The Stanberry Herald-Headlight, Stanberry MO, 10Dec1942 - Reunited After Many Years - On Thanksgiving day, Mrs Douglas Groom of Albany and her sister, Mrs Dick Miller of the Gentryville community, saw their mother for the first time that they remember. They had been placed in an orphanage at Ottumwa, Ia., while Mrs Groom was 3 years of age and her sister was 18 months old.
A few days before they had also learned that they had two half-sisters and one half-brother, who they have never seen.
This reunion of a mother and daughters and the learning of the whereabouts of other sisters and a brother, marks one of the most unusual true stories that we have ever heard, and we will start at the beginning and tell it as we were told about it.
Twenty-seven years ago, the two children were placed in the orphanage at Ottumwa. Minnie, now the wife of Douglas Groom, of Albany, was adopted by Mr and Mrs Jim McMillen and Mildred, the younger was adopted by Mr and Mrs Joe Bowman and spent her entire life in this county and was united in marriage with Dick Miller. The two sisters have known of their kinship all of the time and had been in touch with their father, John Bybee, until his death in St Joseph 16 years ago. Their mother and father had become separated about the time of the placing of the girls in the orphanage and nothing had been learned of the identity of the mother during all of these years in spite of attempts to locate the half-brother and sister and mother many times. A short time ago, in some manner, the half-sister living at Little Rock, Ark. Got in touch with the two sisters here and told them of the whereabouts of the other half-sister and the half-brother, and informed them that their mother was now Mrs John Mahoney of Boone, Ia. All of these children had the same mother but the half-sister and brother had a different father who was married to Mrs Mahoney before she united in marriage with Mr Bybee. The other three children had all three been placed in an orphanage, too, and their adoptions had scattered them to different sections of the country, as it had separated them from the two girls reared in this county.
When Mrs McMillen [Groom} and her sister, Mrs Miller, learned of the whereabouts of their mother, they immediately got in touch with her and were invited to come to Boone, Ia., to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. The only thing that kept the day from being complete was the fact that the half-brother, who is now in the Army, and the two half-sisters, one living at Little Rock, Ark., and one at Burlington, Ia., could not be at the reunion. These three children had all been together a few months before, when they located each other and before Mrs McMillen [Groom] and Mrs Miller had been located - Albany Capital.
A few days before they had also learned that they had two half-sisters and one half-brother, who they have never seen.
This reunion of a mother and daughters and the learning of the whereabouts of other sisters and a brother, marks one of the most unusual true stories that we have ever heard, and we will start at the beginning and tell it as we were told about it.
Twenty-seven years ago, the two children were placed in the orphanage at Ottumwa. Minnie, now the wife of Douglas Groom, of Albany, was adopted by Mr and Mrs Jim McMillen and Mildred, the younger was adopted by Mr and Mrs Joe Bowman and spent her entire life in this county and was united in marriage with Dick Miller. The two sisters have known of their kinship all of the time and had been in touch with their father, John Bybee, until his death in St Joseph 16 years ago. Their mother and father had become separated about the time of the placing of the girls in the orphanage and nothing had been learned of the identity of the mother during all of these years in spite of attempts to locate the half-brother and sister and mother many times. A short time ago, in some manner, the half-sister living at Little Rock, Ark. Got in touch with the two sisters here and told them of the whereabouts of the other half-sister and the half-brother, and informed them that their mother was now Mrs John Mahoney of Boone, Ia. All of these children had the same mother but the half-sister and brother had a different father who was married to Mrs Mahoney before she united in marriage with Mr Bybee. The other three children had all three been placed in an orphanage, too, and their adoptions had scattered them to different sections of the country, as it had separated them from the two girls reared in this county.
When Mrs McMillen [Groom} and her sister, Mrs Miller, learned of the whereabouts of their mother, they immediately got in touch with her and were invited to come to Boone, Ia., to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. The only thing that kept the day from being complete was the fact that the half-brother, who is now in the Army, and the two half-sisters, one living at Little Rock, Ark., and one at Burlington, Ia., could not be at the reunion. These three children had all been together a few months before, when they located each other and before Mrs McMillen [Groom] and Mrs Miller had been located - Albany Capital.
The Stanberry Herald-Headlight, Stanberry MO, 10Dec1942 - Reunited After Many Years - On Thanksgiving day, Mrs Douglas Groom of Albany and her sister, Mrs Dick Miller of the Gentryville community, saw their mother for the first time that they remember. They had been placed in an orphanage at Ottumwa, Ia., while Mrs Groom was 3 years of age and her sister was 18 months old.
A few days before they had also learned that they had two half-sisters and one half-brother, who they have never seen.
This reunion of a mother and daughters and the learning of the whereabouts of other sisters and a brother, marks one of the most unusual true stories that we have ever heard, and we will start at the beginning and tell it as we were told about it.
Twenty-seven years ago, the two children were placed in the orphanage at Ottumwa. Minnie, now the wife of Douglas Groom, of Albany, was adopted by Mr and Mrs Jim McMillen and Mildred, the younger was adopted by Mr and Mrs Joe Bowman and spent her entire life in this county and was united in marriage with Dick Miller. The two sisters have known of their kinship all of the time and had been in touch with their father, John Bybee, until his death in St Joseph 16 years ago. Their mother and father had become separated about the time of the placing of the girls in the orphanage and nothing had been learned of the identity of the mother during all of these years in spite of attempts to locate the half-brother and sister and mother many times. A short time ago, in some manner, the half-sister living at Little Rock, Ark. Got in touch with the two sisters here and told them of the whereabouts of the other half-sister and the half-brother, and informed them that their mother was now Mrs John Mahoney of Boone, Ia. All of these children had the same mother but the half-sister and brother had a different father who was married to Mrs Mahoney before she united in marriage with Mr Bybee. The other three children had all three been placed in an orphanage, too, and their adoptions had scattered them to different sections of the country, as it had separated them from the two girls reared in this county.
When Mrs McMillen [Groom} and her sister, Mrs Miller, learned of the whereabouts of their mother, they immediately got in touch with her and were invited to come to Boone, Ia., to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. The only thing that kept the day from being complete was the fact that the half-brother, who is now in the Army, and the two half-sisters, one living at Little Rock, Ark., and one at Burlington, Ia., could not be at the reunion. These three children had all been together a few months before, when they located each other and before Mrs McMillen [Groom] and Mrs Miller had been located - Albany Capital.
A few days before they had also learned that they had two half-sisters and one half-brother, who they have never seen.
This reunion of a mother and daughters and the learning of the whereabouts of other sisters and a brother, marks one of the most unusual true stories that we have ever heard, and we will start at the beginning and tell it as we were told about it.
Twenty-seven years ago, the two children were placed in the orphanage at Ottumwa. Minnie, now the wife of Douglas Groom, of Albany, was adopted by Mr and Mrs Jim McMillen and Mildred, the younger was adopted by Mr and Mrs Joe Bowman and spent her entire life in this county and was united in marriage with Dick Miller. The two sisters have known of their kinship all of the time and had been in touch with their father, John Bybee, until his death in St Joseph 16 years ago. Their mother and father had become separated about the time of the placing of the girls in the orphanage and nothing had been learned of the identity of the mother during all of these years in spite of attempts to locate the half-brother and sister and mother many times. A short time ago, in some manner, the half-sister living at Little Rock, Ark. Got in touch with the two sisters here and told them of the whereabouts of the other half-sister and the half-brother, and informed them that their mother was now Mrs John Mahoney of Boone, Ia. All of these children had the same mother but the half-sister and brother had a different father who was married to Mrs Mahoney before she united in marriage with Mr Bybee. The other three children had all three been placed in an orphanage, too, and their adoptions had scattered them to different sections of the country, as it had separated them from the two girls reared in this county.
When Mrs McMillen [Groom} and her sister, Mrs Miller, learned of the whereabouts of their mother, they immediately got in touch with her and were invited to come to Boone, Ia., to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. The only thing that kept the day from being complete was the fact that the half-brother, who is now in the Army, and the two half-sisters, one living at Little Rock, Ark., and one at Burlington, Ia., could not be at the reunion. These three children had all been together a few months before, when they located each other and before Mrs McMillen [Groom] and Mrs Miller had been located - Albany Capital.
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