Obituaries of Fannin Co., Texas

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Newspaper Obits & More 1908
Loren B. Chitwood, Mrs. S.A.Hampton (birthday), Mrs. M.A.Merrill, W.R.Smith,
Mrs. Tom Trout, Joe Daniels, John C. Evans, Tom Innis, Mrs. J.C.Haden, Mrs Houk,
R.H. Houk, J.E. Squires, M.C.Delaney, Miss Mollie Sellers and Grandma Neighbors

Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 11 Feb 1908:   Loren B. Chitwood, about 25 , died near Ector, Thurs; mule threw him;employee T.P. Roundhouse; resided temporarily at mother's home so. of Ector with wife; cousin: Clide Chitwood; Mason, Woodmen; survivors: wife & 1 child; buried Hampton graveyard
Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 3 March 1908: Mrs. S.A. Hampton 79th birthday and family reunion at home of son in law R. R. Morgan; 8 living children; present: Mrs. Harper & daughter,
Dr. Hampton & wife of Savoy; Mrs. Lee Hampton & 4 children of
Whitewright
Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 4 Feb 1908: (Also "Monkstown & Union Grove" column) Mrs. M.A. Merrill died Sunday near Monkstown (at Stool Grub) at home of step daughter, Mrs. Luella Richardson; was aunt of Joe Trout of Bonham; buried Orr's Chapel graveyard
Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 11 Feb 1908: W.R. Smith died at home on West 7th Street, Sunday; la grippe; services: Rev. W.A. Stuckey at M.E. church; buried Willow Wild cem.; Masons;native of Giles Co., Tn. Born near Pulaski 28 Feb 1837; joined CSA regiment from Giles Co.; 7 Feb. 1866 married Miss Julia A. Woodward; 2 children; daughter died as infant; survivors: wife and son - William Smith; to Texas 1872
Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 11 Feb 1908: Elder A.E. Ewell of Durant attended funeral of Mrs. Tom Trout who died Sunday; funeral & burial at Honey Grove
Abstractedf from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 21 Jan. 1908:
Aunt Jane Doss, many years cook in home of Mrs. W.W. Russell died
Muskogee, Oklahoma, last Friday; burial here.
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 7 Feb. 1908:   Joe Daniels , age 126, died last Sunday at Greenville (Hunt Co.); lived
in 3 centuries; Died at his home West Lee St.; said to be oldest
person in U.S. ; born negro slave in South Carolina; taken by master
Colonel Daniels to Florida (Spanish territory); captured by Indians
and held 3 years; escaped and returned to master; moved west with
master to Louisiana or Mississippi then to Texas; finally settled at
Greenville living with his granddaughter; mistress certified his age;
born 1782;
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 28 Jan. 1908:
John C. Evans died at his home near Duplex, Sunday; survivors: wife and 4 children. Will H. and Mrs. Jesse Briley of Bonham; Marse and Maud near Duplex. Born near Carthage , Smith Co., Tenn., 17 Dec 1847; resettled Greenville, Kentucky; underage enlistee in CSA;
served in Capt Parvey’s scouts, under Gen. Bedford Forest; also scout under Gen. Sul Ross; after war to Texas to be with brother W.A. Evans.
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 14 Feb. 1908:
"Randolph" column: Tom Innis, died, la grippe/pneumonia; Odd Fellow;survivors wife & 7 children; services at M.E. church, Rev. W.R. Rosser; son Ballard, blacksmith
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 18 Feb. 1908:
"Durant News": Mrs. J.C. Haden died yesterday at her home 4th Ave.; gastritis; member Baptist church Durant; born Barry Co., Mo. 1853; to Ladonia 1865; married 1874 in Ladonia; to Durant 1899; sons Albert & John of Bonham; Joseph B. of Ladonia; services: Rev. Stubblefield.
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 21 Feb. 1908: Mrs. Houk died near Edhube, Wed.; buried Hampton graveyard.
not long after is this :
Abstracted from "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas 10 March 1908:   R.H. Hank, age 61, died at home 12 mi. north of Bonham; pneumonia; services at Baptist church of Edhube; buried Hampton graveyard; survivors: 4 grown children
then he had another obit in this paper:
Abstracted from the "Bonham News"17 March 1908: "Edhube": R.H. Hauk (Houk) died 9 March, resided between Bonham & here; buried Hampton graveyard.
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 25 Feb. 1908: J.E. Squires died at home at Lipscomb addition[sic] yesterday;
grippe/Bright’s disease; buried Porter’s graveyard; born Louisburg,
Tn. 15 March 1854; to Texas 1858 to Savoy, Ravenna; mercantile
business; in Bonham about 2 yrs.; survivors: wife, 2 half sisters in
Oklahoma
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 28 Feb. 1908: M.C. Delaney died at home in Danner; grippe; services: Rev. Keene; buried Owens Chapel.
Abstracted from, "Bonham News" Fannin Co., Texas, 28 Feb. 1908: Miss Mollie Sellers, age 22, orphan, died at home of Mr. Thomas near Dodd City; accident/burns; buried Tiger town; survivors: brother & 2 sisters (Tiger Town is in Lamar County)

Abstracted from the "Bonham News" 3 Jan 1908: "Ector" column: Grandma Neighbors age 72, died at home of son-in-law M.L. Witherspoon, 23 Dec 1907; from Allen Co., Kentucky; to Texas with husband and family 26 yrs ago; widow; 15 children.
(Sarah F. Neighbors bur, Burn's Cemetery)

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