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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Arnold Franklin Elder: Birth: 30 Mar 1887 in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 16 Feb 1953 in Smith Center, Smith Co., KS

  2. Charles Lafayette Elder: Birth: 5 Dec 1888 in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 25 Sep 1972 in St. Joseph Hospital, Concordia, KS

  3. Edith Mahala Elder: Birth: 14 Jul 1890 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 3 Apr 1975 in Mulino, Clackamas Co., OR

  4. Bertha Mary Elder: Birth: 4 Dec 1892 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 25 Feb 1976 in Fresno, Fresno Co., CA

  5. Walter Jennings Elder: Birth: 8 Aug 1896 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 24 Oct 1973 in Spokane, Spokane Co., WA

  6. Owen George Elder: Birth: 22 Aug 1898 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 29 May 1954 in San Jose, Santa Clara Co., CA

  7. Lester Leander Elder: Birth: 22 Nov 1900 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 27 Jun 1989 in Joplin, Jasper Co., MO

  8. Lucile Margurite Elder: Birth: 13 Dec 1902 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 2 Mar 1987

  9. Harold Elder: Birth: 18 Mar 1905 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 26 Dec 1943 in Ellis, Ellis Co., KS

  10. Helen Ruth Elder: Birth: 26 Jan 1909 in Woodston, Rooks Co., KS. Death: 12 Apr 1985 in Community Hospital, Fresno, Fresno Co., Ca


Notes
a. Note:   Arnold's father died when he was 1 year old. His nickname was Gus. On 1 Apr 1877 Arnold and his brother George Franklin Elder left Indiana for Kansas, arriving 34 days later on 4 May 1877 in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co. He homesteaded a quarter section of land SW-109S-16W on May 22 of 1877. A few years later he bought the adjoining quarter section of SE-10-9-16 where he built the family home. In later years he acquired the quarter section west of his homestead SE-96S-16. The farm was 1 mile south of the Ash Rock Church. [In later years the farmhouse burned down. The barn was moved to the campgrounds east of Woodston and used for the assembly hall. There is now no evidence that improvements were ever at the Elder homestead.] In 1900 Agustus farmed in Ash Rock Township, Rooks Co., KS (page 161) with his wife Rachel, 6 children, his mother Mary Elder, and a farm laborer Hiram Wands. Five years after he arrived in KS he returned to IN to visit his mother. He brought her back to KS where she lived the remainder of her life. He joined the Ash Rock Church on 9 Mar 1903. In 1920 Gus lived in Ash Rock Township (page 2) with his wife Rachel and children Lester L., Lucile M., Harold, and Helen R. Arnold's obituary in the Salina Journal tells a little of his character: "No man in Ash Rock township has ever been held in higher respect and esteem, than Mr. Elder. At numerous times he has been called on to fill township offices, and might have been honored more, but he was a quiet unassuming type of man, who preferred to be at home with his family. He was ever a loving husband, a kind and true friend, an affectionate father, and a good neighbor."


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