John Evan CHAPEL Mini tree diagram
Nell Jemima HUSTEAD

Nell Jemima HUSTEAD1,2,3,5,6,4,6

2nd Mar 18991,2,3,4 - 9th Feb 19203,4

Life History

2nd Mar 1899

Born in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas.1,2,3,4

2nd Dec 1919

Married John Evan CHAPEL in Parker County, Texas.6,6

9th Feb 1920

Died in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas.3,4

"gunshot wound to the liver (suicidal)."  --  her death certificate

after 9th Feb 1920

Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas.3,4

Notes

  • 1900 Federal Census, Palo Pinto County, Texas, 7 June, Mineral Wells Ward 2, District 124, page 11B, Hse/Fam #163
    Hustead, W J Head  W M Oct 1838 61 married 5 years  VA VA VA Capitalist Owns
    Hustead, Jamima   Wife W F Aug 1879 29 married 21 yrs 2 children/2 living England England England Immigrated to US 1873
    Hustead, P H  Son W M Sep 1883 16  TX VA IL
    Hustead, Allie M  Daughter W F Mch 1896 4  TX VA IL
    Hustead, Nellie J  Daughter W F Mch 1899 1 TX VA IL

    Note the age of Jamima and the number of years they have been married.  She is obviously the second wife.  This is also indicated by the birth state of the mother of the son P H, Illinois.

    In December 1919, Nell married John Evan Chapel.

    Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
    Nell Hustead
    J E Chapel
    Marriage 2 Dec 1919 Parker County, Texas, USA

    THe 1920 census was taken less than a month after their marriage.  The census date was January 1.  In the household of Nelllie's widowed mother, Jemima Bell Husteaed, we see her twodaughters and a boarder working as a civil engineer, with his wife and just-born infant daughter.

    1920 Federal Census, Palo Pinto County, Texas, 14 January, Mineral Wells, District 199, page 18B, 601 NW 5th Ave, Hse #275, Fam #759
    Hustead, Jamima Head Owns Free & Clear F W 48 Widow Came to US in 1874 Naturalized 1878 England England England No Occup
    Anthony, Samuel Son-in-law M W 22 Married Trader
    Anthony, Mona Daughter F W 23 Married TX IL England No Occup
    ** Chapel, John E Son-in-law M W 22 Married TX MS MS Trader **
    ** Chapel, Nell H Wife F W 20 Married TX IL England No Occup **
    -- Fam #760 --
    Johnston, Guy R Head Rents 34 AR AR AR Civil Engineer
    Johnston, Charlotte T Wife F W 30 Married Montana Michigan Michigan No Occup
    Johnston, Marjorie Dau F W 0mos Arkansas Arkansas  Montana No Occup

    Nell died the next month, in her 21st year.  They had been married less than two months.

    "I researched John Evan [Chapel] quite a bit.  He had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Before he married my great-aunt Alice, he was married to Nellie Hustead in 1919."
    --  Edward Randolph, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 4 February 2019

    The wording of the physician on the death certificate was "gun shot wound of liver (suicidal)."  This indicates she commited suicide by gunshot.  The gunshot was "suicidal."

    Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
    Mrs Nellie Jemima Chapel [Mrs Nellie Jemima Hustead]
    Age 20 yrs, 11 months, 7 days
    Birth 2 March 1899 Mineral Wells, Texas
    Father J H Hustead, born in Illinois
    Mother Jemima Bell, born in England
    Informant Mrs J N Hustead, Minieral Wells, Texas
    Death 9 February 1920 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA
    Cause of Death Gunshot Wound of Liver (Suicidal)
    Burial 10 February 1920 Elmwood Cemetery, by R H Beetham, Mineral Wells
    Filed 10 February 1920

    Nellie Jemima Hustead Chapel
    Birth Mar 2, 1899 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas
    Death Feb 9, 1920 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas
    parents J W Hustead and Jemima Bel
    Inscription:  wife of J E Chapel
    Burial Elmwood Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas
    Created by May Ashby Royer Feb 03, 2007
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #17801816, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17801816

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