Eighth Generation

306. William Franklin HADEN Jr. was born on 1 August 1915 in Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.²⁶² He died on 5 January 1966 at the age of 50 in Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas.²⁶³

A program of the Commencement Exercises of the Ladonia Grammar School, Thursday, May 23, 1929: Will Haden Jr. was "Mr Henderson, A farmer in the play, "Cabbage Hill School"

Graduated from Ladonia High School, Class of 1933; May 30, 1949 Ladonia News.

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
William Franklin Haden Jr. of Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX, was 25, born 1 Aug 1915 in Ladonia. His father, Mr. William Franklin Haden on Main St., Ladonia would always know his address. Student at East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, Hunt Co, TX. 5'8" 142 lb., gray eyes, brown hair.

Dallas Morning News; Thurs, Jan 15, 1942.
Mary Elizabeth Apperson Bride of William Haden Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy F. Apperson, 3512 Dartmouth, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Apperson, to William Franklin Haden Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. William Franklin Haden of Ladonia.
The wedding took place Monday evening in Corsicana, with the Rev. W. R. Hall officiating. Miss Lois Black and her fiance, Jack Crossland, attended the couple.
The bride wore a brown and blue gabardine suit with a brown topcoat trimmed in fur and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Haden was graduated from Highland Park High School and attended TSCW and SMU. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority. Mr. Haden is a former student of the University of Texas. They will make their home in Dallas. Several parties are being planned for the bride, the dates of which will be announced later.

1950 Census. Dallas, Dallas Co, TX, Hh 62
7643 Culcourt St
William F. Haden, Jr., 34, b. TX, CPA, Private Accountant
Mary E., wife, 31, b. TX
William R., son, 6 b. TX

Presbyterian Church Records, Dallas, TX. Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church.
Roll of Elders
W. F. Haden, Jr. installed 2/24/57. Resigned 12/13/59. Deceased 1/6/66.

Death Certificate:
Died in Dallas. He was divorced and living at the Villa Motel, Seagoville, Dallas. DOB given as 1 Aug 1915.
Date of death was 4 Jan 1966. He was an Accountant. Father listed as Will F. Haden Sr.; mother as Florein Jones. His mother was the informant for the death certificate. He died of chronic alcoholism; there was an inquest. He was buried in Ladonia Cemetery.

The Commerce Journal, Commerce, TX
Thursday, 13 Jan 1966, p.1
W. F. Haden Jr. Buried in Ladonia
Funeral services for Will F. Haden Jr., 50, son of Mrs. Will Haden of Ladonia, were held Friday, Jan. 7, in Ladonia Baptist Church with the Rev. N. M. Vandegriff of Marshall conducing.
Burial in Ladonia Cemetery was under the direction of W. Y. Goff Funeral Home.
Pallbearers included Ebb Bartley, Ben Ed Fry, Roy Sheffield, Robert Joyner, Tom Cain, and Leon Hurst.
Mr. Haden, a certified public accountant, died suddently at his home in Seagoville on Jan. 5th, following a heart attack.
The son of Will F. and Florein Jones Haden was born Aug 1, 1915, at Ladonia. He was graduated from Ladonia High School and received the BA degree from Austin College at Sherman. He had been a CPA in the Dallas area for more than 20 years.
Mr. Haden was a member of Webb Chapel Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He had lived in Seagoville for the past two years.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a son, Will Roy Haden of Austin, and a sister, Mrs. R. B. Marcum of Borger.

William Franklin HADEN Jr. and Mary Elizabeth APPERSON were married on 12 January 1942 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.^194,262 They^194,262 were divorced. Mary Elizabeth APPERSON, daughter of Roy S. APPERSON and Violet I. WILSON, was born on 31 December 1918 in McKinney, Collin County, Texas.²⁶² She died on 22 November 1965 at the age of 46 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

Texas Birth Certificate #59811
Mary Elizabeth Apperson was born McKinney, Collin Co, TX on 31 Dec 1918 to R. S. Apperson and Violet Wilson. R. S. Apperson was age 28, b. Texas, a bookkeeper; Violet was 28, born in New York.

Corsicana Semi-Weekley Light, Friday, 16 Jan 1942, p.4
Marriage Licenses.
Will F. Haden, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Apperson

The Paris News, Paris, TX, Friday, 16 Jan 1942, p.3
Announce Marriage
LADONIA - Miss Mary Elizabeth Apperson of Dallas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Apperson, and Will F. Haden, Jr., whose parents live here, were married Monday evening in Corsicana by the Rev. W. R. Hall. They are at home in Dallas where Mr. Haden is employed by Texas Light and Power Co.

Texas Death Certificate, #69381
Mary Elizabeth Haden's residence was 3521 Vinecrest, Dallas, TX. She had lived in Dallas for 42 years. She died at Baylor Hospital. Birth was 31 Dec 1917 at McKinney, TX, and she died at age 47, 21 Nov 1965.
She was a school teacher for the Dallas District. She was divorced. Father's name was Roy Apperson; mother was Violet Wilson. William Roy Haden, her son, was the informant. She died of pancreatic cancer. She was buried Oddfellow's Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX.

The Dallas Morning News
22 Nov 1965
Edison Teacher, Mrs. Mary Haden
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Haden, 48, a teacher at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School, died here Sunday.
Mrs. Haden was a native of McKinney, and had been a Dallas resident for 43 years. A graduate of Texas State College for Women in Denton, she also attended SMU.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Chapel Hills Presbyterian Church, with burial services at noon in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Ladonia, Fannin County.
A member of Chapel Hills Presbyterian Church, past president of the Dallas Council of English Teachers, and had taught at Dallas Public Schools for the last eight years.

Mrs. Haden is survived by her son; William Roy Haden of Austin, Texas.

William Franklin HADEN Jr. and Mary Elizabeth APPERSON had the following children: