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PARSONS, Louis Elmore 1 2 3 4 5
Louis married Margaret Alta LONG, daughter of Reuben LONG and Almyra Y. LAIR, about 1890 in prob. Adair County, Missouri. (Margaret Alta LONG was born on 20 May 1875 in Missouri, died on 9 May 1901 in Glendora, Los Angeles County, California and was buried in May 1901 in Brashear, Adair County, Missouri.)
Louis next married Minnie Ann SHREAR, daughter of Henry SHREAR and Rebecka Jane UNKNOWN, on 29 Sep 1903 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. (Minnie Ann SHREAR was born on 12 Feb 1872 in Sue City, Macon County, Missouri and died on 23 Apr 1952 in Brashear, Adair County, Missouri.) |
1 1910 US Census (District 48, Lyon, Knox County, Missouri). Surety: 4. Lists Louis E. Parsons (age 45, b. IL), second wife Minnie A. [Shearer] (age 38, b. Missouri) and children [from Louis' first marriage] Marie A. (age 14, b. Missouri), Goldie E. (age 13, b. Missouri) and [from second marriage] Inez M. (age 5, b. Missouri) and Henry W. (age 3, b. Missouri), living in Lyon, Missouri. Louis is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that his father was born in West Virginia and his mother in Illinois. Minnie indicates that her father was born in Germany and her mother in Illinois. The couple indicate that they have been married for 6 years, and have had 2 children, still living. Living next door is Louis' sister, Villa [Parsons] Walters and her family.
2 1930 US Census, District 13, Lyon, Knox County, Missouri. Surety: 4. Lists Louis [spelled Luie] E. Parsons (age 64, b. IL), second wife Minnie A. [Shearer] (age 58, b. Missouri) and children Henry W. (age 23, b. Missouri), Marion L. (age 18, b. Missouri) [erroneously listed as a daughter], Norman E. (age 15, b. Missouri) and Cleo L. (age 14, b. Missouri), living in Lyon, Missouri. Louis is listed as a "painter" and his parents are both listed as born in the U.S. [info probably provided by Minnie]. Minnie indicates that her father was born in Germany and her mother in Illinois. Henry is listed as a "painter." Marion is listed as a "farmer." Living nearby is Louis' sister, Villa [Parsons] Walters, and her family.
3 1900 US Census (District 15, Salt River, Adair County, Missouri). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Louis [spelled Lewis] Parsons (age 36, b. May 1864, IN [erroneous, info prob. provided by spouse]), first wife Altie M. [Long] (age 25, b. May 1875, Missouri), and children Elsworth J. (age 7, b. Nov 1892, Missouri), Gladdis M. (age 4, b. Apr 1895) and Golde E. (age 9 mos, b. Aug 1898), living in Salt River, Missouri. Louis is listed as a "day laborer," and indicates that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Illinois. Altie indicates that her father was born in Virginia and her mother in Missouri. Living nearby is Louis' sister, Stella [Parsons] Seese and her family. Also living in Salt River at this time is Louis' aunt [sister of his mother], Elizabeth [Shoemaker] Hicks, and her family.
4 1880 US Census (District 234, Palestine, Woodford County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Ephraim Parsons [spelled Parson] (age 46, b. VA), wife Mary Etta [Shoemaker] (age 39, b. IL) and children Rose (age 19, b. IL), Louis E. (age 16, b. IL), Estella (age 14, b. IL), Mahela (age 12, b. IL), Nancy (age 9, b. IL), Jane (age 8, b. IL), Lorenzo (age 7, b. IL), Hulda (age 5, b. IL), Villa (age 3, b. IL) and Lorura [illegible] (son, age 1, b. IL), living in Palestine, Illinois. Ephraim is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Virginia. Mary Etta indicates that both her parents were born in Kentucky [erroneous, father born in IL]. Louis E. is listed as "working farm."
5 1920 US Census (District 48, Lyon, Knox County, Missouri). Surety: 4. Lists Louie Elmore Parsons (age 55, b. IL), wife Minnie [Shearer] (age 47, b. MO) and children Ihuras [Inez] Mildred (age 15, b. MO), Henry Wayne (age 13, b. MO), Marion Lloyd (age 8, b. MO), Norman Elmore (age 5, b. MO) and Cleon Irene (age 3 yrs 5 mos, b. MO), living in Lyon, Missouri. Louie is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Illinois. Minnie indicates that her father was born in Germany and her mother in Illinois. Living next door is Louie's sister, Villa [Parsons] Walters and her family.
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