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The Craft Family and Red Bud Catholic Cemetery

  This photo of Edward Craft and Susannah Busch Craft and their adult children was probably taken near their home in Auglaize County, Ohio.  Edward and Susannah are seated. It was their gift of land to the church that established … Continue reading

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1874: The Auglaize County, Ohio Connection

The U.S. government made the lands of Cowley County, Kansas available for purchase through the Osage Lands Act of 1870 and 1872. The population of the county boomed. In Cowley’s Maple Township, a community named Red Bud was established northeast … Continue reading

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