I had a wonderful visit to Chase County, Kansas, in September of 2023. One highlight was visiting the Chase County Historical Museum and Research Library. Their wonderful staff pointed me to Roots & Patchwork: An Historical View of Chase County, Kansas USA, which the society first published in 2002; the copy I purchased is from the second printing in 2018. It's 91 pages are a potpourri of photos and vignettes; it is available through their website.
After getting back home from the long trip, I was incredibly surprised to find this photo on p. 65. It is not dated.
While they are not my direct line, one of these men married married a daughter of my great-great-grandparents, Carl Benjamin Hegwer and Maria Ilgner. The Frey brothers also have Hegwer relations. It is a treat to have images of them!
Kasimer John Fink was born about 15 Mar 1830 in Veringstadt, Hohenzollern, Germany (or perhaps, Prussia?). He arrived in Kansas about 1858. He married Medora Hegwer 27 Mar 1860 in Americus, Lyon, Kansas. He died 3 January 1912 in Cottonwood Falls.
Frank Frey and Julius Frey were Hegwer in-laws. Their sisters, Wilhemina and Maria Charlotte, married Carl Traugott Hegwer and Ernest Gothelf Hegwer, respectively. There are several other Hegwer-Frey connections over decades.
