Re: Eugene Bates md Rachel Davis 1889 Fort Smith, AR
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Re: Eugene Bates md Rachel Davis 1889 Fort Smith, AR
William Barnett 9/11/07
I've been to the library and found a brief obit for Rachel but nothing for Eugene.There is a record of his death in funeral home records, however.He died 23 Jul 1920 and was buried 25 Jul 1920 in Oak Cemetery.
Rachel was born 31 Oct 1868 and died 10 Feb 1952 in Fort Smith.Buried 11 Feb 1952 at Oak Cemetery.On the back of her funeral home record page it lists her three sons, Clint, Herman and Reuben, so the census record which lists her as Gracie is the right family.Apparently, their daughter, Cliffe, died before Rachel did.
I looked under everything I could think of in both the 1905 and 1930 censuses and could never find anything on anyone in this family!They were either missed altogether or the spellings are far enough off that they didn't come up.