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Holton High School Class of 1881: > Sadie Chase > Sue Hoaglin > Effie Price > > Source: Holton Alumni, 1881-1996, compiled by Allen and Sharon (Sawyer) Bowser (original Alumni Book compiled by Howard Clemetson in 1974). 1997. Published by Bell Graphics, Holton, Kansas. 83 pages. [Contains history of Holton schools and pictures of school buildings. Includes Name and Class Year Indexes from 1881-1996. Also includes an update of Names and Class Year Indexes from 1997-1999.] > > From this same book: Prof. C.Y. Roop organized the first high school in 1880 and the first graduation class was in 1881....A high school annual was first published in 1908.... > ------------ > 4732. Miss Effie Price was born in Leesville, Ohio, April 27, 1862, and died in the hospital at St. > Joseph Friday, October 31, aged 40 years, six months and four days. During her childhood the > family lived for a short time in Illinois and Minnesota, afterward returning to Leesville. In 1877 > they came to Holton and this has since been her home. Her education was completed in the Holton > public schools and she was a member of the first class regularly graduated from the High School. > She began teaching in the school and was employed for several years as a regular and supply > teacher .... When Miss Effie was eighteen years of age her mother died and she assumed direction > of the household, and the three younger sisters. She was born a philanthropoist and reformer .... > For a number of years Miss Price has not been well and on the 12th day of January she was taken > very ill .... As a last resort she was taken to the hospital in St. Joseph, and here rest came to her > last Friday ... Her father, I. T. Price, and sisters Ellie, Mrytle and Floye .... The Holton Recorder, > November 6, 1902. > . laid to rest in the Holton cemetery. > Personals. Mr. and Mrs. David Mitchell of Topeka were in the city Sunday in attendance at the > funeral of the former's great niece, Miss Effie Price. The Holton Signal. November 5, 1902. > > Source: http://ks-jackson.manatron.com/HistoryandGeneologyInformation/DeathNoticesbyDanFenton/tabid/10395/Default.aspx > ------------- > The Holton Recorder Jackson County Thursday March 1, 1900 Mrs. Sarah CARR, sister of Judge I.T. Price and mother of Mrs. A.D. Walker and Mrs. C.M. Rippeth, died at Washington, City, last Saturday last Saturday morning. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Rippeth were present when their mother died. The funeral and interment was at Leesville, Ohio, the home of Mrs. Carr. Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/KSJACKSO > ---------- > Teachers' examination at the court house, Sue D. Hoaglin, county superintendent. Holton Signal, 19 Oct 1887, Holton KS > -------------------------------- > 4017. The sad news of the death of Dick Williams at Delta, Colorado, was received last Friday > morning and his brother Sumner started immediately to attend the funeral. The news was not > entirely unexpected as Mr. Williams has been seriously afflicted with brain trouble for some time > .... The deceased was born in Hocking county, Ohio, December 8, 1887, [correct date may be 1857] and was brought to this > county by his parents in April, 1858. He was raised on the old Williams' homestead in Douglass > township. After receiving a common school education he attended college for a time at > Lecompton. After leaving college he clerked in Naylor's & Williams' drug store for two years, and > then for a year clerked in the writer's drug store and assisted in the postoffice. He then went into > the drug business at Soldier City. After disposing of his drugstore at that place he spent about two > years in Oklahoma, where he engaged in the real estate business. Some four years ago he went to > Colorado and for a time clerked for an irrigating ditch company. Last winter he took an interest in a > drug store in Panonia, and up to his death remained a partner in the business. He was married to > Miss Sadie Chase about sixteen years ago. Three children, Sadie, Grace and Richard, were born to > them, ranging in age from about fifteen down to ten years .... The Holton Recorder, July 19, 1900. > > Source: http://ks-jackson.manatron.com/HistoryandGeneologyInformation/DeathNoticesbyDanFenton/tabid/10395/Default.aspx > -------- > Marriage: Sarah Chase to Richard A. Williams, 22 May 1884, marriage license book B, page 424 - located in the District Court, Jackson County Courthouse, Holton KS > > Source: Fenton, Dan. Jackson (Calhoun) County, Kansas, Bride and Groom Index, Volume I (March 14, 1855 to December 31, 1884). 1989
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