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• 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 23 January, Duncan,District 247, page 20B, 2nd Street, Hse #250, Fam #265
  Wagnon, Elmer  Head Rents M W  29  TX GA TX Mechanic [b abt 1890]
  Wagnon, Jeffie  Wife  F W 27  GA GA GA [b abt 1892]
  Wagnon, Laverne Son M W 2yrs7mos Single OK TX GA Farmer [b abt May1917]
  
  I have not been able to find a census record for Elma and his parentsfor 1930.
  
  Devera Allen-Scheller wrote me in March 2010 to make contact, sharingthe following comments about Elma Laverne Wagnon.  Before receivingthis note I had no information about Elma's wives or children.
  
  "Mr. Wagnon is my biological grandfather.  I met him one time.  He hadtwo daughters with his first wife Pauline.  Their names were Paula(the eldest) and Beverly Sue ( the youngest).  Paula is my mother.  Iam now 46 year old and would love to know more about my biologicalfamily."
  
  Elma was married twice.  Betty Gregston reports the two marriages, andeven provides date of marriage, but has no name for either wife.
  
  Elma Laverne Wagnon
  Birth: 15 MAY 1917 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK
  Death: 5 FEB 1989 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK
  Spouse 1 Unknown, Married: 1942 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK
  Spouse 2 Unknown, Married: 31 DEC 1965 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV.
  --  Betty Gregston, RootsWeb ID: I3124,http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dubgreg&id=I3124
  
  Another genealogy has little info, but did report information on thesecond wife.
  
  Dorothy Mae ASKINS
  Birth 05 JUN 1923
  Death JUL 1998 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, Oklahoma
  This source reports four spouses, one is Elmer Laverne WAGNON1919-1989
  --  Ancestry Trees, Hood, Bunn,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11331217/person/-484019750
  
  I found the record of divorce from his second wife in 1969.
  
  California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
  Elma L Wagnon, b 1917
  Spouse Name: Dorothy M Askins, b 1923
  Married 1965
  Divorce Jun 1969, San Luis Obispo County
  
  The Social Security Death Index confirms the birth and death dates Ifound in a minimal family genealogy.  The place of death, or at leastthe final residnece at time of death, is reported here also.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  E. L. Wagnon
  Born 15 May 1917
  Died 5 Feb 1989
  Last Residence Burns Flat, Washita, Oklahoma 73624
  SSN 448-05-7916 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)

Sources

• 1. Julia Virginia Terry Jenkins, personal interview by Lou Ila Jenkins,about 1955
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 23 January, District 247, page 20B, Duncan Ward 2, Hse #250, Fam # 265
• 3. RootsWeb ID: I3124 -- Elma Laverne Wagnon
  • Name: Name:http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dubgreg&id=I3124;;
• 4. Social Security Death Index
• 5. Wagnon-Gamblin Genealogy
  • Name: Name: http://www.simplynet.net/soup/wagnon.htm;;
• 6. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984