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LeRoy Manford Whitson

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• • Grandfather of Peggy Whitson — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Francis Franklin Whitson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Johnson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Aug 1905 
  • Birth Location:
  • Beaconsfield, Ringgold, Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • Sep 1983 
  • Death Location:
  • Beaconsfield, Ringgold, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ellston Cemetery, Union Township, Ringgold, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alice Dorathea Scott
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Jul 1929 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Creston, Union, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Earl Keith Whitson (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for LeRoy Manford Whitson

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Ringgold County, 1940, Union, E.D. 80-27, Sheet 4B, Image 9 of 13.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/30/2023).
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940, Birth certificate for son Earl Keith Whitson.
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage certificate for Le Roy Whitson and Alice Scott.
  • ⁵ The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), 19 SEP 1983, p. 12, Death notice for LeRoy Whitson.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Leroy Whitson.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for LeRoy Manford Whitson.

Peggy Whitson photo by Bill Stafford (CC BY-SA 3.0)