Mostly Angels in the Sky

Joseph Hamnett¹

Family

TMG ID:57761, (Jan 1879 - )

Father*

James Hamnett¹ B: Jul 1838

Mother*

Maria (?)² B: Jun 1842, D: b 1910

Vital Statistics

Born: Joseph Hamnett was born in Jan 1879, at England, United Kingdom^G.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Joseph Hamnett was the son of: James Hamnett and Maria (?)^1,2

Other Major Events

Immigration: in 1881, Joseph Hamnett immigrated from Immigrated to United States.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	James Hamnett, Maria (?), William Henry Hamnett and Josiah Hamnett²
Census-1920	6 Jan 1920, West Third Street, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	William Henry Hamnett, Beatrice Andrews, Bernice W. Hamnett, Ellen Lorene Hamnett and James Hamnett¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

James Hamnett, Maria (?), William Henry Hamnett and Josiah Hamnett²

Census-1920

6 Jan 1920, West Third Street, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

William Henry Hamnett, Beatrice Andrews, Bernice W. Hamnett, Ellen Lorene Hamnett and James Hamnett¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
Jun 1900	Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	day laborer²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

Jun 1900

Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

day laborer²

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Maria (?)¹

Family

TMG ID:57762, (Jun 1842 - b 1910)

Vital Statistics

Born: Maria (?) was born in Jun 1842, at England, United Kingdom^G.¹
Died before 1910.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1864, her married name became Mrs. Hamnett.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1864, Maria, age 21 years, and James Hamnett, age 25 years were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1864, Maria, age 21 years, and James Hamnett, age 25 years were married.¹

Children of: Maria (?) and James Hamnett

William Henry Hamnett+¹ B: 3 Mar 1873, D: 13 May 1943
Joseph Hamnett¹ B: Jan 1879
Josiah Hamnett¹ B: Jan 1881

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	James Hamnett, William Henry Hamnett, Joseph Hamnett and Josiah Hamnett¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

James Hamnett, William Henry Hamnett, Joseph Hamnett and Josiah Hamnett¹

Citations

[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Josiah Hamnett¹

Family

TMG ID:57763, (Jan 1881 - )

Father*

James Hamnett¹ B: Jul 1838

Mother*

Maria (?)¹ B: Jun 1842, D: b 1910

Vital Statistics

Born: Josiah Hamnett was born in Jan 1881, at England, United Kingdom^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Josiah Hamnett was the son of: James Hamnett and Maria (?)¹

Other Major Events

Immigration: in 1881, Josiah Hamnett immigrated from Immigrated to United States.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	James Hamnett, Maria (?), William Henry Hamnett and Joseph Hamnett¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

2 Jun 1900, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

James Hamnett, Maria (?), William Henry Hamnett and Joseph Hamnett¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
Jun 1900	Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G	day laborer¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

Jun 1900

Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon^G

day laborer¹

Citations

[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Raymond Martin Bender^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57766, (13 Feb 1914 - 28 Jan 1998)

Father*

Albert Bender¹ B: 18 Aug 1877, D: 18 Dec 1918

Mother*

Mary Alice Smith¹ B: 3 Nov 1886, D: 3 Aug 1944

Step-father

Jason E. Spangler³ B: 12 Aug 1876, D: 15 May 1937

Vital Statistics

Born: Raymond Martin Bender was born on Friday, 13 Feb 1914, at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.^4,2
Died on Wednesday, 28 Jan 1998 at Washington^G at age 83 years, 11 months and 15 days.²
Interred after 28 Jan 1998 at Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Raymond Martin Bender was the son of: Albert Bender and Mary Alice Smith.¹
Born: Raymond Martin Bender was born circa Mar 1918, at Washington^G.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	5 Jan 1920, 703 N 4th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Mary Alice Smith, Edith Alberta Bender, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Lydia Dirck (?) and Hope Elizabeth Smith¹
Census-1930	4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Edith Alberta Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender³
Census-1940	3 Apr 1940, 320 Ninth Street, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G	Mary Alice Smith and Rosemary Dorothy Bender⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

5 Jan 1920, 703 N 4th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Mary Alice Smith, Edith Alberta Bender, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Lydia Dirck (?) and Hope Elizabeth Smith¹

Census-1930

4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Edith Alberta Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender³

Census-1940

3 Apr 1940, 320 Ninth Street, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G

Mary Alice Smith and Rosemary Dorothy Bender⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940	Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G	conservation ?? state⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1940

Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G

conservation ?? state⁴

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Raymond Martin (age 21) Bender lived at: Olympia, Thurston County, Washington^G.⁴

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

9 Jan 2023

Edith Alberta Bender^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57767, (26 Nov 1909 - 13 Jul 1999)

Father*

Albert Bender¹ B: 18 Aug 1877, D: 18 Dec 1918

Mother*

Mary Alice Smith¹ B: 3 Nov 1886, D: 3 Aug 1944

Step-father

Jason E. Spangler³ B: 12 Aug 1876, D: 15 May 1937

Vital Statistics

Born: Edith Alberta Bender was born on Friday, 26 Nov 1909, at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.^4,1,2
Died on Tuesday, 13 Jul 1999 at Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana^G, at age 89 years, 7 months and 17 days.²
Interred after 13 Jul 1999 at Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edith Alberta Bender was the daughter of: Albert Bender and Mary Alice Smith.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	26 Apr 1910, 703 N 4th Street, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Albert Bender, Mary Alice Smith, Ruth E. Bender and Lydia Dirck (?)⁴
Census-1920	5 Jan 1920, 703 N 4th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Mary Alice Smith, Raymond Martin Bender, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Lydia Dirck (?) and Hope Elizabeth Smith¹
Census-1930	4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

26 Apr 1910, 703 N 4th Street, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Albert Bender, Mary Alice Smith, Ruth E. Bender and Lydia Dirck (?)⁴

Census-1920

5 Jan 1920, 703 N 4th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Mary Alice Smith, Raymond Martin Bender, Rosemary Dorothy Bender, Lydia Dirck (?) and Hope Elizabeth Smith¹

Census-1930

4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1930	Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	stenographer wholesale grocery³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1930

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

stenographer wholesale grocery³

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

9 Jan 2023

Jason E. Spangler^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57768, (12 Aug 1876 - 15 May 1937)

Father*

Rufus Spangler² B: c 1836

Mother*

Mary Dowler² B: c 1842

Vital Statistics

Born: Jason E. Spangler was born on Saturday, 12 Aug 1876, at Henry County, Ohio^G.^1,3
Died on Saturday, 15 May 1937 at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G, at age 60 years, 9 months and 3 days.^2,3
Interred after 15 May 1937 at Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.³

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Jason E. Spangler was the son of: Rufus Spangler and Mary Dowler.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1902, Jason and Mary P. Roberts were married.^4,5,3
Marriage	Saturday, 3 Jun 1922, Jason, age 45 years, 9 months and 22 days, and Mary Alice Smith, age 35 years and 7 months, daughter of: Isaac Edward Smith and Sarah Kathryn Benjamin, were married at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.^1,6

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1902, Jason and Mary P. Roberts were married.^4,5,3

Marriage

Saturday, 3 Jun 1922, Jason, age 45 years, 9 months and 22 days, and Mary Alice Smith, age 35 years and 7 months, daughter of: Isaac Edward Smith and Sarah Kathryn Benjamin, were married at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.^1,6

Children of: Jason E. Spangler and Mary P. Roberts

Clyde E. Spangler⁴ B: 23 Feb 1905, D: 29 Aug 1972
Harry E. Spangler+⁴ B: 1911, D: 1983

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	6 Jun 1880, Monroe, Henry County, Ohio^G	Rufus Spangler, Mary Dowler, Jacob Spangler, Sarah Spangler, Francis Spangler, Emma Spangler, Mandus Spangler, Milton Spangler, Charles Spangler, Lydia Spangler, Howard Spangler and Ora Spangler⁷
Census-1910	21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Mary P. Roberts and Clyde E. Spangler⁵
Census-1920	3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Mary P. Roberts, Clyde E. Spangler and Harry E. Spangler⁴
Census-1930	4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Edith Alberta Bender, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

6 Jun 1880, Monroe, Henry County, Ohio^G

Rufus Spangler, Mary Dowler, Jacob Spangler, Sarah Spangler, Francis Spangler, Emma Spangler, Mandus Spangler, Milton Spangler, Charles Spangler, Lydia Spangler, Howard Spangler and Ora Spangler⁷

Census-1910

21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Mary P. Roberts and Clyde E. Spangler⁵

Census-1920

3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Mary P. Roberts, Clyde E. Spangler and Harry E. Spangler⁴

Census-1930

4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Mary Alice Smith, Harry E. Spangler, Edith Alberta Bender, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1910	North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	saw mill⁵
circa Jan 1920	Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	saw filer mill⁴
circa Apr 1930	Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	salesman job printing¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

saw mill⁵

circa Jan 1920

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

saw filer mill⁴

circa Apr 1930

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

salesman job printing¹

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, see marriage license for Alice and J E Spangler. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[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

9 Jan 2023

Mary P. Roberts^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57769, (14 May 1875 - 1 May 1920)

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary P. Roberts was born on Friday, 14 May 1875, at Indiana^G.^3,2
Died on Saturday, 1 May 1920 at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G, at age 44 years, 11 months and 17 days.^4,2
Interred after 1 May 1920 at Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Mary C.³
Name-Married: circa 1902, her married name became Mrs. Spangler.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1902, Mary and Jason E. Spangler, son of: Rufus Spangler and Mary Dowler, were married.^3,1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1902, Mary and Jason E. Spangler, son of: Rufus Spangler and Mary Dowler, were married.^3,1,2

Children of: Mary P. Roberts and Jason E. Spangler

Clyde E. Spangler³ B: 23 Feb 1905, D: 29 Aug 1972
Harry E. Spangler+³ B: 1911, D: 1983

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler and Clyde E. Spangler¹
Census-1920	3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Clyde E. Spangler and Harry E. Spangler³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler and Clyde E. Spangler¹

Census-1920

3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Clyde E. Spangler and Harry E. Spangler³

Citations

[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

9 Jan 2023

Clyde E. Spangler¹

Family

TMG ID:57770, (23 Feb 1905 - 29 Aug 1972)

Father*

Jason E. Spangler¹ B: 12 Aug 1876, D: 15 May 1937

Mother*

Mary P. Roberts¹ B: 14 May 1875, D: 1 May 1920

Step-mother

Mary Alice Smith² B: 3 Nov 1886, D: 3 Aug 1944

Vital Statistics

Born: Clyde E. Spangler was born on Thursday, 23 Feb 1905, at Wisconsin^G.^1,3
Died on Tuesday, 29 Aug 1972 at age 67 years, 6 months and 6 days.³
Interred after 29 Aug 1972 at Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington^G.³

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Clyde E. Spangler was the son of: Jason E. Spangler and Mary P. Roberts.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler and Mary P. Roberts⁴
Census-1920	3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Mary P. Roberts and Harry E. Spangler¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

21 Apr 1910, North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler and Mary P. Roberts⁴

Census-1920

3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Mary P. Roberts and Harry E. Spangler¹

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

9 Jan 2023

Harry E. Spangler¹

Family

TMG ID:57771, (1911 - 1983)

Father*

Jason E. Spangler¹ B: 12 Aug 1876, D: 15 May 1937

Mother*

Mary P. Roberts¹ B: 14 May 1875, D: 1 May 1920

Step-mother

Mary Alice Smith² B: 3 Nov 1886, D: 3 Aug 1944

Vital Statistics

Born: Harry E. Spangler was born in 1911, at Washington^G.^1,3
Interred in 1983 at Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.³
Died in 1983 at age 72 years.³

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Harry E. Spangler was the son of: Jason E. Spangler and Mary P. Roberts.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 15 Apr 1933, Harry, age 22 years, and Lea C. Bowman, daughter of: W.T. Bowman, were married at King County Courthouse, Seattle, King County, Washington^G.⁴

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 15 Apr 1933, Harry, age 22 years, and Lea C. Bowman, daughter of: W.T. Bowman, were married at King County Courthouse, Seattle, King County, Washington^G.⁴

Child of: Harry E. Spangler and Lea C. Bowman

Warren E. Spangler⁴ B: c 1934

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Mary P. Roberts and Clyde E. Spangler¹
Census-1930	4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G	Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Edith Alberta Bender, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender²
Census-1940	14 May 1940, South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington^G	Lea C. Bowman, Warren E. Spangler, Betty J. Bowman and Mary O. Bowman⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

3 Jan 1920, 510 N 7th Street, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Mary P. Roberts and Clyde E. Spangler¹

Census-1930

4 Apr 1930, 1204 Cornell Avenue, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington^G

Jason E. Spangler, Mary Alice Smith, Edith Alberta Bender, Raymond Martin Bender and Rosemary Dorothy Bender²

Census-1940

14 May 1940, South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington^G

Lea C. Bowman, Warren E. Spangler, Betty J. Bowman and Mary O. Bowman⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa May 1940	South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington^G	service salesman garage⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa May 1940

South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington^G

service salesman garage⁴

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Harry E. and Lea C. (née Bowman) Spangler lived at: South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington^G. Also living at this address: Betty J. Bowman, Warren E. Spangler and Mary O. Bowman.⁴

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

9 Jan 2023

Burke Edward Prince Jr.¹

Family

TMG ID:57772, (21 Jan 1944 - 13 Sep 2007)

Relationships:

1st cousin 1 time removed of John Phillip Wagner
2nd cousin 2 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Burke Edward Prince¹ B: 3 Sep 1922, D: 10 Jan 2006

Mother*

Barbara E. Wagner¹ B: c 1922

Vital Statistics

Born: Burke Edward Prince Jr. was born on Friday, 21 Jan 1944.¹
Died on Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 at age 63 years, 7 months and 23 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Burke Edward Prince Jr. was the son of: Burke Edward Prince and Barbara E. Wagner.¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Obituary	Obituary: on Saturday, 14 Jan 2006, Burke Edward Prince Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Burke Edward Prince in The Stockton Record, Stockton, California. Others mentioned: Mary Lee Prince, Barbara E. Wagner and Winona Prince.²

Activity

Details

Obituary

Obituary: on Saturday, 14 Jan 2006, Burke Edward Prince Jr. was mentioned in the obituary of Burke Edward Prince in The Stockton Record, Stockton, California.
Others mentioned: Mary Lee Prince, Barbara E. Wagner and Winona Prince.²

Known Address(es)

Address: in 1990, Burke Edward Prince lived at: Post Office Box 99020, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California^G.³
Address: circa 1995, Burke Edward and Barbara E. (née Wagner) Prince lived at: 404 Mylnar Avenue, Manteca, San Joaquin County, California^G.⁴
Address: in 1995, Burke Edward Prince lived at: 404 U Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California^G.³
Address: in 1996, Burke Edward Prince lived at: 18405 Aurora Avenue N # H4, Shoreline, King County, Washington^G.³
Address: between 1998 and 1999, Burke Edward Prince lived at: 10238 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, King County, Washington^G.⁵
Address: circa 1999, Burke Edward and Barbara E. (née Wagner) Prince lived at: 404 Mylnar Avenue, Manteca, San Joaquin County, California^G.⁴
Address: circa Sep 2007, Burke Edward Prince lived at: Manteca, San Joaquin County, California^G. Last known.¹

Citations

[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.
[S941] Obituary, Man who helped build 87 water towers dies, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA, 14 Jan 2006.
[S925] United States Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002, Volume 1, online <https://tinyurl.com/y8c6op66>. Hereinafter cited as US Public Records, Vol 1.
[S252] Interview and notes with John Philip Wagner (6443) (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington), by Terrance Wagner, 2002. Terrance Wagner (Olympia, Thurston County, Washington).
[S926] Acxiom Corporation, United States Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005). Hereinafter cited as US Phone & Address Directories.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

(?) Butts¹

Family

TMG ID:57775

Vital Statistics

Born: (?) Butts was born at Oregon^G.¹

Children of: (?) Butts

Wilbur E. Butts+¹ B: 10 Oct 1906, D: 16 Apr 2003
Walter Franklin Butts+¹ B: 5 Feb 1908, D: 19 Dec 1976

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Walter Franklin Butts^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:57776, (5 Feb 1908 - 19 Dec 1976)

Father*

(?) Butts¹

Vital Statistics

Born: Walter Franklin Butts was born on Wednesday, 5 Feb 1908, at Oregon^G.^1,4,5,3
Died on Sunday, 19 Dec 1976 at Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington^G, at age 68 years, 10 months and 14 days.^5,2,3
Interred after 19 Dec 1976 at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens, Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington^G. Plot: F-222-4.³

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Walter Franklin Butts was the son of: (?) Butts.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Divorce	On this date, the divorce between Addie May (neé Marvin) Butts and Walter Franklin Butts.
Marriage	Saturday, 24 Sep 1932, Walter, age 24 years, 7 months and 19 days, and Addie May Marvin, age 28 years and 30 days, daughter of: Charles Leroy Marvin and Margaret Louella Hunt, were married at Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G, 2^nd marriage for Addie May.^4,2
Marriage	Friday, 4 Nov 1966, Walter, age 58 years, 8 months and 30 days, and Mary L. Butcher, age 60 years, 4 months and 3 days were married at Lewis County, Washington^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Divorce

On this date, the divorce between Addie May (neé Marvin) Butts and Walter Franklin Butts.

Marriage

Saturday, 24 Sep 1932, Walter, age 24 years, 7 months and 19 days, and Addie May Marvin, age 28 years and 30 days, daughter of: Charles Leroy Marvin and Margaret Louella Hunt, were married at Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G, 2^nd marriage for Addie May.^4,2

Marriage

Friday, 4 Nov 1966, Walter, age 58 years, 8 months and 30 days, and Mary L. Butcher, age 60 years, 4 months and 3 days were married at Lewis County, Washington^G.²

Child of: Walter Franklin Butts and Addie May Marvin

Juanita (?)⁴ B: c 1928

Other Major Events

On this date, the divorce between Addie May (neé Marvin) Butts and Walter Franklin Butts.

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	10 Apr 1930, 2403 West 2nd Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	Wilbur E. Butts, Margaret Florence Brandon and Dale Loren Butts¹
Census-1940	6 Apr 1940, 1400 Morgan, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	Addie May Marvin, Juanita (?) and Margaret Louella Hunt⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

10 Apr 1930, 2403 West 2nd Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

Wilbur E. Butts, Margaret Florence Brandon and Dale Loren Butts¹

Census-1940

6 Apr 1940, 1400 Morgan, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

Addie May Marvin, Juanita (?) and Margaret Louella Hunt⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1930	Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	laborer plywood mill¹
circa Sep 1932	Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	laborer²
circa Apr 1940	Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	janitor work plywood⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1930

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

laborer plywood mill¹

circa Sep 1932

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

laborer²

circa Apr 1940

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

janitor work plywood⁴

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Sep 1932, Walter Franklin Butts lived at: 715 West Market, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.²
Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Walter Franklin (age 27) and Addie May (née Marvin) (age 30) Butts lived at: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G. Also living at this address: Juanita (?) and Margaret Louella Hunt.⁴

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[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.

Last Edited

24 Nov 2014

Franklin R. Bartlett^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57777, (12 Apr 1858 - 1933)

Relationships:

2nd cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
2nd cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Zenas Zelotus Bartlett¹ B: 4 Nov 1818, D: 1893

Mother*

Phoebe E. Lewis¹ B: 11 May 1823, D: 8 Mar 1902

Vital Statistics

Born: Franklin R. Bartlett was born on Monday, 12 Apr 1858, at Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois^G.¹
Died in 1933 at age 74 years.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Franklin R. Bartlett was the son of: Zenas Zelotus Bartlett and Phoebe E. Lewis.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "F.R."³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1886, Franklin, age 27 years, and Emma A. Cole, age 18 years were married.^1,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1886, Franklin, age 27 years, and Emma A. Cole, age 18 years were married.^1,4

Children of: Franklin R. Bartlett and Emma A. Cole

Mary Bartlett¹
Leola Bartlett¹ B: Oct 1886
Roy Bartlett+¹ B: Apr 1889, D: b 1910
Nettie Bartlett¹ B: Mar 1891
Edwin Bartlett+¹ B: Sep 1893, D: 1978
Thelma G.L. Bartlett+² B: c 1903

Other Major Events

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1860	30 Jul 1860, Post Office: Bristol, Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois^G	Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Ellen Bartlett, Henrietta Bartlett, John I. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett and Milton Zenas Bartlett⁵
Census-1870	5 Aug 1870, Post Office: Nashua, Bradford Twp., Chickasaw County, Iowa^G	Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Ellen Bartlett, Henrietta Bartlett, John I. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett, Milton Zenas Bartlett, Elmer E. Bartlett, Leonard Bartlett and Reuben Walter Bartlett⁶
Census-1885 IA	1885, Fremont Twp., Butler County, Iowa^G	Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett, Leonard Bartlett and Reuben Walter Bartlett⁷
Census-1900	21 Jun 1900, Polk Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	Emma A. Cole, Leola Bartlett, Roy Bartlett, Nettie Bartlett and Edwin Bartlett⁴
Census-1910	19 Apr 1910, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	Emma A. Cole, Nettie Bartlett, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett²
Census-1920	26 Jan 1920, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	Emma A. Cole, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett³
Census-1930	11 Apr 1930, 2801 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G, Boarder with Norman Hall and family	⁸

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1860

30 Jul 1860, Post Office: Bristol, Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois^G

Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Ellen Bartlett, Henrietta Bartlett, John I. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett and Milton Zenas Bartlett⁵

Census-1870

5 Aug 1870, Post Office: Nashua, Bradford Twp., Chickasaw County, Iowa^G

Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Ellen Bartlett, Henrietta Bartlett, John I. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett, Milton Zenas Bartlett, Elmer E. Bartlett, Leonard Bartlett and Reuben Walter Bartlett⁶

Census-1885 IA

1885, Fremont Twp., Butler County, Iowa^G

Zenas Zelotus Bartlett, Phoebe E. Lewis, Elias S. Bartlett, Francis C. Bartlett, Leonard Bartlett and Reuben Walter Bartlett⁷

Census-1900

21 Jun 1900, Polk Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Emma A. Cole, Leola Bartlett, Roy Bartlett, Nettie Bartlett and Edwin Bartlett⁴

Census-1910

19 Apr 1910, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Emma A. Cole, Nettie Bartlett, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett²

Census-1920

26 Jan 1920, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Emma A. Cole, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett³

Census-1930

11 Apr 1930, 2801 Jarboe Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G, Boarder with Norman Hall and family

⁸

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa 1885	Fremont Twp., Butler County, Iowa^G	farmer⁷
circa Jun 1900	Polk Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	farmer⁴
circa Apr 1910	Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	farmer²
circa Jan 1920	Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G	farmer³
circa Apr 1930	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G	laborer restaurant⁸

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa 1885

Fremont Twp., Butler County, Iowa^G

farmer⁷

circa Jun 1900

Polk Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

farmer⁴

circa Apr 1910

Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

farmer²

circa Jan 1920

Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

farmer³

circa Apr 1930

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri^G

laborer restaurant⁸

Citations

[S729] Family Tree Maker Online, online e-mail address, Kristin Heins (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/i/…), updated as of 9 Nov 2001.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[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.
[S715] Various, 1885 Digital, Iowa, Ancestry.com, unknown repository unknown repository address.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Emma A. Cole^1,2

Family

TMG ID:57778, (Jun 1867 - 1945)

Vital Statistics

Born: Emma A. Cole was born in Jun 1867, at New York^G. Birth details: Father born in England and mother born in New York.^1,3
Died in 1945 at age 77 years.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1886, her married name became Mrs. Bartlett (née Cole).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1886, Emma, age 18 years, and Franklin R. Bartlett, age 27 years, son of: Zenas Zelotus Bartlett and Phoebe E. Lewis, were married.^1,3

Children of: Emma A. Cole and Franklin R. Bartlett

Mary Bartlett¹
Leola Bartlett¹ B: Oct 1886
Roy Bartlett+¹ B: Apr 1889, D: b 1910
Nettie Bartlett¹ B: Mar 1891
Edwin Bartlett+¹ B: Sep 1893, D: 1978
Thelma G.L. Bartlett+⁴ B: c 1903

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

21 Jun 1900, Polk Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Franklin R. Bartlett, Leola Bartlett, Roy Bartlett, Nettie Bartlett and Edwin Bartlett³

Census-1910

19 Apr 1910, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Franklin R. Bartlett, Nettie Bartlett, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett⁴

Census-1920

26 Jan 1920, Lafayette Twp., Bremer County, Iowa^G

Franklin R. Bartlett, Edwin Bartlett, Thelma G.L. Bartlett and Ellen D. Bartlett²

Citations

[S729] Family Tree Maker Online, online e-mail address, Kristin Heins (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/i/…), updated as of 9 Nov 2001.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary Bartlett¹

Family

TMG ID:57779

Relationships:

3rd cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
3rd cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Franklin R. Bartlett¹ B: 12 Apr 1858, D: 1933

Mother*

Emma A. Cole¹ B: Jun 1867, D: 1945

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Bartlett was the daughter of: Franklin R. Bartlett and Emma A. Cole.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Renn (née Bartlett).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and (?) Renn were married.¹

Citations

[S729] Family Tree Maker Online, online e-mail address, Kristin Heins (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/i/…), updated as of 9 Nov 2001.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

(?) Renn¹

TMG ID:57780

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Mary Bartlett, daughter of: Franklin R. Bartlett and Emma A. Cole, were married.¹

Citations

[S729] Family Tree Maker Online, online e-mail address, Kristin Heins (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/i/…), updated as of 9 Nov 2001.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

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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