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This picture shows Burns and Bill Hesse, brothers and lifetime Rossville, Kansas, residents. They succeeded their father, William, in the family business, Hesse Lumber Company.

Cecile Thompson

This portrait is of a child who is sitting in a child's rocking chair. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.

Mr. Cyrus W. Higginbotham was one of the earliest settlers of Shawnee County and Rossville township and one of the founders of Rossville, Kansas.

Back inscription: Frances Badura, Rosey Koci, Preacher, [illegible Liassy Leaky?], Frances Matyak, Peter Kover, Frank Kovar, August Stach.

Notes: Names listed on back are mostly married last names of the females. Reference RCL0788c for our notes.…

Czech community had Sunday worship services in family homes. Several are identified in correlation to RCL0788a.

1. Frances Badura, later Martinek
2. Rosie Kovar, later Koci
3. [same girl as #4 in RCL0788a]
4. Peter Kovar
5. Frank Kovar
6.…

David Millington Howard was elected to the State Legislature as Representative of the 37th District in 1890 and served two additional terms. He was a member of the Progressive Democrat Party.

Mr. Howard, a prominent citizen and successful farmer…

Dr. Clyde S. Smith was born November 8, 1881, in Edina, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Willard, Kansas, around 1905 to 1922, when he moved to Rossville, Kansas. He married Rose Humphrey in February 1906. He owned one of the first automobiles in…

Dr. Henry B. Miller with Shelley McClain on his lap at his doctor's office in Rossville, Kansas. See RCL0052 for more information about Dr. Henry B. Miller.

Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, in January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his…