Trella Marie Barnhisel (1904 - 1994)

Born 13 Dec 1904 in Akron, Fulton County, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Arvel Franklin Anderson — married 25 Dec 1924 in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1994 at age 89 in Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Trella Marie Barnhisel was born on 13 December 1904 in Akron, Fulton County, Indiana, United States. She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Barnhisel and Ruth Anna Morgan.^[1] During the 1910 census, she was living on a farm with her parents and sister in Perry Township, Miami County, Indiana.^[2]

Around 1915, her mother packed up the girls and moved into an apartment in South Bend, Indiana. Her father left the farm for a factory job, and during the next few years, they were divorced.^[3] By about March of 1919, her father disappeared without a trace, never to be heard from again.^[4] By 1920, she lived with her mother and sister in Henry Township, Akron, Fulton County, where her mother supported them by working as a seamstress. (Although the census record showed that Charles was the head of their household, this was untrue.)^[5]

When Trella was 20 she married William Arvel Franklin Anderson in Fulton County. They obtained a marriage license on 24 December 1924, and were married on Christmas Day in Rochester. Daniel S. Perry, Minister, officiated.^[6] Trella and Arvel had ten children -- eight sons and two daughters.^[7]

By 1930, they had three young children, and were renting a home at 1411 South Edith Street in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, where he worked as a Baptist Minister.^[8] Before 1936, the family moved to a home at 1028 East 16th Street in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas,^[9] and where they lived for several years.^[10] By the late 1940s they moved to Jefferson, Texas, and by the early 1950s were living in Waldo, Arkansas. In 1961, Arvel and Trella moved to Longton, Elk County, Kansas, where he was called to pastor a small church. They were provided a parsonage to live in, with a large yard for a garden.^[7] In 1968, they were persuaded to move to New York to live with their oldest son, but within a year they returned to the parsonage at Longton.^[7]

In September 1970, Arvel had a heart attack while tending his garden in Longton. He was rushed to the nearest hospital in Independence, Kansas, but died a few hours later.^[11] He was buried at Longton Cemetery.^[12] Trella soon moved to a former parsonage that she purchased in Independence, where she lived for many years.^[7]

Declining health finally forced her to leave her home, so she moved to a nursing home in Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma, near her youngest son Dan. She died there a year or two later at the age of 89, on 21 March 1994,^[13] and was buried beside Arvel in Longton Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Her marriage record shows she was born on 13 Dec 1903, but this appears to be in error. Everywhere else it is shown as 1904, which is what she herself used. Would need a birth certificate to verify.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 26 Jan 2021), household of Charles Barnhisel, Perry Township, Miami, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 7A, family 154, line 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 371; FHL microfilm 1,374,384

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   - Charles Barnhisel Head Male 34 Indiana

   - Anna Barnhisel Wife Female 34 Indiana

   - Trella Barnhisel Daughter Female 5 Indiana

   - Meriam Barnhisel Daughter Female 2 Indiana

3. ↑ As told by Trella Barnhisel Anderson to Joyce Rivette, various dates, personal recollections of her family.
4. ↑ Jean C. Tombaugh and Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Obituaries, The Rochester Sentinel, Volume 1920 (700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Indiana 46975-1538: Tombaugh House, 1998); news article pub. 15 May 1920, Charles Barnhisel, article mentioned he left suddenly in March 1919 and family had "about given up hope that he will ever be heard from again."
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch : 3 Jan 2021), household of Charles Barnhisel, Henry Township, Akron, Ward 3, Fulton County, Indiana; citing ED 65, sheet 18A, family 296, line 12, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), roll 432; FHL microfilm 1,820,432

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   - Charles Barnhisel Head Male 44 Indiana

   - Anna Barnhisel Wife Female 44 Indiana

   - Trella Barnhisel Daughter Female 15 Indiana

   - Marriam Barnhisel Daughter Female 12 Indiana

6. ↑ FamilySearch, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images (familysearch.org : 10 December 2017), Arvel Franklin Anderson and Trella Marie Barnhisel, 25 Dec 1924; citing Fulton, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, vol. 1 (1924-1931), page 208, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 1,871,214
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Personal family knowledge, Joyce Rivette
8. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Neosho County, KS, population schedule (digital image), accessed 02 Feb 2012; citing National Archives micropublication T626; Chanute City, 4th Ward, Tioga Township, ED 67-10, sheet 7A, 1411 South Edith St., family 170, household of Arvel F Anderson.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, "http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995]," image viewed 3 Nov 2012; citing 1936 Polk's Pittsburg (Crawford County, Kans.) City Directory (Kansas City, MO: R. L. Polk & Co., 1936), p. 34; Anderson Arvel F (Trella M).
10. ↑ 1940 U.S. Census, Crawford County, KS, population schedule (digital image), accessed 5 Jun 2014; Baker township, Pittsburg, Ward 4, ED 19-23, Sheet 16B, 1028 East Sixteenth, household 423, line 48, household of Arvel Anderson.
11. ↑ Social Security Death Index, viewed on Ancestry.com; Arvel Anderson, SS#512-05-7909, born 2 Jan 1896, died Sep 1970, last residence 67352 Longton, Elk, Kansas.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 01 April 2020), memorial page for Rev Arvel Franklin Anderson, Sr (2 Jan 1896–7 Sep 1970), Find A Grave: Memorial #6718531, citing Longton Cemetery, Longton, Elk County, Kansas, USA, maintained by Michael S. Anderson (contributor 46549024)
13. ↑ Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, SS#513-09-7149.