. Melvina Gertrude born at Hardilee, Kansas, March 25, 1884 married H. E. Smith February 12, 1905. Their four children are Pauline, born December 4, 1905 at Corning, Iowa. Jack Wimmer Smith born February 7, 1907 at Stirling, Colorado. Glen Smith born July 25, 1908 at Stoneham, Colorado. Constance SMITH born September 1910, died February 1917.
Lester was an ordained minister in the United Brethren Church. Alice was of a cheerful, hopeful temperament and a gifted singer, which made her a real helper in his life’s work. At times when he was away she would walk and carry her baby 2 or more miles to superintend the Sabbath School.
Sarah Alice, born Jun 6 1856, married Lester Wimmer while her parents were on a prolonged visit to Indiana near Kokomo, Jan. 11, 1875. They came to Kansas with the family in the Autumn of 1875; Lester was an ordained minister in the United Brethren Church. Alice was of a cheerful, hopeful temperament and a gifted singer, which made her a real helper in his life’s work. At times when he was away she would walk and carry her baby 2 or more miles to superintend the Sabbath School.
Their oldest child, Cornelius, was born October 9, 1875 and married Mary Puterbaugh at Ozawkie, Kansas, December 25, 1902. Their three children are Veta and Velma, twins, born November 6, 1903 at Lawrence, Kansas. Ina Maude, born 1905. He was an editor and real estate man at Eufaula, Oklahoma.
1900 census has them with 6 children, 4 living and b. Feb1835