Irville LAMB was born 26 Dec 1885. He died 11 May 1955. Irville married Angeline THOMPSON on 18 Jun 1913.

Graham, Bernice: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"  THE TALLOW LIGHT,
Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121:

David Oscar Thompson, s/o William and Angeline (Smith) Thompson . . .md
Ida Esther Moore. . .and they resided in Vincent OH.  They had 9 children;
GILBERT SMITH, JESSIE, ORVILLE, CLARENCE, ANGELINE, BLANCHE ESTHER,
JOSEPHINE, LUCY AND MARGARET THOMPSON.

Angeline Thompson, 5th child of Oscar and Ida Thompson. . .md Irville
Lamb, s/o Robert and Fidelia Dunbar Lamb.
Three children of Angeline and Irville Lamb were:
Lucille who md Dean Tresch;
Herbert Lamb who md Genevieve Collins. 3 ch: David, Paul & Betty Lamb;
Kathryn Lamb md Chester Moody. 2 ch: Robert Edwin & Marjorie Moody.

Angeline THOMPSON [Parents] was born 4 Dec 1890 in Of Vincent, Washington, OH. She died 2 Jul 1960. Angeline married Irville LAMB on 18 Jun 1913.

Graham, Bernice: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"  THE TALLOW LIGHT,
Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121:

David Oscar Thompson, s/o William and Angeline (Smith) Thompson . . .md
Ida Esther Moore. . .and they resided in Vincent OH.  They had 9 children;
GILBERT SMITH, JESSIE, ORVILLE, CLARENCE, ANGELINE, BLANCHE ESTHER,
JOSEPHINE, LUCY AND MARGARET THOMPSON.

Angeline Thompson, 5th child of Oscar and Ida Thompson. . .md Irville
Lamb, s/o Robert and Fidelia Dunbar Lamb.
Three children of Angeline and Irville Lamb were:
Lucille who md Dean Tresch;
Herbert Lamb who md Genevieve Collins. 3 ch: David, Paul & Betty Lamb;
Kathryn Lamb md Chester Moody. 2 ch: Robert Edwin & Marjorie Moody.

Donald Max SHEPHERD [Parents] was born 22 May 1931 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV. He died 22 Oct 1973 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV and was buried in Evergreen Cem So, Parkersburg WV. Donald married Caroll Ann WILCOX.

Other marriages:

BLAIR, Ora Joann
CIUMEDIAN, Irene Polly
GILCHRIST, Irene Elizabeth

Charles Shepherd

Caroll Ann WILCOX married Donald Max SHEPHERD.

Donald Max SHEPHERD [Parents] was born 22 May 1931 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV. He died 22 Oct 1973 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV and was buried in Evergreen Cem So, Parkersburg WV. Donald married Irene Polly CIUMEDIAN.

Other marriages:

BLAIR, Ora Joann
WILCOX, Caroll Ann
GILCHRIST, Irene Elizabeth

Charles Shepherd

Irene Polly CIUMEDIAN married Donald Max SHEPHERD.

Donald Max SHEPHERD [Parents] was born 22 May 1931 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV. He died 22 Oct 1973 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV and was buried in Evergreen Cem So, Parkersburg WV. Donald married Irene Elizabeth GILCHRIST on 28 Aug 1969 in Wood Co, WV.

Other marriages:

BLAIR, Ora Joann
WILCOX, Caroll Ann
CIUMEDIAN, Irene Polly

Charles Shepherd

Irene Elizabeth GILCHRIST was born 1 Feb 1933 in Wood Co, WV. She died 1996 in Wood Co, WV. Irene married Donald Max SHEPHERD on 28 Aug 1969 in Wood Co, WV.

Dane O. DEXTER [Parents] was born 21 Apr 1878 in , Of Marshall, KS. He died 6 Jun 1973 and was buried in Baptist Cem., Center Twp., Marshall, KS. Dane married Edith M. HEDGE on 20 Feb 1907.

Nathan Smith Bible Records  show Dane O Dexter birth  (xerox copies of 4
pages of Family Records from that Bible.)

Thomas B. Dexter Biography, from  Forter, Emma, "History of Marshall Co.
Kansas," Indianapolis, B. F. Bowen, 1917,  pg 770-772.  List of children
includes:  "Dane O., also a resident of Center Twp."

Dane O went to Oregon for awhile.  Eds & Thomas Dexter went also.Went
down the Willamette River.  Smith Bible got wet.  They didn't stay a year.
Went in fall, worked in the timbere.  It rained and rained.  Ed Dexter &
Dane came back first..  Independence Oregon was outside of Willamette
and another little town on opposite side and that's where they went.

"Dane Dexter and Edith, Box 12, Hiawatha, KS."  Miriam Dexter letter pg
87, dated 12 Oct 1969.   Also see Miriams letter Jne 11, 1985

"Dane bought whole town of Cardin.  Lived in old house we saw in
Marysville Twp for 20 years."

Census 1880, 1900, & 1910 of Center Twp., Marshall Co. Kansas.

1880 for the Thos. B. Dexter Family.  "Dane, 2, son,  born Kansas."

CENSUS:  1900, Center Twp., Marshall Co., Kansas, ED56 sheet 9. Dane O
and
John Dexter and Silva on same page.

Not with parents in 1910, but in Center Twp. :
"Dexter, Dain, Head, 32, Md 3 year,
Edith, wife, 25.   0 children "

Carol took picture of tombstone in Center Baptist Cemetery:
"DEXTER/    EDITH M./ May 21, 1884/Mar l, 1976/
DANE O./  April 21, 1878/ June 6, 1973.."

Edith M. HEDGE was born 21 May 1884 in , Kansas. She died 1 Mar 1976 and was buried in Baptist Cem., Center Twp., Marshall, KS. Edith married Dane O. DEXTER on 20 Feb 1907.

"Dane Dexter and Edith, Box 12, Hiawatha, KS."  Miriam Dexter letter pg
87, dated 12 Oct 1969.   Also see Miriams letter Jne 11, 1985

Census 1880, 1900, & 1910 of Center Twp., Marshall Co. Kansas.

1880 for the Thos. B. Dexter Family.  "Dane, 2, son,  born Kansas."

Not with parents in 1910, but in Center Twp. :
"Dexter, Dain, Head, 32, Md 3 year,
Edith, wife, 25.   0 children "

Carol took picture of tombstone in Center Baptist Cemetery:
"DEXTER/    EDITH M./ May 21, 1884/Mar l, 1976/
DANE O./  April 21, 1878/ June 6, 1973.."

Family Group Sheet sent by Lila Dexter Pardon.

Thomas B. DEXTER [Parents] was born 19 Jun 1841 in Millbrook, Cavan, Ontario, Canada. He died 11 Nov 1930 in Frankfort, Marshall, Kansas and was buried in , Marshall, Kansas. Thomas married Emma Lila SMITH on 4 Oct 1874 in Marshall Co., Kansas.

Questions: Death Place?

Birth:   Family Bible of Asahel and Jane Dexter.  Copy in poss. of Carol Minson, pp45 NB1

Marriage: Emma L. Smith, 4 Oct 1874   Family Bible of Asahel and Jane Dexter.  Copy in poss. of Carol Minson, pp45 NB1

Death:   Family Bible of Asahel and Jane Dexter.  Copy in poss. of Carol Minson, pp45 NB1

Burial: Photo of tombstone in Center Twp., Baptist Cemetery, Marshall County, Kansas, F7

Picture of Emma and Thomas, F7

Research:  "History of Marshall County, Kansas" by Forter, BUY Library call #978.1/624-625/F 77 /316 / PP770-772.  1880 and 1910 Census, Marshall County, Kanssas, F7

SOURCE:  (1) From charts prepared by Miriam Dexter; (2) Family Bible, in possession of Fred Dexter, Abilene, Kansas; Willed to his father by Asahel Dexter;

INFORMATION: (1) Buried in Center Baptist Cemetery; (2) Married Emma Lela Smith, 4 October 1874;

Birth:  "Thomas (B?) Dexter born June 19th, 1841."
Family Bible of Asahel and Jane Dexter.  Copy in poss. of Carol Minson.

Marriage: "Thomas Dexter to Emma L. Smith, 4 Oct 1874 ."  Family Bible
of Asahel and Jane Dexter.

Death:   "Thomas Dexter/ Nov ll, 1930."
Family Bible of Asahel and Jane Dexter.

Death: Nathan Smith Bible Records  (xerox copies of 4 pages of Family
Records from that Bible.)   Gives Thomas's date/place.

Burial: Carol took photo  in 1985, of tombstone in Center Twp., Baptist
Cemetery, Marshall County, Kansas.  "DEXTER/  Christ is our Hope/
EMMA L/1856-1940/  THOMAS B./ 1841-1930."

Picture of Emma and Thomas.

Thomas B. Dexter was a land agent for the railroad and that's how he
made his money.  $3.00 an acre for selling land.  $6.00 an acre if he broke
the sod.  Had his boys a walking plow.   No trees when they came..at all.
Prairie fires went through every year.

About 1888, Dane O went to Oregon for awhile.  Eds & Thomas Dexter
went also.Went down the Willamette River.  Smith Bible got wet.  They
didn't stay a year. Went in fall, worked in the timbere.  It rained and
rained.  Ed Dexter & Dane came back first..  Independence Oregon was
outside of Willamette and another little town on opposite side and that's
where they went.

"Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie," Riley Co. Gen Soc, 1976, pg 127-8-9,
Dexter article by Miriam Dexter: "THOMAS DEXTER  bought land
immediately after his arrival and purchased more later with money he
earned as commissions for the sale of lands of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Co.  He was elected township clerk in 1871 and was active in
securing a post office in Home. City."
Children  (and birthdays listed )of Thomas and Emma (Smith) Dexter.

Much of this information also sent to Carol Dexter by her grandmother,
Hettie Dexter, sister-in-law to Thomas B. Dexter.

Biography of Thomas B. Dexter in "History of Marshall County, Kansas" by
Forter,  770-772.  (See also pg. 316, 624-625)
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CENSUS:  From an 11th of June1870 Census of Vermillion Township,
Marshall Co. Kansas:  "ASAHEL DEXTER 61, THOMAS DEXTER 46, and
EDMUND GARNETT 35," in two separate dwelling places. (COMMENT: NO
FAMILIES.  Since the Dexter's came and settled in Center Twp.,
MARSHALL Co.  Kansas in 1870, I assume these three men were the
vanguard. Obviously EDMUND GARNETT did not settle there.  But evidently
he went there to "check it out.")

June 11,1870 CENSUS; Vermillion Twp, Marshall, KS; p.o. Barrett KS; pg
19.
#145 EDMUND GARNETT 35 M Farmer $480 (real estate), Canada West
#146 ASAHEL DEXTER 61, M farmer $6411    "        "            " "
#146 THOMAS DEXTER 46, M farmer                                     "

COMMENT:  Evidently these men came to KS  BEFORE their families.
Edmund's wife, MARIA (DEXTER) GARNETT, died 23 Feb 1858, 2 months
after their marriage. She was 22 years old.  Did Edmund Garnett
remarry?
Yes.  However, it is interesting that he went to KS with the Dexters in
1870.
_________________________________________________________

1880, 1900, and 1910 Census, Marshall County, KS.  Gives Names and
dates of their ten children.

DEXTER FAMILY REUNION, Jul 26-7, 1991, Wamego, KS.
Headed by Lorne Irl Dexter, son of Lorne Thomas Dexter, son of Thomas B
and Emma Lila (Smith) Dexter, son of Asahel and Jane Dexter.
Lorne Dexter's  address:
1606 W. 20, N.,
Wichita, KS 67203-2229.     Ph (316) 838-4630.
His sister Lila, spearheading   Family History.  Her address:
Lila (Dexter) Pardon
235 North 900 East St.
Brigham City, UT  84302     Ph (801) 723-3892.

Emma Lila SMITH was born 3 Aug 1856 in Eldred, Jefferson, PA. She died 10 Mar 1940 in Omaha, Douglas, NE and was buried 13 Mar 1940 in Center Twp., Marshall, KS. Emma married Thomas B. DEXTER on 4 Oct 1874 in Marshall Co., Kansas.

SOURCE:  (1) From charts prepared by Miriam Dexter; (2) Family Bible, in possession of Fred Dexter, Abilene, Kansas, willed to his father by Asahel Dexter;

Nathan Smith Bible Records  (xerox copies of 4 pages of Family Records
from that Bible.)   Gives Emma Lila's birth date/place.

Biography of Thomas B. Dexter in "History of Marshall County, Kansas" by
Forter,  770-772.  (See also pg. 316, 624-625)

Birth and Death data from  23 Apr l99l phone call to Lila Dexter Pardon,
(grandaughter of Emma).
Family Group Sheet of Thomas B. Dexter family from Lila.  Lila said she
was not positive of Emma's birth date.

Burial: Carol took photo  in 1985, of tombstone in Center Twp., Baptist
Cemetery, Marshall County, Kansas.  "DEXTER/  Christ is our Hope/
EMMA L/1856-1940/  THOMAS B./ 1841-1930."

DEXTER FAMILY REUNION, Jul 26-7, 1991, Wamego, KS.
Headed by Lorne Irl Dexter, son of Lorne Thomas Dexter, son of Thomas B
and Emma Lila (Smith) Dexter, son of Asahel and Jane Dexter.
Lorne Dexter's  address:
1606 W. 20, N.,
Wichita, KS 67203-2229.     Ph (316) 838-4630.
His sister Lila, spearheading   Family History.  Her address:
Lila (Dexter) Pardon
235 North 900 East St.
Brigham City, UT  84302     Ph (801) 723-3892.

Lila Pardon's letter 5/30/91:
"I plan to display at reunion, the little hand crocheted coin purse made by
Emma Lila Smith Dexter, in a picture frame under glass. . . and display
the hand carved rolling pin Thomas B. Dexter made my mother (his
granddaughter) as a newly wed, living with them on their farm."

Franklin Delano SHEPHERD [Parents] married Margaret NUTTER.

Margaret NUTTER married Franklin Delano SHEPHERD.

Dean TRESCH married Lucille LAMB.

Lucille LAMB [Parents] married Dean TRESCH.

Charles Roland FREY married Gloria Jean SHEPHERD.

Gloria Jean SHEPHERD [Parents] married Charles Roland FREY.

Other marriages:

THOMAS, William Gene

Lyman B. RUGGLES married Martha Ann DEXTER.

Martha Ann DEXTER [Parents] was born 13 May 1838 in Palestine Grove, Ogle, Illinois. She died 8 Aug 1887. Martha married Lyman B. RUGGLES.

Historical Encyclopedia of IL and History of Lee Co., Munsell Pub Co.,
Chicago, 1940, pg 632-3   "The first permanent settler was John Dexter. .
.emig from Canada in spring of 1835. . .staked claim on NW 1/4 of S 14,
north of Palestine Grove.  In 1837 John B. Dexter's bro-i-l, Andrew
Bainter, located in same neighborhood."

Hist of Lee Co, H. H. Hill & Co., Chicago, 1881. pg 302, 323, 35l.  "The
first birth in the twp was that of Simon, son of John Dexter, in 1836. . ."

Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee Co., Inez Kennedy, Pub, Dixon, IL.
c1893. pages 24-36.   This book includes the Family Bible records of
names, birthdates, birthplaces and death dates of John B. and Margaret
Dexter and their ten children.   "Thomas, Mary, Matthew and Mark were
born in Vaughan, Home District, York County, Upper Canada."   In "May
1835 this family came to Lee Co., IL. . . "

1840  Census for Inlet  Precinct, Lee Co., IL for John Dexter & family.

1845,  May 21,  Margaret Dudgeon Dexter died, two weeks after the death
of her new babe.  Margaret was 32 years old.   Thomas, the eldest child,
was 14.   Mary Jane Dexter, her oldest daughter, was 12 years old when
her mother died.  Martha Ann had just turned 7 when she died.
  Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee Co., Inez Kennedy, Pub, Dixon, IL.
c1893.
"Another little girl, but eight days old has joined the other children
under the sunny espaliers of heaven.  There is pain and sorrow and a
nameless dread around the place where the dying mother lies.  Over the
prairies, the white faced, black horses of Dr. Adams are speeding to the
stricken home, and from Dixon, (IL)  Dr. Nash is hurrying to meet him." Mr.
Thomas Dexter writes:  "I remember our faith that they could cure her,
and our poor, helpless prayers.  I remember the mournful cortege of
friends who bor her body to that sand hill burial place;  Rev Luke
Hitchcock's prayers and the presence of Father Birdsall, the Wassons and
Badgers and Doans and Hawleys and Frosts and others--all are
photographed on my memory."  (Son, Thomas,  was not quite 15.)

JOHN B. DEXTER married #2 Rebecca W. Pratt 22, July 1845.  She died Mar
1847.

1850 Census, Sep. 11, Amboy Twp. Lee Co., Ill., Pg 116, line 27
John Dexter 47, farmer,  Canada
Leapha M. "   33,NY
Mary J.     "    17Canada
Mark"16"
Mathew"16"
Simon"14Ill.
Martha A. "12"
Harriet E. "7"

"MARY JANE md John D. Tourtillotte  of Sublette, Oct 5, 1856, and died
Oct, 1878.  two of her four children are living--Thomas and Ella Mary."
Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee Co., Inez Kennedy, Pub, Dixon, IL.
c1893. page 35.

JOHN B. DEXTER married #3 Mrs. Leapha M. Palmer 3 May 1848.  She was
the widow of his partner.  She died 15 May 1863.

Declaration for Pension 27 Nov 1879.  "John Dexter, a resident of
Sublett, Lee Co. Ill. . . enrolled 2 Oct 1861 at Amboy, Co. D of 46th Regt
of Ill. under Capt. Wilder.  Discharged at LaGrange, Tenn. 10 Jul 1862. In
June 1862 at La Grange, from exposure, I took erysipelas and diarrhea.
Since, I have resided in IL and Iowa.  At enrollment I was a carpenter."

1860 Census, July 11, Amboy Twp. Lee Co., IL, pg 225, line 32
John Dexter 58, Carpenter  1,000, 100  CA
Leapha Dexter 43,                                  NY

1880 Sublette Twp. Lee Co. IL
Tourtillot, John D. 52 widowed  Maine Maine Maine
"            Albert  21  son, single IL Maine, Canada
"Ella Maryl7   dau      "    "          "
DEXTER, JOHN B.         76  father in law, retired farmer. Can.,CT,PA.
1880 Census of Sublette Twp. Lee Co.  John B. Dexter living with
daughter's family of Tourtillot.

'MARTHA ANN MARRIED LYMAN B. RUGGLES AND REMOVED TO CALIFORNIA.
SHE, TOO HAS PASSED AWAY." from   Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee
Co., Inez Kennedy, Pub, Dixon, IL. c1893.