Mason
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He was born at Ft. Denison, Iowa. His father, Charles Hall Withington, was the first postmaster of Allen, Kansas. One of the first settlers of Lyon County, age 53 years, 6 months, 18 days at death. Masonic gravesite services were conducted at time of burial in Allen Cemetery according to the Feb 11, 1898, Northern Lyon County Journal, Allen, Ks. He was survived by wife & two of the three children born to this marriage union. The name of the third child is unknown and may be buried on Withington Homestead north of Allen with his mother & possibly brother, Albert Price Withington.
Descendant of Martin Withington, 1758-1803, Revolutionary War Soldier.
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
GEORGE E. WITHINGTON, farmer, Section 26, Township 15, Range 11, P. O. Allen, was born August 23, 1844, at Des Moines, Iowa. His father, Charles H. Withington, was the first actual settler within the territory now embraced in Lyon County. He went to Council Grove in 1851, and there kept a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade. In June, 1854, he located upon One Hundred and Forty-Second Creek, at the crossing of the old Santa Fe Trail. This was before the lands of the Territory were open for settlement, the land upon which he located being situated between the Shawnee and Kaw Indian lands, and in dispute between those tribes. As soon as the lands were open to settlement, Mr. W. pre-empted 160 acres. Here was established a station on the stage line between Independence, Mo., and Santa Fe, N. M. Mr. W. built a small log cabin (which is still standing, and forms part of the present residence of George E.) and opened a house of entertainment for travelers. He also opened a general store, which was the first establishment of the kind in southern Kansas away from the Indian posts. He was appointed Postmaster by President Pierce, the office being the first in the county, and the only one in 1855-56. His store was robbed in September 1856, by a party calling themselves Free-State Men. Mr. W. was away from home at the time of their arrival, but returned after they had cleaned out his store, taking about $3,000 worth of goods. He drew his revolver upon the leader of the party, but before he could use it, so many firearms were pointed at him that he considered discretion the better part of valor, and submitted to the inevitable. After making him take off and surrender his spurs, the party departed. Mr. W. continued to run this store and station until 1866, when the stage line was discontinued. He then devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm. In July, 1881, he went to California to visit his brothers, and while there, November 4, 1881, he died, and was buried in Sacramento City. His wife died in May, 1880. They left four children - Ellen, married to D. J. Haden, and residing in Colorado; George E., Albert P. and Kate J., married to Hon. Charles Unfug, and residing in Colorado. George now owns the old home farm, which he operates. He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and a member of Ivy Grange P. of H. He is a Deputy Sheriff of Lyon County, and is also serving his second term as Treasurer of Agnes City Township. He married Miss Anna B. Sheetz, of Agnes City Township, November 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child - Margie E., born October 11, 1881.
Contributor: Becky Doan (46821009)
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He was born at Ft. Denison, Iowa. His father, Charles Hall Withington, was the first postmaster of Allen, Kansas. One of the first settlers of Lyon County, age 53 years, 6 months, 18 days at death. Masonic gravesite services were conducted at time of burial in Allen Cemetery according to the Feb 11, 1898, Northern Lyon County Journal, Allen, Ks. He was survived by wife & two of the three children born to this marriage union. The name of the third child is unknown and may be buried on Withington Homestead north of Allen with his mother & possibly brother, Albert Price Withington.
Descendant of Martin Withington, 1758-1803, Revolutionary War Soldier.
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
GEORGE E. WITHINGTON, farmer, Section 26, Township 15, Range 11, P. O. Allen, was born August 23, 1844, at Des Moines, Iowa. His father, Charles H. Withington, was the first actual settler within the territory now embraced in Lyon County. He went to Council Grove in 1851, and there kept a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade. In June, 1854, he located upon One Hundred and Forty-Second Creek, at the crossing of the old Santa Fe Trail. This was before the lands of the Territory were open for settlement, the land upon which he located being situated between the Shawnee and Kaw Indian lands, and in dispute between those tribes. As soon as the lands were open to settlement, Mr. W. pre-empted 160 acres. Here was established a station on the stage line between Independence, Mo., and Santa Fe, N. M. Mr. W. built a small log cabin (which is still standing, and forms part of the present residence of George E.) and opened a house of entertainment for travelers. He also opened a general store, which was the first establishment of the kind in southern Kansas away from the Indian posts. He was appointed Postmaster by President Pierce, the office being the first in the county, and the only one in 1855-56. His store was robbed in September 1856, by a party calling themselves Free-State Men. Mr. W. was away from home at the time of their arrival, but returned after they had cleaned out his store, taking about $3,000 worth of goods. He drew his revolver upon the leader of the party, but before he could use it, so many firearms were pointed at him that he considered discretion the better part of valor, and submitted to the inevitable. After making him take off and surrender his spurs, the party departed. Mr. W. continued to run this store and station until 1866, when the stage line was discontinued. He then devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm. In July, 1881, he went to California to visit his brothers, and while there, November 4, 1881, he died, and was buried in Sacramento City. His wife died in May, 1880. They left four children - Ellen, married to D. J. Haden, and residing in Colorado; George E., Albert P. and Kate J., married to Hon. Charles Unfug, and residing in Colorado. George now owns the old home farm, which he operates. He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and a member of Ivy Grange P. of H. He is a Deputy Sheriff of Lyon County, and is also serving his second term as Treasurer of Agnes City Township. He married Miss Anna B. Sheetz, of Agnes City Township, November 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child - Margie E., born October 11, 1881.
Contributor: Becky Doan (46821009)
Mason
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He was born at Ft. Denison, Iowa. His father, Charles Hall Withington, was the first postmaster of Allen, Kansas. One of the first settlers of Lyon County, age 53 years, 6 months, 18 days at death. Masonic gravesite services were conducted at time of burial in Allen Cemetery according to the Feb 11, 1898, Northern Lyon County Journal, Allen, Ks. He was survived by wife & two of the three children born to this marriage union. The name of the third child is unknown and may be buried on Withington Homestead north of Allen with his mother & possibly brother, Albert Price Withington.
Descendant of Martin Withington, 1758-1803, Revolutionary War Soldier.
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
GEORGE E. WITHINGTON, farmer, Section 26, Township 15, Range 11, P. O. Allen, was born August 23, 1844, at Des Moines, Iowa. His father, Charles H. Withington, was the first actual settler within the territory now embraced in Lyon County. He went to Council Grove in 1851, and there kept a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade. In June, 1854, he located upon One Hundred and Forty-Second Creek, at the crossing of the old Santa Fe Trail. This was before the lands of the Territory were open for settlement, the land upon which he located being situated between the Shawnee and Kaw Indian lands, and in dispute between those tribes. As soon as the lands were open to settlement, Mr. W. pre-empted 160 acres. Here was established a station on the stage line between Independence, Mo., and Santa Fe, N. M. Mr. W. built a small log cabin (which is still standing, and forms part of the present residence of George E.) and opened a house of entertainment for travelers. He also opened a general store, which was the first establishment of the kind in southern Kansas away from the Indian posts. He was appointed Postmaster by President Pierce, the office being the first in the county, and the only one in 1855-56. His store was robbed in September 1856, by a party calling themselves Free-State Men. Mr. W. was away from home at the time of their arrival, but returned after they had cleaned out his store, taking about $3,000 worth of goods. He drew his revolver upon the leader of the party, but before he could use it, so many firearms were pointed at him that he considered discretion the better part of valor, and submitted to the inevitable. After making him take off and surrender his spurs, the party departed. Mr. W. continued to run this store and station until 1866, when the stage line was discontinued. He then devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm. In July, 1881, he went to California to visit his brothers, and while there, November 4, 1881, he died, and was buried in Sacramento City. His wife died in May, 1880. They left four children - Ellen, married to D. J. Haden, and residing in Colorado; George E., Albert P. and Kate J., married to Hon. Charles Unfug, and residing in Colorado. George now owns the old home farm, which he operates. He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and a member of Ivy Grange P. of H. He is a Deputy Sheriff of Lyon County, and is also serving his second term as Treasurer of Agnes City Township. He married Miss Anna B. Sheetz, of Agnes City Township, November 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child - Margie E., born October 11, 1881.
Contributor: Becky Doan (46821009)
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He was born at Ft. Denison, Iowa. His father, Charles Hall Withington, was the first postmaster of Allen, Kansas. One of the first settlers of Lyon County, age 53 years, 6 months, 18 days at death. Masonic gravesite services were conducted at time of burial in Allen Cemetery according to the Feb 11, 1898, Northern Lyon County Journal, Allen, Ks. He was survived by wife & two of the three children born to this marriage union. The name of the third child is unknown and may be buried on Withington Homestead north of Allen with his mother & possibly brother, Albert Price Withington.
Descendant of Martin Withington, 1758-1803, Revolutionary War Soldier.
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
GEORGE E. WITHINGTON, farmer, Section 26, Township 15, Range 11, P. O. Allen, was born August 23, 1844, at Des Moines, Iowa. His father, Charles H. Withington, was the first actual settler within the territory now embraced in Lyon County. He went to Council Grove in 1851, and there kept a store for the Santa Fe and Indian trade. In June, 1854, he located upon One Hundred and Forty-Second Creek, at the crossing of the old Santa Fe Trail. This was before the lands of the Territory were open for settlement, the land upon which he located being situated between the Shawnee and Kaw Indian lands, and in dispute between those tribes. As soon as the lands were open to settlement, Mr. W. pre-empted 160 acres. Here was established a station on the stage line between Independence, Mo., and Santa Fe, N. M. Mr. W. built a small log cabin (which is still standing, and forms part of the present residence of George E.) and opened a house of entertainment for travelers. He also opened a general store, which was the first establishment of the kind in southern Kansas away from the Indian posts. He was appointed Postmaster by President Pierce, the office being the first in the county, and the only one in 1855-56. His store was robbed in September 1856, by a party calling themselves Free-State Men. Mr. W. was away from home at the time of their arrival, but returned after they had cleaned out his store, taking about $3,000 worth of goods. He drew his revolver upon the leader of the party, but before he could use it, so many firearms were pointed at him that he considered discretion the better part of valor, and submitted to the inevitable. After making him take off and surrender his spurs, the party departed. Mr. W. continued to run this store and station until 1866, when the stage line was discontinued. He then devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm. In July, 1881, he went to California to visit his brothers, and while there, November 4, 1881, he died, and was buried in Sacramento City. His wife died in May, 1880. They left four children - Ellen, married to D. J. Haden, and residing in Colorado; George E., Albert P. and Kate J., married to Hon. Charles Unfug, and residing in Colorado. George now owns the old home farm, which he operates. He is a member of Emporia Lodge No. 12, A., F. & A. M., and a member of Ivy Grange P. of H. He is a Deputy Sheriff of Lyon County, and is also serving his second term as Treasurer of Agnes City Township. He married Miss Anna B. Sheetz, of Agnes City Township, November 14, 1880, and by this marriage has one child - Margie E., born October 11, 1881.
Contributor: Becky Doan (46821009)
Inscription
Only stone remaining is Withington Entrance Stone to plot & individual stone for his daughter, Georgia Edna Withington Troutman.
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