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From the 1900 census for Lost Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, Clarence was born in Kansas (Hays, Ellis County, Kansas). The census shows the birth place as Kansas, but not the town or county. Apparently his family moved back to Indiana sometime after his birth since all of his other siblings were born in Indiana.Second Generation 1.Clarence Lessley Vest b. 9-Feb-1886 in Kansas (son of James Lafeyett Vest and Pheba Agnes Shratz) married: 5-Aug-1906, in Vigo Co. Indiana to Bertha Elizabeth Billerman born: 16-Nov-1889, Coldwater,Ohio (Mercer Co.) (daughter of George Billerman and Anna m. Schratz) Bertha died: 27-Aug-1981 in Seminole, Ok. buried: Maple Grove, Seminole, Co. Ok. Clarence died 29-May-1961 in Seminole, Ok. buried: Maple Grove, Seminole, Co. Ok. Children: 2. i Lillian May b. 28-Feb-1908. 3. ii Anna Agnes b. 24-Jun-1911. 4. iii Myra Mable b. 1-Oct-1913. 5. iv Cora Levern b. 9-Aug-1916. 6. v George Lafeyett b. 9-Feb-1919. 7. vi Frank Louis b. 9-Jan-1922. 8. vii Ralph Leon b. 7-Aug-1925. 9. viii Leonard Leroy b. 7-Oct-1929.
From What I hear Clarence lived and worked in Oklahoma City while Bertha, his wife, lived in Seminole and rasied the family. He would come home on the weekends. After retiring he moved back to Seminole.
