Eugene DeMoss

Eugene DeMoss

• Father: William M. DeMoss b. 20 December 1844, d. 24 November 1924
• Mother: Mary Fisher b. 5 July 1853, d. 23 February 1931

• Eugene DeMoss was born on 15 March 1874 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
• William M. DeMoss and Mary Fisher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eugene DeMoss. Also in the household was son Johnie (age 3.)
• He married Dovie Ann Hester, daughter of Jessie W. Hester and Susan Elizabeth Gray, circa 1895.
• Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Marion County, Texas. Also in the household were children Myrtle (age 4) and Lester (2), and one male boarder, a preacher.
• He was a photographer, according to the 1900 census.
• Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, at Gilmer Road. Other members of the household included Lola Estelle DeMoss. Also in the household were children Mirtle L. (age 14), Lester M. (12), Tennie A. (7), Ruth (5) and Dartha A. (3.)
• He was employed as a mason doing stone work, according to the 1910 census.
• Eugene DeMoss registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Houston County, Texas, while living in Crockett with his wife Dovie, and employed there drilling oil by Grady Oil & Gas Company.
• He was working for an oil company, according to the 1920 census.
• Eugene DeMoss and Dovie Ann Hester appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas. Also in the household were children Tennie (age 16), Ruth )14) and Dorothy (11.)
• Eugene DeMoss died on 4 October 1923 at age 49 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 43 Shepherd at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Dovie Ann Hester.
• His wife Dovie Ann Hester became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Union Grove Cemetery, Union Grove, Upshur County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 15 Jun 2015