And then there were...

Abel and Hannah Sellers Larison were married around 1860. Since Hannah was 25 years younger than Abel there is a chance that there was an earlier wife, but at this time I haven't located a previous marriage.

Abel and Hannah had seven children. Four sons, three daughters.

There should be lots of branches and new twigs on this tree.

All I have to do is look at how many of us are a direct result of their son, George, marrying Addie. Yes, George and Addie only had two daughters. One of them my grandmother. But between their two daughter, George and Addie had eleven grandchildren. Ten grandsons and one granddaughter. One of their grandsons was my father. Imagine how many more grandchildren they would have had if my grandmother hadn't died at age 25.

My goal when I went to LeRoy, Kansas was to find the rest of our Larison family. Those who have passed on and those who are still living.

The sons. Four sons. That should mean a lot of grandchildren for Abel and Hannah. Out of those four sons, one died at the age of 21 years, unmarried and childless. Two remained single for the rest of their long lives.

George, my great grandfather, was the only son of theirs who married.

Would I have better luck with my great grandfather's sisters? Yes and no.

All three sisters did marry. Pauline and her husband had one daughter, Edna. Edna had two daughters of her own.

It's possible that Iris, Pauline's eldest daughter, had children, but not probable, since there's only mention of her husband's children from his first marriage. My hope is on Norma. When her husband joined the military during WWII he listed that he was separated with dependents. I haven't found those dependents, but I shall look for them.

The next sister of George's is Annie. She married and had two sons. The obituary for her eldest son mentions a wife, but no children. I have not found any children for her youngest son either. A wife, yes. But not any children.

Last, is Kate, she married and either divorced or was a widow. Different Federal Census say she was divorced and another one states that she was a widow. Kate and her husband had one daughter. At the time of Kate's death, her daughter was still unmarried and in her 50s. Very little chance of her having had any children.

What does that mean?

It means, unless I find children for Norma, the only line continuing the Larison blood from Abel and Hannah are the two daughters that George and Addie had.

And then there were...just us. The direct descendants of Ruth Naomi Larison and Thelma Marie Larison.