Blanche AINSWORTH
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Father: Daniel Henry AINSWORTH 1
Mother: Charlotte REILEY
Daniel Henry AINSWORTH
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Birth: 26 Jan 1839 - Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont 1
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Death: 20 Nov 1922 - Phoneix, Maricopa, Arizona 1
Burial: 2 Dec 1922 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas 1
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1. Obituary 1,2, The Newton Kansan, 29 Nov 1922 in Newton, Harvey, Kansas
2. Obituary 1, The Newton Kansan, 4 Dec 1922 in Newton, Harvey, Kansas
Daniel H. Ainsworth. Miss Banche Ainsworth, of this city, this morning received a message telling of the death of her father, Daniel H. Ainsworth, which occurred at Phoneix, Ariz., last week. A later message stated Mr. Ainsworth was being brought to Newton and would arrive Thursday afternoon. He was about 83 years of age, and was one of the pioneers of Newton, well remembered by all older residents. Funeral services will be conducted at the Sprinkler chapel, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, by Rev. Frederick C. Rufle, rector of St. Matthews' church. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery. A suitable obituary will be available later.
3. Residence 1, West 12th Street, Newton, Kansas, 1871
Sketch of Life of Daniel Ainsworth. Daniel Henry Ainsworth was born at Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont Jan. 26, 1839, and passed away at Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 20, 1922. When he was quite young his father, moved to Medina, Ohio, where Daniel grew to manhood. He was married to Charlotte Reiley at Dayton, O., on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 26, 1863. Of this union three children were born, Harry, Throop and Blanche. He was one of the pioneers of Kansas, coming to the state in 1871. He spent a few months at Augusta and then moed to Newton and homesteaded on the land on which the old home on West Twelfth street still stands. He maintained a land business here for years, riding to Wichita on horse back to attend to business. He was one of the first complete sets of county officers, having been appointed clerk of the court, in January 1873, serving two years. After his wife died in 1902 he went to Phoenix, Ariz., where he had since been engaged as a mining promoter. He was married to Phoee Marie Haynes, Jan. 3, 1910, at Chicago. She was at Oberlin, O., and he was making plans to join her when the end came. He had been suffering from asthma for some time and this trouble affected his heart. He often was compelled to get up during the night and sit i a chair for relief in breathing. He did this Sunday night before he died. During the next forenoon the young man who was with him called a physician and at one o'clock in the afternoon they took him to a hospital, where, within ten minutes he passed away Monday afternon, November 20. He suffered little if any pain. His wife, two sons, of Washington D.C., and bother Avery, of St. John, Kan., were unable to come for the funeral which was held at the Sprikller chapel Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. He was interred in Greenwood cemetery. Miss Blanche feels deeply grateful for all the kind assistance rendered and the many kindly remembrances shown her during her trying period incident to the death of her father. Mr. Ainsworth was held in much esteem by many old time friends here, who were pained to learn of the passing of another pioneer of the county.
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1. *Charlotte REILEY
Marriage: 26 Nov 1863 - Dayton, , Ohio 1
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1. Harry AINSWORTH
2. Throop AINSWORTH
3. Blanche AINSWORTH
Harry AINSWORTH
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Father: Daniel Henry AINSWORTH 1
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Throop AINSWORTH
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Father: Daniel Henry AINSWORTH 1
Mother: Charlotte REILEY
Horace W BAILEY
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1. Obituary 3, The Newton Evening Kansan-Republican, 13 Jun 1905 in Newton, Kansas
Pioneer Settler of Harvey County Has Passed Away. The following is taken from the Whitewater Independnt and has reference to a pioneer settler of Harvey County, Horace W. Bailey, who will be remembered by the older residents of the county, as he was the first county clerk, having been appointed to the position by Governor John M. Harvey. Horace Bailey died at his home in Canute, Oklahoma, Friday May 26, after a sicness of some six or eight months. The immediate cause of his death being dropsy complicated with heart disease. Mr. Bailey was one of the early settlers in this part of Kansas, coming here in 1870 and filing on a claim in Richland township, Harvey county. He took an actie part in political affairs in an early day and was upon the organization of Harvey county, appointed to the office of county clerk by James M. Harvey, then governor of the state, and at the first election held in the following May, he was elected to the same office which he filled to the expiration of his term. About 1891 he moved to Whitewater and established The Tribune, a weekly paper which he edited and published for three or four years, during which time he held the office of postmaster. He disposed of his interests here about 1895 and moved to Oklahoma Territory where he was interested in newspaper work at several places finally locating at Cloud Chief, editing a paper there which he afterwards moved to Cordell on account of the change in the county seat. He was appointed U.S. court commissioner for Washita county in 1898 which office he held until last December when he resigned on account of ill health. He was an old soldier and a member of the W.C. Ward post at this place. In November 1989, he was married to Mrs. Rosa E. Henslee of Lyons Texas, to whom two children, a son and a daughter, were born, who together with two step sons and a brother and sister survive to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate husband, father, and brother. The bereaved family have the sympathy of all thefriends in this community who were greatly shocked at the news of his death as very few of them knew of his illness.
Edith BOYD
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Father: Dr. Gaston BOYD 4
Mother: Jennie WILLIAMS
Eric BOYD
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Father: Dr. Gaston BOYD 4
Mother: Jennie WILLIAMS
Dr. Gaston BOYD
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Birth: 15 Apr 1844 - , Campbell County, Kentucky 4
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Death: 21 Nov 1919 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas 4
Burial: 24 Nov 1919 - Newton, Harvey, Kansas 4
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1. Obituary 5, The Newton Kansan, 21 Nov 1919 in Newton, Kansas
2. Obituary 4, The Newton Kansan, 22 Nov 1919 in Newton, Kansas
Dr. Gaston Boyd Passes To Reward. Honored Pioneer Physician Dead - Resided Here for 48 Years.
The friends of Dr. Gaston Boyd were shocked this morning to hear of his death which had occurred suddenly at 7:30 this morning at his home at 408 West Broadway. He was greeted by friends and acquaintances on the streets yesterday and it was hard to realize that he had departed this life. He had been a resident of Newton for almost forty-eight years, having come here when Newton was scarcely a town, and had been active in every way as a pysician and a community worker in the progress of Newton's rising from a town to a city. The Kansan will endeavor to secure data telling of the activity of Dr. Boyd as a citizen of this county. He is survived by his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Pierce Steinkirchner of Wichita, and son, Eric Boyd, of Newton. No arrangements have been made for the funeral.
A private funeral service for Dr. Gaston Boyd who was summoned from eartlhy life Friday morning at 7:30, will be held at the family residence at 408 West Broadway Monday afternoon at 2:00. Rev. Fred Rufle of St. Matthews Episcopal church will officiate. Friends may see Dr. Boyd at the parlors of Duff & Son Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock.
Gaston Boyd was born in Campbell County, Ky., April 15, 1844. He received his common school education in his native county and when quite young commenced the study of medicine with his father, Benj. Y. Boyd. He began his practice of medicine in 1867 in Butler county, Ohio, where he remained a year and then continued his practice in Putnam county, Illinois, until he located in Newton, April 10, 1871. He was not only the pioneer physician of the city but was the only one for a long time. He was the only physician here at the time of the shooting affair termed the massacre which occurred August 9, 1871, in which thirteen men who were severely wounded were attended by him.
Dr. Boyd had not secured his degree of medicine at the time he began his practice but returned to the Ohio State Medical school at Cincinnati and received his M.D. degree in 1874. He was one of the early presidents of the district and of a local medical society. He was the first man to take the census of Harvey county after its organization and received his appointment from Governor Harvey.
He was married in 1868 to Miss Jennie Williams who resided in Ohio, and their bridal home was in a cottage on the present site of the Woolworth building which is among the several Main street buildings which Dr. Boyd had erected. Five children were born to them and the two who survive are Mrs. Pierce Steinkirchner of Wichita and Eric Boyd of Newton. Their mother passed away when they were eight years of age.
The practice of medicine in the pioneer days of Harvey county, the life of a physcian was full of hardships, but Dr. Boyd did not consider that his services to the community were limited to the saving of lives and working for etter sanitary conditions and from the viewpoint of the true citizen he was instrumental in many ways in the growth of the town and in securing the best possible facilities, in having churches, schools, and other institutions and coneniences that tended to make Newton a modern city. The buildings he had erected on Main street, were the pride of the town, and are known as the Boyd buildings. A grove west of Newton which was part of his former farm is always spoken of as the 'boyd grove.
He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Clarke who was instructor of music at Bethany college in 1887, at the college chapel by Bishop Vail and Bishop Thomas of the Episcopal diocese. After one year's residence in Newton they went to Denver, but returned in 1889 and had continued to reside here, their present residence being at 408 West Broadway.
Dr. Boyd was mayor of Newton from 1905 to 1907, and he was a member of the board of pension examiners for many years. Though 75 years of age he retained his keen interest in activities that tended toward the betterment of Newton and the community. While he had a wide circle of acquaintances he had limited his friendship in late years to a few of his est known old friends, with whom he was always fond of visiting. His acts of kindness and charity were doe in an unassuming way, so that they would attract little public attention.
He was apparently in good physical condition on Thursday but complained of a pain in his heart that night, and with but little warning passed peacefully away in his bed about 7:30 Friday morning, with his wife attending him.
Besides his widow and two children he is survived by his brothers, Ben Boyd of Bloomington, Ill., and Joe Boyd of Madison, Wisc., who have arrived to attend the funeral, and by a brother and sister in Kentucky. Other relatives who are here are his daughter, Mrs. Steinkirchner, Mr. Steinkirchner, and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Newens of Des Moines, a nephew and niece of Mrs. Boyd.
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1. *Jennie WILLIAMS
Marriage: 14 Feb 1868 - Ohio
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1. Eric BOYD
2. Edith BOYD
2. Elizabeth CLARKE
Marriage: 1887
Dwight W BUNKER
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Death: Nov 1897 - Galesburg, , Illinois 6
Burial: 11 Nov 1897 - Galesburg, , Illinois 6
Cause of Death: Apoplexy 6
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1. Obituary 6, The Newton Kansan, 18 Nov 1897 in Newton, Harvey, Kansas
2. Immigration 6, 1872 in Harvey County, Kansas
Death of D.W. Bunker. Dwight W. Bunker, brother of the late Capt. H. W. Bunker, died of apoplexy at his home in Galesburg, Ill., last week. The funeral was held Thursday. Mr. Bunker is well kown here to old residents, having come to Newton with Capt. Bunker twenty five years ago. He took a claim here at that time and lived here four or five years. Mr. Bunker was fifty-four years old at the time of his death and was in apparent good health. He was Junior commander of the Grand Army in Illinois and was a prominent citizen. He leaves a wife and one son. D. W. Bunker and H. W. Bunker were two only sons and both died of the same disease. His old friends will be very sorry to learn of his death.
where he resided for 4 or 5 years.