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JOHAN FRIEDRICH ERMENTRAUDT
4-6-2-4-3-2-2 KENT SCHOFF EHRMAN
b: 17 Nov 1911, Portland, Ore.; m: 22 May 1934, Colorado Springs, Colo., to SUZANNE
WALKER, b: 13 Nov 1911, Boise, Idaho; d: 17 Feb 1958, Ephrata, Wash.; dau. (adopted) of William J Gallager and wife
Elizabeth Roberts.
CHILDREN: 1. Kent S, Jr, b: 2 Nov 1937. 2. Patrick, b: 16 Oct 1946.
Kent attended the public schools in Colorado Springs, Colo., and grad. from col. He mar. Suzanne Walker in 1934 and they
had one boy born to them. Later they adopted another boy. Kent worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation until the begin-
ning of WW II. He volunteered and received a commission in the US Navy as a Lt. J. G. and served in Philadelphia, Sacramento
and New Orleans. After 9 years service in the Navy he returned to inactive duty with the rank of Commander. He returned to
the US Reclamation Service and in 1959 he was chief of the Canal and Lateral Design Unit in the Engineering Section, Colum-
bia River Project of eastern Wash. (Grand Coulee). His wife, Suzanne, died in 1958 and burial was at Ephrata, Wash. nfd
(Data, G Edgar Ehrman, father)
4-6-2-4-3-2-3 ROBERT F SCOTT EHRMAN
b: 9 Jan 1917, Colorado Springs, Colo.; m: 15 Jan 1939, Colorado Springs, Colo., to MILDRED
ALLEN, b: 5 Oct 1910, Colorado Springs, Colo.; dau. of Lloyd T Allen and wife Katherine Huffman.
CHILDREN: 1. Robert M, b: c 1930 (adopted).
Robert attended public school in Colorado Springs, Colo. After leaving school he worked for several years as an agent for
the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. During WW II he was employed by an Electrical Contractor in the installation of electrical equipment
in Naval Combat Craft. He volunteered for service in the US Navy near the end of the war but only served about 3 months
before he was discharged. In 1939 he mar. Mildred Allen of Colorado Springs. They had no children of their own and adop-
ted a boy. After leaving the Navy he went with the Fuller Brush Co. and in 1958 he was a field supervisor. nfd
(Data, G Edgar Ehrman, father)
4-6-2-4-4 SILAS WINFIELD ARMENTROUT
b: 29 Oct 1853, Rock. Co., Va.; d: 2 May 1940, Gallatin, Mo.; m: 15 Nov 1888, Marshall, Mo., to
CORA OSBORN, b: 10 Jan 1866, Gallatin, Mo.; d: 17 Dec 1950, Gallatin, Mo.
CHILDREN: 1. Winfield Dockery (1884- ). 2. Edwin 0 (1902- ).
Silas was born in Virginia in 1853, the 4th child of Jeremiah and Sara J Armentrout. He was bapt. at Pk. Mtn. Ch., 20
May 1854. Silas received his early education in the local schools in Rock. Co. The Rock. Co., Va., cen. rec. for 1860 list him
as a boy of 7 and that for 1870 as a teenager of 16, living with his parents. His older bro., Peter Cornelius, was established in
Marshall, Mo., so when Silas left home, he went west to Marshall where he worked for a time as a clothing salesman. He was
25 years of age in 1888, the year he mar. Cora Osborn, a Missouri girl. To this union were born 2 sons. Later Silas was the
business manager for the Mo. State School at Marshall. He and his family were members of the Marshall Pres. Ch. where he was
a Deacon and an Elder. He may have retired and moved to Gallatin, his wife's former home. Silas died in 1940 and his wife,
Cora, died 10 years later in 1950. Interment for both was at Gallatin. nfd (Bible Rec., App IV-7) (Data, W D Ar~entrout and
Lottie A Latimer)
4-6-2-4-4-1 WINFIELD DOCKERY ARMENTROUT
b: 2 Nov 1889, Marshall, Mo.; d:?; m: 28 Dec 1916, Columbus, Ohio, to DORAL SAUER,
b: 25 Jan 1891, Columbus, Ohio; d:? ; dau. of William and Nettie Sauer.
CHILDREN: 1. William Winfield (1918- ). 2. Jeanette (1922- ).
Winfield Dockery attended public school in Marshall, Mo., and grad. with an AB degree from Mo. Valley Col. in 1910. He
taught in the HS of Chanute and Ft. Scott, Kan., before taking his MA from Columbia in 1914. The following year he was
head of the Normal Training Dept. in Topeka, Kan., HS and in the next 4 years he was assoc. prof. of Education and Psychol-
ogy at Kan. State Teachers Col. In 1916 Winfield and Dora Sauer were mar. and to this union 2 children were born. He
spent one year, 1919-20, as principal of the Junior HS, Lawrence, Kan., and the following IO years, 1920-31, were served as
the Dept. Head of the Colorado State Col. of Education. It was during this period that he did some grad. work at Ohio State
Univ. in 1922, and in 1926 he earned a EdD degree at Harvard Univ. It was also during this period that he was a curriculum
specialist for the Denver, Colo., Public School System; extension lecturer in Education at Boston Univ.; visiting prof. of Edu-
cation in the summer of 1927 at Columbia Univ.; and at the Univ. of Hawaii in the summer of 1931. In 1931 he became vice
president of Colo. State Col. and acting president in 1940. From 1946 on he was president of the Rocky Mountain Radio
Coundl.
Winfield was a member of the NEA; Phi Delta Kappa; Kappa Delta Pi; Pi Kappa Delta; Acasia; the Masons and Rotary. He
was the author of numerous books and papers on Education as well as co-author on several. He and his wife lived in Greely.
Colo., until retirement after which they moved to Calif. and resided in Santa Barbara. nfd
(Data, Winfield D Armentrout) (Who's Who in America-AN Marquis Co.-Vol. 26, 1950/51, p 85)
4-6-2-4-4-1-1 WILLIAM WINFIELD ARMENTROUT
b: 8 Dec 1918, Pittsburg, Kan.; m: c 1944, Greely, Colo., to BERDA ELKJER, b: c 1923, Central
City, Nebr.; dau. of Alfred and Barbara Elkjer.
CHILDREN: 1. Barbara Jeanette, b: c 1945. 2. Robert. 3. Beth Ann. nfd
(Data, Winfield D Armentrout, father)
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4-6-2-4-3-2-2 KENT SCHOFF EHRMAN
b: 17 Nov 1911, Portland, Ore.; m: 22 May 1934, Colorado Springs, Colo., to SUZANNE
WALKER, b: 13 Nov 1911, Boise, Idaho; d: 17 Feb 1958, Ephrata, Wash.; dau. (adopted) of William J Gallager and wife
Elizabeth Roberts.
CHILDREN: 1. Kent S, Jr, b: 2 Nov 1937. 2. Patrick, b: 16 Oct 1946.
Kent attended the public schools in Colorado Springs, Colo., and grad. from col. He mar. Suzanne Walker in 1934 and they
had one boy born to them. Later they adopted another boy. Kent worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation until the begin-
ning of WW II. He volunteered and received a commission in the US Navy as a Lt. J. G. and served in Philadelphia, Sacramento
and New Orleans. After 9 years service in the Navy he returned to inactive duty with the rank of Commander. He returned to
the US Reclamation Service and in 1959 he was chief of the Canal and Lateral Design Unit in the Engineering Section, Colum-
bia River Project of eastern Wash. (Grand Coulee). His wife, Suzanne, died in 1958 and burial was at Ephrata, Wash. nfd
(Data, G Edgar Ehrman, father)
4-6-2-4-3-2-3 ROBERT F SCOTT EHRMAN
b: 9 Jan 1917, Colorado Springs, Colo.; m: 15 Jan 1939, Colorado Springs, Colo., to MILDRED
ALLEN, b: 5 Oct 1910, Colorado Springs, Colo.; dau. of Lloyd T Allen and wife Katherine Huffman.
CHILDREN: 1. Robert M, b: c 1930 (adopted).
Robert attended public school in Colorado Springs, Colo. After leaving school he worked for several years as an agent for
the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. During WW II he was employed by an Electrical Contractor in the installation of electrical equipment
in Naval Combat Craft. He volunteered for service in the US Navy near the end of the war but only served about 3 months
before he was discharged. In 1939 he mar. Mildred Allen of Colorado Springs. They had no children of their own and adop-
ted a boy. After leaving the Navy he went with the Fuller Brush Co. and in 1958 he was a field supervisor. nfd
(Data, G Edgar Ehrman, father)
4-6-2-4-4 SILAS WINFIELD ARMENTROUT
b: 29 Oct 1853, Rock. Co., Va.; d: 2 May 1940, Gallatin, Mo.; m: 15 Nov 1888, Marshall, Mo., to
CORA OSBORN, b: 10 Jan 1866, Gallatin, Mo.; d: 17 Dec 1950, Gallatin, Mo.
CHILDREN: 1. Winfield Dockery (1884- ). 2. Edwin 0 (1902- ).
Silas was born in Virginia in 1853, the 4th child of Jeremiah and Sara J Armentrout. He was bapt. at Pk. Mtn. Ch., 20
May 1854. Silas received his early education in the local schools in Rock. Co. The Rock. Co., Va., cen. rec. for 1860 list him
as a boy of 7 and that for 1870 as a teenager of 16, living with his parents. His older bro., Peter Cornelius, was established in
Marshall, Mo., so when Silas left home, he went west to Marshall where he worked for a time as a clothing salesman. He was
25 years of age in 1888, the year he mar. Cora Osborn, a Missouri girl. To this union were born 2 sons. Later Silas was the
business manager for the Mo. State School at Marshall. He and his family were members of the Marshall Pres. Ch. where he was
a Deacon and an Elder. He may have retired and moved to Gallatin, his wife's former home. Silas died in 1940 and his wife,
Cora, died 10 years later in 1950. Interment for both was at Gallatin. nfd (Bible Rec., App IV-7) (Data, W D Ar~entrout and
Lottie A Latimer)
4-6-2-4-4-1 WINFIELD DOCKERY ARMENTROUT
b: 2 Nov 1889, Marshall, Mo.; d:?; m: 28 Dec 1916, Columbus, Ohio, to DORAL SAUER,
b: 25 Jan 1891, Columbus, Ohio; d:? ; dau. of William and Nettie Sauer.
CHILDREN: 1. William Winfield (1918- ). 2. Jeanette (1922- ).
Winfield Dockery attended public school in Marshall, Mo., and grad. with an AB degree from Mo. Valley Col. in 1910. He
taught in the HS of Chanute and Ft. Scott, Kan., before taking his MA from Columbia in 1914. The following year he was
head of the Normal Training Dept. in Topeka, Kan., HS and in the next 4 years he was assoc. prof. of Education and Psychol-
ogy at Kan. State Teachers Col. In 1916 Winfield and Dora Sauer were mar. and to this union 2 children were born. He
spent one year, 1919-20, as principal of the Junior HS, Lawrence, Kan., and the following IO years, 1920-31, were served as
the Dept. Head of the Colorado State Col. of Education. It was during this period that he did some grad. work at Ohio State
Univ. in 1922, and in 1926 he earned a EdD degree at Harvard Univ. It was also during this period that he was a curriculum
specialist for the Denver, Colo., Public School System; extension lecturer in Education at Boston Univ.; visiting prof. of Edu-
cation in the summer of 1927 at Columbia Univ.; and at the Univ. of Hawaii in the summer of 1931. In 1931 he became vice
president of Colo. State Col. and acting president in 1940. From 1946 on he was president of the Rocky Mountain Radio
Coundl.
Winfield was a member of the NEA; Phi Delta Kappa; Kappa Delta Pi; Pi Kappa Delta; Acasia; the Masons and Rotary. He
was the author of numerous books and papers on Education as well as co-author on several. He and his wife lived in Greely.
Colo., until retirement after which they moved to Calif. and resided in Santa Barbara. nfd
(Data, Winfield D Armentrout) (Who's Who in America-AN Marquis Co.-Vol. 26, 1950/51, p 85)
4-6-2-4-4-1-1 WILLIAM WINFIELD ARMENTROUT
b: 8 Dec 1918, Pittsburg, Kan.; m: c 1944, Greely, Colo., to BERDA ELKJER, b: c 1923, Central
City, Nebr.; dau. of Alfred and Barbara Elkjer.
CHILDREN: 1. Barbara Jeanette, b: c 1945. 2. Robert. 3. Beth Ann. nfd
(Data, Winfield D Armentrout, father)
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