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a Generation of Kansas Pioneers in Atchison, Brown & Doniphan Counties

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SURNAMES (Data)
List of surnames associated with the family histories below.

II

Whence
They
Came

1 Wilson Family
Oct 2009


The Wilson Family moved from Pennsylvania to southern Indiana before one son continued across Missouri to Holt County. From there James Lee Wilson became one of the first settlers of Brown County, Kansas.
Includes: Wilson, Varner, Fitzwater, Duncan, Proctor, Ridge.

1a Proctor Family
(extended)

Family of the first wife of James L. Wilson. From Kentucky, the Proctor family lived in Missouri before settling in Kansas. Moses P. Proctor was elected treasurer of Doniphan County, Kansas, in 1857.
Includes: Proctor, Duncan, Wilson, Bridgeman / Bridgman.

2 Ridge Family


From Pulaski County, Kentucky, the Ridge family moved its way across Missouri before settling in Kansas.
Includes: Ridge, Aker, Norton, Hilton, Wilson.

3 Rutherford Family


From Gallia County, Ohio, the Rutherford family moved to frontier Iowa, backtracked to Illinois, and finally settled in Kansas.
Includes: Rutherford, Deavers, Springer, Hampton.

4 Springer Family

From Pennsylvania, the Springer family first moved to Ohio, then to Illinois, and finally to Kansas.
Includes: Springer, Heidlebaugh, Rutherford.

5 Barber Family
Of Mayflower ancestry, the Barber family remained in Rhode Island and Connecticut for more than two hundred years until several brothers and cousins joined an uncle in Kansas.
Includes: Barber, White, Bradley, Stanton, Tefft, Soule.

6 Bradley Family

From North Carolina, the Bradley family first moved to Kentucky where they became allied with the family of Daniel Boone. They then moved on to Missouri and finally Kansas.
Includes: Bradley, Barber, Hunt, Cockrill, Boone, Keeling.

7 Freeman Family

From Adams County, Pennsylvania, the Freeman family relocated to central Kansas before settling in Atchison County, Kansas.
Includes: Freeman, Kesselring, Thoman, Fase.

8 Fase Family

From Maryland, then Pennsylvania, the Fase family relocated to central Kansas before finally settling in Atchison County, Kansas.
Includes: Fase, Starner, Freeman.

9 Weik Family

From Hertmannsweiler and Nellmersbach, Württemberg, members of the Weik family first lived in Missouri before settling in Kansas.
Includes: Weik, Dautel, Müller, Pfleiderer, Prinz, Thaden, Holzhey, Leonberger, Peisker.

9a Klostermeier
Family

(extended)

Family of a son-in-law of Christian Weik and related other ways as well. Henry F. Klostermeier was a successful Atchison, Kansas, businessman.
Includes: Klostermeier, Weik.

9b Hekelnkaemper
Family

(extended)

Family of a son-in-law of Christian Weik. William Hekelnkaemper was a successful Atchison, Kansas, businessman and father-in-law of Lydia Weik.
Includes: Hekelnkaemper, Houk, Weik, Ostertag, Dempster, & more.

10 Peisker Family


From Schurgast in the Prussian region of Silesia, members of the Peisker family settled in Kansas with many others from their area.
Includes: Peisker, Pohl, Biller, Glamann / Glaman, Weik.

10a Glamann Family
(extended)
Jul 2009

Family of the first husband of Johanna Peisker. From Neukalen in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, two brothers of the Glamann family settled in separate parts of Kansas.
Includes: Glamann / Glaman, Lehmann, Weilshäuser, Peisker.

11 Eylar Family

From Württemberg, the Eylar family lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio before some settled in Kansas.
Includes: Eyler / Eylar, Rosenmuller / Rosemiller, Fenton, Sample, Horner, Bunn, Parr.

11a Fenton Family
(extended)
{Fenton history: Fenton docs: Fenton lineage}

Family of both wives of Joseph Eylar as well as connected to the Horner family. Samuel Fenton was a Captain during the Revolutionary War, and his family moved through Pennsylvania, Ohio and into Kansas with the Eylar and Horner families.
Includes: Fenton, Field, Eyler / Eylar.

12 Horner Family

From Baltimore, Maryland, the Horner family first moved to Pennsylvania, then Ohio, before one member settled in Kansas.
Includes: Horner, Lawrence, Eylar.

13-14 Brox & Kessler Families
Nov 2009


From Bohemia, the Brox family moved directly to Kansas where they remained.
Includes: Prax / Brox, Antl, Klaschka, Köszler / Kessler, Frodl, Wohletz.

15 Flachsbarth Family


From Germany, William Flachsbarth first lived elsewhere in North America before he settled in Kansas.
Includes: Flachsbarth, Kleinwort.

16 Kleinwort Family
Mar 2009

From Hamburg, Elise Kleinwort lived in Wyoming, Colorado and possibly Missouri before she settled in Kansas.
Includes: Kleinwort, Holtmann, Ladiges, Groth, Hinck, Dürkop, Eckert, Henninger, Flachsbarth, Rath.

16a Henninger Family
(extended)

Family of the first husband of Elise Kleinwort. From Baden, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and Colorado before moving to Kansas.
Includes: Henninger, Karcher, Kleinwort, Stephan, Jahn, & more.