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Elam Bartholomew settled in Rooks County, Kansas, in 1874. He was born in Pennsylvania and his family moved to Ohio and then Illinois. In 1873 he became engaged to Rachel Montgomery and returned to Illinois to marry her in June 1877. They returned to Kansas in September of 1877. The Bartholomews lived on their farm on Bow Creek until 1929 when they moved to Hays. Elam Bartholomew was a well know botanist specializing in rust flora and he served as curator of the mycological museum at Fort Hays Kansas State College. He died in 1934. A diary for the years 1877 and 1878 is contained in Kansas Memory.
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
Item Number: 211176
Call Number: B Bartholomew, Elam *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211176
Agriculture - Family farming
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Scientists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Bartholomew, Elam
Places - Cities and towns - Hays
Places - Cities and towns - Stockton
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Counties - Rooks
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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