ALLEN HARGIS-6
BOBO
Gathering at Bobo Store
(L - R) Marie Bobo, Othalia, Chas. & Velma S., Minnie Allen & Mary, Ernest, Grandma L.J. McCorkell, Harry & Mae Conley, Otto Bobo, Vera & Chas. holding Margaret S.
[ALLEN HARGIS-6 (1863), ALLEN HOLT BOBO-5 (1819), WILLIS-4 (1782), SAMPSON-3 (1737), SPENSER-2 (ca 1705), GABRIEL BOBO-1] ALLEN HARGIS BOBO, b 6 Oct 1863 (Warren, AR), L (<1892 AR, ca 1861/66 TX, 1891/93 Indian Terr., 1893 Ft. Smith, AR, ca 1898/1903 MO, 1903/10 NV & >1910 CA), O (Farmer & Hunter; Newspaper carrier: 1900-03 Joplin Missouri Daily Globe, route manager Reno Nevada Evening Gazette & news agent San Francisco Bulletin in Reno & 1923-25 delivered the Press in La Sierra (Riverside Co., CA)), [d 17 Jul 1950 (Riverside, Riverside Co., CA), bur Olivewood Cem; m1 ELLA FRANCES ("Fannie") WILLIAMSON 2 Aug 1886 (Sebastian Co., AR [b ca 1870 (MO), dau of Mr. & Ann (Wright) Williamson and sister of Lucy Ann Hastings, d Aug 1898 (Joplin, MO), bur Fairview Cem]; m2 MINNIE SHERMAN KETCHUM 25 Sep 1900 (Joplin, Jasper Co., MO) [b 26 Feb 1875 (Marble Hill, MO), dau of Col. Asa Calkins (Attorney & Judge) & Lillias Jacinth (BURTON) Ketchum, Educ (Joplin Business College), O (owner General Store "Bobo's Confectionery"), d 1 Aug 1947 (Riverside, CA), bur Olivewood Cem]. [Also Reference: http://hometown.aol.com/asaketchum/index.html/]
Two Bobo Families
Grandma Ketchum-McCorkell, Mary (3), Herbert (5), Allen Johnson (5), Rose Marie Johnson (8), Lester (8),
Alberta Johnson (10), Ernest (10), Vera (15), Bertha (Bobo) Johnson (30) & Velma Conley-Bobo (15)
[L to R]
Children:
1F BERTHA MEMORA, b 11 Oct 1887 (Cavanaugh, Sebastian Co., AR), (by Allen & Ella)
2M LUTHER, b Nov 1988 (Colman farm, near Ft. Smith, AR), d (poss Jan/Feb) 1989 (near Cavanaugh AR)
3M OTTO WILLIAMSON, b 28 Oct 1890 (Cavanaugh, AR)
0F VELMA LOUISE CONLEY, b 1902 ('Adopted - Minnie (Ketchum) Bobo's niece)
4F VERA LORENA, b 8 Jun 1902 (Joplin, MO) (by Allen & Minnie)
5M ERIC ALLEN, b 16 Feb 1905 (Reno, Washoe Co., NV), d 10 Aug 1907 (Reno, NV), bur Mountain View Cem (C2-101-4, Cottonwood Lawn)
6M ERNEST KETCHUM, b 15 Oct 1906 (Reno, NV)
7M LESTER IRWIN, b 1 Jan 1909 (Reno, NV)
8M HERBERT PRYOR, b 17 Apr 1912 (San Diego, San Diego Co., CA), O (Broker: Potatoes/Onions; ret'd 1989), L (Los Angeles & San Pedro, CA), Social (founding member L.A. Golf Assoc. & member Elks Club 54 yrs), d 26 Aug 1991, age 79, cremated; m1 MARY HELEN MONTOYA 18 Sep 1936 (Reno, NV) [b 7 Nov 1914 (Mexico), dau of Federico Montoya of Chihuahua, Mexico, naturalized 13 Mar 1932, d 19 May 1981 (San Pedro, CA), cremated 21 May 1981 Green Hills Mem. Park (San Pedro, CA); sig other-2 IVA ADAMS [secretary & companion] aft1981 (she d 21 Oct 1995 (Torrance, CA), prob cremated)
A young Herbert Bobo and later, Herb & Helen (Montoya) Bobo in retirement.
9F MARY LILLIAS ANN, b 13 Mar 1914 (San Diego, CA)
