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1. Ada Louise Grace Palmer was born on 9 Jun 1981 in Washington, D.C..

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According to a biographical questionnaire for New Mexicans serving in the armed forces that he filled out in 1947, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1938, and from Harvard Medical School with an MD in 1942. He was inducted into the Army Medical Corps in 1943 in Boston, with the rank of captain, and served at Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Haan in Riverside County, California; and at the office of the Surgeon General in Washington, DC. He was discharged in 1946. As of 1947 he was a physician practicing in Washington, DC.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (citation details below), he enlisted on 3 Jul 1943 and was discharged 30 Jun 1946.

According to the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (citation details below), in 1961-62 he was living in Santa Barbara, California. According to the I.S. Public Records Index, 1950-93, on ancestry.com, he was still living there in 1993.

George married Isabelle Jeanette Heck on 23 Jan 1945 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota. Isabelle (daughter of Frank LeRoy Heck and Ada Louise Wilcox) was born on 13 Dec 1919 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; died on 12 Jun 2012 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Alternate birth: 1883
• Alternate birth: Jan 1885, Kansas

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In the 1910 US census, he and his wife are farmers living in Mountainair, Torrance, New Mexico, just two years after their marriage in Wichita, Kansas.

In the 1940 US census, he, his wife, and his son George are living in Albuquerque. A Find a Grave page exists for a George A. Higgins, born 1885, died 1966, buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque.

George married Dora Haley on 23 Dec 1908 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas. Dora (daughter of John W. Haley and Sarah Adelia Ross) was born on 2 Jan 1886 in Iowa; died in Aug 1965 in Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Benton, Butler Kansas
• Alternate birth: 15 Jan 1886, Center, Wapello, Iowa

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The 1905 census of Kansas shows Dora Haley, 18, living in Benton with her parents J. W. Haley and S. A. Haley.

Other Events:

• Alternate death: 6 Dec 1963, Skokie, Cook, Illinois

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His World War I draft card, dated 5 Jun 1917, identifies him as a medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago. His World War II draft card, dated 27 Apr 1942, identifies him as a physician practicing in Chicago.

He was a commander in the modern order of the Knights Templar, a Masonic organization open only to professed Christians.

His gravestone and his Chicago Tribune obituary (citation details below) both give his death date as 5 Dec 1963, not 6 Dec as asserted by Fred D. Clark (citation details below).

Frank married Ada Louise Wilcox on 20 Aug 1918 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, and was divorced. Ada (daughter of Orion Jedediah Wilcox and Emma Janette Fellows) was born on 5 Nov 1890 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan; died on 20 Mar 1980 in Port Edwards, Wood, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1891, Michigan

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Her marriage to Frank Leroy Heck ended in divorce, and yet they are buried next to one another at Forest Hill Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

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They came from Ohio to Kansas in March 1882, settling in a homestead on the Whitewater near Towanda.

Alfred married Viola E. Guisinger on 25 Jan 1881 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio. Viola (daughter of Leander Guisinger and Margaret Flautt) was born on 31 Jul 1859 in Somerset, Perry, Ohio; died on 30 Jan 1913 in Higginsville, near Towanda, Butler, Kansas; was buried on 31 Jan 1913 in Towanda Cemetery, Towanda, Butler, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Jul 1860, Ohio

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He was a farmer. According to the 1900 census, both his parents and his wife's parents were born in Kentucky.

By the 1930 census he and his wife are living in Benton, Kansas.

John married Sarah Adelia Ross on 14 Dec 1876 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Sarah was born in May 1856 in Shelby County, Kentucky; died on 3 Feb 1933; was buried in Benton Cemetery, Benton, Butler, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the 1910 census, both of his parents were born in Virginia.

In the 1910 census, he, his wife Belle, and his son Frank L. are all living in Bethel, Clark County, Ohio.

According to The History of the Heck Family in America (citation details below), he was first married to a Mary Allen who died 10 Jul 1918, which implies that the marriage ended in divorce.

He fought on the Union side in the Civil War, in the 135th Ohio Infantry, 153rd Regiment National Guard. According to The History of Clark County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers, 1881), which provides a full list of the 153rd Regiment that incliudes "Heck, David P.", the regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio on 12 May 1864, with Col. Israel Stough as its commander. "At Harper's Ferry, Va., and along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and under Gen. Butler at Bermuda Hundred, during guard and picket duty, was the period of service this regiment expended. […] It was mustered out in the latter part of July, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio."

David married Isabelle "Belle" Huffman on 29 Oct 1873 in Clark County, Ohio. Isabelle (daughter of John Huffman and Catharine) was born on 25 Oct 1852 in Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio; died on 25 Apr 1937 in Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio; was buried in Donnelsville Cemetery, Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1853, Ohio

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According to the 1910 census, both of her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Orion married Emma Janette Fellows on 1 Jan 1879 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan. Emma (daughter of John Abiel Fellows and Janette Laura Emery) was born on 13 Jul 1855 in Sandstone, Jackson, Michigan; died on 6 Apr 1934 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]