Some Descendants of "Dr." John Woodson
Eleventh Generation
(Continued)
3602. Claudette Gaines 1 (Luther
Verlin Gaines , James Harris Gaines , Thomas Wetmore Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Claudette married Bennie Wayne Lang 1 Private. Bennie was born
Private. He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Bennie Wayne Lang 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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Scott Lang 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3607. Carol Marie Keith 1 (Nellie
Lester , Rebecca Elizabeth Gaines , Thomas Wetmore Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Carol married Charles Francis Bartsch 1 Private. Charles was born
Private. He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Keith Bartsch 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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F |
ii |
Kara Nel Bartsch 1 was born Private. She was christened Private.
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Kevin Bartsch 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3608. Shirley Ann West 1 (Irene
Lester , Rebecca Elizabeth Gaines , Thomas Wetmore Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Shirley married Odell Crawley 1 Private. Odell was born Private. He
was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Tammy Crawley 1 was born Private. She was christened Private.
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Rodney Crawley 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3609. Douglas West 1 (Irene
Lester , Rebecca Elizabeth Gaines , Thomas Wetmore Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. He
was christened Private.
Douglas married (1) Irene 1 Private. Irene was born Private. She was
christened Private.
They had the following children:
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James Carlton West 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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Douglas married (2) Sharon Lawrence 1 Private. Sharon was born
Private. She was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Vanessa West 1 was born Private. She was christened Private.
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Marion West 1 was born Private. She was christened Private.
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3627. Marilyn Elizabeth Moody 1 (Mary
Helen Davis , Bessie Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Marilyn married Thomas Keith Sawyer 1 Private. Thomas was born
Private. He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Toby Elizabeth Sawyer 1 was born Private. She was christened
Private.
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3628. Dan David Moody 1 (Mary
Helen Davis , Bessie Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. He
was christened Private.
Dan married Barbara Fargo 1 Private. Barbara was born Private. She
was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Mark Alan Moody 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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David Alan Moody 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3629. Martha Ann Moody 1 (Mary
Helen Davis , Bessie Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Martha married James Charles Thomas Hardwick 1 Private. James was
born Private. He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Megan Elizabeth Hardwick 1 was born Private. She was christened
Private.
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3633. Linda Bea Davis 1 (David
John Davis , Bessie Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Linda married Benny David Goodwin 1 Private. Benny was born Private.
He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Lane Adam Goodwin 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3637. Clarice Howell 1 (Emily
Ruth Jenkins , Helen Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Clarice married Ernest George Thompson 1 Private. Ernest was born
Private. He was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Thomas Thompson 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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Dona Thompson 1 was born Private. Dona was christened Private.
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Michael Thompson 1 was born Private. He was christened Private.
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3640. Sally Ann Jarrell 1 (Barbara
Ann Scott , Mildred Gaines , Marshall Strother Gaines , Benjamin
James Harris Gaines , Judith Easley , Anne Woodson , John
, Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born Private. She
was christened Private.
Sally married Gene Key Baker 1 Private. Gene was born Private. He
was christened Private.
They had the following children:
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Michael Jerrell Baker 1 was born Private. He was christened
Private.
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Barbara Lu Baker 1 was born Private. She was christened Private.
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3642. Charles Melvin Payne (Mary Elizabeth Gleason , John
S. Gleason , Mahala Ward , Elisha Ward , Susannah Ligon
, Susanna Woodson , John , Benjamin Lewis , Robert
, John ) was born on 24 Oct 1890 in Munden, Republic Co., KS. He died on 5 Jun 1950 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.
LOVED TO GARDEN, RAISED WONDERFUL VEGETABLES AND ROSES. WAS AN
EXCEPTIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER, LOVED THE GAME AND REALLY FOLLOWED IT AFTER
HE QUIT PLAYING. LIKED JOKES.
Charles married Anita Teresa Oppfelt on 19 Feb 1914 in Seward, Seward Co., NE. Anita was born on 17 Dec 1893 in York,
York Co., NE. She died on 23 Nov 1987 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. She was buried in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.
AN EXCELLENT COOK, FRIED CHICKEN AND PIES WERE HER SPECIALTY. GREAT
SENSE OF
HUMOR. A FINE HOUSEWIFE--SEWED AND CROTCHETED. PEOPLE PERSON, AS THEY
LOVED TO
BE AROUND HER, SHE WORKED VERY HARD.
Charles and Anita had the following children:
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Harold M. Payne was born on 27 Feb 1914. He died in Nov 1972. |
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Dale Melvin Payne was born on 10 Jul 1915 in York, York Co., NE. He died on 23 Mar 1989 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.
ENJOYED PEOPLE, AN AVID READER, COULD "FIX" ANYTHING, AN EXCELLENT
LISTENER,
ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR YOU. |
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Dale married Catherine M. Meldrum on 31 Aug 1940 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. Catherine was born on 25 Aug 1915 in Omaha,
Douglas Co., NE. She died in 1994 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.
WIFE OF DALE, STRONG MEMBER OF HER CHURCH, VERY ORGANIZED PERSON, HAS A
HIGH
ENERGY LEVEL. GOOD HOUSEKEEPER. CLOSE TO HER FAMILY.
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Marilyn Jean Payne was born Private. |
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William Richard Payne was born on 21 Apr 1932. He died on 9 Mar 1989. |
3643. Verna Nancy Payne (Mary Elizabeth Gleason , John
S. Gleason , Mahala Ward , Elisha Ward , Susannah Ligon
, Susanna Woodson , John , Benjamin Lewis , Robert
, John ) was born on 21 Aug 1892 in Munden, Republic Co., KS. She died on 5 Sep 1973 in Beatrice, Gage Co., NE.
VERNA PAYNE WAS THE BACKBONE OF OUR FAMILY. SHE WAS VERY FAMILY
ORIENTED. NO ONE WAS MORE LOVING AS A PARENT. HER FAMILY, EXCEEDED HER
OWN IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND INCOMPASSED RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
AQUIANTANCES. I WISH I HAD WRITTEN DOWN ALL THE REMEMBRANCES OF THE
FAMILY SHE EXPRESSED FROM TIME TO TIME. NOT ONLY HER CHILDREN WERE OF
EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO HER, BUT, HER GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL. SHE ENJOYED
BEING WITH THE CHILDREN VERY MUCH. IN HER LATER YEARS SHE HAD TROUBLE
UNDERSTANDING ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND
THOUGHT PERHAPS WE AS HUMANS WERE MOVING A LITTLE TO FAST. HER MAIN
CONCERN WAS THAT THE FAMILY NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE HARD TIMES, AS THIS
WAS A TIME PERIOD IN HER LIFE THAT WAS VERY VIVID AND SHE WISHED FOR A
BETTER LIFE FOR ALL OF US.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. ULRIC HENRY WAS HELD IN THE GUIDE ROCK
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1973 AT 2:00 P.M. SHE
DIED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, IN A BEATRICE HOSPITAL.
KEN PETERSON OF THE SUPERIOR CHURCH OF CHRIST CONDUCTED THE SERVICE,
ASSISTED BY REV. EARL HESS PASTOR OF THE GUIDE ROCK UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH.
BURIAL WAS MADE IN THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY.
VERNA NANCY PAYNE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND MARY PAYNE, WAS BORN AUGUST
21, 1892, AT MUNDEN, KANSAS.
HER CHILDHOOD DAYS WERE SPENT IN THAT VICINITY.
ON FEBRUARY 29, 1912, SHE WAS MARRIED TO ULRIC D. HENRY. TO THIS UNION
FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN, WAYNE, GLEN, IONE AND NEIL.
THEIR ENTIRE MARRIED LIFE WAS SPENT ON A FARM SOUTH OF GUIDE ROCK, NE.
HER HUSBAND ULRIC, SON WAYNE AND DAUGHTER IONE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
SHE WAS BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST IN 1953, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUPERIOR
CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WAS A VERY AFFECTIONATE PERSON, A LOVING MOTHER,
AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MOTHER HAD WITH LAWRENCE PAYNE AND RUBY PRICE:
FROM LAWRENCE ON JUNE 14TH, 1953.
DEAR COUSIN,
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR FINE LETTER WHICH I RECEIVED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WAS CERTAINLY GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WILL TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
AS YOU WROTE THEM. ABOUT MY MOTHER--SHE DID VISIT YOU IN KANSAS. SHE IS
NOW EIGHTY YEARS OLD AND LIVES IN BOWLING GREEN, OHIO. SHE WAS TELLING
ME AGAIN ABOUT HER TRIP WHEN I VISITED HER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE
TWO BROTHERS THAT SHE HAD WITH HER WAS MY OLDEST BROTHER HOWARD, AND MY
BROTHER ROBERT WHO IS A COUPLE OF YEARS OLDER THAN ME. HER VISIT MUST
HAVE BEEN AROUND 1899-1900. I WAS BORN AT LIMA, OHIO, DECEMBER 27TH,
1901. MY BROTHER HOWARD IS NOT LIVING, BUT MY BROTHER "BOB" LIVES ON A
FARM AT CONEWANGO VALLEY , N.Y., WHICH IS NEAR JAMESTOWN, N.Y. MY FATHER
MADE A TRIP TO KANSAS WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN AND YOUR
FATHER TOLD ME THAT THEY SLEPT TOGETHER WHEN HE WAS THERE. THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1886. MY FATHER WAS BORN JULY 29TH, 1872. HE WAS THE
YOUNGEST CHILD. HIS OLDER BROTHER "UNCLE MEL" TAUGHT HIM TELEGRAPHY AT
BUFFALO, N.Y. I HAVE A LETTER FROM YOUR UNCLE FLOYD TO MY FATHER WRITTEN
ABOUT 1934. FLOYD SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF MY UNCLE MEL AND WAS A GREAT
FRIEND OF FLOYD'S. I BELIEVE THEY LIVED DOWN IN THE ISLE OF PINES,
FLORIDA AT THE TIME. UNCLE MELL'S DAUGHTER, CLEO, LIVES ACROSS THE BAY
FROM HERE, ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES. I BELIEVE YOUR FATHER SAID THAT UNCLE
FLOYD IS LIVING DOWN IN FLORIDA, AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND THE TWO
PICTURES TO HIM FOR IDENTIFICATION. THE LAST ADDRESS I HAVE IS SEBRING,
FLORIDA, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIS ADDRESS, YOU CAN GET IT FROM YOUR
FATHER.
BE SURE TO LOOK US UP IF YOU COME TO CALIFORNIA. WE ARE ABOUT FORTY
MILES SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO NEAR PALO ALTO. MY RESIDENCE 'PHONE IS
WHITECLIFF 8-2337. IF WE COME EAST IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER I WILL LET
YOU KNOW FAR ENOUGH
IN ADVANCE. I WILL BE SEEING A COUSIN OF MINE AT MARYVILLE, MISSOURI,
AND MY WIFE HAS A SISTER AT NELIGH, NEBRASKA. SHE ALSO HAS A SISTER AT
ESTES PARK, COLORADO. SHE IS MRS. ALBERT C. FLOTO, AND IF YOU ARE EVER
THERE, BE SURE TO
LOOK THEM UP. THEY HAVE A MOTEL THERE.
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU, AND AT THAT TIME WE CAN GO OVER ALL THE
OTHER RECORDS I HAVE. AGAIN, MANY THANKS, AND SINCERELY, YOUR COUSIN,
LARRY PAYNE.
DEAR COUSIN, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOUR SON IN JANUARY WHEN MY
WIFE AND I VISITED YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER AT VAN NUYS. YOUR FATHER IS
CERTAINLY A FINE OLD GENTLEMAN AND WE ENJOYED OUR VISIT WITH HIM
IMMENSELY, AS WELL AS OUR VISIT WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY. WE HOPE TO
SEE YOU THIS COMING FALL IF WE CAN MAKE A TRIP EAST FOR A FEW MONTHS.
YOUR FATHER BELIEVES THAT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER. YOU MAY
HAVE THE FAMILY HISTORY, BUT I WILL RELATE WHAT I KNOW. HIS GRANDMOTHER
WAS PERSIS PARMELEE, DAUGHTER OF THE REVEREND RUBEN PARMELEE WHO FOUNDED
THE PRESENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT VICTOR, N.Y. IN THE YEAR 1798. IT WAS
THE THIRD CHURCH FOUNDED IN N.Y. STATE, AND THE FIRST FOUNDED IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF YALE UNIVERSITY AND I
HAVE THE FAMILY HISTORY GOING BACK ORIGINALLY TO BELGIUM. THE ORIGINAL
PARMELEES FROM WHOM WE ARE DESCENDED SETTLED IN GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT,
AND THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL SIGNERS OF THE FAMOUS GUILFORD COVENANT. A
FEW YEARS AGO THE SATURDAY EVENING POST WROTE UP THE PARMELEE (NEIL HAS
THIS WRITE-UP) FAMILY AS A REPRESENTATIVE NEW ENGLAND FAMILY, AND THE
DESCENDENTS STILL RESIDE AT GUILFORD.
I AM ENCLOSING TWO COPIES OF AN OLD TIN-TYPE THAT I FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF
MY UNCLE DICK PAYNE AT CONEWANGO VALLEY. NONE OF OUR RELATIVES BACK
THERE CAN IDENTIFY THE PICTURES. I AM TAKING A LONG GAMBLE AND BELIEVE
THEY ARE THE
PICTURES OF CALVIN AND PERSIS PAYNE, YOUR FATHER'S GRANDFATHER AND
GRANDMOTHER. IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER, THEN YOU CAN MAKE
THE COMPARISON. I AM ENCLOSING A SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE, AND HOPE YOU
WILL LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE MADE A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE FAMILY RECORDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DO SO AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE CAN GET TO RETURN EAST. PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO WRITE ME FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT LIKE.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU THIS
FALL, I AM--SINCERELY, YOUR COUSIN, LAWRENCE ROSS PAYNE.
FROM RUBY PRICE MARCH 11, 1965:
DEAR VERNA, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED I KNOW TO BE GETTING A LETTER FROM ME.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING MORE FUN TRYING TO TRACE BACK OUR FAMILY TREE.
GERALD'S AND MINE TOO. IT'S A BIG JOB BUT I SURE DO GET INTERESTED IN
IT. I WROTE TO UNCLE FLOYD PAYNE IN FLORIDA FOR INFORMATION AND HE SENT
ME SUCH A NICE LETTER. I THOUGHT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THIS YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HAVING IT. SO I WILL JUST COPY HIS LETTER OFF AND
SEND IT UP TO YOU. I'M REAL PROUD OF THE PAYNE RELATION BELIEVE ME. I'M
DOING SOME RESEARCH WORK AT THE LIBRARY ON ALL THIS AND IF I FIND OUT
ANYMORE I WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT. UNCLE FLOYD SUPPLIED ME WITH HIS
MOTHER AND FATHERS NAMES (I FELT SURE HE COULD). HE SAID HIS
GRANDFATHERS NAME WAS CALVIN PAYNE BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION HIS WIFE'S NAME.
HE ALSO DIDN'T SEND ME THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF HIS MOTHER LYDIA MAHALA
PAYNE. HE SAID HE WOULD SEND ME ALL HE KNEW SO I JUST PRESUMED THAT HE
DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. I WAS WONDERING IF YOUR FATHER HAD A FAMILY BIBLE
WITH ANY RECORDS IN IT. IF YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING I DON'T HAVE I WOULD BE
SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIAL I COULD USE I WOULD TAKE
REAL GOOD CARE OF IT, MAKE A COPY OF IT AND THEN SEND IT RIGHT BACK. I
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OLD PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. THE PHOTOGRAPHER CAN
HAVE PRINTS TAKEN OFF THESE OLD PICTURES. VELMA HAD SOME MADE UP FROM
SOME OLD PICTURES AND I THINK THE WORLD OF THEM. I HATE TO TROUBLE YOU
BUT IF YOU CAN BE OF ANY HELP TO ME I WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. SINCE
WE GOT UNCLE FLOYD'S LETTER THAT GERALD REALLY BRAGS ON HIS RELATIONS. I
REALLY DONT BLAME HIM. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE COME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER
BUT THEY SURE WEREN'T FAR BEHIND, 1635, MY'.
I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL. GERALD USED TO SEE NEIL NOW AND THEN. THEY
BOTH LOVE TO HUNT. LINDA IS MARRIED AND HAS A SWEET LITTLE GIRL. SHE
WELL BE TWO IN AUGUST. WE DON'T GET TO SEE HER MUCH SINCE THEY MOVED TO
COLORADO. POP PRICE AND MARY CELEBRATED THEIR THIRD ANNIVERSARY
YESTERDAY. MARY IS SUCH A DEAR. WE ALL LOVE HER. SHIRLEY IS SUCH A
PROBLEM. SHE COMPLAINS CONTINUALLY AND POP HAS SPENT A SMALL FORTUNE
TAKING HER TO DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG
WITH HER. ITS JUST MENTALLY THE TROUBLE IS. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
LOVE, RUBY PRICE.
DECEMBER 14, 1967: DEAR VERNA, I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS FAMILY
HISTORY SO THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SEND IT ON. WHEN YOU GET A FAMILY TRACED
BACK FAR ENOUGH TO BE INCLUDED IN "PIONEERS OF MASS." YOU HAVE REALLY
DONE SOMETHING AS THAT COVERS A TIME FROM 1620 TO 1650. HERE ARE THREE
WRITE UPS FROM THE BOOK. FRANCES CHICKERING, GREGORY BELCHER, AND EDWARD
RAINSFORD. STEPHEN PAYNE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK BUT GOT
OVERLOOKED SOMEWAY OR OTHER. I GOT A LETTER FROM UNCLE FLOYD PAYNE THIS
WEEK AND HE IS HAVING REAL GOOD LUCK.
HE HAS HIRED A RESEARCHER, IS GETTTING OLD CENSUS REPORTS, HAS A PHOTO
STATIC COPY OF SOME OF THAT HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY , NEW YORK BOOK
(THE PARTS THAT APPLY TO STAFFORD AND PAYNE). HE IS BUYING A BOOK ON
HUTTON FAMILY ETC. HOW THE HUTTONS ARE CONNECTED TO THE FAMILY IS BEYOND
ME BUT I GUESS HE SURELY KNOWS. HE IS PAYING $10.00 FOR THE BOOK AT
LEAST. HE HAS FOUND OUT HIS MOTHER'S FATHERS NAME WAS (HE DIDN'T MENTION
THE WIFE'S NAME) BARTON STAFFORD AND HIS CHILDREN WERE WILLIAM
STAFFORD--ROCHESTER, N.Y., ISRAEL STAFFORD--GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO., LYDIA
MAHALA STAFFORD--YOUR GRANDMOTHER, EDGAR STAFFORD--MANCHESTER, N.Y., JANE
STAFFORD--DIED WHEN 17 YEARS OLD. BARTON STAFFORD DIED SEPTEMBER 28,
1878. HIS FATHERS NAME WAS WILLIAM STAFFORD. WILLIAM STAFFORD DIED FEB.
10, 1863. UNCLE FLOYD HAS THE WILLS OF BOTH HIS GRANDFATHER AND GREAT
GRANDFATHER. WILLIAM STAFFORD'S WIFE'S NAME WAS MARY--NO MAIDEN NAME
GIVEN, THEIR CHILDREN WERE--JOHN, ANN, BARTON, NELSON AND WILLIAM.
WILLIAM WENT UNDER THE NAME OF SMITH AND UNCLE FLOYD THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN
ADOPTED. I WILL PROBABLY GET MORE DETAILS ON THIS LATER AS I WROTE AND
ASKED HIM AT LEAST A DOZEN QUESTIONS. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS NOW. ITS
SNOWING RIGHT ALONG HERE TONIGHT. LOVE, RUBY
I THOUGHT IT ONLY FITTING THAT I INCLUDE A LETTER FROM MY (NEIL'S) GRANDFATHER WILLIAM THAT WAS WRITTEN TO MOTHER AFTER GRANDFATHER HAD LOST HIS
EYESIGHT:
DEAR VERN, JUST GOT YOUR LETTER. GLAD YOU ARE FEELING ALL RIGHT AGAIN.
SO GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD CROP. YES VERNA, YOU KNOW HOW I WILL VOTE. THIS
WILL BE MY 60TH YEAR OF VOTING. DON'T YOU THINK I ONLY MADE ONE MISTAKE,
WHEN I VOTED FOR ROOSEVELT. AM WRITING LOVE TO ALL. -------- IN ALL MY
THOUGHTS, LOVE TO
ALL. DAD.
Verna married Ulric Dwight Henry on 29 Feb 1912 in Guide Rock, Webster Co., NE. Ulric was born on 19 Dec 1882 in Glasco,
KS. He died on 6 Apr 1949 in Marylan Hospital, Hastings, NE. He was buried on 10 Apr 1949 in Guide Rock, Webster Co., NE.
MY MEMORY OF MY FATHER IS RATHER VAGUE AT BEST, BUT, I NEVER REMEMBER HIM
SPANKING ME FOR THE THINGS I DID WRONG WHILE I WAS GROWING UP. HE ALWAYS
HAD TIME FOR ME AND REALLY BECAME A BUDDY TO ME. HE TAUGHT ME TO HUNT
AND FISH. I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY HOW HE CONTINUALLY STRESSED THAT I
RESPECT MY GUN AND WHAT IT COULD DO TO OTHERS. THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME
OF MY LIFE WAS SPENT WITH FATHER JUST BEFORE HE DIED. HE GAVE ME
INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE CARE OF MOTHER. THIS MOMENT IS STILL VERY VIVID IN
MY MIND TODAY.
I KNOW MY FATHER WANTED TO SEE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BECOME A REALITY AND
WHEN IT HAPPENED HE WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY. HE THOUGHT THIS COULD LEAD TO
BETTER THINGS FOR FARMERS. HIS VISON OF THIS HAS PROVED TO BE CORRECT
MANY TIMES OVER.
MY FATHER WAS APPROACHING RETIREMENT AND I DO BELIEVE HE AND MOTHER WERE
THINKING ABOUT BUYING A SMALL ACREAGE JUST OUTSIDE OF SUPERIOR. I
REMEMBER DAD ASKING ME IF I WOULD MIND FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AT SUPERIOR.
I ALSO REMEMBER DAD DID NOT CARE TO TRAVEL AS HE WOULD BE AWAY FROM HOME
JUST A FEW HOURS AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO GET ON THE ROAD BACK TO HOME.
HE WASN'T REALLY HAPPY AWAY FROM HOME.
THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM THE GUIDE ROCK SIGNAL APRIL 14, 1949:.
THE FUNERAL OF ULRIC HENRY WAS HELD AT 2:30 SUNDAY AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH, WITH THE SERMON BY REV. C. F. WATTERS.
WITH MRS. A. MENDENHALL AT THE PIANO, MRS. E.A. MORANVILLE, ALLEN VAUGHAN
AND CECIL ALLINGTON SANG FOR THE SERVICE.
JUNIOR LEGION BOYS WERE USHERS AND HAD CHARGE OF THE FLOWERS. BURIAL WAS
MADE IN THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY.
PALLBEARERS WERE HAROLD DOYLE, BUREN REED, LOREN BAILEY, EARL DELAY, BILL
DELAY, AND TIM HENDRICKSON.
ULRIC HENRY DIED AS THE RESULT OF INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN HIS TRACTOR
OVERTURNED.
THE FOLLOWING OBITUARY WAS READ AT HIS FUNERAL SERVICE:
ULRIC, YOUNGEST SON OF JAMES AND HARRIETT HENRY, WAS BORN DECEMBER 19,
1882, AT GLASCO, KS. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO GUIDE ROCK, NE. IN 1891
AT THE AGE OF NINE. THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE WAS SPENT ON THE FARM
SOUTH OF GUIDE ROCK. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE MARY LANNING HOSPITAL AT
HASTINGS, NE., APRIL 6, 1949.
HE WAS MARRIED TO VERNA PAYNE FEBRUARY 29, 1912. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN
FOUR CHILDREN, WAYNE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1929 AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS,
GLEN AND NEIL OF GUIDE ROCK, AND IONE WHITE OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI.
BESIDES HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
MARY, SON-IN-LAW CARL WHITE, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, KATHLEEN AND KAREN
WHITE, AND MICHAEL HENRY; ONE BROTHER, WIN, WHO LEVED WITH HIM, AND A
SISTER, MARY HIBNER OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.
HE WAS A MAN OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER. HIS LIFE WAS SPENT WHOLLY FOR THE
DEVOTION AND WELFARE OF HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS WERE NUMBERED BY HIS
AQUAINTANCES.
Ulric and Verna had the following children:
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Wayne Cleve Henry was born on 16 Dec 1912 in Guide Rock, Webster Co., NE. He died on 15 Jan 1929 in Guide Rock, Webster
Co., NE. He was buried in Guide Rock, Webster Co., NE.
THESE NOTES ARE TAKEN FROM THE GUIDE ROCK SIGNAL, JANUARY 24, 1929.
WAYNE CLEVE HENRY, THE SON OF ULRIC AND VERNA PAYNE HENRY, WAS BORN
DECEMBER 16, 1912 SIX AND ONE-HALF MILES SOUTH AND EAST OF GUIDE ROCK
WHERE HE ALWAYS RESIDED AND WHERE HE PASSED AWAY JANUARY 15, 1929 AT THE
AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS AND ONE MONTH. BESIDES HIS PARENTS, BROTHER GLEN
AND SISTER IONE, HIS AGED GRANDMOTHER, HARRIET M. HENRY AND HIS UNCLE
WINFIELD HENRY, ALL OF WHOM LIVED TOGETHER, SURVIVE AND MOURN HIS EARLY
DEPARTURE FOR A BETTER HOME. HIS OTHER GRANDFATHER, MR. WILLIAM A. PAYNE
LIVES AT CULBERTSON.
AFTER ATTENDING HIS HOME SCHOOL, HE WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN GUIDE ROCK
WHERE HE STOOD AMONG THE BEST IN HIS CLASS AND WAS HELD IN THE HIGHEST
ESTEEM BY HIS CLASSMATES WHO CHOSE HIM AS THEIR FIRST CLASS PRESIDENT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS DECLARE THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
OUTSTANDING AND PROMISING PUPILS OF THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING HIS LONG ILLNESS AND WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AT OMAHA HE WAS
IN CONSTANT RECEIPT OF LETTERS FROM HIS MANY FRIENDS AND WAS VISITED BY A
NUMBER INCLUDING ONE OF HIS TEACHERS WHO CONSIDERED HIM SO PROMISING, SO
LOVABLE AND IDEAL AND WHO REPORTS THAT HE WAS SO DEEMED BY THE NURSES AND
ALL AT THE HOSPITAL.
HE LOVED ATHLETICS AND HIS STUDIES AS HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING STRENGTH OF
BODY AND MIND. FULL OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE TO THE VERY LAST HE WAS
PLANNING FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST AND NO ONE GAVE GREATER PROMISE FOR A
BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE. HE OFTEN CONSULTED THOSE WHOM HE DEEMED THE
BEST QUALIFIED TO ADVISE HIM AS TO A CHOSEN PROFESSION.
HE WAS SO APPRECIATIVE FOR EVERY KINDNESS SHOWN, SO UNASSUMING WHEN GIVEN
A PLACE OF HONOR, EVER SEEING THE GOOD IN OTHERS, OPTIMISTIC TO THE END,
PLANNING, TRUSTING, HOPING, BELIEVING; BUT THE INCURABLE MALADY
(LEUKEMIA) THAT HAD INFECTED HIS YOUTHFUL BODY SAPPED HIS VITALITY AND
THE UNFINISHED TASKS WILL BE CONSUMATED IN A MORE CONGENIAL REALM.
HE WAS A MODEL BOY IN EVERY WAY LOVED AND HONORED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST LOVED HIM MOST. HE WAS AS TENDER-HEARTED AS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS SOLICTOUS CARE OF INJURED BIRD OR BEAST. HE WAS
SO SIMPLE IN HIS WAYS AND LOVES THAT THERE ARE NONE WHO EVER SAW HIM DO
AN UNKIND ACT OR NOTED ANY LACK OF GRATITUDE FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST FAVOR
SHOWN. HE WILL BE MISSED HERE BUT HE WILL MAKE HEAVEN THAT MUCH RICHER.
MANY, MANY HAVE SAID THAT YOU CANNOT SAY TOO MUCH FOR WAYNE BUT--
"THOUGHT IS DEEPER THAN ALL SPEECH, FEELING DEEPER THAN ALL THOUGHT;
SOULS TO SOULS CAN NEVER TEACH, WHAT UNTO THEMSELVES IS TAUGHT."
AFTER A SHORT SERVICE IN THE HOME ON ACCOUNT OF THE INABILITY OF THE AGED
GRANDMOTHER TO ATTEND THE LATER SERVICE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH ON THURSDAY AT 2 O'CLOCK, THE REV. B.F. EBERHART PREACHING THE
SERMON. A LARGE CONCOURSE FOLLOWED THE REMAINS TO THE GUIDE ROCK CEMETERY
WHERE THE BODY LIES AWAITING THE RESURRECTION.
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Glen Burton Henry was born on 11 Mar 1915. He died on 11 Feb 1987. |
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Gladys Ione Henry was born on 19 Jul 1918. She died on 6 Jul 1949. |
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Neil Allyn Henry was born Private. |
 
 
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