Janis Leah Walker

Janis married George Calvin "Calvin" Gilmore [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeffrey Walker Gilmore
2. Jordan Leigh Gilmore

Notes:

Died:
5:25 a.m.

William married Lula Fay "Lu" Deboard on 22 Aug 1951 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. Lula (daughter of Floyd Wilson Deboard and Dessie Irene "Irene" Clark) was born on 31 Jul 1930 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Dec 2016 in St. Vincent's Hospital, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Organizations: 1975-1979; Lu was president of the Northwest Women\'s Missionary Union (WMU) for the Southern Baptist Convention. [See email from WMU 26 April 2018.)
• Organizations: 1981-1989; Lu served on the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, flying to Atlanta monthly much of the time for meetings. [See email from NW Baptist convention, 27 April 2018.]

Notes:

Birth:
Lula Fay DeBoard was born at the home of her grandparents, Snoden Shelley DeBoard and Cora Emma Roush.

Died:
12:55 am, St. Vincent's Hospital

Other Events:

• Medical: As a young man, Earl had had his first physical for WWI. He was working with a steel mallet and a metal splinter went into his eye. The eye healed and looked nearly normal--just a little scar/milkiness, not really noticeable. But he was always blind in that eye. He learned to compensate for depth perception because he was an excellent shot and he could hit a nail squarely on the head. [Per my dad.] May have kept him out of WWI.
• Medical: From my father: Earl was born with a very short tongue. It was \"clipped\" by their doctor when he was an infant, to give it more motion. He could never stick his tongue out of his mouth very far--just far enough to see it.
• Residence: Note written by Bill Walker (my father, and the son of Grace & Earl Walker): "In Oct 1917 they were married. They lived until Jan 1919 in the old Crowder Place. When it burned, my folks moved to Liberal MO In 1930 they moved to the new (present) farm house. During the 10 intervening years they must have lived SOMEWHERE. That somewhere included the Maw place, the home place, Brandsville, West Plains, Brushy Knob, Koonce Place, Sedgewick place and finally 'the farm.' "
• NEWS: 13 Sep 1918, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In the Mountain View Standard: \"Public Sale I will sell at my place, known as the Tom Walker farm, 4 1/2 miles south-west of Mountain View, on the old Willow Springs Road, on Tuesday, September 17 The Following Property To-wit: 3 horses consisting of sorrel mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 4 years old, weigh 1000, not bred; 13 head of cattle consisting of 5 milk cows, yearling heifer, yearling steer, 6 calves, crop in field, 9 acres corn, 2 acres beans, about 3 tons good hay in barn, good set double harness, and good set single harness. Sale Begins Promptly at 10 O\'clock Terms of Sale?On all sums of $5 and under, cash; on all sums over $5 a note with approved security will be taken for 8 months, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale; four per cent off for cash on all sums over $5. All accounts must be settled before goods are removed. Earl Walker W. M. Robbins, Auctioneer\"
• NEWS: 4 Jul 1919, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family have moved back from Liberal, Mo. They will go to housekeeping soon, on his brother\'s farm, we understand.\"
• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

• Residence: 13 May 1920, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mary Walker was born in a shed located in the area of the present-day Bill Walker farmhouse - before the house was built there. It belonged to Tom Walker, and was part of the original Crowder homestead. The shed was used for various purposes later, including a chicken house. Living in it together were Earl, Grace, their two children, and Earl's father Tom.
• Newspaper Article: 31 Dec 1920, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family of Brandsville spent Christmas here with relatives.\"),(
• NEWS: 9 Jun 1921, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Excerpt of article about a retiring mail carrier:

  \"When the government changed the mail route it was necessary to re-advertise the contract. Earl Walker of Mountain View, was the lowest bidder getting the contract for $1500 a year. Over the new route it is 60 miles from West Plains to Bakersfield and return . . . .\"

• Land: 1922, Near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Earl bought 44 acres [extra 4 due to correction line] of the original Crowder place from his dad.

• Residence: Abt 1923, Brushy Knob, Douglas County, Missouri, USA; Grace and Earl were living around Brushy Knob in Oregon Co MO. Earl was working off a $200 debt - probably doing some building for Harold Sauer, his sister Elsie's husband.
• Residence: Abt 1926, Collier Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Doyne lost at Collier Place, _____-_____-1926, Howell County, Missouri.
• Residence: Abt 1927, Floyd Koonce Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Grace and Earl and family lived for at least two years on the Floyd Koonce place while Floyd was in Oklahoma. Jack was born on the place, helping to fix the date.
• Residence: Abt 1929, Sedgwick Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Event-Misc: 1930, Walker farm, near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Built the present house on the farm in this year, completed prior to Dad's birth. Daddy was born there that September. They may have lived in a little chicken house on the place prior to that.

• Census: 24 Apr 1930, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, Earl T., head, owns, farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farming, general farm, employed, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 196 2. _____, Grace M., wife, female, whtie, 32, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, no occupation 3. _____, Donald E., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Mary O., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Phyllis W., daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Dora [Doyne] E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, Newel [Newell] B., son, male, white, 3 years 9 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

• Anecdote: Abt 1935, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Family story about Earl Walker getting work on a road building crew during the Depression, as dictated by his son Bill to his son Scott, Christmas break, 2014:

  "In 1938, the state went to work on Highway 17 through Mountain View, Missouri, about a mile south of the farm. It was the middle of the depression and jobs were VERY hard to come by, and Earl T went to see if he could get work on the road crew. He approached the men where they worked, asked who was in charge, and was directed to the foreman, who was standing nearby. "I have a family to support and I'm looking for some work," he said. The work was extremely difficult physical labor, using picks and shovels and pure manpower to create the roadway. Earl T was about 5' 6" and weighed no more than 135 pounds. The foreman looked him up and down. "We already have plenty of good men on this crew," he sniffed, and turned away. Earl T walked away and watched a bit. He noticed a better dressed man also watching, and asked one of the crew who he was. "That's the head man for the whole road. He don't usually come down here." Earl walked up to this boss and repeated his request for work. The boss pointed at the foreman and said "You'll have to talk to him. He's the foreman." "I already talked to him, and that son of a bitch don't know a good man when he sees one," Earl answered. The boss grinned. "All right, why don't you get down there with them boys clearing rocks and let's see what you can do." They did not have to watch long to learn that Earl T was as tough as anyone one on the crew, and he stuck. As time went on, they needed more trained horse teams and wagons and they hired Earl to bring his team in. His team did not even need a driver, responding perfectly to voice commands from Earl. This meant Earl got a good raise, being paid for his team as well as his own labor. Earl T spent the rest of the summer finishing the road into town with the crew. When the job was over, Earl was voted "best man on the road" and given a new hat in recognition of his efforts. It was something he was always proud of. (In another variation of this story, Earl got the job by challenging the boss, saying "I'll go to work over there breaking rocks for nothing, and if I don't outwork the rest of them, you don't have to keep me or pay me.")

• Census: 25 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, Earl, head, male, white, 46, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935, employed for pay, 60 hours, farmer, farm, own account, 52 weeks, income $250, no other income 2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935 3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attending school, completed high school, Missouri, same house 1935, not employed 4. _____, Doyne daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house 1935 5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house 1935 6. _____, William, son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house 1935 7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house 1935 8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri, same house 1935 9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri, same house 1935 10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri, same house 1935 11. _____, Tom N., father, male, whtie, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house 1935, not employed, retired farmer, income $180

Notes:

See attached sources.

Earl married Grace Milicene Campbell on 11 Oct 1917 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Grace (daughter of James Boyd Campbell and Lucy Wesley Deboard) was born on 18 Jan 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 May 1983 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Newspaper Article: 21 Jul 1927, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Undoubtedly Grace\'s appendix removal.

  \"Barbara Walker is the guest of her uncle, Earl Walker near Mountain View, while her aunt is in the hospital at West Plains.\"

• Obituary: 28 May 1983, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Obituary, Mountain View Standard

  "Mrs. Grace Walker passed away recently. She was the wife of Earl Walker who is a patient at Willow Care Nursing Home. She is survived by four daughters, Mary Wells, Diane Smith, Phyllis Easton, Irene Hansen; six sons, Donald Walker, Newell B. (Jack) Walker, William Walker, Leon Walker, Max Walker, and Paul Walker, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, other relates and friends. She attended the Nazarene Church many years. We extend sympathy to the husband and children and other relatives. 'Earth holds no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.' "

Notes:

Census:

1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting, farm, farm schedule no. 154
2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married, 2 years 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write
3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois
4. Bolerjack, Henry, step son, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

Notes:

Married:
Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood.

Children: Donald Earl Walker was born on 9 Jul 1918 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 13 May 2006 in Upland, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Mary Odessa Walker was born on 13 May 1920 in Missouri, USA; died on 1 Jan 2006 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Phyllis Westley Tennessee Walker was born on 16 Feb 1922 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Nov 2008 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 1 Dec 2008 in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. Doyne Elizabeth Walker Newell Boyd "Jack" Walker 2. William Dewey "Bill" Walker was born on 28 Sep 1930 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 5 Sep 2021 in Hearthstone Beaverton, Hart Road, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA. Grace Irene "Irene" Walker Maxwell Henry "Max" Walker Julius Leon "Leon" Walker was born on 19 Jul 1936 in Missouri, USA; died on 27 Dec 2020 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. Norman Paul "Paul" Walker

Other Events:

• Census: 27 Jun 1900, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. Deboard, Snoden, head, white, male, January 1865, 35, married 11 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage 2. _____, Emma, wife, white, female, December 1870, 29, married 11 years, 4 children 3 living, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, can read and write 3. _____, Rola [Roley], son, white, male, November 1892, 7, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, did not attend school this year 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, May 1895, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri 5. _____, Floyd, son, white, male, May 1898, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• Census: 9 May 1910, Osage township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Deboard, Snoden S., head, male, white, 44, first marriage, married 22 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farming, can read and write, farm owned without mortgage 2. _____, Cora E., wife, female, white, 39, married 22 years, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Iowa, can read and write 3. _____, Rola R., son, male, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Minnie A., daughter, female, white, 15, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Floyd W., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Carrie E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• Census: 9 May 1910, Osage township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Deboard, Snoden S., head, male, white, 44, first marriage, married 22 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farming, can read and write, farm owned without mortgage 2. _____, Cora E., wife, female, white, 39, married 22 years, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Iowa, can read and write 3. _____, Rola R., son, male, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Minnie A., daughter, female, white, 15, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Floyd W., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Carrie E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• Occupation: Abt 1915, Pond School, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Jesse Vickers states that Floyd taught Pond after his own graduation.
• World War I Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 23 Jan 1920, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1, Deboard, Snoden, head, owns, free of mortgage, male, white, 54, married, can red and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, farm, own account, farm schedule 155 2, _____, [illegible], wife, female, white, 49, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Floyd, son, male, white, 21, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Carrie, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Louie, son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
• Newspaper Article: 25 Mar 1921, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Mountain View Standard, in the Pond neighborhood column:

  "Floyd Deboard and Miss Anna Lee Patton were married in Mountain View Saturday. We understand the left on the train. There returned Monday, however, and will be at home to their friends at his farm in the south part of the district. We wish them a happy journey through life."

• Newspaper Article: 1 Apr 1921, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item, Mountain View Standard

  "Dr. Patten's Daughter Weds Miss Anna Lee Patton, second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Patten, of Mountain View, was married in Mountain View Saturday to Floyd W. Deboard, of that place. The ceremony was solemnized by Rev. Albert Bay. The happy young couple will make their home on a farm near Mountain View. The Patten family formerly resided on Grace avenue in West Plains, but two years ago moved to their ranch on Elevenpoints near Mountain View. Soon after the Patten family became domiciled in their new home young Deboard found an attraction on the ranch and became a regular visitor, just the same as the suitor for Dr. Patten?s eldest daughter. Cupid found a mark in both instances, and both of Dr. Patten?s daughters have been won and woed [wooed] within a year. --Gazette [West Plains, Mo.]."

• Newspaper Article: 5 Aug 1921, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item, Mountain View Standard

  "Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeBoard left for Chandler, Okla., on Monday of last week. They expect to make their future home there as he is in partnership with his brother, in business."

• Newspaper Article: 20 Jan 1922, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item, Mountain View Standard

  "Word has been received from Chandler, Okla., that Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeBoard are the proud parents of a fine girl baby born January 13."

• NEWS: 25 May 1922, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; The Lincoln County Replublican: "Death of Little Geneva Dean DeBoard Died, May 21, 1922, the infant daughter of Floyd and Anna Lee DeBoard, six miles west of Chandler. The little one was but four months and eight days old. Services were conducted by Elder Cansler, assisted by Elder Mascho, were held at New Zion church, last Monday morning."
• Newspaper Article: 21 Jun 1922, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal:

  Infant Child of Former Mtn. View Residents Dies The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeBoard of Chandler, Okla., died last Sunday morning after suffering a few hours with acute indigestion. Mr. and Mrs. DeBoard have resided in Chandler, Okla., during the past year, but formerly lived at Mountain View. Mrs. DeBoard was before her marriage Miss Annalen Patten daughter of Dr. J. H. Patten of Mtn. View. Immediately after receiving a telegram announcing the death of the child, Dr. Patte departed for Chandler Okla., to attend the funeral services.\"

• Occupation: 1928-1929, South Fork, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Teacher at South Fork school. This was the period when he met his wife, Dessie Irene Clark.
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1929, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item, Mountain View Standard, Center Hill neighborhood column:

  "Bennett Patton who has been working in Los Angeles, Calif., arrived at his home here Saturday. He was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Annalee ______, and a friend, Mr. Gooley, who motored back to Los Angeles, starting Wednesday."

• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. DeBoard, Snowden S.m head, owns farm, male, white, 65, married first married age 23, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farming, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 39 2. _____, Cora M. [Cora Emma], wife, female, white, 60, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Iowa 3. _____, Floyd W., son, male, white, 31, married, first married age 22, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, teacher, public schools, not employed, not a veteran 4. _____, Irene W. [no "W." in her name], daughter in law, female, white, 21, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Louis E., son, male, white, 19, single, Oklahoma, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, laborer, general farming
• Occupation: 1930-1931, Shady Grove School, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Teacher at Shady Grove School, 1930-1931, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri. (Mary, Donald, and Phyllis were in school these years--possibly also Doyne.
• Occupation: 1934-1935, Center Hill School, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Taught at Center Hill school.
• Residence: May 1935, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; An article in the West Plains paper states: "Floyd Deboard and family have moved to Mrs. Thornton's place, recently vacated by L. L. Deboard and family."
• Education: Abt 1936; Floyd stayed in Springfield to attend classes at SMS that summer. Irene and the children (Lu, Donald, Cora Leah and Edwin) lived that summer in the empty house in Amy, Howell County, MO, that had belonged to Irene's father John L. Clark. Irene's daughter Lu (the author's mother) believes that it was previously the home of his father John C. Clark. Irene had a hard time alone that summer with four young children; my mother, who was only 6, was aware of her distress.
• Occupation: 1935-1936, Cantrell School, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Taught at Cantrell school.
• NEWS: 16 Apr 1936, Egypt Grove, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; Journal-Gazette: "Floyd DeBoard has been hired as teacher for the Egypt Grove school next term."
• Residence: 16 Apr 1936, Egypt Grove, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeBoard and family moved from this community to the Egypt Grove community Saturday."
• NEWS: 31 Dec 1936, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Egypt Grove school had a nice Christmas program and tree Thursday. A nice feature was Santa's visit and the distribution of gifts and the treat given by their teacher, Floyd DeBoard."
• Residence: 31 Dec 1936, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeBoard are moving to their new home purchased from Orval Carter. We welcome them to Egypt Grove community."
• NEWS: 25 Feb 1937, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; "Hocomo Friday ended six months of our school with Floyd DeBoard as teacher.'
• Occupation: 1936-1938, Egypt Grove school, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Taught at Egypt Grove.
• Census: 11 Apr 1940, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. DeBoard, Floyd W., renting farm, 4 [rent?], head, male, white, 41, married, completed 2 years college, Missouri, residing same place 1935, farm, unemployed, other income 2. _____, Dessie Irene, wife, female, white, 31, married, completed grade 8, Missouri 3. _____, Lula Fay, daughter, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 4, Missouri 4. _____, Cora Leah, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, completed grade 3, Missouri 5. _____, Donald Ivan, son, male, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 2, Missouri 6. _____, Edwin Wilson, son, male, white, 5, Missouri 7. _____, Jaunita May, daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri 8. _____, Snoden Lawson, son, male, white, 2 months, Missouri

• Residence: May 1951, Boring, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA; Floyd and Irene had extended family in Oregon (Floyd's sister Carrie and husband Bill Zumwalt) and they felt that the move would afford more opportunity for their family. Their daughter Lu tells about the move: "The night before we moved we all stayed with the Jenkins, our cousins. We got up the next morning, took a whole bunch of pictures and piled into a '48 Dodge and a '41 Ford pickup, with all our belongings and 9 people in those two cars. They first lived in Boring, Oregon, where Bill Zumwalt had a strawberry farm between Boring and Kelso. They stayed with Bill and Carrie Zumwalt for a few days until they all found jobs on a strawberry farm closer to Gresham. A few weeks later they moved into some cabins back at the Zumwalt's farm. After a few months, the family relocated to Hood River, Oregon, where fruit packing was a major industry.

Notes:

See attached sources.

Census:
1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheets 22B-23A (penned) and p. 45 (stamped, verso), dwelling 437, family 439, Snoden Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].

Census:
1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 13B (penned, recto), p. 221 (stamped, verso), dwelling 4, family 4, Snoden S. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1259.

Census:
1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 13B (penned, recto), p. 221 (stamped, verso), dwelling 4, family 4, Snoden S. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1259.

Census:
1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chaperons township, enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 8A (penned, recto), p. 252 (stamped, recto), dwelling 164, family 158, Snoden Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.head, com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920,


Census:
1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 03, sheet 2B (penned, recto), p. 18 (stamped, verso), dwelling 40, family 40, Snowden S. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].

Floyd married Dessie Irene "Irene" Clark on 26 Jul 1929 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. Dessie (daughter of John Lawson Clark and Minnie Mathilda "May" Story) was born on 16 Oct 1908 in Amy, Howell County, Missouri; died on 30 Dec 2005 in Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon; was buried on 3 Jan 2006 in Pine Grove Butte Cemetery, Hood River County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• NEWS: 11 Mar 1923, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Item in column of West Plains Journal-Gazette:

  \"Irene and Rollin Clark, of Amy, spent Friday in this city with their aunt, Mrs. Chas. Lape, of the Oriental Hotel. They were on their return home from Mountain Grove, where they visited with their grandfather, Sam Story.\"

• Obituary: 4 Jan 2006, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, USA

Notes:

Obituary:

Irene (Clark) DeBoard, obituary, Hood River, 2005
Dessie Irene DeBoard died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in Sublimity, Ore. She was 97 years of age.
A funeral service was to be held Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 11 a.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center in Hood River, Ore. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Butte Cemetery in Hood River.
Dessie Irene Clark was born on Oct. 16, 1908, the first of seven children born to John Lawson Clark and Minnie Matilda Story.
They lived in the small village of Amy, Mo., which consisted of a post office, a church and the general store owned by her grandfather John C. Clark.
Her mother died when Irene was 13, leaving a heavy responsibility on her young shoulders for caring for her younger brothers and sisters.
Irene married Floyd Wilson DeBoard on Aug. 29, 1929. The couple moved from Springfield back to the Mountain View area, where Floyd taught through the years in many of the rural schools of the region, and Irene raised their growing family.
In June of 1951 Floyd and Irene, with a family of seven children (ages 4 to 20), made the move to Oregon. They settled in Hood River, where most of their younger children graduated from high school.
In 1957, Floyd died quite suddenly. Irene and her youngest son, Bill DeBoard, moved to Salem, Ore., where she worked and Bill finished school.
She continued to make her life in Salem for the next 40 years. She attended the First Baptist Church in Salem until she moved to assisted living at Marion Estates in Sublimity, in 1997.
Irene was fashionable as a young woman in the clothing of the 1920's, and she maintained those high standards for personal grooming and attire throughout her long life; hair, nails, makeup, and jewelry were important to her. She loved to shop, and particularly enjoyed Christmas shopping for her children and grandchildren each year.
She loved watching Cardinal baseball on television, but her greatest hobby was cutting and piecing quilts; many of her quilts were sent from Oregon back to Missouri to be quilted by Mary DeBoard at the Ladies Aid of the Forest Dell community near Mountain View.
Irene particularly enjoyed family gatherings, and looked forward to her annual birthday party; the family gathered in Sublimity to celebrate her 97th birthday this past October. Her powers of observation and perception continued to amaze her family and friends to the very end of her life.
Irene is survived by her seven children: Lu Walker of Beaverton Ore.; Cora Leah Henshaw of John Day, Ore.; Donald DeBoard of Salem; Edwin DeBoard of Hood River; Jaunita Cross of Prineville, Ore.; Snoden DeBoard of Prineville, Ore.; and Bill DeBoard of Sherwood, Ore. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
Rememberances to First Baptist Church of Salem, Liberty St., Salem, Oregon. Arrangements by Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations) 1401 Belmont Hood River, OR 97031.

Children: 3. Lula Fay "Lu" Deboard was born on 31 Jul 1930 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Dec 2016 in St. Vincent's Hospital, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, USA. Cora Leah Deboard Donald Ivan Deboard was born on 27 Feb 1933 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Apr 1957. Edwin Wilson Deboard Jaunita May Deboard was born on 16 Apr 1937 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Nov 2017. Snoden Lawson Deboard Carl Homer Deboard was born on 7 Jan 1942 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 10 Jan 1942 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. William Floyd "Bill" Deboard

Other Events:

• Anecdote:

  "Ash hoe. Ash hopper. Ash bank." Really sneezing, but finishing with the word.

• Anecdote:

  "Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies and our bodies to thy service. Amen."

• Anecdote:

  Tom's grandson, William D. Walker tells about his (Tom's) sneezes, which were always in threes:

  "It was "sneeze...ASH HOE...sneeze...ASH HOPPER...sneeze...ASH BANK...This was usually followed by a "nose blow" one nostril at a time, using only his finger. Then a final blow or two of both nostrils to make sure the passages were open. These are good things to know. I'd like to see you demonstrate the process except that he often ended the process by wiping his fingers on the cuff of his overalls!"

• Anecdote: Tom usually slept with one or two of the boys. In the morning Tom would pull on his overalls just far enough to get a plug of chewing tobacco out of his pocket. Before the need to spit he would go outside--his spitting wasn't allowed in the house. He grew his own tobacco in a little tobacco patch.
• Anecdote: Tom Walker's usual mealtime prayer: "Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies, and our lives to thy service. Amen."
• Land: Jan 1851, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In January 1881 Thomas N. Walker filed a homestead patent, the NW 1/4 of Sec 12, Twp 26N, Rg 8W, 40 acres. This is probably where they lived in an older log cabin, and where the bobcat got in and tore up the cabin while they were away (see the stories of Della (Walker) Warren Lonnem.
• Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville, Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
• Census: 13 Jun 1870, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: After March 1879, Crowder homestead, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Tom Walker and his wife Tennie Crowder assumed responsibility for the Crowder homestead (his wife's family place) after the death in March 1879 of his father-in-law, Bluford A. Crowder, and his brother-in-law Joshua Crowder. The present-day Walker farm is a portion of the original Crowder homestead. The original house, which was located closer to hwy 17, and around the corner from the present farm, burned.

• Anecdote: 30 Dec 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Della Evaline Walker: "My dad [Thomas Newell Walker] had taken a homestead where I was born in a log cabin and while they went to care for sickness at Grand Pa's and Uncle Josh Crowder, the wildcats tore the chinks out of a crack and went in and tore a piece cloth out of the loom."

• Census: 17 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Deed: 13 Oct 1888, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Thomas E. Newell purchased the Crowder homestead from Jane E. Crowder, his widowed mother in law. Described as "the SW1/4 of Sec 31, Twp 27, Rg 7W." Subject to "the support of the said Jane E. Crowder during her natural life time and all her right and title to vest in the said Thomas N. Walker."

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• NEWS: Apr 1914, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item in West Plains (Missouri) Journal, 16 April 1914

  "Mr. T.N. Walker and daughter Lena left Tuesday evening for California. We are sorry to lose them." This may have been when Tom Walker went to California and worked in San Diego for a while. Lena probably kept house for him.

• Residence: Mar 1917, Mountain View, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  References in the letters of Earl Walker to Grace Campbell in the spring of 1917 indicate that he and his younger sister Lena were both at home with their father, Tom.

• Note: Jan 1919;

  Crowder place burned January 1919, when Donald was a baby. Tom was away. Afterward, Earl and Grace and baby lived in a shed on the place for a while. "Mama carried Don out & Dad carried out the organ [on his back]." Also: "The old Crowder house, located across the fields from the present-day Bill Walker farm (which was once a part of the original Crowder homestead), caught fire one winter. Grace and Earl and baby Donald were living there with Earl's father, Thomas N. Walker. It was a very cold winter; the ponds had frozen over, and they couldn't get water from the cistern to fight the blaze. Grace Walker described it: "And all we did was walk out of there with the clothes on our back and little Donald, except that Daddy went in and brought out the organ on his back." Tom Walker was, at the time, somewhere out of state; there is some dispute about where, but Donald Walker (the baby at the time) says that Tom Walker was in California."

• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Missing Census: 1930;

  Tom has not been located in the 1930 census.

• Residence: Before 1935;

  If the 1940 census is right, Tom was living with his son Earl's family by 1935.

• Census: 25 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: 10 Sep 1942, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Obituary, Mountain View Standard

  "Thomas Newell Walker was born in Hickman county, Tenn January 29, 1858. He came to Missouri with his parents at the age of 14 years. They took up their home near Walker?s Chapel, where he grew into manhood. They were among the pioneer families who settled this part of the country. He was married to Phoebe Tennessee Crowder in the year 1877. To this union 11 children were born, four of whom died in infancy. The seven surviving children are Mrs. Della Lonnem of Lincoln, California; Mrs. Ida Johnson of Mountain View; Neal Walker of Lawton, Okla., Luther Walker of Lawton, Okla.; Roay Walker of Gainesville, Florida; Earl Walker of Mountain View; Mrs. Lena Yocky of Long Beach, california. Uncle Tom Walker as he was known throughout the country, was converted and joined the Methodist Church in early life, in which faith he remained throughout his life until God called him to his eternal home September 5, 1942, at the age of 84 years, seven months and seven days. He will be greatly missed by his children and other relatives and many friends as he had spent most of his life in this community and was known the country over."

• Email: 19 Feb 2013;

  Email from Angela McGhie:

  Janis, I was able to go to the BLM office in Virginia last week and read the tract books for Howell County, Missouri. I had just made a note for my tract book lecture to remind people to not only read the name column, but also the pencil notations in all the columns -- then one of those tiny little pencil notations read "NW4 SE 3,033 Thomas N. Walker Jan. 10 & 14, 1881 offd." I believe it is referencing land offered that Thomas N. Walker filed a claim for, but it never went to patent. I was not in a regular row in the volume, so does not give a date of cancellation or relinquishment, but I hope to be able to follow the 3,033 number to an application or other documentation in the land entry papers at NARA. I will let you know when I am able to get there or get someone to search for the file. This pencil notation was on page 114 in volume 6 of the "Missouri Ironton N & W" Tract Book. It was written along the entry for Section 12, Township 26 North, Range 8 West. The only two other Walker entries in T 26 & 27 N, R 8 & 9 W were the one for William E. Walker in Sec. 20, T 27 N, R 8 W for 80 acres, and one for William J. Walker, a homestead in Sec. 21, T 27 N, R 8 W for 160 acres. I will get back to you as soon as I find more... Angela

Notes:

See attached sources.

Tom's brother William

He must have been a hard worker. In the twenty years between their move from Tennessee to his death in 1893, he did quite a lot.

He homesteaded his own place in Hutton Valley. Due to illness, he was absent for all of one spring planting, early in his homesteading process. As soon as he got better he went away and worked hauling dirt for the railroad for two months, presumably to make up for the lack of income that year. By 1888 he had a "box house" which was "comfortable to live in" year-round, and had a stone fireplace and chimney. It was furnished with two bedsteads, a cupboard, a sewing machine, a clock, table and chairs, and a cookstove. He had planted 167 fruit trees and cultivated 25 acres in corn, wheat, oats, and vegetables. They had 2 mules, 1 cow, 21 hogs, 4 sheep, and some chickens. Part of the place was "too rough and stony to be cultivated."

He was just 37 when he died. We don't know his cause of death, but we do know that he had the earlier illness that didn't allow him to plant. When the Civil War started he was age 5 and when it ended he was 9, and he was the oldest boy in the family, with his father away from home. Privations of the war years may have left him with poor health.

William was just two years older than your granddad Tom. They suffered the Civil War together as boys, made the move to Missouri together as adolescents, and married about the same time as young men. Their first children were born just six months apart, Della in December 1878 and Henderson in June 1879.

Tom's next closest brother was Bob, 13 years younger. (Five girls between Tom and Bob.)

Anecdote:
Always returned thanks at lunch, but not dinner.

Census:

1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee
2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee
3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee
5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee
6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee

[Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]

Census:

1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
9, _____, Coantha L., white, female, white, Tennessee
10. _____, Martha J., white, female, 5 months, Tennessee, born in January
11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, N. Thomas, white, male, 22, married farming, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
2. _____, F. Tennissee [Phoebe Tennessee], white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee
3. _____, D. Eveline, white, female, 1, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
4. Crowder, J. Eveline, white, female, 47, mother in law, widowed, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 42, married 22 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 145
2. _____, Tennessee, wife, white, female, January 1858, 42, married 22 years, 10 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Neal, son, white, male, March 1883, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
4. _____, Luther, son, white, male, May 1886, 14, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
5. _____, Roy, son, white, male, September 1891, 8, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, attended school 5 months
6. _____, Earl, son, white, male, March 1894, 6, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, attended school 5 months
7. _____, Lena A., daughter, white, female, November 1897, 2, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tennessee, farmer, home farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 84
2. _____, Phoeba T., wife, female, white, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, 11 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 16, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write, attending school
4. _____, Lena, daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school

Note:
Note found in Dad's handwriting in a book of genealogy notes, says that his mother (Grace) told him that the old home place burned 10 December 1919. Mary was born in the shed 13 Msy 1919.

Census:

1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, Earl, owns, value $1000, farm, head, male, white, 46, married, completed 8th grade, born Missouri, lived in same house in 1935, worked for pay this year, worked 60 hours the week of March 24-30, farmer, farm, own account, made $250, has other income, farm schedule no. 155
2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house, worked for pay, at home, 60 hours
3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attended school this year, completed 4 years of high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
4. _____, Doyne, daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
6. _____, William son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house
7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house
8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri
9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri
10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri
11. _____, Tom N., father, male, white, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house, not working for pay, retired farmer, income $180

Thomas married Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder on 30 Dec 1877 in T. C. Bolerjack's home, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Phoebe (daughter of Bluford Azeri Crowder and Jane Eveline Tidwell) was born on 11 Jan 1858 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Apr 1913 in Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 9 Apr 1913 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 18 Apr 1913, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  From the Mountain View Standard

  Mrs. T. N. Walker Phoebe Tennessee Crowder was born in Giles county, Tenn. January 11, 1858, died at her home near Mountain View, Mo., April 7, 1913, age 55 years, 2 months and 27 days. She was married to T. N. Walker December 30, 1877. To this union were born eleven children - seven boys and four girls. Three boys and one girl died in infancy. She leaves a husband and four boys and three girls to mourn their loss. She professed faith in Christ in the year 1878 at Walker Chapel church in Howell county, Mo., in services conducted by Rev. J. B. Rice and H. R. Walker, sanctified in the year 1901 at West Plains, Mo., in services conducted by REv. J. M. Robinson, presiding elder of the South Missouri and Arkansas conference of the Free Methodist church. Her children were all at her bedside except one daughter, Mrs. Della E. Warren of Oxnard, Cal. She was a great sufferer from tuberculosis but endured with great patience, ever mindful of others through all of her sufferings as she was in health. She like Paul of old, has fought a good fight, kept the faith and has gone to the reward of the faithful. Regardless of the rainfall she was followed by a large concourse of friends to Walker Chapel, where after a short service conducted by Bro. A. J. Koonce, the body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn. A Friend

Notes:

Buried:
Tom Walker and his wife Phoebe Crowder have a headstone at Walker Chapel, where both of their parents are buried. However, Phoebe's death certificate indicates her intended burial at Center Hill. Her husband was the informant, and the family had history at both churches, so possibly he misspoke, or he later changed his mind.

Her obituary clearly states that "regardless of the rainfall, she was followed by a large coucourse of friends to Walker Chapel, where after a short service conducted by Bro. A.J. Koonce, the body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn."

Notes:

Married:
Aunt Della's story of Tom and Tennie's marriage: "Phoebe Tennessee Crowder and Thomas Newell Walker were married Dec 31 of 1877 near Mt. View Missouri. They were married at their home by Grandpa Walker (he lived on a farm two miles west of them). They got on horseback and went to Jimmy Durnell's and Bud Hope and Mary Durnell were married the same day. They were a witness at this wedding."

Other Events:

• Parents:

  His 1959 death certificate names his parents as John Campbell and Nancy Smith.

• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Pierce township, Texas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, A. J. [J. J.], white, male, 41, married, tends grist mill, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary J., white, female, 28, wife, married, keeping house, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri 3. _____, James, white, male, 8, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lewis M., white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri [same page with James M. Campbell, age 27]

• Note: Abt 1884, Arkansas, USA;

  James Boyd Campbell left home about age 13, went to work on a farm in Arkansas. He slept at his mill on the creek one night and took a "congestive chill" and did not recover. James Boyd Campbell was the first child in the county to get shoes.

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 154 2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married 2 years, 2 children 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. Bolerjack, Henry, stepson, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Chappel [Chapel] township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, male, white, 38, married 12 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farming, own account, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 32 2. _____, Lucy W., wife, female, white, 34, married 12 years, 5 children 5 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Henry J., son, male, white, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Gracie, M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Irene, daunter, female, white, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Armer J., son, male, white, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can red and write 7. _____, Clarence D., son, male, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois

• NEWS: 5 Apr 1912, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "PUBLIC SALE I will sell at my farm, known as the Iva Deboard farm, six miles south-west of Mountain View on the West Plains road, on MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912 The following Property To=Wit: Four young milk cows, four yearling heifers, two-year old heifer, two-year old steer, work horse, weighs about 1,000; Poland China brood sow, four hives of bees, two-horse corn planter, Imperial breaking plow, cultivator, 1-horse five-tooth cultivator, double A smoothing harrow, household and kitchen furniture, other articles. Sale Begins Promptly at 10 O'Clock a.m. TERMS OF SALE?on all sums of $5 and under, cash; on all sums over $5 a note with approved security will be taken for 9 months, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale; four per cent off for cash on all sums over $5. All accounts must be settled before goods are removed. J. B. CAMPBELL W. M. ROBBINS, Auctioneer"
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Capbell, James R. [Campbell, James B.], head, owns with mortgage, male, white, 48, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farm schedule 48 2. _____, Lucy, wife, female, white, 43, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, Elsie, daughter, female, white, 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. _____, Ormer [Armour], son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 5. _____, Clarance [Clarence], son, male, white, 16, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 6. _____, Clide, son, male, white, 6, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois

• Census: 21 Apr 1930, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, owns, farm, male, white, 58, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farming, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 88 2. _____, Lucy W., wife, female, white, 53, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Illinois, Virginia, Illinois 3. _____, Clyde C., son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois

• Census: 11 Apr 1940, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

"Papa [JB CAMPBELL] left home when he was 13 and went to work on a farm in Arkansas." Quote from his daughter, Grace M. CAMPBELL, to her son, [my father] William D. Walker.

Birth:

His death certificate records his birth as 22 August 1871. (Informant his son Clarence Campbell.) The Bible entry, recorded nearer the time of his death is more likely to be correct.

The death certificate also gives his birthplace as Mountain View, (Howell County), Missouri. Unlikely, but possible.

Census:

1. Campbell, James B., head, owns, value [$2000 with $500 written above it], male, white, 68, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, same place in 1935, farmer, farm, own account, other sources of income, farm schedule no. 46
2. _____, Stella A., wife, female, white, 45, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place in 1935, working at home, other source of income
3. Corbett, Tommy H., step son, male, white, 19, single, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place, employed, farmer, farm, income $72

Died:
He died in a nursing home - afflicted with what was known at the time as "hardening of the arteries." My father, William D. Walker was in college in Rolla at the time, and visited him on occasion.

James married Lucy Wesley Deboard on 1 Apr 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Lucy (daughter of Iva Gerome Deboard and Martha Louisa Davis) was born on 24 Aug 1876 in Illinois, USA; died on 5 Jul 1935 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Jul 1935 in Center Hill Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 154 2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married 2 years, 2 children 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. Bolerjack, Henry, stepson, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

Notes:

Name:

Sometimes seen as "Westley" instead of "Wesley."

Children: 5. Grace Milicene Campbell was born on 18 Jan 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 May 1983 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Elsie Irene Campbell was born on 29 Jun 1900 in Missouri, USA; died in May 1981 in Elma, Grays Harbor County, Washington. James Armour Campbell was born on 9 Oct 1904 in Missouri, USA; died in Aug 1976 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Clarence Dewey Campbell was born on 17 Apr 1909 in Missouri, USA; died on 23 Feb 1967 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. Clyde Caleb Campbell was born on 5 Feb 1914 in Oklahoma, USA; died in Apr 1987 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jul 1870, Township 4, Range 6 (McLeansboro PO), White County, Illinois, USA; 1. Deborah [Deboard], Franklin, 34, male, white, farmer, Illinois 2. _____, Ann M, 30, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, Marsella [Marcella], 9, female, white, at home, Illinois 4. _____, Adrien [Adrian], 6, male, white, at home, Illinois 5. _____, Roden [Snoden], 5, male, white, Illinois 6. _____, Emma, 2, female, white, Illinois 7. _____, Ora, 10 months, female, white, Illinois
• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. DeBoard, Franklin, white, male, 44, married, farming, Illinois, North Carolina, North Carolina 2. _____, M. Ann, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 2. _____, Marcilla, white, female, 19, daughter, single, at home, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____. Adren [Adrian], white, male, 17, son, farm laborer, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, S. Shely. [Snoden Shelley], 15, son, farm laborer, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, E. Emma, white, female, 11, daughter, at home, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 6. _____ , Alis, white, female, 8, daughter, at home, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 7. _____, Robert, white, male, 4, son, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 8. _____, Hettie, white, female, daughter, at home, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois 9. _____, F. Mary, white, female, 2 months, April daughter, at home, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois
• Census: 27 Jun 1900, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. Deboard, Snoden, head, white, male, January 1865, 35, married 11 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage 2. _____, Emma, wife, white, female, December 1870, 29, married 11 years, 4 children 3 living, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, can read and write 3. _____, Rola [Roley], son, white, male, November 1892, 7, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, did not attend school this year 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, May 1895, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri 5. _____, Floyd, son, white, male, May 1898, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• Letter: 16 Sep 1901, Davenport township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; Letter from Snoden to his brother Retus: "Davenport, Okla Sept 16, 1901 Retus, Dear Brother, It is with the greatest of satisfaction that I write you. I feel so lonesome this Sunday evening to think that you have always been with me so much and now I never see or hardly ever hear from you. I haven?t heard anything of you since you wrote me sometime before I left home. Sometimes I almost think you have forgotten or forsaken me. I think of you every day and of my life and I hope we will have a chance to live close together and if we are not permitted that privilege, I trust that we will live so that we will meet in a better country, where there will be no parting. I never get lonesome when some of you boys are with me, but I do get lonesome when I am alone. I do wish I could have seen Adren. Looks like he could have come home before I left. I trust that he is getting along both financially and spiritually alright. Tell them that I would like to see them awful well. Also tell Will and Hettie that I would love to see them and that I think they might write me. But don?t suppose that Hettie ever thinks of me. Retus, I like Okla alright as far as making a living is concerned. We made $8.35 in 4 days last week, then it was too hot to work steady. Not 80 yards from where I am sitting is a big patch of as fine watermelons as I ever saw, and get all we want without paying a cent. Wish you had some everytime I eat one ? John is working for Fatty Robbison at 15 per month. He likes this country better than he expected and thinks that he will stay here. Aley has been in bed ever since [we?] have been here, but I think she is mending and will be up before long. They have a good deal of corn here and lots of fodder and prairie hay and different kind of weed. Wish you was here next summer to make a crop with me. Think I will buy a team and rent next summer. Will send you a letter I got from Marciller . Retus, I want you to write me all the news. Your brother, S. S. Debord"
• Letter: 8 Dec 1901, Davenport township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; Letter from Snoden to his brother Adrian: "Davenport, Okla Dec 8, 1901 A.L., Dear brother, I got your letter a day or two ago. I was awful glad to get one from you, was proud to hear that you was all well and enjoying life, for that is all there is in life to enjoy. We are not well. Cora is not well, and hasn?t been for a good while. Floyd has been very poorly for six weeks. He looks awful bad. I have been poorly for a week with my stomach and bowels, but I am mending a little the last day or two. Was able to come down to father?s last night. Haven?t went home yet. I like [OT?] very well and would stay a year or two but I am afraid I could not have our health. I believe I could make a little here if we could have our health, but afraid to risk it and we cannot work on public works. So I don?t know what more to do than go back to MO, which we will do this week if nothing happens. We have made about one hundred dollars this fall and can only land back in MO with about $100. I hate to go back, but don?t know what else to do, I wish you had some way to make a living in Misouri and could see your way clear to come back I would like to live close to you. Bud only has one bail to pick out yet he won?t have more that $25 when he is squared up. If I was you, when I left there I would pick out a place and try to stay with it, for I find nothing in moving around. It?s broke me up of what life I had. I must close. Write. Give Lou and the children my love and respects. Your brother S.S.Deboard"
• NEWS: 14 Sep 1905, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Weekly Journal: "Snoden Deboard and family left for Chandler, O.T., their future home the first of the week. We are sorry to have all the good folks leave us. We wish them success in their new home."
• NEWS: 5 Sep 1907, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "Mrs Cora Deboard went to visit her father and sisters last week, then she will return to her home in Oklahoma."
• Census: 9 May 1910, Osage township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Deboard, Snoden S., head, male, white, 44, first marriage, married 22 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farming, can read and write, farm owned without mortgage 2. _____, Cora E., wife, female, white, 39, married 22 years, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Iowa, can read and write 3. _____, Rola R., son, male, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Minnie A., daughter, female, white, 15, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Floyd W., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Carrie E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
• NEWS: 5 Sep 1913, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "Snoden Deboard is going to have a sale and is going back to Oklahoma. Good luck to him."
• Census: 23 Jan 1920, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1, Deboard, Snoden, head, owns, free of mortgage, male, white, 54, married, can red and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, farm, own account, farm schedule 155 2, _____, [illegible], wife, female, white, 49, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Floyd, son, male, white, 21, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Carrie, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Louie, son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. DeBoard, Snowden S.m head, owns farm, male, white, 65, married first married age 23, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farming, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 39 2. _____, Cora M. [Cora Emma], wife, female, white, 60, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Iowa 3. _____, Floyd W., son, male, white, 31, married, first married age 22, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri, teacher, public schools, not employed, not a veteran 4. _____, Irene W. [no "W." in her name], daughter in law, female, white, 21, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Louis E., son, male, white, 19, single, Oklahoma, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri, laborer, general farming
• Census: 11 Apr 1940, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. DeBoard, Snowden [Snoden], head, male, white 74, widowed, completed grade 8m Illinois, same house in 1935, farmer, farm, own account, farm schedule 49 2. _____, Louie B., son, male, white, 29, single, completed grade 8, Oklahoma, same house 1935, farmer, farm, own account [no new farm schedule no.]

Notes:

See attached sources.

Census:
1870 U.S. census, White County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 4 Range 6 McLeansboro PO), p. 20 (penned, recto), p. 532 (stamped, verso), dwelling 130, family 130, Franklin Deborah [Deboard] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 May 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 225.

Census:


Census:
1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheets 22B-23A (penned) and p. 45 (stamped, verso), dwelling 437, family 439, Snoden Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].

NEWS:
"Correspodence: Central Chapel,"West Plains Weekly Journal (West Plains, Missouri), 14 September 1905, 3, col. 1, item regarding Snoden Deboard and family; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 June 2021).

NEWS:
"Ebenezer,"Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Missouri), 5 September 1907, 2, col. 3, item regarding Mrs. Cora Deboard; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 June 2021).

Census:
1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Osage township, enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 13B (penned, recto), p. 221 (stamped, verso), dwelling 4, family 4, Snoden S. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1259.

NEWS:
"Gravel Ridge,"Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Missouri), 5 September 1913, 3, col. 2, item regarding Snoden Deboard; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 June 2021).

Census:
1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chaperons township, enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 8A (penned, recto), p. 252 (stamped, recto), dwelling 164, family 158, Snoden Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.head, com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920,


Census:
1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 03, sheet 2B (penned, recto), p. 18 (stamped, verso), dwelling 40, family 40, Snowden S. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].

Census:
1940 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 46-3, sheet 2B (penned, recto), p. 28 (stamped, verso), visited no. 42, Snowden S. DeBoard household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2113.

Snoden married Cora Emma Roush on 2 Sep 1888 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Cora (daughter of John Roush and Emeline Cunningham) was born on 29 Dec 1870 in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 May 1939 in Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 21 May 1939 in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• NEWS: 5 Sep 1907, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "Mrs Cora Deboard went to visit her father and sisters last week, then she will return to her home in Oklahoma."
• NEWS: 25 May 1939, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal: "Mrs. S. S. DeBoard Mrs. Cora Emma Roush DeBoard was born December 29, 1870, at Mountain View, Mo., and departed this life on May 19, 1939 at the age of 68 years 1 month and 29 days. She was left motherless at the age of 7 years and resided in this county until she grew to womanhood, with the exception of one year at Carthage, Mo. At the age of 15 years she was converted and had been a member of the Venter Hill Baptist church for 49 years. On September 2, 1999, she was united in marriage to S. S. DeBoard and to this union were born 6 children. The eldest, a daughter, departed this life at the age of 9 years. She leaves to mourn her loss a devoted husband, three sons, Riley of Chandler, Oklahoma.; Floyd of West Plains; Louie of the family one; and two daughters, Mrs. Bill Deaton, of Norman, Okla.; and Mrs. Bill Zumwalt of Filer, Idaho; 17 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Raush [Rance?] Holden of Chapel Hill community and one brother, Adam Roush of Sikeston, Mo.' and a host of friends and relatives. "Aunt Cora," as acquaintances knew her, had been in frail health and a silent patient suffered for many years, but always attended church and Sunday school whenever her health would permit. She lived a full Christian life and was always kind to everyone. ? Contributed."
• NEWS: 25 May 1939, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal: "On Friday evening about 6:30 Mrs. Cora DeBoard passed away and was buried at Center Hill Sunday afternoon. Mrs. DeBoard had been in ill health for some time but had thought to be improving when her illness turned for the worse Thursday. Mrs. DeBoard and her husband S. S. DeBoard celebrated their golden wedding anniversary a few months ago. Mrs. Carrie Zumwalt, daughter of Mrs. DeBoard was unable to attend her mother's funeral as she, with her husband and children left a week ago for Washington state to seek employment. This entire community sends its most healtfelt [sic] sympathy to the entire family in their bereavement."

Notes:

Birth:
Specific day of birth was supplied by Dessie Irene CLARK, my grandmother, who was the dau-in-law of Cora Emma Roush.

NEWS:
"Ebenezer,"Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Missouri), 5 September 1907, 2, col. 3, item regarding Mrs. Cora Deboard; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 June 2021).

Other Events:

• Census: 18 Jun 1900, Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; 1. Clark, John C., head, white, male, March 1850, 50, married 26 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 121 2. _____, Corine [Caroline], wife, white, female, January 1854, 41, married 26 years, 9 children 8 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Edd, son, son, white, male, September 1884, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 3 months, can read and write 4. _____, Ida M., daughter, white, female, June 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 4 months, can read and write 5. _____, John, son, white, male, June1888, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 4 months, can read and write 6. _____, Marvin, son, white, male, May 1891, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 7. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, November 1893, 7, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 8. _____, Leroy, son, white, male, July 1897, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; 1. Story, Samuel P, head, male, white, 54, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 97 2. _____, Samuel A., son, male, white, 16, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, farm labor, home farm 3. Clark, John L., son in law, male white, 20, first marriage, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule 98 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, female, white, 21, first marriage, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Irene, granddaughter, female, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas
• Occupation: Jun 1917, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Carrying mail and farming.
• Residence: 5 Jun 1917, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA; "Wife and 5 kids"
• Census: 22 Jan 1920, West Plains to Bakersfield Rd., Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. Clark, John L., head, renting, male, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farming, own account, farm schedule 124 2. _____, May M., wife, female, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Irean [Irene] D., daughter, female, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Raymond L., son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Mayren [Marion], daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Edna, daughter, female, white, 5, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, David L., son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. _____, Thema, daughter, female, white, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
• Residence: Jul 1939, Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA; Place of residence at the time of son Roland\'s death.
• Census: 2 May 1940, Dale township, Atchison County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Clark, John, head, male, white, 52, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, in 1935 lived in rural Nodaway County on a farm, worked 40 hours, labor, farm, worked 26 weeks, $150 annual income, income from other sources 2. _____, Virginia, wife, female, white, 21, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, Nodaway County (1935) 3. _____, Allen Oren, son, male, white, 2, Missouri

• SON: 21 Dec 1944, Maryville, Nodaway County, MIssouri, USA; Twin boys were born prematurely, in the car on the way from Atchison County to the hospital in Maryville, Nodaway County. They infants were not names, but are buries in Walkup Grove Cemetery, Atchison County, Missouri.

Notes:

Married a second time in North Missouri and had a couple of children. One of them named Allen. They had a little girl who died in a drowning accident while young. Allen was close to the California family group, Marion, Thelma, and David's families.

John married Minnie Mathilda "May" Story on 8 Feb 1908 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Minnie (daughter of Samuel Patterson Story and Minnie Ellen Hill) was born on 2 Dec 1888 in Arkansas, USA; died on 8 Feb 1923 in Missouri, USA; was buried after 8 Feb 1923 in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA; 1. Samuel P. Story, white, male, March 1856, 44, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm, no mortgage, farm schedule 1 2. Jesse E. Story, daughter, white, female, Feb 1885, 15, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 4 months this year, can read and write 3. Minnie M. Story, daughter, white, female, Dec 1887, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 3 months, can read and write 4. Charty F. Story, daughter, white, female, Dec 1889, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 3 months this year, can read and write 5. George Story, son, white, male, Sept 1892, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois 6. Samuel Story, son, white, male, Dec [1894?], Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois 7. Lizzie Story, daughter, white, female, Sept 1896, 3, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. Story, Samuel P., head, male, white, 54, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage 2. _____, Samuel A., son, male, white, 16, single, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, farm labor, can read and write, attended school this year 3. Clark, John L., son-in-law, male, white, 20, first marriage, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, renting farm 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, female, white, 21, first marriage, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Irene, grand daughter, female, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas
• Newspaper Article: 18 Jul 1912, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Mrs. John Clark of Willow Springs arrived in this city last Friday and went to South Fork for a visit with her father, Sam P. Story.\"
• Census: 22 Jan 1920, Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; 1. John L. Clark, head, renting, male, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer 2. May M. Clark, wife, female, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. Irean D. Clark, daughter, female, white, 11, attended school within the year, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. Raymond L. Clark, son, male, white, 9, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. [Maren?] Clark, daughter, female, white, 8, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. Edna Clark, daughter, female, white, 5, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. David L. Clark, son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. Thelma Clark, daughter, female, white, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
• Obituary: 8 Feb 1923, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From the West Plains Journal: "Mrs. May Clark of Amy Succumbs After Brief Illness Mrs. May Clark, age 33 years, died at her home near Amy, in the southern part of Howell county, Thursday morning at 6 o\' clock following a few days illness from influenza and complications. her sister, Mrs. Charles Lape of West Plains, who conducts the Oriental Hotel on South street, was called to her bedside the day before her death. The deceased is survived by her husband, seven young children, an aged father, S. P. Story of Amy, three sisters, Mrs. Willia Carter of Amy, Mrs. Harry Duggar of Springfield, and the sister residing in West Plains, two brothers, Sam Story of Mt. Grove and George Story of Westboro, Mo. All the above relatives attended the funeral services which were conducted at Mt. Zion church Friday."
• Obituary: 15 Feb 1923, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From The Journal-Gazette: "Dies A Victim of Influenza Mrs. May Clark, wife of John Clark a farmer residing at Amy, in the southwest part of this county, died Friday morning at 6 o'clock from influenza. The funeral was held the following day at Mt. Zion church and interment was in Mt. Zion cemetery in the southern part of the county. Mrs. Clark is survived by a husband and three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Charles Lape, of West Plains; Mrs. Harry Dugger, of Springfield; Mrs. Willie Carter, Amy, Sam Story, Mountain Grove, and George Story, Westbro. S. P. Story, of Amy, is her father."

Notes:

Cannot find a Missouri death certificate. Could she have died elsewhere?

Ordered Arkansas death certificate (attempt) through VitalCheck on 7 May 2007. Order #VTI-223. Expedited. They telephone 10 May 2007, with a few additional questions, but it looks unlikely that they will find a record of her death.

Notes:

Married:
1930 Howell Co MO census indicates that John was first married at age 19, confirming that his original marriage date was around 1907.