1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 10):  Grand Junction, District 14, Hardeman Co., TN, Roll T625_1745, SD 1, ED 35, enumerated 5 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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Watts John F

Head

R

M

W

49

Wd

Y

Y

MS

MS

MS

Y

Supervisor

Railroad

W

_____ Mattie N

Dau

F

W

19

S

Y

Y

MS

MS

LA

Y

Clerk

R R office

W

Stroup M H

Son in law

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W

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M

Y

Y

MS

MS

MS

Y

Farmer

Farm

Em

______ Irene M

Dau

F

W

22

M

Y

Y

LA

MS

MS

Y

None

______ M H Jr

GSon

M

W

3/12

S

TN

MS

LA

None

Irene's mother was born in LA.

3.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 11):  Grand Junction Town, Civil District 4, Hardeman Co., TN, Roll 2253, p. 212, SN 5A, ED 35-9, SD 10, enumerated 5 Apr 1930 [Mrs. Irene W. Stroup, enumerator], 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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Stroup M H

Head

R

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Y

M

W

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M

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N

Y

TN

MS

MS

Y

Farmer

general

E

Y

______ Irene W

Wife

F

W

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M

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N

Y

LA

MS

LA

Y

none

______ M H Jr

Son

M

W

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Y

Y

TN

TN

LA

Y

none

______ Frank W

Son

M

W

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Y

Y

TN

TN

LA

Y

none

______ James P

Son

M

W

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S

N

TN

TN

LA

Y

none

______ Mary C

Dau

F

W

3 6/12

S

N

TN

TN

LA

Y

none

4.  Hardeman County, TN, Cemeteries:  [Index to] Grand Junction Cemetery (online at the Hardeman County TNGenWeb site; contributed by Charlotte Holloway and Rose D. Greene; these readings have obviously been edited and interpreted by the compilers, so consider this a secondary source in need of verification):

Stroupe, M.H.	4 Nov 1897 - 3 Jul 1973 h/o Irene Watts Stroupe
Stroupe, Irene Watts	24 Sep 1897 - 11 Apr 1952 w/o M.H. Stroupe
Stroupe , Frank Watts	24 Jan 1922 - 22 Jul 1952 s/o M.H. & Irene Watts Stroupe

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

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued	Post-em
M H STROUPE	17 Oct 1919	06 Dec 1999 (V)	38111 (Memphis, Shelby, TN)	408-18-3985	TN	No
(V) = (Verified) Report verified with a family member or someone acting on behalf of a family member..

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