Scribner, Frank Walter

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Buried:
Floyd was buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter, Missouri.

Floyd married Davis, Beulah Lois 28 May 1930, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, USA. Beulah (daughter of Davis, Elmer Thompson and Howard, Mattie Malvina) was born 3 Feb 1912, Lowell, Benton County, Arkansas, USA; died 23 Jul 2001, Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Floyd and Beulah later divorced.

Thomas married Lorette, Rosina Agnes 25 Sep 1883. Rosina was born 15 May 1866, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA; died 18 May 1947, Exeter, Barry County, Missouri, USA; was buried 20 May 1947, Exeter, Barry County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
She was buried in Maplewood Cemetery.

Died:
According to her death certificate, Rosa had lived in Exeter for 2 years.

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Birth:
Elmer was one of nine children born to Reverend John S. Davis and Margaret J. Davis.

Buried:
Elmer was buried in the city cemetery.

Died:
For some time it was believed that Elmer died during a mining accident, but an examination in May, 2006 of records at the funeral home which arranged his burial show that he died while a patient at the Oklahoma State Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Clinton, Oklahoma. A transcription of his obituary, in what was probably a local Sallisaw, Oklahoma newspaper, has been provided by Thomas L. Scribner, Elmer's great grandson.

          Elmer T. Davis

     Elmer T. Davis passed away at Clinton, Oklahoma, July 5, 1935.
     He was born at Hancock, Missouri August 20, 1887, the son of Rev. and Mrs. John S. Davis deceased.
     Surviving relatives are one daughter, Mrs. Beulah Scribner of Cassville, Missouri, two grandsons; three brothers, W. S. Davis of LeRoy, Kansas; Bland Davis of West Fork, Arkansas; and Frank Davis of Sallisaw; a number of nephews and nieces and grand-nephews and nieces.
     His body was received over the KCS (Kansas City and Southern Railway) at 11:20 p.m. July 6, and was held in his home here until 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 7 when the funeral was held at the First Christian Church, by Rev. E. R. Hall, pastor of the First Christian Church of Stillwell, and Rev. Russell Towry, pastor of the first Christian Church here.
     Pallbearers were Albert Peters, Guy Scott, E. B. Bugher, L. C. Pierce, E. Ross, B. Brewer.
     Out of town relatives attending the funeral were his sister, Eliza Davis, nephews Claude and Michael Davis, niece Pauline Davis, all of West Fork, Ark.; sister. Mrs. Cora Payne of Tulsa.
     Out of town friends attending the funeral were Cooper Steel, of Elmspaige, Arkansas, and Mrs. E. R. Hall of Stillwell.
     Interment was made in the city cemetery beside his father and mother, directed by the Wheeler-Stevenson Undertaking Company.

Elmer married Howard, Mattie Malvina 5 Jan 1907. Mattie (daughter of Howard, John S. and Tittle, Harriett Abrion) was born 7 May 1890, Webber Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA; died 26 Jul 1975, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Rev. John S. Davis was buried in the city cemetery. His wife and his son, Elmer, are also buried there.

John married Davis, Margaret Jane 1869. Margaret was born 15 Sep 1852, Miller County, Missouri, USA; died 14 May 1920; was buried , Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Margaret J. Davis was buried in the city cemetery. Her husband and one of her sons, Elmer, are also buried here.

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Married:
John and Margaret had nine children.

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Died:
John died in either 1922 or 1924; sources disagree as to the exact date.

John married Tittle, Harriett Abrion Jul 1889, Webber Falls, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA. Harriett was born 4 Oct 1851, Arkansas, USA; died 15 Apr 1947, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA; was buried 17 Apr 1947, Fairview, Newton County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
An obituary states that she was born in northwest Arkansas. In a newspaper notice of her 95th birthday celebration, it was reported that she grew up in southern Texas, moved to "Cherokee nation, Indian Territory" as a young woman, relocated in 1894 to southwestern Missouri near Rocky Comfort, and had been residing with her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Hartley, in Joplin, Missouri, since about 1935. The birthday notice also noted that she was the only surviving member of a family of 19 children. At this time we have no information about this family.

Buried:
Funeral services were conducted at the Fairview Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon, 17 April 1947. Burial was in the Dice Cemetery, Fairview, under the direction of Parker-Hunsaker Funeral Home, Joplin, Missouri. Harriett was survived by a son, Jack Howard, of Rocky Comfort; a daughter, Mrs. Mattie Hartley, of Joplin (with whom she had been living for the last 11 years); a grandson, John Doyle Howard; a grand-daughter, Mrs Beulah Scribner, of Exeter, Missouri, and five great grandchildren.

Died:
Mrs. Howard A. Howard died early in the morning at St. John's Hospital in Joplin. She had been a patient there since 9 April 1947 after breaking her hip in a fall.

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Married:
"Mrs. Howard was the widow of the late John Howard, who preceded her in death in 1924."