Nemaha County.
Capioma Township Map, 1887.
On the county map Woodlawn can be found in Township 3-south and Range 14-east. On the Township map Woodlawn can be found in section 17.
Woodlawn Post Office.
Woodlawn open May 3, 1881 and ran to July 16, 1906. First Postmaster was Paul Challis or Challiss. Woodlawn was a private post office before 1882, W. N. Taylor was its postmaster.
People Of Capioma Township Who Used Woodlawn As Their P. O. Address As Of 1885.
D. Benedict, Section 18., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from New York, came to county 1871.
S. A. Benedict, Section 16., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from New York, came to county 1869.
William Burgess, Hardware and Tinware, from England, came to county 1883.
Daniel Burky, Section 29., General Farming and Carpenter, from Switzerland, came to county 1879.
W. L. Challiss, Milling and Stock Raising, from Kansas, came to county 1976.
J. W. Gray, Section 18., Farming and Breeder of Cattle, from Ohio, came to county 1869.
W. M. Gregory, Physician and Surgeon, from England, came to county 1882.
E. Hollister, Section 9., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Connecticut, came to county 1882.
E. Jonach, Section 17, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Germany, came to county 1856.
William Johnson, Sections 8 & 9., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1870.
James Mogee, Farming, from Ireland, came to county 1870.
R. D. McCliman, Section 32., Faeming and Stock Raiser, from Wisconsin, came to county 1879.
James McCoy, Section 6., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1877.
William McCoy, Section 8., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1870.
Arc. McCoy, Section 16., Farmer and stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1869.
G. Moser, Section 30., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Switzerland, came to county 1883.
Robert McNergeney, sections 8 & 17., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1872.
Samuel Magill, Section 21., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Missouri, came to county 1855.
H. E. McAdams, Section 30., Farmer and Stock Raoser, from Kentucky, came to county 1875.
Thomas Outcalt, Section 6., Farmer and Stock Raiser.
J. A. Proctor, Section 16., Farming, from Ireland, came to county 1878.
John Proctor, Section 16., Farming, from Ireland, came to county 1878.
R. Richardson, General Blacksmithing, from Ohio, came to county 1882.
J. C. Sherrard, Section 4., Breeder, from Ohio, came to county 1868.
John Smith, Sections 8 & 9., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ireland, came to county 1870.
L. D. Tatman, Section 21, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1875.
A. H. Wagner, Section 8., Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1874.
Woodlawn Kansas, 1912.
Woodlawn, a hamlet of Nemaha county, is located in Capioma township, 14 miles southeast of Seneca, the county seat, and 11 miles from Sabetha, from which place it receives mail. Woodlawn was started in 1881 by W. L. Challis, who ected a four-story mill fully equipped with machinery, which became so popular that it became the nucleus around which grew up a little town. A store was opened by W. N. Taylor and a private postoffice established, which became a government postoffice in 1882. A hotel of nine rooms was built and a drug store opened. The place had 50 inhabitants in 1910.
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