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     Leslie Anne Collins was born on 15 July 1931 at The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.^1,2 She was the daughter of James Ellis Collins and Lela Alice Meredith.^1,2 Leslie Anne Collins married Joseph Shields Coffman, son of Floyd Tracy Coffman and Mildred May Shields, on 2 November 1949 at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.^1,2 Leslie Anne Collins became Rachel Anne Coffman's adoptive mother.^1,2 Leslie Anne Collins became Catherine Jo Coffman's adoptive mother.^1,2 Leslie Anne Collins died on 17 July 2020 at Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, at age 89.³

     James Ellis Collins was born on 22 April 1896 at Pennsylvania.³ He died on 18 February 1986 at Washington at age 89.³

     Lela Alice Meredith was born on 24 March 1905 at Kansas.³ She died on 12 March 1948 at Oregon at age 42.³

     Burl Reuble Byerley was born on 9 March 1886 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^3,4,5,6 He was the son of James Madison Byerley and Hannah Lucinda Maxwell.^1,2 Burl Reuble Byerley married Mary Fern Shields, daughter of Samuel Sloan Shields and Carrie May Gibbons, on 2 July 1919.^1,2 Burl Reuble Byerley died on 2 November 1979 at Humboldt County, California, at age 93.⁶ He was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery (now Mountain View Cemetery), Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington.⁷

     James Madison Byerley was born on 19 June 1844 at Tennessee.¹ He died on 29 October 1923 at Tennessee at age 79.¹

     Hannah Lucinda Maxwell was born on 25 January 1848 at Tennessee.¹ She died on 29 October 1912 at Tennessee at age 64.¹

     Louis Shields Byerley was born on 16 May 1920 at Oregon.^3,4,5 He was the son of Burl Reuble Byerley and Mary Fern Shields.^1,2 Louis Shields Byerley died on 6 November 1946 at Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, at age 26.^1,2 He was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery (now Mountain View Cemetery), Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington.^6,7,8

     Carolyn May Byerley was born on 8 April 1923 at Roy, Power County, Idaho.^1,2 She was the daughter of Burl Reuble Byerley and Mary Fern Shields.^1,2 Carolyn May Byerley married Ethen Miles Whitman, son of Armon Vines Whitman and Ruth Ethie Thomas, on 16 November 1942 at San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.^1,2

     Richard Charles Byerley lived at Touchet, WA. He was born on 26 March 1926 at American Falls, Power County, Idaho.^1,2,3 He was the son of Burl Reuble Byerley and Mary Fern Shields.^1,2,3 Richard Charles Byerley married Beth Marie Holmes, daughter of Theodore Edward Holmes and Lottie Jane Shupe, on 15 August 1948 at Milton, Umatilla County, Oregon.^1,3

     Ethen Miles Whitman was born on 5 August 1921 at Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri.^1,2 He was the son of Armon Vines Whitman and Ruth Ethie Thomas.^1,2 Ethen Miles Whitman married Carolyn May Byerley, daughter of Burl Reuble Byerley and Mary Fern Shields, on 16 November 1942 at San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.^1,2 Ethen Miles Whitman lived at Hoopa, CA.

     Armon Vines Whitman was born on 11 December 1898 at Missouri.² He died on 14 March 1975 at Washington at age 76.³

     Ruth Ethie Thomas was born in 1900.³ She died in 1950.⁴