Stewart-Lockwood family, Leavenworth and Baldwin, Kansas

  1. Stewart-Lockwood family, Leavenworth and Baldwin, Kansas
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THOMAS STEWART,fl. 1859-ca. 1900 He came to Kansas about 1859 with his wife Mary Jan, Miller Stewart, purchased land and began farming near Millwood in Leavenworth County. He worked for a time as a Douglas County official, probably as a tax assessor. His letters were addressed to "Thomas Stewart" and he went by that name. AMANDA STEWART,fl. 1853-1896 Amanda was a sister of Thomas Stewart. She never married. Amanda was a school teacher for a time and resided in Millwood, Kansas, during much of her adult life. She received letters as early as 1853 and as late as 1896. Much of her correspondence was to or from relatives in Ohio during the 1860's 1870's and 1880's. Her letters were addressed to her, and she commonly went by the name. "Amanda Stewart," or "Amanda M. Stewart." MARIE ANNE STEWART WEBB,? - d. 1909 Thomas Stewart's sister, Marie Anne, married James C. Webb of Leavenworth, Kansas. They had no children and James died sometime prior to 1909. After her husband's death, Marie moved to live in Baldwin. She died December 25, 1909, leaving her property to her nieces Olive Maude Stewart, Eliza May Stewart Torrey, Mary Jane Stewart, and Nora Dormer Stewart Lockwood, and to her nephews James R. and William E. Laughmiller. She usually signed her letters "Maria A.," and "M.A. Webb," or "Maria A. Webb." MRS. JOHN A. LAUGHMILLER Thomas Stewart's third sister, whose name was not discovered in the correspondence, married John A. Laughmiller. They had several children, all but two of whom -- James R. and William E. -- died before 1875. In 1875, the Laughmillers permanently moved to Oregon. MARY JANE MILLER STEWART,fl. 1859-ca. 1900 Mary Jane was the wife of Thomas Stewart. Her parents were John and Rachel Miller. Her mother was born in 1806 and died May 11, 1885. She came from Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1859 with her husband, Thomas. There were four daughters born from this marriage: Mary Jane, Olive Maude, Eliza May, and Nora Turner. She received letters and went by the names "Mrs. Mary Jane Stewart," "Mrs. Thomas Stewart," "Ma," and "Mother." She died about 1900. Mary Jane had at least three sisters that could be determined. One, Helen Miller, married Oscar Hardgrove and lived in Bangs, Ohio. They had one known daughter, Emma. Helen was known to the family as "Nellie," or "Aunt Nellie," as well as "Helen Hardgrove." Another of Mary Jane's sisters was Lydia S. Miller, who married Jake King. They had four children: C.5., William (who received letters as early as 1879), Harrison (who received letters as early as 1883), and Audits. They lived in Leon, Kansas, where Jake was in the "general merchandise" business. Lydia went by the name "Lydia S. King," "L. S.K.," or "Aunt Lydia" in her letters. The third sister of Mary Jane married a man named Butts, who for a time was a business associate of Jake King's in Leon before moving his family back to Ohio. Her name has not yet been established. They had three children: Ida (she later married and became Ida Lybarger), J.H. and Mary Francis Helen. MARY JANE STEWART,1854-1931 Mary Jane was the eldest of the four Stewart daughters. She did not appear to be as close a member of the family circle as her three sisters. She never married. Mary Jane taught school in Kansas for some years and her teaching certificates for the Atchison schools in the later 1880's are in this collection. Mary Jane died May 11, 1931, and is buried in Sutton Cemetery. Mary Jane Stewart was always "Miss. Mary Jane Stewart," while her mother was always "Mrs. Mary Jane Stewart." OLIVE MAUDE STEWART,ca. 1872-April 1949 Olive Maude, like her elder sister, never married. She pursued an active career in teaching. Born about 1872, in Millwood, Kansas, she received her A.B. from Baker University, Baldwin City, in 1894. The Baker University Alumni Record of 1917 lists the following positions which she held from 1894 to 1918 (p. 98-99): "Teacher of Ancient and Modern Language, Central College, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1894-95; Teacher Rural Schools, Baldwin City, Kansas, 1895-99; Teacher of Greek and German, High School, Warrensburg, Missouri, 1899-1900; Teacher, Shorey, Kansas, 1900-01; Principal of Schools, Elsmore, Kansas, 1901-02; Mathematics Teacher, Maryville Seminary, Maryville, Missouri, 1902-03; English and German Teacher, Northwest Missouri College, Albany, Missouri, 1903-04; Principal of High School, and Teacher of English and German, Burlingame, Kansas, 1904-05; Principal of Schools, Elsmore, Kansas, 1905-07; Professor of Latin and German, Arkansas Conference College, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, 1907-10; Principal of Schools, Ortig, Colorado, 1910-11; Latin Teacher, High School, Osborne, Kansas, 1911-12; Graduate Student, Berlin University, Berlin, Germany, 1912; Graduate Student, University of Kansas, 1913; Latin and German Teacher, High School, Kinsley, Kansas, 1914-17." She earned her M.A. degree in German from the University of Kansas in 1923. When she retired, sometime before 1940, she went to live with her sister, Nora, and the rest of the Lockwood family in Baldwin. She died there in April of 1949. She received and wrote letters under several variations of her name: "Olive Maude Stewart," "O. Maude Stewart," "Olive M. Stewart," "O.M. Stewart," "Olive Stewart," "Maude Stewart," "O.M.S., "Aunt Maude," and "A.O.M.S." ELIZA MAY STEWART,fl. 1900 - ? Eliza May, another daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane Stewart, married Orville Torrey around 1910. As nearly as can be determined, Torrey was a widower with four children when he married Eliza May. His children were Effie R. (who married Emmet Brown in 1905), Calir D. (who married Grace Anderson in 1907), Albert E. (who died at Great Lakes Naval Hospital in 1918) and Wayne. Eliza May generally went by the name "E. may," or “May," she received letters addressed to "Eliza Stewart," "Eliza May Stewart," "Nay Stewart," "E. May Stewart," "Mrs. O.A. Torrey," "Mrs. May Torrey," "Mrs. E. Torrey," or "Mrs. E. May Torrey." NORA DOMER STEWART,1864-1942 Nora Dorner married Anson Ovid Lockwood on June 14, 1888, and was the mother of the seven Lockwood children who are so prominent in this collection. She was born March 31, 1864, in Millwood, Kansas, and died in October, 1942, in Baldwin City, Kansas. Nora signed her letters as "Nora," "Nora D.S. Lockwood," or "Mamma." She received letters addressed to "Nora Stewart," "Nora D. Stewart," "Mrs. Nora D.S. Lockwoods," "Mrs. N.D.S. Lockwood," "more Lockwood," or "Mrs. A.O. Lockwood." ANSON OVID LOCKWOOD,1855-1933 Anson was born in Denmark, Town, October 5, 1855. He grew up in Amity (now College Springs), Iowa, and in February 1876, moved to Riley County, Kansas, where he filed on a quarter section of land. He entered Baker University, Baldwin, in September 1882. Leaving Baker before he completed his degree, he taught school for three years; the Leavenworth City Directory of 1885 listed "A.O. Lockwood" as a "teacher" in that city. He married Nora Dormer Stewart, June 14, 1888, and then returned to Baker University. He finally earned his A.B. degree in 1891. Entering the Southern Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he preached for three years in Richmond, Kansas, before he went back to Baker to work on a Master's degree. He received the A.M. in 1894. Mount Union College conferred an A.M. degree on him in 1901 and a Ph.D. in 1902. The Baker University Alumni Record of 1917 lists the following pastorates which he held from 1894 to 1914 (p. 88-89): "Girard Circuit, 1893-94; Weir City, Kansas, 1894-95; Sundance, Wyoming, 1895-96; Leonardville, Kansas, 1900-02; Greenleaf, Kansas, 1902-03; Barnes, Kansas, 1903-05; Westmoreland, Kansas, 1905-07; Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 1907-09; Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma, 1909; Claremore, Oklahoma, 1909-10; Holdenville, Oklahoma, 1910; Evangelist, Baldwin City, Kansas, 1910-17." lie retired around 1917 .and remained with his family in Baldwin until his death on March 13, 1933. He commonly went by his middle name, "Ovid," while his letters were addressed to him as "A.O. Lockwood." MYRA AMANDA LOCKWOOD,1879 - ? Myra Amanda and Mary Eleanor were twins, born in Baldwin on August 17, 1889, to Nora and Anson Lockwood. Both attended Baker University from 1906 to 1911, receiving their A.B. degrees in June of 1911. Myra stayed on at Baker for another year to get an A.M. in English in 1912. She taught math and German in the Blytheville High School, in Arkansas, from 1912 to 1916. From 1916 to 1917 she taught math at Forest City, Iowa. Myra Amanda married Emmet Brown of El Dorado, Kansas, on August 24, 1921. She signed her letters "Myra," and received letters addressed to "Myra A. Lockwood," "Mrs. Emmet Brown," and "Myra Lockwood Brown." MARY ELEANOR LOCKWOOD,1889-ca. 1960 Mary, twin sister of Myra, taught English, Latin, and math in the Barnard High School, in Kansas, upon graduation from Baker in 1911. Tn 1912 she went to Morgantown, West Virginia, where she variously taught math, Latin, and French in the Morgantown High School until 1918. While she was there she took graduate courses in English and French at the University of West Virginia in 1914 and 1915-16. In 1918-19, she taught French in the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) High School. Mary worked as a French instructor at Oklahoma A & M College in Stillwater from .1919 to 1923. She received an M.A. degree there in 1923, with a major in Modern Languages and a minor in Education. From 1923 until 1933, Mary was head of the French Department at the College of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas. After a year of graduate work at the University of Kansas in 1933-34, she went to Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, where she headed the Department of French and German until 1941. In 19411 she began several years of welfare and employment service work, leaving in 1947 to a position--whether as a teacher or as an administrator has not been discerned--at Oakland City College in Oakland City, Indiana, for the 1947-48 academic year. She was dismissed at the end of the school year. The Register of Deeds of Douglas County, Kansas, does record that she sold some properties belonging to her in Baldwin in 1958 and 1961; .whether the last transaction was done at her death was not determined. Her letters are all addressed and signed "Mary Lockwood" or "Mary E. Lockwood." ALLEN THOMAS STEWART LOCKWOOD,1892 - ? Stewart, the oldest son of Anson and Nora Lockwood, was also a school teacher, beginning around 1916. On January 17, 1919, lie married Carrie Schelde, and they moved to Billings, Montana. They had two children: Phyllis, born in 1920, and dean, born about 1922. Stewart apparently worked as a professional entomologist for the Montana State Agriculture Department in the late 1920's. He held similar positions in South Dakota and lastly in California, where he settled permanently after about 1935. Allen Thomas Stewart Lockwood commonly went by the name "Stewart" and generally received mail addressed to him as "Stewart Lockwood." NORA MAY LOCKWOOD,1897 - ? Nora May was the fourth child of the Lockwood family, born on December 4, 1897. Little is known about her except that she suffered from ill health most of her life and lived in her parents' home in Baldwin until World War II. She never married. She was known commonly by the name, "Norma." RUTH ANNE LOCKWOOD,1899 - ? Ruth Anne was born on January 1, 1899. She graduated from Baldwin High School with her brother, Gerald, in 1917. She married Francis G. Yeoman on August 20, 1924. They settled on a farm near Rosalia, Kansas. Ruth Anne became executor of the family estate after the Lockwood parents and Olive Maude Stewart died. She sold the contents of the family home in Baldwin, which included this collection of letters, to Joseph Teeters. She always used her full name, "Ruth Anne," and signed her letters either "Ruth Anne," or "R.A.Y." She received mail under the names "Ruth Anne Lockwood," Ruth Anne Lockwood Yeoman," and "Mrs. Francis G. Yeoman." GERALD OVID LOCKWOOD,1910 - ? Gerald Ovid was born on February 24, 1910. He graduated from high school in 1917. Where he went to college was not determined but he was a Methodist minister by 1922. On March 17, 1922, he married Hattie May Allen. They had three children: Gerald Warren, Joanne, and Richard. Gerald Ovid's wife, Hattie, died sometime about 1945 and he remarried a woman named Lola in the summer of 1949. lie was known by his first name and always was addressed "Gerald Lockwood." ROY MACNEIL LOCKWOOD,1902 - ? Roy MacNeill was the last of the seven Lockwood children. He was born August 17, 1902. He suffered from ill health for most of his adult years. In the early 1920's he contracted undulant fever (now called brucellosis), which was compounded by chronic hypoglycemia. He did not get this treated until 1950, for no doctor could diagnose it till then. For almost thirty years he suffered recurrent fever, dizziness, and lacked even a modicum of physical stamina. He could never hold a job and was constantly dropping most tasks that he undertook. By age 48 he was, by his own admission, a failure with no prospects of personal success in sight. He never married. Roy MacNeil was known generally as "Neil;" he usually received mail addressed to him as "Neil Lockwood," but sometimes as “MacNeil Lockwood," or "R. MacNeil Lockwood."

From the guide to the Papers, 1852-1950, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)
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