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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Thursday October 24, 1929, page 4:
"Mrs. Jane Sherman, sister of Mrs. John T. Campbell, Seneca, died Wednesday morning at Buffalo, New York. The body will arrive in Seneca, Saturday at 11 o'clock. Burial will be in Seneca cemetery."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Monday October 28, 1929, page 8:
" Pioneer Died in Buffalo
Mrs. Phoebe Jane Sherman died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Guy Sherman in Buffalo, New York after an illness of only two days. Mrs. Sherman's real home was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but she had been attending the summer in the home of her son. Mrs. Sherman had secured reservation for her return when death came.
Phoebe Jane Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley Wells and Betsey K. Wells was born in Great Bend, Pa., Mar. 31, 1843. She came to Kansas with her parents in 1857 settling near Seneca. Of this pioneer family, three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Sherman, Chase, Kansas, Mrs. Amma [sic] Campbell, Seneca and Mrs. Charity Gleason, Los Angeles, California, three brothers, Adolphus, Abijah and Frank Wells, preceded her.
Mrs. Sherman was married in Centralia and with her husband, Stephen Sherman homesteaded a farm south of Seneca. Later they settled at Old Lincoln, then in Seneca where the children attended high school. When Guy and Glen Sherman, twin sons, were ready the family moved to Lawrence where the sons graduated from the law department of Kansas university.
Glen Sherman died a few years ago in Kansas City. Her husband, a daughter, Georgia and a son, Willie, have also gone before. There are two sons and a daughter surviving. Guy Sherman is a lawyer in Buffalo, New York; Milo Sherman and Mrs. Lulu Gibbons live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guy Sherman accompanied the body of his mother to Seneca Saturday night. The funeral services, held from the Lauer Funeral home on Sunday afternoon, were in charge of the Rev. L. B. Pruitt. Mrs. Sherman had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. The pallbearers were George Shaul, Henry Eichenlaub, L. M. Ford, Frank Roots, Orin Ward, Goff and W. B. Murphy.
Interment was made by the side of her husband, Stephen Sherman. Among the relatives and friends in Seneca for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman and two sons, Chase, Kansas; Mrs. Joe Carnelius, Topeka; Mrs. R. E. Deemer, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. James Mather, Centralia; Milton Loveless, Wetmore; O. J. Ward and daughters, Goff."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Thursday October 24, 1929, page 4:
"Mrs. Jane Sherman, sister of Mrs. John T. Campbell, Seneca, died Wednesday morning at Buffalo, New York. The body will arrive in Seneca, Saturday at 11 o'clock. Burial will be in Seneca cemetery."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Monday October 28, 1929, page 8:
" Pioneer Died in Buffalo
Mrs. Phoebe Jane Sherman died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Guy Sherman in Buffalo, New York after an illness of only two days. Mrs. Sherman's real home was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but she had been attending the summer in the home of her son. Mrs. Sherman had secured reservation for her return when death came.
Phoebe Jane Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley Wells and Betsey K. Wells was born in Great Bend, Pa., Mar. 31, 1843. She came to Kansas with her parents in 1857 settling near Seneca. Of this pioneer family, three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Sherman, Chase, Kansas, Mrs. Amma [sic] Campbell, Seneca and Mrs. Charity Gleason, Los Angeles, California, three brothers, Adolphus, Abijah and Frank Wells, preceded her.
Mrs. Sherman was married in Centralia and with her husband, Stephen Sherman homesteaded a farm south of Seneca. Later they settled at Old Lincoln, then in Seneca where the children attended high school. When Guy and Glen Sherman, twin sons, were ready the family moved to Lawrence where the sons graduated from the law department of Kansas university.
Glen Sherman died a few years ago in Kansas City. Her husband, a daughter, Georgia and a son, Willie, have also gone before. There are two sons and a daughter surviving. Guy Sherman is a lawyer in Buffalo, New York; Milo Sherman and Mrs. Lulu Gibbons live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guy Sherman accompanied the body of his mother to Seneca Saturday night. The funeral services, held from the Lauer Funeral home on Sunday afternoon, were in charge of the Rev. L. B. Pruitt. Mrs. Sherman had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. The pallbearers were George Shaul, Henry Eichenlaub, L. M. Ford, Frank Roots, Orin Ward, Goff and W. B. Murphy.
Interment was made by the side of her husband, Stephen Sherman. Among the relatives and friends in Seneca for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman and two sons, Chase, Kansas; Mrs. Joe Carnelius, Topeka; Mrs. R. E. Deemer, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. James Mather, Centralia; Milton Loveless, Wetmore; O. J. Ward and daughters, Goff."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Thursday October 24, 1929, page 4:
"Mrs. Jane Sherman, sister of Mrs. John T. Campbell, Seneca, died Wednesday morning at Buffalo, New York. The body will arrive in Seneca, Saturday at 11 o'clock. Burial will be in Seneca cemetery."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Monday October 28, 1929, page 8:
" Pioneer Died in Buffalo
Mrs. Phoebe Jane Sherman died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Guy Sherman in Buffalo, New York after an illness of only two days. Mrs. Sherman's real home was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but she had been attending the summer in the home of her son. Mrs. Sherman had secured reservation for her return when death came.
Phoebe Jane Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley Wells and Betsey K. Wells was born in Great Bend, Pa., Mar. 31, 1843. She came to Kansas with her parents in 1857 settling near Seneca. Of this pioneer family, three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Sherman, Chase, Kansas, Mrs. Amma [sic] Campbell, Seneca and Mrs. Charity Gleason, Los Angeles, California, three brothers, Adolphus, Abijah and Frank Wells, preceded her.
Mrs. Sherman was married in Centralia and with her husband, Stephen Sherman homesteaded a farm south of Seneca. Later they settled at Old Lincoln, then in Seneca where the children attended high school. When Guy and Glen Sherman, twin sons, were ready the family moved to Lawrence where the sons graduated from the law department of Kansas university.
Glen Sherman died a few years ago in Kansas City. Her husband, a daughter, Georgia and a son, Willie, have also gone before. There are two sons and a daughter surviving. Guy Sherman is a lawyer in Buffalo, New York; Milo Sherman and Mrs. Lulu Gibbons live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guy Sherman accompanied the body of his mother to Seneca Saturday night. The funeral services, held from the Lauer Funeral home on Sunday afternoon, were in charge of the Rev. L. B. Pruitt. Mrs. Sherman had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. The pallbearers were George Shaul, Henry Eichenlaub, L. M. Ford, Frank Roots, Orin Ward, Goff and W. B. Murphy.
Interment was made by the side of her husband, Stephen Sherman. Among the relatives and friends in Seneca for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman and two sons, Chase, Kansas; Mrs. Joe Carnelius, Topeka; Mrs. R. E. Deemer, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. James Mather, Centralia; Milton Loveless, Wetmore; O. J. Ward and daughters, Goff."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Thursday October 24, 1929, page 4:
"Mrs. Jane Sherman, sister of Mrs. John T. Campbell, Seneca, died Wednesday morning at Buffalo, New York. The body will arrive in Seneca, Saturday at 11 o'clock. Burial will be in Seneca cemetery."
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From the Seneca (Kansas) Courier-Tribune, Monday October 28, 1929, page 8:
" Pioneer Died in Buffalo
Mrs. Phoebe Jane Sherman died Tuesday night at the home of her son, Guy Sherman in Buffalo, New York after an illness of only two days. Mrs. Sherman's real home was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but she had been attending the summer in the home of her son. Mrs. Sherman had secured reservation for her return when death came.
Phoebe Jane Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley Wells and Betsey K. Wells was born in Great Bend, Pa., Mar. 31, 1843. She came to Kansas with her parents in 1857 settling near Seneca. Of this pioneer family, three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Sherman, Chase, Kansas, Mrs. Amma [sic] Campbell, Seneca and Mrs. Charity Gleason, Los Angeles, California, three brothers, Adolphus, Abijah and Frank Wells, preceded her.
Mrs. Sherman was married in Centralia and with her husband, Stephen Sherman homesteaded a farm south of Seneca. Later they settled at Old Lincoln, then in Seneca where the children attended high school. When Guy and Glen Sherman, twin sons, were ready the family moved to Lawrence where the sons graduated from the law department of Kansas university.
Glen Sherman died a few years ago in Kansas City. Her husband, a daughter, Georgia and a son, Willie, have also gone before. There are two sons and a daughter surviving. Guy Sherman is a lawyer in Buffalo, New York; Milo Sherman and Mrs. Lulu Gibbons live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Guy Sherman accompanied the body of his mother to Seneca Saturday night. The funeral services, held from the Lauer Funeral home on Sunday afternoon, were in charge of the Rev. L. B. Pruitt. Mrs. Sherman had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. The pallbearers were George Shaul, Henry Eichenlaub, L. M. Ford, Frank Roots, Orin Ward, Goff and W. B. Murphy.
Interment was made by the side of her husband, Stephen Sherman. Among the relatives and friends in Seneca for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman and two sons, Chase, Kansas; Mrs. Joe Carnelius, Topeka; Mrs. R. E. Deemer, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. James Mather, Centralia; Milton Loveless, Wetmore; O. J. Ward and daughters, Goff."
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