Newspaper Articles Hiram Adsit Family
This page is devoted to all of the newspaper articles collected for the Hiram Adsit family. The family lived in Fairview Township, Butler County, Kansas. Because they lived on the border of Towanda Township, they were often included about news in Towanda. Prior to their move to Kansas in 1885, they lived in Crawford County, PA.
Adsit Articles below : Some of these are mundane but give you a feel of the small town community. Posted 2019-09-08
1890-07-30 - John Adsit in a horse race
1891-01-01 - Rachel and Fred get a marriage license
1893-06-09 - Rachel highest grade
1894-02-09 - Rachel and Juanita high marks
1895-05-28 - Rachel tied for the top
1895-05-29 - Rachel cited as one of the best
1895-05-29 - Rachel welcomes folks to graduation
1896-11-12 - Fred and Addie visit Hiram
1896-12-04 - Leona moves to a closer school
1897-01-12 - Hiram granted a constitutional exemption. No idea what that may be but notice the man above getting paid for wolf scalps !
1899-09-22 - Adsit family doing well
1900-04-06 - Hiram starts a fire
1900-05-11 - John Adsit declared insane
1900-05-11 - Same as above but different newspaper
1900-05-25 - Hiram has the mumps
1900-08-31 - Asits furnish a croquet set
1900-11-30 - Typhoid fever reappears
1902-03-13 - Hiram maybe selling out
1904-07-28 - Addie and Rachel visit Hiram
1904-12-23 - Hiram improving his property
1906-03-06 - Hirams are successful
1906-03-26 - Louise is married
1908-05-18 - Juanita to Colorado for the summer
1908-07-30 - Hiram sells a lot in Colorado
1908-11-04 - Hiram buys a farm. Probably Hiram Jr.
1909-08-27 - Hiram eats ice cream
1909-10-15 - Hiram has a sale
1910-09-09 - Hiram has a new buggy
1910-09-16 - Hiram's colt injured
1911-09-22 - Harry and Bert Heath sepnt the summer with Hiram
1913-06-06 - Hiram sells land to his son and son-in-law
1913-10-07 - Hiram junior sells land
1914-06-25 - Adsit relatives from Indiana visit
Those below posted 2019-02-23
1885-03-06 - Talks about the arrival of the Adsit family and the death of Mom
1890-06-07 - Hiram Adsit in Wichita
1895-11-29 - Rachel Adsit as school teacher
1900-04-06 - Prairie fire
1910-05-06 - Hiram selling land to son-in-law Fred Dickman. He is married to Hiram's daughter Addie
1910-07-12 - Hiram having his house remodeled
1910-09-16 - Hiram's horse injured in freak accident
1910-12-23 - Heath children visiting Hiram
1911-01-13 - Prairie fire
1911-01-19 - Sale at the Adsit farm
1911-03-31 - Hiram kicked by a mule
1912-06-05 - Visit at the Adsit place
1912-10-17 - Juanita Adsit married
1913-05-02 - WH Adsit and Lulu Parsley married
1915-12-22 - Hiram threshing corn
1916-04-21 - WH Adsit oil land
1916-05-17 - Hiram has a gasser
1916-07-13 - Hiram leases part of the farm for mineral exploration
1916-10-05 - Large prairie fire threatens Hiram's farm
1917-09-01 - Warning about trespassing
1918--03-14 - Lulu Adsit and making garments for refugees in WWI
1918-04-24 - Lulu in the Red Cross
1918-05-09 - Hiram Lawsuit
1918-10-15 - Adsit family story
1919-09-27 - Hiram Obituary
1921-01-14 - Son of WH Adsit dies
1922-05-12 - Probate notice for John Adsit
1922-08-18 - Perry Brandon dies. Husband of Juanita Adsit
Those below posted 2016:
1891-12-31 - John Adsit To Arkansas City Over Christmas
1899-12-31 - The Dickmans Visit Hiram Adsit for Christmas - The article says Deacons but this is Addie Adsit and Fred Dickman who married in 1890. The Adsit name was often mis-spelled Adzet
1892-06-23 - Hiram finds a wandering pony - This was an article from the Towanda Herald
Hiram Adsit Loses Hay in a fire
Oil Well on Hiram Adsit's Farm - Hiram leased his land to oil companies. It provided revenue to his heirs long after his death.
Hiram Adsit Finds a Pony - In 1892 Hiram found a wandering pony
Death of Grace Adsit - Story on the death of Grace Adsit in the Towanda Herald 1888. It reflected on the number of deaths to befall the family.
Oil Well Articles - Hiram leased land to oil and gas companies. Oil & natural gas has now been pumping on his land for decades and provided his beneficiaries with a steady income. These brief articles are all about the oil wells on his land.
Updated on 28 August 2019
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