1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

Jasper Newton DeSpain Birth: 19 Jan 1865; Death: 28 Jun 1947; Burial: Dorris Cem. Madison Co, M0 Father: William DeSpain (1813- ); Mother: Elizaberh Paullus (1819- ) Spouse: Verda Victoria Stroup Birth: 14 Sep 1884; Death: 23 Aug 1987; Burial: Dorris Cem. Madison Co, M0 Father: Stanhope Sylvester Stroup (1855-1916); Mother: Mary Wright (1857-1937) Source: patron submission

2.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #26 of 32):  Cedar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., MO, Roll T624_827, p. 177B, SN 13B, SD 11, ED 157, enumerated 5 May 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
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255	266	DeSpain Jasper N	Head	M	W	42	M1	2			MO	MO	MO	Eng	Farm Laborer	Working out	W	N	0	Y	Y	R	H
		_______ Verda V	Wife	F	W	25	M1	2	1	1	MO	MO	MO	Eng	None					Y	Y
		_______ Olive G	Son	M	W	5/12	S				MO	MO	MO		None

3.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 20):  Cascade & Gravelton, Cedar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., MO, Roll T625_963 (Book 1), p. 4A, SN 4A, SD 11, ED 174, enumerated 15 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Fm

49

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Spain Jasper

Head

R

M

W

52

M

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

Farmer

Gen farm

OA

40

"   Verda

Wife

F

W

35

M

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

"   Gale

Son

M

W

10

S

Y

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

"   Glen

Son

M

W

8

S

Y

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

"   Gaines

Son

M

W

5

S

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

"   Gillis

Son

M

W

3

S

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

"   Guy

Son

M

W

2/12

S

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

Strop Mary

M-in-law

F

W

63

W

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

4.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 9):  Marquand Town, Madison Co., MO, Roll 1210, p. 176A, SN 3A, ED 62-5, SD 14, enumerated 17 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).

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49

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DeSpain Jasper N

Head

O

600

N

M

W

63

M

43

N

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

Farm Laborer

General Farm

W

Y

N

_______ Birda

Wife

F

W

45

M

24

N

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

_______ Glenn

Son

M

W

18

S

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

_______ Gains

Son

M

W

15

S

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

_______ Gillis

Son

M

W

12

S

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

_______ Guy

Son

M

W

10

S

Y

Y

MO

MO

MO

Y

None

5.  Dorris Cemetery [1.5 mi from Buckhorn], Madison Co., MO (online at the Madison County MOGenWeb site; transcribed and submitted by Jeanette Henson McClure):

DeSpain, Jasper N.	19 Jan 1865	28 Jun 1947
DeSpain, Verda V	14 Sep 1884
DeSpain, Gale O.	23 Oct 1909	31 Jul 1928
DeSpain, Gillis Stanhope	15 Sep 1917	08 Dec 1975	WWII

6.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued	Post-em
Glen DESPAIN	13 Jan 1912	23 Dec 1987 (V)	63645 (Fredericktown, Madison, MO)	494-01-4935	MO	No
Guy W. DESPAIN	26 Oct 1919	03 May 1995	85711 (Tucson, Pima, AZ)	495-14-3545	MO	No
(V) = (Verified) Report verified with a family member or someone acting on behalf of a family member.

7.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

8.  Email from grandson, David R. DeSpain (20 July 2013, with permission):

I am David Ray DeSpain, the older son of Gaines DeSpain.  He passed away in 2000.  He had a 1951 Chrysler New Yorker when I was five, that he took for a demonstrator and keep all year and put 32,000 miles on it.  I thought it was the most beautiful car I'd ever seen!  When Dad was 79, he did all the body work on an almost frame-off restoration of another similar car, not the same one, but identical in every detail that either of us could remember.  I still have the car here in Texas, and drive it regularly.  It was featured in "Collectible Automobile" magazine about ten years ago. Your page is 99% accurate, except Verda was called "Verdie".  She was about three weeks short of her 103 birthday when she passed away.  Until a few weeks before that, she would push the wheelchairs for others in the nursing home, and her mind was as sharp as a whip. Guy DeSpain also served in the US Navy in WWII, on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific, but I don't remember the name of the ship.  Gillis was a cook in the US Army, and was in the Battle of the Bulge.  He said they were pinned down for a month, before the tide turned. My father, Gaines Wagner, was named for the two doctors in Marquand, MO.  Verdie enjoyed 102 years of bad health.  My father said his fathers name was Jasper Newton, but his first cousin, Jeri (sp?) Sanders, said the name was Jasper Napoleon, which would account for him being called "Poley".  We may never know, because everything I've found so far has J.N.