James Houston Andrus

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Name James Houston Andrus Nickname Jim Born 22 Jul 1895 North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA Gender Male Died 21 Jul 1968 North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA Buried 23 Jul 1968 Willowhole Cemetery - North Zulch, Texas, USA Person ID I1413 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 2 Sep 2025
Father Dallas Lemuel Darwin Andrus, b. 28 Mar 1856, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 1 Apr 1912, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA
(Age 56 years)
Mother Emma Ruth Folsom, b. 7 Nov 1871, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 3 Feb 1950, Madisonville, Madison County, Texas, USA
(Age 78 years)
Married 5 Oct 1887 Madisonville, Madison County, Texas, USA Family ID F2167 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Letha Estelle Coldiron, b. 4 Sep 1902, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 26 Sep 1973, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA
(Age 71 years)
Married Aug 1915 Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA Children + 1. James Dallas Andrus, b. 21 Jan 1917, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 15 Sep 1953, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
(Age 36 years)
+ 2. Ella Mae Andrus, b. 4 Nov 1919, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 21 Mar 2016, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA
(Age 96 years)
+ 3. Melba Ruth Andrus, b. 28 Jun 1922, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 17 Mar 1991, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA
(Age 68 years)
+ 4. Nettie Estelle Andrus, b. 18 Aug 1927, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 3 Jan 1993, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA
(Age 65 years)
5. Infant Male Andrus, b. 7 Apr 1930, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 7 Apr 1930, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA
(Age 0 years)
+ 6. Herman Monroe Andrus, b. 26 Oct 1937, North Zulch, Madison County, Texas, USA , d. 26 Dec 1991, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA
(Age 54 years)
Last Modified 26 Dec 2024 Family ID F553 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents Marriage License Announcement of James Houston Andrus and Letha Estelle Coldiron
Published in The Bryan Eagle on August 30, 1915U.S. World War I Draft Card - James Houston Andrus
Name: James Houston Andrus
County: Madison
State: Texas
Birth Place: Texas, United States of America
Birth Date: 22 Jul 1895
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 21
Occupation: Farming
Employer: Self
Height: Short
Build: Slender
Eye Color: Grey
Hair Color: LightU.S. World War II Draft Card - James Houston Andrus
Name: James Houston Andrus
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 21 Jul 1895
Residence Place: North Zulch, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Next of Kin: G. M. ColdironDeath Certificate for James Houston Andrus
Name: James Houston Andrus
Birth Date: 22 Jul 1895
Birth Place: North Zulch, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: North Zulch, Madison, Texas, USA
Father: Dallas Andrus
Mother: Emma Folsom
Age at Death: 72
Death Date: 21 Jul 1968
Death Place: Madisonville, Madison, Texas, USAObituary of James Houston "Jim" Andrus
Published in The Madisonville Meteor on July 25, 1968Andrus Family History
Compiled by: Mrs. Edwin Oland Andrus (nee Violet Jernigan) of Fort Worth, Texas
Headstones Headstone of James Houston "Jim" Andrus and Letha Estelle Coldiron Andrus
Willowhole Cemetery - North Zulch, Texas, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
James H. Andrus Of North Zulch Is Buried Tuesday
James Houston Andrus, 72, of North Zulch died in the Madison County Hospital July 21.
Last rites for Mr. Andrus were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Willowhole Church with the Rev. H. D. Hale of North Zulch officiating.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Letha Andrus, North Zulch; daughters, Mrs. R. L. May and Mrs. W. T. McGinty, North Zulch, Mrs. W. C. Nelson, Dallas; and son, Herman Monroe Andrus, Lufkin.
Other survivors include his brothers, Ike Andrus, Dallas, Walter Andrus, Wharton, and Herman Andrus, Hawkins; sisters, Mrs. Henry Powell, Madisonville, and Mrs. Winnie Denman, North Zulch; 24 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Andrus was born Jul 22, 1895, and had he lived one more day he would have been 73 years of age. He was born at North Zulch to Dallas and Emma Fulson Andrus.
Interment was in Willowhole Cemetery with J. M. Day Funeral Home in charge of the burial.
Pallbearers were Bob Machart, Tom McGinty, David Wade, Paul Lewis, Floyd Sandlin, Edward May, Don May and Robert H. May.
(Published in The Madisonville Meteor on July 25, 1968)
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