0555 James Lewis TREFETHEN

James Lewis TREFETHEN⁰⁵⁵⁵
(22 February 1899 - 24 February 1961)
Married to Ella Violet WEAVER

Parents: Samuel Roy TREFETHEN⁰⁴³⁹ (18 April 1870 - 08 April 1949) and Hattie L. BURCH

Left to Right Lloyd Edward TREFETHEN Robert Lee TREFETHEN
our grandmother Ella Violet TREFETHEN, grandfather James Lewis TREFETHEN, and Wayne TREFETHEN

Left to Right Wayne’s wife Maxine, Wayne and Violet TREFETHEN

Events:

Born in Lucas [Source 36] or Osborne, Kansas Source 35 ; or coffeville
Died in Wichita, Kansas. 17th street cemetery. white chapel. both are buried there.
Married on 23 July 1922 in Topeka, Kansas Source 36
NOTE: Birthdate could be May 1897- records vary. possible washington-s birthday in 1898
samual died and his wifef died 8 days later because of grief.

Children:

James NEAL TREFETHEN⁰⁵⁰⁸ (16 January 1924 - 10 June 1946) Born in Wellington, Kansas. Married to Lueva Christiansen on 10 June 1946. They had 6 children.
- Jerry and
- James Lee. He has a wife named Vera. Vera is on facebook a lot.
Robert Lee TREFETHEN⁰⁵⁰⁹(17 April 1925 - 21 August 1994) Born in Wichita, Kansas. Married to Marvel (Ferguson) Hill on 09 August 1954.
Lloyd Edward TREFETHEN⁰⁵¹⁰ (1928 - 19 January 1990)

Wayne Richard TREFETHEN

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Leroy Doyle TREFETHEN⁰⁵¹² (06 April 1937 - 26 September 2018). Died around 2020.He was 80 years old when he died. Died in Baltimore Maryland.

SOURCES:

35. LANGLEY, Eileen E.

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

James E. TREFETHEN¹⁰⁹⁸⁴

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James Lewis TREFETHEN0555 (22 February 1899 - 24 February 1961) Married to Ella Violet WEAVER

James Lewis TREFETHEN⁰⁵⁵⁵
(22 February 1899 - 24 February 1961)
Married to Ella Violet WEAVER