Orville and Alma Hummel

With the help of David Leininger, the grandson of the original owner, we have discovered two homes, located in the back woods of Nauvoo, which were constructed in the mid 1800's and were lived in by Orville and Alma Hummel. David's mother, Analie is now 99 years old, and knew the Hummels and went to school with their son, Kenneth.

Orville and Alma Hummel, were born in the 1890's and lived in these homes during the first world war and paid $ 5 per month rent to George Leininger, Analie's father. Orville operated one of the first radios in Nauvoo and would swim for miles in the Mississippi river.

This is the actual home lived in by the Hummels, pictured with David Leininger, the current owner. We have completed the family search for both the Hammels and Leininger families. Alma's descendant, Lee Ourth is 84 years old and lives just a mile from this home. Lee is the Patriarch of the Community of Christ Church in Nauvoo.

This structure is a wine cellar in located in back of Orville's home. He grew potatoes, grapes and apples and stored them in this cellar. The front and back of this cellar was made from sandstone and kept the temperatures in the 50's, even during the summer.

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