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William Robert "Billy" Casburn

21 Feb 1851 – 31 Oct 1926

Birth	21 Feb 1851
Death	31 Oct 1926
Cemetery	Mount Olivet Cemetery Fort Worth , Tarrant County , Texas , USA
Added by	Beth Brown on 12 Mar 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10961393

Bio

Death certificate shows date of birth as 1851 ∼ William Robert Casburn, 75, veteran barber and a resident of Fort Worth since 1881, died at his home, 1813 Eighth Avenue. "Uncle Billy" as he was known, started barbering in the fall of 1881 in a shop at the old Mansion House, keeping an accurate account of the numbers of shaves and haircuts, the record showing at the time of his death, 214,212 shaves and 83,250 haircuts. Casburn was born in Jackson, Tennessee in 1851. He came to Texas in 1875. He had been a member of the Knights of Pythias for more than 40 years. Services were held at Gause-Ware Funeral Home conducted by Rev. C.E. Matthews, pastor of Travis Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; three sons - Walter L. Casburn, E.H. Casburn, W.M. Casburn; one daughter - Mrs. A.C. Moss. Fort Worth Record-Telegram Tuesday, November 2, 1926

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Uncle Billy

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Family

Parents

• John M Casburn 1816–1859 FaG
• Elizabeth Washington "Lizzie" Cole Casburn 1822–1875 FaG

Spouse

• Ella Columbia DeLano Casburn 1865–1948

Siblings

• Caroline Washington "Carrie" Casburn Vaughan 1847–1925 FaG
• John Clements Casburn 1854–1933 FaG

Children

• Walter Lee Casburn 1888–1970
• Elser Hershel Casburn 1891–1946
• William M "Bill" Casburn 1895–1965
• Berniece J Casburn Moss 1898–1981

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