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To the Show or Not to the Show (Roscoe)

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October 14, 1945 envelope

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October 14, 1945, p. 1

Oct. 14

Dear Mother,

Sunday eve and I haven’t decided whether to go to the show or just stay home. The show is “River Gang.” Doesn’t sound very good.

After I finished your letter last night, the Staniches called me and I went out to their place for chow and then we came back to the show here. They came up to our lounge and sat a spell. Just he & her – Jeff stayed at one of the neighbors.

I’ve been thinking over the heating problem, etc., and as yet can’t seem to make much of a decision. Maybe if I had some figures it would be different. It really shouldn’t cost much to have that heat piped over and I guess we could make the change over at a later date. All the radiators and the heating unit itself will have to be removed for the carpentering so maybe it won’t be a problem until I get home.

I have to get my physical exam tomorrow for my promotion and then have to buy a new set of shoulder boards for my gray. Those shouldn’t cost so much but I’ll have to get some gold put on this one suit of blues.

October 14, 1945, p. 2

[page 2] I think the whole thing for the blues will cost $4.00. I’m also going to try to find out a little more definite about the Nov. 1 date for the discharge. Yes, I haven’t forgotten that that is your birthday, but I’m practically certain I won’t be home by that date.

I think we discussed this before but just in case – I don’t believe I’d have a thing done to the back room on the other side until I get home. Those rooms we have there if finished properly will be sufficient for the time being, but again don’t fuss and stew, because it won’t take long when I get there and a couple of weeks won’t make much difference in years.

Tomorrow is pay day but I’m not certain how much I’ll draw since I should have some draft money coming. I’ll draw it before I come home however.

Well, I didn’t go to the show, played a game or two of Acey Ducy after starting this letter.

Lots of Love,
Daddy

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Going Ahead (Gladys)

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October 14, 1945 envelope

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October 14, 1945, p. 1

Oct. 14-1945

Dear Daddy –

I didn’t write yesterday – I was waiting for your wire and it didn’t come until after mailing time. At any rate I am going ahead with the office as we planned. Vincent called me and said his estimate for labor and material would be $113.00. That he said would include everything he would do. Of course Mr. Monroe would (will) have another bill. Mr. Monroe came out to the house Sat. and asked me what we wanted – I told him and he said he would look it over and see what would have to be done. I am going ahead with our heating plant – because I am afraid it would cost more to pipe the heat across the alley than to use our own heating plant. Mr. Monroe asked me how we were getting along with the furnace. I said we were hand firing and since you were coming home we may just have the auger fixed. Mr. M. said he couldn’t get any burners yet. They didn’t have anything yet last week.

We are enjoying a lively fire in the fireplace. We bought some coal up and it lasts so much longer than logs. David is in bed – he was so tired this evening he was cross and cried at everything. John is up in the attic looking for Reader’s Digests – he wants

October 14, 1945, p. 2

[page 2] an old number for something. He took his first organ lesson yesterday ($1.50 hr.) and I went to the church with him for one hour practice this afternoon. He can only use the church when it’s warm and now that is only Sat. & Sun. He also took a piano lesson yesterday afternoon. Miss Smith is discouraged with Mark and told John he was wasting his money & her time – however I think when you get back and can help him he will improve. We got all the storm windows on yesterday – all but the doors, but they won’t be much of a job.

Jim called me from Great Lakes yesterday. He is getting his discharge in a day or two, then he is going to N.Y. to get his car – Washington to get Thelma – back to Terra Haute then up here to see us. Maybe you will get back about the same time.

I am wondering if you will be sent back to G.L. for discharge – but maybe your first letter will answer some of my inquiries. I wish now we had arranged for you to call – then I could have given you the estimate on the office, but I am assuming you want me to get it done.

Emmett Miller is home. I called Lila and she doesn’t know about Joe – but now that he has enough points he will surely be home soon.

It is cooler today. Rained a little and stays chilly. I looked out a few minutes ago and saw a bright moon, so it must be clear. Just hope is doesn’t get too chilly before we get this furnace fixed one way or another.

Love Mother

P.S. Kenneth is on his way home.

October 14, 1945, p. 3

[page 3] Mon. morn – Arlene called me last night and asked me to see if I could get her an appointment with Dr. Ade (first she asked if you were home). It seems Bobby is losing his hearing. He has been having some ear trouble and Arlene is quite alarmed over his condition. I called Dr. Ade this morning & he said to bring him down this afternoon. I called Loughridge this morning but Bun didn’t know much. I am afraid we will have to get this furnace fixed or I will get a bad cold. I am bordering on a throat condition now and it’s so much cooler

October 14, 1945, p. 4

[page 4] and takes the house so long to heat up in the morning. I went down and burned a lot of trash to build the temp up and I finally have it up to 66. (10:45) I have to go to the store to get a few things. Maybe it will be up by the time I get back.

It is nice and sunny today so maybe the temp will get up before the day is over.

Will try to have more info about everything this evening.

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Michael Schiele

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Michael Schiele was my 2X great grandfather. I have been working on tracing his descendants for over 20 years. The following lineage only contains his children and grandchildren. As several of his great grandchildren are still living, I will not be posting the subsequent generations online at this time.

As with previously posted lineages, my goal is not to tell the stories of these individuals but to place them within the family for other researchers and for my DNA cousins. The information in this lineage has been previously published in a paper I wrote for my ProGen study group in 2015. Ultimately, when I am finished with the WWII project, I hope to devote more time to telling the stories of these individuals (hopefully in a published book). I have a wealth of information about Michael, once he moved to America. However, very little is known about his origins in Germany, including his birthplace, with sources contradicting one another, using either Wittenberg and Württemberg as his place of origin. These are distinct cities in different regions in Germany. Chances are Michael did not come from either location, but from a smaller village in the surrounding area, which makes locating German records very difficult at this time. Three additional clues to Michael’s origins are: his brother John also emigrated to the United States, both men were taught the trade of shoemaking, and Michael was the third son of Michael and Mary (Smith) Schiele.

Michael¹ Schiele (Michael^A), born 2 November 1831, Germany; died 12 September 1897, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.[1] He married (1) on 16 July 1856, Summit County, Ohio, Mary Magdalena Miller, possible daughter of David and Mary Ann (Moser) Miller.[2] She was born 15 May 1839, Pennsylvania; died 28 July 1866, either Owen or Clay County, Indiana.[3] Michael married (2) on 12 February 1867, Owen County, Indiana, Elizabeth Krieble, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Haldeman) Krieble.[4] She was born 3 April 1844, in Pennsylvania; died 13 February 1922, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.[5]

Michael and Elizabeth were buried at Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Indiana,[6] while Mary was buried at the Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana.[7]

Children of Michael¹ Schiele and his first wife, Mary M. Miller, were as follows:

+ 2 i. REUBEN JACOB² SCHIELE, born 27 June 1857, Medina County, Ohio;[8] married Lanah Markley;[9] died 20 October 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.[10]

+ 3 ii. DAVID FRANKIN SCHIELE, born 6 September 1859, Medina County, Ohio;[11] married Eliza Ellen Storm;[12] died 26 November 1916, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana.[13]

4 iii. MARY KATHERINE SCHIELE, born 19 June 1861, Indiana; died 28 February 1862, Harrison Twp., Clay County, Indiana. She was buried at the Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana.[14]

5 iv. HENRY SCHIELE, born 3 April 1863, Harrison Twp., Clay County, Indiana; died June 1882, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.[15] Very little is known about Henry’s nineteen years of life. He attended school both in 1870 and 1880.[16] Additionally, in 1880, Henry was disabled with a broken leg.[17] Henry’s burial location is unknown; he may have been buried with his mother and sisters at the Bower Mennonite Cemetery in Owen County or with his father at Greenwell Cemetery in Clay City.[18]

+ 6 v. MARY ELIZABETH SCHIELE, born 28 July 1866, Clay County, Indiana;[19] married James E. Hixon;[20] died 10 January 1948, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.[21]

7 vi. ROSSINA SARAH SCHIELE, born 28 July 1866, Clay County, Indiana; died 24 October 1866. She was buried at the Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana.[22]

Children of Michael¹ Schiele and his second wife, Elizabeth Krieble, were as follows:

+ 8 i. WILLIAM ALBERT² SCHIELE, born 4 July 1868, Clay County, Indiana;[23] married Clarissa C. Diel;[24] died 20 August 1899, Clay County, Indiana.[25]

9 ii. SILVESTER SCHIELE, born 29 June 1870, Clay County, Indiana;[26] married Jessie L. MacDonald;[27] died 17 December 1945, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.[28]

+ 10 iii. DORETTA SOPHIA SCHIELE, born 11 June 1872, Clay County, Indiana;[29] married Charles E. McQueary;[30] died 30 March 1932, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.[31]

+ 11 iv. SUSANNA CATHERINE SCHIELE, born 27 August 1874, Clay County, Indiana;[32] married John A. Schwartz;[33] died 23 July 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.[34]

+ 12 v. LOVINA JANE SCHIELE, born 6 September 1876, Clay County, Indiana;[35] married John H. Yegerlehner;[36] died 25 June 1946, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.[37]

13 vi. NATHAN COOK SCHIELE, born 31 January 1879, Clay County, Indiana;[38] died 6 September 1904, Chicago, Illinois.[39]

14 vii. ANDREW DRAYTON SCHIELE, born 20 December 1882, Clay County, Indiana;[40] died 22 January 1902, Clay County, Indiana.[41]

15 viii. CHARLES OSCAR SCHIELE, born February 1885, Clay County, Indiana;[42] married [?]; died 5 August 1909, Phoenix, Arizona.[43]

Stepchild of Michael¹ Schiele (said daughter born to his second wife Elizabeth Krieble
and James¹ McCoy) was:

+ 16 NANCY MAE² McCOY, born 16 April 1866, Indiana;[44] married Theodore Walker and Stephen M. Kline;[45] died 30 May 1911, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.[46]

Generation Two

Reuben Jacob² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 27 June 1857, Medina County, Ohio; died 30 October 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.[47] He married on 8 June 1880, in Clay County, Lanah Markley, daughter of William and Mary ( Overholt) Markley.[48] She was born 26 February 1858, Medina County, Ohio, and died 11 July 1942, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana.[49]

Children of Reuben Jacob²Schiele and Lanah Markley were as follows:

+ 17 i. IDA ELLEN³ SCHIELE, born 19 September 1881, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Jesse George Liechty; died 18 December 1919, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.

+ 18 ii. EDITH MAE SCHIELE, born 27 February 1883, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married William Leo King; died February 1874, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 19 iii. OLIVER LEO SCHIELE, born 24 October 1885, Harrison Township, Clay County,Indiana; married Clara Bell Light; died 25 December 1965, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 20 iv. WILLIAM JACOB SCHIELE, born 22 June 1888, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Grace E. Morris; died 5 July 1973, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida.

David Franklin² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 6 September 1859, Medina County, Ohio; died 26 November 1916, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana. He married on 19 April 1883, in Clay County, Eliza Ellen Storm, daughter of George J. and Emeline (Cooprider) Storm. She was born 6 October 1861, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana, and died 21 October 1946, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana.

Children of David Franklin² Schiele and Eliza Ellen Storm were as follows:

+ 21 i. NOAH FRANKLIN³ SCHIELE, born 19 March 1884, Harrison Township, Clay County; married Clara Emma Liechty; died 9 August 1958, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.

22 ii. ISAAC SYLVESTER SCHIELE, born 11 July 1886, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Mamie L. Gibbons; died 9 May 1967, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 23 iii. NELLIE EMALINE SCHIELE, born 27 October 1888, Harrison Township, Clay County; married Albert Leichty; died 3 July 1968, Clay County, Indiana.

+ 24 iv. GEORGE ELIAS SCHIELE, born 21 February 1890, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Alice Harden; died May 1959, Lee County, Florida.

+ 25 v. LESTER ALBERT SCHIELE, born 12 April 1893, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Fay Mills and Ruth A. McCulley; died 29 January 1966, Los Angeles County, California.

+ 26 vi. ELIZABETH SCHIELE, born 22 August 1896, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married William R. Royer; died 31 May 1980, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.

+ 27 vii. ARTHUR JUDSON SCHIELE, born 23 December 1898, Harrison Township, Clay County; married Guadalupe (Reyes) Ortega; died 8 July 1957, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico.

+ 28 viii. IDA ELLEN SCHIELE, 21 August 1904, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Fred J. Wall; died 17 January 1985, Coal City, Clay County, Indiana.

Mary Elizabeth² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 28 July 1866, Clay County, Indiana; died 10 January 1948, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. She married on 16 May 1888, in Clay County, Indiana, James E. Hixon, son of Reed and Margaret (Odebert) Hixon. He was born 30 August 1864, Sullivan County, Indiana; died in 1 October 1947, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.

Known children of Mary Elizabeth² Schiele and James E. Hixon were as follows:

29 i. ROSCOE “ROSS” REID³ HIXON, born 20 May 1889, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana;
married Minnie K. Wiedman and Theresa I. Dale]; died 31 December 1975, Orange County, California.

30 ii. FREDRICK SYLVESTER HIXON, born 1 September 1891, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; died 3 April 1904, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. Fred was buried at Cottage Hill Cemetery, Brazil, Indiana.[50]

+ 31 iii. MARY MARGARET HIXON, born 8 February 1894, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Cornelius Schrepferman; died 25 June 1984, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

+ 32 iv. CARL KILMER HIXON, born 25 April 1896, Terre Haute, Indiana; married Anna Alfield Olson; died 27 July 1990, Bellevue, King County, Washington.

33 v. JAMES EDWARD HIXON, born 24 March 1901, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Ada G. Brittain; died 20 March 1967, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.

William Albert² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 4 July 1868, Clay County, Indiana; died 20 August 1899, Clay County, Indiana. He married on 20 February 1894, in Clay County, Indiana, Clarissa Catherine Diel, daughter of David Diel and Catherine (Latham) Diel. She was born November 1871, in Illinois; died May 1901, Clay County, Indiana.

Known children of William Albert² Schiele and Clarissa C. Diel were as follows:

34 i. LAVINA R.³ SCHIELE, born 1895, Clay County, Indiana; died 25 February 1898, Clay County, Indiana. She was buried at Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Indiana.[51]

35 ii. ETHEL M. SCHIELE, born 1896, Clay County, Indiana; died 1897, Clay County, Indiana. She was buried at Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Indiana.[52]

+ 36 iii. WILLLIAM DAVID SCHIELE, born 2 February 1899, Clay County, Indiana; married Laura A. Fritz; died 21 October 1979, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana.

Doretta Sophia² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 11 June 1872, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; died 30 March 1932, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana. She married on 6 October 1901, in Clay County, Charles Edward McQueary, the son of Hiram A. McQueary and Mary A. (Armstong) Moore Sylvester McQueary. He was born 22 November 1870, Clay County, Indiana; died 30 December 1953, Rockville, Parke County, Indiana.

Known children of Doretta Sophia² Schiele and Charles E. McQueary were as follows:

+ 37 i. GLADYS DORETTA³ McQUEARY, born 30 October 1902, Clay City, Indiana; married Edgar Lee Jenkins; died 5 November 1969, Sun City, Mariposa County, Arizona.

+ 38 ii. HARVEY R. McQUEARY, born 26 January 1904, Clay City, Indiana; married Lucille M. Horton; died 10 April 1997, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana.

Susanna Catherine² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 27 August 1874, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; died 23 July 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She married on 31 July 1894, in Clay County, John Alvin Schwartz, son of Christian H. and Sevilla (Rohrer) Schwartz. He was born 15 June 1871, Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio; died 25 September 1936, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

Known children of Susanna Catherine² Schiele and John A. Schwartz were as follows:

+ 39 i. CELSUS ALVIN³ SCHWARTZ, born 30 January 1895, Clay City, Clay County,
Indiana; married Margie Slater; died 28 April 1962, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

+ 40 ii. WILLENA M. SCHWARTZ, born 21 May 1898, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana;
married Arthur I. Lyons and Earl G. Phillips; died 15 November 1922, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

+ 41 iii. KENNETH ANDREW SCHWARTZ, born 12 May 1901, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Martha M. Wesolowski; died 4 November 1981, De Kalb County, Illinois.

+ 42 iv. CHARLES ROLLAND SCHWARTZ, born 5 October 1903, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Miriam E. Lytle; died 31 January 1973, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.

+ 43 v. DWIGHT ALVIN SCHWARTZ, born 4 January 1909, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Joan Ennis; died 31 October 1998, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinios.

Lovina Jane² Schiele (Michael¹, Michael^A), born 6 September 1876, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; died 25 June 1946, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. She married on 26 March 1896, in Clay County, John Henry Yegerlehner, son of Christian and Elizabeth (Schwartz) Yegerlehner, as his second wife. He was born 10 October 1867, Marion Mills, Owen County, Indiana; died 26 February 1949, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. John married (1) on 6 April 1890, Clay County, Indiana, Emma Harden, daughter of Henry and Melinda (Boleck) Harden.

Known children of Lovina Jane² Schiele and John Henry Yegerlehner were as follows:

+ 44 i. CLARENCE EARL³ YEGERLEHNER, born 26 April 1897, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Clara E. Steiner and Cecil M. (Jones) Oberholtzer; died 29 July 2001, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

+ 45 ii. RALPH JOHN YEGERLEHNER, born 19 March 1899, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Mary Faye Zurcher; died 14 May 1994, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana.

+ 46 iii. RUTH ELIZABETH YEGERLEHNER, born 20 December 1900, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married John Earl Mutchler; died 6 October 1983, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

47 iv. RAYMOND CHRISTIAN YEGERLEHNER, born abt. 29 November 1902, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; died 20 September 1922, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.

+ 48 v. ROSCOE SCHIELE YEGERLEHNER, born 25 November 1904, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Gladys Ruth Foster; died 28 August 1989, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida.

+ 49 vi. FLOYD VICTOR YEGERLEHNER, born 20 October 1911, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Ruth Louise Salter; died 29 December 2001, Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana.

Stepchild of Lovina Jane² Schiele (said child born to her husband, John Henry¹ Yegerlehner, and his first wife, Emma Harden) was:

+ 50 SAMUEL ALBERT² YEGERLEHNER, born 7 April 1891, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana; married Esther Mary Zurcher; died 2 May 1944, Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana.

Nancy Mae² McCoy (James¹), born 16 April 1866, Indiana; died 30 May 1911, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. She married (1) on 5 June 1888, in Clay County, Theodore Walker, son of John H. and Rachel (Emrick) Walker. He was born 13 June 1863, Clay County, Indiana; died 31 March 1892. Nancy married (2) on 27 August 1896, in Clay County, Stephen Miller Kline, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Miller) Kline. He was born 15 August 1871, in Pennsylvania; died 2 Mary 1932, Staunton, Clay County, Indiana.

Known children of Nancy Mae² McCoy and Theodore Walker were as follows:

+ 51 CHARLES ROY³ WALKER, born 2 May 1889, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Mary L. Ruff; died 30 June 1936, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.

+ 52 MAE ELIZABETH WALKER, born 1 January 1891, Clay County, Indiana; married Edward N. Fouts; died 31 January 1972, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Known children of Nancy Mae² McCoy and Stephen Miller Kline were as follows:

+ 53 FORREST SILVESTER³ KLINE, born 29 June 1897, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Gertrude Tjepkema; died 11 January 1976, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

+ 54 INEZ LORENE KLINE, born 10 January 1899, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married John P. Ley; died October 1985, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

+ 55 PAUL HERMAN KLINE, born 24 March 1901, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; married Helen S. Wimmer; died 28 October 1994, Dane County, Wisconsin.

56 RUSSELL ROMANUS KLINE, born 21 January 1904, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; died 12 December 1927, Livermore, Alameda County, California.

[1] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Michael Schiele (1831-1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,151, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#4,6844,274) is clear and legible. Also, Charles Blanchard, Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana, Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884), 438-439. Also, William Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana: Closing of the First Century’s History of the County, and Showing the Growth of its People, Institutions, Industries and Wealth (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), v. ii, 401. A death certificate has not been located for Michael Schiele. The State of Indiana did not require the filing of death certificates until 1900. Local county boards kept track of deaths prior to 1900, but they were not always well maintained.

[2] Blanchard, Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana, 438-439. Also, Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana, 401. Also, “Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2015), Michael Shely and Mary Miller, 16 July 1856. Currently, no direct evidence has been discovered linking Mary Magdalena Miller to the family of David and Mary A. (Moser) Miller. Indirect evidence suggests that there may be a connection between Mary and the Millers. On the 1860 census, the household of David and Mary Miller was enumerated directly after the household of Michael Schiele. The names of Michael and Mary Schiele’s children are similar to those of the family of David and Mary Miller and their children: Reuben, Jacob Henry, Lovina, Susanna and Catherine. While Mary Magdalena’s birth would fit neatly between Susanna and Catherine Miller, an eleven year old Mary was not among those enumerated with the Miller family in 1850.

[3] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Mary Magdalena (Miller) Schiele (1839-1866), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,118,840, citing Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#4,6844,274) is clear and legible.

[4] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : ac-cessed 22 January 2015), Michael Shiel and Elizabeth Keible, 12 February 1867; citing Owen County, Marriages, C-29: 325.

[5] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 4002, Elizabeth Schiele (1922); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave .com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Elizabeth (Krieble) Schiele (1844-1922), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,162, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#4,6844,274) is clear and legible.

[6] Find a Grave, Michael Schiele (1831-1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,151. Also, Find A Grave, Elizabeth (Krieble) Schiele (1844-1922), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,162.

[7] Find A Grave, Mary Magdalena (Miller) Schiele, Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,118,840.

[8] Indiana State Board of Health (Division of Vital Statistics), death certificate no. 32457, Reuben Jacob Schiele (1931); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[9] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), Reuben J. Schiele and Lena Markley, 8 June 1880; citing Clay County marriages, v. 5: 145.

[10] Indiana death certificate no. 32457 (1931), Reuben Jacob Schiele. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Reuben Jacob Schiele (1857-1931), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,773,881, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Jon Rice (#46896745) is clear and legible.

[11] Indiana State Board of Health (Division of Vital Statistics), death certificate no. 300, David Franklin Schiele (1916); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[12] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), David F. Schiele and Ellen E. Storm, 19 April 1883; citing Clay County marriages, v. 6: 23.

[13] Indiana death certificate no. 300 (1916), David Franklin Schiele. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for David Franklin Schiele (1859-1916), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,773,963, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Jon Rice (#46896745) is clear and legible.

[14] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Mary Katherine Schiele (1861-1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,118,812, citing Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by John Maxwell (#47,998,989) is clear and legible, although the bottom corner of the stone is broken.

[15] Michael Schiele Family Chart, likely created by Gladys R. Yegerlehner, circa 1970s; inherited by and privately held by Deborah Sweeney, Elk Grove, CA. This is a single page, typed document listing Michael, his wives, and all his children, with birth and death dates. It is undocumented.

[16] 1870 U.S. census, Clay Co., Ind., pop. sch., Harrison Twp., Marts P.O., p. 16, dwell. 112, fam, 106, Michael Sheley. Henry and his older brothers, Reuben and David, were marked in the Education category (column 15) for school attendance, while the younger children, Nancy and William, were not. Also, 1880 U.S. census, Clay Co., Ind., pop. sch., ED 240, p. 567A, p. 17, dwel. 67, fam. 67, Michael Schillle. All the children in the household attended school, with the exception of Reuben, aged 22, and the two youngest children, Lovina and Nathan.

[17] 1880 U.S. census, Clay Co., Ind., pop. sch., ED 240, p. 567A, p. 17, dwel. 67, fam. 67, Michael Schillle.

[18] An online transcription of the graves at the Mennonite cemetery includes only Henry’s mother, and the two infant girls. http://www.sweetowen.net/mennonit.htm. The Mennonite cemetery appears to have been active into the 1880s and later. The Greenwell Cemetery in Clay City where Michael, Elizabeth, and several of their children were buried contains burials from the 1880s, and a few from the 1870s. It is also possible that Henry left Clay City after 1880, and died elsewhere.

[19] Indiana State Board of Health (Division of Vital Records), death certificate no. 360, Mary Hixon (1948); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[20] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), James E. Hixon and Mary Schiele, 16 May 1888; citing Clay County marriages, v. 7: 147.

[21] Indiana death certificate no. 360 (1948), Mary Hixon. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth (Schiele) Hixon, Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,775,642, citing Cottage Hill Cemetery, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Cliff Blanchard (#47954981) is clear and legible.

[22] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Rossina Sarah Schiele (1866-1866), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,118,793, citing Bower Mennonite Cemetery, Owen County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by John Maxwell (#47,998,989) is clear and legible, although the bottom corner of the stone is broken.

[23] Samuel Krieble Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1923), 239.

[24] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), William Schiele and Clarisy Diel, 20 February 1984; citing Clay County marriages, v. 8: 511.

[25] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for William Albert Schiele (1868-1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,747,678, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#46,844,274) is clear and legible.

[26] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, Illinois Department of Public Health, coroner’s certificate of death no. 35997 (1945), Sylvester Schiele; Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield.

[27] Cook County, Illinois, marriage certificate no. 506826 (1909), Silvester Schiele and Jessie Louise Macdonald; FHL microfilm #1,030,457.

[28] Illinois coroner’s certificate of death no. 35997 (1945), Sylvester Schiele. Also, “Death Notices,” Southtown Economist (Chicago, Illinois), 23 December 1945, p. 17, col. 8; digital image, Newspaper Archive (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 22 January 2015). Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Silvester Schiele (1870-1945), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,061,567, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

[29] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, “Michael Schiele Family Chart,” previously evaluated in note 15.

[30] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), Charles E. McQueary and Dora S. Schiele, 6 October 1901; citing Clay County marriages, v. 11: 143.

[31] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 10590, Dora A. McQueary (1932); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[32] “Ilinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947,” index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2015), Susie C. Schwartz. Also, “Michael Schiele Family Chart,” previously evaluated in note 15. Also, Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239.

[33] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), John A. Schwartz and Susie C. Schiele, 31 July 1894; citing Clay County marriages, v. 9: 32.

[34] “Ilinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947,” Ancestry.com, Susie C. Schwartz. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Susie C. Schwartz (1874-1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,775,963, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington, Cook County, Illinois.

[35] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, Indiana State Board of Health (Division of Vital Records), death certificate no. 17359, Lovina Yegerlehner (1946); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis.

[36] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), John H. Yegerlehner and Lavinia J. Schelie, 26 March 1896; citing Clay County marriages, v. 9: 332.

[37] Indiana Death Certificate no. 17359 (1946), Lovina Yegerlehner.

[38] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, “Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922,” index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2015), Nathan C. Schiele. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 December 2014), memorial page for Nathan Cook Schiele (1879-1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,201, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City (Clay County), Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#46,844,274) is clear and legible.

[39] “Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922,” Ancestry.com, Nathan C. Schiele.

[40] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Andrew Drayton Schiele (1882-1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,178, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City (Clay County), Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Scabbardfish (#46,844,274) is clear and legible.

[41] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 334/151, Andrew D. Schiele (1902); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis. Also, Find A Grave, Andrew Drayton Schiele (1882-1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,178.

[42] Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 239.

[43] Arizona Department of Health Services, Public Death Certificates, digital image (http://genealogy .az.gov/ : accessed 22 January 2015), C. O. Schiele, 05 August 1909.

[44] “Michael Schiele Family Chart,” previously evaluated in note 15. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2015), memorial page for Nancy Mae (McCoy) Kline (1866-1911), Find A Grave Memorial no. 96,038,925, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Seth Musselman (#683) is clear and legible.

[45] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” digital image, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 January 2015), Theodore Walker and Nancy McCoy, 5 June 1888; citing Clay County marriages, v. 7: 155; and Stephen M. Kline and Nancy Walker, 27 August 1896; citing Clay County marriages, v. 394.

[46] Indiana State Board of Health (Division of Vital Records), death certificate no. 222/1598, Nancy Kline (1911); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis. Also, Find A Grave, Nancy Mae (McCoy) Kline (1866-1911), Find A Grave Memorial no. 96,038,925.

[47] Indiana State Board of Health, death certificate no. 32457, Reuben Jacob Schiele (1931); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis. Also, Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana, v. ii, 401-2.

[48] “Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959,” Reuben J. Schiele and Lena Markley, 8 June 1880. Also, Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana, v. ii, 402.

[49] “Mrs. Lanah Schiele,” Terre Haute Tribune (Terre Haute, Indiana), 12 July 1942, p. 2. Also, Travis, A History of Clay County Indiana, v. ii, 402.

[50] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 December 2014), memorial page for Frederick S. Hixon (1891-1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102,095,632, citing Cottage Hill Cemetery, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph by Cliff Blanchard (#47954981) is clear and legible.

[51] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 December 2014), memorial page for Lavina R. Schiele (1895-1898), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,229, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph was posted by Seth Musselman.

[52] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 December 2014), memorial page for Ethel M. Schiele (1896-1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38,083,250, citing Greenwell Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana; the accompanying photograph was posted by Seth Musselman.

Possibly Home by Mid November (Roscoe)

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October 13, 1945 envelope

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October 13, 1945, p. 1

Oct. 13, 1945

Dear Mother,

Just sent out the telegram and also collected six letters – including the one you wrote Thurs. eve.

I just don’t know hardly what to say about the heat in the office. I guess if Nick thinks his furnace is big enough to take care of all the rooms with the extra in the back of Mildred’s he just as well go ahead but on the other hand if we could get an oil burner for the present system I’d just as soon do it that way. It would be just as automatic and no bother. You might check to see if Sears could put an oil burner in it, but with all and everything we will have to have another radiator or some heating element in the back room. If you can’t decide what to do just wait on the heat until I get home.

The discharges are not effective until after Nov. 1. That is that when

October 13, 194,5 p. 2

[page 2] our applications are supposed to go in to the district here. Then we will be sent to our own home district. I made mine our this p.m. In other words we are not clear yet whether we can’t send them to the 12^th Naval District until Nov. 1, or if we can send them in now and they work on them after Nov. 1 and we be ready to leave Nov. 1. The Yeoman is going to find out this p.m. I think I’m the 4^th one here to make application. The others were here on the ground floor when the word came thru.

Don’t worry or fret too much about getting things fixed up. I mean the heating, etc. It might take a couple of weeks after I get there but that won’t be too much time lost considering the 3 years and some.

I’m going to try to get this in the Sun. a.m. mail so you will get it early.

Again don’t worry or fret. If Vincent can do the carpenter work – swell – we’ll get some heat somehow. I’d like to have a pretty definite figure as to the amount per mo. and the cost across the alley before we give Nick the word. That’s all for now,

Love Daddy

P.S. If anyone asks you when I’m coming home I think it would be safe to say possibly about the middle of Nov.

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Construction Plans (Gladys)

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October 12, 1945 envelope

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October 12, 1945, p. 1

10-12-45

Dear Daddy –

I haven’t any figures to submit but Vincent looked the office over and said he would do the work next week. I called Geo. Monroe but he was out – however he is to call me. Now I think the thing for us to do is forget about piping the heat over from Nick’s, and go ahead with the heating plant we have. I called Loughridge and Bun said they have a burner he thinks will work in the boiler and if so we could get a set up that would be our own and with automatic oil we would be better off than if we hooked on to the other plant. I measured the space necessary to locate the boiler in the back room and it would take up such a small space it wouldn’t really be in the way. I am afraid it would cost more to get a pipeline put across the alley than to put in an oil burner. At any rate I am going to proceed with the above plans as soon as I can get the men started, unless you wire me to stop when you get this. Vincent said he could move the wall up 3’ so I am having that done too. There is a radiator 3’ from the wall so that is as far up as we can move it unless we would move the radiator and I don’t think it would be worth the work to move that large radiator. I’ll draw a little plan on the back to show you how much space the boiler will take.

October 12, 1945, p. 2

[page 2] It is another grand fall day. I intend to sit out in the yard and knit – I want to get my knitting out of the way as much as possible this week. I am so glad for this weather since we haven’t such a good furnace arrangement. Just hope it’s this warm next week for the carpenter. Vincent said he would work at night on the office. I stopped to see Mrs. Krull yesterday. She said she is going to have Mr. Lontz go down and clean out that backroom and white wash it. She said something about putting in a new stool if necessary. I told her it probably needed to be changed because when they aren’t kept clean they get beyond cleaning. I think she is glad to get the back end cleaned up.

I just went out to see about David. He was clomping around in a pr. of my good shoes. I put them on the back porch so I would remember to take them to the repair shop. I thought it would be warm out of doors but the wind is chilly.

Irene is out washing their front windows. She is using a cleaner like Bon Ami and says it is grand stuff. It comes in liquid form but works just like my favorite cleaner. ——- As you can see you would have a little more space in all three back rooms. How do you like the way I re-spaced the rooms – the ex[am] room can be 5 X 10 since you will have the extra length on the consultation room. As you can see the boiler wouldn’t be in the way. I you don’t want me to proceed with this just wire me or call Mon. eve.

Love Mother

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Elijah Griffith Laughead

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This is the first in a series of family lineages. These reports are the culmination of over twenty years of family history research. As traditional genealogy intersects with genetic genealogy, it is important to know all of the branches in a family tree, including the female descendants, daughters as well as the sons. In the past, surname books often overlooked females once they “left” the family. In the case of Elijah’s family, the bulk of his descendants are through his three daughter’s lines: Mary, Belle, and Fanny. Researchers attempting to find DNA relatives may overlook the Laughead surname.

I chose to publish Elijah’s family first, even though he was not one of my direct ancestors. He and his children repeatedly crisscross my direct line. Elijah is a double cousin to me. His mother was my 4X great grandmother, Ruth Wilcoxon (Higgins) Harding Lawhead while his grandfather, James Laughead, was my 5X great grandfather. At least two of his children married back into my line of descent. Elijah’s daughter Belle married the older half brother of my great grandmother, Emma H. (Lawhead) Foster, while Elijah’s son George married the granddaughter of my 3x great grandfather, Joseph Lawhead. Several of these descendants would theoretically share higher amounts of DNA than predicted because of the various intermarriages.

This is a work in progress. Please contact me with any corrections or if you would like to see further documentation. This report was not completely footnoted at the time of its original publication. The purpose of this report was to document the descendants, not necessarily tell individual stories. Future revisions will address these in greater detail. The surname Laughead is spelled phoetically as Lawhead. Some branches of the family chose one version of the name over the other in the 20th century as spelling became formalized. The surname was never Ladd or Lloyd. This confusion is a result of the American soundex system which catalogs Ladd and Lawhead together.

Elijah G. Lawhead’s 1911 Obituary

Elijah Griffith³ Laughead (John², James¹), born 1 October 1840 at Marietta, Washington County, Ohio;[1] died 28 July 1911, Hutsonville, Crawford county, Illinois.[2] He married (1) on 13 October 1860, at Lawrence County, Indiana, Mariah McNabb, daughter of Manley and Mary Margaret (Fawbush) McNabb.[3] Mariah was born 6 November 1841, Lawrence County, Indiana; died 21 March 1907, Hutsonville, Illinois.[4] Elijah married (2) on 2 October 1909, at Crawford County, Illinois, Ella M. (Jeffers) Alberty, daughter of Abraham Jeffers and Nancy (Hamilton) Jeffers Dicks, and widow of William H. Alberty. Born 9 October 1849 in York, Clark County, Illinois, Ella died 4 November 1938, Detroit, Michigan.

Elijah and Maria were buried at Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Illinois. Ella was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.

Children of Elijah Griffith³ Laughead and Maria McNabb were as follows:

+ 2 i. MARY JANE⁴ LAWHEAD, born 17 July 1862, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; married Alexander Stephens; died 16 January 1929, Springfield, Sangamon County,
Illinois.

3 ii. JOHN M. LAWHEAD, born 22 March 1863, Indiana; married Martha J. [-?-] Watson Pinkstaff and Winnie M. Vance; died 4 September 1940, Melrose, Clark County, Illinois.

+ 4 iii. BELLE RUTH LAWHEAD, born 2 February 1865, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married James Francis Lawhead; died 7 January 1947, Flat Rock, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 5 iv. GEORGE W. LAUGHEAD, born 24 August 1866, Indiana; married Louisa Delana Jennie Lawhead; died 10 May 1934, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

+ 6 v. ALBERT SANFORD LAWHEAD, born May 1871, Greencastle, Indiana; married Anna Belle Ayers; died 14 May 1948, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 7 vi. FRANCIS E. “FANNY” LAWHEAD, born 17 September 1872, Greencastle, Indiana; married William Watson; died 31 January 1940, Terre Haute, Indiana.

8 vii. CHARLES LAWHEAD, born 1874, Indiana. He was married and divorced between 1900 and 1910. He died after his father in 1911. No further information.

+ 9 viii. ALDOLPHUS NEWTON LAWHEAD, born 16 September 1877, Mitchell, Indiana; married Lana L. Myers and Mary Elizabeth Plew; died 17 February 1958, Hutsonville, Illinois.

The stepchildren of Elijah Griffith³ Laughead (children born to his second wife, Ella M. Jeffers, and her first husband, William H.¹ Alberty) were:

10 WILLIAM² THATCHER ALBERTY, born 5 February 1873, Hutsonville, Illinois; married Clara Belle Wilkey; died 1 June 1926, Hutsonville, Illinois.

11 NORA ETHEL ALBERTY, born 13 December 1883, Illinois; married Irey S. Brodbent; died December 1966, Detroit, Michigan.

Generation Four

Mary Jane⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born 17 July 1862, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; died 16 January 1929, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. She married on 20 April 1878, Lawrence County, Indiana, Alexander Stevens, son of Jeremiah and Susan (Painter) Stevens. He was born 15 June 1857, Indiana; died 16 March 1934, Indianapolis, Indiana. Alexander was likely first married on 11 December 1873, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Elizabeth Barnett.

Mary and Alexander were buried at Mitchell City Cemetery, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana.

Children of Mary Jane⁴ Lawhead and Alexander Stevens were as follows:

12 i. ALONZO⁵ STEVENS, born about 1879, and died June 1880, Marion Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, at one year of age. Cause of death was a “summer complaint.”[5]

+ 13 ii. NORA BLANCH STEVENS, born May 1882, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Fred Fordyce; died September 1962.

+ 14 iii. OSCAR ROBERT STEVENS, born 11 March 1884, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Helen Louise Gleason; died 30 May 1956, Lima, Ohio.

+ 15 iv. LAWRENCE STEVENS, born 27 September 1885, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Selma Hamby; died 8 March 1967, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

16 v. IDA STEVENS, born 9 April 1887, Indiana; married Martin Joseph Conroy; died June 1967.

+ 17 vi. PEARL STEVENS, born 25 November 1888, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Charles Edward Kelly; died 2 January 1952, Rural Union, Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania.

18 vii. BERTHA S. STEVENS, born 15 June 1891, Indiana; married Edmund John Burgess and Elmer Frank Foster; died November 1970.

+ 19 viii. CARRIE E. STEVENS, born 1 April 1893, Indiana; married Lawrence William Schweiss; died 22 September 1991.

+ 20 ix. JOSEPHINE ETHEL STEVENS, born 16 February 1894, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Hascus L. Gallahon and Henry Long; died after 1961.

21 x. FRANK DELBERT STEVENS, born 2 October 1897, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married Edith F. Hagen; died 19 January 1961, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.

22 xi. FRED STEVENS, born December 1899, Lawrence County, Indiana;[6] died 20 October 1900, Lawrence County, Indiana. The primary cause of death was gastroenteritis with exhaustion as a secondary factor.[7]

23 xii. EMMA FRANCES STEVENS, born 17 July 1900, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; married James Willis Lindsey, Lawrence Ellis and Milburn Nolan; died 1963, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

John M.⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born 22 March 1863, Indiana; died 4 September 1940, Melrose, Clark County, Illinois. He married (1) on 27 November 1912, Knox County, Indiana, Martha Jane (Williams) Watson Pinkstaff, daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Mauzey) Williams, as her third husband. She was born 28 September 1846, Fleming County, Kentucky; died 20 November 1921, Terre Haute, Indiana. She was married (1) on 18 October 1866, Fleming County, Kentucky, Samuel Watson, son of Henry and Lavina (Harman) Watson. He was born 18 August 1842, Fleming County, Kentucky; died 1 April 1890, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois. Martha married (2) on 11 November 1891, Crawford County, Illinois, Francis Marion Pinkstaff, son of John and Susanna (Foley) Pinkstaff, as his second wife. John married (2) about 1924, Winnie May Vance, daughter of John C. and Celestia N. (Schultz) Vance. She was born 16 August 1882, Illinois; died 30 December 1972, Marshall, Clark County, Illinois. Winnie was buried at Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Illinois.

The stepchildren of John M.⁴ Lawhead (children born to his first wife Martha Jane (Williams) Watson Pinkstaff and her first husband Samuel¹ Watson) were as follows:

24 WILLIAM A.² WATSON, born 20 March 1868, Kentucky; married Francis E. Lawhead (see #7 for more on this line); died 24 March 1935, Terre Haute, Indiana.

25 LAWSON WATSON, born September 1871, Missouri; died 26 April 1942, Anna, Union County, Illinois. Lawson spent many years at the Anna State Hospital for the Insane. He did not marry.

26 EMMA JANE WATSON, born 28 September 1878, Stanford, Vigo County, Indiana; married Henry Kelly Steffey; died 8 October 1940, Bond, Lawrence County, Indiana.

Belle Ruth⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born 2 February 1865, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; died 7 January 1947, Flat Rock, Crawford County, Illinois. She married on 4 July 1884, Clark County, Illinois, James Francis⁵ Lawhead (James⁴, Joseph³, James², James¹), son of James H.⁴ and Margaret A. (Rea) Lawhead. James was born 9 June 1862, Greene County, Indiana; died 26 February 1912, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois.

Belle and James were buried at Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois.

Children of Belle Ruth⁴ Lawhead and James Francis⁵ Lawhead were as follows:

+ 27 i. HOMER L.⁵ LAWHEAD, born 22 April 1885, West York, Crawford County, Illinois; married Lulu M. Parr; died 14 May 1959, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 28 ii. MARTHA LAWHEAD, born 29 October 1886, Crawford County, Illinois; married Everett Bradford McGovern; died 29 January 1969, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 29 iii. GRACE L. LAWHEAD, born 19 March 1888, Crawford County, Illinois; married James Calvin Raley; died 7 March 1953.

30 iv. ERNEST LAWHEAD, born 12 March 1890, Crawford County, Illinois; married Eldora “Dora” Melzenia Kirk; died 15 December 1918, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 31 v. MATHIAS “MACK” REED LAWHEAD, born 7 July 1892, West York, Crawford County, Illinois; married Vera Opal Wilkin and Ruth Bell Kimball; died 28 August 1975, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 32 vi. HENRY J. LAWHEAD, born 15 September 1895, West York, Crawford County, Illinois; married Beatrice Alberta Henderson; died 12 February 1964, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 33 vii. HARRY LAWHEAD, born 23 December 1897, Crawford County, Illinois; married Gladys Opal Brittenham; died 31 January 1966, St. Louis, Missouri.

+ 34 viii. EDWARD OTEY LAWHEAD, born 25 April 1900, Crawford County, Illinois; married Bessie Ducommon; died 18 August 1974, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana.

+ 35 ix. DENNIS LAWHEAD, born 3 October 1902, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois; married Leola Skaggs; died 3 January 1986, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

+ 36 x. FRANK LAWHEAD, born 24 August 1904, Crawford County, Illinois: married Reba F. Kibler; died 17 October 1888, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

37 xi. INFANT LAWHEAD, born and died before 1900, Crawford County, Illinois.[8] No further information.

George W.⁴ Laughead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born 24 August 1866, Indiana; died 10 May 1934, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He married on 19 November 1894, Knox County, Indiana, Louisa Delana Jennie⁵Lawhead (John⁴, Joseph³, James², James¹), daughter of John W. and Elizabeth A. (Abrams) Lawhead. She was born 15 February 1873, Edwardsport, Knox County, Indiana; died 12 April 1959, East Huntington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

George and Jennie were buried at the Old Frame Cemetery, also known as the Oak Hill Baptist Cemetery, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Children of George W.⁴ Laughead and Louisa Delana Jennie⁵ Lawhead were as follows:

+ 38 i. RALPH LEO⁵ LAUGHEAD, born 26 February 1896, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Helen L. Brueggen; died 3 January 1957, Monongalia County, West
Virginia.

+ 39 ii. PAUL RAYMOND LAUGHEAD, born 13 February 1898, Indiana; married Anne Myrtle Roberts and Alice Townsend; died 30 July 1934, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio.

+ 40 iii. GEORGIA LUCILLE LAUGHEAD, born 13 July 1904, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Louis R. Quartz; died 21 September 1968, Alverton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

+ 41 iv. ROBERT GRIFF LAUGHEAD, born 16 October 1905, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married to Pauline Kozel; died 16 July 1962, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

+ 42 v. JOHN WESLEY LAUGHEAD, born 25 November 1908, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Jane P. Hittie; died 13 December 1983, Chicago, Illinois.

43 vi. CLINT IRVIN LAUGHEAD, born 12 March 1913, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Carrie Edith Berkshire; died 1 October 1954, O’Hara, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Albert Sanford⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born May 1871, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; died 14 May 1948, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois. He married on 24 November 1894, Crawford County, Illinois, Anna Belle Ayers, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Robinson) Ayers. She was born October 1874, Illinois; died 20 July 1956, Hutsonville, Crawford, Illinois.

Albert and Anna were buried at the Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois.

Children of Albert S.⁴ Lawhead and Anna B. Ayers were as follows:

+ 44 i. HENRY LESTER⁵ LAWHEAD, born 11 August 1891, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married June Mary Hamilton and Blanche Olive Wicker; died 7 May 1965, Terre Haute, Indiana.

45 ii. ALMA C. LAWHEAD, born 13 March 1894, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; died 15 August 1895, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois. Alma was buried at Hutsonville Cemetery.[9]

+ 46 iii. OSCAR CHARLES LAWHEAD, born 29 January 1897, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Lola Lott, Elizabeth [?], and Myrtle (Thomas) Robbins Hersey; died 13 January 1975, Miami, Florida.

47 iv. EDITH G. LAWHEAD, born 24 December 1898, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; died 20 February 1902, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois. Cause of death was peritonitis and gastritis, at age 3 years, 1 month, 27 days. Edith was buried at Hutsonville Cemetery.[10]

Francis E. “Fannie”⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹) born 17 September 1872, Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana; died 31 January 1940, Terre Haute, Indiana. She married on 22 October 1890, Crawford County, Illinois, William A.² Watson, son of Samuel¹ and Martha J. (Williams) Watson. He was born 20 March 1868, Kentucky; died 24 March 1935, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Fannie and William were buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Children of Francis E.⁴ Lawhead and William A.² Watson were as follows:

+ 48 i. ELMER⁵ WATSON, born 29 June 1891, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Lula Elizabeth Walker; died 24 January 1963, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 49 ii. NOBLE A. WATSON, born 27 April 1893, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Nancy Ann Cooper and Frona Elizabeth Shouse; died 5 April 1965, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 50 iii. VERNON ALFRED WATSON, born 15 August 1895, Graysville, Sullivan County, Indiana; married Nora Lena Callahan; died 4 August 1982, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 51 iv. ROY CARL WATSON, born 15 June 1897, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Marie Kaelin and Goldie Ann (Booth) Hudson; died 14 May 1965, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 52 v. REECE LORIS WATSON, born 5 December 1899, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Indiana; married Lulu Shouse; died 10 August 1964, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.

+ 53 vi. HAROLD GRIFFITH WATSON, born 14 April 1902; married Catherine Gerwick and Nellie K. (Hess) Johnson; died 20 June 1970, Terre Haute, Indiana.

54 vii. WILLIAM PAUL WATSON, born 18 May 1904, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; married Marie Newell; died 1 December 1929, Terre Haute, Indiana.

+ 55 viii. EUGENE S. WATSON, born 13 May 1906, Illinois; married Mary Kathleen Brooks; died 22 May 1977, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.

+ 56 ix. FREDRICK L. WATSON, born 20 February 1908, Illinois; married Eleanor Handford; died 19 April 1984, Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana.

+ 57 x. BYRON SANFORD WATSON, born 29 March 1911, Illinois; married Alice Gregory; died 15 March 1969, Terre Haute, Indiana.

58 xi. JOY LOUISE WATSON, born 22 October 1914, West Terre Haute, Indiana;[11] died 18 February 1915, West Terre Haute, Indiana. Cause of death was acute bronchial pneumonia, aged 3 months 27 days. Joy was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.[12]

Adolphus “Doll” Newton⁴ Lawhead (Elijah³, John², James¹), born 16 September 1877, Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; died 17 February 1958, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois. He married (1) on 9 April 1901, Crawford County, Illinois, Lana L. Myers, daughter of Francis E. and Sarah J. (Fowler) Myers. She was born circa November 1881, Annapolis, Crawford County, Illinois. Adolphus and Lana divorced before 1907. She married (2) about 1908, Clayborn M. Watt. Adolphus married (2) on 18 April 1907, Crawford County, Illinois, Mary Elizabeth Plew, daughter of James F. and Ellen (Salesbury) Plew. She was born 1876, Illinois; died 1949.

Adolphus and Mary were buried at Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois.

Child of Adolphus Newton⁴ Lawhead and Lana L. Myers was:

59 i. SYLVA JO⁵ LAWHEAD, born 8 Janaury 1901, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois; married Vernal E. Harrold; died 31 August 1987, Los Angles, California.

Child of Adolphus Newton⁴ Lawhead and Mary Elizabeth Plew was:

60 ii. MARGUERITE LAWHEAD, born circa 1910, Illinois; died 19 November 1973, Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois.

[1] “Elijah Griffith Lawhead,” undated clipping, ca. 1911, from unidentified newspaper; Sweeney Family Papers, privately held by Deborah Sweeney, Elk Grove, California, 2016.

[2] Crawford County, Illinois, Record of Death, vol. 3 (1910-1914): 110, entry for Elijah G. Lawhead, 28 July 1911.

[3] “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007,” digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 June 2016), citing Lawrence County marriages, vol. D (1860-1867): 61, Elisha G. Lawhead and Maria McNabb, 13 October 1860.

[4] Crawford County, Illinois, Record of Death, vol. 2 (1906-1910): 73, entry for Maria McNabb Lawhead, 21 March 1907; Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 June 2016), memorial page for Mariah McNabb Laughead (1841-1907), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52,800,310, citing Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; the accompanying photograph by Cheryl (#47,285,528) is a clear image of the stone.

[5] 1880 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Indiana, population schedule, Marion Township, enumeration district (ED) 5, p. 423 (stamped), p. 35 (penned), dwelling 62, family 62, Alexander Stephens; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 292; entry for Alzono Stephens crossed out with the notation “dead” written on line. Also, 1880 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Indiana, Marion Township, mortality schedule, enumeration district (ED) 5, p. 1, Alonzo Stephens; FHL microfilm 2,259,486.

[6] 1900 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Indiana, population schedule, Marion Township, enumeration district (ED) 68, p. 12, dwelling 233, family 241, Alexander Stevens; NARA microfilm publication T623.

[7] “Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 June 2016), entry for Fredie Stephins, 20 October 1900.

[8] “Obituary, Mrs. Belle Lawhead,” dated clipping, 9 January 1947 (penned), from unidentified newspaper; Sweeney Family Papers privately held by Deborah Sweeney, Elk Grove, California, 2016. The obituary states that Belle was the mother of eleven children; two were deceased at the time of her death. Also, U.S. census, Crawford County, Illinois, population schedule, Robinson City, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 19-B, dwelling 279, family 283, James F. Lawhead; NARA microfilm T623, roll 295. Under the “number of children” column, Belle was the mother of eight children, seven living.

[9] Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : 28 June 2016), memorial page for Alma Lawhead (1894-1895), Find A Grave memorial no. 52,800,250, citing Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; the accompanying photograph by Cheryl (#47,285,528) is a clear image of the stone.

[10] Crawford County, Illinois, Record of Death, vol. 1 (1877-1905): 225, entry for Edith G. Lawhead, 20 February 1902. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : 28 June 2016), memorial page for Edith G. Lawhead (1898-1902), Find A Grave memorial no. 52,800,257, citing Hutsonville Cemetery, Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois; the accompanying photograph by Cheryl (#47,285,528) is a clear image of the stone.

[11] “Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2016), entry for Joy Louise Watson, 22 October 1914.

[12] “Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2016), entry for Joy Louise Watson, 18 February 1915. Also, Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 June 2016), memorial page for Joy Louise Watson (1914-1915), Find A Grave memorial no. 33,554,403, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.

While You Wait (Gladys)

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October 11, 1945 envelope

October 11, 1945, p. 1

Letter transcription:

10-11-45

Dear Daddy –

Thurs. morning. Just thought I would write and give you a letter “while you wait.” This should get to you by the time you get back to San. F. I gathered up the clothes and washed this morning. It’s clear but a little cool. A good day to get out of doors.

Last night when you called the boys kept saying tell him about the garage door – I drove a little too close before I stopped last night and I pushed the door in a little. After driving all the way home from Great Lakes without a bit of trouble I would do something like that. I never liked that door anyway and if we do to garage what we plan, it will have to be changed anyway. However, the door isn’t ruined.

I called Vincent Schuster and he is going to the office with me this evening to see what has to be done. I asked him how much work he had ahead and he said he would have to see what you wanted before he would say if he can do it. I’ll write tomorrow and tell you what he will do. I have been thinking about the heat business and I think if we could get an oil burner put in our heating plant it might

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[page 2] be better to be independent than to be hooked on to Nick’s. However, that can wait until you get back.

I just “drifted” my hair and waiting for it to dry a little so I can roll it. It has warmed up out of doors and is going to be a grand day to be out. One of Indiana’s glorious fall days.

David is playing in the den at the present time but played out a lot this morning. He got an old pair of galoshes and put them on and tramped around a good part of this morning. He is still playing with that old car seat. I’ll be glad when he gets tired of it so I can put it away.

It took a long time to get the house warm last night, but there was a good fire this a.m. We finally lit a fire in the fire place and toasted our toes a while. I was so tired I took a bath and went to bed about 9 p.m. I got up a little past 7 this a.m. to get the fire started but I didn’t have to do much. The temp on the gauge was over 200° so it didn’t take so long to throw a little heat around.

I think I’ll try to get some knitting done and out of the way, so I will have time to see about other things.

Love Mother

More Measurements (Gladys)

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October 4, 1945 envelope

October 4, 1945, p. 1

Letter transcription:

Thurs. Eve
10-4-45

Dear Daddy –

I went down to the office this afternoon and made some measurements. Nick was getting ready to serve Rotary so he was in the restaurant. He went over with me and helped me get the measurements. I have put down another plan on graph paper, showing the window & door locations in the back room. Your plan could hardly be used because of the window & door being where they are. Also you showed a drug & linen room up toward the center of the backroom and I kept it back where it is at present – at least there is where we used to keep the drugs and if you would have your consultation room where I have located it, that little room would be the natural place. You remember that room is nicely finished in board that looks like paneling. Nick talked favorably about piping the heat in for us. I looked up the coal bills and the nearest I can figure for the winter of (Oct. 4. To May 42) is around $70.00. I figure that

October 4, 1945, p. 2-3

[page 2] is averaged about $10.00 a month for 7 months. Nick said it would probably cost you more if he furnished it, but I think it would be worth it. Nick said again today he would like to get Mildred out of that back room.

I ran into the P.O. to mail you a letter and saw Irene with her baby, Lucile with her two & Gretchen Wilson. Lucile said they were going down to the Kentland Café for cokes and asked me to go along. I said no I was going down to measure the office. I said maybe I was being optimistic but they all agreed that I should be and seemed to think what I was going to do was right.

The street paving extended down to Foulkes’ corner so we are all fixed up out in front.

The stores still close on Thurs. afternoon so Main Street is nearly deserted on Thurs. p.m.

John was talking about your being back in private practice and said he bet you would make $2,000 the first month. He

[page 3] grinned a little so maybe he was exaggerating a little. John has gone to see “Wilson” tonight. He said he wanted to see it again and figured this was the best night to go. Tomorrow night is the ball game.

Fri. a.m. Yours of Oct. 2 came today. I won’t be too disappointed about the draft not getting here this weekend since you will probably be getting one soon – also it sounds pretty good about discharges not too far away.

I am washing this morning. Have two tub fulls out on the line and the last tub about ready. The furnace isn’t working right, but I shut it off at the fuse box. I want the fire to go out so I can clean out the furnace. There was too much fire when I started to do that yesterday. It is warm enough now we don’t need much heat in the house. I’ll have Loughridge come out and look at it today or tomorrow.

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[page 4] I think the Bendix has stopped so that is my cue to go back to work.

– – It was time to start lunch when I got thru with the clothes. I cooked beans with pork ribs – not trying to make you homesick. Lucile called me about going to Cosmopolitan Club so guess we will take the children and go.

Bobbie Funk has a day off from school for some reason and he is out playing. I have been keeping David up this way but Bobby & Martha know no restrictions so it’s hard to make David understand he can go just so far.

It has been so nice the past few days, but a little hazy today. It is warm enough to have the front door open.

I see in the paper that Vincent Clark is back with Sears. Floyd Remsberg is out. I saw Vincent the other day and he said he had been with Bob Ley in N. Africa.

The score of the third ball game is 3-0 Cubs – last half of 8^th I suppose you know the Cubs won first day & Tigers second.

Love Mother

Leaving Here (Roscoe)

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October 4, 1945, p. 1

Letter transcription:

Oct. 4, 1945

Dear Mother,

Here is the latest on the draft. I’ll leave here about 3:00 p.m. on Fri. as we did the last time and I suppose we will get in to Chicago or rather Great Lakes at about the same time.

They have made or at least we think they have made reservations for me to come back on Thurs. the 11^th so that will give me a little more time than I had before. Maybe that will help you to formulate your plans. I’ll probably send you a wire from some place along the line and I won’t write to you again tomorrow.

This whole draft deal sounds like a pretty good deal so maybe

October 4, 1945, p. 2

[page 2] we can work this rather often. In other words – why don’t we do this more often?

There are a number of things that have to be done around here getting all the gear, etc., together so I’ll be rather busy besides Jack Howell and Stanich want to have dinner out this eve but I’ll tell them we have to get home early.

Well, give the word to the O.D. at the Lakes and I’ll be seeing you.
Love Daddy

David & Martha (Gladys)

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October 4, 1945 envelope

Letter transcription:

October 4, 1945, p. 1

Oct. 4, 1945

Dear Daddy –

Yours of Oct. 1 came with your latest office plans. I think that is a better model than with a hall thru the center. I think I’ll go down and get the exact measurements before Nick & Dorothy go away. There are to go Fri. or Sat. to Bill’s lodge for the weekend. Since you aren’t sure about the trip to G.L. I’ll keep on writing until I get word you are on your way. I have been thinking how convenient it would be it you would get a trip about the time the points are lowered to your figure.

It’s crisp and clear today. The furnace has a good fire so the house is comfortable. David is out on his trike. Martha goes over on Staton’s driveway to skate and he wants to be there with her, of course. Yesterday her mother came over to see about her and I had gone out to see about David and we were talking. David pushed Martha and made her fall – however he was playing and I am sure didn’t intend

October 4, 194,5 p. 2-3

[page 2] to hurt her (his momma’s point of view – but I was watching and saw the whole thing). She got up and with fire in her eyes knocked him down. Her mother saw it all too, and couldn’t overlook the fact that Martha struck him in anger. Anyway Mrs. Z. was a little embarrassed and made M. go home. I made D. come over to our yard. This morning he has been riding his trike down as far as Coke’s, but Martha came over to skate so he went right over to Staton’s but I called him back. I allow him to ride on the front walk as far as Coke’s but I am trying to keep him off the driveway next door. I know Staton’s don’t care, but I think it will be better if he stays off. When Martha is out skating he wants to go out and I think it is good for him to learn to play with other children. I have been watching them rather closely and when one picks up a stick I insist they throw it down. I think M. started the stick business but I correct her the same as David if she picks one up.

[page 3] I got my pages a little mixed up but maybe you can follow.

I wrote you yesterday about the Nu-Joy being located up by us at the hotel. It seems they have to have a place to be able to keep their liquor license so this up here is to be a cocktail lounge and dining room but not a bus stop. They are to rebuild down at 24 & 41, but it will be some time before that place is ready. So maybe the traffic won’t be so bad up this way. At least the repaired the street up that way – it was in a bad shape.

My coat just came from the Michigan cleaners. It smells slightly of moth balls, but looks good otherwise. John will never get thru teasing me about it. He still wants me to go back and raise a fuss – but what’s the use – I have had three good winter’s wear and it still looks good. Maybe you will help me select the next one – (one look at the inside of the lining).

October 4, 1945, p. 4

[page 4] Your mother sent a chicken by Ruth & Earl last Sun. and I have been saving it but I think if you don’t get that trip soon we had better eat it.

Paul Yost is back working at B & B. I went in there yesterday to get John a shirt & some sox. We tried in Laf. Sat. to get him some things but Loeb’s didn’t have his size.

– – – It’s 3 p.m. and in about half an hour J. & M. will be home from school. The school time has been changed – 8:30 a.m. instead of 9 and they get out earlier. I haven’t done much today except odds and ends. I think we will have to clean out the furnace this evening. It is warm enough today to let the fire go out. – – Just went out to check up on David – he was over on Staton’s porch with Martha, so I made him come in. Maybe I am being a little too severe on him but I want him to learn a few rules.

I am going to look up the heats bills for the office and do some work on that sketch.
Love Mother