Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. B, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Volunteers)
Enlisted September 16, 1862, discharged May 29, 1865.
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Benjamin married first Ellen BIRCHARD; married second Lydia H. PATRIE
A total of five children were born to the couple. Two sons were born before Benjamin enlisted in the Civil War. The oldest was Charles.
After the war, Benjamin returned home where two more children were born. However, one daughter and one son passed away in 1875 (causes unknown). The last of their five children was born in 1878 a few months before leaving for Kinsley, Kansas.
Benjamin purchased a hotel in Kinsley. The family had only been in town for six months when Ellen and their son, Charles, contracted typhoid fever. They died approximately three weeks apart in the fall of 1878. Charles was a newlywed and was preparing to bring his new bride out to Kansas to join him.
Facing much unhappiness in Kansas, Benjamin went back to Pennsylvania taking his 10-year-old son and infant daughter with him. He did remarry and had two more daughters.
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EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
January 24, 1878
Page 3, Column 4
Mr. B.O. Bertholf, from Great Bend, Pa., arrived last Friday night, bringing with him his family. Mr. B. is the new landlord at the Fuller House and we predict that he will keep up the reputation the house gained under Mr. Fuller as being one of the best houses in the valley.
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KINSLEY GRAPHIC
Saturday, July 26, 1879
Page 3, Column 3
Mr. B.O. Bertholf has sold out his interest in the firm of Bertholf & Whittington, and will go to Pennsylvania next week for the purpose of taking his children back to relatives. He expects to return to this country in a few weeks.
Private, Co. B, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Volunteers)
Enlisted September 16, 1862, discharged May 29, 1865.
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Benjamin married first Ellen BIRCHARD; married second Lydia H. PATRIE
A total of five children were born to the couple. Two sons were born before Benjamin enlisted in the Civil War. The oldest was Charles.
After the war, Benjamin returned home where two more children were born. However, one daughter and one son passed away in 1875 (causes unknown). The last of their five children was born in 1878 a few months before leaving for Kinsley, Kansas.
Benjamin purchased a hotel in Kinsley. The family had only been in town for six months when Ellen and their son, Charles, contracted typhoid fever. They died approximately three weeks apart in the fall of 1878. Charles was a newlywed and was preparing to bring his new bride out to Kansas to join him.
Facing much unhappiness in Kansas, Benjamin went back to Pennsylvania taking his 10-year-old son and infant daughter with him. He did remarry and had two more daughters.
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EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
January 24, 1878
Page 3, Column 4
Mr. B.O. Bertholf, from Great Bend, Pa., arrived last Friday night, bringing with him his family. Mr. B. is the new landlord at the Fuller House and we predict that he will keep up the reputation the house gained under Mr. Fuller as being one of the best houses in the valley.
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KINSLEY GRAPHIC
Saturday, July 26, 1879
Page 3, Column 3
Mr. B.O. Bertholf has sold out his interest in the firm of Bertholf & Whittington, and will go to Pennsylvania next week for the purpose of taking his children back to relatives. He expects to return to this country in a few weeks.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. B, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Volunteers)
Enlisted September 16, 1862, discharged May 29, 1865.
∼
Benjamin married first Ellen BIRCHARD; married second Lydia H. PATRIE
A total of five children were born to the couple. Two sons were born before Benjamin enlisted in the Civil War. The oldest was Charles.
After the war, Benjamin returned home where two more children were born. However, one daughter and one son passed away in 1875 (causes unknown). The last of their five children was born in 1878 a few months before leaving for Kinsley, Kansas.
Benjamin purchased a hotel in Kinsley. The family had only been in town for six months when Ellen and their son, Charles, contracted typhoid fever. They died approximately three weeks apart in the fall of 1878. Charles was a newlywed and was preparing to bring his new bride out to Kansas to join him.
Facing much unhappiness in Kansas, Benjamin went back to Pennsylvania taking his 10-year-old son and infant daughter with him. He did remarry and had two more daughters.
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EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
January 24, 1878
Page 3, Column 4
Mr. B.O. Bertholf, from Great Bend, Pa., arrived last Friday night, bringing with him his family. Mr. B. is the new landlord at the Fuller House and we predict that he will keep up the reputation the house gained under Mr. Fuller as being one of the best houses in the valley.
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KINSLEY GRAPHIC
Saturday, July 26, 1879
Page 3, Column 3
Mr. B.O. Bertholf has sold out his interest in the firm of Bertholf & Whittington, and will go to Pennsylvania next week for the purpose of taking his children back to relatives. He expects to return to this country in a few weeks.
Private, Co. B, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Volunteers)
Enlisted September 16, 1862, discharged May 29, 1865.
∼
Benjamin married first Ellen BIRCHARD; married second Lydia H. PATRIE
A total of five children were born to the couple. Two sons were born before Benjamin enlisted in the Civil War. The oldest was Charles.
After the war, Benjamin returned home where two more children were born. However, one daughter and one son passed away in 1875 (causes unknown). The last of their five children was born in 1878 a few months before leaving for Kinsley, Kansas.
Benjamin purchased a hotel in Kinsley. The family had only been in town for six months when Ellen and their son, Charles, contracted typhoid fever. They died approximately three weeks apart in the fall of 1878. Charles was a newlywed and was preparing to bring his new bride out to Kansas to join him.
Facing much unhappiness in Kansas, Benjamin went back to Pennsylvania taking his 10-year-old son and infant daughter with him. He did remarry and had two more daughters.
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EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
January 24, 1878
Page 3, Column 4
Mr. B.O. Bertholf, from Great Bend, Pa., arrived last Friday night, bringing with him his family. Mr. B. is the new landlord at the Fuller House and we predict that he will keep up the reputation the house gained under Mr. Fuller as being one of the best houses in the valley.
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KINSLEY GRAPHIC
Saturday, July 26, 1879
Page 3, Column 3
Mr. B.O. Bertholf has sold out his interest in the firm of Bertholf & Whittington, and will go to Pennsylvania next week for the purpose of taking his children back to relatives. He expects to return to this country in a few weeks.
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