Joel Rivers Pickens

Male 1860 - 1940  (79 years)

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  • Name Joel Rivers Pickens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 14 Oct 1860  Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID KJ42-KBF 
    Residence 1900  Justice Precinct 3, Milam, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 39; Occupation: Farmer; Can Speak English: Y; Can Read: Y; Can Write: Y; Enumeration District: 0071; House Owned or Rented: Rent; Months Not Employed: 0; Farm or House: F; YearsMarried: 16; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1910  Mitchell County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    StreetAddress: Joraine & Snyder; Age: 49; Occupation: Farmer; Can Read: Y; Can Write: Y; Enumeration District: 0171; House Owned or Rented: Rent; Industry: General Farm; LiveOnFarm: Farm; NativeLanguageCode: English; OutOfWork: N; WeeksOutOfWork: 0; YearsMarried: 26; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head/Justice Precinct 5 
    Residence 1940  Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 80 
    Death 20 Mar 1940  Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6
    • Age: 79
    Burial Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Person ID I42812  Rountree Family | Pickens
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2025 

    Father John Finis Pickens,   b. 16 Mar 1821, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1912, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lettie Jane Pickens,   b. 1 Mar 1831, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1915, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F29066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Callie Byrd Gilliam,   b. 10 Jun 1864, Perry County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1948, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 1884  [5
    Children 
     1. Cora Lee Curry,   b. 23 Feb 1885, Cameron, Milam, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1976, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Ernest Rivers Pickens,   b. 27 Feb 1886, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1963, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. James Albert Pickens,   b. 28 Apr 1888, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1961, Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Bone Pickins,   b. Jul 1890, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Rev Finus Roden Pickens, Sr,   b. 17 Jul 1890, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1969, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Ruth Pickins,   b. Mar 1893, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Lettye Ruth Roper,   b. 13 Mar 1893, Cameron, Milam, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1964, River Oaks, Tarrant, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Annie Elizabeth Moore,   b. 31 Jan 1895, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1990, Collin County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Lurene Pickins,   b. Nov 1896, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Callie Lurlene Pearson,   b. 16 Nov 1896, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1974, Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Lucy Ellen Moore,   b. 3 Sep 1898, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1995, Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +12. Joel Milton Pickens,   b. 19 Feb 1900, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1963, Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Elmer Franklin Pickens,   b. 4 Feb 1904, Milam County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1983, Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +14. Rev Charles Yoe Pickens,   b. 5 Apr 1906, Cameron, Milam, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1989, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F29055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1860 - Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 80 - 1940 - Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 1940 - Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Joel Rivers Pickens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=38154427&indiv=try

    2. [S3393] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982.
      Record for Joel Rivers Pickens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2272&h=22175730&indiv=try

    3. [S2930] Ancestry.com, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Joel Rivers Pickens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4876&h=4837213&indiv=try

    4. [S2948] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Mitchell, Texas; Roll: T624_1578; Page: 15b; Enumeration District: 0171; FHL microfilm: 1375591.
      Record for Joel R Pickens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=28416606&indiv=try

    5. [S4770] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Milam, Texas; Roll: 1657; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0071.
      Record for Joel Pickins
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=43945741&indiv=try

    6. [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Rev Charles Yoe Pickens
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=206610670&indiv=try