Individual Details

The Monitor; McAllen, TX, 30 Dec 1934, Sunday, p.4
DeWitt Haden Weds Brownwood Girl
Of interest to many Valley friends is the marriage of Miss. Elizabeth Browning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Browning of Brownwood, and DeWitt Haden, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Haden of McAllen, solemnized Christmas day in the former city at the home of the bride's parents.
The ceremony was witnessed by only a few relatives and close friends of the couple. Following a short honeymoon to San Antonie, they will make their home in McAllen.
Mr. Haden is a graduate of McAllen high school and a popular member of the young set.

1940 Census. Justice Prec 3, Hidalgo Co, TX, Hh 232
Lived in same place in 1935
DeWitt T. Haden, Jr., 26, Manager, Citrus groves
Elizabeth B., wife, 24
DeWitt III, son, 4
Diana, dau, 1

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
DeWitt Talmadge Haden Jr., of P. O. Box 110, McAllen, TX was age 26, born 17 Jan 1914 in Quanah, TX. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Haden, wife, would always know his addres. Employed by Valley Pipeline Co.
5' 9 1/2" tall, 135 lb. Blue eyes, Blonde hair.

US National Archives & Records Administration
File Unit Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Record Group 64
DeWitt T. Haden Jr. Serial Number 38157797. Lived in Hidalgo Co, TX and enlisted at Ft. Sam Houston on 12 May 1942 as a private. He was born in Texas in 1914. His occupation was metallurgist and he was married.

Enlistment Records at Ancestry.com.
Enlisted 12 May 1942 at Fort Sam Houston for the duration of the War plus six months. Warrant officer.
DeWitt had 4 years of high school; he was a fruit farmer in civilian life. He was 67 in. tall and weighed 139 pounds.

A GenealogyBank obituary suggests he was married to Nellie Belle VanOver.

1950 Census. Hidalgo Co, TX, Hh 75
DeWitt Haden, Jr., 36, b. TX, Farmer
Nellie B., wife, 36, b. MO, Secretary, Investment & Securities

1955 Pittsburg-Antioch, CA, City Directory
Haden, DeWitt T. (Nellie V) wholesale clerk, DuPont. Home: 815 W. 9th (Antioch)

1957 Pittsburg-Antioch, CA, City Directory
Haden, Dewitt (Nellie V) constn wrkr. Home: 120 Cataline Av (Antioch)

1959 Pittsburg-Antioch, CA, City Directory
Haden, Dewitt (Nellie V) constn wkr. Home: 120 Cataline Av (Antioch)

1960 Pittsburg-Antioch, CA, City Directory
Haden, Dewitt T. (Nellie B; Payless Cleaners) Home: 120 Cataline Av (Antioch)

Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA) 19 Aug 1965, Thursday, p. 36
Haden, DeWitt T., of Antioch, August 19, 1965, beloved husband of Nellie Haden; loving father of Dewitt Haden III of Rhode Island and Mrs. diane McElroy of Dallas; loving son of Mrs. DeWitt Haden Sr. of McAllen, Texas; brother of Mrs. Mary Alice Seeley of Denver, Mrs. Jean Womack of Ormond, Florida, and John D. Haden of McAllen Texas. A native of Texas; aged 51 years. Owner of the Payless Cleaners, Danville.
Funeral serives are pending for Friday, Aug 20, at the San Ramon Valley Chapel, 279 Front Street, Danville.

Although he died in California, he is buried Roselawn Cemetery, McAllen, Hidalgo Co, TX. His wife is buried there as Nellie B., born 1913, died 2006.

Birth	17 Jan 1914	Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Marriage	25 Dec 1934	McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas - Elizabeth Ruth Browning
Divorce	Bef 1942	Elizabeth Ruth Browning
Marriage	15 Apr 1942	McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas - Nellie Belle Vanover
Death	19 Aug 1965	Contra Costa County, California

Spouse	Elizabeth Ruth Browning (1916 - )
Child	Living
Child	Living

Spouse

Nellie Belle Vanover (1913 - 2006)

Father	DeWitt Talmadge Haden (1883 - 1951)
Mother	Glossie Dyer (1886 - 1966)
Sibling	Mary Alice Haden (1909 - 1980)
Sibling	John Dyer Haden (1911 - 1967)
Sibling	Jean Haden (1916 - 1999)