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Vicory Barker Tunstall

21 Oct 1876 – 8 Feb 1953

Birth	21 Oct 1876
Death	8 Feb 1953
Cemetery	Evergreen Memorial Park Crockett , Houston County , Texas , USA
Added by	Lanny Medlin on 23 Jun 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27776193

Bio

Historical Marker - Born west of Crockett. A noted musician. Houston county clerk, 1918-22. A barber by trade. In boyhood, studied violin. At 16, began teaching; at 20, opened Tunstall Music House. Traveled East Texas 50 years with band that included his ten children. Founded World's Championship Fiddlers' Festival, 1937. At 1951 State Fair was proclaimed the Champion Fiddler of Texas. Married (1st) Emma Virginia English; (2nd) Mrs. Lillie Shanks.

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Family

Parents

• Thomas Bolivar Tunstall 1820–1917
• Rachel Elizabeth Gressett Tunstall 1843–1902 FaG

Spouse

• Emma Virginia English Tunstall 1885–1929 FaG
• Lillie Lee Shanks Midkiff Tunstall 1891–1970 FaG

Siblings

• Benjamin Steadham "Buck" Tunstall 1845–1920
• Ann Eliza Tunstall LaRue 1855–1911
• Mary Thomas "Mollie" Tunstall Brister 1856–1921
• Dorothy Vaughan Tunstall Hill 1858–1886
• Thomas Bolivar "Bud" Tunstall Jr 1858–1933
• Peyton Edmund Tunstall 1862–1944
• Jeff Davis Tunstall Kennedy 1865–1903
• Rachel Rebecca Tunstall Moore 1882–1909
• Ruth Beecher Tunstall Daniel 1887–1965

Children

• Vicory Emma Tunstall Durst 1905–1999 FaG
• Elizabeth "Beth" Tunstall Labat 1907–1983 FaG
• Elvira Lucinda Tunstall Bennett 1909–1998 FaG
• Dolly Denton Tunstall Morton 1912–2001 FaG
• Ruth Rebecca Tunstall Orchard 1914–1998 FaG
• Eugenia English Tunstall Francis 1916–2000 FaG
• Vicory Barker Tunstall Jr 1918–1993 FaG
• Thomas James "Spud" Tunstall 1920–1990 FaG
• Bobbie Ray Tunstall 1924–1971

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