ONCE RESIDED ON SITE CITY HALL OCCUPIES
George P. Clewell Went to School in Dug-out After Reaching Wichita
WAS EARLY FREIGHTER
George P. Clewell, pioneer farmer of northwest Sumner county, died at his home in Belle Plaine Thursday morning after a long illness.
He was born in Belvidere, N.J., on January 27, 1861, the second child in a family of nine children. When a small child the family moved to Pennsylvania; from there they migrated to Iowa. In 1870, when Mr. Clewell was nine years old his parents came to Kansas and lived for a short time in Wichita where Mr. Clewell attended school in a dugout. Their home was on the present site of the city building.
At the suggestion of some cattle drivers, Mr. Clewell father decided to go further south and in the summer of 1871 he homesteaded a farm two miles west of Belle Plaine, making the Clewell family one of the first four families who settled in Sumner county and remained. The deed to the Clewell land was signed by President Grant. This deed has never been transferred as the land remains in the family.
Few men have watched the plains grow from barrenness to thriving prosperity as did Mr. Clewell and few appreciated the progress more.
When a young boy he did the family freighting from Wichita to Emporia with an ox team. Later, the ox-team was supplanted by a mule team. When the Cherokee Strip was opened, he made the run. He was one of the first members of the Sycamore camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Belle Plaine.
On January 11, 1900, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Hamilton of Belle Plaine. To this union two sons and two daughters were born. Alexander H. and Kline of Belle Plaine; Letha, of Winfield, and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. Also surviving are three brothers: Will H., Breckenridge, Okla., Harry E., Waco, Tex., and John T., Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren of Belle Plaine.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Belle Plaine at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, with burial in the Belle Plaine cemetery.
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George P. Clewell, a resident of the Belle Plaine community since 1871 died at his home here at 6:15 o'clock Thursday morning October 9, 1941 at the age of 80 years. He had been in ill health for several years and confined to his home since January.
Mr. Clewell was the oldest son of a family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clewell. He was born January 27, 1861 in New Jersey. His father was a soldier in the Civil war. The family moved into Pennsylvania and then to Iowa, coming from Iowa to Kansas in 1870. They stopped in Wichita and according to Mr. Clewell's best recollection lived somewhere between where the Boston Store now stands and the Union station. While here he attended school in a dugout school. Acting on the suggestion of cattle drivers, the family came further south and the elder Mr. Clewell took a farm two miles west and one-half north of Belle Plaine. The farm is still in the family and they have the original land grant. The first few years here the young boy George went with the freighters between Emporia and Sumner county, and the lumber for the first house was drawn from Emporia. On the way from Iowa the family was joined by three other families, the Waltons, the LeForces, and Cambridges, all of whom located on the Ninnescah River. The father erected a mill, going to New Orleans for the engine, and a water system was installed. The mill still stands as a landmark in Sumner County. In later years George Clewell bought a farm north and west of the homestead. His son, Kline now lives on the farm as Mr. and Mrs. Clewell moved into town some years ago. January 11, 1900, Mr. Clewell and Caroline Hamilton were married. Four children were born: Letha of Winfield; Alex and Kline, of Belle Plaine; and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. There are three brothers, Harry, Waco, Texas; Will, Breckenridge, Okla; John, Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren.
George Clewell loved his family. They were always his first concern. He provided well for them, and yet he always found time to help neighbors and friends who needed help. George will be missed by those who knew him best. He has left to his children an example they will follow through.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. M.J. Alexander in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Conwell and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanders sang two songs "Under His Wing" and "No Night There", with Mrs. Laurence Friend at the piano. Mrs. Sanders sang a solo "Face to Face."
Pall bearers included Arthur Hunt, E.L. Meece, Wilbur Markley, John Reathaford, Oscar Kilmer and Jesse Walton. Interment was in the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Hatfield Funeral Home in charge.
George P. Clewell Went to School in Dug-out After Reaching Wichita
WAS EARLY FREIGHTER
George P. Clewell, pioneer farmer of northwest Sumner county, died at his home in Belle Plaine Thursday morning after a long illness.
He was born in Belvidere, N.J., on January 27, 1861, the second child in a family of nine children. When a small child the family moved to Pennsylvania; from there they migrated to Iowa. In 1870, when Mr. Clewell was nine years old his parents came to Kansas and lived for a short time in Wichita where Mr. Clewell attended school in a dugout. Their home was on the present site of the city building.
At the suggestion of some cattle drivers, Mr. Clewell father decided to go further south and in the summer of 1871 he homesteaded a farm two miles west of Belle Plaine, making the Clewell family one of the first four families who settled in Sumner county and remained. The deed to the Clewell land was signed by President Grant. This deed has never been transferred as the land remains in the family.
Few men have watched the plains grow from barrenness to thriving prosperity as did Mr. Clewell and few appreciated the progress more.
When a young boy he did the family freighting from Wichita to Emporia with an ox team. Later, the ox-team was supplanted by a mule team. When the Cherokee Strip was opened, he made the run. He was one of the first members of the Sycamore camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Belle Plaine.
On January 11, 1900, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Hamilton of Belle Plaine. To this union two sons and two daughters were born. Alexander H. and Kline of Belle Plaine; Letha, of Winfield, and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. Also surviving are three brothers: Will H., Breckenridge, Okla., Harry E., Waco, Tex., and John T., Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren of Belle Plaine.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Belle Plaine at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, with burial in the Belle Plaine cemetery.
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George P. Clewell, a resident of the Belle Plaine community since 1871 died at his home here at 6:15 o'clock Thursday morning October 9, 1941 at the age of 80 years. He had been in ill health for several years and confined to his home since January.
Mr. Clewell was the oldest son of a family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clewell. He was born January 27, 1861 in New Jersey. His father was a soldier in the Civil war. The family moved into Pennsylvania and then to Iowa, coming from Iowa to Kansas in 1870. They stopped in Wichita and according to Mr. Clewell's best recollection lived somewhere between where the Boston Store now stands and the Union station. While here he attended school in a dugout school. Acting on the suggestion of cattle drivers, the family came further south and the elder Mr. Clewell took a farm two miles west and one-half north of Belle Plaine. The farm is still in the family and they have the original land grant. The first few years here the young boy George went with the freighters between Emporia and Sumner county, and the lumber for the first house was drawn from Emporia. On the way from Iowa the family was joined by three other families, the Waltons, the LeForces, and Cambridges, all of whom located on the Ninnescah River. The father erected a mill, going to New Orleans for the engine, and a water system was installed. The mill still stands as a landmark in Sumner County. In later years George Clewell bought a farm north and west of the homestead. His son, Kline now lives on the farm as Mr. and Mrs. Clewell moved into town some years ago. January 11, 1900, Mr. Clewell and Caroline Hamilton were married. Four children were born: Letha of Winfield; Alex and Kline, of Belle Plaine; and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. There are three brothers, Harry, Waco, Texas; Will, Breckenridge, Okla; John, Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren.
George Clewell loved his family. They were always his first concern. He provided well for them, and yet he always found time to help neighbors and friends who needed help. George will be missed by those who knew him best. He has left to his children an example they will follow through.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. M.J. Alexander in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Conwell and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanders sang two songs "Under His Wing" and "No Night There", with Mrs. Laurence Friend at the piano. Mrs. Sanders sang a solo "Face to Face."
Pall bearers included Arthur Hunt, E.L. Meece, Wilbur Markley, John Reathaford, Oscar Kilmer and Jesse Walton. Interment was in the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Hatfield Funeral Home in charge.
ONCE RESIDED ON SITE CITY HALL OCCUPIES
George P. Clewell Went to School in Dug-out After Reaching Wichita
WAS EARLY FREIGHTER
George P. Clewell, pioneer farmer of northwest Sumner county, died at his home in Belle Plaine Thursday morning after a long illness.
He was born in Belvidere, N.J., on January 27, 1861, the second child in a family of nine children. When a small child the family moved to Pennsylvania; from there they migrated to Iowa. In 1870, when Mr. Clewell was nine years old his parents came to Kansas and lived for a short time in Wichita where Mr. Clewell attended school in a dugout. Their home was on the present site of the city building.
At the suggestion of some cattle drivers, Mr. Clewell father decided to go further south and in the summer of 1871 he homesteaded a farm two miles west of Belle Plaine, making the Clewell family one of the first four families who settled in Sumner county and remained. The deed to the Clewell land was signed by President Grant. This deed has never been transferred as the land remains in the family.
Few men have watched the plains grow from barrenness to thriving prosperity as did Mr. Clewell and few appreciated the progress more.
When a young boy he did the family freighting from Wichita to Emporia with an ox team. Later, the ox-team was supplanted by a mule team. When the Cherokee Strip was opened, he made the run. He was one of the first members of the Sycamore camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Belle Plaine.
On January 11, 1900, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Hamilton of Belle Plaine. To this union two sons and two daughters were born. Alexander H. and Kline of Belle Plaine; Letha, of Winfield, and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. Also surviving are three brothers: Will H., Breckenridge, Okla., Harry E., Waco, Tex., and John T., Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren of Belle Plaine.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Belle Plaine at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, with burial in the Belle Plaine cemetery.
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George P. Clewell, a resident of the Belle Plaine community since 1871 died at his home here at 6:15 o'clock Thursday morning October 9, 1941 at the age of 80 years. He had been in ill health for several years and confined to his home since January.
Mr. Clewell was the oldest son of a family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clewell. He was born January 27, 1861 in New Jersey. His father was a soldier in the Civil war. The family moved into Pennsylvania and then to Iowa, coming from Iowa to Kansas in 1870. They stopped in Wichita and according to Mr. Clewell's best recollection lived somewhere between where the Boston Store now stands and the Union station. While here he attended school in a dugout school. Acting on the suggestion of cattle drivers, the family came further south and the elder Mr. Clewell took a farm two miles west and one-half north of Belle Plaine. The farm is still in the family and they have the original land grant. The first few years here the young boy George went with the freighters between Emporia and Sumner county, and the lumber for the first house was drawn from Emporia. On the way from Iowa the family was joined by three other families, the Waltons, the LeForces, and Cambridges, all of whom located on the Ninnescah River. The father erected a mill, going to New Orleans for the engine, and a water system was installed. The mill still stands as a landmark in Sumner County. In later years George Clewell bought a farm north and west of the homestead. His son, Kline now lives on the farm as Mr. and Mrs. Clewell moved into town some years ago. January 11, 1900, Mr. Clewell and Caroline Hamilton were married. Four children were born: Letha of Winfield; Alex and Kline, of Belle Plaine; and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. There are three brothers, Harry, Waco, Texas; Will, Breckenridge, Okla; John, Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren.
George Clewell loved his family. They were always his first concern. He provided well for them, and yet he always found time to help neighbors and friends who needed help. George will be missed by those who knew him best. He has left to his children an example they will follow through.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. M.J. Alexander in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Conwell and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanders sang two songs "Under His Wing" and "No Night There", with Mrs. Laurence Friend at the piano. Mrs. Sanders sang a solo "Face to Face."
Pall bearers included Arthur Hunt, E.L. Meece, Wilbur Markley, John Reathaford, Oscar Kilmer and Jesse Walton. Interment was in the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Hatfield Funeral Home in charge.
George P. Clewell Went to School in Dug-out After Reaching Wichita
WAS EARLY FREIGHTER
George P. Clewell, pioneer farmer of northwest Sumner county, died at his home in Belle Plaine Thursday morning after a long illness.
He was born in Belvidere, N.J., on January 27, 1861, the second child in a family of nine children. When a small child the family moved to Pennsylvania; from there they migrated to Iowa. In 1870, when Mr. Clewell was nine years old his parents came to Kansas and lived for a short time in Wichita where Mr. Clewell attended school in a dugout. Their home was on the present site of the city building.
At the suggestion of some cattle drivers, Mr. Clewell father decided to go further south and in the summer of 1871 he homesteaded a farm two miles west of Belle Plaine, making the Clewell family one of the first four families who settled in Sumner county and remained. The deed to the Clewell land was signed by President Grant. This deed has never been transferred as the land remains in the family.
Few men have watched the plains grow from barrenness to thriving prosperity as did Mr. Clewell and few appreciated the progress more.
When a young boy he did the family freighting from Wichita to Emporia with an ox team. Later, the ox-team was supplanted by a mule team. When the Cherokee Strip was opened, he made the run. He was one of the first members of the Sycamore camp of Modern Woodmen of America at Belle Plaine.
On January 11, 1900, he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline E. Hamilton of Belle Plaine. To this union two sons and two daughters were born. Alexander H. and Kline of Belle Plaine; Letha, of Winfield, and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. Also surviving are three brothers: Will H., Breckenridge, Okla., Harry E., Waco, Tex., and John T., Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren of Belle Plaine.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Belle Plaine at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, with burial in the Belle Plaine cemetery.
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George P. Clewell, a resident of the Belle Plaine community since 1871 died at his home here at 6:15 o'clock Thursday morning October 9, 1941 at the age of 80 years. He had been in ill health for several years and confined to his home since January.
Mr. Clewell was the oldest son of a family of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clewell. He was born January 27, 1861 in New Jersey. His father was a soldier in the Civil war. The family moved into Pennsylvania and then to Iowa, coming from Iowa to Kansas in 1870. They stopped in Wichita and according to Mr. Clewell's best recollection lived somewhere between where the Boston Store now stands and the Union station. While here he attended school in a dugout school. Acting on the suggestion of cattle drivers, the family came further south and the elder Mr. Clewell took a farm two miles west and one-half north of Belle Plaine. The farm is still in the family and they have the original land grant. The first few years here the young boy George went with the freighters between Emporia and Sumner county, and the lumber for the first house was drawn from Emporia. On the way from Iowa the family was joined by three other families, the Waltons, the LeForces, and Cambridges, all of whom located on the Ninnescah River. The father erected a mill, going to New Orleans for the engine, and a water system was installed. The mill still stands as a landmark in Sumner County. In later years George Clewell bought a farm north and west of the homestead. His son, Kline now lives on the farm as Mr. and Mrs. Clewell moved into town some years ago. January 11, 1900, Mr. Clewell and Caroline Hamilton were married. Four children were born: Letha of Winfield; Alex and Kline, of Belle Plaine; and Fleeta Belle, teacher at Dorrance. There are three brothers, Harry, Waco, Texas; Will, Breckenridge, Okla; John, Belle Plaine; and four grandchildren.
George Clewell loved his family. They were always his first concern. He provided well for them, and yet he always found time to help neighbors and friends who needed help. George will be missed by those who knew him best. He has left to his children an example they will follow through.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. M.J. Alexander in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Conwell and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanders sang two songs "Under His Wing" and "No Night There", with Mrs. Laurence Friend at the piano. Mrs. Sanders sang a solo "Face to Face."
Pall bearers included Arthur Hunt, E.L. Meece, Wilbur Markley, John Reathaford, Oscar Kilmer and Jesse Walton. Interment was in the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Hatfield Funeral Home in charge.
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Shares a stone with wife Caroline "Carrie" Elizabeth (Hamilton) Clewell
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