Bessie and Harley were adopted by John Henry Prior and Sarah Melissa Needles. The biological parents are Ira Dexter Graves and Laura Mabel Needles Robinson.
Dexter Robert "Ira" Graves (1881-1934)
Laura Mabel Needels - (niece of Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior)
Laura's last of several marriages was to Thomas D. Robinson
Harley, and his sister Bessie were raised in the household of their Great Aunt, Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior and her husband John Henry Prior, and took the family name Prior from them. (John Henry Prior is his adoptive father)
Source: Richard Weide (#47925310)
1930 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a garage, name unknown.
1940 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a retail auto store.
Contributor: Kerry Szymanski (49782268)
Dexter Robert "Ira" Graves (1881-1934)
Laura Mabel Needels - (niece of Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior)
Laura's last of several marriages was to Thomas D. Robinson
Harley, and his sister Bessie were raised in the household of their Great Aunt, Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior and her husband John Henry Prior, and took the family name Prior from them. (John Henry Prior is his adoptive father)
Source: Richard Weide (#47925310)
1930 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a garage, name unknown.
1940 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a retail auto store.
Contributor: Kerry Szymanski (49782268)
Bessie and Harley were adopted by John Henry Prior and Sarah Melissa Needles. The biological parents are Ira Dexter Graves and Laura Mabel Needles Robinson.
Dexter Robert "Ira" Graves (1881-1934)
Laura Mabel Needels - (niece of Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior)
Laura's last of several marriages was to Thomas D. Robinson
Harley, and his sister Bessie were raised in the household of their Great Aunt, Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior and her husband John Henry Prior, and took the family name Prior from them. (John Henry Prior is his adoptive father)
Source: Richard Weide (#47925310)
1930 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a garage, name unknown.
1940 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a retail auto store.
Contributor: Kerry Szymanski (49782268)
Dexter Robert "Ira" Graves (1881-1934)
Laura Mabel Needels - (niece of Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior)
Laura's last of several marriages was to Thomas D. Robinson
Harley, and his sister Bessie were raised in the household of their Great Aunt, Sarah Melissa Needels-Prior and her husband John Henry Prior, and took the family name Prior from them. (John Henry Prior is his adoptive father)
Source: Richard Weide (#47925310)
1930 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a garage, name unknown.
1940 Census has Harley Dexter Prior working as a mechanic in a retail auto store.
Contributor: Kerry Szymanski (49782268)
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