Photo: Lambertson and Beals

Cora Beals, Pearl Lambertson, Charles Lambertson

The backside of this photograph says "Mom & Dad and Cora Beals".  Charles and Pearl (BEALS) LAMBERTSON were my 2nd-great grandparents.  I do not know who Cora BEALS was.  This photo was part of the collection of my cousin Mike Walsh.


There was a Dora Beals, wife of John Franklin Beals - who was Pearl's aunt.  I'm wondering if that is who this picture actually is.  This Dora was born 1871. Pearl was born in 1878 and Charles in 1872.  If I had to lay money on it, I think that this photo was mislabeled.

LeMaster Families, 1949 Portland, Indiana Directory Listings

Portland Indiana Con-Survey City Directory, 1949. Columbus, Ohio: The Mullin-Kille & Son Publishing Co., Inc., 1949

This is a scan of the page from the 1949 directory of Portland, Jay County, Indiana that contained listings of the LeMASTER family.  I retrieved this on my last visit to the Jay County Public Library.

LeMaster Chesley F (Clara L) carp Chas L Sanders & Son h 609 W High

LeMaster Dale W (Grace C) 1 bodymn Minch Body Co h 609 1/2 W High

LeMaster Donald C (Luella M) 3 h 1100 W Arch

LeMaster Garth L (Ora L) 2 clk Kroger Co h 234 W Votaw

LeMaster Mary M opr United Tel Co r 716 W Arch

LeMaster Ord W (Ruth P) 4 fcty h 1107 W Water

This is the earliest directory listing I've found so far with my grandparents, Ord and Ruth LeMASTER, living in the house on Water Street in Portland.

Sunday's Obituary : Bertha A. Hercules (1892-1962)

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, January 2, 1962, page 1.

SALAMONIA NATIVE DIES


Mrs. Bertha A. Hercules, 69, died Saturday night at her home in Richmond, apparently as the result of a heart attack.


Mrs. Hercules was the daughter of Luman and Barbara LeMaster, Salamonia.  In addition to her immediate family, she is survived by three sisters and seven brothers including five who live in the area.  They are Ord W. LeMaster, Portland; Clarence H., Gerald W., and John L. LeMaster, all of Salamonia; and Floyd LeMaster, Union City.


Immediate survivors are the husband, Russell J. Hercules, who with his wife owned and operated Hercules Builders Supplies, Richmond; also a daughter, Mrs. William Spears, Eaton, and a son, Murvel, Williamsburg.


Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Jones and [?]lacke Funeral Home, Richmond.  Burial will be in Salamonia.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.


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