Bettie Edwards (1849-1909)

Moscow, Tex., Sept. 6. - Mrs. F. Edwards was found dead in her bed in her home at Berings, near Moscow, Sunday morning about 5:30 o'clock.  She is supposed to have died from heart failure.

+++ Obituary published in the Galveston Daily News, 8 September 1909.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.



 

Belle Durham Evans (1841-1909)

Caldwell, Tex., Sept. 7. - Last night at Clay Station in the lower Brazos bottom of this county, Belle Durham-Evans died at the age of somewhere between 65 and 70 years and the remains were buried this afternoon at Zion Hill Church, not far from Tunis.  She was perhaps the most intelligent and best-known colored woman in the county and so far as is known leaves but few enemies.

=== Published in the Galveston Daily News, 8 Sep 1909.  Caldwell TX is in Burleson County. Transcriber is not a relative and has no information regarding this family.

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John Branham (1880-1909)

Big Sandy, Tex., Sept. 7. - The negro man found mangled on the Cotton Belt track north of the Union Depot here was identified as John Branham, a resident of Tyler.  He was a local retail merchant of that place.  The body was identified by H.M. Jordan and Fred Griffin.  The remains will be shipped to Tyler.
=== published in the Galveston Daily News, 8 September 1909.  This man is believed to be the son of Thomas and Caroline Branham, who were living in Upshur County before 1900.  The 1900 census has John's date of birth as June 1884, and he is absent from the 1910 census.  His brother Walter is running the retail grocery store, probably in his brother's stead.  Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.


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