Hurshel Owen Deboard

1911 - 1951  (40 years)

• Name	Hurshel Owen Deboard  [1]
  Born	13 Jan 1911	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Dec 1951	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	31 Dec 1951	Chapel Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I276	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Millage Ivy Deboard,   b. 7 Oct 1884, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1926, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Amanda Wilbanks,   b. 4 Dec 1887, Missouri, USA ,   d. 13 Oct 1974, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1903	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada May Delling,   b. 9 Sep 1916, Garfield, Pawnee County, Kansas, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Mar 1934	Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas   [2]
  Children	1. Pauline Dawn Deboard   2. Beverly Jean Deboard   3. Richard Owen Deboard
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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 Hershel Owen Deboard, certificate no. 41427, Howell County, Missouri (1951) (Reliability: 3). Hershel Owen Deboard Died 28 Dec 1951, in Stoll Hospital, West Plains, Missouri Usual residence: Mountain View, Missouri male, white, married Born 13 Jan 1911, Mountain View, MO Occupation: Mechanic Usual residence: Mountain View, MO Father: Millage Deboard Mother: Mary Willbanks Wife: Ada May Deboard Cause of death: Thrombo-embolism Burial 31 Dec 1951, Chapel Hill Cemetery, near Mountain View, Howell Co MO [S62] DeBoard - website citing Hurshel Owen DeBoard family, Jann. «u»«b»Ada May Delling«/u» «/b» «b» born: 9-9-1916 in Garfield, Ks, Pawnee Co.«/b» «b» (Ada's birth certificate read Ethel Mae for several years before b it was changed)«/b» «b» married: 3-16-1934 in Pocahontas, Ark.«/b» «b» to: Herscell Owen DeBoard, son of Millage Ivy DeBoard and Mary Amanda Wilbanks«/b» «b» born: 1-13-1911 in White Church, Mo.«/b» «b» died: 12-28-1951 in West Plains, Mo.«/b» «b» burried: Chapel Hill Cemetary in Mtn. View, Mo. Howell Co.«/b» «b» They moved to Kansas City soon after they were married and lived in a 1 room flat. She did cleaning for the rent and Herscel caddied at a golf course and played cards for money to have enough to get by on.«/b» «b» Pauline was born 2 months early and had to be in the hospital for 2 months and had 3 surgeries. Herscel hurt himself and couldn't work for a while. Beverly was born then. Ada and children came home to Mtn. View for a while and later went back to Kansas City aboaut 1939. They then moved ack to Mtn. View, where life was still hard for a long time. They cooked outside in the snow because there was no cookstove. Herscel hunted and cut wood for a living to proved for his family. In 1942, they went to Washington (during WWII). About 1943 or 44, they went to Michigan and worked for awhile whee Herscel's sister Ellen lived. After a short time they retirned and lived near Mtn. View until Herscel passed away in 1951 of heart problems.«/b» «b» Children: (3)«/b» «b» Pauline Dawn DeBoard«/b» «b» Beverly Jean DeBoard«/b» «b» Richard Owen DeBoard«/b» «b» Ada then married in 5-19-1956«/b» «b» to: Vern Edward Price Whitney (son of A.B. Price and Hope Lydia Sutton, Price, Whitney)«/b» «b» born: 8-5-1916 in Whitefish, Montana«/b» «b» died: 12-6-1991 in Prescott, Az (cremated)«/b» «b» served: Army in WWII«/b» «b» Children: (1)«/b» «b» Martin Whitney (whom Ada adopted) «/b» [S61] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 7, 1900 - 1903 (book, Gen Soc'y), James Sutton, Delenna Sutton, and Irene Kimberlin, (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1993.), p. 19, entry for Millege [Millage] I. Deboard and Mary A. Wilbanks [Willbanks], Howell County, Missouri (17 Feb 1903) (Reliability: 3). Millege I. DeBoard to Mary A. Wilbanks on 17 Feb 1903, by H. White, Magistrate.