John Prentice Wingate (1879 - 1931)

Born 25 Apr 1879 in Washington, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Jan 1931 at age 51 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States

Biography

The son of Calvin Wingate and Pauline (Winchell) Wingate, Prentice Wingate was born in Washington County, Texas^{[citation needed]} in 1879. In 1900, he lived with his mother in Justice Precinct 1 of Austin County, Texas, farming.^[1] In 1910, residing in San Saba County, Texas, John worked for the railroad as a contractor.^[2] In 1912, he was convicted on a charge of assault with a firearm, with intent to rob, and was sentenced to a prison term of ten years, to begin on April 9, 1913 and to end on November 27, 1922. However, he was pardoned on July 1, 1914.^[3]

Prentice registered for the World War I draft when he was 39, registering in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1918.^[4] He stated that he lived at 1410 Commerce Avenue in Houston and that he worked for Horton & Horton as a carpenter. Prentice was described as a slender man, of medium height, with black hair and brown eyes. He did not enlist and, in 1920, lived in Waller County, Texas, working as a house carpenter, in a household that included his mother and his brother, James.^[5]

Prentice married Belle Kelley (1885-), marrying sometime before 1928, residing with Belle, her children, and her mother in Galveston, Texas, where he worked as a screwman at a cotton mill.^[6]

Prentice Wingate died of tuberculosis, passing away in Galveston, Texas^[7] at the age of 51^[8] and is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Houston, Texas.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LK-36Z : 11 March 2022), John Wingate in entry for Fannie Wingate, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2S5-ZX5 : Wed Jul 19 11:14:17 UTC 2023), Entry for John Wingate, 1910.
3. ↑ Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Convict Record Ledgers; Convict Number Range: B 032061-037000; Volume Number: 1998/038-158. Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875-1954 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012 Ancestry Record 2143 #203517 with attached Image
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXF-LV8 : 29 December 2021), John Prentice Wingate, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9L-XZC : Wed Jul 12 00:21:49 UTC 2023), Entry for John P Wingate and James E Wingate, 1920.
6. ↑ 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. Year: 1930; Census Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2342068. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #63810935 with attached Image
7. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K339-SMD : 23 June 2023), John Prentice Wingate, 1931.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5S1-TZL2 : 18 July 2020), Mr John P Wingate, 1931.
9. ↑ "Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7K-J8B3 : 4 September 2019), John Wingate, 2 Jan 1931; citing Death, Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Houston.
10. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL1-MJFV : 2 July 2020), John Prentice Wingate, 1931; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #107796070