My Family Tree

1900-1930 home in Arkansas City, Cowley Co, KS

both are probably buried in Riverview Cemetery, Cowley County.

how Katherine met William...
"[NEW YEARS FESTIVAL: M. E. CHURCH.]
[Arkansas City] TRAVELER, DECEMBER 20, 1876.
New Years Festival of the M. E. Church.
Programme of Committees.
...SOLICITING COMMITTEE.
Mr. and Mrs. Grimes, Mrs. J. Nichols, Mrs. N. Shaw, Mrs. Horn, Samuel Endicott, H. Carder, Ida Grimes, Katy Myers, Mrs. Demott, Mrs. Pepper, R. Carder.
RECEIVING COMMITTEE.
Wm. Gray, Katy Myers, Harvey Grimes, Ida Grimes, Rachael Carder, H. Carder, Nelly Wood, Frank Wood."
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/Cowley/Oldnews/Papers/TRAVA7.HTM

"[MORE PERSONALS: TRAVELER, JULY 28, 1880.]
MARRIED. At the residence of Mr. Harvey Dwyer, in Beaver township, on Sunday, July 25, at 2 p.m., by Rev. L. F. Laverty, Mr. Wm. J. Gray to Miss Kate L. Myers. No cards, but just lots of cake, etc.
Well, it's all right, Billy, and we sincerely hope that the journey of life may in your case be strewn with blessings which yourself and bride may be spared to enjoy for many years.
["Billy" was the town marshall]"
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/Cowley/Oldnews/Papers/AC07TRA.HTM
[Kyle: Harvey Dwyer was husband of Kate's Aunt Agnes Collins Dwyer]

Arkansas Valley Democrat
Arkansas City, Kansas
27 Jul 1880, Tue • Page 3
Married. July 25th, 1880, at two o'clock p. m., at the residence of Mr. H. Dwyer, in Beaver township, by the Rev. L. F. Laverty, Mr. William J. Gray and Miss Kate L. Myers, both of this city. After ye editor and the devil had devoured the cake, which accompanied this notice, "We agreed "one with another," that Mr. Gray sorely had a fine wife, for the cake was excellent, we therefore agreed "one with another," to extend them our best wishes for their future welfare. May their happiness be unalloyed and their trouble if any, be "little ones."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29434367/katherine-gray