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Catharine Nancy “Kate” Harkness Irvine

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Birth	:	31 Mar 1862 Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	21 Dec 1954 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6316986, -99.9156036
Description	:	Mrs. C.N. Irvine, 92, the former Kate Harkness and member of the pioneer Harkness family, passed away on Tuesday morning, December 21, at the Ransom Hospital, where she had been a patient for almost three years. Prior to entering the hospital for care, she had made her home here for several years with her nephew, J.G. Harkness. She was a teacher in the pioneer schools of Ness County, and served four terms as Ness County Superintendent of Public Instruction, first being elected in 1888. She had made her home in Ness County since coming here in 1855, with the exception of a... Read More	Mrs. C.N. Irvine, 92, the former Kate Harkness and member of the pioneer Harkness family, passed away on Tuesday morning, December 21, at the Ransom Hospital, where she had been a patient for almost three years. Prior to entering the hospital for care, she had made her home here for several years with her nephew, J.G. Harkness. She was a teacher in the pioneer schools of Ness County, and served four terms as Ness County Superintendent of Public Instruction, first being elected in 1888. She had made her home in Ness County since coming here in 1855, with the exception of a few years spent at Colorado Springs, Colo. She was united in marriage to R.P. Irvine in 1919. Her husband passed away in 1934. Survivors include nieces and nephews, among whom are: J.G. Harkness of Ness City, Mrs. Lorena Amstutz and Charles L. Harkness of Ransom, Mrs. Mary J. Lewin of Pueblo, Colo; other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held from the Ransom Methodist church today, Thursday, December 23, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will be in the family plot in the Ransom Cemetery. Ness Co. News, Dec. 23, 1954 ---------------------------------------------------------- CATHERINE IRVINE Catherine N. Irvine, better known as Kate Harkness Irvine, only daughter of Simeon G. and Mary B. Harkness, was born March 31, 1862, near Galesburg, Ill., and departed this life December 21, 1954, at the Grisell Memorial Hospital at Ransom, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 21 days. She often expressed appreciation for the long life she had been granted with the use of all her faculties, and a few hours before the end expressed concern and regret that she was causing so many people so much trouble just before Christmas. She taught several terms of school in Illinois prior to the summer of 1885 when she, her widowed mother and youngest brother, Pat, loaded a few of their most prized possessions in a covered wagon and came west to find homesteads in Ness County, Kansas, where an older brother, James B. Harkness, had settled in 1878. They found homesteads seven or eight miles southeast of where Ransom is now located. She taught her first term of school in Ness County in a little sod school house in District No. 7, southeast of Ransom. She later taught several terms in Ness City, Ransom and several country school districts. She was elected county superintendent in 1888, and held the office for three consecutive terms, and the was elected again in 1902 for another term. She was married to Richard P. Irvine in 1919. They resided a Beeler for a few years, then moved to Colorado Springs, Colo., and made their home there until his death in 1934. She had retained property and business interests in Ness County and returned to make this home about ten years ago. Her parents and four brothers preceded her in death. She is survived by six nieces and four nephews, 17 grand nieces and nephews, and 28 great-grand nieces and nephews and many friends. Funeral services were held from the Ransom Methodist Church on Thursday afternoon, December 23, conducted by Rev. A.E. Greenler, pastor of the Ness City Methodist church. Interment was in the Ransom Cemetery. Ness Co. News, Dec. 30, 1954

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Longitude: -99.9156036

Family Members:

Parent

Mary Bradley Harkness

(1826 - 1913)

Siblings

James Bradley Harkness

(1853 - 1907)

Charles Colt Harkness

(1857 - 1941)

Patrick Henry Harkness

(1869 - 1923)

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Coordinate: 38.6316986, -99.9156036

2. Cyrus Cemetery
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8. Rauch Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.7086090, -100.0799100

9. Ness City Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4587500, -99.8911900

10. Sacred Heart Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4435997, -99.9011002

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12. Fairview Cemetery
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13. Chenoweth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4211006, -99.8752975

14. Ramsey Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5750008, -99.6414032

15. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5668983, -99.6406021

16. Bazine Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4766998, -99.6956024

17. Mishler Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.3921300, -99.9910300

18. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8782997, -99.8927994

19. McCracken Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5758018, -99.5761032

20. Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.8800100, -99.7442700

21. Beeler Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4502983, -100.1967010

22. Kunze Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3424988, -99.9047012

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Coordinate: 38.7731018, -100.2822037

24. White Rock Cemetery
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