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Alma Ruth Laswell
1900 - 1986 (85 years)
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Name Alma Ruth Laswell Birth 28 Jul 1900 Marengo, Crawford, Indiana 
Gender Female Death 1 May 1986 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana Burial 5 May 1986 Grandview Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana Person ID I121 Yatesville History & Genealogy Last Modified 15 Nov 2017
Father David Sherman Laswell, b. 26 Oct 1869, Crawford, Indiana d. 10 Aug 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 70 years) Mother Emma Eva Clingman, b. 18 Sep 1868, Winterset, Madison, Iowa d. 9 Jul 1905, Crawford, Indiana (Age 36 years) Marriage 29 Apr 1889 Galesburg, Knox, Illinois Notes - Married in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. (Marriage Certificates 1830-1922 Knox County IL Clerk of the Superior Court. Film # 141055 Batch # 537837) Marriage license states David Laswell's parents gave their assent to the marriage as David was 19 years old and under age. David is listed as a merchant from Taswell, Crawford County, Indiana. Emma is shown to be a resident of Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. The witnesses to the marriage were John J. Morgan and Emma's sister, Mary H. Morgan. The marriage took place at the Knox County Court House.
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laswell,sistersf23_1.jpg Family ID F23 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alonzo Bernett Barbee, b. 11 Mar 1892, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana d. 1 Feb 1955, Brazil, Clay, Indiana (Age 62 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1919 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana Children 1. Helen Louise Barbee, b. 18 Dec 1920, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana d. 24 Mar 1954, Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 33 years)2. Harold Lawrence Barbee, b. 26 Oct 1922, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana d. 3 Oct 1987, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 64 years)3. Donald Lee Barbee, b. 8 Feb 1929, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana d. 22 Feb 1929, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 0 years)4. Darold Dean Barbee, b. 6 Jan 1931, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana d. 11 Mar 1980, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana (Age 49 years)Family ID F128 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Jan 2023
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Notes - Tribune Star, May 2, 1986: ALMA RUTH LASWELL BARBEE " Alma Ruth Laswell Barbee. 85, of 729 S. 16th St. died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Union Hospital. She was a homemaker. She was born July 28, 1900, in Indiana to David Laswell and Eva Clingman Laswell. Her husband, Alonzo, died in 1955. Survivors include one son, Harold Barbee of Apache Junction, Ariz., 12 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Memorial services are scheduled for 7 pm. Monday in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness at 2400 S. 25 St., with Brother Leroy Taylor officiating. Cremation is scheduled. Burial is in Grandview Cemetery. There is no visitation. Mattox Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements."
According to the records at Grandview Cemetery, the graves of Ruth and Alonzo are found in Section 2, Lot 117. The sale date was 2/24/29 for $25 and there are 8 graves in the lot. Buried in the graves are: Donald Barbee, 19d. 2/25/29, David Sherman Laswell, 70, 8/13/40, Alonzo Barbee, 62, 2/4/55, Darold Dean Barbee, 49, 3/13/80, and Alma Ruth Barbee, 85, 5/5/86.
- Tribune Star, May 2, 1986: ALMA RUTH LASWELL BARBEE " Alma Ruth Laswell Barbee. 85, of 729 S. 16th St. died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Union Hospital. She was a homemaker. She was born July 28, 1900, in Indiana to David Laswell and Eva Clingman Laswell. Her husband, Alonzo, died in 1955. Survivors include one son, Harold Barbee of Apache Junction, Ariz., 12 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Memorial services are scheduled for 7 pm. Monday in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness at 2400 S. 25 St., with Brother Leroy Taylor officiating. Cremation is scheduled. Burial is in Grandview Cemetery. There is no visitation. Mattox Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements."
