Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
lot owner: W.L. Lux
age at death: 91-1-1
late residence: Osage City
cause of death: pneumonia
funeral director: Penwell
interment authorized by W.L. Lux

Carbondale Record, Thursday, Jan. 15, 1931, page 1:
Pioneer Kansan Dead
Philip Lux, 91, Dies at Home of Daughter in Osage City
Philip Lux, 91, pioneer Kansan, died late Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.M. Jackson, in Osage City, Kansas.

Mr. Lux was born in Lyons, New York, December 8, 1839. He moved with his parents to a farm near Peoria, Ill., in 1844 where he grew to manhood. He learned the carpenter trade and later became foreman of the car shops at Pekin, Ill.

Mr. Lux married Miss Catherine Heyl in Pekin, Ill. in February, 1863.
Five years later, Mr. and Mrs. Lux came to Kansas and settled on a farm twelve miles southeast of Topeka in 1868. They lived on this farm more than twenty years. Mr. Lux was a life member and prominent in the affairs of the Kansas State Horticultural Society.

In the 1880's, Mr. Lux was one of the most prominent fruit growers of Shawneee county. At one time he had more than 5,000 apple trees in bloom. A tornado practically destroyed his huge orchard about 1889.

After more than twenty years on this farm southeast of Topeka, Mr. and Mrs. Lux moved to Topeka and lived near Washburn college. Here they resided for twenty-two years and then moved to California. Mrs. Lux died in California in 1922. Since that time, Mr. Lux has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Jackson, in Osage City.

Mr. Lux took an active interest in state politics and was a close friend of Vice President Charles Curtis. When Mr. Curtis was a candidate for county attorney, he headquartered at the Lux home. On Mr. Lux's 91st birthday, December 8, 1930, Vice President Curtis sent his personal congratulations.

Mr. Lux is survived by seven children: W.L. Lux of Topeka; Mrs. J.M. Jackson, of Osage City; Mrs. Ida Thomas, of Guthrie, Okla.; Mrs. L.B. Bowman, of Manhattan, Kan.; Dr. C. Lux, of Monrovia, Calif.; W. G. Lux of Los Angeles, Calif.; Miss C.C. Lux, of Hollywood, Calif. ---Topeka Journal
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