Delbert and Louise had six children -- Alta, Ralph, Lois, Clarence, Edith,and Ernest.
Her parents were Cyrus Greene Furman and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Buterbaugh. Cyrus and Jennie were both born in Pennsylvania, met and married in Tennessee, then moved back to Pennsylvania.
After Delbert passed, Louise married her widowed brother-in law, Earl Benfer. Earl had been married to Louise's older sister, Julia Etta Furman, b. Dec 9, 1871 d. May 3, 1928.
Her daughter, Alta, wrote this when she was putting together a family history:
"Delbert Hays Steele and Louise Furman were married on Christmas Day 1901 at St. Joseph, MO. They had met at a church social at Belleview near Leona, KS. Louise had been working at the home of her sister Julia, wife of Earl Benfer, and having no home of her own, Louise went to the social as part of the Benfer family.
Delbert was teaching school at Baker, KS but went to the Belleview church where he served as Superintendent of the Sunday School.
It was love at first sight, but the Benfers resisted the courtship, loath to lose such good help, so it was some time later before the two lovers could get married. Delbert had secured a horse and buggy and moved their few belongings to a freshly-cleaned and furnished chicken house until they could find more suitable quarters. A tick was filled with straw for their bed, but they had forgotten to buy any groceries. However, when they arrived at their new "home," they found that some good neighbors had been there. A fire was burning in the pot-bellied store and a loaf of fresh-baked bread and a crock of milk stood on the makeshift table."
Louise also wrote an account of her marriage, much too long to be included here. Alta didn't explicitly say, but the _only_ furniture her parents had in their former chicken-house 'home' when they moved in after the wedding was the bed, the makeshift table, and just one chair. Louise had to eat her supper of bread and milk that night sitting in her new husband's lap -- there was no place else for her to sit, other than the floor. However, I don't think she minded too much. The church Delbert and Louise met at was Bellevue United Methodist Church.
Her parents were Cyrus Greene Furman and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Buterbaugh. Cyrus and Jennie were both born in Pennsylvania, met and married in Tennessee, then moved back to Pennsylvania.
After Delbert passed, Louise married her widowed brother-in law, Earl Benfer. Earl had been married to Louise's older sister, Julia Etta Furman, b. Dec 9, 1871 d. May 3, 1928.
Her daughter, Alta, wrote this when she was putting together a family history:
"Delbert Hays Steele and Louise Furman were married on Christmas Day 1901 at St. Joseph, MO. They had met at a church social at Belleview near Leona, KS. Louise had been working at the home of her sister Julia, wife of Earl Benfer, and having no home of her own, Louise went to the social as part of the Benfer family.
Delbert was teaching school at Baker, KS but went to the Belleview church where he served as Superintendent of the Sunday School.
It was love at first sight, but the Benfers resisted the courtship, loath to lose such good help, so it was some time later before the two lovers could get married. Delbert had secured a horse and buggy and moved their few belongings to a freshly-cleaned and furnished chicken house until they could find more suitable quarters. A tick was filled with straw for their bed, but they had forgotten to buy any groceries. However, when they arrived at their new "home," they found that some good neighbors had been there. A fire was burning in the pot-bellied store and a loaf of fresh-baked bread and a crock of milk stood on the makeshift table."
Louise also wrote an account of her marriage, much too long to be included here. Alta didn't explicitly say, but the _only_ furniture her parents had in their former chicken-house 'home' when they moved in after the wedding was the bed, the makeshift table, and just one chair. Louise had to eat her supper of bread and milk that night sitting in her new husband's lap -- there was no place else for her to sit, other than the floor. However, I don't think she minded too much. The church Delbert and Louise met at was Bellevue United Methodist Church.
Delbert and Louise had six children -- Alta, Ralph, Lois, Clarence, Edith,and Ernest.
Her parents were Cyrus Greene Furman and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Buterbaugh. Cyrus and Jennie were both born in Pennsylvania, met and married in Tennessee, then moved back to Pennsylvania.
After Delbert passed, Louise married her widowed brother-in law, Earl Benfer. Earl had been married to Louise's older sister, Julia Etta Furman, b. Dec 9, 1871 d. May 3, 1928.
Her daughter, Alta, wrote this when she was putting together a family history:
"Delbert Hays Steele and Louise Furman were married on Christmas Day 1901 at St. Joseph, MO. They had met at a church social at Belleview near Leona, KS. Louise had been working at the home of her sister Julia, wife of Earl Benfer, and having no home of her own, Louise went to the social as part of the Benfer family.
Delbert was teaching school at Baker, KS but went to the Belleview church where he served as Superintendent of the Sunday School.
It was love at first sight, but the Benfers resisted the courtship, loath to lose such good help, so it was some time later before the two lovers could get married. Delbert had secured a horse and buggy and moved their few belongings to a freshly-cleaned and furnished chicken house until they could find more suitable quarters. A tick was filled with straw for their bed, but they had forgotten to buy any groceries. However, when they arrived at their new "home," they found that some good neighbors had been there. A fire was burning in the pot-bellied store and a loaf of fresh-baked bread and a crock of milk stood on the makeshift table."
Louise also wrote an account of her marriage, much too long to be included here. Alta didn't explicitly say, but the _only_ furniture her parents had in their former chicken-house 'home' when they moved in after the wedding was the bed, the makeshift table, and just one chair. Louise had to eat her supper of bread and milk that night sitting in her new husband's lap -- there was no place else for her to sit, other than the floor. However, I don't think she minded too much. The church Delbert and Louise met at was Bellevue United Methodist Church.
Her parents were Cyrus Greene Furman and Eliza Jane "Jennie" Buterbaugh. Cyrus and Jennie were both born in Pennsylvania, met and married in Tennessee, then moved back to Pennsylvania.
After Delbert passed, Louise married her widowed brother-in law, Earl Benfer. Earl had been married to Louise's older sister, Julia Etta Furman, b. Dec 9, 1871 d. May 3, 1928.
Her daughter, Alta, wrote this when she was putting together a family history:
"Delbert Hays Steele and Louise Furman were married on Christmas Day 1901 at St. Joseph, MO. They had met at a church social at Belleview near Leona, KS. Louise had been working at the home of her sister Julia, wife of Earl Benfer, and having no home of her own, Louise went to the social as part of the Benfer family.
Delbert was teaching school at Baker, KS but went to the Belleview church where he served as Superintendent of the Sunday School.
It was love at first sight, but the Benfers resisted the courtship, loath to lose such good help, so it was some time later before the two lovers could get married. Delbert had secured a horse and buggy and moved their few belongings to a freshly-cleaned and furnished chicken house until they could find more suitable quarters. A tick was filled with straw for their bed, but they had forgotten to buy any groceries. However, when they arrived at their new "home," they found that some good neighbors had been there. A fire was burning in the pot-bellied store and a loaf of fresh-baked bread and a crock of milk stood on the makeshift table."
Louise also wrote an account of her marriage, much too long to be included here. Alta didn't explicitly say, but the _only_ furniture her parents had in their former chicken-house 'home' when they moved in after the wedding was the bed, the makeshift table, and just one chair. Louise had to eat her supper of bread and milk that night sitting in her new husband's lap -- there was no place else for her to sit, other than the floor. However, I don't think she minded too much. The church Delbert and Louise met at was Bellevue United Methodist Church.
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