Researching the following family lines, most of which came to the counties of Wilson, Elk, Greenwood, and Montgomery in southeast Kansas in the late 1800's from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and further east although a few settled in southwest Missouri and northeast Arkansas before coming to Kansas. Parents of Charles E. TEMPLER were Charles G. TEMPLER and Evelyn M. JOHNSON. Parents of A. Colleen (FORTNER) TEMPLER were Richard A. (Albert) FORTNER and Alma von BERCKEFELDT. Grandparents of Charles E. TEMPLER were (Paternal) Charles E. TEMPLER and Addie P. (Pearl) REDMOND and (Maternal) Claude E. JOHNSON and Zoe Mae McCLAREN. Grandparents of A. Colleen (FORTNER) TEMPLER were (Paternal) Richard B. (Ben) FORTNER and Olive I. CLARY and (Maternal) Ernst Richard Karl von BERCKEFELDT and Elizabeth (Betty) JACKSON.
Great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents, alternating between Charles and Colleen, are as follows: George Washington TEMPLER, b. 1853 in Adams County, IL, d. 1908 in Chanute, Neosho County, KS, m. 1873 in Appanoose County, IA to Eliza Jane CHADWICK, b. 1857 in Appanoose County, IA, d. 1948 in Garden City, Finney County, KS. Parents of George Washington TEMPLER were Stacy Elicot TEMPLER and Mary BERRY. Parents of Eliza Jane CHADWICK were John CHADWICK and Sophronia GRAHAM. Richard W. FORTNER, b. 1832 in , Vermillion County, IN, d. 1902 in Wilson County, KS, m. 1856 in Edgar County, IL to Mary ROSS, b. 1837 in Clinton County, IN, d. 1912 in Wilson County, KS. Parents of Richard W. FORTNER were Peter FORTNER and Pheobe COIL. Parents of Mary ROSS were Abraham ROSS and Phebe JENNINGS. George F. REDMOND, b. 1850 in Marion County, OH, d. 1925 in Severy, Greenwood County, KS, m. 1873 in Champaign County, IL to Eliza Melvina HESTER, b. 1854 in Putnam County, IN, d. 1921 in Severy, Greenwood County, KS. Parents of George F. REDMOND were Michael REDMOND and Martha JUSTICE. Parents of Eliza Melvina HESTER were John Adam HESTER and Permelia Ann McDANIEL. Richard James CLARY, b. 1845 in Menard County, IL, d. 1900 in Wilson County, KS, m. 1864 in Menard County, IL to Minerva MILLER, b. 1842 in Menard County, IL, d. 1900 in Wilson County, KS. Parents of Richard James CLARY were Royal A. CLARY and Eva TIBBS. Parents of Minerva MILLER were James MILLER and Sarah BROWN. Thomas Martin JOHNSON, b. 1869 in Laclede County, MO, d. 1936 in Cherryvale, Montgomery County, KS, m. 1891 in MO to Hannah Olive PORTER, b. 1874 in Champaign County, IL, d. 1923 in Cherryvale, Montgomery County, KS. Parents of Thomas Martin JOHNSON were Thomas L. JOHNSON and Harriett HENRY. Parents of Hannah Olive PORTER were Valentine PORTER and Lydia Augusta SMITH. Karl Edmund von BERCKEFELDT, b. 1830 in Münden, Germany, d. 1899 in Hannover, Germany, m. 1857 in Lamspringe, Germany to Ulrike Charlotte Julie von VOIGT, b. 1833 in Moringen, Germany, d. 1893 in Ft. Smith, Sebastian County, AR. Parents of Karl Edmund von BERCKEFELDT were Karl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Eberhard von BERCKEFELDT and Sophie Dorothea Johanna Friederike Kritter. Parents of Ulrike Charlotte Julie von VOIGT were Otto von VOIGT and Therese von SCHÖNFELDT. Zachariah Luther McCLAREN, b. 1867 in Sheridan, Tama County, IA, d. 1941 in Cherryvale, Montgomery County, KS, m. probably in KS to Ida May MILLARD, b. 1871 in IL, d. 1950 in Cherryvale, Montgomery County, KS. Parents of Zachariah Luther McCLAREN were Alfred McCLAREN and Rebecca HAXTON. Parents of Ida May MILLARD were David Louden MILLARD and Ellen WALKER. Elisha A. JACKSON, b. 1843 in Harlan County, KY, d. 1922 in Crabtree, Van Buren County, AR, m. 1865 in Laurel County, KY to Elisabeth CORNELIUS, b. 1846 in KY, d. 1913 in Cass, Franklin County, AR. Parents of Elisha A. JACKSON were Benjamin Franklin JACKSON and Hester HELTON. Parents of Elisabeth CORNELIUS were Andrew Cornelius, SR. and Elizabeth Nancy SIMPSON.
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