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Harrison York

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Harrison York

Birth
Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA
Death
2 Feb 1920 (aged 79)
Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, USA
Burial
Moffitt, Angelina County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Riley York & Wealthy Taylor. He had wives named Mary Ridgeway and Mary Runnels

Married Mary E. Ridgeway in Angelina Co., Tx on Jan. 4, 1862
(source: Angelina Co., Tx Marriage Record 1846-1899)
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His original death notice/obit has a typo, or miscalculation in birth year. It has his birth as 1860 which is not correct since he was 80 when he died in 1920.

YORK, Harrison, age about 80 years, died at his home 5 or 6 miles north of Lufkin this morning; funeral conducted by Rev, J.J. Lewis; burial in Moffett Cemetery; born in Alabama 1860 [this is incorrect, should be 1840], came to Angelina County in 1885, being one of the oldest settlers of the county; father of 22 children, 5 boys and 17 girls, although only 4 boys and 3 girls are now living; survived by a second wife, and a brother Clifford York.

(Published in Lufkin Daily News, Monday, 2 February 1920, p.1, col.3)
Parents: Riley York & Wealthy Taylor. He had wives named Mary Ridgeway and Mary Runnels

Married Mary E. Ridgeway in Angelina Co., Tx on Jan. 4, 1862
(source: Angelina Co., Tx Marriage Record 1846-1899)
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His original death notice/obit has a typo, or miscalculation in birth year. It has his birth as 1860 which is not correct since he was 80 when he died in 1920.

YORK, Harrison, age about 80 years, died at his home 5 or 6 miles north of Lufkin this morning; funeral conducted by Rev, J.J. Lewis; burial in Moffett Cemetery; born in Alabama 1860 [this is incorrect, should be 1840], came to Angelina County in 1885, being one of the oldest settlers of the county; father of 22 children, 5 boys and 17 girls, although only 4 boys and 3 girls are now living; survived by a second wife, and a brother Clifford York.

(Published in Lufkin Daily News, Monday, 2 February 1920, p.1, col.3)

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