By way of Bourbon, and Edwards County, Nicholas came to Hodgeman County in 1885. His homestead was in Valley Township north of Jetmore....

There is a headstone in Fairmont Cemetery which reads: William Blakeley Died July 28, 1882 42 Y. 4 M. Age 40 Matilda Monroe Dau. Of W. &...

The Compromise of 1820 granted the admittance of Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. At the beginning...

Thompson S. Haun and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, came west in 1878 to Hodgeman County. Thompson surveyed and platted the town of Jetmore in...

August Schauvliege had just buried his wife and infant son in Belgium. Going to America would allow him to forget the past and start a...

The headstone reads: Willard J. 1913-Age1 M. Lula Briley 1893-1913 Mary Lulu Briley was the daughter of Frank J. and Clara Bickel Briley....

One of the most devastating perils of early pioneers was the prairie fire. Within in a matter of minutes, your farm, buildings, towns...

Charles “Charley” Bastian was born in1862 in Illinois. He was the 4th of five children born to Charles and Catherine Bechler Bastian....

It seems that many of our early settlers came from Germany or the Volga Region of Russia. The Sorem family goes against that trend as...

One hundred and seven African-American settlers from Kentucky arrived in Hodgeman county on March 24, 1878. Leadership for the migration...

Rev. Freeman was born in Ohio on March 22, 1828. He married Phoebe Jane Oliver (b. 1840) on December 20, 1860. The couple was blessed...

There are two non-descript headstones in Fairmount Cemetery. The first one reads: Nellie Moats Died May 17, 1887. An identical headstone...

James Thomas Duncan was born September 11, 1854, in Harrison County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of seven children born to Barton Wesley...

Corp. Ledyard P. Mack enlisted Co. D 50th PA Infantry and served until November 4, 1862. He was discharged with a disability – “sun...

Mrs. Loafman died of consumption at the age of 57. She was a widow who came to Hodgeman County with her daughters. Mary Jane Bowen was...

Mr. Roughton came to Hodgeman County in March of 1878 and settled on a homestead northwest of Jetmore. Columbus Elisha Roughton was born...