"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 192, No 7, p 15, Feb. 12, 1972. Orla Henry Kenyon, son of Frank and Mae Henry Kenyon, was born July 25, 1889, and died Jan. 8, 1972. He married Essie Van Horn, July 24, 1912. Both were active members of the Nortonville, Kans., Seventh Day Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Essie, of Nortonville, and three daughters: Orleen (Mrs. Jack Mitchell of Rifle, Colo., Kathryn (Mrs. Lawrence Nieman), and Reba (Mrs. Charles Wheeler) both of Nortonville; four grandsons: Danny Nieman, Springfield, Mo., Orley Mitchell, Denver, Colo., Kent Wheeler, Basehor, Kans., and Sa, Wheeler, Emporia, Kans.; three granddaughters: Georgia Mitchell, Denver; Paula Mitchell, Emporia, and Mavice Wheeler, Nortonville. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ernest Kenyon of Detroit, Mich., and a granddaughter, Beverly Nieman. P. B. O. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 210, No 3, p 30, Mar., 1988. Essie L. Kenyon, 94, of Nortonville, Kansas, died on December 25, 1987, at the home of a daughter in Nortonville, where she had lived the past few months. She was born on September 5, 1893, at Grand Junction, Iowa, the daughter of George B. and Mettie (Pierce) Van Horn. She was married to Orla H. Kenyon on July 24, 1912, at the home of her parents west of Nortonville. She and her husband farmed most of their married lives in the Nortonville area. Essie was a member of the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist Church, where she was a former Sabbath School teacher and held several offices in the ladies' Missionary Society of the church. When she was 85 years old, she wrote - and had published - a book titled, My First 85 Years. At the time of her death, she had been a member of the church longer than any other member. She was baptized and joined the church in 1905. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Jack Mitchell, Mrs. Kathryn Niemann, and Mrs. Charles Wheeler; one sister, Nellie Van Horn; seven grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. Services were held at the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist Church, with burial in the Nortonville Cemetery. Her pastor officiated. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders