Individual Details
Edna Louise Hollenbeck
(7 Jul 1911 - 1 Dec 1960)
Edna is found in the 1920 census for Garfield county, School District #8, as Edna Hollembeck, age 8 9/12, the daughter of William Williams and his wife, Carrie. Also in the household are a son, Joe, age 3 8/12, and a daughter, Nellie E., age 1 3/12.
The Jordan Times, 21Mar1930, p1
SPRACKLIN-WILLIAMS
Oliver Spracklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Spracklin and Miss Edna Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Williams were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Chas. C. Kite in Jordan Friday, March 14th. Both the contracting parties are residents of the Butte Creek community, where they will make their home.
Witnesses to the ceremony were Mrs. Carrie Williams, mother of the bride, and Mrs. R. E. Spracklin. Best wishes are extended to the happy couple, by a host of friends in the Garfield community.
The Jordan Tribune, 10 Jan 1935, p5
Double Matrimonial Knot Cements Union of Couple
Thru a misunderstanding of the law governing the use of marriage certificates, and an oversight of a Miles City justice of the peace, Clifford Hawkinson and Edna Spracklin of Butte Creek, experienced the thrill of being united in marriage twice.
On December 19 the couple secured a license at the office of Clerk of Court Hetherington. They went to Miles City and sought out Justice of Peace Seth Martin who pronounced the words supposed to make them man and wife. The justice failed to notice that the license bore the stamp and official seal of Garfield county. Under law a license must be used in the county in which issued. On January 4, when the error was brought to his attention, Mr. Hawkinson secured another license and married his "wife" before the Rev. H. Meske [of the American Lutheran Church] who pronounced the rites that legalized the ceremony, Billy Searles acted as "best man" while Mrs. [Nellie] Searles stood up as "bridesmaid."
Miles City Daily Star, 25Jul1945, p8
DROWNS IN SNOW CREEK, AN ARM FORT PECK LAKE
Clifford Hawkinson, 40, drowned in the Snow Creek arm of Fort Peck lake last night during a swimming party.
After Clifford's death in 1945 Edna was married briefly to John J. Adam of Jordan.
The Jordan Tribune, 23Mar1950
Jerome Saylor of Brusett and Edna Adam of Jordan were married in Hardin Friday, March 17th. The couple left for a short honeymoon.
The Jordan Tribune, December 1960
Final Rites for Edna Saylor
Funeral Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. in the Presbyterian Church in Jordan, Montana for Mrs. Edna Louise Saylor, 48, who passed away December 1, 1960 at the Holy Rosary Hospital, Miles City, Montana
following an extended illness.
Rev. Archie McPhail, Jordan, officiated at the final services. Graves Funeral Home of Miles City was in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbears were H.K. Riley, Glen Childers, Fred Winters, Wren Mart, Gerrit Wille and Marvin Halberg.
Interment was in Pioneer Cemetery.
Edna was born July 7, 1911 in Jordan, Montana and lived all of her life in Montana in Garfield County, except for three years spent in Minnesota. She married Jerome Saylor March 10, 1950. She is survived by her husband Jerome
and five children by a former marriage: Chester of Idaho; Caroline of Texas; Dorothy and Art of Minnesota; and Frances of Jordan. Also her mother and father, Carrie and William Williams; six brothers and sisters: Joe of Jordan; Nellie of Alaska; John of Washington; Jim of Brusett, Montana; Carrie Ellen of California: and Dollie of Virginia.
Edna during her short life, lived and loved unselfishly and she leaves a host of friends and relatives who count it a privilege to have known her and will greatly mourn her passing.
Miles City Star, 2Dec1960, p2
Mrs. Jerome (Edna) Saylor, 49, of Brusett, died at a Miles City hospital Thursday morning. She had been admitted on November 14.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, in the Presbyterian church in Jordan with burial in the Pioneer Cemetery there. Rev. Archie McPhall will officiate. Graves Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Saylor was born at Jordan and had spent all of her life in the Jordan and Brusett communities. She attended Snow Creek schools and was married to Jerome Saylor in 1950. Mrs. Saylor was a member of the Presbyterian church.
She is survived by her husband; her parents, William and Carrie Williams; the following sons and daughters: Chester Spracklin of Garden Valley, Idaho; Frances Hawkinson of Jordan; Arthur F. Hawkinson of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mrs. Charles (Caroline) Schweers of San Antonio, Texas; and Mrs. Harlan (Dorothy) Krinke, Minneapolis; and five grandchildren.
Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Joe and James Williams of Jordan; John Williams of Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Morris Amundson of Coopers Landing, Alaska, Mrs. Wesley Cooper of California, and Mrs. James Stevens of London Bridge, Virginia.
Dorothy Krinke recalled that Edna enjoyed collecting rocks and arrowheads, particularly walking in the hills to look for arrowheads. She had a jar full of them.
She also enjoyed making piece quilts. I remember her sitting by the hour making quilts. My favorite was the "flower garden" quilt, mostly sewd by hand but some were sewn on the Roberts treadle machine. (Jerome donated Edna's sewing machine to the Garfield County Museum in Jordan.)
She was an excellent cook. It wasn't her favorite thing to do but I remember when she made bread she would always fry "dough gods" for us when we came from school. We would sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on them and eat them hot. Dough-gods were bread dough stretched out and fried in hot oil. Her macaroni and cheese made with long horn or cheddar and baked lima beans were superb.
She always had a big garden and was always canning something in the pressure cooker. Meat too. We always waxed the parsnips and carrots and pu them in the cellar in a gunny sack. We had to be careful as rattlesnakes would crawl in them.
She liked to dance. I remember her telling me one time that everyone though she was so light on her feet. (That's where I get my dancing from.)
She liked to play cards. I remember we used to sit around the table at night with the Alladin lamp and play cards after supper.
I remember when we lived in Jordan in the log house, at any holiday, everyone would come to our house. Don't ever remember food or anything but there were always a lot of kids to play with--Nellie's, Carrie Ellen, John's. They were my age and younger.
The Jordan Times, 21Mar1930, p1
SPRACKLIN-WILLIAMS
Oliver Spracklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Spracklin and Miss Edna Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Williams were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Chas. C. Kite in Jordan Friday, March 14th. Both the contracting parties are residents of the Butte Creek community, where they will make their home.
Witnesses to the ceremony were Mrs. Carrie Williams, mother of the bride, and Mrs. R. E. Spracklin. Best wishes are extended to the happy couple, by a host of friends in the Garfield community.
The Jordan Tribune, 10 Jan 1935, p5
Double Matrimonial Knot Cements Union of Couple
Thru a misunderstanding of the law governing the use of marriage certificates, and an oversight of a Miles City justice of the peace, Clifford Hawkinson and Edna Spracklin of Butte Creek, experienced the thrill of being united in marriage twice.
On December 19 the couple secured a license at the office of Clerk of Court Hetherington. They went to Miles City and sought out Justice of Peace Seth Martin who pronounced the words supposed to make them man and wife. The justice failed to notice that the license bore the stamp and official seal of Garfield county. Under law a license must be used in the county in which issued. On January 4, when the error was brought to his attention, Mr. Hawkinson secured another license and married his "wife" before the Rev. H. Meske [of the American Lutheran Church] who pronounced the rites that legalized the ceremony, Billy Searles acted as "best man" while Mrs. [Nellie] Searles stood up as "bridesmaid."
Miles City Daily Star, 25Jul1945, p8
DROWNS IN SNOW CREEK, AN ARM FORT PECK LAKE
Clifford Hawkinson, 40, drowned in the Snow Creek arm of Fort Peck lake last night during a swimming party.
After Clifford's death in 1945 Edna was married briefly to John J. Adam of Jordan.
The Jordan Tribune, 23Mar1950
Jerome Saylor of Brusett and Edna Adam of Jordan were married in Hardin Friday, March 17th. The couple left for a short honeymoon.
The Jordan Tribune, December 1960
Final Rites for Edna Saylor
Funeral Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. in the Presbyterian Church in Jordan, Montana for Mrs. Edna Louise Saylor, 48, who passed away December 1, 1960 at the Holy Rosary Hospital, Miles City, Montana
following an extended illness.
Rev. Archie McPhail, Jordan, officiated at the final services. Graves Funeral Home of Miles City was in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbears were H.K. Riley, Glen Childers, Fred Winters, Wren Mart, Gerrit Wille and Marvin Halberg.
Interment was in Pioneer Cemetery.
Edna was born July 7, 1911 in Jordan, Montana and lived all of her life in Montana in Garfield County, except for three years spent in Minnesota. She married Jerome Saylor March 10, 1950. She is survived by her husband Jerome
and five children by a former marriage: Chester of Idaho; Caroline of Texas; Dorothy and Art of Minnesota; and Frances of Jordan. Also her mother and father, Carrie and William Williams; six brothers and sisters: Joe of Jordan; Nellie of Alaska; John of Washington; Jim of Brusett, Montana; Carrie Ellen of California: and Dollie of Virginia.
Edna during her short life, lived and loved unselfishly and she leaves a host of friends and relatives who count it a privilege to have known her and will greatly mourn her passing.
Miles City Star, 2Dec1960, p2
Mrs. Jerome (Edna) Saylor, 49, of Brusett, died at a Miles City hospital Thursday morning. She had been admitted on November 14.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, in the Presbyterian church in Jordan with burial in the Pioneer Cemetery there. Rev. Archie McPhall will officiate. Graves Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Saylor was born at Jordan and had spent all of her life in the Jordan and Brusett communities. She attended Snow Creek schools and was married to Jerome Saylor in 1950. Mrs. Saylor was a member of the Presbyterian church.
She is survived by her husband; her parents, William and Carrie Williams; the following sons and daughters: Chester Spracklin of Garden Valley, Idaho; Frances Hawkinson of Jordan; Arthur F. Hawkinson of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mrs. Charles (Caroline) Schweers of San Antonio, Texas; and Mrs. Harlan (Dorothy) Krinke, Minneapolis; and five grandchildren.
Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Joe and James Williams of Jordan; John Williams of Tacoma, Washington; Mrs. Morris Amundson of Coopers Landing, Alaska, Mrs. Wesley Cooper of California, and Mrs. James Stevens of London Bridge, Virginia.
Dorothy Krinke recalled that Edna enjoyed collecting rocks and arrowheads, particularly walking in the hills to look for arrowheads. She had a jar full of them.
She also enjoyed making piece quilts. I remember her sitting by the hour making quilts. My favorite was the "flower garden" quilt, mostly sewd by hand but some were sewn on the Roberts treadle machine. (Jerome donated Edna's sewing machine to the Garfield County Museum in Jordan.)
She was an excellent cook. It wasn't her favorite thing to do but I remember when she made bread she would always fry "dough gods" for us when we came from school. We would sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on them and eat them hot. Dough-gods were bread dough stretched out and fried in hot oil. Her macaroni and cheese made with long horn or cheddar and baked lima beans were superb.
She always had a big garden and was always canning something in the pressure cooker. Meat too. We always waxed the parsnips and carrots and pu them in the cellar in a gunny sack. We had to be careful as rattlesnakes would crawl in them.
She liked to dance. I remember her telling me one time that everyone though she was so light on her feet. (That's where I get my dancing from.)
She liked to play cards. I remember we used to sit around the table at night with the Alladin lamp and play cards after supper.
I remember when we lived in Jordan in the log house, at any holiday, everyone would come to our house. Don't ever remember food or anything but there were always a lot of kids to play with--Nellie's, Carrie Ellen, John's. They were my age and younger.
Events
| Birth | 7 Jul 1911 | Jordan, Dawson, Montana | |||
| Marriage | 14 Mar 1930 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana - Oliver Martin Spracklin |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Jan 1935 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana - Clifford Godfred Hawkinson | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Mar 1950 | Hardin, Big Horn, Montana - Jerome Henry Saylor | | ||
| Death | 1 Dec 1960 | Miles City, Custer, Montana | | ||
| Burial | 3 Dec 1960 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana, Pioneer Cem | |||
| Marriage | John J. Adam |
Families
| Spouse | Clifford Godfred Hawkinson ( - ) |
| Child | Caroline Bernice Hawkinson |
| Child | Arthur Franklin "Art" Hawkinson |
| Child | Dorothy Ellen Hawkinson ( - 2016) |
| Child | Frances Louise Hawkinson |
| Spouse | Oliver Martin Spracklin (1903 - 1934) |
| Child | Chester Spracklin (1931 - 2012) |
| Spouse | John J. Adam (1910 - 1974) |
| Spouse | Jerome Henry Saylor (1913 - 1994) |
| Father | Virgil A. Hollenbeck (1878 - ) |
| Mother | Carrie Ellen Broughton (1892 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Wilbur Hollenbeck (1909 - 1915) |
Endnotes
1. Marriage.
2. Marriage.
3. Marriage, License #205, Recorded in Marriage Book 1,.
4. Clerk of District Court, Marriage Records: Montana, Garfield County, License #284, Book 1, p278.
5. Marriage, Jordan Tribule, 10 Jan 1935, p5.
6. Marriage, Jordan Tribune, 23 Mar 1950.
7. Obituary, Miles City Star, 2 Dec 1960, p2.
8. Obituary, Jordan Tribune, Dec 1960.