Born ‎ Oct 5, 1833 at NY, died ‎ Oct 1909 at Keats, KS‎, 75 or 76 years


"The Blue Stem Prairie", Dallas TX City Library, read by Will Gustin,06-30-1995.

Pioneers Of The Bluestem Prairie, Riley Co. Genealogical Society, 1976.Submitted by Lillian Hilbish, Eskridge, gdaughter

from "PIONEERS OF THE BLUESTEM PRAIRIE - Kansas Counties: Clay, Geary[was Davis], Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, Washington", byRiley County Genealogical Society, Manhattan, Kansas (appears to be a1976 Bi-centennial Publication.

p. 342 (Riley Co.)
GUSTIN 774
Alphonzo Gustin came to KS in 1871 from MI and settled on a farmthree miles east of Riley. As they came from MI, they came throughChicago on the last train before the great fire, the railroad ties wereburning as they came by them. Mr Gustin was born Oct 1833 in MA, died inOct 1909 at Keats, buried in the Riley Cem. His father was EdwardGustin, grandfather was Thomas Gustin III.
Alphonzo was married in 1854 to Adelia Fairbanks in Kalamazoo MI. Shewas born in 1838 in Richland MI, died 4 Dec 1942 at Alma, buried in RileyCem. Her parents were Alonzo and Olive Fairbanks, grandfather was StevenFairbanks.
Children b MI, except last: Freddie d MI; Edward, d NY; Lena, d 1917KS; Charley d KS; Burt d KS; Clarence b 28 Jun 1867, d Mar 1929 KS, m1901 Milford, Mertie Davis Fairbanks, dau of Nelson and Safrona Davis;Kathern d KS; Nellie; Herbert b 1870, d ca 1942 KS, m 1907 Milford, AnnaNelson; Minnie b 1872 KS, d ca 1943 KS, m 1901 Milford, Will Kilbrun.
Soon after Alphonzo and Adelia Gustin came to Riley, theyencountered grasshoppers which came as a sky cloud. They were at achurch meeting and a gentleman said, "Those are the same red-leggeddevils that were here before." By night the grasshoppers ate the onionsin the garden leaving only a round hole where the onions had been. Thefamily lived then in a dug-out. Water was carried, from three milesaway, to Riley for drinking water. Mr and Mrs Gustin came to KSfollowing her sister and husband, the Aaron Southwick family.
by Lillian Hilbish, Eskridge, gdau


S="Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family ", Author: Lorenzo S. Fairbanks,Call Number: CS71.F164, p. 426
Had 11 children

Born ‎ May 26, 1838 at Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, died ‎ Dec 4, 1942 at Alma, KS‎


"The Blue Stem Prairie", Dallas Public Library, read by Will Gustin,06-30-95.

from "POETS AND POETRY OF KANSAS - CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ANDCHOICE POETICAL SELECTIONS FROM THE LEADING POETS NOW LIVING." edited byThomas W. Herringshaw, pub. American Publishers' Association, Chicago,1894

p. 207
MRS. ADELIA GUSTINE.
Born: Richland, Mich., May 29, 1838.
The poems of this lady occasionally appear in the local press. She wasmarried in 1854 to Alphonso Gustine, and now resides in Grant, Kansas.Her daughter, Minnie A. Gustine, is also quite a poet, and is representedelsewhere in this work.
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MARRIED THIRTY YEARS.
'Tis thirty years since we were wed,
And both so young and green;
Thirty years of light and shade
Since I was sweet sixteen.

For thirty years we've traveled on
Up the hill of life together;
Hand in hand we'll journey on,
Though fair or foul the weather.

Full thirty years have rolled away
With more of cloud than sun:
Thirty years of joy and grief
Since you were twenty-one.

Our cup of joy has oft been full -
With grief too oft o'erflowed;
But God, whose ways are always right,
Still guides us on the road.

Now that we have older grown,
The star of Hope shines dim;
O may we ever look afore,
And put our trust in him.
S="Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family", Author: Lorenzo S. Fairbanks, CallNumber: CS71.F164; p. 426