Thomas Gibson Flournoy
(1809-1896)
Rosannah Stephens
(1810-1893)
Mordicai Gibson Flournoy
(1835-1920)
Martha Jane Murchison
(1838-1911)
Rosa Lue Flournoy
(1860-1948)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edward Lewis Obenhaus

Rosa Lue Flournoy 1 2 3

  • Born: 1 Aug 1860, , Colorado County, Texas 4
  • Marriage (1): Edward Lewis Obenhaus on 20 Dec 1882
  • Died: 10 May 1948, Houston, Harris County, Texas at age 87 4
  • Buried: 12 May 1948, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas 4

   Cause of her death was cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis due to hypertension.4

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  General Notes:

Obenhaus, Rosa Lue (Flournoy)
Mrs. E. L. Obenhaus, 87, Buried Here Wednesday Morning

Funeral services for Mrs. E. L. Obenhaus, widow of the late E. L. "Doc" Obenhaus, formerly of here, were held at the First Baptist Church Wednesday morning. Rev. Claude L. Boone officiating. Interment was madde[sic] in the City Cemetery here, beside her late husband.

Mrs. Obenhaus. was born August 1. 1860, the daughter of Mordecai G. and Martha Jane Flournoy, at the old Flournoy homestead. south of Weimar. She and her husband were life-long residents of Colorado County; when Mr. Obenhaus died about two years ago, Mrs. Obenhaus moved to Houston to live with her daughter, Mrs. Leon Grodhaus. who is the only immediate survivor. She was a member of the Live Oak Baptist Church.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Lee Flournoy, W. Ben Flournoy, Will Obenhaus, Earnest Obenhaus, Louis Obenhaus, and Percy Obenhaus.

Weimar Mercury, May 14, 1948, page 1

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  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.


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Rosa married Edward Lewis Obenhaus, son of Friedrich Arnold Obenhaus and Charlotte Shriver, on 20 Dec 1882. (Edward Lewis Obenhaus was born on 27 Mar 1856 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, died on 27 Mar 1946 in Weimar, Colorado County, Texas 5 and was buried on 28 Mar 1946 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas.)


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Sources


1 Weimar Mercury, 14 May 1948, Obituary of Rosa Lue (Flournoy) Obenhaus.

2 1870 United States Federal Census, Precinct 2, Colorado, Texas; roll: M593_1580; Page: 37B; Image: 78; Family History Library Film: 553079. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 1880 United States Federal Census, Precinct 3, Colorado, Texas; Roll: 1297; Family History Film: 1255297; Page: 364A; Enumeration District: 049. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 21684.

5 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Certificate Number: 11647. Repository: Ancestry.com.


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