John Wesley Britt

1859 - 1930  (71 years)

• Name	John Wesley Britt
  Birth	4 Jan 1859	TN
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1930	Amarillo, Potter, TX
  	Texas Death Index Name: John Wesley Britt Death Date: 16 Mar 1930 Death County: Potter Certificate: 15477
  Person ID	I7793	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017

  
  

  Family	Addie Isabelle Trolinger,   b. 15 Nov 1861, TN d. 16 Jan 1943, Amarillo, Potter, TX (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1879	Hamblen County, TN
  Children	1. Harry Max Britt, Sr.,   b. 12 Dec 1880, Morristown, Hamblin, TN d. 8 Aug 1964, Amarillo, Potter, TX (Age 83 years) + 2. Lessie Mae Britt
  Documents		Marriage Record
  Family ID	F2596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jan 1859 - TN Marriage - 29 May 1879 - Hamblen County, TN Death - 16 Mar 1930 - Amarillo, Potter, TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Llano Cemetery Amarillo, Randall, TX

  
  

• Notes

  1880 United States Federal Census Name: John W. Britt Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1880: Hancock, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Married Father's Name: Thomas G. Britt Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's name: Francis E. Britt Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Tinner 1920 United States Federal Census Name: John W Britt Age: 60 Birth Year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1920: Amarillo, Potter, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Addie Britt Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Home owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1920 United States Federal Census Name: B W Alaydon [B W Haydon] Age: 15 Birth Year: abt 1905 Birthplace: Texas Home in 1920: Amarillo, Potter, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Grandson Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Texas Mother's Birthplace: Texas Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes John Wesley Britt, a tinsmith came to the Texas Panhandle in 1889 from Austin, by way of Decatur. He took up land about two or three miles southeast of Amarillo where he built a pine shack, fourteen by thirty-two feet. There he and his wife and two children made their home. Immediately south of the Britt home, thousands of cattle were constantly held, some for weeks at a time awaiting shipment. The cowboys used to bring the family large hunks of beef which they had killed for food. Soon after coming to Potter County, John Britt established the Britt Sheet Metal Manufacturing Company, which the business was still maintained at the time of the article by descendants of John Britt.