Love - The Odessa Record "By Your Relative"

Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up.

Hi, here I am again.

In August, 1903 Jacob and Christina with their oldest son John and his new wife, along with four other sons and five daughters started a new life at Batum, Adams Co., Washington. Christina was pregnant at the time with her eleventh child, Christian.

The Jacob Raugust family lived at Batum for 17 years before retiring to Odessa. After talking with a few of the Raugust grandchildren living today, they all ag...