Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1850 - born July 1 in St. Laurence County, NY to Hiram and ? Rarick 1875 - married Margaret D. Renshaw (d. November 3, 1902) on June 16 1883 - admitted on trial in Northwest Kansas Conference 1885 - full connection, deacon 1887 - elder 1892-93 - Agenda 1903 - wife's memoir, Northwest Kansas Journal (p.37) 1907 - married Mary A. Davenport on September 18 1920 - retired 1926 - died August in KS; buried Browns Creek Cemetery; memoir, Northwest Kansas Journal (p.203) children: (all appear to be from 1st marriage) Florence E. Moon, Clarence E., George William, John W., Mrs. F.A. Mills