Alice A. Fullen

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According to the following marriage information, Birdwell, R.D. to A.A. Fullen 7 Mar 1898 by W.T. Harvil, M.G. The 1900 Census shows A.A. Fullen to be named Alice A., and that she was born in approximately 1881. I am assuming she is a daughter of John and Jane Fullen, and not of William and Elizabeth Fullen, for the following reasons:

1) There appear to have been only two Fullen Household's in Sabine County in 1881; that of William Fullen and that of John Fullen. It is assumed one of these two men was her father.

2) Alice would have been too young to be listed with either Fullen family in 1880. The census for 1890, when she was age 9, was destroyed. She was married in 1898, so is listed with her husband in 1900. This is why she will not be found listed with either family on census records.

3) According to the Sabine County 1910 Federal Census, John and Jane Fullen had been married for 42 years. They had had 9 children, 7 of whom were still living. By examining other census information, eight of these nine total children can be accounted for. I believe Alice to be the ninth. William and Margaret had also been married for a total of 42 years. They had 6 children, 5 of whom were still living. By examining other census records, all six can be accounted for.

4) On the 1890 Scholastic Census, Lena, 13, Ginnie 11, and Washington 8 were recorded as attending No. 57, Bethany. Surely if Alice were one of their siblings, she would have been in attendance as well. She and Washington were both born circa 1881. By way of contrast, none of the children of John and Jane Fullen were recorded on the 1890 Scholastic Census. Presumably they were needed at home for farmwork.

Alice married Rush David Birdwell on 7 Mar 1898 in Sabine County, Texas. Rush (son of James Andrew Birdwell and Mary Alice Cogburn) was born on 19 Dec 1877 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 May 1966 in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His draft registration card for World War I showed him as James Chalmis Birdwell of Milam, Texas. He listed his date of birth as Jan 15, 1899, and his employer as R. D. Birdwell of Milam, his father. He was shown as being medium height, slender build, and that he had the significant previous injury of a "bullet in right hip."

Family/Spouse: Emma Gene Pratt. Emma (daughter of Hampton Lee Pratt and Mary E. Cooper) was born on 11 Sep 1906 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 20 Sep 1978 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]