George Edward TUGMON David Milton TUGMAN Living TUGMAN Living TUGMAN Living TUGMAN Living TUGMAN Mary Bartley POWELL Bessie Irene DEVAULT Addie Flora DAVIS Lucy GREGORY Mini tree diagram
Jack D TUGMAN

Jack D TUGMAN1,2,16,12,14,2,4,7,3,8,2,9,13,11,10,15,17,18,19,20,5,6

19th Apr 19191,2,2,2,3,2,4,5,6 - 11th Sep 19916

Life History

19th Apr 1919

Born in Lusk, Niobrara, Wyoming.1,2,2,2,3,2,4,5,6

1930

Residence1 in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma.3

1940

Residence2: In US Army in Ft Sill, Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma.1

about 1948

Married Mary Bartley POWELL

1949

Residence3: Birth of son Don Ray in Wichita County, Texas.7

between 1951 and 1952

Residence4 in Bakersfield, Kern, California.8,9

between 1954 and 1955

Residence5 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas.10,11

between 1957 and 1958

Residence6 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas.12,13

about 1959

Death of Mary Bartley POWELL.15,12

between 1960 and 1991

Residence7 in Kern County, California.14,2,2,15

13th Apr 1962

Married Bessie Irene DEVAULT in Kern County, California.2,2

about 1966

Divorced from Bessie Irene DEVAULT

24th Sep 1966

Married Addie Flora DAVIS in Kern County, California.2,2

29th Jun 1984

Death of Addie Flora DAVIS in Bakersfield, Kern, California.21,22,23

22nd Jul 1988

Death of Bessie Irene DEVAULT in Fresno County, California.21,24

11th Sep 1991

Died in Kern County, California.6

Other facts

 

Birth of son Living TUGMAN

 

Birth of daughter Living TUGMAN

 

Birth of daughter Living TUGMAN

 

Birth of son Living TUGMAN

Notes

  • According to the family, J D was always called by only his initials.  The family sources say Jack was not a real name, and they do not know why he was called Jack.  But every public record or Directory listing reports him as Jack D Tugman.

    Only two early exceptions to this occur, when he was listed as J D in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.  All other records have him as Jack D, including his California death record, his WWII registration and his marriage records.  I have not seen his birth certificate.

    The family name is spelled Tugman in all sources except the 1920 census and a 1952 Bakersfield City Directory, where it is spelled Tugmon.  In 1920 J D was in his mother's household where she is working as a divorced mother in Platte County, Wyoming.

    1920 Federal Census, Platte County, Wyoming. With mother, a housekeeper in a private home:  7 February, Rock Lake Precinct, District 74, page 5B, Hse#85, Fam #87
    7 February, Rock Lake, Platte, Wyoming, District 74, page 5B, Hse #85, Fam #87
    Lucy Tugmon Housekeeper F W 23 Divorced TN TN TN
    David M Tugmon M W 5 OK OK TN
    J D Tugman M W 8mos WY OK TN

    By 1930 the family is back in Oklahoma, and J D's mother has remarried to Lawrence Carter.

    1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 8 April, Lindsay, District 10, page 3B, Hse/Fam #35
    Carter, Lawrence Head M W 39 TX AL TX
    Carter, Lucy [Gregory-Tugman] Wife F W 35 TN GA TN
    Tugman, J D Stepson M W 10 WY AL TN

    Jack was already in the army when he registered for the draft in 1945 at age 28.  He listed the Army as his employer.  His residence was Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Jack reported his birth place as Lusk, Wyoming.  But he reported his birth date as 19 Apr 1917, two years earlier than other sources have.  He reported his wife Mary as next of kin.

    U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
    Jack D Tugman
    Age 28
    Birth 19 Apr 1917 Lusk [Niobrara County], Wyoming, USA
    Residence Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    Employer Army
    5' 7" 150 lbs, Brown Eyes & Hair, Dark Complexion
    Next of Kin Mary Tugman (wife)
    Registration 18 Jul 1945

    In 1940, Jack is in the Army, stationed at Ft Sill, near Lawton, in Comanche County, a couple of counties south of Lindsay, where his father was living in 1930.

    1940 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Ft Sill, District 16-38A, page 12A, Hse #NA
    Tugman, Jack D  Head M W 22 Grade 7 b Wyoming Riverside, Los Angeles, Calif in 1935 Enlisted Man, US Army

    Jack married Mary Bartley Powell about 1948.  Their son Donald Ray was born in July 1949 in Wichita County, Texas, probably when Jack was assigned to the Army base in Wichita Falls.

    Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
    Don Ray Tugman
    Birth 7 Jul 1949 Wichita County
    Father's Name Jack D Tugman
    Mother's Name Mary Bartley Powell

    A flight manifest tells us that Jack traveled from Honolulu to Los Angeles in December 1951.  The USC (US Code) designation for Jack and others on this commercial flight indicates they were under military assignment.

    California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959
    Jack Tugman USC
    Address 2391 Koa Ave, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
    Departed 21 Dec 1951 from Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
    Arrival 22 Dec 1951 in Los Angeles
    Pan American World Airways, Inc, Flight #806/22

    JD and Mary moved to Bakersfield, California, for a while.  The following listing in Bakersfield, California, is likely for our J D (Jack) Tugman, though the middle initial in A instead of D.  Since they are in the 1952 directory, along with his father, and the occupation as driver matches, this is probably the same couple.  Note, however, that their son Don Ray, born in 1949, is not listed, since this directory, like most we find,  does not list minor children.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1951, p 530
    Tugman Jack A [sic] (Mary B) driver r 327 W Beardsley av Riverview
    Tugman Mary B Mrs mgr Sycamore Trailer Court r 327 W Beardsley av Riverview

    No other Tugman or Tugmon is listed in Bakersfield in 1951.  This spelling of the family name seems to confirm a conclusion of family researcher Loretta Gregory Gay that the spelling of Tugman was introduced by George's wife and J D's mother Lucy Gregory Tugman, while his father followed the earlier original dominant spelling of the family name as Tugmon.  There are other branches of the family that also spell the name as Tugman, including another J D Tugman of Bend, Oregon.

    In the 1952 city directory we find them listed under the original spelling of the name Tugmon, and with the correct initial D.  His father George Edward is also in the directory as G E Tugmon.  J D and Mary moved to Texas in about 1953, but later J D was back in Kern County where he lived the rest of his life.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1952, p 475
    Tugmon G E  h 1121 Smith (no occup listed)
    Tugman Jack D (Mary) driver Beckey-Harvey Trucking r 513 1/2 Knot

    Jack and Mary are reported in the Amarillo, Texas, city directory in 1954 and 1955.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Amarillo, Texas, City Directory, 1954, p 563
    Tugman Jack D (Mary B) truck driver h 408 Van Buren

    They are reported in Amarillo again in the 1955 directory

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Amarillo, Texas, City Directory, 1955, p 587
    Tugman Jack (Mary) driver Oil Transport h 503 Grand

    By 1957 J D was driving for the same company, they were back in Lubbock, where they were first listed in 1951 and are also listed in 1958.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1957, p 593
    Tugman Jack D (Mary B) driver Oil Transport Corp r 5301 King
    Tugman Mary B Mrs (Lucky Spot)  r 5301 King

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1958, p 615
    Tugman Jack (Mary) driver Oil Transport h 4907 Avenue S

    J D went back to California about 1959, or at any rate, before 1960, when he was again listed in the city directory for Bakersfield.  He was there in early 1962, when he married Bessie Irene Gann.  It is not clear if Mary died or they divorced.  I have not found a divorce or death record in either Texas or California.  We assume Mary died about 1959.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Bakersfield (California) City Directory 1960, p 739
    Tugman Jack D driver Gifford Trucking h 810 1/2 W Belle av

    Jack is the only Tugman or Tugmon listed in Bakersfield in 1960.  Note that no wife's name is given here.  In this same directory, J D's third wife appears as Flora Davis Maxwell, with no husband, but no designation of her as a widow, which we would expect.  This may indicate they were divorced.  Jeff Maxwell did not die until 1965, the year before Addie Flora (Flo) married J D.  No entry appears for her first husband Jeff Maxwell, but Jeff's brother Clarence A Maxwell is in the directory.

    Two listings are found for the marriage of J D to Irene Devault, giving both her maiden name and her first married name of Gann.

    California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    Jack D Tugman
    Age 42, Est Birth abt 1920
    Spouse Name Irene Gann
    Spouse Age 46, Est Spouse Birth 1916
    Marriage 13 Apr 1962 Kern County

    California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    Jack D Tugman
    Age 42, Est Birth 1920
    Spouse Name Irene Devault
    Spouse Age 46, Est Spouse Birth 1916
    Marriage: 13 Apr 1962 Kern County

    U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
    Jack D Tugman
    Address: 285 Florence Ln, Bakersfield, CA, 93308-4636 (1986)
    1315 Washington Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93308-3050 (1987)
    2413 Colton St, Bakersfield, CA, 93304-3315
    2111 Tuolumne St, Fresno, CA, 93721-1208

    A very interesting record turned up, with Jack Tugman at the 1315 Washington Ave address above.  Directories continue to report this Jack Tugman at the same address in years after J D's date of death in 1991.  Our J D's third wife Flora also died before this date, on 29 June 1984,

    U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
    Jack Tugman
    1315 Washington Ave, Bakersfield, California 93308-3050
    Phone 805-399-5459
    Residence 1993 1994 1995

    Two marriage records also occur for J D's third marriage, to Addie F Maxwell/Davis.  Addie's death record informs us that Davis was her maiden name.  We also see her middle name, reported as the initial F elsewhere, was Flora, the name she is commonly known by, or its nickname Flo, reported by Loretta Gregory Gay from personal knowledge.

    California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    Jack D Tugman
    Age 47, Est. Birth abt 1919
    Spouse Name Addie F Maxwell
    Spouse Age 50, Est Spouse Birth 1916
    Marriage 24 Sep 1966 Kern County

    California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
    Jack D Tugman
    Age 47, Est Birth 1919
    Spouse Name Addie F Davis
    Marriage 24 Sep 1966 Kern County

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1973, p 604
    Tugman Flora D fnshr Sparkle Clns & Lndry r 021 Dawn St
    Tugman Jack (Flora) driver F&R Trucking h 021 Dawn St

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1974, p 656
    Tugman Flora D fnshr Sparkle Clns & Lndry r 021 Dawn St
    Tugman Jack (Flora) driver F & R Trucking h 021 Dawn St

    U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
    Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1975, p 609
    Tugman Jack (Flora) driver Foth Enterprises h 021 Dawn St

    California Death Index, 1940-1997
    Jack D Tugman
    Birth 19 Apr 1919 Wyoming
    Death 11 Sep 1991 Kern County
    Social Security #572-01-1635
    Mother's Maiden Name Gregory

    Burial information for J D has not been found.

Sources

Page created using GEDmill 1.11.0