Bender Family Pictures.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP 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1983</div> <bR> <div> Robert Leon Bender</div> <div> Living</div> <div>     Wife</div> <div>     Beverly Jane Keithley</div> <div>     Living</div> <bR> <div> Jason William Bender</div> <div> Living</div> <div>     Karen Elizabeth</div> <div>     Stockwell</div> <div>     Living</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000" background="1fc50903.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bender, Keithley Family</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bender, Keithley Family"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Bender Family Pictures.</B></div> <div> Bender Family Pictures.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jacob Bender Land Deed"><U><B><U>Jacob Bender Land Deed</U></B></U></A><B><U><IMG SRC="1c836260.gif" border=0 width="54" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <div> David Bender and Family</div> <div> Standing from left to right:</div> <div> Henry, Harriet, Joseph, Laura, John, Mary</div> <div> Seated from left to right:</div> <div> Simon, David, Sarah, Walter</div> <div> <U><IMG SRC="1ac05a60.jpg" border=0 width="517" height="422" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <bR> <div> These two pictures are of David Bender.   He is my paternal Great Great Grandfather.  The picture on the left is a younger David.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="1c932230.gif" border=0 width="50" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">INFORMATION ON DAVID 8-8-2003</U></B></div> <div> David was a prominent Weaver.  He made many coverlets for friends and family.  His Loom, along with a few of his coverlets, are in the Kalona Textile Museum in Kalona, IA.  He kept a very detailed day book of who he made material for, when it was made and how much he was paid for it.  He also had a Pattern book for each of his coverlets.  The pattern book was in color and had the names of each pattern.  It also contains ingredients for making dies for the fabric.</div> <div> Both the origianal Day Book and Pattern Book are in a museum in New Mexico, along with a few coverlets.</div> <div> My family recently obtained a black and white copy of both books from Dean Bender.</div> <div> My family also has an original coverlet woven by David.  The pattern is called Irish Rose.  It is white green and red. </div> <div> <B>Picture of the coverlet Coming Soon.</B></div> <div> ___________________________________________________________________</div> <div> David was born on 8-Apr-1824.  We believe he was born in Westmoreland Co., PA.</div> <div> He died on 1-Oct-1892 Iowa and is buried in the Corning Cemetery, Corning, IA.</div> <div> David married Sarah Ann Quear May of 1846 when he was 22.</div> <div> Sarah was born on 17-Aug-1828 and died on 6-Dec-1912.</div> <div> It is believed that she passed away at her daughter Laura's home in Guthrie, OK.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e22c720.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="370" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">             <IMG SRC="0e42c530.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="339" ALT="David Bender" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="25"></div> <bR> <div> Sarah Ann Quear</div> <div> Taken from The Bender Family Picture.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="166a8df0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1fd1e2f0.gif" border=0 width="542" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Joseph Elmer Bender born on 17-Sep-1852 and died on 22-Oct-1946</div> <div> He married Rovenna Mann  on 24-Oct-1882.</div> <bR> <div> The article below is of my Great Grandfather Joseph Elmer Bender.  He was a son to David and Sarah.</div> <div> The article is taken from a newspaper in Avoca Iowa in 1939.  I let the article as it was originally written w/o spelling correction or grammar correction.  The Picture is taken from the newspaper article as well.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0ec64a10.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>AT 87, AVOCA HORTICULTURIST WILL ADMIT HE'S GETTING OLD</B></FONT></div> <div> (Avoca)</div> <div>             "I can't work like I used to." declares J. E. bender, Avoca horticulturist, who will be 87 in September.  "I'm getting too old."  Never-the-less Mr. Bender, alert and energetic, spends some time each day working about his place.  For fifty years he has propagated strawberries.  Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Bender came to Avoca from Oakland, where they had lived for fifty-two years.  Mrs. Bender who is 85, does not enjoy good health as does her hard-working husband.  They have been married fifty-seven years.  For a time Mr. Bender practiced medicine in Oakland, but he gave it up in favor of devoting more time to horticulture.  On numerous occasions he has supplied pulpit services for absent ministers.  </div> <div> <B>Reads Extensively.</B></div> <div>            Mr. Bender reads extensively and his English, chosen accurately and deliberately, is excellent.  He has read through the bible several times, having completed one reading this year.  He reads a few magazines, with Readers' Digest as the reigning favorite, and his daily paper.  Ministerial books have always appealed to him.  He has always been an ardent church follower.  "Early to bed, early to rise." is a time-tried motto for Mr. Bender.  A little siesta after dinner is usually on his afternoon schedule, and his head-back napping position is a familiar sight to neighbors.  He goes to town but seldom, only when he wants to make a purchase.  He has outlived all his old friends, so old-time visits are remembrances of past years.</div> <div> <B>Plan for Future.</B></div> <div> <B>          </B>Mr. Bender continues to plan for the future, and his willingness to discuss the present is very noticeable.  Over 1,500 quarts of strawberries were produced this season with the help of from seven to twelve pickers.  Local grocery stores distributed most of the crops.  A modern sprinkler piped from a private well and driven by an electric motor makes irrigation easy.  "Modern methods of plant propagation must be equalled if success is desired," philosophizes Mr. Bender.  A junior garden tractor is planned for next season.  Mr. Bender is assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bender.  His son Howard is employed in town, but he usually works until dark in the evening.  Six or seven varieties of strawberries are grown, and a new, experimental type, the Boyson berry will be ripe in a few days.  Raspberries, blackberries, grapes, and currents are also grown. </div> <bR> <div> To see some of Joseph's medical art work please click the link below.</div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Josephs Medical Art Work"><U><U>Joseph's Medical Art Work</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Rovena Mann  B:  31-Jul-1854  D:  2-Oct-1941</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10dcafb0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e61e2f0.gif" border=0 width="542" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Howard Bender was born on 8-Apr-1887 and died on 14-Feb-1965.</div> <div> He Married Henrietta Augusta Loewenstein on  28-Jun-1923.</div> <div> The picture on the right is Howard's High School graduation picture</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e8f4190.gif" border=0 width="500" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="35">         <IMG SRC="0eafa640.gif" border=0 width="250" height="356" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Henrietta Augusta Loewenstein  B:  6-Mar-1892  D: 11-May-1983</div> <div> This picture of Henrietta is her High School Prom picture.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10fc87a0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> To see an image of Howard and Henrietta's marriage license please click the link below.</div> <div> <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marriage License"><U><U>Marriage License</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Back to </FONT><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family History"><U><B><U>Our Family History</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>