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Name Victor Wasson HACKWORTH2,5
Birth 5 Feb 1880, Brenham, Washington Co., TX2
Death 5 Feb 1951, Brenham, Washington Co., TX2
Burial Hackworth Lot, Prarie Lea Cem., Brenham, TX2,5
Occupation Oil Tycoon, Postal Worker
Father John Wasson HACKWORTH (1845-1886)
Mother Martha Susan PHILLIPS (1861-1936)
Misc. Notes
Victor's father died when he was 4 years old He grew up with half brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters in the home of Jesse Young Wallace. He and his sister were born in a house on the corner of West Academy and Market streets, where later W. W. Searcy built. It is about 3 doors down from the post office across from the Baptist Church. The family moved to the Wallace Farm when his mother remarried about two years after his fathers death. Victor married Gertrude when she was but seventeen and sometime later the family moved to Dallas. The marriage ended in divorce and Victor lost his fortune in the oil business. Gertrude remarried and ended her own life in Dallas in 1924. Victor remarried in his later years lived for awhile in LaGrange and returned to Brenham where he died on his 71st birthday. He is buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery with other members of his family.2
Spouses
1 Gertrude Tate RALSTON2,5
Birth 31 Jul 1883, Brenham, Washington Co., TX2
Death 30 Mar 1925, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX2
Father Charles Samuel "Sam" RALSTON (1857-1926)
Mother Annie Elizabeth BOYNTON (1860-1952)
Marriage 1901, Brenham, Washington Co., TX2
Divorce
Children Victor Wallace (1902-1971)
Jonnie Mae (1904-1980)
Iradene Gertrude (1906-1998)
Mamie Elizabeth "Betty" (1910-)
Editha Corinne (1908-1992)
2 Mattie26
Birth 1875, Round Mountain, Blanco Co., TX26
Death 1938, Kilgore, TX26
3 Olivia SCHAEFFER
Last Modified 11 Jan 1999 Created 1 Aug 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh

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