Bestow, Florence Ada -
Gee, would I like to solve this one! I know Florence was the
daughter of Dr. John S. Rinard. I also know that Dr. John S. Rinard
married Mary Richards before 1850, and that Mary was probably shown as
his wife in the 1850 census of Wayne county. I have no proof that
Florence was Mary's daughter, but it is likely, as she was born in 1851.
Florence Ada Rinard was the first wife of Waterman Bestow. Florence
died in Wayne county just months after giving birth to her third daughter
in Denver, Colorado, where, coincidentally, three of Mary Richards' brothers
from Wayne county had struck it rich.
Clark, Robert P. - Robert Paris Clark,
remarried and moved to Macon/Piatt county, Illinois. Died "fall
of 1960" as best as anyone can remember, probably buried with second wife
elsewhere. Paris was a common name in the Griffith family.
Clark, William Grant Clark and Robert Paris
were the sons of William Riley Clark and Margaret Adeline Griffith,
and were my grandmother's uncles. Harmon Richards, next, was also
one of my grandmother's uncles. He was apparently named for the Harmon
family, as his mother and her siblings were raised by the Harmon's in Ohio.
Possible relationship to the Harmon family beyond that is yet unknown.
Richards, Sylvia M. -
Sylvia died 20 January 2005 at Fairfield. I recently talked with
her daughter Martha (Richards) Gregory.
Richards, Leslie N. -
Leslie Noel Richards, enlisted US Army on 29 May 1940 & served
in Alaska (National Archives), s/o Harmon and Rebecca. His marital
status at time of enlistment was given as widower in the army record.
Hart, Lucy Ada - d/o Florence Ada (Rinard) and Waterman Bestow, b. in Denver, CO, d. Evansville, IN; w/o Ira Otis Hart, who remarried in 1911, d. 1937
Hart, William E. - s/o Ira and Lucy, also died in Evansville, IN