gaines, elmer
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Elmer Gaines; Gaines, Elmer
- Record count
- 4
- Sources
- census-1900,guardian_abstracts,life_events
- Places seen
- Liberty; T25N R12E, Stoddard County, Missouri
- First event date
- 1898-01-02
- Last event date
- 1930
Timeline — 2 events
- 1916-07-07 Elmer Gaines, a deserter from the army, was taken by Chief Smith to Jefferson Barracks; Gaines' arrest for forgery in Riceville, Iowa, is mentioned elsewhere in this issue [date from clip_id] Co-mentioned: Chief Smith. Quote: "who is a deserter from the army"
- 1930 T25N R12E, Stoddard County, Missouri. Landowner listed in the 1930 Hixson plat book, Page 5 - T25N R12E, section(s) 21. Entry from the index spreadsheet Aj uploaded 2026-09-23; transcription not yet spot-checked against the plat images Quote: "Gaines, Elmer — Page 5 - T25N R12E, sec 21"
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