Kit Carson County, Colorado
Histories

James E. and Delana (Hollingshead) Pickrel , 8 South 42 West
 


James claimed a quarter in section 5, 8 South 42 West, Kit Carson County in November 1912.

MOST LIKELY (A James E. Pickrel of Iowawas about the same age, and is remotely possible that he was the land claimant.)

JAMES' FAMILY

In 1870 Livingston County, Illinois, Robt. Pickrel is 52, Rachel Pickrel 44, Thomas H. Pickrel 21, Austin Pickrel 16, Melvin Pickrel 14, James E. Pickrel 12, Theodore Pickrel 9, Harriet G. Pickrel 7, Manuel Pickrel 5, Mary E. Pickrel 3, and Adaline G. Pickrel 8/12.

In 1900 Mills County, Iowa, Manuel Pickrel is 35, Lizzie Pickrel 25 Wife, Victor Pickrel 8 Son, Geo H. Pickrel 4 Son, Sarah B. Pickrel 9 Daughter, and Robert Pickrel 76 Father, widowed.
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DELANA'S FAMILY

In 1870 Sauk County, Wisconsin, John Hollingshead is 43, Mary A. Hollingshead 38 Francis E. Hollingshead 13. Eda A. Hollingshead 11 Delana M. Hollingshead 7. James A/ Hollingshead 7, John L. L. Hollingshead 5, and Cassy P. Hollingshead.
Delana Hollingehead Marriage Date 11 Apr 1881 Marriage Place La Crosse, Wisconsin.

In 1900 York County, Nebraska, James Pickrel is 42, Lane Pickrel 33 Wife, Jessie Pickrel 13 Daughter, Robert E. Pickrel 11 Son, and Victor T. Pickrel 4 Son.

In 1910 Polk County, Nebraska, James E. "Pickard" is 52, Delana M. Pickard 47 Wife, Robert E. Pickard 18 Son, Victor G. Pickard 14 Son, and Leroy E. Pickard 7 Son.

In 1920 Sherman County, Kansas, James E. Pickrel 62 is a retired farmer, born in Ohio, Delana M. Pickrel 58 Wife, Victor T. Pickrel 23 Son, and Leroy E. Pickrel 17 Son.

Delana Marie 'Lana' Hollingshead Pickrel , born 1862 , died 1 Mar 1933 (aged 70â€'71) , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 3 plot 53 FindAGrave # 67212769.

James E. Pickrel , born 1858 , died 1939 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 3 plot 53 FindAGrave # 67212766.

JESSIE

Jessie May Pickrel Marriage Age 17 , born Place Red Oak, Iowa Marriage Date 19 Dec 1904 Marriage Place Arborville, Nebraska, Marriage County Office York Father James E. Pickrel Mother Lana Pickrel Spouse Hiram A. Dickson

In 1910 Custer County, Nebraska, Robert M. Dickson is is 69, Mary A. Dickson 67 Wife, Heram Dickson 36 Son, Jessie Dickson 23 Daughter-in-law, Harold Dickson 2 Grandson, and Mary M. Holliday 13 Granddaughter.

November 24, 1914 York, Nebraska, "Mrs. Jessie Dlckson, 27 years old, died this morning at the home or her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pickerel, near Arborville. For several years she had been 111 In a hospital at Lincoln. She was removed to the Pickrel home last week, but took a turn for the worse. A husband and a 7-year-old son survive. The funeral will be held in the Congregational church at Arborville Friday artemoon at 2. Burial will be at Arborville."
Arborville Rural Cemetery Arborville, York County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 160836120.

Robert Harold Dickson Age 40 , born Place Gallaway, Nebraska Father Hiram A. Dickson Mother Jessie May Dickson Spouse Ada Childs Thinnes.
Robert Harold Dickson , born 21 Sep 1907 Callaway, Custer County, Nebraska, , died 13 Aug 1948 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, , buried Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, PLOT 2A-6-24-4W FindAGrave # 110198098.
"Robert Harold Dickson, 40 of 166 25th street, died in the Veterans hospital in Salt Lake City on Friday evening, after a lingering illness. He was horn Sept. 21, 1907, in Callaway, Nebr. He operated a farm In Nyssa, Ore., until enlisting In the army March 15, 1942, as a private. He took basic training at Fort Douglas. He served In the Normandy, northern France, and the Rhineland campaigns. He was awarded the presidential citation, the European-African-Mtddle EaNtern theatre ribbon, the American theatre ribbon, and three bronze campaign stars, the victory ribbon, the combat badge, and the purple heart, with two oak leaf clusters from wounds received on 8ept. 20, Oct. 25, and Nov. 22, 1944, in France and Germany. He was dicharged from Bushnell general hospital Febr. 21, 1946, as a staff sergeant. On April 25, 1946, he was married to Ada Childs in Evanston, Wyo. He was a member of the Episcopal church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veterans. Surviving is his widow of Ogden. Funeral services were held Monday at 11 a in the mortuary chapel at 529 25th street, with the Rev. Burton Salter of the Episcopal church of the Good Shepherd officiating. Interment was In the Ogden city cemetery. - Standard-Examiner News Ogden, Utah.

Robert was a nephew of Mrs. George Smith of Callaway, also the nephew of Mrs. Etta James of Ludlow, Calif., and Mrs. Kate Brabham and Mrs. Laura Sterner of Seattle, Wash."

ROBERT

In 1920 Sherman County, Robert E. Pickrel is 28, Esther L. Pickrel 25 Wife, Glenn E. Pickrel 6 Son, Gladys C. Pickrel 4 Daughter, James C. Pickrel 2 Son, and Dorthea T Pickrel 0 Daughter.

In 1930 York County, Nebraska, Robert E. Pickerel is a road overseer, 38, Esther L. Pickerel 35 Wife, Glenn E. Pickerel 16 Son, Gladys C. Pickerel 14 Daughter, James C. Pickerel 13 Son, Dorothea I. Pickerel 11 Daughter, Margaret F. Pickerel 9 Daughter, and Myrtle M. Pickerel 5 Daughter.

Esther L. Dorsey Pickrel , born 1895 , died May 1933 , buried Arborville Rural Cemetery Arborville, York County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 160815193.

Robert is a crpenter in Clakamas County, Oregon in 1950, 58, with Mae E. Pickrel 58 Wife, and Gene W. Vanwinkle 20 Stepson.

Mae was in Cherry County, Nebraska in 1940, Mae E. Van Winkle 48, Orthello L. Van Winkle 26 Daughter, and Gene W. Van Winkle 10 Son.

Robert Earl Pickrel , born 7 Jan 1892 , died 11 Apr 1971 , buried Arborville Rural Cemetery Arborville, York County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 160815212.

Mae E. Spain Van Winkle , born 1892 , died 1984 , buried Kilgore Cemetery Kilgore, Cherry County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 81584432.

" Miss Margaret Pickrel, daughter of Mr. Earl Pickrel of Bradshaw, and Mr. Louis Scow of Shelby, Nebr., were united in marriage at the home of Rev. Pengelly at Benkleman, Nebr. March 26, 1940. She was attended by her sister, Mrs. Ronald Tbarpe of McCool Junction, Nebr. The groom was attended by his brother, Mr. Lloyd 8eow of Shelby, Nebr. The bridal couple left on a short trip to the south. They will make their home at present at the Ed Scow farm and will later move to their farm southeast of Shelby."

April 26, 2006 Lincoln, Nebraska "Gladys Mick, 90, David City, died Sunday at David Place. Born, Arborville (12-3-1915), one of seven children to Earl and Ester (Dorsey) Pickrel. Gladys graduated from Polk High School, married and moved out of state for several years. She returned in the mid-1950s to be close to her sisters and met and married her late husband, Marvin Mick.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Diana and Gene Scow, Shelby, Carol Thorpe of the Kansas City area, Cindy and Rick Behms, David City; stepson, Howard Mick, Prairie Village, sister, Maxine Rempe of Shelby, 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. Preceded in deatnby husband, Marvin Mick; two brothers; three sisters. Memorial service: 1 1 a.m. today, United Methodist Church, Shelby, the Rev. Jamie Norwich McLennan. Shelby Cemetery."

Glenn Earl Pickrel Age 28, born in York County, Nebraska Marriage Date 2 Jul 1942 Marriage Place Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, Residence Place Holdrege, Nebraska Father Robert Earl Pickrel Mother Esther L. Dorsey Spouse Lucy Elizabeth Brubaker.

Glenn Earl Pickrel , born 1913 , died 1990 , buried Arborville Rural Cemetery Arborville, York County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 148059368.

Lucy Elizabeth 'Beth' Brubaker Pickrel , born 19 Nov 1913 Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, , died 3 Dec 1994 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, , buried Arborville Rural Cemetery Arborville, York County, Nebraska, FindAGrave # 148059192.

"Lucy Elizabeth "Beth" Pickrel, 81, of Montclair Center, Omaha, Nebraska, died Saturday December 3, 1994, at Clarkson Hospital, Omaha. She was born November 19, 1913, at Nelson, Nebraska, to Harvey and Ruth (Peck) Brubaker.
Mrs. Pickrel graduated from Hastings College. She taught primary grades in Cambridge and Holdrege, Nebraska, and later in Downers Grove, Illinois. In 1942, she was married to Glenn Earl Pickrel, a school administrator. They lived in various places in Nebraska and Illinois, including Mr. Pickrel's term as superintendent of schools in Omaha's District 66 from 1949 to 1957. In 1973, the Pickrels retired from administration and teaching in Downers Grove, Illinois, and moved to Minnesota. They later moved to Hastings. Her husband died in 1990. She moved to the Montclair Center in Omaha a few weeks ago.
She was a member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Hastings, Chapter G of the PEO, and the Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors include two sons, Paul B. of Omaha, and C. Douglas of Dallas, Texas; one daughter, Sheila Sjerven of Willmar, Minnesota; two sisters, Elna Barrett of San Jose, California, and Sheila Shreck of Sun City, Arizona; and two grandsons, Bill Pickrel of Chesapeake, Virginia, and Bryan Pickrel of Omaha.
Funeral services were Wednesday, December 7, 1994, at 1 p.m. from the First Congregational United Church in Hastings with Rev. Robert Dana officiating. Graveside services were at 4 p.m. at Arborville Cemetery in York County, Nebraska. Butler-Volland Funeral Home of Hastings was in charge of the arrangements."

VICTOR

Victor T. Pickrel , born 1896 , died 1951 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 3 plot 54 FindAGrave # 67212771.

Pickrel. Victor T., Kanorado married his cousin Hollingshead, Mary Amelia of Goodland, kansas on 5/16/1921 in Burlington. Kit Carson County/

Mary Ann Hollingshead Pickrel (daughter of James and Minnie.) , born 1900 , died 1984 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 3 plot 54 FindAGrave # 67212770 .

Betty Mae Pickrel , born 1923 , died 24 Dec 1924 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect4 plot57 FindAGrave # 67212764 .

James Victor Pickrel , born 19 Jan 1924 , died 12 Mar 1982 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 12 plot51 FindAGrave # 67212767.

Elizabeth Ann Pickrel , born 1932 , died 25 Aug 1934 , buried Kanorado Cemetery Kanorado, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT sect 3 plot 53 FindAGrave # 67212765.

The United States Census, 1930 has John J. Dewitt, married, age 52, a farmer, born in Illinois, living in McPherson Township, Sherman County, Kansas With him was his wife Lana, born in Kansas. John's age at first marriage was 38; Lana's was 21. With them were their six children; the youngest two, John and Monty (Jay Michael), were twins twenty months old. Baby Johnny would only live a few more months, dying on 29 June 1930. His mother, Lana Fern Hollingshead DeWitt, died 29 September 1930."

" Mildred H. Collins, 81, Colorado Springs, died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1997, at Colorado Springs. Mrs. Collins was born Mildred H. Dewitt on May 18, 1916, in Sherman County, Kan., and was a resident of Colorado Springs for a year, moving from Arvada. She was a homemaker, a retired restaurant owner and operator and a civil service worker in Arvada. She was preceded in, died by her husband, Arthur Paul, in 1972 and a great-grandson. Survivors include a son, James M. of Torrance, Calif.; two daughters, Glenna Chaney of Sharon Springs, Kan., and Karen Maestas of Colorado Springs; a brother, Jay Michael Dewitt of San Antonio; two sisters, Pearl Warren of Napa, Idaho, and Merle West of Vancouver, Wash.; 15 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. today at the United Methodist Church, Arvada. Burial will be at Weskan, Kan."

"Jay Michael DeWitt, 80, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, TX. Jay will be remembered as a loving and generous father with a firm sense of right and wrong.
Jay was born to John and Lana Fern Hollingshead DeWitt in Kanorado, KS on August 3, 1928. He was raised by Victor and Amy Hollingshead Pickrel in Kanorado, KS.
Jay was preceded in, died by his wife Mary, brother Jim Pickrel, sister Mildred DeWitt Collins, and brothers Arthur, Francis, and Johnny.
He is survived by his daughter, Diane Cude; son, Charles DeWitt and his wife Brenda; grandchildren, Meghan Cude, Darren Cude, Sean DeWitt, Brian DeWitt, and Colin DeWitt; sisters, June Sellman, Myrle West, and Pearl Warren; and numerous nieces and nephews."

"June Gail (Pickrel) Sellman, age 94, passed quietly in her sleep on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.
She is survived by five nieces â€' Corinne Thulin, Marcy Carroll, Elizabeth Johnson, Sharon Pickrel, and Diane DeWitt; three nephews â€' Michael Pickrel, Charles DeWitt and Alan Sellman, as well as several grand nieces and nephews.
She joined her husband of 50 years, Howard (Sam) Sellman, her parents, Victor T. and Amy Hollingshead Pickrel, and her two brothers, James Pickrel and Jay DeWitt.
She also joined her canine companion of recent years, Alphie.
June was born at home in Kanorado, Kan. on Dec. 19, 1922.
After she graduated from high school, she attended college in Kansas until an accident and months of recovery forced her to stop.
At various times she worked as a waitress and an office worker.
During World War II, June followed her father and brother to the west coast to aid in the war effort.
She met her future husband, also from Kanorado, at a soldiers' dance and they married on May 30, 1947.
June and Sam were farmers in the Kanorado area until Sam's retirement in the early 1980s.
June worked part time in the Kanorado post office for many years and then from 1966 until 1984 served as postmaster in Kanorado and in Scott City, Kan.
In a very full life, June played the organ and led the choir at Trinity Lutheran Church in Burlington, took in a foster son, traveled extensively with her husband and after his, died alone or with friends.
She preferred small river cruises where she met and befriended people from all over the world.
She celebrated happy hour religiously, danced, played golf and bridge (excelling at duplicate bridge), enjoyed operas and concerts, especially the three tenors, plays, especially comedies, read most funny and intelligent mysteries, dabbled in oil painting and grew a spectacular garden.
She has been a devoted friend to many, always ready to help, mentor and laugh, though her friends and family knew she didn't "suffer fools lightly".
She has been that aunt, the one you cannot wait to visit because she loved you so much and was so fun to be around.
June will be missed greatly by many people who are thankful she is peacefully at rest."

LEROY

L. E. Pickrel of Hooker, Okla., married Lloyd "Thorpe" on 4 Jan 1930.

In 1940 Goodland, "Le Ray" E. Pickrel 37 is a salesman, Lloyd Pickrel 30 Wife, L. E. Pickrel 15 Son, and Joy Lee Pickrel 5 Daughter.

Lloyd Thorp Pickrel , born 28 Oct 1909 , died 17 Aug 1962 , buried Greeley County Cemetery Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas, FindAGrave # 40010995.


Leroy E. Pickrel Sr. , born 8 Jun 1902 , died 11 Nov 1964 , buried Greeley County Cemetery Tribune, Greeley County, Kansas, FindAGrave # 40010964
" Leroy Eugene Pickrel, 62, retired car dealer, died Wednesday at a Denver hospital after a brief illness. He was born June 6, 1902, at York, and moved to Tribune from Scott City about 10 years ago. He married Lloyd Thorp May 28, 1927, at Syracuse. She died in 1962. Survivors include a son, L. E. Eugene, a daughter, Joy Lee Pickrel, Denver, and a brother, Earl of Medford, Oregon."

Leroy Eugene Pickrel Jr. , born 4 Nov 1924 , died 9 Feb 1969 , buried Springfield National Cemetery Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, PLOT Section 33, Site 264 FindAGrave # 96474905.

"Joy Lee Pickrel, 75, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, at her home in Tribune. She had been recovering from an automobile accident that occurred in November 2008.
She was born May 9, 1934, in Goodland, to Leroy and Lloyd Thorp Pickrel.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, she spent many years as an entrepreneur in Chicago and Denver before returning home to Kansas in the 1990s. As a teenager and young woman, she often could be found on the tennis court, swimming, driving or riding horses. She earned her WSI certification and enjoyed many summers teaching swimming to others. Later, she completed her education at the School of Arts Institute of Chicago, where she studied architecture and interior design. She was an ardent fan of jazz, and her favorite song was "Mood Indigo." She enjoyed lively political conversation, and was proud of her Democratic heritage and her membership in the National Organization for Women and League of Women Voters. She also enjoyed watching the Denver Broncos and spending afternoons in Tribune with friends at the "coffee clatch round table" at Dixon's Drug Store, and had a strong love of animals, especially the displaced and unwanted ones.
Survivors include a son, Bradley Smith of Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Anne Groth of Phoenix; and several cousins. She was preceded in, died by her parents and a half brother, Leroy Pickrel Jr.
Cremation has taken place."

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