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• familyserch.org ID: GZ7J-VJ4
• Name: Joe
• Created: 13 Apr 2023

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Joe L. McDowell, 75, of Fruitland, a prominent farmer and cattleman, passed away Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 1, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, to Roy and Roberta Stevenson McDowell. He and Erma McLain were married April 6, 1958, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9:30 a.m. to time of service Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...

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• familyserch.org ID: K4K4-RCS
• Created: 11 Jul 2022

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Married Jeffie Randol April 13, 1929 at Benton, Missouri.
Married Roberta Stevenson Oct. 12, 1935 at Perryville, Missouri.

World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Roy Eli McDowell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1904
Birth Place: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Residence Place: Fruitland, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Fruitland, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Employer: Self
Height: 5 8
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Roy McDowell

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Roy married Roberta Louise Stevenson on 12 Oct 1935 in Perryville, Perry County, Missouri, United States. Roberta (daughter of Hugh Roy Stevenson and Lulu Emma Gladish) was born on 07 Feb 1915 in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 17 Jun 2004 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Roberta McDowell


Roberta Louise "Patty" McDowell, 89, of Jackson died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Monticello House.
She was born Feb. 7, 1915, at Shawneetown, daughter of Hugh Roy and Lulu Gladish Stevenson. She and Roy E. McDowell were married Oct. 12, 1935. He died Jan. 23, 1972.

McDowell was a graduate of the former Fruitland High School. She was a former member of Byrd Creek Neighborhood Club.

Survivors include a son, Joe McDowell of Fruitland; a daughter, Katherine Seabaugh of Jackson; a brother, John Stevenson of Denair, Calif., twin brother, Robert Stevenson of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.

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• familyserch.org ID: KL8N-49N
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Apple Creek Church Records pg 60 - ancestry.com - listed as Leroy Stevenson


Died:
H. R. Stevenson dies

FRUITLAND – H. R. Stevenson of Fruitland, 92 years old, died at this home at 9:10 Thursday morning.

Mr. Stevenosn was born Jan. 2, 1885, in Shawneetown, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Stevenson. He graduated from SEMO State University in Cape Girardeau in 1907, and then taught school in Cape and Perry counties.

Mr. Stevenson was active in community affairs, being one of the organizers of the Farm Bureau, and served its president for many years. He also was active in the formation of the Southeast Missouri Soil Conservation District, and was a past president of the Citizens Mutual Insurance Co.

Mr. Stevenson was a member of the Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge No. 221 of Oak Ridge, receiving his 50 year pin on Oct. 24, 1970.

On Jun 24, 1908, he was married to Miss Lulu Gladish, who died in 1967.

Surviving: Sons, Gladish Stevenson, Albuquerque, N.M., Meredith Stevenson, Fruitland, John Stevenson, Denair, Calif., and Robert Stevenson, Jacksonville, Fla.; daughter, Mrs. Roberta McDowell, Fruitland; brother, Dr. A.L. Stevenson, Warrensburg, 16 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

A Masonic funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson, conducted bythe Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge No. 221 of Oak Ridge. Burial will be in Memorial Park, Cape Girardeau.

Members of the lodge will serve as pallbearers.

Friend may call at the funeral home after 2 this afternoon.


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Hugh married Lulu Emma Gladish on 24 Jun 1908 in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Lulu (daughter of John Leander Gladish and Louisa Katherine Strong) was born on 17 Oct 1881 in Millersville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 18 Sep 1967 in Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: LVS5-SBZ
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Mrs. H. R. Stevenson

FRUITLAND -- Mrs. H. Roy Stevenson, 85 years old, died Sunday afternoon at 3:20 at the family home in Fruitland.

Mrs. Stevenson, the former Miss Lulu Gladish, was born Oct. 17, 1881 near Millersville.
Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Gladish.

On June 24, 1908, she was married to Mr. Stevenson in the Gladish home.

They lived in the Shawneetown community until 1941 when they moved to Fruitland.

She is survived by her husband, four sons: Roy Stevenson and Meredith Stevenson, Albuquerque, N. M., John Stevenson, Denair, Calif., and Robert Stevenson, Jacksonville, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Roberta McDowell, Fruitland; a brother, Leemon Gladish, Jackson; 19 grandchildren and 9 great-greandchildren.

The body is at the Creacraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson, where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 by the Rev. Loren Wolfe.

Interment will be in Memorial Park.


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• familyserch.org ID: KHTK-MXS
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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A.C Stevenson, 90, Dies at Fruitland; Native of County

Jackson, Oct. 26.

Alpheus C. Stevenson, 90 years old, died at the home of is son, Roy, in Fruitland at 2:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon. He had been critically ill for several weeks, suffering from ailments incident to advanced age. The body was brought to the Wilson-Statler-Seabaugh Funeral Home, where the funeral services were held this afternoon by Rev. J. T. Cherry of Cape Girardeau, an old friend of the family. Burial was at the Old Apple Creek Cemetery with the Putz and Reisenbichler Undertaking Co. in charge.

Born near New Wells in 1852, the son of pioneers, Mr. Stevenson lived his entire life in this county. He was a community leader, a progressive farmer and a schoolteacher. As a teacher he served at New Wells and at Liberty No. 1 several terms, but farming was his principal occupation. He was married to Julia Boren on Jan. 6, 1876. She died July 12 this year. After retiring from active farming, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson moved from the farm to Pocahontas in 1923, where they lived until April this year when Mrs. Stevenson was stricken with paralysis. Since that time Mr. Stevenson had lived with his son in Fruitland. He was a deacon in the Old Apple Creek Presbyterian Church 30 years, and held minor positions of honor and trust in the community where he lived 70 years.

He is survived by three sons, Maple O. Stevenson of Ferguson, Dr. A. L. Stevenson of Warrensburg, and H. Roy Stevenson of Fruitland, nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie McNeely of Cape Girardeau.

Alpheus married Julia Margaret Boren on 06 Jan 1876 in Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. Julia (daughter of Hiram E Boren and Barbara Caroline Garner) was born on 03 Jan 1854 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 12 Jul 1942 in Fruitland, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: KZV9-NYQ
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Julia Stevenson

Jackson, July 13.

Mrs. Julia Stevenson, 88 years old, died of a complication of ailments incident to advanced age, at the home of her son, H. Roy Stevenson, of Fruitland, Sunday at 10:30 a. m. The body will remain at the Wilson-Statler-Seabough Funeral home untile for theservice which will be held at Old Apple Creek Church near Pocahontas at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday. Rev J. T. Cherry will be in charge and interment will be in the cemetery near the church.

Mrs. Stevenson, whose maiden name was Boren, was born near New Wells, June 3, 1854. She was married to A. C. Stevenson Jan. 6, 1876. The family lived on a farm near Shawneetown, until Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson retired and purchased a home in Pocahontas wherethey lived until recently when they went to the home of their son in Fruitland.

Besides her husband, who is 90 years old, she is survived by the sons, H. Roy Stevenson of Fruitland, Dr. A. L. Stevenson of Warrensburg, and M. O. Stevenson of Ferguson, nine grandchildren, and eight grandchildren.

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• Created: 09 Sep 2014

John + Louisa Katherine Strong. Louisa (daughter of Augusta Strong and Levina Katherine Helderman) was born on 02 Mar 1855 in Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States; died on 27 Jul 1925 in Millersville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: 9QNR-6PP
• Name: Gladish
• Created: 09 Sep 2014