Hester Jennette (Thompson) Burcham (1898 - 1944)

Born 19 Jul 1898 in Bokoshe, LeFlore, Oklahoma Indian Territory

Ancestors

Wife of Clyde T. Burcham — married 5 Mar 1917 in Sebastian County, Arkansas

Died 7 Dec 1944 at age 46 in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, USA

Biography

Hester was born in 1898. She was the daughter of Benjamin Thompson and Rebecca Galbraith. She passed away in 1944. ^[1]

Obituary

MRS. H.G. BURCHAM DIES IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Hester G. Burcham, 46, died at the St. Francis Hospital this morning, following a lingering illness.

Mrs. Burcham had lived in Carlsbad two and a half years.

Survivors are her husband, Clyde Burcham, 303 South Walnut, her mother, Mrs. R.E. Price, Oklahoma City, three sisters, Mrs. John Wylie, Carlsbad, Mrs. Dora Rodgers, Roswell, Mrs. Jim Martindale, Ada, Okla., and one brother, R.F. Thompson, Sulphur, Okla.

Funeral will be tomorrow from the First Baptist Church, at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. A.L. Goodwin, officiating.

Burial will be in the Carlsbad Cemetery. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBX-5H9 : 10 March 2018), Hester G. Burcham, 07 Dec 1944; citing Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, reference cn 3857, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1,913,320.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65544891/hester-g.-burcham

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST7-WFH : accessed 17 August 2018), Hester J Thompson in household of Ben F Thompson, Township 9 N. Range 24 E. Bonoshe town, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,850.