William passed away at his Wellington home after a long and serious illness.
He and his parents arrived in Kansas in the spring of 1878. The family settled on a farm near Rome, in Sumner County.
He was educated in the rural schools of Sumner County and attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia for a short time.
When the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement, William made the race and secured a claim near Bliss, Oklahoma. He lived there until his marriage, October 22, 1896, to Clara E. Felt, also of near Wellington. They made their home on the farm which the young bride had homesteaded in Kay County near Braman. The couple had three children.
In 1901 the family moved from Oklahoma to a farm four miles south of Wellington, Kansas then six years later they moved into Wellington where they lived at the time of William's death.
Survivors include his widow, Clara; daughter Ruby; son Glenn; one sister. Mrs D.N. McLain and one brother Luther.
He and his parents arrived in Kansas in the spring of 1878. The family settled on a farm near Rome, in Sumner County.
He was educated in the rural schools of Sumner County and attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia for a short time.
When the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement, William made the race and secured a claim near Bliss, Oklahoma. He lived there until his marriage, October 22, 1896, to Clara E. Felt, also of near Wellington. They made their home on the farm which the young bride had homesteaded in Kay County near Braman. The couple had three children.
In 1901 the family moved from Oklahoma to a farm four miles south of Wellington, Kansas then six years later they moved into Wellington where they lived at the time of William's death.
Survivors include his widow, Clara; daughter Ruby; son Glenn; one sister. Mrs D.N. McLain and one brother Luther.
William passed away at his Wellington home after a long and serious illness.
He and his parents arrived in Kansas in the spring of 1878. The family settled on a farm near Rome, in Sumner County.
He was educated in the rural schools of Sumner County and attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia for a short time.
When the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement, William made the race and secured a claim near Bliss, Oklahoma. He lived there until his marriage, October 22, 1896, to Clara E. Felt, also of near Wellington. They made their home on the farm which the young bride had homesteaded in Kay County near Braman. The couple had three children.
In 1901 the family moved from Oklahoma to a farm four miles south of Wellington, Kansas then six years later they moved into Wellington where they lived at the time of William's death.
Survivors include his widow, Clara; daughter Ruby; son Glenn; one sister. Mrs D.N. McLain and one brother Luther.
He and his parents arrived in Kansas in the spring of 1878. The family settled on a farm near Rome, in Sumner County.
He was educated in the rural schools of Sumner County and attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia for a short time.
When the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement, William made the race and secured a claim near Bliss, Oklahoma. He lived there until his marriage, October 22, 1896, to Clara E. Felt, also of near Wellington. They made their home on the farm which the young bride had homesteaded in Kay County near Braman. The couple had three children.
In 1901 the family moved from Oklahoma to a farm four miles south of Wellington, Kansas then six years later they moved into Wellington where they lived at the time of William's death.
Survivors include his widow, Clara; daughter Ruby; son Glenn; one sister. Mrs D.N. McLain and one brother Luther.
