John Granville Talbert born November 1854 in Indiana ¹. He died BET 18 March and 20 April 1901 ², possibly in Ashburn, Pike County Missouri. He married (1) Unknown Woman ³(2)Minnie Z. Bowling born October 1872 in Missouri. Died BEF 1910^{1 and 2}.

John Granville Talbert and Mrs. John (unknown) Talbert
Their Children:
i.Lora Ethel Talbert born 12 October 1886 in Lebanon, Boone County Indiana ⁴. She died 14 September 1961 in Kansas City, Jackson County Missouri ⁵. She was married 27 March 1920 in Leavenworth County Kansas to Frank J. Ryan ⁶ .

John Granville Talbert and Minnie Z. Bowling
Their Children:
ii. Paul G. Talbert born March 1893 in Iowa ¹.
iii. Byron Talbert born about 1895 in Indiana ¹.
iv. Howard Talbert born 14 September 1896 of Palmyra, Missouri ⁷.
v. Earl Hugh Talbert born 24 April 1898 in Palmyra, Marion Co. Missouri ⁸. He died 2 June 1972 at the Independence Sanitarium in Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri and was buried in Hale City Cemetery, Carroll County Missouri ⁹. He married (1) Katharine Bentley Boswell, 16 December 1916 in Jackson Co., Missouri ¹⁰. She was born 24 April 1899 in Sweet Springs, Saline Co., Missouri and died 2 April 1969 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri. He married (2)Thelma Russell about 1924 in Kansas ¹¹. She was born 5 August 1907 in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas and died 22 January 1999 in Los Angeles Co., California.
vi.Glen Talbert ¹².

Earl Hugh Talbert and Katharine Bentley Boswell
Their Children:
i. LIVING Talbert

Earl Hugh Talbert and Thelma Russell
Their Children:
i. Erla Lorene Talbert born 28 Mar 1926 in Miami, Oklahoma ¹³. She was married 10 October 1944 on the Santa Anna Air Base in California to Wilbert Odes Moore ¹⁴ born 22 July 1920 in Missouri, died 27 September 1991 in San Jose, Costa Rica
ii. LIVING TALBERT

Erla Lorene Talbert and Wilbert Odes Moore

¹ Birth Date of John, Minnie and children, Paul and Byron taken from the following census information:

1900 Mason Twp., Marion County Missouri Census
J.G. Talbert, Head, born Nov 1854, in Indiana, Restaurant Keeper, parents born in Indiana
Minnie Talbert, wife, born Oct 1872, parents born in Misssouri
Lara Talbert, dau., born Oct 1886 in Iowa
Paul Talbert, son, born Mar 1893 in Iowa
Biran Talbert, son, born Nov 1896 in Indiana
Howard Talbert, son, born April 1897 in Missouri.

NOTE: "Earl is not listed in this census. I haven't been able to find him. Byron and Howards months and years of birth on that census are incorrect, perhaps the census taker accidentally ommited Earl's name and in the process mixed the other dates up. I will keep looking to find if Earl was somewhere else at that time for some reason." -Summer Owens

² Date range of death for John taken from an indenture.

³ "Lara's census information lists a different place of birth for her mother than the other children list for Minnie.
Information about Lora's mother being someone other than Minnie also given by her grand-niece Erla Talbert." -Summer Owens

⁴ Place of birth mentioned in the obituary of Lora Talbert Ryan.
Date and place of birth given on death certificate of Lora Talbert Ryan

⁵ Death Certificate of Lora Talbert Ryan. Reception District No. 149, Primary Registration District No. 1002, Registrar's No. 4614, State File Number -61-033100, Filed Oct 11 1961

⁶ Marriage License of Frank J. Ryan and Lora Ethel Talbert, B No. 48014, P.J. No. 2013

⁷ Personal Information of son, Howard Talbert Jr. Date of birth also supplied on a school Grade Record from the Public Schools of hutchinson Kansas

⁸ Birth date of Earl Talbert given on his SS-5 Form, obituary and death certificate

⁹ Death Certificate of Earl Talbert, Filed June 7, 1972, Primary Registration District No. 3026, Registrar's No. 346, State File: 72 011602
Obituary lists place of burial as Hale City Cemetery, Hale Missouri

¹⁰ Marriage Certificate for Earl H. Talbert and Katharine Bentley Boswell. Lic No. 11041

¹¹ Approximate year of marriage given by Earl's daughter, Erla Talbert

¹² Seeking verification for this child. Name given by Erla Talbert and Howard Talbert. He supposedly died in some sort of accident as a teenager.

¹³ Personal knowledge of Erla Talbert

¹⁴ Personal knowledge of Erla Talbert Moore

NOTES

Earl Talbert:
"Because of Earl's and Thelma's divorce, my grandmother was raised by her step dad so details on Earl and his family are sparse but here is what she has told me.
Earl's parents died when he was very young and he was raised by the Strong family. I don't know the names of the Strongs. * Information has changed, see two paragraphs below. Earl was never legally adopted by the Strong family but he used that surname all through his young life and into his marriage for a while. The first wife of the man who raised Earl, had adoption papers prepared but never got them sent in, then she died and Mr. Strong remarried. When Thelma realized he hadn't been legally adopted she asked him to use his real surname. At the time of his death Earl supposedly owned the Strong's farm in Springfield Missouri. He had also owned or worked for a piano store in Missouri and delivered and tuned pianos. I've been told he could tune a piano perfectly by ear.
Thelma left Earl when Erla was about 4. Earl had severe tuberculosis and had been accepted for an experimental surgery at a colorado hospital, where one of his lungs was removed. Thelma took the kids to California while he was away. Erla saw her father and some of his family only once after that when she was about 12. She remembers the large scar from his shoulder blade down his back where the lung was removed. On 19 June 1933 Thelma married Charles Newton Hamlin in Salt Lake City Utah, though since she had never divorced Earl, the marriage wasn't legal." -Summer Owens

Thank you SO MUCH to Bill Strong who found my query and responded with the following information.
I have found out that Earl was raised by James Sherman Strong (known as Sherman) and Martha J. Strong. After Martha died Sherman married a woman named Cuba. Earl operated a piano store in Independence Missouri from 1962 to 1972.

"Earl's first marriage was to Katharine Bentley Boswell. He left Katharine within a couple years of being married. They had one daughter together. Katharine re-married and their child was adopted by her step-father Edward Lee Comer. She was known as child Comer. In a written account by Edward Comer, he says child Talbert was 16 to 18 months old when he married her mother Katharine. Information about child of Katharine and Earl and the Comer family graciously given by Rowan Fairgrove." -Summer Owens

CENSUS INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE TALBERT'S

1910 Kansas Ward 14, Jackson Co., Missouri Census
Dweling 268:
James S. Strong, Head, age 43, married 13 years, born in Iowa, Father's birthplace not listed, Mother born in Tennessee. Structural worker in buildings.
Martha J. Strong, wife, age43, married 13 years, mother of 0 children, born in Missouri, Father born in Kentucky, mother born in Missouri.
Earl T. Strong, adopted son, age 11, born in Missouri, parents place of birth unknown.

1930 Lafayette, Lexington Co., Missouri Census:
E.H. Talbot , Head age 30, born Missouri, parents listed as being born Unknown'
Thelma Talbot, wife age 22 born in Kansas, father born in Indiana, mother born in Kansas
Erla L. Talbot, dau., age 4 born in Oklahoma.

1910 1-WD Kansas, Jackson Co., Missouri Census
House number 713
Lora E. Talbert, lodger, age 24 born in Iowa. Father born in Indiana, mother born in Iowa.
Paul G. Talbert, brother age 17 born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in Missouri.
Byron Talbert, brother age 15 born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Missouri.

1910 2-WD Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas Census:
Horace G. DaMerritt(?) age 41, Head
G. S. DaMerritt age 31, wife
Howard Talbert age 14, cousin born in Missouri, Father born in Indiana, mother born in Missouri.