WARNING:  Linden may not be the "Babe" born in 1899.  Also, "S.R." may not be "Rosa JOINER," so the infant may not be their child — or S.R. may be Edward's second wife.

1.  Family Group Sheet compiled by Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati and her grandmother, Maude Irene (Thompson) Rose.

2.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):  Spickardville Town, Franklin Twp., Grundy Co., MO, p. 9B, SD 2, ED 41, SN 9, enumerated 8 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

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2

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9

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24

25

27

28

212

212

Spickard Edward A

Head

W

M

Feb 1869

31

M

11

MO

OH

MO

Farmer

Y

Y

Y

R

F

64

"     Rosa anna

Wife

W

F

Dec 1868

31

M

11

3

3

OH

OH

OH

Y

Y

Y

"     Wilmer

Son

W

M

Aug 1890

9

S

MO

MO

OH

At School

6

Y

Y

Y

"     Berne

Son

W

M

Mar 1897

3

S

MO

MO

OH

Y

Y

Y

"     Babe

Son

W

M

Mar 1899

1

S

MO

MO

OH

Y

Y

Y

Infant mortality was so high, it was not unusal for parents to wait until a child was a year old before giving it a name.

3.  Anon.  [n.d.]  "Death Notices:  Mary A. Thompson Spickard."  Grundy County Gazette, Grundy Co., MO.  Says "Ed Spickard" was living in Lawton, OK, at the time of his mother's funeral.

4.  Mrs. B.F. Hoover, Mrs. V. Ralston, Mrs. Guy Ratliff, & Mrs. D. Healer.  1964.  Groff (Groeff) Cemetery, Mercer County, MO (online at the Grundy County MOGenWeb site):

SPICKARD

Infant

___________

28 Feb 1908

1m.; son of E.A. & S.R.

5.  Emanuel Spickard.  c1972.  Letter to John Carr SPICKARD.