Alma May Presnell

Family/Spouse: Arvid Bergland. Arvid was born in 1905 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Fairview Cemetery

Died:
truck overturned when taking a load of potatoes to Osborne

Frank married Mary Caroline Walters in 1894 in Osborne, Osborne Co, Kansas, United States. Mary (daughter of Thomas Henry Walters and Nancy Jane Lawson) was born on 3 Feb 1869 in Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa, USA; died on 24 Dec 1932 in Portis, Osborne, Kansas, USA; was buried in Dec 1932 in Portis, Osborne, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Fairview Cemetery

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In 1893, when William was 44 and Phoebe was 43, they became tempted by the opening of the Oklahoma Terriitory.

Jeremiah had sold the farm to them several years earlier and retired to town, so William sold the farm, fitted up two covered wagons with a 2-wheeled cart attached to two of the wagons to carry bulky foods - one item of which was a big box of gingersnaps, the luxury of the trip. By the late summer of 1894 when the wagons were Wm. and Phoebe, Stella, and one-year old Guy, Lilley, pregnant with her first baby, and her husband, Arch Tingley. The two remaining boys, Jerry and Will aged 15 and 13, rode ponies.

Stella was 9 years old when the trip started and she rebelled at leaving her pet puppy. He was allowed to accompany them, but to her soorow, died along the way.

When they reached the settlement of Reno, Oklahoma, which is no longer on the map, Arch built a one-room log cabin. This was the shelter for the 8 people in the family (later 9 when Lilley gave birth to a boy they named George.

When they left Kansas for Oklahoma:
1. William Salathial Presnell (45)
2. Phoebe Jane Robinson (44)
3. Stella (9 years old)
4. Guy (1 yr old)
5. Lilley Mae (pregnant) (age 18)
6. Arch Tingley (husband of Lilley)
7. Jeremiah (age 15)
8. William (age 13)

It was a bare existencelife with the children sleeping on the floor and Phoebe making a bed for herself on 2 chairs.

Some of Stella's early memories were of making dolls of corn cobs and dressing them in husks. Her daily chores was watching over the toddler Guy and every chance she got, she'd sneak away to a little play house she'd found near the cabin where the earth cut away to form a semi-cave.

By Spring, they'd had enough. Indians stole the two ponies besides harrassing them for food and Stella's resentment knew no bounds when they took off with the prized gingersnaps. They packed up the wagons and returned to Portis and school for the children.

It was a big relief to ge back to Portis.

William married Phoebe Jane Robinson on 29 Jan 1867 in Story, Iowa, USA. Phoebe (daughter of William Robinson and Elizabeth G. Spencer) was born on 14 Nov 1850 in Ohio, USA; died on 10 Jul 1918 in Kansas, USA; was buried in Hammond Cemetery, Smith Center, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Nancy Jane Lawson in 1868. Nancy was born on 4 May 1849 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA; died on 25 Jul 1934 in Green Castle, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jeremiah Presnell was born, 6 Mar 1828, in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio (Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII, pg 262) and died 6 Feb 1897, in Portis, Osborne Co., Kansas (Enscription on headstone;"Aged 68 Yrs, 10M, 25D").
On 23 October 1845 Jeremiah married Rachel Reynard at Henry County, Indiana. Jeremiah was only 17 years old, and Rachel was 18.

Their first child, William Salathial Presnell was born in Henry County on 11 August 1849. Jeremiah, Rachel and William appear in the 1850 Census for Henry County Indiana.

Sometime between September 1850 and October 1853 they moved to Story County Iowa and lived next to Rachel's parents Jacob and Elizabeth.

Their second child, James Monroe Prensell was born on 6 October 1854 in Story County, Iowa.

This young family had a successful farm, with 15 improved acres of land, and 87 unimproved. The 1856 Iowa State Census shows that they had 3 tons of hay, 6 acres of corn, and 30 head of cattle.

According to Story written by Phoebe Ruth Hansen Goebel, Jeremiah Presnell and family moved from Ames, Iowa to Portis, Kansas in the late 1870's.

From the Deed Registers at the Osborne County Courthouse are recorded two
entries for Jeremiah:

Osborne Co. Register of Deeds Volume C (June 1886 - May 1889) page 530 25
July 1887, 9 A.M.

Presnall, Jeremiah (Grantee) F.S. Laman (Grantor) "Warranty Deed"
Recorded in Volume N, page 233 (this volume describes the property as below and
details the transaction as "for the sum of $250."

Lots 1-2-3-10-11-12 in Block 13 Located in the Second Ward of Bethany
(Renamed Portis).

Osborne Co. Register of Deeds Volume E 27 December 1898, 4 P.M.

The Estate of Jeremiah Presnall (Grantor) & Frank A. Presnall (Grantee)
"Warranty Deed" Recorded in Volume AH, Page 430 "50 Feet of the South Part of
Lots 10, 11, 12 Block 13, Located in the 2nd Ward of Portis."

Osborne County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
Contributed by Kenneth Thomas, November, 1997
Cert# Name of Pensioner P.O. Address Cause for which pensioned Monthly Rate Date
175, 860 Presnell, Jeremiah Portis ch. diarr. & dis. rectum 12.00 Oct., 1880

Jeremiah married Rachel Reynard on 23 Oct 1845 in Henry, Indiana, USA. Rachel (daughter of Jacob Reynard and Elizabeth Sheridan) was born on 24 Oct 1827 in Indiana; died on 8 Sep 1908 in Portis, Osborne, Kansas, USA; was buried after 8 Sep 1908 in Hammond Cemetery, Smith, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth G. Spencer on 23 Apr 1844. Elizabeth was born on 14 Aug 1828; died on 14 Oct 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Greenbury married Elmyra Brooks. Elmyra was born in 1819 in Tennessee, United States; died on 11 Sep 1887 in Farmington, Whitman County, Washington, USA; was buried in Farmington, Whitman County, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]