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Earnest Lee Harwell

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Earnest Lee Harwell

Birth
Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas, USA
Death
23 Feb 1955 (aged 59)
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
Burial
Clyde, Callahan County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Earnest Lee Harwell was the 4th son of James A. and Amanda E. (Holland) Harwell. While his birth certificate says he was born in Forrest City, St. Francis Co, Arkansas, where his mother's parents lived, he spent some part of his early life in DeSoto Co, MS.

At some time in the mid/late 1910's, Earnest left his family and moved to Oklahoma to work in the oil field for Pendleton Petroleum (later became Phillips Pet). At the age of 22, he was inducted into the Army at Sapulpa Oklahoma on May 20, 1918

Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions:
"Member of A.E.F from July 23, 1918 till July 6, 1919"
"Muse-Orgonne Offensive Oct. 10th to Nov. 11, 1918."

Earnest would marry Emma Florence Crowson and have one daughter, Earnestine, and twin sons: Muryle and Buryle.

The family lived in several Phillips camps. The children would marry and move away and then Emma Florence died unexpectedly on December 14, 1947.

Earnest would later marry Tiny Blanche Burns-Harwell.
Earnest Lee Harwell was the 4th son of James A. and Amanda E. (Holland) Harwell. While his birth certificate says he was born in Forrest City, St. Francis Co, Arkansas, where his mother's parents lived, he spent some part of his early life in DeSoto Co, MS.

At some time in the mid/late 1910's, Earnest left his family and moved to Oklahoma to work in the oil field for Pendleton Petroleum (later became Phillips Pet). At the age of 22, he was inducted into the Army at Sapulpa Oklahoma on May 20, 1918

Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions:
"Member of A.E.F from July 23, 1918 till July 6, 1919"
"Muse-Orgonne Offensive Oct. 10th to Nov. 11, 1918."

Earnest would marry Emma Florence Crowson and have one daughter, Earnestine, and twin sons: Muryle and Buryle.

The family lived in several Phillips camps. The children would marry and move away and then Emma Florence died unexpectedly on December 14, 1947.

Earnest would later marry Tiny Blanche Burns-Harwell.


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