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Wilbur Roscoe Hawpe

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Wilbur Roscoe Hawpe

Birth
Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, USA
Death
22 Aug 1929 (aged 30)
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
Burial
Keene, Johnson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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BIG SPRING MAN BURNED

Big Spring, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Wilbur Hawpe, an employee of Oldsmobile Automobile Company of this city, was burned on the legs and back here Thursday while washing a motor with kerosene. The orgin of the fire is unknown.

The Dallas Morning News -- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas -- August 23, 1929 -- Friday -- Part 2, Page 22.

WILBUR HAWPE BURIED

Mexia, Texas, Aug. 25. -- Funeral services were set for Sunday in Cleburne for Wilbur Hawpe, until recently foreman of the Pure Oil Company garage here, who was killed in a gasoline explosion Thursday night at Big Spring. Mr Hawpe, a single man, lived here for five years. His home was at Keene, near Cleburne.

The Dallas Morning News -- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas -- August 26, 1929
BIG SPRING MAN BURNED

Big Spring, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Wilbur Hawpe, an employee of Oldsmobile Automobile Company of this city, was burned on the legs and back here Thursday while washing a motor with kerosene. The orgin of the fire is unknown.

The Dallas Morning News -- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas -- August 23, 1929 -- Friday -- Part 2, Page 22.

WILBUR HAWPE BURIED

Mexia, Texas, Aug. 25. -- Funeral services were set for Sunday in Cleburne for Wilbur Hawpe, until recently foreman of the Pure Oil Company garage here, who was killed in a gasoline explosion Thursday night at Big Spring. Mr Hawpe, a single man, lived here for five years. His home was at Keene, near Cleburne.

The Dallas Morning News -- Dallas, Dallas County, Texas -- August 26, 1929


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