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  Kent Lathrop
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Thank you for the info I t didn't say anything about his mothers family I seem to think that his mothers family was from near by   but not sure. You might ask Vern Sweeny he was a classmate of my moms and I think still lives in Cedar Vale and he might know the story . Anyway  thanks again Kent
 
 
  Sherry
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Kent,
Thank you for visiting the site and glad that you enjoyed it. We hope you will visit it often.
In answer to your questions about Ron Howard's grandparents we did some research and found the following. We however cannot verify the accuracy of it without requesting certified birth certificates, etc. from state resources.

Ron Howard's parents are Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard. Rance and Jean had two sons, Ron and Clint. Jean passed away in 2000.  Rance Howard was born Harold Rance Beckenholdt in Duncan, Oklahoma, the son of Ethel Cleo (née Tomlin) and Engel Beckenholdt, a farmer. He changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor.
 
Rance's father, Engle Beckenholdt grandfather of Ron Howard was born Aug 8,1896  Kansas and died Nov 1980 in Moline, Kansas. He is buried in Newkirk, OK  Note: Military records for Engle indicate he was born in Kansas.

Other records show that  Ron's grandparents had an address --RR, Moline, KS which is in Elk County Kansas.
Engle married Ethel Cleo Tomlin 30 JUN 1923, daughter of Ralph Jedediah Tomlin and Carrie Melissa Freeman. She was born 21 APR 1904 in Otto, Cowley Co.,KS, and died 1966 in Newkirk,OK. She is also buried in Newkirk.  The 1910 census shows that Ethel and her family lived in Kaw, Kay County Oklahoma.
Hope this helps answer your question. If anyone else has information that would help to answer Kent's question it will be appreciated. 

Our search for the information above was found at the following resources: 





 
 
  Kent Lathrop
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Oh I think this is so wonderfull its a great web site. I love Cedar Vale there really is'nt any place on Earth like it. I have so many wonderfull memories of the town growing up My mother is Jo Ann Stone Lathrop My grandparents were of course Annabelle and Herburt Stone. I have a question for you guys and hopefully someone can confirm it but as a little boy I remember my Grandma telling us that Ope (Ron Howard)s grandparents lived in or around Cedar Vale I was wondering if thats true. If thats is ture it would so cool if he came for a visit and made a movie about the early years. There is such a vast history of the entire area of SEKans and northern Okla.  aNYWAY THIS  great site I will be checking back form time to time. Regards Kent
 
 
  Jennifer V
Saturday, October 1, 2011
We were researching Cedar Vale because the possibility of us moving there for a job has been discussed.  We were happy to find a website with so much information abou the town.  Thank you!
 
 
  Sherry
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Jim,
Thank you for visiting the site and  we are glad you enjoyed it. We hope that you will return often as we add to the site often.
If you have anything you wish to contribute, please let us know. 


 
 
  Jim Robinson
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

     It's a great website. Thank you for having it up.

     Dana -- I remember the gas station and your grandparents very fondly. They were particular friends of Earl and Hazel Hines, who were in our family.
 
 
  Dana (Goode) Zarenko
Sunday, June 19, 2011
My Grandparents were Freddie and Venita Marshall, they owned the Mobil Station. we loved to visit when we were kids!
 
 
  Sherry
Monday, February 21, 2011
Lester,
Thank you for visiting the site. We are not familiar with the names you are referring to. Sorry cannot be of more help, but maybe someone else will read this and might be of some help.
 
 
  Sherry
Monday, February 21, 2011
Hi Joe,
Glad you enjoyed the site and we look forward to you visiting often.
 
 
  Lester Hutchinson
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Im Looking for anyone who knows David Hutchinson ( or at least that washis birth name) Born in 1974, There were a total of 6 brothers and sisters. three weretaken by lies and misinformation. i was told david might have been  or still is a sheriff for your fine community.  johnze1976@live.com
 
 
  JOE BOLF
Friday, January 21, 2011

hello, i lived in cedar vale when i was in seventh grade i am 35 now and still have great memories of your town very beautiful plan on revisiting soon!!!
 
 
  Sherry
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Hi Tosha,
Nice to hear from you and glad you found the website. Hope you enjoyed it and will come back often as we add to and change it frequently.
 
 
  Tosha Holt
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
I went to school there and I liked it and I hope that I can come back and see it again I was just thinking about cedar vale and how it was doing so I thought that I will look in and see so I found this and thought that I would say Hi.
 
 
  Sherry
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Kate,
Thank you for your very kind comments about the website and Cedar Vale. We enjoyed the excellent blog you wrote about Cedar Vale and look forward to you returning to our beautiful town in the future. 
We are glad you enjoyed the website and hope you will visit it often.
 
 
  Kate F. Eaton
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Hello! Had the privilege of visiting Cedar Vale on New Year's Day, very impressed with what we saw although, of course, many businesses were closed. Plan to return soon. Also wanted to congratulate you on an excellent website. I've included a link to it in my blog, Sunflowerattractions.com/WordPress. Hope you enjoy what I have to say so far about your pretty little town!
 
 
  Karon Jahn
Friday, September 3, 2010

I enjoyed catching up with my cousins this summer in Cedar Vale. My grandparents were Ralph and Omeda Snyder and I enjoyed living in Cedar Vale during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The area is a beautiful and relaxing as I remember!
 
 
  Clifford Lawrence
Thursday, August 12, 2010
My Family (The Lawrence's) lived on the road south of 166 going to Hewins. My Mom &  Dad Clifford & Pauline, My Uncle Gene, Aunt Eva and Grandma Minnie Farmed before my Mom & Dad moved to Arkansas City in around 1960. Dr. Hays delivered me in the old hospital Jan. 26, 1954. My uncle Loyd was a mechanic at the old Chevrolet dealership and his wife Virginia work at the Post Office. Even though I now live in Newkirk, Oklahoma I still call Cedar Vale my home town. 
Clifford LawrenceJr.
 
 
  Rebecca Merz
Saturday, August 7, 2010
All the summers of my childhood were spent in Cedar Vale visiting my grandparents - Noreen and Ray Hawkins / Clarence and Evelyn Merz. I still dream of those summer days and Cedar Vale, and find great comfort and joy there.
 
 
  Sherry
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Hi, Melody,
Thank you for the kind comments. We are glad you enjoyed the site and hope you return often.
 
 
  Melody Twigg
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hi, Just wanted to say that your site is excellent. I came upon it on accident and now have it book marked so I can continue to return to it. It is wonderful that people have such an interest in Cedar Vale
 
 
  Sherry
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Hi Hannah,
Thank you for the kind words and we are glad you enjoyed the site. We hope you come back to visit again as we often add to and change items on the site.
 
 
  Hannah Sparks
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Hi. I used to live in Cedar Vale, and I enjoyed every single minute. I'm just here to say that I thought the site was wonderful, and it made me have fond memories of my time there. I hope to visit again one day.....
 
 
  Sherry
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Hi Kelly,
Thank you for your kind comments.
We are very sorry about the loss of your Dad. You and your family will be in our prayers.

We hope you will come back and visit the site frequently, as we add to it often. We have a forum in which anyone can participate. We also welcome contributions to the site, blogs, pictures, stories, history, family history and any other items that might be of interest and pertaining to Cedar Vale, Ks and the area. If you have questions concerning CV or the area, please feel free to contact us and we'll do our best to help.






 
 
  Kelly
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
I was just curious about Cedar Vale. My dad was born there (Charles Layton) He just passed away and I wanted to see more about Cedar Vale. This is a great site and next time I am in Kaksas I will visit Cedar vale. Looks like a great place.
 
 
  Debby
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
I have a copy of a letter dated April 3, 1920 that was sent from Cedar Vale.  The letter was to my Great Grandmother Frances Elizabeth Kennedy Kennaday near Saratoga, Wyoming from her brother John Romain Kennedy reporting her mother's death.  The deceased was named Sarah Ann Ankrom that wed Jesse Rufus Kennedy.  I find the website very nice and cannot understand wanting to leave such temperate country for the high, cold area here in Wyoming!  I hope to visit soon!
 
 
  Sherrie
Friday, December 18, 2009
Hi David,

Thank you and hope you enjoyed the site!!

Come back and visit often. Have a forum area, that all are welcome to join in.

If you have pictures or anything would like to see added here let me know and if feasible will add it.

Come back soon as we change and add to the site frequently.
 
 
  Sherrie
Friday, December 18, 2009
Hi Sherry,

Thank you for visiting the site. Come back often as we add to it frequently. (The last couple of weeks have been an exception, due to computer problems)

There is a Sartin in my Phelps/Foudray lineage. They also came from Kentucky, then to Missouri and then to Kansas.

Feel free to share your stories, etc., in the forum area "Cedar Vale Corral". 

Glad you enjoyed the photos.
Hope to see you come back often...
 
 
  Sherry
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Just checking out your site.  Am descended from Aaron Sartin & Katie Clara Mussey.  My grandfather, Allen C. Sartin was born in Cedarvale.  My family came to Cedarvale during the 1860's from Kentucky by wagon train.  Loved the photos.  Looking for local Christmas traditions or stories of Cedar Vale Christmases.
 
 
  David L. Snyder
Sunday, December 6, 2009
wanted to let you know that this site is wonderful. My grampa was Ralph D. Snyder... my dad Keith Snyder, the own the sale barn. My cousin Damon and his family still live in Cedar Vale.
 
 
  Sherrie
Monday, September 28, 2009
Hi Bobbie,

Thank you for your kind comments!

We will be adding more history to the site soon. We also will be adding to and changing the site, so come back often. We have a forum area also that you can participate in and we hope to have a chat area before too long. We have several things to add that we hope people will enjoy.

I will send you an e-mail about Col F. M Hills. He was mayor of Cedar Vale three times and came to  Cedar Vale from Pennsylvania in  a wagon with his wife and several children. He had two brothers that were already settled in Cedar Vale.

This site is fairly new, but we had much of the information on our sister site(we will be keeping that information there as well) and just recently set these pages up just for Cedar Vale as we wanted to expand the Cedar Vale information.

Come back often and hope you will also participate in the forum area.

We are working on the "Cedar Creek Gifts/Gallery" catalog and hope to have it set up in a couple of weeks if not sooner.

Thanks for visiting and hope you will be back often!!
 
 
  Bobbie S. Earle Woosley
Monday, September 28, 2009
I was searching for infomation on my Great-grandfather, Col. F. M. Hills. My grandson is doing a project on the Civil War, and we have been searching the internet for a copy of his obituary. I found this website. This is terrific! Just finding his name being elected mayor of the "3" Class Town was great. I am looking forward to more history being added. If anyone has information, please contact me.
 
 
  Sherrie
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Charlene, Thank you!
We will always be adding to the site, so visit often to see the additions and changes.. We will soon have a gift shop with t-shirts, mugs, calendars, and more.

We have some interactive plans for the site as well that we hope everyone will enjoy.

Thank you for visiting and come back soon!!
 
 
  CHARLENE BURRIES
Sunday, September 20, 2009

excellent  web site
 
 
  Annie
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
What a wonderful site!  Luv it!