Uncle Willie Axsom

William Lutz Axsom

This biographical sketch was prepared by Deb Axsom Dailey, Willie’s great great niece, based on the collective memories of her, other family members and other researchers. Conflicting dates and "facts" are presented. I hope this is an accurate portrayal of Willie.

"Uncle Willie" or "Uncle Willy" was born 25 Feb 1878 in Johnson Township, Brown Co., IN, one of five children of Alexander Axsom and Anna Moriah Dobson Axsom. His family moved by covered wagon to a farm near Cainsville sometime after 1884.
Willie's mother lived with him until her death at the age of 92 in June 1940.
Willie's first marriage was to Mary Frances "Molly" Crawley Stephens born in Harrison County MO April 15 1884 and died Jan 21 1939. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cainsville, MO. There are no known children from either of his marriages, both of which were late in life. Mary's stone is tipping forward into the ground and needs reset.
Willie's second marriage was in 1940 to Rosa Ann Craig Bears Shafer. It is assumed Craig was Rosa's maiden name and she married:
1. Lymon/Lymon Bears (1852-1930) after the death of his first wife, with whom he had five sons. Lyman is buried in Cain Cemetery in Mercer County, MO. Rosa & Lyman had five daughters. Three of them died
quite young. Dorothy (Bears) Shepard is deceased, Faye Dyer lived in Des Moines. (don't know
if she is still living.)
2. George Washington Shafer
3. William Lutz Axsom

[there was a Lymon Bears on the 1930 Harrison Co MO census.
Bears, Limand 78 b. IN OH OH age 21 when married first time
Rose 60 b. MO IN IA age 19 when married first time
Faye dau 17 MO IN MO ]

{conflicting information states Rosa's 2nd marriage was on Dec. 27 1900 to Lyman E. BEAVERS born in 1852 and died in 1930. they had one child, with her having three earlier children that may have been illegitimate. } My grandmother Pauline Shafer Axsom called Rosa Axsom 'Aunt Grandma'. She was related to Rosa on her side of the family, and when she married Willie, she was related through her husband, as well.

Willie died in 1955 and was buried next to his wife Rosa in Zoar Cemetery, Cainsville, Mo.
Willie died while he and Rosa were visiting her daughter, Dorothy, and her husband, Lewis Shepard, and family in Mt. Moriah, MO. He and Rosa share a stone with the following information: Axsom, Rose A. 1870 - 1960 Axsom, William L. 1878 - 1955. There are two versions of his cause of death: a ruptured appendix and a heart attack.
William Lutz Axsom is said to have disappeared as a child approximate age eight to ten, with a traveling salesman or gypsies who were supposedly seen in the area around the time of his disappearance (or maybe he ran away?) & reappeared about age 18/19 as if nothing had happened, except he now supposedly had wall-eyes from rolling logs on the river...or getting kicked in the head by a horse. This would place him returning home about the time his father died. [If only I could find an obit...on Willie or Alexander...or Anna...or either of Willie's wives... My few attempts to search the Bethany paper and posting on Harrison County Site with a query have been futile so far. Questioning relatives has come up with a few other people who have heard versions of this story...Virginia Flanagan Matson and Katie Corlett so far. ]
Uncle Willie was a member of the Assembly of God or Pentacostal Church in Cainsville. Willie was a "Holy Roller". He would often proclaim during services that he had "The Power." It is said people would stand on the sidewalk and watch him through the window and say, "Axsom is down again!" during church services. This was embarrassing for some members of the family. While living near Cainsville, a preacher camped out in Uncle Willie's pasture and had hell-raising revival in his yard by lantern light hanging from well top. Willie was baptized by a preacher in an outside church meeting, he was stretched out on two chairs, his head on one, an open distance, then his feet on the other chair. Johnnie Axsom became worried about his brother and found him. Everyone else had left and gone home.
A story is told that one of his sister-in-laws cut through the pasture and woods from one house to another and near the pond Willie was kneeling by a stump praying for the Holy Ghost. He undoubtedly believed in Christ.

Willie moved to town when Mary Axsom Beck Johnson was about 7, and her family lived on his farm on Pea Ridge. "Uncle Willie" was a great help to the family of Alfred Axsom. There was one time when Willie was needed to bring Alfred home from behind the blacksmith shop [probably Forrest Applegate's blacksmith shop on the west side of Cainsville] and stay with the family. [the only time Alfred's children remember him being "under the influence."] Alfred's oldest daughter remembers a time on the farm in Cainsville when her dad got either too hot in a grain bin or had a nervous breakdown while threshing, he was hallucinating and feared others in the field were plotting to harm. " Uncle Willie Axsom who lived about 1/8 mile away sat on our back steps with a gun -like a hunting gun-assuring dad that he'd protect us. it was a scary time for us kids and i'm sure for mom, too..." said Mary Axsom Johnson. At this time, Alfred Axsom was farming his farm, his dads farm, and another farm on shares.
His nieces and nephew all liked Willy and remember him as jolly, he would play a game with them where he'd point his index finger in the air and make circles with his hand while saying "dig tator, dig tator, dig tator, dig" just before he'd gently poke someone in the tummy. The children would giggle and want another turn. Willie really liked kids.
Willie was among the immediate family present in 1952 on the farm off Route A near Trenton, MO. When his brother Johnnie died from cancer. Johnnie and Daisy lived in a 2 room building they'd made into a tiny house, just outside the yard where their son Alfred and his family lived..

Willie would've been a step-grandfather to Gertrude Malnar [now of Geneva, OH, and age 90] and her brother Robert Henry [now of Benton City, WA.]
Willie has been found on census:
1910 Mercer Co., MO Census, Lindley Twp., ED 117, Sheet 11b, family #235
Axsom, William L. age 33
Anna M. mother age 63 widowed 5 children 5 living
Pittman, Artie servant age 27

1920 Mercer Co., MO, Dist 120, Lindley
Axsom, Anna M. 71 wd. b. IN
William L. son 41 S b. IN farmer

1930 Harrison Co., MO, Dist 6 Clay Twp.
Axsom, William L. 53 S laborer farm b. IN
Anna L. mother 81 wd b. IN





sources:
(1) 1880 Federal Census, Brown Co., IN, Johnson Twp., Ed 18, sheet 9, page 327a.
(2) Tamara Stephens Cubillas #2107.
(3) Survey by Phil & Kathi Stewart, 23 Apr 2003, Zoar Cemetery, Harrison Co.,
MO (Rootsweb.com), http://www.rootsweb.com/~moharris/zoarcem.html - accessed 27
Jun 2004.
(4) Debra Axsom Dailey #2068.
(5) Mary Axsom Beck Johnson #2059
(6) Mickey Coon Axsom #2050
(7) Bernard Charles Axsom #2061
(8) Katie Corlett
(9) Pauline Shafer Axsom #569
(10) Harley Flanagan
(11) Virginia Flanagan Matson
(12) Maxine Axsom Bradberry #1921
(13) Norma Axsom Zanetti#3418
(14) Larry Axsom #
(15) Mae Dean (Emmons) Engle
(16) The Mirror (Mercer MO newspaper) Sept 15 2004


Deb,
I like it more & more as you edit and expand it!
Attached is another markup copy. Suggestions, changes & questions are marked in red.
Larry Axsom
William Lutz Axsom

This biographical sketch was prepared by Deb Axsom Dailey, Willie’s great great niece, based on the collective memories of her, other family members and other researchers. Conflicting dates and "facts" are presented. I hope this is an accurate portrayal of Willie.

"Uncle Willie" or "Uncle Willy" was born 25 Feb 1878 in Johnson Township, Brown Co., IN, one of five children of Alexander Axsom and Anna Moriah Dobson Axsom. His family moved by covered wagon to a farm near Cainsville sometime after 1884.

Willie's mother lived with him until her death at the age of 92 in June 1940.

Willie's first marriage was to Mary Frances "Molly" Crawley Stephens on 28 May 1938 in Harrision Co., MO. She was born in Harrison County MO April 15 1884 and died Jan 21 1939., the daughter of John T. Crawley and Mary Francis Stallsworth. Her first marriage was to John F. Stephens 08 Sep 1907. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cainsville, MO. There are no known children from either of his marriages, both of which were late in life. Mary's stone is tipping forward into the ground and needs reset.

Willie's second marriage was in 1940 to Rosa Ann Craig Bears Shafer. It is assumed Craig was Rosa's maiden name and she married:

1. Lyman/Lymon/Limand Bears (1852-1930) on 27 Dec 1900 after the death of his first wife, with whom he had five sons. Lyman is buried in Cain Cemetery in Mercer County, MO. Rosa & Lyman had five daughters. Three of them died quite young. Dorothy (Bears) Shepard is deceased. Faye (Bears) Dyer lived in Des Moines. (Don’t know if she is still living.)
2. George Washington Shafer
3. William Lutz Axsom

[There was a Lymon Bears on the 1930 Harrison Co MO census.
Bears, Limand 78 b. IN OH OH age 21 when married first time
Rose 60 b. MO IN IA age 19 when married first time
Faye dau 17 MO IN MO ]

My grandmother Pauline Shafer Axsom called Rosa Axsom 'Aunt Grandma'. She was related to Rosa on her side of the family, and when Rosa married Willie, she was related through her husband, as well.

Willie died in 1955 and was buried next to his wife Rosa in Zoar Cemetery, Cainsville, Mo. Willie died while he and Rosa were visiting her daughter, Dorothy, and her husband, Lewis Shepard, and family in Mt. Moriah, MO. He and Rosa share a stone with the following information: Axsom, Rose A. 1870 - 1960 Axsom, William L. 1878 - 1955. There are two versions of his cause of death: a ruptured appendix and a heart attack.

William Lutz Axsom is said to have disappeared as a child approximate age eight to ten, with a traveling salesman or gypsies who were supposedly seen in the area around the time of his disappearance (or maybe he ran away?) & reappeared about age 18/19 as if nothing had happened, except he now supposedly had wall-eyes from rolling logs on the river...or getting kicked in the head by a horse. This would place him returning home about the time his father died. [If only I could find an obit...on Willie or Alexander...or Anna...or either of Willie's wives... My few attempts to search the Bethany paper and posting on Harrison County Site with a query have been futile so far. Questioning relatives has come up with a few other people who have heard versions of this story...Virginia Flanagan Matson and Katie Corlett so far. ]
Uncle Willie was a member of the Assembly of God or Pentecostal Church in Cainsville and his funeral was there. Willie was a "Holy Roller". He would often proclaim during services that he had "The Power." It is said people would stand on the sidewalk and watch him through the window and say, "Axsom's down again!" or something similar during church services. This was embarrassing for some members of the family. While living near Cainsville, a preacher camped out in Uncle Willie's pasture and had hell-raising revival in his yard by lantern light hanging from well top.

Willie was baptized by a preacher in an outside church meeting: He was stretched out on two chairs, his head on one, an open distance, then his feet on the other chair. Johnnie Axsom became worried about his brother and found him. Everyone else had left and gone home.

A story is told that one of his sister-in-laws cut through the pasture and woods from one house to another and near the pond Willie was kneeling by a stump praying for the Holy Ghost. He undoubtedly believed in Christ.

Willie moved to Cainsville's south end, not too far from Zoar Cemetery, when Mary Axsom Beck Johnson was about 7, and her family lived on his farm on Pea Ridge for two years, then moved "back up the hill" to their own house. "Uncle Willie" was a great help to the family of Alfred Axsom. There was one time when Willie was needed to bring Alfred home from behind the blacksmith shop and stay with the family. [The only time Alfred's children remember him being "under the influence."] Alfred's oldest daughter remembers a time on the farm in Cainsville when her dad got either too hot in a grain bin or had a nervous breakdown while threshing, he was hallucinating and feared others in the field were plotting to harm. "Uncle Willie Axsom who lived about 1/8 mile away sat on our back steps with a gun - like a hunting gun - assuring dad that he'd protect us. It was a scary time for us kids and I'm sure for mom, too..." said Mary Axsom Johnson. At this time, Alfred Axsom was farming not only his farm, but his father's, and another farm on shares.
His nieces and nephew all liked Willy and remember him as jolly, he would play a game with them where he'd point his index finger in the air and make circles with his hand while saying "dig tator, dig tator, dig tator, dig" just before he'd gently poke someone in the tummy. The children would giggle and want another turn. He really liked kids. He would take them to the cellar (or cave) and let them pick their favorite things to eat.
Willie was among the immediate family present in 1952 on the farm off Route A near Trenton, MO. When his brother Johnnie died from cancer. Johnnie and Daisy lived in a 2 room building they'd made into a tiny house, just outside the yard where their son Alfred and his family lived.

Willie would've been a step-grandfather to Gertrude Malnar [now of Geneva, OH, and age 90] and her brother Robert Henry [now of Benton City, WA.]
Willie has been found on census:
1910 Mercer Co., MO Census, Lindley Twp., ED 117, Sheet 11b, family #235
Axsom, William L. age 33
Anna M. mother age 63 widowed 5 children 5 living
Pittman, Artie servant age 27

1920 Mercer Co., MO, Dist 120, Lindley
Axsom, Anna M. 71 wd. b. IN
William L. son 41 S b. IN farmer

1930 Harrison Co., MO, Dist 6 Clay Twp.
Axsom, William L. 53 S laborer farm b. IN
Anna L. mother 81 wd b. IN





Sources:
(1) 1880 Federal Census, Brown Co., IN, Johnson Twp., Ed 18, sheet 9, page 327a.
(2) Tamara (Stephens) Cubillas #2107.
(3) Survey by Phil & Kathi Stewart, 23 Apr 2003, Zoar Cemetery, Harrison Co.,
MO (Rootsweb.com), http://www.rootsweb.com/~moharris/zoarcem.html - accessed 27
Jun 2004.
(4) Debra (Axsom) Dailey #2068.
(5) Mary (Axsom )Beck Johnson #2059
(6) Martha "Mickey" (Coon) Axsom #2050
(7) Bernard Charles Axsom #2061
(8) Katie Corlett
(9) Pauline (Shafer) Axsom #569
(10) Harley Flanagan
(11) Virginia (Flanagan )Matson
(12) Maxine (Axsom) Bradberry #1921
(13) Norma (Axsom) Zanetti#3418
(14) Larry Axsom #
(15) Madean (Emmons) Engle
(16) The Mirror (Mercer MO newspaper) Sept 15 2004
(17) ancestry.com
(18) 1920 Harrison County MO census
(19) LDS site
(20) Doris Sue (Hughes) Sparks

Hi Deb,
I found another family tree at ancestry.com that includes Mary Francis "Mollie" Crawley d/o John T. Crawley and Mary Francis Stallsworth. It shows Mary Francis married to 1. John F. Stephens 08 Sep 1907 and 2. William Axson 28 May 1938 in Harrision Co., MO.
That date of marriage for William and Mary Francis is probably right. She died a year later in 1939 and he then married Rosa Craig.
I fihally found Lyman and Rosa on the 1920 census:
1920 Harrison Co., MO, Dist 110, Madison Twp.
Bear/s L. E. 65/7 b. US US US
Rose 49 b. MO OH OH
Dorothy H. 10 b. MO US MO
Ana/Anna? F. dau 7 b. MO US MO
I think that name is Ana or Anna. I would not have recoginzed the initial as F if I had not known her name was Faye on the 1930 census. Do you know if anyone can verify if her name was Anna Faye?
I still can't find Lyman and Rosa in 1910.
The LDS site has Lyman Everly Bears b. 23 Mar 1852 inJackson, OH (1930 census noted IN and he was in Indiana in 1880 - could have been born in OH or IN) d. 06 Aug 1930
Married 1. Elvira Booth 11 Oct 1874 (I thought I had found him in IN in 1880 with wife Annie. There were at least three Lyman Bears. One much older and one about 12 years younger. But, the one I found in 1880 was the same age as Lyman who married Rosa. A Lyman G. Bears was also in Indiana. Annie could have been part of her name, or maybe I still don't have the right Lyman.:)
Married 2. Rosa Craig 27 Dec 1900.
So, I think we have Willie's marriages and the maiden names of his wives correct.
I will add the full name for Lyman E. Bears and change the maiden name of Mary Francis to Crawley. I'll also add the dates and approximate dates we have gathered.
If you learn more, let me know.
Thanks,
Norma
----- Original Message -----
From: kevin dailey
To: nzanetti@triad.rr.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:33 PM
Subject: willie axsom bio
-the info with the Crawley name for willie's first wife came from madean engle -
i know my grandmother pauline shafer axsom was related to rosa before she married willie axsom, then she was related by marriage as well, since rosa married pauline's husbands uncle. Roderick /Rodrick Craig was an ancestor of pauline's mother, Amanda Craig Shafer. that is probably your rosa. i've always assumed she was married to lyman bears until his death. it seems a little strange that she was buried by a later husband and not by lyman, doesn't it?
deb
Deb,
I forgot to ask. Who is Maedean Angle? Is she a relative or does she do research on one of these families? I will use her as a source for the marriage date of Lyman and Rosa although she had Lyman's last name wrong. I think she may have seen the name written out and it may have looked like Beavers, or she could have found the marriage in an index and the name could have been transcribed wrong.
Norma
Deb,

I wasn't sure whom you were quoting. Why not insert, Mary Axsom Johnson says, " ... ":

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: kevin dailey
To: Larry Axsom
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: willie
Debbie,
I sure would like to 'read' a story of Uncle Willie's life! But I don't know enough to write it. If it's ever going to get written, someone in his branch of the family is going to have to write it. Can you write it? Could Aunt Mary Johnson write it? How about Aunt Mickey? Over the years, I've repeatedly asked for biographical sketches to be written about beloved family members. Sounds like Uncle Willie should be remembered in a biographical sketch or story.
Who will write it?
Larry Axsom
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letter from mary johnson march 4 2005
i think that aunt donanell heard harley flanagan tell the boyhood story too.(she gave me harley's written version of this, deb)
1.i don't think there was a LYMAN E BEAVERS. i think there was only a LYMAN BEARS. virginia found inof and LYMAN BEARS (&Rosa)
2.if i remember right barbara brandt (great-granddaughter of Rosa) does not know who fathered 3 of rosie's children and i believe one of those is her mother gertrude. I am pretty sure that someone (barbara or madean) wrote that rose was related to our craig family, (grandpa john melvin 'pete')
4.what i remember hearing called out from onlookers standing outside the church was "Axsom's down again!" i remember feeling embarrassed for dad. uncle willy's funeral was at the assembly of god church, just to the east of the movie theater. probably stoklasa funeral home handled the funeral.
5.Madean is related to anna moriah dobson axsom. (she can't find info explaining how. I KNOW THE FEELING! deb)
6.baptized IN a church meeting sounds as if DURING to me.
7. Mickey is a nickname. her name is MARTHA COON AXSOM #569.
exactly when uncle willy and aunt rosie moved to the south side of cainsville, i'm not sure.the copper mclain family lived in willie's house in 1946, the alfred axsom family lived there when mary johnson was in the 2nd and 3rd grade. we lived there when aunt vi (alfred axsom's sister) and catherine ann (her dau., approx. 19 months) came back to missouri to visit. we were living in our house when Uncle Ralph's body (Ralph was Pauline Shafer Axsoms' brother who was shot down over Japan in WWII. deb) i can not remember exactly when dad was so ill. it troubles me because i want to be accurate! i do remember helping to milk cows (or a cow) and i carried my bucket upstairs to dad's bedside to proudly show him.
catherine ann was born in march 1947. she and aunt vi came to trenton in the fall of 1952 and she and your dad (bernard axsom, deb) went trick or treating. aunt betty (pauline shafer axsom's little sister) and uncle dave were dating then.
surely i must've been 9 when dad was so ill. i remember rufus zimmerman visiting him and making offers to help out in anyway he could. rufus and family moved to pea ridge in 1947. dad was farming his own farm, grandpa johnnie's farm, AND the farm (on shares) of clell johnson who lived on the creek bottom southwest from aunt bessie frisbie. (youngest sister of amanda craig shafer, pauline shafer axsom's mother. deb) marvin elmore was helping shovel grain inside the bin with dad the day dad became ill (too hot or ?). they were harvesting oats on clell's farm that day. {i can see poor grandpa alfred collasping under that workload! deb} SO uncle willy was already living in town before i turned 7 and was in 2nd grade. uncle willy had to be living in town when dad was so ill. there wasn't any sale barn in cainsville that virginia and i recall.
{i think my dad was the one who told me it was the salesbarn. i know he was the one with the "axsom's on the floor" quote. my dad will be the first to admit his memory isn't foolproof. my mom's favorite thing is to quiz him on his childrens' birthdays. if he gets those, she moves on to the grandkids.
ANYWAY, lots of important and interesting information is surfacing on willie axsom. i first started genealogy when i was a newlywed, my maternal grandma grace brown offered me $20 to type up her genealogy notes. i was hooked from that day! and i always thought it sad that the only info listed for a Chirsteen Higdon was that she died at age 75, never married. i'm glad willie will be remembered by the axsoms. i'm thinking we have enough info to write new bios on alfred axsom and mary axsom johnson, too. she has too many important childhood memories that are pertinant to family history to let them get away! i'll mention that to her. and thanks for all your help, larry and norma. if one of you wants to take over the final write up, feel free. otherwise, i'll keep plugging away. i'm really missing my oldest daughter Koren the English Wiz right now. deb}
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Hi Deb,
Thanks for a copy of Wilie's bio. You have done a great job of gathering information.
I only have a couple of suggestions and a correction to info I gave you.
I would move the sentence - There are no known children from either of his marriages..... and put it after the sentence about his second marriage to Rosa.
The census info I gave you about Lyman being in Indiana in 1880 is wrong. I knew there was an older Lyman Bears in IN and one about 12 years younger than Lyman. Then I found one almost the same age as the Lyman who ended up in MO! I haven't found Lyman and his first wife, Elvira, on the 1880 census. I think they may have been in KS because the three boys living with Lyman in 1900 were all born in KS. But, I searched in Kansas, too - didn't find him yet. But, would you believe I found another Lyman in KS?:) I know most people online, including LDS has Lyman born in Ohio, but I think I found his parents back to 1850 and Lyman was the only child born in IN. The older ones were born in OH, Lyman in IN, and the two youngest were born in Iowa. This family just kept moving: OH, IN, IA, MO.
The LDS and other sources show Lyman first married Elvira Booth. I just checked the Cain Cemetery records again yesterday and found Alvira Bears b. 19 July 1850 - d. 22 May 1895 wife of L. E. Bears.
I don't think all the census data is necessary. I'm a stickler for facts. Most of my notes are just facts. For the bio, you could probably just paraphrase most of the info.
You asked before about mentioning the stepchildren. I think it depends on the situation. In Willie's case, he and Rosa were married for 15 years and it seems he had a good relationship with Rosa's children so I think they should definitely be included.
The stories are great. I think that is what most people will enjoy. They give us an idea of Willie's personality.
I think I finally figured out the "Aunt Grandma" as Pauline described Rosa. We had George W. Shafer in the database as Rosa's second husband, but we had never connected Ross Shafter as a son of George W. Shafer. So, Rosa would have been Pauline's step grandmother when she married G.W. Shafer, and Willie was Alfred's uncle which made Rosa Alfred and Pauline's aunt by marriage. It took awhile for that to sink in.:) I think it is right. And, there is probably some Craig relationship.:)
The article from The Mirror really confuses me. From this end, I know nothing. But, I just can't figure out where Rosa's children were if she was Rosa d/o Roderick. I decided to try to figure out which of Gertrude's parents was the child of Rosa. I think you had already mentioned daughters. But, I tried to track Elda and I think I found him with his father, C. E. (Charles). Then I found Elda C. Henry, age 25 with wife, Eva M., age 17, on the 1910 Harrison Co. census. They had been married 1 year and no children. I found Eldra C. and wife, May/Mary, in Iowa in 1920. Children were Gertrude, Farrah, Laura D. and Eldra C. Gertrude was 5 years old in 1920 - about the right age for Gertrude Malnar.
If this was Mary in the article, maybe her name was Eva May or Mary or Mary Eva. If the same, she was born about 1893.
I just can't figure out where Rosa's children were if Rosa was the Rosa d/o Roderick Craig. I checked all the Craigs in 1900 and couldn't find any with a daughter Eva,May, or Mary of the right age. I found an Eva, but she was either several years older or younger - can't remember.
I e-mailed a Harrison County lookup volunteer to check for some marriages. She said the marriage books didn't include an Elda C. Henry and May/Mary/Eva. If you could find the marriage record for Elda C. Henry it may give names of parents. It seems most of the people I asked about were not found in the books. They must have married in a neighboring county. She did find the marriage of Dorothy: Shephard, Lewis Francis of Ridgeway, MO m. Dorothy Helen Bears of Cainsville, MO 24 Dec 1926 at Cainsville, MO. Her father, L. E. Bears gave consent.
Harrison Co., MO In 1930, there was one son, Francis, Jr.
Thanks for taking time to write the bio for Willie. Willie will not be forgotten.
Norma
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