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| (TAKEN FROM "BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF BARTON COUNTY, KANSAS" 1912.) Landed at Philadelphia May 8, 1856. Went from there to Rockland, Ontanogan County, Michigan, and from there to Russell County, Kansas on April 19, 1871. Arrived in Barton County July 1871. He located on the west line of Great Bend township, the land comprising the northwest quarter of section 18. He went back to MI June 2, 1872 and remained there until July 19, 1873. He located in Eureka township and until 1903 (1893?), the year of his retirement, was actively engaged in farming. Now lives (1912) in Great Bend at 1607 Williams St. 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." ----------------- 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 county. 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 after staying there two months the parents were induced to come to Barton county by the stories told of this section by John 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 nearness 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." ----------------- Address of John's family as of his baptism 12/25/1833 was Higher Menadew. ============ As stated in a land deed issued to Richard Williams in 1889 describing the John West Pascoe home place (Section 30 of Eureka Township, Barton Co., Kansas): Timber-Culture certificate No. 135 Application 597 "Lots numbered one and two and the East half of the Northwest quarter of section thirty in Township 18 South of Range 14 west of thee sixth principal meridian in Kansas containing one hundred and forty-nine acres and five hundredths of an acre." ======== Taken from Cutler's History of State of Kansas, Barton Co.: Great Bend Lodge, No. 15, A., F. & A. M., was organized under dispensation, June 19, 1873, the officers of the lodge being J. A. McClellan, W. M.; G. W. Nimocks, S. W.; J. L. Reynolds, J. W.; and E. V. Rugar, Sec. The lodge was chartered October 22, 1874, with ten members. The first officers under the charter were: G. W. Nimocks, W. M.; J. L. Reynolds, S. W.; J. W. Brown, J. W.; and E. V. Rugar, Sec. The membership of the lodge January 1, 1883 was 122, and the present officers are: G. W. Nimocks, W. M.; C. A. Patterson, S. W.; J. V. Pascoe, J. W. Clinton Golt, Sec. ------- DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION FOR CITIZENSHIP, ONTONAGON COUNTY, MICHIGAN PART OF THE COPPER MINING AREA SOUTH OF HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN 6 JUNE 1859 JOHN WEST PASCOE 7 JUNE 1859 WM PASCOE --------- Ontonagon History: In 1843 James K. Paul removed the Copper Boulder from its resting place and brought it to the mouth of the Ontonagon River. In a dispute over ownership he was paid $1365 for his efforts. He purchased a stock of whiskey and opened the Deadfall Saloon at the mouth of the river, thus founding the Village of Ontonagon. The Copper Boulder which weighed 3,702 pounds is now in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The word was out about the abundance of copper in the hills 12 miles south of the river mouth. As mining ventures begin in the copper hills the Village of Ontonagon, as the only outlet for the copper to market, boomed. Ontonagon was named the county seat for Ontonagon County, formed in 1848, which encompassed much of what is now Gogebic County. In the 1850's, at the height of the copper boom, the Village of Ontonagon reached a population of 6,000. The Minesota mine which operated near Rockland 1846-1865 paid out millions of dollars in dividends. By the 1880's the copper boom had gone bust. Ontonagon County would again find prosperity in one of its natural resources, the vast stands of giant white pine. Over the next two decades millions of board feet of lumber were cut and shipped to markets in the big cities to the south. With the logging came the development of the South end of the county. Ewen became a large boom town rivaling Ontonagon for the county seat. One can still see some stands of White Pine and virgin hardwoods hiking in the Porcupine Mountain State Park. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1860 Ontanogan Co., Michigan Census, Rockland Twp., p22 lines 32-37, house147, family 147. Post Office: Minesota Mine: John W. Pascoe 30 m Miner England Grace 31 f do Emeline I. 9 f do Rebecca 6 f do Simon Hore 29 m Miner do Thomas May(?) 31 m Miner do 1870 Marquette Co., Ishpeming Twp., Michigan Census, p.345b: LN HN FN AGE 1 304 323 Pascoe, John 38 Miner England miner 2 304 323 Pascoe, Grace 38 At Home England can't read or write 3 304 323 Pascoe, Rebecca 15 Home England 4 304 323 Pascoe, Paul 8 Michigan 5 304 323 Pascoe, Elizabeth 7 Michigan 6 304 323 Pascoe, Martha 5 Michigan 7 304 323 Pascoe, Marria 3 Michigan 8 304 323 Pascoe, Bessy 4/12 Michigan born in May P. 334a 26 148 159 Pascoe, Jane 35 Home England 27 148 159 Pascoe, Francis 11 At School Pennsylvania 28 148 159 Pascoe, Coraline 9 Penn. 29 148 159 Pascoe, Bessy 5 Michigan 30 148 159 Pascoe, Peter 4 Michigan 31 148 159 Pascoe, Janey 2 Michigan First Census of Barton Co, KS 1872: John W. Pascoe, 38, sec. 18, nw. qr 19-13 Grace Pascoe Rebekah Pascoe, 18 Paul J. Pascoe, 11 Libby Pascoe, 9 Worth J. Pascoe, 5 Maria L. Pascoe, 3 Clara Pascoe, 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Watts listed in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, Homestead Twp., Section 32, Township 18 South, Range 13 West: WATTS Richard E. 1908-1967 Martha 1905-1971 Listed as buried in Great Bend Cemetery, Section R: WATTS Mabel 1877-1949 mother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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