"Earl Barnett Fallwell, second child of Elisha 'Liege' Barnett Fallwell and Mosella Fallwell, was born August 28, 1895, at 1100 E. First St., Austin, Travis County, Texas. As a youngster he sold newspapers after school at the Train Depot in Austin, Texas. He entered the U.S. Army at Houston, Texas, on May 17, 1916. He served as a chauffeur on the Texas-Mexico Border during the Pancho Villa campaign. Because of his physical condition, he was discharged on September 10, 1916, as a Private of Co. G, 4th Regiment, Texas Infantry.
He met Laura Beatrice Stoody while working in a fair selling balloons in Dallas and they were married in Ft. Worth,Texas on Feb. 3, 1917.
He worked for the Railway Express Agency in Dallas as a rail clerk for about 8 years. In the late 1920's he worked for Texas Bitulithic Co. and Vilbig Bros. as a dump truck drive in Dallas, Texas. In the 1930's he start work as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. During World War II he worked as a civilian assembling cranes and drag lines in coal fields and ports in various parts of England.
Earl died December 28, 1959, of a heart attack while at work on a building at Field St. and Cedar Springs Rd. in Dallas,Texas. He is buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, next to his wife, Laura Beatrice. He was a continuous member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #714, from February 1, 1936, holding various offices in the Union and was a member of the Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge #705 from Dec. 16, 1947, until his death. His last address was 704 Martinique, Dallas, Texas."
(Copied from genealogical records written Kenneth Lyle Fallwell in April 1980. Kenneth was the 2nd child of Earl Barnett Fallwell & Laura Beatrice Stoody.)
He met Laura Beatrice Stoody while working in a fair selling balloons in Dallas and they were married in Ft. Worth,Texas on Feb. 3, 1917.
He worked for the Railway Express Agency in Dallas as a rail clerk for about 8 years. In the late 1920's he worked for Texas Bitulithic Co. and Vilbig Bros. as a dump truck drive in Dallas, Texas. In the 1930's he start work as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. During World War II he worked as a civilian assembling cranes and drag lines in coal fields and ports in various parts of England.
Earl died December 28, 1959, of a heart attack while at work on a building at Field St. and Cedar Springs Rd. in Dallas,Texas. He is buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, next to his wife, Laura Beatrice. He was a continuous member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #714, from February 1, 1936, holding various offices in the Union and was a member of the Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge #705 from Dec. 16, 1947, until his death. His last address was 704 Martinique, Dallas, Texas."
(Copied from genealogical records written Kenneth Lyle Fallwell in April 1980. Kenneth was the 2nd child of Earl Barnett Fallwell & Laura Beatrice Stoody.)
"Earl Barnett Fallwell, second child of Elisha 'Liege' Barnett Fallwell and Mosella Fallwell, was born August 28, 1895, at 1100 E. First St., Austin, Travis County, Texas. As a youngster he sold newspapers after school at the Train Depot in Austin, Texas. He entered the U.S. Army at Houston, Texas, on May 17, 1916. He served as a chauffeur on the Texas-Mexico Border during the Pancho Villa campaign. Because of his physical condition, he was discharged on September 10, 1916, as a Private of Co. G, 4th Regiment, Texas Infantry.
He met Laura Beatrice Stoody while working in a fair selling balloons in Dallas and they were married in Ft. Worth,Texas on Feb. 3, 1917.
He worked for the Railway Express Agency in Dallas as a rail clerk for about 8 years. In the late 1920's he worked for Texas Bitulithic Co. and Vilbig Bros. as a dump truck drive in Dallas, Texas. In the 1930's he start work as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. During World War II he worked as a civilian assembling cranes and drag lines in coal fields and ports in various parts of England.
Earl died December 28, 1959, of a heart attack while at work on a building at Field St. and Cedar Springs Rd. in Dallas,Texas. He is buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, next to his wife, Laura Beatrice. He was a continuous member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #714, from February 1, 1936, holding various offices in the Union and was a member of the Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge #705 from Dec. 16, 1947, until his death. His last address was 704 Martinique, Dallas, Texas."
(Copied from genealogical records written Kenneth Lyle Fallwell in April 1980. Kenneth was the 2nd child of Earl Barnett Fallwell & Laura Beatrice Stoody.)
He met Laura Beatrice Stoody while working in a fair selling balloons in Dallas and they were married in Ft. Worth,Texas on Feb. 3, 1917.
He worked for the Railway Express Agency in Dallas as a rail clerk for about 8 years. In the late 1920's he worked for Texas Bitulithic Co. and Vilbig Bros. as a dump truck drive in Dallas, Texas. In the 1930's he start work as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. During World War II he worked as a civilian assembling cranes and drag lines in coal fields and ports in various parts of England.
Earl died December 28, 1959, of a heart attack while at work on a building at Field St. and Cedar Springs Rd. in Dallas,Texas. He is buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, next to his wife, Laura Beatrice. He was a continuous member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #714, from February 1, 1936, holding various offices in the Union and was a member of the Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge #705 from Dec. 16, 1947, until his death. His last address was 704 Martinique, Dallas, Texas."
(Copied from genealogical records written Kenneth Lyle Fallwell in April 1980. Kenneth was the 2nd child of Earl Barnett Fallwell & Laura Beatrice Stoody.)
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