GENEALOGY and HISTORY
of the
DESCENDANTS
of
WILLIAM KONKEL
By
Carroll G. Bryan
Published by Boulevard Press -Detroit, Michigan 1966
To MOM whose pride in the Konkel name inspired
me to write this history.
3
CARROLL G. BRYAN 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I wish to acknowledge two contributions, of over one thousand dollars each, made by ADA KONKEL ESSEX and ETHEL KONKEL BRYAN. Without their financial support this history could not have been published.
I appreciate the assistance of my wife LaVerne ... especially her understanding and encouragement.
There are certain persons without whose help I would have found it extremely difficuit to complete parts of this history. Their names will be found at the end of their respective chapters.
Finally, there are those who so carefully wrote their own family histories for publication, as well as the many who took the time to send little notes, cards or letters of appreciation and encouragement.
My sincere uthank you" to each and every one. 5
INTRODUCTION
The KONKEL HISTORY has been a long time in the making, a topic of conversation since the turn of the century whenever Konkels got together. About 1927, Samuel Konkel, owner and publisher of the Springfield Herald, at Springfield, Colorado started collecting family records from his many cousins, nephews and nieces. His work was cut short by his death in 1935 at the age of 82. The letters he received were in large part from descend ants of brothers and sisters of William Konkel, Samuel's father and the subject of this book. The paper brown and creased and the writing faded with age, these old letters first came to the attention of the author in the fall of 1962. The history and genealogy they contained may be found in Part II of this book immediately following the Index. Writing this history has been one of the most interesting and rewarding ex periences of my life ... following the pioneering Konkels in their many mi grations over a period of 62 years (1824-'86) from Pennsylvania to Ohio, then by covered wagon trails to Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and finally t~ Colo rado and all points of the compass. No matter where one travels today there are various spellings of the Konkel name listed in telephone and city di rectories ... Kunkel, Kunkle, Konkle, Kunckle, etc. All are undoubtedly re lated to some degree, descendants of the early Kunkels who came ov er from Germany. William and Anna Konkel instilled in their children a high regard for a bet ter education and a Christian way of life. Since a formal education was hard to come by, under the environment in which this pioneer family lived, most of the children furthered their education on their own initiative after they had reached adulthood. One became a minister of note, one served as mayor of his home town and the others were either school teachers, farmers, mer - chants, post masters or newspaper men. Several were talented in music and dramatics. They sang in their church choirs, taught Sunday school classes and participated in community plays and other events at the local school house. All worked hard toward a better life for their children. William and Anna Konkel were typical of the hardy Amer.ican pioneers who contributed so much to the building of America. This older generation has now passed on ... our mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles and their many cousins. May their dedicated lives continue to be an inspiration to other Konkels and their kin for generations to come. 6
PREFACE
The compilation of this book has taken over three years to complete and represents an estimated 3,000 hours or more of spare-time work ... writing letters, searching city and telephone directories, driver license files, vital statistics, marriage license bureaus, cemetery records, etc.; also hours and hours of editing, typing, mailing manuscripts out to all descendants for cor rection, retyping them for the printer and finally proofing the printer's copy before publication. The book is divided into 14 chapters, arranged in sequence according to the order of birth of the 14 children born to William and Anna Konkel. No refer ence is made to page numbers, only to genealogical numbers. The first digit of your genealog-ical number identifies your family branch, also the chapter in which your record may be found. The last digit of your genealogical num ber indicates the order of your birth. Drop the last digit and you have your parents' number; drop two digits from the right and you have your grand parents' genealogical number, etc. A little practice with the names of your own immediate family and you will soon be able to locate any name you wish to find. The names of over 1,000 direct descendants are listed in the index, each followed by the name of the spouse, if married. An asterisk(*) denotes the person was deceased before the book was published. A plus sign (+) following the birth date tells you that more information will be found about that particular individual later on in the chapter. A minus sign (-) indicates that no information will be found, except what is in that immediate family writeup. The author has endeavored to show no partiality in the amount of space alloted to the many descendants and their families. That some have more written about them than others is because they have either furnished the information, or it was available from other sources. Every effort was made to include all descendants, and to compile a complete and accurate history. C.G.B. 7
OUR FIRST KONKEL OF RECORD
Not much is known of our early Konkel ancestors, except that they came to this country from Germany. There the name is spelled Kunkel. The first Konkel of record for our book is one JOHN KUNCKLE, probably born some where around 1765. No one knows why the name was spelled as it was. Perhaps our German ancestor was trying to Americanize the name; or, it is entirely possible he could neither read or write. It may be that John simply made his mark in the immigrant log, and some official spelled the name as he interpreted the pronunciation of this foreigner. Actually, we do not know when or where John was born. He may have been born in America, and it may have been his father, _his grandfather or great grandfather who came to this country. The only information we have about John, which we are unable to prove, is that he lived to be I 03 years of age. Although there is no record of his wife's name, the names of his children have been handed down in family records as:
1. John Kunckle b d m 2. Michael Kunckle b d m 3. SAMUEL KUNCKLE b d m Barbara Lutz; (2) 4. Mary Kunckle b d m - Lutz s. Barbara Kunckle b d m - Snider 6. Maudlina Kunckie b d m - Hollinger 7. Catherine Kunckle b d m - Stratham
SAMUEL KUNKLE Samuel Kunkle dropped the nc" from the family name. It is not known for certain when or where he was born; however, we do know he married Barbara Lutz, and that they lived somewhere in Lancaster County, Penn sylvania where their eight children were born. Samuel is supposed to have lived to be 93 years of age, and is buried near the town of Ashland in Ashland County, Ohio. (His burial site was given in a letter written by his granddaughter, Amanda M. (Kunkel) Dill, in the year 1931.) _The eight children born to this union were:
1. Eva Kunkle b d m - Fry 2. John Kunkle b Apr. 19, 1813 d m Magdalena Bulyer 3. Michael Kunkle b Mar. 15, 1815 d Aug. 25, 1877 m Mary Bulyer; (2) Lydia Bulyer 4. Martin Kunkle b June 1, 1817 d Moy 7, 1895 m Leah Keller 5. Jacob Kunkle b Mar. 5, 1818 d m Susanna Kunke 6. Samuel Kunkle b d in the 1850's; murdered ,while return- ing from California, where he is supposed to have made much money. It is not known if he ever married. 7. WILLIAM KUNKLE b May 30, 1822 d Oct. 6, 1876 m Anna Beery 8. Mary Kunkle b Apr. 29, 1824 d Sept. 11, 1885 m John Lahmon 8
After the death of his first wife, Samuel married a second time. We do not have her name nor the date of their marriage. However, we do know that Samuel and his second wife moved the family to Knox County, Ohio where six additional children were born. 9o Catherine Kunkle b d m McBride 1 o. Elizabeth Kunkle b Dec. 2, 1831 d July 3, 1919 m Blakeley 11. Susie kunkle b d m 12. Sarah Kunkle b d m Wisner 13. Leah Kunkle b d m Landers 14. Christian Kunkle b Jan. 31, 1844 d Apr. 5, 1927 m Maggie J. - THE nHESSIAN" STORY There has been much discussion down through the years about whether one of our Konkel ancestors may, or may not, have fought as a hired Hessian soldier against the American army during the Revolutionary War. The author has been unable to prove or disprove this story.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, King George III, of England, hired some 30,000 Hessians from the Prince of Hesse in Germany to fight against the Americans. These soldiers received their regular pay as soldiers, but in addition the Prince of Hesse received nearly thirty-five dollars for each Hessian killed . . . . and three wounded were to be equal in value to one killed.
On Christmas night in 1776 General Washington captured one thousand of these Hessians, while General Gage captured another large number at Saratoga. By the terms of Burgoyne's surrender, these captured Hessian soldiers were to have sailed for England; however, some delay occured and they were stationed in barracks in Virginia. Many of the Hessians liked the country so well that they chose to remain and become American citizens.
One of these Hessians may have been related to our first known ancestor of record, John Kunckle, but the author believes it is extremely unlikely that the soldier in question was J oho 's father as some have suggested. This conclusion is based upon the comparitively short span of years between the capture of the Hessian soldier (Dec. 25, 1776) and the known birthdate of his would be great-grandson, Samuel's son John, born April 19, 1813 - only 3 7 years and 4 months.
Considering the fact that the soldier was not married until sometime after the war was over; also that Samuel was a third child and ~is son J oho a second born, the author believes this would be working a· little too fast even for Kunkels! However, the Hessian soldier may well have been rela ted to our J oho Kunckle of record as a brother, uncle or cousin.
To aid those who may wish to continue the search for the Hessian soldier, the author decided to reproduce certain letters that may prove helpful. The 9 first letter was written in 1923 to George Ervin Konkel, who may be found in Chapter 2 of this book, under genealogical number 2-3. Although the writer of the letter addresses him as "Dear Brother", they are not brothers and probably no more than distant cousins. The author has been unable to ascertain the exact relationship between the two men. The letter 1s repro duced here for the record. Harvard, Nebraska March 5, 1923 Mr. George Ervin Konkel Stonington, Colo. Dear Brother: That little item concerning our dedication has stirred up two Kunkel families to write me a letter. The first one was Aunt Elizabeth Kunkel, widow, of Uncle Levi Kunkel of Brewster, Kansas. They are Methodists too. Seems as tho you are a Methodist also. Guess it runs in the Kunkel family.
It looks very much as tho we are branches from the same family tree. Here is the way I have it: William or Henry Kunkel, I don't know for sure which name is right, came with Colonel Rahl with the Hessian army. Kunkel was among the captives taken by Washington on his Long Island raid. Kunkel was paroled to a man by name of Klinefelter, a captain in the American army. He later became of service to Klinefelter, and also married Klinefelter's daughter. I have it that he had three sons, but ac cording to your letter there must have been four. The three I have heard of were, David, Henry, and Michael. David stayed in Pennsylvania, Henry came to Oregon, Mo., with his family in 1846. Michael came to Iowa I suppose about the same time. I never heard of William although William is a very numerous Kunkel name.
Henry Kunkel, and, I think Michael Kunkel migrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in the 30's sometime. Henry had several sons. I can give some of their names: William, Henry, Daniel, Bernhardt, Noah, Levi, and John. Then there were girls named, Polly, Nancy, Rebecca. Bernhardt was my Grand Father. He had one son, my father, John H. Levi and Noah Kunkel moved to Kansas. There are several families of their descendants living in that state now. William, Henry, Danie~ John and Bernhardt remained in Holt County, Mo. My brothers are Alexis E. and Cyrus H. Kunkel, Oregon, Mo. My sons are Lloyd N. Kunkel, Fort Collins, Colo., and Gerald M. Kunkel, Omaha, Nebr. There is a family of Kunkels living at North Platte, Nebr., and another at Lincoln, Nebr. I do not know any of these folks, but, no doubt, they are of the same family tree. Fraternally, Bernard N. Kunkel. 10
The following letter is in response to one the author wrote to the Public Record Office in London, England.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Chancery Lane, LoNDON W.C.2 Please address any reply to Telephone: HOLhom 0741 THE SECRETARY Our reference: Your reference: 2 March 1964
Dear Sir, Kunckle
In reply to your letter of' 22nd February searches on behalf of correspondents are made without charge, but are, of necessity, restricted to those which are brief and straight-forward.
Records of Hessian soldiers held at this Office are by no means complete, and without the name of the Regiment in which Kunckle served the search of Muster Rolls would be too extensive to be undert~ken officially. The information apart from dates of muster pay etc. is limited to the soldiers place of birth and date of enlistment.
It is open to you, if you so wish, to appoint a friend or agent to visit this Office and conduct the search. Every assistance is given in the Search rooms.
Alternatively you could em~loy the services of a professional record agent. The n8.mes of two such agents are Mr .. C,. D. Reed, 1/irs. O D' arcy Hart, 27 Ashington Gardens, 21 Addison Avenue, Peacehaven, Sussex Holland Park, London, W.11 •
/Certain 1lr. C. G. Bryan, 114 ;{. Adams, Detroit, Michigan 48226, U.S.A. ?,iG/DRJ.f 11
Below is an exact reproduction of a letter the author received from Govern ment Archives, Marburg, Germany. The English translation is by the Berlitz Translation Service in Detroit. (see next page).
STAATSARCH IV MAR BURG (16) Marburg/Lahn, den Postscbtfe!fach 565 Fmdncbaplats15 Tgb. Nr. Ir/46_8/64 Farmpzec:ber 11 i7 Referent: Archi vinspektor 1Iiille r
Herrn Carroll G.Bryan 114 W Adams Detroit, Michigan 48226
Betr.: Familienforschung Kunkel Bezug: Ihr Schreiben vom 9.4.1964
Sehr geehrter Herr Bryan!
Unter den hier verwahrten Unterlagen des ehemaligen Hessen Kassel 1 schen Heeres befinden sich auch solche vom Regiment des Obersten von Rall, das in den Jahren 1776 - 1783 in Nordamerika ka.mpfte. Ein Soldat Kunkel ist jedoch in diesem Regiment nicht nachweisbar. Auch bei der unter dem Kommando von Oberst Rall stehenden Hessi- schen Brigade, die im Dezember 1776 in Trenton gefangen wurde, konnte ein Soldat Kunkel nicht ermittelt werden. Wir bemerken zu diesem Ergebnis, daB bei den auf Long Island auBer Hessischen Truppen auch Verbande anderer deutscher Staaten auf britischer Seite eingesetzt waren, deren Unterlagen sich nicht im Staatsarchiv Marburg befinden. Es besteht durchaus die Moglichkeit, daB der von Ihnen gesuchte Kunkel in einem der Regimenter von Braunschweig, Anhalt - Zerbst, Ansbach - Bayreuth oder Waldeck diente, doch wird es ohne zumindest ungefahre Kenntnis tiber seine Herkunft aus Deutschland nicht moglich sein, in anderen Archiven erfolgsversprechende Nachforschungen durchzuflihren. Hochachtungsvoll i.A. ~l1-v 12
DONALD A. FORD. DIRCCTOR BOULl!VARD WEST. 2990 WEST GRAND BOULEVARD DETROIT 2, MICHIGAN - TRINITY 2-!1!13!1
Government Archives, Marbu.rg
No II/468 .Archive Inspector Muller
Herr Carroll G • Bryan U4 W• Adams Detroit, Michigan 48226 . Re: Genealogical Investigation Kunkel Ref: your letter of April 9, 1964
Dear Mr. Bryan:
.Among the papers kept here concerning the former Hessen Kassel army we also have some on Colonel von Rall 's regiment which fought in North America du.ring the years 1776-1783. However, we have no data indicating that a soldier by the name of Kunkel was in this regiment. Neither could we find a soldier named Kunkel among the Hessian Brigade which also stood under Colonel Rall 's camnand and which was captured in December, 1776, at Trenton. To this we would like to mention that on Long Island, troops from other German States were employed by the British in ~ddition to the Hessian regiment. However, data on these troops are not kept in the Government archives at Marburg. The possibility exists that Kunkel, whom you are tracing, was serving in the regiment from Braunschweig, Ankalt-Zerbst, Ansbach-Bayreuth or Waldeck. HoweYer, it will not be possible to make a successful investigation in the other archives without knowing at least his approximate origin in Germany.
Very truly yours,
signature
(stamp)
On June I, 1964 the author received another letter from Marburg, which stated in part:
"Without more details about the origin of your ancestors it will be impossible to make any investigations in Germany. Perhaps the keeper of the archives Dr. Fischer, 6 Frankfurt/Main, Seckbacher Gasse 4 (City Archive - White Friar Monastery) can be of service to you since he is interested in the soldiers of the War of Independence.''
Only the lack of time and money kept the author from pursuing the Hessian investigation further. The reader will find other references to the Hessians in some letters reproduced in Part II of this book following the index. 13
WILLIAM KONKEL and his Wife ANNA
This is the only picture known to be in existence that shows William and Anna Konkel together. The job of restoring and enlarging the original photograph, which had deteriorated badly with age, was done by a studio in New York City. 14 ~ranscript _from l\trorb of .fflarriagd ...... l9robatr ~ourt, jfairfttlb !259g William Kunkel iSworn in presence of _!r~ed July 27, A.D., ---t-o------.1J_o_s_e_h--~-. --Beer her 1843, By Jesse Leohner, I Anna Beery !brother. i I I I I I I, ., ...... Robert U. Hastings , certify that I am Judge of the Probate Coart, within and Im· .~aid county, which is a Court of Record, a•d ex-officio Cleric of aaul Court, and by Lau· the rustodian of the records and .papers required by law to be kept in Nid Court; that among ,,tli,-;-~ c, Recurd uf :llari·iage~ is required to be kept therein; that the above ia a true and c-orrect transcript from Record of .Jlarriages No .. . -~ ...... Page ... ~~-~ . . , nou, on file in this office. ll\' WITNESS WHEREOP, I have hereunto ad mg hand and ✓ •.. ; ' >,--.' .... the Seal of tlu Probate Court of, Laneatter, Ohlo, ~-. .. ""1" "·. ·,. J~ ... . .~ ...... ·. .. ' this . .7.th. day of ...... _Q9~_q9~.t: ..•...... 19 .~J • .f , . _...... )lp_Q~f.~. µ_._. ~-~~~-~q.gP.s.. ~·-. Probate Judge. r··...... • (~ ~ 1\l·,·-~·:'' J 1,. Vi. .. By ..... ':---..._ -:.-.lA·tW.• ·f \ ;JlJJ\ .. ~ ' ~' ; -. . Deputy Cleric . .- - According to family tradition, William Konkel and Anna Beery were married in Geneva, Mercer County, Ohio; however, upon checking, the author was unable to find any record and discovered that no town of Geneva had ever existed in Mercer County. There is a Geneva in Ashtabula County on Lake Erie, but a search there also failed to disclose any record. A further check in Fairfield County produced the above transcript. 15 WILLIAM AND ANNA KONKEL WILLIAM KONKEL, the seventh child born to Samuc 1 and Barbara (Lutz) Kunkle was born May 30, 1822 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; lay preacher and farmer; died October 6, 1876 in Crawford County Kansas. He and his three brothers changed the nu" in the family name to "o", and some changed the ending later. When William was two or three years old, his parents moved from Lancaster County, Pe nosy 1vania to Knox County, Ohio. Here William grew to young manhood and became a lay preacher in the River Brethero Church. Later he joined the Brethero in Christ and still later, the Church of God. He was a lay preacher for 35 years, receiving no pay for his work, preaching every Sunday and often through the week. As a young Minister of the Brethero Church, William preached a few times in Fairfield County where the Beery family lived. Here he met his future wife ANNA BE ER Y, and worked for some time on a farm for her brother, Joseph L. Beery. Wiiliam and Anna were married July 27, 1843 in Fairfield County. She had been born near the town of Bremen in Fairfield County on December 29, 1825. She died December 19, 1905 in Baca County, Colorado. Anna Beery was the daughter of Christian and Elizabeth (Miller) Beery, farmers of Fair fie Id County and, later, of Mercer County, Ohio; members of the Brethern in Christ Church. As a young girl Anna spoke only German. Attending just one 3-month term of school, she learned to speak and read English after her marriage. William and Anna continued to reside in Fairfield County until after their first two sons were born. Theo, sometime in 1846 the family of four left Ohio to settle about 20 miles south of Ft. Wayne in Adams County, Indiana. Here five additional children were born, while William continued to farm and preach. In 1856, after ten years in Indiana, William and An~a decided to move to Iowa - a 550 mile journey by covered wagons, with seven children and all the family possessions. It was on this trip that Anna showed the strong character of which she was made. Before they had proceded two days on their way, William became ill and unable to drive. Since the oldest child, Christian, was only twelve years old at the time, the mother drove safely through to Des Moines with the burdens and responsibility of the journey solely upon herself. William recovered at this point to take over for the remainder of the trip. In Iowa the Konkel family settled on a farm south of Clarinda in Page County, not far from where the town of Shambaugh now stands. The seven additional children were all born on the farm in Page County. (It is interest ing to note that during those days of early pioneer hardships, when so many 16 children died in infancy, William and Anna Konkel were able to raise all fourteen. of their children to maturity. All of them except Eli, married and raised families of their own.) In 1870 William and Anna left Iowa and again moved by covered wagons, this time to Crawford County, Kansas - a 200 mile journey in the chilly days of late November. Six years later William passed away at the age of 54. His widow only two months away from her fifty-first birthday, remained on their farm where she could be near her sons and daughters and their fam ilies. (The Konkel farm was located near the now extinct farm of Englevale, a few miles north of Pittsburg, in Crawford County.) In the year 1886 Anna and several of her children's families moved once again by covered wagons, this ti.pie 500 miles westward across the plains of Kansas to Baca County, Colorado. She lived in Baca County with her child ren for nine years; returned to her home farm in Kansas where she remained eight years, and then back to Colorado for her remaining two years. Quietly religious, Anna devoutly read her Bible through yearly for several years before her death. She died at the home of her son David, and was buried in the old Boston Cemetery in Baca County, Colorado. (The town of Boston, extinct for many years, was located near the north fork of the Cimarron River about fifteen miles southwest of the present site of Stonington.) The fourteen children born to this union were: 1. Christian B. Konkel b July 21, 1844 d June 12, 1884 2. Simeon J. Konke 1 b Jan. 29, 1846 d Dec. 14, 1903 3. Jeremiah L. Konkel b June 8, 1847 d May 7, 1915 4. Elizabeth Konkel b Oct. 14, 1848 d July 4, 1921 5. Lydia Konkel b June 18, 1850 d Aug. 19, 1927 6. J oho W. Konkel b Nov. 1, 1852 d Mar. 12, 1904 7. Samuel W. Konkel b Mar. 30:. 1853 d Aug. I, 1935 8. William H. Konkel b Oct. 13, 1856 d May 30. 1933 9. Eli S. Konkel b May 21,1858 d , 1895 10. Jacob P. Konkel b Apr. 18, I 860 d Feb. 14, 1898 11. Joseph S. Konkel b Mar. 10, 1862 d May 4, 1941 12. Anna Konkel b Feb. 29, 1864 d July 15, 1927 13. Solomon Konkel b Aug. 23, 1866 d Apr. 24, 1922 14. David Konkel b June 8, 1868 d Aug. 22, 1941 Pictures of our fourteen Konkels are shown on pages 18 and 19. A picture of both husband and wife heads up each chapter, except in two instances where no picture of the spouse was available. 17 ANNA BEERY'S PARENTS BEERY The first record of the Beery family in America was one NICHOLAS BEERY, who was born in Switzerland, near Berne in the year 1707. At the age of 20 he sailed for America, arriving in Philadelphia on the sailing ship "The Friendship'' October 16, 1727. His signature (his mark) in the immigrant register shows he at least could not write his name in the English language at that time. One of his sons was also named NICHOLAS, and was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania June 16, 1739. This was Anna Beery's grandfather. He died near Bremen, Ohio, February 16, 1811, and is buried in the Miller cemetery about oqe mile southeast of Berne Station in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Nicholas married ELIZABETH KELLER by whom he had twelve children, one of whose descendants was the famous movie actor, WALLACE BEERY. After Elizabeth died, Nicholas married a seco·nd time to MRS. MARY GOOD (b. 1756 in Rockingham County, Virginia; d. near Bremen, Ohio, October 30, 1840) by whom he had four additional children. One was Anna's father, CHRISTIAN BEERY, born in Rockingham County, Virginia, August 1, 1792; d. Mercer County, Ohio, February 6, 18'59. MILLER Anna Beery's mother, ELIZABETH MILLER, was a direct descendant of SAMUEL MILLER who is thought to have been born in York County, Penn sylvania about 1738, and to have died about 1789. He married MAGDALENA WILEY about 1758, and to this union were born ten children, one of whom was Anna's grandfather, ABRAHAM MILLER, b July 18, 1766; d Sept. 30, 1831. He moved with his parents from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1782, settling near Harrisonburg. Here he married ELIZABETH BRUMBACK about 1791. She was born August 6, 1772 and died March 6, 1862. Abraham and Elizabeth Miller, Anna Beery's grandparents, lived in Virginia until the spring of 1805 when they moved to Ohio, locating in Fairfield County about two miles northeast of Baltimore. He was buried on the farm which he had entered and lived on for 25 years, subduing the fore·sts and preparing the land for cultivation. The country was then a wilderness with but a few settlers, and they endured all the privations and hardships inci dent to pioneer life. They belonged to the Mennonite Church. To this union were born n.ine children, the third of whom was ELIZABETH MILLER, Anna Beery's mother. Elizabeth was born January 12, 1797 and died February 26, 1867. 18 3. JEREMIAH ,/' .. c:/· --.... !!, :: I. CHRISTIAN 2. SIMEON . . * .; ~. •• ... v." ,::" .)-~- . ,. t :, '¼ 4. ELIZABETH 5. LYDIA . " ~-- \:?: . .~...~, . r,,': . ~ Q " ~~·::~ -"'.} 6. JOHN 7. SAMUEL 19 ,,,,~tflffeft!ir~--- -·· /_, ,/. ,/ : :>=t~ ,,'\i<~.\·~ .... ); ·.... . . ·,: 8. WILLIAM 9. ELI 10. JACOB 11. JOSEPH 12. ANNA 13. SOLOMON 14. DAVID 20 1. CHRISTIAN B. KONKEL CHRISTIAN B. KONKEL (no picture available of wife, EL VINA ZIMMERMAN - all pictures of her were lost in a flood about 1917) 1. CHRISTIAN B. KONKEL, the first of fourteen children born to William and Anna Konkel, was born July 21, 1884 at Englevale, Crawford County, Kansas; buried near his farm, a few miles from the town of Englevale (now) extinct); minister of the United Brethren church for two years, then joined the Church of God, serving as minister and missionary the remainder of his life. m September 29, 1864 in Page County, Iowa to El VINA MORRIS ZIMMERMAN, b July 24, 1845; d February 17, 1885 in Crawford County, Kansas; buried beside her husband. When only two years old, Christian was taken by his parents to Adams County, Indiana where the family lived for ten years. His parents then moved the family to Page County, Iowa and settled on a farm near the town of Clarinda in 1856. The oppoJ"tunity for a formal education was poor and Christian enjoyed not more than twelve months of schooling altogether. At the age of fifteen he was baptized by his father, a minister of the United Brethren church. 21 Soon after his marriage in 1864 he began the work of the ministry, preaching his first sermon from Heb. 4:1 in the house of his uncle, Joseph Beery. The church gave him a small sum of money with which he purchased some books. Being a conscientious student he soon became quite proficient. For nearly two years he received the assistance of James Griffith, a teacher of languages. In 1870 he moved to Leavenworth County, Kansas where he organized a church and served as its pastor. Later he was appointed to Keystone, Missouri by the board of missions and preached there for about six months. Due to a change in religious views in 1873, while on a visit to Crawford County, Kansas, Christian and his father were rebaptized by Davis Elder Keplinger, a minister in the Church of God. In the spring of 1874 Christian moved his family back to Crawford County, and the following year he was appointed pastor of the churches in that county. In 1882 he was appointed missionary to Central Kansas, and in 1883 was sent to Miami County, Kansas. He also served a few months of that year as collecting agent for Findlay College at Findlay, Ohio. Failing health finally compelled him to give up his missionary work. By a strange coincidence his first and last sermon were preached from the same book, Heb. 4: I. The Rev. Christian Konkel was .an eminently pious man. He was gentle, kind, loving and forgiving. In argument he was clear, forcible and strong, having exceptional oratorical ability. I. Sarah Caroline Konkel b Jan. 15, 1866 + d Feb. 17, 1958 2. Alta Emiline Konke 1 b Dec. 6, 1868 + d Feb. 17, 1933 3. James Erwin Konke 1 b June 11, 1871 d June 9, 1875 4. Viola Konke 1 b May 31, 1873 d Oct. 28, 1874 5. Charle s Ross Konke 1 b July 29, 1875 d May 24, 1877 6. Eva Annetta Konkel b Sept. 28, 1878 + AVERY 1-1. SARAH CAROLINE KONKEL, b January 15, 1866 at her parents' farm home near Clarinda in Page County, Iowa; d February 19, 1958 in San Ber nardino, California; buried in Hollywood Forest Lawn Cemetery; housewife and mother; Methodist. Sarah was not yet married when her mother died in 1885 (her father died the year before). Only nineteen when her mother died, Sarah was appointed guardian of her six year old sister Nettie. They con tinued to live for awhile on the family farm near Englevale in Crawford County, Kansas. Sarah was in very poor health, so they soon gave up and went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It was while convalescing there that Sarah met her future husband. m 1886 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas to WILLIAM H. AVERY, b February 18, 1846 in Vermont; d February 4, 1908 in Los Angeles; buried in Santa Monica; farmer; Methodist. 22 About a year after William and Sarah were married they rented the farm in Crawford County and, taking little Nettie with them, settled near Santa Monica in Los Angeles County where they raised poultry and fruit. In 1900, due to William's health, they retired and moved to Los Angeles. I. William Wirt Avery b Mar. 23, 1887 + d Feb. 20, 1963 2. Auraetta Pearl Avery b Aug. 26, 1888 + KEPLINGER 1-2. AL TA EMILINE KONKEL, b December 6, 1868 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d February 16, 1933 in Academy, Fresno County, California; housewife; Protestant. m June 21, 1883 in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kan sas to ELLSWORTH J. KEPLINGER, b February 18, 1865 in Pittsburg, Kansas; d January 17, 1945 in Academy, California; carpenter; Protestant. 1. Clara June Keplinger b June 1 7, 1884 d June 11, 1 909 2. Archie Roy Keplinger b Jan. 24, 1888 + d Nov. 1, 1948 3. Effie Pearl Keplinger b May 22, 1890 d June 8, 1907 WALKER 1-6. EVA ANNETTA KONKEL, b September 28, 1878 near Englevale, Crawford County, Kansas; elementary school education; housewife; Church of God (see No. 1-1 for her early childhood). After several years in Califor nia, Nettie returned t-o Kansas. m December 24, 1902 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas to ANDREW JACKSON WALKER, b March 31, 1878 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; d November 6, 1939 in Modesto, Stanislaus County, Califor nia; buried in Lakewood Memorial Park; elementary school education; rancher and farmer; Church of God. All three children were born on their parents' farm located near the town of Leeds (now extinct) in Chautauqua County, Kansas before the family moved to San Bernardino County, California. Her address: 1325 S. 5th Street, Turlock, California. 1. Ivan Ray Walker b Mar. 4, 1906 d Apr. 16, 1906 2. William Eugene Walker b Mar. 1, 1907 + 3. Edwin Wayne Walker b Nov. 16, 1913 d Apr. 7, 1931 AVERY 1-1-1. WILLIAM WIRT AVERY, b March 23, 1887 10 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California; d February 20, 1963 at Van Nuys; buried Forest Lawn; high school education; truck driver; Methodist; m March 24, 1917 in Los Angeles to NELLA HARRIS, b 1896 in Harrisburg, Poinsett 23 County, Arkansas; high school education; housewife; Methodist. Her address: 6859 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, California. 1. Margaret Lee Avery b Mar. 21, 1918 + 2. William Glenn Avery b Sept.19, 1921 + CHESNEY 1-1-2. AURAETTA PEARL AVERY, b August 26, 1888 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California; Aura attended high school through lOd1 grade; housewife; Brethren church, later Baptist, as there is no Brethren church where she now resides. m March 20, 1907 in Los Angeles to CHARLES WALTER CHESNEY, b September 20, 1880 in Illinois; d April 26, 1916 in Los Angeles; buried in Inglewood; eighth grade education; dry cleaning business; Protestant faith. 1. William Enloe Chesney b Mar. 20, 1908 + 2. Mildred Pearl Chesney b Nov. 23, 1911 3. Gladys Blanche Chesney b Sept. 8, 1913 + (2) MILDRED PEARL CHESNEY born in Los Angeles; high school education; beautician; Baptist; single; lives with her mother and step-father. AURAETTA AVERY CHESNEY m (2) October 17, 1936 in Los Angeles to GROVER CLEVELAND CALDWELL, b January 16, 1885 in Cristone, Huerfano County, Colorado; eighth grade education; carpenter; Brethren church. He is now a semi-invalid. They moved to Twenty-nine Palms in 1949. Address: 6532 - 49 Palms Avenue, Twenty-nine Palms,'California. KEPLINGER 1-2-2. ARCHIE ROY KEPLINGER, b January 24, 1888 in Los Angeles; d November 1, 1948 in Academy, California; buried Toll House Cemetery; elementary school education; farmer; Church of God. m May 20., 1914 in Crawford County, Kansas to MAY SWITZER, b 1898 in Kansas; housewife; Church of God. 1. Walter Oscar Keplinger b July 11, 1917 2. Dorothy Lorraine Keplinger b Sept. 28, 1918 + 3. Mildred May Keplinger b June 2, 1926 + (1) OSCAR KEPLINGER has never married; lives at home with his mother and step-father; is a large land owner in Clovis County. MAY SWITZER KEPLINGER m (2) "SHORTIE" CUNNINGHAM. Address: Star Route, Box 83, Clovis, California. WALKER 1-6-2. WILLIAM EUGENE WALKER, b March 1, 1907 near the town of Leeds, Chautauqua County, Kansas; grade school education; farmer; Com- 24 munity church. m December 29, 1928 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas to EVELYN THELMA CARTER, b October l, 1907 in Wichita, Kansas; grade school education; housewife; Community church. On account of poor health, Eugene sold his farm near Hughson, California in 1964 and moved to the town of Turlock where he and his wife bought a home, with a smaller house attached for his mother. He now works for his son Oliver in the trucking business. Address: 1325 South 5th Street. Tur lock, California. 1. Oliver Andrew Walker b Oct. 3, 1929 + 2. James << Junior" Walker b Mar. 29, 1931 + 3. Eugene ((JR" Walker b Nov. 9, 1933 + 4. Henry Lee Walker b Dec. 10, 1939 + 5. Melvin Douglas Walker b Feb. 13, 1946 FELDMEIER 1-1-1-1. MARGARET LEE AVERY, b March 21, 1918 in Los Angeles, California; high school education; PBX operator; Methodist. m January 28, 1939 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to SAM MORRIS FELDMEIER, b December 23, 1917 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her address: 6859 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, California. 1. Doris June· Feldmeier b Apr. 13, 1940 + 2. Mary Lee Feldmeier b Feb. 4, 1942 + 3- Carol Ann Feldmeier b Dec. 11, 1953 AVERY 1-1-1-2. WILLIAM GLENN AVERY, b September 19, 1921 in Los Angeles; high school and business college; salesman. m July I, 1944 in Los Angeles to MARY AGNES O'LEARY, b February 23, 1922 in Toronto, Canada; high school education; registered nurse; Catholic. Address: 4536Sunnyslope A venue, Sherman Oaks, California. 1. Kathleen Mary Avery b Dec. 11, 1948 2. Christine Marie Avery b Sept. 14, 1951 3. William Girard Avery b Oct. 20, 1952 CHESNEY 1-1-2-1. WILLIAM ENLOE CHESNEY, b March 20, 1908 in Los Angeles; high school education; electrician foreman; Protestant. m March 15, 1931 in Los Angeles to EDNA MAE WIEDEN, b October 14, 1912 in Los Angeles; high school education; housewife and beautician; Protestant. Address: 15970 Ridge Way, Riverside, California. 1. William Edward Chesney b May 14, 1932 (born in Los Angeles; has never married; lives with parents; Dr. of Chiropractic; office in Hemet, California). 25 SOVERNS 1-1-2-3. GLADYS BLANCHE CHESNEY, b September 8, 1913 in Los Angeles; high school education; housewife; Protestant. m August 13, 1932 in Los Angeles to RALPH CLINTON SOVERNS, b September 20, 1905 in Kansas; high school education; tester of oil wells. Her address: 1465 Lassiter Drive, Walnut, California. 1. Rodney Clinton Soverns b Apr. 8, 193 7 d July 15, 1956 (1) RODNEY joined the U.S. Marines in January 1956. He was living in Torrance, California while stationed at Twenty nine Palms. Spent his weekends at home; when returning to the base one week-end, he ran into a bridge abutment; was killed instantly. He was a wonderful boy and a great loss to his parents and others who knew him. DRUMMOND 1-2-2-2. DOROTHY LORRAINE KEPLINGER, b September 28, 1918 in Academy, Fresno County, California; high school education; beautician. m September 3, 1938 at Toll House, California to CHARLES EMMETT DRUM MOND JR., b June 6, 1918 in Los Angeles; high school education; build ing contractor. Address: 14739 Nordhoff, Van Nuys, California. I. Charles Emmett Drummond III b May 18, 1942 - (serving in U. S.Army in Alaska) 2. Jean Carrol Drummond b July 30 1 1943 - 3- Craig Mike Drummond b Jan. 24, 1946 - 4. Judy Lynn Drummond b Feb.12, 1948 (2) JEAN CARROLL DRUMMOND m MEL VIN CARMEN. They have one child. 1. Lynell Marie Carmen b June 15, 1962- Address: 201 Southeastern, Jacksonville, Arkansas. TAYLOR 1-2-2-3. MILDRED MAY KEPLINGER, b June 2, 1926 in Academy, Fresno County, California; high school education; housewife. m RICHARD TAYLOR, b December 5, 1925. Address: 1304 East 215th Street, Torrance, California. I. Darrell Dennis Taylor b June 20, 1949 2. Terry Nolen Taylor b May 17, 1951 3. Tawny Noreen Taylor b July 23, 1954 WALKER 1-6-2-1. OLIVER ANDREW WALKER, b October 3, 1929 in Selma, Fresno County, California; 10th grade education; engaged in trucking; Community church. m June 9, 1947 in Carson City, Nevada to BETTY JEAN CARTER, b April 11, 1930 in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California; 11th grade education; housewife; Community church. Address: Rt. 3, Box 3920 Faith home Rd., Turlock, California. I. Larry Lee Walker b Dec. 4, 1948 2. Gary Gene Walker b Sept. 2, 1950 26 WALKER 1-6-2-2. JAMES WALKER, b March 29, 1931 in San Bernardino, California; eighth grade education; farmer; Protestant. m March 21, 1958 in Key_es, California to CHRISTINE MARIE WILLIAMS, b September 12, 1939; house wife; Protestant. Address: Gen. Del., Patterson, California. 1. Brenda Dar line Walker b Dec. 31, 1954 WALKER 1-6-2-3. EUGENE WALKER, b November 9, 1933 in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California; grade school education; farms and works for Turlock Mosquito Abatement Company; Protestant. m December 29, 1961 in Ceres, Stanislaus County, California to CAROL NADINE RUFF, b April 9, 1940 in Ceres, California; high school education; licensed vocational nurse; Dunkard Brethren Church. Address: Rt. 3, 5407 Mountain View, Hughson, California. 1. Connie Renee Walker b Nov. 18, 1962 2. Michael Dwayne Walker b June 18, 1964 3. Terry Dean Walker b July 12, 1965 - WALKER 1-6-2-4. HENRY LEE WALKER, b December 10, 1939 in Denair, Califor nia; high school education; machinist in box fact_ory_; Dunkard_ Brethren church. m 1958 in Waterford, California to BETTY LA VERNE BASHER, b July 12, 1940 in Yuba City, Sutter County, California; high school educa tion; housewife; Address: 2412 Camelia Ct., Ceres, California. 1. David Lee Walker b May 31, 1959 - 2. Timothy Dale Walker b Dec. 25, 1964 PIPER 1-1-1-1-1. DORIS JUNE FELDMEIER, b April 13, 1940 in Los Angeles; high school education; housewife; Methodist. m July 20, 1957 in Van Nuys, California to RICHARD CHARLES PIPER, b May 18, 1938 in Los Angeles; high school education; accountant. Address: 6530 Aura Ave. Reseda, California. 1. James Michael Piper b Aug. 2, 1959 - 2. Lori Ann Piper b Oct. 8, 1961 - VAN CLEVE 1-1-1-1-2. MARY LEE FELDMEIER, b February 4, 1942 in Los Angeles; high school education; housewife; Methodist. m August 24, 1959 in Los Angeles to RAYMOND VAN CLEVE, b February 28, 1939 in Los Angeles; 27 high school education; machinist; Address: 21018 Lull Street, Canago Park, California. I. Kimberly Ann Van Cleve b May 18, 1960 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A note of appreciation to Nettie Walker, Nell a Avery and Aura Caldwell for their special help with the Christian Konkel chapter of this book. C .G.B ••• 2. SIMEON KONKEL SIMEON KONKEL and his wife MARTHA ANN LASLEY 2. SIMEON J. KONKEL, b Jan. 29, 1846 in Fairfield Co., Ohio; d Dec. 14, 1903; buried at Stonington, Baca Co., Colo; educ. - rural grade schools, teaching certificate; occup. - farmer, rancher, school teacher, post master and owner general store; member Church of God; m Oct. 7, 1866 in Page Co., Iowa to MARTHA ANN LASLEY, b June 24, 1849 in Page Co., Iowa, the daughter of Israel and Catherine Mathews Lasley; d Sept. 24, 1921 in Baca Co., Colorado; buried Stonington cem.; attended rural schools in Iowa; housewife and homemaker; member Church of God until later in life, then joined the Methodist church in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado while her son Glen held the pastorate there from 1918 to 1921. Simeon's growing-up years were spent in Adams County, Indiana and Page County, Iowa. It was in Page County he met and married Martha Ann Las ley. For about four years they made their home on a farm south of Clarinda 28 near Simeon's parents, brothers and sisters. Three children were born on this farm . . . . William Henry, Joseph Israe 1 ( who died in infancy) and George Ervin. Six weeks after the birth of Ervin, Simeon took his family by covered wag on to find a new home in Crawford County, Kansas. On this trip of 200 miles during the chilly days of late November 1870, the family was accompanied by Simeon's parents, brothers and sisters, some with families of their own. Simeon soon bought some farm land in Crawford County not far from the now extinct town of Englevale ... S½ NW¼, W½ SE¼, 20-28-25, comprising 160 acres. Simeon had not been in Kansas long until his health began to bother him. When about 16 years of age he had suffered an attack of necrosis of the bone just above the right knee. Although bothered with a runnin5 sore throughout his life, he did recover sufficiently from the first attack to be able to perform hard work most of the time. His lameness could hardly be detected. At about the age of 30, however, a second and more severe at tack kept him from doing farm work for any sustained length of time. As a result of this physical handicap he decided to seek an easier way of sup porting his family. With only the equivalent of a fourth grade education he enrolled at the Keplinger School, a local rural school, and in due time qualified for a teaching certificate. After six or seven years teaching and farming, with the aid of his eldest son Willie and some hired help, Simeon sold his farm and went into the mer cantile business at nearby Mulberry Grove in partnership with his brother Jeremiah. This business was successful until the store and all its contents were destroyed by fire in March of 1886. About this time there was a great migration westward, so Simeon decided to take a trip and investigate the possibilities. He first visited California, then came back to Morton County in Western Kansas where two of his broth ers had located the previous year. He soon learned, however, that the land in Morton County had p-actically all been filed on so he crossed over into Colorado and homesteaded in Baca County (then a part of Los Animas County). Among the first to settle in that region, he chose a site on the north fork of the Cimarron River about four miles to the southwest of the present location of Stonington. Here he and his son Willie completed the first frame house in Baca County in July 1886. Leaving Willie, then only 19, in charge of the homestead and new house, he returned to Crawford County for the rest of the family. They journeyed back to Colorado with teams and covered wagons, traveling the 500 miles in a little over four weeks. Some of the cows they drove along with them became lame and had to be shod. Among the other immigrants of this caravan were the families of Simeon's brothers and sisters ... four wagons in all. 29 According to his son Ervin, ''The trip to Colorado was made without inci dent. We were south of the Dodge City Trail which usually had quite a bit of excitement. Then, too, we were a year or so too late for the buffalo and Indian." The caravan reached Colorado in September 1886. Their nearest neighbors, Simeon's mother and some of his brothers, were located seven miles away. From that time on for more than a year the road past the Konkel homestead contained a continuous stream of prairie schooners, as the cov ered wagons were called. The Konkel home was the stopping place for many of these settlers, and was the site of what later became the original town of Stonington (later moved to its present site around 1907). In Colorado new problems had to be met. The arid plains would not respond to the kind of farming practiced in the East, and by 1888 most of the county was nearly depopulated. Those who remained turned their attention to cat tle raising. Simeon again took up teaching and was thus able to supplement his farm income. It also allowed his small herd of cattle to increase. About the year 1894 he was appointed postmaster of Stonington, which was then about 3½ miles southeast of the present town site consisting of only a country post office in the general merchandise store owned by Simeon Kon kel. Only about three feet separated the store from the family home. He held this office until his death, and although the returns were meager it was of some help financially. Almost any member of the famiiy could handle what work there was to be done, except making out the reports that had to be mailed in regularly. The last three of eleven children were born in their par ents' home at this site ... James, Ethel and Olive. In the summer of 1903 Simeon's leg once again gave him serious trouble. This time, upon the advice of his doctor, he took the train to Kansas City to undergo surgical treatment. He was confined to bed during the entire trip. The operation was not successful, the wound became infected and he died Dec. 14, 1903. Simeon Konkel was a man who took part in all community activities. He was a leader in the local Grange when this organization was at its height, at times active in politics, and always deeply interested in religious matters. His widow, Martha.survived him nearly seventeen years. She kepttheyoung er children in school and carried on with the help of the older ones. In 1907, to further her younger children's education, she moved to Greeley, Colorado and bought a white frame house at 606 - 14th Street. Lacking the education her husband later acquired, she made up for it in hard work. She was willing to make any sacrifice for the benefit of her family. She was true to her friends, her neighbors, her family and her God. She died of cancer at the farm home of her daughter Ethel, on September 24, 1921. She was laid to rest beside Simeon in the Stonington cemetery. 30 1. William Henry Konkel b July 14, 1867 + d July 25, 1948 2. Joseph Israel Konkel b Oct. 30, 1868 d Oct. 30, 1868 3. George Ervin Konkel b Oct. 101 1870 + d Nov. 12, 1960 4. Lawrence Jerome Konkel b Aug. 25, 1873 d Aug. 6, 1874 5. Ozro Glen Konkel b Jan. 18, 1875 + 6. Ada Ste Ila Konkel b Nov. 8, 1879 + 7. Delpha Eululah Konkel b Aug. 8, 1881 + d Apr. 11, 1957 8. Bessie Jane Konkel b Dec. 24, 1883 + d Jan. 16, 1962 9. James Edward Konkel b Aug. 17, 1887 + 10. Ethel Madina Konkel b Oct. 2, 1891 + 11. Olive Blanche Konkel b Mav 24, 1894 + KONKEL 2-1. WILLIAM HENRY KONKEL, b July 14, 1867 at his parents' farm home near the town of Clarinda in Page Co., Iowa; d July 25, 1948 at Lib eral in Seward Co., Kans.; buried Liberal cem.; occup. - farming, mercan tile business 4 years., 1905-'09; member Church of God; m May 1, 1895 in Girard, Crawford Co., Kans. to EMMA B. DOSSER HIXON, widow of Cyrus L. Hixon. She was born Jan. 31, 1865 in Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co., Kans.; d Apr. 1, 1934 in Liberal, Kansas; buried Liberal cem.; common school education; housewife; Church of God. When Willie, as he was always known, was three years old his parents moved from Iowa to Crawford County, Kansas. Here Willie grew to young manhood and received what was called a common school education ... public schools were not graded in those days. He further educated himself by extensive reading, and used his education consistently throughout his life. In June of 1886 he and his father went to Baca County, Colorado where his father filed on a homestead. After Willie had helped to erect the first frame house in that part of the country, he remained behind while his father re turned to eastern Kansas for the rest of the family.,Only 19 at the time, Wil lie stayed in the new house all alone for six weeks until the others returned. The nearest neighbors were seven miles distant. The next year, Willie went back to eastern Kansas and worked as a farm hand. He met and married Mrs. Cyrus L. Hixon several years later. She had four children by a previous marriage - - - - Florence, Alva, Clarence and Nellie. In 1908 Willie moved his family from Crawford County to Pratt County, and in 1934 to Liberal in Seward County where his wife Emma died later that year. He continued to reside in Liberal until his death in 1948. Having joined the Church of God at an early age, Willie remained faithful to its teachings until his death. Not only was his father a faithful member, but his grandfather, WiUiam Konkel, and his oldest uncle, Christian Konkel, had been preachers in the same church. 31 1. Alta Pearl Konkel b May 30, 1896 + d Oct. 27, 1965 2. Ervin Glen Konkel b Feb. 4, 1898 + d Aug. 25, 1964 3- Hazel Blanche Konkel b Nov. 10, 1900 + KONKEL 2-3. GEORGE ERVIN KONKEL, b Oct. 10> 1870 near the town of Clarinda in Page Co., Iowa; d Nov. 12, 1960; buried Walsh, Baca Co., Colo.; attend ed rural school in Crawford Co., Kans.; high school diploma from Lamar, Colo. H.S.; Life Teaching Cert., Colo. State Teachers College at Greeley (C.S.C.); occup. - farmer, merchant, school teacher, county clerk, Justice of the Peace; member Methodist church; m Aug. 24, 1899 in Springfield, Baca Co., Colo. to WINIFRED COLE, b Mar. 22, 1881 in Taylor Co., Iowa; d Jan. 22, 1949 in Walsh, Colo. (She was the daughter of Samuel W. and Mary Elizabeth Keller Cole of Lamar, Colo.). Winnie was a graduate of Springfield H. S.; housewife; Methodist, but in later life undenominational. When Ervin was only six years old, his parents moved the family in a cov ered wagon from Page Co., Iowa to near Englevale, Crawford Co., Kansas. This trip of 200 miles required seven days. At the age of five he began his education at the Keplinger School, a rural school near his home in Crawford County. He attended this school uatil he was fifteen, was a good student and excelled in spelling contests. He also learned from the older boys how to play with fire in tall grass. They would let the grass burn a little then whip it out. Ervin thought he would try this at home, which he did a number of times quite successfully. But one day when Pa and Ma were gone and his older brother Willie was in the field, not realizing the wind was too high for such stunts, he tried this game once too often! The fire got out of control, burned up about a quarter mile of rail fence belonging to a neighbor, and a nice young orchard for his Uncle Jerry Konkel before the neighbors could get the fire under control. In 1877 a cyclone struck the school house where young Ervin was attending school. In addition to the teacher and about twenty-five other children, Ervin's father was also there studying towards his teaching certificate. After the storm, Ervin and another boy were found on top of the teacher's desk weighted down firmly with boards and other debris. His father Simeon Konkel and the teacher took the children to the nearest farm house where they remained until the children's parents came for them. No one was ser iously injured. In 1886, when he was only sixteen, Ervin's parents took the family to what is now Baca County, Colorado. He helped on the farm until he was nineteen before he received any further schooling, then he had the privilege of going four months. Being now half past nineteen, at which time Simeon Konkel had decreed his boys should be of age, he started out to make his fortune. After working for six weeks in Pueblo, Colorado, carrying mortar to stone masons, he decided to go back to the land closer to his birth and try farm 32 work. He worked in a saw mill in northwest Missouri, and on a farm in south west Iowa before returning to Colorado. He attended school another four months, took the teacher's examination the following summer, acquired his teaching certificate and started teaching school on his birthday October 10, 1892.Later on by hard study, he worked his way from a nthird-grade" teach ing certificate to a "first-grade". He attended Central Normal College at Great Bend, Kansas in 1898-99. The credits earned that year, together with credits made attending a few summer schools and gained from correspond ence courses, enabled him to take a high school diploma from Lamar, Colo rado Union High school after he passed his sixty-first birthday! George Ervin Konkel's teaching career was varied and colorfuL He taught in many different schools from his first term in the Bryan Community in 1893- '94 to his last term of school in 1940-'41, all of them in Baca County ex cept for two terms in Elk County, Kansas in 1899-'01. Much of his teaching was done while living on a farm, doing the regular farm chores in mornings and evenings. The summer months were devoted entirely to his farm operation, except for the summers he attended school. He retired from teaching in 1941 after 29 years in the profession. He loved to teach and made many, many friends among those who were once his scholars. He possessed considerable acting ability and loved to give old-time "recita tions" at any gathering of relatives or friends. His love for dramatics was refelected in his school programs at Christmas and other times. George Ervin not only taught school and farmed, but worked at other occupa tions as well. He served as county clerk from 1905 to 1909. In 1910 he bought a general store in Stonington and operated it for eleven years. For several years preceding his death, he was secretary for Roy Haney (see 2-3-3). Also he held a real estate broker's license and was the Justice of the Peace for the Walsh Precinct. He was an active member of the Methodist church most of his life, and taught Sunday School over a long period until about one year before his death. 1. Ivan Konkel b July 5, 1900 + d Nov. 29, 1949 2. Ruth Konkel b Apr. 10, 1904 + 3. Elsie Konkel b Oct. 19, 1907 + Early Baca County Settlers Faced Many Hardships By GEORGE ERVIN KONKEL The first bonafide settlers of Baca county with one exception, were the Konkels, who arrived in 1886. Simeon Konkel located on the north fork of the Cimarron river about four or five miles to the southwest of the present site of Stonington. 33 His mother and some of his brothers located about seven miles farther west and a little to the south of Simeon Konkel's home-stead. This was in June of 1886. Prior to this there were a good many cattle ranches in the county - Miles Brothers on the Cimarron rive.t, Godwin ranch on Butte creek in the northwest part of the county, the Kellogg Ranch on Butte creek almost due north of Springfield, and a horse ranch on Sandy arroyo about five or six miles south of Walsh. A spring was found on this arroyo not far from this horse ranch and this is where early settlers got their water until water wells could be dug. The first frame house in Baca county built by a bonafide settler was that of Simeon Konkel, constructed in July of 1886. His mother and brothers built sod houses and half dugouts. Crill First Settler The one exception referred to above was Gabriel Crill, who located close to Horse creek in what is now known as the Artesian district. Crill was un doubtedly the first notary public in Baca county. At that time the pre emption law was in effect and people could make pre-emption filings before a notary public. The pre-emption law allowed a person to live on a place and have at least $200 -worth of improvements and pay it out at $1.25 an acre. A total of 160 acres was available this way, and the homesteaders could "prove up" any time from six months to three years after establish ing residence. Crill had lots of filings and took in a good many quarters until the time came that he had competition. Simeon Konkel moved his family from Crawford county, Kan., to Baca county in September of 1886, making the enure Journey trip with teams and wagons and driving a few cows on this journey. There were other immi grants in this caravan. The trip took four weeks, and during the journey some of the cows got lame and had to be shod. The family landed in Colorado in September of 1886 - their nearest neighbors Simeon's mother and brothers were located seven miles away. Settlers Pour Through From that time on for more than a year the road past the Konkel home stead contained a continuous stream of prairie schooners - as the ordinary covered wagon was called. The Konkel home was the stopping place for many of the settlers. On the evening of Nov. 1), 1886, several men stopped to stay overnight. They had their campin~ outfit but asked for supper and breakfast, and the Konkels obliged. In this company were a Mr. Hughes, Judge Jennings and his two sons, Al and Ed. The Jennings were all lawyers, and the father was an especially talented and brilliant orator. Judge Jennings, after he settled in the community, was known as the silver-tongued orator. Establish Boston These men told Simeon Konkel they were going two miles farther south and eight miles west to lay out the town site of Boston. The morning ot Nov. 16, 1886, was quite rough, but these men who composed the town company, or at least represented the town company, hitched up and started for the proposed new town site. The weather grew worse and turned into quite a blizzard, but not so bad that people could not travel. On arriving at the town site all they could do was to pitch their tents, make themselves as comfortable as possible under the conditions and wait for the weather to clear. When the storm sub sided the town site was surveyed and staked out - thus establishing Bos ton on Nov. 16, 1886. By the time Boston was established there were a good many settlers in Southeast Baca county. Events moved rapidly for tbe horse and buggy days. In a few days after the town site of Boston was staked out the town com pany secured 25 or 30 teams and proceeded to Richfield, Kan., to buy lum ber for buildings to be erected in Boston. Leading the way on the return trip was Al Jennings' team, and following were two teams belonging to Sim eon Konkel. 34 Town Grows The effort was rewarded as by spring Boston had sprouted like a mush room and was a ''good-sized'' town. The immigrants had been coming into the county rapidly. On April 10, 1887, it began to rain and continued to rain most of the time for a week - thoroughly soaking the plains. Clouds obscured the sun for more than a week and the settlers were jubilant. During this time a number of teamsters had taken shelter with their camping outfits in an unfinished building in Boston. They were discussing their plans for farming and prophesying what wonderful crops they would raise. Then, it is told, a man described as "dead drunk", suddenly raised up on an elbow and stated: "Well, boys, it will get mighty dry before August", then he collapsed again. And so it turned out. It did get really dry - though nothing like we have seen it many times since. There was a considerable crop raised, but nothing like that forecast that wet spring day in that unfinished building. Starting Aug. 25, 1887, another general rain lasting for a week soaked the ground all over the plains. 1888 Good Year The year of 1888 was a fairly good one. There was a good feed crop and some farmers had 500 to 600 bushels of corn. This was a pretty good yield considering the farm equipment that many of the farmers had, the fact that many of the farmers had to work away from home p·art time to make a living and that it was a sod crop. . In the spring of 1887 Adams city was founded in the center of the sec tion 16, township 32, range 43. The name of the post ·office at this same place was Stonington. Some five or six miles to the east and a little north the town of Plymouth was founded. At Plymouth a community church was built. This was probably the first church built in Baca county. The church blew down in a wind storm in 1897. Adams City and Plymouth were the trading centers for the settlers. Neither town grew much for a time, then when Boston lost its chance to become the county seat many of the residents of that city left, including all of the original town company. Springfield Wins When the time for the election for a county town seat rolled around in the fall of 1889 the remaining citizens of Boston threw their lot with Ston ington (as Adams City was now known) which had entered the race for per manent county seat. Several business and residential buildings were moved from Boston to Stonington and for about one year Stonington was quite a town. Stonington lost the county seat to Springfield and many of the build ings in Stonington were sold very cheaply to the settlers and moved to the settlers' homesteads. It may be of interest to some people to know that the Stonington post office was commissioned January 20, 1888, and has been receiving and sending out mail since that time. Only one post office in the county - the one at Springfield - has done business longer. The fir.,t post office com missioned in Baca county was the one at Boston, which received its com mission April 14, 1887, but that post office has long since been discon tinued. Tribute to Pioneers It would be inappropriate to clost this brief history without paying tri bute to those early pioneers and trail blazers. It took courage in those days to settle on a claim, not knowing what the future held in store, some times not knowing where the next week's provisions where to corne from. It took grit and courage and really tried a man's heart strings to leave bis family in an unfinished shelter - sometimes simply a tent - while he went for supplies or to do some other necessary task. It took far more courage for the woman to stay on the claim with one or more little ones while her husband was away from home. Her drinking water was probably in one or two barrels in the back yard. Often she went out on 35 the pra1ne and picked up her fuel. Yet stay she did, while at times the range cattle were too close for comfort. She knew the coyote was really harmless, but his howls on those lonely nights were enough to chill the olood in the bravest. Those pioneers have all passed away. Many of their children are still living, but they too are getting old, wrinkled and gray. They remember with pride what they and their parents endured. Let us take off our hats to those pioneers, who by their grit~ stick-to it-iveness and endurance made it possible for us to enjoy today a better living and a better way of life than they ever dreamed of. KONKEL 2-5. OZRO GLEN KONKEL: b Jan. 18, 1875 in Crawford County, Kansas; minister, school teacher, farmer, Methodist; m Jan. 2, 1921 at Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colorado to INEZ IRENE THOMAS, b March 30, 1896 in Belvidere, Minnesota; d January 6, 1966; buried at Cheyenne Wells, Colorado; was assistant superintendent of schools before marriage; house wife; Meth6dist. Glen made the trip to Colorado in covered wagons with his parents and brothers and sisters, from Crawford County, Kansas in the year 1886 at the age of eleven. Until he was 21 he killed rattle snakes, herded cattle, fanned, broke horses to work and ride, and attended the public schools from four to six months in season. Upon completing the eighth grade at Stonington, having done substitute teaching in the school there, he decided to take up teaching as a career. He passed the required examinations and contracted for his first school in Beaver, Oklahoma just over the state line from Baca County, Colorado. It was in a territory known as "No Man's Land" .. a rendezvous for outlaws. Once he was caught in the midst of a gun fight when an outlaw was cornered in the house where Glen roomed and boarded. At his second school he was involved in a salary dispute. He started at $32.50 per month and was sup posed to have a raise to $35 at the end of four months. One school board member complained that was too much money. It was at this same school he was forced to whip the local bully. The boy's fatherhad theteacherarrested and there was a trial. The judge acquitted the teacher. As about 75 specta tors cheered the verdict, other persons began running into the building and the floor gave way. Although there was a cellar below, no great damage was done nor was anyone hurt. During the year Glen was teaching, he was also farming and ranching on his homestead in Baca County. After teaching several years, he decided to ex- pand his education and went to the Colorado Sate Teachers College at Greeley. He took the entrance exams and was promoted to the third year in college, although he had never been in high school in his life. He qwt teaching after eight consecutive years to devote full time to his farming and ranching operations, but after four years decided to enter the ministry as others of his forebearers had done. He completed a five-year course ot study, 36 attending the Central Normal School in Great Bend, Kansas before graduating from the Iliff School of Theology at Denver. He received all the ordinations the Methodist church had to give, continuing in the service for twenty years, concluding with a pastorate at Rolla, Kansas in 1927. It was while he was pastor of the church in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado that he married Inez Thomas, the Assistant Superintendent of the Cheyenne County Schools. She had previously taught schools for four years in the same county. One interesting experience of his ministry was the time he served two churches simultaneously in Bayfield, Colorado - the Presbyterian and Me thodist, serving both congregations together in the Presbyterian church. Each had maintained their own organizations, but voted for one pastor. When he retired from the ministry he again entered the teaching profession, having previously obtained a life teaching certificate at the Teachers Col lege in Greeley while pastor of a church in nearby Evans during the winter of 1915-1916. Altogether, he spent a total of 17 years teaching school and 18 years in the ministry. Following his retirement the Rev. and Mrs. Konkel decided to remain in Haswell where they had spent twoyears (1924-26), re turning in 1937 to make it their permanent home. He did not become inactive, but continued with religious study and writing. His daily writings are done for the joy they provide him. He has edited numerous articles entitled "The Good News" and his most prized works are his Biblical Interpretations. His lifetime study of the Bible has prompted him to condense it into a "Short Bible" for his own private usage. Although now 90 he still lives each day to its fullest. Address: Haswell, Colorado. 1. Dee Lynn Konkel b Feb. 2, 1925 + WEITZEL 2-6. ADA STELLA KONKEL, b Nov. 8,1879 10 a log cabin on a farm in Crawford, County, Kansas, north of the City of Pittsburg, in the Mulberry Grove community; moved with her parents in a covered wagon to Baca County, Colorado in the autumn of 1886; attended local rural schools in Kansas and Colorado, earned her teaching certificate and taught school for several years until her marriage. m Oct. 27, 1904 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado at the home of her parents, to OLIVER JACKSON WEITZEL, b Aug. 31, 1880 near the town of Oxford in Sumner County, Kansas; d Jan. 14, 1964 in Colo rado Springs; buried in Evergreen cemetery near his son, First Lt. Glen A. Weitzel, who lost his life on Okinawa in World War II. In the words of his daughters cc Father suffered a severe heart attack on May 3, 1963 and after three weeks in the hospital he was tenderly and lovingly cared for in his home by Mother, with help, until he was taken to Memorial Hospital a few hours before his death. His priceless humor and kindly, uncomplaining atti tude during his illness, endeared him more than ever to all of his relatives and friends who watched him live out a rich, and rewarding life by the Gold en Rule. Children were always of special interest to him; as a husband, 37 father, and friend, he was loyal, kind, just and generous. His philosophy of life could be summed up in a sentence, which he said soon after he was stricken critically: 'We don't just want to do what is right; we want to do more than what is right.' '' From Sumner County his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Weitzel, brought him at age seven in a covered wagon to Morton County, Kansas where they made their home in Richfield, a booming young metropolis of the first influx of early settlers. In the years following he worked as a cowpuncher for some of the most famous ranches of the Southwest, headquartering for several years at Point of Rocks on the Cimarron River. Among other outfits, he rode for the Beatty Brothers, the Boyce Cattle Company and for the father of Frank Streeter. After their marriage ''Jack'' and Ada homesteaded eight miles south of Rol la in Morton County. Before the days of farming with tractors, combines, etc., Jack's pride and joy were his work horses. After 43 years of wheat farming and related activities, Ada and Jack retired to their Colorado Springs home on Wolfe Avenue. Ada plans to remain in this home for an indefinite period and would appreciate letters. and visits from friends. Her address: 19 Wolfe Avenue, Colorado, Springs. 1. Christine Virginia Weitzel b Feb. 22, 1907 + 2. Lurline Ade Ile Weitzel b Jan. 30, 1910 + 3. Glen Allen Weitzel b Jan. 30, 1914 + d Apr. 15, 1945 4. Leonard Russell Weitzel b Apr. 20, 1918 • + ALCORN 2-7. DELPHA EULULAH KONKEL, b Aug. 8, 1881 near Mulberry Grove in Crawford County, Kansas; d Apr. 11, 1957 at Fullerton, Orange County, California; buried at Fallon, Nevada. Delpha was in the covered wagon caravan that went to Baca County, Colorado in 1886; she attended the public schools near her home and graduated from the 8th grade; housewife; Methodist; m Feb. 12, 1900 at the farm home of her parents near Stonington, Baca County, Colorado to WILLIAM HARRISON ALCORN, b Feb. 20, 1874 in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky; d Oct. 6, 1946 at Ely, White Pine County, Nevada; buried at Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada; education, 8th grade in rural school; occupation -farmer, horticulturist, nurseryman; be longed to Masonic Lodge, Ea stern Star, Neighbors of Woodcraft; Methodist. Delpha and Harry moved to Bishop, California about 1912 and bought a small farm near Sunland. The family lived there until around 1915 when Harry be came manager of the Tennemah Ranch, Big Pine, California. The ranch was sold in 1929 and they bought another ranch near Fallon where they lived the remainder of their lives. The Alcorn Nursery was located on Route 1 out of Fallon., on the home ranch. 38 I. Velma Merle Alcorn b Nov. 16, 1900 + 2. Lloyd Marvin Alcorn b Mar. 7, 1902 + 3. Ruth Marie Alcorn b Jan. 12, 1909 + 4. Joseph Raymond Alcorn b Dec. I, 1911 + 5. Ear1 Jason Alcorn b Sept. 23, 1915 + d Nov. 28, 1944 BRYAN 2-8. BESSIE JANE KONKEL, b Dec. 24, 1883 near Englevale, Crawford County, Kansas; d Jan. 16, 1962 in Colorado Springs; buried Linn Grove ce metery, Greeley, Colorado; 8th grade education; housewife; Methodist; m Jan. 25, 1905 at her parents' home in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado to ELDRIDGE BRYAN, b Aug. 30, 1880 in Davis County, Iowa; d Feb. 5, 1951 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; buried Linn Grove cemetery; rural grade schools of Baca County, business college at Great Bend, Kansas, and B.A. degree from C.S.C. at Greeley, Coiorado, 1932; occupation; farming and ranching. A few years after their marriage in 1911, Bessie and Eldridge filed on a homestead of 160 acres about 7 miles northeast of Stonington; an additional 90 acres were added to this in 1917. Eldridge was in partnership with his brother Marion until 1913. In Feb. 1914 Eldridge and Bessie took their four children with them to Bishop, California where Eldridge worked on farms, thinking he might buy one in that area. It was while here that their son Mar vin was born in 1915. After two years they decided they could do better in Colorado so moved back to the original farm. Here they remained until after the birth of the twias in 1923. In the fall of the same year they retired from farming and moved to Greeley where their children all completed their ed ucation. They lived at 606 - 14th Street for a few years, later moving to 1612 - 7th Avenue. He received his B.A. degree at the age of 52, gradua ting with his daughter Vena in 1932. He taught one year of school. 1. Harold Oren Bryan b Nov. 24, 1905 + 2. Dorothy Pearl Bryan b Nov. 21, 1906 d Nov. 21, 1906 3. Vena Margaret Bryan b July 14, 1909 + 4. Eva Viola Bryan b Aug. 23, 1910 + d Feb. 24, 1935 5. Thelma Bryan b Oct. 24, 1913 + 6. Marvin Eldridge Bryan b May 20, 1915 + d Aug. 6, 1944 7. Leota Pauline Bryan b Feb. 24, 1923 8. Leo Paul Bryan b Feb. 24, 1923 d Mar. I, 1923 KONKEL 2-9. JAMES EDWARD KONKEL, b Aug. 17, 1887 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; attended a local rural school, then went to Greeley, Colorado, where he graduated from College High School and the State Teachers Col lege (Life Teaching Certificate); occup. - school teaching; Methodist. m 39 Jan. 17, 1914 in Fresno, California to MABEL ELEANOR BURNETT, b May 9, 1895; grade school education; housewife; Methodist. Young Jim lived on a cattle ranch in Baca County with his father, mother brothers and sisters until he was nineteen. While he was growing to man hood he Ii ved a typical cowboy's life spending much of his time in the sad - dle, riding the dry sandy plains behind herds of cattle and horses. He be came an expert with the rope and saddle, catching and breaking wild horses by himself. Several times he almost lost his life by ~iding bucking bronchos and driving runaway teams. At one time he lay unconscious half the night from cuts and bruises on the head which he received from the kicks of a wild horse he was breaking. While he rode the plains behind the bellowing herds of cattle he dreamed. He did not like the kind of life he was living. His ambition called for a vo cation far different. He always felt a strong impulse to be a leader of people instead of a driver of cattle. He longed to get away from the prairie and go to the city where there was an opportunity for education and advancement. After his father died he made up his mind definitely to go. In the year 1907 when he was twenty years old he left the ranch and went to Greeley, where the State Teachers College was located. He entered College High School there at the age of twenty and after two years was admitted to the college. He studied diligently, sang in quartets and choirs and graduated in two years. He was then offered a position as principal of the elementary school at Uncompahgre, Colo. but after teaching for three months he became discouraged and resigned. After he quit teaching, he wandered from place to place undecided as to what he should do. Finally he landed in Salt Lake City . . . dead broke. After staying there for a day or two, he started for Ogden at night in a snow storm. When he had walked a few hours he became very cold and craw led in to an old barn to keep from freezing. He found, however, that he was getting colder and colder, so he got out and took the road again arriving at Ogden about sunup. He tried to find work there but was turned away everywhere be went. At last he found an old German family who accepted his watch for two weeks' board. During this time he walked the streets everyday in search of work, but none was to be found. He became so disappointed and discouraged that he went down to the recruiting station and joined the army. In a little while he was sent to Monterey, California. Army life was even more unbearable to him than anything he had ever exper ienced. He never took part in the activities of the men but spent his time reading and studying. After about a year he made up his mind that he could stand it no longer. He borrowed some money from his brother-in-law and pur· chased his discharge. This was one of the happiest days of his life. Once more he was a free man, but without any definite plan for the future. He knew what he wanted to do, but where and how to find the opportunity was the problem. 40 About this time his Uncle Will Konkel wrote him that he could have the prin cipalship of the Roosevelt School near Fresno, California. Should he try teaching again? Maybe this was his opportunity. Deciding that it was, he accepted the school with a determination to see it through successfully whi~h he did. The next year he was reelected to the same position. He mar.ried Mabel Burnett during his first term at Roosevelt. The marriage was a happy one and they spent t.wo pleasant years at this school. He was offered the position a third time but accepted a vice-principalship at Fow ler instead. Fowler was a larger school of about 400 pupiJs. He remained thete two vears. Durine: this time their babv girl Eleanor was born. The next year (1917) he was elected principal of the Malaga elementary school which position he held for 29 years. He learned to enjoy his work and felt that he was giving a real service; that at last he was a leader of people, the finest class of people on earth ... little children. He was hap py because people liked him. The children loved him and above all because there was contentment and love in his home between father, mother and chi~d. Many years later, in 1960, a new elementary school was built in Malaga. It is called the JAMES E. KONKEL SCHOOL. Upon retirement from te~ching in 1946, Jim ran his father-in-law's ranch for two years before going to work in a general mercantile store for his brother in-law. He worked in the store for eight years before retiring permanently. Jim and Mabel celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1964. About his wife, Jim says she was born and raised near Fresno and never forgot to remind everyone that she is a native C alifomian; also that she is related to the first Governor of the State, Peter Burnett. Her main interest, outside her family, is her work with the Native Daughters of the Golden West. She likes to cook and according to her husband, baking good pies is her specialty .He likes to work outdoors and is quite proud of his beautiful yard.· Ther ad dress: 921 Vagedes, Fresno, California. I. Eleanor Mabel Konkel b Mar. 30, 1916 + A letter received from James Konkel, dated Feb. 9, 1965 states: "I have written several poems, such as they are. The one I like best is called "The Light of Love". It is based on fact. I remember my father hanging the old lantern on the windmill tower to lieht us home when we had gone out.'' THE LIGHT OF LOVE When I was just a teen age lad, Sometimes my father jawed at me For doing wrong, and then I'd be Provoked at him and boiling mad; In such a mood and such a plight, I saddled up and galloped out To bring the cows from round about, And then corral them for the night. 41 But they had wandered far and wide, And though I had ridden hard and fast, Dark night came on and clouds sailed past Before I'd found the last cow hide; E 're long the cold wind and snow Began to chill and frighten me; It got so bad I couldn't see Which way to ride -- which way to go; I really cried with fear and fright, When all at once I seemed to see A flickering light Pa hung for me Atop the mill that stormy night. Again I wept but not from fear, And meekly said, ccnear Pa, forgive"; No matter now how long I live, I'll hold his love forever dear. Now, looking back across the years I seem to fancy I can see The light my father hung for me, That led me home through blinding tears. Sometime, somewhere, I'll say good by To all my friends and loved ones here below; Cast off this mortal coil and go To meet my father in the sky; And as I rise to Heaven above, I know that I will surely see A light that kindly shines for me - The glorious light of home and love. By - James Edward Konkel BRYAN 2-10. ETHEL MADINA KONKEL, b Oct. 2, 1891 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; attended rural school through the eighth grade; house wife; Methodist; m Feb. 12, 1908 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado at the home of her mother (606 - 14th Street) to PRESSCO BRYAN, b Oct. 3, 1882 in Davis County, Iowa; d June 30, 1913 at Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho; buried Linn Grove cemetery, Greeley, Colorado; rural school education; far mer, telephone line foreman; Methodist. Pressco, the son of Jones Marion and Lucinda Cameron Bryan,was a younger brother of Eldridge Bryan (see No. 2-8); also a brother of Ethel's second husband, Marion Bryan. The Bryans came from Iowa to Colorado about the same time the Konke ls arrived from eastern Kansas in 1886. After their mar riage in 1908, Ethel and Pressco lived in Greeley for one year. In February of 1909 they went to Rocky Ford in Otera County and farmed that year, later returning to Greeley where Pressco worked for the Mountain States Tele phone Company; transferred to Pueblo in February of 1911; to Boise, Idaho in December of 1911 and finally to Rupert in May of 1913, where he was ac cidentally killed by a high-tension wire while working as foreman of a line repair crew. At the time of his death Ethel was in Greeley with her two 42 children, Carroll and Ruby, visiting with her mother. A third child, James Pressco, was born in the fall of that same year but lived only 18 months. 1. Carroll Guy Bryan b Apr. 22, 1910 + 2. Ruby Faye Bryan b Apr. 24, 1911 + 3. James Pressco Bryan b Nov. 25, 1913 d June 2, 1915 ETHEL KONKEL BRYAN, m April 21, 1915 at the Methodist Parsonage in Greeley, to MARION BRYAN, b May 29, 1878 in Davis County, Iowa; d Ap ril 8, 1964 in Greeley; buried Linn Grove cemetery; rural school education; Baca County farmer and rancher, and, before his marriage, was a part-time freighter during the late fall and winter months. After their marriage, Ethel and Marion built a two-story frame house on their farm nine miles northeast of Stonington. In 1923 the family went to Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley where Marion engaged in the broom corn brokerage business for one year. In 1924 the farm in Baca County was sold and the family moved to Greeley where Ethel still resides. Her address: 1431 - 14th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado. 4. Elmer Marion Bryan b Feb. 4, 1919 + JENKS - STEWART 2-11. OLIVE BLANCHE KONKEL, b May 24, 1894 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; attended rural school there; graduated from high school and Colorado Teachers College in Greeley; Life Teaching Certificate, 1914; also, California Life Diploma; school teacher for many years, now retired; Methodist; m December 6, 1920 to CHESTER A. JENKS. He was a Long Beach, California policeman. I. Velma Marie Jenks b Nov. I, 1922 d Oct. I, 1924 OLIVE BLANCHE KONKEL, m (2) June 15, 1929 in Sacramento, California to ROBERT L. STEWART, b July 13, 1892 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; elementary grade school and barber college; barber. He has one daughter, Jeannette, by a former marriage, two granddaughters, and seven great grandchildren. In 1907, four years after her father's death, Olive went with her mother, brother Jim and her sister Ethel to Greeley to further her education. Her college major was Dramatic Reading; her minor was English. She realized much enjoyment from this training throughout her teaching ca reer in producing school plays and operettas. She sang in glee clubs while in college, and in church choirs until about 1946. Olive taught her first term in a rural school near Longmont, Colrado, 1914- 15; 2 years in a rural school near Boulder and 2 years in Boulder at a Se ven th Day Adventist school. She also taught a short summer term about 1916 at the Konantz School, a rural school in Baca County, Colorado. (This rural school, no longer in existence, was located about ten miles northeast of Stonington in the Bryan Commun!ty. The compiler of these records and many 43 others of Aunt Olive's nephews and nieces attended this school. We look back upon this experience with fond memories -- C.G.B.) Her teaching in the following communities in California was in Tranquillity, 2 years and Madison School, I year, both in Fresno County; at l.os Alamitos in Orange County, 4 years; Principal at Kutner Colony, Fresno County, 2 years; Westwood, Lassen County, 7 years (3rd & 4th grades in town school) and lastly at Mendota, Fresno County, 2 years -- 1 year in town and 1 year at school for migrants in the country school. She taught a total of 23 ·years, retiring in 1938. Her husband, Bob, was a barber from 1908 to 1913; worked in fire departments at Fresno and Richmond, 1913 to 1920; barbered in var ious towns of California, 1920 until retirement at Carmichael in 1957. They later moved to Manteca and lived there until the fall of 1964, when they sold their house and bought a large mobile home. Address: 6210 Manitoba Avenue, Sacramento, California. Olive Stewart has written many poems. One the author likes best is repro duced here ... A THING OF BEAUTY I saw a butterfly on the wing; Its colors were yellow and red . Such a lovely pretty thing Flitting upon my flower bed! The next I saw, it was pinned on a tray; It was dead as dead could be; Among seeds and cotton it lay, Making a picture for people to see. I saw a bird come hopping along As happy as could be; Whistling and singing a pretty song, It flew high up in a tree. A hunter came and dropped him down And placed him on his shelf; He worked with speed just like a clown To make him look himself. He cleaned and stuffed and polished his head, His body and his eyes; No one would dream he'd been filled with lead, And dropped down from the skies. But each one in his place had found A noble work and true; Their love and beauty shown around; They lived their lives anew. A thing of beauty one cannot kill; Try as hard as you may, It will sprout again and fill Your life in some other way. By --Olive Steuart (August 15, 1935) 44 ESHNAUR 2-1-1. ALTA PEARL KONKEL, b May 30, 1896 near Englevale, Craw ford County, Kansas; d October 27, 1965 in Wichita, Kansas; grad~ school education; housewife; Methodist; m October 16, 1915 in Pratt County, Kan sas; d April 11, 19 .- at Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma; buried Guymon cemetery; grade school education; Occupation, farming and mercantile busi ness; Methodist. After Alta and Loyal were married, they lived only a short time in Pratt County before moving to Oklahoma were they farmed for about 2 years. They then moved onto a homestead in Baca County, Colorado. Later they went in to the mercantile business in Liberal, Kansas; from there to Guymon, where they entered the appliance business. 1. Lavada Arlene Eshnaur b July 11, 1928 + 2. Richard Lee Eshnaur b Mar. 14, 1931 + KONKEL 2-1-2. ERVIN GLEN KONKEL, b February 4, 1898 in Crawford County, Kansas; d August 25, 1964 in Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas; bur ied there; rural school education; farmer, ordnance plant employee; First Christian Church; m December 13, 1922 in Pratt, Kansas to FLORENCE EVA STOCKDALE, b July 23, 1898 in Cloverdale, Kansas (now extinct) - was located near the Elk County and Montgomery County line, about half way between Grenola and Cherryvale); the daughter of Marietta and Jacob Stockdale; graduated from high school at Grenola, Kansas and from Olson Business College at Independence, Kansas; stenographer, bookeeper, store clerk, housewife; First Christian Churco. Glen and Florence farmed awhile in Pratt County, following their mar riage in 1922, before going to Independence. Later they went to Parsons where Glen worked at the Ordnance Plant. In a few years they moved to Cherryvale and bought a small farm. They raised strawberries, milked cows and sold milk. In due time they bought a small grocery store and worked it together until failing health forced their retirement. Florence worked two years as stenographer and bookeeper for Kansas Gas & Electric at Moline, Kansas; clerked at Kirk's Grocery and Montgomery Ward in Independence; also, in the largest ladies ready-to-wear store in southeast Kansas, at Cher ryvale. Her address: 801 N. Carson Cherryvale, Kansas. I. Neva Colynn Konkel b Apr. 8, 1924 + BYERLEY 2-1-3. HAZEL BLANCHE KONKEL, b November 10, 1900 near Englevale in Crawford County, Kansas; rural school education; housewife, restaurant and motel business (retired); Methodist church; m September 18, 1916 in 45 Pratt, Kansas to RAY BYERLEY, b February 9, 1899 in Omaha, Nebraska; rural grade school education; restaurant and motel business, now retired; Methodist. After their marriage, Blanche and Ray lived on a farm near Cullison, Kan sas, until burned out by a fire that destroyed their buildings, horses and all personal property. They then engaged in the restaurant business in Pratt for four years. Ray sold insurance for a few years in the early '30's-"depres sion" years. From 1935 to 1951 they operated a restaurant in Guymon, Okla homa; in 1951 they built a 31-unit motel with restaurant on Highway 54, near Guymon. In 1960 they sold their business and retired. At the present time (October, 1963) they live in Los Angeles. Their oldest granddaughter, Carolyn Jo Byerley, has lived with them since• she was a small girl. Their address: Apt. 4, 966 N. Mariposa, Los Angeles, California. 1. Carroll Dean Byerley b Dec. 26, 1917 + 2. Arville Millard Byerley b Nov. 7, 1918 + 3 Loyal Veon Byerley b Apr. 26, 1921 + KONKEL 2-3-1. IVAN KONKEL, b July 5, 1900 in Elk County, Kansas; d November 29, 1949 in Baca County, Colorado; buried Walsh cemetery; high school grad uate, having attended schools in Lamar and Boulder in Colorado and at ~aldwin and Saline in Kansas; farmer; Methodist; m March 13, 1924 in Ston ington, Baca County, Colorado to DORA VESTA COCKRUM, b July 19, 1904 in Stanton County, Kansas, the daughter of R. I. and Dora Cockrum; high school graduate, having attended schools in Stonington, Lamar and La Junta, Colorado; housewife, now employed Newberry's store; Baptist. Following their marriage in 1924, Ivan and Vesta farmed in Baca County un til 1936. Due to their son's health they moved to Canon City, Colorado, li ving there until 1942. They then went to Loveland for three years, returning to Baca County in 1945 to take up farming once again. Ivan died of a heart attack in 1949 while working on his farm 14 miles east of Walsh. Vesta's present address: 16203 Chatsworth Street, Granada Hills (San Fernando), California. 1. Esther Laverne Konkel b Sept. 12, 1926 + 2. Ivan LeRoy Konkel b June 11, 1928 + 3. Barbara Jean Konkel b Jan. 12, 1943 (3) BARBARA, born in Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado; grad uated Granada Hills H.S., Class of '61; has worked since Sep tember, 1961 for the Valley Federal Savings & Loan Company in San Fernando; attends college part time; Baptist. SPRINGER 2-3-2. RUTH KONKEL, b April 10, 1904 in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, attended high school in Baldwin, Kansas and Lamar, Colorado; 46 graduate of Lamar High School, Class '22; bookeeper and stenographer for Saylor Oil Company in Lamar, 1922-37; now employed Alkers Milling Com pany in Eugene, Oregon, Presbyterian; m August 7, 1926 in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado to ROY PORTER SPRINGER, b May 16, 1899inlndianola, Warren County, Iowa; d October 20, 1964 in Eugene, Oregon; buried in West Lawn cemetery. Roy was the son of LeRoy Porter Springer and Maud Burch Springer (He died in 1950 but Roy's mother still lives in LaVeta, Colorado). Roy graduated from LaVeta High School; harness maker, later carpenter and cabinet maker; Methodist. Ruth and Roy left Lamar in the spring of 1937, spent about a year in Alamo sa, Colorado before going to New Mexico; lived in Silver City and Albuquer que until 1941, then moved to the west coast. After one winter in California they moved to Portland, Oregon where they lived during the war. After the war they went to Bellingham, Washington and remained there until 1949. Due to Roy's asthma they returned to Oregon and settled in Eugene. A severe coronary attack hit Roy in 1957. He adjusted to a quiet but active life until a second attack caused his death in late '64. Ruth continues to live in Eugene where she is close to her daughter's family. Her address: 2110 Monroe Street, Eugene, Oregon. 1. Sandra Arlene Springer b Mar. 20, 1940 + OTTEN - ADKINSON - HANEY 2-3-3. ELSIE KONKEL, b October 19, 1907 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; graduate of Lamar High School; homemaker; Methodist; m July 6, 1926 to ELMER LEE OTTEN, b April 2, 1906; d November 26, 1953 in Glendale, California; buried there. From 1926 to 1930 Elmer worked in Los Angeles for taxicab companies, sometimes driving and sometimes dispatch ing. Three years later they moved to Tacoma, Washington where he became a guard at the federal prison on McNeil Island. In 1932 they separated and Elsie carried on alone with her three small boys. In 1942 she and her sons left Tacoma and moved to Bellingham and Maple Falls; a year later she n:arried again. 1. Raymond Elmer Otten b Mar. 13, 1927 + 2. Ervin Lee Otten b Mar. 1, 1928 + 3. Gene Doolittle Otten b Sept. 3 0, 1929 + ELSIE KONKEL OTTEN, m (2) October 2, 1943 in Bellingham, Washington to WILBUR ADKINSON, b May 21, 1889 in the state of Kansas; d December 14,. 1954; buried Green Acres cemetery, Bellingham, Washington. ELSIE ADKINSON, m (3) September 13, 1958 in Clayton, New Mexico to Roy Haney, b May 28, 1892 in Granada, Prowers County, Colorado; long-time re sident of Baca County, Colorado and its champion broom corn farmer. Elsie and Roy moved into their newly built home in December of 1962. Their address: P .0. Box 247, Walsh, Colorado. 47 KONKEL 2-5-1. DEE LYNN KONKEL, b February 2, 1925 in Denver, Colorado; at tended grade school near Bristol; graduated from high school at Haswell, Colorado in 1942; livestock feed dealer; Methodist; m November 1, 1948 in Raton, New Mexico to ALZINA BELLE SCOTT, b December 16, 1930 in Ok lahoma; attended high school in Sugar City, Colorado; housewife; Methodist. Dee Konkel worked for the Mo. Pac. R.R. as a welder during World War II. He and his wife moved to Idaho in 1951. He is now a baled hay dealer of the firm of Konkel and Loh berg. Be lie crotchets, knits and paints some; both enjoy outdoor life. All are members of the First Methodist church at Nampa. Address: Rt. 1 Box 114, Nampa, Idaho. 1 . Sandra Lee Konke I b July 17, 1949 - 2. Virginia Belle Konkel b Jan. 22, 1951 3. Karen Dee Konkel b Dec. 21, 1959 WEITZEL 2-6-1. CHRISTINE VIRGINIA WEITZEL, b February 22, 1907 on her par ents' farm near Rolla in Morton County, Kansas. She attended a rural grade school and graduated from Rolla High School. Her own story:"Iattendedcol leges at Goodwell, Oklahoma and Hays, Kansas as well as Greeley, Colorado where I lived with my Aunt Ethel and Uncle Marion (see 2-10) while earning my B.A. degee in Engli8h at Colorado State College of Education (Now C.S.C.) in 1933. In 1940 I began work on my masters degree, but in 1941 I met my "master" and mar ried him in 1942, before finishing my 13th year of teaching. My first year of teaching I taught East Cess School (no longer in existence) in Morton County, 1926-2 7. I had been a grade school pupil there and taught one pupil who six years earlier had been a schoolmate of mine. I also taught grade schools at Rolla, Kansas, Pleasant Valley School in Baca County, and at Lamar, Colorado, as well as one year in Las Vegas, New Mexico. During the two summers before Roberta was born, I attended classes at High lands University in Las Vegas as a special student. Since then I have con centrated on being a wife and mother, and working in the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church. My heritage as a Kansas prairie farmer's daughter is a priceless memory for me, and for the past 23 years I have equally cherished the beauty and mys tery of the New Mexico mountains and mesas." m February 23, 1942 in Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico to ROBERT JOEL BELCHER, b August 2, 1902 near Pittsburg in Crawford County, Kansas ( the son of James Thomas Belcher, b May 30, 1878; d March 6, 1964 and Clara Eliza beth Davis, b September 25, 1878; d March S, 1959). Robert Belcher "Bob" is a graduate of Salt City Business College, Hutchinson, Kansas 1920. He is the father of two daughters by a previous marriage -- Betty Maye Price and Clema Lee Bryant; both are living near San Francisco. Bob pre-empted a homestead at Glade Park near Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1921, but left 48 and went to work in the oil fields of Kansas and Oklahoma. In his early child hood he traveled with his parents back and forth across Kansas· many times. They followed the wheat harvest in western Kansas in the summer and worked in eastern coal mines in the winter. Later on his father was a teamster in construction work in the oil fields and on the highways. Bob worked as su perintendent on a New Mexico State Highway project off and on during the depression years of 1932-36. Except for those short periods of time, he has been employed by the A. T. & S.F. Railroad as freight fireman, freight engi neer, passenger fireman and since December 1962 he has been a passenger engineer. Address: 1120 Eighth Street, Las Vegas, New Mexico. 1. Roberta Elizabeth-Ann Belcher b June 16, 1944 (1) ROBERTA was born in Las Vegas; graduated from Las Vegas Robertson High School in 1962; now a Senior at C.S.C. at Greeley, Colorado (Fall of 1965) with major in English and minor in Social Science; plans to be a school teacher; member of Wesley Foundation and during summer of 1964 she worked as a missionary assistant at the David and Margaret Home for children at La Verne, Los Angeles County, California; member of Alpha Sigma Tau, social sorority. GERBER 2-6-2. LURLINE ADELE WEITZEL, b January 30, 1910 on her parents' far.m eight miles south of Rolla, Morton County, Kansas (''Like all of mother's children, I arrived before the doctor. He had to drive six miles with horse and buggy, after someone had first ridden six miles to summon him."); first attended rural grade school at Cess, Kansas (This district was soon divided into East Cess and West Cess which no longer exists. Both were 4½ miles from the Weitzel home.); graduated from Rolla Rural High School in 1928; attended Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas for one year, taught for two terms at Banner Rural School (beginning with 27 pupils and all eight grades) in Steven's County, Kansas; attended summer school at Kansas State Teachers College at Hays for two terms and took correspon dence work to complete l¾ years of college. After two years of teaching, Lurline managed to pay off her college debt and was married the week after her school was out. Henry and Lurline had been raised 4½ miles apart, but first became acquaint ed when Lurline transferred from East to West Cess School only two or three months before they both graduated from the eighth grade together at West Cess. They both attended Rolla High School and graduated in 1928. The year Lurline attended Southwestern College at Winfield, Henry also went there. He managed to pay his own way completely by holding several jobs. He returned· to Southwestern the following year while Lurline taught at Ban ner, then dropped out to farm and help his parents during Lurline's second year at Banner. She and Henry were married April 19, 1931 at the home of her parents bv Lurline's uncle, Glen Konkel. 49 HENRY CLAY GERBER, b January 10, 1909 in his maternal grandparents home at Postle (no longer exists), Texas County, Oklahoma the son of Henry U. Gerber, b July 10, 1883, and Margaret May Cutler, b March 7, 1883; d July 21, 1947. When Henry was two years old his parents moved to a cheese factory near Union Star, Missouri and when he was eight they moved from Wathena, Missouri back to Morton County, Kansas where they attended grade school at West Cess, four miles from his home; graduated from Rolla Rural High School in 1928; attended Southwestern College 1928-30; farmed 1930- 32; manager Security Elevator Company at Hayne Station, Liberal, Kansas 1932-42; farmer near Rolla, Kansas and Guymon, Oklahoma 1935 to present time, owner-operator of H.C. Gerber Realty Company, Colorado Springs 1949-56; one of the founders and president and chairman of the board of the Southgate State Bank 1959 to the present time; director Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, McPherson, Kansas; listed in Marquis World Who's Who in Commerce and Industry; member of numerous professional organizations and national clubs; 32 Mason and Shriner, Lion's Club, and a director of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. The first year of their marriage, Lurline and Henry lived on a rented farm four miles from each of their parents. This was at the height of the depres sion years with very little but hope to live on. Although tractors were in general use they farmed with horses because they could not afford a tractoc. With the help of a hired man who worked for a little more than his room and board, Henry hand-picked 480 acres of corn and maize that winter rather than to have it harvested by machinery. The following spring Henry decided to sell their horses and what machinery they had at auction and look for work. They moved into the tenant house on her parent's farm and Henry help- ed his father-in-law until he got work as a helper in the Security Elevator Company at Rolla. Six weeks later he was promoted to manager of the Secur ity Elevator, Oil and Gas Station at Hayne, near Liberal, Kansas. They were there for over ten years. During that time, Henry continued to farm some on the side. Their first three children were born while they were at Hayrle. Their first little boy passed away while there. In 1942 they bought a farm four miles due east of Lurline's parents and moved away from Hayne. They lived there for five years during World War II. For two years of that time Lurline taught Sunflower school in their home district. It was during that time that her brother Glen was killed on Okinawa. In 1947 they moved to Colorado Springs, partly because of Lurline's hay fever and asthma (a result of the dust-bcwl years) and partly because en forced school consolidation was threatening to make it necessary to send their children over 12 miles to school. Their fourth child, Deanna, was born about five months after they moved to Colorado Springs. Henry entered the real-estate business there, in addition to continuing to manage the farm in Kansas. In 1956 he sold his real-estate business in order to establish 50 the Southgate State Bank. After much red tape, the bank was finally opened for business at 1800 S. Nevada Avenue on October 9, 1959. The Gerbers' home address: 14 West Oak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1. Loran Alan Gerber b Jan. 27, 1934 d Dec. 13, 1935 2. Arita Loree Gerber b Feb. 15, 1937 + 3. Lonnie Lynn Gerber b Oct. 9, 1940 4. Deanna Gayle Gerber b Jan. 19~ 1948 (3) LONNIE attended Sunflower School in Stevens County, Kansas his first year, then completed the grades and high school at Chey enne Mountain School in Colorado Springs; graduated from Chey enne Mt. H.S. 1959; B.S. degree, Denver University 1963, major in economics and finance; worked summers and vacations as tel ler, later on as assistant cashier at Southgate State Bank. In Oc tober 1963 he volunteered for six month's duty in the National Guard; cook basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri before going co Ft. Gordon, Georgia for further training. He returned home in April and went back to work at the bank; sells insurance and manages the data processing division; is also assistant Vice President of the bank and a member of the board of directors. (4) DEANNA has attended Cheyenne Mountain School since kinde garten; she is now a Junior; has belonged to the Broadmoor Skat ing Club and has taken part in several of the ice reviews the club has presented. She is a member of Job's Daughters and of the Triple Trio, a singing group of girls from Cheyenne Mountain H.S. who entertain groups, mostly at Christmas time with Christmas carols. She also plays the flute in the high school band (will change from band to chorus next year -- 1965-'66). In the sum mer she works as a file clerk in her father's bank. WEITZEL 2-6-3. GLEN ALLEN WEITZEL, b Jan. 30, 1914 at his parents' farm home 8 miles south of Rolla in Morton County, Kansas; d Apr. 15, 1945 ofwounds received on Okinawa during World War II; buried at Colorado Springs in Ev ergreen cemetery. Glen grew to young manhood on his parents' farm. He gra duated from Rolla High School in 1931. He then worked on the farm and at- tended Commercial College at Dodge City, before entering the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1934. He received his B.S. degree in Business Ad ministration in June 1938. After helping with harvest at home, Glen obtained employment with International Harvester Company as an accountant and tra veling assistant auditor.He held this position until March 1941, at which time he volunteered for army service at Kansas City, Missouri. Glen took his officer training at Fort Benning, Georgia; received his com mission as 2nd. Lt. and spent five days at home enroute to California, th~n was stationed in various camps before going overseas in April 1943. 'He fought with the 7th Division in the Battle of Attu; stationed in Hawaii; took part in battles on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands; returned to the Hawaiian Islands; wounded on Leyte; hospitalized in New Caledonia; sent back to Leyte where he was appointed company commander; took part in land- ing operations on Okinawa on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945; killed on Oki nawa April 15, 1945 during one of their bivouacs close to the front while receiving an intense shelling from the enemy. 51 The following article appeared in THE ELKHART TRI-STATE NEWS FORMER ROLLA BOY GIVES GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE OF ATTU Mr. and Mrs. Weitzel of Rolla have received a letter (dated Sept. 10, 1943) from their son Glen Saying "I have received a very nice Christmas present, which I really appreciate and wish you to thank the Rolla community for m.e '' Glen has been transferred from the Island of Attu 1n the Aleutians to the Hawaiian Islands. He writes: nEverything is fine with me. Have shaken off all traces of tundra knees -- rheu matism to you -- and am going hard again. Like it fine here and there is lots of beautiful scenery but we don't have much time to enjoy it. Wish I could be home for Christmas but of course that is impossible. Maybe two or three years from now I'll be able to make it. I'll probably have to march through Tokyo before I can think of things like that again.'' The following letter is his description of the battle of Attu: THE BATTLE OF ATTU n1 can tell you now that the action I described in previous letters took place on Attu. We landed there on May 11th., contacted the enemy on May 12th. and from then on until about June 1st we really had some fireworks. My company had 15 men killed, about 30 wounded and about that many more hospitalized from exposure, a few amputations being required. Since the battle it has been very peaceful - just a battle against the elements, but we also had some remarkably nice days (not many). Attu is beautiful in the summer time. Lots of flowers (Asiatic varieties) and every thing is green. The higher mountains have snow on them most of the year. The snow level was about 300 feet above sea level during the battle. nMy company, Co. A, was part of the northern force which landed in the Holz Bay area. We were the first to land in our sector and we were on the Island about four hours before the rest of the force landed.Heav:.y fog and extreme stillness made everything seem quite eerie. We had no contact with the Japs the first day except to spot a few through field glasses. May 12, the next day, was quite a different story. Speak of baptism of fire - we really got it! They were entrenched on high ground overlooking Holtz Bay, and it was our task to drive them down into the Bay area which they were defending. We were at an extreme disadvantage having to fight uphill and in dense fog in the morning. They opened up on us first about 8 a.m. with rifles, machine guns and knee mortars. We were unable to advance farther until our artillery, mortars and naval guns got organized to furnish support. About 10 o'clock the sun came out and our planes strafed their positions. Although we had taken an awful pounding up to that time, we were then able to advance. By midnight that night we had taken the high ground overlooking Holtz Bay and my company was re placed by a fresh unit so that we could eat and rest a little. A check showed that 52 10 of our men (in my company) had been killed and about 20 wounded. We managed to get a little sleep and rest (little because the Japs were viciously counter-attack ing the positions we had taken and bullets were falling in our area occassionally and shells were bt.rsting overhead). On the third day my company was sent back to tlr front and in the afternoon we started our drive down into the enemy positions in the west arm of Holtz Bay. We took another terrific pounding from machine gun and artillery fire, but we advanced about half way down that day and had to stop on ac count of darkness. Two of my men have since been awarded the Silver Star for gal lantry in action on that day. They operated a machine gun under terrific enemy ar tillery and machine gun fire and contributed largely to our success. Their gun got so hot it was possible to light cigarettes on the barrel. nThe next day we took the west arm of Holtz Bay without any trouble because the J aps had evacuated the place during the night and had moved to the high ground between the east and west arm of the bay. Again we were relieved for food and rest. We were still under long range fire from the Japs, but by using Jap trenches and dug outs we were able to rest in comparative safety. While we were resting the next day, the other assault units of our battalion drove the Japs off the high ground between the east and west arms of the bay and forced them to evacuate the east arm com pletely. Again my company was sent to the front, but since Holtz Bay was the bat talion objective and since it had been taken, our immediate job was to hold what we had taken and send out patrols to clean out any isolated enemy. We were then operating at about half strength because of the large number of wounded and ex posure cases. t "After th! battle we did a lot of hard work making Attu habitable. Within a month after the battle, we had accomplished more than the Japs had in a year." S3 Headquarters 17th Infantry APO No. 7 clo Postmaster San Francisco, California 13 May 1945 Dear Mr. Weitzel: In all sincerity I wish to express to you my deepest sympathy in the recent loss of your loved one. I realize that words of praise cannot fill the gap or lessen the sorrow, still perhaps it will comfort you in the satisfaction of knowing your son was a brave, courageous soldier who gave his life that again peace might come to a troubled world. It was a privilege to have Glen as an officer in this regiment. He was loved and respected by all who knew him, and he will always hold a warm spot in our hearts and memories. Glen's Battalion Commander is writing you the details of his death which I know is your desire. On behalf of the officers and men who served with your son, I pray that God will comfort and give you peace in your sorrow. Sincerely, Francis T. Pachler Colonel, 17th Infantry Commanding Okinawa Shima 15 May 1945 Dear Mr. Weitzel: On behalf of his fellow officers, his men, and myself his battalion commander, I want to tell you of our sorrow at the loss of your son, Glen. Letters of condolence and sympathy are inadequate, but perhaps you can find some comfort in knowing the details of his passing and of our regard for him. Glen joined us a gain on Leyte, fully recovered from his wounds received there. He assumed command of Company "A" and led his company through the landing and the initial stages of the Okinawa operation. His courage and leadership were con tinuously outstanding. He was always one of the most loved and respected company commanders of my command. During one of our bivouacs close to the front we re ceived an intense shelling. A small caliber shell landed directly in the fox hole in which Glen and his executive officer were sleeping. Glen's feet and legs were se riously injured. The immediate medical facilities which we have in the battalion were administered by our battalion surgeon. I talked to Glen during the treatment and he seemed cheerful enough to make me feel optimistic about his recovery as he left the aid station. I was told the next morning that he had experienced a re lapse and passed away. He is resting in the 7th Di vision United States cemtery in the largely untouched 54 area of Okinawa where we landed. The setting is the rolling peaceful, quilted fields of the islanders overlooked by the first pine trees we have seen for a long time. He received an impressive religious-military burial commensurate with his faith among more of the valiant men who made a similar sacrifice. I can only say we miss the man, the soldier, that Glen was, both as a person and an important, skilled leader of the unit. We can only work in his memory to finish what he set out to do, and to make certain that his passing is not futile in the world when peace and victory are ours. Please feel free to write me for further information if you desire; or if I can serve you or your family in any way, let me know. Sincerely, Maynard B. Weaver Major, 17th Infantry Address: Major ·Maynard B. Weaver, 0-359116 Hq. 1st Bn. 17th Infantry U.S. Army, A.P.O. No. 7 c/o P.M. San Francisco, California By Christine Belcher August 8, 1964 Partial review and personal notes of History of the 7th Infantry Division . 10 World War II by Edmund G. Love Infanuy Joumal Press Washington D.C. 1950 Prepared from official records and from interviews with members of the Division, and from personal observation of it in action. The 7th Division was activated at Ford Ord, California, on July 6, 1940. There was a long period in the Mojave Desert in 1942. (Glen Weitzel sent home many pic tures of that maneuver). They sailed for the Aleutians in April 1943 from San Francisco. The insignia was in the shape of an Hourglass; it was known as the Hourglass Division, or the California division. They spent much time in Ft. Ord, California. The 7th Di vision was known as the fighting di vision, and the qualities that made it such a splendid fighting mach ine came from the United States as a whole. The infantry regiments were the 17th, of which Glen was commander of "A" and "B" companies at different times, and the 32nd and the 63rd. The first division commander was-Maj. Gen. 55 Joseph Stilwell, and when he finished with the 7th Division, it was a crack outfit. Later, Maj. Gen. Archibald Arnold took command. In the summer of 1941 the 7th Di vision left California for the state of Washington for Fourth Army maneuvers. In Sept. 1941 they came back to Fort Ord, and some men were mustered out, as they had served their one year. Stilwell moved on to better things. Brigadier General White moved the Di vision to San Luis Obispo, California, and then he cook it the Mojave Desert in 1942. The 7th Division was a motorized di vision, and they thought they would be fighting in the Egyptian desert. On Attu the crust wouldn't hold up even the wheels of a jeep. On Kwajalein there wasn't even room for the few vehicles that were· brought along. On Leyte few vehicles were available. On Okinawa it rained so hard that supplies were ferried by boat much of the time at first. After the North Africa landings in Nov. 1942 it was evident that the desert phase of warfare was about over; so the 7th Di vision was no longer to be a motor ized unit. It was to revert to a line infantry type outfit, but it was a division that could and did do everything well. The first tradition was established in the fog at Attu. The reputation of the Division was enhanced when it landed at Kwajalein. It executed the most perfect landing ever carried out until that time. At Leyte the Division proved its adaptability. After it was already afloat its plans were changed. In spite of this it executed another perfect landing and fought for more than 60 days on terrain and in weather for which it had not even been briefed. Okinawa stands as a monument to the 7th Division. Eighty-two solid days in the line where gains were measured by feet, not miles. Attu is the trade mark of the 7th Di vision. In 1942 they were at Camp San Luis Obispo, and moved back in January, 1943 to Ft. Ord. Word had come the day before Christmas, 1942, that instead of fighting in the heat of the camel country, they were to fight in the cold of the frozen North. Not until they were aboard ship the last week of April, 1943 did they learn they were going to Attu. The Japanese had landed on Kiska and Attu on June 8, 1942 and began building an airfield on Kiska. Attu had been an island of mystery to the United States, as only coastline expedi tions had been made, because mountains were mostly enshrouded in fog. It is 46 miles long and 16 miles wide. Only aerial photographs were available of the terrain. Admiral Nimitz made the decision to attack Attu first, in order to cut off the Japanese communications from Ki ska to Japan. On April 24, 1943 five transports cleared the Golden Gate and had a cold, rainy voyage of 6 days. They stopped at Cold Harbor, and Japanese submarines informed the garrisons on Attu and Ki ska that an invasion was imminent. The Japanese wait ed for 6 days and gave up; so the Americans were able to land May 11, 1943. at Red Beach without being seen by Japanese. They then surprised four Japanese at Holtz Bay, opened fire, and the war was on. Capt. Richard Natzke, a friend of Glen's was commander of Company "A,, at that time. That company was mentioned several times in the story of action on Attu. They were repeatedly used in strategic action on that island. 56 Since they found that the Russians had vacated Ki ska, the 7th Di vision was free to be put into the Marshall Islands campaign, after first being sent to the Ha waiian Islands. There they were prepared for the landings at Kwajalein. The 7th Division arrived off Kwajalein Island on the night of January 30, 1944, which was Glen's birthday. The island had been effectively isolated by Navy and Air Force action. The next day the 17th Infantry seized the islands of Carlson and Carlos. Then they captured Burton Island, Chauncey Island and many others. Kwa jalein Atoll consists of 100 or more coral islands. Major Weaver, who was executive of the 1st Battalion of the 17th Infantry, took part in this action, as did Glen, who wrote us about it later. After the battle of Kwajalein, the main force of the Division left on Feb. 7, 1944, and landed at Honolulu on Feb. 14, 1944 and was carried by train and truck to Scho field Barracks on Oahu. It was a festive homecoming in many ways. For the first time the Division learned what it meant to receive public applause for a victory. President Roosevelt visited the troops there that summer, and Glen mentioned in one of his let ters that he had also seen Gen. McArthur. Very few persons in the United States had ever heard of Leyte before Oct. 20, 1944, yet it had been a territory for 43 years. It is 40 miles wide and 11 miles long. Only Luzon and Mindanao are larger. Brigadier General Archibald Arnold, who was put in charge of the Division, will always stand as a symbol of the Divi sion which was built in his image. The terrain facing the 7th Division at Leyte was different from that at Attu and Kwajalein. There were rwo features that troops would put down in their memory books with the Aleutian tundra and the wreckage of the Marshalls. (The latter was caused by Navy and Air Force action before the landings on Kwajalein.) First of these were the swamps through which members of the Di vision waded throughout the fight on the island. The second was the tall, tough cogon grass which made it difficult to breathe at times and which cut off visibility as effectively as forests or mountains. Everywhere swamps and rice paddies had to be crossed. The cogon grass was so high that men actually smothered in its growth. Ltyte had no barrier reefs or beach obstacles. Except on the extreme right flank, the 7th Division's landing at Leyte was surprisingly easy. At the time of the Leyte landing Glen was in command of Comany ccB", having been transferred from Company ccA". Following is the account of his being wounded,,_ as told in the book: Company B's advance along the left finger ridge had been accomplished against much the same type of terrain as that encountered by ccC'' Company. Fortunately, however, the cogon grass seemed to grow much deeper on the n B" Company ridge, and Lt. Glen Weitzel and his men got almost to the crest of Hill 380 without being discovered. They had already made the turn to the right to move the last hundred yards to the peak when the firing broke out against "C" Company. Weitzel signalled his leading platoon to get ahead more rapidly to help out the unit on the right. Twenty yards beyond the turn, the leading scout suddenly stumbled onto several 57 Japanese in slit trenches. All were intent on "C'' Company and did not notice the nB" Company man who held his fire and passed the word back along the line to the company commander. Weitzel, sensing a chance to surprise the defenders, or dered the advance to hold up until he could come forward and investigate. Taking his communications sergeant, Sgt. John Wallie, with him, he crept through the high grass but in some way missed not only his 1st Platoon but the Japanese it had found, and eventually stumbled into a clearing, into the midst of a second group of entrenched enemy, busy firing at nc" Company. Weitzel and Wallie opened fire but before they could do any damage Wallie was killed and the company commander's gun jammed. He killed one Japanese soldier with it, however, and then was wounded. He made a dive for the bushes and eventually crawled away. Lt. J.C. Shirley now took command of ccB" Company. The 1st Battalion occupied the crest of Hill 380 on Dec. 7, 1944. Later Lt. Shirley was killed by a stray rifle shot. The Battle of Leyte was declared officially over on Christmas Day, 1944. Note: Glen was drilled through the left shoulder during the battle of Hill 380 and was sent to New Caledonia to recuperate. He rejoined his outfit on Leyte just about a week before the Division left for Okinawa campaign. During chat time he received a letter from his sister, Christine Belcher, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He answered it, and she received the letter after the telegram came concerning his death on Oki nawa. Glen had hoped to see his brother, Leonard Weitzel, somewhere in the Paci fic area, but Leonard arrived on Leyte from Australia, just about a week after Glen had left on March 27, 1945 with the 7th Division for Okinawa. L-day on Okinawa was April 1, 1945· -- Easter Sunday. Fifty eight ships car ried the 7th Division that morning. There was only a little rifle fire in the 17th In fantry zone. The island was divided with unexpected speed, but operations soon slowed down by rain and enemy action, and bitter fighting ensued, until about April 10. Lt Weitzel lost his life on April 15, 1945. The war continued for four months until Japan surrendered on Aug. 14, 1945. Many men, who served long and faithfully, were leaving for redeployment centers by Aug. 6, 1945. One more task confronted the 7th Division, which was sent co Korea and was kept there until 1948 as a bul wark against the Russians. The 7th Division was always an assault division. In closing this history of its wartime service one looks in vain for some tribute co pay the men who wore the Hourglass. * * * * * * * * * * * NOTE: Glen had left New Caledonia, before most of his mail was forwarded from Leyte. He had received a few letters from his mother, Mrs. 0.J. Weitzel, while he was in New Caledonia. Millard Byerly, his cousin, was in New Zealand, 30miles away, but they did not know of one another's whereabouts. All of Glen's mail and Christmas packages did not reach Okinawa until a few days after his death. 58 WEITZEL 2-6-4. LEONARD RUSSELL WEITZEL, b April 20, 1918 at his parents' farm house south of Rolla in Morton County, Kansas; attended rural school at Cess, 4½ miles from home; graduated from Rolla High School i936; Uni versity of Colorado at Boulder, B.S. degree in business administration 1941. For more than two years, he was a bookeeper for a construction com pany, which had charge of the war defense project of the Third Lock in the Canal Zone of Panama. Inducted into the U.S. Army, World War II in 1944; Technical Sergeant in office of the Fiscal Director in Brisbane, Australia and in Manilla, Philippine Islands. After army discharge he returned to the farm for a time. For the past several years he has been employed in Denver as an accountant and office clerk at the Brake and Clutch Service Company. He tape records music as a hobby. Has never married. Address A_pt. 301, 1042 Pearl Street, Denver, Colorado. MOSER - WATKINS 2-7-1. VELMA MERLE ALCORN, b November 16, 1900 at Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; a graduate of Bishop High School at Bishop, California; attended Fresno Business College; housewife; .Methodist; m May 14, 1923 in Los Angeles, California to GLEN CLINE MOSER, b July 12, 1900 at Cloverdale, Putnam County, Indiana; d April 3, 1937 in a plane crash near Globe, Arizona while flying as test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. His ashes were scattered over his favorite high Sierra Mountains from a Douglas DC-3; Christian Scientist. 1. Robert Vincent Moser Watkins b Feb. 24, 1929 + (adopted by Roy Watkins) VELMA ALCORN MOSER, m (2) January 21, 1939 at Tijuana, Mexico to ROY AVERY WATKINS, b March 20, 1895 in Eldorado, Hardin County, Iowa; degree from Columbia University; attended U.S. Naval Academy at Annapo lis, Maryland for two years;Executive, Contractor Relations, U.S. Air Force; retired April, 1965. (Roy Watkins had one son by a previous marriage - Roy Avery Watkins Jr. b October 11, 1929; d January 2, 1951 of a heart attack. He had been on leave and was driving his car back to Fort Ord at Monterey where he was serving in the U.S. Army Co. G, 1st Inf. Reg.) Velma and Roy sold their Los Angeles home early in 1965 and now live at Fallon, Ne vada on the old family ranch formerly owned by Velma's parents. They plan to go south for a couple of months every winter when it gets cold. Address: Route I, Box 119, Fallon, Nevada. ALCORN 2-7-2. LLOYD MARVIN ALCORN, b March 7, 1902 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; started grade school in Baca County; finished grade and high school at Bishop, California, having moved there in 1912 at age of IO 59 years; while going to high school he worked summers on the Tennemaha Ranch which his father managed at the time. After graduation he went to work for Standard Oil Company (1923-1950). He moved from Bishop to Lan caster in 1933. Starting there in 1950, he operated a Standard service sta tion for five years. For another five years, starting in 1955, he managed the Antelope Valley Country Club; then two years as real estate salesman (1960-'62) before moving to Ojai, California where he has worked ever since as Senior Greenskeeper at the Soule Park Golf Course; Methodist; m February 14, 1925 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California to HELEN PAULINE KINZEL, b July 6, 1906 at Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada; high school education; housewife; Unity church. Her address: Mrs. Pauline Alcorn, 6934 Kitty Hawk Avenue, Los Angeles, California. 1. Joyce Audre Alcorn b Dec. 7, 1926 + LLOYD MARVIN ALCORN, m (2) in 1963. Adress: 310 N. Poli Ave., Ojai, California. BRANSCOMB - WHITE 2-7-3. RUTH MARIE ALCORN, b January 12, 1909 near Vilas in Baca County, Colorado; graduate of Big Pine High School at Big Pine, California in 1926; attended Junior College in Fullerton 1927-'28; housewife; Metho dist; m December 2, 1930 in Riverside, California to CHARLES HAROLD BRANSCOMB. 1. Ruth Marie Branscomb b Sept. 14, 1931 + MARIE ALCORN BRANSCOMB, m (2) September 2, 193 7 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to LEE F. WHITE, b March 3, 1903 in Oklahoma; graduate of Fullerton High School, California; self-employed oil field engi neer; Methodist. Marie and Lee love to fish, boat, hunt rocks, ironwood and petrified wood, and to dig in old dumps for old bottles. They spend about 6 months every winter io Arizona on the Colorado River at Martinez Lake. The address is P .0. Box 1630, Yuma, Arizona. Their summers are spent in the high Sierras on Big Pine Creek. The address: Box 37, Big Pine, California. ALCORN 2-7-4. JOSE PH RAYMOND ALCORN, b December 1, 1911 near Bishop in Inyo County, California; graduated from high school at Fernley, Nevada; Biologist, Methodist; m January 1, 1936 at Fallon, Churchill County, Neva da to DORIS IRENE GUIRE, b December 2, I 916 in Salt Lake City, Utah; graduate of Fallon High School; housewife; administrative secretary; Meth- odist. Ray Alcorn admits to having played a saxophone in a dance band in his younger days; however, this was just a side line on weekends to pick up a few extra bucks. Since 1936 he has worked two years for the University of California at Berkley; ten years for the University of Kansas at Lawrence; and 15 years for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Nevada. He has written 60 various papers and technical journals relative to his biological studies. Some of his articles are: ((The Birds of Lahotan Valley, Nevada", nThe Condor", nThe Chukar Partridge in Nevada'', ((The Journal of Wildlife Management", n Journal of Mammalogy", etc. He has been honored by hav ing various animals named alcorni in recognition of his work in making bio logical field studies and collections. This work was done mostly when he worked for the University of Kansas and was carried out in Alaska, Canada, the U.S., Mexico and in most of the countries of Central America. For the past four years he has been supervising rodent control work in Nevada. His wife, Doris, is an administrative secretary in the Fallon office of the Neva da State Welfare Department. Address: 45 W. Fairview Street, Fallon, Nevada. 1. Albert Allen Alcorn b May 19~ 1937 + 2. Jean Elizabeth Alcorn b July 6, 1941 + The o owing newspaper artic es prove o sue interest to t e out or t at it was decided to reproduce them here (except for several pictures of the family which are not shown). The first article is from the Kansas City Star, dated Nov. 28, 1948; the second one is from the Fallon Eagle, dated July 2, 1949. To retain their authenti- c it the articles shown are actual hoto ra hs of the ori inal news a er stories. - C .G.B. BAGGING BIG GAME FOR K. U. IS A JOB FOR. ENTIRE F Al\1IL Y J. R. Alcorn, Field Biologist for the Uni ersity, Takes His Wife and Two Children Along on Hunting Trip to Alaska, Because They're All Handy With Rod and Gun. BY CHAltLJ:S w. G~AHAM. U Mtm~r of T'h.t Stcr'I Staff.) story becomes a. favorite family tale, IG game hunters v.,·ho tell worthy of 1·etelling as a part of the tales of grizzly bear hunts, unwritten lore of the museum of 8nd dr€ss up their stories natural history of the University o! B with hair raising details Kansas. about pumping shot after shot into There are four Alcorns: J. R. \\-·ounded, charging brut..es, and how Alcorn, lean, blond, 6-f oot field they fired one last desperate shot biologist for the university·s mu that dropped the bear at their seum; his brunette wife; an 11-year feet, ought to go hunting with the old son, Albert, and a 7-year-old Alcorns. daughter, Jean. Only J-ean among Nine times out of ten any of the them is not yet crack ~hot enough Alcorns, except the youngest, will to try for a grizzly, but a few more drop a, grizzly for keeps with one birthdays will fix that. shot. The tenth time it only takes All Part of the Business. two, and when that happens, the Any listener to the anecdotal tale 61 of the bear should take into con ... quick shot. The bear dropped :for aideration one of the key qualifica keeps. The anecdote is Albert's fav tions of a K. U. field biologist. Dr. orite story of the trip, even though later he shot a moose unaided. E. Raymond Hall, director ot the with one shot. museum and head of the df!part For Study at K. U. ment of zoology, holds a hardboiled The hides and sktllls of the bears, conviction that a, field man should along with those of all the other come home with his specimens and specimens, are in the museum in not send them home by his survivors. Lawrence for use in research and Meeting that qualification entails study in zoology. The four Alcoms left Lawrence taking as few chances ~ possible, June 1, using a. 1-ton truck and a and that, in turn, means helng a fine house trailer, carrying staple pro lhot with any kind of weapon. Visions and field equipment. They The Alcorns have just returned were gone four months. The pur from a 4-month expedition along pose of the trip was for zoological the Alaska highway in Northern ~xplorat.ion of the unknown region:: alonJ? the Alask.i highw~y. Thai British Columbia, Yukon territory ~::ntime artr.ry opened nP.w field~ and Alaska. They took for the uni tc roolog~t.s since then~ are great. versity two specimens or grizzlies tumbled areu of country up there and about 600 other mammals. that never have been eumined t,i Mrs. Alcorn shot the first 1riz.zly naturalists. The Alcorns set out ann made it look easy. She and Mr. to fill some of the gaps in knowledge Alcorn wer• hunting in rough coun of the North American continent, try near a river when they ,aw a and they succeeded. grizzly near the water~s edge s.moni They took specimens of the tiny .ome willows. It disappeared into a. shrew in areas ~ far as 500 miles clun1p of brush, but rea.ppearec north of the animal's previously a.gain in a. few minutes. known habitats. The shrew is a "I see it," Mrs. Alcorn said. small creature with a nose like a "Go ahead and shoot," Mr. Alcorn mole, a body and tail like a mouse responded. and feet like a. muskrat. The small Mrs. Alcorn shot once and the est taken by the Alcorns was about bear droppt'd dtad. 2 inches long and the largest 311~ The .stcoud one was taken by Mr. inches, not including tails. Alcorn and Albert, ~ud the stury 1~ It gained its name, as you might • little different. Mr. Alcorn shot imagine, from its crankys quarrel the bear at about :.?~ Yttrd::;, It some disposition. Dr. Hall reports iwnbled over. and lav.. still. Fathe1· that it is poisonous to the extent and. aon approached :;lowly, waiting that saliva from its bite slows for signs. of life. They stopped down mice, minnows and 1nsect.s about fifty yards away and waited & few minutes just to be sure. The on which it feeds, enabling it to bear made no movement. catch them easily ,after its :first Mr. Alcorn leaned his rifle against spring upon its prey. It simply bites-' a tree, drew hid skinning knife and then takes its t1me to catch up. It is together they wa1ked to tbe bear Mr. Alcorn sPized a hind _paw to a. remarkable mammal in that it can t11n1. t,he bP.ar ovf-r for ~\ floats for ::-urfa~ '7:a.lkjng. be the same specimens with differ The Alcorns established n4=w :facts ent pigmentation, or if they really about the ranges o! other animals, a.re different species. Studies of that nature probably too. Two are the Rocky :Mountain will be completed this winter. A big horn sheep and the Ala~ka. white JSOOlo~, -praba.bly • ,radu sheep. which are different specie.; of tram.ea ate student, wUl be usigned to the same family. The big horn make minute examin&tions of the takes its name 1rom its m~sive skulls and exact measurements of horns that curl in a iight spiral the skull bones. The skull holds the close to its head. It has a slate black secrets of the species. Its shape and coat with a white rump. The measurements determine the classi Alaska sheep has smaller, flatter fication into whkh the animal horns that curl in a. wide spiral should go. A similar study wlll be away :trom its head. Its coat is made o! sl1eep. white. Talk o! porcupines i-emi~ Mr. New Facts on Sheep. Alcorn and Dr. Hall of a fox found The big horn's range, up to now, en the trip. Alcorn brought out its has been known to extend from the head to show what animals will Rockie..~ in the United States into sometime.s do in extremi ti~s of Northern British Columbia and hunger. Yukcn territory. The white sheep's ''La&t w1nt,r,'' he t.XJ)la.ined, "\\•as range comes down from Alaska into Yukon territory, but ther-e was a gap tough up there. The carnivores of about fifty miles between the went hungry ~u~e of the deep habitats about which the naturalists snow. !'oxes. you .mow, feed upon ha.d no previous knowledge. rodents tha.t burrow in the ground, The Alcorns explorP.d that 50-mile and this fox t;ould not rug for them.. gap for sheep. Mr. Alcorn re.ports Ke was ,;o hungry that he forgot that he watcllf~d 8- herd Gf Eight or caution and took on a. porcupine. ten !-;het'P grazing toget,hrr, some of Re got a. mouthful of quills and whir.h appear~d tn be big horns and could eat nothing at all after that. some wh.it.e ~h~p. MoreovF.r, he He starved to o.eath." took one ~pecimen that had the The head showed the quills still black coat, and white rump of the embedded in the mouth of the fox. big horn. but the head SJnd horns of the white sheep, indicating that Up Close to a Brown Bear. perhaps the two ranges not only Mr. Alcorn sometimes played overlap, but that the sheep cross what Dr. Hall ca.l!ed .. Pied Piper" breed. to tile animal~. It'.s an advantage Still a third po~sible discovery to a uaturalist to kuow ho'YI· to imi pertains to that droll critter, the tate the call~ and trit-~ or w_ild crea porcupine. There are appa.rently tures. Both Mr. auc.l Mrs. Alcorn two main specie:-i in the vast north were bo1·.11 and reared in Nevada. country of the continent. One, and le~rned a il"eat deal about wild called the yellow haired porcupine, animals before either of them ever ranges tlle Rocky Mountains from thought of field biology as a career. Alaska down into the United States. Knowledge of animal cries helped Tht! vlher, l"alltcl th~ black porcu Mr. Alcorn to make a close-up !itudy pine, li Vt's trum c~nt.ral c~n~da e::t.stwnrd, inc-luc!lng the liudson ·Bay of the great, Alaska bro'\\rn bear. tegio11t auct a,outhward, inchiding That bear is the largest car the oreat Lakes region and New nivorous animal in existence today England. Like the sheep, the known and is !!lure ferocious than tlle gr.iz ranges of these cousins was sepa zly. It is first cousin to the :famed ratetl in zoological knowledge by a Kodiak bear found on the island of stretch of unexplored country from the same name off the COa$t o! 50 to 100 miles wide. The Aleoms Alaska. In the north bear country penetrated that unexplored country Mr. Alcorn concealed him.self care way up in Yukon Territ-Ory and took fully and uttered the cry of a young specimens of t.he porcupine. Their moose in dis.tress, as if it were purpose was to determine '\\·hether caught by some beast of prey. the two overlap, whether they might In a few minutes Alco1·n saw an 63 Alaska bear coming to investigate, ~ nd hucklPberrirs. All thr ,,·ompn ptobably for the purpose or taking a.nd children. ~ br.ut. a nozf'n of us. a meal a.way from some other ani turnPd out to pkk bf'1-rirs. mal. 011ce he sig'l1ted the bl'ute, Al- "Th~y 11::td ·pm ;:\11 ovrr r;:imp in corn krpt quiet. for the A1R ..1.;.ka bear !i-i~ Ho~ r~n~," t1r. Alrnrn hrokr-- in. has i:>Pe:i known to attark men ''Ann t.hey r.an:n,:id t.h~m in t.heir without provoc~tion. He h;:id an preEi~ure <"ookPr~. Wi:: hBd hot opportunity to ~tudy the bP~r at b~cuzt ..:; tor every meat, with tea clo.~e range, \'t::-t.kh his ~rt.ions a.nd to to drink.•.• " gain ~C\mP- !stet.:; to b-. u~Pd later 4 ' The ~·ater up there.,'' :Mr:5. Alcorn t,Ak~ ~ whfn he hope.~ t.c, ~pedmen Sa.id. "~ l!o oold ihat lf: doesn't for t.h~ .K. U. mw:eum. H~ dtd quench your thirst. I kept hot tea not ghoot the bear. ready all the time. We drank tea. "You learn all :rou c=J.n about. such instead of water. Your system needs an a11unal before j•ou wtiott he sa.tci. heat, not, cold." "Then, when you do .shoot, you know Asked what he felt he had to what to expect. Or hope you do." guard against especially, Mr. Alcorn replied, ··exhaustion.'' The AI~orn are inculcat parent..~ "The days were Jong,'' he ex ing the same kind of caution in plained. "The sun ro.se about 2 their children. Albert, the ll~year a. m. aud ~et about 11 p. m. The old son is an expert with a rifle, a temptation wa.<:,. to keep eoing- during shotg-u; or a fishing rod. His lit~le daylight when the hunting or trap sister., Jean, i~ not to be put as1 of his son and daughter. He brought environment, are a regular thing for home two specimens of the black, the zoology department of K. U. or brown, bear, but they were not Dr. Hall has three field biologists the onrs that awakened him. working to maintain the university's By Pack H or~c to \\' i Ids. high standing in the field of zoology. Mr. Alcorn is now in Lawrence, The Alcorn~ made r~mp a doZf"ll writing up reports of his trip and nr more tirnr.~ nn th€ trh1. ~;:ich cataloguing his specimens. He is get ~it.P b~ing ;1long the highway, ting ready to go in about three week~ spaced any~·here from fifty t.o 300 to the western coa.5t country at milea apart. They eover~ the l\·1,.:-:ico l.o lr~rn mor<' about i)irrl~ country all the way from Dawson's ~11d 111811:mais 01 that rrgion nt thr creek to Fairbanks. Their first camp continrnt. was really about 400 miles north or T" o nthtr ficlo men arr alrr;:1dy Dawson's creek, in British Colum in MP.xir·n. Orn=. is Walt.Pr \V. Dal bia, where they hired pack horse:, QU~~t. and the Qt,hPr i~ Bernardo from a ;rancher, and went into tnc Villa•Ra.mirez, a. Mexican wh() took back country for specimens. his graduate tr1tining a.t .K. u. and Their weapons included a caliber joined its st.a.ff. He is making .270 rifle for big game and a .22 zoological explorations in Central for small game, with Albert assigned Mexico. Villa's work is a joint enter• to the .22. They also had an all prise of the University of Mexico purpase 16-gauge double-barreled and K. U. shotgun that was full of tricks. One These expeditions are financed barrel of it was always joaded with wholly by the University of Kan buckshot for mountain lions, wolves, sas Endowment association from coyotes and other animal::; of larger funds contributed by friends and size, ~nd the other could be usrd alumn.l or tne un:v.erstty. .NO lia% for an:vthing down to a humming funds are spent for them. bird. Aicorn c::nricd two r.xtra lir.tle On their coming trip, Mr. and harrf'ls, rit.her of ,\·hich ,,·a.s l-lippf:'d Mrs. Alcorn will put the children. in!-i July 2, 1949 THE FALLON EAGLE, R.ay Alcorn Plans to Continue Biological Research in Mexico Mr. Alcorn Now Recognized as Leader in Field Mr. and Mrs. Ray Alcorn and Kansas which he started there a children, Al1bert and Jean, lelt ye:1r ago. They arri1v.ed here ten Mondr~y on their return trip to (Ja·ys ago, coming by ,vay of Carls Mexico where Mr. Alcorn, now lbad Caverns, and plan to return NCOgnizcd as a lea.der in the field through the Grand Canyon. O'f biological research, will contin... '1':1e Alcorns live a:t Guadalajara, ue with his \vork of collecting Jali~.co County, l\iiexiico, which is mammals for the University of. three hundred air mHes west and 65 north of lV[exico Citv.., From this taken copious notes which are --oL:t, M:. A1corn h8s. in con1ip3ny his ever ready reference. While ·with native as:sitants, traveled he has never attended a univer :1.undreci.s of miles in search of the sity, his \V ide e:xiperience and in ·-:alu2hle specimens which are se• tensive ~tudies have placed him ::ured in various ways depending high in his profesison and he is on the size of the animals. Hun often add.cessed as, '"Doctor" and :;reds o,f traps are ~et to gather "Professor Alcorn'' by men who •·eden.ts 2nd larger game is brought recognize his ability and a-ppreci ·1own with the gun. Many of tlhe ,te his wide ex.perience in the animals are returned aliv.e to the field. Unh·crsity of Kansas for experi He has written a number of mental obiects. At present, m·1ny comy,rehen~ive articles covering a . •l,,,c ... "':.,,,....., 1 - ,:i••-- 1...,,:., ...... , ... ,..,..-1 as {_~ f 1. .;..., t...a.-.1 .. .&..1..L.U•~"' '-4J.. C a..J..:,..J..,.,,_;::, ...._.:,-,.,_;-'-" wide variety of biological subjects ~nlbj ~ ~ts for radiation tes:ts, Mr. 3nd it was through one of these Alcorn $ays, in atte-mpts to discov ·rti!cles that he s.ecured his pres er the effe:t of atomic rays on ::nt arrangement ,vith the Univer 3ni,mal 1ife from di.fferent parts =-ity of Kansas. Recognizing from of the world. If an anilnal is found :1is writings that he ranked with to resist t}1e killing rays, studies ~he experts in the biologkal fie:ld~ will be m:1.de to find its protective ·eading scientists at the school qualitic~~ a dis.cover-y v,-hi-ch may ~sked Mr. Alcorn to take charge be of great benefit t0 all mankind. of the field work. This he began On 1y a small per cent ot animal~ two ye~rs ago with a trip to Alas ~ent to f,..:e colle~e iaboratori.es ka, a jaunt which was .repeated are u~erl for th is purpose as most 1aC:=t :-u1n-mer. A. week after his re of them arc a,dded to the collec ~urn fom the north last Septem,ber tion at the University of Kansas, he left for Guad2lajara. one cf the largest and mo::t com The Alcorns like living in Mex plete in the country. ico where they have a nice home M:r. Alcorn i1as eo!leetect eve:ry ·ind h?ve the acquaintance of a thin~ rrom the smallest rodents to large circle of friends, some Amer bear-~ and bas found many ani i ~:11s and some .Mexicans. Albert nY1l.s in l\lf exico which have nev.er and Je 'n Alcorn attend school been seen in the Gnitcd States. there where special stress is put Geographic:al condi~ions ar..d alti on the I:nguage. There are no tucles bring result,lnt difference~ ari,thmeti-c, history or geography :n anirnal.s of the ~an1e s;)ecie. Dur require1nents ~o the youngsters jng the: months spent ~outh of the study those subjects from t!'leir border, :\1r. Alcorn :.1a:; collected own school books under the care :rr;l recorded ~i:xteen hundred s.pe ful tutelage of their paretns. Mrs. ~'.imen. ~ever-al of \vhich h-::ve nev Alcorn and both children have an er been previously cla~sificd. Sev intense interest in Mr. Alcorn's ern 1 ye~n·s a ~o, he ~pent a fe-,v ·work and all thre,~ ha·ve proved. to morn hs :n l\.Iexko in company 1be able assistant!;. with a .!2roup of eastern scientists Mr. Akorn is an expert marks and at that time four new speci man an.J Lredited with a hole mens were dis-covered. through e3ch ear of a jack ra;b'bit It is interesting to note l\t1r. Al at fi.fty paces. His wife and son cnrn·, ri~e to f:•me in his chosen are not far behind h i.,m in their field. He rirs1 bec-~1 me interested ~ark::manship. Albert has shown in bio1o~;y cis a school boy in the a keen aptitude for r.e·co,gnizin-g forest country 1n Inyo County, and cl::"tssi{y,ing specimen and Calif.. where he :-:pent his boyhood. works with his father when .there Serious minded and studious, his is opportunity. interest in his ~ubject never lag ged. He has a com·plete library and has re~d hund1·crl~ of hooks and 66 ALCORN - WALKER 2-7-5. EARL JASON ALCORN, b September 23, 1915 at Bishop, Inyo County, California; d November 28, 1944 at Stanford Lane Hospital in San Francisco; buried Fallon, Nevada; graduated from Churchill County High School in Fallon; 2 years at Fullerton Jr. College and 2 years at Universi ty of California in Berkley; B.S. degree in Forestry; member Masonic Lodge; m October 22, 1939 in Vista, San Diego County, California to PHYLIS HAZZARD, b December 24, 1919 in Whittier, California; graduate of Ocean side High School and 2 years University of California at Berkley; housewife; member Community Church of Vista. I. Ann Marie Alcorn b Feb. 1,1941 + 2. Harriett Jean Alcorn b Mar. l 1 , 194 3 + PHYLIS HAZZARD ALCORN, m (2) December 31, 1945 in Nevada City, California to NOEL P. WALKER, rancher and owner of a citrus and avocada nursery. Their main interest is camping and fishing. They own a small cab in in the Sierras on Big Pine creek next door to Marie and Lee White ( 2-7- 3 ). (The Walkers have twin daughters--.Marilyn Kay and Carilyn Sue, b De cember 6, 1946 and a .son Noel Walker Jr., b April 4, 1949). Homeaddress Route 2, Box ll0T, Fallbrook, California. BRYAN 2-8-1. HAROLD OREN BRYAN, b November 24, 1905 at the home of his grandmother Konkel, southwest of Stonington in Baca County, Colorado; attended rural grade school at Konantz (now extinct) about three miles from his parents' farm home; two years in Bishop, California and back to Konantz in Baca County, Colorado for the 8th grade; one year high school at Stoning ton, completing last three years at Greeley, Colorado High School, Class of 1926; attended C.S.C.E. one year; farmed for 20 years; employed at U.S. Ordnance Depot for 5 years; carpenter for 12 years; Evangelical United Bre thren; m January 19, 1929 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado to BERTHA ELIZABETH WARD, b March 7, 1907 in Greeley, the daughter of Omer Ham ilton Ward (b March 7, 1885 in Elbert County, Georgia; d June 20, 1947 in Greeley) and Bessie Palmer Tinker (b December 5, 1885 in Greeley, Colo rado -- now Mrs. Bessie Ward Robinson; lives in San Diego, California). Bertha is a graduate of College High School in Greeley, Class of 1927; Life Teaching Certificate C.S.C.E. 1929; housewife, and has taught school for 30 years; Evangelical United Brethren. Leaving college in 1927, Oren worked for a contractor moving houses, haul ing hay and doing some work on county roads; in 1928 he worked on the farm for his uncle Roy Bryan, in Baca County. In the spring of 1930 Oren and his bride started farming on his father's old homestead. They were there five years fighting not only the "depression" but the terrible dust storms of one of the worst droughts this country ever experienced. It was during the 67 depression and drouth years of the 30' s that Bertha started teaching. She taught rural school in Baca County 1930-'34; in Logan County for 17 years -- 8 years in rural schools, 1937-'47, and 7 years in the town of Peetz, 1947-'54; since 1954 has taught at Galeton, Weld County, Colorado. She taught both sons during a part of their grade school years. After leaving Baca County, Oren farmed under irrigation for two years north of Greeley. In 193 7 he bought a farm 11 miles southeast of Peetz, Logan County, Colorado and lived here from 193 7 to 195 3. During part of this time he rented the farm out and worked at the Sioux Ordnance Depot near Sidne~ Nebraska 20 miles north of his farm. It was during these years he learned the carpenter trade. The farm, livestock and equipment were sold in 1953. The_y moved to Greeley in June of the following year. By this time their son Gerald was attending the University of Colorado and Ronald was ready for high school. Since moving to Greeley, Bertha has continued to teach and Oren has worked for construction companies ... mostly on bridges, highway over-passes, etc.; in town he has helped construct homes, churches and the college dor mitory. His most interesting job was the Water Syphon from the East Portal of the Adams tunnel to Mary's Lake near Estes Park, diverting water from the Western Slope to the Eastern Slope for electric power and irrigation. Address: 2214 - 10th Avenue Ct., Greeley, Colorado 1. Gerald Oren Bryan b Aug.17,1935 + 2. Ronald Ward Bryan b Mar. 7 , 1941 + BRYAN HISTORY The Bryans, of Scotch-Irish extraction, came to Baca County, Colorado from Davis County, Iowa a year after the Konkels arrived from Crawford County, Kansas in 1886. Our first record of the Bryan ancestors shows them in Culpeper County, Virginia, in the year 1752, where they lived on a large track of land among the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Sperryville. WILLIAM and ELIZABETH ''BETTY" BRYAN belonged to the Baptist church that he helpe~ erect in 1779. To William and Elizabeth were born five children - JAMES, John, Aquilla Francis and Elizabeth. The second child, John, became the grandfather of William Jennings Bryan. JAMES BRYAN was married twice and had children by both wives. His first child was named JOHN. JOHN BRYAN, eldest child of James Bryan, was born Jan. 15, 1794 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died Aug. 28, 1855 in Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois. He was married April, 1815 to HESTER WESTFALL. She died in Todd County, Kentucky where their eleven children were born and raised. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRYAN, third of eleven children born to John and Hester Bryan, was born Apr. 1, 1819 in Todd. County, Kentucky near the 68 town of Elkton, died Jan. 3, 1864 in Davis County, Iowa. He married SARAH STOKES on June 9, 1842, the daughter of Larkin Stokes and Mary "Polly" Keeling. Sarah was born on A~. 26, 1821. To this union were born eleven children. I. Mary Hester Bryan b Dec. 3, 1843 2. Nancy Jane Bryan b June 20, 1845 3. John Franklin Bryan b Sept. 20, 1846 4. George Larkin Bryan b Apr. 6, 1848 5. Thomas Jefferson Bryan b Oct. 23, 1849 6. JONES MARION BRYAN b Aug. 10, 1851 7. William Wesley Bryan b June 3, 1854 8. James Washington Bryan b June 28, 1856 9- Eliza Ann Bryan b Oct. 27, 1858 10. Samuel David Bryan b Nov. 22, 1861 11. Sarah Elizabeth Bryan b Feb. 27, 1864 (The first nine children were born in Todd County, Kentucky; Samuel David was born in Ray County, Missouri and Sarah Eliza- beth in Davis County, Iowa). JONES MARION BRYAN, b Aug. 10, 1851 in Todd County, Kentucky; d Jan. 4, 1944 in Colorado Springs; buried Stonington, Baca County, Colorado. Farmed in Davis County, Iowa; later in the fall of 1887, he homesteaded about seven miles northeast of Stonington, Baca County, Colorado, moving his wife and children there in March of the following year. He was married in January of 1873 to LUCINDA CAMERON, the daughter of Henry Cameron and __ Foster. Her father was born in Ohio and served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Lucinda was born in Durbin County, Indiana May 23, 1856; died at Stonington, Colorado April 21, 1933. To this union were born eleven children. I. Samuel Bryan b Oct. 27, 1873 d Dec. 10, 1934 2. Harvey Bryan b Aug. 22, 1875 3. MARION BRYAN b May 29, 1878 d Apr. 8, 1964 (Konkel History No. 2-10) 4. ELDRIDGE BRYAN b Aug. 30, 1880 d Feb. 5, 1951 (Konkel History No. 2-8) 5. PRESSCO BRYAN b Oct. 3, 1882 d June 30, 1913 (Konkel History No. 2-10) 6. Franklin Bryan b 1884 d 1885 7. Mamie Bryan (Wilkins) b July 8, 1886 8. Roy Bryan b July 14, 1891 9. Emma Bryan (Smith) b Oct. 8, 1893 10. Anna Bryan b Jan. , 1896 d 1897 11. Fred Bryan b June 28, 1898 (The first seven children were born in Davis County, Iowa; the remaining four in Baca County, Colorado.) (COMPILED FROM INFORMATION FURNISHED BY OREN BRYAN(2-8-1) C.G.B. 69 MOODY - CROWDER 2-8-3. VENA MARGARET BRYAN, b July 14, 1909 in Baca County, Colorado; attended Konantz School, a rural grade school about three miles northeast of her parents' home; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1927; A.B. degreez C.S.C. in Greeley, (then C.S.C.E.). She graduated in the same class with her father in August of 1932; school teacher; housewife; Methodist; m August 2, 1929 in Wheatland, Wyoming to MERLE VINE MOODY (who used the name of Richard, nick-named "Dick"), b May 7, 1906 in Fair bury, Jefferson County, Nebraska; d July 7, 1934 in Denver; buried Fair mount cemtery; high school graduate; machinist; Methodist. In September of 1928 Vena went to the small town of Stratton, Colorado to accept her first teaching assignment ... first and second grades. The Ca tholic school was not open that year, so she started with an enrollment of over SO youngsters. Her principal promised to hire another teacher as soon as the enrollment reached 60. It fell short by 2 so she was stuck with 58 pupils, the Catholic children arriving at 9:30 each day after religious in struction by the Catholic Sisters. It was a pretty big assignment for a young girl, but because of her youth and determination to (( make good" she was rehired for the next year even though one of her first graders said, "Gee, Miss Bryan must be dumb! She is to teach first grade again! " After their marriage in 1929, Vena and Dick Moody spent a week in Estes Park, before returning to Stratton where she continued teaching. Dick farmed his father's land the two years they remained in Stratton. In June 1931 they moved to Denver. Vena returned to C.S.C.E. in September and remained there until she graduated with her father in August of 1932. She then started teaching at Ellicott, a consolidated rural school 25 miles east of Colorado Springs. These were depression years. Her salary was $765 a year with a free teacherage provided and a noon meal for 35c, including meat, vegetable, salad, dessert and drink. Dick remained in Denver doing anywork available. Summers were spent together. On July 2, 1934 Dick entered an underground water compartment to start an engine at Cherry Hills Country Club, where he was employed as a machinist. When he stepped on the starter an explosion occ.ured burning the entire upper part of his body. He died five days later. Vena, Thelma, Eva and Marvin (sisters and brothers) went to Yellowstone National Park in August, stopping enroute to see their "double" cousin, Ruby Bryan Lythgoe (2-10-2), and her little infant son DeWayne, in Glen rock, Wyoming. Vena had resigned her teaching position at Ellicott, plan ning to return to school to study medicine, hut because of little resources and a funeral to pay for she answered a request to return to Ellicott the last week in August. In January of 1935 the Ellicott School Board was kind enough to release her from her contract to enable her to accept a second grade position in Arvada, a suburb of Denver; in September she was appointed to the Denver Public 70 School system, where she worked in underprivileged schools , .. hard work, but most rewarding. Her first year she was assigned to a second grade of 52 children, ranging in age from seven to e !even. The next year she married . again. VENA MARGARET MOODY, m (2) August 1, 1936 in Provo, Utah to ROBERT HARRISON CROWDER, b May 3, 1902, in Gordon, Sheridan County Nebraska the son of Roy and Caroline Crowder; A. B. degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, 1926; District Manager Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, celebrated 32nd year with this company in 1965; Catholic. Bob and Vena had first met at Ellicott in 1932 while Vena lived with Bob's younger sister, Eva. Bob had worked his way through Colorado College, where he was a star baseball player and captain of the team for two years. He was also active in Glee-club activities and is still remembered for his "crazy antics". Following graduation he worked in clothing stores until he started selling life insurance for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Company in January 1933. He has remained with the company since, having been made District Manager in 193 7. When their daughter was born in the fall of 1938, Vena took a two-year leave of absence from the Denver schools. She returned in September 1940 when it appeared that all eligible young men would be called into the serv ice in the military forces. When Bob was reclassified because of age and marital status, Vena resigned to become a full-time housewife. Now Boband Vena boast of their grandchildren and are busy with the duties of grand baby sitting, on occasion, and are constantly entertaining the young friends of Bob, Jr. In Vena's words, nit's a rewarding life! " A letter from Vena, dated May 7, 1965, states: eel have started teaching full time after twenty-three years away from the profes sion. I have enjoyed every moment even though I have worked over-time with the Modern Mathematics approach, the fabulous Reading program, the Social Studies, etc. I have signed a contract for next year. The philosophy of one Eldridge Bryan that ccThe only Aristocracy in the World is Education" has paid off." However, had I known that Jane and George would lose their precious one, and that Jane and Linda would be here for three months, that our little David would be born here, and that all the tremendous responsibilities would be here in Colorado Springs, I am sure I would never have accepted the call of District 11. But, now that I have weathered the storm, I am glad that I have an active interest in my senior years. How long I shall continue as an active teacher I don't know, but with all our children grown and away from home it seems only sensible to answer the crying need for dedicated teachers.'' Their address: 2132 N. Nevada, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1. Eva Jane Crowder b Oct. 29, 1938 + 2. Robert Harrison Crowder Jr. b Aug. 8, 1947 71 (2). ROBERT H. CROWDER JR. graduated from Palmer High School in June 1965. He was active in Acapella .Choir, Band, Student Govern ment and Hi-Y, plus carrying a full academic course in high school. He is enrolled at Colorado College as a Freshman this fall as a pre-med major. He is a member of a combo, as pianist, which has played for high school dances, a t-een age night club, church programs, young life groups, etc. For income he works for a leading Allergist, sterili zing bottles. (1965). BRYAN 2-8-4. EVA VIOLA BRYAN, b August 23, 1910 in Baca County, Colorado; d February 24, I 935 in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas where her parents had taken her for treatment of a heart ailment; attended rural school at Konantz io Baca County before her parents moved to Greeley; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1928; B.A. degree, C.S.C.E. in August 1934. Eva interrupted her college to teach one term of school at Hamilton, Colora do near the town of Craig in the Rocky Mountains. Her health continued to fail during this school term, but being the good fighter that she was, she re-entered college after her school was out and obtained her B.A. degree in August. She immediately accepted another school at Ovid in eastern Colora do but was forced to give it up at Christmas. Her death came two years la ter. Eva was a star basketball player in high school; be longed to Alpha Sig ma Alpha sorority in college; was a vivacious and friendly person; Methodist. BURTON 2-8-5. THELMA BRYAN, b October 24, 1913 at the farm home of her parents, 7 miles northeast of Stonington in Baca County, Colorado; attend ed first few years in school at Konantz, a rural school three miles from home; moved with her parents to Greeley, Colorado in 1923; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1931; housewife; Episcopalian; m June 2, 1935 in Denver to VICTOR HERRON BURTON, b January 12, 1910 in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois.., the son of Myron Garfield Burton and Freida Sherrick Burton. Vic is a graduate of C.S.U. at Ft. Collins, Colorado - B.S. degree 1932; occupation - general insurance business; Episcopalian. From 1935 until 1941 Vic and Thelma lived in Ft. Collins, except for one year spent in Amarillo, Texas. During this period he was employed by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since 1941 he has been engaged in his own business, except for the two years spent in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Their address: 4350 East 17th Ave. Parkway, Denver, Colorado. I. Nancy Kay Burton b Sept. 19, 1938 + 2. Beverly Sue Burton b June 15, 1941 + BRYAN 2-8-6. MARVIN ELDRIDGE BRYAN, b May 20, 1915 in Bishop, Inyo County, California; d August 6, 1944 near Landevy in Normandy, France: buried Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; Marvinattend- 72 ed his first two grades of school at Konantz, a rural school about three miles northeast of his parent's farm home in Baca County, Colorado; moved with his parents to Greeley in 1923; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1935; attended C.S.C.E. in Greeley; was active in many school functions, particularly dramatics; worked at the Kress Store in Greeley, theri at Wil liams Toggery in Estes Park until his enlistment in the U.S. Army on March 22, 1942; stationed at army camps in Texas, California, Louisiana and Vir ginia before going overseas; Methodist; m March 19, 1942 in Estes Park, Colorado to MARY LOUISE PEASLEY, b (date unknown); d February , 1954 somewhere in Texas. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Peasley of Ft. Collins, Colorado. She was teaching in Estes Park at the time of her marriage to Marvin. She remarried a few years after Marvin's death. February 3, 1945 Dear Mrs. Bryan: Your letter of Oct. 17, 1944 addressed to Captain Lemuel A. Bridewell, Jr. con cerning your son, Corporal Marvin E. Bryan, has been forwarded to this office -for reply: The distress you have suffered since you received the sad announcement of your son's death is most understandable and I realize your desire to know the attending circumstances. An additional report regarding him has now been received which states that Corporal Bryan was a company clerk and was assigned to personnel section of a regiment which operated wit£ the rear echelon of an infantry division. His duty was the chief of sections. Shortly be for~ dark on August 5, 1944 the rear echelon completed a move to an area just beyond the limits of Landevy, France and upon arrival of the trucks in the bivouac area, your son went to an outpost for guard duty. Soon after midnight on August 6, 1944 and before the unloading of the trucks had been completed, enemy planes appeared and bombed the area. At the beginning of the attack, Corporal Bryan ran into the adjoining woods for shelter and was instantly killed when a bomb exploded in the trees. The Quartermaster General is charged with all matters pertaining to the personal effects of our mili tary personnel and I am forwarding a copy of your letter to that official for direct reply to your inquiry regarding this matter. I regret that no information has been received regarding the names of the personnel who were associated with your son. May I explain that,. in order to fulfil the vital responsibility of submitting reports in the most expiditious manner, our overseas commanders forward an individual report for each casualty and do not indicate the names of those who comprise a certain organization. I understand how much it would mean to you to know the names of those who were with your son and I am indeed sorry that this information is not readily available in the war department. I realize how futile any words of mine may be to assuage your sorrow but I trust that the knowledge that your son served honorably and faithfully in his country's cause n:ay be a source of sustaining comfort. 73 My deepest sympathy is with you in your bereavement. Sincerely yours, (J. A. Ulio, Major General, The Adjutant General) "WITHOUT RECOGNITION, WE OF THE 90TH FOUGHT AND WON IN SAVAGE BATTLES ON THE PENINSULA." By Gene Vurrivan (N. Y. Times 21 July) With the 90th Division, Normandy, June 19, 1944 Ever since D Day, when they stormed up the beaches to fight their way through the cruel hedgerows of Normandy, thousands of Officers and men have fought their hearts out as anonymous entities, so far as the outside World was concerned, they were unknown soldiers. For reasons_ of security, not even their own families were permitted to know where and what they were doing. A Division may have established the greatest record of War and created its own Sgt. York and any number of other heroes, but until the Army decides a unit can be identified without giving aid and comfort to the enemy, these men fight on without recognition. One such Division on this front is the 90th, which arrived here on D Day plus one, has been in contact with the enemy every day since then, and only Wednesday had its existence acknowledged. This outfit is so hot that even three members of the Infantry Band received silver stars for gallantry in action. One buck private led a platoon for four days through wild combat after the Company Commander and three platoon leaders had been killed. He took over the command at the dying request of the last platoon leader to fall and carried on through some of the bitterest fighting of the War around St. Suzanne until he, too, was wounded. He was made a Sergeant and has been recommended for a Lieutenancy. Because he was wounded, Army regulations forbid the mentioning of this heroes name:: until formal notification of his next of kin. This rule a pplies to all wounded, so that even when it is possible to mention the existence of a particular Division, many remain anonymous. The 90th arrived in France June 7th and had its first taste of the bitter things to come when one of its troop ships hit a mine and sank near the beach-head. All aboard were rescued. The Division went into action June 10th fighting its way yard by yard through some of the most difficult terrain Veteran Soldiers had ever seen. Before them fell such towns as Pont L'abbe, Amfreville, and Gourleesville. Losses were heavy as men of the 90th battled through streets in hand to hand combat. They fought desperately behind murderous hedgerows while the enemy waited on the other side to pick them off. They struggled waist deep in swamps. Rank meant little. At Gourleesville, the Assisstant Divisional Commander fought ofi snipers in the streets and was in direct line of fire from four Germans who were 74 hiding in a jeep. The Germans were apparently unaware that a General was within range and witheld their fire rather than disclose their position. Along with the 82nd Airborne Division, the 90th defended the Southern flank while others moved Northward to take Cherbourg, and the Southern lines of the peninsula. The Division was the principal factor in setting the trap for those Germans caught between Cherbourg and the Southern line of the peninsula. One of the outstanding feats of the Division was the capture of Mont Castre Forest, known to the Army as Hill 122. The high spot was the anchor of Nazi resistance and from it the enemy by using glasses must have watched the American Troop landing. The heavily mined hill was taken after four days, which those who live to tell about will never forget. Capt. Leroy (Fireball) Pond, whose batallion was complete ly surrounded, moved to within 400 yards of a German position carrying a portable radio and relaying information of the enemy position to his Artillery. From a perch in a tree, he directed the fire which cleaned out the enemy positions and freed his batallion. His helmet was knocked off by artillery shrapnel and other fragments bent the antenna of his radio during the three hours he stayed at the post. But he remained till every enemy gun had been silenced and his men were again on the offensive. This Division has more than its share of heros but the only publication car rying its publicity has been their own daily Newspaper, ''The Sniper", published on a mimeograph machine by Capt. James C. McNamara of Los Angeles, who was editor of radio station EMTR in Hollywood. McNamara's present headquarters is on the second floor of an ancient stone barn where he turns on his radio for News reports from London and writes the summary for the boys at the front. His paper sparkles with feature stories, humor and sketches of individual exploits. It is written, published, and read each day under shell fire. The boys in the front a wait it eagerly because it has been the only agency through which their thoughts, actions, and hopes have been recorded. (From the New York Times, 21 Jul'j 1944) Reproduced at Hq. 357 Inf. Reg. 90th Inf. Div. BALCH 2-8-7. LEOTA PAULINE BRYAN, b February 24, 1923 on her parents' farm in Baca County, Colorado. (Her twin brother Leo Paul died March 1, 1923 ); attended grade and high school in Greeley, Colorado; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1941; housewife; Presbyterian; m February 11, 1946 in Denver to JOHN ROBERT BALCH, b September 27, 1924; grad uate of Greeley High School, Class of 1941; teletype foreman; Presbyterian. Address: 6569 S. Lincoln, Littleton, Colorado. 75 I. Larry Robert Balch b Nov. 13, 1947 - 2. Michael Lee Balch b Feb. 19, 1951 - KILGORE 2-9-1. ELEANOR MABEL KONKEL, b March 30) 1916 in Fowler, Fresno County, California; high school and two years college; secretary, Service Bureau, Pacific Gas & Electric Company in Fresno; Methodist; m July 10, 1938 in Fresno to JAMES ROBERT KILGORE, b March 20, 1913 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California; high school and two years college; Captain, Fresno Fire Department; Methodist. Eleanor was elected Social Vice President of her P .G.E. Club; has spent many hours in this work while traveling throughout the Valley, and has made a host of friends. Her main hobby is bowling and she has several tro phies as proof of her skill in this sport. Both she and Bob are excellent swimmers. They have their own pool which provides much pleasure to them and to her parents who live close by. Eleanor expects to retire next year from P.G.E. where she has worked all her life. No children. Reprinted here is an election campaign circular issued at the time Eleanor was campa1gn1ng for office of Social Vice President, Pacific Gas and Electric. KILGORE'S CAPTIONS Eleanor (Konkel) Kilgore was born in the booming metropolis of Malaga and was exposed to the benefits of education at a very early age, her father hav ing been principal of the Malaga Elementary School. Eleanor was an active student at Roosevelt High School and graduated in 1934. She then attended Fresno State College for two years, selecting Ed ucation as her major. At college she was outstanding in archery -- and filled much of her time hitting the bull's eye (naturally). For two years, Eleanor was employed by Stewart and Nuss. Then came love - and then wedding bells, and she and the dashing Bob Kilgore headed for T ur\ock where they spent one year. Then back home, and Bob went into service. He spent some time in England and, of course, Eleanor remained behind, working very hard and keeping the home fires burning. Like all un pleasant things, the waiting did pass and there was a very happy reunion. For the past eighteen years, Eleanor has been employed by P.G. and E. Sixteen years were spent in the Accounting Department and the remaining two on service phones. Bob is a Captain in the Fresno Fire Department, Station No. 2, at Santa Clara and M Streets. Eleanor's favorite hobbies are done ing and bowling. She has never been much of a fishing or hunting fan, but says that she and Bob have just pur- 76 chased a trailer and she has a feeling it's a matter of learning to like it or just sitting so she's decided to learn - come---or high water. Although Eleanor and Bob have no children, in a way they do. They are very devoted to their two God-children, ages 15 and 12, children of a long ti me girlhood chum of Eleanor's. These sweet young girls, since infancy, have spent a great deal of time in the Kilgore home. Bob and Eleanor take them on outings, trips to the mountains and skiing. Eleanor says she even worried through their measles and mumps. Eleanor likes people - people like her! She's always reliable, and her warm friendliness and ready smile make her a wonderful person with whom to work. Wouldn't she make a perfect Social Vice President! ! Let's elect her and have a roaring year of outstanding social events. Vote the Kilgore ticket •••• you'll be glad you did. Remember - IT'S FUN GALORE •• WITH ELEANOR! (Elected Dec. 2, 1961) Address: 563 Franklin, Fresno, California. BRYAN 2-10-1. CARROLL GUY BRYAN, b April 22, 1910 at his grandmother Konkel 's home, 606 - 14th Street, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; attended a .rural school at Konantz in Baca County through first seven grades; one year in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas before his parents moved to Greeley in 1924; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1928; attended C.S.C.E. three years, major in Business Education; taught rural schools in Colorado five years - Konantz School in Baca County, 1929-'30 (the same school he had attended a few years earlier); Pearl-Howlett School, a two-room school southeast of Mead, Weld County, 1931-'33; and Gage School near his farm in Logan County, 1934-'37. In 1933 Carroll purchased a 960 acre farm-ranch in Logan County, Colorado 32 miles northeast of Sterling and 9½ miles southeast of the town of Peetz. While farming in the Peetz community, he was President of the Farmer's Union Local in 1935, one of the a-ganizers and the first president of board of directors of the Peetz Soil Conservation District for several years; mem ber board of directors Peetz Co-op Telephone Company; member of Credit Union Audit Board. Elected county clerk and recorder in 1948, Carroll rented the farm and moved the family to Sterling. (The farm was sold in 19S2). In Sterling he was active in Masonic Lodge, Lions Club, Elks, Red Cross, Civil Defense and on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He resigned as county clerk in 19S2 to become assistant to the director of the Motor Ve- 77 hicle Division, Colorado Department of Revenue. He became head of the motor vehicle division that same fall, following the death of its director. Carroll held this position five years before resigning in April 1957 to be come a special representative for R. L. Polk & Company of Detroit, Mich igan. m December 20, 1930 in Denver, Colorado to VIOLA VICTORIA WESTBERG, b December 23, 1909 in Greeley, Colorado. She is the daughter of Ole E. Westberg (b December 6, 1881 near Dalarna, Sweden; d August 24, 1946 in Greeley; buried Linn Grove Cemetery) and Alma Lofgren (b January 13, 1889 in Nebraska; lives in Greeley). Viola attended grade school in Greeley; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of 1928; B.A. degree from C.S.C. Greeley; taught 4th grade in Las Animas, Colorado 1930-'31; taught lower four grades at Pearl-Howlett School in Weld County while her hus band taught the upper four grades; has taught in elementary schools of J ef ferson County since 1953; Presbyterian. Her residence: 7845 West Ninth Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 1. V. Colleen Bryan b Feb. 9, 1935 + 2. Clark Lee Bryan b July 14, 1943 - 3. Linda Carol Bryan b Aug. 8, 1945 - (2) CLARK graduated from Lakewood H.S., 1961; played baseball, likes good music and plays the piano; B.S. in Zoology with minor in foreign languages, C.S.U., 1965; enlisted U.S. Army June 17, 1965 for 4 years; graduated June 24, 1966 from Army Defense Language Institute, Persi dio of Monterey, California; Catholic convert. m July 2, 1966 in Denver to MARY CATHERINE GILMARTIN, b December 6, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Michael Patrick Gilmartin (b April 17, 1899 in Leitrim County, Ireland; d June 16, 1958 andAnna Lucille Finnerty (b Sept. 17, 1913 in Rockham, S. Dakota). Mary graduated from Aurora Central H.S., Aurora, Colorado in 1962; B.S. in Business Administration with major in marketing, University of Denver, 1966; Catholic. Clark will be on his way to Turkey before August and hopes Mary can follow soon thereafter. (3) LINDA graduated from Lakewood High School., 1963 now an Art major at C.S.U.; member Kappa Alpha Theta sorority; will graduate June 1967. CARROLL G. BRYAN, m (2) March 21, 1964 in Detroit to JANE LA VERNE EASTON, b January 9, 1919 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. She is the widow of H. Fred Easton of Covington, Kentucky; the daughter of Chester D. Mulcahy (b October 9, 1890 in Newport, Kentucky; d January 28, 1943 in Newport; buried in St. Stevens Cemetery) and Edith May Wells (b July· 28, 1891 in Florence, Indiana; resides in Ludlow, Kentucky). La Verne attended grade schools in Dayton, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky; graduate of Academy Notre Dame of Providence High School, Class of 193 7 (Newport, Ky.); graduate of Campbell's Business College; Secretary for R.L. Polk & Co. production plant in Cincinnati, Ohio 1957-'64; now secretary Curtis Publishing Company, Detroit. Address: 22407 Kinyon, Taylor, Michigan. 78 LYTHGOE 2-10-2. RUBY FAYE BRYAN, b April 24, 1911 in Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; attended rural grade school in Baca County, Colorado (Konantz School) 1916-'23; 7th grade at Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, where her parents lived for one year before going to Greeley, Colorado in 1924; grad uate of Greeley High School, Class of '28; A.B. degree, C.S.C.E. in 1931; school teacher; housewife; Methodist. m at Harrison, Sioux County, N ebras ka to HARLO BENJAMIN LYTHGOE b October 3, 1900 in Carbon County, Wyoming; two years high school at Glenrock, Wyoming; rancher; now re tired; Methodist. Ruby met and married Harlo while teaching school in Glenrock. He had worked for the Continental Refinery Company in Glenrock as a pipe fitter (1921-28) before he and his brother leased a ranch near Glenrock. Follow ing their marriage, Ruby and Harlo purchased a ranch of their own in the same community. Here their three children were born. In 1944 they sold the ranch and bought another one near Sheridan, Wyoming. After nine years they were compelled to retire from ranch life due to Harlo's health. In 1953 the family moved to Longmont, Colorado where Ruby taught school at nearby Mead, 1953-'55, and in Longmont, 1955-57. They then moved to Denver where Ruby has continued to teach in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Addres s: 23 51 Iola Street, Aurora, Colorado. 1. HarloDeWayne Lythgoe b July 14, 1934 + 2. Wendell Marion Lythgoe b July 19, 1935 + 3. Barbara Ann lythgoe b May 10, 1939 + BRYAN 2-10-4. ELMER MARION BRYAN, b February 4, 1919 in Baca County, Colorado at the farm home of his parents, 9 miles northeast of the town of Stonington; attended grades and high school in Greeley, Colorado; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of '3 7; occupation; aircraft and missile in dustry - plant engineering; Lutheran church (Missouri Synod); m June 28, 1941 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas to BERNICE ELEANOR HEINZE, b April 19, 1921 in Dorrance, Russell County, Kansas, the daugh ter of Jacob Heinze (b March 3, 1898 in Kansas; d September 4, 1964) and Pauline Heinze (b May 29, 1900 in Germany; resides in Wichita). Although both her parents were born with the same name ((Heinze", they were no relation. Bernice attended grade and high school in Wichita; graduate of North High School, Class of 1939; housewife; Lutheran, Missouri Synod. Elmer worked for Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, California from 193 7 to 1940; for Beach Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas from 1940 to 1956; for the Martin Company in Denver from 1956 to December 1964. He entered army service on January 12, 1945 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; served 5 months 79 in U.S. and 10 months foreign as part of 6th and 8th Army, 25th Division, 64th Field Artillery Bn., Air Section; rank of Tee. 4. Citations: Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Ribbon, Phillipine Liberation Service Ribbon, Vic tory Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He took basic training at Camp Walters, Texas (Infantry rifleman); sent to Phillipine Islands (Luzon) 6th June 1945 with 25th Division as part of occupation forces; left Japan April 1, 1946 for state side; honorable discharge at Ft. Douglas, Utah on April 17, 1946. Elmer and Bernice live at 7650 W. 25th Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado. (Oct., 1965 - became employed by General Electric and moved his wife and son Jim to Picayune, Miss. Dec., 1965 - left G. E. for McDonnell Air craft and in process of moving to St. Louis, Mo. by date of publication. I. Ronald Gary Bryan b Aug. 26, 1942 - 2. Carol Sue Bryan b July 26, 1945 - 3. James Robert Bryan b Sept. 2, 1949 - RONALD enlisted in the Marine Corps July 17, 1961 for 4 years and is now a corporal. He attended C.S. U. for one year before enlistment and plans to complete college when out of service~Oct., 1965 - attending C.S.U. in Ft. Collins, Colo. Height 6'-3"). CAROL SUE is a Junior at C.S.C. in Greeley (Oct. 1965 ), majoring in Home Economics; plans to teach. JAMES ROBERT O Jim" is in 10th grade at Lakewood High; excells in baseball and basketball (Oct. 1965 - a high school junior at Pic ayune, Miss. Height 6'-7" - on °All County" basketball team). GREY 2-1-1-1. LAVADA ARLENE ESHNAUR, b July 11, 1928 in Wichita County, Kansas; graduated from high school in Liberal, Kansas; graduate, Colorado Woman's College; 2 years training in X-Ray at a research clinic in Kansas City, Missouri. She worked in a hospital as an X-Ray technician to help put her husband through his final year of college and 3 years of law school. m March 25, 1951 in Liberal, Seward County, Kansas to JAMES EURAL GREY, b July 3, 1929 in Liberal; B.S. degree, Kansas University; LL.B., K.U. School of Law; Attorney; Episcopalians. Jim has a trainedbar itone voice and is a solist at their church and in the Kiwanis chorus. Address: 914 Wilbur Lane, Wichita, Kansas. 1. Stacia Dianne Grey b April 5, 1954 - 2. Brooke Kathaleen Grey b Aug. 15, 1957 - 3. Monica Claire Grey b Jan. 26, 1960 4. Barrett Clinton Grey b Aug. 30, 1961 ESHNAUR 2-1-1-2. RICHARD LEE ESHNAUR, b March 14, 1913 in Wichita, Seward County, Kansas; high school and three years college; occupation - appli- 80 ance service; Methodist; m January 5, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to MARGA RET ELLEN TAYLOR, b in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas; 4 years college; housewife; Methodist. 1. Jon Kurtis Eshnaur b Dec. 15, 1951 2 Dawn Ellen Eshnaur b April I, 1953 RICHARD LEE ESHNAUR, m (2) August 15, 1961 10 Oklahoma City to MRS. ANGELE£ MC ANROE, a beauty operator of Dalhart, Texas. Tl NC KNELL 2-1-2-1. NEVA COLYNN KONKEL, b April 8 1 1924 at Cherryvale, Mont gomery County, Kansas; graduate of Independence High School, 1942; housewife; Christian church; m December 27, 1944 in Ferdonia, Wilson County, Kansas to HOWARD LEE TINCKNELL, b October 6, 1922 in Cher ryvale; the son of James David Tincknell (b August 30, 1889; d June 27, 1959) and Iva Myrtle Jones (b April 11, 1882; d May 9, 1945. Howard's grandfather, Simon Tincknell, and a brother stowed away on a ship and came to the U.S. from England when they were about eight and nine years of age. They never had any contact with their family after that. Howard's mother can trace her family back to Sir Francis Drake. Howard is a graduate of Cherry vale High School; Methodist; served aboard the airer-aft carrier U .S.S. Franklin during World War II. Neva's parents were living on a farm near Cullison, Kansas in 1924, but her mother went to the home of her parents (Marietta and Jake Stockdale) in Cherryvale to await Neva's birth. She started her education in a little country school at Big Bow, Kansas moving back to Cullison for a short time before ending up in Independence when she was eight. During World War II she worked at the Kansas Ordnance Plant. She and Howard were married while he was home on leave in December 1944. The next year he received the Purple Heart for wounds he received in action aboard the carrier, U .S.S. Franklin, and was sent to New York on a survival leave in May 1945. Neva joined him in New York where they remained until the war was over. They now live m a farm three miles east of Cherryvale. They raise cattle, hogs and chickens. Their hobby - raising fighting cocks. Address: Route 2, Cherryvale, Kansas. I. Richard Lee Tincknell b Feb. 8, 1946 - 2. Grace Colynn Tincknell b Oct. 20, 1947 - d Oct. 20, 1947 3. Baby Tincknell (girl) b Oct. , 1948 - d Oct. , 1948 (I). RICHARD LEE TINCKNELL graduated from L.C.C.S.H., a com munity high school at Altamont, Kansas; presently attending Indepen dence Junior College, and after one more year there he will enroll at State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas; plans to be a history teacher. 81 BYERLEY 2-1-3-1. CARROLL DEAN BYERLEY, b December 24, 1917 at Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; attended elementary schools in Pratt and Wichita; graduated from Hutchison High School in 1935; degree in chemistry from Panhandle A & M College, Goodwill, Oklahoma 1940; owner Carroll's Res taurant and Black Gold Lounge on Highway 54 near Guymon, Oklahoma. En tered U.S.Air Force in 1941; took his basic at Hartford, Connecticut; trans ferred to Anchorage, A la ska for duration; rank of Staff Sergeant; discharged in 1945 and went into the restaurant business; Presbyterian; m May 31, 1940 in Guymon to MARY JOSEPHINE LUCAS, b February 24, 1915 in Guymon; graduate of Panhandle A & M College in 1938; housewife; Catholic. Address: 1417 N. Jarr:es Street, Guymon, Oklahoma. 1. Carolyn Jo Byerley b Sept. 7,1945 (See writeup below sent in by her grandparents, who took her to raise when she was a small girl). 2. Nickolas Ray Byerley b Dec. 25, 1946 3. Jill Ann Byerley b Aug. 14, 1950 4. Phillip Eric Byerley b July 28, 1951 (1). CAROLYN JO BYERLEY, bSeptember 7, 1945 in Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma. She was enrolled in a local school of dance when she was three; at age four she was singing over the radio; when she was six, she had her own twice-weekly radio program. Called "Queen" of Songs'' she memorized four new songs each week, over a period of ten weeks, and had more outside requests than she could fill. Upon request, starting at age seven, she sang with name bands visit ing Guymon; at the local county fair; before the Liberal, Kansas Ju nior Chamber of Commerce; on the March of Dimes TV program in Amarillo, at the age of ten, and has made several TV appearances in Amarillo since. At invitation of her greatuncle, George Ervin Konkel, she sang at several of the old settler·s' picnics in Stonington, Colorado. When fourteen she enrolled at the Al Gilbert Theatrical Dance Studio in Los Angeles and continued to spend her summers there until she graduated from high school in Guymon in 1963. An honor student, cheer leader for six years, a member of her church choir, and winner of superior ratings in the state music finals, she was declared ''Girl of the Month" in her senior year. She was also first runner-up in the Miss Guymon Pageant'' sponsored by the Rotary Club. Now a sophomore at Los Angeles City College, Carolyn Jo resides with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Byerley (2-1-3). A major in Theatre Arts and an honor student, she is a member of the cast in 1 1 Six Characters in Search of an Author'' (to be presented in Washing ton, D.C. the spring of 1965. This play won top billing in a contest among the colleges of California and Arizona. Carolyn Jo's religious faith is Catholic. On her travels she loves to search out beautiful churches and cathredals wherever she happens to be. BYERLEY 2-1-3-2. ARVILLE MILLARD BYERLEY, b November 7, 1918 at Culli son, Pratt County, Kansas; attended public schools at Pratt and Hutchin son, Kansas; graduated from Guymon High School at Guymon, Oklahoma. He attended Panhandle A & M College at Goodwell, Oklahoma, and Oklaho- 82 ma State College at Stillwater. He was vice-president of his senior class in high school; was captain of the football team and pJayed quarterback; se lected on the honorable-mention team from the State of Oklahoma; was also captain of the basketball team, and was chosen on a number of the alJ-tour- nament teams. He never entered sports while attending college as he didn't have the time to spare from his studies. He entered the U. S. Army as a private on March 13, 1941; served 39 months continuous service in the South Pacific before discharge as a Major on July 26, 1946. About a year after his marriage he purchased the Derrick Cafe in Dumas, Texas. He op erated this business until it was sold in October, 1950. They then moved to Guymon, Oklahoma where they operated Byerley's Cafe No. 2. This bus iness was sold to his brother Carroll in January, 1956. Millard and his wife then moved to Amarillo, Texas where he is presently engaged in the real estate business. m January 13, 1946 in Washingotn, D.C. to MARIAN ESTELLE GLAZE, b September 13, 1922 in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia, (the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Glaze). A graduate of P.A. M.C. at Goodwell, Oklahoma, she worked for the F .B.I. in Washington, D.C. while her husband was in the service. She was chosen the "Sweetheart" of Washington, D .C. in 1944. She is now employed in the Amarillo Public School System. Both she and Millard are Methodists.Address: 3801 Monroe, Amarillo, Texas. I. Penny Lynn Byerley b Nov. 26, 1947 2. Terry Lee Byerley b Oct. 28, 1949 (1). PENNY is a Junior in Amarillo High School and a member of the stu dent council the past two years, was voted the best liked girl in the class. Du ring her junior high school days she attended Fannin Jr. High; was voted on the student council three years; elected football queen for her three years there; and was voted the favorite girl in the 8th and 9th grades; president of the FHA in 9th grade; also cheer leader. She is active in sports and has won numerous ribbons and trophies in track, swimming and tennis. In 1963 she won champ ionships in the Amarillo open tennis tournament, the Amarillo closed tennis tournament and the Tri-State tennis tournament; was runner-up in three other tournaments in the 16-and-under girls division and won the Amarillo open ten nis tournament in the 18-and-under girls singles. This year she played doubles instead of singles for the high school team. She and her partner were doubles champions of the Amarillo Relays Tennis Tornament which consisted of 19 different teams from New Mexico, Kansas and Texas. They also won the Am arillo City-doubles championship and were runner-up in the district tournament. Penny was fortunate enough to play in the Cotton Bowl Tennis Festival in Dallas prior to the New Years Day football game. She lost in the tournament to a girl from .Ann Arbor, Michigan. Penny wants to be a social studies teacher. (2). TERRY is a sophomore at Amarillo High School and a member of the stu dent council; was also a member of the council in Fannin Jr. High; active in 83 sports and won many ribbons and trophies in swimming and tennis. In 1963 she won championships in the Amarillo open tennis tournament, the Amarillo closed tennis tournament, the Tri-State tournament, the Midland open tennis tournament and was runner-up in two ocher tournaments. She won the singles championship in Amarillo the summers of 1962 and '63 in the 14-and-under girls singles. This year she has been elected one of the three best liked girls of the sophomore class. She is on her school tennis team; played doubles and was runner-up in the Amarillo City Tennis Tournament and the Amarillo Relays Tennis Tourna ment. She and her partner won the district tournament in the cc B" division of the AAA'A school~. Terry plans to teach Hotne Economics. BYERLEY 2-1-3-3. LOYAL VEON BYERLEY, b April 26, 1921 10 Pratt County, Kansas; graduate of Guymon High School; time keeper, uranium mill; Chris tian church; m June I, 1946 in Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma to BETTY LOU USREY, b February 24, 1920 in Guymon; d September 23, 1965 in Grants, New Mexico; buried there; graduate of Guymon High School; house wife; Christian church. Loyal or "Jack" as he is better known, entered the U.S. Army Quarter master Corps, 1941; took basic training in Florida; participated in Normandy invasion; went back to England and then over a gain the second time; was in Battle of the Bulge getting out about one hour before Germans took over; drove a truck transporting meats to the front lines; entered Germany with American troops; attained rank of Corporal. After discharge in 1945 he en tered the cafe business in Guymon; later worked for three years with his parents in the motel business; moved to Grants, Valencia County, New Mex ico in 1958 where he became a timekeeper for his present employer. Address: Box 98, Grants, New Mexico. 1. Janice Veonette Byerley b Dec. 23, 1949 2. Dudley D. Byerley b Aug. 31, 1954 WILEY 2-3-1-1. ESTHER LA VERNE KONKEL, b September 12, 1926 at Ston ington, Baca Comty, Colorado; attended Canon City High School one year; graduated from Loveland High School in 1944; telephone operator, Bell Tel ephone Company 1944-'50; housewife; Presbyterian; m May 4, 1947 in Love land, Larimer County, Colorado to ALBERT HAR VEY WILEY, b June 27, 1924 in Columbia, Washington; graduate of Loveland High School 1942; Loveland City Policeman from 1946 to 1949; Colorado State Patrolman 1949 to 1954; Guard Douglas Aircraft 1954 --; Presbyterian. At the time of their marriage in 1947, Albert had just been discharged frQm the U.S. Navy after serving 3½ years with a P.T. boat squadron. They· took up residence in Loveland where Albert was a city policenia~ ·and LaV~rne was employed with Bell Telephone Company. In 1949 they moved to· 'Las Animas, Colorado. By this time Albert had become a state patrolman; 84 La Verne continued working for Be 11 Te le phone. In 1954 they went to Canon City for two months before going to Mar Vista, California for nine months. It was here Albert became a guard for Douglas. In July of 1955 they bought their first home, the one in which LaVerne now lives with her mother and children. The next year LaVerne became a victim of Polio and spent many months in the hospital. In 1959, f~llowin~ LaVerne's divorce, her mother moved in with her to he Ip care for her two boys. In 1962 she was made an International Honorary member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Although handi capped by polio, she maintains a cheerful disposition and keeps quite busy selling stationery items, Christmas and other cards, etc. Besides her two sons and her mother, her sister Barbara also lives with her. Address: 16023 Chatsworth Street, Granada Hills, California. 1. Gary Lee Wiley b Aug. 18, 1951 2. Larry Lee Wiley b Sept. 11, 1952 (La Verne's boys play on a Junior League·bowling team each Saturday morning, and are active in Scout work; like to hunt and fish in the summer time). KONKEL 2-3-1-2. IVAN LEROY KONKEL, b June 11, 1928 in Baca County, Colo rado; attended grade school at Konantz from 1934 to 1936 before his parents left the farm, located 14 miles east of Walsh, for Canon City; finished grade school in Canon City before the family moved to Love land in 1942; grad uate of Loveland High School, Class of 1945; entered U.S. Army in fall of 1945, taking his basic at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; sentto Japan,returning home in 1948; joined his father in farming in eastern Baca County and con tinued farming for a few years after his father's death in 1949; Methodist; m January 20, 1953 in Walsh, Baca County, Colorado to LOU ANN BAUMB ERGER, b July 22, 1933 in Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma; attended school through junior year in high school; housewife; Presbyterian Leroy and Lou Ann remained on the farm for two years following their mar riage in 1953. Since 1955 he has engaged in carpentering and contracting. They sold their home in Sprin~field in 1963 and bought some land north of town where they have completed building a new house. Be sides doing car penter work, Leroy wants to raise Welsh ponies, Address: R. Route, Spring field, Colorado. 1. Douglas Doy le Konke 1 b Nov. 18, 1953 2. David Leroy Konke 1 b Dec. 25, 1955 EBBESEN 2-3-2-1. SANDRA ARLENE SPRINGER, b March 20, 1940 in Denver, Colorado; graduate of Eugene, Oregon High School 1957; housewife; Imman uel Lutheran Church; m November 7, 1958 in Eugene, Land County, Oregon to LAURITS BENT EBBESEN, b November 12, 1938 in Copenhagen, Den mark; graduate of Eugene High School, 1957; Produce Supervisor for May fair stores, State of Oregon; Immanuel Lutheran. 85 The following article is quoted in full from the June 1964 issue of nMessen ger", a Mayfair magazine: «You could almost say Ben Ebbesen, produce supervisor of Eugene, Oregon Division, (since this article was written he has received promotion to supervisor, state-wide, C.C.B.) is one of those guests that outstayed his welcome. \X'hen Ben was a child living with his mother, brother and sister in their nauve Denmark, a family from Eugene paid a lengthy visit in the household. The visitors, on their leave extended the hospitality of their own home to Ben's family if they should ever come co America, which, he says, was their biggest mistake! During the Nazi occupation of Denmark in 1949 when he was 11 yea rs old, the Ebbesens did move to the United States, landing in New York with only the $50 maximum al lowed by the Danish government. They gratefully took the Oregon family up on that invitation, soon settled and became permanent tt guests" of that state. Ben's grand father, by the way, is pastor of one of Denmark's largest and most historic churches, one attended several times by the king and queen. His father still resides in Copenhagen. As early as the ninth grade Ben was directed to the grocery business as a box boy. He became a checker in 1958 for McKay's Markets which were acquired by Mayfair in 1960. Ren moved rapidly up the ladder in the produce section as assistant man ager, manager, department head and finaliy to his current post as supervisor which he has held for the past· two years. His wife Sandy says she hopes he is a better produce man than a bowler (one of her favorite p8stimes), even though he has just returned from Oakland where he bowled in the ABC National Championships. They have two pre-school age child ren, reside in a four-bedroom home and are looking forward to their first real vaca tion and some travelling during the next few years (the past seven summers Ben has spent his annual utime off" with the National Guard). They hope, of course, to eventually make it to Denmark. Athletic participation in high school and his own personal code may be responsi ble for Ben's conviction that team work and humbleness are the keys to success. He believes in concentration on his work and an effort to excel at each daily job with no wasted time for n self-glorification". Ben says he sees Mayfair as a comp any that will someday stretch from coast to coast and feels it's '=Xciting to be Hon the ground floor" of a rapidly growing company." Address: 2085 Medina, Eugene, Oregon. I. Douglas Scott Ebbesen b Oct. 10, 1959 2. Pamela Kay Ebbesen b Feb. 22, 1963 3. Randall James Ebbesen b May 10, 1965 OTTEN 2-3-3-1. RAYMOND ELMER OTTEN, b March 13, 1927 in Los Angeles, California; attended grade schools in Tacoma, Washington; graduate of Mt. Baker High School at Denning, Washington; Class of 1945; B.A. degree from 86 Western Washington College of Education in 1951; Master Education degree from University of Washington, 1960; occupation - public school guidance consultant; started his teaching career in 1951 in King Comty, Washington; recently appointed principal of ENATAI Elen:entary School - 600 pupils and 19 teachers. Ray joined U.S. Navy in September of 1944 - served in Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and Seattle, Washington; Presbyterian church; m April 7, 1950 in Biaine, Whatcom County, Washington to CAROLYN MAE RUNYARD b April 1, 1932 in Portland, Oregon; attended grade school in Eugene, Oregon; graduate of Blaine, Washington High School 1949; attended Western Washington College of Education 1 year; Presbyterian. Address: 2440 -145th S.E. Bellevue, Washington. I. Larry Clifford Otten b Sept. 22, 1951 2. Janice Cathleen Otten b June 13, 1953 - OTTEN 2-3-3-2. ERVIN LEE OTTEN, b March 1, 1928 in Los Angeles, Califor nia; attended grade school in Tacoma, Washington; grades 9 to 12 in Bel lingham and Denning, Washington; graduate of Denning High School, 1945; B.A. and Master degree in Education from Western Washington College of Education; high school teacher; joined the U.S. Army in December 1945; hobby - amateur radio K7YMA; Presbyterian church; m June 30, 1950 in Acme, Whatcom County, Washington to JO ANN STEINBRUNNER, b October 15, 1929 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington; attended grade and high school in Wickersham in Whatcom County; graduate of Wickersham High School, Class of 1947; B.A. in education, Western Washington College of Education, 1955; now an elementary school teacher; housewife; Presbyter ian. Lee Otten began his teaching career in 1953 at Portland. He taught one year then went back logging for a couple of years. Taught at Mt. Baker High in Denning, 1956-'S9; has taught in Bellingham since. During the summer of 1958 be attended summer school and also built a home at Lake Whatcom near the city limits of Bellingham ... < I. Mark Thomas Otten b Oct 1, 1953 2. Ben W. Otten b Apr. 23, 1955 3. Steven Lee Otten b Nov 7, 1956 4. Jill Marie Otten b Dec. 18, 1963 OTTEN 2-3-3-3. GENE DOOLITTLE OTTEN, b September 30, 1929 in Los An geles, California; attended grade school in Tacoma, Washington through 7th grade; graduate of Mt. Baker High School in Denning, Washington, Class of 1947; graduate of trade school in refrigeration at Portland, Oregon; occupa tion - refrigeration serviceman for seven years, now steamfitter - refrigera tion & airconditioning at Temp. Control Corporation since 1956; m June I 7, 1949 in Vancouver, Washington to TERRY LEE HANCOCK, b June 5, 1929 in Salina, Salina County, Kansas; moved with her parents to Portland in 1941; graduate of Lincoln High School, Class of 1948; housewife; last two years has been store manager for an ornamental iron works company that deals in wrought iron railing, columns, and patio furniture. Their main store is in Salem; she manages the Portland store. How Gene got his middle name is worth telling here. According to his moth er, nwe didn't give him a middle name and he seemed to feel sort of ch.eated. So I told him to pick out a name he wanted and I would have it entered on his birth certificate. Well, he and his brothers and all the neighbor kids were n just having a ball" helping him choose a name. He was at the age where it simply couldn't be anything sensible, and he almost settled on "Obadiah" when General Doolittle bombed Tokyo ... that settled it! ·· So ''Doolittle'' is on his birth certificate. If I had known how much fun a kid has picking out his own name I would never have given any of them a middle name.'' Gene says his first real job was working week-ends on a railroad section gang at age IS. When school was out he worked all summer. At 16 he worked in a logging camp as a whistle punk. After graduating from high school in 194 7- he returned to logging camps as a choker setter, third rigger and sec ond loader respectively. After about a year of harrowing experiences ... nl realized if I wanted to live to the ripe old age of 19 or 20, I had better find some less hazardous line of work". He left Maple Falls and entered a refrigeration trade school at Portland in the fall of 1948. While there he met his future wife while she was working in a downtown retail store. Three weeks later they were married. They purchased some lots in southwest Portland the first year of their mar riage and eventually cleared the land of trees, stumps, etc. With me help of Gene's father-in-law, by working nights and week-ends, they finally managed to build a house. They moved into their new home in 1954 and have lived there ever since. Address: 11406 S.W. 51st., Portland, Oregon. 88 1. Toni Lee Otten b May 2 7 , I 9 5 I - 2. Christy Lynn Otten b Oct. 12, 1954 - SIMPSON 2--6-2-2. ARITA LOREE GERBER, b February 15, 1937 at Hayne Sta tion in S-eward County, Kansas; attended rural school in Kansas through fifth grade; finished grades at Cheyenne Mountain School in Colorado Springs;graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School, Class of 1955; attended C.S.U. at Ft. Collins almost two years, majoring in secretarial work; work ed as secretary in father's real estate office and part-time in a garage, now a housewife; m January 19, 1956 in Ft. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado to JOSEPH FRANKLIN SIMPSON, b February 16, 1937 in Craig, Moffat County, Colorado; attended grade and high schools in Idaho, Utah, and Co lorado; 2 quarters at C .S. U. 195 5-1956; hustled jugs in logging camp on White River, worked on farms as a garage mechanic, roughneck in oil fields, now farmer-rancher. Loree, then 10 years of age, moved with her parents from Kansas to Colo rado Springs in 1947. She was chosen the most outstanding student in com mercial subjects during her senior year in high school. .Married in 1956 be fore the end of her second year in college, she and Joe quit school, and in April moved to her parents' farm in Morton County, Kansas. After one of the driest summer for years, with no crop to harvest, they moved back to Colo rado in the fall of 1956 when Joe Jr. was a tiny baby. Joe worked as a rough neck in the oil fields around Meeker for a month before going to Craig to work as a mechanic in a garage. In February they decided to move back to the farm in Kansas where John Lee was born in June of that same year. In 1963 they drilled their first irri gation well. They farm wheat and row crops, raise cattle, hogs and chickens, and Loree always has a nice big garden every summer. The fall of 1964 saw Joe Jr. enrolling in the third grade and Johnny starting his first year. The old Sunflower District has been consolidated with others into what is now the Good Luck School District in Stevens County. Address: R.R. 1 Guymon, Oklahoma. 1. Joseph Franklin s·impson Jr. b Sept. 6, 1956 - 2. John Lee Simpson b June 23, 1958 - WATKINS 2-7-1-1. ROBERT VINCENT MOSER WATKINS, b February 24, 1929 in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California (born Robert Vincent Moser, son of Glen Cline Moser and Velma Merle Alcorn. He was later adopted by his step-father, Roy Avery Watkins); attended high school at Wheaton, Illinois and graduated from Fallon High School at Fallon, Nevada; degree from Uni versity of Nevada, at Reno; school teacher; teaches social studies and 89 mathematics in high school at Big Pine, California where he has been em ployed since graduating from the University of Nevada; m December 26, 1951 to DEBRA PAULINE BIBLE, b December 3, 1931 in Minneapolis, Minne:;ota; attended grade and high school in Carson City, Nevada; grad uate Carson City High School and Stevens College, Missouri; housewife and secretary, Bank of America; member Eastern Star. A talented artist, she has done some unusual oil paintings; also, designs women's fashions and is a very good seamstress. Robert" has done sky diving as a hobby, and loves to fish the trout streams with his son Alan. He has given up skiing since breaking a ski in two parts ... but not his leg. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950; took his ba sic training at Ft. Ord, Monterey, Caifornia; from there he was stationed in Frankfort, Germany; discharged with rank of Tech. Sgt. The entire fam ily loves to ice skate and they go often during the winter months Address: 3023 Morningside Drive, Bishop, California. I. Nancy Catherine Watkins b Feb. 23, 1953 2. Roy Alan Watkins b Dec. 31, 1954 3. Leslie Caroline Watkins b June 9, 1960 4. Poly Ann Watkins b May 2, 1963 BUTTERFIELD 2-7-2-1. JOYCE AUDRE ALCORN, b December 7, 1926 in Bishop, Inyo County, California; attended high school in Lancaster, California; B.S. de gree from University of California, 1949 - major in retailing; member Delta Delta Delta sorority- She flew as a stewardess on Western Air Lines for 2½ years before her marriage. Her hobbies include sewing, painting and read ing lots of books on travel and current events. She is now a housewife; Epis copalian. m 1953 in Sidney, Ohio to ALBERT BUTTERFIELD, b July 26, 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana; attended Arsenal High School in Indianapolis; corporation pilot and helicopter pilot; Methodist. No children. Address: R.R. 2, Box 258, Tipp City, Ohio. cox 2-7-3-1. RUTH MARIE BRANSCOMB, b September 14, 1931 in Fullerton, Orange County, California; graduate of Roos eve It Jr. High at Compton, Class of '47; housewife; beautician; a talented artist and sculpturer; Metho dist. m BILL GENE COX, b December 30, 1929; attended Compton High School; Mand C Helper, City of Los Angeles; Methodist. On June 14, 1965 Ruth writes: c ewe moved to Big Pine about nine years ago. Our town is very small (1000 population), nestled at the foot of the High Sierras, truly a beautiful location. Mostly sagebrush and desert in our val ley, but drive a mile or so up into the mountains and its cool, green splend or is a most effective tranquilizer! We love it here and never would return 90 to the city. As family hobbies, we fish, hunt, hunt arrow heads (artifacts are pleantiful) and dig for old bottles together. My husband Bill is active in the Boy Scouts, and especially the Little League - umpires. He also is an avid fisherman. I have many hobbies - painting and sculpturing, etc. I teach weekly a 4-H Arts and Crafts class. I'm score keeper for a Little· League team. I have a beauty shop which is open 3 days of the week. Am really kept quite busy." "Our oldest son LEE, at the age of 15 is already 6 feet tall and active in all sports at school. He is a good student, maintains a B average, and will be a sophomore next fall. He has a job this summer at our local grocery store; is active in the Boy Scouts, being a First Class Scout and a Squad Leader; is an excellent fisherman and loves all outdoor activities." nOur second son LARRY is an excellent student in school. Will be in the 8th grade next fall; maintains straight A's in his school work and has sine~ he started to school. He is not an outdoor type, although he was on the Lit tle League team 4 years and participates in all Jr. High sports at school. He is an avid reader and is quite talented artistically - draws, paints and sculptures in clay. He is active in our local 4-H club, being a Bronze Star winner and is going for his Silver Star this year. "Our youngest son BILLY is 11 and will be in dr 6th grade next fall. He maintains a B average in school. Is very active at the moment in the Little League. A rather shy, retiring type of person, he loves the outdoors and out door activities with a passion. He has a natural artistic talent - draws, paints, etc. Also has a "Green Thumb" can grow anything. I do believe the plants knows he loves them. Their address: 561 Crocker Street (P .0. Box 69) Big Pine, California. 1. Lee Arthur Cox b Feb. 14, 1950 2. Larry Ross Cox b Mar. 15, 1952 3. Billy Gene Cox b Dec. 26, 1954 ALCORN 2-7-4-1. ALBERT ALLEN ALCORN, b May 19, 1937 at Fallon in Chur chill County, Nevada; B.S. degree at University of Nevada; Biologist-wild life manager; Methodist; m August 26, 1958 in Reno, Washo, County, Nevada to LORRAINE EDITH GODWIN, b April 5, 1936 in Merced, Merced County, California; B.S. degree, University of Nevada; housewife; Presbyterian. Albert Alcorn has followed his father in the biological field (see 2-7-4) and has traveled and worked in Alaska, Canada, Mexico, most countries of Cen tral America and over a wide area in Western U.S. For the past few years he has been working for the Nevada Fish and Game Department. Address: Ruby Hatchery, Ruby Valley, Nevada. 1. Albert Larry Alcorn b Mar. 21, 1960 2. Rayna Helen Alcorn b Apr. 18, 1962 91 HATFIELD 2-7-4-2. JEAN ELIZABETH ALCORN, b July 6, 1941 at Fallon in Chur chill County, Nevada; (for her early childhood see (2-7-4); completed high school at Fallon; housewife; Methodist; m December 19, 1959 at Fallon to ROLAND GEORGE HATFIELD, b April 24, 1939 in San Diego, California; graduate of Fallon High School; occupation - Nevada Air National Guard; Catholic. Address: 1816 K Street, Sparks, Nevada. 1. Annette Marie Hatfield b Sept. 16, 1960 2. Brenda Irene Hatfield b Dec. 30, 1961 ROBIRDS - ROGERS 2-7-5-1. ANN MARIE ALCORN, b February 1, 1941 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada; graduated from Vista High School at Vista, California in 1958 and Southwestern Beauty College, 1961; housewife; Vista Community Church; m 1958 to GARRY KEN ROBIRDS. 1. Daniel Charles Robird.s b June 25, 1959 ANN MARIE ALCORN ROBIRDS m (2) 1962 in Vista, San Die go County, California to CLINTON FRANK ROGERS, owner and operator of the Royal Beauty Salon in Encinitas; member Vista Community Church. Address: 804 Barsby Street, Vista, California. 1. Stephanie Ann Rogers b July 27, 1963 PLEW 2-7-5-2. HARRIET JEAN ALCORN, b March 11, 1943 in Eureka, Hum boldt County, California; graduated from Vista High School; 3 years Indi ana University at Bloomington, obtained a certificate in Business Manage ment; works in the office of the State Inheritance Tax Assessor in San Jose; member of Church of Christ; m 1964 in Vista, San Diego County to LARRY ROSS PLEW. He is studying for his B.S. degree in conservation and field biology at the University of California at San Diego. No children. Address: 550 S. 4th, Apt. 9, Sao Jose, California. BRYAN 2-8-1-1. GERALD OREN BRYAN, b August 17, 1935 in Greeley, Weld Col!nty, Colorado; attended rural school in Logan County through 6th grade; attended Peetz, Colorado schools, grades 7 to 12, graduated from Peetz High School, Class of 1953; one year University of Colorado; 1953-'54; B.A. 1960 and M.A. 1964 from C.S.C. at Greeley; majored in Business Ed ucation; occupation - teaching. Enlisted U.S. Army September 1955; basic at Fort Carson, Colorado; radar school for anti-aircraft artillery at Ft. Bliss, Texas, assigned to 90th AAA Bo.; worked in radar and supply; discharged as Cpl. in September 1957; enlisted in Colorado National Guard for 2 years; discharged as Sgt.; member Evangelical United Brethren. m July 9, 1961 in 92 Greeley to PATRICIA KAREN GROSSNICKLE, b April 19, 1941 in Greeley; attended Greeley grade schools; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of '59; attended C.S.C. one year; housewife; office clerk-typist; First Christ ian Church. Gerald's parents settled on a farm 11 miles southeast of Peetz, Logan County, Colorado when he was one year· old. After he had gone to rural school through the 6th grade (his mother was his teacher, grades 2 to 6), the farm was rented and the family moved to Peetz. He graduated as co validictorian of his class in '53. During his college years he worked part time and in summer months as carpenter, taxi driver and store salesman. His first term of teaching was in Santa Fe, New Mexico (January to June 1961); taught three years in high school at Des Moines, Iowa from 1961 to '64 be fore accepting a high school as.signment in Tuscon. Address: 8217 E. 20th Street, Tuscon, Arizona. 1. Linda Lee Bryan b Mar. 19, 1965 BRYAN 2-8-1-2. RONALD WARD BRYAN, b March 7, 1941 in Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska; attended first seven grades of school in Peetz, Logan County, Colorado; graduate of Greeley High School, Class of '59; occupa tion - radio and television service, now employed as salesman for a janitor supply company while looking for the right connection with an electronics company; enlisted U.S. Air Force September 23, 1959; basic at Lackland ~-F .B. Texas; 9 months electronic training at Biloxi, Mississippi then to Cheyenne, Wyoming A.F.B.; 9 months course in television at Riverside, Ca lifornia; remainder of term on ground communication for Air Force at Chey enne; now member Air Force reserve; Evangelical United Brethren. m Jan uary 28, 1961 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado to JENNEAN KAY CAS TE EL, b June 29, 1942 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon K. Casteel of Greeley; high school education; housewife; Catholic. Address: 2416 - 11th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado. 1. James Jay Bryan b Apr. 29, 1962 2. William J. Bryan b Mar. 2 5, 1963 DALITION 2-8-3-1. EVA JANE CROWDER, b October 29, 1938 in Denver, Colorado; educated in the public schools of Colorado Springs; attended elementary grades at Steele, then to North Junior High and Palmer High School; grad uating in 1956; enrolled at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in Sep tember 1956 graduating with a degree in Arts in 1958. That fall she enrolled at Colorado University and majored in Education; initiated into Delta Gama Sorority and was an active member until the spring of 1960, when she left school to become an airline stewardess with United Airlines. She worked exactly one year nso Mother and Daddy could have a free pass", so she 93 says. She met her future husband in Chicago where they were both based. Jane is a Catholic convert; housewife; m September 8, 1961 at Corpus Chris ti Church in Colorado Springs to GEORGE DALITION, b September 21, 1934 in Fresno, California of Armenian parents - (Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Dalitian); educated in Fresno public schools and served as president of Phi Sigma Kappa at Fresno State College of which he is a graduate; attended graduate school at the University of Arizona where he received a secondary educa tion credential which allowed him to teach in the San Francisco public schools before affiliating with United Airlines. After graduation from Fres no State College, George served four years in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot. Their first child, Linda Kay, was born in 1962 while George was instruct ing in the United Airlines flight school in Denver, Colorado. In January 1963, George was recalled to active duty with the Air Force and, after three months school in Oklahoma City, was based at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey from where he flew Military Air Transport to all parts of the world. On St. Valentines Day, 1964, their second child was born paralized, due to a medical error. He died January 1965 and was buried in Fresno, Ca lifornia. Jane took Linda with her to her parents' home in Colorado Springs, while George returned to New Jersey to start proceedings for a compas sionate release from military service. He was granted release from service a few days after the birth of their son, David K., March 21, 1965. George will be flying United Airline planes out of San Francisco as soon as he has finished a refresher course in Denver. Address: Near San Francisco. 1. Linda Kay Dalition b June 9, 1962 2. Solag Dale Dali ti on b Feb. 14, 1964 d Jan. 6, 1965 3. David Kavork Dalition b Mar. 21, 1965 - WALL 2-8-5-1. NANCY KAY BURTON, b September 19. 1938 in Ft. Collins Larimer County, Colorado; attended grade and high school in Denver; grad uate of East Denver High School, Class of '56; B.A. degree, C.S.U. at Ft. Collins, 1960; M.A., University of Arizona, 1963; housewife; English in structor in college; Episcopalian. m October 13, 1962 in Saskatoon, Sas katchewan, Canada to GEORGE WALL, b August 16, 1934 in Williston, Wil liams County, North Dakota, the son of Henry B. and Helen Lohse Wall, graduate of Willison High School, Class of '56; B. A. degree ~niversity of Colorado; M.A., University of Colorado, 1961; College English instructor; Luthern. After graduating from C.S.U. Nancy went to the University of Arizona and worked as a teaching assistant in the English department while getting her Masters. The summer before her marriage she worked for the Institute of International Education, teaching English to foreign students who had come to this country for an education. 94 George Wall grew up in North Dakota on his father's wheat farm. While he was attending the University of Colorado he was very active with both the University Theater and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. After he received his B.A. degree he joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. and was Vice Ccnsul in Tijuana, Mexico for one year. He returned to the University of Colorado for his M.A., and has since taught English at the University of Arizona and drama at the University of Saskatchewan. While they were in Canada Nancy worked at the public library, and George's production of Moliere's TARTUFFE won the Dominion Drama Festival, which was held in Kitchener, Ontario in May of 1963. Leaving Canada in 1963, they went to the University of California at Berk ley. Nancy worked in the graduate Foreign Student Admissions Office while George furthered his education. In April of 1964, Nancy wrote ... ''Our plans for the future are not definite, but we will be going to Tucson some time during the summer. One, or perhaps both of us will probably be starting work for a doctorate sometime in the near future, as we are both interested in teaching English at a university level. George is always doing some writing which we hope will be successful." No children. Address: 1750 E. 10th Street, Tucson, Arizona. HECKENLIVELY 2-8-5-2. BEVERLEY SUE BURTON, b June 15, 1941 in Ft. Collins, La rimer County, Colorado; attended grade and high school in Denver; graduate of East Denver High School, Class of 1959; B.S. degree, C.S.U. at Ft. Col lins, 1963; housewife, emp. New Mexico State University Library; Episcopa lian. m August 24, 1963 in Denver to DONALD BRUCE HECKENLIVELY, b September 18, 1941 in Denver, Colorado; B.S. degree University of Denver 1963; now graduate assistant New Mexico University, working toward his ma sters degree in Biology; Congregationalist. Address: P .0. Box 1413 University Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fall of 1965 - Don and Sue are now living in Ann Arbor, Michigan where Don is working on a fellowship, towards his PH. D. degree, at Michigan Un iversity. Address: 1139 Broadway, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1. Patrick Allen Heckenlively b Oct. 10, 1964 - HOPE 2-10-1-1. V. COLLEEN BRYAN, b February 9, 1935 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado; attended grade school in town of Peetz; three years high school at Sterling; graduate of Lakewood High School, Class of '53; B. S. degree in Bacteriology, with minor in Chemistry from C.S.U. at Ft. Collins, Class of '57; A.S.C.P. Registered Med. Tech., 1957; Registered Clinical Technologist 1959 (Calif.); Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at C.S.U.; medical technician 7 years, now full time housewife; Episcopal church. m December 95 22, 1956 at Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado to WILLIAM DUANE HOPE, b June 7, 1935 in Ft. Collins,Larimer County, Colorado, the son of William Earl & Lois Howe Burnett Hope of 1807 Cameo Street, Loveland, Colorado. Mr. Hope is a real estate broker; Mrs. Hope is a technician in a Photo lab. at C.S. U. Duane attended first 11 grades in Ft. Collins, graduate of Estes Park High School, Class of '53; B.S. degree in Zoology at C.S.U., 1957; M.S. in Zoolo gy at C.S.U., 1960; Ph. D. in Entamology, major in Nematology, University of California, Davis Campus, 1964; member Sigma Xi honorary fraternity, Un iversity of California. He is now with the National Museum in Washington, D.C. as Systematic Zoologist (Associate Curator), Museum of Natural His tory, Department of Zoology, Division of Marine Invertebrates. Colleen grew up on her parents' farm in Logan County, nine miles southeast of the small town of Peetz. She loved the outdoor farm life, especially work ing with livestock and helping her dad in the fields. She was expert in rid ing horses and was elected Queen Attendant for the Logan County Rodeo in 1951. She is an accomplished swimmer, having earned her Red Cross Life Guard certificate at the Y.W.C.A. in Denver, winter of 1953, and her In structor's Certificate at C.S.U. the spring quarter of 1954; gave Red Cross swimming lessons and 'Was employed as Red Cross Life Guard at the City pool in Longmont, the summers of 1954-'55. Duane's early life was spent in Ft. Collins while his father was in the gro cery business. In 1952 they bought the Olympus Lodge in Estes Park. Duane and his younger brother Delbert (now Captain, U.S. Air Force, married and father of two) worked at the lodge outside school hours. Colleen and Duane met on the C.S.U. campus and were married during Christmas vacation in their senior year, 1956. The next summer Duane worked for the Sugar Beet Foundation doing laboratory work on nematodes - plant parasites. From September 1957 to September 1959 he worked on his Masters at C.S.U. while teaching on an assistantship; Colleen worked as a medical technician and bacteriologist. They left Ft. Collins in 1959 for the University of California at Davis. Colleen studied for and took the California Registry for Med. Tech. and became a registered clinical technologist; while remaining in California she was employed at the Davis Clinical Laboratory. Besides working towards his Ph.D., Duane maintained a Research Assistanship. In October of 1964 Colleen and Duane moved with their two daughters to-Massachusetts where he will spend one year in the Marine Biology Laboratories at Woods Hole doing a field study for the Smithsonian Institute. Following this assign ment they -will move to the Washington D.C. area. Address: 43 Jericho Path, Falmouth, Massachusetts. (Later Address: 7 410 Lisle Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia). 1. Pamella Kay Hope b Aug. 20, 1958 2. Karen Gail Hope b Apr. 9, 1961 3. Li!}da Mic he Ile Hope b Feb. 1, 1966 96 LYTHGOE 2-10-2-1. HARLO DE WAYNE LYTHGOE, b July 14, 1934 in Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming; attended Glenrock grade school until 1944 when his parents rr.,oved to near Sheridan; active in 4-H while living o_n his par ents' ranch; graduate of Sheridan High School, Class of '52; attended CS.U. at Ft. Collins, Colorado the fall and winter of 1952-'53; served in the U.S. Marines from Nov. 13, 1953 to Nov. 13, 1956 - rank of Sgt.; graduated from C.S.U. in 1961, B.S. degree in Bus. Adm'n.; worked for the Martin Company at Denver from April 1961 to April 1964; employed North American Aviation Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma since April 1964 as a contract pricing specialist; Methodist. m August 10, 1956 to MABEL DONZELLI, b December 24, 1934 at Torrance, Los Angeles County, California; attended Colmar Elementary School through the sixth grade at Be 11 Gardens, 7th and 8th grades at Center School in Adin, 9th to mid 11th at Adin High, graduated in 1953 from Bell High School, Bell, California; served in U.S. Marines, 1954-'59; housewife; Methodist. Address: 7470 E. 30th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. NOTE: Since the above was written, Wayne accepted a position with Lockheed Air craft as a contract pricing specialist. Address: 1050 Belvedere Lane,San Jose, Cal. I. Kristie Kay Lythgoe b July 2, 1957 2. Tracie Lynn Lythgoe b Dec. 23, 1961 LYTHGOE 2-10-2-2. WENDELL MARION LYTHGOE, b July 19, 1935 in Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming; grew up on his parents' ranch near Glenrock, la ter near Sheridan; attended grade schools in Glenrock and Sheridan, grad uating from Sheridan High School in '53; active in 4-H; served in U.S. Mar ines from August 3, 1953 to August 3, 1956; boot camp in San Diego; heavy equipment training at Camp LeJeune, N.C. and was inSeventhEngineers at Barstow, California; rank of Sgt.; Methodist. m January 26, 1958 in Raton New Mexico to BETTY MAE HANSEN, b October 8, 1938 in Wheeler, Val ley County, Montana which was quite a boom town while Fort Peck Dam was being constructed. Betty attended grade schools in Idaho, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Nebraska as her parents n:oved from one construction site to another. She attended junior high in Superior,Nebraska and graduated from Superior High School in 1956. She and Wendell first met while she was a secretary for the Winslow Construction Company in 1956-'57; now a housewife; member Church of Christ. Address: Box 85 0, Leadville, Colo. I. Richard Wade Lythgoe b Dec. 27, 1958 2. Julie Lynn Lythgoe b May I 0, 1964 LANE 2-10-2-3. BARBARA ANN LYTHGOE, b May 10, 1939 in Glenrock, Con verse County, Wyoming; grade school in Sheridan Wyoming; active in 4-H work while living on her parents' ranch near Sheridan; graduate of Longmont, Colorado High School, Class of '57; attended C.S.U. at Ft. Collins 1957- '58; worked as dental ass 't. 1958-'60 in Denver, now full time housewife; 97 Catholic. m August 20~ 1960 in Denver to LARRY BRADLEY LANE, bAug ust 30, 1929 in Denver; graduate of East Denver High, Class of '47, the son of Bradley Lane (b April 17, 1896 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) and Thelma Elizabeth \\oodward (b July 5, 1901 in Arvada, Colorado). Larry attended Denver University 3 years 1947-'50, majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Fine Arts; employed in his father's business - Bradley Lane Advertising Agency from 1950-'64, now head of advertising depart ment, Wright-McGill Company. He is a member of the Denver Artists' Guild and is recognized as one of Denver's more talented local artists; was cho sen May-D&F's artist of the month in July 1964." "His paintings display a rich variety of themes with emphasis on landscapes of the colorful south west and Rocky Mountain area," quoting a recent news article in a Denver paper. Catholic. Address: 563 Jamaica, Denver, Colorado. 1. Michael Lawrence Lane b J uly 2 , 1961 2. Andrew Benedict Lane b May 14, 1963 3. Patrick John Lane b Sept. 2, 1965 ••• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A note of thanks to each and every one of the Simeon Konkel branch for your wholehearted cooperation and encourageinent. May you derive as much pleasure from reading this book as I have had in compiling it. C.G.B . ••• 98 3. JEREMIAH L. KONKEL JEREMIAH KONKEL and Wife ELIZABETH MULKINS 3. JEREMIAH L. KONKEL, b June 8, 1847 near Ft. Wayne, Adams County, Indiana; d May 7, 1915 at Grenola, Kansas; grade school education; farmer; Church of God; m September 10, 1868 in Page County, Iowa to ELIZABETH JANE MULKINS, b February 19, 1851 in Kokoma, Howard County, Indiana; d November 30, 1919 at Grenola, Kansas; grade schooled ucation; housewife; Methodist, later joining the Church of God. Both are buried in Green Lawn Cemetery at Grenola, Kansas. JEREMIAH & ELIZABETH KONKEL, as remembered by their daughter, Myrtle Konkel Munyon. "I can not recall much of their early life, but know they were married in Iowa and farmed there for a few years before going to Girard in Crawford County, Kansas. They farmed there for awhile before re turning to Iowa. They soon went back to Kansas, this time to Mulberry in Crawford County; from there to a farm near Grenola in E ik County. They traded the farm, as I recall, for a store in Grenola which th~y ran for a year. They then bought a farm three miles east of Grenola where they farmed and raised cattle and hogs. My father was never very strong, and spent part of each year selling fruit trees, etc. Mother and children kept the farm going. They rented the farm but continued living in the house until father's death in 1915. Mother lived with her children and relatives until her passing in 1919. Both were wonderful christians ... the greatest heritage they could leave to their children ". 99 I. Samue I William Konkel b July 21, 1869 + d June 28, 1960 2. Elva Ann Konkel b Mar. 18, 1871 1871 3. Sarah Leota Konkel b July 25, 1872 + d May 8, 1954 4. David Milfrey Konke 1 b Oct. 27, 1874 + d May 31, 1964 5. Pearl Alice Konkel b Nov. 19, 1876 + d Oct. 10, 1961 6. Archie M. Konkel b Dec. 14, 1880 + d Aug. 15, 1957 7. Bessie Konkel b Nov. 12, 1884 d 1884 8. Myrtle Edna Konkel b Jan. 26, 1889 + KONKEL 3-1. SAMUEL WILLIAM KONKEL, b July 21, 1869 at Shenandoah in Page County, Iowa; d June 28, 1960 near Morrison, Colorado where he had been a patient for 13 months at the Pinehaven Rest Home; buried in St. Francois Memorial Park at Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri (His wife had been buried here in 1943, while he was pastor at Esther, Missouri, near Flat River); common grade school education; farmer, later a Minister of the Gospel (accredited Evangelist of the Churches of God); m February 17, 1892 in Moline, Elk County, Kansas to ALICE JOSEPHINE REED, b May 10, 1870 at Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas; d April 5, 1943 at Esther, Mis souri; buried St. Francois Memorial Park; grade school education; house wife; Church of God. Wnen he was a smail boy, Samuel's parents moved from Page County in Iowa to a farm near Grenola in Elk County, Kansas. It was here he met his fu ture wife. Her parents had moved to Grenola from Moline when she was a young girl. Growing to young manhood on his parents' farm, Samuel contin ued farming near Grenola after his marriage. In 1903 he and his wife went to Crawford County and farmed 4 or 5 years near Englevale. They then sold out and moved to Vilas in Baca County, Co lorado. After one year they moved back to Kansas and settled on a banker's farm four and a half miles from the little town of Cullison in Pratt County. For 14 years Samuel farmed and continued with his Sunday School teaching at the local Methodist church. Because of trouble over a building program, the family changed to the Christian Church. Samuel continued to teach Sun day School at the new church. When the depression came and his sons had left the farm, Samuel sold out and took his wife and daughters to Colorado. They settled 14 miles south of Springfield near where Samuel's brother Archie was farming. After 2 years Samuel was elected president of the South District Sunday School Associa tion. It included seven Sunday Schools and he preached at two of these each Sunday after the Sunday School Class was over. Leaving the farm in Colorado, Samuel took his first charge as pastor of a church. It was the old Central View Church (Church of God) in Wilson Coun ty, Kansas, at the little town of Neodesha. He was there 5 years - 1933- 100 '37; from 1937 to 1944 he served a church in Esther, Missouri. It was while there he lost his wife in 1943. From Esther he went to a church at Aetna Green Indiana where he remained until his retirement in 1946. His remain ing years were spent with his daughter, Leah Arnold, at her home in _Little ton, Colorado except for the year he was confined to the rest home. He died at the age of 91 years. 1. Glen Ozro Konke 1 b Nov. 29, 1892 + 2. Gertie Fern Konkel b July 9, 1897 + d Nov. 15, 1965 3. Clarence Dale Konke I b Oct. 3, 1899 + 4. Lynn Eugene Konkel b Feb. 28, 1902 + d Oct. 27, 1950 5. Leah Mae Konkel b Dec. 3, 1905 + LEAVERTON 3-3. SARAH LEOTA KONKEL, b July 25, 1872 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d May 8, 1954 in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho; buried 1.0 .0 .F. Cemetery; grade school and some normal school education; housewife; Meth odist. m December 25, 1894 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas to LAKE CLARK LEAVERTON, b August 25, 1872 in Dunavant, Jefferson County, Kansas; d November 29, 1960 in Buhl, Idaho at the Harral Nursing_ Home; buried I.0.0 .F. Cemetery. When only a small_ girl, Leora's parents moved from Iowa to Crawford County, Kansas. When she was 14 they moved again, this time to Elk County and set tled near Grenola. Here she met her future husband, Lake Clark Leaverton. The couple farmed in Jefferson Comty for about four years following their marriage in 1894. They then moved to a farm near Leeds in Chautauqua County. (The town of Leeds is no longer in existence.) In 1902 they moved about 3 miles north into Elk County and settled on a good farm about 8 miles southeast of Grenola. Lake Leaverton was a good farmer and livestock man. He always had about 100 head of cattle, 40 horses and 100 hogs. The children attended Pleas ant Valley School, one of the old country schools where one teacher taught all grades. They went to Sunday School and Church at nearby churches. These were happy years. Early in 1918 the farm was sold and on the 14th of February, taking their furniture, machinery and supplies along, the family left for Idaho. Lake went into debt for a large sum to purchase a farm near the town of Filer, but in about two years they lost the farm and all they had. They spent their remaining years on a small acreage near Filer. After two operations for breast cancer, Leota passed away in 1954 at age of 82. Lake had arthritis for about 20 years, and died in 1960 at age 88. They both loved flowers and were devoted to each other and their home. 101 I. Lambert Ervin Leaverton b Feb. 18, 1899 + 2. Elizabeth Lucinda Leaverton b Feb. 15, 1901 + 3. Louis Francis Leaverton b Apr. 17, 1912 - d Feb. 26, 1929 NOTE: WILLIAM LAMBERT LEAVERTON (3-3-1-4), grandson of Lake Clark Leaverton, is writing a Genealogy and History of the Leaverton Family. C.G.B. KONKEL 3-4. DAVID MILBREY KONKF L, b October 27, 1874 in Crawford County, Kansas; d May 31, 1964 at San Jose, California; buried in Medford, Ore~on; grade school education; farmer in Kansas and Idaho, later employee of irri gation districts in Idaho and Oregon; Methodist. m December 23, 1897 at Grenola, Elk County, Kansas to SA RAH FRANCES WILKERSON, b Septem ber 22, 1876 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky; d April 20, 1926 at Medford, Oregon; grade school education; housewife; Methodist. When he was 12 years old David's parents left their farm in Crawford Coun ty and settled near Grenola in Elk County. After his marriage to Sarah Wil kerson in 1897 he started farming on his own near Grenola. In 1918 he sold out and took his family to a farm near Twin Falls, Idaho, where he remained four years before starting to work for the Twin Falls Canal Comp~ny early in 192S. That fall he moved to Medford, Oregon where his wife died the fol lowing spring. Sarah had moved with her parents from Kentucky to Grenola, Kansas in 1890. She met David while he was working for her father. She was a wonderful cook, a devoted wife and mother. She loved the country around Medford, Oregon - said it reminded her so much of Kentucky. After his wife's death, David continued to work for the Medford Irrigation District until the spring of 1927 when, with the remaining unmarried children, he moved back to Idaho and again worked for the Twin Falls Canal Company until he retired at the age of 80. He then moved to Castro Valley, California where he had a trailer house in the backyard of his daughter Elaine's home. He did his own house keeping and cooking. In the summers he would get on a bus or train and go visit his four children and many grandchildren in differ ent areas; also his brothers and sisters still living in Colorado and Kansas. He took his first jet airplane trip when he was 82 years old, going to Kansas for his sister Myrtle's 50th wedding anniversary. He loved television, es pecially westerns, and was always interested in all kinds of sports. He re mained alert and active until his illness, which occured while he was visit ing his daughter Dorothy in the summer of 1963. He returned to California where he remained until his death in 1964 at the age of 89½ years. I. Clayborn Willard Konkel b Sept. 22, 1898 + 2. Lawrence David Konkel b Sept. 13, 1900 + 3. Dorothy May Konke I b Sept. 7, 1903 + 4. Naoma Lovelle Konkel h Feb. 2, 1907 - d Sept. 8, 1928, of TB 102 5. Harry Franklin Konkel b Dec . 1 , 1911 - d J an. 6 , 19 2 9, of Spinal Meningitis 6. Ruth Elaine Konkel b Oct. 31, 1914 + 7. Frances Konkel b 1918 - d 1918 SCHUL 3-5. PEARL ALICE KONKEL, b November 19, 1876 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d July 28, 1961 in Chanute, Neosha County, Kansas; buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Grenola, Kansas; grade school education; housewife; Methodist. m February 19, 1896 in Grenola to CHARLES EDWARD SCHUL, b April 13, 1873 in Douglas County, Kansas; d July 28, 1952; buried Green lawn Cemetery; grade school education; farmer, mail carrier and postmaster at Grenola; Methodist. Pearl spent her entire life at or near Grenola; married and raised her family, being a loving wife, mother and neighbor - loved by all who knew her. She was crippled with arthritis by the time of her husband's death in 1952, but continued to live in her home in Grenola with the help of a nurse maid for the first year. Her son Claude then took her to his home in Chanute where she remained until it became necessary to place her in a rest home in Cha nute in 1955. Charlie Schul came to Grenola with his parents when he was a small child, grew to manhood in the Independent Schooi District and lived the remainder of his life in and around Grenola. He and his wife were converted and united with the Brethren church soon after their marriage. When they left the farm in 1923 and moved to Grenola they transferred their membership to the Gre nola Methodist Church. He was a rural mail carrier for many years, assist ant post master then post master for sixteen years. He also operated a gro cery store at one time. He was an active member of the IOOF Lodge until his health failed him. 1. Claude Edward Schul b Feb. 27, 1897 + 2. Frank Charles Schul b Oct. 17, 1898 + d May 2, 1956 3. William Marquise Schul b Oct. 6, 1900 + 4. Fred Roosevelt Schul b Jan. 18, 1903 + 5. Clarence Wilbur Schul b Nov. 17, 1905 + 6. Ralph Ernest Schul b May 28, 1908 - d June 9, 1908 7. Allen Perle Schul b May 17, 1911 + 8. Lloyd Emery Schul b Mar. 15, 1916 + KONKEL 3-6. ARCHIE M. KONKEL, b December 14, 1880 in Mulberry, Crawford County, Kansas; d August 15, 1957 in Sacred Heart Hospital at Lamar, Co lorado; buried Springfield Cemetery, Baca County, Colorado; elementary school education in Page County, Iowa; moved to Baca County, Colorado 103 around 1915; farmed near Campo south of Springfield the remainder of his life. m January 3, 1906 in Leeds. Chautauqua County, Kansas to EDITH WELLS, b June 25, 1886 near Leeds (this town no longer exists); element ary school education; housewife; both Archie and Edith of Protestant faith. Address: Cinderella Nursing Home, Lamar, Colorado. 1. Vernon Konkel b Nov. 3, 1906 - d Feb. 2, 1907 2. Erma Konkel b Feb. 17, 1908 + 3- Ivy Pauline Konkel b Aug. 27, 1912 + 4. Marjorie Laveta Konkel b May 26, 1918 + 5. Infant Baby b Mar. IO~ 1921 - d Mar. 18, 1921 MUNYON 3-8. MYRTLE EDNA KONKEL, b January 26, 1889 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; 2 years high school and teaching certificate; school teacher; mem ber Church of God, later First Baptistu m May 7, 1911 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas to JOHN THOMAS MUNYON, b Juny 3, 1884 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; grade school education; farmer; First Baptist church. John and Myrtle moved to Morton County, Kansas in 1915. He farmed and she taught school until 1941. In the spring of 1963 oil companies begandril ling activities near their farm, and by fall had one oil well on pump about 450 feet from their house; other gas and oil wells are within a half mile radius, "So, they may get so thick we will have to move out. Let them come, as we have waited a long time for this", say Myrtle and J oho. Both are in good health and able to work all the time; they attend football games once or twice a week, and other activities outside football season.. Their address Elkhart, Kansas. CCTHE MUNYONS" (By Myrtle Konkel Munyon - 1963) John Munyon and wife Myrtle came to Elkhardt, Morton County, Kansas in March of 1915 from Eastern Kansas with an immigration car consisting of farm machinery, household goods, two horses, two cows and a few chickens. We located on a small farm bought from Ira Hanna. We lived in a 12 x 20 one-room house which John had built, with the neighbors' help, a month be fore. It was built of foot boards, stood upright with a car top. We put in a few acres of crop, then went by covered wagon to Beaver County, Oklahoma to work with a threshing machine crew. John hauled water with his team and I cooked for about fifteen men in a cook-shack on wheels, moving in it from one job co another. While we were gone we lost one of our cows with rattle snake bite. The next year I finished out a term of school as teacher at Point View, continuing in the teaching profession for twenty-three years after having taught four years in Eastern Kansas. I loved teaching, although many times it was pretty tough. To mention one experience: I had a large overgrown pupil who was very unruly. As I was attempting to whip him he brok~ loose, cutting across 104 fields as he ran towards his home about four miles away. While he was getting orga nized, and my Model T Ford started, he had the start of most a mile. A couple of young men were visiting at a home one-fourth mile away and were watching the performance. They put their brains to work and helped me out. They overtook him and, posing as County Superintendent and Sheriff, kept him in conversation until 1 arrived with strap in hand. I marched him to my car and drove back to the school where I proceeded to administer the proper punishment in the proper place. Another experience in the cctwenties": John and I cranked up the Model T Ford and drove to the county seat with four of my girl pupils who were to take the eighth ~rade examination on Friday and Saturday. It began to snow about noon Saturday and as soon as the girls finished their exams we started for home. The snow blew through the hood of the car, getting the wires wet. John took all the blankets out .of the car to cover it up, trying to dry out the wires, but with no success. A car came along and pulled us to a farm house. The lady got us warmed up, fed us a nice supper and bedded us all down on the floor with lots of warm bedding. The next morning when we started for home we found very little snow, as it was one of those bliz zards that have lots of wind but little snow. John froze his ears while working with the car. The first cc Black Duster'' to strike during the drought years was on a Sunday after coon about four o'clock while we were visiting at a friend's home. Without warning the room began to get dark, and by the time we got to the doors and windows it was pitch dark. We stood there, not being able to see each other. After a couple of hours we thought we could get home, and the only way we could was that there was a fence on each side of the road, and of course we stayed between them. After that, for several years, we watched for the storms. They came up so rapidly that many times they caught us before we could reach shelter. One came up as we were leav ing church on a Sunday night. Some of the people got to a home about one quarter of a mile away, but a few never got there until 2:30 A.M. after being rescued by men on foot carrying lanterns. Another time, when I was teaching, a bad one came up. One of the school board members came after his children and took me home with them. I stayed two days and two nights. We hung wet bed sheets up at the windows and doors to catch the dust and help us to breathe better. Almost everyone wore dust masks. The bad winds with no rain lasted so long, and we couldn't raise any crops at all. Finally the Govern ment decided to buy the land and most sold. Not long afterwards the rains came and the Government began to sow the land to grass. I continued to teach and John worked for the Government, tearing down fences, build ing new ones and doing away with most of the buildings,. although some few were moved. Yet, not everything was bad. People did more visiting and often took lunch es and went arrow hunting together, and spent all day tramping over sand drifts and blow-outs. Sometimes we found several, some days none. We have a nice collection in our home. We finally moved across the state line into Oklahoma to a place which had been vacant for several years. It was a large 1½ story house with sand banks higher than 105 the tops of the windows, but a few feet back from the side of the house. The windwill was lying flat and was covered up with sand. Fences could be driven over with anything that could move over the sand. We lived there ten years and with mov ing buildings, cutting trees and plenty of hard work the sand banks had disappeared when we left. That is a bird 1s eye view of many farms in the ccDust Bowl" at that time. We still live just south of the state line in Oklahoma, three miles west of Elkhart. We count ourselves Kansans and Morton Countians. KONKEL 3-1-1. GLEN OZRO KONKEL, b November 29, 1892 on a farm mear How ard, Elk County, Kansas; educated in Cullison, Kansas and at Ft. Scott Jr. College; farmer; later, custodian at Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio;member of the College First Church of God. m December 24, 1914 in Kansas to ARITTA JEWEL WINES, b October 27, 1895 at Ft. Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; grades, high school and Jr. College at Ft. Scott; housewife; College First Church of God. Glen and his wife farmed near Cullison in Pratt County until after W.W .I. They then moved to Ft. Scott; from there to a farm near Findlay, Ohio for one year before he became custodian at Findlay College. A heart attack at age 65 forced him to give up full-time employment, but he continues to work as part-time custodian. The college dedicated the school manual to him in 1955. DEDICATION The ARGUS of 1955 is respectfully dedicated to Glen O. Konkel, custodian of buildings and grounds. In l:J.ppreciation and gratitude for his twenty-eight and one-half years of tire less sevice to Findlay College. Had Mr. Konkel been only a custodian these many years, this dedication might never have been written. But "Pop" has been so much more. He has quiely responded to thousands of requests which were not at all in compliance with his regular duties. He has helped make hun dreds of extra-curricular college functions into successes by unselfishly contributing time and material to innumerable meetings, banquets, parties and plays. To you "Pop", one of the most active personalities on the college scene, we express a sincere nThank You,,. Glen and his wife Jewel celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary 10 December, 1964. They reside at 416 Frazer Street, Findlay, Ohio. I. Wilma Marie Konkel b June 21, 1917 + 2. Mildred Erdene Konkel b Feb. 28, 1918 + ADAMS-WILKIN 3-1-2. GERTIE FERN KONKEL, b July 9, 1897 near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; attended Adams School near Engle vale, then finished grades and 3 106 years high school at Cullison in Pratt County; housewife; Church of God. m June 11, 1918 in Pratt, Kansas to HAROLD L. ADAMS, b March 15, 1899 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; d May 15, 1926 in Cullison; farmer; Methodist. 1. Beatrice Averell Adams b Feb. 5, 1919 + d Nov. 15, 1965 FERN KONKEL ADAMS, m (2) May 15, 1924 in Campo, Baca County, Colo rado to ELMER OZRO WILKIN, b January, _ in Green City, Sullivan County, Missouri; d May 5, 1943 in Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado; re ceived his education in Green City and Leedey, Dewey County, Oklahoma; farmer; Church of God. Fern and Elmer lived and worked on various farms following their marriage in 1924 - in Lamar, Colorado for one year; near Campo from 1925 to 1930; to Rutherton, New Mexico in 1930 and stayed several years before going to Waterflow, New Mexico for one year, and then 9 months near Fruitland, Sao Juan County, New Mexico. Their last move was to Cortez, Colorado in the spring of 1936 where they bought the farm on which Fero and Elmer's two children by a previous marriage continue to live. Since Elmer's death in 1943, Fern has worked in convalescent homes caring for the sick. Her step-daughter Ruby works for International Harvester as a bookeeper; her step-son Harold cares for the ranch, and his wife is employ ed by a local bakery. They have a son and daughter. The son lives at home but works in town. The daughter is an accountant in Salt Lake City .(NOTE: Since the above was written, ..t-ero passed away on November 15, 1965 - C.G.B.) KONKEL 3-1-3. CLARENCE DALE KONKEL, b October 3, 1899 on a farm near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; l year high school, Cullison, Kansas; farms and raises registered spotted Poland China hogs; also a cement finisher; member Friends Church. m August 3, 1919 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kan sas to GERTRUDE ELLEN RICE, b March 14, 1898 in Cullison; 3 years Cullison High School; housewife; Friends Church. Address: Haviland, Kan- sas. 1. Jack Samuel Konkel b June 6, 1920 - d Aug. 7, 1920 2. Margaret Helena Konkel b July 10, 1921 + Mabel Roberta Konkel b Aug. 3. - 21, 1922 + 4. Clarence Fay Konkel b May 19, 1924 + 5. Marcheta Wandaleene Konkel b Feb. 9, 1926 + 6. Gertrude Joseline Konkel b Jan. 24, 1927 - d July 12, 1927 7. Johnnie Richard Konkel b Feb. 4, 1928 + d Nov. 5, 1960 8. Hattie Joann Konkel b Mar. 3, 1929 + 9. Eddie Gene Konkel b Mar. 20, 1930 + 10. Frankie Duncan Konkel b April 7, 1931 + 11. Wayne David Konkel b May 9, 1932 + 12. Marthena Priscilla Konkel b Sept. 25, 1940 + 107 KONKEL 3-1-4. LYNN EUGENE KONKEL, b February 28, 1902 on his parents! farm near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; d October 27, 1950 in Troup, Smith County, Texas; buried Troup Cemetery; 3½ years high school at Cullison, Kansas; worked as Telegraph Lineman on Missouri Pacific Railroad from 1928 until his death in 1950; served four years at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas - 1920-24; member Church of God; later joined the Baptist Church at Troup. m December 17, 1925 in San Antonio to GLADYS WA VE MARSHALL, b October 18, 1907 at Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Jessie Bird Marshall and Dora Ellen Flanagan Marshall; I½ years high school at Maio Avenue High, S.A.; 1 year business school at Alamo Busi ness College in San Antonio; housewife; seamstress, secretary, presently bookeeper at Goree Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections at Hunts ville; member of Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Star. Glady' s father was a carpenter and the family lived where ever there was construction work going on - Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. ·Her mother was in frail health, and it was at the doctor's suggestion they moved from Independence, Missouri to a warmer climate in San Antonio, Texas. It was there she first met Lynn in the summer of 1923, while he was serving in the U.S. Army. Her story in her own words: "I was visiting at the home of friends one Sunday afternoon when he came riding up on a horse. He and another soldier friend had drawn a horse each from the remount "just to pass away the time" and they came by to say hello. We were attracted to each other at once and began dating. I was 16 and still in school but I managed to get mother's consent to date him as long as it didn't interfere with my school work. I wanted to be a secretary so I left high school and started to business college. Lynn was discharged in the fall, September as best I remember, and began working for the Bell Telephone Company as a long distance maintenance man, working out of Austin in several directions. We planned to be married on Christmas Eve, but I took the flu and we had to postpone it until the 27th. I went with Lynn over his territory for a time until the company objected to my riding in the company car (a violation of their insurance rules) so he resigned his job with them. He was unable to find anything but odd jobs in San Antonio, so we decided to try Kansas City. My grandparents lived there and we stayed with them. He had no luck there, so we went to Eureka, Kansas where my uncle got him on with an oil company. I was pregnant by winter and Lynn was so sure that no one would care for me as well as his moth er, so we took a train for Springfield, Colorado where his parents lived, arriving there on Christmas Eve. After Cecil's birth we went back to San Antonio. He waked at odd jobs until the fall of 1928 when he got his lineman job with the Missouri Pacific. We transferred to Har lingen, Texas in 1929 wh~re our daughter Yvonne was born. The next spring we 108 went to Opelousas, Louisiana but we didn't like the humidity there. During the rainy season Lynn needed a boat to get to his lines, so when Troup came open for bid he took it. We moved to Troup September 3, 1930 and there we remained until 1950 when he suffered an acute heart attack and died. He was a wonderful man, a gpod hus band and father, and was well loved by all his friends. He was the type of person who makes friends easily and was highly thought of by all. He was busy all the time, being a deacon in the Baptist church, a teacher of a boys' Sunday School class. He was a Mason, member of Eastern Star, member Fire Department and taught classes in Red Cross First Aid. Cecil had been in service only a month when his father died. He flew home for the funeral, and remained until he got his father's affairs straightened out. Yvonne was working as accountant for the Chevrolet dealer there. They were my strength and my comfort during this trying time. My father had died in 1940, and I had my widow ed mother with me also. I tried two jobs before I went to work in a hospital office in Kilgore, commuting to Troup each day. I began dating Mr. Weaver in 1954, and in January of 1955 we were married. I went to Willis Point, Texas where he was Chief of Police. We had been married 1 year and 10 months when he also died of an acute heart attack. Cecil was married by this time and he insisted that Mother and I move to Conroe with him. I had my furniture hauled down there, and he rented a house large enough to accomodate all of us. I worked for a time with a Pontiac dealer, until he decided to retire. Jobs were hard to find then so ! went to work for a dry cleaner as alter ations lady. During my life with Lynn, I had taken in sewing for the public, and this helped me in this sott of job at the cleaners. Cecil had the opportunity to bid for the agent position at New Waverley, so he bought a lovely old 1½ story house and we all moved there. I decided that Huntsville was nearer and a more pleasant drive each day, so I obtained work with a cleaner there. I had placed an application with the Texas Department of Corrections, because I wanted to get back into of fice work, and after some wait, was called in for an interview. I was sent to the woman's unit, the Goree Farm, to be secretary to the Warden on January 30., 1961, and have been there ever since. I have been promoted fromC ustodial I position to Custodial II and have received two merit raies as well. I hope to remain there until I am old enough to receive my retirement. The following paragraph about Lynn Konkel was sent 1n by his daughter, Yvonne Konkel Loving: «1 remember my dad as a man who loved life, not for what he could get from it, but for what he could give. He worked hard but was always a happy man, full of jokes and fun. He was a Christian man, a Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Troup, Texas. He was always active in public life, and always had time to devote in helping others. I remember so many of his Sunday after noons spent in visiting the elderly «shut-ins" of our area. He often recorded the morning church service on a tape recorder and took it with him to visit those who could not attend. My dad loved people, and I will always feel they 109 loved him. He was an active Mason and member of the Order of Eastern Star, and devoted a great deal of time to each of these organizations. He was also an active meln'ber of the Troup Volunteer Fire Department for many years. He died very suddenly at the age of 48 years, a seemingly short, but a very full life." There were two children born to this union: 1. Cecil Eugene Konkel b May 15, 1927 + 2. Grace Yvonne Konkel b Aug. 26, 1929 + GLADYS MARSHALL KONKEL, m (2) January 1955 to CLAREMORE MC KE L VEY WEA VER, b June 26, 1897 in Batesville, Independence Coun ty, Arkansas (the son of Walter Mack Weaver and Kate Steele Weaver both deceased); d November 19, 1956 of an acute heart attack at home in Wills Point, Texas; buried Ebenezer Cemetery near Arp, Texas. C. M. (Buck) Weaver became a member of the fire department at Wichita Falls, Texas when he was 19. Two years later, upon becoming 21 he be came a Texas Ranger. At that time he was the youngest ranger in history. Later, he was a deputy sheriff of Winkler County, then Smith County and finally Chief of Police at Troup. He moved to Wills Point to become police chief there in 1954. He was in police work most of his adult life. Gladys is employed with the Texas Department of Corrections as secretary to the Warden of the womens' unit at the Goree Farm, where she hopes to re main until she can receive her retirement. The following paragraph is quoted from her letter: "The work is most inter esting and rewarding. As officers working with girls who have made a mis take, our efforts to help them reshape their lives and leave us to make a good citizen is very satisfactory. God put us on this earth to help each other. Of course we have some who return, but the percentage is small. I live alone now, as mother passed on over two years ago. Yvonne has two children, a son Jay Herbert Loving, and a daughter Angela Lynn, who is nine months old, born July 25, 1964. Cecil has a boy, age seven, so I am blessed with three lovely grandchildren. ( I am not just bragging either, they are beautiful.) Cecil is agent at New Braunfels now, and Yvonne is office manager at the Cadillac dealership in Tyler, as well as running her home and being a mother. I have been blessed in my children. They are both fine kids and I am very proud of them. They have always stood by when I needed them and have been a great comfort in times of grief." Her address: Route 4, Box 77A, Huntsville, Texas. ARNOLD 3-1-5. LEA MAE KONKEL, b December 3, 1905 near Englevale, Crawford 110 County, Kansas; extent of education not reported; housewife and works in a floral shop; Protestant. m March 10, 1929 at her parents' home near Campo, Baca County, Colorado to CLARENCE F. ARNOLD, b May 5,_; farmer, car painter, and now paints houses; also, inside decorator; Protestant. Address: 1829 W. Crestline Drive - Littleton, Colorado. LEAVERTON 3-3-1. LAMBERT ERVIN LEAVERTON, February 18, 1899 on his parents' farm near the now extinct town of Leeds, in Chautauqua County, Kansas; attended Pleasant Valley School in the country, and went through the 9th grade in Grenola about 8 miles from the farm; he later took an International Correspondence Course in Sanitary & Heating Engineering and also one in Electricity; occupation - Plumbing business; Methodist. m April 5, 1919 in Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho to MILDRED THEODOSIA MORRIS, b May 26, 1901 in Moline, Elk County, Kansas; 2 years high school; housewife; Methodist. Lambert's parents moved the family from Kansas to Idaho about 1918. (For life in Kansas, see 3-3 ). Lambert continued to farm with his father for about a year after reaching Idaho. He then married and moved to Elk, Washington in late 1922. He worked as a pipe fitter's helperuntil November 1924, when they moved to Seattle where he took up the plumbing trade. He well re members the depression in the early thirties, when he was out of work most of the time for two years and lost all he had. In June 1932 they moved back to Filer where he worked part time on a farm and part time at plumbing. They moved to Glenns Ferry in April 1934 where he worked as a plumber full-time. Louise, Clark, Bob and Bill graduated from high school before the family left Glenns Ferry for Boise in 1940. Two years later Lambert and Mildred were divorced. She is now MRS. MILDRED COURTNEY; house wife, and also works in the school cafeteria. Her address: 2219 ·1daho Street - Boise, Idaho. 1. Louise Frances Leaverton b Nov. 11, 1919 + 2. Clark Edward Leaverton b Nov. 2, 1921 + 3. Robert Morris Leaverton b Dec. 30, 1923 + 4. William Lambert Leaverton b Dec 30, 1923 + 5. Kenneth Ralph Leaverton b Jan. 2, 1925 + d Oct. 5, 1964 6. Garry Lee Leaverton b July 22, 1934 GARY was born in Glenns Ferry, Idaho; attended grades and high school at Boise, graduated from High School at Blackfoot and attended University of Idaho 3 years; studied dramatics, music and business, now operates his own Talent Booking Agency in New York City; single; Methodist; Address: 1211 First Avenue, New York City, N.Y. LAMBERT LEAVERTON, m (2) June 10, 1944 in Idaho Falls to GWENDO LYN SYLVIA GESAS, b December 21, 1911 in Sa1t Lake City; college grad uate; school teacher, now housewife; Jewish faith, attends the Methodist church; member Eastern Star. 111 Lambert left Boise in 1942 for Idaho Falls. After his second marriage in 1944, he went into the plumbing business for himself. Their daughter, Esth er Sylvia, was born August 12, 1947. In April 1949 the business was moved to Blackfoot, Idaho where the family lived until October 1961. He closed out his plumbing business in Blackfoot in December 1956 and went to work as a general pipe foreman at the national reactor testing sub station for sub-contractors, who were doing work for the Atomic Energy Com mission, In March 1960 he became Water Department Superintendent for the City of Blackfoot. He left this job in October 1961 and now resides with his wife Gwen and daughter Esther in Anaheim, where he enjoys working for his twin sons, Bob and-Bill, in their plumbing business. Lambert is active in the Methodist church, as are all the members of his family. He sang in the church choir for about 30 years and was either an of fice holder or member of some church board most of that time - at the pre sent time is Treasurer of the Methodist Men's Club at the First Methodist Church in Anaheim. He is past Governor of the Moose Lodge; Past Noble Grand of the 1.O.O.F .; also past Worshipful Master of Masons and past Worthy Patron of Eastern Star. His hobbies consist of gardening, trailering and photography. Address: 200 W. Midway Drive, Space 95, Anaheim, Cali fornia. 7. Esther Sylvia Leaverton b Aug. 12, 1947 - ESTHER is a senior (1964-'65) at Loara High School in Anaheim; Secretary of the German Club and a member of Honor Society and Future Teachers' Club. Her favorite subject is Trigonometry; hobby is reading. After graduating she wants to go to business college and work for awhile. Eventually she hopes to go to college and become a school teacher. STROUD 3-3-2. ELIZABETH LUCINDA LEAVERTON, b February 15, 1901 near Leeds, Chautauqua County, Kansas; grade school education; housewife; Me thodist; belongs to Eastern Star and Rebecca Lodge, and enjoys her neigh borhood clubs .. m March 14, 1922 in Twin Falls, Idaho to LESLIE LOUIS STROUD, b May 28, 1900 in Paxton, Keith County,Nebraska; high school education and course in radio; R.F .D. mail carrier; Methodist; past Worship ful Master of Buhl Masonic Lodge. Leslie came to Idaho with his parents from Nebraska when he was five. They settled on land near the town of Peevey. Elizabeth moved with her par ents from Grenola, Kansas in February 1918; they settled near Buhl, later moving to a ranch near Filer - it was there they first met. Following their marriage they moved to Buhl. Leslie carried o:.ail for 40 years, and does radio and television work. Elizabeth enjoys raising a nice garden and flow ers, as well as baking cookies and sewing for her grandchildren. They live on their 10 acres one mile east and ½ mile south of Buhl. Leslie is now re- 112 tired from postal work and the two do a considerable amount of traveling with their 19½ foot trailer - spent one month in October of 1963 visiting re latives in Kansas; had also spent 3 months earlier in the year vacationing in Arizona and California. Their address: Box 25, Buhl, Idaho. I. Helen Jeane Stroud b Jan. 23, 1923 + d July 9, 1957 2. Frances Eleanor Stroud b Sept. 4, 1926 + 3. Glen Edward Stroud b July 8, 1929 + KONKEL 3-4-1. CLAYBORN WILLARD KONKEL, b September 22, 1898 on his par ents' farm near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; education and occupation not reported; was clerk in feed store in Medford, Oregon back in 1933; church not reported. m April 1921.in... Twin Falls, Idaho to EDITH HARRIS, b in Twin Falls, Idaho. Address: 906 S. 9th Street, San Jose, California. 1. Wanda Konkel b Jan. , 1922 KONKEL 3-4-2. LAWRENCE DAVID KONKEL, b September 13, 1900 in Grenola, Elk, County, Kansas; 9th grade education; owner retail lumber company; Methodist. m May 9, 1931 in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California to MARY ANDERSON, b July 30, 1910 in San Francisco, 9th grade education; housewife; co-owner of husband's retail lumber yard; Methodist. Lawrence Konkel worked on his parents' farm until he was 19, left Kansas in 1917 for Filer, Idaho where he continued to do farm work; went to Cali fornia in fall of 1924 and stayed one winter before going to Medford, Oregon in early spring of 1925; in fall of 1930 he went to Tuolumne, California where he met Mary Anderson. They moved to Westwood in 1931 and remain ed there until going to Medford, Oregon in 193 7. Lawrence did farm work un til he left Idaho in 1924 and after that he worked in lumber untill951, when he started his own retail lumber business - Westside Lumber Company, 924 Summit Ave., Medford, Oregon. 1. Lawrence David Konkel Jr. b Aug. 9, 1932 - d Apr. 20, 1936 2. Lavelle Darlene Konkel b Oct. 6, 1933 + 3- William Claybourne Konkel b Aug. 31, 1938 - d Aug. 20, 1939 HORTING 3-4-3. DOROTHY MAE KONKEL, b September 7, 1903 at Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; high school education; housewife; Christian Church. m October 10, 1923 in Twin Falls, Idaho to CARL J. HOR TING, b October 31, 1896 at Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas; grade school education; owner and operator, grocery store; Christian church. At the time of their marriage Carl was farming near Twin Falls. They later moved to Medford, Oregon, where he worked for a lumber company 2 years. 113 They returned to Twin Falls where he worked I½ years for Skaggs grocery. He then worked for Skaggs {later to be called Safeway) at Baker, and later at LaGrande, Oregon - as manager of the LaGrande store from 1927 to '38 when they went to Moscow, Idaho and managed a store with a friend until 1941. At that time Carl and Dorothy moved to Colfax, Washington and bought their own store, Horting's Food Store, which they both have operated since, at 806 N. ·Main. Dorothy has worked in the store with her husband except for about l½ years following World War II. Carl is a veteran of W.W .I.. Both are active members of the Christian church. Carl singing in the choir and Dor othy serving as church Treasurer. Address: N. 408 Deanway, Colfax, Wash. 1. Evelyn Carlene Horting b Aug. 28, 1930 + 2. Patricia Lou Horting b June 10, 1933 + OWEN 3-4-6. RUTH ELAINE KONKEL, b October 31, 1914 at Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; attended high school 3 years in Twin Falls, Idaho; house wife; Methodist. m November 7, 1933 in Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho to DELMAR BYRON OWEN, b August 13, 1913 at Dighton, Lane County, Kan sas; 3 years high school at Twin Falls; service representative, Chevrolet dealership; Methodist. Only 12 years old when she lost her mother in 1926, Elaine went to live her sister Dorothy. They moved quite often as Dorothy's husband worked for Safeway and was transferred several times. (see 3-4-3. Elaine met her future husband while both were attending school in Twin Falls. After their marriage they moved to California and, as it was "depression" times, both worked at numerous jobs in the Bay area where they were living. Del went to work for a Chevrolet dealer in Oakland in 1936 and has been with Chevrolet since. He entered the service in 1942; was in the 14th Armor ed Division and was stationed in Arkansas, Ohio and Kentucky until 1944 when they were sent to the European Area for active service. Elaine traveled with him for awhile during his stay in the States, then worked for a Dodge dealership in Colfax, Washington until Del's retum in 1946. T·hey then left Colfax and settled in an apartment in Oakland, California, living there until they bought their home in Castro Valley in 1949. Del drives 17 miles to his work in Oakland. They ·have seen their little un incorporated area increase from 17,000 population to 49,000 in 15 years. Elaine says Del is the interesting one in the family with a wide range of hobbies. He holds an instructor's pilot license, loves sports, especially baseball and is a Giant fan; is very artistic and creative. They have both been active in school functions. He was president of the· Disttict Dads' Club and also vice-president of the state group. They have just completed .a year of being co-president of their high school Instrumental Music Par• ents' Group. Elaine has se·veral jobs in their Methodist church and is room Mother for their son Jim's class at school. Adct·-.·:ss: 19227 Vaughn Avenue Castro Valley, California. 114 1. Sheila Rae Owen b Aug. 9, 1947 2. Tames David Owen b Mar. 5, 1954 - SHEILA graduated from high school in June 1965 and will attend the junior college in Hayward, majoring in Merchandising. She has played Clar inet in the school band since the 5th grade. JIM is now in the 6th grade and plays trumpet in the band. He is a Little League baseball player and hopes to be in the Major Leagues when he grows up. He seems to have enherited his father's mechanical talent. SCHUL 3-5-1. CLAUDE EDWARD SCHUL, b Februray 27, 1897 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; eighth grade education; learned telegraphy in Grenola de pot in 1912 and worked as telegrapher and Agent for Santa Fe Railroad; joined the army in 1917 and served overseas in World War !until 1919; work ed on Santa Fe until employment with Sinclair Oil Company as telegraph operator in 1924; was transferred in 1943 to Humboldt, Kansas as Division Dispatcher for Service Line Company; in 1945 transferred to Graford, Texas; returned to Humbolt in 1948; was promoted to Assistant District Clerk and then to District Clerk in 1950; took his early retirement in 1961 and bought a 40-acre farm southwest of Thayer, Kansas where he and his wife now live. m September 8, 1923 in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas to ETHEL MAYE HOFFMAN, b June 8, 1906 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas; eighth grade education; housewife; both she and Claude are Methodists. Address: Route 1, Thayer, Kansas. 1. Vivian Virginia Schul b Apr. 28, 1924 + 2. Clayton Schul b Dec. 22, 1925 - d Nov. 2, 1926 3. Pearl Alice Schul b Apr. 26, 1928 + 4. Calvin Edward Schul b Sept. 6, 1930 + 5. Leona Ma ye Schul b Oct. 24, 1934 + 6. Frank Charles Schul b June 19, 1938 + SCHUL 3-5-2. FRANK CHARLES SCHUL, b October 17, 1898 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; d May 2, 1956 in McPherson, Kansas where he had lived since 1933; buried in McPherson; high school education; District Gauger; Sinclair Oil Company; Methodist. m May 8, 1926 in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma to RUBY JANE WATKINS, b December 2, 1905 in Sy camore, Montgomery County, Kansas; high school education; homemaker; Methodist. Their first home together was at Madison, Kansas (1926-1932) where Frank was an engineer with Sinclair;in the fall of 1932 he was trans ferred to McPherson and made District Gauger. Her address: 115 W.Bishop, McPherson, Kansas. 1. Allan Duaine Schul b Apr. 14, 1931 + 2. Frances Charlene Schul b Apr. 15, 1936 + 115 SCHUL 3-5-3. WILLIAM MARQUIS SCHUL, b October 6, 1900 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; high school education; employed by Phillips Petroleum Company from 1921 through 1960 completing nearly 40 years of service as Morse code operator, clerk, warehouseman, district chief clerk, division chief clerk out of the home office at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 1934 he wished to advance his knowledge of actually drilling and producing oil and gas wells, and the resulting supervisory responsibilities, so started in this phlse of the business. Frc;,m 1934 to 1960 served as Foreman, Well Service Superintendent, District Superintendent and Division Superintendent. During these many years he and his family lived at different times in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Montana and looked after opera tions in other states and Canadian provinces. m April 10, 1923 in Grenola to ETHEL MAY ANGEL, b October 14, 1902 in Chanute, Neosha County, Kansas; attended Pittsburg State Normal at Pittsburg, Kansas; housewife; Christian church (he was originally Methodist), both. are now members of the Presbyterian church. Address: 1734 Hollyhock Street, Livermore, Calif. 1. Janet Louise Schul b Dec. 11, 1933 + SCHUL 3-5-4. FRED ROOSEVELT SCHUL, b January 18, 1903 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; grade school education; has served in both the U.S. Army and Navy; worked as ranch foreman 18 years for one ranch in New Mexico; worked in the oil fields at Peabody and Virgil, Kansas and in Texas, lived in Dallas 1 year; worked 1 year in feed lots at Imperial, California; has 10 years with the U.S. Civil Service; for the past 12 years has lived in Pata gonia, Arizona; ranch foreman on Rail X Ranch past 3 years; owns a cafe in Patagonia. m February 21, 1928 in Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas to ADA COUNTERMAN. 1. Edna Pearl Schul b Feb. 16, 1929 + FRED SCHUL, m (2) MRS. WILMA JUANITA BENNETT on December 12, 1950. (Her son GARY ALLEN BENNETT, b August 21, 1942 changed his name to Schul when he became 21.) Their address: Box 146, Patagonia, Arizona. SCHUL 3-5-5. CLARENCE WILBUR SCHUL, b November 17, 1905 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; high school education; worked in a machine shop un til 1958 when failing hearing forced him to quit; he then worked for Joyland Park as gardener for 3 years before obtaining employment as custodian, and is now building supervisor for the Wichita Art Museum; Methodist. m October 6, 1927 in Howard, Elk County, Kansas to LOMA LUCILLE STORMS, b October 30, 1909 in Grenola; high school education; housewife 116 and office cashier, J.C. Penney Co., since 1952; Methodist. Their address: 2617 S. Victoria, Wichita, Kansas. 1. Charles Francis Schul b May 9, 1928 + 2. Jack Wilbur Schul b May 20, 1930 + SCHUL 3-5-7. ALLEN PERLE SCHUL, ·b May 17, 1911 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; graduate of Grenola High School and Wichita Business College - 1933; started farming in 1934 which was a very dry year in the "Dust Bowl" days;· entered politics in 1955 and was County Treasurer 4 years; in 1959 worked as farm census taker for U.S. Government; went to work in 1960 for Coleman Company in Wichita; in 1961 obtained his present employment with Wichita Board of Education; Methdoist. m February 20, 193 7 in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas to MARGARET MARTHA HAUENSTEIN, b July 21, 1909 in Elk Falls, Elk County, Kansas; graduate of Elk Falls High School and Wichita Business College; worked for Coleman Company in Wich ita 4 years; as civil service employee in Welfare Department at Howard, Kansas until marriage in 1937; hired as Home Demonstration Agent of Elk County in 1940; appointed County Treasurer in 1954 and served as her hus band's deputy when be became treasurer in 1955; in 1959 she went to work at her present job with Federal Internal Revenue in Wichita; Methodist. Address: 104 W". Lewis - Apt. 3, Wichita, Kansas. SCHUL 3-5-8. LLOYD EMERY SCHUL, b March 15, 1916 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; graduate of Grenola High School 1934 and business college in Chillicothe, Missouri; owner of two automotive parts store in Odessa, Tex as; Methodist. m December 28, 1941 in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas to EVELYN LUC.ILLE GIBBONS, b June 22, 1922 in Adantic, Cass County, Iowa; graduated high school and Wichita Business College; housewife; Methodist. Depression years made it hard to find work so Lloyd traveled all over the U.S. working at any and all jobs. Entered Chillicothe Business College at Chillicothe, Missouri in 1936 and on leaving school he found jobs still al most impossible to get. Worked in grocery store, as. apprentice baker, cafe and farm laborer. His first real chance to enter the retail field of selling came in 1939 when he went to work for "Burr Stores", a branch of Butler Bros. Stores, in the town of Hope, Arkansas. Working night and day to gain experience, he was soon transferred to Batesville as assistant manager of the Burr Store in that city. In January of 1942 he enlisted in the Army and had two years of extensive training at Ft. Warren, Wyoming. He entered as a private and after several promotions became Bn. Sgt. Maj. with rank of Tech. Sgt., applied for a com· mission as an officer, entering officers' school at Camp Lee, Virginia located 117 near the town of Petersburg; receiving 13 weeks of extensive academic and' physical field training and obtained commission as 2nd Lt. Shipped out from New York Harbor and joined the Fifth Infantry Division in Ireland; had ex tensive training there before landing "D"-day-2 as a member of the Third Army under Gen George Patton. He received a battle field promotion to 1st Lt. while fighting in Luxembourg. He was a platoon commander through all his battlefield experience. While overseas he served in the following coun tries; England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Austria, and in the Alsace.-Lorraine region. He was in Austria when peace was declared. His division was the striking division for Gen. Patton; at Metz, France they suffered a 70% loss. On completion of the war he sailed for home aboard the battleship "General Richardson" from LeHavre harbor in France and docked at Boston harbor, U.S.A. His first civilian job after the war was with Phillips Petroleum Co., in 1945; in 1947 he bought a cafe in Odessa, Texas and in 1948 he opened a drug store there; during this time he also opened a new automotive parts store in Odessa. In 19S1 he sold the drug store and expanded the parts business, then in 1959 he opened his second parts store in Odessa. In 1960 he pur chased land and built a large new modern building to house his parent store. Address: 2713 Eastover Street, Odessa, Texas. I. Michael Lynn Schul b Aug. 10, 1949 - 2. Patrick Lloyd Schul b June 10, 1951 - 3. Terry Lee Schul b Oct. 26, 1954· - BOYLE 3-6-2. ERMA KONKEL, b February 17, 1908 near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; 2 years high school at Campo, Baca County, Colorado; cook and waitress; Protestant. m October 29, 1932 in Boise City, Cimarron County, Oklahoma to JOSEPH BOYLE, b October 20, 1903 in Oklahoma; 2- years high school; farmer; Protestant. Her address: 132 W. 5th St., Springfield, Colorado. 1. Florence Marie Boyle b May 7, 1935 + 2. Melvin Joe Boyle b June 9, 1936 - 3. Raymond LeRoy Boyle b Apr. 15, 1939 - 4. Donald Eugene Boy le b Nov. 12, 1940 - (2). MEL VIN JOE has an 8th grade education; farmer; single; Protestant. Address. Elkhart, Kansas. (3). RAYMOND LE ROY attended Springfield High School 1 year; is now a well driller; Protestant. m Guymon, Oklahoma to Mrs. Betty James (b Betty Seeman); a widow with three children. Address: Hugoton, Kansas. (4), DONALD EUGENE has an 8th grade education; farms and is a well dril ler; Protestant; single; lives with his mother in Springfield. 118 WINKLEMAN 3-6-3. IVY PAULINE KONKEL, b August 27, 1912 near Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; grade school and 2 years high school in Baca County, Colorado; waitress; Protestant; member Rebecca Lodge. m October 28, 1939 in Guymon, Oklahoma to HAROLD EARNEST WINKELMAN 2 b July 31, 1910 in Muskogee, Oklahoma; d July 1, 1953 in Lamar, Colorado; funeral services by Father White in the Catholic Church at Springfield; buried Fair mont Cemetery, Lamar; 2 years high school; farmer. Ivy has lived in Springfield since her husband's death in 1953. She works as a waitress while her son Larry does farm work and enjoys taking care of race horses and other livestock. Their address: 181 W. 7th Street, Spring field, Colorado. 1. Larry Ray Winke Iman b Apr. 8, 1943 - 2. Gerry Winkleman b Nov. 3, 1945 - d Nov. 3, 1945 3. Harry Winkle man b Nov. 3, 1945 - d Nov. 3, 1945 POPE 3-6-4. MARJORIE LA VETA KONKEL, b May 26, 1918 at her parents' farm home near Campo, Baca County, Colorado; graduated Springfield High School, 1937; housewife, sales lady; member First Christian Church; co organizer local Rainbow Girls Assembly and Past Matron, Eastern Star. m February 4, 1950 in Boise City, Cimarron County, Oklahoma; to HARRY LESTER POPE, b January 13, 1916 in Omaha, Ne bra ska; graduated Spring field High School, 1935; bookeeper, farmer; First Christian Church; 32° Ma son, Past Worshipful Master, Sprinfield Lodge and Past Patron, Eastern Star. Address: 256 Kansas Street, Springfield, Colorado. 1. Judy Arlene Pope b Feb. 4, 1941 + 2. Harry Lester Pope Jr. b Jan. 8, 1955 - CULLEN 3-1-1-1. WILMA MARIE KONKEL, b June 21, 1917 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; graduated Findlay High School and Findlay College, in Findlay, Ohio; housewife; First Congregational Church of Natick~ m June 8, 1941 in Findlay, Hancock County, to RICHARD JOSEPH CULLEN, b August 17, 1916 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; grad uated Boston Latin School, Findlay College, Harvard Graduate School; Ad vertising Manager, Dennison Manufacturing Company, Framingham; Congre gationalist. Address: 55 Park Ave., Natick, Mass. 1. Judith Ann Cullen b Sept. 2, 1944 + WILLIAMSON 3-1-1-2. MILDRED ERDINE KONKEL, b December 28, 1918 in Cullison, 119 Pratt County, Kansas; graduated from Findlay High School and attended Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio. m RAYMOND WILLIAMSON, employed by Standard Oil Company. Address: 453 7 Utah Drive, Richmond, Calfornia. 1. Glenna Rhea Williamson b Jan. 14, 1943 + 2. Claudia Lou Williamson b Nov. 17, 1944 + THOMPSON 3-1-2-1. BEATRICE AVERELL ADAMS, b February 5, 1919 at Cullison, in Pratt County, Kansas; moved with her mother and grandparents to Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado in 1924, later going to Baca County where she started the first grade in a rural school south of Springfield. After several years she moved to Parkview, New Mexico where she went for some time to a Catholic Parochial school, as there were no public schools there. She graduated from the 8th grade at Kirtland, New Mexico before moving to Cor tez, Colorado where she attended high school. m September 21, 1938·at Cortez to LAWRENCE A. THOMPSON, bNovember 12, 1897 in Boelus, How ard County, Nebraska; attended Lake View grade school near Cortez; farmer. Beatrice now lives with her mother. Address:113 S. Elm St., Cortez, Colo. 1. Carrie Alice Thompson b July 17, 1942 - (1). CARRIE ALICE was born at her parents' farm home near Cortez, Monte zuma County, Colorado; graduated from Lake View, a rural district school, and from Cortez High School; attended Southern California Bible College at Costa Mesta, is now a practical nurse in the Monticello Hospital, Utah; mem ber First Assembly of God church in Monticello; single. Address: Monticello, Utah. DAVIS 3-1-3-2. MARGARET HELENA KONKEL, b July 10, 1921 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; graduated from high school; housewife; Friends church. m March 3, 1947 in Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas to OLEN DAVIS, b May 27, 1914 in Haviland;d July 11, 1962 in Pratt County Hospi tal; buried Haviland cemetery; 2 years high school; farmer and trucker; Friends church. Address: 1. Richard Olen Dav.is b Jan. 1, 1949 - 2. Raine Davis b Dec. 2, 1952 - d Dec. 2, 1952 3. Kent Dale Davis b Feb. 13, 1955 - .&..... Dannice Davis b Aug. 22, 1957 - s. Ronda Kay Davis b Oct. 16, 1960 - BAKER 3-1-3-3. MABEL ROBERTA KONKEL, b August 21, 1922 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; high school and 2 years Jr. College; housewife and dental assistant; Christian church. m November 27, 1947 in Haviland, Kio- 120 wa County, Kansas to CLYDE ALLEN BAKER, b December 27, 1925 in Cullison, Kansas; high school graduate; Civil Service employee with U.S. Postal Service; Christian church; drafted into army service in February 1944; basic training at Camp Roberts, California; trained with the 65th Di vision at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; over seas duty in the European theatre for eight months; discharged at Ft. Leavenworth, August 1946. Decorations and citations: European Theatre Bar, Central Europe Battle Star and Rhine land Battle Star. Address: 2·06 N. Oak, Pratt, Kansas. 1. Nancy Ann Baker b Dec. 24, 1949 - 2. Barbara Jean Baker b Oct. 14, 1952 - 3. Beth Elaine Baker b June 16, 1954 - KONKEL 3-1-3-4. CLARENCE FAY KONKEL, b May 19, 1924 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; 4 years college education; employer, Paramount Movie and T.V.; Friends church; volunteered for U.S. Navy, May 1943; V-12 program, Kansas Officers Training School; boot camp, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, (Bugler), Navy Pier, Chicago - 2nd Class Seaman; U.S. Naval Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma - Aviation Machinists School and Radar Operators School; promoted to 1st Class Seaman. Aviation Free Gun nery Training, Virginia; Ball Turret Gunnery School, Jacksonville, Florida; Turret Gunnery School, Miami; Operational Training, Navy torpedo planes, Fte Lauderdale; Radio Patrol to Bahama Island; Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class, Air Crew Wings; Ventura County Airport, California (Rockets in Desert); assigned to CASU5, Carrier Air Service Unit 5, Ai Group 98, Squad ron 24, South Pacific Air Command, ·u.s. Naval Air Station, North Island, California; discharged - rerminal Island, May 1946. m February 11, 1949 in· Glendale, California to HARRIETTE MAE GOOD, b October 29, 1930 in Berthoud, Colorado; college education; housewife; Luthern. Address: 314 Randolph, Glendale, California. 1. Mark E~gene Konkel b Apr. 18, 1952 - 2. Linda Susan Konkel b Nov. 19,1953 - 3. Lisa Marie Konkel b Dec. 21, 1956 - 4. Daniel Scott Konkel b Feb. 18, 1959 - MONAGHAN 3-1-3-5. MARCHETA WANDALEENE KONKEL, b February 9, 1926 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; 1 year Jr. College and Venus School of Beauty, Wichita, Kansas; housewife, beautician; Friends Church. m April 7, 1952 in Pratt, Kansas to BILLY WAYNE MONAGHAN, b February 14, 1917 in Coats, Pratt County, Kansas; high school and trade school for repairing musical instruments; occupation: repairs musical instruments; entered U.S. Army February 4, 1942 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Technician Fifth Grade, 695th Quartermaster Truck Company; discharged, Separation Center, Ft. Logan, Colorado, October 1, 1945. Battles and campaigns: Bismarck, Archi- 121 pelago, Southern Philippines, New Guinea and Luzon. Decorations and cita tions: Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, Medal of Philippine Liberation, Rib bon with 2 Bronze Service Stars, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Meda~ and Meritorious Service Unit Plaque. Address: 208 E. Eighth, Hutchinson, Kansas. 1. David Wayne Monaghan b Apr. 9, 1954 - 2. Ronald Lee Monaghan b Mar. 10, 1960 - 3. Jack Allen Monaghan b Mar. 30, 1963 - KONKEL - BRIGGS 3-1-3-7. JOHNNIE RICHARD KONKEL, b February 4, 1928 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; d November 5, 1960 in Iuka, Pratt County; buried Iuka Cemetery; grade school education; trucker; Friends Church; service record: "D" Co. SOS ·Air Borne, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina; Infantry School, Ft. Benning Georgia - Basic Airborne Training; decorations and citations: Parachute Glider Badge, Ft. Benning, Georgia; discharged June 25, 1952 at Ft. Bragg as Corporal, Regular Army. m October 17, 1952 in Pratt, Kansas to FRANCES LEA HEMPHILL, b August 9, 1933· in Byers, Pratt County, Kansas; high school graduate; housewife; Methodist. 1. Johnie Richard Konkel Jr. b Aug. 13, 1953 - 2. Lowell Vernon Konkel b Sept. 3, 1957 - 3. Raymond Wayne Konkel b Apr. 1. 1959 - FRANCES HEMPHILL KONKEL, m (2) DON BRIGGS, Their address: 404 Teton Place, Corona, California. PARKER 3-1-3-8. HATTIE JOANN KONKEL, b March 3, 1929 in Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas; high school education; housewife and dental assistant; Friends church. m March 8, 19S3 in Las Vegas, Nevada to SHIRLEY DEAN PARKER, b December 18, 1920 in Byers, Pratt County, Kansas; high school education; clerk in clothing store, assistant in funeral home. Service record: Enlisted January 27, 1942 at Wichita; Coast Artillery at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Camp Wallace, Texas and new Orleans from January 1942 to May 1942; overseas to San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 28 to December 14, 1944- served in Quartermaster Corp., rank of Tee. 5; returned to States in Decem ber of 1944 - served at Ft. Oma ha, Nebraska; discharged September 19, 194S at Ft. Omaha. Re-enlisted September 20, 194S at Ft. Omaha and served at Camp Crowder, Missouri and Ft. Omaha. Overseas to Gremany in June of 1946; served at Darmstadt, promoted to Corporal 4th Grade; returned to Sta tes August 1948; discharged August 9, 1948. Enlisted in U.S. Arlll,y Reserve Quartermaster Corp. on August 10, 1948; discharged from reserves May 10, 1951; enlisted in National Guards May 10, 1951; discharged from Guards July 17, 1952 as Sgt. Decorations and citations: Good Conduct Medal with clasp, American Theater Ribbon and European Theater Ribbon. Address: Jetmore, Kansas. 122 I. Shirley Diane Parker b Sept. 23, 1955 - 2. Steven Dean Parker b Oct. 13, 1959 - KONKEL 3-1-3-9. EDDIE EUGENE KONKEL, b March 20, 1930 in Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas; high school education; employee of Pratt Glass Company; Friends Church; enlisted Army Reserve on December 8, 1950 at Ft. Dodge, Kansas; Staff Sgt. - still serving, 1964. m March 4, 1956 in Iuka, Pratt County, Kansas to OPAL IRENE HEMPHILL, b March 8, 1935 in Iuka; high school education; housewife. Address: Iuka, Kansas. 1. Trella Irene Konkel b Nov. 4, 1956 - 2. Teresa Ann Konkel b Mar. 19, 1958 - d Apr. 5, 1959 3- Brenda Kay Konkel b July 14, 1960 - 4. Daniel Eugene Konkel b Aug. 8, 1965 - KONKEL 3-1-3-10. FRANKIE DUNCAN KONKEL, b April 7, 1931 in Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas; high school education; manager Pratt Transit Mix; Friends church. Army Service Record; drafted October 30, 1952 at Greens burg, Kansas; trained at Ft. Riley; shipped to Korea August 3, 1953 and served overseas for 16 months; rank of Corporal. Decorations and citations: National Defense Medal, Korean Service Medal and United Nations Service Medal. He entered the army at the same time as his brother Wayne David Konkel; they were able to stay together throughout the time they served; discharged October 14, 1954. m March 15, 1953 in Haviland, Kansas to PEGGY JOYCE CAMPBELL, b October 17, 1933 in Belvidere, KiowaCoun ty, Kansas; high school education; housewife. Address: Pratt, Kansas. 1. Steven Robert Konkel b Aug. 13, 1958 - KONKEL 3-1-3-11. WAYNE DAVID KONKEL, b May 9, 1932 in Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas; attended Haviland High School 3 years; employed National Helium Corporation - operations; Friends church. m March 25, 1962 at Guy mon, Texas County, Oklahoma to MARGARET HELEN BRAGG, b August 2, 1941 in Guymon, Oklahoma; graduated Guymon High School, Class of 1960; housewife; Nazarene church. Wayne David entered the army on the same date as his brother, Frankie Duncan Konkel, October 30, 1952 at Greensburg, Kansas. The two brothers were able to stay together throughout their terms of enlistment. Trained at Ft. Riley; shipped to Korea on August 3, 1953 and served overseas for 16 months; Rank - PFC. Decorations and citations: National Defense Medal, Korean Service Medal and United Nations Service Medal; discharged October 14, 1954. A.ddres$: Kismet. Kansas. 123 DEGARMO 3-1-3-12. MARTHENA PRISCILLA KONKEL, b September 25, 1940 in Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas; 6 months Jr. College and graduate of Dodge City College, School of Practical Nursing;. housewife and Practical Nurse; Friends church. m September 23, 1962 in Haviland to HARLAN CECIL DEGARMO JR., b July 14, 1940 in Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado; B.S. degree in Botany from K.S.U. Ft. Hays, Kansas; Range Conservationist; Methodist. Address: Haviland, Kansas. 1. John Kevin DeGarmo b May 4, 1963 - KONKEL 3-1-4-1. CECIL EUGENE KONKEL, b May 15, 1927 in-Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Troup High School, Troup, Texas - Class of 1944; Star Agent and Telegrapher for Missouri-Pacific Railroad; member Baptist church. m January 14, 1956 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas to WANDA DELL HALL, b August 18, 1935 in Seymore, Baylor County, Tex as; graduate high school at New Waverly, Texas and 1 year business col lege at Dallas; housewife; Baptist. At the age of 3, Cecil Eugene and his sister Grace Yvonne were taken by their parents to Troup, Smith County, Texas. Their father, Lynn Eugene Konkel, was employed as division lineman by the MO. Pac. R.R. Cecil Eugene spent his childhood in Troup; after graduating from high school in 1944 went to work for the Missouri Pacific as a telegraph operator, Decem ber 1944, at the age of 17. He and his dad entered into an agreement where by his dad would keep the telegraph lines up and he would keep them work ing. The next three years found him working various telegraph jobs all ov- er East Texas before he had enough seniority to hold a regular job at Conroe. He was drafted into military service September 26, 1950, served 2 years in the army signal corps during the Korean War, received a six month course in radio repair at Southeastern Signal School at Camp Gordon, Georgia; at tained the rank of corporal and was discharged September 25, 1952. He continued to reside in Conroe, following his marriage in 1956, until May 1959 when he moved from a telegraph job to an agent telegraph position at New Waverley, Walker County, Texas. They bought a home there in 1960. He was promoted to a Star-Agent position and given the agency at Navasota, Grimes County, Texas in August 1962 and moved his family there with him in October 1962 (Their son, Robert Lynn ·Konkel was born March 18, 1958 while they were living in Conroe). April of 1964, he was given another pro motion to a much busier and larger agency. Putting his ·home up for sale, he moved his family once again and took over as Star-Agent Telegrapher over a 10-man force handling a large volume of business at New Braunfels, Texas. He completed his 20th year in railroad service in December 1964. 124 Cecil became a member of the First Baptist Church as a child in Troup, was a member of the volunteer fire department in Troup, Conroe, New Waverly, and Navasota - a total service of 14 years in volunteer fire fighting; was raised as a Master Mason at the age of 21 and the same year, 1948, wa$ ini tiated into the Order of Eastern Star, along with his sister Grace Yvonne, becoming the first brother and sister initiated by both father and mother in the same year in the history of the Troup chapter. At the tim~ it was also stated that as far as anyone knew it was the first time a father conferred the three degrees of Masonry (as Worshipful Master) on his son and initiated his son and daughter into the Eastern Star (as Worthy Patron) in the same year. He served 3 years as Scout Master in Conroe, was a member of the Lions Club and recently of the American Legion. An avid bowling fan, he served as secretary and treasurer for the City Association of the American Bowling Congress for 9 years. Along with his wife Wanda, also an avid bow- ~ing fan, loves bowling, fishing and hunting. Address: 906 Chicago Ave. New Braunfels, Texas. 1. Robert Lynn Konkel b Mar. 18, 1958 - LOVING 3-1-4-2. GRACE YVONNE KONKEL, b August 16, 1929 in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas; graduate Troup High School, Troup, Texas and Tyler Jr. College, Tyler, Texas; member Baptist church; member Order of Eastern Star; occupation, Office Manager and Bookkeeper for Cadillac Deal er in Tyler, Texas, along with being housewife and mother. m May 21, 1955 in Lindale, Texas to HAROLD MANUAL LOVING, b January 19, 1931 in Wellington, Collinsworth County, Texas; graduate Lindale High School; at tended Tyler Jr. College; served 4 years in U.S. Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas; occupation; Independent Oil Operator, Rm. 7 09 Bryant Bldg., Tyler, Texas. Yvonne moved to Troup, Smith County, Texas with her parents and brother Cecil in 1930 at age one during the big East Texas Oil Boom. Troup was not actually a big part of this oil "boom", being about 30 miles from Kil gore, Texas, one of the major "boom" towns. Troup was, and still is, one of the main railway junctions for their area. Yvonne had a very normal small town childhood, attending both elementary and high school in Troup, grad uating in 1946. She attended Tyler Jr. College, graduating in 1948 with an Accounting-Secretarial Certificate. She began work in August, 1948, as a secretary to a Tyler physician, then in 1949 took the position of Book keeper-Secretary for the Chevrolet dealer in Troup. She worked here for 3 years before moving to Grand Saline, Texas in 1951 to work for the Chev rolet dealer there. After two years in Grand Saline, ·Yvonne then moved to Tyler in 1954 where she has been Office Manager and Bookkeeper for the Cadillac dealer the past 11 years. 125 Yvonne married Harold M. Loving on May 21, 1955 .in Lindale, Smith Coun ty, Texas. They lived in Lindale. until October 1957, when they built a home in Tyler,. where Harold was employed by British-American Oil Company. British-American later closed the Tyler office and Harold remianed to go into the oil business as an Independent Operator. Their son Jay Herbert is named for Harold's father, Herbert Willie Loving (deceased) and their daughter Angela Lynne is named after Yvonne's father, Lynn Eugene Konkel (deceased - 3-4-1). Address: 1701 Charlotte Drive, Tyler, Texas. 1. Jay Herbert Loving b Sept. 17, 1961 - 2. Angela Lynne Loving b July 25, 1964 - DANIELS 3-3-1-1. -MABEL LOUISE LEAVERTON, b November 11, 1919_nearFiler, Twin Falls County, Idaho; graduate Glenns Ferry High School; 3 years col lege at Albion State Normal and University of Idaho; elementary school teacher; housewife; Congregational United Church of Christ. m March 15, 1941 in Elko, Nevada to JAMES H. DANIELS, b March 16, 1913 in Sho shone, Lincoln County, Idaho; high school education; brakeman for U .P.R. R. with 27 years service; works passenger trains between Huntington, Oregon, Pocatello, Idaho, and Green River, Wyoming. Louise taught first and second grades at King Hill, Idaho before her mar riage. Then she. and her husband lived at Shoshone 3 years; Council for 10 years, and almost 9 years at Weiser where they now live and where they hope to retire in a few more years. Louise has taught school off and on in all the places where they have lived. This year she is teaching fifth grade in the Parks Elementary School. They have traveled a good deal, like the outdoors ... hunting, fishing, etc. Gardening is her chief outdoor hobby, flowers particularly. Their address: Route 1, Weiser, Idaho. 1. Larry Lee Daniels b Dec. 14, 1942 - (1 ). LARRY is a senior in Forestry at University of Idaho; will graduate in June 1965. LEAVERTON 3-3-1-2. ·CLARK EDWARD LEAVERTON, b November 2, 1921 in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho; high school education at Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho; plumbing foreman (works for his brother, Bill); Methodist. m Septem ber 11, 1942 in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington to VERA NADINE SHEPARD, b February 26, 1923 in St. Lawrence, Hand County, South Dakota; high school education in Port Orchard, Washington; mother and housewife; Methodist. Clark and Nadine were married in 1942 while Clark was working in the Bremerton Navy Yard. In July of the following year Edward was born, the second grandchild in Clark's family and the first-born in Nadine's. When 126 Ed was 10 months old Clark was called into the U. S. Navy, World War II, serving 2 years aboard a gas and oil tanker in the South Pacific as a gun ner's mate. During this time Ed and Nadine lived on a small cottage on Hood Canal outside of Bremerton on land owned by her parents. In. 1946 Clark came home safe and sound, and in the spring of '46 the family moved to Idaho Falls where Clark went to work for his father, Lambert Leaverton. In May of '47 the family was blessed by a second birth, Linda, the first grandaughter in the Leaverton family and the third in the Shepard family. In 1947 the family moved into their first real home,their own,in Idaho Falls. They left in 1950, when the plumbing business moved, and went to Black foot, Idaho; there the Clark Leavertons had their second home built and lived in it until 1954 when work became slow and Clark had to go to Rich land, Washington to work. The family moved as soon as the home was sold. Richland was still a government-owned city; there were no homes available to people not working for the government and, as Clark worked for a sub contractor, they could only rent. In 1955 the family had a home built in Pas co, Washington. Clark still worked for the same company as in Richland. In Pasco Ed finished his schooling (Class of '61) and started to Jr. College and also joined the Navy Reserves. In 1963 he began 2 years active duty which took him to Japan; at this time he is in Iwakume, Japan as a radio operator with the 6th Air Wing Staff (I 965 ). In Seotember.. of '63 Clark moved to CaL.ifornia to work for his brother Bill . Linda is now in her 12th year of school and all the Leavertons are waiting for the next few months to hurry by so they can have Ed with them again - two years is a long time! When they made their last move, the home in Pas co was sold; this time, after five months in an apartment, they bought a mo bile home; when they make their next move their home will go with them! Their address: IOSCO Dale -#408 Jane, Stanton, California. I. Edward Claude Leaverton b July 7, 1943 - 2. Linda Marie Leaverton b May 13, 1947 - LEAVERTON 3-3-1-3. ROBERT MORRIS LEAVERTON, b December 30, 1923 in Elk, Spokane County, Washington; high school in Glenns Ferry, Idaho and atten ded Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California; plumbing contract· or; Methodist. m November 28, 1948 in Idaho Falls to SARAH DIANE ECKERSELL, b February 22, 1927 in Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah; high school and I year college; bookkeeper before marriage, now house wife and mother; Methodist. Following Bob's graduation from high school at Glenns Ferry the family moved to Boise where he went to Boise Junior College for I½ years; enter ed army January 1943 and was stationed at Galveston, Texas and Paris, Texas; Pasadena Jr. College; Camp Hahn, Riverside, California; Camp Rob- 127 erts, California; Corvallis, Oregon; Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; and was discharged December 1944 - no overseas duty. He went to college at Long Beach City College and graduated. Worked in dance ordrstras around Long Beach and Los An~les area, playing trumpet (1945-'46) while going to college and after. Lived in Las Vegas for a year (1946-'47); went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to work for his father in the plumbing business - June 1947, and lived there for 6 months before moving to Idaho Falls where h1s father's main offices where located. It was while there he married Diana Eckersell. They moved to Blackfoot in the summer of 1949, where his father moved his offices. In 1955 they moved to Anaheim, California but he continued to work in Long Beach until 1958 at which time he went into business with his brother Bill in Anaheim. They have two stores, together employ about 95 people, and do plumbing in tracts, apartments, etc. Bob's store is located at Bob Leaver ton's Plumbing, Inc., 1566 Lincoln. Their residence: 13052 Wheeler Place, Santa Ana, California. 1. Kathryn Ann Leaverton b Aug. 29, 1950 - 2. Robert Morris Leaverton Jr. b Nov. 28, 1951 - 3. Christine Leavetton b May 31, 1954 - 4. Lisa Jane Leaverton b Oct. 17~ 1957 - s. Patricia Lynn Leaverton b Aug. 15, 1959 - LEAVERTON 3-3-1-4. WILLIAM LAMBERT LEAVERTON, b December 30, 1923 in Elk, Spokane County, Washington; high school and 2 years college; plumbing contractor; Methodist; loves music ... any kind. m May 21, 1944 in Yuma, Arizona to JUNE DEE SMITH, b June 6, 1925 in San Benito, Cameron Coun ty, Texas; d June 6, 1946 in an auto accident, Long Beach, California; high school education; housewife, clerk; Baptist. 1. Jerry Dee Leaverton b Mar. 15, 1945 + WILLIAM LAMBERT LEAVERTON, m (2) October I, 1949 in Black foot, Bingham County, Idaho to MARTHA LOU IVY, b November 22, 1927 in Haskell County, Texas; graduate Jordan High School in Long Beach, California; attended Long Beach Jr. College; homemaker; Methodist. Address: 13031 Wheeler Place. Santa Ana, California. 2. William Lake Leaverton b July 3, 1951 - 3. James Curtis Leaverton b June 11, 1954 - 4. Michael Forest Leaverton b Mar. 9, 1956 (2). WILLIAM LAKE is in. the 8th grade at McPhearson Jr. High School in Orange, California. Billy has blonde hair, is tall and slim. (3) JAMES CURTIS is in the 5th grade at LaVeta School in Orange. Jimmy has red hair and lots of freckles ... of medium build. (4) MICHAEL FOREST is in the 3rd grade at LaVeta, is of slim build and has blonde hair. All three boys are good students. 128 MY LIFE HISTORY'- by William Lambert Leaverton: ccI was born in Elk, Washington, where my father worked as a pipe fitter ata steam op erated saw mill, in the middle of the winter - December 30, 1923. My twin brother Bob was born 29 minutes later (we are identical twins). It "as snowing when we were born, and my dad had to walk quite a distance through deep snow to get the doctor. We were living at that time on a small ccstump" ranch, from which Dad was clearing the tree stumps in his spare time. We moved to Seattle in 1924 where Dad went to work as a journeyman plumber and, also, into business for himself at one time while there. I attended grammar school at four different schools in Seattle until the depression started. Of 500 men in the plumbers' union in Seattle only 40 were left working. As Dad was out of a job, we moved to Filer, Idaho. The trip to Idaho in 1932 was quite an experience. My Dad sold most of the furniture and bought an Oakland car, a 1928 touring car with top that was canvas and side curtains of the same material. We had two adults and five children. The· weather was pretty warm and the car kept boiling. We stopped at almost every creek to put water into the radiator. When we were within about four blocks from my Uncle Leslie Stroud's home in Buhl, the car quit running ••• we walked the rest of the way. Moving to Idaho was quite a change for all of us Leaverton kids as we had lived in Seattle and had never been on a farm, although we had lived on an acreage in Woodville, a suburb of Seattle, and a small dairy there with a few milk cows. My Grandfather Leaverton lived on a farm, between Buhl and Filer, where we lived the first winter - 1932-33. My Grandmother Morris also lived on a farm, aboiit foi.il miles out of Buhl, and we used to visit her whenever we had time. My ttncles, Leo~ and Ed Morris, taught all of us kids to ride a horse. They were not m_arried and still lived on the farm. They were very patient with us cccity" kids, although they did tease us quite a bit. Our first winter in Idaho was very cold and the wind blew all the time. The snow was as high as the fence posts and frozen solid, so we walked on top of it to a country school all winter. The school consisted of all eight grades and was about two miles from Grandpa Leaverton's farm. A big ccpot-bellied" stove sat in the middle of the room for heat. Dad worked for my Grandfather Leaverton, and for near by neighbors on their. farms. The next summer we settled near Filer where we at tended another country school. We moved to Filer when I was in the 5th grade, and settled on a IO-acre plot belonging to Grandpa Leaverton who lived in Filer. The summer of 1934 we moved to Glenns Ferry, Idaho where I graduated from both grammar school and high school. My dad worked for a hardware company as a plumb er, electrician and clerk. Glenns Ferry is a railroad town and lies on the edge of the Snake River. We lived on 8 acres at the edge of town. A small creek ran through our place, making it an ideal place to raise five boys and one girl. We had rabbits, cows, pigs, chickens, a big garden with lots of berries and other fruits and vege tables. I played trombone in the high school band, sang in the high school choir, We also had a family quartet ••• Dad, Clark, Bob and myself ••• Kenneth also sang with .us. While in the junior year of high school we formed a dance band which Bo·b Clark and I played in. Bob played trumpet, Clark the drums and .. I the trombone. We 129 played for school dances until we moved to Boise. I played basketball and football in high school, and have continued to be interested in sports to this day. During the depression my dad and mother both worked very hard to clothe and feed their family, and gave all of us kids a very happy and full childhood. At Boise, where we moved in the summer of 1941, Bob and I attended Boise Jr. College. We majored in music and business administration. We worked at a big de partment store in the soda fountain department as «soda Jerk" and washing dishes to help pay our way through college. We also formed a 14 piece dance band called I the c Leaverton Twins", playing for high school, college and club dances. After the air force men moved to Gowen Field near Boise, we played for squadron and regular public dances at the MIRAMAR ballroom in Boise. In. December 1942 Bob and I enlisted in the army reserve college program; in April of 1943 we were called to active duty and served in the anti-aircraft artillery and the infantry. We also attended Pasadena Jr. College under the ASTP army program, studying engineering for 6 months. We were stationed at Camp Wallace, Texas; Camp Maxey, Texas; Camp Haan, Riverside, Calif.; Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. and Ft. Adair, Oregon. We played in some army bands while we were in service. After dis charge, we worked as musicians around Los Angeles, Long Beach and Las Vegas areas, and went back to Boise Jr. College for one term. In 1947 Bob and I moved to Idaho Falls to work for my father in his plumbing busi ness. Bob opened a shop for Dad in Jackson Hole, Wyoming that summer and I work ed as a bookeeper and salesman for Dad in Idaho Falls. Dad moved his shop to Blackfoot, 25 miles from Idaho Falls, and we both worked for our brother Clark who taught us the trade. I belonged to the 1.O.O.F. Lodge in Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, the Elks Lodge in Blackfoot, and sang in the Methodist church choirs in Idaho Falls and Blackfoot. Martha Lou Ivey (everyone calls her cc Marty") and I first met in Long Beach, Calif. when I was still married to June Dee Smith, whom I had married while I was in the army. Marty's parents lived next door to June's parents, and when we would visit June's mother, Marty would baby-sit for us. June was killed in an automobile acci dent in Long Beach on June 6, 1946. Our only child, Jerry Dee, was just a baby then ... 15 months old. I moved to Las Vegas and worked for Jerry's grandfather at Horace Heidt's Nevada Biltmore Hotel. He was operating the hotel casino and din ing room on a lease at that time. Jerry was with us most of the time, having numer ous babysitters until Marty and I were married. We moved to Long Beach in 1953 where I worked as a plumber before going into business with my brother Bob and another man. We now have two shops ... one that Bob operates in Anaheim and the one in Garden Grove which I manage. Together we have around 95 employees. When I look back I feel very grateful to both my father and mother for the many sac rifices they made in raising us children. My father was always trying to help in every way he could. He gave all his sons a chance to learn the plumbing trade so they would be equipped to earn their Ii ving in this world. I realize what they must have gone through in the ndepression" years just to feed and clothe us. My mother 130 taught us all to lead a good decent life. She is a very wonderful person, independ ent and hard working, and relies on no one for help in making her living. She still works hard, running a school cafeteria, but plans to retire next year. The fact my parents took me to church in my earlier years has helped me so much, because in this world we must have something concrete to believe in. Life sometimes becomes dull and monotonous doing the same work day in and day out, but hard work, trying to acquire new interests and having a sound faith in God are the best antidotes against frustration. As a matter of record, I want to enter here a note of appreciation to my wife, Marty. She gave me three additional wonderful children and her faith, understandi~g and en couragement have contributed so much to the happiness of our family." LEAVERTON 3-3-1-5. KENNETH RALPH LEAVERTON, b January 2, 1925 in Seattle, Kings County, Washington; d October 5, 1964 of accidental drowning in Idaho Falls, Idaho; completed 2 years high school at Glenns Ferry and one half of his Junior year in Boise, Idaho. After Kenny quit high school he worked as a Western Union Messenger, then as a bicycle repairman in Boise; went to Idaho Falls in 1946 and worked as an apprentice plumber for his father, also worked as· a repairman and maintenance man . . . had his own business, Ken's Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Company. Later Kenny served a baker apprenticeship and was a journeyman baker. When he died he was working as a cook in a local restaurant in Idaho Falls, He was a mem ber of the First Methodist Church and of the 1.O.O.F. m 1947 in Idaho Falls to LOIS M. ALBERTSON, b __ ; high school education; housewife; Methodist. Her address: 262 W. 20th, Idaho Falls, Idaho. 1. Jo Ann Leaverton b ____ (adopted 1953) - A personal note about Kenneth Ralph Leaverton by his older brother, Bill (3-3-1-4): "As a child Kenny was very industrious, mowing lawns, sweeping leaves and doing similar jobs. We three older brothers were always borrowing spend ing money from him ... he never failed to charge us interest. Kenny always had a smile for everyone and was a very fine and generous person.'' BRIGGS 3-3-2-1. HELEN JEANE STROUD, b January 23, 1923 1n Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho; d July 9, 1957 in Pocatello; buried Restlawn Memorial Gardens; high school and business college education: housewife and part time secretary; Methodist. m January 20, 1944 at the Leslie Stroud residence in Buhl to KENNETH STEVENS BRIGGS, b June 26, 1923 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri; B.S. degree in Business Administration, Idaho State Col lege;· se If-employed public accountant; Methodist. 131 Following their marriage in 1944, Helen Jeane and Kenneth moved from base to base - Salt Lake City; Tucson, Arizona; Big Spring, Texas; Odessa, Texas, (she remained home in Buhl while husband overseas with Air Force). After service they lived in Burley and Gooding, Idaho while working in de partment stores ... moved to Pocatello in the fall of 1948 where Kenneth attended Idaho State College, graduating in May, 1951; began a carrer in Public Accounting. Helen Jeane Stroud Briggs was active in Jobs daughters in Buhl during high school days, and was the first Honored Queen of the local organization ... very active in Eastern Star chapter work in Pocatello after her marriage and served in several capacities, including Star points; very in"terested in Cei:amics and art work, her home was full of works of art and beautiful cer amic pieces. A tragic death in an auto accident claimed this mother of two when she was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a drunken truck driver, while on a trip to visit her folks in Buhl. Little Michael, then only 7 years old, was seriously injured in the accident which claimed his mother's life. He suffered internal injuries and both arms were broken, which required heavy casts for the next five months. Now 14 years of age he is active in little league baseball, tackle football, basket ball programs and is growing big and strong. Patricia Anne, eleven years old when her mother died, has been hampered somewhat by less then average health ... had rheumatic fever when in the first and second grades in school, and was helped through school by faith ful teachers who called nightly to assist her with her studies.Now seven teen and a senior in high school (1963) she is an accomplished pianist, and has served as accompanist for vocal groups in high school for several years. Address: 2555 Sorrel Way, Eugene, Oregon. 1. Patricia Anne Briggs b May 6, 1946 - 2. Michael Steven Briggs b Nov. 12, 1949 - (1 ). PATRICIA ANNE is now married to GEORGE WARREN JR. is active in Jobs Daughters; has one son, JEFFREY SCOTT WARREN. Address: 10 Monroe Street, Eugene, Oregon. KRIEGH 3-3-2-2. FRANCES ELEANOR STROUD, b September 4, 1926 in Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho; attended high school and business college; housewife and now stenographer; Order of Eastern Star; Methodist. m Jan uary 16, 1943 in Buhl to EARNEST RAY KRIEGH, b October 14, 1924 in Buhl; d October 8, 1959 in Salt Lake City after heart surgery; buried Sun set Memorial, Twin Falls; high school education; farmer; Methodist. Her address: -Route 1, Filer, Idaho. 1. Jerry Wayne Kriegh b Sept. 25, 1943 + 2. Charles Ray Kriegh b Nov~ 15, 1948 - 3. Kathy Jeane Kriegh b Dec. 26, 1952 - 132 STROUD 3-3-2-3. GLEN EDWARD STROUD, b July 8, 1929 in Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho; high school graduate; worked for several years in a car body and fender shop in Richland, Washington. A bout I 957 he and his partner bought a similar shop in Pasco, Washington; now they have three body, paint and repair shops; Methodist. m May 28, 1948 in Twin Falls to MARY LOU ROBERTS, b February 16, 1930 in Twin Falls; high school graduate; house wife; Baptist. Glen and Mary Lou have a new home built in 1963. Address: 521 Road-38, Pasco, Washington. 1. Daniel Lee Stroud b Oct. 21, 1950 - 2. Ronald Alan Stroud b Sept. 11, 1954 - 3. Steven Ray Stroud b Oct. 2, I 961 HINKLE 3-4-2-2. LAVELLE DARIENE KONKEL, b October 6, 1933 in Westwood, Lassen County, California; graduate Medford (Oregon) High School; book keeper; Methodist. m September 30; 1951 in Medford to ERNEST WILLIAM HINKLE, b April 6, 1931 in Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon; 9th grade education Jacksonville (Orgeon)High School; salesman, \"lTestside Lumber Co.; Methodist. Following their marriage they lived in Jacksonville, until mov ing to their present address - 1514 W. Main, Medford, Oregon. 1. Lawrence William Hinkle b July 14, 1952 2. John Ernest Hinkle b Nov.IO, 1953 THACKER 3-4-3-1. EVELYN CARLENE HORTING, b August 28, 1930 in La Grande, Union County, Oregon; graduated from high school at Colfax, Wash ington; attended University of Idaho 2 years, majoring in Home Economics; housewife; First Christian Church. m July 28, 1951 in Colfax, Whitman Coun ty, Washington to DAVID LOUIS THACKER, b November 11, 1925 in Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho; graduate University of Idaho; Master degree in Dairy Science, Pennsylvania State University, and is one year short of his Doctorate. He is Assistant Superintendent, University of Idaho (Branch) at Caldwell; does research in Dairy Science; member First Christian Church. Following their marriage in 1951, Carlene and David spent 2 years at Penn State where he had already studied one year. David then worked for Carna tion Farm at Carnation, Washington, touring the Southern States one fall with show cattle from the farm. Next he became County Agent at Gooding, Idaho before finding the job in research he was waiting for. They both kept busy in 4-H and other community affairs. Address: 1820 Shepard,Caldwell, Idaho. I. Bruce Lynn Thacker b July 20, 1952 - 2. Sharon Louise Thacker b Feb. 7, 1954 - 3. Gary Lee Thacker b July 19, 1956 - 133 CHRISTENSEN 3-4-3-2. PATRICIA LOU HORTING, b June 10, 1933 in Baker, Oregon; graduated from high school at Colfax, Washington; 2 years at University of Idaho, majoring in Physical Education; liousewife; Luthern. m Dec. 27, 1953 in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington to DOUGLAS ALFRED CHRISTEN SEN, b March 2, 1931 in Seattle, Washington; 5 years college, University of Idaho, majoring in Agriculture and Education; is now a Vocational Agri culture Instructor. Lutheran. Pat and Douglas were married and then left for Baltimore where he was in training in Army lnte lligence, having just finished his boot training at Ft. Ord, California. From Baltimore they went to Chicago where he was station ed at 7th Army Headquarters the remainder of his 2 years service. Pat worked for Government as a secretary while Douglas was in the Army. Upon discharge, he spent another year at the University of Idaho, having previous ly gone there for 4 years. He taught one year in Washington before farming· his father's farm for two years. Now teaches at the new high school in Ken drick, Idaho. They live in the new home they built, about 2 miles out of town. Address: Kendrick, Idaho. 1. Debbie Jo Christensen b May 13, 1956 - 2. Douglas Carl Christensen b Dec. 15, 1957 - 3. Cathy Rae Christensen b Oct. 14, 1959 - 4. Chari Lee Christensen b Nov. 28, 1961 - ALL ISON 3-5-1-1. VIVIAN VIRGINIA SCHUL, b April 28, 1924 in Hulah, Osage County, Oklahoma; high school education; housewife; Assembly of God church. m December 21, 1941 in Hulah to AMANDUS CHARLES ALLISON, b September 7, 1917 in Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas; grade schooled ucation; worked for Santa Fe Railroad in the steel gang (1941-1944), now employed by City Service Gas Company as oiler; Assembly of God church. Address: Rt. 1, Box 41, Satanta, Kansas. 1. Karen Lucille Allison b Nov. 3, 1944 + 2. Curtis Eugene Allison b Oct. 6, 1947 - (2). CURTIS attends Ft. Hays Kansas State College. KAUFMAN 3-5-1-3. PEARL ALICE SCHUL, b April 26, 1928 in Hulah, Osage Coun ty, Oklahoma; high school education; housewife; Catholic. m September 7, 1946 in Yatescenter, Woodson County, Kansas to EDWIN LAWRENCE KAUF MAN, b April 6, 1918 at Humboldt, Kansas; high school education; carpen ter for Humboldt Cement Company; Catholic. Address: 1421 E. Elm, Hum boldt, Kansas. 134 1. Larry Laverne Kaufman b Dec. 28 1 1947 - 2. Thomas Lynn Kaufman b Dec. 26, 1954 - (1 ). LARRY will attend Kansas University fall of '65. SCHUL 3-5-1-4. CALVIN EDWARD SCHUL, b September 6, 1930 in Bowring, Osage County, Oklahoma; high school education; after his marriage in 1950, he worked on a farm near Humboldt, Kansas; worked in Humboldt as a plureber in 1952; went to Denver in 1953 and worked in the slaughter house; returned to Independence, Kansas and worked for Service Pipe Line Company in 1954; left and went to work for a smelter company near Galena, Kansas 1955-'56; quit because the sulphur was injurious to his health; took pre sent job as mechanic with Tri-State Motor Transportation Co. in 1957; Baptist. m April 8, 1950 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas to JOYCE MUELLER, b March 7, 1932 in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas; high school education; housewife; Lutheran. Address: Box 2, Duenwea, Missouri. 1. Betty Lee Schul b Feb. 8, 1951 - 2. Cecil Earl Schul b Sept. 8, 1958 - 3- Susan Marie Schul b Sept. 27, 1962 - BROOKS 3-5-1-5. LEONA MAYE SCHUL, b October 24, 1934 in Caney, Montgom ery County, Kansas; grade school education; housewife; Bible Baptist church. ID December 20, 1952 in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas to LES LIE JAMES BROOKS JR., b April 13, 1935 in Humboldt; grade school ed ucation; after his marriage to Leona they moved to Garnett, Kansas where he worked as an electrician; in 1955 they moved to Chanute where he works as electrician and lineman for the city; Bible Baptist church. Their address: 1526 S. Santa Fe, Chanute, Kansas. 1. Tony Eugene Brooks b Nov. 17, 1953 2. Douglas Lee Brooks b Sept. 8, 1956 - 3- Leonard Jay Brooks b Sept. 23, 1963 - SCHUL 3-5-1-6. FRANK CHA.RLES SCHUL, b June 19, 1938 in Copan, Washing ton County, Oklahoma; high school education; served in Marines 2 years at Camp Pendleton, California and 1 year in Okinawa as a machinist. After dis charge spent 6 months at an electronic school in Chicago. Marriedand work ed as mechanic for Rantz Motor Company in Chanute, Kansas. On June 8, 1964 took over Deep Rock Service Station in Humboldt, Kansas; returned to Ranz Motor Company as mechanic in November, 1964; Baptist. m October 8~ 1960 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas to BERNITA JUNE CLIFTON, 135 b June 28, 1942 in Chanute; high school education; housewife; Baptist. Address: 1316 N. Kansas, Chanute, Kansas. I. J ayci Layne Schul b Mar. 5, 1961 - SCHUL 3-5-2-1. ALLAN DUAINE SCHUL, b April 14, 1931 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas; grade school and high school; B.S. degree in Business Administration; entered U.S. Marine Corps in 1953; works in personnel for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Wichita, Kansas; Methodist. m Aug ust 3, 1953 in Hamilton, Lyon County, Kansas to DOROTHY ARLENE CARSON, b June 9, 1931 in Emporia; grade and high school; B.S. degree in Education; homemaker, formerly taught in Wichita High School; Methodist. Allan Duaine was married a few months following his entry into the Marines. They lived in Quantico, Virginia for a few months, going from there to Pen sacola where they resided until the fall of 1954. He was then transferred to Jacksonville, North Carolina where they remained until his discharge. His first civilian job took them to Topeka, Kansas - later to St. Louis before his present job brought them to Wichita. Address: 957 Brown Thrush Lane, Wichita, Kansas. 1. Jeffery Lynn Schul b May 25, 1954 - 2. Jiil Dianna Schul b May 3, 1956 - 3. Joy Elaine Schul b July 29, 1958 - GUSTAFSON 3-5-2-2. FRANCES CHARLENE SCHUL, b April 15, 1936 in McPherson, Kansas; B.S. degree in Education; elementary teacher; ·Methodist. m July 29, 1957 in McPherson to CARL EUGENE GUSTAFSON, b March 13, 1936 in McPherson; Ph. D. degree in Education, McPherson College; Assistant Professorship at Washington State College; Methodist. Address: 2212 Cove Way, Pullman, Washington. 1. Shandra Jean Gustafson b July 8, 1963 - DAVIS 3-5-3-1. JANET L. SCHUL, b December 11, 1933 in Bartlesville, Wash ington County, Oklahoma; high school education; housewife; Presbyterian. m May 1, 1960 in Cut Bank, Glacier County, Montana to HAROLD H.DAVIS b August 15, 1932 in Cut Bank; aeronautical engineering course in Ingle wood, California; engineer for Boeing Aircraft in Seattle; Presbyterian. Address: 12629 S.E. 169th, Renton, Washington. 1. William Eugene Davis b Mar. 18, 1952 - 2. Linda Jane Davis b Dec. 2, 1961 - 136 SLACK 3-5-4-1. EDNA PEARL SCHUL, b February 16, 1929 in Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas; 2 years high school; homemaker; Baptist. m October 29, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona to CHARLES CLAY SLACK, b July 26, 1917 in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas; grade school education; disabled; Bap tist church. Their personal history, as written by Edna Pearl, follows: ul was born in Elkhart, Kansas on February 16, 1929 and was named after my fath er's mother, Pearl Alice Schul (3-5) and my great aunt, Myrtle Edna Munyon (3-8) . .My parents moved to Sun City, Kansas before I was very old. While there my mother married another man, leaving me with my father. lie left me with my mother's parents in Elkhart. They raised me until I was seven. Then one day my father picked me up at school and cook me co live with him in Texas. After we Ii ved there a few months, he cook me co live with his parents in Grenola, Kansas. I lived with Grandpa and Grandmother Schul until I was thirteen. They will always seem more like my father than anybody. When I was thirteen my dad cook me co live with him again. We lived in Carlsbad and Los Alamos, New Mexico. When I was sixteen I lived with Grandpa and Grandmother Schul again for about a year. Then I went co live with Dad in Long Beach, California. From there we moved co Phoenix. Dad went to work on a cattle ranch and I cooked for the men. Lacer we moved up above Wickenburg, Arizona where Dad was the foreman of a Dude Ranch. I went co school in Glendale, Arizona and boarded with a Baptist Preacher's family. In June of 1947 I met Charles Clay Slack who became my husband. When we were first married we went to visit my mother, Ada Johnson, in Sun City, Kansas. She was just like a stranger co me. We then made our home in Pueblo, Colorado for awhile. My husband's mother, whom I had never met, wanted us co come co Salinas, California. We traveled there on a motorcycle and my husband went co work on a ranch, then lacer as a truck driver hauling letnce. While he was driving the truck, we moved from Salinas co Yuma, Arizona; co El Centro, California; co Phoenix, then back co Salinas several times. When our first son was about 8 months old we moved back co Colorado. My husband went co work again in the steel mills of Pueblo. When our son was two years old we moveJ co Sun City, Kansas co operate my moth er's cafe, but when we arrived there she just wanted us to work for her. Since it was a small place my husband knew she could not pay enough for us co live on. After caking several small jobs he got a job on a farm. While there our second son was born,and died. We moved co Patagonia, Arizona where my dad and his wife lived. My husband went co work as a crusher operator in a copper mine. The rest of our children were born in Miami. After our last child was born we decided co buy a farm in Arkansas. I went to work so we could have it paid for in a short while. In March of 1962 my husband had a heart attack and wasn't expected to live. He did live but will never be able to work again. As he is disabled, we receive Social Security and a Veterans Pension,and have rr.oved co our farm in Arkansas. We all like it very much here. We may not be rich in money, but we are rich in other things.'' 137 Address: Route 4, Clinton, Arkansas. 1. Charles Franklin Slack b June 8, 1949 2. James Ray Slack b Dec. 29,1951 - d Feb. 3, 1952 3. Paul Allen Slack b Sept. 24,1953 - 4. Barbara Lee Slack b May 15,1956 - 5. John Robert Slack b Aug. 17,1957 - 6. James Freeman Slack b Oct. 31, 1958 - SCHUL 3-5-5-1. CHARLES FRANCIS SCHUL, b May 10, 1928 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; graduate of Plainview High School in Wichita, Kansas; pro fessional soldier, U.S. Army; Methodist. m April 14, 1948 in Eschwega, Germany to ERIKA LOUISE SEIDENSTRICKER, b Dec. 15, 1925 in Augs burg, Germany; lower school and business school; housewife; Luthern. Charles moved with his parents and brother Jack from Grenola to Wichita in August 1943. He started his second year of high school, graduating from Plainview High in June 1946; entered the army the same month, took basic training at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and in September of that year he entered the Ordnance School for a period of ten weeks. In January 1947 he was ordered to Germany. During the three years he was overseas he was assigned to the Ordnance School at Eschwege, Germany where he met his future wife. She and her family had moved there from Kassel after they had been bombed out in March 1945. In August 1950 they returned to the States and Charles was assigned to Ft. Dix, New Jersey. In June 1951 he was assigned to Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hampshire as Assistant Instructor and Military Property custodian; remained there until November 1953 when he was assigned to Boston; in August 1954, overseas to Korea; back to the States in December 1955 and assigned to Missile Bn. in Detroit, Michigan; in August 1957 as signed to Ft. Irwin, California; in May 1958, reassigned to Germany where they spent three years, during which time his wife located cousins of his father living in Kassel, Germany. They returned to the States and Charles was assigned to the Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona; in June 1964 he was again ordered to Korea, but returned after a few months. The family then lived in Haysville, south of Wichita, Kansas until early 1965 when he applied for reassignment to Germany from Korea. In a letter dated May 31, 1965 he advised that his assignment to Ger many had come through and that the family would leave -for Nurnberg, Ger - many in August 1965. Address: SFc Charles F. Schul 1Fl91877, Hqs. Co. 2nd Bn, 37th Armor, APO New York, N.Y. 1. Frank Edward Schul b May 8, 1949 - E schwege, Germany d June 26, 1964 2. Peggy Iren Schul b Aug. 13, 1950 - Eschwege, Germany 138 3. Charles Robert Schul b June 1, 1954 - Boston, Mass. 4. Richard Allen Schul b Dec. 23, 1956 - Detroit, Michigan 5. Raymond Andrew Schul b Oct. 3, 1960 - Frankfurt, Germany SCHUL 3-5-5-2. JACK WILBER SCHUL, b May 20, 1930 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; graduate of Plainview High School at Wichita where his parents had moved in 1943; worked for Cessna Aircraft until May, 1951; enlisted in Marine Corps in June; took basic training at San Diego, going to Korea in December 1951; returned in January of 1952 and was stationed at Camp Pendelton, California; returned to Wichita in July, 1954 and obtained his present job as Station Installer with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; he and his wife are both members of Broadway Christian Church. m Septem ber 7, 1957 in Wichita to GERALDINE LAVON nJERRY" HAUG, b March 13, 1934 in Lakin, Kearney County, Kansas; graduate Protection High School in Protection, Comanche County, Kansas; started with telephone company in Protection; moved to Wichita in 1952 and became employed with the Southwestern Telephone Company; is now clerk to the Equipment Chief. Address: 2020 S. Pinecrest, Wichita, Kansas. ROSEN GRANT - LAY 3-6-2-1. FLORENCE MARIE BOYLE, b May 7, 1936 in Baca County, Colorado; 2 years Springfield High School; housewife; Protestant faith. m July 20, 1954 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico to FRED ROSEN- GRANT, b September , 1926; no further record. 1. Barry Glen Rosengrant b Apr. 15, 1955 - 2. Gary Rosengrant b Mar. 14, 1957 - FLORENCE BOYLE ROSENGRANT m (2) April 8, 1965 to LE ROY LAY; well driller. PARKER 3~-4-1. JUDY ARLENE POPE, b February 4, 1941 near Campo, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Springfield, Colorado High School, 1959; house wife, bookkeeper; Methodist; member Rainbow Lodge in high school days. m June 14, 1959 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado to WINSTON ALAN PARKER, b October 24, 1938 in Springfield, Colorado; graduate Springfield High School; degree from C.S.U. at Ft. Collins, Colorado; school teacher, now manager Gibson Discount Store in La Junta, Colorado. 1. Julie Ann Parker b Sept. 5, 1963 - MORGAN 3-1-1-1-1. JUDITH ANN CULLEN, b September 2, 1944 in New Britain 139 Hartford County, Connecticut; graduate Natick (Massachusetts) High School and attended Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing one year; housewife; First Congregational Church of Natick, m August 3, 1962 in Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to RICHARD HARRINGTON MORGAN, b June 20, 1943 in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mas sa chusetts; graduate Natick High School; Merchandise Planner, New England Trading Company; First Congregational Church of Natick. Address: 114 Lawrence Street, Framing ham, Massachusetts. 1. Kenneth Richard Morgan b Mar. 3, 1964 - BURNS 3-1-1-2-1. GLENNA RHEA WILLIAMSON, b January 14, 1942 in Find lay, Hancock County, Ohio; attended grade school in Findlay; moved to Rich mond, Contra Costa County, California with her parents and sister Claudia in 1954; graduate Samuel Gompers High School, 1960; won scholarship for secretarial achievements; attended Contra Costa College one semester; em ployed Financial Counsellors as secretary until marriage, now housewife; Protestant. m March 16, 1963 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada to DONALD ELMO BURNS, b July 6, 1939 in Holcomb, Dunklin County, Missouri; grad uate Samuel Gompers High School, 1957 - Contra Costa, California; em ployed Tops Chemical Company; Protestant. Address: 1 734 Esmond A venue, Richmond, California. 1. Donna Renee Burns b Sept. :22, 1963 - VARNUM 3-1-1-2-2. CLAUDIA LOU WILLIAMSON, b November 16, 1944 in Find lay, Hancock County, Ohio; attended first three grades in Findlay before moving with her parents and older sister to Richmond, California where she completed the grades, junior and senior high school; graduate Contra Costa College at San Pablo, Class of 1964; Registered Nurse - specialist in ob stetrics, Brookside Hospital, San Pablo; Presbyterian. m December 19, 1964 in Richmond, Contra Costa County, California to STEVEN BARRY VARNUM, b November 23, 1944 in Richmond where he attended school from the first grade through high school; graduate Contra Costa College; occupation - U. S. Navy; Presbyterian. Address: Apt. 8, 2847 Del Camino, San Pable, California. LEAVERTON 3-3-1-4-1. JERRY DEE LEAVERTON, b March 15, 1945 in Montebello, Los Angeles Comty, California; participated in track ... 100 and 200 yard dash; employed by his father in the plumbing business and plays electric bass guitar in one of the leading rock'n roll bands of Southern California; Methodist. m September 1, 1963 in Tijuana, Mexico to ANN STODDARD, b January 7, 1946 Gainesville, Georgia; graduate Magnolia High School, Ana- 140 heim, California; bookkeeper for the telephone company in Fullerton; Methodist. Address: 465 N. Oak, Orange, California. KRIEGH 3-3-2-2-1. JERRY WAYNE KRIEGH, b September 25, 1943 in Twin Falls, Idaho; graduate Filer High School in Filer, Idaho - Class of 1961; attended Idaho State University 1½ years; employed Pacific Cooperative in Burley, Idaho; Methodist. m November 3 0, 1963 in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho to JOAN JEAN HADDEN, b July 24, 1942 in Paul, Minadoka County, Idaho; graduate of Mini co High School - Class of 1960; attended Twin Falls Busi ness College one year; housewife and secretary; Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints. Address: Apt. 2 - 601 East 15th St., Burley, Idaho. MORPHIS 3-5-1-1-1. KAREN LUCILLE ALLISON, b November 3, 1944 in Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas; attended kinde garten through part of 6th grade at Caney; remainder of grades at Chanute and Satanta, Kansas; graduate high school; 6 months Wichita Business College; 1 year Midwest Bible In stitute in Webb City, ·Missouri - May 1964;housewife; Full Gospel Faith. m September 20, 1964 in Booker, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties, Texas to MELTON MORPHIS, b April 6, 1944 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas; grad uate high school; graduate Midwest Bible Institute, May 1%4; Minister, Full Gospel Faith. Address: Perryton, Texas. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A sincere ''thank you" to everyone in the Jeremiah Konkel family, but especially co CLAUDE and ETHEL SCHUL (3-5-1) for the great amount of t.i:me and effort they spent in contacting others. Also, to BILL LEAVERTON (3-3-1-4) for his many letters of encouragement. C.G.B . ••• 141 4. ELIZABETH KONKEL ELIZABETH KONKEL and Husband ISAAC RAY 4. ELIZABETH KONKEL, b October 14, 1848 in Adams County, Indiana; d July 4, 1921 in Grenola, Elk County, Kansas; buried in Grenola cemetery. Elizabeth was of sturdy character, practicing her Christian Science and spiritualistic ideas to the letter. She was of a generous nature, being ready at all times to help any of her family or friends who needed her. m July 28, 1867 to ISSAC W. RAY, b June 17, 183 7 in Indiana; d September 30, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri; buried in Mt. Washington cemetery. Issac's mother died when he was only six. He entered the Civil War at an early age, was captured by the Confederates and spent 4 years in Libby Prison at Rich mond, Virginia. He was a self-educated man, a successful school teacher and farmer; Protestant. Five daughters were born to this union while their parents were farming near the town of Clarinda, in Page County, Iowa. The family later moved to Frontier County, Nebraska and remained there a few years. Ihen, about the year 1900 Elizabeth went to Grenola to live while Issac spent the remaining years of his life in Tarkio, Missouri and Kansas City. 142 l. Adine Ray b Aug. 22, 1868 + d July 8, 1904 2. Edith Ray b Mar. 3, 1870 + d May 5, 1912 3. Ida Ray b June 9, 187_3 + d May 13, 1955 4. Jessie Ray b Dec. 28, 1875 + d Aug. 12, 1911 5. Edna Gladys Ray b Feb. 10, 1882 + d Mar. 9, 1966 STWALLEY 4-1. ADINE RAY, b August 22, 1868 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa common school education; Methodist; d July 8, 1904 at Woodward, Oklahoma; buried Grenola, Kansas. m June 28~ 1888 in Morton County, Kansas to JOHN CHARLES STWALLEY, b March 17, 1862 near Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; d January 3, 1944 in Oakley, Kansas and is buried there; common school education; farmer; Methodist. 1. Ethel May Stwalley b July 4, 1889 + 2. Ray Lee Stwalley b July 22, 1892 + SEXTONE 4-2. EDITH RAY, b March 3, 1870 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d May 5, 1912 in Kansas City, buried in Mt. Washington Cemetery; common school education; separated from husband in 1892 and became a dressmaker and saleswoman, making and selling her own product under her company name - the Sextone Dress Form Company. m November 30, 1886 to JOHN W. SEXTONE, place and date of birth unknown. He died somewhere in Neb- braska in 1937. 1. Della B. Sextone b Dec. 5, 1887 + 2. Ruth M. Sex tone b Nov. 6, 1890 + 3. Elizabeth Sex tone b July 4, 1892 - (3). ELIZABETH SEXTONE, b July 4, 1892; single; has never married; she and her sister Ruth live together in an apartment in Raytown, Missouri. See 4-2-2 for address. LOWREY 4-3. IDA RAY, b June 9, 1873 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d May 13, 1955 after many years of illness - was bedridden in later life and con fined to a rest home; buried in Grenola, Kansas; common school education and possibly more; she taught for many years in the public schools of Oklahoma and Kansas. m CHARLES C. LOWREY. No further record. I. Joseph Lowrey b + d Sept. 11, 1930 SAFFORD I / 4-4. JESSIE RAY, b December 28, 1875 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d August 12, 1911 in Kansas City; buried Mt. Washington cemetery; 143 B.S. degree, Stark College (1897) and some normal school training; at time of her marriage was teaching in a college in Kirksville, Missouri; Christian Scientist. m December 2, 1900 in St. Joseph, Missouri to C.G. SAFFORD, b September 16, 1873 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa; doctor (M.D .) in Kansas City, Missouri; d February 14, 1940 and is buried in Mt. Wash ington cemetery; Congregational church. m RUTH M. SEXTONE (see 4-2-2.) 1. Dorothy Jean Safford b A pr. 19, 1902 + HAND 4-5. EDNA RAY, b February 10, 1882 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d March 9, 1966; graduate Tarkio, Missouri College High School and one semester college; housewife, and piano teacher; Methodist. She was an in valid at Four Pines Retirement Home, 3713 Hardy, Independence, Missouri a few years before her death. Both Edna and her husband belonged to Lee's Summit Methodist Church. m February 5, 1901 in Grenola, Kansas to EVERETT REEVES HAND, b No vember 16, 1876 in Grenola, Kansas; d October 2, 1955; buried in Lee's Summit Cemetery; graduate Central College of Osteopathy, Kansas City, Missouri and did graduate work at Kirksville School of Osteopathy; prac ticed nearly fifty years continuously in Lee's Summit. Three children were born to this union: 1. Elizabeth Ellen Hand b Nov. 23, 1901 + 2. Hope Hand b Nov. 27, 1903 + 3. Mary Marguerite Hand b Oct. 17, 1909 + CUNNINGHAM - CAMPBELL 4-1-1. ETHEL MAY STWALLEY, b July 4, 1889 in Baca County,Colorado; attended high school in Oakley, Kansas; seamstress, retired 1955 due to arthritis; Christian Church. m FRANK CUNNINGHAM, (divorced 1937). He has remarried and lives at Oakley, Kansas. 1. Jessie Frances Cunningham b Aug. 23, 1912 + 2. Fern Maxine Cunningham b Sept. 19, 1915 + ETHEL STWALLEY CUNNINGHAM, m (2) February 3, 1943 in Cheyenne, Wyoming to WILBUR GLASBY CAMPBELL, b April 16, 189-0 in Saginaw, Michigan; occupation, transportation; retired, 1954; Christian church; high school education. Wilbur and Ethel are sports fans and like dramatic shows and musicals. They bought their present home in 1944 - 2483 S. Williams Street, Denver, Colorado. STWALLEY 4-1-2. RAY LEE STWALLEY, b July 22, 1892 in Frontier County, Ne braska; high school in Oakley, Kansas; spent his early life working on 144 farms in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and, later, back to Kansas. Ray and his wife both went to school in Oakley and taught for a few years before marriage. They homesteaded south of Las Animas, Colorado in 1916. After marriage they lived on the homestead until 1935, except for the rears he served in the army during World War I as radio mechanic in 299th Aero Squadron. His farming wa~ confined mostly to raising cattle. Left the farm in 1935 and moved into Las Animas to put their children through high scl1:::..<.,l. He worked in the oil and gas business, retiring from full-time· work in 1957. He is active in Methodist church - has been on official board for years and is now serving as financial secretary. m September 18, 1917 in Oakley, Kan sas to RUTH BLANCHE WINSLOW, b September 21, 1896 in Winona,Kansas; graduate Oakley High School and one year college; school teacher and housewife; Methodist. Address: Box 2, Route 2, Las Animas, Colorado. 1. Richard Charles Stwalley b Nov. 19, 1920 + d July 8, 1945 2. Herbert LeRoy Stwalley b Sept. 3, 1922 + 3. Ruth Stwalley b Apr. 22, 1924 + 4. Donald Otis Stwalley b Nov. 23, 1928 + 5. Estella Adine Stwalley b Apr. 19, 1931 + BUSCH HUS EN 4-2-1. DELLA B. SEXTON£, b December 5, 1887. m December 25, 1912 to W. E. BUSCHHUSEN, b 1899; now a retired engineer for U .P. Railroad. Address: 1901 Armstrong, Kansas City, Kansas. 1. Ray Buschhusen b Oct. 13, 1913 - 2. Lois Edith Buschhusen b June 20,1917 + 3. Billy Buschhusen b June 22, 1919 + (I). RAY is a Civil Engineer for Standard Steel of Kansas City, Kansas; he is single; lives with his parents. SAFFORD 4-2-2. RUTH M. SEXTON£, b November 6, 1889 in Cambridge, Nebraska; librarian (retired); Christian church. m C.G. SAFFORD, b September 16, 1873 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa; d February 14, 1940; buried Mt. Washington cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri; doctor (M.D .). No children. Ruth now lives at 6140 Raytown Road, Apt. 403, Raytown, Missouri. LOWREY 4-3-1 JOSEPH LOWREY, b (place and date of birth unknown) d September 11, 1930; buried Grenola, Kansas cemetery; was piloting his own plane in Kansas and was alone in his plane when it crashed. His home, and that of his wife BUELAH and one son, Donald, was in Wichita, Kansas at the time. Beulah later remarried and continued living in Wichita - present address not known. I. Donald Lowrey b------145 NOTE: The Wichita City Directory lists DONALD LOWREY ( w1te - Barbara L.) as manager of Sandy's Motor Exchange and Garage. Number of children not known, but we have the names of two - PATRICK and CANDICE. Address: 293 7 Wedgewood Drive, Wichita, Kansas. PERDEW 4-4-1. DOROTHY JEAN SAFFORD, b April 19, 1902 in Iowa City, Iowa; graduate Tarkio College, 1924; 25 years as Embroidery Designer for Grace Company, Belton, Missouri; Episcopal church. m 1926 to EDWARD PER DEW; Embroidery Designer. Address: 1633 E. 77th Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri. 1. Annette Rae Perdew b Aug. 18, 1927 + HERRMANN 4-5-1. ELIZABETH ELLEN HAND, b November 23, 1901; she has been a Civil Service employee in Washington, D.C. the past 25 years; m LAW. RENCE L. HERRMANN. He works for the railroad. No children. Address: R.F.D. I., Deale, Maryland. CHIDESTER 4-5-2. HOPE HAND, b November 27, 1903 in Grenoia, Elk County, Kan sas; graduate University of Washington in Seattle - Class of 1925; she and her husband own and operate a variety store, CHIDESTER'S, 550 Main Street, Torrington, Connecticut. Hope has also taught school in various states, both full-time and substitute. She has not taught however, since their daughter was born in 1932. She is active in Community affairs, and was elected Governor of the Fifth District, Quota International, 1963. Ca tholic. m April 4, 1925 in Seattle, Washington to CHARLES RAYMOND CHIDESTER of Endicott, New York, b July 18, 1901 in Vestal, Union County, New York; Hamilton College, Utica, New York, and University of Washing ton; Catholic. Address: 79 Lorenzo Street, Torrington, Connecticut. 1. Patricia Ann Chidester b Sept. 21, 1932 + 2. Charles Raymond Chidester II b May 21, 1938 + SIMMONS 4-5-3. MARY MARGUERITE HAND, b October 17, 1909 in Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri; attended Lee's Summit High SclDol; both she and her husband are members of Lee's Sumrr it Methodist church. m HURWARD VONDELL SIMMONS, b January 12, 1908 in eastern Texas (nicknamed '\-\1", according to his daughter, while he was playing minor league baseball in Texas concurrently with the great Al Simmons who was then playing major league ball. "He also has a brother who played ball elsewhere at the same 146 time and they nicknamed him n Al", too. When the two brothers and their wives get together, confusion reigns, " writes Sue Hunchberger, No. 4-5- 3-1. ); Al Simmons has sold heavy road equipment since before World War II; he and his wife both play duplicate bridge and have entered many of the tournaments. Their address: 200 E. 4th Street, Lee's Summit, Missouri. 1. Mary Sue Simmons b Feb. 9, 1934 + SMITH 4-1-1-1. JESSIE FRANCES CUNNINGHAM, b August 23, 1912 in Oakley, Kansas; attended Oakley High School; housewife; Christian church. m De cember 16, 1931 in Colby, Kansas to CLYDE E. SMITH, b January 31, 1908 in Culver, Saline County, Kansas; 8th grade graduate; farmer; Christian church. Address: Rt. 2, Oakley, Kansas. 1. Norma Jean Smith b Feb. 6, 1933 + 2. Dorothy Maxine Smith b ~ ov. 1 1 , 193 5 + ALUMBAUGH 4-1-1-2. FERN MAXINE CUNNINGHAM, b September 19, 1915 in Oakley, Kansas; attended Oakley High School; housewife, Christian church. m No vember I, 1933 in Sharon Springs, Kansas to ERNEST WILLIAM ALUM BAUGH, b Marc~ 6, 1912 in Bogue, Graham County, Kansas; graduate Oak ley High School; truck freight handler; Christian church. Address: 78il Oneida Street, Commerce City, Colorado. I. Patty Jo Alumbaugh b Mar. 3, 1935 + 2. Charles Dean Alumbaugh b Jan. 23, 1939 + 3. Sandra Ann Alumbaugh b May 16, 1942 + STWALLEY 4-1-2-1. RICHARD CHARLES STWALLEY, b November 19, 1920 in Shar on Springs, Kansas; accidentally killed July 8, 1945 while on a flying mis sion near Pueblo, Colorado. According to reports, the plane exploded in air. He was a First Lt. in the Air Corps and an instructor in meterology and navigation; had a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado; Meterology, U .C .L.A. Richard is buried in the Salida cemetery, Salida, Colorado. m June 15, 1943 in Salida to LUELLA JANE ALLEN, b January 19, 1921 in Salida; Masters degree in music, University of Colorado; school teacher; Methodist. I. Allen Ray Stwalley b June 18, 1944 - 2. Judith Charlene Stwalley b Aug. 16, 1945 - LUELLA JANE ALLEN STWALLEY, m (2) ___ McGrath. Address: 827 Kopra, Truth or Consequence, New Mexico. 147 STWALLEY 4-1-2-2. HERBERT LE ROY STWALLEY, b September 3, 1922 near Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado; graduate of C.S.U., Ft. Collins - B.S. in Civil Engineering; construction management engineer; after one year of col lege he worked at severai jobs, including a year in Alaska with the Corps of Engineers. He joined the Navy Seabees in August 1943 and served on sev eral Pacific Islands. Was married prior to his discharge in 1946. He grad uated from college in March, 1950 and accepted a position with the Bureau of Reclamation at Loveland, Colorado, working later in Ogden, Utah, Pao nia, Colorado and at present (1963) in Grand Junction, Colorado. At all these places he worked on various reclamation construction projects; Me thodist. m December 29, 1945 in Denver to ELINOR SHARSWOOD GREEN, b December 5, 1923 in La Junta, Colorado. No children. Address 247-27 Road, Grand Junction, Colorado. EVANS 4-1-2-3. RUTH STWALLEY, b April 22, 1924 near Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado; high school education; housewife; Presbyterian. m Feb ruary 9, 1946 in Las Animas to CHARLES ALFRED EVANS, b October 31, 1922 in Las Animas; B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering; employed with the Martin Company; has lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana (1946-'49), Den ver (1949-'58), Brigham City, Utah (1958-'62), Rapid City, South Dakota (1960-'62), then to where they now live - 3845 Magnolia Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas. I. Ronald Jay Evans b Feb. 24, 195 0 - 2. Susan Kay Evans b Apr. 3, 1954 - STWALLEY 4-1-2-4. DONALD OTIS STWALLEY, b December 23, 1928 in Las Ani mas, Bent County, Colorado; high school graduate; Texaco Consignee and Station operator; enlisted in Marine Corps following graduation from Las Animas High school; after discharge, worked on construction jobs until re called for the Korean Conflict; discharged as a Staff Sgt.; married and went to work in the oil business in Las Animas; involved in many community ac tivities over the years, including ChurchYouth Group sponsor, Boy Scout leader and counselor; at present is president of Old Timers Bas:.eball Asso ciation and member of City Council; is on bowling team, besides operating as Past Commander of the American Legion. Methodist. m September I, 1951 in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California to HELEN MARIE HOL LINGSWORTH, b November 19, 1931 in Grand Junction, Colorado; high school graduate; housewife and homemaker. Address: Box 207, Las Animas, Colorado. 1. Robert Eugene Stwalley b May 15, 1952 - 2. Patricia Lynn Stwalley b Apr. 19, 1953 - 3. Sherry Ruth Stwalley b July 12, 1962 - 148 BEHRENS 4-1-2-5. ESTELLA ADINE STWALLEY, b April 19, 1931 in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado; high school graduate; housewife and homemaker; Church of Christ. m December 25, 1951 in Las Animas, Colorado to WIL FORIJ EDWARD BEHRENS, b October 4, 1920 in Grand Rapids, Michigan; common school education; machinist with Colorado Fuel and Iron. Address: Rt. Box 48, Stone City, Colnrac.1o. I. Douglas Martin Behrens b Feb. 20, 1953 - d Feb. 25~ 1953 2. David Raymond Behrens b Dec. 28, 1953 - 3. Robert Edward Behrens b Sept. 7, 195 5 - 4. Dennis Leonard Behrens b June 26, 1957 - 5. Zack Arnold Behrens b Feb. 13, 1961 LEWIS 4-2-1-2. LOIS EDITH BUSCHHUSEN, b June 20, 1917. m May 4, 1938 to VINCENT LEWIS; works for the U.P.R.R. Address: 325-19th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. 1. Bill Lewis b A pr. 12, I 94 2 - 2. Marcia Lewis b Jan. 9, 1950 BUSCHHUSEN 4-2-1-3. BILLY BUSCHHUSEN, b June 22, 1919 in Kansas City, Kan sas; graduate of Wyandotte High School, Kansas City; 2 years college, Fin ley Engineering School, Kansas City, Missouri; surveyed for Kansas State Highway Commission, Army Engineers and the Wilson Engineering Company. He later became a locomotive engineer, U.P.R.R .. , Kansas City, Kansas. Served in the Army Transportation Corps during World War II, as an engineer in Teheran, Iran. m August 3, 1940 in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas to HELEN STEPHENSON. She is a secretary with training in that field. Bill Buschhusen has been an active worker in civic affairs. He was an of ficer in the Heart of America Federation of Square Dancers and was the ed itor for their newspaper for two years prior to a critical illness. Circulation of this paper included both cities and approximately a 100 mile radius of the two "Kansas Cities". It was also sent to various areas in the United States as well as to foreign countries. Both Bill and Helen were quite active in civic work until illness halted all activities. On December 31, 1963 Helen wrote: "Bill has been hospitalized almost six months out of this past year, has required physical therapy and much care. He is a tall, handsome, happy-go-lucky fellow that everyone loves. He is fun loving, very likeable and has a lot of friends. In spite of illness he has retained his famous disposition." Residence: 2118 South 35th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. I. Janet Lee "Jan" Buschhusen b Sept. 10, 1943 + 149 RIPPEL 4-4-1-1. ANNETTE RAE PERDEW, b August 18, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri; A.B. degree, Kansas City University; Episcopalian. m JOHN RIPPEL, newspaper man; one of the editors of the Springfield Leader and Press. Address: 1619 E. McDaniel, Springfield, Missouri. I. Christopher Rippel b Sept. 1 7, 1954 - KLEIN 4-5-2-1. PA TRICIA ANN CHIDESTER, b September 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts; attended University of Connecticut one and one-half years; housewife; Catholic. m August 9, 1952 in Torrington, Connecticut to WIL LIAM FREDERICK KLEIN, b November 11, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey; B.S. degree, University of Connecticut at Stoors; salesman for Vestal Cor poration; served in the regular army of Korea for two years, then as First Lt. in U.S. Air Force in Texas and Washington, D.C.; Episcopalian. Address: 214 Main Street, East Berlin, Connecticut. 1. Matthew William Klein b Oct. 24, 1957 - 2. Hope Ellen Klein b Aug. 16, 1960 - 3. Michael Eric Klein b Oct. 21, 1961 - CHIDESTER 4-5-2-2. CHARLES RAYMOND CHIDESTER II, b May 21, 1938 in Bristol Hartford County, Connecticut; graduate New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing, (i961-'64); R.N. - head nurse of operating room at McCook's Hos pital in Hartford; active duty, U.S.A.F.,1956-'60; Catholic.m July 25, 1964 in Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut to LILLIAN YVONNE BOUCH ER, b April 6, 1943 in Portland, York County, Maine; graduate New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing; R.N. at McCook' s Hospital in Hartford, 1961-'64; Catholic. Address~ 152 Main Street, East Berlin, Connecticut. 1. Charles Joseph Chidester b May 2, 1965 - BAR.RETT - HUNCHBERGER 4-5-3-1. MARY SUE SIMMONS, b February 9, 1934 in Lee's Summit,Jack son County, Missouri; graduated from high school in Lee's Summit and at tended University of Missouri for 2 years; works as an employment agency counselor; housewife; Lee's SuDJmit Methodist Church. m June 11, 1954 in Lee's Su1111mit to HARRY GEORGE BARRETT. I. Jana Sue Barrett Hunchberger b May 8, 1955 - 2. James Scott Barrett Hunchberger b Feb. 27, 1957 - (both children have taken the name of their step-father, HUNCHBERGER) MARY SUE SIMMONS BARRETT, m (2) June 6, 1964 to DONALD HAHN HUNCHBERGER, b November 26, 1924 in Manheim, Lanca-ster County, 150 Pennsylvania; graduate Manheim High School - Industrial Personnel Manager and Labor Relations Representative. Their address: 406 N. Douglas, Lee's Summit, Missouri. CAMPBELL 4-1-1-1-:1. NORMA JEAN SMITH, b February 6, 1933 in Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas; graduate Oakley, Kansas High School; housewife; Church of Christ. m December 24, 1051 in Raton, New Mexico to JACK DUANE CAMPBELL, b July 27, 1931 in Scott City, Scott County, Kansas; graduate Scott County Community High; policeman in Scott City until elect ed County Sheriff in 1964; member Church of Christ. Their address: 1504 Court Street, Scott City, Kansas. 1. Terry Lee Campbell b May 15, 1954 - 2. Larry Gene Campbe 11 b July 6, 195 5 - 3- Jacque Dee Camp be 11 b Jan. 5, I 961 4. Sheri Dawn Campbell b Jan. 22, 1965 - GAPPA 4-1-1-1-2. DOROTHY MAXINE SMITH, b November 11, 1935 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas; graduate Oakley High School; housewife; Catholic. m June 39, 1956 in St. Cecilia's Cathedral at Omaha, Nebraska to JAMES M. GAPPA, b March 14, 1935 in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska; (Loup City is predominately Polish. Jame s' grandmother came directly from Poland); salesman; employed Peter Pan Bakery; Catholic. Dorothy was a typist for 3½ years, then with Western Electric for 14 months before her husband entered the U.S. Army. He enlisted on April 3 0, 195 8; took his basic at Colorado Springs before going to South Carolina for 8 months. He was then shipped overseas to Stuttgart, Germany where Dorothy and daughter Ann joined him in February 1959. He received his discharge in April 1960 as SP/5. They then moved their residence from Oakley to Omaha. Dorothy went to work for N.W. Bell Telephone and remained there, except for a few months when her son was born,until July 1964. Address: 3314 S. 90th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. 1. Ann Marie Gappa b Aug. 31, 1958 - 2. John Scott Gappa b Mar. 6, 1963 JACKSON 4-1-1-2-1. PATTI JOE ALUMBAUGH, b March 3, 1935 in Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas; high school graduate; housewife; Presby terian. m June 1, 1951 in Derby, Colorado to RAYMOND A. JACKSON, b April 22, 1932 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas; clerk and checker on truck freight dock. Address: Star Route, Hudson, Colorado. 151 I. Raymond Duane Jackson b Jan. 23, 1952 - 2. Danny Lee Jackson b Oct. 7, 1954 - 3- Penny Lynn Jackson b July 20, 1957 - 4. Shelly Kay Jackson b Apr. 2, 1960 - ALUMBAUGH 4-1-1-2-2. CHARLES DEAN ALUMBAUGH, b January 23, 1939 in Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas; graduate 10th grade; welder;Christ ian church. m AULTA BELLE MAJOR, b January 19, 1941 in Corpus Christi~, Texas, one year high school; housewife. Address: 6681 Holly Street, Comrrerce City, Colorado. I. Sandra Kay Alumbaugh b Jan. 21, 1958 - 2. Chery 1 Mashon Alumbaugh b Jan. 3, 1961 - 3- Douglas Dean Alumbaugh b July 29, 1963 - HEIDEMAN 4-1-1-2-3. SANDRA ANN ALUMBAUGH, b May 16, 1942 in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado; graduate Jr. High; housewife. m March 1, 1959 in Derby, Colorado to ALLEN JOE HEIDEMAN, b February 16, 1934 in Hooker, Oklahoma; high school graduate; oil refining engineer; Lutheran. Address: 6954 Olive Street, Commerce City, Colorado. 1. Robin Ann Heideman b Mar. 25, 1960 - 2. Chalonda Marlene Heideman b May 6, 1961 - 3- William Allen Heideman b Nov. 27, 1963 - KLEITZ 4-1-1-3-1. JANET LEE "JAN" BUSCHHUSEN, b September IO~ 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas; 2 years K.U. at Lawrence, Kansas; member Alpha Chi Omega. m December 21, 1963 in Kansas City, Kansas to CARLETON KLEITZ;also of Kansas City,and a graduate of K.S.U.,Manhattan, Kansas; majored in Political Science. No children. Address not known. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A note of thanks to RAY STWALLEY (4-1-2), RUTH SAFFORD (4-2-2) and HOPE CHIDESTER (4-5-2), who furnished much data beyond their immediate families. Without their assistance the Eliza- beth Konkel chapter could not have been written. C .G .B . ••• 152 5. LYDIA KONKEL LYDIA KONKEL and Husband LEWIS ELDER 5. LYDIA KONKEL, b June 18, 1850 in Adams County, Indiana; d August 19, 1927 in Logan County, Colorado; buried Sterling cemetery. m August 22, 1872 in Crawford County, Kansas to LEWIS ELDER, b June 27, 1844 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania; d October 2, 1900 in Crawford County, Kansas. To this union were born ten children. 1. Eva Rena Elder b June 5, 1873 + d Jan. 24, 1964 2. Cµrtis Theodore Elder b Nov. 15, 1874 + d May 24, 1942 3. Bertha Pearl Elder b Aug. 15, 1877 + d Apr. 26, 1964 4. Rossa Elder b July 1, 1880 + d June 17, 1897 s. Flora Alice Elder b June 12, 1882 + d Feb. 24, 1964 153 6. Hulda Louise Elder b Oct. 15, 1884 + 7. Ed win Arthur Elder b Dec. 3, 1885 + 8. John Elder b Mar. 6, 1887 d Oct. 3, 1887 9. Christian Calob Elder b July 12, 1889 + d Sept. 18, 1962 10. Ada Alzada E Ider b Aug. 18, 1891 + LYDIA KONKEL ELDER - By Bertha Safford "Lydia Konkel was born in Adams County, Indiana on June 18, 1850. When three years old she went with her parents in a covered wagon to Page County, Iowa about 100 miles southwest of Des Moines, near the town of Clarinda. It took them two years to get settled on a farm of their own, in the fall of 185 5. W.hen she was eighteen they again moved, this time to Kansas, and again in a covered wagon. It was hard going and took quite a long time. Lydia, being one of the older of 14 children, had to help care for the younger children, cook, gather wood or other kind of fuel, and last but not least, drive or help drive four or five cows, feed a crate of chickens, in fact a helper in any kind of odd jobs. They landed in Crawford County, Kansas about eight miles from Girard, just a wide place in the road, later the county seat of Crawford County. She was married on August 22, 1872 to Lewis Elder, and she and her husband moved on a farm of their own which they bought for $1.00 per acre. It was a bare piece of land with not even a fence. They built a log house, one room, with a loft above to store a few things, and probably to put some of their friends there to sleep. Lydia cooked over a fire place with what we would now consider very crude utensils. I remember the old pot hooks and the fire place, al so remember a large iron pot with a heavy lid she baked bread in, two brass kettles, and a very large iron kettle which was used on a fire place outside to make cider apple butter in, as well as peach, grape and gooseberry jam. In the spring of 1877 they started the "New House", at that time one of the best in the country. They intended to get it done before the next little arrival ccyours Truly", but labor was hard to get and the where-with-all to pay even harder, so I was born in the "Log Cabin" and celebrated Christmas in our new home. (Mother had but three months of schooling, but she learned to read and write and was very efficient in vario·us things. She had a code of morals that was hard to beat.) That was a happy time, as I can imagine. If ever anyone could make Christmas a lovely time "out of nothing" it was Mother. In 1886 they moved to Prowers County, Colorado with eight children, the oldest nearing 14 and the youngest six weeks old, this time on the train, as crowded and dirty and slow as the "City of Denver" is fast. Again her knack and talents were tried to the uttermost, how to feed and clothe eight children the best at the least possible expense. I can testify she came ou.t with the blue ribbons. 154 Four years later the family moved back to Crawford County. In the meantime she lost the baby, but had another to take its place. In 1891 her youngest and last baby arrived, "the prettiest and best of all." In 1900 she lost her husband and with her family she moved to Colorado again and took a homestead. The burden of li'.'ing on the prairie was too great, and after proving up the homestead she moved to Denver. (ADA ELDER ESSEX (5-10) relates "Mother first took all of us, except Eva (5-1) and Curtis (5-2), as they were married, to Hale, Missouri where two or three bro thers lived. Later we moved to Baca County, Colorado to take up the homestead. Uncle Will and Uncle Sam were there. Later, in 1906, we all (the Elders) moved to Denver. We had sold the farm in Kansas.") When about 70 years old, Mother took a notion to go to a warmer climate, and went to California where she lived in a tent all winter. In the spring she left for Florida where she rescued two or three old houses used by Negro s·laves before the Civil War, cleaned them up, cleared off a block of land (four acres), planted orange and lemon trees, and had shrubs of everything under the sun -- just imagine! Most every thing grows in Florida and when I say cleared, I mean underbrush so thick one could hardly crawl through, and trees of all sizes. She had a few of the larger trees cut down, but otherwise cchacked" them off herself. Every one there thought her a genius. The Negroes thought of her as almost supernatural. One Negro woman said, uyour Mother settled the "hant" for us." Seems one of the houses, first one Mother lived in, was haunted. They told Mother a ghost walked in the house, but she laughed at them. The Negroes were scared stiff. They watched the first night, and the next morning she was still alive, and the second and third mornings she was very much all, there. Finally they saw her tearing off the weather boarding, went over to see what that was for, and found that hundreds of bats --- yes, real live bats --- were between the weather boarding and inside wall, and that was the last of the "haunt". She lived her last four years with the writer in Crook, Colorado and died on August 19, 1927. She is buried in the Sterling cemetery." LEWIS ELDER (Taken from Portratt and Biographical Record, printed in 1894 in Crawford County, Kansas) It matters little what occupation a man may select for his life calling, so long as it is honorable. If he is honest, upright and courteous in his inter course witn others, and possesses energy and determination, he will suc ceed. If more deference is paid to the followers of any one vocation in pre ference to another, it is to the farmers, on whom the propserity of our nation to such a large degree depends. The southern part of Kansas had proved an El Dorado to thousands of agriculturists, who have come hither from the East and who, by dint of hard work, have developed the resources so liberal ly provided by nature. The subject of this sketch, now a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Lin coln. Township, Crawford County, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania 155 and there spent the years of his boyhood and youth, rece1v1ng a limited education in the schools of the Keystone State. At the age of twenty, re solving to seek a fortune in the far-famed We st, he went to Indiana, and resided in that state for six years. There he married and there he was be reaved by the death of his wife and child. On coming to Kansas in 1871 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres, comprising a portion of his present estate of two hundred forty acres of well improved land. At the time of locating in this county, he was the owner of a good team and wagon and $120 in cash. From that beginning he has accumulated his present possessions, and the results speak more eloquently than words of his energy and excel lent judgement as a farmer and business man. In Crawford County in 1872 Mr. Elder and Miss Lydia Konkel were united in marriage, and to them have been born ten children, as follows: Eva, wife of Samuel Tope, and a resident of Colorado; Curtis, Bertha, Rossa, Flora, Hulda, Edwin, J oho, Christian and Ada. From the beginning of the Civil War the sympathies of Mr. Elder were on the side of the Union, and in August, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company F, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry, in which he served for about six months. He was then, on account of dis ability, honorably discharged from the service. As a member of the People's party, Mr. Elder takes an acuve interest in public affairs, and is now officiating as Trustee of the township in which he resides, having been twice elected to that position. He also served as Town Clerk for one year and Town Treasurer for two years. In his social connections he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being an influential member of the Post at Proctor. His wife is a member of the Church of God, and he supports the various religious and benevolent projects of the community, although not actively identified with any church. Referring to the ancestral history of our subject, we find that his paternal great-grandfather, George, was a native of Ireland, and that after coming to the United States, settled in Pennsylvania. The father of our subject, John Elder, as well as Grandfather James Elder, were natives of Pennsylvania. The former married Miss Louisa Vickroy, who was born in the Keystone State, and they became the parents of five children who attained mature years, Lewis being the eldest of the number. THE LEWIS ELDER FAMILY - By Edwin A. Elder In 1901, one year after Father died, the family moved to Baca County, Colorado where Mother filed on a homestead close to Uncle Will KonkeP s ranch southeast of Vilas. Chris, only 13, and I, 16 years of age, were of course the "men" of the family. There was a house and barn to build, the homestead to be fenced and a well to be dug (90 feet to water). Uncle Dave and I did the digging while Chris helped 156 to haul out the dirt. Uncle Dave donated his work, as money for the pioneer was very scarce. What little there was had to go a long way. In this year of 1964 very few can appreciate how difficult it was for t};i.e homesteader to carry on to merely exist, in the early days of the West. At the time Mother took our family to Baca County, the country was sparsely settled. There was very little farming, with much of the land still to be homesteaded. The wilderness of endless plains lent a special charm and enchantment words can not explain. Even though there were hardships, we had a good time. Every one was friendly and would lend a hand in need. The town of Lamar, located on the railroad 65 miles to the north, was our nearest convenient trading post. Freighting had to be done by teams and wagons. Roads consisted of winding trails across the plains. Four days were 'required to complete the trip to Lamar and back. We attempted to do our freighting during the summer months, camping out on the prairie at night. We hobbled the front feet of the horses co prevent them from traveling coo far when grazing. There were no high schools in Baca County then. Each district had its own schools- uthe little councry school houses". All eight grades were caught by one teacher - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, the ccThree R's", were the order of the day. After Mother proved up on the homestead, the famiiy decided to move to Denver to get more schooling. Mother had sold the old Elder farm in Crawford County, Kansas. The money was invested and the income from it, plus what Chris and I could earn with paper routes and working summer months, enabled all to complete high school. Some of us went further. Flora graduated from Denver University, Ada from Colorado State University at Ft. Collins, Bertha attended Denver University for a time and I completed one year there." ELDER HISTORY The oldest ancester we find of LEWIS ELDER, husband of LYDIA KONKEL, is GEORGE ELDER. He was of Scotch-Irish birth and later served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Records tell us that he settled in the State of Pennsylvania and had an interest in about 5,000 acres of land in the County of Philadelphia. He later owned 1,700 acres in the County of Bedford. He also owned a farm in Huntington County, about one-quarter mile from the little community of Cherry Town in Wood-Cock Valley, Union Township. This Estate was called "Union Green". George Elder and his wife, Sarah Vogan, lived at "Union Green" a number of years; here is where their seven children were born, and where Sarah was captured by the Indians. Her capture happened on a Sunday afternoon in May while she was walking home from visiting a sick neighbor. The 157 neighbor's young son, who was accompanying her part way home, was also captured, but later escaped. Sarah heard her own children coming to meet her, singing as they came through the woods. She told the indians to hurry away as many "whites" were coming, and that they would be killed. By this ruse she saved her children from .being killed or captured. Sarah was taken to Detroit, then into Canada and held prisoner for two years. She was made the wife of an Indian Chief by whom she had two children; they were left with their Indian father when Sarah's release was finally arranged by an English officer. For her courage and bravery, this same officer presented her with a Bible that had been printed in London in 1734. George Elder moved from Huntingdon County in 1781 to a farm in Cumberland Valley Twp., Bedford County. Both he and his wife Sarah were buried in the family burying ground on this farm. GEORGE ELDER m SARAH VOGAN, dtr. of Samuel and Mary Vogan. Sarah was born Jan. 26, 1741. 1. William b Feb. 8, 1764 4. Isabel b Mar. 7, 1771 2. John b Jan. 30, 1766 5. Margret b Nov. 7, 1774 3. Robert b Oct. 9, 1768 6. JAMES b Mar. 3, 1777 7. Margaret b Nov. 20, 1863 JAMES ELDER m SARAH WORLEY, b Apr. 6, 1788 in Bedford Co., Pa; d July 31, 1828. Both James and Sarah are buried in the family cemetery on the Bedford County farm. 1. Sarah 2. Rebecca 3. George 4. William 5. Anchor 6. Susan 7. Rachael 8. JOHN (d 1873) 9. Samuel 10. James (all born on the Elder farm in Bedford County). JOHN ELDER lJl LOUISE VICKROY. She was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, the dtr. of Joseph Vickroy. J oho is buried in the family cemetery in Bedford Co., she is buried in Terre Haute, Indiana. 1. LEWIS b June 27, 1844 - d Oct. 2, 1900 2. Amanda 3. J oho 4. Harriet 5- Joseph 6. Albin Richard b Jan. 4, 1848 - d Jan. 8, 1920 7. Caroline Matilda b Sept. 29, 1850 - d May 11, 1917 In 1926 Ada and Gene Essex (5-10) and Edwin Elder (5-7) visited the old Elder farm in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania. Edwin tells about this in a letter to the editor, dated Nov. 6, 1963: 'The farm was still in the Elder family. The young man operating the place was the picture of our brother Chris, so nearly so that one would have taken them to be twins. On this farm was a huge spring coming from the hill-side, with sufficient water 158 to irrigate a quarter section of land. This spring had been flowing continual ly for 200 years, and how much longer no one knows. A creek flowed through the farm creating a beautiful setting,. no doubt the choice of the whole val ley at the time it was originally settled". TOPE - LANTERMAN 5-1. EVA RENA ELDER, b June 5, 1873 near Englevale in Crawford Coun ty, Kansas; d January 24, 1964 in Olympia, Washington; buried Olympia Memorial Gardens; graduate Normal School, Bellingham, Washington; school teacher; Methodist. She is a life member of Aurora Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in Ketchikan, Alaska; a member of the Royal Neighbors of Olympia; the American Legion Auxiliary, and a past member of the Daughters of Union Veterans. m August 29t 1892 in Granada, Prowers County, Colorado to SAMUEL H. TOPE, b August 1, 1870 in Ohio; d May, 1919 in Centralia, Washington; grade school education; farmer; Methodist. Following their marriage, Eva and Samuel Tope farmed in Crawford County, Kansas until 1908 when they moved to Denver, Colorado. Eva attended school one year preparing to teach. In 1910 the family moved to Tenino, Washington where Eva taught school four years; in 1914 they went to Olym pia and she taught at Oyster Bay. In 1919, after her husband died, she moved to Alaska and taught at Petersburg, Craig and finally at Ketchikan where she remained several years. Eva returned to Olympia in 1930 and lived with her daughter, Mrs. Thelma Paulsen, until 1959 except for nine years spent with another daughter, Mrs. Lena Allen, in New York and Pennsylvan ia. From 1959 until her death in 1964, she resided at Bay View Rest Home in Olympia. 1. Lena Marie Tope b May 14, 1895 + 2. Thelma Inis Tope b Dec. 15, 1899 + 3. Harry Elder Tope b Jan. 3, 1907 + EVA ELDER TOPE m (2) January 1924 in Ketchikan, A la ska to JACK LANTERMAN. He was a sea captain; died in the mid-30's in Ketchikan. ELDER 5-2. CURTIS THEODORE ELDER, b November 13, 1874 in Crawford Coun County, Kansas; d May 24, 1942 in Idaho; farmer. m March 27, 1898 in Craw ford County, Kansas to GRACE MITCHELL, b March 25, 1880; housewife; Methodist. Edwin Elder (5-7) furnished the following information regarding his older brother Curtis. ''Curtis was an artist with a French harp. He very o-ften played for entertainment at community gatherings, and I well remember it was very thrilling to hear him play. He was a good musician. He never went beyond the eighth grade in school, yet he was well read and had a keen mem- l59 ory. Those who knew him well were much impressed by his general know ledge. Curtis elected to remain at Englevale, Kansas to run the old Elder farm at the time the rest of the family went to Missouri. He married Grace Mitchel some time later and remained on the farm for several years before moving on to· Baca County in Colorado.'' She now resides with her daughter Georgette in Venice, California. I. Clair Otto Elder b Jan. 1, 1900 + 2. Rolland August Elder b June 20, 1903 - d Dec .. 9, 1923 (killed by a train) 3- Viola Marie Elder b Apr. 25, 1904 + 4. Sylvan Mitchell Elder b Nov. 6, 1905 + 5. Bruice Elder b Feb. 18~ 1907 - d June 15, 1907 6. Robbie May Elder b May 15, 1908 + ""1 I • Ruby Pearl Elder b Mar. 31, 1910 + 8. Chester Onophry Elder b Sept. 16, 1916 + 9. Ivon Arthur E Ider b Mar. 2 8, 1918 + 10. Al von Allen Elder b Nov. 3, 1919 + 11. Dorothy Georgette Elder b July 6, 1922 + SAFFORD 5-3. BERTHA PEARL ELDER, b August 15, 1877 in Crawford County, Kan sas; d April 26, 1964 at the Sedgwich County Nursing Home in Julesburg, Colorado; buried Sterling; attended Denver University; housewife; Methodist. m September 3, 1908 in Denver, Colorado to CARROLL DARWIN SAFFORD, b August 4, 1875 in Washington, New Hampshire; teacher, superintendent of schools, farmer; d July 1962 in Logan County, Colorado; buried in Riverside Cemetery at Sterling. He attended college at Jacksonville, Illinois for two years, then went to Baca County, Colorado about 1905 to teach school. It was here he met Bertha Elder. About a year after their marriage they at tended Denver University where Carroll graduated with a BA degree. After graduation he taught at Burlington, Limon and Ft. Collins before going to Crook in 1914. He first taught in a rural school, then in the town of Iliff before going back to Crook as the superintendent for five years. When they moved to Crook in 1914 they took up a homestead a few miles northwest of town, living there until they moved into the town of Crook a fe.w years before his death. I. Paul Onofry Safford b Sept. 3, 1910 + 2. Pearl Egglentine Safford b Feb. 81 1914 + ELDER 5-4. ROSSA ELDER, b July l, 1880 in Crawford County, Kansas; d June 17, 1897 by drowning near Hale, Carroll County, Missouri. In the year 1897 the Lewis Elder family moved from the old Elder farm near Englevale, Kan- 160 sas to Carroll County, Missouri where Rossa's uncles, Jake~ Sol and Dave Konkel, were operating a sawmill on Grand River. Previous arrangements had been made for Rossa, then almost 17 years of age, to work at the saw mill to help support the family. Only a short time later he was drown~d while learning to swim. The tragedy happened on a day Rossa went up river with his uncles, Sol and Dave, to look at some fish traps. Rossa had a rare talent for both music and art. While living in Crawford County he and his brother Curtis were members of the Englevale Band. Cur tis was a long-time member, but Rossa had been participating only a very short time when the band entered a state-wide contest and won first place. Rossa was exceptionally gifted in music and had planned to make it his life career. He was a tireless worker, and since he loved music so well he could have gone far in that field. DYE 5-5. FLORA ALICE ELDER, b June 12, 1882 in Crawford County, Kansas; died February 24, 1964 in a rest home near Oswego, New York where her sister Ada and brother Edwin live; graduate of Trinidad Business College (1904) in Trinidad, Colorado; Warren Academy ( 191 O); Denver University (BA degree, 1912); Columbia University (1920-21); Syracuse University (Special Student). She taught at Tenino, Washington and Albany, Oregon; Colorado Springs, Denver and at the State Teachers' CoUcge in Greeiey,Col orado. She was head of the Secretarial Science Department at Syracuse Uni versity. She traveled extensively in Europe in the summers of 1929-30. She had the honor of being asked to submit verse for the 1933 Anthology of American Poetry. Her religious faith, Universalist. On June 19, 1930 she married CLAIR ALBERT DYE, Dean of Pharmacy, Ohio State University; his church the same --- Universalise. He was born June 23, 1869 in .McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio; died October 10, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio. No children. RAIN DROPS The whole day long the drops of rain Along my old clothes line have played. They've come down slowly; raced along; Dancing and shimmering, and unafraid. Such glistening frocks of brightest hue These fresh young drops are wearing all. Upon the timid, halting ones The more substantial drops do crawl. 161 They still ding on; they hesitate And tremble as they near the end Of their short Ii fe. They bid for time as doubts and fears they apprehend. Unsuspecting, trusting, on They come; one and all Are unaware of dangers grave, Abysses where the rain drops fall. --. Flora Elder Dye 76 Twelfth avenue, Columbus, Ohio PORTER 5-6. HULDA LOUISE ELDER, b October 5, 1884 in Crawford County, Kansas. m JOHN A. PORTER at Denver, on October I, 1910. He was born February 9, 1874 at Lawrence, Kansas; d April 21, 1949 in Denver; buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. He was a graduate of Baker University in Lawrence; farmer; Methodist. After Hulda and John Porter were married, they lived in Colorado until about 1916 when they left and moved out to California. In 1918 they spent a summer in Nevada, then back to California in 1919. In the winter of 1921 they left for Florida and stayed there until the spring of 1923 when they moved back to Colorado. After living in eastern Colorado for a few years, they m:.1\·ed up around northern Colorado out east of Greeley, later up north of Ft. Collins. In the spring of 1938 they moved to Hudson where they stayed until coming to Denver in the spring of 1943. Her address: 1327 S. Logan Street, Denver. 1. Elvira Corina Porter b July 2, 1911 + d Apr. 26, 1962 2. Farrell Francis Porter b Oct. 24, 1912 + 3. Styles Winter Porter b Nov. 2, 1913 d Jan. 14, 193 7 ELDER 5-7. EDWIN ARIBUR ELDER, b December 3, 1885 in Crawford County, Kansas; graduate of South Denver High School; attended Denver University one year; machinist and engineer for the Denver Water Board for 20 years; Methodist. m June 22, 1926 in Denver to DOROTHY SWEET, b June 22, 1897 in Denver; graduate of North Denver High School and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, majoring in modern languages; also, had extensive training in voice and music; taught in Denver high schools. She later operated a private school, "The Language Center", teaching languages and doing translations of letters and documents written in other languages. Dorothy's father, Benjamin A. Sweet, was a state representative for a number of years. He was the first water commissioner for the Denver Water Board (when De~ 162 ver acquired the old Denver Water Company)~ dealt extensively in real estate, building and selling homes; was a prominent man in civic affairs. Dorothy's address: 484 Gilpin, Denver, Colorado. Edwin writes: ccln 1907 I homesteaded on land near Bennett, Colorado about 30 miles east of Denver. For some time I went out from Denver often enough to establish residence and· did sufficient work to hold the place. Chris later filed on a home stead near mine. Pioneer dry-land tractor farming of wheat got underway in 1913- Chris and I bought a tractor and the necessary equipment to farm. Success fol lowed for a few years •.. then a long period of drouth. In 1920, bankruptcy ... creditors took all. Had we used methods now employed by the dry~and farmers the results, no doubt, would have been different. Chris had married Ramona Robinson in 1918. After our farming venture failed, he and Ramona went to Denver where he worked at carpentering for a couple of years. They then moved to Monrovia, California. I went to Syracuse, New York in 1924 and worked as machinist for the Brown Lipe Gear Company. In 1926 I married Dorothy Sweet in Denver, Colorado. We lived in Syracuse one year, moving back to Denver in 1927 where I first worked as a machinist for the Gardner Company two years; then for Scott Brothers Electric for nine years; and finally, for the Denver Water Board as Engineer and Machinist, retiring in 1958 after twenty years. I consider myself a natural mechanic ... anything mechanical comes easy. I am a good carpenter and have had much experience in old time blacksmithing and shop work •. I can also repair radios and electric appliances, and am proficient in electrical wiring. At the present time I am a ccgeneral repair man" at my sister's home in Oswego. My special hobby is flower gardenin.g •.• the man with the ugreen thumb", as they say." Edwin's address: 52 W. Mohawk Oswego, New York. 1. Dorothy Mae Elder b Oct. 24, 1927 + 2. Robert Sweet Elder b Aug. 17, 1931 + 3- Nancy Benita Elder b Feb. 14, 1939 (3). NANCY graduated from Colorado Women's College, 1958; now secretary, U.S. Armed forces in Heidelburg, Germany - Hqts. U.S. Armed Forces, A.P.O. 403, New York. EARLY LIFE IN BACA COUNTY - "THE CEDARS" {A letter to the author from EDWIN ELDER (5-7) dated January 26, 1964 tells a.bout pioneer life in Baca County, Colorado as he experienced it. -C.G.B.) uln 1901, the year Mother filed on her homestead in Baca County, I was sixteen and my brother Chris only twelve, but we were the men of the family. One of the necessities of life was wood -- wooa to burn and posts to build fences. Baca County was a dry grassy plain with miles and miles of buffalo and gramma grasse.s, sage brush, yucca and prairie cactus, but sixty-five miles to the northwest lay a region covered with cedar trees. 163 The trips to the Cedars were made during the summer and early fall months, usually several ranchers going together. One would contact the others to make the necessary arrangements. They decided what each should take along, when to start, etc. These trips took from seven to ten days, but aside from the hardships they were usually a lot of fun. Those going on one such trip were: Uncle Dave Konkel (No. 14), Harry Alcorn (2-7), Jim Konkel (2-9), Jasper Konkel (8-3), my brother Chris (5-9), and myself; also, a man from the J J Ranch on the Cimarron River; an eighth man from near Syracuse, Kansas joined us on the way. This last man had a 10-horse team and was equipped to haul very heavy loads. The first night out we camped on the plains northwest of Springfield near Two Butte Creek. To keep the horses from straying too far at night, as they grazed on the grass, we put hobbles on their front legs. When we removed the hobbles in the morning, the horses would head directly for the vagons to be fed their ration of corn or oats. No matter where the wa·gons were camped they were always uhome" to the horses. After we had cared for the horses and eaten our breakfast we would be off again for our next camp site. Our last watering place was the Murray sheep ranch. From there we went on into the cedar hills to get our wood or posts. From the Murray ranch we had to haul water in barrels to our camp site in the Cedars. It was necessary that we have trail wagons -- that is, two wagons coupled together. Most men drove four horses - teams in tandem. There were no graded roads nor any bridges. The roads were merely trails across the plains. In the bad spots it was necessary to uncouple the wagons and pull one at a time. After we were over the difficult places we would couple them back together and be on our way. By using this method we could haul much heavier loads of fence posts and fire wood. Since the Cedars were located on higher ground, the fall of twenty to twenty-five feet per mile enabled the horses to pull very heavy loads. Fortunately for us it seldom rained during this time. What rain did come was usually in the form of uflash" rains and the wate.r quickly ran off. If we did experience any continued drizzle that softened the ground we were in for a bad time with our heavy loads. We usualJ y made only two trips each S\lmmer, so it was necessary to haul all we could as the wood had to last through the winter. As I said before, these trips had their share of fun. I will relate one incident that happened on this particular trip. Uncle Dave and Harry Alcorn put up a small tepee tent for their sleeping quarters. When all others were asleep Jasper and Jim had a great time pulling tent stakes, letting the tent fall. Neither Uncle Dave nor Harry said a wad, but the next morning all were up at the break of dawn - much earlier than usual. This early rising continued throughout the trip until Jasper and Jim were far from any more unite pranks". In fact Jasper was in bed for a couple days re- 164 cuperatlng. Jim did better but was perfectly willing to sleep when given a chance. Chris and Edwin were "good boys" -- not up to any pranks!" (The author cqnsiders the last statement a very questionable one and suggests the reader form his own conclusion. -C.G. B.) ELDER 5-9. CHRISTIAN CALOB ELDER, b July 12, 1889 in Baca County, Colora do; d September 18, 1962 in Monrovia, California. He graduated from South Denver High; builder and contractor; Methodist, m November 8, 1919 in Monrovia to RAMONA ROBINSON, b September 29, 1897 in Colorado. Her address: 437 Pearl Avenue Monrovia, California. 1. Alcyon Rose Elder b Aug. 27, 1920 + d July 22, 1957 2. Frances Jane Elder b Oct. 3, 1921 + 3. Edwin Elder b Oct. 21, 1925 + 4. Lou Roy Elder b Dec. 30, 1929 + ESSEX 5-10. ADA ALZADA ELDER, b August 18, 1891 in Crawford County, Kansas; graduate South Denver High School; BS degree from Colorado Agriculture College (now CSU) at Ft. Collins, 1920; school teacher; Presbyterian; member DAR m June 19, 1921 in Pueblo, Colorado to CHARLES EARL EUGENE ESSEX (later called "Gene"'), b October 14, 1892 in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri; d March 13, 1962 in Oswego, New York; BA degree from CSU at Ft. Collins in 1918; MS degree from Syracuse University; spent 2 years at Columbia University working toward a Ph.D.; college professor; Presbyterian. Ada's first schooling was 1n Hale, Carroll County, Missouri. The family then moved to Baca County, Colorado and settled on a homestead. The children attended school at the old Boston school house a few miles from Vilas. One teacher taught all grades plus the first year of high school. After five years in Baca County the family moved to Denver where Ada finished the grades and graduated from South Denver High. Due to sickness and lack of funds she stayed out of school the next two years. She majored in Home Economics at the college in Ft. Collins. After com pleting her junior year, she taught one year at Bennett, Colorado to earn ·a little money ($60.00 per mo.) and try her skill in the teaching line. To "see the world", she taught Home Economics in the following high schools: Sterling, Colorado; McCommon, Idaho; Minot, North Dakota; Telluride, Colorado; Pueblo, Colorado; Syracuse and Oswego, New York. Ada and Gene met while attending college in Ft. Collins. After their mar riage in 1921, they moved onto a large ranch near Nepesta, Colorado owned by Gene's parents. (The small town of Nepesta 1s now extinct. It was 165 located about 30 miles southeast of Pueblo.) The farm land was supposed to have plenty of water from an irrigation ditch, but the water never came and it didn't rain -- everything dried up. One year on the farm and they decided a monthly salary would be better. After teaching in both Pueblo and Sterling, Colorado Gene and Ada decided teachers' salaries would be better in the East. They bought a nice house in Syracuse, New York and taught there five years. Both attended summer schools to get their credits for a Masters degree, attending Colorado Univer sity, Syracuse University and New York State University at Oswego. In 1929, Gene was elected to teach a new subject, General Shop Laboratory in the industrial arts field, at Oswego State Normal School (now State Uni versity of New York). As Professor of Industrial Arts, he pioneered the development of the general shop and ceramics laboratory. The general shop, through his tutelage, is now accepted almost universally in New York State Industrial Arts laboratories. Gene taught at Pueblo and Sterling, Colorado; 5 years in Syracuse and 25 years. at Oswego. Oswego is home to Ada Essex. In her own words -- uwe moved to this nice old city, bought a large old house built and owned by the Kingsford Starch Company (the starch you buy for household use still carried the caption "Kingsford Starch since 1790, Oswego, N .Y. ") One of our hobbies was to fill the house with antiques." During the depression years of the '30's, when married women could not teach in the public schools of Oswego, Ada taught Arts and Crafts in the Home Economic Bureau in Oswego. Also, during this same period, she started her own College Book Shop and operated it for eight years. Her shop was located in the main building on the campus. It was a very prosperous and interesting place when she finally sold out to the college. Both Ada and Gene claimed many hobbies. Gene was an avid reader and a good musician. He loved to play his beautiful pipe organ-type accordian - played many solos in assemblies at College. He collected bells, was an authority on guns and loved steam cars -- collected a great deal of literature on them. Ada's main hobby has been antique collecting, refinishing, up - holstering etc,; the older the better to build up and blend in with the old house; other hobbies include weaving on 4 or 6 - heddle looms, making hooked rugs, leather craft work and photography; she is also a bird lover and does gardening on a 20 x 20 plot of ground. After retiring in 1958, Ada and Gene spent 98 days in Europe touring 17 countries; spent 4 months traveling around the United States; 2 months in Mexico and 90 days enjoying the Pacific South Seas and Islands. 166 Gene Essex was a member of three honorary fraternities - Epsilon Pi Tau, Kappa Phi Kappa and Pi Delta Kappa. His college social fraternity was Sig ma Alpha Epsilon. He sang in the college glee club for four years; was a member of the church supper club, active in the Lyons Club and belonged to the Masonic Lodge. His World War I record: Serial No. 2200046 - ·2nd Lt., Field Artillery at camps Funston in Kansas and Jackson in South Carolina; served from January 5, 1918 to January 20, 1919. Ada belongs to the AAUW (American Association of University Women), DAR (Daughters of American Revolution), Ft. Oswego chapter; a member of Eastern Star, Faculty Wives of the CoUege Club, Heritage Foundation for Oswego, and keeps in touch with her college sorority at CSU in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Her address: 52 W. Mowawk Street, Oswego, New York 13126. No children. THE ESSEX FAMILY by Ada Elder Essex Gene Essex had an interesting heritage. His great-great-grandfather was a practicing physician in London, England; emigrated to the territory now known as West Virginia, became an American Patriot and fought with Ameri can revolutionary forces. His youngest brother, the Earl of Essex, was be headed by Queen E_lizabeth. Gene's great grandfather, Philip Essex, an officer in the war of 1812, married into the well-known Hull family. His grandfather, Phillip Essex II, a lawyer, was born in 1824 and died in 1906. Charles Eugene Essex, Gene's father, was born in Findlay, Ohio in 1856; graduated from Valpariso, Indiana Normal School in 1876, later received his degree in law in Indiana. He married Rose Hayes of Indiana and moved to Lamar, Missouri where they lived for two years. When Gene was six months old, the family moved to Pueblo, Colorado in a covered wagon. His mother was a music teacher, and since the covered wagon was the cheapest and easiest way to move family and possessions, her piano was taken along. Rose Hays Esse.x was a graduate in music from a normal school in Indiana. In Pueblo Gene's father became Assistant State Attorney for three years. He then became a Judge of District Court over which he presided for 30 consecutive years; in all, he practiced law for 52 years. During his retire ment he wrote poetry and history. Judge Essex died in 1951 at the age of 96. ALLEN 5-1-1. LENA MARIE TOPE, b May 14, 1895 in Petersburg, Mahoning Coun ty, Ohio; graduate of high school a.t Olympia, Washington; attended Colorado Teachers College at Greeley (now CSC) and Ohio University at Athens; home-maker; secretary, before and after marriage; Episcopalism. m Decem- 167 her 21, 1927 in the t~Little Church Around The Corner' 1 at New York City to HERALD FRANCIS ALLEN, b January 17, 1905 in Racine~ Wisconsin; graduate of high school and Extension, Syracuse University; semi-retired; ceramist, 40 years experience, Syracuse China Corporation and Iroquoi; China Company, both of Syracuse, New York: also, Caribe China Company, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico and Jackson China Company, Falls Creek, Penn sylvania. He has been a consulting ceramist in France, Italy, Belgium, England, Mexico, Columbia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Holland, Can ada, Puerto Rico and United States. He is also an inventor of ceramic ma chines -- the Allen Jigger sold and installed in several foreign countries; certain automated machinery for the production of chinaware, grinding wheels, tile etc. (development completed, negotiations for. sale in pro - gress ); and other miscellaneous mechanical devices. He is a Presbyterian. Quoting from a letter Lena wrote from Toronto on June 29, 1964: 0 My husband still keeps me busy doing his secretarial work, although my shorthand now is not at the speed, by any means, as it was during the years when I was employed regularly as a private secretary and earned my own money to go to college. By the way, Colorado State Teachers College is now known by another name, but I have forgotten what it is. No doubt you do know, since other cousins have attended there since I went. (Now Colorado State College -C.G.B.) I did not include my experience as a secretary, since it seems very trivial in comparison with the history of others in the family; although it was varied and interesting in many different places. My husband and I had a very interesting two years in Mexico where he did consider able writing, and again kept me very busy typing, etc., concerning a plan which he des~gned and now is proposing for international sponsorship by Mexico and President Lopez Mateos. The plan is for the creation of an international organization for the promotion of peace and progress among nations. It is now being studied for further consideration, known as The International Institute For World Progress. It is so diffrcult to break through the protocol barriers of governments to talk with the right people to promote such things, but we keep trying despite the disappointments which we have suffered." Address: 556 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Onterio, Canada. New address (Nov. 1965): 25½ Columbia Street, Oreonta, New York. 1. Robert Winston Allen b Mar. 13, 1933 + POULSEN 5-1-2. THELMA INIS TOPE, b December 15, 1899 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. She spent the early years of her childhood with her parents on her grandfather's farm in Crawford County, Kansas moving with them to Denver in 1909; then in 1910, to the State of Washington. She finished her first year of high school in Tenino, before the family moved to Olympia where she graduated from high school in June 1917. She took a post graduate 168 commercial course, working half days as a bookkeeper in a jewelry store. After finishing her course of study, she worked full time at the store for four more years. It was during this time she met her future husband who was in the Army at Camp Lewis, 26 miles distant; Methodist. m April 4,_ 1920 in Olympia, Washington to MYRON LOWE POULSEN, b April 24, 1893 in Franklin, Franklin County, Idaho; educated in Franklin grade schools; re tired wood-veener worker; Mormon. Thelma left the jewelry store, due to depression in business, and secured a job with the State Efficiency Department as a typist and mimeograph opera tor. She then went to work in an abstract office where she remained until she and her husband took over management of a soda fountain-lunch counter in a drug store-1926. She had acquired some knowledge of this work during her school years, working after school and during vacations. Myron had previously worked at a bus station lunch-soda-fountain-cigar counter. In 1929 the drug store changed hands and the new owner wished to operate the lunch counter himself. After their lease was up, Thelma stayed on as manager for the new owner while Myron went to work as a car salesman. The last twenty years Thelma -has worked in the drug store as a clerk, after the lunch counter was discontinued -- the drug store having changed ownership twice more. Under the last employer she became a buyer of sun dries and cosmetics for the store. In December of 1961 she had a nervous breakdown and has been able to work only part-time since. She is an active member of the American Legion Auxiliary, serving as their hospital chairman the past two years. They have no children. Address: 619 - E. 11th Ave. Olympia, Washington. TOPE 5-1-3. HARRY ELDER TOPE, b January 3, 1907 in Englevale, Crawford County, Kansas; married and divorced; no children. He was only four years old when his parents moved to the State of Washington; -attended school at Olympia through St. Martin's colleg~ Junior High School, finishing his senior year at Columbia High in Portland, Oregon. · Harry first worked as a surveyor in the woods near Olympia, then worked at the baker's trade for 10 years until occupational poisoning forced him to quit. He later became manager of a Woolworth fountain in Olympia; then to Salem, Oregon where he had the same job in the Woolworth store there. In Salem he joined the Navy; after one year at Pasco, Washington he was shipped out to Pearl Harbor where he remained for the duration of World War II. He was Baker First Class when discharged on October 21, 1945 after four years of Navy service. He is now. employed as an Oyster Shucker. 169 Methodist. Address: 619 - E. 11th Avenue, Olympia, Washington. ELDER 5-2-1. CLAIRE OTTO ELDER, b January I, 1900 near Girard in Crawford County, Kansas; grade school; farmer; Baptist. m NELLIE MAY SHAFER on March 2, 1938 in Denver, Colorado. She was born March 2, 1920 at Byers, Colorado where she completed the eighth grade in school; Baptist. She is the daughter of Charles L. and Lena L. (Rhyne) Shafer. Claire's life story in his own words -- "I came very near death with pneumonia when only one and one-half years old. We were living in a tent for a while. One day it rained so hard that I had to climb up on the table to keep from getting wet. After this my folks built what they called a udug-out" that we lived in until we could build a sod house. I remember we lived there long enough that the trees grew quite tall. I went to school whenever I could, whenever my dad didn't need me on the farm. We traveled in a covered wagon when we moved to Bennett, Colorado a place about 30 miles east of Denver. I managed to get a little schooling there. I had to work on a farm all during my childhood. I lost my father at a young age and being the oldest of ten children I had to take over and keep the family together. Consequently, I married at an older age than most men - I was 40 years old when I married Nellie Shafer. I worked on a dairy farm in Colorado before moving to Idaho where I continued to farm, irrigating potatoes, feeding cattle and harvesting. When the government bought land and built the Atomic Energy Plant, I was cleared by Secu~:ity and procured work with Westinghouse. I have worked there 11 years to this date and hope to work there until I retire in two years.'' Nellie writes, "We he.ve a love for unfortunate children and have had different ones in our home on and off, about six altogether. We have two foster girls. One girl, Reva Johnson, lived with us seven years until her marriage; her sister, Althea Johnson, lived with us almost four yec}rs until she married. We raised them with our own.'' Address: Box. 89, Shelley, Idaho. 1. Judy May Elder b Sept. 18, 1940 2. Glen Otto Elder b Oct. 28, 1941 (1 ). JUDY MAY graduated from high school in Shelley, and later attended college at Pocatello, Idaho where she majored in Speech and Radio. She was employed by the Columbia Broadcasting Company in Salt Lake City, where she appeared on T.V. and worked as Promotion Manager. She moved to Holly wood in 1965 and appears on TV Channel 4 there. Assembly of God Church. 170 (2). GLEN OTTO also graduated from Shelley High, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He is a Chief Petty Officer 3rd Class, in the Navy Patrol at San Diego. Assembly of God Church. HUDELSON - PATTERSON - SLATER 5-2-3. VIOLA MARIE ELDER, b April 25, 1904 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado. Her own story -- 0 I was the third of eleven children. Times were very difficult in those days and we had to work very hard. I received very little schooling as did most people my age. I married GUY FOSTER HUDELSON in 1923. He was born in Ogden, Indiana on September 1 I, 1895. We had five children -- four girls and one boy. I worked at Camp Crowder during World War II. My husband died Oc tober 18, 1945 so I took my five- children and went to Idaho where I had relatives. While living in Idaho I married in 1947 for the second time to WILLIAM PATTERSON. We moved to Colorado where I worked in a hospital; later we operated a cafe to gether for quite a while. My husband took sick and passed away in 1959. I then went to California and lived with my mother for a year and helped her. We came back to Idaho together and visited for the summer, and then I went to Colorado again where I married AL VEY SLATER in 1961. I still live at Walsh, Colorado at the time of this writing in 1963." Her address: P.O. Box 112 Walsh, Colorado. I. Grace Ansella Hudelson b Nov. 15, 1924 + d Aug. 27, 1961 2. Clara May Hudelson b Apr. 12, 1926 + 3. Hugh Elder Hudelson b June 7, 1927 + 4. Viola Margaret Hudelson b Apr. 25, 1929 + 5. Edna Virginia Hudelson b Apr. 7, 1931 + ELDER 5-2-4. SYLVAN MITCHELL ELDER, b November 6, 1905 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado. His story --- "I received very little schooling as I had to work on the farm most of the time. I lost my father at a very young age and being one of the older children I had to work hard to keep the family together. We moved around on different farms in Colorado just barely keeping us eating. We decided to move to Idaho. I was the oldest one left at home when we made this move, so I had to be the head of the family. I worked hard on a farm that I was trying to buy. I couldn't make it by myself, and in 1943 I sold out and moved to California. There I lived with my mother a-nd worked as a car mechanic. At the age of 51 I met and married ANN DENKER LARSEN. We lived together for five years before she died of cancer." He married Ann in 1956. She was born Ann Denker, January 30, 1886; d October 1, 1961 in California. His address: 25321 ¾ Cypress Street Lomita, California. 171 ELDER-LAMBERT 5-2-6. ROBBIE MAY ELDER, b May 15, 1908 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado. m LEROY ELDER (no relation) on March 8, 1929 at Littleton, Colorado. Born at Lamar, Nebraska, June 5, 1907; died 1952. 1. Victor LeRoy Elder b Jan. 18; 1930 + ROBBIE MAY ELDER m (2) JACK LAMBERT on July 24, 1934. He is the son of Robert L. and Martha Ann (Fitts) Lambert and was born September 26, 1904 10 Providence, Rhode Island. Robbie's own story - - - "My folks moved around when I was little. I had to go and live with my aunt when I was seven. I lived with her until I was thirteen. I attended school when I was with her, and went to the seventh grade. This was all the schooling I received. I stayed home after this and helped Mom for about two years. I met and married Roy Elder. He was no relation to us even tho he had the same name. We had one son, Victor LeRoy. We were divorced when Victor was four years old. I then went back to my folks for one year, and later to my sister Viola, in Missouri, where I stayed for about one year. I then met and married JACK LAMBERT. We lived in Springfield, Missouri and had six children there. In 1952 we moved to Idaho. We only stayed there about one week when we decided there would be more work in Washington. We worked in the fruit orchards for one summer. My husband was in a very bad car wreck and was in the hospital for a long time. My brother came to Washington and got my ·children and took them back to Idaho. I followed as soon as my husband could travel. I went to work in the potato plant for six years. My husband now works there." Jack .Lambert is now a boiler operator in a potato packing plant in Shelley, Idaho. Their address: Shelley, Idaho. 2. Martha Ann Lambert b Feb. 11, 1935 + 3- Tommy L. Lambert b June 13, 1936 + 4. Jack Lambert Jr. b Apr. 4, 1940 + 5. Pa ts y May Lambert b Aug. 28, 1941 + 6. Jessie Lee Lambert b Oct. 2, 1946 + 7. Danny Alvin Lambert b Oct. 10, 1947 - GIFFORD 5-2-7. RUBY PEARL ELDER, b March 31, 1910 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; sixth grade education; Mormen convert. m June 6, 1927 in Littleton, Arapaho County, Colorado to MILO B. GIFFORD, b October 20, 1899 in Woodville, Bingham County, Idaho (the son of George Washing ington and Martha Louisa (Hale) Gifford); farmer; Morman. 172 Ruby's life story in her own words: ccI lived in Springfield until I was two years old. We then moved to Bennett, Colorado. I went to school there until the sixth grade. I enjoyed riding horses very much. I would rather ride a horse then eat when I was a child. In 1927 when I was seventeen, I met and married Milo Gifford from Idaho. We moved to Woodville, Idaho soon after our marriage. Our first son was born here. We then moved to Shelley where our second son was born. He only lived two months. We moved back to Woodsville where our first dau_ghter was born. We then moved co Osgood where our second daughter was born. We lived there for nine years. We then bought our own farm in Firth. Next we decided to try our luck at the grocery store business, so we moved to Iona. This didn't work out like we thought it would so we moved to Idaho Falls and operated a cafe. Later we decided co go back to the farm and purchased forty acres out near Milo. We lived there for about three years, then sold out and bought a dairy farm in Wyoming near Afton. This was a mistake, so we sold the dairy farm and came back to Idaho Falls. All our children are married, and we have twelve grandchildren. I work in a potato processing plant and my husband milks our thirty cows. I became paralyzed on my right side when my second son was born. Those were difficult years trying co do such things as washing clothes on a board with one hand. I have learned to do many things in spite of my handicap. My hobby is painting and sculpturing. I use my left hand for almost everything. My .~pecialty is sculpturing horses. I have exhibited my work in many western states and Canada." Address: 1055 Blaine Avenue I daho Falls, Idaho. I. Floyd Milo Gifford b Dec. 16, 1928 + 2. Laver1 Elder Gifford b Mar. 14, 1930 d May 20~ 1930 3. Joyce Monta Gifford b Apr. 13, 1931 + 4. Gevenna Mir le Gifford b Dec. 17, 1932 + ELDER 5-2-8. CHESTER ONOPHRY ELDER, b September 16, 1916 near Bennett, Colorado. His own story follows --- eel started to school at a little rural schovl called Nester, located just south of Bennett, Colorado. I walked two miles to school. I soon became a fast runner. When I was seven, my father was cutting wheat while I was playing in it. I poured a handful down the neck of the hired man's shirt. He started after me, and for the house I went. I didn't have time to open the door so I ran right through the screen on the door. Screens and slats went flying in all directions. My brother Rolland ran away from home saying he would come back when he was twenty one. Just a few days before his twenty-first birthday he was killed by atrain. We next moved onto my Uncle Ed Eider's old homestead where I attended Brick Center School through the eighth grade. My brothers, Claire and Syl von, ran a strip coal mine. We used powder and dynamite to blow it loose. Whenever my folks would leave 1 would play around with the powder. I am lucky to be alive today. 1 73 About 1928 we started to move to Idaho. We got as far as Windsor, Colorado when our truck broke down, so we stayed there all winter. In the spring we went back to Bennett and rented a farm that I helped run until September 1932- I left home that fall with $5.00 in my pocket. I rode freight trains for about four thousand miles al together, east as far as St. Louis, Missouri and back north into Montana before ending up in Idaho Falls, Idaho where I stayed with my sister Ruby and her husband. I then took a course in Diesel Engines, and in December of 1938 I went to Califor nia to finish my course. After this I went to Grand Coulee Dam, Washington and worked for the summer. I bought an old motor cycle and went to Idaho Falls, where my family had moved in the meantime. In December of 1940 my brothers, Ivon and Alvon, a friend, James Peterson, and myself went to California where we all attend ed an aircraft school and procured work in the aircraft plants. I worked at North American for four and one half years. In July of 1941 I sent for HAZEL CAMPBELL, whom I had met in Idaho. We were married at Yuma, Arizona in August 1941. (She was born February 18, 1919 in Ammon, Booneville County, Idaho, the daughter of Alfred Easton Campbell and Ada Eveline (Owen) Campbell). I continued to work in the aircraft plant. for the duration of World War II. On June 27, 1942 mr son, Stephen Louis Elder, was born at 2:00 a.m. in the car on the way t.o Long Beach Hospital. After leaving the aircraft plant, I leased a garage in Redondo Beach but after a y~ar or so the doctors ordered my wife to a higher climate. We came back to Idaho Falls and I went to work as a mechanic. I was baptized into the Church of Latter Day Saints in the Sixth Ward, by my brother, Ivon, who held the necessary priesthood. I now work at the Snake River Equipment Company in Idaho Falls." Address: 1121 Bannock Avenue Idaho Falls, Idaho. 1. Stephen Louis Elder b June 27, 1942 2. Sherry Lee Elder b Feb. 9, 1946 3- Kathie Elder b July 13, 1951 4. Lorene Eldei: b April 21, 1936 + (adopted May 9, 1952) (1). STEPHEN is on a two-year mission for the L.D.S. Church in England (1963~ ELDER 5-2-9. IVON ARTHUR ELDER, b March 28, 1918 in Bennett, Colorado. m ROENE HILL on July 12, 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born October 31, 1921 in Leslie, Idaho, the daughter of noyle Emile and Blanche (Whiting) Hill. Ivon' s life story -- "One time when I was not very big, I fell down a ladder that led to the hay loft of our barn. I cut my lip about an inch long. Not having a car, the folks took me to the doctor at Bennett in a wagon. For some rea son, I can't recall the trip but I remember being at the doctor's office. Another time I got caught in the hard corn sheller and the handle knocked out one of my front teeth. One time my brother Rolland was driving a wagon with several barrels 174 of water. I was in the wagon and fell out. The hind wheel ran over my chest. It didn't seem to hurt me. I started school in Bennett. I attended school in Windsor, Colorado also. MY folks were hailed out one fall and from then we had real hard times. We decided to move to Idaho. It took us a long time to get there because we would keep having break downs. I finished high school in Ammon, Idaho, graduating in 1939- After graduating, my brothers and I went to California to seek our fortune. We went to aircraft school and all procured work. I worked at Douglas Aircraft. In July of 1941 I married an old school chum from Ammon. I worked at Douglas all during World War II, and then after the war we moved back to Idaho because of my wife's health. I built two different grocery stores and sold them. I then went into the Cement Burial Vault Business in the fall of 1949, and am still in this business. We have six children, one of whom is married - four girls and two boys. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, holding the position of Seventy." Address: 528 W. 21st Street. Idaho Falls, Idaho 1. Jaylene Marie Elder b May 4, 1942 + 2. Duane Ivon Elder b May 20, 1943 3. Linda Elder b Oct. 26, 1947 4. Ka ye De bra Elder b Apr. 17, 1952 5. Kim Deone Elder b Nov. 30, 1953 6. Mitchell Hill Elder b Oct. 11, 1959 DUANE is in Texas on a two and one-half year mission for the L.D.S. Church. He works only with the Spanish people. He has been gone one year ---(Fall of 1963) ELDER 5-2-10. ALVON ALLEN ELDER, b November 3, 1919 in Bennett, Arapaho Couno/, Colorado; building contractor; m MARY VITMAR HANKINSON; Catholic. His personal life story . --- ul completed elementary school at Sunny vale Elementary School and attended 8th and 9th grades at Bennett High School. Our family then moved to Osgood, Idaho on a tenant farm in 1937. I completed high school at Ammon, Idaho, worked that summer as a farm laborer, then migrated to Los Angeles. Was employed by the Douglas Aircraft at Santa Monica in 1941, working on final wing assembly on the A-20 plane. I enlisted in the army on March 3, 1942, was shipped to Ft. Douglas, Utah for training; from there to Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico. I did maintenance work on AT-11 plane for approximately one year, then was checked out as a flight engineer on B-24 at which time I had taken exams for Cadet Traini.ag. I was shipped to Keesler Field, Mississippi for more exams for Pilot Navigator and Bombardier 1 75 and was washed out. I then went to Gunnery School in Ft. Meyers, Florida and from there to the South Pacific as Engineer Gunner on an A-20 in the 5th Airforce. I went through the Islands -- New Guinea, Philippines, Okinawa and Japan, receiving all the group citations. I was discharged by the convenience of the Government on February 8, 1946 at Ft. McArthur, California. As a civilian I took up the carpenter trade and served four years as an apprentice, before becoming a journeyman carpenter. In 1949 I built our home and got married in July of the same year. I've remained in the carpenter trade ever since. In 1962 I took the State Exams for a B-1 license and am now a General Building Contractor for the State of California." No children. Address: 8301 Georgetown Ave. Los Angeles 45, California. GREEN 5-2-11. DOROTHY GEORGETTE ELDER, b July 6, 1922 in Bennett, Adams County, Colorado, the eleventh child born to Curtis and Grace Mitchell Elder; attended elementory schools at both Bennett and Windsor, Colorado and at Osgood, Idaho; employed by Douglas Aircraft Company since October 10, 1942; Methodist. m December 24, 1944 in California to HAROLD DUANE GREEN, b October 27, 1914 near Pondcreek, Grant County, Oklahoma (the son of Harold H. and Pearl Trueax Green). Georgette's parents left Colorado for Idaho about 1937, settling on an irrigat,.. ed farm near Idaho Falls. In 1942 Georgette went to Venice, California with her brother Alvon, where she met and married Harold Duane Green. On March 16, 1964 she writes: ccin July. 1956 we had an Elder family reunion at Idaho Falls. It was the first time in twenty-three years we were all together. My Mother, Grace E. Elder, is 85 and lives next door to us. I help look after .her. We have no children." Address: 633 California Avenue Venice, California SAFFORD 5-3-1. PAUL ONOFRY SAFFORD, b September 3, 1910 in Denver, Color ado. (His father was attending Denver University at the time Paul was born.) He lived in Ft. Collins, Limon and Burlington where his father taught, moving with his parents to Crook, Colorado when four years old. Graduate of Crook High School; MA degree, University of Colorado at Boulder. Farmed his father's homestead and adjoining farm until back injury in 1952; sold farm in 1954. County Assessor for Logan County from January 1954 to September 1957 when he resigned to teach mathematics and science at Crook High School. m June 10, 1939 in Denver, to DOROTHEA RUTH WAITHER. She was born in Denver on March 3, 1917; BA degree from Uni versity of Colorado; teacher, high school English and speech; Lutheran; Address: Crook, Colorado. 176 I. J oho Paul Safford b Feb. 23, 1942 - 2. Marion Ruth Safford b Apr. 2, 1944 - 3. Margaret Ann Safford b Apr. 2, 1944 - .. (1) JOHN has his BA degree from Colorado University in electrical eng~n eering and hopes to get his MA before some girl catches up with him. (2) MARION married GARY LEE BROWN on September 1, 1963; both attend ed CSU at Ft. Collins. He is working on his MA degree. (3) MARGARET also attends CSU. ALTERGOTT 5-3-2. PEARL EGGLETINE SAFFORD, b February 14, 1914 inFt. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado where her father was teaching school at the time; d August 2, 1964 in Logan County Hospital in Sterling, Colorado following a kidney operation; graduate of Crook High School, Logan County, Colorado; graduate CSCE, BA degree; school teacher; member Congregational church. m March 28, 1934 in Boulder, Colorad9 to FRED AL TERGOTT, b in Sarova, Russia on November 11, 1908, the son of Henry Altergott (September 4, 1868 - August 9, 1959) and Katherine Sells (March 2, 1870 - January 20, 1962). They arrived in America in September 1913 shortly before Fred's fifth birthday. He completed the 8th grade near Roggen, Colorado. After their marriage in 1934, Pearl and Fred lived in Eaton for three years, then moved to their farm in Prospect Valley where Pearl taught in the elementary school from 1955 to 1960. Due to their daughter's poor health they sold the farm in 1960 and moved to Gilbert, Arizona where Pearl continued teaching school until her death in 1964. (Their daughter Marjorie died in January, a few months after arriving in Arizona.) His address: 51 Linda Lane, P. O. Box 3 7 4 Gilbert, Arizona. 1. Ann Louise Altergott b Jan. 15, 1935 + 2. Frederick Safford Altergott b Feb. 1, 1936 + 3- Marjorie Pearl Altergott b July 18, 1939 - d Jan. 5, 1961 4. Carol Henria Altergott b Jan. 2, 1940 + 5. Kenneth Paul Altergott b Jan. 2, 1949 - PAULSON 5-6-1. ELVIRA CORINA PORTER, b July 2, 1911; d April 26, 1962 in Topeka, Kansas; buried in West Lawn Memorial Gardens, Topeka. She attended CSU at Ft. Collins, Colorado for two years. On November 27, 1935 she married EARL H. PAULSON in Denver. He was born in Clark's Grove, Minnesota1 February 4, 1910; 2 years high school; owns and operates a re-weaving business in Topeka; Baptist. 177 Following their marriage in 1935, Elvira and Earl lived in Omaha, Nebraska for nine years; in Colorado Springs for five years -- built and operated the Royal Motel at Manitou Springs, near Colorado Springs; in 1950 they spent the winter in Des Moines, Iowa moving to Topeka in 1951 where they con tinued in the re -weaving business, and where Earl also managed a private airport. No children .. EARL PAULSON m (2) LOIS M. KULL, widow of Leo Kull,. Topeka builder and sheet metal man. Address: 1823 MacVicar, Topeka, Kansas. WICH 5-6-2. FARRELL FRANCIS PORTER, b October 24, 1912; graduate of College High in Greeley, Colorado. m in Denver, Colorado on April 25, 1936 to ERNEST E. WICH, b in Ft. Collins, Colorado on July 28, 1913; machinery salesman. Farrell belongs to the Bethel Baptist on South Logan Street in Denver; she and her son Walter live at 1325 S. Logan, Denver, Colorado. 1. Lonnie James Wich b Feb. 16, 1940 + 2. Walter Roy Wich b Oct. 11, 1949 - CLICK 5-7-1. DOROIBY MAY ELDER, b October 24, 1927 in Denver, Colorado; graduate South Denver High School; extensive training in voice and music; housewife; active in Junior choirs; Baptist. m December 14, 1946 in Denver to CHARLES EARL CLICK, b September 23, 1925 in Denver; graduate Denver University; Major in U.S. Army (Vietnam); Baptist. Charles Earl Click was in World War II; he and his family spent six years with occupation forces in Germany; entered private life after the war but remained in the army reserves. He served sixteen months in Korea, returning to the states in 1942; appointed to teach Military Science at Colorado Col lege in Colorado Springs. On August 1, 1964 Major Click received orders to serve in South Vietnam. His family continues to reside at 2213 N. El Paso Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1. Michael Click b Dec. 16 1 1947 - 2. Stephen Click b July 5, 1949 - ELDER 5-7-2. ROBERT SWEET ELDER, b August 17, 1931 in Denver, Colorado; graduate South Denver High School; graduate CSU at Ft. Collins, majoring in forestry; after one year of college, served 3 years in U.S. Coast Guard 178 before continuing education; ass 't mgr. for Georgia Pacific Plywood Corp.; an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. m August 24, 1957 in North Hollywood, California to BEVERLY JEAN BRAND, b June 29, 1936 in North Hollywood; high school graduate; housewife; employed telephone company; member husband's church. Address: 2090 Finch Court Santa Susana, California. 1. Karen Sue Elder b June 26, 1959 - 2. Dayna Lynn Elder b Aug. 23, 1961 - 3. Gregg Alan Elder b May 3, 1964 - DE CAMP 5-9-1. ALYCON ROSE ELDER, b August 27, 1920 in Denver, Colorado; d July 22, 1957 in Pomona, California; buried in Monrovia; BA degree, Uni versity of California 1942; Masters degree in Education, 1943 at Berkeley; Methodist. m DAVID S. DeCAMP on July 16, 1949 in Los Angeles. He was born August 31, 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Dayton in 1921 and completed all grades there through high school. He had various jobs in Dayton before moving to Long Beach, California in January 1949. Seven months later he and Alycon were married. He has been a professional photo- grapher (commercial), likes music, singing, collects stamps, grows many flowers; is a 32 degree Mason and Shriner; is Southern California Sales Representative for R. W. Paper Company of Longview, Washington. I. Chris Elder De Camp b Nov. 8, 1951 - DAVID S. DeCAMP m (2) JANE GRAY on July 19, 1958. She was born in Los Angeles on January 13, 1920. They have one son, Douglas Seymour DeCamp, b November 27, 1960. The DeCamps live at 1121 Clairborne Drive, Long Beach, California. HOFSTETTER 5-9-2. FRANCIS JANE ELDER, b October 3, 1921 in Denver, Colorado; BS degree in Home Economics, Ohio State University, 1942; Presbyterian. m HENRY WILLIAM HOFSTETTER, on July 5, 1941 in Pasedena, California. He was born in Windsor, Ohio on September 10, 1914; BS in Optometry (1939); MS (1940); and Ph.D. (1942) -- Physiological Optics. He was a public school teacher before taking his Optometry Degree; was professor in Division of Optometry at Ohio State University 1942-1948; Dean, Los Angeles College of Optometry 1949-1952; Professor and Director Division of Optometry, Indiana University (1952- ). He is the author of three books and approximate ly one hundred articles in the field of optometry and vision. Address: 936 S. Hawthorn Lane Bloomington, Indiana. 1. Ann Kresin Hofstetter b Apr. 19, 1945 - 2. Susan Claire Hofstetter b June 25, 1948 - 179 (I) ANN is a sophomore, University of Wisconsin at Madison. (2) SUSAN a sophomore, University H.S. in Bloomington, Indiana. (June 1963) ELDER 5-9-3. EDWIN SAFFORD ELDER, b October 21, 1925 in Monrovia, Cali fornia; high school graduate; heavy equipment operator. m AILEEN NEWTON in September 1951 in Las Vegas, Utah. She was born on January 16, 1930 in El Monte, California; high school graduate; housewife. Address: 433 Pearl Avenue Monrovia, California. 1. Linda Pearl Elder b Mar. 2, 1953 - 2. Arthur Roy Elder b Sept. 23, 1957 - 3. Darren Elder b Jan 26, 1961 - ELDER 5-9-4. LOU ROY ELDER, b December 30, 1929 in Monrovia, California; Doctor of Optometry; OD degree Los Angeles College of Optometry in June 1954; also, attended University of Colorado at Boulder; Optometrist. m September 7, 1951 in Winner, South Dakota to ROSALIE ANN TERRELL b September 13, 1929 in Winner; graduate of UCLA (1951); worked as di~tition in various hospitals for eight years, obtained her teacher's credential in 1960 and has taught in Pasedena City schools since. Their address: 2383 N. Holliston Altadena, California 1. Edwin Mark Elder b Mar. 9, 1956 - ALLEN 5-1-1-1. ROBERT WINSTON ALLEN, b March 13, 1933 in Syracuse, New York; attended high schools in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Private Schools); DuBois, Pennsylvania and Fayetteville, New York; graduate Todd School for Boys at Woodstock, Illinois; attended college at Pennsylvania State University; 2 years US Army, Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. m June 29, 1958 in Cumberland, Maryland to KATHRYN ---, b May 19, 1937 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Address: 819 E. Main Street Shelby, North Carolina 1. Lori Lee Allen b Sept 2 0, 1959 - 2. Clark Dana Allen b Nov. 10, 1960 - BARRETT 5-2-3-1. GRACE ANSELLA HUDELSON, b November 15, 1924 in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado; died August 27, 1961 in Texas. m MARSHALL BARRETT on November 13, 1944; died in Kansas City, Kansas on May 2, 180 1963. Following the death of their father in 1963, Victor and Katherine were placed in legal custody of their father's brother Hugh (5-2-3-3) , according to their father's will. I. Victor Marshall Barrett b Sept. 5, 1945 - 2. Katherine Viola Barrett b Jan. 28, 1948 - BOYER 5-2-3-2- CLARA MAY HUDELSON, b April 12, 1926 in Bristol, Prowers County, Colorado. m May 6, 1947 to ROY WESLEY BOYER, b May 3, 1922 in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri, the son of Albert Royal Boyer and Edna Jane Young Boyer. He is now deceased. Her address: Rt. 4, Box 367 Neosho, Missouri. 1. Bruce Lee Hudelson b Jan. 5, 1943 - 2. Ethyl Faye Hudelson b Dec. 4, 1944 - 3- Guy Wesley Boyer b Mar. 18~ 1948 - 4. Daniel Foster Boyer b July 16, 1950 - 5. Donald Ray Boyer b Aug. 11, 1953 - 6. Jane Marie Boyer b Apr. 30, 1956 - 7. Jessie Pearl Boyer b Nov. 2, 1957 - 8. George Royal Boyer b Dec. 8, 1958 - 9. Joe Allen Boyer b Oct. 25, 1960 - (1) BRUCE finished high school in Bonner Springs, Kansas and entered military service September 16, 1962. He is being sent overseas, but his address is unknown at the present time, (Feb., 1964). (2) FAYE also com pleted high school in Bonner Springs and is employed at the Hallmark Card Company in Kansas City, Missouri. HUDELSON 5-2-3-3- HUGH ELDER HUDELSON, b June 7, 1927 in Sterling, Rice County, Kansas. m SUSIE CLIFTON on April 30, 1955 in Kansas. She was born August 28, 1934 in Horton, Kansas, the daughter of James and Lillie Clifton. Hugh works in a meat packing plant in Kansas City. Their address is 1113 S. 134th Street Rt. 2, Box 261-A Bonner Springs, Kansas. 1. James Foster Hudelson b Apr. 4, 1956 - 2. Hugh Albert Hudelson b Dec. 9, 1957 - 3. Viola Ann Hudelson b Apr. 23, 1959 - RUSSELL - RATLIFF 5-2-3-4. VIOLA MARGARET HUDELSON, b April 25, 192 9 in Sterling, Rice County, Kansas; housekeeper and nurse in private home. m September 4, 1949 to JESS RUSSELL, b ------; d December 9, 1961 in Elko, Nevada. 181 After his death, Viola was unable to keep and support her eight children. Her address: Box 112 Walsh, Colorado 1. Jess Russell Jr. b June 19, 1950 - 2. Mary Ann Russell b Sept. 6, 1951 - 3- Robert Lee Russell b June 28, 1953 - 4. Betty Jane Russell b Aug. 25, 1954 - 5. Grace Marie Russell b Sept. 29, 1955 - 6. William Hugh Russell b Feb. 14, 1958 - 7. Tommy Leonard Russell b Feb. 9, 1960 - 8. Patrick Allen Russell b Feb. 9, 1961 - (All except U'illiam Hugh were born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born at Olathe, Kansas.) JESS JR. (1) is in a retarded children's home. Address: 7424 Crenshae Blvd., Los Angeles. MARY (2) attends an opportunity school. Address: 12204 S. Pedro St., Los Angeles. ROBERT (3) is in a juvenile home - 1601 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles. BETTY (4) - GRACE (5) and PATRICK (8) are with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews, who live at 5645 Bakman, North Hollywood, Calif. WILLIAM (6) adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beck, and TOMMY (7) adopted by Mr. and Mrs. James Beck - no address given. VIOLA HUDELSON RUSSELL m (2) April 30, 1965 at Springfield, Colorado to ALBERT LEWIS RATLIFF. BOYER 5-2-3-5. EDNA VIRGINIA HUDELSON, b April 7, 1934 in Alden, Rice County, Kansas. m CLAUD ARTHUR BOYER on September 30, 1952. Ad dress: Rt. 5, Box 78 Neosho, Missouri. 1. Virginia Irilena Boyer b June 1953 - 2. Alice Pauline Boyer b Jan. 20. 1955 - ELDER 5-2-6-1. VICTOR LeROY ELDER, b January 18, 1930 in Lamar, Ne braska; auto mechanic; Mormon -- both he and his wife are recent converts. m WYNONA CATHERINE SIMPSON on November 25, 1954 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born November 11, 1936 in Idaho Falls, the daughter of Alfred and Katherine (Colby) Simpson. Address: Rt. 5 Osgood, Missouri. 1. Jerry Lee Elder b Aug. 31, 1955 - 2. Mary Lou Elder b June 8, 1957 - 3- Henry LeRoy Elder b Aug. 16, 1958 - 4. James. Leonard Elder b May 26, 1960 - 182 5. Wynona Ann Elder b A pr. 7, 19 6 3 - 6. J oho Elder b Sept. 19, 1964 - BOWMAN 5-2-6-2. MARTHA ANN LAMBERT, b February 11, 193·5 in Sterling, Kansas. m HARVEY D. BOWMAN on August 24, 1955 in Idaho Falls. He was born June 29, 1929, the son of Dewey Loranzo and Katherine (Neider house) Bowman. Harvey is an auto mechanic; Mormon. Their Address: Blackfoot, Idaho. 1. Chery1 Ano Bowman b Oct. 22, 1957 - 2. Warde K. Bowman b June 15, 1962 - LAMBERT 5-2-6-3- TOMMY LAMBERT, b June 13, 1936 in Harrison, Arkansas; la borer. m CAROLYN HATCH on September 19, 1959 in Firth, Idaho. She was born September 3, 1936 in Blackfoot, Idaho, the daughter of Charles I. and Lavern Irene (Davies) Hatch; Mormon. Address~ Box 102, Basalt, Idaho. I. Tamara Ly.no Lambert b July 7, 1960 - 2. Michael Charles Lambert b Jan. 17, 1962 - LAMBERT 5-2-6-4. JACK LAMBERT JR., b April 4, 1940 in Springfield, Missouri. He is a welder in the US Navy. m July, 1962 at Sasebo, JapaotoREIKO NISHI. They have two children and reside in Sao Diego, California. I. J oho Lambert b Oct. 2, 1963 - 2. Brenda Lambert b Mar. 22, 1965 - WILSON 5-2-6-5. PATSY MAY LAMBERT, b August 28, 1941 in Springfield, Mis souri. m JAMES NEIL WILSON on April 15, 1960. He was born February 5, 1936 in Shelley, Idaho, the son of J oho Burton and Evelyn Olive (Free man) Wilson. James is a hardwood floor layer contractor; Mormon, (his wife is a recent convert). Address: Unknown (recently moved to State of Washing ton). I. Lorio Dee Wilson b Aug. 24, 1962 - 183 CATES 5-2-6-6. JESSIE LEE LAMBERT, b October 2, 1946 in Springfield, Mis souri. m October 2, 1964 at Shelley, Idaho to GARY JOHN GA TES, b May, 1947. They reside in Leesville, Louisiana where he is stationed with the U.S. Army. I. Tony Dee Cates b July 30, 1965 - GIFFORD 5-2-7-1. FLOYD MILO GIFFORD, b December 16, 1928 in Woodeville, Idaho; graduate of Iona High School. After serving in the US Navy l½ years, he worked for Westinghouse (AEC) for 10 years; now works as an electri cian at Thickol in Pocatello and helps his father on the farm. m August 4, 1949 in Blackfoot, Idaho to LEISA WALKER, b August 1, 1931 in Idaho Falls, the daughter of James Leo and Kate (Wyatt) Walker; housewife; Mormon. Address: Box 355 Iona, Idaho. 1. Wanett Gifford b Sept. 2, 1952 - 2. Kett Delynn Gifford b Jan. 2, 1955 - 3. Leann Gifford b Apr. 19, 1957 - 4. Tracy Floyd Gifford b Jan. 22, 1960 - HAWKES 5-2-7-3. JOYCE MONTA GIFFORD, b April 13, 1931 in Woodville, Idaho; graduate of Firth High School, Class of '49; attended Idaho Falls Business College one year; First Christian Church. m February 17, 1951 in Idaho Falls to DARWIN E. HAWKES, b December 16, 1926 in Idaho Falls, the son of Samuel M. and L. Marie (Davis) Hawkes; worked as a power plant operator in Salt Lake City; now a construction worker -- has helped to build many of the overpasses on the Interstate Highway, and has worked on sev eral buildings in and around Idaho Falls; served in U.S. Navy from February 1945 to July 1946; First Christian Church. Joyce's parents moved the family to Osgood, Idaho just before her sister Gevenna was born. They continued to live there on a tenant farm for 9 years, before settling on their own farm near Firth. She finished the 8th grade there and one year high school before the farm was sold and her father purchased a store in Iona. After three years the store was sold and a cafe purchased in Idaho Falls. Joyce helped out in both the store and the cafe. She rode a Greyhound bus her last year of high school between Idaho Falls and Firth. After her marriage, she and her husband lived in Pocatello. Idaho Falls and Grace, Idaho, then Salt Lake City I½ years before goin~ 184 back to Pocatello. Following the tragic loss of their two sons in 1959, (both boys were killed in a cave-in at Pocatello), they went to Idaho Falls and purchased their present home. All their children were born in Idaho Falls. Address: Rt. 1, Box 203 Idaho Falls, Idaho. I. Rodney Darwin Hawkes b Oct. 31, 1951 - d Sept. 14, 1959 2. Timot.hy Jay Hawkes b Dec. 2, 1952 - d Sept. 14, 1959 3. Gwendolyn Sue Hawkes b Dec. 10, 1954 - 4. Cristina Pearl Hawkes b July 29, 1960 - 5- Mitchell Brian Hawkes b Dec. 11, 1961 - 6. Angelina Joy Hawkes b Nov. 11, 1963 - ROCKWOOD 5-2-7-4. GEVENNA MIRLE GIFFORD, b December 17, 1932 in Osgood, Idaho. m January 7, 1950 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to LARRY KENT ROCKWOOD b August 29, 1930, the son of Warren Rushton and Ethel (McKibben) Rock wood; farmer; Mormon. Following their marriage in 1950, they lived in a trailer house until they built a basement home in Iona. This was sold and a home purchased in Ucon, where they lived for eigh.t years. They then built their present home, which was one of the first in the foothills of Iona. Larry dry..farms with his father and brother on land his grandfather homesteaded. He also referees basketball games around the county durin_g the winter. Their children were all born in Idaho Falls. Address: Box 37, Idaho Falls, Idaho. I. Linda Joy Rockwood b Aug. 25, 1950 - 2. Sandra Yvonne Rockwood b June 8, 1952 - 3- Kent David Rockwood b May 1, 1955 - 4. Douglas J. Rockwood b Mar. 2, 1960 - PELNO - BRIGHT 5-2-8-4. LORENE ELDER, adopted daughter of Chester and Hazel (Camp bell) Elder, b April 21, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (adopted May 9, 1952). m ROBERT CLAYTON PELNO on June 16, 1956 in Yuma, Arizona. He, the son of Floyd and Florence May (Savard) Pelno, was ·oom July 15, 1933 in Faust, Franklin County, New York. m DELVIN PAUL BRIGHT, son of Paul and Rowena (Daniels) Bright on November 1, 1957 in Idaho Falls. He was born December 15, 1932 in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado; Mormon. Address: Emmett, Idaho. 1. Clayton Del (Pelno) Bright b Mar. 18, 1957 - 2. Bryan Keith Bright b Jan. 29, 1959 - 185 FULLMER 5-2-9-1. J AYLENE MARIE ELDER, b May 4, 1942 in Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California. m May 10, 1963 to WILLIAM ROSS FULLMER in Idaho Falls. Ross is a Mormon and went on a two-year mis sion for the Church in Tennessee. He is the son of Norris T. and Donna (Scott) Fullmer. Address: Menan, Idaho. 1. Shane Norris Fullmer b Sept. 5, 1965 - McCULLOCH 5-3-2-1. ANN LOUISE ALTERGOTT, b January 15, 1935 in Greeley, Colorado. She grew up on a farm near Roggen; high school graduate and attended one year college; housewife; Congregationalist. m JACK McCUL LOCH July 2, 1954 in Keenesburg, Colorado. He was born in 1930 in Denver; high school graduate; owner and operator small machine shop; Assembly of God Church. Address: 7906 Cyd Drive Denver, Colorado. I. Jay Fred McCulloch b Dec. 15, 1960 - ALTERGOTT 5-3-2-2. FREDERICK SAFFORD ALTERGOTT, b February 1, 1936 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; high school and one half year college; machinist; Congregationalist. m August 12, 1955 in Denver, Colorado to WANDA FAY HOLLIGAN, b March 24, 1937 in Greeley; high school grad uate; housewife; Congregationalist. (Divorced, 1962) 1. Stephen Ray Altergott b June 5, 1956 - 2. Paula Kay Altergott b Feb. 15, 1958 - 3. Randy Lorne Altergott b Aug. 1, 1960 - FREDERICK SAFFORD ALTERGOTT m (2) August 11, 1962 in Canon City, Colorado to BETTY DAVIS; high school education; housewife; Mormon. Address: 51 Linda Lane Gilbert, Arizona. BAUER 5-3-2-4. CAROL HENRIA ALTERGOTT, b October 19, 1940 in Greeley, Colorado; high school graduate; housewife; Congregationalist. m RONALD LEE BAUER on March 29, 1958 in Denver. He was born September 30, 1938 in Ft. Morgan, Colorado; d August 27, 1964 (killed accidentally by an elec trical wire near Hoyt, Colorado while drilling a water well); high school graduate.; draftsman; Lutheran. Her address: 223 West 8th Avenue Ft. Morgan, Colorado. 186 1. Ronald Frederick Bauer b Nov. 20, 1958 - 2. Reginald Diedrich Bauer b Feb. 21, 1961 3. Michael Lee Bauer b Nov. 3, 1963 - WICH 5-6-2-1. LONNIE JAMES WICH, b February 16, 1940; attended South Denver High. m NANCY TOLIN on October 15, 1957. Nancy was born No vember 11, 1942 in Denver. Following their marriage, they lived in Topeka, Kansas for two years where Lonnie worked at a service station. He is now employed at Seal Test Dairies in Denver; Bethel Baptist Church. Their address~ 4085 S. Washington Englewood, Colorado. 1. Kelly Dean Wich b June 27, 1958 - 2. Monte James Wich b Sept. 19, 1960 - 3. Scott Franc is Wich b June 27, 1963 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT Thanks to all my Elder cousins, but especially to IVON ELDER (5-2-9) for his help in gathering the data for the Curtis Elder family; also, to EDWIN ELDER (5-7) and ADA ESSEX (5-10) for their extra help and encouragement. - C.G.B. • •• 187 6. JOHN W. KONKEL '. ~~ .' ,. -~ . ',·; . JOHN W. KONKEL and Wife ADDA DAVIDSON 6. JOHN W. KONKEL, the sixth of fourteen children born to William and Anna Berry Konkel, was born November 1, 1852 on a farm near Ft. Wayne, Adams County, Indiana; d March 12, 1904 in Baca County, Colorado; buried in the old Boston cemetery. When John was four he made the 500-mile journey by covered wagon, with his parents and six brothers and sisters, to a farm south of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. It was here he went to school and where seven additional brothers and sisters were born. In 1870 his parents decided to move once again by covered wagon, this time 200 miles to a farm near Englevale, north of Pittsburgh, Crawford County, Kansas. The following year when John was nineteen his father died, leaving John's mother, then in her fiftieth year, with fourteen children -- 10 unmarried and still at home. 188 J oho Konkel married ADDA DAVIDSON at her parents' home near the town of Pittsburgh in Crawford County, Kansas on August 14, 1884. She was born August 10, I 868 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois; d October 1, 1937 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; buried Springfield cemetery. She was a good wife and mother; member of the Pilgrim Holiness Church. In the spring of 1885 J oho and Adda went westward by covered wagon across the State of Kansas to farm near Richfield in Morton County. Here their first born, George Edmond, arrived in October and died three months later in January. Then in the early spring of 1887 they moved across thestate line to Baca County and settled near the town of Stonington, where John's mother and several of his brothers and sisters had moved in 1886. He spent his first winter in Baca County teaching school, 1887-'88. Two sons , Wil ford and Clarence, were born there. Sometime around the fall of 1890, taking Grandma Konkel along, John and Adda moved their family back to Crawford County in eastern Kansas where they lived together on the old family farm near Englevale, north of Pittsburg -- the same farm John's mother had been living on when his father died in 1871. They remained on this farm until 1903 when they all returned to Baca Coun ty. This time John homesteaded eleven miles southeast of the town of Vilas. He died the next year, leaving a widow in her thirty-fifth year with seven children to raise -- the eldest, Wilford being only seventeen at the time. All the. children were sick in bed with measels and unable to attend their fa ther's funeral. John's mother, Anna Beery Konkel, continued to live with the family until she became ill in the fall of 1905. She was then cared for by her youngest son and wife, Dave and Emma Konkel, until her death a few days before Christmas that same year. Eight children were born to John and Adda Konkel: 1. George Edmond Konkel b Oct. 21, 1885 - d Jan, 24, 1886 2. Wilford J. Konkel b Apr. 2, 1887 + d Oct. 28, 1962 3- Clarence V. Konkel b Jan. 26·, 1889 + 4. Margaret Anna '' Mafgie'' Kon el b Mar. 2, 1891 + d Apr. 2, 1936 5. Lena Kathleen Konkel b Mar. 29, 1893 + 6. Roscoe H. Konkel b Sept. 7, 1895 + 7. Mabel Konkel b Nov. 4, 1897 + 8. Elden S .. Konke 1 b Sept 30, 1899 + KONKEL 6-2. WILFORD J. KONKEL, b April 2, 1887 on a farm in the Boston Com munity near Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; d October 28, 1962 in Walsh, Colorado; buried Springfield Cemetery; eighth grade education and teacher's certificate; farmer; Non-denominationalist. When Wilford was about three 189 years old his parents moved from Baca County to his grandmother Konkel 's farm north of Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas. In 1903 when he was 16 the family returned to the Boston Community in Baca County, Colorado. His father died the following year, and as the eldest of the children, Wilford assumed much of the responsibility of the home. On June 19, 1921 he was united in marriage to THELMA FRANCES GRIFFIN, b March 4, 1903 in Childress, Texas; d April 28, 1948; buried Springfield, Colorado; eighth grade education; housewife and mother; Non-denominationalist. Following their marriage, Wilford and Thelma continued to farm in Bae.a County until 1946, when they made their home in Lamar, Colorado for a short time; in 1948 they built a new house in Springfield. Thelma died only 13 days after moving into her new home. Wilford then moved to his farm which his son Bud was renting, and continued to live with Bud and Alice, finally selling the farm to them in 1961. He remained with them until his death a year later. 1. Thelma Ileen Konkel b Jan. 2, 1922 + 2. Warren Burgoyne "Bud" Konkel b Feb. 14, 1924 + 3. Kathryn Marie Konkel b Nov. 28, 1926 + 4. Helen Isabel Konkel b Mar. 19, 1930 + KONKEL 6-3. CLARENCE V. KONKEL, b January 26, 1889 on a farm in the Boston Community near Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; grades and first year of high school; editor and publisher, tax assessor and farmer; New Testament church (non-denominational). When Clarence was a year old his parents moved to Crawford County, Kan sas and remained there until 1903 when they moved back to Baca County .. He remained on his parents' farm until 1911, worked as clerk in his cousin's (George Ervin Konkel, 2-3) general mercantile store in the town of Stonington. In July 1913 he purchased the Elbert County Banner at Eliza beth, Colorado of which his brother-in-law, Ernest Long, was editor for a time. Clarence finally became both editor and publisher. On June 21, 1916 he was married to GRAYCE B. SAGER at the home of her parents near Elizabeth. She taught school four years prior to their marriage. She was born in Elizabeth on August 3, 1892; went through high school there and had training at Colorado Teachers College in Greeley. Two years after their marriage they sold the newspaper business, August 1918, and Clarence enlisted in the U.S. Navy for the duration of World War I. He farmed and did newspaper work for awhile after returning from the navy; then in 1924 he became deputy county assessor of Elbert County, retr,aining there seven years. 190 In 1931 they moved to the farm they had purchased near Elizabeth in 1925. They sold this farm in August 1945 and bought another one in Douglas County of which Castle Rock is the county seat. As the house on this farm was in bad repair they spent three winters in Phoenix, Arizona ap.d one in San Diego, California living on the farm during the s.ummers. In 1951 they built a home in Denver and rented the farm. They later sold their Denver property and bought another farm adjoining the rented one. They moved to the new farm in July, 1954, built a new house and retired on this farm in 1958. Their daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and RG Ramey, took over the farm operations. Address~ Castle Rock, Colorado. I. Helen Marie Konkel b Apr. 21, 1920 - d Nov. 10, 1920 2. Joyce Aline Konkel b Dec. 17, 1921 + 3. Ronald Clarence Konkel b Dec. 23, 1925 + LONG 6-4. MARGARET ANNA uMAGGIEu KONKEL, b March 2, 1891 on her grandmother's farm near Englevale, north of Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas; d April 2, 1936 of pneumonia in Colorado Springs; buried Evergreen Cemetery; high school education; housewife and mother; Pilgrim Holiness Church. m November 10, 1912 in Baca County, Colorado to ERNEST LONG, b December 15, 1871 in Chariton County, Missouri; high school and normal school; school teacher for many years in Colorado and Kansas until about 55 years of age, when his limited teaching credentials were no longer ac ceptable. About this time the "depression" struck and he tried his hand at several things -- farming, creamery, lumber yard, bakery and odd jobs - anything to make a living during these hard times. In his retirement years he again turned to books, making regular trips to the library and studying mathematics, languages, politics, history and the Bible. He wrote many poems and worked on several inventions (none patented). Died of cancer at the age of seventy. Belonged to the Pilgrim Holiness Church, later at tending Immanuel Missionary Church . • 1. Lois Lee Long b Aug. 29, 1913 + 2. Enid Esther Long b Nov. 27, 1915 - d Mar. 3, 1920 3. lone Marie Long b Jan. 21, 1920 + 4. Lea Hope Long b Nov. 5, 1922 + EDWARDS 6-5. LENA KATHLEEN KONKEL, b March 29, 1893 on a farm near Engle vale, 12 Miles north of Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas. She went through the first four grades at the Adams school in Crawford County before her parents moved to Colorado in 1903, where they homesteaded 11 Miles southeast of Vilas. The farm is known today as the Glenn Eastham farm. Her father passed away one year after taking up the homestead. 191 Lena completed her grade school education at the old Boston School, later attending high school in Springfield and Colorado Teachers College in Gree ley (now CSC), she holds a Life Teaching Certificate; member Pilgrim Holiness Church. m April 25, 1935 in Lamar, Prowers County, Coloradoto JAMES CALVIN EDWARDS, b February 16, 1884 in Red House, located on Big Buffalo Creek in Putnam County, West Virginia; d September 7, 1939 in Huntington, West Virginia; buried Middleton Cemetery. He attended a ministerial school in Cincinnati, Ohio and was a minister of the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Her first school was at Lycan (1919- 11 20); her second school was at Prairie Dell, northeast of Campo (1920 1 22); her third at Liberty, southwest of Springfield (1922- 112 4). She taught two ytars at Walnut Grove, west of Spring field (1924- 11 26); the next five years (1926- 11 31) she taught at Walsh, except for one term spent in Greeley completing her college work. The next three years (I 931-'34) she taught at old Boston where she had attended school 22 years before. She stayed in the home of her brother, Wilford. Her seventh school was at the Star School House, southwest of Vilas {1934J36); Campo was her eighth school (1936-'37), and the ninth at Eagle Center, north of Campo (1937-'38). Lena missed her second term in 41 years of teaching, during the winter of 1938-'39 when she and her husband moved to West Virginia. Her husband passed away in the fall of 1939- Having already contracted for her tenth school there, she taught the one term in West Virginia (1939-'40). Returning to Colorado she taught her eleventh school at Norfolk south of Stonington; at Boston again (1941-'42), and then to Vilas for her twelfth and final school, remaining there for 18 years until her retirement in 1960. The first two years here she taught grades three through six. The remaining 16 years she taught the first and second grades. Her retirement brought an end to a 73-year span of Konkels teaching in the Baca County schools. Her father John Konkel was the first to teach, in the year 1887 at Stonington. Her Address: Box 43 Walsh, Colorado. KONKEL 6-6. ROSCOE H. KONKEL, b September 7, 1895 near Englevale, north of Pittsburg in Crawford County, Kansas. When he was only 7 years old, his parents moved to Baca County, Colorado. He lost his father one year later in 1904, but continued to reside on the farm wi'th his mother and sisters until he was drafted into the U.S. Army on August 6, 1918; dis charged the following May 16, 1919 at which time he went back to farming, living with his mother. In April 1923 he bought a farm 10 miles southeast of Vilas and lived there a number of years alone. During the late thirties and forties he rented and bought additional farm land, farming 4,500 acres in all, 192 and ranching. During the fifties started developing a part of this land into an irrigation farm by putting down wells and irrigation pumps. m in 1928 to ROSE HANES, b January 2 0, 1912 in the State of Kansas, the daughter of John and Alta Hanes. Her present address: 1720 Seminole Street Amari 11 o, Texas. 1. Ada Mae Konkel b Aug. 10, 1929 + 2. Lena Juanita Konke I b Nov. 30, 1930 + ROSCOE m (2) December 23, 1959 in Raton, New Mexico to Mrs. EILENE (SILLIMAN) LAIRD, born in Peru, Iowa on October 13, 1911. In the spring of 1959 Roscoe rented a house in Springfield and moved there, driving to and from the farm assisting the hired men who lived on the farm the year round. He had a new home built in Springfield in the summer of 1959 and moved into it that fall. In April, 1963, he sold the farm and re tired; since then, he and his wife have spent a part of their time traveling to various places in the States and Canada. On September 25, 1964 they left on a 3 8 day (27,000 miles) around the world tour by airplane, visiting 14 different countries. Address: 841 Roosevelt Street, Springfield, Colorado. DENNEY 6-7. MABEL KONKEL, b November 4, 1897 on a farm near Englevale, Craw ford County, Kansas; moved with parents to Baca County, Colorado in 1903. Grade school at the Boston School; first high school in Elizabeth; second year high in Lamar; third and fourth years at South Denver High. Life Teach ing Certificate, CSCE, Greeley. Taught four years in Baca County schools, all grades through the eighth, then five years in the intermediate grades at Springfield. Presently she is a reading technician with her husband's com pany. Both she and her husband are members of the Second Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma, m June 3, 1925 in Springfield, Colorado to EARL CHARLES DENNEY; b February 17, 1891 in Springfield; educatedin public schools of Baca County; AB and AM at CSCE, Greeley, Colorado; Ed. D. at Oklahoma State University, and Graduate Study at Iowa State University; administration and teaching --- 11 years in Baca County, includ ing three years as high school Principal, one year as Superintendent and four years as County Superintendent; 27 years in Tulsa, Oklahoma as Elementary School Principal (1929-'37). Elementary School Principal and Director of the Reading Clinic for City Schools -- time divided (1937-'55) and Director of the Reading Clinic (1955-'56); from 193 S-54 he served as an Instructor in Psychology and Education at the downtown College, Tulsa University (night classes). Also, he did some summertime teaching for Tulsa University dur ing this period; served as instructor or lecturer in summer schools in the following places: Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee; Tampa Univer sity, Tampa, Florida; Central State College, Edmond, Oklahoma; Colorado 193 State College of Education, Greeley, Colorado; Graduate School, Montana State University, Missoula; Mississippi Southern College, Hattiesburg; also as consultant on .:-eading problems in several public school systems in Okla homa, Kansas and Colorado. Since retirement in 1956 at age 65, he has taught two years at Denver University, and, since 1959, has been President of Ead C. Denney and Associates, Inc. (Educational Counselors). Address~ 128 East Jasper Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. I. Charles LeRoy Denney b Apr. 15, 1928 + 2. Shirley Jean Denney b Mar. 15, 1931 + KONKEL 6-8. ELDEN S. KONKEL, b September 30, 1899 near Englevale, north of of Pittsburg, in Crawford County, Kansas. At the age of three he went with his parents to Baca County, Colorado where they homesteaded on land in the old Boston community about 11 miles southeast of Vilas; the next year his father died. Elden went to school through the grades, and remained on this farm until 1924. m November 7, 1923 in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado to NEOMA FAY BA!\;KS, b February 16, 1903 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas; housewife and mother; grade school education. In 1914, at the age of 14 she went with her parents in a covered wagon from Throckmorton, Texas, a distance of 400 miles, to locate on a farm 6 miles southeast of Stonington, Colorado - about 5 miles from where Eldon lived at that time. Following their marriage in 1923, Elden and Neoma Fay lived on several different farms until the spring of 1941 when they bought a farm of their own 10 miles south of Vilas; they have lived there ever since. Elden raises registered Shorthorn cattle and farms a bout 1000 acres. Religious faith is non-denominational. Address: Route 2, Walsh, Colorado. I. Elden Keith Konkel b Sept. 26, 1925 + 2. Walter Earl Konkel b Apr. 11, 1928 + 3- Veta Fay Konkel b Oct. 21, 1931 + 4. Reta Ray Konkel b Nov. 26, 1934 - d Nov. 12, 1938 5- Melvin D. Konkel b May 8, 1936 + 6. Mabel Virginia Konkel b Apr. 18, 1942 + EASTHAM 6-2-1. THELMA ILEEN KONKEL, b June 2, 1922 in Baca County, Colo rado; attended the old Boston School seven years, two years to George Ervin Konkel (2-3) and three years to Lena Konkel Edwards (6-5); graduate Vilas High School; housewife. m June 21, 1943 in Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas to JAMES GLENN EASTHAM, b Oct.Jber 27, 1903 in Woodson Coun ty, Kansas; three years high school; farmer. When Glenn and Ileen were mar ried they moved to their present farm - - -the homestead Ileen's grandparents. 194 John and Adda Konkel, settled on in 1903. Glenn and Ileen own their farm, having bought it in 1943. Address: Route 2 Box 83 Walsh, Colorado. 1. Carolyn Jean Eastham b June 19~ 1944 - 2. Sandra Arlene Eastham b Feb. 22, 1946 - 3. Richard Glenn Eastham b Sept. 6, 1950 - (1) CAROLYN graduated from Walsh High School, Class of '62; worked in the Walsh District Hospital; plays the piano. m June 6, 1964 to DE RELL YOUNGER, b January 28, 1939; graduate of A & M College, Goodwill, Oklahoma; teaches industrial arts in Walsh High School; coaches foot ball, basketball and track; both he and Carolyn are members of the Catholic Church. (2) SANDRA graduated from Walsh High School, Class of '64; attended Lamar Junior College 1964-'65, majoring in business management; also plays the piano. m August 1, 1965 to JAMES C. SIL VEY, b July 28, 1944 in Walsh, Colorado, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Silvey of Walsh. James is a senior at Panhandle A and M College in Goodwell ,Oklahoma where both he and Sandra will attend college this fall ( 1965 ). (3) RICHARD is a freshman at Walsh High School (1964-'65); interested in sports; plays center on the football team. KONKEL 6-2-2. WARREN BURGOYNE "BUD" KONKEL, b February 14, 1924 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Vilas High School, 1940; farmer and rancher. m December 17, 1944 in Boise City, Cimarron County, Oklahoma to ALICE ELEANOR ALFREY, b December 17, 1924 in Springfie Id, Baca County, Colorado the daughter of Al and Mary Alfrey. Alice Alfrey is a graduate of Walsh High School, 1942; housewife. Address: Route 2 Walsh, Colorado. I. Lynda Dianne Konkel b Feb. 9, 1946 - 2. Beverly Anne Konkel b Nov. 21, 1952 3 . Lillian Gay le Konke 1 b Dec. 3, 1954 (1) LYNDA graduated from Walsh High School, Class of '64; played tenor sax from third grade through her junior year in high school; also, played · piano and was active in 4-H. m October 10, 1965 to VERNON EUGENE NOE, the son of Sim and Trela Noe of Utleyville, Colorado. Gene and Lynda have bought a trailer house and are living on the Warren Konkel farm where Gene is engaged in farming and ranching with his father-in law. (2) BEVERLY plays the piano, tenor sax in the school band and is active in 4-H. (3) LILLIAN also plays the piano, the clarinet in the school band and is active in 4-H. 195 HAVENS 6-2-3. KATHRYN MARIE KONKEL, b November 28, 1926 in Walsh, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Vilas High School; housewife; non-denominational faith. m January 16, 1947 at Vilas, Baca County, Colorado to JOHN JASPER HAVENS, b February 9, 1926 in Lamar, Colorado; graduate Vilas High School and Friends Bible College (4 years), Haviland, Kansas; minister Friends Church. Marie Konkel attended the Boston rural school southwest of Walsh, and among her teachers were George Ervin Konkel and Lena Konke 1 Edwards. She taught school two years previous to her marriage---in Walsh (1944-'45). and Vilas (1945-'46). Following her marriage she and John spent the first year at Vilas before he enrolled for the 4-year college course in Haviland, Kansas. Rev. Havens' pastorates include a Methodist church at Centerview, Kansas near Kinsley (1950); Friends church in Miami, Oklahoma (1951-'57);Bethel Friends church (rural) near Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas (1957-'65). He spent two years in the armed forces during World War II serving at Camp Walters, Texas and Ft. Lewis, Washington and 10 months on Saipan in the Pacific. Address: 305 S. Penn, Cherokee, Oklahoma. 1. Judith Jeanette Havens b Aug. 6, 1948 - 2. Deborah Joan Havens b Oct. 4, 1951 - 3. John David Havens b Sept. 7, 1954 - RICH 6-2-4. HELEN ISABEL KONKEL, b March 19, 1930 on her parents' farm near Walsh, Baca County, Colorado; graduate high school; housewife; Pro testant. m June 18, 1950 in Springfield, Colorado to BOBBY WILSON RICH, b July 14, 1924 in Springfield; graduate high school and college of Mortuary Science; Mortician; Protestant. Address: 800 College Street, Springfield, Colorado. 1. Bronwyn Renee Rich b Nov. 8, 1952 - 2. Bobby Wilson Rich II b Feb. 15, 1955 - RAMEY 6-3-2. JOYCE ALINE KONKEL, b December 17, 1921 in Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado; Kiowa Consolidated High School (1940) , Success Business College of Denver (1941), University Extension Conservatory, Chicago---a diploma in Normal Piano (1957); secretary, music teacher and housewife. m February 8, 1944 in Elizabeth, Colorado to R.G. RAMEY, b May 16, 1921 in Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas; 8th grade education; farmer; Non-denom inational church. Joyce married during World War II while R.G. was in the army. They lived in Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming and Missouri. She did office work in the various 196 places they lived, working in Federal Civil Service after passing her exam ination in Louisiana. Receiving his discharge in February 1946, R.G. and Joyce went to Bird City in northwest Kansas, where he farmed wheat for 12 years before moving in 1958 to their present farm near Castle Rock,. Colo rado. Joyce has given private piano lessons since 1956. She has two classes each week - - - one day in Kiowa and the other class in the Castle Rock community. Each fall she presents her pupils in a piano recital. Their son, Lavoy Allen, attends the Douglas County High School. He plays the clarinet in the school band, loves country life and is a typical farm boy. Address: Castle Rock, Colorado. 1. Lavoy Allen Ramey b June 20, 1949 - KONKEL 6-3-3. CLARENCE RONALD KONKEL, b December 23, 1925 in Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado; college diploma in Business Administration (Bus iness College); self-employed - - -Konkel Kreamery, Spudnut and Coffee Shop Denver, Colorado. m April 10, 1951 in Chula -Vista, San Diego County, Cal ifornia to ADA MAE FLOYD, b July 4, 1927 in Portland, Oregon; moved to California in 1936; lived in Chula Vista from 1940 until marriage; graduate Sweetwater High_ School - - -1945; bookkeeper, accountant and housewife; same religious faith as husband, Non-denominational. Ronald moved with his parents to a farm located between Kiowa and Eliza beth when he was four years old; attended the Kiowa Consolidated School, graduating from high school in 1944; entered the U.S. Army in 1945 and was sent to Japan in the fall of that year. He spent most of the next year in Graves Registration, recovering Americans who had been killed in Japan, and in investigating for the War Crimes Trials; discharged from service in November 1946; farmed and attended business college until 1951- Employed by General Motors as an accountant for three years and by Sealtest Foods, Division of National Dairy Products Corporation, as office manager for six and one-half years; purchased the dairy store and spudnut shop in May, 1961. Address: 3690 S. Ulster Denver, Colorado. 1. Kenneth Floyd Konkel b Sept. 2, 1953 - 2. Gary Ronald Konke I b July 28, 1956 - 3. Karen Aline Konkel b June 16, 1959 - STEVENSON 6-4-1. LOIS LEE LONG, b August 29, 1913 in Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado; A.B. degree - - - Bible Training School and People's Bible College in Colorado Springs; worked in school office before and after graduation; now a housewife and mother; Emmanuel church. m Se·ptember 25, 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to WILLIAM BYRON STEVENSON, b November 197 27, 1914 in Albion, Boone County, Nebraska; graduate high school and 3- year course in Theology - - - People's Bible College in Colorado Springs. His pastorates have included Terre Haute, Indiana; Newton Falls, Ohio; Harrison, Idaho; Rocky Ford, Colorado where they remained 10 years and helped in building a new church, and currently in Xenia, Ohio. Address: R.R. 1 Winchester Road Xenia, Ohio. I. Lois Elaine Stevenson b Sept. 7, 1945 2. Dalo Ray Stevenson b May 8, 1949 3. Ralph Gordon Stevenson b Dec. 18, 1950 4. Philip Allen Stevenson b Oct. 28, 1956 McFARLANE 6-4-3. IONE MARIE LONG, b January 21, 1920 in Vilas, Baca County, Colorado; moved with her parents and two sisters to Colorado Springs in 1930, one of many "moves" she made during her childhood; grades, high school and college (Bible Training School and People's Bible College in Colorado Springs) A .B. degree; later taught middle grades in the Bible Training School she attended as a student; also, taught in Bible schools in Cincinnati, Ohio; Charleston, West Virginia and Alliance, Ohio. While at Alliance she met her future husband, a former student of P .B.C. m August 31, 1954 in Colorado Springs to JOHN ROBERT McFARLANE, b April S, 1923 in Hamilton, V'Jentworth County, Ontario (Canada); Th.B. degree from P .B.C. in Colorado Springs; occupation, printer. Both Ione and her husband are members of Grace Tabernacle of Emmanuel Association in Colorado Springs. Following their marriage, the McFarlane's went to Toronto to make their home. Their two children were born during the S years they were there, but as the humid climate did not agree with Ione they decided to move to Colo rado Springs. Their two children now attend the same Bible School their parents went to several years ago. Address: 803 S. 25th Street Colorado, Springs, Colorado. I. Judith lone McFarlane b July 24, 1955 - 2. Leslie Byron McFarlane b July 13, 1956 - LONG 6-4-4. LEA HOPE LONG, the youngest of the Long girls, was born Novem ber S, 1922 in Campo, Baca County, Colorado; from 1930 on she spent most of her time in Colorado Springs finishing grade school, high school, a music course and a 4-year college course, majoring in normal training; has an A.B. degree from People's Bible College in Colorado Springs. After she had taught music for many years she was asked to teach in the Christian day schools at various places where the Emmanuel Association had a church. Her first school was in Vineland, New Jersey, then Xenia, Ohio; Rocky Ford, Colo rado and New Philadelphia, Ohio. 198 In 1958, while she was in New Philadelphia, the general church board of d:ie Emmanuel Association asked her to be a missionary-teacher in Guatemala, Central America. After considerable thought she was glad to give her con sent, although she realized it would be a life of separation from her relatives and friends; also, many other deprivations would be hers that only those who have ever been far away could realize. She has returned to the U.S. only one time, in 1961. She is now working among the highland Indians of Salala', about 80 miles up in the mountains from Guatemala City, teaching native children the 3 R's in Spanish. She also teaches a S.S. class of lively Indian children, helping in children's meetings, singing and playing her accordian substituting for the minister; she visits the hospital and little native huts, bandaging up the ''hurt'' and helping solve the natives' need and longings in more ways than can be told here. Her address: Apartado Postal 131, Salala' dep't. de Salala', Guatemala, (Central America). NEILL - SELF 6-6-1. ADA MAE KONKEL, b August 10, 1929 on her parents' farm south east of Vilas, Baca County, Colorado; graduate High School and Beauty Col lege; housewife. m July 1946 in Greeley, Colorado to DORSEY D. NEILL, b January 10, 1927 in Belpre, Edwards County, Kansas; d September 15, 1950; attended high school; farmer; Protestant. 1. Danny Dean (Neill) Self b Sept. 2, 1947 - 2. Dixie Lee (Niell) Self b July 30, 1949 ADA MAE m (2) November 30, 1951 to VICTOR R. SELF, b February 27, 1929 in Havre, Montana; moved with his folks to Springfie Id in 1930; grad uate of Springfield High School, 1949; went into the Air Force in August 1948; discharged March 1952 at which time he engaged in farming. In March 1963 attended Agricultural Aviation Academy, Minden, Nevada, later getting his instructor's rating at Hallmark Academy at Amarillo, Texas. He is pre sently farming and aerial spraying. Their address: Rt. 2, Box 43 Campo, Colorado. 3. Twila Rose Self b Sept. 27, 1952 - (all three children born in Lamar, Colorado.) HUGHS - TORTELLA 6-6-2. LENA JUANITA KONKEL, b November 30, 1930 on her parents' farm southeast of Vilas, Baca County, Colorado; graduate High School and Beauty College; has worked as hairstylist since graduation. m 1954 to WELDON T. HUGHS, b ____ in State of Texas; graduate Springfield High School; farmer. His address: Coolidge, Kansas. 1. Wayland Tim Hughs b May 16, 1956 - 199 LENA JUANITA m (2) December 4, 1964 at Lubbock, Texas to SYLVESTER S. TORTELLA, b December 4, 1917 at Butler, Pennsylvania; graduate Indiana High School, Indiana, Penna., 1937; attended State Teachers College Indiana, Penna. for 3 years; entered Air Force 1941 and discharged 1945, reserves; accepted position as accountant for Tom W. Carpenter Equip. Co. Inc., Amarillo, Texas 1946; recalled to active duty as Capt. USAF 1951 and served one year in Japan as Budget Officer; resumed position as accountant until 1955 and entered Beauty College; upon graduation purchased beauty salon. At present time he is hairstylist in own salon, and sales representa tive for well named beauty products. One daughter by previous marriage: Debra Ann Tortella, b May 16, 1955. Address: 1565 Bell Aveune Amarillo, Texas. DENNEY 6-7-1. CHARLES LeROY DENNEY, b April 15, 1928 in Denver, Colorado; graduated Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Enlisted in the Navy July 1946; honorable discharge in July 1948, graduated 1951 from Oklahoma State University with a Technician Certificate in Air Conditioning and Refriger ation. Employed since graduation as a stationary engineer; presently with the Service Pipe Line Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma. On January 27, 1951 he was married to WANDA SMITH, b October 18, 1931 in Arapahoe, Oklahoma. Graduate of Arapahoe High School. Attended Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Employed with the City of Tulsa since 1961. They are members of the Second Presbyterian Church, Tulsa. Address: 522 North 44th West Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1. Denice Anne Denney b March 7, 1952 2. Charles Alan Denney b Oct. 5, 1955 3. Debbi Rene Denney b Jan . 2 2 , 1 9 5 9 LAUDERBACK 6-7-2. SHIRLEY JEAN DENNEY, b March 15, 1931 in Kansas City, Mis souri; graduated Central High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma, followed by a Bus iness Course; member Second Presbyterian Church. m January 1, 1950 at Tulsa to BILL R. LAUDERBACK, b August 19, 1925 in Skiatook, Oklahoma; attended Skiatook High School and entered army medical training, March 1946; honorable discharge, May 1947. He has done oil well testing with Schlumber ger 'Well Surveying Corporation the past 12 years, now at Sacramento, Cal ifornia location. Shirley Jean worked with the Tri-State Insurance Company in Tulsa previous to her marriage, and has been employed periodically since her marriage with other insurance companies. She is now employed with the Land, Sea and Air Insurance Agency, Sacramento. Their Address: 2116 Surrey Road, Sacramento, California. 1. Jean Ann Lauderback b April 10, 1957 - 2. Jana Leigh Lauderback b Sept. 11, 1964 - 200 KONKEL 6-8-1. ELDEN KEITH KONKEL, b August 26, 1925 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; graduate high school; inducted into U.S. Army on April 29, 1944. He served as a machine gunner with an infantry rifle squad, 35th Di vision, 9th Army, European Theater; participated in three major campaigns - - Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe; awarded the European-African Middle East Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge; discharged February 23, 1946; farmer; Protestant faith. m July 20, 1946 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico to ENID YVONNE TEMPLE, b June 2, 1928 in Sedan, Union County, New Mexico; graduate high school; housewife; Protestant. Address: Vila~ Colorado. 1 . Donna Jeanne Konke I b June 21, 1947 - 2. Michae 1 Keith Konke 1 b July 27, 1951 - KONKEL 6-8-2. WALTER EARL KONKEL, b April 11, 1928 in Stonington, Baca County, Colorado; graduate high school; occupation, farming, now machinist; Undenominational church. m April 30, 1945 in Stratford, Sherman County, Texas to JOYCE M. ALTON, b July 27, 1925 in Macksville, Stafford County, Kansas; 3½ years high school; housewife; Undenominational church. Following his marriage, Ear 1 continued farming until 1952 when he and Joyce moved to Colorado Springs; here he began the machinist trade. After 2 years they returned to Baca County and resumed farming, meanwhile con tinuing his machinist trade. He did custom harvesting for 4 years - - - 1958- '62. They moved to Elkhart, Kansas in 1960, then to Hugoton where Walter is a machinist and shop manager. Address: 206 Van Buren (Box 735) Hu goton, Kansas. 1. Connie Joyce Konkel b Feb. 8, 1946 - 2. Mark Earl Konkel b Sept. 15, 1949 - 3. :Jane Alton Konkel b Jan. 16, 1951 - 4. Tracy 'fl. Konke 1 b Feb. 1, 1962 - 5. Jan Laree Konkel b Jan. 3, 1964 - (1) CONNIE JOYCE graduated from Hugoton High School, took nurses' training; now works in Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Hugoton ( 1964). LOCK 6-8-3. VETA FAY KONKEL, b October 21, 1931 in Pritchett, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Vilas High School, Class of '51; housewife; Undenomin ational church. m October 3, 1948 at the farm home of her parents, 10 miles south of Vilas to DONALD EARL LOCK, b September 13, 1929 in Arlington, Reno County, Kansas; graduate Vilas High School, '47; Undenominational church. 201 Veta Fay spent the first three years of her life in Pritchett. She then lived on various farms until her parents bought their own farm home in 1941. She first met her future husband in 1946 and was married two years later while still in high school. She finished her education after becoming a wife and mother, graduating in 1951. All 15 years of their married life have been en gaged in farming about 20 miles south of Springfield, the county seat of Baca County. Address: Springfield, Colorado. I. Jennifer Gail Lock b Sept. 11, 1950 - 2. Shelley Renee Lock b Oct. 19, 1954 - 3. Royce Earl Lock b Apr. 12, 1959 - KONKEL 6-8-5. MELVIN D. KONKEL, b May 8, 1936 near Walsh, Baca County, Col orado; graduate high school; farmer, Assistant Manager of Walsh Cash Co-op Association (grain elevator); Catholic. m July 17, 1958 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado to KAY FRANCES HEY, b June 17, 193 8 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado; graduate high school; housewife; Catholic. Melvin was inducted into the U.S. Army on September 3, 1958 and sent to the 2nd Armored Division. Ft. Hood, Texas. He left Ft. Hood June 7, 1959 for transfer to the 8th Army in Korea, where he served in the 7th Infantry Divi sion. He was discharged on June 8, 1960. Address: Rural Route, Box 461, Walsh, Colorado. 1. Shannon Isabel Konkel b May 24, 1959 - 2. Zaylan Bruce Konkel b July 14, 1961 - TUCKER 6-8-6. MABEL VIRGINIA KONKEL, bApril 18, 1942 in \Ylalsh, Baca County, Colorado; graduate high school; housewife; m June 7, 1959 at her parents' farm home IO miles south of vilas, to DOYLE CLIFFORD TUCKER, JR., b January 5, 1940 in Springfield, Colorado; graduate high school and one year college; Dispatcher for T.L. Tucker Trucks; Baptist. Following their marriage they moved into a rented house in Springfield, where they lived about four months. They then bought a trailer house and moved to Lamar. In November 1963 they started building their present home. Address: Sunset Drive Lamar, Colorado. I. Brenda Kay Tucker b Dec. 26, 1961 - 2. Tina Fay Tucker b Jan. 22, 1965 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special thanks to practically all members of the John Konkel family. Your cooperation helped to make this chapter one of the easiest to com pile. C.G.B. • •• 202 7. SAMUEL KONKEL ~.. .. . ; ,.., . .,# •. "'-1,,,. :t·::;\·~· ..... •• • > ~ . . SAMUEL KONKEL and Wife CLARA MAY SIMMONS 7. SAMUEL M. KONKEL, b March 30, 1853 in Adams County, Indiana; d August 1, 1935 in Havana, Yell County, Arkansas; buried Payene Cemetery near Havana; educated in rural schools of Page County, Iowa; no high school, but attended some normal school in preparation for teaching; school teacher, farmer, printer and newspaper publisher; Methodist. m November 3, 1895 in Northfield, Cook County, Illinois to CLARA MAY SIMMONS, b March 9, 1875 in Colton, St. Lawrence County, New York; d February 16, 1931 in Spring field, Baca County, Colorado; buried Springfield Cemetery. She was the daughter of Augustus Simmons (b January 14, 1846 in Lawrence, New York; d April 30, 1895 of pneumonia; buried Tonica, Illinois) and Mary Ann White (b May 18, 1849 in Canada; d August 14, 1896; buried near Pierpoint, New York); grade school education; housewife; Methodist. 203 In 1856, when Samuel was only three, his parents moved by covered wagon from Adams County, Indiana to Page County, Iowa; Fourteen years later, in 1870, they moved again by covered wagon to Crawford County, Kansas; Samuel was then 17 years of age. Not much is known about him for the next seven years, but undoubtedly he helped on the farm, furthered his education, taught some school and very likely worked in some local printing or news paper off ices. In the words of his son Wilbur - - - "Fat her had some normal school, but I do not know how much. He left Kansas for awhile and returned to Independence, Iowa where he published the "Independence News" for a short time." Another son, Cedric, writes: "I remember father talking several times about his first term of teaching school. I don't know whether it was in Kansas or not, but it must have been. He would have been in his early twentieso He taught school over twenty terms, and in a number of states - - - Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois - - - but what others, I've forgotten, although I've heard him mention other state so" His youngest daughter Laura writes: cc As to the gaps in Dad's life from 1870 to 1887, I would not be able to help youo As you know, he did not marry until 1895, and I don't expect any of the others can help you very mucho He was not a man to live in the past, as he was too busy coping with the present and planning the futureo When his brothers, Will, Dave and Joe came visiting, there were more political and religious discussions than anything else. Conversation was lively, but seldom dwelt on the pas to "I was the hapless "referee" to many of these "discussions" and I must say that all of these men were intelligent and extremely well informed on any subject. The only really heated argument that I remember about their past youth, was on the subject of Grandmother Konke 1-- - did she or did she not smoke a pipeo Uncle Joe and Dad insisted that she did, while Uncle Will was just as insistent that she did not. Uncle Dave abstained from the vote. Both Dad and Uncle Joe said she smoked a corncob pipe and that they often smoked with her when they came in from working in the fields." At the age of 34, in the year 1887, Samuel went to Baca County, Colorado and settled in the now extinct town of Boston. He shortly established the "Western World", a newspaper he continued to publish during the short life of that boom town. He then filed on a claim several miles north of Boston, near Sandy Arroyo, and lived there until drouth and resulting short crops forced him to give up farming. Samuel's next venture was a school in Northfield, Cook County, Illinois where he boarded with the John Newman family. It v. as here he first met Clara Simmons, his future wife. She and her younger brother George were living with their sister Calista (Mrs. John Newman) in tpe Chicago suburb. Samuel and Clara were married in 1895, and he continued teaching school in Cook County for another nine years. Their first four children were born there. About 1904, as stock raising in Colorado became better understood, he took his growing family back to Baca County near the claim he had vacated sev- 204 eral years earlier. While farming and building a herd of cattle, he continued teaching school to help keep the larder filled. Samuel Konke 1 was always an active member of the Democratic party and a participant in all worthwhile community affairs. In 1913, after his party had won the first Wilson campaign in a landside, he purchased the Springfield Herald, quit the farm and moved his family to the county seat of Baca Coun ty. In the newspaper business his growing children all took their turn as compositors, pressmen, etc. He continued with many changes of fortune to publish the Herald until he sold it in 1930, trying time and again to get a workable typesetting machine in the office to relieve the ardous labor of hand-composition, as well as other labor-saving devices. He was imbued with a strong community spirit, always using his paper to boost such projects as a normal school for Baca County teachers, a County High School and other worthwhile endeavours. He would fill his paper with stories of book length whenever he got back of a movement, or initiated one himself. These were tasks which few publishers using hand-composition would undertake, except for a valuable consideration. For years he was a strong booster for all the church organizations, which tended to make the community a better peace in which to live. Some of his editorials were quoted in other newspapers of Colorado, including the Denver Post and Rocky Moun tain News. He and his family attended the local Methodist services, he himself finally joining the church. Within a few years following the death of his wife, Samuel quit the newspaper business and moved to Havana, Arkansas where he far med until his death in 1935. 1. Cedric Paxton Konkel b Aug. 25, 1896 + 2. Reginald Lorraine Konkel b May 20, 1898 + d May 30, 1938 3. Livona Calista Konkel b Jan. 1, 1900 + 4. Merle Walton Konkel b May 20, 1901 + d Sept. 28, 1960 5. Vivian Pereppa Konkel b Feb. 19, 1905 + 6. Kenneth Orville Konke 1 b May 6, 1907 + d Oct. 22, 1954 7. Wilbur Stanton Konke 1 b Sept. 4, 1912 + 8. Laura Edith Konkel b Aug. 8, 1914 + WHIPPER WILL Whipperwill! •.• I say. Shades of night are failing, While to my love I'm calling, calling, All thru the solemn night. I've al ways said it and I al ways will •.. I can't be bribed and I won't be still; And when I'm asked why all the racket, I've the same old answer ••• whipperwill! With seasons out or seasons in These notes I'm sure her love will win. 205 So while I know what it's about My happy, whistling, ringing shout Shall be heard over vale and hill While I am calling, whipperwill! By - Samuel M. Konkel COLORADO Have you been to Colorado The land of Centennial fame? Have you seen its rugged mountains And its broad and fertile plain? The st ate of the silver lining Wondrous for its silver mining Wondrous for its bright sun shining All conjured with its magic name. Have you seen its flowing rivulets Rushing down from mountain heights? Have you seen its bounties given? Have you felt its bracing nights? The state of enchanting spaces With its grassy covered mesas And tall trees in many places Towering to celestial heights. Have you felt the bracing climate That they have there every day? Do you know that once you've been there You will wander back some day? With its health resorts a-teeming Wondrous for enchantment gleaming And its healthful life redeeming As nature joins in roundelay. Have you seen her nation's playground With its tourists everywhere? Have you seen her mountain skylines With its fish and game up there? In that state the· strange cliff dwellers Harassed race of little fellers Under wings of rock built shelters And their ruins still are there. 206 Have you seen its crop productions Dry-farmed there upon its plains? Have you seen its irrigation And fine stock of many strains? With its grain fields swaying, dancing With its gardens so enhancing Where life's thrills are so entrancing And the bi_rds sing sweet refrains. By - Samuel M. Konkel KONKEL 7-1. CEDRIC PAXTON KONKEL, b August 25, 1896 in Morton Grove, Cook County, Illinois; first two grades in Cook County, completing education in Colorado - - -Baca County grade schools, and Springfield High School; at tended normal school a short time in Lamar, Colorado, receiving his tea ching certificate; school teacher, printer and employed by wholesale drug firm many years before retirement; member Bahai religious faith which em phasizes the spiritual unity of mankind, m August 29, 1959 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to MRS. LOUISE GLASER, a widow, b April 25, 1890 in Hal berstadt, Germany. She emigrated in 1923, with her husband and two small sons, to the United States; education the equivalent of high school in U.S.: employed 16 years doing alterations in ladies' exclusive dress shop in Al buquerque. Cedric served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Prior to that time he had completed only one year of high school. Following his army discharge he attended various Bible training schools, taking both Bible and high school courses. He received his high school diploma at Springfield, then to Lamar for his teaching certificate. He taught two terms of school in Baca County. He has done considerable writing, mostly poetry and prose to begin with, turning more to philosophy and religion in later years. He has put together a few manuscripts for his own pleasure and that of his friends. He plans to print a selection or two, of what he considers his better work, within the next few years. No children. Address: 2407 Campbell Road, N .W. Albuquer que, New Mexico. MOTHER'S SONGS No other songs in all the earth have such a happy ring As those good songs in days gone by that Mother used to sing. Of course Mother couldn't sing as cultured singers do, She had no time to train her voice nor learn the notes, 'tis true. But she put her soul into her song - - she sang her own sweet way, Which cultured singers might not do that sing so loud and gay. I like to hear the good old songs that Mother liked so well, They've a soothing charming way that mere words cannot tell. 207 THE WORLD'S EASY WAY The route that the thoughtless Are traveling each day; The paths of the fickle, The ways that don't pay; The road of the erring, The by-paths of wrong; The gait the haphazard Ones trifle along; The wisp of the foolish, The boulevard broad; The course of the weakling And the dark ways of fraud; The drifts of the lazy And beats of the bum, Are the ways most are caking For the easiest way. But the way most are caking For the easiest way, Is really the hardest And rockiest way. So let's watch where we' re going As we move on each day, To be sure we're not going The world's easy way. WHICH WAY? "Which way shall I take for Heaven's sake?" A voice cries in the night. "Each church has a different way to take; Which has the way, the way that's right?'' "It's the Christian way of Heavenly love," The still, small voice replies. "The way of God's love will lift you above - - Immortal into the skies." By - Cedric Paxton Konkel 208 KONKEL 7-2 REGINALD LORRAINE KONKEL, b May 20, 1898 in Cook County, Illinois; d May 30, 1938 in Canon City, Colorado; buried La Junta, Las Animas County, Colorado; high school graduate; newspaper man; Methodist. m September 24, 1921 to ALTA ANN MEAD, b January 16, 1906 at Hastings, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; attended grade and high school in Kim, Colo rado; Methodist. After graduating from high school in Springfield, Reginald purchased and published a newspaper, with the aid of his father, at Kim. It was there he met and married Alta Ann Mead. The young couple left Kim in March of 1922 for La Junta, where Reginald worked as shop foreman for the La Junta Daily Democrat until three days before bis death in 1938, at the age of 40. Alta Ann Mead moved from Oklahoma to Kim, Colorado with her parents in December 1916. Her parents were Bur1 Mead (b January 15, 187 5 in Wise Coun - ty, Texas; d November 24, 1959 in La Junta, Colorado) and Rachael C. Burns (b March 10, 1877; d January 6, 1958 in La Junta, Colorado). Alta worked as a seamstress for awhile after her husband's death. During the war she worked as a clerk at the Army Air Base in La Junta. She then became a saleslady in a Denver department store, after moving there in 1946. Her address: 1250 Sherman Denver, Colorado. 1. Edward Vernon Konke 1 b Apr. 28, 1923 + 2. James Harold Konkel b Dec. 14, 1925 + 3. Barbara Ann Konke 1 b June 16, 1934 + RABY 7-3. LIVONA CALISTA KONKEL, b January 1, 1900 in Tonica, Cook Coun ty, Illinois; finished grade school and attended high school in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; Protestant faith - - - Undenominational church. m GEORGE A. RABY, b October 13, 1899 in Denning, Franklin County, Ar Kansas; d February 19, 1956 in Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; grade school education; section hand on railroad; Undenominational church. As a young girl, Livona worked in her father's newspaper and printing shop after school hours and in the summer months; after she quit school she con tinued to work for her father for eight years. She next attended Bible school in Colorado Springs. She worked in cafes and laundries until her retirement in 1956. She has lived in Oklahoma since 1935. She keeps busy with her garden and flowers, canning her own vegetables, fruits, etc. She is also quite active in her church. On numerous occasions she has officiated in a ministerial capacity, both in her church and at evangelical meetings. Her only child died at the age of 11 ---GENEVA RUTH, b April 1, 1933; d Oc tober 5, 1944; buried at Wetumpka, Oklahoma. Livona's address: P.O. Box 236 Henryetta, Oklahoma. 209 KONKEL 7-4. MERLE WALDO (WALTON) KONKEL, b May 20, 1901 in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois; d Spetember 28, 1960 in a veterans' hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas; grade school, high school equivalent in U.S. Army; farmer, printer; Church of Christ. mNovember 9, 1947 in Havana, Arkansas to ELVA KYLES, b November 10, 1900 in Bruno, Arkansas; grade school education; graduate Havana High School; housewife; Church of Christ. Her father was Henry Lee Kyles (1872-1951) and her mother was Anna Laura Lee (b August 30, 1875; at the age of 88 still cooks, washes and irons, does garden work, etc.) Both of Elva's grandfathers, Kyles and Lee, served in the Confederate Army. Merle's early life was spent in Baca County, Colorado where he worked in his father's newspaper and printing shop while goH1g through school in Springfie Id. He enlisted in the army at Ft. Logan, Colorado at the age of 18 on June 4, 1919. He soon became a marksman and served in Siberia with the AEF (September 16, 1919 to March 10, 1920), then in the Philippines and Hawaii before being honorably discharged at Ft. McDowell, California on June 2, 1922. He returned home to Springfield, Colorado where he farmed broomcorn for one year, then ranched in Oregon for 8 years before going to Minneapolis, Minnesota to work in his uncle Joe Konkel's printing shop. On August 12, 1942 Merle re-enlisted as Sgt. in the AAF under the same serial number he used in the first world war (6-411809). His service during World War II was mostly with the 8th Air Force in England as Chief Control Tower Operator in C9mmunications, .sending and receiving military messages on teletype, dispatching airplanes, typing requisitions and orders, maintain ing records, etc. A marksman and sharpshooter he received his honorable discharge from Bordens General Hospital in Chickasha, Oklahoma with a hearing disability, on November 16, 1945. Following his discharge, he went to Havana in the fall of 1946 to begin farming near his brother Kenneth. He accumulated a fine dairy herd that was outstanding in the c om.munity. He was an active and faithful member of the Church of Christ in Havana. He was mild mannered and loved by all who knew him. His wife Elva, also an active member of the Church of Christ, still owns and continues to reside on the dairy farm. Address: Route 1 Ha vana, Arkansas. STONER 7-5. VIVIAN PERPEPPA KONKEL, b February 19, 1905 in the old Bos ton community of Baca County, Colorado; graduate SpringfieldHigh School; attended business college in Denver and Western State College at Gunni son; school teacher, housewife; Methodist. m December 24, 1930 in Pratt, Kansas to CHARLES EVERETT STONER, b June 15, 1906 in Yellow Pine, Washington County, Alabama; graduate Crawford, High School, Crawford Colorado and Western State College; employed as rider for Black Mesa Cattle Association; Methodist. 210 Like her brothers and sisters, Vivian worked in her father's newspaper and printing shop during her youth. After going to business college in Denver, she worked one year as a typist in the county judge's office in Springfield. Deciding to teach school, she attended Western State College and received her Life Teaching Certificate. She taught her first term in a small rural school near Crawford after she was married. Charles Stoner's parents had lived in the Crawford community since child hood, but moved to Alabama immediately after their marriage. They returned to Crawford when he was six months old. Charlie and Vivian met at West ern State College. They have lived all their married life in the Crawford community. He was associated with his father in the cattle business until 1959, when they sold the ranch and moved into town. Charlie and Vivian bought a home in the country in 1961. He rides for the Black Mesa Cattle Association so their summers are spent at a cow camp on the edge of the Gunnison National Forest. Their address: Crawford, Colorado. 1. Patricia Ann Stoner b Jan. 6, 1936 d Jan. 8, 1936 2. Charles Ralph Stoner b Oct. 9. 1937 - 3- George Lester Stoner b Oct. 11, 1938 - d Nov. 22, 1954 4. Susan Marie Stoner b Apr. 23, 1950 - (2). CHARLES graduated from Mesa Jr. College at Grand Junction, then attended C.S.U. at Ft. Collins. He is now serving in the U.S. Navy, assigned to the U.S.S. Delta. His discharge is due in mid 1965. (3). GEORGE was killed in an automobile accident when he was 16 and a junior in high school. (4). SUSAN is an honor student at Crawford Jr. High. KONKEL 7-6. KENNETH ORVILLE KONKEL, b May 6, 1907 near the town of Vilas in Baca County, Colorado; d October 22, 1954 at Havana, Yell County, Arkansas; buried Paynene Cemetery near Havana; graduate Springfield High School in Baca County, Colorado; printer; member and deacon of Baptist church. m June 16, 1934 in Havana, Arkansas to CHARLOTTE BARBER, b November 8, 1915 in Havana, the daughter of Samuel J. Barber (b in Pitt son, Pennsylvania; d 1956 in Havana, Arkansas at age of 84) and Nellie McQuivey (b in Carthage, Missouri; d 1963 in Athens, Georgia at age 88). Charlotte was educated in Havana public schools; housewife; Baptist. Kenneth and his father left Colorado in 1933 for Havana, Arkansas. He·re Kenneth was employed as a printer, the trade he had learned under his father in Colorado. His employer was Samuel J. Barber, founder and publisher of the Mountain Magazine Rural Record, now the Yell County Record. It was 211 here he met Charlott who was also working for her father as a printer. After their marriage, Kenneth continued to work for Mr Barber until he retured and sold the paper to a Mr. Bob Fisher at Danville. The name of the paper was changed to Ye 11 County Record, and Kenneth then worked for Mr. Fis her and ran his grade A dairy until his death in 1954. Kenneth was a very active member of the Baptist church in Havana and a deacon for many years. He pioneered in registered dairy cattle in Arkansas, using the latest in scientific dairy methods. He had the first grade A dairy in that part of the country. He was president of the local dairy association and very active in promoting the interests of the association. I. Samuel Kenneth Konkel b Sept. 26, 1935 + 2. John Duane Konkel b Apr. 8, 1938 + 3 . Julia LaN e 11 Konke 1 b Jan. 2, 1941 + CHARLOTT BARBER KONKEL m (2) PAUL COWER, a cattleman and farmer of Yell County, Arkansas. Address: Rural Route Danville, Arkansas. KONKEL 7-7. WILBUR STANTON KONKEL, b September 4, 1912 near Vilas in Baca County, Colorado; graduate Springfield High School, 1930; B.A. degree, Alma White College, Zarephath, New Jersey; Certificate in Education from Christ's College, Oxford University; one term as graduate student at Durham University, King's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Minister, Pillar of Fire church. m June 30, 1942 to ELSIE LILLIAN MORGAN of Towanda, Pennsyl vania, daughter of Martin and Florence Morgan (he was born inBradford Coun ty, Pennsylvania; she in Iowa). Elsie was born January 12, 1915 at Towanda, Pennsylvania; graduate Washington Business College and Zarephath Sem inary June 1933; she is an ordained deaconess and Social Welfare Worker; member Pillar of Fire. Upon completing high school in Springfield, Wilbur took one year pre-law at Denver University; in 1933 he entered Belleview College (Pillar of Fire) in Westminster, Colorado to continue his law studies. That year he felt the call to preach and to devote his life to the cause of Christ. He switched from law to theology. In 1937 he received his B.A. degree at Alma White College, graduating from seminary at the same time. Two days after graduation he was on board the Acquatania enroute to London and his first appointment. Over twenty years have been spent in Europe, much of this time in London where Wilbur was head Master of the Pillar of Fire Bible College and Junior School in Hendon, North London; also, as Pastor of the church there. Wilbur and Elsie were three years in the north of England while furthering their education. About a year was spent in Scotland, a year in Ireland, one and half years in Wales and one and a half years in the Channe 1 Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark. They also spent some time in France. Germany, Holland and Belgium. He was pastor of a church in Oakland. California from 1955 to 1959. In 1960 they went to Africa and visited the 212 churches of their West African Missions in five different countries, coming back to the States again in November of 1961. In 1962 Wilbur was made Di rector. for West African Missions and he made antoher trip to Africa, taking a man, his wife and their five children, who are now working as missionaries in Liberia. Wilbur has crossed the ocean 11 times by ship and conducted the ship's services on nine of those crossings - - - one time on the Queen Elizabeth and three times on the S.S. United States. He has also crossed the Atlantic six . times by plane. You will find his picture in one of the guide books to Lon- . don, called "This is London From Dawn till Night" by Faber and Faber, London. In 1963 his book of hymn stories was published under the title "Next Hymn, Please!" A second book, a small one on children's hymns, is being published in Scotland. In addition to his two hymn books, Wilbur has another one ready for publication. It relates his experiences as a missionary in Africa. He and his wife now divide their time between London and Africa. They may always be reached by writing West African Missions, Pillar of Fire Society, Zarephath, New Jersey 08890. Their London address: Pillar of Fire, West Africa Missions, Brent Green, Hendon, London, N. W.4, England. They have four adopted daughters ..... all English. I. Olive Konkel b Nov. 28, 1936 + 2. Marjorie May Konkel b Oct. 5, 1938 + 3- Edna Konkel b June 4, 1940 + 4. Pamela May Konkel b Sept. 19, 1942 + FITTS 7-8. LAURA EDITH KONKEL, b August 8, 1914 in Springfield, Baca Coun ty, Colorado; graduate Springfield High School; housewife; Methodist. m September 4, 1939 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas to MAC ELMORE FITTS, b May 30, 1908 in Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas; the 9th child of J oho Fitts (b 1891 in Paris, Missouri; d 1916) and Mamie Eva Colton Fitts (b July 26, 1870 in Silver Island, Indiana; now in her 95th year). He is a geophysicist; Methodist. Like all her brothers and sisters before her, Laura spent many hours when not in school setting type for her father's newspaper. At the time of her mar riage she was working for the Garden City News in Garden City, Kansas; Mac was a member of a seismograph crew, working for Cities Service Oil Company out of Columbus·, Texas. They first met while he was a bookkeeper and "Man Friday" for Sanford Construction Company. Following their mar riage they remained in Columbus for only three weeks, then made their first of 33 moves in seven years. Their three children were all born during the years their parents were with the seismograph crew and "on the move" - - - JOHN in Amite, Louisiana; DIANE in BelzQni, Mississippi MICHAEL in ~auls Valley, Oklahoma. 213 In 1946 they moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma where they resided four years; from there to Billings, Montan~ for another four years; in 1954 to Ft. Worth; to Midland, Texas in 1957 where they remained 8 years before returning once again to Bartlesville in late 1964. Mac is Northern Regional Geophysicist for Cities Service Oil Company a firm he has been with 28 years. Their ad dress: 3218 Roselawn Court Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 1. John Murray Fitts b May 7, 1942 2. Diane Kathleen Fitts b Nov . .10, 1943 3 . Michae 1 Mac Fitts b Sept. 4, 1945 (1) JOHN MURRAY FITTS is attending Purdue University working on his masters in Electrical Engineering. He has an assistantship and teaches two lab classes. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Texas A& M in 1964. He was named recipient of the 1964 Bolton Award as the outstanding class member majoring in electrical engineering .. He has been named to several honor societies. He is a member of Phi Eta Kappa, freshman honor fraternity, and Etta Kappa Nu, electrical engineering fra ternity, serving as its president; a member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering scholarship fraternity, and Phi Kappa Phi. He also served as chairman of the A& M Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and is listed in uWho's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges". (2) DIANE KATHLEEN FITTS graduated from Texas UniverSi[y at mid term, 1965. She is working in the bio-physics department of the M.D. Ander son hospital in the Texas Medical Center in' Houston, Texas. She had a happy and successful scholastic career. While in college she was a member of Spooks, a freshman woman's honorary service organization; Alpha Lamba Delta; Texas Union Co-ordinating Board (a voting delegate); Mortar Board; Cap and Gown; and was president of her social sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, her last year in school She was on the dean's list every semester. m DAVID LELAND STEWARD, May 21, 1966 at Bartlettesville, Oklahoma. Address: (after June) 5101 Jackson - Aft. 304, Houston, Texas. (3) MICHAEL MAC FITTS is a second year student at Texas University, majoring in mathematics. He is a member of an astronomy club, Young Re- publican club, and•plays chess as well as duplicate brid~e. KONKEL 7-2-1. EDWARD VERNON KONKEL, b April 28, 1923 in La Junta, Otero County, Colorado; graduate La Junta High School, 1941; B.S. (Arch. Eng.) University of Colorado 1948; M.S. (C.E.) University of Colorado 1955; Pro fessional Degree, Civil Engineer, University of Colorado 1960; occupation Consulting Engineer; Military service - - - Lt. (j .g.) Pilot,. U.S. Navy 1943-45; Methodist church. m June 5, 1949 in Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois to ROJEAN .JOY TEMPLEMAN, b February 16, 1929 in Oregon, Illinois; three years fin.e Arts major, University of Colorado; Methodist. 214 As a youngster Vern was a member of the fames Koshare Club of La Junta, a Boy Scout troop of national prominence specializing in Indian dances and folklore. He is now President of Ketchum, Konke I, Ryan and Fleming, Con sulting Engineers, a firm serving private industry, government and municipal agencies, architects, contractors and others in as wide a fie Id as possible, with sound, up-to-date engineering principles and practices; the firm employs a staff of approximately fifty engineers and supporting personnel; located at 730 Kalama th Street in Denver. Vern Konkel is Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado, a member of Lions International and the Denver Chamber of Commerce; Past President, Con sulting Engineers Association of Colorado, member of numerous professional societies, state-wide, national and international, in which he has held var ious offices both past and present. Vern was the U.S. Delegate to the Inter national Federation of Consulting Engineers in 1963, 1964 and 1965 in Hel sinki, London and Paris in that order. Has been a ntaional director and is currently national Vice President of the Consulting Engineers Council; Past President of the Colorado Chapter? National Society of Professional Engi neers; Past president of the Structural Engineers Association of Colorado; member American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Insti tute, International Association of Shell Structures. His engineering experience dates back to 1942 as Material Checker, Corps of Engineers, La Junta Army Air Base; he is now president, and responsible for all activities of the engineering firm of Ketch'um, Konkel, Ryan and Fleming. When time allows, he likes to ski, fish, or play golf. The family resides at: 3800 East Garden Littleton, Colorado. 1. Richard Steven Konkel b Jone 27, 1950 2. Susan Marie Konkel b May 19, 1952 3. Gregory Keith Konkel b Oct. 23, 1953 4. Jeffrey J oho Konkel b Aug. 20, 1956 5. Michael Edward Konkel b July 3, 1962 6. Katherine Mary Konkel b Mar. 10, 196 5 KONKEL 7-2-2. JAMES HAROLD KONKEL, b December 14, 1925 in La Junta, Otero County, Colorado; graduate La Junta High School; B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado; Consulting Engineer (Mechanical); has his own private practice; Methodist. m January 11, 1949 in Cheyenne, Wy oming to JOYCE ANN CATON, b August 7, 1927 in Rocky Ford, Otero Coun ty, Colorado; graduate Rocky Ford High School; B.A. degree in Fine Arts, University of Colorado; housewife, part-time substitute teacher; Congreta tional church. Jim Konkel grew up in La Junta where he and his older brother Vern were both members of the famed Koshare Club, a Boy Scout troop of national prom- 215 1nence specializing in dances and folklore of the American Indian. He is now a consulting engineer with his own private practice in. Denver. Past President, Consulting Mechanical Engineers of Colorado. The family resides at: 5031 S. Chester Street Englewood, Colorado. 1. James David Konkel b Oct. 1, 1949 - 2. David Scott Konkel b June 3, 1953 WEST 7-2-3. BARBARA ANN KONKEL, b June 16, 1934 in La Junta, Otero -Coun ty, Colorado; graduate North Denver High School, 1952; housewife; Congrega tional church. m September 8, 1951 in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado to DAVID BURT WEST, b November 5, 1931 in Denver; graduate North Den ver High School, 1950; graduate Mesa County Jr. College at Grand Junction, 1953; manager F.W. Woolworth Company store in Pueblo, Colorado before being transferred to a Denver store in 1965; Congregational Church. Barbara lived in La Junta until age 12 when she and her mother moved to Denver. She completed high school the year following her marriage. Her husband, Dave, was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in October 1952. They then moved to Grand Junction where he completed his second year of college. Returning to Denver in June of 1953 they went into the restaurant business; in 1957 they sold this business and Dave started with Woolworth. Their address: 8131 E. Briarwood Blvd. Englewood, Colorado. 1. Valory Ann West b Sept. 6, 1953 2. David Scott W'est b Mar. 29, 1956 3. Melanie Jo West b Mar. 20, 1957 4. Ronald Kirk West b July 20, 1959 - KONKEL 7-6-1. SAMUEL KENNETH KONKEL, b September 26, 1935 in Havana, Yell County, Arkansas; graduate Havana High School; owner and manager of a gas service station, grocery store, lime, seed and fertilizer company; a lime vendor in Yell and surrounding counties; owns a farm and raises beef cattle; member Baptist church and Masonic Lodge. m September 3, 1955 in Havana to MAUNETTE APPLE of Belleville; graduate Belleville High School; helps out in Grocery, Lime, Seed and Fertilizer Company; housewife; Methodist. Their address: Box 56 Be Ile ville, Arkansas. 1. Willa Darlene Konkel b Apr. 18, 1956 - 2. Samua Kathleen Konkel b Dec. 31, 1960 - KONKEL 7-6-2. JOHN DUANE KONKEL, b April 8, 1938 in Havana, Yell County, Arkansas; graduate Havana High School, 1956; cattle farmer and construction 216 . worker; Baptist church. m May 21, 1957 in M.essena, St. Lawrence County, New York, to MYRNA FAYE ROLLANS, b January 15, 1939 in Havana, Ar kansas, the daughter of Virgil and Lucille Rollans; graduate Havana High School, 1957; housewife; Baptist. Address: Rt. 2 Havana, Arkansas. 1. Kenneth Duane Konkel b May 4, 1958 - 2. Gregory Lynn Konkel b Mar. 20, 1961 - SWAIM 7-6•-3. JULIA LANELL KONKEL, b January 2, 1941 in Havana, Yell Coun ty, Arkansas; graduate Havana High School, 1958; two years x-ray training; attended business college briefly in Tulsa, Oklahoma; worked one year as Deputy Chancery, Probate, Circuit and County Clerk at Yell County Court House in Danville; she worked one year as medical secretary in x-ray at St. Edward's Mercy Hospital in Ft. Smith, Arkansas; took additional training and became registered x-ray Technician in November 1962. m December 21, 1962 in Havana to JAMES ALLEN SWAIM, b May 23, 1941 in Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas; heavy equipment operator (in 1963 was following the Panama Pipe Line in Oklahoma); he served three years in U.S. Army; Bap tist. Address: 929 West 3rd Street Booneville, Arkansas. 1. James Darrell Swaim b July 23, 1963 - d July 23, 1963 2. James Clayton Swaim b Jan. 11 .. 1966 - CRUVER 7-7-1. OLIVE KONKEL, b November 28, 1936 in England; completed high school at Alma White College. m May 17, 1955 in London, England to REV. ROBERT CROVER, b August 26, 1926 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, the son of Elwood and Grace Cruver of Middle sex, New Jersey. Bob acquired his B.Sc. from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey; M/Sgt. U.S. Med., U .S.A.F ., Okinawa and Manila 1944-'45. They have six children, in cluding two sets of twins. Address: 48 Craig Place Plainfield; New Jersey. 1. Sarah Grace Cruver b June 20, 1957 - 2. Rebecca Cruver b Feb. 18, 1961 - 3. Elizabeth Cruver bf eh. 18, 1961 - 4. Jennifer Cruver b Nov. 6, 1962 5. Teressa Cruver b Nov. 6, 1%2 6. Robert Wilbur Cruver b July 25, 1964 - VOORHES 7-7-2. MARJORIE MAY KONKEL, b October 5, 1938 in England; is a high school graduate and studied art one year. m JOHN VOORHES of Chicago. "Jack" is a graduate of Alma White College Seminary; was employed by a medical research firm in Naugatuck, Connecticut prior to August 1963, at which time he entered the ministry of the Pillar of Fire Church in Chicago. 217 They are expecting a child 10 June 1965. Address: 622 Oakdale Avenue. Chica20 .. Illinois. LAVENDAR 7-7-3. EDNA KONKEL, b June 4, 1940 in England; high school education. m COLIN LA VENDAR of Portsmouth, England. He works in atomic research for the British Admiralty. They have two children. Address: Bath, England. 1. Deborah Lavendar b June 11, 1961 - 2. Nigel Lavendar b Oct. 23, 1963 - ALDSTADT 7-7-4. PAMELA. MAY KONKEL, b Sept. 19, 1942 in England; was attending Belleview College and doing practice teaching in the third grade (1963-'64). m Movember 23, 1963 in Denver, Colorado to RONALD ALDSTADT, a student pastor and teacher at Belleview College, Westminster, Colorado, 1963-'64; received his B.A. degree in June 1964. No children. Address: Belleview College, Westminster, Colorado. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My deep appreciation to all members of the Samuel Konkel family, but es pecially to Laura Konkel Fitts (7-8) and to Merle Konkel' s widow, Elva Kyles Konkel (7-4), for their extra help and encouragement. C.G.B . ••• 218 8. WILLl"AM H. KONKEL WILLIAM KONKEL and Wife ANN STWALLEY 8. WILLIAM H. KONKEL, b October 13, 1856 near the town of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d May 30, 1933 in Fresno, California; accidentally killed while helping as a volunteer workman on the Methodist church build- ing in Fresno; public school teacher, farmer and rancher; an active member of the Methodist Church in Fresno where a special plaque honors his memory. m October 3, 1878 in Crawford County, Kansas to fu.°\JN M. STWALLEY, b December 16, 1857 in Bowling Green, Indiana; d December 15, 1940 in Fresno, California. Ann was the daughter of DANIEL STWALLEY (b Ohio, February 26, 1834; d Crawford County, Kansas December 1, 1899) and ELIZABETH ROVER (b Ohio, February 28, 1836; d Crawford County, Kan sas July 21, 1908); housewife; Methodist. Both Will Konkel and his wife Ann are buried in Belmont Memorial Cemetery, Fresno. Twelve children were born to this union. 219 1. Guy Emmett Konkel b Sept. 9, 1879 + 2. Theodore Bliss Konkel b July 9, 1882 + d June 12, 1920 3. Jasper Clarence Konkel b Jan. 7, 1884 + 4. Freddie Lee Konkel b Jan. 24, 1886 d Sept. 22, 1886 s. Anna Bell Konkel b July 4, 1887 + 6. Mary Konkel b Oct. 18, 1899 + d Nov. 18, 1918 7. Daniel Webster Konkel b Dec. 3, 1891 + 8. James Russell Konkel b Nov. 16, 1893 + 9- Elizabeth Konkel b Sept. 24, 1895 + 10. Gladys Konkel b Nov. 20, 1897 d June 29, 1899 11. Capitola Konkel b July 14, 1902 + 12 .. Joe William Konkel b July 10, 1905 + KONKEL 8-1. GUY EMMET KONKEL b September 9, 1879 in Crawford, County, Kansas; D. Th., Denver University; Methodist minister. m June 11, 1902in in Pawnee Rock, Barton County, Kansas to MARY LULU WILLIAMS, b March 23, 1878 in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d May 1, 1963 in Denver, Colorado; buried Crown Hill cemetery; she was the daughter of Stephen and Maria Williams. She lived in Tennessee until ten months of age when she moved with her parents to Pawnee Rock, Kansas. A member of the Christian church, she became a Methodist when she married Guy Konkel who was a young Methodist minister at the time. Speaking of Mary shortly before her death one of her friends said, "Through the years she has been like the sun --- always there, faithful, dependable, giving support, and warmth, and light and life." The Rev. Dr. Konkel started his m1n1stry on horseback, covering a circuit of seven to ten towns in Baca County, Colorado, preaching in homes, halls and school houses. After his marriage in 1902, his bride accompanied him on this same circuit by horse and buggy and continued to work closely with him through their long life together. Guy and Mary both attended Central Normal College at Great Bend, Kansas. He got his theological training by reading and through a course of study taking exams in the presence of a pastor at Lamar, Colorado. ·He later took courses at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. His doctorate is an hon orary one conferred by the University of Denver. One of the most loved and respected ministers in the Colorado and Wyoming Methodist Conference, Dr. Konkel spent a half century serving the follo\\1.ng communities: Springfield circuit in Baca County; the Vineland and Avondale circuit east of Pueblo; Georgetown, Colorado; Merritt Memorial Church in 220 North Denver; Brush, Colorado; the Old Christ Methodist Church in Denver at E. 22nd Avenue and Ogden street; Canon City, Colorado; the First Metho dist in Cheyenne, Wyoming; then to Casper before going back to Denver, this time to Grant Avenue Methodist. His last pastorate was the Methodist Church in Sterling, Colorado. He was District Superintendent of the Wyoming State Conference for five years; elected member of the General Conference 1928-'32- In 1950, following his retirement, the Colorado Conference elected him treasurer, a post he filled eight and one-half years. He is now pastor emPritus of Christ Church in Denver. His address: 2724 S. Garfield Street. 1. Gladys Esther Konkel b Aug. 24, 1904 + d Oct. 9, 1948 2. Maurice Williams Konkel b Jan. 14, 1907 + d May 27, 1956 3. Philip McDavid Konkel b May 5, 1912 + KONKEL 8-2. TIIEODORE BLISS KONKEL, b July 9, 1882 in Crawford County, Kansas; d June 12, 1920; buried Mt. View Cemetery in Fresno, California; grammer school in Baca County, Colorado, then to Texarkana, Arkansas where he graduated from a school in Telegraphy; worked for Sante Fe Rail road as relief operator four years before resigning because of weak eyes; took up farming and ranching; Methodist. m December 21, 1909 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado to MARY IRENE GUTHERIE b September 24, 1892 in Beecher City, Effingham County, Illinois. (The marriage ceremony was performed by Bliss' older brother Guy (8-1); housewife; Methodist, later joining Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She died June 11, 1944; buried in Belmont Memorial Park Cemetery, Fresno. 1. Bessie Elizabeth Konkel b Sept. 2, 1911 + 2. Raymond William Konkel b May 31, 1913 + 3. Mildred Irene Konkel b Aug. 1~ 1914 + 4. Gutherie Bliss Konkel b June 25, 1917 + s. Leonard Franklin Konkel b June 27, 1919 + KONKEL 8-3. JASPER CLARENCE KONKEL, b January 7, 1884 in Crawford Coun ty, Kansas; grade school education; farmer and auto mechanic; military service in France from May 27, 1915 to April 1919. m November 2, 1921 in Fresno, Califor.nia to ETHEL J. BISBEE, b December 13, 1885 in. Luding tQn, Mason County~ Michigan; .teacher and housewife_; taught school in New 221 Jers-ey and Montana. They both belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Address: 916 North Fruit Avenue Fresno, California. 1. Margaret Jeanne Konkel b July 28, 1922 + NICHOLS 8-5. ANNA BELL KONKEL, b July 4, 1887 in Baca County, Colorado; graduate College High School; studied Physical Education at Colorado Teachers' College, Greeley; grade school teacher; homemaker; Practical Nurse, O.B. cases; Methodist. m June 19, 1912 in Fresno, California to VERNON GARRETT NICHOLS, b Septembe1 26, 1885 in Center Junction, Jones County, Iowa; Throop College, Stout College and University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles; instructor in Industrial Arts in high schools of Cali fornia for 41 years; now a general building contractor; Methodist. Address: 570 Rose Drive Whittier, California. 1. Malcolm Irwin Nichols b Nov. 13, 1913 - 2. Virgil Garrett Nichols b Aug. 26, 1918 + 3. Otis William Nichols b Aug. 16, 1925 - d Mar. 28, 1930 (1) Malcolm has never married; graduate, Whittier High School, 1934; Finished carpentry and cabinet worker; Methodist; Ii ves with parents. BROWN 8-6. MARY KONKEL, b October 18, 1889 in Baca County, Colorado; d November 18, 1918 in Springfield, Colorado; attended high school in (ieorge town, then graduated from Colorado State Teachers, College (CSC) Greeley; taught one term of school at Blaine, Colorado; Methodist. m August 25, 1910 in Denver to WARREN 0. BROWN, b May 30, 1888 in Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri; farming, ranching and real estate; served in State Legis lature; Methodist. 1. Orvel Vernon Brown b Sept. 19, 1913 + 2. Ruby Alice Brown b Sept. 11, 1914 + 3- Olen Warren Brown b Oct. 10, 1916 + 4. Anna Marie Brown b Nov. 28, 1917 + WARREN 0. BROWN m (2) MAYME TRAUX, a widow with three -young child ren - REED A. TRAUX (dee.) RUTH TRAUX (now Mrs. Carl Long, with 3 children -- Gary, Ronnie and Lonnie) and JACK TRAUX (married an:d has 2 children -- Carolyn and Grady). MAYME TRAUX BROWN was a loving and impartial step-mother to the Brown children, raising both groups of children as one family. She was admired and loved by all who knew her; died De cember 10, 1961 in Mesa, Arizona. Warren h~s since remarried and lives in Springfield, Colorado. 222 KONKEL 8-7. DANIEL WEBSTER KONKEL, b December 3, 1891 in Baca County, Colorado; grade school education; farmer, arc welder in ship building; member Community Presbyterian Church. m December 29, 1915 near Fresno, California to MARY FLORENCE GOVETT, b July 13, 1899 in Sequim Guadalupe County, Texas; d July 8, 1920 in Fresno; 2 years high school; housewife; Methodist. 1. Mary Virginia Konkel b Nov. 11, 1917 + DANIEL WEBSTER KONKEL m (2) December 22, 1921 in Fresno, California to LILLIE MAY BAILEY, b March 8, 1904 in Spokane, Washington; grade school education; cafeteria manager, Oceana Elementary School; Presby terian. Address: Rt. 1, Burton Street, Nipomo, Calif. 2- ·Henry 'Harvey Konkel b Apr. 21, 1923 d Jan. 25, 1934 3- Clarence Frederick Konkel b July 6, 1925 d Aug. 17, 1927 4. Lois Anabelle Konkel b Sept. 19, 1927 + 5- Shirley Jeanne Konkel b Sept. 9, 1935 d Jan. 15, 1937 KONKEL 8-8. JAMES RUSSELL KONKEL, b November 16, 1893 in Vilas, Baca County, Colorado; quit high school after six months to work on father's ranch; farmed and ranched until retirement in 1954; United Presbyterian. m November 16, 1920 in Bakersfield, J(em County, California to FERN EVALYN MORRISON, b --; attended Union High School in Kerman, Cali fornia. three years; graduate Santa Cruz High School; worked as stencgraph er for the California Peach and Fig Growers' Association; housewife;United Presbyterian; no children. Address: 1495 N. Adoline Avenue Fresno, Calif. RAMACHER 8-·9. ELIZABETH uBETH" KONKEL, b September 24, 1895 in Baca Coun ty, Colorado; AB degree in Education from Fresno State College, 1918; Ad ministration Credential; taught school two years at Malaga, California, before marriage; three years on ranch with bus band before returning to Fresno; Pri~cipal of Temperance Colony; elected to County Board of Edu cation in 1929 and is still a member; Principal of Teagne and Madison Schools (total of 36 years in educational work): She is a past Matron of Eastern Star; past Worthy High Priestess of the White Shrine; belongs to the Daughters of the Nile and the Oriental Shrine; member of Alpha Delta Kappa, a national teachers honorary organization. 223 Beth is now representative of Child-Craft and World Book Encyclopedia. She has won first place in the world-wide sales contest among 30,000 World Book representatives the past four consecutive years. During the August contest in 1964 she won a convention trip to Chicago, a $1,000 diamond bracelet and a 25-day air trip around the world in November; a Zenith radio-stereo-color TV and a 2-week vacation in Jamaica was her first-place prize in 1965. She belongs to the Methodist Church. m August 11, 1920 in Fresno, California to BISMARK EARNEST RAMACHER, b May 10, 1894 in Kutner Colony, Fresno; d December 25, 1956; buried in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno; graduate Engineering Correspondence Course; work ed 45 years in Meter Department for the Fresno City Water Company; volun teered World War I, 22nd Signal Corps; served overseas one and one-half years; stationed at Romorantin, France -- a Corporal; member Methodist church; belonged to Center Lodge No. 465 A.F. and A.M., Tehran Temple AAON and Scottish Rite, M.S. 32 degrees. Her Address: 1628 White Fresno, California. 1. Richard Gordon Ramacher b Dec. 16, 1921 + HARRIS 8-11. CAPITOLA KONKEL, b July 14, 1902 10 Baca County, Colorado; graduate Fresno State Teachers College, 1923; taught one year before marriage, then moved to farm with husband; both are Methodists. m August 24, 1924 in Fresno to JOHN EDWIN HARRIS, b November 13, 1900 in Gen essee, Rice County, Kansas; graduate Hawthorne High School, Fresno, 1920 followed by 4 years Machinist Trade School; mechanic, farming and dairying. No children. Address: 4621 Armstrong Clovis, California. KONKEL 8-12. JOE WILLIAM KONKEL, b July 10, 1905 1n Baca County, Colorado; graduate Fresno Tech. High School, 1923 -- Special Trade Course; Elec trical Contractor; is active in Center Lodge No. 465 F and AM, Scottish Rite 32 degrees KCCH, Tehran Temple AAONMS, Fresno Sciots, Fraternal Order of Eagles,International Association of Electrical Inspectors, National Rifle Association and Fresno County Sportsman's Club; First Methodist Church. m July 8, 1932 in Reno, Nevada to RACHAEL EDITH HOSTETLER, b May 6, 1914 in Raisin City, Fresno County, California, the daughter of William P. and Agnes Elliott Hostetler; graduate of Fresno 'High School, 1932; Church of the Brethren; member Raisina Chapter No. 89 Order of the Eastern Star, the Oriental Shrine of N .A.; husband's bookkeeper and housewife. Address: 4405 East Grant Avenue Fresno, California. 1. Richard Paul Konkel b Nov. 5, 1945 224 (1) RICHARD PAUL, graduate of Roosevelt High School, 1963; received awards in band and Advanced Chorus; part-time student at Fresno City College, working as a service station attendant; member Yosemite Pilgrim church. m JUDY D. ROBERTSON, b November 22, 1945 in Hillsbor~, Illinois; graduate of Roosevelt High School, Fresno; housewife; same church as her husband. They have one child. 1. Richard Paul Konkel Jr. b Aug. 10, 1965 - HART 8-1-1. GLADYS ESTHER KONKEL, b August 24, 1904 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado; d October 9, 1948 in Elgin, Illinois; buried in Barrington, Illinois, graduate high school; attending first the Canon City, Colorado Hj.gh School, then Cheyenne, Wyoming liigh School; graduate University of Wyoming 1926; housewife; Methodist. m June 12, 1926 in Fresno, California, to HAROLD MATHEWS HART, b July 25, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri; d January 21, 1956 in Chicago; buried in Barrington, Illinois; graduate Canon City High School and Dodd's Business College, Canon City, Colorado; sales Manager, Jewel Tea Company; Presbyterian until married, thereafter Methodist. 1. Harold Ma thews Hart Jr. b Sept. 17, 1929 + KONKEL 8-1-2. MAURICE WILLIAMS KONKEL, b January 14, 1907 in Georgetown Clear Creek County, Colorado; d May 27, 1956 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado; buried Crown Hill Cemetery, .Denver; attended Canon City, Color ado High School and graduate of Cheyenne, Wyoming High School; University of Nebraska, 1929 and Westminister Law School, Colorado - 1940; attorney· at-law (Journalist prior to his law practice); active in Masonic Lodge; Worshipful Grand Master of Sterling Lodge, No. 54, AF & AM; member of Elles Lodge, Lions Club, Eastern Star and Sterling Chamber of Commerce; Methodist church. m July 29, 1934, in Cheyenne, Wyoming to BEATRICE HELEN WAGNER, b January 6, 1913 in Cody, Park County Wyoming; grad uate Jackson ·High School, Jackson, Wyoming; housewife; Episcopal church. She remarried and is now Mrs. Nelle Livingston. Her address: Jackson, Wyoming. 1. Harry Wagner Konkel b July 11, 1935 + MAURICE WILLIAMS KONKEL m (2) July 2, 1938 in Denver, Colorado to EDITH LOIS BLIGHT, b June 16, 1917 in Montrose, Colorado; graduate high school and business college in Denver; housewife; Methodist. 225 2. Thornton Edward Konkel b Nov. 28, 1940 + 3. Philip Lee Konkel b Sept. 24, 1944 4. Neil David Konkel b Sept. 22, 1947 (3) PHIL attends CSC at Greeley; President, Phi Sigma Iota, a national for eign 1anguage fraternity; will graduate winter of 1965-'66. ( 4) NEIL is a graduate of Sterling High School, Class of '65; now enrolled at CSC, Greeley EDITH LOIS BLIGHT KONKEL m (2) CLYDE WILLIAMS; one daughter, Kimberly Williams, born to this union in 1961. Their address: 822 Beattie Street Sterling, Colorado. KONKEL 8-1-3. PHILIP McDAVID KONKEL., b May 5, 1912 in Brush, Morgan Coun ty, Colorado; graduate Cheyenne High School and University of Wyoming, 1934; Master's degree, University of Wyoming (Geology), 1935; He is a Di~ vision Geologist for Marathon Oil Company; Methodist. m May 29, 1936, in Pawnee, Oklahoma to RUTH BRAZELL, b October 5, 1910 in Lamont, Grant County, Oklahoma; graduate Lamont High School and Oklahoma Uni versity; housewife; Methodist; no children. Address~ 3153 E. 38th Street Tulsa, Oklahoma. FAULKNER 8-2-1. BESSIE ELIZABE11i KONKEL, b September 2, 1911 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado; high school graduate, Sanger, California; house wife, seamstress; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. m August 3, 1935 in Fresno, California to GEORGE ANDERSON FAULKNER, b April 12, 1894 in Beattyville, Lee County, Kentucky; d April 19, 1944 in Rich mond, Contra Costa County, California; buried Belmont Memorial cemetery, Fresno; grade school education; lumberman; same church as wife. Her address: 1020 Ferger Fresno, California I. Clifford Faulkne·r b Oct. 7, 1936 + 2. Leslie Judith Faulkner b Aug. 6, 1941 + KONKEL 8-2-2. RAYMOND WILLIAM KONKEL, b May 31, 1913 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado; graduate Tech. High School, Fresno, California; office worker, electrical shop; Seventh Day Adventist. m August 1, 1934 in Ma dera, California to VIVIAN LaVELLE YOAKUM, b June 19, 1920 in Baker, Oregon; grade school education; housewife; Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter Day Saints. 226 1. Roger William Konkel b Jan. 28, 1936 - 2. Richard Dale Konkel b Sept. 18, 1938 - 3- Jerry Neal Konkel b Aug. 28, 1940 - RAYMOND WILLIAM KONKEL m (2) December 4, 1955 in Reno, Nevada to HILDA LAMBERT, b September 7, 1923 in Los Angeles, California; col lege graduate; taught school for many years, now does clerical work in an insurance office; Seventh Day Adventist. Address: 1836 Bonita Road San Pablo, California. SAVAGE 8-2-3. MILDRED IRENE KONKEL, b August 1, 1914 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado; graduate Snyder High School, Fresno, California; house wife; United Brethren. m July 2 0, 1932 in Visalai, Tulare County, Califor nia to ORBAN OTTO SAVAGE, b March 11, 1912 in Coalinga, Fresno County, California; graduate Fresno High School; farmer; same chu~ch as wife. Address: 1063 N. Yuba Ave., Kerman, California. 1. Sharlene Sa'\'age b Mar. 30, 1944 + KONKEL 8-2-4. GUTHERIE BLISS KONKEL, b June 25, 1917 in Vineland, Pueblo County, Colorado; d October 7, 1955 in San Francisco; buried in Belmont Memorial Cemetery, Fresno; high school education; railroad employee; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. m June 4, 1938 in Merced, California to BESSIE GRACE GREGORY, b February S, 1921 in Fresno; high school education; housewife; no church affiliation. Her address: 4126 E. Hampton Way, Fresno, California (She is now Mrs. Ronald Estepp). I. Robert Henry Konkel b Oct. 12, 1939 - 2. Lee Etta Konkel b Apr. 17, 1941 + (1) ROBERT HENRY KONKEL is a graduate of Fresno City College; single. KONKEL 8-2-5. LEONARD FRANKLIN KONKEL, b June 27, 1919 in Fresno, California; high school education; trucker. m March 26, 1954 in Las Vegas, Nevada to CECELIA AXT, b July 12, 1916 in Fresno; high school education; housewife; no children. Address: 4794 E. Hedges Fresno, California. ESTRADA 8-3-1. MARGARET JEANNE KONKEL, b July 28, 1922 in Fresno, Cali- 227 fomia; graduate Fresno State College and University of California at Berke ley; housewife and librarian. m .1950 in Pasedena, California to GONZALO ESTRADA, b January 10, 1925 in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, the son of Ladislao Estrada and Maria Rojas Estrada. Both parents were born in Mexico, her mother in the year 1883- Gonzalo is a graduate of Mo desto Jr. College; Fresno State College; University of North Carolina and University of Kansas; military service in Europe; high school teacher, Roosevelt High School; awarded Phelan Award for best play by native Californian. Has lived in North Carolina, Carmel Valley, California, Salinas and Fresno. Both Margaret and Gonzalo belong to Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fresno. Address: 904 W. Santa Ana Fresno, California 1. Rebecca Marie Estrada b Sept. 24, 1957 - 2. Andrea Jeanne Estrada b Jan. 10, 1959 - d Sept. 1962 3- Marc L. Estrada b July 6, 1961 - NICHOLS 8-5-2. VIRGIL GARRETT NICHOLS, b August 26, 1918 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California; graduate Whittier High School and Fullerton Jr. College, 1939; Construction Estimator; Methodist. m October 18, 1947 in Colton, San Bernardino, California to KATHERINE IRENE SMITH, b October 13, 1922 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado; graduate Colton High School and Whittier College, 1947; housewife and florist; Methodist. Address: 1045 N. Seventh St. Colton, California. 1. Susan Elizabeth Nichols b Jan. 7, 1949 - 2. Katherine Virginia Nichols b Nov. 6, 1950 - 3. Dorothy June Nichols b Mar. 17, 1952 - BROWN 8-6-1. ORVEL VERNON BROWN, b September 19, 1913 in Baca County, Colorado; d June 21, 1944; buried Springfield Cemetery; graduate Springfield High School, Class of 1931; Mechanic; Methodist. m 1937 in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado to AGNES JOE TURCEK, b October 10, 1913 in Milwaukee, Wjsconsin; graduate Milwaukee High School; housewife and beautician; Catholic. Address: 317 E. Forest Avenue Neenah, Wisconsin 1. Catherine Audrey Brown b Feb. 5, 1938 + 2. Janet Marie Brown b Dec. 19, 1941 - 228 {2) JANET MARIE BROWN, graduate of Marinette Catholic Central High School, Class of •60, Marinette, Wisconsin; attended Green Bay School of Vocational and Adult Education, (1961-'62); Nurse; her hobbies are ten nis and redoing old furniture; single; Catholic. She lives with her mother in Neenah, Wisconsin. WINTERS 8-6-2. RUBY ALICE BROWN, b September 11, 1914 in Baca County, Colorado; attended Springfield High School 3 years; housewife; Methodist. m 1933 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado to LON SCOTT WINTERS b August 21, 1910 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; gradu:1 te Spring field High School; employed at Municipal Light Plant; Methodist. Address~ 224 Main Springfield, Colorado 1. Gail Grant Winters b Feb. 10, 1936 + 2. Philip Warren Winters b Aug. 25, 1941 + 3- Vernon Lee Winters b Aug. 21, 1945 - d Apr. 14, 1964 4. Karen Lynn Winters b Feb. 26, 1952 - ( car accident) BROWN 8-6-3. OLEN WARREN BROWN, b October 10, 1916 in Baca Countv,,, Colorado near Springfield; graduate of Springfield High School; Division Superintendent, Plateau Natural Gas Company; Methodist. m July 21, 1945 in Dallas, Texas to DOVIE LOU PERDUE, b October 9, 1925 in Smith County, Texas; graduate Lindale, Tex. High School; housewife, Methodist. Address~ Burlington, Colorado. 1. Deborah Jane Brown b June 17, 1949 - 2. Charlotte Ann Brown b Aug. 3, 1952 - BALLARD 8-6-4. ANNA MARIE BROWN, b November 28, 1917 in Baca County, Col orado near Springfield; graduate of Springfield High School; co~wner and operator of cafe with husband; housewife; Methodist. m December 31, 1936 in Lamar, Colorado to EDGAR ALLEN POE BALLARD, b April 15, 1916 in Campbell County, Tennessee; graduate of Springfield High School; cafe. owner and operator; Methodist. Address: 501 Tipton Street Springfield, Colorado. 1. Lila Loraine Ballard b Mar. 27, 1950 - 2. Matt Allen Ballard b June 16, 1955 - 229 ROSSI 8-7-1. MARY VIRGINIA KONKEL, b November 11, 1917 in Fresno, Cali fornia; high school education; housewife; Methodist. m November 12, 1938 in Reno, Nevada to MARIO ROSSI, b August 21, 1903 in Turin, Italy; grade school education; wholesale beer distributor; Roman Catholic. Address! 420 E. Sussex Way Fresno, California. 1. Patricia Lea Rossi b July 9, 1940 + 2. Carol Ann Rossi b Nov. 18, 1941 - (2) CAROL ANN graduate, Fresno State College; Junior High School Physical Education teacher; Methodist. Address: 1568-A 34th Street Sacramento, California. ARMIJO 8-7-4. LOIS ANABELLE KONKEL, b September 19, 1927 in Fresno, California; high school and one-half year college; housewife; Presbyterian. m February 17, 1945 in McCook, Redwillow County, Nebraska to LESTER ARMIJO, b ---, the son of Carlos and Flora Gallegos Armijo; US Army Air Force, T /Sgt.; Assistant Supervisor, Douglas Aircraft Transportation; Presbyterian. Address! Rt. 1, Oakglen Ave., Nipomo, California. I. Danny Allan Armijo b July 26, 1946 - 2. Phillip Randolph Armijo b Feb. 29, 1948 _ 3- Phyllis Lorraine Armijo b Dec. 25, 1949 - RAMACHER 8-9-1. RICHARD GORDON RAMACHER, b December 16, 1921 in Fresno, California; BA degree, Industrial Arts, Fresno State College, 1951; Teacher, Hamilton Jr. High School, Fresno; member Center Lodge No. 465 AF & AM; Congregationalist. m August 24, 1946 in Fresno to ELIZABETH JUNE LUALLIN, b June 30, 1926 in Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas; grad uate Fresno High School, 1944 and 3 years Fresno State College; house wife; Congregationalist. Address: 722 Home Avenue Fresno, California. I. Eric Clark Ramacher b Dec. 4, 1953 2. Mary Elizabeth Ramacher b Oct. 28, 1958 - 230 HART 8-1-1-1. HAROLD MATHEWS HART JR. b September 17, 1929 in Los Angeles, California; graduate Barrington; Illinois High School; George Washington University, Georgetown Law School and Xavier University Grad uate School. He is a Personnel Specialist, Post Office Department, Wash - ington, D.C.; Methodist. m June 18, 1955 in Washington, DC to MARGARET ANN WINFREY, b April 10, 1935 in Bluefield, West Virginia; graduate high school at Martinsville, Virginia, and Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Vir ginia; housewife; Methodist. Address: 506 Princeton Terrace, SW. Vienna, Virginia. 1. Douglas Brian Hart b Apr. 23, 1957 - 2. Catherine Ann Hart b Dec. 29, 1959 - 3. Thomas Mathews Hart b Nov. 27, 1961 - KONKEL 8-1-2-1. HARRY WAGNER KONKEL, h July 11, 1935 in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming; attended University of Wyoming one year; graduate U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland- - - B.S. degree Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California - Electrical Engineer; U.S. Naval Officer, rank of Lieutenant; holds memberships in the U.S. Naval Institute, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and B .P .O.E.; Epis copal church. m June 3, 1960 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio to SUSAN DONNELL, b March 25, 1937 in Findlay, Ohio; the daughter of James C. Donnell (President Marathon Oil Company) and Dolly Louise DeVine Donnell of Findlay, Ohio; graduate Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; housewife; Presbyterian. Address: 1633 Wakefield Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1. James Donnell Konkel b Feb. 27, 1962 - 2. Susan Konke 1 b Nov. 3, 1964 - KONKEL 8-1-2-2. THORNTON EDWARD HTEK" KONKEL, b November 28, 1940 in Denver, Colorado; graduate Sterling High School; employed J.C. Penny Store before joining the U.S. Army in July, 1964; is now wth the U.S. Army in Korea; rank of SP4 (Oct. 1965); Methodist. m 1959 in Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho to BETTY JEAN ANDERSEN, b December 2, 1940 in Twin Falls, Jerome County, Idaho; graduate Sterling High School; housewife, employed First National Bank, Sterling; Methodist. Address: % Mrs. Edith Williams, 822 Beattie Street Ster ling, Colorado. 1. Terry Edward Konkel b F eh. 28, 1960 - 2. Thomas Evan Konkel b Oct. 4, 1961 - 3. Tina Maria Konkel b Apr. 6. 1963 - 231 FAULKNER 8-2-1-1. CLIFFORD FAULKNER, b October 7, 1936 in Merced, California; graduate higb school, Fresno City College and Fresno State College; school teacher; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. m November 9, 1956 in Los Angeles to JOYCE ILENE GOODEN, b February 13, 1938 in Fresno; graduate high school; housewife; same church as husband. Address: 1480 Ferger Avenue Fresno, California. 1. Neil Anderson Faulkner b Oct. 31, 1958 - 2. Noel Ilene Faulkner b May 10, 1962 - O'NEIL 8-2-1-2. LESLIE JUDITH FAULKNER, b August 6, 1941 in Sonora, Cal ifornia; graduate Fresno High School; housewife; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. m February 14, 1962 in Fresno to JOHN THOMAS O'NEIL, b January 13, 1937 in Cordova, California; high school graduate; restaurant owner; same church as wife. Address: Cavalier Arms Apt. 216, 14700 Wash ington Street San Leandro, California. 1. Timothy Roger O'Nc::il b Mar. 5, 196 3 - CARLETON 8-2-3-1. CHARLENE SAVAGE, b March 30, 1944 in Fresno, California; graduate high school; housewife; United Brethren. m THOMAS HENRY CARLETON Jr., b September 3, 1945 in Fresno; high school graduate; la borer; United Brethren. Address: Kerman, California. 1. Torene Charlene Carleton b Feb. 14, 1963 - 2. Dawn Irene Carleton b June 7, 1964 - McARRON 8-2-4-2. LEE ETTA KONKEL, b April 17, 1941 in Fresno, California; high school education; housewife; Presbyterian. m August 28, 1959 in Fresno to ALLAN McARRON, b August 28, 1939 in Fresno; Fresno High School and Fresno City College; journeyman plumber; Presbyterian. Address: 5065 E. Grant, Fresno, California. 1. J oani Lea Mc Arron b Aug. 3, 1961 - VAN VORREN 8-6-6-1. CATHERINE AUDREY BROWN, b February 5, 1938 in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado; graduate Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Marinette, Wisconsin - class of '56; housewife; likes to sew, does hand painting; belongs to Christian Mothers - - -Alter Society; Catholic. m June 13, 1959 in Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin to ROBERT VAN VOOREN, b June 16, 1936 in Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin; graduate of Peshtigo 232 High School Class of '54; truck driver; Catholic; U.S. Army, April I, 1959 to February 28, 1961. His hobbies are hunting and fishing; belongs to Holy Name Society and Sportsman Club. Address: 190 South Emery Avenue Pesh tigo, Wis cons in. 1. Randal Paul VanVooren b Jan. 2 7 , 196 1 - 2. Todd David VanVooren b Sept. 24, 1963 - WINTERS 8-6-2-1. GAIL GRANT WINTERS, b February 10, 1936 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Springfield High School, Class of '54; radio tech nician, Colorado State Patrol; Methodist. m May 30, 1956 to MARLENE RAY KELL, b July 2, 1938 in Salem, Illinois; graduate Springfield High School, Colorado; housewife; Methodist. 1. Ricky Grant Winters b Oct. 19, 1958 - GAIL GRANT WINTERS m (2) May 5, 1963, First Methodist Church in Ster ling, Logan County, Colorado to DARLENE GRACE HENDERSON, b N 0v vember 13, 1943 in Faribault, Minnesota; graduate Northfield High School, Northfield, Minnesota; housewife; Episcopalian. Address: 1725 - 5th Street Greeley, Colorado. 2. Grant Lee Winters b June 4, 1964 - WINTERS 8-6-2-2. PHILIP WARREN WINTERS, b August 25, 1941 in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado; graduate Springfield High School, Class of '59; auto parts salesman; Methodist. m June 9, 1962 to ROBERTA FAY KIRBY. Ad dress: 811 W. Pearl Lamar, Colorado. 1. Warren Scott Winters b Mar. 26, 1963 - MILLHORN i 8-7-1-1. PATRICIA LEA ROSSI, b July 9, 1940 in Fresno, California; graduate Fresno High School, 1958; housewife and part-time office worker; Methodist. m June 26, 1958 in Carmel, Monterey County, California to PAUL ROYAL MILLHORN, b February 26, 1938 in Oswego, Oregon; graduate Orosi High School, 1955; 4 years at Fresno State College; wholesale beer sales man; Methodist. Address: 2705 Winter Way Madera, California. 1. Michael Scott Millhorn b Apr. 12, 1961 - 2. Gregory Paul Millhorn b Sept. 14, 1962 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With the exception of comments about his own life, all material for this chapter was gathered by Guy E. Konkel (8-1). Thank you, Guy, for all your help and encouragement. C.G.B. • •• 233 9. ELI KONKEL ELI KONKEL 9. ELI KONKEL, b May 21, 1858 in Page County, Iowa; d 1895- The only known facts about Eli, according to his nephew Guy Konkel (8-1), are that he was a school teacher; lost an arm in a sorghum mill when a small boy; that he was a man of deep, quiet piety; drowned while fording a stream in Oklahoma; was never married. THIS LIFE This life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it everywhere, And striv~ who can most motion it bequeath; And though it sometime seem of its own might, Like to an eye of gold, to be fixed ther.e, And firm to hover in that empty height, That only is because it is so light. But in that pomp it doth not long appear; For even when most admired, it in a thought, As swelled from nothing, doth dissolve in nought. (William Drummond, 1585-1649) 234 10. JACOB P. KONKEL " .. _.. <·:, JACOB KONKEL (No picture available of his Wife HETTIE MOORE) 10. JACOB P. KONKEL, b April 18, 1860 near the town of Clarinda in Page County, Iowa; d February 14, 1898 near Hale, Carroll County,Missouri; grade school education; lumberman; owned and operated a sawmill near Hale; m 1892 to MARY (last name not known). She died in January or February the following year. JACOB m (2) May 23, 1894 in Hale, Missouri to HETTIE J. MOORE. She was a widow and had a young daughter named Lela. A child, Thomas Eugene, was born to Jacob and Hettie in March of the following year. Hettie died in October; her daughter Lela was taken by her mother's parents to raise. Three years later Jacob was accidently killed by a falling limb while felling a tree. 1. Thomas Eugene Konkel b Mar. 19, 1895 d Nov. 5, 19'15 235 KONKEL - BAXTER 10-1. THOMAS EUGENE KONKEL, b March 19, 1895 near Hale, Carroll County, Missouri; d November S, 1927 in Colorado Springs; buried in Ever green Cemetery; member Pilgrim Holiness Church. m March 1915 at her par ents' farm home, one and one-half miles south of Springfield, Baca County, Colorado to MARGARET ALMA GORDON, b January 26, 1893 at her parents' farm home in Baca County; school teacher at the time of her marriage to Tom; member Pilgrim Holiness Church. Tom lost both his parents when he was quite young. He was only seven months old when his mother died, and just under two when his father was killed. A year before his father's death, Tom's Uncle Dave Konkel and wife Emma had come from Oklahoma to work for his father. Uncle Dave worked in the sawmill and Aunt Emma kept house and cared for her own six-year old daughter Carrie, and the motherless Tom. Following his brother's death, Dave and Emma Konkel took the two children to Mountain Grove, in Wright County, about 150 miles to the south of Carroll County. Here lived Solomon Konkel who had legal custody of little Tom. It was soon agreed that Dave and Emma should take Tom to raise - - -they had lost their own two-year old son just two years before in Oklahoma. So, in the fall of '98 Dave and Emma moved to Elk County, Kansas, taking Tom and Carrie with them. In 1902 they went farther west to Baca County, Colorado where both children grew to maturity. It was here Tom met and married Alma Gordon. Immediately following their marriage, Tom and Alma went to live on her homestead a few miles west of Stonington, which is about 15 miles southeast of Springfield. They were only a mile and one-haH from where his Uncle Dave lived and about five miles from the old Boston School where they drove to church in a wagon every Sunday morning. Tom raised broomcorn on his farm and it was while living here that their first two children were born. In 1918 the family went to Silver Lake, Washington where they expected to remain near Tom's grandmother Moore and his uncle, Clarence Moore. His half-sister Lela was also there occasionally. Owing to the grave threat of war and the rapidly spreading influenza epidemic, Tom and Alma felt they would be happier back near the home folk. After a short stay they returned to Colorado. They had been there only a few days when the entire family came down with the flu, Tom at his Uncle Dave's and Alma and the children at her parents' home. It was a hard struggle but all survived. In February of 1919 Thomas Carrol was born at the Gordon home. The family soon moved to the town of Campo, about 15 miles southwest of Stonington, where Tom helped his Uncle Dave in a general store he had· just purchased. After the store was sold in 1924, Tom moved his family once again, this time to Colorado Springs where he entered college in preparation for the ministry. He was not permitted to finish, for the Lord called him home in the late fall of 1927. The next spring their fourth child was born. Tom was an 236 unusually kind and lovable person, endearing· himself to all with whom he associated. Four children were born to this union: 1 David Milton Konkel b June 5, 1916 + 2. Margaret Imogene Konkel b Oct. 20, 1917 + 3. Thomas Carrol Konke 1 b Feb. 19, 1919 + 4. Paul Eugene Konkel b Apr. 9, 1928 + Alma continued to make her home in Colorado Springs until the late spring of '29. She then moved with her four children to Sugar City and operated a cream station, owned by her Uncle Dave, while Dave and Emma went to Haswell to run a cream station there. Alma and her children returned to the Springs in time for the fall term of school: Dave and Emma returned to Sugar City, disposed of the station there, then purchased a shoe repair shop in Colorado Springs. Both families lived together in a large brick house at 623 N. Walnut Street until Alma remarried. ALMA GORDON KONKEL m (2) Sept. 29, 1930 to WILLARD LEROY BAX TER. She and her four children moved to his farm nineteen miles west of St. Francis, Kansas and about twenty-five miles southeast of Wray, Colorado. (The Baxter's have one daughter, ALMA LENORE BAXTER, b Oct. 20, 1935 near St. Francis, Kansas. She is the wife of REV. RICHARD E. TIMMER, pastor of the Nazarene Church in Wray. Their children: RICHARD STEVEN, ROBERT CHARLES, GARY LEROY, CYNTHIA MARIE and BRYAN SCOTT TIMMER, b Aug. 16, 1963). Address: Wray, Colorado. KONKEL 10-1-1. DAVID MILTON KONKEL, b June 5, 1916 in Baca County, Colo rado; eighth grade education; bus driver for Denver Tramway Company; Church of Christ; enlisted in the U.S. Army and served throughout the dur ation of W.W. II. He first landed in North Africa and from there was taken into Italy ~ere he experienced the horrors of the Anzio Beachhead. His division then went into south France, moved slowly northward, and finally into Germany and near Berlin. The greater part of his army work was with the medics. m November 25, 1945 at St. Francis, Kansas to STELLA MAE BRENINGER, b August 16, 1916 near Armel, Yuma County, Colorado; twelfth grade in school; sales lady for F .W. Woolworth Company; Church of Christ. Stella and Milton engaged in farming and stock raising near St. Francis after their marriage. All four children were born there. After selling the farm they lived in Loveland, Colorado for approximately two years, before moving to Denver in January 1960. Their address: 124 S. Osceola Street Denver, Colorado. 1. Nadine Raye Konkel b Apr. 4, 1947 - 2. Charline Ruth Konkel b Apr. 4, 1947 - 3. Sherry Elaine Konkel b June 1, 1949 - 4.. Kathleen Mae Konke 1 b A pr. 7, 1952 - 237 ZIEBOLD 10-1-2. MARGARET IMOGENE KONKEL, b October 20, 1917 in Baca Coun ty, Colorado; graduated from high school near Armel in Yuma County; atten ded Immanuel College in Colorado Springs and Miller Business College of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a secretary for Frigidaire Sales Corporation in Cincinnati. It was while she was enrolled in Immanuel College that she met her future husband, whose home was in Cincinnati. m Jan. 3, 1942 in the Methodist church at Lawton, Oklahoma to HAROLD JOHN ZIEBOLD, b August 19, 1919 in Cincinnati; graduated from high school in Reading, Ohio; inducted into the service and sent to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma where he was made an instructor. From Oklahoma they moved to Cincinnati and Harold began work for the Gibson Greeting Card Company. Two years later they moved to Kokomo, Indiana where he was salesman for the same company. While in Kokomo, Jean was employed by the Delco Radio Division as an assistant cashier. After four and one-half years in Kokomo they returned to Cincinnati at which time Harold was placed in an office position. Jean transferred from Delco to Frigidaire Sales Corporation where she has been a secretary for the past eleven years. Harold is now Sales Development Manager of Gibson Greeting Cards, Inc. They are members of the Methodist church (Armstrong Chapel). They have no children. Address: 6571 Kenview Dr. Cincinnati, Ohio. KONKEL 10-1-3. THOMAS CARROL KONKEL, b February 19, 1919 in Baca County, Colorado; attended grade and high schools near St. Francis, Kansas; grad uate University of Colorado, June 1950; B .S. degree, major in Electrical Engineering. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940 and was sent to Shreve port, Louisiana for six weeks; to Jefferson Barracks for two weeks; and to Scott Field, East St. Louis for six months. While there he met his· future wife. m July 9, 1941 in the home of the minister of the Third Baptist Church in St. Louis (his wife was a member of this church) to CLARA ELIZABETH EIKMAN, b August 26, 1909 in St. James, Missouri. In July of 1941 Carrol was sent to Puerto Rico with the Air Force; there he worked as a radio operator in the weather squadron. He was transferred back to the States to attend school in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Rantoul, Illi nois. From there he was sent to Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida in the fall of 1943. Following his graduation from college he worked for the Bendix Corporation in Towson, Maryland; in 1952 he was hired by Consoli dated Vultee Corporation, San Diego, California and transferred to their Pomona Division in 1952 (now General Dynamics) where he was employed in the Training Department teaching navy personnel. Later he transferred to the Technical Publications Department as a writer and was promoted to Senior Engineer. Some of the heads of that department started a new com pany, known as Data-Design Laboratories, located at Ontario, California. 238 Carrol was one of the first employees when the company was organized. He is now Technical Publications Supervisor, a Senior Engineer, and has been with the company five years. Carrol has had quite a number of hobbies - - -fishing, boating (he m~de his own boat while in Florida during the war), cuts and polishes stones, makes jeweky, plays the organ and now has a new interest in guns. He has painted one picture and is an avid reader. His wife Clara has ceased to be a linotype operator due to illness, but has worked for a number of newspapers - - -West Palm Beach Times; Rocky Mountain News in Denver; Baltimore News Post and the Los Angeles Examiner (now the Herald Examiner). She has also been a printer and a school teacher. They have no children. Address: 3334 Cam pus A venue Claremont, California. KONKEL 10-1-4. PAUL EUGENE KONKEL, b April 9, 1928 10 Colorado Springs; high school near Armel, Colorado; Business College, McCook, Nebraska; 1 year at C.S.U ., Ft. Collins, Colorado; 2 years at University of Colorado at Boulder. It was in Boulder he met his future wife. She was also attending the university. m 1953 to SHIRLEY ANN ROGERS. After their marriage they moved to Hamilton, Ohio where Paul worked about 2 years. They then returned to Boulder where Paul operated a dry cleaner until they moved to Denver. He continued in the cleaning business for a time, finally obtaining employment with the Missile Control Laboratory. Their Denver address: 2301 W. Tennessee, where Shirley Ann and the children still reside. His last known address was P.O. Box 65, Jacksonville, Arkansas (still with Missile Control Laboratory, Inc.). Travels most of the time, but expects to be back in Denver soon. 1. Jody Jean Konkel b Sept. 5, 1954 - 2. Thomas Lane Konkel b July 19, 1959 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My appreciation to all who sent in their family histories, but especially to Alma Konkel Baxter, widow of Thomas Eugene Konkel (10-1) for her help with the older records. C.G. B . ••• 239 11. JOSEPH KONKEL JOSEPH KONKEL and Wife LYDIA ANN WILSON 11. JOSEPH S. KONKEL, b March 10, 1862 in Decatur, Decatur County, Iowa; d May 4, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; buried Superior, Wisconsin; common grade school education; newspaper publisher, politician, printer; Methodist. m April 3, 1888 in the old Boston community of Baca County, Colorado to LYDIA ANN WILSON, b April 3, 1870 at Red Wing, Minnesota; d Oct. 14, 1955 in Minneapolis; buried Superior, Wisconsin; common school education; housewife; Christian Scientist. To this union were born twelve children. 1. Grace Konkel b Nov. 30, 1888 + 2. Fred Konkel b May 9, 1891 + d Jan. 18, 1957 3. Joseph S. Konke 1, Jr. b July 15, 1892 + 4. Frank George Konkel b June 28, 1896 + 5. Price Graham Konkel b Oct. 1, 1898 + d May 16, 1922 6 . Otis Keith Konkel b Nov. 2 5, 1900 + d Aug. 18, 1957 7. Cecil Gordon Konkel b Apr. 29, 1904 + d June 19, 1939 8. Lawrence William Konkel b Feb. 25, 1905 d Feb. 28, 1905 9. Anna Olive Konkel b Nov. 20, 1907 + 10. Edith Eleanor Konkel b Mar. 11 , 1909 + d Jan. 14, 1927 11. Georgiana Konke I b Nov. 17, 1910 + 12. Mary Elizabeth Konkel b Mar. 21 , 1914 + 240 The following article is from a Superior, Wisconsin newspaper dated May 5, 1941: FORMER MAYOR KONKEL IS DEAD City Executive from 1912 to 1918 Dies in Minneapolis Joe S. Konkel, mayor of Superior from 1912 to 1918 and a prominent figure here for 32 years, died Sunday following an operation at St. Mary's Hospi tal, Minneapolis. He had been one of the most colorful figures in Superior's turbulent poli tical history. Serving as the first mayor under the commission form of gov ernment, voted here in 1911 and put into effect in 1912, Joe Konkel was presiding official of the city during the World War boom days. Konkel prefaced his political career here with an equally absorbing journ alistic ambition. Born in Decatur, Iowa on March 10, 1862 he came to Superior in 1889 and became interested in the seething newspaper wars of the time. He published at first the weekly Clarion. Then the Clarion began absorbing competitors in its field, and eventually took over the business of five other weekly newspapers here. Took Over Leader The Clarion's biggest absorption came when it took in the daily morning Leader, which Konkel published as the Leader-Clarion for some time. A daily morning newspaper, it found difficulties in Superior, and became, suc cessively, a three-day, two-day, and eventually a weekly paper again. Superior voted the mayor-commission form of government into existence in 1911, and in 1912 Konkel ran for mayor and was elected" His two commis sioners were C.N. O'Hare and Fred Tomlinson. For two years his admini stration ran without opposition, but a recall movement developed in 1914. Attorney Hile, a former superior court reporter, campaigned against Konkel but the mayor won the race. In 1916 Hile led another recall movement, and again was defeated. Konkel finally met defeat at the end of his regular term in 1918 when Fred A. Baxter was named mayor. Konkel was publishing the Leader-Clarion as a weekly paper when he was elected, After he left office here, he disposed of that holding, and after becoming a pioneer automobile dealer for a short time, went to Minneapolis in 1921. In Minneapolis he became interested in politics, and figured pro minently in campaigns there. He had been operating the Konkel Printing Company, 2420 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis and made his home at that address. Term Turbulent His term of office in Superior was turbulent - - - typical of the boom days in which he was mayor. A state vice commission studied Superior, and as a result of its recommendations, Konkel brought an end to the segregated "Red Light" district below Third Street that had existed for many years 241 before that period. That segregated district, which had brought Superior considerable notoriety, was never reopened under 'Konkel's administration, and never existed again as it had in the past. Because of this problem he had inherited, Konkel was the target of some criticism. Renowned as a speech-maker, he silenced many of his critics one day when he declared: "I'll take the blame for all that is bad if you will just give me credit for one-half that is good." Speeches a Treat His speeches were a considerable treat to Superior citizens, who flocked to listen to them. He was known as a man who would "name names" in his speeches, and his well-written, scathing talks literally "packed the halls". Konkel had been in failing health for the past two years, and his death, at Minneapolis, had not been unexpected. The flag at the city hall Monday was at half-mast. Surviving are the widow, Lydia Konkel, and eight children: Fred of San Francisco, Grace, Mrs. Anna Simonsen, Mrs. Jennie Lindberg, Joseph Jr., Frank and Otis of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Mary Wolden, Superior, and nine grandchildren. A brother, David, of Colorado Springs, Colorado also sur vives. • The body will arrive in Superior Tuesday, and funeral services will be held at the Central Methodist Church, 2 P .M. Burial will be in the family lot at Greenwood cemetery, with Rev. J. Pierce Newell officiating. The family will arrive in Superior Tuesday morning and will be at the home of Mrs. Hattie R. Williams, 1519 John Avenue, for the day. Members of the police department will form an honorary guard at the funeral. KONKEL 11-1. GRACE KONKEL, b November 30, 1888 in Baca County, Colorado; attended Normal School at age fourteen; graduate of Gilmont Organ School in New York City; also, Boston Conservatory' of Music. She was a pipe organist and concert pianist. Methodist. She never married. Now in a rest home in Minneapolis. KONKEL 11-2. FRED KONKEL, b May 9, 1891 in Superior, Wisconsin; d January 18, 1957 in Long Beach, California. Lifelong printer and salesman of printing and typesetting machines; employee of Long Beach Press Telegram at time of his death; Christian Scientist. m in 1915 to PEARL HART, b December 9, 1889; d October 1964. 1. Mary Gail Konkel b July 1, 1918 + 2. Fred Wilson Konkel Jr. b Aug. 4, 1922 + KONKEL 11-3. JOSEPH S. KONKEL Jr., b July 15, 1892; lifelong printer; works at 242 Rogers and McDonald Publishing Company in Los Angeles, California. m 1n 1911 to MYRTLE COBHAM. (divorced). Joe resides at 5519 Atlantic Blvd. Maywood, California. 1. Joseph S. Konkel III b Mar. 25, 1913 + 2. Robert Gordon Konke I b Feb. 7, 1921 + KONKEL 11.-4. FRANK KONKEL, b June 28, 1896 in Superior, Wisconsin; printer; Methodist. m November 25, 1925 in the Methodist Church at Minneapolis to AGNES LUELLA AMUNDSEN, b February 16, 1897, the daughter of Andrew and Lulu Amundsen of Stewartville, Minnesota. Frank Konkel started out as a young man in the newspaper and printing bus iness with his father at Superior, Wisconsin in 1915. He also ran a garage and welding shop for a shott time and sold automobiles a few years, before moving with his parents to Minneapolis in 1919. Here he continued to assist his father in an automobile distributing agency and dealership until 1922. In May of that year they started a printing business in a shop back of the family home at 2420 Portland Avenue. After his father's death in 1941 Frank carried on with the shop until 1958. He then moved the equipment to the present location - - - 506 East 24th Street. Frank and Agnes still own the old family home at 2420 Portland Avenue, but rent the propet:ty to others. They have one adopted son. Address: 2438 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1. Ly le Frank Konke 1 b Mar. 23, 1924 - (1) LYLE is a graduate of Hamline U. at St. Paul, 1960, B.A. degree, Eng lish major; Masters degree and a Librarian degree, U. of Minnesota. Radar 1st Class Petty Officer, Lyle spent fouryears in the Navy 6th Fleet, 1952- '56. He taught in the high school at Red Wing, Minn. for two years; now teaching English and other subjects in the high school at Rochester, Minn. He married MARGARET RANNEY. They have one son, born in September 1962. KONKEL 11-5. PRICE KONKEL, b October I, 1898 in Superior, Wisconsin; d May 16, 1922. He was a printer and, at the time of his death, was a car salesman for his father who owned an automobile agency at the time. While on an errand to pick up a car for his father, he was killed in an auto accident at Mankato, Minnesota. Price was a talented violinist. He was a Master Sgt. in W.W. I, serving three years before his discharge in 1918. He was given a military funeral and buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Superior. m 1917 in Duluth, Minnesota to SERENA ARMSTRONG. She resides at 687 Shatto Place Los Ange le s, California. I . Betty Jane Konke 1 b Aug. 28, 1920 + 243 KONKEL 11-6. OTIS KEITH KONKEL, b November 25, 1900; d August 16, 1957 in San Francisco, California. He was a printer and worked at a publishing house in San Francisco; also, had been president of the local pressmen's local for several years preceeding his death. Otis had a beautiful tenor voice and great talent as an artist. m in 1926 to LILLIAN JAMES. They had no chil dren. She resides in San Francisco. KONKEL 11-7. CECIL GORDON KONKEL, b April 29, 1904 in Superior, Wisconsin; d June 19, 1939 in Colorado; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Superior. A printer, he worked for his father; also worked on Chicago newspapers. Served 2 years in U.S. Navy, stationed in China. m 1927 to RAE WOLDEN, d 1960. 1. Marilyn Konke 1 b 1929 d 1932 SIMONSEN 11-9. ANNA OLIVE KONKEL, b November 20, 1907 in Superior, Wisconsin; member of the Church of Religious Science. m JACK SIMONSEN, deceased. She resides in Los Angeles, California at 647½ N. New Hampshire. MADLAND 11-10. EDITH ELEANOR KONKEL, b March 11, 1909 in Superior,Wisconsin; d January 14, 1927. She loved to play the violin; was a member of the Me thodist church. m 1923 to VICTOR MADLAND. 1. Victor Madland Jr. b Mar. 6, 1926 - d Jan. 15, 1964 KELLY 11-11. GEORGINIA KONKEL, b November 17, 1910 in Superior, Wisconsin. Married name is KE LL Y. Widowed; no children. She is a Realtor; member of National Association of Real Estate Boards, California Real Estate Associa tion, The Los Angeles Real Estate Board and the Torrance-Lomita Board of Realtors. She is a conservative Republican and very active in politics; was very active in helping to repeal California's forced Housing Act in the 1964 election. She says she feels there is too much socialism in this nation and too much Federal power Georgiana spent five years overseas in the Orient and Europe working for the U.S. Government. Was in Berlin during the Berlin Airlift at the time of the Russian blockade. Spent three years behind the Iron Curtain. Abhors Communism. Attends the Christian Science Church but is not a member of any church. Address: Apt. 10, 1032 Larch Inglewood, California. 244 WOLDEN 11-12. MARY ELIZABETH KONKEL, b March 21, 1914 in Superior, Wiscon sin. m May 28, 1932 in Superior to ARTHUR W. WOLDEN. Divorced in_ 1945 at San Diego, California. A Republican, Mary is active in politics. She man ages the dining room and cocktail lounge of a large hotel on the Sunset Strip of Los Angeles. Address: 3741 Jasmine -Apt. 3 Los Angeles, Cali fornia. 1. Owen Keith Wolden b Aug. 15, 1935 + SHAFFER 11-2-1. MARY GAIL KONKEL, b July 1, 1918; graduate, San Francisco Junior College; worked in the Yukon Territory; Secretary. m February, 1947 to ~AMON SHAFFER, b_; d June, 1954. Address: 811 Montezuma Drive, Pacifica, California. KONKEL 11-2-2. FRED WILSON KONKEL Jr., b August 4, 1922 in San Francisco. He received an Associate of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1942; became a B-24 pilot in the 15th Air Force in Italy; discharged in 1945 with rank of Captain, Air Force Reserve. He received the Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart. Now a sales executive for the helicopter division of Hughes Tool Company in Culver City. (He used to work for Bell Helicopter Company for several years and is a rated helicopter pilot.) Republican; Episcopalian. m January 19, 1946 in Carmel, California to SHERRY WADE, b December 2, 1925. She is a step-daughter of Chester Conklin, veteran movie actor; Episcopalian. Address: 14615 McCormick Street Van Nuys, California. 1. Julie Chris tine Konke I b Dec. 9, 1948 - 2. Marla Gail Konkel b May 7, 1952 - 3- David Wade Konkel b May 14, 1954 - 4. Scott Fredric Konkel b Dec. 20, 1955 - KONKEL 11-3-1. JOSEPH S. KONKEL III, b March 25, 1913 in Superior, Wisconsin. "Jinks", as he is called, enlisted in the U.S. Army in Minneapolis in Feb ruary 1942; spent 44 months overseas; was in both the African and Italian invasions; returned in Novem~1· 1945. He is a printer; also owns and oper ates a resort on the Russian River. m September 1938 to DORIS MACHIA in Minneapolis. Address: 10675 River Road Forestville, California. 1. Judy Ann Konke 1 b Sept._ 1946 - 245 KONKEL 11-3-2. ROBERT GORDON KONKEL, b February 7, 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Attended the University of California in Berkeley 2 years - - - Col lege of Letters and Science; worked as a clerk and store manager in retail liquors for 11 years in San Francisco; presently selling life insurance. He started playing chess in 1937; became Chess Champion of Minnesota in 1940 by defeating the then state champion in an 11 game match, by a score of 3 wins, 2 losses and 6-draws. He again became champion in 1942 and 1945 by winning the state tournaments. The recognized World's blindfold champion gave a regular simultaneous ex hibition in Minneapolis in 1939 and Konkel won. He defeated the former World's champion from Holland, when he gave a simultaneous exhibition in San Francisco about 1957. Placed 7th in the U.S. Open Tournament in 1945; won the Northern California Tournament in 1957. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1941; discharged in 1943 due to a back injury. m February 10, 1945 in Minneapolis to IRENE EDITH COYKENDALL of Minneapolis. (div. Sept. 8, 1960 in San Francisco). Address: 1990 Lom bard Street - Apt. 4 San Francisco, California. 1. Gregory Wayne Konkel b F eh. -23, 1946 - 2. David Richard Konke 1 b Jan. 7, 1949 - 3. Susan Irene Konkel b July 28, 1955 - (1) GREGORY WAYNE KONKEL is serving in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Dahlgren .. BENSHOOF 11-5-1. BETTI JANE KONKEL, b August 28, 1920 in Minneapolis, Min nesota; graduate Abbott Hospital School of Nursing, 1943. She enlisted in U.S. Army in 1943; discharged 1945 as a Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps; was in European theater of operations. m 1944 in England to RUSSELL BEN SHOOF. Address: 1142 Kamas, Hacienda Heights California. I. Marnie Benshoof b July 23, 1945 2. Stephen Benshoof b Nov. 13, 194 7 3. Carolyn Benshoof b Aug. 9, 1956 (1) MARNIE m in June 1963 to NOEL BERG. They have one child--- DEVON TATE BERG, b Dec. 17, 1964. Address·: Glendora, California. KONKEL (MADLAND} 11-10-1. VICTOR MADLAND Jr., b March 6, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minne sota; adopted by his maternal grandparents after his mother's death, when he was a small baby; name legally changed to GRAHAM KONKEL. He died January IS, 1964 in Los Angeles, California. He was a graduate of high school and attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis; joined the printers' 246 union at age 18 and worked at this trade all his life; employed as a printer at the Redondo Daily Breeze in Redondo, California at the time of his death. m Sept. 1, 1945 in Minneapolis to FLORENCE NORBY. She and her three children reside at 714½ Kittyhawk Los .Angeles, California. 1. Richard Konke 1 b Nov. 8, 1946 2. Thomas Konke 1 b Oct. 12, 1949 - 3- Mary Elizabeth Konkel b Jan. 10, 195 3 - WOLDEN 11-12-1. OWEN KEITH WOLDEN, b August 15, 1935 in Superior, Wisconsin; attended El Camino College in Los Angeles and San Diego State in San Diego, California; electrician. A conservative Republican, he is very active in politics. m August 15, 1960 in San Diego to WANDA BROWN, b March 20, 1939 in San Diego; graduated from San Diego Junior College. Their Address: 6625 Richard Street San Diego, California. 1. Christine Denise Wolden b June 28, 1962 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My sincere appreciation to Frank Konkel (11-4) and Georgiana Kelly (11-11) for the invaluable assistance they gave me in compiling the Joe Konkel chapter of this book. C.G.B. • •• 247 12. ANNA KONKEL ANNA KONKEL and Husband GEORGE SEELY 12. .ANNA KONKEL, b February 29, 1864 in Page County, Iowa near the town of Clarinda; d July 15, 1927 in Grand Junction, Colorado. m April 12, 1885 in Crawford County, Kansas to GEORGE WASHINGTON SEELY, b October 3, 1858 in Louisville, Kentucky; d October 13, 1932 in Grand Junction; both are buried in the city cemetery. Anna and George received a grade school education. They were farmers and members of the Methodist Church; farmed in Kansas until moving to Florence, Colorado about 1901, later to Howard, Fremont County, Colorado where their son Andrew was accidentally shot when 19 years of age. The following year they lost their son Lloyd, in sickness, at age ten. They then moved to Salida, Colorado and after living there for awhile went to Meeker in 1909; in 1917 they made their last move, this time to Grand Junction. Ann Konkel Seely was a good wife and mother, loved by all who knew her. She was a very humble person, quiet, thoughtful and considerate of others. Although she never discussed her religion, she lived by the Bible. 248 1. Andrew Seely b Feb. 28, 1886 - d Jan. 1905 2·. Effie Seely b Sept. 8, 1887 - d in infancy 3- Maude Seely b Sept. 9, 1889 + 4. Clara Agnes Seely b Aug. 15, 1891 + d June 17, 1937- 5- James Seely b June 19, 1893 - d Nov. 20, 1893 6. Edna.Seely b July 30, 1894 - d July 30; 1894 7. Lloyd Seely b Mar. 21, 1896 - d July, 1906 8. Olen Geo. Wm. Seely b Aug. 10, 1900 + 9. Georgia Anna Seely b Nov. 10, 1902 + CROZER - COATS - OLDMIXON 12-3. MAUDE SEELY, b September 9, 1889 in Kansas City, Kansas; high school education; cafe operator; Episcopal Church. She spent many years of employment at Ft. Lyon, Las Animas County, Colorado; saw it converted from an Army Hospital to a Marine Hospital, then to a Navy Tubercular and finally to a Veterans Mental Hospital. m in 1906 at Cheyenne, Wyoming to FRANK CROZER (.original spelling "Crozier" -- his father changed name by court order to "Crozer"). He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; college edu cation; salesman and restaurant business ( divorced). I. Charles Andrew Crozer b Oct. 4, 1907 + MAUDE SEELY CROZER m (2) CHANNING LESTER COATS, a civil ser vice employee. He was horn in Chicago, Illinois. 2. Laura Hope Coats b Jan. 27, 1911 - d July 7, 1926 MAUDE SEELY CROZER COATS, m (3) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OLDMIXON b Medford, Massachusetts; grade school education; general contractor; Baptist. No children by this marriage. She now reside$ at 10203 Lehigh Drive, Montclair, California. LEININGER - SHEEN 12-4. CLARA AGNES SEELY, b August 15, 1891 in Jasper, Jasper County, Missouri; d June 17, 1937 in Los Angeles, California; buried in Forest Lawn cemetery; eighth grade education; housewife and owner of dress shop; Me thodist. m January 24, 1909 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado to ARTHUR BRYANT LEININGER, b December 21, 1887 in Mason City, Mason County, Illinois; d July 21, 1931 in Needles, San. Bernardino County, California and is buried there. High school education; fireman, D & RG Railroad and owner of a garage and wrecking business; Methodist. 249 1. Marguarite May Leninger b Nov. 7, 1909 - d Dec. 28, 1914 2. Aletha Leota Leininger b Feb. 12, 1911 + 3. Gertrude Fay Leininger b Apr. 15, 1913 + d Nov. 29, 1955 4. Fauster George Leininger b July 2, 1915 d Jan. 2, 1915 5. Arthur Richard Leininger b Oct. 9, 1919 + 6. Harriet Anna Leininger b Oct. 19, 1922 + 7. Baby git! b Aug. 24, 1925 - d Aug. 24, 1925 8. Georgia Lee Leininger b Apr. 22, 1927 + CLARA AGNES SEELY LEININGER, m (2) HORACE WILLIAM SHEEN in " 1933- He was an Engineer, Sante Fe Railroad; d June 19, 1935; Forest Lawn cemetery·, Glendale, California. SEELY 12-8. OLEN GEORGE WILLIAM SEELY, b August 10, 1900 on a farm in Englevale, Crawford County, Kansas. He lived· on the farm until he ·was sixteen, workin·g and attending school through the grades. He later took courses in salesmanship. Was a jockey for two years. During World War I he worked for the U. S. Reclamation Service as a mule skinner; later worked for D & RG Railroad, then as a clerk and guard for American Express. His next employment was as a laundry route man, and finally as a car salesman. Aher much experience selling cars, he became sales manager and later general manager. In 1932 he was presented a Certificat~ of Merit by Chevrolet for selling the most cars in the Denver zone for months of October and November. He th.en moved from Grand Junction, Colorado to Los Angeles in time for the New Year•s flood and.big quake. He continued to sell cars until 1956. During World War II he worked for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, California. From 1956 to 1960 he engaged in motion pic ture production, being part owner and vice-president of his company. Metho dist. m September 25, 1920 in Grand Junction, Colorado to MILDRED LOUISE COOK, b September 23, 1903 in Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas; high school education; sales lady; member Christian Church. Address:· 6123 N. Burton Avenue San Gabriel, California. 1. Phyllis Jean Seely b May 25, 1923 + HAY 12-9. GEORGIA ANNA SEELY, the youngest of nine children born to George and Anna Konkel Seely, b November 10, 1902 in Cramer, Fremont County, 250 Colorado; graduate, high school and business college in Grand Junction, Colorado; Methodist. m July 3, 1923 in Meeker, Colorado to JOHN FLET QIER HAY, b February 3, 1900 in Meeker and went through grade school there. (Georgia had first met Joho Hay upon moving to Meeker with her parents in 1909). Georgia and John lived in Ft. Lyon, Colorado until 1929, where he worked for the U.S. Veterans Bureau. They then went to Oregon for a short time, where their only child was born in 1930. They moved shortly thereafter to Compton, California where they lived until 194S. While at Compton, J oho worked for the Richfield Oil Company. In 1945 they moved back to Grand Junction and bought a motel, which they operated until 1947. For the next t~n years they dealt in other income property until they moved to Hemet, California in 1958. John works in Hemet as a machinist for Industrial Heater, Inc. Georgia was a bookkeeper and worked at various times since, until about two years ago when she first developed partial paralysis of her right arm and side. She was always a good -seam stress and cook, and loves to read good books. Her hobby is writing child ren's stories and poetry. Their address: 160 S.Santa Fe, Hemet, California. 1. Lois Anna Hay b Feb. 18, 1930 + GENTLE JESUS HEAR MY PLEA Gentle Jesus, hear by plea: Let your presence comfort me. Though the path is steep and rough, Lead me with Thy gentle hand; Even though the way I dread, As with weary feet I tread, Show me Lord the way ahead; Free me from all doubt and hate; Let each gnawing tear abate; Let me radiate Thy Love Sent to me from Him above; Let me meet each test and trial, Head uplifted with a smile. When I think I've done my share, Enduring all that I can bear, Guide me with Thy torn hands; And when I have but wounded pride, Show me then Thy bleeding side; And when I think I'm all that mourns, Gently touch your crown of thorns; When my pain becomes too much, Ease .me with Thy gentle touch. 251 Leave me not, I beg of Thee; Show me whither I should go; Lead me to Thy Father's feet, For my loved one's there I'll meet. In the End, if End there be, Bless me with Thy Father's Grace; Lead me to my rightful place And I never more will roam. Gentle Savior, Lead me Home! By - Georgia Hay April 24, 1955 CROZER 12-3-1. CHARLES ANDREW CROZER, b October 4, 1907 in Oakland, Alameda County, California the only child born to Frank and Maude Seely Crozer. His parents separated when he was two years of age. His mother took him to Grand Junction, Colorado at the age of four, to live with his grandparents (Crozer). He was adopted by his grandparents and lived with them in Grand Junction until the death of his grandfather. At the age of 11 he went with his mother to California where they lived in Anaheim, then Pomona and finally Los Angeles. Graduated from Lincoln High, Los An geles, in 1926 and has lived in the LA area ever since. He is an Executive Chef and Manager in the restaurant business; Episcopalian. m May 4, 1937 in Los Angeles to HELEN MADELINE TAYLOR, b February 18, 1916in Oronogo, Jasper County, Missouri; high school graduate; saleslady and housewife; Christian Church. Address: 18804 Nordhoff Street Northridge, California. 1. Robert Charles Crozet b Apr. 29, 1941 - 2. Norman Payton Crozer b Aug. 7, 1945 - (I) BOB attended Jr. College 2 years, worked a year, then in January 1963 enlisted in the Army -- now serving a year of duty in Korea as a member of Security Intelligence (1964) (2) NORMAN attends Jr. College -- plans to be an electronic programmer (1964). PRATHER 12-4-2. ALETHA LEOTA LEININGER, b February 12, 1911 in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; high school education; housewife. m August 28, 1933 in Kingman, Mojove County, Arizona to CHARLES HAROLD PR.A.THE}\, b August 2, 1910 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado; 252 high school education_; appraiser. Address: 300 W. 8th Street Casa Grande, Arizona I. Larry Norman Prather b Jan. 27, 1939 - 2. Jerrold Wayne Prather b Aug. 10, 1947 - REID - STAMP 12-4-3. GERTRUDE FAY LEININGER, b April 15, 1913 in Colorado; d November 29, 1954 in Henderson, Nevada; buried in Las Vegas, Nevada; high school education; homemaker. m JOE REID. 1. Marilyn Yvonne Reid b Jan. 3, 1936 - (1) MARILYN YVONNE m ROBERT NICHOLS in Henderson, Nevada in 1953 or 1954- Two sons born to this union. No further record. 1. Robert Nichols Jr. 2. Karl Nichols LEININGER 12--4-5. ARTHUR RICHARD LEININGER, b October 9, 1919 in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado; high school, four years college, four years night school; engaged in electrical construction and electronics. m December 1, 1940, in Fresno, California to EILEEN MARGARETE BURNS, b April 23, 1921 at Gault, Ontario; high school, business college, two years night school; housewife; Catholic. Following their marriage in 1940, Arthur and Eileen moved to Los Angeles. After the death of their first child, Joan Lorain, they returned to Fresno. Art entered the U.S. Army in June 1945, serving two years in the States and Germany. They have lived in Fresno ever since. Address: 2344 E. Austin Way Fresno, California. 1. Joan Lorain Leininger b Nov. 12, 1941 - d June 8, 1944 2. Robert Bryant Leininger b Jan. 3-, 1945 - 3. Karen Ann Leininger b Jan. 21, 1960 - McFADDIN 12-4-6. HARRIET ANNA LEININGER, b October 19, 1922 in Salida, Chaffee County, Cplorado; high school graduate; home maker. m May 25, 1940 in Phoenix, Atizona to HARRY FRED McFADDIN:, b January 19, 1918 253 in Beaumont Texas; high school graduate; steel fitter; Baptist church. Address: 2408 Strong Avenue City of Commerce, Los Angeles, 22, Calif. 1. Carolyn Jeanette Mcfaddin b Jan. 31, 1942 - 2. Ronald Duane Mc F addin b Oct. 29, 1948 - 3. David Bryant McFaddin b June 19. 1962 - (1) -- (9'Rourke) - CAROLYN JEANETTE McFADDIN attended East Los Angeles College; accountant for City of Commerce; m September 17, 1965 in Los Angeles to LAWRENCE WILLIAM O'ROURKE, b September 4, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois; A.B., Political Science, UCLA, 1950; MA, Political Science, UCLA, 1954. He served in US Marine Corps from September 15, 1939 until his honorable discharge in October, 1945; Sgt. Major, WW II, Pearl Harbor and Okinawa. A public administration analyst, Bureau of Govern mental Res~arch, UCLA; staff member, International City Managers' Asso ciation of Califomia; staff member, International City Managers' Association; presently, City Administra~or for City of Commerce, California. (Data re ceived 11/6/65)- EADS 12-4-8. GEORGIA LEE LEININGER, b April 22, 1927 in Needles, San Bernardino County, California; attended grade schools and junior high in Casa Granda, Arizona where she had gone at the age of eight to live with her sister Aletha. Georgia's mother had cancer and was unable to care for the children. (Harriet went to Fresno to stay with Gertrude; Arthur went to 3-C Camp). She attended high school in Los Angeles, leaving school in 10th grade; housewife, leadwoman (electrical assembly) at North Ameri can Aviation in East Los Angeles; Baptist. m December 9, 1944 in Yuma, Arizona to RALPH EUGENE EADS, b May 6, 1922 at Marionville, Lawrence County, Missouri; graduate Ellsinore High School at Ellsinore, Carter County, Missouri; moved to Los Angeles in 1943; leadman at Goffers & Sattler Appliance in Hawthorne (Los Angeles suburb); Baptist. Georgia and Ralph Eads lived in Los Angeles 1½ years, then 15, years in Lakewood before selling their home and moving to La Mirada in 1962. Address: 12812 Ramsey Drive, La Mirada, California. I. Linda Sharon Eads b Feb. 16, 1946 + 2. Doris Gail Eads b Mar. 6, 1947 - 3. Ralph Eugene Eads Jr. b July 25, 1948 - (2) -- (FOGG) - DORIS GAIL EADS m March 20, 1964 in the Church of the 254 Latter Day Saints at Bell Flower, California to RICHARD KEITH FOGG, b February 7, 1945 in Long Beach, California. Both are now members of the church in which they were married, Doris havir1g been baptized on January 30, 1965. They reside at 9342 Cedar Street Bell Flower, California DALE 12-8-1. PHYLLIS JEAN SEELY, b May 25, 1923 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado; high school graduate and 2 years college (LACC); house wife; Methodist. Following her two years of colle_ge, in engineering, Phyllis worked in the engineering department for Lockheed Aircraft. In 1945 she went to work in the art department for Walt Disney Studios at Burbank. m March 9, 1947 in Pasadena to DONALD KENNETH DALE, b February 25, 1923 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas; high school and barber col lege; spent 2· years in Pacific as infantryman during World War II; has own barber shop at 112 W. Las Tunis, San Gabriel. Baptist. Home address: 6120 N. Burton Av~nue, San Gabriel, California. 1. Diana Louise Dale b June 24, 1949 - 2. Carol Lee Dale b July 26, 1955 - McGLOHN 12-9-1. LOIS ANNA HAY, b February 18, 1930 in Ontario, Oregon; attend ed grade school and first year high school in Compton, California. In 1945 she moved with her parents to Grand Junction, Colorado where she finished high school and attended Mesa Junior College one year. m August 27, 1950 in Grand Junction to ROBE:RT WESLEY McGLOHN, b September 21, 1926 in Grand Junction; graduated from high school there, having been away for two years during his service in the US Navy during World War II. He is an ardent sports fan, especially hunting and fishing. Following their marriage, Lois worked for a wholesale drug firm in Grand Junction until their first child was born in 1955- Robert worked in the conttacting business. In 1959 they moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where he is now a masonry super visor for the Lembke Construction Company. Lois loves to cook and sew, and has always loved music and does a good deal of singing. Episcopalians. Address: 3401 Parsifal N .E. Albuquerque-, New Mexico. 1. Terry Alan McGlohn b Apr. 13, 1955 - 2- Dana Mari McGlohn b Mar. 4, 1958 - 3. Lori Ann McGlohn b Apr. 7, 1961 - 255 PEET 12-4-8-1. LINDA SHARON EADS, b February 16, 1946 in Montebello, Los Angeles County, California; educated in Lakewood and La Mirada, California schools; housewife; beautician; Baptist. m February 29, 1962 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California to ADRIAN CHRISTOPHER PEET, b January S, 1944 in Liphook, England; educated in England and Canada; truck driver; now in US Army, stationed in Louisiana; Church of England. (Divorced) Her address: 12812 Ramsey Drive, LaMirada, Cali fornia. 1. Christopher Michael Peet b Dec. 16, 1962 - 2. Joh.n Thomas Peet b Sept. 30, 1964 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT My appreciation to Georgia Hay (12-9), her daughter Lois McGlohn (12-9-1), Harriet McFaddin (12-4-6), Georgia Eads ( 12-4-8) and Phyllis Dale (12 -8-1) for their assistance with the Seely Chapter of the Konkel History. -- C.G.B . ••• 256 13. SOLOMON KONKEL SOLOMON KONKEL and Wife IDA MILLSAP 13. SOLOMON KONKEL, thirteenth child born to William and Anna Beery Konkel, b August 23, 1866 near Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; d April 24, 1922 in Median, Kansas; buried in Mountain Grove, Missouri; grade school education and some teacher seminary work; day laborer in oil fields of Kan sas; Methodist. m 1897 in Hale, Carroll County, Missouri to IDA MINNIE MILLSAP, b May 26, 1875 in Denlow, Douglas County, Missouri; d Feb ruary 16, 1960 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado; buried Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction; some elementary education in the back woods of the Ozarks; housewife; Methodist. Their life story, as written by their eldest daughter, Leota Konkel Eames: "I have no idea where Dad lived or what he did previous to the three years he worked with his two brothers, Jake and Dave Konkel, in a sawmili on the Grand River near Hale in Northern Missouri. With Uncle Jake as manager and salesman, Dad the sawyer and mechanic, and Uncle Dave doing a variety of jobs, this partner ship lasted until Uncle Jake was accidently killed by .a falling limb while felling a tree. Dad then moved to the Ozarks so Mother could be near her people, the Mill saps. He soon bought a farm near Denlow. 257 My earliest recollection is life on the farm in southern Missouri, details of which I remember well. Farming was not to Dad's liking, so he sold the farm and moved co the small town of Mountain Grove, where he bought a house and lot. Moving to Mountain Grove was a worse idea than farming as both work and money were skimpier than ever. Life was never easy while I was growing up. About 1902 or 1903 Dad went to Baca County, Colorado, to visit his folks. He helped to haul firewood and fence posts from the Cedars sixty-five miles away. He quar ried rock for Aunt Lydia's dugout and helped Uncle Will dig a well, going down 90 feet co water. The hole was just wide enough for one man to work in descending and ascending on a rope, with a bucket attached, with a trusted horse· and driver at the top to obey orders. Such was life on the broad, lonesome prairies of Colorado,· 65 years (more or less) ago. Mom and I were left behind on the farm. This she didn't seem co mind. I remember pictures Dad brought back of this awful Godforsaken expanse of prairie with the shanties they called homes. Once I asked Dad why he left Colorado and Crawford County, Kansas, when he liked life on the plains so well. He said there were just too many Konkels for comfort. All this was Dad all over -- his willingness to aid the other fellow, if he thought the ocher person needed help worse than he needed it himself, and his aversion to having relatives running out of his ears .•• although he loved them all. One of the nicest memories of Dad was his sweet clear tenor voice. He sang in the Methodist Church choir in Mountain Grove and took part in many outside musical activities. Although he never received any musical training as far as I know, he was able to read any music by note without instrumentation. (His nephew, Edwin E Ider, says, ccuncle Sol was a natural actor and a born story teller. It made no difference what happened, Uncle Sol always had a story that fitted the occasion.,, C.G.B.) After his death, while working in the oil fields at Median, Kansas, Mother was completely at loose ends. Not knowing exactly where to tum she sold out her inter est in a tiny coffee shop and made an ill-advised marriage, entered mainly with the idea of getting her two. fatherless boys off the streets -- the man of her choice own ing and operating a farm somewhere near Mountain Grove. The man's name was Gaddes s. No more about him do I know. After a few short weeks of bickering Moth er obtained a divorce at Hartville, Missouri and took her one son Ted to Tulsa, Oklahoma where she worked often in the homes of wealthy Indians. Herbert, in the meantime, had joined the Navy. I don't know how, when or where she met Uncle George Seely, but they were mar ried in the year of 1927 in Grand Junction, Colorado sometime after Aunt Anna Seely• s death. Uncle George died a few years after and Mother either went back to Tulsa to work or to Aspen, Colorado. Returning to Grand Junction she worked at whatever came to hand until her marriage to Edwin C. Harris in April of 1937. 258 He was born in Salt Lake City on September 13, 1873. His occupation until retirement was as a carpenter on the Rio Grande railroad. His death occurred April 28, 1948. Several years later, about 1953, mother married Christian Stuckey, a native of Switzerland, b October 2, 1883, and whose death came March 27, 1960. These two, though near the ends of their lives, bought a house and lot on Struthers Avenue, Grand Junction, planting the yard, erecting fences and remodelling the house. They died one month apart, Mother's death coming February 16, 1960. Mother and Dad had no hobbies. Dad, however, could sing and was handy with tools. He repaired clocks, knew the inside workings of watches and could cure their ailments, and repaired sewing machines as acts of neighborliness. Gardening was a necessity on our restricted budget, and Dad was good at it. Neither one had any training to speak of in any particular line of work, nor did either have much education. With all their handicaps and lack of money, with its resulting hardships, they raised six children to manhood and womenhood. We were given a high stan dard of morals --- both parents living the morals they preached -- and as good an education as their means would allow. After Father's sudden and untimely death from what must have been heart failure, Mother carried on valiantly in the .£ace of odds that would have quelled a lesser person. She worked at the lowliest of jobs all during the "Depression Years" thus being able to subsist when strong men were seeking government aid. My mother's pa.rents, Martha Hamilton and Perry Millsap~ were both born so1newhere in Tennessee according to my mother who at the time of questioning was quite old and forgetful. My hope is that someone going through the Konkel records will notice the names and be able to supply the life story of these people." Seven children were born to Solomon and Ida Millsap Konkel: 1. Leota Luella Konkel b Jan. 10, 1898 + 2. Goldie Annie Konkel b June 1, 1900 d July 30, 1903 3. Ina Vera Konkel b Jan. i. ' 1903 + 4. Ida Amy Konkel b Aug. 30, 1904 + d Apr. 1, 1963 5. Hazel May Konkel b May 3, 1906 + 6. Herbert Edwin Konkel b Aug. 7, 1909 + d Oct. 14, 1956 7. Cedric Byron Konkel b Apr. 29, 1915 + d Oct. 26, 1942 EAMES 13-1. LEOTA LUELLA KONKEL, b January 10, 1898 in Little Comp-· ton, Carroll County, Missouri; graduate Mountain Grove High School (1916), Teacher Training, Mountain Grove (1916), one term Teachers' College, Albion, Idaho; school teacher before marriage; Methodist. m May 19, 1919, in Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho to JOHN WESLEY EAMES, b December 23, 1888 in Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Idaho Falls High School (1912), three terms Teachers' College Albion, Idaho; one term each 259 Lewiston Teachers' College, Idaho and University of Idaho, Moscow; Ex tension, University of Utah; Principal, Menan Elementary (1912-'25 ); Super intendent, Jefferson County schools (1926-'37) and now a retired farmer; Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. Address: Route #1, Roberts, Idaho. 1. Betty Eames b June 13, 1920 + 2. Ina Ruth Eames b Jan. 7, 1922 + 3- William George Eames b Oct. 8, 1923 + 4- Iva Mae Eames b Apr. 16, 1927 + 5- Robert Wesley Eames b Mar. 26, 1929 + JOHN WESLEY AND LEOTA KONKEL EAMES by Leota Konkel Eames John Wesley Eames was born and raised near the town of Menan, Idaho. His parent age on both sides were of pioneer stock, coming from England as converts to the Latter Day Saints faith. The whole island, formed by the junction of the Snake and North Fork rivers on whidi this town and others now stand, was brushy, slough bedevilled, unirrigated, un-roaded, mosquito-ridden and undeveloped in every way, but pioneer families like the Eames and the Molens changed it into the attractive spot it is today. I left Mountain Grove, Missouri, where I was raised, for the ~cwide Open Places" of the West to further exercise my brand new and hard-earned teacher's certificate. My first teaching experience, however, was gained at Timber Ridge, Missouri near the town of Turley and not far -- about ten miles -- from Plato, in Douglas County. My second attempt at instructing the young was at Churchill near Oakley, Idaho in Cassia County. The next two tries were at· Menan. Here I met and married the prin cipal, John Wesley Eames. We moved to the farm which William Eames, J. W. 's father, had homesteaded. Much of it had to be cleared of willows, rose briars and kinnikinick and it had to be. fenced, ditched and levelled for irrigation. We have built on it and planted trees and more desirable shrubbery. Except for minor absences we have lived here ever since. Our hobbies include vegetable gardening, flower ra1s1ng, photography, the ra1s1ng of chickens, collecting recipes and cook books - my favorite way of cooking - painting on fabrics and reading. Our library has grown from a few good books to many hundreds of volumes. During the summer, for the past several years, we have travelled extensively through the west -- taking off at least two weeks each sum mer -- visiting 12 national parks and monuments, including other points of interest . ., 260 THE "EAMES" AND THE "MOLENS" (Older History) by Leota Konkel Eames "John Wesley Eames' father, William Eames, was born February 3, 1863 in_ Here fordshire, England, coming to the United States when a small child with his parents, brothers and sisters. Most of the family settled in Utah and in due time William came to the Roberts-Menan section, homesteaded, helped develop the irrigation system of the island, the road system, and supported other measures necessary to the develop ment of the region. Before his death on August 11, 1941 at Menan, Idaho he had been a county commissioner of Jefferson County for many years. John Wesley Eames' mother, Ella Genevra Molen, was born November 1, 1863 in Lehi, Utah. Her mother, Jane Stoddard, was born in England of parents who came to America as converts to the Mormon faith. At the age of 12 Jane walked and helped push a handcart across the plains from ccwinter Quarters" - somewhere near Omaha, Nebraska - to the Great Salt Lake Valley. James Wesley Molen who was to become Jane Stoddard's husband was born in Nauvoo, Illinois and was in the first division under the personal leadership of Brigham Young to cross the plains landing in the Salt Lake Valley July 24, 1847. James Wesley Moien and Jane Stoddard met some where in Utah and were married in Lehi, Utah. As a young girl, Eiia came with her parents to Menan. The Molens succeeded under pioneer handicaps in developing a good farm and builcling a fine brick home. Ella Genevra Molen and William Eames, John Wesley's parents, were married in Menan on February 28, 1888. Ella died in Menan April 26, 1926.'' SMITH 13-3. INA VERA KONKEL, b January 7, 1903 near Cold Springs, Douglas County, Missouri; graduate Mountain Grove High School, 1921; housewife; Methodist. m November 11, 1921 in Hartville, Wright County, Missouri to MARSHALL A. SMITH, b September 3, 1898 in Huggins, Texas County; Missouri; attended school through 8th grade in or near Huggins; worked for some time in a feed store at Mountain Grove, where he and Ina lived a short time after their marriage. They moved to Springfield and for a time he con tinued to work in a feed store there. Previous to his present job as meat and produce buyer for Barnes Grocery, he worked as a clerk in Deck's Market; was employed by Waddell's Grocery as clerk and part-time manager for 17 years. Ina is an exceedingly busy woman, enjoying whatever life has to offer as it comes her way. She has done over 1500 hours of volunteer service work at Burge Protestant Hospital in Springfield; is an active member of Broadway Methodist Church and belongs to the Grandmothers' Club. She enters num erous contests and has many wins to her credit; raises African violets as a project at home; is adept at sewing, crocheting and r1.1;g making. Their resi dence: 215 S. New Street Springfield, Missouri. 261 1. Mildred Maxine Smith b Oct. 5, 1922 + 2. Robert Norman Smith b June 12, 1924 + 3. Donald Lee Smith b Dec. 22, 1934 + RICKMAN 13-4. IDA AMY KONKEL, b August 30, 1904 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri; d April 1, 1963 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri; graduate Mountain Grove High School about 1922 followed by a course in Mountain Grove Business College; housewife; Methodist. m January 16, 1930 in Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri to LEO HENRY RICKMAN, b March 16, 1903 in Mine Le Motte, Madison County, Missouri; high school education; manager of cream eries in Salina, Kansai; Kansas City, Missouri, Omaha, Nebraska; Chicago, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky, plus a sojourn in Ohio somehwere •in be tween; Methodist. His address: 855 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois. 1. Betty Ann Rickman b Nov. 15, 1930 - d Apr. 5, 1935 2. Mary Lou Rickman b Dec. 12, 1933 + NAPIER 13-5. HAZEL MAY KONKEL, b May 3, 1906 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri; graduate Mountain Grove High School (1925) plus a summer term in Springfield Business College (1925); housewife; reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. m October 3, 1925 in Cabool to JESSE NAPIER, b Feb ruary 1, 1900 in Cabool, Texas County, Missouri; d February 14, 1960 10 Springfield; grade school in or near Cabool; day laborer and truck driver. Hazel and Jesse lived in Mountain Grove for awhile after their marriage, but most of their married life was spent in the neighboring town of Springfield. Hazel has a gift for writing. She won firs( prize of $1,000 in a short story contest conducted by True Story magazine about the year 1930. Later she had many articles accepted by a publication of the Reorganized Church of Lat: ter Day Saints. Partial blindness called a halt to any writing done by long hand. Although she studied Braille and bought a braille typewriter in the hopes of continuing her writing, poor health put an end to that desire. Her address: 1854 East Di vision Springfield, Missouri. 1. Paul Francis Napier b June 23, 1934 - 2. Faith Napier b Jan. 23, 1946 - d Jan. 23, 1946 3. Joseph Norman Napier b July 2, 1948 - 262 (1) PAUL is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State College. He was in the U.S. Army 3 years prior to his father's death; was stationed in Okinawa. m May 28, 196'.> at Joplin, Missouri to JUDITH CARTWRIGHT. Address; Webb City, Missouri. (2) JOE is a senior at Glendale High School, in Springfield. KONKEL 13-6. HERBERT EDWIN KONKEL, b August 7, 1909 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri; d October 14, 1956 in Vancouver, Washington; cremation, Portland Memorial, Portland, Oregon; graduate Mountain Grove High School about 1925, 1 year college; served in U.S. Navy; painter and pa per mill employee; Methodist. m June 19, 1937 in San Francisco to CLARA ELIZABETH BOTTRON, b May 30, 1915 in Oakland, California; high school, business school and 2 years college; housewife; secretary; Methodist. 1. Herbert Edwin Konkel Jr. b Aug. 21, 1941 - 2- Linda Lee Konkel b Dec. 6, 1942 - 3- Gary Allen Konkel b Aug. 14, 1944 - (1) EDWIN is an electronic technician, employed by Boeing Aircraft. m Dec. 20, 1965 to KAYLENE KYES. (2) LINDA LEE attended Oregon State Col lege, Portland; worked part time for the Enterprise Courier, West Linn, Oregon. m Sept. 11, 1965 to DIETRICH J .W.G. SCHACKWITZ, b Nov. 11, 1937- (3) GARY ALLEN attends Oregon State College, Portland. m Nov. 2, 1964 to MARIAN FLOWEREE THEUS, b Jan. 11, 1945. They have one child -- 1. Janet Floweree Konkel b Oct. 29, 1965 - CLARA BOrTRON KONKEL m (2) WILLIAM SHERMAN SCHULTZE on De cember 18, 1959, at Kelso Washington. He was born March 6, 1909 at West Linn, Oregon; paper mill supervisor for Crown-Zellerback; Congregational Church. The Schultzes' main hobby is fishing. They catch "eye catchers" and "breath snatchers". Clara is active in civic affairs, belongs to the City Council (or works for them -- she didn't make this clear). She is president of the West Lino Garden Club, belongs to the Beta Sigma Sorority and works with 4-H Clubs. Address: 5734 West A street West Lino, Oregon. KONKEL - HELMICK 13-7. CEDRIC BYRON "TED" KONKEL, b April 29, 1915 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri; d October 26, 1942 in Grand Junction, Col orado; cremated Martin Mortuary, Grand Junction; grades and 1 year high school at Grand Junction; photographer; Methodist. m October 6, 1936 in Grand Junction to MARGARET PEARL HOACH, b September 2, 1917 in 263 Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas; Elkhart High School graduate, 1935, plus some business training at Grand Junction; accountant while married toTed; now bookkeeper for a doctor in Delta, Colorado; Methodist. 1. Roger Byron Konke 1 Helmick b Oct. 7, 1937 + (Roger goes by the name of ''Helmick" as he was adopted by his step-father) MARGARET HOACH KONKEL m (2) LESLIE RICHARD HELMICK, Decem ber 30, 1942 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was born April 11, 1908 in Lacross, Whitman County, Washington; works in the Delta County Assessor's office. To this union was born one son, RICHARD EUGENE HELMICK, b December 30, 1943 in Delta; works for the Domestic Propane Company as a gasfitter's helper. The Helmicks live at 812 Hastings, Delta, Colorado. HOLLAND - SCOTT 13-1-1. BETTY EAMES, b June 13, 1920 in Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Midway High School of Menan (1938), post graduate course (Midway) in 1939, graduate L.D.S. Seminary (1937), member Beta Sigma Phi; housewife; Latter Day Saints Church. m August 15, 1939 in Salt Lake City to DONALD HOLLAND, b July 23, 1910. Betty and Donald made their home in Rigby, Idaho following their mar riage in Salt Lake City. In the fall of 1940 Don was called to serve in the army with the Idaho National Guard stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington. Bet- ty then lived on the farm with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J .W. Eames, until after the birth and death of their first child when she joined her husband in Washington, making her home in Olympia. When the group Don was serving with was sent to the Aleutians off the coast of Alaska, Betty came back to the farm until after Lindley Irene was born. Later on she moved to an apart ment in Idaho Falls. After about two and one half years, Don was released from Aleutian duty and sent to Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Betty followed, making her home in Lebanon near the fort until after Don was sent to En gland; she returned to Idaho Falls. After Don was discharged from the army, Bc·tty obtained a divorce, July 18, 1947. (Don remained in the army, remar ried and was sent to Germany. After returning to the states he worked as a recruiting officer. He is now retired.) 1. Donald Michael Holland b Oct. 22, 1940 - d Nov. 1, 1940 2. Lindley Irene Holland b May 8, 1942 + BETTY EAMES HOLLAND m (2) LLOYD EDGAR SCOTT on August 31, 1949 in Menan, Idaho. He was born Aug~st 19, 1919 in Blackfoot, Bingham 264 County, Idaho; graduate high school in Shelley, Idaho (1936) and Idaho State College Vocational School of Pocatello (1948-'52); Electronics Engineer, License First Class; Transmitter Supervisor KULR-TV, Billings, Montana; Latter Day Saints Church. Betty and Lloyd, uScotty" as he is known to his friends, lived in GI housing for some time while he attended the Idaho State College Vocational School, majoring in radio and TV -- TV at that time being an infant project. Previous to this they lived at the Pinecrest Motel where Lloyd janitored and Betty worked as maid for funds to go to school. His first job as television operator was with a Butte, Montana TV station. The past four years the Scotts have re side in Biilings where Lloyd is electronics supervisor with station KULR TV. They own their own home. Part of Lloyd's spare time is devoted to mak ing their home more livable and more presentable. Betty is an excellent housekeeper and is active in church and civic duties. She is a member of Beta Sigma Phi. Scotty fishes whenever he can and in the fall he goes hunt ing for deer. He is also an ardent "Ham" radio operator. He saw duty over seas during World War II, acting as ground repairman in the Air Force, being stationed mostly in Germany. After his discharge from army duty he worked in or near Pocatello, Idaho before attending school at the college. No child ren born to this union. Their address: 1708 Burlington Billings, Montana, ANDERSON 13-1-2. INA RUTH EAMES, b January 7, 1922 in Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Midway High School in Menan (1939), graduate L.D.S. Semi nary, Midway High School (1938), Henninger's Business School, Salt Lake City (1939); housewife; Latter Day Saints Church. m February 7, 1941 in Woods Cross, David County, Utah to HOMER LEE ANDERSON, b Septem ber 27, ~917 in Elwood, Box Elder County, Utah; graduate Davis High School Kaysville, Utah (1936), 3 years University of Utah and Bringham Young University (1937-'40); Reactor Technician for Westinghouse A.E.C., Arco, Idaho; Major, Idaho National Guard; Latter Day Saints Church. After their marriage Ruth and Lee moved to California where he was- station ed at San Luis Obispo and Camp Roberts. Lyndon Earl was born at the ume Ruth was living with her aunt, Dr. & Mrs. Earl Eames, Roscoe, California. In the year 1943, Ruth and baby followed Lee to Long Branch, New J~rsey where he had been transferred to Ft. Monmouth. Here they lived until 1945 or until the end of the war. Then followed a short period of civilian life in Idaho Falls where Lee worked for various appliance companies and where they bought a home. When the Korean Action took place Lee was called for over-seas duty. Since his return to civilian life he has been working for \T1estinghouse at ~e A.E .C. at Arco. He was called for a year to Ft. Lewis, Washington during the ucuban Crisis". He is at the present time a major 265 in the Idaho National Guard, and a member of the '41, '51 and '61 Club. Ruth's hobbies are sewing and gardening; Lee's hunting, fishing and golfing. Their address: 168 East Crowley Idaho Falls, Idaho. 1. Lyndon Earl Anderson b July 30, 1942 - 2. Gale Christine Anderson b Oct. 27, 1946 - 3- Barbara Lee Anderson b Sept. 14, 1953 - 4. J antt Leota Anderson b Feb. 24, 1958 - (LYNDON EARL is now in the U.S. Navy; Airman -- Electrician's mate, Third Class) EAMES 13-1-3. WILLIAM GEORGE EAMES, b October 8, 1923 in Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Midway High School in Menan (1941), graduate L.D.S. Seminary (1940), 2 years Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York (1943); farmer. m March 25, 1947 in Lincoln, Nebraska to NORMA ANN NYGREN, b August 11, 1924 in St. Edward, Boone County, Nebraska; graduate Newman Grove High School, Platte County, Nebraska (1942); 2 years University of Nebraska; school teacher; Lutheran. About the year 1942, Bill worked in the ship yards as welder -- his tra1n1ng having been received in the Pocatello State College Vocational School Idaho, before joining the Air Force in World War II. His training as bombar dier required 2 years work at the University of Syracuse. After further training in many camps scattered over the nation he was sent as Bombardier and Radio Operator (Second Lt.) to the Pacific Operation. He spent nine months on Tinian, Guam and lwo Jimo inclusive. As soon as the war ended and he could again return to civilian pursuits he bought a farm west of Menan and married Norma Ann Nygren of Lincoln, Nebraska. They made their home on the farm until the beginning of the Korean Activity when Bill was again called to duty. Renting the farm, he and his family took up army life, living from May to July 1951 at Sacramento, California; from August to October 1951 at San Antonio, Texas; from November '51 to June '52, Topeka, Kansas. This time Bill was not sent overseas. Since his discharge he has continued farming. Norma Nygren came of pioneer stock, her Grandfather Nygren having come to the U.S. from Sweden to make his home. He worked in the lumber camps of Wisc;onsin and later, moving to Nebraska, bought land from the railroad; the land had to be broken up as the sod was deep and tough, but gradually it became a good farm. Here Norma was born. Her parents, when driven off the farm by drought and choking sand storms, took residence in Lincoln, Nebraska. They bought a duplex as a future aid to finances and the whole family found employment of some kind. Bill met Norma while he was sta tioned at an air force base nearby. 266 Bill is interested in politics and is Secretary of the Long Island Canal Com pany. His hobby is bowling. Norma is a 4-H Club leader. She, too, is inter ested in politics, takes piano lessons and is learning to bowl. During the winter she takes adult education courses in the evening sponsored by B.Y .U. at Rexburg and Idaho Falls. She teaches in the Menan elementary school. Their address: Menan, Idaho. 1. Cheryl Ellen Eames b Dec. 26, 1947 2. William Mark Eames b Sept. 2, 1949 3. John Edwin Eames b July 13, 1953 4. Le Anne Eames b Sept. 21, 1956 d July 13, 1957 5. Mary Lee Eames b Apr. 23, 1958 6. Matthew Carter Eames b Aug. 25, 1960 MALONEY 13-1-4. IVA MAE EAMES, b April 16, 1927 1n Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Midway High School in Menan (1945), L.D.S. Seminary (1944), L.D.S. Hospital School of Nursing, Idaho Falls (1948); housewife, regis tered nurse; Congregational Church. m June 30, 1949 in Logan, Cache Coun ty, Utah, to RAYMOND ALBERG MALONEY, b December 4, 1916 in Virgin, Washington County, Utah; graduate high school, Hurricane, Utah (1936), B.S. degree Utah State Agriculture College (1950), M.B.A. degree University of Chicago (1958); occupation: Chief of Programs and Requirements, Outer Space Division; Major, U .S.A.F .; Congregational Church. Ray Maloney saw active duty overseas in the air force during World War II and was a prisoner of the Japanese in the India theatre for about two years before his release. Once back in the U.S. he was stationed for awhile near Denver, Colorado. Here he met Iva Mae who was studying in a Denver Hos pital as a supplement to her work in the L.D.S. School of Nursing, Idaho. Since their marriage in 1949 they have moved macy times as the Air Force dictates, from Logan to Cedar City, Utah; from there to Albuquerque; from there t,o Chicago, then to Los Angeles where Ray's special type of work is located. His job takes him on trips by plane to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland and to Florida. Iva has not nursed for several years. She sews a great deal, making her own suits, dresses, coats, her husband's pajamas, etc. Her sewing is amazingly beautiful. The Maloneys camp out a lot. Ray has a number of interests such as fishing, color photography and as barbecue chef. Their address: 440 Camino de Encanta Redondo Beach, California·. I. David Brenton Maloney b July 12, 1950 - 2. Kendall Maloney b Mar. 16, 1955 - 3. Nial Myron Maloney b Mar. 14, 1960 - 267 EAMES 13-1-5. ROBERT WESLEY EAMES, b March 26, 1929 in Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho; graduate Midway High School in Menan (1947); 2 years L.D.S. Seminary at Midway (1943-' 45); farmer; Latter Day Saints Church. m (2) March 17, 1956 at Menan, Idaho to JEAN ELIZABETH SCHOFIELD JOHN SON, b October 14, 1934 in Idaho Falls, Idaho; 2 years high·school, Rigby, L.D.S. Seminary (1951); housewife; Latter Day Saints Church. (This was the second marriage for both. Jean's son by her first marriage - Eddie Earl Johnson b October 7, 1952 in Idaho Falls, is the sole respon- sibility of Bob and Jean, and lives with them. Although he has not been legally adopted, he goes by the name of "Eames".) Jean's grandfather, John Edward Schofield, born in England, and her grandmother, Hannah Eli zabeth Hunting, born in Utah, were among the early settlers like the Eames and the Molens to homestead in this section of Jefferson County. Jean's mother, Ruth Ellen Berglot Pearson, came to America from Sweden when 10 years old. Although her people came from Sweden, she herself was born in Christionia, Oslo, Norway where her father was working at the time of her birth. Bob's whole life has been bound up in farming -- as a little boy, in his dreams, and now actively as a man. It was through his conscientious efforts that his father, John Wesley "Wes" Eames, was able to operate the farm located west of Menan, all during World War II and the Korean activity when help was scarce and hardly worth the having. Bob still operates part of the farm as renter, having bought the acreage on the highway. He raises the fa mous Idaho spuds, sugar beets, wheat, feed grains, hay and milks a herd of cows. He and his wife live on the farm with their three children. Bob is chairman of the local Farm Bureau. Neither one has as yet developed a hobby unless it is ucamping out" which both like to do. Bob has always lived in Menan but he has made a few quick sight-seeing trips to the west coast and to Colorado. Their address: Menan, Idaho. 1. Robert John Eames b Apr. 1, 1957 - 2. Shaun Charles Eames b Mar. 1, 1960 - GROOVER 13-3-1. MILDRED MAXINE SMITH, b October 5, 1922 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri; graduate of Springfield High School~ housewife; St. Paul's Methodist Church. m December 11, 1940 in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri to CLIFTON REESE GROOVER JR. b June 21, 1914 in Augusta, Georgia; 2 years high school; owner Texaco Service Station, Springfield - formerly owned a banana wholesale house; member St. Paul's Methodist. Their Address: 2830 Southern Hills Springfield, Missouri.. 268 1. Clifton Reese Groover III b Aug. 4, 1941 + 2. Carl Bruce Groover b May 27, 1946 - SMITH 13-3-2. ROBERT NORMAN SMITH, b June 12, 1924 in Springfield, Green County, Missouri; grades and some high school, also Springfield Photography College (Army career); Methodist. m June 12, 1956 in Weisbaden, Germany to INGEBORG MARIANNE REINHOLZ, b September 8, 1925 in Vrandan, Czechoslovakia; European education equivalent to high school in U.S.; housewife; Catholic. Address: Somewhere around Tacoma, Washin.gton. 1. Ingrid Kunigundi Smith b Nov. 8, 1957 2. Rudigar Michael Smith b July 17, 1960 - SMITH 13-3-3. DONALD LEE SMITH, b December 22, 1934 in Springfield, Mis souri; 4 years high school in Springfield, specializing in mechanical drawing; Civil Engineer, County of San Bernardino, California; now employed with Campbell, Miller & Associates -- Civil Engineers; Lutheran. m December 17, 1954 at Norton AF8 Chapel, San Bernardino~ to JOAN ELIZABETH SIM MONS, b April 3, 1935 in Malborough, Massachusetts; graduate Northboro High School, Northl?oro, Massachusetts; housewife; employed as a legal secretary for Waldo Wilthoft, Attorney-at-law; First Church of the Cross, Lutheran. Address: 583 E. Mariposa Drive, Rialto, California. 1. Michael Giles Smith b Dec. 21, 1955 - ROONEY 13-4-2. MARY LOU RICKMAN, b December 12, 1933 in Salina, Saline Coun ty, Kans as; graduate high school, Kansas City, Missouri and graduate Uni versity of Kansas -- BA degree in Design; Chi Omega Sorority; art and home craft are her hobbies; housewife; Catholic. m October 26, 1956 in Ft. Hauchuca, Cochise County, Arizona to GEORGE EDWARD ROONEY, b May 5, 1932 in Fairview, Brown County, Kansas; University of Kansas, B.S. degree Business Administration; Pi Kappa Alpha; cost accountant, IMCO (container company); Catholic. Address: 4933 West 72nd Prairie Village, Kansas. 1. Catherine Louise Rooney b Oct. 7, 1957 - 2. Jam.es Rooney b Oct. 7, 1957 - 269 3- Bruce Patrick Rooney b July 13, 1960 4. Kevin Michael Rooney b July 13, 1960 - HELMICK 13-7-1. ROGER KONKEL HELMICK, b October 7, 1937 in Grand Junction, Colorado; 8th grade, Corey, Colorado; graduate high school, Delta, Colorado (1955), graduate Mesa Jr. College, ·Grand Junction (1957), graduate C.S.U., Ft. Colling, Colorado (1959); Electrical Engineer, Minneapolis-Honeywell, St. Petersburg, Florida; Methodist. m June 2, 1957 in Fruita, Mesa County, to ORLA MAY HALLOWAY, b November 3, 1937 in Redmond, DeSchute s County, Oregon; graduate Grand Junction High School and 1½ years Mesa Jr. College; housewife, stenographer; Methodist. Address: 9580 - 60th Street North, Pinellas Park, Florida. 1. Gregory Byron Helmick b Dec. 29, 1959 - 2. Lorae Dianne Helmick b Nov. 14, 1961 - PERRY 13-1-1-2. LINDLEY IRENE HOLLAND, b May 8, 1942 in Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho while her father was serving in the Aleutians during World War II. She spent the first 15 or 16 months of her life living with her mother on the farm of her grandparents (J .W. Eames). Following the divorce of her par ents, while her mother worked as clerk in drug stores in Idaho Falls, Lindley Irene again lived with her grandparents on the farm near Menan. After her mother married Lloyd Scott she moved with them to Pocatello and attended grade school there. From Pocatello they moved to Butte, Montana and later to Billings, where she first met her future husband. She is a graduate of Billings High School, Class of '59; Eastern Montana College of Education, 1961; Billings Business College, 1962. Her hobby is art. Latter Day Saints Church. m June 1, 1962 in Billings, Montana to WARREN HOWARD PERRY II, b December 23, 1940 in Billings; graduate Billings High School (1959), Eastern Montana College of Education (1959-'62); completedarmy service at Ft. Ord, California in November 1963; water works employee, Billings. His hobby is gun collecting. Presbyterian. Address: 714 Avenue "D" Billings, Montana. 1. Kelli Lynne Perry b Oct. 11, 1963 GROOVER 13-3-1-1. CLIFTON REESE GROOVER III, b August 4, 1941 in Springfield, Green County, Missouri; graduate high school, now attending Southwest Mis souri State College in Springfield; works part time at Texaco Service Station; 270 St. PauPs Methodist. m March 30, 1963 in Springfield to MARLYN KAY PEER, b September 15, 1943 in Springfield; high school and 6 months col lege, Southwest Missouri State (1962); clerks in Newport Variety Store; St. Paul's Methodist; no children. Address: 1524 Orland, A pt. #2, Springfield, Missouri. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My sincere thanks to my tcfirst-cousin-once-removed", Leota Eames. Without her assistance it is doubtful if the Solomon Konkel chapter could have been completed. - C.G.B . ••• 271 l4o DAVID KONKEL DA YID KONKEL and Wife EMMA REED 14. DAVID KONKEL b June 8, 1868 near the town of Clarinda in Page County, Iowa; d August 22, 1941 in Colorado Springs. When he was two years of age his parents moved by covered wagon to Crawford Coun.ty, Kansas. In 1886 he again went by covered wagon with his mother and some of his brothers and sisters to Baca County, Colorado. In the fall of 1889 he returned to Kansas and worked as a farm hand in Elk County until the summer of 1890, at which time he attended the Elk County Normal School and obtained a teaching certificate. He taught school the next two years, attending school again in the summer of 1891. m March 6, 1892 in Greoola, Elk County, Kansas to EMMA S. REED, b October 23,, 1867, the first white child to be born in Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas; d January 22, 1954 in Colorado Springs. Her parents left Labette County in 1876 for Sedan , Chautauqua County, Kansas, later moving to Elk County where Emma first met David. She attended grade schools in both Oklahoma and Kansas. After their marriage they moved to Vilas in Baca County, Colorado, where he taught school and farmed until the fall of 1894. It was during this time that their two children were born. 272 In the spring of 1895 he sold his farm in Baca County and leased another farm near the town of Pawnee in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. He farmed in the summers and taught school during the winter months. It was while liv ing in Pawnee County that their two year old son Jessie died. The next year they sold the farm and moved to Carroll County in northern Missouri, where David's brothers, Jacob and Soloman Konkel, operated a sawmill on the Grand River near the town of Hale. Jacob was a widower with one small son, Tom. Emma kept house and cared for little Tom and her own daughter, Carrie, while David worked in the sawmill. After Jacob's death in 1898, the sawmill was discontinued and David and Solomon moved their families to the Ozarks in southern Missouri. Brother Sol, who had the guardianship of little Tom, agreed to let David an.d Emma take him to raise. This gave them -- two children once again, their own daughter, Carrie, now six years old, and Tom who was about three. In the fall of 1898 they moved again to Elk County, Kansas. The next spring they went to Chautauqua County where David farmed and taught school. In 1902 they returned to Baca County, Colorado where David ran cattle on shares for another brother, Will Konkel. They filed on a homestead in 1906, and David continued farming and teaching until he was elected County Clerk and Recorder of Baca County in 1913. After the election he moved his fam ily to the county seat, residing in Springfield until 1915. After one term in office, he moved his family back to the farm, continuing both to teach school and farm. In 1918 their daughter Carrie died while giving birth to her third child. David and Emma took all three grandchildren into their home and raised them to maturity. The farm was sold in 1920 and David bought a general store in the town of Campo, south of Springfield. Tom also moved his family to Campo and work ed for his uncle in the store. After two years David sold the store, leased it back from the owner, and he and Tom continued to operate it until the fall of 1924. In the spring of 1925, David bought a cream station but sold out that fall and began to clerk in the post office at Campo. In 1927 he bought a cream station in Sugar City, Colorado and moved the family there. Tom, the ne phew they had raised, died on November 5, 1927. He had been attending college in Colorado Springs for three years in preparation for the ministry. In the summer of 1929, David and Emma operated a cream station in Has well, Colorado while Tom's widow, Alma, and her four children ran the stam tion in Sugar City. They returned to the Springs in time for school that fall. David and Emma returned to Sugar City, disposed of the cream station and moved to Colorado Springs. He purchased a shoe repair shop and op erated that business while both families lived together in a large brick house 273 at 623 N. Walnut Street. Both David and his wife were members of the Methodist Church until 1918, at which time they joined the Pilgrim Holiness Church. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Colorad·o Springs. T\1 70 children were born to this union: 1. Carrie Konkel b Nov. 22, 1892 + d Nov. 22, 1918 2. Jessie Konkel b Aug. 16, 1894 d June 11, 1896 FIELDS 14-1. CARRIE KONKEL, b November 22, 1892 in Baca County, Colorado; d November 22, 1918; buried in Springfield, Colorado; graduate of Springfield High School; attended Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas; housewife; Methodist. m December 20, 1914 in Springfield, Colorado to WILLIAM A. FIELDS. After their marriage, Carrie and her husband moved to a farm south of Springfield and engaged in farming -as long as Carrie lived. He was acci dently killed later (date and place not known). To this union were born three children: 1. Evelyn May Fields b Nov. 16, 1915 + 2. William David Fields b Feb. 10, 1917 + d Aug. 16, 1937 3- Opal Fields b Nov. 22, 1918 + KU PARIS 14-1-1. EVELYN MAY FIELDS, b November 16, 1915 in Baca County, Colorado; attended grade schools in Campo and Sugar City; completed grade and high school at a Bible training school in Colorado Springs; waitress. m WILLIAM KUPARIS; divorced and remarried, present married name not known. No children. Last known address was Albion, Wyoming. FIELDS 14-1-2. WILLIAM DAVID FIELDS, b February 10) 1917 in Baca County, Colorado; d August 16, 1937; buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs. Billy attended a Bible training school and Immanuel College in Colorado Springs. He was a member of the male quartet that traveled through the summer months advertising the college. It was on one of those trips that Billy was drowned while swimming. ALLEN 14-1-3. OPAL FIELDS, b November 22, 1918 in Baca County, Colorado. She attended grade schools in Campo and Sugar City, completing her grades and high school at the Bible training school in Colorado Springs. She is a beautician by trade. m June 30, 1938 in Colorado Springs to J. EL VIN 274 ALLEN, b -- in Olivet, Vermilion County, Illinois. Sometime after their marriage, Opal and Elvin went to St. Louis, Missouri to live. They were la ter divorced. In 1960 she moved to California where her daughters and son in-law had proceeded her --- Novita and her husband in 1958, and Billie Sue in late 1959- Opal has since remarried: present name and address are not known. 1. N ovita Rae Allen b May 27, 1939 + 2. Billie Sue Allen b July 1, 1944 + BURGE 14-1-3-1. NOVITA RAE ALLEN, b May 27, 1939 in Colorado Springs; graduated from high school in St. Louis, Missouri. M January 16, 1958 in Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri to RICHARD D. BURGE, b January 23, 1931 in Ft. Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clare Burge. Richard graduated from high school in Estherville, Iowa and from Finlay Engineering College at Kansas City, Missouri; served 4 years in US Navy, February 1950 - November 1963; now a mechanical engineer for North American Aviation; travels wideiy in his work. He is a hunting and fishing enthusiast; Lutheran. He resides at 12026 Imperial, Norwalk, California. No~ita's last known address was P.O. Box 6, North Palm Springs, California. They have two children: L. Nicolette Rae Burge b July 29, 1959 - 2. William Clare Burge II b June 1, 1960 - 14-1-3-2. BILL-IE SUE ALLEN, b July 1, 1944 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; graduated from high school in LaMirada, Califor nia. She has married and is living in St. Louis, Missouri (1965). Married name and address not known. AKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to thank Alma Baxter (10-1) for much of the historical data in this chapter; also Richard Burge (14-1-3-1) without whose assist ance the names and birth dates of his children would be missing from this report. C.G.B. • •• 275 INDEX 3-1-2-1 Adams, Beatrice Averell-.:.Lawrence A. Thompson 2-7-4-1 Alcorn, Albert Allen--Lorraine Edith Godwin 2-7-4-1-(1) Alcorn, Albert Larry 2-7-5-1 Alcorn, Ann Marie--Garry Ken Robirds; 2. Clinton Frank Rogers 2-7-5 *Alcorn. Earl Jason--Phylis Hazzard 2-7-5-2 Alcorn, Harriet Jean--Larry Ross Plew 2-7-4-2 Alcorn, Jean Elizabeth--Roland George Hatfield 2-7-4 Alcorn, Joseph Raymond--Doris Irene Gurie 2-7-2-1 Alcorn, Joyce Audre--Albert Butterfield 2-7-2 Alcorn, Lloyd Marvin--Helen Pauline Kinzel 2-7-4-1-(2) Alcorn, Rayna Helen 2-7-3 Alcorn, Ruth Marie--Charles Harold Branscomb; 2. Lee F. White 2-7-1 Alcorn, Velma Marie--Glen Cline Moser*; 2. Roy Avery Watkins 5-1-1-1-(2) Allen, Clark Dana 5-1-1-1-(1) Allen, Lori Lee 5-1-1-1 Allen, Robert Winston--Kathryn 14-1-3-2 Allen, Billie Sue------14-1-3-1 Allen, Novita Rae--Richard------D. Burge 3-5-1-1-(2) Allison, Curtis Eugene 3-5-1-1-1 Allison. Karen Lucille-- Melton Morphis 5-3-2-1 Altergott, Ann Louise--Jack McCulloch 5-3-2-4 Altergott, Carol Henria--Ronald Lee Bauer* 5-3-2-2 Aitergott, Fredrick Safford--Wanda Fay Halligan; 2. Betty Davis 5-3-2-(5) Altergott, Kenneth Paul 5-3-2-(3) *Altergott, Marjorie Pearl 5-3-2-2-(2) Altergott, Paula Kay 5-3-2-2-(3) Altergott, Randy Lorne 5-3-2-2-(1) Altergott, Stephen Ray 4-1-1-2-2 Alumbaugh, Charles Dean--Aulta Belle Major 4-1-1-2-2-(2) Alumbaugh, Cheryl Mashon 4-1-1-2-2-(3) Alumbaugh, Douglas Dean 4-1-1-2-1 Alumbaugh, Patty Jo--Raymond A. Jackson 4-1-1-2-3 Alumbaugh, Sandra Ann--Allen Joe Heideman 4-1-1-2-2-(1) Alumbaugh, Sandra Kay 13-1-2-(3) Anderson, Barbara Lee 13-1-2-(2) Anderson, Gale Christine 13-1-2-(4) Anderson, Janet Leota 13-1-2-(1) Anderson, Lyndon Earl 8-7-4-(1) Armijo, Danny Allan 8-7-4-(2) Armijo, Phillip Randolph 8-7-4-(3) Armijo, Phyllis Lorraine 1-1-2 Avery, Auraetta Pearl--Charles Walter Chesney*; 2. G. C. Caldwell 1-1-1-2-(2) Avery, Christine Marie 1-1-1-2-(1) A very, Kathleen Mary 1-1-1-1 Avery, Margaret Lee--Sam Morris Feldmeier 1-1-1-2-(3) Avery, William Girard 1-1-1-2 Avery, William Glenn--Mary Agnes O'Leary 1-1-1 *Avery, Willian1 Wirt--Nella Harris 3-1-3-3-(2) Baker, Barbara Jean 3-1-3-3-(3) Baker, Beth Elaine 3-1-3-3-(1) :.1aker, Nancy Ann 2-8-7-(1) Balch, Larry Robert 2-8-7-(2) Balch, Michael Lee 8-6-4-(1) Ballard, Lila Loraine 8-6-4-(2) Ballard, Matt Allen 5-2-3-1-(2) Barrett, Katherine Viola 276 INDEX 5-2-3-1-(1) Barrett, Victor Marshall 5-3-2-4-(3) Bauer, Michael Lee 5-3-2-4-(2) Bauer, Reginald Diedrich 5-3-2-4-(1) Bauer, Ronald Fredrick 4-1-2-5-(2) Behrens, David Raymond 4-1-2-5-(4) Behrens, Dennis Leonard 4-1-2-5-(1) *Behrens, Douglas Martin 4-1-2-5-(3) Behrens, Robert Edward 4-1-2-5-(5) Behrens, Zack Arnold 2-6-1-(1) Belcher, Roberta Elizabeth Ann 11-5-1-(3) Benshoof, Carolyn 11-5-1-(l) Benshoof, Marnie--Devon Tate Berg 11-5-1-(2) Benshoof, Stephen 11-5-1-(1)-(1) Berg, Devon Tate 5-2-3-5-(2) Boyer, Alice Pauline 5-2-3-2-(4) Boyer, Daniel Foster 5-2-3-2-(5) Boyer, Donald Ray 5-2-3-2-(8) Boyer, George Royal 5-2-3-2-(3) Boyer, Guy Wesley 5-2-3-2-(6) Boyer, Jane Marie 5-2-3-2-(7) Boyer, Jessie Pearl 5-2-3-2-(9) Boyer, Joe Allen 5-2-3-5-(1) Boyer, Virginia Irilena 3-6-2-(4) Boyle, Donald Eugene 3-6-2-1 Boyle, Florence Marie--Fred Rosengrant; 2. LeRoy Lay 3-6-2-(2) Boyle, Melvin Joe 3-6-2-(3) Boyle, Raymond LeRoy--Mrs. Betty Seeman 5-2-6-2-(1) Bowman, Cheryl Ann 5-2-6-2-(2) Bowman, Warde K. 2-7-3-1 Branscomb, Ruth Marie--Bill Gene Cox 3-3-2-1-(2) Briggs, Michael Steven 3-3-2-1-(1) Briggs, Patricia Anne--George Warren, Jr. 5-2-8-4-(2) Bright, Bryan Keith 5-2-8-4-(1) Bright, Clayton Del 3-5-1-5-(2) Brooks, Douglas Lee 3-5-1-5-(3) Brooks, Leonard Jay 3-5-1-5-(1) Brooks, Tony Eugene 8-6-4 Brown, Anna Marie--Edgar Allen Poe Ballard 8-6-1-1 Brown, Catherine Audrey--Robert Van Vooren 8-6-3-(2) Brown, Charlotte Ann 8-6-3-(1) Brown, Deborah Jane 8-6-1-(2) Brown, Janet Marie 8-6-3 Brown, Olen Warren--Dovie Lou Perdue 8-6-1 *Brown, Orvel Vernon--Agnes Joe Turcek 8-6-2 Brown, Ruby Alice--Lou Scott Winters 2-10-4-(2) Bryan, Carol Sue 2-10-1 Bryan, Carroll Guy--Viola Victoria Westberg; 2. J. Laverne MulcahyEaston 2-10-1-(2) Bryan, Clark Lee 2-8-(2) *Bryan, Dorothy Pearl 2-10-4 Bryan, Elmer Marion-- Bernice Eleanor Heinze 2-8-4 *Bryan, Eva Viola 2-8-1-1 Bryan, Gerald Oren--Patricia Ka_ren Grossnickle 2-8-1 Bryan, Harold Oren--Bertha Elizabeth Ward 2-8-1-2-(1) Bryan, James Jay 2-10-(3) *Bryan, James Pressco 2-10-4-(3) Bryar.. , James Robert 2-8-(8) *~ryan, Leo Paul 277 INDEX 2-8-7 Bryan, Leota Pauline--John Robert Balch 2-10-1-(3) Bryan, Linda Carol 2-8-1-1-(1) Bryan, Linda Lee 2-8-6 *Bryan, Marvin Eldridge--Mary Louise Peasley* 2-10-4-(1) Bryan, Ronald Gary 2-8-1-2 Bryan, Ronald Ward--Jennean Kay Casteel 2-10-2 Bryan, Ruby Faye--Harlo Benjamin Lythgoe 2-8-5 Bryan, Thelma--Victor Herron Burton 2-10-1-1 Bryan, V. Colleen--William Duane Hope 2-8-3 Bryan, Vena Margaret--Merle Vine Moody*; 2. Robert Harrison Crowder 2-8-1-2-(2) Bryan, William J. 14-1-3-1-(1) Burge, Nicolette Rae 14-1-3-1-(2) Burge, William Clare II 3-1-1-2-1-(1) Burns, Donna Renee 2-8-5-2 Burton, Beverly Sue--Donald Bruce Heckenlively 2-8-5-1 Burton, Nancy Kay--George Wall 4-2-1-3 Buschhusen, Billy--Helen Stephenson 4-2-1-3-1 Buschhusen, Janet Lee--Carleton Kleitz 4-2-1-2 Buschhusen, Lois Edith--Vincent Lewis 4-2-1-(1) Buschhusen, Ray 2-1-3-2 Byerley, Arville Millard--Marian Estelle Glaze 2-1-3-1-(1) Byerley, Carolyn Jo 2-1-3-1 Byerley, Carroll Dean--Mary Josephine Lucas 2-1-3-3-(2) Byerley, Dudley D. 2-1-3-3-(1) Byerley, Janice Veonette 2-1-3-1-(3) Byerley, Jill Ann 2-1-3-3 Byerley, Loyal Veon--Betty Lou Usery 2-1-3-1-(2) Byerley, Nicholas Ray 2-1-3-2-(1) Byerley, Penny Lynn 2-1-3-1-(4) Byerley, Phillip Eric 2-1-3-2-(2) Byerley, Terry Lee 4-1-1-1-1-(3) Campbell, Jacque Dee 4-1-1-1-1-(2) Campbell, Larry Gene 4-1-1-1-1-(4) Campbell, Sheri Dawn 4-1-1-1-1-(1) Campbell, Terry Lee 8-2-3-1-(2) Carlton, Dawn Irene 8-2-3-1-(1) Carleton, Torene Charlene 1-2-2-2-(1) Carmen, Lynell Marie 5-2-6-6-(1) Cates, Tony Dee 1-1-2-3 Chesney, Gladys Blanche--Ralph Clinton Soverns 1-1-2-(2) Chesney, Mildred Pearl 1-1-2-1-(1) Chesney, William Edward 1-1-2-1 Chesney, William Enloe--Edna Mae Wieden 4-5-2-2-(1) Chidester, Charles Joseph 4-5-2-2 Chidester, Charles Raymond II--Lillian Yvonne Boucher 4-5-2-1 Chidester, Patricia Ann--William Frederick Klein 3-4-3-2-(3) Christensen, Cathy Rae 3-4-3-2-(4) Christensen, Chari Lee 3-4-3-2-(1) Christensen, Debbie Jo 3-4-3-2-(2) Christensen, Douglas Carl 5-7-1-(1) Click, Michael 5-7-1-(2) Click, Stephen 12-3-(2) *Coats, Laura Hope 2-7-3-1-(3) Cox, Billy Gene 2-7-3-1-(2) Cox, Larry Ross 2-7-3-1-(1) Cox, Lee Arthur 278 INDEX 2-8-3-1 Crowder, Eva Jane--George Dalition 2-8-3-(2) Crowder, Robert Harrison Jr. 12-3-1 Crozer, Charles Andrew--Helen Madeline Taylor 12-3-1-(2) Crozer, Norman Payton 12-3-1-(1) Crozer, Robert Charles 7-7-1-(3) Cruver, Elizabeth 7-7-1-(4) Cruver, Jennifer· 7-7-1~(2) Cruver, Rebecca 7-7-1-(6) Cruver, Robert Wilbur 7-7-1-(1) Cruver, Sarah Grace 7-7-1-(5) Cruver, Teressa 3-1-1-1-1 Cullen, Judith Ann--Richard Harrington Morgan 4-1-1-2 Cunningham, Fern Maxine--Ernest William Alumbaugh 4-1-1-1 Cunningham, Jessie Francis--Clyde E. Smith 12-8-1-(2) Dale, Carol Lee 12-8-1-(1) Dale, Diana Louise 2-8-3-1-(3) Dalition, David Kavork 2-8-3-1-(1) Dalition, Linda Kay 2-8-3-1-(2) *Dalition, Solag Dale 3-3-1-1-(1) Daniels, Larry Lee 3-1-3~2-(4) Davis, Dannice 3-1-3-2-(3) Davis, Kent Dale 3-5-3•1-(2) Davi~, Linda Jane 3-1-3-2-(2) *Davis, Raine 3-1-3-2-(1) Davis, Richard Olen 3-1-3-2-(5) Davis, Ronda Kay 3-5-3-1-(1) Davis, William Eugene 5-9-1-(1) DeCamp, Chris Elder 3-1-3-12-(1) DeGarmo, John Kevin 6-7-1-(2) Denney, Charles Alan 6-7-1 Denney, Charles LeRoy--Wanda Smith 6-7-1-(3) Denney, Debbi Rene 6-7-1-(1) Denney, Denice Anne 6-7-2 Denney, Shirley Jean--Bill R. Lauderback 1-2-2-2-(1) Drummond, Charles Emmett III l-2-2-2-(3) Drummond, Craig Mike 1-2-2-2.-(2) Drummond, Jean Carol--Melvin Carmen 1-2-2-2-(4) Drummond, Judy Lynn 12-4-8-(2) Eads, Doris Gail--Richard Keith Fogg 12-4-8-1 Eads, Linda Sharon--Adrian Christopher Peet 12-4-8-(3) Eads, Ralph Eugene Jr. 13-1-1 Eames, Betty--Donald Holland; 2. Lloyd Edgar Scott 13-1-3-(1) Eames, Cheryl Ellen 13-1-4 Eames, Iva Mae--Raymond Alberg Maloney 13-1-2 Eames, Ina Ruth--Homer Lee Anderson 13-1-3-(3) Eames, John Edwin 13-1-3-(4) *Eames, Lee Anne 13-1-3-(5) Eames, Mary Lee 13-1-3-(6) Eames, Matthew Carter 13-1-5-(1) Eames, Robert John 13-1-5 Eames, Robert Wesley--June Mary Browning Jones; 2. Jean Elizabeth Schofield Johnson 13-1-5-(2) Eames, Shaun Charles 13-1-3 Eames, William George--Norma Ann Nygren 13-1-3-(2) Eames, William Mark 6-2-1-(1) Eastham, Carolyn Jean--Derell Younger 279 INDEX 6-2-1-(3) Eastham, Richard Glenn 6-2-1-(2) Eastham, Sandra Arlene 2-3-2-1-(1) Ebbesen, Douglas Scott 2..:3-2-1-(2) Ebbesen, Pamela Kay 2-3-2-1-(3) Ebbesen. Randall James 5-10 Elder, Ada Alzada--Charles Earl Essex* 5-2-10 Elder, Alvan Allen--Mary Vitmar Hankison 5-9-1 *Elder. Alycon Rose--David S. DeCamp 5-9-3-(2) Elder, Arthur Roy 5-3 *Elder. Bertl!a. Pear1- -Carroll Darwin Safford* 5-2-(5) *Elder, Bruice 5-2-8 Elder, Chester Onophry--Hazel Campbell 5-9 *Elder. Christian Calob--Ramona Robinson 5-2-1 Elder, Claire Otto--Nellie May Shafer 5-2 *Elder, Curtis Theodore--Grace Mitchell 5-9-3-(3) Elder, Darren 5-7-2-(2) Elder, Dayna Lynn 5-2-11 Elder, Dorothy Georgette--Harold Duane Green 5-7-1 Elder, Dorothy May--Charles Earl Click 5-2-9-(2) Elder. Duane Ivon 5-7 Elder, Edwin Arthur--Dorothy Sweet 5-9-4-(1) Elder. Edwin Mark 5-9-3 Elder, Edwin Safford--Aileen Newton 5-1 *Elder, Eva Rena--Samuel H. Tope*; 2. Jack Lanterman* 5-5 *Elder, Flora Alice--Clair Albert Dye* 5-9-2 Elder, Frances Jane--Henry William Hofstetter 5-2-1-(2) Elder, Glen Otto 5-7-2-(3) Elder, Gregg Alan 5-2-6-1-(3) Elder, Henry LeRoy 5-6 Elder, Hulda Louise--John A. Porter* 5-2-9 Elder, Ivon Arthur--Roene Hill 5-2-6-1-(4) Elder, James Leonard 5-2-9-1 Elder, Jaylene Marie--William Ross Fullmer 5-2-6-1-(1) Elder, Jerry Lee 5-(8) *Elder, John 5-2-6-1-(6) Elder, John 5-2-1-(1) Elder, Judy May 5-7-2-(1) El~er, Karen Sue 5-2-8-{3) Elder, Kathie 5-2-9-(4) Elder, Kaye Debra 5-2-9-{5) Elder, Kim Deane 5-2-9-(3) Elder, Linda 5-9-3-{1) Elder, Linda Pearl 5-2-8-4 Elder, Lorene--Robert Clayton Pelno; 2. Delvin Paul Bright 5-9-4 Elder, Lou Roy--Rosalie Ann Terrell 5-2-6-1-(2) Elder, Mary Lou 5-2-9-{6) Elder, Mitchell Hill 5-7-(3) Elder, Nancy Benita 5-2-6 Elder, Robbie May--LeRoy Elder*; 2. Jack Lambert 5-7-2 Elder, Robert Sweet--Beverly Brand 5-2-(2) *Elder, Rolland August 5-4 *Elder, Rossa 5-2-7 Elder, Ruby Pearl--Milo B. Gifford 5-2-8-(2) Elder, Sherry Lee 5-2-8-(1) Elder, Stephen Louis 5-2-4 Elder, Sylvan Mitchell--Ann Denker Larsen* 5-2-6-1 Elder, Victor LeRoy--W:ynona Catherine Simp.son 280 INDEX 5-2-3 Elder, Viola Marie--Guy Foster Hudelson*; 2. William Patterson*; 3. Alvey Slater 5-2-6-1-(5) Elder, Wynona Ann 2-1-1-2-(2) Eshnaur, Dawn Ellen 2-1-1-2-(1) Eshnaur, Jon Kurtis 2-1-1·-1 Eshnaur, Lavada Arlene--James Eural Grey 2-1-1-2 Eshnaur, Richard Lee--Margaret Ellen Taylor; 2. Mrs. Angelee McAnroe 8-3-1-(2) *Estrada, Andrea Jeanne 8-3-1-(3) Estrada, Marc L. 8-3-1-(1) Estrada, Rebecca Marie 4-1-2-3-(1) Evans, Ronald Jay 4-1-2-3-(2) Evans, Susan Kay 8-2-1-1 Faulkner, Clifford--Joyce Ilene Gooden 8-2-1-2 Faulkner, Leslie Judith--John Thomas O'Neil 8-2-1-1-(1) Faulkner, Neil Anderson 8 - 2 -1-1 - (2 ) Faulkner, Noel Ilene 1-1-1-1-(3) Feldmeier, Carol Ann 1-1-1-1-1 Feldmeier, Doris June--Richard Charles Piper 1-1-1-1-2 Feldmeier, Mary Lee--Raymond Van Cleve 14-1-1 Fields, Evelyn May--William Kuparis 14-1-3 Fields, Opal--J. Elvin Allen 14-1-2 *Fields, William David 7-8-(2) Fitts, Diane Kathleen 7-8-(1) Fitts, John Murray 7-8-(3) Fitts, Michael Mac 5-2-9-1-(1) Fullmer, Shane Norris ~-p~ 11. .... n 1\tr,....,.;e 4-1-1-1-2-(1) Go.p a., nu .1. i\i.lo..L ... 4-1-1-1-2-(2) Gappa, John Scott 2-6-2-2 Gerber, Arita Loree--Joseph Franklin Simpson 2-6-2-(4) Gerber, Deanna Gayle 2-6-2-(3) Gerber, Lonnie Lynn 2-6-2-(1) *Gerber, Loran Alan 5-2-7-1 Gifford, Floyd Milo--Leisa Walker 5-2-7-4 Gifford, Gevenna Mirle--Larry Kent Rockwood 5-2-7-3 Gifford, Joyce Monta--Darwin E. Hawkes 5-2-7-1-(2) Gifford, Kett Delynn 5-2-7-(2) *Gifford, Laverl Elder 5-2-7-1-(3) Gifford, Leann 5-2-7-1-(4) Gifford, Tracy Floyd 5-2-7-1-(1) Gifford, Wanett 2-1-1-1-(4) Grey, Barrett Clinton 2-1-1-1-(2) Grey, Brooke Kathaleen 2-1-1-1-(3) Grey, Monica Claire 2-1-1-1-(1) Grey, Stacia Dianne 13-3-1-(2) Groover, Carl Bruce ~ 13-3-1-1 Groover, Clifton Reese III--Marlyn Kay Pier 3-5-2-2-(1) Gustafson, Shandra Jean 4-5-1 Hand, Elizabeth Ellen--Lawrence L. Herrmann 4-5-2 Hand, Hope--Charles Raymond Chidester 4-5-3 Hand, Mary Marguerite--Hurward Vandell Simmons 8 -1 -1-1-(2) Hart, Catherine Ann 8-1-1-1-(1) Hart, Douglas Brian 8-1-1-1 Hart, Harold Mathews Jr. --Margaret Ann Winfrey 8-1-1-1-(3) Hart, Thomas Mathews 2-7-4-2-(1) Hatfield, Annette Marie 2-7-4-2-(2) Hatfield, Brenda Irene 281 INDEX 6-2-3-(2) Havens, Deborah Joan 6-2-3-(3) Havens, John David 6-2-3-(1) Havens, Judith Jeanette 5-2-7-3-(6) Hawkes, Angelina Joy 5-2-7-3-(4) Hawkes, Cristina Pearl 5-2-7-3-(3) Hawkes, Gwendolyn Sue 5-2-7-3-(5) Hawkes, Mitchell Brian 5-2-7-3-(1) *Hawkes, Rodney Darwin 5-2-7-3-(2) *Hawkes, Timothy Jay 12-9-1 Hay, Lois Anna--Robert Wesley McGlohn 2-8-5-2-(1) Heckenlively, Patrick Allen 4-1-1-2-3-(2) Heideman, Chalonda Marlene 4-1-1-2-3-(1) Heideman, Robin Ann 4-1-1-2-3-(3) Heideman, William Allen 13-7-1-(1) Helmick, Gregory Byron 13-7-1-(2) Helmick, Lorae Dianne 13-7-1 Helmick, Roger Byron Konkel--Orla May Halloway 3-4-2-2-(2) Hinkle, John Ernest 3-4-2-2-(1) Hinkle, Lawrence William 5-9-2-(1) Hofstetter, Ann Kresin 5-9-2-(2) Hofstetter, Susan Claire 13-1-1-(1) *Holland, Donald Michael 13-1-1-2 Holland, Lindley Irene--Warren Howard Perry II 2 -10-1-1-(2) Hope, Karen Gail 2 -10-1-1-(3) Hope, Linda Michelle 2-10-1-1-(1) Hope, Pamella Kay 3-4-3-1 Harting, Evelyn Carlene--David Louis Thacker 3-4-3-2 Herting, Patricia Lou--Douglas Alfred Christensen 5-2-3-2-(1) Hudelson, Bruce Lee 5-2-3-2 Hudelson, Clara May--Roy Wesley Boyer* 5-2-3-5 Hudelson, Edna Virginia--Claud Arthur Boyer 5-2-3-2-(2) Hudelson, Ethyl Faye 5-2-3-1 Hudelson, Grace Ansella--Marshall Barrett* 5-2-3-3-(2) Hudelson, Hugh Albert 5-2-3-3 Hudelson, Hugh Elder--Susie Clifton 5-2-3-3-(1) Hudelson, James Foster 5-2-3-3-(3) Hudelson, Viola Ann 5-2-3-4 Hudelson, Viola Margaret--Jess Russell* 2. Albert Lewis Ratliff 6-6-2-(1) Hughs, v.:ayland Tim 4-5-3-1-(2) Hunchberger, James Scott 4-5-3-1-(1) Hunchberger, Jana Sue 4-1-1-2-1-(2) Jackson, Danny Lee 4-1-1-2-1-(3) Jackson, Penny Lynn 4-1-1-2-1-(1) Jackson, Raymond Duane 4-1-1-2-1-(4) Jackson, Shelly Kay 2-11-(1) *Jenks, Velma Marie 3-5-1-3-(1) Kaufman, Larry Laverne 3-5-1-3-(2) Kaufman, Thomas Lynn 1-2-2 *Keplinger., Archie Roy- -May Switzer 1-2-(1) *Keplinger, Clara June 1-2-2-2 Keplinger, Dorothy Lorraine--Charles Emmett Drummond Jr. 1-2-(3) *Keplinger, Effie Pearl 1-2-2-3 Keplinger., Mildred May- -Richard Taylor 1-2-2-(1) Keplinger, Walter Oscar 4-5-2-1-(2) Klein, Hope Ellen 4-5-2-1-(1) Klein, Matthew William 4-5-2-1-(3) Klein, Michael Eric 282 INDEX 6-6-1 Konkel, Ada Mae--Dorsey D. Neill*; 2. Victor R. Self 2-6 Konkel, Ada Stella--Oliver Jackson Weitzel* 1-2 *Konkel, Alta Emiline--Ellsworth J. Keplinger* 2-1-1 *Konkel, Alta Pearl--Loyal Glen Eshnaur* 12 *Konkel, Anna--George Washington Seely* 8-5 Konkel, Anna Bell--Vernon Garrett Nichols 11-9 Konkel, Anna Olive--Jack Simonsen* 3-6 *Konkel, Archie M. --Edith Wells 7-2-3 Konkel, Barbara Ann--David Bert West 2-3-1-(3) Konkel, Barbara Jean 3-7 *Konkel, Bessie 8-2-1 Konkel, Bessie Elizabeth--George Anderson Faulkner* 2-8 *Konkel, Bessie Jane--Eldridge Bryan* 11-5-1 Konkel, Betty Jane--Russell Benshoof 6-2-2-(2) Konkel, Beverly Anne 3-1-3-9-(3) Konkel, Brenda Kay 8-11 Konkel., Capitola--John Edwin Harris 14-1 *Konkel, Carrie--William A. Fields* 3-1-4-1 Konkel, Cecil Eugene--Wanda Dell Hall 11-7 *Konkel., Cecil Gordon--Rae Wolden* 13-7 *Konkel, Cedric Byron--Margaret Pearl Hoach 7-1 Konkel, Cedric Paxton--Mrs. Louise Glaser 1-(5) *Konkel, Charles Ross 10-1-1-(2) Konkel, Charline Ruth 1 *Konkel.,_ Christian B. --Elvina Morris Zimmerman* 3-1-3 Konkel1 Clarence Dale--Gertrude Ellen Rice 3-1-3-4 Konkel., c~~rence Fay--Harrietta May Good 8-7-(3) *Konkel, Clarence Frederick 6-3-3 Konkel, Clarence Ronald--Ada Mae Floyd 6:-3 Konkel., Clarence V. --Grayce B. Sager 7-2-1 Konkel., Edward Vernon--Rojean Joy Templeman 6-8-1 Konkel., Elden Keith--Enid Yvonne Temple 6-8 Konkel., Elden S. --Neoma Fay Banks 2-9-1 Konkel., Eleanor Mabel--James Robert Kilgore 9 *Konkel, Eli 4 *Konkel, Elizabeth--Isaac W. Ray* 8-9 Konkel, Elizabeth--Bismarck Earnest Ramach er* 2-3-3 Konkel, Elsie--Elmer Lee Otten*--2. Wilbur Adkinson*; 3. Roy Haney 3-2 *Konkel, Elva Ann 6-4-(2) *Konkel, Enid Esther 3-6-2 Konkel, Erma--Joseph Boyle 2-1-2 *Konkel, Ervin Glen--Florence Eva Stockdale 2-3-1-1 Konkel, Esther LaVerne--Albert Harvey Wiley 2-10 Konkel, Ethel Madina--Pressco Bryan*; 2. Marion Bryan* 1-6 Konkel, Eva Annetta--Andrew Jackson Walker* 3-4-(7) *Konkel, Frances 11-4 Konkel, Frank--Agnes Luella Amundsen 3-1-3-10 Konkel, Frankie Duncan--Peggy Joyce Campbell 11-2 *Konkel, Fred - - Pear1 Hart* 11-2-2 Konkel., Fred Wilson Jr. --Sherry Wade 8-(4) *Konkel, Freddie Lee 13-6-(3) Konkel, Gary Allen - -Marian Floweree Theus 6-3-3-(2) Konkel, Gary Ronald 6-(1) *Konkel, George Edmond 2-3 *Konkel., George Ervin--Winifred Cole* 283 INDEX 3-4-1 Konkel, Clayborn Willard--Edith Harris 6-8-2-(1) Konkel, Connie Joyce 6-8-2-(3) Konkel, Dane Alton 3-1-3-9-(4) Konkel, Daniel Eugene 3-1-3-4-(4) Konkel, Daniel Scott 8-7 Konkel. Daniel Webster--Mary Florence Govette*; 2. Lillie May Bailey.. *Konkel. David--*Emma S. Reed 2-3-1-2-(2) Konkel, David Leroy 3-4 *Konkel, David Milbrey--Sarah Frances Wilkerson* 10-1-1 Konkel, David Milton--Stella Mae Breninger 11-3-2-(2) Konkel, David Richard 7-2-2-(2) Konkel, David Scott 11-2-1-(3) Konkel, David Wade 2-5-1 Konkel, Dee Lyn--Alzina Belle Scott 2-7 *Konkel, Delpha Eululah--William Harrison Alcorn* '6-8-1-(1) Konkel, Donna Jeanne 3-4-3 Konkel, Dorothy May--Carl J. Harting 2-3-1-2-(1) Konkel, Douglas Doyle 3-1-3-9 Konkel, Eddie Eugene--Opal Irene Hemphill 11-10 *Konkel, Edith Eleanor--Victor Madland 7-7-3 Konkel, Edna--Colin Lavender 11-11 Konkel, Georgiana--_____ Kelly* 3-1-2 Konkel, Gertie Fern--Harold L. Adams*; 2. Elmer Ozro Wilkin* 3-1-3-(6) *Konkel, Gertrude J oseline 8-(10) *Konkel, Gladys 8-1-1 *Konkel, Gladys Esther--Harold _Mathews Hart* 3-1-1 Konkel, Glen Ozro--Aritta Jewel Wines 13-(2) *Konkel, Goldie Annie 11-1 Konkel. Grace 3-1-4-2 Konkel, Grace Yvonne-Harold Manual Loving 11-10-1 *Konkel, Graham--Florence Norby 7-2-1-(3) Konkel, Gregory Keith 7-6-2-(2) Konkel, Gregory Lynn 11-3-2-(1) Konkel, Gregory Wayne 8-2-4 *Konkel, Gutherie Bliss--Bessie Grace Gregory 8-1 Konkel, Guy Emmet--Mary Lulu Williams* 3-4-(5) *Konkel, Harry Franklin 8-1-2-1 Konkel, Harry Wagner--Susan Donnell 3-1-3-8 Konkel, Hattie Joann--Shirley Dean Parker 2-1-3 Konkel, Hazel Blanche--Ray Byerley 13-5 Konkel, Hazel May--Jessie Napier* 6-2-4 Konkel, Helen Isabel--Bobby Wilson Rich 6-3-(1) *Konkel, Helen Marie 8-7-(2) *Konkel, Henry Harvey 13-6 *Konkel, Herbert Edwin--Clara Elizabeth Bottron 13-6-(1) Konkel, Herbert Edwin Jr. --Kaylene Keys 13-4 *Konkel, Ida May--Leo Henry Rickman 13-3 Konkel, Ina Vera--Marshall A. Smith 2-3-1 *Konkel, Ivan--Dora Vesta Cockrum 2-3-1-2 Konkel, Ivan Leroy--Ann Baumberger 3-6-3 Konkel. Ivy Pauline--Harold Earnest Winkleman* 3-1-3-(1) *Konkel, Jack Samuel 10 *Konkel, Jacob P. --Mary_____ *; 2. Hettie J. Moore* 7-2-2-(1) Konkel, James David 8-1-2-1-(1) Konkel, James Donnell 284 INDEX 2-9 Konkel, James Edward--Mahel Eleanor Burnett 7-2-2 Konkel, Ja-mes Harold--Joyce Ann Caton 1-(3) *Konkel, James Irwin 8-8 Konkel, James Russell--Fern Evalyn Morrison 6-8-2-( 5) Konkel, Jan Laree 13-6-(3)-1 Konkel, Janet Floweree 8-3 Konkel, Jasper Clarence--Ethel J. Bisbee 7-2-1-(4) Konkel, Jeffrey John 3 *Konkel, Jeremiah L. --Elizabeth Jane Mulkins* 8-2-2-(3) Konkel, Jerry Neal 14-(2) *Konkel, Jessie 10-1-4-(1) Konkel, Jody Jean 8-12 Konkel, Joe William--Rachael Edith Hostetler 7-6-2 Konkel, John Duane--Myrna Faye Rollans 6 *Konkel, John W. - -Adda Davidson* 3-1-3-7 *Konkel, Johnnie Richard--Frances Lea Hemphill 3-1-3-7-(1) Konkel, Johnnie Richard Jr. 2-(2) *Konkel, Joseph Israel 11 *Konkel, Joseph S. --Lydia Ann Wilson* 11-3 Konkel., Joseph S. Jr. --Myrtle Cobham 11-3-1 Konkel, Joseph S. III--Dorie Machia 6-3-2 Konkel, Joyce Aline--R. G. Ramey 11-3-1-(1) Konkel., Judy Ann 7-6-3 Konkel., Julia LaNell--James Allen Swaim 11-2-2-(1) Konkel, Julie Christine 6-3-3-(3) Konkel, Karen Aline 2-5-1-(3) Konkel, Karen Dee 10-1-1-(4) Konkel, Kathleen Mae 6-2-3 Konkel, Kathryn Marie--John Jasper Havens 7-2-1-(6) Konkel, Ka the rine Mary 7-6-2-(1) Konkel, Kenneth Duane 6-3-3-(1) Konkel, Kenneth Floyd 7-6 *Konkel, Kenneth Orville--Charlott Barber 7-8 Konkel, Laura Edith--Mac Elmore Fitts 3-4-2-2 Konkel, Lavelle Dariene--Ernest William Hinkle 3-4-2 Konkel, Lawrence David--Mary Anderson 3-4-2-(1) *Konkel, Lawrence David Jr. 2-(4) *Konkel, Lawrence Jerome 11-8 *Konkel, Lawrence William 3-1-5 Konkel, Leah Mae--Clarence F. Arnold 8-2-4°-2 Konkel, Lee Etta--Allan McArron 6-6-2 Konkel, Lena Juanita--Weldon T. Hughs; 2. Sylvester S. Tortella 6-5 Konkel, Lena Kathleen--James Calvin Edwards* 8-2-5 Konkel, Leonard Franklin--Cecelia Axt 13-1 Konkel., Leota Luella- -John Wesley Eames 6-2-2-(3) Konkel., Lillian Gayle 13-6-(2) Konkel, Linda Lee--Dietrich J. W. G. Schackwitz 3-1-3-4-(2) Konkel, Linda Susan 3-1-3-4-(3) Konkel., Lisa Marie 7-3 Konkel, Livona Calista--George A. Raby* 8-7-4 Konkel, Lois Anabelle--Lester Armijo 3-1-3-7-(2) Konkel, Lowell Vernon 5 *Konkel, Lydia--Lewis Elder* 11-4-(1) Konkel, Lyle Frank--Margaret Ranney 6-2-2-(1) Konkel, Lynda Dianne 3-1-4 *Konkel, Lynn Eugene- -Gladys Wave Marshall 285 INDEX 6-7 Konkel, Mabel--Earl Charles Denney 3-1-3-3 Konkel, Mabel Roberta--Clyde Allen Baker 6-8-6 Konkel, Mabel Virginia- - Doyle Clifford Tucker 3-1-3-4 Konkel, Marcheta Wandaleene--Billy Wayne Monaghan 6-4 *Konkel, Margaret Anna- -Ernest Long* 3-1-3-2 Konkel, Margaret Helena--Olen Davis* 10-1-2 Konkel, Margaret Imogene - - Harold John Ziebold 8-3-1 Konkel, Margaret Jeanne--Gonzalo Estrada 11-7-(1) *Konkel, Marilyn 3-6-4 Konkel, Marjorie LaVeta--Harry Lester Pope 7-7-2 Konkel, Marjorie May--John Voorhes 6-8-2-(2) Konkel, Mark Earl 3-1-3-4-(1) Konkel, Mark Eugene 11-2-2-(2) Konkel, Marla Gail 3-1-3-12 Konkel, Marthena Priscilla--Harlan Cecil Degarmo 8-6 *Konkel, Mary--Warren 0. Brown 11-10-1-(3) Konkel, Mary Elizabeth 11-12 Konkel, Mary Elizabeth--Arthur Wolden 11-2-1 Konkel, Mary Gail--Ramon Shaffer* 8-7-1 Konkel, Mary Virginia- - Mario Rossi 8-1-2 *Konkel, Maurice Williams--Beatrice Helen Wagner; 2. Edith Lois Blight 7-4 *Konkel, Merle Waldo--Elva Kyles 6-8-5 Konkel, Melvin D. --Kay Frances Hey 7-2-1-(5) Konkel, Michael Edward 6-8-1-(2) Konkel, Michael Keith 3-1-1-2 Konkel, Mildred Erdine--Raymond Williamson 8-2-3 Konkel, Mildred Irene- -Orban Otto Savage 3-8 Konkel, Myrtle Edna - -John Thomas Munyon 10-1-1-(1) Konkel, Nadine Raye 3-4-(4) *Konkel, Naoma Lavelle 8-1-2-(4) Konkel, Neil David 2-1-2-1 Konkel, Neva Colynn--Howard Lee Tincknell 7-7-1 Konkel, Olive--Robert Cruver 2-11 Konkel, Olive Blanche--Chester A. Jenks; 2. Robert L. Stewart 11-6 *Konkel, Otis Keith--Lillian James 2-5 - Konkel, Ozro Glen--Inez Irene Thoma~* 7-7-4 Konkel, Pamela May- -Ronald Aldstadt 10-1-4 Konkel, Paul Eugene- -Shirley Ann Rogers 3-5 *Konkel, Pearl Alice--Charles Edward Schul* 8-1-2-(3) Konkel, Philip Lee 8-1-3 Konkel, Philip McDavid--Ruth Brazell 11-5 *Konkel, Price--Serena Armstrong 3-1-3-7-(3) Konkel, Raymond Wayne 8-2-2 Konkel, Raymond William--Vivian LaVelle Yoakum; 2. Hilda Lambert 7-2 *Konkel, Reginald Lorraine--Alta Ann Mead 6-8-(4) *Konkel, Reta Ray 11-10-1-(1) Konkel, Richard 8-2-2-(2) Konkel, Richard Dale 8-12-(1) Konkel, Richard Paul--Judy D. Robertson 8-12-(1) Konkel, Richard Paul Jr. 7-2-1-(1) Konkel, Richard Steven 11-3-2 Konkel, Robert Gordon--Irene Coykendall 8-2-4-(1) Konkel, Robert Henry 3-1-4-1-(1) Konkel, Robert Lynn 8-2-2-(1) Konkel, Roger William 6-6 Konkel, Roscoe H. --Rose Hanes; 2. Eilene Laird 286 INDEX 2-3-2 Konkel, Ruth--Roy Porter Springer* 3-4-6 Konkel, Ruth Elaine-- Delmar Byron Owen 7-6-1-(2) Konkel, Samua Kathleen 7 *Konkel, Samuel M. - -Clara May Simmons* 7-6-1 Konkel, Samuel Kenneth-- Maunette Apple 3-1 *Konkel, Samuel William--Alice Josephine Reed* 2-5-1-(1) Konkel., Sandra Lee 1-1 *Konkel., Sarah Caroline--William A. Avery'lr 3-3 *Konkel, Sarah Leota--Lake Clark Leaverton* 11-2-2-(4) Konkel., Scott Frederic 6-8-5-(1) Konkel., Shannon Isabel 10-1-1-(3) Konkel., Sherry Elaine 8-7-(5) *Konkel., Shirley Jeanne 2 *Konkel., Simeon J. - - Martha Ann Lasley'lr 13 *Konkel., Solomon - - Ida Minnie Millsap* 3-1-3-10-(1) Konkel., Steven Robert 8-1-2-1-(2) Konkel., Susan 11-3-2-(3) Konkel., Susan Irene 7-2-1-(2) Konkel., Susan Marie 3-1-3-9-(2) *Konkel, Teresa Ann 8-1-2-2-(1) Konkel., Terry Edward 6-2-1 Konkel., Thelma Ileen--James Glenn Eastham 8-2 *Konkel., Theodore Bliss-- Mary Irene Gutherie 11-10-1-(2) Konkel., Thomas 10-1-3 Konkel., Thomas Carol--Clara Elizabeth Eikman 10-1 *Konkel., Thomas Eugene--Margaret Alma Gordon 8-1-2-2-(2) Konkel, Thomas Evan 10-1-4-(2) Konkel., Thomas Lane 8-1-2-2 Konkel, Thornton Edward--Betty Jean Andersen 8-1-2-2-(3) Konkel., Tina Maria 6-8-2-(4) Konkel., Tracy W. 3-1-3-9-{1) Konkel, Trella Irene :1-6-(1) *Konkel, Vernon 6-8-3 Konkel, Veta Fay--Donald Earl Lock 1-(4) *Konkel., Viola 2-5-1-(2) Konkel, Virginia Belle 7-5 Konkel, Vivian Pereppa--Charles Everett Stoner 6-8-2 Konkel, Walter Earl--Joyce M. Alton 3-4-1-(1) Konkel, Wanda 6-2-2 Konkel, Warren Burgoyne- -Alice Eleanor Alfrey 3-1-3-11 Konkel, Wayne Davirl--J\1:argaret Helen Bragg 7-7 Konkel., Wilbur Stanton--Elsie Lillian Morgan 6-2 *Konkel, Wilford J. --Thelma Frances Griffin* 7-6-1-(1) Konkel, Willa Darlene 3-4-2-(3) *Konkel, William Claybourne 8 • *Konkel, William H. --Ann M. Stwalley* 2-1 *Konkel, William Henry- -Emma B. Doss er Hixon* 3-1-1-1 Konk:~1, Wilma Marie--Richard Joseph Cuilen 6-8-5-(2) Konkel, Zayian Bruce 3-3-2-2-(2) Kriegh, Charles Ray 3-3-2-2-1 Kriegh, Jerry Wayne--Joan Jean Hadden 3-3-2-2-(3) Kriegh, Kathy Jeane 5-2-6-4-(2) Lambert, Brenda 5-2-6-(7) Lambert, Danny Alvin 5-2-6-(4) Lambert, Jack Jr. --Reiko Nishi 5-2-6-(6) Lambert, Jessie Lee--Gary John Cates 5-2-6-4-(1) Lambert, John 5-2-6-2 Lambert, Martha Ann--Harvey D. Bowman 287 INDEX 5-2-6-3-(2) Lambert, Michael Charles 5-2-6-5 Lambert, Patsy May--James Neil Wilson 5-2-6-3-(1) Lambert, Tamara Lynn 5-2-6-3 Lambert, Tommy--Carolyn Hatch 2,10-2-3-(2) Lane, Andrew Benedict 2 -10 - 2 - 3 -(1) Lane, Michael Lawrence 2-10-2-3-(3) Lane, Patrick John 6-7-2-(2) Lauderback, Jana Leigh 6-7-2-(1) Lauderback, Jean Ann 7-7-3-(1) Lavendar, Deborah 7-7-3-(2) Lavender, Nigel 3-3-1-3-(3} Leaverton, Christine 3-3-1-2 Leaverto:i, Clark Edward--Vera Nadine Shephard 3-3-1-2-(1) Leaverton, Edward Claude 3-3-2 Leaverton, Elizabeth Lucinda- - Leslie Louis Stroud 3-3-1-(7) Leaverton, Esther Svlvia 3-3-1-(6) Leaverton, Gary Lee 3-3-1-4-(3) Leaverton, James Curtis 3-3-1-4-1 Leaverton, Jerry Dee--Ann Stoddard 3-3-1-5-(1) Leaverton, Jo Ann 3-3-1-3-(1) Leaverton, Kathryn Ann 3-3--1-5 *Leaverton, Kenneth Ralph--Lois M. Albertson 3-3-1 Leaverton, Lambert Ervin--Mildred Theodosia Morris; 2. Gwendolyn Sylvia Gesas 3-3-1-2-(2) Leaverton, Linda Marie 3-3-1-3-(4) Leaverton, Lisa Jane 3-3-(3) *Leaverton, Louis Francis 3-3-1-1 Leaverton, Mabel Louise--James H. Daniels 3-3-1-4-(4) Leaverto:i, Michael Forest 3-3-1-3-(5) Leaverto.1, Patricia Lynn 3-3-1-3 Leaverton, Robert Morris--Sarah Diana Eckersell 3-3-1-3-(2) Leaverton, Robert Morris Jr. 3-3-1-4-(2) Leaverton, William Lake 3-3-1-4 Leaverton, William Lambert--June Dee Smith*; 2. Martha Lou Ivy 12-4-2 Leininger, Aletha Leota--Charles Harold Prather 12-4-5 Leininger, Arthur Richard--Eileen Margarete Burns 1 ?.-4-(4) :il:Leininger. Fauster George 12-4-8 Leininger, Georgia Lee- -Ralph Eugene Eads 12-4-3 *Leininger, Gertrude Fay--Joe Reid 12-4-6 Leininger, Harriet Anna--Harry Fred McFaddin 12-4-5-(1) *Leininger, Joan Lorain 12-4-5-(3) Leininger, Karen Ann 12-4-(1) *Leininger, Marguarite May 12-4-5-(2) Leininger, Robert Bryant 4-2-1-2-(1) Lewis, Bill 4-2-1-2-(2) Lewis, Marcia 6-8-3-(1) Lock, Jennifer Gail 6-8-3-(3) Lock, Royce Earl 6-8-3-(2) Lock, Shelley Renee 6-4-(2) *Long, Enid Esther 6-4-3 Long, Ione Marie--John Robert McFarlane 6-4-4 Long, Lea Hope 6-4-1 Long, Lois Lee--William Byron Stevenson 3-1-4-2-(2) Loving, Angela Lynne 3-1-4-2-(1) Loving, Jay Herbert 4-3-1-(1)-1 Lowrey, Candice 4-3-1-(1)-2 Lowrey, Donald--Barbara L. --- 288 INDEX 4-3-1 *Lowrey, Joseph--Buelah-- 4-3-1-(1) Lowrey, Patrick 2-10-2-3 Lythgoe, Baroara Ann-Larry Bradley Lane 2-10-2-1 Lythgoe, Harlo DeWayne--Mabel Donzelli 2-10-2-2-(2) Lythgoe, Julie Lynn 2-10-2-1-(1) Lythgoe, Kristie Kay 2-10-2-2-(1) L:ythgoe, Richard Wade 2-10-2-1-(2) Lythgoe, Tracie Lynn 2-10-2-2 Lythgoe, Wendell Marion--Betty Mae Hansen 11-10-1 *Madland, Victor Jr. (Graham Konkel)--Florence Norby 13-1-4-(1) Maloney, David Brenton 13-1-4-(2) Maloney, Kendall 13-1-4-(3) Maloney, Nial Myron 8-2-4-2-(1) McArron, Joani Lea 5-3-2-1-(1) McCulloch, Jay Fred 12-4-6-(3) McFaddin, David Bryant 12-4-6-(1) McFaddin, Carolyn Jeanette--Lawrence W. O'Rourke 12-4-6-(2) McFaddin, Ronald Duane 6-4-3-(1) McFarlane, Judith Ione 6-4-3-(2) McFarlane, Leslie Byron 12-9-1-(2) McGlohn, Dana Mari 12-9-1-(3) McGlohn, Lori Ann 12-9-1-(1) McGlohn, Terry Alan 8-7-1-1-(2) Millhorn, Gregory Paul 8-7-1-1-(1) Millhorn, Michael Scott 3-1-3-5-(1) Monaghan, David Wayne 3-1-3-5-(3) Mo:1aghan, Jack Allen 3-1-3-5-(2) Monaghan, Ronald Lee 3-1-1-1-1-(1) Morgan, Kenneth Richard 13-5-2 ;icNapier, Faith 13-5-3 Napier, Joseph Norman 13-5-1 Napier, Paul Francis--Judith Cartwright 8-5-2-(3) Nichols, Dorothy June 12-4-3-(1)-(2) Nichols, Karl 8-5-2-(2) Nichols, Katherine Virginia 8-5-(1) Nichols, Malcolm Irwin 8-5-(3) *Nichols, Otis William 12-4-3-(1)-(1) Nichols, Robert Jr. 8-5-2-(1) Nichols, Susan Elizabeth 8-5-2 Nichols, Virgil Garrett--Katherine Irene Smith 8-2-1-2-(1) 0' Neil, Timothy Roger 2-3-3-2-(2) Otten, Ben W. 2-3-3-3-(2) Otten, Christy Lynn 2-3-3-2 Otten, Ervin Lee- -Jo Ann Steinbrunner 2-3-3-3 Otten, Gene Doclittle--Terry Lee Hancock 2-3-3-1-(2) Otten, Janice Cathleen 2-3-3-2-(4) Otten, Jill Marie 2-3-3-1-(1) Otten, Larry Clifford 2-3-3-2-(1) Otten, Mark Thomas 2-3-3-1 Otten, Raymond Elmer- -Carolyn Mae Runyard 2-3-3-2-(3) Otten, Steven Lee 2-3-3-3-(1) Otten, Toni Lee 3-4-6-(2) Owen, James David 3-4-6-(1) Owen, Sheila Rae 3-6-4-1-(1) Parker, Julie Ann 3-1-3-8-(1) Parker, Shirley Diane 3-1-3-8-(2) Parker, Steven Dean 12-4-8-1-(1) Peet, Christopher Michael 289 INDEX 12-4-8-1-(2) Peet, John Thomas 4-4-1-1 Perdew, Annette Rae--John Rippel 13-1-1-2-(1) Perry, Kelli Lynne 1-1-1-1-1-(1) Piper, James Michael 1-1-1-1-1-(2) Piper, Lori Ann 3-6-4-(2) Pope, Harry Lester Jr. 3-6-4-1 Pope, Judy Arlene--Winston Alan Parker 5-6-1 *Porter, Elvira Corina--Earl H. Paulson 5-6-2 Porter, Farrell Francis--Ernest E. Wich 5-6-(3) *Porter, Styles Winter 12-4-2-(2) Prather, Jerrold Wayne 12-4-2-(1) Prather, Larry Norman 8-9-1-(1) Ramacher, Eric Clark 8-9-1-(2) Ramacher, Mary Elizabeth 8-9-1 Rama:::her, Richard Gordon- - Elizabeth June Luallin 6-3-2-(1) Ramey, Lavoy Allen 4-1 *Ray, Adine--John Charles Stwalley* 4-2 *Ray, Edith--John W. Sextone* 4-5 *Ray, Edna--Everett Reeves Hand* 4-3 *Ray, Ida--Charles C. Lowrey* 4-4 *Ray, Jessie--C. G. Safford* 12-4-3-(1) Reid, Marilyn Yvonne--Robert Nichols 6-2-4-(2) Rich, Bobby Wilson II 6-2-4-(1) Rich, Bronwyn Renee 13-4-(1) *Rickman, Betty Ann 13-4-2 Rickman, Mary Lou- -George Edward Rooney 4-4-1-1-(1) Rippel, Christopher 2-7-5-1-(1) Robirds, Daniel Charles 5-2-7-4-(4) Rockwood, Douglas J. 5-2-7-4-(3) Rockwood., Kent David 5-2-7-4-(1) Roe kwood., Linda Joy 5-2-7-4-(2) Rockwood, Sandra Yvonne 2-7-5-1-(2) Rogers, Stephanie Ann 13-4-2-(3) Rooney, Bruce Patrick 13-4-2-(1) Rooney, Catherine Louise 13-4-2-(2) Rooney, James 13-4-2-(4) Rooney, Kevin Michael 13-6-2-1-(1) Rosengrant, Barry Glen 3-6-2-1-(2) Rosengrant, Gary 8-7-1-(2) Rossi, Carol Ann 8-7-1-1 Rossi, Patricia Lea--Paul Royal Millhorn 5-2-3-4-(4) Russell, Betty Jane 5-2-3-4-(5) Russell, Grace Marie 5-2-3-4-(1) Russell, Jess Jr. 5-2-3-4-(2) Russell, Mary Ann 5-2-3-4-(8) Russell, Patrick Allen 5-2-3-4-(3) Russell, Robert Lee 5-2-3-4-(7) Russell, Tommy Lenard 5-2-3-4-(6) Russell, William Hugh 4-4-1 Safford, Dorothy Jean--Edward Perdew 5-3-1-(1) Safford, John Paul 5-3-1-(3) Safford, Margaret Ann 5-3-1-(2) Safford, Marion Ruth--Gary Lee Brown 5-3-1 Safford, Paul Onofry--Dorothea Ruth Waither 5-3-2 *Safford, Pearl Eggletine--Fred Altergott 8-2-3-1 Savage, Charlene--Thomas Henry Carleton Jr. 3-5-2-1 Schul. Allan Duaine--Dorothy Arlene Carson 290 INDEX 3-5-7 Schul, Allen Perle--Margaret Martha Havenstein 3-5-1-4-(1) Schul, Bettv., Lee 3-5-1-4 Schul, Calvin Ed.vard--Joyce Mueller 3-5-1-4-(2) Schul, Cecil Earl 3-5-5-1 Schul, Charles Francis--Erika Louise Seidenstricker 3-5-5-1-(3) Schul, Charles Robert 3-5-1 Schul, Claude Edward--Ethel Maye Hoffman 3-5-5 Schul, Clarence Wilbur--Loma Lucille Storms 3-5-1-(1) *Schul, Clayton 3-5-4-1 Schul, Edna Pearl--Charles Clay Slack 3-5-2-2 Schul, Frances Charlene--Carl Eugene Gustafson 3-5-2 *Schul, Frank Charles--Ruby Jane Watkins 3-5-1-6 Schul, Frank Charles--Bernita June Clifton 3-5-5-1-(1) Schul, Frank Edward 3-5-4 Schul, Fred Roosevelt--Ada Counterman; 2. Mrs. Wilma Juanita Bennett 3-5-5-2 Schul, Jack Wilber- -Geraldine Lavon Haug 3-5-3-1 Schul, Janet L. --Harold H. Davis 3-5-1-6-(1) Schul, Jayci Layne 3-5-2-1-(1) Schul, Jeffery Lynn 3-5-2-1-(2) Schul, Jill Dianna S-5-2-1-(3) Schul, Joy Elaine 3-5-1-5 Schul, Leona Maye--Lester James Brooks Jr. 3-5-8 Schul, Lloyd Emery--Evelyn Lucille Gibbons 3-5-8-(1) Schul, Michael Lynn 3-5-8-(2) Schul,· Patrick Lloyd 3-5-1-3 Schul, Pearl Alice--Edwin Lawrence Kaufman 3-5-5-1-(2) S'Chul, Peggy Iren 3-5-(6) *Schul, . Ralph Ernest 3-5-5-1-(5) Schul, Raymond Andrew 3-5-5-1-(4) Schul, Richard Allen 3-5-1-4-(3) Schul, Susan Marie 3-5-8-(3) Schul, Terry Lee 3-5-1-1 Schul, Vivian Virginia--Amandus Charles Allison 3-5-3 Schul, William Marquis - - Ethel May Angel 12-(1) *Seely, Andrew 12-4 *Seely, Clara Agnes--Arthur Bryant Leininger*; 2. Horace William Sheen~ 12 -( 6) *Seely, Edna 12-(2) *Seely, Effie 12-9 Seely, Georgia Anna--John Fletcher Hay 12-( 5) *Seely, James 12-( 7) *Seely, Lloyd 12-3 Seely, Maude--Frank Crozer; 2. Channing Lester Coats; 3. B. F. Oldmixon 12-8 Seely, Olen George William--Mildred Louise Cook 12-8-1 Seely, Phyllis Jean--Donald Kenneth Dale 6-6-1-(1) Self, Danny Dean 6-6-1-(2) Self, Dixie Lee 6-6-1-(3) Self, Twila Rose 4-2-1 Sextone, Della B. --W. E. Buschhusen 4-2-(3) Sextone, Elizabeth 4-2-2 Sextone, Ruth M. - -C. G. Safford* 11-2-1-(1) Shaffer, Daniel Hill 11-2-1-(2) Shaffer, Peter Wilson 4-5-3-1 Simmons~ Mary Sue--Harry George Barrett; 2. Donald Hahn Hunchberger 291 INDEX 2-6-2-2-(2) Simpson, John Lee 2-6-2-2-(1) Simpson, Joseph Franklin Jr. 3-5-4-1-(4) Slack, Barbara Lee 3-5-4-1-(1) Slack, Charles Franklin 3-5-4-1-(6) Slack, James Freeman 3-5-4-1-(2) Slack, James Ray 3-5-4-1-(5) Slack, John Robert 3-5-4-1-(3) Slack, Paul Allen 13-3-3 Smith, Donald Lee--Joan Elizabeth Simmons 4-1-1-1-2 Smith, Dorothy Maxine--James M. Gappa 13-3-2-(1) Smith, Ingrid Kunigundi 13-3-3-(1) Smith, Michael Giles 13-3-1 Smith, Mildred Maxine--Clifton Reese Groover Jr. 4.-1-1-1-1 Smith, Norma Jean--Jack Duane Campbell 13-3-2 Smith, Robert Norman- -Ingeborg Marianne Reinholz 13-3-2-(2) Smith, Rudigar Michael 1-1-2-3-(1) *Soverns, Rodney Clinton 2-3-2-1 Springer, Sandra Arlene--Laurits Bent Ebbesen 6-4-1-(2) Stevenson, Dalo Ray 6-4-1-(1) Stevenson, Lois Elaine 6-4-1-(4) Stevenson, Philip Allen 6-4-1-(3) Stevenson, Ralph Gordon 7-5-(2) Stoner, Charles Ralph 7-5-(3) *Stoner, George Lester 7-5-(1) *Sto.1er, Patricia Ann 7-5-(4) Stoner, Susan Marie 3-3-2-3-(1) Stroud, Daniel Lee 3-3-2-2 Stroud, Frances Eleanor--Earnest Ray Kriegh* 3-3-2-3 Stroud, Glen Edward--Mary Lou Roberts 3-3-2-1 *Stroud, Helen Jeane--Kenneth Stevens Briggs 3-3-2-3-(2) Stroud, Ronald Alan 3-3-2-3-(3) Stroud, Steven Ray 4-1-2-1-(1) Stwalley, Allen Ray 4-1-2-4 Stwalley, Donald Otis--Helen Marie Hollingsworth 4-1-2-5 Stwalley, Estella Adine--Wilford Edward Behrens 4-1-1 Stwaliey, Ethel May--Frank Cunningham; 2. Wilbur Glasby Campbell 4-1-2-2 Stwalley, Herbert LeRoy--Elinor Sharswood Green 4-1-2-1-(2) Stwalley. Judith Charlene 4-1-2-4-(2) Stwalley. Patricia Lynn 4-1-4 Stwalley, Ray Lee- -Ruth Blanche Winslow 4-1-2-1 *Stwalley, Richard Charles - -Luella Jane Allen 4-1-2-4-(1) Stwalley, Robert Eugene 4-1-2-3 Stwalley, Ruth- -Charles Alfred Evans 4-1-2-4-(3) Stwalley, Sherry Ruth 7-6-3-(2) Swaim, James Clayton 7-6-3-(1) *Swaim, James Darrell 1-2-2-3-(1) Taylor, Darrell Dennis 1-2-2-3-(3) Taylor, Tawny Noreen 1-2-2-3-(2) Taylor, Terry Nolan 3-4-3-1-(1) Thacker, Bruce Lynn 3-4-3-1-(3) Thacker, Gary Lee 3-4-3-1-(2) Thacker, Sharon Louise 3-1-2-1-(1) Thompson, Carrie Alice 2-1-2-1-(2) *Ticknell, Grace Colynn 2-1-2-1-(1) Ticknell, Richard Lee 292 INDEX 5-1-3 Tope, Harry Elder 5-1-1 Tope, Lena Marie--Herald Francis Allen 5-1-2 Tope, Thelma Inis- - Myron Lowe Poulsen 6-8-6-(1) Tucker, Brenda Kay 6-8-6-(2) Tucker, Tina Fay 1-1-1-1-2-(1) Van Cleve, Kimberly Ann 8-6-1-1-(1) Van Vooren, Randal Paul 8-6-1-1-(2) Van Vooren., Todd David 1-6-2-2-(1) Walker, Brenda Darlene i-6-2-3-.(1) Walker, Connie Renee 1.:.6-2-4-(1) Walker, David Lee 1-6-(3) *Walker, Edwin Wayne 1-6-2-3 Walker., Eugene- -Carol Nadine Ruff 1-6-2-1-(2) Walker, Gary Gene 1-6-2-4 Walker, Henry Lee--Betty Laverne Bashor 1-6-(1) *Walker., Ivan Ray 1-6-2-2 Walker, James--Christine Marie Williams 1 -6-?.-1-(1) Walker., Larry Lee 1-6-2-(5) Walker., Melvin Douglas 1-6-2-3-(2) Walker., Michael Dwayne 1-6-2-1. Walker., Oliver Andrew--Betty Jean Carter 1-6-2-4-(2) Walker, Timothy Dale 1-6-2 Walker., William Eugene--Evelyn Thelma Carter 3-3-2-1-(1) Warren., Jeffrey Scott 2-7-1-1-(3) Watkins., Leslie Caroline 2-7-1-1-(1) Watkins., Nancy Catherine 2-7-1-1-(4) Watkins., Poly Ann 2-7-1-1 Watkins., Robert Vincent Moser--Debra Pauline Bible 2-7-1-1-(2) Watkins., Roy Alan 2-6-1 Weitzel, Christine Virginia--Robert Joel Belcher 2-6-3 *Weitzel, Glen Allen 2-6-4 Weitzel., Leonard Russell 2-6-2 Weitzel, Lurline Adele--Henry Clay Gerber 7-2-3-(2) West., David Scott 7-2-3-(3) West, Melanie Jo 7-2-3-( 4) West, Ronald Kirk 7-2-3-(1) West, Valory Ann 5-6-2-1-(1) Wich, Kelly Dean 5-6-2-1 Wich, Lonnie James - -Nancy Tolin 5-6-2-1-(2) Wich, Monte James 5-6-2-1-(3) Wich, Scott Francis 5-6-2-(2) Wich, Walter Roy 2-3-1-1-(1) Wiley. Gary Lee 2-3-1-1-(2) Wiley, Larry Lee 3-1-1-2-2 Williamson, Claudia Lou- -Steven Barry Varnum 3-1-1-2-1 William3on, Glenna Rhea--Donald Elmo Burns 5-2-6-5-(1) Wilson, Lorin Dee 3-6-3-(2) *Winkleman, Gerry 3-6-3-(3) *Winkleman, Harry 3-6-3-(1) Winkleman, Larry Ray 8-6-2-1 Winters., Gail Grant--Marlene Ray Kell; 2. Darlene Grace Henderson 8-6-2-1-(2) Winters, Grant Lee 8-6-2-(4) Winters, Karen Lynn 8-6-2-2 Winters, Philip Warren--Roberta Fay Kirby 8-6-2-1-(1) Winters., Ricky Grant 8-6-2-(3) *Winters, Vernon Lee 8-6-2-2-(1) Winters, Warren Scott 1"1 -12-1-(1) Wolden, Christine Denise 11 12-1 Wolden, Owen Keith--Wanda Brown 293 PART II KUNKLE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL KUNKLE who was the father of William Konkel, the subject of this book. Compiled from letters collected by his grandson, Samuel Konke 1, be tween 1927 and 193 5. Carroll G. Bryan 294 SAMUEL KUNKLE Samuel Kunkle dropped the "c" from the family name as our records show. It was originally spelled in this country (KUNCKLE ). It is not known for certain when or where he was born; however, we do know he married Barbara Lutz, and ~hat they lived somewhere in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where their eight children were born. Samuel is supposed to have lived to be 93 years of age, and is buried near the town of Ashland in Ashland County, Ohio. (His· burial site was given in a letter written by his grand daughter, Amanda M. (Kunkel) Dill, in the year 1931.) The eight children born to this union were: 1. Eva Kunkle b d m _ Fry 2. John Kunkle b Apr. 19, 1813 d m Magdalena Bulyer 3. Michael Kunkle b Mar. 15, 1815 d Aug. 25, 1877 m Mary Bulyer; (2) Lydia Bulyer 4. Martin Kunkle b June 1, 1817 d May 7, 1895 m Leah Keller 5. Jacob Kunkle b Mar. 5, 1818 d m Susanna Kunke 6. Samuel Kunkle b d in the 1850's;murdered while return ing from California, where he is supposed to have made much money. It is not known if he ever married. 7. WILLIAM KUNKLE b May 30, 1822 d Oct. 6, 1876 m Anna Beery S. Mary Kunld e b Apr. 29, 1824 d Sept. 11, 1885 m John Lahmon After the death of his first wife, Samuel married a second time. We do not have her name nor the date of their marriage. However, we do know that Samuel and his second wife moved the family to Knox County, Ohio where six additional children were born. 9o Catherine Kunkle b d m - McBride 1 o. Elizabeth Kunkle b Dec. 2, 1831 d July 3, 1919 m - Blakeley 11. Susie Kunkle b d m 12. Sarah Kunkle b d m - Wisner 13. Leah Kunkle b d m _ Landers 14. Christian Kunkle b Jan. 31, 1844 d Apr. 5, 1927 m Maggie J. _ There is no further record for: 1. Eva 6. Samuel 9- Catherine 11. Susie 12. Sarah or 13. Leah 295 2. JOHN KUNKLE, b Apr. 19, 1813 in Lancaster Co., Pa.; moved to Knox Co., Ohio in 1828. m Apr., 1832 to MAGDALENA BULYER, b Sept. 3, 1815, in Bedford Co., Pa. Seven children were born to this union. 1. Christian Kunkle b Nov. 25, 1833 2. Mary Ann Kunkle b Feb. I, 1836 3- Sarah Ann Kunkle b Feb. 1, 1836 d Sept. 29, 1914 4. William Kunkle b Feb. 16, 1840 d May 30, 1885 5- John Kunkle b Sept. 25, 1844 6. Simon Kunkle b Sept. 29, 1846 7. Samantha Jane Kunkle b Jan. 8, 1854 (2) Mary Ann Kunkle m C. C. Minard. He died Sept. 1, 1912. (3) Sarah Ann Kunkle m Wilson Fletcher on Sept. 24, 1870. He was born June 9, 1853; d Apr. 30, 1913- One child born to this union. 1. Iris M. Fletcher, b Dec. 15, 1874 in Knox Co., Ohio. m Sept. 20, 1899 to Otis A. Swendall, b Oct. 16, 1873 in Richland Co., Ohio. They had three children. Their address in 1933 was Butler, Ohio. 1. George Emery Swendal, b July 7, 1900; m Jan. 19, 1921 to Effie Mae Lifer, b Jan. 18, 1901 in Knox Co., Ohio. Two children: (1) Raymond Cecil Swendal, b May 19, 1922 and (2) Richard Dale Swendal, b July 22, 1929- 2. Lorin Emerson Swendal, b Oct. 4, 1902 in Knox Co., Ohio; m Oct. 29, 1923 to Grace Lena Lifer, b June 2, 1904. Their address in 1933 -- RD 2, County Rd. 14, Danville, Ohio. Three children: (1) Kenneth Eugene Swendal, b Apr. 29, 1925; (2) Isabelle Mae Swendal, b July 31, 1927; (3) Rosalie Etta Swendal, b Apr. 14, 1929. 3. Edna Mae Swendal, b May 15, 1908. (4) William Kunkle, b Feb. 16, 1840; d May 30, 1885. m Mar. 21, 1864 to Amanda Frehafer. She died July 14, 1928. Three children born to this union. 1. George Emerson Kunkle, b Aug. 30, 1866. m Jan. 1, 1890 to Rebecca Delong. She died July 14, 1928. Three children: (1) Cloyce Kunkel, b Aug. 8, 1893; m Della Montgomery. They had one son, Loyd, by 1933; (2) William Kunkel, b Nov. 21, 1903; m Ina Stull on Oct. 21, 1924; (3) Blain B. Kunkel, b Feb. 3, 1908; m Cleo Stull. 1hey had one daughter by 1933- George Emerson Kunkle m (2) Apr. 11, 1931 to Ethel ·withrow. Living in Redland, California in 1933- 296 2. John E. Kunkle, b Mar. 24, 1874; m Erma Deron. 3. Alice May Kunkle, b June 14, 1881; m Norman Forst. 3. MICHAEL KUNKEL, b Mar. 15, 1815 in Lancaster Co., Pa.; d Aug. 25, 1877. m Sept. 30, 1833 to Mary Bulyer, b Oct. 26, 1812; d Aug. 12, 1851. Ten children were born to this union. 1. Abraham Kunkel b May 4, 1834 d 2. Samuel Kunkel b Nov. 1, 1836 d Apr. 4, 1926 3. Adam Kunkel b Nov. 11, 1838 d Oct. 17, 1926 4. Isaac Kunkel b Apr. 27, 1840 d 5. Christena Kunkel b June 22, 1842 d 6. Henry Kunkel b Aug. 29, 1844 d Apr. 26, 1899 7. Lydia Kunkel b Apr. 2, 1846 d 1935 or 1936 8. Zephaniah Kunkel b Mar. 2, 1848 d Sept. 12, 1851 9- John Kunkel b Sept. 12, 1849 d Apr. 27, 1924 10. Emanual Kunkel b May 2, 1851 d Michael Kunkel m (2) Feb. 10, 1853 to Lydia Bulyer, his first wife's sister. No children by this marriage. (2) Samuel Kunkel, b Nov. 1, 1836 in Knox Co., Ohio; d Apr. 4, 1926 in McLean, Texas. He served 4½ years in the Civil War and then went to Old Mexico where he stayed 2 years. Came back to the US where he drove a Stage for 6 yrs. in Arkansas; married, and farmed for 8 yrs. until his health became bad. He then sold the farm and moved to a place he called ccMidle", Texas in 1879- This was 125 miles west of Ft. Worth. He lived there 26 years before selling out and moving to the North Panhandle in 1905. He joined the Baptist Church in 1880. (In a letter he wrote to his counsin, Sam Konkel, in Springfield, Colo. on July 22, 1925 he says, "We expect to go back to Midle the last of next month, to the Old Set tlers' reunion. Sam you should spell your name Kunkel instead of Konkel, for Kunkel is correct. Lovingly your cousin, Sam Kunkel.'') On Sept. 3, 1965 A. M. Kunkel of 508 Avenue F. Heavener, Okla. sent in the following record: Samuel Kunkel m Dec. 12, 1871 1n Rock Fort, Ark. to Jane McCollum. Three children were born to this union. 1. Lillian Kunkel b Sept. 18, 1872 d Feb. 13, 1960 m Milo Kinard 2. Hugh M. Kunkel b Sept. 5, 1875; d Jan. 18, 1938 m Bunia Jackson 3. Jasper Kunkel b Apr. 11, 1880 297 Following the death of his first wife, Samuel married a second time to Sarah G. Curtis, on Dec. 5, 1880. At this time he was living in Texas where he was a farmer near McLean. He was a Baptist and served as clerk of his church for a number of years. Seven additional children were born to this union. 4. Henry L. Kunkel b June 5, 1882; m Pearl Walker 5. Della L. Kunkel b Aug. 19, 1884; d June 5, 1958 m Tom Holloway 6. Calla C. Kunkel b Sept. 10, 1886; m W. L. Haynes 7. Mary. E. Kunkel b Oct. 15, 1888; m Terry Hudgins 8. Sidney Kunkel b Aug. 6, 1892; m Jennie Minix 9. Sibbie Kunkel b Aug. 6, 1892; d Oct. 11, 1892 10. Nugent Kunkel b Aug. 5, 1894; m Annie Robinett Of Samuel's children, Lillian and Hugh were born 1n Arkansas. Jasper, Henry, Della, Calla, Etta, Sidney, Sibbie and Nugent were born in Eastland County, Texas. ( 4) Isaac Kunkel, b Apr. 27, 1840; m Apr. 16, 1868 to Nancy E. Mitchell. She was born Jan. 6, 1845. Eight children born to this union. 1. Henry Kunkel b July 7, 1869 2. Nancy Kunkel b May 19, 1871 3. Samuel Kunkel b Aug. 18, 1873 4. Charley Kunkel b Feb. 9, 1877 5. Annie Kunkel b Mar. 12, 1879 6. Tennie Kunkel b Sept. 21, 1881 7. John Kunkel b Mar. 17, 1884 8. Frank Kunkel b Apr. 25, 1887 (1) Henry Kunkel, b July 7, 1869; m May Tatty. Their children were: 1. Bertha Kunkel b Oct. 1890 m Ben Love 2. Dulcie Kunkel b m Albert Kern 3. Frank Kunkel b m 4- Edgar Kunkel b m 5. Ollie Kunkel b m Elmer Simpson 6. Oliver Kunkel b m 7. Martin Kunkel b m Rhodia Brown 8. Velma Kunkel b m Hercules Hall (2) Nancy Kunkel, b May 19, 1871; m George Williamson on Dec. 11, 1887. They had four children I. Parylee Williamson, b Feb. 24, 1890; m W. A. Bird. He was a coal miner, 298 and they were living i11 Heavener, Okla. 1n early 1930's. Now living near Waldron, Arkansas (1965). 2. Laura Williamson, b Sept. 20, 1892; m Keller. They had one child, and were farming near Waldron, Ark. in the 1930's. 3. Leon Williamson, b Mar. 22, 1895- Railroader, living at Dequeen, Ark. in 1932. Had five children at that time. Name of wife not known. 4. Selma Williamson, b Feb. 2, 1907; living at Talihina, Okla. 1n 1932. Single. (3) Samuel Kunkel, b Aug. 18, 1873. m Nora Dodd, Dec. 25, 1891 (dee.). No children. Samuel m (2) Nov. 17, 1894 to Martha Dodd. Farmers. Six children. 1. William Henry Kunkel b Aug. 7, 1890 dee. 2. Charles Edward Kunkel b Apr. 7, 1892 dee. 3. Elsie Kunkel b Sept. 6, 1896 m Followell; farmers, liv- ing near Hannah, Okla. in early 1930' s; three children. 4. John Kunkel b Feb. 20, 1898 dee. . 5. Bell Kunkel b July 4, 1904 m Goff; ice peddler 1n Van Buren, Ark. in 1932. 6. Mary Eugenia Kunkel b Jan. 9, 1907 single, living with sister Bell, 1932- Samuel married (3) June 21, 1911 to Georgia Kemp. She was born Dec. 2, 1873. Two additional children born to this marriage. 7. Samuel Isoom Kunkel b Mar. 11, 1913 ice peddler; single (1932) 8. Nannie Mae Kunkel b Feb. 11, 1915 student (1932) (Also, one stepson, Luther Kemp; unmarried and living at home) (4) Charley Kunkel, b Feb. 9, 1877; m Ballie Hague in 1899- Their .children were: Albert, Marvin and Roy (or Ray), all of Overton, Texas in 1932- (5) Annie Kunkel, b Mar. 12, 1879; m Andy Slate on Nov. 1, 1896- Their children were: 1. Gena Slate m Cates; farmers; 3 children; Maud, Okla. (1932) 2. Agnes Slate m McAlister; foreman, brick plant; 3 children. Wewo ka, Okla.; 3- Isaac Slate m ; school teacher (coach), Norman, Okla.; 2 child ren. 4. Bessie Slate m Copeland; cable splicer for Bell Tel. Co.; 3 child ren. Living Ft. Smith, Ark. (1932) 299 5. Albert Slate m Irene N.; barber, Pontiac, Michigan; one son. 6. Mittie Slate m Ryerse; live in the Detroit, Mich. area 7. Mitchell Slate m ; Box 64 - Mansfield, Arkansas. (Mittie and Mitchell Slate are twins) (6) Tennie Kunkel, b Sept. 21, 1881; m Marion Stone; living in Edmond, Okla. (1932) 1. Thelma Stone m Gray; 1 child ( 1932) 2. Melba Stone m Bearden; 1 child; living in Barger, Texas. (1932) 3. Hubert Stone Living in Edmond, Okla. (1932) 4. Raymond Stone Living in Edmond, Okla. (1932) 5- Fred Stone Living in Edmond, Okla. (1932) (7) John Kunkel, b Mar. 17, 1884; m Annie Graham in 1908; living in Heavener, Okla. now lives at 24 W. Pleasac,t Street, Long Beach, Calif. -- (1965). I. Claudia Lee Kunkel b 1909 2. Nadine Kunkel b 1911 3. Durward Kunkel b 1915 4. Johnny Kunkel b 1917 5. Bill Kunkel b 1922 6. Ellis Kunkel b 1925 7. Glen Kunkel b 1927 8. Annie Kunkel b 1930 (8) Frank Kunkel, b Apr. 25, 1887, m Mattie Grow Troper; 2 children. Living at Portales, New Mexico ( 1932) (5) Christena Kunkel, b June 22, 1842. She was the fifth child born to Michael and Mqry Bulyer Kunkel. m Thomas Butler (dee.); m (2) Joseph Mulkins. No fur ther record. (6) Henry Kunkel, b Aug. 29, 1844 in Knox Co., Ohio; d Apr. 26, 1899 in Sham baugh, Iowa. m Mahala Beery in Shambaugh on Sept. 26, 1867. She was born in Adams Co., Indiana on Nov. 25, 1848; d June 6, 1928 at Ft. Ripley, Minnesota. Farmers; Church of God. Their six children were: I. Sarah Minerva Kunkel b July 19, 1868 d Ogilvie, Minn. on Mar. 14, 1924 2. Mary Estella Kunkel b Apr. 31, 1871 d 1871 3. James Melvin Kunkel b Aug. 20, 1873 4. J asse Leroy Kunkel b Nov. 18, 1877 5. Joseph Henry Kunkel b Oct. 12, 1881 6. Francis Ervin Kunkel b Sept. 5, 1883 (All born at Shambaugh, Iowa) 300 (1) Sarah Minerva Kunkel, b July 19, 1868; d Mar. 14, 1924 in Ogilvie, Minn. m John G. Hoffman on Oct. 23, 1889. He was born in Allen Co., Ohio on May 5, 1860; d Sept. 20, 1929 in Ogilvie, Minn.; farmer; Church of God. 1. Leroy Hoffman b Nov. 5, 1890 d Mar. 4, 1891 2. Ray Henry Hoffman b July 5, 1892 d July 3, 1929 (single) 3. Irl Clinton Hoffman b Mar. 20, 1894 (All born in Shambaugh, 4. Guy Jennings Hoffman b Feb. 24, 1898 Iowa except Ina Mar~e, who 5. Ina Marie Hoffman b Sept. 26, 1904 was born in Ringold County, Iowa) (3) Irl Clinton Hoffman, b Mar. 20, 1894; World War Vet., 1918; m June 30, 1927 to Luella Emily Kraisel at More, Minn. She was born Jan. 20, 1903. Farmers; German Lutheran. Two children: Wilmina Mae. Hoffman, b Oct. 16, 1928; Joyce Marie Hoffman, b Oct. 13, 1930. The family was living in Ogilvie, Minn. in 1933- ( 4) Guy Jennings Hoffman, b Feb. 24, 1898; World War II Vet. Married and living at Twin Falls, Idaho in 1930. Moved to Bern, Kansas in 1933- (5) Ina Marie Hoffman, b Sept. 26, 1904 in Ringold Co., Iowa; m 1925 at Milaca, Minn. to Ray Wood; school teacher; Methodists. They had one child, Willis John Wood, b Jan. 3, 1932. (3) James Melvin Kunkel, b Aug. 20, 1873. m Mar. 4, 1903 to Maud Godby, b Dec. 31, 1884 in Nebraska Co., Iowa; d Nov. 30, 1931. He was a farmer, living near Ft. Ripley, Minn. in 1933. Their children were: 1. Ross Herald Kunkel b Jan. 31, 1915 2. Ivan M. Kunkel b Aug. 9, 1918 3. Paul Henry Kunkel b Mar. 17, 1921 (4) Jessie Leroy Kunkel, b Nov. 18, 1877; farmer; Baptist. m at Brookfield, M~. to Bertha E. Wilcox, b Apr. 19, 1886. Address in 1933 was Salem, Mo. 1. Lois M. Kunkel b J an. 19, 1913 2. Ruth S. Kunkel b May 20, 1914 3. Everett M. Kunkel b Jan. 19, 1919 (1) Lois M. Kunkel, b Jan. 19, 1913 at Shambaugh, Iowa. m Elvin E. Smith, b June i9, 1905 at Cedar Grove, Mo. They had one son, Earl Dean Smith, b June 4, 1930 at Jadwin, Mo. (2) Ruth S. Kunkel, b May 20, 1914 at Ogilvie, Minn. m Melvin H. Smith, b Feb. 16, 1908 at Cedar Grove, Mo.; farmer. 1933 address was Darien, Mo. They had one daughter, Guyneth Joy Smith, b Aug. 31, 1932 301 (5) Joseph Henry Kunkel, b Oct. 12, 1881 at Shambaugh, Iowa; farmer; Bap tist. m Nov. 24, 1909 at Shambaugh, Iowa to Edith May Bebout, b Jan. 1, 1889 in Sullivan Co., Mo. Address in 1933: Ft. Ripley, Minn. 1. Fred L. Kunkel b Sept. 18, 1911 2. Wilma M. Kunkel b Sept. 30, 1916 ~ J• Lucille Kunkel b Oct. 27, 1918 4. Bernice Kunkel b Apr. 21, 1924 (7) Lydia Kunkel, the seventh child born to Michael and Mary Bulyer Kunkel, was born Apr. 2, 1846; d 1935 or 1936. m July, 1866 to Benjamin Grubb. They had one son. 1. Elmer Grubb b d 1892 m Catherine Davis, 1888. No children. Lydia Kunkel Grubb m (2) Losh. She was living in Fredericktown, Ohio in 1932. (9) John Richey Kunkel ( changed name to Konkle), the ninth child born to Michael and Mary Bulyer Kunkel, was born Sept. 12, 1849; d Apr. 27, 1824. m Sept. 5, 1873 to Sarah Elizabeth_,. ~ She was born Nov. 7, 1849; d Jan. 24, 1934 in Scotts Bluff, Nebr. where she was living with her youngest daughter, Edna Grace Sni der. 1. Estella Mae Belle Konkle b Aug. 29, 1872 2. Jennie Elizabeth Konkle b May 11, 1878 d 1906 3. Nettie C. Konkle b Feb. 4, 1881 4. Ada Malinda Konkle b July 11, 1883 5- Anna Clara Konkle b Dec. 31, 1886 6. Edna Grayce Konkle b June 26, 1890 7. Edward Roy Konkle b June 26, 1890 8. Tyna Grace Kilburn Konkle b Dec. :;, 1906 (Her mother, Jennie Elizabeth Kilburn, died when Tyna was a small baby. She was taken by her grandmother, Sarah, and raised with the other children. She went by the name of Konkle). (1) Estella Mae Belle Konkle, b Aug. 29, 1872 at Shambaugh, Iowa; mem ber Christian Church. m July 20, 1890 to James William Kilburn, b Feb. 27, 1864 at Alpha, Grundy Co., Mo.; farmer; United Brethren Church. 1934 address: Wray, Colorado. 1. Goldie Elizabeth- Kilburn b Feb. 20, 1891 2. Esta Pearl Kilburn b J ~n. 29, 1893 d Jan. 24 1 1897 3- Gladys Ferne Kilburn b Jan. 31, 1897 (1) Goldie Elizabeth Kilburn, b Feb. 20, 1891- m Milo James Nicker son, Dec. 20, 1908 at Trenton, Mo. He was born Mar. 20, 1889 at Curtis, Nebr.; farmer; Christian Church. 302 1. Donald James Nickerson b Sept. 5, 1910 2. Helen Grace Nickerson b July 16, 1912 3- Lois Lelia Nickerson b July 11, 1915 4. Harold Bently Nickerson b Jan. 12, 1919 5- Delmar William Nickerson b May 24, 1921 6. Gladys Mae Nickersou b June 14, 1923 7. Clara Maxine Nickerson b Aug. 18, 1~25 8. Charles Gene Nickerson b June 14, 1928 (All eight children were born in Frontier County near Farnum, Nebr.) ( 1) Donald James Nickerson, b Sept. 5, 1910. m Reba Ferne Gugleman, on Aug. 25, 1931. She was born Oct. 20, 1914 at Farnum, Nebr. They had one child, Madeline Ann Nickerson, b Mar. 29, 1932. (3) Gladys Ferne Kilburn, b Jan. 31, 1897 at Earl, Nebr. m Dec. 30, 1908 at Stockville, Nebr. to Ernest Dalton Warren, b Nov. 7, 1885 in Claypool, Indiana; farmer; Christian Church. 1. Elton Merle Warren b July 5, 1915 2. Dalton Earl WarreH b July 5, 1915 d July 22, 1918 3. Dale Eugene Warren b Oct. 24, 1919 4. J eweldine Elizabeth Warren b Aug. 27, 1929 (2) Jennie Elizabeth Konkle, b May 11, 1878; d Jan. 1, 1907. m Marion Kilburn of Wray, Colo. 1. Elsie A. Kilburn b May 27 2. Ruby Kilburn b 1898 d Jan. 25, 1905 3- Tyna Grace Kilburn b Dec. 3, 1906 (1) Elsie A. Kilburn m Ora A. Eatweil on July 14, 1917. They lived at Scottsbluff, Nebr. in 1933- 1. Earl Wayne Eatwell b Aug. 5, 1919 2. Shirley Bernice Eatwell b Apr. 19, 1922 3- Rose Arlene Eatwell b Mar. 17, 1925 .(3) Tyna Grace Kilburn Konkle, b Dec. 3, 1906; adopted by her grand parents, following her mother's death in 1907. m Earl Otle of Scottsbluff, Nebr. Had two children when these records were submitted in 1933- (3) Nettie C. Konkle, b Feb. 14, 1881 at Shambaugh, Iowa. m July 17, 1900 at Stockville, Nebr. to Wylie Morris, b 1868 in Illinois; d 1933 in S. Dak.; worked as a road grader. I. Francis Earl Morris, b Feb. 6, 1901 at Stockville, Nebr. m 1927, somewhere in Wyoming to Fae Anderson. Nettie Konkle Morris m (2) Dec. 21, 1917 at Scottsblurf, Nebr. to Orin hay Price. ( 4) Ada Malinda Konkle, b July 11, 1883. m May 24, 1910 at Gering, Nebr. to John Clay Marlin, b 1879 in Webster Co., Nebr. at Red Cloud; worked as a road grader in Scottsbluff County; moved to White River, S. Dak. 1. Ruby Ferne Marlin b Oct. 8, 1903 2. Doris Lucille Marlin b June 10, 1915 (1) Ruby Ferne Marlin m Howell Bassford 1n 1920 at Chamberlain, S. Dak. 1. Lorrine Lucile Bassford b 1922 at Decorah, Iowa 2. Arlene Grace Bassford b 1927 at Hebron, Nebr. (2) Doris Lucille Marlin m Ross Bixler in 1933 at Rapid City, S. Dak. (5) Anna Clara Konkle, b Dec. 31, 1886. m Lane; address; 4538 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California (6) Edna Grayce Konkle, b June 26, 1890- m June, 1916 to Clarence Lester Chapin. He died Oct. 28, 1918. One child -- Arden M. Chapin, b June 1, 1918. Edna Grayce Konkle Chapin m (2) Nov. 22, 1922 to James A. Snider. He was working as fireman and jailer at City Hall in Scottsbluff, Neb1. in 1932- He drove the fire truck. (7) Edward Roy Konkle, b June 26, 1890 in Scottsbluff, Nebr. m Mary Kronberg on June S, 1910. 1. John Harold Konkle b Feb. 2, 1912 2. Clarence Ronald Konkle b Jan. 13, 1915 3. Edna Ruthe Konkle b Mar. 17, 1917 4. Estelle Irene Konkle b Apr. 15, 1919 (1) Harold Konkle, b Feb. 2, 1912. m Helen M. Leach. 1. Donald Roy Konkle b Mar. 10, 1931 2. Darell Ray Konkle b Sept. 22, 1932 304 4. MARTIN KUNKEL, b June 1, 1817 in Lancaster Co., Pa.; d May 7, 1895- When he was seven years of age, his parents mo"Ved the family to Pike Township, Knox Co., Ohio. m June 20, 1842 in Knox County to Leah Keller, the sixth child of Benjamin and Mary Keller. She was born May 27, 1825 in Fairfield Co., Ohio; d Nov. 23, 1908. She moved with her parents· to Knox County when she was three years of age. She was one of 17 children. For a number of years Martin Kunkel owned and operated a tan yard. He sold this business in 1866 and bought a farm with a sawmill. In 1877 they moved to Wayne Twp., Knox County, where they lived until his death in 1895- 1. Benjamin Franklin Kunkel b Sept. 11, 1842 d Dec. 4, 1913 2. David Kunkel b Aug. 31, 1844 d Jan. 23, 1928 3. George Kunkel b 1847 d 1851 4. Henry K. Kunkel b 1848 d 1874 5- Samuel Kunkel b Oct. 11, 1850 d Feb. 24, 1884 6. J oho M. Kunkel b Apr. 29, 1853 d 7. Sarah E. Kunkel b 1857 d 8. D. Jefferson T(unkel b Oct. 19, 1859 d 9. Amanda M. Kunkel b Oct. 9, 1864 d 10. Ella Kunkel b May 7, 1866 d (In addition to the ten children listed above, two died in infancy) (1) Benjamin Franklin Kunkel b Sept. 11, 1842; d Dec. 4, 1913; m Sarah Free hafer of Knox County. After marriage, he and his wife lived at North Liberty, Butler and, lastly, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He was a butcher and cattle buyer all his life; served on the city council and as a street commissioner in Mt. Vernon. They were members of the Church of God. (Marriage date - March 5, 1863 ). 1. Clara E. Kunkel b Mar. 16, 1868 d m West 2. Arminda Kunkel b Apr. 30, 1871 d Mar. 4, 1884 3. Carrie S. Kunkel b Sept. 10, 1876 4. John M. Kunkel b May 31, 1879 d July 29, 1879 (2) David Kunkel b Aug. 31, 1844; d Jan. 23, 1928 at the home of his daughter Stella (Mrs. E. A.. Brady) who lived near Wichita. m Sept. 24, 1868 to Mary A . Lahmon, b May 1, 1846; d February 12, 1934 at Wichita, Kansas. David and his wife lived in Richland Co., Ohio and then in Knox County before moving to Missouri, where they remained 20 years. In 1913 they moved to Clearwater, Kansas, near Wichita. Farmers; members of the Christian Church. 1. Abner M. Kunkel b June 24, 1869 2. Elza O. Kunkel b Aug. 20, 1873 3. William H. Kunkel b Sept. 23, 1875 4. Arminda L. Kunkel b Nov. 11, 1878 305 5. Charles E. Kunkel b Feb. 25, 1881 6. Odus D. Kunkel b May 18, 1883 d Mar. 2, 1914 7. Stella M. Kunkel b Apr. 20, 1886 8. Zoah Myrtle Kunkel b Sept. 3, 1888 d Sept. 9, 1897 ( 1) Abner M. Kunkel, b June 24, 1869 in Richland Co., Ohio; m Oct- 14, 1896 to Caldonia J. Pryor in Webster Co., Mo. She was born Feb. 10, 1877 in Web ster County. Members of the Christian Church. 1. Orval R. Kunkel b Oct. 2, 1898 in Webster Co., Mo.; m Elma Dickinson on Feb. 15, 1924 at Winfield, Kans. She was born Apr. 18, 1905 at Lima, Carroll Co., Mo. 2: Royal C. Kunkel b Ap.c:. 10, 1900 in Webster Co., Mo. 3. Bertha M. Kunkel b Jan. 24, 1902 in Webster Co., Mo. m August 10, 1927 to George H. Dickinson at Belle Plaine, Kans. He was born June 19, 1907. One child, Gladys Marie Dickinson, b Feb. 1, 1930. 4. Ralph P. Kunkel b May 7, 1904 in Dallas Co., Mo. 5. Roscoe A. Kunkel b Aug. 19, 1907 in Sedgewick Co., Kans. 6. Ezra L. Kunkel b June 13, 1910 in Sedgewick Co. Kans. 7. Dorothy O. Kunkel b Feb. 22, 1912· in Sedgewick Co., Kans. 8. Flossie L. Kunkel b Feb. 27, 1914 in Sumner Co., Kans. 9. Clara M. Kunkel b Jan. 24; 1919 in Scott Co., Kans. (2) Elza O. Kunkel, b Aug. 20, 1873 in Knox Co., Ohio; m Maggie M. Bollin in Feb., 1898. 1. Clara A. Kunkel b Mar. 1, 1899;. m Ben Peck in 1917. Five children. 1. Jonnie E. Peck 4. Donald Peck 2. Virgie M. Peck 5. James O. Peck 3. Jack Peck 2. Ernest E. Kunkel b Sept. 17, 1901; m Myrtle Kenney in Dec., 1921. One child, Paul E. Kunkel. 3. James W. Kunkel, b Feb. 4, 1903; m Retha P. Cheek on Nov. 29, 1930. One child, Letha A. Kunkel, b Jan .. 11, 1932. 4. Ama~~a M. Kunkel b Feb. 16, 1904; m Victor Howell on Oct. 2, 1927. One child -- Virginia M. Howell, b Feb. 1, 1931. 5. Ella M. Kunkel b Feb. 5, 1906; m Norman Carmean in Sept., 1924. Two children: Norma M. Carmean and Rodney D. Carmean. 6. Mary A. Kunkel b Jan. 2, 1910; m Fred Wiley on Dec. 19, 1927. One child - Freddie Wiley. 306 7. John M. Kunkel b Mar. 15, 1912; m Jewel Kenney on Mar. 15, 1931. (3) William H. Kunkel, b Sept. 23, 1875 in Knox Co., Ohio; m Feb. 6, 1906 to Dora J. Ragsdale in Marshfield, Mo. (4) Arminda L. Kunkel, b Nov. 11, 1878 at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; m Apr. 5, 1903 at Seymour, Mo. to Samuel L. Alderson. He worked for the C. B. & Q. at Galesburg, Illinois. Two children. 1. Wallace W. Alderson .b Jan. 16, 1904 at Seymour, Mo.; m Jan. 17, 192 5 at Salesburg, Ill. to Dorothy Grim of Galesburg. Three children: 1. John E. Alderson b Nov. 12, 1925 2. Lois Ann Alderson b Mar. 3, 1928 3. Richard Dean Alderson b Mar. 8, 1930 2. Forrest E. Alderson b Feb. 19, 1908 at Buffalo, Mo.; m Aug. 17, 1929 at Galesburg, Ill. to Edna M. Dellitt of Aledo, Ill. One child: 1. Jack David Alderson b Mar. 28, 1932- (5) Charles E. Kunkel, b Feb. 25, 1881; m Mattie Todd on July 2, 1905 1. Flora A. Kunkel b Mar. 8, 1907; m Ernice L. Cheek on Dec. 8, 1924, at Wellington, Kans. Two children. 1. Vergi M. Cheek b Nov. 14, 1925 2. Homer W. Cheek b Feb. 27, 1928 2. Lawrence E. Kunkel b Feb. 6, 1910; m Laura V. Sears on Nov. 1, 1930 in Sedan, Kans. One child. 1. Clarence E. Kunkel b Dec. 3, 1931 3. Clarence C. Kunkel b Feb. 6, 1910 d Feb. 23, 1910 (6) Odus D. Kunkel, b May 18, 1883 in Knox Co., Ohio; d Mar. 2, 1914 at his home near Buffalo, Mo.; m Dec. 24, 1905 to Belle Blaire, b Dec. 5, 1885 1 n Dallas Co., Mo. (7) Stella M. Kunkel, b Apr. 20, 1886 in Knox Co., Ohio; m Mar. 5, 1913 at Wellington, Kans. to Ebba A. Braday, b Dec. 7, 1885 in Illinois. One adopted daughter -- Maryetta Braday, b April 15, 1931 at Udall, Kans. 307 (8) Zoah Myrtle Kunkel, b Sept. 3, 1888 in Knox Co., Ohio; d Sept. 16, 1897 (4) Henry K. Kunkel, b 1848 in Knox Co., Ohio; m in 1874 to Sophia Crunkilton, b 1845. They lived near Holly, Colo. in the 1920's; farmers. 1- Sylvia Kunkel b 1876 2. Ada Kunkel b 1877 3- Alva Kunkel b 1879 4. Daisy Kunkel b 1883 5- Jessie Kunkel b 1886 6. Curtis Ku·nkel b 1889 The records of only two of Henry Kunkel's grandchildren are available. They are: .William Jesse Rader, son of Cornelius Volney and Ada Ellen (Konkel) Rader, and grandson of Henry Keller Konkel, was born March 5, 1902 in Cannon City ,Colorado. He moved with his parents to the Cripple Creek district as a boy, helping his father on the farm and going to the country schools where he received most of his education. He had two years of school in Cripple Creek. At the time this data was provided (1932 or 1933 he was mining for a living and residing in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Sophia Audora Konkel, first child of Alva Audora and Emily Elizabeth (Snyder) Konkel, was born July 13, 1906 in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado. She received most of her schooling in Lamar. She attended high school in Holly, Colorado for two years, making her home with her grandfather~ Going back to Lamar, she grad uated from high school there with honors. Aftet finishing high school she went to Pueblo, where she taught one term of school before going to business college. She then worked as a clerk in the accounting office of the C. F. & I. Co. She met Charles Imblum in Pueblo and was married Nov. 28, 1929. He was born on Aug. 22, 1907 in Pueblo. A machinist, he worked for the A. T. & S. F. in Pueblo. Later they moved to her parents' farm near Holly, Colorado. They had one child at the time this data was furnished. ( 1932 or 1933 ). I. James Charles Imblum b March 19, 1931 in Pueblo, Colorado. (5) Samuel Kunkel, b. Oct. 11, 1850 in Knox Co., Ohio; d Feb. 24, 1884. He taught school in town and district schools for a number of years. Attended normal school at Lebanon, Ohio and graduated from Iron City College in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1877, he was elected recorder of Knox County and served two terms. He read lav- under General Morgan. In 1879 he was admitted to the Bar and became a successful at torney at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. No record of any marriage. (6) John M. Kunkel, b Apr. 29, 1853 in Knox Co.; m 1875 to Mary A. Frizzell, b 1849; m (2) Louisa Hartz (no date). 1. Arwilda Kunkel b 1877 2. Ephriam Kunkel b 1879 308 3. George R. Kunkel b 1881 4- Charles C. Kunkel b 1883 5- Amanda A. Kunkel b 1885 6. Mary G. Kunkel b 1887 7. William W. Kunkel b 1889 d 1890 8- Elizabeth Kunkel b 1892 d 1893 9- Lewis F. Kunkel b (7) Sarah E. Kunkel, b 1857 in Knox Co., Ohio; m in 1875 to William Reep, b 1854. 1. John A. Reep b 1877 2. Walter C. Reep b 1881 3. Herbert Reep b 1884 4. Sylvia May Reep b 1896 (8) D. Jefferson Kunkel, b Oct. 19, 1859 10 Knox Co., Ohio; m Oct. 19, 1884 to Susie Belt, b Apr. 30, 1866 in Munroe Twp., Knox Co., Ohio. 1. Opal Kunkel b Nov. 11, 1889 m Ray Gordon, Nov. 8, 1911 (9) Amanda M. Kunkel., b Oct. 9, 1864 in Knox Co., Ohio; m Theodore Marshall Dill, in the year 1883- He was born in Ohio in 1856. Farmer; Methodist. Were . living at 60 College Street, Fredericktown, Ohio in 1934 1. Clarence C. Dill b Sept. 21, 1884 2. Walter M. Dill b June 20, 1888 (1) Clarence C. Dill, b Sept. 21, 1884; m Rosalie He became a United States Senator from the State of Washington. (10) Ella Kunkel, b May 7, 1866 in Knox Co., Ohio. Attended district schools and Ohio Normal at Ada, Ohio. Taught school in district and village schools for 20 years. In 1887 she moved with her parents to Wayne Twp., Knox Co., Ohio and continued to reside in that area. m Jan. 1, 1919 to J. L. Phillips, b Aug. 15, 1862 in Knox Co., Ohio; farmer; United Brethren Church. 1930 address: Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 5. JACOB KUNKLE, b Mar. 5, 1818; m Susanna Kunke, b Jan. 15, 1821. 1. Nancy Kunkle b Dec. 10, 1839; m Ephriam Lambert in 1859- Their children were: 1. Will Lambert Lived in Lima, Ohio in 1930 2. Agnes Lambert dee. 3. Manda Lambert b 1869; m Looker 309 Their children were: 1. Oliver Looker b 1892 coal dealer 2. Ada Looker 3- Mabel Looker m Arthur Strider; 1933 address: Galena, Ohio. 4- Audrey Looker b 1903 2. Ephriam Kunkle b Aug. 10, 1842 m Catrie Huff 3. Elizabeth Kunkle b Aug. 3, 1846 m J oho Scully 4. Rebecca Kunkle b June 20, 1848 5- Lovina Kunkle b July 10, 1853 m William Lytel 6. Samantha Kunkle b June 26, 1856 m William Painter 7. William P. Kunkle b Sept. 7, 1860 ( d 1~35) m Ollie West (d Oct., 1933) (Owner of Konkle's Bakery, 348 S. Champion Ave., Columbus, Ohio -- 1934). 8. Noah Kunkle b Dec. 11, 1863 m Anna ---. 9- Monesia Kunkle b Apr. 26, 1868 m R. Haring 7. WILLIAM KUNKLE - see pages 13-16 in Part I of this book. 8. MARY KUNKLE, b Apr. 29, 1824; d Sept. 11, 1885. m JOHN LAHMON on Oct. 17, 1844. He was born Feb. 18, 1820; d Feb. 2, 1874. Nine children- born to this union. 1. Amanda Melvina Lahmon b Mar. 13, 1846 d 2. Sarah Catherine Lahmoo b Aug. 12, 1847 d Sept. 12, 1915 3. Mary Elizabeth Lahmon b Nov. 13, 1848 d Aug. 24, 1893 4- Barbara Ellen Lahmon b Nov. 15, 1850 d s. Esther Ann Lahmon b July 3, 1854 d -Aug. 12, 1856 6. Nancy Jane Lahm on b Oct. 9, 1857 d 7- Samuel Lahmon b Sept. 29, 1859 d Oct. 9, 1859 8. Mahalia Lahmon b Sept. 9, 1861 d June 1, 1899 9- Ophelia Lahmon b Mar. 25, 1864 d Oct. 5, 1864 (1) Amanda Melvina Lahmon, b _Mar. 13, 1846; m Sept. 12, 1872 to Agustave Hel muth, b Oct. 1, 1846; d Oct. 20, 1912. 1. Charles Helmuth b Apr. 19, 1881 m Sept. 12, 1872 to Agustave Helmuth, b Oct. 1, 1846; d Oct. 20, 1912. 1. Walter Kermit Helmuth b July 3, 1907 2. Wava May Helmuth b June 12, 1916 2. Nora B. Helmuth b Aug. 1, 1877 m Nov. 15, 1898 to John C. Noel, b Jan. 1, 1869. 310 1. Oscar S. Noel b Mar. 27, 1905 m Mary Kathryn Hixson on Sept. 5, 1928. One son -- Bennett A. Noel b Mar. 6, 1932, 2. Ralph A. Noel b Oct. 23, 1908 (2) Sarah Cahterine Lahmon, b Aug. 12, 1847; d Sept. 12, 1915; m Nov. 27, .1881 to George Adams, b ---; d Dec. 7, 1928 1. Ethel Adams b 2. Elmer Adams b (1) Ethel Adams m. John Spackeen on May 1, 1913- l. John Paul Spackeen b July 9, 1914 2. Elmer Dean Spackeen b Feb. 15, 1922 3. Dorothy June Spackeen b June 14, 1925 4. Lynn Adams Spackeen b Oct. 4, 1927 (2) Elmer Adams m Estella Barca! on Oct. 4, 1912. 1. Robert Lincoln Adams b Oct. , , 916 2. Viola Jane Adams b Feb. 27, 1919 (3) Mary Elizabeth Lahmon, b Nov. 13, 1848; d Aug. 26, 1893; m Nov. 6, 1866 to Jacob Fansler, b Feb. 11, 1893; d Dec. 13, 1913. 1. Ida Fansler b Apr. 9, 1868 2. John Warren Fansier b Apr. 5, 1870 d May 23, 1911 3. Mary Etta Fansler b Aug. 15, 1872 d Apr. 13, 1930 4. Dolly Grace Fansler b Apr. 29, 1876 d · Oct. 2, 1880 5. Edna Bell Fansler b Jan. 12, 1880 d Dec. 14, 1928 6. Flossie Mabel Fansler b May 28, 1884 7. Frank Oak Fansler b Mar. 31, 1887 (1) Ida Fansler, b Apr. 9, 1868; m Feb. 23, 1888 to Jacob M. Smith 1. Grace Fansler Smith b Jan. 8, 1890 (2) John Warren Fansler, b Apr. 5, 1870; d May 23, 1911; m Jan. 26, 1892 to Albina Hawk. I. Ray Fansler 2. Elgin Fansler 3- Ruby Alice Fansler 4. Ermin Dallas Fansler 5- Irene Fansler 6. Vera Fansler 7. Lester Fansler 311 (3) Mary Etta Fansler, b Aug. 15, 1872; d Apr. 13, 1930; m Hamilton Swank, May 26, 1889. 1. Florence F. Swank b July 12, 1890 2. Walter J. Swank b Jan. 21, 1892 3. Willard Swank . b Sept. 23, 1894 4- Sheldon B. Swank b Dec. 24, 1896 (1) Fiorence F. Swank, b July 12, 1890; m Harry Cose, Oct. 27, 1917. 1. Harry Sheldon Cose b Feb. 26, 1919 2. John Cose b Nov. 11, 1921 (2) Walter J. Swank, b July 21, 1892; m Anna Hollinger, Aug. 18, 1913- 1. Delbert W. Swank b Nov. 27, 1914 2. Enid Doris Swank b Jan. 12, 1917 3- Mary Etta Swank b Jan. 19, 1922 4- Viol et May Swank b May 12, 1927 5. Sheldon Bruce Swank b Oct. 29, 1923 (4) Sheldon B. Swank, b Dec. 24, 1896; m Evelyn Summers, Dec. 24, 1928. 1. Ettawyne L. Swank b Dec. 5, 1930 · (5) Edna Bell Fansler, b Jan. 12, 1880; d Dec. 14, 1928; m Francis Dilgard, Sept. 8, 1900. No children. (6) Flossie Mabel Fansler, b May 28, 1884; m Phil Holman, Dec. 8, 1901. I. Marcile Fansler Holman b Mar. 15, 1904; m Ernest C. Watson, July 19, 1932. (7) Frank Oak Fansler, b Mar. 31, 1887; m Maude Smith, Nov. 15, 1911. 1. Jean Fansler b May 31, 1914 2. Bonnie Fansler b July 9, 1916 (4) Barbara Ellen Lahmon, b Nov. 15, 1850; m Robert Glover, Sept. 11, 1872. He was born Sept., 1845. L Alberta Mae Glover b Aug. 28, 1874 d Apr. 19, 1928 2. William Glover b Aug. 1, 1877 d Oct. 22, 1879 3. Charley C. Glover b May 24, 1879 (1) Alberta Mae Glover, b Aug. 28, 1874; d Apr. 19, 1928; m John Barnard Hersh, on May 26, 1895. He was born Aug. 18,. ,1873. 1. Robert Clinton Hersh b July 20, 1896; m Elizabeth >•0ndhank, Sept. 21, 1929. 1. Elizabeth Ellen Hersh b Nov. 30, 1931 2. Margaret Ellen Hersh b Apr. 7, 1906 (3) Charley C. Glover, b May 24, 1879; m Mary Bress; Oct. 2, 1907. 312 1. Harry J. Glover b July 21, 1908 2. Lucille Marie Glover b .Mar. 29, 1910 m Ralph E. Matteson, Oct. 1- Cecelia June Matteson b June 18, 1931 10. 1928. 2. Gerald Eugene Matteson b July 22, 1932 3. Maurice Franklin Glover b Dec. 31, 1911 4. Leroy Donald Glover b May 6, 1913 5. Laura Mae Glover b Nov. 27, 1924 (6) Nancy Jane Lahmon, b Oct. 9, 1857; m Jan. 30, 1890 to Peter Haas, b Apr. 3, 1848; cl May 1, 1914. 1. Harry Haas b Nov. 20, 1890 2. Stacia Haas b Nov. 13, 1892 (1) Harry Haas, b Nov. 20, 1890; m Sept. 20, 1916 to Beatrice Cambadge, b Oct. 17, 1895- 1- Mary Ell en Haas b Aug. 25, 1917 2. Beatrice Irene Haas b Mar. 16, 1919 3. Richard Harry Haas b Jan. 3, 1921 (2) Stacia Haas, b Nov. 13, 1892; m June 14, 1924 to A.die Kunsman, b July 18, 1892° 1. Emma Jane Kunsman b Sept. 20, 1927 IO. ELIZABETH Ki.JNKLE, b Dec. 2, i83i; d July 3, 1919; m Blakley. I. Mary Blakley b Feb. 2, 1872 m Klein living at 4023 Second Street, Newton, Iowa in 1933- 2. Margaret Blakley b Aug. 9, 1876 m Green living at 324 W. 3rd Street, Newton, Iowa in 1933- 3. Fannie Blakley b m Braley living at Kellogg, Iowa in 1933- 14. CHRISTOPHER KUNKLE ( or Christian Kunkle -- record not clear), b Jan. 31, 1844; d Apr. 5, 1927; m Maggie J. --, b ; d Jan. 17, 1917. He was a dry goods merchant for many years in Ashland, Ohio. 1. Sarah ·Blanche Kunkle b d Apr. 27, 1922 2. George L. Kunkle b 3- Carrie Kunkle b m William Wiley; living Ashland, Ohio - 1933- 4. Frank W. Kunkle b (Frank Kunkle was chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Ashland County, Ohio 1932-33) 313 The following letters were sent to the author in 1965 by Parylee (Williamson) Bird of Waldron, Arkansas, and are reproduced here to record the interesting stories she tells. --C.G.B. Route 1 Waldron, Arkansas November 30, 1964 Mr. Carroll G. Bryan Royal Oak, Michigan Dear Cousin: I received your letter and the geneology you sent is certainly appreciated, as I have no records of any kind -- just the memories of the stories my grandfather told me. You see, I am the oldest of 65 grandchildren, and was with my grandfather more than the other children. The younger ones don't remember much about him. As far as I know, your records are fairly accurate. The only ones of Grandfather's (Isaac, son of Michael) family I knew were the sons of Henry Kunkel and Aunt Ma hala. They used to visit us every winter to go hunting. We lived in the Indian Terri tory n.ear Heavener, Oklahoma. Their mother wrote to us all the time as long as she lived. Then Grandfather's sister Christina, from Ohio, visited us before Grandfather left Mansfield, Arkansas. I knew Granduncle John Kunkel of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska and Granduncle Sam Kunkel of McLean, Texas, the only ones of my Grandfather's people we knew. I can fill in some of your records if you can read my wnung. You see, 1'11 soon be 75, but I lead an active life. My husband, William Bird, and I have a stock farm (far ther west it would be called a ranch). We Ii ve 8 mile$ from the line of Oklahoma, 50 miles south of Ft. Smith only 10 miles from where I was born, Mansfield, Arkansas. It is also the birthplace of Annie Slate, mother of Albert who was also born there. (Albert Slate and his son own and operate a barber shop in Pontiac, ·Michigan. -C.G.B.) Now, to answer some of your questions. The first six children of Michael Kunkel (brother to William Konkel) were born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The others were born in Ohio. His sons Samuel and Isaac (my grandfather) were only 19 and 17 years old when they ran away and joined the Southern Army at Iuka Springs, Arkansas. The_y became separated, but both fought for four and a half years in the Civil War. Grandfather Isaac. was discharged near Monroe, Louisiaoa. He then worked on the plantation of Oliver Mitchel and married his daughter, later coming to Arkan - sas where he finally took a homestead. He was also a stone mason as were all his sons. 314 His brother Samuel was discharged in Texas. He settled on several sections of land near McLean,_ Texas. He had six children and they lived in a sod house until they could build a frame one. They had the first rural telephone around there. I have a picture of their house taken at that time. John Kunkel (Michael's son) was one of the founders of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. He had six girls and one boy. I have a picture of those six girls who were noted for their beauty and intellect. The picture was taken at the time they were all teaching school. Their ages were sixteen to thirty-two at the time. In 1945 I heard of Edward's son, who was a doctor at New Madrid, Nebraska and that's -about all I know of the family. You see, my grandfather had no records, for his father (Michael) left my father and his brother Samuel only one dollar each in his will, and nothing else, because they joined and fought in the Southern Army - the rest of the brothers, of course, in the Northern Army. But when Grandfather's mother died he went back to Iowa and was given his father's German Bible. My mother got it later, but we couldn't read all the records, as they were written in German. Then in the 1930's that Bible disappeared and we never did find it. We think 1t was stolen by an antique dealer who came through the country. He wanted to buy the Book but Mother wouldn't let him have it. You see, Grandfather's family spoke Ger man and, while they were born in this country, Grandfather could read and write only in German. He may have not-gone to school, as he learned to read newspapers af ter ~e and Grandmother got married. Here is an item you n:iight be interested in. In 1955 there was a flash flood in Los Angeles· that fl~oded a Mexican· settlement along the Los Angeles River. These· people had to be brought out but there weren't boats. The fire department came up with an idea of using the horses that belonged to the department, kept for pulling the old hook and ladder wagon in parades, etc. But the _only volunteer they could find who would go into the river and across to the settlement was a Martin Kunkel, a big, handsome six foot, two hundred thirty pounder. He brought a great number of the Mexicans out, and on one of his trips a news reporter (Los Angeles Times) got his name and address. Well, several months later, it seems a copy of this paper went to Germany and this Martin Kunkel received a letter written in German from some lady over in the old country. He took the letter to a college fri~nd who was studying German. The Ger man lady wrote that she got hold of the paper from one of our service boys. She saw the picture and it looked so much like her own father and brother. They were also called Martin Kunkel, Senior and Junior. According to her their family records were all destroyed during World War I and II, but her father knew the story of the two German brothers who went to America right 315 about the end of the Revolutionary War. The last her -family had heard, these two brothers had headed west from New Amsterdam. Tl-tat is all he remembered of the· story. So, Mr. Bryan, that is all I know to wnte except to say that I have an uncle, John Kunkel, who lives in California. He is 81 and a Cdrpenter. I also have an aunt, Tennie Stone Rye, who is 82. She lives in California, too. Many of our family live on the west coast and several of them are outstanding in their professions. I am very proud of the Kunkel name. Oh, by the way, this lady in Germany says the name there used to be Kuhnke!, but was changed to Kunkel. I hope there is some little item in all this you can use. Most of my memories a-re of stories in Iowa. Thanking you again for the records you sent, I am sincerely yours, Mrs. W. A. Bird (Nee Parylee Williamson) THE uHANGING JUDGE" AND OTHER STORIES A story of my Grandfather Isaac that happened during the term of Federal Judge Parker ( called the hanging Judge of Arkansas). All of the territory consisting of the Indiana Territory, Arkansas and parts of Missouri covering the Ozarks was under his control. My grandfather served on the jury of Judge Parker as long as he was on the bench. The most prominent men of each county were called to serve. One time about .four or five met at Grandfather's place and went with him to Ft. Smith, a day's drive (40 miles). They camped at a camping place outside of town, and were busy eating their supper that had been hooked over the fireplace when the notorious Belle Starr rode up. She threatened that if they brought in a verdict of guilty on some of her partners she would get them when they came back. Well, all nineteen prisoners were found guilty and were later hanged. Wben the outlaw _gang returned they were heavily armed, but Belle Starr was not with them. But Grandfather always said, «she looked ten feet tall on her big horse, and her guns looked like small cannons!' She and her gang were friends of both the Dalton and James gangs. Another story I remember about grandfather is about the time he was in the Southern Army. The Northern Army was all the way down to Memphis, having come down on boats from St. Louis. Part of the Southern Army was south, over in Louisiana, so the North sent a patrol boat down the river while the South was sending one up on land. Anyway, while they were having a good fight, Grandfather was capture·· I think he was about nineteen at the time, '"'la ybe twenty. 316 Grandfather was taken back up the river in the Northern patrol boat. He was s1tt1ng in the middle of the boat, and when they came close to the side of the river his out fit was on, he jumped and shouted nLook out! " and went over the side of the boat away from the shore that he wanted to go. The boat turned over and he went under the boat (he was a good swimmer), and when he came up he looked back and saw they were all floundering around trying to up right the boat. But he didn't wait to see what happened, for his troubles had just begun and he wished he had stayed with the Northern soldiers. It was two days be fore he got back to his own outfit. Just imagine a young Northern boy like himself, crossing one of the worst swamps on the Mississippi, infested with snakes and alli gators. He slept in a tree and was almost dead when he got back to his camp. I heard him tell that story several times. He was later discharged in Louisiana. Of course, the South could not pay any soldiers or send them home. They were dis charged wherever they happened to be, penniless and homeless, unless they hap pened to live in that area. There was no work and nearly the whole South was de stroyed. He was a little more fortunate then some, for he found my great-grandfather's (Oliver Mitchell) plantation. All the negroes were gone, except two or three old ones, and my Grandfather Mitchell needed someone to help with the work. He stayed with them two years until he married, then came to this part of the country which was very thinly settled at that time. Their home-stead, 10 miles over the Kunkel Mountain from where I live now, was Qne of the first places built on the western-central border of the state. It was a very wild place at that time, but he raised eight children there and was the best farmer around. He built a nice home later, and had vineyards and fish ponds. Grandfather also worked at what he liked best. He was one of the most skilled stone masons and brick layers in the country. There are still buildings at Mansfield, Huntington and Greenwood that he built while his boys carried on the farm work. After the boys were all gone, my grandparents bought a place in Waldron. It is still there. In the meantime, my family had moved to the Indiana Territory. When I was twelve, my baby sister Selma had been born there. I lived in the Indiana Territory and later in Oklahoma where I raised my family. And now, years later, I am back ten miles from where I was born, on a big place from my husband's side of the family where all my kin and their children drop in at any and all times. We live 15 miles from town, but we are not alone much. Back to Grandfather. In 1911 he drove a buggy over the Black Fork Mountains, eighteen miles south of here, to visit a son and go fox hunting. He got wet and stayed out in his wet clothes until he took pneumonia. He died at the age of 69. 317 Grandfather was a great hunter and fisherman, too. His nephews from Iowa used to come to go hunting with him. At that time there were lots of game around here - bear, deer, fox. I remember Aunt Christena (Michael Kunkel 's daughter) visiting with us when I was five. I always wanted to look like her and do, except her hair was snowy white and I have only one gray lock. She told me stories of their childhood in Iowa. It seems they always tapped the maples in February and some of the men (a neighborhood affair) would go tap the trees. Then the young people went in sleighs and spent about two days there. They had cabins and cooking fires, the women stayed in cab ins and the men sleeping around the fires under robes. The last night of the syrup making they had what she said was a nsugaring off" party. They made sugar and candy and would cool the candy on the snow, and would have a real good time. I wonder how many young people today would agree. Well, I can't think of any more to write about things that happened that far back. Thin~ are beginning to get hazy. I may have heard stories of William Kunkel but I don't remember them. I only knew of Greatuncle John, Uncle Henry, Uncle Sam and Aunt Christina. Sometime you might meet m,y son, that is, if you are interested in athletics. He is head trainer for Oklahoma State University, and was with the football team when Michigan beat them so badly in both football and basketball this last season ( one was Michigan and one was Michigan State). He is 44, 6 ft. 1 in., 230 lbs. and handsome. He has been with O.S.U. as· assistant coach and trainer since he finished school there in 1946. He served in the U.S. Marines and lost a leg at Siapan, got the Silver Star at Tarawa, a battlefield commis! sion at Guadalcanal and was written up in every paper in the country. He amputated his own leg with his trench knife where he fell at Siapan. He was visited by Pres ident Roosevelt when he made his secret trip to Honolulu. If you happen co go to the games at either Oklahoma or Michigan, hunt up the head trainer of O.S. U ., Byron J. Bird of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Well thank you again for writing me and sending me your copy of our family records. I will be looking forward to your book. With best wishes for you and yours. Parylee (Mrs. W. A. Bird, Rt. 1, Waldron, Arkansas) ••• 319 318 BEERY KONKEL AND THEIR FOURTEEN CHILDREN THE WESTWARD MIGRATION OF WILLIAM AND ANNA His son, Will Konkel, left Moved to Knox Co., Ohio with his parents ot age 2. ____ ,,,.... -· 320 WILLIAM KONKEL