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Oda Mae Harless

Female 1891 - 1961  (70 years)


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  • Name Oda Mae Harless  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 9 May 1891  Thornton, TX Limestone Cty Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 18 Jun 1900  Limestone County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 4 Jul 1954  [9] 
    Family News article- Mexia Daily News 
    _TODO Open 
    _TODO Open 
    _UID D911FB3C28A573469614830CD4E0167D2763 
    Died 25 Sep 1961  Tyler, Smith, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 10] 
    Cause: Cause of death: Sarcoma of uterus with generalized metastasis 
    Buried Waco, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 11] 
    Person ID I73  Barnett-Farrar-160716
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 

    Father Albert Newton Harless,   b. 1857, Chattanooga, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943, Waco, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Laura Allie Lee,   b. Limestone County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Lampasas County Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Jul 1890  Groesbeck, Limestone Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • UID 1F6F64E4D1C4B7428A758F4E43A44A9C0DB8
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Albert Farrar,   b. 21 Jan 1883, Rogers Prairie (or Normangee) Madison, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1972, Robinson, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 18 Apr 1911  Freestone County, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • UID 991FC2F6B588EE4190F1EDF51A05E03B7944
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Edna Mildred Farrar
     2. Junius Randolph Farrar
     3. William Albert Jr Farrar
    +4. Frances Dorene Farrar,   b. 18 Jun, Waco, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. James Lynton Farrar,   b. 20 Mar, Waco, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1995, McLennan County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Richard Joy Farrar,   b. 15 Jan 1926, Lacy Lakeview, Mclennan Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1983, Waco, McLennan, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 16 Sep 1944  Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2010 
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • UID D911FB3C28A573469614830CD4E0167D2763

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18), Year: 1900; Census Place: Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas; Roll: T623_1654; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 51. (Reliability: 0).
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=70816400&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S42] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco), Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas; Roll: T625_1830; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 1098 (Reliability: 0).
      Name: Oda Mae Harless birth date: 9 MAY 1891 birth place: Thornton, TX Limestone Cty residence date: 1920 residence place: Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=100548583&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S173] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl) (Reliability: 0).
      residence date: 1923 residence place: Waco, Texas, USA Name: Oda Farrar
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=usdirectories&h=396232598&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S156] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0).

    5. [S153] Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0).

    6. [S23] Farrar Family Group Sheets- abt 1950.

    7. [S81] Farrar Family Group Sheets- abt 1950.

    8. [S99] 1900 Federal Census- Limestone County TX- Harless Family (Reliability: 3), 9 Jan 2011.
      Name:

    9. [S98] News Article- Mexia Daily News- Oda Mae Farrar, unknown (Reliability: 3), 9 Jan 2011.
      The Mexia Daily News, Mexia, Texas. Sunday, July 4. 1954

      Teague

      Guests in the home of Mrs. J. I. Willingham last week were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Williamson of Mansfield, La., Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harless, Waco and Mrs. Oda Farrar of Tyler.

      Mrs. Bert Traylor, Mrs. J. I. Willingham and Mrs. Oda Farrar spent Monday in Waco with friends.

    10. [S95] Oda Mae Farrar death certificate, Death certificate from Tyler, TX (Reliability: 4), 9 Jan 2011.
      County: Smith
      State: Texas
      City: Tyler
      Length of stay: 10 years
      Address: 1919 S Talley
      Date of Death: Sept 25, 1961
      Widowed
      Birth May 9, 1891, Thornton, Texas
      Age 70
      Occupation Housewife
      Father: Albert N. Harless
      Mother: Laura Lee
      Cause of death: Sarcoma of uterus with generalized metastasis
      Interval between cause and death: 10 months
      Removed to Waco Memorial Park
      According to granddaughter Susan Farrar Barnett, Oda Mae was living for the last several years of her life with her daughter, Mildred in Tyler. She confirms that the address on Talley was Mildred's address.

    11. [S97] Oda Mae Harless Headstone (Reliability: 3), 9 Jan 2011.
      Mother
      \\Oda Mae Farrar
      May 9, 1891
      Sept 25, 1961
      Death was in Tyler, but she was burried in Waco Memorial Park

    12. [S127] FindaGrave Web site, Created by: Mark Morrow (Reliability: 0), 9 Jul 2011.
      Birth: Jan. 21, 1883 Normangee Leon County Texas, USA Death: Apr. 24, 1972 Robinson McLennan County Texas, USAWILLIAM ALBERT FARRAR was born on 21 January 1883 in Normangee, MADISON County, Texas to Alexander Travice Farrar & Mary Elizabeth Hill-Farrar.William married Oda Mae Harless-Farrar on 18 April 1911 in Freestone County, Texas, and they had SIX children that are known of: Edna M. Farrar (1912-?), Junius R. Farrar (1915-1985), William Albert Farrar Jr. (1917-?), Francis D. Farrar (1920-?), James Lynton Farrar (1921-1995), Richard Joy Farrar (1926-1983).William's second marriage was to Edna Lenora Fischer-(M1)Irwin-(M2)Farrar.William passed away on 24 April 1972 in Robinson, McLennan County, Texas, and was buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston, Harris County, Texas.(NOTE: Find-a-Grave does not have a link for Normangee in Madison County - it is in both Madison & Leon Counties).
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Farrar&GSiman=1&GScid=156472&GRid=73080790&

      Burial: Forest Park Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA

    13. [S23] Farrar Family Group Sheets- abt 1950, William Albert Farra, Sr Group Sheet (Reliability: 2), 19 Oct 2008.


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