John Earl Whitfield

John Earl Whitfield

• Father: Thomas Jefferson Whitfield b. 9 July 1861, d. 9 September 1931
• Mother: Emma Elizabeth Cain b. 29 October 1865, d. 11 February 1949

• John Earl Whitfield was born on 12 August 1893 in Apolonia, Grimes County, Texas.
• He was known as Earl.
• Thomas Jefferson Whitfield and Emma Elizabeth Cain appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Earl Whitfield, William Whitfield, Mamie Whitfield, Hattie Lillian Whitfield, Theophilus William Whitfield and Allen Whitfield.
• Thomas Jefferson Whitfield and Emma Elizabeth Cain appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Earl Whitfield, Mamie Whitfield, Allen Whitfield, Hattie Lillian Whitfield, Theophilus William Whitfield, Claude Whitfield, Maude Whitfield and Carrie Mae Whitfield.
• He married Ruby Lucille Mitchell, daughter of (?) Mitchell and Susie Roberta Cotton, circa 1917.
• John Earl Whitfield registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Grimes County, Texas, while married and living in Richards, and self-employed there as a tailor.
• John Earl Whitfield and Ruby Lucille Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ruby Mae Whitfield.
• He was proprietor of a tailor shop, according to the 1920 census.
• John Earl Whitfield and Ruby Lucille Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ruby Mae Whitfield and Norma Earle Whitfield.
• He was proprietor of a tailor shop, according to the 1930 census.
• At the time of his death John Earl Whitfield was living in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 202 East 18th.
• John Earl Whitfield died on 14 April 1942 at age 48 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 1611 West 10th Street . His death was officially witnessed by Ruby Lucille Mitchell.
• His wife Ruby Lucille Mitchell became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Richards, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.

• Last Edited: 29 Sep 2012