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Susan “Sudie” Erwin

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Susan “Sudie” Erwin

Birth
Death
5 Jun 1896 (aged 21)
Burial
Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Unclear if ERWIN is maiden or married name.

" Some Early Southeast Texas Families" by Thomas A. Wilson page 120

Sudie married Walker Speights and had one child, a son by the name of Kay. She met a tragic death while young. Sudie died of strychnine poisoning, and her husband served a term in the state penitentiary for murder. [After a number of years he was pardoned but did not live to enjoy his freedom. By way of celebrating his release, Speights, unable to obtain a more suitable beverage, drank hair tonic and died, ironically, of poison also.]
BADLY BROKEN

Unclear if ERWIN is maiden or married name.

" Some Early Southeast Texas Families" by Thomas A. Wilson page 120

Sudie married Walker Speights and had one child, a son by the name of Kay. She met a tragic death while young. Sudie died of strychnine poisoning, and her husband served a term in the state penitentiary for murder. [After a number of years he was pardoned but did not live to enjoy his freedom. By way of celebrating his release, Speights, unable to obtain a more suitable beverage, drank hair tonic and died, ironically, of poison also.]


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