Beatrice June (Shacklette) Hall (1906 - 1972)

Born 26 Aug 1906 in Houston, Texas, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Hall — married about 1935 in Texas, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1972 at age 65 in Center, Shelby, Texas, United States

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Biography

Beatrice June was born 26 August 1906 in Bucyrus, Texas, Missouri ^[1] toThomas Richard Redd Shacklette Mabel Williams. She was the first child of their marriage, but both had been married and widowed before, with children, so she was more like a middle child. ^[2]

She was married February 9, 1924 while still in high school, at the age of 17 to Dale Moberly, at the home of her parents in Robineaux, Missouri. ^[3]. ^[4]

Their first daughter, Bonnie Moberly was born nine months later, followed in the next few years by two more daughters, Meribel Moberly and Mildred Moberly. Beatrice was a stay at home mother while her husband worked as an attorney.

In the fall of 1929 her husband asked her to file immediately for a divorce so he could marry his stenographer. She did and he did. Within two weeks of his second marriage, he died from a gunshot wound to his stomach which was supposedly suicide (see Dale Moberly ; more of the story in his profile, with newspaper articles.

Until her marriage to Frank Hall in late 1935 or early 1937, (see Research Notes) Beatrice listed herself on census reports as "widowed". She told one of her grand-daughters later in life that just before his death, her husband had told her he wanted to return to their marriage and she had agreed. ^[5]

It is possible that the hasty divorce and marriage came about because he thought his new bride was pregnant and then found out she was not (no children came from the marriage), and that the discussion of this was what led to his death.

As he lay dying, he willed his property and money to his 3 daughters, aged 5, 2 and 1. With no money and no work experience, Beatrice soon lost custody of the children to her ex-husband's large family. She put herself through secretarial school. ^[5]

Beatrice lived in Missouri for several years. She can be seen living as Beatrice Moberly until 1935, then after her marriage to Frank, the couple can be seen in city directory in Missouri in 1939. They were still in Springfield in 1940, ^[6], but moved to Bentonville, Arkansas by 1950 ^[7] and were in Lubbock, Texas later ^[8] At some time they moved to Shelby County, Texas and lived there until their deaths. No children came from their union.

Beatrice was an artist. She died of breast cancer in 1972. ^[5] She was buried in Oaklawn Memorial Park Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA ^[9]

Research Notes

No marriage records have been found for Beatrice and Frank Hall, but research indicates they married between 1935 and 1936, based on Springfield, Missouri City Directory. In 1935, Beatrice is listed as Moberly.

Record details Name Mrs Beatrice J Moberly Gender Female Residence Year 1935 Street Address 931 N National Residence Place Springfield, Missouri, USA Occupation Clerk Publication Title Springfield, Missouri, City Directory, 1935^[10]

In the 1936 Directory, she's married to Frank Hall and apparently no longer working.

Name: Beatrice Hall Gender: Female Residence Year: 1936 Street Address: 214 W Thoman Residence Place: Springfield, Missouri, USA Spouse: Frank W Hall Publication Title: Springfield, Missouri, City Directory, 1936 ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36P-8JW : 20 February 2021), Beatrice June Hall, 16 Aug 1972; citing certificate number 95214, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,196.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMH-YTP : accessed 16 September 2022), Beatrice Shacklett in household of Thomas R Shacklett, Upton, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 114, sheet 11B, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 826; FHL microfilm 1,374,839.
3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109689799/the-houston-herald/?xid=637 Source information, Newspapers.com - The Houston Herald - 14 Feb 1924 - Page 1 Publisher; The Houston Herald, Publisher date,14 Feb 1924, Publisher location:Houston, Missouri. Repository information: (www.newspapers.com)
4. ↑ Transcription of text in document Marriage between D.E. Moberly of Houston, Texas County, Missouri who is over the age of twenty-one years, and Beatrice June Shacklette of Theron, Texas County, Missouri, who is under the age of eighteen years. "By consent of father of Beatrice June Shacklette). Witnessed by Carl White, Recorder of Deeds on 9th February 1924. Further certified by Minister of the Gospel Hiram W Craig on 10th February 1924, at Theron, who married the two. "The foregoing Certificate of Marriage was filed for Record in my office on the 11th day of Feb A.D. 1924."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} First-hand information as remembered by one of her grand-daughters, Annie Blanchard, Friday, March 20, 2015.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Q8-24Y : 28 February 2020), Beatrice Hall in household of Frank W Hall, Ward 4, Springfield, Campbell Township, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-8, sheet 17A, line 40, family 583, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census
7. ↑ (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62308/images/43290879-Arkansas-063937-0012?pId=32184553) United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: 1659; Sheet Number: 11; Enumeration District: 4-52
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/395405439:2469?ssrc=pt&tid=82089441&pid=32459988526), Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84528935/beatrice-june-hall: accessed 16 September 2022), memorial page for Beatrice June Shacklette Hall (26 Aug 1906–16 Aug 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84528935, citing Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA, Garden of Daisies plot
10. ↑ Title: Springfield, Missouri, City Directory, 1935, Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. p 225
11. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. p. 163.