Deed of Adoption for Stovall-1457|Dorothy Stovall, signed by Bessie Stovall and adoptive parents, Fred and Emma Robinson, dated 21 February 1910
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M388-YVN : accessed 20 February 2016), Mary Stovall in household of John Stovall, Camden Township Camden city Ward 1-2, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,885.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YT-F2G : accessed 20 February 2016), Bessie C Stovall in household of John Stovall, Columbus, Johnson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,806.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HY-DKC : accessed 15 March 2017), Bessie C Gillespie in household of R A Gillespie, Clay, Lafayette, Missouri, United States; citing ED 103, sheet 4B, line 59, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 931; FHL microfilm 1,820,931.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF7-WX8 : accessed 12 March 2017), Bessie Westmoreland in household of Fred Westmoreland, Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 268, sheet 9B, line 99, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1192; FHL microfilm 2,340,927.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7QG-X8S : accessed 12 March 2017), Bessie Westmoreland in household of Fred Westmoreland, Fort Osage Township, Jackson, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-39, sheet 11A, line 16, family 230, 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 2116.
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