Henry Howard Oaks (1888 - 1982)

Born 19 Nov 1888 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maud Ellen (Stivers) Oaks — married 13 Sep 1911 (to Apr 1961) in Nevada, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1982 at age 93 in Bernice, Union, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in 1889 in Jasper County, Illinois. He was the son of William Oaks and Elizabeth Swim.

When his parents passed away in 1904 and 1908, he and two of his younger siblings moved into their oldest sister, Eliza's, home with her husband in Arkansas.^[1]

Henry married Maud Stivers in September of 1911.^[2] They had a total of 13 children.

By 1917, they had relocated to Union Parish, Illinois, where Henry filled out a WWI Draft Registration Card, on which he claimed exemption for his dependent wife and four children at the time.^[3] Between the 1917 WWI Draft Registration and the 1942 WWII Draft Registration, his occupation was listed as farmer, self-employed.^[4]

Henry and Maud were divorced in 1961.^[5]

He passed away in 1982. His last place of residence was Fayette, Tennessee, United States.^[6]

He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Louisiana, United States.^[7]

Research Notes

Source for birth needed.

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Hope Ward 3, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: T624_52; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1374065
2. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM1Z-252 : 25 September 2017), H H Oaks and Maud S Stivers, 14 Sep 1911; citing , Nevada, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,005,248.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8G-FJ9 : 13 March 2018), Henry Howard Oaks, 1917-1918; citing Union Parish, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,685,024.
4. ↑ The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Louisiana; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147
5. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKWY-3SV : 25 December 2014), Henry H Oaks and Maud Oaks, Apr 1961; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Okaloosa, Florida, certificate 5968, volume 938, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTCS-K6N : 20 May 2014), Henry Oaks, Jul 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-8GNG : 13 December 2015), Henry Howard Oaks, 1982; Burial, Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Pine Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 8476319, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Previously compiled information, as passed down to Goodnight, Melissa.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWX-MBH : accessed 9 June 2018), Henry Oaks in household of William Oaks, North Muddy Township Wheeler vill., Jasper, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 18A, family 334, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,308.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTM-GNG : accessed 9 June 2018), Henry H Oaks, Police Jury Ward 04, Union, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 16A, line 7, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 819; FHL microfilm 2,340,554.