Paul James Pascoe 1882
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| He and parents moved from Marquette, MI to Barton County, Kansas in 1871. TAKEN FROM "BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS" 1912:1 (includes photo of home farm) "Paul James Pascoe was born in Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, July 29, 1861. He is a son of J. W. Pascoe, and was one of the first English speaking boys in Barton County. His father whose biography is found in another part of this book came to Kansas in the spring of 1871 and first located in Russell County where he remained a short time and then returned to Michigan. He stayed there for a year and returned to Kansas and since that time has been one of the best known farmers of Barton County. Paul James Pascoe has been farming for himself for the past twenty-two years and owns the west half of section 30, Eureka township. He was married in June, 1885, to Miss Mary Anne White and they are the parents of six children as follows: John Thomas, 25 years of age; Richard West, 24 years; Myrel Grace, 22 years; Paul James, Jr., 17 years; May, 10 years and Lillian, 6 years. All the children are at home with the exception of Myrel Grace who is now Mrs. Phillip Dyer of this county. Mr. Pascoe has one of the best improved and most attractive country homes to be found in that township. The residence has 8 rooms in addition to the bath roo, closets, pantries, etc., while the barn is 32 by 40 feet with a lean-to 16 by 40. The other outbuildings are well built and show that Mr. Pascoe is an enterprising farmer. The home place is surrounded by fine shade trees and a small orchard adds to the general appearance. Mr. Pascoe has been a member of the school board for a number of years and always takes a great interest in affairs that concern the welfare of the community in which he lives. The Pascoe family is one of those whose members have had so much to do with the development of the county and the subject of this sketch can recall the times when the buffaloes were disputing the territory that is now Barton County. He is familiar with the early day history which he had no small part in making. The home place was located by his father in 1873 and is located on the north side of Walnut creek." Taken from THE GREAT BEND DAILY TRIBUNE, JULY 12, 1922: PAUL PASCOE HERE IN '71 "Has Distinction of Being First English Boy in This Community Paul Pascoe, Sr., was a lad of ten years of age when he came to Barton county with his parents who moved from Marquette, Michigan. His recollections of early days are vivid and he tells many interesting stories of his early days here. His father, John W. Pascoe, was one of the first Englishmen to settle in this conty. He came from Cornwall, England, and located first in the mining country of Michigan where Paul and the other members of the family were born. Paul remembers the hopes the families of that section had in regard to getting farms in Kansas and they first came to Russell, Kansas, over the Kansas Pacific railroad and aftger staying there two months the parents were induced to come to Barton county by the stories told of this section by ohn Hubbard, Lou Reynolds and other early day settlers. E. J. Dodge and A. C. Moses had just made a trip to this county and reported the land as being exceptionally good so after a two months stay in Russell they came here in June 1871. Their first night in a house after leaving Russell was in the A. C. Moses house which had just been built north of Great Bend and the Moses family had not arrived. The Pascoes first settled on what is now known as the old Stullken place and spent that summer here but in the spring of 1872 the elder Pascoe decided to sell out and did so and they returned to Michigan where he undertook contract work in iron ore, but the next year they returned to Barton county again, and located on section 30 in Eureka township, the place Paul Pascoe Jr. now lives on. Paul Sr. herded cattle the first few years and though there were several German boys in the community, bore the distinction of being the first English boy here. Antone Gruber was one of his playmates. While his father hunted and killed buffalo, Paul Jr. was considered too small for that sport and he never killed a buffalo though he came near doing so in 1873. He saw a lone buffalo grazing down the creek and going to the house took a large revolver which belonged to a brother of the late Richard Taylor and started stalking the beast. When he got near it, however, he concluded the revolver might not carry a large enough load and he let the buffalo wend its way unaware of its nearnes to death. The family had its hardships all right. They burned out in 1873 losing their barn, harness, and practically everything but the family team and wagon. Then the grasshoppers came in 1874 and finished things. Paul remembers they had 40 acres of nice corn which was tasseling the day the hoppers came and ten minutes after they came the corn was gone, stalks and all. The house was pitted with scars of the hungry visitors and the children were home alone, the parents having driven to town that day. They didn't know what to make of such a country. But they had no intention of leaving and stayed. Later when Paul reached manhood and went through the hard times of the '90s with his little family, he appreciated more what his parents had to contend with. There were six children in the family when they came here, all girls but one, the subject of this sketch. They were Mrs. Rebekah (Wm.) Thomas of Osage county, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Ed) Harper, this city, Mrs. Martha Jane (Will) White, Great Bend, Mrs. Martha Louisa (Sam) White (deceased) and Clare, who died in childhood. Paul Sr. in 1885 married Miss Ella White of this county and they are the parents of six children, John, Richard, Paul Jr., and Mrs. Grace Dyer, who all have homes of their own, and May and Lillian at home." | ||||||||||||||||
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| Lived in Eureka township at time of father's death.5 Eastern Star. | ||||||||||||||||
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