John Houk Lett^[1]

1894 - 1976  (82 years)

• Name	John Houk Lett
  Born	22 Apr 1894	Anderson County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	District 1, Anderson County, Tennessee   [2]
  Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917	Kodak, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1940	District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	24 Jul 1976
  Buried	Boyd's Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I340767	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Henry Lett,   b. 2 Nov 1865, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Mar 1907  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Warwick,   b. 9 Aug 1871, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Nov 1947, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F133872	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gertrude E. Cowan,   b. 30 Nov 1902, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Sep 1984  (Age 81 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1924	Anderson County, Tennessee   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Anna Mae Lett,   b. 6 Oct 1924, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jan 2014  (Age 89 years) + 2. Hilda Rae Lett,   b. 16 Aug 1926, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jan 2013  (Age 86 years)   3. Ethel Lett,   b. Abt 1929, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 22 Jan 2013  (Age ~ 84 years) + 4. Barbara E. Lett,   b. Abt 1932, Tennessee  (Age ~ 92 years)
  Family ID	F133867	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Apr 1894 - Anderson County, Tennessee Draft Registration - 5 Jun 1917 - Kodak, Tennessee Married - 17 Mar 1924 - Anderson County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 22 Jan 2013. Hilda Ray (Lett) Mays obituary [S112] Census, 1900. name: John H C Lett titles & terms: event: Census event date: 1900 event place: ED 1 Civil District 1, Anderson, Tennessee, United States birth date: Apr 1894 birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee race or color (standardized): White gender: Male marital status: Single years married: estimated marriage year: mother how many children: number living children: immigration year: page: 6 sheet letter: B family number: 106 reference number: 91 film number: 1241557 digital folder number: 004118944 image number: 00016 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Henry Lett M 35 Tennessee wife Mary A Lett F 29 Tennessee son Millard F Lett M 10 Tennessee daughter Lizzie Lett F 7 Tennessee son John H C Lett M 6 Tennessee son Noble Lett M 4 Tennessee daughter Dora J Lett F 1 Tennessee [S121] Draft Registration. name: John Houk Lett event: Draft Registration registration date year range: 1917-1918 event place: Knox County no 1, Tennessee, United States gender: Male birth date: 22 Apr 1894 birthplace: Anderson, Tennessee, United States country of citizenship: United States nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards nara publication number: M1509 film number: 1853026 digital folder number: 005152445 image number: 03080 [S112] Census, 1940. name: John Lett titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Civil District 9, Sevier, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 45 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1895 residence in 1935: Same Place enumeration district number: 78-14 family number: 18 sheet number and letter: 1B line number: 78 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3933 digital folder number: 005461375 image number: 00376 Household Gender Age Birthplace head John Lett M 45 Tennessee wife Gertrude Lett F 37 Tennessee daughter Anna May Lett F 15 Tennessee daughter Hilda Ray Lett F 13 Tennessee daughter Ethel Lett F 11 Tennessee daughter Barbara Lett F 8 Tennessee mother-in-law Mary Cown F 77 Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 99429071). [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 220. [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: G E Cowan also known as: suffix: event: Marriage event date: 17 Mar 1924 event place: Anderson, Tennessee, United States gender: Female spouse: J H Lett spouse's also known as: spouse's prefix: spouse's suffix: page: 224