The Paul Brothers and Sister, Henry’s siblings
Charlotte and James Temple Paul had five children, born between 1878 and 1889.
George Darr Paul, Henry’s older brother, was born in 1878. In 1899 at age 21 he married 18-year-old Laura Neoma Cooper.
The newlyweds lived in Cleveland, where George earned a living as a farmer. Around 1903 , after his mother died, they moved to 505 North Central Street in Knoxville to help take care of his father James Temple and his Aunt Margaret Elizabeth (Lizzy) Paul. James was employed by the Southern Railway and he got George a job as a car inspector.
They had five children. William Gestle, born April 21, 1901, Harry Temple, born September 23, 1903, Mary Newell, born March 18, 1906, George Kenneth, born November 6,1908, and Evelyn Ruth, born July 26, 1913.
In November of 1922 , their 14-year-old-son Kenneth was killed. Just two months later their 20-year-old son, Harry, died. Following Harry’s funeral Laura took their 17-year-old daughter, Newell, to Chicago to visit Laura’s sister Eva.
When Laura and Newell returned from Chicago, they discovered that George had moved 10-year-old Evelyn, along with all of the families belongings, to 4606 High School Street in Inskip, Tennessee. This white clapboard bungalow would be their home for the rest of their lives. George retired from the Southern Railway around 1950. He died January 26,1958, at age 70. Laura died June 11, 1978 at age 98.
Samuel Euclid Paul, James and Charlotte’s third son, was born on October 8, 1883. He probably attended Cleveland High School, as did his two older brothers.
On August 19,1903, three months after his mother passed away, 20-year-old Euclid married 21-year-old Maria Theresa Brewster. Nine years would pass before their only child, Euclid Temple Paul, (who everyone called Petey and later, Pete) was born on January 16, 1912.
By 1910 they moved to Maryland and were lining near Euclid’s Aunt Cate Studebaker in Baltimore’s 16th ward. Euclid’s occupation is listed in the 1910 census as a carpenter.
After their son, Euclid Temple, was born in 1912, they bought a newly-built home at 412 Hawthorne Road in Linthicum Heights. Theresa’s sister Katie lived their with them.
On December 23, 1936, Theresa died at age 54. Euclid was then 53. Their 24-year-old son Pete, who had married Sally Virginia Bullock in 1934, lived with him in the Hawthorne Road house.
Euclid, better know as SE, but pronounced Ssea, worked for the Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Co. This company was founded in 1897, in Detroit, to produce metal weatherstripping that John Chamberlin had developed and patented in 1890. The product was sold by door-to-door salesman, but it was Euclid’s job to do the installation on existing windows as well as the installation of the complete windows and canopies that came from the Chamberlin factory. These windows arrived at Euclid’s house in wooden crates. As a young boy (Larry) these empty crates were the source of wood for many of my projects. Just about every time I asked Uncle Euclid for one of the left-over boxes he said yes. One of them turned into the holder for a coffee plantation model I made for an elementary school assignment. Another got nailed to an old wagon and became a WWII tank that we climbed into, closed the top and went down the hill on Hawthorne Road. It steered like a tank, we crashed and turned over at the bottom of the hill. We were almost casualties of war, so that was the last trip for that tank.
Even though my grandfather, Henry, lived right next door to his brother, Euclid, they very seldom spoke to each other. I don’t recall either of them ever visiting the other’s house. Mary did visit Katie at SE’ s house quite often. At the time of my childhood they were certainly not close, but I have no idea why. This was not the case around 1919 when Henry & Mary decided to build their house next to Euclid and Theresa.
Euclid died September 19, 1949, at age 66.
Nannie Marella Paul, James and Charlotte’s only daughter was born May 29, 1886. Marella was only 17 when her mother died. She was 19 when she married 21 year-old Joseph Ernest Hodge on October 15, 1905. They had two daughters, Louise Mildred, born July 24, 1910, and Evelyn Miles, born August 3, 1912.
Joe Hodge served in World War I as a veterinarian taking care of the US Army’s horses. After the war he set up shop in a two-story concrete block building on US Rt 1 near Savage, Maryland. At that time he may have gone into automobile repair work, along this major north - south artery, with his building serving as a repair garage.
When Joe died on June 9, 1931, at age 47, Marella was 45, Louise was 21, and Evelyn was 19. Louise married Bernard Moulton Acher on April 8, 1932, and Evelyn married William Mitchel on October 7, 1933.
The following June, Marella married 50-year-old Ernest Albion Hurdle. In the late 1940’s, early 1950’s, they were living in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Marella died on January 19, 1973 at age 87.
Arthur Temple Paul, the baby of the family arrived on May 5, 1889. He was 14 when his mother, Charlotte, died. He most likely graduated from high school in Knoxville around 1907.
By 1910 Arthur had migrated north and was living with his brother Euclid and Teresa, and Teresa’s sister Katie. During World War I he served in the Army. Arthur would have been around 28 at that time.
Whether they met in Knoxville or Baltimore is unknown, but on September 7,1919, at age 30, Arthur married 22 year-old Bonnie Mae Bozeman. On July 3,1920, their first child, Bonnie Temple, was born.
Three years later, on October 12, Jacqueline Rose arrived. In another three years Arthur Franklin, their only son, was born. Continuing and ending the three year tradition was the birth of Barbara Jean on August 31, 1929.
The 1910 census lists Arthur’s occupation as an Electric Wireman. He worked for a while at what was then known as the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Company of Baltimore ( by the end of the 20th century simplified to just BGE). He may have worked in their fixture department, installing chandeliers and wall-mounted light fixtures. They lived in a bungalow on Dogwood Road, just off West Maple. When newly-organized St. John’s Lutheran Church put up their new prefab church in 1920, which was practically adjoining Arthur’s back yard, he installed the wiring.
Bonnie missed her family in Tennessee, so they moved back to Knoxville and settled in at 110 Clifford Street which is, just a few blocks from downtown Knoxville, on the north bank of the Tennessee River. Bonnie raised beautiful flowers in her garden. There was a small store adjoining their house, which they operated.
Arthur died June 21, 1962. He was 73. Bonnie died December 7, 1971. She was 72.
