Person:Letha Neat (1)

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Letha Neat
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Name Letha Neat
Gender Female
Birth? 2 Nov 1852 Vermillion Co., Indiana
Marriage 1871 Bates Co., Missourito Sylvester Dallas Shankland
Death[1] 21 Nov 1932 Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri

According to her death certificate, she was the daughter of G. W. Neat and (?) Wolf.

 In the 1870 census for Osage, Bates Co., Missouri, Geo Neat is 45 farmer from Kentucky; with Albert 22; Leatha 17; Charles 16; (M. Film?) 13; Samuel 10; Geo 8; and Anna 2 -- all born Indiana. {p. 7 / 130 roll 758 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1920 census for Bates Co., Missouri, B. L. Rhea is 36 born Missouri (father Virginia, mother Alabama), 'jeweler and watch maker'; with wife Edith 33 born Missouri (father Kentucky, mother Indiana); and daughter Melba 10.  Mother-in-law 'Shankland Letha' is 67 born Indiana (father KY, mother IN), widowed. {ed 17, sh 4b, p. 171, roll 905 HeritageQuest}
 In the 1930 census for Nevada City, Vernon Co., Missouri, Buford L. Rhea is 47 MO (VA, AL), 'watch maker grocery store'; with wife Edith 44 MO (KY IN), married at 21; daughter Melva 20 MO 'saleslady dry goods'; and mother-in-law Letha Shankland 77 IN (KY, IN), widow.  {<http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/mo/vernon/1930/ed109-11/ed109-11p10.txt>}
References
  1. Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives, Birth Death & Marriage. (<http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp>).