Benjamin Isom STROUD
Blanch Permelia STANSBERRY

Husband:  Benjamin Isom STROUD
Birth:  5 Feb 1892, Wayne City, Wayne Co., Illinois
Death:  20 Nov 1971, Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri
Burial:  Nov 1971, Triplett Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
(stone shows birth of 1886)
Father:  Charles Green STROUD
Mother:  Sarah E. BOSWELL

Marriage:    28 Jun 1914, Stoddard Co., Missouri    

Wife:  Blanch Permelia STANSBERRY
Birth:  19 Jan 1899, Charleston, Mississippi Co., Missouri
Death:  28 Sep 1939, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Burial:  Sep 1939, Triplett Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Father:  James W. STANSBERRY
Mother:  Rosa Bertha BARNETT

Children:   
1. Ora Lee STROUD, b: 21 Nov 1915, Elk Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri
                               d: 12 Jan 1993, Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri
                             bur: Essex Cemetery, Essex, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
2. Elsie Louise STROUD
(Hunter/Jones), b: 22 Apr 1917, Elk Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                                       d: 28 Sep 1984, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California
3. Margaret L. STROUD
(Jordan/Simmons), b: 28 Feb 1919 Elk Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                                           d: 19 Sep 1972, Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri
                                                         bur: Triplett Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
4. Velma STROUD, b: 1920 Elk Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri
5. Lillian G. STROUD
(Simmons), b: 5 Jun 1923, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
                                              d: 26 Apr 1989, Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri
6. Carl Green STROUD, b: 21 May 1926, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
                                   d: 27 Sep 1985, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama
                                bur: Cahaba Heights Baptist Church Cemetery, Vestavia, Jefferson Co., Alabama
7. Maxine STROUD
(Stark), b: 4 Mar 1929, Windsor Twp., Shelby Co., Illinois
8. Roy Thomas STROUD, b: 10 Mar 1934, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                                      d: 26 Jun 1983, Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri
                                   bur: Triplett Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri 
9. Betty STROUD, b: 1936, Stoddard Co., Missouri
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Notes:    

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0964, Page 104A), Elk Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 208, Enumeration Date: 29-Jan-1920, Family #273

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 STROUD, Benjamin

 Head

M

29

M

IL

IL

IL

 Farmer

     

                 Blanche

 Wife

F

21

M

KY(MO)

KY

KY

 None

     

                 Ora

 Son

M

5

S

MO

IL

KY

 None

   

                 Elsie

 Daughter

F

2y5m

S

MO

IL

KY

 None

   

                 Margarette

 Daughter

F

11m

S

MO

IL

KY

 None

     

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0561, Page 277A), Windsor Twp., Shelby Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 42, Enumeration Date: 10-Apr-1930, Family #39

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 STROUD, Ben

 Head

M

37

M

22

IL

IL

IL

 

 Farm Laborer

                Blanch

 Wife

F

30

M

15

KY

KY

KY

 

 None

                Oralee

 Son

M

14

S

 

MO

IL

KY

X

 None

                Elsie

 Daughter

F

12

S

 

MO

IL

KY

X

 None

                Margaret

 Daughter

F

11

S

 

MO

IL

KY

X

 None

                Velma

 Daughter

F

10

S

 

MO

IL

KY

X

 None

                Lillian

 Daughter

F

7

S

 

IL

IL

KY

X

 None

                Carl

 Son

M

5

S

 

IL

IL

KY

 

 None

                Maxine

 Daughter

F

2m

S

 

IL

IL

KY

 

 None

                Tom

 Nephew

M

19

S

 

MO

IL

IL

 

 Farm Laborer

1940 Federal Census Data (T626_2132, Page 507B), Morehouse, New Madrid Co., Missouri,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 72-35, Enumeration Date: 6-Apr-1940, Family #135

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

In
Sch

Gr.
Cmp.

POB

Occupation / Industry

 STROUD, Ben

 Head

M

51

W

 

0

IL

 Farm Laborer

                Carl

 Son

M

15

S

X

4

MO (IL)

  

                Maxine

 Daughter

F

10

S

X

3

MO (IL)

  

                Roy Thompson

 Son

M

5

S

 

0

MO

  

                Betty

 Daughter

F

3

S

 

0

MO

  

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Sources:    
1) Marriage:  Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Marriages, Vol. 12, Page 199
2) Death - Wife:  Butler County Missouri Vital Statistics - Marriages, Cert. #031973