John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. לואיס, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. סבא אליס’ father

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. לואיס, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. נכתב לעתים קרובות בשם אדוארד אך מבוטא כמו להרכיב סיוע ומחלקה, Eduard was as unique as his name. נאבקתי לכתוב עליו הרבה בגלל הסיפורים ששמעתי עליו

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שמירת הריקוד האחרון לTam

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הכרתי את אשתי בחתונה של אחותי בחודש ספטמבר 1995. הכרתי את תם כחברו הטוב ביותר של אחותי הקטנה ל 10 שנים, אבל אני לא ממש רואה אותה כאישה שהיא הפכה להיות עד עצם היום הזה בסוף ספטמבר. I actually got to know her better because I was on wolf duty this day although it

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “מחסה” אליס’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “יתד”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. סבא

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Oscar and Dorothy Von Burg

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Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. Grandma Ellis and Aunt Dorothy were sisters separated in age by about a year and a half. Grandpa Ellis and Uncle Oscar became close friends when they were dating the sisters. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

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ארתור ג. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

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ארתור ג. Clemmings נולד ביום חמישי, אפריל 3, 1913 בסנט. לואיס, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. הוא הצטרף כעובד מתכת מיומן למחצה. טווח גיוסו, שהחל בספטמבר 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.

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