Learnard, Mary S., b. 1842 .
Mary S. Learnard was born in Massachusetts in January 1842 to Shalor Winchell and Mary R. (Norton) Eldridge. Her father, a railroad contractor, relocated to Kansas City in 1854, where he bought the American House, operated as a free state hotel. In 1856, he began operating the Free State Hotel at Lawrence, which was twice burned by pro-slavery factions and rebuilt by Eldridge. In 1862, Mary Eldridge married Oscar Eugene Learnard, a member of the first territorial legislature of Kansas and one of the first state senators.
From the guide to the Mary S. Learnard collection, 1871-1875, 1938, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)
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| creatorOf | Mary S. Learnard collection, 1871-1875, 1938 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection | |
| creatorOf | Learnard, Mary S., b. 1842 . [Mary S. Learnard collection] | University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library |
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