Individual Details

William Leon Pickett

(4 Mar 1903 - 8 Aug 1994)

- Name: Pete Pickett [1]
- Name: Leon W. Pickett [2] [3]

[1] Find a Grave Memorial
[2] DB, Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959
[3] 1930 US Census (D)

Legend:
- * = Primary Source
- Source: (O) = Original, (D) = Derivative, (A) = Authored

Events

Birth	4 Mar 1903	Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Marriage	14 Mar 1924	Bernice Lorene Phillips
Census (family)	21 Apr 1930	214 South St., Sheridan, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Residence (family)	Apr 1935	same house as 1940 Census - Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Property (Fam)	Apr 1940	Rent farm for $8 per month - farm schedule #11 - Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Occupation	Apr 1940	farmer - Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States
Census (family)	18 Apr 1940	Adams Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Residence (family)	Sep 1963	R. 1, Arcadia, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Residence (family)	20 Aug 1981	R. R. 1, Arcadia, Hamilton, Indiana, United States - Bernice Lorene Phillips
Death	8 Aug 1994
Burial	Aft 8 Aug 1994	Crown View Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Reference No		ID4346
Occupation
Education

Families

Spouse	Bernice Lorene Phillips (1904 - 1981)
Child	Living
Child	Donald Clyde Pickett (1926 - 1965)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	John Thomas Pickett (1870 - 1946)
Mother	Lula Pearl Ballard (1873 - 1940)

Notes

Census (family)

From Image:
1] Leon W. Pickett: Head of household - 27, white male, married at 21 yrs. of age - Able to read, write and speak English - Occupation: Laborer in a milk factory - Not a veteran
2] Bernice Pickett: Wife of head - 25, white female, married at 19 yrs. of age - Able to read, write and speak English - Occupation: None -
3] Bryce Pickett: Son of head - 4, white male, single
4] Donald Pickett: Son of head - 3, white male, single
5] James Pickett: Son of head - 2, White male, single
6] Richard Pickett: Son of head - 2/12, white male, single
Household:
- Rented home for $12/ month at 214 South St., Sheridan, Indiana
- All persons born Indiana

Census (family)

From Image:
1] Leon Pickett: Head of household - 36, white male, married - Highest school grade: 4 yrs of high school - Worked 56 hrs during week prior to census - Occupation: Farmer, he is working on his own account - Worked 52 weeks in 1939 - Does have other income source -
2] Bernice Pickett: Wife of head - 35, white female, married - highest school grade: 4 yrs of high school - Occupation: None, Housework
3] Bryce Pickett: Son - Informant - 14, white male, single - attended school - highest grade: 1 yr of high school - Occupation: None -
4] Donald Pickett: Son - 13, white male, single, attended school, highest grade: 7 -
5] James Pickett: Son - 11, white male, single, attended school, highest grade: 5
6] Richard Pickett: Son - 10, white male, single, attended school, highest grade: 5
7] Ruth Pickett: Daughter - 6, white female, single, attended school, highest grade: 1
Household:
- Rent farm for $8 per month - farm schedule #11
- All persons born Indiana
- All, Residence, Apr 1935: Same House

Occupation

1930: Laborer in milk factory [1]
1940: Farmer (1940 US census)

[1] 1930 US census

Education

1940: highest school grade: 4 yrs of high school

Endnotes

1. Paschal, Emma Phillips. The John Phillips Family: Eleven Generations Originating in Moore County, North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina: Herb Eaton Historical Publishers, 1982. Bk3561, page 98.

Doc5750.pdf

2. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXPV-6GV : accessed 23 Sep 2012), Alice Foulke in entry for Leon Pickett and Bernice Phillips, . Acc002359.

3. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.

4. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXPV-6GV : accessed 23 Sep 2012), Alice Foulke in entry for Leon Pickett and Bernice Phillips, . Acc002359.

FamilySearch Record Link

5. Database On-line, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7B-DLB : accessed 30 March 2015), Leon Pickett and Bernice Phillips, 14 Mar 1924; citing reference v 17 p 58-59; FHL microfilm 1,940,145.

6. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed, 13 Nov 2016. Bernice L. Pickett, 20 Aug 1981, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Doc3832.pdf.

Ancestry.com Record Search Link

7. 1930 U.S. Census, Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana. Page 14B, Line 86, Dwelling 378, Family 396, 214 South St., Leon W. Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA T626_590; FHL microfilm: 2340325. www.ancestry.com, accessed 30 March 2015.

8. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.

9. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.

10. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.

11. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.

12. Obituary, Alice Foulke Phillips, ID0082. "Alice Phillips Dies Tuesday; Rites Saturday", Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana), Wednesday, 18 Sept 1963, page 8, col. 1, 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353745213/, accessed 6 June 2020, Doc5744.pdf.

Doc5744.pdf
Newspapers.com

13. "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" [database on-line]. Original Data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana Archives and Records Administration. www.ancestry.com, accessed, 13 Nov 2016. Bernice L. Pickett, 20 Aug 1981, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Doc3832.pdf.

Ancestry.com Record Search Link

14. Paschal, Emma Phillips. The John Phillips Family: Eleven Generations Originating in Moore County, North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina: Herb Eaton Historical Publishers, 1982. Bk3561, page 98.

Doc5750.pdf

15. Find a Grave Memorial, William Leon "Pete" Pickett - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pickett&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GScid=84784&GRid=103873362&.

Find a Grave Memorial, Isaac Robbins
William Leon "Pete" Pickett - Find a Grave Page

16. 1930 U.S. Census, Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana. Page 14B, Line 86, Dwelling 378, Family 396, 214 South St., Leon W. Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA T626_590; FHL microfilm: 2340325. www.ancestry.com, accessed 30 March 2015.

Ancestry.com Record Link w/ Image

17. 1940 US Census, Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, SD 6, ED 29-3, Sheet 1B, Line 41, Visit 11, Leon Pickett, ID4346 household. Original Data, NARA: T627_1050. www.ancestry.com, accessed 13 July 2015.