Leuin Lenor David (1894 - 1963)

Born 8 Oct 1894 in Live Oak, Texas County, USA

Husband of Hattie Garland (Sewell) David — married 27 May 1922 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA

Died 12 Aug 1963 at age 68 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Leuin Lenor David. ^[1][2][3]

Born 08 OCT 1894. Live Oak, Texas County, USA. ^[4][5]

Residence 1930. BET 15 AND 16 APR 1930. Jim Hogg, Texas County, USA. Source:^[6] Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law. 1930 Precinct 2, Jim Hogg, Texas, USA. ^[7] 1935 Jim Hogg, Texas. ^[8] Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. 01 APR 1940. Jim Hogg, Texas, United States. ^[9]

Buried Source:

Note: #N1317.

Notes

Note N1317!NAME: Named for Leuin Barber of Beeville. His Aunt Nora DAVID combined her name with her boy friend's name, Lee, to make Lenor.  !DESC: Leuin was tall, slender with brown hair and blue eyes. He was a man of integrity. He believed in paying his debts.  !ED: He maintained that he quit school after fifth or sixth grade to help pay his mother's medical bills. Attended schools in Benavides and Robstown.  !MIL: In the army in WWI and drove an ammuntion truck to front lines in France.  !RES: Lived in Atascosa County, probably between 1897 and 1900. Moved from Live Oak Co. to near Benavides on a 94-acre farm. Lived there from 1905 to 1909. Family moved to Robstown by the train. In 1918 he was living in Hebbronville where he remained until his death.  !OCC: Herded cattle between Robstown and Corpus Christi. Rode Tex-Mex rail cars tending to the cattle going to San Antonio stockyards. In 1921 he and Elbert owned a water well drilling business. This influenced him to believe that you should never be partners with anyone. During the time that he was drilling wells, Lloyd DAVID, Murray GILL, and his father worked together from time to time. Worked at Edds and Acklen Lumber Company for very low wages. This was where Leuin learned to do figures so quickly in his head. In 1929 he was living on the farm with his in-laws helping Isaac to farm. In 1930 he began operating the Humble service station in Hebbronville, then the Texaco service station. He purchased the Texaco Company from Preston Dannelley and remained the consignee for over 30 years. He managed the Firestone store briefly in 1940s.  !HOBBIES: Daddy's first love was hunting deer and birds. As long as I could recall he had a hunting lease. He may have enjoyed cooking in camp as much as he enjoyed hunting. He never owned a boat but liked to fish. He made some fishing trips to a lake in Mexico with some of his buddies. He was an excellent domino and "42" player. He knew what dominoes I had in my hand whenever I played. He and Mother taught Jack and me to play "42" after we married. They played very often at night with Aunt Bettie and Uncle Dud, Duval and Lloyd, Bonnie and Travis Richardson. In later years they played with Mr. and Mrs. Minter, Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder, Lala and Woods Calaway. The Bakers played with them while Alamo Lumber was building our home. Mr. Baker was the manager, and his wife became very jealous of Mother talking with him about the construction and finishing of the house.  !REL PREF: Baptised in La Para Creek at the Baptist Church. Joined the Methodist Church in Hebbronville. He walked down the aisle to join the church on Brother Meyers last Sunday. He was active on the Board of Stewards and responsible for organizing a men's Sunday School class that began meeting at the Manhattan Cafe and continued for many years. !POL PREF: Voted Democrat until later years when he voted a split ticket to vote for republican presidents.  !MEMBER: Served on Jim Hogg County Draft Board during and following WW II.  !MISC: The William DAVID family met the Isaac SEWELL family on July 4, 1909 at a picnic near the Sewell farm. Leuin wanted to be a doctor. His family could not afford the education for him. His second choice was to be an mortician. He helped embalm several people. Once the lining of the casket was removed to get a very fat man into the casket. Murray GILL, Elbert DAVID, and Leuin were on a hunting trip. While Murray was cooking in camp, bootleggers appeared on the scene and took his gun away. Elbert had his gun confiscated when he returned to camp. All three were tied up when Leuin came back. After the Mexicans had eaten, they told them where they would leave their guns in the brush. They turned over the Model T the men were driving, but didn't find a pistol hidden under the car. Murray told Jack this story with himself as the hero. Leuin was the brave one when he would tell the same incident. How we would have liked to have heard Uncle Elbert's version. He was in a coma and unable to elaborate on the event. Leuin dated Florence ARMSTRONG BARFIELD and Thelma PEARCE from Alice. Garland and Helen brought Thelma Pearce home with them when they graduated from high school. Their parents did not know their daughters were bringing house guests. Florence became our neighbor in later years. Thelma Pearce never married and continued to live in Alice. Mattie SEWELL told me that she was against Mother marrying Leuin because he was so wild. She said that he had danced with every girl from Laredo to Corpus Christi. It pleased Mother to learn that Mattie had continued to say that Leuin was the best husband of all her girls and had been the best father, too. Leuin told Garland that he didn't want any quarreling in their home. He remembered his father being grouchy with his mother. Our home was very In fact, I thought that Jack and I shouldn't have married when we had our first disagreement. I was attending college and wanted to go to a football game, and Jack wanted to go home for the weekend. I confided in Mother that I felt we shouldn't have married since we had argued. She questioned my judgment. I reminded her that she and Daddy never fussed. She laughed and explained they never let us hear them disagree. She had actually packed her bags the first year they were married. She unpacked them before Daddy got home from work. Vlasta DAVID recalled Leuin crying for several days when Elbert married Eliza. Leuin, Garland, and Leuin, Jr. left Hebbronville to visit Allene SEWELL DIEMER and her husband, Harry, in Wyoming. They were gone for several weeks intending to move since Elbert had married a Mexican. However, they returned and continued to live in Hebbronville. In later years Garland reflected that they should have accepted the marriage. Once I heard Daddy use "damn" when relating that he had knocked a Mexican waiter down at Ira Collins' Manhattan Cafe for asking for a tip. The waiter had been doing this everytime Daddy was in there, which was frequently. He stood up and said that he'd give him a tip and hit him. As usual Mother's comment was, "Leuin, the children!" Dr. Guerra sent a bill for 0 which was extremely high for that day for taking care of Mary when she had pneumonia. Daddy couldn't get him when Mary was hallucinating from an overdose of sulphur. Dr. Glen Howard from Bruni arrived very quickly after being called and was half dressed. Elbert, his brother, was charged much less for his two sons with pneumonia. Daddy Daddy requested an itemized bill. It listed twice as many house calls and tests that Dr. Guerra never made. Daddy sent him a check for telling him that he could come see him if he wanted the rest. Dr. Guerra cashed the check and never said a word about it. Daddy said that it always bothered him because it was the only bill he had left unpaid in his life. Most afternoons Daddy would stop on his way home from the office to play dominoes at the pool hall with his cronies: Charlie Forbes, Shorty Felton, Ira Collins, Al Knopps, Warren Talley, and Travis Richardson. Many a summer afternoon we would sit in the front yard waiting for him to come home. We'd go to the picture show several nights a week. It was only after Mother's death that I learned she didn't enjoy Daddy's favorite cowboy shows on Saturday nights. Allen DAVID gave me a letter Mother wrote to his Aunt Deane and Aunt Lyda. She stated she hoped Leuin would go without her, since she didn't like the western movies. In October 1961 Daddy went to Scott and White Clinic where he had surgery for cancer of the lung. He was determined to be able to hunt that fall. He did his arm exercises and did go hunting. Daddy had Mother to put money in our checking account when he was dying in the Beeville Hospital because he wanted us to have a clothes drier. He appreciated us helping Mother with him at that time.  !INF SOURCE: Shirley DAVID SMITH.

External Files

• File M1366. File: C:\Users\Gary\Documents\Family Tree Maker\Ancestors of GW Boyd & SL Bales(2014) Media30 United States Federal Census(10).jpg. 1930 United States Federal Census.

• File M1382. File: C:\Users\Gary\Documents\Family Tree Maker\Ancestors of GW Boyd & SL Bales(2014) Media40 United States Federal Census(17).jpg. 1940 United States Federal Census.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S106
2. ↑ Source: #S52 Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: 2364; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 62.0; FHL microfilm: 2342098 File @M1366@
3. ↑ Source: #S318 Year: 1940; Census Place: Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: T627_4081; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 124-1 File @M1382@
4. ↑ Source: #S52 Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: 2364; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 62.0; FHL microfilm: 2342098 File @M1366@
5. ↑ Source: #S318 Year: 1940; Census Place: Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: T627_4081; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 124-1 File @M1382@
6. ↑ Source: #S223
7. ↑ Source: #S52 Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 2, Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: 2364; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 62.0; FHL microfilm: 2342098 File @M1366@
8. ↑ Source: #S318 Year: 1940; Census Place: Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: T627_4081; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 124-1 File @M1382@
9. ↑ Source: #S318 Year: 1940; Census Place: Jim Hogg, Texas; Roll: T627_4081; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 124-1 File @M1382@

• Source: S106 Compiled By Roger Gilliam Descendents of Andrew Sewell Publication: Name: Information supplied by Sewell Family Researcers;
• Source: S223 1930 US Census, Texas, Jim Hogg County
• Source: S318 Ancestry.com 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
• Source: S52 Ancestry.com 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.: United States o; Repository: #R1