Tag: suiter
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Daniel Suiter (1836-1907)
Daniel Suiter had been through a difficult few years, serving with the 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Union Army. His unit had seen some significant action, and would see more before the War Between the States finally ended. For now, however, it was spring, and Daniel was heading home to be married. Daniel Suiter…
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Lawrence Lavern Suiter (1923-1960)
Lawrence Lavern Suiter, son of Lloyd Wesley and Laura (Cole) Suiter, was born on April 19, 1923 in Stafford County, Kansas. He grew up on a farm, with three older half-siblings, and one younger sister. The 1930s were a difficult time to farm in Kansas, with the Dust Bowl decimating crops, however new oil developments…
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Lloyd Wesley Suiter (1880-1956)
Lloyd Wesley SUITER, son of Daniel SUITER (1836-1907) and Hannah ALLBAUGH (1841-1899), was born on August 27, 1880 in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his family to Lane County, Kansas about 1894. In 1900, he was living with his brother, Howard, in Cloud County, Kansas. Lloyd married Elizabeth Ann MCCLELLAN on July 15, 1902…
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Laura B. Cole (1882-1958)
Laura B. Cole was born December 20, 1882 in Seneca County, Ohio, the third child of Benjamin and Rebecca Ann (Elliott) Cole. Before she turned three, her father died, aged 35. Sometime between 1885 and 1890, Rebecca remarried, to Edward Roux. The family is found in Stafford County, Kansas is 1895, though it is not…
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Adventures of the USS Rutilicus
I recently uncovered evidence that an ancestor, Lawrence Suiter, served aboard the USS Rutilicus from September 1944 to January 1946. Naturally, we had to learn more about the ship and her missions. Wikipedia starts us off: USS Rutilicus (AK-113) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II.…
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“Chaff in the Wind” by Edna Walker Chandler
The Suiter branch of the family has been in Stafford County, Kansas, since about 1900. In researching the area, I stumbled across a local author that wrote a fictional tale of life in that time and place. Washburn University provides a helpful biography, which tells us that Edna Walker Chandler was born in 1908 near…
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In Search Of: Hazel Frantz of Outbank, Montana
In December of 1957, Lawrence LaVerne Suiter (a.k.a. Larry Frantz) was incarcerated in the Deer Lodge, Montana prison. At his intake, he reported being married to one Hazel Frantz of Outbank, Montana. To date, no other information about her has been located. It seems likely the couple were married sometime between 1949 and 1957,…