Abraham Rife Loving (1806 - 1878)

Born 14 Dec 1806 in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

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Died 12 Jul 1878 at age 71 in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

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Biography

Abraham Rife was born in 1806. He moved to Gasconade, Missouri, in 1835, then to Denton, Texas, in 1847, where he opened up a farm; "there was not a house between them and the Rio Grande." In 1852 the family settled in Sherman, Texas, to school the children.

Abraham died in 1878 and was buried in Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Denton, Texas.

Sources

• Joseph Thorburn, A Standard History of Oklahoma: An Authentic Narrative of Its Development from the Date of the First European Exploration Down to the Present Time, Including Accounts of the Indian Tribes, Both Civilized and Wild, of the Cattle Range, of the Land Openings and the Achievements of the Most Recent Period, Volume 4 (Chicago and New York: 1916), p 1369.
• Loving Family Research