Adam Presley
Nancy
John Euel Stewart
Frances Virginia Terry
Petus Wales Chick Presley
(1851-1909)
Emma Leek Stewart
(1866-1951)
Pettis Earnest Euell Presley
(1897-1958)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Dora Annie Kraatz

Pettis Earnest Euell Presley 1

  • Born: 31 Oct 1897, , Bell County, Texas 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Dora Annie Kraatz on 15 Oct 1925 in Court House, Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas
  • Died: 12 Apr 1958, Elmdale, Taylor County, Texas at age 60 2 3 5
  • Buried: 13 Apr 1958, Lutheran Cemetery, Winters, Runnels County, Texas 3

   Cause of his death was pneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension.3

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  General Notes:

At the time of the 1910 census, Earnest was a farm laborer in Bell County, Texas. When he registered for the WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918, he was a farm laborer in Heidenheimer, Bell County, Texas. E.L. Presley of Rockdale, Texas, was his nearest relative. His middle name was Earl for one child's birth record, Euell for another's, and Eual on the death certificate. He was listed on the Texas Death Index as Pettis Ernest E. Presley. Earnest's last residence was Elmdale, Taylor County, Texas, 6 miles east of Abilene. He had lived there 19 months. He was a farmer.

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  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.


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Pettis married Dora Annie Kraatz, daughter of Fritz Otto Kraatz and Annie Mary Koch, on 15 Oct 1925 in Court House, Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas. (Dora Annie Kraatz was born on 21 Aug 1908 in Winters, Runnels County, Texas,6 died on 1 Jan 1989 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas 5 6 and was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Winters, Runnels County, Texas.)


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Sources


1 1910 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 4, Bell, Texas; Roll T624_1530; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 394. Repository: Ancestry.com.

2 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 454-22-4197; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 24591.

4 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Bell County, Texas; Roll 1927364; Draft Board: 2. Repository: Ancestry.com.

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

6 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 457-21-7030; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1973. Repository: Ancestry.com.


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