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Ozias Preston WHITE
(1815 –1899)
Julia Ann CALKINS
(Abt 1830 – Bef 1874)
Josiah DOWNING
(Abt 1835 – )
Phoebe Ann FREELOVE
(Abt 1836 –1917)
Edward Fremont WHITE
(1861–1940)
Maggie Elizabeth DOWNING
(1869 –1939)
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Roswell Leonard WHITE
(1895 –1984)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Laura Etta RUSH

2. Clendora Rachel SCARF

Roswell Leonard WHITE 3 4
  • Born: 13 March 1895, Miami Township, Saline County, Missouri, USA 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Laura Etta RUSH on 15 August 1917 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
  • Marriage (2): Clendora Rachel SCARF on 15 March 1934 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA 1 2
  • Died: 7 July 1984, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA at age 89
  • Buried: 1984, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA

bullet   Other names for Roswell were Jim WHITE, R. L. "Jim" WHITE 6 and Russell L. WHITE.5

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bullet  Burial Notes

Waveland Cemetery, Plot 6

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Nickname: Jim. 6

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  • He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 18 June 1900 in Miami Township, Saline County, Missouri, USA. 5

Census (18 June 1900) — Miami Township, Saline County, Missouri, USA

Name; Relation; Race; Gender; Birth Month and Year; Age; Marital Status; Number of Years Married; Mother of How
Many Children; Number of Children Still Living; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation
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White, Edward      Head*    W   M   Aug 1861   38   M   9           Iowa         Ohio     Indiana      Farmer
-----, Maggie E.   Wife     W   F   Oct 1869   30   M   9   4   2   Illinois     Ohio     Illinois 
-----, Lowell W.   Son      W   M   Nov 1891    8   S               Missouri     Iowa     Illinois     At school
-----, Russell L.  Son      W   M   Mar 1895    5   S               Missouri     Iowa     Illinois
  *Rents farm
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Source Citation:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Miami, Saline, Missouri;
                  Roll: T623 902; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 137.

  • He was described as medium height and build with blue eyes and black hair (not bald) on 5 June 1917 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA. 4

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  • He had a residence on 5 June 1917 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA. 4
  • He worked as a farm hand on 5 June 1917 in Montgomery County, Iowa, USA. 4
  • He had a residence on 15 March 1934 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA.

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Roswell married Laura Etta RUSH, daughter of Daniel L. RUSH and Lillian M. ALEXANDER, on 15 August 1917 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA. (Laura Etta RUSH was born in April 1896 in Stennett, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA,7 died on 6 January 1933 in Stennett, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA and was buried in 1933 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA.)


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Roswell next married Clendora Rachel SCARF, daughter of Herbert SCARF and Edith Myrtle RUSSELL, on 15 March 1934 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA.1 2 (Clendora Rachel SCARF was born on 29 September 1905 in Griswold, Cass County, Iowa, USA, died on 15 February 1982 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA and was buried in 1982 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA.)
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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  2. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 – 2002 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm).
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 –1918. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.), Roswell Leonard White registration, Montgomery County, Iowa; Roll: 1643203; Draft Board: 0.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), Edward White household, Miami Township, Saline County, Missouri, USA.
  6. Obituary.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls), Daniel L. Rush household, Sherman Township, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA.


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