Linda's Uncle Ed.
This is Linda's uncle Ed Stiles, in his bear skin coat. Linda's mother wrote a poem about him and his funeral.
Ed always seemed larger than life. He was a salesman, selling cigars and beer and an avid sportsman.
A Family of Strangers.
This 1993 movie with Melissa Gilbert, Patty Duke and Wiliam Shatner was based on the life of Edith Carnahan Neukom and her daughter Jody. The movie was good but not true to actual events. A book, Jody, was written by Jody's husband in 1976 was a more accurate description of events. Edith Carnahan was the wife of my grandmother's brother, Reno Neukom. The story: About August, 1922, Edith Bernice Carnahan, 15 year old daughter of Sam and Flossie Carnahan (farmer from Auburn) was sexually assaulted by an older man in a barn while walking to school. No arrests or information is available. A document was found stating that Edith said her biological father was "Culbertson". A neighbor to the Carnahans was Ivan Culbertson, age 38. Edith was sent to a Woman's shelter in Fort Wayne and had twins on April 10, 1923. There are few records as the shelter did not keep good records and kept mos...
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