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CHARLES EUGENE PICKERING – Kansas

Rosa came to Kansas from Indiana at age three with her parents in a covered wagon, arriving on Christmas Day 1877.

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Charles Eugene Pickering

b: 24 Sep 1868 State Center, Marshal Co., Iowa 7:30 PM
m: 23 Sep 1894, Junction City, KS (age 26)
occupation: Farmer
lived: 1940 Carroll, Missouri
d: 08 Aug 1956, Chapman, Dickinson, KS (age 98)
b: Shenks Cemetery, Milford, KS

+ Rosa Ella Jones

b: 16 Sep 1873 near Warren, IN
d: 06 Mar 1960 At her home in Chapman, KS (age 97)
b: Milford, KS, Shenks Cemetery, Riley Co.

Charles Eugene Pickering and Rosa Ella Jones

When Charles Eugene PICKERING was born on September 24, 1868, in State Center, Iowa, his father, Charles, was 27 and his mother, Clara, was 16. He married Rose Ellen “Roseella” Jones on September 23, 1894, in Kansas. They had eight children in 23 years. He died on August 8, 1956, in Chapman, Kansas, at the age of 87, and was buried in Milford, Kansas.

Children of Charles Eugene and Rosa Ella Jones

Freda Valencia Pickering
… b: 15 Jun 1895 Junction City, KS
… m: 1918
… d: 02 Oct 1940 (age 45)
… b: Highland Cemetery, Junction City, KS
+ Bernard Johnson • Jean Elizabeth Johnson

Charles Leo Pickering
… b: 23 Apr 1897
… d: 22 Nov 1901 (age 4)
… b: Milford, KS (?)

Cecil Edward Pickering
… b: 24 Jul 1899
… d: 22 Nov 1901 (age 2)
… b: Milford, KS (?)

Francis Eugene Pickering
… b: 25 Apr 1902
… d: 20 Oct 1969 Junction City, KS (age 67) + Hazel Kohler b: 1905 d: 1938 Kansas City, MO Hospital (age 33)
[2] + Edith
[3] + Mary Pierce d: May 1969 b: Milford, KS,
Donald Phillip Pickering b: 08 Sep 1924 d: 11 Mar 1986 (age 62)
Jack Francis Pickering
Josephine Rose Pickering 1933 – 1933
Richard Eugene Pickering + Ruth Ann Stillwagon (divorced)
… … [2] Connie Glesner McDiffit b: 02 apr 1962

Clifford William Pickering
… b: 16 Apr 1907 Riley Co.,Milford, KS
… m: 15 Feb 1956 (Cliff age 49 / Lillian age 45)
… d: 09 Aug 1965 Manhattan, KS (age 57)
Lillian (Webb) Hubbard b: 14 Apr 1911 St. Louis, MO
… d: 03 Apr 1996 Manhattan, KS (age 57)
… b: Monument Hill, Pickering Ranch, South of Manhattan, KS
… … Children of Lillian: Frank, Esther Ellen (Dolly, and Robert (Skip)
… … Skip was adopted by Clifford

Kathyrne Elizabeth Pickering
… b: 27 Jul 1912 Milford, KS
… m: 1930
… d: 23 Dec 2003
… b: Wilsey Cemetary, Wilsey, KS
+Henry Edmund SAY
… b: 07 Jul 1909 Alta Vista, KS
… d: 16 Sep 1994 Council Grove, KS b: Wilsey, KS, Wilsey Cemetery
… … (died on his 64th wedding anniversary)
… … Deloris Ruby Say, b: 15 May 1931, Alta Vista KS; d: 3 Aug 1990;
… ….. . m: Cameron Leroy (Mick) Mickey, 11 Apr 1953
… … Carol Rose Say
… … Corene Crissie Say

Marjorie Arlene Pickering
… b: 16 Apr 1916 Milford, KS,
… m: 1933 in Council Grove, KS
… d: Jul 1949 (age 33)
… b: Riley Cemetery near Del Springer
Adelbert Springer
… b: 04 Mar 1911 Leonardville, KS
… d: 20 Feb 1990 Lawrence, KS (age 33)
… … Dwayne Springer b: 24 Jan 1935, d: Dec 2008
… … Bob Springer
… … Joyce Elaine Springer b: 09 Aug 1939 d: 16 Sep 1940 (age 13 mos)

Loleta Bell Pickering
… b: 01 May 1919 Milford, KS,
… d: 20 Sep 1991 Chapman KS (age 72)
John Clifford YORK b: 06 Oct 1912 d: 23 Feb 1982 Chapman, KS
… Burial: Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, KS
*2nd Husband of [2] Loleta Bell PICKERING:
Lloyd Grey m: 1937 in Divorced

1900 Census – Riley County, Kansas

Name Rel Age Birth Year Status Occupation Born
Eugene Pickering Head 29 1870 Mar Farm Laborer Iowa
Rosella Jones Wife 26 Sept 1874 Mar Iowa
Fredericka Dau 4 June 1895 Kansas
Leo Son 4 May 1896 Kansas
Cecil Son 1 Jul 1899 Kansas


1880 Census – Geneva, Allen, Kansas

Name Rel Age Birth Year Status Occupation Born
Charles W. Pickering Head 38 1841 Mar Farmer England
Isabelle Wife 29 1851 Mar Illinois
Charles E Pickering Son 12 1868 Student Iowa
Harold Pickering Son 8 1872 Student Illinois
Isabella M Pickering Dau 7 1873 California


1885 Census – Kansas State Census Collection, Junction City, Davis Co.

Name Rel Age Birth Year Status Occupation Born
Charles W. Pickering Head 43 1842 Mar Teamster
Isabell Wife 36
Charles E Son 16
Harold Pickering Son 14
Maude Pickering Dau 11

Note: It was brought to my attention by Jim Wilson (son-in-law of Katheryne Say) that the June 1900 census entry was probably for Charles Eugene. It is said he went by the name of “Eugene or “Gene” and Rose Ella Jones is pretty close to Rosella Jones. Rose and Charles Eugene’s children born before 1900 were Freda [1895-1940] and Charles Leo [1897-1901] and Cecil Edward [1899-1901]. I would say since the dates match there is no question that this is the family of Charles Eugene Pickering. This is a great example of having others share in the research. I have not been able to make this little puzzle fit for years – guess I was just a little too close to it. Good job Jim!