Mostly Angels in the Sky

Alice Jemina Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15041, (23 Feb 1885 - )

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Newton Goff Alkire¹ B: Aug 1860, D: c 1897

Mother*

Elizabeth Jones¹ B: c 1866

Vital Statistics

Born: Alice Jemina Alkire was born on Monday, 23 Feb 1885, at Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alice Jemina Alkire was the daughter of: Newton Goff Alkire and Elizabeth Jones.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Leonard Goff Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15042, (c 1868 - c 1942)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Nave Alkire¹ B: 11 Jan 1802, D: 3 Jun 1885

Mother*

Jemima Goff¹ B: c 1824

Vital Statistics

Born: Leonard Goff Alkire was born circa 1868, at Illinois^G.^1,2
Died circa 1942 at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Leonard Goff Alkire was the son of: William Nave Alkire and Jemima Goff.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 18 Sep 1892, Leonard and Ida Belle Prideaux were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 18 Sep 1892, Leonard and Ida Belle Prideaux were married.¹

Children of: Leonard Goff Alkire and Ida Belle Prideaux

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1870	8 Aug 1870, Post Office: Greenview, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	William Nave Alkire, Jemima Goff and Newton Goff Alkire³
Census-1880	15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	William Nave Alkire, Jemima Goff, Newton Goff Alkire and Isaiah G. Brickey²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1870

8 Aug 1870, Post Office: Greenview, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

William Nave Alkire, Jemima Goff and Newton Goff Alkire³

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

William Nave Alkire, Jemima Goff, Newton Goff Alkire and Isaiah G. Brickey²

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135A, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ida Belle Prideaux¹

Family

TMG ID:15043, (c 1869 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Ida Belle Prideaux was born circa 1869.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 18 Sep 1892, her married name became Mrs. Alkire (née Prideaux).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 18 Sep 1892, Ida and Leonard Goff Alkire, son of: William Nave Alkire and Jemima Goff, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 18 Sep 1892, Ida and Leonard Goff Alkire, son of: William Nave Alkire and Jemima Goff, were married.¹

Children of: Ida Belle Prideaux and Leonard Goff Alkire

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

13 Sep 2017

William Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15044

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leonard Goff Alkire¹ B: c 1868, D: c 1942

Mother*

Ida Belle Prideaux¹ B: c 1869

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William Alkire was the son of: Leonard Goff Alkire and Ida Belle Prideaux.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Leonard H. Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15045

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leonard Goff Alkire¹ B: c 1868, D: c 1942

Mother*

Ida Belle Prideaux¹ B: c 1869

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Leonard H. Alkire was the son of: Leonard Goff Alkire and Ida Belle Prideaux.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Robert G. Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15046

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leonard Goff Alkire¹ B: c 1868, D: c 1942

Mother*

Ida Belle Prideaux¹ B: c 1869

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Robert G. Alkire was the son of: Leonard Goff Alkire and Ida Belle Prideaux.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mae E. Alkire¹

Family

TMG ID:15047

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leonard Goff Alkire¹ B: c 1868, D: c 1942

Mother*

Ida Belle Prideaux¹ B: c 1869

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mae E. Alkire was the daughter of: Leonard Goff Alkire and Ida Belle Prideaux.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Edward Lewis Blane¹

Family

TMG ID:15048, (27 Oct 1829 - 13 Jan 1851)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

George N. Blane¹ B: c 1799, D: 18 Jan 1864

Mother*

Mary Madaline Alkire¹ B: c 1803, D: 18 Apr 1874

Vital Statistics

Born: Edward Lewis Blane was born on Tuesday, 27 Oct 1829, at Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G.¹
Died on Monday, 13 Jan 1851 at Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G, at age 21 years, 2 months and 17 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edward Lewis Blane was the son of: George N. Blane and Mary Madaline Alkire.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Maria Ann Blane¹

Family

TMG ID:15049, (12 May 1832 - 19 Feb 1886)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

George N. Blane¹ B: c 1799, D: 18 Jan 1864

Mother*

Mary Madaline Alkire¹ B: c 1803, D: 18 Apr 1874

Vital Statistics

Born: Maria Ann Blane was born on Saturday, 12 May 1832, at Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G.¹
Died on Friday, 19 Feb 1886 at near, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G, at age 53 years, 9 months and 7 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Maria Ann Blane was the daughter of: George N. Blane and Mary Madaline Alkire.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 27 Mar 1853, her married name became Mrs. Payne (née Blane).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 27 Mar 1853, Maria, age 20 years, 10 months and 15 days, and Jilson Payne were married at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 27 Mar 1853, Maria, age 20 years, 10 months and 15 days, and Jilson Payne were married at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Children of: Maria Ann Blane and Jilson Payne

Laura Alice Payne+¹ B: 1 Nov 1854, D: 20 Feb 1880
William Scott Payne¹ B: c 1862, D: c 1946
Francis LeRoy Payne+¹ B: 14 Mar 1873

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	Jilson Payne, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken, Ellis Freeman Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

Jilson Payne, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken, Ellis Freeman Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	keeps house³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

keeps house³

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135B, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.
[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.

Last Edited

11 Jan 2015

Jilson Payne¹

Family

TMG ID:15050, (c 1832 - 15 May 1899)

Vital Statistics

Born: Jilson Payne was born circa 1832, at Kentucky^G.²
Died on Monday, 15 May 1899 at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Gilson²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Jilson and Olive (?) were married.¹
Marriage	Sunday, 27 Mar 1853, Jilson and Maria Ann Blane, age 20 years, 10 months and 15 days, daughter of: George N. Blane and Mary Madaline Alkire, were married at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Jilson and Olive (?) were married.¹

Marriage

Sunday, 27 Mar 1853, Jilson and Maria Ann Blane, age 20 years, 10 months and 15 days, daughter of: George N. Blane and Mary Madaline Alkire, were married at Menard County, Illinois^G.¹

Children of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane

Laura Alice Payne+¹ B: 1 Nov 1854, D: 20 Feb 1880
William Scott Payne¹ B: c 1862, D: c 1946
Francis LeRoy Payne+¹ B: 14 Mar 1873

Child of: Jilson Payne and Olive (?)

Margaret Ray Payne¹ B: 23 Nov 1892

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken, Ellis Freeman Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken, Ellis Freeman Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	farmer³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

farmer³

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135B, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.
[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.

Last Edited

11 Jan 2015

Olive (?)¹

Family

TMG ID:15051, ( - 4 Sep 1900)

Vital Statistics

Died on Tuesday, 4 Sep 1900 at Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Payne.
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Ray.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Olive and Jilson Payne were married.¹
Marriage	Olive and (?) Ray were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Olive and Jilson Payne were married.¹

Marriage

Olive and (?) Ray were married.¹

Child of: Olive (?) and Jilson Payne

Margaret Ray Payne¹ B: 23 Nov 1892

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Ray Payne¹

Family

TMG ID:15052, (23 Nov 1892 - )

Father*

Jilson Payne¹ B: c 1832, D: 15 May 1899

Mother*

Olive (?)¹ D: 4 Sep 1900

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Ray Payne was born on Wednesday, 23 Nov 1892.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Margaret Ray Payne was the daughter of: Jilson Payne and Olive (?)¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

(?) Ray¹

TMG ID:15053

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Olive (?) were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Olive (?) were married.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

William Scott Payne¹

Family

TMG ID:15054, (c 1862 - c 1946)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jilson Payne¹ B: c 1832, D: 15 May 1899

Mother*

Maria Ann Blane¹ B: 12 May 1832, D: 19 Feb 1886

Vital Statistics

Born: William Scott Payne was born circa 1862, at Illinois^G.²
Died circa 1946.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William Scott Payne was the son of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	William and Dora Darrell were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

William and Dora Darrell were married.¹

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: William Scott Payne 2nd marriage to a daughter of a publisher.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G	Jilson Payne, Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken and Ellis Freeman Bracken²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

Jilson Payne, Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken and Ellis Freeman Bracken²

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135B, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Dora Darrell¹

TMG ID:15055

Vital Statistics

Born: Dora Darrell was born Birth details: of Mason City, Mason County, Illinois.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Payne (née Darrell).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Dora and William Scott Payne, son of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Dora and William Scott Payne, son of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane, were married.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Laura Alice Payne¹

Family

TMG ID:15056, (1 Nov 1854 - 20 Feb 1880)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jilson Payne¹ B: c 1832, D: 15 May 1899

Mother*

Maria Ann Blane¹ B: 12 May 1832, D: 19 Feb 1886

Vital Statistics

Born: Laura Alice Payne was born on Wednesday, 1 Nov 1854.¹
Died on Friday, 20 Feb 1880 at age 25 years, 3 months and 19 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Laura Alice Payne was the daughter of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1875, her married name became Mrs. Bracken (née Payne).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1875, Laura and James A. Bracken were married.¹

Children of: Laura Alice Payne and James A. Bracken

Ellis Freeman Bracken¹ B: 23 Mar 1878, D: 1947
Laura Ann Bracken¹ B: 17 Feb 1880, D: 15 Sep 1880

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

James A. Bracken¹

Family

TMG ID:15057, (14 Jun 1842 - 1930)

Vital Statistics

Born: James A. Bracken was born on Tuesday, 14 Jun 1842, at Illinois^G.^1,2
Died in 1930 at age 87 years.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1875, James and Laura Alice Payne, daughter of: Jilson Payne and Maria Ann Blane, were married.¹

Marriage

after 1880, James and Dell Fisher, daughter of: (?) Fisher, were married.¹

Children of: James A. Bracken and Laura Alice Payne

Ellis Freeman Bracken¹ B: 23 Mar 1878, D: 1947
Laura Ann Bracken¹ B: 17 Feb 1880, D: 15 Sep 1880

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

Jilson Payne, Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, Ellis Freeman Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135B, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ellis Freeman Bracken¹

Family

TMG ID:15058, (23 Mar 1878 - 1947)

Relationship:

4th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

James A. Bracken¹ B: 14 Jun 1842, D: 1930

Mother*

Laura Alice Payne¹ B: 1 Nov 1854, D: 20 Feb 1880

Vital Statistics

Born: Ellis Freeman Bracken was born on Saturday, 23 Mar 1878, at Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G.¹
Died in 1947 at age 68 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ellis Freeman Bracken was the son of: James A. Bracken and Laura Alice Payne.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ellis and Bertha Fisher, daughter of: (?) Fisher, were married.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

15 Jun 1880, Greenview, Menard County, Illinois^G

Jilson Payne, Maria Ann Blane, Francis LeRoy Payne, James A. Bracken and William Scott Payne²

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."
[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 135B, film number 1254236, Illinois 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Bertha Fisher¹

Family

TMG ID:15059, ( - 1951)

Father*

(?) Fisher¹

Vital Statistics

Died in 1951.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Bertha Fisher was the daughter of: (?) Fisher.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Bracken (née Fisher).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Bertha and Ellis Freeman Bracken, son of: James A. Bracken and Laura Alice Payne, were married.¹

Memorable Moments & Stories

Other: Bertha Fisher 1 living son.¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

13 Sep 2017

(?) Fisher¹

Family

TMG ID:15060

Children of: (?) Fisher

Bertha Fisher¹ D: 1951
Dell Fisher¹

Citations

[S159] Ian Alkire, "Ian Alkire," e-Mail message from <e-mail address)> (unknown address) to http://tinyurl.com/grxmanr, 25 Apr 00. Hereinafter cited as "e-Mail - Ian Alkire."

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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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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