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Submitted: 10/15/16 • Approved: 3/16/20 • Last Updated: 3/19/20 • R1157421-G1157420-S3
1912 - 1974
Marriage: 13 May 1933 White County, Arkansas*
Mrs Ethel L Deaton a devout Christian woman who raised 6 kids on her own. They would all have starved, if it wasn't for the help from neighbors and friends giving them food. God supplied their every need. (Her husband was a bigamist and left her and the kids for his other wife and family)
United States Census, 1940
Name: Willis L Deaton
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place:Moorefield Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Arkansas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Willis L Deaton Head Male 26 Arkansas
Ethel Deaton Wife Female 27 Arkansas
Bobby Deaton Son Male 5 Arkansas
Max Deaton Son Male 3 Arkansas
Aline Deaton Daughter Female 0 Arkansas
Also,
Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name: W L Deaton
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 May 1933
Event Place: White, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Denmark, White, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1912
Marriage License Date: 12 May 1933
Spouse's Name:Ethel Manning
Spouse's Residence Place: Denmark, White, Arkansas
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1912
Page:599
Record Number:381
*records located through familysearch(.)org
Contributed on 10/15/16 by mrd258
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