Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children: 6
(6) Son: Frank Harvey Magner (Harvey Franklin Magner on 1910 Census)
Born: August 4, 1896 - Iberia, Missouri - Miller County
SOURCE: WWI Registration Card for Birth Date and Place
Occupation: Fireman Train - Steam Railroad - Teamster
Died: 1945
Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Spouse 1: Esther H. Hart
Born: August 3, 1895 SOURCE: Social Security Death Index
Died: January 16, 1958 SOURCE: Social Security Death Index
**Esther was divorced on the 1925 Kansas State Census
Esther's Parents: Fred P. Hart - Born in New York 1871 - Died: 1957
Esther's Mother was born in France according to the 1920 US Federal Census
Frank and Esther (Hart) Magner Children: 3
Daughter: Mary Frances Magner
Born: January 15, 1917 Source: Social Security Death Index
Died: January 19, 2006 - Willows, California - Glenn County
Spouse: 1st name unknown Last name: Neilson
Son: Fred Edward Magner - CPL US Army
Born: March 12, 1920 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: December 26, 2002 - Oklahoma
Source: Social Security Death Index for birth and death information above
Interment: Magnolia Memorial Gardens - Bristow, Oklahoma - Creek County
Son: James Lewis Magner
Born: November 7, 1922 - Kansas
Died: February 10, 2007 - Belvedere Tiburon, California - Marin County
Source: Social Security Death Index for birth and death information above
Frank Harvey Magner Spouse 2: Minta C. Magner
1903 - 1975
No Children from this marriage
Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
September 2016 Personal note from Elaine Magner: Uncle Frank played on a semi-professional football team. His occupation in mid-life was as a bar tavern entrepreneur. In later life, he farmed and bred Clydesdales horses.
Lanville Milton Magner
John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children: 6
(5) Daughter: Bess Luella "Bessie" Magner
Born: February 15, 1891 - Kansas
Died: January 28, 1981 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Married: 1911 at age 20
Spouse: Carl Logan Davis
Occupation: Locomotive Fireman for M.K.T. Railroad
Born: August 1, 1884 - Ladore Township, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: December 29, 1955 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
September 2016: Personal Note from Elaine Clarence Magner's daughter:
Carl and Bess had no children of their own, but assumed care of Bess's sister, Edith (Magner) Armour's children when she died in 1921 at the age of thirty-five. They also cared for her mother, Mary Catherine (Miller) after John Edward Magner died in 1920.
Carl Davis Parents: Thomas W. Davis and Mary M. Smith
Father: Thomas W. Davis
Born: March 2, 1858 - Taylorville Christian County, Illinois
Died: April 18, 1928 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Mother: Mary M. Smith
Born: September 1858 - Mississippi
Died: December 21, 1921 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children: 6
(4) Daughter: Mabel Florence Magner
Born: April 24, 1889 - Kansas
Died: 1918
Spouse: Abner Parker
Born: Illinois
Children: One
Daughter, Dorothy Parker
1910 US Census - Gore, Kansas - Sumner County
Abner Parker age 25
Mabel Florence Parker age 21
Abner A. Parker age 68
1915 Kansas State Census - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Abner Parker age 29
Mabel Parker age 25
Dorothy age 8 months
1920 US Census - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Stella May Hinkle age 40 Head of House - Widowed
Abner Parker age 36 Brother to Stella (Parker) Hinkle
Dorothy Parker age 5 Abner and Mabel's daughter
Abner Parker age 77 Father to Stella and Abner
Source: Social Security Claims Index: Stella May Parker
Stella May Parker was born February 11, 1877 in Coles County, Illinois
Stella's Parents: Abner A. Parker and Fannie Milton
Stella's Husband: Albert B. Hinkle
1925 Kansas State Census - Gore, Kansas - Sumner County
Abner A. age 41
Stella Hinkle age 39 Abner's Sister, Widowed
Dorothy age 10
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children - 6
(3) Son: Walter Clarence Magner - (continued)
Born: February 24, 1888 - Kansas
Died: September 4, 1954 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Married: March 2, 1915 - Neosho County, Kansas
The groom, Walter was 27 and the bride, Hulda was 23 years old Source: Marriages of Neosho County, Kansas 1864-1915 Volume N - Page 370
Spouse 1: Hulda Testorff
Born: September 27, 1891 - Bremer County, Iowa
Died: Date Unknown - Waterloo, Iowa - Black Hawk County
Marriages: Everett Allen Murphy - Walter C. Magner - Samuel King Hargrove
Divorced Walter C. Magner: September 20, 1920
Divorce Source: The Coffeyville Daily Journal - Page 4 - Coffeyville, Kansas
Hulda's Parents: Karl Charles "Charlie" Testorff and Dorthea "Doris" Ruesch
Hulda Parent's Interment: Yates Center Cemetery - Yates Center, Kansas
Walter and Hulda Magner Children: 2
Son: Harold D. Magner 1915-1928
Daughter: Dora Magner 1918-1918
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Walter remarried on October 2, 1921- Columbus, Kansas - Cherokee County
The bride was 28 and groom was 33 years old, both living in Parsons, Kansas
Spouse 2: Edith May Maiden Name: Metcalf
Born: September 19, 1893 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: February 15, 1966 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Walter and Edith Magner Children: 1
Daughter: Marilyn Elaine Magner
Edith Metcalf Parents: Cyrus Wilke Metcalf and Mary (no middle name) Burns. Edith had a prior marriage to John Tate of Parsons, Kansas. They had one daughter, Mary Norine or Norene Tate. She was born December 18, 1912. Daughter, Mary married Joseph Marvin Underground, a rancher from Wyoming in 1937 in Parsons, Kansas and raised two children; one son and one daughter. Mary (Tate) Underwood died December 1976 and is buried in Parsons, Kansas.
1925 US Census Address: 2723 Chess - Parsons, Kansas
Walter age 37
Edith age 31
Norine age 12
Harold age 9
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children - 6
(3) Son: Walter Clarence Magner
Born: February 24, 1888 - Kansas
Died: September 4, 1954 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
September 2016: Personal Note from Walter's daughter, Elaine
My dad, Walter began working for MK&T Railroad when he was 16 years old in the back shops. In his off time, he was a pitcher for a Kansas minor league baseball team.
US City Directories, 1822-1995
1916 Household Members: Walter C. and wife, Hulda Magner
Walter's Occupation: Fireman MK&T Railroad
Home Address: 1720 Felix Avenue - Parsons, Kansas
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Age: 29 DOB: 2/24/1888 Natural Born Caucasian
Address: 2305 Belmont - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Occupation: Locomotive Fireman - Employed by M.K.T. - Parsons, Kansa
Married: Dependents: wife and son, one year old
Claim exemption from date, account of dependents
1920 US Census Address: 2216 Broadway - Parsons, Kansas
Walter age 31 Head of House
Hulda age 29 Wife
Harold age 4 Son
Doris Testorff age 69 Widow
Doris Testorff - Immigrated to US in 1872 and Naturalization, 1873
1st wife, Hulda parents were born in Germany and spoke German
World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Age: 54 DOB: 2/24/1888 Race: White
Address: 2203 Crawford Avenue - Parsons, Kansas
Occupation: M.K.T. Locomotive Engineer
5' 9" 185 lbs. Blue Eyes Gray hair
Name and address of person who will always know your address:
Frank Magner Address: RR Parsons, Kansas
Monday, November 21, 2016
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children 6
(2) Daughter: Edith Ruby Magner
Born: October 22, 1886 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: July 21, 1921- Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Spouse: Homer Otis Armour
Edith Ruby and Homer Otis Armour Children: 3
1) Daughter: Hilda Verena Armour
Born: 1907
Died: 1970
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
2) Son: La Faye H. Armour
Born: October 14, 1912 - Nebraska
Died: November 15, 1942 - Hoten POW Camp - Mukden, Manchuria (now Shenyang, China)
La Faye died in the Bataan Death March WWII
Interment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punch Bowl)
2177 Puowaina Drive - Honolulu, Hawaii
Plot Q Row 1 Grave 204
La Faye H. Armour
CPL 515 Coast Artillery Regiment
World War II
Service: Army Service ID: 38012586
3) Daughter: Elizabeth Armour
Born: July 20, 1914 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: August 15, 2008 - Pinecrest Nursing Home - Humboldt, Kansas - Allen County
Married: December 7, 1941
Spouse: Gale Williams McMillen
Born: January 21, 1908 - Wilson County, Kansas
Died: January 27, 1990 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Neosho County Memorial Park - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Gale McMillen Parents: Noah Edward McMillen and Ada Ann Knapp
Lanville Milton Magner
Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children - 6
(1) Daughter: Eva Lou Magner (Pronounced: it eh va lu)
Born: October 17, 1883 - Kansas
Died: 1968
Married: April 17, 1907 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Spouse: Charles Franklin Hollar
Born: March 1, 1886 - Fordland, Missouri - Webster County
Died: January 1951 - Source: Social Security Death Index (Find-a-Grave has 1957)
Interment: White Chapel Memorial Gardens - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Charles Franklin Hollar Parents: John Lowe Hollar and Italy Saphronia Bruton
Eva Lou and Charles Franklin Hollar Children: 3
1) Daughter: Thelma O. Hollar
Born: October 25, 1907 - Kansas
Died: May 7, 1994 - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Spouse: Lorne L. Harshfield
Born: November 12, 1905
Died: December 24, 1969
Interment: White Chapel Memorial Gardens - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick Co.
Thelma and Lorne Harshfield Children:
Daughter: Marrion L. Harshfield
Born: May 10, 1926 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: January 7, 2013 -Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Spouse: Bennie E. Dick
Interment: Maize Cemetery - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Son: Edward Warren Harshfield
Born: October 11, 1927 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: December 10, 2014 - Springfield, Missouri - Greene County
Interment: Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Springfield, Missouri
Son: Kenneth Eugene Harshfield
Born: July 5, 1929 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: March 11, 2011 - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
2) Son: Hubert Edward Hollar
Born: February 18, 1910 - Kansas
Died: January 27, 1974 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Bernalillo County
Spouse: Thelma Louise
Born: November 13, 1912
Died: January 27, 1998
Interment: Sunset Memorial Park - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Bernalillo County
3) Daughter: Eileen J. Hollar
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Lanville Milton Magner
John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner
PHOTO SOURCE: Elaine (Magner) Luman
I am posting this photograph of Mary Catherine MILLER Magner with the permission of her granddaughter, Elaine MAGNER Luman. Thank you so much, Elaine. Your grandmother is a beautiful woman.
Lanville Milton Magner
John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner
Born: April 14, 1862 - Lawrence County, IndianaDied: May 12, 1937 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Burial: Oak Wood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Inside the cemetery, graves are located at 3rd Street and Laurel Street
PHOTO SOURCE: My personal photographs
Lanville Milton Magner
John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner Obituary
The Parsons Daily Sun NewspaperWednesday, May 12, 1937 - Front Page
Mrs. Magner Dies
Parsons Resident Since 1905
Heart Attack Victim
Mrs. Mary Magner, 75, a resident of Parsons since 1905, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Davis, 1528 Appleton, as the result of a heart attack. Although she had been in poor health for several weeks, she was able to attend church last Sunday, [May 9] when she received the First Baptist Church Award for being the oldest mother present. She suffered a heart attack Monday night and another yesterday noon.Mary Catherine Miller was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, April 14, 1862. In 1882, she was married to John Edward Magner, also of Lawrence County and they came to Kansas, settling on a farm near Galesburg. They lived there with the exception of four years spent in Missouri, until 1905 when they came to Parsons. Mr. Magner died here December 28, 1920.
Mrs. Magner was a member of the Baptist church from the time she was 16 years old and has been an active member of the Parsons church during her residence here. She had a wide circle of friends here who will be shocked to learn of her death.
Surviving her are two daughters; Mrs. Charles Hollar, 1701 Appleton and Mrs. Carl Davis, 1528 Appleton; two sons, Walter Magner, 2203 Crawford and Frank Magner, 1714 Stevens; a half-sister, Mrs. Anna Layton, East St. Louis, Illinois; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Walter P. Arnold, assisted by the Rev. W.H. Tolliver, Kansas City, Kansas, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Wood Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Rude Funeral Home tonight and at the home, 1528 Appleton, after the noon hour tomorrow.
Lanville Milton Magner
Son: John Edward Magner
John Edward and his wife, Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner are buried at the Historic Oak Wood Cemetery built in 1872 located in Parsons, Kansas - Labette County.
NOTE: These are my personal photographs that I snapped October 2016.
Please visit John and Mary's Memorial Pages on Find-a-Grave that I created.
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