 1913 - 1962 (49 years)
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| Name |
Sackett, John Elbert |
| Nickname |
Elbert |
| Born |
25 Mar 1913 |
Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
31 Jan 1920 |
Titus County, Texas, USA [1] |
| Census |
8 Apr 1930 |
Arkinda Township, Little River County, Arkansas, USA [2] |
| Died |
1 Sep 1962 |
Welton, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| Buried |
Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| Person ID |
I4437 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Father |
Sackett, Jonathan Andrew, b. 24 Jul 1871, Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana, USA , d. 23 Oct 1945, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Smith, William Ophelia, b. 12 Mar 1873, Collin County, Texas, USA , d. 20 Dec 1948, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
26 Feb 1893 |
Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA [3] |
| Children |
12 children |
| | 1. Sackett, Walter Edmund, b. 13 Jul 1894, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA , d. 26 Jan 1929 (Age 34 years) | | | 2. Sackett, Clara Georgiana, b. 10 Dec 1896, Monticello, Titus County, Texas, USA , d. 30 Sep 1925 (Age 28 years) | | | 3. Sackett, Callie Eugene, b. 30 Jul 1898, Monticello, Titus County, Texas, USA , d. 1988, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA (Age 89 years) | | | 4. Sackett, Emaline Rosabell, b. 17 Dec 1899, Monticello, Cass, Texas, USA , d. Sep 1998, Colorado, USA (Age 98 years) | | | 5. Sackett, Bertha Lee, b. 12 Mar 1901, Monticello, Titus County, Texas, USA , d. 22 Jul 1906 (Age 5 years) | | | 6. Sackett, Willie Mae, b. 24 Dec 1902, Monticello, Titus County, Texas, USA , d. 4 Mar 1994, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA (Age 91 years) | | | 7. Sackett, Eva Ophelia, b. 30 Oct 1904, Marietta, Cass, Texas, USA , d. 21 Jan 2006, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA (Age 101 years) | | | 8. Sackett, Mary Ione, b. 24 Mar 1907, Goodwater, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA , d. 1 Jul 2004, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA (Age 97 years) | | | 9. Sackett, Opal Cleo, b. 6 Apr 1909, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA , d. Feb 1973, Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA (Age 63 years) | | | 10. Sackett, Grace Mabel, b. 27 Jul 1910, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA , d. 16 Jun 1996, Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada, USA (Age 85 years) | | | 11. Sackett, Tennie Lavern, b. 20 Jan 1912, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA , d. 12 Jul 1912, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA (Age 0 years) | | | 12. Sackett, John Elbert, b. 25 Mar 1913, Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA , d. 1 Sep 1962, Welton, Yuma County, Arizona, USA (Age 49 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1864 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Talley, Willie Mae, d. Unknown |
| Married |
14 Apr 1932 |
| Children |
| | 1. Sackett, Robert Eugene, b. 4 Dec 1932, Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA , d. 1 Sep 1962, Welton, Yuma County, Arizona, USA (Age 29 years) |
| | 2. Living |
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| Last Modified |
23 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F1901 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 25 Mar 1913 - Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA |
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 | Census - 31 Jan 1920 - Titus County, Texas, USA |
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 | Census - 8 Apr 1930 - Arkinda Township, Little River County, Arkansas, USA |
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 | Child - Sackett, Robert Eugene - 4 Dec 1932 - Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas, USA |
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 | Died - 1 Sep 1962 - Welton, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
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 | Buried - - Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
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| Notes |
- "The Yuma Daily Sun", Yuma, Arizona:
"YUMA DEPUTY SLAYS TWO HUNTERS IN SHOOTING ROW (Yuma, Ariz.)
Two Yuma dove hunters were shot to death Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Dale Wantland who was called to investigate reports they were shooting too close to a ranch house.
Dead are John Elbert Sackett, 49, and his son, Bobby Jean, 29.
A Coroner's jury called on the spot ruled Youma County Deputy Wantland shot the two men in self defense.
Wantland was called to the Fairview ranch, 25 miles east of Yuma, by ranch coowner S. J. Irvine. He said the two men were shooting within 20 yards of a ranch house, endangering a child and livestock.
The deputy said that when he asked the men to move they started to argue and the younger one started to raise his .20 gauge shotgun. Wantland said that as he took hold of the son's gun, the elder Sackett leveled his .12 gauge shotgun at his back.
Wantland dres his .38 caliber revolver, turned and fired, dropping the father. Then, the deputy said, he shot the younger amn when he raise his shotgun again.
Six shots were fired by the deputy. Neither of the Sacketts fired but both guns were loaded and one was cocked.
Both Irvine and ranch forman Juan Orozco witnessed the shooting and testified it was self defense."
"The Yuma Daily Sun", Yuma, Arizona:
"SHOTGUN IN BACK: QUICK DRAW DEPUTY SLAYS TWO HUNTERS (Yuma, Ariz.)
Sheriff's Deputy Dale Wantland answered what he thought to be a routine call Saturday involving two dove hunters shooting on private property.
Moments later the hunters were dead.
Wantland, father of five and veteran of 12 years with the sheriff's department, arrived at the S. A. Irvine ranch and found the two men shooting doves in the trees near the ranch house.
Wantland politely asked the hunters, John Elbert Sackett, 49, and his son Bobbi J. Sackett, 29, to move off the property.
The deputy said the men became argumentative and asked, "What authority do you have to tell us to move off?"
Wantland said he pointed to his badge and again asked them to leave.
He said the elder Sackett them moved around behind him and pressed his shotgun into the deputy's back. The younger man pointed his shotgun at him from the front.
Wantland said one of them then shouted, "Get him."
The deputy said he pushed the younger man's gun barrel asid and whirled on the elder Sackett, drawing his gun and firing. As the older man dropped he turned and opened fire on the son.
Both men were killed.
A coroner's jury assembled later at the scene of the killing ruled Wantland had fired in self defense.
Sheriff Lee Echols said: "I was an unfortuante thing but we feel the deputy was completeldy justified."
Echols said both victims had been drinking.
Both of the victims' shotguns were loaded and the father's was cocked."
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Find A Grave Memorial
John Elbert Sackett
Birth: Mar. 25, 1913; Winthrop, Little River County, Arkansas, USA
Death: Sep. 1, 1962; Wellton, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Jonathan Andrew Sackett (1871 - 1945)
William Ophelia Smith Sackett (1873 - 1948)
Children:
Robert Eugene Sackett (1932 - 1962)
Siblings:
Willie Mae Sackett Daniels (1902 - 1994)
Eva Ophelia Sackett Hughes (1904 - 2006)
Mary Ione Sackett Franklin (1907 - 2004)
Opal Cleo Sackett Newman (1909 - 1973)
Grace Sackett King LaCruze (1910 - 1996)
John Elbert Sackett (1913 - 1962)
Burial:
Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Yuma. Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Created by: Grave Recorder
Record added: Apr 30, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 89387404
Headstone picture added by: Tim Hultine
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| Sources |
- [S999] 1920 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 10 Apr 2016.
1920 Census, enumerated 31 Jan 1920 in Justice Precinct 5, Titus County, Texas, United States
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John A Sackett Head M 50 Missouri
Ophelia Sackett Wife F 46 Texas
Emma Sackett Daughter F 20 Texas
Mae Sackett Daughter F 17 Texas
Ophelia Sackett Daughter F 15 Texas
Jone Sackett Daughter F 12 Oklahoma
Cleo Sackett Daughter F 10 Arkansas
Gracie Sackett Daughter F 9 Arkansas
Elbert Sackett Son M 6 Texas
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBH-X3B : accessed 11 April 2016), Emma Sackett in household of John A Sackett, Justice Precinct 5, Titus, Texas, United States; citing sheet 17A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,846.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S937] 1930 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 10 Apr 2016.
1930 Census, enumerated 8 Apr 1930 in Arkinda Township, Little River County, Arkansas, United States
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John A Sackett Head M 58 Indiana
Ophelia Sackett Wife F 56 Texas
Cleo Sackett Daughter F 21 Arkansas Widowed
Elbert Sackett Son M 17 Arkansas
Bee Inez Sackett Daughter F 1 Arkansas
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLJ-N82 : accessed 11 April 2016), Ophelia Sackett in entry for John A Sackett, 1930.
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S609] Thurmon King, Thurmon King.
John A. and Ophelia (Smith) Sackett were married in Winthrop, Arkansas by Virgil Paxton Strawn [married to Francis Caroline Smith, sister of William Ophelia Smith] who was Justice of Peace at that time. [From family sources)
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Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957
Groom: J A Sackett
Groom's Age: 21
Groom's Estimated Birth Year: 1872
Groom's Residence: Little River, Arkansas
Bride: Ophelia Smith
Bride's Age: 20
Bride's Estimated Birth Year: 1873
Bride's Residence: Little River, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1893
Marriage License Date: 21 Feb 1893
Marriage Place: , Little River, Arkansas, United States
Film Number: 1007913
Digital Folder Number: 4401653
Image Number: 00440
Page Number: 44
Source: Arkansas County Marriage Records, 1837-1957
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Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944
Groom's Name: J. A. Sackett
Groom's Birth Date: 1872
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 21
Bride's Name: Ophelia Smith
Bride's Birth Date: 1873
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 20
Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1893
Marriage Place: Little River, Arkansas
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Bride's Marital Status: Single
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74832-3
System Origin: Arkansas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1007913
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