Xenia Kansas.

Xenia Kansas 1867.

 

Xenia is a village in the north-west part of Bourbon county near the Little Osage river, and 15 miles north-west of Fort Scott, the County Seat, a good location and desirable place to settlement.  Population 160.

Business men who used Xenia as their P. O., address as of 1878.

A. Wilson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Columbus Ohio, came to counth 1867.

Moses Whitcomb, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Adams County Illinois, came to county 1866.

A. D. Stevenson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Green County, Ohio, came to county 1872.

L. S. Osborn, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Bates County, Missouri, came to county 1854.

C. W. Libby, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Cumberland County Maine, came to county 1868.

Amos Bortzfield, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Lancaster County Pa., came to county 1878.

I. J. Porter, Post Master, from Franklin County Ohio, came to county 1868.

A. M. Atkisson, Blacksmith, from Hawkins County Tenn., came to county 1856.

Allen Stewart, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1850.

A. J. Pitcher, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Crawford County Pa., came to county 1868.

T. M. Willett,Farmer and Minister, from McNairy County Tenn., came to county 1860.

J. A. Willett, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from McNairt County Tenn., came to county 1860.

S. O. Markham, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Catarugus Tenn., came to county 1859.

Charles Love, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Morgan County Ohio, came to county 1859.

D. Reagan, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1858.

Patrick Reagan, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1858.

D. W. Buell, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Dekalb County, Illinois, came to county 1866.

Walter Stafford, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from England, came to county 1866.

Levi Alsop, Farmer and Minister, from England, came to county 1856.

J. M. Cubbison, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Guernsey County Ohio, came to county 1859.

A. Holemen, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Warren county Illinois, came to county 1865.

G. Entzminger, Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer, from Germany, came to county 1870.

Israel Camp, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Oranger County Vermont, came to county 1866.

J. M. Davis, Farmer and Stock Raiser and Dealer, from Mercer County Pa., came to county 1866.

Charles Murrow, Farmer and Stock Raiser and Sealer, from Park County, Indiana, came to county 1859.

Pensioners list of 1883, town of Xenia.

27,161 Lucas, Elizabeth Xenia widow 1812 $8.00 Sept., 1879
79,870 Spurgeon, Alexander Xenia wd. lt. forearm $18.00
187,911 Morris, Julia b. Xenia mother $8.00 Apr., 1880
34,997 Mylins, Lewis H. Xenia g. s. w. rt. shoulder $8.00
  41,708 Moyer, Peter Xenia dis. eyes $8.00 May, 1865
94,012 Stevenson, Elizabeth Xenia widow $20.00
133,990 Pearson, Jeremiah Xenia g. s. w. lt. arm $4.00 June, 1875
206,203 Orr, David Xenia g. s. w. lt. forearm $2.00 Apr., 1882
104,482 Sigler, Wm. Xenia g. s. w. lt. thigh and ankle $6.00
84,432 Williams, Amaziah Xenia wd. lt. thigh $8.00
88,813 Richey, James R. Xenia g. s. w. stomach $18.00
  32,764 Campbell, Cynthia Xenia widow 1812 $8.00 Dec., 1882
179,324 Hawkins, David Xenia g. s. w. back $1.00 Dec., 1880
201,833 Gillham, Wm. Xenia sabre wd. rt. hand $4.00 Jan., 1882
 

 

Xenia Kansas 1912.

Xenia, a post village of Bourbon county, is situated in the northwestern portion on the little Osage river, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Scott, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice and in 1910  had a population of 115.