General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date:
1916 Original Publisher: Standard Pub. Co. Subjects: Butler County
(Kan.) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the
original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing
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more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. FIRST
EVENTS. FIRST SETTLER BIRTHS -- MARRIAGES POSTOFFICES STORES
SCHOOLS CHURCHES COURT RECORDS AND PROCEDURE OFFICIAL ACTS
ELECTIONS ASSESSMENT AND FIRST VALUATION PRESENT VALU- ATION. First
settler: William Hilclebrande. settled in what is now El Dorado
township, in May, 1857. First births: Henry Jefferson, 1857, "ear
Chelsea; now deceased. Mrs. Addie Cowley-Bradley, May 4, 1858, El
Dorado township. Mrs. Bradley is the wife of W. P. Bradley, of El
Dorado, and has the distinction of being the oldest living' native
child of Butler county. First marriages: Jacob E. Chase and Augusta
Stewart, El Dorado township, January, 1859. Berg Atwood and
Elizabeth Badley, Towanda township, 1859. First postoffices:
Chelsea, 1858; C. S. Lambdin, postmaster. El Dorado, 1860; D. L.
McCabe. postmaster. First stores: Old El Dorado, 1857; grocery, by
Mr. Howland. Chelsea, 1859; country store, by Mr. Kaufman. First
schools: Chelsea township, 1860, district No. i; taught by Sarah
Satchel. El Dorado township. 1861; first school house built by
subscription of settlers, afterwards purchased by district No. 2.
First religious services: Chelsea township, house of J. C. Lambdin;
Rev. C. G. Morse, Congregationalist, from Emporia, preacher. First
resident preacher: Rev. Winbery, Baptist, 1858; no church building.
First church organized: El Dorado, Presbyterian; building commenced
in 1872, not completed until 1877. First Sunday school: Chelsea.
1859, Minnie Post and Maggie Vaught, teachers First newspaper:
Walnut Valley Times, March...
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