George Washington Boatright b. 26 Oct 1892 Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA d. 22 Jun 1969 Bonne Terre Hospital, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA: Smith Family Tree

George Washington Boatright

1892 - 1969 (76 years)

Name	George Washington Boatright [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Birth	26 Oct 1892	Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11]
Gender	Male
Census	1910	St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, USA [6]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (Stepson of Lizzie)
Military Draft Registration	1917	St Francois County, Missouri, USA [2]
	Draft Registration - WWI
Census	1920	Randolph Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA [1]
Census	1940	Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA [10]
	Marital Status: Married to Pearl; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1950	Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA [11, 12]
	George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Married to Fanny
		1950 Census Flat River-Sheet 06 (BOATRIGHT) 1950 Census - Flat River, Missouri (District 94-41) Sheet-6> ADDRESSS: 205 Coffman Street -- George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Mining Instrument, Lead Mines -- Fanny P Boatright; Wife; Age: 53
Occupation	1950 [12]
	Miner - St Joseph Lead Co
		Business-St Joseph Lead The above interior photo of St. Joseph Lead Company's mine in Bonne Terre featuring trapeze miners was taken by Grant Thompson Photography (circa 1917), and was contributed by Patricia (Rickmar) Young in memory of her father, the late John W. Rickmar. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/mine_history/trapeze_miners_stjoe_1917.htm
Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Missouri, USA
	493-03-9936
Obituary	Jun 1969	Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA [9]
	The Daily Journal (Flat River, Missouri) 23 Jun 1969, Mon Page 1
Death	22 Jun 1969	Bonne Terre Hospital, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA [5, 7, 9]
Burial	Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, USA [7, 9]
		Little Prairie Cemetery Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri Find a Grave: #29867
Person ID	I25347	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	John T Boatwright, b. 5 Jul 1868, Missouri, USA d. 17 Mar 1940, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Aubuchon, b. Abt 1869, Missouri, USA d. Bef 1900 (Age < 30 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Dec 1888	Ironton, Iron, Missouri, USA [13]
Family ID	F11408	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Pearl 'Fannie' Wilson, b. 18 Jun 1896, Missouri, USA d. 16 Aug 1958, Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years)

Marriage 25 Oct 1914 St Francois County, Missouri, USA [8]

Marriage End 1958 [9]

Death of Pearl

Children

	1. Corporal Jasper George Boatright, b. 19 Jun 1918, Leadwood, St Francois, Missouri, USA d. 18 Apr 1945, Germany (Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Verneille Dixie Boatright, b. 26 May 1917, Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA d. 31 Jul 1996, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Jack Wilson Boatright, b. 27 Mar 1921, Missouri, USA d. 27 Apr 1992 (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10638 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2	Olie E Flieg, b. 17 Jun 1896, Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, USA d. 16 Jun 1982, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)
Marriage	22 Jul 1961	Iron County, Missouri, USA [3, 14]
Marriage End	1969 [9]
	Death of George
Family ID	F10639	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 26 Oct 1892 - Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (Stepson of Lizzie) - 1910 - St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Marriage - 25 Oct 1914 - St Francois County, Missouri, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - St Francois County, Missouri, USA
	Census - 1920 - Randolph Township, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Pearl; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Census - George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Married to Fanny - 1950 - Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Social Security Number - 493-03-9936 - Bef 1951 - Missouri, USA
	Marriage - 22 Jul 1961 - Iron County, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - The Daily Journal (Flat River, Missouri) 23 Jun 1969, Mon Page 1 - Jun 1969 - Flat River, St Francois, Missouri, USA
	Burial - - Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Census		1950 Census Flat River-Cover 1950 Census - Flat River, Missouri (District 94-41) __________________ Sheet-5> ADDRESS: 107 Coffman Street -- Henry Armbruster; Head; Age: 75; Retired -- Olie E Armbruster; Wife; Age: 53 __________________ Sheet-6> ADDRESSS: 205 Coffman Street -- George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Mining Instrument, Lead Mines -- Fanny P Boatright; Wife;…
Census		1950 Census Flat River-Sheet 06 (BOATRIGHT) 1950 Census - Flat River, Missouri (District 94-41) Sheet-6> ADDRESSS: 205 Coffman Street -- George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Mining Instrument, Lead Mines -- Fanny P Boatright; Wife; Age: 53

Obituaries

Obituary-BOATRIGHT George W
Obituary of GEORGE WASHINGTON BOATRIGHT

Places

Business-St Joseph Lead
The above interior photo of St. Joseph Lead Company's mine in Bonne Terre featuring trapeze miners was taken by Grant Thompson Photography (circa 1917), and was contributed by Patricia (Rickmar) Young in memory of her father, the late John W. Rickmar. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/mine_history/trapeze_miners_stjoe_1917.htm

Sources

[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Randolph, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T625_945; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 217.
Birth date: abt 1893 Birth place: Missouri Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Randolph, St Francois, Missouri

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Randolph, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T625_945; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 217.
[S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration Location: St Francois County, Missouri; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
Birth date: 6 Oct 1892 Birth place: Missouri,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: St Francois, Missouri

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration Location: St Francois County, Missouri; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Database online.

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Database online.
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Database online. Number: 493-03-9936; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Record for George Boatright
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri; Roll: T624_808; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1374821.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: St Francois, Saint Francois, Missouri; Roll: T624_808; Page: 32B; Enumeration District: 0092; FHL microfilm: 1374821
[S7065] Find a Grave: BOATRIGHT George W 1892-1969, George Washington Boatright.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40378215/george_washington_boatright
[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO ; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]
[S1465] Newspapers.com: Obituary of George Boatright • Flat River Daily Journal - Jun1969, (Name: The Daily Journal; Location: Flat River, Missouri; Date: 23 Jun 1969;), George Washington Boatright Obituary.
George W Boatright of 800 North Grant, Desloge, was born October 26, 1892 at Bonne Terre, a son of the late John Boatright and Mary Aubuchon Boatright died 22 June at Bonne Terre Hospital.
Surviving are: his wife, Olie Fleig Armbruster Boatright os Desloge; one daughter, Verneille (Mrs Gerald Corbin) of Caruthersville; one son, Jack Boatright of Wichita Falls. Texas; two half brothers, Jim Boatright of Farmington and Dick Boatright of Calif; three half sisters, Rose Bell of Bismarck, Bessie Brugemann of Florissant and Zoe Maurer of Rock Hill; two Grandchildren and four great frandchildren,
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Pearl Wilson in 1958. He was also preceded in death by a son, Jasper Boatright in 1945 during World War II.
Chapel Service will be Tuesday at 10 am with the Rev Wayne Kidwell officiation. Interment will be in Little Prairie Cemetery.
The body is in state at Murphy Sparks Chapel, West Main, Flat River.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/418051871/?article=5b7d427b-39b0-4f54-a901-ac600f106417&focus=0.727464,0.37736395,0.8415838,0.5775416&xid=2378

Obituary-BOATRIGHT George W
Obituary of GEORGE WASHINGTON BOATRIGHT
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Flat River, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02146; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 94-26.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Flat River, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02146; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 94-26

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Flat River, St Franc.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Flat River, St Franc

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), 1950 Census - Flat River, Missouri (District 94-41).
Sheet-5> ADDRESS: 107 Coffman Street
-- Henry Armbruster; Head; Age: 75; Retired
-- Olie E Armbruster; Wife; Age: 53
__________________
Sheet-6> ADDRESSS: 205 Coffman Street
-- George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Mining Instrument, Lead Mines
-- Fanny P Boatright; Wife; Age: 53
__________________
Sheet-7> ADDRESS: 104 Coffman Street: No one at home - See Sheet 77 line 14
(NOTE: Sheet 77 line 14 is for 104 Rhine Street)
__________________
Sheet-72> ADDRESS 606 West Main St
-- Marvin Meadows; Head; Age: 58; Flotation Operator, Lead Mine
-- Ethel E Meadow; Wife; Age: 53
-- Alberta Hood; Niece; Age: 33; Never Married; Stenographer, Finance Co
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308?search=104+Coffman+St%2C+Flat+River%2C+St+Francois%2C+Missouri%2C+USA&selection=-90.51859%2C37.85235

1950 Census Flat River-Cover
1950 Census - Flat River, Missouri (District 94-41) __________________ Sheet-5> ADDRESS: 107 Coffman Street -- Henry Armbruster; Head; Age: 75; Retired -- Olie E Armbruster; Wife; Age: 53 __________________ Sheet-6> ADDRESSS: 205 Coffman Street -- George Boatright; Head; Age: 57; Mining Instrument, Lead Mines -- Fanny P Boatright; Wife;…

[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO ; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]
[S5027] Find a Grave: FLIEG Olie Boatright 1896-1982, Olie E Flieg Armbruster Boatright.
BIRTH: 17 Jun 1896 Festus, Jefferson County, Missouri
DEATH: 16 Jun 1982 (aged 85) Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri
BURIAL: Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri
PLOT: Row 3
MEMORIAL ID: 143102543

Married (1) William Henry Armbruster on 10 Oct 1937 and (2) George Washington Boatright on 22 Jul 1961
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143102543/olie-e-armbruster_boatright

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