Samantha C Bradshaw Widener

1851 - 1933  (82 years)

• Name	Samantha C Bradshaw Widener
  	Confirmed spelling of last name as Widener on tombstone.
  Born	1851
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Feb 1933	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	19 Feb 1933	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7017	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 May 2018

  
  

  Family ID

  F5688

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael Widener,   b. 1844,   d. 1928  (Age 84 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1867	Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa
  Children	1. Mary Etta Widener Seltzer,   b. 1873,   d. 18 Mar 1889  (Age 16 years)   2. Bernice Widener Ferris Cones,   b. 12 May 1876,   d. 13 Mar 1960  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2019 22:43:00
  Family ID	F5677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 17 Feb 1933 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - 19 Feb 1933 - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Widener, Samantha Samantha Widener Mrs. Samantha C. Widener, 81, pioneer resident of Silver Lake township, died at her home in Silver Lake early Friday morning, Feb. 17. Mrs. Widener and her husband, the late Mike Widener, a Civil war veteran, were married at Marengo, Iowa, October 4, 1867, and started for Kansas the same month. They made the trip in a prairie schooner that required about 21 days. They settled on a farm in Jefferson county. The same year they moved to a farm along Soldier creek about 7 miles from Silver Lake. At that time the Union Pacific Railroad Co. was laying rails thru Shawnee County. Most of the land was owned by the Pottawatomie Indians and was cheap. They went thru the hardships and crop failures that early pioneers experienced. In 1874, corn looked so good that they were planning to build additional cribs to store the surplus. Then came the grasshoppers that destroyed the entire crop. About $50 in cash which they had accumulated proved sufficient to pull them thru the following winter. Thirty-seven years ago they moved to Silver Lake and Mrs. Widener had made her home in the same house continuously since. Her husband died four years ago. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. B.F. Cones, Hutchinson; a brother, A. W. Bradshaw, Topeka; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one daughter, Mary Etta died at the age of 16 years. Mrs. Widener was converted at an early age and joined the Baptist church and was one of the first members of the Silver Lake Baptist church and had been a faithful devout Christian. Funeral services were held at the Silver Lake Baptist church Sunday, afternoon, Feb. 19, at 1 o’clock. Interment was in Silver Lake cemetery. We thank our neighbors and friends who assisted in caring for our beloved one during her last illness, and for their expressions of sympathy in our loss, for the beautiful flowers, and especially, we thank the members of the Silver Lake Baptist church for preparing the church for the funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Cones and family Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sage and family A.W. Bradshaw