Walter E Grumbles

Child of John Hemphill Grumbles and Mariam Rebecca Brooking-Grumbles. The couple had married in Llano County, Texas, in 1882, and like many residents of that part of Texas, had joined a wagon train to New Mexico in 1887 after newspaper articles described a New Mexico paradise filled with gold. Upon arrival prospectors found little gold and difficult living conditions, and instead acclimated to farming and ranching lifestyles. His father, John, died on March 10, 1896, when Walter was 9 years old. There were several families that had followed the wagon train and inter-married, comprising much of the Carrizozo population. Between Collier, Bragg, Gallacher, Grumbles, Brooking, Cleghorn, Mills and McDaniel families — practically everyone in Carrizozo was a cousin or somehow related by marriage

1900 CENSUS

Name:	Walter E Grumbles
Age:	17
Birth Date:	Sep 1887
Birthplace:	Texas
Home in 1900:	White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico
Sheet Number:	8
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:	181
Family Number:	193
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Relation to Head of House:	Son
Marital status:	Single
Father’s Birthplace:	Texas
Mother’s name:	Mannie R Grumbles
Mother’s Birthplace:	Texas
Occupation:	At School
Attended School:	3
Can Read:	Yes
Can Write:	Yes
Can Speak English:	Yes
Neighbors:	Abraham price. Frank crumb Both whom owned their home
Household Members: Name Age	Mannie R Grumbles 41 Lena M Grumbles 16 Zella M Grumbles 15 Ollie E Grumbles 13 Walter E Grumbles 17 Sallie F Grumbles Roy H Grumbles   Ida Grumbles 4