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Evan Burgoyne was born on Nov. 9, 1824 in Muskingum County, OH, the son of James and Mary (Miner) Burgoyne. He came to Indiana as a young boy in company with his father/parents. At the age of 25, in 1850, Evan labored as a farmer and lived with his widowed father in Center Township, Wayne County, IN. On Jan. 8 or 9, 1853, when he was 28 years of age, Evan entered into marriage Elizabeth Ann Taylor (May 20, 1828-1909) in Richmond, IN. She was a native of Dover, DE and had been converted to Christianity at a "very young age and united with the church," said a newspaper, "living a consecrated Christian life unto the end." The couple produced these eight known children -- John L. Burgoyne, James Harris Burgoyne, Sarah J. Sowers, William Henry Burgoyne, Mary A. Gucker, Charles W. Burgoyne, Elizabeth Bell "Lizzie" Burgoyne and Nancy B. "Nannie" McNemar. The family moved to Illinois during the 1850s. They dwelled in 1860 and 1870 in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. In 1860, census records show that Evan's brother Robert and 19-year-old Joseph Walker boarded in their home and provided farm labor. In 1870, Evan's brother James, a Civil War veteran, was a next-door neighbor. During the decade of the 1870s, the Burgoynes pulled up stakes and migrated to Chetopa in Richland Township, Labette County, KS. They are shown there in the 1880 census. Chetopa had a large population of Native American people of the Osage nation, and in fact was named for a Chetopa tribal leader, and also was a stop along the Nevada and Minden Railway, completed in 1886. The township is located at the southeast corner of the county, on the Oklahoma border. When Luther B. Hill's book A History of the State of Oklahoma, Vol. 1, was published in 1883, Evan was named. Evan passed away in at the age of 96 just three days after Christmas in 1890. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery in Melrose, Cherokee County, KS. [Find-a-Grave] Elizabeth lived on as a widow for 19 years. In her final years, she dwelled in Guthrie, OK. On Dec. 16, 1909, at the age of 81 years, six months and 26 days, she succumbed to death in Guthrie. An obituary was printed in the Columbus (KS) Weekly Advocate, which noted that her last words were "All is well" and that "Well may it be said of her, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, they rest from their works do follow them'." All of her children attended the funeral, except for John and William who lived away at great distances. Also there were "a very large congregation of neighbors and friends." Rev. Thomas J. Caldwell preached the service, held in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
~ Son John L. Burgoyne ~ Son John L. Burgoyne (1854-1911) was born in 1854 in Indiana. He moved with his parents during the 1870s to Kansas and in 1880, unmarried at the age of 26, helped on their farm in Richland, Labette County. At some point, John relocated to Buffalo, NY, where he secured employment as a "compounder" in a distillery, likely the one superintended by his uncle, Robert L. Burgoyne. In October 1893, in nuptials held in the rectory of St. Ann's Church on East 12th Street in New York City, John married Marguerite "Maggie" Diller (July 1863- ? ), daughter of Bavarian-born Francis X. Diller. Reported the Buffalo Sunday Morning News, it was a "very pretty wedding.... Miss Katherine Diller and Andrew B. Diller, sister and brother of the bride, acted as bridesmand and best man respectively. A wedding dinner was held at the residence of the bride's father, only relatives and a few intimate friends being present." He was nine years older than his bride. They became the parents of three -- Robert F. Burgoyne, Kathryn E. Bini and J. Evan Burgoyne. The United States Censuses of 1900 and 1910 show the family living at 14 Auchinvale Avenue. John was a member of the Revere Council of the Royal Arcanum. Sadly, John died at home in Buffalo on Nov. 18, 1911, of causes not yet known. An obituary in the Buffalo Evening News reported that funeral services were held in the Church of the Annunciation. An obituary also appeared in the Black Rock (NY) International Gazette. Now widowed, Margaret moved her family to the Bronx, New York, and is shown there in the 1920 census. That year, she had no job, but depended on income from her son and possibly rents from her sister Kathryn Diller who lived in the household. Son Robert F. Burgoyne (1894- ? ) was born in Aug. 1894 in Buffalo, NY. Unmarried at the age of 26 in 1920, he resided with his mother in the Bronx and worked as an office clerk for Marine Insurance. Daughter Kathryn E. Burgoyne (1895-1976) was born on Aug. 8, 1895 in Buffalo, NY. In 1920, single and at home at age 24, she was employed as a typist for Marine Insurance. She is known to have dwelled in Hartford, CT at one point in her life. In about 1921, when she was 26, Kathryn was wedded to 27-year-old Italian immigrant Benedict Bini (1894-1995), whose birth year also has been given as 1901. One son born in this family was Burgoyne "Anthony" Bini. They dwelled in the Bronx, where Benedict operated an independent certified accounting practice, and provided a home for her widowed mother. Circa 1930, Kathryn worked as a bookkeeper for a bank. The couple's home in 1942 was on Monroe Street in Manhattan. Benedict was pictured in the New York Daily News edition of Oct. 1, 1942, answering the question of "How would you feel if your wife or sweetheart were a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy and you were an enlisted man?" His response was "I'd feel slighted, and that the Government had not done right by me and other eligible men in the country. There are enough eligible males for these commissions. We haven't reached the point where women are needed." Kathryn passed away in a New York City hospital on Sept. 8, 1976. An obituary was printed in the Hartford (CT) Courant. Her mass of Christian burial was conducted at St. Augustine's Church, Hartford, followed by interment in Rose Hill Memorial Park at Rocky Hill. Benedict outlived his bride by 19 years and moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The angel of death cleaved him away in San Juan at the age of 94 the day after Christmas 1995.
Son J. Evan Burgoyne (1904-1928) was born in about 1904 in Buffalo, NY. Evidence suggests that he dwelled in New York City and in 1927 visited for several months with his aunt Sarah Sowers in Guthrie, OK. Sadly, he appears to have died in Oct. 1928. Word of his passing was telegraphed to his aunt in Oklahoma and mentioned in the Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader.
~ Son James Harris Burgoyne ~ Son James Harris Burgoyne (1855-1872) was born on Sept. 2, 1855 in Wayne County, IN and grew up in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. Sadly, he only lived to the age of 16 and was gathered in by the spirit of death on May 4, 1872. His remains rest under a tall shaft marker in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Catlin.
~ Daughter Sarah J. (Burgoyne) Sowers ~ Daughter Sarah J. Burgoyne (1857-1939) was born in 1857 or 1858 in Indiana. Sarah was united in wedlock with David Nathaniel Sowers (Feb. 1858-1938). Six known children they bore together were Charles Sowers, Lewis Sowers, twins Turner Sowers and Fermer Soers, Stella Burst and Margaret Crook. The family lived for some time in the 1880s and 1890s in Fairmount, Vermillion County, IL, with him joining the ranks of membership of the local lodge of the Masons. Then in 1899, they pulled up stakes and relocated to Oklahoma, where they made a life as farmers for more than four decades in Guthrie, OK. He transferred his Masonic membership to the Guthrie lodge. Daniel along with his son-in-law Otto Burst and Albert Metzler are known to have been board directors of the Guthrie and Northwestern Rural Telephone Company circa 1906. He also held a membership in the local order of the Anti Horse Thief Association, and was a delegate to its grand lodge in 1915 in El Reno. He served as clerk of elections for the City of Guthrie in 1923, and as a judge of electoins at the Capitol Hill School in 1924. Their sons Turner and Fermer joined the U.S. Army during World War I. As members of the 90th "Texas-Oklahoma" Division, they trained at Camp Travis, five miles northeast of San Antonio, TX, and their mother came for a visit in January 1918. In October 1922, they traveled to see family in Danville, IL. Their final address was at 1005 East Noble Avenue. David marked his 70th birthday in February 1928 with a dinner at the home of their married daughter Stella Burst. In reporting on the happy event, the Guthrie Daily Leader said "A large birthday cake centered the dining table at which the guests were seated." David surrendered to the angel of death at the age of 80 on Feb. 23, 1938, after what the Daily Leader called "an extended illness." Funeral services were conducted in the First Presbyterian Church by the hands of Rev. Everett Poole and Rev. W.R. Gibble. At the age of 80, Sarah died in her home on March 14, 1939. The funeral again was jointly presided by Rev. Everett Poole at the First Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. W.R. Gibble, pastor of the Christian Church. Burial was in Summit View Cemetery. Her obituary appeared in the Daily Leader. Daughter Estella M. "Stella" Sowers (1882-1969) was born on April 6, 1882 in Fairmount, Vermillion County, IL. She was 17 years of age when accompanying her parents and siblings in a relocation to Oklahoma. On Oct. 11, 1904, when both were 22 years of age, she wed Otto Benjamin Burst (1882-1965), a native of Illinois whose father was a German immigrant. Rev. Fr. Bernard Mutsaers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of Guthrie, performed the nuptials. Together they produced a daughter, Stella Irene Burton. The federal census enumeration of 1910 shows the childless couple in Lawrie, Logan County, OK, with Otto earning a living as a farmer. By 1915, they returned to Guthrie, with an address of 318 East Vilas Avenue. That year, Otto and his partner Bun Bennett formed the Bennett and Burst Implements Company, engaged in selling agricultural implements. In July 1928, Stella traveled to Colorado to spend the balance of her summer, taking along her mother, Anna Burst and daughter Minnie, and Emma Burst on the driving trip. After their return, they attended the State Fair in Oklahoma City in late September 1928. Otto continued his work in selling retail farm implements as of 1930 and decades thereafter, with Stella helping him as bookkeeper in the business. He also is known to have been elected as a Guthrie city councilman in 1935 and as mayor in 1943-1945 at a time when the municipality was constructing a new airfield featuring a grass runway strip, today known as the Guthrie Edmond Regional Airport. One of his proclamations circa 1944 urged citizens to take part in the World Day of Prayer. He also was a leader in the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce. Circa 1946, Stella is known to have advertised in the local newspaper about the value of purchasing a policy in the Security Benefit Association Hospital in Topeka, a life insurance organization which operated a 300-bed hospital for policyholders. Over the years, they hosted many family dinners in their home, especially at the holidays. Otto succumbed to the spectre of death on Feb. 19, 1965. Stella endured for another four-and-a-half years. She died at the age of 87 on Sept. 9, 1969.
Son Charles W. Sowers (1884-1967) was born on April 6, 1884 in Danville, IL. At the age of 15, he migrated with his parents to Oklahoma. Charles attended the Mount Summit School. He put down roots in Guthrie, OK. A bachelor at the age of 26, in 1910, he lived with his parents and worked as a finisher in a Guthrie furniture business. His occupation in 1920, when he was still single and still at home, was as an oilfield driller for W.W. Wolf. He traveled with his parents to Dallas in October 1927 for a weeklong visit. Again in 1930, he made a trip with relatives to Brownsville, TX. Federal census records for 1930 show him continuing to earn income as an oilfield laborer. Then during the World War II years, he made a living with his brother Lewis as farmers, and was named to a work crew to provide emergency road work in Antelope near Guthrie in the event of an enemy attack and bombing. He was required to register for the military draft during World War II, and at the time stood 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 170 lbs. He passed away in Dec. 1967, with interment in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie. Son Lewis Evan "Lou" Sowers (1886-1969) was born on July 9, 1886 in Fairmount, Vermillion County, IL. He moved as a young teenager to Oklahoma with his parents. He was single at the age of 24 in 1910 and, residing with his parents, earned a living as a machinist with a furniture factory in Guthrie. His employment in 1918 was as a tool dresser with Clintworth & Farringer of Cushing, OK. Lewis during World War I joined the U.S. Army and trained at Camp Travis. He rose to the rank of sergeant and was deployed to France. With the war over, in Aug. 1919, he returned to the United States, sailing from Brest aboard the Kroonland. His occupation in 1920, when he was still single and still at home, was as an oilfield tool dresser. United States census records for 1930 show him continuing to earn income as an oilfield laborer. During the World War II era, he made a living with his brother Charles as farmers. He and Charles, who both attended the Mount Summit School, were on a reunion club committee for former students as of 1944. The two brothers also shared a country home east of Guthrie in 1949. As of 1963, his address was 211 East Vilas. Lewis took a two-week vacation in May-June 1963 to Illinois and Indiana, and while there attended the Indianapolis 500 motor race won by the famed Parnelli Jones. He also went to the 50th wedding anniversary party of his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Price. He died on Feb. 21, 1969. He sleeps for all time in Guthrie's Summit View Cemetery. Son Turner William Sowers (1889-1974) was born on March 24, 1889 in Fairmount, Vermillion County, IL, a twin with his brother Fermer. He was trained as an electrician but was unemployed circa 1917. Turner served in the U.S. Army during World War I, and held the rank of corporal with Battery D of the 320th Field Artillery, 82nd Division. He is known to have sailed to France aboard the City of Exeter in May 1918, departing from Newe York. Turner and his twin brother both worked as power plant laborers in Guthrie in 1920. At the age of 37, on Jan. 5, 1926, he wed 27-year-old Goldie Anita Cook (1898-1991), a Kansas native but a resident of Guthrie at the time. Officiating their wedding was Rev. R.P. Crawford of the First Methodist Church of Guthrie. Their two known offspring were Virginia Lee Sowers and Nancy Sowers. The federal census enumeration for 1930 shows him working as a lineman for a Guthrie electric company. The Sowerses lived for many years in Guthrie, OK at the address of 1720 East Perkins. In 1940, his occupation was as a line foreman for the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company. The family was plunged into grief when Turner died on March 1, 1974. His remains are asleep in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie. Goldie lived on as a widow for another 17 years. Death swept her away at the age of 93 on Sept. 5 1991. A brief notice was printed in the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman.
Son Fermer Elijah Sowers (1889-1959) was born on March 24, 1889 in Fairmount, Vermillion County, IL, a twin with his brother Turner. He moved to Oklahoma with his family at the age of about 10. Fermer was married to Nelle Ann Whitted (Dec. 4, 1893-1970). Together, they were the parents of Harriett Jane Sowers. The pair settled in Guthrie and spent their entire lives together in the community. He was employed in young manhood as an electrician with Public Service Company in Guthrie. During World War I, he enlisted the U.S. Army on Sept. 5, 1917 and was assigned to the 164th Depot Brigade. He received his honorable discharge on May 23, 1919. Fermer and his twin brother both worked as power plant laborers in 1920. In 1930, now age 42, he dwelled with his parents and worked as a lineman for the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company. He continued this occupation and employer for a total of 37 years until retirement in 1954. The family's address in 1942, when Fermer was required to register for the World War II military draft, was 1717 East Perkins. He held memberships in the Masons and the Oklahoma Consistory as well as the First Christian Church. Sadly, at the age of 69, Fermer suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Benedictine Heights Hospital. Two weeks later, he passed away on March 3, 1959. The Guthrie Daily Leader printed an obituary. His remains are in eternal repose in Guthrie's Summit View Cemetery. The widowed Nelle arranged for a standard issue military marker to be placed at the grave. She lived on for 11 more years. She surrendered to the angel of death on Sept. 19, 1970.
Daughter Margaret Sowers (1892-1987) was born on Aug. 16, 1892. Unmarried in early 1930, she earned income as a sales woman in a ladies gift shop in Guthrie. On Oct. 27, 1930, she entered into marriage with World War I veteran Fred Donald Crook (Feb. 24, 1893-1967), originally from Nebraska, and the son of Sterling Price and Jessie (Stickler) Crook of 316 North Wentz Boulevard of Guthrie. They exchanged their marital vows in the First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, led by Rev. Nichols. The news was reported in the Guthrie Daily Leader, which said that Margaret "for a number of years has been employed in the Larson store. Mr. Crook .... is associated with his father in the Crook Optical Co." Fred was a veteran of World War I, having held the rank of regimental sergeant major in the 215th Engineers. One known son of the couple was Robert Donald "Donnie" Crook, born in Missouri. The pair owned a jewelry store in Guthrie in 1950, with both actively working in the business. The 1950 federal census of Guthrie shows the family together including Fred's divorced, 46-year-old sister Vida Merzetti. They also operated "Fred's Cafe" at 119 South Division in the mid-1950s. When he added a new dining room to the cafe, the Guthrie Register-News said it was "one more sign of progress around Guthrie ... and we would like to take our hat's off to him. You might like to drop around and take a look at it yourself. It is really something!" Sadly, Fred died on Feb. 19, 1967. Margaret outlived him by two decades. She passed into the realm of eternity at age 95 on Sept. 4, 1987. Burial was in Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie.
~ Son William Henry Burgoyne ~ Son William Henry Burgoyne (1859-1917) was born on June 4, 1859 in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. After he relocated to Kansas with his parents, he provided labor on their farm in 1880, at the age of 20. He never married. Over the years, in addition to "William," he went by the names "W.H." and "Will." William migrated to Montana, where he is believed to have lived in Butte. In 1886 his name was printed in the Butte Miner newspaper for having not claimed his mail at the post office. At various other times his letters went unclaimed and his name was printed accordingly, including in 1888 and 1901, suggesting he spent significant time away. He is known to have had connections in the Pacific Northwest and in 1909-1910 was in Spokane, WA, where he lodged in the home of Robert Grinnell. The 1910 U.S. Census shows him working as a teamster for a Spokane constracting business. By 1917, he had returned to Montana, where he lived in or near the town of Gardiner. The town held the unique distinction for its location on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park and as the original and only year-round entrance to the park. From Gardiner it was a trip of five miles to Mammoth Hot Springs and 56 miles to the Old Faithful geyser.
William died in nearby Livingston, MT at the age of 57 on Feb. 7, 1917. An obituary in the Anaconda (MT) Standard said that "Shipment of the remains of William Burgoyne was made from here this morning to Faulkner, Kan., his former home. Burgoyne, a prominent rancher residing near Gardiner, died here a few days ago following a brief illness. He has a brother and sister residing in Kansas." Another obituary in the Miner said that he was "a pioneer resident of Gardiner" and that the cause of his passing was "leakage of the heart." Officials compiling his death certificate information did not know his marital status and could only guess his age at 52 (instead of 58). His remains were shipped back to Kansas to be placed into repose in Fairview Cemetery in Melrose, Cherokee County. Inscribed at the base of his grave marker are the words "At Rest."
~ Daughter Mary Ann (Burgoyne) Gucker ~ Daughter Mary Ann Burgoyne (1861-1941) was born in about 1861 in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. In 1885, at the age of about 24, she was joined in wedlock with Jacob H. "Jake" Gucker (1853-1922). The four known children they produced together were Ethel Goforth, L. Edith Helf, Ana Estella Housh and William Evan Gucker. In the 1890s, the family resided in Melrose, KS and in Guthrie, Logan County, OK in 1909. Their address in Guthrie in 1922 was 320 South First Street. Jacob was the first of the couple to die, in Guthrie, on Oct. 10, 1922. A brief death notice was printed in the Guthrie Daily Leader. His remains were placed under the sod in Summit View Cemetery. Mary Ann outlived him by nearly two decades, and in 1939 was in Houston, TX. She joined him in eternity in 1941. Daughter Ethel Gucker (1885-1928) was born in Dec. 1885. She lived in Chetopa, KS in 1902, and that May, when her friend Laura Allen came from Galena to visit, they were taken on a fishing trip by Ethel's future husband. On April 16, 1903, she married Edward Goforth (1879-1965). Their wedding was conducted at the residence of Mr. White, and the Columbus (KS) Modern Light said that "Their many friends join in wishing them a long and joyous life." Two known offspring were Maude M. Tompkins Morrow and Delbert D. Goforth. Sadness cascaded over the family when, at about age 43, she passed away in 1928. The cause is not yet known. Interment was under the sod of Fairview Cemetery in Melrose, KS. Edward survived her by 37 years and married again to (?) Breen, becoming a stepfather to Coe Breen and Nellie Hill. His home was in the vicinity of Melrose, KS for many years until a move to Commerce, OK in about 1960. He died in a Commerce rest home on Jan. 13, 1965, with the Parsons Sun printing an obituary.
Daughter L. Edith Gucker (1891-1973) was born in 1891 in Melrose, KS. She grew up in Guthrie, Logan County, OK. On Sept. 1, 1910, in nuptials held at the United Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City, she wedded Julius Milo "Buck" Helf (Oct. 26, 1889-1957), who came to Oklahoma from Livingston, MO in his infancy. Presbyterian Church pastor Rev. Fred G. Wright led the ceremony. A story about the wedding in the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman said that the couple made a wedding trip to Baxter Springs, KS to see relatives. They bore these known children -- Lorene Brackeen Parnell, Bill Helf, Robert Lester Helf, James R. Helf and Bertie Estelle McMichael. Sadness blanketed the family when sons Bill died at age five in 1918 and Robert at age three in 1930. Among those traveling to attend little Robert's funeral and burial at Camp Russell Cemetery were Mrs. Ray Purvis and Mrs. T.M. Housh of Blackwell, OK. As of 1917, the Helfs lived in Augusta, KS, with Julius working as a blacksmith helper at Bridgeport Machine Company. Then in 1920, this family was in Lawrie, Logan County, OK. They moved in 1929 from Guthrie into Oklahoma City, where Julius found work as a foreman in a welding shop and in 1940 was a driver for American Machine and Iron Works. They were members of the First Methodist Church and had an address in the early 1940s of 2600 Southwest 38th Street. Federal census records for 1950 show Julius employed as a steam/electrical engineer at an air depot. Then in 1951, the Helfs moved to Del City, OK with him working as a field steam engineer at Tinker Air Force Base, and their address at 4028 Mallard Drive. They changed their church membership to Sunny Lane Methodist. Sadly, at the age of 66, Julius suffered a heart attack in June 1956 and never really recovered. He lingered for nine months and died on March 8, 1957. His obituary was published in the Del City News. Edith's home in her final years was in Oklahoma City at 11 Northeast 3. As her health failed, she was admitted to Mercy Hospital where she succumbed to death at the age of 81 on Sept. 11, 1973. An obituary in the Daily Oklahoman said that she was survived by her daughter Lorene of the home, daughter Bertie McMichael of San Bernardino, CA and her brother William of Houston, TX.
Daughter Ana Estella Gucker ( ? -1956) was born in (?). She dwelled in Guthrie, OK in young womanhood. In time she married Lester Housh and moved to Houston, TX. She died at home on Oct. 3, 1956. Word was sent to relatives in Guthrie, and an obituary was printed in the Guthrie Daily Leader.
Son William "Evan" Gucker (1897-1981) was born in 1897. He made a home in Houston, TX in 1947, Fairbanks, TX in 1956 and back in Houston in 1973. He is believed to be the father of Ethel Grace Gucker.
~ Son Charles Wesley Burgoyne ~ Son Charles Wesley "Charlie" Burgoyne (1864-1928) was born on Aug. 14, 1864 in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. His residence in 1901-1909 was in Guthrie, OK, and he is believed to have been active with the May Council of the Knights and Ladies of Security. Evidence suggests that his dwelling-place in 1923 was in Cushing, OK. At the age of 63, he succumbed to death on Feb. 5, 1928. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery in Melrose, Cherokee County, KS.
~ Daughter Elizabeth Bell Burgoyne ~ Daughter Elizabeth Bell "Lizzie" Burgoyne (1870- ? ) was born in about 1870 in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. Heartache shook the family when she died at the age of two on April 14, 1872. Her tender remains are in repose in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Catlin. Her brother James, who died the same year, rests in the same grave plot under the same upright shaft.
~ Daughter Nancy B. "Nannie" (Burgoyne) McNemar ~ Daughter Nancy B. "Nannie" Burgoyne (1872-1952) was born on July 6, 1872 in Danville, Vermilion County, IL. She wedded Albert Sidney Johnston McNemar (Jan. 31, 1865-1951), a native of Parkersburg, Wood County, WV who was born near the end of the Civil War and named for the famed Confederate general. The couple put down roots in Kansas. They were the parents of Maude B. Bull, Ruth Nash, John Edward McNemar, Homer Evan McNemar, Paul W. McNemar, Margaret Elizabeth DeHart, Virginia Lucille McNemar and Clarence Charles McNemar. Their home in 1939 was in Columbus, KS and in the early 1950s was in Melrose, Cherokee County. The Grim Reaper cut Albert away on April 11, 1951. Nancy died at the age of 80 on Aug. 28, 1952, in Columbus, Cherokee County. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Melrose. Daughter Maude B. McNemar (1898-1982) was born in 1898. She was joined in marriage with Clinton Bull ( ? - ? ). In 1926, they were in Salisburg, MO. Sadness swept over the family when three-year-old son Meryl Bull died on April 2, 1928, with a notice printed in the Columbus High School Record. Daughter Ruth McNemar (1900-1991) wedded (?) Nash. Son John Edward McNemar (1902-1990) was born in 1902. He lived in Columbus, KS in 1923. Son Homer Evan McNemar (1905-1972) was born in 1905. Circa 1923, he dwelled in Columbus, KS. Son Paul W. McNemar (1907-1967) was born in 1907. At the age of 40, in 1947, he resided in Columbus, KS and worked at a job where he handled ammonia. He accidentally got some in his eyes and had to be off work for several days. Reported the Baxter Springs (KS) Jayhawker, "While the accident was quite painful no permanently serious consequences resulted from it." Daughter Margaret Elizabeth McNemar (1909-2003) was born in 1909. She married (?) DeHart. Daughter Virginia Lucille McNemar (1911-1997) was born in 1911. At the age of 19, in 1930, she made a home in Melrose, KS. Son Clarence Charles McNemar (1918-2008) was born in 1918.
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