Maple Hill Family Histories

I love genealogy, my own and that of others.   Since I also love history and have research and written about my hometown, Maple Hill, Kansas, I am also interested in the genealogy of the early families who settled there.

I have several of these family genealogies on-line now at www.ancestry.com

These are genealogies that anyone can look at, copy and use.   I am not one of those people who like to do the work and then keep it only for my use.   I know there are a lot of people who would enjoy the information and therefore, the family genealogy, photos and information I have found are all open for you and others friends to use.

Keep in mind that while there may be only one name in the title of the family history, there may be hundreds of names and family lines included in the genealogy because of the family marriages.   For instance, "The Warren Family" also includes the Adams, Stewart and many other early Maple Hill families because of family marriages.  The Jerrue Family also includes the Winklers and other early families in Maple Hill, because as a for instance, Emerald Jerrue married a Winkler.   So these files may be very interesting and include a much broader list of names than the one or two names in the family tree file listing.

Here is a list of the genealogies and family trees that I have online:

The Sage Family - This family migrated from England and settled in the Maple Hill
                                       and Dover areas.  
The Warren Family - The Warrens came from the East Coast in 1874 and settled
                                       along Mill Creek.  Members of the family married into the
                                       Adams and Stewart Families, which were also early settlers.
The Janes Family - Melancton W. Janes settled about three miles east of Maple Hill
                                       in the 1870s.   He was a wealthy land speculator from Ohio
                                       who built a huge mansion.   The house burned, but the
                                       cattle and horse barn still stands on the Johnnie Miller farm
                                       in Eastern Wabaunsee County.
The Dutton-Teeter-Fauerbach Family - Henry Fauerbach was one of the earliest
                                       settlers in what became Maple Hill Township.   He and his
                                       wife Charlotte had many children and their marriages
                                       touched most of the early families in Maple Hill. 
The Jerrue Family - You'll find interesting information about this family who settled
                                       west of Maple Hill in the 1870s on what is today the Imthurn
                                       Ranch.   Emerald Jerrue was quite a well-known opera star
                                       and sang in not only in Topeka and Kansas City but in
                                       Chicago.   She married into the Winkler Family, one of the
                                       earliest to settle along the south side of Mill Creek.  John
                                       Winkler was Maple Hill's first postmaster.
The Rufus A. King Family - Rufus A King was well-known because he murdered at
                                        least three people in the early 1900s, burying them in his
                                        livery stable and hanging at least one body in a gunny sack
                                        in a building at this home.   He was convicted and died in the
                                        Kansas State Penitentiary.

I'm working on other trees but have not yet completed them.   If you have questions about your family, don't hesitate to email me.   I may already have information about them and if not, I'll be happy to get on-line at Ancestry.com and look for them.

Here's the website address again:    www.ancestry.com      Once you're there, just put the family tree name provided above into the search window, and soon you'll be learning a lot about Maple Hill pioneers!

Happy Trails!!