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Winfield, Kansas

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Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Sherlah shared that her paternal grandparents came to Cowley County from Tennessee in the late 1800s by covered wagon. They settled near Burden, KS.…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Ward shared that his paternal grandparents were both born in Pennsylvania in the 1830s. His father was the oldest of 3 children. In 1876 the family…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Part 1 - Gus was the former Chief of Police in Winfield, KS. He was born in Oxford, KS in 1911. His parents were also born in Oxford, KS. His father's…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Helen was born in 1896 in Winfield, KS. Her father was born in Missouri, and her mother was born in Indiana. Her father grew up in Neosho, KS and…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Aurthur was born in Stillwater, MN in 1888. His father came from Germany and was a teacher in Milwaukee, WI. He came to America to not get drafted…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Mary recalls stories of her father attending Maple Grove School east of Winfield. Upon graduating, he took the teaching exam in Winfield and returned…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Edna was born in Belle Plaine, KS in 1900. Her parents were both born in Illinois. She grew up in Belle Plaine and went to Southwestern College in…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Myrtle recalled that her father came to Winfield, KS from Indiana. Her parents met in Winfield, KS. The first school she attended was Webster School.…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Stanley was born in Tennessee and spent some time in Arkansas as a child.
His first jobs was carrying a paper route and working at a filling…
Winfield Kansas Oral History Audio Recordings
Howard was born in 1900 in Winfield, KS. He was raised by his grandparents. They moved here from North Carolina after the Civil War. They were both…