Person:Ben Mounts (5)

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Tag recognised but not supported Line 34276: 3 _JUST The certicate uses the name Ben Caroll Mounts, which I am fairly sure is a mistake, as I've never seen that spelling used elsewhere. Tag recognised but not supported Line 35046: 3 _JUST Source states the date of death, but not the location. Tag recognised but not supported Line 35053: 3 _JUST Supplies death date but not location.

1. ↑ Birth Certificate - Missouri
   Ben Caroll Mounts, 10 February 1918.

   I have a copy of this in my files.
   
   Place of birth
   
   County of: Jackson
   Township of: Kaw
   City of: Kansas City, Mo
   No.: Christian Church Hospital
   
   Full name of child: Ben Caroll[sic] Mounts
   
   Sex of child: Male
   Legitimate: Yes
   Date of birth: Feb. 10, Sunday, 1918
   
   Father, Full Name: Mr. Ben Foraker Mounts
   P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
   Color or race: White
   Age at last birthday: 29
   Birthplace: Indiana
   Occupation: Carpenter
   
   Mother, Full Maiden Name: Mrs. Mabel Bennett Mounts
   P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
   Color or race: White
   Age at last birthday: 25
   Birthplace: Canton, Mo.
   Occupation: Housewife
   
   Number of child of this mother: 1
   Number of children, of this mother, now living: ___
   Born at full term: Yes
   
   I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child, who was: Born alive at 10 AM.
   Signature: Terry E. Lilly, Physician
   Address: 610 [illegible] building
   Filed Feb. 24, 1918, Ada Irmas, Registrar

2. ↑ Social Security Card Application
   Ben Carol Mounts, 7 November 1945.

   Employee's first name: Ben
   Middle name: Carol
   Last name: Mounts
   725-14-7222
   Street and number: General delivery
   Post office: Marshall, Mo.
   Date of birth: February 10, 1918
   Place of birth: Kansas City, Jackson, Mo.
   Father's full name: Ben Foraker Mounts
   Mother's full maiden name: Mable (none) Bennett
   Sex: Male
   Color: White
   Typed by: M-K-T of T RR
   Date issued: 11-7-45

3. ↑ Birth Certificate - Missouri
   Ben Caroll Mounts, 10 February 1918.

   I have a copy of this in my files.
   
   Place of birth
   
   County of: Jackson
   Township of: Kaw
   City of: Kansas City, Mo
   No.: Christian Church Hospital
   
   Full name of child: Ben Caroll[sic] Mounts
   
   Sex of child: Male
   Legitimate: Yes
   Date of birth: Feb. 10, Sunday, 1918
   
   Father, Full Name: Mr. Ben Foraker Mounts
   P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
   Color or race: White
   Age at last birthday: 29
   Birthplace: Indiana
   Occupation: Carpenter
   
   Mother, Full Maiden Name: Mrs. Mabel Bennett Mounts
   P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
   Color or race: White
   Age at last birthday: 25
   Birthplace: Canton, Mo.
   Occupation: Housewife
   
   Number of child of this mother: 1
   Number of children, of this mother, now living: ___
   Born at full term: Yes
   
   I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child, who was: Born alive at 10 AM.
   Signature: Terry E. Lilly, Physician
   Address: 610 [illegible] building
   Filed Feb. 24, 1918, Ada Irmas, Registrar

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Saline County Historical Society. History of Saline County. (1967)
   Nazarene - Charles E. Baldwin.

   History of Saline County - 1967
   
   Nazarene
   By Charles E. Baldwin
   
   Introduction
   
   There is only one Church of the Nazarene in Saline county, Missouri. It is located in the city of Marshall. Immediately following the close of World War II, the Church of the Nazarene, with international headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., began a world-wide expansion program. New foreign mission fields were entered and new churches were started in cities and towns across the United States.
   
   The Kansas City District of this church includes the western half of the state of Missouri. During the latter half of the 1940s, the district superintendent, Dr. Jarrette Aycock, passed through Marshall many times while driving to other cities. Expressing a deep desire to start a new church in Marshall, Dr. Aycock came a number of times in search of suitable property for a beginning. Finally the old Lutheran church at the corner of English and Morgan streets was purchasd by the Home Mission interests of the Kansas City District of the Church of the Nazarene. The purchase was financed by the Wood and Huston bank. There were n members or prospects, just a building and a desire to share the message of Bible holiness in the Wesleyan doctrine of entire sanctification.
   
   Founding the Church
   
   With suitable property in which to hold services little time was lost in getting started. Soon Rev. James W. Weeks, who was to be the first pastor, moved in to the residence of 422 North Jefferson. One Sunday morning of June 12, 1949, the first service was held in the Marshall Church of the Nazarene. Prior to this beginning, announcements had been given in the newspaper to the effect that a new Nazarene church would be staring soon. The first service was attended by Reverend Weeks and his family, a Mr. Austin from Slater, Mo., and Mrs. Lorene Murdock and daughter, Phyllis.
   
   On the last Sunday in August of 1949 the church was officially organized with 13 charter members being received. At the end of the fiscal year for the church (July 30) there were reported 13 members and an average Sunday school attendance of 29. During that summer period Evangelist and Mrs. C. William Ellwanger held the first series of revival services to be held in the church.
   
   Reverend Weeks continued his ministry on into 195-. Added to the meager beginnings were twelve new members. This made the total for 1950 of 23 official church members and a weekly Sunday school average attendance of 40. This new baby church was ableto raise $1,975 in fanances.
   
   Formation and Growth
   
   During the years of 1951-1952, Rev. Earl L. Morgan came to pastor the Marshall church. Asa result of his labors the membership rose to 41. The Sunday school enrollment climbed to 112 with an average attendace of 75. This two-year period brought sufficent growth to permit the church to assume the pastor's salary and parsonage rental. The Marshall Nazarenes raised in excess of $7,000 for al financial purposes during this period.
   
   In late 1952 another Morgan became the pastor. This was the Rev. Ladell H. Morgan. His term of serve was one year. Te Sunday school superintendent for that year was Mrs. Naomi Morgan. As the church continued to grow and expand, various auxiliary organizations were added to contribute to a well rounded ministry and service by the local church. In these early formative years a missionary society was formed This local society was a part of the denominational Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society. This is commonly called the N.F.M.S. The district records for 1952 indicate that Mrs. Claude Holmes of Slater, Mo., was te president. Also during this year a youth group was organized. This was also a part of the denomination wide group known as the Nazarene Young People's Society, or the N.Y.P.S. Miss Geraldine Foster was the president.
   
   During these days of growth this is the only year that reflects a drop in membership and attendance. The reproted members for 1953 is 37. The Sunday School enrollment was 104 with an average attendance of 66. The financial report shows that $4,714 was raised for all purposes that year.
   
   After the District Assembly in the fall of 1953, Rev. Walter M. Hubbard came to the church as pastor. He served this congregation and the Marshall community until October of 1955. During that time he resided at 660 South Brunswich. It was in this period of history that Claude Jenkins served the church as Sunday school superintendent. The enrollment moved to 148 and fo the first time in the short history of the Sunday school topped the 100 mark to have an average attendance of 110 for the entire church year of 1954-1955.
   
   Other church officers serving part of this period included: Mrs. Betty Smith as N.Y.P.S. president and Mrs. Pauline Hubbard as president of the N.F.M.S. The records reflect another interesting growth of these years, that of Daily Vacation Bible School. This is a summer program of two-week durating with about three hours of instruction and activity daily. There were 86 V.B.S. students in 1954 ad 106 in the summer of 1955. The N.F.M.S. indicated a membership of 22, while the official church membership stood at 51 at the close of the church year in 1955.
   
   In late October of 1955, the Marshall church received a new pastor in the person of Rev. Oral R. Cooper. He came to Marshall from Spring Hill, Kans. The minister and his family resided for awhile at 162 South Miami. With the coming of the church year of 1955-1956 the Marshall church also received a new Sunday school superintendent in the person of Ben Mounts. Both Reverend Cooper and Mr. Mounts were to serve through the years until August of 1958.
   
   In 1956 there were 57 members and an average Sunday school attendance of 112. That year also brough 206 students in the Vacation Bible School program. The figure of $9,502 was raised financially. Through the year of 1956-1967 the Marshall church continued to grow and move ahead. There were 20 new members added bringing the total to 72. The Sunday school climbed upward to reach an enrollment of 195 with 124 in averageattendance.
   
   During this time Reverend Cooper assisted in the organization of the new Church of the Nazarene in Carrollton, Mo. Some of the members from the Marshall church became apart of the new congregation. The officers for the 1957-58 year in Marshall included: Mrs. Betty Mounts as president of the N.F.M.S. and Mrs. Betty Jo Jenkins as the leader of the N.Y.P.S. Durign this tiem the pastor resided at the parsonage at 60 West Porter.
   
   At the close of Reverend Cooper's term of service (August 1958) the membersihp had reachd 82 and the Sunday school average attendance was 114. During these years of growth the yearly average of some $8,500 was raised by the church for al financial purposes. This year also saw a change in the office of the N.Y.P.S. president when Miss La June Southard took that position.
   
   Forging Ahead
   
   In August of 1958 the Rev. E. Paul Lloyd, from Elk City, Kans., came to serve as pastor of the Marshall church. He was destined to hold the longest term of service of any of the paors thus far. His service continued until August 18, 1963. During the major portion of his term of service Reverend Lloyd and his family resided in the parsonagelocated at 60 West Porter Street.
   
   After having worshipped at the old church building at English and Morgan streets a period of nine years, the growing church began to feel a need for a new church home. The building had been repaired, re-arranged and some plans fo extensive re-modeling had been discussed, but it was being outgrown. During the regular board meeting of October 6, 1958, a building fund was inaugurated in which weekly pledges were to be recdeived and accumulated to apply on a purchase of property. This was the first step in a long range program toward a new building and a new location.
   
   During the first year of Reverend Lloyd's service (August 1958 - July 31, 1959) John Vaught of route 1, Marshall, was the Sunday school superintendent. Leonard Roach was the leader of the N.Y.P.S. group and Mrs. Viola Crawford of Shackelford, Mo., was in charge of the N.F.M.S., and Mrs. Tommie Weaver was the church treasurer. During this span 13 new members were added making a total of 86. The average attendance for the year was 115 with $8,730 being raised. During the month of November 1958 Rev. Jimmie Allen held a revival campaign.
   
   In January 1959 a committee consisting of Mr. and Mrs. John Wililams, John Vaught, Mr. Neil, Firman Jacobs and Reverend Lloyd was formed to check on possible locations for the erection of a new church building. This committee was formed into a building committee in March of 1959. Some building sites south of Marshall were investigated.
   
   Following a spring revival held in April 1959 by Rev. Lawson Brown, the annual church meeting was held in July. The following officers were elected for the coming year of 1959-60:
   
   Sunday school superintendent, Ben Mounts,
   
   Assistant superintendent, Gordon DeGraffenreid,
   
   Sunday school secretary, Mrs. Stella Marquand.
   
   The Church Board:
   
   Trustees, Firman Jacobs, John Williams, Jesse Neil and Gordon DeGraffenreid,
   
   Stewards, Mary McGraw, Louise Williams and Tommie Weaver.
   
   The Church School Board, Mary DeGrafenreid, Ruth Jacobs and La June Southard.
   
   Missionary (N.F.M.S.) President, Mrs. Betty Mounts.
   
   Young People (N.Y.P.S.) Presidnet, Miss La June Southard.
   
   In February 1960 plans got under way to purchase the lots at the southeast corner of West North street and North Miami as the building site for a new church. The July 5, 1960, board meeting discussed the drawing up of plans by an architect and the costs of construction.
   
   At the close f the 1959-1960 church year there had been 23 new members received into the church. This brought the membership for the first time to 100. There was an average Sunday school attendance of 131. $12,003 was raised. This was the highestt financial figure to this time.
   
   For the church year of 1960-1961 the main officers were Ben C. Mounts as Sunday school superintendent; Miss La June Southard as the president of the N.Y.P.S.; Mrs. Juanita Lloyd as N.F.M.S. president, and Mrs. Tommie Weaver continuing as church treasurer. The residence at 305 East Gordon was rented as a parsonage. During this year Dr. and Mrs. Jarrette Aycock held a revival campaign in April 1961.
   
   The main theme in the minutes of the regular board meetings of this period is the plan for the erection of a new building. Various plans were considered and discussed. It was finally decided in January 1961 that ea building 90 feet by 44 feet, with a seating capacity of 250 was needed. The year closed with 101 members shown. There was an enrollment of 166 in the Sunday school with an attendance average of 131.
   
   The year 1961-62 saw the same church officers in action, except that Miss Jo An Adams was the N.Y.P.S. president. In September the Rev. J.J. Steele, a veteran preacher in teh Church of the Nazarene, was the evangelist for the fall revival services.
   
   At a special meeting of the church board held on September 14, 1961, Rev. W.D. Ferguson explained the A.B. Culbertson bond plan for financing a building program. Also Robert Armstrong, an architect and building contractor from Kansas City, was present and explained his program for building a new church edifice. On September 24 the entire church voted for Mr. Armstrong to begin work on blue prints for the building.
   
   At the October 4, 1961, regular church board meeting, a new building committee was formed. It consisted of Rev. Paul Lloyd, Ben Mounts, Mrs. Juanita Lloyd, Mrs. Ellen Lawson, Vernon Lawson, John Williams, Olin Parcels and Firman Jacobs. Through the months there was continued discussion, planning and voting on various building problems. It had been originally planned to construct a new parsonage first at the corner of West Arrow and North Miami, but the Kansas City District Advisory Board thought it best to concentrate on the erection of a new church sanctuary first.
   
   Another point of advancement at this time was te incorporation of the church on May 13, 1962, at a special meeting of the church board when the final document was signed.
   
   The church year of 1962-63 was one of much activity, advancment and change. In late July there was a Sunday afternoon ground breaking service on the new lots, and actual construction got under way during the month of August. The new church officers for this busy period year included: Reverend Lloyd as pastor; Vernon Lawson as the superintendent of the Sunday school; Mrs. Louise Williams as N.Y.P.S. president; Mrs. Juanita Lloyd as the N.F.M.S. president, and the church treasurer was Mrs. Helen McFarland.
   
   This group led the church through the construction period. Many were the meetings for materials, furnishings and plans. Often there were hanges, but the work continued through the winter. Reverend Lloyd acted as contractor and worked with Mr. Armstrong. The building began to take shape with a full basement with class rooms, auditorium, kitchen, Sunday school office, furace room and rest rooms. The interior of the sanctuary is of the laminated beam type construction with a blond wood finish and blond furnuture. The carpeting is red. The exterior of the building is of buff brick.
   
   There were many firms and ndividuals of the community who donated both labor and materials. By much hard work and diligent planning, coupled with sacrifice, the building was sufficiently completed to hold services in by February 1963.
   
   During the la two weeks of February 1963 the congregation moved from the old location to the new and entered in upon revival services. Mrs. Emma Irick, a noted lady evangelist, held the first preaching services in the new church during this campaign.
   
   The task of putting the finishing touches on the church building was continued by Reverend Lloyd. On May 22, 1963, however, he submitted his resignation as pastor to become effective August 17. Before Reverend Lloyd was to terminate his labors, a special dedication service was held in the new church building. On the Sunday afternoon of August 4, 1963, the Marshall Church of the Nazarene building was officially dedicated. Mrs. Helen McFarland read the scripture,; Rev. William Porter sang; Reverend Lloyd made remarks of appreciation and read a list of the contributors of materials, labor and money, who made possible the construction; Mayor Gerald Leach brough words of greeting from the community of Marshall; Rev. Hugh Smith, pastor of the Gill Memorial Baptist church, rendered words of greeting and appreciating on behalf of the Marshall Ministerial alliance, and Dr. Orville Jenkins, the district superintendent of the Kansas City District, preached the dedicatory address. At the close of the service, the new incoming pastor, Rev. Charles E. Baldwin from Kansas City, was introduced and prayed the final prayer.
   
   After many years of toil and service, Rev. and Mrs. E. Paul Lloyd and family moved to accept the pastorate of the Kirkwood, Mo., Church of the Nazarene. On August 25, 1963, Reverend Baldwin assumed duties as pastor. This busy year closed with the following statistics: 110 church members; 108 in Sunday school enrollment; and a value on the church property at $71,000. This church raised $10,095 in normal financial activity for this year.
   
   Conclusion
   
   The church continues on into 1964 under the pastoral leadership of Reverend Baldwin. The present Sunday school superindent is Stephen Briggs; the N.F.M.S. president is Mrs. Betty Mounts; the M.Y.P.S. president is Mrs. Louise Williams; and the church treasurer is Mrs. Helen McFarland.
   
   The Marshall Church of the Nazarene will soon be 15 years of age. With its new building and the untiring labors of its membership and ministry, this church hopes to be a spiritual service for the needs of this community and county.

5. ↑ Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States. Springfield News-Leader. (Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States|Springfield, Missouri)
   Death notice for Ben Carol Mounts, 20 JUL 2004.
6. ↑ Nationwide Gravesite Locator, United States, "United States Department of Veterans Affairs"
   Gravesite for Ben C. Mounts.

   MOUNTS, BEN C
   TEC 5 US ARMY
   WORLD WAR II
   DATE OF BIRTH: 02/10/1918
   DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/2004
   BURIED AT: SECTION G ROW 07 SITE 0369 Click to view the cemetery map
   MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETERY / SPRINGFIELD
   5201 SOUTH SOUTHWOOD SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
   (417) 823-3944

7. ↑ United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
   George Honnen household; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.

   Census 1940 Mounts Ben Mabel
   
   5 April 1940
   Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
   
   Ben C. Mounts
   Soldier
   Male
   Cau.
   21
   Single
   Had not attended school within the year
   Highest grade completed: 12
   Born in Missouri
   Private in the U.S. Army
   Employed 52 weeks the previous year
   Wage: 250
   
   
   Name:
   Ben C Mounts
   Age:
   21
   Estimated Birth Year:
   abt 1919
   Gender:
   Male
   Race:
   Caucasian (White)
   Birthplace:
   Missouri
   Marital Status:
   Single
   Relation to Head of House:
   Soldier
   Home in 1940:
   Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
   Map of Home in 1940:
   View map
   House Number:
   548
   Sheet Number:
   184A
   institution:
   21st Infantry
   Occupation:
   Private
   Attended School or College:
   No
   Highest Grade Completed:
   High School, 4th year
   Class of Worker:
   Wage or salary worker
   Weeks Worked in 1939:
   52
   Income:
   250
   Income Other Sources:
   Yes
   Neighbors:
   View others on page
   Household Members:
   
   Name
   Age
   George Honnen
   42
   Helen S You R Honnen
   34
   Sara E D Honnen
   12
   Jessie E P Honnen
   10
   Hatsue Arazaki
   23
   Hugo H Field
   24
   James L Flanagan
   19
   Herschell Y Guy
   19
   Robert W Hallberg
   21
   William Harding
   20
   Joseph J Heber
   19
   Walter R Hogan
   25
   Wendell O Holmes
   19
   Joseph M Kiley
   19
   Charles F King
   23
   George A Mac Neil
   23
   Donald L Mason
   19
   Raymond F Matthews
   22
   Paul F McDonough
   19
   Ben C Mounts
   21
   Vladimir A Pitsko
   22
   John B Rea
   30
   Richard Rowley
   19
   J Neville Shore
   19
   William O Smith
   19
   Paul E Stamper
   19
   Harry J Taft
   19
   Grant L Tompkins
   21
   Theodore Weidanz
   20
   Arthur C Yznaga
   19
   Stanley E Lopey
   21
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   * View original image View blank form
   
   
   Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.
   Source Information:
   Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
   Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
   Description:
   The 1940 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1940, with details about a household’s occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and income. Learn more...

8. ↑ Marriage License - Johnson County, Kansas
   Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital dedication.

   Hospital Staff Totals Eighty in Number
   
   Administrator
   John R. Smiley
   
   Office
   Lucille Durrett
   Dorothy Brooks
   Joyce Wales
   Marjorie Hoy
   
   Dietary
   
   Elizabeth Lacy-Dietitian
   Luena Boyd
   Marion Clements
   Hattie Kelly
   Margaret Napier
   Lucy Mae Parker
   Thelma Parker
   Mary Smith
   Rebecca Shoate
   Margaret Thomas
   Gertrude Watson
   Tessie Weaver
   
   Housekeeping
   
   Della Bynum
   Barbara Conway
   Bessie Stevenson
   William Bruner
   Homer Harris
   Walter Holmes
   
   Linen
   
   Lottie Utz
   
   Engineers
   
   Ben Mounts, Chief Engineer
   William Walker
   Henry Hart
   Charles Washington
   
   X-Ray
   
   Dorothy Pollard
   
   Laboratory
   
   Pauline Woods
   Ted Odle
   
   Surgery
   
   Nurses, Charlotte Parsons
   Aides
   Joan Davis
   Ada Thomas
   
   Registered Nurses
   
   Winifred Nelson, Director
   Ruth Bremer
   Lillian Best
   Caroline Haines
   Kay Holtwick
   Margaret Jones
   Ione LaBoube
   Helen Stouffer
   Helen Mikels
   Kathryn Stockman
   Nora Sutherland
   Dottie Skinner
   Helen Thomas
   Jane Williams
   Alice Yates
   
   Aides
   
   Erma Bierbaum
   Elsie Brown
   Roberta Brown
   Shirley Clift
   Ann Davis
   Maxine Davis
   Mildred Duffy
   Ruby Ferguson
   Hulda Gilbert
   Dorothy Hahn
   Margaret Hawkins
   Ione Hoff
   Helen Howerton
   Mary Howerton
   
   [Copy cuts off here.]

9. ↑ Social Security Card Application
   Ben Carol Mounts, 7 November 1945.

   Employee's first name: Ben
   Middle name: Carol
   Last name: Mounts
   725-14-7222
   Street and number: General delivery
   Post office: Marshall, Mo.
   Date of birth: February 10, 1918
   Place of birth: Kansas City, Jackson, Mo.
   Father's full name: Ben Foraker Mounts
   Mother's full maiden name: Mable (none) Bennett
   Sex: Male
   Color: White
   Typed by: M-K-T of T RR
   Date issued: 11-7-45

10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
    Ben C. Mounts; Missouri; 2004.

    Supplies birth date but not location.

11. ↑ Birth Certificate - Missouri
    Ben Caroll Mounts, 10 February 1918.

    I have a copy of this in my files.
    
    Place of birth
    
    County of: Jackson
    Township of: Kaw
    City of: Kansas City, Mo
    No.: Christian Church Hospital
    
    Full name of child: Ben Caroll[sic] Mounts
    
    Sex of child: Male
    Legitimate: Yes
    Date of birth: Feb. 10, Sunday, 1918
    
    Father, Full Name: Mr. Ben Foraker Mounts
    P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
    Color or race: White
    Age at last birthday: 29
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Occupation: Carpenter
    
    Mother, Full Maiden Name: Mrs. Mabel Bennett Mounts
    P.O. Address: 3814 E 26 Kansas City, MO
    Color or race: White
    Age at last birthday: 25
    Birthplace: Canton, Mo.
    Occupation: Housewife
    
    Number of child of this mother: 1
    Number of children, of this mother, now living: ___
    Born at full term: Yes
    
    I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child, who was: Born alive at 10 AM.
    Signature: Terry E. Lilly, Physician
    Address: 610 [illegible] building
    Filed Feb. 24, 1918, Ada Irmas, Registrar

12. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    Ben F. Mounts household; Census Place: Kansas City Ward 14, Jackson,Missouri; Roll: T625_929; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 225; Image: 758.

    Census 1920 Mounts Ben F. Mabel Ben C.
    
    Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
    10 January 1920
    3814 6-26, Dwelling 204, Family 205
    
    Ben F. Mounts
    Head
    Rented home
    Male
    White
    31
    Married
    Able to read and write
    Born in Indiana
    Father born in Indiana
    Mother born in Kentucky
    Spoke English
    Employed as a service manager at address[?]
    
    Mabel Mounts
    Wife
    Female
    White
    27
    Married
    Able to read and write
    Born in Missouri
    Father born in Illinois
    Mother in Missouri
    Spoke English
    
    Ben C. Mounts
    Son
    Male
    White
    1 11/12
    Single
    Born in Missouri
    Father born in Indiana
    Mother born in Missouri
    Spoke English

13. ↑ ^13.0 13.1 United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    Ben F. Mounts household; Census Place: Marshall, Saline, Missouri; Roll: 1246; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0021; Image: 984.0; FHL microfilm: 2340981.; dwelling 278, family 302.

    Census 1930 Mounts Ben F. Mabel Ben C.
    
    Marshal, Saline, Missouri
    11 April 1930
    409 North Odell Avenue, Dwelling 278, Family 302
    
    Ben F. Mounts
    Head
    Rented home for $35.00 a month
    Male
    White
    41
    Married
    28 years old at first marriage
    Had not attended school since September 1
    Able to read and write
    Born in Indiana
    Both parents born in Kentucky
    Superintedent of a college
    Actually employed last working day
    Not a veteran
    
    Mabel Mounts
    Wife
    Female
    White
    37
    Married
    23 years old at first marriage
    Had not attended school since September 1
    Able to read and write
    Born in Missouri
    Father born in Illinois
    Mother born in Missouri
    Employed as an abstractor
    
    Ben C. Mounts
    Son
    Male
    White
    12
    Single
    Had attended school since September 1
    Able to read and write
    Born in Missouri
    Father born in Indiana
    Mother born in Missouri

14. ↑ United States Congress, Missouri (2)
    Hold Marshall Youth in Extortion Plot, Page 1.

    Marshall Daily Democrat News
    Tuesday, April 17, 1934
    Page 1
    
    HOLD MARSHALL YOUTH IN AN EXTORTION PLOT
    
    Message Demanded $1,000 of Charles M. Buckner
    
    Ben Mounts, a high school boy about 16 years old, is being held by state authorities in connection with an extortion plot against Charles M. Buckner, Jr. Mounts was taken into custody by city police about 9 o'clock last night when he started to pick up a dummy package which Mr. Buckner had dropped at the place where he had been instructed in a communication to leave $1,000.
    
    Sheriff Charles Olinger took the boy to the juvenile jail at Lexington later last night.
    
    The threatening message demanding money was written in pencil on a government post card and delivered to Mr. Buckner by the post office department. The wording in effect was this:
    
    "If you value your life and property do as I say. Go to the filling station at the end of Eastwood, turn south and drop $1,000 over the culvert. We have already killed one man and we can do it again."
    
    Mr. Buckner was advised by city police to comply with the instructions but to use a dummy package.
    
    The culvert referred to in the message is the bridge over Sand Hollow on the road between Ridge Park Cemetery and East Eastwood. Shortly after dark Chief Fred Martin, Officer Eugene Durrett and Jack Stroud, deputy constable, hid near the rendezvous.
    
    Officer in Car
    
    As the appointed hour drew near Mr. Buckner drove slowly down Eastwood with Frank Nall, assistant chief of police, hid on the floor of the back seat of the car. Officer Nall was holding a riot gun for immediate use.
    
    Mr. Buckner stopped his machine on the bridge, got out on the east side and tossed the dummy package over. Officer Nall slightly opened the back door so as to have Mr. Buckner protected in case a kidnaping[sic] or attack were attempted. There was no disturbance and so the intended victim got back in the machine and drove on south.
    
    About 15 minutes before the car arrived the officers in hiding had seen some one go to the bridge, look all around and then go back east to be lost sight of in the underbrush there. Immediately after the machine left, someone came out of the brush to the east, went to the bridge and was just in the act of picking up the package when the officers closed in.
    
    Boy Was Not Armed
    
    The youth was not armed when apprehended. So far as the police were able to learn he was alone.
    
    Owen C. Rawlings, prosecuting attorney, prepared a charge of blackmail against Mounts and it was filed in the court of Justice Frank Ayres. Federal officials were expected in Marshall today to investigate the armory robbery and Mr. Rawlings said he would take up with them this extortion case.

15. ↑ United States Congress, Missouri (3)
    Dramatics Letters Are Awarded.

    Dramatics Letters Are Awarded
    
    Three Students Are Winners of Large Letters
    I have a copy of the news article in my file.
    
    Letters were awarded in Dramatics, Friday, May 8.
    
    The Dramatics class was composed of forty-one pupils this year. Each pupil in the class took part in a 1-act play--several of them in more than one. Small letters were awarded to the upper percent of those who made the highest credit on memorization of lines, cooperation with directors and class members, attendance at rehearsals and successful public performances. Those that had the highest credit on these points were: Mildred Caton, Lucile Coad, Dorothy Duggins, Ray DeVilbiss, Laura Harvey, Lillian Lane, Dorothy Montgomery, John Olson, Cecil Orear, Carol Pettijohn, J.D. Sears, Ruth Vaughn, Walker Winn, Edwin Winslow, Sammy Wolford and Ben Mounts.
    
    Large letters were awarded to those who had made high points on class work and who received highest credits in contest plays. At the Spring Saline County Contest Mildred Caton received highest place. When the meet was held at Warrensburg, Lucille Coad ranked highest, and at Columbia, Carol Pettijohn received highest point.

16. ↑ Nationwide Gravesite Locator, United States, "United States Department of Veterans Affairs"
    Gravesite for Ben C. Mounts.

    MOUNTS, BEN C
    TEC 5 US ARMY
    WORLD WAR II
    DATE OF BIRTH: 02/10/1918
    DATE OF DEATH: 07/19/2004
    BURIED AT: SECTION G ROW 07 SITE 0369 Click to view the cemetery map
    MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETERY / SPRINGFIELD
    5201 SOUTH SOUTHWOOD SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
    (417) 823-3944

17. ↑ United States. National Archives and Records Administration (ARC # 1263923). World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. (2002)
    Ben C. Mounts.

    Name:
    Ben C Mounts
    Birth Year:
    1942
    Nativity State or Country:
    Missouri
    State:
    Missouri
    County or City:
    Saline
    
    Enlistment Date:
    5 Aug 1939
    Term of Enlistment:
    Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
    Component:
    Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
    
    Education:
    2 years of college
    Marital Status:
    Married
    Height:
    93
    Weight:
    053

18. ↑ United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
    George Honnen household; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.

    Census 1940 Mounts Ben Mabel
    
    5 April 1940
    Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
    
    Ben C. Mounts
    Soldier
    Male
    Cau.
    21
    Single
    Had not attended school within the year
    Highest grade completed: 12
    Born in Missouri
    Private in the U.S. Army
    Employed 52 weeks the previous year
    Wage: 250
    
    
    Name:
    Ben C Mounts
    Age:
    21
    Estimated Birth Year:
    abt 1919
    Gender:
    Male
    Race:
    Caucasian (White)
    Birthplace:
    Missouri
    Marital Status:
    Single
    Relation to Head of House:
    Soldier
    Home in 1940:
    Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Map of Home in 1940:
    View map
    House Number:
    548
    Sheet Number:
    184A
    institution:
    21st Infantry
    Occupation:
    Private
    Attended School or College:
    No
    Highest Grade Completed:
    High School, 4th year
    Class of Worker:
    Wage or salary worker
    Weeks Worked in 1939:
    52
    Income:
    250
    Income Other Sources:
    Yes
    Neighbors:
    View others on page
    Household Members:
    
    Name
    Age
    George Honnen
    42
    Helen S You R Honnen
    34
    Sara E D Honnen
    12
    Jessie E P Honnen
    10
    Hatsue Arazaki
    23
    Hugo H Field
    24
    James L Flanagan
    19
    Herschell Y Guy
    19
    Robert W Hallberg
    21
    William Harding
    20
    Joseph J Heber
    19
    Walter R Hogan
    25
    Wendell O Holmes
    19
    Joseph M Kiley
    19
    Charles F King
    23
    George A Mac Neil
    23
    Donald L Mason
    19
    Raymond F Matthews
    22
    Paul F McDonough
    19
    Ben C Mounts
    21
    Vladimir A Pitsko
    22
    John B Rea
    30
    Richard Rowley
    19
    J Neville Shore
    19
    William O Smith
    19
    Paul E Stamper
    19
    Harry J Taft
    19
    Grant L Tompkins
    21
    Theodore Weidanz
    20
    Arthur C Yznaga
    19
    Stanley E Lopey
    21
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    * View original image View blank form
    
    
    Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
    Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
    Description:
    The 1940 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1940, with details about a household’s occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and income. Learn more...

19. ↑ United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
    George Honnen household; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.

    Census 1940 Mounts Ben Mabel
    
    5 April 1940
    Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
    
    Ben C. Mounts
    Soldier
    Male
    Cau.
    21
    Single
    Had not attended school within the year
    Highest grade completed: 12
    Born in Missouri
    Private in the U.S. Army
    Employed 52 weeks the previous year
    Wage: 250
    
    
    Name:
    Ben C Mounts
    Age:
    21
    Estimated Birth Year:
    abt 1919
    Gender:
    Male
    Race:
    Caucasian (White)
    Birthplace:
    Missouri
    Marital Status:
    Single
    Relation to Head of House:
    Soldier
    Home in 1940:
    Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Map of Home in 1940:
    View map
    House Number:
    548
    Sheet Number:
    184A
    institution:
    21st Infantry
    Occupation:
    Private
    Attended School or College:
    No
    Highest Grade Completed:
    High School, 4th year
    Class of Worker:
    Wage or salary worker
    Weeks Worked in 1939:
    52
    Income:
    250
    Income Other Sources:
    Yes
    Neighbors:
    View others on page
    Household Members:
    
    Name
    Age
    George Honnen
    42
    Helen S You R Honnen
    34
    Sara E D Honnen
    12
    Jessie E P Honnen
    10
    Hatsue Arazaki
    23
    Hugo H Field
    24
    James L Flanagan
    19
    Herschell Y Guy
    19
    Robert W Hallberg
    21
    William Harding
    20
    Joseph J Heber
    19
    Walter R Hogan
    25
    Wendell O Holmes
    19
    Joseph M Kiley
    19
    Charles F King
    23
    George A Mac Neil
    23
    Donald L Mason
    19
    Raymond F Matthews
    22
    Paul F McDonough
    19
    Ben C Mounts
    21
    Vladimir A Pitsko
    22
    John B Rea
    30
    Richard Rowley
    19
    J Neville Shore
    19
    William O Smith
    19
    Paul E Stamper
    19
    Harry J Taft
    19
    Grant L Tompkins
    21
    Theodore Weidanz
    20
    Arthur C Yznaga
    19
    Stanley E Lopey
    21
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    * View original image View blank form
    
    
    Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: T627_4589; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 2-185.
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
    Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
    Description:
    The 1940 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1940, with details about a household’s occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and income. Learn more...

20. ↑ Social Security Card Application
    Ben Carol Mounts, 7 November 1945.

    Employee's first name: Ben
    Middle name: Carol
    Last name: Mounts
    725-14-7222
    Street and number: General delivery
    Post office: Marshall, Mo.
    Date of birth: February 10, 1918
    Place of birth: Kansas City, Jackson, Mo.
    Father's full name: Ben Foraker Mounts
    Mother's full maiden name: Mable (none) Bennett
    Sex: Male
    Color: White
    Typed by: M-K-T of T RR
    Date issued: 11-7-45

21. ↑ Marshall Democrat News (Marshall, Missouri)
    Death of Mrs. Ben F. Mounts; 5 November 1973.

    The Democrat-News
    Marshall, Missouri
    Monday, November 5, 1973
    Page 7
    
    Death of Mrs. Ben F. Mounts
    
    Mrs. Mabel Belle Mounts, 81, 345 East Porter, died Sunday at Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital.
    
    Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Gill Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Don Reed pastor of the church and Rev. Don Moore will officiate. Burial will be in the Ridge Park Cemetery.
    
    Friends may call anytime at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home.
    
    Mrs. Mounts was born in Canton, Mo., April 30, 1892 the daughter of Charles Bennett and Elizabeth Smith Bennett. She was married November 6, 1915 in Olathe, Kan. to Ben F. Mounts, who survives of the home. She was a charter member of Gill Memorial Baptist Church, of which she was an active worker. Mrs. Mounts had lived in Marshall since 1927 coming from Kansas City.
    
    Surviving Mrs. Mounts besides her husband are a son Ben C. Mounts of Marshall, four grandchildren, three brothers and one sister, Clarence Bennett, Forrest Bennett and Mrs. Ralph (Mildred) Baker all of Kansas City and Ellis Bennett of Houston, Texas.

22. ↑ SECTION G ROW 07 SITE 0369
    MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETERY / SPRINGFIELD
    5201 SOUTH SOUTHWOOD SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
    (417) 823-3944
23. ↑ Marshall Church of the Nazarene
    
    Sunday school superintendent-1961
    
    Part of New Building Committee, 1961
24. ↑ 3814 E 26th.
25. ↑ Description: Arrested for blackmail in high school
26. ↑ Marshall Daily Democrat News
    Tuesday, April 17, 1934
    Page 1
    
    HOLD MARSHALL YOUTH IN AN EXTORTION PLOT
    
    Message Demanded $1,000 of Charles M. Buckner
    
    Ben Mounts, a high school boy about 16 years old, is being held by state authorities in connection with an extortion plot against Charles M. Buckner, Jr. Mounts was taken into custody by city police about 9 o'clock last night when he started to pick up a dummy package which Mr. Buckner had dropped at the place where he had been instructed in a communication to leave $1,000.
    
    Sheriff Charles Olinger took the boy to the juvenile jail at Lexington later last night.
    
    The threatening message demanding money was written in pencil on a government post card and delivered to Mr. Buckner by the post office department. The wording in effect was this:
    
    "If you value your life and property do as I say. Go to the filling station at the end of Eastwood, turn south and drop $1,000 over the culvert. We have already killed one man and we can do it again."
    
    Mr. Buckner was advised by city police to comply with the instructions but to use a dummy package.
    
    The culvert referred to in the message is the bridge over Sand Hollow on the road between Ridge Park Cemetery and East Eastwood. Shortly after dark Chief Fred Martin, Officer Eugene Durrett and Jack Stroud, deputy constable, hid near the rendezvous.
    
    Officer in Car
    
    As the appointed hour drew near Mr. Buckner drove slowly down Eastwood with Frank Nall, assistant chief of police, hid on the floor of the back seat of the car. Officer Nall was holding a riot gun for immediate use.
    
    Mr. Buckner stopped his machine on the bridge, got out on the east side and tossed the dummy package over. Officer Nall slightly opened the back door so as to have Mr. Buckner protected in case a kidnaping[sic] or attack were attempted. There was no disturbance and so the intended victim got back in the machine and drove on south.
    
    About 15 minutes before the car arrived the officers in hiding had seen some one go to the bridge, look all around and then go back east to be lost sight of in the underbrush there. Immediately after the machine left, someone came out of the brush to the east, went to the bridge and was just in the act of picking up the package when the officers closed in.
    
    Boy Was Not Armed
    
    The youth was not armed when apprehended. So far as the police were able to learn he was alone.
    
    Owen C. Rawlings, prosecuting attorney, prepared a charge of blackmail against Mounts and it was filed in the court of Justice Frank Ayres. Federal officials were expected in Marshall today to investigate the armory robbery and Mr. Rawlings said he would take up with them this extortion case.
27. ↑ Description: Hobbies
28. ↑ Won letter for Dramatics in high school
29. ↑ Enlisted 5 August 1939 for the Hawaiin Department for the regular army.