Artifacts from the Ft. Kearney chapter Daughters of the American Revolution time capsule, retrieved when the Kearney Cemetery Memorial Gates were torn down and rebuilt in 2020. Materials date from the original 1926 placement of the capsule, as well as 1969, when the columns were destroyed by a car accident, and rebuilt.
The collection includes photographs of area young men killed in WWI, lists of veteran group members, a Bible, various Ft. Kearney DAR chapter materials, and local and state newspapers from both the 1920s and 1969.
All items, excepting the Bible, are digitized and available here. Although items are searchable, newspaper misspellings, changes in how family names are spelled, and imperfect text recognition may impact results.
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David A. Rhone Materials
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Photograph and hand-written biography of David A. Rhone. Rhone was killed in France on August 6, 1918. He is buried in Kearney Cemetery.
Date approximate.
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Photograph of Horatio Herbert Hendryx
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Photograph of Horatio Herbert Hendryx. Hendryx was the son of a DAR member. Hendryx died while serving in World War I. He appears in the Honor Roll of Buffalo County Soldiers in the World War.
Date approximate
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Photograph of Vanner Gustus and Fred Sadler
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Photograph of Vanner Gustus and Fred Sadler. Gustus was wounded and gassed in France, dying on October 5, 1918. Sadler was killed in action in France on October 5, 1918.
Date approximate.
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Roy Eaton Death Notice
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Newspaper clipping tells of the death of Private Roy H. Eaton on the French front, May 18, 1918. Eaton appears in the Honor Roll of Buffalo County Soldiers in the World War.
Newspaper not identified on the clipping; date approximate