Family: Robert Retus "Retus" Deboard / Ada Melissa Bivins (F554)

• Father | Male Robert Retus "Retus" Deboard

  
  

  Born	23 Dec 1875	Illinois, USA
  Died	27 Aug 1962	Missouri, USA
  Buried	Aft 27 Aug 1962	Missouri, USA
  Married	Abt 1904  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Albany L. Richardson | F555
  Married	Aft 1920
  Father	Joel Franklin "Franklin" Deboard | F406 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Ann "Ann" McKenzie | F406 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Ada Melissa Bivins

  
  

  Born	Abt 1881	Arkansas, USA
  Died	Between 1913 and 1918
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Thelma Deboard

  
  

  Born	Abt 1906	Oklahoma, USA
  Died	6 May 1960	West Plains, Howell County, MIssouri, USA
  Buried		Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Spouse	Roy F. Harrison | F3107
  Married	21 Jan 1928	Logan County, Oklahoma, USA
  Spouse	Joe M. Rouintree | F3108
  Married	28 Aug 1937	Howell County, Missouri, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Opal Deboard

  
  

  Born	Abt 1907	Arkansas, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Ernest L. Deboard

  
  

  Born	Abt 1909	Oklahoma, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Myrtle Church | F3334
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Harold Deboard

  
  

  Born	28 Jul 1910	Oklahoma, USA
  Died	6 Mar 1996	Salem, Marion County, Illinois, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Katheryn Beard | F3333
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Male + Ora Deboard

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1913	Missouri, USA
  Died	18 Oct 1995	Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois
  Buried
  Spouse	Susie Haney | F3329
  Married	Before Sept 1945

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Lora Deboard

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1913	Missouri, USA
  Died	Aft 2 Oct 2004
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [S176] DeBoard, Retus R - 1910 Lincoln Co OK Census, (1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Osage township, ED 105, sheet 13B, dwelling 3, family 3, Retus R. DeBoard household: digital image by subscription, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jan 2008); from National Archives microform T624, roll 1259.). [S177] Missouri, Howell - Newspaper, West Plains Daily Quill, (West Plains, Missouri), 2 October 2004, p. 9, "Queen for a Day" (Reliability: 3). Thursday Oct 2, 2003, pg 9 "Queen for a Day" Article on Lora FRANCIS, celebrating her 90th birthday, and having her hair done. Indicates that she was born 17 Sept 1913 in Mountain View, MO; was the daughter of R.R. DeBOARD and Ada Melissa BIVINS. Married Troy FRANCIS on 18 Sept 1941; was married 50 years before his death in November 1991. Six children: Carolyn Von ALLMEN (husband Charles), Janella SCHAFER, Janet LOVAN (husband Dallas), Lenora STUBBS (husband Arnold), Wendell FRANCIS - all of West Plains. One additional daughter Carol CALLAHAN of Salem MO.