1882, 11
April Born Junius Walker Leatherwood to William Marion Leatherwood (Rev) and Sarah Morrison in Danville, Tennessee. Today there is no Danville but there is still a Danville Post Office and a Danville Wharf/Ferry on google maps.
1890 No
Census Records
1900, 2
June Kaufman, Texas enumerated
as Walker; being 18; and born in April
1882 in Tennessee. He is listed with both parents, William M and
Sarah M (both of Mississippi - Jan 1850 and May 1852 respectively) and his
younger sister, Annie R who is 15 having been born in May 1885 in
Tennessee. Walker and Annie are listed
as being At School with the ability to read, write and speak English. His father's occupation is Preacher. His parents have been married for 26 years by
this time and his mother has given birth to 6 children but only 5 are still
living. The family is living in Forney,
Kaufman County, TX but no street address is given.
1910, 19
April Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas enumerated
as Walker (27) and is now married to Erin (19); they have been married for 3
years with no children. His occupation
is listed as salesman in a department store and he went without work for 3
weeks in 1909. They are living in the home of his widowed mother, Sarah (who
has shaved a few years off her age - 54 vs 58), at 721 Staples Street in Corpus
Christi, Nueces County, TX. His wife,
Erin, and her parents, were born in Texas.
Also in the house is he younger sister, Annie and her family. Annie is now 23 and married to W. T.
Williams, also 23 (born in TX with parents born in MS), and their young son Lowell (2, born in
NM). This is a sad period, his father
had died 10 days before the census was taken which could explain why so many
were in the house. As a side note, their
older sister, Minnie Lee (my great grandmother) is living in New Mexico in 1910
with her husband, Guinn Terrell Williams.
Guinn Terrell Williams is the brother of
W. T. Williams. So our 2nd great
Uncle, Walter T Williams, and our 2nd great Aunt, Annie R Leatherwood, are
relatives by birth and by marriage.
1918 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas City
Directory for Fort Worth records him living in rooms at 1417 E 20th and that
his occupation is a Motorman
1918, 12
September Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas Registration for World
War I. He has registered in Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, TX. He is described as
as white, native born, tall, slender, brown hair and brown eyes. His draft serial number is 474 and his order
number A2835. He gives his full name as
Junius Walker Leatherwood; residing at 1410 E 19th Street, Fort Worth, TX; I
cannot make out his occupation title but he works at the North Texas Tractor
Company; and, from his listing in the city directory, previously, I would guess
it is motorman. Here's were it gets
interesting as he lists his mother, Mrs Wm Leatherwood, as his nearest relative
and at the same address. Where is Erin?
1920, 17
January Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas enumerated
as Junius W Leatherwood, age 37, married, residing at 1401 E 19th Street
(rental) and working as a motorman for the Street Railway. His wife is listed as Lillian (27) and they
have a 7 year old daughter (abt 1913, born in Texas) named Marie. Could Lillian and Erin (from 1910 census) be
the same? The ages have a 2 year
difference and, since the census was taken at different times of the year which
might account for one year, it seems logical.
I cannot locate his mother on a 1920 census at this time but she dies in
1923 in Decatur, TX so she could be with or travelling to another family
member's home.
1924 City
Directory for Fort Worth records him as Walker, living in rooms at 916 S
Henderson with his wife, Lillie, and, he is a driver.
1925 City
Directory for Fort Worth records him as J Walker, living at 923 S Henderson
(rental) wife his wife, Lillian, and, he is a salesman with Texas Ice and
Refrigerator Co
1926 City
Directory for Fort Worth records him as J Walker, living at 1125 S Henderson
(rental) with his wife, Lillian, but there is no occupation listed. His brother, Jesse Olin, and family have
moved to Fort Worth and are living nearby.
1930, 7
April Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas enumerated
as J.W., age 48, widowed and the brother of the HoH; It shows that he was 24 at the age of his first
marriage and he is currently a construction worker in the steel industry. He is living with his brother and
sister-in-law, Jesse Olin and Effie, and the family have a radio. Also living with them is their widowed niece,
Lucille (Williams) Andrews, and her 4 children.
J.W is listed as widowed but there is a Lillian Leatherwood, about the
right age, with a daughter Marie in another district of Fort Worth on this
census. The Lillian Leatherwood I have
did not pass away until 1960. This could
mean several things - that I have the wrong Lillian/Marie combination; or, JW
and the family is trying to save face.
But I think I will go into those details when I write about her, at
another time.
1936 City
Directory for Fort Worth records him as J Walker, living at 318 Bryan Avenue;
renting a room in his brother's house, Jesse Olin. (his daughter, her husband and his wife are
living at 3413 Townsend)
1937, 24
January Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas His
only child, Ruth Marie Westland, dies of broncho-pneumonia.
1940, 01
April Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas enumerated
as Walker; age 58; widowed; His address is 312 Kentucky and this is the same
address he lived at in 1935. He completed the 9th grade; he pays $15 a month in room rental; and, it
looks like he had no work or income in 1939.
1942,
April Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas "Old
Man" registration card; Junius Walker Leatherwood; lists Dansville, TN as
his birthplace. Very shaky signature; Mailing Address: 312 Kentucky;
Description: 6'3", 173 lbs, brown eyes; brown/gray hair; light complexion;
no scars. Lists 815 E Denney as his
address but his mailing address is 312 Kentucky. Currently there is no
Denny/Denney street in Fort Worth (2014).
He also lists a Mrs Arthur Brady (courthouse) as someone who will always
know his address.
1954, 06
Mar Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas He
dies as a result of a homicide. His
death certificate shows that he has lived in Fort Worth for 45 years; the last
address was 1004 E Belknap; he was a retired night watchman; he was born in
Tennessee; his father is William Marion Leatherwood and his mother is Sarah
Morrison; and the informant is Mary Louise Leatherwood (his niece the daughter
of Jesse Olin and Effie Leatherwood).
Mary Louise records him as never being married and he was being listed
as widowed since she was 7 or younger.
The medical information shows that he was killed by a gunshot wound in
the mouth; it happened in the evening hours; and there is a check in the box
showing that it happened while at work.
Even though retired perhaps he was working part-time. A newspaper article from Abilene reports that
the incidence occured outside a liquor store.
The body was removed to Itasca but I am unable to find a marker or grave
listing for him.
On Ancestry, I share
a DNA connection with 14 people that have a known relative named Leatherwood;
but there are no connections between our trees- so far.
Ex-Watchman Shot
Junius Walker
Leatherwood, 71,
retired Fort Worth
night watch-
man, was killed by a
single bullet
Saturday night in
front of a down-
town Fort Worth
liquor store. Po-
lice Sunday arrested
two brothers
who they said had
fired a shot in-
to the floor of a
café next door
and then felled
Leatherwood with
one shot when he ran
out of the
liquor store.
Abilene Reporter
News (Abilene, Texas)
1954 March 8
