Lowell Arthur Gish: McKeown Genealogy

1927 - 2001 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Lowell Arthur Gish was born on 30 Jun 1927 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado (son of Lee Nash Gish and Rosa Eleanor Bedford); died on 4 Jan 2001 in Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas.

Notes:

Lowell Gish
BALDWIN CITY -- Lowell Arthur Gish, 73, Baldwin City, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at a Lawrence hospital.
Mr. Gish was chairman of the education department at Baker University from 1963 until he retired in 1995. He later taught and served in various capacities at Haskell Indian Nations University. He began his career as a teacher and coach at Wilmore in 1949. He served as the elementary school principal in Kinsley for three years and then as superintendent of the Wilmore Schools until he moved to Ottawa in 1956. He was principal at Ottawa Junior High School for several years before he joined the staff at Baker University. He also served in the Merchant Marine in 1945 and 1946.
He was born June 30, 1927, in Greeley, Colo., the son of Lee Nash and Rose Bedford Gish. He was raised in Kingman and graduated from Kingman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1949 and later earned a master's degree and his doctorate at The University of Kansas.
Mr. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City, Phi Delta Kappa and the Douglas County Democratic Party.
He married Enola McClaren on Aug. 14, 1948, at Lewis. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, David Gish, Topeka, and Stephen Gish, Tonganoxie; two daughters, Juanita Reiter, Hillsboro, Ore.; and Diana Gish Truckfield, Barrow, Alaska; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church. Inurnment at Oakwood Cemetery near Baldwin City will be private. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Osborne Chapel on the Baker University campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lowell Gish Memorial Fund to benefit the Education Department at Baker University and sent in care of Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
https://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/162

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256608410/lowell-arthur-gish

Generation: 2

Lee Nash Gish was born on 30 May 1899 in Kansas; died on 14 May 1975; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas.

Other Events:

Census: 1925, Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas
Census: 1930, Little River, Rice County, Kansas
Census: 1940, Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas

Notes:

Augusta, Kan. - Lee N. Gish, 75, retired teacher and administrator for Augusta public schools, died Wednesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Dunsford Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow, Rose; three sons, Lawrence, Stillwater, Okla., Lowell, Baldwin City, Kan., and Merlin, Merriam, Kan. and four sister, Mrs. Alice Lipper, Topeka, Mrs. Virginia Dodds, Penny Farms, Fla., Mrs. Francis Asher, Sterling, Kan., and Mrs. Blanche Wohlenberg, Liberal, Kan.
The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas. Thursday, 15 May 1975.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50255137/lee-nash-gish

Lee married Rosa Eleanor Bedford on 24 Sep 1923 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado. Rosa (daughter of George S. Bedford and Magaret Andrews) was born on 1 Nov 1899 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas; died on 14 Aug 1990 in Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rosa Eleanor Bedford was born on 1 Nov 1899 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas (daughter of George S. Bedford and Magaret Andrews); died on 14 Aug 1990 in Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas.

Notes:

Graveside services for Rose E. Belford Gish, 90, Baldwin, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta. Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Augusta. The Rev. Burl Allison Jr. will officiate both services.

Mrs. Gish died Tuesday at a Baldwin nursing home.

She was born Nov. 1, 1899, in Hays. She grew up in Greeley, Colo., attended Greeley schools and graduated from Greeley High School. She received a bachelor's degree in education from Sterling College in 1921, where she was president of her senior class.

Mrs. Gish and her husband lived in several Kansas communities, including Hamilton, Belpre, Little River, Kingman and Augusta. She lived in Wichita for a short time and moved to Orchard Lane Nursing Home in Baldwin in 1982.

She taught Latin, French, German and Spanish and coached girls basketball in Colorado schools before she married.

Mrs. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Augusta and had been a 50-year member of PEO Sisterhood.

She married Lee M. Gish on Sept. 24, 1923, in Greeley. He died in 1975.

Survivors include three sons, Lowell, Baldwin, Larry, Stillwater, Okla., and G. Merlin, Merriam; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Thursday, August 16, 1990 ljworld

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21975579/rose-eleanor-gish

Children:

1. Lowell Arthur Gish was born on 30 Jun 1927 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; died on 4 Jan 2001 in Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas.
Lawrence Lee Gish was born on 11 Jan 1930 in Little River, Rice County, Kansas; died on 13 Sep 1991; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma.
George Merlin Gish was born on 20 Mar 1931 in Little River, Rice County, Kansas; died on 29 Jan 1995 in Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens, Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas.

Generation: 3

George S. Bedford was born in Mar 1862 in Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1920 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Big Creek, Ellis County, Kansas
Census: 1910, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado
Census: 1920, Pleasant Valley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

George S. Bedford, prominent stockman and farmer of the Greeley district, died in Denver Friday afternoon. He had lived near Greeley for almost twenty years and was a leader in church work, having been a charter member of the Reformed Presbyterian church.
Windsor Beacon, Windsor, Colorado. Thursday, 30 December 1920.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65215212/george-s-bedford

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George married Magaret Andrews on 14 Jan 1886 in Page County, Iowa. Magaret (daughter of Samuel Andrews and Mary Jane McKeown) was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magaret Andrews was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa (daughter of Samuel Andrews and Mary Jane McKeown); died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

Mrs. Margaret Bedford Dies Here Wednesday
Mrs. Margaret A. Bedford, 68 years old, died at her home, 1226 Fourth street, at 9:35 Wednesday morning. Mrs. Bedford had been ill for some time, but her death was unexpected.
She is survived by four children, Everett and Bessie Bedford of Greeley; Mrs. Lee Gish, Little River, Ran.; and Merton Bedford, Santa Barbara, Calif. She was the wife of the late George S. Bedford.
Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Wednesday, 31 December 1930.

Deaths and Funerals
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret A. Bedford will be held at the Reformed Presbyterian church at 10 o’clock [missing text in copy] will be in [missing text in copy]
Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Thursday, 1 January 1931.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65215211/margaret-a-bedford

Block 7, lot 109, space 2

Children:

Merton Irving Bedford was born on 31 Jan 1888 in Kansas; died on 19 Oct 1963 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California.
John Everett "Everett" Bedford was born on 16 Oct 1890 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; died on 25 Feb 1933 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Bedford was born on 19 May 1893 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; died on 8 Jun 1966 in Augusta, Butler County, Kansas; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
3. Rosa Eleanor Bedford was born on 1 Nov 1899 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas; died on 14 Aug 1990 in Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas.

Generation: 4

14.

Samuel Andrews was born on 23 Oct 1827 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Apr 1898 in Blanchard, Page County, Iowa; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1856, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa
Census: 1880, Colfax, Page County, Iowa
Census: 1885, Colfax, Page County, Iowa

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64359030/samuel-andrews

Samuel married Mary Jane McKeown on 24 Nov 1853 in Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio. Mary (daughter of Alexander McKeown and Rosanna Glasgow) was born on 9 Mar 1828 in Ohio; died on 18 Jan 1922 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mary Jane McKeown was born on 9 Mar 1828 in Ohio (daughter of Alexander McKeown and Rosanna Glasgow); died on 18 Jan 1922 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, Colfax, Page County, Iowa
Census: 1920, Pleasant Valley, Weld County, Colorado
Census: 1920, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

Mary J. is included in the list of siblings in her brother Alexander's biography in Biographical History of Page County, Iowa [Lewis & Dunbar Publishers, 1890). "Mary J., wife of Samuel Andress" [Andrews]

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114421113/mary-jane-andrews

Children:

Nancy Eleanor Andrews was born on 24 Sep 1854 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 16 Oct 1919 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
Rose Ann Andrews was born on 10 Jan 1856 in Iowa; died on 18 Nov 1898 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, College Springs, Page County, Iowa.
Alexander McKeown Andrews was born on 29 Dec 1857 in Iowa; died on 23 Dec 1958; was buried in Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson County, Kansas.
Mary Andrews was born on 19 Feb 1860 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 1 Jul 1960 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 5 Jul 1960 in Covenanter Cemetery, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
7. Magaret Andrews was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Rachel Andrews was born in 1868 in Iowa; died in 1943; was buried in Quinter Cemetery, Quinter, Gove County, Kansas.
Rebecca Andrews was born on 7 Nov 1868 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 13 Jul 1950 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Charlotte Andrews was born in Mar 1875 in Iowa.

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Lowell Arthur Gish