Bruce Morton Garver, the manager of this Memorial, is a fifth cousin to its creator, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018), who, like Bruce, is a fourth great grandson of Samuel Garver, Sr. (1767-1839) and Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" (Troutman) Garver (1764-1836). On March 6, 2022, Bruce began to write the following "bio" of Melvina H. "Ollie" (Dennis) Knox ....................TO BE CONTINUED
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The first attached photograph from the collection of Dennis Irvin Knox () depicts Melvina H. "Ollue: (Dennis) Gallagher Ayers with her and first husband Henry Gallagher's daughters Grace Gallagher & Pearl Gallagher. Melvina's first marriage to Henry Gallagher apparently ended with his death. Afterward she wed Thomas W. Ayers (1858-1929) with whom Melvina is not known to have had any children. Thomas outlived Melvina by XXXX and is interred close to her grave at Moorehead Cemetery at Bushnell in Barton County, Missouri. As the second attached photograph indicates, Melvina's headstone identified Thomas W. Ayers as her husband. But, the nearby grave of Thomas W. Ayers remains unmarked.
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(1) From the "Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911":
Name: Henry Gallagher
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1854
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1884
Marriage Place: Douglas, Kansas, USA
Spouse: Ollie Dennis = Melvina H. (Dennis) Ayers (1864-1927)
Film Number: 001547790
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The first attached photograph from the collection of Dennis Irvin Knox () depicts Melvina H. "Ollue: (Dennis) Gallagher Ayers with her and first husband Henry Gallagher's daughters Grace Gallagher & Pearl Gallagher. Melvina's first marriage to Henry Gallagher apparently ended with his death. Afterward she wed Thomas W. Ayers (1858-1929) with whom Melvina is not known to have had any children. Thomas outlived Melvina by XXXX and is interred close to her grave at Moorehead Cemetery at Bushnell in Barton County, Missouri. As the second attached photograph indicates, Melvina's headstone identified Thomas W. Ayers as her husband. But, the nearby grave of Thomas W. Ayers remains unmarked.
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(1) From the "Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911":
Name: Henry Gallagher
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1854
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1884
Marriage Place: Douglas, Kansas, USA
Spouse: Ollie Dennis = Melvina H. (Dennis) Ayers (1864-1927)
Film Number: 001547790
Bruce Morton Garver, the manager of this Memorial, is a fifth cousin to its creator, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018), who, like Bruce, is a fourth great grandson of Samuel Garver, Sr. (1767-1839) and Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" (Troutman) Garver (1764-1836). On March 6, 2022, Bruce began to write the following "bio" of Melvina H. "Ollie" (Dennis) Knox ....................TO BE CONTINUED
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The first attached photograph from the collection of Dennis Irvin Knox () depicts Melvina H. "Ollue: (Dennis) Gallagher Ayers with her and first husband Henry Gallagher's daughters Grace Gallagher & Pearl Gallagher. Melvina's first marriage to Henry Gallagher apparently ended with his death. Afterward she wed Thomas W. Ayers (1858-1929) with whom Melvina is not known to have had any children. Thomas outlived Melvina by XXXX and is interred close to her grave at Moorehead Cemetery at Bushnell in Barton County, Missouri. As the second attached photograph indicates, Melvina's headstone identified Thomas W. Ayers as her husband. But, the nearby grave of Thomas W. Ayers remains unmarked.
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(1) From the "Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911":
Name: Henry Gallagher
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1854
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1884
Marriage Place: Douglas, Kansas, USA
Spouse: Ollie Dennis = Melvina H. (Dennis) Ayers (1864-1927)
Film Number: 001547790
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The first attached photograph from the collection of Dennis Irvin Knox () depicts Melvina H. "Ollue: (Dennis) Gallagher Ayers with her and first husband Henry Gallagher's daughters Grace Gallagher & Pearl Gallagher. Melvina's first marriage to Henry Gallagher apparently ended with his death. Afterward she wed Thomas W. Ayers (1858-1929) with whom Melvina is not known to have had any children. Thomas outlived Melvina by XXXX and is interred close to her grave at Moorehead Cemetery at Bushnell in Barton County, Missouri. As the second attached photograph indicates, Melvina's headstone identified Thomas W. Ayers as her husband. But, the nearby grave of Thomas W. Ayers remains unmarked.
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(1) From the "Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911":
Name: Henry Gallagher
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1854
Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1884
Marriage Place: Douglas, Kansas, USA
Spouse: Ollie Dennis = Melvina H. (Dennis) Ayers (1864-1927)
Film Number: 001547790
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