Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Simeon H. and Florence L. (Lyon) Rumming, 8 South 50 West
FLORENCE'S FAMILY
In 1865 Cattaraugus County, New York, E. M. Lyon is 45, Caroline 44, J. 18, Hannah H. 15, FLORA L. 6, Fred 5, and L. A. newborn.
In 1880 Wapello County, Iowa, Ezra M. and Caroline Lyon are both 59, with Florence 21 teaching, Henry F. 19, and Charlie 15.
Florence married James A. Stewart on December 27, 1882 in Nebraska.
In 1885 Otoe County, Nebraska,
H. Fred Lyon is
24
Mohrey (probably Charley) Lyon
20, born in New York,
Archie Stewart 1 (son of Florence).
In 1885 Otoe County,
Caroline Lyon is
64,
Ezra M. Lyon
64, and
Florence Stewart 26.
Ezra M. Lyon claimed a quarter in section 39, 9S 50W in 1892, and Florence L. Lyon claimed one in section 38 in 1892.
Ezra Morgan Lyon 1820-1898 is buried in Antelope Cunty, Nebraska # 200344453,
with Caroline H. (Parr) Lyon 1820-1893 # 200344479.
SIMON
"Simon H. Rumming, an early-day resident of Kit
Carson County, Colorado. Born in England in 1854,
Rumming came to Colorado in 1873, where he worked
as a cowboy for a number of local ranchers, both
with cattle and horses. He later established his
own ranch in the county. Not much biographical
information is found in this document, although
he does relate the excitement in the area that
surrounded the last Indian raid in Kansas, when
a mixed band of Indians under the leadership of
the Cheyenne chief Morning Star (also known as
Dull Knife), broke out of their reservation
area in Oklahoma and attempted to travel
to Canada. He also describes the
"Happy Home Colony" of B.F. Odell that was
established around 1898, which appears to
have been an early "free love" colony
that did not last long in the region."
Simeon claimed a tract in sections 34, 8S 50W
and 3, 9S 50W in 1890, and another in the same sections in 1891
Florence L. Lyon and S. H. Rumming married in Kit Carson County August 3, 1892.l
Harry H. Rumming was born and died in 1893, buried in Flagler # 24418053.
In 1900 Kit Carson County, Simeon born January 1854 in England, married 7 years to Florence L. July 1858 in New York. Her son Archie Hl. Stewart was born Sept 1883 in Kansas.
Simeon is buried in Flagler 1854-1945 # 24419038, with Florence
Lucy Rumming 1858-1946.
THANKS TO TERRY HORN !
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