Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFrederick Conrow 
Birth5 Aug 1870, Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ
Census1880, Tipton Co, TN
Memoroll#1282, pg 444
Census1910, Caldwell, Sumner Co, KS
Memoroll#458, pg 28
Census1920, Brookville, Saline Co, KS
Memoroll#548, pg 266
Census4 Apr 1930, Gypsum, Saline Co, KS
Memoroll#719, pg 3
Death26 Nov 1939, San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA
Burial29 Nov 1939, Caldwell City Cem, Sumner Co, KS
MemoSect 6
OccupationStation Agent, Banker, Bank Cashier
FatherDaniel Van Note Conrow (1834-1907)
MotherSarah Vanderveer Smock (1831-1911)
Misc. Notes
Stories from Gertrude Ruttan and Frances Poynter, plus newspaper clippings . . .
Married by Jesse Oglevee, presbyterian pastor. A family story is that he worked as telegraph dispatcher on the Rock Island R.R. The day the Cherokee Strip opened Oklahoma (Sept 1892) he took the order that sent the train into Oklahoma, then closed and went to see Mamie, who worked in a lawyers office, thinking it was the only one. Another train came in and no one was there . . . he was fired over it.
His daughter's birth cert says he was living in Whitewater in 1900 as a Station Agent. Her father was in a bank at Caldwell, and got him into the banking business. In 1910 they were listed in Caldwell, with him as a Bank Cashier, along with Fred Jr. (14) and Louise (9). He owned his home free and clear. In 1911, they moved to Brookville and he bought the bank there. 1920 census lists them in Brookville. Fred as a Bank Cashier, with Mamie and Louise (19) who is listed as "Booker Bank" which probably meant book keeper at the bank. Also living with them was Mamie's mother, Mary Cooper (76), who died that year. (Later?) In 1920 they moved to Gypsum where he worked as a cashier at a benk and lived there until they went to California in 1935. He was a banker for 27 years and retired in 1932 after paying some of his depositors with his own money during the depression. After that they lived on money from Mamie's inheritance. He died in San Jose 4 years later of ventricular fibrillation and coronary sclerosis. His body was returned to Kansas for burial.
Married by Jesse Oglevee, presbyterian pastor. A family story is that he worked as telegraph dispatcher on the Rock Island R.R. The day the Cherokee Strip opened Oklahoma (Sept 1892) he took the order that sent the train into Oklahoma, then closed and went to see Mamie, who worked in a lawyers office, thinking it was the only one. Another train came in and no one was there . . . he was fired over it.
His daughter's birth cert says he was living in Whitewater in 1900 as a Station Agent. Her father was in a bank at Caldwell, and got him into the banking business. In 1910 they were listed in Caldwell, with him as a Bank Cashier, along with Fred Jr. (14) and Louise (9). He owned his home free and clear. In 1911, they moved to Brookville and he bought the bank there. 1920 census lists them in Brookville. Fred as a Bank Cashier, with Mamie and Louise (19) who is listed as "Booker Bank" which probably meant book keeper at the bank. Also living with them was Mamie's mother, Mary Cooper (76), who died that year. (Later?) In 1920 they moved to Gypsum where he worked as a cashier at a benk and lived there until they went to California in 1935. He was a banker for 27 years and retired in 1932 after paying some of his depositors with his own money during the depression. After that they lived on money from Mamie's inheritance. He died in San Jose 4 years later of ventricular fibrillation and coronary sclerosis. His body was returned to Kansas for burial.
Spouses
Birth28 Apr 1874, Caldwell, Sumner Co, KS
Death5 Jan 1943, Salina, Saline Co, KS
MemoSt. John's Hospital
BurialCaldwell City Cem, Sumner Co, KS
MemoSection 6
FatherIsaac Newton Cooper (1835-1914)
MotherMary Louise Wilcox (1840-1920)
Misc. Notes
She was listed simply as female Cooper in the 1875 census, age 1. Then as age 6 in the 1880 census.
According to Frances Ruttan Holland, "she saw Lincoln's funeral train pass by with her mother standing beside her, holding her hand, when she was about 6 years old." She was an only child, her father raised cattle in Ohio and was well off. According to Francis Ruttan "her mother got land on the opening of the Cherokee Strip, and that is where she got some of her money". Graduated from Caldwell High School on May 29th 1891 at the Grand Opera House (their 4th annual ceremony). She inherited the family money when her father died (1914) and used it for living on when her husband used all of their money to pay the depositors of his bank during the depression.
The two of them are listed in Gypsum in 1930, with Fred working as a bank cashier.
They moved to San Jose around 1935. Her husband Fred died in 1939, and she is listed in their house on Chapman street in 1940, widowed and living alone.
Mamie then returned to Brookville, Kansas in Sept 1941, where she lived until her death. She died in St. John's Hospital, Salina of cerebral embolism & _______ thrombosis (stroke) after 10 days in the hospital. Death cert says she lived in Brookville for 31 years, lists her parents and their birthplace, and her birthdate. The information was supplied by her son Fred C. Conrow.
NOTE: in going thru a closet full of family albums after her granddaughter’s death in 2001, a scrapbook of Mamie’s was found with newspaper clippings for her grandfather’s obituary, a cousin’s obituary, quotes of her father relating to Custer, and other publications relating to or wirtten by various relatives, plus lots of poems,
According to Frances Ruttan Holland, "she saw Lincoln's funeral train pass by with her mother standing beside her, holding her hand, when she was about 6 years old." She was an only child, her father raised cattle in Ohio and was well off. According to Francis Ruttan "her mother got land on the opening of the Cherokee Strip, and that is where she got some of her money". Graduated from Caldwell High School on May 29th 1891 at the Grand Opera House (their 4th annual ceremony). She inherited the family money when her father died (1914) and used it for living on when her husband used all of their money to pay the depositors of his bank during the depression.
The two of them are listed in Gypsum in 1930, with Fred working as a bank cashier.
They moved to San Jose around 1935. Her husband Fred died in 1939, and she is listed in their house on Chapman street in 1940, widowed and living alone.
Mamie then returned to Brookville, Kansas in Sept 1941, where she lived until her death. She died in St. John's Hospital, Salina of cerebral embolism & _______ thrombosis (stroke) after 10 days in the hospital. Death cert says she lived in Brookville for 31 years, lists her parents and their birthplace, and her birthdate. The information was supplied by her son Fred C. Conrow.
NOTE: in going thru a closet full of family albums after her granddaughter’s death in 2001, a scrapbook of Mamie’s was found with newspaper clippings for her grandfather’s obituary, a cousin’s obituary, quotes of her father relating to Custer, and other publications relating to or wirtten by various relatives, plus lots of poems,
Marriage20 Mar 1895, Caldwell, Sumner Co, KS
Marr Memoby Jesse Oglevee
ChildrenFrederick C. (1895-1976)
Anna “Luise” (1900-1955)