Dess is third from right in front row. Guessing this was taken between 1905 and 1910.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Minden, Iowa, Baseball Team
FRONT ROW from left - Tom Ryan, Clarence Johnson, Charlie Stephanie, Roy Sinclair, Tom Hegarty.
This picture was taken in front of the home of Mrs. Bertha Pieper on the corner of 2nd and Park Street in Minden.
Ervin Yocum, Minnie Addison's Father - What a Handsome Guy!!
From Story County Watchman December 22, 1893
"Cambridge Press: ....Ervin Yocum, who lived northwest of Cambridge, died very suddenly Wednesday afternoon. It seems that on Monday he was husking corn and was taken suddenly ill. Tuesday he gradually grew worse, and on Wednesday his family was called to his bedside to see him breath his last. His body was laid to rest in the Walnut Grove cemetery Thursday afternoon."
This picture is not dated.
I have found him in census reports as Ervin, Irvin and Irving.
Link to 1860 Story County Census
http://iastory.com/1860/1860Access.mvc?pagearg=011&internal=1&SelectedName=E.+YOCUM&x=4&y=3
Link to 1895 Story County Census - first one after Ervin's death
http://iastory.com/1895/1895Access.mvc?pagearg=081&internal=1&SelectedName=Elmira+YOCUM&x=3&y=8
Screenshot
Monday, April 14, 2014
Bud
Desvenia Darrell Jr., aka Bud, born 02/11/1916. Bud was riding his
bicycle when he was involved in an accident of some sort and his leg was
cut. He eventually developed gangrene and died at Jennie Edmundson
Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 14 on 11/07/1930. Jackie
stated in her autobiography that Bud died on the 8th of November, which
would have been Minnie's 45th birthday. Not sure which is accurate.
The family was living at 1127 5th Avenue in Council Bluffs then. Vera was 12 when Bud died. She said that her dad went down into the basement and could be heard crying all the way upstairs. She said she has never heard a man cry like that.
Bud was very inventive. There is a notebook, not sure who has it now, in which he drew a large airplane with windows along the side and wrote that someday a lot of people would fly on planes. He was so right!
04.16.2014 - I was going through mom's picture albums and found this one of Bud. Was so pleased, as it is the only one I have found. At first I thought it was my Uncle Larry. The girl on the left is Bud's sister Vera, the one on the right is unknown. Vera and Bud have a strong resemblance, even the tilt of their head is the same.
The family was living at 1127 5th Avenue in Council Bluffs then. Vera was 12 when Bud died. She said that her dad went down into the basement and could be heard crying all the way upstairs. She said she has never heard a man cry like that.
Bud was very inventive. There is a notebook, not sure who has it now, in which he drew a large airplane with windows along the side and wrote that someday a lot of people would fly on planes. He was so right!
04.16.2014 - I was going through mom's picture albums and found this one of Bud. Was so pleased, as it is the only one I have found. At first I thought it was my Uncle Larry. The girl on the left is Bud's sister Vera, the one on the right is unknown. Vera and Bud have a strong resemblance, even the tilt of their head is the same.
Dess's little problem
I was told that Dess had syphilis and that his first 3 children - going
to be a little vague here - had to wash in a red substance to combat
this. Wow that sounds weird, doesn't it?? Anyway, it was thought that
Leona was mentally slow as a result of the syphilis,
that she was most affected because she ws the firstborn, and that the
red substance kept it from having a great effect on the other 2
children. I am assuming that Dess was fully treated by the time Bud, the
twins, and Vera were born, with Jackie being on the cusp.
I have several problems with this. First, the initial treatment of syphilis was in 1910 and prior to that mercury salts were used. Have not been able to find any information on this being a red substance except in its initial processing, later turning white.
Second, Dess's sister Cordelia allegedly was a madam, and if Dess got syphilis from one of his sister's prostitutes, this would have been in the late 1890s, he would have been 15 in 1896. Cordelia supposedly had a mobile prostitution unit, a hookermobile if you will, which I guess was a large vehicle, and that Dess drove it. Boy this sounds crazy to me, just relating what I was told.
Let's say he contracted this disease in 1998, when he got married in 1902 he would have had this for 5 years and would have had it for 10 years when Leona was born and 16 years when Jackie was born. Although syphilis has many presentations and inconsistent symptoms, I can't imagine that Dess had this disease all that time without exhibiting serious symptoms. Arsphenamine, also known as salvarsan, was used for treatment of syphilis starting in 1910, replacing mercury salts, so unless the mercury salts was the red substance and Dess used this earlier, he would not have been treated until he had this disease for 12 years. Obviously I am making an assumption here and he may not have contracted this until later.
I have several problems with this. First, the initial treatment of syphilis was in 1910 and prior to that mercury salts were used. Have not been able to find any information on this being a red substance except in its initial processing, later turning white.
Second, Dess's sister Cordelia allegedly was a madam, and if Dess got syphilis from one of his sister's prostitutes, this would have been in the late 1890s, he would have been 15 in 1896. Cordelia supposedly had a mobile prostitution unit, a hookermobile if you will, which I guess was a large vehicle, and that Dess drove it. Boy this sounds crazy to me, just relating what I was told.
Let's say he contracted this disease in 1998, when he got married in 1902 he would have had this for 5 years and would have had it for 10 years when Leona was born and 16 years when Jackie was born. Although syphilis has many presentations and inconsistent symptoms, I can't imagine that Dess had this disease all that time without exhibiting serious symptoms. Arsphenamine, also known as salvarsan, was used for treatment of syphilis starting in 1910, replacing mercury salts, so unless the mercury salts was the red substance and Dess used this earlier, he would not have been treated until he had this disease for 12 years. Obviously I am making an assumption here and he may not have contracted this until later.
Dess and Minnie's daughters
This was taken in front of 241 Elder Street in Council Bluffs in 1948 ?.
The note on the back says that from left to right are Jackie (Anita), Vera,
Leona, Irene.
Photo of Dess and Minnie and a whole bunch of people :)
The man with his arms crossed is Dess, beside him is Minnie. Seated man
holding child is Dess's brother Charles aka Sully. Love the woman
sitting to his right, love her hat :). The note on the back of the photo
states that the woman in the back row, far left is Irma, not sure of
this. I have left this picture larger than the window will accommodate
in order to see the faces. Great picture. Trying to determine where it
was taken.
Oliver and Vera June Addison Nelson
Oliver Nelson was born _____.
Vera June Addison was born 07/04/1918, in Minden Township, Iowa.
Oliver and Vera married on _____ 1939 in Avoca, Iowa.
Their children:
1. Gary
2. Dennis
Vera June Addison was born 07/04/1918, in Minden Township, Iowa.
Oliver and Vera married on _____ 1939 in Avoca, Iowa.
Their children:
1. Gary
2. Dennis
Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Found at - http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Goffstown/goffsfamily.htm
In 1790, Sarah, William and James ADDERSON (sic) are Heads of Households, residing in Goffstown, NH.
WILLIAM ADDERSON 1 - 1 -
One free white male 16 yrs and older; no males under 16 yrs; 1 free white female; no other free persons
JAMES ADDERSON 1 1 2 -
One free white male 16 yrs and old; 1 free white male under 16 years, 2 free white females, no other free persons
SARAH ADDERSON - - 2 -
Only two free white females living in household
The "Sarah Adderson" is probably Sarah "Gott" Addison.
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Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s
Ancestry.com
Name: George Addison
Year: 1751
Place: New Hampshire
Family Members: Wife Sarah Gott
Source Publication Code: 1294.10
Primary Immigrant: Addison, George
Annotation: Date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Extracted from several sources, mainly "New Hampshire Provincial Deeds, 1641-1771," which is on microfilm at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Name of town of residence in the New World is also provided.
Source Bibliography: COPELY, WILLIAM. "Scotch-Irish Settlers in New Hampshire, 1719-1776." In Historical New Hampshire (New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord), vol. 50:3/4 (Fall/Winter 1995), pp. 213-228.
Page: 216
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TOWN RECORDS OF GOFFSTOWN NH
Found in the NEGHS database
1821 Addison April 10 George Addison, Junr. Sally Addison, 2nd Marriage Vol.2
1826 Addison George Washington Addison, b. Dec. 21, 1826. Child of Sarah Addison and George of Goffstown Birth Vol.1
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Goffstown NH, List of Taxpayers for 1796
Addison, James
Addison, Sarah, Widow
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nh/county/hillsborough/goffstown/book/chap15_1.html
Goffstown NH, List of Taxpayers for 1820
Addison, James
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nh/county/hillsborough/tax/1820goff.html
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GEORGE-1 ADDISON b about 1728, came from Waugh Parish to America and first settled in Londonderry; came to G.[Goffstown] some time subsequent to 1758. He bought of Ebenezer Hackett of G., in consideration of 650 pounds old tenor, lot No. 10 in the second range of lots on the south side of the Piscataquog River, which lot has been in possession and occupation of the Addison family until 1912. He m. Sarah Gott, b. in Ireland, 1732. They were m. in this country although both came from Ireland. She d. Jan 10, 1806. He had a brother James, who came to G., with him and who enlisted in the French War. He was killed at the storming of Quebec and his powder horn was brought back to G. by a comrade and was preserved for many years. George Addison was evidently one of the prominent citizens of the town as we find he was a constable in 1780. The following is a copy of a receipt which was among the papers of his great-granddau, Asenath Addison, at the time of her decease in 1912:
EXETER December 13, 1780
Treasury office
New Hampshire
(Receivd of Mr. George Addison one of the constables of Goffstown Three Thousand and Seventy five pounds four Shillings and Sixpence in full of the Ballance of the continental and State tax of said Town for the year 1780)--
NICH GILMAN, Treas.
He was accidentally killed in Boston, Mass., by falling upon the ice, while there disposing of a load of produce. He. d Dec. 21, 1786. Children all b. in G.:
2. i. JAMES-2, b. Oct 17 1760
ii. THOMAS-2, b --; m. Sept. 2, 1790, Sarah Cudworth of Walpole,
Mass; settled in Greenfield, living there in 1800 US Census. Children:
1. Sarah-3, b. May 1791; m. George-3 Addison, her cousin (see)
2. Deborah-3, b. 1794; d. 18 APR 1859; m. Jacob Gould, son of Daniel & Mary
(Burnham) Gould, who was b. 1784.
3. +Jason-3, b. abt 1804; res. in Templeton, Mass.
4. Abigail-3, m. Stephen Beals of Phillipstown, Mass.
5. +Lucy-3, b. 29 Jul 1801 in Goffstown NH; m. John Shepard [sic Shepherd]; res. in
Phillipstown, Mass.
6. Timothy-3, d. young.
7. Jane-3, d. young.
iii. GEORGE-2, b --[1766-1767]; m. -- and lived on Walnut Hill, in G.,
went West. [supposedly was George Jr. and married Mercy Dodge on 08/30/1798, children George, Lorane, Eliza and Matilda] [died 1840-1850] iv. WILLIAM-2, b. -- ; m. Dec. 25, 1788, Margaret Moreland, and
went West.
v. JOHN-2, settled in Springfield, Cheshire Co, N.H. [in 1820 census] and left descendants.
1820 US Census > Cheshire Co > Springfield
JOHN ADDISON 1 2 - - 1 1 1 1
1 male under 10; 2 males 10-15; 1 male 20-45; ?1 male 45 and over; 1 female under 10;
1 female 10-15; ?1 female 16-26; 1 female 26-45
vi. JANE-2, m. Oct 12, 1819, Joseph Kimball. She d. in Weare.
In 1790, Sarah, William and James ADDERSON (sic) are Heads of Households, residing in Goffstown, NH.
WILLIAM ADDERSON 1 - 1 -
One free white male 16 yrs and older; no males under 16 yrs; 1 free white female; no other free persons
JAMES ADDERSON 1 1 2 -
One free white male 16 yrs and old; 1 free white male under 16 years, 2 free white females, no other free persons
SARAH ADDERSON - - 2 -
Only two free white females living in household
The "Sarah Adderson" is probably Sarah "Gott" Addison.
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Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s
Ancestry.com
Name: George Addison
Year: 1751
Place: New Hampshire
Family Members: Wife Sarah Gott
Source Publication Code: 1294.10
Primary Immigrant: Addison, George
Annotation: Date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Extracted from several sources, mainly "New Hampshire Provincial Deeds, 1641-1771," which is on microfilm at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Name of town of residence in the New World is also provided.
Source Bibliography: COPELY, WILLIAM. "Scotch-Irish Settlers in New Hampshire, 1719-1776." In Historical New Hampshire (New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord), vol. 50:3/4 (Fall/Winter 1995), pp. 213-228.
Page: 216
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TOWN RECORDS OF GOFFSTOWN NH
Found in the NEGHS database
1821 Addison April 10 George Addison, Junr. Sally Addison, 2nd Marriage Vol.2
1826 Addison George Washington Addison, b. Dec. 21, 1826. Child of Sarah Addison and George of Goffstown Birth Vol.1
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Goffstown NH, List of Taxpayers for 1796
Addison, James
Addison, Sarah, Widow
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nh/county/hillsborough/goffstown/book/chap15_1.html
Goffstown NH, List of Taxpayers for 1820
Addison, James
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nh/county/hillsborough/tax/1820goff.html
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GEORGE-1 ADDISON b about 1728, came from Waugh Parish to America and first settled in Londonderry; came to G.[Goffstown] some time subsequent to 1758. He bought of Ebenezer Hackett of G., in consideration of 650 pounds old tenor, lot No. 10 in the second range of lots on the south side of the Piscataquog River, which lot has been in possession and occupation of the Addison family until 1912. He m. Sarah Gott, b. in Ireland, 1732. They were m. in this country although both came from Ireland. She d. Jan 10, 1806. He had a brother James, who came to G., with him and who enlisted in the French War. He was killed at the storming of Quebec and his powder horn was brought back to G. by a comrade and was preserved for many years. George Addison was evidently one of the prominent citizens of the town as we find he was a constable in 1780. The following is a copy of a receipt which was among the papers of his great-granddau, Asenath Addison, at the time of her decease in 1912:
EXETER December 13, 1780
Treasury office
New Hampshire
(Receivd of Mr. George Addison one of the constables of Goffstown Three Thousand and Seventy five pounds four Shillings and Sixpence in full of the Ballance of the continental and State tax of said Town for the year 1780)--
NICH GILMAN, Treas.
He was accidentally killed in Boston, Mass., by falling upon the ice, while there disposing of a load of produce. He. d Dec. 21, 1786. Children all b. in G.:
2. i. JAMES-2, b. Oct 17 1760
ii. THOMAS-2, b --; m. Sept. 2, 1790, Sarah Cudworth of Walpole,
Mass; settled in Greenfield, living there in 1800 US Census. Children:
1. Sarah-3, b. May 1791; m. George-3 Addison, her cousin (see)
2. Deborah-3, b. 1794; d. 18 APR 1859; m. Jacob Gould, son of Daniel & Mary
(Burnham) Gould, who was b. 1784.
3. +Jason-3, b. abt 1804; res. in Templeton, Mass.
4. Abigail-3, m. Stephen Beals of Phillipstown, Mass.
5. +Lucy-3, b. 29 Jul 1801 in Goffstown NH; m. John Shepard [sic Shepherd]; res. in
Phillipstown, Mass.
6. Timothy-3, d. young.
7. Jane-3, d. young.
iii. GEORGE-2, b --[1766-1767]; m. -- and lived on Walnut Hill, in G.,
went West. [supposedly was George Jr. and married Mercy Dodge on 08/30/1798, children George, Lorane, Eliza and Matilda] [died 1840-1850] iv. WILLIAM-2, b. -- ; m. Dec. 25, 1788, Margaret Moreland, and
went West.
v. JOHN-2, settled in Springfield, Cheshire Co, N.H. [in 1820 census] and left descendants.
1820 US Census > Cheshire Co > Springfield
JOHN ADDISON 1 2 - - 1 1 1 1
1 male under 10; 2 males 10-15; 1 male 20-45; ?1 male 45 and over; 1 female under 10;
1 female 10-15; ?1 female 16-26; 1 female 26-45
vi. JANE-2, m. Oct 12, 1819, Joseph Kimball. She d. in Weare.
George Addison from Goffstown, NH, probably not our line
Still working on this. What a mess!!!
I have this info but I don't think they are in our line or the dates are wrong. However, his daughter Asenath is listed as the great-grandaughter of George Addison who was married to Sarah Gott who were the ___ of Dess.
Born to George Addison and Sarah Gott was James who had Thomas who had Sarah who married George Cudworth who was her cousin.
George Addison was born 12/22/1793 in Goffstown, NH.
Sarah Addison was born in May 1791 to Thomas and Sarah Cudworth Addison. She was from Greenfield.
George and Sarah were cousins.
They were married on 04/10/1821 when he was 27 and she was 29.
George died 03/07/1842 at age 49.
Sarah died 11/05/1876 at age 85.
They had 7 children:
1. Thomas Lewis
2. John
3. Sarah Jane
4. Deborah Gould
5. George Washington - not in our line, did not marry, born 03/27/1830, died 08/05/1859 at age 29.
6. Margaret. She married the widower of her sister Deborah.
7. Asenath
I have this info but I don't think they are in our line or the dates are wrong. However, his daughter Asenath is listed as the great-grandaughter of George Addison who was married to Sarah Gott who were the ___ of Dess.
Born to George Addison and Sarah Gott was James who had Thomas who had Sarah who married George Cudworth who was her cousin.
George Addison was born 12/22/1793 in Goffstown, NH.
Sarah Addison was born in May 1791 to Thomas and Sarah Cudworth Addison. She was from Greenfield.
George and Sarah were cousins.
They were married on 04/10/1821 when he was 27 and she was 29.
George died 03/07/1842 at age 49.
Sarah died 11/05/1876 at age 85.
They had 7 children:
1. Thomas Lewis
2. John
3. Sarah Jane
4. Deborah Gould
5. George Washington - not in our line, did not marry, born 03/27/1830, died 08/05/1859 at age 29.
6. Margaret. She married the widower of her sister Deborah.
7. Asenath
Line from Dess back 3 generations
Father - George Harrison Addison (Adelaide Bowker) (1895 census shows George H.)
Grandfather - George Washington Addison - I think his name is actually George A. Addison (Esther Miller)
Great-grandfather - George W. Addison - this is probably George Washington Addison (Mercy Dodge)
The problem with this..........................got a headache so quitting :)
Grandfather - George Washington Addison - I think his name is actually George A. Addison (Esther Miller)
Great-grandfather - George W. Addison - this is probably George Washington Addison (Mercy Dodge)
The problem with this..........................got a headache so quitting :)
George Harrison Addison, Dess's father
GEORGE ADDISON - found at http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-1978/1978-090.htm
George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave.
This story is a little confusing. It refers to Dess as "another brother" when no brother is previously mentioned. Dess had a brother George who owned a rendering company, so I assume it should read "a brother" of George H. Jr.
I also assume that the phrase "He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired" means "one of the first [rendering plants], until he retired."
George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave.
This story is a little confusing. It refers to Dess as "another brother" when no brother is previously mentioned. Dess had a brother George who owned a rendering company, so I assume it should read "a brother" of George H. Jr.
I also assume that the phrase "He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired" means "one of the first [rendering plants], until he retired."
Wilford and Irene Addison Chase's children and grandchildren
1. Irma was born 11/18/1927, near Minden, Iowa. She married Donald Kadel on ___. Irma died on 12/05/2000. Donald died on 12/01/1997.
A. Greg
B. LeeAnn
2. Faye was born _____. She married Harold Smith on _____. Faye died on ____. Harold died on _____.
A. Steven
B. Cheryl
C. Terri
3. Wanda Jean was born 01/21/1939. She married M. Richard Diemer on 09/16/1946.
A. Rickey Gene, born 09/30/1947
B. Vicky Lynn, born 07/18/1949
C. Patricia Rose, born 01/11/1954, died 08/13/2013
D. Daniel Wayne, born 08/17/1959
E. Debra Irene, born 10/29/1962.
4. Wayne was born _____. He married Mary Johnson on _____. He died on _____.
A. Connie
B. Harold
C. Phillip
D. Larry
E. Lawanna
F. Mary
G. Rose
5. Larry Earl was born on _____ He married Kaye Chase on _____.
A. Richard
B. Danielle
C. Teresa
A. Greg
B. LeeAnn
2. Faye was born _____. She married Harold Smith on _____. Faye died on ____. Harold died on _____.
A. Steven
B. Cheryl
C. Terri
3. Wanda Jean was born 01/21/1939. She married M. Richard Diemer on 09/16/1946.
A. Rickey Gene, born 09/30/1947
B. Vicky Lynn, born 07/18/1949
C. Patricia Rose, born 01/11/1954, died 08/13/2013
D. Daniel Wayne, born 08/17/1959
E. Debra Irene, born 10/29/1962.
4. Wayne was born _____. He married Mary Johnson on _____. He died on _____.
A. Connie
B. Harold
C. Phillip
D. Larry
E. Lawanna
F. Mary
G. Rose
5. Larry Earl was born on _____ He married Kaye Chase on _____.
A. Richard
B. Danielle
C. Teresa
Mary Addison Henderson
Mary is the sister of Dess's dad, George H. I found references to an autobiography or biography. Still searching for it. It may have been privately published or not published.
Mary's children were:
1. Miller
2. Emma
3. Esther
From Find-A-Grave:
Daughter of George W. and Esther (Miller) Addison, natives respectively of Huntington, Vt., and Essex Co., N. Y., was born in Greenfield Township March 25, 1828, to which her grandfather Addison had come in 1812, and her grandfather Miller in 1820.
...married, Sept. 18, 1845, to Andrew Henderson, of this township. They settled on the homestead, where Mrs. Henderson is now living, and were the parents of 12 children, 5 surviving -- Miller, Eugene A., Mrs. Ella Bemis, Samuel and Lottie. Mr. Henderson departed this life Feb. 6, 1878. He was a kind husband and father, and died lamented by all who knew him.
George A. Davis, a son of her deceased daughter Esther, the wife of Henry G. Davis, of Harborcreek Township, is residing with Mrs. Henderson. She is a lady of estimable character, a pious member of the M. E. Church and is respected by the community.
Notes on the Georges, who are giving me headaches - take a note George Foreman
George Addison was born possibly 1766 or 1767.
He and Mercy Dodge, both residents of Weare, NH, married on 08/30/1798 in Dunbarton, NH, when he was 23 and she was 18-20.
One of their children was George W. Addison who was born 11/29/1803 in Huntington, VA, and died 02/04/1857.
They also had a son William, born 1768, married 12/25/1788 to Margaret Moreland. My notes say "they went west" and I presume this means William and Margaret.
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Found at http://www.dodgefamily.org/VitalRecords/NewHampshire/brides/NH_marriage_brides_M.shtml
MERCY DODGE married George Addison, Jr. on Aug. 30, 1798 in Dunbarton. The bride was the daughter of Antipas Dodge, born in Haverhill, Mass. and Anna Ramsey. The groom was the son of George Addison and Sarah Gott
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Dess's father George H. is referred to in Jackie's notes as George the 6th. There are an alarming number of GeorgeAddisons in this family, which makes family tree work difficult.
Anyway, Dess's father George H. was born on 02/10/1836 to George W. and Esther Miller Addison. George H. had a sister named Elizabeth J. (Eliza) and a sister named Mary (Henderson). Eliza is the one who wrote the letter to her nieces Emma and Esther, sisters of Miller Henderson and daughters of Mary Henderson. In George H's obituary it is stated that he made several trips to California and that on one of the trips, his third, he took his sisters Eliza and Ann and Ann's husband Charles Mallory. I am starting to get a headache here.
Esther, Emma, and Miller were the children of Mary Addison Henderson, Dess's aunt.
Eliza and Mary were the daughters of George W., Dess's grandfather, and, of course, the sisters of Dess's father George H.
George H. sold two pieces of land in Illnois for a total of $750 - $500 for 40 acres on 12/09/1863 and $250 for 40 acres on 03/01/1864 (sold to Lucius Deal). I wonder why he wasn't fighting in the Civil War? Many men paid a substitute, so possibly he did this.
George may have used the money he received from these sales to go on the third trip to California. He was back in Illinois by 1865 because he married Adelaide on February 16 of that year.
GEORGE ADDISON - found at http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-1978/1978-090.htm
George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave. [see separate note on this]
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Found at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/MiscFamilies.html
John Addison is found in New Boston Township in the 1860 census: John, 53, farmer, born New Jersey; Abba, 45, born Ohio; Mary J., 22, In; Jasper, 16, In; Elizabeth, 11, In. Jasper married Mornelva Pullen, daughter of Elias and Susannah Pullen on 2/6/1865. There was also an Addison marriage in Rock Island County on 2/16/1865 (George H. Addison to Adda Bowker) so there may have been some connection to this Addison family. No other Addisons are found in Mercer County. John and Abigail are still in New Boston Township in 1870. John's birthplace is shown as Ohio in this census. Elizabeth and Mary Jane are still at home and there is a son John E., age 10. Son Jasper and family live nearby (see Pullen page).We did not find a marriage record in Indiana for John and Abigail, nor do we find marriages in Mercer County except for Jasper and Mornelva.
He and Mercy Dodge, both residents of Weare, NH, married on 08/30/1798 in Dunbarton, NH, when he was 23 and she was 18-20.
One of their children was George W. Addison who was born 11/29/1803 in Huntington, VA, and died 02/04/1857.
They also had a son William, born 1768, married 12/25/1788 to Margaret Moreland. My notes say "they went west" and I presume this means William and Margaret.
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Found at http://www.dodgefamily.org/VitalRecords/NewHampshire/brides/NH_marriage_brides_M.shtml
MERCY DODGE married George Addison, Jr. on Aug. 30, 1798 in Dunbarton. The bride was the daughter of Antipas Dodge, born in Haverhill, Mass. and Anna Ramsey. The groom was the son of George Addison and Sarah Gott
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Dess's father George H. is referred to in Jackie's notes as George the 6th. There are an alarming number of GeorgeAddisons in this family, which makes family tree work difficult.
Anyway, Dess's father George H. was born on 02/10/1836 to George W. and Esther Miller Addison. George H. had a sister named Elizabeth J. (Eliza) and a sister named Mary (Henderson). Eliza is the one who wrote the letter to her nieces Emma and Esther, sisters of Miller Henderson and daughters of Mary Henderson. In George H's obituary it is stated that he made several trips to California and that on one of the trips, his third, he took his sisters Eliza and Ann and Ann's husband Charles Mallory. I am starting to get a headache here.
Esther, Emma, and Miller were the children of Mary Addison Henderson, Dess's aunt.
Eliza and Mary were the daughters of George W., Dess's grandfather, and, of course, the sisters of Dess's father George H.
George H. sold two pieces of land in Illnois for a total of $750 - $500 for 40 acres on 12/09/1863 and $250 for 40 acres on 03/01/1864 (sold to Lucius Deal). I wonder why he wasn't fighting in the Civil War? Many men paid a substitute, so possibly he did this.
George may have used the money he received from these sales to go on the third trip to California. He was back in Illinois by 1865 because he married Adelaide on February 16 of that year.
GEORGE ADDISON - found at http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-1978/1978-090.htm
George Harrison Addison came to Oakland, Iowa in 1889 and lived on the same street [then called Grab Street] for 33 years, until his death on March 2, 1922.
He ran a rendering plant, one of the first until he retired, and his son George H. Addison, Jr. took it over, running it for 40 years, he owned the first house on Grab Street. George Jr. dug wells and many farmers today are still using these wells.
Another brother Dess D. Addison settled at Minden, Iowa and also ran a rendering plant for forty years, he also dug wells, and moved large buildings, moving the Minden school house out two miles east of Minden on the old Cook farm. The school was remodeled and the family moved in after fire destroyed their home in the spring of 1915.
The street in Oakland, Iowa is now called Addison Ave. [see separate note on this]
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Found at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/MiscFamilies.html
John Addison is found in New Boston Township in the 1860 census: John, 53, farmer, born New Jersey; Abba, 45, born Ohio; Mary J., 22, In; Jasper, 16, In; Elizabeth, 11, In. Jasper married Mornelva Pullen, daughter of Elias and Susannah Pullen on 2/6/1865. There was also an Addison marriage in Rock Island County on 2/16/1865 (George H. Addison to Adda Bowker) so there may have been some connection to this Addison family. No other Addisons are found in Mercer County. John and Abigail are still in New Boston Township in 1870. John's birthplace is shown as Ohio in this census. Elizabeth and Mary Jane are still at home and there is a son John E., age 10. Son Jasper and family live nearby (see Pullen page).We did not find a marriage record in Indiana for John and Abigail, nor do we find marriages in Mercer County except for Jasper and Mornelva.
A start at Dess's family tree, but not much of a start
Parents:
George H. (probably Harrison or Henry) Addison, born 02/10/1836, died 03/02/1922 (mother's maiden name Miller)
Adelaide Bowker
George H. (probably Harrison or Henry) Addison, born 02/10/1836, died 03/02/1922 (mother's maiden name Miller)
Adelaide Bowker
Eliza J. Addison letter, believed written between 1864 and 1867
Written by Elizabeth J. "Eliza" Addison to Esther and Emma. The
letter mentions Miller Henderson. I only have a copy and cannot state
that this is a copy of the original.
Esther, Emma, and Miller were the children of Mary Addison Henderson, Dess's aunt.
Eliza and Mary were the daughters of George H., Dess's grandfather.
Dear nieces Esther and Emma,
Here I am sitting in the wagon on the shore of the Missouri River waiting to cross. We came here to the river early this morning, but there were so many ahead of us that it will be night before we get across. I went over this morning and bought me a revolver belt, so now I have my revolver on my side and look quite war like. I have seen so much since I started which is new to me that I haven't time to get lonesome. We see all kinds of people, tough ragged and dirty. You would think it quite a sight to see from 80 to 100 covered wagons all in a string would you not. Some wagons have 4 horses, some the same number of mules, some four yoke of oxen, some 6 and some 5 or 6 yoke of cows_____ when they get strung out one ahead of the other for two or three miles it is as good as a show. Last night we camped in timber two miles east of where we now are and after dark we could look in no direction without seeing camp fires and the white tents and covered wagons. I expected to get some letters from home at the mouth of the Platt River but was disappointed and in fact I have received only one letter since I left Pennsylvania. Now write me a letter as long as your arm and direct it to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory and I hope I may be lucky enough to get it. I presume that folks at home have written to us for we have written lots of letters home. About two weeks ago the mail stage was robbed when passing through Iowa the letters were taken and horses and everything except the stage and the passengers. Perhaps the letters for us were on the stage. The prairie and woods blossoms are just beginning to bloom. Yesterday as I was passing through the timber I found trees quite large just hanging full with red flowers. At a distance of a few rods they looked almond shrubs, not a green leaf could be seen and the flowers were so thick that the limbs could hardly be seen. I will send you a cluster then you will know what they look like. And when I get out of the territory i will send you some handsome ones. I have written to Mother ever so many times and yesterday I wrote her another. Give my love to her and all the rest of the folks. I would write more if I had time, but will write again soon. Be sure and write me soon all of the news and more too. Give my love to Miller and I will write to him next time.
Eliza J. Addison
Eliza was on her way to California, where she married William Foster. William and Eliza had 2 children, twins. Eliza died in childbirth.
Esther, Emma, and Miller were the children of Mary Addison Henderson, Dess's aunt.
Eliza and Mary were the daughters of George H., Dess's grandfather.
Dear nieces Esther and Emma,
Here I am sitting in the wagon on the shore of the Missouri River waiting to cross. We came here to the river early this morning, but there were so many ahead of us that it will be night before we get across. I went over this morning and bought me a revolver belt, so now I have my revolver on my side and look quite war like. I have seen so much since I started which is new to me that I haven't time to get lonesome. We see all kinds of people, tough ragged and dirty. You would think it quite a sight to see from 80 to 100 covered wagons all in a string would you not. Some wagons have 4 horses, some the same number of mules, some four yoke of oxen, some 6 and some 5 or 6 yoke of cows_____ when they get strung out one ahead of the other for two or three miles it is as good as a show. Last night we camped in timber two miles east of where we now are and after dark we could look in no direction without seeing camp fires and the white tents and covered wagons. I expected to get some letters from home at the mouth of the Platt River but was disappointed and in fact I have received only one letter since I left Pennsylvania. Now write me a letter as long as your arm and direct it to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory and I hope I may be lucky enough to get it. I presume that folks at home have written to us for we have written lots of letters home. About two weeks ago the mail stage was robbed when passing through Iowa the letters were taken and horses and everything except the stage and the passengers. Perhaps the letters for us were on the stage. The prairie and woods blossoms are just beginning to bloom. Yesterday as I was passing through the timber I found trees quite large just hanging full with red flowers. At a distance of a few rods they looked almond shrubs, not a green leaf could be seen and the flowers were so thick that the limbs could hardly be seen. I will send you a cluster then you will know what they look like. And when I get out of the territory i will send you some handsome ones. I have written to Mother ever so many times and yesterday I wrote her another. Give my love to her and all the rest of the folks. I would write more if I had time, but will write again soon. Be sure and write me soon all of the news and more too. Give my love to Miller and I will write to him next time.
Eliza J. Addison
Eliza was on her way to California, where she married William Foster. William and Eliza had 2 children, twins. Eliza died in childbirth.
Origin of Desvenia's name
We have, that is to say I have, wondered where the name Desvenia
originated. Have seen thousands of names over the last 40 years in my
hospital work and have yet to come across another Desvenia.
I still have tons of paperwork to happily peruse, but I came upon this 1860 Illinois census report that on the 4th line shows that Dess's mother Addie had a brother named "Desrena" with a question mark. Now where the name Desrena came from, who knows. The question mark leads me to wonder if it was Desvenia and was inaccurately noted and questioned by someone after the census was done.
I still have tons of paperwork to happily peruse, but I came upon this 1860 Illinois census report that on the 4th line shows that Dess's mother Addie had a brother named "Desrena" with a question mark. Now where the name Desrena came from, who knows. The question mark leads me to wonder if it was Desvenia and was inaccurately noted and questioned by someone after the census was done.
Found another listing that showed Addie's brother as Desvenia...problem solved!!!!
Hmmm...now where did Addie's brother's name come from :)
http://www.geni.com/people/Desvenia-Bowker/6000000002161536264
Dr. William Addison, brother of Dess Addison, from a Manning website
Dr. William D. Addison was born in California in 1866. In 1908, he
graduated from a veterinary school in St. Joseph, Missouri. He moved
his family from Minden to Manning to open his practice.
His first office building was on Third Street near the present location of the library. He later bought a house and office building on Main Street, near the present post office.
Dr. Addison first made his calls using a team of horses and a buggy. When the Model T Fords came out, he bought a car for calls to the country. As his business expanded in the 1920's, his son Fern became his assistant.
In the later 1920s, Dr. Addison bought a farm in the area which Fern operated. After his father's death in 1935, Fern continued farming for several years, and then worked on the railroad until his retirement in 1966. He continues to make his home in Manning.
Dr. Addison and his wife Lillian were the parents of three daughters, Elsie, Ruby and Cecelia and two sons, Winford and Fern.
Actually, William's first wife, Elizabeth Delliston (?) Foote, died ____ when William was _____ and he married Lillian Bray on 04/27/1913. The article above implies that all were born of his second marriage, which is inaccurate. All were born to Elizabeth. They also had a child, Rosalee, who died in infancy.
An interesting item about William is that while in veterinary school he learned a formula for a chicken medicine that treated worms. This is according to Jackie's story; I asked Vera about this and she said she had been told this was for worms. This was an orange-colored rock that was boiled in water. This medicine was later sold by Dess and Minnie, with Jackie sometimes going along and receiving a percentage of sales. This "chicken medicine" might have had nothing to do with Will, may have been a concoction of Dess and Minnie. Vera told me that Dess and Minnie culled hens for extra money, just thinking they might have come up with the idea of a worm medicine.
I have found quite a few pictures of William but need to get them scanned, so right now am posting a 1920 picture of his son Fern.
His first office building was on Third Street near the present location of the library. He later bought a house and office building on Main Street, near the present post office.
Dr. Addison first made his calls using a team of horses and a buggy. When the Model T Fords came out, he bought a car for calls to the country. As his business expanded in the 1920's, his son Fern became his assistant.
In the later 1920s, Dr. Addison bought a farm in the area which Fern operated. After his father's death in 1935, Fern continued farming for several years, and then worked on the railroad until his retirement in 1966. He continues to make his home in Manning.
Dr. Addison and his wife Lillian were the parents of three daughters, Elsie, Ruby and Cecelia and two sons, Winford and Fern.
Actually, William's first wife, Elizabeth Delliston (?) Foote, died ____ when William was _____ and he married Lillian Bray on 04/27/1913. The article above implies that all were born of his second marriage, which is inaccurate. All were born to Elizabeth. They also had a child, Rosalee, who died in infancy.
An interesting item about William is that while in veterinary school he learned a formula for a chicken medicine that treated worms. This is according to Jackie's story; I asked Vera about this and she said she had been told this was for worms. This was an orange-colored rock that was boiled in water. This medicine was later sold by Dess and Minnie, with Jackie sometimes going along and receiving a percentage of sales. This "chicken medicine" might have had nothing to do with Will, may have been a concoction of Dess and Minnie. Vera told me that Dess and Minnie culled hens for extra money, just thinking they might have come up with the idea of a worm medicine.
I have found quite a few pictures of William but need to get them scanned, so right now am posting a 1920 picture of his son Fern.
San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Found a postcard sent by Dess's sister Cordelia who along with her
brother, LeRoy or Sully I believe, was in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake. Not a
lot of info on this so far. The earthquake is variously graded between 7.7 and 8.25.
I am still going through mom's research and hope to find it and post
it. Until then, found this picture on the Internet.
Copy of Dess and Minnie's marriage license
This didn't scan as well as I had hoped. The note at the bottom is, I believe, written
by Jackie and says that Minnie was actually
16 when this license was obtained but
since the legal age was 18, she said she was 18.
Jackie Addison Kadel's autobiography
I
have several versions of Jackie's story, plus updates. These span about
1979 to 1991. I have done my best to blend them, only adding some
punctuation. Any notes in brackets are for clarification or added
information.
Anita Fay Addison was born August 16, 1912 at 6:30 p.m. in the house known as the "Old Ted Dollen Place," the last house going north, it's the 2nd street after you come into Minden from the south, Road L66. There is a street directly in front of this road, but that is _____. You go right to the end of the street, it sits on the left side or west side and still there [I believe this house is at 507 Brady Street] . If I remember right - could {have} been across from the little house where LD and Wilford Chase lived.
[This is the house Jackie wrote about. It was Dess and Minnie's first house, where they moved in 1902, the year they married. This picture was taken about 1996, and Vera told me that the back part of the house was probably added later.]
My parents took me when I was 6 weeks old around Oct. 16 to the acreage that was know as the "Old Cook Place." {Picture to be inserted later.}
When I was about 3 years old the house, a 2-story house, caught fire. Mom said Pop was drinking in town one nite and sent the hired man up to get some overcoats out of the clothes closet. Pop had parked down below the hill so Mom wouldn't know he was there, evidently the hired man was also drunk and used matches and caught the clothes afire. Brother "Bud" Dessie Jr was a baby, probably 6 weeks old, and Mom wrapped him in a blanket, we had a young hired boy who slept upstairs - "Louie Fritz" - Mom handed him the bundle and not realizing what it was he tossed him into a snowdrift. Our Mother made a number of trips into the house getting drawers (Bud's clothes) from dresser, a large mirror, an old clock, and Irene (sis) saved the thunder mug. I can remember with each entry, Irene, Leona, and I would scream with terror for her safety.
We had an old barn or sort of a machine shop we lived in until Pop bought the old school house in Minden and moved it out, I had measles while living in this shed with dirt floors.
My Dad ram a rendering plant, moved houses, and dug wells.
When I was 5 years old, Irene, Leona, and I went to the country school a mile south. We walked every day. Many winters I can remember the road was full of snow and so deep you could barely see the top of the fence posts. Mom always dressed us warm. I remember one night, Irene and I decided to stay and skate on the creek, with the Ehler girls, Margaret and Irene, and the Falk boys, Otto, Ed, and Elmer. We were having a ball when I looked up and there stood Pop, switch in hand - we came up that bank on high. Irene ran ahead but I loitered. Pop really laid it on me and did I get my legs switched. Guess Mom was worried as it was getting dark. I'll say one thing, we never tried that again.
When I was 11 in the sixth grade, Pop sent Irene and I to Minden school, paying $54.00 each for
tuition. We were not in that township and when we went into the 9th grade, the tuition quit. We never got to participate in any school sports or activities. I remember once going to a school carnival. I passed every year, but they kept Irene in the eighth grade two years to get that $54.00. Irene quit when they passed her into the ninth grade. Pop had LD Chase and his son [Wilford] working for us. Wilford started going with Irene. During my 9th and 10th grades, I used to go or ride into town with Irene and Willy and always rode back with them. This was on Saturday nights. After they got married, I was able to go with the girls. Barn dances were all the rage. Also, Neola had a big dance hall and the barn dance was at Hanberry's. Hester Kadel and Helen would pick up Pearl Schuning, the two Hiller girls and me and after the dance was over shed let me out first then Pearl, the Hiller girls, and then on to the Kadels'. Uncle Mike lived about one mile south from the Hillers. I spent many beautiful hours on the "Old Home Place." Bud (Dessie, Jr.) and I were inseparable. We rode horses bareback. Bud rode Tom (white one) and I rode Jerry (red). We spent hours at the pond and played in the creek - knew every little pebble.
I walked two miles to town school down the railroad tracks. The summer days were beautiful - every morning after I crossed the first RR trestle, a pair of little bluebirds flitted through the grass. Wildflowers bloomed on the railroad track banks. There were pick sweet Williams, orange and yellow honeysuckle, violets, wild pink roses, and bluebells. You could always find wild strawberries. They were small but sweet and juicy. Also we ate the young sprouts of wild onions. I saw my first pheasant rooster - a beautiful bird - and was telling Mom about it. She never commented too much - now I wonder if she even knew what kind of a bird I was referring to, as pheasants were released in Minnesota and Iowa about that time. I was in the eighth grade, so that made me about 13 so the year was 1924-25.
When Pop accumulated $10,000.00 he figured he could retire and decided to move to Council Bluffs. Boy was I unhappy to leave friends and fun. We had a farewell party and even had an orchestra. At first I missed my friends and gradually acquired new ones and got a "housework" job. Two dollars and a half a week, paid every two weeks. When school started, I enrolled at A.L. High School - went six weeks and quit. Later I attended Boyles College in 1932.
The first house the folks moved into was 1120 7th Ave, then1105 5th Ave., then 1109 5th Ave. Three houses on one block. Depression hit about this time and Pop lost all his cash, invested in a garage and the crooked mechanic ruined his business. You could buy a house dress for 39 cents, a bra for 25 cents, but you didn't have any money.
Bud begged Mom and Pop for a bike. Finally they gave in. We were living at 1127 5th Ave, and Bud had Vera on the bike uptown. A car bumped him or he rode into the car, bruised his knee. Infection set in and gangrene. There was no sulfa. The folks took him to Jennie Ed. and in 3 days he died - on Mom's birthday, November 8, 1930. He would have been 15 years old his next birthday. This was a terrible blow to Mom and Pop. Mom lost 30 pounds and Pop quit drinking for one year. When he started drinking again, Mom started proceedings for a divorce. We still lived at 1127, but she went back to him.
Pop and Mom would go out and sell chicken medicine and Mom helped to cull hens. We moved to the three rooms up over the garage. Pop had his business below (mechanic) and later into a basement apartment. I can't get this straightened out just when we moved into the above, but I'm sure 1127 was the last location. While living at 1127 5th Ave. Some days I drove for Pop and he'd pay me [a] percentage on each gallon he sold. Mom helped Dr. Anderson with his patients - each one had had abortions and stayed with Mom to recuperate.
About this time I was working at a little cafe on South Main Street when I met a fellow that worked there - don't know what he did, but anyway, Tom Sullivan was from Oklahoma. We were kidding around and when he asked me to marry him, I jokingly said "yes, for 6 months," then if we're getting along OK would try another 6 months.
The way the depression was, Pop decided to move back to the farm or acreage. We were married, we went out there too. Pop hired Tom - can't remember how much he started out with - not much wages. We lived upstairs over the No. 2 barn. The walls had 1 x 4 boards and also ceiling. I got a linoleum for the floors.
Pop had Tom, Wilford, and Hank [Osbahr] dig the ditch from the well in the pasture to lay water pipes. They contacted the light company and signed a 50-year contract to get electricity out there. He decided to start up the plant again.
We lived upstairs and during this time in two years Tom would just come up missing - be gone maybe two weeks or longer. Pop said, "Jack, he is not reliable or dependable." He didn't suggest to leave him, but he planted the seed.
Elsie and Chester Kadel, Mom's sister, and [their sons] Elmer, Ervin, Don, and Floyd came down in 1935 until after Thanksgiving. Ervin, Elmer, and Don decided to stay and find work. They stayed with Mike Kadel and with Tom and I. One night after a big party at Irene's, all the men were drinking and a fight started. I told Tom to get lost. this was Feb. 1936. Elmer drove to C.B. or somewhere and I never saw him again. The boys continued staying with me and Elmer and Don cut wood and sold fish. Erv worked for Pop at the plant. I sued for a divorce. Aunt Lucy verified my grounds, can't remember what on now.
Pop sent Vera to Shelby school - that made the town pay her tuition so he got even on holding Irene, then sent her to A.L. where she graduated and went to beauty school. [Vera told me that she stayed with people in town and came home sometimes for weekends, not sure how often that occurred.]
October 18, 1936, Elmer and I were married in Rockport, Mo. Vera and Mom went along. Being cousins, decided not to have children. We had a stormy marriage, smooth at first. The boys drank on Saturday nights only, as they didn't have any money. The boys would buy a pint of whiskey for 50 cents and a pack of tailor-made cigarettes which was a treat as we had a roller and made our own cigarettes. Especially Wings, Elmer said "Fatima" but that's not right. You couldn't buy a job then. Later on, Pop raised Elmer's wages - imagine $5.00 a week, then $7.50 up to $12.00. I had a charge at Spiegel and Elmer had 3 suits. We were paying $3.00 a month. With the increased wages, Elmer drank more and we both gambled - cards and dice. We were broke every Monday morning.
I bought a Florence oil-burning stove -- three small and one large burner. I got this from the hardware store - Hank Johanson ran it, got it on credit. Boy, was I proud of it. We had no rent and our light was a bright Aladdin lamp. We had a battery radio and listened to programs such as "The Shadow Knows" and "Squeaky Door" (Inner Sanctum). We used our imagination, then when the battery ran down, we had to wait until we had the money to have it charged. This was a regular car battery. On nights when we had no radio, I read to Elmer, Don, and Ervin. On weekends when Vera was home from school, Vera and I played the guitar, sang, and harmonized. Some nights were spent playing cards and every noon Elmer and I played Chinese checkers. he beat me every day. Boy, was I mad!
Henry Osbahr worked for Pop an in 1941 Pop sold the well digging business to him. They lived in the little shack south of the orchard where they added two rooms. When he acquired the well business, they moved to Neola and we moved into it. I raised chickens - usually 500 a year, but one year 1200. Kept laying hens and sold them to the Blue and White Store to Eddie Elias and had a credit all winter for groceries. Also had a couple hogs. We didn't eat them, sold them to get extra money.
One Sunday morning in 1941, Mom called and said, "The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor." Our navy troops were in the harbor and thousands [approximately 2400] were killed. All men were told to register and those helping the war cause were given a rating. Elmer, working at the plant supplying grease, etc., was not called. Erv and Don did not pass physicals, were 4F. In 1942, Elmer and Earl left for Long Beach, California (after going to aircraft school in Omaha), and they went to work at Douglas Aircraft. I left on Feb. 14 and drove out alone in our 1941 Studebaker. We owed quite a few bills. I got a job at Owl Drug on Ocean and Pacific and we sent money back each week and got out of debt. I was terribly homesick and we finally left on Mother's Day for Iowa.
Pop bought the Overgaard 40 acres on the edge of town and we moved into it (Vera owns it now).
In 1945 a friend, Arlene Caddell, whose husband was in the navy, ran around with us - Erv, Elmer, I, Irma, and Don. Think Arlene played them all. Anyway, she became pregnant and we befrieded her IF she would let us have the baby. We paid all her hospital bill and apartment rent. On May 25th, 1945, she gave birth to a beautiful little 4 lb., 10 oz. baby girl. We named her Karen Kolean Kadel. irene, my sis, lived in Oakland in Dane Town so I took her there for two weeks. At this time, we had leased the rendering plant from Pop for 5 years at $100 a week, due every Monday morning. We had been running ir for 10 months when Pop heard that Uncle George Addison at Oakland sold his plant for $100,000 so Pop decided to sell his and got $40,000. We released him from his contract. Had it been reversed, I'm afraid he would not have agreed to it.
We moved to Minnesota. Elmer went up and bought Ernie Veazie's oil station. We had a van haul up the furniture. This was a bad move. We moved a house in from Erhardt, material was hard to get and expensive. It rained again and again and the basement caved in and it cost us double. We bought a big gas truck. Lost all our money. I took the World-Herald while living in Minn and one day saw an ad for a tavern in Henderson, Iowa, so we drove down, looked at it, decided to take it. We mortgaged the station for $1,000 and Elmer sent me back down to Iowa. I paid Ed Stenger $1,000 down to take it over the first of May, 1949. We had to dig up half of the amount, he wanted $8,000 plus inventory. I went to Neola, saw Hall to borrow. he said, "You better get it from your old Dad" - no way! I went to Shelby, Mr. Stoker said he'd loan us the money IF we got two good co-signers so I went to Uncle Mike. He told me he'd sign if Hank Johhansen would sign it (his bro.-in-law). Went back into Minden, told Hank and he agreed so the Shelby bank loaned us the money. We ran the tavern, Elmer stayed up over the drugstore. I had sent for a lounge - the kind you open up, just springs and mattress. He put a partition in the back room. We had table and chairs and ate or cooked on a 2-hole gas stove in the tavern part. We kept our nose to the grindstone pretty steady, only going to Playland Park occasionally with Karen.
When we left Minn., we tried to sell the oil station. Red (Earl) Kadel ran it for a while after he came back from the Navy. Finally sold it to a friend in Omaha, Brenaman. We took a trailer in on it. Elizabeth Edmondson, a good friend, sued August (Duysen) for divorce, and she rented it and took it out to Boileau's.
Red came down after we sold the station and bought the little cafe from Boileau's and then got a beer license - it hurt us.
Elmer and Erv went to work in Wyoming for PFE. I ran the tavern. We had a fish fry every Friday night.
As the legion hall also sold beer and liquor and we had to put up with drunks from Macedonia, I started fixing spiked drinks. When Elmer got back we continued. One night we were having a dance for Randolph Dinwiddie's birthday when we were raided. They closed us up for a week.
Art Fritcher was Mayor and showed his authority. I applied for a license and the council tried to find something on me. Louie Farrington even drove to Minden inquiring about my character.
After Red had his tavern, Elmer went to work for August Young (plumbing). He worked 12 years until he fell into a basement and was laid up and operated on for a crushed disc. He was in and out of the hospital at different intervals for allergies, neck, and hernia. I was operated on in 1969 for an infected appendix, home in less than a week. Maxine Ford worked for us then.
In 1971, Pop decided to go into the hospital for a checkup. Irene and I walked with him into the hospital. He began to get worse so we called Vera and she came back. Dorothy ??? worked for him then. She was really concerned until he had a stroke, then she backed off.
On the way home, out by the oil station on 92, I was alone and smelled cigar smoke. I knew. By the time I got into the tavern, Elmer said you gotta go back, your Dad is dying. We three girls were there, Vera by his bedside. Irene got all upset, went out in the hall with her.
We leased the bar to Hap Nims and went on a vacation. Hap got a job with the gas company so we took it back. We leased to Rolland Frain, then sold it on a contract to Chas. Crow. He flubbed up, we foreclosed and sold it to Joe Marchese. He didn't last long either. He was quite a womanizer. His wife would not stay out here. Took it back and sold it to Ott. When he didn't want to keep, we closed the doors and sold the fixtures. This was the happiest moment of my life as Elmer was putting in long hours and drinking heavily.
When Pop died, we were left with 136 acres of land, we leased it first on half, then cash rented it. We purchased a house in Red Oak while still in the tavern. Junior Gage (Opal's husband) told us about it. He went in on half, but his health did not permit him to help Elmer remodel so we bought his share out for $400. We rented this house for $85 a month then sold it on contract to the one gal that runs the taxi in Red Oak. We moved 3 houses into Henderson - one booster station house and its office building, one house from Macedonia, remodeled them and sold two. Gave Karen the office building after she was divorced from Mike in July 1974. We bought two houses in Macedonia and one acreage. Had 3 trailers, 2 trailers on lots and 2 we are renting. We bought the May Wight building, Elmer had his tools and equipment in there. After we sold the fixtures out of the tavern, he moved his tools, belts, etc, into the tavern building. I went to household sales and put junk in my building, sold lots of stuff. Elmer put an old wood stove into the shop and cut wood all summer to save heat.
Prices have not went up in the last two years, 1977-1979. Gasoline today is almost $1.00 a gallon.
We bought shares in gasohol and they went broke. Irene, my sister, moved to Henderson and bought the Lolla Harbor residence. Our only grocery store closed in 1978.
The town of Henderson now has a town hall, library, firehouse, meat market, cafe, auto wash, tavern, oil station, elevator, bank, insurance office, and a new fertilizer co., Slump and Steiner. Three empty buildings on the south side, 2 of ours and 1 of Ervin's.
6/1/86 - since writing this the bank closed, insurance office and cafe. Have on main street on north side Leo Rieken's shop, Brown's building _____, old post office building empty, post office now in cafe building, Ole's (old Hillard shop) closed most of the time, tavern, the oil station closed, and car wash on south side empty, barber shop. A new firehouse has been built.
10/25/91 - Leo Reikert took the top off the old Hendrix building, bulldozed the locker and Brown building. Gerald Viner's old garage torn down. Glen Dean bought it, also he bought the old oil station, tore that building down.
On some of these pages I probably have repeated, but I think I covered quite a bit about the family plus our personal life.
Karen has two sons, Guy Michael Bodwell, b. 7/14/66, and Jason Vincent Bodwell, b. 6/25/69.
Today, Ocrober 26, 1991, we sold tavern building, my bulding, all houses on contracts.
Anita Fay Addison was born August 16, 1912 at 6:30 p.m. in the house known as the "Old Ted Dollen Place," the last house going north, it's the 2nd street after you come into Minden from the south, Road L66. There is a street directly in front of this road, but that is _____. You go right to the end of the street, it sits on the left side or west side and still there [I believe this house is at 507 Brady Street] . If I remember right - could {have} been across from the little house where LD and Wilford Chase lived.
[This is the house Jackie wrote about. It was Dess and Minnie's first house, where they moved in 1902, the year they married. This picture was taken about 1996, and Vera told me that the back part of the house was probably added later.]
My parents took me when I was 6 weeks old around Oct. 16 to the acreage that was know as the "Old Cook Place." {Picture to be inserted later.}
When I was about 3 years old the house, a 2-story house, caught fire. Mom said Pop was drinking in town one nite and sent the hired man up to get some overcoats out of the clothes closet. Pop had parked down below the hill so Mom wouldn't know he was there, evidently the hired man was also drunk and used matches and caught the clothes afire. Brother "Bud" Dessie Jr was a baby, probably 6 weeks old, and Mom wrapped him in a blanket, we had a young hired boy who slept upstairs - "Louie Fritz" - Mom handed him the bundle and not realizing what it was he tossed him into a snowdrift. Our Mother made a number of trips into the house getting drawers (Bud's clothes) from dresser, a large mirror, an old clock, and Irene (sis) saved the thunder mug. I can remember with each entry, Irene, Leona, and I would scream with terror for her safety.
We had an old barn or sort of a machine shop we lived in until Pop bought the old school house in Minden and moved it out, I had measles while living in this shed with dirt floors.
My Dad ram a rendering plant, moved houses, and dug wells.
When I was 5 years old, Irene, Leona, and I went to the country school a mile south. We walked every day. Many winters I can remember the road was full of snow and so deep you could barely see the top of the fence posts. Mom always dressed us warm. I remember one night, Irene and I decided to stay and skate on the creek, with the Ehler girls, Margaret and Irene, and the Falk boys, Otto, Ed, and Elmer. We were having a ball when I looked up and there stood Pop, switch in hand - we came up that bank on high. Irene ran ahead but I loitered. Pop really laid it on me and did I get my legs switched. Guess Mom was worried as it was getting dark. I'll say one thing, we never tried that again.
When I was 11 in the sixth grade, Pop sent Irene and I to Minden school, paying $54.00 each for
tuition. We were not in that township and when we went into the 9th grade, the tuition quit. We never got to participate in any school sports or activities. I remember once going to a school carnival. I passed every year, but they kept Irene in the eighth grade two years to get that $54.00. Irene quit when they passed her into the ninth grade. Pop had LD Chase and his son [Wilford] working for us. Wilford started going with Irene. During my 9th and 10th grades, I used to go or ride into town with Irene and Willy and always rode back with them. This was on Saturday nights. After they got married, I was able to go with the girls. Barn dances were all the rage. Also, Neola had a big dance hall and the barn dance was at Hanberry's. Hester Kadel and Helen would pick up Pearl Schuning, the two Hiller girls and me and after the dance was over shed let me out first then Pearl, the Hiller girls, and then on to the Kadels'. Uncle Mike lived about one mile south from the Hillers. I spent many beautiful hours on the "Old Home Place." Bud (Dessie, Jr.) and I were inseparable. We rode horses bareback. Bud rode Tom (white one) and I rode Jerry (red). We spent hours at the pond and played in the creek - knew every little pebble.
I walked two miles to town school down the railroad tracks. The summer days were beautiful - every morning after I crossed the first RR trestle, a pair of little bluebirds flitted through the grass. Wildflowers bloomed on the railroad track banks. There were pick sweet Williams, orange and yellow honeysuckle, violets, wild pink roses, and bluebells. You could always find wild strawberries. They were small but sweet and juicy. Also we ate the young sprouts of wild onions. I saw my first pheasant rooster - a beautiful bird - and was telling Mom about it. She never commented too much - now I wonder if she even knew what kind of a bird I was referring to, as pheasants were released in Minnesota and Iowa about that time. I was in the eighth grade, so that made me about 13 so the year was 1924-25.
When Pop accumulated $10,000.00 he figured he could retire and decided to move to Council Bluffs. Boy was I unhappy to leave friends and fun. We had a farewell party and even had an orchestra. At first I missed my friends and gradually acquired new ones and got a "housework" job. Two dollars and a half a week, paid every two weeks. When school started, I enrolled at A.L. High School - went six weeks and quit. Later I attended Boyles College in 1932.
The first house the folks moved into was 1120 7th Ave, then1105 5th Ave., then 1109 5th Ave. Three houses on one block. Depression hit about this time and Pop lost all his cash, invested in a garage and the crooked mechanic ruined his business. You could buy a house dress for 39 cents, a bra for 25 cents, but you didn't have any money.
Bud begged Mom and Pop for a bike. Finally they gave in. We were living at 1127 5th Ave, and Bud had Vera on the bike uptown. A car bumped him or he rode into the car, bruised his knee. Infection set in and gangrene. There was no sulfa. The folks took him to Jennie Ed. and in 3 days he died - on Mom's birthday, November 8, 1930. He would have been 15 years old his next birthday. This was a terrible blow to Mom and Pop. Mom lost 30 pounds and Pop quit drinking for one year. When he started drinking again, Mom started proceedings for a divorce. We still lived at 1127, but she went back to him.
Pop and Mom would go out and sell chicken medicine and Mom helped to cull hens. We moved to the three rooms up over the garage. Pop had his business below (mechanic) and later into a basement apartment. I can't get this straightened out just when we moved into the above, but I'm sure 1127 was the last location. While living at 1127 5th Ave. Some days I drove for Pop and he'd pay me [a] percentage on each gallon he sold. Mom helped Dr. Anderson with his patients - each one had had abortions and stayed with Mom to recuperate.
About this time I was working at a little cafe on South Main Street when I met a fellow that worked there - don't know what he did, but anyway, Tom Sullivan was from Oklahoma. We were kidding around and when he asked me to marry him, I jokingly said "yes, for 6 months," then if we're getting along OK would try another 6 months.
The way the depression was, Pop decided to move back to the farm or acreage. We were married, we went out there too. Pop hired Tom - can't remember how much he started out with - not much wages. We lived upstairs over the No. 2 barn. The walls had 1 x 4 boards and also ceiling. I got a linoleum for the floors.
Pop had Tom, Wilford, and Hank [Osbahr] dig the ditch from the well in the pasture to lay water pipes. They contacted the light company and signed a 50-year contract to get electricity out there. He decided to start up the plant again.
We lived upstairs and during this time in two years Tom would just come up missing - be gone maybe two weeks or longer. Pop said, "Jack, he is not reliable or dependable." He didn't suggest to leave him, but he planted the seed.
Elsie and Chester Kadel, Mom's sister, and [their sons] Elmer, Ervin, Don, and Floyd came down in 1935 until after Thanksgiving. Ervin, Elmer, and Don decided to stay and find work. They stayed with Mike Kadel and with Tom and I. One night after a big party at Irene's, all the men were drinking and a fight started. I told Tom to get lost. this was Feb. 1936. Elmer drove to C.B. or somewhere and I never saw him again. The boys continued staying with me and Elmer and Don cut wood and sold fish. Erv worked for Pop at the plant. I sued for a divorce. Aunt Lucy verified my grounds, can't remember what on now.
Pop sent Vera to Shelby school - that made the town pay her tuition so he got even on holding Irene, then sent her to A.L. where she graduated and went to beauty school. [Vera told me that she stayed with people in town and came home sometimes for weekends, not sure how often that occurred.]
October 18, 1936, Elmer and I were married in Rockport, Mo. Vera and Mom went along. Being cousins, decided not to have children. We had a stormy marriage, smooth at first. The boys drank on Saturday nights only, as they didn't have any money. The boys would buy a pint of whiskey for 50 cents and a pack of tailor-made cigarettes which was a treat as we had a roller and made our own cigarettes. Especially Wings, Elmer said "Fatima" but that's not right. You couldn't buy a job then. Later on, Pop raised Elmer's wages - imagine $5.00 a week, then $7.50 up to $12.00. I had a charge at Spiegel and Elmer had 3 suits. We were paying $3.00 a month. With the increased wages, Elmer drank more and we both gambled - cards and dice. We were broke every Monday morning.
I bought a Florence oil-burning stove -- three small and one large burner. I got this from the hardware store - Hank Johanson ran it, got it on credit. Boy, was I proud of it. We had no rent and our light was a bright Aladdin lamp. We had a battery radio and listened to programs such as "The Shadow Knows" and "Squeaky Door" (Inner Sanctum). We used our imagination, then when the battery ran down, we had to wait until we had the money to have it charged. This was a regular car battery. On nights when we had no radio, I read to Elmer, Don, and Ervin. On weekends when Vera was home from school, Vera and I played the guitar, sang, and harmonized. Some nights were spent playing cards and every noon Elmer and I played Chinese checkers. he beat me every day. Boy, was I mad!
Henry Osbahr worked for Pop an in 1941 Pop sold the well digging business to him. They lived in the little shack south of the orchard where they added two rooms. When he acquired the well business, they moved to Neola and we moved into it. I raised chickens - usually 500 a year, but one year 1200. Kept laying hens and sold them to the Blue and White Store to Eddie Elias and had a credit all winter for groceries. Also had a couple hogs. We didn't eat them, sold them to get extra money.
One Sunday morning in 1941, Mom called and said, "The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor." Our navy troops were in the harbor and thousands [approximately 2400] were killed. All men were told to register and those helping the war cause were given a rating. Elmer, working at the plant supplying grease, etc., was not called. Erv and Don did not pass physicals, were 4F. In 1942, Elmer and Earl left for Long Beach, California (after going to aircraft school in Omaha), and they went to work at Douglas Aircraft. I left on Feb. 14 and drove out alone in our 1941 Studebaker. We owed quite a few bills. I got a job at Owl Drug on Ocean and Pacific and we sent money back each week and got out of debt. I was terribly homesick and we finally left on Mother's Day for Iowa.
Pop bought the Overgaard 40 acres on the edge of town and we moved into it (Vera owns it now).
In 1945 a friend, Arlene Caddell, whose husband was in the navy, ran around with us - Erv, Elmer, I, Irma, and Don. Think Arlene played them all. Anyway, she became pregnant and we befrieded her IF she would let us have the baby. We paid all her hospital bill and apartment rent. On May 25th, 1945, she gave birth to a beautiful little 4 lb., 10 oz. baby girl. We named her Karen Kolean Kadel. irene, my sis, lived in Oakland in Dane Town so I took her there for two weeks. At this time, we had leased the rendering plant from Pop for 5 years at $100 a week, due every Monday morning. We had been running ir for 10 months when Pop heard that Uncle George Addison at Oakland sold his plant for $100,000 so Pop decided to sell his and got $40,000. We released him from his contract. Had it been reversed, I'm afraid he would not have agreed to it.
We moved to Minnesota. Elmer went up and bought Ernie Veazie's oil station. We had a van haul up the furniture. This was a bad move. We moved a house in from Erhardt, material was hard to get and expensive. It rained again and again and the basement caved in and it cost us double. We bought a big gas truck. Lost all our money. I took the World-Herald while living in Minn and one day saw an ad for a tavern in Henderson, Iowa, so we drove down, looked at it, decided to take it. We mortgaged the station for $1,000 and Elmer sent me back down to Iowa. I paid Ed Stenger $1,000 down to take it over the first of May, 1949. We had to dig up half of the amount, he wanted $8,000 plus inventory. I went to Neola, saw Hall to borrow. he said, "You better get it from your old Dad" - no way! I went to Shelby, Mr. Stoker said he'd loan us the money IF we got two good co-signers so I went to Uncle Mike. He told me he'd sign if Hank Johhansen would sign it (his bro.-in-law). Went back into Minden, told Hank and he agreed so the Shelby bank loaned us the money. We ran the tavern, Elmer stayed up over the drugstore. I had sent for a lounge - the kind you open up, just springs and mattress. He put a partition in the back room. We had table and chairs and ate or cooked on a 2-hole gas stove in the tavern part. We kept our nose to the grindstone pretty steady, only going to Playland Park occasionally with Karen.
When we left Minn., we tried to sell the oil station. Red (Earl) Kadel ran it for a while after he came back from the Navy. Finally sold it to a friend in Omaha, Brenaman. We took a trailer in on it. Elizabeth Edmondson, a good friend, sued August (Duysen) for divorce, and she rented it and took it out to Boileau's.
Red came down after we sold the station and bought the little cafe from Boileau's and then got a beer license - it hurt us.
Elmer and Erv went to work in Wyoming for PFE. I ran the tavern. We had a fish fry every Friday night.
As the legion hall also sold beer and liquor and we had to put up with drunks from Macedonia, I started fixing spiked drinks. When Elmer got back we continued. One night we were having a dance for Randolph Dinwiddie's birthday when we were raided. They closed us up for a week.
Art Fritcher was Mayor and showed his authority. I applied for a license and the council tried to find something on me. Louie Farrington even drove to Minden inquiring about my character.
After Red had his tavern, Elmer went to work for August Young (plumbing). He worked 12 years until he fell into a basement and was laid up and operated on for a crushed disc. He was in and out of the hospital at different intervals for allergies, neck, and hernia. I was operated on in 1969 for an infected appendix, home in less than a week. Maxine Ford worked for us then.
In 1971, Pop decided to go into the hospital for a checkup. Irene and I walked with him into the hospital. He began to get worse so we called Vera and she came back. Dorothy ??? worked for him then. She was really concerned until he had a stroke, then she backed off.
On the way home, out by the oil station on 92, I was alone and smelled cigar smoke. I knew. By the time I got into the tavern, Elmer said you gotta go back, your Dad is dying. We three girls were there, Vera by his bedside. Irene got all upset, went out in the hall with her.
We leased the bar to Hap Nims and went on a vacation. Hap got a job with the gas company so we took it back. We leased to Rolland Frain, then sold it on a contract to Chas. Crow. He flubbed up, we foreclosed and sold it to Joe Marchese. He didn't last long either. He was quite a womanizer. His wife would not stay out here. Took it back and sold it to Ott. When he didn't want to keep, we closed the doors and sold the fixtures. This was the happiest moment of my life as Elmer was putting in long hours and drinking heavily.
When Pop died, we were left with 136 acres of land, we leased it first on half, then cash rented it. We purchased a house in Red Oak while still in the tavern. Junior Gage (Opal's husband) told us about it. He went in on half, but his health did not permit him to help Elmer remodel so we bought his share out for $400. We rented this house for $85 a month then sold it on contract to the one gal that runs the taxi in Red Oak. We moved 3 houses into Henderson - one booster station house and its office building, one house from Macedonia, remodeled them and sold two. Gave Karen the office building after she was divorced from Mike in July 1974. We bought two houses in Macedonia and one acreage. Had 3 trailers, 2 trailers on lots and 2 we are renting. We bought the May Wight building, Elmer had his tools and equipment in there. After we sold the fixtures out of the tavern, he moved his tools, belts, etc, into the tavern building. I went to household sales and put junk in my building, sold lots of stuff. Elmer put an old wood stove into the shop and cut wood all summer to save heat.
Prices have not went up in the last two years, 1977-1979. Gasoline today is almost $1.00 a gallon.
We bought shares in gasohol and they went broke. Irene, my sister, moved to Henderson and bought the Lolla Harbor residence. Our only grocery store closed in 1978.
The town of Henderson now has a town hall, library, firehouse, meat market, cafe, auto wash, tavern, oil station, elevator, bank, insurance office, and a new fertilizer co., Slump and Steiner. Three empty buildings on the south side, 2 of ours and 1 of Ervin's.
6/1/86 - since writing this the bank closed, insurance office and cafe. Have on main street on north side Leo Rieken's shop, Brown's building _____, old post office building empty, post office now in cafe building, Ole's (old Hillard shop) closed most of the time, tavern, the oil station closed, and car wash on south side empty, barber shop. A new firehouse has been built.
10/25/91 - Leo Reikert took the top off the old Hendrix building, bulldozed the locker and Brown building. Gerald Viner's old garage torn down. Glen Dean bought it, also he bought the old oil station, tore that building down.
On some of these pages I probably have repeated, but I think I covered quite a bit about the family plus our personal life.
Karen has two sons, Guy Michael Bodwell, b. 7/14/66, and Jason Vincent Bodwell, b. 6/25/69.
Today, Ocrober 26, 1991, we sold tavern building, my bulding, all houses on contracts.
Dess's siblings
Dess's parents were George Harrison Addison and Adelaide Bowker
1. William Durfee, born 07/24/1866 in Sonoma County, CA, died 10/08 or 28/1935 or 11/25/1935.
2. Kitty (Clyde), born 03/12/1868 in Nevada, IA, died 08/03/1888 in Oakland, IA
3. Mary Ellen (Engelman), born 09/16/1869 in IA, died 1958 in Waterloo or Council Bluffs, IA
4. Chester S. or H. aka Chet, born 10/15/1872 in IL, died 04/02/1930 in Clarinda, IA
5. Cordelia aka Deal or Delia (Smith or McCarty ?), born 02/02/1875, died 05/08 or 09/1956
6. Fannie A. (Vandruff or Van Druff), born 12/03/1875 in IA, died 07/02/1959 in Colorado Springs, CO
7. George H., Jr., born 08/08/1878 in IA, died 10/15/1956 in Oakland, IA
8. Desvenia aka Dess or Dessie, born 05/03/1881 in Avoca, IA, died 02/18/1970 in Council Bluffs, IA
9. Leroy R. aka Lee, born 05/05/1883, died 09/14/1905 in Oakland, IA
10. Charles Lymon aka Sully., born 03/26/1889, died _____
1. William Durfee, born 07/24/1866 in Sonoma County, CA, died 10/08 or 28/1935 or 11/25/1935.
2. Kitty (Clyde), born 03/12/1868 in Nevada, IA, died 08/03/1888 in Oakland, IA
3. Mary Ellen (Engelman), born 09/16/1869 in IA, died 1958 in Waterloo or Council Bluffs, IA
4. Chester S. or H. aka Chet, born 10/15/1872 in IL, died 04/02/1930 in Clarinda, IA
5. Cordelia aka Deal or Delia (Smith or McCarty ?), born 02/02/1875, died 05/08 or 09/1956
6. Fannie A. (Vandruff or Van Druff), born 12/03/1875 in IA, died 07/02/1959 in Colorado Springs, CO
7. George H., Jr., born 08/08/1878 in IA, died 10/15/1956 in Oakland, IA
8. Desvenia aka Dess or Dessie, born 05/03/1881 in Avoca, IA, died 02/18/1970 in Council Bluffs, IA
9. Leroy R. aka Lee, born 05/05/1883, died 09/14/1905 in Oakland, IA
10. Charles Lymon aka Sully., born 03/26/1889, died _____
Minnie's family tree, well a start at it anyway
Minnie's parents
Ervin Yocum (born 09/__/1849 and died 12/13/1983) and Elmira Elizabeth Scott Yocum
Their other children were:
1. Harley
2. Elsie
George P. Yocum (born 1819-1921 and died 1900 ?) and Sarah Ann Kelley were Ervin's parents
Thomas A. Scott (died 10/23/1905) and Elizabeth Shirts were Elmira's parents
Ervin Yocum (born 09/__/1849 and died 12/13/1983) and Elmira Elizabeth Scott Yocum
Their other children were:
1. Harley
2. Elsie
George P. Yocum (born 1819-1921 and died 1900 ?) and Sarah Ann Kelley were Ervin's parents
Thomas A. Scott (died 10/23/1905) and Elizabeth Shirts were Elmira's parents
Just the facts ma'am genealogy of Desvenia Darrell Addison and Minnie May Addison
Please note that there is another blogger site with the same posts. It is my previous site, could not access it because of a move and change in email/phone.
This post will be updated as I get the information together and learn new facts. It is definitely a work in progress, as are the rest of the posts here.
Desvenia Darrell Addison aka Dessie or Dess, born 05/02/1881 in Avoca, IA, died 02/19/1971 in Council Bluffs, IA.
Minnie May (Yocum) Addison, born 11/08/1885, died 04/07/1961.
Dess and Minnie married on 06/09/1902. He was 21 and she was 16, although she said she was 18.
They had 7 children:
1. Leona Lucille
2. Anita Fay aka Jackie
3. Irene May
4 and 5. Lela and Lola
6. Desvenia Darrell. Jr., aka Bud
7. Vera June
History of Dess and Minnie's children:
1. Leona Lucille, born 11/14/1906, died 11/19/1952 in Iowa City. A note here on Leona...she lived a sad and lonely life I think, pretty much abandoned by her parents. She died in a sanatorium.I believe that at the end of her life she had peace and seemed happy. I have a picture that I will post when I can find it!! I will be so glad when the kitchen is done and things are back to normal :)
2. Irene May, born 03/15/1909. Married Wilford Earl Chase. They had 5 children, Irma (Kadel), Faye (Smith), Wayne, Wanda Jean (Diemer), and Larry. Irene died 11/05/1982 in Omaha, Nebraska.
3. Anita Fay aka Jackie, born 08/16/1912. Married Elmer Kadel. One daughter, Karen. Jackie died 04/10/1993.
4 and 5. Lela and Lola, born 01/28/1914. Lela died on 03/07/1914, Lola on 03/27/1914.
6. Desvenia Darrell Jr., aka Bud, born 02/11/1916, died 11/07/1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
7. Vera June: Born 07/04/1918 in Minden Township, Iowa. Married Oliver Nelson in 1939 in Avoca, Iowa. They had 2 children, Gary and Dennis. Vera died 12/21/2003, in Bend, Oregon.
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