I'm trying to find a death date for Marcus Perry Spencer, and for his son, Julius H. Spencer. He registered for the WWI draft in Woodruff Co. He and his wife, Mary, and son Julius H., were in Woodruff Co. in the 1920 census. (They were in Green Co., AR in 1910). And then, they all drop out of sight. I've not found Marcus or Julius in the 1930 census yet.

Marcus was born 1 Apr 1874 in Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana. According to census records, he and Mary married about 1901. Their son, Julius H.was born about 1903 in Arkansas.

Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?

Hello. If by chance you are in Arkansas, go to your nearest library genealogy room and check the Arkansas Death Index.
It covers from 1914-1948. Since Spencer registered for the draft, plus showed up in a couple of census, that means he should have been in that book. When you know the date of death, you can order his death certificate.
Woodruff county which is eastern Arkansas probably means he was working on a farm some place or something related to that.
Per chance you are interested in a researcher, I can suggest
a good one.
Good luck.

Since I'm in Arizona, I'm not able to take advantage of the library resource. And, since this is a side line for me, I'll probably not pursue a researcher, but thanks for that offer.

Perhaps someone on this list who is in Arkansas could check the Arkansas Death Index for me?

Thanks!
Betty

I would suggest then that you go to the nearest Latter Day
Saints Library (Mormons) and ask for help.
They have tons of information and usually volunteers to
assist the visitors.
But still what you need to check is probably the Arkansas Death Index.

You probably need a local Arizona Latter Day Saints library, but you can also do some limited lookups at an online social security death index, at Rootsweb (actually ancestry.com). Beyond a basic search, they of course charge a fee, but have a good bit of info.

I went to http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and did an "advanced" search -
and looked up Marcus Spencer (or M Spencer) birth 1874. No luck. Used a non-exact match (Soundex). I looked up J Spencer, birth 1903, and got 5 hits. But then you said about 1903. It's best that you go do the search yourself, online, or try the LDS library in your local area. Good luck!

Yes, I've already searched via ancestry - have tried the SSDI, the California Death Index (most of his family moved to Southern California). He is the mystery of his siblings. I've not been able to find him using ancestry, www.familysearch.org, or just ordinary Google searches. Which is why I reached out to this group, hoping that someone else might be researching him or might have access to local Arkansas resources.

Oh well....thanks for all the suggestions.

Betty