I'm related to MANY of the people mentioned. I hope my notes may help other researchers.
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Lesh and son, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Sarah
Lesh, of Markle, Mrs. McElhaney, of Liberty Center, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer
McElhaney spent Sunday in the Joe
Lesh home.
*Ulysses S. Lesh is Sarah Lesh’s son and Mrs. Homer
McElhaney (Eulalia
Lesh)’s uncle. Joe
Lesh is Eulalia
Lesh McElhaney’s brother. The connection to me is REALLY distant: Eulalia and Joe
Lesh are the 2nd cousins once removed to Betty Lou
Lesh, who is my 4th cousin 2 times removed.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raber and sons, Wayne and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. John
Bailey and daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, John Gilbert and daughter, Ruth and Mrs. Lola Gilbert and children, Kathleen, Nova, Lee, and Jerald, were Sunday dinner guests in the
Mart Gilbert home.
*Mrs. Raber is Maude Gilbert, the sister of Mrs. John
Bailey (Lydia Merle Gilbert), John Gilbert, and Lola Gilbert’s late husband, George. Martin Gilbert is their father. John Elgin
Bailey is my 1st cousin 2 times removed.
Mr. and Mrs. Chet
Brickley arrived home recently from a month’s visit in Kansas.
*Mrs. Brickley is Zora Mae
Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 time removed
Mr. and Mrs. John
Haflich, sr., left Tuesday for Newata, Okla., for an extended visit with their son, George and family.
*This may be John and Elizabeth Ditzler
Haflich, who had a son named George (b. 1874), but I don’t know why John has “sr.” after his name. If this is the correct family, John is the first cousin of William
Haflich, who is the husband of Sarah Ann
Sparks, my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
Mr. and Mrs. Larue
Roudebush, Mr. and Mrs. George
Roudebush and Mr. and Mrs. John
Haflich and son Richard, and daughter, Laura May, spent Sunday in the Charles
Hamilton home in Roanoke.
*Larue and George
Roudebush are brothers. Larue’s wife is Jennie
Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. George’s wife is Effie G. Beaber
Ormsby, whose first husband, Elmer F. Ormsby, is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. John H. Haiflich is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed; his wife, Mayretha, is the daughter of Effie
Beaber and Elmer
Ormsby (raised by grandparents Joshua and Lydia
Beaber), so she too is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed. I have no connection to Charles
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardenour, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Griffin and sons, Eugene and Junior, spent Sunday in the Howard Gardenour home in
Fort Wayne.
*Earl and Howard Gardenour are brothers. Their sister, Elta May, is married to Charles Clifton
Taylor, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. I have no connection to Lloyd
Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. William Odler and sons, Herschel and Arthur, spent Sunday in the Eldo Wilkison home, south of Bluffton.
*No relation
Mr. and Mrs. William
Hart spent Sunday in the Russell Summers home east of town.
*If this is the William
Hart (b. 1889) who is the son of Benjamin F. and Rachael
Sparks Hart, he is my 3rd cousin 4 time removed.
Mrs. Ella
Elick, of
Fort Wayne, spent a few days recently in the Charles
Decker home. Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Decker, returned home with her.
*Mrs. Ella
Elick is Mary Ellen Preskey
Elick, widow of
Jonas Elick. Her daughter, Nora, is the wife of Charles Monroe
Decker. Their son is Robert Dale. I’m not a direct relation, but I’m guessing the Deckers are connected somehow.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crismore and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckey, of
Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Haflich and Mr. and Mrs. Alta
Brickley took Sunday dinner in the Jacob
Haflich home.
*Andrew J. Crismore’s first wife was Mehala Ellen Lamb, the sister of my great-great grandmother. I am reasonably certain that Andy
Haflich is the father of Jacob
Haflich, who in turn is the father of Mary Irene
Haflich, the wife of Frank Alta
Brickley. Although these are not directly related, the Haflichs and Brickleys are connected through marriage to several branches of my Wells County family.