Walter Horatio Muir (1899 - 1952)

Born 28 Dec 1899 in Sullivan, Franklin, Missouri, United States

Husband of Gladys Marguerite (Flaugher) Muir — married 27 May 1917 in Sullivan, Franklin, Missouri, United States

Died 10 Jun 1952 at age 52 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Walter Horatio Muir was born on Dec. 28, 1899 to Samuel Muir and Emma Deffenbach.^[1][2]

He married Gladys Marguerite Flaugher, daughter of Winchester Reese Flaugher and Nannie Bratt, on May 27, 1917 in Franklin County, Missouri.^[3] They became the parents of two daughters, Thelma Elizabeth and Ethel Jean.

Walter worked as a machinist.^[4]

Walter Muir died at the age of 52 years, 5 months and 13 days on Jun. 10, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri.^[5] He is buried at the Sullivan IOOF Cemetery in Sullivan, Missouri.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch: Walter Horatio Muir, 1917-1918; citing Detroit City no 23, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,032,673.
2. ↑ Sullivan Tri-County News, Sullivan, Missouri; Newspaper Obituary; dated 19 Jun 1952, pg. 6
3. ↑ Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
4. ↑ Granite City, Illinois, City Directory, 1929
5. ↑ Missouri Death Certificates. Missouri Secretary of State.
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 63421724

See also:

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch: Walter V Muir in household of Samuel Muir, Boone, Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 6B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 780; FHL microfilm 1,374,793.

• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch: Walter H Muir, Boone, Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing ED 58, sheet 9B, line 71, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 918; FHL microfilm 1,820,918.

• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch: Walter Muir, Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 7B, line 70, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 542; FHL microfilm 2,340,277.

• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch: W H Muir, Boone Township, Franklin, Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-10, sheet 9B, line 56, family 163, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2105.