William Earl Relf (1887-1964) served in World War I. He was drafted in Sept 1917, trained at Camp Funston in the first half of 1918, and set sail in June 1918. He returned to the US in 1919.
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Letter from the Front
William Earl Relf (1887-1964) served in World War I. One of his letters home was published in the local newspaper.
Chloe Abbott | A Widow’s Pension
In 1851, Chloe Lake, age 82 years, swore on oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits due the widow of a war veteran. She was denied a pension as she did not provide details of his service. She is the widow of Asa Lake, deceased, who was a private in the armyContinue reading “Chloe Abbott | A Widow’s Pension”
Asa Lake | Kentucky Frontier
Asa Lake (1764-1844) lived in Mason County, Kentucky around 1790 at the same time that Colonel Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone had established the community of Maysville, Kentucky.
George L Crookham | Scioto Salt Licks
George Lennox Crookham was an early salt boiler at the Scioto Salt Licks in Jackson County, Ohio. He came to the area in 1799, having moved from Pennsylvania. Asa Lake, Crookham’s father-in-law, owned one of the salt-furnaces. His salt furnace was located “not far from where the bridge crosses Salt creek on the Chillicothe road”.
Land in Bachelor Township
Oliver C. Crookham (1854-1890) owned land in Bachelor Township along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line. His shooting accident happened near both the railroad line and Bachelor Creek. In the southern part of the township, the Missouri Pacific line travels east west. From the east, it travels through the town of Tonovay before it goes throughContinue reading “Land in Bachelor Township”
Funeral for a Crookham
Oliver C. Crookham (1854-1890) was laid to rest after a fatal gun shot wound in the Eureka Cemetery.
A Fatal Accident
Oliver Cromwell Crookham (1854-1890) died from a gun shot wound that he received while hunting rabbits in Greenwood County, Kansas.
Robert Lewis | Strawberry Farms
Robert Lewis (1856-1935) had around 35 acres of strawberry fields on his farm in Newton County, Missouri.
Cader Edwards | Shifting Lines
Cader Edwards journey along the Great Indian Warpath to his final home in the Holston Settlement was impacted by changing beliefs of who had access to the land.
Finding the Yellow Bricks 