Browns Grove Township

(To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Grandma Sophia Steps Up Pawnee County Kansas Sheriff Herbert Dexter sent WANTED postcards through the mail in 1914 to increase his odds of finding J. W. Weisensee, who was wanted for child desertion. In 1914, the child desertion charge was used when a spouse was asking the court to order monthly child support. In newspaper articles I’ve researched from that era, the most common amount of support ordered was $25 a … [Read more...] about Child Desertion in Larned, Kansas