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Edward Monroe Hightower 1867 - 1945

Edward Monroe Hightower was born on January 27, 1867 in Falls County, Texas United States, and died at age 78 years old on March 3, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County. Edward Hightower was buried at Frost Cemetery in Frost, Navarro County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edward Monroe Hightower.

Edward Monroe Hightower
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January 27, 1867
Falls County, Texas, United States
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    Edward Monroe Hightower was born to Thomas Preston Hightower (1817 - 1896) and Ruth E. Johnson (1833 - 1870). His father was born in Georgia and his mother was born in Alabama. He had one full sister, Telethia Paralee Hightower, and he had half-siblings Charnel, Thomas, Emeline, Susan, Rufus, Mary, Caroline, Joseph, William, Ida, Frank, Sarah Jane, James "Jim", John, Frances, and Tennie Hightower.
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    1867

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    January 27, 1867
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    Falls County, Texas United States
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  • Professional Career

    Edward's death certificate says that he was a farmer and a laborer, working in farming and the oil fields.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Edward married twice: First, to Jennie Fergus (1870 - 1898) in 1890 in Navarro, Texas, and they had four children: Ruth, Robert, Reuben "Rube" and Frankie B. Hightower. He then married Maud Robinett (1881 - 1917) about 1899 and they had one daughter, Frances Valeta, and one son, Elbert Monroe Hightower.
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    March 3, 1945
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    acute myocardial dilation secondary to senile psychosis.
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    Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas United States
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    Frost Cemetery in Frost, Navarro County, Texas 76641, United States
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Edward M. Hightower & babies after death ofJennie
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Edward M. Hightower & babies after death ofJennie
Edward M. Hightower eldest child of Thomas Preston Hightower & #2 wife, Ruth. E.M. was left with 4 babies to raise after Jennie Fergus perished in a kerosne fire in their home in Drane, Texas. The youngest child was only a year when Jennie died.
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Edward M. & Jennie F. Hightower & children
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Edward M. & Jennie F. Hightower & children
This is a picture of my g-grandfather Monroe Hightower with his first family. Wife Jennie Fergus-Hightower died in a fire in 1898, 1 year after photo. Trying to locate Fergus & Hightower family.
Date & Place: at Monroe Hightower & Family in Drane, Texas USA
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Fergus-Hightower, Jennie (Born Nov 2, 1870) Hightower, Reuben (Born 1895) Hightower, Ruth (Born 1891) Hightower, Robert (Born 1892) Hightower, Rueben (Born 1895) Hightower, Frankie (Born 1897) Hightower, Sanford (Nov 24, 1901 - Sep 1985) Hightower, Frank (Aug 27, 1903 - Dec 1986) Hightower, Floyd (Feb 18, 1905 - Oct 1984) Hightower, Seeborne (Born Aug 30, 1906)
Hightower, Lillie (Born Jun 28, 1913) Hightower, Ora (Born Jan 31, 1914) Hightower, Lucille (Dec 9, 1934 - Aug 4, 2000) Hightower, Shelley (Oct 1, 1940 - Sep 9, 2003) Hightower, Joyce (Jun 8, 1936 - Dec 15, 2003) Hightower, Alexander (Jun 24, 1938 - Jan 18, 2004) Hightower, John (Nov 4, 1920 - May 3, 1996) Hightower, Trinza (Sep 17, 1959 - Jul 9, 2006) Hightower, James (May 7, 1915 - Jan 7, 2006) Hightower, Lorraine (Nov 21, 1934 - Sep 8, 2006)
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