William L. Brusius1

b. 8 June 1896, d. 15 September 1948
Family
Birth*8 June 1896William L. Brusius was born on 8 June 1896 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.2 
Name VariationHis full name was William Leonard Brusius.2 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Morrell McIntyre.3,1 
Death*15 September 1948He died on 15 September 1948 at age 522 
Burial* and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Morrell McIntyre b. 11 Aug 1895, d. Dec 1978
Child 1.Dorothy May Brusius1,4 b. 1922, d. 1994

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William L Brusius, Memorial# 81414290. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William L Brusius, Memorial# 81414290, with his Veterans Compensation Application attached.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Morrell “Bessie” (McIntyre) Brusius, Memorial# 176694505.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Dorothy May (Brusius) Heaton, Memorial# 68995920.

Celia E. Bryant1

b. 26 December 1890, d. 28 February 1986
Family
Birth*26 December 1890Celia E. Bryant was born on 26 December 1890 in Missouri.2,3 
Marriage*15 January 1911She married first Hollie Scism on 15 January 1911 in Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri.4,5,2 
(Wife) Death21 December 1917Celia became a widow when Hollie Scism died instantly of electrocution on 21 December 1917 at age 28.5 
Marriage*She married second, as his second wife, George S. D. Hooton, son of Albert Hooton and Celia Kelly.1 
Census US 1920*22 January 1920Celia and George Hooton were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 22 January 1920 at 924 Mill Street, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. George was 45 years of age, able to read and write, and worked as a repairer of cars. Celia was 29 years of age and was also able to read and write. Celia's three surviving children from her first marriage, and the couple's baby son, were enumerated with them in 1920. Obera, Edgar and Ruth Scism were ages 7, 6 and 2 years, respectively, and James Hooton was 2 months old. George's widowed mother, Celia (Kelly) Hooton, who was 70 years of age, was also enumerated with the family in 1920.3 
Death*28 February 1986She died on 28 February 1986 at age 952 
Burial* and was buried with her first husband and their daughter, Obera, in North Antioch Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri.2,5,6 

Family 1

 Hollie Scism b. 20 Oct 1889, d. 21 Dec 1917
Children 1.Obera E. Scism6 b. 24 Mar 1912
 2.Edgar E. Scism7 b. 15 Dec 1913
 3.Wayne Scism8 b. Nov 1915, d. 20 Aug 1918
 4.Mary Ruth Scism9 b. 19 Feb 1917

Family 2

 George S. D. Hooton b. 16 Aug 1874, d. 15 Jan 1964
Child 1.James Elbert Hooton1 b. 31 Oct 1919, d. 24 Mar 1998

Citations

  1. [S1456] Social Security (U.S.) Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online at www.ancestry.com, Social Security information for James Elbert Hooton, born on 31 October 1919 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, child of George S Hooton and Celia E Bryant, died on 24 March 1998, agency notes: Jul 1938: Name listed as JAMES ELBERT HOOTON; 26 Mar 1998: Name listed as JAMES E HOOTON. Hereinafter cited as Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Celia Esther (Bryant) Scism, Memorial# 25455057. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Celia Hooton, Year: 1920; Census Place: Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 13. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 15 January 1911 in Bloomfield, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA, of Celia Bryant and Hollier Scism, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hollie Scism, Memorial# 25455083.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Obera E. Scism, Memorial# 25455112.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Edgar E. Scism, Memorial# 86695444.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Wayne Scism, Memorial# 153539845.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Ruth (Scism) Smith, Memorial# 124204292.

Elizabeth Bryant1

Family
Marriage Intention20 November 1762An intention of marriage for Elizabeth Bryant and Nathaniel Hooper was recorded on 20 November 1762 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*31 March 1763She married Nathaniel Hooper of Bridgewater, son of Nathaniel Hooper and Elizabeth Tinkham, on 31 March 1763 probably in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
(Wife) Land Transfer1765 In 1765, Elizabeth's husband Nathaniel Hooper sold land in Bridgewater to his father and others. It was thought by the Hooper researcher that Elizabeth and Nathaniel then moved away from the area.1 

Family

 Nathaniel Hooper b. 9 Feb 1734/35
Children 1.Perez Hooper1,3 b. c 1764, d. 2 Nov 1842
 2.Zalmuna Hooper1,3
 3.Sarah Hooper1
 4.Olive Hooper+1 b. c 1773, d. 2 Jan 1825
 5.Betsey Hooper+1
 6.Roxanna Hooper1 d. Apr 1807

Citations

  1. [S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, compilers, downloaded from Google Books, Hooper Genealogy (Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope, 1908), Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Fourth Generation, pages 19-32. Hereinafter cited as Hooper Genealogy.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 187. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.
  3. [S610] Charles Henry Pope and Thomas Hooper, Hooper Genealogy, Part I, The Reading Family, compiled by Thomas Hooper of Boston, Fifth Generation, pages 32-47.

Emma Zetta Bryant1

b. 28 March 1871, d. 9 February 1937
Family
Birth*28 March 1871Emma Zetta Bryant was born on 28 March 1871 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.1 
Marriage*1891She married Gilbert Chapman Kirby in 1891 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.1,2,3 
Death*9 February 1937She died on 9 February 1937 in Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia, at age 651 
Burial* and was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton.1 

Family

 Gilbert Chapman Kirby b. 20 Oct 1862, d. 21 Jul 1939
Child 1.Mabel Katherine Kirby1,4 b. 1 Apr 1903, d. 5 Jul 1977

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Emma Zetta (Bryant) Kirby, Memorial# 66077577. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Gilbert Chapman Kirby, Memorial# 66077061.
  3. [S1387] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Gilbert C Kirby and Emma zetta Bryant in 1891 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Hereinafter cited as West Virginia Marriages Index 1785-1971.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mabel Katherine (Kirby) Hawhee, Memorial# 82007018.

James Bryant1

b. circa 1734, d. 25 September 1777
Family
Birth*circa 1734James Bryant was born circa 1734 as calculated from his reported age at death.2,3 
Marriage*He married Esther Kidder.1 
Death*25 September 1777He died on 25 September 17773,2 
Burial* and was buried in T5, in the Thomas Dennie Tomb, on the west side of Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress). He was in the 43rd year of his age.3,2 

Family

 Esther Kidder b. c 1732, d. 26 May 1811
Child 1.Sarah Bryant+1 b. c 1761, d. 18 Jul 1827

Citations

  1. [S954] John J. Dennie and Helen Schatvet Ullmann CG FASG, "The Bible of Thomas Dennie of Boston, Massachusetts", MASSOG. Includes thoroughly researched, and written, informative footnotes. Volume 31, No. 2, pages 53-57 (Summer 2007). Hereinafter cited as "Thomas Dennie of Boston Bible."
  2. [S954] John J. Dennie and Helen Schatvet Ullmann CG FASG, "Thomas Dennie of Boston Bible", his year of death transcribed as 1777.
  3. [S946] Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston, online at www.americanancestors.org, pages 736 and 743; the entry on 743, if meant to be the same James, his surname reported as Dennie and his year of death as 1773. This James "Dennie" died on the same date and at the same age as the James "Bryant" on page 736. Hereinafter cited as Old Cemeteries of Boston.

Joshua Bryant1

Family
Marriage*18 February 1779He married Dorcas Hayward, daughter of Nathaniel Hayward and Elizabeth Curtis, on 18 February 1779.1 

Family

 Dorcas Hayward b. 30 Jun 1758, d. 11 Jul 1846

Citations

  1. [S612] Paul Dillon Hayward, Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater (Denver, Colorado: P.D. Hayward, 1985), Author stated in his Preface that this book is his third compilation on the Haywards and that most of the data he obtained from previously published sources. He warned that there are undoubtedly many errors, some of which may invalidate entire sections, page 4. Hereinafter cited as Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater.

Sarah Bryant1

b. circa 1761, d. 18 July 1827
Family
Father*James Bryant2 b. c 1734, d. 25 Sep 1777
Mother*Esther Kidder2 b. c 1732, d. 26 May 1811
Birth*circa 1761Sarah Bryant was born circa 1761, as calculated from her reported age at death.3 
Name VariationSarah was also called Sally.4 
Marriage*5 February 1778She married Thomas Dennie, son of John Dennie and Sarah Wendell, on 5 February 1778.1 
Death*18 July 1827She died on 18 July 18273 
Burial* and was buried in T5, in the Thomas Dennie Tomb, on the west side of Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston. She was in the 67th year of her age and the record noted that her obituary gave her date of death as 18 Jul 1827.3 

Family

 Thomas Dennie b. 12 Oct 1756, d. 2 Aug 1842
Children 1.Thomas Dennie b. 2 Jun 1779, d. 20 Dec 1780
 2.Sophia Dennie b. 6 Aug 1781, d. 20 Aug 1781
 3.Sally Dennie b. 24 Aug 1783, d. 13 Apr 1803
 4.James Dennie+ b. 12 Feb 1785, d. 11 May 1857
 5.Thaddeus Burr Dennie b. 27 Jun 1786, d. 3 Jul 1786
 6.Sophia Dennie b. 12 Oct 1787, d. 26 Oct 1857
 7.Christopher Lynch Dennie b. 14 Oct 1789, d. 26 Dec 1797
 8.Caroline Dennie b. 5 Aug 1791, d. 20 Mar 1875
 9.Thomas Dennie b. 11 Oct 1793, d. 28 Aug 1843
 10.Henry Dennie b. 24 Jan 1796, d. 29 Nov 1841
 11.Christopher Lynch Dennie b. 22 Jul 1798, d. 27 Jul 1803
 12.George Dennie b. 7 Aug 1803, d. 1896

Citations

  1. [S932] Harold Milton Ellis Ph. D., "Joseph Dennie and His Circle: a Study in American Literature from 1792 to 1812", Bulletin of the University of Texas 40 (15 Jul 1915): Chapter I, pages 9-16. Hereinafter cited as "Joseph Dennie and His Circle."
  2. [S954] John J. Dennie and Helen Schatvet Ullmann CG FASG, "The Bible of Thomas Dennie of Boston, Massachusetts", MASSOG. Includes thoroughly researched, and written, informative footnotes. Volume 31, No. 2, pages 53-57 (Summer 2007). Hereinafter cited as "Thomas Dennie of Boston Bible."
  3. [S946] Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston, online at www.americanancestors.org, page 743. Hereinafter cited as Old Cemeteries of Boston.
  4. [S950] Compiled records, "Records of the West Church, Boston, Massachusetts, Baptisms 1737-1854", New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Volumes 91 and 92, (1937-1938): Volume 92, page 26. Hereinafter cited as "Records of the West Church, Boston."

Anna Buble1

b. 13 March 1902
Family
Father*Joseph Buble1,3 b. 1 Feb 1862, d. 10 Dec 1917
Mother*Sarah E. Stewart1,2 b. 19 Nov 1860, d. 20 Nov 1941
Birth*13 March 1902Anna Buble was born on 13 March 1902 in Wabash County, Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Anna (Buble) Jones, Memorial# 94361563. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah E (Stewart) Buble, Memorial# 35730607.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Buble, Memorial# 35730577.

Infant Daughter Buble1

b. 9 May 1887, d. 16 December 1888
Family
Father*Joseph Buble1,3 b. 1 Feb 1862, d. 10 Dec 1917
Mother*Hannah Bundy1,2 b. 26 Feb 1851, d. 10 Sep 1897
Birth*9 May 1887Infant Daughter Buble was born on 9 May 18871 
Death*16 December 1888 and died on 16 December 1888 at the age of one year, seven months, seven days.1 
Burial*She was buried in Slocum Cemetery, Wabash County, Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Infant Buble, Memorial# 34694001. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah “Sah-co-quit-ah” (Bondy) Buble, Memorial# 34694011.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Buble, Memorial# 35730577.

Joseph Buble1,2

b. 1 February 1862, d. 10 December 1917
Family
Father*Joseph Buble4 b. 1834, d. bt 1870 - 1880
Mother*Victoria Bushart3,4,2 b. 22 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jan 1912
Birth*1 February 1862Joseph Buble was born on 1 February 1862 in Illinois.1,3,2 
(Son) Deathbetween 1870 and 1880He was about 13 years old when his father died between 1870 and 1880, probably in his middle 30s. His father's death left Joseph's mother with five minor children.4,5 
Marriage*19 August 1880He married first, as her second husband, Hannah Bundy, daughter of Peter Bundy and O-zah-shin-quah, on 19 August 1880 in Miami County, Indiana.1,6,7 
(Husband) Death10 September 1897Joseph became a widower when Hannah (Bundy) Mongosa Buble died on 10 September 1897 at age 46. His wife's death left Joseph with their 12-year-old son and his 22-year-old stepdaughter from his wife's first marriage.6 
Census US 1900*13 June 1900Joseph Buble was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana. He was 38 years of age, a widower, a farmer, and owned his farm with a mortgage. His son and mother were enumerated with him in 1900. Young Joseph was recorded as 16 years old, although he was likely age 15, had attended school for four months of the census year, and worked with his father as a laborer on the family farm. His grandmother, Victoria (Bushart) Buble, was 58 years of age, a widow, and had given birth to five children, one of whom was living. Everyone in her son Joseph's household was able to read, write and speak English. Joseph's stepdaughter, Rosetta (Mongosa) Talley, had married in 1898 and was enumerated in 1900 in Butler, Miami County, Indiana with her husband and two baby daughters.8,9 
Marriage*18 August 1900Two months after his family was enumerated on the 1900 census, he married second, as her second husband, Sarah E. (Stewart) Bowman, daughter of William T. Stewart and Barbaray A. Hahn, on 18 August 1900 in Indiana. Sarah was his neighbor and had also been widowed. On the 1900 census, the family of Joseph Buble was the first household listed on his census page, and Sarah Bowman's household, with Sarah and her six children, was the first next household on the same census page. Sarah had four sons and two daughters, John, William, Oliver and Charles, and Zona and Effie, ranging in age from 9 to 19 years.10,1,11,8,12,9 
Death*10 December 1917He died on 10 December 1917 in Waltz, Wabash County, Indiana, at age 551,2 
Burial* and was buried in Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash County.1 

Family 1

 Hannah Bundy b. 26 Feb 1851, d. 10 Sep 1897
Children 1.Victoria Buble13,1 b. 22 Nov 1880, d. 6 Apr 1894
 2.Joseph R. Buble14,1 b. 13 Mar 1885, d. 20 Jun 1912
 3.Infant Daughter Buble15,1 b. 9 May 1887, d. 16 Dec 1888

Family 2

 Sarah E. Stewart b. 19 Nov 1860, d. 20 Nov 1941
Child 1.Anna Buble16,1 b. 13 Mar 1902

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Buble, Memorial# 35730577. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 10 December 1917 in Waltz, Wabash, Indiana, USA, of Joseph Buble Jr, age 54, Married to Sarah Buble, born 1 February 1863 to Joseph Buble Sr and Victoria Bushart in Indiana, informant his wife, Mrs. Sarah Buble, Peru, Indiana, burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1917; Roll: 20. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Buble, his surname spelled "Booble" by the census taker, Year: 1900; Census Place: Waltz, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0129. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Victoria Buble, their surname spelled "Baubel" by the census taker, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fondulac, Tazewell, Illinois; Roll: M593_283; Page: 98B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Victoria Buble, (her surname spelled "Bubel" by the census taker), Year: 1880; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 299; Page: 604b; Enumeration District: 123. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah “Sah-co-quit-ah” (Bondy) Buble, Memorial# 34694011.
  7. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 19 August 1880 in Miami County, of Hannah Mongosa and Joseph Buble, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Miami County; index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Volume Original Record Located County Clerk’s Office, Peru; Book: C 6; Page: 324. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  8. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Buble, (his surname spelled "Booble" by the census taker), Year: 1900; Census Place: Waltz, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0129.
  9. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Laburtice and Rosetta Talley, Year: 1900; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 393; Page: 4C; Enumeration District: 0094; we note that the pages on the film are out of order, and the link to the page is incorrect; we found the family’s enumeration on image# 29 of 30.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah E (Stewart) Buble, Memorial# 35730607.
  11. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah E Bowman and Joseph "Bubel" on 18 August 1900 in Indiana, United States, citing page 115 and referencing FHL Film# 002240269. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  12. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sarah Bowman, Year: 1900; Census Place: Waltz, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0129.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Victoria Buble, Memorial# 34694041.
  14. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph R. Buble, Memorial# 34694026.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Infant Buble, Memorial# 34694001.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Anna (Buble) Jones, Memorial# 94361563.

Joseph Buble1

b. 1834, d. between 1870 and 1880
Family
Birth*1834Joseph Buble was born about 1834 in Bavaria, Germany.1 
Marriage*12 October 1860He married, as her first husband, Victoria Bushart, daughter of Matthew Bushart and Rosina Frak, on 12 October 1860 in Miami County, Indiana.1,2 
Death*between 1870 and 1880He died between 1870 and 1880, probably in his middle 30s, leaving his wife and five minor children.1,3 

Family

 Victoria Bushart b. 22 Dec 1841, d. 29 Jan 1912
Child 1.Joseph Buble+1 b. 1 Feb 1862, d. 10 Dec 1917

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Victoria Buble, their surname spelled "Baubel" by the census taker, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fondulac, Tazewell, Illinois; Roll: M593_283; Page: 98B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 12 October 1860 in Miami County, of Joseph Bubel and Victoria "Buzzard", referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Miami County, Indiana; index to Marriage Record 1850-1920 Inclusive Volumes Original Record Located County Clerk's Office, Peru; Book: C 2; Page: 547. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Victoria Buble, (her surname spelled "Bubel" by the census taker), Year: 1880; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 299; Page: 604b; Enumeration District: 123. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Joseph R. Buble1

b. 13 March 1885, d. 20 June 1912
Family
Father*Joseph Buble1,3 b. 1 Feb 1862, d. 10 Dec 1917
Mother*Hannah Bundy1,2 b. 26 Feb 1851, d. 10 Sep 1897
Birth*13 March 1885Joseph R. Buble was born on 13 March 1885 in Wabash County, Indiana.1 
(Son) Death10 September 1897When he was 12 years old his mother died on 10 September 1897 at age 46.2 
(Son) Census US 190013 June 1900Joseph was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in the household of his widowed father in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana. He was recorded as 16 years old, although he was likely age 15, had attended school for four months of the census year, and worked with his father as a laborer on the family farm. He was able to read, write and speak English.4,5 
(Stepbrother) Marriage18 August 1900Two months after his family was enumerated on the 1900 census, on 18 August 1900, his widowed father married a second time to Sarah E. (Stewart) Bowman, who was their neighbor and had also been widowed. On the 1900 census, Joseph's family was the first household listed on his census page, and Sarah Bowman's household, with her six children, was the first next household on the same census page. Sarah had four sons and two daughters, John, William, Oliver and Charles, and Zona and Effie, ranging in age from 9 to 19 years. Young Joseph's stepsister, Rosetta O-zan-shin-quah (Mongosa) Talley, was married and lived with her husband and children in Butler, Miami County, Indiana.6,3,7,4,8,5 
Death*20 June 1912He died on 20 June 1912 in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana, at age 271 
Burial* and was buried in Plot 57 of Slocum Cemetery, Wabash County.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph R. Buble, Memorial# 34694026. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah “Sah-co-quit-ah” (Bondy) Buble, Memorial# 34694011.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Buble, Memorial# 35730577.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Buble, (his surname spelled "Booble" by the census taker), Year: 1900; Census Place: Waltz, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0129. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Laburtice and Rosetta Talley, Year: 1900; Census Place: Butler, Miami, Indiana; Roll: 393; Page: 4C; Enumeration District: 0094; we note that the pages on the film are out of order, and the link to the page is incorrect; we found the family’s enumeration on image# 29 of 30.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah E (Stewart) Buble, Memorial# 35730607.
  7. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah E Bowman and Joseph "Bubel" on 18 August 1900 in Indiana, United States, citing page 115 and referencing FHL Film# 002240269. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  8. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Sarah Bowman, Year: 1900; Census Place: Waltz, Wabash, Indiana; Roll: 410; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0129.

Victoria Buble1

b. 22 November 1880, d. 6 April 1894
Family
Father*Joseph Buble1,3 b. 1 Feb 1862, d. 10 Dec 1917
Mother*Hannah Bundy1,2 b. 26 Feb 1851, d. 10 Sep 1897
Birth*22 November 1880Victoria Buble was born on 22 November 1880 in Miami County, Indiana,1 
Death*6 April 1894 and died on 6 April 1894 at age 13.1 
Burial*She was buried in Slocum Cemetery, Wabash County, Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Victoria Buble, Memorial# 34694041. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah “Sah-co-quit-ah” (Bondy) Buble, Memorial# 34694011.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Buble, Memorial# 35730577.

Anne Johanne Christine Buch1

b. 17 November 1867, d. 18 February 1869
Family
Father*Ditlef Steffensen Buch1 b. 1843
Mother*Caroline Kirstine Nyboe1 b. 4 Jan 1846
Birth*17 November 1867Anne Johanne Christine Buch was born on 17 November 1867 in Skanderup Parish, Ribe County, Denmark,1 
Baptism29 December 1867 and was baptized there on 29 December 1867.1 
Death*18 February 1869She died on 18 February 1869 at age 12 
Burial*24 February 1869 and was buried on 24 February 1869 in Skanderup Parish.2 

Citations

  1. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, baptism on 29 December 1867 in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Anne Johanne Christine Buch, age0 , born on 17 Nov 1867, daughter of Ditlev Steffensen Buch and Caroline Nÿboe of Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Ribe, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034430621. Hereinafter cited as Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918.
  2. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, death and burial of Anne Johanne Christiane Buch, age 1, born about 1868, died on 18 February 1869, burial on 24 February 1869 in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark), referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034431141.

Ditlef Steffensen Buch1,2

b. 1843
Family
Birth*1843Ditlef Steffensen Buch was born about 1843.1,2 
Marriage*He married Caroline Kirstine Nyboe, daughter of Niels Lauritzen Nyboe and Else Poulsdatter __?__.1,3,2 

Family

 Caroline Kirstine Nyboe b. 4 Jan 1846
Children 1.Anne Johanne Christine Buch4 b. 17 Nov 1867, d. 18 Feb 1869
 2.Else Johanne Buch1 b. 16 Jan 1871

Citations

  1. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, baptism on 22 Marts 1871 in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Else Johanne Buch, age 0, born on 16 January 1871, daughter of Ditlef Steffensen Buch and Karoline Nybo of Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Ribe, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034430621. Hereinafter cited as Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918.
  2. [S2467] 1870 Denmark Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ditlef Steffensen Buch and Karoline Nyboe Buch, The Danish National Archives - Rigsarkivet; København, Danmark; 1870 Folketælling; Reference: 0082. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Denmark Census.
  3. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, confirmation on 29 Marts 1885 in Dalby Sogn (Vejle Amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Else Johanne Buch, born on 16 January 1871, in Skanderup, daughter of Detlef Steffensen Buch and Kirstine Nybø, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8033718871.
  4. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, baptism on 29 December 1867 in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Anne Johanne Christine Buch, age0 , born on 17 Nov 1867, daughter of Ditlev Steffensen Buch and Caroline Nÿboe of Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Ribe, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034430621.

Else Johanne Buch1

b. 16 January 1871
Family
Father*Ditlef Steffensen Buch1 b. 1843
Mother*Caroline Kirstine Nyboe1 b. 4 Jan 1846
Birth*16 January 1871Else Johanne Buch was born on 16 January 1871 in Skanderup Parish, Ribe County, Denmark,1 
Baptism22 March 1871 and was baptized there on 22 March 1871.1 
Confirmation*29 March 1885She was confirmed on 29 March 1885 at Dalby Parish, Vejle County, Denmark, at age 14.2 
(Niece) Census Denmark 18901 February 1890Else Johanne Buch was enumerated as a "foster child" on the 1890 census in the household of his aunt and uncle, Johanne Kirstine (Nyboe) Lassen and Thomas Ludvig Lassen, taken as of 1 February 1890 in or near Copenhagen, Copenhagen County, Denmark. Else was 19 years olf.3 

Citations

  1. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, baptism on 22 Marts 1871 in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Else Johanne Buch, age 0, born on 16 January 1871, daughter of Ditlef Steffensen Buch and Karoline Nybo of Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Ribe, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034430621. Hereinafter cited as Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918.
  2. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, confirmation on 29 Marts 1885 in Dalby Sogn (Vejle Amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Else Johanne Buch, born on 16 January 1871, in Skanderup, daughter of Detlef Steffensen Buch and Kirstine Nybø, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8033718871.
  3. [S2462] 1890 Denmark Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas Ludvig Lassen and Johanne Kirstine Lassen, The Danish National Archives - Rigsarkivet; København, Danmark; 1890 Folketælling. Hereinafter cited as 1890 Denmark Census.

Joseph Buch1

b. 19 March 1914
Family
Father*Vito Buch3,2 b. 20 Feb 1888, d. 7 Oct 1952
Mother*Rosaria DiFrancesco2,3,4 b. 29 Nov 1890, d. 8 Aug 1963
Birth*19 March 1914Joseph Buch was born on 19 March 1914 in Tirano-Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy Region, Italy.1,4 
Name VariationHis given name at birth in Italy was Gisueppe.3,2 
Name VariationHis full name in America was Joseph George Buch.4 
(Son) Name ChangeThe family's IACOBUCCI surname was changed to Buch in the 1920s.3 
Marriage*1936He married first, as her first husband, Alice Betty Fernandez, daughter of Joseph Fernandez and Mary Jane Crawford, probably in 1936.1,5 

Family

 Alice Betty Fernandez b. 13 Aug 1921, d. 24 Feb 1997
Children 1.Rosemary Buch1 b. 7 Jan 1937
 2.Joseph Buch1 b. 18 Mar 1939

Citations

  1. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Mary Fernandez, (their surname transcribed as "Fernandey" by Ancestry), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pike, Stark, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03151; Pages: 9A-9B; Enumeration District: 76-85. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Rosaria “Rose” (DiFrancesco) Buch, Memorial# 70825257. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Vito Buch, Memorial# 70825186.
  4. [S1967] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of Joseph George Buch of Canton, Stark County, Ohio, age 29, born on 19 March 1914 at Tirano, Italy, registered on 11 August 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, describing him as 5'' 11" in height, weighing 158, Dark complexion, Brown eyes and Black hair, person who would always know his address was his mother, Rose Buch, referencing U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box 183. Hereinafter cited as U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rosemary McDonald, Memorial# 68417283, recording her date of birth as 7 January 1937.

Joseph Buch1

b. 18 March 1939
Family
Father*Joseph Buch1 b. 19 Mar 1914
Mother*Alice Betty Fernandez1 b. 13 Aug 1921, d. 24 Feb 1997
Birth*18 March 1939Joseph Buch was born on 18 March 1939 in Ohio.1,2 
(Son) Census US 19503 April 1950He was enumerated as Joseph Moore on the 1950 census taken on 3 April 1950 in the household of his mother and stepfather, Clarence Moore, on the Township Line Road, North of 30, West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Joseph was 11 years old.3 

Citations

  1. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Mary Fernandez, (their surname transcribed as "Fernandey" by Ancestry), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pike, Stark, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03151; Pages: 9A-9B; Enumeration District: 76-85. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2519] U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, online at www.ancestry.com, information for Joseph L. Buch, born 18 March 1939, address 1130 Auburn Place NW, Canton, Ohio, USA, 44703-3061. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2.
  3. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence and Alice Moore, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: West, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 372; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 15-125. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.

Rosemary Buch1

b. 7 January 1937
Family
Father*Joseph Buch2 b. 19 Mar 1914
Mother*Alice Betty Fernandez2 b. 13 Aug 1921, d. 24 Feb 1997
Birth*7 January 1937Rosemary Buch was born on 7 January 1937 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 19503 April 1950She was enumerated as Rosemary Moore on the 1950 census taken on 3 April 1950 in the household of her mother and stepfather, Clarence Moore, on the Township Line Road, North of 30, West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Rosemary was 13 years old. Her line number was selected for supplemental information, and we learned that she had lived in the same house one year earlier, had completed her education through the 7th grade of Secondary School, and had attended school within the previous two months.3 
Marriage*30 October 1961She married first, as his second wife, Richard M. McDonald, son of Angus McDonald and Catherine Cusack, on 30 October 1961 in Summit County, Ohio. Rosemary's surname was recorded as "Moore", and her parents were recorded as Betty Fernandez and Clarence Moore.4 

Family

 Richard M. McDonald b. 28 Jan 1933

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Rosemary McDonald, Memorial# 68417283, recording her date of birth as 7 January 1937. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Mary Fernandez, (their surname transcribed as "Fernandey" by Ancestry), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pike, Stark, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03151; Pages: 9A-9B; Enumeration District: 76-85. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clarence and Alice Moore, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: West, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 372; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 15-125. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1592] Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 October 1961 in Summit County, Ohio, USA, of Rosemary Moore of 83 Monroe Falls Avenue, Monroe Falls, Ohio, age 24, born on 7 January 1937 in Canton, Ohio, daughter of Betty Fernandez and Clarence Moore, not previously married, and Richard Michael McDonald of 314 9th Street NE, Canton, Ohio, age 28, U.S. Army, born on 28 January 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of Angus McDonald and Catherine Cusack, married once before to Charlotte Ann McDonald, divorce decree on 21 December 1959 in Stark County, Ohio, no minor children affected, citing Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division. Akron, Ohio, Volume Number or Range of Dates: Vol 178, 1961-1962. Hereinafter cited as Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980.

Vito Buch1

b. 20 February 1888, d. 7 October 1952
Family
Birth*20 February 1888Vito Buch was born on 20 February 1888 in San Valentina, Pescara Province, Abruzzo Region, Italy.1 
Name VariationHis full name at birth was Vito Iacobucci.1 
Marriage*1908He married Anna-Rosaria DiFrancesco in 1908 in Alanno, Pescara Province, Abruzzo Region, Italy.1,2 
Name Change*The family's IACOBUCCI surname was changed to Buch in the 1920s.1 
Death*7 October 1952He died on 7 October 1952 in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, at age 641 
Burial* and was buried in St. James, Lot 188 of Calvary Cemetery, Massillon, Stark County.1 

Family

 Rosaria DiFrancesco b. 29 Nov 1890, d. 8 Aug 1963
Child 1.Joseph Buch+1,2 b. 19 Mar 1914

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Vito Buch, Memorial# 70825186. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rosaria “Rose” (DiFrancesco) Buch, Memorial# 70825257.

Alvin Lewis Buck1

b. 30 September 1873, d. 18 September 1955
Family
Birth*30 September 1873Alvin Lewis Buck was born on 30 September 1873 in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky.1 
Marriage*He married first Elizabeth Jane Buck.2,1 
(Husband) Death19 April 1903Alvin became a widower when Eliza Jane (Buck) Buck died on 19 April 1903 at age 27. Her death left Alvin with three young children.2 
Marriage*26 July 1916He married second Lucetta Ella Innis, daughter of James Abraham Innis and Lucinda Jane Riddle, on 26 July 1916 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. Lucetta, who lived in Hamilton, was under the age of 18 years and her father, James Innis, gave his consent to the marriage; Alvin resided in Winston, Caldwell County, and was over the age of 21 years. He was actually 42 years of age, and had been a widower for thirteen years. His elder daughter had married, and his two younger children, Lena and Charles, were ages 17 and 15 years, respectively.3,1,4 
Census US 1940*2 May 1940Lucetta and Alvin Buck were enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 2 May 1940 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. Alvin was 67 years of age, a farmer working on his own account, and had completed his education through the 6th grade of Elementary school. Lucetta was 41 years of age, worked at home doing housework, and had also completed her education through the 6th grade of Elementary school. They were recorded as owning the farm they lived on which was valued at $5, and had lived in the same place, also on a farm, but not in the same house, in 1935. Five children were enumerated with them in 1940. Lewis was 20 years old, had completed his education through the 7th grade of Elementary school, and was recorded as a new worker. He had not yet been employed and was looking for work. James was 18 years old, had completed his education through the 7th grade of Elementary school, and worked for pay as a farmer. He was a salaried private worker, had worked 20 weeks in 1939, earned $150, and also had income from other sources. Docia was 14 years old, had completed her education through the 6th grade of Elementary school, and had attended school within the census year; Russell was 11 years old, had completed his education through the 4th grade of Elementary school, and had attended school within the census year; and Luella was 4 years old.5 
(Son-in-Law's Father) Death18 November 1950Alvin and Lucetta's son, James, and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with Dolores's mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of Dolores's stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.6,7,8,9 
(Son-in-Law's Father) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of Cooper's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
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Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
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According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
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And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
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Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
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Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
____________.10,11
 
Residence*1954Alvin L. Buck and Lucetta E. Buck were listed in the Kansas City Directory for 1954 at 515 Splitlog Avenue, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Missouri. and had been at that same address in the directories for 1950 and 1952. Their youngest daughter, Luella, and her husband, Harold G. Wills, were also listed at that address, with Luella's parents, in 1954.12,13,14,15 
Death*18 September 1955He died on 18 September 1955 in his home at 515 Splitlog Avenue, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, at age 81, just 12 days short of his 82nd birthday1 
Burial* and was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City.1 

Family 1

 Elizabeth Jane Buck b. 20 Feb 1876, d. 19 Apr 1903
Children 1.Gertrude Mae Buck16,1 b. 25 Apr 1896, d. 3 Jun 1965
 2.Printus A. Buck17,1 b. 30 Aug 1897, d. 1 Feb 1901
 3.Lena Jane Buck18,1 b. 6 Jun 1899, d. 16 Dec 1918
 4.Charles E. Buck19,1 b. 26 Feb 1901, d. 2 Mar 1966

Family 2

 Lucetta Ella Innis b. 15 Dec 1898, d. 4 Jul 1987
Children 1.Thelma Mae Buck20,1 b. 18 Mar 1919, d. 12 Feb 2001
 2.Lewis Deloyd Buck21,1 b. 20 Apr 1920, d. 28 Mar 1979
 3.James Alexander Buck1,22 b. 1 Jan 1922, d. 12 Apr 1988
 4.Docia J. Buck23 b. 25 Apr 1926, d. 9 Mar 1999
 5.Russell Dean Buck24 b. 5 Dec 1928, d. 4 Jun 2011
 6.Luella Buck25,1 b. 13 Feb 1936, d. 10 Sep 2010

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” (Buck) Buck, Memorial# 60894613.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucetta Ella (Innis) Buck, Memorial# 32805439.
  4. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 26 July 1916 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA, of Lucettie Innis of Hamilton, Caldwell County, who was under the age of 18 years, her father James Innis gave his consent to the marriage, and Alvin L Buck of Winston, Caldwell County, who was over the age of 21 years, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  5. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alvin and "Lucilla" Buck, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02091; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 13-9. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  7. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  8. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  10. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  11. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.
  12. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Alvin L. Buck and Lucetta E. Buck at 515 Splitlog avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, USA in the Kansas City, Kansas, City Directory, 1950. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
  13. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Alvin L. Buck and Lucetta Buck at 515 Splitlog avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, USA in the Kansas City, Kansas, City Directory, 1952.
  14. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Alvin L. Buck and Lucetta E. Buck at 515 Splitlog avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, USA in the Kansas City, Kansas, City Directory, 1954.
  15. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Harold G. Wills, clerk, and Luella F. Wills at 515 Splitlog, Kansas City, Kansas, USA in the Kansas City, Kansas, City Directory, 1954.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Gertrude Mae (Buck) Bratcher, Memorial# 59383890.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Printus A. Buck, Memorial# 65169153.
  18. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lena Jane (Buck) Jones, Memorial# 10960300.
  19. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles E Buck, Memorial# 21051862.
  20. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thelma Mae (Buck) Warden, Memorial# 151461979.
  21. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lewis Deloyd Buck, Memorial# 3652251.
  22. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, James Alexander Buck, Memorial# 3652252.
  23. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Docia J. (Buck) Johnson, Memorial# 46437214.
  24. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Russell Dean Buck, Memorial# 95164347.
  25. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Luella (Buck) Mootz, Memorial# 58660559.

Charles E. Buck1

b. 26 February 1901, d. 2 March 1966
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck1,2 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Elizabeth Jane Buck1,3 b. 20 Feb 1876, d. 19 Apr 1903
Birth*26 February 1901Charles E. Buck was born on 26 February 1901.1 
Name VariationHis full name was Charles Elbert Buck.4 
Marriage*1925He married Lucy Parthenia Innis, daughter of James Martin Innis and Effie Rains, about 1925. About nine years earlier, in 1916, Lucy's aunt, Lucetta Ella Innis, had married Charles's widowed father, Alvin Lewis Buck.5,1,6 
(Brother) Death18 November 1950Charles's brother, James, and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with Dolores's mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of Dolores's stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.7,8,9,10 
(Brother) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of Cooper's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
____________

Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
____________


According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
____________


And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
____________

Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
____________


Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
____________.11,12
 
(Husband) Death26 August 1956Charles became a widower when Lucy P. (Innis) Buck died of a coronary thrombosis on 26 August 1956 at age 51.5,13 
Death*2 March 1966He experienced a sudden coronary occlusion, and after three days died on 2 March 1966 at Bothwell Memorial Hospital, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, at age 65.1,4 
Burial*He was buried with his wife in Highland Cemetery, Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri.1,4 

Family

 Lucy Parthenia Innis b. 31 Mar 1905, d. 26 Aug 1956

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles E Buck, Memorial# 21051862. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” (Buck) Buck, Memorial# 60894613.
  4. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 2 March 1966 in Bothwell Memorial Hospital, Sedalia, Pettis, County, Missouri, USA, of Charles Elbert Buck, age 65, widower of Lucy Buck, retired laborer in a shoe factory, born 20 February 1900 to Alvin Buck, veteran of WWI, cause of death coronary occlusion, sudden, burial in Highland Cemetery, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 7529. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucy P Buck, Memorial# 21051863.
  6. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles E. and Lucy Buck, Year: 1930; Census Place: Sheridan, Daviess, Missouri; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2340920. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190.
  8. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  9. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  11. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  12. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.
  13. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 26 August 1956 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA, of Lucy P Buck, age 51, married to Charles Buck, housewife, cause of death coronary thrombosis, born on 31 March 1905 in Albany, Kentucky, to J. M. Innis and Effie Rains, informant Charles Buck, burial on 28 August 1956 in Highland Cemetery, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 26195.

Docia J. Buck1

b. 25 April 1926, d. 9 March 1999
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck1 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Lucetta Ella Innis1 b. 15 Dec 1898, d. 4 Jul 1987
Birth*25 April 1926Docia J. Buck was born on 25 April 1926 in Missouri.1,2 
Name VariationHer full name was Docia Jane Buck.3 
(Daughter) Census US 19402 May 1940Docia was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 2 May 1940 in the household of her parents in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. She was 14 years old, had completed her education through the 6th grade of Elementary school, and had attended school within the census year.2 
Marriage*She married Thomas Arthur Johnson, son of Thomas A. Johnson and Katie M. Beringer.4,1 
(Sister) Death18 November 1950Docia's brother, James, and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with Dolores's mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of Dolores's stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.5,6,7,8 
(Sister) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of Cooper's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
____________

Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
____________


According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
____________


And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
____________

Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
____________


Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
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Residence*1 March 1953Thomas Johnson, age 32, and Docia Johnson, age 27, were listed with their three children in the Kansas City and County Census dated 1 March 1953 at 11301 W. 67th Terrace, Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas.11 
Death*9 March 1999She died on 9 March 1999 at age 721 
Burial* and was buried in Block 3, Lot SW Grave B, of City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.1 

Family

 Thomas Arthur Johnson b. 30 Apr 1921, d. 11 May 1999

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Docia J. (Buck) Johnson, Memorial# 46437214. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alvin and "Lucilla" Buck, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02091; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 13-9. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2319] Kansas, U.S., City and County Census Records, 1919-1961, online at www.ancestry.com, listing dated 1960 for household of Thomas A. Johnson and Docia Jane Johnson at 11301 W. 67th Terrace, Shawnee, including Thomas, age 38, Docia Jane, age 33, Linda Jane, age 13, Daniel, age 12, and Thelma, age 10. Hereinafter cited as Kansas, U.S., City and County Census Records, 1919-1961.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas Arthur Johnson, Memorial# 46437203.
  5. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  6. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  7. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  9. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  10. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.
  11. [S2319] Kansas, U.S., City and County Census Records, 1919-1961, online at www.ancestry.com, listing on 1 March 1953 for the household of Thomas Johnson and Docia Johnson at 11301 W. 67th Terrace, Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas, including Thomas, age 32, Docia age 27, Linda age 7, Daniel, age 5, and Thelma, age 3.

Elizabeth Jane Buck1

b. 20 February 1876, d. 19 April 1903
Family
Birth*20 February 1876Elizabeth Jane Buck was born on 20 February 1876.1 
Name VariationShe was called Eliza.1 
Marriage*She married, as his first wife, Alvin Lewis Buck.1,2 
Death*19 April 1903She died on 19 April 1903 at age 27, leaving behind her husband and three young children.1 
Burial*She was buried in Buck Cemetery, Sunnybrook, Wayne County, Kentucky.1 

Family

 Alvin Lewis Buck b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Children 1.Gertrude Mae Buck3,1 b. 25 Apr 1896, d. 3 Jun 1965
 2.Printus A. Buck4,1 b. 30 Aug 1897, d. 1 Feb 1901
 3.Lena Jane Buck5,1 b. 6 Jun 1899, d. 16 Dec 1918
 4.Charles E. Buck6,1 b. 26 Feb 1901, d. 2 Mar 1966

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” (Buck) Buck, Memorial# 60894613. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Gertrude Mae (Buck) Bratcher, Memorial# 59383890.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Printus A. Buck, Memorial# 65169153.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lena Jane (Buck) Jones, Memorial# 10960300.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles E Buck, Memorial# 21051862.

Gertrude Mae Buck1

b. 25 April 1896, d. 3 June 1965
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck1,3 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Elizabeth Jane Buck1,2 b. 20 Feb 1876, d. 19 Apr 1903
Birth*25 April 1896Gertrude Mae Buck was born on 25 April 1896.1 
Marriage*4 August 1912She married George Franklin Bratcher on 4 August 1912 in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri. Gertrude was a resident of Hamilton, and George of Kingston.4,1 
(Wife) Death28 July 1940Gertrude became a widow when George Franklin Bratcher died on 28 July 1940 at age 51.4 
(Sister) Death18 November 1950Gertrude's brother, James, and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with Dolores's mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of Dolores's stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.5,6,7,8 
(Sister) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of Cooper's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
____________

Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
____________


According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
____________


And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
____________

Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
____________


Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
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Death*3 June 1965She died on 3 June 1965 at age 691 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Kingston Cemetery, Kingston, Caldwell County.1,4 

Family

 George Franklin Bratcher b. 30 Jan 1889, d. 28 Jul 1940

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Gertrude Mae (Buck) Bratcher, Memorial# 59383890. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” (Buck) Buck, Memorial# 60894613.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Franklin Bratcher, Memorial# 59383827.
  5. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  6. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  7. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  9. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  10. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.

Isaac Buck1

Family
Marriage*4 February 1773He married Sarah Hayward, daughter of Benjamin Hayward and Elizabeth Conant, on 4 February 1773 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). Their intention of marriage noted that Sarah was from Easton, in Bristol County and the Bridgewater History source appears certain that Sarah married Isaac Buck, and suggests as only "perhaps" the 1773 marriage record as theirs.1,2 

Family

 Sarah Hayward

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Hayward, pages 181-190. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Marriages, Volume II, page 175. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

James Alexander Buck1

b. 1 January 1922, d. 12 April 1988
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck2,1 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Lucetta Ella Innis3,1 b. 15 Dec 1898, d. 4 Jul 1987
Birth*1 January 1922James Alexander Buck was born on 1 January 1922 in Kansas.1,4,5 
(Son) Census US 19402 May 1940James was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 2 May 1940 in the household of his parents in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. He was 18 years old, had completed his education through the 7th grade of Elementary school, and worked for pay as a farmer. He was a salaried private worker, had worked 20 weeks in 1939, earned $150, and also had income from other sources.6 
World War II*He served in the second World War as a TEC 3 in the U.S. Army.5 
Marriage*He married Dolores J. Walker, daughter of Melvin J. Walker and Viola Irene Chapman.1,7 
Census US 1950*7 April 1950Dolores Jacqueline and James A. Buck were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 7 April 1950 at 621 South 26th, Shawnee, Wyandotte County, Kansas. James was 28 years of age and worked as an auto mechanic for a retail motor car company. He had worked 24 hours the week before the census was taken. Dolores was also 28 years of age and did not work outside the home. Their three children and Dolores's maternal grandfather were enumerated with them in 1950. Their older children, Karen and Richard, were ages 3 and 2 years, respectively, and the baby, Donald, had been born in February. Dolores's grandfather, Robert P. Chapman, was 83 years of age, a widower, and no longer working.4 
(Son-in-Law) Death18 November 1950James and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with her mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of her stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.8,9,10,11 
(Son-in-Law) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of his father-in-law's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
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Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
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According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
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And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
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Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
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Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
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(Husband) Death15 August 1973James became a widower when Dolores J. (Walker) Buck died on 15 August 1973 at age 46.7 
Death*12 April 1988He died on 12 April 1988 at age 661,5 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Section R, site 637 of Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.1,7,5 

Family

 Dolores J. Walker b. 19 Jan 1927, d. 15 Aug 1973

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, James Alexander Buck, Memorial# 3652252. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucetta Ella (Innis) Buck, Memorial# 32805439.
  4. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James A. and Dolores Jacqueline Buck, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Shawnee, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: 6264; Sheet Number: 1; Enumeration District: 105-20. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S2323] U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, online at www.ancestry.com, burial information for James A Buck, age 66, born on 1 January 1922, served from 14 November 1942 to 6 November 1945, died on 12 April 1988, interred on 14 April 1988 in Kansas, USA, in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027, in Plot Section R, Site 637, referencing his service as a TEC 3 U.S. Army World War II. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019.
  6. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alvin and "Lucilla" Buck, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02091; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 13-9. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Dolores J. Buck, Memorial# 3652247.
  8. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  9. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  10. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  12. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  13. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.

Karen Marie Buck1

b. 1846
Family
Birth*1846Karen Marie Buck was born about 1846.1 
Marriage*10 October 1865She married Niels Christian Nyboe, son of Niels Lauritzen Nyboe and Else Poulsdatter __?__, on 10 October 1865 in Skanderup Parish, Ribe County, Denmark.1 

Family

 Niels Christian Nyboe b. 17 Jan 1843

Citations

  1. [S2460] Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 10 okt 1865 (10 Oct 1865) in Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Danmark (Denmark) of Niels Christian Nyboe of Skanderup Sogn (Ribe amt), Ribe, age 23, born about 1842, and Karen Marie Buck, age 19, born about 1846, referencing Rigsarkivet; Danmark; Kontraministerialbog; Reference: 8034431081. Hereinafter cited as Denmark, Church Records, 1812-1918.

Lena Jane Buck1

b. 6 June 1899, d. 16 December 1918
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck1,2 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Elizabeth Jane Buck1,3 b. 20 Feb 1876, d. 19 Apr 1903
Birth*6 June 1899Lena Jane Buck was born on 6 June 1899 in Wayne County, Kentucky.1 
Marriage*11 May 1918She married, as his first wife, Whitney Jones, son of James M. Jones, on 11 May 1918 in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri. Whitney was under the age of 21 years and consent for him to marry Lena was given by his father, James Jones; and Lena was over the age of 18 years and consent for her to marry Whitney was given by her father, Alvin L. Buck. Both Whitney and Lena were residents of Hamilton, Caldwell County.4,1,5 
Death*16 December 1918She died at age 19 from bronchial pneumonia resulting from influenza on 16 December 1918 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. She and Whitney had been married only seven months.1,6 
Burial*She was buried in Highland Cemetery, Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri.1 

Family

 Whitney Jones b. 10 Sep 1899

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lena Jane (Buck) Jones, Memorial# 10960300. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” (Buck) Buck, Memorial# 60894613.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Jones, Memorial# 83554682.
  5. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 May 1918 in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA, of Lena Buck of Hamilton, Caldwell County, over the age of 18 years, consent by her father, Alvin L. Buck, and Whitney Jones of Hamilton, Caldwell County, under the age of 21 years, consent by his father, James Jones, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  6. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 16 December 1918 in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA, of Lena Jane Jones, age 19, married, housewife, cause of death bronchial pneumonia contributed by influenza, daughter of Alvin Lewis Buck, born Wayne County, Kentucky, and Liza Matilda Buck, born Wayne County, Kentucky, informant A. L. Buck, Hamilton, Missouri, burial in Highland, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 44724. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.

Lewis Deloyd Buck1

b. 20 April 1920, d. 28 March 1979
Family
Father*Alvin Lewis Buck1,2 b. 30 Sep 1873, d. 18 Sep 1955
Mother*Lucetta Ella Innis1,3 b. 15 Dec 1898, d. 4 Jul 1987
Birth*20 April 1920Lewis Deloyd Buck was born on 20 April 1920 in Missouri.1,4 
(Son) Census US 19402 May 1940Lewis was enumerated on the 1940 census taken on 2 May 1940 in the household of his parents in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. He was 20 years old, had completed his education through the 7th grade of Elementary school, and was recorded as a new worker. He had not yet been employed and was looking for work.5 
Marriage*He married, as her second husband, Jessie M. Garrett, daughter of John E. Garrett and Cynthia E. Valentine.6,1 
World War II*17 October 1945He served in the second World War as a TEC 4 in the U.S. Army. He had enlisted on 6 February 1942, and was discharged on 17 October 1945.7,8 
Census US 1950*10 April 1950Jessie and Lewis Buck were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 10 April 1950 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Lewis was 29 years of age and worked as trimmer in an automobile plant, and Jessie was 36 years of age and was neither working nor looking for work.4 
(Brother) Death18 November 1950Lewis's brother, James, and his wife, Dolores, had been staying with Dolores's mother and stepfather, Viola Irene and Whitney Logan Cooper, for about six weeks when they witnessed an argument and the subsequent killing of Dolores's stepfather by her mother at the elder couple's home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney Logan Cooper was 66 years of age.9,10,11,12 
(Brother) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of Cooper's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
____________

Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
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According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
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And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
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Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
____________


Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
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Residence*between 1956 and 1961Lewis and Jessie lived for several years between 1956 and 1961 at 6040 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Missouri.15 
Auto Accident*31 March 1962Lewis D. Buck, 41, and his brother-in-law, Martin L. Mootz, 32, were involved in a three-car accident on 31 March 1962 in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Martin was seriously injured and hospitalized with a skull fracture, and Lewis and four others were also hospitalized with lesser injuries. Our transcription of a newspaper article published the day after the accident follows:


The Kansas City Star, (Kansas City, Missouri), Sunday, 1 April 1962, page 20


SIX TO HOSPITALS IN 3-CAR MISHAP
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Kansas City. Kansas Man in Serious Condition with Skull Fracture
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CAREENS FROM IMPACT
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Vehicle Struck by Truck Hurled Into Intersection In Wyandotte County.
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One passenger was seriously hurt and five other persons suffered lesser injuries when three vehicles collided last night at Fifty-seventh street and Kaw drive in Wyandotte County.

Martin L. Mootz of 531 Splitlog avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, received a skull fracture and underwent surgery at Bethany hospital. He was riding in a truck driven by his brother-in-law, Lewis D. Buck, 41, of 6040 Kansas avenue, Muncie.
Taken to Bethany


Buck and the occupants of the two other vehicles, both passenger cars, also were taken to Bethany. Buck was later transferred to the Veterans Administration hospital in Kansas City. He suffered severe face cuts and was in good condition.

Paul A. Snyder, 24, one of the drivers, of 5049 Parallel avenue, Wyandotte County, was in good condition with chest and wrist injuries and face cuts.

The other driver, Harold H. Barbee, 51, of 327 North Fortieth street, Wyandotte County, and his wife, Mrs. Edna Barbee, 46, were treated and released. Their son, Harold Barbee Jr., 13, was in good condition with injuries to the left shoulder and left cheek.
Stopped for Turn


Norman York, highway patrolman, said Snyder was traveling east and had stopped to make a left turn onto Fifty-seventh when Buck’s truck hit the car from the rear. The Snyder vehicle was knocked across the intersection into the path of the Barbee car.

Wyandotte County patrolmen were called to direct traffic that was tied up for half a mile east and west of the scene for 30 minutes. A fire truck from Station No. 2 in Wyandotte township flushed gasoline from the pavement.

York said that Buck and Mootz were thrown against the windshield.
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(Husband) Death16 August 1968Lewis became a widower when Jessie Mae (Garrett) Meade Buck died on 16 August 1968 at age 55.6,17 
(Husband) ObituaryHis wife's obituary was published the day after her death in the Kansas City Times and reported she had lived in the area for 27 years. It mentioned the following family members who survived her: her husband, Lewis D. Buck, who lived at their home address of 6843 Donohoo Road, Kansas City, a brother, Jack Garrett, of Knoxville, Tennessee and two sisters, Margie Bennett, of Knoxville, and Ida Tucker of Gardner in Johnston County, Kansas.17 
Death*28 March 1979He died on 28 March 1979 at age 581 
Burial*30 March 1979 and was buried on 30 March 1979 with his wife in Section P, site 1914, of Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.1,8 

Family

 Jessie M. Garrett b. 29 Jul 1913, d. 16 Aug 1968

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lewis Deloyd Buck, Memorial# 3652251. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alvin Lewis Buck, Memorial# 32805416.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucetta Ella (Innis) Buck, Memorial# 32805439.
  4. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lewis and Jessie Buck, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Roll: 5482; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 116-629. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alvin and "Lucilla" Buck, Year: 1940; Census Place: Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02091; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 13-9. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jessie M. Buck, Memorial# 61359582.
  7. [S2176] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2020, online at www.ancestry.com, file information for Lewis Deloyd Buck, Male, born on 20 April 1920, died on 28 March 1979, enlisted on 6 February 1942, discharged on 17 October 1945. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2020.
  8. [S2323] U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, online at www.ancestry.com, burial information for Lewis "David" Buck, age 58, born on 20 April 1920, served from 6 February 1942 to 17 October 1945, died on 28 March 1979, interred on 30 March 1979 in Kansas, USA, in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, in Plot Section P, Site 1914, referencing his service as a TEC 4 in the U.S. Army during World War II. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019.
  9. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  10. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  11. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  13. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  14. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.
  15. [S2319] Kansas, U.S., City and County Census Records, 1919-1961, online at www.ancestry.com, listings in 1956 through 1961 for Lewis D. and Jessie Mae Buck, 6040 Kansas Avenue, Wyandotte. Hereinafter cited as Kansas, U.S., City and County Census Records, 1919-1961.
  16. [S2339] Lewis D. Buck and Martin L. Mootz 1962 3-Car Accident, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Kansas City Star, (Kansas City, Missouri), Sunday, 1 April 1962, page 20, Martin L. Mootz, 32, with skull fracture, Lewis D. Buck, 41, and four others hospitalized after three-car accident. Hereinafter cited as Lewis D. Buck and Martin L. Mootz 1962 3-Car Accident.
  17. [S2320] Jessie Buck (Mrs. Lewis D. Buck) 1968 Death, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Kansas City Times, (Kansas City, Missouri), Saturday, 17 August 1968, page 22, Mrs. Jessie D.(sic) Buck, 55, of 6843 Donohoo, Wyandotte County, died yesterday at home, born in Knoxville, Tennessee and lived here for 27 years, survived by husband, Lewis D. Buck of the same address, a brother, Jack Garrett of Knoxville, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Tucker, Knoxville, and Mrs. Margie Bennett, Gardner in Johnson County. Hereinafter cited as Jessie Buck (Mrs. Lewis D. Buck) 1968 Death.