"...Also on the same morning [Tuesday, June 29, 1880], Thos. Miller, step-son of Simon Pentico, of Elk Creek tp., was struck by lightning."
Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
July 8, 1880 edition, page 3
Thomas G. Miller was born in Iowa, the son of Martha Matilda Bell Pentico and her first husband. His mother and Simon Pentico married when Thomas was just a year old. The Simon Pentico family came from Jasper County, Iowa to Republic County, Kansas, in the early 1870s. Thomas would have been about 8 years old when they established their homestead in 1873. He shares a grave marker with his half-sister, Katie M. Pentico.
Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
July 8, 1880 edition, page 3
Thomas G. Miller was born in Iowa, the son of Martha Matilda Bell Pentico and her first husband. His mother and Simon Pentico married when Thomas was just a year old. The Simon Pentico family came from Jasper County, Iowa to Republic County, Kansas, in the early 1870s. Thomas would have been about 8 years old when they established their homestead in 1873. He shares a grave marker with his half-sister, Katie M. Pentico.
"...Also on the same morning [Tuesday, June 29, 1880], Thos. Miller, step-son of Simon Pentico, of Elk Creek tp., was struck by lightning."
Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
July 8, 1880 edition, page 3
Thomas G. Miller was born in Iowa, the son of Martha Matilda Bell Pentico and her first husband. His mother and Simon Pentico married when Thomas was just a year old. The Simon Pentico family came from Jasper County, Iowa to Republic County, Kansas, in the early 1870s. Thomas would have been about 8 years old when they established their homestead in 1873. He shares a grave marker with his half-sister, Katie M. Pentico.
Belleville Telescope
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
July 8, 1880 edition, page 3
Thomas G. Miller was born in Iowa, the son of Martha Matilda Bell Pentico and her first husband. His mother and Simon Pentico married when Thomas was just a year old. The Simon Pentico family came from Jasper County, Iowa to Republic County, Kansas, in the early 1870s. Thomas would have been about 8 years old when they established their homestead in 1873. He shares a grave marker with his half-sister, Katie M. Pentico.
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