Thomas Nixon Charles (1905 - 1942)

Born 23 Dec 1905 in Calhoun, McMinn, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lila Tew (Witsell) York — married 4 Oct 1934 in Shelby County, Tennessee

Died 29 Nov 1942 at age 36 in Dampier, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Thomas was born in 1905, the son of Boyd William Charles and Virginia Knox Darr. ^[1]

In 1930, Thomas was a cadet in the US Army, stationed at March Field, Perris, California. ^[2]

He married on 04 Oct 1934 in Shelby County, Tennessee to Lila Tew Witsell. ^[3] and passed away in 1942.

According to his Find A Grave profile, he was a major in the US Army Air Corps and was declared missing in action in the vicinity of the Dampier Peninsula of northern Australia on the Timor Sea. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNG-KB2 : accessed 15 November 2018), Nixon T Charles in household of William B Charles, Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 3A, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1508; FHL microfilm 1,375,521.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCDT-QW2 : accessed 15 November 2018), Thomas N Charles, Perris, Riverside, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 5B, line 83, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 183; FHL microfilm 2,339,918.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-7HBN : 4 November 2017), Thomas N Charles and Lila Tew Witsell, 04 Oct 1934; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,465,479.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35042544 for Thomas Nixon Charles (23 Dec 1905–29 Nov 1942), citing Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Howard A Sutherland (contributor 47002050).