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Passanger Pigeons
. 1860 May 10 - Pigeons innumerable have swarmed the air here about for many days past, & vast numbers have been killed by our sportsmen. On Friday last O. Stevens, Esq. killed 423 in the spaces of 4 hours; & on the following day Charlie Teetzel & Mr. D. O. Ramsay shot about 600 in 4 or 5 hours. In addition, others of our citizens have killed thousands. The Montezumis & Barber took about 115 dozen to Chicago the latter part of the week, where they readily sell at 50¢ a dozen. St. Joseph Traveller of May 2.
Ref: Daily National Intelligencer, District of Columbia.

Waterviet Lodge No. 903 I.O.G.T., organized Oct 28, 1875, C F Teetzel & W Teetzel.

. 1883 Dec 21 - Watervleit. Mr C Cribbs has secured the services of Charles Teetzel & is shoeing horses for almost nothing.
Ref: Weekly Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor, MI.

. 1913 May 6, Fined for Selling Beer. woman in Search of Husband Caused His Arrest.
Mrs Bessie Cook, S 7 St. ent to Charles Teetzels, 403 Osage Ave, in search of her husband, James, yesterday. Teetzel said he wasn't there but said she could find him at another pace. When she failed to find him she returned to 'teeters & demanded the he tell he where James was. Teetzel offered her a drink of beer instead & she cause his arrest. This morning Judge Brady fined him $200 & 300 days in jail for selling beer.
Ref: Kansas City Globe, Kansas.

1921 Jun 9 - Charles F Teetzel, one of St. John's old & respect residents, passed away at his home in the east part of the city Last Friday morning, June 3, 1921 at 5:40 o'clock. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Since residing with the people of this city & community many of them have become his friends. He had always a pleasant greeting for them & a manner of life that won him the respect of all & now that he has been called away suddenly will be greatly missed.
Charles Franklin Teetzel was burnin St. Joseph, Michigan, July 14, 1851. He was united in marriage with Miss Emma J Slater at Waterviet Michigan, Sept 29, 1878. 3 children came to bless this union: Adella, Floyd & Clyde. They moved with their family to Harper, Kansas in August 1897 & to St. John in 1908. Mr Teetzil was aged 79y 10m 19d.
Mr Teetzel enjoyed the benefit of being raised in a Christian home & early inlet made a profession of religion & united with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
About 3 years Mr Teetzil suffered a paralytic stroke which impaired his health. An attack of acute indigestion was the immediate cause of his death, he being ill but a few hours & his sudden taking away was a severe shock to the members of his family & friends.
Among relatives left to four his loss are his wife, 3 children: Mrs John Harper, Floyd Teetzel of this city & Clyde Teetzel of Wellington; 2 sisters: Mrs JE Teetzel of Harper & Mrs Del Moulton of NY; 3 grandchildren: Lloyd Harper, Lois Fay Teetzel & Earl Teetzel of this city & Charles Allen Teetzel of Wellington.
Among friends who came from a distance to pay their last respects to Mr Teetzel were Mr Mrs LA Haskins, Mr Mrs Perry Pearl, all of Harper.
Ref: St. John The Country Capital newspaper, Kansas.

Verify which Charles F. Teetzel this is:
. 1868 Jun 6, St. Joseph Herald, Michigan
A Card, At the last meeting of Pst 20: - G.A.R. the following resolution was passed:
Resolved, that we tender to the ladies of St. Josephs & vicinity, for their flora gifts & kind assistance. The Rev T Edwards, Hon. A H Morrison & G S Clapp, for their able & appropriate addresses.
To Frank E Fenton, L D Clock, T R Townsend, Chas. F. Teetzel, gentlemen of the band, & those comrades, outside the order, who "fell into line," our heartfelt gratitude for the aid they each & all rendered us on Sunday last & thank them in the name of our loyal dead & the Grand Army of the Republic.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

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Charles married Emma J SLATER on 29 Sep 1878 in Watervliet, Berrien Co., Michigan. Emma was born in May 1859 in Bainbridge, Berrien Co., Michigan; died in c 14 Jan 1947 in St. Johns, Kansas; was buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Stafford, Kansas. Section K, Lot 51, Row 1.

Adella married John Graham HARPER in 1902 in Crystal Springs, Harper, Kansas. John was born est 1884 in Crystal Springs, Harper, Kansas; died in in St. John, Stafford, Kansas; was buried in Fairview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Floyd married Laura Ellen MILES on 29 Jul 1910. Laura was born in 1888 in Stafford Co., Kansas; died in in Lake Twp., Harper Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. 1942 Apr 27 - World War II Draft Registration
Born Sept 10, 1892, Benton Harbor, Mich.
Res. 304 SH, Wellington, Sumner Co., Kansas, Occupation Boeing, Wichita, Kansas. Relative: Mrs Adella Harper, St. John, Kasas.
Height 5 ft. 11, Gray eyes, Brown hair, Complexion light. - - -

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Family/Spouse: Gladys PARKER. Gladys was born in 1897 in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Census 1915, Age 20 months.