Otto H. and Susan (Wakefield) Kohlman, Lina D. Kohlman Davis
Vernon
In 1880 Decatur, Iowa, Charles Kohlman is farming 59, Augusta J. 54, both born in Germany.
Emma is 16, Otto 14, and Linna 1, all three born in Iowa.
September 1917 "C.H. Kohlman, the new editor of the Eckley Record, took in the Yuma County Fair Wednesday."
He resigned on acoounty of poor health in December 1917, succeeded by E.L. Palmer of Laird real extate business.
SUSAN'S FAMILY
In 1880 Mercer County, Missouri, Jas. Wakefield
is farming, 50, born in Indiana, with Wady 48 born in North Carolina. Andrew is 17, Sarah 14, Hattie 12,
"Dora" is 10, and Grant 8, all born in Missouri.
Hattie married John C. Eastin, and they're in Yuma County in 1900.
Otto, 21, born in Iowa, son of Charles Kohlman
and Sopha Herzog, married Susan D. Wakefield on Dec 5, 1888 in Decatur County, Iowa.
Susan was 16, born in Missouri to Jas. A. Wakefield and Waddie Clouse.
Otto and Susan (Wakefield) Kohlman came to Curtis, Nebraska with their two sons, Glen, age 5 and Claude, age 1, in a covered wagon. They lived there for a while. Otto worked as a team driver.
In 1893, Otto sent Susan and the boys on the train to Wray, Colorado. He followed in the covered wagon. They settled on the Mrs. L. C. Scott's homestead south of Vernon. Susan and the boys lived there until 1894, while Otto herded sheep on the Arickaree River for $15 a month, and boarded himself and family. In 1895, they moved to Idalia where Otto worked at a brick yard.
He filed on a homestead in Idalia in 1896. Their youngest son, Wayne, was born there. This became their home for many years. In 1906 they decided to see some of the country, so they set out in their covered wagon, going west to Fort Morgan, to Denver, then south of Pueblo. From there, they traveled east through Kansas and Missouri to their old home town of Leon, Iowa. It was a two-thousand mile trip, which was a long way in a covered wagon.
The boys all married and raised their families in Yuma County. The first tragedy struck in 1920 when the youngest son, Wayne, was drowned. He had only been married a short while. His wife and some friends were on a Sunday picnic at the Vogel Dam a few miles from where they lived. Wayne was in the boat which upset and he was drowned.
In 1900 Glendale precinct, Otto is farming,
born March 1865 in Iowa, with Susan D. Dec 1870 in Missouri. George G. Oct 1887 in Nebraska,
William C. July 1891 Iowa, and Wesley W. May 1897 in Colorado.
August 1901 September 1901
Otto proved up a quarter in section 11, 2S 45W in 1901.
1905 Yuma
December 1906 "James A. Marion of Leon, Iowa, arrived in Wray Tuesday to take a survey of Yuma county
and to visit his brothers-in-law O. W. Kohlman, A. J. Wakefield
and J. C. Eastin.
He will remain several weeks before returning home and may decide to make his home here."
December 1910 "O. W. Kohlman and son Claude left Monday night of this week for Foraker, Oklahoma,
where they will investigate a real estate proposition with a view of moving down there in the spring.
Glen Kohlman has rented his father's place west of Vernon for the coming season and will farm
it in his father’s absence. Claude will
return the last of this week but Mr. Kohlman will go over into Missouri for a few weeks visit before returning."
September 1911 "Otto Kohlman and family have returned from Oklahoma where they were engaged in farming
the past summer."
"We understand that Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kohlman have returned from Oklahoma making the trip over land.
We are not informed whether or not Mr. Kohlman will occupy and farm his place southwest of Vernon the coming season.
He reported that crop conditions in Yuma county looked good in comparison to what he saw passing through Kansas."
November 1911 "O. W. Kohlman and son of Vernon brought two loads of hogs to the local market here yesterday.
While in town, Mr. Kohlman made this office a pleasant call in order to get acquainted with the new management."
October 1914 "Otto Kohlman spent Sunday at J. C. Eastin."
July 1918 "Judge I. L. Barker of Wray, O. W. Kohlman of Vernon, and George Webb of Kansas,
who is visiting old friends in Yuma county, will leave Saturday for northern Wyoming where they will look over
the country and where Mr. Barker will visit a brother for a few days."
January 23, 1919 "Otto Kohlman, well known corn king and Duroc Jersey hog man,
shipped a carload of hogs to the Denver stock show. The animals averaged about 300 pounds each and are splendid
specimens of the kind of hogs that are raised in Yuma county. It was Mr. Kohlman;s intention to market the hogs."
1920 census Vernon, Yuma Co., Colorado, has
Otto W. Kohlman, head, 53, IA, farmer
Susan D. Kohlman, wife, 48, MO
Wesley W. Kohlman, "partner-son," 22, CO.
Next household is Glenn G. Kohlman, head, 32, NEB
Alma R. Kohlman, wife, 34, MO
Alva A. Kohlman, son, 9,
Donald D. Kohlman, son, 7,
Warren W. Kohlman, son, 6 1/2, and
Veda L. Kohlman, daughter, 6, all kids born in Colorado
Otto is buried in Vernon 1866-1926 #80085329.
Otto Kohlman, a well-to-do farmer in the Vernon section southeast of Yuma, was instantly killed
Tuesday afternoon by being run over by a wagon. The acident happened near the Kohlman farm house.
Mr. Kohlman was hauling corn from the sheller to the bin. He was walking by the side of the wagon,
which was heavily loaded with corn, while driving the team. His foot slipped and he fell to the ground,
his head being directly in front of the hind wheel. Before he could get out of danger, the wheel had
run over his head, crushing his skull into a mash, causing instantaneous death.
Coroner J. M. Knowles of this city was called but as it was self-evident that the death was caused
by an unblameable accident, he did not hold an inquest. The deceased was born at Frankstown, Iowa
on March 13, 1866 and had been a resident of Yuma County for a number of years. The widow and two sons,
Claude and Glenn, who both reside in the Vernon district, are left to mourn his death.
The funeral services will be held at the Vernon Methodist Church at 11 o'clock this Thursday morning.
Rev. Earl O. Harbour, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Wray,
will officiate and the interment will be at the Vernon cemetery.
In 1940 Yuma County, Susan is widowed, 69,
living with son Glen G. 52, also widowed.
Susan Dora (Wakefield) Kohlman is buried in Vernon
# 80085360.
WESLEY
Wesley Wayne Kohlman and Mattie Annice Emel married in Prowers County, Colorado on April 4, 1920.
Wesley 1897-1920 is buried in Vernon # 80085447 - one history said he drowned in a lake near Vernon du.
Mattie E. Kohlman and Roy M. Rife married in Kit Carson County on July 28, 1927.
Mattie A. (Emel) Rife 1900-1983 is buried in Wray # 57520890.
CLAUDE
William Claude Kohlman and Nettie Cain married on March 15, 1910 in Yuma County.
In 1920 Vernon, Claude is a real estate agent, 27, born in Iowa, with Nettie A. 24 in Missouri. Raymond is 8, Helen M. 7, Loren E. 5, and Evert L. 2.
Nettie A. and Claude divorced in Yuma County on Feb 4, 1925.
Nettie Kohlman and Robert E. Murrow married in Denver on March 11, 1925.
Nettie A. Murrow 1893-1985 is buried in Wray # 74058943.
Agnes I. and Carl S. Quiggle divorced in Yuma County in 1926.
(Carl S. Quiggle 1891-1965 is buried in Pueblo # 101677596, with Rugh A. 1895-1984.
In 1930 Vernon, Colorado, Claude W. Kohlman is operating a truck line, with Agnes I., both 38. Raymond is 19,
and Raymond S. Quiggle is 17.
Nettie A. Murrow is widowed, operating a restaurant in Eckly in 1930, 36, with Jamie B. 19, Raymon M. 18, Helen M. 19, Loren E. 14, Evert L. 12, and BObbie D. 4.
Nettie is in Arapahoe County, Colorado in 1940, 45, widowed, with Bobbie D. 14, Jimmie 12
1944 Eckley
1947
1951 1957 Eckley
May 3, 1973
Claude Wiliam Kohlman 1891-1973 is buried in Vernon # 80084848.
Agnes Irene (Andrews) Kohlman 1892-1982 is buried in Vernon # 80084605.
Helen, 28, is married to Bruce Shively 31 in 1940 Vernon, farming, with Donna Lee 3.
In 1981 "Helen Kohlman Fresh of Alamogordo,
NM came to Eckley for the funeral of Elsie Probasco."
Donna Lee Shively was born March 6, 1937 in Yuma County, name Sullivan in 1957,
Fresh in 1962, Harm in 1962, and Comstock in 1964.
Melvin L. Kohlman, 23 is a truck driver in Wray in 1940, married to Rozza 16.
They're living with her parents Thomas L. Thompson 45 - who has a fleet of trucks, and Berta 39.
ROZZA MARIE WILLIAMSON, 78, of Evans died March 11, 2002. Mrs. Williamson was born Rozza Marie Thompson in Vernon on Feb. 15, 1924. She married Loren Kohlman, 1940, and Pat Williamson, 1954. She and her husband bought the Wray Livestock Commission Co., which they ran for several years. They then bought Farmers Cafe. Survivors include son David of Fort Collins; daughters Lorna Winden of Berthoud, Delores Welp of Evans
Loren, born July 26, 1915, died in December 1983.
1963 Yuma, Pleasant Valley items "Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barker and Mr. and Mrs. Don Kohlman of Washington visited their brother, George Barker and family, last week, having been called here by the death of an aunt, Mary Weaver."
GLENN
June 10, 1910 "Marriage license was issued to Glen G. Kohlman and Miss Alma Duckworth last week. Both live in the
Vernon neighborhood."
"Glen Kohlman and Miss Alma Duckworth, two splendid young people of Mt. Hope, were
married Sunday, June 5, 1910, at the Methodist church at Vernon by Rev. B. M. Scott. Glen Kohlman is the
son of Otto Kohlman and has lived since childhood near Vernon, near which he and his bride will reside."
Glenn G. Kohlman, 22 and Alma Duckworth, 23, both of Vernon, married there on June 4, 1910.
In 1900 Dent County, Missouri, Everett Duckworth born June 1858, married two years to Lula W. Dept 1880, RUNA A. Aprrl 1885,
Allie O. April 1889, Elbert G. Nov 1890, Lebearn Jan 1894, all born in Missouri, and Fannie July 1899 in Missouri.
Everett Duckworth 1858-1914 is buried in Dent County # 53614459,
with spouses Nancy Elizabeth (Jones) Duckworth 1865-1896 # 105753658
and Lula B. (Wilson) Duckworth 1880-1961 # 53982168 dying in Bakersfield, California.
In 1930 Yuma County, George G. is 42,
with Alma L. 44, Alva A. 19, Donald D. 17,
Warren W. 16, and Veta L. 10.
1935
1980
Alma Ruey (Duckworth) Kohlman 1885-1938 is buried in Vernon # 80084637, with
George Glenn Kohlman 1887-1984 # 80085048.
July 17, 1949 "Glen Kohlman, well known Wray man,
and Mrs. Vera Sturdevan were married Friday in Denver,
it has been announced. The couple were married by a Christian
minister with the lady's daughter, Mrs. Opal Dickerson
as a witness. After the ceremony the couple came to Wray
and for the present are living with Mr. Kohlman's
mother in east Wray. The bride lived at Wray for some time
when she was employed by Mr. Kohlman in operating the
Blanchard hotel during the time he owned the business."
Donald Kohlman and Rita Baker married on Feb 23, 1935 in Kit Carson County.
In 1940, Donald Kohlman is farming in Yuma County, 28, with Loretta G. 24 born in Colorado. Janice is 5, Deanny C. 2.
Donald D. Kohlman, 90, died in Kittitas County, Washington on Nov 20, 2002.
Warren Kohlman, born July 13, 1913, died in October 1980, last residence Longmont, Colorado.
Veta is in Brush, Colorado in 1940, 20,
married to Otto Rogge 34 born in Kansas, a shoemaker.
Veta Lois Rogge of Colorado married Harrison D. Colson of Colorado in
Las Vegas, Nevada on November 25, 1970.
Veta 1919-2011 is buried in Littleton, Colorado # 142121152,
with Otto W. Rogge 1905-1969 # 142121146.
Alva A. Kohlman is living in Denver in 1945 at 3195 S. Dale Court, with Leota F. Klhlman.
They're buried in Vernon, Leota Fern (Shively) 1917-1978 and Alva 1911- 1995.
LINA
In 1850 Delaware County, Ohio, Rees "Powel" is 38, a clergyman, with Elizabeth 35, Thomas 17, John 15, Mary 12, Rees 8, Morris 3, and SALLY 5.
In 1860 Delaware County, Ohio, Rees Powell is farming, 53, with elisabeth 48. Mary is 21, Rees 15, SARAH 13, Morris 10.
Rev. Rees Powell 1805-1893 is buried in Delaware
County # 53987091, with Elizabeth H. (Jones) Powell 1812-1888
# 53987092.
Reese Davis and Sarah J. Powell married in Delaware County, Ohio on August 30, 1866, performed by Evan Roberts. It was received and recorded by T.W. Powell.
They had a son H. J. Davis on December 25, 1880 in Radnor, Delaware County.
Hosea J. Davis 1880-1891 is buried in Vernon # 80086481.
In 1900 Glendale Precinct, Reese Davis, born Dec 1842, married 33 years to Sarah J. April 1846, are farming. SHe's had two kids, one living.
Next household is William O. Davis Nov 1866, all three born in Ohio.
Next household is Linna D. Kohlman born August 1869 in Iowa.
1901 Yuma Colorado
On February 25, 1903, C.W. Cunningham, a minister in Wray, married William O. Davis and Linna Kohlman, both of Vernon.
William was in Delaware County, Ohio in 1880, 18, with Rees F. Davis 37 and Sarah J. 36.
Reese Freeman Davis 1842-1927 is buried in Vernon
# 80086572.
So is Sarah Jane (Powell) Davis 1846-1904 # 79874259.
"Mrs. Sarah Jane Davis was born in Delaware County, Ohio April 1846. She was the daughter of Rev. R. Powell in Ohio. August 10, 1866, she was married to Mr. R. F. Davis. At the age of 14 she joined the Congregational Church at her home. In 1886 she and her husband moved to Colorado and affiliated with the Methodist Church. In 1891 she buried one of her two boys, Hosea J. Davis, at the age of 15. Her husband, R. F. Davis, and her oldest boy, William, are surviving her, feeling deeply the loss of the beloved wife and mother. Yet, they rest assured that mother is now with Him who has bought her with his own precious blood and will now present her faultless before the throne with exceeding great joy. Mrs. Davis died Sunday morning, March 13, at 4 o'clock, after an illness of thirteen weeks, at the age of 57 years 11 months and 3 days. The funeral services were held Monday, conducted by Rev. E. B. Gramcko and the remains were laid to rest in the Glendale Cemetery. "
Lina proved up a quarter next to Otto in section 12, 2S 45W in 1905.
In 1910 William 43, born in Ohio and Lina 40 born in Iowa are farming in Vernon precinct.
They're still there in 1920, 1930 and 1940.
William 1866-1944 # 80086665 and Lina 1869-1956 # 115603321 are buried in Vernon.
