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Article about President Harding
by William R. Heald
June 05, 2004
Saturday
In regards to the article about President Harding, and the stopover
in Metlakatla. Mention was made about Herbert Hoover, then Secretary
of Commerce, and later President of the United States. In the
article it was stated that Herbert Hoover had a personal interest
as his widowed Uncle John had been there and married a Metlakatla
woman.
If this is true, and I have my doubts, it would be unsual for
several reasons.
Dr. Henry John Minthorn, was
70 years old at the time his wife Laura died in 1916. He was
a staunch Quaker, and was unlikely to marry someone outside of
the faith.
Dr. Minthorn, died in 1922, and is buried in Newberg, Oregon.
He was also the brother of my greatgrandmother Anna, and also
of Herbert's mother Huldah.
I have been collection data
on this family for a number of years, and would appreciate any
documentation on Dr Minthorn's marriage to a woman in ALaska
William R. Heald
E-mail: wheald@earthlink.net
Sanger, CA - USA
Related article:
A President's Ill-Fated Trek to Alaska;
What did kill Warren G. Harding
By June Allen... July 23, 2003
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