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Note for: Jesse R. Pike, -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mildred Redding married Jesse Pike
THE AMERICAN EAGLE; Community Current Events by L. W. Bubbett; July 1947: "On April 8 we were pleasantly surprised to have as callers at the Unity Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Pike of Summit, New Jersey. They proved charming guests and entertained us as much, perhaps, as we entertained them. Mrs. Pike prior to her marriage was Mildred Redding, who came to the Unity with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Redding, from Massachusetts in 1905. Mr. Redding died a year later, and mother and daughter returned north. Mildred was a girl of 14, but she remembered well the scenes of her girlhood and recalled the names of most of those residing here at that time."
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Note for: Genevieve Bisbing, 7 DEC 1901 - 15 DEC 1996
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Individual Note: Spouse of Max Arendt, (Non member)
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Claude J. Rahn; November 1935: "Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers visited us several days round the Solar Festival and rendered much assistance in the preoparations for that event." (Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers was a frequent visitor of the Koreshan Unity before her marriage to Max Arendt.--Joyce Nelle Ratliff, February 1999)
Social Security Death Index: Genevieve Arendt; Born: 7 Dec 1901; Died: 15 Dec 1996; Residence: Fort Myers, Florida; SS#: 265-264373.
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Note for: John Miller, -
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Individual Note: FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, February 1937: "Mr. John Miller of Miami arrived in Estero on January 12 with Brother Allen Andrews. John was in the Unity about eleven years ago and at that time assisted on the Linotype machine in our publishing house. At present he is engaged at our gasoline station, a position he is filling in a most satisfactory manner and we are much pleased to have John with us again."
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Note for: Mrs. Best, -
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Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn, Estero, Lee County, Florida; 1963: Mr. and Mrs. Best.
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Note for: Marie Damkohler, MAR 1880 -
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Event: Clay Township, Shelby, Missouri
Type: Census/1880
Date: 21 JUN 1880
Individual Note: U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/1880; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21st, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Marie Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: female; Age prior to June 1st: 2/12; : Month of birth if born in census year: March; Relationship to head of house: Daughter; Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.
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Note for: Herman Rudolph Cropp, FEB 1875 -
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Event: Clay Township, Shelby, Missouri
Type: Census/1880
Date: 21 JUN 1880
Individual Note: 1880 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21st, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Rudolph Crop; Color: white; Sex: male Age prior to June 1st: 6; Relationship to head of family: Stepson; Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.
1900 U.S. Federal Census; State: Mississippi; County: Jackson; Town/township: Beat 3; Enumeration date: 21 Jun 1900; Enumerator: (?); SD: 6; ED: 40; Sheet No.: 36; Page No.: 73; Microfilm Roll No.: T623, Rol 812; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 10 Mar 2004; Dwelling Number: 767; Family No.: 783; Line: 56; Name: Herman Cropp; Relation to head of family: head; Color: white; Sex: male; Month of brth: Feb; Year of birth: 1875; Age: 25; Marital status: Married; Number of years married: 12; Place of birth: Florida; Place of birth of father: Florida; Place of birth of mother: Florida; Occupation: day laborer; No. of months not employed: 2; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes; Home owned or rented: Owned; Home owned free or mortgaged: Free; Farm or house: house. (A niece 4 years old and a nephew 1 year old are, also, living with the Herman Cropp family)
FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, November 1926: "One of the most appreciative visitors we have ever met in Estero was Mr. H. R. Cropp, from Mississippi. Mr. Cropp was a stepson of Mr. Damkohler, who first settled in Estero and who was instrumental in inducing the Master to locate here and move his colony from Chicago. It has been close to forty years since Mr. Cropp left Estero. He and his half brother, ELWIN E. DAMKOHLER, took great pleasure in reciting their early experiences about the place. Estero having undergone such a transformation was a revelation to Mr. Cropp. "To think," he said, "that deer and turkeys practically came up to our back door, besides other wild life; and plenty of alligators lined the river banks." A most sacred spot to both of them was the spot where their mother, a brother and two sisters were buried. Upon leaving, Mr. Cropp said: "I can't begin to tell you what this visit has meant to me."
Author of "Memoirs of the First Settler" by Capt. E. E. Damkohler, Estero, Florida 1882---copyright 1967 by Elwin E. Damkohler; Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-19575--Fort Myers: Island Press: ("It was the 10th of April, 1882 when father and my half brother Herman pitched the big tent where we were to live.")