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I'll add a page like this for each "branch" of the rather large family tree. (Aunt Adah/s branch - well - researched and written completely by Joan McPeak - is the first of many.)

Here's the type of information about each person I might include:

AUNT ADAHS GENEALOGY (by J. McPeak, 3/2003)

Adah Florence Porter - 3rd child of Edwin and Alice Teter Porter was born January 31, 1891 in White Hall, Illinois. She passed away in El Dorado Springs, Missouri on April 8, 1974 and is buried in the Roscoe Cemetery, St. Clair County, Missouri.

Adah married Clyde Walton Rickman (Nov. 9, 1890 - January 24, 1946) on December 27, 1914 in Roscoe, MO.

To this union was born one child: Lois Mildred Rickman B/D: Oct. 5,1916 in Roscoe, MO. DOD: May 5, 2002 in  El Dorado Springs, MO. She is buried in the El Dorado Springs City Cemetery, in El Dorado Springs, MO.

Lois married John Everett Bozarth (6/27/1917 - 3/2/1970) on July 23, 1935 in Roscoe, MO.

To this union two children were born: Alice Joan Bozarth B/D: June 1, 1936 and Ray Edward Bozarth D/B: August 25, 1938. Both children were born in Roscoe, MO.

Lois and John Bozarth were divorced in 1940.

Other marriages of Lois M. Rickman: John Thomas Whitley (3/23/1892 - 4/10/1973); Married: April 29, 1960.

Leon Ray Francis (8/ 5/ 1910 - 9/27/2000); Married: March 31, 1975

Alice Joan Bozarth (6/1/1936); married David Howard McPeak (4/22/1933) on July 7, 1954 in Nevada, MO.

To this union 5 children were born:

Jo Ann McPeak (8/2/1955)

Cheryl Kaye McPeak (12/1/1956)

Leslie David McPeak (10/2/1958)

Eldon Howard McPeak (5/24/1960)

Christopher Daniel McPeak (4/07/1975)

Ray Edward Bozarth (8/25/1938) married Marilyn Sue Crawford (7/27/1939) on August 8, 1958 in El Dorado Springs, MO. They were divorced.

To this union 3 children were born:

David Lee Bozarth (10/7/1959)

Mark Hall Bozarth (8/5/1961)

Brent Edward Bozarth (10/24/1963)

Other marriages: Judy Gamet Cutler (4/3/1943) on May 8, 1979 in Couer d'Alene, Idaho

Step - children: L. Lane Cutler (9/28/1961)

LaVeitta L. Cutler (11/11/1963)

Leafyia L. Cutler (12/13/1964)

Jo Ann McPeak (8/2/1955) married Gabriel G. Guerrero, Jr. (6/20/1954) on March 6, 1976 in Lordsburg, NM.

They were divorced in 1987.

To this union l child was born:

Barbara Ann Guerrero (11/30/1977)

Other marriages: Jimmy Ray Dodson (8/3/1956) on April 22, 2000 in Joplin, MO.

Step - child: Jill Dodson

Cheryl Kaye McPeak (12/1/1956) married Eugene Lee Ahlers ( 7/18/1950) on January 11, 1973 at the Pape Christian Church in St. Clair County, MO.

To this union 4 children were born:

Rebecca Jean Ahlers (12/2/1973)

Mollie Sue Ahlers (1/06/1976)

Rachael Lorrie Ahlers (4/29/1977)

Christopher LeRoy Ahlers (11/27/1978)

Leslie David McPeak (10/2/1958) married Cynthia Sue Reynolds on June 16, 1979 in St. Joseph, MO. Divorced.

Other marriages: Cornelia (Connie) Klein, married in Germany in 1981. Divorced.

To this union was born 1 child:

Rachel Marie McPeak (08/21/1983)

Eldon Howard McPeak (5/24/1960) married Elizabeth Elaine Laatch Wilham (1/18/1962 - 8/1996) on January 8, 1983 in Shelbina, MO.

To this union 3 children were born:

Joel David McPeak (12/10/1983)

Ryan Johnson McPeak (6/16/1986)

Levi Aaron McPeak (5/09/1988)

Other marriages: Kara Hutchcraft (4/30/1980) married January 30, 1999 in Joplin, MO

Christopher Daniel McPeak (04/07/1975) was adopted by Howard and Joan McPeak on July 2, 1990.

Christopher married Leslie Ann Hogue (8/26/1975) on November 21, 1998 in Moberly, MO.

To this union 1 child was born:

Christian Michael McPeak (11/24/2000)

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To this union 3 children were born:

Angela Monique Bozarth (09/20/1983)

Amy Michelle Bozarth (01/09/1987)

Ashley Marie Bozarth (09/23/1989)

Mark Hall Bozarth (08/05/1961) married Lisa Gayle Sievert (07/12/??) on October 19, 1985

To this union 2 children were born:

Joshua Hall Bozarth (01/20/1988)

Nathaniel Andrew Bozarth (10/21/1990)

Brent Edward Bozarth (10/24/1963) married Kelly Jean Hendricks on May 30, 1987

L. Lane Cutler (9/28/61) married Glenda Beth Gray on December 03,1984

To this union 2 children were born:

Lawrence "Cody" Cutler (06/21/1988)

Dustin Lane "Dusty" Cutler (10/07/1990)

Leafyia L. Cutler (12/13/1964) married Charles Douglas Steele in May of 1983. They were divorced.

To this union 2 children were born:

Charles Jason "C.J." Steele (07/10/1983)

Raven Lea "Rae" Steele (08/12/1987)

Other Marriages:

Brian Keith Smith (01/14/56) No marriage date available.

Step children:

Rosalita Smith (06/05/1980) Rose has a son Gabriel Smith born in January 2002

Keith Smith (11/17/83)

Barbara Ann Guerrero (11/30/1977) married Aaron Hutchcraft on December 6, 1997

To this union 1 child was born:

Judah Thomas Hutchcraft (04/19/1999)

Rebecca Jean Ahlers (12/02/1973) married Kevin Short on May 21, 1994 in St. Louis, MO. They were divorced

To this union 1 child was born:

Micah Joel Short (09/21/1994)

Mollie Sue Ahlers (01/06/1976) married Michael Paige on October 29, 1994 in Fort Scott, Kansas. Divorced

Other marriages:

Jason Estes (5/28/1971) on September 29, 2001 in Kansas City, MO.

To this union 1 child was born:

Mason Mills Estes (03/21/2003)

Rachael Lorrie Ahlers (04/29/1977) married James Madden (01/20/1964) on December 31, 1998

To this union 1 child was born:

Ethan James Madden (04/29/1999 - 05/24/1999) He was born in Sedalia, MO and is buried in the Humansville City Cemetery, Humansville, MO.

Christopher LeRoy Ahlers (11/27/1978) has two children with Elena Morin (04/17/1979)

Robert Tyler Ahlers (08/23/1998)

Jenna Eve Morin (05/07/2000)

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For information about another branch of the family, see

"The O'Connell\Boling Family" webpage herein.

 

I'll include sources for the information wherever possible.

babypic.jpg

Here I'll include a picture of this family member, if I have one available.

The little guy shown above is the newest descendant of the Porter Family. He/s Mason Miles Estes - the newest great - grandson of Howard and Joan McPeak. This photo was taken by a commercial photographer on the day of his birth - 3/21/03. His genealogy is given in the text on the left. Welcome, Master Miles - glad to have you with us!

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