Henry Lee Strickland was born in St. Clair Country, Missouri, February 14, 1857, and died at his home northwest of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, at eight a.m. on February 28, 1922, aged 65 years and 14 days.
He was united in marriage May 8, 1877, to Edna E. Cole, who survives him. In 1878 they moved to Anderson County, Kansas, and in 1879 to Barber County, where Mr. Strickland filed upon the land on which he resided continuously until his death.
Sixteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, three of whom died, in 1887. The thirteen who live to mourn the loss of their father are: Levi Strickland, Louise Nurse, Josephine Clark, Earl Strickland, Fred Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Cuba Shriver, Carrie Strickland, and Troy Strickland, all of Medicine Lodge; Nellie Wickersham and Bert Strickland of Wendall, Idaho, Frank Strickland of Clinton, Oklahoma, William Strickland of Jerome, Idaho. There are thirty-eight grand-children living.
Mr. Strickland is also survived by two brothers, I. T. and J. A. Strickland of Alva, Oklahoma, and two sisters, Mrs. John Culbertson of Collins, Missouri, and Mrs. Luther Morris of El Campo, Texas.
Mr. Strickland united with the Methodist Church when he was 12 years of age, and was also Master Mason since 1899. He also belonged to the Chapter and the Consistory. He was a Past Master of his Masonic Blue Lodge.
In the passing of this good man, Barber County lost one of her foremost citizens. Mr. Strickland was a living proof of the fact that if a man perseveres he will win out and in spite of the hardships of frontier life he wrested a living from the soil and reared a family of which he was justly proud.
His memory will always be kept green in the hearts of his friends, and all of Barber County will revere and honor his memory:
FATHER
Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play.
Used to wonder why he'd rather
Work each minute of the day.
Used to wonder why he never
Loafed along the road and shirked;
Can't recall a time whenever
Father played while others worked.
Wondered, season after season,
Why he never took a rest.
And that I might be the reason
That I never even guessed.
Saw his cheeks were getting paler
Didn't understand just why.
Saw his body growing frailer,
Then at last I saw him die.
Rest had come! His tasks were ended.
Calm was written on his brow;
Father's life [w]as big and splendid,
And I understand it now.
-- The Barber County Index, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March 9, 1922.
He was united in marriage May 8, 1877, to Edna E. Cole, who survives him. In 1878 they moved to Anderson County, Kansas, and in 1879 to Barber County, where Mr. Strickland filed upon the land on which he resided continuously until his death.
Sixteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, three of whom died, in 1887. The thirteen who live to mourn the loss of their father are: Levi Strickland, Louise Nurse, Josephine Clark, Earl Strickland, Fred Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Cuba Shriver, Carrie Strickland, and Troy Strickland, all of Medicine Lodge; Nellie Wickersham and Bert Strickland of Wendall, Idaho, Frank Strickland of Clinton, Oklahoma, William Strickland of Jerome, Idaho. There are thirty-eight grand-children living.
Mr. Strickland is also survived by two brothers, I. T. and J. A. Strickland of Alva, Oklahoma, and two sisters, Mrs. John Culbertson of Collins, Missouri, and Mrs. Luther Morris of El Campo, Texas.
Mr. Strickland united with the Methodist Church when he was 12 years of age, and was also Master Mason since 1899. He also belonged to the Chapter and the Consistory. He was a Past Master of his Masonic Blue Lodge.
In the passing of this good man, Barber County lost one of her foremost citizens. Mr. Strickland was a living proof of the fact that if a man perseveres he will win out and in spite of the hardships of frontier life he wrested a living from the soil and reared a family of which he was justly proud.
His memory will always be kept green in the hearts of his friends, and all of Barber County will revere and honor his memory:
FATHER
Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play.
Used to wonder why he'd rather
Work each minute of the day.
Used to wonder why he never
Loafed along the road and shirked;
Can't recall a time whenever
Father played while others worked.
Wondered, season after season,
Why he never took a rest.
And that I might be the reason
That I never even guessed.
Saw his cheeks were getting paler
Didn't understand just why.
Saw his body growing frailer,
Then at last I saw him die.
Rest had come! His tasks were ended.
Calm was written on his brow;
Father's life [w]as big and splendid,
And I understand it now.
-- The Barber County Index, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March 9, 1922.
Henry Lee Strickland was born in St. Clair Country, Missouri, February 14, 1857, and died at his home northwest of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, at eight a.m. on February 28, 1922, aged 65 years and 14 days.
He was united in marriage May 8, 1877, to Edna E. Cole, who survives him. In 1878 they moved to Anderson County, Kansas, and in 1879 to Barber County, where Mr. Strickland filed upon the land on which he resided continuously until his death.
Sixteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, three of whom died, in 1887. The thirteen who live to mourn the loss of their father are: Levi Strickland, Louise Nurse, Josephine Clark, Earl Strickland, Fred Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Cuba Shriver, Carrie Strickland, and Troy Strickland, all of Medicine Lodge; Nellie Wickersham and Bert Strickland of Wendall, Idaho, Frank Strickland of Clinton, Oklahoma, William Strickland of Jerome, Idaho. There are thirty-eight grand-children living.
Mr. Strickland is also survived by two brothers, I. T. and J. A. Strickland of Alva, Oklahoma, and two sisters, Mrs. John Culbertson of Collins, Missouri, and Mrs. Luther Morris of El Campo, Texas.
Mr. Strickland united with the Methodist Church when he was 12 years of age, and was also Master Mason since 1899. He also belonged to the Chapter and the Consistory. He was a Past Master of his Masonic Blue Lodge.
In the passing of this good man, Barber County lost one of her foremost citizens. Mr. Strickland was a living proof of the fact that if a man perseveres he will win out and in spite of the hardships of frontier life he wrested a living from the soil and reared a family of which he was justly proud.
His memory will always be kept green in the hearts of his friends, and all of Barber County will revere and honor his memory:
FATHER
Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play.
Used to wonder why he'd rather
Work each minute of the day.
Used to wonder why he never
Loafed along the road and shirked;
Can't recall a time whenever
Father played while others worked.
Wondered, season after season,
Why he never took a rest.
And that I might be the reason
That I never even guessed.
Saw his cheeks were getting paler
Didn't understand just why.
Saw his body growing frailer,
Then at last I saw him die.
Rest had come! His tasks were ended.
Calm was written on his brow;
Father's life [w]as big and splendid,
And I understand it now.
-- The Barber County Index, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March 9, 1922.
He was united in marriage May 8, 1877, to Edna E. Cole, who survives him. In 1878 they moved to Anderson County, Kansas, and in 1879 to Barber County, where Mr. Strickland filed upon the land on which he resided continuously until his death.
Sixteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Strickland, three of whom died, in 1887. The thirteen who live to mourn the loss of their father are: Levi Strickland, Louise Nurse, Josephine Clark, Earl Strickland, Fred Strickland, Thomas Strickland, Cuba Shriver, Carrie Strickland, and Troy Strickland, all of Medicine Lodge; Nellie Wickersham and Bert Strickland of Wendall, Idaho, Frank Strickland of Clinton, Oklahoma, William Strickland of Jerome, Idaho. There are thirty-eight grand-children living.
Mr. Strickland is also survived by two brothers, I. T. and J. A. Strickland of Alva, Oklahoma, and two sisters, Mrs. John Culbertson of Collins, Missouri, and Mrs. Luther Morris of El Campo, Texas.
Mr. Strickland united with the Methodist Church when he was 12 years of age, and was also Master Mason since 1899. He also belonged to the Chapter and the Consistory. He was a Past Master of his Masonic Blue Lodge.
In the passing of this good man, Barber County lost one of her foremost citizens. Mr. Strickland was a living proof of the fact that if a man perseveres he will win out and in spite of the hardships of frontier life he wrested a living from the soil and reared a family of which he was justly proud.
His memory will always be kept green in the hearts of his friends, and all of Barber County will revere and honor his memory:
FATHER
Used to wonder just why father
Never had much time for play.
Used to wonder why he'd rather
Work each minute of the day.
Used to wonder why he never
Loafed along the road and shirked;
Can't recall a time whenever
Father played while others worked.
Wondered, season after season,
Why he never took a rest.
And that I might be the reason
That I never even guessed.
Saw his cheeks were getting paler
Didn't understand just why.
Saw his body growing frailer,
Then at last I saw him die.
Rest had come! His tasks were ended.
Calm was written on his brow;
Father's life [w]as big and splendid,
And I understand it now.
-- The Barber County Index, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March 9, 1922.
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