This photograph of Wesley Strosnider is later than the one in my earlier post - the wedding picture of Eliza and Wesley. Eliza died in 1905, in Blackburn, Pawnee Co, Oklahoma Territory.
This photograph is marked with the photographer's name - R B Cooper, Blackburn, Oklahoma. I would guess, then, that the photo is after November 1907 when Oklahoma was no longer a territory.
These are additional records for Wesley "Dock" Strosnider:
1910 Oklahoma, Pawnee Co, Blackburn Twp, 16 April
14/14 Strosnider, Wesley, head, 36, marr 2, m 1 yr, owner free, farmer - farm 14, b West Virginia Virginia Germany / Ona, wife, 19, marr 1, m 1 yr, 1 ch 1 liv, b Kansas Ohio Illinois // Wesley R, son, 4/12, b Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas /// Armstrong, Ralph, brother-in-law, 20, single, working out - farm, b Kansas Ohio Illinois
1920 Oklahoma, Pawnee Co, Valley Twp, 8 January
31/32 Armstrong, Noah, head, 59, wd, owner free, farmer - general farm 29, b Ohio Ohio Ohio // Win?, son, 8, b Oklahoma Ohio Kansas /// Strosnider, Wesley, son-in-law, 45, farm labor, b West Virginia Pennsylvania Germany / Strosnider, Ona, dau, 28, b Kansas Ohio Illinois // Strosnider, Catherine, grdau, 7, b Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas; Grace, grdau, 5, b Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas; Alice, grdau, 3 2/12, b Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas; Edna, grdau, 9?/12, b Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas
1940 Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, April 18
59 Geyer, William, head, b Kansas, res in 1935 same house, farmer - farm 45 / Ella, wife, b Kansas, res in 1935 same house /// Strosnider, Wesley, hired hand, 66, divorced, b Kansas, res in 1935 same house, farm laborer - farm
The Onaga Herald, 26 Sept 1946
Word was received here of the death of Wesley Strosnider at the home of his eldest daughter in Fornseit, Mo, on Thursday of last week. He suffered a stroke last January and had been ill since that time. Mr Strosnider was born in Wetzel county, West Virginia, and was about 73 years of age at the time of his death. He had made his home here at the Wm Geyer home for many years before going to Missouri in November of last year. Funeral services and burial were at Fornseit.
WWI Draft Registration Cards
Wesley Strosnider, R1, Valley, Pawnee Co, Oklahoma, age 45 years, b June 9, 1873, farming, R1, Valley, Pawnee Co, Oklahoma. Nearest relative: Ona Strosnider, R1, Valley, Pawnee Co, Oklahoma. Description: tall, medium build, grey eyes, brown hair, no disabilities. Registered: 12 Sept 1918, Pawnee, Oklahoma.
The Havensville [Kansas] Review, 5 Jan 1905
Wesley Strosnider and wife of Blackburn, Ok, are visiting the former's parents, I N Strosnider.
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1930 Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, 8 April
ᕗ I don't remember if this article is from a county book or is one posted by Merrie and created by her. There are articles for other family members, both Strosnider and Berry. Everett and Flora Berry and Oatis and Alta Berry visited back and forth from northeastern Kansas to mid-central Oklahoma. I have photographs of them in both places.
World Connect, Havensville, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas area, posted by Merrie Pinick
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Florence
"Flora" STROSNIDER
Florence was the other Strosnider who married into the Berry Family. In addition to census records with her parents, Flora appears on these records:
Florence was the other Strosnider who married into the Berry Family. In addition to census records with her parents, Flora appears on these records:
1895
Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, St Clare
44/44 E D Berry, 36, b Ohio, to Kansas from Iowa,
farmer / Flora Berry, 26, b West Virginia, to Kansas from West Virginia // Ira
Berry, 5, b Kansas
1900
Kansas, Jackson Co, Grant Twp, 5 June
47/49 Berry, James O, b May 1873, 28, single,
farmer, b Ohio West Virginia Ohio /// Viola J, sister, b Sept 1875, 24, single,
b Ohio West Virginia Ohio; Debora J, mother, b May 1835, 65, wd, 9 ch 8 liv, b
Ohio Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
- - -
48/50 Berry, Everett D, b July 1868, 31, mar 1 yr,
farmer - farm 51, b Ohio West Virginia Ohio / Florence, b June 1878, 21, 1 ch 1
liv, b West Virginia West Virginia Germany // Ira N, b Oct 1899, 7/12, b Kansas
Ohio West Virginia
1910
Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, 15 April
[no
numbers] Berry, Everett D, head, 41,
marr 1, m 11 yrs, farmer - general farm 43, b Ohio West Virginia Ohio /
Florence, wife, 31, marr 1, m 11 yrs, 1 ch 1 liv, b West Virginia West Virginia
Germany // Ira N, son, 10, b Kansas Ohio West Virginia
1920
Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, 27 March
76/76 Berry, Everett D, head, 51, farmer - general
farm 65, b Ohio West Virginia Ohio / Florence, wife, 41, b West Virginia West
Virginia Germany // Ira N, son, 20, single, b Kansas Ohio West Virginia
1930 Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, 8 April
25/25 Berry, Everett D, head, 61, first marr at 30,
farmer - grain - stock, farm 25, b Ohio West Virginia Ohio / Florence, wife,
51, first marr at 20, b West Virginia West Virginia Germany /// Strosnider,
Catherine, mother in law, 87, wd, emig 1852, naturalized, b Germany Germany
Germany
- - -
26/26 Berry, Ira N, head, 30, first marr at 25,
farmer - grain - stock - farm 26, b Kansas Ohio West Virginia / Lola M, wife,
28, first marr at 23, b Kansas Ohio Pennsylvania // Roy Everett, son, 2 9/12, b
Kansas Kansas Kansas
ᕗ Everett and Florence (Strosnider) Berry, Kansas
1940 Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, April 15
1940 Kansas, Pottawatomie Co, Lincoln Twp, April 15
25 Berry, Everett D, head, 71, b Ohio, res in 1935 same house / Florence, wife,
61, b West Virginia, res in 1935 same house
West
Virginia Vital Records Online, Births, Wetzel Co
Clary Strosnider, female, b 3 June 1878,
Wetzel Co, parents I N Strosnider and C Strosnider; informant J N Strosnider,
father.
State
of Kansas, Jackson Co, marriage records
Everett D Berry and Florence Strosnider,
21 Dec 1898, Holton, Jackson Co, Kansas
RootsWeb,
Havensville, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas area database by Merrie Pinnick
from Donald
H Grob / Kansas Historical Society / Microfilm Roll O127; Obituary of Florence
Berry
The
Onaga Herald / August 30, 1956 Mrs
Everett Berry Dies
Mrs Florence Berry, 78, of Havensville,
died Friday morning at the Onaga Hospital. Mrs Berry was born in West Virginia
and came to Kansas as a small child.
On December 21, 1898 she married Everett D
Berry, who died in January, 1955.
Mrs Berry is survived by one son, Ira
Berry of Havensville; two grandchildren, and two brothers, Frank Strosnider of
Onaga, and Luther Strosnider of Havensville.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p. m.
Sunday, August 26, at the Tessendorf Funeral Chapel in Onaga. Burial was at
Havensville.
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The
Onaga Herald / September 6, 1956 Florence
Berry Obituary
Florence Strosnider, daughter of Israel
and Catherine Strosnider, was born June 3, 1878 in Wetzel County, West
Virginia, and passed away at the Onaga hospital on August 24, 1956, at the age
of 78 years, 2 months and 21 days. When
she was one year old, the family moved to Kansas and located on a farm south of
Havensville.
On December 21, 1898, she married Everett
D Berry. After living on a farm near Avoca for five years they moved to the
farm where they enjoyed the remainder of 56 years together until her husband's
death on January 28, 1955.
She will be remembered as devoting her
life and labors to her family.
She is survived by one son, Ira; two
grandchildren, Roy of Winthrop Harbor, Ill; and Ruby of Topeka; five great
grandchildren, Jane Louise, Judith Ann and Edward Roy Berry, and Betty Lou and
Larry Dean Gifford. Also out of a family of nine, she leaves two brothers,
Frank Strosnider of Onaga and Luther Strosnider of Havensville, and many nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p. m.
Sunday, August 26, at the Tessendorf Funeral Chapel in Onaga with Rev Alex
Eckert of Holton officiating. Burial was at Havensville.
Alta and Oatis Berry, Everett and Flora Berry, (unknown woman)
Woodward, Oklahoma, 1940s
ᕗ I don't remember if this article is from a county book or is one posted by Merrie and created by her. There are articles for other family members, both Strosnider and Berry. Everett and Flora Berry and Oatis and Alta Berry visited back and forth from northeastern Kansas to mid-central Oklahoma. I have photographs of them in both places.
World Connect, Havensville, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas area, posted by Merrie Pinick
*OUR
HERITAGE Berry - Strosnider
Everett Berry and his mother, brother Oatis and two sisters, Viola and Eliza came from Ohio, with a few years' stop in Iowa, to Kansas in 1892, and first made their home south of Havensville. Later they moved to the Avoca neighborhood. While farming there, Everett married Florence Strosnider and their son Ira was born there. In 1907, they built a house on their farm five and one half miles south of Havensville where they lived out their lives. They lived to celebrate fifty-six years of marriage. Everett died in 1955 and Florence in 1956.
Everett Berry and his mother, brother Oatis and two sisters, Viola and Eliza came from Ohio, with a few years' stop in Iowa, to Kansas in 1892, and first made their home south of Havensville. Later they moved to the Avoca neighborhood. While farming there, Everett married Florence Strosnider and their son Ira was born there. In 1907, they built a house on their farm five and one half miles south of Havensville where they lived out their lives. They lived to celebrate fifty-six years of marriage. Everett died in 1955 and Florence in 1956.
Israel Strosnider and his wife Catherine came from West Virginia in
1881 and settled five miles south of Havensville. Israel was a Civil War
veteran and his health was impaired as a result of injuries. Israel was active
in community affairs, serving in township offices for many terms. Their
children were: Helen, John, Wesley, Florence, Frank and Luther.
Their eldest child, Helen married Adam Geyer, they built a new house which was their home the rest of their days, in the neighborhood. They had three children: Alice who never married; William married Ella Brunner; Fred who married May Perry and they had one daughter. She married Robert Davies and they live in Indiana and have four children: Kathleen, Daniel, Joel and John.
John Strosnider became a lawyer, married Myrtle Franklin, practiced law and was county attorney in Oklahoma. They had one daughter, Ruth.
Wesley (Dock) went to Oklahoma where he married and raised Catherine, Alice, Edna, Grace, Julia and John.
Florence married Everett Berry, they had one son Ira.
After Israel's death in 1906, Frank made a home for his mother for many years. He married Mary Pinick and later moved to her parents' home near Onaga.
Luther married Zilda Ewing, lived on the home place and they had two daughters, Lucille and Hazel.
Ira Berry married Lola Reed in 1925 and they continued on his father's farm. Ira died in 1966 and Lola remained on the farm for ten years, which her daughter Ruby and her husband, Gary Tannahill have operated. Gary and Ruby have six children: Betty, Larry, John, Martin, Roberta and Barbara. Roy, son of Ira and Lola, entered the teaching profession. After two years of service in the Korean War, Roy married Marty Mitchell and they live at Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. They have six children: Jane, Judy, Edward, David, Susan and Carol.
Their eldest child, Helen married Adam Geyer, they built a new house which was their home the rest of their days, in the neighborhood. They had three children: Alice who never married; William married Ella Brunner; Fred who married May Perry and they had one daughter. She married Robert Davies and they live in Indiana and have four children: Kathleen, Daniel, Joel and John.
John Strosnider became a lawyer, married Myrtle Franklin, practiced law and was county attorney in Oklahoma. They had one daughter, Ruth.
Wesley (Dock) went to Oklahoma where he married and raised Catherine, Alice, Edna, Grace, Julia and John.
Florence married Everett Berry, they had one son Ira.
After Israel's death in 1906, Frank made a home for his mother for many years. He married Mary Pinick and later moved to her parents' home near Onaga.
Luther married Zilda Ewing, lived on the home place and they had two daughters, Lucille and Hazel.
Ira Berry married Lola Reed in 1925 and they continued on his father's farm. Ira died in 1966 and Lola remained on the farm for ten years, which her daughter Ruby and her husband, Gary Tannahill have operated. Gary and Ruby have six children: Betty, Larry, John, Martin, Roberta and Barbara. Roy, son of Ira and Lola, entered the teaching profession. After two years of service in the Korean War, Roy married Marty Mitchell and they live at Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. They have six children: Jane, Judy, Edward, David, Susan and Carol.
