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Raymond Thomas Francis

Male 1895 - 1967  (72 years)


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  • Name Raymond Thomas Francis  [1
    Born 9 Sep 1895  Sherman, Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Dec 1967  [2
    Buried Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I19157  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father James Thomas Francis,   b. 21 Mar 1866, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1943, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Beulah Lee Cole,   b. 15 Oct 1869, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1962  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1885  Sherman, Grayson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • They moved from Sherman, Texas in 1895 to settle three and one half miles northeast of Vinson.
    Family ID F6970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillie May Neil,   b. 10 Aug 1896, Farmersville, Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1994  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1924  [2
    • VINSON MEMORIES (Published by VINSON HISTORY BOOK COMMITTEE Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995) contains a biographical sketch, along with a picture, of the family of Raymond Thomas Francis and Lillie May Neil. His family moved to Oklahoma, three and one half miles from Vinson, when he was an infant. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was based in San Diego. Upon returning, he resumed farming and ranching with his father.

      After Lillie and Ray married, they first lived with his parents, later moving to Blair in Jackson County. Ray, along with his brothers Forrest and Henry, opened a Ford auto agency and a general store. They later moved back to Vinson, and resumed farming and ranching with Ray's father. After his father died, they bought a motel in Elk City.
    Children 
     1. Raymond Wayne Francis,   b. 1925,   d. 1933  (Age 8 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F6956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Sep 1895 - Sherman, Grayson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cave Creek Cemetery, Vinson, Harmon County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S449] Vinson History Book Committee VINSON MEMORIES (Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995), p 185, 190, 280 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S449] Vinson History Book Committee VINSON MEMORIES (Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995), p 190 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S449] Vinson History Book Committee VINSON MEMORIES (Christins Spurlin, Chairman, Copyright 1995), p 185 (Reliability: 3).