Edward Wayne Tidwell

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• Residence: Mar 1962, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA; His father's obit.
• Obituary: 11 Feb 2000, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA; From the Modesto Bee: "Custom-home builder Joe Tidwell dies at age 84 *His work covered a wide area as Modesto extended northward by Jeff Jardine (Bee Staff Writer) [Joe Henry Tidwell, who built custom homes in Modesto [California] for nearly three decades, died Tuesday (February 8, 2000) at Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital. #He was 84. #Mr. Tidwell, born Sept. 26, 1915, in Pulaski, Tenn., moved to Modesto in 1944 and soon entered the Army for the final part of World War II. #He received his contractor's license in 1950 and built his first home on Trask Lane in the El Vista area. #It sold for $6,800. He built 400 more custom homes over the next 27 years. #With partners Al Flory and Jim Johnston, Mr. Tidwell developed much of the area between Rumble Road and Standiford Avenue and Tully Road and McHenry Avenue. Their homes featured hand-made cabinets and tongue-and-groove floors said grandson Greg Tidwell. #Mr. Tidwell also developed subdivisions known as North Star Estates, Greenwood Estates and North Hampton Parks I and II, and built his own home in the North Hampton Parks area. #He retired in 1977 during the building of North Hampton Phase III, which is north of Sylvan Avenue between Rexford Drive and Coffee Road. #Throughout much of his career, his three sons worked alongside him. Sons Charles and Edward Tidwell are still involved in custom-home construction. Son Joe D. Tidwell specialized in masonry and later began his own company, Tidwell Enterprises. #Mr. Tidwell was a 40-year member of the Old Fishermen's Club and an avid trapshooter who belonged to the Escalon Gun Club. #He helped build the Free Methodist Church at Rose and Briggsmore avenues and was among the original members. #Mr. Tidwell is survived by his sons, all of Modesto; wife, Dorothy Selander Tidwell of Modesto; stepchildren, Gloria Short and David Crator, both of Modesto, and Mark Crator of Ceres; brothers, Jimmy Tidwell and Sam Tidwell, both of Pulaski (Tenn.); sisters, Liz Davis and Mable Brown, both of Pulaski (Tenn.), Louise Michalik of Missouri (sic; wrong, should be Mountain Home, Arkansas) and Lillian Ursiny of Roseville (Calif.); and 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. #A funeral will be at noon Saturday at the Free Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Hughson (Calif). Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lakewood Funeral Home in Hughson. #Remembrances may be made to the Free Methodist Church, 1520 Rose Ave., Modesto (Calif.) 95350.]"

Joe married Lois Richardson in 1937. Lois was born on 20 Jun 1921; died on 10 Sep 1988; was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Stanislaus County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Parents: Listed in his obituary as "Charlie Tidwell and Harriet Wiley Tidwell."
• Census: 9 May 1910, Chicken Creek Rd, Civil District 6, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Harriett J., head, female, white, 60, widowed, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, cannot read or write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 223 2. _____, Joseph, son, male, white, 16, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, not attending school 3. Gower, Emma A., daughter, female, white, 30, first married, married 10 years, 1 child 1 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Raymond [B.?], grandson, male, white, 9, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, attending school
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, Civil District 6, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Joe, head, renting, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, farm schedule 156 2. _____, Mabel, wife, female, white, 24, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Alene, daughter, female, white, 5, not attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Joe Henry, son, male, white, 4, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Louise, daughter, female, white, 3, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee [next door to mother Harriett and sister Emma (Tidwell) Gower)]
• Census: 10 Apr 1930, Chicken Creek Rd, Civil District 6, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Joe, head, renting, farm, male, white, 35, married, age at first marriage 18, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule 83 2. _____, Mabel, wife, female, white, 35, married, age 18 at first marriage, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Allene, daughter, female, white, 16, single, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Joe H., son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Louise, daughter, female, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 6. _____, Mary, daughter, female, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 7. _____, Lizzie, daughter, female, white, 7, not attending school, cannot read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 8. _____, Selwyn, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, cannot read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 9. _____, Lillian, daughter, female, white, 4, not attending school, cannot read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 10. _____, Sam, son, male, white, 2, not attending school, cannot read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 11. _____, Harrol D., son male, white, 1, not attending school, cannot read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
• Census: 6 Apr 1940, 414 West Shoal Road, Pulaski, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Joe, head, male, white, 44, married, completed 4 years high school, Tennessee, renting, 1935 in rural Giles County, employed for pay, painter, contract work, 1 other source of income 2. _____, Mabel, wife, female, white, 44, married, completed grade 6, Tennessee 3. _____, Mary, daughter, female, white, 20, completed grade 7, Tennessee 4. _____, Lizzie, daughter, female, white, 18, completed grade 7, Tennessee, nurse, private family 5. _____, Selwyn, son, male, white, 15, attending school, completed grade 7, Tennessee 6. _____, Lillian, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, coupled 1 year high school, Tennessee 7. _____, Sam, son, male, white, attending school, completed grade 6, Tennessee 8. _____, Harold, son, male, white 10, attending school, completed grade 4, Tennessee 9. _____, Mable, daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 3, Tennessee 10. _____, Jimmie, son, male, white, 6, attending school, completed grade 1, Tennessee 11. Coleman, Ronald, grandchild, male, white, 3, Tennessee
• Obituary: Abt March 1962, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; The Pulaski Citizen [no date stated]: "JOE TIDWELL [Funeral services for Joe Johnson Tidwell, 67, local carpenter, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Gilbert E. Shaffer and Tommy Vernon, Church of Christ ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery. Mr. Tidwell died unexpectedly on Monday morning, March 19, at his home. #Born January 14, 1895, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Charlie Tidwell and Harriet Wiley Tidwell. He was a member of the Second Street Church of Christ. #Mr. Tidwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Pillow Tidwell; five sons, Joe Henry Tidwell, Modesto, Calif., Selvin Tidwell, Sam Tidwell and Jimmy Tidwell, Pulaski, and Harold Tidwell, Madison; six daughters, Mrs. Otha Dunnavant, Mrs. Lee Davis and Miss Mabel Tidwell, Pulaski, Mrs. Edward Michalik, Willow Springs, Ill., Mrs. Horace Pardon, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Edward Ursiny, San Jose, Calif.; several grandchildren and three great-grand-children; and one sister, Mrs. Emma Gower, Pulaski. #Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.]"

Joseph married Mabel Clara Pillow on 9 Jan 1914 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. Mabel was born about 1896 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 13 Aug 1870, 1st civil district, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Charles, 41, married, white, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $800, Tennessee 2. _____, Sarah J., 29, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, Civil District 15, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Charly W., white, male, 50, married, farmer, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina 2. _____, Harriet J., white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Malinda J., white, female, 9, daughter, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Frank T., white, male, 8, son, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Charly W., white, male, 7, son, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 6. _____, Emma H., white, female, 9 months, born in September, daughter, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 7. Porter, Thomas, white, male, 14, labor, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
• Census: 21 Jul 1900, District 12, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Charles W., head, white, male, June 1828, 71, married, married 21 years, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Carolina, farming, 10 months unemployed, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 158 2. _____, Harrett [Harriet], wife, white, female, March 1850, 50, married, married 21 years, 6 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Edgar, son, white, male, March 1888, 12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farming, not attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Lizzie M., daughter, white, female, May 1891, 9, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, at school, attended 2 months, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Joseph P., son, white, male, January 1895, 5, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
• Obituary: 11 Apr 1906, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Transcribed on FindAGrave, from The Pulaski Citizen: "Chas W. Tidwell Chas. W. Tidwell died at his home in the Chicken Creek locality Monday, in the 77th year of his age. He had been in failing health for the past year. The burial was at Mt. Moriah Tuesday, Rev. Bease conducting services. Mr. Tidwell was one of our best and most substantial citizens. He was a member of the Methodist church nearly all his life, and the Masonic lodge, and was one of the survivors of the War between the States, having faithfully served in the Confederate army. Mr. Tidwell was the father of our fellow townsman Wesley Tidwell and of Frank Tidwell and Mrs. [Malinda] Zigler. He has three brothers, James of Giles county, Jim, [sic, should be Will] of Lawrence county and Tom, of Hardin County. He is survived by his second wife. [and their children, Mrs. Emma Gower, Sam H. Tidwell, Lizzie May Tidwell and Joe Johnson Tidwell] The Citizen tenders sympathy to the bereaved. - - - - Card of Thanks We wish to tender our sincere thanks to the friends who were so kind and considerate during the illness and after the death of our husband and father. Mrs. C. W. Tidwell and children"

Notes:

(Research):NAME: Tidwell, Charles Wesley. WIDOW: Tidwell, Harriet Wiley PENSION #: W9071
[Giles Co TN GenWeb site] - ordered from TSLA

Charles married Harriet Wiley on 30 Sep 1878 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Harriet was born in Mar 1850 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 9 May 1910, Chicken Creek Rd, Civil District 6, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Tidwell, Harriett J., head, female, white, 60, widowed, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, cannot read or write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 223 2. _____, Joseph, son, male, white, 16, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, not attending school 3. Gower, Emma A., daughter, female, white, 30, first married, married 10 years, 1 child 1 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. _____, Raymond [B.?], grandson, male, white, 9, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, attending school