We began this series of stories after the Civil War in 1865. We’re ending the series at the end of World War I in 1920. What a dramatic change in people’s lifestyles over these 55 years.
Let’s review…
165 – A Look Back
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164 – Ralph Jarvis and Chleo Webb
Ralph was back in Larned, and out of the army. It was the summer of 1919. He quickly found work as a lineman for The Pawnee Power and Water Company.
Chleo had just finished high school. She was living at home with her mother, and they were working at the Ideal Steam Laundry.
Ralph and Chleo rekindled their relationship and talked of marriage.
Continue reading159 – Chleo Webb
Chleo Webb (1G) had been born in 1900 on the farm south of Larned. She was the youngest of the five children.
Continue reading158 – Life in Larned 1900s
John Webb had died in January 1903. By 1905, Anna Webb had moved her family into the town of Larned and into the Rock House at 219 Kansas Street.
157 – The Rock House
John Webb had died in January 1903.
Shortly after John died, Anna moved the family to the town of Larned. She decided she’d be better able to raise five children with a job in town instead of farming. She moved to the “Rock House.”
Continue reading156 – John Webb and Anna Buhrer
John Webb left Virginia in 1885. By 1887 he was in Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas.
In 1886, at around age 19, Anna Buhrer moved to Dickinson County and stayed in the household of her sister Caroline.
155 – Pawnee County, Kansas
We’re fortunate to have two guest authors today.
In August 1947, the Larned Chronoscope, a local newspaper, published the recollections of sisters Anna Buhrer Webb and Lucy Buhrer Hays about their early days in Pawnee County.
If we told these stories, we’d be accused of embellishment. It’s amazing to hear how our grandparents forged a life on the Kansas prairie.
Continue reading154 – Anna Buhrer
Ralph Jarvis married Chleo Webb. Chleo was born in 1900 on a farm south of Larned, Kansas.
Chleo’s mother was Anna Buhrer.
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