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Family Group Record: William Johnson Biffle and Amanda Verretty Lawson and Rebecca E. Newell and Fonza Belle Laird

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen e-mail adress

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Husband
   William Johnson Biffle 
   Born: September 23, 1848 Place: Haywood County, North Carolina (1870 census shows birth in Tennessee)
   Died: ca. 1916 Place: Bollinger County, Missouri
   Parents: Wilson McAlister Biffle and Nancy Isabell Howell
 
1st Wife
   Amanda V. Lawson  
   Born: ca. 1847/48 Place: Missouri
   Married: December 17, 1868 Place:
   Died: November 5, 1884 Place:
   Parents:
Children
1 Wilson Biffle
Sex Born: ca. 1869 Place: Missouri
M Married: September 3, 1891, Mary L. Richland Place:
   Died: Place:
2 Henry Valentine Biffle
Sex Born: February 25, 1872 Place: Missouri
M   Married: Place:
   Died: October 20, 1892 Place:
3 Ellen Josephine Biffle
Sex Born: October 21, 1874 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: September 27, 1894 Place:
4 Amanda Biffle
Sex Born: August 12, 1877 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: January 19, 1899 Place:
5 Nancy Ann Biffle
Sex Born: July 3, 1881 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
6 Laura Mae Biffle
Sex Born: October 28, 1883 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: September 8, 1884 Place:
2nd Wife
   Rebecca E. Newell  
   Born: Place:
   Married: January 5, 1886 Place:
   Died: July 30, 1888 Place:
   Parents:
Children
7 Olive Jane Biffle
Sex Born: November 22, 1886 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: March 8, 1891 Place:
8 William Johnson Biffle
Sex Born: July 29, 1888 Place: Missouri
M   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
3rd Wife
   Fonza Bell Laird  
   Born: July 12, 1872 Place: Laflin, Bollinger County, Missouri
   Married: October 12, 1890 Place: Bollinger County, Missouri
   Died: November 4, 1940 Place: She is buried in Christian Cemetery, South Main, Fredericktown, Missouri
   Parents: James M. Laird (1833-1877) and Mary Ann Johnson (1835)
Children
9 Myrtle Elizabeth Biffle
Sex Born: September 13, 1891/92 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
10 Margaret Isabell Biffle
Sex Born: June 25, 1894/95 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
11 Flossie L. Biffle
Sex Born: ca. 1899 Place: Missouri
F  Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
12 Iona Biffle
Sex Born: ca. 1904 Place: Missouri
F   Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
  She is found in the St. Louis City Sanitarium in the 1930 census.
13 Grace G. Biffle
Sex Born: ca. 1905 Place: Missouri
F  Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
14 Infant Biffle
Sex Born: February 26, 1911 Place: Missouri
M   Married: Place:
   Died: February 28, 1911 Place:
  • 1870 U.S. Census, German Township, Bollinger County, Missouri, Roll 759, p. 376
  • 1880 U.S. Census, Crooked Creek, Bollinger County, Missouri, T9-0674, p. 444C
  • 1900 U.S. Census, Crooked Creek, Bollinger County, Missouri, T623-839, p. 183
  • 1910 U.S. Census, German Twp, Bollinger County, Missouri, T624-769, p. 202-203; his wife is listed as having 7 children by 1910, with only these 5 surviving.
  • 1920 U.S. Census, St. Michale, Madison County, Missouri--Fonzy B., Flossie, Iona, Grace
  • 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri--Fonzi B., Margaret I., Flossie L., Grace G.; Iona is found in the St. Louis City Sanitarium


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