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Wabaunsee County is located abut midway between the north and south lines of the State, and about seventy-five miles west of the Missouri River. The county is bounded on the north by the Kansas River, on the south by Lyon County, on the east by Shawnee County, and on the west by Morris County and a portion of Morris and Riley Counties.1Organized as Richardson in 1859. County seat Alma. The county was created in 1866. Colonel "Dick" Richardson, of Illinois, for whom the county was first named, was the leader in the House of Representatives on the Democratic side in the debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. In February, 1859, the name was changed to Waubaunsee, that being the name of a chief of the Pottawatomie Indians. 2
- 1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.- 2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
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| Bradshaw, Royal C. 1842 - | 5K | Nov 2006 | Joy Fisher
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| Kightlinger, Elmer Ellsworth 1868 - 1934 [View Image] | 1.5 KB | Sep 2005 | Ken Herman | |
| Madden, John 1867 - | 4K | Sep 2006 | Joy Fisher
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| Tomson, Thomas K. 1826 - | 4K | Nov 2006 | Joy Fisher
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| Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | Wabaunsee County Medical Directory 1920 | 3K | Feb 2009 | Joy Fisher
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| Wabaunsee County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll | 5.83 kb | Aug 1998 | Jackie Gideon Maike | |
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| LETT, C.W. "Will", 1954 | 1 kb | 10/24/02 | James Laird | |
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| Harveyville Cemetery | ||||
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| Robinson, Paul Leslie | Image 75K | Apr 2010 | Doug Mchatton
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| Boettcher, Johann John C. & Sarah R. Sharp | Image 54K | Mar 2007 | Dan S. Sharp | |
| Sharp-Boettcher (Böttcher), Johann (John) C. & Sarah R. | Image 145K | Mar 2007 | Dan S. Sharp | |
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