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Julia Frances <I>Spilman</I> Mingus

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Julia Frances Spilman Mingus

Birth
Allen County, Kentucky, USA
Death
11 Jul 1929 (aged 93)
Alvord, Wise County, Texas, USA
Burial
Iredell, Bosque County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Death Certificate posted on August 2, 1929 shows the following information:


Died at 93 years, 5 months of age, in Alvord, Wise County, Texas.


Death date was July 11, 1929.


Father was listed as John J Spillman

Mother was listed as Mary Boucher


Burial was in Iredell, Bosque County, Texas on July 12, 1929.


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Mrs. Frances Mingus, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R.F. Duckworth, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.C. Crews while visiting. She moved with her parents to Missouri in 1847. In 1854, she married William Mingus of Texas, and left in an ox wagon for her new home. More than two months were spent on the journey. They first stopped in Bell County for a little more than a year while her husband was gathering scattreed herds of cattle, then went on to Palo Pinto County, where the little town of Mingus is now located and established their first real home. Only two log cabins, with a huge fireplace in each, over which Mrs. Mingus, always maintained, set to work to make a home - only 19 years of age. They settled four miles north of Iredell and lived there more than 40 years, raising 10 children. There on the old farm home, her husband died. Two children - Mrs. William Lockett and Webb Mingus preceded her to the Great Beyond. Graveside services were conducted by Rev. Gilliam of Carlton. Survived by children and grandchildren.


HIco News Review

July 12, 1929


Death Certificate posted on August 2, 1929 shows the following information:


Died at 93 years, 5 months of age, in Alvord, Wise County, Texas.


Death date was July 11, 1929.


Father was listed as John J Spillman

Mother was listed as Mary Boucher


Burial was in Iredell, Bosque County, Texas on July 12, 1929.


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Mrs. Frances Mingus, who made her home with her daughter, Mrs. R.F. Duckworth, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.C. Crews while visiting. She moved with her parents to Missouri in 1847. In 1854, she married William Mingus of Texas, and left in an ox wagon for her new home. More than two months were spent on the journey. They first stopped in Bell County for a little more than a year while her husband was gathering scattreed herds of cattle, then went on to Palo Pinto County, where the little town of Mingus is now located and established their first real home. Only two log cabins, with a huge fireplace in each, over which Mrs. Mingus, always maintained, set to work to make a home - only 19 years of age. They settled four miles north of Iredell and lived there more than 40 years, raising 10 children. There on the old farm home, her husband died. Two children - Mrs. William Lockett and Webb Mingus preceded her to the Great Beyond. Graveside services were conducted by Rev. Gilliam of Carlton. Survived by children and grandchildren.


HIco News Review

July 12, 1929


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