Ben H. Wilson - Husband of Ruby Carothers

I have located the death certificate for Ben H. Wilson on the Missouri State Archives website. Ben was listed as the husband of Ruby Carothers at the time of her death in 1940. If this is the same Ben, he did not live much longer than she did. He passed away in 1944 at the age of 50 and his marital status is widowed. His residence is listed as 308 West Cherry Street, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri. Ben was buried in the Balltown Cemetery as was Ruby.

Ruby Carothers Death Certificate Located!

What a find! I have been trying to discover what became of all of the descendants of Orlando Carothers and his wife Mary Elliott for some time. His daughter Ruby has always been a mystery. I could find very little about her.

I have located the death certificate for Ruby Carothers at the online Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates online. I recently learned about Ruby's sister Opal's death in California, and discovered in the obituary no mention of her sister Ruby. Opal passed away in 1941. The last information I had for Ruby was in the 1930 US Census she was living with her sister in Nevada, Missouri. So I determined that Ruby had passed away sometime between 1930 and 1941. I decided to try a narrow search for Ruby, only looking in Vernon County, Missouri between 1930 and 1941. I used only her first name in the search as she had likely married. In each year there was either 0, 1 or 2 Ruby's who had passed away. I found Ruby's death certificate in the 1940 search.

Ruby Lee Wilson died in 1940, June 24. She was married to Ben H. Wilson. She was living in Osage Township in Vernon County, Missouri. Ruby was buried two days later on June 26th in the Balltown Cemetery in Vernon County.

Harry Moore, husband of Opal Mae Moore (Carothers)

Some interesting entries in the California Death Records:

Harry Z. Moore, born 02/12/1897 North Carolina, died 07/18/1956 in Kern County, CA at age 59
Harry Zeno Moore, born 02/07/1931 in North Carolina, died 12/05/1958 in Stanislaus, CA at age 27

These men could be father and son. Harry Sr. is a possible candidate for Opal Moore's husband at the time of her death. Harry Sr. would have been about 44 years old to Opal's 36 years. Harry Jr. would have been about 12 years old. There are other Harry Moore's in the record. I'll have to check them out sometime.

Opal Mae Moore (Carothers) Gravestone

A kind volunteer at findagrave.com has fulfilled my request for a photo of the gravestone of Opal Mae Moore (Carothers). Thanks!

Opal Mae Moore, 36, Passes Away Here

Opal Mae Moore, 36, Passes Away Here

Mrs. Opal Mae Moore, 36, a resident of Modesto for three years and of California for seven years, died in a hospital here yesterday afternoon after an extended illness. She was a native of Missouri.

Besides her husband, Harry Moore of Modesto, she leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Caruthers of Missouri, and two sisters, Edith Lucas of Modesto and Myrtle Dulin of Missouri.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Shannon Chapel with Rev. H. T. Langley officiating. Internment will be in the Citizens Cemetery.

"The Modesto Bee", June 14, 1941, p. 12

I was skimming through search results on ancestry.com for more references to Earl L. Lucas and didn't think anything relevant would appear in the 30s and 40s when I found the preceding obituary. Good thing I wasn't skimming too fast or I would have missed it.

This is a very informative obituary for me. First, it mentions Opal and that she came to California and was married. It provides her married name and that of her sisters. I did not know that Opal married Harry Moore and came to California, nor that Myrtle married a Dulin and stayed in Missouri. As Ruby is not mentioned, it appears she may have already passed away. This obituary has generated many new leads to check out in learning about this branch of the Carothers family!

The Califonia Death records has the following information for Opal:

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Mother Maiden	Father Last	Sex
MOORE	OPAL	MAE	02/27/1905	ELLIOTT	CARRUTHERS	F

Birth Place	Death Place	Residence	Death Date	SSN	Age
MISSOURI	STANISLAUS		06/13/1941		36 yrs

Information on Opal's grave from The Tombstone Transcription Project:

Moore Opal M. 1905 Jun 13,1941 Sec C TR 15 GR 19 b.MO d.Modesto 36 y 3 m 16 d

I added a findagrave.com entry for Opal at this link.

Lucas - Kolster, Wedding Announcement

The Modesto Bee, April 30, 1975, p. C-2, contains a wedding announcement for the wedding written about in a previous post.

Earl L. Lucas, 2nd lieutenant, Modesto National Guard

Earl received the rank of second lieutenant while a member of the Modesto National Guard in June 1958. This is reported in the Modesto Bee, June 2, 1958, p. B1. The Ancestry.com link is here.

The Earl Lucases Visit Historic Spots

"The Earl Lucases Visit Historic Spots"
The Modesto Bee, Thurs. July 27, 1961, p. B-1

A fun article about the Earl Lucas family visiting historical sites while Earl was in national guard officier training in Virginia. The link is an ancestry.com file link. Sorry about that. I need to transcribe the article or get a copy of it posted here.

I should note that I found birth records on ancestry.com for a couple of Earl's daughters that listed Campbell as their mother's maiden name.

Melvin Marion Herring Obituary Found!

Thanks to Ancestry.com I located the obituary for Melvin Marion Herring. According to the obituary, Melvin passed away on December 26, 1961 in Phoenix, AZ and was buried on December 30, 1961 in Tucson, AZ in the South Lawn Memorial Park. The obituary is located in the Tucson Daily Citizen, dated December 29, 1961 on page 30.

I added an initial entry at http://www.findagrave.com/ for Melvin.

Earl L. Lucas' children

The Family Tree Legends California Births, 1905 - 1995, provided the following information that would appear to be the 3 daughters of Earl Lucas:

LUCAS, CENA DENEECE 04/22/1953 FEMALE STANISLAUS
LUCAS, CINDY E 01/20/1957 FEMALE STANISLAUS
LUCAS, SUSAN J 05/25/1960 FEMALE STANISLAUS

Kolster-Lucas Wedding in 1975

Kolster-Lucas

Modesto Bee, June 20, 1975, p. A-11

This article announces the wedding of Kenneth Allen Kolster of Roseville and Cindy E. Lucas of Sacramento. Cindy's parents are listed as Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Lucas of Sacramento, having moved from Modesto 5 years previously. Deneece and Susan Lucas are mentioned as Cindy's sisters. The wedding took place on the wedding anniversary of the bride's parents.

Some excerpts from the article are as follows:

Kolster-Lucas

Several guests from Modesto had unexpected reunions with former Modestans now living in Sacramento at the wedding uniting Cindy E. Lucas of Sacramento and Kenneth Allen Kolster of Roseville in marriage.

The bride and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Lucas, lived in Modesto until five years ago, when he accepted a spot in the State Controller's office. The bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Kolster of Roseville.

The wedding was held in the garden of the Kolster home, which slopes into a natural ampitheater on the shore of Folsom Lake.

...

Diane Arnett of Modesto was maid of honor. Deneece and Susan Lucas, both sisters of the bride, and Donna Mittendorf were bridesmaids.

...

The wedding was on the 23rd anniversary of the bride's parents' wedding. ...

More information about Gary Kline's famly

The following was posted by Gary Kline in 1999 and it has information about his siblings and children. It could be helpful in locating Gary's wife Susan and their children.


***** GENERATION 5 *****

> Clifford Dennis KLINE: b. 11 Oct 1925 in Flint, MI to Herman Ludwig KLein and Ethel Margaret HEGEDUS; m. Shirley KING 11 Oct 1945 Enid, OK; d. 12 Feb 1999 Lansing, MI
> Shirley KING: b. to Francis Stephen KING and Maude Helen WILLIAMS; living in Mason, MI in 1999

Gary Dennis Kline: living in Mason, MI in 1999

Shelley Denise Kline: living in Fruitport, MI in 1999

Keith Douglas Kline: living in Flushing, MI in 1999

***** GENERATION 6 *****

> Gary Dennis KLINE: living in Mason, MI in 1999
> Susan Margaret KLINE: living in Mason, MI in 1999

Scott Matthew KLINE

Stephanie Meagan KLINE

Joseph Coffman Byers and Mary Catherine Lynn

The following post is located at this link:

GDKskills Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:32
I'm seeking information on my wife's ggg-grandmother, Hannah SUVER b. abt 1814-1828. Born and reared in OH. Married Morgan LYNN. They had a daughter, Mary Catherine LYNN who married Joseph Coffman BYERS. (His parents were John BYERS and Priscella PENDLETON, daughter of _______ PENDLETON, who is said to have served under Geo. Washington in the Revolutionary War.) In turn, Joseph and Mary Catheine had a daughter, Sallie Alice BYERS, b. 25 July 1864 near Kalamazoo MI. Hannah had several siblings, one of which was Joseph W. SUVER. He went on the California Gold Rush in 1848-49. Soon after, he went to OR where he had a family, lived part of the time near Corvallis OR (there is a town named Suver near Corvallis). In 1861, he still had relatives in OH to whom he wrote. The SUVER family is thought to be of Dutch descent. Interested in hearing from anyone researching these surnames.

The post was made by Gary D. Kline. I really wish we had got together while he was still alive. He passed away in 2002. I must try to get ahold of his wife, or children, again.

Gary provides names for the parents of Joseph and Mary in this post.

Gordon Herring on Findagrave.com

Newpapers clipping images from findagrave.com memorial for Gordon Herring.

The name of Gordon's wife is listed as Lee Herring. Hageman's morturary in Arvada, Colorado should also have more information.

I found the following using Google maps:

Hageman's Mortuary Transfer
5385 Newland Street, Arvada, CO 80002-3934
(303) 422-4768‎


I found the following at a Jefferson, County website:

Clear Creek Valley Baptist Church
Address: 10555 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge, 80033

The name is descriptive of the location. The church was originally Clear Creek Valley Church organized in 1890. In 1892 the name was changed to Alathe Church. In 1905 the faltering congregation became a mission of Galilee Baptist, Denver, and was named Fruitdale Baptist, adopting the name of the neighborhood. In 1990 the centennial observance research led to the name change back to Clear Creek Valley Baptist Church. This is a conservative Baptist denomination and is the site of the Rocky Mountain Conservative Baptist Association headquarters.

I think the 6730 Indiana is Gordon's home address.

In memory of Gerald Wade Carothers

My Uncle Wade passed away this morning. He will be missed by us all.

Lee Herring Story

"Earl did a real good job and it landed him a ride in one of Gordon Herring's 170 Offy champ cars; the one that Johnny McDaniels had built for Bobby Ball to drive. It was a beautiful car.

One day at a sprint car race in Cannon City, Gordon was leading and Earl was gaining fast, as Lee Herring and Ethel Kouba were sitting in the stands. Lee turned to Ethel and asked, 'You don't suppose that Earl would pass Gordon, do you, Ethel?' Ethel said, 'Yes, I believe that he might if he can.' Lee explained, 'You don't pass the boss!!' Well, Earl did pass the boss and he lost his ride in the process."

http://www.joekouba.com/earl.html

Gordon Herring buried in Arvada Cemetery

The following information is from the link below:

"ARVADA CEMETERY, ARVADA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO5581 Independence, Arvada, CO 80002"

"5 Herring Gordon K. Aug. 8, 1929 Aug. 24, 1964"

5 being the section Gordon is buried in.

http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/jefferson/cemeteries/arvada-c.txt

Mary C. Byers - May 19, 1904

A fellow Byers researcher has sent me the following information:

Fields Creek Cemetery
Picture of Cemetery
Cemetery Map
Aka: Fields Church CemeteryT42, R26, S29 - Fields Creek Township245 NW 351 Rd, Henry County, Missouri

BYERS, Mary C. - b: Nov 22 1840 Ohio - d: May 19 1904 Clinton, Henry Co, MO - m: Oct 6 1861 to J. C. BYERS - ch: J. F. - 63Y - no marker - bur: Lot:002 Gr:01

BYERS, Mary C.
B: Nov 22 1840, Ohio
D: May 19 1904, Clinton, Henry Co, MO
Bur: Fields Creek Cemetery, Fields Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO
Clinton Missouri, May 21 1904 - Thursday morning, May 19, just before 2 o'clock, the spirit of Mrs. Mary C. Byers left this world of toil and suffering. For many weeks, she had been suffering from stomach troubles and complications. Born in Ohio Nov. 22, 1840; married J. C. Byers Oct. 6, 1861; three children, one daughter having preceded her mother to the better world some years ago. The two left are Mrs. M. F. Herring, route five, Clinton, and J. F. Byers near Chilhowee. With her husband and family, she came to Missouri 36 y ears ago, locating in Johnson, then in Henry. Some years ago, she moved to our city. Formerly a C. P., she had been in late years a devoted member of the Christian Church of Clinton. She had always striven to do her best but her life on earth is over. Funeral at the home in the northwest part of Clinton, with burial at Fields Creek.

What a find! Mary C. Byers is the mother of Sallie Alice Herring (Byers). I have Mary listed as Catherine. I'm wondering if Catherine is her middle name?

This also provides a name for Sallie's brothers, J. F. Byers.

It appears my ancestors have even deeper roots in Henry County, Missouri, than I realized. In Clinton, Missouri in particular!

"Auto Racer Dies From Injuries"

My request at ancestry.com has been answered!

First the request:

"Newspaper Albert Lea Tribune, Albert Lea, MN, USA, issue of Wednesday, 26 August 1964, page 9, article titled "Auto Racer Dies From Injuries", feed from Associated Press.

This is an article about Gordon Herring."

Next the article:

Auto Racer Dies From Injuries

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) —
The death of an auto racer injured when his Offenhauser
rolled at the Steete County Fair Grounds track at Owatonna Sunday was reported Tuesday. The victim, Gordon Herring, 44, of Golden, Colo., died at a hospital here Monday.

Click here to view reply on Ancestry.com.

Many thanks to the poster for taking the time to lookup and forward the information to me!

Cecil O. Carothers Grave Marker

A kind soul fulfilled my photo request left at Findagrave.com for a photo of the grave marker at Cecil Carothers.

Cecil's middle initial of O likely stands for Orlando or Oscar from his dad. Cecil's death certificate doesn't list a middle name.