Samuel Earnest HORTON Dale Ernest HORTON Larry Russell HORTON Melba Jane HORTON Living HORTON Living HORTON Living HORTON Ernestine Zell FRANKS Betty SOMEBODY Raymond L HORTON Charles E HORTON Lucy D TURNER Mini tree diagram
Jewell Ernest HORTON

Jewell Ernest HORTON6,1,2,5,7,3,4

also known as 5

7th Apr 19241,2,3,4 - 30th Jan 19872,5,3

Life History

7th Apr 1924

Born.1,2,3,4

29th Sep 1946

Married Ernestine Zell FRANKS in Arkansas County, Arkansas.1

11th Jun 1947

Birth of son Dale Ernest HORTON.2,8,9,10

12th Jul 1948

Birth of son Larry Russell HORTON in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.2,11,3,12,13,8

2nd Oct 1951

Birth of daughter Melba Jane HORTON in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.6,14,15,14,15,11,10

before Nov 1961

Divorced from Ernestine Zell FRANKS.7

27th Nov 1961

Married Betty SOMEBODY.7

30th Jan 1987

Died in Dallas County, Texas.2,5,3

after 30th Jan 1987

Buried in Goshen Cemetery, Eustace, Henderson County,Texas.3

Other facts

 

Birth of daughter Living HORTON

 

Birth of daughter Living HORTON

 

Birth of son Living HORTON

Notes

  • In his daughter's obituary, his name is spelled Ernest and his wife Ernestine.  The obituary identifies him as Ernest Jr.  His father's name was spelled Earnest, but he went by Earnie.

    "Melba Jane Horton, 60, of Eustace, TX, died Aug. 14. She was born Oct. 2, 1951, in Ethel to Ernest Horton Jr. and Ernestine Zell (Franks) Horton. Her parents; grandparents, Ernie and Lucy Horton; and two brothers, Dale Ernest Horton and Larry Russell Horton, preceded her in death."
    --  Obituary of Melba Horton, DeWitt Era-Enterprise of DeWitt, Arkansas, Smalltown News, http://smalltownnews.com/article.php?catname=Obituary&pub=DeWitt%20Era-Enterprise&pid=55&aid=164258

    Both Ernie and his father went by the nickname of their middle name Ernest.  His father was Samuel Ernest Horton.  The reference to Ernie Jr would make us think he was also Samuel Ernest Horton, but confusingly, the term Junior was sometimes used locally, colloquially, if a father and son went by the same name, not necessarily that were actually named the same.  No record has been found of the younger Ernie that gives his first name.

    One Texas death record is found reporting a death in Dallas County, Texas, that may be for our Ernie, with only the name Jewell Horton.  One genealogy reports him as Jewell Ernest Horton, but provides no anecdotal or record documentation for the name.  A Social Security Death Index record matches this, in the name of Ernest Horton.

    This is likely the same Ernie Horton, since the manager of his FAG record of burial in Henderson County, Texas, has linked the memorial to the Find a Grave memorials for our Ernie's parents in Ethel.  And in later life, several of the children were also in Texas.  But though the Social Security death record has the name Jewell Horton, that grave has only the name Ernest Horton.  (See both the respective death records and Fnd a Grave record below.)

    For a long while, the Horton family was not found in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.  When, in 2019, they were found, Ernie's name had been mistranscribed as Jerod.  In fact, the name written by the enumerator was Jewel, matching the Texas death record for Jewell Horton.  The death record has the normal spelling of that name.

    1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #122, Fam #123
    Horton, Samuel E  Head M W 34 First married at age 28 [m abt 1924] AR MS MS Farmer [b abt 1896]
    Horton, Lucy  Wife F W 22 First married at age 16 [m abt 1924] AR AR AR [b abt 1908]
    Horton, Jewel E  Son M W 5 AR AR AR [b abt 1925]
    Horton, Raymond L  Son M W  3yrs11mos AR AR AR [b abt April 1926]
    Horton, Charles E Son M W  2yrs0mos  AR AR AR [b abt March 1928]

    Ernie married Ernestine Zell Franks in 1946.

    Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
    Ernestine Franks, Age 18 (abt 1928)
    Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Ernest Horton, Age 22 (abt 1924)
    Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
    Marriage 29 Sep 1946 Arkansas County
    Marriage License Date 26 Sep 1946

    It is reported in the community that Ernestine had some mental illness, perhaps causing the latr divorce.  No records have been found on that illness or the divorce.  Nor has any divorce record been found.  No further record is found for Ernestine.  The children wound up being raised by the grandparents, according to Edith McSwain, who grew up in the Ethel community near the Hortons.

    U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
    Ernest Horton
    Born 7 Apr 1924
    Died Jan 1987
    SSN 432-32-8588 issued Arkansas - Before 1951

    Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
    Jewell Horton
    Death 30 Jan 1987 Dallas County
    Gender Male

    On his grave, his name is simply Ernest Horton.  His wife is named Betty, and survived him.  There is no dates of death for Betty.  They married in 1961, so this was a second wife.

    Gravestone of Ernest and Betty Horton, Eustace, Cemetery Eustace, Texas
    Horton
    Ernest  April 7 1924  Jan 30 1987
    Betty  July 5 1934
    Married Nov 27 1961

    Ernest Horton
    Birth Apr 7, 1924
    Death Jan 30, 1987
    Parents:
    Samuel Earnie Horton (1895 - 1986)
    Lucy D Turner Horton (1907 - 1990)
    Inscription:  Wed Nov 27, 1961 (this is not inscribed on the stone; it ia the date of marriage)
    Burial Goshen Cemetery, Eustace, Henderson County,Texas
    Created by MollieD Aug 21, 2011
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #75268858, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75268858

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