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Avor A. McFarland

Female 1897 - 1994  (97 years)


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  • Name Avor A. McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 6 Feb 1897  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Jul 1994  Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      July 13, 1994, Page 7

      Avor Harper

      Funeral services for Mrs. Avor Harper, 97, of Hemphill were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 1994, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed at Harper's Chapel Cemetery in Sabine County.

      She died at 10:40 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 1994, at Medical Center in Nacogdoches.

      Born Feb. 6, 1897, in Sabine County, Mrs. Harper was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a member of the Baptist church and a retired homemaker.

      Survivors: a daughter, Jessie Lee "Sookie" Bird of Hemphill; three sons, Wendell Harper, Atrell Harper, and Glenn Harper, all of Hemphill; a sister-in-law, May McFarland of Monroe, Louisiana; ten grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2008)
    Person ID I3797  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Louis P. "L. P." McFarland,   b. Jul 1852, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1928, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Bettie Helen Walker,   b. Sep 1871, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1950, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1890  [4
    Family ID F2164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Albert Lewis Harper,   b. 3 Sep 1886, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1976, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1917  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Wendell Holmes Harper,   b. 25 Jul 1922, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 2008, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Atrell Leo Harper,   b. 23 Jun 1927, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 2003, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Jesse L. "Sookie" Harper,   b. 30 Aug 1929, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 2020, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. Living
    Family ID F2163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Feb 1897 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1917 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jul 1994 - Nacogdoches County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S218] Miller, Yolanda Pepper, Family Researcher (Ypmiller@stx.rr.com).

    2. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), July 13, 1994, Page 7 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1760] Nix, Megan, Clark, Louise and Keith "Harper's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Indexed 1 Oct 1999.

    4. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 2 Enumerated 9 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 5A Stamped 111 81-81 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 2 Enumerated 16 - 18 Apr 1910 SD 2 ED 132 Sheet 2A Stamped 108 24-24 (Reliability: 3).