John Walter Angel And Other Relations

Our relations to the Angel family go via the Howards and our grandmother Rachel. I wrote about the Angels a long time ago, but somehow, I missed one person then. Time to make it up.

John Walter Angel was born on 22 Sept. 1874 in Sumner County, Tennessee. His parents were Marcus Lafayette Angle and Mammie Erena Jones.

When John was little, the family moved to Texas. On 29 August 1906, John Walter Angel married Miss Lula Vance. It happened in Ellis County, Texas. In the marriage record included below, the bride's first name is spelled in two different ways - first - it's Lula. A few lines below her name is given as Lela (1). In all later created documents, the latter versions repeated.

Anyway, Lela was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Jefferson Vance and Miss Willie Margaret Roulston. The girl was born on 31 July in Macon, Tennessee.

The young couple lived at #1 in Plano, Texas. John Walter was a farmer. The WW1 registration draft tells us that he was a man of medium height, medium built, his eyes were gray, and his hair was brown (2).

By 1920 John and Lela's family had grown. The two had 5 children. During the census of that year, they lived in Justice Precinct #5, in Plano, Texas. John ran a rented farm.

Johnnie W Angel
United States Census, 1920
Name: Johnnie W Angel
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Own or Rent: Rent
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 7

Household

Johnnie W Angel, Head, Male, age 46, born Tennessee
Lela Angel, Wife, Female, age 29, Tennessee
Thomas J Angel, Son, M, age 12, born Texas
Katie B Angel, Daughter, F, age 9, born Texas
Albert L Angel, Son, M, age 6, born Texas
Bessie L Angel, Daughter, F, age 3, born Texas
Tressie M Angel, Daughter, F, age 3, born Texas

The census record informs that John Walter and Lela's place was close to the farm of Robert and Dora Howard's. Dora Angel was John's sister. Another relation lived nearby as well. It was Martha Alice Dupree nee Gant (b. 12 March 1870 in Sumner, TN). Her husband John Edward departed in 1914.

Clipping source: Logsdon, Ernest. The Plano Star-Courier. (Plano, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1914, newspaper, March 26, 1914; Plano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601774/: accessed June 12, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

After her husband's death, Martha rented and ran a farm, together with her 10 children. The eldest son's (Glenn's) family lived at the farmhouse too.

Martha and John Walter were related via the Riggs and Gants.

John Walter Angel
⇒ his father Marcus Lafayette Angle
⇒ his sister Louisa Ann (Angle) Riggs
⇒ her daughter Martha Ellen (Riggs) Gant
⇒ her husband Benjamin Thomas Gant Jr.
⇒ his brother James Abram Gant
⇒ his daughter Martha Alice (Gant) Dupree

John Walter and Lela Angel's children:

• Thomas Jefferson - b. 20 August 1907, Midlothian, Ellis, TX, died of TB on 17 Nov. 1948 in Houston, Harris, TX (4).
• Katie Belle - b. 25 Sept. 1910, Midlothian, Ellis, TX - married Mr. Ernest Ray Rice.
• Albert Lafayette - 3 June 1913, Cedar Hill, Dallas, Dallas, TX, died on 8 Dec. 1984, Dallas, Dallas, TX (5).
• Bessie Lee - b. 6 May 1916, Duncanville, Dallas, TX (6). 

 Bessie married Mr. John Howell Pemberton on 4 Sept. 1932.

Tressie Mae - a twin sister of Bessie (7) - married Lawrence Booth Land on 3 Nov. 1934

In 1930, the family lived in Precinct #1, Denton, Texas (8).

John Walter Angel lived 95 years. He died of heart-related problems in Gilbert Nursing Home in Leonard, Fannin, TX where he had stayed for years. According to the information included in John's death certificate, his marriage with Lela had not survived (9).


John Walter Angel
⇒ his sister Dora Elizabeth (Angel) Howard
⇒ her husband Robert Lee Howard
⇒ his sister Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother


Resources:
1. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-QLFD : 10 December 2017), J W Angel and Lela Vance, 29 Aug 1906; citing Ellis, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,034,622.
2. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX9-MBP : 13 March 2018), John W Angel, 1917-1918; citing Collin County no 1, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,952,405.
3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMS-8MR : accessed 11 June 2019), Johnnie W Angel, Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, United States; citing ED 24, sheet 7A, line 36, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1789; FHL microfilm 1,821,789.
4. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39R-2D4 : 13 March 2018), Thomas J Angel, 17 Nov 1948; citing certificate number 47994, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,076.
5. "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVFG-YMW : 5 December 2014), Albert Lafayette Angel, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
6. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X25J-3HF : 11 March 2018), Bessie Lee Angel, 06 May 1916; citing Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 18923, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,478,154.
7. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X25J-3HT : 11 March 2018), Tressie Mae Angel, 05 May 1916; citing Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 18925, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,478,154.
8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H58K-CT2 : accessed 13 June 2019), Tressa Mae Angel in household of Katie Bell Angel, Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4A, line 4, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2323; FHL microfilm 2,342,057.

9. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36P-4HX : 13 March 2018), John Walter Angel, 12 Jan 1970; citing certificate number 18405, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,246.