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EMAIL US 		bullet Edward (the exile, King of England) ATHELING was born in 1017. He died in 1057. "A.D. 1017. ..... Edric advised him [king Canute] to slay the little ethelings, Eadward and Eadmund, the sons of king Eadmund. But thinking that his reputation would suffer if they were made away with in England, he sent them tot he king of the Swedes to be put to death; who, although he was in league with him, would not comply with his request, but sent them to Salomon, king of the Hungarians, in order that they might be educated and their lives preserved. One of them, namely Eadmund, in course of time died there: but Eadward married Agatha, a daughter of the brother of the emperor, Henry [II?], by whom he had Margaret, queen of the Scots, Cristina, a nun, and Eadgar the etheling." --- Florence of Worcester (died c 1117), *A History of the Kings of England* (OR: *The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester*), trans Joseph Stephenson, 1853 (reprinted by lanerch Enterprises, Felinfach, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales SA48 8PJ, 1980s (?)), p 107. Parents: Eadmund II (the Ironside, King of England) and Ealdgyth.

Children were: Margaret.

bulletHarriett M. ATHERTON was born in 1837. She died in 1915.

She was married to Jefferson BENNETT.

bullet Elizabeth ATKIN has Ancestral File number FXRJ-XR.

She was married to John FRANKLEN about 1574 in , Of Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales.

bullet ATKINS

bulletEyed ATKINS was born about 1539 in England. She died in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

She was married to William JELLYE on 7 Nov 1565 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Children were: Mercy JELLY.

bullet Jane ATKINSON was born in 1635/36 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. She died on 29 Jul 1724 in Cambridge, Midddlesex, MA.

She was married to Thomas CHENEY on 11 Jan 1655/56 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusets. Children were: Margaret CHENEY, Thomas CHENEY, Mehitable CHENEY, John CHENEY, William CHENEY, Mary CHENEY, Jane CHENEY, Joseph CHENEY, Benjamin CHENEY, Ebenezer CHENEY.

bullet Mary ATWATER was born in 1527 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. She died on 11 May 1620 in Markeshall, England. She was buried on 20 May 1620 in Lenham, Kent, England. Parents: Robert ATWATERS and Catherine BRIGHT.

She was married to Robert HONYWOOD in Feb 1543 in Shroftyde, Kent, England. Children were: Grace HONYWOOD.

bullet John ATWATERS was born about 1443 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. He died before 14 Jul 1501 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. Parents: Thomas ATWATERS and Eliner.

He was married to Maryan. Children were: Robert ATWATERS.

bullet John ATWATERS was born about 1390 in Kent Co., England. Parents: William ATWATERS and Joan.

Children were: Thomas ATWATERS.

bulletRobert ATWATERS was born about 1479 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. He died in May 1565 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. Parents: John ATWATERS and Maryan.

He was married to Catherine BRIGHT about 1500. Children were: Mary ATWATER.

bullet Thomas ATWATERS was born about 1409 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. He died after 5 Oct 1484 in England. Parents: John ATWATERS and UNKNOWN.

He was married to Eliner about 1440 in Royton, Lenham, Kent, England. Children were: John ATWATERS.

bullet William ATWATERS

He was married to Joan. Children were: John ATWATERS.

bullet Marjorie ATWELL Parents: Paul Henry ATWELL and Shirley Ann STOWELL.

bullet Paul Harry ATWELL Parents: Paul Henry ATWELL and Shirley Ann STOWELL.

bullet Paul Henry ATWELL

He was married to Shirley Ann STOWELL . Children were: Marjorie ATWELL, Pauline ATWELL, Paul Harry ATWELL.

bullet Pauline ATWELL Parents: Paul Henry ATWELL and Shirley Ann STOWELL.

bullet Alfonso Devillo AUSTIN was born on 24 Aug 1904 in Mt. Morris, New York. He died on 8 Jan 1969 in Upperville, New York.

He was married to Inola Arbell STOWELL on 1 Dec 1928 in New York.

bullet Elizabeth AUSTIN

She was married to Joseph FENIMORE in 1841 in Shenandoah Co. Virginia.

bullet Elizabeth AUSTIN

She was married to Daniel HAINES in 1692. Children were: Mary HAINES.

bullet Harriet Ann AUSTIN was born on 23 Nov 1923 in Round Mountain, California. Parents: John Richard AUSTIN and Charlotte POTTER.

Children were: Robina Elane INGRAM , Lori Ann INGRAM, William Louis INGRAM, Judith Marie INGRAM.

bulletJoan Marie AUSTIN was born on 8 Aug 1936 in San Francisco, California. Parents: John Richard AUSTIN and Charlotte POTTER.

Children were: Robert Wayne SMALLING , Lisa June SMALLING.

bulletJohn Richard AUSTIN was born on 12 Jun 1905 in London, England.

Children were: Harriet Ann AUSTIN, Joan Marie AUSTIN.

bulletAlpaide AUSTRASIA was born about 654 in Heristal, Belgium. She died in Brabant, Vosges, France.

She was married to Pepin AUSTRASIA . Children were: Charles "Martel" AUSTRASIA .

bullet Charles "Martel" AUSTRASIA was born in 676 in Heristal, Belgium. He died on 22 Oct 741 in Quierzy, Aisne, France. Parents: Pepin AUSTRASIA and Alpaide AUSTRASIA.

Children were: PEPIN The Short.

bulletPepin AUSTRASIA was born about 635 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium. He died on 16 Sep 714 in Junille, Meuse, France.

He was married to Alpaide AUSTRASIA. Children were: Charles "Martel" AUSTRASIA.

bullet Maud AVENAL was born about 1080.

Children were: Maud DE AVRANCHES.

bulletAllan Eugene AYER was born on 2 Dec 1954 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Eugene Blake AYER and Mary Virginia LUNDY.

He was married to Tina Gail WORTHINGTON on 21 Feb 1976 in Birmingham, Ala. Children were: Cristyl Yvonne AYER, Lauren Danielle AYER.

bullet Audrey Bryenne AYER was born on 14 Jul 1979. Parents: Karl William MD AYER and Rosalie GANDARA.

bullet Betty Lou AYER was born on 8 May 1932 in Cherrydale, Va (now Arlington). Parents: Samuel Blake AYER and Ila Beatrice ANKROM.

She was married to Alfred ROBINSON on 15 Oct 1955 in Arlington, Va. Children were: Karen Louise ROBINSON, Norman William ROBINSON, Donna Kay ROBINSON, Nancy Ann ROBINSON.

bullet Cathy Lea AYER was born on 31 May 1957 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Eugene Blake AYER and Mary Virginia LUNDY.

She was married to William Kirkwood CLARK on 28 Dec 1991 in Charlotte, NC. Children were: Amy CLARK , Susie CLARK.

bullet Christian Blake AYER was born on 17 Sep 1983. Parents: Karl William MD AYER and Rosalie GANDARA.

bullet Christopher Kyle AYER was born on 17 Aug 1987. Parents: Kevin Wayne (Major USAF) AYER and Phyllis Lynn KELLER .

bullet Cristyl Yvonne AYER was born on 24 Oct 1978. Parents: Allan Eugene AYER and Tina Gail WORTHINGTON.

bullet Eugene Blake AYER was born on 24 Jul 1929 in Clarksburg, WV. He died on 17 Mar 1974 in Birmingham, Ala. Parents: Samuel Blake AYER and Ila Beatrice ANKROM.

He was married to Mary Virginia LUNDY on 1 Nov 1947 in Oakland, MD. Children were: Allan Eugene AYER, Cathy Lea AYER.

bullet Karl William MD AYER was born on 28 Dec 1956 in Zama, Japan. Parents: William Wayne (Major USA Ret) AYER and Kazuko TANAKA .

He was married to Rosalie GANDARA on 27 Aug 1977 in El Paso, Texas. Children were: Audrey Bryenne AYER, Nathaniel Adam AYER, Christian Blake AYER, Megan AYER.

bullet Kevin Wayne (Major USAF) AYER was born on 14 May 1960. Parents: William Wayne (Major USA Ret) AYER and Kazuko TANAKA .

He was married to Phyllis Lynn KELLER on 1 Aug 1981 in El Paso, Texas. Children were: Kyleen Wren AYER , Christopher Kyle AYER.

bullet Kyleen Wren AYER was born on 17 May 1984. Parents: Kevin Wayne (Major USAF) AYER and Phyllis Lynn KELLER .

bullet Lauren Danielle AYER was born on 20 May 1983. Parents: Allan Eugene AYER and Tina Gail WORTHINGTON .

bullet Megan AYER was born on 9 Feb 1987. Parents: Karl William MD AYER and Rosalie GANDARA.

bullet Nathaniel Adam AYER was born on 15 Sep 1980. Parents: Karl William MD AYER and Rosalie GANDARA.

bullet Patricia Ann AYER was born on 28 Oct 1936 in Glendale, WV. Parents: Samuel Blake AYER and Ila Beatrice ANKROM.

She was married to Peter Joseph KASCHAK on 24 Oct 1957. Children were: Diane Marie KASCHAK, Stephen KASCHAK, Peter Joseph III KASCHAK, Suzanne Lorraine KASCHAK.

bullet Samuel Blake AYER was born on 19 Jun 1906 in Knottsville, West Virginia. He died on 13 Jun 1981 in Warrior, Alabama. Newspaper clipping - probably 1936

S. B. Ayer, noted fingerprint expert, before Brotherhood Union
(Speaks at regular meeting Friday night at M.E. Church)

NOTE: This church was either in Glendale or Moundsville, WV

" Feature of the regular meeting of the Methodist church Men's Brotherhood association Friday evening at the church will be S. B. Ayer, formerly of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and now affiliated with the state of West Virginia at Moundsville, where he is the fingerprint expert at the penitentiary. Mr Ayer will give blackboard demonstrations as well as lecturing. At the conclusion of his talk Ayer will take fingerprints of several members of the organization and show the complete process connected with this sort of work.

Another feature will be the appearance of Rex McDowell, prominent musician. He will appear at various intervals during the evening. Chester Shields, president, will be in charge of the session. A luncheon will be served at the conclusion of the evening".Newspaper clipping - probably 1936

S. B. Ayer, noted fingerprint expert, before Brotherhood Union
(Speaks at regular meeting Friday night at M.E. Church)

NOTE: This church was either in Glendale or Moundsville, WV

" Feature of the regular meeting of the Methodist church Men's
Brotherhood association Friday evening at the church will be S. B. Ayer,
formerly of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and now affiliated with
the state of West Virginia at Moundsville, where he is the fingerprint
expert at the penitentiary. Mr Ayer will give blackboard demonstrations
as well as lecturing. At the conclusion of his talk Ayer will take
fingerprints of several members of the organization and show the complete
process connected with this sort of work.

Another feature will be the appearance of Rex McDowell, prominent
musician. He will appear at various intervals during the evening.
Chester Shields, president, will be in charge of the session. A luncheon
will be served at the conclusion of the evening".

He was married to Ila Beatrice ANKROM on 19 May 1928 in Staunton, Virginia. Children were: Eugene Blake AYER, Betty Lou AYER, William Wayne (Major USA Ret) AYER , Patricia Ann AYER.

bullet William Wayne (Major USA Ret) AYER was born on 6 Mar 1934 in Cherrydale, Va (now Arlington). Here I wish to recognize the following individuals without which I would
not have been able to compile this file:

All of the individuals who worked on and compiled the Shafferman Survey,
1985 of whom I only have two names. However, as comprehensive as this
survey is, it is obvious that many many individuals need to be praised.
Their years and years of work on this branch of my Grandmother Myrtle
Ella Shafferman is very detailed and comprehensive. I thank you for your
dilligent efforts.

Hester May Shafferman Hargett
Carolyn Lee Edwards Bolyard

To my sister, Betty Lou Ayer Robinson, who furnished me copies of
original writings of many of our ancestors, confirming previously
gathered information. You gave me material containing stories, which I
would not have had, and which adds life to this file. I love you.

To my son Dr Karl William Ayer, without which I would not have known
about Family Tree Maker. Your generousity has allowed me to organize
many hard copy documents into usable format and given me the "wherefore"
to conduct research to take our lineage back to the 1500's. I love you,
I am proud of you, and I thank you very much.

To my lovely wife Jenny who, without her support I would not be able to
spend hours and hours on this computer compiling, organizing, and
inputting data. Thank you so much for putting up with my taking these
many hours away from you. You are the force of my life and I love you
dearly.

To Willis Brown, of Mesa, AZ, an individual I met on the Super Highway,
who responded to my e-mail precipitated by his BB item. Willis, without
all of your generous help I would not have been able to correct the early
American Ayer ancestors in my file. Thank you.

To Nancy Neely of Cape Elizabeth, ME. Not only have you provided me
hardcopy verification on entries between late 1500's through 1714, but
you provided me with the information I needed to fill the gap between the
latter date and 1809. Your diligent work in researching this period and
your generous offer to get photo documentation of cemetery headstones, is
greatly appreciated and I am indebted to you. Thanks you from the bottom
of my heart.

And to my "starter", without which I would not have known where to begin,
Susan 7116, who I also met on the Super Highway, after placing a notice
on the Maine message board and who continues to advise and help me on my
research. Thanks Susan 7116.

To Jackie (Jones) Panos, of Pittsburg, CA who provided me with documented
data on my maternal ancestry (Ankrom's). You furnished me the
information necessary to verify the relationship between my grandmother
Missouri Belle (Ankrom) Ankrom and my grandfather Martin Rymer Ankrom.
They were 3d cousins. Heretofore their relationship was speculation, now
it is documented. You were so kind and sweet to provide me with a
genealogy book that covers 300 years of Ankrom history, not just bio data
but many stories that was part of the records down through the years.
You are a very special person to me and I love you.
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Originally from near Grafton, WV, where he attended the following schools:
Blueville Grade School; Fellowsville Grade School; Knottsville Grade
School; and Grafton High School.
Prior to starting school, Wayne lived with his parents, brother and
sisters, in Glendale, WV, Alma, WV, and in Frostburg, Md.
In Glendale, not too far from Moundsville, his father worked as a
finger printer in the WV State Penitentiary. Wayne had a new tricycle
there and had a habit of leaving it in the alley way behind their house.
A gentleman who drove in that alley to park his car was always having to
get out to move the tricycle. So he told Waynes parents that if he had
to move that tricycle one more time, it would be the last. Well the man
must have made good on his word, because the next time was the last time
Wayne saw that tricycle. A couple of other incidents happened to Wayne
here also. His parents tell of having removed a floor grille through
which heat came from the furnace in the basement. Wayne saw that and
decided to investigate by crawling into the duct, however his brother
Eugene grabbed Waynes foot and pulled him out before he fell in too far.
And then there was the time that his sister Betty Lou was swinging on
their porch, or maybe the neighbors porch, and the swing caught Wayne in
the chin and sent him whirling down the steps and into the yard.
Wayne's facination with cars over the years goes back to those early
years. He tells of his father having a 1937 Buick turtle back, maroon in
color. The family would travel to Alma in it, to visit his maternal
grandfather who lived on a beautiful farm there. The farm where his
mother was born. His father would stop, and open the gate below the
house, then drive up a gentle hill to a shed adjacent to the chicken
coop, where he would park the car. A three story white house stood and
which still stands on a knoll above the road to Pennsboro, WV. Across
the bottom land and the road that leads to Middlebourne there was and
still is the little white Church with its' cemetery and neatly groomed
lawns. A place where ancestors, as far back as the late 1600's, are
buried. His Grandfather Rymer Ankrom was placed there on a cold day in
March 1942, and his mother as well, on a cold day in March 1974. While
visiting, the family would walk to the back of his grandfathers farm,
where there was a small creek called Middle Island creek and they would
go swimming to stave off the hot summer breeze. On the way to the creek,
they passed one of the barns and across from this barn was a small mound
with a tree growing on it. This was known as the "Indian Mound", a
great place to have picnics.
Wayne's Grandfather also owned the land on the other side of the
road leading to Pennsboro. On this parcel was a small cottage, where the
family lived for a short time after Wayne's Father lost his job during
the Great Depression. In back of this cottage and up on a knob there
were many blackberry briers growing, where the children and their Mother
and Father would pick blackberrys, to eat over cereal with fresh milk, or
to be preserved for later consumption. On the front of this cottage was
a porch which overlooked the bottom land and, on the other side, the
small village of Centerville, WV. The family would sit on the porch many
evenings and watch the "lightning bugs" that swarmed over the bottom
land, or gazed at a star filled sky over head. Often they would sing
songs. One that Wayne remembers is "Jimmy crack corn". Wayne tells of
one time when he was living here (1938), he was sent over to his
Grandfathers house to get some milk. When he got there his Grandfather
asked if he would like a Gingersnap cookie. These together with white
and pink peppermint candies were kept in the pantry off of the kitchen
and Wayne knew where they were. However Wayne wasn't too interested in
the cookie but wished his Grandfather would have offered the candies. So
his Grandfather walked out of the house for something, and Wayne decided
he would go into the pantry and help himself to the candies. He was
carrying the milk in one hand and the candy in the other, when he slipped
on the linoleum floor and fell. The milk went everwhere and about that
time his Grandfather appeared. Wayne saw his life flash in front of his
eyes because the old man was known to be a grouch. But not a word was
said. His Grandfather filled another jar of milk, told Wayne to keep the
candy and sent the boy home. Another of Waynes remembrances of this farm
as a youngster, was the old wooden bucket-drawn well in the yard off of
the porch near the kitchen. An old rusty tin cup hung on a rope attached
to the well structure, and Wayne thought it was the greatest thing to be
able to drink water from that rusty cup. And the time he was running
down the path from the house toward the road that leads to Pennsboro, and
fell, resulting in a gash to his right hand by a sharp stone. The scar
can still be seen in the palm of his right hand 54 years later.
In 1939, Wayne and his family moved from Centerville/Alma WV to
Frostburg, Md. After his father lost his job, he could not afford to
keep the 1937 Buick, so he borrowed his fathers car (Wayne's paternal
Grandfather's), to move the family. Grandfather Ayer had a 1934
Chevrolet Master, 4 door Townsedan, with dual sidemounts, and a luggage
carrier on the trunk. (Note: Wayne now has a 1934 Chevrolet Master 4
door Sport Sedan that he is restoring.) The family traveled to Grafton,
WV and stayed with Wayne's Great Aunt Bess the first day. He says he
can still sense the smell of that old car yet today and remembers
sleeping on the back floor on the trip to Grafton. Then the family went
on to Frostburg following Rt 50 through the Laurel and Cheat Mountains to
Redhouse, MD, where they took Rt 219 on to Frostburg. Grandfather and
Grandmother Ayer also had a 3 story house(since burned to the ground)
with a veranda on each of the first two levels. The front of the house
faced away from the main road. The driveway came in from the main road,
past the barn on the left, turned right in front of the house and on to a
detached garage. There were two terraced lawns in front of the house
separated by a driveway that made a loop with the main driveway. This
loop provided an easy exit when leaving. On these terraced lawns
Grandfather Ayer had hugh buckeye trees. At the end of the second
terraced lawn in front of the house was a sharp drop to the railroad that
came up the mountain from Cumberland, Md. Being on a steep grade, the
trains moved along very slowly, and the Ayer children would sit there for
hours waiting to get a chance to wave at the Engineers and to watch the
train cars move along, then wave to the conductor in the caboose as it
went on its' merry way. The total land that went with the house was
about 20 acres, situated below the town of Frostburg. Wayne recalls
sitting for hours in his Grandfathers '34 Chevy pretending he was driving
someplace - pushing on the clutch, shifting gears etc. while the car was
parked in the garage. During the winter of 1939/40 Wayne spent a couple
of weeks in the Frostburg hospital for badly infected ears. His fond
memory of that stay was an old gentleman who asked if he could have
Wayne's "nervous dessert" - meaning his jello. A part of this farm
consisted of a steep hill down to a meadow at the bottom. The path
leading down the hill from the house was "switch-backed". Wayne and his
sisters and brother would play for hours on this path pretending they
were cars going up and down a mountain. After moving from Frostburg with
his parents, Wayne and his siblings, during the summer months(Summer of
1941, 1942, and 1943) would return to spend several weeks with their
Grandfather and Grandmother Ayer. Sometimes they would ride the coach
cars of the day, pulled up and down the mountains by coal stoked steam
engines, on the B&O railroad. They would get on in Grafton, WV and ride
the rails to Piedmont, WV/Md. Their Grandparents would pick them up
there in the 1934 Chevrolet, and Wayne remembers hardly being able to
wait to get off the train and in that old car to ride the distance to
Frostburg, Md. (about 25 miles or so).
In 1940 Wayne's father got employment and moved his family to a
small farm on Old Rt 50 about 2 miles East of Grafton, WV. His father
went to Pittsburg, Pa, and purchased a 1932 Chevrolet off of a junk yard
for $30.00 and drove it back to Grafton. He put a set of Sears & Roebuck
tires on it, and used this car to commute, on a periodic basis, from his
employment in Bluefield, WV to Grafton, a distance of about 170 miles as
the crow flies. ( NOTE: Samuel Blake drove this car until 1948, making
the bare maintenance necessary, then sold it to his nephew for $90.00,
who drove it from WV to Bangor ME during the winter, without a drivers
window and only one working brake - in those days automobile brakes were
mechanical. This is also the car that Wayne and his brother Eugene used
to learn to drive.) Wayne remembers that it was winter and lots of snow
(probably the winter of l940/41), when his Father drove home from
Bluefield and remembers him getting home very late at night. His father
was nearly frozen. Immagine, probably 10 to 12 hours driving in snow,
with temperature close to zero, and no heater in the car. He was wearing
a sheep-skin coat so his upper body wasn't too cold. It was while they
were living here that Wayne began first grade at Blueville in September
1940. This was about 2 miles from his home. In the mornings he and his
siblings would walk to New Rt 50 and catch the bus there. Back then even
first graders went to school until 3:30. Weather permitting, after
school the children would walk home along Old Rt 50 and stop at their
Great Aunt Agie Whittman's house for milk and cookies.
In 1942, the family moved to a farm just inside of the Preston Co.
line and the children went to school in Fellowsville. One vivid
recollection while living here comes to mind. WWII had just begun and
US Rt 50 was declared a War Highway, meaning that military vehicles had
priority useage. Civilians waited for a break in the convoy, then pulled
onto the road, most likely between vehicles of the same convoy. Wayne
would sit on a road bank for hours and wave to the GI's as they headed
off to war. Since most of these convoys were moving eastward, they were
probably going to Europe. At about 5 o'clock each evening Wayne and
sometimes his siblings would meet their father at the driveway gate.
More likely than not their fathers car (a 1932 Chevy) would be
intermingled with the military vehicles and he would just pull out of the
convoy at their driveway gate. The driveway wound upward to the left
about 200 yards in length, with another gate in that distance to open and
close. So it was real handy for his father to have someone riding on the
running board to attend to the gates. The children walked about a
quarter of mile to the bus stop. The bus stop was a cafe/grocery store
located in a sharp curve on US Rt 50, between Maple Run and Evansville,
WV. One winter just before Christmas, a delivery truck failed to
negotiate this curve and flipped onto its' left side, spilling candies
everwhere. Most of it was what was called "hard tack" candy. Back then
this type candy wasn't wrapped, so it got pretty dirty. But that didn't
stop the children, getting off of the bus that evening, from sacking up
as much of the candy as they could. That was the candy they had for that
Christmas. It was while living here that a part collie, part shepherd
pup came into the family. He was mostly black with some white on him.
They named him Shep and he was a great playmate. Also Wayne's brother,
Gene, found an injured crow, which they kept around (it couldn't fly
well) and Wayne's parents told of the sight of three children, Wayne, and
his two sisters, heading out along a path on the farm followed by Shep's
mother, Shep, and "Joe Crow" purched on the mother dogs' tail.
In 1943 the family moved to a farm at the foot of Luewellen Hill,
about half way between Grafton and Knottsville WV on the Knottsville
pike. Here, there were lots of chores for Wayne and his siblings.
There were cows, horses, chickens, and pigs to feed twice a day. The
cows had to be hand milked twice a day, and this is where Wayne learned
to milk a cow. It wasn't easy at first, but soon he could grab all for
nipples at once and fill a 2 gal bucket in no time. Also there was
usually a cat milling around during milking time, that loved to be
squirted in the face with some milk, so Wayne learned to aim pretty well
while accommodating the cat. The barn where the cows were milked had a
hay loft, and Wayne would form the hay such that it created a nice slide
from the loft down to the mangers where the cows ate. The dog Shep, was
pretty good about helping to herd the cows in during milking time. The
horse was named "Bob". He was a "plough" horse with huge hooves, and he
was about 6' high at his back. A very strong animal and only about 2
years old, when Wayne's father got him. Once Wayne's father was
attempting to curry Bob's tail and this must have annoyed the animal,
because the animal kicked backward with both feet and caught Blake in the
chest, breaking some ribs. Caution was used henceforth when manuvering
behind that horse. Bob was "skittish", and once Wayne's brother Gene had
the horse hitched up to a homemade drag and was dragging the corn field
which was situated up on the side of the hill. A clump of dirt spooked
the horse and he took off with the drag and Gene on it and he headed down
off of that hill. Wayne's brother let got of the reins and jumped off
just before Bob jumped, clearing a barbed wire fence with the drag in
tow, and ran to the bottom of the hill and part way up on the other
side. It was shortly after that when Wayne's father bought a 1929 Ford
truck from a neighbor who lived about 3 miles away. He pulled the truck
home with a couple of horses, and commenced making a tractor out of it.
Blake got the motor running, shortened the wheel base, devised a "take
off" at the drive shaft, and fashioned a hydrolic lift on the rear to
which he could attach a plough. He then took a cutter bar off of a horse
drawn mowing machine and attached it to the take off. Using pulleys for
leverage he attached one end of a cable to the end of the cutter bar and
the other end to a lever near the drivers seat. This was used for
lowering and lifting the bar. That old tractor did most of the work on
the farm from then on and "Bob" was put out to pasture. One night
Wayne's Dad was trying to get the rest of a field cut with the tractor
and encountered some problem with the power belt on the cutter bar.
Wayne was working with him that night(they had headlights on the
tractor), and was holding the bar up while his Father straightened out
the belt and reattached it. Wayne didn't realize that his middle finger
was between one of the cutter bar teeth, and the blade his Father was
holding slipped, fell downward and snipped off the end of Waynes finger.
There was more blood than there was injury, but Blake rushed his son off
to a Dr, who put some purple colored, foul smelling healing ointment on
the finger and bandaged it. The finger healed well. Wayne and his
siblings always looked forward to winter and the snows. Luewellen Hill is
about 2 miles in length, with one or two sharp curves and fairly steep.
Knottsville road was, in those days of the early 1940's, just wide enough
for two cars to pass, if the cars were those of the 1930's. Usually on
winter nights when the sky was clear and there was a bright moon, the
children of the neighborhood, would wait along side of the road at the
foot of the Hill and as a car came past (slowly) one would hoop their
sled tow rope over the rear bumper of the car and board his sled. Then
the rest would board theirs ( the sleds having been tied together
earlier). Unaware by the driver (or so they thought) they would get a
free ride to the top. The lead sled would swing the hoop off of the
bumper, they would untie their sleds and down the hill they came, "belly
buster" usually. The Bartlett family lived on a farm about half way up
the Hill, and one of the brothers (they were older than most of the
children) would start a bond fire at the entrance to their driveway, (one
has to know that a driveway back then began at the main road and extended
a distance back into the farm, usually) so the sledders could stop and
get warm before sliding the rest of the Hill. At the bottom of the hill
was nearly a 90 degree curve and on the right side of the road was a
barbed wire fence.
One time Wayne, with his sister Patsy, laying on her stomach on top of
her brother, did not make this curve and were pealed off of the sled by
the barbed wire.

After graduating from HS, Wayne and a close HS friend, George Flohr,
drove in George's 1939 Green Chevy Coupe, first to Augusta, GA. They
applied for several jobs here, with unsuccessful results, so drove over
to Atlanta, GA, where they quickly found work at the C&H Air Condition
and Fan Company on Dekalb, Ave. While they worked here they resided at
the YMCA. Their quickly found job lasted for two weeks. Wayne was fired
for breaking too many drill press bits, and George quit because he was
mad that Wayne was fired. Between themselves they conjured up the idea
to join one of the branches of the Armed Services. They visited the Air
Force Recruiting Office, then the Navy Office, then the Marine Office,
and at each one were told that their quota had been filled for the Month
(July 1952). Hey guys, a War was raging in Korea. Give me a break. So
it was off to the Army Office. No problem here, they signed all the
preliminary papers, then waited a couple of days for birth verification
and a criminal background check. Those out of the way, then came the
physical exam and a battery of intelligence tests. For some reason,
George was not accepted, and Wayne left for Fort Jackson, SC that very
evening on a Greyhound bus, arriving at about midnight at the Fort.
Tents with wood sides and floors awaited with canvas Army cots, and a
sheet. Also some really good "chow". Good thing it was summer, he was
wearing only: a pair of jeans, T-shirt, and "Jesus" sandles.
At the start of basic training (16 weeks of heavy weapons infantry),
in C Btry 28th FA Bn, 8th Inf Div, Wayne weighed in at 120 lbs striped.
At the end of basic and some training at Ft Benning, GA, Wayne weighed a
solid 165 lbs. The Army made good on their promise to make him a soldier
in those 16 weeks, during the hot summer of 1952. Ft Jackson, SC is
located on several hundred square miles of land that consists of nothing
but pine trees and sand. He left Ft Jackson and headed for Airborne
Training at Fort Benning, GA in early November with a 30 day leave, which
he spent in Birmingham, Ala with his parents, who had moved there from
WV. Airborne Training was 3 weeks, but interupted with Christmas 1952.
The last week of airborne training took place in early January 1953.
Wayne went back to WV on this break to visit his HS sweetheart (Cecilia
Flaherty) and to see his Grandmother Myrtle. He stayed with his Grandma,
in Grafton. Cecilia lived over near Bridgeport , some 20 miles away, but
she could drive he father's 1941 Ford sedan. It was on the 1st of
January that Wayne headed back to Fort Benning. He had to be there by
midnight on January 2d. or be counted as AWOL.
The morning of Jan 1st, 1953 came at 4 a.m. for Wayne, the
temperature was barely above zero, with snow and ice everywhere, and
Wayne was traveling on his "thumb" wearing his Army uniform with "horse
blanket" full length coat and carrying his duffle bag. Cecilia's father
let him out along US Rt 119 South in Bridgeport WV, on his way to his job
at a coal mine. A series of 5 mile-long rides put Wayne in the middle
of the state of WV by mid afternoon. Obviously he was going to be AWOL
if he didn't make a decision soon. His last ride let him off at an
intersection of an East-West highway, perhaps it was US Rt 66. Anyway
the first car that came along picked him up and took him to a desolate
intersection where one branch lead to Wash, DC (where the driver was
going), and one lead to Richmond, VA. Wayne decided that Richmond was
where he wanted to go. It was now dark and about 9 or 10 pm and pouring
down rain. The first lights to come along was a man, his wife and 2 or 3
children driving a mid-1930's sedan. They picked Wayne up and took him
into Richmond, where he got a Hotel. By 7 am the next day (Jan 2d),
Wayne was "hoofing" along one of Richmond's streets heading for the City
Limits where he could legally hitch hike. At about 9 am or so, Wayne
stuck up his thump and the lone occupant of a 1937 Olds picked him up.
Well, the good Lord was certainly looking after Wayne that day. The lone
driver was a 2d Lt on his way back from Christmas vacation in NY and
heading for, none other than, Ft Benning, GA. The Lt and Wayne drove up
to the Gate of Ft Benning at about 5 minutes before midnight and so that
Wayne would not be counted as AWOL, the Lt called Wayne's unit,
identified himself to the Charge of Quarters (CQ) and advised him that
Wayne was on Post and would be delivered to his barracks by the Lt, so do
not count him AWOL.
After completing his 5 qualifying jumps from a perfectly good
airplane, Wayne was shipped out to Ft Bragg, NC and the 82d Abn Div,
where he was mustered up as an MP. After a short stint of patrolling the
streets of Fayetteville with a civilian policeman, Wayne talked his Sgt
into letting him be a desk clerk at City Hall. The Sgt gave him an
ultimatum, be able to type within 2 weeks or back out on the street.
Wayne became a desk clerk, together with two other guys, one named Nick
Morales from Uvalde, Tx, and the other Gerald Berry from Salida, CO.
(Note: Wayne and Gerald, have kept in touch now for the past 43 years.)
There were two other GI's in the group of MP's who administered business
in Fayetteville in those days concerning soldiers. One named Willis
Tenney from NY was the City Court Recorder, and Sam Atcherley, from
Hawaii, was the County Court Recorder. They were self-styled the "Rat
Pack" and were fairly unattached from the normal regimen that goes on
around military posts. They did their duty, kept their noses clean and
things went along smoothly. I guess the best way to put it, in those
days if a soldier accepted responsibility, and showed themselves
responsible, the Officers made themselves scarce. The supervisor of the
"pack" was an old crusty Sergeant First Class with over 37 years of
service.

From Ft Bragg, Wayne went on to complete a 20 year career in the Army,
which took him to Japan twice, Korea once, Okinawa once, and to Vietnam
once. He served in Vietnam in 1968 and was there during that years' Tet
Offensive . He served in 5 campaigns during that year. He advanced
through the enlisted ranks to Sergeant First Class, was commissioned a
Second Lieutenant in 1958 in the Army Reserves (but remained on active
duty as an SFC), was called to active duty in 1961 as a 2d Lt, promoted
to 1st Lt a year later, then to Captain while he was on Okinawa,in 1964,
and to Major while in Vietnam in 1968. Wayne retired at Fort Bliss,
Texas on July 31, 1972 and, at the age of 38, started his college
studies at UT El Paso in September of that year. He received his BS in
Elem Education and his teachers certificate in December 1975 and his
Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction in May 1979. Wayne taught
middle school in El Paso for 15 years. He bought 5 years retirement
based on his military experience and retired for the second time at the
end of the 1989-1990 school year. After this retirement he taught part
time at the Univ of Texas at El Paso in the School of Eduction
(1993-1995).
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BUCKWHEAT CAKES (RAISED)

1 envelope dry yeast 1/4c flour

1/2 tsp salt 1-1/2 c
buckwheat

2 c sweet milk 1/2 tsp sugar
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Dissolve yeast in milk which has been scalded and cooled to luke
warm.

Add dry ingredients and beat until smooth.

Cover and let rise in warm place overnight.
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Just before baking cakes remove 1/2 cup of batter and set aside for
starter of next batter.

Dissolve 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tbsp sugar in 1/4 cup like warm
water and add to batter

Then bake on lightly greased griddle. (CAUTION: do not save any of
left over batter, use only starter and repeat as before. If cakes taste
a bit too sour increase the amount of soda.

NOTE: This is the recipe of Ila Beatrice (Ankrom) Ayer, b. November 2,
1902 in Alma, WV. She was the mother of William Wayne Ayer b. March 6,
1934. The original recipe, written in her hand, (together with a story
about buckwheat, given to William by his sister Betty Lou (Ayer)
Robinson, b. May 8, 1932), is enclosed behind the picture of her and her
husband, Samuel Blake Ayer Jr, b June 19, 1906, father of William, who on
September 17, 1997 has the picture hanging near the mantle in the home
owned by him and his wife Jessie Elizabeth (Nardin) Ayer, b. January 21,
1948, the home being located at 7300 Wildcat Drive, Canutillo, Texas.
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Parents: Samuel Blake AYER and Ila Beatrice ANKROM.

He was married to Kazuko TANAKA on 4 May 1956 in Fukuoka, Japan. Children were: Karl William MD AYER, Kevin Wayne (Major USAF) AYER .

He was married to Peggy Elizabeth ARMSTRONG on 5 Jul 1975 in Carlsbad Caverns, NM.

He was married to Jessie Elizabeth NARDIN on 21 Jan 1984 in El Paso, Texas.

bullet Anna BABCOCK has Ancestral File number 9P8T-JR.

She was married to Elder Joseph CLARK in 1717 in Westerly, Wash., RI. She was sealed to spouse on 14 Oct 1975.

bullet Anna BABCOCK has Ancestral File number 16V3-FJ3.

She was married to Elder Joseph CLARK about 1720.

bullet Anna BABCOCK has Ancestral File number 1XV9-C8F.

She was married to Joseph CLARKE in 1717 in Westerly, Wash., RI. She was sealed to spouse on 17 Sep 1864.

bullet Elisabeth BABCOCK was born about 1695 in <Shrewsbury, Monmouth, Nj>. She has Ancestral File number 1W78-KV1.

Children were: William BRAND Jr..

bulletElizabeth BABCOCK has Ancestral File number 9P8V-QX.

She was married to Elder Thomas CLARK in 1709/10 in Westerly, Washington, RI. She was sealed to spouse on 14 Mar 1955 in the Salt Lake LDS temple.

bullet Elizabeth BABCOCK has Ancestral File number 1VBV-FLD.

bulletOliver BABCOCK has Ancestral File number ZSGJ-J2.

He was married to Susannah CLARKE in Jan 1704/5 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island. He was sealed to spouse on 14 Mar 1955 in the Salt Lake LDS temple.

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