Samuel Gann of Winchester Va Family

From Cathie Schoppenhorst, 1344 N Hwy 47, Marthasville, MO 63357. 314-433-5617 From Nina Graham, 806 S 3rd St, Odessa, MO 64076-1455 (816)633-4094 4/23/96.

The obituary of Lula Belle stated that she died at her home, 1430 Oakley and had lived in Kansas City 35 years. About 1900 LUla and her husband went to Port Arthur, Canada, homesteading some land, but returned within two years.

From Nina Graham. I remember what a pretty woman that she was and always so jolly and my mother, Florence Brannan, her sister, was always glad to have her visit and so were all the children. We were always told that she was a beautiful young girl. My mother always said that she was the "belle" of Lafayette County. Since she married so young, I am sure that was the reason their father kept my mother going to school and probably didn't like any of her boy friends. They loved to ride horses when they lived at home, but they did have a buggy they could use when they went courting. Lula Belle was in an accident a few years before she died. I remember a time or two that my mother went up and stayed a few days with her. The last time that I remember her was about 1940 or so when she came to my mother's house and I drove them to Odessa to see their brother, John Elmer Gann. As we started home, it started to rain and the roads were a little muddy and Lula was so scared that she wanted to stop. We did stop at a farm house and they convinced her that it was not bad enough and we could make it all right. It didn't bother my mother, but she had never been in an accident like Lula had. She was a wonderful person and her children were always very good to her.