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Sylvester V. “Vess” Housewright

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Sylvester V. “Vess” Housewright

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
19 Mar 1948 (aged 63)
Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA
Burial
Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Alec Housewright.
A farmer by occupation.

CENSUS: 1900 Collin Co. TX; Wylie, p. 102B, , ln 99 family 22, 1 June, 1900.
SKELTON, John C. head, White Male, born Sep 1855 age 44, married 14 years, born TN, father born TN, carpenter; Mollie wife White Female born Sep 1865 age 44 [34], married 14 years, mother of 6 children, 6 living, born VA, father born VA, mother born VA; Flora daughter White Female, born Nov 1886 age 13, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Clara daughter White Female, born Jan 1888 age 13, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Meida daughter White Female, born Aug 1891 age 8, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Lula daughter White Female, born Oct 1893 age 6, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA; Elsie daughter White Female, born Nov 1895 age 4, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA; Altha daughter, White Female, born Nov 1898 age 1, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA.

CENSUS: 1910 Collin Co. TX; Part of Precinct 5, Wylie, Texas, 28 Apr., page 104a, family 158.
HOUSEWRIGHT, S.V., head M W 24, Marriage 1 4 years, born TX, father born TN, mother born IA, farmer, general farm; Clara wife F W 22 Marriage 1 4 years, 2 children, 2 living, born TX, father born TN, mother born VA; Lorane daughter F W 4, Single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Margurete daughter F W 2, Single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX.

MILITARY: 12 Sep. 1918, WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918., Collin Co., TX; Roll 1952488, Draftboard 2. Registration Card - SERIAL NUMBER: 1195; OFFICE NUMBER: _; 1. First name: Sylvester; Middle name: _; Family name: HOUSEWRIGHT; 2. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: (No.) _; (Street or R.F.D. number): _; (City or town): Wylie; (County): Collin; (State): Tex; 3. Age by Years: 33; 4. Date of Birth: (Month) March; (Day) 2; (year): 1885; RACE: 5. (White): X; U.S. CITIZEN: 10. (Native Born) X; PRESENT OCCUPATION: 16. ????; 17. EMPLOYER'S NAME: Self; 18. PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS: (No.): _; (Street or R.F.D. number): _; (city or town): Wylie; (County): Collin, (State):Tex; NEAREST RELATIVE Name 19. Clara HOUSEWRIGHT (wife); Address 20. (No.): _ ; (Street or R.F.D number): _; (City or town): Wylie; (County): Collin; (State) Tex. I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE. (Registrant's signature or mark) [signed] Sylvester HOUSEWRIGHT; P.M.G.O Form No 1.
REGISTRAR'S REPORT 42-2-45-C; DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: HEIGHT; 21. Tall: _; 22. Medium: X; 23. Short: _; BUILD; 24. Slender: _; 25. Medium: _; 26. Stout: X; COLOR OF EYES: 27. Brown; COLOR OF Hair: 28. Dark; 29. Has person lost arm. leg. hand, eye, or is he obviously physicall disqualified?: _; 30. I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: (none); Signature of Registrar: [signed] RR HOUSEWRIGHT; Date of Registration: Sept. 12-18. [Stamp]: Local Board Collin County No. 2 Farmersville, Texas.
Source - Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database +online] Provo, UT.

CENSUS: 1930 Census Collin Co., TX, Precinct 5, page 6B, line 53. dwelling 111, family 111. Enumerated 9 April.
Housewright, S. head, M W, 43, married, age at first marriage 21, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN, farmer; Clara wife, F W, 42, married, age at first marriage 18. born TX, father born TN, mother born M; Genevive daughter, F W, 18, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX;; Beatrice daighter, F W, 15, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX' Mildred daughter, F W, 12, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Dorthy daughter, F W, 9, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Silvester J. son, M W, 4 8/12, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX.

CENSUS: 1940 Census Collin Co., TX, Wylie Lavon Road, page 5A, line 31. Enumerated 13 April.
Housewright, Sylvester heae, M W, 55, married; born TX; Clara wife, F W, 53, married, born TX; Genevive daughter, F W, 29, single, born TX; Dorothy daughter, F W, 18, single, born TX;; Sylvester son, M W, 14, born T, Peterson, Ralph grandson, M W, 2, single, born TX.

BURIAL: HOUSEWRIGHT, Sylvester, 1885 - 1948, Wylie Cemetery, Wylie, Collin Co., TX.
Source - "Collin Coounty (Texas) Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. I," Complied by Mrs. Alice Pitts, Mrs. Wanda O'Roark and Mrs. Doris POSEY, POP Publications, 1413 Harroun St., McKinney, TX 75069, p. 625.
Son of Alec Housewright.
A farmer by occupation.

CENSUS: 1900 Collin Co. TX; Wylie, p. 102B, , ln 99 family 22, 1 June, 1900.
SKELTON, John C. head, White Male, born Sep 1855 age 44, married 14 years, born TN, father born TN, carpenter; Mollie wife White Female born Sep 1865 age 44 [34], married 14 years, mother of 6 children, 6 living, born VA, father born VA, mother born VA; Flora daughter White Female, born Nov 1886 age 13, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Clara daughter White Female, born Jan 1888 age 13, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Meida daughter White Female, born Aug 1891 age 8, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA, At school; Lula daughter White Female, born Oct 1893 age 6, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA; Elsie daughter White Female, born Nov 1895 age 4, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA; Altha daughter, White Female, born Nov 1898 age 1, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born VA.

CENSUS: 1910 Collin Co. TX; Part of Precinct 5, Wylie, Texas, 28 Apr., page 104a, family 158.
HOUSEWRIGHT, S.V., head M W 24, Marriage 1 4 years, born TX, father born TN, mother born IA, farmer, general farm; Clara wife F W 22 Marriage 1 4 years, 2 children, 2 living, born TX, father born TN, mother born VA; Lorane daughter F W 4, Single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Margurete daughter F W 2, Single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX.

MILITARY: 12 Sep. 1918, WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918., Collin Co., TX; Roll 1952488, Draftboard 2. Registration Card - SERIAL NUMBER: 1195; OFFICE NUMBER: _; 1. First name: Sylvester; Middle name: _; Family name: HOUSEWRIGHT; 2. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: (No.) _; (Street or R.F.D. number): _; (City or town): Wylie; (County): Collin; (State): Tex; 3. Age by Years: 33; 4. Date of Birth: (Month) March; (Day) 2; (year): 1885; RACE: 5. (White): X; U.S. CITIZEN: 10. (Native Born) X; PRESENT OCCUPATION: 16. ????; 17. EMPLOYER'S NAME: Self; 18. PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS: (No.): _; (Street or R.F.D. number): _; (city or town): Wylie; (County): Collin, (State):Tex; NEAREST RELATIVE Name 19. Clara HOUSEWRIGHT (wife); Address 20. (No.): _ ; (Street or R.F.D number): _; (City or town): Wylie; (County): Collin; (State) Tex. I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE. (Registrant's signature or mark) [signed] Sylvester HOUSEWRIGHT; P.M.G.O Form No 1.
REGISTRAR'S REPORT 42-2-45-C; DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT: HEIGHT; 21. Tall: _; 22. Medium: X; 23. Short: _; BUILD; 24. Slender: _; 25. Medium: _; 26. Stout: X; COLOR OF EYES: 27. Brown; COLOR OF Hair: 28. Dark; 29. Has person lost arm. leg. hand, eye, or is he obviously physicall disqualified?: _; 30. I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows: (none); Signature of Registrar: [signed] RR HOUSEWRIGHT; Date of Registration: Sept. 12-18. [Stamp]: Local Board Collin County No. 2 Farmersville, Texas.
Source - Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database +online] Provo, UT.

CENSUS: 1930 Census Collin Co., TX, Precinct 5, page 6B, line 53. dwelling 111, family 111. Enumerated 9 April.
Housewright, S. head, M W, 43, married, age at first marriage 21, born TX, father born TN, mother born TN, farmer; Clara wife, F W, 42, married, age at first marriage 18. born TX, father born TN, mother born M; Genevive daughter, F W, 18, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX;; Beatrice daighter, F W, 15, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX' Mildred daughter, F W, 12, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Dorthy daughter, F W, 9, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX; Silvester J. son, M W, 4 8/12, single, born TX, father born TX, mother born TX.

CENSUS: 1940 Census Collin Co., TX, Wylie Lavon Road, page 5A, line 31. Enumerated 13 April.
Housewright, Sylvester heae, M W, 55, married; born TX; Clara wife, F W, 53, married, born TX; Genevive daughter, F W, 29, single, born TX; Dorothy daughter, F W, 18, single, born TX;; Sylvester son, M W, 14, born T, Peterson, Ralph grandson, M W, 2, single, born TX.

BURIAL: HOUSEWRIGHT, Sylvester, 1885 - 1948, Wylie Cemetery, Wylie, Collin Co., TX.
Source - "Collin Coounty (Texas) Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. I," Complied by Mrs. Alice Pitts, Mrs. Wanda O'Roark and Mrs. Doris POSEY, POP Publications, 1413 Harroun St., McKinney, TX 75069, p. 625.


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