1. John Hiley¹ Walker was born Mar/15/1791 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee, and died Mar/23/1859 in Shady Bend, Dent Co., Missouri. He married (1) Elizabeth Stringer Mar/19/1812 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee, daughter of Ruben Stringer and Elizabeth Stringer. She was born Feb/14/1790 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee, and died Sep/06/1824 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee. He married (2) Sarah Jane Ray Abt. 1826 in Henderson Co, Tennessee, daughter of Robert Ray and Margaret Bradford. She was born 1811 in Orange Co., North Carolina, and died Abt. 1860 in Dent Co., Missouri.

Notes for John Hiley Walker:

National Archives War of 1812 Pension Records. Family Records and letters.

1850 Missouri Census, Missouri Archives. First Bounty Land Warrent #42572 for

80 acres near Shady Bend, Missouri. Information about the children from Roxa

McCrea and Marion Williams.

John Hiley Walker enlisted in the 2nd Regt. West Tennessee Militia under Samuel M. Crothers,, as Second Sargent. In the expedition to New Orleans, LA. He enlisted in Vernon Hickman Co., Tennessee.

Children of John Walker and Elizabeth Stringer are:

Children of John Walker and Sarah Ray are:

8. Derinda² Walker (John Hiley¹) was born Apr/03/1821 in Nashville, Davidson Co. Tennessee, and died May/22/1859 in Dent Co., Missouri. She married Alfred Dill in Wayne Co., Tennessee. He died Unknown.

Notes for Derinda Walker:

Family papers, "Ozark Heritage" Vol.1, Dent Co., Missouri. Dilworth Family

papers, and Cemetery records.

Children of Derinda Walker and Alfred Dill are:

11. Irvin Barton² Walker (John Hiley¹) was born Mar/25/1827 in Henderson Co, Tennessee, and died Jan/12/1865 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Sarah Jane Ray Feb/24/1859 in Dent Co., Missouri, daughter of James Ray and Elizabeth Wallace. She was born Jul/15/1836 in Henderson Co., Tennessee, and died Aug/01/1907 in Dent Co., Missouri.

Children of Irvin Walker and Sarah Ray are:

16. Melissa Catherine² Walker (John Hiley¹) was born Nov/09/1837 in Hardin Co., Tennessee, and died Jan/09/1898 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married John Fine McCrea, Sr. Aug/25/1867 in Texas Co., Missouri, son of John McCrea and Margaret Fine. He was born Nov/12/1842 in Finesville, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, and died Mar/25/1936 in Rolla, Phelps Co., Missouri.

Notes for Melissa Catherine Walker:

Family Bible, Newspaper articles, Family letters, Dent Co., Missouri Historical Society.

Civil War Spy for Confederate Army.

Melissa Walker McCrea was a tall young woman, 6'2'' in height. She was very slender from the photo that I have of her. Her hair was very dark and she was quite attractive. She was very independent and I have reason to believe she did pretty much as she wanted.

She was a spy for the CSA and she rode alone often to deliver messages to soldiers in Little Rock, Arkansas. When she learned a brother of hers Irvin Barton had died in Jefferson Barracks Prison near St. Louis. She drove a buckboard wagon to Rolla from Salem, Missouri. There she boarded a Frisco Train to St. Louis. Irvin had been buried 3 days and she had his body taken up and she brought him back to Salem, by herself, so that he could be buried with his family.

Melissa was captured 3 times by the Federals and the last time was put in prison in St. Louis. She was paroled to her Aunt Ross, who lived in Illinois. She was to stay there until the end of the war. It didn't take Melissa long to make her way back to Salem and again she was crossing enemy lines and carrying information.

THE SALEM POST, SALEM, MO., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1952

YESTERYEAR FIFTY YEARS AGO ---- 1912

The Salem Monitor, May 9, 1912

Memorial: Col. J. E. Organ, Editor, Monitor, Dear Sir and Friend: I am sending you this as a reminder of fifty years ago---"Lest we forget----Lest we forget." That isn't possible however, for those of us who went through these miserable prison experiences. Yourself and Miss Walker, (Aunt Melissa McCrea) were there with my father, T. J. Higginbotham; when he died, and your father, Uncle Jamie Organ, came up with a patrolled prisoner from there, T. J. Rankin, by name (I have never seen him since) to tell us the misfortune that had befallen us.

I intended to come to Salem this anniversary and get Roxa McCrea to come over to your home and talk it all over---so many years I couldn't bear to speak of it, or our other bereavements connected with the war. I don't mean financial losses, I never lost a minute's sleep on that account---didn't start Out in life calculating to have pockets in my shroud, but am greatly disappointed not getting to come and have that Confederate reunion--but am glad to feel improving, have had some lung and hear complication and then a siege of typhoid fever. With best wishes for yourself and family and all other connected with us in those never to be forgotten days. I remain sincerely your friend, Mary Higginbotham Johnson.

The above letter was written by Mrs. Johnson on the 50th anniversary of her father's death. He died in McDowell's college military prison in St. Louis, April 30, 1862. I was captured at West Plains, Mo., in March 1862 and was in McDowell's college prison at the time of Mr. Higginbotham's death. A few days before I was taken prisoner I was scouting in the vicinity of the old Higginbotham home, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Johnson, 8 miles west of Salem, only one man with me, and we watched from the timber west of the farm a company of Federal soldiers looting the Higginbotham home. They took nearly all his personal property and took him a prisoner and sent him to St. Louis where he died. I regretted that I did not have my company of over 100 fighters with me when I saw those Yanks. What fun we could have had between the Higginbotham home and Salem

Notes for John Fine McCrea, Sr.:

Family Bible, Death Certificate, Missouri State Archives, Marriage License,

C,S,A, Information.

Memorandum of Service from Pension for EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS #2794

Entered Service at -Near West Plains, State of Missouri on about June 1861

Was discharged from state service at Springfield Mo.. and went into the regular southern army do not remember date. Under state service was in Boyd's Company, Wingo regiment and McBride's Division, Under Southern Army Co. E. of the 8th Reg. Parsons Brigade

Part of time in Infantry and part in Cavalry.

Col. Mitchell in regular army, McBride in State service

Battles:

Wilson's Creek, Pleasant Hill, La., Saline River Fight. rest of service in scouting service.

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Texas Co., Mo. Apr 13, 1889

The Pine Church of regular predestination Baptist of Jesus Christ, in conference.

We dismiss our dear beloved Brother and Sister Fine McCrey and sister Melissa McCrey his wife from us in full fellowship having good standing with us. and we recommend them to any church of the same faith and order.

signed: Wm C. Downing, moderator

E McKinney, clerk

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Table Grace from John Fine McCrea

Almighty Father,

as it is through your kindness, that we are permitted to seat ourselves at these table comforts.

May we be Thankful for these and all blessings from thy hand, now and forever. Amen

I do not know how old this Blessing is but my father said it before every meal we ate.

I have been told by my father that Fine McCrea had beautiful auburn hair.

He could not read or write. But did own the Livery in Salem, Missouri

Children of Melissa Walker and John McCrea are:

20. Robert Barney² Walker (John Hiley¹) was born Mar/28/1846 in Tennessee, and died Jun/1876 in Dent Co., Missouri. He married Minteriah Mariah "Nina" Hasten Dec/23/1866 in Dent Co., Missouri, daughter of James Hasten. She died Unknown.

Notes for Robert Barney Walker:

Co. E. 122 Ill. Inf. Civil War.

Children of Robert Walker and Minteriah Hasten are:

23. Martha³ Dill (Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born 1837 in Wayne Co., Tennessee, and died May/23/1865 in Dent Co., Missouri. She married James Douthard Dilworth, son of Billy Dilworth and Rebecca Atkinson. He was born Jun/30/1827 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina, and died Nov/29/1895 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.

Child of Martha Dill and James Dilworth is:

24. Sophia Jane³ Dill (Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Aug/18/1842 in Wayne Co., Tennessee, and died 1925 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married John Reynolds Ray 1868, son of James Ray and Elizabeth Wallace. He was born Nov/16/1842 in Henderson Co., Tennessee, and died Aug/29/1914 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.

Notes for John Reynolds Ray:

From the Dent County Historical Socitey Vol. 1

First operated a grocery store where his jewelry store was later located on

4th street. He was a farmer, teacher, and jeweler; built Ray Bldg.,Salem. He taught 10 school terms, being the first teacher at a log cabin school near Lenox named "Sunnyside".

member of Salem GAR. He was on the City Council for 2 yrs., City Clerk for 1 yrs, Member of Salem AF&AM Lodge 225. Master Mason in Sept. 1867. Member of Salem M. E. Church South,a charter member of he Dent County Savings Bank 1894 and VP of bank at time of death.

Military:

Co. E. 122 Reg. Ill Inf. in the Civil War. He fought at Nashville, Fort Blakely, and was wounded in the righthand at Tupelo, Mississippi. He was discharged November 4, 1865, at Vicksburg.

The following was copied From Old Dent County Historcial book by Marian Williams. I found this among the Ben Flett papers.

John Reynolds Ray, watch maker and jeweler and dealer in general merchandise at Salem, Missouri, was born in Henderson County, Tenn., in 1843, and is the son of James H. and Elizabeth (Wallace) Ray and grandson of Rober Ray. James H. Ray was born in Orange County North Carolina in 1812 and was of Irish descent. When young he went to Henderson County West Tenn., with his father and here was married. In 1846 he migrated to Dent County Missouri in an ox wagon, and located one-half mile north of Salem, where he resided until 1852, when he settled four miles west of the County Seat. He died in 1883. The mother is yet living. She was born in Orange County North Carolina in 1818 and is now residing on the Old Home Place. The were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom are living. John R. Ray was the fifth child in order of birth, and was only three years of age when he came with his parents to Dent County, Missouri.

Children of Sophia Dill and John Ray are:

25. John Hiley³ Walker (Irvin Barton², John Hiley¹) was born Jun/06/1860 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Oct/26/1937 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. He married Irene Jennie Barker Aug/31/1887 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She was born Feb/07/1859 in Odessa, Missouri, and died Jul/22/1952 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.

Notes for John Hiley Walker:

Hiley Walker was blind. He made brooms for a living in Salem, MO.

Children of John Walker and Irene Barker are:

26. Irvin Barton³ Walker (Irvin Barton², John Hiley¹) was born Mar/09/1865 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Mar/11/1944 in Pasadena, California. He married (1) Maimia "May" Flett, daughter of Alexander Flett and Sarah Frost. She was born Dec/30/1867 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jul/29/1895 in Dent Co., Missouri. He married (2) Jessie Leach. She died Unknown.

Notes for Jessie Leach:

Was a Christian Science Practioner, She was a first reader, and he was second

reader in their church in El Paso, TX.

Child of Irvin Walker and Maimia Flett is:

27. Etta L.³ McCrea (Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Jul/03/1868 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, and died Unknown in Rolla, Phelps Co., Missouri. She married John C. East Feb/15/1891 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. He was born Jul/08/1863 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Mar/29/1925.

Children of Etta McCrea and John East are:

29. Nettie Elnora³ McCrea (Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Sep/12/1872 in Licking, Texas Co., Missouri, and died May/18/1942 in Overland, St. Louis Co., Missouri. She married Thomas Smith Welch May/15/1891 in Dent Co., Missouri, son of John Welch and Martha Wofford. He was born Nov/15/1869 in Headrick, Shannon Co., Missouri, and died Apr/22/1937 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Notes for Nettie Elnora McCrea:

Notes for Thomas Smith Welch:

Family Bible, Marriage License. Died from complications with diabetes

Children of Nettie McCrea and Thomas Welch are:

37. Effie Minta Mary Magdelene³ Walker (Robert Barney², John Hiley¹) was born May/11/1876 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jan/28/1945 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married Edwin Tharp May/01/1895 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, son of Coatsworth Tharp and Margaret Jamison. He was born Nov/09/1861, and died Aug/08/1938 in Dent Co., Missouri.

Notes for Edwin Tharp:

Marriage witnessed by Fine McCrea and Tom Welch. Thomas Maclylashan,

officiating Minister.

Children of Effie Walker and Edwin Tharp are:

38. Mary McCullough⁴ Dilworth (Martha³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Aug/01/1861, and died Dec/06/1924 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married James WIlliam Washington Reddick in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, son of Ransom Reddick and Susan Inman. He was born Jan/21/1857, and died Jul/15/1927 in Dent Co., Missouri.

Children of Mary Dilworth and James Reddick are:

40. Lois⁴ Ray (Sophia Jane³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Jul/19/1871 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, and died Nov/29/1957 in Los Angles, California. She married Harry M. Jones Jun/07/1899. He was born 1870, and died Jul/10/1921 in Los Angles, California.

Child of Lois Ray and Harry Jones is:

41. Ben L.⁴ Ray (Sophia Jane³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Aug/22/1873 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jul/13/1936 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. He married Edna Moore. She was born Feb/11/1883 in Brodhead, Wisconsin, and died Oct/26/1969 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.

Children of Ben Ray and Edna Moore are:

45. Wilber Ray⁴ Walker (John Hiley³, Irvin Barton², John Hiley¹) was born Mar/24/1892 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, and died Oct/13/1934. He married Wilma Halbert Warfel Smith Apr/03/1922 in Dent Co., Missouri. She was born Nov/25/1901 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jan/24/1970.

Children of Wilber Walker and Wilma Smith are:

49. Charles O.⁴ Walker (John Hiley³, Irvin Barton², John Hiley¹) was born Sep/05/1901 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jun/23/1971 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.

Notes for Charles O. Walker:

WW II U.S. Navy

Children of Charles O. Walker are:

59. Carl Edwin⁴ Welch (Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Jul/10/1896 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died May/28/1945. He married Unknown Private. She was born Private.

Notes for Carl Edwin Welch:

Died of injuries received during WWI. He had been exposed to poison gas.

Children of Carl Welch and Unknown are:

60. Daphne Fay⁴ Welch (Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Dec/31/1897 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died May/26/1978 in St. Louis, Missouri. She married Joseph Eldon Fore May/1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, son of James Fore and Mary Mace. He died Unknown.

Child of Daphne Welch and Joseph Fore is:

62. Margueritta "Marge"⁴ Welch (Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Sep/02/1902 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Mar/1961 in St. Louis, Missouri. She married William George Bright Aug/25/1922. He died Unknown.

Notes for Margueritta "Marge" Welch:

Died from cancer. She had diabetes.

Children of Margueritta Welch and William Bright are:

63. George William "Bill"⁴ Welch (Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Sep/29/1904 in Heyworth, McLean Co. Illnois, and died Oct/20/1985 in Salina, Saline Co., Kansas. He married Lillian Virginia "Tot" Fair Jan/01/1929 in Junction City, Geary Co., Kansas, daughter of Garfield Fair and Eliza Holloway. She was born Feb/27/1907 in Kit Carson Co., Colorado, and died May/26/1985 in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas.

Notes for George William "Bill" Welch:

Family Bible, Marriage License. Birth certificate from McLean County, Illinois gives birth date as Sept. 28, 1904. He was born in a log cabin in Heyworth, IL. He was raised on the Current River area in South Central Missouri. The Welch family, his Great Grandparents had come to Dent and Shannon Co., MO from Tennessee. The Welch Cave, and Spring were named for this family. Bill was in the 13th Cavalry, Mounted Machine Gun Troop, at Fort Riley, Kansas. While at Ft. Riley he met Lillian Virginia Fair at a dance held in Manhattan, Kansas Dec. 1928. Three weeks later they were married Jan 1, 1929, in Junction City, Kansas. He was discharged later in 1929.

He went to work as a night watchman at Kansas State University in 1933. In 1968 he retired as Painter Foreman. One of his accomplishments was that he was responsible for developing the "K-State Purple". While working at the college late in 1950 he became "leaded" and was unable to work for a year. Bill mixed all of the paint from scratch. I still have his formulas for all types of paint mixtures and also a few of the stones used in the cans to stir the paint. After he went back to the college to work, the paint was then purchased from manufactures.

Bill was an avid Sportsman and enjoyed fishing, hunting and float trips. I remember the wonderful stories he told about his life and family when he was growing up. He taught us all to hunt and fish just as he did when his family depended on the food he and his brothers would bring home from the woods and streams near their home. He talked about his dad and uncles working in the saw mills, the team of mules "Babe and Blue", and about the "patches" they farmed there in the Ozarks. And he loved the Cardinals Baseball Team.

He enjoyed his family and had great compassion, and love for all people Bill only went to school to the 8th grade, but I recall when I was a child he purchased a set of Compton's Encyclopedias and night after night he read until he had read all of the volumes.

Notes for Lillian Virginia "Tot" Fair:

Tot was an avid needleworker. There wasn't a needle that she didn't know how to use. She Tatted, Crocheted, Knitted, Sewed and Quilted. She was a Tailor and Alterations expert. During the Depression she took in sewing and ironing. Mom loved children and enjoyed teaching the little ones crafts. Fot a time she taught Knitting for the 4-H Clubs in Riley Co., KS. She was an excellient cook and was often called upon to help with Family Dinners and Weddings.

Mom loved life and had a special jest for living it. She worked hard and never seemed to mind. She was the family Decorator, Painter, Carpenter, and could do most anything. Mom and I shared a love for refinishing old furniture and I have many pieces we did together. She loved antiques and had many lovely things she had collected over the years.

Children of George Welch and Lillian Fair are:

66. Virginia Mable "Mae"⁴ Welch (Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Mar/20/1916 in Shannon Co., Missouri, and died Jan/22/1993 in Salina, Saline Co., Kansas. She married Ferdinand "Ferd" Aloious Creely Dec/24/1936 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died Unknown in Washington, Missouri.

Notes for Virginia Mable "Mae" Welch:

Family papers, Bible, and Personal papers.

Aunt Mae was my favorite Aunt on my father's side of the family. She invited me to visit twice. Both times I went to Saint Louis by Railway from Manhattan alone. I was 9 and 11 years old. I stayed 2 weeks and came home. I attended a Saint Louis Browns Baseball game, went to the Forest Park Zoo, Busch Gardens, and took a trip down the Mississippi on the "Admiral" Steam Paddle boat. We shopped at Famous and Barr and Stix Baer and Fuller. We did all kinds of wonderful things.

Uncle Ferd was terrific. He was a short, rotund handsome Frenchman and could tell the funniest stories. He was Chief of Police of St. Anns, MO when I was little. Jerry their son was 5 years older than I and I thought he was great. He had all kinds of neat toys and things to do.

Then everything changed Jerry was killed in an accident. Aunt Mae, was never the same again.

Aunt Mae was a teacher. She taught at Sacred Heart Girl Academy, Kindergarten. After Jerry's death she became a "Matron" and rode with Uncle Ferd, transporting Federal Prisoners to the various penitentiaries around the country. She was the only woman allowed, at that time, to ride "shotgun" when Uncle Ferd would take male prisoners.

Aunt Mae, was very demanding and use to getting her way. She like many women in this family was tall.

In her later years she came to Salina to live with my family. This proved to be a very rocky relationship and we did not work well together. When her health disintegrated she went into a nursing home for the last two years. She had to have treatments three times a week and was quite ill most of the time.

Notes for Ferdinand "Ferd" Aloious Creely:

Uncle Ferd was a U. S. Deputy Marshal. He guarded such famous men as Robert Kennedy, Rev. Martin Luther King and others. He was a jovial man and enjoyed eating. He sported a goatee and a beret after he retired, he was quite "a dapper" person. He had a wonderful sense of humor and could tell grand stories. He had a fear of black cats and would go to great lengths to avoid crossing their path. I know from personal experience.

Child of Virginia Welch and Ferdinand Creely is:

80. Martha Jane⁵ Reddick (Mary McCullough⁴ Dilworth, Martha³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Oct/15/1883 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Nov/08/1968 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married Edward Aiken Flett Jan/21/1902 in Dent Co., Missouri, son of Alexander Flett and Sarah Frost. He was born Nov/06/1877 in Edgar Springs, Dent Co., Missouri, and died May/10/1968 in Dent Co., Missouri.

Children of Martha Reddick and Edward Flett are:

81. Lola Susan⁵ Reddick (Mary McCullough⁴ Dilworth, Martha³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Oct/11/1888 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died 1922 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. She married William Frederick White 1910 in Dent Co., Missouri. He was born May/04/1887 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and died Sep/26/1962 in St. Louis County, Missouri.

Child of Lola Reddick and William White is:

82. James Ransom⁵ Reddick (Mary McCullough⁴ Dilworth, Martha³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Aug/28/1889 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Mar/14/1943 in Salem, Dent Co., Missouri. He married (1) Nora L. Moser Abt. 1915 in Dent Co., Missouri. She died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Scott Dec/21/1922 in Dent Co., Missouri. She died Unknown.

Children of James Reddick and Nora Moser are:

Child of James Reddick and Mary Scott is:

100. Elmer William⁵ Fore (Daphne Fay⁴ Welch, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Jan/17/1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died Unknown in Saint Louis, Missouri. He married Iva Louise Paulk Jul/05/1946 in St. Ann, Missouri. She was born Oct/25/1920 in Pineville, Bell Co., Kentucky, and died Jun/25/1992 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Notes for Elmer William Fore:

Filled out Family Group Sheets from their family records. 4/1992

Elmer was raised by his Grandmother & Grandfather Welch. from Cancer in

Nov. 1992

Notes for Iva Louise Paulk:

Louise sent me her family group sheets which I have on file. July 11,1992 I

received a letter from her youngest daughter Cathy saying her mother had died

June 25,1992 of lung cancer.

Children of Elmer Fore and Iva Paulk are:

105. Willalea Virginia⁵ Welch (George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Mar/21/1933 in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas, and died Sep/11/2000 in Fort Worth, Texas. She married Clyde Alfred Bell Aug/14/1949 in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas. He was born Feb/09/1927 in Moscow, Kansas, and died Unknown.

Children of Willalea Welch and Clyde Bell are:

106. Neal Edwin⁵ Welch (George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born May/14/1936 in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kansas, and died Apr/16/1997 in San Antonio, Texas. He married (1) Anna Virginia Henderson Private. She was born Private. He married (2) Billie Luree Bauer Private, daughter of Vernon Bauer and Catherine Bauer. She was born Private.

Children of Neal Welch and Anna Henderson are:

Children of Neal Welch and Billie Bauer are:

107. Linda Kathleen "Kathy"⁵ Welch (George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married Paul Leonard Heidel Private, son of Frank Heidel and Catherine Otnes. He was born Private.

Children of Linda Welch and Paul Heidel are:

114. Edward Harold⁶ Flett (Martha Jane⁵ Reddick, Mary McCullough⁴ Dilworth, Martha³ Dill, Derinda² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Jun/24/1904 in Dent Co., Missouri, and died Jul/07/1933 in Ballwin, Missouri. He married Leona Gaile Greenup Private. She was born Private.

Children of Edward Flett and Leona Greenup are:

134. Anthony William⁶ Bell (Willalea Virginia⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. He married Kathy Box Private. She was born Private.

Children of Anthony Bell and Kathy Box are:

135. Lisa Marie⁶ Bell (Willalea Virginia⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married Steven Henry Private. He was born Private.

Children of Lisa Bell and Steven Henry are:

136. Lynda Lea⁶ Bell (Willalea Virginia⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married Johnny Allen Private. He was born Private.

Child of Lynda Bell and Johnny Allen is:

137. Virginia Louise "Ginger"⁶ Bell (Willalea Virginia⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married Edward Holloway Private. He was born Private.

Children of Virginia Bell and Edward Holloway are:

139. John Barrett⁶ Welch (Neal Edwin⁵, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. He married Julie M. Whitehead Private. She was born Private.

Children of John Welch and Julie Whitehead are:

140. James William⁶ Welch (Neal Edwin⁵, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. He married Patricia Clement Private. She was born Private.

Children of James Welch and Patricia Clement are:

144. Joann Kathleen⁶ Heidel (Linda Kathleen "Kathy"⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married David Weaver Shotwell Private, son of Margaret Davidson Eldridge. He was born Private.

Children of Joann Heidel and David Shotwell are:

145. Meri Jayne⁶ Heidel (Linda Kathleen "Kathy"⁵ Welch, George William "Bill"⁴, Nettie Elnora³ McCrea, Melissa Catherine² Walker, John Hiley¹) was born Private. She married (1) Michael Dean Bryan Private. He was born Private. She married (2) Michael Kent Bishop Private. He was born Private.

Child of Meri Heidel and Michael Bryan is:

Child of Meri Heidel and Michael Bishop is: