Robert Houston Koonce

1867 - 1928  (60 years)

• Name	Robert Houston Koonce  [1]
  Born	18 Nov 1867	Norris City, White, Illinois, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1928	Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Buried	New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I3493	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Elijah Willis Koonce,   b. 11 Apr 1837, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 24 Oct 1920, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Sarah C. Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1840, Illinois, USA ,   d. 24 May 1884, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1865	White County, Illinois, USA   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F1102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker,   b. 25 Jan 1868, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1891	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Bessie Viola Koonce,   b. 31 May 1892, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 1960, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 68 years) + 2. Effie Etta Koonce,   b. 15 Oct 1893, Missouri, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1973  (Age 80 years)   3. William T. Koonce,   b. 12 Jun 1895,   d. Jul 1896  (Age 1 years) + 4. Minnie Jane Koonce,   b. 6 Jun 1896, Missouri, USA ,   d. After 1940  (Age 44 years) + 5. Robert Wesley Koonce,   b. 14 Mar 1899, Missouri, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1989, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  (Age 90 years) + 6. Virginia Ethel "Virgie" Koonce,   b. 9 Jun 1902, Missouri, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1974, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 72 years)   7. Emma Eudocia Koonce,   b. 27 Sep 1905, Trask, Howell County, Missouri ,   d. 14 Nov 1913, Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri  (Age 8 years) + 8. Lula Maye Koonce,   b. 27 Mar 1907, Missouri, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 2004  (Age 97 years) + 9. Willis Walker Koonce,   b. 27 Aug 1909, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. Feb 1986, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 76 years) + 10. Basil Theodore Koonce,   b. 26 May 1913, Missouri, USA ,   d. Feb 1986, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2012
  Family ID	F1180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 3 & 4, 1889 - 1893 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1992), Book 4, Page 7 (Reliability: 3). Robert H. Koonce to Cautha [sic] L. Walker, on 15 August 1891, by Samuel T. Proffitt, Minister. [S205] Mary Frances Koonce (Salt Lake City, Utah) to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, South Carolina), email, 19 April 2001, regarding Elijah Koonce and descendants. [S2833] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 20B (penned), p. 42 (stamped, verso), dwelling 394, household 396, Robert Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860. [S2839] "New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012), entry for Robert Houston Koonce (1928), memorial no. 22503679, posted by "Okiebran" [no email address], 28 October 2007. [S313] Koonce, Elijah - email from a descendant (1998), (James G. Koonce to Janis Walker Gilmore, e-mail, 14 Aug 1998; regarding his descent from Sarah C. Bolerjack and Elijah Koonce.). [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Elijah W. Koonce and Sarah C. Bolerjack, White County, Illinois, vol. 6 (26 July 1865) (Reliability: 3). Elijah W. Koonce to Sarah C. Bolerjack on 26 July 1865, White County, Illinois. [S2832] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 1648 [loose papers, jacket only, no return], for Robert H. Koonce-Coantha L. Walker (1891); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .