Wood & Torbert Families - Dora Frances Ward

Dora Frances Ward

b. 5 February 1876, d. 29 October 1963

Dora Frances Ward was born on 5 February 1876 in Texas.
She married Samuel Newton Thompson circa 1899.
Samuel Newton Thompson registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Garvin County, Oklahoma, while living with his wife Dora in Wynnewood, and self-employed there farming.
Samuel Newton Thompson and Dora Frances Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Washington Township, Love County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Guy Garrett Thompson. Also in the household were children Iva (age 15) and Roy S. (11.)
Samuel Newton Thompson and Dora Frances Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pocasset, Grady County, Oklahoma. Also in the household was son Roy S. (age 21.)
Samuel Newton Thompson and Dora Frances Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in O'Neal, San Joaquin County, California, at 6509 Ardelle Avenue. Also in the household was son Roy S. (age 31). In 1935 Sam and Dora were living in Grady County, Oklahoma, and Roy was in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Samuel Newton Thompson registered for the draft in 1942 in San Joaquin County, California, while living with his wife Dora in Stockton on Ardella Street, and not employed.
Dora Frances Ward died on 29 October 1963 at age 87 in French Camp, San Joaquin County, California, at San Joaquin Memorial Hospital.
Her husband Samuel Newton Thompson became a widower at her death.
She was interred at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California.