Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Catherine (Mock) (Shonyo) (Lemarr) Hurlburt , 10 South 46 West
In 1880 Crawford County, Indiana, David C. Mock is 29,
Millie A. 26, CATHERINE A. 3, and Sarah R. 1.
In 1885 Mitchell County, Kansas, D.C. Mock is 32, M. A. 28,
C. A. 8, and S.R. 6. R. Kindell is 25, a widow, born in Indiana, with M.A. 2.
In 1895 Mitchell County, D. C. is 45, R. 34, S. 16, all three born in Indiana,
M. 12, and T. 2 both born in Kansas. David and Rachael had three daughters.
1901 Beloit "Miss Mollie Mock Entertains. Miss Mollie Mock entertained a number of her
father's friends last Tuesday evening, September 3d, in honor of his 51st birthday.
The company met at the home of Mrs. JR. C. Steele and promptly at 8 o'clock they started to the Mock home,
bringing with them an elegant rocker, which was presented to Mr. Mock as a token of the regard in
which he is held by his friends. Besides this many other useful gifts were presented, among them a fine gold watch chain from his wife and children. The evening was spent in a social way and in music. During the evening Mrs. Elliott favored the company with instrumental music and Miss Gertie Blood sang a solo. After a general good time refreshments were served. Soon afterward the friends took their departure, wishing Mr. Mock many happy returns of the day. The surprise was a complete one and Miss Mollie is to be congratulated upon the success of her undertaking. All report a good time and the Mock family are royal entertainers Those in vited were: Mrs. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Hillman, Mr. and Mrs. Ruegseggr Mr. and Mrs. Walls, Mr. and Mrs. Steele. Mrs. George Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Blood. Mr. and Mrs. Gorgas, Mr. and Mrs. Reischiek, Mr. and Mrs. Shonyo, Mr. and Mrs. Neuman, Mr. and Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Gallop, Mr. and Mrs. Briney, Mr. Culver, Misses Hester Gallop, Barbara and Belle Wilson, Gertie Blood, Ettie and Lettie Gallop. "
In 1910 Mitchell County, Kansas,
D. C. Mock is 59,
Raichel Mock 49, both born in Indiana,
Tracy Mock Daughter 18 Kansas, and
Leslie Shonyo Grandson 12 Oklahoma.
In 1930 Mitchell County,
David C. Mock is 69,
Rachel Mock 59, both born in Indiana,
Tracy Briggs Daughter Female 27, and
Eloise G. Briggs Granddaughter 4, both born in Kansas.
David C. Mock 1850-1932 is buried in Beloit # 69073743,
with Rachel Kendall Mock 1861-1941 # 69073756.
Mary A. Kendall Kerr 1882-1965 is also buried there # 68917951.
Sarah Reischick 1878-1971 is buried in Beloit, Kansas # 67531516.
FIRST HUSBAND BEN "GEORGE" SHONYO
1901 Beloit "B. F. Shonyo left this morning for Bushton, Rice county, where he has accepted a position in a harness shop."
"Frank Shonyo was my g-grandfather. We have considerable information on him and his wife Alice [(Willson)--who, as an aside, was the aunt of Meredith Willson of "Music Man" fame)]. Frank and Alice had, I believe, 12 sons of which we have much information. Haven't looked at this stuff for awhile, but if anyone has any specific questions or has additional information about the "Kansas" or "Minnesota" (where I reside) Shonyos, let me know."
Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Shonyo, born 12 Nov 1836 in
Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, died in 1927, buried in
Bushton-Farmer Township Cemetery,
Rice County, Kansas, Memorial ID # 71306918
"Children: Wilson, Benjamin, Burton, Marton"
"Arion Spears Shonyo, 62, Bushton, died Thursday in St. Rose hospital, Great Bend, of burns suffered Wednesday morning at the Shonyo farm home southeast of town. Shonyo, a partial invalid who lived with his brother, Olin, set fire to his clothing when he came in contact with an electric hot plate he was using to heat water for shaving. Olin was in his bedroom when he heard his brother's outcry. He rushed to his aid and found the clothing ablaze. Olin suffering severe burns on his hands while extinguishing flames. Mr. Shonyo was unmarried. Survivors include five brothers, Olin, Martin and Burton, all Bushton, Wilson, Larned, Shirley, Rochester, Minn. Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon in the Methodist church with burial in the Bushton cemetery. (Hutchinson News ~ Saturday ~ December 23, 1950"
Martin is buried in Salida, Colorado, which is why Ben might have gone there :
O, Hattie C. 4 Jan 1865 - 15 Jul 1940 (Marker; Cem Rec: 15 Jul 1940, Sec. K, Blk 18)
(Salida Mail 16 Jul 1940) Early teacher
"Mrs. Hattie Dix Shonyo
Club woman and writer. Author of poem, 'A refuge in the Rockies.' Member of Tuesday Evening Club and Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs. Shonyo is one of the most prominent women of Salida. "
SHONYO, Martin V. 1846 - 23 Jul 1931 (Marker; Cem Rec p. 18 [Mrs. SHONYO]: 26 Jul 1931,
Sec. K, Blk 18, Lot 12, S1/ 2) (Salida Mail 24 Jul 1931)
BEN AND CASSIE
In 1900 Mitchell County, Kansas, George Shonyo, born August 1875 in Iowa, and Cassie July 1877 in Indiana, married 5 years, have Alfred born Nov 1895 in Kansas.
August 1903 Salida, Colorado "Miss Cassie Shonyo, a niece of
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Shonyo, will have charge of the dormitory this year.
Bushton Kansas 1904 "Ben Shonyo writes us to change
the address of his paper from Poncha Springs to Salida, Colorado."
Salida, Colorado, July 1904 "Mr. Ben Shonyo and family are spending the
summer at Beloit, Kansas."
1904 Kansas 
August 1904 Bushton "
Ben Shonyo of Beloit, is visiting at the home of his parents, southwest of town."
In 1905 Mitchell County, Cassie Shonyo is 28, Clyde L. 7, Frank E. 3, and
Henry O. eleven months born in Colorado.
George (Benjamin Franklin Shonyo) is divorced in 1910 Rice County, Kansas, a carpenter.
In 1915 Rice County, B. F. is 40, Ida 46, Paul Wright 18, Elsie Wright 12 and Gladis Wright 6. Everett Shonyo is 13.
Ben is widowed in 1930 Rice County, Kansas, and in 1940 is in Florida with son Henry.
Ben is in the Orlando 1945 census, 70, born in Iowa, with Merrel 67 born in Indiana.
Benjamin Franklin Shonyo died in Orange County in 1949.
FRED LEMARR AND CASSIE
On February 26, 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri,
Mrs. Cassie A. Shonyo of Kit Carson County married Fred LeMarr of Jackson County,
Missouri.
In 1930 Decatur County, Kansas, Fred F. LeMarr is 63, Ida L. 49, Flora B 9.
This might be another one, because in 1910 Trego County, Fred is 48, Ida 30, Ray 10, Ir7,a nd Goldie 3.
Cassie (Shonyo) Lemarr proved up a quarter in section 28, 10S 46W, Kit Carson County, in 1912.
In 1910 Mitchell County, Kansas,
D. C. Mock is 59,
Raichel Mock 49, both born in Indiana,
Tracy Mock Daughter 18 Kansas, and
Leslie Shonyo Grandson 12 Oklahoma.
In 1915 Wichita, Kansas, Cassie LeMarr is 37, and Leslie Shonyo 17 is with her.
She's in the 1915 directory, living at 723 E. Murdock Avenue, widow of Fred.
Clyde Leslie Shonyo is boarding at the same address.
FRED HURLBERT AND CASSIE
Fred W. Hurlbert, Jr. age 21, a barber, born at Oswego, Kansas,
enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1910, dishonorably discharged February 1913 in Illinois.
Fred Hurlbert of McPherson, Kansas, 31, and Cassie Mailen 37
of Denver, married in Kansas City on June 11, 1918.
In 1918 Fred, a private in Co. K of the 350th Infantry, embarked on the Kashmir. His nearest relative was Mrs. Cassie Hurlbert of Wichita.
In 1919 Wichita " and in jail in his home town, without any
immediate prospect of freedom, was the plight in which Fred Hurlbert
found himself at 8 o'clock Friday night. Several days since, he came on
leave from Fort Riley to visit his wife at 210 South Ida avenue.
They found some cause for a dispute that led to blows Friday night,
and he was placed in the city Jail on charge of disturbing the peace. A few minutes after entering his cell, a telegram came from the commandant at Fort Riley, saying he had over-stayed his leave, and for him to return at once. Police officers here expect to turn
him over to the military authorities Saturday. "
On May 24, 1921, Cassie A. Shonyo and Fred Hurlburt, both of Jackson County, Missouri, married there.
Fred S. Hurlbut, 33, born March 20, 1890 in Oswego, Kansas, and Elizabeth 29 born in New Zealand,
with Earl 4 arrived in San Francisco from Wellington, New Zealand in 1923.
In 1930 Wichita, there's a Fred S. Hurlbut 40 born in Kansas, a painter,
with Elizabeth 30 born in New Zealand running a restaurant, and son Earl S. 12 born in New Zealand.
(In 1940 Los ANgeles, Elizabeth Hurlbut is widowed, Earle 22.
Earl S. Hurlbut, born Feb 23, 1918 in New Zealand to Fred S. Hurlbut and Elziabeth Cox, died September 29, 2001, last residence Twin Falls, Idaho.
He's buried in Whittier, California # 121245116.)
Fred Stewart Hurlbut, widowed, born March 20, 1890 in Kansas, a paper hanger, son of Frederick G. Hurlbut and Rose Shafer, died
in Los Angeles March 2, 1955. He was to be buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Los Angeles.
HENRY
Henry was born April 21, 1903, and died in Marion County, Florida on September 26, 1986.
In 1910 Jewell County, Henry O. is 6, the adopted son of William H. Fenimore 57 and Emily M. 51.
He's in Jewell County in 1915, 11, saying he was born in Pennsylvania.
Henry Oliver SHONYO married on 8 June 1927
in Ithaca, Saunders County, Nebraska,
Irene Mae RUDIGER
1910-1980.
She was the daughter of Paul Curtis Rudiger
1875-1949 and Minerva Powers 1879-.
In 1930 on Maxwell Avenue in Fremont, Nebraska, Henry O. "Fenimore"
, born in Colorado, an electrician, with Irene M. 19 born in Nebraska, father in Germany, mother in Nebraska,
and Billie B. 1.
In 1940 Orange County, Florida, Henry Shonyo is 36, Irene
, Billy B. 11, Bonnie B. 10, Bennie B. 7, and Benjomin F. Shonyo 65.
When Henry Oliver Shonyo registered for WWII in Orlando, he said he was born April 21, 1904 in Salida, Colorado.
1951 Orlando, Florida "Mr. and Mrs. Hank Shonyo who have been traveling through Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, California and Kansas wound up their extensive vacation by visiting relatives and old friends in Central Florida. They were guests last week of Shonyo's mother, Mrs. Katherine Merrill, and his brother, Lester Shonyo and family. They returned to their home in Fort McCoy on Sunday. Of interest here is the news that Miss Bonnie Shonyo is nursing in Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee and Rill Shonyo is in the Air Corps stationed at MacDill Field, Tampa. Both are former students of Orlando schools and are son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Shonyo, longtime Union Park residents. Mrs. Marguerite Mills and daughter, Wanda Gay, of Waycross, Ga., are houseguests of Mrs. Gay's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Shonyo. "
Henry is buried in Fort McCoy, Florida 1903-1986 # 26340112,
with Irene Mae Rudiger Shonyo, born May 25, 1910 in Saunders County, Nebraska, dying Feb 15, 1980.
Bonnie B. Shonyo Cook, born April 24, 1930 in Fremont, Nebraska, is buried in Fort McCoy, Florida dying May 18, 2015.
"Bonnie S. Cook, 85, has gone to heaven. She passed away peacefully at home, May 18, 2015.
Born April 24, 1930, in Fremont, Nebraska, to Henry Oliver Shonyo and Irene Mae Rudiger Shonyo, she moved to Fort McCoy in 1933, where she spent the rest of her life as a resident of the town. A woman of deep Christian faith and strong convictions, Bonnie was the heart of the Cook family. Her zest for life was evident in her smiles and laughter. Bonnie had a passion for the people and the community of Fort McCoy. Her home was filled with joy. Everyone was welcome there and loving motherly advice freely given (whether asked for or not). Mema, as she was known to many, was a mother to multiple generations, in addition to raising her own children, she had the honor of raising her three oldest grandsons. In 1948 Bonnie was baptized in Silver Lake and joined the First Baptist Church, where she served God and volunteered throughout her life. It was not uncommon to find students in her Sunday school classrooms whose parents or even grandparents had first been instructed in lessons of the Bible by Bonnie decades earlier. Bonnie was caring and compassionate always putting the needs of others before her own. She and her husband Charles, owned and operated Cook Company Market, now Fort McCoy Grocery, where hungry locals were never turned away. As a registered nurse, she was only a phone call away from anyone in need, freely serving locals' healthcare needs as a friend and Parish nurse. Bonnie spent the majority of her nursing career at Munroe Regional Medical Center where she retired as a Nursing Supervisor. For her years of community service, Bonnie was nominated by the Ocala Star Banner as Volunteer of the year in 2005. She was honored and humbled by this extraordinary recognition. It was the simple things in life that Bonnie never took for granted; boat rides on the river, baking cookies, playing with children, humming birds, fresh-cut flowers and the companionship of her pets. Bonnie loved to read, travel, and chat with friends and family. In the last five years of Bonnie's life, her great granddaughter, Shelby brought much joy to her heart with limitless hours of play time and tea parties. She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Irene Shonyo; brothers, William (Bill) and Benjamin Boyd Shonyo; and loving husband, Charles Cook. She is survived by her son, Fred (Mickey) H. Cook Sr.; daughters, Alice Cook Laxton (husband Mark), Mary Cook Russo (husband Scott), Mae Cook DeLapp (husband Stephen); eight grandchildren; Fred Cook Jr., Joe Cook (wife Shona), Charlie Cook, Kirk "
March 1967 Orlando "Magazine readers of this area got a big surprise
when they opened their copies of the Saturday Evening Post for March 25.
Prominently featured in a grass roots report about American soldiers in
Vietnam was Bill Shonyo, career man in the U. S. Air Force, called
"the man who could get anybody anywhere they wanted to go in South Vietnam."
Word got around slowly, because Shonyo, then a staff sergeant, wasn't
identified by home town or home state. His family knew it right away,
though, for his brother -in-law, Charles Cook, of Ft. McCoy,
happened to read the article the day the magazine arrived and the news
spread quickly. WHAT MADE his account so moving is that Shonyo is from
Citra where his parents still operate the Citra Fish Camp on Orange Lake.
They plan to turn it over to him next year when he retires after 20
years in the Air Force. A native of Fremont, Neb., he moved to Orlando
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shonyo in 1931 and again with them
to Ft. McCoy in 1941. He and sister, Bonnie, went to schools in
Ft. McCoy and Citra. "Every summer we used to come to Ocala and find
jobs between school years," Bonnie said. "One year my brother
couldn't find one and that's when he quit school and enlisted in the
Armed Forces in 1947." HE DIDN'T stop studying, however, and in 1950
he came home to graduate from Ft. McCoy High School although still
in service. He married Para Leo Law of Tampa the next year.
They have one son, Gary Rae and one daughter, Claudia Darline.
Before going to Vietnam, Shonyo served tours of foreign duty in
Alaska, Puerto Rico and Spain. NOW A master sergeant, he's
HARD AT WORK IN VIETNAM . . . M.Sgt. Bill Shonyon, former Citra
resident he is stationed at Eglin AFB, near Pensacola and in
18 months he will retire. "He got home from Vietnam on Christmas
Day," Bonnie recalled. "His family was with us so we were all
together that day." Shonyo's and others' discussions of the strange
confused little war in the jungles are the more moving because they
tie directly with the personal acts and thoughts of the men in the
various branches who are interviewed. THE PORTION devoted to Shonyo
deals with his handling "problems that had colonels quaking."
The reporter says "the Air Force runs a sort of airline which at
first glance looks efficient but is actually the most fouled up
operation in Vietnam" and elucidates a sort of Alice-in-Wonderland
confusion of flights, priorities and passengers in and out of Saigon.
The article also tells the more personal troubles of a
key non-com at war and a little of the lighter side.
Overcrowding in the NCO club, on the streets, in barracks and
offbase housing are realistically depicted along with the problems
and pleasures of shopping and services. ONE OF the more amusing
paragraphs told of the manner in which Shonyo and his house
companion, Sgt. John Hildebrand, purified their drinking water.
Shonyo got two five-gallon glass jugs which once held battery
acid at the base, soaked them clean and filled them with
Saigon tap water, "a notorious carrier of everything from
hepatitis to bubonic plague." Then he added two cap-fuls
of Clorox to each jug of water and shook the mixture up.
He said he drank water like this every day and never even
had an upset stomach. He also told of the friendly relations
the military men have with local families and declared
men like himself are not heroes . . . "we are support
troops and nothing else. Stationed out at the airport,
I see those a1uminum
boxes Coming through every day. Must of them are just kids." "
William R. Shonyo, age 82, died in Aurora, Colorado July 27, 2011 # 190524471.
"He married Paralee Vern Law in 1951. She died on August 3, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado."
Benny Boyd Shonyo 1932-1950 is buried in Fort McCoy # 26340147.
CLYDE
Clyde L. "Shoonyo" and Mae Meisner married in Jackson County, Missouri
on January 17, 1925.
In 1930 Kansas City, Clyde is a draper, 32, Mabel M. 23, Loraine 7,
Shirley 5, Clyde L. 3, and Edward E. 1.
(Lorraine Blanche Meisner was born October 1, 1922 in Chicago
to William E. Meisner and Mable Mae Scott.)
Mable M. Shonyo died September 13, 1937, age 31 years, to be buried in Woodlawn, Winter Gardern, Florida.
funeral expenses paid by Clyde Shonyo of Route 4, Orlando.
Mabel M.'s obituary is in Orlando, Florida on September 15, 1937.
"Mrs. Mable M. Shonyo died at her home east of Orlando Monday morning after a short Illness, Mr. and Mrs. Shanyo have been residents, of Orlando for the past six years, moving here from Kansas. She Is survived by' her husband, Mr. Clyde Shonyo. Funeral services will be held at Carey Hand Chapel, Rev. C. H. Fer-ran officiating. Interment in (Wood-lawn Cemetery, Date and. time given later awaiting the arrival of relatives."
June 1953 "Mrs. Clyde Lester Shonyo and son Bobbie of Meadow Lane and Mrs. Thurman Ferrell and children are expected to return this week-! end from Manor, Ga., where they have been visiting relatives. "
1953 Orlando, Florida "Mrs. C. C. Ferrell who has been visiting her son Thurman Ferrell and family
also her daughter Mrs. Clyde L. Shonyo for some time has returned to her home in Manor, Ga."
1955 Orlando, Florida 
Clyde Leslie Shonyo 1898-1975 is buried in Enterprise, Florida # 120322313. "Married Mae Meisner, age 19, on Jan 17, 1925, at Jackson, Missouri."
Lorraine B. Shonyo Rocker, born October 1, 1922 in Chicago to William E. Meisner and Mable M. Scott,
1922-1998 is buried in Orange County, Florida # 161748428.
FRANK
Frank Shonyo is 8 in 1910 Rice County, Kansas, grandson of Frank Shonyo 73 and Alice 61. His uncle Aaron is 21.
1919 Hiawatha, Kansas "Frank and Leslie Shoyno of Wichita were in the city yesterday visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shonyo, enroute to Bushton where they will spend Decoration Day. "
In 1920 Mitchell County, Kansas, Frank is 19, a farm laborer for George 58 and Catherine Luckey 54.
Frank Shonyo, born in Kansas May 28, 1902 to Benj Shonyo and
Catherine Mock, died of tuberculosis in Kansas City, Missouri June 26, 1929,
to be buried in Highland Park.
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