Tombstone Tuesday Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield

CASTON CEMETERY

Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield 

Some of  ancestor graves the of the African American Brumfield and Caston families are found at the Caston Cemetery.  The cemetery is an old cemetery about fifty feet off the road at  4022 Old 24 Extension Magnolia Mississippi according to GOOLE maps. There is no sign on the highway to identify the existence  of a cemetery. There is  however a cyclone metal fence gate at the highway entrance. Thanks to my cousin he showed me the location. The cemetery has old headstones with time and erosion the names have faded through the years.  Some graves are unmarked with the passage of time headstones are absent.  I located the headstones of Willis and Neathie Brumfield. In this blog, I have included the names of their children and their known spouses. I have recounted information in prior blogs about the family. Eddie Brumfield Sr. was their oldest surviving child and featured in earlier blogs. Their children are descendants of  Brumfield, Conerly, Cowart and Gatlin families. 

 Eddie's siblings:

-Ethel Brumfield  26 Apr 1904 to Mar., 1985 spouse Roy Nichols 28 Jan 1898 to  2 May 1981

-Bertha Brumfield 10 Dec 1905 to Mar., 1974 spouse Charley Barnes 24 Oct 1901 to 15 Apr 1990 

-Bessie Brumfield 23 Apr 1908 to 23 Mar 1991 spouse Eddie McEwen (divorced) ; Abraham Jackson 

-Essie Brumfield  19 Feb 1910 to 06 Jun 1971 spouse Deleon McEwen 18 Jul 1909 to 7 Jul 1990
-Gussie Brumfield 1909 to 1911

-Agusta Brumfield 1910 to 1910

-Wilcous Brumfield 17 Apr 1912 to 22 Oct 1994 spouse Ada Sibley 4 Apr 1912 to 17 Mar 2003

-Herman Brumfield 1921 to1936

-Thad Brumfield Sr. 08 Sep 1923 to 17 Oct 2006 spouse Mildred Hodges 9 Apr 1930 to 14 Jun 1982

-Milton Brumfield 1915 to 1928

Willis C. Brumfield  and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield 

Willis C. Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield graves at the Caston Cemetery. 

Willis Brumfield Born Sept 15, 1883 Died Sept 1, 1948 LET OUR FATHER WILL BE DONE

Neathie C. Brumfield Born Sept 23, 1882 Died Sept 25, 1954 A TENDER MOTHER AND A FAITHFUL FRIEND  

----The Tree Gardener

Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield Part 2

Willis Brumfield the father of Eddie Brumfield Sr. was a farmer. Willis, Neathie and their children Ethel, Bessie, Bertha, Agusta,  Eddie, Wilous, Milton, Thad, Herman and the twins Essie and Gussie lived in Pike County, Mississippi.  I have found the family enumerated in the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census.  Willis also was listed along with his father Tom Brumfield on the 1881 taxes for Pike County which I have not listed.  

Willis Brumfield, Niece, Bertha, Ethel, Bessie, Gussie and Essie are enumerated Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 2, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: T624_756; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374769

It is on the 1920 census the Eddie Brumfield Sr. appears as a 3 year old with his family. 

Willis, Neathie, Ethel, Bertha, Essie, Wilous, Milton and Eddie Brumfield Year: 1920; Census Place: Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi; Roll: T625_896; Page: 5B; Enumeration District:117; Image: 388

Willis , Netha, Eddie J., Thad, Leiler McEwen and Leo Brumfield Year: 1940; Census Place: Pike, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2058; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 57-1

----The Tree Gardener

Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield Part 1

Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield

Eddie Brumfield Sr. is one of the children of Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield.   

Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield
date unknown

Willis Brumfield was born September 15, 1883(1880) and died September 1, 1948 at the age of 64. His recorded date of birth has some discrepancies. On his World War I registration form his date of birth was September 15, 1880. The Social Security application and claims Index 1936-2007 I obtained from Ancestry.com states his date of birth was September 15, 1883 and his parents were Tom Brumfield and Rosa Coward.  In previous blogs on the Social Security System, I have mentioned that there are often errors in information. To order a photocopy of the original Social Security application is $27.00. I do not have an actual copy of the Social Security application but I have a copy of the World War I application. 

Willis Brumfield World War I registration . Notice wife Neacie (Neathie) is listed as nearest relative 

Neathie Gatlin was born September 23, 1882 and died September 26, 1954 at the age of 72. This information was obtained at the first Jack and Alice Gatlin reunion in 1988.  I was unable to locate a birth certificate for Neathia or order a death certificate. I was however able to find Neathie in the Pike County, Mississippi school census for 1890 and 1896.

1890 Pike County  school census  Netha (Neathia) Gatlin 9 is listed with her father Jack Gatlin and siblings Harriett 14, Edmon 13, Emmit 12 and Loumenda 5

 

 1896 Pike County school record Netha (Neathia) Gatlin 15 is listed with her father Jack Gatlin and siblings Edmon 18, Emmit 16 and Loumenda 11, Rosa

From the school records, Jack Gatlin was father for Neathie. I have also been unable to find a marriage certificate for Willis Brumfield and Neathie Gatlin Brumfield but from the World War I registration they were married prior to September 12, 1917.  

--- The Tree Gardener