Peter Monroe IMEL

                   Peter Imel and Margaret Lyon were both born and reared in Madison, Indiana.  Margaret was born on April 8, 1845.  She died in Dodge City, Kansas, March 2, 1922, at the age of 76 years.  Her obituary states that she was survived by four living children.  Clara, Stella (Mrs. Carl Van Riper), Violette (Mrs. C. M. States), all of Dodge City; her son, Will A., Fairbury, Nebraska; and a brother, Ed Lyon, Madison, Indiana.  Her obituary states: "Mrs. Imel was of Scotch ancestry, and it was a source of great pride to her.  She was not a doer of great things, excepting the greatest of all things...rearing a family of fine children.  She was a great lover of home and her church, in which she was active until her declining years.  Mrs. Imel until only a few weeks ago followed world and local current events through the columns of the daily press, and found much enjoyment in discussing the various political and other developments of the day."  Peter Imel was born about 1847 and died July 29, 1918, aged 71 years.  Peter Imel and Margaret Lyon were married on November 12, 1867.  Mr. and Mrs. Imel were among the first residents of Ford County, settling on a homestead on the Coon Creek, south of Spearville and about 12 miles east of Dodge City.  The blizzard of 1886 practically wiped out the cattle ranch Peter Imel had established.  In 1895, the family moved to Dodge City, where Peter started a grocery store which was located at the northeast corner of Walnut (now Gunsmoke) and Second Avenue.  The family lived at First and Vine and later at 710 Fifth Avenue.  The children of Peter and Margaret Imel were Clara, Stella, Violette, Charles, William A., and Mary.  Clara remained unmarried.  Stella was married to Carl Van Riper.  At the age of 16 or 17 Stella Imel took the County Examination for a teacher's certificate.  For her first year of teaching she drove a horse and buggy back and forth each day to teach at Ft. Dodge.  The next year she taught in the Sawlog neighborhood.  Then she taught eight years on Boot Hill at the old Third Ward School.  As a young woman she was active in the Methodist Church where she played the organ and sang in a quartet.  Violette married Charles Morgart States on June 22, 1903.  He was a pharmacist and owned the Palace Drug Store in Dodge City for many years.  Their children were Margaret States Young (Mrs. Maurice R. Young) and O. B. "Bus" States.  Margaret and Maurice's son is Charles M. Young.  O. B. "Bus" married Veneta Slepake, who had lived in Garfield, Kansas. Their children were Sydney and Dana.   Charles, born in Kansas, was married to Cora Startet.  He died about 1917.  William A. was born in Kansas.  He married Cecil Jennings.  Their daughter was Jane (Mrs. Richard Bissing).  Mary married a minister.  William Reace, from Chicago.  She died in Chicago in December 1920.  They had no children. [Written by Margaret States Young]