There will always be some missing links in the family. I am continually searching for lost pieces of the puzzle. Below are some of the "pieces" I am interested in discovering. If you have this info, or come across it in your travels, then please let me know.
Interest 1 Roy Otis Knowles. Where did he go? Last known contact was a card he sent to Roy C Knowles for his 50th birthday (Dec 1963). The postmark was from Pennsylvania. The card was signed upside down, but the signature was easily identified. Was the card placed in front of him by a nurse? Someone must know something.
Interest 2 Ephraim H Knowles (father of Roy Otis Knowles and son of James Knowles.) Ephraim lived in Chicago in 1910 and was an attorney. He lived in Chariton, Iowa (Lucas County) from 1894 to at least 1898. There he was county attorney and later a judge. Gail Knowles stopped there on the way to the 1999 family reunion. James died in Florida while on vacation (January 1913). Roy Otis was living in Dallas when his grandfather died and went to Mt Carmel to handle the funeral. Where was Ephraim, James' son? Had he himself died by that time? If so, when? Where?
Interest 3 Ephraim Knowles married a Sarah Crackle from Edwards County Illinois. I have information on the Crackles for three generations, but nothing before that. Where did they come from. While on an investigation hunt in Mt Carmel, I noticed an old calendar hanging on the back of the library research room door. Several etchings were pictured around the calendar, one being a sketch of the Crackle residence (looks like a mansion).