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Thomas Adcock¹

Biography

• Birth: Thomas Adcock was born in 1817.^1,2
• Marriage: He married Frances Bowles, daughter of John M. Bowles and Franny Bolling, on 5 May 1838 in DeKalb County, Tennessee.^1,2
• Note: They had 9 children, 5 boys and 4 girls.²
• Milit-Beg: Thomas Adcock began military service on 10 December 1861 in Tennessee Company C, 1st TN BATT INF.²
• Death: He died on 30 August 1905 in DeKalb County, Tennessee, at age ~88.^1,2

• Last Edited: 13 August 2022

Citations

1. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial # 127057277. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
2. [S215] Frances Adcock file; 1056; Confederate Widow's Pension Applications (Washington D.C.: National Archives.)

John Bowles¹

Parents

John (Bun) McClure Owen Cherok

Biography

• Name-Var: John Bowles was also known as John "Hog My Cats" Bowles.¹
• Birth: He was born on 13 February 1802 in Virginia.¹
• Note: He This man may have been Chief Jack Bowles, Chief of the Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.²
• Note: He was killed by Indians outside of the town of Uvalde, Texas.¹
• Death: He died on 28 October 1859 in Uvalde County, Texas, at age 57.¹
• Burial: He was buried in Old Patterson Settlement Cemetery, Sabinal, Uvalde County, Texas.¹

• Last Edited: 18 August 2022

Citations

1. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial # 73360334. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
2. [S227] Bun McClure Owen, Bowles Affidavit (unpublished.)

Patricia L. McMillan¹

Biography

• Birth: Patricia L. McMillan was born on 5 April 1934 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.¹
• Marriage: She married Thomas Bishop Hardin, son of Forrest Hardin and Annie Doris Bishop, on 15 June 1962 in Lincoln, Illinois.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 15 June 1962,her married name was Patricia L. Hardin.
• Death: Patricia L. McMillan died on 4 February 2010 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, at age 75.¹

• Last Edited: 22 March 2022

Citations

1. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, # 52423730. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Frank Rodney Finley^1,2

Parents

Finley-Davis License applicati

Biography

• Birth: Frank Rodney Finley was born on 16 January 1922 in Missouri.^3,4
• Marriage: He married Dorothy Ellen LaGrange on 4 October 1941 in Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri.⁵
• Marriage: He married Marcella Marie Shaughnessy, daughter of William M. Shaughnessy and Marie E., on 7 October 1942 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.^6,7,8
• Milit-Beg: Frank Rodney Finley began military service on 18 January 1943 in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. In the enlistment record, he states that he is separated with no dependents.³
• Note: In the 1950 Census, Frank and Marcella and the two boys, Danny and Bob, are living in St. Louis on Air View Drive, ED 95-53. Although Frank's son (by Mary Doyle) was born in 1949, he is not in this household in the 1950 census. Presumably he is with his mother and her family. in 1950.⁹
• Marriage: He married Mary Theresa Doyle on 2 May 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri.¹⁰
• Marriage: He married Laurabel Frieda Ruck.
• Death: He died on 7 October 2008 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, at age 86.¹¹

• Last Edited: 23 December 2022

Citations

1. [S217] Miss Brock is bride of Pfc Finley, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, 22 Dec 1962, page 30, Edward Finley is listed as brother of the groom - and Frank R. Finley is named as father of the groom - relationship implied. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
2. [S231] Rodney Frank Finley, state birth record (1923), Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com.
3. [S222] "Frank R. Finley Enlistment"; Ancestry.com; www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as "Frank R. Finley Enlistment."
4. [S270] draft card: multiple subjects, by Ancestry.com; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com. Online www.ancestry.com; Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 102, draft card for Frank Rodney Finley, serial number 4, order number 11,841.
5. [S148] Marriage record: see citation, by Ancestry.com; Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]; Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com. Online www.ancestry.com; Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants, Marriage of Frank R. Finley of St. Louis and Dorothy LaGrange of St. Louis, permission granted by Frank’s mother Virginia Finley. They applied for license on 4 Oct 1941 in Ste. Genevieve County. The application says “please do not publish." The wedding took place in Arnold, MO (Jefferson County) on the same day.
6. [S218] Shaughnessy household, 10 Apr 1940 federal census, www.ancestry.com, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 11, ED 96-239, sheet 13A, Ancestry.com Census Records.
7. [S219] Miss Brock Married to Pfc. D.F. Finley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 14 Jan 1963, page 36, Marcella Finley of Los Angeles is listed as mother of the groom. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
8. [S223] Family History Library, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FHL microfilm 007513886), marriage records Vol. 149, p. 558 St. Louis County.
9. [S280] Eugenia Willoughby household, 1950 federal census, www.ancestry.com, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 1016; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 96-725, Ancestry.com Census Records, 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: Airport, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: 6187; Sheet Number: 57; Enumeration District: 95-53.
10. [S148] see citation Marriage record, by Ancestry.com, Finley-Davis Marriage.
11. [S114] multiple subjects, multiple file numbers, Social Security Death Index, FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Marcella Marie Shaughnessy¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Marcella Marie Shaughnessy was born in 1924 in Missouri.¹
• Marriage: She married Frank Rodney Finley, son of Frank Finley Jr. and Winifred Virginia Moss, on 7 October 1942 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.^1,2,3
• Name-Marr: As of 7 October 1942,her married name was Marcella Marie Finley.
• Marriage: Marcella Marie Shaughnessy married Unknown Breen.⁴
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Marcella Marie Breen.
• Death: She died on 3 July 1994 in Vista, San Diego County, California, at age ~70.⁴
• Burial: She was buried in Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.⁴

• Last Edited: 23 December 2022

Citations

1. [S218] Shaughnessy household, 10 Apr 1940 federal census, www.ancestry.com, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 11, ED 96-239, sheet 13A, Ancestry.com Census Records.
2. [S219] Miss Brock Married to Pfc. D.F. Finley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 14 Jan 1963, page 36, Marcella Finley of Los Angeles is listed as mother of the groom. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
3. [S223] Family History Library, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FHL microfilm 007513886), marriage records Vol. 149, p. 558 St. Louis County.
4. [S221] Marcella M. Breen, North County Times, Oceanside, California, 7 Jul 1994, page 11. Hereinafter cited as North County Times.

Daniel Frank Finley¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Daniel Frank Finley was born on 22 October 1943.^2,3
• Marriage: He married Janice Joanne Brock on 22 December 1962 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.^4,2
• Milit-Beg: He began military service as a PFC, US Marine Corps.⁵
• Residence: He lived in 1968 in 1011 Couch Ave., Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri.⁶
• Death: He died on 22 December 2020 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, at age 77.⁵
• Burial: He was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri.⁵

• Last Edited: 19 August 2022

Citations

1. [S217] Miss Brock is bride of Pfc Finley, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, 22 Dec 1962, page 30, Frank Finley is listed as the groom's father. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
2. [S217] St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 22 Dec 1962, page 30.
3. [S216] U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol. 1, online https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/221151001:1788?tid=181467629&pid=172365681595&hid=1032194054670&_phsrc=vAv3307&_phstart=default, Vol. 2, 1950-1993. Hereinafter cited as Public Records Index.
4. [S219] Miss Brock Married to Pfc. D.F. Finley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 14 Jan 1963, page 36. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
5. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, #234835284. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
6. [S123] Anita Hill Tally, Tally, Anita Hill - Personal Knowledge (unpublished), from a page from the St. Louis County Directory for 1968, emailed to Anita Tally by MO History Archives, 3 Mar 2022.

William M. Shaughnessy¹

Biography

• Birth: William M. Shaughnessy was born in 1901 in Kansas.¹
• Marriage: He married Marie E.¹

• Last Edited: 4 April 2022

Citations

1. [S218] Shaughnessy household, 10 Apr 1940 federal census, www.ancestry.com, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 11, ED 96-239, sheet 13A, Ancestry.com Census Records.

Marie E.¹

Biography

• Birth: Marie E. was born in 1903 in Missouri.¹
• Marriage: She married William M. Shaughnessy.¹
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Marie E. Shaughnessy.

• Last Edited: 24 August 2022

Citations

1. [S218] Shaughnessy household, 10 Apr 1940 federal census, www.ancestry.com, population schedule, St. Louis Ward 11, ED 96-239, sheet 13A, Ancestry.com Census Records.

Mary Theresa Doyle^1,2

Finley-Davis License applicati

Biography

• Birth: Mary Theresa Doyle was born on 8 November 1927.^1,3
• Note: She had 2 brothers whose names were listed in her obituary - Thomas Doyle, James Doyle.⁴
• Note: She Her address in 1948 when she married Newton Davis was 5624 Bartmer, St. Louis (?), MO.⁵
• Marriage: She married Newton Jasper Davis on 2 September 1948 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.²
• Name-Marr: As of 2 September 1948,her married name was Mary Theresa Davis.
• Marriage: She married Frank Rodney Finley, son of Frank Finley Jr. and Winifred Virginia Moss, on 2 May 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 2 May 1953,her married name was Mary Theresa Finley.
• Marriage: Mary Theresa Doyle married Daniel Ross Carr.⁴
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Mary Theresa Carr.
• Death: She died on 24 April 1989 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, at age 61.^4,6
• Burial: She was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri.⁴
• Note: Her gravestone reads "Mary T. Nov 8 1928 Apr 24 1989 wife of AB2 Daniel R. Carr USN (maybe Aviation Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, US Navy).⁶

• Last Edited: 5 June 2024

Citations

1. [S148] Marriage record: see citation, by Ancestry.com; Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]; Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com. Online www.ancestry.com; Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants, Finley-Davis Marriage.
2. [S223] Family History Library, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FHL microfilm 007513886), page 572, number 537207.
3. [S216] U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol. 1, online https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/221151001:1788?tid=181467629&pid=172365681595&hid=1032194054670&_phsrc=vAv3307&_phstart=default, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2. Hereinafter cited as Public Records Index.
4. [S220] Carr, Mary T., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 26 Apr 1989, page 16. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
5. [S284] Marriage Licenses, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, 26 Aug 1948, page 7, Newton Davis lived at 1326 Laurel. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
6. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33203656/mary-t-carr: accessed 20 December 2022), memorial page for Mary T Carr (8 Nov 1928–24 Apr 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33203656, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tami Glock (contributor 46872676). Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Newton Jasper Davis¹

Doyle-Davis Marriage

Biography

• Birth: Newton Jasper Davis was born before 1927.¹
• Marriage: He married Mary Theresa Doyle on 2 September 1948 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.¹
• Death: He died on 23 October 2007 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.²
• Burial: He was buried in United Hebrew Cemetery, University City, St. Louis County, Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 19 August 2022

Citations

1. [S223] Family History Library, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FHL microfilm 007513886), page 572, number 537207.
2. [S224] Newton J. Davis, St. Louis Jewish Light, St. Louis. Missouri, 31 Oct 2007, page A31. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Jewish Light.
3. [S181] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, # 22419039. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.

Janice Joanne Brock¹

Biography

• Birth: Janice Joanne Brock was born on 15 February 1944 in Missouri.^1,2
• Marriage: She married Daniel Frank Finley, son of Frank Rodney Finley and Marcella Marie Shaughnessy, on 22 December 1962 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.^1,3
• Name-Marr: As of 22 December 1962,her married name was Janice Joanne Finley.
• Death: Janice Joanne Brock died on 23 March 2003 at age 59.

• Last Edited: 5 April 2022

Citations

1. [S219] Miss Brock Married to Pfc. D.F. Finley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 14 Jan 1963, page 36. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
2. [S216] U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol. 1, online https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/221151001:1788?tid=181467629&pid=172365681595&hid=1032194054670&_phsrc=vAv3307&_phstart=default, Vol. 1, 1950-1993. Hereinafter cited as Public Records Index.
3. [S217] Miss Brock is bride of Pfc Finley, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, 22 Dec 1962, page 30. Hereinafter cited as St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

Milton Owens

Biography

• Birth: Milton Owens was born in 1854 in Missouri.
• Marriage: He married Sarah Louise Bennett, daughter of Andrew Jackson Bennett and Mary Williams, on 27 August 1876 in Missouri.^1,2,3

• Last Edited: 17 August 2022

Citations

1. [S226] Ozarks Genealogical Society, "SW Missouri Births", Ozarkin'. Hereinafter cited as "SW Missouri Births."
2. [S19] National Archives, Barry Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (ancestry.com), this record gives the date of marriage as 1877.
3. [S148] Marriage record: see citation, by Ancestry.com; Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]; Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com. Online www.ancestry.com; Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants.

Letha L. Owens^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Letha L. Owens was born on 4 April 1884 in Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 17 August 2022

Citations

1. [S226] Ozarks Genealogical Society, "SW Missouri Births", Ozarkin'. Hereinafter cited as "SW Missouri Births."
2. [S19] National Archives, Barry Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (ancestry.com.)
3. [S226] Ozarks Genealogical Society, "SW Missouri Births", Ozarkin' Vol. XI No. 3 Fall 1989 p. 108, Sarah Bennett age 26 b. MO and Milton Owens age 30 b. MO give birth to daughter on April 4, 1884, their 4th child.

John McClure Owens¹

Parents

John (Bun) McClure Owen Cherok

Biography

• Birth: John McClure Owens was born in June 1895 in Missouri.²

• Last Edited: 17 August 2022

Citations

1. [S227] Bun McClure Owen, Bowles Affidavit (unpublished.)
2. [S19] National Archives, Barry Co. Missouri Census - 1900 (ancestry.com.)

Ural Riggs¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Ural Riggs was born in 1897 in Barry County, Missouri.¹

• Last Edited: 5 May 2022

Citations

1. [S20] National Archives, Barry Co. Missouri Census - 1910 (Family History Library.)

Ada Riggs¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Ada Riggs was born in 1898 in Barry County, Missouri.¹

• Last Edited: 5 May 2022

Citations

1. [S20] National Archives, Barry Co. Missouri Census - 1910 (Family History Library.)