Stephen Johnson and Cora Belle Kirkley

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Husband Stephen JOHNSON ¹

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          AKA: Steve
         Born: 22 Dec 1879 - Butler Co, Missouri 1 2
         Died: 17 Jan 1918 - Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, Missouri 3
       Buried: 18 Jan 1918 - City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Missouri

     Marriage: 24 Dec 1904 - Butler Co, Missouri 4

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Events in his life were:

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• Census, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, Missouri, 1910

• Occupation, Plant laborer, 1910

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Wife Cora Belle KIRKLEY ^{1 2 5}

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         Born: Apr 1886 - Wisconsin 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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       Father: Isaac KIRKLEY (1851-1937) 2 6
       Mother: Polly Amanda DUNAHEE (1853-1909) 2 6 7 8

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 Other Spouse: James W POWELL (Abt 1881-      ) 9 - 3 Oct 1923 - Butler Co, Missouri 9

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Events in her life were:

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• Census, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co, Missouri, 1920

• Occupation, Laborer in a shoe factory, 1920

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Children

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1 F Stella M JOHNSON ¹⁰

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         Born: 26 Sep 1909 - Missouri 1 11
         Died: 28 Nov 1991 - Butler Co, Missouri 12
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Harvey W GARDNER (1904-1972) 10
         Marr: 24 Sep 1927 - Butler Co, Missouri 13

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2 M Living (details have been suppressed)

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3 M Living (details have been suppressed)

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4 F Living (details have been suppressed)

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General Notes (Husband)

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1910 Butler Co, MO, Census, Poplar Bluff, May 1910, pg 261b, D St, Fam #24
Johnson Steve head M W 29 m1 5 . . MO MO MO . . English laborer Plant W no 0 yes yes . R . H
Johnson Cora wife F W 24 m1 5 2 1 WI WI WI . . English none . . . . yes yes . . . .
Johnson Stella dau F W 7/12 S . . . MO MO WI . . . none . . . . . . . . . .

Death Certificates list parents as unknown.

There is a D C Johnson in Dorsey Co, AR, in 1880. I'm inclined to believe he was born in Arkansas.

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General Notes (Wife)

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1920 Butler Co, MO, Census, pg 245a, f/d 443/186, E Street
Johnson Cora B head R F W 33 WD yes yes IL US US yes laborer shoe factory
Johnson Stella M dau F W 10 S no yes yes MO US US yes none
Johnson Jesse F son M W 7 S yes yes MO US US yes none
Johnson Cassius L son M W 6 S yes no no MO US US yes none
Johnson Nellie E dau F W 4 S MO US US yes none

I'd bet that her middle name was Bell.

There is a Cora B Kirkley on the 1900 Census in Neelyville with parents Isaac and Polly.

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1 1910 Butler Co, MO Census, 261b.

2 1900 Butler Co, MO, Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 15 Sh 11.

3 Missouri Birth and Death Records Database (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/#search), #378.

4 Butler Co, MO Marriage Book, Bk pg 181.

5 Dunahee, Tim (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:3250482).

6 1880 Marshal Co, IN Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 29a.

7 Cemetery, Harris Ridge, Butler Co, MO (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobutle2/Cemmaps/Hanks/Volume1/HARRISRIDGE.htm).

8 Marriage Certificates, Marshall County, Indiana, 1873 To 1919 (http://ingenweb.org/inmarshall/mrg3319.pdf), Bk C pg 380.

9 Butler Co, MO Marriage Book, Bk O pg 471.

10 Armstrong, Vaulta Gardner.

11 Social Security Death Index (http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi), 499-12-0597.

12 Ibid.

13 Butler Co, MO Marriage Book, Bk C Pg 85.