Mostly Angels in the Sky

Adalena L. Ranney^1,2

Family

TMG ID:2481, (7 Jun 1872 - 12 Oct 1894)

Relationship:

5th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Philo Ranney¹ B: 13 Oct 1818, D: 3 Oct 1892

Mother*

Sally Ann Thompson¹ B: 11 Jun 1829, D: a Jun 1872

Vital Statistics

Born: Adalena L. Ranney was born on Friday, 7 Jun 1872, at York, Jackson County, Wisconsin^G.¹
Died on Friday, 12 Oct 1894 at age 22 years, 4 months and 5 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Adalena L. Ranney was the daughter of: Philo Ranney and Sally Ann Thompson.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Adda"²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	5 Jun 1880, York, Dane County, Wisconsin^G	Philo Ranney, Sally Ann Thompson, Ellen Jane Ranney, Sarah Etta Ranney, Oscar Jay Ranney, Seymour Philo Ranney and Clara Adell Ranney²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

5 Jun 1880, York, Dane County, Wisconsin^G

Philo Ranney, Sally Ann Thompson, Ellen Jane Ranney, Sarah Etta Ranney, Oscar Jay Ranney, Seymour Philo Ranney and Clara Adell Ranney²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 436D, film number 1255422, Wisconsin 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2482, (16 May 1899 - 17 Apr 1956)

Relationship:

7th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Vernon Benjamin Tubbs¹ B: 20 Oct 1871, D: 22 Sep 1945

Mother*

Eva Hulda Ranney¹ B: 4 Sep 1876, D: 15 Feb 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Walter Clarence Tubbs was born on Tuesday, 16 May 1899, at Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 17 Apr 1956 at Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota^G, at age 56 years, 11 months and 1 day.¹
Interred after 17 Apr 1956 at City Cemetery, Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Walter Clarence Tubbs was the son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Dewey¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 5 Jan 1922, Walter, age 22 years, 7 months and 20 days, and Nina Leota McChesney, age 21 years, 2 months and 6 days were married at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 5 Jan 1922, Walter, age 22 years, 7 months and 20 days, and Nina Leota McChesney, age 21 years, 2 months and 6 days were married at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹

Children of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney

Darlene Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1916, D: 4 Mar 1998
Arvid Francis Tubbs¹ B: 27 Jan 1924, D: 20 Nov 1972
Richard Kenneth Tubbs¹ B: 1926
Marian Delores Tubbs¹ B: 29 Aug 1928, D: 10 Aug 1947
Donald Allen Tubbs¹ B: 10 Aug 1932, D: Nov 1947

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: Walter Clarence Tubbs Additional Children Include: Marion Delores 1928, Richard Kenneth 1926, Darlene, Arvid Francis 1925, Larry, Arletta, Dean and Donald.¹
Other: Walter Clarence Tubbs Dewey lived and operated the old family farm which he bought after his father died in 1947. He liked his beer and chewed tobacco; he died of stomach cancer at age 56. The farm was sold in 1981 and brought a record price for its time. His family suffered numerous misfortunes as they were growing up such as illnesses..¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Joseph William Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2484, (9 Sep 1894 - 9 Jan 1967)

Relationship:

7th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Vernon Benjamin Tubbs¹ B: 20 Oct 1871, D: 22 Sep 1945

Mother*

Eva Hulda Ranney¹ B: 4 Sep 1876, D: 15 Feb 1943

Vital Statistics

Born: Joseph William Tubbs was born on Sunday, 9 Sep 1894, at Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa^G. Birth details: Delayed Registration dated 1 Nov 1948 from Clerk of Kossuth County, Iowa. Birth Date: 9 September 1894 at Union Township.¹
Died on Monday, 9 Jan 1967 at Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G, at age 72 years and 4 months.¹
Interred after 9 Jan 1967 at Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Joseph William Tubbs was the son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	between 1918 and 1921, Joseph and Cyrene (?) were married 2^nd marriage for Joseph. Marriage was probably after discharge from WWI. The 1920 Census record [Vol 44; Ed 98; Sht 2; Line 7] for Lyon Co Minnesota shows him in a separate household with wife Cyrene (age 23) and his brother Dewey (age 20). Cyrene was born in Iowa; her father in Iowa; and her mother in Illinois. At this point her last name is unknown . A request to the Lyon Co. Clerk revealed no marriage license in the period 1913 to 1921. Thus the marriage is likely to have taken place elsewhere.¹
Marriage	Tuesday, 9 Sep 1930, Joseph, age 36 years, and Mary Irene Pehl, age 28 years, 4 months and 3 days were married at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota^G, Minnesota minister's certificate: Date of marriage of Mary Irene Pehl to Joseph W. Tubbs was 9 Sept 1930 at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

between 1918 and 1921, Joseph and Cyrene (?) were married 2^nd marriage for Joseph. Marriage was probably after discharge from WWI. The 1920 Census record [Vol 44; Ed 98; Sht 2; Line 7] for Lyon Co Minnesota shows him in a separate household with wife Cyrene (age 23) and his brother Dewey (age 20). Cyrene was born in Iowa; her father in Iowa; and her mother in Illinois. At this point her last name is unknown . A request to the Lyon Co. Clerk revealed no marriage license in the period 1913 to 1921. Thus the marriage is likely to have taken place elsewhere.¹

Marriage

Tuesday, 9 Sep 1930, Joseph, age 36 years, and Mary Irene Pehl, age 28 years, 4 months and 3 days were married at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota^G, Minnesota minister's certificate: Date of marriage of Mary Irene Pehl to Joseph W. Tubbs was 9 Sept 1930 at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota.¹

Child of: Joseph William Tubbs and Mary Irene Pehl

Barbara A. Tubbs⁴ B: c 1931

Other Major Events

Military: Joseph William Tubbs military service, served in World War 1 as a soldier and in World War 2 as a mechanical advisor at Ft. Lewis, WA.¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
between 1930 and 1939	McNeil Island, Pierce County, Washington^G	guard at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary in 1930's.¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

between 1930 and 1939

McNeil Island, Pierce County, Washington^G

guard at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary in 1930's.¹

Newspaper Items & Articles

Friday, 20 Apr 1928, an article about Joseph William Tubbs appeared in: The Morning Olympian, at Olympia, Washington. Headline: City Asked To Pay For Wreck.²
Wednesday, 2 May 1928, an article about Joseph William Tubbs appeared in: The Morning Olympian, at Olympia, Washington. Headline: Council Approves But Lacks Funds For Playgrounds.³

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S2355] Article: City Asked To Pay For Wreck, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 20 Apr 1928, Page Eight. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S2356] Article: Council Approves But Lacks Funds For Playgrounds, The Morning Olympian, Olympia, WA, 02 May 1928, Page One. Hereinafter cited as Morning Olympian.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Washington State Marriage License #206180. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.

Last Edited

12 Sep 2017

Mary Irene Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:2485, (6 May 1902 - 18 Mar 1976)

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Irene Pehl was born on Tuesday, 6 May 1902, at Brandrup Twp., Campbell, Wilkin County, Minnesota^G.^1,2
Died on Thursday, 18 Mar 1976 at Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G, at age 73 years, 10 months and 12 days. Details as recorded: Washington Death Certificate ID: 855 issued in Pierce County.^1,2
Interred on Monday, 22 Mar 1976 at Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 9 Sep 1930, her married name became Mrs. Tubbs (née Pehl).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 9 Sep 1930, Mary, age 28 years, 4 months and 3 days, and Joseph William Tubbs, age 36 years, son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney, were married at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota^G, Minnesota minister's certificate: Date of marriage of Mary Irene Pehl to Joseph W. Tubbs was 9 Sept 1930 at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 9 Sep 1930, Mary, age 28 years, 4 months and 3 days, and Joseph William Tubbs, age 36 years, son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney, were married at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota^G, Minnesota minister's certificate: Date of marriage of Mary Irene Pehl to Joseph W. Tubbs was 9 Sept 1930 at Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota.¹

Child of: Mary Irene Pehl and Joseph William Tubbs

Barbara A. Tubbs³ B: c 1931

Other Major Events

Reference: Wilkin County, Minnesota Certificate: Record Book 3; Page 40 Line 31. Date of birth was 6 May 1902. Brandrup Township.¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
		taught school before she was married in Minnesota and Michigan. After her family was grown she taught school in the Clover Park District of Lakewood, WA¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

taught school before she was married in Minnesota and Michigan. After her family was grown she taught school in the Clover Park District of Lakewood, WA¹

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Mar 1976, Mary Irene Pehl lived at: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G. Last known.²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Washington State Marriage License #206180. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.

Last Edited

21 Sep 2022

Francis Emerson Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2486, (1 Mar 1869 - 31 Dec 1947)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney² B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck² B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Francis Emerson Ranney was born on Monday, 1 Mar 1869, at Wisconsin^G.^2,3
Died on Wednesday, 31 Dec 1947 at Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota^G, at age 78 years, 9 months and 30 days.^2,4

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Francis Emerson Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Frankie Ranny"³
Name-Variation: He was also known as Frank Emerson²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Nov 1892, Francis, age 23 years and 8 months, and Sarah Angeline Moore, age 19 years and 1 month, daughter of: John James Moore and Luretta Rachel Hill, were married at Burt, Kossuth County, Minnesota^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Nov 1892, Francis, age 23 years and 8 months, and Sarah Angeline Moore, age 19 years and 1 month, daughter of: John James Moore and Luretta Rachel Hill, were married at Burt, Kossuth County, Minnesota^G.¹

Children of: Francis Emerson Ranney and Sarah Angeline Moore

Maude Mariette Ranney+¹ B: 12 Aug 1894, D: 3 Sep 1928
Francis John Ranney¹ B: 8 Apr 1897
Arden Ernest Ranney+¹ B: 21 Aug 1899, D: Aug 1973
Hannah Loretta Ranney¹ B: 18 Apr 1904
Alice Ranney¹ B: 1909

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G	Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G

Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney³

Citations

[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.
[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 269A, film number 1254349, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

14 Nov 2014

Mary Jane Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2487, (17 Apr 1871 - 1928)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Jane Ranney was born on Monday, 17 Apr 1871, at York, Jackson County, Wisconsin^G.¹
Died in 1928 at age 56 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Jane Ranney was the daughter of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Ranny²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G	Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G

Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 269A, film number 1254349, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

John William Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2488, (26 Nov 1873 - 1945)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: John William Ranney was born on Wednesday, 26 Nov 1873, at Iowa^G.¹
Died in 1945 at age 71 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

John William Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Johny Ranny"²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G	Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G

Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 269A, film number 1254349, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Orvis Julius Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2489, (8 Jan 1875 - 1950)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Orvis Julius Ranney was born on Friday, 8 Jan 1875, at Iowa^G.^1,2
Died in 1950 at age 74 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Orvis Julius Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Ranny²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 6 Nov 1901, Orvis, age 26 years, 9 months and 29 days, and Bettie Caroline Peterson, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, daughter of: Andrew Peter Peterson, were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 6 Nov 1901, Orvis, age 26 years, 9 months and 29 days, and Bettie Caroline Peterson, age 27 years, 2 months and 17 days, daughter of: Andrew Peter Peterson, were married.³

Child of: Orvis Julius Ranney and Bettie Caroline Peterson

Arlo M. Ranney³ B: 3 Aug 1904, D: Oct 1977

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G	Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G

Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Eva Hulda Ranney and Joseph Philo Ranney²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 269A, film number 1254349, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.

Last Edited

8 Nov 2014

Joseph Philo Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2490, (14 Oct 1878 - 23 Nov 1950)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Joseph Philo Ranney was born on Monday, 14 Oct 1878, at Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa^G.^1,2,3
Died on Thursday, 23 Nov 1950 at Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota^G, at age 72 years, 1 month and 9 days.^1,3

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Joseph Philo Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Ranny²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Joseph and Lydia Amanda Koepke were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Joseph and Lydia Amanda Koepke were married.³

Children of: Joseph Philo Ranney and Lydia Amanda Koepke

Cora Josephine Ranney³ B: 9 Aug 1903
Kenneth Kendall Ranney³ B: 25 Aug 1907, D: 27 Jan 1950
George William Ranney³ B: 6 Jan 1913, D: 24 Jul 1990
Irving Clarence Ranney³ B: 12 Sep 1917, D: 10 Mar 1982

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G	Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney and Eva Hulda Ranney²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

17 Jun 1880, Fenton, Kossuth County, Iowa^G

Francis LeRoy Ranney, Hannah Peck, Francis Emerson Ranney, Mary Jane Ranney, John William Ranney, Orvis Julius Ranney and Eva Hulda Ranney²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 269A, film number 1254349, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.

Last Edited

14 Nov 2014

Daniel Edward Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2491, (7 Jan 1882 - 8 Dec 1951)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Daniel Edward Ranney was born on Saturday, 7 Jan 1882, at Iowa^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 8 Dec 1951 at Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G, at age 69 years, 11 months and 1 day.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Daniel Edward Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Daniel and Alfreda Wilhelmina Dorte Ohlsson, daughter of: Ernest Axel Ohlsson and Karin Krogstad, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Daniel and Alfreda Wilhelmina Dorte Ohlsson, daughter of: Ernest Axel Ohlsson and Karin Krogstad, were married.¹

Other Family Details

Daniel Edward Ranney and Alfreda Wilhelmina Dorte (neé Ohlsson) Ranney, reportedly had no known.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.

Last Edited

8 Nov 2014

Cyrene (?)¹

TMG ID:2492, (1897 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Cyrene (?) was born in 1897, at Iowa^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: between 1918 and 1921, her married name became Mrs. Tubbs.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	between 1918 and 1921, Cyrene and Joseph William Tubbs, son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney, were married 2^nd marriage for Joseph. Marriage was probably after discharge from WWI. The 1920 Census record [Vol 44; Ed 98; Sht 2; Line 7] for Lyon Co Minnesota shows him in a separate household with wife Cyrene (age 23) and his brother Dewey (age 20). Cyrene was born in Iowa; her father in Iowa; and her mother in Illinois. At this point her last name is unknown . A request to the Lyon Co. Clerk revealed no marriage license in the period 1913 to 1921. Thus the marriage is likely to have taken place elsewhere.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

between 1918 and 1921, Cyrene and Joseph William Tubbs, son of: Vernon Benjamin Tubbs and Eva Hulda Ranney, were married 2^nd marriage for Joseph. Marriage was probably after discharge from WWI. The 1920 Census record [Vol 44; Ed 98; Sht 2; Line 7] for Lyon Co Minnesota shows him in a separate household with wife Cyrene (age 23) and his brother Dewey (age 20). Cyrene was born in Iowa; her father in Iowa; and her mother in Illinois. At this point her last name is unknown . A request to the Lyon Co. Clerk revealed no marriage license in the period 1913 to 1921. Thus the marriage is likely to have taken place elsewhere.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

9 Nov 2014

Josephine Evangeline Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2493, (12 Oct 1880 - 15 Aug 1973)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Josephine Evangeline Ranney was born on Tuesday, 12 Oct 1880.¹
Died on Wednesday, 15 Aug 1973 at age 92 years, 10 months and 3 days.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Josephine Evangeline Ranney was the daughter of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 28 Jun 1899, her married name became Mrs. Klingelhofer (née Ranney).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 28 Jun 1899, Josephine, age 18 years, 8 months and 16 days, and John L Klingelhofer, age 27 years, 6 months and 19 days, son of: Henry Klingelhofer and Harriet (?), were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 28 Jun 1899, Josephine, age 18 years, 8 months and 16 days, and John L Klingelhofer, age 27 years, 6 months and 19 days, son of: Henry Klingelhofer and Harriet (?), were married.¹

Children of: Josephine Evangeline Ranney and John L Klingelhofer

Virgil Elvira Klingelhofer³ B: 8 Mar 1902, D: 3 Sep 1923
Ivan Vincent Klingelhofer³ B: 15 Oct 1903, D: 28 Nov 1998

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Aug 1973, Josephine Evangeline Ranney lived at: Atwater, Merced County, California^G. Last known.²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.

Last Edited

8 Nov 2014

Walter Howard Ranney¹

Family

TMG ID:2494, (25 Jan 1884 - 21 Jun 1884)

Relationship:

6th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis LeRoy Ranney¹ B: 16 Dec 1847, D: 7 Nov 1931

Mother*

Hannah Peck¹ B: 19 Aug 1849, D: 1939

Vital Statistics

Born: Walter Howard Ranney was born on Friday, 25 Jan 1884.¹
Died on Saturday, 21 Jun 1884 at age 4 months and 27 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Walter Howard Ranney was the son of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Arvid Francis Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2495, (27 Jan 1924 - 20 Nov 1972)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1899, D: 17 Apr 1956

Mother*

Nina Leota McChesney¹ B: 30 Oct 1900, D: Mar 1981

Vital Statistics

Born: Arvid Francis Tubbs was born on Sunday, 27 Jan 1924, at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹
Died on Monday, 20 Nov 1972 at Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota^G, at age 48 years, 9 months and 24 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Arvid Francis Tubbs was the son of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 3 Jun 1947, Arvid, age 23 years, 4 months and 7 days, and Bonnie Bart were married at Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

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Richard Kenneth Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2496, (1926 - )

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1899, D: 17 Apr 1956

Mother*

Nina Leota McChesney¹ B: 30 Oct 1900, D: Mar 1981

Vital Statistics

Born: Richard Kenneth Tubbs was born in 1926.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Richard Kenneth Tubbs was the son of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

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John L Klingelhofer¹

Family

TMG ID:2497, (9 Dec 1871 - )

Father*

Henry Klingelhofer² B: c 1838

Mother*

Harriet (?)² B: c 1849

Vital Statistics

Born: John L Klingelhofer was born on Saturday, 9 Dec 1871, at Kossuth County, Iowa^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

John L Klingelhofer was the son of: Henry Klingelhofer and Harriet (?)²

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 28 Jun 1899, John, age 27 years, 6 months and 19 days, and Josephine Evangeline Ranney, age 18 years, 8 months and 16 days, daughter of: Francis LeRoy Ranney and Hannah Peck, were married.¹

Children of: John L Klingelhofer and Josephine Evangeline Ranney

Virgil Elvira Klingelhofer³ B: 8 Mar 1902, D: 3 Sep 1923
Ivan Vincent Klingelhofer³ B: 15 Oct 1903, D: 28 Nov 1998

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1 Jun 1880, Luzerne, Benton County, Iowa^G

Henry Klingelhofer, Harriet (?), Rose Klingelhofer and Emma Klingelhofer²

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 204B, film number 1254327, Iowa 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S2354] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/m657maz, Steve Atkinson (e-mail address), updated as of 5 Oct 2014.

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Marian Delores Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2498, (29 Aug 1928 - 10 Aug 1947)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1899, D: 17 Apr 1956

Mother*

Nina Leota McChesney¹ B: 30 Oct 1900, D: Mar 1981

Vital Statistics

Born: Marian Delores Tubbs was born on Wednesday, 29 Aug 1928, at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 10 Aug 1947 at Lyon County, Minnesota^G, at age 18 years, 11 months and 12 days.¹
Interred on Wednesday, 13 Aug 1947 at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Marian Delores Tubbs was the daughter of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney.¹

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: Marian Delores Tubbs Not married.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

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Darlene Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2499, (16 May 1916 - 4 Mar 1998)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1899, D: 17 Apr 1956

Mother*

Nina Leota McChesney¹ B: 30 Oct 1900, D: Mar 1981

Vital Statistics

Born: Darlene Tubbs was born on Tuesday, 16 May 1916.²
Died on Wednesday, 4 Mar 1998 at Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois^G, at age 81 years, 9 months and 16 days.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Darlene Tubbs was the daughter of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Groff (née Tubbs).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Darlene and Lee Groff were married.

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

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Donald Allen Tubbs¹

Family

TMG ID:2500, (10 Aug 1932 - Nov 1947)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Walter Clarence Tubbs¹ B: 16 May 1899, D: 17 Apr 1956

Mother*

Nina Leota McChesney¹ B: 30 Oct 1900, D: Mar 1981

Vital Statistics

Born: Donald Allen Tubbs was born on Wednesday, 10 Aug 1932, at Lyon County, Minnesota^G.¹
Died in Nov 1947 at Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa^G, at age 15 years and 2 months.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Donald Allen Tubbs was the son of: Walter Clarence Tubbs and Nina Leota McChesney.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Donald and Carol Galligo were married at South Dakota^G.¹

Citations

[S139] RootsWeb.com, online e-mail address, Sara Kathryn Gredler (Culpeper, VA 22701), updated as of 18 Aug 2000.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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