In researching these ladies via Ancestry, I discovered several interesting connections among them. At least two were Methodists, and at least two were Congregationalists. Two were sisters (Eliza Huff Dennis and Amanda Mae Huff Paxston). Two were mother and daughter (Ethlyn Wetmore, Mrs. Wetmore--Sarah E. Hughes Wetmore). A couple of the ladies were telephone operators or worked in some capacity for the phone co. Several were dressmakers or excellent seamstresses, one was a janitor in a tailoring shop--maybe her entre to quilting? Jessie Rusche's husband Frank had been a lodger in the childhood home of Margaret Shiffer. Two ladies died in 1944 (Eliza Huff Dennis and Mrs. Wetmore). Was this quilt created as a tribute to them?
In a previous post, I mistakenly said they were all in Seneca in the 1930 Census. Actually, some had moved away by then. But all had lived in Seneca or in Nemaha County at some point.
I would love to know what you learn from the library about them.