Fawcett:FAWCETT, Frank Stabler (1886 - 1959)
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Biographical sketch
FRANK STABLER FAWCETT was born on October 9, 1886 to Joseph Willis Fawcett and Mary Ann Dunn at Preston Bend, Grayson County, Texas. After growing up there, Frank served in the U.S. Navy on the ship Colorado in the Pacific fleet (Letter JW Fawcett to E Fawcett 3/2/1913). By 1920 he lived at 520 Houston Ave in Denison with his wife (Andry) and their children: Allie Ray and Geneave Fawcett (Grayson Co TX v. 75, ED 85, sheet 6, line 3). They continued to live in Dension through 1946. In the 1920s Frank worked as a machinist (Letter JW Fawcett to E Fawcett 2/27/1925). He and his wife were divorced by 1929. The children of Frank and Audrey Fawcett, Allie Ray Fawcett (1917- ) and Geneva Fawcett (1919- ), were raised by their grandparents (J.W. and Mary Fawcett) in Denison and Sherman after their parents separated in 1929. Frank also lived with his parents at least part of the time (Letters JW Fawcett to E Fawcett 5/2/1929, JW Fawcett to SS Fawcett 5/22/1929, JW Fawcett 11/20/1930, JW Fawcett to E Fawcett 7/29/1931). Mrs. Frank S. (Audrey) Fawcett (1884-1959) is buried in the Preston Bend Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas, but her husband is not. He died in Grayson County, Texas on January 23, 1959 (TX Death Certificate # 2421).
Source
From A History of the Fawcetts and Related Families in America by William Bloys Fawcett. Used by permission of Dr. Fawcett.
This book was first published in 1996 and some of the information is quite dated. If you find errors or want to add updates, contact me, and I will add notes to the page.
Copyright © 1996, 2007 by William Bloys Fawcett, Jr. All rights reserved. No copies may be made of this document through any electronic, photocopying or other means without permission of the author.
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