Lonnie Edgar Geary (1900 - 1942)

Born 10 Nov 1900 in Whipple Van Buren Co Arkansas

Ancestors

Died 27 Aug 1942 at age 41 in Dennard Van Buren Co Arkansas

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Biography

As many men of this time had to do Lonnie was to report to Camp Robinson in Little Rock on Aug 28th 1942. But on Aug 27th Lonnie was found dying at his home in Rumley Ar. by family members, he died about 10 minutes later. The coroner reported that poison was probably the cause of death. Lonnie was single and live at home with his elderly parents. It is said that he regretted having to leave his parents. There is a NEWSPAPER CLIPPING in "The Arkansas Gazette" Little Rock, Friday, August 28, 1942

Sources

• ["United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKKW-WND : 29 October 2015), Lonnie E Geary in household of Joe H Geary, Linn Creek, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,079.]

• ["United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNC-TJ1 : accessed 25 April 2015), Joe Garry, Union, Conway, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 271, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,058.]

• ["United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGQ-8V8 : 8 December 2015), Lonnie E Geary in entry for Joseph H Geary, 1930.]

• ["United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ2C-Q2B : accessed 2 September 2016), Lonnie Geary in household of Joe Geary, Little Texas Township, Scott, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-24, sheet 9A, family 164, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 173.]

• ["United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PT-L3N : 5 December 2014), Lonnie E Geary, enlisted 14 Aug 1942, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.]

• ["Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXW5-XVD : 27 November 2014), Lonnie Edger Geary, 1940-1945; citing Rumley, Searcy, Arkansas, United States, National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.]

• ["Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRR-CZ4 : 27 November 2014), Lonnie Edg Geary, 27 Aug 1942; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).]

• ["Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-4WVH : 13 December 2015), Lonnie E Geary, 1942; Burial, Dennard, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States of America, Dennard Cemetery; citing record ID 23657547, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=geary&GSmid=46874728&GRid=23657547&

No sources. The events of Lonnie's life were either witnessed by Sherri Posey or Sherri plans to add sources here later.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sherri Posey for creating Geary-211 on 3 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sherri and others.