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Mrs. Mary E Wallace, daughter of Allen T Ward; now a resident of Paola, Kans. AD 1902

Milton Ward

Mrs D.O. Sellers, Clara Hiler, now wife of D.O. Sellers

Allen Ward and brother, nephews of Allen T Ward

Mrs. Baptiste Peoria, commonly called "Grandma Baptiste." Wife of Baptiste Peoria. (Deceased)

Baptiste Peoria. Born in Ill. 1800. Indian Chief First Pres. of the Paola Town Company. Once owned the land on which Paola is located. Came to Kans. 1846. When the tribes removed [to] the Indiant Ter. he went with the[m and] died there in 1874.

Samuel Dale and wife. (Both deceased.)
"Uncle Sam Dale and Wife. This card inscribed by JB Hobson"

Martin Dale was for a long time clerk in Mitchler and Crowell's store: now a prominent citizen of Southern Kansas. Died Nov 1907

Born in Germany in 1842. Came to Paola in 1871. Where he died in 1897, and was buried in Paola Cemetery.

George W Mitchler - a Pioneer merchant of Paola Kansas came to Paola in 1859 established a general store and carried on the business for a number of years. In 1878 he admitted his four sons into the business. Died Dec. 1893