OBITUARY-THE OAKLEY GRAPHIC, OAKLEY, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948
OAKLEY PIONEER DIES IN DENVER
Mrs. Fannie Angleton Wyscarver, a resident of Denver since 1915, died May 23, after an illness of eight months, at the home of her daughter at 1535 Quince St.
She was born in Hamilton County, Kentucky, October 3, 1856. During the war between the states, she, two brothers and a sister were taken in Illinois by covered wagon driven by their mother. She lived there until 1886 when she went to western Kansas to take a homestead.
She planted a lone box elder tree on the mainstreet intersection of Oakley 62 years ago, protecting it with a banana crate, watering it with a pail, guarding it from wind, hail, nibbling cows, ponies and whittlers. It was the first concrete evidence that trees would grow in this prairie country. Many prairie schooners, weary of sun baked traveling, stopped to rest under this tree. There was considerable consternation among some of the early settlers 40 years later when this land mark had to be cut down to make way for paving.
After proving her homestead she married William Wyscarver, pioneer merchant and postmaster under President Cleveland. After retiring from business the Wyscarvers moved to Denver, Mr. Wyscarver died in 1934. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. (Georgia) Weir Hall and one grandson, William Wyscarver III.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 P.M. from Moore Mortuary and burial will be at Fairmont cemetery in Denver.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948
OAKLEY PIONEER DIES IN DENVER
Mrs. Fannie Angleton Wyscarver, a resident of Denver since 1915, died May 23, after an illness of eight months, at the home of her daughter at 1535 Quince St.
She was born in Hamilton County, Kentucky, October 3, 1856. During the war between the states, she, two brothers and a sister were taken in Illinois by covered wagon driven by their mother. She lived there until 1886 when she went to western Kansas to take a homestead.
She planted a lone box elder tree on the mainstreet intersection of Oakley 62 years ago, protecting it with a banana crate, watering it with a pail, guarding it from wind, hail, nibbling cows, ponies and whittlers. It was the first concrete evidence that trees would grow in this prairie country. Many prairie schooners, weary of sun baked traveling, stopped to rest under this tree. There was considerable consternation among some of the early settlers 40 years later when this land mark had to be cut down to make way for paving.
After proving her homestead she married William Wyscarver, pioneer merchant and postmaster under President Cleveland. After retiring from business the Wyscarvers moved to Denver, Mr. Wyscarver died in 1934. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. (Georgia) Weir Hall and one grandson, William Wyscarver III.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 P.M. from Moore Mortuary and burial will be at Fairmont cemetery in Denver.
OBITUARY-THE OAKLEY GRAPHIC, OAKLEY, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948
OAKLEY PIONEER DIES IN DENVER
Mrs. Fannie Angleton Wyscarver, a resident of Denver since 1915, died May 23, after an illness of eight months, at the home of her daughter at 1535 Quince St.
She was born in Hamilton County, Kentucky, October 3, 1856. During the war between the states, she, two brothers and a sister were taken in Illinois by covered wagon driven by their mother. She lived there until 1886 when she went to western Kansas to take a homestead.
She planted a lone box elder tree on the mainstreet intersection of Oakley 62 years ago, protecting it with a banana crate, watering it with a pail, guarding it from wind, hail, nibbling cows, ponies and whittlers. It was the first concrete evidence that trees would grow in this prairie country. Many prairie schooners, weary of sun baked traveling, stopped to rest under this tree. There was considerable consternation among some of the early settlers 40 years later when this land mark had to be cut down to make way for paving.
After proving her homestead she married William Wyscarver, pioneer merchant and postmaster under President Cleveland. After retiring from business the Wyscarvers moved to Denver, Mr. Wyscarver died in 1934. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. (Georgia) Weir Hall and one grandson, William Wyscarver III.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 P.M. from Moore Mortuary and burial will be at Fairmont cemetery in Denver.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948
OAKLEY PIONEER DIES IN DENVER
Mrs. Fannie Angleton Wyscarver, a resident of Denver since 1915, died May 23, after an illness of eight months, at the home of her daughter at 1535 Quince St.
She was born in Hamilton County, Kentucky, October 3, 1856. During the war between the states, she, two brothers and a sister were taken in Illinois by covered wagon driven by their mother. She lived there until 1886 when she went to western Kansas to take a homestead.
She planted a lone box elder tree on the mainstreet intersection of Oakley 62 years ago, protecting it with a banana crate, watering it with a pail, guarding it from wind, hail, nibbling cows, ponies and whittlers. It was the first concrete evidence that trees would grow in this prairie country. Many prairie schooners, weary of sun baked traveling, stopped to rest under this tree. There was considerable consternation among some of the early settlers 40 years later when this land mark had to be cut down to make way for paving.
After proving her homestead she married William Wyscarver, pioneer merchant and postmaster under President Cleveland. After retiring from business the Wyscarvers moved to Denver, Mr. Wyscarver died in 1934. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. (Georgia) Weir Hall and one grandson, William Wyscarver III.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 P.M. from Moore Mortuary and burial will be at Fairmont cemetery in Denver.
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