BIO: Emmett Moles was born on 13 Apr 1892 in Carroll County, Virginia. His wife, Pearl Ellen Wankel, was born on 6 Jul 1891. They were married 17 Dec 1914. They were the parents of five children. Charles Everett Moles was born on 20 Sep 1915. He married Mamie Bengston, but they divorced after having three girls, Manya, Cindy, and Marcia. Then Everett married Gloria Twiss. They had no children. Kenneth Eugene Moles was born on 15 Aug 1917. He married Wilma Crawford. They had two boys, Dick and Roger. Clifford Coy Moles was born on 26 Jul 1919. He married Shirley McWhorter. They had three children, Diane, Denis, and Margaret. Francis Wayne Moles was born on 21 Aug 1922. He married Mildred Yost. They had three children, Wayne, Lanson, and Kathy. Marjorie Mae Moles was born on 12 Oct 1928. She married Martin Edwin Nass on 11 Aug 1957 in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had three children, Brian, Miriam, and Mara.
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Emmett and his brother, Dorsey, lingered in Illinois longer than the rest of the family. Emmett worked as a farm hand. One of Emmett's employers was Peter Wankel. Emmett fell in love with the farmer's daughter, and they were married, on 17 December 1914, in Cass County, Illinois. Emmett was eager to join the rest of his family in northwest Missouri. He borrowed $1,000 from his father-in-law to buy the furnishings they would need to set up housekeeping. These items were ordered from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog. The couple and their furnishings traveled by rail to Hamburg, Iowa, the closest station to the farm they had rented near Rockport, Missouri.
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Emmett and Pearl lived on rental farm property most of their married life. They lived in two different locations in Missouri near Rockport and Tarkio. The three older boys, Everett, Kenneth, and Clifford were born during this time. Sometime before Everett was ready to start to school, Emmett had the opportunity to rent a farm southeast of Shenandoah, Iowa. Approximately two years later, they moved to a farm on the northwest edge of Shenandoah. This was "the Fishbaugh place," as it was owned by the local banker, Earl Fishbaugh. It was here that Francis and Marjorie were born. Since there was a Shenandoah elementary school within walking distance of the farm, all five children attended the Shenandoah Public Schools and were graduated there. By the time Marjorie was a junior in high school, her brothers had left the farm. Emmett would either have to find help or seek other employment. He chose the latter. He entered a partnership with another man in the hardware business. They opened a hardware in downtown Shenandoah. Emmett, Pearl, and Marjorie moved into Shenandoah. Before Marjorie completed her senior year in school, Emmett sold his share of the business and bought a hardware store in Imogene, a small community ten miles north of Shenandoah. The family remained in the Shenandoah house until the end of the school year. This gave them an opportunity to redecorate one purchased in Imogene. After about four years, Emmett sold the store. He took employment as a clerk for Johnson Bros. Mills in Shenandoah and later as a manager of Bartlett Grain Elevator in Imogene. After retirement, he and Pearl traveled throughout the United States and spent several winters in Florida. They were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary before Pearl's death in 1969 and Emmett's in 1978. Emmett sold his house in Imogene in 1971 and moved to a retirement home in Shenandoah. The couple is buried in the Thurman Cemetery.
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Pearl Ellen Wankel was born on her parents' farm in Cass County, near Ashland, Illinois. She attended rural school and competed eighth grade, which was the end of her formal education. This was not unusual in those times. Many farm girls were married in their late teens and the early 20's. Farm work and their families occupied their time. Few worked outside the home. Pearl met Emmett Moles when he came to the neighborhood as a farm hand. He and his parents had come to Illinois from Tennessee. Peter Wankel as one of Emmett's employers. Pearl had three babies while the couple lived near Rockport and Tarkio, Missouri, and two while they lived near Shenandoah. The couple lived on rental farm properties most of their married life. Pearl did not help with the heavy farm work - planting and harvesting crops and tending the livestock. Instead she raised chickens, planted the garden, canned the produce, tended the children, did the washing, baked the bread and pies, cooked for the family (and others at harvest time), sewed and quilted. There wasn't a great deal of time for social life. However, she belonged to a neighborhood club and a Sunday School class, the Friends and Followers class. When Emmett went into business, especially in the Imogene Hardware, she assisted with some clerking and bookkeeping. She enjoyed traveling whenever possible and was happy to spend winters in Florida in her later years. Pearl never learned to drive a car. This deprived her of some of the freedom she might have enjoyed, but she never complained. It was more important to her to have children and grandchildren come to be with her. Pearl had surgery for colon cancer in Eustis, Florida, in February, 1964. She battled the disease off and on for the next five years until her death at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah. She and Emmett are buried in the Thurman, Iowa, Cemetery.
SOURCE: Martin E. Nass & Marjorie Mae Moles.
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Emmett and his brother, Dorsey, lingered in Illinois longer than the rest of the family. Emmett worked as a farm hand. One of Emmett's employers was Peter Wankel. Emmett fell in love with the farmer's daughter, and they were married, on 17 December 1914, in Cass County, Illinois. Emmett was eager to join the rest of his family in northwest Missouri. He borrowed $1,000 from his father-in-law to buy the furnishings they would need to set up housekeeping. These items were ordered from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog. The couple and their furnishings traveled by rail to Hamburg, Iowa, the closest station to the farm they had rented near Rockport, Missouri.
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Emmett and Pearl lived on rental farm property most of their married life. They lived in two different locations in Missouri near Rockport and Tarkio. The three older boys, Everett, Kenneth, and Clifford were born during this time. Sometime before Everett was ready to start to school, Emmett had the opportunity to rent a farm southeast of Shenandoah, Iowa. Approximately two years later, they moved to a farm on the northwest edge of Shenandoah. This was "the Fishbaugh place," as it was owned by the local banker, Earl Fishbaugh. It was here that Francis and Marjorie were born. Since there was a Shenandoah elementary school within walking distance of the farm, all five children attended the Shenandoah Public Schools and were graduated there. By the time Marjorie was a junior in high school, her brothers had left the farm. Emmett would either have to find help or seek other employment. He chose the latter. He entered a partnership with another man in the hardware business. They opened a hardware in downtown Shenandoah. Emmett, Pearl, and Marjorie moved into Shenandoah. Before Marjorie completed her senior year in school, Emmett sold his share of the business and bought a hardware store in Imogene, a small community ten miles north of Shenandoah. The family remained in the Shenandoah house until the end of the school year. This gave them an opportunity to redecorate one purchased in Imogene. After about four years, Emmett sold the store. He took employment as a clerk for Johnson Bros. Mills in Shenandoah and later as a manager of Bartlett Grain Elevator in Imogene. After retirement, he and Pearl traveled throughout the United States and spent several winters in Florida. They were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary before Pearl's death in 1969 and Emmett's in 1978. Emmett sold his house in Imogene in 1971 and moved to a retirement home in Shenandoah. The couple is buried in the Thurman Cemetery.
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Pearl Ellen Wankel was born on her parents' farm in Cass County, near Ashland, Illinois. She attended rural school and competed eighth grade, which was the end of her formal education. This was not unusual in those times. Many farm girls were married in their late teens and the early 20's. Farm work and their families occupied their time. Few worked outside the home. Pearl met Emmett Moles when he came to the neighborhood as a farm hand. He and his parents had come to Illinois from Tennessee. Peter Wankel as one of Emmett's employers. Pearl had three babies while the couple lived near Rockport and Tarkio, Missouri, and two while they lived near Shenandoah. The couple lived on rental farm properties most of their married life. Pearl did not help with the heavy farm work - planting and harvesting crops and tending the livestock. Instead she raised chickens, planted the garden, canned the produce, tended the children, did the washing, baked the bread and pies, cooked for the family (and others at harvest time), sewed and quilted. There wasn't a great deal of time for social life. However, she belonged to a neighborhood club and a Sunday School class, the Friends and Followers class. When Emmett went into business, especially in the Imogene Hardware, she assisted with some clerking and bookkeeping. She enjoyed traveling whenever possible and was happy to spend winters in Florida in her later years. Pearl never learned to drive a car. This deprived her of some of the freedom she might have enjoyed, but she never complained. It was more important to her to have children and grandchildren come to be with her. Pearl had surgery for colon cancer in Eustis, Florida, in February, 1964. She battled the disease off and on for the next five years until her death at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah. She and Emmett are buried in the Thurman, Iowa, Cemetery.
SOURCE: Martin E. Nass & Marjorie Mae Moles.
BIO: Emmett Moles was born on 13 Apr 1892 in Carroll County, Virginia. His wife, Pearl Ellen Wankel, was born on 6 Jul 1891. They were married 17 Dec 1914. They were the parents of five children. Charles Everett Moles was born on 20 Sep 1915. He married Mamie Bengston, but they divorced after having three girls, Manya, Cindy, and Marcia. Then Everett married Gloria Twiss. They had no children. Kenneth Eugene Moles was born on 15 Aug 1917. He married Wilma Crawford. They had two boys, Dick and Roger. Clifford Coy Moles was born on 26 Jul 1919. He married Shirley McWhorter. They had three children, Diane, Denis, and Margaret. Francis Wayne Moles was born on 21 Aug 1922. He married Mildred Yost. They had three children, Wayne, Lanson, and Kathy. Marjorie Mae Moles was born on 12 Oct 1928. She married Martin Edwin Nass on 11 Aug 1957 in Shenandoah, Iowa. They had three children, Brian, Miriam, and Mara.
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Emmett and his brother, Dorsey, lingered in Illinois longer than the rest of the family. Emmett worked as a farm hand. One of Emmett's employers was Peter Wankel. Emmett fell in love with the farmer's daughter, and they were married, on 17 December 1914, in Cass County, Illinois. Emmett was eager to join the rest of his family in northwest Missouri. He borrowed $1,000 from his father-in-law to buy the furnishings they would need to set up housekeeping. These items were ordered from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog. The couple and their furnishings traveled by rail to Hamburg, Iowa, the closest station to the farm they had rented near Rockport, Missouri.
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Emmett and Pearl lived on rental farm property most of their married life. They lived in two different locations in Missouri near Rockport and Tarkio. The three older boys, Everett, Kenneth, and Clifford were born during this time. Sometime before Everett was ready to start to school, Emmett had the opportunity to rent a farm southeast of Shenandoah, Iowa. Approximately two years later, they moved to a farm on the northwest edge of Shenandoah. This was "the Fishbaugh place," as it was owned by the local banker, Earl Fishbaugh. It was here that Francis and Marjorie were born. Since there was a Shenandoah elementary school within walking distance of the farm, all five children attended the Shenandoah Public Schools and were graduated there. By the time Marjorie was a junior in high school, her brothers had left the farm. Emmett would either have to find help or seek other employment. He chose the latter. He entered a partnership with another man in the hardware business. They opened a hardware in downtown Shenandoah. Emmett, Pearl, and Marjorie moved into Shenandoah. Before Marjorie completed her senior year in school, Emmett sold his share of the business and bought a hardware store in Imogene, a small community ten miles north of Shenandoah. The family remained in the Shenandoah house until the end of the school year. This gave them an opportunity to redecorate one purchased in Imogene. After about four years, Emmett sold the store. He took employment as a clerk for Johnson Bros. Mills in Shenandoah and later as a manager of Bartlett Grain Elevator in Imogene. After retirement, he and Pearl traveled throughout the United States and spent several winters in Florida. They were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary before Pearl's death in 1969 and Emmett's in 1978. Emmett sold his house in Imogene in 1971 and moved to a retirement home in Shenandoah. The couple is buried in the Thurman Cemetery.
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Pearl Ellen Wankel was born on her parents' farm in Cass County, near Ashland, Illinois. She attended rural school and competed eighth grade, which was the end of her formal education. This was not unusual in those times. Many farm girls were married in their late teens and the early 20's. Farm work and their families occupied their time. Few worked outside the home. Pearl met Emmett Moles when he came to the neighborhood as a farm hand. He and his parents had come to Illinois from Tennessee. Peter Wankel as one of Emmett's employers. Pearl had three babies while the couple lived near Rockport and Tarkio, Missouri, and two while they lived near Shenandoah. The couple lived on rental farm properties most of their married life. Pearl did not help with the heavy farm work - planting and harvesting crops and tending the livestock. Instead she raised chickens, planted the garden, canned the produce, tended the children, did the washing, baked the bread and pies, cooked for the family (and others at harvest time), sewed and quilted. There wasn't a great deal of time for social life. However, she belonged to a neighborhood club and a Sunday School class, the Friends and Followers class. When Emmett went into business, especially in the Imogene Hardware, she assisted with some clerking and bookkeeping. She enjoyed traveling whenever possible and was happy to spend winters in Florida in her later years. Pearl never learned to drive a car. This deprived her of some of the freedom she might have enjoyed, but she never complained. It was more important to her to have children and grandchildren come to be with her. Pearl had surgery for colon cancer in Eustis, Florida, in February, 1964. She battled the disease off and on for the next five years until her death at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah. She and Emmett are buried in the Thurman, Iowa, Cemetery.
SOURCE: Martin E. Nass & Marjorie Mae Moles.
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Emmett and his brother, Dorsey, lingered in Illinois longer than the rest of the family. Emmett worked as a farm hand. One of Emmett's employers was Peter Wankel. Emmett fell in love with the farmer's daughter, and they were married, on 17 December 1914, in Cass County, Illinois. Emmett was eager to join the rest of his family in northwest Missouri. He borrowed $1,000 from his father-in-law to buy the furnishings they would need to set up housekeeping. These items were ordered from the Sears and Roebuck Catalog. The couple and their furnishings traveled by rail to Hamburg, Iowa, the closest station to the farm they had rented near Rockport, Missouri.
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Emmett and Pearl lived on rental farm property most of their married life. They lived in two different locations in Missouri near Rockport and Tarkio. The three older boys, Everett, Kenneth, and Clifford were born during this time. Sometime before Everett was ready to start to school, Emmett had the opportunity to rent a farm southeast of Shenandoah, Iowa. Approximately two years later, they moved to a farm on the northwest edge of Shenandoah. This was "the Fishbaugh place," as it was owned by the local banker, Earl Fishbaugh. It was here that Francis and Marjorie were born. Since there was a Shenandoah elementary school within walking distance of the farm, all five children attended the Shenandoah Public Schools and were graduated there. By the time Marjorie was a junior in high school, her brothers had left the farm. Emmett would either have to find help or seek other employment. He chose the latter. He entered a partnership with another man in the hardware business. They opened a hardware in downtown Shenandoah. Emmett, Pearl, and Marjorie moved into Shenandoah. Before Marjorie completed her senior year in school, Emmett sold his share of the business and bought a hardware store in Imogene, a small community ten miles north of Shenandoah. The family remained in the Shenandoah house until the end of the school year. This gave them an opportunity to redecorate one purchased in Imogene. After about four years, Emmett sold the store. He took employment as a clerk for Johnson Bros. Mills in Shenandoah and later as a manager of Bartlett Grain Elevator in Imogene. After retirement, he and Pearl traveled throughout the United States and spent several winters in Florida. They were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary before Pearl's death in 1969 and Emmett's in 1978. Emmett sold his house in Imogene in 1971 and moved to a retirement home in Shenandoah. The couple is buried in the Thurman Cemetery.
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Pearl Ellen Wankel was born on her parents' farm in Cass County, near Ashland, Illinois. She attended rural school and competed eighth grade, which was the end of her formal education. This was not unusual in those times. Many farm girls were married in their late teens and the early 20's. Farm work and their families occupied their time. Few worked outside the home. Pearl met Emmett Moles when he came to the neighborhood as a farm hand. He and his parents had come to Illinois from Tennessee. Peter Wankel as one of Emmett's employers. Pearl had three babies while the couple lived near Rockport and Tarkio, Missouri, and two while they lived near Shenandoah. The couple lived on rental farm properties most of their married life. Pearl did not help with the heavy farm work - planting and harvesting crops and tending the livestock. Instead she raised chickens, planted the garden, canned the produce, tended the children, did the washing, baked the bread and pies, cooked for the family (and others at harvest time), sewed and quilted. There wasn't a great deal of time for social life. However, she belonged to a neighborhood club and a Sunday School class, the Friends and Followers class. When Emmett went into business, especially in the Imogene Hardware, she assisted with some clerking and bookkeeping. She enjoyed traveling whenever possible and was happy to spend winters in Florida in her later years. Pearl never learned to drive a car. This deprived her of some of the freedom she might have enjoyed, but she never complained. It was more important to her to have children and grandchildren come to be with her. Pearl had surgery for colon cancer in Eustis, Florida, in February, 1964. She battled the disease off and on for the next five years until her death at the Hand Hospital in Shenandoah. She and Emmett are buried in the Thurman, Iowa, Cemetery.
SOURCE: Martin E. Nass & Marjorie Mae Moles.
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