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Family Subtree Diagram : Descendants of Calvin Purvis (1788)

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JAMES WILLIS WHEAT WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER  16, 1928 , TO ORVILLE D WHEAT AND EVA
JEWEL"JUDY" JOHNSON WHEAT. JAMES WAS BORN ON THE OLD ATKINSON FARM 4 MILES
SOUTH  ON SOUTH 21ST STREET IN RURAL PARSONS KANSAS .LABETTE COUNTY.
EARLY MEMORIES WERE ON THE FARM OF UNCLE WILLIS,WHERE MY PARENTS WORKED AND
FARMED FOR,  AND TOOK CARE OF HIM. A FIRE DESTROYED THE WILLIS FARM HOUSE
ABOUT 1932. LEAVING OD AND JUDY AND 4 YEAR OLD JIM TO LIVE IN A VERY SMALL 1
ROOM SMOKE HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE,
THE SMOKE HOUSE WAS JUST BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE AN IRON KITHEEN STOVE AND A
BED.   BROTHER BRUCE WENT TO LIVE WITH GRANDPARENTS, ARTHUR NEWMAN AND HALLIE
PERAL JOHNSON IN TOWN.
WILLIS STAYED WITH AUNT MAY WHEAT  UNTILL A NEW HOME WAS BUILT.
THE HOUSE WAS REBUILT BY, LOUIS AND DEN , BROTHERS OF ORVILLE, AND NEPHEWS OF
WILLIS
JIM FIRST ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE SPRINGHILL COUNTRY  SCHOOL, ABOUT A MILE FROM
HOME. SPRING HILL HAD ALL 8 GRADES IN ONE BUILDING AND ONE TEACHER
THE SCHOOL WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY BROTHER BRUCE, COUSINS , WANDA AND  BOB WHEAT,
HARVEY AND CONNIE MYERS
AND HIS FUTURE WIFE, EVE NANNETTE POTTORFF..
AT THE TIME OF WILLIS'S DEATH, IT WAS NECESSARY TO SELL THE FARM TO PAY OFF
WILLIS'S DEBTS. AND THE FAMILY OF OD, JUDY, BRUCE AND JIM MOVED TO A FARM 12
MILES NORTH-EAST OF PARSONS NEAR LAKE MCKINLEY, WHERE  OD FARMED, AND TRIED TO
MAKE A LIVING. JIM ATTENDED THE COUNTRY SCHOOL OF OAK GROVE, WHICH WAS 2 1/2
MILES FROM HOME. WE FISHED , SWAM AND ENJOYED THE LAKE'S NEARNESS.
FINALLY GIVING UP FARM  WE ALL MOVED INTO TOWN,TO THE LAST EAST HOUSE ON DIRR
STREET WHERE JIM ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL.
LATER MOVING TO A PLACE ON NORTH 32ND ST. WHERE JIM WENT TO THE VINCENT COUNTRY
SCHOOL NORTHWEST OF PARSONS KS..
EVENTUALLY MOVING INTO TOWN AND RESIDED AT 2517 STEVENS,IN PARSONS.
JIM ATTENDED WEST JR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN SR HIGH ( WHERE  THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF
JR COLLEGE AND THE 11TH AND 12 TH GRADES WERE IN THE SAME BUILDING) AND THEN JR
COLLEGE.. JIM GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN1946, AND JR COLLEGE IN 1948.
WHERE EVE HIS FUTURE WIFE ALSO ATTENDED
JIM AND HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART , EVE NANNETTE POTTORFF, WERE MARRIED 19 JUNE
1949.AFTER HIS FIRST YEAR AT KU.
WHERE  HIS WIFE WORKED TO  SUPPORT HIM TILL HE FINISHED HIS DEGREE IN ART
EDUCATION.
THEY MOVED TO MISSION KANSAS AND JIM BEGAN HIS CAREER TEACHING AT THE OLD
SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL IN 1951
IN 19 58   THEY ADOPTED 2 CHILDREN AND HAD 3 MORE OF THEIR OWN. MAKING A TOTAL
OF 5. JEFFREY LYNN, 1957, KIMBERLY NANNETTE 1960, ERICKE JAMES 1962, RACHINDA
MARTHA JEWEL 1964, HALLIE DOMINICA 1967.
JIM ATTENDED KANSAS UNIVERSITY IN 1948 AND GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS OF ART
EDUCATION IN 1951. AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN 1959.
JIM WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS DURING HIS HIGHSCHOOL YEARS. A FILLING STATION
ATTENDANT, A BELL BOY AT THE FAYE HOTEL, SWEEPING BOX CARS FOR THE KATY RR.
WORKING IN THE BAGGAGE AREA WITH FATHER FOR THE KATY RR. AND THEN FINALLY AT
THE DAVIS PAINT STORE ON MAIN STREET IN PARSONS.HIS GIRLFRIEND EVE WORKED
ACROSS THE STREET AT A BAKERY.
GRADUATING FROM KU IN MID-TERM OF 1951 JIM BEGAN WORK AT THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL
OF  SHAWNEE MISSION. FOR 1 1/2 YEAR AS AN ART TEACHER UNTIL BEING DRAFTED
DURING THE KOREAN WAR. INTO THE US ARMY
BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BLISS TEXAS AND THEN SENT OVER SEAS TO BRIGSTOCK ENGLAND
.ASSIGNED TO THE 32 AAA BRIGADE UNIT FOR 18 MONTHS AS A GRAPHIC ARTIST, (ALL
THE REST OF MY BASIC TRAINING UNIT WENT TO KOREA, EXCEPT ME AND ONE OTHER
FELLOW.)
RELEASED  FROM THE US ARMY WITH A HONARY DISCHARGE IN 1954.
RETURNING TO OLD JOB AT SHAWNEE MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. JIM WORKED AT SHAWNEE
MISSION NORTH FROM 1951 TO 1962. THEN TRANSFERRED TO SHAWNEE MISSION WEST.
ONE YEAR 1968/69 JIM AND EVE MOVED TO GROVE OKLAHOMA  AND JIM WORKED AT THE
GROVE HIGH SCHOOL. EVE OPERATED THE ANTIQUE SHOP "THE CARPET BAG".
RETURNING TO SHAWNEE MISSION WEST HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970.
RETIREING FROM THERE IN JUNE OF 1991. AFTER 40 YEARS  1930 - 1990 EVE OR EVA NANNETTE POTTORFF 60 60 Cause of Death:<CAUS> 1986 STROKE
EVA "EVE" NANNETTE POTTORFF
WAS BORN SEPT 9 1930 IN PARSONS KANSAS TO MARTHA VIRGINIA  JULIA FITZPATRICK
POTTORFF, AND FRED CLOYD POTTORFF
SHE WENT SPRINGHILL RURAL COUNTRY SCHOOL WHERE JIM  FIRST MET HER
EVE  WAS IN THE 1ST GRADE AND JIM  WAS IN THE 3RD
SHE HAD THE BIGEST GREEN EYES AND THE BLACKEST PIGTAILS
JIM AND EVE  LATER MET AGAIN AT PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL, SHE HAD ATTENDED EAST HIGH
SCHOOL AND JIM  ATTENDED  WEST HIGH SCHOOL
THEN THE 2 HIGH SCHOOLS MET FOR THE 11TH AND 12 TH GRADES
THE 11TH AND 12 GRADES WERE IN WITH THE JUNIOR COLLEGE FIRST 2 YEARS AND IN THE
SAME BUILDING.
EVE WAS A VERY GREGARIOUS PERSON AND EVERYONE LOVED HER. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL
WITH HER  GREEN EYES AND BLACK HAIR
WHILE IN SCHOOL EVE WORKED AT A BAKERY ON MAIN STREET, AND JIM WORKED ACROSS
THE STREET AT THE DAVIS PAINT STORE
EVE AND JIM  DATED AND WERE STEADIES THERE.
AFTER HER GRADUATION IN 1948 SHE ATTENDED NURSES TRAINING FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE
EVE AND JIM  GOT MARRIED ON JUNE 19  1949 AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN
PARSONS KS.
JIM HAD BEEN AWAY TO KANSAS UNIVERSITY FOR ONE YEAR HAVING GRADUATED JUNIOR
COLLEGE IN 1948 .
JIM'S  2ND YEAR ( 1949) AT KU , EVE  JOINED JIM,  AND WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS IN
LAWRENCE. A CLOTHING STORE, THE TELEPHONE OFFICE AS A SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR,
SUPPORTING JIM  AND ALLOWING HIM TO FINISH HIS  BACHELOR OF ART EDUCATION
DEGREE.
JIM BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER IN 1951 AT THE THEN, SHAWNEE MISSION RURAL HIGH
SCHOOL FOR 1 1/2 YEAR . THEN JIM WAS DRAFTED IN THE US ARMY IN JUNE OF 1952.
WHILE JIM WAS IN THE SERVICE, EVE WORKED AS A MODEL FOR THE BETTY ROSE SUIT AND
COAT COMPANY, TRAVELING ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
AFTER JIM WAS DISCHARGED FRON THE ARMY HE RESUMED TEACHING AT SHAWNN MISSION
HIGH SCHOOL.
JIM AND EVE  ADOPTED 2 CHILDREN, JEFF IN 1957. AND KIMBERLY IN 1960. THEY  HAD
3 MORE, ERICKE IN 1962 , RACHINDA IN 1964, AND HALLIE IN 1967.
KEEPING HER BUSY AT HOME
BABYSITTING NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND OUR OWN
.
IN THE EARLY 1970'S EVE AND JIM WERE ADOPTED BY SARAH COURTRIHT, AN IOWA
INDIAN.
SARAH SAID EVE LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS.
EVE AND SARAH WERE GREAT FRIENDS. EVE WENT TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR INDIAN JEWELERY
ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, DURING THE INDAN JEWELERY CRAZE IN THE MID 1970'S.
AND ALWAYS SHERED HER GLEANINGS WITH SARAH AT HER COST.
THE INDAIN CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF BOBBY BLUE , THE PRESIDENT OF THE
GREATER KANSAS CITY INDIAN CLUB.
A TEPEE WAS SET UP AND A WHOLE PIG WAS ROASTING OVER AN OPEN FIRE.  MUCH FOOD
AN SORT OF LIKE POT LUCK. LOTS OF PEOPLE PRESENT.
EVE AND JIM WERE PLACED ON CHAIRS IN THE CENTER OF A RING OF PEOPLE, AND GIFTS
WERE BESTOWED ON THEM IN THE INDIAN TRADITION.
THEY WERE GIVEN THE INDIAN NAMES BY SARAH.
EVE WAS " TAE GLEE  HA", OR LAUGHING BUFFALO.
AND JIM WAS GIVEN " WAS WAE HEE"  OR LITTLE DOCTOR
WHICH WERE NAMES OF HER ANCESTORS
IN THE EARLY 1970'S JIM AND EVE  OPENED THE SHOP "TAE GLEE  HA" AND SOLD INDIAN
JEWELERY. LOCATED AT 8862 WEST 75TH STREET IN OVERLAND PARK KS.
IN THE" ANTIOCH 75 " SHOPPING CENTER
IT STARTED FIRST  BEING INDAIN JEWELERY AND INDIAN ARTIFACTS.
THEN DEVELOPED INTO SILVERSMITHING CLASSES AND JEWELERY  SUPPLIES.
EVE OPERATED  IT FROM 1975 TO 1983, AND FINALLY  CLOSED IT AFTER 8 YEARS.
SHE WENT IN FOR EXPLORATORY SURGERY IN 1986 AND HAD A STROKE IN THE RECOVERY
ROOM  AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY MONTHS RECOVERING.
SHE HAD LOST HER SPEECH AND MOBILITY.  MUCH THERAPY ENSUED
SHE FINALLY CAME HOME , BUT WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THE STROKE
SHE  DIED SEPT. 19, 1990 AT SHAWNEE MISSION HOSPITAL WITH ALL HER CHILDREN AND
HUSBAND NEARBY.
RECORDED BY JIM WHEAT 2002-03
!BIRTH: JIM WHEAT, MY OWN FAMILY KNOWLEDGE; ; ; ; ;
!SEALING_PARENTS: Jeffrey Lynn Wheat, Jeff and Gloria; ; ; ; ;  1894 - 1958 FRED CLOYD POTTORFF 64 64 Cause of Death:<CAUS> LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
FRED WAS A ROBUST,RED HEADED DUTCHMAN,
HE WORKED FOR THE KATY RAILROAD TILL RETIREMENT AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION, HAVING SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1
HE BEAT HIS WIFE MARTHA AND DAUGHTER EVE WAS AFRAID OF HIM
!BIRTH: JIM WHEAT, MY OWN FAMILY KNOWLEDGE; ; ; ; ;  1910 - 1971 MARTHA VIRGINIA JULIA FITZPATRICK 61 61 Cause of Death:<CAUS> CANCER
MARTHA WAS THE MOST PERFECT MOTHER- IN-LAW
SHE WAS KNOWN ALL OVER TOWN AS "MARTHA"
SHE WAS LIKED AND LOVED BY ALL THAT KNEW HER
SHE WORKED MANY PLACES
ROBESONS DRUG STORE, STEWARTS DRUG STORE,
LANE'S DRESS SHOP, JUST TO NAME A FEW
SHE KEPT HER HAIR DYED BLACK AND ALWAYS LOOKED SHARP.
SHE HAD A MASECTOMY IN THE LATE 1960
AND DIED AFTER ABOUT 5 YEARS OF BREAST CANCER
SHE WAS A GREAT COOK AND ALWAYS MADE ME BREAD PUDDING
WHEN WE WERE DOWN VISITING
AFTER FRED DIED SHE AND CHARLIE CRAMER LIVED TOGETHER
ON A FARM  ON NORTH 16TH STREET
SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1971 IN THE LABETTE CO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
IN PARSONS KS.
SHE IS BURIED IN THE  MOUNT HOPE  CEMETERY IN GALESBURG, NORTH OF PARSONS KS
IN THE PLOT WITH CHARLIE CRAMER'.S FAMILY
!BIRTH: JIM WHEAT, MY OWN FAMILY KNOWLEDGE; ; ; ; ;  1872 - 1922 PURLEY EDGAR POTTORFF 50 50 23/25 Jul 1877 - 1960 NANCY ADELINE PURVIS 1848 - 1927 WOODSON DOCTOR PURVIS 79 79 A CONSTAPAL 7 Jul 1848/1853 - 1923 AMANDA ELLEN PURVIS A FIRST COUSIN TO WOODSON 6 Feb 181o - 1881 LUTHER PURVIS 1822 - 1920 NANCY SOPHIA JONES HOPKINS 98 98 D. 1829 ZELTHA HICKS UNKNOWN MICKELSON 1869 - 1950 GEORGE MARION PURVIS 81 81 IRON WORKER 1870 - 1948 EDWARD C PURVIS 77 77 26 Aug 1873/1874 - 1940 MARGARET ALICE PURVIS 15 Mar 1874/1875 - 1951 JAMES LOWREY PURVIS 1880 - ? NETTIE MAE PURVIS ALICE MAE or DO DO JENNINGS DELLA ARNETT 1846 - 1901 LUTHER FRANK PURVIS 54 54 1856 ANDREW L PURVIS 1853 - 1929 JOHN FLETCHER PURVIS 76 76 1861 - 1911 SOLOMON W or SOL PURVIS 50 50 1859 - 1938 CHAS EDWARD PURVIS 78 78 1847 NANCY C or NANNIE PURVIS 1843 MARY J PURVIS 1842 WILLIAM B PURVIS ? 1838 MARTHA J PURVIS 1867 FLORENCE ELIZABETH PURVIS 1855 - 1940 SARAH MARGARET PURVIS 84 84 1863 - 1925 SUSAN ANN or SUSIE PURVIS 61 61 1888 - 1918 CHAS WASHINGTON PURVIS 30 30 ? UNKNOWN 1890 - 1966 ADA VIOLA MORGAN 75 75 1913 - 1989 CHAS ARTHUR PURVIS 76 76 1914 - Living In Cal 2001 DORIS IRENE HUNZIAER WILLIAM CONN 1 Child Arminta SARAH BENNET 3 Boys 2 Girls CATHERINE IMBLER SOPHIA W HOPKINS CHARLES S HAWKINS 1 Son Chas W AMERICA SAMPLES 4 Children HENRIETTA GUNSAULIS LEONA EDNA TATMAN HENRY MARTIN ARBUCKLE ISAAC WILSON McGRAW 1819 - 1896 JOHN or JON WALLACE 76 76 DUDLEY SMITH 1child Minta JOHN B KENDALL 1 Child Edna JOHN WOOLINGTON THOMAS E BERRY LIVING UNKNOWN 1912 - 1968 CLOYD CONNIE POTTORFF 55 55 LIVING UNKNOWN 1932 - 1989 THOMAS WM "BILL" POTTORFF 57 57 1898 - 1961 WOODSON JOHN POTTORFF 62 62 1902 - 1986 EVELYN PEARL POTTORFF 83 83 1903 - 1910 IVAN POTTORFF 7 7 Cause of Death:<CAUS> infancy JEANETTE HINMAN Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.