Individual Details

Nellie Lee Martin

(16 Apr 1882 - 19 Apr 1954)

On the 1900 U. S. Census of Justice Precinct 2, Hill Co., Texas, Nellie L. Martin, F. Edgar Martin and Margaret L. Edgar [error should be Martin] are living in the household of their uncle William D. Kirkpatrick. He is single but has his sister Margaret C. Birdine, her 3 children and the 3 Martin children living with him.

On the 1910 U. S. Census of Ellis Co., Texas, Vernon Stewart appears with his wife Nellie and daughters Vernie and Frankie.

On the 1920 U. S. Census of Justice Precinct 8, Live Oak Co., Texas, Vernon S. Stewart appears with his wife Nellie L. and children Vernie L., Frankie, Sidney, Wayne, Waton [sic], Durrell [sic], Archie and Merlin.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Precinct #7, Live Oak Co., Texas, Vernon S. Stewart appears with his wife Nellie L. and children Sidney E., Arvie W., Wabon D., Darrel V., Archie, Merlin E. and Earl D. Vernon is a farmer. Listed right after them is Claud E. Bean, their son-in-law, Vernie their daughter and granddaughters Minnie N. and Lola J. Bean. Claud Bean is an engineer at a power plant.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday, April 21, 1954, Page 38, Col. 4: Three Rivers (Sp) ---Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Lee Stewart, who died at a local hospital Monday, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Rice Funeral Home Chapel. the Rev. James S. Stone, pastor of the Three Rivers Methodist Church, will officiate. burial will be in Three Rivers Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart had lived in Live Oak county since 1918. She was a native of Aberdeen, Miss. Her husband, Vernon S. Stewart, died Feb. 14, of this year. Surviving are six sons, Wayne Stewart of Fort Worth, Wabon, Archie and Merlin of Three Rivers, and Darrell and earl Stewart of Pharr; two daughters, Mrs. D. F. Vancleave of Three Rivers, and Mrs. C. E. Bean of Premont; one brothers, Frank Martin of Itasca, and 24 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Homan Bluhm, Vernon Hunn, Frank Akers, Charley Epperson, H. C. Smith and Arthur Byrne.

Events

Birth16 Apr 1882Mississippi
Marriage12 Aug 1900Hill Co., Texas - Vernon Sharp Stewart
Death19 Apr 1954Three Rivers, Live Oak Co., Texas
BurialThree Rivers Cemetery, Three Rivers, Live Oak Co., Texas

Families

SpouseVernon Sharp Stewart (1876 - 1954)
ChildVernie Lee Stewart (1901 - 1988)
ChildFrankie Mae Stewart (1904 - 1967)
ChildElbert Sidney Stewart (1907 - 1931)
ChildArvie Wayne Stewart (1910 - 1970)
ChildWabon Dowd Stewart (1912 - 1999)
ChildDarrel Varge Stewart (1914 - 1966)
ChildArchie Stewart (1916 - 1954)
ChildMerlin Eugene Stewart (1919 - 1985)
ChildEarl Dean Stewart (1922 - 1990)
FatherMancie Columbus Martin (1857 - 1915)
MotherPermelia Everline Kirkpatrick (1855 - 1888)
SiblingEdgar Franklin Martin (1885 - 1965)
SiblingMargaret LaDora Martin (1888 - 1936)

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