James O. Munday1,2

b. Feb 10, 1884, d. Feb 14, 1946
FatherSamuel L. Munday1 b. Apr, 1853, d. Aug 13, 1903
MotherPriscilla Emma Moore1 b. Jan 29, 1853, d. Aug 10, 1936
     James O. Munday was born on Feb 10, 1884 in Athol, Smith Co, KS.1,3,4,5
     
Della, Samuel, Priscilla, Bert and Jim Munday
Jim was born in 1884, so this was probably taken about 1889-90?
Photo courtesy Roberta Munday Berkheimer and Lester Hecht

     
Bert, Priscilla, Eliza, Della and Jim Munday
Taken some time between 1903 and 1936
Photo courtesy Roberta Munday Berkheimer and Lester Hecht

     James O. Munday married Maude Ellen Kidwell, daughter of Josephus F. Kidwell and Blanche Phoebe Kirk, on Jan 3, 1906 in Athol, Smith Co, KS.1,2,4
     James O. Munday moved after Sep 12, 1907 to Logan Co, CO; the family traveled from Kansas in a covered wagon.1 The family settled southwest of what is now Fleming. At first they lived in their covered wagon, wheels removed.1
     James was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Logan Co, CO. James was a farmer, with a mortgaged farm. Grace, James and Earnest were in school.2
     James O. Munday moved in 1929 to Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO.1
     James was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in Logan Co, CO. The family owned a farm and a radio set..6
     James O. Munday moved in 1931 to a farm, Fleming/Haxtun area, Logan Co, CO.1
     James O. Munday and Maude Ellen Munday retired in 1945 in Haxtun, Phillips Co, CO; they moved from the farm into town.1
     James O. Munday died on Feb 14, 1946 in Haxtun, Phillips Co, CO, at age 62. He had suffered from severe depression for many years, and committed suicide by hanging himself in his garage.1,5 He was buried in 1946 Logan Co, in CO.5
James Munday
Fleming Cemetery, Logan County, CO
Photo courtesy of Clarence Saylor

Family

Maude Ellen Kidwell b. May 29, 1882, d. January 20, 1969
Children

Citations

  1. [S1061] Roberta Burkheimer, "Moore Armstrong," e-mail to Julia Langel, August 28, 2002, Moore Armstrong.
  2. [S1021] 1920 U. S. Census, Colorado, Logan County, ED 187, sheet 6B, line 97, East side line, sec 126, dwelling 118, family 133, Colorado, Logan County.
  3. [S1021] 1920 U. S. Census, Colorado, Logan County, ED 187, sheet 6B, line 97, East side line, sec 126, dwelling 118, family 133, Colorado, Logan County, This source says born WI.
  4. [S1206] 1930 U. S. Census, Colorado, Logan County, ED 8, sheet 5A/47, line 13, dwelling 94, family 95, Colorado, Logan County, This source says born WI.
  5. [S1586] James O. Munday Cemetery Marker, Fleming Cemetery, Logan County, CO.
  6. [S1206] 1930 U. S. Census, Colorado, Logan County, ED 8, sheet 5A/47, line 13, dwelling 94, family 95, Colorado, Logan County.
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