Howard Co IN USGenWeb Project : Source Materials : Howard County Migration

Removed to Kansas: March 1878

On last Thursday about 70 persons left this city to find homes in Kansas. The party arrived at Hutchinson on Saturday, from whence they separated to various portions of the State.
Among those leaving Howard county we noticed:

John FRAZIER and family -- (1870 census info - 1880 Census: White, Kingman, Kansas page 202C)
Aaron BROOKS and family;
Mr. and Mrs. HAULEY;
J.B. EARLY
G. M. HORINE;
Henry C. MOULDER, wife and children;
Miss Sadie EDWARDS;
W. A. FISHER, and two children; (1870: Indiana, Howard, Harrison Twp - pg 371B)
Frank C. LEACH and family; L. W. LEACH;
J. M. LEEDS;
Lewis DEFENBAUGH (1870 census info - 1880 census info: Langdon, Reno, Kansas - pg 526B (divorced) )
Melvin MURPHY;
Peter METCALF; (1870: Indiana, Howard, Kokomo p347B)
A. G. HADDEN;
Georgie and Jennie GRIFFITH;
Lizzie DUNKIN;
Mary SENCE;
Owen JONES; Mary E. JONES;
Edward STRATTAN;
Charles and Amaziah BEESON. (1870: Indiana, Howard, New London - pg 470B [Charles] )

-- Source: The Kokomo Weekly Dispatch 7 Mar 1878 Page 6, column 3