Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Isham, Rebeca Jane Hix 224647

Birth: 09/06/1849 Death: 09/24/1936 Marriage: 11/18/1873

Cemetery: Knights of Honor (NORTHEAST)

Record Source: Texas Death Certificate

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (05/12/2025)

Notes

THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD, 1 Oct 1936 from microfilm in Clarksville Library: “Blossom -- Mrs. Jane Isom, 87, who never had been outside Lamar County, was buried in Blossom Cemetery Friday after funeral services at the home. Mrs. Isom was born in a community south of Paris in 1849. She never had ridden a train. She had lived on farms in various parts of the county, but for 30 years had lived here. Her parents were among the first residents of Lamar County, settling here about 184l. Surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs. Mollie Mowery and Mrs. Mattie Young of Blossom, 3 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.”

THE PARIS NEWS, October 28, 1936, p. 12: “Civi Docket. The will of Mrs. R. J. Isham has been admitted to probate. Mrs. Mattie Young was appointed executrix.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Rebeca Jane Isham
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Sep 1936
Event Place: Blossom, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 06 Sep 1849
Birthplace: Lamar, Texas
Father’s Name: James E Hicks
Mother’s Name: Dallia Crain
Certificate Number: 46238
GS Film number: 2116965
Digital Folder Number: 005145548
Image Number: 00678
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HV-5J5 : 5 December 2014), Rebeca Jane Isham, 24 Sep 1936; citing certificate number 46238, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,965.

Lamar County Marriage Records: J. M. Isham married R. J. Hix on 18 Nov 1873 in Lamar County.

Book of the Carl Griffin Hardware Store in Blossom, TX; copy obtained by Sue Clarkson; published in the QUARTERLY OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS; Paris, TX; Vol.28; Summer 1989; pp.14-17; Mrs. J.M. Ishom; address, Blossom; casket purchased by Mrs. Will Young and W.A. Mowry on 24 Sep 1936.

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