Elizabeth Ann (Gliem) Fassnacht

ANOTHER EARLY KANSAN GONE

DEATH OF MRS. FASSNACHT, FOLLOWS CLOSELY THAT OF THOMAS RYAN


Atchison county and the Muscotah neighborhood have recently lost two of their pioneer residents, the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Fassnacht, Sept 19, occurring only a few days after the passsing away of Thomas Ryan. Both persons were foreign born and were early settlers in northwest Atchison county.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gliem Fassnacht was born in Germany, January 12 1845. At the age of six years she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gliem, to America. The family lived first at Des Moines. Iowa, and came to Kansas in the fifties, settling on a farm one - half mile east of Arrington, where Mrs. Fassnacht grew to womanhood.

On Sept. 28, 1862, Mrs Fassnacht was married at Arrington to John Martin Fassnacht. They went to housekeeping on a farm across the road from the Stony Point school house, near Muscotah, and lived there for 48 years. April 7, 1910, they retired and moved to Horton, where Mr. Fassnacht died in 1912. Two years later Mrs. Fassnacht bought a home in Muscotah, where she and her daughter, Miss Edith Fassnacht, lived until her death. Miss Edith Fassnacht devoted her entire time to caring for her mother and earned the admiration of the entire community for her loving attention to her during her last years of life.

Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fassnacht. Of these 11 survive. The eldest daughter, Mrs Charles Portrey, died 38 years ago in Whiting. Mrs. Portrey's daughter, Mrs Samuel Wright, survives. Mrs. Fassnacht's living children are: George Fassnacht, Topeka; Mrs Rose Wallace, Elk City, Kansas; Mrs Emma Brower, Savannah, Missouri; John Fassnacht, Wichita; Jake Fassnacht, Winfield; Mrs. Sadie Williams, Perris, California; Fred Fassnacht, Atlanta, Kansas; James Fassnacht, who farms the home place in the Stony Point neighborhood, and Miss Edithe Fassnacht, Muscotah. Also surviving are 36 grandchildren and 26 great - grand children.

Mrs. Fassnacht was one of seven sisters. The other six are all living. They are Mrs. Julia Eckert, Mrs. Margaret Schiffbauer, Mrs. Phoebe Aikins and Mrs. Sarah Hammond, all of the Arrington neighborhood; Mrs. Christina Lewis, Topeka, and Mrs Louisa Aikins, British Columbia.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist Episcopal at Muscoah. The services were in charge of Rev. D. W. Crabtree.

Mrs. Fassnacht was known as a loving mother and kind neighbor, ever ready to minister to the needy.

from unknown newspaper source:

John "Martin" Fassnacht & Elizabeth Ann (Gliem) Fassnacht

Taken 1910 at Horton, Kansas, their retirement home from Muscotah, Kansas Farm: