James Tilford Gonce

James Tilford Gonce

Male 1900 - 1942  (41 years)

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  • Name James Tilford Gonce 
    Birth 10 Nov 1900  Taney Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1917-1918  World War I Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Private, Coast Artillery Corps. 
    • Missouri. State Board of Health. Department of Commerce. Death Certificate #14610 for Tilford J. Gonce, filed 5 May 1942.
    Residence 1942  Kansas City, Jackson Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    911 E. 33rd St. 
    Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 21 Apr 1942  Joplin, Jasper Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Strychnine poisoning; suicide 
    Occupation Barber 
    Death 21 Apr 1942  Joplin, Jasper Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Frank Oberle said that after "Tilford J. Gonce, was divorced by his wife Ruth; after this, he left Kansas City, Missouri, checked into a hotel in Joplin, Missouri, and, on 21 April 1942, committed suicide by swallowing strychnine." [Source: Frank Oberle, Doctor Abraham Rudolph Gonce, Missouri Pioneer, 3 May 1833-4 December 1912, self published, 2013]
    Death Certificate for James Tilford Gonce.
    Death Certificate for James Tilford Gonce.
    Date & place of death: 21 Apr 1942, Joplin, Jasper Co, Missouri
    Age at death: 41 years 5 months 11 days
    Date & place of birth: 10 Nov 1900, Taney Co, Missouri
    Occupation: Barber
    Spouse: Ruth Gonce [divorced]
    Parents: Father, Abraham Randolph Gonce; Mother, Susan Hargrove
    Cause of Death: Suicide, strychnine poisoning
    Informant: Randolph T. Gonce
    Buried: Osborne Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co, Missouri
    Burial 23 Apr 1942  Osborne Memorial Cemetery, Jasper Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    James Tilford Gonce
    James Tilford Gonce
    Private, Coast Arty Corps
    World War I
    Person ID I17450  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2020 

    Father Abraham Rudolph Gonce,   b. 3 May 1829, Rogersville, Hawkins Co, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1912, Taney Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Susan T. Hargrove,   b. Mar 1879, Christian Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ca 1911, Taneyville, Taney, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jun 1897  Stone Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Loraine Corbin 
    Family ID F6408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2016 

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