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    Francis Singer 1827-1895

    The Francis Singer Family One of the early settlers in Stohrville Township was the Francis Singer family in 1876. Francis Singer was born in Wittenburg, Germany in 1827 and emigrated to America in 1846. First settling in New Jersey where…

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    Giles Wilkerson Joyner 1834-1894

    The Joyner Family in Bluff City History Giles Wilkerson Joyner was one of the early settlers in the Stohrville Township area in 1880. He was born in North Carolina on Feb. 6, 1834 and migrated to Chapel Hill, Mo. where…

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    Truman L. Sturdevant 1877-1945

    Memories of Truman L. Sturdevant (1877-1945) I was born in Binghamton, N.Y. on Sept. 25, 1877. Later that year my parents, George and Tenie Sturdevant, brother Herbert and I came west to near Lawrence, Kansas. In the fall of 1880 we…

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    James Glover 1839-1924

    James Glover A Bluff City Centennial Family One of the early day leaders you might hear mentioned most often was James Glover and family. Among some of the credentials mentioned most often might be his work for the public schools,…

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    Bluff City Mayors

    Names of those who have been called to serve as mayor in Bluff City, KS over the years:   1888-1889 – James Glover who was also the editor of the Bluff City Herald at the same time. April 1891 –…