BIOGRAPHIES

Jackson County section - Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, A.T. Andreas, 1883.

Boston, Melissa (compiler). “Copies of Articles from ‘The Soldier City News’, 1857 - 1888”. [Francis Marion Wilson, Jr., one time editor of the Soldier newspaper, pasted copies of selected articles from the newspaper in a journal. These are those copies. Includes births, deaths, obituaries, marriages, mini-biographies, and general Soldier news; indexed]

Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson, Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties. Chapman Brothers, 1890. [includes every name index]

Cornuelle, Herbert C. Mr. Anonymous - The Story of William Volker. Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho. 1951. Reprinted by permission. Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho. 2003. Includes a foreword by Shirl Kasper, Kansas City author and doctoral candidate in history at the University of Colorado. 176 pages. Paperback. No index. [A biography of William Volker, self-made millionaire businessman and philanthropist in Kansas City who married Rose Roebke, Holton. The Roebke Memorial Museum in Holton was Rose's home. Includes pictures of William and Rose Volker; their estate (Roselawn) in Kansas City; and the Roebke home in Holton. This only published biography of William Volker includes Volker family history; his courtship of Rose; and establishment of the William Volker Charities Fund.] *$*

Gardiner, Allen. Denison, Kansas - A Record of a Town and Its People. Privately published by the author, 1991. [Includes family biographies; no index.] *$*

Markham, Robert S. History of Soldier, Kansas. Paperback, 85 pages. Privately published, 1985. [Includes pictures, history, and family biographies; no index.] *$*

Topeka Genealogical Society. Kansas Pioneers. 1976.
http://www.tgstopeka.org/

Venneberg, Paul. Buck's Grove United Methodist Church, 1879 to 1979, 100 Years of Service. N.p. N.d. [Includes family biographies; no index.]

CEMETERIES

Fenton, Dan. Mayetta Cemetery, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Self-published, 2001. [Includes map, grave locator by surname and by section/lot; lot/plot owners; no monument; monument inscriptions; obituaries and veterans] *$*

Gardiner, Allen. Monumental Inscriptions from Jackson County, Kansas. [includes all known private and public cemeteries in Jackson County] Privately printed, 1981. [Reprinted and updated with corrections, 2000]. Allen Gardiner *$*
Note: check out this link http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/mhgs/cemeteries, scroll down 1/3 of page to Jackson Co. and see info!

Gardiner, Allen. Jackson County, Kansas, Burials & Inurnments, 1981-2001. Privately printed, 2002. *$*
Note: check out this link http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/mhgs/cemeteries, scroll down 1/3 of page to Jackson Co. and see info!

Hoyt cemetery, partial listing

James Cemetery, complete listing

Schuette, Phyllis. St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. [Douglas Township, includes obituaries, lot owners, church pictures and church history.] 2003. *$*

Schuette, Phyllis. Hoyt Cemetery. 2001. *$*

Sellers, Kay F. Buck's Grove Cemetery, Jackson County, Kansas. N.p. 2002 [Includes birth and death dates as well as obituary publication date and newspaper.] *$*

Sellers, Kay F. Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas. N.p. 2002. [Includes birth and death dates as well as obituary publication date and newspaper.] *$*

Shipsee Cemetery located on the Potawatomi Reservation near Mayetta, the following link shows the cemetery listing compiled by Delores Nioce-Abrams, with assistance from Roy Hale.
http://www.pbpindiantribe.com/snow/SHIPSHEE-AZ.htm

CENSUS

Wilhelm, Anna, transcriber. 1860 Kansas Census - Jackson County Transcription.

Sally & Sonny's Trails In Time, transcriber. 1870 Kansas Census - Jackson County Transcription.

List of Persons in County over age 70 (from census enumerators). "The Holton Recorder". Holton, Kansas, 22 July 1880.

CHURCH HISTORY

Hutchins, Joel and Pauline Jensen. Proceedings of the Kansas Conference of the Evangelical Association - One Hundred and Ten Years of Servie. Jackson County, Kansas. 1858-1968. Published by Evangel United Methodist Church, Holton, Kansas. Printed by Bell Graphics. 2001. *$*

Schuette, Phyllis. St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. 2003. [Douglas Township, includes obituaries, lot owners, church pictures and church history.] *$*

COOKBOOKS

Friends of Beck-Bookman Library. Our Library of Recipes. Published by Cookbook Publishers, Inc., 2101 Kansas City Road, Olathe, Kansas 66061-1260. 1988. 78 pages. [Submitters’ names indexed by Anna (Fernkopf) Wilhelm, 2003.]

"The Holton Recorder." Cornucopia Cookbook 2003. 248 pages. [Contains many of the recipes published in The Holton Recorder from January 1997 through October 2003. Submitters’ names indexed by Anna (Fernkopf) Wilhelm, 2003.]

DIRECTORIES

1887 "Holton Recorder" Subscribers, list from "The Holton Recorder", 14 September 1937, with the heading "50 Year Subscribers".

Farm Directory1966 Jackson County, Kansas, Farm & Ranch Directory. [Includes farmers’ names listed alphabetically by last name, first name or initial, post office address, route number, township name, section number, and owner/renter designation.]

Fletcher, Johnnie W. "A Collectors Guide to Kansas Bottles - 1854 to 1915". March, 1994. Self-published. Mustang, Oklahoma. [includes Jackson County druggists; bottlers; and food and medicine dealers] *$*

Surname Index is available at our museum.
(Appointments can be arranged for research time. e-mail: jchs@holtonks.net Museum Phone: 785-364-2087 or Phone: 785-364-4991)

Telephone Directories

1896 (1 April) - Circleville, Holton, Hoyt, Mayetta, and Soldier

1902 (1 February) - Holton

1907 (January) - Delia

1908 (April) - Delia

1908 (November) - Delia

1909 (1 May) - Delia and Hoyt

1909 (1 December) - Delia and Hoyt

1909-1910 - Holton

1910 (1 July) - Delia and Hoyt

1911 (1 January) - Delia and Hoyt

1911 (July) - Delia and Hoyt

1912 (April) - Delia and Hoyt

1913 - Circleville

1928 (July) - Delia

1929 (July) - Delia

1944 (Fall) - Holton, Goff and Soldier

Kirkpatrick, Joseph Greely. List of Jackson County People I Knew From About 1890-1920. 22 February 1937. [Very helpful for finding people around the 1890 period because of the missing census.]

Pleasant Grove community. Grandma's Favorites (recipes). N.p. N.d. [Approximately 1940s; includes names of contributing residents; no index.]

HISTORY

Allard, Mrs. Willard R. (Mary Margaret) and Mrs. Robert Shoff (Doris), editors. Liberty Clicks in '76. Gossip Printery, 1976. Indexed by Anna (Fernkopf) Wilhelm, 2004. Paperback, 120 pages. [Covers circa 1880-1975 time period. Pictorial history with identified people and places; includes Jackson County towns: Birmingham, Circleville, Delia, Denison, Holton, Hoyt, Mayetta, Netawaka, Soldier, and Whiting as well as county-line towns (Larkinburg and Ontario). Also includes Potawatomi Indian Reservation, Round About the County, and Special Events.]

Boston, Melissa (compiler). “Copies of Articles from ‘The Soldier City News’, 1857 - 1888”. [Francis Marion Wilson, Jr., one time editor of the Soldier newspaper, pasted copies of selected articles from the newspaper in a journal. These are those copies. Includes births, deaths, obituaries, marriages, mini-biographies, and general Soldier news; indexed]

Hafer, Vera Hamill. As I Remember, 1903-1973. Mennonite Press, North Newton, Kansas, 1973. [Mayetta history; no index.]

Holton Recorder. Images of Holton & Jackson County.

Lowry, Leon. The Route of the Leavenworth Kansas and Western Railroad, 1871-1935. Self-published, Wetmore, Kansas. 1980. Fourth printing, December 1991. [No index.] *$*

Markham, Robert S. History of Soldier, Kansas. Paperback, 85 pages. Privately published, 1985. [Includes pictures, history, and family biographies; no index.] *$*

Moore, Jr., Robert. Tracking the Loving Cup - A History of the Jackson County Literary-Athletic Contest. Self-published, circa 1990. 77 pages. Paperback. [Covers 1918-1925 time period; includes pictures of participants and medals plus literary and athletic results for these high schools: Circleville, Denison, Delia, Holton, Hoyt, Mayetta, Netawaka, Soldier, and Whiting. Includes personal interviews, newspaper references, and State Track Meet results. Indexed by Anna (Fernkopf) Wilhelm, 2004.] *$*

Wilhelm, Anna (indexer). "Holton's Colorful History" - a series of articles published in The Holton Recorder by W.T. BECK 26 October 1950 - 10 July 1952. Most of the information is Holton's early history - 1855-1900.

Wilhelm, Anna (indexer). "Historic Places in Jackson County" and "Early Reminiscences of Holton and Jackson County" The Holton Recorder - 5 and 19 March 1914

This link connects to Holton High School projects. There are some errors, but some of the pages contain some nice historical information in their work. http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/staff/abeam/localhistory/1st9/1st9proj.html

MAPS/ATLASES

(The following link shows a map of Jackson County 1878)
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1878/images/jackson.jpg

1881

1903

1921

MILITARY

Civil War Veterans

1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll - Jackson County

6 June 1895 The Holton Recorder - List of Veterans living in City of Holton

11 May 1898 The (Holton) Weekly Signal - List of Co. A, Fifth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers - Calvary and Co. B, Eleventh Regiment, Kansas Volunteers - Calvary

Military/Civil War - Fenton, Dan. Jackson County, Kansas, and the Civil War, Part I. 2005. *$* [129 pages, including index. Chapter titles: On the Home Front; The Militia; Company A, 5th KS Volunteer Calvary; Company B, 11th KS Volunteer Cavalry; General Sterling Price Raid; 20th Militia Regiment. Also includes illustrations and maps.

Spanish-American War Enlistees

11 May 1898 The (Holton) Weekly Signal - List of Inductees (includes Jefferson and Pottawatomie County recruits)

18 May 1898 The (Holton) Weekly Signal - List of Company F, Twenty-second Kansas volunteers (includes hometowns - several outside of Jackson County)

World War I

http://www.pbpindiantribe.com/sub/veterans/ - Prairie Band Potawatomi Veterans memorial wall with names from WWI to Iraq. We-Ta-Se American Legion post 410.

NEWSPAPER

"1897 Year in Review" 13 January 1898 The Holton Recorder - Events of the past year in brief, includes some marriages, deaths and court cases.

December 1897, extractions from nine newspapers in Jackson County. Extracted by Anna Fernkopf Wilhelm.

This link connects to a Holton High School project about "The Holton Recorder." There are some errors, but some of the pages contain some nice historical information in their work. http://www.holton.k12.ks.us/lhistory/eh/paper/index.html

OBITUARIES

Abstract of Deaths from Mayetta, Kansas Newspapers (Jackson County, Kansas) August 1904 - January 1912, Series 2, Volume 18, Kansas DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report, 1991

Boston, Melissa (compiler). “Copies of Articles from ‘The Soldier City News’, 1857 - 1888”. [Francis Marion Wilson, Jr., one time editor of the Soldier newspaper, pasted copies of selected articles from the newspaper in a journal. These are those copies. Includes births, deaths, obituaries, marriages, mini-biographies, and general Soldier news; indexed]

Fenton, Dan. Selected Death Notices from Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers, Volumes I-VII (1872-1908). *$*

"Genealogical Gleanings - Abstracts from Northeast Kansas Newspapers - Oct-Dec, 1882, and Jan-Dec, 1883 - Volume I, Numbers 1-4" compiled by George E. Lyon, 1989

SCHOOLS

1912 List of School Teachers published in “The Holton Recorder”. 15 and 22 August 1912. [Includes the 89 school districts in the county, which encompasses the country schools as well as three school buildings in Holton.]

County School List - Name of School, District, Year Organized, and Year Disorganized

Circleville Alumni 1894-1967, compiled by Mrs. Grover Eddy about 1967 (includes addendum of attendees 1968-1974)

Holton Alumni, 1881-1996, compiled by Allen and Sharon (Sawyer) Bowser (original Alumni Book compiled by Howard Clemetson in 1974). 1997. Published by Bell Graphics, Holton, Kansas. 83 pages. [Contains history of Holton schools and pictures of school buildings. Includes Name and Class Year Indexes from 1881-1996. Also includes an update of Names and Class Year Indexes from 1997-1999.] *$*

TAXATION

1912 - Personal Property Assessment. “The Holton Recorder”, October - November 1912. [Lists each tax payer alphabetically by township when the value of their personal property exceeded $1,000; includes the valuation of the personal property.]

VITAL RECORDS

Births

Boston, Melissa (compiler). “Copies of Articles from ‘The Soldier City News’, 1857 - 1888”. [Francis Marion Wilson, Jr., one time editor of the Soldier newspaper, pasted copies of selected articles from the newspaper in a journal. These are those copies. Includes births, deaths, obituaries, marriages, mini-biographies, and general Soldier news; indexed]

Horr (Wilson), Rowena (compiler). "Soldier Newspaper Extractions, 1888 - 1899" [Index of births, deaths and marriages.]

Kansas. Jackson County. County Clerk's Office. Records of Births and Deaths (incomplete) 1902-1911.

Deaths

1880 Mortality Schedule of Jackson and Nemaha Counties of Kansas - Deaths Occurring between June 1, 1879 to May 31, 1880, endorsed for use by Topeka Genealogical Society, compiled by Thelma Carpenter and Helen Franklin

Horr (Wilson), Rowena (compiler). "Soldier Newspaper Extractions, 1888 - 1899" [Index of births, deaths and marriages.]

Kansas. Jackson County. County Clerk's Office. Records of Births and Deaths (incomplete) 1902-1911.

Marriages

Fenton, Dan. Jackson (Calhoun) County, Kansas, Bride and Groom Index, Volume I (March 14, 1855 to December 31, 1884). 1989 *$*

Fenton, Dan. Jackson County, Kansas, Bride and Groom Index, Volume II (January 1, 1885 to December 31, 1895). 1992 *$*

Fenton, Dan. Jackson County, Kansas, Bride and Groom Marriage Index, Volume III (January 1, 1896 to December 31, 1901). 2003 *$*

Horr (Wilson), Rowena (compiler). "Soldier Newspaper Extractions, 1888 - 1899" [Index of births, deaths and marriages.]

Jackson County (includes some Nemaha and Pottawatomie County) Marriage Licenses Card Index, 3 March 1858 to 27 March 1913, Jackson County Historical Society Museum, 327 New York Ave., Holton, KS 66436

*$* = available for purchase, please contact us for details.