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Gustav Obenhaus
(Abt 1844-1879)
Temperance Jane Batchelor
(1845-1928)
Rev Charles Harvey Miles
(1848-1933)
Louisa Jane Grimes
(1855-1908)
Edward Arnold Obenhaus
(1875-1966)
Anna Laura Miles
(1884-1975)
Myrtle Mae Obenhaus
(1903-2001)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Lee Stewart

2. William Marshell Touchstone

Myrtle Mae Obenhaus 2 3 4

  • Born: 3 Aug 1903, Texas 5
  • Marriage (1): John Lee Stewart about 1921
  • Marriage (2): William Marshell Touchstone on 16 Sep 1979 in , Dallas County, Texas 1
  • Died: 9 Jan 2001 at age 97 5
  • Buried: Caradan Cemetery, Caradan, Mills County, Texas 6
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  General Notes:

Myrtle Stewart Touchstone

BROWNWOOD - Myrtle Stewart Touchstone, 97, of Brownwood, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001 at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001 at Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Steve McMeans officiating. Burial will follow at Caradan Cemetery near Goldthwaite. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Heartland Funeral Home.

She was born at Priddy to the late Edward A. and Annie Laura Miles Obenhaus. Mrs. Touchestone grew up in Mills County and married Johnny Lee Stewart. He preceded her in death. She married W.M. Touchstone in 1978 and he died in 1980. She worked in shipping for Chance Aircraft at Grand Prairie. Mrs. Touchstone had lived in Brownwood since moving here from Grand Prairie.

Survivors include a son, Edward Alvis Stewart of San Antonio; four daughters, Maxine Shipp of Hico, Wanda Swindler and Zelda Waldon, both of Early and Dalma Brown of Dallas; two sisters, Ruth Browning of Brownwood and Belva Howard of San Antonio; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great- grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Dean Stewart; three brothers; and four sisters.

She was living in Grand Prairie, Texas, in 1975. Social Security had her last residence as Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. Listed as Myrtle O. Touchstone. Her tombstone is cut Myrtle O. Stewart Touchstone.


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Myrtle married John Lee Stewart, son of James Madison Stewart and Julia Ann Shaffer, about 1921. (John Lee Stewart was born on 4 May 1895 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas,7 died on 1 Apr 1936 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 8 and was buried on 2 Apr 1936 in Caradan Cemetery, Caradan, Mills County, Texas 9.)


  Marriage Notes:

Charles Harvey Miles performed the marriage ceremony for his granddaughter.

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Myrtle next married William Marshell Touchstone, son of Jesse K. Touchstone and Katie S. Touchstone, on 16 Sep 1979 in , Dallas County, Texas.1 (William Marshell Touchstone was born on 18 Sep 1893 in Texas 10 11 and died on 6 Sep 1981 in , Tarrant County, Texas 8 11.)


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Sources


1 Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011, Repository: Ancestry.com.

2 1920 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 1, Mills, Texas; Roll T625_1834; Page: 1A; ED: 165; Image: 314. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 1930 United States Federal Census, Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll 2377; Page: 4B and 5A; ED: 3; Image: 635.0 and 636.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 Obituary of Mrs. E. A. (Laura) Obenhaus.

5 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 457-30-0133; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 100417079.

7 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Mills County, Texas; Roll 1983491; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

8 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Repository: Ancestry.com.

9 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 20891416.

10 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Taylor County, Texas; Roll 1983673; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

11 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 457-07-7036; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951. Repository: Ancestry.com.


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