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Note: 1910 Census Paw Paw Township, Elk County, Kansas enumerated April 15-16, 1910 Dwelling #3, Family #3 ROYSE, Fred E., head, m/w, 24, KS IN IN, farmer ______, Ethel P., wife, f/w, 23, KS IN OH, married 2 years, mother of 1, 1 living ______, Fred N., son, m/w, 1-3/12, KS KS KS (this must be Hugh E.) OBITUARY - FRED E. ROYSE Fred E. Royse was born August 26, 1885 near Howard, KS; died October 1919, at Hooker, Oklahoma. He left Howard six years ago and moved to Hooker, Oklahoma, where he lived until death called him away. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn his death; also father and mother of this place, three sisters and one brother. Mrs James Barnes of Gage, Oklahoma, Mrs. Frank Poole, Mrs. John Ealley and Jeptha Royse of Howard. He united with the Christian church when quite young. Mr. Royse was an industrious farmer and a splendid man. Funeral services were held at the home of P. H. Small, Mr. Royse's father-in-law, in this City, Friday morning and burial was at Grace Lawn Cemetery. OBITUARY: Fred E. Royse was born August 26, 1885 at Howard Kansas; died October 7, 1919 at Hooker Oklahoma. He left Howard 6 years ago and moved to Hooker, Oklahoma where he lived until death called him away. He leaves a wife and 5 children to mourn his death; also father and mother of this place; three sisters and one brother; Mrs. James Barnes of Gage, Oklahoma, Mrs. Frank Poole, Mrs. John Ealley and Jeptha Royse of Howard. He united with the Christian church when quite young. Mr. Royse was an industrious farmer and a splendid man. Funeral services were held at the home of P. H. Small, Mr. Royse's father-in-law, in this city, Friday morning and burial was at Grace Lawn Cemetery. We wish to thank all persons who so kindly gave us of their sympathy and assistance during the bereavement of our son, husband and father, Fred E. Royse - Mrs. Ethel Royse and children, Wm. Royse and family, P.H. Small and family. OBITUARY from Hooker Word was received at the Advance last Tuesday of the death of Eugene Fred Royse, who lives northwest of Hooker, after a lingering illness of several weeks. Mr. Royse's death was due to meningitis which set in after a hard battle with a case of typhoid fever and he did not have the strength to keep up the fight, succumbed to the latter disease. A short funeral service was held at the home, the ceremony being conducted by Rev. H.B. Wilson of this city. The remains were shipped to Howard KS for interment. They brought Fred from Oklahoma by train to Elk Co for burial. Fred and Ethel lived with his parents for two years after their marriage. When their daughter Edith was 6 months old the family moved to Hooker Oklahoma. Ethel and the 3 children rode in the caboose of the train from Howard to Hooker. The cows and work horses were in a train car and their house goods were also in the car. A friend John Morgan also moved with them. They rented for 2 years. Fred then bought 80 acres which included a house. He put in broom corn and made enough to pay off the place. He then bought another 80 acres across the road. It didn't have any buildings. It was also paid off before Fred died in 1919. Hugh and a hired hand worked the land after Fred's death. Ethel never sold the land during her lifetime. She and Fred had decided it would be their retirement. The house had 2 bedrooms, a front room and a kitchen. Their was an oil stove with 4 burners and an oven above. The kids saved their pennies and bought their Mother a stove shovel. The stove was built so you would have to add wood at the top and take the ashes out from the bottom. She would take a piece of carboard to get all the ashes out and sometimes it would catch fire. Ethel had a pan that would make 4 loaves of bread at a time. For Christmas, if the family had a tree, it was a limb from a locust tree. They would hang popcorn on it. The only church was at the school house. A circuit preacher would come through every once and a while and they would have services at night. The Royse family attended until Fred died, but after that they never went at night although they continued to go to Sunday School.
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