Died at age 75 years.
Obit in the Seneca, KS paper 6-22-83
Catherine Thrailkill married
1. David Kanoy abt 1837
They had three children Elizabeth L, Emily Jane and John.
2. Thomas Akers
They did not have children.
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Catharine Kanoy
Marriage Date: 18 May 1855
Marriage County: DeKalb
Spouse Name: Thomas Akers
Catherine and Thomas Akers drowned in Turkey Creek with 5 of their grandchildren.
Info from Jolene Jacks-Capparelle #46841270
(THE SENECA TRIBUNE,JUNE 22, 1883) THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE, only parts of it follows.
THE ANGRY FLOOD
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE NEMAHA RIVER
THE FATAL JOURNEY (Note: as told by Schuyler Borom)
Mr. Acres' and his wife and grand-daughter, Ida Humphrey, aged eight years, and my mother and my four sisters had started on about 8 that morning in Mr. Acres' wagon to go to Mr. Wilkins' house. Mr. Acres was wild with fear that the house would be swept away, and insisted that he could drive across the bottoms easy enough. The women protested that it was dangerous, but finally went. So they started, Acres and his wife, and Ida, Mrs. Borom and her four daughters. About thirty rods from the house the wagon was upset by the strong current and the eight people were thrown into the angry flood that was every moment gaining in fury and strength.
As the wagon overturned, terrible cries of despair were heard above the roar of the waters, and John Gay exclaimed: "My God! They have gone down in the Nemaha!" This was at 8 o'clock a.m. Mr. Borom had his team hitched up ready to take his aged and feeble mother, but the terrible disaster to his family completely unmanned him, and his mother was not informed of their terrible fate. The young man tells us that just after sundown he heard his mother call him by name. "I could not see her; but she told me she was fast in a tree.
He assured her that help was at hand, and by all the arts in his power he sought to keep her in courage. About 1 o'clock Monday morning the boat reached Guist. (Note: skipping to the next part.) As soon as he was taken ashore Mr. Latimer went in the boat to find Mrs. Borom. He found her lodged in a tree, about ten feet above the water, some ten rods west of where Guist was found, and she was returned safely to the shore.
(NOTE: The whole story can be found on microfilm at the Seneca Public Library, Seneca, Kansas.)
Obit in the Seneca, KS paper 6-22-83
Catherine Thrailkill married
1. David Kanoy abt 1837
They had three children Elizabeth L, Emily Jane and John.
2. Thomas Akers
They did not have children.
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Catharine Kanoy
Marriage Date: 18 May 1855
Marriage County: DeKalb
Spouse Name: Thomas Akers
Catherine and Thomas Akers drowned in Turkey Creek with 5 of their grandchildren.
Info from Jolene Jacks-Capparelle #46841270
(THE SENECA TRIBUNE,JUNE 22, 1883) THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE, only parts of it follows.
THE ANGRY FLOOD
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE NEMAHA RIVER
THE FATAL JOURNEY (Note: as told by Schuyler Borom)
Mr. Acres' and his wife and grand-daughter, Ida Humphrey, aged eight years, and my mother and my four sisters had started on about 8 that morning in Mr. Acres' wagon to go to Mr. Wilkins' house. Mr. Acres was wild with fear that the house would be swept away, and insisted that he could drive across the bottoms easy enough. The women protested that it was dangerous, but finally went. So they started, Acres and his wife, and Ida, Mrs. Borom and her four daughters. About thirty rods from the house the wagon was upset by the strong current and the eight people were thrown into the angry flood that was every moment gaining in fury and strength.
As the wagon overturned, terrible cries of despair were heard above the roar of the waters, and John Gay exclaimed: "My God! They have gone down in the Nemaha!" This was at 8 o'clock a.m. Mr. Borom had his team hitched up ready to take his aged and feeble mother, but the terrible disaster to his family completely unmanned him, and his mother was not informed of their terrible fate. The young man tells us that just after sundown he heard his mother call him by name. "I could not see her; but she told me she was fast in a tree.
He assured her that help was at hand, and by all the arts in his power he sought to keep her in courage. About 1 o'clock Monday morning the boat reached Guist. (Note: skipping to the next part.) As soon as he was taken ashore Mr. Latimer went in the boat to find Mrs. Borom. He found her lodged in a tree, about ten feet above the water, some ten rods west of where Guist was found, and she was returned safely to the shore.
(NOTE: The whole story can be found on microfilm at the Seneca Public Library, Seneca, Kansas.)
Died at age 75 years.
Obit in the Seneca, KS paper 6-22-83
Catherine Thrailkill married
1. David Kanoy abt 1837
They had three children Elizabeth L, Emily Jane and John.
2. Thomas Akers
They did not have children.
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Catharine Kanoy
Marriage Date: 18 May 1855
Marriage County: DeKalb
Spouse Name: Thomas Akers
Catherine and Thomas Akers drowned in Turkey Creek with 5 of their grandchildren.
Info from Jolene Jacks-Capparelle #46841270
(THE SENECA TRIBUNE,JUNE 22, 1883) THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE, only parts of it follows.
THE ANGRY FLOOD
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE NEMAHA RIVER
THE FATAL JOURNEY (Note: as told by Schuyler Borom)
Mr. Acres' and his wife and grand-daughter, Ida Humphrey, aged eight years, and my mother and my four sisters had started on about 8 that morning in Mr. Acres' wagon to go to Mr. Wilkins' house. Mr. Acres was wild with fear that the house would be swept away, and insisted that he could drive across the bottoms easy enough. The women protested that it was dangerous, but finally went. So they started, Acres and his wife, and Ida, Mrs. Borom and her four daughters. About thirty rods from the house the wagon was upset by the strong current and the eight people were thrown into the angry flood that was every moment gaining in fury and strength.
As the wagon overturned, terrible cries of despair were heard above the roar of the waters, and John Gay exclaimed: "My God! They have gone down in the Nemaha!" This was at 8 o'clock a.m. Mr. Borom had his team hitched up ready to take his aged and feeble mother, but the terrible disaster to his family completely unmanned him, and his mother was not informed of their terrible fate. The young man tells us that just after sundown he heard his mother call him by name. "I could not see her; but she told me she was fast in a tree.
He assured her that help was at hand, and by all the arts in his power he sought to keep her in courage. About 1 o'clock Monday morning the boat reached Guist. (Note: skipping to the next part.) As soon as he was taken ashore Mr. Latimer went in the boat to find Mrs. Borom. He found her lodged in a tree, about ten feet above the water, some ten rods west of where Guist was found, and she was returned safely to the shore.
(NOTE: The whole story can be found on microfilm at the Seneca Public Library, Seneca, Kansas.)
Obit in the Seneca, KS paper 6-22-83
Catherine Thrailkill married
1. David Kanoy abt 1837
They had three children Elizabeth L, Emily Jane and John.
2. Thomas Akers
They did not have children.
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Catharine Kanoy
Marriage Date: 18 May 1855
Marriage County: DeKalb
Spouse Name: Thomas Akers
Catherine and Thomas Akers drowned in Turkey Creek with 5 of their grandchildren.
Info from Jolene Jacks-Capparelle #46841270
(THE SENECA TRIBUNE,JUNE 22, 1883) THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE, only parts of it follows.
THE ANGRY FLOOD
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE NEMAHA RIVER
THE FATAL JOURNEY (Note: as told by Schuyler Borom)
Mr. Acres' and his wife and grand-daughter, Ida Humphrey, aged eight years, and my mother and my four sisters had started on about 8 that morning in Mr. Acres' wagon to go to Mr. Wilkins' house. Mr. Acres was wild with fear that the house would be swept away, and insisted that he could drive across the bottoms easy enough. The women protested that it was dangerous, but finally went. So they started, Acres and his wife, and Ida, Mrs. Borom and her four daughters. About thirty rods from the house the wagon was upset by the strong current and the eight people were thrown into the angry flood that was every moment gaining in fury and strength.
As the wagon overturned, terrible cries of despair were heard above the roar of the waters, and John Gay exclaimed: "My God! They have gone down in the Nemaha!" This was at 8 o'clock a.m. Mr. Borom had his team hitched up ready to take his aged and feeble mother, but the terrible disaster to his family completely unmanned him, and his mother was not informed of their terrible fate. The young man tells us that just after sundown he heard his mother call him by name. "I could not see her; but she told me she was fast in a tree.
He assured her that help was at hand, and by all the arts in his power he sought to keep her in courage. About 1 o'clock Monday morning the boat reached Guist. (Note: skipping to the next part.) As soon as he was taken ashore Mr. Latimer went in the boat to find Mrs. Borom. He found her lodged in a tree, about ten feet above the water, some ten rods west of where Guist was found, and she was returned safely to the shore.
(NOTE: The whole story can be found on microfilm at the Seneca Public Library, Seneca, Kansas.)
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Reported by: Luella Hinrichsen on Nov 03, 2014
General problem: I searched the stated plot or section and could not find the grave
Details: I have searched the area multiple times and have found no stone, so sorry.
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