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James Blakely Head
(1830-1903)
Asenath Catherine Baker
(1840-1894)
Peter Stubbs Welch
(1812-1888)
Elizabeth J. Raines
(1812-1887)
Clinton Alexander Head
(1856-1941)
Missouri Elizabeth Welch
(1859-1943)

Robert Ellis Head
(1890-1973)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ida Cordelia Nichols

2. Ruby May Veteto

Robert Ellis Head 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 12 Sep 1890, Center City, Mills County, Texas 7 8 9
  • Marriage (1): Ida Cordelia Nichols on 24 Sep 1919 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 1
  • Marriage (2): Ruby May Veteto on 23 Jan 1972 in , Erath County, Texas 2
  • Died: 3 May 1973, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas at age 82 8 9 10
  • Buried: 5 May 1973, Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery, Smiths Bend, Bosque County, Texas 8 11

   Cause of his death was arteriosclerotic heart disease, diabetes mellitus.8

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  General Notes:

When Robert registered for the draft for WWI, he was single and farming on his own in Center City, Mills County, Texas. At the time of the 1920 census, Ellis was farming a rented farm in Mills County, Texas. At the time of the 1930 census, he owned his home. He was working as a mechanic in a car garage.

Social Security had his last residence as Eastland, Eastland County, Texas. The death certificate showed that he had resided at Sunset Nursing Home in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, for one year.

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  Additional Information:

• Military Service: as Pvt, US Army, 138 Infantry Headquarters: World War I. 8

• Death Certificate Image: here.


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Robert married Ida Cordelia Nichols, daughter of James Cyrus Nichols and Nancy Jane Tubbs, on 24 Sep 1919 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas.1 (Ida Cordelia Nichols was born on 24 Sep 1895 in Center City, Mills County, Texas,12 13 died on 18 Jun 1971 in , Eastland County, Texas 12 and was buried in Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas 14.)


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Robert next married Ruby May Veteto, daughter of George Manley Veteto and Laura Emma Alexander, on 23 Jan 1972 in , Erath County, Texas.2 (Ruby May Veteto was born on 1 Apr 1900 in Iola, Grimes County, Texas,15 died on 21 Nov 1982 in , Erath County, Texas 10 15 and was buried in Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery, Smiths Bend, Bosque County, Texas 11.)


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Sources


1 Ward/Wise Family (Ancestry.com Member tree).

2 Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011, Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 1900 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T623_1659; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 112. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 1910 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T624_1578; Page: 12 A; ED: 206; Image: 447. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 1920 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T625_1834; Page: 7A; ED: 167; Image: 382. Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 1930 United States Federal Census, Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll 2377; Page: 1A; ED: 4; Image: 652.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

7 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Mills County, Texas; Roll 1983491; D raft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

8 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 44708.

9 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 454-12-8722; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.

10 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Repository: Ancestry.com.

11 FindAGrave.com.

12 Mary Cathleene Porter Brown, Clinton A. Head & Missouri Ellen Welch Families (Ancestry.com Member Tree).

13 1900 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll: 1659; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1241659. Repository: Ancestry.com.

14 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 50410454.

15 Tombstone.


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