Linden Guy McVey (1888 - 1969)

Born 1 Aug 1888 in Humeston, Wayne, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Apr 1969 at age 80 in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Except as otherwise footnoted, the following adapted from Seward County Kansas.^[1]

Guy McVey was born 28 Apr 1888 at Humeston, Iowa^[2] the son of John and Zantha "Lillie" (Ritchie) McVey. By 1900, the family had migrated to Seward, Stafford County, Kansas^[3] and by 1905 to Brenham Township, Kiowa County, Kansas.^[4][5] He married Frances "Fannie" I. Sparkling in 1909. Fannie had been raised in an orphanage. The family came to Seward County, Kansas by train in 1917 or 1919 and lived in a claim house on the northwest quarter of section 16-33-31 where they raised mixed breed cattle, hogs, horses, milo, kaffircorn, corn and wheat. In 1979, son Ernest wrote that they suffered the frequent hardships of life on the Great Plains including "hard winters, grasshoppers, the dirty thirties and the depression."^[1][6][7][8]

He passed away 14 Apr 1969 at Pratt, Kansas and is interred at Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg, Kansas.^[9]

Children

• Linden Irvin - b 10 Apr 1910, d 2000
• John Hobart - b 7 Feb 1915, d 2000
• Zantha Goldeana - b 5 Dec 1917
• Raymond Ernest - b 18 Jan 1923, d 1981

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Seward County Historical Society, compiler, "Seward County Kansas," K C Printers, Liberal, Kansas, 1979, information submitted by son (Raymond) Ernest McVey.
2. ↑ World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Kansas; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: Box 370
3. ↑ US Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Seward, Stafford, Kansas; Roll: 501; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0305; FHL microfilm: 1240501
4. ↑ Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_75; Line: 5
5. ↑ US Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Brenham, Kiowa, Kansas; Roll: T624_443; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0099; FHL microfilm: 1374456
6. ↑ US Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fargo, Seward, Kansas; Roll: T625_550; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 223
7. ↑ US Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fargo, Seward, Kansas; Roll: 718; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2340453
8. ↑ US Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fargo, Seward, Kansas; Roll: T627_1258; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 88-2
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36051063