Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of William Henry GODWIN (90) & Frances PARKS

248. Park GODWIN. Born on 14 Aug 1858 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory. Was on the census for Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, in 1860. Was on the census for Canada Township, Labette County, Kansas, in 1870. Was on the census for Chicago, Cook, Illinois, in 1920. Park died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, on 24 Oct 1933; he was 75. Buried on 26 Oct 1933 in Archer Woods, Willow Springs, Lyon Township, Cook, Illinois.

Abt 1877 Park first married Nancy Elizabeth LIPSEY, daughter of John W. LIPSEY (-1873) & Cecilia SINGLETON (1828-1913). Born on 9 Feb 1859 in Carterville, Williamson, Illinois. Nancy Elizabeth died in Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, on 20 Dec 1935; she was 76. They were separated abt 1880.

They had one child:
373 i. Prior Melvin (1878-1950)

Park second married Josephine L. BRECHTELZBAUER, daughter of Joseph BRECHTELZBAUER. Born on 23 Apr 1859 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Was on the census for Chicago, Cook, Illinois, in 1920. Josephine L. died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, on 1 Jun 1936; she was 77. Buried on 4 Jun 1936 in Archer Woods, Willow Springs, Lyon Township, Cook, Illinois.

249. Edith GODWIN. Born in Mar 1860 in Kansas Territory. Was on the census for Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, in 1860. Edith died prob bef 1870.

250. Grant GODWIN. Born bef Nov 1865 in Kansas. Was on the census for Canada Township, Labette County, Kansas, in 1870. Was on the census for Chetopa, Richland Township, Labette County, Kansas, in 1880.

251. Frances GODWIN. Born abt 1868 in Missouri. Was on the census for Canada Township, Labette County, Kansas, in 1870. Was on the census for Chetopa, Richland Township, Labette County, Kansas, in 1880.

252. Vern GODWIN. Born on 24 Jan 1876 in Coffeyville, Kansas. Was on the census for Chetopa, Labette, Kansas, in 1880. Was on the census for Andrita Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, in 1930. Vern died in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, on 27 Nov 1966; he was 90. Buried in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.


On 2 Jun 1906 when Vern was 30, he married Mabel May HIRZEL, daughter of David C. HIRZEL & Nettie, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Born on 12 Mar 1884 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Mabel May died in 1928 in California.


They had the following children:
374 i. Ione (1907-)
375 ii. Jeanette (~1908-2002)
376 iii. Lawrence Vern (1909-1991)
377 iv. Alice L. (1915-1981)
378 v. Verdina Grace (1923-1985)

253. Nina GODWIN BLACKMER. Born on 18 Nov 1879 in Labette County, Kansas. Was on the census for Chetopa, Richland Township, Labette, Kansas, in 1880. Was on the census for Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, in 1900. Was on the census for New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1910. Nina died in Rochester, Monroe, New York, on 23 Feb 1949; she was 69. Buried on 25 Feb 1949 in Oakwood Cemetery, Penfield, Monroe, New York.

On 22 Sep 1903 when Nina was 23, she married James Wisner DAVIS, son of Henry Wheeler DAVIS (1838-1914) & Mary PETERSON (1836-), in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Born on 23 Sep 1879 in Rochester, Monroe, New York. Was on the census for Rochester, Monroe, New York, in 1880. Was on the census for Rochester, Monroe, New York, in 1900. Was on the census for New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1910. James Wisner died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, on 29 Sep 1943; he was 64.

They had the following children:
379 i. Dola (~1910-)
380 ii. James Wisner (1912-1991)
381 iii. Delia Blackmer (~1916-~1929)

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