Henry's full German name is Heinrich Friedrich Heisten Ahlborn in the Kensington Lutheran Church records.
Henry and Margaret had 9 children: Henry, Ida, Adaline, Emilia, Margaret, Lewis, John & Lucy E. Ahlborn, lived to adulthood. Son Eddie died in Dec. 1878. He was 10 and was buried by his mother in Fairview cemetery.
Henry's obit lists he was buried in Custer cemetery where other family members are buried. But the Ahlborn upright marble stone and 5 smaller square markers with names and dates are not in 3C9, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS.
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Henry Ahlborn, Sr., Dead
Henry Ahlborn, the oldest son of Henry and Wilhelmina Bellert Ahlborn, was born January 13, 1820 in Lenglorn, Hanover, Germany, and died November 9, 1903, at the age of 83 years, nine months and 26 days, in Kensington, Kansas, in the home of his son, Louis.
He sickened about five weeks ago and for the last two weeks was confined to his bed. He suffered scarcely any pain but gradually grew weaker till he gently fell into that sleep from which "None ever wake to weep."
Mr. Ahlborn landed in the spring of 1847 in New York City. In the following year he was married to Margaret Buren, a native of Switzerland. Soon after the marriage the couple to Ohio, where the husband in various towns carried on his trade as tailor.
Nine children were born to them, all of whom, save the youngest, are living. The surviving children are Henry Ahlborn of Smith Centre; Mrs. LeRoy T. Weeks of Winfield, Kansas; Misses Ada and Emilia Ahlborn of Kansas City; Mrs. Olivia M. Day of Washington County, this state; Louis C. Ahlborn of Kensington, Kansas; John C. Ahlborn of Idaho and Mrs. P.C. Weeks of Kansas City, Missouri.
In the year 1873 Mr. Ahlborn moved with his family from Millersbury, Ohio, to Smith county in order to found a new home. This was established on Oak creek and continued there till the death of the devoted wife and mother which took place in 1878. Since this sore bereavement the father lived much of the time with his children, chiefly with his son, Louis.
Henry F. Ahlborn was a man of lofty spirit. This manifested itself in many ways, notably in his rare love of nature, in his appreciation of music and in his deep enjoyment of the great poets of his native land. He illustrates in his simple life, that a mechanic, though without the culture of the higher institutions of learning, still is not excluded from the great realms of nature and art, but is free to enter these for his inner enrichment and delight.
He became as speedily as he could a citizen of the United States and truly desired the best interests of his adopted country, but he never forgot his old home and it is probable that in his deepest feeling he was rather a German than an American. He was brought up in the Lutheran church and always retained the faith deeply implanted in him in his early youth.
The funeral services were held at the home of L. C. Ahlborn on Monday, the 9th, at 3 p.m. in charge the Rev. John Gemaelich. The burial was at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Custer cemetery, where other members of the family are buried.
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, November 12, 1903, Page 1
The Smith County Messenger (Smith Center, KS) Thurs., Nov. 12, 1903, Page 1
Henry and Margaret had 9 children: Henry, Ida, Adaline, Emilia, Margaret, Lewis, John & Lucy E. Ahlborn, lived to adulthood. Son Eddie died in Dec. 1878. He was 10 and was buried by his mother in Fairview cemetery.
Henry's obit lists he was buried in Custer cemetery where other family members are buried. But the Ahlborn upright marble stone and 5 smaller square markers with names and dates are not in 3C9, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS.
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Henry Ahlborn, Sr., Dead
Henry Ahlborn, the oldest son of Henry and Wilhelmina Bellert Ahlborn, was born January 13, 1820 in Lenglorn, Hanover, Germany, and died November 9, 1903, at the age of 83 years, nine months and 26 days, in Kensington, Kansas, in the home of his son, Louis.
He sickened about five weeks ago and for the last two weeks was confined to his bed. He suffered scarcely any pain but gradually grew weaker till he gently fell into that sleep from which "None ever wake to weep."
Mr. Ahlborn landed in the spring of 1847 in New York City. In the following year he was married to Margaret Buren, a native of Switzerland. Soon after the marriage the couple to Ohio, where the husband in various towns carried on his trade as tailor.
Nine children were born to them, all of whom, save the youngest, are living. The surviving children are Henry Ahlborn of Smith Centre; Mrs. LeRoy T. Weeks of Winfield, Kansas; Misses Ada and Emilia Ahlborn of Kansas City; Mrs. Olivia M. Day of Washington County, this state; Louis C. Ahlborn of Kensington, Kansas; John C. Ahlborn of Idaho and Mrs. P.C. Weeks of Kansas City, Missouri.
In the year 1873 Mr. Ahlborn moved with his family from Millersbury, Ohio, to Smith county in order to found a new home. This was established on Oak creek and continued there till the death of the devoted wife and mother which took place in 1878. Since this sore bereavement the father lived much of the time with his children, chiefly with his son, Louis.
Henry F. Ahlborn was a man of lofty spirit. This manifested itself in many ways, notably in his rare love of nature, in his appreciation of music and in his deep enjoyment of the great poets of his native land. He illustrates in his simple life, that a mechanic, though without the culture of the higher institutions of learning, still is not excluded from the great realms of nature and art, but is free to enter these for his inner enrichment and delight.
He became as speedily as he could a citizen of the United States and truly desired the best interests of his adopted country, but he never forgot his old home and it is probable that in his deepest feeling he was rather a German than an American. He was brought up in the Lutheran church and always retained the faith deeply implanted in him in his early youth.
The funeral services were held at the home of L. C. Ahlborn on Monday, the 9th, at 3 p.m. in charge the Rev. John Gemaelich. The burial was at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Custer cemetery, where other members of the family are buried.
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, November 12, 1903, Page 1
The Smith County Messenger (Smith Center, KS) Thurs., Nov. 12, 1903, Page 1
Henry's full German name is Heinrich Friedrich Heisten Ahlborn in the Kensington Lutheran Church records.
Henry and Margaret had 9 children: Henry, Ida, Adaline, Emilia, Margaret, Lewis, John & Lucy E. Ahlborn, lived to adulthood. Son Eddie died in Dec. 1878. He was 10 and was buried by his mother in Fairview cemetery.
Henry's obit lists he was buried in Custer cemetery where other family members are buried. But the Ahlborn upright marble stone and 5 smaller square markers with names and dates are not in 3C9, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS.
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Henry Ahlborn, Sr., Dead
Henry Ahlborn, the oldest son of Henry and Wilhelmina Bellert Ahlborn, was born January 13, 1820 in Lenglorn, Hanover, Germany, and died November 9, 1903, at the age of 83 years, nine months and 26 days, in Kensington, Kansas, in the home of his son, Louis.
He sickened about five weeks ago and for the last two weeks was confined to his bed. He suffered scarcely any pain but gradually grew weaker till he gently fell into that sleep from which "None ever wake to weep."
Mr. Ahlborn landed in the spring of 1847 in New York City. In the following year he was married to Margaret Buren, a native of Switzerland. Soon after the marriage the couple to Ohio, where the husband in various towns carried on his trade as tailor.
Nine children were born to them, all of whom, save the youngest, are living. The surviving children are Henry Ahlborn of Smith Centre; Mrs. LeRoy T. Weeks of Winfield, Kansas; Misses Ada and Emilia Ahlborn of Kansas City; Mrs. Olivia M. Day of Washington County, this state; Louis C. Ahlborn of Kensington, Kansas; John C. Ahlborn of Idaho and Mrs. P.C. Weeks of Kansas City, Missouri.
In the year 1873 Mr. Ahlborn moved with his family from Millersbury, Ohio, to Smith county in order to found a new home. This was established on Oak creek and continued there till the death of the devoted wife and mother which took place in 1878. Since this sore bereavement the father lived much of the time with his children, chiefly with his son, Louis.
Henry F. Ahlborn was a man of lofty spirit. This manifested itself in many ways, notably in his rare love of nature, in his appreciation of music and in his deep enjoyment of the great poets of his native land. He illustrates in his simple life, that a mechanic, though without the culture of the higher institutions of learning, still is not excluded from the great realms of nature and art, but is free to enter these for his inner enrichment and delight.
He became as speedily as he could a citizen of the United States and truly desired the best interests of his adopted country, but he never forgot his old home and it is probable that in his deepest feeling he was rather a German than an American. He was brought up in the Lutheran church and always retained the faith deeply implanted in him in his early youth.
The funeral services were held at the home of L. C. Ahlborn on Monday, the 9th, at 3 p.m. in charge the Rev. John Gemaelich. The burial was at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Custer cemetery, where other members of the family are buried.
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, November 12, 1903, Page 1
The Smith County Messenger (Smith Center, KS) Thurs., Nov. 12, 1903, Page 1
Henry and Margaret had 9 children: Henry, Ida, Adaline, Emilia, Margaret, Lewis, John & Lucy E. Ahlborn, lived to adulthood. Son Eddie died in Dec. 1878. He was 10 and was buried by his mother in Fairview cemetery.
Henry's obit lists he was buried in Custer cemetery where other family members are buried. But the Ahlborn upright marble stone and 5 smaller square markers with names and dates are not in 3C9, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS.
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Henry Ahlborn, Sr., Dead
Henry Ahlborn, the oldest son of Henry and Wilhelmina Bellert Ahlborn, was born January 13, 1820 in Lenglorn, Hanover, Germany, and died November 9, 1903, at the age of 83 years, nine months and 26 days, in Kensington, Kansas, in the home of his son, Louis.
He sickened about five weeks ago and for the last two weeks was confined to his bed. He suffered scarcely any pain but gradually grew weaker till he gently fell into that sleep from which "None ever wake to weep."
Mr. Ahlborn landed in the spring of 1847 in New York City. In the following year he was married to Margaret Buren, a native of Switzerland. Soon after the marriage the couple to Ohio, where the husband in various towns carried on his trade as tailor.
Nine children were born to them, all of whom, save the youngest, are living. The surviving children are Henry Ahlborn of Smith Centre; Mrs. LeRoy T. Weeks of Winfield, Kansas; Misses Ada and Emilia Ahlborn of Kansas City; Mrs. Olivia M. Day of Washington County, this state; Louis C. Ahlborn of Kensington, Kansas; John C. Ahlborn of Idaho and Mrs. P.C. Weeks of Kansas City, Missouri.
In the year 1873 Mr. Ahlborn moved with his family from Millersbury, Ohio, to Smith county in order to found a new home. This was established on Oak creek and continued there till the death of the devoted wife and mother which took place in 1878. Since this sore bereavement the father lived much of the time with his children, chiefly with his son, Louis.
Henry F. Ahlborn was a man of lofty spirit. This manifested itself in many ways, notably in his rare love of nature, in his appreciation of music and in his deep enjoyment of the great poets of his native land. He illustrates in his simple life, that a mechanic, though without the culture of the higher institutions of learning, still is not excluded from the great realms of nature and art, but is free to enter these for his inner enrichment and delight.
He became as speedily as he could a citizen of the United States and truly desired the best interests of his adopted country, but he never forgot his old home and it is probable that in his deepest feeling he was rather a German than an American. He was brought up in the Lutheran church and always retained the faith deeply implanted in him in his early youth.
The funeral services were held at the home of L. C. Ahlborn on Monday, the 9th, at 3 p.m. in charge the Rev. John Gemaelich. The burial was at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Custer cemetery, where other members of the family are buried.
Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kansas) Thursday, November 12, 1903, Page 1
The Smith County Messenger (Smith Center, KS) Thurs., Nov. 12, 1903, Page 1
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