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Descendants of Robert BEALES

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869. Lela Josephine MCGRAW

CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX:
SOLLEY LELA 04/08/1890 FOWLER F ARKANSAS LOS ANGELES(70) 05/20/1965 75 yrs

Notes for LELA JOSEPHINE MCGRAW:
Lela is supposed to be part Cherokee Indian. She was born in same house as her cousin Phoebe Fowler, on same day. Lela told her children and grandchildren stories about being placed on a pony by Buffalo Bill and that she came west in a covered wagon.

She used to be a palm reader and read tarot cards before she became a Christian, after which she never played cards again.

Lela had a stroke after John died. Through prayer, she overcame her paralysis, then moved to an upstairs apartment in southern California. Later she moved in with Maxine and David Helm and lived there with David until she died. Because the Misner family moved to Idaho in April 1965, it was believed that Lela's death in May 1965 was the result of a broken heart. She was found dead in her rocking chair on the front steps.

John Augustus SOLLEY

CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX:
SOLLEY JOHN AUGUSTUS 07/08/1876 M PENNSYLVANIA TULARE 02/28/1951 74 yrs

"Gus Solley" was found in a list of names of the soldiers who served in the Spanish American War (1898-1899) in Arkansas units.

During the Spanish American War, John was wounded from a cannon which was shot off too closely to him. As a result, his eardrum was broken. John was paid pension the rest of his life.

952. Augusta SOLLEY

CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX:
STERNALL AUGUSTA 10/24/1910 MCGRAW SOLLEY F COLORADO SAN DIEGO(37) 11/06/1994 567-20-2552 84 yrs

Florence B. SCOTT

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX (Uncertain if this is the same Florence)
FLORENCE COOK 16 Sep 1885 May 1970 47804 (Terre Haute, Vigo, IN) (none specified) 307-48-9286 Indiana

Noah BUROKER

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:
NOAH BUROKER 20 Sep 1886 Jan 1968 46952 (Marion, Grant, IN) (none specified) 310-38-8503 Indiana

886. Vada Alice COOK

SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
VADA KINNEMAN 11 Feb 1890 Jul 1969 46952 (Marion, Grant, IN) (none specified) 317-28-1784 Indiana

960. Ervin HODSON

SSDI: ERVIN HODSON 26 Feb 1920 14 May 1995 75762 (Flint, Smith, TX) (none specified) 315-03-8257 Indiana

Burt B. GRIGGS

SSDI: BURT GRIGGS 14 Aug 1884 Mar 1972 50158 (Marshalltown, Marshall, IA) (none specified) 484-32-6277 Iowa

963. Maurice GRIGGS

SSDI: MAURICE GRIGGS 15 Nov 1915 Oct 1982 57105 (Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD) 57105 (Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD) 504-40-5824 South Dakota