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Alice Eula Allen (b. 03 Jul 1892, d. 25 Dec 1979)
Notes for Alice Eula Allen:
Alice Eula 'Manona' Allen [3046]was born 3 July 1892 in Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas. She marriedGomer Edward Kraus on 4 May 1916 in Johnson County. He was born 4 July 1890 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, the son of Edward Joseph Kraus and Gwennie Evans. Around 1910 Gomer played professional baseball. By all accounts he was a very good pitcher. Gomer owned and operated an architectural and construction firm in Clarksville, Arkansas and was responsible for many of the large building projects in western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. He ran this business from a custom one room office building he constructed behind his house, complete with built-in drafting tables, blueprint storage and fireplace. He donated a portion of his land to the City of Clarksville for the construction of a new road. In turn, the city named the new road "Kraus Street". When Alice's first grandchild, Paula, was learning to speak she called Alice 'Manona.' Alice liked that and insisted that all her grandchildren call her Manona. Gomer died 29 July 1950 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Alice continued to live alone in their home until the early 1970's when she moved in with her two older sisters Lillian and Annie in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. When her sisters passed away, she moved to Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas to live with her son Joe. She died there on 25 December 1979. Alice and Gomer are both buried in the Kraus plot in Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas. The following articles appeared in the local Clarksville newspapers...
December 12th, 1912 - Local Mention
Miss Alice Allen is working for the McKennon House Furnishing Co. during the holiday season.
March 20th, 1913 - Local Mention
Misses Maxie Covington, Alice Allen, Jewel and Inez Griffin, Kit Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Seth L. Reed, Messrs. Virgil Kolb, Seth McLane, Clyde Walton, Orville and Carl Arrington spent Easter Sunday at Piney.
June 5th, 1913 - In Honor of Miss Kendall
Miss Alice Allen very pleasantly entertained in honor of her cousin, Miss Cherry Kendall at the home of Mrs. Rogers on College Hill. Games of various kinds were enjoyed throughout the evening, also a 'beheading' contest was puzzled over. The most lucky beheaders proved to be Miss Fleta Thompson and Mr. Roscoe McPherson who received a box of delicious candy. At a late hour the guests were invited to the dining room where refreshments were served. The guests were Misses Rillie Lasar, Maxie Covington, Fleta Thompson, Jane Everett Morns, Cherry Kendall, Claudie Allen and Alma Ross, Messrs. Rogers McKennon, King Basham, Orville Arrington, Odus Wilkinson, Denver Misenheimer and Roscoe McPherson.
Children are listed under Gomer Kraus.
Bibliography
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1900 Federal Census, Ward Township, Johnson County, Arkansas
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1910 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson County, Arkansas
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1912 High School Graduation Invitation, Alice Allen
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1920 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson County, Arkansas
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1930 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Clarksville, Ward 3, Spadra Township, Johnson Street, page 246a, Gomer Kraus.
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Family Bible of Lillian Allen
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1916 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Alice Allen, Book V page 289
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1986 Johnson County Cemeteries, Johnson County Extension Homemaker Club
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1966 Social Security Account Application for Alice Eula (Allen) Kraus
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Grave Markers, Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas
More About Alice Eula Allen and Gomer Edward Kraus:
Marriage: 04 May 1916, Johnson Co., Arkansas.
Children of Alice Eula Allen and Gomer Edward Kraus are:
- Gomer Edward Kraus, b. 22 May 1917, Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas, d. 02 May 1991, Jacksonville, Duvall County, Florida.
- Joe Allen Kraus, b. 11 May 1919, Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas, d. 25 Dec 1997, Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas.
- Robert Lee 'Bob' Kraus, b. 26 Jul 1928, Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas, d. 23 Jan 2005, Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas.
- Alice Ann Ferguson.