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• m. Lessie Elizabeth Taylor (b. Jul 12, 1885; d. Aug 18, 1970), on Oct 13, 1906. Lessie was the daughter of Robert Franklin Taylor (1860-1948) of Arcadia OH, and Mary Maria Pore of Howard County, IN.
• Howard and Lessie had 5 Children:

  • Mary Werner; b. July 17, 1909, Morgantown WV; d. Jan 7, 1993.
    • m. Charles Ricciardi (b. Feb 6, 1896 in Italy; d. Aug 24, 1984), on Sep 30, 1944.
    • Mary and Charles had 4 children.

  • Martha Werner; b. July 17, 1909 (twin to Mary); d. Jan 3, 1991.
    • m1. Harold Robinson; by whom she had had 2 children and 5 grandchildren:
      • Marizetta Robinson; b. 1943, LaPorte, LaPorte County, IN;
        • m. on Feb 22, 1969, Culver IN to Harold Ray Kenney; b. 1926, Nicholas County KY.; d. July 17, 2008.
        • Marizetta and Harold Ray had 2 children:
          • Alethea Kenney (b. 1971); m. David Bainbridge (b. 1970) in 1995.
          • Jeffrey Paul "Jeff" Kenney.
            • Had a relationship with Olivia (Buck) Taff.
            • Jeff and Olicvia have a daughter:
              • Cecilia Kenney; b. 1997

            • m. Elizabeth McCormick on Dec 13 , 2002 in Culver, IN
            • Jeff and Elizabeth have 2 children, both born in Mishawaka IN.:
              • Peter Kenney; b. 2003
              • Esme' Kenney; b. 2005

      • John William Robinson; b. 1937, Plymouth, Marshall County, IN; BS in Engineering, Purdue Univ.
        • m1. Barbara Ellen Williams, and had 3 children:
          • Constance "Connie" Lynn Robinson; b. 1963 Huntingburg, Dubois Cointy IN.
            • m. Steve Thornbury; later divorced, no children.
          • Robert Harold Robinson; b. 1965 Huntingburg, Dubois Cointy IN
            • had a relationship with Aurora Bell; b. 1972, Toledo, Lucas County, OH; Aurora earned her B.A. in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Evansville (1995), her B.S. in Sociology from the University of Evansville (1995), her P.H.R. in Professional Human Resources certification from Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI, 2002), and her M.A. in Organizational Communication from the University of West Florida (2003).
            • Robert and Aurora had a daughter:
              • Ariella Nicole Robinson; b. 1992, Evansville, Vanderburg County, IN. Ariella lives with her mother, Aurora, and step father, Prof. Philip J. Auter.

            • Aurora married Prof. Philip J. Auter; b. 1963; Akron OH. Philip earned his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, Mass Communications from Georgia State University in 1985, M.A. in Journalism from University of Georgia in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Kentucky in 1992.
            • Aorora and Philip Auter have three children:
              • Aisha M. Auter; b. 1998, Fairhope, Baldwin County AL.
              • Aaron D. Auter; b. 2001, Pensacola, Escambia County FL.
              • Angel N. Auter; b. 2005; Lafayette, Lafayette Parish LA.

          • David John Robinson; b. 1967 Huntingburg, Dubois Cointy IN

        • m2. Tere Jane (___?) Sahlhoff in Evansville IN. They have no children together, but she has two children, Aaron and Jennifer from a previous marriage to Dana Sahlhoff.

    • m2. Elia Bob "Steve" Stapan; by whom she had no children, however Steve had four children by an earlier mariage.

  • Ruth Werner; b. Nov 23, 1910; d. Sep 4, 2006; never married and had no children.

  • Robert Hampton Werner: b. Nov 23, 1910, in Morgantown WV, twin to Ruth; d. 1984).
    • m. Selma Naomi "Jerri" Dunn (b. Sep 22, 1915, in IN), on Aug 10, 1935.
    • Robert and Jerri had 3 children, and 3 natural and 2 adopted grandchildren..

  • John Edward Werner; b. Mar 25, 1915 in Culver IN; d. Nov 23, 2004, Tampa FL.
    • m. Doris Alverta Hughes (b. Nov 7, 1919 in PA; d. Apr 9, 2000), on Jan 29, 1943. Doris was the daughter of Earl Vernet Hughes (1883-1856) of Etna PA, and Grace McClain (1882-1972) of Glenshaw PA.
    • John and Doris had 2 children.

Brief Biography:

Howard attended Tri State College in Angola Indiana. There he met Lessie Elizabeth Taylor. Both were taking classes to become teachers. One of the first dates was spent rowing a boat across the lake - until it sprung a leak, and the boat barely made it back to the shore! Both finished the course and Howard taught school in West Virginia

Since teaching in West Virginia did not pay well, Howard studied at Polk's Conservatory of Piano Tuning in Valparaiso, Indiana, with the intention of becoming a piano tuner. Then he married Lessie Elizabeth Taylor on Oct 13, 1906, and after a short stay in Ft. Wayne IN, the moved to Montgomery, AL where Howard tuned pianos for a piano company or store.

This job in Alabama apparently also did not pay well, so Howard and Lessie moved to Lancaster PA where Howard went to Bowman's Technical School to study the trade of watchmaking. After completing the course of watchmaking he worked for a while in a jewelry store in Baltimore, MD before finding a better job in Morgantown, WV, where he again worked in a jewelry store. All but the youngest of their children were born in Morgantown.

Howard and Lessie saw an opportunity to purchase a watch and jewelry store in Culver IN, and they were encouraged by his father-in-law to take this step, because it was closer to Lessie's home. Ultimately, Howard purchased the jewelry store where they lived and worked until they died. See Werner family web pages.

References:

• Personal communication with Marizetta (Robinson) Kenney in Sept, 2006.
• Werner family web pages
• Genealogy of the family of Johann Caspar Werner (1809-1878) by John Edward Werner.
• Amish and Amish Menonite Genealogies by H.F. Gingerich & R.W. Kreider, 1986.