TX Family Groupsheet for Perry DEFORD (DeFord) Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Ronald C. Nicholson Email address: Husband: Perry DeFORD / DeFord Birthdate: 01 February 1871 Birthplace: Mitchell County Iowa Death date: 18 December 1954 Place of death: (Dallas?) Texas Father: Mathew DEFORD (1832-1924) Mother: Annaliza (or Anna Eliza) ALLEN (1835-1871) Marriage date: 28 December 1897 Marriage place: Menahga, Wadena County Minnesota Wife: Ida Mae FLOWER Birthdate: April 1871 Birthplace: New York Death date: about 1906 Place of death: Oakwood Oklahoma Father: S.T. FLOWER Mother: Sarah M. UNKNOWN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Lavern R. DEFORD Sex: m Birthdate: Sep 1899 Birthplace: Hubbard County Minnesota Death date: 03 March 1950 Place of death: Pittsburg Pennsylvania Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: none Child No. 2: Claud Bennet DEFORD Sex: m Birthdate: 21 May 1903 Birthplace: Oakwood Oklahoma Death date: March 1978 Place of death: Altoona, Lake County Florida Marriage date: September 1926 Marriage place: Arkansas City Kansas Spouse's name: Frances M. PAYDEN (1908-1976) Child No. 3: Living DEORD Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: John Donald DEFORD Sex: m Birthdate: 1912 Birthplace: Oklahoma Death date: 1973? Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Unknown Documentation: SOURCES: Email conversations with Perry's daughter and C. Gerdes, US census records. NOTES: Perry was the census enumerator in 1900 for Straight River Township, Hubbard County Minnesota. He lived in Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas. He was a 32 degree Mason, member of the Shrine, served as president of the Watonga Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, and sold land in the Texas Rio Grande Valley for the Sharyland Company.