Elmer left home about 1925 and was never heard from again. He had three children, Reba, Thelma, and Chester. He was married to Alta Mae Head, daughter of James Pleasant and Margarette Jane Floyd Head.
According to Elmer's descendants, he made a statement to the effect that he was leaving to join the U.S. Merchant Marine. From what I have always heard, he informed his father that he was going on a long trip and asked for as much money as he could borrow before leaving.
Elmer is listed as living in St. Petersburg, FL in his father's obituary in 1957, and also listed as a surviving brother of my great-grandmother in 1978, but to my understanding, he was never heard from by any of his immediate or extended family after leaving in 1925. I suspect that he either met with foul play or changed his identity altogether.
According to my grandfather, there was a "drifter" that was shot and killed in Columbia by the Adair County Sheriff in the 1950s, and some people in town reported that they thought it might be Elmer. All of the family went to town to inspect the body and determined that it was not him.
According to Elmer's descendants, he made a statement to the effect that he was leaving to join the U.S. Merchant Marine. From what I have always heard, he informed his father that he was going on a long trip and asked for as much money as he could borrow before leaving.
Elmer is listed as living in St. Petersburg, FL in his father's obituary in 1957, and also listed as a surviving brother of my great-grandmother in 1978, but to my understanding, he was never heard from by any of his immediate or extended family after leaving in 1925. I suspect that he either met with foul play or changed his identity altogether.
According to my grandfather, there was a "drifter" that was shot and killed in Columbia by the Adair County Sheriff in the 1950s, and some people in town reported that they thought it might be Elmer. All of the family went to town to inspect the body and determined that it was not him.
Elmer left home about 1925 and was never heard from again. He had three children, Reba, Thelma, and Chester. He was married to Alta Mae Head, daughter of James Pleasant and Margarette Jane Floyd Head.
According to Elmer's descendants, he made a statement to the effect that he was leaving to join the U.S. Merchant Marine. From what I have always heard, he informed his father that he was going on a long trip and asked for as much money as he could borrow before leaving.
Elmer is listed as living in St. Petersburg, FL in his father's obituary in 1957, and also listed as a surviving brother of my great-grandmother in 1978, but to my understanding, he was never heard from by any of his immediate or extended family after leaving in 1925. I suspect that he either met with foul play or changed his identity altogether.
According to my grandfather, there was a "drifter" that was shot and killed in Columbia by the Adair County Sheriff in the 1950s, and some people in town reported that they thought it might be Elmer. All of the family went to town to inspect the body and determined that it was not him.
According to Elmer's descendants, he made a statement to the effect that he was leaving to join the U.S. Merchant Marine. From what I have always heard, he informed his father that he was going on a long trip and asked for as much money as he could borrow before leaving.
Elmer is listed as living in St. Petersburg, FL in his father's obituary in 1957, and also listed as a surviving brother of my great-grandmother in 1978, but to my understanding, he was never heard from by any of his immediate or extended family after leaving in 1925. I suspect that he either met with foul play or changed his identity altogether.
According to my grandfather, there was a "drifter" that was shot and killed in Columbia by the Adair County Sheriff in the 1950s, and some people in town reported that they thought it might be Elmer. All of the family went to town to inspect the body and determined that it was not him.
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