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     Shirley Ross Hodges was the son of Shirley Thomas Hodges and Margaret Caswell.^2,3,1

     Marilyn Lela Hodges is the daughter of Shirley Thomas Hodges and Margaret Caswell.^2,3

     Thomas Charles Hodges was the son of Shirley Thomas Hodges and Margaret Caswell.^2,1

     Barbara Hodges is the daughter of Shirley Thomas Hodges and Margaret Caswell.¹

     William Leonard Caswell was the son of Harley Guy Caswell and Ina Kathrine Sorensen.^2,1

     Delores Joan Caswell is the daughter of Kenneth E. Caswell and Agnes Segrud.¹

     Loren Charles Caswell was the son of Leo Charles Caswell and Ella V. Helgerson.^2,1

     Janet Rae Caswell was the daughter of Leo Charles Caswell and Ella V. Helgerson.²

     Frances Gertrude Hall was born on 22 October 1887 in Kansas, USA.^1,2 She married William Adelbert Caswell, son of Andrew Charles Caswell and Milda M. Scott, on 13 March 1910 in Logan County, Kansas, USA.² She died on 24 October 1971 in Logan County, Kansas, USA, at age 84.²
     Frances G. Caswell (wife, age 22) was enumerated in the census on 30 April 1910 in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, USA, in the household of Charles W. A. Caswell.³ Frances G. Caswell (wife, age 32) was enumerated in the census on 7 January 1920 in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, USA, in the household of William A. Caswell.⁴ Francis G. Caswell (wife, age 42) was enumerated in the census on 24 April 1930 in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, USA, in the household of William A. Caswell.⁵ Francis G. Caswell (wife, age 52) was enumerated in the census on 9 April 1940 in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, USA, in the household of W. A. Caswell.⁶
     Obituary: Frances Gertrude Caswell died at Logan County hospital on Oct 24, 1971, at the age of 84 years and 2 days. She was born to Violet and Albert Hall Oct 22, 1887, on a farm near Chanute, Kans. Her mother was an early pioneer teacher. At the age of 6 months she moved with her pioneer parents, in a covered wagon to a homestead at the foot of the Lone Butte near Russell Springs, Kans. In 1897 when Frances was 10 years old the family moved to a farm 4 miles west of Oakley. She received her education in the Oakley community and graduated from Oakley High School in 1904. She earned a teaching certificate and taught at the Duttlinger school south of Monument, at the Vawter school north of Oakley and several terms in the Oakley school system. She was always interested in better education and worked diligently for the formation of the Oakley consolidated school system. In 1910 she was united in marriage to William A. (Billy) Caswell and established a home on a farm 6 miles west of Oakley. Three years later they moved to South Dakota where they farmed for 5 years. In 1918 they returned to the farm that first belonged to her parents, 4 miles west of Oakley where Frances had spent her youth and continued to live there until moving to Oakley in 1969. Mrs. Caswell never wanted anything for herself, only for her children. At a time when many people left Western Kansas during the dust-bowl days, when members of her family would have left also, it was she who sat tight, refusing to leave, believing the land would come back, which it did. For the past year the Caswells resided at Parkside Manor nursing home. Mrs. Caswell is survived by her husband; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Gridley, Oakley; 2 sons, Ernest and Ed, both of Bartlesville, Okla., 5 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Nellie, preceded her in death in March of 1969. She became a Christian at the age of 12 when she was baptized into Christ on Jan. 8, 1900. Mr. Hiram Caswell, pastor of the Christian Church, Oakley, officiated at funeral services Oct 26, at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church. Burial was in the Oakley Cemetery. Hall-Koster Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. (OBITUARY Oakley Graphic October 28, 1971 FRANCES CASWELL.)²