Conrad and Charlotte Wentz,son John Conrad Wentz, son George Washington Wentz,MO
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Conrad and Charlotte Wentz, Forks, Sullivan Co., PA,1836 -1870 KS,NE,WI,CO,CA,WA
williamverl little 8/02/07
The son of John Conrad Wentz, George Washington Wentz, born about 1912 in Cawker City, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Glen Elder, KS 1902
"Mrs Scharlottie Wentz: Died, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Wm Little in Glen Elder, on Saturday June 28, Mrs Scharlottie Wentz, aged 69 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Mrs. Wentz was born in Germany, Sept. 8, 1832 and came to the United States in 1836 locating in Pennsylvania. In 1870 she moved to Kansas and afterward to Oklahoma and Wisconsin, coming back to Mitchell county Kansas in 1898. The funeral services were conducted at the house by Rev. Helmick, of the M. E. church and the remains laid to rest in the Granite Creek cemetery. She leaves nine children to mourn her departure, 4 of whom live in Kansas, three in Nebraska and two in Wisconsin. The bereaved family have the sympathy of this community in the loss of their aged mother."
Scharlottie Wentz was affectionately called "Grandma Betty" by John Conrad Wentz and CeCelia Amelia Tylee Wentz family.
John Conrad Wentz, 9, born March 1875, Mitchell Co., KS, residence Cawker township, Mitchell County, KS.
Catharine Wentz Buffington and husband Arthur J. Buffington were noted as living in Glen Elder, KS in 1885. 1900 Federal Census, Arthur J., 52, born April 1848 IL, Catharine, age 37, born June 1862 PA, and daughter Myrtle M. Buffington, age 13, born Oct 1886 KS, were living in Oswego, Labette Co., KS. By 1910, Catharine and Arthur would move to Otis, Hamilton Co., NE, residing with her brother John Conrad Wentz and sister Mary Wentz Rupke Bauer Thurs, also a member of the household.
John Conrad Wentz family, 1915 KS State Census, moved from Otis, Hamilton Co., NE to Noble, Marshall Co., KS, and 1930 Federal Census John Conrad Wentz family resided Downs, Osborne Co., KS. John Conrad Wentz died March 4, 1961, Atchison, Atchison Co., KS. CeCelia Wentz died January 20, 1961, Cawker City, Mitchell Co., KS.
John Conrad Wentz born March 1875 Mitchell Co., KS married CeCelia Amelia Tylee born June 9, 1881 Barroak, KS. John and wife Celia went to live with his older sister Caroline Stumme in Glenville, Clay Co., NE by 1900.
John Conrad Wentz and wife Celia were living with older sister Caroline Stumme in Glenville, Clay Co., Nebraska in 1900. Their first child 1: John Wentz was born May 1900 in NE. Child 2: Mable Wentz born abt 1902, child 3: Dora Wentz born abt 1904, child 4: Ethel Wentz born about 1906, child 5: Ralph Wentz born abt 1910, child 6: George Wentz born abt 1912, child 7: Arbutis Wentz born abt 1914, child 8: Antishus Wentz born abt 1915, child 9: Margaret Wentz born abt 1917, child 10: Ida Wentz born abt 1918, child 11: Cora Wentz born abt 1920.
John Conrad Wentz family, along with his sister Catharine Wentz Buffington and husband Arthur Buffington, and sister Mary Wentz Rupke Bauer Thurs and son Daniel Thurs were residing in Otis, Hamilton Co., NE, in the 1910 Federal Census. John Conrad Wentz family would move back to KS by 1915.
The son of John Conrad Wentz, George Washington Wentz, born about 1912 in Cawker City, Mitchell Co., Kansas, would move his family into Missouri near the Lake of the Ozarks in 1995, moving there from Platte City, Missouri and South Kansas City, Missouri.
Widow Mary Wentz Rupke Bauer Thurs and her son Daniel N. Thurs moved to NE, residing with her brother John Conrad Wentz in Otis, Hamilton Co., NE as of the 1910 Federal Census. Mary's sister Catharine and Arthur Buffington, were also noted as members of the John Conrad Wentz household.
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