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Note: ELK COUNTY BIRTH RECORD No. 70 Date of Return: Nov. 23, 1886 Name of Child:___________ (Small) Sex: Female No. of Child of this Mother: 1st Date of Birth: Nov. 15th Place of Birth: Near Howard,Ks Nationality of Father: American Place of Birth: Indiana Age: 26 Nationality of Mother: American Plce of Birth: Ohio Age: 20 Full Name of Mother: Mary E. Small Maiden Name of Mother: Mary E. Morgan Residence of Mother: near Howard Full Name of Father: Prentice H. Small Occupation: Farmer Name and Address of Medical Attendant: J. F. Willard, Howard, Kas Name and Address of Person Making Certificate: J. F. Willard, Howard, Ks Returned By: Lewis & Willard When Ethel graduated with her teacher's certificate at age 18 she taught school north of Howard Kansas She boarded with the William Royse family. She taught 8 grades for 2 years. Ethel and Fred waited until she turned 21 to get married. Fred worked on his father's place after they were married. Edith was 6 months old when the family moved to Hooker Oklahoma. The family rode the train from Howard to Hooker. John Morgan also moved. Ethel and the 3 kids stayed in the caboose. The cows and the work horses were in a train car with their house goods. The family moved back to Kansas in January 1925. Ethel drove a covered wagon and Hugh who was 17 drove an open wagon. It took them 2 weeks to drive back in the icy conditions. Ethel's father Prentice and his wife Mary drove down to Oklahoma in the Model A and brought the 4 kids back. All the kids sat in the back seat. The family first lived north of Elk Falls. They rented a farm on the Elk River. Hugh planted corn and very soon after the river got out of its banks. Hugh was mad and when his Uncle Frank asked why he was so mad he said he was used to the seeds blowing out and at least the next day he could re-plant, but here he had to wait until it dried out. The Story of Hugh Royse & His Mother When They Came Back to Kansas from Oklahoma They left Hooker, Oklahoma December 31, 1924. It snowed all day the day they left. They followed old US160 Highway which at that time was just a dirt trail. They started out with 2 wagons, one covered, driving the teams 4 abreast & trailing one wagon. Hadn't been out many days & passed a school house. A lot of the children were gathered at the windows to watch the coverned wagon go by. In some plaes on this trip the snow was so deep the teams had to lunge to get through the snow. The took some horse feed but at one time ran out of feed. The towns were so far apart they didn't find a place to buy any. When they came to a farm house they asked a farmer to sell them some horse feed. He wouldn't sell them any feed & wouldn't even let them water their horses. They went down the road a ways & came to a field of shocked feed. Hugh got enough feed to feed the horses that night. There were some places in the red hills the trail US s160 was so narrow there wan't room for the 4 head abreast so had to put one team on each wagon. One place the team of mares got ahead of the mules & the mules decided to catch up. Grandma Royse was driving the mules and Hugh the mares & when the mules decided to catch up Grandma couldn't hold them & they ran under a low telephone line & caught the stove pipe & broke 3 of the wagon bows & let the cover down on the covered wagon. They stopped in Sun City and got material for the bow & fixed the cover back on the wagon. Most people along the way were real friendly & nice. They stopped at one place & a farmer gave them feed for the horses and let them water the horses. Let them park their wagons over night at this place, even brought out hot rolls for their supper and asked them to come into their house to visit a while. By the time they got to Cambridge Kansas the teams feet were so tender footed they stopped and had them shod. Fourteen days from the time they started out, they arrived in Elk falls Kansas. January 13, 1925. Ethel worked for Aunt Lucy and helped with her kids. Whenever any of the extended Royse family was ill, they would ask Ethel to come stay with them and help. The family had a garden and Ethel would can all the jars she could get her hands on. They would pick the lima beans during the day and shell them at night. There was wild grapes along the creek nearby and Ethel would make jelly out of the juice. Ethel moved the family to Oak Valley when Edith was a sophomore. Ethel never sang in the church choir but would be heard singing around the house. Ethel had a trunk that was given to her son George who gave it to his daughter Jean Elda. 1920 Census Hooker Township, Texas County, Oklahoma enumerated January 20, 1920 Dwelling #83, Family #84 ROYSE, E.P., head, f/w, 33, Wd, KS IN OH, farmer ______, Hugh, son, m/w, 11, KS KS KS ______, Lois, daughter, f/w, 9, KS KS KS ______, Edith, daughter, f/w, 7, KS KS KS ______, George, son, m/w, 5, Oklahoma KS KS ______, Darrell, son, m/w, 1, Oklahoma KS KS SMALL, Anna, sister, f/w, 30, KS IN OH 1930 Census Oak Valley Township, Elk County, Kansas enumerated April 9, 1930 Dwelling #26, Family #26 ROYSE, Mrs. F. E., head, f/w, 43, KS IN OH, farmer-general farmer, widow ______, Hugh E., son, m/w, 21, KS KS KS, farmer-general farmer, single ______, Lois E., daughter, f/w, 19, KS KS KS, teacher-public school, single ______, Ethel M., daughter, f/w, 17, KS KS KS, single ______, George A., son, m/w, 16, OK KS KS, single ______, Darrell J., son, m/w, 11, OK KS KS, single The Howard Courant-Citizen, Howard, Elk County, Kansas, Thursday, November 19, 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Sprague of Sedan had a birthday dinner for Mrs. Sprague's mother, Mrs. Ethel Royse, Sunday and the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jones, Mrs. Anna Clingenpeel, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cunningham and Connie Beth, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sherman, Lyneva and Virgil, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Royce, Darlene, Claudia and Deborah, of Elk Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Royce, Susan and Freddie, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spurrier and Janice, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Royse and daughters, of Longton; Mrs. Sam Sprague of Sedan, and Mary Lynn Howell of Wichita. OBITUARY - ETHEL P. ROYSE Mrs. Ethel P. Royse, 86, formerly of Elk Falls, died July 7 in Twilight Manor Nursing Home where she had been a resident for five years. She was born Nov. 15, 1886, in Howard to Prentiss and Mary Elizabeth Morgan Small. She married Fred Royse Nov. 27, 1907, in Howard. They moved to Oklahoma in 1913. He died in October 1919. Mrs. Royse returned to rural Elk Falls in 1925 and in 1938 she moved to Elk Falls. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Elk Falls. She is survived by three sons, Hugh Royse of Longton, George Royse of Elk City, Darrell of Elk Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Harris of Fredonia, Mrs. Edith Sprague of Caney; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Clingenpeel of Howard, Mrs. Lucy Osborn of Elk Falls; fifteen grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Spurrier Funeral Home Chapel, Howard, by the Rev. George Freed of the Elk Falls United Methodist Church. Interment will be in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Howard. OBITUARY: Ethel Pearl, eldest daughter of Prentice Henry and Elizabeth Small, was born near Howard, KS, November 15, 1886 and died July 7, 1973. She grew to womanhood in and near Howard and was united with the Methodist church in Howard at an early age. After finishing her education, she taught school for two years. On November 27, 1907, she was united in marriage to Fred Eugene Royse at the home of her parents. He preceded her in death on October 7, 1919. To this union were born five children: Hugh Eugene Royse, Longton; George Austin Royse, Elk City; Darrell Fred Royse, Elk Falls; Lois Ethel Harris, Fredonia; and Edith May Sprague, Caney. In January 1913, the family moved near Hooker, Oklahoma, where they made their home until January 1925, when Mrs. Royse and her children moved near Elk Falls and remained on a farm where she reared her family. She moved to Elk Falls in 1938. In 196? she lived with her daughter, Edith, in Sedan KS until November 1967 when she moved into the Howard Twilight Manor Home. Besides her children, she leaves 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Clingenpeel, Howard; Mrs. Lucy Osborn, Elk Falls; and other relatives. Services were held in the chapel of the Spurrier Funeral Home on July 10 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. George Freed of the United Methodist Church of Elk Falls officiating. Mrs. Curtis Morgan was soloist accompanied by Mrs. Arthur Cummings at the organ. Casket bearers were grandsons of the deceased. Concluding services were in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Howard.
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