Lynn: . Thanks for the questions? I realize I know more than I noted... . Mullens and Rughs were Caucasian. I believe Hench was also. ( He is noted in a letter as "Reverend Hench") . Ruth was born about 1905. Her father died "leaving his wife with a four year old daughter." (c.1909). He was supposedly killed in an industrial accident and may have been in Boynton (sp), Virginia at the time. . Mary Mullen Hench "died about two years later.." (c. 1911) . jerry