Herbert GAINES
Ethel M. MAYBERRY

Husband:  Herbert GAINES
Birth:  20 Apr 1907, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Death:  Dec 1964, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Burial:  Dec 1964, Ezell Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Father:  James Oscar GAINES
Mother:  Zelma GILLIS

Marriage:     30 Apr 1930, Stoddard Co., Missouri   

Wife:  Ethel M. MAYBERRY
Birth:  23 Jul 1906, Castor Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri 
Death:  28 Aug 1951, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri
Burial:  Aug 1951, Ezell Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Father:  George Washington MAYBERRY
Mother:  Nancy Anna BLOCKER

Children:   
1. Harold Gene GAINES, b: 7 May 1931, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                     d: 11 May 1931, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                  bur: Ezell Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
2. Norma Y. GAINES (Whitman), b: 1 Jul 1932, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
                                              d: 23 Dec 2005, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                           bur: Ezell Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
3. Marilyn GAINES (Abernathy), b: 1935, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
4. (Undetermined) GAINES, d: 14 Sep 1936, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
5. (Undetermined) GAINES, d: 14 Sep 1936, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
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Notes:    
The two youngest children were aborted at 3 moths gestation and were buried in the family garden.

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_2159-0444, Page 215B), Dexter Ward 2, Stoddard Co., Missouri,
                                                                          Enumeration District: 104-12, Enumeration Date: 12-Apr-1940, Family #190

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Sources:    
1) Death - Wife:  St. Louis City Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #28251 (shows birth as 1908)
2) Death - Child #1:  Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #20288
3) Death - Child #4 & 5:  Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #49149 & #49150