Searcy Awbrey
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Searcy Clyde Awbrey (1878 - 1940)

Searcy Clyde Awbrey
Born in Leesburg, Cherokee, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 30 May 1907 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 13 Aug 1912 in Sierra Madre, California, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 62 in Kansas City, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Searcy, born on March 21, 1876 in Leesburg, Alabama, is the son of Augustus Awbrey and Martha Lowe.

He first married Eva Belle Whitman. She passed away on February 28, 1910 in El Paso, Texas – Find A Grave: Memorial #102790749 retrieved October 29, 2021.

Searcy secondly married, on August 13, 1912, Ethel Powell.[1][2]

A newspaper article stated that the marriage took place in the home of Ethel’s parents. They immediately left on a wedding trip through California to Seattle. They returned through Salt Lake City on their way to El Paso. Searcy is described as a young businessman and a member of the Toltec and Country Clubs.[3]

The children of Searcy and Ethel are:[4]

  1. William Powell born July 17, 1913
  2. Elizabeth "Betty” born June 14, 1915 married William Hamm
  3. David Stuart born February 26, 1918

Searcy registered for the military on September 9, 1918.[5]

Searcy had a very active career. A 1913 El Paso, Texas business directory listed him as an owner of Awbrey & Semple providing wholesale coal, coke and fuel oil and the direct selling agents for iron and steel manufactures. They also did business as Southwestern Fuel Co.[6]

An article concerning his death lists him as the founder and president of Ankortite Products, Inc of Kansas City, Missouri. His son William Powell is listed as vice president and treasurer of the company.[7] The U.S. Patent Office describes the company as a provider of building and construction accessories including threshold plates, floor joist plates, anchor plates, etc.[8]

Searcy died on December 3, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri - Find A Grave: Memorial #101171903 retrieved October 29, 2021.

Ethel passed away on May 27, 1944 in Norman, Oklahoma – Find A Grave: Memorial #101172005 } retrieved October 29, 2021.

Research Notes

The marriage information is not accessible online. The only source is Whitman family records[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Awbrey, Mildred published Aubrey/Awbrey in 1966
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com – California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 for Searcy C Awbrey in Sierra Madre, California
  3. ↑ Newspapers.com – El Paso Herald, September 16, 1912
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com – Searcy Claude Awbrey – middle name misspelled
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com – U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Searcy Clyde Aubrey
  6. ↑ Worley’s Directory of El Paso, Texas, 1913, p 152
  7. ↑ Newspapers.com – The Emporia Gazette, December 4, 1940
  8. ↑ Google Books – Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Vol 786, January 1963
  9. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman. Chicago, Ill. 1939. Page 291.




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Awbrey-135 Stuart Awbrey
Jeffry please provide a source with the URL for the marriage info on Eva Bell Whitman.

Thanks.

posted by Stuart Awbrey
Johnson-35359 Jeffry Johnson
Awbrey-544 and Awbrey-282 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. I will note the discrepancies in birth date and birth location between Whitman source and Find A Grave.
posted by Jeffry Johnson
Awbrey-135 Stuart Awbrey
I am researching this and so far there are more questions than answers. Awbrey-282 founded a business in Kansas making an anchor product used in construction. Awbrey-544, based on the newspaper article on spouse's FAG, states he was in the oil and coal business. I will continue researching.

Update: I have found a large number of sources for Searcy which concludes they are the same person who was twice married and lived in several locations. The merge will be completed so that an enlarged Bio can be done with added Sources.

Thanks for initiating the merge.

posted by Stuart Awbrey
edited by Stuart Awbrey

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