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*********AGE 2 WHEN MOTHER DAISY DIES ABT 1898 **************

REF: 1900 CENSUS COCKE CO. TENN LIVING WITH FATHER (NO MOTHER) & AUNT MARGARET WHITAKER AGE 3 BORN OCT 1896 TENNESSEE

REF: 1910 CENSUS ALLEN CO. KANSAS LIVING WITH FATHER & STEP MOTHER AGE 13

REF: 1916 IOLA CITY, KANSAS DIRECTORY
ALL BELOW RESIDED AT 101 S. OHIO
DAISY - HELPER
EUGENE - FURNACEMAN U. S. SMELTING CO.
SAMUEL S. (MARY E.) LABORER U. S. SMELTING CO.

REF: MARRIAGE LICENSE State of Arkansas, County of Sebastian, Fort Smith, District (copy in my possession) 8 Jan 1917
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to solemnize the rite and publish the bans of Matrimony between Mr. Eugene Whitaker of Ft. Smith, in the County of Sebastian, State of ARK, aged 21 years, and Miss Flossie Marple of Ft. Smith, in the County of Sebastian, State of ARK, aged 20 years, according to law, and do you officially sign and return this License to the parties herein named.
Witness my hand and official seal, this 8 day of Jan, 1917
R. O. McConnell, County Clerk By Luther Hopkins, Deputy Clerk

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
State of Arkansas County of Sebastian
I, Cleveland Holland, do hereby certify that on the 8 day of Jan, 1917, I did, duly and according to law, as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the right and publish the bans of Matrimony between the parties therein named.
Witness my hand this 8 day of Jan, 1917
Cleveland Holland, County Judge (signature) Filed for record this 11 day of Jan 1917
By Luther Hopkins, Deputy Clerk (signature) R. O. McConnell, County Clerk (signature)

REF: RECORD OF BIRTHS, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PG 71, located at the City Clerk's Office, Iola, Kansas (copy in my possession)
Birth #223 Father's name: J. E. WHITAKER
Child's Name: DONALD B. WHITAKER
Residence: Iola, Kansas
Mother's Name: FLOSSIE B. GARDNER
Date of Birth: 10-26-17 (1917) White Male
Dr. Mitchell

World War I Draft Registration Allen Co Kansas 5 June 1918
Joseph Eugene Whitaker 7 Oct 1896 born Galveston, Texas age 21
father's birthplace Partsville, Tennessee
301 N 3rd St, Iola, KS
employer J B Kish Iola, KS
gray eyes dark brown hair medium build medium height
nearest relative Flossie Whitaker
signed Joseph Eugene Whitaker

REF: DEATH CERTIFICATE #201-306 State of Kansas, State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death (copy in my possession)
Place of Death: County Allen
City of Iola Registered No. 31
Full Name: EUGENE WHITTAKER
Residence: 621 N. Oak
Sex: Male
Color or Race: White
Single, Married, Widowed or Divorce: M
If married, widowed, or divorced Husband of MARRIED
Date of Birth: (Blank)
Age Years: 25
Occupation of deceased: PIPELINE WORKER
Birthplace: TEXAS
Name of Father: S. S. Whittaker
Birthplace of Father: Tenn
Maiden Name of Mother: Diasy Braucher
Birthplace of Mother: Tenn
Informant: S. S. Whittaker
Address: Iola
Date of Death Mar 31, 1919
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Mar 23, 1919 to Mar 31, 1919, that I last saw him alive on Mar 31st, 1919 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1 A.M.
Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia
Contributory: Influenza
Where was disease contracted: At place of death
Did operation precede death? NO Was there an autopsy? NO What test confirmed diagnosis? None Signed: A. J. Fulton, M.D. Iola, Kansas
Place of Burial: Iola April 1, 1919
Undertaker: A. K. SLEEPER, Iola, Kansas

FUNERAL NOTICE, IOLA, KANSAS NEWSPAPER 31 Mar 1919
Eugene Whitaker, age twenty five died at his home, 621 North Oak Street this morning at 1 a. m. of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at the home tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Iola cemetery.

IOLA, KANSAS REGISTER NEWSPAPER 3 April 1919
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness and sympathy during our sad bereavement - also for the beautiful flowers - Mrs. Eugene Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Whitaker and Family, Mrs. Ella Gardner and Family.

REF: Received 1992 from Vada Bell Parks, wife of Donald Bruce Whitaker Parks
The City of Iola, Kansas 17 April 1962(Copy in my possession)
Office of City Clerk
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that the following information is recorded on the Mortality Record Book on file in my office at the City Hall, Iola, Kansas:
Reg. No. 31 Name of Deceased: Eugene Whitaker Place of Death: Iola, Kansas Date of Death 3-31-19 Date of Interment: 4-1-19 Sex: Male Color: White Cause of Death: Pneumonia Attend Phys. Fulton Place of Interment: Iola Undertaker: Sleeper

Witness my hand and the seal of said City this 17th day of April, 1962. C. Perkins (signature) City Clerk

REF: Record of Mortality, Allen County, Kansas Pg 68 No. 31 (copy in my possession)
Gives all the above information, plus Buried Section 4, Lot 18, Row 6

REF: PERSONAL VISIT OF CAROLYN WHITAKER TO CEMETERY IN IOLA, ALLEN CO. KANSAS - NO HEADSTONE 1992
REF: OLD IOLA CEMETERY RECORDS, ALLEN CO. KANSAS - UNMARKED GRAVE
Cemetery is located just west of Iola, Kansas

REF: Adoption of Clarence Ugene Whitaker, Washington Co. Oklahoma
1 Dec 1919 RELINQUISHMENT TO KANSAS CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SON, CLARENCE UGENE WHITAKER(ADOPTION CHANGED NAME TO CHARLES EUGENE OYLER) BORN 11 SEPT 1919, IOLA, ALLEN CO. KANSAS BY FLOSSIE BERNICE (GARDNER) WHITAKER HIS MOTHER. NAMES FATHER UGENE WHITAKER IS DECEASED. 1 DEC 1919

REF: UNCLE KENNETH "SKEET" WHITAKER - WHEN UGENE WAS A YOUNG BOY HE WAS INJURED, AND WORE A LEG BRACE.

• Married: 8 Jan 1917 in Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas

1. Donald Bruce Whitaker Parks (Adopted) b: 26 Oct 1917 in Iola, Allen Co., Kansas
2. Charles Eugene Oyler Adopted b: 11 Sep 1919 in 621 N. Oak, Iola, Allen Co., Kansas