David Connel and Ruth (Hutchison) Combs Headstone

The photograph of David Connel and Ruth (Hutchison) headstone was graciously shared by Find A Grave volunteer Steve McCray. You will notice the year of death is incorrect for Ruth.

David Connel and Ruth (Hutchison) Combs Headstone; photograph
courtesy of Find A Grave volunteer, Steve McCray

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David Connel and Ruth (Hutchison) Combs Headstone, Find A Grave

2.12.1.8. David Connel Combs (1902-1986)

David Connel Combs was born on 2 December 1902 in Missouri to Leslie Carl and Georgia J. (Connel) Combs. His parents were living in Jackson, Missouri, in 1900 so it is likely that is the town in which David was born. The family had moved to Memphis, Missouri, by 1910 and remained there after his father died in 1923.

David, who went by Connel, married Ruth Hutchison on 15 January 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. They lived in that city their entire married lives. In 1930 Connel worked as a salesman for a radio station but the next year he worked in the order department of Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co. Perhaps the Depression caused the fortunes of the new technology company to sink because in 1939 Connel was hanging awnings. I believe he worked for the same company, Baker-Lockwood Manufacturing Co. where his wife worked in a clerical position. He was still working there in 1940 as a laborer. By 1959 he and Ruth lived 744 East 71st Terrace and Connel worked as a building contractor.

The couple had no children and Connel died on 10 March 1986 in Kansas City. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery. His wife died in 1993 and was buried beside him.

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1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T624_824; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1374837
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Memphis, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T625_941; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 388
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1196; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 93; Image: 45.0; FHL microfilm: 2340931
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2174; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 116-205
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 7
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1986 Combs, D Connel
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1930 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1931 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1939 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1959 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1960 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1986 Combs, D Connel
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1929 D Connel Combs - Hutchison, Margaret 
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1929 D Connel Combs - Hutchison, Margaret (Marriage License)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993 Kansas City, Missouri (Combs, D Connel)
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 486-09-2655; State: Missouri

2.12.1.8. Ruth Hutchison (1905-1993)

Ruth Hutchison was born on 11 November 1905 in Missouri, most likely in Novinger. She was her parents' eighth and youngest child. She lived at home with her parents and siblings through 1920 but by 1929 she had moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and lived at 917 Locust Street.

She married David Connel Combs on 15 January 1929 in Kansas City. They lived in the same city the rest of their lives and lived in several rentals before owning their own home at 744 East 71st Terrace. Ruth worked for several years as a stenographer for Baker-Lockwood Manufacturing Co., a maker of tents and awnings. She and David had no children.

David died in 1968 and Ruth on 22 December 1993 in Kansas City. They are buried together at Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City.

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1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1196; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 93; Image: 45.0; FHL microfilm: 2340931
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2174; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 116-205
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 5, 7
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1993 Combs, Ruth
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1930 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1931 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1933 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1935 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1939 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1959 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1993 Combs, Ruth
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 1929 Combs, David Connel - Hutchison, Ruth
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 1929 Combs, David Connel - Hutchison, Ruth (Marriage License)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1: 1992 Kansas City, MO (Combs, Ruth)
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 486-09-2654; Issue State: Missouri

Hutchison Headstones in Novinger City Cemetery

Jessie, her husband, Alexander, their son, Alexander, and their daughter, Jane, are interred in the Novinger City Cemetery. The following photographs were generously shared by Find a Grave Member Larry Olson.

Hutchison family marker; photograph courtesy of Larry Olson

Marker for Alexander "Alex" Hutchison; photograph courtesy of Larry Olson

Marker for Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison; photograph courtesy of
Larry Olson

Marker for Alexander Hutchison, son of Alex and Jessie (Semple)
Hutchison; photograph courtesy of Larry Olson

Jane "Janie" Hutchison, daughter of Alex and Jessie (Semple) Hutchison;
photograph courtesy of Larry Olson

2.12.1.7. Jane Hutchison (1903-1959)

Jane Hutchison was born at her parents' home on Canderside Toll in Dalserf, Scotland, to Alexander and Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison. She was their seventh child and the last born in Scotland. She was called Jeanie as a young girl, but for most of her life was called Janie by friends and family.

When Jane was just over a year old the family returned to the United States. They boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia on 21 July 1904 in Glasgow and arrived in New York City on 1 August. Their intended destination was Kirksville, Missouri. In 1910 the family lived in Novinger, Missouri, and Jane's father worked as a coal miner.

Jane never married and lived in Novinger for the remainder of her life. Her father died in 1927 and her mother died in 1942. I assume Jane lived with Alexander, her unmarried brother. She died on 28 January 1959 and Alexander died the next month on the 25th of February. Jane died of coronary thrombosis and bronchial asthma

Jane Hutchison was interred in Novinger City Cemetery near her parents. Her brother was buried in the family plot as well.

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Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, pages 5, 7
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nenveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: 1174; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 314.0; FHL microfilm: 2340909
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Novinger, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T627_2081; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1-15
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1903 Hutchison, Jane (Statutory Births 638/02 0064)
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Jeanie
US, Missouri Adair County Historical Society, Cemeteries, Novinger Cemetery
US, Missouri, Death Certificate, 1910-1963, No. 59-000040
US, Missouri Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1959 Hutchison, Jane
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Jeanie

Joseph and Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison Headstone

This photograph was taken by a Find A Grave volunteer.

Joseph Hutchison and Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison Primm Headstone;
photograph graciously shared by Find A grave volunteer Billk55

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Joseph Hutchison and Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison Primm Headstone, Find A Grave

Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison Primm Obituary

SPRINGFIELD -- Ruth Anna Primm, 98, of Springfield died Friday, December 17, 2004, at Villa Health Care East in Sherman.

She was born August 5, 1906, in Rochester Township, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Smith Richardson. She married Joseph Hutchison in 1938 in Missouri; he died in 1966. She then married Orville E. Primm in 1970 in Springfield; he died in 2002.

Mrs. Primm was a member of First Christian Church and a 50-year member of Lalla Rookh Chapter of OES.

Survivors: stepdaughter, Eugenia (husband, Maury) Nix of Houston; and a step grandson.

Services: 11:00 a.m. Monday, Wilson Park Funeral Home, Rochester, the Rev. Rick Irwin officiating.

Burial: Rochester Cemetery

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State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL), 18 December 2004

2.12.1.6. Ruth Anna Richardson (1906-2004)

Ruth Anna Richardson was born on 5 August 1906 in Rochester, Illinois, to Thomas Hanan and Mary Ellen (Smith) Richardson. By 1920 Ruth and her family lived in Cotton Hill, Illinois, on a farm her parents owned. They family remained on the farm in 1930.

By 1935 Ruth had moved to Springfield, Illinois. She married Joseph Hutchison in 1938 in Missouri. He was a coal miner and Ruth worked as an assembler at a manufacturing factory. Their first known address was 519 South Edwin, but later they moved to 2441 South 5th Street where they lived until Joseph's death in 1966. The couple had no children.

In 1970 Ruth married Orville Eugene Primm, a widower who had lost his wife, Opal (King) Primm, the previous year. He had a grown daughter by his first marriage and retired as an electrical engineer from Allis-Chalmers the year in which they married.

Orville died on 21 December 2002 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield and was interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. Ruth died two years later on 17 December 2004 at Villa Health Care East in Sherman, Illinois, and was buried beside Joseph Hutchison, her first husband, at Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, Illinois.

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1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T625_407; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 874
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: 558; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0058; Image: 202.0; FHL microfilm: 2340293
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T627_885; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 84-25
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, page 6
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 2002 Primm, Orville Eugene
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 2004 Hutchison, Ruth A.
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1948 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth A. Hutchison)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1950 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth A. Hutchison)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1951 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth A. Hutchison)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1953 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth A Hutchison)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth Hutchison)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1956 Springfield, Illinois (Ruth Hutchison)
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1993-1994 City: Springfield; State: Illinois (Primm, Orville)
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1998-2002 City: Springfield; State: Illinois (Primm, Orville)
US Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1976, Primm, Orville E.
Web, Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current, 2002 Primm, Orville Eugene
Web, Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current, 2004 Primm, Ruth Anna (Richardson)
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL), 18 December 2004

Joseph Hutchison Obituary

Services for Joseph Hutchison of 6 Bel Aire Drive will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Smith Funeral Chapel. Dr. Beryl S. Kinser will officiate and burial will be in Rochester Cemetery.

Mr. Hutchison, 65, died at 8 p.m. Saturday at Macon, Georgia.

He was employed by the State of Illinois, Department of Revenue. He was a member of the First Christian Church; Tyrian Lodge 333, AF & AM; Springfield Consistory, and Ansar Shrine.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth A. Hutchison; one brother, James Hutchison of Jacksonville; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Melching and Mrs. Ruth Combs of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Lillian McDaniel of Memphis, Mo.

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Daily Illinois State Journal, 27 December 1966

2.12.1.6. Joseph Hutchison (1901-1966)

Joseph Hutchison was born on 12 February 1901 at the family home on New Street in Stonehouse, Scotland. His parents were Alexander and Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison. His father worked as a coal miner at the time of Joseph's birth. When the 1901 census was enumerated, the month after Joseph's birth, the family lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse.

On 21 July 1904 Joseph, his parents and siblings boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia in Glasgow. They arrived in New York City on 1 August and stated their destination was Kirksville, Missouri, which was where Jessie's mother lived.

In 1910 the family lived in Novinger, Missouri and continued to do so for at least the next twenty years. By 1930 Joseph was 19 years old and worked as a coal miner along side his father and two older brothers, Alexander and James.

By 1935 Joseph had moved to Springfield, Illinois, though he continued to work as a miner. According to Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison's obituary, they married in 1938 in Missouri, and they lived at 519 South Edwin in Springfield after their marriage. In 1948 the couple lived at 2441 South 5th Street in Springfield. At the time of his death, he and his wife lived a 6 Bel Air Drive. He had left the mines and was working as a state government employee. He began as a clerk and later became an accountant for the State of Illinois, Department of Revenue. The couple had no children.

Joseph died in December 1966 in Macon, Georgia, and was buried at Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, Illinois.

NOTE: It is entirely possible that Joseph was married and divorced once before he married Ruth Anna Richardson. If so, his first wife was Edna L. Ridgeway (1905-1976) and they likely married between 1925 and 1930. In 1925 Edna lived in Hannibal, Missouri, and worked at a shoe factory. By 1930 a Joseph and Edna Hutchison were living in Chicago. He worked as an assembler for Western Electric and she she worked as an assembler at a toy factory. They boarded at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Markl on 2153 Adams Street. This Joseph Hutchison was born in Scotland, his parents were born in Scotland, and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1904, which would be correct for our Joseph Hutchison.

In 1932 Joseph and Edna lived in Taylorville, Illinois, and Joseph worked as a miner, which was an occupation more in keeping with his past history.  It should also be noted that James Hutchison, Joseph's brother, also lived in Taylorville. However, by 1935 Edna was back in Hannibal, Missouri, and worked for International Shoe Co. No husband was listed at the same address. In 1940 Edna lived with her parents and listed her marital status as divorced. So the time frame for the divorce was likely between 1932 and 1935, which would also make it possible for this Joseph Hutchison to be our Joseph.

What makes this theory interesting is that Edna had a son named Harold "Hank" Hutchison. In 1930 he lived with his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah (Whitaker) Ridgeway, in Hannibal. He was listed as six years old on the 1930 census. It is possible the he was an illegitimate son of Edna's born before she married Joseph Hutchison or it could be his child. We just don't know because no birth record has been located. According to the Social Security Death Index record for Harold, he was born on 3 September 1923.

Edna (Ridgeway) Hutchison died in 14 December 1976 in San Francisco, California. Her son, and possibly Joseph's, married Virginia Martin on 25 March 1950 in San Francisco. They had one child named Jana. Harold died on 16 August 1991 in Sweet Grass, California.

In order to conclusively determine if Joseph Hutchison, son of Alexander and Janet (Semple) Hutchison, was the same Joseph Hutchison that was briefly married to Edna Ridgeway, a marriage record needs to be located. The date of the marriage would also indicate whether Harold Hutchison might be Joseph's child. What weighs against this theory is no child was mentioned in Joseph Hutchison or his wife Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison's obituaries.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wilson, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: T624_767; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374780
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Centralia, Boone, Missouri, Roll: T625_906; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 203
1920 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 457; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0935; Image: 363.0; FHL microfilm: 2340192
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Hannibal, Marion, Missouri; Roll: 1211; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 829.0; FHL microfilm: 2340946
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Hannibal, Marion, Missouri; Roll: T627_2128; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 64-10
1940 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T627-885; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 84-25
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, pages 5-6
Daily Illinois State Journal, 27 December 1966
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1966 Hutchison, Joseph
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1901 Hutchison, Joseph (Statutory Births 656/00 0015)
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Joseph
US, California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1976 Hutchison, Ruth
US, California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1991 Hutchison, Harold
US, California Marriage Index, 1949-1959, 1950 Hutchison, Harold - Martin, Virginia
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1925 Hannibal, Missouri (Ridgeway, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville, Illinois (Hutchison, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville, Illinois (Hutchison, Joseph)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1935 Hannibal, Missouri (Hutchison, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1948 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1950 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1951 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1953 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Greensboro, North Carolina (Hutchison, Harold)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Greensboro, North Carolina (Hutchison, Virginia)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1956 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, 1966 Hutchison, Joseph
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Joseph
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1: 1980 San Bruno, California (Hutchison, Harold)
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 332-01-9729; State: Illinois
US, Social Security Death Index, 1835-2014, Number: 486-20-2190; State: Missouri
US, Social Security Death Index, 1835-2014, Number: 490-07-5100; State: Missouri

2.12.1.5.1.1. Carol Denise Bruner (1963- )

Carol Denise Bruner was born in 1963 to Ruel Max and Janet Margaret (McDaniel) Bruner.

Carol married Lester Lane Hines, Jr., on 26 January 1985 in Adair County, Missouri. They divorced on 18 July 1989 in Brevard County, Florida. Lester was born on 13 April 1964.

Two years later, she married Kevin Lee Burns on 1 June 1991 in Brevard County. After their divorce Lester lived in Melbourne, Florida. Nothing more is known about Carol Denise (Bruner) Hines Burns or Kevin Lee Burns.

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US, Florida Divorce Collection, 1927-2001, 1989 Hines, Lester Lane - Carol
US, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, 1991 Burns, Kevin Lee - Bruner, Carol Denise
US, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, 1991 Burns, Kevin Lee - Hines, Carol Denise
US, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1895 Hines, Lester Lane - Bruner, Carol Denise
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1998-1999, Hines, Lester (Melbourne, FL)
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 2000-2001, Hines, Lester (Melbourne, FL)
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 2001-2002, Hines, Lester (Melbourne, FL)
US, Public Records Index, Volume I: 1993 Hines, Lester L
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1: 1994 Hines, Lester L, II
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1: 1995 Hines, Lester L, II
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2: 1935-1993 Hines, Lester L, II

2.12.1.5.1. David Dean Bolick (1932- )

David Dean Bolick was born on 1 June 1932 in Iowa to David H. and Hazel L. Bolick. In 1940 the family lived in Drakesville, Iowa, and his father was a farmer who worked on his own account.

In 1952 he was listed in the student index of The Echo, the school yearbook for Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, Missouri. We know David Dean Bolick lived in Memphis, Missouri, for some time period between 1935 and 1993. In 1993 he lived at 721 North 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

He married Janet (McDaniel) Bruner on 20 February 1996 in Brevard County, Florida. It is not known whether he had been married previously.

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1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Drakesville, Davis, Iowa; Roll: T627_1154; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 26-4
US, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, 1996 Bolick, David Dean - Bruner, Janet (McDaniel)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1993 Bolick David (Kansas City, MO)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993 Bolick David (Memphis, MO)
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1952 The Echo, page 136

2.12.1.5.1. Ruel Max Bruner (1927- )

Ruel Max Bruner was born on 20 March 1927 in Iowa to Robert Franklin and Ivalee (Drake) Bruner. In 1930 the family lived in Fabius, Missouri, and his father rented a farm and worked on his own account. Max's family continued to live on the farm in Fabius in 1940.

In 1945 Max was drafted and inducted into the U.S. Army. He reported to Jefferson Barracks in Lemay, Missouri, just south of St. Louis. He had completed four years of high school before he began serving in the Army.

By 1974 Max had married Janet Margaret McDaniel. The couple lived in Memphis, Missouri, in 1974 and 1978 and had one daughter.

Sometime before 1996 Max and Janet divorced. He continued to live in Memphis and was last known to live at 420 North Market Street. It is not known if he remarried.

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1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Fabius, Schuyler, Missouri; Roll: 1222; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 1017.0; FHL microfilm: 2340957
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Fabius, Schuyler, Missouri; Roll: T627_2156; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 99-3
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1994-1997 Bruner, Ruel Max (Memphis, Missouri)
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, 1998-2002 Bruner, Ruel Max (Memphis, Missouri)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1974 Bruner, Max
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1978 Bruner, Max
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1, 1993 Bruner, Max
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993, Bruner, Max
US, World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, 1945 Bruner, Ruel Max

2.12.1.5.1. Janet McDaniel (1937- )

Janet Margaret McDaniel was born on 29 November 1937 in Lee County, Iowa, to Andrew Jackson and Lilly (Hutchison) McDaniel. She was their only known child. In 1940 the family lived on 112 North Bever Street in Memphis, Missouri, and her father owned a barber shop where he worked 60 hours a week.

By 1974 Janet was married to Ruel Max Bruner and lived in Memphis, Missouri. They continued to live in the same town in 1978. They had one known daughter.

Sometime before 1996 Janet and Max Bruner divorced. She married David Dean Bolick on 20 February 1996 in Brevard County, Florida. At the time of her marriage she lived in Memphis, Missouri.

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1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Memphis, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T627_2156; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 100-3
US, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, 1996 Bolick, David Dean - McDaniel, Janet Margaret
US, Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, 1996 Bruner, Janet McDaniel
US, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947, 1937 McDaniel, Jane Margaret
US, Public Records Index, Volume I, 1974 Bruner, Janet M
US, Public Records Index, Volume I, 1978 Bruner, Janet M
US, Public Records Index, Volume I, 1996 Bolick, Janet M
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993 Bolick, Janet (Memphis, Missouri)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993 Bruner, Janet (Memphis, Missouri)

Andrew Jackson and Lilly (Hutchison) McDaniel Headstone

Andrew Jackson and Lilly "Lillian" (Hutchison) McDaniel were buried in the Memphis Cemetery in Memphis, Missouri.

Andrew J. and Lillian McDaniel Headstone; photograph courtesy of
Find A Grave member Linda Brown

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'Andrew J. and Lillian McDaniel Headstone,' Find A Grave

2.12.1.5. Andrew Jackson McDaniel (1900-1974)

Andrew Jackson McDaniel was born on 9 November 1900 in Missouri to John William and Mary Elzena (Huggans) McDaniel. It is likely he was born in Sand Hill, Missouri, which was where his parents lived a few months before his birth. His father was a farmer.

By 1910 the family had moved to Jefferson, Missouri, and by 1920, the family had moved to Memphis, Missouri, and his father worked as a carpenter. By 1929 Andrew had moved to Kansas City and lived at 916 Charlotte Street.

He married Lilly "Lillian" Hutchison on 27 June 1929. However, the next year, when the U.S. federal census was enumerated Andrew lived alone in a boarding house at 407 9th Street, East, in Kansas City. He worked as a barber.

By 1935 he and Lilly had moved north to Memphis, Missouri, and in 1940 they lived at 112 North Bever Street, had a three-year-old daughter, and Andrew owned his own barber shop. His Social Security card was issued before 1951 in Arizona. However, his last benefit check was mailed to an address in Memphis, Missouri in 1974.

Andrew Jackson McDaniel died on 9 February 1974 and was interred at Memphis Cemetery.

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1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T624_824; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: FHL microfilm: 1374837
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Jefferson, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T625_941; Page 16B; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 418
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1193; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0024; Image: 693.0; FHL microfilm: 2340928
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Memphis, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T627_2156; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 100-3
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s- Current, 1974 McDaniel, Andrew Jackson
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1974 McDaniel, Andrew Jackson
US, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1929 McDaniel, Andrew Jackson - Hutchison, Lily
US, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1929 McDaniel - Hutchison Marriage License
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 526-30-1257; Issue State: Arizona 

2.12.1.5. Lilly Hutchison (1898-1989)

Lilly Hutchison was born on 9 October 1898 at the family home on Lockhart Street in Stonehouse, Scotland, to Alexander and Jessie (Semple) Hutchison. She was their second child born after the family returned to Scotland. Her father was a coal miner at the time of her birth. In 1901 the family lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse and Alex continued to work in the mines.

On 21 July 1904 the family boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia in Glasgow to return to the United States. They arrived in New York City on 1 August and likely took the train to Kirksville, Missouri, their intended destination.

When the 1910 U.S. federal census was enumerated the family lived in Novinger, Missouri. Lilly lived with her parents ten years later and they remained in Novinger. By 1929 she went by "Lillian" and not "Lilly," the name her father listed when he registered her birth. At that time she lived in Kansas City, Missouri, at a boarding house on 917 Locust Avenue. It was the same boarding house at which her sister Maggie, and Maggie's future husband, William Bruce Melching lived.

On 27 June 1929 Lilly married Andrew Jackson McDaniel in Jackson County, Missouri. He was two years younger than Lilly and she fibbed a bit about her age, listing 1902 as her year of birth. In 1930 Andrew lived alone in another boarding house in Kansas City. I have been unable to find Lilly in the 1930 census.

By 1935 the couple lived in Memphis, Missouri, which is near the Iowa border. In 1940 they lived at 112 North Bever Street and had a daughter. Interestingly, Lilly's Social Security number was issued in Arizona before 1951. However, her last benefit check was mailed to an address in Memphis, Missouri.

Lilly (Hutchison) McDaniel died on 31 January 1989 in Memphis and was interred in the Memphis Cemetery.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 U.S. Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Census Place: Neneveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 328
1940 U.S. Federal Census, Census Place: Memphis, Scotland, Missouri; Roll: T627_2156; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 100-3
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, pages 5-6
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1989 McDaniel, Lillian
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1898 Hutchison, Lily (Statutory Births 656/00 0072)
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Lilly
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1989 McDaniel, Lillian
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1929 McDaniel, Andrew Jackson - Hutchison, Lilly
US, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Lilly
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 527-30-3628; Issue State: Arizona

Kansas City and Prohibition

Missourians rejected statewide prohibition in three separate referenda in 1910, 1912 and 1918. Carrie Nation, the famous face of the temperance movement, was actually arrested in Kansas City for smashing liquor bottles with a hatchet. The 18th Amendment imposed prohibition on Missouri in 1919. But Kansas City remained largely unaffected.

The city was run by Democrat brothers James and Tom Pendergast during prohibition. Thanks to the Pendergast machine prohibition simply never existed in reality. The bars were kept open and the liquor flowed. The federal prosecutor was on the Pendergast payroll and never brought a single felony prosecution to trial under the Volstead Act.

The editor of the Omaha Herald, remarked, "If you want to see some sin, forget about Paris. Go to Kansas City."

Men ignoring prohibition; source of photograph unknown, originally
found on Pinterest

That's what Kansas City, Missouri, was like when Maggie (Hutchison) Melching and Ruth (Hutchison) Combs lived there.

Prohibition was finally repealed in 1993.

2.12.1.4. William Bruce Melching (1907-1989)

William Bruce Melching was born on 5 June 1907 in Kansas to Joseph Nelson and Mary Margaret (Havener) Melching. In 1910 the family lived in Big Hill, Oklahoma, and his father worked as a general laborer on a farm. By 1920 the family had moved back to Kansas and lived in at 529 West Third Street in Junction. William's father listed has occupation as a hay baler. When the 1925 Kansas state census was enumerated William's father was dead and the family lived in Denton, Kansas. William and his older brother worked as laborers to support the family.

By 1930 William had moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and boarded with a family living at 917 Locust Avenue. His future wife, Maggie Melcher, also had a room there. William worked as a laborer in a garage. The 1931 Kansas City directory indicated William lived at the same address in 1931 and worked as a salesman for Consolidated Motors. He remained at the same address in 1933 but worked as a collector for Edward Kramer & Edwards. The next year he moved to 20 West 9th Street.

William married Maggie "Margaret" Hutichson between 1935 and 1940. When the 1940 census was enumerated he and Maggie lodged at 3220 Harrison Street and William worked on the production line at an automotive plant. By 1955 he and Maggie had moved to 331 North White Avenue and he worked for Chevrolet Motors.

William Melching died on 21 August 1989.

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1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_40; Line 6
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Big Hill, Osage, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1268; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1375281
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Junction Ward 1, Geary, Kansas; Roll; T625_533; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 65
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1193; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 748.0; FHL microfilm: 2340928
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T6272170; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 116-111A
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 6
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1931 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Melching, Wm B)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1933 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Melching, Wm B)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1934 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Melching, Wm B)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory Melching, Wm)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Melching, Wm B)
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993, Melching, William 
US, Public Records Index, Volume 2, 1935-1993, Melching, William  (1)
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 487-09-4238; Issue State: Missouri

Maggie "Margaret" (Hutchison) Melching Headstone

Maggie "Margaret" (Hutchison) Melching was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.

Margaret H. Melching Headstone; photograph courtesy of  Find A Grave
member Steve McCray

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'Margaret H. Melching Headstone,' Find A Grave

Maggie (Hutchison) Melching Obituary

Margaret H. Melching, 98, southwest Kansas City, died March 5, 1994, at a hospital in Memphis, Mo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Hill Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Scotland County Memorial Hospital, Memphis. Mrs. Melching was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland; grew up in Novinger, Mo.; and lived in this area most of her life.

She formerly worked for the Kansas City Life Insurance Co. Her husband of 58 years, William B. Melching, died in 1989. Survivors include two nieces.

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The Kansas City Star, 8 March 1994

2.12.1.4. Maggie Hutchison (1895-1984)

Maggie Hutchison was born on 14 December 1895 at her parents home on King Street in Stonehouse, Scotland. She was their first child born in Scotland after they returned the previous year. Maggie's father was a coal miner at the time of her birth. In 1901 the family had moved to 31 New Street in Stonehouse.

On 21 July 1904 Maggie, her parents and siblings boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia in Glasgow to return to the United States. They arrived in New York on 1 August 1904 and likely to the train to Kirksville, Missouri.

When the 1910 U.S. federal census was enumerated, Maggie and her family lived in Novinger, Missouri. She was 14 years old and her older brothers, Alexander and James had already joined her father in the coal mines.

By 1920, Maggie had moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and was a boarder at 1703 Independence Boulevard. She worked as a stenographer at a letter shop. When she moved to Kansas City, she began going by Margaret instead of Maggie, the name her father provided on her birth registration. In 1924 she lived at 1444 Admiral Boulevard and worked as a clerk for the Chamber of Commerce. I like thinking of Maggie as a single girl in the big city during the Roaring Twenties.

Six years later when the 1930 census was enumerated, Maggie was 35 years old and boarded at a house at 917 Locust Street.She did clerical work for an insurance company. Coincidentally, her future husband also boarded at the same address. Perhaps this is how they met?

Maggie Hutchison married William Bruce Melching some time between 1935 and 1940. She was approximately 12 years older than her husband. He worked on the production line at an automotive plant in 1940. Maggie worked as a typist at a life insurance company and they rented a room from Mr. and Mr. McLain at 3220 Harrison Street.

In 1955 the couple was listed in city directory. They lived at 331 North White Avenue.

William Bruce and Maggie (Hutchison) Melching had no children.

Her husband died in 1989. Maggie died on 5 May 1994 and was interred at Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missour; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City Ward 7, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T625_927; Page 4A; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 237
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 1193; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 748.0; FHL microfilm: 2340928
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: T627_2170; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 116-111A
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook pages 5-6
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1993 Melching, Margaret
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1895 Hutchison, Maggie (Statutory Births 656/00 0079)
The Kansas City Star, 5 March 1994
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Passenger Lists, BT27, 1904 Hutchison, Maggie
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1924, Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Hutchison, Margaret)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955, Kansas City, Missouri, City Directory (Hutchison, Margaret)
US, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Maggie
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 487-07-4328; Issue State: Missouri

Photographs of Joseph Clyde and Kathy Ann (Sauerwein) Northen

The following photographs of Joseph Clyde and Kathy Ann (Sauerwein) Northen are from their school yearbooks:

Joseph Clyde Northen, 1968 University of Richmond yearbook, The Web; courtesy of
Ancestry.com

Kathy Ann Sauerwein, 1968 Taylorville High School yearbook, The Crimson J;
courtesy of Ancestry.com

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US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1968 University of Richmond, The Web, pages 100-101, 213, 322
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1968 Taylorville High School, The Crimson J, pages 66, 82, 141

2.12.1.3.1.1. Joseph Clyde Northen (1946- )

Joseph Clyde Northen was born on 15 November 1946 in Georgia to Ernest Edward and Lila Jeanette (Barker) Northen, Jr. His father was an Army Chaplain at the time of his birth. His paternal grandfather was also a minister.

On 15 June 1952 Joseph, his mother and two older siblings boarded the U.S. Naval Ship General Maurice Rose, which was a transport ship, in Bremerhaven, Germany. They arrived on 23 June in New York City. At the time the family returned to the United States, they were living in Catlett, Virginia.

Courtesy of NavSource Naval History

In 1955 Joseph's parents were living in Newport News, but on 23 July 1956, Joseph, his mother and two older siblings flew from San Francisco to Honolulu. My assumption is they were on their way to Japan to join Joseph's father. His mother returned to Honolulu alone from Tokyo in 1957.

By 1968 Joseph was a senior at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. He was studying to receive a Bachelor or Arts degree in Music and participated in intramural, University Choir, Men's Glee Club, Baptist Student Union, and the Ministerial Association.

Some time after he graduated Joseph met and married Kathy Ann Sauerwein. In 1985 when her father died, the couple lived in at 1238 Belvedere Drive in Charleston, South Carolina. By 1988 they lived in Danville, Virginia, where Joseph Northen served as the Minister of Music at the First Baptist Church of Danville for 25 years before he retired in 2013.

Joseph Clyde and Kathy Ann (Sauerwein) Northen had one son.

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'USNS General Maurie Rose (T-AP-126),' NavSource Naval History
First Baptist Church of Danville, The Spire, Volue 72, Number 6, 28 May 2013
US, Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959, Compiled 12/1954-05/1971, Microfilm Publication: A3574; Roll: 13; Record Group: TIT
US, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715; Roll: 8166; Line: 12; Page Number: 193
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, City: Danville; State: Virginia; Years: 1996-2001
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, City: Danville; State: Virginia; Years: 2002
US, Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, City: Danville; State: Virginia; Years: 1993-1995
US, Public Records Index, Volume I, 1993 Northen, Joseph (Danville, VA)
US, Public Records Index, Volume II, 1935-1993 Northen, Joseph (Charleston, SC)
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1968 University of Richmond, The Web, pages 100-101, 213, 322

2.12.1.3.1.1. Kathy Ann Sauerwein (1950- )

Kathy Ann Sauerwein was born on 9 April 1950 to John Otto and Rachel Ilene (Hutchison) Sauerwein. I do not know where she was born only that her parents lived in Iowa City, Iowa in 1951.

In 1965 the family was living in Jacksonville, Illinois, and Kathy Ann was a freshman at Jacksonville High School. She was also a member of the variety marching band. Her 1968 senior yearbook, The Crimson J, survives. Kathy Ann graduated cum honore, was a member of the orchestra and marching band, the chaplain of the National Honor Society, staff member of the Herald and Inkblot, in the cast of the senior play, won a John Phillip Souza award, chosen to play in a band on the European trip sponsored by Illinois Music Educators' Association, the recipient of an Illinois state scholarship and a Baptist scholarship, and was awarded two scholarships to MacMurray College -- one music and one scholastic  -- and planned to major in music.

Kathy Ann Sauerwein's senior class photograph; courtesy of The
Crimson J Yearbook

By 1985, the year of her father's death, Kathy Ann, had married Joseph Clyde Northen, who was a Baptist minister. The couple lived at 1238 Belvedere Drive in Charleston, South Carolina, and had a son. In 1993 the family lived in Danville, Virginia, and two years later Kathy Ann's mother died in Danville.

In Danville Kathy Ann was the organist and pianist for the First Baptist Church of Danville. As late as 2013, Kathy Ann (Sauerwein) Northen and her husband were still living in Danville.

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Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 5
First Baptist Church of Danville, The Spire, Volue 72, Number 6, 28 May 2013
US, Public Records, Volume 1, 1993, Northen, Kathy (Danville, VA)
US, Public Records, Volume 2, 1935-1993, Northen Kathy (Charleston, SC)
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1965 The Crimson J, pages 66, 82, 141
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1968 The Crimson J, pages 93, 129, 136, 141

John Otto and Rachel Lorrine (Hutchison) Sauerwein Headstone

This photograph was graciously taken by Find A Grave Volunteer Connie Clark and shared on that website:

John Otto and Rachel Lorrine (Hutchison) Sauerwein Headstone; courtesy of Find A Grave
volunteer Connie Clark

2.12.1.3.1. John Otto Sauerwein (1917-1985)

John Otto Sauerwein was born on 10 September 1917 in St. Clair County, Illinois, to Otto Wigand and Elizabeth Catherine (Blum) Sauerwein. In 1920 John and his parents lived on Main Street in Lenzburg, Illinois, and his father was the manager of a soft drink parlor.

John's father died in 1922. Eight years later he, his mother and sister lived at 10 North Main Street in Marissa, Illinois. His mother took in laundry to make ends meet. She rented their home for $5 per month. Ten years later John was 22 years old, lived in Old Marissa, Illinois, with his mother and sister. Old Marissa is less than a mile north of Marissa. He worked as an instructor at the local recreation center. His mother did housework in private homes and his sister was a folder at a shoe factory.

By 1951 John had married a young widow whose maiden name was Rachel Ilene Hutchison. Her first husband had been killed in World War II, according to my Grandmother. John had taken a job with KE-M Company as an operator and the family lived at 123 High in Iowa City, Iowa. By 1955 the family lived about 100 miles south in Keokuk, Iowa. They lived at 1902 Orleans Avenue and John remained with KE-M Company working as a laborer. In 1957 the family lived at the same address and John continued to work for KE-M Company.

1902 Orleans Avenue, Keokuk, Iowa; photograph courtesy of Google Maps

By 1959 John and Rachel had moved to Jackson, Illinois and lived at 1034 Dayton Street. He worked for the Illinois Public Aid Commission. The next year they moved to 906 Grove Street and John worked as an operator in a power plant.

John Otto Sauerwein died on 29 October 1985 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He still lived in Jacksonville, Illinois, at the time of his death. He was buried at the Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Jacksonville.

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'1902 Orleans Avenue, Keokuk, Iowa,' Google Maps
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Lenzburg, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: T625_405; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 195; Image 462
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Marissa, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 555; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0084; Image: 1129.0; FHL microfilm: 2340290
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Old Marissa, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: T627)882; Page 2B; Enumeration District: 82-103
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 5
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1985 Sauerwein, John
US, Illinois, Jacksonville Obituary Extracts, 1976-1996, 1985 Sauerwein, John
US, Kentucky, Death Index, 1911-2000, 1985 Sauerwein, John
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Iowa City, 1951
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1959
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1960
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Keokuk, Iowa, 1955
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Keokuk, Iowa, 1957
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 355-03-8747; Issue State: Illinois

2.12.1.3.1. Rachel Lorrine Hutchison (1922-1995)

Rachel Ilene Htchison was born on 1 July 1922 in Novinger, Missouri, and was the only child of James and Emma Frances (Hanlin) Hutchison. She was born the year after her parents' marriage. Between 1922 and 1928 Rachel and her parents moved to Taylorville, Illinois.

In 1930 Rachel and her parents lived at 811 West Franklin in Taylorville, Illinois, and her father was a coal miner. She was a senior at Taylorville High School in 1940. The Drift school yearbook described Rachel as "ambitious...persistent...Rachel has consistently made good grades during her four high school years. Commercial work is her particular field."

Rachel Hutchison, Class of 1940; image from the Taylorville High School
yearbook, The Drift, page 84

Rachel was also a member of the Girls' Athletic Association in high school. The purpose of the organization was to develop better lives by learning how to be "square" and how to be good losers as well as good winners.

During her senior year in high school, she continued to live with her parents at 718 West Franklin in Taylorville. According to my Grandmother, Rachel married about the time World War II began. Her social security application indicated she changed surname to Montgomery in December 1942. I assume this was her first husband, who was killed during the war.

After his death she married John Otto Sauerwein by 1951. The couple lived at 123 High Street in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1951. Her husband remained with the same company, but moved to Keokuk, Iowa, by 1955 when the coupled lived at 1902 Orleans Avenue. They were at the same address in 1957. It does not appear that Rachel worked during her marriage.

By 1959 her husband worked for the Illinois state government and the couple lived at 1034 Dayton Street in Jackson, Illinois. The next year they had moved to 906 Grove Street and her husband worked at a power plant.

John Sauerwein died in 1985 and Rachel in 1995. Her residence at the time was Danville, Virginia, which is where her daughter lived. Rachel Ilene (Hutchison) Sauerwein was buried in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Jacksonville, Illinois.

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1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 411; Page: 6A Enumeration District: 0035; Image: 413.0; FHL microfilm: 2340146
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: T627_767; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 11-37
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 5
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Iowa City, 1951
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1959
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1960
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Keokuk, Iowa, 1955
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, Keokuk, Iowa, 1957
US, Illinois, Jacksonville Obituary Extracts, 1976-1996, 1995 Sauerwein, Rachel
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1940 The Drift, page 34
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1940 The Drift, page 81
US, School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, 1940 The Drift, page 90
US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, 333-16-5554
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 333-16-5554; Issue State: Illinois

2.12.1.3. Emma Frances Hanlin (1900-1983)

Emma Frances Hanlin was born on 19 March 1900 in Missouri, most likely Adair county, to Andrew James and Sarah "Sadie" Melviney (Darnell) Hanlin. Three months later, when the 1900 census was enumerated, the family lived in Benton, Missouri, and her father was a farmer. In 1910 her father rented a farm in Nineveh, Missouri. However, by 1920, though the family remained in Nineveh, her father worked as a watchman for a coal company.

On 3 September 1921 Emma Frances married James Hutchison in Novinger. She and James had a daughter the next year. Rachel was born in Novinger, Missouri, which would indicate James and Emma Frances moved to Taylorville, Illinois, between 1922 and 1928. James worked as a coal miner his entire working life.

Emma Frances and her family lived in several rented houses on the west side of Taylorville, but by 1940 lived at 718 West Franklin in a home the family owned. Her husband had only worked about half the year in 1939.

Emma Frances (Hanlin) Hutchison died in November 1983. At the time of her death she lived in Jacksonville, Illinois. She was buried beside her husband in Novinger Cemetery.

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1900 US Federal Census, Census Place: Benton, Adair, Missouri; Roll: 836; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm 1240836
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page 6A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll T625_902; Page 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 411; Page 6A; Enumeration District: 0035; Image 413.0; FHL microfilm: 2340146
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll T627_767; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 11-37
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 5)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1928 Taylorville City Directory
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville City Directory
US, Missouri, Adair County Historical Society, Cemeteries, Novinger Cemetery
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1983 Hutchison, E Frances
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1921 Hutchison, James - Hanlin, Emma Frances
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 355-40-4221; Issue State: Illinois

2.12.1.3. James Hutchison (1893-1970)

James Hutchison was born on 16 August 1893 in Streator, Illinois, to Alexander and Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison. He was their third child and second son. He shared a birthday with his older brother, Alexander, and his father was a coal miner at the time of his birth. Before James celebrated his first birthday, his family traveled to New York City and boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Ethiopia. They arrived in Glasgow on 14 February 1894 and lived in Scotland for the next 10 years.

When the 1901 census was enumerated, James attended school and the family lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse. While in Scotland four siblings were added to the family. On 21 July 1904 the family boarded the S/S Furnessia in Glasgow and arrived in New York City on 1 August 1904. They likely took the train to Kirksville, Missouri, their destination.

When the 1910 census was taken James was 17 years old and worked in the coal mines along with his father and older brother. On 5 June 1917 he registered for the draft, lived in Novinger, Missouri, and worked at the Kansas City Midland Coal Company. He was described as being of medium height and build with dark blue eyes and black hair.

He was inducted into the U.S. Army on 13 May 1918 and served as a private in Company A, 34th Infantry Division. He arrived oversears on 18 August 1918 and was honorably discharged on 19 June 1919. The division never fought as a unit during the war, though some elements were sent to other units to support their final operations. By 1920 James Hutchison was back in Novinger, Missouri. He lived with his parents and siblings and worked as a miner.

On 2 September 1921, James Hutchison and Emma Frances Hanlin received a marriage license in Kirksville, Missouri. Both applicants stated they were over the age of 21. They were married on 3 September by Glen A. Lewis, minister, in Novinger. They had a daughter in 1922.

Between 1922 and 1928, the couple had moved to Taylorville, Illinois, which was about 225 miles east of Novinger. The couple lived at 406 West Poplar and James worked as a miner. In 1930 they lived at 811 West Franklin, a home they rented for $16 a month. In 1932, they lived at 720 West Franklin, and by 1940 they owned their own home at 718 West Franklin. The home was valued at $1,500. James continued to work as a coal miner. He had worked 26 weeks in 1939 and his income was reported as $750.

They remained at the West Franklin address when James registered for the World War II draft. He worked for the Peabody Mine Company, at their No. 8 mine. James was 49 years old and his appearance was described as 5-feet 9-inches tall, 170 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion.

James died on 10 September 1970. At the time of his death he lived in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was buried in Novinger Cemetery in Novinger, Missouri. His wife lived another 13 years.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri, Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri, Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 411; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0035; Image: 413.0; FHL microfilm: 2340146
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: T627_767; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 11-37
Alice (Muir) Jennings' Genealogy Notebook, page 5
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1970 Hutchison, James
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, 1894 Hutchison, James
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, James
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1928 Taylorville, Illinois
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville, Illinois
US, Missouri, Adair County Historical Society, Cemeteries, Novinger Cemetery
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1970 Hutchison, James
US, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, 1921 Hutchison, James - Hanlin, Emma Frances
US, Missouri, Soldiers' Records, War of 1812 - World War I, Hutchison, James
US, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, James
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 342-03-3671, Illinois
US, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: Adair; Roll: 1683088; Draft Board: 1
US, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 131

314 Engineers, 89th Division in World War I

Alexander Hutchison served as a private with the 314th Engineers Regiment, which was attached to the 89th Division during World War I. Among the Missouri State Archives holdings is a pamphlet entitled, From Camp Funston to the Rhineland with the 314 Engineers, 89th Division, Army of the United States, 1917-1918.

After reading this pamphlet, I learned the 89th Division was organized in 1917 and most of the men were drawn from Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Arizona, and New Mexico. Specifically, the men of the 314th Regiment came principally from Missouri. Alexander was inducted into the Army on 2 April 1918, left camp and traveled to Europe via Hoboken, New Jersey, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, for England aboard the S/S Carpathia. They arrived in Liverpool on 24 June and went by train the same day to Winchester Rest Camp. Four days later they entrained for Cherbourg, disembarking on 29 June and marched to an American rest camp in the vicinity of Cherbourg. On 30 June they entrained for the Training Area, arriving 2 July at Humberville and marched to quarters.

A vigorous course of training was undertaken. The 89th Division was the first American division to move up to the line by truck transportation. They relieved the 82nd American Division in the Lucey Sector northwest of Toul. During their relief of the 82nd, central parts of the sector were subjected to a severe bombardment of mustard gas by the Germans. It was the 89th's baptism of fire.

The Engineers regiment was stationed at Lagney, near division headquarters, and spent most of its time working on construction of a second position, or main line of resistance, constructing strong points, building concrete pillboxes, dugouts, putting up entanglements and in gas-proofing dugouts and doing other engineer work in the front line position.

On the morning of 12 September 1918, the 89th Division commenced its first offensive, in company with three other divisions, they began the St. Mihiel Offensive. The division captured all of its objectives and established its record as a reliable fighting division. The Engineers were assigned to each infantry brigade for wire cutting, demolition, forward road work.

314th Engineers Regiment stringing barbed wire during the St. Mihiel
Offensive; photograph courtesy of Pinterest.com

The general situation on 1 November 1918 was the the enemy was endeavoring to withdraw from France and Belgium and was using desperate efforts to stop the pressure coming up from the south and applied by the American Army. If the Americans were permitted to get to the Meuse, it was clear they could cut important southern railways the Germans needed for their retreat. The 89th Division jumped over the top of the trenches that morning; by afternoon the Heights of Barricourt were in their possession. It is said that Marshall Foch stated, when he received this news, "the war is over." The fighting continued day and night but the Germans were pushed across the Meuse.

During the battle the Engineers were on road construction and maintenance, doing emergency work necessary to ensure the advance of artillery and ammunition and rationing of the troops. Bridges were rebuilt, old roads repaired, new ones made and information secured in regard to Meuse river crossings. Foot bridges for the passage of the infantry were built at Stenay and near Pouilly, two pontoon rafts were constructed, ferrying two infantry regiments across the the Meuse the night of November 10-11. A floating balk and chess bridge was also built.

After Armistice Day, the 89th Division entered Germany on 4 December and became an occupation army stationed neard Kyllburg. The Engineers' work involved building construction, supervision of public utilities and repair and maintenance of roads.

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'314th Engineers Regiment Stringing Barbed Wire During the St. Mihiel Offensive,' Pinterest.com
From Camp Funston to the Rhineland with the 314th ENgineers,: 89th Division, Army of the United States, 1917-1919, (Trier, Germany, 89th Division, 1919), 8 pages

2.12.1.2. Alexander Hutchison (1891-1959)

Alexander Hutchison was born on 16 August 1891 in Streator, Illinois, to Alexander and Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison. He was their second child and oldest son. His father was a coal miner and the family likely lived in Coalville, a company town, just outside of Streator. Before Alexander turned three years old, the family returned to Scotland, arriving in Glasgow on 14 February 1894 aboard the Anchor Line's S/S Ethiopia. They boarded the liner in New York City.

In 1901 the family lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse. Alexander attended school with his brother, James, and sister, Maggie. Alexander and Jessie's family returned to the United States in 1904. On 21 July they boarded the S/S Furnessia in Glasgow and arrived on 1 August, landing in New York City. They told customs officials their destination was Kirksville, Missouri.

Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia; image courtesy of GeoCities

By 1910 Alexander was 19 years old and worked along side his father in the coal mines. He lived with his parents and siblings, which included six younger brothers and sisters, in Nineveh, Missouri. On 5 June 1917, Alexander registered for the World War I draft. He worked as a miner for the Kansas City Midland Coal Company in Novinger, Missouri, and was described as being tall with a medium build, light blue eyes and dark brown hair. He had not disabled in any way.

On 2 April 1918 Alexander was inducted into the United States Army and served as a private with the 314th Engineers. The unit was attached to the 89th Division and saw action in Europe, arriving on 12 Jun 1918. He was honorably discharged on 26 May 1919.

When the 1920 U.S. federal census was enumerated, Alexander was working as a coal miner and living in Nineveh with his parents and most of his siblings. Only sister, Maggie, had left home. After his father died in 1927, Alexander moved to Taylorville, Illinois, He lived in a boarding house rented by James Dickerson. He continued to work as a coal miner. His brother, James and his wife also lived in Taylorville. James was also a miner.

By 1940 he was back in Novinger and lived with his mother and sister Janie. He worked as a loader in the coal mines. Neither he or his sister ever married. They lost their mother in 1942.

Alexander died on 25 Feb 1959. According to the Missouri State Archives, he died out of state, which is why he does not have a Missouri death certificate.  Alexander was buried beside his parents in Novinger Cemetery.

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'S/S Furnessia,' GeoCities
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Taylorville, Christian, Illinois; Roll: 411; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0037; Image: 497.0; FHL microfilm: 2340146
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Novinger, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T627_2081; Page 3A; Enumeration District: 1-15; 
Alice Muir's Genealogy Notebook, page 5
From Camp Funston to the Rhineland with the 314th Engineers,: 89th Division, Army of the United States, 1917-1919, (Trier, Germany, 89th Division, 1919), 8 pages
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1959 Hutchison, Alexander
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, 1894 Hutchison, Alexander
UK, Outward Passenger LIsts, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Alexander
US, Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, 1959 Hutchiston, Alexander
US, Missouri, Adair County Historical Society, Cemeteries, Novinger Cemetery
US, Missouri, Death Certificates Index, 1910-1963, 1957 Hutchison, Alexander
US, Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012, 1959 Hutchison, Alexander
US, Missouri, Soldiers' Records: War of  1812 - World War I, Serial No. 2,205,182
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Alexander
US, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: Adair; Roll: 1683088; Draft Board: 1

Children of Alexander and Janet (Semple) Hutchison

2.12.1.1. Jessie Hutchison (abt 1889-abt 1891)

Janet's obituary said, "one child preceded her in death." My grandmother, Alice (Muir) Jennings' genealogy notebook indicated that child was named Jessie and she was their first born child. The notebook also said Jessie died at 18 months. Therefore, the dates I have listed are merely my best guess; no documents have been located to date to support them. The only evidence little Jessie ever existed are Jessie's obituary and my grandmother's notebook.

2.12.1.2. Alexander Hutchison (1891-1959)

The life of Alexander Hutchison will be covered in a future post.

2.12.1.3. James Hutchison (1893-1970)

The lives of James Hutchison and his wife, Emma Frances Hamlin, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.1.4. Maggie Hutchison (1895-1994)

The lives of Maggie Hutchison and her husband, William Bruce Melching, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.1.5. Lilly Hutchison (1898-1989)

The lives of Lilly Hutchinson and her husband, Andrew Jackson McDaniel, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.1.6. Joseph Hutchison (1901-1966)

The lives of Joseph Hutchison and his wife, Ruth Anna Richardson, will be covered in future posts.

2.12.1.7. Jane Hutchison (1903-1959)

The life of Jane "Janie" Hutchison will be covered in a future post.

2.12.1.8. Ruth Hutchison (1905-1993)

The lives of Ruth Hutchison and her husband, David Connel Combs, will be covered in future posts.

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Alice Muir's Genealogy Notebook, page 5
Kirksville Daily Express, 23 February 1942