Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, and situated along the Missouri River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,021. The city is named in honor of David Rice Atchison, United States senator from Missouri, and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison was the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart, and the Amelia Earhart Festival is held annually in July.
âDigory and Mabel Kirke. Mabel Kirke Ketterley was the mother of Digory Kirke, and sister to Andrew and Letitia Ketterley. It seems likely that she was the youngest of her siblings. Little is known about her life, but she was known to love to sing, and may have also played the piano.
Ronald and Hilary Tolkien in 1905 (from Carpenter's Biography) Mabel tutored her two sons, and Ronald, as he was known in the family, was a keen pupil. She taught him a great deal of botany, and she awoke in her son the enjoyment of the look and feel of plants.