Morgan Letters: 6 Aug. 1945

This first letter is from Ellice Smith Morgan to Grover Morgan's family in Louisiana at Esler Field in Alexandria, LA. In the letter, she discusses the flood "down Prenter way", Paul Morgan's hopes for getting home and the possibility of Garner Morgan going in the military. She also talks about the McGlothlins who are Paul's in-laws. Janice McGlothin Morgan is pictured above with Davis Morgan.

Ellice Smith Morgan, Grover Morgan, Janice McGlothlin Morgan, 1943

Below is a letter written by H. B. Morgan also on Aug. 6th. He lived most of the week in Prenter where he worked while his wife lived in Princeton on "the farm". So, they didn't really know that the other was writing on the same day. He, also, talks about the weather, the crops and the possibility of Garner going into the military.

More unknown Reiter/Long photos

I wish I knew more about the photo above---it looks so interesting. But, I have only two clues---one is the crease across the top like it was folded to put in an envelope and the other what is written on the back. Possibly someone can recognize the location or some of the people in the photos. Double click to make the photo larger, then use the arrow to come back to this page

The woman and children below could be the same ones that I grouped together in the previous post on Louis Reiter family. I think this is 3 of the daughters---the oldest one seems to be wearing a "middy" dress---not a mother-style. The hills look like the hills in the previous blog. So, I'm guessing they are Nina Reiter Beck, Gladys Reiter and Eloise Reiter.
I'm not sure of the following---they could just be friends in Jefferson County, Missouri of my grandfather Roy M. Long, or they could be family . . .
The photo above actually has a lot of good information---best is her name is written on the back (Mary M. Heffield), but I also recognize the photographer's name as being a De Soto photographer. I suspect she is one of Roy M. Long's many girlfriends, but that's another blog.

Louis H. Reiter Family

Again, I don't know who is in these photos, but I suspect that it's the Lana Wiley and Louis Reiter family---possibly in Montana, since the hills in the background don't have the rolling quality seen in Missouri. Plus, their ages look about right: Eloise Reiter a baby (1914); Nina Reiter 16 (b. 1898), Ina Mae Reiter 9 (b. 1905) and Gladys Reiter 6 (b.1908) with Lana holding the baby. But, please correct me if I'm wrong.
This above is the marriage announcement of Mae Reiter to Elmer Voth. Below is a note from Lana Reiter to "Aunt Mary". If this is Lana Wiley, I thought it was curious that she addressed the letter to her sister-in-law as "Aunt Mary," but then I recalled that Thomas H. Long's first wife was Celecy Wiley. After she died, he married Mary Reiter. If Lana was Celecy's neice, then she might have just been in the habit of calling her "Aunt Mary" because Mary was married to "Uncle Tom".But, it is also possible that one of Louis and Lana's children was a daughter named Lana Reiter that I didn't see in the census. Someone on Ancestry.com listed them as only having two daughters Lana and Nina. Obviously they missed a few daughters like Mae, Gladys and Eloise.

Reiter/Tyrey Children---names unknown

Unknown Children--Turn of the century

While at my sister's, I found a box of children's photos with no names on them. The blond child above looks a great deal like my nephew and grandson (see below). Mother always said they looked like Reiters. My grandson Davis

My nephew Doug

Since this photo and the one with the Ingalls were all together, I assumes they are all Reiters, but they could be of the Tyrey family, too. I know all of Mary Celecy Reiter's children, and don't think any are her children. Amanda Reiter Ingall's children were identified by my parents years ago, but some could be Ingalls. Annie Reiter Phenty and William Edward Reiter had no children, that I know of.Unknown Child--Turn of the century

Unknown Child--Turn of the century

So, these children are either Louis Reiter and Lana Wiley's children: Nina Reiter Beck (b. 1898); Mae Reiter Voth (b. 1905); Gladys Reiter De Roig (b. 1908) or Eloise Reiter (b. 1914). Or, they are from the Tyrey family. The girls below have been tentatively identified: Gladys Valle Cooper daughter of Albert and Alice Valle) and the other one is maybe Edna Valle (daughter of Lawrence and Estelle Valle) whose grandmother was a Tyrey. Click here for more information.

Unknown Child--Turn of the century

Or, they could be Frederick Reiter and Rose Bruns children: Louise Ellen Reiter Sutter (b. 1908); Ina Mae Reiter Pigg (b. 1911); Emmett Reiter (b. 1914); Clara Reiter Kolley (b. 1912).

Unknown Child--Turn of the century

Unknown Child--Turn of the century

Finally, one could be Elizabeth Reiter and William Clinton Manion's son Dewey Manion (b. 1898) who is, by the way a double cousin since his great-grandmother is related to me on the Long side (Susan Graham).Unknown Young man--Turn of the century

If anyone can correct the information above or can identify any of these children, I would apprecitate it. The one below is my dad LeRoy Harold Long---but, I think he also looks like the blond in the first photo.LeRoy Long @1919

The Ingalls Family

William Barber Ingalls (2nd from the left on the ground) and Amanda Reiter (right above the fence post, I think) had 5 children: Fred Arley (b. 1898); Dorothy (b. 1900), Gertrude (b. 1902), Dwight (b. 1904) and Walter (b. 1911).

While at my sister's house, I found a box of photos. The only ones that were identified were these from the Ingall's family.
L-R Dwight, Dorothy and Gertrude. Seated: Arley holding Walter. The one below is Walter with his sisters.And then, this one of Dorothy and Walter Ingalls
I have photos of several of them in 1928 at a Long Family Reunion:
According to my records the blond in the middle is Walter Ingalls (17 years old?)
Dorothy is holding Arley's oldest son Robert (who later became a Pan-Am pilot) and Gertrude is beside her. In the 1930 census Dorothy was married to Joseph Blackwell (see below) where he worked in the shoe factory in St. Louis. Living with Dorothy and Joseph were her sister Gertrude and brother Walter. Dorothy Ingalls Blackwell and Gertrude Ingalls were Bookkeepers at the Shoe Factory and Walter wasn't working. Dwight was also married (Virginia Kennedy) and living in St. Louis where he was a floor manager for a Dry Goods store. He had a son (Dwight A. Ingalls) born in 1929 (the child above looks like he was born in 1926-27)Joseph Blackwell is the man on the left. The man on the right is Arley Ingalls whom my father talked frequently about. Below are his draft records for World War I.