Alexander M. KORSMEYER (1869-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Sarah Leilly STRONG Alexander M. KORSMEYER 1 Born: Aug 1869, Indiana 1 Marriage: Sarah Leilly STRONG on 1 Sep 1906 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado Alexander married someone Sarah Leilly STRONG, daughter of Eli STRONG and Elizabeth K. BARRY, on 1 Sep 1906 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. (Sarah Leilly STRONG was born on 20 Jun 1868 in Moniteau County, Missouri,2 died on 5 Sep 1919 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and was buried on 7 Sep 1919 in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.)   Marriage Notes: Groom was Alexander M. Korsmeyer of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, and the Bride was S. Lillian Strong of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They were married by James C. Rawlings, a Minister of the M. E. Church South. Witnesses were E. B. Simmons and F. W. Korsmeyer. Note the use of the initial "S" by Lillian in lieu of her first name, thereby removing any doubt she was the Sarah Leilly Strong of the Strong Family Bible record. Query why her residence was then listed as Kansas City. Thanks to Sharry Roundtree, a great niece of Lillie, for sharing this Certificate of Marriage with the author.

1 1900 Census, El Paso County, CO, Roll T623_124, Page 15B (Ancestry.com Census Image 100 of 131).

2 Strong Family Bible. It would appear the Strong Family Bible may have originally belonged to Eli and Elizabeth Strong, for the births of their children appear to have been entered before the births of the children of J. R. and Polly Strong. This bible may have been the bible that was purchased in 1876 from the Estate of Eli Strong, Dec'd by Sarah Legg, mother of Elizabeth (Barry) Strong and Polly (Legg) Strong, which upon her death probably passed to Polly. Beginning with the birth of Eli and Elizabeth's daughter, Betty, in 1873 (Elizabeth died a week later), the entries appear to have been made by Polly until she died in 1916, at which time the handwriting noticeably changes and thereafter is presumed to be that of Bertha (Strong) Young, Polly's youngest daughter and the possessor of the bible, or at least the Family Record pages, at the time of her death in 1963. It thus appears that before Polly started maintaining the Family Records, the bible only contained entries for the family of Eli and Elizabeth Strong. Once Polly took over, she appears to have added the entries for the J. R. and Polly Strong family. [While Elizabeth's and Polly's handwriting is similar, there are some subtle differences. For example, the "B" in "Born" begins with a loop in the case of the entries for the family of Eli and Elizabeth, while it begins with a straight stroke for the family of J. R. and Polly. Also, the names of J. R. and Polly's children are listed separately in a column on the first page that was originally intended for deaths.] One possible exception to this scenario concerns the marriage information for Eli and Elizabeth - that may have been added by Polly at the same time she added her own marriage information. The handwriting for both marriage entries seems to be identical and it also matches the death entries for Eli and Elizabeth, which were probably made by Polly. Moreover, both marriage entries spell "married" as "maried." The Family Record pages have been removed from the bible, which appears to no longer exist. Originally, these pages immediately followed the end of the Old Testament. It is not known when or by whom the Family Record pages were removed. They may or may not have still been part of the bible when Bertha Dell Young nee Strong died in 1963. After Bertha's death, only the Family Record pages were passed on to her grand-nephew, Robert E. Strong, Jr.