Alice Adella Rash

Alice moved with her family to Canon City, Colorado at age of 16. She cooked for the railroad crews who built the tracks through the Royal Gorge. She met Daniel there and after they married they returned to a farm near Union, Iowa. After Daniel was killed by a fallen tree Alice moved her family to Wichita Kansas in 1923. While in Iowa Alice was a member of the Stanford Friends church.

Burial: Miller Cemetery, Union, Hardin County, Iowa, though one account has it as Maple Grove Cemetery Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA Plot: Section A, Lot 117, Grave 6

Alice Adella Highbarger Rash 1867-1956 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53162274
Husband:
Daniel Rash 1871-1921 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53161995

Children:
Inez Rash 1896-1981 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33267112
Melvin Glenn Rash 1898-1971 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51885820
Ruth Rash Mardock 1903-1976 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148429396
Lela Faye Rash Mardock 1907-2002 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148429361
Marvin Henry Rash 1909-1935 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33267113

Alice's parents:
Henry Highbarger, b. circa 1818 in Pennsylvania
Sarah A. Callen Highbarger 1832–1916 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53181475

Alice's Siblings:
John H. Highbarger b abt 1854 Pennsylvania
Barbara Highbarger b abt 1857 Iowa
Lavina L. Highbarger b abt 1861 Iowa
Amanda "Manda" May Highbarger, b abt 1864 Iowa
Andrew A. Highbarger, b 1865 Iowa, d. Jan 13 1945 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33260525
Alice Adella Highbarger Rash b 1867 Iowa, d. 1956
Eva Gertrude Highbarger Hannum, b. Nov 1869 Iowa
Saletta Frances Highbarger b abt 1874 Iowa

1920 Census:
Event Place: Union, Hardin, Iowa, United States Name Role Sex Age Birthplace:
Daniel M Rash Head M 48 Iowa
Alice A Rash Wife F 51 Iowa
Inez Rash Daughter F 23 Iowa
M Glen Rash Son M 21 Colorado
Ruth Rash Daughter F 16 Iowa
Lela Rash Daughter F 12 Iowa
Marvin H Rash Son M 10 Iowa
District: ED 197
Sheet Number and Letter: 17B
Household ID: 163
Line Number: 88
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 492
GS Film Number: 1820492
Digital Folder Number: 004965870
Image Number: 01109
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M81S-6MC : accessed 14 October 2019), Marvin H Rash in household of Daniel M Rash, Union, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing ED 197, sheet 17B, line 91, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 492; FHL microfilm 1,820,492.

1910 United States Census:
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
Daniel M Rash Head M 39 Iowa
Alice Rash Wife F 42 Iowa
Inez Rash Daughter F 13 Iowa
Glen Rash Son M 11 Colorado
Ruth Rash Daughter F 6 Iowa
Lelah Rash Daughter F 3 Iowa
H Marvin Rash Son M 1 Iowa
Sarah Hyberger Mother-in-law F 77 Tennessee
Charley Lynch Hired man M 18 North Carolina
Event Place Bangor, Marshall, Iowa, United States
District ED 123
Sheet Number and Letter 5B
Household ID 81
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T624
Affiliate Film Number 413
GS Film Number 1374426
Digital Folder Number 004971426
Image Number 00156
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGM2-5SV : accessed 16 July 2018), Glen Rash in household of Daniel M Rash, Bangor, Marshall, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 5B, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 413; FHL microfilm 1,374,426.

Married Henry A. Callen Nov. 14, 1863 at Appanoose County, Iowa, daughter of Archibald Callen (1794-1862) and Jane Evans (1800-1838).

1870 Census:
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
Henry Highbarger, farmer, M, 52, Pennsylvania
Sarah A Highbarger, keeping house, F, 37, Tennessee
Samuel K Highbarger, farmer, M, 22, Pennsylvania [more about him below]
Sarah J Highbarger, F, 18, Pennsylvania
John H Highbarger, M, 16, Pennsylvania
Barbra Highbarger, F, 13, Iowa
Lavina L Highbarger, F, 9, Iowa
Manda M Highbarger, F, 5, Iowa
Andrew A Highbarger, M, 4, Iowa
Alice A Highbarger, F, 2, Iowa
Eva G Highbarger, F, 0 (6/12, born Nov), Iowa
United States Census, 1870
Date: August 20, 1870 Event Place Franklin Township, Appanose County, Iowa, United States
Post Office: Livingston Page Number 4
Household ID 20
Line Number 4
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number M593
GS Film number 000545874
Digital Folder Number 004263262
Image Number 00144
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJN-9T3 : 12 April 2016), Henry Highbarger, Iowa, United States; citing p. 4, family 20, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,874.

Samuel K. Highbarger 1848–1911 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180287564
Is Samuel a sibling of Alice and a son of Henry Highbarger and Sarah Callen?
If so, his mother was only around 15 years old when he was born.
Other possibilities:
Henry had another wife before Sarah, and she is the mother of Samuel, OR
Samuel is the younger brother of Henry and lived in the same household. He and Henry were both born in Pennsylvania.

The 1880 census shows the following family living at Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa:
Henry Highbarger, 62, b. in Pennsylvania, Occupation: Nursery Man
Sarah A Highbarger, wife, 47, b. in Tennessee
Amanda M Highbarger, Daughter, 15, b. in Iowa
Andrew A Highbarger, Son, 14, b. in Iowa
Alice A Highbarger, Daughter, 12, b. in Iowa
Saletta F Highbarger, Daughter, 6, b. in Iowa
Eva Gertrude Highbarger, Daughter, 10, b. in Iowa
District: 20, Sheet Number and Letter: 567B, GS Film Number: 1254326,
Digital Folder Number: 004240671, Image Number: 00219
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0326

Alice living with daughter Ruth's family in 1940:

1940 Census
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
John F Murdock Head M 36 Oklahoma [so b. abt 1904]
Ruth Murdock Wife F 36 Iowa [so b. abt 1904]
Ruthanne Murdock Daughter F 10 Kansas [so b. abt 1930]
Marilyn Murdock Daughter F 8 Kansas [so b. abt 1932]
John Murdock Son M 6 Kansas [so b. abt 1934]
Keith Murdock Son M 3 Kansas [so b. abt 1937]
Alice Rash Mother-in-law F 72 Iowa [so b. abt 1868]
Event Place Ward 5, Wichita, Wichita City, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
District 107-78B
Family Number 76
Sheet Number and Letter 4B
Line Number 54
Affiliate Publication Number T627
Affiliate Film Number 1274
Digital Folder Number 005449179
Image Number 00116
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR21-SFM : 14 March 2018), John F Murdock, Ward 5, Wichita, Wichita City, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107-78B, sheet 4B, line 54, family 76, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1274.