Roy Pusey CHURCHILL^[1]

1879 - 1947  (68 years)

• Name	Roy Pusey CHURCHILL
  Born	10 May 1879	Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  _UID	312E02760BAB764AAFEA105786EFB4B026DD
  Died	28 Jul 1947	Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co.,, California
  Buried	Santa Barbara Cemetery, California
  Person ID	I10750	Branch 078 Laban Stafford b. 1738 NC
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Virgil Henry CHURCHILL,   b. 15 Jul 1856, Larue Co., Kentucky ,   d. 25 Jul 1925, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elmira J. KENNEDY,   b. 2 May 1857, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky ,   d. 4 Jan 1935, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky  (Age 77 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1878	Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky
  Family ID	F4128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hallie TRAINUM,   b. 10 May 1878, Kentucky ,   d. 8 Jul 1956, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 78 years)
  Married	10 May 1907	possibly Kentucky
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F4131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After attending school and working for awhile as a typesetter in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Roy Pusey Churchill entred the jewelry business with his father, Virgil Henry Churchill, and remained there no later than 1911 when he was found to be residing in Santa Barbara, California. A few years later he joined the US Navy, after which time he saw active duty in World War I. Prior to that Roy Pusey Churchill had served in the Spanish-American War of 1898 at the age of 19 years old. This was most likely while he was still residing in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. After World War I he went to California in 1921 either to establish or work for "The Gem Shop" in Santa Barbara. In an event, he eventually established "Churchll's Jewelers" which is located at 1015 State Street and is currently owned and operated by Richard M. Kern, who went to work for Roy Pusey Chruchill as an employee/protege in 1934. In addition to operating the jewelry business, Roy Pusey Churchill was known to have been a professional writer, haveing some of his stories purchased and printed by adventure magazines of his day.

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60.