Individual Details
Walter C. Pancoast
(10 Feb 1843 - 1 Sep 1916)
On the 1880 U. S. Census of Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kansas, Walter C. Pansocat age 33 and a drayman appears with his wife Elizabeth and children James age 12, William W. age 6 and Alice M. age 2. They are living on Sycamore Street.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Valley Falls, Delaware Township, Jefferson Co., Kansas, Walter Pencoast [sic] appears with his wife Lizzie , step son James Briscoe and children William and Belle Pencoast. The occupation section for Walter and Lizzie is blank. James is a restaurant keeper and William is a butcher.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Valley Falls, Delaware Township, Jefferson Co., Kansas, Walter Pancoast appears with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Belle and step son James P. Briscow. Walter is a farm laborer, Belle is a teacher in public school, and James works as a lunch room employee. This is the first marriage for Walter and second for Elizabeth. They have been married 37 years.
Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast from the Valley Falls New Era, September 7, 1916. Walter C. Pancoast, was born near Cardington, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1843 and died at his home in Valley Falls September 1, 1916, aged 73 years, 6 months and 21 days. He was married to Elizabeth Cross in Nov. 1871.
To their union were born four children, one boy and three girls. He was a member of a family of eight children who came from the branch of the celebrated Pancoast family of Pennsylvania. Adin Pancoast, his great ancestor married Abigail Boone whose father William Boone was a first cousin of the celebrated hunter and explorer Daniel Boone and whose mother was Sarah Lincoln a sister of the ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. This branch of the Pancoast family was scattered to various parts of the world. The one best known being the one that produced Judge T. Lindsey, now deceased, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Clerk of the District court of the United States. Mr. Pancoast's immediate family consisted of three brother---Judge John L. Pancoast, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, now of Fredericksburg, Va., Judge Wm. M. Pancoast who was a Probate Judge in Kansas, and Frank Pancoast of Los Angeles, Ca. Also four sisters, Mrs. Wesley Donaldson of Houston, Tx., Mrs. W. W. White, deceased, of Milford, Me., and Mrs. W. H. Spring of Chicago, who was here attending him in his last illness, and Lola Pancoast, deceased. His father was Jacob M. Pancoast of McPherson, Ks. He leaves a wife, two children, a step-son, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his death.
He was one of Valley Falls' oldest residents, coming here 40 years ago when the town was known as Grasshopper Falls, and was respected by his many friends.
Funeral services were held at the home, Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. by Rev. Chas. H. Kimball of the Christian church of Valley Falls. Interment was had at the Farrar cemetery at Valley Falls.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Valley Falls, Delaware Township, Jefferson Co., Kansas, Walter Pencoast [sic] appears with his wife Lizzie , step son James Briscoe and children William and Belle Pencoast. The occupation section for Walter and Lizzie is blank. James is a restaurant keeper and William is a butcher.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Valley Falls, Delaware Township, Jefferson Co., Kansas, Walter Pancoast appears with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Belle and step son James P. Briscow. Walter is a farm laborer, Belle is a teacher in public school, and James works as a lunch room employee. This is the first marriage for Walter and second for Elizabeth. They have been married 37 years.
Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast from the Valley Falls New Era, September 7, 1916. Walter C. Pancoast, was born near Cardington, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1843 and died at his home in Valley Falls September 1, 1916, aged 73 years, 6 months and 21 days. He was married to Elizabeth Cross in Nov. 1871.
To their union were born four children, one boy and three girls. He was a member of a family of eight children who came from the branch of the celebrated Pancoast family of Pennsylvania. Adin Pancoast, his great ancestor married Abigail Boone whose father William Boone was a first cousin of the celebrated hunter and explorer Daniel Boone and whose mother was Sarah Lincoln a sister of the ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. This branch of the Pancoast family was scattered to various parts of the world. The one best known being the one that produced Judge T. Lindsey, now deceased, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Clerk of the District court of the United States. Mr. Pancoast's immediate family consisted of three brother---Judge John L. Pancoast, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, now of Fredericksburg, Va., Judge Wm. M. Pancoast who was a Probate Judge in Kansas, and Frank Pancoast of Los Angeles, Ca. Also four sisters, Mrs. Wesley Donaldson of Houston, Tx., Mrs. W. W. White, deceased, of Milford, Me., and Mrs. W. H. Spring of Chicago, who was here attending him in his last illness, and Lola Pancoast, deceased. His father was Jacob M. Pancoast of McPherson, Ks. He leaves a wife, two children, a step-son, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his death.
He was one of Valley Falls' oldest residents, coming here 40 years ago when the town was known as Grasshopper Falls, and was respected by his many friends.
Funeral services were held at the home, Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. by Rev. Chas. H. Kimball of the Christian church of Valley Falls. Interment was had at the Farrar cemetery at Valley Falls.
Events
| Birth | 10 Feb 1843 | Near Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio |  | ||
| Marriage | Nov 1871 | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross | | ||
| Death | 1 Sep 1916 | Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kansas | | ||
| Burial | Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross (1850 - 1937) |
| Child | William W. Pancoast (1872 - 1946) |
| Child | Olive "Ollie" M. Pancoast (1878 - 1884) |
| Child | Belle Pancoast (1889 - 1938) |
Endnotes
1. 1880 Census Jefferson Co., Kansas.
2. Valley Falls New Era, Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast (n.p: September 7, 1916, n.d).
3. 1910 Census Jefferson Co., Kansas.
4. Valley Falls New Era, Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast (n.p: September 7, 1916, n.d).
5. Valley Falls New Era, Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast (n.p: September 7, 1916, n.d).
6. Valley Falls New Era, Obituary of Walter C. Pancoast (n.p: September 7, 1916, n.d).