Munyon

Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Amos and Maggie (King) Munyon, 8 South 43 West

In 1880 Adams County, Iowa, Thomas Munyon is farming, 45, born in Ohio, Cornelia 28/38 in Wisconsin. Salona 18, Isaac 14, Thomas 12, Burton 10, Jesse 8, Hiram 6, and Amos 4 were born in Wisconsin. George 2 and Gertrude nine months were born in Iowa.

Next household is Benjamin Munyon 31 and Jane 31, both born in Ohio with two kids.
A nephew Albert 15 was born in Wisconsin. Albert might be Amos' brother.

In 1900 Ringgold County, Iowa, Thomas Munyon is 60, Cornelia 47 born in Wisconsin. Amos F. Dec 1875, George M. Sept 1877, Ella M. Jan 1882, Joseph Dec 1883, Della July 1888, and Grover March 1893 were born in Iowa.

Maggie King is in Phillips County, Kansas in 1900, born January 1889. Martin King Feb 1866 in Wisconsin is farming with Mary M. Feb 1870 in Iowa. Maudie E. Sept 1890 was born in Iowa, William P. Nov 1893 and Gladys E. Dec 1898 in Kansas.

They're next to John King 57 born in Iowa and his widowed mother Jane 67 born ini Ohio.

Martin King 1866-1942 is buried in Agra, Kansas # 59742242, with Mary Matilda (Benton) King 1870-1959 # 59742056.

MARTIN3 KING (GEORGE2, OTHA1) was born February 01, 1866 in Green County, Wisconsin, and died October 19, 1942.He married MARY MATILDA BENTON, daughter of GEORGE BENTON and NANCY BAILEY.She was born February 19, 1870 in near Troy Mills, Buchanan County, Iowa, and died December 23, 1959 in Phillips County Hospital.

Children of MARTIN KING and MARY BENTON are:
i. MAGGIE JANE4 KING, b. January 09, 1889, Agra, Kansas; d. January 31, 1975, Agra, Kansas.
ii. MAUDIE ETTA KING, b. September 28, 1890, Iowa?; d. 1980, Agra, Kansas ?.
iii. WILLIAM PERRY KING, b. November 07, 1892, Agra, Kansas; d. January 31, 1956, Phillips County Hospital.
iv. WALTER KING, b. January 02, 1894, Phillips County, Kansas; d. January 31, 1894, Phillips County, Kansas.
v. GLADYS ELLEN KING, b. December 12, 1898, Phillips County, Kansas; d. September 11, 1999, Blackwell, Oklahoma.
vi. HARVEY OWEN KING, b. September 26, 1900, Agra, Kansas; d. January 19, 1975, Denver, Colorado Hospital.
vii. GOLDIA BEULAH KING, b. April 04, 1903, Agra, Kansas; d. August 31, 1967, Smith Center, Kansas Hospital.
viii. RUTH OPHELIA CASSIE KING, b. Private; m. HAROLD MILLER, Private; b. 1904; d. 1966, Phillipsburg, Kansas..

In 1910 Kit Carson County, Amos is farming, 34, born in Iowa, with Maggie 21 in Kansas. Zella sixteen months, was born in Kansas.

In 1911 Amos, of Kanorado, Kansas was a witness for the claim of James C. Lohse in 7S 43W. Other witnesses were V. E. Shelley, Alfred E. Calkins and Fred Wallet.

Amos claimed a tract in section 1, 8S 43W in 1913.

In 1920 Phillips County, Kansas, "Abe" is farming 45, with Maggie 30, Zella 11 born in Kansas, Florence 8, Elise 5, and Donald 3 in Colorado.

In 1930 Phillips County, farming, Amos is 54, Maggie 41, Zella 21, Florence 18, Elsie 15, Donald 12, and Doran 8.

In 1940 Phillips County, Amos 64, Maggie J. 51, Doran H 18, and brother Joe 54 born in Iowa is farming with him.

A 1957 photo in the Salina Kansas newspaper mentions "Vicki Lee Scanlan, 3 months. Others are (left to right) Vicki's mother, Mrs. Donna Hall Scanlan, Canoga Park, Calif.; Mrs. Maggie King Munyon, Agra, baby's great-grandmother; and Mrs. Zella Munyon Hall, Agra, grandmother."
Amos S. Munyon 1875-1966 is buried in Phillips County, Kansas # 48164829, with Maggie (King) Munyon 1889-1975 # 48164778.

His parents Thomas J. Munyon Jr. 1840-1917 are buried in Phillips County # 71988467. with Cornelia Jane (DeLap) Munyon 1853-1927.

ZELLA

Zella Munyon Hall, daughter of Amos and Maggie (King) Munyon, was born Sept. 16, 1908 seven miles Northwest of Agra and passed away on April 26, 2010 at Smith County Hospital Long Term Care at the age of 101 years 7 months and 10 days.
Zella's parents were homesteaders in Kit Carson County Colorado northwest of Kanorado, KS. Zella's mother returned to Agra before Zella was born to be in the security of her parents' home. She was born in a frame house on her grandparents' farm north of Agra. Later, after her birth, they returned near Kanarado to their soddie.
Zella lived her first nine years northwest of Kanorado. At first they lived in a two-room sod house and later they had a frame house moved to the west of the soddie. She attended the Shaw school while they lived in Kanarado. Her parents sold their homestead in Colorado in 1917 and purchased a farm near where Zella was born to raise their family of Zella, Florence, Elsie, Donald and Doren.
Zella attended Liberty country school north of Agra and developed a lifelong love of poetry and the teaching profession. At the age of 100 she recited from memory poems she had learned from her favorite teacher and mentor, Clara Goddard.
At an early age Zella was introduced to our Savior Jesus Christ and maintained a lifelong faith and loyalty to the Church of Christ. She fondly recalled her great uncle Samuel King as the inspiration for her belief and was baptized in a stock tank near his home.
She graduated from Agra High School in 1927. Zella attended Phillipsburg High School to obtain a Normal training certificate to become a teacher. Her first teaching job was at Valley school southwest of Kirwin where the Kirwin Lake reservoir is today. The following year she taught at Center school near her home and family north of Agra, having her youngest brother, Doren, as a student. The highlight of her career was her final two years of teaching 5th & 6th grade in Agra. On Feb 25, 1933, Zella became a farmer's wife after marrying Roy Hall. To this union, two children, Donna and Larry, were born. Their early years of farming were on rental places before they purchased the Henderson farm north of Agra in 1950.
They shared that farm until Roy's health failed and he was forced into the nursing home in 1986. Zella had moved to Agra in 1986 but continued to go to the farm with Larry and care for the garden and household duties. They had been married 57 years when Roy passed away on Sept 16, 1990 leaving her a widow at age 82.
She continued to live in her little house in Agra until July 2002 when health factors forced her to enter the Smith County Hospital Long Term Care. She had suffered a long battle with cancer in her ear and she had also had two hip replacements, of which the second had to be removed due to complications. While at the nursing home she was tenderly loved and made many friends among nurses, other residents, and hospital personnel.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Amos and Maggie Munyon; husband, Roy; brothers, Doren and Donald Munyon; and sisters, Elsie Isernhagen and Florence McGinness.
Survivers include daughter Donna and husband Bill Bright of Lancaster, Ca.; son Larry and wife Pat Hall of Agra; granddaughters Vicki Abbate'of Fairview, OR, Terri Carter of Orinda, CA, and Kristi VanderHyde of Palmdale, Ca.; step grandchildren Mark Bright of Moorpark,, CA and Jeri Bright of Los Angeles, CA., Natalie Rickel of Lexington, NE., David Phinney of Grand Island, NE., Jeanette Meissinger of Goodland, KS., and Kristie Winters of McCook, NE.; seven great-grandchildren, nine step great-grandchildren and two step great-great-granddaughters; sisters-in-law Virginia Munyon and Edna Powell, both of Agra; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2010 in the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Becky Saddler officiating. Burial followed in the West Cedar Cemetery, Phillips County, KS.

FLORENCE

Florence R. (Munyon) McGinness 1911-2009 is buried in Phillips County # 108048165 "She married Harold Keim. He preceded her in death. She later married John McGinness. He preceded her in death."

DORAN

Doran H. Munyon 1922-1994 # 48164663 and Virgina A. born in 1929 have a tomstone in Phillips County.

"Doren Munyon, 72, Agra, died Friday, March 11, 1994, at the Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg. Mr. Munyon was born Feb. 27, 1922, in Phillips County and was a lifelong resident of the Agra area. He was a disabled veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Christian Church and the American Legion, both of Agra, a charter member of the Phillipsburg Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans. Survivors include his wife, Virginia of the home; two daughters, Janet McCormack of Agra and ; Jeanette Wieser of St. Paul, Neb.; a brother, Donald of New Bern, N.C.; three sisters, Zella Hall of Agra, and Florence McGinness and Elsie Isernhagen, both of Phillipsburg; and five grandchildren. • The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, Galen Larson officiating. Burial will be in Agra Cemetery with military rites by the Agra American Legion. "

"Agra resident, Janet Devena, passed away Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, KS at the age of 61. She was born January 4, 1950 in Concordia, KS to Doren & Virginia (Sarchet) Munyon. She worked for a number of years at Farmers National Bank in Phillipsburg.
Survivors include her husband, Jim, of Agra; mother, Virginia Munyon of Agra; sons, Joel McCormack of Iberia, MO and Judd McCormack of Manhattan, KS; daughters, Rebekah Zabel of Gaylord, KS and Felicia Latka and Stephanie Devena, both of Hays, KS; her sister, Jeanette Wieser of St. Paul, NE; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the Huck Boyd Community Center, Phillipsburg, with Pastor Becky Saddler officiating. Burial will follow in the Agra Cemetery, Agra, KS."

ELSIE

Elsie Munyon Isernhagen, born October 9, 1914 at Kanorado Kansas, to Amos S. Munyon and Maggie J. King, died February 21, 2004.

DONALD

In 1940 Phillips County, Kansas, Donald is a farm laborer, 23, born in Colorado, with Norma 20 Kanss. Donald D. 1 and Francis one month were born in Kansas.

Donald is buried in Trent Woods, North Carolina # 71310326.
Dorothy, born 1916, died November 17, 2012 in New Bern # 162866078.
" Dorothy J. Munyon, 96, of River Bend, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. She is survived by son Ronald M. Munyon of Trent Woods; brother, Morris Pentecost of Greenwood, Ind.; sister, Maxine Hite of Fernandina, Fla.; a grandson; and two great granddaughters."

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