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William Leroy HOVIS

Male 1887 - 1939  (52 years)


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  • Name William Leroy HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 5 Jun 1887  Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 765 
    _MILT 1917  [5] 
    Death 18 Jul 1939  Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Cause: motor accident: hit tree, sternum crushed 
    • Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri. Memorial # 45144559.
    • Missouri Deaths: #26135
    Person ID I765  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father John William HOVIS,   b. 2 Mar 1864, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1951, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Effie Irene REEDER,   b. 1868, Macon, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1931, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1886  Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Josephine Bertha SWENSON,   b. 11 Sep 1884, Boscobel, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1963, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Hester Ann SCHLAUPITZ,   b. 1900, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1993, Juneau, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 2 Oct 1919  Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Thelma Agnes HOVIS,   b. 17 Jun 1920, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [natural]
    Family ID F691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Jun 1887 - Breckenridge, Caldwell, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Oct 1919 - Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: motor accident: hit tree, sternum crushed - 18 Jul 1939 - Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Note: Leroy Hovis appears in the Iowa, Consecutive Registers of Convicts, 1867-1970 as having been "admitted" Janl.6, 1922 for "larceny in night". He was paroled 1-22-1925.

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    2. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Brookfield Ward 4, Linn, Missouri; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1240871. Found on ancestry.com.

    3. [S38] 1910 USA Federal Census, Location: Peoria Ward 2, Peoria, Illinois; Roll: T624_316; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0072; FHL microfilm: 1374329 . Found on ancestry.com.

    4. [S207] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925.

    5. [S5] U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Found on Ancestry.com.

    6. [S206] Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.

    7. [S15] Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death, File no. 4920.

    8. [S140] Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002.


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