THE HISTORY OF LARIMER COUNTY, : VOL II Editors Arlene (Briggs) Ahlbrandt, Kathryn “Kate” Stieben Compiled by The Larimer County Heritage Writers, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (Copyright Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas: 1987)

Larimer, General William 1809-1875 ...... front matter Mary Corey ...... front matter Charlene Tresner ...... front matter Zethyl (Crosby) Gates ...... front matter Introduction ...... front matter DAR publishes Watrous’ History ...... front matter

Indians and Early History First Americans and Descendants in Larimer County ...... 2 Indian Life in Larimer County ...... 2 Chief Friday ...... 4 Chief and a Frontier Family ...... 5 Natural Fort (between Fort Collins and ) ...... 5 Wagon Train Journey Hazardous (Charles Pennock) ...... 7 Arapaho Heritage ...... 7 Where the Indians Met (Arapaho Indian Council Tree) ...... 8 Indian Women (Anpaha, McGaa) ...... 8 Pap, Louis ...... 9 Legend of Massacre and Lost Gold Cache (LaBorgean ...... 10 Wooten, Richens Lacy (Uncle Dick) ...... 10 Indian Springs Coal Mine ...... 11 An Indian Prayer ...... 11 The Friendship Tree (Janis, Bold Wolf) ...... 11 Ann Strange Owl Raben ...... 12 Trappers and Indians Meet (burying of the powder) ...... 12 Princess Red Feather ...... 13 Larimer County’s Buried Historical Treasures (Michael Charney) ....13 Indian Battle at Mud Springs ...... 13 Indian Recollections (Frank Chaffee) ...... 14 Indians at the Door (1860s) (Elsa K. Jones) ...... 14 Indian Ceremonies (Plains Tribes)...... 14 Buffalo Jumps ...... 15 Ute Susan ...... 15 Ute Susan’s Rescue ...... 16 The Cherokee Trail ...... 16 Indian Lore (Fossil Creek teepee ground) ...... 17 Indian Women and Children (clothing, camp life) ...... 17 “Bucky” Large ...... 17 Big Ribs (aka Big Rib, Oglala Sioux) ...... 18 Lathrop Hills ...... 19 Indian Sculpture (Peter Toth)...... 20

1 Charles Eagle Plume ...... 20 Colorful Colorado (poem, A.S. Rietveld) ...... 21

Geology, Landmarks and Water Geology, Rocky Mountain National Park ...... 24 Nymph Lake at RMNP ...... 24 Long’s Peak ...... 25 Horsetooth Mountain ...... 26 The Aggie A ...... 27 Century Old Mystery (Steamboat Rock) ...... 28 Bellvue Fold ...... 30 Profile Rock ...... 31 Haystack Boulder / Haystack Rock ...... 32 Whale Rock ...... 33 State of the Bighorn Sheep ...... 35 Trading Expedition in Laramie River ...... 36 [History of] Water in Larimer County ...... 36 Horsetooth Reservoir ...... 41 Low Water in Horsetooth Reservoir (post-flood, 1976) ...... 42 Carter Lake Reservoir ...... 42 Devil’s Backbone ...... 44 Poudre Canyon Tunnel (Baldwin) ...... 45

Chronology of Larimer County Settlement and Homestead Era: 1860s ...... 49 Homesteads ...... 49 Christmas 1866 ...... 49 Colorado Statehood and Railroad Era: 1870s ...... 50 Railroad Era ...... 53 First Newspaper in Fort Collins – Watrous ...... 55 Irrigation and Immigration: 1880s ...... 56 Spring Canyon ...... 56 Early Cigars, Handmade ...... 57 Immigrants and “Roots” ...... 57 Larimer County’s Jewish Roots ...... 57 “A Cowboy in 1880” (John Hiram Hobbs Payson) ...... 58 Larimer County Courthouse ...... 59 A Murder and Lynching in 1888 (Eva Howe) ...... 60 Agriculture Era: 1890s ...... 60 Diary of Travels: E. Swinscoe ...... 61 Hoffman Mill ...... 61 Auntie Stone’s Death ...... 62 1896 Carriage Business...... 62 Windmills: Old Landmarks...... 62 Larimer County’s First Phonograph ...... 63 Sky Line Ditch ...... 63

2 Turn of Century: 1900s ...... 64 Sugar Beet Industry Early 1900s ...... 65 Flood: 1904 ...... 66 Gas Manufacture ...... 68 Fort Collins Auto Show (1907)...... 69 Alexander, Clarence and Lottie ...... 69 Railroad Section Gang ...... 70 Transportation in the Early 1900s ...... 71 Old-time Medicine Shows ...... 72 First Colorado Dairy Show ...... 72 Map of Larimer County 1909 ...... 74 The 1910s ...... 74 Hattie McDaniel in Fort Collins ...... 75 Stone Quarries West of Town ...... 76 Union Pacific Railroad ...... 76 Big Snow of 1913 ...... 77 1913 Snow ...... 78 Lawful Fence under Colorado Statutes ...... 79 L.C. Bradley Baseball Team (ca. 1914) (photo and caption) ...... 80 Larimer County’s Lumber Industry ...... 80 The Farmers Congress (est. 1899) ...... 82 Larimer County’s First Courthouse ...... 83 Larimer County’s Sheep Industry ...... 84 George A. Beach Post No. 4 American Legion ...... 86 Bootleggers and Boom Era: 1920s ...... 86 Bootlegging ...... 87 Hauling Poles: Spring of 1921 ...... 88 Being an Aggie in 1921 ...... 88 Ted’s Place a Landmark Since 1922 ...... 89 Roving Photographer’s Goat Cart ...... 90 Mother and the Automobile (by Doris Greenacre) ...... 90 Discovering Oil Near Wellington (and our natural gas inferno) ...... 91 Haying in the 1920s ...... 93 Chautauqua in Lincoln Park...... 93 What do you suppose we did? (Entertainment, 1920s) ...... 94 1930: Depression and Dust Bowl ...... 94 Great Depression and Dust Bowl Era ...... 95 My Grandmother and the Great Depression (by John P. Clements)....96 Grasshopper Control in the Thirties ...... 97 Homemade Cheese (recipe) ...... 98 President FDR signing for Civilian Conservation Corps ...... 98 Buckeye CCC Camp #809, Wellington, Colorado ...... 99 Forestry Conservation Camp ...... 101 Ideal Cement Plant Explosion 1939 ...... 102 Tribute to the Class of 1936 ...... 103 Grand River Ditch ...... 103

3 World War II: 1940s ...... 104 War Declared December 1941 ...... 105 The Bombing of Timnath...... 106 Undersheriff William Jackson ...... 107 Alabaster Quarried in Northern Colorado...... 107 Annie the Railroader’s Dog ...... 110 Junior Rodeo ...... 111 The Blizzard of 1949 ...... 111 Fabulous Fifties: 1950s: ...... 112 Stock Car Race Track ...... 113 Drive-In Theaters ...... 114 Rainmakers (Dr. Irving P. Krick) ...... 115 Soaring and Sexty: 1960s...... 116 “The Chief is Dead!” (T.P. Treadwell) ...... 117 Radio Towers Broadcast Worldwide ...... 119 Growth Era in Larimer County: 1970s ...... 121 Kidnapping (Dr. Claude L. Fly) ...... 122 Matterhorn Restaurant Fire ...... 125 Northern Hotel Fire ...... 127 Big Thompson Flood Chronology and Casualties ...... 127 Library’s 1976 Time Capsule ...... 129 Fort Collins Downtown Explosion: 1977 ...... 129 Technology Era: 1980s ...... 131 The Fort Collins Trolley ...... 131 Platte River Power Authority and Rawhide ...... 132 Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins Brewery ...... 133 End of an Era (Strang Elevator) ...... 135 Kidnapping of Thomas Sutherland ...... 135 Larimer County Detention Center ...... 136 WWI Artillery Weapon Mid-1980s Controversy ...... 136 July 4th 1986 ...... 138

Larimer County Fair – Farm and Ranch Memorabilia The Larimer County Fair ...... 140 Silos...... 149 “Major” Horse Power (Draft Horses) ...... 150 Horse Breeder Protects Rare Russian Steeds (Eberhard Sprandel) ...151 Wild Horses ...... 152 [History of] Brands ...... 152 Branding Time on the Monroe Ranch ...... 153 Leo Miller in Six Month Texas Wagon Train ...... 155 Steadman Cabin (Formerly the Desterbecq Cabin) ...... 159 Bosworth Ranch ...... 160 Lone Pine Caelaverock Ranch ...... 162 Pine Creek Ranch ...... 163 McIntyre Glen Ranch and Resort ...... 164

4 Glendevey Lodge ...... 164 Rabbit Creek Ranch ...... 165

Towns and Communities in Larimer County Colorado Bellvue Store ...... 171 Jacob Flowers...... 172 Good Times in Bellvue (Old Mill, Town Hall) ...... 174 Toll Road (Ben Flowers) ...... 174 Bellvue Post Office ...... 175 Shorty Reed’s Columbine Day (Bert Reed)...... 176 Tetly Place (Dale Tetly) ...... 177 Stove Prairie Camping Trip ...... 178 The Old State Road (from Bellvue to Walden) ...... 178 Bosworth Homestead ...... 179 Wild Rose Farm ...... 179 Cache Marker at Bellvue (DAR) ...... 179 Bellvue in 1922 ...... 181 Devil’s Chair in Rist Canyon ...... 182 Payson – Farrell – Davis Ranch ...... 182 Stove Prairie in 1907 ...... 183 Chronology of Berthoud ...... 184 Early Berthoud Entrepreneurs...... 186 Wayside Inn ...... 190 “Magic Place in the Mountains” (Estes Park) ...... 191 Joel Estes Family and Descendants ...... 192 Estes Park Saga of Lord Dunraven ...... 193 Cheley Camp Cabin near Estes Park ...... 194 Ranching the Old Fashioned Way (MacGregor Ranch) ...... 195 American Society of Orthodontics Meeting, Estes Park ...... 196 The Stanley Hotel ...... 197 Estes Park Medical Center ...... 198 Fort Collins Beginning ...... 199 Collins, William Oliver ...... 201 Railroad to Fort Collins 1877 ...... 202 The State of the City [Fort Collins] in 1880 ...... 202 The Fort Collins Band ...... 204 Auntie Stone Cabin ...... 205 Poudre Valley Hospital ...... 206 Rolland Moore Park ...... 209 Historic Old Town [Fort Collins] ...... 209 Old Town Miller Block ...... 213 Stone Lion Bookstore (Akins Building) ...... 217 Colorado A&M College Now CSU ...... 218 Historic “Old Main” ...... 219 My Hometown (by Edna J. Schaefer) ...... 222 Kelim, Colorado ...... 223

5 Communities: The Town of Kelim ...... 224 Union Pacific Depot at Koenig ...... 225 Antoine Janis in Laporte ...... 226 John Baptiste Provost ...... 227 Eliza Bingham Tharp Gardner ...... 229 Larimer County’s First Courthouse ...... 230 The Circus in Laporte in 1867 ...... 231 Laporte Postmasters (Laporte Post Office) ...... 231 Old Trading Post at Laporte ...... 232 Here’s History of Laporte Area ...... 233 Right in Old Laporte (Trading Post) ...... 234 Stearly House ...... 235 Michaud-VerStraeten Home ...... 236 Young People of Laporte about 1900 ...... 239 Wedding in Laporte (Elizabeth Nugent and John Runyan) ...... 240 DAR Markers in Laporte ...... 242 Laporte in the Years 1916-1933 (by Hazel E. Brandis Kern) ...... 244 Old Stage Station in the 1920s ...... 244 Livermore, Colorado ...... 247 Old Livermore in Pictures ...... 250 Growing Up in Livermore (Margaret Anna Jacobson Johnson) ...... 251 Royston Homestead ...... 254 The Forks: A Fond Goodbye ...... 254 Livermore ...... 255 Hansen Ranch ...... 255 Elkhorn Area ...... 257 Epilogue of Livermore ...... 258 Birth of Loveland ...... 260 Great Western Sugar Factory ...... 261 Loveland Early Cabin Country (Medina Cabin, Osborn Cabin) ...... 262 Flour Mill on the Big Thompson (Andrew Douty) ...... 263 Hershman Come to Loveland (David Herman) ...... 263 The Loveland Corn Roast (1894) ...... 264 Joseph Milner ...... 265 Frank G. Bartholf ...... 265 Empson Factory ...... 266 Class of 1900, Loveland High School ...... 267 Stanley Steamers ...... 267 Harold Dunning Left mark on Loveland ...... 268 McKee Medical Center, Loveland ...... 268 Hankins, William ...... 269 Masonville Trading Post ...... 269 Masonville...... 271 Red Feather Lakes...... 273 The Store on the Hill at Red Feather Lakes, Colorado ...... 278 Bellairs and Zimmerman Birthday Gathering...... 279

6 Bellaire Lake ...... 280 Parvin Lake ...... 280 An Indian Princess (Pat Bogart) ...... 281 Bonnie Drake and Her [Christmas] Wreaths ...... 281 Timnath ...... 282 Timnath Volunteer Fire Department ...... 283 Virginia Dale Stage Station (by Adra S. Riedveld) ...... 286 Virginia Dale History ...... 287 Boyd, Andrew ...... 290 Virginia Dale Stage Station (by Alvina Desjardins) ...... 290 A Trip to Virginia Dale (1862)(by Veda N. Steadman) ...... 291 Virginia Dale’s Railroad Tunnel ...... 291 Waverly ...... 294 Waverly Class 1931 ...... 295 Waverly Girls Basketball Champs ...... 298 Waverly Reunion (1986)...... 301 Buckeye Boys (Buckeye Ranch) ...... 302 Early Day Commerce [in Wellington] ...... 307 Hotel Wellington ...... 308 Wellington’s Old Bandstand ...... 309 Clark Lake in Wellington...... 313 The Piano Agent in Jail (J.G. Miller) ...... 313 First National Bank of Wellington ...... 313 Wellington’s Only Hospital ...... 314 Athletes in Wellington ...... 315 Well-O-Rama ...... 316 [Wellington] Fire Department and Ambulance ...... 317 Wilson Leeper Center ...... 317 School Teacherage (aka Eyestone House, Crane House, Piatt House) ...... 318 [Wellington] School Demolished ...... 318 Eyestone Elementary School, Wellington ...... 319 Legacy of a Lumber Co. (Forest Lumber Company, Gould Lumber) ...... 319 Davis Market, Wellington ...... 320 Wellington Highland Cemetery ...... 320

Towns of the Past Adams Post Office ...... 325 Tragic Story of Bulger and Bulger City, Colorado ...... 326 Eggers ...... 327 “Knappville,” Glen Haven ...... 327 Log Cabin, Colorado ...... 328 Manhattan, Ghost Town...... 332 Manhattan, Colorado...... 332 Namaqua (by Mildred P. Beatty) ...... 335 Namaqua (by John F. Conway) ...... 336 Old St. Louis Avenue, Loveland (Andrew Douty) ...... 337

7 Redstone Valley ...... 338 Town Changes Name Three Times (St. Louis, Big Thompson, Winona) ..339 St. Cloud and Cherokee Park ...... 340 Trail Creek Ranch (Livermore) ...... 341 Town of Scott ...... 343 Stout at Spring Canon ...... 343 Stout Boarding House ...... 344 Post Offices at Petra and Stout...... 345

Historic Buildings and Houses, also a Pictorial of Old Barns Introduction ...... 348 (did not index listings that were photos+caption only) Nelson Farm Milkhouse (Fort Collins) ...... 357 Old Power Plant ...... 359 Guggenheim Building, CSU Campus ...... 362 Avery House (Fort Collins) ...... 365 Hoffman Home (Fort Collins) ...... 366 Welch – Evans Mansion (Fort Collins) ...... 367 Old Rock House (near Wellington) ...... 368 The Taft Home (Fort Collins) ...... 370 Seaworth Home (Laporte) ...... 374 Baker House (103 North Sherwood, Fort Collins) ...... 377 Markle-Riddle Home (Fort Collins) ...... 377 Wild Mansion (west of Loveland) ...... 378 The College Farm (Fort Collins)...... 379 McHugh House (Fort Collins) ...... 380 Barns: Storehouses of History ...... 382 Barn Raising...... 382 Barns in the Redfeather Area (pictures with captions) ...... 387 Skyline Ditch Camp Barn ...... 389 Barns in Loveland and Berthoud (pictures with captions)...... 390 Ghost in the Barn ...... 394

Churches Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Fort Collins) ...... 396 Bellvue Church of Christ ...... 396 Box Elder Church ...... 397 Christ United Methodist Church (Fort Collins) ...... 398 Congregation Har Shalom (Fort Collins) ...... 398 First Congregational Church (Fort Collins) ...... 399 First Baptist Church (Fort Collins) ...... 400 First Baptist Church (Loveland) ...... 400 First Church of Christ Scientist (Fort Collins) ...... 401 Century One – First Presbyterian Church (Fort Collins) ...... 401 First Presbyterian Church of Berthoud ...... 402 First United Methodist Church of Fort Collins ...... 402

8 First United Presbyterian Church of Loveland ...... 403 Fort Collins Free Methodist Church ...... 404 German Congregational Church (Fort Collins) ...... 405 Holy Family Catholic Church (Fort Collins) ...... 406 Immanuel Christian Reformed Church (Fort Collins) ...... 406 Livermore Community Church ...... 409 Laporte Presbyterian Church ...... 410 Plymouth Congregational Church (Fort Collins) ...... 411 Second Presbyterian Church (Fort Collins) ...... 413 St. john’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Fort Collins) ...... 414 Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church (Fort Collins) ...... 416 Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp ...... 417 Trinity Lutheran Church (Fort Collins) ...... 418 United Brethren – Trinity United Methodist Church (Loveland) ...... 419 Virginia Dale Church ...... 420 Word of Life Lutheran Brethren Church (Fort Collins) ...... 421

Cemeteries Adams Cemetery ...... 424 Adams Cemetery Restoration ...... 424 Bingham Hill Cemetery ...... 425 Livermore Cemetery ...... 429 Manhattan Cemetery ...... 431 Pingree Park Babes ...... 432 Resthaven Memory Gardens ...... 432 Virginia Dale Church and Cemetery...... 434

Larimer County Veteran Memorial Veterans Memorial: Introduction and List of Names ...... 438 Forty-Eight Who Died, WWI ...... 438 Two Hundred Seventeen Who Died, WWII ...... 438 Twenty-Eight, Korea...... 439 Twenty-Four, Vietnam ...... 438 POWs – MIAs ...... 438 Tribute to Air Force Pilots Missing in Action (poem) ...... 439

Schools Old School Districts ...... 442 Adams School ...... 444 Adams School, 1917-1918 ...... 444 Adams School, 1945-46 and 1946-47 ...... 445 Bellvue School ...... 446 Berthoud School...... 447 Blore School – District No. 37 ...... 447 The Buckeye School ...... 447 Cache la Poudre School ...... 448

9 Graduates of Cache la Poudre High School (1912-1964) ...... 450 Cache la Poudre School Bus ...... 454 School District #35 ...... 456 Early Schools of Fort Collins ...... 458 Eggers School ...... 460 Elkhorn School...... 461 First School in Estes Park ...... 461 Fossil Creek School District #31 ...... 461 Fort Collins High School Class 1909 (photo+caption) ...... 463 Fort Collins High School Class 1921 (photo+caption) ...... 464 Greenacre – Spring School ...... 465 Harmony School ...... 466 Highland School at Stout District #27 ...... 467 Laporte School, 1906 ...... 467 Livermore School...... 468 Log Cabin School ...... 470 The Lone Tree School ...... 471 Masonville School District #51 ...... 471 Michaud School district #11 ...... 473 Sarah Milner Elementary School ...... 474 Moessner School, district #59 ...... 475 School District #10 ...... 475 Mountain View District 10 ...... 476 Old Berthoud School #22...... 478 Old #36 Sunset School ...... 479 Old #36 School in Laporte ...... 479 Pinewood School District #19 ...... 480 Pleasant Valley School District #7 ...... 481 Pleasant Valley School 1897-1898 ...... 482 Pleasant View School District #16 ...... 483 Plummer School ...... 484 Poudre Park – Stratton Park School ...... 485 Proctor School District #24 ...... 485 Round Butte School ...... 486 Rockwood – Sue Barton School ...... 486 Sloan School ...... 487 Soapstone – Baer Home School ...... 487 St. Could and Cherokee Park School District #25 ...... 487 Stratton Park School – Log Schoolhouse...... 488 Stove Prairie School District #18 (by H.G. Lowery) ...... 491 Stove Prairie District #18 (by M.A. Thompson)...... 492 Stratton Park School – Later Buildings ...... 493 Mars Hill – Summit School – Early Years, District #54 ...... 494 Timnath Schools ...... 495 Upper Boxelder School (1946-47) ...... 497 Upper Boxelder School ...... 497

10 Virginia Dale School...... 498 Westlake School...... 499 Welch Park School ...... 501 Yockey School ...... 502 Foothills Gateway Rehabilitation Center, Inc...... 503 Centennial Adult High School ...... 504 Larimer County Voc – Tech Center ...... 504 Rivendell School ...... 505 St. Joseph’s School ...... 506 Fort Collins Public Schools ...... 506

Businesses Peggy’s Art Studio (Peggy Mefford Hess) ...... 512 Miller Manor Dance Studio ...... 512 Rickard Business Ventures (F. D. Rickard) ...... 512 Anderson and Son Construction ...... 513 Anderson – J.O.A. Feed Lots ...... 513 Sawmilling a Way of Life ...... 513 Shankle’s United Television ...... 514 Electric Motor Service Company...... 514 Al’s Newstand ...... 515 Mefford Transfer and Baggage 1900 ...... 516 China Palace Restaurant ...... 516 McClelland’s Apple Orchard Fossil Creek Fruit Farm...... 516 Betty’s Bait and Tackle ...... 517 Zoric Laundry and Dry Cleaners and Coin-o-Mat Laundromat ...... 518 Loveland’s Bank (Bank of Big Thompson) ...... 518 Woelfle Backhoe Service ...... 519 Eagle Plume’s Indian Store ...... 519 Garwood’s Jewelers ...... 520 Hollowell Mortuary ...... 520 The Royal Bun and University Inn ...... 521 Pat Griffin Co...... 522 Champion Western Store ...... 523 Aggie market and Aggie Liquors ...... 523 Norlarco Credit Union ...... 524 The Goodrich Mortuary ...... 524 Probasco’s Christian Bookstore and Wig Shop ...... 525 Georgia’s Styling Salon ...... 526 Safari Club ...... 526 Collinado Drug Store ...... 527 Ranch Way Feeds ...... 527 Poudre Valley Hatchery ...... 529 Golden Rule Store (J.C. Penney Company, Inc.) ...... 529 Bowen’s Book Store ...... 531 Canino’s Italian Restaurant ...... 531

11 The State Dry Goods Company ...... 533 Dave’s Locksmithing ...... 534 Powers Service Station ...... 534 Giddings Machine Company ...... 535 Laporte Truck Repair ...... 536 Dreher Pickle Company (Western Food Products Co.) ...... 536 Reager Funeral Home and Crematory ...... 537 Auto Parts Co. of Loveland ...... 538 Bisetti’s Italian Restaurant ...... 538 Casey’s Car Care Center ...... 538 Silver Grill Café (Uneeda-Lunch Café) ...... 539 Mary Kerbel Galleries...... 539 Photography by Ashton...... 541 Steele’s Market ...... 541 Verns (Vern’s) ...... 542 Andersonville Grocery and Gas (photo+caption) ...... 543 Palace Grocery ...... 543

Community Service and Organizations Auxiliary to the Larimer County Dental Society ...... 546 Cache la Poudre Chapter NSDAR (1908-1970) ...... 546 Cache la Poudre Chapter NSDAR (1970-1986) ...... 547 Daughters of Union Veterans...... 548 Empire Grange #148 ...... 550 Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra ...... 550 Future Farmers of America ...... 551 Wellington Lions Club ...... 552 Masons (Lodge #19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons) ...... 553 Order of Eastern Star ...... 556 Number 16 Club ...... 557 Pioneer Club of Cache la Poudre ...... 559 Southside Neighborhood Club ...... 559 Soil Conservation District ...... 560 Town and Country Extension Homemakers Club ...... 561 YMCA...... 562 Larimer County Extension Homemaker Service ...... 563 4-H Clubs of Larimer Co...... 564 American Historical Society of Germans from Russia ...... 566 Fort Collins Coin Club ...... 566 Over Hundred Years of Dentistry in Larimer Co...... 567 W.W. Allen, Dentist...... 572 [many dentist names given]

Biographies and Family Histories Ackerman, Albert and Pauline ...... 585 Ackerman, Dean and Georgia ...... 585

12 Ahlbrandt, Charles Edward ...... 586 Ahlbrandt, Eugene “Ike” ...... 587 Ahlbrandt, Harry, Arlene and Sons...... 587 Alford, Nathaniel C...... 587 Allard, Wayne A. Family ...... 588 Allbrandt, Harley ...... 588 Allbrandt, Herman and Ethel ...... 588 Allen, Henrietta Frances, D.D.S...... 589 Allen, William H...... 589 Allison, Judith (Neyer)...... 589 Altig, Jerome and Amy ...... 590 Amey, Alma Mapes ...... 590 Anderson, John A. and Celia ...... 591 Anderson, John E. and Amy ...... 591 Anderson, John O. and Lucille ...... 592 Anderson, peter ...... 592 Anderson, Walter C. Family ...... 593 Andrews, Charles B...... 593 Aragon, Emma ...... 594 Babbitt, Dell and Sharon ...... 594 Babbitt, Glenn and Clara...... 595 Baird, Ulysses S. and Melissa Belle ...... 595 Baker, Derrel and Sydonia ...... 596 Baker, Geraldine E...... 596 Baker, Robert G. and Myrtle B...... 596 Baldwin Sisters ...... 597 Ballman, Charles L...... 597 Bangerter, Ernest and Cora ...... 597 Banks, Don ...... 598 Banks, Donald D. Family...... 599 Banks, Janet (Oversteg) ...... 600 Barker, Walton Family...... 601 Barrett, D. Family ...... 601 Barrett, Donald E. and Shirlee Lois (Schafer) ...... 602 Barrett, George O. and Rose Marie (Reynolds) ...... 603 Barron, Catherine ...... 603 Bauder, Katharyn ...... 604 Baylis, Sam and Letha ...... 604 Beers, George A. Family ...... 605 Bell, Jack and Louise ...... 605 Bellairs, Malcolm and Bertha Family ...... 606 Bellairs, Newton Family ...... 607 Bennett, Tom...... 607 Benson, Aaron Shaw ...... 608 Benson, Ralph Aaron ...... 608 Bentlage, Rosa ...... 609

13 Berry, W.A...... 609 Bethke, Paul and Helen ...... 610 Bird, Isabella ...... 610 Birdwhistle, Charlie ...... 611 Blackhurst Family ...... 611 Blackhurst, Adella...... 612 Blackhurst, Jennie ...... 612 Blackhurst, Sarah Jane ...... 613 Blatchley, Richard and Patricia...... 613 Blehm, Henry, Sr...... 614 Bockman, Paul and Helen ...... 614 Bogard, Charles F...... 614 Bohlender, Milo and Gwen ...... 615 Boltz, Idris K. and Harriet...... 616 Bond Family...... 616 Bouton Family ...... 617 Bouton, Jay Henry ...... 617 Brandis, Oscar and Jessie Farrar ...... 617 Bridger, James (Jim) ...... 618 Briggs, John W. and Anita Marie ...... 619 Briggs, Judy A. and Ryan Michaelee ...... 619 Briggs, L.W. and Mary Alice...... 619 Brigham, Mary Virginia...... 620 Brinks Family...... 621 Brown Farm ...... 621 Brown, James W...... 622 Brown, Miles A. and Clara ...... 622 Bueche, Gregory A. and Eva Lee ...... 623 Burdette, Frank M...... 624 Burgess – Yost Family ...... 624 Burrill, Edwin L...... 625 Bush, Rock Family...... 625 Bushnell, Ezekiel Husted ...... 626 Bushnell, Frank ...... 626 Bushnell, June (Weseen) ...... 626 Bushnell, Mary Ann ...... 627 Bushnell, Robert Lee ...... 627 Bushnell, Velma Frances ...... 627 Byers Family ...... 627 Calloway, Martin ...... 628 Campeau Family ...... 629 Campton, William ...... 629 Canfield, Duayne C...... 629 Cash, Helen “Betty” and Maurice ...... 630 Cavanagh, Msgr. John...... 630 Chaffee, Frank A...... 631

14 Chambers, Robert and Son Robert...... 631 Chandler, Oliver Family ...... 631 Clagett Family ...... 632 Clerkin, Terence and Nellie ...... 632 Clifton ...... 633 Cody, Letha ...... 634 Colard, Ray and Marjorie ...... 634 Coleman, William Kenny, DDS and Mable Maude Haworth ...... 635 Collamer and McGinley Families ...... 635 Collamer, Arthur ...... 636 Collamer, Frank Family ...... 637 Collopy Family ...... 637 Colter, Georgia M...... 638 Conder Family (by Lloyd C. Conder) ...... 638 Conder Family (by Lloyd C. Conder) ...... 639 Conder Family (by Lloyd C. Conder) ...... 640 Conder Family (by Lloyd C. Conder) ...... 641 Cook, Simon ...... 641 Cooke, Elmer Ira ...... 641 Cooper Home ...... 642 Cooper, Walter and Martha ...... 642 Cope, Carson C. and Selma ...... 643 Cope, Joseph D. and Mariah J...... 643 Cope, Lowell J. and Evelyn M...... 644 Coy, John G...... 645 Cradock, Charles ...... 645 Crawford, Gurney I...... 646 Croft, William and Mary...... 646 Cross, Ben F...... 647 Cunningham, Ruth ...... 647 Dauth, George ...... 647 Dauth, Louis ...... 648 Day, Francis Family ...... 648 Degney, George and Hethy ...... 648 Delinger, Forest A. and Betty ...... 649 Demuth, Chris and Laura ...... 649 Dexter Family ...... 650 Dexter, Francis Family...... 651 Dexter, John and Grace ...... 652 Dickerson Sisters ...... 653 Dion, Peter Addison Alzerie ...... 653 Dixon Family ...... 654 Dixon, Walter S. “Tim” and Family ...... 655 Douglass Family ...... 656 Drage, John and Terry...... 656 Drake, Senator William A...... 657

15 Duckworth, Dr. William Albert and Mrs. Cecile Graves ...... 658 Edmonds Family ...... 658 Ehmann, Frederick Wilhelm and Ruth Griffith ...... 659 Elfring, William H. Family ...... 659 Elliott, Buck and Helen ...... 660 Engel, George and Lorene ...... 660 Enyeart Family ...... 661 Epley, Faye ...... 662 Evans, Floy ...... 662 Fagan Family ...... 663 Fagan, Daniel and Sarah Jane ...... 663 Farmer, Talmadge and Carrie ...... 665 Farmer, William and Mary ...... 665 Farrar Family ...... 665 Farrar, Arthur L. and Margaret L...... 666 Farrell, Bill and Reva ...... 666 Farrell, Preston ...... 667 Farrell, Tom ...... 667 Farrell, William ...... 668 Ferguson, Robert M...... 668 Fickel, Helen Frances McCarty ...... 668 Fickel, Robert Bruce, D.D.S...... 669 Finley Family ...... 670 Finley, Charles ...... 670 Fischer, George J. Family ...... 671 Fisher, John ...... 671 Fitting, Jacob and Lina (Dauth) ...... 672 Flora Family ...... 672 Flora, Thomas Jefferson and Ethel ...... 673 Fly, Claude and Miriam ...... 673 Foltz Family ...... 674 Foltz, Lucille E...... 674 Foote Family ...... 674 Ford, Russell E. and Phyllis ...... 675 Forney, Jessie ...... 676 Fowler, Icle Furn ...... 676 Fowler, Jack and Evelyn ...... 676 Fowler, Leon W...... 677 Franz, Lee and Paula ...... 677 Franz, Louis and Anna ...... 678 Fraser, Alex Family ...... 678 Fraser, Francis Robert ...... 679 Fraser, John J. (Jack) ...... 679 Fraser, John James ...... 679 French, Jasper N...... 680 Freyermuth, Anita Marie ...... 680

16 Fry, Normal Walter ...... 680 Funk, George “G.J.” Jacob Family ...... 681 Gabriel Family ...... 682 Gallegos, Abel and Mary Lou ...... 682 Gallegos J. Mike and Mamie ...... 682 Garbutt Family ...... 682 Gentry Family ...... 683 Gibbens, Edna Ruth (Hardin) ...... 684 Giebelhaus Family ...... 684 Gillet, William C. and Mary E...... 686 Gilpin – Brown Family ...... 686 Gilsdorf Family ...... 686 Glahn, Henry Brady ...... 687 Glass, Herman, Sr. Family ...... 688 Goldsborough – Beckstead Family ...... 688 Good, Maude E. and Meville ...... 689 Goodrich Family ...... 689 Goodwin Family ...... 690 Goodwin, Paul and Marol ...... 691 Goodwin, Steve and Florence ...... 691 Gould, Ed, Sr...... 692 Grange, Alice Boardman Sprague ...... 692 Green, Max and Ladonne ...... 693 Green, Robert and Effie ...... 693 Greenacre, Ada (Clark) ...... 694 Grether Family ...... 694 Griffin, Harold L. Family...... 695 Griffin, Pat and Edna ...... 696 Griffith, Mary Theresa ...... 696 Griffy, Ray and Marvell ...... 697 Grimm, John Family ...... 697 Hagen Family (by Lloyd Hagen) ...... 698 Hagen Family (by Hanns Hagen) ...... 699 Hagen Family (by Sonja Hagen Glassmeyer) ...... 699 Hagen, Harold ...... 700 Hall, Lawrence and Inez ...... 701 Hankins Family ...... 701 Hankins, A.D...... 701 Hankins, William A. and Sarah ...... 703 Hannold, Clarence E. “Cal” ...... 705 Hanson, Oscar and Ann (Warberg) ...... 705 Harris, Allmira Adams ...... 705 Harris, Benjamin B. Family ...... 706 Hatfield, Lillian and Monroe S...... 706 Hawley Family ...... 706 Hawley, Albert A. B...... 707

17 Hawley, Captain C. C...... 707 Hayes, Murray E. and Marguerite ...... 708 Hayes, Oscar Wesley and Lilly May ...... 708 Hendricks, Robert D. and Margaret J...... 708 Henry, Lora June (Allbrandt) ...... 709 Henry, William (Henrich) Family...... 709 Herald, Delbert and Inez ...... 710 Hess Family ...... 711 Hilgenburg Family ...... 711 Hilliard, Dr. Clarence and LaVonne ...... 712 Hilton, Charles E...... 712 Hoff Family ...... 713 Hoff, Gerald and Doris ...... 714 Hoffman, Elizabeth Schaefer ...... 714 Hoffman, Glenn and Rose ...... 715 Hoffman, James Porter Family ...... 716 Hohnholz, Bob and Phyliss ...... 716 Holsinger, Edith ...... 716 Honstein, Edward W. and Amelia ...... 717 Horst, Elmer and Florine...... 717 Hosier Family...... 718 Hotchkiss, Courtlyn ...... 718 Hottel, Benjamin F...... 718 Hougham, William Grover Cleveland ...... 719 Housley Family ...... 719 Howell, Beth and Larry...... 720 Howell, John Morris “Tuck”...... 721 Howell, Maxine (Hollowell) ...... 721 Huang, Amy ...... 722 Huidekoper, Elliott “Huide” ...... 722 Jackson, Frank B. and Bernita J...... 723 Jackson, Mary Ann ...... 723 James, Gwenllian ...... 723 Johnson, Curtis Moore ...... 724 Johnson, George M...... 724 Johnson, Mary Bear and Curtis M. Family ...... 725 Johnson, Wesley and Minnie ...... 726 Jolly, Mildred June (Flora) ...... 726 Jones, Cyrus Walter and Clara Riedl ...... 727 Jones, Ermon Dean ...... 730 Jones, Robert V. Family...... 730 Jordan, Martha ...... 730 Jordeth, Olaf “Bud” and Joyce...... 731 Kechter Family...... 731 Kelly, Jim ...... 732 Kennedy, Harold and Jeanne ...... 732

18 Kennedy, W.E. Family...... 732 Kerbel Family ...... 733 Kerbel, Earl and Mary (Children) ...... 735 Kerbel, Earl and Mary (by Mary Craw Kerbel) ...... 736 Kerbs, Delores E...... 738 Kern, Hazel E. Brandis ...... 738 Kershner, August and Francis ...... 738 Kershner, Glen and Ella ...... 738 Kickland, Dr. William and Kate ...... 739 Kieler, James G...... 739 King, Dwight O. and Arlene M. Minch Family ...... 740 King, Otha D. and Thelma (Keesee) Family ...... 740 Kinnison Family...... 741 Kissock Family ...... 742 Kleven, rudy and Rachel Family ...... 742 Knievel Family...... 743 Koch Family...... 744 Koenig Family ...... 744 Kotich, Ralph Family ...... 745 Kovner, Jacob L...... 746 Kraft, Albert Family...... 746 Kraft, Gottfred...... 746 Krakel, Carl Eldon and Margaret June Dexter...... 747 Kunesh Family ...... 747 Kunish, Mary Beatrice (Kunesh) ...... 748 Lahnert Family ...... 749 Lahnert Twins ...... 749 Lamb, Eugene Family ...... 750 Lamb, Francis Family ...... 751 Lamb, Jeremiah E...... 751 Lamb, Miss Josephine ...... 752 Landes, Luther and Jenette ...... 752 Landes, Pierce and Rosalie ...... 753 Lane Family ...... 754 Laramie, Jacques (aka LaRamie) ...... 754 Large, Roy...... 755 Larimer, Rachel...... 755 Larson, Olaf S...... 756 Larue, William H. and Nellie ...... 756 Lessert, Ben (Claymore) ...... 757 Lessert, Emilie Chatillon ...... 757 Liggett, Charlie and Nannie ...... 758 Loechner Family ...... 758 Lory, Charles A...... 759 Ludlow, Olive Brown ...... 759 Lyman, Florence ...... 760

19 Lyman, Jerrie and Daisy ...... 760 Lyman, Mary Ruth ...... 761 Makepeace, Laura ...... 761 Mapes, John ...... 762 Markle, Annie guest ...... 763 Marsh Family (by Dorothy Marsh) ...... 763 Marsh Family (by Dick Marsh) ...... 764 Marsh, Dennis Family ...... 764 Martin, David Robert, Sr...... 764 Martin, William “Billy” ...... 765 Mason, Joseph ...... 766 Matson, Mary ...... 766 Matteson, Clarence Dewitt...... 767 Mauk, George L. and Ann ...... 767 Maxwell – Devers Family ...... 767 Maxwell, Stuart and Shirley Family ...... 768 Maxwell, Willard Family ...... 769 McCabe, Edward and Bridgett ...... 769 McCarrol, Mary ...... 769 McCarty, David Wilson, M.D...... 770 McCarty, Jennie Collins Fagan ...... 770 McClelland, Joseph H. and Wilma ...... 771 McClelland, Joseph S...... 772 McClure, L.E. Family ...... 772 McCreery, Robert E. and Donna G...... 773 McCreery, William McLean Family...... 774 McGinley, James and Mary (Wallace) ...... 775 McGinley, James Wallace, Clarissa Ann Jones ...... 776 McGraw Family ...... 777 McGuire, Fender ...... 778 McGuire, Roy and Dorothy ...... 778 McMillen, Don L...... 779 McMurry Family ...... 780 McMurry, Burton Allen ...... 780 McNabb, John ...... 781 McNally, Lloyd and Mary ...... 781 McNey Family ...... 782 McQuain, Clarence E...... 782 McQuain, Harley and Madge ...... 783 McQuain, Joseph W...... 783 McQuain, Walter and Arilla ...... 784 Mefford Family ...... 784 Mefford Family ...... 785 Mefford, Joseph W., Sr...... 785 Mefford, Lines Wilson and Emma May McGinley ...... 786 Mertens, herman ...... 787

20 Meyer, Alfred and Freda ...... 787 Meyer, Joe Ben ...... 788 Meyer, Joe T. and Jean ...... 789 Meyher, Sam L. Family ...... 789 Michael, Frank W. “Bill” ...... 790 Michaud, Frank Family ...... 791 Michie, Adam and Emma ...... 792 Miller, John Lee and Donna Marie (Renz) Family ...... 792 Millington Family ...... 792 Millington, Harry Martin ...... 793 Millington, Paul A...... 793 Millington, Rosa Altha...... 794 Mimms, Charlie H. Family ...... 794 Minch, Betty and Virgil Family ...... 795 Minch, Marie (Schwindt) ...... 795 Minch, P. Family...... 796 Minch, Peter Louis and Marie Schwindt ...... 797 Minch, V.W...... 797 Minch, Valentine W. and Dorothy E. Iltz ...... 798 Minch, Virgil L. and Betty Jane (Schaefer) ...... 799 Mock, George ...... 799 Moedy, George O. and Genevieve L. (Minch) ...... 799 Moedy, Otto John and Anna (Hardy) Family ...... 801 Moon, Lady Catherin ...... 802 Moore Family...... 802 Moore, Joe and Freda ...... 804 Moore, Sally and Rolland, Jr...... 804 Morrison, Ida Bushnell and Joseph H. Family ...... 805 Morrison, James E. and Vera ...... 806 Morsman, Rush J. Family ...... 806 Mosman, Harry Alphonse “Fon” ...... 807 Mosman, W.O...... 807 Munn, Clifford Family ...... 807 Munroe, Ernest W. and Fern ...... 808 Munroe, Gladys...... 808 Murphy, Isabelle (Willox) Bogard ...... 808 Musgrove, L.H...... 809 Naismith, Grace (Akin) ...... 810 Nauta, Lala G. Malott ...... 810 Nein, Reverend Jacob ...... 811 Nelson, Don O. and Haleen ...... 813 Nelson, George and Pearl ...... 813 Nelson, Joyce and Finley Family ...... 814 Nelson, Paul and Jackie ...... 815 Nelson, Ruth (Johnson) ...... 815 Nesbit, John Family ...... 815

21 Neville Family ...... 816 Noel, Wayne and Carol ...... 817 Norlin, Irene McClelland ...... 817 Nugent, James ...... 818 Nugent, John and Mary ...... 819 Ogilvy, Lord ...... 820 Oliver, Rebecca Jane ...... 821 Olson, Carl and Catherine Family ...... 821 Olson, Peter J. and Lilly Belle ...... 822 Orr, Chester A. Family...... 822 Orr, Samuel Clyde Family ...... 823 Patterson, Arthur H. “Billy”...... 823 Payson, George Bates and Emeline ...... 824 Peak, Nell Puntney ...... 824 Pennock, Iola Oglesby ...... 826 Petty, H.G...... 826 Phipps, William Vance ...... 827 Piatt, Arthur J...... 827 Pike Family ...... 828 Potter, Leslie and Fannie...... 828 Powers, Daniel Family ...... 828 Powers Family ...... 829 Powers, Edward ...... 829 Powers, Elihu ...... 830 Powers, Emma ...... 830 Powers, Robert and Rosemary ...... 831 Powers, William Buffington ...... 831 Probasco Family...... 832 Puntney – Puntenney Family ...... 832 Quan, Thomas and Kathryn ...... 834 Ramsey, Bradford Lawrence ...... 834 Ramsey, Frank and Louise ...... 834 Ramsey, Hugh Bradford ...... 835 Ramsey, John McFiddler ...... 835 Ray, H. Earl and Joyce ...... 836 Ray, Henry Lee Family ...... 836 Reager, William M. Family ...... 836 Rehmer, Charles I...... 837 Rehmer, Charles II ...... 838 Renz, Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Family ...... 838 Fenz, Gladys ...... 839 Renz, John Sr. Family ...... 839 Renz, Ruben and Gladys Family ...... 840 Richards, H.M.S...... 841 Rickard Family...... 842 Rickard Family...... 842

22 Rickard Family...... 843 Rickard, Charles Pat...... 844 Rickard, Francis and Frances ...... 845 Rickard, James ...... 845 Rickard, Joanne ...... 846 Rickard, Trish ...... 846 Rietveld, Adra (Storey) ...... 847 Riffenburgh, Waldo ...... 847 Rist Family ...... 848 Roberts, Robert O. Family ...... 848 Rohrbacker, Russell Wallace ...... 849 Ruby Family...... 850 Rueter, George William ...... 851 Ruff, A. Sr. Family ...... 852 Ruff, Adam Sr. and Katherine (Staley) ...... 852 Russell and Rohrbacker Families ...... 853 Rutledge, Addie Guest ...... 854 Rutledge, Cassie Guy and Georgia May ...... 854 Rutledge, Harold R. and Ruby ...... 855 Rutledge, William Calvin and Sarah Laura (Hailey) ...... 855 Salisbury, C.R...... 856 Sammons, Floyd ...... 856 Sammons, Floyd and Jessie ...... 857 Sammons, Jessie ...... 857 Sands Family ...... 857 Sapp Family ...... 858 Sarchet, Fa ncher ...... 859 Sautter, William H. and Mary C. (Orr) ...... 859 Schaefer Family ...... 860 Schaefer Family ...... 861 Schaefer, Adam Family ...... 861 Schaefer, Al A. Family ...... 862 Schaefer, Aleck Family ...... 862 Schaefer, Alexander and Marie (Funk) ...... 863 Schaefer, Alvin Alexander and Edna Minch ...... 864 Schaefer, Conrad and Amalie ...... 865 Schaefer, Deborah and Alvin ...... 866 Schaefer, Edna and Al...... 866 Schafer, H., Sr. Family...... 867 Schafer, Henry ...... 867 Schafer, Henry, Sr. and Charlotte (Schneider) ...... 868 Schafer, J. Family ...... 869 Schafer, Jake George and Amalia “Mollie” (Ruff) ...... 870 Schafer, Virginia “Ginny” Lorraine ...... 870 Schauer Family ...... 871 Schneider, George A...... 872

23 Schneider, George Adam and Amalie (Mollie) ...... 872 Schneider, Dr. Solomon Reinhold ...... 873 Schneider, Venita Pearl (Inloes) ...... 873 Schuelke, George and Beverly ...... 874 Schureman, Rev. William W...... 875 Schwartz Family ...... 876 Schwartz, Raymond and Ruth ...... 877 Schwindt Family ...... 877 Schwindt Family ...... 877 Schwindt Twins ...... 878 Schwindt, Pfc Alexander ...... 878 Schwindt, Conrad Family ...... 878 Schwindt, H. Family ...... 879 Schwindt, henry, Sr., and Katherine Troudt ...... 880 Schwindt, Katherine ...... 881 Shader, Ellen and Bryan Family ...... 881 Shadder, Frank and Bessie ...... 882 Shankle, Lloyd Milton and Velda Mae Flowerdew ...... 883 Shannon, Judge and Mrs. Dale E...... 883 Shepardson, Margaret ...... 884 Sidwell, Frederick A. and Georgia L...... 885 Sloan, J. Samuel ...... 886 Sloan, William W. and Martha ...... 886 Slocum Family ...... 886 Smith, Cletys and Bessie...... 887 Smith, Harold H. and Elizabeth Family ...... 888 Sprague, John Scott and Jodell ...... 888 Spring, Agnes Wright ...... 888 Springer, Howard Family...... 889 Stabach, Bill ...... 890 Stakebake, Eugene Ellsworth...... 890 Stakebake, George Oswell ...... 891 Steadman, Veda (Ashbaugh) ...... 891 Steadman, Vern Vinson ...... 892 Stearly Family ...... 893 Steputis, John and Helen ...... 895 Stieben, Jacob and Marie ...... 895 Stieben, Robert and Kathryn ...... 896 Stone, Elizabeth “Auntie” ...... 897 Stone, “Auntie” (portrait) ...... 899 Stoneburner, Irvin ...... 899 Straight, Robert B...... 900 Straw, Everett R...... 901 Sundt Family ...... 901 Swan, James H...... 902 Swift, Cornelia E...... 902

24 Swinscoe, Edward Family ...... 902 Sykes, Hope (Williams) ...... 903 Sylvester, John Newton ...... 903 Taft, Caroline (Frazer) ...... 904 Tapscott, Katie Virginia Jones Fullerton ...... 904 Tedmon, Bolivar S...... 907 Tellez, Gilbert and Francisca ...... 907 Tenney, Rollin Q...... 907 Terry, Peter and Sarah...... 908 Thimmig, Jeannette ...... 908 Thompson Family (by Alfred Thompson) ...... 909 Thomson Family ...... 910 Tiedeman, George and Sallie Family...... 911 Trionfera, Louis and Mary Family ...... 911 Troudt, C., Sr. Family ...... 912 Troudt, Conrad, Sr., and Lena Loafing ...... 912 Uthmann, Fred Family ...... 913 Uthmanns Family ...... 914 Van Brunt Family ...... 914 Vandewark, James F...... 915 Vannorsdel, Emanuel and Phoebe Ann ...... 915 Vannorsdel, George and Gertrude ...... 916 Vannorsdel, Ray and Rosemary ...... 916 Ver Straeten Family ...... 917 Vogele Family ...... 917 Vonvihl, Alfred Jean Baptiste ...... 918 Vonvihl, Alfred Joseph ...... 919 Vonvihl, George Charles ...... 920 Vorreiter, W.C. and Hannah (Tuggy) ...... 920 Wagner, Josephine and Julius ...... 921 Waldo, John Family ...... 921 Waldron, JD and Blanche ...... 922 Walters, Robert William ...... 922 Walters, William E...... 923 Warberg – Kelly Family ...... 923 Wardlaw, merle and Mamie ...... 924 Warner, Marvin J. Family ...... 925 Wasinger, Mary...... 925 Wasson, Lines and Anna...... 925 Wasson, Samuel and Rebecca (by Edward Wasson) ...... 926 Wasson, Samual and Rebecca (by Peggy Hess) ...... 926 Wattles, Ruth Jocelyn “R.J.”...... 927 Weaver, George E...... 928 Webber Family...... 928 Webber, Don and Margaret ...... 929 Weber, Herman and Katie ...... 929

25 Weitzel, David C...... 929 Weitzel, Esther ...... 930 Weitzel, John and Marie ...... 930 Werner, William J. and Gale S...... 931 Wetzler Family...... 931 Whistleman, George W...... 932 Wickham Family ...... 932 Widdows, William “Bill” F...... 933 Wilcox Family ...... 933 Wildord, Joanne Family ...... 934 Willbanks Family ...... 934 Willbanks Family ...... 935 Williams, Edward T. and Margaret C...... 936 Willliamson, David and Minnie ...... 936 Williamson, Leslie and Dorothy ...... 937 Willox Family ...... 937 Willox, Charles and Gertrude ...... 938 Wilson, Eloise ...... 940 Wilson, Harold Family...... 940 Winzenried Family...... 941 Wisseman, Cort Family ...... 941 Woeber Family...... 942 Woelfle, Gordon and Dorathea ...... 942 Woelfle, Gordon and Nona J...... 943 Woelfle, Levi and Johana ...... 943 Wolaver, Jacob Martin ...... 944 Wolaver, Warren F. and Fern ...... 944 Wolfer Family ...... 945 Wood Family ...... 945 Woodruff, Albert and Mary ...... 947 Wooster, Albert ...... 947 Wootton Family ...... 947 Wooton, Richens Lacy ...... 948 Worthington Brothers ...... 948 Worthington Family ...... 949 Worthington, Mr. and Mrs. John ...... 949 Wright, Charles Family ...... 950 Wygant, Dale ...... 951 Wygant, Noel Darwin and Emily I...... 951 Yager, Clarence...... 952 Yancey, Joseph William ...... 952 Yates, Dr. A.N. Family ...... 953 Yauger, Alice Mary and Floyd ...... 953 Yonker, Edward W...... 954 Yost Family ...... 954 Yost, Donald and Pearl ...... 955

26 Young, James Wesley ...... 956

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