Pack Rutherford Bettis

b. 27 January 1877, d. 18 February 1946
  • Pack Rutherford Bettis was born on 27 January 1877 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
  • He married Willie Zula Rogers, daughter of John Joseph Rogers and Mary Ramsey Pegues, on 1 January 1903 in Leger, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, by license issued 31 December 1902, with R. A. Walker, MG, officiating. Witnesses were Pete Corn and Miss Stella McMahan. At the time of their marriage, the groom was a resident of Walnut Springs, Texas, and the bride was living in Leger, Oklahoma Territory.
  • Pack Rutherford Bettis and Willie Zula Rogers appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Walnut Springs, Bosque County, Texas. Other members of the household included Gladys Margarete Bettis and William Joseph Bettis.
  • He was employed by the railroad as an engineer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Pack Rutherford Bettis and Willie Zula Rogers appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 507 Orient. Other members of the household included Gladys Margarete Bettis, William Joseph Bettis and Paul Robert Bettis.
  • He was a railroad engineer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Pack Rutherford Bettis and Willie Zula Rogers appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 507 South Orient Street. Other members of the household included Paul Robert Bettis.
  • He was a cattle and ranch owner, according to the 1940 census.
  • He officially witnessed the death of William Joseph Bettis on 23 September 1940 in Weinert, Haskell County, Texas; at his residence, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  • At the time of his death Pack Rutherford Bettis was living in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at 507 South Orient.
  • His wife Willie Zula Rogers became a widow at his death.
  • Pack Rutherford Bettis died on 18 February 1946 at age 69 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at Stamford Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Willie Zula Rogers.
  • He was interred at Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Haskell County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 6 Aug 2012

Family: Willie Zula Rogers b. 27 December 1878, d. 28 September 1954