Orville was the son of Henry Otto Parsley and Sarah Ethel Hughes, who married three days before Christmas on 22 Dec 1906 in Monroe County, Indiana. They welcomed the first of their six children, daughter Lucille Belle, on 14 Mar 1908. Son Leonidas followed on 19 Mar 1910. The four of them appeared together on the 1910 Census, living in Walker, Rush Co., Indiana, where Otto, aged 26, was doing farm labor. Sarah, aged 22, reported that she had had two children and that both had survived to that census. Home with her were Lucille, aged 2, and Leonidas, aged 1 month.
Two years later, son Orville Glen joined the family in 1912, followed by daughter Opal Marie on 2 Sep 1914, and son Ralph Emerson on 10 Oct 1917.
On his 12 Sep 1918 WWI registration card, Otto, aged 35, reported his address as 2510 Columbia, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. He indicated he was employed as a motor assembler by Lyons Atlas Company. He was described as tall and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair. He also reported that he was blind in his left eye. He gave wife Ethel as his contact person.
By the 1920 Census, the family had moved to Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana and were living in a residence on Fick Creek Road. Otto, aged 36, gave laborer as his occupation. Ethel, aged 32, was keeping house. Home with their mother were Lucille, aged 11, Leonidas, aged 8, Orville, aged 7, Opal, aged 5, and Ralph, aged 2.
By the 1930 Census, Orville’s family had moved back to Indianapolis. Otto, aged 46, was working as a carpenter doing contracting work. Ethel, aged 42, was keeping house. Still at home with their parents were Opal, aged 15, Ralph, aged 12, and Robert, who had joined the family the year before, aged 11 months. Daughter Lucille had married first husband Leo A. Monumal on 27 Aug 1927 in Brown Co., Indiana. (She would later marry Charles H. Downie.) Son Leonidas appears to have gotten himself into a bit of trouble and was among the prisoners at the Indiana Reformatory in Fall Creek, Indiana. Also living with the family in 1930 were two lodgers--34-year-old Virgil Carter, who was working as a machinist in a factory, and 24-year-old Swede Axel Wilstrom, working as a chauffeur for a private family. Orville wasn’t listed living with his parents and siblings, and I couldn’t find him elsewhere, though I suspect he was still living in the Plymouth area.
That 1930 Census was enumerated on 17 Apr. Sadly, a little over a month later. Orville’s sister Opal died on 23 May 1930, victim of a diabetic coma. She was only 15 years old. Orville’s brother Leonidas was released from the Indiana Reformatory and on 4 Jul 1932, he married first wife Virginia Miller in Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana.
Love was in the air and Orville’s eye was caught by Mable Almarie Davis. They both narrowly escaped serious injuries on an outing with their families in the fall of 1934. (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Tue 28 Aug 1934 pg. 2) “PLYMOUTH PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL. Cars Leave Pavement five miles North of city on state road No. 25. Cars driven by George R. Unger, 52, of R.R. 4 city, and (Mable’s brother) George R. Davis, Plymouth, Ind., collided on state road 25, about five miles north of Logansport at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening, sending four to the Cass county hospital, one of them seriously injured. Those in the hospital are: (Orville’s mother) Mrs. Ethel Parsley, Plymouth, leg fracture. Orville Parsley, 23, Plymouth, deep scalp wound. (George’s future wife) Elberta Ginder, 221, R.R. 3, Plymouth, minor lacerations. Mabel Davis, 24, Plymouth, minor laceration. Both Unger and Davis suffered minor injuries. The accident happened when Unger, going north, slowed up and stared to make a left turn. Davis, also, was traveling north. The Davis car turned over twice and alighted on its wheels. The Davis machine also left the pavement. Both vehicles were badly wrecked and put out of commission and passing motorists brought Unger, Davis and the four to the hospital. The people in Davis’ car were returning home from a vacation in southern Indiana.” (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Wed 29 Aug 1934 pg. 7) “Orville Parsley, Plymouth, and Elbert Ginder, R.R. 3, Plymouth, two of the five persons injured in an automobile crash on state road 25 north of here Monday evening, have been dismissed from the Cass county hospital.”
Three months after the accident, Orville and Mable married on 29 Nov 1934. I found four children for them—Glenya Marie (b. 2 Apr 1935), Carolyn Joyce (b. 19 Jul 1937), Jerry Lynn (b. 26 Mar 1940) and Kay S. (b. 6 Nov 1941).
The five of them appeared together on the 1940 Census, living at 116 River St. in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana. Orville, aged 27, was earning a living as an interior decorator. Mable, aged 28, was home with Glenya, aged 5, Carolyn, aged 2, and baby Jerry, not yet a month old. Daughter Kay would join the family the following year.
The unthinkable happened four years later when Orville died at age 31 on 8 Jan 1944, victim of tuberculosis. So sad. Four months later, the family would make another sad trip to the cemetery to bury Orville's father.
Orville would miss seeing his children grow up, marry, and start their own families. Glenya married Joseph William Erickson, Carolyn married Rev. David Nelson, Jerry became a pastor and married Karen Kay Cogill from Mason City, Iowa, and Kay married Roland Dimos. Wife Mable lived a full life, not passing on until 21 May 2006, three months after her 94th birthday.
Two years later, son Orville Glen joined the family in 1912, followed by daughter Opal Marie on 2 Sep 1914, and son Ralph Emerson on 10 Oct 1917.
On his 12 Sep 1918 WWI registration card, Otto, aged 35, reported his address as 2510 Columbia, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. He indicated he was employed as a motor assembler by Lyons Atlas Company. He was described as tall and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair. He also reported that he was blind in his left eye. He gave wife Ethel as his contact person.
By the 1920 Census, the family had moved to Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana and were living in a residence on Fick Creek Road. Otto, aged 36, gave laborer as his occupation. Ethel, aged 32, was keeping house. Home with their mother were Lucille, aged 11, Leonidas, aged 8, Orville, aged 7, Opal, aged 5, and Ralph, aged 2.
By the 1930 Census, Orville’s family had moved back to Indianapolis. Otto, aged 46, was working as a carpenter doing contracting work. Ethel, aged 42, was keeping house. Still at home with their parents were Opal, aged 15, Ralph, aged 12, and Robert, who had joined the family the year before, aged 11 months. Daughter Lucille had married first husband Leo A. Monumal on 27 Aug 1927 in Brown Co., Indiana. (She would later marry Charles H. Downie.) Son Leonidas appears to have gotten himself into a bit of trouble and was among the prisoners at the Indiana Reformatory in Fall Creek, Indiana. Also living with the family in 1930 were two lodgers--34-year-old Virgil Carter, who was working as a machinist in a factory, and 24-year-old Swede Axel Wilstrom, working as a chauffeur for a private family. Orville wasn’t listed living with his parents and siblings, and I couldn’t find him elsewhere, though I suspect he was still living in the Plymouth area.
That 1930 Census was enumerated on 17 Apr. Sadly, a little over a month later. Orville’s sister Opal died on 23 May 1930, victim of a diabetic coma. She was only 15 years old. Orville’s brother Leonidas was released from the Indiana Reformatory and on 4 Jul 1932, he married first wife Virginia Miller in Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana.
Love was in the air and Orville’s eye was caught by Mable Almarie Davis. They both narrowly escaped serious injuries on an outing with their families in the fall of 1934. (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Tue 28 Aug 1934 pg. 2) “PLYMOUTH PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL. Cars Leave Pavement five miles North of city on state road No. 25. Cars driven by George R. Unger, 52, of R.R. 4 city, and (Mable’s brother) George R. Davis, Plymouth, Ind., collided on state road 25, about five miles north of Logansport at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening, sending four to the Cass county hospital, one of them seriously injured. Those in the hospital are: (Orville’s mother) Mrs. Ethel Parsley, Plymouth, leg fracture. Orville Parsley, 23, Plymouth, deep scalp wound. (George’s future wife) Elberta Ginder, 221, R.R. 3, Plymouth, minor lacerations. Mabel Davis, 24, Plymouth, minor laceration. Both Unger and Davis suffered minor injuries. The accident happened when Unger, going north, slowed up and stared to make a left turn. Davis, also, was traveling north. The Davis car turned over twice and alighted on its wheels. The Davis machine also left the pavement. Both vehicles were badly wrecked and put out of commission and passing motorists brought Unger, Davis and the four to the hospital. The people in Davis’ car were returning home from a vacation in southern Indiana.” (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Wed 29 Aug 1934 pg. 7) “Orville Parsley, Plymouth, and Elbert Ginder, R.R. 3, Plymouth, two of the five persons injured in an automobile crash on state road 25 north of here Monday evening, have been dismissed from the Cass county hospital.”
Three months after the accident, Orville and Mable married on 29 Nov 1934. I found four children for them—Glenya Marie (b. 2 Apr 1935), Carolyn Joyce (b. 19 Jul 1937), Jerry Lynn (b. 26 Mar 1940) and Kay S. (b. 6 Nov 1941).
The five of them appeared together on the 1940 Census, living at 116 River St. in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana. Orville, aged 27, was earning a living as an interior decorator. Mable, aged 28, was home with Glenya, aged 5, Carolyn, aged 2, and baby Jerry, not yet a month old. Daughter Kay would join the family the following year.
The unthinkable happened four years later when Orville died at age 31 on 8 Jan 1944, victim of tuberculosis. So sad. Four months later, the family would make another sad trip to the cemetery to bury Orville's father.
Orville would miss seeing his children grow up, marry, and start their own families. Glenya married Joseph William Erickson, Carolyn married Rev. David Nelson, Jerry became a pastor and married Karen Kay Cogill from Mason City, Iowa, and Kay married Roland Dimos. Wife Mable lived a full life, not passing on until 21 May 2006, three months after her 94th birthday.
Orville was the son of Henry Otto Parsley and Sarah Ethel Hughes, who married three days before Christmas on 22 Dec 1906 in Monroe County, Indiana. They welcomed the first of their six children, daughter Lucille Belle, on 14 Mar 1908. Son Leonidas followed on 19 Mar 1910. The four of them appeared together on the 1910 Census, living in Walker, Rush Co., Indiana, where Otto, aged 26, was doing farm labor. Sarah, aged 22, reported that she had had two children and that both had survived to that census. Home with her were Lucille, aged 2, and Leonidas, aged 1 month.
Two years later, son Orville Glen joined the family in 1912, followed by daughter Opal Marie on 2 Sep 1914, and son Ralph Emerson on 10 Oct 1917.
On his 12 Sep 1918 WWI registration card, Otto, aged 35, reported his address as 2510 Columbia, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. He indicated he was employed as a motor assembler by Lyons Atlas Company. He was described as tall and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair. He also reported that he was blind in his left eye. He gave wife Ethel as his contact person.
By the 1920 Census, the family had moved to Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana and were living in a residence on Fick Creek Road. Otto, aged 36, gave laborer as his occupation. Ethel, aged 32, was keeping house. Home with their mother were Lucille, aged 11, Leonidas, aged 8, Orville, aged 7, Opal, aged 5, and Ralph, aged 2.
By the 1930 Census, Orville’s family had moved back to Indianapolis. Otto, aged 46, was working as a carpenter doing contracting work. Ethel, aged 42, was keeping house. Still at home with their parents were Opal, aged 15, Ralph, aged 12, and Robert, who had joined the family the year before, aged 11 months. Daughter Lucille had married first husband Leo A. Monumal on 27 Aug 1927 in Brown Co., Indiana. (She would later marry Charles H. Downie.) Son Leonidas appears to have gotten himself into a bit of trouble and was among the prisoners at the Indiana Reformatory in Fall Creek, Indiana. Also living with the family in 1930 were two lodgers--34-year-old Virgil Carter, who was working as a machinist in a factory, and 24-year-old Swede Axel Wilstrom, working as a chauffeur for a private family. Orville wasn’t listed living with his parents and siblings, and I couldn’t find him elsewhere, though I suspect he was still living in the Plymouth area.
That 1930 Census was enumerated on 17 Apr. Sadly, a little over a month later. Orville’s sister Opal died on 23 May 1930, victim of a diabetic coma. She was only 15 years old. Orville’s brother Leonidas was released from the Indiana Reformatory and on 4 Jul 1932, he married first wife Virginia Miller in Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana.
Love was in the air and Orville’s eye was caught by Mable Almarie Davis. They both narrowly escaped serious injuries on an outing with their families in the fall of 1934. (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Tue 28 Aug 1934 pg. 2) “PLYMOUTH PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL. Cars Leave Pavement five miles North of city on state road No. 25. Cars driven by George R. Unger, 52, of R.R. 4 city, and (Mable’s brother) George R. Davis, Plymouth, Ind., collided on state road 25, about five miles north of Logansport at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening, sending four to the Cass county hospital, one of them seriously injured. Those in the hospital are: (Orville’s mother) Mrs. Ethel Parsley, Plymouth, leg fracture. Orville Parsley, 23, Plymouth, deep scalp wound. (George’s future wife) Elberta Ginder, 221, R.R. 3, Plymouth, minor lacerations. Mabel Davis, 24, Plymouth, minor laceration. Both Unger and Davis suffered minor injuries. The accident happened when Unger, going north, slowed up and stared to make a left turn. Davis, also, was traveling north. The Davis car turned over twice and alighted on its wheels. The Davis machine also left the pavement. Both vehicles were badly wrecked and put out of commission and passing motorists brought Unger, Davis and the four to the hospital. The people in Davis’ car were returning home from a vacation in southern Indiana.” (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Wed 29 Aug 1934 pg. 7) “Orville Parsley, Plymouth, and Elbert Ginder, R.R. 3, Plymouth, two of the five persons injured in an automobile crash on state road 25 north of here Monday evening, have been dismissed from the Cass county hospital.”
Three months after the accident, Orville and Mable married on 29 Nov 1934. I found four children for them—Glenya Marie (b. 2 Apr 1935), Carolyn Joyce (b. 19 Jul 1937), Jerry Lynn (b. 26 Mar 1940) and Kay S. (b. 6 Nov 1941).
The five of them appeared together on the 1940 Census, living at 116 River St. in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana. Orville, aged 27, was earning a living as an interior decorator. Mable, aged 28, was home with Glenya, aged 5, Carolyn, aged 2, and baby Jerry, not yet a month old. Daughter Kay would join the family the following year.
The unthinkable happened four years later when Orville died at age 31 on 8 Jan 1944, victim of tuberculosis. So sad. Four months later, the family would make another sad trip to the cemetery to bury Orville's father.
Orville would miss seeing his children grow up, marry, and start their own families. Glenya married Joseph William Erickson, Carolyn married Rev. David Nelson, Jerry became a pastor and married Karen Kay Cogill from Mason City, Iowa, and Kay married Roland Dimos. Wife Mable lived a full life, not passing on until 21 May 2006, three months after her 94th birthday.
Two years later, son Orville Glen joined the family in 1912, followed by daughter Opal Marie on 2 Sep 1914, and son Ralph Emerson on 10 Oct 1917.
On his 12 Sep 1918 WWI registration card, Otto, aged 35, reported his address as 2510 Columbia, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. He indicated he was employed as a motor assembler by Lyons Atlas Company. He was described as tall and slender, with gray eyes and brown hair. He also reported that he was blind in his left eye. He gave wife Ethel as his contact person.
By the 1920 Census, the family had moved to Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana and were living in a residence on Fick Creek Road. Otto, aged 36, gave laborer as his occupation. Ethel, aged 32, was keeping house. Home with their mother were Lucille, aged 11, Leonidas, aged 8, Orville, aged 7, Opal, aged 5, and Ralph, aged 2.
By the 1930 Census, Orville’s family had moved back to Indianapolis. Otto, aged 46, was working as a carpenter doing contracting work. Ethel, aged 42, was keeping house. Still at home with their parents were Opal, aged 15, Ralph, aged 12, and Robert, who had joined the family the year before, aged 11 months. Daughter Lucille had married first husband Leo A. Monumal on 27 Aug 1927 in Brown Co., Indiana. (She would later marry Charles H. Downie.) Son Leonidas appears to have gotten himself into a bit of trouble and was among the prisoners at the Indiana Reformatory in Fall Creek, Indiana. Also living with the family in 1930 were two lodgers--34-year-old Virgil Carter, who was working as a machinist in a factory, and 24-year-old Swede Axel Wilstrom, working as a chauffeur for a private family. Orville wasn’t listed living with his parents and siblings, and I couldn’t find him elsewhere, though I suspect he was still living in the Plymouth area.
That 1930 Census was enumerated on 17 Apr. Sadly, a little over a month later. Orville’s sister Opal died on 23 May 1930, victim of a diabetic coma. She was only 15 years old. Orville’s brother Leonidas was released from the Indiana Reformatory and on 4 Jul 1932, he married first wife Virginia Miller in Martinsville, Morgan Co., Indiana.
Love was in the air and Orville’s eye was caught by Mable Almarie Davis. They both narrowly escaped serious injuries on an outing with their families in the fall of 1934. (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Tue 28 Aug 1934 pg. 2) “PLYMOUTH PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL. Cars Leave Pavement five miles North of city on state road No. 25. Cars driven by George R. Unger, 52, of R.R. 4 city, and (Mable’s brother) George R. Davis, Plymouth, Ind., collided on state road 25, about five miles north of Logansport at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening, sending four to the Cass county hospital, one of them seriously injured. Those in the hospital are: (Orville’s mother) Mrs. Ethel Parsley, Plymouth, leg fracture. Orville Parsley, 23, Plymouth, deep scalp wound. (George’s future wife) Elberta Ginder, 221, R.R. 3, Plymouth, minor lacerations. Mabel Davis, 24, Plymouth, minor laceration. Both Unger and Davis suffered minor injuries. The accident happened when Unger, going north, slowed up and stared to make a left turn. Davis, also, was traveling north. The Davis car turned over twice and alighted on its wheels. The Davis machine also left the pavement. Both vehicles were badly wrecked and put out of commission and passing motorists brought Unger, Davis and the four to the hospital. The people in Davis’ car were returning home from a vacation in southern Indiana.” (From: Logansport Pharos Tribune, Logansport, IN – Wed 29 Aug 1934 pg. 7) “Orville Parsley, Plymouth, and Elbert Ginder, R.R. 3, Plymouth, two of the five persons injured in an automobile crash on state road 25 north of here Monday evening, have been dismissed from the Cass county hospital.”
Three months after the accident, Orville and Mable married on 29 Nov 1934. I found four children for them—Glenya Marie (b. 2 Apr 1935), Carolyn Joyce (b. 19 Jul 1937), Jerry Lynn (b. 26 Mar 1940) and Kay S. (b. 6 Nov 1941).
The five of them appeared together on the 1940 Census, living at 116 River St. in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Indiana. Orville, aged 27, was earning a living as an interior decorator. Mable, aged 28, was home with Glenya, aged 5, Carolyn, aged 2, and baby Jerry, not yet a month old. Daughter Kay would join the family the following year.
The unthinkable happened four years later when Orville died at age 31 on 8 Jan 1944, victim of tuberculosis. So sad. Four months later, the family would make another sad trip to the cemetery to bury Orville's father.
Orville would miss seeing his children grow up, marry, and start their own families. Glenya married Joseph William Erickson, Carolyn married Rev. David Nelson, Jerry became a pastor and married Karen Kay Cogill from Mason City, Iowa, and Kay married Roland Dimos. Wife Mable lived a full life, not passing on until 21 May 2006, three months after her 94th birthday.
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