Laura America Tong

1861 - 1945  (84 years)

• Name	Laura America Tong  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	7 Aug 1861	Bollinger County, Missouri, USA   [2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1870	Bollinger County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  	Age:8; Post Office: Patton
  Census	1880	Crooked Creek, Bollinger, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Jefferson
  Census	1900	St Francois, Wayne, Missouri, USA   [10]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Jefferson
  Census	1910	Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA   [11]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Sidney Pirtle
  Census	1920	Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA   [9]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Algernon Pirtle
  Census	1930	Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA   [12]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Robert Eadie
  Death	29 Oct 1945	Jennings, St Louis County, Missouri, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Glen Allen Cemetery, Glenallen, Bollinger, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I26470	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Reverend Rev Horace Franklin Tong,   b. 6 Nov 1836, Madison County, Missouri, USA d. 23 Mar 1891, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christiana Henriett Jones,   b. 20 Jan 1837, Missouri, USA d. 27 Apr 1888, Missouri, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Mar 1858  [14, 15]
  Family ID	F9490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Algernon Sidney Pyrtle,   b. 20 Nov 1856, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Aug 1926, Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1909	Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, USA   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Alvin Alfred Pyrtle,   b. 17 Jan 1898, Missouri, USA d. 31 Mar 1978, Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]   2. Bertie Raymond 'Ray' Pyrtle,   b. 23 Oct 1894, Redford, Reynolds, Missouri, USA d. 24 Feb 1975, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
  Family ID	F7855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Robert Eadie,   b. 30 Oct 1854, Scotland d. 24 Jan 1931, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1928	Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F7738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Jefferson Allen Howard,   b. 20 Sep 1855, Missouri, USA d. 20 May 1901, Wayne County, Missouri, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1878	Missouri, USA   [5, 10]
  Children	1. Luther Shelton Howard,   b. 10 Jul 1881, Missouri, USA d. 23 Oct 1908, Huttig, Union, Arkansas, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edward Leo Howard,   b. 7 Sep 1896, Glenallen, Bollinger, Missouri, USA d. 7 May 1984, Annapolis, Iron, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lillie Gertrude Howard,   b. 30 Sep 1884, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA d. 11 Dec 1977, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Velma Mary Howard,   b. 18 Mar 1890, Missouri, USA d. 11 Jan 1972 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Grover Judson Howard,   b. 28 Jan 1888, Glenallen, Bollinger, Missouri, USA d. 12 Jun 1964, Buena Park, Orange, California, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Columbus Horace Howard,   b. 13 Oct 1879, Glenallen, Bollinger, Missouri, USA d. 4 Feb 1958, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F10029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Aug 1861 - Bollinger County, Missouri, USA Census - Age:8; Post Office: Patton - 1870 - Bollinger County, Missouri, USA Marriage - 1878 - Missouri, USA Census - Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Jefferson - 1880 - Crooked Creek, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Jefferson - 1900 - St Francois, Wayne, Missouri, USA Marriage - 29 Mar 1909 - Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Sidney Pirtle - 1910 - Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Algernon Pirtle - 1920 - Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Marriage - 30 Aug 1928 - Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of Robert Eadie - 1930 - Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Death - 29 Oct 1945 - Jennings, St Louis County, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Bible & Church Records

  Bible-TONG Horace Horace Franklin Tong Family Bible

  
  

  People » Slide Show		PYRTLE-Laura and Algernon Laura America Tong (1861-1945) and Algernon Sidney Pyrtle (1856-1926)
  		TONG-Laura Eadie Laura America Tong Eadie (Abt. 1930)
  		TONG-Laura Howard Laura America Tong Howard

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S132] Ancestry.com, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;). Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [S236] Ancestry.com, Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [S7235] Find a Grave: YONG Laura Eadie 1861-1945, Laura America Tong Howard Pyrtle Eadie. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12712092/laura-a.-eadie [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: German, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: M593_759; Page: 376B; Image: 244235; Family History Library Film: 552258. 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: German, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: M593_759; Page: 376B; Image: 244233; Family History Library Film: 552258 [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Crooked Creek, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: 674; Family History Film: 1254674; Page: 446C; Enumeration District: 003; Image: 0417. 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Crooked Creek, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: 674; Family History Film: 1254674; Page: 446C; Enumeration District: 003 [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: T625_905; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 641. 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: T625_905; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 641 [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: 907; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1240907. 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: St Francois, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: 907; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1240907 [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: T624_769; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 1374782. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: T624_769; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 1374782 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: 1176; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 874.0; FHL microfilm: 2340911. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Lorance, Bollinger, Missouri; Roll: 1176; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 874.0; FHL microfilm: 2340911 [S315] Family Bibles, Horace Franklin Tong. Horace Tong was born November 6, 1836. Horace Tong Married Christina Jones on March 25, 1858. Laura America Tong was born on Augist 7, 1861. Bible-TONG Horace Horace Franklin Tong Family Bible [S210] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;), Horace Franklin Tong. Horace Tong was born November 6, 1836. Horace Tong Married Christina Jones on March 25, 1858. Laura America Tong was born on Augist 7, 1861. Bible-TONG Horace Horace Franklin Tong Family Bible [S8764] Find a Grave: JONES Christiana Tong 1837-1888, Christiana Henriett Jones Tong.