This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vanderlip, Rogers, Dunlap, Nonamaker, Thompson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xm.2ADE/164 Message Board Post: Transcription of Biographical Sketch From Ash Rock and the Stone Church: The History of a Kansas Rural Community by Leo E. Oliva, 1983 Published by The Sons and Daughters of Ash Rock, Woodston, Kansas Orville and Grace Dunlap Vanderlip Orville Vanderlip, son of Charles and Calista Rogers Vanderlip, was born January 26, 1902. He grew up and spent most of his life in Ash Rock Township. He was a member of the Ash Rock Congregational Church. He married Grace Dunlap on May 14, 1924. They spent their married life farming, and lived many years on SE1/4 23-6-16, where Orville died on July 31, 1969. He had been active in community affairs, 4-H, Ash Rock Sunday School, and was a member of the Rooks County ASC committee. Orville and Grace adopted a son, Richard, who attended Ash Rock School and Woodston Rural High School. He earned degrees at Kansas State University and Iowa State University. Dr. Richard Vanderlip was, in 1983, a Professor of Agronomy at Kansas State University, Manhattan, and he was one of the leading grain-sorghum agronomists in the world. He was the last person to join Ash Rock Congregational Church. He married Elisabeth Nonamaker on June 1, 1960. They had three daughters: Cindy, Becky, and Debbie. Cindy married Russell Thompson on August 1, 1980. (Ed. note: Mr. Vanderlip died July 31, 1969)