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• Clara Pauleine (Spurlock) Steinbruck tells us her great grandfatherwas
  John Langdon Chism, son of Jacob and Priscilla (Howard) Chism.  Jacoband
  Priscella were early settlers in Missouri coming from Kentucky.  Theywere
  farmers and he was a Baptist minister.  Their farm was west ofVersailles,
  Missouri and there was a family cemetery on their land, both Jacob and
  Priscilla were buried in this cemetery.  The cemetery was laterdestroyed
  and the stones from their graves were found thrown in a hollow, thepieces
  of these stones were later put into a momument at the VersaillesCemetery
  in their memory.
  
  When my mother and dad, Grace Darling (Clifton) Spurlock and PaulOliver
  Spurlock, lived in Topeka, Kansas they sent money back to have thecemetery
  fenced, so that it would be saved and not destroyed.  The man took the
  money and never fenced the cemetery.
  
  My great grandfather, John Langdon lived on the Jacob Chism farm.  My
  mother was born on the farm.  When my parents returned from living in
  Topeka, they bought a farm about five miles from the family homestead.
  This is were I grew up during my childhood.
  
  My grandparents were Samuel Pennebaker Clifton and Frances Grace(Chism)
  Clifton.  My grandmother died when my mother was 13 years old.  Shedied
  of what they termed "brain fever".
  
  I retired in 1991 after 32 years of employment.  Twenty-two of thoseyears
  were at Mabay/Miles Inc.
  
  My mother, Grace Darling (Clifton) Spurlock, died from a stroke,  My
  father, Paul Oliver Spurlock was also born in Versailles, Missouri.
  
  Clara Paulene was born in Topeka, Shawnee County Kansas.  She married
  Francis Steinbruck and they have three childred, Paula Ruth, James
  William, and June Anne.
  
• Clara Pauleine (Spurlock) Steinbruck tells us her great grandfatherwas
  John Langdon Chism, son of Jacob and Priscilla (Howard) Chism.  Jacoband
  Priscella were early settlers in Missouri coming from Kentucky.  Theywere
  farmers and he was a Baptist minister.  Their farm was west ofVersailles,
  Missouri and there was a family cemetery on their land, both Jacob and
  Priscilla were buried in this cemetery.  The cemetery was laterdestroyed
  and the stones from their graves were found thrown in a hollow, thepieces
  of these stones were later put into a momument at the VersaillesCemetery
  in their memory.
  
  When my mother and dad, Grace Darling (Clifton) Spurlock and PaulOliver
  Spurlock, lived in Topeka, Kansas they sent money back to have thecemetery
  fenced, so that it would be saved and not destroyed.  The man took the
  money and never fenced the cemetery.
  
  My great grandfather, John Langdon lived on the Jacob Chism farm.  My
  mother was born on the farm.  When my parents returned from living in
  Topeka, they bought a farm about five miles from the family homestead.
  This is were I grew up during my childhood.
  
  My grandparents were Samuel Pennebaker Clifton and Frances Grace(Chism)
  Clifton.  My grandmother died when my mother was 13 years old.  Shedied
  of what they termed "brain fever".
  
  I retired in 1991 after 32 years of employment.  Twenty-two of thoseyears
  were at Mabay/Miles Inc.
  
  My mother, Grace Darling (Clifton) Spurlock, died from a stroke,  My
  father, Paul Oliver Spurlock was also born in Versailles, Missouri.
  
  Clara Paulene was born in Topeka, Shawnee County Kansas.  She married
  Francis Steinbruck and they have three childred, Paula Ruth, James
  William, and June Anne.