Many hardships were endured  cyclones, prairie fires, floods, the grasshopper invasion of 1874 and roving gypsies. To the George Krebs were born three daughters: Bertha, Amelia and Anna. Bertha, the eldest daughter, born in 1869, related many interesting events concerning the friendly Indians whose encampments were on her father's land near the Solomon River. On one of their last encampments, they presented Bertha with a beautiful spotted pony. Bertha Krebs became the wife of Charles F. Horn in 1891. Mr. Horn was born in Floraville, Illinois, in 1864. He came to Kansas when he was nine years old; his parents had come to Glasco, Kansas, in 1873, to establish their home. Charles Horn and wife purchased the Krebs homestead and continued to live there. They raised a family of ten children, of which many of the descendants still live in this area. Mr. Horn passed away on May 10, 1951; his wife on July 28,1954. AUGUST HOHENSEE FAMILY By Herman Hohenssee In the late 1880's, August Hohensee accompanied by his mother, Ernestine Hohensee, and two sisters, Amelia and Bertha, migrated from their home in Germany to America. August had served as a footman in the German Emperor household under William I.Through an accident he suffered a broken leg and was unable to continue his services, so the family made plans to come to America. Upon their arrival, Mrs. Hohensee purchased a farm from Noah Bruce's mother and this farm is still occupied by Herman Hohensee, a son. Much of their land was in timber and immediately they began to grub out the trees and provide more land. On January 31, 1900, August Hohensee was united in marriage to Mary Essig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Essig. Justice of the Peace, Joseph S Boyle, performed the ceremony. Two children Herman and the late Anna Vitek, were born to this couple. The children attended Germany school nearby. A number of floods between 1903 and 1951 were encountered and the Solomon River cut a new course leaving an old river bed near their farmstead. A row boat was a ready stand-by for the family to escape to higher ground. Mr. Hohensee was famous for his curing of meat and neighbors far and near sought his services -this art he learned in Germany. Their neighbors were Jake Fisher on the north, and the John Fox family on the west. Mr. Hohensee was an excellent accordian player and his music was enjoyed by all his many friends. Amelia became the wife of Herman Rehberg, and Bertha became the wife of Dan Knottman. THE LOTT FAMILIES By Mrs. Henry Lott Peter Lott and wife, Gertie, emigrated from Holland and settled at Flatbush, Long Island, N.Y. in 1652. His Grandson, Cornelius, was a 1st Lieut. in Captain Conrad Ten Eyck's Co. and later a Captain in the Middlesex Company during the Revolutionary War. This name has appeared periodically in family records. A Cornelius Lott was killed in the Battle of Averysboro, North Carolina during the Civil War and another served in World War I. This last mentioned was the father of Clifford Cornelius Lott who is living in Bennington now After the Civil War, four brothers (from the family of eleven children of Jacob and Ann Stallsmith came to Kansas. They were: 1 NOAH who farmed near Bennington. He was the father of Wallace, Thomas and Ruth. 2 PETER THOMAS JEFFERSON who was a schoolteacher and a farmer near Bennington. He was the father of Earnest, Burton, Walter, Gertude, Cornelius and Henry 3. WILLIAM (WES) FRANCIS- his children were: Will, a carpenter and farmer near Bennington: Owen (Doc), carpenter of Minneapolis; Ed, carpenter of Salina Howard, furniture dealer in Glasco. 4. JACOB ISAAC NEWTON, a Presbyterian minister, who retired to McPherson. His children were: Jacob A. , Alta, Mary, Ann and Sadie. RETURN NEXT