Elijah Willis Koonce

Notes:

Birth:
1880 Jackson Co ARK census; Elijah Willis Koonce states that his father (same name) was born in NC, and his mother in Mississippi

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary [Inknown]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Record of a marriage between Thomas COONTZ and Cecilia ELKINS on 31 May 1829 in White Co IL; possibly father or uncle of Elijah Willis KOONCE?

Moved to Howell Co MO from White Co IL - may not be correct Moved to Kingfisher, OK Union service

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Catherine Jane Sutton on 2 Dec 1858 in Union County, Illinois, USA. Catherine died before 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Emma Allard on 3 Oct 1864 in Rock Island County, Illinois, USA. Emma died between 1864 and 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Sarah C. Bolerjack on 26 Jul 1865 in White County, Illinois, USA. Sarah (daughter of Joel H. Bolerjack and Rebecca Forrester) was born about 1840 in Illinois, USA; died on 24 May 1884 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Nancy Adeline Evans on 19 Jul 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret [Inknown]. Margaret was born about 1849 in Illinois, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker on 15 Aug 1891 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Coantha (daughter of Helton Rutherford Walker and Esther Elizabeth Thornton) was born on 25 Jan 1868 in Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Nov 1957 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Morgan about 1892. Mary (daughter of George W. Morgan) was born about 1874 in Missouri, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Deboard, Emma E., head, female, white, 37, widowed (first marriage), Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, farmer, own account, can read and write, renting farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 56 2. _____, Willie, adopted son, male, white, 7, Oklahoma, unknown, unknown, can read, attending school 3. _____, Bulah, adopted daughter, female, white, 3, Oklahoma, unknown, unknown

Notes:

Census:
1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Union township, enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 4A (penned, recto), p. 448 (stamped, recto), dwelling 70, family 70, Emma E. Deboard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1259.

Emma married Wright Alexander Deboard about 31 August 1889 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Wright (son of George Washington Deboard and Sarah M. Summers) was born in Dec 1859 in Illinois, USA; died between 1900 and 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 27 Jan 1920, Chandler township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 1 May 1930, Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 4 Apr 1940, 303 Dewey Ave., Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Residence: Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

Census:

1. Koonce, Robert, head, white, male, November 1867, 32, married 9 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, laborer, saw mill, can read and write, renting house
2. _____, Nora, wife, white, female, January 1868, 32, married 9 years, 5 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, May 1892, 8, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
4. _____, Effie, daughter, white, female, October 1893, 6, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
5. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, June 1896, 3, Missouri, illinois, Tennesse
6. _____, Wesley, son, white, male, June 1898, 1, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee

Census:

1. Koonce, Robert H., head, male, white, 42, first marriage, married at age 19, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, farmer, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 57
2. _____, Nora L., wife, female, white, 42, first marriage, married age 18, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, can read and write
3. _____, Bessie V., daughter, female, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
4. _____, Effie E., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
5. _____, Jennie M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
6. _____, Wesley R., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
7. _____, Virgie E., daughter, female, white, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
8. _____, Emma EE., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
9. _____, Lula M., daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
10. _____, Willis W., son, male, white, [7 months], Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee

Census:

1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, male, white, 28, married, can read and write, Missouri, North Carolina, U. S., farmer, operator, farm schedule no. 118
2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
3. _____, Zola E., daughter, female, white, 4 years 6 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Robert C., son, male, white, 3 years 5 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Byron G. son, male, white, 2 years 5 months, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
6. _____, Wellford D., male, white, 1, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 20, can read and write, Missouri, North Carolina, Illinois, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 154
2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 30, married, first married age 14, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
3. _____, Zola E., daughter, female, white, 15, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Robert C., son, male, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Byron E., son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
6. _____, Pricilla L., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, $15, not a farm, male, white, 48, completed 3 years college, Missouri, lived same place 1935, works for pay, has a job, worked 48 hours, county superintendent of schools, Lincoln County, worked 52 weeks, income $1290
2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 48, married, completed 2 years college, Missouri, same place (1935), not working for pay
3. _____, Lorane, daughter, female, white, 19, single, attending school, completed 1 year college, Oklahoma, same place (1935)
4. Koonce, Nora, mother in law, female, white, 70, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same place (1935)

Bessie married John Wesley Thomas on 25 Aug 1914 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. John (son of Christopher Columbus "Lum" Thomas and California Isabelle White) was born on 3 Oct 1891 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Jan 1977 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 28. Zola Ernestine Thomas   was born on 11 Jun 1915 in Missouri, USA; died on 11 Dec 1980 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. 29. Robert C. Thomas   was born on 23 Jul 1916 in Douglas County, Missouri, USA; died on 3 Jul 2010 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA; was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, Calfiornia, USA. 30. Byron Garfield Thomas   was born on 25 Jul 1917 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; died on 21 Nov 1997 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. 31. Wilford D. Thomas   was born on 15 Dec 1918 in Oklahoma, USA; died on 6 Mar 1920 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. 32. Priscilla Lorane Thomas   was born on 20 Mar 1921 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; died on 1 Mar 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA . 33. Mary Elizabeth Thomas   was born in 1922 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; died in 1922 in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA.

Other Events:

• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 29 Jan 1920, Osage township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 3 Apr 1930, Stillwater township, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 20 Apr 1940, 514 Manvel Ave., Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
• Residence: Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

Census:

1. Koonce, Robert, head, white, male, November 1867, 32, married 9 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, laborer, saw mill, can read and write, renting house
2. _____, Nora, wife, white, female, January 1868, 32, married 9 years, 5 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, May 1892, 8, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
4. _____, Effie, daughter, white, female, October 1893, 6, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
5. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, June 1896, 3, Missouri, illinois, Tennesse
6. _____, Wesley, son, white, male, June 1898, 1, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee

Census:

1. Koonce, Robert H., head, male, white, 42, first marriage, married at age 19, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, farmer, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 57
2. _____, Nora L., wife, female, white, 42, first marriage, married age 18, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, can read and write
3. _____, Bessie V., daughter, female, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
4. _____, Effie E., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
5. _____, Jennie M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
6. _____, Wesley R., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
7. _____, Virgie E., daughter, female, white, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
8. _____, Emma EE., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
9. _____, Lula M., daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
10. _____, Willis W., son, male, white, [7 months], Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee

Census:

1. Key, Roba, head, renting, male, white, 27, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 118
2. _____, Effie, wife, female, white, 26, married, can read and write, Missouri, U.S., Tennessee
3. _____, Floyd, son, male, white, 6, attending school, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Luster, son, male, white, 3 7/12, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Elnora, daughter, female, white, 10 months, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Key, Roger M., head, renting, $350, farm, male, white, 37, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farmer, farm schedule no. 29
2. _____, Effie E., wife, female, white, 36, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
3. _____, Floyd E., son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Luster M., son, male, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Elnora O., daughter, female, white, 11, not attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Key, R. M., male, white, 47, renting, 16, not a farm, married, completed grade 6, Missouri, same place, farm (1935), worked for pay, 63 hours, operator, produce store, own account, $0 income, other income
2. _____, Effie, wife, female, white, 46, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place, farm (1935), did not work for pay
3. _____, Floyd, son, male, white, 26, married, 1 year college, Oklahoma, same place (1935), worked for pay, partner, produce store, own account, $0 income, other income
4. _____, Thelma, daughter in law, female, white, 26, married, completed 4 years high school, Oklahoma, lived in Pawnee, Pawnee County (1935), did not work for pay
5. _____, Luster, son, male, white, 23, married, 2 years of high school completed, Oklahoma, same place (1935), worked for pay, partner, produce stand
6. _____, Grace, daughter in law, female, white, 21, married, completed four years high school, Oklahoma, did not work for pay
7. _____, Luster Wayne, grandson, male, white, 2, Oklahoma

Effie married Roba Mervin Key on 2 Dec 1911 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. Roba was born in 1892 in Missouri, USA; died in 1982; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 34. Floyd Key   35. Luster Key   was born about 1916 in Oklahoma, USA. 36. Elnora Key   was born about 1919 in Oklahoma, USA.

Other Events:

• Census: 27 Jan 1920, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Hale, Lawrence B., head, renting, male, white, 23, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Oklahoma, farmer, operator, farm schedule no, 117 2. _____, Jennie M., wife, female, white, 23, married, can read and write, Missouri, Iowa, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Pauline E., daughter, female, white, 4 years 4 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Barbara G., daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. Smith, Stanford S., hand, male, white, 17, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm, laborer
• Census: 4 Apr 1930, 537 SW 10th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Hale, Lawrence B., head, renting, $35, has radio set, not a farm, male, white, 33, married first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Maine, Illinois, fireman, "S. Railroad," not a veteran 2. _____, Jennie, wife, female, white, 33, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Pauline, daughter, female white, 15, single, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Barbara, daughter, female, white, 13, single, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Constance, daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Lawrence, son, male, white, 6, attending school, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, Theda A., daughter, female, white, 4 years 4 months, not attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. _____, Robert, male, white, 4 months, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri 9. Johnson, Bertha, mother, female, white, 50, widowed, can read and write, Illinois, Ohio, Illinois 10. Bay, Lloyd, roomer, male, white, 29, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, fireman, S. Railroad, not a veteran 11. _____, Roy, roomer, male, white, 20, married, first married age 19
• Census: 13 Apr 1940, 45 SE 36th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Hale, L. B., head, owns, value of home $3000, not a farm, male, white, 43, married, completed grade 8, born Missouri, same place in 1935, employed, locomotive fireman, steam railway, employed 10 weeks, $450 2. _____, Jane, wife female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place 3. _____, Barbara, daughter, female, white, 23, single, completed 4 years high school, Oklahoma, same place, secretary, Ammement Equipment, employed 52 weeks, $1000 4. _____, Lawrence Jr., son, male, white, 16, attending school, completed 2 years high school, Oklahoma, same place 5. _____, Theda Ann daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place 6. _____, Robert Frederick, son, male, white, 10, attending school, completed grade 4, Oklahoma, same place 7. _____, Jack, brother, male, white, 41, married, completed 2 years high school, Missouri, same place, traffic engineer, municipal, employed 52 weeks, $1400 8. _____, Florence R., sister in law, female, white, 41, married, completed 3 years high school, Illinois, same place
• NEWS: 23 May 1957, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; Husband Lawrence's obit, The Daily Oklahoman: "Rail Engineer Lawrence Hale Is Dead at 60 Lawrence Benjamin Hale, 60, of SE 38 & Prospect [Prospect], died Wednesday at St. Anthony hospital. Private services for the family only will be Thursday afternoon at the Capitol Hill funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Sunny Lane cemetery. Born Sept. 7, 1896, at Butler, Mo, he married the former Jane Koonce in 1914. Hale was an engineer on the Frisco rialroad [railroad], and had been with the Frisco most of his life joining the line at Springfield, Mo. He came to Oklahoma City in 1927 and had lived here since. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Jane, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Pauline Gerner, Oklahoma City' Mrs. Barbara Johnson, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Constance Burns, Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Veda A. May, of the home; two sons, Lawrence B., Jr., Sacramento, and Robert F. Hale, Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren, and two brothers, Beryl, Sacramento, and Merrill A., Oklahoma City. The family requests that no flowers be sent and suggests contributions to the heart fund instead."

Notes:

Died:

See as "Minnie" in the 1900 census, born June 1896. Seen as "Jennie M." in the 1910 census, age 12. The latter is clearly the same child, however, placed between next older sibling Effie and next younger sibling Wesley.

Minnie married Lawrence Benjamin Hale on 2 Jun 1914 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Lawrence was born in 1896; died in 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 37. Pauline Evelyn Hale   was born about 1915 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, SUA; died in Feb 1969 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA. 38. Barbara G. Hale   was born about 1917 in Missouri or Oklahoma, USA. 39. Constance Hale   was born about 1921 in Oklahoma, USA; died after February 2001. 40. Lawrence B. "Larry" Hale, Jr   41. Theda A. Hale   42. Robert Hale

Other Events:

• Census: 23 Apr 1930, Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Koonce, Robert W., head, renting, farm, male, white, 31, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, farmer, farm, not a veteran, farm schedule 107 2. _____, Emma E., wife, female, white, 26, married, first married age 18, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas] 3. _____, Noble L., daughter, female, white, 5, not attending school, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Osage township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Koonce, R. W., enting, $4, farm, head, male, white, 41, married, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house, farmer, farming, farm schedule no. 3 2. _____, Evelyn, wife, female, white, 38, married, completed grade 8, Arkansas, same house 3. _____, Melba Lee, daughter, female, white, 16, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Oklahoma 4. _____, Mary Ann, daughter, female, white, 6, not attending school, Oklahoma
• Residence: Nov 1956, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Robert married Eveleen E. Jones on 20 Oct 1920. Eveleen was born on 3 Aug 1903 in Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas; died on 6 Nov 2001 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried on 9 Nov 2001 in Chandler-New Zion Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 20 Apr 1930, Otoe township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Hinkle, Perry V., head renting, farm male, white, 28, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Arkansas, US, US, farm labor, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule 62 2. _____, Ethel V., wife, female, white, 28, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Missouri, US, US
• Residence: Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Virginia married Perry Virgil Hinkle on 4 Sep 1924 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. Perry was born in 1901; died in 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died of heart disease, following rheumatism.

Notes:

Birth:
Or 27 March 1906, per cemetery marker

Family/Spouse: Irvin Dale Phillips. Irvin was born in 1904; died in 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 12 Apr 1940, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Koonce, Willis, head, renting, value $3, male, white, 30, married, completed 4 years high school, born Missouri, same place in 1935, accountant, OGE, $1800 income 2. _____, Lorena, wife, female, white, 32, married, completed 4 years high school, Oklahoma 3. _____, Carol, daughter, female, white, 4 months, Oklahoma
• MILITARY: 14 Jan 1944; Navy, service ended 27 August 1945.
• Residence: Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Willis married Bertha Lorene "Beanie" Meredith [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

Family/Spouse: Lena Esther Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]