John E. Brown tells the story of his grandfather, M.M. (Papa) Cohn. Papa Cohn moved from Beersheba, Kansas, to Ravanna, Kansas, in 1886 and started a hardware and grocery store. In 1887 he married Emma Ittleson. He moved his family to Denver, Colorado, in 1889 where he started another store. Ravanna, originally called Cowland, is now a ghost town.

"The naturalization records in this volume are abstracts of all those available in the keeping of the office of the Finney County Clerk of the District Court in the Finney County Courthouse"--Explanatory.

The cemetery was located approximately 7 miles north of Kalvesta, Kansas. The cemetery was for the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Company 788 Kansas and Company 754 Nebraska. Information handwritten on printed form.

It is estimated these newspaper clippings were compiled from 1956 to 1961.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Mitchell families who came mainly from Scotland, Ireland and England. Some focus is on (but not limited to) John Mitchell, who was born ca. 1708, and died in 1767, at Drumore Township, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His wife was Mary Argiff. Their son, George inherited his father's plantation "Plainfield," established in 1738 at Fawn Township (now Peach Bottom Township) in...