Individual Details

Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #1073
Edwin Price Deffenbaugh was born 23 Dec 1991, Van Buren, Jasper Twp, Crawford Co. Father - Ed Deffenbaugh, 34, b. Natural Dam, AR, farmer & tax collector. Mother - Emma Richmond, age 36, b. Quitman, TX. He was the 9th child born - 6 children are living. Affidavit made by Ed Deffenbaugh, Father, 6 Oct 1941.

Edwin was married earlier - to Susie Lucille Motley, 22 Jul 1933, Van Buren. They were divorced 11 Sep 1935, in Crawford Co, AR.

By 1940 he was living at home with his parents.
1940 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR
Edd Deffenbaugh, 62, b. AR
Emma B., wife, 65, b. TX
Edwin, son, 28, Divorced

He served in the US Army from 10 Jun 1942 to 11 Dec 1945.

Obituary - Southwest Times Record of Fort Smith, AR - April 17, 1984 - Page 6B

EDWIN P. DEFFENBAUGH, 72, of 307 So. 13th Street, Van Buren, AR, died Monday, April 16th, in a Van Buren hospital. He was retired from Sparkman Quality Clothiers and he attended the Rena Christian Church. A lifelong Van Buren resident, Deffenbaugh was an Army veteran and served in the Phillipines and the Western Pacific.
Funeral will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in Ocker Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at U.S. National Cemetery (Fort Smith).
He is survived by his wife, Mary; a daughter, Mary Jo Arick of North Little Rock; three sons, Gary of Paris, AR, Danny of Van Buren, and Jerry of Knoxville, TN; three sisters, Blanche Brewer of Van Buren, Mary Brasuell of Los Angeles, CA, and Ruth Shaffer of Sedelia, MO; a brother, Wallace of Dallas, TX and 12 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Gene Bell, George Batchelor, Earl Robinson, John Danchiu, Elliott Sparkman, and Ernest Yeager.

Edwin served as private in the US Army, World War II.

Birth	23 Dec 1911
Marriage	22 Jul 1933	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas - Susan Lucille Motley
Divorce	11 Sep 1935	Crawford County, Arkansas - Susan Lucille Motley
Marriage	16 Jun 1947	Johnson County, Arkansas - Mary Margaret Hays
Death	16 Apr 1984	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial	18 Apr 1984	Fort Smith Natl Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Spouse	Mary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Spouse	Susan Lucille Motley (1914 - 1999)
Child	Jerry Gene Deffenbaugh (1933 - 2015)
Child	Carroll Wayne Deffenbaugh (1936 - 1936)