Hi, Ellen, those are good questions, but I don't know the answers. The Yoder girls I mentioned were first cousins of my grandfather. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Ellen <[email protected]> To: JAMESGRANT YODER <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 8:54 PM Subject: More Flesher questions.... > Are these Fleshers related to Wilfred H. Flesher, son of Josiah H. Flesher and > Mary R. Fell? Wilfred (b. Jul 10, 1867) m. Lizzie L. Williams in 1887. Could > Charles and Harry be brothers to Wilfred? Could Harrison m. Sarah be their > grandparents? > > Wilfred and Lizzie (both bur. at Woodlawn Cem) had several children of which I > don't have names. > > From a cousin: > an infant (may be one of the daughters listed below) > Harley Allen, b. Jul 16, 1888, d. Sep 2, 1888, bur. Woodlawn Cem, Bloomington > Twp, McLean > > From a letter my mother has in her possession that doesn't name the children, > just references them: > a son (may be the same as Harley above) > a daughter, b. abt 1890 > 2 daughers b bet. 1890 and 1900 > a daughter b. abt 1900 > > From a different "Ellen" interested in the same names. > Ellen PICARD > > JAMESGRANT YODER wrote: > > > Ellen: > > I have two Fleshers who could be of the age range to be grandsons or > > great-nephews of Harrison Flesher and Sarah: > > Charles B. Flesher, b. September 29, 1866; m. March 8 1890 to Louise Salina > > (Lina) Yoder [daughter of Amos Yoder YR12a36 and Catherine Kistler Lantz > > Yoder, both of whom died in McLean County.] Lina Yoder and Charles B. > > Flesher had two daughters that died in infancy. Lina died June 4 1951 in > > Cisco Tx. > > > > Harry Ellsworth Flesher, b. Feb. 22, 1868; m. Oct 1 1890 to Minnie A. > > Yoder; later lived in AZ, poss. died there. > > [Minnie Yoder was a sister of Lina Yoder above; the two Fleshers may have > > been brothers.] > > Harry and Minnie had two children: > > 1. Russell Raymond "Dick" Flesher, b. May 18 1892; died in Jan 1950 > > {according to US Social Insurance Death Index on Rootsweb} His wife was a > > Yoder, first name not known. > > 2. Kathryn Nancy Flesher, b. Oct 21 1894. > > > > Russell Raymond Flesher and _____ Yoder had two children: > > 1.Polyana Flesher, who was living in SW AZ in 1951. > > 2.Dickie Flesher, also living in SW AZ in 1951. > > > > {data from "Descendants of Amos YR12a36 Yoder" paper compiled by Gordon > > Yoder of Dallas, TX} > > You have probably already checked the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index > > where there are a good page of Flesher grooms (including all the above) and > > an even longer page of Flesher brides. There may have been at least two > > lines of Fleshers as several Flesher grooms married Flesher brides. Many of > > them were married in McLean County. > > > > But the Harry Flesher above appears in the list just below your Harrison > > Flesher who married Sarah Spahr. Maybe Harry's real name was Harrison? a > > grandson perhaps? Your guess is as good as mine. > > > > http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage > > > > Jim Yoder > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ellen Byrne <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 1:02 PM > > Subject: [ILMCLEAN-L] Re: ILMCLEAN-D Digest V00 #179 > > > > > My McLean co Il ancestors: Johan Valentine Spawr and wife Anna Margaret > > > Richter, died in McLean co, 1852-1855. > > > Their dau Sarah spawr m Harrison Flesher, 1835. > > > Another line in McLean co: Mary Ann Bue who m Patrick Lyons, both buried > > > Bloomington, in the Catholic Cemetery.. any clues appareciated...Ellen > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Picard Pines: > http://homepage.plix.com/picard/ > Morrison-Picard Family: > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Ellen-J-Picard > Picard Surname Homepage: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~picard/Index.html > >