Our Visit to Holton, Kansas

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We found an unexpected treat
on our way through Kansas City!

Holton is about 30 miles north of Topeka.

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This home at 235 Lincoln is where our great-grandparents lived, grandfather Wayne came home to die, and Keller, Betty and George lived for part of their childhood.

This well-kept house was home to Great-grandmother Myrtle McCreary's sister Calvin and her husband Henry Keller, Jr., as well as the girls' mother Martha Jane McCulloh.  (Keller McCreary was named for his great-uncle Keller).

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Several generations of our family lie here in the Holton Cemetery.

This group of stones marks the graves of our great-grandparents, grandfather, and (unseen off to left) his aunt and uncle Keller.

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This group of stones is for our great-great-grandfather John McCreary, his second wife and mother of his children, Mary Fesler McCreary, and his first wife Elizabeth. Henry Keller, Jr. (husband of great-grandmother Myrtle's sister Calvin) was an early mayor of Holton and clearly well-regarded.  He owned a harness shop on the town square.
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The only picture any of us has ever had with our grandfather McCreary. Next project ... tracking down the Flournoys of Lafayette County, Missouri.

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