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Submitted: 8/14/22 • Approved: 8/14/22 • Last Updated: 8/17/22 • R531428-G531428-S3
Thomas B. Rector
April 30, 1843-April 9, 1927
Louisa M. Melugin Rector
June 28, 1843-January 16, 1922
His Wife
At Rest
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Thomas B. Rector
T.B. Rector passed away last Saturday in Douglas, Arizona, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. O.L. Enyeart. Mr. Rector was almost 84 years old and spent his last days with his daughter in Arizona. The remains arrived in Hereford Monday for interment. At the grave, Rev. V.M. Cloyd officiated. The remains were accompanied here by his daughter, Mrs. Enyeart and her daughter, Miss Marian Enyeart.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 27th Year-Number 13, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Thursday, April 14, 1927, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Thos B Rector
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1873
Marriage Place: Fannin, Texas, United States
Spouse: Louisa Melugin
FHL Film Number: 1293828
*Obituary Louisa M. Melugin Rector
Mrs. T.B. Rector, aged 78 years, passed away January 18, and was laid to rest Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted from the family residence at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. J.R. Sharp, assisted by the Rev. M.M. Beavers.
Mr. and Mrs. Rector and family were residents of Hereford for more than twenty years. She was a faithful wife and mother and an ardent church worker, joining the Baptist church at the age of seventeen years. Mrs. Enyeart, a daughter, of Winslow, Ariz., arrived the first of the week and was with her mother at the end.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 21st Year, No. 90, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Friday, Jan. 20, 1922, Page 6
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Louisa Melugin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1873
Marriage Place: Fannin, Texas, United States
Spouse: Thos B Rector
FHL Film Number: 1293828
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs T B Rictor
[Mrs T B Melugin]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 78
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1843
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 18 Jan 1922
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Thomas Melugin
Mother: Dungan
Contributed on 8/14/22 by neldapat
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