Willis A Ray DEW6,1,2,3,4,5,7

15th Mar 18911,2,3,4,5 - Dec 19554,5

Life History

15th Mar 1891	Born in Mound City, Holt, Missouri.1,2,3,4,5
27th Oct 1917	Married Reedie Joan MEEK in Oklahoma.1,7
28th Aug 1919	Birth of son Charles E DEW in Washita County, Oklahoma.1,5
about 1922	Birth of daughter Nila R DEW in Washita County, Oklahoma.1
1938	Death of Reedie Joan MEEK in Oklahoma.5,4
Dec 1955	Died in Oklahoma.4,5
Dec 1955	Buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma.4,5

Notes

1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Bessie Township, District 257, Sheet 3B, Hse/Fam #45
Dew, Thomas R Head M W 57 Married 22 years OH OH IL Farmer Owns
Dew, Ruth A Wife F W 40 Married 22 years 3 children/3 living MO MO MO
Dew, Hazel E Dau 20 MO OH MO
Dew, Willis R Son 19 MO OH MO
Dew, Eugene L Son 16 MO OH MO

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Willis A R Dew
Residence Foss, Washita County, Oklahoma
Birth 15 Mar 1891 Mound City [in Holt and Bates Co], Missouri
Farmer, Self-employed, Single
Tall, Slender Grey Eyes, Black Hair
Registered 5 June 1917 Washita County, Oklahoma
Signed Willis A R Dew

From information on their age at marriage in the 1920 census, it appears Ray married shortly after registering from the draft. He married divorcee Reedie Joan Meek Christian, and they are enumerated in the same township of Washita County, with her son Ralph Christian. The enumerator has listed Ralph with his stepfather's surname. This is corrected in the 1930 census listing.

1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 7 January, Bessie Township, District 184, page 2A, Hse #27, Family #30
Dew, Ray Head Rents M W 27 MO OH MO Farmer (b abt 1892)
Dew, Reddie Wife F W 24 No children OK US KS (b abt 1895)
Dew [Christian], Ralph [Step-]Son M W 8 OK MO OK (b abt 1911)
Dew, Charles Son M W 7mos OK MO OK (b abt 1919)
Willard, Arnel Boarder M W 70 IL US US (b abt 1850)

1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 24 April, Turkey Creek, District 28, page 6B, Hse #125, Fam #132
Dew, Ray Head Rents M W 39 First married at age 27 MO OH MO Farmer
Dew, Reedie Wife F W 35 First married at age 23 OK KS OK
Dew, Charles Son M W 10 Single OK MO OK
Dew, Niley Dau F W 8 Single AR MO OK
Christian, Ralph F Step Son W 19 Single OK OK OK

Note that the 1930 census reports that Reedie was first married at age 23. If she is 35, that means she was born about 1895, it could have been 1894. That is consistent with the record in the 1920 census. If she was fist married (to Matthew Henry Christian) at age 23, that would make it 1918. But in January 1920 her son Ralph Christian is already 8, meaning he was born about 1911. Since in 1920, she is age 24 and already married to Ray (Roy?) Dew, she must be reporting the age at which she married Ray, not when she was first married, which is what the census asks.

Gravestone of Ray and Reedie Dew, Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County,Oklahoma
Dew
Reedie 1895-1938
Ray 1891-1955

I submitted addiitonal facts from my research to the memorial on Find a Grave posted by Dolores Willis.

Ray Dew
Birth 1891 Mound Citym, Holt Co, Missouri
Death Dec 1955 Oklahoma
Son Charles E Dew (1919 - 2009)
Same marker as Reedie
Burial Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, Plot: 2-L27
Created by Dolores Colwell Willis Jan 24, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #83935142, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83935142

Sources

1. 1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
- 24 April, Turkey Creek, District 28, page 6B, Hse #125, Fam #132
2. 1910 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
- 22 April, Bessie Township, District 257, Sheet 3B, Hse/Fam #45
3. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
4. Gravestone of Ray and Reedie Dew, Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County,Oklahoma
5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
6. 1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma
- 7 January, Bessie Township, District 184, page 2A, Hse #27, Family #30
7. Ancestry Trees