Frank Grinsted Bouton was born 6 Sep 1891 in Kansas to Jessie Elizabeth Hopper (1861-1914) and Charles Edward Bouton (1865-1939).
Inmate: #22821 Oklahoma State Prison
Rec: 3 Dec 1930
Crime: Embezzlement
Term: 8 years & $500
Age: 39
Frank was the Deputy Clerk & Court Clerk for Grant County, OK. He embezzled $15,000. He had been working there for 18 years.
He was married to Hazel Ann Berger (1897-1955). She divorced him 2 Oct 1941, they had 2 children.
Edward Franklin Bouton 1919-1999
Grace Lucille Bouton 1925-2011
I found the following newspaper articles.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36321623/f_g_bouton/?xid=637&_ga=2.228431390.2034859877.1568825478-249075594.1550496037
After his release from prison, not much is known the 1940 census he has moved and divorced, he is living in Duncan, OK as a Timekeeper and living in the Wells Hotel.
According to the WWII Draft Record he is 1942 living in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA, working for a construction company out of Texas.
He would at some point head west to California to live and die 15 Sep 1970 in Lake Isabella, CA. Beautiful area south of the Sierra.
Bad decisions can ruin lives, lesson learned I am sure. Frank didn't seem to marry again, but his children followed him to California he died in Fresno and his daughter died in Madera, CA. HIs x-wife died in Tennessee and was buried in Oklahoma.
Inmate: #22821 Oklahoma State Prison
Rec: 3 Dec 1930
Crime: Embezzlement
Term: 8 years & $500
Age: 39
Frank was the Deputy Clerk & Court Clerk for Grant County, OK. He embezzled $15,000. He had been working there for 18 years.
He was married to Hazel Ann Berger (1897-1955). She divorced him 2 Oct 1941, they had 2 children.
Edward Franklin Bouton 1919-1999
Grace Lucille Bouton 1925-2011
I found the following newspaper articles.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36321623/f_g_bouton/?xid=637&_ga=2.228431390.2034859877.1568825478-249075594.1550496037
After his release from prison, not much is known the 1940 census he has moved and divorced, he is living in Duncan, OK as a Timekeeper and living in the Wells Hotel.
According to the WWII Draft Record he is 1942 living in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA, working for a construction company out of Texas.
He would at some point head west to California to live and die 15 Sep 1970 in Lake Isabella, CA. Beautiful area south of the Sierra.
Bad decisions can ruin lives, lesson learned I am sure. Frank didn't seem to marry again, but his children followed him to California he died in Fresno and his daughter died in Madera, CA. HIs x-wife died in Tennessee and was buried in Oklahoma.
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