Re: William Arthur Flesher/Mary E. Collins
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Re: William Arthur Flesher/Mary E. Collins
Keith D. Ashley 8/06/00
Keith:
Thanks a bunch for the run-down on the Fleshers.The Flesher/Sayre family is my stepfamily - and I know Uncle John Sayre will also appreciate your info.
Some years after my parents were divorced, my mother married a widower, Bert Sayre, in Springfield, Ohio.Sometime after that, mother had some family pictures out and left one on the table.Bert (I called him Pappy) came in and asked who had left the picture of Uncle______ out.(I don't remember just exactly who it was, but think it was George.)They determined they had an ancestor in common.
My mother was born Atha Leone Collins, daughter of Harley Benton and Ruth (Stump) Collins in West Virginia in 1913.Pappy's grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Collins - who married William Arthur Flesher - and I am trying to find her parents.I would very much like to find the connection in the Collins family.Pappy asked me to do this for him before he died.I had started, but so far have not found the common ancestor.Unfortunately both Pappy and Mom have passed on, but I am still trying.
William Arthur Flesher married Mary Elizabeth Collins, Long Bottom, Ohio 2 Jul 1874.Their children were:Ira E.; Jennie B.; Andrew Jackson (Jack); Effie E.; Arthur Garfield and Winfield Scott (twins); Mary M.; William Orville; and Adda A..
Effie Elizabeth Flesher (25 Oct 1877, Letart Falls, Ohio - 1940, Columbus Ohio) married John Weaver Sayre (6 May 1877 Letart Falls, OH - 1951 Springfield, OH).Their children were:Virginia; Jack Flesher; Halycon; Nell; Vee; Evelyn; Bert Flesher; Dorothy; John Flesher; Helen.
Bert Sayre married Sarah Arlena Henry and they had two sons Robert and William.Arlena died and Bert married Atha Collins Smith who had four daughters - only one at home.Pappy and Mom did not have children together.
I will talk with Uncle John about sending our information to Ralph.Thanks again.
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Re: William Arthur Flesher/Mary E. Collins
Keith D. Ashley 8/07/00
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Keith D. Ashley 8/08/00
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Clark Blake 8/22/00
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Re: William Arthur Flesher/Mary E. Collins
Keith D. Ashley 8/22/00
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Re: William Arthur Flesher/Mary E. Collins