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• Note: 1720, Somers, Tolland, CT

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From The Felt Genealogy "Samuel Felt settled in Somers not far from 1720. He emigrated thither from Salem when such a journey must have been made on foot or horseack through a wilderness in which lurked dangers from savage beasts and still more savage men. We find that a number of Salem families settled early in Somers, among them that of Josiah Wood, who had married an aunt of Samuel Felt, and this was undoubtedly the inducement that drew him thither, - an enterprise that was soon followed by the remaining members of his family. It is related of Samuel that his first appearance in Somers was upon a sorrel mare, clad in a suit of yellow-brown homespun. As he stopped before the tavern kept by Serah Kibbee, he attracted the attention of a young girl who stood in the doorway, who, under the excitement of seeing a good-looking young stranger with fair locks, exclaimed to her mother, "Yellow man, yellow mare, yellow coat, yellow hair." She afterwards became his wife and the mother of his children. Samuel Felt served in the French and Indian War and bore the title of captain to his dying day. He became a considerable land-owner in Somers, having a valuable farm stretching along the highway, now the "street" of Somers. His house was on the corner of the road leading north past the old meeting-house, and, after his son Samuel married, he shared it with him. He was a "joyner" as well as a farmer, and a man prominent and useful in the community. Samuel Felt and his wife united with the church in Somers, May 21, 1727, upon the occasion of the first sacrament of this new church, and to the end of the ninety years of his life he bore the reputation of a righteous and God-fearing man. He died in Somers, March 23, 1788."

Samuel married Rachel KIBBEE about 1725. Rachel died on 24 Jul 1745 in Somers, Tolland, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married Joseph CHAPIN on 12 Jan 1748 in Somers, Tolland, CT. Joseph (son of Henry CHAPIN and Esther BLISS) was born on 30 Jan 1726; died on 25 Feb 1811 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Thomas COLLYER on 13 Dec 1760. Thomas was born about 1709 in Hartford, Hartford, CT; died on 5 Aug 1763 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lucy MORGAN in Dec 1769 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lucy (daughter of Stephen MORGAN and Mary CHAPIN) was born on 21 May 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Abigail CHAPMAN about 1803. Abigail died on 11 May 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Levi married Sarah RICHARDSON in Apr 1777 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Sarah was born on 15 Dec 1755 in Hampden Co., MA; died on 2 Apr 1834 in MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beulah married Capt. Luther HITCHCOCK on 8 Apr 1779. Capt. (son of Josiah HITCHCOCK and Martha HITCHCOCK) was born on 13 Jun 1754 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 15 Jun 1806 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Paul married Clarissa KILLBURNE on 30 Jun 1784 in West Springfield, Hampden, MA. Clarissa was born on 26 Jun 1764 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 25 Jul 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ithamar married Lucy VAN HORN on 21 Apr 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Libby THAYER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married Ebenezer BURBANK in 1784 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Ebenezer was born on 7 Jan 1761 in MA; died on 5 Nov 1802 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Josiah STEVENS on 14 Nov 1805 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Josiah was born about 1782 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Martha BARTLETT on 15 Dec 1803. Martha was born on 12 Jan 1780; died on 25 Aug 1855 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Phoebe married William Chapin BLISS on 1 Oct 1803 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. William (son of Deacon Deacon Moses BLISS and Abiah CHAPIN) was born on 11 Sep 1779; died on 19 May 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Shepherd BURGESS. Benjamin (son of Joseph BURGESS and Mehitable SHEPARD) was born on 2 Jun 1779 in Canterbury, Windham, CT; died in Jun 1863 in Auburn, Cayuga, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna married Heman BARTLETT on 2 Mar 1809 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 16 Aug 1850, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI

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Census:
1850 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Levi Chapin, 63, b. MA, farmer; Achsa, 63, b. MA, Charlotte Ralph, 30, b. NY; Louisa, 23, b. NY; Wallace, 20, b. NY, farmer. On the side of the register is listed the word "Hotel."

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Levi married Achsah SMITH on 10 Jan 1810 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Achsah (daughter of Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH and Achsa CHAPIN) was born on 27 Feb 1787 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Jan 1854; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 17 Sep 1850, Chicopee, Hampden, MA
• Census: 21 Jun 1860, Wethersfield Township, Henry, IL
• Census: 9 Sep 1870, Wethersfield Township, Henry, IL

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1850 census at Chicopee, Hampden, MA shows: Julius Chapin, 58, teamster, b. MA; Persis, 57, b. MA; children b. MA: Emeretta R., 17; Martha Jane, 12. Also enumerated are William H. Eno, 26, clerk, b. MA; Abagail, 27, b. MA and their child; Jane M., 4/12.

Census:
1860 census at Wethersfield, Henry, IL shows: Julius Chapin, 68, no occupation listed b. MA; Persis, 67, b. MA; Charlotte, 38, b. MA.

Census:
1870 census at Wethersfield, Henry, IL shows: Julius Chapin, 79, b. MA, at home; Jacob, 43, b. MA, domestic servant; Mary, 33, b. CT.

Julius married Persis CHAPIN on 30 Nov 1815. Persis (daughter of Zerah CHAPIN and Abigail BARBER) was born on 9 Jan 1792; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sally married Ephroditus ALLIS on 18 Mar 1813. Ephroditus was born about 1789; died on 23 Mar 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melissa married Seth STEBBINS on 2 May 1832 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Seth (son of Warham STEBBINS and Sarah WILLIAMS) was born on 15 Jul 1803 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 17 Feb 1876 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wealtha married Jesse DILLEBER on 30 Nov 1826. Jesse was born about 1791 in Woodstock, Windham, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sophronia A JENKS on 4 Jan 1837 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malina married Gaylor M CHARTER in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Amelia Chapin

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Josephus married L. Jane TAYLOR on 20 Sep 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josephus married Mary A BURNEY on 21 Apr 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jaman married Unmarried. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Martha D PEASE on 18 May 1843 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Dec 1842
• Census: 5 Aug 1850, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Lyons, Ionia, MI

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From Ingham and Eaton Co., MI History
Almon M. CHAPIN, a native of Massachusetts, and for some time a resident of Livingston Co., N.Y., (had lived also in Onondaga County), left the latter State with his family in December, 1842, and came with teams through Northern Ohio to Michigan, the trip occupying eighteen days. The household goods had been sent by water to Detroit. The family arrived in Vevay on or about the 1st of January, 1843, and moved into a log house which was built by William AUSTIN and was then vacant. The snow lay very deep on the ground, and, soon after they occupied the house and built a fire therein, the melting snow broke down the roof. It was repaired, and the family lived in the house until the following October, when they moved into a frame house, which is now the rear portion of the dwelling occupied by Mr. CHAPIN's widow and family. The fine grove in front of the house at present consists of natural trees, which were left purposely when the place as first occupied. A burning log-heap in front of the house destroyed a portion of them (the trees being then but saplings), but enough were preserved to make a beautiful grove, which is now the pride of the locality. Mr. CHAPIN was a model citizen, and one of the most prominent in the township. His death occurred on the 5th of September, 1878, in his home at Chapin's Station, or "Eden."

Census:
1850 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Almance Chapin, 39, b. MA, farmer; Jane, 36, b. NY; John C. Bliss, 20, b. NY; Hannah Miller, 26, b. NY; children b. NY: Augusta J., 16; Almance, 12; Henry L.; Clarence W., 8; remaining children b. MI: Hulda, 6; Julius W., 2; Barney E., 6/12.

Census:
1860 census at Lyons, Ionia, MI shows: Almon M. Chapin, 49, b. MA, teacher; Jane, 4X, b. NY; Augusta J., 23, teacher, b. NY; Clarence W., 18, clerk, b. NY; Belle, 16; William, 12; Merrie W., 2.

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Almon married Jane PEASE on 16 Jul 1835 in Lakeville, Livingston, NY. Jane (daughter of Henry Chapin PEASE and Huldah TILDEN) was born on 31 Mar 1814 in Livonia, Livingston, NY; died on 20 Oct 1892; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 31 Jul 1850, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
• Census: 3 Jul 1860, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
• Census: 18 Aug 1870, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Brooklyn, Kings, NY

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1850 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Lothram Chapin, 36, b. MA, merchant; Julia S., 24, b. NY; children b. NY: Albert M., 7; Margaret E., 5; Mary L., 1.

Census:
1860 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: L. W. Chapin, 46, b. NY, broker; Julia S., 36, b. MA; children b. NY: Albert, 17, clerk; Marg., 15; Mary, 10, Chas., 9

Census:
1870 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Latham Chapin, 55, b. MA, artist; Julia M., 43, b. MA; children b. NY: Samuel, 19, clerk at store; Sophia, 8.

Census:
1880 census at Brooklyn, Kings, NY shows: Nathin Chapin, 62, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA, artist in painting; Julia, 52, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA; Sophia, 17, b. NY, parents b. MA/MA.

Family/Spouse: Julia CARLS. Julia was born about 1826 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Wyman ADAMS. Wyman (son of Robert P. ADAMS and Dorothy UNKNOWN) was born about 1816 in NY; died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Achsah married William Harrison HORTON on 16 Apr 1846 in Ingham Co., MI. William was born on 18 Jan 1814 in NY; died on 12 Jun 1883; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charlotte married Carlos ROLFE on 30 Oct 1844. Carlos was born in 1822 in VT; died on 25 Sep 1847; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Henry A HAWLEY on 18 Oct 1854. Henry was born on 19 Nov 1815 in Winfield, Herkimer, NY; died on 12 Jun 1881 in Vevay Township, Ingham, MI; was buried in Hawley Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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There is a "Levi White Chapin, 1822 - 1915" listed as buried in the Eldora Cemetery, Eldora Township, Hardin County, Iowa. Not sure whether this is the right guy or not but seems to be.

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• Occupation: School Teacher
• Religion: Member of Presbyterian Church
• Birth: 17 Jun 1825, Camillus, Onondaga, NY
• Obituary: 10 Jan 1901, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 15 Jan 1901, Corning, Adams, IA

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The Aulls Geneology, by Leslie Aulls Bryan lists Amelia's parents as Uriel and Anna (Pratt) Chapin - this is incorrect. It also gives an incorrect date for her birth (1Aug1825).

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Obituary:
Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

The community was saddened Saturday by news of the death of Mrs. Franklyn LaRue, which occurered the night previous. She had been sick less than a week, having been confined to her bed only since the Sabbath before, and in the morning she had seemed to be in her usual health. Her death resulted from fever of the lungs with the complication of heart trouble. The funeral was held at the home Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. M.V. Higbee assisted by Revs. T.D. Ewing and J.A. Lovejoy. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Amelia Chapin was born in New York and was seventy-five years of age. Hers had been a life of activity of mind and body and even down to the last days she was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of those about her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Those surviving her are H.H. and F.L. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Kennon of this city and Miss Myra LaRue of Omaha. Twenty-eight years of family life have been spent in and near Corning. Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Presbyterian church and had ever taken an earnest interest in its progress. She was a woman of serene and cordial temperment and in all the relations of life did more than her full duty. To her aged companian who has lost the helpmate of a life time and to the sons and daughters who have lost a loving mother the entire community tenders its sympathy.




Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

The sudden and sad news passed around from person to person at an early hour on Saturday morning that Mrs. LaRue, of north Corning, had died during the night of Friday, January 4th 1901. Mother LaRue, as her friends loved to call her, was a kind neighbor, a loyal wife and a loving mother. Columns of type could not tell more in expressing her daily life. Her immediate family consisted of H.H. LaRue, the lumber merchant; Frank L. LaRue, president of the Corning Savings bank; Mrs. Fred Kennon, and Miss Myra LaRue as her children and her honored husband. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. The GAZETTE tenders its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Her children have met with the greatest loss that can ever befall them. While it is true they have reached an age of manhood and womanhood, they will find, as others have, that no one can take the place in their hearts and homes of a mother who has gone to the other shore.

Died:
Death Certificate lists cause of death as heart failure.

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Amelia married Franklin B. LARUE on 25 Sep 1848 in Mason, Ingham, MI. Franklin (son of Albertus LARROWE and Janette AULLS) was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 30 Sep 1912 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 2 Oct 1912 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: 20 Sep 1895, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI

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Sketch of the Life of Louisa Wells Chapin, by Dr. Augusta J. Chapin of Omaha, Nebraska. Read before the Eden Ladies Aid Society by Carrie L. Chapin and requested to be published.
Louise Wells Chapin was a descendant in the seventh generation from Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield, Mass. She was the daughter of Levi Chapin and Achsah Smith, who were married in Chicopee, Massachusetts, January 10, 1810. She was born at Camillus, New York, December 6, 1827, to which place her parents had removed some years earlier. She died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Achsah S. Horton, in Vevay, September 20, 1895. When 17 years of age she came, with her fathers' family in 1844, to Eden, Michigan, where she spent the remainder of her life, a period of more than 50 years............Miss Chapin was for 40 years a stanch member of the M. E. church..............She was one of the noble few of whom it can truthfully be said: "She hath done what she could."

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Family/Spouse: Addie OSGOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Persis married Reuben HATFIELD on 3 Apr 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Cause of death listed as, "drowning."

Family/Spouse: William H. ENO. William was born about 1824 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 21 Jun 1860, Wethersfield Township, Henry, IL

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1860 census at Wethersfield, Henry, IL shows: Zeriah Chapin, 35, miller, b. MA; Lucy, 27, b. NY; Eliz., 5, b. CT; Loomis, 2, b. IL.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zeriah married Lucy STARKWEATHER on 7 May 1857 in Henry Co., IL. Lucy was born about 1833 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Mary G. WILLARD on 12 Sep 1855 in Henry Co., IL. Mary was born about 1837 in CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Amherst, Hampshire, MA
• Residence: Huntington, Hampshire, MA

Emeratta married George KELLOGG on 30 Jul 1856 in Wethersfield Township, Henry, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1882
• Note: 12 Mar 1897
• Obituary: 5 Aug 1905

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Rev. AUGUSTA J. CHAPIN was ordained the same year with Olympia Brown, and has successfully labored in the West. During the year 1874 she was noticeably engaged in reconciling adverse societies in San Francisco, and was the means of placing that flourishing church now in California upon a solid basis. She was afterward pastor of the Universalist church in [p.427] Pittsburg, Penn., but is now in the West again. She was a member of the first congress of women held in New York, and contributed a paper on "Woman in the Ministry." She has occasionally furnished sermons to the press.

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From the Womens World section of the "Hornellsville Weekly Tribune," March 12, 1897.
"A Woman D. D. "
"The Rev. Dr. Augusta J. Chapin of Chicago has returned from a year's travels in Europe and is now visiting friends in Boston. She is an alumna of the University of Michigan, and is said to be the only woman upon whom has been conferred the degree of doctor of divinity. As a clergyman she has made a creditable record in the various pastorates she has held in Iowa City, Ia.; Lansing, Mich.; Pittsburg; Aurora, Ills.; Omaha and Chicago. She is devoted to her profession and declares that, with all her experience behind her, if it were hers to choose her vocation anew, she would still be a minister."

Died:
From "The Iowa Citizen" newspaper, July 5, 1905:
"Miss Chapin Died in N.Y.
Lady Who Was Formerly Pastor in the Unitarian Church Here is Dead
Many people here will be interested in knowing that Miss Augusta Chapin died July 1 in New York City. Death was caused by pneumonia and the deceased was sixty-nine years old. More than thirty years ago she was pastor in the Unitarian church at this place and subsequently she has held many prominent positions, filling at one time the pulpit of the Universalist church at Mount Vernon. She was a champion of woman's rights."

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• Census: 23 Jun 1870, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI

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1870 census at Vevay Township, Ingham, MI shows: || Almond Chapin, 32, farm laborer, b. NY; Rosette, 28, b. MI; Florence M., 6, b. MI; Fanny J., 5, b. MI.

Almon married Rosette M PEASE on 1 Jul 1863 in MI. Rosette was born about 1842 in MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Mason, Ingham, MI

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1880 census at Mason, Ingham, MI shows: Henry L. Chapin, 40, farmer, b. NY, parents b. MA/NY; Kate, 30, b. ENGLAND, parents b. ENGLAND; children b. MI: Charlotte, 5; Nelly, 2; Harry L., 7/12.

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Henry married Kate THOMPSON on 30 Oct 1870 in Portland, Multnomah, OR. Kate was born in Sep 1849 in ENGLAND; died in 1926 in MI; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 4 Jun 1880, Stanton, Montcalm, MI
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, MI

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1880 census at Stanton, Montcalm, MI shows: Clarence W. Chapin, 37, banker, b. NY, parents b. MA/NY; Alice B., 24, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Morris B., 1, son, b. MI; Merrick W., 21, brother, bankers clerk, b. MI, parents b. MA/NY; Frank Brown, 20, 2nd cousin, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY, bankers clerk.

Census:
1900 census at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, MI shows: C. W. Chapin, b. Jul 1842, 58, married 27 years, no occupation listed. b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; Alice B., b. Dec 1854, 45, 3 children born / 3 living, b. NY, parents b. PA/ENGLAND, boarding house keeper; children b. MI: Morris B., b. Jul 1879, 22, typesetter; Wells, b. XXX(Illegible) 1885, 15; Howard, b. Jul 1890, 10.

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Clarence married Alice BENNETT on 30 Aug 1874 in Greenville, Montcalm, MI. Alice was born in 1855 in NY; died on 4 Mar 1939; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lorenzo COREY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 16 Jun 1900, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI
• Obituary: 20 Jun 1914

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From Pioneer History of Ingham County.

The Chapin farm became well known throughout the country because of the fact that J.W. Chapin, son of Almon M. Chapin, developed on it the largest sugar bush in the state of Michigan.

It is a far cry from the charmingly primitive "sugar bush" of fiction to the business-like proposition of modern farm life, but it is safe to say that not even the most advanced agriculturist elsewhere has a trolley line and telephone connection from his residence to his sugar bush, as has J.W. Chapin of Eden (1912). Eden is a little hamlet four miles south of Mason, and the Chapin estate of 360 acres, which has been in the family for many years, is the largest farm for many miles around. The Lansing-Jackson branch of the Michigan United Railway runs through the farm, passing close to the house and also the sugar bush one-half mile away. A private telephone line runs from the sugar house to the residence and a switch here gives connections with all the neighboring towns. The Jackson-Saginaw branch of the Michigan Central Railroad is only a few rods away on the opposite side of the house from the M.U.R.

Mr. Chapin now taps 2,200 trees every season, producing from 6,000 to 9,000 pounds of syrup and sugar each year. This is shipped to private parties all over the country, most of whom have standing orders for their year's supply. As proof of the quality of his products Mr. Chapin shows medals won by his exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition and a diploma received at the Pan-American. The sugar orchard comprises 80 acres of a 140 acre wood lot, and besides the service they have given the Chapin family for seventy years there is proof that they yielded their sweetness for the benefit of the Indians long before the advent of the white men. The remains of bark troughs and wooden spiles, with the added evidence of the scars to be found on the mammoth maple trees, go to show that the red man had knowledge of this valuable asset and made use of it.

It is said that the Indians made pilgrimages to this part of the county every spring, where they camped through the maple sugar season and "milked" the numerous sugar bushes in this vicinity. The crude methods they employed in manufacturing the sugar, which was said to be black and full of leaves and twigs, were of course the best they knew, and it makes one wonder what their sensations would have been could they have taken a peep into Mr. Chapin's modern and model sap house and watched the work done there. Let us see how this plant was conducted in 1913. The work began early in the winter when the men commenced to fill the huge shed at the sugar camp with wood ready to feed the furnaces. Then the first warm day that promised spring began the work of tapping the trees. Iron spouts were driven into holes previously bored in the trees about three feet from the ground. On these were hung tin sap pails, with wooden covers so adjusted as to exclude everything but the pure, limpid sap. The larger trees carry two or three pails. Two teams are kept busy gathering sap, each drawing a steel tank holding several barrels of the fluid, and three men work with each outfit. The tanks are mounted on runners, as they are more practical for use in snow and mud than wheels. Deep snow often makes the work of gathering sap very difficult.

The sugar house contains two 20 foot evaporators, with 25-foot smokestacks, and to attend to the fires and watch the boiling sap keeps one man busy.

The teams bring the sap to an elevation beside the sugar camp, where it is emptied through a hose into big 50 foot barrel tanks. From this supply a constant stream flows into the shallow pans of the evaporator. These pans are about 2 x 5 feet in size, and are connected with each other by tubing at the ends, so that the boiling sap is kept constantly circulating. After making the circuit of the first evaporator it is piped to the other.

The furnace man's chief anxiety is to boil down the sap as soon as possible after it is brought in as the making of the finest quality of syrup demands that the sap be gathered once a day or oftener, and used immediately. Openings in the roof of the sugar house allow clouds of steam from the boiling pans to escape. When the syrup reaches the proper consistency it is strained and allowed to settle. For sugar the syrup is boiled again then molded into five pound cakes.

The output depends on the length of the season, whic is never two years like. Extremely cold weather changing rapidly to warm spring weather oftentimes starts the buds on the trees and makes a very short season. Work in the sugar bush does not stop when the sap ceases to run, as then the thousands of pails must be overhauled and scalded, then packed away to await the next season's run.

Five years later sees this all changed. In 1914 Mr. Chapin was working with a hay fork in his barn when the machine fell and struck him, and death followed instantaneously. Mr. Chapin, in addition to conducting this sugar bush mentioned, worked about 200 acres of farm land in a superior manner, and was considered an authority on all matters of an agricultural nature. After his death Mrs. Chapin and the son who remained home found the farm land all they could attend to, and when the fuel shortage struck the county in 1918 the City of Lansing bought the wood lot, which included the sugar bush, to supply its municipal wood yard, and this wonderful landmark containing trees centuries old went up in smoke. This was a blow to the maple sugar industry in Ingham county, which was augmented by the sale of several other good-sized, well-known sugar orchards in this vicinity which went for the same purpose among them the one of the Fuller farm, which was also known to the Indians, and had yielded annual sugar crops for a long time as the one on the Chapin farm.

Mrs. Chapin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asher Lyon, came to Vevay in the early days from Geneva, N.Y. Mr. Lyon died some years ago in Gratiot county, where he had lived for some years, but Mrs. Lyon and their eleven children are still living and recently held a family reunion at the Chapin home in Eden, beneath the original forest trees that surround the old homestead.

Since the death of Mr. Chapin in 1914 Mrs. Chapin has conducted the large farm very successfully, and last spring was elected justice of the peace for Vevay, on the Republican ticket, over her oldest son who ran against her. Like his father, J.W. Chapin was active in the work of the Ingham County Agricultural Society, the Farmers' Club and the County Pioneer and Historical Society; in the latter societies Mrs. Chapin has held offices several times.

Besides his widow, Mr. Chapin was survived by six children Almon M., named for his grandfather, owns a farm adjoining the old homestead; Alice, who graduated from the State Normal College at Ypsilanti and the University of Pennsylvania, later taking post graduate courses at Columbia and Harvard Universities. She has taught for a number of years, a part of the time being in charge of the physically deficient children in the Detroit schools and those of Minneapolis, Minn. She is now superintendent of an extensive Settlement House in Minneapolis which is supported by the wealthy people of that city.

Julius, a graduate of M.A.C., for some years county agricultural agent in various parts of the state, but now engaged in business for himself in Traverse City, Mich. Ethel, for many years a teacher in St. Johns, now taking a course in a Nurses Training School in Chicago University. Warren, employed in Detroit. Martha, a graduate of Ypsilanti Normal and Olivet College, now teaching.

The Chapin family was one of the first in this section to establish a state game refuge on their land, which is kept up in strict accordance with the law.

Census:
1900 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Julius Chapin, b. Apr 1848, 52, married 18 years, b. MI, parents b. MA/MA, farmer; Carrie L., b. Dec 1861, 38, 6 children born / 6 living, b. NY, parents b. NJ/NY; children b. MI: Almon M., b. Sep 1883, 16; Alice, b. Apr 1885, 15; Ethel, b. Nov 1886, 13; Julius, b. Oct 1888, 11; Warren, b. Jan 1891, 9; Martha, b. Aug 1899, x/12 (illegible).

Died:
Julius was killed when a hay fork fell, piercing his neck and heart.

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Julius married Carrie LYON on 6 Apr 1882 in Stanton, Montcalm, MI. Carrie (daughter of Asher LYON and Martha FENTON) was born on 21 Dec 1861 in NY; died on 11 Jan 1937 in Eden, Ingham, MI; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1900, Toledo, Lucas, OH

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Merrick and Della are found in the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census in Toledo, Ohio. She is listed as a school teacher and he as a postal worker, first a clerk, later a money order clerk and finally a superintendent. They have no children.

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Merrick married Della Belle BROWN on 1 Oct 1891 in Portland, Ionia, MI. Della was born on 28 Apr 1864 in MI; died in 1947; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George DOUGLASS about 1871. George was born about 1846 in OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Le Roy, Genesee, NY
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Le Roy, Genesee, NY
• Census: 4 Jun 1900, Randolph, Cattaraugus, NY

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Census:
1870 census at LeRoy, Genesee, NY shows: Frank Adams, 28, b. NY, D.G. Merchant; Mary S., 54, b. MA; Mary S., 30, b. NY.

Census:
1880 census at LeRoy, Genesee, NY shows: F. W. Adams, 37, b. NY, parents b. NY/CT, dry goods merchant; Irene, 34, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. NY: Charles, 7; Frank, 5; Powell, 2.

Census:
1900 census at Randolph, Cattaraugus, NY shows: Frank Adams, b. Sep 1842, age 57, married at 2X, b. NY, parents b. NY/MA, D. Goods merchant; Irene, b. Oct 1845, age 54, married at 29, 4 children born / 3 living, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. NY: Frank C., b. Feb 1875, age 25, merchant; Powell C., b. Aug 1877, age 22, merchant; Mary, b. Feb 1882, age 18.

Franklin married Irene UNKNOWN about 1872 in Genesee Co., NY. Irene was born in Oct 1845 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died young

Claribel married Orr SCHURTZ on 28 Jul 1878. Orr was born in Sep 1853 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School Teacher
• Birth: 5 May 1850, Stockbridge, Ingham, MI
• Obituary: 3 Jul 1918, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

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Died:
Death certificate states cause of death as Chronic Nephritis and cancer of abdominal organs.
Informant on death certificate was Mrs. Clara Kennon, Myra's sister.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Teacher, Lumber Dealer
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 2 Sep 1903, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

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Census:
1900 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows: Howard Larue, b. July XXXX, age 49, b. MI, parents b. NY/MI; Name illegible, b. June XXXX, age 47, b. NY, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Alena, b. jun 1885, age 14; Bertie F., b. Oct 1891, 8.

Obituary:
Henry's obituary entitled "Death of H. H. LaRue" states:
Early in the evening, H.H. LaRue, who owned an old flat bottom boat, began the work of getting his stock on the bottom out of danger. He was assisted in the work from time to time by T.O. Bell, superintendent of water works, who had gone to the pump station and remained there trying to fill the big tank until the advance of the water made further effort useless. He was then taken off in the boat by Mr. LaRue and the two got all the stock in and started for home. Evidently Mr. LaRue concluded afterwards that he could do some good at the Fair grounds, as he was shortly afterward assisting the unfortunates there. Some of these had taken refuge in the grand stand and were really in a dangerous plight, as the water was ten feet deep in front of them and no one could tell whether or not the structure would withstand the force of the flood. It was after 1 o’clock when this work was finished and Mr. LaRue decided to start for home. He called for some one to help him and Millard Jackson, a young man living east of town, volunteered. Young Jackson says the trip was made without incident until they reached the vicinity of the pump station. Jackson was rowing and LaRue was holding a lantern and directing the course of the boat. The latter then said, "I know where we are now. Look out for the electric wire," referring to the lines running to the pump station. The water was high enough to take them close to it. He had scarcely uttered the words when the boat carried them against the wire. LaRue threw up his hand and the wire touched his hand, burning the flesh to the bone. Death must have been instantaneous. He fell overboard and Jackson made an unsuccessful effort to catch him. Jackson kept shouting to cut the wires and word was finally sent to the electric plant and the lights shut off. The young man then made his way to shore. By daylight the work of recovering the body was begun and it was after 11 o’clock when Wilt Devore, one of a party on a raft constructed for the purpose, found it. It was taken to Boham’s undertaking establishment.

Sad Death of H. H. LaRue

Henry Howitt LaRue, eldest son of Franklin and Amelia (Chapin) LaRue, was born in Stockbridge, Michigan, July 11, 1852, and passed from this life at the age of 51 years, 1 month, and 16 days on Thursday morning, August 27, at about 2 o’clock.
Mr. LaRue was educated in the public schools of Lansing, Michigan, and the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill., having removed with his parents to McLean county, Illinois in 1864. In February of 1873 he with his father removed from Illinois to Mercer township in this county for the purpose of improving tracts of land previously purchased by them.
After farming summers and teaching school winters for several years, he decided to sell his land and go into the lumber business. Realizing the importance of a thorough knowledge of the business in which he had decided to embark he entered the employ of Mr. Ralph Newcomb, and soon rose to be foreman of the yard and when the opportunity came to purchase the Beymer yard he did so and launched out into business for himself, remaining at the same stand for about twenty years. The great Corning fire swept away everything in his lumber yard, but with characteristic courage and energy he began rebuilding as soon as the smouldering embers were distinguished.
He was married to Miss Emeline L. Jennings of McLean county, Illinois in January 1883. To this union were born three children, two of which, Ida A. and Albertus Franklin, together with the mother survive him. The other child Roy Joseph died in infancy. He also leaves a father, a brother, Frank, and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Kennon and Miss Myra LaRue, and a host of other relatives. His mother and four sisters having preceded him to the other side.
He was a faithful, consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, serving the local church in an official capacity for many years. He also served on the city council for several years, doing excellent work in the best interests of the community. Strong in his convictions of right and wrong, courageous in a marked degree, a man of broad education and information, of high ideals and strictest integrity of character. This community as well as his immediate family has met with an inreparrable loss in his untimely end.
The funeral will be held from the M. E. church at 10 o’clock Sunday morning. Interment in Walnut Grove cemetery.

Died

Henry Howitt LaRue, an account of whose tragic death is given elsewhere in this paper, was born at Stockbridge, Mich., July 11, 1852. He was the eldest son of Franklin and Amelia (Chapin) LaRue. His parents removed in 1864 to McLean county, Ill., and he received his education at Weslyan University at Bloomington. In February, 1873, he came with his father to this county for the purpose of improving tracts of land in Mercer township which they had purchased. Several years later he decided to go into the lumber business and entered the employ of Ralph Newcomb. Later he bought the Beymer lumber business yard and for twenty years had been in business at the same location in Corning. His entire yard was destroyed by the big fire of 1896, but he immediately began the work of rebuilding and was soon in business again. He was married January, 1883, in McLean county, Ill., to Miss Emeline L. Jennings and three children were born to them. Ida C. and Albertus Franklin are still living with their mother, Roy Joseph having died in infancy. His father, his brother Frank and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Kennon and Miss Myra LaRue, also survive him.
Mr. LaRue was one of the most useful citizens Corning has ever had. Broadly charitable, always ready to assist in public improvement or private charity, a hard worker for those in whom he interested himself as well as in his own business, he was a man of more than ordinary helpfulness and usefulness. Few men there are who would respond more willingly to appeals of a reasonable nature and fewer still who would bring the energy and the ability to the work after the first response. The work he was engaged in the night he lost his life is only an instance of his disposition to work and work hard for the relief of those in distress and this same disposition was displayed many times during the years of his residence here. He was a member of the city council several years and rendered valuable service in that capacity. The community has lost one of its most valuable members, a man of strong and courageous convictions, of wide information and high character, of wide information and high character, and the terrible manner of his death only adds to the general grief.
The funeral was held Sunday morning from the Methodist church of which the deceased had long been a faithful member. A very brief service was previously held at the house. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Shipman assisted by Rev. J. A. Lovejoy at the home, by Rev. C. A. Haskett, who read the scripture lessons at the church, and Rev. M. V. Higbee, who led in prayer. The singing was conducted by a male quartette, consisting of Pierce Metz, J. E. Carmichael, Walter Newcomb and A. Ray Maxwell. The sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Shipman, from the text, "Be ye therefore also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh," to a congregation that filled every part of the church including the aisles and vestibule, and a very large number were unable to get into the church. The pall bearers were Ralph Newcomb, A. B. Turner, I. T. Homan, John Gillet, E. H. Sheppard and F. M. Davis. After the impressive service in the church, the casket was interred in the Walnut Grove cemetery.

Died:
A Certification Of Death from the Vital Records Section of the State of Iowa Department of Health list the name of the deceased as Howard H. LaRue, died August 8, 1903 in Corning, cause of death drowning. The death certification is a typewritten transcription of what I assume is the original record, the transcriber must have gotten a few things wrong.

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Henry married Louisa Emmeline JENNINGS on 11 Jan 1883 in Padua, McLean, IL. Louisa (daughter of Joseph JENNINGS and Polly Ann ARNOLD) was born in Jun 1852 in Erie Co., NY; died on 10 Feb 1936; was buried on 13 Feb 1936 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1881, Creston, Union, IA
• Occupation: Abt 1888, Adams Co., IA; Elected County Treasurer, served one term
• Occupation: Abt 1890, Corning, Adams, IA; Cashier Corning State Savings Bank
• Occupation: Abt 1900, Corning, Adams, IA; President, Corning State Savings Bank
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 5 Mar 1904, Corning, Adams, IA

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Census:
1900 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Frank LaRue, b. Feb 1862, age 38, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, illegible; Anna, b. Dec 1865, age 34, b. OH, parents b. OH/OH; Frank, b. Oct 1887, 12, b. IA, parents b. MI/OH.

Obituary:
Frank's obituary, entitled "Death of Frank LaRue" states:
The death of Frank L. LaRue under such sad and tragic circumstances was a shock such as seldom comes to any community. That he was a man of numerous and strong friendships was abundantly proved by the feeling of depression and sadness which existed. Mr. LaRue had lived so long in this county, had been prominent for so many years in the business affairs of the town and county, so helpful in all cases calling for public or private charity and so unostentatious in bestowing it, so ready to grant favors and so highly esteemed as a friend and companion, that his death brings a keen sense of loss to hundreds and is a deep personal grief to them. Generous in the extreme, liberal and public- spirited, a friend to every man in need and helpful in his friendships, there are hundreds of people who will always remember him in kindness and whose sorrow for his troubles and their terrible end will be deep and genuine. Although a comparatively young man himself scores of young men owe their start in life to him and he was always ready to assist them with advice and in more substantial ways. Few men received so many requests for favors of all kinds and fewer still had such a habit of granting them. A genial and pleasant companion, a likable and popular man, with personal and social qualities such as attracted others to him, his death is sincerely mourned. For the family which was so dear to him, to the wife and son, the aged father and the sisters, the utmost sympathy is felt.
Frank Lander LaRue was born in Lansing, Mich., February 27, 1862 and was the youngest son of Franklin and Amelia Chapin LaRue. He came west with his parents in childhood, their home being for a time at Creston. He was a member of the high school class of 1881 in that city and left school three months before graduation to assist his father in business in this county. He also took a six months’ business course while in Creston of J. N. Mehan, afterwards founder of the Capital City Commercial College of Des Moines. In 1882 he entered the office of county treasurer of Adams county under J. M. Frederick. After six years’ service as deputy he was elected county treasurer, serving one term. He declined a renomination to accept a position as cashier of the Corning State Savings Bank, in whose organization he was prominent and whose doors were opened for business in 1890. About four years ago upon the retirement of A. F. Okey from the bank he was elected president of the institution.
The funeral, which was in charge of the masonic order, was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A brief service was held at the house by Dr. Ewing and Rev. M. V. Higbee and the remains were then taken to the cemetery under the escort of the Masons and the Knights Templar, a large delegation of the latter being present from Creston. At the grave Rev. Ira P. Clark conducted the masonic services, which were very impressive.

Died:
Death certificate states cause of death as "Suicide by shooting."

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Frank married Anna BEYMER in 1886. Anna (daughter of Arthur McIntyre BEYMER and Amine Lydia STRICKLAND) was born in Dec 1865 in Clyde, Sandusky, OH; died on 23 Nov 1951 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Between 1879 and 1887, Adams Co., IA; School teacher
• Census: 12 May 1910, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 24 Jan 1920, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
• Census: 15 Apr 1940, Corning, Adams, IA
• Obituary: 22 Sep 1949, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

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Census:
1910 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara E. Kennon, 44, widow, 5 children born / 4 living, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Frank, 14; Ralph, 11.

Census:
1920 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Myra Kenyon, age 54, widow, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, housework only; Edith, 30, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, occupation, public school teacher; Frank, 24, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student; Ralph, 21, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student.
This census entry fits this family exactly except for the name and spelling of the head-of-household. Daisy LaRue Kennon had a sister named Myra who remained unmarried and lived in town but she died in 1918.
Enumerated a few "spaces" away is Sarah Kenon, the widow of Albert Kennon.

Census:
1940 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara Kennon, 74, widow, b. IL, same house as 1930.

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Clara married Frederick Albert KENNON on 30 Apr 1887 in Corning, Adams, IA. Frederick (son of Albert Gallatin KENNON and Elizabeth GARRETT) was born on 24 Jul 1857 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY; died on 2 Feb 1910 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK; was buried on 6 Feb 1910 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Note: 5 Oct 1918, Sheridan, Chautauqua, NY

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Military Note:
On October 5, 1918, Powell Carpenter Adams registered for the WWI draft. He is a resident of Sheridan, Chautauqua, NY and was born August 28, 1877. His occupation is Inspector at the Food Administration for the US Government. His nearest relative is Ethel English Adams, wife. There is an entry that says San Juan, Puerto Rico but I cannot read the question. I believe it has something to do with prior service. The registrar states he is of medium height and build and has brown eyes and gray & black hair. In the section for handicap the registrar has written, "no, except says left eye xxxxx (illegible) defective."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Jun 1885, Corning, Adams, IA

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Alena married Arthur L. JONES about 1906 in IA. Arthur (son of William D JONES and Emma STOCKING) was born about 1882 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago, IA; died in 1944; was buried in LuVerne Cemetery, LuVerne, Kossuth, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 5 Jun 1917, Corning, Adams, IA
• Note: 31 May 1921
• Residence: 1936, Omaha, Douglas, NE

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On June 5 1917, Bert filled out his Selective Service registration card. He states his date of birth is October 9, 1891 and that he was born in Corning,Iowa. He indicates his occupation is "oil merchant" and that he is single. He indicates he is tall and stout, has brown eyes, brown hair and is not bald.

Note:
On May 31, 1921 the Iowa City Press Citizen published "the first list of 'deserters" from the military service of the United States for Iowa" Included on that list is Bert F. LaRue (LaReu) of Corning, Adams County, Iowa.

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Died:
Cause of death: gastro entrites

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• Note: 5 Jun 1917, Rupert, Minidoka, ID

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Note:
On June 5 1917, Frank filled out his Selective Service registration card. He states his date of birth is October 11, 1887 and that he was born in Corning,Iowa. He indicates his occupation is "merchant" and that he has a wife and three children to support. He does not claim exemption from service but does list that he has a disability, "With defective sight in right eye." The registrar notes he is tall and slender, has blue eyes, brown hair and is not bald.

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Frank married Lucille SHILLING about 1911 in ID. Lucille (daughter of Watson Newton SHILLING and Angelina HARRISON) was born in Sep 1887 in UT; died on 20 Jun 1930 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, ID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher
• Note: 1 Feb 1929, Anamosa, Jones, IA
• Census: 2 Apr 1940, 6032 Ellis Avenue South, Chicago, Cook, IL
• Obituary: 20 Dec 1962, Corning, Adams, IA

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Edith was accepted as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Francis (illegible) Chapter in Anamosa, Iowa. She claimed descendancy from Levi Chapin of Chicopee, MA.

Census:
1940 census at Chicago, Cook, IL shows Edith A. Kennon, 52, b. IA, same residence 1930, English teacher.

Obituary:
Adams County Free Press
Miss Edith Kennon - Edith A. Kennon, daughter of Frederick A. and Clara E. D. LaRue Kennon, was born at Corning, Iowa on March 1, 1888, and passed away at Lenox, Iowa on Saturday, December 15, 1962 at the age of 74 years 9 months and 14 days.
Following her graduation from Corning High School, Edith taught for a few years in the rural schools of Adams County. She then attended the State University of Iowa at Iowa City and Chicago University where she acquired her Masters Degree in Education.
Edith then entered the Indian Service for the United States Government, teaching in the Indian Schools at Pipestone, Minnesota; Fort Mojave, Arizona; Greenwood, South Dakota, and in the State of North Dakota. For a time she taught school at the Home Stake Mine at Deadwood, South Dakota, also in the public schools at Dysart, Iowa and Anamosa, Iowa. For many years she taught in the public school system in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout her long and colorful teaching career she always gave her time, her talents and her efforts to the underprivileged children on the Indian Reservations and in the City of Chicago. Her life was devoted to the improvement of conditions for these unfortunate children through education. She retired from the teaching profession in 1941, returning to Corning to care for her mother during her declining years.
Edith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Corning, Iowa and a 50 year member of Emblem Chapter of the Eastern Star. Other organizations in which she held membership were the Colonial Dames, the Frances Shaw Chapter of the D.A.R. and the P.E.O, and Emanon Club. She served the local community for several years as a member of the Corning Library Board.
She is survived by her three brothers, Fred of Red Oak, Iowa; Frank of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Ralph of Merrifield, Minnesota, several nieces and nephews, and many friends and neighbors.
Funeral services were held Mon., December 17 at 3 pm from the Roland Funeral Home with Joe Cook officiating. Music was by Mrs. Doyle Tranbarger, Mrs. Bert Peckham, and Mrs. Dick Cook. Pallbearers were Ted Turner, Byron Stanley, John Fees, Homer Snodgrass, Jim Briles and Harry Coulter. Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery.

Died:
Died at the Rosary Hospital in Corning of Parkinsons disease.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Blacksmith
• Census: 30 Jan 1920, Mathews Township, Kingsbury, SD
• Census: 13 Apr 1930, Garfield Township, Montgomery, IA
• Census: 26 Apr 1940, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA

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Census:
1920 census at Mathews Township, Kingsbury, SD shows: Fred L., 30, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA, occupation, farmer; Emma J., 28, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Randall F., 7, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; Audrey, 1, b. SD, parents b. IA/IA.

Census:
1930 census at Garfield Township, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 40, married at age 20, b. IA, parents b. US/IA, farmer; Emma J., 39, married at 19, b. IA, parents b. PA/IL; children: Randall, 17, b. IA; Audrey, 11. b. SD; Maurice, 9, b. SD; Patricia, 4, b. SD.

Census:
1940 census at Red Oak, Montgomery, IA shows Fred L. Kennon, 51, b. IA, retired blacksmith; Emma, 49, b. IA; Patricia, 14, b. IA.

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Fred married Emma Jeanette MADISON on 24 Apr 1910 in Corning, Adams, IA. Emma (daughter of Robert Eugene (Gene) MADISON and Emily Jane SOPER) was born on 16 Jun 1891 in Corning, Adams, IA; died on 8 Dec 1973 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher and seed salesman.
• Cen-Family: 11 Apr 1930, Owatonna, Steele, MN
• Cen-Family: 13 Apr 1940, Owatonna, Steele, MN

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Cen-Family:
1930 census at Owatonna, Steele, MN shows Frank Kennon (indexed as Keenon), 34, first married at 26, b. IA, parents b. IN/IN, teacher public schools; Helen, 30, married at 21, b. IA, parents b. IA/IA; children: Jean, 7, b. SD; Coudy, 5, b. IA.

Cen-Family:
1940 census at Owatonna, Steele, MN shows Frank G. Kennon, 44, b. IA, teacher, public school; Frank G. Kennon, 39, wife, b. IA; children, Jean, 17, b. SD; Frank Koudy, 15, b. IA.

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Frank married Helen KOUDELKA on 23 Apr 1921 in Polk Co., IA. Helen (daughter of George KOUDELKA and Josephine HOTKA) was born on 16 Jan 1900 in Iowa City, Johnson, IA; died on 25 Dec 1962 in Owatonna, Steele, MN; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Insurance Actuary
• Census: 7 Apr 1930, Des Moines, Polk, IA
• Census: 6 Apr 1940, 5115 Gladstone Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
• Census: 7 Apr 1950, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN

Notes:

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Census:
1930 census at Des Moines, Polk, IA show: Ralph E. Kennon, 31, married at age 23, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, insurance actuary; Mabel M. 34, married at 26, b. IA parents b. IL/IA; children b. IA: Ralph C.,5; Martha J., 7; Julia M. 3 x/12.

Census:
1940 census at Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN shows Ralph Kennon, 41, b. IA, same residence at last census, secretary, Investors Syndicate; Mabel, 44, b. IA; children b. IA: Martha, 17; Ralph, 15; Julia, 13; Susan, 7. Also enumerated is Ella Hass, 30, b. ND, maid.

Census:
1950 census shows Ralph E. Kennon, 52, b. IA, comptroller, life insurance; Mable M., 54, b. IA; Suzanne, 17, b. MN; Arvilla V. Crawford, mother-in-law, 71, b. IA. They live at 5115 Gladstone Ave. in Minneapolis.

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Ralph married Mabel Mae CRAWFORD on 26 Dec 1921 in Gravity, Taylor, IA. Mabel (daughter of Elmer Ellsworth CRAWFORD and Arvilla Belle COLE) was born on 22 Dec 1895 in Gravity, Taylor, IA; died on 3 Jun 1983 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried in Mission Township Cemetery, Mission Township, Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Anne Elizabeth CROOKSTON. Anne was born in 1917 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT; died on 17 Dec 1997 in Ogden, Weber, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Obituary: 25 Jan 1993

Notes:

Obituary:
Morning Sun, Pittsburg, KS
Retired U.S. Navy Captain Randall F. Kennon, 80, of 2602 S.Taylor, died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993, at his home. He had been ill the past year.
Mr. Kennon was born Jan. 13, 1913, in Red Oak, Iowa the son of Fred LaRue and Emma Madison Kennon. He attended schools in Red Oak. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served 30 years retiring Jan. 1, 1959, with the rank of captain. He was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when it was bombed by the Japanese. A pilot in the Navy Air Force, he participated in the Battle of Midway and in 1942 was ordered to Guadalcanal. He was awarded the usual air medals, but his most treasured was a Unit Citation he received from Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey for locating the Japanese forces coming down the slot at Guadalcanal. When he was selected for test pilot*school, he was four classes ahead of John Glenn and Alan Sheppard, who later became astronauts. He was promoted to lieutenant commander while he was attending this school.
After retiring in 1959 he came to Pittsburg and attended Kansas State Teachers College, now Pittsburg State University, graduating with a bachelors of science degree in accounting. He stayed on the staff at PSU for five years. He also, was employed at the Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons where he retired in 1974.
He married Phyllis E. Armstrong Jan. 18, 1946, in Kansas City, Mo.
Membership was in the Sigma Tau Fraternity, the Melrose Masonic Lodge No. 602 and, Consistory in California, Mirza Shrine in Pittsburg, a former member of the Lions Club and a member of the Silver Eagle Association.
Survivors include the wife, of the home; one son, Fred L. Kennon of Overland Park; three daughters, Donna M. Cory of Plattewood, Mo., M. Susan Pierce of Shawnee, Kan., and Karen J. Kiss of Piqua, Ohio; one brother, Maurice Kennon of Stanton, Iowa; one sister, Patricia Kugler of Inavale, Neb., and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters.
Services will be 10:30 a.m.Tuesday at the Brenner Chapel with Dr. Wayne Black of the First Christian Church officiating. Flag-folding services conducted by Jimmie Friend and Ben Moore of the Benjamin A. Fuller Post No. 64 of the Pittsburg American Legion will follow the services. The body; will be cremated and the cremains will be buried at a later date in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott. The family will receive friends, from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the Brenner Chapel with masonic services by the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge No. 187 at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Brenner Mortuary, 114 E. Fourth St., Pittsburg, after 2 p.m. today.

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Randall married Rose Roberta SOLKOLOFF before 1935, and was divorced on 25 Oct 1945 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Rose was born about 1916 in NY; died in 1948 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randall married Phyllis Esther ARMSTRONG on 31 Dec 1945 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO. Phyllis was born on 12 Aug 1916; died on 27 Sep 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Audrey was a collector of almost anything! She purchased an old drive-in bank in the late 1970's, she took great pride in showing off the teller window.

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Audrey married Charles Milton SMITH on 21 Jun 1938 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. Charles (son of Joseph Grover SMITH and Reba WEST) was born on 21 Jan 1915 in Liberty, Clay, MO; died on 24 Dec 1986 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 29 Dec 1986 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Buzzy Kennon
• Occupation: Stanton, Montgomery, IA; farmer
• Obituary: 30 May 2007

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Maurice married Bertha Mildred ASKEY on 16 May 1939 in Rock Port, Atchison, MO. Bertha (daughter of Henry Franklin ASKEY and Alice Dean CARROLL) was born on 23 Mar 1921 in Grant, Montgomery, IA; died on 17 Oct 2006 in Red Oak, Montgomery, IA; was buried on 21 Oct 2006 in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Inavale, Webster, NE
• Occupation: Breeder And Racer Of Greyhound Dogs.

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Joined their son, Mike in breeding and training greyhound dogs for racing.

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Patricia married Howard Wayne KUGLER on 8 Apr 1944 in Oakland, Alameda, CA. Howard (son of Frank Riley KUGLER and Anna W. WHITMERS) was born on 28 Jul 1922 in Arvada, Jefferson, CO; died on 9 Jan 2004 in Franklin, Franklin, NE; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 18 Jan 1983, Lakewood, Jefferson, CO

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Received a letter from Jeanne Hinton thanking me for sending her some genealogy charts. She writes about visiting the farm of Fred and Daisy. "Quite often the Frank Kennon's and the Ralph Kennon's ended up there at the same time - 4th of July and birthday celebrations. Course the Fred Kennons were close by - so many kids we all got to take a blanket outside to sleep under the stars - no sleeping bags then. Your grandfather (Ralph Kennon) always brought many night fireworks. A big deal for all of us. Ask him if he remembers that. We all had to rest between 1 and 3 - then we were "at home" for the callers that came. A great place for grandchildren to visit a grandmother and an Aunt Edith. Aunt Edith was a special person - though she made terrible sugar cookies. She once gave me the book "Heidi", which I still have, and a lamb cake as my birthday is in March. I was so impressed.

Helen married George 'Kip' HINTON on 7 Feb 1946 in Owatonna, Steele, MN. George was born on 13 Sep 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; died on 20 Oct 1987 in Lakewood, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Koudy Kennon

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Frank married Margery May NELSON on 11 Jun 1949 in Owatonna, Steele, MN. Margery (daughter of Robert D. NELSON and Carol CLARKSON) was born on 2 May 1925 in Owatonna, Steele, MN; died on 28 Nov 2005; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martha married Robert Erwin GEIGER on 22 Feb 1946 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Robert (son of Robert GEIGER and Esther Rose HENKEL) was born on 28 Mar 1922 in Shakopee, Scott, MN; died on 29 Jan 2008 in Minnetonka, Hennepin, MN; was buried in Mission Township Cemetery, Mission Township, Crow Wing, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Chemical Engineer
• Census: 20 Apr 1950, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, LA
• Obituary: 19 Feb 2009

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1950 census shows Ralph C. Kennon, 25, b. IA, chemical engineer, oil refinery; Suzanne S., 25, b. MN, crewleader, census bureau; children: Randall H., 2, b. MN; Marnia S., b. July, b. LA.
Ralph is further enumerated at the bottom of the form stating: He completed 4 years college, had attended school within the prior year, worked 52 weeks and earned $4,600. in the prior year. He had served in WWII.

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Kennon, Ralph Crawford Was born April 30, 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa and died February 18, 2009 in Pasadena, California, surrounded by his family. He was pre-deceased by his beloved wife Suzanne Satterlee Kennon November 9, 2008. Mr. and Mrs. Kennon were married 63 years and are survived by their children,[HID:]Randall Kennon (Kathryn Smith), Marnia Kennon (Walter Kenneth Barger), Stacey Kennon (Charles Lada), Celeste Rodgers (Paul Rodgers);[:HID]five grandchildren; and three sisters[HID:], Martha Geiger, Julia McGoldrick, and Suzanne Oberhauser[:HID]. Mr. Kennon was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and served from 1942 through 1945, including as an aviation navigator in the South Pacific. He grew to adulthood in Minneapolis, graduated from Washburn High School, class of 1942, and University of Minnesota, class of 1948, with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Kennon worked as a Chemical Engineer with C.F. Braun & Co. of Alhambra, California for more than thirty years, retiring in 1985. During his long and productive professional life, Mr. Kennon designed and supervised the construction of petrochemical processing plants around the world. He and his family lived in Minnesota, Louisiana and Rome, Italy before settling in Altadena, California where they lived for more than 50 years. Mr. Kennon was an avid bridge player, golfer and lawn bowler as well as a long time supporter and lover of Eaton Canyon. He will be deeply missed by his family, neighbors and numerous friends.

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Ralph married Suzanne Vivian SATTERLEE on 23 Jan 1945 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Suzanne (daughter of August Norman SATTERLEE and Frances Mae HOWE) was born on 3 Sep 1924; died on 9 Nov 2008 in Altadena, Los Angeles, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: School Counselor

Suzanne married Peter John OBERHAUSER on 18 Dec 1954 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN. Peter (son of Sylvestor Joseph OBERHAUSER and Janette Emma ALMQUIST) was born on 19 May 1932 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA; died on 27 Sep 2014 in Caroline, Shawano, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ken Smith
• Residence: Denver, Denver, CO

Charles married Beverly SHIMEK on 15 Apr 1971 in Denver, Denver, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Barbara married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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