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Edwin Alford Abshire
31 July 1872 Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
4 October 1941  Denison, Grayson County, Texas

s/o Martin Abshire & Martha Narcissa Bartley


Susie Elizabeth Abshire
22 September 1874  Fannin County, Texas
22 April 1912  Grayson County, Texas

d/o John Edwin McFarland & Nancy Bayless Horn



CHILDREN OF EDWIN ALFORD ABSHIRE & SUSIE ELIZABETH McFARLAND



Edwin M. Abshire
31 January 1901  Texas
18 January 1991  Grimes County, Texas


Haskell L. Abshire
5 November 1907  Kemp, Bryan County, Oklahoma
27 July 1958  Oteen, Buncombe County, North Carolina


Texas Death Certificate 10346
Susie Elizabeth Abshire
Cause of Death: appendicitis
Father: J. E. McFarland
Mother: Nancy Horn
[source: Ancestry.com]

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Sherman Democrat
page 10
October 6, 1941

EDWIN G. ABSHIRE

DENISON -- Edwin Grayson Abshire, 69, former local peace officer, died at 4:10 p.m. Saturday at a local hospital after several days illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Waples Memorial Methodist church, Rev. J. C. Oglesby officiating, with burial at Fairview cemetery.  The Denison funeral home was in charge.
Relative include three sons; Raymond, Haskell, and Edwin Jr., all of Cincinnati, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Bert Lyons of Denison; a sister, Mrs. Ed Spudder of Binssom, and five grandchildren.  Mrs. Abshire dcied a number of years ago.
Born in Ladonia July 31, 1871, Mr. Abshire was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Abshire.  He served the State National bank as a collector.  His home was at 227 R-1 South Bunk.

NOTE:  Texas Death Certificate 45839: middle name ALFORD; address So. Rusk   [source: Ancestry.com]

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North Carolina Death Certificate 18252
Haskell L. Abshire
Cause of Death: Undetermined (sudden)
Contributory Causes: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Far Advanced, Active
[source: Ancestry.com]





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