John & Mary Gorrell, parents of Alphonso & Alonzo, Tiffin, MO 1888
My grandfather was Alonzo Gorrell who had a twin brother Alphonso, born Dec. 6, 1888, Tiffin, MO.Parents were John and Mary Evaline (Madaus) Gorrell.John had a younger brother Sam who married Melissa (maiden name Dallas) the mother of Mary Evaline.Sam was Melissa's third husband.Previously married to a Madaus and a Toner. Other children of John and Mary were: William (children were Merle, Wanda, Alberta, Valdo and I think Thomas Wiley, who died in infancy), Etha (married a Swaim), Erastus, Ethel, Vinnettia, and Ray.Alonzo married Florence Viola Kimbrough (she was adopted by the Kimbroughs, her birth name was Webster and had a brother Fred) they had three children: Evelyn, Glynnis, and my father Wilbur.Wilbur born at Bogue, KS.Many autograph book entries in Florence's book in the 1907 - 1912 period were in St. John, KS. Florence is buried at Highland Cemetary in New Cambria, KS.Would appreciate any connection with this line.