Montie Eva (Archer) Appleton (1907 - 1931)

Born 7 Oct 1907 in Eastland, Eastland, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Brooks Duran Appleton — married 10 Oct 1924 in Taylor, Texas, United States

Died 2 Mar 1931 at age 23 in Buffalo Gap, Taylor, Texas, USA

Biography

Montie Eva Archer was born on 7 October 1907 in Eastland, Texas to Thomas Archer and Martha Thompson. She married Brooks Duran Appleton on 10 October 1924 in Taylor County, Texas^[1] Eva died of labor-related complications one week after giving birth to her only child.^[2][3] She was 24 years old and a homemaker.^[4] Eva is buried at Buffalo Gap Cemetery in Buffalo Gap, Texas.^[5]

United States Census History

1910: Montie E Archer is enumerated as Daughter of Head of Household in Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas. She is 3 years old and lives with her parents, 4 other siblings, and a hired hand named Reed General A Archer. The home is rented and designated as a farm.^[6]

1920: Eva M Archer is enumerated as Daughter of Head of Household in Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas. She is 13 years old and lives with her parents and older brother. The family lives in a rented home that is designated as a farm. She attends school and can read and write.^[7]

1930: Eva M Appleton is enumerated as Sister-in-Law of Head of Household in Precinct 2, Taylor, Texas. She is 23 years old and lives with her husband, brother- and sister-in-law, and their 2 sons. The house is rented and designated as a farm; the family does not own a radio. She was 17 years old when she first married.^[8]

Birth Announcement

Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Appleton of Buffalo Gap are announcing the birth of a son here Monday at West Texas Baptist sanitarium.^[9]

Death

YOUNG WOMAN OF WYLIE DIES

Rites for Mrs. B. D. Appleton to Be Held at Buffalo Gap Today

Mrs. Eva Archer Appleton, 24, wife of of B. D. Appieton, young Wylie farmer, died at a local sanitarium at 6:45 o'clock last night. She leaves an infant son, born in the sanitarium one week ago.

Funeral rites are to be held at the Nazarene church of Buffalo Gap, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. V. B. Atteberry, local Nazarene pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. H. B. White, Nazarene church evangelist, who is conducting a meeting in the Eula community.

Eva Archer was bom in Eastland county and resided there until 1922, when she moved to Buffalo Gap with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Archer, who live in that community. She was married to Mr. Appleton six years ago. She was a member of the Nazarene church at Buffalo Gap.

Besides her husband, infant son, Carlos Wayne, and her three brothers, Lon Archer of Buffalo Gap, C. L. Archer of Amherst, Port Archer of Cisco; two sisters, Mrs. Harve Pyles of Abernathy, Mrs. J. F. Culwell of Goldthwaite, and a half-sister, Mrs. J. L. Morgan of Hereford.

The Laughter Undertaking company has charge of funeral arrangements.^[10]

Sources

• FamilySearch ID: 9MJQ-XPD

1. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-3Q6R : 23 February 2021), Brooks D Appleton and Eva Archer, 10 Oct 1924; citing Marriage, citing Taylor, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 2,394,781.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K333-DRK : 20 February 2021), Eva Appleton, 02 Mar 1931; citing certificate number 15602, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,519.
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZDS-3ZB : 24 May 2014), Eva Appleton, 02 Mar 1931; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 15602, Taylor, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
4. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNT-G7K : 1 March 2021), Monta Eva Archer in entry for Carlos Wayne Appleton, 23 Feb 1931; citing Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States, certificate 17586, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,363.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 March 2021), memorial page for Montie Eva Archer Appleton (7 Oct 1907–2 Mar 1931), Find a Grave Memorial no. 53658560, citing Buffalo Gap Cemetery, Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by amtsunshine (contributor 46842273) .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M7-VPV : accessed 8 March 2021), Montie E Archer in household of Thomas P Archer, Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 2B, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1547; FHL microfilm 1,375,560.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCM4-8KN : 3 February 2021), Eva M Archer in entry for Thomas P Archer, 1920.
8. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Taylor, Texas; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 2342134. Accessed via Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
9. ↑ 24 February 1931. Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas). Page 2. Accessed on 7 March 2021 via: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/122822450?cid=mem_copy
10. ↑ 3 March 1931. Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas). Page 5. Accessed on 7 March 2021 via: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/122825038?cid=mem_copy

Acknowledgement

The profile was created and researched by Melissa Arjona.