Howard Efford McCune

b. 24 September 1880, d. 22 March 1969
  • Howard Efford McCune was born on 24 September 1880 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Howard Efford McCune, Fannie McCune, Robert Teague McCune, John Ollie McCune, Rufus Marvin McCune, Joe Morris McCune, Eugene Scott McCune and Thomas Campbell McCune.
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Carrie Brevard Wood, daughter of Rush Brevard Wood and Katie Bertha Reed, on 19 April 1906 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at the Baptist parsonage, with Rev. J. F. Moody officiating. Also, Carrie's sister Katie married Howard's brother John Ollie, and her brother George Mark married his sister Fannie..
  • The following appeared on 26 April 1906 in The Houston Post: (Navasota, April 23) A surprise wedding took place at the Baptist parsonage in this city last Thursday night, Rev. J. F. Moody officiating at the ceremony which united as husband and wife Howard McCune of Roans Prairie and Miss Carrie Wood of this place. The bride is a daughter of R. B. Wood of Dolph.
  • Howard Efford McCune and Carrie Brevard Wood appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas, living next to George and Fannie Wood, Carrie's brother and Howard's sister.. Other members of the household included Clark Brevard McCune.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Howard Efford McCune registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife Carrie in Richards, and employed there by her father Rush Wood as a farmer.
  • Howard Efford McCune and Carrie Brevard Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Clark Brevard McCune, Robert Efford McCune, George Marvin McCune and Rush Brevard Wood.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Howard Efford McCune and Carrie Brevard Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Robert Efford McCune, George Marvin McCune and Rush Brevard Wood.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Rush Brevard Wood on 1 December 1932 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Howard Efford McCune and Carrie Brevard Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Clark Brevard McCune and George Marvin McCune.
  • He was employed as a farm overseer, according to the 1940 census.
  • The following appeared on 13 October 1953 in The Baytown Sun: Funeral services for Tom McCune will be held Tuesday at the Baptist church in Richards, Tex.
         McCune, formerly of Baytown, died in the Veterans’ hospital in Houston Sunday. He had been in the hospital for about three years. He came to Baytown in 1922 and lived in the Baltimore hotel while here.
         Survivors include four brothers, Teague, John Ollie, Scott and Howard McCune, all of Richards.
  • At the time of his death Howard Efford McCune was living in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Howard Efford McCune died on 22 March 1969 at age 88 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Grimes Memorial Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Carrie Brevard Wood.
  • His wife Carrie Brevard Wood became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Howard Efford McCune and Carrie Brevard Wood.
  • Last Edited: 27 Jul 2016

Family: Carrie Brevard Wood b. 17 May 1890, d. 26 October 1976