County Affairs, Barber County
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Level of Description: Folder
Material Type: Government record
Call Number:
Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 13 Folder 13
Unit ID: 454854
Space Required/Quantity: [Not stated]
Title (Main title): County Affairs, Barber County
Scope and Content
Scope and content: This letter dated February 13, 1886 is from the Barber County, Kansas Clerk, J. Walstead, regarding the office of coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. Walstead wrote to announce and confirm a vacancy in the office of coroner due to the death of the former coroner, H. W. Meurcke. Barber County was organized on April 14, 1874. The county was named for Thomas Barber, a freestater from Ohio who was killed on the road between Bloomington and Lawrence during the Wakarusa War in 1855 by proslavery men.
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
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| 027-04-07-04 |
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Creators and Contributors
Agency Classification:
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Kansas State Agencies. Governor's Office. Specific Administrations. Martin, John Administration.
