Category Archives: Kansas

My Dad, Wes Pepper, as a Custom Wheat Cutter

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Teresa Rust

I’ve recently been in touch with a man in Kansas who is helping me to identify the men, my dad was working with in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in this photo. I met him through Yesterday’s Tractor Company … Continue reading →

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Pepper DNA Project

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Pepper DNA Needed! Pepper DNA Project Judy and I are still looking for a male Pepper descendant from one of the following, Thomas Pepper in Massachusetts (1779-1854); Porter Pepper in Massachusetts (1811-1864); John Prouty Pepper in Massachusetts and Kansas (1833-1904); … Continue reading →

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105th Anniversary of my Grandfather’s Birth!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Teresa Rust

Today marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of my Grandfather John Prouty Pepper (1908-2008). Grandpa Pepper was born at home in the Sunnyside neighborhood near Barnard, in Lincoln County, Kansas, on 24 January 1908, and “according to the United … Continue reading →

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Map of Beaver Township, Kansas, 1919

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Teresa Rust

A big thanks is owed to my Uncle Duane Pepper for getting me copies from a 1919 book of Kansas township maps. You can see in this map of Beaver Township, in Section 12, where the George Warrener and Delia … Continue reading →

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John Prouty Pepper (1908-2008)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Teresa Rust

My grandfather John Prouty PEPPER was born on 24 January 1908 near Barnard, Lincoln County, Kansas. Grandpa told me he was born in the Sunnyside neighborhood.  Memories of Grandpa Pepper from his daughter, Judy (Pepper) CLARK and edited by Teresa Hamilton/PEPPER RUST: … Continue reading →

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Reita Geraldine Bishop (1912-1998)

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Teresa Rust

My grandmother, Reita Geraldine BISHOP, was born in Lincoln, Lincoln County, Kansas, 3 January 1912, to William Franklin BISHOP and Hattie May BOYER. She was their third child and third daughter. Lincoln is a very small town located about 77 miles … Continue reading →

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