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Cleveland Barrett Waddell

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Cleveland Barrett Waddell

Birth
Jacobia, Hunt County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Jan 2005 (aged 82)
Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Cleve is a descendant of John Waddell and his second wife, Rachel Quee. John's memorial on Find-A-Grave is #160150439. In 1952, Cleve and his wife legally changed the spelling of Cleve's surname from Waddle to the spelling used by this ancestor, John Waddell, Sr., of Washington County, Tennessee.
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"According to the survey done in 1938 by the WPS, (information given by Mrs. Mary Hardin McCown): Buried near Rev. Samuel Doak in an unmarked grave: John Waddell, Rev. Soldier.

Information found on the Washington County TNGen Web Site Used with permission by Betty Jane Hylton, coordinator, March 2015."

http://tngenweb.org/washington/records-data/cemeteries/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-r-s-t/salem-cemetery/
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As a college freshman, Cleve was required by Texas A&M to have a middle name; according to his his widow, Cleve probably selected "Barrett" from the middle name used by William Barret Travis, a hero of the fight for Texas independence, adjusting the spelling to suit his taste, to "Barrett."
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Published January 14, 2005

Cleve B. Waddell, 82, of Denton died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at Denton Regional Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 5, 1922, in Black Cat Thicket, Hunt County. On July 21, 1943, he married Alice Elizabeth Ramsay in Greenville.

He attended Texas A&M University. He was a design and sales engineer specializing in materials handling systems.

Survivors include his wife of Denton; one daughter, Elise Waddell Bowen; and one son, Richard Ramsay Waddell, both of Massachusetts; two brothers; and one granddaughter.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Music Program Fund, 201 S. Locust St., Denton, TX 76201, or the Denton Humane Society, P.O. Box 1972, Denton, TX 76202
Cleve is a descendant of John Waddell and his second wife, Rachel Quee. John's memorial on Find-A-Grave is #160150439. In 1952, Cleve and his wife legally changed the spelling of Cleve's surname from Waddle to the spelling used by this ancestor, John Waddell, Sr., of Washington County, Tennessee.
...
"According to the survey done in 1938 by the WPS, (information given by Mrs. Mary Hardin McCown): Buried near Rev. Samuel Doak in an unmarked grave: John Waddell, Rev. Soldier.

Information found on the Washington County TNGen Web Site Used with permission by Betty Jane Hylton, coordinator, March 2015."

http://tngenweb.org/washington/records-data/cemeteries/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-r-s-t/salem-cemetery/
...
As a college freshman, Cleve was required by Texas A&M to have a middle name; according to his his widow, Cleve probably selected "Barrett" from the middle name used by William Barret Travis, a hero of the fight for Texas independence, adjusting the spelling to suit his taste, to "Barrett."
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Published January 14, 2005

Cleve B. Waddell, 82, of Denton died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at Denton Regional Medical Center.

He was born Dec. 5, 1922, in Black Cat Thicket, Hunt County. On July 21, 1943, he married Alice Elizabeth Ramsay in Greenville.

He attended Texas A&M University. He was a design and sales engineer specializing in materials handling systems.

Survivors include his wife of Denton; one daughter, Elise Waddell Bowen; and one son, Richard Ramsay Waddell, both of Massachusetts; two brothers; and one granddaughter.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Music Program Fund, 201 S. Locust St., Denton, TX 76201, or the Denton Humane Society, P.O. Box 1972, Denton, TX 76202


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