Living

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, he was living in Sabine County, Texas with his maternal grandparents, Wade and Ester Anderson.

The Sabine County Reporter
April 30, 1997, Page 14

Don Burkhalter

Donald Lee Burkhalter, 64, of Rt. 4, Hemphill, died at 2 a.m. Monday, April 28, 1997 in Hemphill.

Burkhalter was born Nov. 22, 1932 in Sabinetown. He had lived in Sabine County several years and was a retired mechanic.

Survivors include his parents, Ruth Anderson Koblinski of Grand Prarie and Elzie Burkhalter of Houston, a son, Danny Burkhalter of North Carolina; a brother, a sister, two grandchildren; and aunts and uncles.

Funeral services have been set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill. Interment will be at Harper's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home until service time.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Donald married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elzie married Johnny Ruth Anderson before 1932. Johnny (daughter of William Wade Anderson and Jewell Esther Russell) was born about 1917 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is listed as Ruth Koblinski in the obituary of both her son, Donald Burkhalter, and her brother, Frank Bostick Anderson.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 173 Sheet 1A
Bronson Road
8-8
Burkhalter, George L Head M W 38 M Tx US US Laborer Farm
Burkhalter, Mollie E Wf F W 38 M Tx US Tx
Burkhalter, Velma P Dtrr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Elsie O Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Ima V Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, H. L. Son M W 1 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx


1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheets 2A and 2B Stamped 73
Geneva Road
34-38
Burkhalter, George Head M W 47 m 30 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Burkhalter, Mollie Wf F W 48 m 21 Tx Ala Tenn
Burkhalther, Ima V Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Henry L Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Leo Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Burkhalter, Theo Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx

George married Mollie Emily Burns on 2 Oct 1904 in Sabine County, Texas. Mollie was born about 1882 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When he registered for the World War I draft, he was farming in Sabinetown, and was supporting his wife and two children. He was shown as being of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and sandy hair.

Virgie Speights wrote, on the occasion of his golden wedding anniversary in 1964, that Anderson grew up at Sabinetown, attending the one-room schools, watching the steamboats travel the Sabine River and helping with the farming. He worked for seven years at the sawmills in the oilfields, on pipelines and with drilling rigs. He had three brothers and one sister still living: "Wicke Anderson of Florien, Louisiana, Wyatt Anderson of Lufkin, Ellis Anderson of Fairfax, Alabama,a dn Mrs. Ella Ferris of Colfax, Louisiana."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated April 28, 1930
ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 16B
62-62
Anderson, Wade W Head M W 43 m 27 la La La Farmer
Anderson, Esther J Wf F W 41 m 24 Tx Tx Tx
Anderson, Pearl E Dtr F W 14 Tx La Tx
Anderson, Ruth J Dtr F W 13 Tx La Tx
Anderson, Charlie E Son M W 11 S Tx La Tx
Anderson, Eula A Dtr F W 9 S Tx La Tx
Anderson, William W Son M W 6 S Tx La Tx
Anderson, Frank B Son M W 2 S Tx La Tx

1940 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 23 April 1940
SD 42-2 ED 202-2 Sheet 8A
Sabinetown Road
142 O 175 Yes
Anderson, Wade Head M W 53 M No 5 La Same House Farmer
Anderson, Ester Wf F W 50 M No 4 Tx Same House
Anderson, Charlie Son M W 21 S No 7 Tx Same House Farm Laborer
Anderson, William Son M W 16 S Yes 7 Tx Same House
Anderson, Bostick Son M W 12 S Yes 6 Tx Same House
Burkhalter, Don Grandson M W 7 S Tx Same House

William married Jewell Esther Russell on 31 Aug 1914 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. Jewell was born on 20 Jan 1890 in Huntington, Angelina County, Texas; died on 12 Mar 1977 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Russell and Fannie Evelyn White, as does Virgie Speights. She wrote that the Russell's came to Texas from Arkansas. She was one of 12 children who had seven siblings still living in 1964; sisters Mrs. Eula Habbard and Mrs. Bennie Davis of Huntington and Mrs Edwin Ogden of Woodville; and brothers Denman Russell of Galveston, Paul Russell of Lake Charles, Lewis Rusell and Cary Russell of Beaumont.

Notes:

Married:
Old Timers of Sabine County (pages 65-67)
Virigie Speights
August 27, 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Anderson will be honored on their golden wedding anniversary with a huge family reunion type of celebration with all friends and relatives invited for the all day affair at their newly remodeled home, Sunday, August 30, 1964. There will be a noon dinner and open house in the afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. Hosting the event will be the six children of the Andersons, Mrs. G. L. Beauchamp of Bronson; Mrs. Ruth Tacker, Charlie Anderson, and William W. Anderson, all of Dallas; Mrs. Eula Broussard of Houston and Bostick Anderson of Lufkin. They also have 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

In 1914, he carried a load of stock to South Houston for George Oliphant. On the way home he stopped at Zavalla to attend a camp meeting and visit a friend. "I was sitting there listening to the sermon, under that tabernacle, when in walked this beautiful girl with her relatives she was visiting. I took one loks and said to myself, 'That's the girl of my dreams!'"----three weeks later, I hitched up the horse and buggy and headed towards Huntington. Mr. Anderson was 28 and Mrs. Anderson 24, and he didn't see any use wasting any more time. He asked her about getting married, and when she agreed he said "Well how about tomorrow for getting married." They were married in Lufkin less than a month after they met. A young Church of Christ preacher, Bro. Campbell, performed the ceremony, and they spent the night in the Angelina Hotel, the next night in Zavalla, with Mrs. Anderson's relatives, the next at Blue Springs with Will Davidson, and the next at Sabinetown with Lewis Maunds. World War I was brewing, and times were hard. Anderson said that "I borrowed $25 from Lee Lord to set up housekeeping on a place I already owned. We worked hard and had plenty to eat, and enough clothes already, but that was the last money we saw for a year. It was impossible to sell anything. The cotton markets were closed. We've had our ups and down, never much money, but always plenty of love and good times together as we raised our children,"