"There were few settlers in that part at that time. The only roads we had were  wagon- tracks bushed out along the streams, and run winding around logs, etc. I had invested nearly all the means I had in land, which was just as nature had made it, an  unbroken forest.   After building a cabin, I moved in and commenced clearing a piece for corn, etc.  Having a large family  and  no  money  to  buy  provisions  with,  and being indebted  about  $40.00, it looked  as if we must starve or leave  the County. Add to this the fact that owing to the wet condition  of  the  country;  ague and fever was a regular visitor to every family, nearly the whole summer, and my house  not  an exception.  Game was plenty, but I was never a hunter.   Our provisions chiefly  consisted of cornbread or mush,  made  of  meal pounded in a mortar or ground on a hand mill,  and  milk.  Five head of my cattle,  including all the milch cows I had,  run away and I never found them. This left us  with  nothing  but our cornbread to subsist upon.  One day some cows belonging to a neighbor came by the house, when the
children,  being  too  small  to know right from wrong, asked their  mother  to  milk them, so they could have something to eat.  My wife refused, then one of the children in its simplicity, asked if the milk was not good. I had no money to buy another cow with. I found a kind neighbor who loaned me a cow  for  a  short time. Afterwards I went to Licking County, where my relatives resided, who furnished me with a cow which
I  drove  out,  but  owing to her feeble condition,  I had to leave her at Upper Sandusky a week to recruit up.

SAMUEL HARRIS,   son of  Abram HARRIS  and Esther DENMAN was born  in  Greene County, Pennsylvania 6 April 1808. He  emigrated with  his parents to Knox County, Ohio in the fall of 1827. He married Mary E. BATESON of Licking County, Ohio 2 November 1834 by  whom  he  had eight children. Mr. and Mrs.  Harris after their  marriage remained in Licking County until the fall of  1839 when they moved to Putnam County, Ohio, where they remained the balance of their lives.  Samuel died 16 Nov
1898 aged 90 y 7m 10 d, and Mary died 14/16 August 1852 aged 37 y 9 m 14 d.   They had eight children. Mary E. BATESON was born 30 Nov 1815 in Washington Co., PA. the  daughter  of Henry BATESON Jr.  and Elizabeth LARAMORE.  Samuel married 2nd.  Catherine ________?  Catherine died 24 February 1881, aged 73y 4m.  All three buried in Harmon Cemetery, Blanchard Twp, Putnam County, Ohio. 

1. Alexander Rudolphous Harris  b. 12 Nov 1835 d. 22 February 1911 m. Nancy J. CRAWFIS 14 Nov 1862 b. 26 Apr 1845 d. 28 October 1880 m. 2nd Mary C. LARKINS 26 Nov 1881  b. 1857 d. 1928   LARKINS FAMILY

Alexander Harris (picture below)

2. Samuel B. Harris born  5 June 1838 d. 2 Dec 1863 Born in Licking County, Ohio. Died in Memphis, Tennessee during battle of Civil War, buried in Nashville.

3. Abner Harris  PHOTO   born  6 Nov 1840 d. 26 Nov 1902. m. Elizabeth WILKINS 29 February 1876. Elizabeth born 30 Dec 1848 in Leipsic, Ohio and died 17 April 1940 at Clay Center, Kansas.  

4. Elzy Harris b. 28 Apr 1842 m. Martha RUKLE Nov 1867

5. Bateson Harris b. 20 Apr 1844 d. 20 Jan 1913   Obit and Civil War Photo  m. Hannah BLAIN 15 Dec 1867

6. Lloyd Stansbery Harris b. 30 June 1846 d. 1927  m. Caroline WILKINS 11 Mar 1869  b. 1846 d. 1914

7. Mary E. Harris b.  8 Apr 1848 d.  1919 m. John W. WILKINS b. 1839 d. 1913

8. Easter Harris b. 29 June 1850 d. 26 May 1912 m. John C. BRACY 30 July 1868 b. 20 February 1849 d. 26 Sept 1931

Brazee/Bracy Family History

                     AUGUST REDD

Well situated on the Ottawa road in Pleasant township, Putnam County, Ohio, there is a farm,  which by reason of the well kept  appointment and the general air of quiet prosperity which  characterize it, not infrequently excited the admiring remarks  of the casual passerby. There is something about the appearance of the state, that strangers, passing through, will  want  to  comment  on  most favorably, as indicative of quiet personal thrift and modest gentility.  Among the farms thus marked, there are few in the section in which it is located  that  is  better  known  than that of August Redd, a
brief  biography of whom the historian finds pleasure in here calling to the attention of the reader of this sketch.

August Redd  was  born  in Blanchard township, Putnam County, Ohio on March 8, 1860  the son of John and Eliza (DeVinney) Redd the former of whom  was born in Fairfield County, Ohio on May 31, 1815 and the  latter of whom was born in the same County on April 12, 1824.

John Redd  grew  up in Fairfield County, experiencing all the difficulties of the pioneer life of that time. On October 11, 1840,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Eliza DeVinney, the daughter of John and  Ann  (Umwake)  DeVinney,  the former of
whom  was born on August 15, 1802. John DeVinney died on June 12, 1842  and his widow was married a second time in 1846 to August Koch and died, November 11, 1881.

Following their marriage,  John and Eliza Redd came from Fairfield County to  Putnam  County,  settling in Ottawa township, where they bought a farm on which they remained for a time and then moved to Columbus. Here they lived for a period  of  five years, at which time they returned to Putnam County and  rented  a farm in Blanchard township, where their son August, the immediate  subject  of  this sketch was born. After farming there for a time, John Redd  bought the farm in Pleasant township, where his son August now lives, and there he  and  his  wife  spent  the rest of their lives, his death
occuring May 14, 1885,  at the age of eighty-five years, nine months,  and  eighteen  days. John Redd became an influential member  of the community in which his latter years were spent and  his  voice  was  always  given consideration in the discussion of measures designed  to increase the general welfare of the neighborhood. He was a strong democrat, and though not an office-seeker, ever took a  good citizens part in the political affairs of the County.

He  had been reared in the Presbyterian church and he and his wife  were  active  in the good works of the community, being properly regarded  as among the leaders in the section of the County in which they lived.

On  October 29, 1885, August Redd was united in marriage to Ada Elizabeth Harris, who was born in Blanchard township, Putnam County,  on March 29, 1868 the daughter of Alexander R. Harris and Nancy J. (Crawfis) Harris.

Alexander Rudolphous Harris was born on November 12, 1833 in Licking County, Ohio and came to Putnam County when he was a young  boy, about the year 1838, with his parents, Samuel Harris and Mary (Bateson) Harris who settled in Blanchard township.   Here he grew to manhood and on October 14, 1862 was united in marriage with Nancy Jane Crawfis, daughter of Lewis H. Crawfis and Mary Ann (Henderson) Crawfis, who, for more than twenty years,  made him a faithful and competent helpmate and who bore him nine children as follows:

Samuel Louis, lives in Alberta, Canada; Edson G.H. lives in Brady Twp., Saginaw County, Michigan;  Ada Elizabeth,  wife of August Redd; Anna, married Duff Bracy, and lives in Branch County, Michigan;  Blanch, married Frank Bowman  and lives in Saginaw County, Michigan; Laura, married Ed Phillips and lives in Wood County, Ohio; Pearl, married Ben Hissong, and lives in Benton Ridge, Ohio;  John, Pearl's twin brother is deceased, as is Henry, the last born.

The mother of these children died, October 20, 1880 and on November 28, 1881 Mr Harris married secondly to Mary Catherine Larkins,  daughter of James Washington Larkins and Catherine Robenault, to which union there were born nine children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being;

Nettie,  who married Wallace Boyd; Mary (Mamie) Catherine, who married  George S. Boyd  (not related to Wallace Boyd); Alma, who married William Reynolds is deceased; Bateson, who married Florence Bliss; Dora, who married Edwin E. Walker; Hazel married Leon Jeffery, James W. L., and Katherine King. All of the survivors reside in Michigan with the exception of Mary Catherine who lives in Louisiana.

Following  his second  marriage, Alexander R. Harris moved, with his family,  in the fall of 1883, to Brady township, Saginaw County,  Michigan, where he farmed until his death, February 25, 1911.  His widow is still living on the farm in Saginaw County.

Mr. Redd is essentially a  "home man",  a kind father and indulgent provider. He is the owner of a good farm and a fine home,  and  is rated as among the most substantial men in his neighborhood.

This sketch must have been written  after  1911  and  prior to 1928, when my great- grandmother Mary  Catherine  (Larkins)  Harris  died.  The  author  is unknown to me.

Louis/Lewis Redd was born 1857 in Ottawa County, Ohio, and died 29 March 1941 in Norton, Kansas.  He was a son of John and Eliza (DeVinney) Redd. Louis married 31 October 1883, Nancy Ann Keener who was born 29 August 1863 near Winslow, DeKalb County, Missouri.  Nancy died 25 February 1933 in Norton, Kansas.  Nancy was 15 years old when she came to Norton County with her parents.  After the marriage, they lived on a farm near Oronoque, moving to Norton in 1899 and with the exception of a few years on the Pacific coast, Norton was their home.  Their home still stands, in good condition at 310 West Pearl Street in 1993.
Picture of Lewis and Nancy

Lou owned and operated a sand pit, located on the back of his land.  His pit furnished all the sand for the installation of the brick streets of Norton.

Nancy in her later years was confined to a wheel-chair due to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis.  She was a member of the First Baptish Church, Norton, the King's daughters Sunday School Class, Women's Missionary Society at Church, and the Auxilliary of the American Legion. (Source: Obituary, Norton Daily Transcript, March, 1933)  Nancy and Louis rest in the Norton Cemetery.  Nancy and Lou had seven children:    
 Picture of the family

1. Zelma Redd born Oronoque, KS 12 Mar 1885 and died 5 Aug 1888

2. Bertha Maud Redd born Oronoque, KS 22 July 1886 died 1955 at Fort Collins,
Colorado.  Married 1907 Floyd Parker.  Bertha attended Teachers College at Monmouth, Oregon, taught school in and near Norton.  After her marriage she lived in Colby, Kansas, moving to Ft. Lupton, CO and then to Fort Collins. Two children born to them: a. Jessie Parker b. 1912 lived in San Diego, CA in 1981. b. Floyd Parker lived in Brookings, SD in 1981. He was a college professor.

3. James Riley Redd born Oronoque, KS 23 may 1889 and died 2 June 1973 in Whittier, CA, married 24 May 1912, Gertrude Moreland.  Jim was a bookkeeper and lived in Denver, CO and Bisbee, AZ.  He moved to Whittier, CA in 1919 and was a real-estate broker.  Gertrude died in 1963.  Two children: a. James Riley Redd Jr. lived in San Jose, CA 1981 and b. Robert Redd lived in LaHaba, CA in 1981. Real estate broker.

4.  Ernest Charles Redd born Oronoque, KS 23 May 1891 and died 13 Sept 1918 in Xaammes, France during WWI.  The Harmonson-Redd American Legion Post in Norton, KS was named in his honor.

5.  LaVern Ann Redd born Norton, KS 18 May 1894 married 13 February 1915, Arthur
Flemming. Arthur was a pharmacist in Norton for several years, moved to Kansas City, KS and owned his own pharmacy.  LaVern and Arthur retired to Florida in 1969.
Both still living in 1981.  No Issue.
 

6.  Gladys Florence Redd, born Oronoque, KS 15 July 1897 died 6 October 1981, married Martin Hershey in Corvallis, Oregon.  Martin died 11 Dec 1964 in Alhambra, CA.
Gladys lived in Whittier for 25 years and Martin was employed by Ford Motors.
No issue.

7.  Mildred Marie (Midge) Redd born Norton, KS 27 Aug 1902 died late Dec 1984 or
early Jan 1985 at Corvallis, OR.  Married 1928, Butler Newton Woods.  Midge attended Kansas State Teachers College and after graduation taught school in Norton until her marriage.  In 1930 they bought the Norton Hotel.  They retired to Sun City, CA.  They had two children:  a.  Mary Ann Woods and b. Martha Sue.  Information from Gladys Redd Hersey, 1980, Alhambra, California

       Pictures courtesy Olive D. Keener okeener "at" juno.com

 
                       Redd, Norton County, Kansas

The Redd family established? (or at least it was named for them) a long-defunct town in Norton County, Kansas and I would like to add this account to the very little information I have about Redd.

Here's what I know:
Redd had a post office from 26 Mar 1883 to 18 Aug 1886, the first postmaster was Mary C. Rule.  The town is marked on a map from the 1899 Peerless Atlas, but not in the 1900 Norton County Plat Map.  A history of Oronoque, located just a few miles to the south, which was published in 1942, states that the Redd post office was located "on the farm of B.P. Rule's father (now the Bent Doolittle farm) before there was a town of Oronoque.  The Oronoque townsite was surveyed for plat on 22 June 1885, and the Oronoque post office established on 04 Nov 1885.

I have yet to figure out who B.P. Rule's father was, but in 1900 Norton County Plat Map Atlas B.P. Rule and J.R. Rule owned 240 acres in the S 1/2 Sec 33, (Garfield Township, Town 2 South, Range 24 West).

So I'm guessing that is the most likely location of the Redd post office, even though John Redd owned the NW 1/4 Sec 6, Leota Township and August Redd owned the SW 1/4, Sec 6, Leota Township (Township 3 South, Range 24 West), according to the 1900 Plat Map.

It will probably take a trip to Topeka to the State Historical Society to confirm my suspicions, which probably won't happen any time soon.

Notes: Isaac Keener was born June 3, 1840, in Indiana county, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran.  In 1878 he moved to Leota township.  In 1883, he was elected Sheriff of Norton county, and in 1885 and 1893 he was appointed postmaster at Oronoque where he and his son, Jacob were engaged in the mercantile business.  Mr. Keener died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lew (Louis) Redd, in this city, in 1914, and was buried at Norcatur.

Notes:  Zelma Redd, daughter of Louis and Nancy (Keener) Redd born 12 Mar 1885 and died 5 Aug 1888. Estella Redd died 18 May 1896, dau. of J.J. and E.A. Redd

Ardie Grimes    https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ksnorton
 
 More on Redd from Douglas Redd
 

ALEXANDER RUDOLPHOUS HARRIS, first son of Samuel Harris and Mary E.  BATESON was born 12 November 1835 (Keifer) (Cemetery stone  has the date 1833) in  Knox County, Ohio.  He died in Saginaw County, Michigan 28 February 1911, and is buried in the Ridge Road Cemetery near Oakley, Michigan. He married first Nancy Jane CRAWFIS (Keifer spelled the name CROPIS) on 14 October 1862. Nancy was born 26 April 1845 the daughter of Lewis N. CRAWFIS and Mary Ann HENDERSON. Lewis was the son of Nicholas CRAWFIS and Mary Magdaline McELROY. Nancy Jane died October 20, 1880 leaving a husband and eight surviving children.  One  child died at the time of birth. [History of Putnam County, Ohio 1880]

More Larkins Data

LARKINS 1936 Reunion Photo and other Data

Alexander married second Mary Catherine LARKINS 26 November 1881 and removed to Brady township, Saginaw County, Michigan in  the  fall  of  1883. They had nine children of whom seven survived  to  adulthood. Mary was born 18 September 1857 in
Putnam County, Ohio  the daughter  of  James Washington LARKINS and Catherine ROBENALT.  She died 17 May 1928.
 FAMILY PHOTO CIRCA 1907

2. Edson Gait Howard Harris b. 17 Sept 1865 d. 13 Nov 1944 m. Minnie May CAPEN b.  1 July 1875 d. 22 Apr 1963

3. Ada Elizabeth Harris b. 29 Mar 1868 d. 22 October 1931 m. August REDD 29 October 1885 b.  8 Aug 1859 d. 27 Aug 1931

4. Anna Caroline Harris b.  3 Jan 1870 d. 21 Apr 1916 m. Andrew BRACY 9 Sep 1886     b.  3 October 1867 d. 18 February 1938

5. Blanche May Harris b.  3 Aug 1872 d. 15 Nov 1945 m. Francis BOWMAN  26 October 1889  b. 24 October 1866 d. 25 October 1935

6. Laura D. Harris  b. 15 Aug 1873 d. 22 Jan 1954 m. Edward W. PHILLIPS b. 19 Nov 1863 d. 3 Mar 1943.

9. Henry G. Harris b.  5 Sept 1880 d. 5 Sept 1880
 

  CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER R. HARRIS and MARY CATHERINE LARKINS
 

1. Nettie Elvira Harris b. 20 Nov 1882 d.  5 Jan 1966 m. Wallace Boyd (not closely related to George below) d. 6 Jan 1929 m. 2nd  ______? BIRD
Nettie and Wallace Boyd data and Hazel and Leon Jeffery Photo

2. Mary(Mamie) Catherine Harris b. 19 Jan 1884 d. 31 Mar 1972 m.      George S. BOYD 6 May 1906    b. 27 Jan 1885 d. 28 Mar 1946

3. Alma Maranda Harris b. m. William REYNOLDS             b.

4. Bateson Adebert Harris b. 17 Apr 1887 d. 18 Dec 1964 m. Florence BLISS 26 Mar 1911 b.  7 October 1892 d. 26 October 1977

5. Dora Alphazine Harris b. 16 Sept 1889 d. 21 July 1981 m. Edwin E. WALKER 20 October 1907  b. 22 October 1888 d. 15 October 1956

6. Hazel Harris  d. 24 July 1958 m. Leon JEFFERY (see photo link above)

7. Ina Katherine Harris b. 1895 m. Edward KING

8. James W.L. Harris b. 27 Aug 1897 d. 16 Dec 1961 m. 1st Minerva HAMMOND b.  2 Nov 1900 d. 21 Sep 1962 m. 2nd Anna _________? (Div) m. 3rd Dora HANSON (no issue)

9. Ariadenne Harris b. 1900 d. same day
 

SAMUEL B. HARRIS Jr., son of Samuel B. HARRIS and Mary BATESON was born 5 June 1838 in Licking County, Ohio.  During the Civil War he enlisted in Company F Fourth Regiment Iowa Volunteers. He died in his country's service 2 Dec 1863 and
is buried in Nashville, Tennessee.   

ABNER HARRIS,  PHOTO  son of Samuel HARRIS Sr., and Mary BATESON was born 6 Nov 1840 in Putnam County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth WILKINS 29 February 1876. Elizabeth was born 30 Dec 1848 at Leipsic, Ohioand died 17 April 1940. They emigrated to Clay County, Kansas.

1. Caroline Gertrude Harris born 10 Dec 1876 at Clay Center, Kansas.                              2. Howard S. Harris born 1879 and died 2 August 1879.  
More on Caroline's descendants

ELZY E. HARRIS, son of Samuel B. HARRIS Sr. and Mary BATESON was born 28 Apr 1842 in Putnam County, Ohio. He married in Nov 1867 Martha RUKLE by whom he had two children.

LLOYD STANSBERY HARRIS, son of Samuel B. HARRIS Sr., and Mary BATESON was born 30 June 1846 in Putnam County, Ohio. He married 11 Mar 1869 Caroline WILKINS. Mr. Harris was a farmer and a stock dealer and lived near Ottawa, Putnam County,
Ohio. Lloyd died in 1927 and Caroline was born in 1846 and died in 1914. They had no children.
 

BATESON HARRIS, son of Samuel B. HARRIS Sr., and Mary BATESON was born 20 April 1844. He died in 1914 in Leipsic, Putnam County, Ohio.  He married Hannah BLAIN of Delaware County, Ohio 15 Dec 1867 by whom he had one child.

Mr.  Harris, at the breaking out of the War of Rebellion, enlisted 15 July 1862 in Company G, Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteers at Columbus, Ohio. The Company was commanded by Hon. John M.  Humphrey of Delaware County. He served until 17 June 1865 when he was mustered out of the service.

1. Daisy M. Harris b. 12 Apr 1979
 

MARY E. HARRIS, daughter of Samuel B. HARRIS Sr., and Mary BATESON was born 8 April 1848 in Putnam County, Ohio. She married 26 Dec 1867 John W. WILKINS of Licking County, Ohio. Mary died in 1919 and John died in 1915. They had five children four daughters and one son.

4. Irl Fike Harris b.  9 Dec 1907 d.  6 February 1944 m. Daisy _______? b.  6 February 1915.
 

2. Eva Harris b. 1895 and died at three months.

3. Charles Samuel Harris b. 22 Nov 1895 d. 29 Dec 1965 m. Marinda McDOUGAL 17 Nov 1917 b. 23 Apr 1895 d.  5 Dec 1938

4. Mary E. B. Harris b. 30 Apr 1898 d. m. Ervin TRUMBLE 1 Sept 1916 b. 27 Mar 1897 d. 29 June 1967

5. Frank Harris b. 1901 Saginaw County, died at six months.

6. Henry Howard Harris b. 22 Sept 1902 d. 12 Jan 1985, Owosso, MI. m. Mable WESTERVELT 17 Mar 1924 b. 27 Aug 1906 d. 10 Aug 1977

7. Clara Pearl Harris b. 10 July 1905 d.  6 Sept 1984 m. 1st Lavern WESTERVELT 1923   b. 29 Aug 1900 d. 14 February 1962 m. 2nd Berna HEGLER

8. Locele Irene Harris b. 17 May 1908 d. 11 May 1993 m. Ernest J. WICKE 22 May 1927  b. 26 Nov 1903 d. 10 October 1988

9. Lyal E. Harris b.  5 July 1913 d.  4 Apr 1971 m. 1st Lillian YAKET 1940 b. 27 February 1912 d. 15 Mar 1959 m. 2nd Marie GODFREY

10. Dortha E. Harris b.  3 Sept 1915 m. Paul Charles PLATNER 29 October 1933  b. 12 Dec 1912  d. 3 August 2003. Paul was the son of  Lewis and Maud (Bond) Platner

1. William Putnam Redd b. 16 Dec 1887 d.  7 Sept 1966 m. Zoe A. SMITH b.  5 Nov 1882 d.  7 Sept 1966

2. Lucy Blanche Redd b. 17 October 1889 d. 29 July 1953 m. George Ralph AGNER  b.  4 Aug 1886 d. 20 Mar 1931

3. Zelma Redd  b.  4 Sept 1896 m. Willard S. JONES b. 10 October 1896

4. Gertrude Redd b. 12 July 1900 d. 13 Jan 1960 m. Dale L. TROYER b.  8 May 1897 d. 26 October 1962

5. Florence Evelyn Redd
 

ANNA CAROLINE HARRIS, daughter of Alexander R. Harris and Nancy J.  CRAWFIS, was born, 3 Jan 1870, in Putnam County, Ohio.  She died 24 April 1916 in Branch County, Michigan. She married Andrew (Duff) BRACY, 9 Sept 1886, who was born 3 October 1867 and died 18 February 1938.

They lived in New Baltimore, Ohio until 1909, when they moved to Butler Township in Branch County, Michigan. They purchased 40 acres in Section 29 and moved into a log cabin on the property.  Their family at this time consisted of a married daughter, Mindie Caroline Boyd, wife of John Henry Boyd, a son John Howard Bracy, a son August Bracy, and another daughter, Harriet Idell Bracy.  Duff remarried 6 April 1918,
to Mildred Elizabeth NORTON, born 22 August 1900. Five children were born to them. They bought the 40 acres across the road from the original farm in 1934. Duff was a farmer but also worked as a lineman for the local power company. Andrew Duff Bracy was the son of John BRAZEE and Sarah PENCE of Putnam County, Ohio.

1. Mindie Caroline Bracy b. 20 Nov 1887 m. John Henry Boyd b. 17 June 1883 d. 19 June 1953

2. John Howard Bracy b. 13 Apr 1891 * PHOTO m. Gertrude HOLMES b.  9 Sept 1892 d.  6 October 1932 m. Bessie SHENEFIELD b.  8 May 1891

3. August A. Bracy b. 23 Aug 1897 d.    Apr 1951 m. Emma LALONE b. 14 February 1895

4. Harriette Idell Bracy b.  5 July 1900 d. 18 February 1987 m. Vernon L. HOLMES 7 February 1918 b. 12 Sept 1897 d.  3 Sept 1958

                Children from second marriage

6.  Leo Duff Bracy b. 31 Aug 1921 d. 29 Sep 1977 m. Marcella Ruth CRUM 5 Sept 1943

7.  Ethyl Mildred Bracy b. 31 Jan 1924 m. Frank Rumsey CRUM 16 February 1945

8.  Iva May Bracy  b.  3 Aug 1931 m.  Theodore JAHR 31 Dec 1949

9.  Lauren Lee Bracy b.  8 July 1934 m. Lois Ann LOCKE 25 Mar 1956

10. Janet Elaine Bracy b. 12 Nov 1937 m. Robert THOMPSON 2 February 1957 divorced
m. Lee HYLIARD 20 July 1961

"Duff" Bracy was 50 when he married 17 year old Mildred Elizabeth Norton.  His last child, Janet, was born when he was 70.  He died the next year.
 

BLANCHE MAY HARRIS, OBIT daughter of Alexander R. Harris and Nancy Jane CRAWFIS was born 3 August 1872 in Putnam County, Ohio. She died 14 November 1945 in Brady Township. She married Francis BOWMAN who was born in Erie County, Buffalo, New York 24 October 1866 and died 25 October 1935 in Brady Township,
Saginaw County, Michigan.

1. Sarah Bowman b. 11 Jan 1891 d. 14 Apr 1962 m. Joseph H. WALKER 8 Mar 1911  b.  9 February 1891 d. 1970

2. Anna Bowman b. 20 Apr 1895 m. Claud CONKLIN m. 2nd Hayward BRUFF b. 26 Dec 1899 d. 26 Sept 1968

3. Clara Bowman b.  5 May 1897 d. 23 Aug 1965 m. Franklin D. BATES b. 14 June 1897 d. 26 July 1942

4. Helen Bowman b. 14 June 1901 d. 12 June 1991 (OBIT) m. Archie SMITH 21 Dec 1920    d. 16 Mar 1968

5. Francis Bowman b. 21 Aug 1906 d. 25 Mar 1912
 

LAURA IDELL HARRIS, daughter of Alexander R. Harris and Nancy Jane CRAWFIS was born 15 August 1875 in Putnam County, Ohio. She married Edward W. PHILLIPS who was born 19 November 1863 and died 3 March 1943. Laura died 22 January 1954 in Oak Harbor, Ohio.

1. Lois Phillips b. 26 Jan 1896 m. Floyd LONG b. 30 Dec 1894

2. Charley Phillip b. 15 Mar 1898 m. Mamie L. WETTEMYER b.  7 Sept 1901 d. 17 Jan 1965

3. Emery Phillips b. 26 July 1907 d. 26 Jan 1966 m. Leona DONKLEMAN b. m. 2nd Agnes CONVERT b. 11 February 1902 d.  2 Mar 1963
 

MINDIE CAROLINE BRACY, daughter of Andrew D. Bracy and Anna C. HARRIS, was born 20 Nov 1887 in Putnam County, Ohio. She married John Henry BOYD in Ohio, who was born 17 June 1883 and died 19 June 1953. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio,
the son of Richard L.  BOYD and Phoebe Elnora WESTBROOK. (see "History of the Boyd Family by Richard G. Boyd", 1991.) They moved to Branch County, Michigan with Mindie's parents in 1909. John was a salesman and lived most of his life in Branch County. They had one child: Anna Delphine Boyd.

1. Anna Delphine Boyd
 

HARRIETTE IDELL BRACY, daughter of Andrew D. Bracy and Anna C. HARRIS was born 5 July 1900 in New Baltimore, Wood Co., Ohio.  She married Vernon Leslie HOLMES 7 February 1918 in Quincy, Michigan. He was born 12 September 1896 in Paulding County, Ohio and died 3 Sept 1958 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Both are buried in the Lakeview cemetery in Quincy, Michigan.  They had three children.

1. Edna Bernadine Holmes b.  1 Dec 1918 m. James D. SARVER 8 February 1936 b. 22 May 1915 d. 11 Dec 1943 m. Mount Carmon GILKEY

2. Leslie Millard Holmes b. 31 Aug 1921 d.  6 July 1976 m. Helen Mae IRELAN 1 Jan 1942  b.  4 Jan 1924

3. Gerald Bernard Holmes b.  6 Jan 1935 m. Joyce W. NAGEL 18 July 1958 b. 30 Mar 1933
 

LEO DUFF BRACY, son of Andrew D. Bracy and Mildred E. NORTON was born 31 Aug 1921 in Quincy, Branch County, Michigan and died 29 Sept 1977 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. He was a pilot and was flying near an erupting volcano when clouds engulfed the area and the plane crashed in the Volcano National Park. Leo was killed in the crash. (History of Branch County, Michigan, The Branch County Historical Society, 1979).

Leo joined the U.S. Navy in 1940. He was on the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck starting World War II. He saw much battle on the USS Lexington in the Coral Sea when that ship was bombed. He served on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans during the war.

On September 5, 1943 he married Marcella Ruth CRUM born 7 June 1923 at Griswold, Iowa. After he was discharged from the Navy they moved to California to make their home at Redondo Beach.

Leo was a plumber and owned his own business which he sold to his son Gordon in 1975. Leo and his wife then moved to the State of Washington and in 1977 moved to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii where he died. They had three children.

1. Marcia Jade Bracy b.  5 July 1946 m. _______? KAZADI

2. Gordon Duff Bracy b.  4 Jan 1948 m. Elise _______?

3. Stanley David Bracy b. 13 Sept 1950 m. Nancy _______?
 

EDNA BERNADINE HOLMES, daughter of Vernon L. Holmes and Harriette I. Bracy was born 1 Dec 1918 in Quincy, Michigan. She married James Dallas SARVER 8 February 1936 in Wood County, Ohio. He was born 22 May 1915 in Bowling Green, Illinois.  He
died 11 Dec 1943 in Wayne County, MI., and is buried in the Buchannan cemetery in Herrick, Illinois.

1. Barbara Idelle Sarver b.  2 May 1937 m. Michael W. BUDNIK 22 Mar 1954  b. 26 June 1937

2. Dallas Vernon Sarver b. 11 July 1939 m. Bessie E. FERGUSON  July 1958 divorced
 

LESLIE MILLARD HOLMES, son of Vernon L. Holmes and Harriet I. BRACY was born 31 Aug 1921 in Albion, Michigan. He married 1 Jan 1942 Helen Mae IRELAN born 4 Aug 1924 in Pontiac, MI. She is the daughter of James IRELAN and Emma KILBORN. Leslie
died 6 July 1976 in W. Palm Beach and is buried at Evergreen cemetery in Okeechobee, Florida. They had three children.

1. David Leslie Holmes b. 18 Sept 1945 m. Anita E. LAMB 1 Jly 1967 b.  3 July 1949

2. Linda Lee Holmes b.  1 October 1947 m. Gerald SHAW   divorced

3. Judith Ann Holmes b.  6 Dec 1948 m. Marion NEWTON 15 Jan 1965 .

GERALD BERNARD HOLMES, son of Vernon L. Holmes and Harriet I. BRACY was born 6 Jan 1935 in Albion, Michigan. He married Joyce Wilma NAGEL 18 July 1958 in Lincoln Park, Michigan. She was born 30 Mar 1933 Wayne County, Michigan. They have one
child.  Joyce has a daughter by a previous marriage to MULL?

1. Linda Jean Mull b. 10 Nov 1956 m. Crigh JONES  (div)

2. Karen Ann Holmes b. 28 Apr 1959 m. Emad ALDAHBOR 23 Dec 1980  divorced
 

BARBARA IDELLE SARVER, daughter of James D. SARVER and Edna B. Holmes was born 2 May 1937 in Royal Oak, Michigan. She married Michael Walter BUDNIK 22 Mar 1954 in Springfield, Tennessee. Michael was born 26 June 1937 in Dearborn, MI.
His parents are Mike Walter BUDNIK and Julia Grace AVENDT. Barbara and Mike are Real Estate Agents in Harrison, Mi. They had four children.

1. Carmin Elaine Sarver b. 22 Mar 1953 m. Larry Jean ROWE 27 June 1970  divorced

2. Michael Walter Budnik  b.  6 Sept 1954 d.  5 October 1954

3. Julia Sue Budnik b. 30 June 1956 m. Mark D. McCLURE 23 Nov 1974  b. 17 Jan 1955

4. Michael Walter Budnik b.  5 Nov 1957 m. Cheryl A. HICKMAN 15 Sept 1979 b. 30 October 1960
 

DALLAS VERNON SARVER, son of James D. SARVER and Edna B. Holmes was born 11 July 1939 in Milford, Michigan. He married July 1958 Bessie Earline FERGUSON. They were divorced. They had three children.

1. Dallas Vernon Sarver Jr. b.  5 Apr 1959

2. Cecil Ray Sarver b. 19 Jan 1961 m. Susan _______?

3. Kenneth Lee Sarver b. 10 June 1962 m. Babette ______?

DAVID LESLIE HOLMES, son of Leslie M. Holmes and Helen Mae IRELAN was born 18 Sept 1945 in Grayling, Michigan. He married Anita Eileen LAMB 1 July 1967 daughter of George Owen LAMB Jr. and Eileen COBB. She was born 3 July 1949 in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. They had four children the first two being born in Ft. Lauderdale and the other two in Okeechobee, Florida.

LINDA JEAN MULL, daughter of ______ Mull and Joyce W. NAGEL and half sister to Karen Ann Holmes was born 10 Nov 1956. in Royal Oak, Michigan. She married Crigh JONES (div). They had a son Nicholas Clayton JONES born 26 Apr 1979 in Royal Oak.
 

KAREN ANN HOLMES, daughter of Gerald B. Holmes and Joyce Wilma NAGEL was born 28 April 1959.  She married Emad ALDAHBOR 23 Dec 1980. They are divorced. They had one child.

1. Rhana Emad Aldahbor b. 18 Sept 1982 Pontiac, MI.
 

CARMIN ELAINE SARVER, daughter of Michael W. Budnik and Barbara I. Sarver was born 22 Mar 1953 in Garden City, MI. She married Larry Gene ROWE 27 June 1970. (divorced) They had two children both born in Garden City, Michigan.

MARCH PEARL HARRIS, daughter of Alexander R. Harris and Nancy Jane CRAWFIS was born 1 March 1878 in Gilboa, Ohio and died 16 July 1953 in Benton Ridge, Ohio. She married Bonn HISSONG 5 Sept 1907 who was born 9 Aug 1884 in Benton Ridge, Ohio and died 18 Aug 1954 in an automobile accident in Findlay, Ohio.  Hissong Obit

Both are buried in the Benton Ridge cemetery.  Bonn was the son of David Earl HISSONG and Ada Lucretia JONES  They had three children, all born in Benton Ridge, Ohio. 

1. Frederick A. Hissong b. 18 Sept 1908 m. Georgia Edith BIVIN 30 Dec 1930  b. 30 Apr 1909

2. Carl M. Hissong b.  7 Apr 1911 m. Ruth ________?

3. Rowena A. Hissong  b.  1 Jan 1914
m. John W. AUGUSTINE 3 Mar 1934 b.  3 October 1912 Bowling Green
 

FREDERICK A. HISSONG, son of Bonn B. HISSONG and March Pearl Harris was born 18 Sept 1908 in Benton Ridge, Ohio. He married 30 Dec 1930 Georgia Edith BIVIN. She was born 30 April 1909 in Clifty, Kentucky daughter of George Henry BIVIN and Loanie Pearl POE. They had three children.

1. Fred Hissong Jr. b. 22 Sept 1931 m. Patsy Ruth BATES  April 1957.

2. Elizabeth Ann Hissong b.  6 Sept 1933 m. Dion K. BURNER 23 Jne 1957.

3. David Earl Hissong  b.  4 July 1935 m. Betty Jean STOUGH  Mar 1955   b.
 

ROWENA A. HISSONG, daughter of Bonn B. HISSONG and March Pearl Harris was born 1 Jan 1914 in Benton Ridge, Ohio. She married John Wesley AUGUSTINE 24 March 1934 in Decatur, Indiana. He was born 3 October 1912 in Bowling Green, Ohio son of Jesse Lane AUGUSTINE and Sarah Elizabeth HIPSHER. They had three children.

1. Donna Jean Augustine b. 31 Mar 1937 m. James L. MONTGOMERY 1 Jan 1954  b. 16 Jan 1937 and d. 22 July 1967

2. Jerry Dean Augustine b. 25 July 1939 m. Ruth Ann STEWART 17 October 1958 b.  1 Jan 1940

3. Nancy Lucretia Augustine b.  3 Aug 1942 m. Gary Lloyd KISTLER 14 Sept 1961 b.  9 May 1942
 

DONNA JEAN AUGUSTINE, daughter of John W. AUGUSTINE and Rowena A. Hissong was born 31 Mar 1937 in McComb, Hancock County, Ohio. She married James Lowell MONTGOMERY 1 Jan 1954 James was born 16 Jan 1937 and died 22 July 1967. He is buried at Thompson cemetery in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio.  They had two children.

1. Debra Jean Montgomery b. 25 June 1954 m. Paul A. GUINTHER 15 Sep 1979  b.  2 Aug 1955.

2. Wesley James Montgomery b.  6 Apr 1959 m. Debra Ann PETERMAN  23 June 1979  b.  3 Jan 1959
 

JERRY DEAN AUGUSTINE, son of John W. AUGUSTINE and Rowena A. Hissong was born 25 July 1939 in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio. He married Ruth Ann STEWART 17 October 1958 who was born 1 Jan 1940 in Bluffton. They had three children.

1. Rebecca Lynn Augustine b.  9 Apr 1959 m. Larry Jay BUCHER  10 June 1978    b. 14 Sept 1957

2. Jeffery Dean Augustine b. 21 Dec 1960 m. Kathleen TAMALA 14 Nov 1981 b. 20 Sept 1962

3. James Jason Augustine b.  8 Mar 1974
 

NANCY LUCRETIA AUGUSTINE, daughter of John W. AUGUSTINE and Rowena A. Hissong was born 3 Aug 1942 in Bluffton, Ohio. She married Gary Lloyd KISTLER 14 Sept 1961 in Rawson, Ohio. He was born 9 May 1942. They had four children.

1. Shelley Lee Kistler b.  3 Jan 1966 m. Rex BUSINGER  Dec 1980  Divorced 1985.

2. Kelley Lynn Kistler b. 24 Apr m. Gregory Scott FROST 22 Sept 1986   b. 22 Nov 1964

3. Timothy Dean Kistler b. 26 Apr

4. Anthony Howard Kistler b.  4 Nov ?
 

DEBRA JEAN MONTGOMERY, daughter of James L. MONTGOMERY and Donna Jean Augustine was born 25 June 1954 in Findlay, Ohio. She married Paul Andrew GUINTHER 15 Sept 1979. He was born 2 Aug 1955 in Toledo, Ohio. They have had one child.

1. Katie Irene Guinther b. 30 May 1983 Findlay, OH
 

WESLEY JAMES MONTGOMERY, son of James L. MONTGOMERY and Donna Jean Augustine was born 6 April 1959 in Bluffton, Ohio. He married Debra Ann PETERMAN, 23 June 1979. She was born on 3 Jan 1959. They have two children.

1. Mitchell Lee Montgomery b.  3 Aug 1985 Bluffton
2. Tracy Lyn Montgomery b. 10 Aug 1987 Bluffton

REBECCA LYNN AUGUSTINE, daughter of Jerry D. AUGUSTINE and Ruth A. STEWART was born 9 April 1959 in Bluffton, Ohio. She married Larry Jay BUCHER 10 June 1978 who was born 14 Sept 1957. They have two children.

1. Bradley Jay Bucher b.  5 July 1980 Bluffton
2. Ashley Lynn Bucher b. 26 Apr 1982 Bluffton
 

JEFFERY DEAN AUGUSTINE, son of Jerry D. AUGUSTINE and Ruth A. STEWART was born 21 Dec 1960 in Bluffton, Ohio. He married Kathleen TAMALA 14 Nov 1981 who was born 20 Sept 1962. They have two children.

1. Courtney Renae Augustine b. 19 Mar 1984 Bluffton
2. Jesse Dean Augustine b. 28 May 1987 Bluffton
 

SHELLEY LEE KISTLER, daughter of Gary L. KISTLER and Nancy L. Augustine was born 3 Jan 1966 in Findlay, Ohio. She married Rex BUSINGER in December 1980 and divorced in 1985. They had two children.

1. Gregory Lloyd Businger b. 14 June 1981 Findlay
2. Amber Lee Businger b. 17 Nov 1984 Findlay
 

KELLEY LYNN KISTLER, daughter of Gary L. KISTLER and Nancy L. Augustine was born 24 April 19__? in Findlay, Ohio. She married Gregory Scott FROST 22 Sept 1986 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was born 22 Nov 1964. They have one child.

1. Tayler Brittney Frost b. 19 Apr 1988 Dayton, OH
 

SARAH H. BOWMAN, daughter of Blanche M. Harris and Francis BOWMAN was born 11 January 1891. She married Joseph Hamlin WALKER 8 March 1911. He was the son of Joseph L. WALKER and Lillian Roancy HAMLIN and was born 9 February 1891. Sarah
died 14 April 1962 and Joseph died in 1970.  Four children:
 

1. Francis H. Walker b. 10 February 1912 d. 25 June 1945 m. Grace JOHNSON 20 Jan 1936.

2. Lillian Walker b. 27 Sept 1915 d. m. Ivan MOORE 17 Apr 1938

3. Stuart Walker b. 30 Mar 1921 m. Helen LA FLEION 19 Jan 1947

4. Helen M. Walker b. 24 July 1927 m. Richard CRASE 1 June 1947
 

CLARA CLARK BOWMAN, daughter of Blanche M. Harris and Francis BOWMAN was born 5 May 1897. She married Franklin Dewey BATES. He was born 14 June 1897 in Van Buren, Ohio son of Charles BATES and Addie URBIN who was from Indiana. They lived in Saginaw County, Michigan. F.D. was a farmer and a veterinarian. He died as a result of a fractured skull in an automobile accident 26 July 1942.  Clara died 23 August 1965 at Gratiot Community Hospital in Ithaca, MI. They had eleven children. 
  1930 School Picture of Bates and other children

1. Willard F. Bates b.  6 July 1917 Brady Twp d. 30 Dec 1988 Oakley

2. Franklin Dewey Bates b. 12 Mar 1919  d. 27 July 1979 m. Irene GRIFFUS b. 20 February 1919  d. 14 October 2004

3. Beryl Helen Bates b. 27 Aug 1920 d. 10 Jan 1993 m. Grant GRIFFUS 9 Nov 1946  b. 24 July 1920 d. 20 February 1991.

4. Emily Bates b.  4 Dec 1921 m. John A. KULJU 30 Apr 1948 b. 22 July 1918

5. Gerald Bates b. 21 April 1923 d. 30 October 1997 m. 3 February 1951, Mary Ann Stopjik b. 29 Mar 1929.

6. Blanche Bates b. m. 1st William WRIGHT.m. 2nd Dan MURPHY.

7. Elsie Bates b. 14 Aug 1927 m. Jacob E. KULJU 2 July 1949  b. 29 Dec 1922

8. Geraldine Evelyn Bates  b. 30 Dec 1930 m. Harlan L. KRAUSE 20 October 1951 b. 25 Mar 1928

9. Edna Bates b.  4 October 1934 m. Melvin E. MORSE 13 Apr 1957  b. 30 July 1931

10. J.D. Bates b. 19 Apr 1936 d. 28 Feb 2007  Obit m. Lois Ann BEHRENS 20 June 1959 b.  1 May 1938

11. Carol Lee Bates b.  m. Richard C. WHALEY 4 Nov 1960 b. 23 Nov 1937
 

FRANKLIN DEWEY BATES, son of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 12 March 1919 in Brady Twp., Saginaw County, Michigan.  He was a veteran of World War II, a member of the American Legion Post # 212, and worked at Peet Packing Company in Chesaning, Michigan. He married Irene GRIFFUS, daughter of Maurice and Dortha GRIFFUS. They had ten children.

1. Judy Bates b.  6 July 1941 m.  Dale WILLSON

2. Frank Bates m. Gloria

3. Dean Bates m. Shirley

4. Maurice (Moose) Bates b. 29 Sept 1947 Owosso d. 12 Dec 1997 Owosso. m. Phyllis

5. Larry Bates m. Cheryl SUTTER

8. Randy Bates

9. Roger Bates

10. Kevin Bates m. Sheila

Bates Irene, Chesaning, Michigan. Passed away Thursday morning, October 14, 2004, at the Chesaning Nursing Care Center, age 85. Irene was born February. 20, 1919. Her parents were Maurice and Dortha (Vincent) Griffus. Her husband Franklin 'Dewey' Bates passed away in 1979. Those left to mourn her include her children, Judy Wilson, Chesaning; Franklin (Gloria) Bates, Chapin; Dean (Shirley) Bates, Chesaning; Cheryl (Larry) Sutter, Bath; Randy Bates, Chesaning; Dawn (Randy) Burt, Saginaw; Roger Bates, Chesaning; Kevin (Sheila) Bates, Chesaning; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bernice Bellembaum, Ida (Ralph) Robinson, and Della (Bud) Sholtz. Others who have passed away include her son Maurice 'Moose' Bates in 1998 and daughter Karen 'Jill' Bates in 2003, deceased brothers and sisters, Howard, Everett, Leah, and Grant. Friends may call the The Misiuk Funeral Home of Chesaning on Friday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. Funeral service will take place on Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at The Misiuk Funeral Home of Chesaning. Rev. Dr. Sherry Parker will officiate with burial at the Ridge Road Cemetery, Brady Twp. Memorial envelopes are available at the funeral home.

WILLARD F. BATES, son of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 6 July 1917 in Brady Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. Willard never married and was a farmer in Brady Township. He served in the army during World War II. He died 30 December
1988 and is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Brady Twp.
 

BERYL HELEN BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 27 August 1920 in Brady Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. She married Grant GRIFFUS 9 November 1946. He was born 24 July 1920 in Saginaw County, Michigan son of Maurice GRIFFUS and Doretha VINCENT. Grant was in the US Army. They
had six children. Grant died 20 Februaryruary 1991 and Beryl died 10 January 1993. Both are buried in the Griffus Cemetery, Brady Twp, Chesaning, Michigan. They had six children.

1. Margaret Louise Griffus b. 24 October 1947 m. Dale Howard SPENCER 30 April 1966

2. Bethany Anne Griffus b. 18 Jan 1949 m. Dale William JACOBS 9 Aug 1975

3. David Franklin Griffus b. 17 Aug 1951 m. 1st Sharon Earlene Fowler born 23 Nov 1951, m. 2nd. Mrs. Edith _______? Wells 17 Aug 1991

6. Raymond Dean Griffus b. 20 Sept 1962 d.  1 October 1983
 

EMILY BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 4 December 1921 in Brady Twp., Saginaw County, Michigan. She married John A. KULJU 30 April 1948. He was born 22 July 1918 in Michigamme, Michigan, son of Arvid KULJU and Anna BJORKHOLM. They had one child:

1. Elsie Kathy Kulju b. 29 Jan 1949 Long Beach, CA m. Wyatt TROXEL b.  7 Aug 1948 Napa, CA
 

GERALD BATES, (Mike) son of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 21 April 1923. He married Mary Ann STOPJIK. They had five children.

1. Michael J. Bates b. 6 May 1952 m. Patricia A. WENTZ b. 7 June 1952. Children: Steven Joshua Bates and Jason Michael Bates,

2. John Bates b. 21 April 1955 m. Rebecca FOGEL b. 5 Sept 1959.  Children: Jacob, Jessica, and Tyler Bates.                                                         

3. Jim P. Bates b. 21 April 1957 m. Pam SCHROEDER

4. Patricia A. Bates b. 30 Nov 1959 m. Darren MASON

5. Linda Marie Bates b. 7 Jan 1964 m. Brian KIMMER Children: Michaela Patricia Kimmer and Briana Lynn Kimmer.

 BLANCHE BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born_______? She married 1st William WRIGHT. One daughter,  Billie Rae, who died at the age of eighteen of cancer.  married 2nd Dan MURPHY in Nevada who adopted Billie Rae. She
was in the WAVES and taught school in Michigan and in Pahrump, Nevada.

1. Billie Rae Wright.
 

2. Jeffrey Kevin Kulju b. 14 Aug 1960
 

GERALDINE EVELYN BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 30 December 1930 in Brady Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan.  She married Harlan Lee KRAUSE 20 October 1951. He was born 25 March 1928 in Brady Township. Four children:

1. Sharon Marie Krause b. 10 June 1953 m. Gilbert L. KELBEY 25 Nov 1972

2. Sherry Maritta Krause b. 10 June 1953 m. James H. SCHOCH 27 October 1973

3. Terry Lee Krause b. 25 Nov 1956 m. Susan MANDEL 8 Sept 1980

4. Julia Anne Krause b. 26 July 1965 m. Timothy R. SAYLES 12 October 1991
 

EDNA BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 4 October 1934 at home in Brady Twp., Saginaw County, Michigan. She married Melvin Eugene MORSE 13 April 1957 in Shiawassee County, Michigan. He was born 30 July 1931 in Shiawassee County, son of Thomas E. MORSE and Florence MULLIN. Edna and Melvin had three children, all born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan.

1. Robert Lee Morse b.  3 Jan 1959

2. Timothy Eugene Morse b. 16 Jan 1961

3. Gregg Allan Morse b. 23 Sept 1962 m. Melanie Saralee BARROW
 

J.D BATES, son of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 19 April 1936 in Brady Township. He married Lois Ann BEHRENS 20 June 1959 in Saginaw County, Michigan. J. D. died 28 Feb 2007. She was born 1 May 1938 in Saginaw County. They had three children all born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan.

1. Jeffrey Dean Bates b. 20 June 1961 m. Eufemia GARRIDO 2 Nov 1995

2. Scott Michael Bates b. 14 February 1963 m. Brenda HAYES 10 October 1994

3. Billie Rae Bates  b. 7 April 1968 m. April 22, 2004 Pastor Keith Ross Newland who was born  December 27, 1957.  
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CAROL LEE BATES, daughter of Clara C. Bowman and F.D. BATES was born 27 November 1939 in Brady Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. She married Richard Carl WHALEY 4 November 1960 in Chesaning, MI. He was born 23 November 1937 in Chesaning, son
of Carl WHALEY and Marie MALLEK. Richard is a farmer and  served in the US Navy. They had three children.

1. Christine Ann Whaley b. 26 May 1961 m. Randy RUTHERFORD 19 May 1990

2. Richard Carl Whaley Jr. b.  5 Nov 1964

3. Clara Jessica Whaley b. 20 Dec 1965 m. Erasmo QUINTANILLA 25 June 1993
 

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