10C.  Viola Judson was born in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan, on Friday, October 11, 1878, and died in Kent County, Michigan, on August 19, 1967. She was always called Ole, pronounced Oh' Lee. She was buried in Jamestown Cemetery, Hanley, Ottawa County, Michigan. Henry Sadler was born _____, and died about 1943. They were married in Michigan? _____. She took the name Viola Sadler. She is the daughter of Washington and Mary Lynn (McKenney) Judson. He is the son of Franklin and Hattie (Cook) Sadler. They had one child:

i. Harley Sadler was born in Byron Township on December 27, 1902, and died in Zephyrhills, Florida, on ____, 19__. He married first Marian _____; the were divorced without having children. He married second Margaret Heintzelman Brown; they had no children. Harley lived on the farm with his parents until about 1970, after they died. He worked for the Pere Marquette Railroad in Grand Rapids with his cousin, Harold Judson. Both families retired to adjacent mobile homes in Zephyrhills, Florida.

Washington Judson and grandson, Harley Sadler
After they were married, Henry and Ole lived on a farm in the same house all of their lives. It was near the Hanley Cemetery in Byron Center, Michigan. Shirley (Judson) Cords, granddaughter of Ole's brother, Homer, remembers visiting the farm often and seeing Henry milking cows. Henry worked the farm until he died.

Ole's sister, Mable, lived on the farm with them all her life. She had a small house behind the main house.

The author remembers a few visits to Aunt Ole during his childhood. She was a short woman who always had a pleasant smile and cheerful disposition.

Franklin Sadler may have been an Irish immigrant.


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