Oscar Dycus 1954 closeup

Dycus, Oscar Elmore 1a 2a 3

Birth Name Dycus, Oscar Elmore
Gender male
Age at Death 73 years, 9 months, 12 days

Narrative

These court cases show Oscar stayed behind in Jackson County after his mother remarried.
Source: Jackson County, TN,
Microfilm: Roll #43
Chancery/Circuit Loose Records
Index 1839-1915
1906 Gailbreath, W.M. Grdn.~vs~ Dycus, Oscar Oscar Dycus
1904 Carver, S. H. & wife vs Dycus, Oscar E

 

see court case here - http://www.tngenweb.org/jackson/court_reels/court_reel_57.htm
. . . J. A. Dycus, late of Jackson Co. TN is dead, intestate, and your petitioner S. H. Carver has been duly appointed his administrator by this Court, that defendant Oscar Dycus is one of the heirs of the said J. A. Dycus and that said Oscar Dycus is a minor under the age of 21 years, without regular guardian, that Elizabeth Carver, wife of S. H. Carver, F. M. Dycus, M. H. Dycus, Petitioners, and the defendant Oscar Dycus are the only heirs of the said J. A. Dycus, deceased, except the widow of said J. A. Dycus who has heretofore had homestead and dower laid off to her out of the landed estate of the deceased . . . [ J.A. Dycus = John A Dycus, Oscar's grandfather]

troublemaker? note there is also an "Oscar C Dycus" born 1897 to Belvy Thomas Dycus and Vinnia Russell, but too young for court cases.

see headstone from ancestry.com U.S. Headstone Photos.
1910 boarder living next door to Nancy Davenport Richardson's hh in Civil District 3, Davidson Co, TN (his step-dad's sister)
WW1 Draft Card living single in Dallas - says born in Gainsboro, Tenn
1920 census: Rooming with Fred Davenport in Dallas as "Crear Dycus" at 617 S Story Rd, (Irving)
1930 census says father from IL; 1920 census says father from TN

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1891-04-25 Jackson, TN   4a
Occupation   Dallas, TX Milk Truck Driver  
Occupation     owner/operator "Dycus Cleaning & Laundry"  
Death 1965-02-07 Irving, Dallas, TX   5
Cause Of Death     Brain Hemorrhage  
Burial   Irving, Dallas, TX Oak Grove Cemetery  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Dycus, Secundus L18581893
Mother Huffines, Almedia J.1870-10-281912-04-28
         Dycus, Oscar Elmore 1891-04-25 1965-02-07

Families

Family of Dycus, Oscar Elmore and (Dycus), Pearl M
Married Wife (Dycus), Pearl M ( * 1900-10-04 + 1987-11-25 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1924      
  Narrative

Note - Christine born 3 years before they were married. Probably not Oscar's
1930: Living at 2906 Swiss, Apt 151, Dallas, TX

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Dycus, Christine Marie1920-12-252009-11-19

Source References

  1. US Govt: WW1 Draft Registration
      • Page: Registration Location: Miscellaneous County, Texas; Roll: 2022636; Draft Board: 0
  2. via Infoweb Newsbank: obit of Oscar Dycus
      • Source text:

        Oscar Elmore, 308 Carroll St, Irving, passed away Sunday. Survived by wife,
        Mrs. Pearl Dycus: daughter, Mrs. Christine Thomas, Irving: sister, Mrs. Clara D Bateson
        of Nashville, Tenn. Services 3PM Monday, Black's Funeral Chapel. Internment, Oak Grove
        Memorial Park.

  3. various: death certificate
  4. The Generations Network, inc, Provo, UT: Social Security Death Index
      • Page: State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951 )
  5. Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000