Family Photo Treasures

This page is devoted to old photos of early settlers in Decatur County. If you have photos that you would like to include in this Album, please feel free to email them to the County Coordinator! Include some descriptive text and the approximate year if you know it; jpg format is best. The more that is shared the more valuable this web site will become.

Vernon Homestead 1889	Holben Homestead 1915
Cyrus and Luella Capps and Family	Nettie Baker Koll
Grant Cathcart Family	Belle Lantis and Niece
Floyd and Ira Baker	Josiah and Mary Ward
Joseph Dixon Baker and family	Clyde and Gladys Ward
Alvin Marion Baker	William Morton
Abagail Baker and Ethel	Robert D. Wilson and family
Olif Baker	Henry Smith and Elnora Morton
Jonas & Orpha Ward Family
Frances Frewen and Family
Mary Ward & Grandchildren
Jonas & Orpha Ward Family	Nellie Ethel Ward Jeandebeur
Mary and Laura Ward	Rice Family Twins 4 sets
George & Rhoda Simpson	Augustus C. Townsend Family
Cora Simpson-Famous Nurse	William & Olive Wescoat
Robert M. Johnston Family	David and Hannah Jackson
George Albert McGonigal	J. B. McGonigal
Joseph and Eve (Lunkenheimer) Meitl	Carper Family
Charles and Ilona Townsend	Martha Morton Askins and Six Daughters
William and Lucinda Toops	Andrew Addison & Laura Reager
Charles and Ada May Toops Frickey

Views of Oberlin, Kansas
July 1910
Compliments of The Benton & Smith Investment Company

These pictures are from a small booklet which only contains post cards of the following views. Click on the names to see the pictures.

Court House	Oberlin National Bank
Benton-Smith Hotel Block	City High School
Decatur County High School	Opera House
Stacking Alfalfa	Main Street
View of Oberlin from the South	Oberlin Brick Yard
Cattle Ranch near Oberlin	Grocery Dept. "The Oberlin"