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Family Group Record: Reece Newman Biffle

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Husband
   Reece Newman Biffle 
   Born: March 13, 1888 Place: Caglesville, Pope County, Arkansas
   Died: November 22, 1946 Place: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
   Parents: James Kenneth Biffle and Pleasant Joann Horton
  Reece enlisted in the U.S. Army in Okemah, Oklahoma, April 25, 1918. He was in the 344th Machine Gun Battalion and served in France during World War I.

1st Wife
   Edith Bowden  
   Born: ca. 1894 Place: Pottsville, Pope County, Arkansas
   Married: Place:
   Died: Place: Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
   Parents:
  She later married Clyde W. Redd.

Child of Reece Newman Biffle and Edith Bowden

1 Grace Helen Biffle
Sex Born: November 27, 1911 Place: Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
F Married: Thomson Place:
   Died: June 4, 1999 Place: Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; she is buried at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas; she was living at Mabelvale, Pulaski County, at the time of her death
  At 4 years of age, Grace was adoped in Pope County, Arkansas, July 1916, by her grandparents, James Kenneth and Pleasant Joanna Biffle. The adoption was with the consent of her father, after he and her mother separated using the grounds that "the child had no suitable home and that the father of said child has given his consent and is willing that above named petitioners adopt Grace Helen Biffle." However, she is living with her father, step-mother, and half-sister in 1920 in Heglus County, Oklahoma. In 1930 she is found in the household of Clyde W. Redd and her mother Edith, along with a 2 year old half brother. (Crawford Co., Arkansas, T626-71, p. 2A, E.D. 19)

2nd Wife
   Sylvia Henrietta Johnson  
   Born: February 3, 1902 Place: Whitener, Madison County, Arkansas
   Married: February 2, 1918 Place: Holdenville, Oklahoma
   Died: August 17, 1975 Place: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; she was living at Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma at the time of her death
   Parents:

2 Juanita Reece Biffle
Sex Born: private Place: Oklahoma
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:

3 William Kenneth Biffle
Sex Born: September 27, 1920 Place: Oklahoma
M   Married: Place:
   Died: June 1985 Place: Broken Bow, McCurtan County, Oklahoma

4 Robert Jay Biffle
Sex Born: August 31, 1922 Place: Oklahoma
M   Married: Place:
   Died: March 10, 1998 Place: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Orklahoma

5 Verna Bernice Biffle
Sex Born: private Place: Oklahoma
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:

6 Iva Maunee Biffle
Sex Born: private Place: Oklahoma
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:

7 Janice Ladeene Biffle
Sex Born: private Place: Oklahoma
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:

8 Griffith Eugene Biffle
Sex Born: private Place: Oklahoma
  Married: Place:
   Died: Place:

  • 1920 U.S. Census, Newburg Township, Hughes County, Oklahoma, T625-1465, E.D. 72, pg. 1B
  • 1930 U.S. Census, Yeager, Hughes County, Oklahoma, T626-1907, p. 1B, E.D. 32.



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