Chester Earl BOSWELL & Ruby Mabel McCORD & Sybil Sylvia LEDBETTER

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Chester Earl BOSWELL
Ruby Mabel McCORD
Sybil Sylvia LEDBETTER

Husband: Chester Earl BOSWELL
Birth: 22 Mar 1905, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN
Death: 24 Jan 1942, Dayton State Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH
Disposition: buried 27 Jan 1942, Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH
Occupation: baker
Father: Claude Wallace BOSWELL (1883-1962) of IN
Mother: Blanche HEWITT (1887- ) of IN

Marriage-1: 25 Mar 1925

Wife-1: Ruby Mabel McCORD
Birth: 13 Dec 1902, Tippecanoe Co., IN
Death: 14 Mar 1996, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. Mr. ODOM
Father: William Allen McCORD (1856-1923) of OH
Mother: Martha Ellen WOLFE (1863-1910) of IN

Marriage-2: 1940-42

Wife-2: Sybil Sylvia "Billie" LEDBETTER
Birth: 11 Feb 1909, Gordon Co., GA
Death: 15 May 2005, Dayton, Montgomery Co., IN
Disposition: buried Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. 1930/1, Howard Francis MOORE
Father: John Thomas LEDBETTER
Mother: Susan Nancy CORBIN

Children:

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): William A. McCORD (æ 43, b. Aug 1856, OH), his wife Martha (æ 37, b. Feb 1863, IN), and children are living in Union Twp., Tipppecanoe Co., IN (p. 266A).

3. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Chester BOSWELL (æ 5, b. IN) is living in Boswell Town, Grant Twp., Benton Co., IN (p. 59A), with his parents, Claude BOSWELL (æ 28, b. IN) & Blanch (æ 22, b. IN), plus siblings and paternal grandfather. Ruby M. McCORD (æ 7, b. IN) is living in Wea Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IN (p. 235B), with her widowed father, William A. McCORD (æ 53, b. OH), plus siblings. Syble LEDBETTER (æ 1, b. GA) is living in Gordon Co., GA, with her widowed mother, plus siblings (q.v.).

4. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Chester E. BOSWELL (æ 14, b. IN) is living in Fowler Town, Benton Co., IN (p. 40A), with his parents, Claude W. BOSWELL (æ 36, b. IN) & Blanche C. (æ 33, b. IN), plus siblings. Ruby McCORD (æ 17, b. IN) is living in Wabash Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IN (p. 200B), with her widowed father, William McCORD (æ 66, b. OH), plus siblings. Sybil LEDBETTER (æ 12, b. GA) is living in Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, with her widowed mother, siblings, and others (q.v.).

5a. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 52): 1410 N Ewing Street, Indianapolis City, Center Twp., Marion Co., IN, Roll 607, p. 94B, SN 19B, ED 49-307, SD 8, enumerated 18 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 30

* 1410 309 325 Boswell Chester E Head R 35 R M W 25 M 23 N Y IN IN IN Y office manager Yeast Factory W Y N

______ Ruby Wife F W 21 M 19 N Y IN IN IN Y None

*No Ewing Street

5b. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Sylvia LEDBETTER (æ 21, b. GA), waitress, is living and working in the National Military Home, Jefferson Twp., Montgomery Co., OH (q.v.).

6a. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #43 of 44): Piqua (Ward 3), Washington Twp., Miami Co., OH, Roll T627_3116, p. 536A, Line 5, SN 81A, SD 4, ED 55-36, enumerated 9 Apr 1940, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1940 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1940: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.
HOUSEHOLD				NAME	RELATION	PERSONAL				EDUCATION		BIRTHPLACE	CIT	RESIDENCE in 1935				EMPLOYMENT STATUS													FS
3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
`T`				`Boswell Chester E`	`Hotel guest`	`M`	`W`	`35`	`S`	`N`	`H4`	`Indiana`		`Same hotel`				`Y`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`80`		`Baker`	`Bakery`	`PW`	`52`	`1248`	`N`

One of 35 guests/lodgers in hotel, all male.

6b. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Sylvia MOORE (æ 25 [32], b. GA) and her two children are living in Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, with her widowed mother (q.v.).

7. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (online at FamilySearch.org):

8. CADI: California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com):

Last
Name First
Name Middle Birth Date Mother
Maiden Father
Last Sex Birth
Place Death Place
(County) Death Date SSN Age

Odom Ruby Mabel 12/13/1902 Wolfe McCord F IN Los Angeles 03/14/1996 261-24-2565 93 yrs

9. SSDI: Social Security Death Index (online at Ancestry.com):

Name SSN Last Residence Birth Death Issued

Sylvia Boswell Dayton, Montgomery, OH 45424 11 Feb 1909 15 May 2005 OH (<1951)

Ruby M. Odom 261-24-2565 South Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA 91030 12 Dec 1902 14 Mar 1996 FL (<1951)

10. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Chester E. Boswell Sylvia L Boswell

Birth 1905 11 Feb 1909

Death 1942 15 May 2005

Burial Willow View Cemetery
Dayton, Montgomery Co,, OH Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery
Dayton, Montgomery Co,, OH

Inscription CHESTER E. BOSWELL
1905 — 1942

Memorial # 104732285 43014074

I linked Chester to Sylvia and added details on 5 Feb 2015; I linked Sylvia to Howard MOORE on 7 Feb 2015.

11. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

12. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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