The Home of Elmer and Jane 'Jennie' Woodworth in Hazelton, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo courtesy of Jim Woodworth, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 28 Sept 2006.
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The Home of Elmer and Jane 'Jennie' Woodworth in Hazelton, Barber County, Kansas. (Detail)
Photo courtesy of Jim Woodworth, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 28 Sept 2006.

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E-mail from Jim Woodworth to Kim Fowles, 28 Sept 2006:

Good Evening -

I thought that I would share a picture of a home in Hazelton, Kansas, that my great grandparents lived in while my great grandfather worked in a local bank and also as a telegraph operator at the railroad station. My grandfather, Samuel B. Woodworth was born in Hazelton on 8/2/1888 and his sister, Fanny O. Woodworth was born on 7/18/1891.

If you could direct me somewhere to look for possible information on my family while they live there, I would appreciate it. My great grandparents were Elmer and Jane "Jennie" Woodworth.

Thanks -

Jim Woodworth
Ann Arbor, MI

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E-mail from Kim Fowles to Jim Woodworth, 28 Sept 2006:

Thanks for the photo. I am forwarding it to Jerry Ferrin. Check out his website: www.rootsweb.com/~ksbarber

The Clerk of the District Court in Medicine Lodge, Kansas has marriage records, divorce records, civil and criminal records.

The Register of Deeds Office in Medicine Lodge has land records as well as school records.

Good luck,
Kim Fowles

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Woodworth Burials in the Hazelton, Kansas, Cemetery:

Anna Woodworth	Lot 315
Dwight Woodworth	Lot 536
James Woodworth	Lot 536
Robert Woodworth	Lot 536
Ruth Woodworth	Lot 536
Wendell Woodworth	Lot 40
Willard Woodworth	Lot 315
William Woodworth	Lot 315

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1895 Kansas State Census
Barber County, Hazelton Township, Volume 14, page 5:

C.J. Woodworth, Age: 39, Male, White, Born: New York.
Clara Beth Woodworth, Age: 34, Female, White, Born: New York.

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"Hazelton was settled largely by families from Mercer County, Pennsylvania, who were persuaded to come west by the town's founders, J.O. Hazelton and A.H. Peck. Once a thriving community that boasted the Hazelton Collegiate Institute, Hazelton was badly depleted by the Oklahoma Land Run when many houses, hotels, and businesses moved into Oklahoma."

-- Source: http://www.lasr.net/leisure/kansas/barber/sbc/#hazelton

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Thanks to Jim Woodworth for contributing the above photograph and information about the photograph to this web site, and to Kim Fowles for forwarding this photograph and message.

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