Tenth Generation

9403. Laura Anna PUTNAM was born on 3 June 1904 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴ She died on 1 September 1986 at the age of 82 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴ She was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴

Laura Anna PUTNAM and Vernon William BOAZ were married on 3 June 1925 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴ Vernon William BOAZ was born on 29 April 1899 in Rondo, Polk, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴ He died on 9 December 1986 at the age of 87 in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴ He was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri.¹³⁹⁴
Vernon, after returning home from serving in the army of occupation in WW I, married Laura Putnam, and worked at a variety of jobs in Joplin including the Eagle Picher Company in the lead smelter and in 1929, started to work for the Illinois Bridge Company as an iron worker constructing bridges in Illinois. As the depression worsened, the highway department lacked the tax funds to continue highway and bridge construction. Without work, Vernon and his family moved back to Missouri to a farm in west central Missouri and then back to the Joplin area in 1933. He farmed some and then became involved in house construction with several contractors. He worked as a carpenter in the construction of Ft. Leonard Wood at the beginning of WW II. He then returned to Joplin, working for contractors as job superintendent for a number of years and then became secretary of the Carpenters Union serving in that capacity until his retirement. After he retired, he continued to be active teaching apprentice school for carpenters for several more years.

Laura Anna PUTNAM-34264 and Vernon William BOAZ-34265 had the following children: