Angeline Park

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Kiel File, page 43839, uses the name Amelia as John Thompson’s widow in receiving her pension.

Census:
Named with John, Malinda and Mary E.

Census:
#95, widowed, age 56, farming, living with two children, Chas. and Emma

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Angeline married John Anderson Thompson on 11 Mar 1845 in Franklin Co., MO. John was born on 18 Apr 1816 in England Or Albany, NY; died on 18 Apr 1869 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 21 Apr 1869 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1923, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO
• Residence: 1923, Champion City, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Her husband’s obit gives her middle name as Olivia. After Eli’s death Melinda lived with her son Alfred, near Champion City, according to the 29 Jun 1923 Journal.

Residence:
To live with son Alfred

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Melinda married Eli Bailey Park on 28 Mar 1867 in Franklin Co., MO. Eli (son of William Park (Parks) and Mary (Polly) Cromer) was born on 18 Jan 1846 in Little Creek, Franklin Co., MO; died on 19 Dec 1922 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 21 Dec 1922 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: 1955, St. Louis Co., MO

Notes:

Burial:
Body reinterred at Hiram Burial Park, St. Louis County, in 1955, where she was buried next to her second husband, Frederick A Boedicker.

Buried:
Little Creek Cemetery

Mary married John L. Grob in 1869. John was born in 1849; died in 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Fred Boedecker in 1915. Fred was buried in St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(Info from Jack Thompson (birth29 Oct?)

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery

James married Louisa Park on 11 Sep 1873. Louisa (daughter of Ed Park) was born on 1 Oct 1854 in MO; died on 20 Mar 1937 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried in Jennings, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Marriage date is correct: I have a copy of the document.

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Alfred married Mahalia Jane (Mahala) Park on 7 Sep 1873 in Franklin Co., MO. Mahalia (daughter of William Park) was born on 3 Oct 1858 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO; died on 16 Dec 1951 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried on 19 Dec 1951 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Info from Jack Thompson, abt 1856

Charles married Susan Alice Crawford on 9 Dec 1882. Susan was born in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Laura Edna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Info from Jack Thompson

Buried:
Woodman Cemetery

Emma married Peter S. Grob on 2 May 1883 in Franklin Co., MO. Peter (son of George C. Grob, Sr. and Margaret (Marie)) was born on 17 Sep 1858; died on 15 Jul 1908 in MO; was buried on 18 Jul 1908 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

82Y 8M 6D
Born Washington Mo.
Son of John Thompson of England and Angeline Parks
sp: Mary Anna Zollicker

Mo Death Cert #37344/Henry Co/Windsor
Informant: Mrs.J.A> Thompson of Windsor
Occupation: Rural Route mail carrier
COD: cardiac asthma
Burial Nov 4 1945, Laural Oak Cem.

Birth:
Info from Jack Thompson

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

John married Mary A. Zollicker on 3 Dec 1889 in Union, Franklin Co., MO. Mary was born on 18 Sep 1870 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 17 Feb 1969 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried on 20 Feb 1969 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Mary married Bernard Hammer on 11 Jan 1893 in Franklin Co., MO. Bernard was born on 20 Jun 1862 in Philadelphia, PA; died on 20 Nov 1932 in Richmond Heights, St.Louis Co., MO; was buried in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: “Engineerman” according to death certificate
• USR1: acute la grippe

Notes:

Birth:
Three miles south of Leslie

Buried:
Hahn Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Emma?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children were: George, who married Gertrude Tecklenburg
Ellsworth Richard, who married Nellie Weiskoff
Addie Toelke, and Hettie____
Leona Alma, who married John H. Millhousen.

Buried:
Evangelical Saint Paul Cemetery

Virginia married Otto Gehlauf on 17 Dec 1891 in Franklin Co., MO. Otto was born on 23 Dec 1862; died on 18 Nov 1932; was buried in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1922, Fowler, CO

Notes:

Children: Willie Julius married Eva Ruth McLallen.
Also a small child buried on Emil Landwehr's place.
In 1922 lived in Fowler, CO.

Residence:
Father’s obit.

Mahala married Julius R. Trautwein on 12 Dec 1889 in Franklin Co., MO. Julius was born on 10 Jun 1861; died on 23 Mar 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Christian
• USR1: Heart attack

Notes:

James and his wife, Maggie Thompson, were cousins. Their son Floyd committed suicide over a girl by jumping into the Sangamon River near Fisher, IL.

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

James married Maggie Angeline Thompson on 15 Apr 1904. Maggie (daughter of Charles Valentin Fredrick Thompson and Susan Alice Crawford) was born on 30 Nov 1883 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 13 Oct 1951 in Sullivan, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 16 Oct 1951 in Sullivan, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1922 lived in Stanton.
It is generally believed that James and Sarah did not have any children. Sarah was the third of five wives.

Sarah married James Marion Armistead in 18 Jun 1922 (?). James (son of Thomas James Armistead and Elizabeth Park) was born on 11 Nov 1862 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; died on 22 Jan 1939 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1905, Employed as clerk In a dry goods and grocery store near New Haven, MO for four months.
• Occupation: 1912 R. R. Section laborer, according to Laura Mae’s birth certificate
• Occupation: A.O.Smith, Mfg. In Kankakee, IL
• Occupation: Abt 1913 Coal mines in southern Illinois
• Occupation: Abt 1919 Farm Laborer In Fisher, IL Area
• Occupation: Assembly Operator, Paramount Textile, Kankakee, IL
• Occupation: Thomas Lawless’s grain mill in Cerro Gordo, IL
• Reference Number: 12
• Religion: Christian
• Residence: Kankakee, Kankakee Co., IL
• USR1: Cardiac Failure--Due To Recurrent Virus Infection Lung, And Coronary Disease
• Census: 1910, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: 1912, Leslie, Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: Abt 1913, Southern Illinois
• Residence: Abt 1919, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Census: Jun 1920, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Baptism: Jan 1921, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 27 Apr 1942, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., IL

Notes:

Before his marriage, Grover lived for a while in Kiel, MO. Mr. Kiel, in the Kiel File, probably answered the question of why. He reports that “Grover spent several months in 1905 working in a store in New Haven, “during which time he no doubt lived in Kiel.

Grover and his family moved from Missouri to Illinois in order to find work. They moved first to two southern Illinois communities--Carlyle and Taylor Springs--where Grover worked in the coal mines. One day Grover met a man who knew a farmer from Illinois needing help. So, in 1913 Effie and Grover pulled up roots in Southern Illinois and moved to Central Illinois with their family in order to work on the farmlands, remaining in Illinois until death. Grover began working as a farm hand on the Alvin [August?] Sperling farm near the small village of Fisher. Later he worked for John Teuscher, a Mennonite family that attended the East Bend Mennonite Church near Fisher. Grover was so impressed with the life of this family that the Park family became a member of the Mennonite community, and several children married Mennonites. Grover later worked for many years at the A.O. Smith plant in Kankakee.

Several days following the wedding of granddaughter Donna Schrock and Del Birkey, Grover had a heart attack and died five months later in Kankakee.

Residence:
521 W. Water Street. Lived there in 1952 when I was married.

Census:
Lived on Antioch Rd.- Laborer/Section Hand, Grover 25, Effie, 20, Forest 2, Mamie 2, Roy 0

Residence:
R.F.D. #2 Source: Laura Mae’s birth certificate. . . .
Place name: Indian Paint Mine
Description: A prehistoric paint mine, near Leslie in the northeast part of Boone Township. This mine, which is said to be the only one ever found in the United States, was discovered about 1903 by Dr. Walter S. Cox, of Cuba, Missouri, who happened upon it while he was opening what he supposed was a new mine. He developed the first fire-clay pit at Owensville and later interested himself in iron mines along the Colorado River. Dr. Cox removed over 1200 primitive iron sledges and rock tools from the Indian Paint Mine. Evidently great numbers of Indian laborers had worked for many years to tunnel for long distances along the soft seams of red ungent intermingled with solid iron. Here the aborigines mined and mixed the glowing red mineral colors he used for so many purposes. Some of the ways he utilized the paint were: for personal adornment to discomfit his foe or to charm his admirer, for decorations of his habitation and pottery; for painted pictgographs on the walls of hills and caverns; for decorated altars; and for his protection from the sun and insects. The pigments were derived from many sources, but usually were of mineral origin, particularly the oxides of iron and carbonate of copper. These Indians were usually adept at mixing their colors, which were ground in small mortars or rubbed down on a flat stone, and in extracting the stains and dyes from vegetable substances. The colors were applied as dry paint with a piece of clay, chalk, or charcoal; or, when mixed with oil or water, with the hand or fingers, or a stick. Occasionally the colors were even sprayed with the mouth as was the case with the Pueblo mask painters. Several tribes prepared dry paints by mixing the pigments with sand, meal, or clay. Dry paints made in this manner were usually used to adorn ceremonial chambers or altars. (Hodge, "Painting"; MHR XXXI; Washington Library Records)
Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Residence:
Near Shelbyville, IL

Residence:
Mae said she was 2 when they came to Fisher, Mamie’s recollection is that she was 12 and they came in 1919.

Census:
Parks, Grover, 35, head of household; Effie, wife, age 30; Forrest & Mamie, age 12; Roy, age 10, May, age 8. Listed just following John S. Teuscher family.

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite Church, by A. Schrock

Died:
St. Mary Hospital

Buried:
Kankakee Memorial Gardens in Aroma Twp., Kankakee, IL

Eli married Effie Louella Blackwell on 22 Apr 1906 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO. Effie (daughter of James William Henry Thomas (Tom) Blackwell and Clarissa Jane West) was born on 6 Jul 1889 in Walbert/Gerald, Franklin Co., MO; died on 30 Apr 1964 in Gibson City, Ford Co., IL; was buried in Apr 1964 in Kankakee, Kankakee Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Barber
• Residence: ? to 1917, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: 1917, Fort Worth, TX

Notes:

Frank was a barber and once owned the largest barber shop in Fort Worth, TX. The shop was in downtown Fort Worth and most of his customers were business men from the downtown area. He was a joking, jolly, fun-loving man who never took life too seriouslly. He loved to sing, dance a jog, and play his harmonica.

David (Frank) and Bessie moved by train to Fort Worth in the winter of 1917 when Elizabeth was five years old. Elizabeth loved her grandfather Eli and the photo of the two together was taken at the train station when they said goodbye. Elizabeth remembers him making mud pies and playing with her in the grape arbor. She said he was a very loving man and her face still lights up when she talks about him. She adored him as can be seen in the photo of them at the train station.

Residence:
Probably moved to Gerald at the time of his marriage.

Residence:
from Franklin Co., MO

Died:
(St. Joe, TX?)

Buried:
Laurel Land Memorial Park

David married Bessie Henry Burton on 10 May 1910 in Franklin Co., MO. Bessie was born on 27 Sep 1877 in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO; died on 29 Jun 1966 in Decatur, TX; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit:
The daughter of Ely Baily Park and Malinda Olive Thompson, Ella was married to Clarence W. Blount. They were the parents of 1 child.

Ella was a homemaker. Clarence worked as a grocery storekeeper until his death in 1937.

Ella lived until 1969 when she suffered a coronary thrombosis. At the time of her death, she was 80 years, 10 months and 23 days old.

She was survived by 1 daughter, Florence Easterday; 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and many extended family members.

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. on the morning of 22 Mar 1969 at Ortmann's Funeral Home on Lackland Road in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Ella was buried next to her husband, Clarence.

Family/Spouse: Clarence Blount. Clarence was born on 10 Jan 1890 in Vigus, St. Louis Co., MO; died on 23 Apr 1937 in Richmond Heights, St.Louis Co., MO; was buried in Bridgeton, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Wall

Notes:

Married McDade

Notes:

Married Walker

Family/Spouse: James Ferdinand Bates. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Schaun

Family/Spouse: L. R. Scott. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery

Notes:

Died:
Hospital

Buried:
Oak Hill Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Glendora Dooley. Glendora was born on 12 Oct 1910 in Holley Springs, Panola Co., MS; died on 7 Oct 1985 in Manchester, MO; was buried on 10 Oct 1985 in Kirkwood, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Guy Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Sullivan Cemetery

Maggie married James Alfred Park on 15 Apr 1904. James (son of Eli Bailey Park and Melinda Olive Thompson) was born on 6 May 1877 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 24 Nov 1942 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 27 Nov 1942 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1950 (check source)

Notes:

Buried:
Woodman Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Church Cemetery

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

Notes:

Buried:
Woodman Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Evangelical Saint Paul Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Amanda. Amanda was born in 1907; died in 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Mose C. Cairer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Arthur C. Strain. Arthur was born on 26 Aug 1890; died on 31 Mar 1974 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried on 3 Apr 1974 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Burt S. Parrack. Burt was born on 20 Feb 1908; died on 15 Aug 1972 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried on 18 Aug 1972 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Wood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Jeanette

Notes:

Children of Eugene & Emma: Hazel E. (b: 15 Jun 1913, d: 16 Feb 2005, married Chester Puckett, d: abt 1952), Bernard E., Donald Morris, June Adele, Melvin C., Onetta A., Margie Marie and Betty Jo Saucier.
Secondly married a Koch.

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Eugene Field Saucier. Eugene was born on 22 Aug 1893; died on 28 Oct 1974; was buried in Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Gertrude Tecklenburg b. 5 Jan 1895
Married Gladine Bouse b. 18 Jul ??
1. George Edward b. 10 Mar 1924
2. Olinda Laura b. 16 Jun 1927
3. Ruth Marie b. 11 Apr 1929
4. Dorothy Mae b. 5 Aug 1930

Buried:
Midtown Memorial Gardens

Family/Spouse: Gertrude Techlenburg. Gertrude was born on 5 Jan 1895 in IL; died on 6 Jun 1990 in Swansea, St. Clair Co., IL; was buried in Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gladine Bouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y

Notes:

Married Hettie Katheryn Power Deacon b. 16 Oct 1906

THE HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
April 2000
HETTIE KATHERYN DEACON GEHLAUF
---Hettie Katheryn Deacon Gehlauf, age 95, formerly of La Plata, Missouri, passed away on Friday (April 21, 2000), at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
---Born on October 16, 1904, in Hurdland, Missouri, she was the daughter of Samuel E. and Malinda (Vansickle) Power. On August 15, 1922, in Kirksville, Missouri, she married Murrel Deacon who preceded her in death on August 10, 1955.
---On January 2, 1977, she married Elzie R. Gehlauf in Columbia, Missouri, who also preceded her in death on December 4, 1995.
---Also preceding her in death were her parents; two daughters, Katherine Fae Deacon and Merlene Mae Rogers, one son, Rolland (Rod) O'Dale Deacon; four brothers Thomas, Franklin, August and John Power, three sisters, Abigail Orpha Power, Mae Taylor and Sarah Conklin. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Robert Paul and Marjorie Deacon of Monrovia, California; two daughters and sons-in-law, Arvilla and Joseph McClellan of Columbia, Missouri, and Joann and Ron Taylor of Raytown, Missouri; two daughters-in-law, Betty Deacon of La Plata, Missouri, and Mrs. Robert Deacon of Monrovia, California; one son-in-law, Leon Rogers of Kirksville, Missouri; three sisters, Gladys Deacon of Sun City, Arizona, Ruby Power of Little Switzerland, North Carolina, and Roberta Love of La Plata, Missouri; twenty grandchildren; thirty-six great-grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
---Hettie worked for many years at the Lenoir Retirement Home in Columbia Mo. as a practical~nurse and later as a receptionist. She was a member of the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church in Wilson Town, Missouri.
---Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday (April 25, 2000), at the Travis Funeral Chapel in La Plata, Missouri, with the Elder Allen Curtis officiating. Music will be provided by Sarah Beth Fouch, organist, and Melvin Bissey soloists, singing "Beyond The Sunset" and "The Old Rugged Cross".
---Burial will be in the La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Missouri. Pallbearers will be Dale Deacon, David Deacon, Don Long Jr., Michael Long, Randy Rogers, and Bob Rogers.
Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday (April 24, 2000), at Travis Funeral Chapel. The family requests that memorials in memory of Hettie Katheryn Deacon Gehlauf to be made to the Mt. Tabor Primitive Baptist Church. Memorials may be left at or mailed to the Travis Funeral Chapel.
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Hettie's first husband was Royal Murrel Deacon.
Hettie's second husband was Elsworth Richard "Elzie" Gehlauf.


Married Nellie Weiskopf d. 6 Mar 1936
1. Charles b. 27 Sep 1935

Charles, Elzie Gehlauf, 81 of Columbia, passed away, Monday, September 18, 2017 at South Hampton Place.
He was born September 27, 1935 in Gerald, MO the only child of Elaie Gehlauf and Nellie (Weiskoff) Gehlauf who preceded him in death.
Charlie moved to Columbia to live at Woodhaven. He was employed by Dana Corporation until his retirement.
He enjoyed riding horses and was a participant in the Special Olympics. He was a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.
He was a member of Forum Christian Church where he had many friends.
Visitation will take place from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 21, 2017 at Parker-Millard Funeral Service & Crematory (12 E. Ash St.).
Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017 at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gerald, Missouri with Pastor Scott Sutherland, officiating.


Married Addie A. Toelke d. 7 July 1939

B. 1902, D. 1939 Burial, Evangelical Saint Paul Cemetery, Gerald, MO

Buried:
Evangelical Saint Paul Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: First Christian Church, Columbia, MO

Notes:

Married John Millhousen. Lived in Columbia, MO. For possible husband, see
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186326728/john-h_-millhousen

Buried:
Laurel Hills Memorial Gardens

Family/Spouse: John Millhousen. John was born in 1899; died on 23 Feb 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Eva Ruth McLallen b. 17 Apr 1903

Notes:

Married Leah

Notes:

Married Gwen D. Pierce b. 12 Aug 1918 d. 18 Sep 1973

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Suicide

Notes:

Buried:
Evangelical Saint Paul Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Congestive heart failure

Notes:

OBIT: Published by The Ledger on Sep. 28, 2006. Lakeland, Florida

Mrs. Velma A.Wilks of Lakeland died of congestive heart failure Monday (Sep. 25, 2006) in Lakeland. She was 83.

Born in Leslie, Mo., on Dec. 17, 1922, she came to Lakeland from Sebring in 1982. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Victory Church.

Mrs. Wilks was preceded in death by her husband, Carlton Wilks. She is survived by her daughter, Jayne Douglas, Lakeland; sons, Roy Wilks, Plant City, Ray Wilks, Arlington, Texas, Randy Wilks, Kissimmee; daughter, Joyce Smith, Sarasota; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 am. Friday at Lakeland Funeral Home. Services will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to Good Shepgerd Hospice, 115 S. Missouri Ave. Suite 500, Lakeland, FL 33815.

Family/Spouse: Carlton Wilkes. Carlton was born on 4 Oct 1912; died on 15 Apr 1983 in Lakeland, FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Barber/Taxi Co.
• Religion: Cumberland Presbyterian Church
• Baptism: 26 Mar 1922, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Parks to hang up cab keys By Rick Baker

PONTIAC--Almost three decades in the taxi game have left them with some good stories to tell--like the one about the woman who thought she was in Pontiac, Mich., and the millionaire he thought was a bum. this is forest and Albert Park’s last week at the Safeway Cab co., a small taxi business they opened here in 1941. “I got into cabs because I was a barber and I saw the war taking all my customers away,” Forest said.

He started with the family car and made $8.25 his first day on the job. He built it up at one time to a fleet of six cabs and a gross of more than $300 a day in this town of 10,500. Odds are pretty strong that he has driven over the streets of Pontiac more than any man ever has or will. He’s covered every street in the city hundreds of times and worn out a lot of cars on them.

“I’ve seen a lot of things come and go,” he said in his small office Monday. One of the strangest things he’s seen come and go was a man he picked up in 1971 in front of the old Pontiac Hotel, since demolished. “That guy had me worried from the moment he got in my cab,” Park recalls, describing a poorly dressed and dirty man. “He was the oddest rider I ever had in one of my cabs.”

The man had been living at the hotel a while, Park learned, and he had some odd habits--like sleeping with his shoes on and keeping his bedroom mirror covered with a blanket. “Well, this dirty fella says he wants to go on up to Joliet. So I said, ‘get in.’ All the while we drive along, he keeps looking out the back window as if something is after him,” Park said.

It was beginning to get dark near Dwight, Park said, when the man changed his mind and began telling him to drive down dirt road. “Finally we got to Morris, when he said he wanted to go to Seneca. I stopped at the first gas station, grabbed the keys out of the ignition, and told him that was as far as we were going,” Park said.

Park said he had given the ride up as profitless soon after leaving Pontiac, but still asked if the man had the money to pay him something. the man pulled several bills out of his shoe. The bills were waded into little balls. “He started peeling them open, and when he came to a $50, he handed it over. I gave him the change, and then called the police. I figured he was wanted for something,” Park said.

A few days later the sheriff called Park and told him his dirty customer was a millionaire--the owner of a few prosperous California orange groves. “If I had known that then, I would have driven him anywhere in the world,” Park said.

Then there was the elderly woman destined for Grand Rapids, Mich., by train from St. Louis, Mo. Grand Rapids is in western Michigan. When the train conductor announced the train was moving into Pontiac, she thought she had somehow gotten off course and wound up in Pontiac, Mich., in the eastern part of the state. “Well,” Park said, “She said she wanted to go to Grand Rapids, so I took her up there. It cost her $125. Our fares were quite a bit cheaper then,” he said. He’s also made runs to Indianapolis, Ind., and St. Louis for people who didn’t have the time or patience to wait for a bus.

But most of his driving--hundreds of thousands of miles of it--has been right here in Pontiac. With a 10-year leave from the business from 1951 to 1961, he’s been at it for 27 years. So has she. Alberta has spent most of her time answering calls in the office, but she used to drive a cab for her husband’s company.

When he started, his fare was a flat 25 cents for any ride in town. Today there is a minimum $1 far, with zone rates applying after a certain number of blocks are travelled. While his cabs have never been involved in a major accident, he has seen his insurance premiums double. He’s also seen his gasoline bills triple.

He’s also seen eight other cab companies in this town come and go since he opened his business. Safeway has been the only taxi business in Pontiac since 1961. The Parks plan to turn the business over to one of their three sons next week.

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite Church, by J.A. Heiser

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery

Forest married Alberta Leota Pearl Lehmann on 13 Jul 1930 in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL. Alberta (daughter of Albert W. Lehmann and Emma P. Bose) was born on 11 Jul 1912 in Girard, IL; died on 3 Oct 1983 in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL; was buried on 7 Oct 1983 in Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Grade School
• Occupation: Homemaker
• Religion: East Bend Mennonite, Trinity Baptist Church Of Clearwater, FL
• Residence: Abt 1916-19, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Baptism: 26 Mar 1922, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1975/6, Clearwater, FL
• Residence: 1983, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., IN

Notes:

Excepts from Mamie’s “autobiography” written 9 Oct 1974:

“….We moved from Missouri when we ere small children so don’t remember very much about our grandparents. I have always been sorry that we couldn’t have known them better. Grandma Blackwell died before we twins were born.

“Work was hard to get in Missouri so we moved to the southern part of Illinois to a town by the name of Carlysle and also another town by the name of Taylor Springs. Dad worked in the coal mines there. There were four of us children now so it kept dad and mother busy.

“Then one day dad met a man that knew a farmer from Fisher, IL., who needed help so we made a move to Fisher and did worked on this farm for some time and we have lived most of our lives around the Fisher community. I was about eight or nine years of age by now. Dad then went to work on another farm nearby and this was a Christian family who attended the Mennonite Church and he like this man so well because he lived the Christian life.

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite Church, by J.A. Heiser

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Mamie married Roy Joseph Cender on 8 Sep 1927 in Champaign Co., IL. Roy (son of John Cender and Katherine Frances Zehr) was born on 8 Sep 1905 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; died on 25 Feb 1984; was buried on 27 Feb 1984 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Greyhound Bus Route
• USR1: Congestive Heart Failure
• Baptism: 17 Jun 1923, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite Church, by J.A. Heiser

Roy married Juanita Wyona Campbell on 27 Jul 1936. Juanita died on 5 Jan 2005 in MO; was buried in MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Graduated Fisher High School
• HOBB: Gardening, cooking, sewing, fishing
• Occupation: Homemaker, Civil Service at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL
• Reference Number: 9
• Religion: Mennonite/interdenominational
• USR1: End stage congestive heart failure
• Baptism: 8 Nov 1925, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Retired: 1977, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Place name:
Boone Township
Description:
This township occupies the southwest part of Franklin County. It is bounded on the south by Crawford County, on the west by Gasconade County, on the north by Lyon Township, and on the east by Union and Meramec Townships. It was organized on February 7, 1832, out of the western part of what had been Meramec Township, and took its name from its principal stream Boone Creek, which had been named for Daniel Boone. Ten years later, on February 12, 1842, there was a demand by some citizens of Boone Township for a further subdivision because, they said, it was inconvenient to reach voting places and also because there were enough householders to justify a new township. It was accordingly organized on that date under the name of Linn Township; but on May 3 of the same year the action was rescinded and Linn was receded to Boone Township. The short-lived township took its name from the popular Senator Linn, whose name is also commemorated by Linn County, served in the Upper House from 1833 until his death, and was a conspicuous and popular member. (Davis & Durrie, 365; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 5, 12, 14; HIST. FRANKLIN, 229; DAB; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 233 & map; COURT RECORDS, BK. C., 18; Miss Johnson; Kiel (letter)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.


Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Franklin County
Description:
A large county, bounded on the north by the Missouri River, on the northeast by St. Louis County, on the southeast by Jefferson County, on the south by Washington and Crawford Counties, and on the west by Gasconade County. It was organized on December 11, 1818, and thus separated from St. Louis County, of which it had previously formed a part. The area of Franklin County at first included large regions on the west and south. These areas are now outside the county. On November 25, 1820, Gasconade County, which then included much of Osage County, was formed from Franklin County. By subsequent changes including the formation of Crawford County, Franklin County was reduced to its present area of 866 square miles. The earliest record of American settlement in the county is that of William Hughes, who located on Du Bois Creek, not far from the site of the present Washington, in 1794. This was the extreme frontier of the time. One of the first American settlers was Kincaid Caldwell, who came to Franklin County in 1803. The earliest entry of land in the county was made by Samuel Cantley on July 13, 1818. Franklin County was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), the Philadelphia printer, inventor, philosopher, diplomat, and statesman. Americans have always been delighted to honor him in their choice of place names; there are more than twenty Franklin Counties in other states, and over fifty other places named for him. (Davis & Durrie, 365; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 8; HIST. FRANKLIN, 222; Switzler 543; MISSOURI SURVEY MAP; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 8; Schultz, 44-45, 52-54; Eaton; McClure, 5; Miss Johnson)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Birth:
At parent’s home. Place name: Champion City
Description: A village in the central part of Boone Township. The post office was established on August 20, 1877, but has been discontinued since May 20, 1911. It was named for the Champion Flour Mill, operated there by Mr. Everhard Giebler, who suggested the name in 1872. Mr. Arthur Keller, in a letter, says that Mr. Giebler wanted to call the place Champion, but since there was already one Champion in Missouri added the word "City." If the story is true, the other place must since have changed its name, for there is no such place-name in the state at present. (COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 200; Miss Johnson: Arthur Keller)
Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Baptism:
By J. A. Heiser

Retired:
Retired from Civil Service at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL

Died:
Belmont Village Assisted Living

Buried:
East Bend Memorial Gardens

Laura married Orval Leo Schrock on 24 Dec 1931 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Orval (son of Albert Elmer Schrock and Josephine L. Yordy) was born on 9 Sep 1910 in Fisher, Newcomb Twp., Champaign Co., IL; died on 14 Aug 2002 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 19 Aug 2002 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hairdresser
• Baptism: 13 Mar 1932, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Baptism:
By J. A. Heiser at East Bend Mennonite Church

Verna married Ivan John Wine on 14 Feb 1939. Ivan (son of Lloyd Wine) was born on 7 Feb 1920 in Cerro Gordo, IL; died on 5 Jun 2009; was buried in Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co., FL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife, Mother

Notes:

Elizabeth Olive graduated from Normal Teachers College in Union, MO. in 1902. She was a school teacher in a small country school in Gray Summit, MO. until she moved to Fort Worth, TX. David Franklin, her husband had been one of her students several years before. They moved by train to Fort Worth in the winter of 1917 when Elizabeth was 5 years old. The picture that we sent of Eli Baily Park, her grandfather, was taken at the train station when they said goodbye. My mother loved Eli. She remembers him making mud pies and playing with her in the grape arbor. She said he was a very loving man, She just adored him as can be seen in that photo of them at the train station. Her face still lights up when she talks about him.

Buried:
Mountain Park Cemetery

Elizabeth married Daniel Louie Boone on 18 Nov 1932 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. Daniel (son of Felix Larkin Boone and Leona Ball) was born on 5 Aug 1914 in Saint Joseph, Montague Co., TX; died on 30 Aug 1981 in Muenster, Cooke Co., TX; was buried in Saint Joseph, Montague Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family/Spouse: Raymond Lipscomb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Telephone company accountant
• USR1: Cancer

Notes:

Obit:
The daughter of Clarence W. Blount and Ella M. Park, Florence was married to Leslie Henderson Easterday. They were the parents of 3 children.

Leslie worked as an accountant for the telephone company, and the family shared a home with Florence's widowed mother, Ella Blount. They lived in northwest St. Louis County, Missouri.

At the time of her death, Florence was 69 years, 6 months and 22 days old.

She was survived by her husband, Leslie; 3 daughters; her grandchildren; and many extended family members.

Visitation was held on 18 Nov 1983 at Ortmann's Funeral Home on Lackland Road in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri. Funeral services were conducted at Overland Christian Church at 3 p.m. on the afternoon of 19 Nov 1983.

The family requested that memorials, if desired, be made to the Heart Fund.

Florence's husband, Leslie, passed away in 2003 and was buried next to her.

Children: 3 daughters.

Mother of:
Lynn Carole Easterday Richter
(Living) Easterday Henry
(Living) Easterday Lawson

Buried:
Fee Fee Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Leslie Easterday. Leslie was born on 7 Sep 1911 in MO; died on 9 Sep 2003 in MO; was buried in Bridgeton, St. Louis Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Ashes given to his wife, Carmelita,who was planning on burying them in the Philippines.

Family/Spouse: Barbara Lee Meyer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jo Ann Copland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
FAG gives birthplace as Valley Park, St. Louis Co., MO

Buried:
Ashes given to family or friend

Notes:

Obit: St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 21, 2004
BROWN, ANN L.(nee Thompson), Saturday, June 19, 2004.

Dear mother of Ricky, Janet, Vesta & Mary; dear sister of Jack Thompson, Jim Thompson, Mary Bougeno & the late Bobby Thompson; dear grandmother, great-grandmother, sister-in-law, aunt, cousin & friend. 

St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 21, 2004

Buried:
Sacred Heart Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Oak Hill Cemetery

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

Family/Spouse: John Joseph Lucas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]