Lancaster County Family Ties

JAMES & VADA APPLEBACH Source: Ancestry 09/27/2022 Finally, I found the marriage certificate for my father and his second wife Vada. She was a sweet lady, and I enjoyed her happy spirit. My parents divorced on June 24, 1983. James APPLEBACH married again on August 26, 1985 to Vada JONES. I was no longer in Montana when he remarried and chose to not attend. I find it interesting that they were married by Pastor TANNEHILL, who was a friend of both my parents.  No doubt mom felt very betrayed by that when she did find out. It is interesting to me the untruths on the certificate that James gave. Birthplace of his father was listed as "unknown" - he was well aware of where Taylor Z. APPLEBACH was born. He is also listed as completing high school, but according to the high school records he dropped out during his senior year and did not go back. James did have some college, but it is unclear whether he did finish that.  He would become an ordained minister in 1964. Mom told me

James Applebach graduated from a Bible college in Omaha, NEB in 1960.  The first church he was accepted at was in Kilgore, NEB in early 1964. I was actually looking for info on my mother-in-laws family who passed through Nebraska in the late 1800's from Missouri to Montana.  Imagine my surprise when I came across a listing for the church records on microfiche of the Kilgore Baptist Church.  The local library here helped me order it and the below images are mostly from that microfiche of the church records. Source: Personal Collection I only found mention of my parents on a few pages in the later part of the records, but combined with photos and documents that I already had, I felt like I knew a little bit more about them at this point in their lives.  Jan. 26, 1964 if accepted, would church support him? Feb. 7, 1964 - he is accepted as pastor.   Feb. 16, 1964 - his first sermon as new pastor. The same day, James' name appears in the notes