Albert George Story Dr. [Parents] was born 1 Mar 1933 in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont. He married Verdie Delana Thomas on 24 Dec 1955 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina. The marriage ended in divorce.
BIRTH: Birth certificate; 1933; Fairfield, Vermont; No cert. #; copy in
possession of Albert George Story.
Vital Records of Vermont, Stocker - Strong; 1909-1941; Public Records Div.,
Vital Statistics; File # 38-60 (copy of birth certificate, filed in 1986); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Film VR-___.MARRIAGE: Marriage certificate; 1955; Kinston, North Carolina; ; Cert. in
possession of Albert George Story.EDUCATION: Attended Lapland Elementary School (a one-room schoolhouse); 1940-1946; located three miles south of East Fairfield on the road to Fletcher; this school was discontinued about 1950 and the land reverted to the farm on which it was located within an enclosing stone wall on the north side of the road. Attended Brigham Academy (high school); Bakersfield, Vermont; 1947-1950; this school was founded by Peter Bent Brigham about 1875 as a private academy; it later was made a public high school and was operated in that capacity until it was closed about 1966. Attended the University of Vermont; Burlington, Vermont; 1950-1954; received the degree Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. Enlisted in the United State Air Force; 1954-1961; Aviation Cadet pre-flight training, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas; primary pilot training, Kinston Air Base, Kinston, North Carolina; basic pilot training, Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Texas; pilot rating and commission as Second Lieutenant, December 1955; transition pilot training in the B-47 medium bomber, 1956, at Wichita Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas; survival and evasion training, 1956, west of Reno, Nevada (California mountains); operational duty as a B-47 pilot, 1956-1957, Lincoln Air Force Base, Lincoln, Nebraska; transition pilot training in the B-52 heavy bomber, 1957, Castle Air Force Base, near Merced, California; operational duty as a B-52 pilot, 1958-1961, Loring Air Force Base, Loring, Maine, and Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas. Graduate school, 1961-1967, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, 1964; Ph.D in Agricultural Engineering, 1968. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering, 1967-1971, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Associate, 1971-1972, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Private industry, 1972-1991, Michigan Orchard Supply Company, South Haven, Michigan, Union Carbide Corporation Films-Packaging Division, Bedford Park, Illinois, and Viskase Corporation (former Union Carbide Films-Packaging Division). Became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 26 June 1955 at Kinston, North Carolina. Lives at 2436 Waterbury # 203 Woodridge, IL 60517, Phone 708-985-9610
Verdie Delana Thomas was born 11 Nov 1933 in Vanceboro, Craven, North Carolina. She married Albert George Story Dr. on 24 Dec 1955 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina. The marriage ended in divorce.
BIRTH: Personal knowledge of Verdie Delana Thomas Story.
MARRIAGE: To first husband, Jesse Cox; personal knowledge of Verdie Delana
Thomas related to second husband, Albert George Story; divorced from first
husband, about 1954.
To second husband, Albert George Story; personal knowledge of husband,
Albert George Story; divorced from second husband, 7 December 1970, at Fort
Collins, Colorado; sealing to second husband cancelled 20 April 1976.
They had the following children:
M i Arthur James Story was born 5 Feb 1951 in Ayden, Pitt, North Carolina.
Last change: 11 Mar 1996
Child of mother's first husband, Jesse Cox. Legally adopted by second
husband, Albert George Story, 15 May 1956, Probate Court of Sedgwick County,
Wichita, Kansas, James V. Riddell, Judge. Surname changed to STORY.F ii Sylvia Delores Story was born 6 Oct 1952 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina.
Child of mother's first husband, Jesse Cox. Legally adopted by second
husband, Albert George Story, 15 May 1956, Probate Court of Sedgwick County,
Wichita, Kansas, James V. Riddell, Judge. Surname changed to STORY.F iii Ellen Maria Story was born 25 Jun 1957. M iv Stephen Thomas Story was born 1 Nov 1960. M v Leonard Merrill Story was born 24 Nov 1961. M vi Daniel Richardson Story was born 17 Sep 1964. F vii Sarah Delana Story was born 25 Apr 1966.
Leonard Leach Story was born 9 Aug 1879 in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont. He died 6 Nov 1946 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont and was buried 9 Nov 1946 in Bever Meadow Cem, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont. Leonard married Gladys Harriet Richardson on 24 Jun 1926 in Underhill, Chittenden, Vermont.
BIRTH: General Index to Vital Records of Vermont; 1871-1908; Vermont State
Library; (Leonard Story, born 9 Aug 1879, Fairfax, son of Lucas M. Story,
farmer, born Fairfax, and Elsie, born Fairfield); FHL Film 0540150.BIRTH-RELATIONSHIP-RESIDENCES: U.S. Census for Fairfax, Vermont; 1880;
National Archives; (Lucas Story, head of house, age 41, of Fairfax, Vermont,
born in Vt.; Elsie, wife, age 30, born in Vt.; Leonard, son, age 10/12, born in Vt.).BIRTH-MARRIAGE-OCCUPATION: Vital Records of Vermont; 1909-1941; Public Records Div., Vital Statistics; (Lenoard L. Story, M, a. 46, 1st m., farmer, of Fairfield, b. Fairfax, son of Lucas M. Story, b. Fairfax, and Elsie J. Leach, b. Fairfield, and Gladys Richardson, wh., a. 26, 1st m., rural school teacher, of Underhill, b. Elmore, dau. of George H. Richardson, b. Enfield, N.H., and Alma P. Emery, b. Eden, m. 24 Jun 1926, Fairfield); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Films VR-575, 576.
MARRIAGE: Marriage certificate; 1926; Town Clerk, Fairfield, Vermont; copy
issued 31 May 1956; in possession of Albert George Story, son.BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: Vital Records of Vermont; 1942-1954; Public Records Div., Vital Statistics; (Leonard Story, wh., farmer, of East Fairfield, a. 67-2-28, d. 6 Nov 1946, Burlington, hus. of Gladys, a. 46, b. 9 Aug 1879, Fairfax, son of Lucas M. Story, b. Fairfax, and Elsie Leach, b. Fairfield); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Film VR-674.
DEATH-BURIAL: Personal knowledge, attendance at funeral; 1946; Albert George Story, son.
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE: Gravestone Inscriptions; 1879-1946; Beaver Meadow
Cemetery, Fairfax, Vermont; (Leonard L. Story, 1879-1946, wife, Gladys H.);
Viewed by Albert G. Story, 1991.
Gladys Harriet Richardson [Parents] was born 5 Dec 1899 in Elmore, Lamoille, Vermont. She died 20 Mar 1989 in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas and was buried 24 Mar 1989 in Bever Meadow Cem, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont. Gladys married Leonard Leach Story on 24 Jun 1926 in Underhill, Chittenden, Vermont.
Other marriages:Story, Leonard Leach
BIRTH: Knowledge of Gladys Harriet Richardson Story; 1956; as related to
Albert G. Story, son; not verified by source records, as all vital records at
the Town Hall in Elmore, Vermont were lost in a fire.MARRIAGE: Marriage certificate; 1926; Town Clerk, Fairfield, Vermont; copy
issued 31 May 1956; in possession of Albert George Story, son.BIRTH-MARRIAGE-OCCUPATION: Vital Records of Vermont; 1909-1941; Public Records Div., Vital Statistics; (Lenoard L. Story, M, a. 46, 1st m., farmer, of Fairfield, b. Fairfax, son of Lucas M. Story, b. Fairfax, and Elsie J. Leach, b. Fairfield, and Gladys Richardson, wh., a. 26, 1st m., rural school teacher, of Underhill, b. Elmore, dau. of George H. Richardson, b. Enfield, N.H., and Alma P. Emery, b. Eden, m. 24 Jun 1926, Fairfield); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Films VR-575, 576.
DEATH: Telephone call from Jacksonville, Texas; 1989; Eunice E. Jackson,
daughter; Call received by Albert G. Story, son, about one hour after her death in the hospital at Jacksonville, Texas; She had been living for the
previous four months in the Garden Center Nursing Home at Jacksonville.
Recorded here by her son, Albert G. Story, 21 March 1989.BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE: Gravestone Inscriptions; 1899-1989; Beaver Meadow
Cemetery, Fairfax, Vermont; (Leonard L. Story, wife, Gladys H., 1899-1989);
Viewed by Albert G. Story, 1991.EDUCATION-OCCUPATION: Graduate of Wolcott Normal School, Teacher's certificate, about 1920; taught school in East Fairfield, Vermont before her marriage and again for several years after death of husband.
BIRTH: Knowledge of Gladys Harriet Richardson Story; 1956; as related to
Albert G. Story, son; not verified by source records, as all vital records at
the Town Hall in Elmore, Vermont were lost in a fire.MARRIAGE: Marriage certificate; 1926; Town Clerk, Fairfield, Vermont; copy
issued 31 May 1956; in possession of Albert George Story, son.BIRTH-MARRIAGE-OCCUPATION: Vital Records of Vermont; 1909-1941; Public Records Div., Vital Statistics; (Lenoard L. Story, M, a. 46, 1st m., farmer, of Fairfield, b. Fairfax, son of Lucas M. Story, b. Fairfax, and Elsie J. Leach, b. Fairfield, and Gladys Richardson, wh., a. 26, 1st m., rural school teacher, of Underhill, b. Elmore, dau. of George H. Richardson, b. Enfield, N.H., and Alma P. Emery, b. Eden, m. 24 Jun 1926, Fairfield); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Films VR-575, 576.
DEATH: Telephone call from Jacksonville, Texas; 1989; Eunice E. Jackson,
daughter; Call received by Albert G. Story, son, about one hour after her death in the hospital at Jacksonville, Texas; She had been living for the
previous four months in the Garden Center Nursing Home at Jacksonville.
Recorded here by her son, Albert G. Story, 21 March 1989.BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSE: Gravestone Inscriptions; 1899-1989; Beaver Meadow
Cemetery, Fairfax, Vermont; (Leonard L. Story, wife, Gladys H., 1899-1989);
Viewed by Albert G. Story, 1991.EDUCATION-OCCUPATION: Graduate of Wolcott Normal School, Teacher's certificate, about 1920; taught school in East Fairfield, Vermont before her marriage and again for several years after death of husband.
They had the following children:
M i Lucas Leonard Story was born 17 Apr 1931 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont. He died 12 Jul 1952 in , New Hampshire and was buried in Bever Meadow Cem, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont.
BIRTH: Personal knowledge of mother, Glayds Harriet Richardson Story.
Gravestone; Beaver Meadow Cemetery, Fairfax, Vermont; (year of birth).
Vital Records of Vermont, Stocker - Strong; 1909-1941; Public Records Div.,
Vital Statistics; (Lucas Leonard Story, M, 1st ch., b. 17 Apr 1931, Burlington (Mary Fletcher Hosp.), son of Leonard Story, wh., a. 51, farmer, b. Fairfax, and Gladys Richardson, wh., a. 31, of Fairfield, b. Elmore, housekeeper); Vt. General Services Center, Middlesex, Vt., Film VR-___.
DEATH: Personal knowledge and attendance at his funeral.
Gravestone; Beaver Meadow Cemetery, Fairfax, Vermont; (year of death).
EDUCATION-OCCUPATION: Graduate of Vermont School of Agriculture, Randolph, Vermont, about 1948. Worked on a chicken farm in Nashua, New Hampshire until his death in a motorcycle accident when struck head-on about midnight by an automobile whose driver was intoxicated.M ii Albert George Story Dr. was born 1 Mar 1933. F iii Elsie Philena Story was born 15 Jul 1934. F iv Ellen Gladys Story R.N. was born 15 Oct 1936. F v Eunice Euphemia Story R.N. was born 16 May 1938. F vi Eliza Lucinda Story was born 29 Jul 1940.
Robin Lee Roberts was born 4 Oct 1954 in Benton, Marshall, Kentucky. He married Ellen Maria Story about Jun 1977 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky. The marriage ended in divorce.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Interview with mother, Etta V. (Mrs. James) Roberts,
5 Jul 1992, at her home, 400 S. 22nd St., Paducah, Kentucky.DIVORCE: Divorced from first wife, Ellen Maria Story, about March 1985,
Paducah, Kentucky. Married second _______________, no children, divorced.
Ellen Maria Story [Parents] was born 25 Jun 1957 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. She married Robin Lee Roberts about Jun 1977 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky. The marriage ended in divorce.
Other marriages:Fox, William
Pate, Michael
BIRTH: Birth certificate; 1957; issued by hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska;
No. 57-015116; Nebraska Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.MARRIAGE: Interview with first husband's mother, 5 Jul 1992, at her home,
400 S. 22nd St., Paducah, Kentucky.
Married (2) Bill Fox, about 1985.DIVORCE: Divorced from first husband, Robin Roberts, about 1984, Paducah,
Kentucky. Divorced from second husband, Bill Fox, 1987, while living in Provo,
Utah.CHILD: Personal knowledge of Ellen Maria (Story) Thomas, mother of child;
1995; Telephone conversation with Albert G. Story, 22 Jul 1995; (Emily Mercedes
Pate, b. 22 Jul 1995, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, dau. of Michael Pate and
Ellen Maria Story, not married).
They had the following children:
William Fox married Ellen Maria Story about 1985. The marriage ended in divorce.
Divorced several times prior to marriage to Ellen Maria Story. Divorced
from Ellen Maria Story in 1987.
Ellen Maria Story [Parents] was born 25 Jun 1957 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. She married William Fox about 1985. The marriage ended in divorce.
Other marriages:Roberts, Robin Lee
Pate, Michael
BIRTH: Birth certificate; 1957; issued by hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska;
No. 57-015116; Nebraska Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.MARRIAGE: Interview with first husband's mother, 5 Jul 1992, at her home,
400 S. 22nd St., Paducah, Kentucky.
Married (2) Bill Fox, about 1985.DIVORCE: Divorced from first husband, Robin Roberts, about 1984, Paducah,
Kentucky. Divorced from second husband, Bill Fox, 1987, while living in Provo,
Utah.CHILD: Personal knowledge of Ellen Maria (Story) Thomas, mother of child;
1995; Telephone conversation with Albert G. Story, 22 Jul 1995; (Emily Mercedes
Pate, b. 22 Jul 1995, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, dau. of Michael Pate and
Ellen Maria Story, not married).
They had the following children:
F i Bethany Fox was born 1985 in , California. F ii Emily Fox was born about 1986 in , California.
Probably not the natural child of legal father, William Fox.
Michael Pate was born about 1955/1965 in , Utah. He was not married to Ellen Maria Story.
CHILD: Personal knowledge of Ellen Maria (Story) Thomas, mother of child;
1995; Telephone conversation with Albert G. Story, 22 Jul 1995; (Emily Mercedes
Pate, b. 22 Jul 1995, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, dau. of Michael Pate and
Ellen Maria Story, not married).
Ellen Maria Story [Parents] was born 25 Jun 1957 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. She was not married to Michael Pate.
Other marriages:Roberts, Robin Lee
Fox, William
BIRTH: Birth certificate; 1957; issued by hospital, Lincoln, Nebraska;
No. 57-015116; Nebraska Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.MARRIAGE: Interview with first husband's mother, 5 Jul 1992, at her home,
400 S. 22nd St., Paducah, Kentucky.
Married (2) Bill Fox, about 1985.DIVORCE: Divorced from first husband, Robin Roberts, about 1984, Paducah,
Kentucky. Divorced from second husband, Bill Fox, 1987, while living in Provo,
Utah.CHILD: Personal knowledge of Ellen Maria (Story) Thomas, mother of child;
1995; Telephone conversation with Albert G. Story, 22 Jul 1995; (Emily Mercedes
Pate, b. 22 Jul 1995, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, dau. of Michael Pate and
Ellen Maria Story, not married).
They had the following children:
Stephen Thomas Story [Parents] was born 1 Nov 1960 in Austin, Travis, Texas. He married Cherie Marie Parkins on 18 Mar 1982 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
BIRTH: Personal knowledge of father, Albert George Story.
Mission, 1978-1980, Italy Catania Mission.
Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, 1984-1987.
Cherie Marie Parkins was born 2 Apr 1955 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She married Stephen Thomas Story on 18 Mar 1982 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
BIRTH: Telephone conversation with Cherie Marie Parkins Story.
MARRIAGE: Telephone conversation with Cherie Marie Parkins Story.
They had the following children:
Leonard Merrill Story [Parents] was born 24 Nov 1961 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He married Anna about 1993/1994 in Utah.
Last change: 11 Mar 1996
Birth certificate, issued at time of birth by Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Northampton, Massachusetts, in possession of Albert George Story, father.Mission, 1980-1981, Taiwan Kaosiung Mission.
Utah Technical College, 1986-____.
Anna was born in Russia. She married Leonard Merrill Story about 1993/1994 in Utah.
Last change: 11 Mar 1996
Daniel Richardson Story [Parents] was born 17 Sep 1964 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. He married Michelle on 23 Mar 1989 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Last change: 11 Mar 1996
Mission, 1983-1985, Sweden Stockholm Mission. Brigham Young University,
1980, 1986-____, with study at the Brigham Young
University Jerusalem Center, 1987-____.
Michelle married Daniel Richardson Story on 23 Mar 1989 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Last change: 11 Mar 1996
First name only from sister-in-law, Ellen Maria Story, March 1989. She
indicated that the marriage was to be in the Salt Lake Temple,
Salt Lake City, Utah, on 23 March 1989.
They had the following children:
Richard Braithewaite married Sarah Delana Story on Dec 1984 in , Utah. The marriage ended in divorce.
Married December 1984 to Sarah Delana Story. Divorced in apring of 1987
in Provo, Utah. No children born to the marriage.
Sarah Delana Story [Parents] was born 25 Apr 1966 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. She married Richard Braithewaite on Dec 1984 in , Utah. The marriage ended in divorce.
Other marriages:Smith, Sheldon Ray
Brigham Young University, 1984.
Sheldon Ray Smith was born 1 Apr 1962 in provo, Utah, Utah. He married Sarah Delana Story on 4 Sep 1987 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Second husband of Sarah Delana Story; married 4 September 1987 in the
Salt Lake Temple and moved immediately to Lansing, Michigan where he will
attend Graduate School in Accounting at Michigan State University.
Sheldon is the youngest of eight children in his family.
Address: 4912 S. Hagedorn, E. Lansing, Michigan 48823. Tel: 517-351-8921.
Sarah Delana Story [Parents] was born 25 Apr 1966 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. She married Sheldon Ray Smith on 4 Sep 1987 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Other marriages:Braithewaite, Richard
Brigham Young University, 1984.
They had the following children:
F i Haley Delana (adopted) Smith was born 3 Nov 1991 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan.
BIRTH: Announcement letter from adoptive mother, Sarah Delana Story Smith,
received 20 Sep 1992. This child was found abandoned at birth, and was placed
by civil authorities in the care of Sheldon and Sarah Smith, who adopted her
on 16 Sep 1992 as their daughter.M ii Jordan Joseph (adopted) Smith was born 26 Feb 1993 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan.
BIRTH: Telephone call, 24 Mar 1993, from Sarah Delana Story Smith, adoptive
mother, indicating that this child had been placed with them for adoption, and
that he is the half-brother of Haley Delana Smith, born of the same natural
mother. Initially names Alan Paul Smith.
Letter, postmarked 16 Jun 1993, from Sarah Delana Story Smith, indicated that
the name was changed to Jordan Joseph Smith.M iii Kyle Hirum (to be adopted) Smith was born 1 Dec 1995 in Kona, Oahu, Hawaii.
BIRTH-ADOPTION: Personal knowledge of Sarah D. Story Smith; 1995; Telephone
call from Sarah D. Smith, 8 Dec 1995; (Child placed at birth with Sheldon and
Sarah Smith by LDS Social Services, with legal adoption to follow); Legal
documents in possession of Sheldon and Sarah Smith, 55-568 Naniloa Loop, Laie,
Hawaii.M iv Eric Alexander (to be adopted) Smith 1 was born 29 Dec 1994 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan. F v Leilani Ann (to be adopted) Smith 1 was born 16 Apr 1998 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan.