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John Fremont, son of John B. and Margaret, died November 2, 1861, aged one year, eleven months and
     eleven days.
Margaret Jane Brazelton died December 12, 1907, aged 78 years, at University Place, Lincoln, Nebraska.
John Bowan Brazelton died March 24, 1912, aged 84 years, 4 months, 20 days, at University Place,
     Lincoln, Nebraska.
Margaret Belle Gaylord died September 12, 1915, aged 58 years, 10 months, 4 days, at University Place,
     Lincoln Nebraska.
Jasper Franklin Brazelton died February 10, 1914, aged 63 years, 5 months, at McPherson, Kansas.

Sylvanus Graves Gaylord, born December 25, 1812, at Stow, Portage Co., Ohio.
Emily Whitney Gaylord was born June 28, 1814, at Fairfield, New York, the daughter of Luther and
     Hannah Whitney.
Sylvanus Graves Gaylord, son of Thomas and Betsy (Butler) Gaylord.
Flora Annette Gaylord was born May 21, 1839, at Akron, Ohio.
Luther T. Gaylord was born October 6, 1841, at Akron, Summit Co., Ohio.
Wilbur Henry Gaylord was born November 9, 1843, at Akron, Ohio.
Ellen Martha Gaylord was born July 21, 1846, at Delphi, Indiana.
William Rattle Gaylord was born September 11, 1850, at Niles, Michigan.

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Sylvanus Graves Gaylord and Emily Whitney were married February 25, 1836, at Akron, Ohio.

Sylvanus Graves Gaylord died August 5, 1875, at Fairmont, Nebraska.
Emily Gaylord died November 28, 1862, at Niles, Michigan.
Wilbur Henry Gaylord died in the year 1898, unmarried.

Luther Thomas Gaylord was born October 6, 1841, at Akron, Ohio.
Henrietta Belle Harmon was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, September 3, 1849.
Minnie Ella Gaylord was born November 13, 1873, at Fairmont, Nebraska.
Frank Harmon Gaylord was born September 13, 1880, at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Luther T. Gaylord and Belle Harmon were married December 25, 1872, at Lincoln, Nebraska, by Rev.
     Henry T. Davis.
Henry Weld Newton and Margaret (Minnie) Ella Gaylord were married September 5, 1900, at Lincoln,
     Nebraska, by Rev. H. T. Davis.
Frank Harmon Gaylord and Ethel May Tyler were married August 15, 1906, at Lincoln,
     Nebraska, by Rev. F. W. Eason.
E. R. Harmon and Mary E. Duncan were married at Clifton, Ohio, A D September 10th, 1848.

Sylvanus Clifford Gaylord died May 7, 1888, at Lincoln, Nebr.
Mary Elizabeth Harmon died at Burdick, Porter Co., Ind.
Luther Thomas Gaylord died July 11, 1904, at Lincoln, Nebr.
Henrietta Belle Harmon Gaylord died October 13, 1918, at Brooklyn, N. Y., and is buried at Lincoln,
     Nebraska.

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     Rodger Stayner was born January 15, 1753, in Boston, Mass.; died May 17, 1839; married in August, 1789, Sarah Hough who was born April 17, 1770, in Birch county, Penn. She died January 19, 1842. Rodger Stayner served in the Revolutionary War. October 27, 1775, he was Second Lieutenant of the First Pennsylvania Battalion; First Lieutenant January 19, 1776, Captain of the Second Pennsylvania January 1, 1777. He was taken prisoner at his home in Philadelphia, Penn., September 26, 1777. He was exchanged November 4, 1780, and did not return to the army. Rodger Stayner and Sarah Hough had twelve children, the youngest being Mary Hough, Stayner, born June 23, 1813; died April 16, 1892; married September 29, 1840, Thomas Birch Davis.

Contributed by Mr. J. H. Davis, Shickley, Nebraska.

Jonathan Stayner November 2, 1790.
William Stayner May 10, 1792.
Elizabeth Stayner March 8, 1794.
Jonathan Stayner March 6, 1796.
Joanna Stayner February 28, 1799.
Ann Stayner April 19, 1800.
Alice Stayner April 14, 1802.
Elizabeth Stayner March 18, 1804.
Joshua Stayner August 6, 1806.
Stewart Stayner May 30, 1808.
Ellis Stayner July 25, 1810.
Mary Stayner June 23, 1813.
Thomas B. Davis born in Juanita county, Pennsylvania.
     These children were all born in the state of Pennsylvania.

Jonathan Stayner to Jane Bell October 24, 1822.
Ann Stayner to John Gilliford November 25, 1844.
Elizabeth Stayner to John Stewart July 24, 1827.
Joshua Stayner to. Jane Law December 10, 1839.

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Jonathan Stayner July 15, 1793.
William Stayner July 15, 1793.
Elizabeth Stayner January 3, 1804.
Joanna Stayner June 18, 1846.
Ann Stayner August 28, 1861.
Alice Stayner September 23, 1867.
Mary Stayner April 16, 1892, at Shickley, Nebraska.
Thomas B. Davis December 25, 1891, at Shickley, Nebraska.
     All the children died in Pennsylvania except Mary Stayner and her husband, Thomas B. Davis.

Contributed by Mr. J. H. Davis, Shickley, Nebraska.

     Among the very earliest ones was Philip Burk, who was the son of George and Ann Gray (Stoops) Burk, and who was born near Blue Lick, Nicholas county, Kentucky, November 4, 1819. Removed to Noblesville, Indiana, about 1830-31, where he married about 1841 a Miss Hayes, who died about 1854 in Hardin, Illinois. Their children were Martha, Amanda, Sarah and Ellen and a son George who died very young.

     Philip Burk married second Eliza M. Andrews, daughter of Amos and Roxy Cordelia Andrews at Gilead, Illinois, August 7, 1856. Their children were:

     The Burk family arrived at this Marshall county farm on May 3, 1860, in an ox drawn wagon and lived for some years in a log house built by a man who was on his way west during the gold rush, in fact there were several cabins on the land that had

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     Philip Burk served nearly three years in Co. "E", 13th Regiment Kansas Vol. Inf. during the Civil War. During his absence his wife taught a subscription school across the line in Washington county, it being the first school taught in that county.

     A family named Sleepy lived about two or three miles east of the Burk family. They were Pennsylvania Dutch and Mrs. Sleepy's maiden name was Kreamer, and she had a brother named Augustus. Their children, all grown, were:

     The Pearsols, John and Frank Abbott and the McConnells were there as early as 1861-2, but did not remain as permanent settlers and a Dr. Golden who lived near there went to Texas about 1862: He had a daughter, Kitty.

     About 1864 a family named Dyer moved into the neighborhood, the father buying and improving an old mill that had belonged to Mr. Pearsol. The Dyers came originally from Virginia but had lived near Manhattan, Kans., for several years. There were several grown sons who lived near their father, and a daughter, Mrs. Jameson, who lived near Randolph, Kans. The sons were:

     Another of the Hanna sisters married Henry Whiteside and had a son Clay and daughter Rebecca who married Joseph Springer. Mrs. Whiteside's name was Letha. Still another

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     Another early settler was Lee Keefover who married in Pennsylvania or West Virginia, Nancy Burk. They had no children.

     Alphonso Wells was another neighbor and he had married a sister of Lee Keefover before coming to Kansas. Ms children were, Dora, married Frank Collis in western Kansas, and others younger.

     George Keefover, a brother of Lee, was a school teacher for years and his children were Jasper, Carrie, Will, Tom and Frank. His wife's name was Hannah Glover.

     All these people lived in the neighborhood prior to 1870.

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. Rogers, Studley, Kans.

     Charles Smith, the immigrant ancestor, was born in DenDorf, Heiling, in Alsace, Germany, in 1718. The family from which he sprang had large land holdings, but the French had gained control of Alsace, it being at that time a province of France, as it is again in our day, and the French had confiscated the Smith possessions.

     Charles retaliated by marrying Miss Walburn or Valburn, a French girl, and coming to America. They left the beautiful Rhine country and with their six sons and one daughter landed at Philadelphia, Penn., November 2, 1752, and on that day Charles took the oath of allegiance.

     Charles had purchased passports for his entire family with the exception of Adam, his oldest child, who came as a German Redemptioner, on the sailing vessel, "Phoenix", commanded by

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     When they landed Captain Sperrier bound Adam to a man who was very cruel and a hard task-master. After a year or two Adam slipped away and at the age of seventeen enlisted and served through the French and Indian War under Generals Forbes, Washington and Braddock.

     After the war was over he came east from Fort DuQuense and settled in Bethel, Berks county, where his parents made their home. There he married a Miss Miller in 1762. They had five children. His wife died in 1771. He married Barbara Miller, a sister of his first wife. They had eleven sons and daughters.

     When the Revolutionary War began Adam, sr., who had some training in war tactics in early youth, enlisted. He enlisted as a private in Captain Shapel's Company of the Berks County Militia, then in 1777 in the Sixth Company, Fourth Battilion, Jacob Strabel, Captain, Adam Smith Ensign. In 1780 he was in Col. Heister's Batalion, Captain Brady's Company, Corporal Adam Smith.

     In the year 1800 Adam Smith with his three brothers and his numerous descendants, some being married and having little families of their own, came to Cumberland county, now Perry county, Pennsylvania.

     Adam purchased a large tract of land, about 400 acres, where Bloomfield now is. His oldest son, Wendel, took up 400 acres near where Newport now is.

     Adam Smith died at the age of 86, having outlived both wives He is buried in the old graveyard at Bloomfield with his second wife and his son Charles, who was the only one of his sixteen children to die unmarried. His grave is marked by a stone placed there by his posterity, also by a marker placed by the Perry County Chapter, D. A. R.

     Charles Smith, the immigrant ancestor and the father of Corporal Adam Smith, enlisted when men were so much needed and served as a private for the last two years of the Revolutionary War. He was sixty years of age when he enlisted. He also served through the French and Indian War.

Contributed by Mrs. L. W. McLennan, Lincoln, Nebr.