William Ernest, was the son of John Homer and Alsie Rebecca Warwick Barkley. They came to Texas in a covered wagon, when he was only six weeks old. He eloped with Leona Berenice Norman, after riding a horse 80 miles to Hempstead, Waller County, as Julius Polk Norman had contacted Grimes, Walker and Madison county courthouses not to issue them a license. They had Edith Estelle ^1913-2003^; Thurman Douswell ^1915-1922^; Lou Elsie ^1921^; Mary Charlotte ^1923-1989^; William Ernest, Junior ^1929^. With the girls grown and married, he, his wife and son moved to Houston, Harris County during World War II. They remained in the area until his son graduated from Milby High School, thus returning to the farm. He never intended to sell the farm but someone came asking about an adjoining piece of property that had already sold. Ernest said he'ld sell his place for a large amount, just talking not expecting the man to take it. The man accepted the amount, they went back to the house and signed papers. Within the next month they were living next to Lou Elsie and her husband Grady Powledge ^1918-1999^. Ernest was a peanut farmer and acted as a census taker. He could remember the color of someones eyes as he said they were the window to their souls.
William Ernest, was the son of John Homer and Alsie Rebecca Warwick Barkley. They came to Texas in a covered wagon, when he was only six weeks old. He eloped with Leona Berenice Norman, after riding a horse 80 miles to Hempstead, Waller County, as Julius Polk Norman had contacted Grimes, Walker and Madison county courthouses not to issue them a license. They had Edith Estelle ^1913-2003^; Thurman Douswell ^1915-1922^; Lou Elsie ^1921^; Mary Charlotte ^1923-1989^; William Ernest, Junior ^1929^. With the girls grown and married, he, his wife and son moved to Houston, Harris County during World War II. They remained in the area until his son graduated from Milby High School, thus returning to the farm. He never intended to sell the farm but someone came asking about an adjoining piece of property that had already sold. Ernest said he'ld sell his place for a large amount, just talking not expecting the man to take it. The man accepted the amount, they went back to the house and signed papers. Within the next month they were living next to Lou Elsie and her husband Grady Powledge ^1918-1999^. Ernest was a peanut farmer and acted as a census taker. He could remember the color of someones eyes as he said they were the window to their souls.
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