David LeRoy Stratton was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 23 Sept 1899. In 1917 he moved to Aberdeen where he farmed his entire life. LeRoy never married.
Clara Stratton Hayes moved with her small son (Ralph Myrt Hayes) to Aberdeen, Idaho, after the death of her husband of 15 months (Ralph Phipps Hayes), where she made her home with her brother, Leroy Stratton. Their parents also lived with LeRoy until their deaths (1920 and 1925). Clara never remarried. LeRoy was the "dad" and "grandpa" for Clara's child and grandchildren.
In 1923, when Clara's only child, Ralph, was 5 years old, her sister, Mary, came to visit the family in Aberdeen. Mary was married to Clive Grant Draper in May 1916 and lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She brought her youngest child, Beth, with her for the visit and left the older children in Pleasant Grove with their father. Beth was not yet 2 years old.
Mary was upset because her husband, Clive, was having an affair with Arva Lottie Hatt who would many years later become Beth's mother-in-law upon her marriage to Don Hatt. Mary was expecting a baby at the time. On the train trip home, toxemia set in, and Mary died.
LeRoy Stratton traveled to the train station and brought Beth back to Aberdeen. When Clive came to get Beth, Roy met him with a gun and warned him never to return. Beth was raised like a daughter along with Clara's son, Ralph. Beth's life was much better than her siblings who remained with their father.
From The Aberdeen Times 1959
Neighbors Cooperate to Harvest Stratton Beets
Last week the entire community was shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Roy Stratton, who passed away at his home last Wednesday [14 Oct 1959]. Mr. Stratton, a pioneer farmer in Aberdeen, was in the process of harvesting his crop and at the time of his death had eleven and one-half acres of beets still in the ground.
Monday morning the 19th, a group of friends and neighbors showed up at the Stratton farm with six beet toppers, seven trucks and in 5 and ½ hours had completed the beet harvest. Ladies of the community, Mrs. Eva Stoker, Mrs. Ione Phillips, Mrs. Ruth Anne Phillips and Mrs. Pearl Slaugh, provided food for those working, and the Circle M Café provided coffee and donuts for the group.
Present or sending equipment to complete the job were Ted Banman, Joe Reynolds, Alfred Mayer, Lowell Thornley, Jack Slaugh, Clifford Wride, Ed Phillips, Art Phillips, Ralph Kendell, William Kendell, Thede Wren, Ronald Bowman, Frank Slaugh, Bill Slaugh, John Larson, Ferd Dalke, Gordon Toevs, J.W. Vanderford, Leland Clinger, and Max Stoker.
Clara Stratton Hayes moved with her small son (Ralph Myrt Hayes) to Aberdeen, Idaho, after the death of her husband of 15 months (Ralph Phipps Hayes), where she made her home with her brother, Leroy Stratton. Their parents also lived with LeRoy until their deaths (1920 and 1925). Clara never remarried. LeRoy was the "dad" and "grandpa" for Clara's child and grandchildren.
In 1923, when Clara's only child, Ralph, was 5 years old, her sister, Mary, came to visit the family in Aberdeen. Mary was married to Clive Grant Draper in May 1916 and lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She brought her youngest child, Beth, with her for the visit and left the older children in Pleasant Grove with their father. Beth was not yet 2 years old.
Mary was upset because her husband, Clive, was having an affair with Arva Lottie Hatt who would many years later become Beth's mother-in-law upon her marriage to Don Hatt. Mary was expecting a baby at the time. On the train trip home, toxemia set in, and Mary died.
LeRoy Stratton traveled to the train station and brought Beth back to Aberdeen. When Clive came to get Beth, Roy met him with a gun and warned him never to return. Beth was raised like a daughter along with Clara's son, Ralph. Beth's life was much better than her siblings who remained with their father.
From The Aberdeen Times 1959
Neighbors Cooperate to Harvest Stratton Beets
Last week the entire community was shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Roy Stratton, who passed away at his home last Wednesday [14 Oct 1959]. Mr. Stratton, a pioneer farmer in Aberdeen, was in the process of harvesting his crop and at the time of his death had eleven and one-half acres of beets still in the ground.
Monday morning the 19th, a group of friends and neighbors showed up at the Stratton farm with six beet toppers, seven trucks and in 5 and ½ hours had completed the beet harvest. Ladies of the community, Mrs. Eva Stoker, Mrs. Ione Phillips, Mrs. Ruth Anne Phillips and Mrs. Pearl Slaugh, provided food for those working, and the Circle M Café provided coffee and donuts for the group.
Present or sending equipment to complete the job were Ted Banman, Joe Reynolds, Alfred Mayer, Lowell Thornley, Jack Slaugh, Clifford Wride, Ed Phillips, Art Phillips, Ralph Kendell, William Kendell, Thede Wren, Ronald Bowman, Frank Slaugh, Bill Slaugh, John Larson, Ferd Dalke, Gordon Toevs, J.W. Vanderford, Leland Clinger, and Max Stoker.
David LeRoy Stratton was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 23 Sept 1899. In 1917 he moved to Aberdeen where he farmed his entire life. LeRoy never married.
Clara Stratton Hayes moved with her small son (Ralph Myrt Hayes) to Aberdeen, Idaho, after the death of her husband of 15 months (Ralph Phipps Hayes), where she made her home with her brother, Leroy Stratton. Their parents also lived with LeRoy until their deaths (1920 and 1925). Clara never remarried. LeRoy was the "dad" and "grandpa" for Clara's child and grandchildren.
In 1923, when Clara's only child, Ralph, was 5 years old, her sister, Mary, came to visit the family in Aberdeen. Mary was married to Clive Grant Draper in May 1916 and lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She brought her youngest child, Beth, with her for the visit and left the older children in Pleasant Grove with their father. Beth was not yet 2 years old.
Mary was upset because her husband, Clive, was having an affair with Arva Lottie Hatt who would many years later become Beth's mother-in-law upon her marriage to Don Hatt. Mary was expecting a baby at the time. On the train trip home, toxemia set in, and Mary died.
LeRoy Stratton traveled to the train station and brought Beth back to Aberdeen. When Clive came to get Beth, Roy met him with a gun and warned him never to return. Beth was raised like a daughter along with Clara's son, Ralph. Beth's life was much better than her siblings who remained with their father.
From The Aberdeen Times 1959
Neighbors Cooperate to Harvest Stratton Beets
Last week the entire community was shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Roy Stratton, who passed away at his home last Wednesday [14 Oct 1959]. Mr. Stratton, a pioneer farmer in Aberdeen, was in the process of harvesting his crop and at the time of his death had eleven and one-half acres of beets still in the ground.
Monday morning the 19th, a group of friends and neighbors showed up at the Stratton farm with six beet toppers, seven trucks and in 5 and ½ hours had completed the beet harvest. Ladies of the community, Mrs. Eva Stoker, Mrs. Ione Phillips, Mrs. Ruth Anne Phillips and Mrs. Pearl Slaugh, provided food for those working, and the Circle M Café provided coffee and donuts for the group.
Present or sending equipment to complete the job were Ted Banman, Joe Reynolds, Alfred Mayer, Lowell Thornley, Jack Slaugh, Clifford Wride, Ed Phillips, Art Phillips, Ralph Kendell, William Kendell, Thede Wren, Ronald Bowman, Frank Slaugh, Bill Slaugh, John Larson, Ferd Dalke, Gordon Toevs, J.W. Vanderford, Leland Clinger, and Max Stoker.
Clara Stratton Hayes moved with her small son (Ralph Myrt Hayes) to Aberdeen, Idaho, after the death of her husband of 15 months (Ralph Phipps Hayes), where she made her home with her brother, Leroy Stratton. Their parents also lived with LeRoy until their deaths (1920 and 1925). Clara never remarried. LeRoy was the "dad" and "grandpa" for Clara's child and grandchildren.
In 1923, when Clara's only child, Ralph, was 5 years old, her sister, Mary, came to visit the family in Aberdeen. Mary was married to Clive Grant Draper in May 1916 and lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She brought her youngest child, Beth, with her for the visit and left the older children in Pleasant Grove with their father. Beth was not yet 2 years old.
Mary was upset because her husband, Clive, was having an affair with Arva Lottie Hatt who would many years later become Beth's mother-in-law upon her marriage to Don Hatt. Mary was expecting a baby at the time. On the train trip home, toxemia set in, and Mary died.
LeRoy Stratton traveled to the train station and brought Beth back to Aberdeen. When Clive came to get Beth, Roy met him with a gun and warned him never to return. Beth was raised like a daughter along with Clara's son, Ralph. Beth's life was much better than her siblings who remained with their father.
From The Aberdeen Times 1959
Neighbors Cooperate to Harvest Stratton Beets
Last week the entire community was shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Roy Stratton, who passed away at his home last Wednesday [14 Oct 1959]. Mr. Stratton, a pioneer farmer in Aberdeen, was in the process of harvesting his crop and at the time of his death had eleven and one-half acres of beets still in the ground.
Monday morning the 19th, a group of friends and neighbors showed up at the Stratton farm with six beet toppers, seven trucks and in 5 and ½ hours had completed the beet harvest. Ladies of the community, Mrs. Eva Stoker, Mrs. Ione Phillips, Mrs. Ruth Anne Phillips and Mrs. Pearl Slaugh, provided food for those working, and the Circle M Café provided coffee and donuts for the group.
Present or sending equipment to complete the job were Ted Banman, Joe Reynolds, Alfred Mayer, Lowell Thornley, Jack Slaugh, Clifford Wride, Ed Phillips, Art Phillips, Ralph Kendell, William Kendell, Thede Wren, Ronald Bowman, Frank Slaugh, Bill Slaugh, John Larson, Ferd Dalke, Gordon Toevs, J.W. Vanderford, Leland Clinger, and Max Stoker.
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