1360 James REUBEN TREFREN

James Reuben TREFREN¹³⁶⁰
(29 December 1870 - 12 February 1938)
Married Mary Charlotte (Lottie) RHODES

PARENTS: Othniel TREFREN¹³⁵¹ (1842 - after 1875) with Phebe Lois ROBINSON

Biography:

Born in Wisconsin
Also known as Reuben James Trefren^{[assorted sources]}
Served as a private in Company B, 4th Wisconson Infantry in the Spanish-American War, 1897-1899.^{[Source: obituary]}
Married 06 July 1906 in New Lisbon, Wisconson; both were Catholic
Mary was born on 24 February 1889, in New Lisbon, Wisconsin
Died at the veteran’s Hospital during 1939 at age 68 in Chicago, Illinois^{[Source: obituary]}
Buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Richland Center, Wisconson
Myheritage.com source has his name as Rueben James TREFREN (1870 - 1939) born in Vermont

SOURCES:

36. TREFREN, Leitha S.¹³²¹- Correspondence, 135 Clover Lane; Medford, Oregon 97501. Leitha passed away during February, 2001

144. Anne L. PINCH⁰⁶⁸⁹

Obituary myheritage.com

1920 United States Federal Census

1930 United States Federal Census

Illinois Deaths

Social Security Death Benefit Index

Children:

Edward James TREFREN¹⁵³⁵ (15 July 1907 - 1985)
Rose TREFREN¹⁵³⁴ (about 1910 - unknown)
Francis 'Frank' Bernard TREFREN¹⁵³³ (29 June 1912 - 10 April 1954)
Maybelle Tresa TREFREN¹⁵³⁶ (about 1915 - unknown). Married Charles Bryant/Briant (husbands name found in her father’s obituary^{[Source 36]})
Robert TREFREN¹⁵³⁷ (20 April 1919 - March 1974) Died in Hialeah, Dade County, Florida^{[Source 36: Social Security Death Benefit Index]})
Verlin Charles TREFREN¹⁵³⁸ (21 April 1921 - unknown)

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James Reuben TREFREN 1360 (29 December 1870 - 12 February 1938) Married Mary Charlotte (Lottie) RHODES

James Reuben TREFREN¹³⁶⁰
(29 December 1870 - 12 February 1938)
Married Mary Charlotte (Lottie) RHODES