Husband: Peter Lemuel EDMONDS (1, 2, 3)
Birthdate: 6 Apr 1818
Birthplace: Ohio, USA
Death date: 29 Aug 1896
Place of death: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (4)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (5, 6)
Father: Nathaniel EDMONDS (1789-1854) (7, 8)
Mother: Mary "Polly" SMITH (1791-1836) (7, 9)
Other Spouse: Ellen E. JOHNSTON (Abt 1844-????)

Marriage date: 23 Mar 1840
Marriage place: Plain Township., Wayne County, Ohio, USA (9)

Wife: Martha BECHTEL (3, 9)
Birthdate: 1824
Birthplace:
Death date: 1885
Place of death:
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (5)
Father: Christian (Or Martin) BECHTEL (1772-1828) (16)
Mother: Martha AUSTIN OR ANSTREW (1789-1880) (16)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary E. EDMONDS (9)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 4 Jan 1841
Birthplace: Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death date: 15 Jul 1907
Place of death: Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (17)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA
Marriage date: 3 Apr 1861
Marriage place: Barry County, Michigan, USA (9)
Spouses' names: John C. GLASGOW (1832-1912) (9, 18)

Child No. 2: Alexander Quigley EDMONDS (19)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Aug 1842
Birthplace: Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death date: 26 Nov 1899
Place of death: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (20)
Burial: Striker Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (21)
Marriage date: 2 Jan 1866
Marriage place: Calhoun County, Michigan, USA (9, 22)
Spouses' names: Francelia CHASE (1848-1915) (9)

Child No. 3: Martha Eunice EDMONDS (9, 25)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Feb 1844
Birthplace: Plain Township., Wayne County, Ohio, USA (25)
Death date: 14 Jan 1925
Place of death: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 26)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County,Michigan, USA (21)
Marriage date: 8 Sep 1861
Marriage place: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25)
Spouses' names: George Richard PADELFORD (1837-1927) (3, 9, 25)

Child No. 4: Nathaniel F. EDMONDS (25, 27, 28)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Aug 1848
Birthplace: Van Buren, Hancock County, Ohio, USA (25)
Death date: 31 Dec 1931
Place of death: Dowling, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (25, 29)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (5, 6)
Marriage date: 31 Dec 1871
Marriage place: Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore Township,Barry County, Michigan, USA (33)
Spouses' names: Laura Ann FRENCH (1854-1940) (25, 30, 31, 32)

Child No. 5: Samuel EDMONDS (9, 25)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Jan 1853
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA (25)
Death date: 20 Jul 1936
Place of death: Barry County, Michigan, USA (25)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County,Michigan, USA (39)
Marriage date: 27 Oct 1878 (Divorced on 7 Nov 1904)
Marriage place: Hastings, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (9, 10)
Spouses' names: Sarah Evelyn RICKEL (1860-1930) (9, 25)

Child No. 6: Elimina EDMONDS (9, 25)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Nov 1855
Birthplace: Michigan, USA (25)
Death date: 17 Oct 1928 (25)
Place of death:
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (25)
Marriage date: 13 Apr 1880
Marriage place: Hastings, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan,USA (9, 25, 43)
Spouses' names: Elmer Otis McMANNIS (Abt 1851-????) (9, 25)

Child No. 7: Lemuel Peter EDMONDS (25, 45)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 Oct 1860
Birthplace: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 45)
Death date: 22 Mar 1952
Place of death: Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25)
Burial: Striker Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (45)
Marriage date: 3 Jan 1889
Marriage place: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 45)
Spouses' names: Hattie Ladore SENTZ (1861-1943) (25, 46)

Child No. 8: Imogene Phoebe EDMONDS (9, 25)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Dec 1862
Birthplace: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 48)
Death date: 18 Jan 1953
Place of death: Greenfield Nursing Home, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan (25, 48)
Burial: Striker Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (5, 48)
Marriage date: 15 Jan 1881
Marriage place: Hastings, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (9, 49)
Spouses' names: Frank Augustus WILCOX (1855-1941) (9, 25)

Child No. 9: Elfrida Louella EDMONDS (9, 25, 51)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 Oct 1865
Birthplace: Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 51)
Death date: 4 Oct 1902
Place of death: Dowling, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA (25, 51)
Burial: Dowling Cemetery, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, USA
Marriage date: 14 Jun 1887
Marriage place: Banfield, Barry County, Michigan (9, 52, 53)
Spouses' names: Guy Ray MANNING (1861-1939) (9, 25, 51, 52)
 
 
Documentation:
1. Microfilmed newspaper "Michigan Tribune", Microfilmed newspaper "Michigan Tribune", (Local and Miscellaneous), Roll # 6 Oct. 20, 1871 thru Dec. 31, 1874.
2. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), person number 34, pages 4 and 5, Families 3 and 9.
3. BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, Written and Compiled by the People of Barry County, Michigan, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas), page 88.
4. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Liber/Page B-42.
5. Visited Cemetery, many times by Daniel W. Linderman, many times.
6. Sexton Records, Cemetery Sexton, Sexton Records, Sue Roush, Dowling Cemetery.
7. Church Book of the Brethren's Congregation at Beersheba o n the Westside of the Muskingum River opened in the Year of the Our Lord, 1805, Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, As translated and transcribed by Maxine Renner Eberle, Church Book of the Brethren's Congregation at Beersheba on the Westside of the Muskingum River opened in the Year of the Our Lord, 1805, Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (A Ragersville, Ohio Hististorical Society Project).
8. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), person number 18, pages 3 and 4, Families 2 and 3.
9. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000).
10. Barry County Marriage Records, Records Clerk, Barry County Marriage Records, State of Michigan, County of Barry, Record of Marriages (indexed by year).
11. 1850 Census, Roll: M432_709; Page: 196.
12. Land Patent, B L M On-line, Land Patent.
13. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 10, line 35, dwelling 79, family 83.
14. Electronic World Wide Web known as http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp.
15. Will, Individual, Last Will and Testament.
16. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), The Edmonds Genealogy, page # 3 ; See notes for Martha Anstrew.
17. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Liber/Page B-181.
18. BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, Written and Compiled by the People of Barry County, Michigan, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas), page 315.
19. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), person number 73, pages 5 and 9, Families 9 and 35.
20. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Liber/Page B-82.
21. Visited Cemetery, many times by Daniel W. Linderman.
22. Calhoun County Marriage Records, County Clerk, Calhoun County Marriage Records, (Microfilmed by the LDS Church), microfilm 1009295 Vol. 5 page 121.
23. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 11, line 18, dwelling 83, family 87.
24. The Hastings Banner, The Hastings Banner, Thursday, February 6, 2003, Page 9.
25. Anita Belle (Hyatt) Davis, Anita Belle (Hyatt) Davis, (Not Published).
26. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Liber/Page C-120.
27. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), pages 5 and 9 person number 37.
28. Individual Interviewed, Horace Nathaniel Edmonds.
29. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Liber/Page C-282.
30. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), page 9.
31. BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, Written and Compiled by the People of Barry County, Michigan, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985, (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas), page 89.
32. Individual Interviewed, Hilda Arabelle (Edmonds) Jackson.
33. Marriage License, Barry County, Michigan, County Clerk, Marriage License.
34. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 10, line 37, dwelling 79, family 83.
35. 1880 Census, Michigan,
36. 1920 Census Michigan, Roll: T625_756 Enumeration District 44.
37. 1930 Census Michigan, Roll: T626_974; Sheet:1A; Enumeration District: 8-2; Line 18.
38. Will, Individual, Last Will and Testament, Microfilm reel number 174, file number 14,065.
39. Obituaries, Obituaries, unknown origin, received from Stephanie Evey.
40. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 10, line 38, dwelling 79, family 83.
41. Electronic World Wide Web known as Family Search, as http://www.familysearch.com
42. 1930 Census Michigan.
43. Electronic World Wide Web known as www.com, Electronic World Wide Web known as www.com, Dibean Marriages On-line.
44. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 10, line 39, dwelling 79, family 83.
45. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), page 10, person #78, family #40.
46. The Edmonds Genealogy, Max Hosmer, The Edmonds Genealogy, (DATE Originally compiled in 1988 ; Updated 5 Feb 2000), page 10, person #196, family #40.
47. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 10, line 40, dwelling 79, family 83.
48. Barry County Death Records, Barry County Death Records, Book 1953 Deaths Barry County State File Number 6496 Local File No. 3.
49. Barry County Marriage Records, Records Clerk, Barry County Marriage Records, Liber/Page C-169.
50. 1870 Census, Michigan, page 11, line 1, dwelling 79, family 83.
51. Descendants of William Manning, Marjorie Louise (Reed) Gibson, Descendants of William Manning, (Unpublished).
52. E-mail, Information from Robert and Marjorie Gibson.
53. Barry County Marriage Records, Records Clerk, Barry County Marriage Records, Liber/Page C-258 1887-271.
54. Probated Last Will and Testament, by individual, Probated Last Will and Testament.
55. Probated Last Will and Testament, by individual, Probated Last Will and Testament, 4 page document.

Notes:
Husband's Notes
* BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985 page 88 "PETER LEMEL EDMONDS"
   Peter Lemel Edmonds first purchased land in Barry County in 1853, having moved from Wayne County, Ohio. Peter's lineage has been extensively documented, beginning with Edman Edmans born in Great Britain, married 29 August 1718 Simsbury, CT, Hannah Adams. Hannah was born 27 March 1688 to John Adams and Abigail Pinney, whose parents .were Humphrey Pinney and Mary Hull, whose parents were George Hull and Thomason Mitchell.
   Edman and Hannah were parents of seven children; their second son, Edmond, born 14 May 1721, married 5 July 1739 Elizabeth Godhard. Edmond died 24 February 1811, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. They had eight children: Rosina, married Joseph Rhoads; Catherine, married Daniel Warner, Jr.; Thankful; Oliver; Martha; Mary; Rebecca; and Peter.
   Peter Edmonds, born 27 July or 1 August 1760 Dutchess County, New York, died 30 July 1854 Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, married three times. He first married 17 April 1786 Northampton County to Phoebe Davis, born September 1756, daughter of Henry and Sarah Davis. They had two children: David, married Elizabeth Knaus; and, Nathaniel, married Mary Smith. Peter married (2) 30 January 1790/1 Northampton County, Elizabeth Warner, born 6 April 1769 to Daniel Warner and Sarah Smith. They had eleven children: Peter, married Hannah Walton; Edward, married Susannah Rhoades; Daniel, married Mary Stahl; Simon C., married Mary J. Thornburgh; Benjamin, married Charlotte Gove; Elizabeth, married (1) Samuel T. Fribley and (2) Samuel Rathburn; Catherine, married Daniel Fribley; Rosanne, married (1) Westley Hollowpeter and (2) Joshua Warner; Rebecca, married Mathian Hollowpeter; Catherine, married (1) James Swaney and (2) Andrew Hollowpeter; and John. Peter married a third time 1832 to Martha Anstrew Seaton Bechtel. Their daughter, Emeline, married Henry Walton.
   Nathaniel Edmonds, born 9 February 1789, died 1834, married 14 June 1810 Mary Smith, daughter of David Smith and Mary Tryon. They had 12 children: Peter Lemel, Rosanne, Samuel, Elizabeth, Phoebe, Millie Pernelia, John Wesley, Levi, Matthew, Andrew C., Louisa, and Mary. The oldest son, Peter Lemel, born 6 April 1818, Wayne County, Ohio, died 29 August 1896, married 23 March 1840, Martha Bechtel. This Martha Bechtel was the daughter of Martha Anstrew Seaton Bechtel, third wife of Peter Edmonds; thus, Martha Bechtel was married to her step-father's grandson from his first marriage.
   Peter Lemel and Martha Edmonds' son, Alexander Q., was born 12 August 1842 in Wayne County, Ohio, died 27 November 1899 Barry County, married 2 January 1865 Francelia Maria Chase, born 20 May 1848 to Daniel Saunders Chase and Lucy Younglove Hicks. Their six children: John Franklin, Ernest Chase, Martha Francelia, Carey Ulysses, Lucy Pearl, and Milton Millard.
   Ernest Chase Edmonds, born 2 November 1870, Baltimore Township, died October 1947 in Hastings, married 27 December 1892, Minnie Elizabeth Bush. Their oldest daughter is documented in the Bush Genealogy. Their second daughter was Frances Maria, born 20 May 1899 Baltimore Township, died 16 May 1970, married 30 June 1921, Edwin H. Pate. They had two children, Laurence H. Pate, now living in Troy, Michigan, and Mary Elizabeth Pate Keiser, living in Chicago.
   The Edmonds Genealogy; page 5: Peter Lemuel Edmonds III (34), (Nathaniel 3, Peter 2, Edmund 1) born April 6, 1818, married Martha Bechtel (71), daughter of Martha Anstrew (Seton) and Christian (or Martin) Bechtel (see #2), in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio. She was born Oct. 22, 1824. He died Aug. 29, 1896. She died Nov. 29, 1885 in Hope Township, Barry, Michigan.
   I have been to the grave site. It was one of the first things I did as it is so close to my home in Hastings, Michigan. It is a small family plot of 5 graves : Peter and Martha side by side.
   Also laid out with them are Martha Anstrew (Seaton) Bechtel Edmonds [Martha's mother and Peter's step-grandmother] George R. Paddleford and Martha Eunice Edmonds Paddleford [Peter Lemuel & Martha's daughter].
* History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, published in 1885: page 392 & 393;
EARLY ENTRIES OF GOVERNMENT LAND. SECTION 22
P. L. Edmonds, 1853.........160 [acres]
* Compiler Note: I have the copies of his land patents that he got at the Kalamazoo Land Office in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 Nov 1853. He went to the land office with his brother in-law William McClure Warner [I have a copy of his land patent for 160 acres also].
* From the Hastings Banner, Thursday, Sept. 10, 1896
PROBATE ORDER
State of Michigan, County of Barry --ss.
   At a session of the Probate Court for the Count of Barry, Holden at the Probate Office, in the city of Hastings, in said county, on Tuesday, the 8th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety six.
   Present, Charles W. Armstrong, Judge of Probate.
   In the matter of the estate of Peter Edmonds, deceased.
   On reading and filing the petition duly verified of Mary E. Edmonds, widow of said deceased, praying that a certain instrument now on file in said court purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, be admitted to probate and said petitioner appointed executrix.
   There upon it is ordered, that Tuesday the 6th day of Oct... A. D. 1896, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all other persons interested in said estate, are required to appear at a session of said court, then to be holden at the Probate office, in the city of Hastings, in said county, and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner may not be granted. And it is further ordered, that said petitioner give notice to the persons interested in said estate, of the pendency of said petition, and the hearing there of by causing a copy of this order to be published in the HASTINGS BANNER a newspaper printed and circulated in said County of Barry once in each week for three successive weeks previous to said day of hearing.
CHARLES W. ARMSTRONG,
(A true copy.) Judge of Probate.
His will is on microfilm at the Barry County Probate Court in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan on reel number file number . I, Daniel Wesley Linderman, have a copy of this 44 page document.
* I found this family in the 1870 census On-line at
http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/NextPage.asp?ComingFrom=SearchInput
Form [search for Edmonds, P L, Barry, Baltimore ; then choose page 48R] The actual census image is at
http://epiphyte.libofmich.lib.mi.us/CensusImages/Roll661/48R.pdf
[Of note to others looking for the ancestors of Wesley Edmonds, his grandfather Joseph L. French is also on this page of the census] (54)

Wife's Notes
* Copied from Ancestry.com Bechtel, Martha Spouse: Edmonds, Peter Lemel Marriage Date: 23 March 1840

Notes for Alexander Quigley EDMONDS
* Source: http://www.ancestry.com/ Father: Edmonds, Peter Lemuel Mother: Bechtel, Martha Birth Date: 10 August 1842 City: Wooster County: Wayne State: OH
* BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN 1985 page 88 "ALEX I. EDMONDS"
   ALEX I. EDMONDS [middle initial is wrong should be "Q"]
   This house was built in 1866 in Baltimore Twp., Barry County Michigan. It was built by Alex I. Edmonds. He had served in the Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War and had sent home his earnings to his father (Peter Lemuel Edmonds). His father bought forty acres of woods which had to be cleared enough to build the house.
   Log house built in 1886 by Alex I. Edmonds
   On January 2, 1866 Alex was married to Francelia M. Chase and they lived with parents until November when they moved into their own house which lasted until 1884 when a brick house was built to take its place.
   The five children of Alex were born in the log cabin. Frank on the extreme right, a maid next, then Ernest. Near the father was Carey, and sitting with his wife holding her two-year-old, Lucy with another daughter, Martha standing beside her.
   In 1884 the log house was torn down to make way for the brick house.
   Alex spent his entire life, after his marriage, on this farm and passed away November 1899.

Notes for Nathaniel F. EDMONDS
   Date of burial 1931 Lot 20 Grave 4, I have visited the grave.
   This story was told to me by several persons, including his daughter-in-law Lulu Belle (Hoffman) Edmonds.
   One day Nathaniel was playing "mumbly-peg" [a game that young men played with a knife that involves flipping it off various parts of the body so that it would stick in the ground or floor by it's point] on the bridge over the creek [This person never found out which bridge this happened on], when a man in a buggy came by and demanded that they "clear off and let him pass and that they surely had better things to do!" After the man passed, Nathaniel turned to his two friends and asked "Who was that and who does he think he is?" To which his friends replied "Why that's "Deacon French" and he's the Deacon at the Church." They then returned to their game and in the course of conversation it was told to Nathaniel that "Deacon French" had some real pretty daughters, and they challenged Nathaniel to go ask one of them to the barn dance that weekend.
   Nathaniel went up to the front to the front door and knocked. "Deacon French" came to the door and asked "What do you want?" Nathaniel replied "I'm here to ask your daughter to the dance." 'Deacon French' asked "Which one?" Nathaniel said "The prettiest one." (The only name that his friends had named was Laura) 'Deacon French' asked "What's her name?" And Nathaniel said Laura. 'Deacon French' said "That's the one" and called Laura to the door. They went to the dance and the rest is history.
   His will was not filed until 1 October 1963 and closed 5 Nov 1965 copy on microfilm at the Barry County Probate Court in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan on reel number 174 file number 14,065.
   Dowling School Board Director during the school years of 1895 through 1899.(55)

Notes for Samuel EDMONDS
* Obituary; [Bull Scrapbooks at Hastings Public Library ; Book 1 page 21]
   Samuel Edmonds, who died July 20, was born in Iowa, Jan. 8, 1853, the son of Peter and Martha Edmonds. In 1878 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Evelyn Rickel, who died Feb, 1930. He is survived by six children; J. J. Edmonds and Orpha M. Edmonds of Hastings, B. L. Edmonds of Quimby, Z. B. Edmonds of Battle Creek and Lulu Grendolen of Lowell, Wyo.; a sister, Mrs Emogene Wilcox of Morgan; a brother Lennell Edmonds of Nashville, and ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
   Additional Obituary from Stephanie Evey (unknown newspaper 1936)
   Samuel Edmonds, 82 [sic 84], of Barry County Dies
   Hastings, July 21, - Samuel Edmonds, 82 [sic 84], of Hastings township, died at his home Monday afternoon after a short illness. He had been a resident of Barry county nearly all his life.
   Surviving are 4 sons, Byron Edmonds, of Quimby; Jay and Elza Edmonds, both of Hastings; and Z. B. Edmonds, of Port Huron; and two daughters, Mrs. Lulu [sic Orpha] Greenfield, of Baltimore township, and Mrs. Lulu Longfellow, who lives in Wyoming.
   Funeral services will be held from the Baltimore church at 2 p. m. Thursday with burial in Dowling cemetery. [NOTE that the [sic] are notations made by Lulu (Edmonds) Longfellow]
* From E-mail sent by Anita Hyatt Davis:
   Dan'l,
   I know you like first hand information! How about information from a first hand observer? I've got it! I have been corresponding with Dorothy Edmonds, last surviving dau/o Lemuel Peter. She was a good friend of my mother's and so I have tried to keep in touch with her. She just turned 97 and lives in Florida, and after all of these years, has finally decided to talk Family History. I just received a letter this morning in which she answered a few of my questions. I quote:
   "The only help I can offer with any authenticity is regarding Uncle Sam. He fathered all those children but left his wife and moved to Idaho where he operated a shop--I believe a "tin shop." In 1926 he returned to Michigan and lived with us for a year. Finally his daughter Orpha took him from us but left him soon at the then Barry Co. Poor Farm, where he later died and is buried in the pauper cemetery lot. Orpha said he deserted them and she felt nothing for him. The boys had no contact with him. His only wife was Eva Rickles whom he married, divorced and remarried and abandoned twice. He was smaller than Dad, milk-mannered and unobtrusive, never indulging in conversation."
   I'm so glad that Dorothy has started to remember her past and tell it.
   By the way, I did look up Eva Boor on the Internet and found several, most being born earlier or later than ours would have been, and in other countries. I found one in the Social Security death record that was interesting, but most likely had nothing to do with us: Eva Boor, b. 14 Sep 1891, d. June 1975, S.S. 377-24-6435, Zip 48084, Troy, Oakland, Michigan. I still wonder about where that name came from originally, and in light of the above, info, I think I will not even list her at all. I still wonder if Eva Rickles (or is it officially Rickle) might have married a Boor during the time Samuel was divorced from her?.?.
   Let me know how you feel about this above.
   Anita

Notes for Lemuel Peter EDMONDS
* THE HASTINGS BANNER, Thursday, March 27, 1952
--- Life-Long Barry Resident Dies at Nashville Home ---
   Lemuel Peter Edmonds, 91, life-long resident of Barry county, died at his home in Nashville at 1:15 Saturday morning. He had been in ill health the past several months.
   Mr. Edmonds, a retired farmer, was born in Baltimore township Oct. 25, 1860, a son of Peter Lemuel and Martha (Bechtel) Edmonds. He was married Jan. 3, 1889, to Harrie LaDore Sentz at her parents home in Baltimore. Mrs. Edmonds died several years ago.
   Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Carl (Nettie) Moon, Mrs. O. O. (Mary) Mater and Miss Dorothy Edmonds, all of Nashville, and Mrs. Don (Effie) Hosmer, of Charlotte; one son, Henry, of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; one sister, Mrs. Frank Wilcox, of Hastings; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Otto Funeral chapel with Rev. Corwin Biebighauser of the Evangelical United Brethren church officiating. Burial was in the Striker cemetery, Baltimore township.

Notes for Imogene Phoebe EDMONDS
* Entry YOD Deceased Liber/Page Book Page Record Date
1122232 1953 WILCOX, IMOGENE PHEOBE 1953-6496 1953 6496 1/1/1953
* The Edmonds Genealogy by Max Hosmer; page 5: name is spelled Emogene
* The Edmonds Genealogy by Max Hosmer; page 10: name is spelled Imogene
* Her grand daughter Charlotte Imogene (Wilcox) Edmonds McCarty says her middle name was for her grandmother, Imogene (Edmonds) Wilcox, "and that is how it is spelled"

Notes for Elfrida Louella EDMONDS
* The Edmonds Genealogy by Max Hosmer; page 10:
She died Oct. 4, 1902 of Measles and Peritonitus, buried in Baltimore cemetery [the other name the Dowling Cemetery is known by].