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Volume 3, Number 5 - Winter 1969

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THE DYE FAMILY
by Bertha Dye Larson

Continued from Winter Issue 1967-68

Jean Etta Dye, born Jan. 5, 1934, married Fred Bill Brooks-one child

Gary Wayne Brooks born March 22, 1954, in Fresno, California.

Bertha Dye, born Jan. 24, 1896, married Sanfert Linus Larson March 26, 1916. 7 Children-

Sanfert Linus Larson, Jr. born April 30, 1918 and died March 30, 1922. Buried in Spring River Cemetery near Verona, Missouri.
John Walter Larson, born Oct. 18, 1920 (Verona, Mo.) married Dorothy Louise Blackford in South Park, Kansas June 18, 1939-
Juanita Louise Larson, born June 11, 1940, married Donald E. Brown Feb. 16, 1963. 3 Children-

Patrick Alan Brown born Jan. 17, 1964, Laurel, Maryland.
Christopher Scott Brown born Dec. 17, 1966, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Rebakah Ann Brown born Nov. 25, 1968, in Sioux Falls, S. D.

Beverly Ann Larson, born Aug. 14, 1943, married Wayne N. Tripplet Sept. 19, 1959. 4 Children-

Kimberly Suzanne Triplett born April 9, 1963 in Tacoma, Wash.
Cheryl Marie Triplett born Jan. 1, 1966, in Tacoma, Wash.
Wade Gregory Triplett born Aug. 1,1967, in Tacoma, Wash.
Jennifer Louise Triplett born Sept. 18, 1968, in Tacoma, Wash.


John Walter Larson, Jr. born Sept. 25, 1947, at Kansas City, Mo. He is with the United States Army in Germany at present.

Myra Frances Larson, born June 15, 1923, married Harry L. Jenks June 29, 1946. 2 Children-


Sherry Lynn Jenks born Nov. 1, 1948, in Merriam, Kansas.
Harry Lee Jenks, Jr. born May 30, 1953, in Merriam, Kansas.

Charles William Larson, born March 7, 1926, married Geraldine Mae Burg May 27, 1950, in Butler, Missouri. One child-

Gilbert Wayne Larson born Feb. 23, 1956, in Kansas City, Mo.

Fred Gilbert Larson, born March 19, 1928, married Betty Gale Yost Oct. 16, 1949. 3 Children-


Christine Cae Larson born June 7, 1951, in Kansas City, Mo.
Craig Brian Larson born Aug. 6, 1953, in Kansas City, Mo.
Eric Brett Larson born Nov. 1, 1959 in Bellaire, Texas.

Segrid Henrietta Larson, born April 18, 1939, in Kansas City, Mo., married Oscar Robert McRoberts June 8, 1963. Divorced Sept. 11, 1968-One child-


Alan Dale McRoberts born July 24, 1965, in Aurora, Mo.

Phillip Eugene Larson, born Sept. 18, 1940, married Patrica Cullison Nov. 3, 1962, at Verona, Mo. Divorced March 1964. 1 child-


Julette (Julie) Margaret Marie Larson born Jan.4, 1964, Meade, Kansas.
Phillip later married Paula (Fletcher) Glayzer Dec. 4, 1966, at Aurora, Missouri.

CHILDREN OF JOHN & MARTHA DYE

Alonzo Columbus Dye married Daisy Pryer, Spokane, Missouri April 2, 1894. Alonzo died May 6, 1946, and Daisy died Jan. 26, 1937. at Redsport, Oregon. 4 Children

Cora Dye born July 23, 1895, and died Aug. 24, 1958. She married Duane Goodman Feb. 13, 1920, Medford, Oregon. Duane died June 23, 1967. They had 1 child-

Robert Duane Goodman born Dec. 25, 1928. He married Betty Jean DeRossett Dec. 1, 1951. They had 3 children

Stephen David Goodman born Nov. 27, 1952.
Sharon Ann Goodman born April 18, 1955.
Susan Elizabeth Goodman born Nov. 20, 1959.

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Fred Earl Dye born Feb. 28, 1897 married Garnett Bean. No children. Fred died Feb. 4, 1944.

John Alonzo Dye born Aug. 2, 1899 married Edith Duncan April 18, 1921. 2 children-


John William Dye, born Oct. 18, 1922, married Phyllis Brodie. They have 1 child,

Penny Leah born July 30, 1944.
John Wm. was killed in action in France, April 26, 1944.

Alta Lea Dye, born June 26, 1928, married Gerald Ulett Sept. 4, 1949. 3 children-


Sylvia Lea Ulett born Feb. 27, 1951.
John Wm. Ulett born Dec. 20, 1955.
Barbara Ann Ulett born Aug. 5, 1959.

Hilda Marie Dye, born Jan. 12, 1918, married Lee Arthur Royce Sept. 3,1940. 1 child-


Craig Benjamin Royce born Aug. 15, 1946, Coos Bay, Oregon.

Orda Enoch Dye (son of John & Martha Dye) married Effie Rexroad, Spokane, Mo. Orda died May 16, 1930, and Effie died Oct. 1941 in California. 5 Children-

John Taylor Dye, born Feb. 20, 1903, Spokane, Mo., married Ethel Viola Wills (California). 6 Children-

Robert Edwin Dye, born Feb. 14, 1927, married Aurora Gloria Garcia. No children.
Stanley Allen Dye, born May 5, 1928, married Ann Scott. 4 Children:

David Allen Dye born Oct. 22, 1953.
Terry Lea Dye born Sept. 6, 1957.
Kenneth Dwayne Dye born Oct. 25, 1958.
John Daniel Dye born June 28, 1961.

Beverly Ethel Dye, born March 23, 1930, deceased.

Lavern Alice Dye, born Sept. 10, 1932, married Ronald Westphal. 3 Children:


Valerie Allen Westphal born March 17, 1951.
Connie Jean Westphal born Nov. 1952.
Lori Christine Westphal born Aug. 16, 1958.

Carolyn Ethel Dye, born May 26, 1937, married Marvin Cyr. 2 Children:


Steven Marvin Cyr born May 28, 1955.
Suzanne Carolyn Cyr born Dec. 27, 1956.

Martha Alice Dye, born Sept. 1, 1905, married Earnest L. DeBaca. 1 child:


Lorraine Alice DeBaca, born Apr. 2, 1923 married Geofrey G. Francis - divorced. Married Neal Asten-1 child:

Earnest Geoffrey (Francis) DeBaca, born July 19, 1947.

Clyde Delmar Dye, born Nov. 4, 1907, married Luella Smith, no children.

Rose Rebecca Dye (daughter of Orda), born June 20, 1910, married Mr. Crown. 1 child:


Jacqueline Ordella Crown, born June 1, 1933, married James Donald Nichols. 4 children;

Jarnie Joe Nichols born Oct. 11, 1956.
Stephen Francis Nichols born Oct. 31, 1957.
Mark Christopher Nichols born March 8, 1959.
Jacqueline Elizabeth Nichols born June 16, 1960.
Rose Crown divorced Mr. Crown and married Francis A. Kreuzer-no children.

Carl Orda Dye, born May 15, 1914, married-no children.

Sarah Belle Dye (daughter of John & Martha) married William J. Larkins (born Oct. 2, 1868 and died Aug. 5, 1962). Sarah Belle died Feb. 27, 1934 at Raytown, Mo. Both are buried in Brooklings Cemetery at Raytown. They had 12 children:


Charlie Larkins born Aug. 2, 1888,died Aug. 8, 1888.
Clarence Larkins born Jan. 2, 1892,died Jan. 7, 1892.
Orvil Larkins born Nov. 24, 1900,died July 18, 1902.
(All of these children are buried in Meadows Cemetery in Taney County, Missouri.)
John Larkins, born July 22, 1889 (died March 28, 1918), married Lula Lewis, June 30, 1908. 6 children:

Theo Larkins married George Law.
Barbara Larkins,
Sonny Larkins.
Pat Larkins married Hazel Sexton, they had 7 children:

Voyd Larkins married and

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had 2 children,


Coneta Larkins married and had 1 child.
Ethel Larkins, born May 24, 1903, married Taylor Braden. Taylor died in 1968 in California. They had 2 children:

Jerry Braden-married.
John Taylor Braden born 1941.
Beatrice Larkins, born June 18, 1905, married Paul Sheldon. (Paul died in 1966) They had 1 child and one adopted child:

Martha Jean Sheldon, married and had 3 children.
Donna Sheldon (adopted).

Clell Larkins, born July 23, 1911, married Minerva McCafe. 4 Children:


Barbara Larkins, married and had one child.
Robert Clell Larkins,
Beverly Larkins,
and Brenda Larkins who died at the age of four.

Earl Larkins, born Sept; 23, 1913, married Hazel Peterson and divorced. He then married Lorrane Hon, they had 3 Children:


Betty Jean Larkins,
another girl who married Robert Hutzell July 13, 1957
and Stephen Larkins born Nov. 8, 1953.

Clay Alvin Larkins, born July 18, 1908 (died Aug. 27, 1945), married Marie Weixeldorfer Jan. 1, 1929. 2 Children:


Clay Alvin Larkins, Jr. born Aug. 6, 1930.
Billy Larkins, born 1934 and died in 1934.

Myrtle Ann Larkins, born Nov. 7, 1895, married Lon E. Williams (at Ozark, Mo.) Aug. 27, 1915. Lon died in Kansas City Mo. Jan 15, 1948. Myrtle then married Robert L. Hagen-no children. Myrtle and Lon Williams had one son.


Glen E. Williams, born July 16, 1916, who married Evelyn Bowlin. 2 Children:

Glen E. Williams, Jr. born April 5, 1942. He married Karen Alice Hazkard (Hutchinson, Kan.) Oct. 16, 1965.
Jack Edward Williams born July 27, 1953.

Myrtle and Lon also adopted a daughter

Betty Lee, born Jan. 8, 1923, and married Bill Kent June 10, 1944. They had one child

Michel Edward Kent born July 26, 1945.

Betty Lee (daughter of Myrtle) divorced Mr. Kent and married Rons Bowlin, they had one child,

Diane Gay Bowlin born Aug. 13, 1951
and Rons Bowlin adopted Michel Edward Kent.

Elsie Larkins, born Feb. 17, 1898, married Link Moulder March 2, 1922. Link died Feb. 1948. They had 4 children:


Sarabell Moulder, born Feb. 8, 1923, married Joe Ed Potter. They had 3 children:

Ann Potter born Dec. 15, 1941.
Edward Potter born Oct. 23, 1943.
Billy Potter born March 5, 1947.

Olivelea Moulder, born Dec. 23, 1925, married Roy Casdorph April 1944. They had one child

Dennis Casdorph born May 21, 1955 and died July 1, 1955,
and then they adopted John Casdorph March 23, 1949.
Billy Jo Moulder, born April 5, 1929, married Ethel Goble in 1950. No children.
Ruth Ann Moulder, born Jan. 7, 1932, married Dorvil Odgen in 1950. They had one child

Lynn Odgen.

Ruth divorced Odgen and married Byron Smith, they had one child

Pamela Joe Smith born May 3, 1957.

Nellie Larkins, born Feb. 11, 1893, married Albert Lewis Feb. 11, 1908. They had 9 children:


Thelma Lewis married Eldon White-2 children.
Esther Lewis married Roy Siesser-3 children.
Ralph Lewis married Judith-2 children. Ralph died Dec. 19, 1962 in Phoeniz, Arizona.
Ethel Lewis married Dean Harrcks-3 children.
Albert Lewis, Jr. married Jean-4 children.
Guy Lewis married Margie-S children.
Evertt Lewis married Elenor-3 children.
Ina May Lewis married Roy White-3 children.
Bobby Lewis married and had one boy.

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Nellie Lewis is an artist. Her first paintings published are "Potatoe Planting Time" and "Baptism in The Ozarks" published in the Ford Times in April 1956 and "Wash Day" in Ford Times in Feb. 1959. She has had exhibitions in Kansas City, Mo., Fort Smith, Ark. and other places.

This ends the generations of John Henry and Martha Dye. Martha Ann was the daughter of William and Martha Ann (Lemons) Smith. The Smiths are buried in Meadows Cemetery, Taney County, Missouri.

Henry Dye, born 1882 (died Jan. 13, 1951 in Calif.) married Nora De Witt also deceased. They had two children who died in infancy.

James Garfield Dye, brother of Henry and grandson of William and Kizzy Dye, was born May 1880. He married Mary Bilyeu Carter. James died in 1956 and Mary died Feb. 22, 1920. Their children


Oneta Dye married a Whitlock.
Earnest Dye married and had one child

Bonnie Ellen Dye who married George E. Bishop Dec. 1962.
Delbert Dye married Gladys Williams. She died Feb. 20, 1961-age 45 years old. They had no children.

Ina Dye, born Feb. 9, 1903, married Oscar Winslow. They had seven children:


Clyde Winslow born Nov. 13, 1921, married Fern Johnson-3 children,

Jean Winslow born April 25, 1941,
Wesley Winslow born Aug. 16, 1942,
Bobby Winslow born Oct. 8, 1949.

Fay Winslow, born Oct.11, 1926, married Basil Johnson-4 children,

Dicky Johnson born June 5, 1941,
Dale Johnson born May 1, 1943,
Stephen Johnson born Aug. 3, 1949,
Brenda Johnson born July 26, 1955.

Fern Winslow, born March 14, 1926, married Max Stutesman-2 children,

Maxine Stutesman Sept. 14,1943
and James Stutesman born Sept. 2, 1949.

Fern died May 3, 1967.

Betty Jo Winslow, born Nov. 5, 1935, married Clell Stutesman and had one child

Betty Sue Stutesman.

Benny Winslow, born Aug. 2, 1934, married Lula Belle Grider.
Danny Winslow born April 24, 1937.
Patsy Winslow born March 9, 1949.

Tabitha Dye, (daughter of William and Kizzy Dye) born 1856, married Milo Stewart-some of the first settlers in Christain County in Missouri. Tabitha died in 1917. They had six children:


Mary Ann Stewart married William Bilyeu-Mary died in 1941-they had eight children,

Jessie Bilyeu married Daisy Cupp,
Elza Bilyeu married Goldie Letteral-one child,

Noah Bilyeu married and had a son

James R. Bilyeu,

Willie Bilyeu married Freda Weatherman-two children,
Melva Bilyeu married Earnest Gideon -three girls, (this family of Melva and Earnest and girls have all died except one girl),
Martin Bilyeu married Clara Gill-five children-
Edna Bilyeu married Phillip Cummings,
Lee Bilyeu
and Glen Bilyeu.

Rex Stewart (son of Milo) married Adeline Johnson, they had five children:


Chester,
Daisy,
James,
Elizabeth
and Lawrence.

Charlie Stewart (son of Milo) married Maud Dugger, they had three children:


Mildred Stewart married Hershel Keltner,
Raymond Stewart married Fern Weatherman,
and Glen Stewart.

William Thomas Stewart (son of Milo) married Anne Miller, they had three children:


Grace Stewart married Wayne Lindsay and they had three children,
Shelby Stewart married Lucille Bryant and had one boy,
and Floyd Stewart, deceased.

Isiah Stewart (son of Milo) died in 1966 at the age of 85. He married Emma Brookshire and they had nine children:


James Richard Stewart married Clista Gill and they had eight children,

Beulah Pauline Stewart, born Nov. 14,1931, married Basil Dean Bryan-two children

Vicky Francene Bryan, born 1951
and Becky Darlene Bryan born Sept. 1956.
Thelma Lee Stewart, born March 21, 1937, married Roy Dean Bilyeu-two children,

Ricky Dean, born Nov. 2, 1955
and Ronda Levine, born Jan. 25, 1959.

Lola Mae Stewart, born Oct. 21, 1939, married Delbert Howard in 1958,
James Richard Stewart, Jr. born Aug. 5, 1944,
Dale David Stewart, born Aug. 10, 1947,
Reta June Stewart, born June 3, 1955,
Marjorie Marie Stewart, born Jan. 4, 1934, deceased
and Dorothy Faye Stewart, born Jan. 31, 1942, died in 1954.

Mittie Stewart (daughter of Isiah) married Clayton Ware. They had fourteen children. The writer isn't acquainted with this family-one boy was killed in an automobile crash, he was sixteen. One son Clayton R. Ware, Jr. died Feb. 23, 1961 at the age of 32. He left his wife Betty and two daughters.

Bell Stewart (daughter of Isiah) married Chig Partick and they had four children,


Robert,
John,
Shirley,
Billy,
and Milo Stewart who died in 1946.

Rosetta Stewart, (daughter of Milo) born March 11, 1884 and died in Sept. of 1963.

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She married Samuel Grotz (he died Oct. 26, 1949) and they had six children,


George Grotz married Lillian Dalborn,
Charles Grotz married Opal Wymer,
Opal Grotz married Mark Ewing,
Carl Grotz,
Leona Grotz married Gene Cline,
Anna Grotz married Lonnie Gill Oct. 20, 1921-one child

Betty Jean Gill who married Leon Townsend, Dec. 29, 1949, in Merriam, Kansas. Betty was born Sept. 20, 1930. Betty Jean's children are

Frost Liner Townsend born Nov. 18, 1950
and Marsha Lannella Townsend born Dec. 7, 1951.

James Mattison (Matt) Stewart (son of Milo) married Jewel Rowden, they had two children,


one died.
Freddie Stewart married Edith and they had one child

Betty Jean Stewart. Betty Jean married Kenneth Tillman March 9, 1963, they were both twenty years old.
Jewel died Jan. 18, 1962. She was born in 1901. Matt then married Kathleen Prewitt in May 1965.

John Stewart (son of Milo) married Katherine Steward and they had two children,


Leonard
and Lowell.
John died in Aug. 1960 in Colorado.

James Wesley Dye (son of William and Kizzy Dye) born in 1861 and died in 1915. He married Ellie Arterberry, born May 13, 1870 and died in 1953. They had six children:


Roy Dye married Verda Anderson-2 children,

Lorene Dye Barnhart
and Imogene Dye Holt.
Roy died in 1951.

Maggie Dye, born in 1890, married Isam Melton (he died in 1953). Their children are:


Elma Melton married Carl Biers (deceased) and they had these children,

David,
Gail,
Carl,
Reta,
June,
Johnny,
Clella Melton Breshers. Clella had these children;

Jerry Breshers,
Mary,
Billy Joe,
and Theren Hill.
Leonard Melton married and has four children;

Rosie,
Nora,
Roy,
Rollins

and Lee Melton.

Lenvil Melton married and had five children,

Dorothy Melton Braden,
Orvil Glen,
Carl,
Richard,
and Beverly Jo Melton.

Randolph Dye son of James Wesley, born in 1894, married Odessee Steward (deceased). They had three children,


Gaylord Dye, born Feb. 21, 1921, married Nellie Hasket and their children are,

Randolph Charles, born Aug. 10, 1953
and Andy Paul Dye, born Nov. 2, 1959.

Burless Dye, born March 15, 1924, married Wanda Goodin in 1946. Their children are,

Kenneth Lee Dye, born May 17, 1947,
Larry Eugene and Gary Wayne Dye, born July 10, 1948
and Cora Sue Dye, born Feb. 3, 1956.

Erma Lorene Dye, born Jan. 31, 1919, married Carl Rolufs, their children are;

Lary Eugene Rolufs, born April 1940, married June Ruth McNeill,
Donna Carlene, born in May 1943, married Larry Presley Hamilton, born Nov. 14, 1939,
Judith Ann Rolufs, born Jan. 1946 and died shortly after birth,
Nina June Rolufs, born June 18, 1947.

Vernie Dye (daughter of James Wesley Dye), born in 1897, married Johnnie Coats (he died in 1920). They had two children,


Lois Coats
and Earl Coats. Earl drowned in Penn Valley Park Lake in Kansas City, Mo. about 1929.
Verna Later married Ed Belk.

Flossy Dye (daughter of James Wesley Dye) married Keltner, they had two children,


Orville
and Kenneth Keltner.
Flossy divorced Mr. Keltner and married Mr. Garland and they had two children,

Barbara Garland Smith
and Jo Ella Garland Wilson.

Clessie Dye (daughter of James Wesley Dye) born Oct. 1908 and died July 12, 1910.

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