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Husband:
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MARCUS GEORGE LAFAYETTE TROWBRIDGE
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Born:
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May 06, 1867
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in:
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KINGSVILLE, JOHNSON CO., MISSOURI, USA
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Died:
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May 14, 1936
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in:
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BALBOA, CANAL ZONE, PANAMA
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Relationship with Father:
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BENJAMIN ELLIS TROWBRIDGE - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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MARTHA ANN STUMPFF - Natural
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Reference number:
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70
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COMPANIES:
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RETIRED AT 30 YEARS FOREMAN OF CONSTRUCTION & LOCK PUMP OPERATION FOR CANEL ZONE
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Friends:
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HARRY LEONARD, JOHN D. YOUNG
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IN MEMORIAM:
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BURIED AT CORZAL, PANAMA; HE WAS NAMED AFTER HIS MOTHER'S 3 OLDER BROTHERS
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MILITARY SERV:
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April 30, 1898
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CORP.,CO.C,1ST VOL.CAV.,RODE WITH TEDDY ROOSEVELT& ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL
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Occupation:
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ADVENTURER, FARMER, COOK, MINER, WORKED ON THE PANAMA CANAL
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RELIGIOUS:
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CATHOLIC
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Medical
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Height:
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5 ft. 6 in.
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Weight:
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145 lb. 0 oz.
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Cause of death:
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LYMPHATIC LUKEMIA
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Medical Information:
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TATOO OF NAKED LADY ON RIGHT FOREARM; MUSTERED OUT OF ARMY WITH EYE & BACK DISABILITY, 1927 HAD CRONIC BRONCHITIS, & MALARIA; 1929 HAD ARTERIO SCLEROSIS;1931 HAD CRONIC FOOD POISONING
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Notes
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" TROW" IS OLDE ENGLISH FOR " TRUE".
JAY W. KNOWLES RELATES THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF GRANDPA TROWBRIDGE'S DEATH. JAY W. WAS SERVING IN THE BLACKGANG OF THE U.S.S. DORSEY IN THE PACIFIC WHEN SHE RECEIVED ORDERS TO GO TO CUBA AND HAITI. KNOWING THEY WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL HE CONTACTED HIS MOTHER, MADELINE TROWBRIDGE, IN ORDER TO GET HIS GRANDFATHER'S ADDRESS IN PANAMA CITY. SHORTLY BEFORE ENTERING THE CANAL THE DORSEY GOT ADDITIONAL ORDERS STATING THAT SHE WOULD RETURN THROUGH THE CANAL WITHIN 30 DAYS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OPENING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD'S FAIR OF 1939. JAY W. HAD INTENDED TO TAKE LEAVE IN PANAMA ON THE WAY TO CUBA, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE TO MAKE SOME EXTRA CASH IF HE STAYED ON BOARD AND TOOK HIS LEAVE ON THE RETURN TRIP. ON THEIR SECOND VOYAGE THROUGH THE CANAL HE AND A SPANISH SPEAKING SHIPMATE GOT PASSES TO GO ASHORE AND HE SET OUT TO FIND HIS GRANDFATHER HE HAD NEVER SEEN. THEIR TREK LED THEM TO A WOOD FRAME HOUSE, #833c BALBOA IN BALBOA HEIGHTS CANAL ZONE. THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND IT WAS ANSWERED BY A YOUNG PANAMIAN GIRL. THEY ASKED TO SPEAK TO MARCUS TROWBRIDGE AND SHE TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULDN'T. JAY EXPLAINED THROUGH HIS FRIEND THAT HE WAS MARCUS' GRANDSON FROM THE UNITED STATES TO WHICH THE GIRL SHUT THE DOOR IN THEIR FACES. AN OLDER WOMAN THEN APPEARED AT THE DOOR. SHE INFORMED THE PUZZLED YOUNG MEN THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE MARCUS BECAUSE HE HAD DIED JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE. AFTER RESEARCHING TROWBRIDGE'S LIFE WE HAVE FOUND THAT HE ACTUALLY DIED 3 YEARS BEFORE JAY W.'S VISIT. JAY KNEW LITTLE SPANISH AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE AND PROBABLY MISTOOK 3 YEARS FOR 3 WEEKS.
MARCUS HAD ENLISTED IN THE 1ST U.S. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS, A REGIMENT OF TEXAS FRONTIER " HE-MEN ", AND TRAINED FOR AWHILE AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THEY ARMED THEMSELVES AS THEY WANTED AND WERE ALSO ISSUED A KRAG-JORGENSON CARBINE. THE MEN FOUGHT AT LAS GUA'SIMAS AS WELL AS AT THE MISNAMED "BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL". THEY BATTLED AS INFANTRY BECAUSE THEIR HORSES NEVER LEFT FLORDIA. HE ALSO SERVED AS A COMPANY COOK IN THE STATES AS WELL AS IN CUBA. IT WAS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS DUTY THAT SMOKE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED HIS EYESIGHT LEADING TO PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE CONTRACTED MALARIA IN CUBA IN 1898 ALSO , AND WAS BOTHERED BY IT AND OTHER LUNG RELATED PROBLEMS UNTIL HE DIED. HE STAYED ON IN CUBA AFTER THE WAR WORKING AS A MINER, A SURVEYOR, A SUPERVISOR IN RAILROAD EXCAVATION, A SUPE. OF BRIDGE WORK, AND AS A SUPERINTENDENT AT THE WATERWORKS. ON MARCH 18, 1899 WILLIE PEARL DIVORCED HIM AND ON JANUARY 18, 1902 HE MARRIED A 15 YEAR OLD CUBAN GIRL NAMED MARIA LUISA ORTEGA Y DE LA TORRE, AND SET ABOUT BUILDING A NEW LIFE FOR HIMSELF. HE DID SOME MINING IN THE BERMUDAS AND HE SERVED AS A WAGON MASTER IN PORTO RICO FOR THE U.S.G.
MARCUS CAME TO PANAMA WITH OTHER ROUGH RIDER VETERANS AFTER THEIR WORK WAS FINISHED IN CUBA. PANAMA BELONGED TO COLUMBIA AND COLUMBIA WAS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE U.S. PLANS TO BUILD THE CANAL THROUGH HER TERRITORY. SO, TEDDY ROOSEVELT DECIDED TO AID PANAMA IN A FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE WHICH OCCURRED IN 1903. THE NEW GOVERNMENT SOLD THE NEEDED LAND TO THE U.S. FOR $10,000,000 AND WORK BEGAN ON THE CANAL IN 1904. MARCUS STAYED TO WORK ON THE CANAL ( BASED OUT OF NOMBRE DE DIOS AND LATER TORO POINT) UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1914 AND BY THEN HE HAD CARVED A PLACE FOR HIMSELF IN HIS NEW HOMELAND AND NEVER RETURNED TO THE U.S.A. DURING AN EARLY 1920'S BOUT WITH MALARIA THE DOCTORS RECORDED THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE CIRCULAR SCAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE LOWER THORACIC VERTABRAE & ANOTHER OVAL SCAR ON THE OUTER LOWER THIRD OF HIS RIGHT LEG. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE TATTOO OF A SEMI-NUDE LADY WAS NOTED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF HIS RIGHT FOREARM. ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 1931 M.G.L. ATE SOME FRESH PIG'S FEET. A FEW HOURS LATER HE DEVELOPED ABDOMINAL CRAMPS AND SEVERE DIARRHEA. ON THE 12TH HE WAS ADMITTED TO GORGOS HOSPITAL IN THE CANAL ZONE AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CRONIC FOOD POISONING, HIS WEIGHT DROPPED FROM 154 TO 145 POUNDS IN A MATTER OF HOURS AND HE HAD TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL THE 16TH. THE DOCTORS FEARED HE MAY HAVE INCURRED AMEBIC DAMAGE TO HIS LIVER AND KIDNEYS AND RAN TESTS FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AFTER HIS RELEASE, BUT HE WAS LUCKY AND MANAGED TO SIDESTEP THIS, AT THE TIME, ALWAYS DEADLY INFECTION.
HE HELD MANY POSITIONS IN THE CANAL ZONE DURING HIS LIFE TIME STARTING AS A GENERAL FOREMAN SEPT. 16, 1904. WHILE A FOREMAN FOR THE PANAMA RAILROAD HE WAS REPRIMANDED FOR THE LOST OF KEGS OF VINEGAR ON THE NIGHT OF 10-9-1920. ON MARCH 19, 1920 WHILE SERVING AS A STEVEDORE FOREMAN HE WAS TOLD TO FIRE SOME EMPLOYEES FOR SHOOTING CRAPS ON DUTY, BUT HE REFUSED AND SAID HE WOULD DISCIPLINE ALL CONCERNED IN ANOTHER WAY. ON JULY 25 OF 1920 HE TESTIFIED IN A CASE INVOLVING THE DISAPPEARANCE AND DAMAGE OF SEVERAL 100LB BAGS OF SUGAR BEING TRANSPORTED TO NEW ORLEANS ON THE SANTA LENORA. HE HAD BEEN THE FOREMAN OVERSEEING THE LOADING IN CRISTOBAL, C.Z. HE WAS REPORTED DRUNK AND UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES OVER THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY OF 1919. ON MAY 24, 1911 HE WAS ORDERED TO QUIT FISHING FROM THE TRESTLES OVER THE CANAL WITH COMPANY DYNAMITE. HE WAS MADE A DERRICK BARGE FOREMAN IN OCT. 1915. ON FEB. 5, 1918 HE WAS CITED FOR BEING INTOXICATED AND USING PROFANE AND ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WHILE AT WORK. On 10-20-1925 HE AND HIS FAMILY BEGAN A 60 DAY WITH PAY VACATION IN CARTAGO, COSTA RICA. THEY HAD TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY ON BOARD THE SS PASTORES FOR FREE. HE WORKED IN BRAZIL FOR 3 YEARS AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM CIVIL SERVICE WORK IN THE CANAL ZONE.
IT IS OF INTEREST THAT IN 1923 THE RENT FOR HIS HOUSING FOR A FAMILY OF 5 WAS ONLY $10 A MONTH. DUE TO A MISTAKE IN REGARDS TO HIS BIRTH DATE AND LOCATION ON HIS MILITARY ENLISTMENT PAPERS AND SIMILAR, BUT DIFFERENT MISTAKES ON HIS CANAL ZONE EMPLOYMENT RECORDS HE HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS RECEIVING HIS VETERANS AND GOVERNMENT PENSIONS. THERE ARE DOZENS OF LETTERS IN HIS FILES FROM THE MID-1920'S UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1936 ATTESTING TO THESE DIFFICULTIES. THE FAMILY BIBLE IN WHICH HIS BIRTH WAS RECORDED WAS DESTROYED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE WHILE IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS OLDER SISTER NEVADA. AFTER HIS DEATH HIS WIDOW WAS DENIED PENSION BENEFITS WHICH SHE FOUGHT FOR UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1943. THERE ARE EVEN LETTERS AND REPORTS IN HIS FILES DOCUMENTING PROBLEMS HIS 3 CHILDREN HAD IN CLAIMING THEIR BENEFITS WELL AFTER THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER'S DEATHS. THEY EVENTUALLY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND HIS SON CHARLES ENDED UP WITH A MBA FROM THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. CHARLES WOULD DIE IN NEW MEXICO IN 1973.
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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WILLIE PEARL HOUX
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Married:
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May 21, 1893
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Beginning status:
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Married
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PALO PINTO, PALO PINTO CO., TEXAS, USA
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Marriage Notes
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Wife:
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WILLIE PEARL HOUX
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Born:
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January 14, 1876
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in:
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PALO PINTO, PALO PINTO CO., TEXAS, USA
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Died:
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May 21, 1943
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VIDOR, ORANGE CO., TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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ROBERT S HOUX - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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MARGARET ANN BARTLETT - Natural
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Reference number:
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71
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IN MEMORIAM:
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May 22, 1943
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PUT TO REST IN THE MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS
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Occupation:
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SHOPKEEPER, HOMEMAKER
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RELIGIOUS:
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1ST METHODIST CURCH OF VIDOR, REV. WALTER P. GIBBS
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Medical
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Notes
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Child:
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ROBERT HARTFORD TROWBRIDGE
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Born:
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December 1893
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in:
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INDIAN TERRITORY, OKLAHOMA, USA
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Died:
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July 08, 1928
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GRAHAM, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS
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Relationship with Father:
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MARCUS GEORGE LAFAYETTE TROWBRIDGE - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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WILLIE PEARL HOUX - Natural
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Reference number:
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72
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Occupation:
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OIL FIELD ROUGHNECK-TRUCK DRIVER
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Medical
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Cause of death:
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MASSIVE BODY TRAUMA BROUGHT ON BY ENTANGLEMENT IN GEARS OF OIL PUMPING RIG
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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MAUDIE LEE HARRIS
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Married:
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1916
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Beginning status:
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Married
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KNOWLES, NEW MEXICO, USA
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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NAOMI MADELINE TROWBRIDGE
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Born:
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July 25, 1896
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THURBER, ERATH CO., TEXAS, USA
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Died:
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January 09, 1971
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NEDERLAND, JEFFERSON CO., TEXAS,USA
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Relationship with Father:
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MARCUS GEORGE LAFAYETTE TROWBRIDGE - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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WILLIE PEARL HOUX - Natural
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Reference number:
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10
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CLUBS:
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PRES. GULFCOAST HEMEROCOLLIS SOC., PRES. NAT. HEMEROCOLLIS SOC.,PRES. WOW#6342,
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Education:
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PRESIDENT, VIDOR TEXAS PTA
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IN MEMORIAM:
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PUT TO REST IN THE MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS
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MILITARY SERV:
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WW II AIR RAID WARDEN
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Occupation:
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HOMEMAKER
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POLITICAL SER:
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MEMBER AFL-CIO, MUCH GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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RELIGIOUS:
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1ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF NEDERLAND, TEXAS , REV. ARCHIE FLEMING
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Social Security Number:
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454-32-4362
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Medical
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Cause of death:
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CANCER
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Notes
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AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT MADELINE AND KNOWLES, NEW MEXICO OCCURRED WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD. IT SEEMS SHE WAS HANGING OUT AT THE KNOWLES STORE WHEN A WAGON ROLLED UP IN FRONT OF THE STORE. PEOPLE STARTED TO GATHER IN FRONT AND THEY CAUGHT THE YOUNG GIRL'S EYE. WITHOUT A THOUGHT TO THE CONTRARY SHE BOLTED OUT THE DOOR TO BE CONFRONTED BY A LARGE POOL OF BLOOD ON THE GROUND AT THE BACK OF THE WAGON . THINKING SOMEONE MUST HAVE KILLED A DEER SHE STEPPED CLOSER TO BE FACED WITH A PAIR OF BLOODY BARE FEET STICKING OUT FROM UNDER A BLOOD SOAKED PIECE OF CANVAS. A TRAVELER HAD BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AND KILLED. IN ADDITION SOMEONE HAD STOLEN HIS BOOTS. SHE SAID THAT THAT WAS THE LAST TIME SHE EVER WENT RUNNING UP TO A CROWD OF PEOPLE WITH OUT CHECKING ON WHY THEY WERE THERE FIRST.
IN THE 1920'S WHEN THE L. W. KNOWLES FAMILY LIVED ON OGDEN IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WAS THE THREADGILL FAMILY. IN 1970 WHEN MADELINE WAS DYING OF CANCER IN NEDERLAND, TEXAS SHE TOLD JARRELL KNOWLES THAT SHE WAS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR JANIS JOPLIN BECOMING A ROCK STAR. WHEN HE ASKED HER HOW THAT WAS SHE RELATED A STORY OF A YOUNG KENNETH THREADGILL, SICK AND NEAR DEATH IN BEAUMONT. MRS. THREADGILL HAD TO WORK AND COULD NOT AFFORD A NURSE FOR HER SON. MADELINE TOOK THE BOY INTO HER HOME AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BROUGHT HIM BACK TO HEALTH. IN DECEMBER OF 1933 KENNETH THREADGILL RECEIVED TRAVIS COUNTY ,TEXAS BEER LICENSE # 1 AND OPENED HIS LITTLE JOINT AS A GULF GAS STATION - BAR. KENNETH BECAME A "RAILROAD BLUES" SINGER IN THE STYLE OF THE GREAT JIMMIE ROGERS, MIXING YODELING, BLUES AND COUNTRY MUSIC STYLES. HE BEGAN TO HOST HOOTENANNIES IN HIS LITTLE PLACE THAT AUSTIN HAD GROWN OUT TO AND AROUND. IT WAS HERE THAT JANIS WAS TO BECOME A REGULAR, SINGING EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN 1962 AND EARLY 1963. SHE WENT ON TO FAME AND BECAME A ROCK MYTH. IN JULY 1970 JANIS CANCELLED A SOLD OUT CONCERT IN HAWAII AND RETURNED TO AUSTIN TO SING FOR FREE AT HER MENTOR'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. MADELINE, KENNETH, AND JANIS ARE ALL DEAD NOW , BUT HIS LITTLE JOINT IS STILL IN BUSINESS AND THEY STILL HAVE THOSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOOTENANNIES AND FREE FOOD FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS. IN RELATING THIS STORY TO KENNETH'S DAUGHTER , BECKY, JARRELL DISCOVERED THAT KENNETH HAD CAUGHT SCARLET FEVER, A GREAT KILLER AT ONE TIME, AS A YOUTH IN BEAUMONT AND HAD ALMOST DIED. OVER THE YEARS, JARRELL, HARRY, AND DANNIE KNOWLES HAVE EATEN" ON THE HOUSE" OVER 100 TIMES AT WHAT IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST POPULAR AND FAMOUS EATERIES. THERE IS NOW THE KENNETH THREADGILL MUSICAL TRUST ESTABLISHED TO FINANCE AND PROMOTE MUSIC LESSONS FOR CHILDREN, SO MADELINE'S GOOD DEED OF OVER 70 YEARS AGO IS STILL TOUCHING CHILDREN TODAY.
MADELINE LOVED FLOWER GARDENING AND HAD ACRES OF IRIS', LILLYS, AND ROSES GROWING IN LARGE, ORGANIZED BEDS. SHE WAS AN OFFICER IN SEVERAL LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS. SHE EVEN CREATED A RARE PURPLE-BLUE-BLACK ROSE WHICH BEARS HER NAME, THE MADELINE ROSE. ONE OF HER PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE BUILDING OF THE BEAUTIFUL ROSE GARDENS WHICH GRACE THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION GROUNDS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SHE WAS ALSO A GUNG HO BEACHCOMBER-PACK RAT WHO AMASSED SEVERAL VERY NICE COLLECTIONS, ESPECIALLY HANDPAINTED CHINA AND COLORED GLASS. THE MANY SUMMERS JARRELL KNOWLES SPENT PLAYING IN HER BARN PILED HIGH WITH MAGAZINES FROM THE 1920'S - 40'S ARE RESPONSIBLE, NO DOUBT, FOR HIS ADULT PASSION FOR COLLECTING PAPER. HE WOULD SPEND HOURS ALONE IN THAT OUT BUILDING IN VIDOR READING OLD CRIME AND DETECTIVE STORIES, DEVOURING OLD WESTERN PULP MAGAZINES, AND LEAFING THROUGH EARLY TARZAN, TOM MIX, GENE AUTRY, AND ROY ROGERS, DICK TRACY, RACKETBUSTER, AND SHADOW COMIC BOOKS. HE WAS AMAZED AT THE PHOTOS IN ALL HER OLD WW II ERA LIFE AND LOOK MAGAZINES. IT WAS DURING THOSE LONG SUMMER VISITS THAT SHE TAUGHT HIM TO PAINT IN OILS.
IT WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO BOUGHT JARRELL HIS 1ST HI-FI WHEN HE WAS 12 AND STOCKED IT WITH HIS 1ST ROCK & ROLL RECORDS; "GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY", "TUTTI FRUITI", "BLUEBERRY HILL", AND OTHER HITS BY LITTLE RICHARD, FATS DOMINO, AND CHUCK BERRY. IT WAS ALSO MADELINE WHO SIGNED UP THE BOY WHO WOULD BECOME TEXAS' 1ST FULL-TIME COMIC BOOK DEALER FOR HIS 1ST COMIC BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS. SHE BOUGHT JARRELL 3 YEAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO TARZAN, ACTION, ADVENTURE, DETECTIVE, WORLD'S FINEST, AND BATMAN COMICS IN 1951. SHE RENEWED THEM TWICE.
MADELINE TOOK HER GRANDSON TO THE "FLICKS" IN BEAUMONT WHEN HE WOULD COME FOR THOSE SUMMERTIME VISITS. OVER TIME IT WOULD ADD UP TO A SIZEABLE LIBRARY OF FILMIC MEMORIES. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED, "THE LEFT-HANDED GUN", "THE DALTON GIRLS", "MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR", "THE DOOLINS OF OKLAHOMA", "WHEN THE DALTONS RODE AGAIN", "HELL IS FOR HEROES", "LONELY ARE THE BRAVE", "THE SEARCHERS", "TOWN WITHOUT PITY", "NAKED SPUR", "MOBY DICK", "SHANE", "JESSE JAMES VS. THE DALTONS", "THE NAKED AND THE DEAD", AND "HIGH NOON". THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES FOR HOURS AFTER GETTING BACK TO THE FARM. SHE WOULD DRAG OUT OLD WEST MAGAZINES AND SHOW YOUNG J.J. PICTURES OF THE REAL PEOPLE REPRESENTED IN THE "FLICKS" THEY HAD JUST SEEN. IT WOULD BE HER TALES OF RELATIONSHIPS TO SOME OF THE OLD WEST OUTLAWS IN SOME OF THESE FILMS THAT WOULD LATER DRIVE THE BOY TO DIG INTO THE FAMILY ROOTS, RESULTING IN THIS BODY OF WORK.
IN 1969 JAY W. KNOWLES SUFFERED A HORRIBLE MEDICAL SETBACK. HE AWOKE FROM SPINAL SURGERY UNABLE TO MOVE OR FEEL ANYTHING BELOW HIS NECK. THE DOCTORS SAID HE WOULD PROBABLY NEVER WALK AGAIN. MADELINE RUSHED TO HER SON'S SIDE, PRACTICALLY LIVING AT THE HOSPITAL. AFTER A FEW WEEKS HE ONLY HAD LIMITED USE OF ONE ARM. HE BECAME DESPONDENT AND COULDN'T SLEEP BECAUSE OF INTENSE NIGHTMARES. ONE MORNING MADELINE ENTERED HIS ROOM TO FIND JAY W. ATTEMPTING TO PULL HIMSELF OUT THE 7TH STORY WINDOW. SHE STOPPED HIM, AND GAVE THE OLD COACH THE PEP TALK OF HIS LIFE. SHE TURNED HER SON'S HEAD AROUND AND SET IT STRAIGHT. WITHIN A YEAR HE WAS WALKING AND HE'S STILL WALKING 25 YEARS LATER.
EARLY IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF JANUARY 9, 1971 JAY W. KNOWLES WAS AWAKENED FROM HIS SLEEP TO SEE MADELINE, HIS MOTHER, STANDING AT HIS BEDSIDE. ON ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF BED THE FIGURE TOLD HIM TO REST EASY AND NOT TO WORRY, EVERYTHING WAS NOW OK. HE WOKE HIS WIFE MILDRED AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE VISION WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG AND HIS BROTHER DENVER INFORMED HIM THAT THEIR MOTHER HAD DIED ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IN NEDERLAND, TEXAS, 300 MILES FROM JAY W.'S HOUSE IN SAN ANTONIO.
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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LEWIS WINFORD KNOWLES
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Married:
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November 04, 1915
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Beginning status:
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Married
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KNOWLES, LEA CO., NEW MEXICO, USA
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Marriage Notes
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