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Surnames: Carnahan, Meyer, Woodcock
Classification: Obituary
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From the TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, Topeka, KS, Wednesday, 9 February 1910, p. 6:
John Carnahan, aged 76 years, died Tuesday at Berryton. He leaves a wife and four
children -- Hugh Carnahan, Pueblo, Colo.; William A., Berryton; Mrs. M.J. Meyer,
Overbrook; and Mrs. L.M. Woodcock of Berryton. Mr. Carnahan came to Kansas in 1867 and
settled in Douglas county. He removed to Berryton in 1881 and resided there until his
death. He was postmaster at Berryton 15 years. He was an old soldier, having served in K
company of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers during the civil
war. The funeral will be held Thursday from the Lynn Creek church and burial will be in
the Lynn Creek cemetery. Services will be held at 2 o'clock.