1. | ![]() Notes: Ira Morgan Barnhouse was born 14 Aug 1848 at Sharon, Noble County, Ohio. His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry* when but 15 years of age and served in the Union Army under Gen. Sherman on his triumphal [and unnecessarily destructive] "March to the Sea" through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah then north through the Carolinas to Washington DC. He was honorably discharged at Louisville Kentucky July 20, 1865. He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He was married 3 Aug 1875 to Mary Francis Albin at Laurelville, Hocking County, Ohio to which union three children were born: Perl Travisd, Edna Maude, and Rose Ann Elizabeth. He engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits removing to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn. He homesteaded February 1887 near Abbott, Washington County, Colorado. He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Missouri at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876. His love of home and family gave him zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor in their behalf. His wonderful energy but slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo. His confidence in its future was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident** on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice*** on his cheek. He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912. The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahnemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914. Ira married Mary Francis Albin on 4 Aug 1875 in Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio. Mary (daughter of William Slater Albin and Elizabeth Ann Tribby) was born on 20 Oct 1854 in Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio; died on 8 Jan 1924 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 10 Jan 1924 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Perl Travis Barnhouse ![]() Notes: Swan Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 796 people in the township. Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township, Hocking County: north; Starr Township, Hocking County: northeast corner; Brown Township: east; Madison Township: southeast; Elk Township: south; Jackson Township: west Benton Township, Hocking County: northwest. It is the only Swan Township statewide, although there is a Swan Creek Township in Fulton County, and a Swanton Township in Lucas County. Perl married Mamie Arundle on 29 Oct 1907 in Washington County, Colorado. Mamie (daughter of Adolphus Arundle and Mary Ann Hall) was born on 29 Oct 1890 in Washington County, Colorado; died on 10 Feb 1991 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 12 Feb 1991 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | ![]() ![]() Notes: Edna Maude Barnhouse, eldest daughter of Ira Morgan and Mary Francis Albin Barnhouse was born in 24 Apr 1879 in Bloomingville, Ohio and died 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Colorado at the age of 92 years and 4 months. When two years old, she moved with her parents to Shelby, Nebraska, where she lived for the next five years. In the spring of 1887 she moved with her parents to a homestead near Abbott, Washington County, Colorado, 35 miles southwest of Akron, Colo, where in that locality she grew to womanhood. On Sept. 20, 1907 she was united in marriage to Nelson E. Sears of Aurora, Neb. In the fall of 1909 they moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colo., where their three children were born: One son, Alva Raymond (in the Armed Forces in England during World War II), and two daughters, Margaret May and Faye Eleanor. During these years Edna was an active member of the Presbyterian church and of the Rebecca lodge which she joined 2 Oct 1915 and of which she was a member for 46 years. She was a willing participant in many civic activities of the town. After her husband, Nelson E. Sears, died in May, 1948, she maintained her own home in Akron for a number of years, later living with her daughter, Faye Johnston, in San Francisco, Calif. She eventually returned to Akron where she stayed with her daughter Margaret Cooley and family before entering Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush, Colo., in July, 1969. As long as her health permitted, she lived a vital and active life, loved music [Tex Ritter], and was always greatly interested in current events. - Obituary in the Akron News Reporter. Edna married Nelson Evans Sears on 20 Sep 1907 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Nelson (son of Charles Madison Sears and Catherine Evans) was born on 15 Aug 1876 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois; died on 17 May 1948 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 19 May 1948 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Rose Ann Elizabeth Barnhouse ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Obituary the Denver Post, Mon 17 Jun 1991 page 8C Rose married Alva Wright on 6 Aug 1918 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Alva was born on 7 Nov 1896 in Fillmore, Andrew Co, Missouri; died on 20 Apr 1983 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado; was buried on 26 Apr 1983 in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | ![]() ![]() Notes: Thelma Ruth Kessinger was born July 13, 1911, 25 miles southwest of Akron, Colo and departed this life May 12, 1942 aged 30 years, 10 months, and one day in their home northwest of Akron. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter. She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Cecil Earling Kesinger, two children, Cecylle Evelynn, age 19, and LaVerne Allen, age 6; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Perl Barnhouse, and two brothers, Robert and Omar, besides a number of relatives and friends. She spent most of her 30 years in and around Akron. She became a Christian in the spring of 1938 and on November 1939 joined the Pentacostal Assembly of God Church in Akro. She was a faithful member until the time of her death. She successfully fulfilled her duties as Christ Ambassador president, Sunday School teacher, and had charge of the shut in's for the past two and a half years. She was loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed in the home church she helped to build, and leaves behind a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held in the Pentacostal Church in Akron Thursday afternoon and the body was laid to rest in Akron Cemetery. - Akron News-Reporter, Thursday, May 21, 1942 Family/Spouse: Cecil Earling Kessinger. Cecil was born on 15 Sep 1907 in Nemaha, Nemaha Co, Kansas; died on 25 Nov 1963 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried about Nov 1963 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | George Howard Barnhouse ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Obituary - The Akron News - Thursday, July 2, 1925 "As a result of boyish courage and recklessness, George Howard Barnhouse, the 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perl Barnhouse, was placed tenderly in his last resting place Tuesday in the Akron Cemetery. George Howard Barnhouse was born September 2, 1912, at the ranch home of his parents 27 miles southwest of Akron and came to his untimely death at the same place on June 28, 1925 at the age of 12 years, 9 months and 29 days. He was a member of the Olinger Highlander organization of Denver. Howard was an unusually intelligent and ambitious lad, having graduated from the eight grade in May last spring. He was to enter high school almost on his 13th birthday. He leaves a father and mother, two brothers and a sister, Thelma Ruth, age 15 years, Robert, age 10 years and Omar Eugene,. age 1 year. A sister, Dora Marie, preceded him in 1900 at the age of three months. The funeral services were held from the Methodist Church with Rev. Coulter in charge and the burial took place in the Akron Cemetery." |
8. | Robert Victor Barnhouse ![]() Notes: Taken from letter written by Anna B. Wright in answer to questions from Mrs. Mary Mainetti on May 26, 1967 "Robert Victor Barnhouse - Present address: 523 East Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Robert married Maxine Lucille Edkins on 2 Aug 1941 in Kansas, and was divorced. Maxine was born on 14 Feb 1925; died on 22 Oct 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Omar Eugene Barnhouse ![]() Notes: Taken from letter written by Anna B. Wright in answer to questions from Mrs. Mary Mainetti on May 26, 1967 "Rev. Omar Eugene Barnhouse - Present address: Route 5, Box 240, Nampa, Idaho Omar married Joanne Marie Zambo on 14 Oct 1944 in St. Frances, Kansas. Joanne was born on 14 Feb 1929 in Fort Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado; died on 3 May 2005 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Alva Raymond Sears ![]() Notes: According to the Dept of Veterans Affairs BIRLS death file: Alva married Ethel Mary Aitchison on 13 Nov 1951 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Ethel (daughter of Joseph Aitchison and Lillian Fulbeck) was born on 22 Feb 1901 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England; died about Mar 1972 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | ![]() ![]() Notes: Margaret May Sears was born 23 May 1912 in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, to Nelson Evans Sears and Edna Maude Barnhouse. She was born in her parent's house on the east side of town as were her elder brother, Alva Raymond, in 1910, and her younger sister, Faye Eleanor, in 1914, all delivered by a Dr. Kaylor. That house on the northeast corner of the block at present 5th and Date had some interesting history. Margaret's maternal grandparents, Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin, had moved the entire house from the country (Woodrow) into the east side of Akron several years before and had lived there until Nelson and Maude moved-in in 1910 just before Alva's birth. Ira and Mary consequently moved to a newly-built house on the southeast corner of the block (at present 4th & Date). But there's more. Nelson and Maude also moved their entire country house in (also from the Woodrow area) and had joined it to the house left by Ira and Mary. Margaret describes their house on the northeast corner of the block: "There was a driveway leading into the yard from the north where a car (or maybe a wagon, earlier) could park right by the back door. Across the driveway, west of the house, was our windmill. That's where we got our water for everything. Mother used a galvanized tub and a wash basin to do the [clothes] washing. The tub was moved into the kitchen for our weekly baths [our kitchen] opened out onto the back room (we always called it the back room) where mother washed [dishes] and where some things were stored and where the cellar was." The cellar (probably a storm cellar used to escape the dust) was a place of dark mystery: "A lift-up door opened up to the cellar where mother kept the jars of food she canned in the fall. Other foods that had to be kept cool were stored there. A black and scary hole in the ground I thought it to be." A barn stood to the west of the house, across what would now be the alley of that block. That barn, in fact, still stands in 2007 as depicted in the picture above. Margaret describes the barn: "There was the big red barn west of the house the north part of the barn was a garage. In the south part [were] stalls and mangers with an aisle running between them. My father kept a sow (for our supply of milk, plus a few families we sold to) for several years and in the west stall a horse named Dick." While the cellar was a mysterious hole in the ground the barn was a cornucopia of childhood delights, especially for the two girls of the family: "When we children were small we had a swing in the aisle that ran between the east and west stalls. What fun it was to swing there. The hayloft entrance was at the north end of the aisle, a ladder leading straight up to the left. We used to play up in the loft, jumping around in the hay and having lots of fun." Ira Barnhouse had been in the Civil War, having participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, but returned in poor health with dysentery for the rest of his life. He died 4 Apr 1914 and is buried in Akron Cemetery. Margaret didn't remember her grandpa Ira but she had vague memories of her grandma Mary. When Margaret started school (kindergarten) in 1917 the old grade school building, built in the late 1890s, was undergoing remodeling and expansion so she attended classes in the old Akron School north of the Methodist Church and later in an upstairs room in the high school. Finally, in 1919 the project was completed and the new school was opened where she completed her elementary schooling graduating from 8th grade in 1925. She entered Washington County High School at Akron (just built in 1916) in late 1925 graduating in 1930 in the largest class in the history of the Washington County School System, 41 seniors. Commencement was held Friday, May 23, 1930. In high school she and her best friend, Helen McCabe, were known as the "Ukulele Girls" for their ukulele duo and flapper styles, the naughty rage of the 20s. She entered Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colo. in the fall quarter of the 1931-1932 school term. With the school year beginning in the fall of 1933, Margaret began teaching in rural Washington County, Colorado at the South Buena Vista School, Dist. 58. In the fall of 1934 she began teaching at Pleasant Hill school, Dist. 42, "often called the Johnson school" at that time. It was located east of the Buttes, and the Harry Johnson home was just a half mile east of the schoolhouse. "There was an old pump organ in the school, and I really loved playing it," she said in her writeup "My Years of Teaching" for the Washington County History pub 1989. "We had singing every morning." She taught at this school for three years. She wrote of the dust bowl years: "It was in the latter part of 1934, and 1935 that the dust storms were the worst. The most terrible of these storms came one afternoon (I don't remember the date.) We could see a huge black cloud rolling in from the northwest. When it came roaring over us, the schoolroom became dark and the smell of dust was heavy in the air. The parents came and got their children. I took the McDonald girls to their home which was on my way to town. I could not see the road, and all the way to town I kept squarely in the middle between the fence posts, which I could just barely see on each side. I did make it into town all right, but will always remember this frightening experience." On 21 Jun 1936, Margaret and Clifford Coyne Cooley, son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller, were married at the Presbyterian manse in Akron by Reverend G. Grey Dashen. The newlyweds, accompanied by the groom's parents, left after the ceremony for a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. They returned 6 Jul 1936 to begin residence in the Rena Lewis Apartments at Main St. and 5th Ave in Akron. She began her third and final year in the Pleasant Hill, Dist. 42, in the fall of 1936. In her words, "As a contrast to the previous year, there were several heavy snow storms in the school year 1936-1937. Many times snow drifts blocked sections of the road, and I had to take to the fields and pastures, opening gates and, in one instance, taking down the fence, and then of course, stopping again to close gates and put the fence back up. It was a joy one day late in the winter of 1937 when I saw the first fleecy white clouds in the sky and knew that spring was on the way". For the 1937-1938 school year she transferred to Center School, Dist. 21, north of Platner. She taught there for just one term. In the 1938-1939 school term she taught at Pleasant, Dist. 15, south of Platner. After just one year Pleasant School, to May of 1939, she began a six-year hiatus from teaching due to the duties of motherhood and demands of World War II. Coyne and Margaret's first child, a son, Daniel Berton, was born 25 October 1939 in the Anderson home in west Akron at present 581 Fremont St. (refurbished and still standing in 2007). They were still residing in the Lewis Apartments when Daniel was born but shortly after his birth they acquired (with help from R.B. Cooley) the property known as Lot Three in Block Three of the First Addition of Akron, Colorado, from J. B. Fisher. They built a Cape Cod-style house on the lot costing them just $2000. Coyne and Margaret's second child, a daughter, Catherine Lou, was born 14 Nov 1943, also in the Anderson Home. With end of World War II she resumed teaching in September 1945 at Star School, Dist. 11, for the 1945-1946 school term. for the 1946-47 school she taught at Platner, Dist 16 (8 mi E of Akron). Her salary was $116.67 per month. The next year on Sept 1, 1947 Margaret renewed her Teacher's Contract with the Dist. 16 Board of Directors to teach for the period beginning 1 Sep 1947 and ending 180 days later. Her salary was $150 per month. The school term 1947-1948, still at Platner, would be final one in Margaret's teaching career. Coyne and Margaret's third child, a daughter, Jo Ellen, was born on 13 Nov 1953. Margaret was an accomplished musician (piano, ukuele, vocal). She was a "Ukuele Girl" in her younger years. After her years of teaching in rural schools, she gave piano lessons in the 50s through the 80s. She accompanied on the piano numerous students in their instrument solo endeavors (including her son, Danny, who played, among other pieces, "Willow Echoes", on the baritone horn). While not playing the piano in any scheduled manner, she was often called upon to play for funerals and other church functions. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Choir, faithfully singing every Sunday morning. Margaret had a life-long enthusiasm for books and writing. She served as librarian at the Akron Public Library from 1970 until her death in 1987. She fervently believed that the community should become more involved with books and their local library so she wrote the weekly newspaper column "From Off the Shelves" for the local newspaper, The Akron News Reporter. In 1976 she applied for and received a grant from the State of Colorado to engage in a Bicentennial-Centennial Oral History Project. The project's goal was to preserve valuable history that would otherwise be lost to the next generation. Various Washington County residents were interviewed and the interviewees life, work, remembrances, anecdotes and personal feelings about his/her years lived especially in Washington County were recorded onto cassette tape. Margaret died Sunday, Jan. 18, 1987, at Washington County Hospital aged 74, and is interred at the Akron Cemetery Margaret married Clifford Coyne Cooley on 21 Jun 1936 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Clifford (son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 5 Dec 1979 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 8 Dec 1979 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Faye Eleanor Sears ![]() Faye married Luke Homer Covington on 7 Apr 1933 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Luke (son of Samuel Everett Covington and Opal Elizabeth Lee) was born on 27 Apr 1911 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 2 Mar 1976 in Evergreen, Jefferson Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Faye married Paul Hunter Johnston on 19 Dec 1937 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Paul (son of George Irwin Johnston and Della Richards) was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Clearfield, Ringgold Co, Iowa; died on 20 Jan 1962 in Fort Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried about Jan 1962 in Riverside Cemetery, Ft Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Marilyn Lucille Wright ![]() Notes: Last address of record: Burlington NJ - SSDI Marilyn married Daniel W. Elliott on 8 May 1943 in San Francisco, California. Daniel was born on 23 Jun 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died about Aug 1987 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Virginia Lee Wright ![]() Notes: Virginia Anderson 1926 - 2016 Obituary Virginia married Lawrence Eugene Anderson on 22 Nov 1946 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Lawrence (son of Robert A Anderson and Edna H Wife of Robert E Anderson) was born on 16 Jan 1926 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado; died on 23 Nov 1986 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado; was buried about Nov 1986 in Fort Logan Cemetery, Denver, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Kenneth Duane Barnhouse ![]() Notes: Kenneth Duane Barnhouse Obituary Funeral services for Kenneth Duane Barnhouse, 23, a young Walker, Missouri man who died at Springfield Hospital Thursday, July 13, 1967, of a gunshot wound to the head, will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Isbell-Carrothers Funeral Chapel in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Neldon Watson, minister of the Church of Christ, will officiate and interment will be in the Clintonville Cemetery. He was born February 14, 1944 at Brush, Colorado the son of Robert and Maxine Barnhouse. He was a high school graduate and made his home at Walker, Missouri. For the past several weeks he had been employed in Nevada by Ages Refrigeration and Sales Company. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Maxine Barnhouse, 103 East Hunter, Nevada; his father, Robert Barnhouse of Colorado Springs, Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Darlene Shotwell, San Antonio, Texas and Mrs. Charlene Gardner of El Dorado Springs; a brother, Danny Lee Barnhouse of Nevada; grandmothers, Mrs. Laura Edkins of Akron, Colorado and Mrs. Mamie Barnhouse of Nampa, Idaho. |
19. | Charlene Ann Barnhouse ![]() Notes: According to Darlene Barnhouse-Crilley, Charlene Ann died in N.B. Bergen Mercy Hospital in Omaha Nebraska 31 Jul 2008 at 14:15. Charlene married the following: Mike Hutchko, Darrel Gardner (twice), Gerald Miller, Larry Moser and Vance Chatley. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Baby Boy Barnhouse ![]() |
21. | Daniel Lee Barnhouse ![]() Notes: Danny Lee Barnhouse was 56 and he died of a heart attack Sunday evening, 5 Feb 2017. He worked the grave yard shift at Papettis Sanitation Company near Bedford, Iowa. They handled egg products, egg muffins, omelets and cream cheese for Starbucks, Swanson, Burger King, Hellman's Mayonnaise, NY School System and Jimmy Dean. I saw him the last time in 2010 while in Clinton, Missouri where my nephew Darrel Lee lives. Danny and I have been texting one another over many years. When he was born December 18, 1960, Mama had to prove he was hers when we moved to Montana. I loved him so much, I held him every chance I could. I can't tell you how much I miss him!!!!! - Darlene M. Crilley |
22. | Living ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | Catherine Lou Cooley ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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26. | Living ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | Living ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Joseph Eugene Alberta. Joseph was born on 28 Dec 1933 in Weldona, Morgan Co, Colorado; died on 13 Sep 2005 in Aptos, Santa Cruz Co, Californa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: John Kenneth Kooker. John was born on 15 Apr 1929 in Reading, Berks Co, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Jan 2008 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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31. | ![]() ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Bruce Wayne Butler. Bruce was born on 7 Nov 1949 in Newberry, Michigan; died on 15 Oct 2013 in Mulvane, Sedgwick and Sumner Cos, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Living ![]() Notes: Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Deborah Lyn Anderson ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: (Medical):See attached sources. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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