Denise's Life in the Past Lane

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Surname Saturday - Ancestor #7 - Myrtle Arminta SNIDER

One of my goals for 2012 is to use the Surname Saturday blogging prompt as a way to assure that I spend some time researching each of my family lines and that I have appropriate source citations for the genealogical facts related to my ancestors. I’ve decided to use my ahnentafel report and work back through the generations starting with my grandparents, writing a summary of each ancestor. If you discovered this post through a search engine and find one of your ancestors listed here, please leave a comment to let me know.

My maternal grandmother, Myrtle Arminta SNIDER, was born 26 January 1878 in Ohio,[1] the oldest daughter of David A. and Ruth (FRANKLIN) SNIDER.[2]

On 26 September 1897, she married William Lee YAWMAN in Lincoln Township, Neosho County, Kansas.[3] William and Myrtle had eight children:

Joyce Opal YAWMAN (1899-1967)[4]
Eunice Evangeline YAWMAN (1901-1999)[5]
Hazel Agnes YAWMAN (1904-1993)[6]
Juanita Marie YAWMAN (1907-2004)[7]
Myrtle Gertrude YAWMAN (1909-19995)[8]
Clarence Leonard YAWMAN (1912-1912)[9]
William Howard YAWMAN (1914-1990)[10]
Beaulah Belle YAWMAN (1915-1999)[11]

After William and Myrtle married, they lived in the southeastern Kansas counties of Labette and Crawford.[12]^,
[13] Between 1915 and 1920, they moved to Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.[14] To my knowledge, they remained in Kansas City until about 1939, when they moved to California.[15] William and Myrtle lived at 3304 Freer, El Monte (in Los Angeles County) from about 1940 until his death.[16] Sometime after William’s death, Myrtle moved to Washington where she lived with her daughter Joyce.[17]

Myrtle died on 20 June 1958 in Clarkston, Asotin County, Washington, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.[18]

While I have the basic research covered for Myrtle, there are additional areas I need to research:

1. Land and property records in the counties in which she and William lived.

2. Newspapers for communities in which they lived.

My brother Arny had several photos of my grandparents that I scanned when I visited him last fall. I have an original of their wedding picture which I have scanned and shared with my siblings.

My grandmother was an accomplished seamstress, and I am fortunate to have in my possession a skirt that she made for my oldest sister sometime in the early 1950s. I seem to recall hearing that she made her own wedding dress, but I need to verify that with someone—perhaps my older sister will know.

Arny told me that Grandma Yawman loved to listen to the Los Angeles Angels’ baseball games on the radio. (The Angels were a farm team at the time.) She was not happy when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, because she could no longer hear the Angels’ games!

[1] Washington State Department of Health, death certificate 10617 (1958), Myrtle A. Yawman; Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Olympia.

[2] 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Leesburg, Union County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 81, p. 181A, dwelling (unreadable), family (unreadable), David A. Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1073.

[3] Neosho, Kansas, marriage certificate (no number) (1897), Yawman-Snyder; Neosho County Courthouse, Erie.

[4] Washington State Department of Health, "Washington Death Index, 1940-1996," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for Joyce Y. Seely.

[5] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for Evangeline Y. Waddell, 1999, SS no. 547-34-7828.

[6] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012), entry for Hazel A. Yockey, 1993, SS no. 511-24-8870.

[7] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Dec 2009), entry for Juanita M. Moerer, 2004, SS no. 486-26-1188.

[8] State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Dec 2009), entry for Jean Y. Taylor.

[9] findagrave.com, digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 Aug 2011), Clarence Leonard Yawman, Memorial #34314994, created by Mary Parmele, 1 March 2009.

[10] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012), entry for William H. Yawman, 1990, SS no. 495-01-4244.

[11] Kern County, California, death certificate no. (no number) (1999), Beaulah Belle Yawman; Kern County Department of Public Health, Bakersfield.

[12] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Crawford, Kansas, 1905 population schedule, Osage, p. 43, family 292, household of W. L. Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009).

[13] "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," online database and images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for W. L. Yawman.

[14] 1920 U.S. census, Jackson, Missouri, population schedule, Kansas City, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 11A, dwelling 121, family 306, household of William Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 924.

[15] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1659 (1948), William Lee Yawman.

[16] El Monte City Directory - 1940 (N.p.: n.p., 1940).

[17] Washington death certificate 10617 (1958), Myrtle A. Yawman.

[18] Washington death certificate 10617 (1958), Myrtle A. Yawman.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wordless Wednesday - Grandparents and Grandchildren

Digital image. Original held by Arnold Sherrell, [ADDRESS WITHHELD FOR PRIVACY],
Dripping Springs, Texas, 2011.

My maternal grandparents, William Lee and

Myrtle Arminta (Snider) Yawman,

with my siblings,

Arnold and Deanna Sherrell,

c1941, probably El Monte, California.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Amanuensis Monday - 1900 Deed - Owens Heirs to R. W. Caskey

On his TransylvanianDutch blog, John Newmark defines an amanuensis as “a person employed to write out what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.” For more information about this daily blogging prompt, see John’s post Amanuensis – Why?.

I have amassed quite a collection of scans of handwritten documents related to my ancestors—primarily marriage records, deeds, and wills. As I have been transcribing these documents, it occurred to me that most of these documents were not actually written by my ancestors, but rather dictated to someone else, and then transcribed by a clerk into official records.

My 2^nd great-grandfather Houston T. Owens died 15 September 1895; his wife Sherreldia J. (Hammontree) Owens died on 31 December 1896. In the following deed, their children, as heirs, convey the parcel of land owned in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, to R. W. Caskey. I am not sure of the relationship of R. W. Caskey to the heirs, but the Caskey, Hammontree and Owens families in the area were closely related. Two of Houston and Sherreldia’s known children predeceased them and are not represented in the succession: Andrew J. Owens, who died during the Civil War, and Dialtha Jane (Owens) Spurlock, my great-grandmother, who died in 1893.

"State of Louisiana )

Parish of Bienville )

Know all men by these presents that we the following named parties Hugh R. Owens, Sarah A. Owens, Rebecca U Sims ~~wife~~ nee, Owens wife of Geo. Sims who aids, authorizes, joins his wife herein, Gabral H. Owens, Stewart S. Owens, Sarilda Angeline Owens, Charles T. Owens, John D. Owens, Nancy C. Owens, each owning an undivided one twelfth interest in & to the following described tract or parcel of land lying & situated in Bienville parish Louisiana, viz N E [?] of Sec ³ & Sw ⁴ of SE ² Section 5 & NW⁴ Section 8 less ten acres off of the Sw⁴ of NW⁴ Section 8 Tp 18N Range 5W together with all & singular the appurtinances & improvements thereto belonging, said tract of land belonging to the succession of our deceased father & mother, H. T. & S. J. Owens & Geo. W. Sims who owns two twelfths interest in said land having bought the one undivided twelfth interest of T. A. Owens & Missouri A. Spurlock nee, Owens, both also children of the said H. T. & S. J. Owens, deceased have this day & do by these presents for & in consideration of the price & sum of thirty five dollars for one undivided twelfth of said land to each of us paid cash in hand, the receipt of which is by each of us is hereby acknowledged, granted, bargained sold & delivered with full guaranty unto R. W. Caskey each of us our above mentioned undivided interest in said tract of land to have & to hold to his own use & benefit & his hiers & assigns forever, thus done & signed on this the 4 day of Jan. A.D. 1900.

Attest: J. D. Owens

C. Emery Tooke C. P. Owens

H. N. Upton _her

Sarah A X Owens

^mark

S. A. Owens

G. W. Sims

S. S. Owens

_her

Nancy C. X Owens

^mark

_his

R. N. X Sims

^mark

G. W. Sims

_his

G. H. X Owens

^mark

E. G. Owens

_his

H. R. X Owens

^mark

State of Louisiana )

Parish of Bienville )

Personally came & appeared before me the undersigned authority H. N. Upton, who on oath says he saw E. G. Owens & H. R. Owens sign the within deed for the purposes therein expressed & now recognizes all the signatures to be genuine.

H. N. Upton

Sworn to & subscribed before me on this 19 day of May 1900

C. E. Tooke Dy clk

& Ex. off. Not. Pub.

State of Louisiana )

Parish of Bienville )

Personally came before me C. E. Tooke who on oath says he saw all the parties to the foregoing deed except E. G. Owens & H. R. Owens sign it for the purposes therein expressed & now recognizes all the signatures to be true.

C. E. Tooke

Sworn to & subscribed before me on this 19 day of May 1900

J. W. Tooke clk D.C.

& Ex off. Not Pub.

Attest a true record of original this 14^h day of June 1900

C. E. Tooke Dy. Clk.

& Ex Officio Recorder for

Bienville Parish

Louisiana"

[Source: Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Conveyance Records, 1848-1900, GG: 530, Heirs of H. T. and S. J. Owens deed to R. W. Caskey, 14 June 1900; FHL microfilm 266,022.]

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Surname Saturday – Ancestor #5 – William Lee YAWMAN

My maternal grandfather, William Lee YAWMAN, was born 15 August 1870 in Missouri,[1] the third child of Michael Heman YAWMAN and Nancy Elgin BURTON.[2]

It’s likely that William’s early childhood was spent in Meeker County, Minnesota. By 1880, the family had moved to Denison in Grayson County, Texas[3], and then about a decade later moved to Kansas.[4]

On 26 September 1897, he married Myrtle Arminta SNIDER in Lincoln Township, Neosho County, Kansas.[5] William and Myrtle had eight children:

Joyce Opal YAWMAN (1899-1967)[6]
Eunice Evangeline YAWMAN (1901-1999)[7]
Hazel Agnes YAWMAN (1904-1993)[8]
Juanita Marie YAWMAN (1907-2004)[9]
Myrtle Gertrude YAWMAN (1909-19995)[10]
Clarence Leonard YAWMAN (1912-1912)[11]
William Howard YAWMAN (1914-1990)[12]
Beaulah Belle YAWMAN (1915-1999)[13]

After William and Myrtle married, they lived in the southeastern Kansas counties of Labette and Crawford.[14]^,[15] Between 1915 and 1920, they moved to Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.[16] To my knowledge, they remained in Kansas City until about 1939, when they moved to California.[17] William and Myrtle lived at 3304 Freer, El Monte (in Los Angeles County) from about 1940 until his death.[18]

He followed in the trade of his father, working as a shoemaker throughout his life. According to his death certificate, he was not a veteran.[19]

William died 21 January 1948 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, and was buried 26 January 1948 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.[20]

While I have most of the basic research covered for William, there are additional areas I need to research:

Land and property records in the counties in which William lived.
Newspapers for communities in which William lived.

When I visited my brother in November, I scanned the few photos he had of William and I recorded his comments about our grandfather. I still need to transcribe the voice recording. Additionally, I need to interview my older sister about her memories of William and see if she has any pictures. I would also like to find any cousins who may have photos of William and his family.

[1] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1659 (1948), William Lee Yawman; County of Los Angeles, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Norwalk.

[2] 1880 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas, population schedule, Denison, enumeration district (ED) 8, p. 7, dwelling 24, family 26, household of Michael Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll T9_1306.

[3] 1880 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas, pop. sch., Denison, ED 8, p. 7, dwell. 24, fam. 26, household of Michael Yawman.

[4] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Labette, Kansas, 1895 population schedule, Parsons, p. 30, dwelling 5, family 5, household of M. Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Nov 2009).

[5] Neosho, Kansas, marriage certificate (no number) (1897), Yawman-Snyder; Neosho County Courthouse, Erie.

[6] Washington State Department of Health, "Washington Death Index, 1940-1996," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for Joyce Y. Seely.

[7] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for Evangeline Y. Waddell, 1999, SS no. 547-34-7828.

[8] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012), entry for Hazel A. Yockey, 1993, SS no. 511-24-8870.

[9] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Dec 2009), entry for Juanita M. Moerer, 2004, SS no. 486-26-1188.

[10] State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index, 1940-1997," online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Dec 2009), entry for Jean Y. Taylor.

[11] findagrave.com, digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 Aug 2011), Clarence Leonard Yawman, Memorial #34314994, created by Mary Parmele, 1 March 2009.

[12] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2012), entry for William H. Yawman, 1990, SS no. 495-01-4244.

[13] Kern County, California, death certificate no. (no number) (1999), Beaulah Belle Yawman; Kern County Department of Public Health, Bakersfield.

[14] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Crawford, Kansas, 1905 population schedule, Osage, p. 43, family 292, household of W. L. Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009).

[15] "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," online database and images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009), entry for W. L. Yawman.

[16] 1920 U.S. census, Jackson, Missouri, population schedule, Kansas City, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 11A, dwelling 121, family 306, household of William Yawman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_924.

[17] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1659 (1948), William Lee Yawman.

[18] El Monte City Directory - 1940 (N.p.: n.p., 1940).

[19] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1659 (1948), William Lee Yawman.

[20] Los Angeles County, California, death certificate no. 1659 (1948), William Lee Yawman.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Wordless Wednesday - Halbert Spurlock

Digital image. Original held by J. D. Carson, 1999.

My grand-uncle

Halbert R. Spurlock

(1904-1971)

Monday, January 30, 2012

Amanuensis Monday - 1889 Tax Sale - H.T. Owens

Times must have been hard for my 2^nd great-grandfather, H. T. Owens, in 1888 and 1889. The following deed represents the sale of property for delinquent taxes for 1888 and costs associated with the sale by the parish sheriff and tax collector.

“State of Louisiana )

Parish of Bienville )

Be it known that this day before me J W Tooke Clerk & Ex officio Recorder & Notary Public in and for said Parish duly qualified came and appeared J A Mays Sheriff and Ex officio Tax collector of State and Parish taxes in & for said Parish, acting herein by virtue of the authority visited him by the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana in such case made and provided and in the name of the State of Louisiana who declared that he does by these presents sell convey and deliver unto Southern land and improvement company the following described property assessed to H. T. Owens upon the tablet of taxes in & for said Parish for the year 1888 to wit. North West qua[r]ter of section Eight (8) south West qua[r]ter of south East qua[r]ter and North East qua[r]ter of South West qua[r]ter of Section Five (5) Township Eight (18) Range Five (5) The said property was advertised in the Louisiana Advance, a news paper published in said Parish from the 17^th day of May 1889 to the 22^nd day of June 1889 making full thirty ^[?] days from the date of first mention to the day of sale, announcing said sale to take place at the front door of the civil District court house of said Parish within the legal hours of sale on the 22^nd day of June 1889.

When on said sale day between the said legal hours of sale and at said ^courthouse ~~front~~ door after first having read the advertisement announcing the amount of Taxes interest and cost due on said property for the year 1888 he proceeded to offer said described property for sale for cash without appraisment[?] in legal tender money of the United States to pay and satisfy said taxes interest and cost.

When at said offering the said Southern Land and improvement company having big the sum of sixteen & ³⁰/₁₀₀ Dollars for said property they became the purchasers thereof for that price subject to redemption as provided by law.

This sale is therefore made for the consideration of sixteen & ³⁰/₁₀₀ Dollars cash in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said sale being for

taxes 8.14

Interest .97

Advertising 3.50

Cost 3.74

Making said sum of 16.35

Done and passed in said Parish of Bienville in the presence of the attesting competent witnesses, on this the 31^st day of July AD 1889.

Attest. J. A. Mays

F. L. Mayfield Shff & Tax Coll

J. C. Thens

J. W. Tooke

CDC & Ex Of NP

Attest: a true record this August 2^nd 1889.

J. C. Thens Dy CDC

& Ex Of Recorder”

[Source: Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Conveyance Records, 1848-1900, BB: 323, State of Louisiana (H.T. Owens) deed to Southern Land and Improvement Company, tax sale, 2 August 1889; FHL microfilm 266,017.]

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Surname Saturday – Ancestor #5 – Mamie Olive MARTINDALE

My grandmother, Mamie Olive MARTINDALE, was born 26 September 1884 in Colmanville, Carter County, Missouri, and died 7 January 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.[1] She was the fourth child of Ambrose B. and Sarah Belle (FORSHEE) MARTINDALE.[2]

She married Jasper Jackson SPURLOCK on 15 November 1905 in Cushing, Nacogdoches County, Texas.[3] Jack and Mamie had four children:

· Dorothy Belle (1906-1987)[4]

· William Taft (1908-1974)[5]

· Arthur Bryant “Otto” (1911-1951)[6]

· Jasper Jackson “Jack” (1912-1978)[7]

Shortly after the birth of their youngest child, her husband left her and headed west. He never returned. Although it is believed that he married again, Mamie never did.

Mamie’s father, A. B. Martindale, died during the influenza epidemic of 1918.[8] Mamie and her children were enumerated in her mother’s household in the 1920 census.[9] Her mother died in 1923.[10]

In 1930, Mamie was enumerated with her three youngest children in Houston, Harris County, Texas. She was employed as a waitress in a school cafeteria.[11] Her oldest child, daughter Dorothy Belle, had married Walter Magee on 31 January 1924.[12]

Mamie is buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Lawndale, Harris County, Texas.[13]

I did not know my grandmother. When I was about 12, we went to Texas to visit family but we spent more time with the family of my dad’s first wife than we did with Gram. When she died in 1971, only my father and sister Jane went to the funeral. I have photocopies of the pages from her scrapbook which show that she was actively involved in church activities. She was apparently an avid reader as she had library cards for both the Houston Public Library and the Corpus Christi Public Library. I believe she had a companion, “Aunt Mary,” with whom she lived in her later years.

Here are some of the things I need to research about my grandmother:

Although the index to the Nacogdoches County, Texas, marriage books refers to a record for the Spurlock-Martindale marriage, the actual record does not appear on the Family History Library microfilm nor is it present in the marriage book in the county courthouse.
The newspaper clipping regarding the marriage found in my grandmother’s scrapbook is undated and from an unidentified newspaper. As with the marriage record, I have been unable to locate identifying information for the clipping.
I have not searched for a divorce record for my grandparents. The logical places to look are in San Diego and Los Angeles counties in California, where my grandfather lived, or in Harris County, Texas, where my grandmother lived.
Family tradition is that A. B. Martindale gave each of us children property. According to the 1930 census, Gram owned her home at the time, but I have not researched Harris County deeds to see what transactions are recorded.
It is possible that there might be more information about her in the records of the various churches with which she was affiliated.
I need to interview my cousin Jean to see what she can tell me about Gram.
I need to see if I can locate any other of her grandchildren to share information.

[1] Harris County, Texas, death certificate no. 03613 (1971), Mamie Olive Spurlock; Texas Department of Health, Austin.

[2] 1900 U.S. census, Nacogdoches County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 6, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 15B, dwelling 265, family 267, household of Bryan Martindale; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_1661.

[3] Spurlock, Mamie Olive (Martindale), Scrapbook, ca 1950-1970; privately held by Cheryl Anne (Chaney) Beaver, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Lone Grove, Oklahoma. 2010. Photocopy in possession of Denise Spurlock.

[4] "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Jan 1912), entry for Dorothy Belle Magee, died 22 September 1987; citing Death Records, Harris County, Texas; Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas.

[5] Texas, death certificate no. 82719 (1974), William Taft Spurlock; digital image, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," FamilySearch (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ : accessed 6 Jul 2011).

[6] Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 52346 (1951), Arthur Bryant Spurlock; digital image, Footnote.com, Texas Death Certificates (http://www.footnote.com/documents/19419207/texas_death_certificates/ : accessed 15 Jul 2010).

[7] Carter County, Oklahoma, death certificate no. 02625 (1978), Jasper J. Spurlock, Jr; Oklahoma Department of Health, Oklahoma City.

[8] Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 41191 (1918), A. B. Martindale; digital image, Footnote.com, Texas Death Certificates (http://www.footnote.com/documents/19419207/texas_death_certificates/ : accessed 20 Apr 2010).

[9] 1920 U.S. census, Harris, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 32A, dwelling 681, family 695, household of Sarah Martindale; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Dec 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_1812; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 120.

[10] Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 4483 (1923), Sarah Belle Martindale; digital image, Footnote.com, Texas Death Certificates (http://www.footnote.com/documents/19419207/texas_death_certificates/ : accessed 2 May 2011).

[11] 1930 U.S. census, Harris County, Texas, population schedule, Houston, enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 15A, dwelling 311, family 336, Mamie O. Spurlock; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Jan 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2351.

[12] FamilySearch database, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 Aug 2011), Walter Magee-Dorothy Spurlock marriage (1924).

[13] Harris County, Texas, death certificate no. 03613 (1971), Mamie Olive Spurlock; Texas Department of Health, Austin.