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Amos Wallis Lashley

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Amos Wallis Lashley

Birth
Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, USA
Death
26 Mar 1950 (aged 77)
Des Arc, Iron County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Des Arc, Iron County, Missouri, USA
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Amos Wallis Lashley was the son of G. W. and Nancy Lashley. He was raised in Flatwoods, Iron County, Missouri until the age of seven when the family moved to a farm on the banks of Big Creek near Des Arc, Missouri. Amos became a minister of the Nazarene Church and served in the church at Des Arc. He frequently led camp meetings throughout the area and spoke and many revivals. He also served as Justice of the Peace in Des Arc for a term. During the Great Depression, he travelled with his sons Charles, Marshall, Virgil, Walter, and daughter Zella to find work in the automobile industry. During his final days after the death of his wife he was frequently found wandering the roads and saying that he was going home to the Flatwoods.∼

Spouse - Sarah Victoria Palmer
Children: Jesse Edward Lashley, William Fermin Lashley, Arthur Raymond “Aut” Lashley, Luther Bryan “Dry” Lashley, Mary Ella Klancke, Zella Minerva Lemperis, Sarah Gladys Poston, Amos Wallis Lashley Jr, Charles Pinkney Lashley, Virgil Eugene “Gene” Lashley, Marshall Lashley, and Walter Harvey Lashley.

Father - George Washington Lashley
Mother - Nancy Jane (Myers)

Grandfather - Amos Veach Lashley
Grandmother - Sarah Lacy (Worley)

Grandfather- William Henry Myers
Grandmother- Elizabeth Jane Sutton
Amos Wallis Lashley was the son of G. W. and Nancy Lashley. He was raised in Flatwoods, Iron County, Missouri until the age of seven when the family moved to a farm on the banks of Big Creek near Des Arc, Missouri. Amos became a minister of the Nazarene Church and served in the church at Des Arc. He frequently led camp meetings throughout the area and spoke and many revivals. He also served as Justice of the Peace in Des Arc for a term. During the Great Depression, he travelled with his sons Charles, Marshall, Virgil, Walter, and daughter Zella to find work in the automobile industry. During his final days after the death of his wife he was frequently found wandering the roads and saying that he was going home to the Flatwoods.∼

Spouse - Sarah Victoria Palmer
Children: Jesse Edward Lashley, William Fermin Lashley, Arthur Raymond “Aut” Lashley, Luther Bryan “Dry” Lashley, Mary Ella Klancke, Zella Minerva Lemperis, Sarah Gladys Poston, Amos Wallis Lashley Jr, Charles Pinkney Lashley, Virgil Eugene “Gene” Lashley, Marshall Lashley, and Walter Harvey Lashley.

Father - George Washington Lashley
Mother - Nancy Jane (Myers)

Grandfather - Amos Veach Lashley
Grandmother - Sarah Lacy (Worley)

Grandfather- William Henry Myers
Grandmother- Elizabeth Jane Sutton

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