Ernest Jarrard was born on October 10, 1899. He was a painter who was active in Springfield, Missouri. He married on April 25, 1930 and according to the wedding announcement, he was employed by a Springfield decorating company as an artist. In the 1930s and early 1940s, Jarrard was listed in the Springfield city directory as being employed with several different sign companies as a painter. In the late 1940s and 1950s, he was active as a painter with the Jarrard Sign Co., a company he formed.
Ernest Jarrard died on July 25, 1973.
There are some discrepancies concerning Ernest’s first name which is found to be spelled as Ernest or Earnest as found in several sources like the censuses, city directories, and marriage and death certificates.
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Earnest C. Jarrard,” Find A Grave, accessed April 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86045483/earnest-c-jarrard/photo.
“Mr. Ernest C. Jarrard in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Earnest Jarrard in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Ernest C. Jarrard in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Keltner-Jarrard," Christian County Republican (Ozark, Missouri), May 1, 1930, 5.
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Published on April 6, 2022
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Earnest C. Jarrard,” Find A Grave, accessed April 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86045483/earnest-c-jarrard/photo.
“Mr. Ernest C. Jarrard in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Earnest Jarrard in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Ernest C. Jarrard in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed April 4, 2022.
“Keltner-Jarrard," Christian County Republican (Ozark, Missouri), May 1, 1930, 5.
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Published on April 6, 2022
Updated on None
Wagener, Roberta. "Ernest Jarrard." In Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri through 1951. Kansas City: The Kansas City Art Institute and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; St. Louis: The St. Louis Public Library, 2022,https://doi.org/10.37764/5776.