Richard Espejo Tankersley^[1]

1887 - 1954  (67 years)

• Name	Richard Espejo Tankersley
  Birth	17 Jul 1887	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 13, born Mar 1887 in TX, living with mother on Bagby homestead
  Census	12 May 1910	Muskogee, Muskogee, OK ; age 23, born TX single boarder, bookkeeper for cotton companies, parents born MS/MS
  WW1 Reg Card	5 Jun 1917	Seattle, King, WA ; age 29, born 17 Jul 1887 in Houston TX, bookkeeper for H.F. Ostrander, has wife and one child
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 42, born TX, 1st marr at 24, public weigher, parents born AL/TX
  Census	7 May 1940	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 52, born TX, H2 ed, residing here in 1935, public weigher of boled cotton
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 54, born 17 Jul 1997 in Houston TX, public cotton weigher, NOK Mrs. Pearle S. Baxter in Vidor TX
  Death	9 Oct 1954	Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas
  Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I2300	Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard Espejo Tankersley,   b. 1853, Alabama d. 16 Feb 1897, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Lucy Bagby,   b. 9 Dec 1856, Houston, Harris, TX d. 30 Apr 1914, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1881	First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Harris, Texas
  Family ID	F423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marjorie Sheffield Bair,   b. 2 Nov 1895, Alvin, Brazoria, TX d. 1 Jun 1951, Seattle, King, WA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1913	Seattle, King, WA
  Notes	from "Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013" (ancestry.com) On 1 Oct 1913 in Seattle, King, WA, Richard E Tankersley, born TX to R.E. & Lucy Tankersley, married Marjorie Sheffield Bair born to William B & Juldah A. Bair.
  Children	+ 1. Marjory Helen Tankersley,   b. 16 Jun 1914, Seattle, King, WA d. 8 Nov 1987, Seattle, King, WA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Ona Smith,   b. 19 Dec 1899, Pine Grove, De Kalb, AL d. 7 Nov 1974, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2014

  
  

• Headstones		Bagby Family Grave Site Plot: Sect. C-4, Lot 171
  		Richard E Tankersley Headstone RICHARD E TANKERSLEY / TEXAS / M ENGR (sg) US ARMY / WORLD WAR I / JULY 17 1887 - OCT 9 1954

  
  

• Notes

  from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) Richard Espejo Tankersley, a cotton weigher, born 17 Jul 1887 in Houston TX to Richard Espejo Tankerley b. AL and Lucy Bagby b. Houston died 9 Oct 1954 in Richmond, Fort Bend, TX of a cerebral thrombosis. Burial on 4 Oct 1954 in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston. Informant Ona S Tankersley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (Transcribed by LDS), Ref Num: cn 49350.