There is currently no functioning Genealogy Society in Gray County.
GY Gray County, Kansas, was established in 1887. It was created out of Finney and Ford Counties, and named for Alfred Gray, who was Kansas Secretary of Agriculture at the time. The county seat of Gray County is Cimarron, Kansas.
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A Lot of Praying
A gentleman who was at Eldorado during the late Tornado, says he heard more praying in an hour than he had heart before in that time. Peter Cartwright once said that the only way to get religion into some people was to scare it in. The Emporia News, Emporia, Kansas....
Convicts Sent To Penitentiary
WABAUNSEE, KS – Convicts. Three more convicts have arrived at the penitentiary, delivered by Sheriff Herrick, of Wabaunsee County. One of them, Joseph Huber, is sentenced for one year, and his crime consisted in stealing a pocket book containing $400, from Mr....
David Brewer on Supreme Court
KANSAS CITY, MO – Judge Brewer.Before the rebellion and whilst the Pike’s Peak gold excitement was at its highest, there came to our city a young lawyer from New York.He put out his “shingle” and began his trial trip for success.That was David J. Brewer.He was...
The Wealth of Kansas
A. Goddard, Esq., one of the editors of the Boston Advertiser, writes from Denver to that paper an interesting letter of which the following is an extract: "The wealth of Kansas and Colorado has not yet begun to be estimated.Eastern Kansas, with its glorious history,...
Desperate Shooting Affray at Kit Carson
KIT CARSON, KS – Aug. 29. A desperate shooting affair occurred here at one o’clock this afternoon in which two men were killed and one wounded. Sergeant Shreaves of the 7th United States Cavalry, stationed here and Lee Stewart, were gambling in a game of poker, when...
Melissa Blye Tarred & Feathered
COURTLANDVILLE, NY – July 29. Woman Tarred And Feathered. A young woman named Melissa Blye was stripped naked and tarred and feathered at Courtlandville last night, by a party of young men, for intimacy with a Mr. Moore, whose wife recently went crazy and drowned...
Proclamation From Napoleon – 1870
Proclamation From Napoleon Frenchmen: There are in the life of people solemn moments, when the national honor violently excited presses itself, irresistibly rises above all other interests, and applies itself with the single purpose of directing the destinies of the...
The Murder of Colonel Buel
A Grand Hunt For The Murder. LEAVENWORTH. The awful murder at the Fort was the principal topic of conversation yesterday. Nearly all the police were at once set to work looking for the murderer, who is supposed to be a soldier named John Malone, who deserted from...
Lead-based Hair Tonic
CONTAINS LEAD - Somebody has found out that all the hair restoratives contain primarily lead. Well, what of it? Is that going to prevent bald-headed men and women from resorting to everything advertised to make their hair grow? By no means. If every preparation made...
Missouri Says “Kansas Blows”
A few days ago we received a fault-finding article, entitled, “Kansas Blows,” from the Sedalia, Missouri Bazoo. It was from the esteemed pen of its editor and publisher, J. West Goodwin. The article was characterized by disgust rather than malevolence, and is charged...