| Summary: | in the Braddock community. Mrs. Stickney was the former Susie Walker who came with her parents, Robert and Katie Walker, three brothers and two sisters from Kansas City, MO in 1900. They settled on a farm near where Hazelton was built, around 1902. Braddock was the nearest town, so trading was done at the Fred Cotton Store in Braddock. In a short time Susie Walker got a job as housekeeper for the Cotton family. She worked for them for over six years. On Dec. 23, 1907, Cliff and Susie were married and moved to a farm three miles southwest of Braddock where they lived and raised their family of two sons, Eldon and Donald, and a daughter, Eunice. Cliff died in 1928 after a long iUness, and the daughter Eunice, died about the same time. Mrs. Stickney and the boys lived on the farm until her death in June, 1963. They are all buried in the Braddock Cemetery. Later on the boys moved to Hazelton, where they still live. Eldon has a son, Russell Stickney, and a daughter, Donna Carpenter, and four grandchildren living in Moxee City, WA where he lived for a few years before coming back to North Dakota. John and Glenaris (Marx) Sisco John Sisco, son of Ralph and Evelyn Sisco, was born at Jamestown, NDJune 27, 1931. On Aug. 17, 1957 he was united in marriage to Glenaris Marx at Bismarck, ND. She is the daughter of Tom and Nora Marx, bom to them at Braddock, ND Oct. 12, 1932. Glenaris, a registered nurse, graduated from nursing school in 1954. Presently she is occupied with her role as mother and housewife. Her husband, John, a Korean War veteran, and PH. D., is chairman of the Department of Communications at the University of S. Florida at Tampa. They have four children: Jaclyn (Sisco) Keogh, an elementary teacher; Dale Sisco, a law student; Paul Sisco, 11th grade; and Kim Sisco, 6th grade. The Siscos are members of the Catholic Church. Frank and Elizabeth (Kappenman) Splonskowski Frank Splonskowski (of Marion, SD) and Elizabeth Kappenman (of Dolton, SD) took up a claim of land near Farmingdale, SD in 1910. He bought a "Relinquishment" from somebody else who had the right to homestead the land. It was rich bench-land and worth less than if it had been in the valley with a good stream of water. He lived on it almost three years and proved his right to the land. But the climate proved to be very dry for farming; so he sold the place. Frank and Elizabeth (with a younger brother, Fred) moved to a farm IV2 miles east of Braddock, ND. After a few years, Fred left. The family raised potatoes, grain and purebred holsteins. In 1926, potatoes were raised to seU for seed to the deep south to Louisiana and the states where they could not keep their potatoes in the warm climate over the winter. However, that market only lasted a few years, because of the high freight. The southerners could buy seed potatoes closer to home, although of lesser quality. But they developed a market for the product nearby. The neighbors were often hired in har- Page 238 vesting the many acres of potatoes. During the depression of the '30s, they lost their farm. But Arthur, one of the sons, and Lillian redeemed it. Frank and Elizabeth reared eleven children. They are Raymond, Edwin (Father Joseph OSB), Athur, Joseph (Father George, OSB), Mary (Sister Anita, OSB), Veronica (Sister Angelica, OSB), Loretta (Sister David, OSB), Leo, Wilfred (Father Wilfred, OSB), Anna, and Rose. Ray, who married Mildred Kippes, lived three miles northeast of Braddock, ND. Fr. Joseph works in Bogota, Columbia, SA At, married to LiUian Kippes, lives in Bismarck, ND. Fr. George was killed in a car accident south of Piene, SD. Sisters Anita and Angelica work at and out of Mother of God Priory, Watertown, SD. Sister David is the librarian at St. Bernard's School, Fort Yates, ND. Leo, married to Katie Ibach, works in Madison, MN. Fr. Wilfred was assigned to Lefor and St. Stephen parishes. Anne, married to Clemens Huber, passed away Jan. 20, 1979. Rose, who married Theodore Reihl, lives on a farm south of Raleigh, ND. Mary Jean Splonskowski Mary Jean Splonskowski is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Splonskowski of Bismarck, formerly of Braddock. She graduated from Braddock High School in 1964 and was employed as a baby sitter for her nephews until 1980 when she attended Bismarck Junior CoUege, graduating as a clerk/typist. Mary Jean was employed by AP.S. Employment Agency as a secretary, but had to give up her work because of her health. She hopes to be able to return to work in the near future. A member of St. Anne's Church and of the Catholic Singles Cub, Mary Jean lives at 409 North 14th St. in Bismarck. Diane Elaine Splonskowski Diane Elaine (Splonskowski) Rooker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Splonskowski of Bismarck, formerly of Braddock. She is a 1967 graduate of Braddock High School and a 1969 graduate of Capital Commercial College of Bismarck, ND and is presently employed in the capacity of secretary/bookkeeper at the National Guardian Life Insurance Company of Bismarck. Diane manied Harold Rooker on Sept. 17, 1971 in Bismarck with her wedding dance being held at the Braddock Lion's HaU. Harold is a graduate of Hazelton High School and is employed by Monarch Products Company in Mandan, ND. A son was bom to them on Sept. 26, 1972. He was named Dean Patrick. He attends Jeanette-Myrhe School. Mr. and Mrs. Rooker and Dean are members of Acension Catholic Church and live at 122 Maryland. While they enjoy living in Bismarck, they stiU like to see their classmates from Braddock. Isaac Elba Shepard Eb Shepard came to North Dakota in 1890 at age 18 from Atlantic Pennsylvania and settled near Beaver Creek. In 1890 he married Edith Phillips who died four years later leaving two infant sons, James, age three Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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