It was said that my Great-Grandmother Etoyl (Montgomery) McCall’s brother Lyle Montgomery had a daughter who had inherited most of the Montgomery family photos. I feel very lucky to have tracked her down through some old letters of her mothers, and that she was willing to share. In her photo collection, she had a...
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I was looking through some of my things recently and ran across some pictures that an internet friend (Rick Lawrence) had sent me. In addition to telling me great stories passed on from his mother about my Montgomery relatives, we swapped much information on the Crawley side of my family. Charles C. Crawley is...
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Dr. Tom was my Great-Great Grandfather through his daughter Etoyl who married Robert Lee McCall (mentioned below as Mrs. R.L. McCall). The following is his obituary for his death which occurred on Christmas Eve Dec 24, 1961 when he was 88 years old. Retired Doctor Taken by Death Funeral services for Dr. Thomas Marion...
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The following is the family of my 3rd Great Grandfather Dr. John M. Montgomery. He must have made a fine impression on his sons, since 4 of them became doctors including my Great Great Grandfather Dr. Tom. He was married twice and had 4 children by his first wife Angeline, 10 by his second,...
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The following is the family group record for Col. William Thomas Neal. Shortly before he left for the Civil war, he fathered my Great-Great-Grandmother Anna Eliza Neal who married Steven Guthrie Nees. After William was killed in the Civil War, his brother James Preston Neal – who was also a widower – married is...
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The following is the typed-out version of the will of my 5th Great Grandfather Thomas “Uncle Tom” Neel written the 26th of October 1843. Tom’s son William Sr. (1797-1821) fathered William Jr. (1822-1864) who fathered Anna Eliza Neal Nees. I’ve left the misspellings and errors where they were included in the will. The source...
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I love this picture of my Great-Grandparents Will and Minnie Ingram. The expressions on their faces make me want to refer to them as “Ma” and “Pa”. I don’t know the date of this photo, but wonder if it could have been taken when times were tough for them in Oklahoma before they moved...
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Anton A. Pfeifer is my Great Grandfather. I know very little about him and his life, though I’ve read much about the rich history of his ancestors the Volga Germans. Anton A. Pfeifer Birth – Feb 1893, Walker, Ellis, KS Death – 1946, Salem, Marion, OR Burial – ? Father – Johannes Adam Pfeifer...
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John Keener “J.K.” McCall was my 2nd Great-Grandfather. While my sister was in college she took a class on the subject of genealogy. As part of her family research she collected a few items that made great additions to my collection of family history material. One of these items was a typed letter from...
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Jacob Heindselman is my 3rd Great Grandfather. His daughter Mary Catherine Francis Heindselman married my 2nd Great Grandfather William N. Ingram in Great Bend, Kansas in 1879. This is the record of his family, as complete as it was the date of this post: Jacob Heindselman Birth – 25 Dec 1829, Germany Death –...
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