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     Hattie Sayles was born on 9 February 1902 in Michigan.^2,1 She died on 18 August 1978 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 76.² She was buried at Watervliet Cemetery in Watervliet, Berrien Co., Michigan.⁵
     She was a schoolteacher.^6,3

     Julia Sayles was born on 17 October 1904 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.⁴ She married Frank Endrick Stewart, son of Franklin A. M. Stewart and Sarah Endrick, on 31 May 1941 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky.⁵ She died on 26 July 1988 at the Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 83.⁴ She was buried on 29 July 1988 at Watervliet Cemetery in Watervliet, Berrien Co., Michigan.^4,6
     She graduated from the Western Michigan College of Education in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan,⁵ then taught high school English for a few years in Watervliet, Berrien Co., Michigan.⁵ At the time of her marriage in 1941 she was teaching in Ferndale, Oakland Co., Michigan,⁵ and is listed there in the 1940 census living with another teacher, Augusta Howell.⁷

     Paul P. Plyley was born on 9 February 1902 in Nappanee, Elkhart Co., Indiana.^3,1 He was married by Rev. B. Frank Walmer to Hazel L. Sayles, daughter of Fred R. Sayles and Laura E. Farnsworth, on 25 June 1926 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ He died on 19 May 1973 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 71.³
     He and his wife Hazel lived in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, and are listed there in Oakwood Park in the 1930 census², and in the city of Kalamazoo in the 1940 census.⁴ He was a lab worker for The Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo.^2,4

     Frank Endrick Stewart was born on 25 February 1897 in Bainbridge Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan.^4,3,2 He married Julia Sayles, daughter of Fred R. Sayles and Laura E. Farnsworth, on 31 May 1941 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky.¹ He died on 21 August 1970 at age 73.⁴ He was buried on 23 August 1970 at Watervliet Cemetery in Watervliet, Berrien Co., Michigan.^4,5
     He was a Mason, a member of the Henry Chamberlain Masonic Lodge, and a member of the Southwestern Michigan Realtors Association.⁴

     Vietta Storrow Keillor was born on 14 December 1877 in Pleasanton, Manistee Co., Michigan.^2,4,1 She was married by E. E. Burdick, Clergyman, to Henry Stephen Farnsworth, son of Henry D. Farnsworth and Julia A. Leary, on 21 February 1906 in Bear Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 9 February 1966 at the home of her sister Mrs. Grant Stratton in Crystal Lake Twp., Benzie Co., Michigan, at age 88.^4,5
     After their marriage she and her husband Henry lived on their own farm in Pleasanton Twp., Manistee Co., Michigan, until at least 1918.^6,7 They gave up farming soon afterwards, and moved, probably with Henry's brother Edward and his family, to Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸ The two families were living there together at the time of the 1920 census.⁸ She and Henry later moved to Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, where they are listed at 765 Pensacola Ave. in the 1930 census⁹, and at 606 Beverly in the 1940 census.¹⁰

     Lorena Farnsworth was born on 8 January 1907 (the Florida Death Index says 6 January 1906) in Bear Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan.^3,2,4 She was married first, by E. E. Burdick, Clergyman, to Clarence Goff, son of Joseph Goff and Matilda Burrow, on 24 June 1925 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.² She was married second, by George W. Olmstead, Clergyman, to Daniel Bernard McNeil, son of Hector McNeil and Mary Ann Francis, on 19 July 1938 in Highland Park, Wayne Co., Michigan.⁵ They were divorced on 3 August 1940 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁶ She was married third, by Wm. H. Spyby, Minister, to Glenn Harley Theobald, son of Valentine Theobald and Mary Margaret Spiess, on 21 November 1944 in Lucas Co., Ohio.⁷ She married fourth Bert Vincent Tiblin in December 1952 in Volusia Co., Florida.⁸ She died on 13 December 1992 in Volusia Co., Florida.⁴ She was buried at Daytona Memorial Park in Daytona Beach, Volusia Co., Florida.⁹
     She is listed in the 1930 census in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, boarding with Hazel Crawford, and as married but without her husband Clarence Goff.¹⁰ She was a stenographer for several years, and later worked as a clerk.^2,10,5,7

     Leon H. Farnsworth was born on 7 January 1909 in Bear Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan.^4,3 He married Martha Marguerite Thierry, daughter of George Edward Thierry and Mary Jane Keniary, on 2 February 1946 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.³ He died on 15 November 1998 (the Florida Death Index says 19 November) in Highlands Co., Florida, at age 89.^4,2
     In 1930 he was living with his mother's brother Ray Keillor and his wife Alice in Pleasanton Twp., Manistee Co., Michigan, working as a farm laborer.⁵ He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, enlisting on 30 January 1941 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.⁶

     Marion Wilfred Farnsworth was born on 19 July 1911 in Bear Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan.^2,4,5 He was married first, by Benjamin Kendall, to Thelma Sylvia McClintock, daughter of Theodore McClintock and Linda Bean, on 7 November 1936 in LaGrange Co., Indiana.² They were divorced on 30 September 1940 in Oakland Co., Michigan,⁶ remarried on 14 June 1941 in Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio,^4,7 and divorced again on 5 October 1942 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁷ He married as his second wife (third marriage) Orpha J. Putnam, daughter of Charles Putnam and Maude Yost, on 19 October 1946 in Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio.⁵ He died on 28 January 2001 at age 89.^3,8
     Social Security records give his middle name as Wilbur.³
     He and his first wife Thelma are listed in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, in the 1940 census.⁹
     He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, enlisting on 13 October 1942 (about a week after his second divorce from his wife Thelma), and was discharged on 31 October 1945.¹⁰ After the war he worked for Pontiac Motors in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸

     Clarence Goff was born about 1904 in Hardy, Sharp Co., Arkansas.¹ He was married by E. E. Burdick, Clergyman, to Lorena Farnsworth, daughter of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, on 24 June 1925 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.¹
     He was working as a bus driver at the time of his marriage in 1925.¹

     Daniel Bernard McNeil was born about 1905 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ He was married by George W. Olmstead, Clergyman, to Lorena Farnsworth, daughter of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, on 19 July 1938 in Highland Park, Wayne Co., Michigan.¹ They were divorced on 3 August 1940 in Oakland Co., Michigan.²
     He was working as a clerk at the time of his marriage in 1938.¹

     Glenn Harley Theobald was born on 12 November 1900 in Archbold, Fulton Co., Ohio.^2,1 He married as his third wife Lorena Farnsworth, daughter of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, on 21 November 1944 in Lucas Co., Ohio.¹ He died in March 1957 in Volusia Co., Florida, at age 56.³ He was buried at Daytona Memorial Park in Daytona Beach, Volusia Co., Florida.⁴

     Bert Vincent Tiblin was born on 29 December 1896.² He married Lorena Farnsworth, daughter of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, in December 1952 in Volusia Co., Florida.¹ He died on 6 September 1975 in Volusia Co., Florida, at age 78.²

     Martha Marguerite Thierry was born on 7 February 1911 in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio.^2,3,1 She married Leon H. Farnsworth, son of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, on 2 February 1946 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 11 August 1996 in Highlands Co., Florida, at age 85.^3,2

     Thelma Sylvia McClintock was born on 31 August 1917 in Sac City, Sac Co., Iowa.^1,3,4,5 She was married by Benjamin Kendall to Marion Wilfred Farnsworth, son of Henry Stephen Farnsworth and Vietta Storrow Keillor, on 7 November 1936 in LaGrange Co., Indiana.² They were divorced on 30 September 1940 in Oakland Co., Michigan,⁶ remarried on 14 June 1941 in Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio,^4,7 and divorced again on 5 October 1942 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁷ She died on 16 September 1995 in Marion Co., Florida, at age 78.^3,8 She was buried at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens in Ocala, Marion Co., Florida.⁹
     She and her husband Marion are listed in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, in the 1940 census.¹⁰