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Note: Gloria Wigent.FTW
Howard Earl never had a middle name.
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World War 1 Draft Registration: From Ancestry.com
Form: 1004
Registration Number: 408 Order #102
Name: Howard Earl
Age: 21
Permanent Home Address: Speedwell, Tennessee, U. S.
Born: August 25, 1895
Citizenship: Natural Born
Place of Birth: Arthur, Tennessee
Present Occupation: Farm Laborer
Employer Name: Self
Place of Employment: Speedwell, Tennessee
Nearest Relative: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Race: Caucasian
No Military Service
He claims an exemption from service.
Medium height, medium weight, medium build
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Dark Brown
No disfigurement
Signature: H. A. Overton
Precinct: 6
County, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Date of Registration: 06-05-1917
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In the 1920 Census, Howard's occupation is Miner. He worked at the Reliance Mine in Tennessee. He lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee at the time. He had to walk into Bell County, Kentucky and then back track to Tennessee to get to the mine because that was the way the road was laid out. He also worked in an ice plant. He also walked to work there.
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Howard and Pearl lived in Harlan County, Kentucky when Dad was young.
Howard and Pearl were divorced in February of 1929 in Harlan County, Kentucky. I have a copy of the divorce notice.
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1930 Census - Harlan County, Kentucky
Earl, Howard
Boarder
Landlord - Nat West He was a coal miner. Maybe he worked with Howard.
Doesn't live on a farm
Male, White
Age at last birthday - 35
Marital condition - Divorced
Age at first marriage - 18
Attended school since Sept. 1, 1929 - No
Can read and write - Yes
Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
Can speak English - Yes
Coal Loader in a Coal Mine
Didn't work in the last working day
Out of work for 10 days
Not a veteran
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Howard's second wife was Lottie Mae Stanifer, daughter of Charlie Stanifer and Isabelle Robertson.
Howard was 78 years old when he died. He died of respiratory insufficiency, cancer of the lung. Burial was March 15, 1974 at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana. McHatten-Sadler Funeral Home, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana was in charge. Elbert W. Earl, Howard and Lottie's son, is also buried in that family plot. Lottie is buried there. Howard B. Lambert, their grandson, is buried there. Howard B. Lambert lived from 1958 - 1961.
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Howard's land was bought by the federal government to be flooded for the Norris Dam project. Many of our relatives had to move because of this project.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RELOCATION OF FAMILY FORM:
Fieldman: Lois Perry
Date: September 05, 1934
County: Claiborne
District: 6
Schedule: IZ Number 24
Name: Howard Earle The fieldman put the extra (E) on his name.
P. O. Address: Speedwell, R.R. 1
Marital Status: Married
Birthplace Father: Claiborne
Date: 1896 (It actually was August 25, 1895.)
Birthplace of Mother: Claiborne
Date: May 01, 1913
Number of: Boys 1 (Father's) Girls: 3 (Father's)
Now Living: Boys 1 Girls: 3
Living at Home: Boys: 1 Girls: 1
Living Away: Boys: 0 Girls: 2
Others in Household: None
Distance of Home From:
School - Elementary: 2 1/2
High School 5
Church 3
Store 4
Doctor 1 1/2
Dentist 12
Hospital 12
Names of Schools:
Elementary Red Hill
High School Powell's Valley
Church Red Hill Missionary Baptist
Number of rooms in home: 2
No electricity, No telephone
No toilet is checked. They probably had an outside toilet.
Provision for bath: Wash tub
Source of water: Spring 10 yards from house
House is heated by fireplace
Church Preference: Primitive Baptist
No membership in any Fraternal Organizations, etc.
Years lived in this community: 30
On this farm: 2
No employment outside of the farm
Ages of children at home: Boys: 10 Girls: 12
Grades in school of: 5th 5th
Grade reached in school by Father: 6th Mother: 4th
No newspapers or magazines read by family. The Bible is read.
No insurance of any kind.
No articles such as books, papers, heirlooms, etc. that need special attention.
No physical defects in any member of the family.
No deaths in the family while living in this community.
FARM DATA:
Land owned: None
Land Rented:
Crops: 15 acres Total acres: 15
Lay of soil: Gently rolling 15 acres
Location: Mile from island ford, left side of river, across from John Earle (give number of miles) (There was a comment on that line).
Acres rented out: None
Type of Farming: General
Acres in crops last year:
Corn 6
Small Grains: 7 3/4
Tobacco: 1 1/2
Other cash crops: 1/4
Normal yield per acre:
Corn 25
Tobacco: 7.00 lbs.
Liabilities:
Other Debts: $150 For what: Hospital
If you are a tenant, give name and address of last three landlords:
Pomp Earl (his Father) Speedwell
Does Tenant want to pay cash rental or farm on shares? Shares
Furnish stock: No Tools: No
What is your chief trade center? Arthur
How often do you go there? Once a week
Miles from your home: 2
We take light loads
Number of trips annually to Knoxville? None
Do you own a truck? No
PROPERTY:
Live Stock: Number: Value:
Cattle (cows) 2 $40.00
Hogs 1 12.00
Chickens 35 hens 17.50
30 Fryers 9.00
Total: $78.50
MACHINERY:
Father furnishes tools and stock
PERSONAL POSSESSIONS:
Value of furniture in kitchen: $35.00
One bedroom 50.00
Comments: $15.00 worth of furniture away from house.
Total $85.00 Grand Total: $163.50
INCOME:
Expenditures:
Farm implements: $1.00
Commercial fertilizers: 5.00
Total Expenditures: $6.00
RECEIPTS:
Crops, hay, vegetables $65.00
Poultry and poultry products: 35.00
Total Receipts $100.00
FAMILY LIVING:
Products Furnished by the Farm and Used by the Family 1933
Kind of Product: Amount: Estimated Value:
Butter, lbs 156 $31.20
Milk, gallons 260 52.00
Eggs, dozen 104 15.60
Poultry, number 70 24.50
Pork, lbs. dressed 350 28.00
Corn, bushel 35 21.00
Garden acres 1/2 50.00
Wood, cords 20 20.00
Total: $257.30
Per capita: $64.32
OUTSIDE INCOME:
From cash now on hand: $3.00
No other outside income.
LOCATION DESIRED:
No location chosen
If no location has been selected, what sections are you considering?wants Claiborne County
Do you wish to own or rent? Rent
Size of house desired: 4 rooms
Barns for storage and Stock needed: one farm
Acres wanted:
Woodland 30 acres total
Do you want electricity for general purposes? Yes
If you do not wish to relocate on farm where are you going? If could get a job, would prefer it, doesn't care for farming.
What type of employment do you wish? Farm or Industry
List knowledge of special trades such as, auto mechanic, carpenter, brick mason, etc.:
Truck driving, electric wire man, carpenter, air drills, light mechanical
Do you expect to sell or move your:
Household goods: Move
Livestock: Move
Are you interested in the relocation service of the Extension Division of the University of Tennessee? Not at present
REPORT OF INVESTIGATOR ON RELOCATION OF FAMILIES
How did the individual respond to the interview? Interested
What is his attitude towards the TVA? Neutral
Do you feel there are any special problems in the moving of this family that need further study? No
Give gist of conversation with family:
This man was very anxious to get some kind of work other than farm. Apparently, he is well qualified. He said if he got a job, he would consider it a real service. He appeared to be intelligent.
End of Report
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Gloria Wigent's personal comment about this report:
(The children in this report would have been Edith, Thelma, Myrtle and Ray Earl from Howard's first marriage to Pearl Manning.
In this day and age, the money listed above would be a very small amount. The times were so different then. During the Depression, this money would be considered a good income.
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