1923 - 1984 (60 years)
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Name |
Leon Preston Bobo [1, 2] |
Born |
29 Oct 1923 |
Queen City, Cass, Texas [2, 3, 4, 5] |
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Bobo, Leon P - Birth Certificate - Texas, 1923, certificate 59900
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1930 |
Police Jury Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [6] |
Enumeration District 9-74 |
Residence |
1930 |
Police Jury Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [6] |
With mother Lena (Head) Bobo and grandfather F M Head |
Residence |
1935 |
Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [7] |
In the same house as in 1940 |
Census |
1940 |
Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [7] |
Enumeration District 9-103A |
Occupation |
1940 |
Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [7] |
Farmer |
Residence |
1940 |
Ward 9, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [7] |
In a rural area.
With stepfather Grady Wynn, mother Lena (Head Bobo) Wynn, and two stepbrothers |
Occupation |
30 Jun 1942 |
Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana [4] |
Employed by M M Taylor |
Residence |
30 Jun 1942 |
Ida, Caddo, Louisiana [4] |
World War II Veteran |
26 Feb 1943 [2] |
Enlistment, US Army |
World War II Veteran |
5 Dec 1945 |
Released on this date as a Private, First Class |
Residence |
1948 |
Gladewater, Gregg, Texas [2] |
Died |
24 May 1984 |
Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana [2, 5] |
Buried |
27 May 1984 |
Gladewater, Upshur, Texas [2, 5] |
- Gladewater Memorial Park [2, 5]
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Leon Preston Bobo (1923 - 1984) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo.
Maintained by: Find a Grave
Originally Created by: Michael Parsons
Added: 7 Dec 2009
Find a Grave Memorial 45214007 |
Notes |
- By April of 1940 he had completed one year of high school but was no longer attending [7]
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Person ID |
I4341 |
Wm L Gann Ancestors |
Last Modified |
4 Dec 2020 |
Family |
Una Evelyn Gann, b. 13 May 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama , d. 2 Oct 2014, Gladewater, Gregg, Texas (Age 84 years) |
Marriage License |
12 May 1950 |
Gregg County, Texas [1] |
Married |
13 May 1950 |
Gregg County, Texas [1] |
- Officiated by S. C. Rundell, JP [1]
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Last Modified |
12 Nov 2020 |
Family ID |
F1992 |
Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S235] Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Gregg County Clerk's Office; Longview, Texas; Gregg County Marriage Records, 1949-1950; pg. 449 (Reliability: 3), 11 Nov 2020.
- [S14603] Longview, Texas News-Journal, Saturday, 26 May 1984, pg. 36, col. 1 (Reliability: 2), 3 Dec 2020.
- [S40200] Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1934, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), Cass County, cert. num. 59900 (Reliability: 3), 15 Nov 2020.
- [S236] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), National Archives Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Name Range: Blount, Earl-Boeshans, Frank George; serial num. N287 (Reliability: 3), 15 Nov 2020.
- [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial 45214007 (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2020.
- [S40174] 1930 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930), fam. 173, pg. 10B, ED 9-74, Ward 9, Caddo, Louisiana (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2020.
- [S40214] 1940 United States Federal Census, United States, Bureau of the Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), household 470, pg. 22B, ED 9-103A, Ward 9, Caddo, Louisiana (Reliability: 2), 15 Nov 2020.
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