Curious about what some of the people from Clara’s Journal look like? Or some of the places? Click through the gallery to find photos that will help bring Cresbard, South Dakota to life!.
The Horen Family
Clarence Horen (my grandfather and Clara’s brother) 
George Horen (my great grandfather). He homesteaded in the Dakotas in the 1880s. 
The only photo I have of Clara Mae Horen, from her obituary 
Four Horen children, from left to right: Margaret, John (my dad), Keith, Bob 
Mary Cross, first wife of George Horen, Clara’s grandfather 
John Horen, son of Clarence and my father! 
Emily Bottum, husband of Clarance, mother of John Horen, and my grandmother 
Sylvia Smith Bottum, Emily Bottum’s mother and my great grandmother 
Judge Joseph Bottum, husband of Sylvia Smith and my great grandfather
Cresbard Families (Chapters 1-7)
Amaziah Pershing, patriarch of Pershing family (Henry, Everet and Gerald – Edgar’s best friend). 
Mr. and Mrs. McGregor (Margaret’s parents) 
Eudora Roth 
Henry and Elizabeth McComb, parents of Clara’s friend Florence who moved to New York 
Ruth Stoddard, married to Mr. Otto Bentson, the Cresbard druggist to whom Edgar delivered milk 
George Stoddard, father of Ruth, who homesteaded in the 1880s and owned a general merchandise store in Faulkton 
Elfie (Deloye) Stoddard, wife of George Stoddard and mother of Ruth 
Dorothy, Muriel, and Mildred Austin as young girls. Mildred died in 1918 at 18 years old. She had recently gotten married and gave birth to a son. 
Charles (left) and William Bechtol. Charles died of influenza after much heartache 
Bertha Sailor (on right) who abandoned her husband Charles Bechtol and ran away with a married man, taking 3 of her 7 children and changing their names so they could not be found 
A young Joe Daley, who died of influenza at 19 years old 
Joe Daley’s sister Rose, who died of influenza a few weeks after Joe 
Albert Tanner, founder of the Faulkton Tanner Hotel built in 1910 
Dr. Abbie Ann (Hall) Jarvis, first woman to be licensed to practice medicine in South Dakota 
Children of Charles Bechtol, who was abandoned by his wife Bertha and who died of influenza in 1918 
The Fedderson family – Loretta Fedderson was married to Fred, second from the left on top, and died of influenza in 1918
Cresbard Families (Chapters 8-20)
Inez (Shaw) Clifford, also known as Crazy Shaw, the music teacher in Cresbard 
1907 wedding photo of Isabelle (Church) and Herman Plate, who owned a Cresbard general store and often led choir practice 
Sixteen-year-old Ruth Griffith, a Cresbard friend of Clara 
Willis Stone, who married Harriet Potter, one of Clara’s best friends 
Professional portrait of Grace Stoddard, friend of Clara’s and sister of Ruth 
Bessie Langford, a Cresbard friend, in 1920 
Clark Carhart, who had a wife and three young children in 1918 – Clara and Edgar visit the Carhart home to help take care of the sick. 
Joseph Lee Moulton who died of influenza in 1918. Three of his daughters, aged 4, 3, and 1, died around the same time 
Fred Potter, father of Clara’s best friend Harriet and owner of the Hotel Cresbard 
Eudora Roth, a friend of Clara’s brother Azel 
Mrs. Anna May Forsyth, who visited and stayed with the Horens in Cresbard 
Mrs. Myrtle Doolittle in 1906 – she helped Clara make sandwiches for a social 
Wilbur Divine, a friend of Clara’s and the brother of Jim, who Clara marries in 1922 
The Williams family (missing: Edgar) 
The Stone family – the parents and four sons, including Willis on the far right, who married Harriet Potter, Clara’s best friend, and Steese, who married Mabel Williams, Edgar’s older sister 
Catherine Williams, Edgar’s sister, in the passenger seat
Books by Vickie Oddino 
Vickie, you look like Judge Joseph Bottum, your great grandfather!
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Not surprised – he looks just like my dad!
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