My Present Past
A genealogical experience
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George Engel and
Lea Penman
Denver, Colorado 1912
Just Regular People
Sometimes we only read or learn about people who are famous or have done something extraordinary.
The people that I have included in this site, may have lived as regular people but were admired and
remembered by my ancestors. They may have been conductors, engineers, brakemen, switchmen, supervisors,
friends, acquaintances or relatives but they earned the respect of my ancestors to be remembered and
cherished as someone who made a difference in their lifetime.

Ira Lucas, Yardmaster - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
W. D. Van Bergen, Conductor - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Louis Yengst, Engineer - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Clay Hayman, Engineer - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Amos Beeler, Engineer - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Magnus Peterson, Conductor - Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Howard R. Brady, Conductor - Santa Fe Railroad
George M. Stevens, Conductor - Santa Fe Railroad
C. C. Parker, Conductor - Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
A. P. Pierce, Conductor - Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
David G. Bliss, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas  1884
Mary Olive (Orcutt) Bliss, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas  1884
Linnie Healy, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas   1885
John Healy, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas   1885
Hugh A. Bankead, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1893
Hetta Bankead, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas  1893
Stella Capron, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas  1887
Mrs. J. R. (Hettie) Capron, Argentine Wyandotte County, Kansas 1887
Jno F. Clark, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Levant Terrance Gardner, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Frank Thomas Neff, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Annie J. Riebling Barrett, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Henry H. Riebling, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Elizabeth (Nussbaum) Riebling, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
James G. Scott, Marseilles,La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Kate (Smith) Scott, Marseilles,La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Sarah K. Smith, Marseilles,La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Henry E. Smith, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Hattie F. Smith, Marseilles, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
George E. Wheeler, Marseilles,La Salle County, Illinois 1878
William. B. Worthingham, Marseilles,La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Minnie Mitchell, Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois 1878
Samuel F. Crossett, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1879
Elizabeth Aldrich, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1878
Percy L. Aldrich, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1878
E. M. Armstrong, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1881
Paul Bansen, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1880
Frank G. Cross, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1881
Malcolm Hamilton Peterson, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois 1885
Jennie M. (Roswall) Peterson, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois 1885
Frank M. Ballou, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois
Constant Brown, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois 1877
Joseph L. Kitchen, Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois
James M. Hosford, Genesco, Henry County, Illinois 1879
Mrs. Amanda J. Wicks, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas 1882
Jennie A. Wicks, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas 1882
John Z. Roraback, Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas 1882
P. K. Dillenbeck, Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas 1882
John B. Marshel, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1883
Louise L. (Sabin) Marshel, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1883
Florence G. (Floy) Betton, Argentine Wyandotte County, Kansas 1885
Clara E. Colver, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1884
Edward L. Colver, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1884
Clara A. Griswold Blaine, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1885
Hugh Webb, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1884
Lizzie L. Simmons Turpie, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1894
Gilbert George Simmons, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1894
Joseph K. Landrey, Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas 1894
Hattie M. Boyden, Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois
George A. Reynolds, Buda, Bureau County, Illinois 1878
Nellie B. Reynolds, Buda, Bureau County, Illinois
Susan B Anthony
Miss Anthony was a guest at Sadie Nichols house
in Wyanet, Illinois on April 04, 1878