c1900 Photographs of Nancy (Slack) Keeton (1820-1912); Son Cary Wilburn Keeton (1841-1926); his son Berimon Arthur Keeton (1871-1927) & other Family Members

3 photographs of the Keeton family of the Midwest and beyond.  Shown above, a 4-generation photograph, dated October 25, 1901, of:

• Nancy (Slack) Keeton (1820-1912), born August 12, 1820; widow of Berimon Keeton (1818-1896)
• Cary Wilburn Keeton (1841-1926), born January 10, 1841
• Miles Jameson Keeton (1864-1943), born November 11, 1864
• Earl Wesley Keeton (1896-1928), born October 29, 1896

Another photograph, perhaps a wedding photograph, dated May 23, 1894, depicts Bern Keeton and Effie Keeton.  Berimon Arthur Keeton (1871-1927) and Effie Sabina (Reiber) Keeton (1874-1964)

The third photograph appears to depict Berimon Arthur Keeton (1871-1927), and sons Laurence, Walter and Ernest, and either a daughter or wife Effie Sabina (Reiber) Keeton (1874-1964)

Nancy (Slack) Keeton (1820-1912) is buried in Missouri. Other family members are buried in Kansas and beyond.

If you have information on the Keeton family, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

1900 Photograph of Edward Kilburn Robinson (1883-1971), M.H.S. 1900; at Graduation from, presumably, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts

 

c1900 photograph of a young man identified on the reverse as "Ned K. Robinson, M.H.S., '00".  The photograph was taken at one of the Notman studios, which included Boston, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Poland, Maine at the Poland Spring House.

The young man was presumably Edward Kilburn Robinson (1883-1971), who was living at Melrose, Massachusetts, at the time the 1900 Census was enumerated, with his widowed mother and younger brother in the household of Walter C. Stevens.  "M.H.S.' may have stood for Melrose High School.

Edward was born 16 April 1883 at Littleton, New Hampshire, son of Benjamin F. Robinson, a druggist and printer, and Emily Adeline (Kilburn) Robinson, "Addie". Read more about Addie's family here; it mentions that she was a photographer and painter.

Edward graduated in the Class of 1904 at Dartmouth College and became a writer and editor at Ginn & Company. He and wife Hope (Dunlap) Robinson, a Kansas native, had at least one child, a daughter born in Belmont, Massachusetts, in 1913. All three are buried in the South Dartmouth Cemetery at Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

                                   

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1880s Autograph Album of William Chinn Polk (1860-1949), Mainly While in Mobeetie, Texas; with his Later Notes

Autograph album kept by William Chinn Polk (1860-1949), mainly while he was living at Mobeetie, Texas, where he apparently had a drug store at one time and may also have worked for noted cattle dealer Charles Rath, born Carl Gottfried Rath, whose wife Carrie inscribed a page in the album.

William may have been the Billy Polk mentioned in Chapter 21 of The Rath Trail, by Ida Ellen Rath.

The gem sized photograph stamp affixed to the inside front cover presumably shows William Chinn Polk himself.

William was the son and brother of noted architects Willis Webb Polk and Willis Jefferson Polk.  See an incredible sketch, shown farther below, that Willis Jefferson Polk made of the Josephine Hotel at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The album measures approximately 7" by 4", has detached covers and contains the sentiments of 30 of William's relatives and friends.  William added notes to several of the pages, including one 65 years later.

An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

William Chinn Polk was born in 1860 in Missouri, the son of architect Willis Webb Polk and his first wife Parthenia Frances (Dye) Polk, who died in 1866.  William had a sister, Sarah, who died young.  Willis Webb Polk then married Endemial Drane and had several more children, three of whom inscribed pages in William's album.

William's younger half brother, Willis Jefferson Polk, inscribed a page at Hots Springs Arkansas, on December 28, 1884, and included a incredible sketch of the Hotel Josephine.

William's younger half sisters Endie and Dasie, or Daisy, also inscribed pages.  Sadly, Endemial Polk, "Endie", died shortly after the era of the album, in 1890.

Sister Dasie, or Daisy (Polk) DeBuyer-Mimeure (1874-1963) went on to have a noted life, especially known for her relief efforts in France during and after World War I.  She received the Medaille de Reconnaissance and was made a Chevalier in the Order of the Legion of Honor.  William added a note 65 years after Dasie's 1884 inscription, to the point that Dasie had visited him at Weston, Missouri, in the Winter of 1949.

About 1891 in Weston, Missouri, after the era of this autograph album, William married Minnie Hillix.  I believe they had one child, a daughter, Ellen Rebecca Polk, who married George H. Calvert and died fairly young in 1934.  William worked as clerk and cashier at a bank in Weston, Missouri.

He died in 1949; Minnie had predeceased him in 1947.  They're buried in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery at Weston, Missouri.

James Dickerson of Mobeetie, Texas, pasted his photograph to a page inscribed by Retta A. Griffith of DeKalb, Missouri.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Surnames in the Album

	? - 2	H	Halley - 2	P	Patterson
A	Allen		Hull		Patton
	Anderson	J	Jones		Polk - 4
B	Boynton	K	Kimball	R	Rath
C	Cresswell		McKany - 2	W	Williams
C	Dickerson	N	Nations ?		Williamson
	Dye		Nesper
E	Egerton		Neville
G	Giddings		Newby
	Griffith

Inscribers in the Album

• Dell M. H.; inscribed on July 31, 1886
• R. D. Allen; inscribed at Mobeetie, Texas, inscribed on December 1, 1887.  Will's note: "My Clerk in my Drug Store at Mobeetie, Texas"
• Mrs. Francis Anderson of Mobeetie, Texas; inscribed on June 18, 1884
• Fannie Boynton; inscribed on October 29, 1883
• H. W. Cresswell; inscribed on May 2, 1883 in Wheeler County, Texas.  Will wrote: "Home in Canadia"
• James Dickerson of Mobeetie, Texas, who pasted on his gem stamp photograph; shared the page with Rella A. Griffith of DeKalb, Missouri
• Eva L. Dye; inscribed at Weston, Missouri; Will's cousin
• Janet Egerton; inscribed at Childress, Texas, on September 26, 1890
• Blanche Giddings; inscribed at Visalia on January 27, 1890
• Retta A. Griffith of DeKalb, Missouri; inscribed on June 29, 1883.  Shared the page with James Dickerson of Mobeetie, Texas, who pasted on his gem stamp photograph
• Anna Halley; inscribed on July 31, 1886.  She signed A. H.; Will wrote her full name.
• Fannie Halley; inscribed on July 31, 1886
• Emma Hull of "Hill Side"; inscribed on July 18, 1883
• Mrs. C. Jones; inscribed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 1889
• Mrs. Mattie Kimball; inscribed at Mobeetie, Texas, on January 4, 1883
• Mrs. L. G. McKamy; inscribed at Mobeetie, Texas, on March 22, 1884
• Willie McKamy
• Hannah ?, possibly Hannah Nations; inscribed at Mobeetie, Texas, on March 19, 1884
• Emmie E. Nesper, inscribed on 10.4.85; future wife of Carl Gottfried Rath, "Charles", of Dodge, Kansas.
• Jno. B. Neville; inscribed at Mobeetie, Texas, on December 9, 1888
• Cora Newby of Weston, Missouri; inscribed on July 20, 1883
• H. C. Patterson, V.D.M.; inscribed at Neosho, Missouri, on 11-12-89.  Inscribed the page to "My Dear Brother".  Was Rev. H. C. Patterson a brother-in-law or was he using an honorific?
• Alice B. Patton; inscribed on May 5, 1884
• Dasie Polk; inscribed at Hot Springs, Arkansas, on December 28, 1884.  Added note: Dasie visited me here in Weston this Winter 1949, 65 years later".  William's sister, with her stone spelling her name as Daisy De Buyer-Mimeure, a well known person in her own right.
• Endie Polk ["Polk" was written in a blue ink"], "Your Devoted Sister"; William's half sister Endemial Polk (1872-1890)
• William C. Polk, "Billie", "Willie", :"Will", album owner; includes a gem sized photo stamp on inside front cover of, presumably, William C. Polk, dated December 29, 1885.  He owned a drug store at Mobeetie, Texas about 1887.
• Willis J. Polk; inscribed at St. S. on December 28, 1884; he sketched an incredible drawing of the Hotel Josephine at Hot Springs, Arkansas.  William's brother, architect Willis Jefferson Polk.
• C. R. Rath of Dodge City, Kansas; presumably Caroline R. (Markley) Rath; then wife of Carl Gottfried Rath, "Charles", of Dodge City, Kansas.
• Newton Williams of Mobeetie, Texas, inscribed on February 6, 1882 [or 1884 or ?]
• M. P. Williamson of Mobeetie, Texas; inscribed on September 28, 1883

Memorial Card for Clarissa (Bull) Otis (1828-1908) of New York, Illinois and Kansas

Memorial card of Clarissa (Bull) Otis, wife of Leander Vanness Otis.  Nothing on reverse.

Clarissa was born April 2, 1828 in New York and died March 6, 1908 in Kansas.  Before moving to Decatur County, Kansas, the Otis family had lived for a while at Raritan, Illinois. 

Leander Vanness Otis died not long after his wife, on November 19, 1908.  They're buried in the Shibboleth Cemetery at Dresden, Kansas, along with some of their children.

I found Clarissa's maiden name in a listing of Decatur County, Kansas, marriage records, one of which  was for the marriage of one of her daughters, whose name was shown as "Unreadable", but was presumably  Mary Ida Otis, who married Joshua A. Amlin.  Note:  The record shows Joshua's surname as Aurlin, but his stone and other records show Amlin.

If you have more information on Clarissa (Bull) Otis or Leander Vanness Otis, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

1899-1905 Autograph Album with Inscriptions to Albert Gross, Sue & Gaston from Inscribers in Topeka, Kansas, and Buffalo, New York

1899-1905 autograph album that has inscriptions to three names: Albert Gross, Sue and Gaston; from inscribers at Buffalo, New York, and Topeka, Kansas.

One of the owners encased the album in a protective covering, shown below.

Hopefully, the inscriptions in the album and the few kinship clues will lead a reader to identifying Albert, Gaston and Sue.

The first end paper, in case these initials mean something to a reader.

Below, examples of pages inscribed to each:

Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick; inscribed to Albert Gross on October 27, 1905.  "M.W.G."

Lizabeth, cousin; inscribed at Topeka, Kansas, on July 9, 1903; inscribed to Gaston

Mary Gross; inscribed to Sue on December 1, 1900

The album measures approximately 6-1/2" by 4-1/4" and contains about 30 sentiments of relatives and friends, some of which may be from the same person.  An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

Albert Gross, Sue and/or Gaston may have been involved with the Star Theatre, presumably the one at Buffalo, New York, as the image below appears to have been a work schedule.

If you can piece together the clues in this album, from the images above and from the list of inscribers below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Surnames in the Album

?  [24}
Altman
Chadwick
Gross  [2]
Layton
Ryan
Tutton
Whelan
Wight

Inscribers in the Album

• Gustave, one of the people to whom an inscription was directed
• Sue, one of the people to whom inscriptions were directed
• Mame
• Agnes M.; mentioned on a page with the Monday October 16-26 schedule at the Star Theatre, presumably at Buffalo, New York
• Sheas; mentioned on a page with the Monday October 16-26 schedule at the Star Theatre, presumably at Buffalo, New York
• Mildred K.; mentioned on a page with the Monday October 16-26 schedule at the Star Theatre, presumably at Buffalo, New York
• Irma M.; mentioned on a page with the Monday October 16-26 schedule at the Star Theatre, presumably at Buffalo, New York
• F. E. W.; mentioned on a page with the Monday October 16-26 schedule at the Star Theatre, presumably at Buffalo, New York
• Unsigned; inscribed to Albert; mentions Miss Amity
• Lizabeth, cousin; inscribed at Topeka, Kansas, on July 9, 1903; inscribed to Gaston
• Unsigned
• Maude; inscribed to Sue on January 5, 1900
• Irene; inscribed to her cousin at Topeka, Kansas, on 7/10-03
• Unsigned; mentions Miss Amity
• Lizabeth
• John, inscribed to cousin Albert at Topeka, Kansas, on 7-9-1903
• Inscribed on October 27, 1905; "M.C.L."
• Unsigned
• Cousin Liza
• Mama; copied some lines of Will S. Carleton
• Dollie, Albert's cousin; inscribed at Topeka, Kansas, on "7-11th 1903"
• Florence; inscribed to Al on October 26, 1905.  "F. E. W."
• Mannie; inscribed to Susan on June 26, 1903
• Unsigned
• Lizzie Altman; inscribed at Blairsville on September 26, 1899.  Possibly Blairsville, Pennsylvania
• Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick; inscribed to Albert Gross on October 27, 1905.  "M.W.G."
• Albert Gross, one of the people to whom inscriptions were directed, possibly Albert J. A. Gross
• Mary Gross; inscribed to Sue on December 1, 1900
• Mama; copied some lines of Will S. Carleton
• Mary Layton; inscribed to Sue on January 5, 1900
• Mary Ellen Ryan
• H. Gertrude Tutton; inscribed to Albert at Buffalo, New York, on August 6, 1901
• Josephine Whelan; inscribed on June 27, 1903
• Edna May Wight; inscribed at Buffalo, New York, on July 25, 1901

1880s-1907 Autograph Album of Elizabeth Streib or Strieb, "Lizzie", of Leona, Kansas; other Surname Variations: Striepe and Stripe

1880s autograph album that belonged to Elizabeth Streib or Strieb, "Lizzie", of Leona, Kansas, with one inscription added in 1907 by her son John Franklin Brant.

The Streib name appears in several variations, including Strieb, Striepe and Stripe.

The album measures approximately 6-1/4" by 3-3/4" and contains the sentiments of 28 of Lizzie's relatives and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

B	Billings	K	Katner	S	Schock [2]
	Bottiger		Kelso		Stapleton
	Brant [3]		Kimmel [4]		Strieb
C	Cole		Klingler		Striepe [2]
F	Fritzinger	M	Morley	W	Williams [2]
H	Harper	P	Pierce
	Hicks	R	Roth [2]
			Ruhl

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Elizabeth Strieb, Lizzie", was born in Indiana in 1862, the daughter of George and Katherine Elisabetha (Stadler) Streib.  Lizzie's sister Mary C. (Streip) Roth and her husband John C. Roth inscribed pages in Lizzie's album.  Mary's page:

Lizzie's brother, who spelled his name as Jacob Striepe, and his wife Hannah Savilla (Maurer) Striepe inscribed pages.  Jacob's page:

On March 9, 1886 at Highland, Kansas, Lizzie, recorded as Elizabeth Stripe, married Walter Robert Brant.  Walter inscribed a page in Lizzie's album in 1885.  Walter's sister Addie and her future husband Frederick L. Pierce also inscribed pages.  Walter's page:

Lizzie and Walter had, I believe, four children, one of whom died young and one of whom, John Franklin Brant, inscribed a page in his mother's album in 1907, when it apparently came to light years later.

Walter died in 1898 and Lizzie in 1925.  They're buried with their young son George in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Leona, Kansas.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Sources:
Kansas County Marriages, 1840-1935 - Lizzie's marriage
U.S. Federal Censuses
FindaGrave.com

Inscribers in the Album

• Jennie Billings of Leona, Kansas; inscribed on March 28, 1888
• Davis F. Bottiger
• Addie Brant of Highland, Kansas, inscribed on May 3, 1886.  Her future husband, Frederick L. Pierce, whom she married in 1893, also inscribed a page in the album.  Adeline (Brant) Pierce was a sister to Lizzie's husband Walter Robert Brant.
• Jno. F. Brant; inscribed on January 25, 1907.  Lizzie's son John Franklin Brant
• W. R. Brant of Highland, Kansas; inscribed on December 4, 1885.  Lizzie's future husband Walter Robert Brant, whom she married on March 9, 1886 at Highland, Kansas
• A. L. Cole; inscribed on September 26, 1884
• Mary Fritzinger; inscribed on September 26, 1884
• Thomas Harper; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 23, 1884
• Mrs. J. H. Hicks of Robinson, Kansas; inscribed on June 29, 1885
• Frances E. Katner of Doniphan, Kansas; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 16, 1884
• Mary Kelso; inscribed at Leona, Kansas
• Alice Kimmel; inscribed on March 27, 1884 at Leona, Kansas
• George Kimmel; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 27, 1884
• Jeremiah Kimmel of Leona, Kansas, inscribed on April 1, 1884
• Mary A. Kimmel; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 27, 1884
• Alice Klingler; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on October 13, 1884
• Mary Morley of Sterling, Kansas; inscribed on December 5, 1885
• Fred L. Pierce; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on February 19, 1893.  Lizzie's sister-in-law.  He was the husband of inscriber Adeline (Brant) Pierce, who was a sister to Lizzie's husband Walter Robert Brant, and who inscribed a page before their marriage.
• John C. Roth; Lizzie's brother-in-law, husband of inscriber Mary (Strieb or Stripe) Roth, a sister to album owner Lizzie
• Mary C. Roth; inscribed on February 21, 1884.  Lizzie's sister.  She was Mary C. (Strieb or Stripe) Roth, wife of inscriber John C. Roth.
• Jennie Ruhl; inscribed on February 3, 1884
• H. M. Schock; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 23, 1884.  Hester Mariah (Cherry) Schock, wife of inscriber Jacob W. Schock [or Schoch]
• J. W. Schock; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on March 23, 1884.  Jacob W. Schock [Schoch], husband of inscriber Hester Mariah (Cherry) Schock
• Irvin Stapleton; inscribed on March 27, 1884
• Lizzie Strieb of Leona, Kansas; album owner
• Hattie S. Striepe of Doniphan County, Kansas; inscribed on November 23, 1884.   Harriet Savilla (Maurer), wife of inscriber Jacob Striepe, who was a brother to album owner Lizzie
• Jacob Striepe; inscribed on October 28, 1884.  Brother of album owner Lizzie and husband of inscriber Hattie Savilla (Maurer) Striepe
• Ida F. Williams; inscribed on August 27, or 21, 1885
• Rev. C. E. Williams of Robinson, Kansas; inscribed at Leona, Kansas, on August 21, 1885

1880s Autograph Album of Nellie Christine Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; Many Inscriptions in Swedish

1880s autograph album that belonged to Nellie Christine Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; with many inscriptions written in Swedish.   Read more about Swedish immigration to Kansas here.

Inscriptions were penned by relatives, friends, schoolmates and teacher, most from McPherson County, Kansas, with one from Burlington, Iowa.

Nellie's name and residence appear on the first end paper.

The album measures approximately 6-1/4" by 3-3/4" and contains several pages of floral designs scattered throughout, plus the sentiments of 54 of Nellie's relatives, friends, schoolmates and teacher.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [4]	F	Feldt [2]	M	Matson [2]
A	Abramson	G	Grant [2]		Nelson [4]
	Almgren [3]		Gregory	N	Nord
	Aurell [3]	J	Johnson [3]	O	Oller
B	Berggren [2]		Johnston		Owen
	Bolin	K	Kant	P	Paulson
	Bowen [4]		Knutson	R	Ramstrom
	Burk [2]	L	Larson	S	Stromquist
C	Carlson [2]		Lincoln		Swanson [2]
	Chilstrom		Lindquist	W	Westblad
E	Engberg		Lundquist [2]

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Nellie Christine Grant was born in 1873 in Kansas, the daughter of Johann Peter Grant, who may have Americanized his surname, and Anna Sophia (Stromquist) Grant.  Nellie's brother Eben inscribed a page in her album.

On March 20, 1898 in McPherson County, Kansas, Nellie Christine Grant married Carl Gustav Karlsson Almen, who was born in Sweden in 1867 and emigrated to the United States about 1885.  Nellie and Carl made their home at McPherson, Kansas, where they ran a drug store, and had at least two children.  They may have had more children who didn't survive childhood, as there are several graves in the McPherson Cemetery of Almen children who were born and died during the relevant time frame.

Nellie died in 1939 and Carl in 1943.  They're buried in the McPherson Cemetery at McPherson, Kansas, with other people with the surname Almen.  There are many people with the surname Grant buried in this cemetery as well.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Below, a two-page sentiment by John Westblad, who inscribed his page in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884.

Below, the page inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on November 16, 1885 by J. C. Owen, Nellie's teacher.  He was presumably Joseph C. Owen.

Inscribers in the Album

• Paulus; sentiment in Swedish
• C. S. S?; possibly Suennan.  Sentiment in Swedish
• Hannah A.
• C. O. S.; inscribed in Swedish at McPherson, Kansas, on August 15, 1887
• Oscar Abramson; sentiment in Swedish
• Ellen Almgren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on June 22, 1885
• F. O. Almgren; presumably Frank O. Almgren, who died in 1888
• Emma S. Almgren; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on June 22, 1885
• Mary Aurell; inscribed on March 27, 1887
• Emma Aurell; Nellie's schoolmate
• David Aurell; Nellie's schoolmate
• Amanda Berggren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on April 29, 1884.  Nellie's schoolmate
• Jennie C. Berggren; inscribed in McPherson County, Kansas, on April 28, 1884.  Nellie's schoolmate
• Hilma Bolin; not sure of surname; inscribed in Swedish at McPherson, Kansas, on August 6, 1887.
• Walter Bowen, of, or inscribed at, Burlington, Iowa, on August 21, 1884
• O. S. Bowen; inscribed on August 26, 1884
• C. M. Bowen
• Boad William Bowen.  Could Boad be a nickname for Bowen?
• Emma E. Burk; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on April 30, 1888
• Amanda Burk; inscribed in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on 5-12-1888
• Carl J. Carlson; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas on April 29, 1884
• P. A. Carlson; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884
• Jennie Chilstrom; Nellie's schoolmate
• Jennie Engberg; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on March 26, 1884
• Emma Feldt; sentiment in Swedish, inscribed on June 2, 1888.  Presumably Emma M. Feldt
• Carl E. Feldt; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on May 31, 1888
• Nellie Grant of New Gottland, Kansas; album owner Nellie Christine Grant
• Eben; Nellie's brother.  Carl Eben Grant
• C. S. Gregory; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on September 2, 1888
• Sophy Johnson; sentiment in Swedish
• G. Johnson
• Christina Johnson
• Charles E. Johnston; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on December 27, 1884
• J. W. Kant; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on January 27, 1887.  Perhaps John W. Kant
• Mrs. Knutson
• Julia Larson
• Ella Lincoln; inscribed on May 1, 1884
• Emely Lindquist
• Emma Lundquist;inscribed on December 4, 1887
• Lydia Lundquist; inscribed on March 17, 1885
• N. William Matson
• Mary O. Matson; Nellie's schoolmate
• Jna Nelson; not sure of given name; inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 28, 1884
• Augusta Nelson
• Oscar Nelson; inscribed on January 26, 1887
• Charls Nelson; possibly Charles Nelson
• Christina M Nord; not sure of surname.  Nellie's schoolmate
• John H. Oller; inscribed on May 25, 1884
• J. C. Owen; inscribed at McPherson, Kansas, on November 16, 1885.  Nellie's teacher, presumably Joseph C. Owen
• Mary L. Paulson; inscribed at Allamead, possibly Alameda, Kansas; inscribed on September 2, 1886
• A. Ramstrom; sentiment inscribed in Swedish at New Gottland, Kansas, on May 7, 1885
• Agnes Edith Stromquist; left page of a sentiment in Swedish inscribed over two facing pages.
• Alma Swanson
• Christine Swanson; inscribed on February 11, 1886
• John Westblad; left page of a sentiment over two facing pages, written in Swedish and inscribed at New Gottland, Kansas, on April 29, 1884

1888-1918 Autograph Album of Mary A. Walters of Hiawatha, Kansas; Before & After Marriage to Willis E. Justice

1888-1918 autograph album that belonged to Mary A. Walters of Hiawatha, Kansas, with inscriptions in the early 1900s and 1918 from Mary's son Harold Dwight Justice.

The album, which measures approximately 6" by 3-1/2", is missing its covers and perhaps some pages from the front and back.  It contains the sentiments of about 20 of Mary's relatives and friends.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.

Surnames in the Album

	? [3]	J	Justice [2]	S	Schrader
D	Danner	M	Morgan	T	Thomas
E	Elliott	P	Picton [2]	W	Walters [5]
	Evans		Prewitt		Welch
F	Fisher	R	Richards
G	Griffiths ?		Richardson

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Mary A. Walters was born about September 1876, the daughter of Morgan Walters and Hannah Anne (Morgan) Walters.  Mary had, I believe, four siblings, all of whom inscribed pages in her album.

John Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 28, 1888.  Mary's brother

Sarah J. Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on November 25, 1888.  Mary's sister

 David Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas.  Mary's brother David

Emma L. Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on January 28, 1897.  Mary's sister.

Other inscribers who expressed a kinship relationship:

• Uncle David; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, in Brown County, on March 29, 1888
• Evan Evans; inscribed on January 20, 1889.  Mary's cousin
• Lazarus Morgan; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 29, 1888.  Mary's cousin

Tucked in the album, the funeral notice of Mrs. Effie Elliott, who died in December 1945 and was buried in the Hiawatha Cemetery at Hiawatha, Kansas.  Presumably Effie (Scull) Elliott.

On January 4, 1905 in Brown County, Kansas, Mary Ann Walters married Willis Earl Justice of Ohio.  They lived in Brown County, Kansas, and had at least two children, one of whom, Harold Dwight Justice, inscribed two pages in his mother's album.  

Mary, who died in 1960, and Willis, who died in 1974, are buried in the Hiawatha Cemetery at Hiawatha, Kansas.  Their Find-a-Grave memorials feature a photograph of each.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, or information on any of the inscribers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Inscribers - or mentioned - in the Album

• Uncle David; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, in Brown County, on March 29, 1888
• E. H.; inscribed on  March 29, 1888
• Jane; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 28, 1888
• Ermina Danner; inscribed at Amsterdam, Missouri, on March 26, 1898.  Mary's schoolmate
• Mrs. Effie Elliott, who died in December, 1945.  Funeral notice.  Interment in Hiawatha Cemetery.  Presumably Effie (Scull) Elliott.
• Evan Evans; inscribed on January 20, 1889.  Mary's cousin
• E. Fisher; inscribed at Hamlin, Kansas, on June 16, 1889
•  Griffiths or Griffith; inscribed on Sunday, June 3, 1888.  Possibly O. Griffiths or Griffith
• Harold; page written in childlike scrawl.  Harold Dwight Justice, Mary's son with husband Willis Earl Justice.  Harold was born in 1907, so this page was inscribed several years after that year.
• Harold Justice; inscribed on April 22, 1918 at age 11.  He was Harold Dwight Justice, Mary's son with husband Willis Earl Justice
• Lazarus Morgan; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 29, 1888.  Mary's cousin
• Frances Picton; inscribed on March 29, 1888
• Sarah Picton; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 29, 1888
• Eva Prewitt; inscribed on March 28, 1888
• Mary A. Richards; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on November 25, 1888
• Fannie Richardson; inscribed at Dawn, Missouri, on 12-3-88
• Clara Schrader; inscribed on June 13, 1889
• Maggie Thomas; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on February 14, 1898
• Mary Ann Walters of Hiawatha, Kansas; album owner
• John Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on March 28, 1888.  Mary's brother
• Sarah J. Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on November 25, 1888.  Mary's sister.
• David Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas.  Mary's brother David
• Emma L. Walters; inscribed at Hiawatha, Kansas, on January 28, 1897.  Mary's sister.
• Fannie Welch; inscribed on Sunday, May 20, 1888.  Written on the page upside down.