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Submitted: 12/31/21 • Approved: 12/31/21 • Last Updated: 1/3/22 • R477105-G0-S3
February 1, 1892-February 10, 1995
“Century Club”
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Graveside Rites Are Read Monday for Ben Trout, 103
Ben Trout, 103, died Friday, Feb. 10, 1995.
Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 1995 in Wheeler Cemetery with the Rev. M.B. Smith, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Pampa, officiating. Arrangements were by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Trout was born in Indian Territory, Okla. He moved to Wheeler County in 1909 from Roff, Oklahoma and to Kosse in 1990. He was a farmer all of his life.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 61, Number 12, Thursday, February 16, 1995, Page 1)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Ben Trout
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1892
Birth Place: Oklahoma, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Wheeler County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Grey
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Ben Trout
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1892
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ben Trout
Death Date: 10 Feb 1995
Death County: Limestone
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Ben Trout
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1892
Issue Year: 1954
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 76653, Kosse, Limestone, Texas, USA
Death Date: 10 Feb 1995
Contributed on 12/31/21
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