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James R. (Jim) Andruss was born near Holden, MO in 1857. He had light brown hair
and blue eyes.
Jim bought a livery stable from Harry Truman's father in Lamar, Barton Co. MO-- "Truman Witsett Livery Stable"--about 1886. Shortly after, he married Laura Wright in 1887 in Prairie Hall Presbyterian Church in Lamar MO. (The church was made of old field stone with a dirt floor.) Laura had dark hair and blue eyes. His father, Orville Andruss, gave all of his children land when they married. One girl married a man not a farmer--he gave her equal money instead. Jim and his brother, George, were each given adjoining qtr. sections of land in Allen Co. KS. Each, in turn, bought an additional qtr. section making nice-sized farms. They were located 12 miles from Humboldt, 10 miles from Moran, 7 1/2 miles from Elsmore and 9 miles from LaHarpe. Laura Wright Andruss died when baby Laura was two years old. For a time Jim left his children at George's farm, and Anna Belle looked after them and helped raise them. They went home at night to sleep. The two families were like one for a while. -Merriam Morrison Kokojan, 1983 Orville Rice Andruss Family History |