Edward M. Hightower & babies after death ofJennie

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Edward M. Hightower & babies after death ofJennie

Pamela Hughes

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01/01/2001

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.

Date & Place: 1898

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Frankie B. Hightower born 1897

Frankie B. Hightower was born in 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frankie B. Hightower.

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Rueben Hightower born 1895

Rueben Hightower was born in 1895. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rueben Hightower.

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Robert Hightower born 1892

Robert Hightower was born in 1892. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Hightower.

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Edward Monroe Hightower Jan 27, 1867 - Mar 3, 1945 Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

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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Ruth Hightower born 1891

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