Welcome to Wichita County Kansas Genealogy Research







 


First Elected Officers Wichita, KS 1887

 
 My name is Bob Jenkins
and I created this website to provide genealogy
 information and links to genealogy information  to assist people in researching
 their Wichita County Kansas ancestors.

 I would appreciate any contribution that you would like to make  to this site:
 biographies, obituaries, birth, marriage, death info,  grave info, photographs....etc

 

  
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 Brief History from Kansas State Historical Society:

 Wichita County was organized on December 24, 1886, by George Edwards; Edward Rhoades; Lilburn Moore; R. E. Jenness;
 S. W. MCall; and W. D. Brainard. Named for the Wichita Indians, the county contains the city Leoti.

  In 1885 the county had only seven houses, but because of speculation in land by 1886-1887 settlement was rapid reaching a
 population large enough for county organization. A group of cattlemen did not wish to see the county organized, and two
 different messengers sent to Topeka with the census were never seen again. A personal envoy of the governor finally came for
 the census in 1886.















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