Cora Emma Roush

1870 - 1939  (68 years)

• Name	Cora Emma Roush  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	29 Dec 1870	Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	Specific day of birth was supplied by Dessie Irene CLARK, my grandmother, who was the dau-in-law of Cora Emma Roush.
  Gender	Female
  NEWS	5 Sep 1907	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	Mountain View Standard: "Mrs Cora Deboard went to visit her father and sisters last week, then she will return to her home in Oklahoma."
  	"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).
  Died	19 May 1939	Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 5, 7]
  Buried	21 May 1939	Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri   [5]
  NEWS	25 May 1939	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	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   [9]
  	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."
  Person ID	I1166	Full
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John Roush,   b. 20 Mar 1837, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 28 Oct 1915, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emeline Cunningham,   b. 1838, Indiana, USA ,   d. 1878, Missouri, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	Between 1861 and 1865	Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F1105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Snoden Shelley Deboard,   b. 31 Jan 1866, Norris City, White, Illinois, USA ,   d. 14 Jan 1946, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1888	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [12, 13, 14]
  Children	1. Marine Frances Deboard,   b. Abt 1890, Missouri, USA ,   d. Abt 1899, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 9 years) + 2. Rolie Robert Deboard,   b. 24 Nov 1892, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1977, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 85 years) + 3. Minnie Anna Deboard,   b. May 1895, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. Feb 1983, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  (Age ~ 87 years) + 4. Floyd Wilson Deboard,   b. 9 May 1898, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 1957, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon  (Age 58 years) + 5. Carrie Ethel Deboard,   b. 3 Apr 1905, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 1984, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA  (Age 78 years) + 6. Louie B. Deboard,   b. 11 Oct 1910, Missouri, USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Cora Emma Roush Photo taken about 1908. Cora was born 29 December 1870 in Jasper County, Missouri. She married Snoden Shelley DeBoard. This photo is a detail from a family photo.

  
  

  Documents

  John Roush and Emeline (Cunningham) Roush, 1880 Howell County, Missouri, census 1880 U.S. census, Howell County,Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 19 (penned), p. 466 (stamped, recto), dwelling 152, family 152, John Roush household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no.…

  
  

• Sources

  [S586] Bolerjack, Virgil. [S179] DeBoard, Mary - interview, (Mary DeBoard (Mountain View, Missouri), interview by Janis Walker Gilmore (author), mid-1990's; regarding the Joel F. and Margaret Ann (McKenzie) DeBoard family; Mrs. DeBoard was the daughter-in-law of Andy and Ruth DeBoard.). [S434] Cemetery marker, Cora Emma Roush, Center Hill Cemetery, near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri. (Reliability: 3). [S241] Dessie Irene Clark, informal interviews, 1985–2005, by Janis Walker Gilmore; Gilmore was the eldest granddaughter of Dessie Irene Clark; notes privately held by Gilmore. [S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for Cora Emma Deboard, certificate no. 15030, Howell County, Missouri (1939) (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2007. Chappell township, Howell County, MIssouri Cora Emma Deboard white, female, married husband: S.S. Deboard Birth: 29 Dec 1870, Mountain View, MO [should be Jasper Co Mo?] Age 68 years 4 months, 20 days Housewife Father: John Roush, b Penn Mother: Emiline Cunningham, b Ohio Informant: S.S. Deboard, Mountain View, Mo Burial: Center Hill, 21 May 1939 J.F. Duncan, funeral home director Death: 19 May 1939 Cause: angina pectoris, weak lungs [S6323] "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). [S312] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Center Hill, (Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri (S of Mountain View on Highway 17, Sec 7, Twp 26, Rg 7)), marker for Cora Emma DeBoard (Reliability: 3). [S6083] ?Deaths: Mrs. S.S. DeBoard" The West Plains Journal (West Plains, Missouri), 25 May 1939, p. 8, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 May 2020). [S6082] DeBoard, Carrie (Snoden, Joel F, Robert), death notice, 1939, West Plains MO. [S2118] Mary DeBoard (Mountain View, Mo.), interview, mid-1990's, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding the DeBoard, Roush, and Richey families. Mrs. DeBoard was the wife of Andrew Esper "Andy" DeBoard, and the daughter-in-law of Joel F. and Margaret Ann (McKenzie) DeBoard. [S2117] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 1 February 2012), for John Roush, certificate no. 33539, Howell County, Missouri (1915). . [S6] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 1, 1866-1889 (book, Gen Soc'y), Audrey Teeter Caplinger, Irene McDaniel Kimberlin, Idell Vest Vaughan, transcribers, (West Plains, Missouri: South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.), entry for Snowden S. Deboard and Emma C. Roush, Howell County, Missouri (2 Sept 1888) (Reliability: 3). [S153] DeBoard, Snoden S - obituary, ("Snoden S. DeBoard obituary," «i»Mountain View (Missouri) Standard«/i» , n.d. (Jan 1946).). [S154] Missouri, Howell - census 1900 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).