Katie Lee Brawley

Katie Lee Brawley

• Katie Lee Brawley was born on 5 February 1881 in Texas.
• She married Eber Henry Lavender, son of James Irwin Lavender and Lucy Ann Rawlins, on 19 October 1899 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, with Rev. Charles L. Spraggins officiating.
• The following appeared on 23 October 1899 in The Dallas Morning News: (Lancaster, Tex., Oct. 21) Married on the 19th instant at 8:30 p. m. at the residence of J. A. Lavender, E. H. Lavender and Miss Katie Lee Brawley, Rev. Charles L. Spraggins officiating.
• Eber Henry Lavender and Katie Lee Brawley appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, boarding in a hotel managed by widow Lou F. Head.. Other members of the household included Evelyn Lavender.
• The following appeared on 22 May 1910 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: (San Angelo, May 21) Following a tour of 600 miles out of Dallas in an E-M-F "30," E. H. Lavender, the representative of the G. H. Davis Hat Company of Dallas, has formed an opionion that this sort of traveling is just about as cheap as railroad service. mr. Lavender arrived in San Angelo last week in company with mrs. Lavender and their baby girl. [:CR;]      Mr. Lavender left Dallas only a few days ago with the car, and he came direct to Avilene and Sweetwater, thence north to Knox City and other points, stopping at all the towns along the road. [:CR;]      "I find that in this way," he said, "I not only get more orders, but the layovers in small towns, so much hated by travelling men, are entirely done away with, for within five minutes after completing my rounds in a town I am on my way to the next station. I do not try to make record speed time on the road, but at the rate of 20 or 25 miles noinjury is worked to the car. [:CR;]      "During the entire journey I have had but two punctures, and not a single injury to any other part of the machinery. Not including the gasoline and oil, I am not out more than two or three dollars, and that was for only minor garage expenses." [:CR;]      Mr. Lavender from here proceeded to points in the Panhandle and thence to Dallas.
• Eber Henry Lavender registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living at 4929 Junius Street in Dallas, and employed there at 2114 Commerce Street by S. G. Davis Motor Car Company as manager of the service department. At the time he registered for the draft, his wife was a patient at H--man? Sanitarium in El Paso.
• Katie Lee Brawley appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in El Paso, Texas, at 1820 Montana while her husband was enumerated in the household of his brother Jim Lavender in Dallas.. Other members of the household included Evelyn Lavender.
• Katie Lee Brawley died on 15 February 1920 at age 39 in El Paso, Texas, at Hampton Court of tuberculosis. . Her death was officially witnessed by Eber Henry Lavender.
• Her husband Eber Henry Lavender became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016