Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Taft SHOFNER
Birth16 Aug 1909, Kentucky5
Death2 Oct 1983, Hopkins County, Kentucky322,5
BurialOdd Fellows Cemetery, Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky66
Occupationfarmer
Alias/AKABill T
FatherWilliam Henry SHOFNER (1878-1947)
MotherSallie Belle RAKESTRAW (1881-1915)
Spouses
Birthabt 191066
Death28 May 1962, Union County, Kentucky322
BurialOdd Fellows Cemetery, Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky66
Family Media
Census notes for William Taft SHOFNER
1910 Kentucky, Webster County, Magisterial District 5, E.D. 142, sheet 12B
Clay & Morganfield Road, dwelling 262, family 274
Shoffner, Bill, head, male, white, age 30, married once at age 17, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, farmer, can read and write
----------, Sallie, wife, female, white, age 28, married once at age 17, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky, can read and write
----------, Jessie, son, male, white, age 13, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Vera, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Bessie, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Jennie, daughter, female, white, age 4, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, William, son, male, white, age 7/12, single, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky

1920 not found yet

1930 Kentucky, Union County, Magisterial District #1, E.D. 113-2, sheet 2B
Little Bodine Road, dwelling 40, family 43
Hollis, Florence, head, rents, yes radio, female, white, age 59, widow, born Kentucky, father born Illinois, mother born born Kentucky
-------, James, son, male, white, age 17, single, born Kentucky, father born United States, mother born Kentucky, farm laborer
-------, Raymond, son, male, white, age 15, single, born Kentucky, father born United States, mother born Kentucky, farm laborer
Shofner, William, son-in-law, male, white, age 20, married at age 19, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky
----------, Lula, daughter, female, age 19, married at age 18, born Kentucky, parents born Kentucky

1940 Kentucky, Union County, Raleigh Precinct, Magisterial District 3, E.D. 113-9, sheet 5A, stamped page 140 (taken 8 Apr 1940)
household 78, rents, $5
Shofner, William head, male, white, age 30, married 0 schooling?, born Kentucky, lived in Union County in 1935, farmer
———-, Lula, wife, female, white, age 30, married, 8th grade, born Kentucky, lived in Union County in 1935
Hancock, Callis, adopted son, male, white, age 2, single, born Kentucky
————, Wallis, adopted son, male, white, age 2, single, born Kentucky
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