Forwarded for Denise.....
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:29:23 -0700
To: Castor-L(a)rootsweb.com
From: Denise Kester <dkester(a)sunflower.com>
Subject: 16 & Rock Chalk
Have to throw this into the discussion of sweet sixteens: Rock Chalk
Jayhawk, Go KU!
(the college chant of the University of Kansas which plays in the Final Four
tomorrow night -- and my alma mater)
My personal sweet sixteen:
Henderson KESTER b. 1837 Magnolia IL, d. 1885 Lisbon IA
Mary M. STINE b. 1841 Perry county, OH, d. 1921 possibly Clinton, IA
John L. MARTIN, b. 1842 Baltimore, MD, d. 1937 Clinton or Calamus, IA (Civil
War vet)
Sarah A. WELLS, b. 1846 Dubuque IA, d. 1897 Calamus or Clinton , IA
Stephen Miles SPAFFORD, b. 1828 Loughborough, ONT, d. 1863 in the Battle of
Chickamauga (Civil War)
Mary Elizabeth SHOEMAKER, b. 1834 near Elwood IL?, d. ? near Elwood IL?
Benjamin AYKROYD, b. 1830 Loughborough, ONT, d. 1898 Frontenac county, ONT
Jane SEARS, b. 1833 ?, ONT, d. 1882, Loughborough, ONT
Johann Hinrich OSTERMANN, b. 1825 Osterloh, Germany, d. 1879 Osterloh,
Germany?
Maria Anna HOFFMANN, b. 1826 Bosel, Germany, d. 1859 Osterloh, Germany?
Johann Hinrich EMKEN, b. 1817, Altenothye, Germany, d. 1890 Petersdorf,
Germany
Maria Elizabeth WORMANN, b. 1812 Altenoythe, Germany, d. 1899 Petersdorf,
Germany
David BECK, b. 1826, Franklin county, PA, d. 1893 Nashua or Charles City, IA
Amy WONDER, b. about 1826, Cumberland county, PA, d. 1901 Nashua, IA
Jacob SHANNON, b. 1840 in NY, d. 1918 in Nashua IA (Civil War vet)
Sarah Ann Miller, b. 1847 Elkhart IN, d. 1931 in Nashua IA