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Robert Retus "Retus" Deboard

Robert Retus "Retus" Deboard

Male 1875 - 1962  (86 years)

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  • Name Robert Retus "Retus" Deboard  [1] 
    Born 23 Dec 1875  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • Photo of stone attached
    Gender Male 
    Census 16 Jun 1880  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    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 21 Jun 1900  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. Deboard, Franklin, head, white, male, June 1836, 63, married 38 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 206
    2. _____, Annie, wife, white, female, April 1842, 58, married 38 years, 13 children 8 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write
    3. _____, Retus, son, white, male, December 1876, 23, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm laborer, can read and write
    4. _____, Andrew, son, white, male, September 1881, 18, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm laborer, can read and write
    5. _____, Lewis, son, white, male, September 1883, 16, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farm laborer, can read and write 
    Died 27 Aug 1962  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Aft 27 Aug 1962  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1355  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Joel Franklin "Franklin" Deboard,   b. 13 Jul 1836, White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1919, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ann "Ann" McKenzie,   b. 24 Jan 1841, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1933, Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1858  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Family ID F406  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ada Melissa Bivins,   b. Abt 1881, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1913 and 1918  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married Abt 1904  [9, 10] 
    Children 
    +1. Thelma Deboard,   b. Abt 1906, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1960, West Plains, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     2. Opal Deboard,   b. Abt 1907, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Ernest L. Deboard,   b. Abt 1909, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Harold Deboard,   b. 28 Jul 1910, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1996, Salem, Marion County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +5. Ora Deboard,   b. 17 Sep 1913, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1995, Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Lora Deboard,   b. 17 Sep 1913, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 2 Oct 2004  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Albany L. Richardson,   b. 7 Mar 1883, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1954, Vernon County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Aft 1920  [11, 12] 
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • I originally believed Albany to be the mother of Retus' children. Only later did I discover that he had an earlier marriage, resulting in his children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).).

    2. [S52] Missouri, Howell - Cemeteries, 1795-1987 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1988.), p. 2, Amy Union Cemetery, entry for Robert Retus Deboard (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S132] DeBoard, Joel F. - Civil War, pension file, (Joel F. Deboard (Pvt, Co G, 29th Ill Inf., Civil War), pension no. 638572; compiled file includes widow's application, file no. 879641, Margaret Ann DeBoard; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.).

    4. [S477] DeBoard, Joel F. - Census 1880 Howell Co MO, (1880 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel Township, ED 52, p. 23 (penned), dwelling 176, family 176, Franklin Deboard household; digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2007); citing National Archives microform T9, roll 691.).

    5. [S6263] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 22 (penned, recto), p. 467 (stamped, verso), dwelling 176, family 176, Franklin Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 May 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691.

    6. [S132] DeBoard, Joel F. - Civil War, pension file, (Joel F. Deboard (Pvt, Co G, 29th Ill Inf., Civil War), pension no. 638572; compiled file includes widow's application, file no. 879641, Margaret Ann DeBoard; Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.).
      Clerk's Certificate of Marriage, included in Widow's pension application packet; verifies marriage of Joel F.DeBoard and Margaret A. McKenzie on 26 Aug 1858, by P. W. Vineyard, JP, in White County. Signed 23 Aug 1909 by Matthew Martin, Clerk of the County Court, at Carmi, in White County, Illinois.

    7. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Joel Deboard and Margaret A. McKenzie, White County, Illinois, book 5 (21 August 1858) (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S133] DeBoard, Joel F. - marriage certificate M.A. McKenzie (1858), (Marriage entry for Joel F. DeBoard and Margaret Ann McKenzie, White County, Illinois, 24 August 1858; from the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (c/o Special Collections, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6632)).

    9. [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.).

    10. [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.

    11. [S17] Missouri, Howell - 1920 U.S. Census, (1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 88, Sheet 2B, Dwelling 44, Family 49, Retus DeBoard household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).
      [Retus is still a widower at the time of the 1920 census, putting his date of marriage to Albany later than that.]

    12. [S52] Missouri, Howell - Cemeteries, 1795-1987 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1988.), p. 2, Amy Union Cemetery (Sec 2, Twp 22, Rg 10), Albany L. DeBoard (1883-1954); buried with her husband, Robert Retus DeBoard (Reliability: 3).


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