Published Monday, February 26, 1940 Page 5 Column 3
John B. Marlett, 77 years old, died early Sunday at the home of a son, Ben Marlett, 1 1/2 miles east of Baxter Springs. He had been a resident of near Miami for 25 years.
Also surviving are a son, John (should be James V.)Marlett of Fort Lyons, Colo., and a daughter, Mrs. Clara Henry of Moulda (should be Malta), Mont.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Marlett home, seven miles east of here. Burial will be in the Lowell cemetery under direction of the Lane Funeral Home.
NOTE: Gravestone engraved with DOB of 2/13/1864 and DOD of 2/28/1940...HOWEVER....Family documents and Census records all indicate that DOB should be 2/13/1863....AND since John Barton Marlett's obituary was published on Monday February 26th 1940 and Sunday was February 25th, would indicate that Great Grandpa Marlett died on Sunday 2/25/1940.
Provided by Sharen Durler-Pflughoeft, dau of John J Durler JR and Margaret L Marlett Durler, dau of Della K Salmans and James Vurnel Marlett, son of John Bartgn Marlett and Margaret Lucinda "Maggie" Moore.
Published Monday, February 26, 1940 Page 5 Column 3
John B. Marlett, 77 years old, died early Sunday at the home of a son, Ben Marlett, 1 1/2 miles east of Baxter Springs. He had been a resident of near Miami for 25 years.
Also surviving are a son, John (should be James V.)Marlett of Fort Lyons, Colo., and a daughter, Mrs. Clara Henry of Moulda (should be Malta), Mont.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Marlett home, seven miles east of here. Burial will be in the Lowell cemetery under direction of the Lane Funeral Home.
NOTE: Gravestone engraved with DOB of 2/13/1864 and DOD of 2/28/1940...HOWEVER....Family documents and Census records all indicate that DOB should be 2/13/1863....AND since John Barton Marlett's obituary was published on Monday February 26th 1940 and Sunday was February 25th, would indicate that Great Grandpa Marlett died on Sunday 2/25/1940.
Provided by Sharen Durler-Pflughoeft, dau of John J Durler JR and Margaret L Marlett Durler, dau of Della K Salmans and James Vurnel Marlett, son of John Bartgn Marlett and Margaret Lucinda "Maggie" Moore.
Family Members
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Ernest Marlett
1887–1888
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Benjamin Lee "Ben" Marlett
1889–1942
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Nellie A Marlett
1890–1909
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Ora Marlott
1891–1892
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James Vurnel Marlett
1894–1967
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Elnora Marlett
1895–1895
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Addie E Marlett Goodman
1897–1915
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Alice Margaret Marlett
1899–1924
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Effie Marlett
1901–1923
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Clara Barton Marlett Henry
1904–1997
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Rebecca Marlett Priest
1906–1926
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