. T.J. was the youngest child. Margaret died 6 weeks after T.J.'s birth and Michael married her widowed sister, Louisa, who raised him as her own. His 3 older brothers enlisted in the Civil War; Peter died in Mississippi and William and John died in Hamilton county, Indiana shortly after the war due to their injuries.

After his marriage to Rachel Whetsel in 1869, T. J. moved to Woodson county, Kansas in the fall of 1870 and in 1871 moved near Severy, Greenwood county where he was in the furniture and undertaking business. He then opened the Souders Grocery and was helped lay out the city of Severy. In 1893 T. J. moved his family to Eureka, Kansas where he continued in the grocery business with the White Star Grocery in the White building, as well as owning and operating a livery business as well as the first automobile garage in Greenwood County.

T. J. was Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias and a member of the Masons lodge #58. He was committed to community and during most of his years in Greenwood county served in various positions including township trustee, constable, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and clerk of the district court.

At the time of his death, he still owned most of the farm property he had purchased around Greenwood county which was passed to his children. He still owned the Souders Garage which was passed on to his sons. The Souders garage stands today in Eureka with the name "T. J. Souders" carved in stone above the building.

Michael and Margaret Souders were the parents of 8 children, 2 of which died in infancy. T.J. was the youngest child. Margaret died 6 weeks after T.J.'s birth and Michael married her widowed sister, Louisa, who raised him as her own. His 3 older brothers enlisted in the Civil War; Peter died in Mississippi and William and John died in Hamilton county, Indiana shortly after the war due to their injuries.

After his marriage to Rachel Whetsel in 1869, T. J. moved to Woodson county, Kansas in the fall of 1870 and in 1871 moved near Severy, Greenwood county where he was in the furniture and undertaking business. He then opened the Souders Grocery and was helped lay out the city of Severy. In 1893 T. J. moved his family to Eureka, Kansas where he continued in the grocery business with the White Star Grocery in the White building, as well as owning and operating a livery business as well as the first automobile garage in Greenwood County.

T. J. was Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias and a member of the Masons lodge #58. He was committed to community and during most of his years in Greenwood county served in various positions including township trustee, constable, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and clerk of the district court.

At the time of his death, he still owned most of the farm property he had purchased around Greenwood county which was passed to his children. He still owned the Souders Garage which was passed on to his sons. The Souders garage stands today in Eureka with the name "T. J. Souders" carved in stone above the building.

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