Raymond married Marjorie Arlene Darg on May 1,1948. Their children are: Scott Alan, Kent Andrew and Paula Rae.

Charles married Nita Marie Young on August 6,1955, and their children are: Mark Charles, Lynne Marie and Marcia Ann, Jay and Jeff

''Bob'', not many knew his name was Clarence Edward, passed away August 23,1963. Ethel resides in Bennington.

Charles Lawrence (June 11 1892) married Edna Donaldson (August 29,1891) on May 19,1920. Only one son, Lawrence, Jr. was born. He was married to Virginia Harper and their children are:
Lawrence Truman (died March 6,1966), Steven, Phillip, Jack and Barbara Sue. ''Oat," as every-one knew Charles Lawrence, passed away September 8, 1938. Edna still resides in Bennington.

Della Mildred (February 22,1889) married Roy P. White (August 1, 1883) on June 18,1907.
Their son, Donald L., married Leona Howe, and their children are Joann (White) Harper, Janet
Sue (White) Graham, and Donald, Jr., "Millie" passed away September 7,1957, after Roy's
death on July 25,1946. They lost a baby girl in infancy.

Varney Raymond (''Dick'' as he was known) married EIsa Nelson, and their two children are Darrell, now living at Burrton, Kansas, and Nellie (Boster) Kirby, living at Larned, Kansas.

Frances Marie married Byron Keeler from Salina they moved to California. One daughter, Maxine, was born to them. Frances is now deceased.

CARR FAMILY

Probably no one is more familiar with the history of Verdi, than Fred Carr, who lived there most of his life. His parents, Martha and C. E Carr, migrated from their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by covered wagon to Verdi: Their small son, Frank, accompanied them. They built a one room dugout a mile and a half up the Solomon River. The elder Carr had three brothers, Vern, Alfred and Charlie Carr, in this part of the country.

Many hardships were endured after their coming to Ottawa County. Five more children blessed this pioneer family; they being Fred, Jim, Rosie, Nellie and Dollie. Much of their food was grown, and hunting in the woods and fishing in the river supplied their meat.

Only a pontoon bridge south of Verdi afforded the Carr family passage across the Solomon River.
A small town, Georgetown was located between Verdi and Niles. A store, operated by George
Carball, and a post office served the nearby settlers: this town was later abondoned. Fred Carr was born in 1882; at that time few Indians, if any, came through this section. However, an Uncle Vern Carr accompanied by a scout friend went on a buffalo hunting trip near Glen Elder, Kansas. They encountered a tribe of Indians; Vern was greasing his boots at the time; he grabbed his gun and hid in a hollow log till night and the Indians were gone. Leaving his boots behind, he walked barefoot back to Verdi. The scouting friend was one of Custer's men who later made his last stand with Custer.

When Fred was thirteen years old, he accompanied his parents by covered wagon to Oklahoma to visit an uncle. Their coffee was made of burnt corn. Their wheat was taken to Solomon to be ground into flour.

The Carr brothers, Frank, Fred and Jim, homesteaded the black fertile land along the Solomon River and today it remains in the Carr family. Fred attended all his school days at Verdi, with the exception of one term in Abilene. During the flood of 1951, Fred tied his boat to his porch each day. His neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Corlis Struble, were taken out in a boat by Dewey Slick and a man from Minneapolis, Kansas.

At one time one of the largest elevators on the Solomon branch was built at Veri. It burned down later. Bill Johannes ran a store and later George Kubach operated a pool hall, store and post office. After most of the Carr family residing in Verdi were gone, Fred Carr maintained a home for his mother. Years later he moved to Bennington to make his home. He never married. By his quiet, unassuming ways he has won innumerable friends




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