Virgil Vaughan Nowels (1871-1940)

Virgil Vaughan Nowels was born on March 16, 1871 in Jasper County, Indiana.  He was the son of John Wesley Nowels and Mercy Paine Hopkins.  He was raised on the family farm in Marion, Jasper County, Indiana.

Virgil married Ida Florence Overton on December 21, 1890 in Jasper County, Indiana.  He was 19 years old and she was 20 years.  Ida was born on February 25, 1870 in Jasper County, Indiana, the daughter of James Parker Overton and Charity Ellen Guinn.

Virgil and Ida had five children:

John Orville Nowels                          born October 25, 1891

Albert Nowels                                   born November 8, 1893

Floyd Kenneth Nowels                   born August 31, 1897

Randle Vaughan Nowels              born March 6, 1902

Ida May Nowels                                born 1907

In 1900, Virgil and Ida and their children were living in a home on Glover Avenue in Bloom, Cook County, Illinois.  Virgil was employed as a stationary engineer at that time.

Virgil and Ida moved their family to Colorado around 1905.  At that time, they were living at 1211 Beulah Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, and Virgil was employed as an engineer.

By 1910, Virgil and Ida had divorced, and Ida was living with her children in a home on Palmer Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado.  Virgil was also living in Pueblo, and working as a machinist for a zinc smelter.

In 1912, Virgil was living at 924 N. 8^th Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He was working as an engineer.

Around 1912, Virgil married Pruella May Hollarbush Baxter.  Prucilla, a widow, was born on May 12, 1881 in Evansville, Rock County, Wisconsin.  She was the daughter of John Lewis Hollarbush and Mary Jane Eggleston.

Virgil and Pruella had five children:

Roy Everett Nowels                         born June 5, 1912

Herbert Leland Nowels                   born April 1, 1915

Virgil Ray Nowels                            born December 11, 1917

Edna Gertrude Nowels                   born October 30, 1919

Clyde Wesley Nowels                     born June 14, 1922

In 1920, Virgil and Pruella and their family were renting a home in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, where Virgil was working in a coal mine.

By 1930, the family had moved to a house on 33^rd Street in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.  Virgil provided for his family by working odd jobs.

Virgil Vaughan Nowels died on August 16, 1940 in Kern County, California.  He was buried in Green Lawn Memorial Park in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.  He was 69 years old at his death.

Obituary from Bakersfield Californian:

Rites Set Monday for Virgil Nowels

Funeral services for Virgil Vaughn Nowels, 69, well known local resident of 924 Thirty-fourth street, who died late today in a local hospital, will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the Hopson Mortuary chapel with the Reverend B.C. Barett officiating. Burial wil be in Greenlawn cemetery.

A native of Kouts, Ind., Mr. Nowels had lived in Bakersfield and Kern county for 21 years, during which time he engaged in the house moving business until 1930 when he retired from active business.

Pruella May Hollarbush Baxter Nowels died on August 21, 1958 in Kern County, California.  She was laid to rest next to her husband, Virgil, in Green Lawn Memorial Park in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.  She was 77 years old at her death.

Obituary from Bakersfield Californian:

August 23, 1958

Nowels, Pruella May--Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel at Greenlawn Mortuary, Monday, Aug. 25, at 1:30 p.m. for Pruella May Nowels, 77, 918 1/2 Woodrow Ave., Oildale, who died Aug. 21 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Harold W. Pollinger of the First Baptist Church will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Mrs. Nowels was a native of Wisconsin and had lived in Kern County 38 years. Survivors include four sons, Clyde Nowels, Oildale; Virgil Nowels, Ridgecrest; Herbert Nowels, Bakersfield; Earl Baxter, Barstow, one daughter, Edna Antonaros, Bakersfield; one brother, John Hollarbush, Huron, S.D.; 21 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Notes for Virgil Vaughan Nowels

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Marion, Jasper, Indiana; Roll: 286; Family History Film: 1254286; Page: 305C; Enumeration District: 063; Image: 0613.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Bloom, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 291; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1139; FHL microfilm: 1240291.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1905, 1910, 1912:  Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Residence in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri; Roll: T625_910; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 710.  Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Bakersfield, Kern, California; Roll: 121; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 819.0; FHL microfilm: 2339856.  Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Residence in 1940:  Year: 1940; Census Place: Kern, California; Roll: T627_213; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 15-39.  Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

California Voter Lists:  Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: State of California, United States. Great Register of Voters. Sacramento, California: California State Library.

Marriage to Ida F. Overton:  Jasper County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1865 - 1920 Inclusive Let, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: 2; Page: 472.  Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 

Marriage to Pruella Hollarbush:  1920 US census

Burial:  Ancestry.com. Web: California, Find A Grave Index, 1775-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi : accessed 24 January 2013.

Notes for Pruella Hollarbush

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Burial:  Ancestry.com. Web: California, Find A Grave Index, 1775-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi : accessed 24 January 2013.